US09976334B2
The present utility model relates to a middle strip of a door frame, which can effectively solve the problem of insufficient strength existed in the middle strip of the door frame of the prior art. A middle strip of a door frame comprises a middle strip body, wherein a positioning hole is disposed in the middle strip main body along the length direction of the middle strip body, and the positioning hole is provided with a support frame in order to enhance the strength of the middle strip body, and the support frame is arranged along the inner wall of the positioning hole. The present utility model has the following advantages: a positioning hole is disposed in the middle strip body along the length direction, and the positioning hole is provided with a support frame, therefore, he strength of the whole middle strip body is effectively improved via the support frame without changing the size and the shape of the original middle strip body, so that the middle strip body will not deform easily during the using process and has a sufficient strength.
US09976331B2
A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that by way of the device which is fitted to an item of furniture the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure by action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in the opening direction, wherein in the case of a movement of the movable furniture part in the closing direction, a charging procedure of the force accumulator is performed, wherein a front gap between the movable furniture part and the basic furniture structure is configured on the item of furniture in a closed state of the movable furniture part, wherein the front gap is adjustable by way of an adjustment assembly.
US09976327B2
A hinge for recessed installation between a door frame and a door panel has first and second housings adapted for recessing in the door frame and an edge of the door panel, a pair of links having ends pivoted in the housings and pivoted together about a vertical axis extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to mutually perpendicular first and second horizontal directions, and two supports in the second housing in which the respective ends of the links are pivoted. Respective adjusting screws extend in the second horizontal direction and are braced between the supports and the second housing such that rotation of each adjusting screws shifts the respective support in the second housing in the second horizontal direction. Respective pairs of guide faces spaced apart in the direction flank each of the supports.
US09976326B2
A hinge device and an electronic device having the same are provided. The hinge device includes a hinge element, first connecting element, and second connecting element. The first connecting element includes first, second and third segments. The second segment is disposed between the first and third segments. The third segment is connected to the hinge element. The first segment includes a first connecting plate and first folding plate between which a first angle less than 180 degrees but greater than 0 degree is defined. The first folding plate has one side connected to the first connecting plate. The second connecting element includes a first fixing plate, first boss, and first extending arm. The first extending arm has one end connected to the hinge element and the other end connected to the first fixing plate. The first boss is connected to the first fixing plate.
US09976323B2
A vehicle door latch device includes: a body which is provided in one of a door of a vehicle or a vehicle body, a striker advancing groove being formed on one surface of the body; a latch configured to be meshed with the advanced striker to hold the door at a closed position; a cover plate installed on the surface of the body on which the striker advancing groove is formed; and a back plate fixed to the cover plate with the body placed therebetween. One of the cover plate or the back plate includes a projected part which is projected in an inside-outside direction of the vehicle. Other one of the cover plate or the back plate includes an engagement hole into which the projected part advances.
US09976309B2
A gutter debris preclusion screen and device for use with a gutter attached to a building, with various elevated ridges and patterned sections, wherein a least one ridge redirects water to flow with a longitudinal component over the screen, and a ridge elevates one or more portions of resting debris off the screen surface to permit airflow between the elevated portion(s) of the resting debris and a non-contact area of the screen, facilitating accelerated drying and wind-based removal of the debris from the screen.
US09976296B2
A modular deck system includes a plurality of base frames that each include four peripheral frame members that are to be fastened together into a rectangular box, and one or more internal frame members that each are to be secured within the box between opposing peripheral frame members. A plurality of frame legs that are each to be secured to one of the base frames to support the respective base frame above a ground surface. The plurality of base frames are fastened to one another to provide a support structure on which to secure deck material.
US09976283B2
It is an object of the present invention to accurately detect the absorption torque of the other of two hydraulic pumps by a purely hydraulic structure and feed the absorption torque to one of the two hydraulic pumps, thereby to accurately perform a total torque control, effectively utilize a rated output torque of a prime mover, and enhance mountability. To achieve the object, there are provided: a torque feedback circuit 31 to which the delivery pressure of a first hydraulic pump 1a and a load sensing drive pressure are introduced, which modifies the delivery pressure of a second hydraulic pump 1b to provide a characteristic simulating the absorption torque of the second hydraulic pump 1b, and which outputs the modified pressure; and torque feedback pistons 32a, 32b to which the output pressure of the torque feedback circuit 31 is introduced, and which control the capacity of the first hydraulic pump 1a to decrease the capacity of the first hydraulic pump 1a and decrease a maximum torque T1max as the output pressure becomes higher. The torque feedback circuit 31 includes pressure dividing restrictor parts 34a, 34b, pressure dividing valves 35a, 35b, and relief valves 37a, 37b.
US09976270B2
A device is provided for damping hydrosound in liquid emitted from a sound-emitting body in the liquid. The device includes a plurality of envelope bodies distributed in the liquid in an area of the hydrosound-emitting body and at a distance from each other. A material, diameter and pressure of each envelope body is configured such that a natural frequency of the envelope body corresponds to an emitted frequency range of the hydrosound so as to dampen the hydrosound. The device also includes at least one mass body disposed in the liquid. The envelope bodies are connected to the mass bodies so as to prevent the envelope bodies from rising up in the liquid.
US09976262B2
A pulp molding machine, a pulp molding process and a paper-shaped article made thereby are provided. The pulp molding machine comprises a pulp-dredging stage, a first pre-compression forming sub-stage, a second pre-compression stage, a compression thermo-forming stage and an edge-cutting stage. The pulp molding process comprises the steps of a pulp-dredging step, a first pre-compression forming step, a second pre-compression forming step, a compression thermo-forming step and an edge-cutting step. The pulp molding machine the pulp molding process can drain off water or vapor from a wet pulp more efficiently and shorten the cycle time of the pulp molding process due to the extra pre-compression sub-stage. The paper-shaped article made thereby has a greater smoothness and structural strength than conventional paper-shaped product.
US09976259B2
A formulation useful as a creping adhesive formulation or Yankee dryer coating composition is described. Methods of creping using the formulation are also described.
US09976256B2
A method for making nanofibrillar cellulose includes mixing anionized or cationized cellulose fibers and cellulose pulp to a mixture including at least 1% and below 90 wt-% cellulose pulp based on dry weight, and subjecting the mixture to a refiner stage where the anionized or cationized cellulose fibers are at least partly reduced to nanofibrillar cellulose and the cellulose pulp acts as auxiliary pulp, and obtaining a mixture of nanofibrillar cellulose and cellulose pulp from the refining stage. The mixture can be used for making paper by adding it to base pulp.
US09976255B2
The present invention relates to a fibrous material composition having a predefined fraction of fresh fibres and/or waste paper with a further fraction of sweet grass, sedge, seagrass and/or algae fibres and adjuvants and water, where the weight fraction of sweet grass, sedge, seagrass and/or algae fibres is greater than 1 and less than 100 wt. % of the total material mass, in each case calculated as oven-dry material fraction. The invention further relates to a method for producing the fibrous material mixture and its use for producing fibrous-material-containing products.
US09976249B2
Disclosed is a dryer or a washer dryer, including at least a clothes drying system, where the clothes drying system includes a heating structure and a condensing structure; the condensing structure is arranged on a lower part of the dryer or the washer dryer; the condensing structure includes an air inlet and an air outlet for hot air, and further includes a gas inlet and a gas outlet for cold air, and a heat exchanger is arranged inside the condensing structure; the heat exchanger is composed of fins which are superposed in a longitudinal-transverse alternating manner, and a frame with an enclosure structure is arranged outside the heat exchanger.
US09976245B2
A method of operating a dispensing system for a washing machine including a suds container for receiving wash liquid and at least one supply container for receiving a treating agent. The method includes selecting and activating a wash or treatment cycle from a plurality of wash or treatment cycles using an input device. The treating agent for delivery to the suds container is selected based on suitability information corresponding to the selected wash or treatment cycle. The treating agent is delivered to the suds container at the start of the activated wash or treatment cycle. The activated wash or treatment cycle is performed using a controller.
US09976243B2
Provided is a washing machine motor including: an outer rotor connected with an outer shaft; an inner rotor connected with an inner shaft; a stator disposed with an air gap between the inner rotor and the outer rotor and driving the inner rotor and the outer rotor independently; and a planetary gear set provided in the inner shaft to thus decelerate a rotational speed of the inner shaft. The outer shaft is rotated at the same speed as that of the outer rotor, and the inner shaft is decelerated compared to the rotational speed of the inner rotor, so as to increase the torque of the inner shaft. The washing machine motor enables a small-torque output from the inner rotor to drive the pulsator through a planetary gear set and a large-torque output from the outer rotor to drive the wash tub through the planetary gear set.
US09976232B2
An artificial quartz crystal growth method that includes applying a pressure that causes at least two substantially rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped quartz crystal substrates to abut each other in an X-axis direction with crystallographic axis directions of the quartz crystal substrates aligned with each other, and causing the at least two quartz crystal substrates to grow an artificial quartz crystal in a state where the pressure is being applied.
US09976224B2
There are provided a chip electronic component comprising: a magnetic body including an insulation substrate; an internal coil part formed on at least one surface of the insulation substrate; and an external electrode formed on an end surface of the magnetic body and connected to the internal coil part, wherein the internal coil part includes a first coil pattern formed on the insulation substrate and a second coil pattern formed to coat the first coil pattern, and a ratio a/b of a width a of an upper surface of the first coil pattern with respect to a width b of a lower surface of the first coil pattern is less than 1.
US09976221B2
An electrolytic tank apparatus includes a tank body and at least one electrode set. The tank body defines an outer tank space for receiving a coolant, and at least one inner tank space that is surrounded by the outer tank space and that is not in fluid communication with the outer tank space. The tank body has a tank wall formed with a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet each communicating with the outer tank space. The electrode set is disposed in the inner tank space and includes at least one cathode plate, at least one anode plate, a cathode-connecting structure that is electrically coupled to the cathode plate, and an anode-connecting structure that is electrically coupled to the anode plate.
US09976218B2
The invention is directed to a conversion coating composition for coating a metal surface including a water soluble dye, at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of a zirconium-containing compound, titanium-containing compound and silicon-containing compound; and water, wherein the provides for qualitative characterization of the conversion coating uniformity and thickness by the naked human eye or visible light detecting device; and, a method for coating the metal surfaces using the conversion coating composition.
US09976212B2
In various embodiments, eroded sputtering targets are partially refurbished by spray-depositing particles of target material to at least partially fill certain regions (e.g., regions of deepest erosion) without spray-deposition within other eroded regions (e.g., regions of less erosion). The partially refurbished sputtering targets may be sputtered after the partial refurbishment without substantive changes in sputtering properties (e.g., sputtering rate) and/or properties of the sputtered films.
US09976204B2
A casting of a white cast iron alloy and a method of producing the casting are disclosed. A white cast alloy is also disclosed. The casting has a solution treated microstructure that comprises a ferrous matrix of retained austenite and chromium carbides dispersed in the matrix, with the carbides comprising 15 to 60% volume fraction of the alloy. The matrix composition comprises: manganese: 8 to 20 wt %; carbon: 0.8 to 1.5 wt %; chromium: 5 to 15 wt %; and iron: balance (including incidental impurities).
US09976201B2
A highly corrosion resistant and highly formable aluminum-alloy clad material, a method for producing the same, a heat exchanger using the same and a method for producing the same are shown. The present aluminum-alloy clad material has an aluminum alloy core material, an intermediate layer material clad on one surface of the core material and a brazing filler metal clad on the surface of the intermediate layer material that is not on the core material side, wherein a crystal grain size of the intermediate layer material before brazing heating is 60 μm or more, and in a cross section of the core material in a rolling direction before brazing heating, when R1 (μm) represents the crystal grain size in a plate thickness direction, and R2 (μm) represents the crystal grain size in the rolling direction, R1/R2 is 0.30 or less.
US09976199B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to intermetallic nanoparticles. Embodiments include nanoparticles having an intermetallic core including a first metal and a second metal. The first metal may be palladium and the second metal may be at least one of cobalt, iron, nickel, or a combination thereof. The nanoparticles may further have a shell that includes palladium and gold.
US09976193B2
A process for the removal of contaminants from a liquor, including two or more of carbonatation, phosphatation and sulphitation of the liquor to form a precipitate having at least some of the contaminants from the liquor, and separating the precipitate from the liquor. The processes may be included in sugar refining or water decontamination processes.
US09976187B2
Different combinations of methylation status based biomarkers can be used to test for prostate cancer with high sensitivity and high specificity.
US09976177B2
The present invention provides compositions, apparatuses and methods for detecting one or more nucleic acid targets present in a sample. Methods of the invention include utilizing two or more oligonucleotide probes that reversibly bind a target nucleic acid in close proximity to each other and possess complementary reactive ligation moieties. When such probes have bound to the target in the proper orientation, they are able to undergo a spontaneous chemical ligation reaction that yields a ligated oligonucleotide product. In one aspect, the ligation product is of variable length that correlates with a particular target. Following chemical ligation, the probes may be amplified and detected by capillary electrophoresis or microarray analysis.
US09976176B2
Provided are devices adapted to isolate, amplify, and detect nucleic acids that may be present in a biological sample. The devices can, in some embodiments, isolate, amplify, and detect nucleic acid in a single chamber. In other embodiments, the devices are adapted to isolate and amplify nucleic acids in a reaction chamber, after which the nucleic acids may be communicated to a pervious medium—such as a lateral flow strip—where the user may label and detect the nucleic acids.
US09976174B2
Method includes positioning a first carrier assembly on a system stage. The carrier assembly includes a support frame having an inner frame edge that defines a window of the support frame. The first carrier assembly includes a first substrate that is positioned within the window and surrounded by the inner frame edge. The first substrate has a sample thereon. The method includes detecting optical signals from the sample of the first substrate. The method also includes replacing the first carrier assembly on the system stage with a second carrier assembly on the system stage. The second carrier assembly includes the support frame and an adapter plate held by the support frame. The second carrier assembly has a second substrate held by the adapter plate that has a sample thereon. The method also includes detecting optical signals from the sample of the second substrate.
US09976163B2
The present invention provides a method for preventing the reduction of a desired polypeptide during purification in order to purify the polypeptide in high yield from a culture solution which contains recombinant host cells and the polypeptide.
US09976161B2
A reactor for continuous saccharification of biomass having a high solid content comprises perforated plates and stirring means, in which the perforated plates includes nozzles for feeding additives, including a saccharification enzyme, and a sensor, which communicate with the holes of the perforated plates.
US09976150B2
Provided are a vector replicable in E. coli and a cell of the genus Komagataeibacter, a cell including the same, a method of producing a target protein using the cell, or a method of evaluating a candidate promoter using the cell.
US09976148B2
A yeast terminator derived from a yeast DIT1 terminator when aligned with the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1, includes a partial nucleotide sequence corresponding to the partial nucleotide sequence AGTTCG of positions 54 to 59 in the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1, and also includes one or two or more mutations selected from the group made of (a) to (c): (a) a first mutation substituting TTTTTCT for the partial nucleotide sequence TTTTGTTCT of positions 27 to 35 in the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1; (b) a second mutation substituting TCTTTT for the partial nucleotide sequence TCTCATTTT of positions 69 to 77 in the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1; and (c) a third mutation substituting A for the G of position 51 in the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1.
US09976144B2
Methods for controlling obesity using minimally-invasive procedures including introducing embolic crystal particles that are naturally occurring and mostly non-toxic salts into the arterial capillaries feeding the sections of the stomach where the appetite inducing hormone, ghrelin, is produced to limit the blood flow to the region reducing appetite; introducing a virus vector or antisense oligonucleotide to inhibit the production of ghrelin and reduce the appetite; and introducing a soluble embolic particle with a virus vector or antisense oligonucleotide which will inhibit the flow of blood initially and then dissolve and release the inhibit vector to the region, generating ghrelin to control the appetite.
US09976127B2
The present invention concerns variant proteins of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and uses thereof. In particular, the invention concerns a short variant of recombinant MnSOD, and uses thereof for treating or preventing tumors, as well as for treating or preventing diseases with an etiology relating to an excess of free radicals.
US09976124B2
The present invention relates to novel hydrogenases isolated from novel hyperthermophilic strains belonging to Thermococcus spp., genes encoding the hydrogenases, and methods of producing hydrogen using strains having the genes. According to the hydrogen production methods of the invention, a large amount of hydrogen can be produced merely by culturing the strains in specific culture conditions. Thus, the methods of the invention have advantages in that they are more economic and efficient than existing hydrogen production methods and can produce hydrogen even at high temperature.
US09976115B2
The embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to systems, devices and methods for the fractionation, isolation, extraction and processing of the adipose supernatant layer of a bone marrow aspirate. In particular, the various embodiments relate to systems devices and methods of obtaining, utilizing and processing the adipose supernatant layer of a bone marrow aspirate as a source of mesenchymal stem cells.
US09976105B2
Silicone oil-in-water emulsions containing a polysiloxane containing polymer is prepared by first preparing a polysiloxane containing polymer by the polymerization of siloxane containing monomers and/or oligomers in the presence of an inert organopoly siloxane and/or an organic fluid, a suitable catalyst and optionally an end-blocking agent; and quenching the reaction if required. If required one or more surfactants may be introduced into the polysiloxane containing polymer to form a homogenous oil phase. Water is then added (in an amount of 0.1-10 percent by weight based on total oil phase weight) to the homogenous oil phase to form a water-in-oil emulsion. Shear is applied to the water-in-oil emulsion to cause inversion of the water-in-oil emulsion to an oil-in-water emulsion. Finally, if required the oil-in-water emulsion can be diluted by adding more water.
US09976095B2
A device and method for cleaning producer gas includes a filter bed housing and a microwave chamber. The filter bed housing comprises an inlet for carbon-based material and a spent carbon outlet. The microwave chamber comprises a permeable top and wave guides around the perimeter through which microwaves can be introduced into the device using magnetrons. The method comprises using the device by filling the filter bed housing with carbon-based material, introducing microwaves into the microwave chamber using the magnetrons and wave guides, passing the gas through carbon-based material in the filter bed chamber, the microwave chamber, the gas permeable top and the gas outlet.
US09976094B2
The invention relates to removing contaminants from jet fuel or kerosene using solid sorbents that are comprised primarily of carbon and preferably of coke particles. The coke particles have an affinity for contaminants in jet fuel and kerosene and are sized to be filtered from the liquid fuel without plugging. As the contaminants agglomerate onto the solid sorbent, the resulting particles form a filter cake on conventional filter materials in such a way as to allow the jet fuel or kerosene to pass on through without significant pressure drop or delay.
US09976093B2
An apparatus and process is provided for improved asphaltene separation from heavy hydrocarbon or bitumen with low process complexity through mass transfer using solvent and counter-current flows, with three sections: an upper DAO/solid-asphaltene separation zone, a middle solvent mixing and segregation zone, and a bottom clarification zone. Solvent mixed with heavy hydrocarbon forms a process feed introduced to the process vessel's upper zone and exposed to counter-current solvent removing DAO from solid asphaltene particles in the feed, the particles fall through the middle zone and are mixed with introduced solvent, which introduced solvent segregates DAO-rich solution in the upper zone (for extraction from that zone) from solvent-rich mixtures in the middle mixing and lower clarification zones. Solvent flows and precipitate movement are controlled to optimize mass transfer in process, resulting in high DAO recovery and dry, solid asphaltene product.
US09976092B2
A method for determining a TAN-IR for naphthenic acids in crude oil or crude oil fraction may include determining an IR spectrum of a sample of the crude oil or crude oil fraction. The method may include determining an IR spectrum of a neutralized sample of the crude oil or crude oil fraction. The method may include utilizing the IR spectra of the sample and the neutralized sample to determine a modified TAN-IR.
US09976087B2
To provide a high quality liquid crystal optical device irrespective of the size of the liquid crystal optical device, while simplifying the production process, and a liquid crystal composition suitable for such a liquid crystal optical device. The liquid crystal composition of the present invention is a liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal compound which shows liquid crystallinity and which is a non-curable compound, a liquid crystalline curable compound having a polymerizable functional group, and a non-liquid crystalline curable compound having a polymerizable functional group, wherein the content of the non-liquid crystalline curable compound is larger than the content of the liquid crystalline curable compound, and the total amount of the liquid crystalline curable compound and the non-liquid crystalline curable compound is at least 8 mass % and less than 20 mass % of the entirety.
US09976084B2
A liquid crystal composition including an antioxidant, and a liquid crystal display device containing this composition are described. The liquid crystal composition has a nematic phase, has a high solubility in a liquid crystal composition, and includes a specific antioxidant useful for preventing deterioration of the composition. The liquid crystal composition may also include a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity as a first component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a large dielectric anisotropy as a second component, and a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component.
US09976083B2
The subject is to show a liquid crystal display device having characteristics such as a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and a small flicker rate. The means concerns a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal composition having positive dielectric anisotropy, which is placed between these substrates, wherein the liquid crystal composition has a nematic phase and includes at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (1) as a first component: in formula (1), R1 is alkyl or the like; ring A is 1,4-phenylene or the like; Z1 is a single bond or the like; X1 and X2 is hydrogen or fluorine; Y1 is fluorine or the like; and m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.
US09976082B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition having easily adjustable rotational viscosity while maintaining stability at low temperature, a clearing point and dielectric anisotropy (positive value) in an optimal condition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, including: at least one liquid crystal compound selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal compounds represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, as a first component; at least one liquid crystal compound selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal compounds represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, as a second component; and at least one liquid crystal compound selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal compounds represented by the following Chemical Formula 3, as a third component.The liquid crystal composition according to the present invention has high clearing point and refractive index anisotropy, a controllable modulus of elasticity, and high specific resistance, and the rotational viscosity thereof is easily adjustable to be low. Thus, the liquid crystal composition satisfying various liquid crystal display (LCD) device characteristics is provided.
US09976079B2
Provided is an organic-inorganic composite having two or more kinds of light emission sites. When the organic-inorganic composite is caused to emit light, each of emission colors in each of light emission sites is independently maintained as a emission color that is shown when each of the light emission sites is independently caused to emit light.
US09976076B2
A photochromic article is provided, containing a polymer and a polyoxometalate and counter cation complex distributed in the polymer. A method of forming a photochromic film is also provided, including forming a composition containing a polymer or a precursor of the polymer and a polyoxometalate and counter cation complex and preparing a film from the composition, the film containing the polyoxometalate and counter cation complex distributed in the polymer. Further, a precursor composition is provided, including a polymer or a precursor of the polymer and a polyoxometalate anion and a counter cation.
US09976072B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a multicarboxylate, such as an alkyl alkoxy dicarboxylate a method of making the multicarboxylate, and methods to use the multicarboxylate. A specific embodiment of the disclosure is a compound comprising the chemical formula: R1-R2-R3, wherein R1 comprises a branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, cyclic or non-cyclic, hydrophobic carbon chain having 7-150 carbon atoms; an oxygen atom linking R1 and R2; R2 comprises an alkoxylated chain comprising ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide, or a combination thereof; and R3 comprises a branched or unbranched hydrocarbon chain comprising 2-12 carbon atoms and 2-5 —COOH or —COOM groups wherein M is a monovalent, divalent, or trivalent cation. The composition has a variety of uses but in some embodiments may be used in enhanced oil recovery processes.
US09976070B2
A shaped compressed pellet formed from a composite of a well treatment agent adsorbed onto a calcined porous metal oxide or into the interstitial spaces of the calcined porous metal oxide may be introduced into an oil or gas producing well. The well treatment agent of the shaped compressed pellet may be used to prevent and/or control the formation of deposits in the well.
US09976069B2
A treatment fluid and method for simultaneously swelling an oil-swellable elastomer and breaking a filtercake in a well. The treatment fluid includes an emulsion comprising: (i) a continuous oil phase, wherein the oil phase comprises: (a) an oil; and (b) an emulsifier; and (ii) an internal aqueous phase, wherein the aqueous phase comprises: (a) water; and (b) a water-soluble hydrolyzable ester of a carboxylic acid; wherein the emulsion is stable to hydrolysis of the water-soluble hydrolyzable ester of the carboxylic acid. A method of treating a well includes the steps of: (A) forming the treatment fluid; and (B) introducing the treatment fluid into the portion of the wellbore, wherein: (i) a filtercake has been previously formed in the portion of the wellbore, wherein the filtercake comprises an acid-soluble or an acid-degradable material; and (ii) an oil-swellable elastomer has been previously deposited or positioned in the portion of the wellbore.
US09976065B2
There is provided an adhesive composition comprising at least 50 wt % of an aqueous dispersion of an amorphous polyurethane having a Tg below 25° C.; and a water dispersible cross-linker, where the adhesive composition has a peel retention of greater than or equal to 5% according to the Water/IPA Exposure Test.
US09976064B2
The present invention relates to an adhesive composition based on renewable raw materials, more particularly to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, as well as to the use thereof.
US09976061B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous sizing composition for insulating products based on mineral wool, comprising (a) at least one saccharide chosen from reducing sugars and hydrogenated sugars, the proportion of hydrogenated sugars being between 25% and 100% by weight, (b) at least one monomeric polycarboxylic acid or a salt or anhydride of such an acid, (c) more than 2.0% by weight, relative to the sum of the components (a) and (b), of at least one epoxysilane.
US09976057B2
Provided is a coating composition that include a first resin having a Tg above about 25° C. and a second resin having a Tg above about 50° C. The coating composition and/or resins thereof are at least partially hydrolysable in a hot caustic solution. Further provided are a method for applying the coating composition to a label substrate, a label substrate coated with the coating composition, and a recycling method. Sleeve labels for articles such as containers may be formed from label substrates by forming a bonded seam with the coating composition. The coating composition maintains the bond in the seam during sleeve label shrinking and during article life. Label removal during recycling is relatively easy, as the coating composition in the seam de-bonds in a hot caustic solution.
US09976056B2
A waterproof sheet comprising a rubber base and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of silicone resin or gel thereon is applicable to the boundary between an outdoor tank and a concrete pedestal. The waterproof sheet maintains waterproofness over a long period of time and is in long-term service without degradation of physical properties.
US09976053B2
The invention relates to a block copolymer film nanostructured into nanodomains, obtained from a base block copolymer having a molecular weight of greater than 50 kg/mol, and preferably greater than 100 kg/mol and less than 250 kg/mol, and at least one block of which comprises styrene, and at least one other block of which comprises methyl methacrylate. This film is characterized in that the styrene-based block is formed by a copolymer of styrene and diphenylethylene (DPE).
US09976050B2
The invention provides a cured product (for example, a film including the cured product) which has an excellent balance between hydrophilicity and abrasion resistance, can retain high hydrophilicity even when washed with water, and can remain hydrophilic and resistant to the attachment of (or can be easily cleaned of) contaminants even when subjected to long storage or heating, and a composition which can give such cured products. A cured product is obtained by curing a composition which includes a copolymer (i) including structural units represented by specific chemical formulae, and an amino resin (ii).
US09976047B2
Plastisol compositions having a two-resin interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) are disclosed. The compositions begin with blocked isocyanate grafted acrylic polymer, blocked isocyanate urethane prepolymer, plasticizer, optionally pigment, and optionally thixotropic agent. When subjected to a thermal cure, the isocyanate groups on the acrylic polymer and urethane prepolymer both become unblocked and both react with the crosslinking agent to form an interpenetrating acrylic-polyurethane network. The two-resin IPN offers improved storage stability, hand-feel characteristics, and processing properties for textile printing among other uses. Preferably these plastisol compositions are essentially free of polyvinyl halides and phthalates restricted for regulatory reasons.
US09976046B2
Disclosed herein are a color coating composition for an LED lamp diffuser using glass frits and a color-coated glass article using the same. The color coating composition is capable of increasing durability and a life of an LED lamp, satisfactorily maintaining an external appearance and a lighting quality thereof for a long time, and realizing various colors, by manufacturing a glass-made diffuser as a means for diffusing light of the LED lamp in a manner of coating the diffuser on various sheets of transparent or translucent glass such as tubes and bulbs so that the diffuser is not deformed and discolored due to light and heat, and has high strength and translucency.
US09976045B2
A fluoropolymer coating composition is described comprising an aqueous liquid medium, fluoropolymer particles dispersed in the aqueous liquid medium, and at least one aziridine compound. The aziridine compound comprises at least two aziridine groups (i.e. polyaziridine) or at least one aziridine group and at least one alkoxy silane group.In another embodiment, an article is described comprising a substrate wherein a surface of the substrate comprises a coating comprising fluoropolymer particles; and a reaction product of at least one aziridine compound comprising at least two aziridine groups or at least one aziridine group and at least one alkoxy silane group. The coating can be utilized as a primer for bonding a non-fluorinated substrate to a fluoropolymer film and/or the coating can be used as an (e.g. outer exposed) surface layer. In some embodiments, the article may be the (e.g. backside) film of a photovoltaic module.
US09976037B2
Treatment compositions and methods of treating the surface of a substrate by using the treatment composition, and a semiconductor or MEMS substrate having the treatment composition thereon.
US09976036B2
The invention provides an organic solvent dispersion of zirconium oxide particles in a content of 20% by weight or more in an organic solvent except methanol and ethanol.
US09976035B2
The present application relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two constituents: at least one chromophore constituent and at least one polymeric constituent. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. This disclosure also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
US09976013B2
Acido-basic properties of a system containing a polymer fragment obtained by oxidative cleavage of a carbon-carbon double bond of a diene rubber polymer and a functional molecule having in a structure thereof an alkoxysilyl group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an aldehyde group and a carbonyl group are changed such that the system becomes basic when acidic, and becomes acidic when basic, thereby combining the polymer fragment with the functional molecule to form a modified diene rubber polymer having an alkoxysilyl group incorporated therein. A silane monomer comprising tetraalkoxysilane and/or alkyl trialkoxysilane is added to the system containing the modified diene rubber polymer, followed by condensation polymerization, thereby forming silica.
US09976010B2
Disclosed is a process to produce a hypophosphite salt defined as [C+ hypophosphite−] by reacting P4 with a hydroxide salt defined as [C+OH−], or a hydroxide salt precursor and a catalyst, wherein C+ is the cationic moiety of [C+ hypophosphite−] salt.
US09976006B2
A novel process for preparing vinyl aromatic polymer particles is described. The particles and beads are suitable for being processed into foamed styrenic products of substantially improved insulation values, as well as other useful products.
US09976002B2
One or more fly ash materials having a particle size distribution that may include cinders of selected sizes that is heuristically determined to be suitable to form a blend that is mixed with a resin to form a master batch pellet, powder or liquid; Or a fully compounded pellet, powder to liquid. The master batch pellet, powder or liquid; Or a fully compounded pellet, powder or liquid is later mixed with more resin which is manufactured by a process to produce a finished product. The process has parameters that may be measured and the finished product has physical properties that can be determined by testing which parameters and properties can be controlled by the heuristic selection of the one or more fly ash materials and optionally the heuristic selection of one or more other materials to be included in the formation of the blend.
US09975996B2
A method for manufacturing a polyhydroxyamide resin (A) containing no chloride includes reacting a coumarin dimer component of Formula (19), where R56, R57, R58, R59, R60 and R61 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atom(s), a halogen atom, a nitro group, an amino group, a cyano group, a carboxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atom(s), a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atom(s) or a hydroxy group, and a dimamine in a polar solvent.
US09975995B2
The present invention relates to an ion conducting polymer including a partially branched block copolymer; a method of preparing the same; an ion conductor including the ion conducting polymer; an electrolytic membrane including the ion conducting polymer; a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the electrolytic membrane, and a battery comprising the same; and a separation membrane for a redox flow battery including the ion conducting polymer, and a redox flow battery comprising same. Specifically, the partially branched block copolymer includes: a first block including a hydrophilic first polymer; a second block derived from a hydrophobic second polymer having two or more reactive groups respectively on its both ends, in such a way as to form branching points forming side branches on a main chain; and optionally a third block including a hydrophobic third polymer. The ion conducting polymer in the form of a partially branched block copolymer can prepare a polymer membrane having improved conductivity and superior physical properties such as tensile strength elongation at break, etc., while having the same or similar ion-exchange capacity (IEC), percentage water absorption and/or degree of dimensional change compared to conventional ion conducting polymers in the form of linear block copolymers. Because of such outstanding physical properties, the polymer membrane can be used as a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell, and a redox flow battery comprising the same as a separation membrane can exhibit outstanding cell performance and maintain high discharge charge capacity retention rate even when repeatedly charged and discharged several times.
US09975985B2
A polyisocyanate modified with sulphamic acid and a mixture thereof, the preparation method thereof, and the use thereof in the production of polyurethane, especially as a cross-linking ingredient in the field of aqueous coatings and adhesives containing groups that are capable of reacting with isocyanate groups.
US09975978B2
The invention relates to a method for polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers by free-radical initiated emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium in a polymerization reactor, wherein the inside walls and optionally also the fittings in the reactor are coated by applying a deposit-inhibiting product before the reactor is filled, characterized in that the surfaces that are to be coated with deposit-inhibiting product are treated with an acid solution.
US09975974B2
Methods for making olefin polymerization catalysts and methods for making polymers using the catalysts are provided. The method for making the catalyst can include combining one or more supports with one or more magnesium-containing compounds under reaction conditions to form a first reacted product. One or more chlorinating compounds selected from the group consisting of aluminum alkyl chlorides and chloro substituted silanes can be combined with the first reacted product under reaction conditions to form a second reacted product. One or more titanium-containing compounds selected from the group consisting of titanium alkoxides and titanium halides can be combined with the second reacted product under reaction conditions to form a catalyst.
US09975973B2
Catalyst compounds and catalyst systems including an asymmetric Salan ligands having a fluorenyl moiety are disclosed. Methods of preparing such catalyst compounds and catalyst systems, polymerization processes using such catalysts systems and olefin polymers prepared according to such processes using the catalysts systems are described.
US09975969B2
A method of preparing a polyolefin, wherein the method is used to more effectively prepare a polyolefin which has a high molecular weight and multimodal molecular weight distribution, thereby being preferably used for blow-molding or the like, and a polyolefin prepared thereby, are provided.
US09975957B2
The invention provides anti-OX40 antibodies and methods of using the same.
US09975946B2
The present invention comprises novel compositions and methods for eliciting high immune responses, of great specificity yielding conformationally sensitive antibodies. These antibodies recognize specific epitopes on a wide variety of antigens including but not limited to, amyloid protein, prion protein, P170 glycoprotein. The novel compositions of the invention comprise supramolecular antigenic constructs generally comprising a peptide sequence, covalently attached to pegylated lysine resulting in modified and enhanced peptide presentation. The unique modification methodology of the present invention is applicable to a variety of peptides and can ultimately be employed in therapeutic formulations and vaccines for diseases and disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
US09975944B2
The present invention provides synthetic peptides, including peptides comprising a plurality of epitopes, each epitope being derived from a different protein, and peptides comprising a plurality of citrullinated residues. The present invention also related to use of said peptides for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and disorder.
US09975943B2
The present disclosure relates to a class of engineered polypeptides having a binding affinity for the neonatal Fc receptor (in the following referred to as FcRn), and provides an FcRn binding polypeptide comprising the sequence EX2X3X4AX6X7 EIRWLPNL X16X17X18QRX21 AFIX25X26LX28X29 (SEQ ID NO: 1075). The present disclosure also relates to the use of such an FcRn binding polypeptide as an agent for modifying pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties and as a therapeutic agent.
US09975942B2
Provided herein is a construct comprising, in combination: an EphA3, EphA2 and/or EphB2 binding ligand; and at least one effector molecule. In some embodiments, the at least one effector molecule comprises a therapeutic agent, a nanoparticle, a detectable group, a lipid, or a liposome. In some embodiments, the construct is a fusion protein and/or a covalent conjugate. Further provided is a construct comprising in combination: a ligand that binds to EphA2, EphA3 and/or EphB2; a ligand that binds to IL-13Rα2; and at least one effector molecule. Also provided are methods of use thereof for treating cancer.
US09975941B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for purifying teriparatide, a therapeutically active polypeptide fragment of full-length human parathyroid hormone. The method is based on ion exchange chromatography and is effective in separating the therapeutically active polypeptide from undesirable variants, such as truncated polypeptides. The method of the invention can be used at a preparative scale which allows it to be implemented into the production process for teriparatide. Accordingly, the invention also provides a method for the production of teriparatide which includes a step in which teriparatide is purified by the novel ion exchange chromatography method of the invention.
US09975939B2
The invention provides materials and methods for the treatment of obesity and excess weight, diabetes, and other associated metabolic disorders. In particular, the invention provides novel glucagon analog peptides effective in such methods. The peptides may mediate their effect by having increased selectivity for the GLP-1 receptor as compared to human glucagon.
US09975925B2
Novel influenza antigens, novel immunogenic or vaccine compositions, as well as uses of and methods for producing said antigens and compositions, are described.
US09975917B1
A pentacyclic triterpenoidal derivative can include 3,11-dioxo-24(phenyl)-urs-12-en-24-one (4), 24-norurs-12-en-24(phenyl)-3,11-dione (5), 3,11-dioxo-24(Phenyl)-urs-1,12-diene-24-one (6), or 24-nor-urs-1,12-diene-24(phenyl)-3,11-dione (7). The pentacyclic triterpenoidal derivative demonstrates highly potent 5-lipoxygenase inhibition activity.
US09975910B2
A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein a ring Z is a 5 to 6-membered heteroaromatic ring having one or two heteroatoms in the ring; X1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a hydroxy C1-6 alkyl group, —B(OH)2, a boronate ester group, a cyclic boronate ester group, a boranyl group, a cyclic boranyl group, —BF3Mn1, —Sn(R12)(R13)(R14), a leaving group, a carboxy group, a formyl group, or —NR16R17; and X2 is a hydrogen atom or —CO2R18.
US09975900B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein A, X1, X2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as medicaments.
US09975899B2
The present invention is concerned with novel antifungal 5,6-dihydro-4H-pyrrolo-[1,2-a][1,4]benzodiazepines and 6H-pyrrolo[1,2-a][1,4]benzodiazepines substituted with heterocyclic derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and Het have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are active mainly against dermatophytes and systemic fungal infections. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
US09975890B2
This invention relates to compounds (Formula (1)) that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of muscarinic M1 receptor mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds provided are of formula where R1-R5, X1, X2 and p are as defined herein.
US09975888B2
The present invention relates to aryl linked imidazole and triazole derivatives, compositions comprising said compounds, alone or in combination with other drugs, and methods of using the compounds for improving the pharmacokinetics of a drug. The compounds of the invention are useful in human and veterinary medicine for inhibiting CYP3A4 and for improving the pharmacokinetics of a therapeutic compound that is metabolized by CYP3A4.
US09975878B2
Amine substituted triazine compounds and forms thereof that inhibit the function and reduce the level of B-cell specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1 (Bmi-1) protein and methods for their use to inhibit Bmi-1 function and reduce the level of Bmi-1 to treat a cancer mediated by Bmi-1 are described herein.
US09975875B2
This invention relates to a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Such compounds possess both muscarinic receptor antagonist and β2 adrenergic receptor agonist activities. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds as bronchodilating agents to treat pulmonary disorders.
US09975872B2
Provided are processes for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched or enantiomerically pure 3-(4-((4-(morpholinomethyl)benzyl)oxy)-1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl)piperidine-2,6-dione, or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof.
US09975869B2
The present invention provides novel analogs of epicatechin and related polyphenols, their variously functionalized derivatives, process for preparation of the same, composition comprising these compounds and their method of use.
US09975856B2
Processes are described for the preparation of estrogen receptor modulating compound, (E)-3-(4-((E)-2-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-1-(1H-indazol-5-yl)but-1-en-1-yl)phenyl)acrylic acid I: and salts thereof, and intermediates useful for the preparation of I.
US09975852B2
The present disclosure relates to quinoline sulfonyl compounds, compositions comprising these compounds and their use, in particular for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the present disclosure includes compounds of Formula (I), and compositions and uses thereof:
US09975849B1
A compound with antitumor activities is represented by formula I: A method of preparing the compound of formula I is also disclosed.
US09975846B2
The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein R1-R11, L, Z, Y, and Z are as defined in the claims. The invention also relates to said compounds for use as a medicament and particularly in the treatment of traumatic brain injury.
US09975844B2
A compound represented by formula (1): (wherein, R1a represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or the like, R1b and R1c represent a hydrogen atom or the like, and X represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom) can be produced by: a step wherein a compound represented by formula (2): is reacted with a compound represented by formula (3): (wherein, each of R2 and R3 independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or the like, and each of R6 and R7 independently represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or the like), thereby obtaining a compound represented by formula (4): a step wherein a compound represented by formula (4) is oxidized; a step wherein the product in the oxidation step is reduced; and a step wherein the product in the reduction reaction is halogenated.
US09975839B2
The present invention provides a process for the production of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid comprising the catalytic oxidation of a hydrocarbon precursor in an organic solvent, comprising the steps of: i) separating a vent gas from an oxidation stage into an organic solvent-rich liquid stream and a water-rich vapor stream in a distillation stage; and ii) separating an aqueous purification mother liquor comprising organic compounds from purified aromatic dicarboxylic acid crystals in a separation stage, characterized in that the process further comprises the steps of: iii) transferring the aqueous purification mother liquor from the separation stage to an extraction stage; iv) extracting said organic compounds from the aqueous purification mother liquor by contacting the aqueous purification mother liquor at a temperature of at least 90° C. with an organic liquid in the extraction stage to form an aqueous phase and an organic phase, wherein the concentration of said organic compounds in the aqueous phase is lower than the concentration of said organic compounds in the aqueous purification mother liquor; and v) transferring the aqueous phase to said distillation stage. The present invention further provides an apparatus for carrying out the process.
US09975836B2
The invention relates to a method of producing carbonyl compounds, more particularly C2-C4 ketones and aldehydes. The method is based on the gas-phase oxidation by nitrous oxide of C2-C4 alkane-olefin mixtures, such as a butane-butylene fraction or a propane-propylene fraction, obtained by thermal and/or catalytic cracking, to produce C2-C4 ketones and aldehydes. The process is carried out under continuous flow conditions at a temperature of 300-550° C. and pressure of 1-100 atm, without prior isolation of individual olefins from the fractionation products and in the absence of a catalyst. The process provides for high productivity, high overall selectivity for ketones and aldehydes, and explosion-safe operation.
US09975835B2
The present invention is directed to novel fragrance compounds and their unexpected advantageous use in improving, enhancing or modifying a fragrance formulation through the addition of an olfactory acceptable amount of the compounds, wherein the compounds are represented by the following formula: an isomer or a mixture of isomers thereof, wherein one of R and R′ represents hydrogen with the other representing a C1-C6 linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aromatic group; and one of the dashed lines represents a carbon-carbon single bond with the other representing a carbon-carbon double bond.
US09975834B2
Novel polyfluoroalkylated alkenes compounds prepared therefrom are described.
US09975830B2
The present invention provides a compound containing a modified phenolic hydroxy group, which has a molecular structure represented by General Formula (1) except for a molecular structure represented by the following General Formula (2). In the formulas, R1 represents a tertiary alkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an aryloxyalkyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing a hetero atom, or a trialkylsilyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group which may have a substituent, an aralkyl group which may have a substituent, or a halogen atom; and R3 represents an alkyl group which may have a substituent or an aryl group which may have a substituent.
US09975814B2
Silicon carbide composite materials contain CSiC with a density of 2.95 to 3.05 g/cm−3 and a fiber bundle content of 2 to 10 wt. %. The fiber bundles have a length of 6 to 20 mm, a width of 0.2 to 3 mm, and a thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 mm. The fiber bundles are filled with a cured phenolic resin content of up to 45 wt. %, and the protected fiber bundles are integrated into an SiC matrix. A method produces the silicon carbide composite materials.
US09975800B2
A glass sheet is formed on a mold into a glass article having a three-dimensional shape. The mold, with the glass article thereon, is arranged within an interior space of a radiation shield such that the mold is between a leading end barrier and a trailing end barrier of the radiation shield. The mold, glass article, and radiation shield are translated through a sequence of cooling stations while maintaining the mold between the leading and trailing end barriers, wherein the leading and trailing end barriers inhibit radiation heat transfer at leading and trailing ends of the mold.
US09975797B2
The invention relates to a method for ultra-dehydrating thickened or pasty biomass products, in particular sludge from wastewater treatment plants, according to which the products, in particular products having a dryness of 4% to 25%, are subjected to the following steps: hydrothermal carbonization treatment, including pressurization (1, 2) and thermal conditioning (30) for a duration in a closed reactor (4); followed by dehydration of the products by a ram press (12), obtaining a dryness of more than 50%; the temperature of the product upstream from the ram press dehydration being regulated by cooling between 40° C. and 90° C., advantageously to around 70° C., in order to optimize the filterability in the piston press; the steps of the method being performed in a confined space making it possible to prevent the release of smells into the atmosphere.
US09975794B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for treating greywater from a microbial food decomposition process. A method includes flowing, into a mixing chamber of a water treatment tank, a first volume of untreated greywater. A second volume of recirculated greywater mixed with ozone gas is flowed into the mixing chamber, and mixes with the first volume of untreated greywater to produce a third volume. The third volume of greywater is flowed into a storage tank. The method further includes diverting a first portion of the third volume out of the water treatment tank, and diverting a second portion of the third volume into a recirculation line that flows the second portion back to the mixing chamber.
US09975790B2
A method of depleting the bacterial content in a water source is provided. The method involves depleting the bacterial content in a water source for a water flooding process, said method comprising contacting a water source with a superparamagnetic or paramagnetic nanoparticle; complexing the bacteria with the particle; and removing the bacteria-particle complex by applying a magnetic field so as to provide a water source with depleted bacterial content. The depleted water can then be pumped into one or more connecting injection well(s) in an oil field pushing the crude oil towards one or more production well(s) thereby allowing for enhanced oil recovery from the production wells.
US09975789B2
A system includes a fluid injection system. The fluid injection system includes a rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) configured to receive a first fluid, to receive a second fluid extracted from a source well, to utilize the second fluid to pressurize the first fluid for injection into an injection well, and to inject the pressurized first fluid into the injection well.
US09975783B2
An apparatus to classify and separate turbid water and clean water water is disclosed, basically comprising a turbidity metering section which measures the turbidity of a flow of water based on the absorption of a beam of light in the flow of water and in the measurement of the electrical conductivity of the flow of water, and a turbid water separation section comprising a deviation device having an external body and an internal deviator, the external body being provided with a turbid water outlet connected to a discard outlet, which discards turbid water, and a clean water outlet connected to a clean water transfer pipe, which transfers clean water to a clean water tank.
US09975776B2
A method of forming a metal oxide/reduced graphene oxide composite film may be provided. The method may include providing a graphene oxide dispersion. The providing a graphene oxide dispersion method may also include adding a metal oxide to the graphene oxide dispersion to form a metal oxide/graphene oxide dispersion. The method may additionally include forming a metal oxide/graphene oxide film by filtering the metal oxide/graphene oxide dispersion using a directional flow directed assembly. The method may further include reducing the metal oxide/graphene oxide film using a reducing agent to form the metal oxide/reduced graphene oxide composite film.
US09975751B2
A funnel having a collection area disposed at one end of the funnel. A base surface of the collection area is flat. A flange surrounding an inlet opening is positioned spaced from the collection area. When the funnel is placed in a vertical orientation with the base surface of the collection area contacting a horizontal surface, a lowermost edge of the flange surrounding the inlet opening is aligned with the base surface of the collection area. The funnel is thereby supported in a vertical orientation on the horizontal surface by two contact points. Alternately, the base surface of the collection area may support the funnel vertically by itself. In this position, the residual fluid in the funnel is transferred by gravity to collect within the collection area. No residual fluid is allowed to escape from the interior of the funnel.
US09975749B2
A mobile vehicle servicing system includes a trailer having an elongated bed with peripheral vertical lip, four vertical stanchions disposed about the sides of the bed each of which support four corresponding carriages that are connected to a lift platform and are positionable by four actuators. The system further includes an oil supply and a used oil reservoir.
US09975748B2
Disclosed is a portable knockdown boat hoist for lifting boat from boat trailer or other resting location. Comprising of two A-frame structures positioned over the bow and stern of the boat. Each A-frame unit consists of two splayed legs on each side of the boat connected by a crossmember running over the top of the boat. At each side of the boat attached to one leg is a winch with a block and pulley connected by cable to the winch. Cranking up on the winch pulls up a lifting strap running underneath the hull of the boat, which in turn lifts the boat. The A-frame structures are comprised of tube sections that insert one end into the next section. A-frame units can be disassembled for transporting to boat location for lifting.
US09975737B2
The present invention relates to a horizontally movable vertical shaft rope guide and a regulating method thereof, which are suitable for guiding of hoisting containers in vertical shafts. The vertical shaft rope guide comprises a hoisting rope, and two hoisting containers suspended from the tail ends of the hoisting rope, wherein, cage guide ropes are led through guide cage lugs arranged on the two sides respectively, a tensioner arranged on the ground at the shaft top is connected to the upper end of each cage guide rope, and a connector arranged under a steel slot at the shaft bottom is connected to the lower end of each cage guide rope; a hydraulic cylinder is connected at the other side of each tensioner and the corresponding connector, and the hydraulic cylinder is connected to the tensioner or connector. During hoisting in the vertical shaft, the hydraulic cylinders are controlled to act in advance, to push the tensioners or connectors to move towards the center between the two hoisting containers, so that the cage guide ropes led through the guide cage lugs on the two sides of the hoisting containers get close to each other at the same time and wrap the hoisting container; thus, the horizontal displacement of the hoisting containers is restrained, and the impact of air flow on the two hoisting containers is minimized when the two hoisting containers meet.
US09975736B2
The door sill unit includes a bottom support, a support construction extending upwards from the bottom support and a support member being supported by a pivot on the support construction so that the support member can be rotated around the pivot between a first position and a second position.
US09975732B2
A method and an equipment for monitoring the movement of an elevator car detect an acceleration of the elevator car and a travel speed or a travel distance of the elevator car and an integrated travel speed is calculated from the detected acceleration. In that case, the detected travel speed or the travel speed derived from the detected travel distance is used as a start variable of an integration cycle. In addition, the integrated travel speed is compared with at least one predetermined limit speed and a safety measure is triggered if exceeding of the predetermined limit speed is established.
US09975715B2
A document sheet conveyance device includes an inner guide and an outer guide defining a curved sheet conveyance passage for allowing conveyance of a document sheet from a document sheet feeding section to a predetermined document reading position, and a movable guide projectable into the sheet conveyance passage. The outer guide includes an outer curved guide surface defining an outer surface of the sheet conveyance passage. The inner guide includes an inner curved guide surface defining an inner surface of the sheet conveyance passage, and a first flat part. The movable guide includes a projecting portion projectable into the sheet conveyance passage, and a second flat part provided in the projecting portion. The movable guide is attached to the outer guide in such a way as to allow the first and second flat parts to face each other with the projecting portion projecting in the sheet conveyance passage.
US09975708B2
A packaged integrated circuit transfer track with a stopper arm that is constrained to vertical motion. A packaged integrated circuit transfer track with a cam follower that engages a cam causing a stopper arm to raise or lower vertically. A packaged integrated circuit transfer track with an actuator that engages a switch causing a motor or solenoid to raise or lower the stopper arm vertically.
US09975704B2
A motorized or drive roller (1) of a belt conveyor (100) provides, mounted forcedly thereon, an antiwear tube (3) made of PVC additioned with antiwear additives, so that the belt (2) of the belt conveyor (100) rotates around, and in contact with, the antiwear tube (3).
US09975697B2
A device, provided for the storage of articles and the formation of article groups, includes a frame having a first series of mutually parallel elongated storage sections that extend between a first end and a second end of the frame, and a number of article holders. The storage sections are provided with holder supports on which a number of the holders can be supported. At the first end and the second end of the frame, first and second platforms, respectively, have been arranged which each are adapted for accommodating at least one holder, and movement elements for horizontally moving at least one holder from the first platform at the first end of the frame to the holder supports of a selected storage section while moving one or more holders representing a same holder length from the selected storage section to the second platform at the second end of the frame.
US09975692B2
A package for an electronic device is disclosed. The package includes a first layer of compressed natural fibers defining an aperture and a second layer of compressed natural fibers disposed adjacent to the first layer of compressed natural fibers. The aperture is configured to receive a portion of the electronic device. The second layer of compressed natural fibers has a flap partially covering the aperture defined by the first layer of compressed natural fibers. The first and second layers of compressed natural fibers are bonded to each other by high-frequency welding.
US09975686B2
A vacuum insulation panel comprises a planar core having an open-pored material and an enclosure that surrounds the core on all sides in a close-fitting, complete and gas-tight manner. The enclosure has at least the following layers, listed in order from the inner layer next to the core to the outer layer: a sealing layer of polyethylene; a barrier layer assembly arranged thereon, the assembly comprising at least one metallized polyester film, EVOH film, metallized EVOH film, metallized PP film, or plastic film coated with alumina or silicon oxide; and at least one paper layer arranged on said assembly.
US09975685B2
The present invention relates to a container that delimits a container interior from the surroundings and that is formed at least in part from a sheet-like composite.
US09975681B2
A front pull piercing valve assembly attached to a flexible container, whereby; when the wall of the flexible container is pulled into contact with a piercing element in the assembly, the contents of the container are dispensed by piercing the wall of the container and liquid flows through the valve assembly and directly into a container or through flexible hose or another connection to be dispensed. The valve assembly is configured in such a manner that during use it is filed with the liquid being dispensed thereby preventing the liquid in the flexible container from being exposed to air, namely, oxygen that often causes spoilage of certain liquids, such as wine.
US09975680B2
Improved packages and methods for constructing packages are provided that are designed such that the user can peel back a lidding member of the package to reveal an independently peelable portion covering one of the compartments. The independently peelable portion is a layer of the lidding member that maintains the respective compartment in an unopened (sealed) condition until the user independently peels that layer off to access the items in that compartment. The lidding member can be used to re-seal all of the compartments before and/or after the independently peelable portion is removed. The independently peelable portion may include a visual indication of a sealed condition of the compartment that serves as a tamper evidence feature. In multiple-compartment packages, peeling back the lidding member allows the user to access some of the compartments of the package, while at least one of the compartments remains sealed via the independently peelable portion.
US09975677B2
A cap for a container includes a main body having a top plate and a circular sidewall. Two opposite sides of the circular sidewall circularly connect to each other. One periphery of the circular sidewall connects to one surface of the top plate forming a closed end and the other periphery of the circular sidewall at the opposite side of the closed end forms an opened end. A ring member is located at the opened end of the main body. A first incision between the opened end of the main body and the ring member has a first end and a second end. The first end is separated from the second end. A second incision located on the main body or the ring member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the second incision is separated from the second end of the second incision.
US09975676B2
A reusable tamper-resistant squeezable tabletop bottle comprises one or more openings sealed by one or more caps and one or more collars. The collars are rotatably secured relative to the body of the bottle by one or more collar receiving shoulders. The caps are axially secured relative to the body by a coupling and the caps are rotatably secured relative to the collars by a locking mechanism. The cap may be removed using a cap removal tool that releases the locking mechanism.
US09975674B2
In the field of lids for beverage containers, an airflow cooling lid for hot beverage containers that enables the user to cool down the beverage in the container by blowing outside air across the surface of the beverage without removal of the lid. The airflow cooling lid comprises a circular cover snuggly placed over a hot beverage container having a mounting rim, a surface portion, a drinking opening in form of an opening for consuming the beverage and an exhaust opening to be used as either the intake or exhaust portal for the air drawn over the surface of the beverage. Either or both the drinking opening or the exhaust opening may be angled outward to allow the exhaust air to flow away from the face when blowing through either portal.
US09975668B1
A multiple-lid container including a body having a passageway formed therein, the body having an open first end in fluid communication with the passageway, the passageway terminating at an opposed closed second end, the body and passageway forming an open-ended container. A first lid is securable to the first end to form a first closed container having a first chamber for holding a liquid. The first lid includes an applicator extending inside of the first chamber for wicking an amount of the liquid for applying the liquid on another surface when the first lid is removed from the first end. A second lid is operably secured to the open-ended container, the second lid is securable to the first end to form a second closed container. An elongate flexible member is secured to the first lid.
US09975666B2
A bag container dispenser includes a bag container. The container is formed of resilient material and has a bottom, a top, first and second sides, a front, a back and a removable access panel. The access panel has a top segment that includes a portion of the top and a connected front segment. The front segment has a height that extends from the bottom to the top. Stacked bags are sized and shaped to fit within the bag container. Each of the bags has a front wall, a back wall, an open top and a closure mechanism. The bags are dispensable from the container through an opening provided by removal of the access panel which may have a removable cover. A dispenser rack has a horizontal platform sized and shaped to support the bag container. Peripheral guards extend upward from the platform and constrain movement of the container during dispensing.
US09975664B2
A method of displaying an article, a package configured to display a selected portion of an article, and a blank for forming a rectangular box, which is configured to contain an elongate body are disclosed. The method includes establishing a box structure having an inner cavity and a side portion; dividing the side portion into a lower retention portion, and upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, the dividing including: establishing a side recess panel at a location along a side panel of the box structure; establishing a front recess panel along a front panel of the box structure, the front recess panel adjacent the side recess panel, the front recess panel having a greater width than the side recess panel; and establishing the window recess portion by folding the first and front recess panels into the box structure.
US09975647B2
In one example, a method includes capturing, by a camera system including at least one camera device positioned within an aircraft, image data of an interior of the aircraft. The method further includes determining, by a processing device positioned within the aircraft, that one or more alert criteria are satisfied, and outputting, in response to determining that the one or more alert criteria are satisfied, at least a portion of the captured image for transmission to a ground-based computing device via a wireless communications network. The method further includes receiving, from the ground-based computing device, a lock override command configured to cause the processing device to unlock an electronically-controlled door lock of a flight deck door of the aircraft, and responsively unlocking the electronically-controlled door lock of the flight deck door.
US09975641B2
Housing a conduit of a thermal protection system of a rigid structure of an attachment pylon in an aircraft propulsion assembly within a box of the rigid structure, so as to take advantage of the volume within the rigid structure. The elements forming the conduits thus form an integral part of the rigid structure and can thus play a structural role.
US09975638B2
A cradle device is configured to removably store a terminal device provided with a first recess having a second recess on its inner side face, the second recess being dented in a direction intersecting a removable direction. This cradle device includes a third recess, a pusher, and a locker. The third recess is capable of storing at least a part of the terminal device, the part including the first recess. The pusher is brought into contact with the first recess of the terminal device stored in the third recess, thereby pushing up the terminal device from the third recess. The locker is disposed in combination with the pusher and has a projection part formed to be engageable with the second recess. The locker holds the terminal device in such a manner that the projection part is engaged with the second recess of the terminal device pushed up by the pusher.
US09975631B1
An aircraft includes a front tiltwing which in turn includes two non-foldable outer propellers and four foldable inner propellers. The four foldable inner propellers are rotating at least some of the time while the front tiltwing is held in a vertical takeoff and landing position. The four foldable inner propellers are stowed at least some of the time while the front tiltwing is held in a forward flight position. The aircraft also includes a back tiltwing which includes two non-foldable back propellers.
US09975625B2
A method and apparatus may comprise a first number of layers of a flexible material, a second number of layers of a dielectric material, a first electrode attached to a surface layer in the first number of layers, and a second electrode attached to a second layer in one of the first number of layers and the second number of layers. The first number of layers may be interspersed with the second number of layers. The first electrode may be configured to be exposed to air. The first electrode and the second electrode may be configured to form a plasma in response to a voltage.
US09975622B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an adaptable wing having a variable geometry for influencing aerodynamic performance, the wing comprising a jointed leading edge having a main pivot, and a wrist joint, with a wing arm therebetween, and a distal wing hand depending from the wrist joint; the wing being reciprocally actuable, via the main pivot and wrist joint, between a first state having an extended wing planform and a second state having a tucked wing planform.
US09975620B2
A bow and stern thruster apparatus includes a motor, a propeller, a battery, a radio receiver, control logic, and power driver circuitry; together forming a fully integrated thruster unit that slides up and down along a guide device to a hull attachment fixture near the water line of a boat. The deployed thruster unit can act as a bow or a stern thruster depending on where the guide device and attachment fixture are mounted to the boat. The thruster unit is retracted by raising it along the guide device to be stowed well above the water line, or to be removed entirely from the hull.
US09975614B2
A person-in-the-water rescue and retrieval system includes a net assembly having a pair of laterally spaced apart side ropes and a plurality of net portions, each net portion being constructed of a material that floats, extends laterally between the side ropes, and is spaced apart longitudinally from an adjacent net portion. The system includes a deployment capsule defining an interior space configured to selectively receive the net assembly therein. A launching device includes a framework configured to receive the deployment member. A first compressed air canister is in fluid communication with the launching device and the deployment member and configured to apply force to the deployment member when actuated that is sufficient to propel the deployment member from the launching device. The launching device may be boat mounted or configured as a handheld device such as in the form of a rifle.
US09975609B2
A ship for transporting cargo gas, such as natural gas, includes a ship structure and a middle transverse bulkhead constructed by gas storage containers. Each gas storage container includes an enclosure and a pipe coil within the enclosure that contains the cargo gas and it is the enclosures of the gas storage containers that are integrated into the ship structure to form the middle transverse bulk head.
US09975608B2
An eco-friendly buoy includes a foam including a cylindrical accommodation space in the interior of the foam, and coupling grooves at predetermined intervals at an outer surface circumference of the foam in order to fasten the foam to fixing members through wire; and a protective layer formed on an entire outer surface of the foam and protecting the foam from damage by waves or wind. The eco-friendly buoy is manufactured from eco-friendly expanded polypropylene and expanded styrene and has a protective layer on an outer surface thereof, thereby being protected from damage by waves or wind. In addition, the eco-friendly buoy may be used for a long time, thus reducing maintenance costs.
US09975606B2
The invention relates to a fairlead for guiding an anchoring element, allowing the anchoring of a unit, such as a floating unit, to an anchoring point, and in particular being applicable to permanent anchoring devices of the submerged fairlead type with an integrated chain stopper, in fields such as the marine, offshore, and renewable marine energy industries.The fairlead comprises guide means 1 to 4 able to guide the translation of the anchoring element between the unit and the anchoring point, and blocking means 5 able to block the translation of the anchoring element in the guide means 1 to 4. The blocking means 5 are mounted on the guide means 1 to 4 at least partially freely rotating around an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the anchoring element when the latter is guided in the guide means 1 to 4.
US09975605B2
Decking comprises: a support selected from the group consisting of: polymeric materials; marine engineering polymers, fiber reinforced polymers, polymer metal composites, metal or wood sheets or marine superstructure; an array of strips of polymer treated wood secured to the support by means of an adhesive; the adhesive being selected from the group consisting of: polyurethane adhesives, modified silyl polymer adhesives and epoxy resin adhesives; wherein the polymer treated wood comprises a wood species selected from the group consisting of: maple species impregnated with a wood compatible polymerizable monomer, preferably selected from furfuryl alcohol, bis hydroxymethyl furan and mixtures thereof and subsequently dried and cured.
US09975599B2
A combination for a bicycle includes a one-piece disc brake mount, and a chain stay that forms a portion of a frame of the bicycle. The mount includes: a first protrusion comprising a first elongated shape with a first centrally disposed through-hole; a second protrusion comprising a second elongated shape with a second centrally disposed through-hole; the second through-hole disposed parallel with and spatially apart from the first through-hole; and, an integrally formed web portion fixedly connecting the first protrusion with the second protrusion. The chain stay includes a continuous surface absent any discontinuities in an attachment area configured to receive the mount, wherein the mount is joinable with the chain stay at the attachment area.
US09975598B2
A suspension system includes a spring support for a vehicle support spring. A spring collar supporting the vehicle support spring is selectively adjustable with respect to position by a pressurized-medium supply with the aim of adjusting the level of a vehicle body. The spring support is constructed as a hydropneumatic spring having a hydraulic volume, which can likewise be adjusted relative to a pneumatic storage element.
US09975589B2
A lock plate configured to retain a wear runner against a support may include a first retainer arm, a second retainer arm, and a web coupling the first and second retainer arms to one another. The first retainer arm, the second retainer arm, and the web may define a recess configured to receive a retainer pin associated with the wear runner. The first retainer arm and the second retainer arm may have a thickness configured to fit within a groove extending at least partially around the retainer pin, such that the lock plate holds the wear runner against the support on a side of the support opposite the lock plate.
US09975588B2
A trailer hitch arrangement control system including a trailer sensor for sensing the position of a trailer relative to a trailer hitch assembly, a lock sensor for sensing the position of a locking mechanism, a control valve in fluid communication with a brake assembly of a trailer and operable between closed and open positions, wherein the brake assembly is engaged and disengaged, respectively, and wherein the brake assembly is positively biased toward the engaged position, and a controller coupled to the trailer sensor, the lock sensor and the control valve for determining whether the trailer hitch assembly is properly coupled to the hitch and generating a control signal to the control valve to actuate the control valve from the open position to the closed position when the trailer hitch assembly is improperly coupled to the hitch, such that the brake assembly remains in the engaged position.
US09975581B2
A metallic joint 18 having a substantially T-shaped cross section configured to join an inner surface in a vehicle width direction of a FRP side wall member 13 extending in a front-rear direction and an outer end in the vehicle width direction of a FRP standing wall member 14 extending in the vehicle width direction includes left-right joining surfaces 18b and 18c joined to an inner surface in the vehicle width direction of the side wall member 13, and a front-rear joining surface 18a which extends inward in the vehicle width direction from an intermediate portion in the front-rear direction of the left-right joining surfaces 18b and 18c and is joined to a front surface or a rear surface of the outer end in the vehicle width direction of the standing wall member 14.
US09975576B2
Some embodiments are directed to a controlled differential adapted to couple two shafts and steer input, such as those provided in a drive configuration for a skid steered vehicle, the controlled differential including a pair of planet carriers arranged to turn with respective shafts; a pair of ring gears interconnected by a cross-shaft such that the ring gears rotate in common; planet gears and a pair of sun gears, the sun gears being coupled to at least one steer motor to enable rotation of the sun gears in mutually opposite senses upon input from the steer motor.
US09975573B2
An operation mode of a first actuator engaged with a steering rack is determined. An operation mode of a second actuator engaged with a steering column is determined. The operation mode of one of the first and second actuators is adjusted upon detecting a failure in the other of the first and second actuators. At least one of the steering rack and the steering column is actuated based on the operation mode. In an angle control mode, a predetermined steering angle is provided to the first and second actuators to adjust the steering rack according to the steering angle. In a torque control mode, a steering column torque from a torsion sensor disposed on the steering column is provided to the first and second actuators to adjust the steering rack according to the steering column torque.
US09975572B2
An in-vehicle device controller has at least two redundant operating condition detection units. Under normal circumstances, the controller performs actuator drive control based on an operating condition detection signal of one of the operating condition detection units. Upon detection of an abnormality in the signal transmission state, data state or operating status of one of the at least two operating condition detection units, the controller performs actuator drive control based on an operating condition detection signal of another one of the at least two operating condition detection units in which no abnormality is present. By this control, the actuator function is preserved even in the event of the abnormality in the operating condition detection unit or operating condition detection signal.
US09975571B2
Using an update amount, an update amount calculating circuit manipulates a phase-control angle so as to perform feedback control such that a steering torque corresponds to a target torque. The steering torque is obtained by reducing a steering torque in magnitude by a predetermined value. The phase-control angle is used to convert a current command value to a value of a fixed coordinate system, for example. Using a guard value, a guard processing circuit performs a guard process on a current command value set by a command value setting circuit, so that the current command value becomes the current command value. The guard value is used to determine an appropriate range for a variation in the current command value in accordance with an amount by which the steering torque exceeds in magnitude the target torque.
US09975570B2
A method of calculating a motor velocity in an electric power steering system comprises receiving a plurality of motor position signals from a motor position sensor of the electronic power steering system, calculating a plurality of angle difference based on the motor position signals prior to performing any filtering operations on the motor position signals, performing a linear regression analysis on the angle differences to predict an angle difference, and calculating a motor velocity based on the predicted angle difference.
US09975566B2
A bearing structure includes a wheel assembly defining a first front wheel assembly and a second rear wheel assembly, the rear wheel assembly including at least two wheels spaced by a first width defining a first position; wheel supports connecting the axes of rotation of the wheels with the bearing structure; a first folding device enabling a first folding causing a reduction in spacing between the two rear wheels to a second width lower than the first width, defining a second position. A connection system, connecting the wheel supports of the first and second assemblies to the first folding device, enables a second folding of the wheels so as to allow a rotation substantially equal to 90° of the wheels in the horizontal plane when the wheels are in the second position.
US09975562B2
A railcar includes: a carbody; a bogie constituting member including an interface plate provided at a lower portion of the carbody, an air spring, and a bogie; an automatic level controlling valve configured to maintain a height of the spring within a certain range; a first attaching portion provided on a side surface of the plate, the valve being detachably attached to the side surface of the plate by the first attaching portion; and attaching means provided at the lower portion of the carbody, the valve being detachably attached to the lower portion of the carbody by the attaching means, the bogie constituting member being separable from the carbody in a state where the valve is attached to the side surface of the plate through the first attaching portion or a state where the valve is attached to the lower portion of the carbody through the attaching means.
US09975556B2
A control device for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a transmission and an engine configured to input a torque into the transmission. The transmission has multiple transmission stages and includes a first engagement mechanism and a second engagement mechanism. The control device includes an ECU configured to: (a) control the second engagement mechanism when a second transmission stage is set such that the capacity of torque transmission of the second engagement mechanism is increased and a thrust for separating a first member and a second member of the first engagement mechanism from each other in an axial direction is generated; (b) calculate a decrement in an output torque of the transmission when the capacity of torque transmission of the second engagement mechanism is increased; and (c) increase a torque input into the transmission by the engine based on the decrement in the output torque by controlling the engine.
US09975554B2
A method for managing a drive mode of a tracked vehicle, comprising the step of reading an output of a sensor and in response to the output of the sensor performing a control action to manage the drive mode of the vehicle.
US09975553B2
An automatic transmission includes a first frictional engagement element (a low clutch 40), a second frictional engagement element (an L/R brake 60), two hydraulic chambers (a gap adjustment chamber 64 and a pressure chamber 65) provided in the second frictional engagement element, a first hydraulic pressure generator 101 (an electric pump 101) generating a hydraulic pressure during an automatic stop of the engine, and a control unit (a control unit 200) controlling the hydraulic pressure in the first and second frictional engagement elements. The control unit supplies the hydraulic pressure generated by the first hydraulic pressure generator to the first frictional engagement element and one of the two hydraulic chambers of the second frictional engagement element when the automatic transmission is in the non-traveling range and the engine has been automatically stopped.
US09975552B2
A method and apparatus for detecting impairment of a vehicle operator are provided. The method includes detecting a first impairment level at a first time; detecting a second impairment level at a second time after the first time; based on the detected first impairment level and the detected second impairment level, determining a third impairment level at a third time after the second time; and inhibiting vehicle operation in response to determining that the third impairment level is greater than an impairment threshold. The apparatus and method may be used in a vehicle or other apparatus to prevent vehicle operator from operating the vehicle while impaired or prior to becoming impaired.
US09975551B2
A vehicle exterior environment recognition device includes a traffic light identifying module that identifies one or more traffic lights located ahead of a vehicle, and traffic light colors of the traffic lights, and a control input identifying module that identifies, when multiple traffic lights exist, traffic lights to be used as control inputs based on whether the multiple traffic lights are located on both the left and right sides of a traveling path of the vehicle, and whether the multiple traffic lights are same in color.
US09975548B2
Vehicle driving situation determination apparatus and vehicle driving situation determination method
A vehicle driving situation determination apparatus includes an object detector for detecting an object around a vehicle and an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU calculates an index relating to a traveling state of the vehicle, wherein the index is a value that is obtained by dividing a jerk of the vehicle by a deceleration. The ECU compares the index to past index statistics, in a case where the object is detected by the object detector and then a response operation against the object by a driver of the vehicle is detected. A driving reaction of the driver of the vehicle is based on a result of this comparison and driving support is executed based on the determination.
US09975547B2
A method for automatically detecting and safely traversing an accumulation of ice on an impending bridge. The method automatically identifies, by the vehicle, impending approach of the vehicle to a bridge and senses an accumulation of ice on the bridge. The method then calculates a speed of the vehicle needed to prevent longitudinal slip between the vehicle and the bridge, and automatically slows the vehicle at a rate sufficient to enable the vehicle to reach the calculated speed by the time it reaches the bridge. A corresponding system is also disclosed and claimed herein.
US09975544B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for active vibration control of a hybrid electric vehicle. In particular, the method may include: detecting an engine speed or a motor speed; selecting a reference angle signal based on the detected; setting up a period of a fast Fourier transform (FFT) and performing FFT of the engine speed or the motor speed for the period of the FFT from the reference angle signal; setting up a reference spectrum; extracting vibration components based on the reference spectrum; summing vibration components to be removed based on the frequencies and performing inverse FFT; determining a basic amplitude ratio based on the engine speed and an engine load and an adjustable ratio based on a SOC; and performing active vibration control of each frequency based on the the basic amplitude ratio, the adjustable ratio and the engine torque.
US09975543B1
A combustion-electric propulsion system includes an alternator, an engine control module, and an electric aftertreatment component. The alternator is configured to receive a rotational input from a driveshaft and to utilize the rotational input to generate electric energy. The engine control module is configured to receive an input. The input corresponds to a drive command or a brake command. The engine control module is configured to enter an idle mode while not receiving the drive command or the brake command. The electric aftertreatment component is configured to treat exhaust. The electric aftertreatment component includes a plurality of resistance elements that are electrically communicable with the alternator. The alternator is configured to selectively transmit the electric energy to the plurality of resistance elements when in the idle mode such that the plurality of resistance elements heat at least one of the exhaust and the electric aftertreatment component.
US09975538B2
A controller-implemented method of controlling a machine having a rotor coupled to an engine through a variable transmission is provided. The controller-implemented method may include receiving a desired rotor speed, determining an engine load of the engine, adjusting an engine speed of the engine based on the engine load and one or more predefined efficiency points, and adjusting a gear ratio of the variable transmission based on the engine speed and the desired rotor speed.
US09975531B2
A vehicle brake control device includes an electric motor controlled based on a target energization amount calculated based on an operation amount (Bpa) of a braking operation member. Based on the operation amount (Bpa), it is determined whether or not an inertia compensation control for compensating for the influence of the inertia of a brake actuator is necessary. When the inertia compensation control is determined to be necessary, an inertia compensation energization amount for compensating for the influence of the inertia of the brake actuator is calculated based on a time-series pattern set in advance based on the maximum response of the brake actuator. Based on the inertia compensation energization amount, the target energization amount is calculated. The vehicle brake control device is thus able to generate a braking torque that appropriately compensates for the influence of the inertia of the entire device including the inertia of the electric motor.
US09975527B2
A mounting structure for a pedal device including a pedal and a bracket is configured to mount the pedal device on a dash panel with the dash panel sandwiched by and between the bracket and a master cylinder device. The mounting structure includes: a plurality of fastening rods for fastening the bracket to the master cylinder device; and a plurality of collars interposed between the dash panel and the bracket for spacing the dash panel and the bracket apart from each other, the fastening rods extending through the collars. The collars include a pair of collars, and one of the pair of collars has an extending portion extending along the dash panel in a direction away from the other of the pair of collars and functions as a reinforcing member for reducing deformation of the dash panel caused when the pedal is stepped on.
US09975526B2
A furniture roller stop having a U-shaped body constructed from a flexible material. The body includes two spaced apart side legs and a base leg connecting the side legs together thus forming a channel between the side legs dimensioned to fit around the roller of the furniture so that the side legs are positioned closely adjacent the roller. A bendable band is attached to the body and extends around the base leg and at least a portion of each side leg. The shape of the channel is adjustable by bending the band which thereafter retains the bent side legs in the new position.
US09975519B2
A side airbag (2), for mounting to a seat frame (7) having a support surface (7a) facing a vehicle door. An inflator (6) is stored inside the side airbag near a rear end in a deployment and inflation direction. The side airbag has a folded portion (X1) with a folding line (F1) and a superposed portion (S) sequentially from the side of the inflator to a front end thereof in the deployment and inflation direction. The folded portion has an abutment portion (Q) folded back to a vehicle rear side from a vehicle front side on a front side of the inflator in a vehicle front-back direction along the folding line and abutted against the support surface. The superposed portion is formed in a rolled and superposed state, and the folded portion is arranged between the support surface and the superposed portion in the vehicle-widthwise.
US09975517B2
Some embodiments are directed to an assembly for housing and covering a vehicle airbag in an un-deployed state. The assembly can include a hollow housing that defines an interior that is configured to house the airbag in the un-deployed state. The housing can include a door having a linearly extending primary weakened portion spanning longitudinally opposing ends of the housing. The housing door can also include a pair of angled seams that each extend proximate the primary weakened portion to a location adjacent opposing corners of the door. The assembly can also include an intermediate layer disposed over and joined to the housing door, and an exterior layer disposed over and joined to the intermediate layer.
US09975516B2
An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a seat frame, an inflator and a side airbag. The seat frame is provided at a seat lower side of a side support portion. The seat frame includes an upright wall portion and an upper wall portion. The inflator is provided at the seat lower side of the upper wall portion. The side airbag is disposed between the side support portion and the seat frame. In an inflated state, the side airbag includes a first inflation portion that causes an upper portion of the side support portion to bulge to the seat upper side and the seat width direction inner side, and a second inflation portion that causes a lower portion of the side support portion to bulge to the seat upper side and the seat width direction inner side.
US09975511B2
A control device of an electromagnetic actuator for a restraint device, including an evaluation and control unit which generates a control signal which predefines a control sequence having control time periods, in which the actuator is activated, and pause time periods, in which the actuator is deactivated. A protective circuit including a counter is provided, the counter monitoring the control sequence and increments its counter content during the at least one control time period and decrements its counter content during the at least one pause time period, the protective circuit effectuating a deactivation of the actuator when the counter content reaches or exceeds a predefined first threshold value, and allows a reactivation of the actuator when the counter content reaches or falls below a predefined second threshold value after reaching or exceeding the first threshold value, the first counter content being greater than the second counter content.
US09975486B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for assisting a vehicle, including: a gear mounted in a vehicle and configured to switch an operation mode into any one of a travelling mode, a parking mode, a neutral mode, and a reverse mode of the vehicle; one or more lighting devices provided in the vehicle; a camera mounted in the vehicle, and configured to obtain an image around the vehicle; a processor configured to decrease a gain of a first color in an RGB image, which is received from the camera and includes light emitted from the taillight when the operation mode is switched into the reverse mode; and an output unit configured to output the image processed by the processor.
US09975485B2
A surroundings monitoring system includes: a detection device that is disposed in a work vehicle and configured to be able to detect an object around the work vehicle; and a display device that is disposed in the work vehicle so as to display the work vehicle on a screen and display a detection area of the detection device in which an abnormality has occurred around the work vehicle on the screen.
US09975483B1
Approaches are described for utilizing a combination of location determining and tracking techniques to attempt to provide driver assistance under a variety of different circumstances, such as location assistance to locate or get back to a particular object or location, and visual and/or audible assistance to alert a driver of potential danger. For example, a driver assistance system can be provided that can monitor traffic conditions as well as attentiveness of a driver using a portable computing device (such as a mobile phone) to provide visual and/or audible notifications to alert the driver to potential dangers and/or take defensive action. The driver assistance system can further be used to automatically determine the location of a user's parked automobile and provide assistance, such as directions, to get back to the location where the user parked his or her automobile.
US09975475B1
A vehicle lighting device is disclosed. The device comprises a plurality of light sources configured to selectively emit a first light color and a second light color and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a driver assist signal and a brake signal. In response to the brake signal, the controller is configured to activate the first light color constantly. In response to a combination of the brake signal and the driver assist signal, the controller is configured to activate the first light color constantly and the second light color periodically.
US09975467B1
A cargo securing apparatus utilizes a durable first member and a pair of stainless steel hooks. The first member is retractably secured within an outer member having a pair of locking handles on the exterior. Secured to the outer member is a first hook. Secured to the inner member opposite the first hook is at least one (1) second hook.
US09975461B2
An arrangement of components, in particular for a vehicle seat, includes a first component and a second component which are interconnected by a connector. The connector includes a nail-shaped pin that has a grooved drive stud.
US09975457B2
A child safety seat includes a base for providing support on a vehicle seat, a child support assembly coupled with the base, the child support assembly including a seat portion and a backrest portion pivotally connected with each other, the child support assembly being adjustable relative to the base between a sitting position and a recumbent position, a latch operable to lock the child support assembly with the base in the sitting position or the recumbent position, and an actuator operatively connected with the latch, the actuator being operable to cause the latch to unlock for adjustment of the child support assembly between the sitting position and the recumbent position.
US09975456B2
A vehicle seat with a seat part, a backrest and a fitting which pivotally connects the backrest with the seat part. The fitting includes a backrest-side fitting part coupled with the backrest via a locking mechanism, and a rotary fitting mechanism. A driving device is arranged on the backrest for driving the rotary fitting mechanism. In a locking position, the locking mechanism firmly couples the backrest-side fitting part with the backrest, and in a free-pivoting position decouples the backrest-side fitting part from the backrest, so that the backrest is pivotable into a folded position in a swivel direction about the swivel axis. The driving device is formed to actuate the rotary fitting mechanism for pivoting the backrest-side fitting part by a predetermined angle against the swivel direction, when the locking mechanism is actuated for pivoting the backrest into the folded position.
US09975446B2
A vehicle charge station includes at least a first interface and second interface coupled with a power converter and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to detecting a battery electric vehicle (BEV) classified vehicle coupled with the power converter via the first interface while flowing a charge current to a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) classified vehicle via the second interface, redirect the charge current from the second interface to the first interface. Also, a method of controlling a charge station includes receiving first vehicle data from a first vehicle connected to a first interface and transferring power to the first interface. The method then receives second vehicle data from a second vehicle connected to a second interface and, in response to a comparison of the first vehicle data and the second vehicle data indicating a higher priority for the second vehicle, redirects power from the first interface to the second interface.
US09975431B2
A torque control system for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels, wherein at least two of the wheels are arranged to be driven by separate electric motors, the system comprising a master controller arranged to monitor the torque generated by at least one of the electric motors and upon a determination that the torque produced by the at least one electric motor is reduced as a result of a predetermined condition the master controller is arranged to adjust the torque generated in the at least one electric motor and/or another electric motor so that the torque generated by the at least one electric motor and the another electric motor are substantially the same.
US09975425B2
A method of shutting down an off-road vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes two rear wheels, two front wheels, a motor selectively operatively connected to the wheels, a front driveshaft selectively connected to the motor to selectively drive the two front wheels, and a rear driveshaft connected to the motor to drive the two rear wheels. The method includes: interrupting operation of the motor; and automatically operatively connecting the front driveshaft to the motor once the operation of the motor has been interrupted.
US09975419B2
A vehicle includes an air dam assembly disposed at a first end of the vehicle body that is configured to control an airflow between the vehicle body and a road surface from outside the vehicle to the under-hood compartment of the vehicle. The air dam assembly includes a housing having a top wall and a bottom wall defining a forward wall and an opposing rearward wall therebetween. A plurality of flexible pleats are disposed on the forward wall of the of the air dam housing.
US09975418B2
An ECU performs control processing including setting an inverter to a gate blocking state when an abnormal condition of the inverter occurs, activating a converter, driving an engine, carrying out first suppression control when an abnormal condition of a resolver occurs and when an MG2 rotation speed immediately before occurrence of the abnormal condition is equal to or smaller than a first speed threshold value, and carrying out second suppression control when the MG2 rotation speed immediately before occurrence of the abnormal condition is greater than the first speed threshold value and when there is no record of stop.
US09975411B2
Provided is a sunroof device including: a stay that is attached to a roof panel; a lifting arm that serves to lift, and support the weight of, the roof panel; and a guide member that is attached to the lifting arm and guides the sliding of the roof panel via a guide groove into which the stay is fit, wherein the guide member is configured to include a first member that is molded of a resin material and has the guide groove, and a second member as a reinforcing member that covers the first member, wherein the first member can be inserted into or removed from the second member in the sliding direction of the roof panel and is mounted to the second member by a snap-fit coupling means that exploits elastic deformation of the first member toward the guide groove This arrangement facilitates assembling the guide member.
US09975405B2
A modular air grill is taught having a removable return register and a removable supply register. The supply register may be replaced with a blank when adequate cooling or rapid cooling has occurred and the cooling through the ducts is desired rather than immediately adjacent to an air conditioning unit.
US09975402B2
The invention relates to an electrical liquid heating device for a motor vehicle. The heating device comprises at least a first (7a) and a second (7b) heating module for heating the aforementioned liquid, defining at least one circuit (15) for guiding the liquid to be heated. The device is characterized in that the heating modules (7a, 7b) each have a generally cylindrical shape and are arranged side by side substantially in parallel. The invention also relates to a heating and/or air-conditioning unit for a motor vehicle, comprising such a heating device (5).
US09975400B2
A method of controlling a temperature in a vehicle passenger compartment of a parked vehicle includes the steps of: (a) sensing a temperature inside the vehicle at a predetermined time; (b) comparing the sensed temperature to a preferred temperature; (c) confirming an absence of any object near a front and a rear of the parked vehicle; (d) turning on an engine of the parked vehicle if the absence of any object is confirmed and the sensed temperature is not the preferred temperature; and (e) utilizing a climate control system to change the temperature inside the vehicle passenger compartment.
US09975380B1
A vehicle includes a body controller having a plurality of sensors that detect a state of a driver door and a rear passenger door and detect an ignition state of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a processor that activates an alert flag in response to receiving a first signal from the body controller indicating an ignition of the vehicle has been started and receiving a second signal from the body controller indicating the rear passenger door of the vehicle has been closed within an activation threshold time. The processor determines that the vehicle has made a temporary stop and maintains the activated alert flag upon detecting that the vehicle has been started in response to determining that the vehicle has made the temporary stop. The processor generates a notification in response to detecting that the vehicle has been parked a second time. The notification may include a camera feed.
US09975374B2
A wheel includes a rim having a rim base and a two-part wheel spider. The wheel spider includes two molded parts. The first molded part forms the spokes having an open cross-section and is joined to the second molded part. The spokes of the first molded part are completely or partially closed along the profile length by the second molded part. The wheel spider is preferably integrated in the rim in an interlocking manner. The rim and the two-part wheel spider can consist of metal, but in particular preferably of composite fiber material.
US09975363B2
Devices and methods are provided for mitigating printer damage risks. In examples a presence of a set of damage risk indicator signals at a printer is identified. A time period during which the damage risk indicator signals of the set are concurrently present is tracked, and a power supply is cut off if the time period exceeds a predetermined threshold time.
US09975362B1
An embodiment provides a printer including a housing; a rotation body that is accommodated in the housing and rotates to transport a sheet; a printing unit that is provided in a transport path of the sheet and prints information on a transported sheet; a discharging unit that discharges a printed sheet to an outside of the housing; and a cover that is capable of moving between an open position at which the discharging unit is opened and a closed position at which the discharging unit is blocked, and moves from the closed position to the open position in response to a rotation of the rotation body.
US09975346B2
Provided are a liquid ejection head, a liquid ejection apparatus and a manufacturing method for the liquid ejection head which make it possible to achieve both of high-speed printing and a reduction in number of recovering operations. A liquid chamber which is formed in a part of a flow passage that guides liquid to an ejection element substrate includes plural supply paths which are able to supply the liquid by capillarity, are connected together and are different from one another in width.
US09975345B2
A spill proof, user-friendly dispensing system that protects users from exposure to toxic fluids (e.g., Ethylene Glycol used in MICR ink) includes a bottle loading mechanism for feeding ink or other fluids to a respective supply tank of an image forming device, and a quick connect gravity feed multipurpose bottle apparatus. Ink replenishing bottles can be inserted upright into holder of the bottle loading mechanism, connected to a supply tank, and folded back out-of-the-way in a dispensing position. The bottle may be rotated from a gravity feed position to a rotated position for removal and installation while the bottle remains in the holder. The bottle when empty may be used to collect waste from the image forming device.
US09975344B2
Provided is a wiping device including: an impregnated member that is impregnated with a liquid, has a contact surface having lengths which are longer than that of a nozzle-formed surface in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the nozzle-formed surface of an ejecting head that ejects an ejection liquid, and causes the contact surface to come into contact with the nozzle-formed surface such that the nozzle-formed surface is wetted; and a wiping member that wipes the nozzle-formed surface wetted by the impregnated member.
US09975326B2
A continuous ink jet print head, including: a droplet generator (32, 32′, 32″) for generating ink droplets (64); a charging electrode (22, 22′, 22″) having a passageway (74, 74′, 74″) through which the ink droplets travel to receive a charge; a deflection electrode (60, 60′, 60″) for deflecting the charged ink droplets; a gutter (50, 50′, 50″, 50′″) having a gutter entrance (52, 52′, 52″, 52′″); wherein the passageway is aligned with the gutter entrance through which uncharged droplets enter; and a mounting deck (10, 10′, 10″) configured to secure the gutter entrance into a fixed, nonadjustable gutter entrance position (56, 56′, 56″, 56′″) and to secure the charging electrode into a fixed, nonadjustable charging electrode position (24, 24′, 24″) relative to the gutter entrance.
US09975325B2
A printing unit for making prints from printing plates on plate elements conveyed by a transport system having at least one plate cylinder mounted rotatably and suitable for carrying initially at least one earlier printing plate and then at least one later printing plate, the printing unit includes a primary support suitable for supporting the later printing plate, in a standby configuration, during printing using the earlier printing plate and during the unwinding of the earlier printing plate, and in an engaged configuration, during the winding of the later printing plate onto the plate cylinder, a portion of the later printing plate being attached to the plate cylinder, and a secondary support suitable for supporting the earlier printing plate unwound from the plate cylinder, in which the primary support includes a primary fastening member for fastening the later printing plate in the standby configuration, and a primary fastening mechanism for fastening the later printing plate in the engaged configuration.
US09975321B2
A film peeling device preventing deformation or other defect of substrates occurring in the process of conveying films adhered up to the substrate leading ends while peeling from the substrate, protecting the substrate from damage, and avoiding deterioration of the substrate quality. The constitution is composed of a substrate holding mechanism for holding the leading end of a substrate by linear contact, an adhering and peeling mechanism for peeling films by an adhesive force from the substrate held by the substrate holding mechanism, a film holding tool for gripping individually the leading ends of the films adhered to the substrate both sides being wound and lifted by the adhering and peeling mechanism, a film conveying unit drive mechanism for conveying the film holding tool gripping the films in the substrate opposite direction conveying direction, and a recovery container accommodating the films being gripped and conveyed by the film holding tool.
US09975318B2
The disclosure provides a paper laminate comprising a décor paper prepared from a dispersion having improved optical performance without negatively impacting mechanical strength, wherein the dispersion comprises a TiO2 particle slurry comprising a treated TiO2 particle having a surface area of at least about 30 m2/g, and a cationic polymer; wherein the treatment comprises an oxide of silicon, aluminum, phosphorus or mixtures thereof; and the treatment is present in the amount of at least 15% based on the total weight of the treated titanium dioxide particle; paper pulp; and a cationic polymer; wherein the cationic polymer in the slurry and the cationic polymer in the dispersion are compatible; wherein for equal optical performance, the amount of treated TiO2 particle in the dispersion is reduced by about 10% when compared to a dispersion not comprising the treated TiO2 particle of (a).
US09975316B2
Provided is a multilayered coextruded thermoplastic food casing comprising a porous inner layer capable of absorbing, retaining, desorbing and transferring at least one functional additive to food encased in said casing; a layer having a barrier effect for water vapor; and an adhesive layer, wherein the porosity of said porous inner layer is generated by (co)extruding a composition comprising a polymer and a supercritical pore-forming agent, and a method for producing said multilayered coextruded thermoplastic food casing.
US09975310B2
A tailored semifinished part (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is disclosed in the form of a metal sheet or strip which is formed from a first blank (1) and at least one second blank (2) and the first and at least one second blank are physically, frictionally and/or adhesively (3) joined to one another. The first blank (1) may be an ultrahigh-strength, monolithic material. A motor vehicle component (5′, 6′, 7′, 8′, 9′) may be made of the tailored semifinished part (5, 6, 7, 8, 9).
US09975306B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing packages comprising a tubular body made from a cardboard material and a sealing structure made from a cardboard material, and machines implementing said method, comprising supplying a sealing unit (2) with preformed tubular bodies, two by two, and with sealing structures in the form of flat portions, two by two, each one comprising a central part with a shape conjugated to the shape of the opening of the tubular bodies, surrounded by a peripheral portion that can be folded down that is sufficient to assemble a sealing structure sealably with the inner side wall of the tubular body, inserting pairs of sealing structures into a forming tool (7), and forming them in a bowl, inserting, placing and sealing bowls in the tubular bodies using said forming tool; transferring, two by two, the tubular bodies assembled to the sealing structures to a finishing unit (10), if the sealing structure is a lid, precutting (14) the side wall of said tubular body and partially precutting said lid along a peripheral line, at least one finishing operation for the end of the package bearing said sealing structure.
US09975305B2
A canister for holding one or more products. The canister includes a canister body having a first layer and a second layer laminated to the first layer. The canister body has a bottom end having a bottom panel offset from the bottom of the canister and a top end sealed with a lid.
US09975290B2
A flexible packaging laminate has built-in opening/reclose and tamper-evidence features by forming the laminate from an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation to an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting a flap or the like out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate. The outer score line includes at least one tear portion that is torn through upon initial opening, thus indicating the package has been at least partially opened.
US09975281B2
Resilient cores preferably for inflatable bodies having resilient slabs that define a plurality of generally columnar holes or resilient arrays of generally columnar solids, methods for making such slabs and arrays, and articles incorporating the same wherein the cores further includes thermal transmission mitigation means for improving a core's resistance to heat transfer beyond the core's innate insulative properties. Non-exclusive and non-exhaustive examples of such thermal transmission mitigation means in slab core embodiments include consideration to hole or bore geometric cross section, frequency, pattern and orientation, the introduction of a thermal barrier at or within at least some holes or bores, and/or slab material selection/treatment. Non-exclusive and non-exhaustive examples of such thermal transmission mitigation means in array core embodiments include consideration to the geometric cross section, frequency (density), pattern and orientation of the solids, the introduction of thermal barriers within inter-solid spaces and/or solid material selection/treatment.
US09975275B2
A method of pre-heating an extrusion die comprises heating an extrusion die using a first group of heating elements and a second group of heating elements; and then heating the extrusion die using only the first group of heating elements to bring the extrusion die to a desired pre-heat temperature, or heating the extrusion die using the first and second groups of heating elements, the second group of heating elements being operated at reduced power, to bring the extrusion die to a desired pre-heat temperature.
US09975262B2
A fingertip mountable shaving device for shaving hair includes a base unit, a shaving unit, an enclosing unit and a top unit. The shaving unit has a plurality of blade assemblies and a plurality of elastomeric inserts. Each blade assembly further includes a plurality of uniformly spaced, equally high and parallel blade members, tilted at a predetermined angle, such that the plurality of blade assemblies intersect in a criss-cross patterned grid. Elastomeric inserts provided on each peripheral side of the blade assembly, support the corresponding blade assembly in place to maintain the predetermined angle. The device provides multiple blades and allows safe and close shaving particularly from difficult to access body parts by relying on the sense of feel rather than visibility of the surface to be shaved, and is easy to manufacture.
US09975255B1
The disclosed embodiments are and include at least an apparatus, system and method for providing a vacuum grip for an end effector. The apparatus, system and method may include at least a vacuum draw eyelet connectively associated with a vacuum at a base portion thereof, and having a larger cross-sectional circumference at a topmost portion thereof than at the base portion; an extending cup foam portion including a receiving portion suitable for receiving therewithin the larger cross-sectional circumference of the topmost portion; and a wire clip having two legs inserted along a cross-sectional plane of the extending cup foam portion, the two legs being suitable to compress the receiving portion into frictional contact at two tangent points on a second cross-sectional circumference of the vacuum draw eyelet below the larger cross-sectional circumference.
US09975251B2
Exemplary embodiments relate to applications for soft robotic actuators in the manufacturing, packaging, and food preparation industries, among others. Methods and systems are disclosed for packaging target objects using soft robotic actuators, for moving and positioning target objects and/or receptacles, and/or for diverting or sorting objects. By using soft robotic actuators to perform the fixing, positioning, and/or diverting, objects of different sizes and configurations may be manipulated on the same processing line, without the need to reconfigure the line or install new hardware when a new object is received.
US09975250B2
A force detecting device includes a first base section, a second base section, and a charge output element arranged between the first base section and the second base section. The charge output element includes a first board formed by a Y-cut quartz plate and a second board formed by a Y-cut quartz plate. The boards are laminated in a direction orthogonal to the normal an attachment surface of the second base section. The force detecting device detects an external force on the basis of a first output corresponding to a shearing force in a first detection direction orthogonal to the laminating direction of the first board and a second output corresponding to a shearing force in a second detection direction orthogonal to the laminating direction of the second board and crossing the first detection direction.
US09975249B2
A neuromuscular model-based controller for a robotic limb having at least one joint includes a neuromuscular model having a muscle model, muscle geometry and reflex feedback loop to determine at least one torque or impedance command to be sent to the robotic limb. One or more parameters that determine relation between feedback data and activation of the muscle model are adjusted consequent to sensory data from at least one of an intrinsic sensor and an extrinsic sensor. A controller in communication with the neuromuscular model is configured to receive the at least one torque or impedance command and controls at least one of position, torque and impedance of the robotic limb joint.
US09975248B2
A method and system for exploring a remote environment from an environment simulator at a local base is disclosed. The system includes: at least one proxy robot in the remote environment with at least one near-field and at least one high resolution 360-degree far field video camera; at least one additional device at the remote environment to capture images and data; a transmitter at the remote environment to transmit the video and data to the local base; a terrain analysis computer at the local base to receive and process the video and data to generate a 360-degree approximated real time (ART) video field representing a terrain surrounding the at least one proxy robot; a display in the environment simulator to display the ART video field for at least one user; a full body motion capture suit marked to the dimensions of the at least one user; and a plurality of motion capture video cameras to capture each position change in the motion capture suit, wherein activities performed virtually in the environment simulator represent the identical activities to be performed by the proxy robot in the terrain of the remote environment.
US09975241B2
This disclosure pertains to machine object determination based on human interaction. In general, a device such as a robot may be capable of interacting with a person (e.g., user) to select an object. The user may identify the target object for the device, which may determine whether the target object is known. If the device determines that target object is known, the device may confirm the target object to the user. If the device determines that the target object is not known, the device may then determine a group of characteristics for use in determining the object from potential target objects, and may select a characteristic that most substantially reduces a number of potential target objects. After the characteristic is determined, the device may formulate an inquiry to the user utilizing the characteristic. Characteristics may be selected until the device determines the target object and confirms it to the user.
US09975240B2
A robot includes a robot arm, a drive unit that drives the robot arm, a first control unit that controls drive of the drive unit, a plurality of detection units at least one of which is an angular velocity sensor as an inertial sensor, and a wiring unit that series-connects the plurality of detection units and the first control unit.
US09975239B2
A robot includes a first arm, a second arm, a third arm, a distal end, a first actuator, a second actuator, a third actuator, and a plurality of posture adjustment actuators. The first arm, the second arm, the third arm, and the distal end are coupled in series to each other. The first actuator is configured to swing the first arm about a first axis line. The second actuator is disposed on a side on which the first actuator is disposed in a direction along the first axis line. The second actuator is configured to swing the second arm about a second axis line parallel to the first axis line. The third actuator is configured to swing the third arm about a third axis line parallel to the first axis line. The plurality of posture adjustment actuators are configured to adjust a posture of the distal end.
US09975236B2
A trigger assembly used in a pneumatic tool that includes a valve unit removably blocking a flow channel, includes a driving member, a trigger member and a positioning unit. The driving member is movable for actuating the valve unit to gradually unblock the flow channel. The trigger member is pressable to move relative to a tool body of the pneumatic tool and the driving member to drive movement of the driving member. The positioning unit includes first and second positioning structures inter-engaged for providing an indication when the trigger member is pressed to move the driving member to a certain position.
US09975234B2
A pocket hand tool having an elongate handle portion and a tool carrier plate rotatably mounted on the exterior of the elongate handle portion, the tool carrier plate having a peripheral array of tool heads, the tool carrier plate having a first rotary position in which the tool heads are in a stowed configuration and having one or more further rotary positions in which one or more of said tool heads are in a deployed configuration, said tool carrier plate having an exposed major surface portion which in use is capable of being manipulated by the thumb of the hand holding the elongate handle portion.
US09975233B2
A power tool includes a motor, a foot plate, a detent system, and an accessory. The motor is configured to move a saw blade in a repeating pattern of movement. The foot plate defines a saw blade opening and includes a guide surface that defines a storage space. The detent system is supported by the foot plate and has a detent member. The accessory defines (i) a first detent structure configured to receive the detent member therein, and (ii) a second detent structure configured to receive the detent member therein. The accessory is positionable between (i) a use position in which the accessory is spaced apart from the foot plate, and (ii) a storage position in which the accessory is located in the storage space.
US09975226B2
An electric tool for outputting torque includes a housing and a motor disposed in the housing, a rotatable base configured to be driven by the motor to rotate about a first axis, at least one impact block rotatably connected to the rotatable base, an output shaft rotatably connected in the housing and configured to rotate about the first axis under intermittent impact of the impact block, a locking member which, when at a first position, locks the impact block to prevent it from impacting on the output shaft and which, when at a second position, releases the impact block to allow it to rotate freely, a biasing assembly for biasing the locking member to the first position, a regulating assembly for regulating a biasing degree exerted by the biasing assembly on the locking member, and a control assembly operable by the user from outside the housing to control the regulating assembly. The locking member is disposed at least partially in the rotatable base.
US09975220B2
An elastomeric sanding block conformable to curved or flat surfaces includes a Shore A hardness ranging from about 30 to about 90, and is made from ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, low-density polyethylene or an admixture thereof. The polymer or admixture ranges from about 35 to about 70 percent of the sanding block composition by weight. A blowing agent is present in an amount that ranges from about 1.5 to about 4.5 percent of the composition by weight. The elastomeric sanding block may be formed by combining the polymer or admixture and other components under heat to yield a feedstock, thermoforming the feedstock in a mold to yield a foamed material sheet, and cutting the foamed material sheet.
US09975219B2
The present invention relates to a backing pad (1) with slots for sanding discs with multiple holes, comprising three parts, upper, intermediate and lower, joined together by a fastening system in which the upper part (2), with a frustoconical shape, includes suction holes (7) and a central hole (8), characterized in that the intermediate part (3) comprises intermediate suction slots (5), a central hole (8′) and in the rear face some suction channels (6) bordered by upraised walls (10); and the lower part (4), with a frustoconical shape, and in which the intermediate part (3) will engage, comprises lower suction slots (11) and a central hole (8″), and said lower suction slots (11) are arranged in rings, concentric and equidistant between them, and the size of each of the lower suction slots (11) increases from the center to the periphery.
US09975216B2
The invention relates to a device for dispensing dry ice snow, comprising a storage container (10) for receiving dry ice snow and vibrating means (102) and/or scraping means (103). An insert plate (105) with through-openings (106) is provided. The insert plate is located in the interior of the storage container (10), divides the storage container (10) into two regions, and can be set vibrating by means of the vibrating means (102) and/or scraped by means of the scraping means (103).
US09975206B2
Solder paste compositions and methods for applying solder paste. The solder paste includes lubricating additives to the flux to decrease friction and the changes of metal to metal contact between the surfaces of the solder balls and other surfaces that the solder balls come into contact with. The solder paste also includes solder balls of different average sizes, that improves the desirable liquid like properties of the granular paste while further reducing viscosity. As such, the solder paste is used in current screen printing solder paste application methods without the risk of clogging or agglomeration of solder paste particles on surfaces. The solder paste is also used in jetting or dispensing solder paste application methods without the risk of clogging or agglomeration within the cylinders/containers or apertures and nozzles that are used within such methods.
US09975204B2
A laser marking system for coil springs includes: a support unit; a first fixing jig coupled to the support unit and contacting one surface of a coil spring; a second fixing jig located at a side facing the first fixing jig and contacting an surface opposite to the surface of the coil spring; a moving unit frame connected to the support unit and to which the second fixing jig is fixed; a moving unit servo motor connected to the moving ball screw; a marking unit frame connected to the moving unit frame and configured to move forwards and rearwards towards the coil spring to perform a marking operation on the coil spring; a marking unit ball screw connected to the marking unit frame; a marking unit servo motor connected to the marking unit ball screw; and a laser marker fixing to the marking unit frame.
US09975189B2
Shaft cutting machine that is able to cut short size shaft composes of machine structure of which its part supporting the installing of short size shaft feeding in part. This feeding in part could fit with short size shaft in horizontal. The shaft is to be sent to rail that support the moving of shaft. This supporting rail support the mechanical pushing of short size shaft located behind moving that compose of the structure of forth-back axis be able to moving in-out for push the shaft that need to cut out by blade the short shaft that is supplied.
US09975184B2
A method of operating a power tool chuck assembly includes inserting a tool bit within a central bore of a chuck body, displacing a plurality of jaws with the tool bit from an extended position to a retracted position, displacing the jaws from the retracted position toward the extended position with a spring, rotating a tightening sleeve about a rotational axis in a tightening direction, thereby imparting an axial displacement to the tightening sleeve relative to the chuck body, inwardly displacing a plurality of clamping nuts in a radial direction in response to engagement between a wedge defined on the tightening sleeve and the clamping nuts, causing respective threads on the clamping nuts and the jaws to engage, and applying a clamping force on the tool bit with the jaws in response to continued rotation of the tightening sleeve in the tightening direction.
US09975183B2
A cutting member comprising a cutting edge (S1,S2,Si) defining a cutting envelope and configured for removing material from a workpiece leaving therein a corner of angle α. The cutting edge comprises a first cutting segment (S1) and a second cutting segment (S2) spaced from the first cutting segment (S2). Respective first and second imaginary tangents (T1,T2) of the first and second cutting segments (S1,S2) intersect one another at point O located outside the cutting envelope, forming an angle corresponding to angle α, thereby defining a cutting frame at least a portion of which extends beyond the cutting envelope. The cutting edge further comprises an adjoining cutting segment (Si), extending between and bridging the first cutting segment (S1) and the second cutting segment (S2), and at least partially contained within the cutting frame. The cutting member further comprises at least one auxiliary cutting element (AT1,AT2) comprising an auxiliary cutting edge (CE′,CE″) extending generally along one of the imaginary tangents (T1,T2) and beyond the cutting envelope. The auxiliary cutting edge (CE′,CE″) does not intersect the other of the imaginary tangents (CE″,CE′) and/or a bisector (B) of the angle α.
US09975170B2
There is provided a method of manufacturing a high nitrogen duplex stainless steel sheet through a twin roll strip casting process without the occurrence of surface swelling on the high nitrogen duplex stainless steel sheet.
US09975168B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a heat exchanger tube (1) by bending a metal strip (11), said tube (1) having an internal partition (19) formed by joining the ends of opposing edges (11a, 11b), said partition facing a projection (50) that extends into the heat exchanger tube (1) at a joining zone (22). The method comprises the following steps: locally stamping the metal strip (11) in order to produce a projection at the joining zone (22); and bending the metal strip (11) in order to form said heat exchanger tube (1), such that the projection extends into the tube (1). The invention also relates to such a tube (1) and to a heat exchanger (3) comprising a bundle of said tubes (1).
US09975159B2
To minimize the setup times in the case of a tool changeover on rolls, the movement sequences are separated into transverse movements and vertical movements using a tool changeover system and method for changeover of at least one tool disposed on a roll shaft in a working position. In one aspect, the tool changeover system includes a tool changeover rack, a vertical transport and a transverse transport. A drawing frame separate from the tool changeover rack can be transported transversely separately with reference to the tool changeover rack. The tool changeover rack has a device for connecting with the vertical transport and a tool accommodation for accommodating the tool. The drawing frame has a device for connecting with the transverse transport and a device for connecting with the tool.
US09975156B2
A system and method for remediation of polluted sites, implementing a combination of chemical and biological breakdown modes on the contaminating compounds. The system includes at least one reactor for production in situ of reagents required for the breakdown modes. The reactor includes at least three types of substantially independent electro-cells for production of Fenton reagents and dissolved oxygen. The method according to the invention includes utilizing at least one reactor which comprised of substantially independent electro-cells for producing reagents required for remediation of the polluted sites and a computerized controller loaded with data obtained from a site survey, measurements made by instruments and programmed sequence.The existing remediation techniques encounter in serious difficulties due to poor process control. Using the system according to the present invention allows control of the parameters and acceleration of the remediation process.
US09975155B2
The invention relates to a cleaner for use in washing an internal surface of a container, the cleaner comprising an elongate boom having a head, the head having a multiplicity of nozzles in fluid communication with a pressure chamber, and at least a portion of each nozzle being angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the head.
US09975139B2
A cartridge has a reception chamber extending in a longitudinal direction for a medium to be dispensed. The cartridge has a head part and a cartridge wall which bound the reception chamber, the head part having an outlet for the medium. The cartridge wall is at least regionally a film and the head part is a stable-shape part. The head part is sealingly and in particular unreleasably connected to the cartridge wall and the cartridge is a collapsible cartridge. The cartridge can be converted from an expanded state in which the reception chamber has a maximum volume into a collapsed state in which the reception chamber has a minimal volume. The cartridge not yet filled with medium is in a collapsed state. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing such a cartridge is described.
US09975122B2
An integrated system for processing and preparing samples for analysis may include a microfluidic device including a plurality of parallel channel networks for partitioning the samples including various fluids, and connected to a plurality of inlet and outlet reservoirs, at least a portion of the fluids comprising reagents, a holder including a closeable lid hingedly coupled thereto, in which in a closed configuration, the lid secures the microfluidic device in the holder, and in an open configuration, the lid is a stand orienting the microfluidic device at a desired angle to facilitate recovery of partitions or droplets from the partitioned samples generated within the microfluidic device, and an instrument configured to receive the holder and apply a pressure differential between the plurality of inlet and outlet reservoirs to drive fluid movement within the channel networks.
US09975121B2
A microfluidic device for evaluating a tissue sample can include a tissue chamber, a liquid inlet channel, a liquid outlet channel, and at least one of components (1)-(3). The tissue chamber can be defined by a plurality of walls, at least one of which is transparent. The liquid inlet and outlet channels can be in fluid communication with the tissue chamber. Components (1)-(3) can include: (1) a deformable membrane disposed within the tissue chamber and being configured to oscillate, upon application of pressure thereto, to mechanically compress the tissue sample; (2) first and second electrodes disposed about the tissue chamber and being configured such that delivery of electrical energy thereto creates an electrical gradient across the tissue chamber; and (3) at least one deformable wall, which partially defines the tissue chamber and is configured to stretch either uniaxially or biaxially upon application of negative pressure to the tissue chamber.
US09975109B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a catalyst system having at least one catalytically active component, wherein the catalytically active component comprises at least one metal, wherein first a spherical activated carbon used as a catalyst carrier is subjected to an oxidation. Subsequently, the catalytically active component is applied, optionally followed by a reduction of the catalyst system obtained in said manner.
US09975092B2
Provided is a gas separation membrane 10 including a separation layer 1 which comprises a block copolymer having at least a first segment and a second segment, in which the separation layer 1 has a phase separation structure that has at least a first structure 11 derived from the first segment and a spherical second structure 12 derived from the second segment. The gas separation membrane in which the spherical second structure satisfies Formula 1, the first structure and the spherical second structure satisfy the following Formula 2, and the first structure 11 has a structure that is continuous in the thickness direction over the entire thickness of the separation layer 1 has high gas permeability and high gas separation selectivity. Also provided is a gas separation membrane module. R/L<0.4 Formula 1: Ps/Pf<1 Formula 2: (R represents the average diameter of the spherical second structure, L represents the thickness of the separation layer, Ps represents the permeability coefficient of the first structure, and Pf represents the permeability coefficient of the spherical second structure. In this case, Ps and Pf represent the permeability coefficient of a gas with a higher permeability coefficient in the first structure, among two kinds of gases.)
US09975085B2
A container-type biogas purification film method purification system comprises: a desulfurization and dehydration unit, a compressor, a purification unit, a heat exchanger, and a film-group purification and gas preparation unit that are disposed inside a movable container and are sequentially connected, the desulfurization and dehydration unit is connected to a biogas source generated by an anaerobic fermentation.
US09975081B2
The invention relates to methods for purifying gas, and in particular, to such methods using liquid marbles. The liquid in the liquid marbles is comprised of a material or mixture of materials that selectively removes unwanted gaseous component in the gas to be purified.
US09975080B1
Exemplary embodiments relate to methods for removal of CO2 and other acid gases from gaseous fuels prior to combustion. Exemplary methods may be used for CO2 capture, H2 purification and natural gas sweetening. Exemplary methods use at least one ionic liquid that has excellent CO2 solubility, selectivity over hydrogen, low viscosity, and resistance to H2S.
US09975070B2
A filter is provided having more than one density of media, or more than one type of media. Three or four types of media may be arranged. Some or all of the media may be of different density material from each other. A spacer grid separates at least two of the media apart. One or more flanges on the spacer each respectively space apart two of the media from each other at a location. The one or more flanges provide a respective flow path through the flange.
US09975064B2
Embodiments discussed herein relate to systems and methods for separating two or more phases of an emulsion or other mixture. The methods include providing the mixture with a net and unipolar charge (e.g., such that adjacent droplets therein acquire net and unipolar charges), thereby enhancing coalescence of like-phase droplets therein and producing, or enhancing the production of, two or more consolidated phases; and collecting the two or more consolidated phases.
US09975053B1
A toy includes a body having a first side representative of a first body appearance, and a second side opposite the first side and representative of a second body appearance different from the first body appearance. The toy also includes a head coupled to the body, the head being reversible between a first face and a second face, the first face corresponding to the first body appearance and the second face corresponding to the second body appearance. When the first face of the head is exposed to view, the second face of the head is concealed from view inside the head, and when the second face of the head is exposed to view, the first face of the head is concealed from view inside the head.
US09975050B1
One aspect of the disclosure relates to a multi-prize mystery box that provides an award to users who activate the mystery boxes and benefits to members of affiliations associated with the activating users. Users of an association may be provided notifications informing the users that the activating user has provided them with a benefit, increasing recognition of the activating user in the game.
US09975046B2
A hand-held information processing terminal includes a display, a camera arranged in proximity to the display and capable of obtaining an image of a user including infrared components, an estimation module that estimates relative positional relation between the display and the user based on the obtained image, a generation module that generates a plurality of display images in accordance with the relative positional relation, and a control module that provides stereoscopic display to the user in accordance with a position thereof with the use of the plurality of display images.
US09975040B2
Techniques to automatically generate a navigation graph for a given environment and agent are disclosed. The environment may include an arbitrary number of polygonal obstacles arbitrarily arranged, concave or convex, static or dynamic. The disclosed operation extrudes (in a specified manner) the vertex of each obstacle. The extruded vertices comprise the navigation graph's nodes. Each object's extruded vertices may be joined to form a corresponding extruded object. Paths may then be identified by attempting to connect every extruded vertex with every other extruded vertex. Those paths intersecting any of the extruded objects are rejected as possible paths. In some embodiments, paths that are oriented in approximately the same direction having approximately the same length may be removed as being redundant.
US09975037B2
Provided herein is technology relating to generating a Sudoku array and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods and systems for generating a Sudoku array for a puzzle or for encrypting data.
US09975032B2
An improved protective helmet having an outer impact receiving shell, and inner protective shell and an intermediate piston interposed between the outer and inner shells which allows the inner shell to decelerate gradually when the outer shell is subjected to a sudden impact, and which, therefore, permits the brain to decelerate safely.
US09975026B2
A basketball training apparatus includes a shot completion sensor, a condition sensor, and a computer. The shot completion sensor determines whether a shot goes through a basketball hoop. The condition sensor senses a physical condition of a basketball shooter. The computer is in communication with the shot completion sensor and the condition sensor, and has a processor for calculating shot completion percentage as a function of the physical condition.
US09975024B1
The present invention comprises a novel sled training device generally consisting of a sled with vertically oriented pole for attaching, a detachable cuboidal structure that attaches to the sled and holds pulley systems with stretch cords running through them and then to the ankles and wrists of the user. A rope or stretch cord attaches to the front of the sled and runs to an attachment point on a harness worn by the user when the apparatus is configured to be pulled by the user. The apparatus may be configured to be pushed by the user by means of an attachment that connects to the vertically oriented pole for attaching weights, and which has padded structures to be pushed by the subject's shoulders and/or forehead. The detachable cuboidal structure may be removed from the sled and attached to any stationary structure for use without the sled.
US09975016B2
A head 2 includes a head body h1 and a face plate p1. The face plate p1 includes a plate front surface f1 having a hitting face 4, and a plate back surface b1. The plate front surface f1 has, on a peripheral edge part thereof, a step surface t1 positioned at a rear with respect to the hitting face 4. The head body h1 has a receipt surface u1 positioned at a rear of the plate back surface b1, a front disposition part z1 positioned at a front of the step surface t1, and a hosel 6. The front disposition part z1 includes a plastically deformed part d1 and a non-plastically deformed part n1. A clearance between the non-plastically deformed part n1 and the receipt surface u1 forms an engaging part E1 engaging a peripheral edge part of the face plate p1.
US09975014B2
A golf club head has a striking face with a plurality of scorelines including a first scoreline and a second scoreline adjacent thereto. The striking face also has a plurality of auxiliary grooves each spaced from the scorelines. In a first imaginary vertical plane, a first path is formed by a first intersection between the first imaginary vertical plane and the striking face, and the auxiliary grooves have a first concentration no less than 0.17 measured between the first and second scorelines. A second imaginary vertical plane is horizontally spaced from the first imaginary plane. A second path is formed in the second imaginary vertical plane by a second intersection between the second imaginary vertical plane and the striking face. The auxiliary grooves in the second imaginary vertical plane have a second concentration that is different from the first concentration measured between the first and second scorelines.
US09975011B1
In one embodiment the golf club head includes three main components, a frame component, a rear cap component, and a striking plate.In another embodiment the club head may also comprise a front component, which is manufactured as a single unitary piece, and a rear cap component. The front component may also be overmolded by a thermoplastic polymeric outer portion which may or may not cover the striking face and which provides additional reinforcement at the load bearing sections of the club head and allows a more facile connection to the rear cap component.In another embodiment, a club head having a main body, crown insert, sole insert and metal face plate frame is formed by forming the sole insert and crown insert from a polymeric material using a thermoforming or thermosetting process and then injection molding the main body over the sole insert, crown insert and metal face plate frame.
US09975007B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball showing a great flight distance on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core, wherein the spherical core has a difference between absorbance of the absorption peak appeared at 1560±30 cm−1 at a surface thereof and absorbance of the absorption peak appeared at 1560±30 cm−1 at a center thereof of 0.024 or more, when measuring the spherical core with a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer.
US09974997B2
Disclosed are a treadmill and a method for controlling the operation of the treadmill. The method comprises: detecting, by at least one detecting sensor with which the treadmill is equipped, at least a first parameter representative of the interaction between a user and a physical exercise surface of the treadmill; providing at least one set reference value of a second parameter representative of the interaction between the user and the physical exercise surface; modulating, by means of the data processing unit, at least one electrical control parameter of an actuation device operatively associated with at least either a first rotary element and a second rotary element with which the treadmill is equipped, on the basis of said at least a first parameter the step of modulating being carried out to keep the second parameter equal to the set reference value of said at least a second parameter.
US09974989B2
A concealed sprinkler including a body having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion includes an annular wall defining a chamber and an opening in communication with the chamber. A deflector assembly is disposed within the chamber. A trigger assembly having a lever assembly engaged with an inner surface of the annular wall supports the deflector assembly in the first position, the trigger assembly including and a thermally rated plate assembly having a lip portion to substantially circumscribe and substantially cover opening and chamber.
US09974988B2
A valve assembly includes a valve with a valve body and chamber. A poppet with a stem and piston is slidably engaged inside the valve body. A poppet release mechanism is included for releasing the poppet from a closed position. A mechanism cover is attached to the valve body. A safety mechanism with a pin, spring, and lever is included for preventing the poppet from moving into a fully open position. A first end of the pin extends into the chamber into a pathway of the poppet and a second end of the pin extends into the valve body of the valve. The spring is positioned between and in contact with the pin and the mechanism cover to bias the pin toward the poppet. A first end of the lever is pivotably attached to the pin and a second end of the lever extends out from the valve body.
US09974982B2
A method and system for noninvasive face lifts and deep tissue tightening are disclosed. An exemplary method and treatment system are configured for the imaging, monitoring, and thermal injury to treat the SMAS region. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the exemplary method and system are configured for treating the SMAS region by first, imaging of the region of interest for localization of the treatment area and surrounding structures, second, delivery of ultrasound energy at a depth, distribution, timing, and energy level to achieve the desired therapeutic effect, and third to monitor the treatment area before, during, and after therapy to plan and assess the results and/or provide feedback.
US09974977B2
An adaptive therapy delivery system can receive imaging information including a volumetric image comprising a target such as a tumor or one or more other structures, and can receive imaging information corresponding to one or more imaging slices comprising different portions of the target, such as imaging slices acquired at different times after acquisition of the volumetric image. The system can spatially register information from an earlier-acquired image with a portion of the target included in a later-acquired one of the imaging slices. The system can then determine an updated location of the target indicated by the spatially-registered information. Using the updated location, the system can generate an updated therapy protocol to control delivery of a therapy beam.
US09974973B2
A method is for dynamically adjusting a circadian rhythm of an observer via a user device that includes control circuitry and an associated memory. The method includes accessing a calendar, identifying future events to precondition for and determining a preconditioning schedule for at least one of the identified future events. Determining the schedule includes identifying a circadian shift needed for the at least one identified future event, determining a magnitude of the circadian shift, determining a timeframe for preconditioning, determining a magnitude of a per-day shift based upon the timeframe, and determining if the per-day shift exceeds a maximum allowed per-day shift. Also, the method includes, upon a determination that the per-day shift exceeds the maximum allowed per-day shift, setting the preconditioning schedule responsive to the determination, establishing communication between the control circuitry and a light source, and operating the light source to emit light based upon the preconditioning schedule.
US09974971B2
Provided herein are ophthalmic phototherapy devices and associated phototherapy methods for promoting healing of damaged or diseased eye tissue. An ophthalmic phototherapy device includes a light emitting mechanism for transmitting light of at least one preselected wavelength to the eye tissue. An ophthalmic phototherapy method includes directing light of at least one wavelength for a selected period of time to a portion of damaged or diseased eye tissue, whereby the light transmitted to the damaged or diseased eye tissue stimulates cellular activity in the eye tissue to promote healing.
US09974969B2
Systems and techniques for centralized management and servicing of medical equipment such as automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are described herein. A medical equipment management system is described that includes a database that includes status information for a plurality of AEDs, wherein the status information includes a functional status for one or more of the plurality of AEDs, and a computer configured to receive status updates from the plurality of AEDs, update the status information in the database with the status updates, receive a request to access the status information for the plurality of AEDs, and send the status information for the plurality of AEDs, wherein the status information for the plurality of AEDs is grouped based on user-defined geographic regions in which the plurality of AEDs is located and indicates one or more sites associated with the plurality of AEDs.
US09974966B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for assembling a subassembly for use in manufacturing an implantable device header. A method includes placing a first split web into a top platen, placing a second split web into a bottom platen, placing a conductor assembly and an antenna assembly in the bottom platen on top of the second split web, compressing the top and bottom platens together, heating the top and bottom platens until a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure are reached, such that first split web is fused to the second split web to form the subassembly, separating the top and bottom platens, and removing the formed subassembly.
US09974960B2
An electrical stimulation system for use with a plurality of electrodes implanted within a tissue region comprises a neurostimulator configured for delivering electrical stimulation energy to the plurality of electrodes in accordance with a set of stimulation parameters, thereby injecting a charge into the tissue region, a control device configured for receiving user input to modify the set of stimulation parameters, and controller/processor circuitry configured for, in response to the user input computing a charge injection metric value as a function of a physical electrode parameter and an electrical source parameter for a first set of the electrodes, wherein the electrode set comprises at least two electrodes, comparing the computed charge injection metric value to a safety threshold value, and performing a corrective action based on the comparison.
US09974959B2
An electrical stimulation system includes a control module that provides electrical stimulation signals to an electrical stimulation lead coupled to the control module for stimulation of patient tissue. The system also includes a sensor to be disposed on or within the body of the patient and to measure a biosignal; and a processor to communicate with the sensor to receive the biosignal and to generate an adjustment to one or more of the stimulation parameters based on the biosignal. The adjustment can be configured and arranged to steer the electrical stimulation signals to stimulate a region of the patient tissue that is different, at least in part, from a region of the patient tissue stimulated prior to the adjustment. Alternatively or additionally, the biosignal is indicative of a particular patient activity and the adjustment is a pre-determined adjustment selected for the particular patient activity.
US09974953B2
An apparatus for controlling the stimulation of neural tissue which includes a neural stimulator, an input device for providing input to the neural stimulator for neural stimulation, at least one electrode electrically connected to and driven by the neural stimulator and suitable to stimulate neural tissue, a device capable of determining a charge per phase by calculating a discrete integral of the wave form of the input for the at least one electrode, a calculating device for comparing the charge per phase to a predetermined maximum and determining a reduced stimulation for the at least one electrode by the amount necessary not to exceed the predetermined maximum for the at least one electrode, and a current pulse generator for stimulating the neural tissue according to the reduced stimulation level.
US09974951B2
A system and method to treat neuromuscular conditions, including spinal cord injury, by what is characterized as dipole (two point) cortico-muscular stimulation. Two-point stimulation, with oppositely charged electrodes, allows pulsed, direct current to pass through the cortico-muscular pathway. The electrodes are placed on nerves, muscles, or a combination of both, that are on opposite sides of the spinal column, forming a current that passes across the spinal column. Further, an active electrode can be placed on the spinal column and a reference electrode can be placed outside the central nervous system. These methods improve functional recovery of the motor pathway.
US09974948B2
An assembly includes a medical device provided with an anchoring member adapted to penetrate tissue of a cavity of the heart. The assembly further includes an implantation accessory including an elongated tubular element provided with a fastening mechanism for handling and guiding the medical device to an implantation site. The fastening mechanism includes an elastic deformable component cooperating with a rigid component, that is able to disconnect the medical device from the tubular element under the effect of a rotation exerted to the tubular element. The elastic deformable component cooperates with the rigid component such that the elastic deformable component exerts on the latter a radial constriction effect, and the elastic component and the rigid component being disconnected under the combined effect of a torsion torque and a traction exerted to the elastic deformable component, to thereby reduce the radial constriction until release of the rigid component.
US09974939B2
A medical connector includes a housing with a central axis, a hollow bore, and a narrowed passage. The connector further includes a rigid valve member configured to move along the axis of the connector as the connector moves between an open and closed configuration. The connector includes a resilient member coupled to the valve member and the housing.
US09974933B2
A method and apparatus for treating a stricture in a body lumen. The method comprises (a) sensing pressure being exerted by a treatment device on the stricture, (b) determining if enough force is being exerted on the stricture, (c) if enough force is being exerted on the stricture, timing the application of enough force, (d) determining if too much force is being exerted by the treatment device on the stricture, (e) if too much force is being applied to the stricture, decrementing the force being applied to the stricture, (f) determining if not enough force is being applied to the stricture, (g) if not enough force is being applied to the stricture incrementing the force being applied to the stricture, and (h) repeating (a)-(g) until (i) a desired pressure has been maintained on the tissue for a desired time. The apparatus comprises a device for exerting pressure on the stricture, a controller for controlling the amount of pressure the device exerts on the stricture, and a pressure sensor for sensing the pressure being exerted on the stricture by the device.
US09974932B2
A self-monitoring catheter system may detect an obstruction during use of a catheter. The system may include a catheter with an interior lumen that has one or more ports into the lumen; a first and a second electrode; and an impedance measurement instrument that measures changes in the impedance between the first and the second electrodes after the first electrode is exposed to fluid within the catheter lumen, thereby signaling an obstruction during use of the catheter.
US09974931B2
This present invention concerns a new combination of balloon catheters and formulations containing active substances that adhere to the surface of the balloon membrane. Furthermore the present invention concerns coating processes for the manufacture of these balloon catheters as well as their use in the treatment and prophylaxis of vascular diseases.
US09974926B2
A tubular support member located in a distal portion of an elongate flexible medical device is provided with a plurality of wall openings, e.g., axially-spaced, substantially transverse slots, formed therein to thereby increase a flexibility of the support member. A layer of sealing material overlays an outer surface the support member so as to provide a sealed portion of the support member including the wall openings, the sealing material having respective flexible invaginations formed therein overlaying the wall openings in the support member so that the sealing material does not substantially impede flexibility of the support member.
US09974918B2
Devices, systems, and methods, include an oxygen delivery device that includes an oxygen delivery module, at least one sensor to detect patient breathing, and a controller configured to control the oxygen delivery module to cause the oxygen delivery module to deliver oxygen to the patient based on data from the at least one sensor such that in response to a determination, based on data from the at least one sensor, that no breathing is detected for a first pre-determined period of time, the controller causes the oxygen delivery module to deliver oxygen to the patient in continuous flow mode, and in response to a determination, based on additional data from the at least one sensor, that breathing is detected for a second period of time, the controller causes the oxygen delivery module to deliver oxygen to the patient in a pulse flow mode.
US09974917B2
An adapter apparatus (24, 80) for a respiratory therapy system (2) having a pressure generating device (4) and an electrical tube assembly (22) coupled to a patient interface device (8) includes a first end having a first port member (66, 94) structured to be fluidly coupled to the electrical tube assembly, a second end having a second port member (70, 88) structured to receive a flow of breathing gas generated by the pressure generating device, the adapter apparatus being structured to deliver the flow of breathing gas to the electrical tube assembly through the first port member, and a wire assembly having a first electrical connector (76, 104) structured to be electrically coupled to the electrical tube assembly and a second electrical connector structured to be electrically coupled to the pressure generating device in order to provide an electrical connection between the electrical tube assembly and the pressure generating device.
US09974910B2
Described are systems and methods for compensating long term sensitivity drift of catalytic type electrochemical gas sensors used in systems for delivering therapeutic nitric oxide (NO) gas to a patient by compensating for drift that may be specific to the sensors atypical use in systems for delivering therapeutic nitric oxide gas to a patient. The long term sensitivity drift of catalytic type electrochemical gas sensors may be addressed using calibration schedules, which can factor in the absolute change in set dose of NO being delivered to the patient that can drive one or more baseline calibrations. The calibration schedules can be used to reduce the amount of times the sensor goes offline.
US09974904B2
An autoinjector system for injecting a fluid medicament into a patient includes a re-usable autoinjector, and a disposable cassette loaded with a hypodermic syringe pre-filled with a fluid medicament. The autoinjector includes a first motor for injecting a needle of the hypodermic syringe into the patient and a second motor for expelling the fluid medicament from the syringe.
US09974902B2
A pumping apparatus for use with a pump set to deliver fluid through the pump set to a subject includes a pumping device capable of acting on the pump set to produce a fluid flow within the pump set. A controller is in communication with the pumping device for controlling operation of the pumping device in a feeding configuration and in a flushing configuration. The controller is adapted to store a selected flow rate and a desired fluid volume of a first fluid in the memory and at least one of a flush rate and flush volume of a second fluid. A flush time compensator is capable of being run for determining a compensated feeding configuration of the first fluid based on an amount of time the controller will operate the pump device in the flushing configuration and the desired fluid volume of the first fluid.
US09974900B2
A dose request device for a medicament delivery device can include a housing, a dose request button, a short-range non-contact identifier, a communication interface configured to communicate with the medicament delivery device, and a controller. The short-range non-contact identifier can be configured to be capable of reading an identification code from a tag when the tag is disposed within a first range and not to be able to read the identification code from the tag when the tag is disposed beyond a second range. The controller can be configured and programmed to determine whether the identification code read by the short-range non-contact identifier matches any authorized identification code of a set of one or more authorized identification codes, and if so, and if the dose request button is pressed, the controller can then communicate a dose request to the medicament delivery device via the communication interface.
US09974898B2
Systems, methods, and compositions for removing organophosphate toxins from blood are disclosed herein. The compositions include a lipid-based capture particle that displays BChE that binds to the toxin. The methods include acoustically separating toxins bound to lipid-based capture particles from blood factors of whole blood.
US09974896B2
Methods and related apparatuses for sorbent recharging are provided. The methods and related apparatuses for recharging can recharge a specific rechargeable layer of a sorbent material such as zirconium phosphate in a sorbent cartridge. The methods and apparatuses include passing solutions containing combinations of acids, bases and salts through a module containing a rechargeable sorbent material such as zirconium phosphate in order to replace ions bound to the zirconium phosphate with hydrogen and sodium ions. The method allows for a customizable zirconium phosphate, with control over the ratios of sodium to hydrogen on the recharged zirconium phosphate.
US09974894B2
A blood pump system and methods for the use and operation of such a blood system is described, wherein the blood pump system includes an implantable pump and an implantable flow measurement device. A processing device receives indications of a number of pump parameters such as pump voltage, pump current and pump speed. Flow rate is determined based on the pump parameters, and this determined flow rate is compared to the actual flow rate as measured by the flow measurement device. In certain embodiments, the flow measurement device may be periodically energized to make the comparison, then powered off to reduce power consumption. The time period in which the flow measurement device is powered off is based on the difference between the determined and the actual flow rates.
US09974888B2
The present invention is related to a medical device carrying at least on a portion of its surface at least one oxidation-insensitive drug or oxidation-insensitive polymer-free drug preparation and at least one lipophilic antioxidant at a ratio of 3-100% by weight of the at least one antioxidant in relation to 100% by weight of the drug, wherein the at least one oxidation-insensitive drug is selected of taxanes, thalidomide, statins, corticoids and lipophilic derivatives of corticoids, and the at least one lipophilic antioxidant is selected of nordihydroguaiarectic acid, resveratrol and propyl gallate, and wherein scoring or cutting balloons as medical devices are excluded.
US09974878B1
The scent-dispensing animal collar accessory is adapted for use with a collar that is worn by an animal. The scent-dispensing animal collar accessory is a container that is attached to the collar. The container is used to contain a fragrance device. The fragrance device is a chemical device that releases one or more aroma compounds. Air flow through the container will disperse the one or more aroma compounds into the atmosphere in a manner that deemphasizes existing aromas that may be associated with the animal. The scent-dispensing animal collar comprises a container, an attachment device, and a fragrance device.
US09974869B2
Compounds as defined herein are provided which are useful in (1) diagnostic methods for detecting and/or identifying cells presenting PSMA; (2) compositions comprising a compound of the invention together with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent; and (3) methods for imaging prostate cancer cells.
US09974865B2
Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) that bind to FLT3 protein and variants thereof are described herein. FLT3 exhibits a distinct and limited expression pattern in normal adult tissue(s), and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, the ADC's of the invention provide a therapeutic composition for the treatment of cancer.
US09974864B2
This disclosure provides novel isoquinolidinobenzodiazepines. These compounds can also be incorporated into antibody-drug conjugates.
US09974863B2
Compositions and methods for making a composition comprising a polymer and one or more chelators covalently coupled to polymer, wherein the one or more chelators has a benzene ring with more than one hydroxyl group at any position that is free, or a derivative of the chelator, or a salt of the chelator and methods of use.
US09974858B2
The embodiments provide a percutaneous absorption composition for a basic medicament having improved transdermal absorbability. The percutaneous absorption composition comprises a sorbic acid and/or a metal sorbate as a percutaneous absorption promoter. The molar ration of the sorbic acid and/or the metal sorbate to the basic medicament is 0.5-2.5. The composition of the present disclosure may further comprise a basic component.
US09974857B2
The present invention relates in one aspect to a conjugate of a mucopolysaccharide or mucopolysaccharidic fraction and a cellular wall fragment of a bacterium belonging to the Corynebacterium genus, and in particular to the Corynebacterium granulosum species, also named P40. The conjugate of the invention is applied to medicine, in particular for topical treatment of infections, dermatological affections, such as psoriasis, acne, allergic reactions, such as rashes and eczema, and in vaginal mucosae affections.
US09974844B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. In particular, the present invention provides nanoemulsion compositions and methods of using the same for the induction of immune responses (e.g., innate and adaptive immune responses (e.g., for generation of host immunity against an environmental pathogen)). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine (e.g., vaccination)) and research applications.
US09974843B2
A method of treating a T cell-mediated inflammatory autoimmune disease by administering to an individual in need thereof an immunogenic composition comprising a recombinant construct of a nucleic acid sequence encoding heat shock protein 90 (HSP 90), or an active fragment thereof, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is operatively linked to one or more transcription control sequences. The disease is other than insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or rheumatoid arthritis. The administering of the immunogenic composition results in a shift of the immune response to a Th2 response, thereby treating the disease.
US09974842B2
Antibodies binding to sites on the alpha-subunit of the (Na++K+)-ATPase increase cardiac contraction of both ventricular myocytes and mouse heart. In particular, antibodies binding to the RSATEEEPPNDD (SEQ ID NO: 1) or DVEDSYGQQTYEQR (SEQ ID NO: 2) peptides (or isoforms/derivatives thereof) of the alpha-subunit of the (Na++K+)-ATPase, have been found to be highly inotropic. Both the antibodies and the peptides are important for the treatment of human heart failure and other contractile disorders.
US09974836B2
Intestinal absorption is enhanced in short bowel syndrome patients presenting with colon-in-continuity by treatment with a GLP-2 receptor agonist, such as teduglutide.
US09974833B2
The invention relates to variants and fusions of fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19), variants and fusions of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), fusions of FGF19 and/or FGF21, and variants or fusions of FGF19 and/or FGF21 proteins and peptide sequences (and peptidomimetics), having one or more activities, such as bile acid homeostasis modulating activity, and methods for and uses in treatment of bile acid and other disorders.
US09974825B2
The present invention is related to the peptide Des-[Asp1]-[Ala1]-Angiotensin-(1-7) (Ala1-Arg2-Val3-Tyr4-Ile5-His6-Pro7) (SEQ ID NO: 1) and/or its related compounds as vasodilating and cardioprotective agents to be used in mammals. This invention also comprises the production of compounds containing Des-[Asp1]-[Ala1]-Angiotensin-(1-7) and/or its related compounds and its use in methods for treating and preventing diseases.
US09974821B2
A method is provided, comprising steps: (a) harvesting cannabis plant matter predetermined time; (b) grinding the cannabis plant matter; (c) inserting the ground cannabis plant mater into a mesh filter bag; (d) pressing the mesh filter bag via a hydraulic press at a first speed and a first pressure, wherein the ground cannabis plant matter is separated into cannabis pulp and cannabis juice; and (e) collecting the cannabis juice for consumption.
US09974795B2
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a Cdc7 inhibitor and an M phase promoter. In particular, the Cdc7 inhibitor contained in the pharmaceutical composition is a furanone derivative represented by formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. (In the formula, A is —COOR1 or a hydrogen atom; R1 is a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, or an optionally substituted heterocycle; R2 and R3 are the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted phenyl group, an optionally substituted heterocycle, an optionally substituted heterocyclic condensed ring, or an optionally substituted amino group. Alternatively, R2 and R3 may, together with the nitrogen atoms bonding the same, form an optionally substituted heterocycle or optionally substituted heterocyclic condensed ring. R4 is a hydrogen atom or halogen atom. However, if A is —COOR1, R2 and R3 are not both simultaneously optionally substituted amino groups. When A is a hydrogen atom, R3 is a hydrogen atom.)
US09974788B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of acquired and genetic heart conditions in a subject by the inhibition of SGK1, including Long QT syndrome and cardiovascular disease, including dilated cardiomyopathy. Cardiovascular diseases treatable by SGK1 inhibition include heart failure, arrhythmia, ischemic injury, ischemic infarction, cardiac fibrosis, vascular proliferation, restenosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, and stent failure. The present invention also identifies selective inhibitors of SGK1. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of SG.
US09974784B2
The claimed invention is directed to a method for screening a compound that binds to an allosteric site of ALK2, the method comprising screening for a compound that is capable of destabilizing the ALK2 protein. A further aspect of the invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a disease in a vertebrate, said composition comprising at least one ALK receptor kinase inhibitor, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant and/or diluent.
US09974783B2
The invention relates to treatment of epithelial wounds. In particular, the invention relates to methods and formulations for treating epithelial wounds based on application of an opioid antagonist such as naltrexone.
US09974781B2
Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
US09974773B2
The present invention provides stabilized cream formulations of oxymetazoline and uses thereof. The present invention also provides a method of treating facial erythema associated with rosacea in a patient in need of such treatment, comprising topically administering once or twice daily to the site of erythema on the face of the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising 0.5%, 1.0% or 1.5% oxymetazoline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as the sole active ingredient.
US09974766B2
Prenylated isoflavones are suitable to specifically inhibit P-glycoprotein in multidrug-resistant cancer cells leading to an accumulation of cytotoxic compounds or therapeutic compounds in the cells while having exceptionally increased cytotoxic activity specifically towards multidrug-resistant cancer cells and while allowing for an increased activity of chemotherapeutic compounds towards which the cells are resistant.Also in accordance with the present invention is a method for specifically targeting cancer cells with multidrug-resistance as well as a method of potentiating the activity of a chemotherapeutic compound in multidrug-resistant cancer cells. In a further aspect, a kit including a prenylated isoflavone and a chemotherapeutic compound is provided.
US09974763B2
A composition for treating Neurodegenerative Diseases with Parkinsonian Syndromes in a subject in need thereof, wherein the composition includes an effective amount of a modulator of a chloride transporter.
US09974762B2
The invention provides amides that inhibit cellular necrosis and/or human receptor interacting protein 1 kinase (RIP1), including corresponding sulfonamides, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrides and stereoisomers thereof. The compounds are employed in pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of making and use, including treating a person in need thereof with an effective amount of the compound or composition, and detecting a resultant improvement in the person's health or condition.
US09974757B2
The invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a condition in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an acceptable composition comprising meglumine or a salt thereof. The invention further relates to a method of improving a physiological function in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an acceptable composition comprising meglumine or a salt thereof.
US09974755B2
A method of treating a host of neuromuscular, neurodegenerative, developmental, autoimmune and metabolic diseases/disorders related to aging, such as traumatic injury, stroke, Huntington's disease, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Lupus, Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY), myasthenia gravis (MG), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Graves' disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), metabolic syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy or Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), severe burns, aging, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Friedreich's Ataxia, Batten Disease, Alzheimer's disease, optic neuritis, Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), autism, Rett syndrome, Batten Disease, Angelman's Syndrome, Leigh disease, Fragile-X Syndrome, depression, Parkinson's disease, mitochondrial diseases, developmental disorders, metabolic disease disorders and/or autoimmune disorders by inducing endogenous BDNF expression with DNP treatment to protect from neuromuscular dysfunction/disorders and/or neurodegeneration and/or muscle wasting. DNP was administered to mice daily over a range of doses, and subsequently BDNF expression in the brain showed a dose dependent and non-linear increase in expression.
US09974740B2
The present invention provides masking compositions that include a lower alkyl carboxylic acid, e.g. acetic acid. Also provided is a masking composition that includes (a) a lower alkyl carboxylic acid (e.g. acetic acid), a warming sensate (e.g. vanillin or vanillyl butyl ether) and/or a cooling sensate (e.g. menthol or isopulegol).
US09974737B2
This disclosure provides pharmaceutical adenovirus formulations, in particular, liquid pharmaceutical formulations comprising adenoviruses.
US09974735B2
The present invention is directed to a depilatory composition which comprises a depilatory active and at least one material which alters the thermal properties of the composition by either having a higher heat of fusion or a lower thermal conductivity than the bulk.
US09974733B1
The present invention is a massage tanning crème formula to color skin of a person to appear tanned. The application of the formula, first including performing an exfoliation of areas to be colored. Then, including the application of a massage tanning crème formula in an even coat to ensure an even tan color, where the tanning cream is a mixture of Organic Aloe Vera (Barbadensis Miller) Juice; Emulsifying Wax; Organic Virgin Coconut (Cocos Nucifera) Oil; Virgin Cocoa Butter (Theobroma Cacao); Sunflower Oil (Helianthus Annuus); Hydrolyzed Oats; Vitamin E; Wasabi (Wasabia Japocica) Root Extract; Ginger (Zingiber Officinali) Root Extract; Garlic (Allium Sativum) Bulb Extract; Dihydroxyacetone; and Eurythulose.
US09974728B2
A cosmetic composition having a synergistic TRF2 protein activation system consisting essentially of a combination of a peptidic soybean and yeast extract in a physiologically acceptable medium is disclosed and protecting or treating damage to the DNA of skin cells associated with aging by applying the cosmetic composition thereto, typically topically. The peptidic soybean and yeast extract is obtained by hydrolyzing at least 80% of soybeans by weight of the total weight of raw materials and at most 20% of yeast by weight of the total weight of raw materials.
US09974726B2
The present disclosure relates to gentle cleansing compositions, which generally include: (a) a taurate surfactant; (b) an isethionate surfactant; (c) a betaine (and/or another amphoteric surfactant); and (d) a nonionic emulsifier. The cleansing compositions exhibit very good cleansing properties, are particularly effective for removing makeup, and are mild and moisturizing to the skin.
US09974724B1
A dual-phase mouthwash composition for whitening teeth is disclosed. The dual-phase mouthwash composition includes an orally acceptable vehicle having a hydrophilic phase and a hydrophobic phase, a blue dye and/or blue pigment having a blue to blue-violet color with a hue angle in the CIELAB system from about 200 to about 320 degrees, and a zinc salt.
US09974721B2
Suggested is a composition comprising (a) larixol and at least one of the components (b1) to (b5) selected from (b1) tyrosinase inhibitors; (b2) sun protection factors; (b3) antioxidants; (b4) anti-inflammatory agents; and (b5) desquamating agents.
US09974720B2
A microcapsule composition containing microcapsules coated with a deposition protein, e.g., a protein-silanol copolymer, a protein-silane copolymer, a protein-siloxane copolymer, or a cationically modified protein, is provided as is a method for making the microcapsule composition and using the microcapsule composition in consumer products, in particular rinse-off consumer product.
US09974719B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for making up and/or caring for keratin materials, in the form of an oil-in-water solid emulsion, comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: —from 4.0% to 8.0% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of at least one fatty alcohol, —from 1.0% to 3.0% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of at least one solid linear ester, —from 2.5% to 6.0% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of at least one non-ethoxylated glyceryl stearate, and —from 0.25% to 0.50% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of sodium polyacrylate.
US09974718B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a hair care composition comprising a step of adding perfume, silicone, phenoxyethanol, benzyl alcohol, and/or parabens perfumes and/or silicones, before adding antidandruff agents. Preferably, perfumes and/or silicones are added before adding antidandruff agents. The method of the present invention provides reduced agglomeration of antidandruff agent selected from metal pyrithiones.
US09974712B2
A liquid dispensing system for oral administration comprises a dispenser and cartridges from which medicine is dispensed. Each cartridge includes a hollow shell with a septum at one end, a piston at the other end, and the medicine in a cavity between the septum and the piston. The dispenser includes receiver in which a cartridge is received, a plunger that can slide relative to the receiver and that has a plunging head that can drive the piston, and a barrel in which the cartridge, receiver and plunger can be received, at least partly. Once a cartridge has been inserted into the receiver, the receiver and cartridge are inserted into the barrel and a piercing head ruptures the septum. The plunger is pushed to drive the piston and the medicine is dispensed by the piston, through a discharge passage of the barrel.
US09974698B2
A substantially planar absorbent core (28) comprising a core wrap (16, 17) enclosing an absorbent material (60), the absorbent core having a longitudinal axis (80) and comprising a front region (81), a back region (83) and a middle region (82), each region having an equal length (L/3) along the longitudinal axis, wherein the absorbent material is substantially free of cellulose fibers and forms a pattern of absorbent material areas. The pattern comprises on each side of the longitudinal axis at least one longitudinally-extending curved area (601a, 601b) in the middle region of the core, and at least one longitudinally-extending straight area (602a, 602b) in the front region and/or back region of the core.
US09974695B2
Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a negative pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors or suction adapters for connecting to a wound site, for example using softer, kink-free conformable suction adapters.
US09974694B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for closing an opening through a surface of a tissue site are described. The system includes a sealing member adapted to cover the opening to form a sealed space and a negative-pressure source adapted to be fluidly coupled to the sealed space to provide negative pressure to the sealed space. The system also includes a contracting layer adapted to be positioned adjacent the opening and formed from a material having a firmness factor and a plurality of holes extending through the contracting layer to form a void space. The holes have a perforation shape factor and a strut angle causing the plurality of holes to collapse in a direction substantially perpendicular to the opening. The contracting layer generates a closing force substantially parallel to the surface of the tissue site to close the opening in response to application of the negative pressure.
US09974687B2
An eye treatment system having a handpiece, a console, a cassette, and a pump formed by the engagement of the cassette with the console. The pump having a head having a plurality of projections disposed to rotate about an axis, a ramp disposed near the rotating projections, and a resilient channel configured to transfer fluid when engaged by the ramp and the plurality of projections. The ramp having an entrance, a central, and an exit portion. The entrance portion has an arcuate extent over which the projections close the channel as the head rotates. The central portion has an arcuate extent over which the channel is sealed by the projections as the head rotates. The exit portion has an arcuate extent over which the projections open the channel as the head rotates. The arcuate extent of the entrance portion is unequal to the arcuate extent of the exit portion.
US09974686B2
An ophthalmic system (100) having an ophthalmic cassette (104) for operative engagement with an ophthalmic apparatus (102) is disclosed. The ophthalmic cassette (104) includes a cassette body (108) having a manifold (124) defining an inlet port (180) in fluid flow communication with first and second fluid pathways (120/122) which are in selective fluid flow communication with respective first and second storage chambers (116/118) such that fluid enters either the first storage chamber (116) or the second storage chamber (118). The ophthalmic apparatus (102) is operable to permit alternate fluid flow communication between the inlet port (108) and either the first storage chamber (116) or the second storage chamber (118) during operation of the ophthalmic system (100).
US09974680B2
An apparatus for use in a stomach of a subject includes a balloon adapted for placement in the stomach and having an opening to an interior of the balloon, an internal tube in the interior of the balloon with a proximal end coupled to the opening of the balloon, and an inflation tube. The inflation tube has a distal end in the interior of the balloon and a proximal end that can receive a fluid on an exterior of the balloon. The inflation tube can stretch from the stomach to a mouth of the subject to facilitate inflation of the balloon and has a resting position that is substantially within the interior of the balloon. The internal tube is disposed around at least a portion of the inflation tube that is in the interior of the balloon.
US09974677B2
A wire collection device for a stent delivery system includes a plurality of nested wire collection drums with a first drum concentric in a second drum. A thumbwheel coupled to the first drum can rotate to actuate rotation of the first drum to collect the retraction wire around the diameter of the first drum. A catching mechanism can rotate about the first drum to engage a catch portion of the second drum and actuate rotation of the second drum to collect the retraction wire around the outer diameter of the second drum. This increases the collection diameter of the retraction wire to provide a mechanical advantage for sheath retraction.
US09974675B2
A system for endoluminal delivery of a medical device, wherein the medical device includes a bifurcated stent graft having a trunk, a first leg and a second leg shorter than the first leg. The system includes a sheath having a tubular wall having a cylindrical inner surface defining a lumen for receiving the stent graft therein to constrain the stent graft toward a delivery configuration suitable for endoluminal delivery, and a generally cylindrical core member extending through the lumen. The core member has a first annular surface for engaging an end of the first leg. The core has a second annular surface for engaging an end of the second leg while at least the end of the second leg remains constrained by the sheath.
US09974667B1
The disclosed invention is an innovative, cost-efficient driving mechanism for the prosthetic hand industry that makes the use of only one motor to individually control each digit on a prosthetic hand separately. The use of the novel magnetic actuation system, locking mechanism, and spline nut and shaft configuration coupled with the single motor greatly reduces the weight, size and power usage of the prosthetic, increases functionality, minimizes noise, increases and speeds and forces, and orients the parts of the device in a manner that creates an aesthetically appealing design.
US09974657B2
A femoral head resurfacing implant is described comprising an external articulating surface and an internal fixation surface. A stem projects from the center of the internal fixation surface. The internal fixation surface comprises a top surface, surrounding and substantially orthogonal to a long axis of the stem, a chamfer surface extending downwardly and outwardly from the top surface and a side surface extending substantially parallel to the long axis of the stem. At least one projection is arranged on the internal fixation surface to provide a predetermined gap between the top surface and/or chamfer surface and a resected head onto which the implant is to be fitted. Furthermore, the side surface constitutes or comprises a cement containment feature configured to restrict or eliminate outflow of cement from the predetermined gap.
US09974642B2
An expandable vascular sheath utilizes a set of expandable members such as shape memory alloy wires for expanding its distal end. The wires are slidable along a portion of the sheath's elongate shaft. In certain embodiments, the distal end of the shaft is manufactured with a more pliable and elastic polymer relative to more proximal portions of the elongate shaft, so that as the wires advance into distal portions of the shaft, they expand, causing the distal end opening of the shaft to expand. A method for retrieving a foreign object from a vasculature utilizes a retrieval tool that can be advanced through the expandable vascular sheath.
US09974638B2
According to an aspect, a medical device may include an elongated shaft configured to rotate about its longitudinal axis. The elongated shaft may include a retaining area configured to retain an implant. The medical device may include a sheath disposed around a portion of the elongated shaft. The elongated shaft may be configured to move in relation to the sheath. The elongated shaft may be configured to move in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position. When the elongated shaft is in the first position, the retaining area is disposed outside of a cavity defined by the sheath. When the elongated shaft is in the second position, the retaining area is disposed within the cavity defined by the sheath.
US09974629B2
A powder jet device (10) for dispensing a dental material comprises a nozzle head (12) comprising a discharge nozzle. The powder jet device (10) further comprises a housing (14) comprising a valve portion (28), which is connected to the nozzle head (12) and is adapted to receive a valve member (16), and a chamber portion (30) comprising at least a first chamber (32) for storing a powder material. The chamber portion (30) comprises a proximal end (34) located adjacent the valve portion (28), a distal end (36) located away from the valve portion (28) and a fluid channel (38) extending from the distal end (36) substantially to the proximal end (34) into the chamber. The powder jet device (10) further comprises a valve member (16) disposed within the valve portion (28). The valve member (16) comprises a fluid supply passage (54) and is movable between a first position, in which a first fluid path (64) for delivery of a fluid from the fluid supply passage (54) into the chamber via the fluid channel (38) so as to create a dispersion from the powder material and a second fluid path (66) for delivery of the dispersion to the discharge nozzle are open, and a second position, in which at least the first fluid path (64) is closed.
US09974613B2
A robotic surgery method for cutting a bone of a patient includes characterizing the geometry and positioning of the bone and manually moving a handheld manipulator, the handheld manipulator operatively coupled to a bone cutting tool having an end effector portion, to cut a portion of the bone with the end effector portion. The handheld manipulator further comprises a manipulator housing and an actuator assembly movably coupled between the manipulator housing and the bone cutting tool. The method further includes causing the actuator assembly to automatically move relative to the manipulator housing to maintain the end effector portion of the tool within a desired bone cutting envelope in response to movement of the manipulator housing relative to the bone.
US09974604B2
A surgical instrument includes a handle movable between first and second positions for transitioning an end effector assembly between states and to a third position for returning the handle. A latch arm coupled to the handle includes one or more engagement members. A latch block defines a guide track having a latching path configured to guide the engagement member(s) therealong, an engagement portion configured to engage the engagement member(s) to latch the handle in the second position, and a return path configured to guide the engagement member(s) therealong. A first step interdisposed between the latching path and engagement portion guides the engagement member(s) into engagement with the engagement portion and inhibits the engagement member(s) from returning along the latching path. A second step interdisposed between the engagement portion and the return path guides the engagement member(s) along the return path and inhibits the engagement member(s) from re-engaging the engagement portion.
US09974599B2
A multipurpose electrosurgical device and methods of use are disclosed. In one example, device includes a handpiece and an end effector having a monopolar electrode and a pair of bipolar electrodes. The end effector is coupled to the handpiece and selectively transitionable relative to the handpiece from a first position to a second position. The first position includes the bipolar electrodes extending distally from the device and the monopolar electrode is spaced from a distal end portion of the device. The second position includes the monopolar electrode extending distally and the bipolar electrodes are spaced from a distal end portion of the device.
US09974593B2
Methods for treating erectile dysfunction with therapeutic neuromodulation and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. Erectile dysfunction can be characterized by the inability to develop and/or maintain an erection during sexual arousal or activity. One aspect of the present technology is directed to methods that at least partially inhibit sympathetic neural activity in nerves innervating the penis of a patient. Sympathetic drive in the patient can thereby be reduced in a manner that treats the patient for erectile dysfunction. Sympathetic nerve activity can be modulated along afferent and/or efferent pathways. The modulation can be achieved, for example, using an intravascularly positioned catheter carrying a therapeutic assembly, e.g., a therapeutic assembly configured to use electrically-induced, thermally-induced, and/or chemically-induced approaches to modulate the nerves.
US09974592B2
Cryogenic medical devices and apparatus are disclosed which are capable of generating cryogen to a supercritical state, specifically supercritical nitrogen. The cryogenic medical devices and apparatus disclosed are useful in methods of treating damaged, diseased, cancerous or other unwanted tissues.
US09974589B2
A container for bone cement includes a first member defining a chamber, which contains a first ingredient. The chamber also includes a second member movably coupled to the first member. The second member includes a mixing device that is movably disposed within the first chamber, and the second member defines a second chamber containing a second ingredient. The container additional includes an opening device that selectively opens the second chamber and allows the second ingredient to enter from the second chamber into the first chamber. The mixing device is movable within the first chamber to promote mixing of the first ingredient and the second ingredient to prepare the bone cement. A corresponding method of preparing bone cement also disclosed.
US09974576B2
Interspinous process implants are disclosed. Also disclosed are systems and kits including such implants, methods of inserting such implants, and methods of alleviating pain or discomfort associated with the spinal column.
US09974566B2
A hand-held device for piercing a human or animal skin, comprises a housing, a drive device, which is arranged in the housing and is suitable for repeatedly providing a feed motion. The device also comprises a piercing device, which is formed in the housing with a needle and is coupled directly or, via a coupling device, indirectly to the drive device in such a way that the feed motion provided by the drive device can be introduced onto the piercing device. There is a housing opening, relative to which the needle moves forwards and backwards during operation, and a piercing depth adjuster, which is coupled to the piercing device in such a way that the piercing depth adjuster is displaceable relative to the tip of the needle and is entrained with the needle as the needle moves forwards/backwards during operation.
US09974563B2
Medical devices having a releasable member are described. Methods of using medical devices having a releasable member are also described. An example medical device comprises an elongate member, an intermediate member, a sheath, and a cap. Each of the intermediate member, sheath, and cap are releasably disposed on the elongate member.
US09974561B2
A system for endoscopic ultrasound guided drainage includes an access sheath extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including an access lumen extending therethrough from the proximal end to the distal end; a stylet slidably received within the access lumen, the stylet extending longitudinally from a proximal end to distal end and including a channel extending therethrough, the channel configured to receive a fluid therethrough; and a dilating sheath extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including a dilating lumen extending therethrough. The dilating lumen is sized and shaped to slidably receive the access sheath.
US09974560B2
A method for puncturing a pericardial membrane of a human patient, the method comprising inserting a needle into the chest of the human patient, detecting a phase of a mechanical activity of the heart of the human patient, advancing the needle toward the heart of the human patient in synchronization with the detected phase of the mechanical activity of the heart of the human patient, and repeating the detecting and advancing steps until the pericardial membrane of the human patient is punctured.
US09974548B2
A bone or tissue-cutting instrument for use with a manual handle or with a powered surgical tool includes an elongated shaft and a cutting head portion of a distal end of the shaft. The cutting head portion includes an annular arcuate blade located at the distal-most end of the cutting head portion for cutting or shaving adjacent tissue or bone. The cutting head portion may also include a distal opening defined by the arcuate blade and a proximal opening with a central passage therebetween for collecting and transferring cut bone or tissue cut by the arcuate blade.
US09974546B2
A guide and remote traction system for mini-invasive surgery in a body cavity that is easily positioned and hooked and causes lower injury, comprising: at least one detachable surgical endoclamp (10) with hooking means (11, 12), assembled with an introduction guide (20) and at an initially open position; and at a naturally closed position when detached from said introduction guide (20) by a detachment mechanism; said endoclamp (10) comprising a portion of ferromagnetic material at the end opposed to said hooking means (11, 12); a cylindrically-shaped introduction guide (20) assembled with said detachable surgical endoclamp (10), said introduction guide (20) comprising a mechanism to detach said endoclamp (10); and at least one remote traction means (30) for said endoclamp (10), acting through the application of an electromagnetic field over the ferromagnetic portion of said endoclamp (10).
US09974528B2
Provided is a tissue retrieval bag. The bag is defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and a channel formed into the exterior surface of the bag, wherein the channel provides access to the interior of the bag through the exterior surface. Also provided is a tissue retrieval defined by a region of the bag defining an opening; an exterior surface of the bag depending from the opening; and at least one porthole on the exterior of the bag, wherein at least one tube extends from the at least one porthole.
US09974524B2
A biopsy instrument for removing nodes such as lymph nodes may include one or more of a blade for mechanical cutting of the ducts that connect the node to surrounding tissue and/or an energy emitter for emitting energy to seal the ducts and/or contribute to the gentle removal of the node from its connecting ducts. The biopsy instrument may include a ring clamp assembly made up of two opposing ring structures that may be clamped together such that the desired tissue sample (e.g., a lymph node) is captured within the inside opening of the clamped rings. Connecting ducts may be severed using either a blade or energy emitted from the ring clamps.
US09974519B1
Methods for treating a patient using time varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient. In one embodiment, the method is performed by switching on a device which includes a connection to an energy source, an energy storage device, a switching device and a magnetic field generating device including a core, and applying a time-varying field with a maximal value of magnetic flux density derivative of at least 300 T/s to a muscle of the patient. The diameter of the core is up to 80% of an outer diameter of the magnetic field generating device.
US09974516B2
A needle guide assembly for inserting a needle into the body of a patient in order to access a subcutaneous target, such as a vessel, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the needle guide assembly comprises a needle guide body that is configured to at least indirectly and removably attach to an image producing device, such as an ultrasound probe. The needle guide body defines at least first and second elongate guide channels. Each guide channel defines a unique insertion angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the ultrasound probe. Further, each guide channel is configured to accept needles of differing gauges.
US09974515B2
A wireless stethoscope is described, having wireless sensors that are enclosed in disposable pads so that the same pads are not used on more than one patient, preventing cross-infection of patients associated with conventional stethoscopes. The present wireless stethoscope also detects pulmonary sounds and cardiac sounds, allowing the user to monitor one or the other without interference. Also described is a method for diagnosing a pulmonary condition using the wireless stethoscope.
US09974506B2
Embodiments relate to associating coronary angiography image annotations with SYNTAX score for assessment of coronary artery disease. Aspects include receiving and processing a plurality of angiogram videos from a coronary angiography study into a plurality of frames, selecting and displaying a key frame from the plurality of frames for each angiogram video in a browsing interface, and receiving a selection of one of the key frame from a user. Aspects further include displaying the angiogram video associated with the selected key frame in a video viewer interface, receiving a lesion annotation from the user for a frame of the angiogram video, and displaying a SYNTAX score questionnaire in the video viewer interface. Aspects further include annotating the frame of the angiogram video with the answers to the SYNTAX score questionnaire from the user and saving the answers to the SYNTAX score questionnaire with the annotated frame in a database.
US09974503B2
A method for displaying a paranasal sinus region of a patient is executed at least in part on a computer, acquiring volume image data of the paranasal sinus region of the patient, identifying one or more airways within the paranasal sinus region from the volume image data, displaying the at least one or more airways, and highlighting one or more portions of the displayed airways that are constricted below a predetermined value.
US09974482B2
A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a terminal main body, a user input unit provided at the terminal main body and capable of receiving a control command for executing a specific function, a sensor unit provided adjacent to the user input unit and capable of sensing biometric information during the reception of the control command, and a controller capable of executing the specific function based on the control command and calculating a blood pressure value using the biometric information.
US09974477B2
A renal denervation catheter includes a catheter shaft, at least one ablation member, and a sensor, and is operable to perform a renal denervation procedure. The catheter shaft includes a distal end portion insertable into a renal artery. The at least one ablation member is positioned at the distal end portion of the catheter shaft and operable to ablate renal nerves along a wall of the renal artery. The sensor provides information that correlates to blood flow in the renal artery. A change in blood flow rate in the renal artery resulting from the ablation is indicative of the efficacy of the renal denervation procedure.
US09974474B2
Systems and methods for monitoring uterus contraction activity and progress of labor. The system of the subject invention can comprises (1) a plurality of sensors; (2) an amplifying/filtering means; (3) a computing means; and (4) a graphical user interface. Accurate clinical data, which can be extracted and provided to the user in real-time using the system of the invention, include without limitation, progress of labor, prediction and monitoring of preterm labor, and intrauterine pressure prediction. In a preferred embodiment, the system of the invention includes an intelligence means, such as a neural network system, to analyze and interpret clinical data for use in clinical diagnosis as well as delivery strategy.
US09974473B2
The present disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods for assessing and altering swallowing, speech, and breathing function. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and systems to assess and improve speech, breathing, and swallowing function in subjects in need thereof.
US09974468B2
Systems and methods provided relate to patient sensors and/or patient monitors that recognize and/or identify a patient with physiological signals obtained from the sensor. A scalogram may be produced by applying a wavelet transform for the physiological signals obtained from the sensor. The scalogram may be a three dimensional model (having time, scale, and magnitude) from which certain physiological information may be obtained. For example, unique human physiological characteristics, also known as biometrics, may be determined from the scalograms. More specifically, monitoring the changes in the morphology of the photoplethysmographic (PPG) waveform transforms (e.g., scalogram) may determine patient-specific information that may be used to recognize and/or identify the patient, and that may be used to determine a proper or improper association between the patient and the wireless sensor and/or patient monitor.
US09974467B2
The present disclosure relates to devices and processes for monitoring attributes of a user's physical activity (e.g., workout) or inactivity, and to user interfaces (e.g., an activity indicator) for displaying the same. In some examples, a device determines whether physical activity corresponds to a first type based on a first set of criteria, and whether physical activity corresponds to a second type based on a second set of criteria. In some examples, the device controls an inactivity timer that measures user's inactivity. In some examples, the device displays a first visual representation of an attribute or amount of a first type of physical activity, and a second visual representation of an attribute or amount of a second type. In some examples, the device displays a third visual representation of an attribute or amount of a third type of activity. In some examples, the third visual representation corresponds to user's inactivity.
US09974458B2
A method can include storing input electrical signal data representing at least a given electrophysiological signal acquired from a patient. A non-local mean filter can be applied to the given electrophysiological signal, the non-local mean filter including a spatial filter component and an intensity filter component. The method can also include controlling parameters to establish weighting of each of the spatial filter component and the intensity filter component in response to a control input. Filtered signal data can be stored based on the applying and the controlling.
US09974456B2
A cardiac potential measuring device comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode; a potential difference acquisition circuitry that acquires a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode as cardiac potential; an attachment direction detector that detects an attachment direction that is a direction of a virtual line that connects the first electrode and the second electrode attached to the body of the user; and an attachment direction calculator that calculates and outputs a preferred attachment direction in which the potential difference larger than any one of a first potential difference and a second potential difference is generated.
US09974454B2
A method and system for determining fractional flow reserve (FFR) for a coronary artery stenosis of a patient is disclosed. In one embodiment, medical image data of the patient including the stenosis is received, a set of features for the stenosis is extracted from the medical image data of the patient, and an FFR value for the stenosis is determined based on the extracted set of features using a trained machine-learning based mapping. In another embodiment, a medical image of the patient including the stenosis of interest is received, image patches corresponding to the stenosis of interest and a coronary tree of the patient are detected, an FFR value for the stenosis of interest is determined using a trained deep neural network regressor applied directly to the detected image patches.
US09974452B2
Embodiments herein describe a user device that includes a dual purpose coil (or inductor) used when performing inductive sensing and when transferring electrical power to the user device. When performing inductive sensing, the user device couples the coil to a sensing circuit which measures a resistivity of a lossy material inductively coupled to the coil. In one embodiment, the user device may be worn on the wrist of the user so that the sensing circuit measures the resistivity corresponding to the flow of blood in an artery or vein. By monitoring changes in the resistivity of the blood or artery, the user device can identify the heartbeat of the user. When transferring electrical power, the user device couples the coil to a charging circuit which receives the power provided by an external charging device that is inductively coupled to the coil.
US09974449B2
A method and apparatus for indirect, quantitative estimation of beat-to-beat arterial blood pressure utilizing the individualized rectifying technique. A function TK=H(P) that describes the relationship between Korotkoff's sound delay time Tk and cuff pressure P is obtained by measuring the different cuff pressure P and corresponding Tk in the Korotkoff's sound sensor that is distal to the cuff. Keep the cuff pressure at a constant value Pm, the blood pressure variance can be calculated using the Korotkoff's sound delay time Tkm, according to the function Tk=H(P). The invention can measure the beat-to-beat artery blood pressure indirectly. The technique can be applied to obtain individual coefficient of regress equation for continuous arterial blood pressure measurement by the instantaneous blood pressure fluctuation, which make the rectifying technique more safe, effective and less erroneous. The technique makes the operation of noninvasive continuous blood pressure measurement for long time more practical.
US09974441B2
A fever detecting wrist band device comprises a flexible band and a fever detection device attached to the flexible band. The fever detection device comprises a thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) material, which can change colors corresponding to a set of temperature ranges, encased in a transparent casing. The transparent casing has a thin bottom section to allow the TLC material to gather body heat when the wrist band is worn by a user and the bottom section comes in contact with the skin of the user. The transparent casing also insulates the TLC material from all sides which are not in contact with the skin of the user so that surrounding temperature of a user does not affect the color change of the TLC material. When the user wears the fever detecting wrist band device, the TLC material might change color indicating a higher body temperature of the user which in turn could indicate that either the user has a fever or the user might have a fever soon if not treated immediately.
US09974430B2
An ingestible scanning device includes, in an embodiment, a capsule housing having a transparent window and sized so as to be ingestible, a photo-sensing array located within the capsule housing, a mirror located within the housing and oriented to direct an image from a surface outside the transparent window to the photo-sensing array, and a light source for illuminating the surface outside the transparent window.
US09974429B2
This invention is directed to a flexible device having a longitudinal axis, a first elongate member configured to move the flexible device in a first direction relative to the longitudinal axis, and a second elongate member configured to move the flexible device in a second direction relative to the longitudinal axis that is different to the first direction. The flexible device can also have an articulation section including a plurality of articulation links, wherein at least one of the plurality of articulation links can include a body configured to receive the first elongate member and the second elongate member. The flexible device can also include a cinching element configured to engage the first elongate member to substantially limit movement between the plurality of articulation links when a tensile force is applied to the first elongate member and configured to disengage the first elongate member to permit movement between the plurality of articulation links when a tensile force is applied to the second elongate member.
US09974423B2
An implement for a cleaning system. The system has a floor cleaning device, which can accept a cleaning sheet removably attachable to the device. The device has a foot which comprises a housing and a panel movable in relationship to each other. The sheet is removably attachable to the panel, without requiring attachment to the housing. This arrangement provides ergonomic benefit and ease of sheet replacement. The cleaning system may be used to clean hard surfaces, such as a floor.
US09974419B2
The present invention is for wipe dispensers for dispensing interconnected wipes. An exemplary wipes dispenser may include a container body and a removable lid forming an interior region into which a plurality of interconnected wipes may be disposed. Pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe causes a following wipe to also be pulled and follow the lead wipe. The removable lid may cover a portion of a container aperture (e.g., an open top of the container body). A landing member in the lid covers a portion of the container aperture by extending from a top rim of the container body toward the middle of the interior region. The landing member may form an angle with a substantially vertical exterior wall of the container, where the formed angle may be less than 90°. In an embodiment, the landing member may include a concavely shaped portion. The landing member may include one or more fingers.
US09974418B1
A bodily washing assembly for inhibiting cross contamination between patients in a medical environment includes a mitt that is selectively worn on a hand. A cleaning unit is coupled to the mitt. The cleaning unit washes the user when the user wears the mitt. The cleaning unit contains a fluid soap. The fluid soap is selectively dispensed onto the user.
US09974407B2
A vacuum electric kettle includes a vacuum layer disposed between a liner and an outer shell with a heating disc component disposed inside. A matched electrical connector is disposed between the heating disc component and the base that includes a disc body compounded with a heating body. A seal ring clamping platform is arranged at the edge of the disc body. At least two elastic supporting legs are integrated with the disc body and disposed below the clamping platform. A supporting leg locating ring and a seal ring limiting rib are disposed on the liner with a seal ring between the limiting rib and the clamping platform. The heating disc component and the kettle body are positioned in a matched mode through the elastic supporting legs and the supporting leg locating ring. No welding is required between the heating disc component and the kettle body of the vacuum electric kettle.
US09974406B1
An assembly for the support of curtains or drapes about the interior of a frame of a window and a venetian type blind affixed to the window frame. The bracket provides for installation of opposing brackets with little, if any, measurement required. The assembly consists of two brackets that with or without shims, are set horizontally in between the frame of a window and a venetian type blind affixed to the window frame. A conventional curtain road or drapery rod is then simply placed horizontally an top of the brackets in the installed position. Eliminating the necessity of attaching any support to the walls thus eliminating all nails, or other fasteners in the framework or in the drywall that would normally support a curtain rod.
US09974400B2
A circular-shaped support pillow (1) having a head support (2) with a top surface (3) and a bottom surface (4). The bottom surface of the head support is preferably planar. The top surface of the head support is preferably convex, thereby curving or angling downward from an apex (6) located in the center of the head support to an outer perimeter (5) of the head support. The angled top surface of the head support positions a user's jaw in a downward angled position when the individual is laying face down on the pillow of the present invention. An optional base (7) may extend downward from the bottom surface of the head support to elevate the head support and to provide additional space for the user to place his or her arms around and/or under the perimeter edge 5 the head support.
US09974397B2
The present disclosure relates to an ergonomic infant carrier comprising a contoured shell having a non-planar base and a contiguous perimeter side wall upstanding from the base to surround an infant therein and prevent or limit excess side-to-side movement in use. The base has a bottom portion, a head portion extending from a first end of the bottom portion, and a foot portion extending from a second end of the bottom portion opposite the first end, the head and foot portions extending upwardly from the bottom portion to meet the side wall such that the base has an arcuate profile in at least a longitudinal direction. The bottom portion has a width which is less than that of the head and foot portions whereby the side wall defines a waisted portion partway along the longitudinal extent of the infant carrier to accommodate a side of a carer.
US09974396B2
A booster seat for children, comprising a seating surface adapted for engagement with the seating surface of an adult chair, a backrest at least one pair of wings connected to the bottom side of the seating surface and designed to be angularly moved between a first position in which they are oriented parallel to the bottom side and a position in which they are lifted and oriented at an angle relative thereto, as well as a plurality of flexible elements for removable fixation of the booster seat. The seating surface of the booster seat comprises, on its rear side, at least one compartment formed below at least one of the wings, for which the wing forms a closing cover.
US09974395B2
A mattress is configured to have multiple zones made of springs configured in different orientations. A first zone of the mattress has springs packed in a first pattern, and a second zone has the springs packed in a second pattern that is different from the first pattern. The springs in the first zone and the second zone are the same type of springs. By packing the same springs in different patterns, the zones can have different firmness levels.
US09974393B1
A convertible display stand to seating assembly for selectively seating a user and exhibiting a display item includes a stool and the display item. The stool comprises a plate and a plurality of legs. The legs are coupled to and extend from the plate. The display item is configured to be reversibly coupled to the plate. The legs are positioned on the plate so that the stool is configured to seat a user. The display item is positioned to be coupled to the plate so that the display item is configured to be exhibited upon the stool.
US09974386B2
A device for setting a movable furniture part received in a basic furniture structure by means of a guiding unit, with which the furniture part is movably guided in the basic furniture structure, the guiding unit including a movement rail, which is attached to the furniture part and is mounted displaceably with respect to a basic-structure rail, the device including a setting unit that is attached to a front-side end portion of the movement rail, which sets a stop position of the movement rail during closing movements with respect to the basic-structure rail.
US09974383B2
Embodiments provide a cosmetic brush cleaning system and method which spins a brush and provides centrifugal force at varying speeds to clean the brush head. The brush can be used for the application of makeup and the brush can either slide into an attachment which is then connected via a magnetic coupling mechanism to secure the brush before it is spun and cleaned, or the brush itself can be provided with the magnetic coupling component inherently in the brush. The operator of the device determines the speed that is necessary based upon the type of liquid the brush has been in contact with and the operator uses a controller to speed up or slow down the rotational mechanism. The centrifugal force removes the material sticking to the brush while it is cleaned.
US09974377B2
A three to six sided lip balm applicator of the present invention comprises a cap, a liner, and a base, having engagement assemblies for engaging the cap to the liner, the liner to the base, and a base from one lip balm applicator to an equivalent base from another lip balm applicator to form a lip balm container. The base comprises a partition with stabilizers which emerge from the partition and extend radially toward and overhang an aperture in the partition. The lip balm applicator may contain a domed lip balm, filled directly into the lip balm applicator or components thereof as a mold for manufacturing the domed lip balm, filled to a fill level approaching the partition top but not touching the partition top.
US09974376B1
A cosmetic container is provided with a case; a cosmetic member partially disposed in the case; and a light assembly received in the case. The case includes an opening and a glass adjacent to the opening. The cosmetic member includes a carrier, a mount, and a base secured to the mount. The carrier passes through the mount to have a rear end secured to the base. The light assembly includes a power source, a switch, and an exposed lighting unit. An actuator is disposed on a first seat and may activate the switch. A second seat is disposed on the first seat. A transmitting member includes an opening member and a rib on the actuator. A transparent member is disposed on the opening member.
US09974372B1
The invention involves an improved hairpin formed of a wire having two terminal ends and a series of bends that define differently situated prongs for securing a hairstyle of a wearer. In exemplary embodiments, a first prong may be defined by a first leg and a second leg that extend from a first u-shaped bend. A second prong may be defined by the first leg and a third leg that extends from a second u-shaped bend situated opposite to the first u-shaped bend. Moreover, a third prong may be defined by the second leg and a fourth leg extending from a third u-shaped bend situated opposite to the first u-shaped bend, wherein the first u-shaped bend, the second u-shaped bend and the third u-shaped bend are situated on a single plane and the first leg, the second leg, the third leg and the fourth leg are substantially parallel.
US09974367B2
A base for a walking stick, which is configured to dispose in a bottom end of a stick body of the walking stick to provide a buffering and shock-absorbing effect, may include a main body, a shaft, a first sleeve, and a second sleeve. An upper portion and a lower portion of the shaft respectively have a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. Also, a buffering unit disposed on the first connecting portion can allow the second sleeve to be compressed and stretched. Thus, the walking stick can achieve the stretch motion stably, and buffer the reactive force from the floor. Thus, the base structure for a walking stick can allow the stick body to swing in all direction. Also, it can be used to stand on different tilted grounds, and improve the reliability and safety of the walking stick.
US09974356B2
An article of footwear may include an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper, the sole structure including a midsole with an outsole secured thereto, wherein one or more arcuate inserts within recesses or cavities extending into the midsole are exposed through one or more apertures in the outsole. These inserts provide unique cushioning and support properties, particularly during “banking” (e.g., leaning to one side or pushing off to the side from the medial or lateral side of the foot). The inserts provide the structural benefits of dome or arch shapes that are formed in the mid-sole and open to the underside.
US09974343B2
Inflatable undergarment with an inflatable bladder to provide protection and comfort has a fabric garment portion. A rear area of the undergarment further includes an integral air bladder. The bladder covers the buttocks area and is selectively inflated using a manual pump located near the waistband of the undergarment. The bladder system further includes a release valve that allows air to be released from the device.
US09974325B2
An oral product includes a matrix including a mixture of a plurality of capsules, a powdered component, a viscous component and a binder and wherein the matrix is molded into a shape. In a preferred embodiment, the capsules provide functional and flavorful ingredients. In an embodiment, the matrix is enclosed in a porous material that forms a pouch.
US09974324B2
By interposing a batter containing trehalose between a microwave-absorbing heat generator which generates heat with microwave energy and a noodle-strip food, a crisp texture and a freshly pan-fried flavor and aroma can be exhibited by the batter upon microwave cooking.
US09974320B2
A chewing gum base comprises food acceptable substituted polysaccharides wherein substituents on the saccharide units in the polysaccharides produce a degree of substitution of at least I.0. The polysaccharides may have branches with an average length of 1 to 15 saccharide units per branch. The polysaccharides may be linked saccharide units such as allose, altrose, mannose, gulose, idose, galactose, 3,6 anhydro galactose, glucuronic acid, mannuronic acid, galacturonic acid, aldobiouronic acid, fucose, rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, talose, acyl substituted glucose, fructose, lactose and combinations thereof.
US09974317B2
A method is disclosed of mechanically deboning animal thighs for separating and collecting meat there from and an apparatus and an alternative apparatus for performing the method, including automated individual processing steps. The processing steps include: grasping a thigh bone of an animal thigh at a hip knuckle with a bone holder; cutting tissue near the hip knuckle; and engaging the thigh bone adjacent the bone holder with a meat stripper. The processing steps further include: moving the bone holder and meat stripper away from one another in a direction substantially coextensive with the longitudinal extend of the thigh bone; allowing the meat stripper to pass over the knee knuckle; and collecting the meat separated from the bone. In particular the method includes and each of the apparatuses perform the process step of cutting tissue adjacent a knee knuckle of the thigh bone, prior to allowing the meat stripper to pass over the knee knuckle. The apparatuses include a plurality of processing stations for carrying out the individual steps, and the processing stations are arranged along a path of conveyance defined by a conveyor chain moving through a predefined path.
US09974308B2
The present invention relates to liquid termiticide compositions comprising a pyrethroid and a neonicotinoid selected from the group consisting of imidacloprid, nithiazine, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, nitenpyram, thiacloprid and clothianadin, these compositions result in an increase in termite mortality at low application rates and a continuous chemical barrier of a termiticide in soil surrounding and beneath a structure in a locus where termites are suspected or known to exist.
US09974305B2
To provide a novel pesticidal composition, particularly a composition for a fungicide. A fungicidal or bactericidal composition comprising one or more compounds selected from oxime-substituted amide compounds represented by the formula (I), or their N-oxides or salts, and one or more compounds selected from known fungicidal or bactericidal compounds: wherein G1 represents a structure of G1-1, G1-27, etc., G2 represents a structure of G2-2, etc., W represents an oxygen atom, etc., X1 represents difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, etc., X2, X3, X4 and X5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, etc., Y1 represents a halogen atom, etc., Y2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, etc., Y3 represents a halogen atom, trifluoromethyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, etc., Y4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc., R1 represents C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, etc., R2 and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, methyl, etc., R4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc., and R5 represents methyl, etc.
US09974299B1
A bird nest prevention device for use in a building structure includes a mounting face for connecting to a face of a truss by a connector, a first angled portion having a lower edge connecting to an upper edge of the mounting face and being inclined upward therefrom, a second angled portion having a lower edge opposing the lower edge of the first inclined portion and being inclined upward therefrom, an upward extending portion connecting at a lower portion thereof to the first angled portion and the second angled portion and wherein the lower edges form a stand to rest on top of the truss.
US09974291B2
Genetically modified non-human animals comprising a human or humanized interleukin-7 (IL-7) gene. Cells, embryos, and non-human animals comprising a human or humanized IL-7 gene. Rodents that express human or humanized IL-7 protein. Genetically modified mice that comprise a human or humanized IL-7-encoding gene in their germline, wherein the human or humanized IL-7-encoding gene is under control of endogenous mouse IL-7 regulatory sequences.
US09974282B2
A pet waste collection device for collecting and discarding animal waste is provided. The device comprises a shaft with a vacuum head mounted to the shaft. A vacuum motor is mounted within the vacuum head. A nozzle is connected to the shaft and the vacuum motor provides a suction to the second end of the nozzle. A retractable claw member having a plurality of extendable claw fingers extends from the nozzle. A waste bag is positioned within the claw member. An access port is formed in the vacuum handle. Upon collection of the pet waste in the waste bag, the claw fingers close as the claw member retracts into the nozzle, the open end of the waste bag closing shut. The bagged pet waste is suctioned by the vacuum motor through the shaft to a waste bag receptacle within the vacuum handle and removable from the receptacle through the access port.
US09974279B2
A nutrient dispensing device for animals includes an access basin and a support portion attached to the access basin. The dispensing device includes a ramp spanning between the access basin and the support portion. A storage tank is disposed on the support portion, and a first end of the ramp is located partially beneath an open end of the storage tank. The ramp also includes at least one shield attached along a portion of the ramp, and the shield resists contents stored in the storage tank from entering a region of the support portion.
US09974275B2
The present invention relates to a Spinacia oleracea seed designated 51-341 RZ and 51-342 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including very late bolting, slow growing, a semi-erect plant habit, a small leaf blade size and resistance to downy mildew (P. farinosa f. sp. spinaciae) races Pfs1 to 15. The present invention also relates to a Spinacia oleracea plant produced by growing the 51-341 RZ or 51-342 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the spinach cultivar, represented by spinach variety 51-341 RZ and 51-342 RZ.
US09974260B1
A novel maize variety designated X00H328 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00H328 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00H328 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00H328, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00H328. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00H328.
US09974243B2
An aeroponic system for supporting efficient low-resource-usage plant growth comprises a housing comprising one or more openings and one or more root chambers; one or more sealing members configured to substantially conform to a stalk of a plant and to substantially isolate a canopy of the plant from the one or more root chambers; one or more root chamber sensors; one or more nutrient storage reservoirs for storage of plant nutrients; one or more air-assisted nozzles configured to introduce atomized nutrient solution into the one or more root chambers; a temperature control system configured to control a temperature of the one or more root chambers; and a control system configured to control the temperature control apparatus and the one or more air-assisted nozzles to maintain environmental parameters associated with the one or more root chambers within desired parameter ranges.
US09974236B1
The combine system provides a motor driven paddle system for the movement of grain from combine storage, such as a hopper, to secondary storage, including but not limited to a grain bin, truck, or grain cart. The paddles are constructed from a somewhat rigid material that enable the paddles to move the grain to the secondary storage. The paddle conveyor may be partially enclosed by a housing that protects users from accidental contact with the paddles and the paddle conveyor.
US09974233B2
A harvesting machine includes: a crop tank; a measuring device that measures an amount of crop that has been stored in the crop tank; an unloader apparatus that discharges crop that has been stored in the crop tank; a device control part that executes precise measurement oriented device setting processing; a measurement control part including a precise measurement execution part that performs, precise measurement which involves the precise measurement oriented device setting processing, and a simplified measurement execution part that executes, simplified measurement; an operational instruction processing part that outputs a precise measurement instruction and a simplified measurement instruction in response to an operation performed by a manual operation device; and a measurement result recording part that rewrites a simplified measurement result recorded based on a preceding simplified measurement instruction, with a precise measurement result that is based on a succeeding precise measurement instruction.
US09980418B2
An electronic device such as a set top box is provided having a vertical chassis wall having an aperture; a horizontal circuit board that extends toward the vertical chassis wall; F-connector connected to the horizontal circuit board, either under or over the board, and extending out of the a vertical chassis wall through the aperture; and inner shield, which can generally be used to contain/shield the RF circuit components mounted on the PCB, on the interior side of the vertical chassis wall and connected to the F-connector on or under the horizontal circuit board, wherein the inner shield comprises a series of vertical peripheral walls that surround components (either under or over the board); and a shield cover that covers the inner shield, the shield cover comprises a top portion that runs along or extends horizontally and side portions that extend from the periphery of the top portion and downward to overlap a part of the shield wall. The side portions contact the exterior side of the shield walls or are substantially close to the exterior side to ensure no gap therebetween or such a minimal spacing to ensure direct path for electromagnetic interference.
US09980417B1
An electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket is provided that includes a resiliently-flexible and conductive outer shell, a cushioning element disposed in the outer shell, and at least one magnetic component disposed in the outer shell configured to magnetically couple to a conductive surface of an electronic device chassis.
US09980416B2
A venting system for an electronic headset including a fan to be disposed on an outer surface of the electronic headset, a channel to receive air from the fan and direct air toward an outlet. An air channel ring may be mountable to the electronic headset. The air channel ring receives air from the outlet and directs air to an interior portion of the electronic headset.
US09980415B2
A modular jet impingement assembly includes an inlet tube fluidly coupled to a fluid inlet, an outlet tube fluidly coupled to a fluid outlet, and a modular manifold having a first distribution recess extending into a first side of the modular manifold, a second distribution recess extending into a second side of the modular manifold, a plurality of inlet connection tubes positioned at an inlet end of the modular manifold, and a plurality of outlet connection tubes positioned at an outlet end of the modular manifold. A first manifold insert is removably positioned within the first distribution recess, a second manifold insert is removably positioned within the second distribution recess, and a first and second heat transfer plate each removably coupled to the modular manifold. The first and second heat transfer plates each comprise an impingement surface.
US09980393B2
A pattern-forming method for forming a conductive circuit pattern, the pattern-forming method including the steps of: preparing a pattern-forming composition composed of: Cu powder; solder particles for electrically coupling the Cu powder; a polymer resin; a deforming agent that is selected from among acrylate oligomer, polyglycols, glycerides, polypropylene glycol, dimethyl silicon, simethinecone, tributyl phosphare, and polymethylsiloxane, and that increases bonding force between the Cu powder and the solder particles; a curing agent; and a reductant; forming a circuit pattern by printing the pattern-forming composition on a substrate; heating the circuit pattern at a temperature effective to cure the pattern-forming composition and provide the conductive circuit pattern; and electrolytically plating a metal layer onto the conductive circuit pattern. A circuit pattern having superior conductivity is formed at low cost.
US09980392B2
A process for producing a substrate having wiring includes steps (i) to (v) described as follows: (i) applying a radiation-sensitive composition on a substrate to form a coating film; (ii) irradiating a prescribed part of the coating film with radiation to allow the coating film to have a radiation-irradiated region and a radiation-unirradiated region; (iii) allowing the coating film obtained in the step (ii) to have a concave region and a convex region; (iv) forming wiring on the concave region; and (v) removing the convex region by an application of radiation or by heating.
US09980386B1
A method for manufacturing a flexible printed circuit board includes providing a first double-sided circuit substrate which comprises an electronic component. A multilayer circuit substrate having a mounting groove is also provided. The multilayer circuit substrate covers the first double-sided circuit substrate through an adhesive layer, causing the electronic component to be received in the mounting groove, thereby forming an intermediate product. At least one through hole is defined in the intermediate product, which when filled with conductive material electrically connects the multilayer circuit substrate to the first double-sided circuit substrate to form the flexible printed circuit board.
US09980381B2
A method and circuit board arrangement for an intrinsically safe portable device includes two or more circuit boards having a frame structure that forms a contiguous boundary around a space between the circuit boards. In the space there are circuit components mounted on both circuit boards, and a connector that connect the two circuit boards. An encapsulant material fills the space bounded by the frame structure between the circuit boards to exclude airborne material from coming into contact with the encapsulated circuit components.
US09980380B2
In a method for producing a printed circuit board consisting of at least two printed circuit regions, wherein the printed circuit board regions each compromise at least one conductive layer and/or at least one device or once conductive component, wherein printed circuit board regions to be connected to another one, in the region of in each case at least one lateral surface directly adjoining one another, are connected to one another by a coupling or connection, and wherein, after a coupling or connection of printed circuit board regions, at least one additional layer or ply of the printed circuit board is applied over the printed circuit board regions, the additional layer is embodied as a conductive layer, which is contact-connected via plated-through holes to conductive layers or devices or components integrated in the printed circuit board regions.
US09980379B2
The second wiring pattern includes extended regions from the main body side to the projecting portions as seen in a direction in which the pair of leads extend, and wiring regions continuously spreading from the extended regions in a direction away from the main body. Supposing that a length of the wiring region from an end of the projecting portion as a reference point to a farthest position in a direction away from the main body is a first width and a width of the extended region in a direction parallel to a side opposed to the main body side through the end of the projecting portion is a second width, the first width is smaller than the second width. The second insulating substrate is sandwiched between the second wiring pattern and a base, and thereby, a capacitance is formed.
US09980375B2
Indentation visibility is improved and quick and accurate inspection is performed after a connection step using an anisotropic conductive film. A connection body according to the present disclosure comprises a transparent substrate and an electronic component connected to the transparent substrate via an anisotropic conductive adhesive; conductive particles contained by the anisotropic conductive adhesive cause a plurality of indentations arranged in an in-plane direction of a terminal of the transparent substrate.
US09980367B2
An apparatus may be provided. The apparatus may comprise a substrate and a circuit board. A ball grid array structure may be disposed between the substrate and the circuit board. In addition, a stand-off structure may be disposed between the substrate and the circuit board. The stand-off structure may be adjacent to the ball grid array structure.
US09980363B2
In one aspect, an apparatus comprises a substrate, a first electrically-driven device disposed on the substrate, a second electrically-driven device disposed on the substrate, and a composite heat sink device. The composite heat sink device comprises a first thermal conduction member, a second thermal conduction member, and a thermal insulation member. The first thermal conduction member is disposed on the first electrically-driven device such that at least a portion of the heat generated by the first electrically-driven device is transferred to the first thermal conduction member by conduction. The second thermal conduction member is disposed on the second electrically-driven device such that at least a portion of the heat generated by the second electrically-driven device is transferred to the second thermal conduction member by conduction. The thermal insulation member is disposed between and thermally decouples the first thermal conduction member and the second thermal conduction member from one another.
US09980360B2
An extreme ultraviolet light (EUV) generation system is configured to improve conversion efficiency of energy of a laser system to EUV energy by improving the efficiency of plasma generation. The EUV generation system includes a target generation unit configured to output a target toward a plasma generation region in a chamber. The laser system is configured to generate a first pre-pulse laser beam, a second pre-pulse laser beam, and a main pulse laser beam so that the target is irradiated with the first pre-pulse laser beam, the second pre-pulse laser beam, and the main pulse laser beam in this order. In addition, the EUV generation system includes a controller configured to control the laser system so that a fluence of the second pre-pulse laser beam is equal to or higher than 1 J/cm2 and equal to or lower than a fluence of the main pulse laser beam.
US09980353B2
Proposed is a device management apparatus and method for use in a device management network including a remote device management system. The device management apparatus comprises a communication interface (6) adapted to receive device management commands of differing nature from the remote device management system and to transmit a feedback signal to said remote device management system if requested by said device management commands, wherein the differing nature of a device management command comprises a differing level of power required to process the device management command, wherein the differing level of power required to process the device management command further relates to whether or not the device management command requires the communication interface (6) to transmit the feedback signal. The device management apparatus comprises a power supply (7) adapted to supply power to the communication interface (6) of the device management apparatus and further adapted to operate in a plurality of differing predefined operating modes. The device management apparatus further comprises a control unit (8) adapted to control the power supply to operate in one of the plurality of operating modes based on the nature of a received device management command, wherein the control unit (8) is adapted to: set the power supply (7) operating under respective predefined switching frequency or duty cycle in a first power mode or in a second power mode of the plurality of differing predefined operating modes.
US09980351B2
A lighting system utilizes intelligent system elements, such as lighting devices, user interfaces for lighting control or the like and possibly sensors. The system also has a data communication network. Some number of the intelligent lighting system elements, including at least two of the lighting devices, also support wireless communication with other non-lighting-system devices at the premises. Each such element has a communication interface system configured to provide a relatively short range, low power wireless data communication link for use by other non-lighting-system devices at the premises in proximity to the respective intelligent system element. Also, in such an element, the processor is configured to control communications via the communication interface system so as to provide access to the data network and through the data network to the wide area network outside the premises for non-lighting related communications of the other non-lighting-system devices.
US09980349B2
A system for providing spatially and temporally smooth occupancy lighting includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to determine a precise location of the occupant. The controller determines a number of lighting fixtures that are relevant to the location of the occupant. The light output of the lighting fixtures is controlled by the controller using a function that varies the light output depending on the location of the occupant. The function can change the light output based upon a distance between the occupant and the one or more lighting fixtures. For example, the function can increase the light output as the occupant moves closer to a fixture, and likewise decrease the light output as the occupant moves away from a fixture. In another example, the function can maintain a target illuminance at a particular spot within the space or an overall illuminance for all lighting fixtures.
US09980348B2
A lifestyle lighting solution using a controller with program codes for managing night time illumination is disclosed; wherein the night time illumination is divided into at least two illumination modes including a regular illumination mode for providing early evening illumination and an user friendly illumination mode for providing a mid night illumination with a soft on process to avoid or mitigate an eye irritating hardship. The conversion time point to switch from a regular illumination mode to an user friendly illumination mode is controlled by a timer configured in an external control device. The timer is programmed to operate one of three time setting methods including an anytime setting method, a fixed time point setting method and a fixed time period method.
US09980339B2
An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle is provided. The illumination device may include at least one semiconductor light source arrangement, and means for regulating or controlling the supply current for the at least one semiconductor light source arrangement, the means having at least one resistance element with a temperature-dependent resistance value.
US09980330B2
In a power converter, a circuit determines an average value of an inaccessible current from an average value of an accessible current and a value of the operating duty cycle of the converter. A method of measuring an average value of an inaccessible current from a measured value of a current in a power converter by a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal representing a duty cycle of the power converter. Coupling a voltage representing the measured value to an input of a low pass filter during a time period (D) and coupling the input of the low pass filter to a reference voltage during a time period (1−D).
US09980321B2
A wirelessly operable cooking appliance for cooking food products includes a wireless communication device. A computing device, such as a smartphone, can wirelessly communicate with the cooking appliance to control and monitor the cooking appliance.
US09980320B2
A method of optimizing performance of a cooktop with a plurality of adjacent heating zones includes indicating a point for each heating zone; placing a cooking vessel on the cooktop, the cooking vessel being sufficiently large to cover at least two of the points simultaneously; and adjusting the cooking vessel so that the cooking vessel covers the maximum number of the points possible for the size of the cooking vessel. A cooktop includes at least three induction heating elements; and a persistent indicator for each heating element. The cooktop is adapted to instruct a user to cover a maximum possible number of the at least three persistent indicators with a cooking vessel to optimize use of the cooktop.
US09980319B2
For operating a plant having at least one open- and/or closed-loop heating control device for heating elements, values for an energy consumption and/or an instantaneous power draw of the heating elements are determined, without using measured values for electric currents, on the basis of characteristic parameters of the heating elements and on the basis of values of open- and/or closed-loop control variables for the open- and/or closed-loop control of a heat output of the heating elements. This enables the network load to be determined, reported and optimized by the open- and/or closed-loop heating control devices even without complex and therefore expensive measuring devices in the open- and/or closed-loop heating control device.
US09980304B2
A device that implements adaptive on-demand tethering may include at least one processor circuit. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to monitor at least a first connection quality value associated with a first network connection of the device to a network. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to receive information regarding a second connection quality value associated with a second network connection of another device. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to initiate a tethering connection with the another device based at least in part on a comparison of the first connection quality value and the second connection quality value. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to connect to the network through the second network connection of the another device via the tethering connection based at least in part on the comparison.
US09980290B2
In accordance with an embodiment a method for performing carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA-CA) by a station in a wireless communications network includes determining, in accordance with transmission information related to previous transmission attempts, a rate of success for each window section of a plurality of window sections, selecting a window section in accordance with at least the rate of success for each of the window sections and at least one predetermined threshold, and transmitting data after a back-off delay selected from within the selected window section.
US09980284B2
In a wireless (e.g., machine-to-machine) network, items of user equipment compete for wireless communication resource slots (“resources”). In a contention period, an item of user equipment (a UE) sends a first signal to a base station using a first resource. The first resource is mapped to a second resource in a data transmission period. If the base station successfully receives the first signal, it sends a second signal to the UE to confirm that the UE has been awarded the second resource and can transmit data in the data transmission period.
US09980283B2
The present disclosure provides a radio communication method, a user equipment, and a network side device, the radio communication method includes: receiving, by a network side device, a random access preamble signal transmitted by a user equipment, where duration of the random access preamble signal is one SC-FDMA symbol or one OFDM symbol, thus air interface overhead of random access can be greatly reduced in a condition that a user equipment can access a cell randomly. The cell may be a microcell or other similar cells.
US09980276B2
A communications device, communicating data via a mobile radio network, includes a transmitter/receiver communicating data to/from a mobile radio network via a wireless access interface, and a module storing information identifying the communications device to the mobile radio network, the stored information including a same common identifier in each of an associated group of communications devices, the common identifier to establish communications sessions to communicate data to/from any of the associated communications devices. The group of communications devices may communicate machine type communications for a particular application, for example disposed in a vehicle, to report certain parameters. With spatial proximity of the communications devices, each can receive control plane signalling data and accordingly communication of signalling data is as if broadcast to a local environment in which the group of communications devices are disposed, to save communications bandwidth proportional to the number of devices in the group.
US09980265B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method in a radio base station for handling Uplink Closed Loop Transmit Diversity, UL CLTD. The radio base station is configured to control UL CLTD of a user equipment (10) served by the radio base station. The radio base station receives from a radio network controller (15) an indication indicating a change in the UL CLTD. The radio base station then removes UL CLTD related operation for the user equipment based on the received indication.
US09980262B2
Disclosed are a data transmission method and device. The method comprises: receiving a PDCCH, wherein the PDCCH comprises an indication domain which can at least indicate different HARQ processes the number of which is a sum of maximum HARQ process numbers of a plurality of carriers, and initial transmission and retransmission of data in the same HARQ process use different carriers; and receiving data scheduled by the PDCCH according to the PDCCH. By means of the present application, transmission carriers during initial transmission and retransmission of data in the same process can be adjusted flexibly, so that, when interferences to some carrier(s) are serious, data transmission in the process is adjusted to a carrier or carriers to which interference conditions are not serious, so as to improve system transmission efficiency.
US09980259B2
A method and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that does not have an allocation of enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources is disclosed. The WTRU transmits E-DCH channel allocation information to a Node-B. In response to transmitting the E-DCH channel allocation information, the WTRU activates a timer. On a condition that an acknowledgement to the transmitted E-DCH channel allocation information is not received, the WTRU retransmits the E-DCH channel allocation information. On a condition that an acknowledgement to the transmitted E-DCH channel allocation information is received, the WTRU waits to transmit the E-DCH channel allocation information or updated E-DCH channel allocation information until the timer expires.
US09980255B2
The present application discloses a method for transmitting uplink control information, a user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: receiving a physical downlink control channel sent by a base station, where the physical downlink control channel includes indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate a physical uplink control channel resource used to transmit uplink control information; obtaining, according to the indication information and whether the uplink control information includes periodic channel state information, a physical uplink control channel resource used to transmit the uplink control information from a semi-statically configured first resource group and/or second resource group; and sending the uplink control information to the base station over a physical uplink control channel corresponding to the physical uplink control channel resource.
US09980245B2
Exemplary embodiments provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a synchronization signal for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. With respect to a D2D synchronization source to transmit a synchronization signal for D2D communication, the method includes: generating a D2D Synchronization Signal (D2DSS); and transmitting, by a synchronization source, the D2DSS to a D2D reception (Rx) UE, wherein the D2DSS includes a Primary D2D Synchronization Signal (PD2DSS) generated based on information associated with the synchronization source.
US09980241B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a node synchronization method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, where the method includes: selecting, by a first node, at least one user equipment UE, where the UE is used to assist a second node to synchronize with the first node; and sending, by the first node, a notification message to the at least one UE, so that the at least one UE assists the second node to implement synchronization with the first node. The present disclosure is applicable to time synchronization between communications nodes.
US09980238B2
A message is received via a time-synchronized communication channel implemented on a radio link of a cellular network from a terminal. The message includes data associated with the service implemented by the terminal and a node of the cellular network. The message has been transmitted by the terminal at a first point in time. A timeout point in time of communication associated with the service is determined based on the first point in time.
US09980233B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus is configured to determine a target receiver power level for uplink transmission. The apparatus is configured to transmit a frame to a wireless device. The frame may include information associated with the determined target receiver power level for uplink transmission and a transmit power level at which the frame is to be transmitted.
US09980232B2
Circuits, methods, and apparatus that react to brownout or near brownout conditions and mitigate complications that may result. Examples may turn off one or more circuits, such as a Wi-Fi transceiver when a brownout condition is reached or neared. Other examples may provide circuits, methods, and apparatus that proactively avoid brownout conditions. These examples may detect that a brownout condition may occur and take steps, such as Wi-Fi traffic shaping, to avoid them. Still further examples may react to brownout or near brownout conditions one or more times, then preemptively act to avoid further brownout conditions.
US09980228B2
Embodiments of low-power wake-up packet generation are generally described herein. A wireless device modulates an LP-WUR (low-power wake-up radio) bit sequence with an LP-WUR pulse to obtain a plurality of modulated LP-WUR signals, each modulated LP-WUR signal having a 1× symbol duration. The wireless device multiplexes, in a time domain, an OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access) signal with a 4× symbol duration with four modulated LP-WUR signals, to generate a multiplexed signal. The wireless device encodes for transmission of the multiplexed signal to a peer device to wake up a WLAN (wireless local area network) radio of the peer device and to another device with an OFDMA signal.
US09980217B2
A new approach to generating a probing signal by a cell in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) deployment is proposed. A small cell in the HetNet may be switched off by a base station when the small cell is not needed. The small cell is configured to alternate between an off-state and on-state. The small cell maintains the on-state for a predetermined probing period and maintains the off-state for a predetermined off period. The small cell may switch between the on-state and the off-state periodically. The small cell may be activated during a predetermined off period to transmit data to a user device.
US09980210B2
Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to permit selection by a user of a mobile node of with which cellular communication system network that the mobile node shall communicate by way of an interworking wireless local area network. User selection is provided even when the interworking wireless local area network is directly connected to the home network of the mobile node. A determiner determines whether the interworking wireless local area network is directly connected to the home network. And, responsive to the determinations, an identifier identifies the cellular communication system network associated with the interworking wireless local area network.
US09980208B2
An apparatus and methods are provided for automatically detecting and connecting to a Wi-Fi network. In these methods, a wireless device listens for beacons that are sent using a low-power wireless protocol. Once the wireless device detects a first beacon at a first location, the wireless device extracts a first beacon region identifier from the beacon and correlates the first beacon region identifier with a first Wi-Fi network that is located at the first location. Next, the wireless device retrieves a first set of credentials for connecting to the first Wi-Fi network. Once the first set of credentials is retrieved, the wireless device uses the first set of credentials to connect to the first Wi-Fi network.
US09980199B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a network device in a data network, a wireless data packet containing new data; responding to the wireless data packet, by the network device, by initiating a prescribed randomized collision avoidance method requiring the network device to first wait at least a first half of a prescribed minimum contention interval before attempting transmission at a randomized position within a second half of the prescribed minimum contention interval; selectively retransmitting, by the network device, the wireless data packet based on determining, at the randomized position, that the network device has not received a prescribed number of copies of the wireless data packet; and selectively sending, by the network device to a path computation element in the data network, a message requesting membership in a dominating set in response to transmission of the wireless data packet by the network device.
US09980196B2
The embodiments disclose methods and devices for mobility control of UEs in a HetNet with multiple frequency carriers. In the methods, intra-frequency measurement and inter-frequency measurement are performed sequentially for determining a target cell to handover to.
US09980190B2
Because the current RRC: ACTIVE SET UPDATE message presently used in soft handover does not contain HS-DSCH related information, which could be utilized for a Serving HS-DSCH cell change, a separate Radio Bearer Control procedure is needed between the UE (10) and the RNC (20) for carrying out the Serving HS-DSCH cell change. Should HS-DSCH related information—applicable to Serving HS-DSCH cell change—be added to the RRC: ACTIVE SET UPDATE message (32), an unnecessary Radio Bearer Control procedure is avoided, and the drawbacks of the current method are overcome.
US09980187B2
There are provided a system and method of computerized optimizing neighbor relation tables (NRTs) of access points in a cellular network comprising a plurality of access points (APs). The method comprises: a) obtaining initial handover-related estimations for AP pairs each constituted by a given source AP and its neighbouring APs located in a predefined range and thereby considerable as candidates for an NRT of the given AP; b) generating a handover (HO) prediction model; c) using the generated HO prediction model to assess HO-related counts for each AP pair of the AP pairs; d) using the assessed HO-related counts to generate, by the computer, data usable for NRT optimization; and e) enabling modifying at least one NRT in accordance with the generated data.
US09980186B2
A method for performing handover decisions for established radio connections in a mobile network is provided where the method comprise: requesting (6:10) a drop prediction report from a communication device, indicating whether or not an established radio connection is predicted to drop; receiving (6:20) a requested drop prediction report associated with the radio connection; determining (6:40), based on the content of the report, whether a first condition has been fulfilled; configuring a first threshold value specifying when a measurement report is to be provided from the communication device using the radio connection for which the drop prediction report has been received, in case the first condition has been fulfilled, and transmitting (6:60) the configured threshold value or an indication of the configured threshold value to the communication device.
US09980185B2
Examples are disclosed for a wireless device handoff between a first wireless network and a second wireless network.
US09980181B2
The present invention relates to a solution for handling handover of connections for a user equipment from a packet switch network to a circuit switched network. This is provided as a method implemented in a node and system. The method is provided in a telecommunications network connecting user equipment, i.e. UE, communicating wirelessly with the network. The method comprising steps of detecting that handover is required from a packet switched, i.e. PS, based network to a circuit switched, i.e. CS, based network, initiating in a source mobility management node, a single radio voice call continuity, i.e. SRVCC, initiating a PS to CS handover for non-voice components with information about voice related parameters and a PS to CS handover indicator, executing hand over, sending an update request to a serving gateway, i.e. SGW, from a target mobility management node with non-voice related parameters and the PS to CS handover indicator, forwarding the update request from the SGW to a packet data network gateway, i.e. PGW, receiving the update request in the PGW, detecting the PS to CS handover indicator, and handling in the PGW the PS to CS handover indicator.
US09980173B2
A method and apparatus for indicating quality of service (QoS) of device-to-device (D2D) data in a wireless communication system is provided. A first user equipment (UE) determines a value of a field in a header based on an identified QoS of the D2D data, and transmits to a second UE a layer 2 protocol data unit (PDU), which includes the header including the field having the determined value. Upon receiving the layer 2 PDU, the second UE identifies the QoS of the D2D data based on the value of the field in the header.
US09980172B2
A MTC-IWF entity (1) includes a messaging unit (101). The messaging unit (101) operates to receive a control message including first load information from a PCRF (60) through a signaling interface between the PCRF (60) and the MTC-IWF entity (1). The first load information indicates a load status of a user plane or a control plane in a GGSN (57), an S-GW (58), or a P-GW (57). It is thus possible, for example, to facilitate collecting, by an MTC-IWF or an SCS, load information regarding a PLMN.
US09980171B2
An apparatus for cooperating with a mobile device having an embedded transceiver is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing and a mechanical connector on the housing, the mechanical connector being configured to mechanically retain the mobile device. At least one port within the housing conveys energy to at least one auxiliary wireless transceiver associable with the apparatus. The apparatus is configured to cooperate with the mobile device when the mobile device is retained on the housing by the mechanical connector, to enable transmission of a first portion of a data stream over the at least one auxiliary transceiver while a second portion of the data stream is simultaneously transmitted over the embedded transceiver.
US09980167B2
A radio network node (110) and a method therein for managing transmission of at least one channel quality report and a user equipment (120) a method therein for handling transmission of at least one channel quality report are disclosed. The radio network node (110) sends, to the user equipment (120), a first message comprising information about at least one resource for use by the user equipment (120) when transmitting the at least one channel quality report. The radio network node (110) sends, to the user equipment (120), a second message for activating, in the user equipment (120), the transmission of the at least one channel quality report. The radio network node (110) receives, from the user equipment (120), a first channel quality report of the at least one channel quality report. The first channel quality report is received on the at least one resource on an uplink control channel.
US09980164B2
A measurement method and apparatus, and a communications node are disclosed, where the measurement method includes: sending, by a first communications node, measurement information to a second communications node, where the measurement information includes information of a measurement signal type, and the information of the measurement signal type is used by the second communications node to determine a signaling type corresponding to a measurement signal; and receiving, by the first communications node, a measurement report sent by the second communications node, where the measurement report carries a measurement result of measurement performed by the second communications node according to the measurement information. Embodiments of the present invention implement measurement on a radio link signal according to a received measurement signal type.
US09980156B2
A device, a method, a system, and a computer program product for transmitting data packets are disclosed. A communication link between a first device and a second device is established in accordance with a transmission control protocol for transmission of a data packet between the first device and the second device. The communication link is monitored during transmission of the data packet from the second device to the first device. Based on the monitoring, at least one correction of the communication link is performed during transmission of an acknowledgement of a receipt of the data packet by the first device to the second device.
US09980145B2
Techniques which prevent rogue devices from continued access to a wireless communication system. A control element directs access points as to which mobile stations to service. Each access point maintains a record of the mobile stations it is servicing. At the direction of the control element, one or more access points send ACK (acknowledgement) messages when hearing messages from a rogue device. When the rogue device sends a message, it expects an ACK message in response, but those additional ACK messages interfere with the responsive ACK message, causing the rogue device to never hear the responsive ACK message. The rogue device assumes its message was not received, so it retries sending of that message. When the rogue device retries sending of its message, the responsive ACK message is similarly interfered with, until the rogue device concludes that its connection has been lost.
US09980137B2
A method for secure, beacon-based emergency location is disclosed. The method includes detecting, with an app instance executing on a user device, a signal from a beacon disposed in a geographical location physically proximate to the user device, and transmitting in response to the detecting app instance verification information to the beacon. Further, the method includes receiving, with the app instance executing on the user device, beacon verification information from the beacon, the beacon verification information being based at least partially on the app instance verification information, and transmitting the beacon verification information to an emergency information server. The method also includes authenticating, with the emergency information server, the beacon verification information to verify that the user device is physically proximate to the beacon and, if the beacon verification information is authentic, determining the geographical location of the user device based on the geographical location of the beacon.
US09980129B2
A method for transferring an assignment regarding an embedded universal integrated circuit entity within an electronic device from a first mobile network operator to a second mobile network operator includes: in a first step, the embedded universal integrated circuit entity is initialized, together with the electronic device, to be used with the first mobile network operator and a corresponding mobile communication network; and in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the assignment regarding the embedded universal integrated circuit entity is transferred from the first mobile network operator to the second mobile network operator.
US09980128B2
The present invention relates to modifying rights to a security domain for a smartcard, and more specifically, to a server for managing modification of rights to a security domain, a smartcard for modifying the rights to the security domain, a terminal which is loaded with the smartcard, and to a method for modifying the rights.
US09980127B2
The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for performing a pairing process in a wireless device in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal including an encryption key to a terminal, receiving an authentication success message which is encrypted based on the encryption key from the terminal, and performing the pairing process with a coordinator based on the encryption key.
US09980123B2
Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a physical node, and corresponding methods therein, for providing authentication of a wireless device within a visiting wireless network while the wireless device is in a roaming state. The wireless device is registered to a home wireless network. The physical node further comprises a virtual representation of a functionality of at least one core network node controlled by the home wireless network. Thus, such authentication may be provided and control according to home network based procedures.
US09980122B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for performing discovery from a first device supporting a Wi-Fi direct service, comprising the steps of: an application service platform (ASP) layer in the first device receiving, from a service layer, a SeekService method; the ASP layer generating a service hash based on the SeekService method; and transmitting a discovery request including the service hash to an access point (AP), wherein the discovery request is broadcasted to devices included in a subnet to which the first device belongs, via a port associated with the AP.
US09980120B2
A method and a user equipment (UE) are provided for steering traffic within a visitor public land mobile network (VPLMN) in a wireless communication system. The UE transmits to a network, access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF)-related information comprising information on at least one of a home ANDSF (H-ANDSF) configured by a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) or a visitor ANDSF (V-ANDSF) configured by the VPLMN. The UE receives, from the network, traffic steering information which is generated by the network based on the ANDSF-related information, and steers traffic based on the received traffic steering information. The ANDSF-related information indicates whether the H-ANDSF or the V-ANDSF is an enhanced ANDSF. When the ANDSF-related information indicates that the H-ANDSF or the V-ANDSF is the enhanced ANDSF, the traffic steering information comprises a radio access network (RAN) rule parameter corresponding to a RAN rule configured by the network.
US09980119B2
A method begins by an application server establishing information regarding a potentially adverse condition associated with a user device and determining group constraints for a group regarding the potentially adverse condition. The method continues with the application server selecting one or more other user devices of a plurality of user devices affiliated with the group to produce selected user devices. The method continues with the application server obtaining a status associated with the first user device and issuing a status response message to at least some of the user devices of the plurality of user devices affiliated with the group, where the status response message includes the status associated with the first user device.
US09980112B1
Systems and methods are provided for coordinating an emergency response at a facility. The system includes employee's user devices (UDs), an employee database that stores employee metadata, a module that stores facilities metadata, and a server system that hosts an application that interfaces with the UDs and monitors their locations within the facility. When a trigger event occurs (e.g., request for help or evacuation order), the application can determine the location of at least a first UD of an employee and identification information for the employee based on employee metadata. Based on facilities metadata, the application can generate a floorplan that includes an icon that represents the location of the first UD within the facility and the identification information. Some of the employees are members of an emergency response team (ERT). The floorplan can be displayed at the ERT member's UDs along with other information that helps ERT members coordinate the emergency response.
US09980110B2
A method includes receiving a broadcast message and determining a type of the broadcast message. The operations include, if the broadcast message is a first type, retrieving data indicated by the broadcast message. The operations include, if the broadcast message is a second type, changing a device operating characteristic.
US09980104B2
For a safe handling of text messages (MesT) received by a communication device (CD) owned by a user, an application server (AS) receives a request (Req) from the communication device (CD), the request containing an identifier (IdCD) of the communication device and presence data (DatP) indicating that the communication device is associated with a service entity (SE) via a wireless session, the service entity (SE) being a vehicle, receives a text message (MesT) having the user as recipient, and sends a message (MesC) to a network server (NS), the message (MesC) including at least a part of the content of the text message (MesT), the network server (NS) generating a voice message (MesV) from the content of the message (MesC) and providing the voice message (MesV) via an audio call to the communication device (CD).
US09980101B2
A system which comprises a series of native applications, suited to run on mobile devices, and a series of web-based applications for which functionality and processing are optimized. The native applications and the web-based applications are coordinated to optimize processes of acquiring, storing and disseminating data for speed, integrity and security.
US09980096B2
Methods, program products, and systems of using a mobile WAP for location and context purposes are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a server can estimate an effective location of a wireless access gateway using harvested data. The server can harvest location data from multiple mobile devices. The harvested data can include a location of each mobile device and an identifier of a wireless access gateway that is located within a communication range of the mobile device. In some implementations, the server can identify a mobile wireless access gateway based on a distance comparison. Data indicating the mobility of a wireless access gateway can be used by a mobile device to initiate one or more actions, including managing power of the mobile device, modifying entrance and exit conditions of virtual fences and determining a context of the mobile device.
US09980090B2
A system and method for associating a mobile computing device with a particular seat in a seating environment. The system collects first sensor data from device sensors of a first mobile computing device based on activity detected within the seating environment. The system then determines, for each of a plurality of seats in the seating environment, a degree of correlation with the mobile computing device based at least in part on the first sensor data, and associates the mobile computing device with the seat, among the plurality of seats, having the highest degree of correlation with the first mobile computing device.
US09980089B2
A mobile device, a corresponding notification method, and a corresponding computer-readable recording medium are provided. The mobile device includes an output unit and a control unit. The control unit is coupled to the output unit. The control unit controls the output unit to output a notification in response to a signal. The signal is related to an altitude of the mobile device. The notification indicates enabling or disabling an airplane mode of the mobile device.
US09980086B2
An E-CSCF receives a Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) invitation message initiating an emergency communication session from a calling device. The E-CSCF generates an information request message based on the received SIP message and sends the information request message to a location server. The location server determines a geographical location of the calling device and uses the geographical location to determine a destination emergency response center, such as a Public Safety Access Point (PSAP). The location server provides location information for the destination PSAP to the E-CSCF. The E-CSCF generates a modified SIP invitation message using the presence information and sends the modified SIP invitation message to an emergency services network where it is routed to the emergency response center.
US09980079B2
A method of providing SMS delivery to recipients migrated across different technology networks. The method includes receiving a short message service (SMS) text message from a sender at a short message service center (SMSC), wherein the SMS text message includes a destination number for a recipient of the SMS text message. A first routing request is sent to a database in a first network for SMS routing information for the destination number via a first signal transfer point (STP). The first STP determines whether the destination number is a migrated or a non-migrated destination number based on data received from the first database. An error indication is provided to the SMSC if the destination number and the first routing request are for different communication networks. Finally, a second routing request is sent to a second database in a second network for SMS routing information for the destination number via a second STP.
US09980077B2
A method of interpolating a head-related transfer function (HRTF) and an audio output apparatus using the same are disclosed. The method includes receiving HRTF data corresponding to a point at which an altitude angle and an azimuth angle cross and receiving complementary information about a point at which the HRTF data is present, generating an HRTF interpolation signal corresponding to an altitude angle of a sound localization point, using HRTF data corresponding to two points constituting an altitude angle segment nearest the sound location point, calculating an amount of variation up to an azimuth angle θ of the sound localization point, using complementary information of two points constituting an azimuth angle segment nearest the sound localization point, and generating a final HRTF interpolation signal corresponding to the sound localization point by applying the amount of variation to the HRTF interpolation signal corresponding to the altitude angle of the sound localization point.
US09980075B1
An audio customization system operates to enhance a user's audio environment. A user may wear headphones and specify what portion the ambient audio and/or source audio will be transmitted to the headphones or the personal speaker system. The audio signal may be enhanced by application of a spatialized transformation using a spatialization engine such as head-related transfer functions so that at least a portion of the audio presented to the personal speaker system will appear to originate from a particular direction. The direction may be modified in response to movement of the personal speaker system.
US09980064B2
A sub-cranial vibratory stimulator that at least partially bypasses a recipient's skull bone and delivers vibration to fluid within a recipient's skull bone. The sub-cranial vibratory stimulator comprises an actuator that is configured to be implanted beneath a recipient's skull bone. The actuator transfers vibration to the fluid within the recipient's skull without first passing through the skull bone. The actuator is also substantially mechanically decoupled (isolated) from the recipient's skull bone.
US09980061B2
A hearing aid may utilize a companion microphone, separate from the hearing aid itself, for improving the understanding of speech spoken by a particular person or produced by a particular sound source. The companion microphone is a battery-powered hearing aid accessory device that picks up ambient sound and transmits corresponding radio signals to the hearing aid. Described herein are schemes help to preserve battery life in a companion microphone by using adaptive radio transmission power control.
US09980059B2
A hearing assistance system, having first and second hearing devices worn at respective ears of a user, each hearing device having a BLUETOOTH® interface for wireless reception from an external audio source device, the hearing devices being adapted to establish a binaural data link between each other, wherein the hearing devices are adapted to define first and second sets of BLUETOOTH® profiles assigned to the first and second hearing devices respectively, with the first set and the second set differing by at least one profile, wherein the first devices are adapted to establish a BLUETOOTH® connection to an external device and to advertise their BLUETOOTH® profile to the external device, wherein the hearing devices are adapted to modify, by data exchange via the binaural link, the first and second set of BLUETOOTH® profiles by moving at least one of the profiles from one of the sets to the other set.
US09980055B2
The problem of estimating the direction to one or more sound sources of interest relative to a user wearing a pair of hearing devices, e.g. hearing aids, is dealt with. A target signal is generated by a target signal source and transmitted through an acoustic channel to a microphone of a hearing system. Due to additive environmental noise, a noisy acoustic signal is received at the microphones of the hearing system. An essentially noise-free version of the target signal is transmitted to the hearing devices of the hearing system via a wireless connection. Each of the hearing devices comprises a signal processing unit comprising a sound propagation model of the acoustic propagation channel from the target sound source to the hearing device when worn by the user. The sound propagation model is configured to be used for estimating a direction-of-arrival of the target sound signal relative to the user.
US09980054B2
Eyewear for enhanced hearing includes a first sound detector positioned on or adjacent a first lens of the eyewear, and a second sound detector positioned on or adjacent a second lens of the eyewear. A processing unit positioned on the eyewear is in communication with the first and second sound detectors. The processing unit utilizes software that includes instructions for determining a time differential between detection of a sound by the first sound detector and detection of the same sound by the second sound detector. Because the time differential is proportional to the angular displacement of the sound from directly in front of the eyewear or person wearing the eyewear, sound signals corresponding to detected sounds having an angular displacement less than a stored maximum angular displacement value can be preferentially enhanced and transmitted via a data transmission module to a hearing aid device.
US09980051B2
The invention relates to a MEMS loudspeaker (1) for generating sound waves in the audible wavelength spectrum, with a carrier substrate (2) that features a substrate cavity (6) with two substrate openings (7, 8), which are formed on two opposite sides of the carrier substrate (2), an actuator structure (3), in particular a piezoelectric actuator structure, which is arranged in the area of one of the two substrate openings (7, 8) and is connected to the carrier substrate (2) in its edge area, and a membrane (4) anchored in its edge area, which, by means of the actuator structure (3), can be set into vibration for generating sound waves. In accordance with the invention, in a cross-sectional view of the MEMS loudspeaker (1), the membrane (4) is spaced at a distance from the actuator structure (3), such that an intermediate cavity (13) is formed between these two. Furthermore, the MEMS loudspeaker (1) features a coupling element (13) arranged in the intermediate cavity (13), which connects the actuator structure (3) to the membrane (4) and may vibrate with this with respect to the carrier substrate (2).
US09980049B2
The present invention relates to a speaker, and a method and surround sound system for processing multi-channel audio signals in each of a plurality of audio output sources for generation of surround sound in a listening area. In particular, the system comprises a transmitter for transmitting a left channel (L) signal and a right channel (R) signal to a speaker. The speaker comprises a processing unit configured to (a) receive an audio signal having a left channel (L) signal and a right channel (R) signal; (b) process separately and independently the L and R audio signals to produce processed signals; and (c) mix the processed signals to produce the surround sound signal.
US09980039B2
To obtain a unidirectional microphone with high sound quality, which achieves unidirectivity while preventing deterioration in sound quality of a ribbon microphone. A unidirectional condenser microphone and bi-directional ribbon microphones are included, and the unidirectional condenser microphone and the bi-directional ribbon microphones are disposed such that a 0° direction of a sound collecting axis of the unidirectional condenser microphone accords with a 180° direction of sound collecting axes of the bi-directional ribbon microphones, and an output of the unidirectional condenser microphone is subtracted from an output of the 180° direction of the bi-directional ribbon microphones.
US09980027B2
A microphone includes a microphone unit configured to convert a sound wave into an electrical signal. A cylindrical housing accommodates the microphone unit, and includes a a first opening portion that transmits the sound wave to the microphone unit. A sheet member having an air-permeable property and a water-repellent property covers the first opening portion. A frame including a second opening portion having a shape corresponding to a shape of the first opening portion covers the sheet member at a position of the first opening portion. A wind screen having a drainage property covers an exterior of the housing.
US09980026B2
A sealed acoustic port in the housing of an electronic device facilitating the elimination of liquid within the port. The acoustic port may include a heating element that when actuated can expedite the evaporation process of liquids accumulated within the port.
US09980024B2
The hearing system comprises a finger ring and a hearing device body. The finger ring includes: a first short-distance wireless communication portion; a vibration output portion disposed at a position that contacts a finger to convert a voice signal, which is received by the first short-distance wireless communication portion, into a cartilage conduction vibration and outputs it; and a first power source portion that supplies power to the first short-distance wireless communication portion and the vibration output portion. The talk device body includes: a second short-distance wireless communication portion that communicates with the first short-distance wireless communication portion; a microphone; a voice signal output portion that makes the second short-distance wireless communication portion output the voice signal according to a voice captured by the microphone; and a second power source portion that supplies power to the second short-distance wireless communication portion, the microphone, and the voice signal output portion.
US09980020B1
A remote locking system for a storage unit that allows a user device including a security token to remotely lock or unlock the storage unit. The user can include software or an application that communicates with the storage unit to provide locking statuses and tamper alerts for the storage unit. The storage unit can include a proximity sensor so the unit is unlocked when an authorized user device is within a certain distance of the storage unit. The system can further include a timer that disables communication between the user device and storage unit after a predetermined inactive period, so as to reduce cross-talk and power consumption.
US09980019B2
In an approach for adaptive sampling of smart meter data, a computer retrieves one or more balancing constraints associated with one or more smart meter sensors. The computer retrieves meter sensor data from the one or more smart meter sensors according to the one or more balancing constraints. The computer determines a subsample of the meter sensor data, and then transmits the subsample of the meter sensor data to an optimization engine for use in solving an optimization problem.
US09980017B2
A tower-mounted networking device facilitates deploying a remote station without having to build a custom station aside a radio tower. The networking device's chassis comprises a mounting bracket, which includes a curved contour for mounting the networking device on the radio tower. Also, the chassis can be resistant to weather intrusion, by not including a vent, to allow the networking device to be installed outdoors. The networking device can include a first power port coupled to an external connection line from a source external to the tower, such that the external connection line provides at least power to the networking device. The networking device can use the power to power a set of antenna mounted on the radio tower. The networking device can also relay a network connection between a pair of antennas, and/or between an antenna and a network connection to an Internet service provider.
US09980007B1
Generating and dynamically updating a personalized programming guide is provided. Personalized information associated with a user's viewing activity and interaction with a programming guide may be collected and communicated with a server. The server may share the personalized information with a database, which may process the information to identify one or more most watched channels and to determine recommendations for the user. Additional personalized settings may be collected, processed, and utilized to filter recommendations and relevant content. Recommendations and content tied to the user's favorite channels, most watched channels, and user-specified or automatically recognized genres and themes may be provided to the user via a client device or application. The user may access the personalized programming guide via a variety of client devices via various communication mechanisms.
US09980005B2
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution of media content.
US09980002B2
The present invention provides an intelligent TV control system and implementation method thereof, through a group of pressure sensors, pressure data and vital signs data of a plurality of body parts of user are collected; before being transmitted to terminal of intelligent TV, which then processes pressure data and vital signs data received from terminal of pressure sensors, and obtains sitting posture information and mental state information of user, before sending out a corresponding sitting posture adjustment advice or controlling to change play state of TV, based on sitting posture information and mental state information. The system and implementation method thereof, as described in present invention, by obtaining user state information, and controlling TV to adjust parameters automatically according to user state information, has improved an intelligence of intelligent TV, and provided convenience to users when using intelligent TV.
US09979993B2
One or more network devices provide, to a user device, a content list of content items available for presentation. The one or more network devices receive, from the user device, a personalized channel plan that includes a schedule of selected content items, from the content list, for presentation on a viewing device that is different than the user device. The one or more network devices select, based on the selected content items, advertising for inclusion with the selected content items and assign links for the viewing device to obtain the selected content items. The one or more network devices send the links to the user device, which may in turn be provided to the viewing device.
US09979987B2
The present invention proposes a method for transmitting a broadcast signal. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to the present invention proposes a system capable of supporting next-generation broadcast service in an environment supporting a next-generation hybrid broadcast which uses a terrestrial broadcasting network and an internet network. Also, the present invention proposes an efficient signaling method which can encompass both the terrestrial broadcasting network and the internet network in an environment supporting next-generation hybrid broadcast.
US09979979B2
An image processing apparatus includes a division unit configured to divide an input image into a plurality of subblocks subjected to quantization control a subblock quantization parameter calculation unit configured to calculate a quantization parameter of each of the subblocks, a basic block quantization parameter calculation unit configured to set a basic block including at least two subblocks and to calculate a quantization parameter of the basic block, a difference value calculation unit configured to calculate a difference value between the quantization parameter of the basic block and the quantization parameter of each subblock included in the basic block, and a difference value coding unit configured to code the difference value.
US09979970B2
In one example, there is provided a method that includes coding a block within a slice of video data. The slice may comprise one or more blocks of the video data. The method further includes storing bits corresponding to the block in a buffer, determining information indicative of a position of the block within the slice, and determining fullness of the buffer based at least in part on the position of the block within the slice.
US09979965B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for coding an image, a method for decoding an image, a method for processing image data, and devices thereof. The method for coding the image includes determining a current intra coding block that uses a constrained intra prediction method among current inter coded frames; determining that neighboring coding blocks that are adjacent to the current intra coding block include a neighboring inter coding block; updating image data in the neighboring inter coding block based on an invariable value or image data in a neighboring intra coding block included in the neighboring coding blocks; and coding the current intra coding block based on the updated image data in the neighboring inter coding block. Using the methods and devices, the error recovery capability of an intra coding block may be improved, and the image data decoding quality may be improved.
US09979963B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for ordering, communicating and applying pixel intra-prediction modes.
US09979959B2
Various techniques for enhanced support of stream adaptation and splicing based on clean random access (CRA) pictures are described. Instead of using a flag in the slice header to indicate that a broken link picture is present, a distinct network abstraction layer (NAL) unit type can be used to indicate the presence of a broken link picture. In some implementations, a first distinct NAL unit type may be used to indicate the presence of a broken link picture with leading pictures, while a second distinct NAL unit type indicates the presence of a broken link picture without leading pictures. In some implementations, a third distinct NAL unit type may be used to indicate the presence of a broken link picture with decodable leading pictures.
