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US09163386B2	Work vehicle and work vehicle control method A work vehicle is provided with an engine, a hydraulic pump, a movement hydraulic motor, an acceleration operation member, and a control section. The hydraulic pump is driven by the engine. The movement hydraulic motor is driven by hydraulic fluid which is discharged from the hydraulic pump. The acceleration operation member is operated in order to set a target rotation speed for the engine. The control section is configured to perform traction control where the maximum traction force is reduced by limiting the displacement of the movement hydraulic motor to an upper limit displacement which is smaller than the maximum displacement. The control section increases the upper limit displacement of the movement hydraulic motor according to an increase in the operation amount of the acceleration operation member or the engine rotation speed in the traction control.
US09163384B2	System and method for detecting a crest A system for automated control of a machine having a ground engaging work implement includes an implement load sensor system. A controller determines a change in terrain based at least in part upon a change in the load on the ground engaging work implement. If the change in terrain exceeds a threshold, the controller generates an alert command signal. A method is also provided.
US09163378B2	Pin retainer for dragline pins A locking device that connects to a grooved end of a dragline pin includes a lock block and a lock pin. The lock block has a through opening sized to receive the end of the pin. There is a bore formed in the lock block and transversely intersecting the through opening which is dimensioned to receive the lock pin. The lock pin is configured to pass through a portion of the grooved end of a received dragline pin received in the through opening to lock the dragline pin and any attached dragline component.
US09163376B2	Power system having attachment-based engine control A power system for a machine is disclosed. The power system may have an engine, and an operator input device controllable to affect operation of a plurality of different tools that can be removably attached to the machine. The plurality of different tools may include at least a first tool capable of consuming about 50% or more of a total power output of the engine. The power system may also have a controller configured to detect attachment of the at least a first tool to the machine and, based on a signal from the operator input device, selectively increase a power output of the engine when the at least a first tool is attached to the machine. The controller may also be configured to selectively decrease the power output of the engine when the at least a first tool is not attached to the machine.
US09163368B2	Pavement marking arrangement A method of marking pavement includes applying a first layer of liquid tar to the pavement. The layer has a thickness of approximately between 0.01 inch and 0.1 inch, and a width of approximately between one inch and six inches. A layer of rubber is placed on top of and centered on the layer of tar. The layer of rubber has at least one vertically-oriented throughhole sized to allow liquid tar to flow therethrough. A second layer of liquid tar and reflective elements is applied on top of the layer of rubber sheet. Enough time is allowed to pass for the first and second layers of tar to cool and become solidified. Paper is adhered to a top surface of the second layer of tar and/or reflective elements. The paper and an adjacent portion of the pavement is painted over to thereby form a painted marking.
US09163366B2	Slipform paver A slipform paver includes a chassis 2 able to be adjusted in the heightwise direction and having a mounting unit 10 arranged on the chassis for fastening on an arrangement 8 for molding flowable material. The slipform paver is characterised in that the mounting unit 10 for fastening on the concrete mold 8 is mounted on the chassis 2 of the paver to be pivotable on an axis 14 extending in the direction of operation of the slipform paver. To produce parts of a structure whose orientation varies along their length, the concrete mold fastened 8 to the mounting unit is pivoted on the axis of pivot 14 by means of a pivoter unit 15 whereas the chassis of the paver maintains its orientation.
US09163365B2	Anti-icing system An anti-icing system may maintain a thin layer of solution on top of pedestrian reception areas to prevent frozen precipitation from remaining frozen on the pedestrian reception areas. This greatly reduces the slippery surfaces that pedestrians would otherwise encounter when using the walk-on surface.
US09163364B2	Materials A composite surface material comprising a permeable substrate and a permeable surface layer bonded to the substrate so that the material is permeable.
US09163363B2	Load-bearing paver and method of installation A paver comprising a first side having a length L1 and a groove disposed along the length L1 of the first side. A second side having a length L2 and a tongue disposed along the length L2 of the second side. A third side opposite the first side and having a tongue with length L3 disposed along the first side, where the length L3 is less than the length L1. A fourth side having a substantially flat surface with a length L4, where the length L4 is equal to L1 minus L3.
US09163362B2	Permanent way for a railway and device for reading informations carriers provided in the permanent way Superstructure for a railway, wherein at least one component of the superstructure (8) has a data carrier (7) for digitally stored data readable with a reading device (11).
US09163360B2	Method and device for the aluminothermic welding of rails The invention concerns a method for the aluminothermic welding of rails, comprising the steps of: triggering an aluminothermic reaction in a crucible (2), casting the metal derived from said reaction into the mold (1), so as to fill the molding cavity starting from the foot of the rail, after filling of the molding cavity, triggering a second aluminothermic reaction above the rail head, and casting the metal derived from said reaction into said molding cavity in the region of the rail head. The invention also concerns a mold (1) adapted to fit over the two rail ends to form a molding cavity (10), comprising a crucible (4) arranged above the region of the rail head so that it is fed with molten metal from the molding cavity (10) via a secondary channel (42).
US09163359B2	Web substrates having wide color gamut indicia printed thereon A paper product of the present disclosure having at least one ply is disclosed. At least one outer surface of the paper product has indicia comprising at least one ink disposed thereon and substantially affixed thereto. The at least one ink has a color value defined by a 2-D CIELab (Lab) color gamut. The 2-D CIELab (Lab) color gamut is at least about 190% greater than the Kien 2-D CIELab (Lab*) color gamut.
US09163357B2	Process for providing and processing natural fibres A process for providing and processing natural fibres, wherein the process includes the following steps: 1) providing a biomass including fibres and having a dry substance content of at most 50% by weight; 2) adding water to produce a suspension including the biomass; 3) extracting the natural fibres from the biomass; 4) separating the liquid from the suspension; 5) at least single repetition of at least one of steps 2) to 4), the suspension having at least one agent for finishing of the fibres in the last repetition of at least one of steps 2) to 4); and 6) drying the natural fibres.
US09163356B2	Cushioned vinyl floor covering The invention pertains cushioned vinyl floor coverings. For the production of cushioned vinyl floor coverings non-woven carriers made from glass fibers are currently used. However, handling of floor coverings with glass fiber carriers is quite difficult especially when the covering is laid on stairs or sharp edges. According to the present invention a solution to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art is a cushioned vinyl floor covering comprising a nonwoven carrier that is made from different polymers. The different polymers exist either in separate filaments or together in one filament.
US09163355B2	Highly absorbent composite and method of making the same A composite structure mainly composed of hydratable fine fibers in the form of microfibril and a water swellable solid body, the fibers being obtained from cellulose or derivatives thereof, and at least part of the surface of the solid body is covered with the fine fibers. The absorbent composite can be formed in various form of, for example, particle, pellet, sheet and the like, especially of a sheet type with a supporting sheet of a non-woven fabric. The present invention further provides a method of making the composite structure.
US09163354B2	CNT-infused fiber as a self shielding wire for enhanced power transmission line A wire includes a plurality of carbon nanotube infused fibers in which the infused carbon nanotubes are aligned parallel to the fiber axes. An electromagnetic shield for a wire includes a plurality of carbon nanotube infused fibers, in which the infused carbon nanotubes are aligned radially about the fiber axes. The plurality of carbon nanotube infused fibers are arranged circumferentially about the wire with the fiber axes parallel to the wire. A self-shielded wire includes 1) a wire that includes a plurality of carbon nanotube infused fibers in which the infused carbon nanotubes are aligned parallel to the fiber axes; and 2) an electromagnetic shield that includes a plurality of carbon nanotube infused fibers in which the carbon nanotubes are aligned radially about the fiber axes. The axes of the carbon nanotube infused fibers of the wire and the carbon nanotube infused fibers of the electromagnetic shield share are parallel.
US09163352B2	Laundry treatment apparatus A laundry treatment apparatus may include a cabinet defining an external appearance of the apparatus, the cabinet having a laundry opening, a laundry accommodation module provided within the cabinet to receive laundry introduced through the laundry opening, a suction duct into which interior air from the laundry accommodation module may be introduced, a discharge duct from which the air is discharged into the laundry accommodation module, a connection duct connecting the suction duct and the discharge duct to each other, a heat exchanger provided in the connection duct, and a blower provided between the heat exchanger and the discharge duct to circulate the interior air of the laundry accommodation module.
US09163346B2	Washing machine control system and methods A washing machine system comprising an outer tub with a basket rotatably supported within the outer tub. The basket receives launderable items and wash water. The washing machine includes a drive motor that rotates the basket during the wash operation, and a balance ring associated with the basket containing counterweights that move within the balance ring to compensate for an imbalanced mass in the basket. The washing machine includes a controller communicating with the motor. The controller sends signals to the motor to rotate the basket at selective rotational speeds, and receives electronic signals indicating the power used to rotate the basket at selective speeds. The controller compensates for the imbalanced mass by preventing the drive motor from rotating the basket at a substantially constant speed between a predetermined minimum resonance speed and a predetermined maximum resonance speed for more than a predetermined maximum dwell time during the wash operation.
US09163341B2	Multifilament yarn construction The invention concerns a multifilament yarn construction comprising a core part and a sheath part, the core part comprising a plurality of core filaments, and the sheath part comprising a plurality of sheath filaments. Furthermore, the invention concerns members comprising the multifilament yarn construction and uses of the multifilament yarn construction and the members according to the invention.
US09163336B2	Fibers formed from aromatic polyester and polyether copolymer A method for forming a fiber is provided. The method comprises supplying at least one aromatic polyester to a melt processing device and modifying the aromatic polyester with at least one polyether copolymer within the device to form a thermoplastic composition having a melt flow rate that is greater than the melt flow rate of the aromatic polyester. The polyether copolymer contains a repeating unit (A) having the following formula: wherein, x is an integer from 1 to 250, a the polyether copolymer further containing a repeating unit (B) having the following formula: wherein, n is an integer from 3 to 20; and y is an integer from 1 to 150.
US09163334B1	Actuators based on unbalanced moments of inertia Methods and computer-readable mediums are provide that, in some embodiments maximize bending of an actuator and, in other embodiments, minimize bending of the actuator. For example, in one embodiment, a method is provided that acquires a first ratio of a modulus of inertia for a first component to a Young's Modulus for the first component. The method also acquires a second ratio of a modulus of inertia for a second component to a Young's Modulus for the second component. Thereafter, the method provides an actuator (which includes the first component and second component). The actuator has a cross-sectional shape such that the first ratio substantially equal to said second ratio. In various embodiments of the invention, the actuator is spun fibers formed into batting and used as insulation, or may form an active element of a thermostat.
US09163333B2	Method for electrospinning a graft layer A method for making a graft layer is provided. The graft layer has at least two layers with different porosities. The two layers are applied by electrospinning. The parameters of the electrospinning may be varied when applying the first and second layers in order to achieve different porosities of the first and second layers.
US09163331B2	Electrospun cell matrices The invention is directed to compositions and methods for preparing electrospun matrices comprising at least one natural biological material component and at least one synthetic polymer material. The natural component makes the matrices highly biocompatible while the molecular weight polymer component can impart additional strength mechanical strength to the scaffold and/or improve ease of manufacture by increasing viscosity and spinning characteristics of the solution during electrospining.
US09163330B2	Bifunctional stapled polypeptides and uses thereof The invention relates to bifunctional stapled or stitched peptides comprising a targeting domain, a linker moiety, and an effector domain, that can be used to tether, or to bring into close proximity, at least two cellular entities (e.g., proteins). Certain aspects relate to bifunctional stapled or stitched peptides that bind to an effector biomolecule through the effector domain and bind to a target biomolecule through the targeting domain. Polypeptides and/or polypeptide complexes that are tethered by the bifunctional stapled or stitched peptides of the invention, where the effector polypeptide bound to the effector domain of the bifunctional stapled or stitched peptide modifies or alters the target polypeptide bound to the targeting domain of the bifunctional peptide. Uses of the inventive bifunctional stapled or stitched peptides including methods for treatment of disease (e.g., cancer, inflammatory diseases) are also provided.
US09163327B2	Silicon wafer and a silicon epitaxial wafer having a polycrystal silicon layer formed on a major surface including boron concentration of the polycrystal silicon layer being 1×1015 atom/cm3 or less Provided is a silicon wafer which is stabilized in quality exerting no adverse influence on device characteristics and manufactured by restricting a boron contamination from the environment, and a manufacturing process therefor. Concretely, the silicon wafer is characterized by an attached boron amount thereon being 1×1010 atoms/cm2 or less. In order to manufacture such a wafer as contains a small amount of boron attached on the wafer surface, the wafer is treated in an atmosphere of boron concentration of 15 ng/m3 or less. Boron-less filters and boron adsorbing filters are used as filters in a clean room and the like so as to lower the boron concentration in the atmosphere.
US09163326B2	Crystal growth device A crystal growth device includes a crucible and a heater setting. The crucible has a bottom and a top opening. The heater setting surrounds the crucible and is movable relative to the crucible along a top-bottom direction of the crucible and between first and second positions. The heater setting includes a first temperature heating zone and a second temperature heating zone higher in temperature than the first temperature heating zone. The heater setting is in the first position when the crucible is in the second temperature heating zone and in the second position when the crucible is in the first temperature heating zone.
US09163324B2	Method for producing nitride crystal A method for producing a nitride crystal, comprising growing a nitride crystal on the surface of a seed crystal put in a reactor while the temperature and the pressure inside the reactor that contains, as put thereinto, a seed crystal having a hexagonal-system crystal structure, a nitrogen-containing solvent, a starting material, and a mineralizing agent containing fluorine and at least one halogen element selected from chlorine, bromine and iodine are so controlled that the solvent therein could be in a supercritical state and/or a subcritical state to thereby grow a nitride crystal on the surface of the seed crystal in the reactor.
US09163318B2	Oxygen-consuming electrode and process for production thereof An oxygen-consuming electrode is described, more particularly for use in chloralkali electrolysis, comprising a novel catalyst coating, as is an electrolysis apparatus. Also described is a production process for the oxygen-consuming electrode and the use thereof in chloralkali electrolysis or fuel cell technology. The oxygen-consuming electrode comprises at least an electrically conductive support, an electrical contact site and a gas diffusion layer comprising a catalytically active component, characterized in that the coating at least one fluorinated polymer, silver in the form of silver particles and silver oxide in the form of silver oxide particles, which is produced in a selected precipitation step.
US09163316B2	Method for producing methanol from methane A method for producing methanol from methane in which methane is provided to an anode electrode having a metal oxide catalyst disposed on an anode side of an electrolyte membrane, thereby producing methanol and electrons on the anode side. The electrons are conducted to a cathode electrode disposed on a cathode side of the electrolyte membrane, thereby transforming water provided to the cathode side to H2 gas and hydroxide ions. The method is carried out at a temperature less than or equal to about 160° C., preferably at room temperature.
US09163315B2	Pretreatment process for aluminum and high etch cleaner used therein A high etch cleaner for aluminum and aluminum alloy substrates that leads to enhanced corrosion protective performance of a variety of anti-corrosion pretreatments. The cleaner comprises low levels of silicate of from 0 to 250 ppm, 50 to 500 ppm of at least one chelator, and has a pH of from 11.0 to 13.5. The cleaner may be used to etch from 0.5 to 4.0 grams per meter squared from substrates. Substrates treated with the cleaner and then coated with a variety of anti-corrosion pretreatments and outer coatings show enhanced corrosion resistance compared to substrates cleaned with standard cleaners that have low etch rates, high silicate levels and no chelating agents followed by anti-corrosion pretreatments and outer coatings.
US09163314B2	CMP slurry composition for tungsten The present invention relates to a CMP slurry composition for polishing tungsten comprising a abrasive and a polishing chemical, wherein the abrasive comprises colloidal silica dispersed in ultra-pure water, and the polishing chemical comprises hydrogen peroxide, ammonium persulfate and iron nitrate. The slurry composition is not discolored and has good etching selectivity, so as to be applied to a CMP process.
US09163309B2	Substrate processing apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium Generation of byproducts is inhibited in a buffer space even in a single-wafer-type apparatus using the buffer space. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes (a) loading a substrate into a process chamber; (b) supplying a first-element-containing gas via a buffer chamber of a shower head to the substrate placed in the process chamber; (c) supplying a second-element-containing gas to the substrate via the buffer chamber; and (d) performing an exhaust process between (b) and (c), wherein (d) includes: exhausting an atmosphere of the buffer chamber; and exhausting an atmosphere of the process chamber after exhausting the atmosphere of the buffer chamber.
US09163287B2	Rapid salmonella serotyping assay Processes for the serotype specific detection and identification of one or more Salmonella serotypes are provided. A family of specific primers and probes are provided that allow screening of biological or environmental samples for robust, rapid, and reproducible detection and identification of one or more Salmonella serotypes in the sample.
US09163283B2	Combinatorial decoding of random nucleic acid arrays Methods disclosed herein relate to identification of nucleotides in a nucleotide sequence.
US09163281B2	Methods for maintaining the integrity and identification of a nucleic acid template in a multiplex sequencing reaction The invention generally relates to methods for maintaining the integrity and identification of a nucleic acid template in a multiplex sequencing reaction. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve obtaining a template nucleic acid, incorporating a pair of sequence identifiers into the template, and sequencing the template.
US09163280B2	Process for detecting or quantifying nucleic acids in a library This invention provides novel compositions and processes for analyte detection, quantification and amplification. Nucleic acid arrays and libraries of analytes are usefully incorporated into such compositions and processes. Universal detection elements, signaling entities and the like are employed to detect and if necessary or desirable, to quantify analytes. Amplification of target analytes are also provided by the compositions and processes of this invention.
US09163278B2	Isolation of nucleic acids Provided herein is technology relating to isolating nucleic acids. In particular, the technology relates to methods and kits for extracting nucleic acids from problematic samples such as stool.
US09163271B2	Methods and compositions for the production of orthogonal tRNA-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase pairs This invention provides compositions and methods for generating components of protein biosynthetic machinery including orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases. Methods for identifying orthogonal pairs are also provided. These components can be used to incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins in vivo.
US09163270B2	Process for the production of hyaluronic acid in Escherichia coli or Bacillus megaterium A method of producing hyaluronic acid (HA) in Escherichia coli and Bacillus megaterium through episomal plasmid vectors wherein the gene is under the control of strong promoter T7, preferably under the control of strong promoter T7 of bacteriophage T7, and a system for the selection of stable bacterial strains producing high levels of hyaluronic acid, are provided.
US09163268B2	Method for fermentatively preparing L-amino acids The invention relates to a method for preparing organic-chemical compounds, characterized in that the following steps are carried out: a) fermentation of a microorganism secreting an L-amino acid, which microorganism contains an overexpressed polynucleotide coding for a polypeptide having polyphosphate-dependent NAD+ kinase activity, in a fermentation medium, to form a fermentation broth, b) accumulation of said compound in said fermentation broth and/or in the cells of said microorganism. The invention relates to a method for preparing organic-chemical compounds by fermentation of a microorganism in which a polypeptide having polyphosphate-dependent NAD+ kinase is overexpressed.
US09163266B2	Increased production of isobutanol in yeast with reduced mitochondrial amino acid biosynthesis Yeast cells with reduced activity of certain enzymes involved in branched chain amino acid biosynthesis in yeast mitochondria are described. Target enzymes include threonine deaminase, isopropylmalate synthase, and optionally branched chain amino acid transaminase.
US09163264B2	Ethanol production in microorganisms The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for engineering photoautotrophic organisms to convert carbon dioxide and light into fatty acid esters and other molecules, including biofuels. The molecules are then secreted by the organism into a growth medium.
US09163263B2	Identification of isoprene synthase variants with improved properties for the production of isoprene The invention provides for compositions and methods for producing isoprene using isoprene synthase variants with improved properties.
US09163261B2	Adeno-associated virus 2/8—micro RNA-101 therapy for liver cancer Adeno-associated virus 2/8-microRNA-101(AAV2/8-miR-101) therapy for liver cancer is provided. In particular, the invention provides a recombinant AAV 2/8 vector, comprising mutated capsid, for the enforced expression of pre-miR-101 and for the treatment of liver cancer.
US09163256B2	Mutant receptors and their use in a nuclear receptor-based inducible gene expression system This invention relates to the field of biotechnology or genetic engineering. Specifically, this invention relates to the field of gene expression. More specifically, this invention relates to novel substitution mutant receptors and their use in a nuclear receptor-based inducible gene expression system and methods of modulating the expression of a gene in a host cell for applications such as gene therapy, large scale production of proteins and antibodies, cell-based high throughput screening assays, functional genomics and regulation of traits in transgenic organisms.
US09163255B2	Polynucleotides derived from chickpea and uses thereof Polynucleotides isolated from chickpea are disclosed herein. The disclosed polynucleotides of the present invention provide genotype-dependent spatial information on the presence and relative abundance of each gene. The transcriptomic analysis of the polynucleotides revealed (649) non-cannonical genes besides many unexpected candidates with known biochemical functions, which have never been associated with pathostress-responsive transcriptome. The polynucleotides disclosed in the present invention can be used as a molecular tool for isolation of novel genes from plants that can be used for plant improvement. Further, the polynucleotide responsible for improving immunity against fungal pathogen in plants is disclosed herein. The present invention also provides a method of improving immunity against fungal pathogen in plants. Transgenic plants exhibiting improved immunity against fungal pathogen are also provided in the present invention.
US09163253B2	Compositions and methods for altering tocotrienol content The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocol content in seeds. The invention further provides expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides methods for altering tocol content in seeds.
US09163244B2	Suppressors of CpG oligonucleotides and methods of use The present disclosure relates to oligodeoxynucleotides that suppress an immune response. Methods are disclosed for preventing or treating an immune-mediated disorder, such as, but not limited to, an autoimmune disease, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a suppressive oligodeoxynucleotide. Also disclosed are methods of suppressing an immune response in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a suppressive oligodeoxynucleotide.
US09163242B2	HER2 nucleic acid aptamers The present invention relates to optimized HER2 aptamers and methods of using these aptamers.
US09163240B2	SR-BI mutation as a predictor of low progesterone levels and poor fetal viability during pregnancy Methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders related to de novo synthesis of cholesterol, based on allelic variants of the scavenger receptor class B type I receptor, and kits for use therein.
US09163235B2	Inhibitors of the miR-15 family of micro-RNAs The invention provides chemically modified oligonucleotides capable of inhibiting the expression (e.g., abundance) of miR-15 family miRNAs, including miR-15a, miR-15b, miR-16, miR-195, miR-424, and miR-497. The invention provides in some embodiments, oligonucleotides capable of inhibiting, in a specific fashion, the expression or abundance of each of miR-15a, miR-15b, miR-16, miR-195, miR-424, and miR-497. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the oligonucleotides, and methods of treating patients having conditions or disorders relating to or involving a miR-15 family miRNA, such as a cardiovascular condition. In various embodiments, the oligonucleotides provide advantages in one or more of potency, efficiency of delivery, target specificity, toxicity, and/or stability.
US09163232B2	Method for manufacturing recombinant polyclonal proteins The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a recombinant polyclonal protein composition, in particular a recombinant polyclonal antibody composition. The method comprises obtaining a collection of cells transfected with a library of variant nucleic acid sequences, wherein each call in the collection is transfected with and capable of expressing one member of the library, which encodes a distinct member of a polyclonal protein that binds a particular antigen and which is located at the same single site in the genome of individual cells in said collection, wherein said nucleic acid sequence is not naturally associated with said cell in the collection. The cells are cultured under suitable conditions for expression of the polyclonal protein, which is obtained from the cells or culture supernatant. The present method is suitable for manufacturing recombinant polyclonal antibodies, thereby making available a superior replacement of plasma-derived therapeutic immunoglobulin products.
US09163230B2	Chromatography column and method for isolating nucleic acid The present invention provides a chromatography column and a method for isolating nucleic acid molecules. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a double-layer column of a first anion exchange membrane and a second serially coupled silica membrane. Upon flowing a nucleic acid-containing solution through the first anion exchange membrane, the nucleic acid binds to and then elutes from the first membrane. The eluted solution then flows serially through the second silica membrane, which the nucleic acid binds to and then elutes from. Due to this novel serial coupled double-layer principle, the present invention is particularly suitable for co-isolating RNA and DNA, for isolating nucleic acid embraced by proteins, e.g., viruses, and for isolating diluted nucleic acid in a large volume, e.g., plasma. In addition, the eluted nucleic acid is ready for downstream applications.
US09163228B2	Method for isolating and purifying nucleic acids The present invention relates to a method for isolating and purifying nucleic acids, preferably comprising genomic DNA, from biological samples comprising the steps of lysing the sample using a lysis buffer comprising a source of anionic surfactant ions, optionally disintegrating the RNA present in the lysate, precipitating the surfactant ions from the lysate, and separating the nucleic acids from the precipitate and further contaminants by size-exclusion chromatography. The invention furthermore relates to a lysis buffer, a method of lysing cells and a kit for the isolation and purification of nucleic acids.
US09163224B2	Carbohydrate degrading polypeptide and uses thereof The invention relates to a polypeptide having carbohydrate material degrading activity which comprises the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional protein and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.
US09163207B2	Anaerobic treatment system and device An anaerobic organic substrate treatment system is provided which comprises digester tubes wherein an inner bag of the digester tube is used to collect the solids content of the waste and an outer bag of the digester tube is used to collect the liquid and gas leachate from waste slurry input into the digester tubes. The inner bag is permeable to both gas and liquid while the outer bag is impermeable to both gas and liquid and allows for collection of gas and liquid leachate in the outer bag. Collected gas and liquid leachate may then be drained and collected using a drainage and collection system. Following treatment, the outer bag may opened to retrieve the inner bag for retrieval of the treated solids substrate. The substrate may then be used as needed. In one variant, the outer bag is re-sealable and may be reused in further treatment operations. The anaerobic waste treatment system may be used to carry out such treatment operations as storage/hydrolysis, methanization, and/or digestate treatment.
US09163204B2	Framed soap and process for producing same The present invention provides a framed soap containing uniformly entrained bubbles and a method for producing the same. The framed soap of the present invention is produced by cooling and solidifying high-temperature molten soap containing a fatty acid salt or an N-acyl acidic amino acid salt, prepared with the counter ion of which sodium is essential and an organic amine and potassium are optional, in a cylindrical cooling frame and characterized in that 10 volume % or higher air bubbles having a number average particle diameter of 65 μm or smaller are uniformly entrained.
US09163195B2	Lubricant composition A lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil, and a mixture and/or a reaction product of (A) 0.01-0.5% by mass of at least one compound selected from among acid phosphates represented by formula (1) or formula (2), and (B) 0.01-2% by mass of an alkylamine represented by formula (3), based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the acid value due to component (A) is 0.1-1.0 mgKOH/g. [R1 and R2 represent hydrogen or straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkenyl groups, with at least one of R1 and R2 being a C6-12 straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkenyl group; R3 and R4 represent hydrogen straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkenyl groups, with at least one of R3 and R4 being a C13-18 straight-chain alkyl or straight-chain alkenyl group; and R5 and R6 represent hydrogen or C4-30 branched-chain alkyl groups, with at least one of R5 and R6 being a branched-chain alkyl group.]
US09163193B2	High sulfur fuel pellet with reduced SO2 emission The present description relates to a method and system for generating a fuel pellet from high sulfur fuel waste materials having a reduced SO2 emission. In one example, the fuel pellet may include petroleum coke, a biomass constituent, and an alkali substituent. Further in another example, the fuel pellet may include iron oxide catalyst increasing the capture of SO2.
US09163191B2	Automated process for handling bales for pellet production An automated system and method are provided for conveying plant material bales. The system and method retrieves stacked bales from a storage site and places the bales on a conveyor assembly line, wherein the bales are indexed, accumulated, and metered for discharge into a bale shredder. Once the bales are on the conveyor assembly, the bales are automatically moved and arranged without manual intervention.
US09163190B2	Fuel compositions A diesel fuel composition comprising a nitrogen-containing detergent and a performance enhancing additive, wherein the performance enhancing additive is the product of a Mannich reaction between: (a) an aldehyde; (b) a polyamine; and (c) an optionally substituted phenol.
US09163186B2	Mercury removal with amine sorbents Methods and apparatus relate to treatment of fluids to remove mercury contaminants in the fluid. Contact of the fluid with an amine that has absorbed a sulfur compound causes the mercury contaminants to be absorbed by the amine. Phase separation then removes from the fluid the amine loaded with the mercury contaminants such that a treated product remains.
US09163182B2	Process for cracking hydrocarbon oils A novel process for cracking olefins including contacting a hydrocarbon oil with a catalyst in a riser reactor having multiple reaction zones under cracking reaction conditions; separating reaction products and the catalyst; regenerating at least a part of spent catalyst obtained, contacting a part of the regenerated catalyst with the hydrocarbon in the first reaction zone; contacting the other part of the spent catalyst and/or regenerated catalyst in at least one reaction zone after the first reaction zone with the products obtained in previous reaction zones.
US09163179B2	System and method for production of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products and power A method for generation of power and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products by producing synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide, producing Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products and Fischer-Tropsch tailgas from a first portion of the synthesis gas, and generating power from a second portion of the synthesis gas, from at least a portion of the Fischer-Tropsch tailgas, or from both. The method may also comprise conditioning at least a portion of the synthesis gas and/or upgrading at least a portion of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products. A system for carrying out the method is also provided.
US09163178B2	Liquid crystal compound with negative dielectric anisotropy, liquid crystal display, and optoelectronic device Disclosed is a liquid crystal compound with negative dielectric anisotropy, having a general formula as Formula 1. In Formula 1, each of L1, L2, L3, and L4, being same or different, is hydrogen, halogen, or cyano group. Each of R1 and R2, being same or different, is hydrogen, halogen, C1-12 alkyl group, C1-12 alkoxy group, C1-12 haloalkyl group, C2-12 alkenyl group, C2-12 ether group, or C2-12 alkynyl group. Each of A1 and A2, being same or different, is benzene, cyclohexane, or cyclohexene.Z1 is —CF2O—, or —OCF2—, and Z2 is —CF2O—, or —OCF2—.
US09163177B2	Molded product injection-molded from liquid crystalline resin composition, liquid crystalline resin composition for contact electronic component, and contact electronic component An object of the present invention is to provide a molded product in which an area, which is exposed on a surface of the molded product, of a fibrous filler accounts for a predetermined percentage or less of a surface area of the molded product so that falling-out of the fibrous filler and resin dust generation are suppressed, a liquid crystalline resin composition in which a percentage of a fibrous filler having a fiber length of 200 μm or longer and the like show predetermined values, and a contact electronic component employing the molded product. In order to achieve the object, the molded product of the present invention is a molded product, formed by injection molding of a liquid crystalline resin composition including a fibrous filler and a liquid crystal polymer, the fibrous filler having an area that is exposed on a surface of the molded product, the area of the fibrous filler accounting for 0.4% or less of a surface area of the molded product.
US09163176B2	Phosphor mixture, optoelectronic component comprising a phosphor mixture, and street lamp comprising a phosphor mixture A phosphor mixture includes a first phosphor and a second phosphor, wherein an emission spectrum of the first phosphor has a relative intensity maximum in a yellow spectral range and an emission spectrum of the second phosphor has a relative intensity maximum in a red spectral range, the first phosphor corresponds to the following chemical formula: (LuxY1−x)3(Al1−yGay)5O12:Ce3+, where x is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1 and where y is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.4, and the phosphor mixture is formed from a plurality of particles, which includes a plurality of particles of the first phosphor and a plurality of particles of the second phosphor.
US09163175B2	β-sialon and method of manufacturing thereof, and light-emitting device β-SiAlON represented by a general formula Si6-zAlzOzN8-z with Eu dissolved therein, whose spin density corresponding to absorption g=2.00±0.02 at 25° C. obtained by the electron spin resonance method is equal to or lower than 6.0×1016 spins/g. A method of manufacturing the β-SiAlON includes: a mixing step of mixing β-SiAlON materials; a baking step of baking the β-SiAlON having undergone the mixing step; a heating step of increasing the ambient temperature of the materials having undergone the mixing step from 1500° C. to a baking temperature of the baking step at a rate equal to or lower than 2° C./min.; an annealing step of annealing the β-SiAlON having undergone the baking step; and an acid treatment step of acid-treating the β-SiAlON having undergone the annealing step. The objective of the present invention is to provide β-SiAlON capable of achieving high luminescent efficiency, a method of manufacturing the β-SiAlON, and a light-emitting device using the β-SiAlON.
US09163167B2	Adhesive composition and optical member using the same An adhesive composition includes 100 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylate copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 g/mol; and 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of a carbodiimide cross-linking agent.
US09163158B1	Water based fluid for producing ready to press direct inkjet image-able lithographic printing plates A water based fluid that can be utilized in a standard inkjet printer to image a lithographic printing plate. The water based fluid may include a polymer that is soluble in an alkaline aqueous media and that is resistant to neutral or acidic aqueous media. In addition, the water based fluid may include a sufficient volume of water soluble material to raise the pH level higher than 8. Further, the water based fluid may include a sufficient volume of humectant co-solvents to prevent the nozzles of an inkjet printer from drying out. The water based fluid may be used to image a lithographic plate that include an inkjet ink accepting hydrophilic layer hydrophilic properties. Various embodiments of the water based fluid advantageously allow a plate to be imaged, and then without baking or adding other chemical treatments, the plate can be immediately used for printing.
US09163156B2	Butyl rubber conversion to dispersion and butyl rubber dipped glove Butyl rubber based coating agents for preparing a coated article, such as a glove, wherein a butyl rubber solution is in the form of a dispersion, and methods of using butyl rubber based coating agents.
US09163154B2	Inkjet printing fluids Examples provide inkjet printing fluid compositions and apparatuses including such compositions. An inkjet printing fluid composition may comprise a vehicle including at least 50% weight percent water based on the inkjet printing fluid composition as a whole and substantially only one surfactant, the surfactant including alkoxylated alcohol present in the inkjet printing fluid composition from about 0.1 weight percent to about 1.0 weight percent alkoxylated alcohol.
US09163153B2	Metallic ink composition and writing instrument containing same Metallic ink compositions for use in capillary-action markers are provided. More particularly, a metallic ink composition includes a polar solvent, an encapsulated metallic pigment, and a resin component.
US09163152B2	UV photoactivatable curable paint formulations and cured coatings thereof A UV photoactivatable curable paint formation for providing a cured paint coating of a desired appearance on a substrate by UV irradiation, comprises a UV curable film-forming compound; a UV photoinitiator; a particulate UV reflective material in an effective rate of curing enhancing amount without affecting the resultant desired appearance of the cured paint coating.
US09163150B2	Heat treatable four layer anti-reflection coating A coated article includes a heat treatable (e.g., temperable) antireflection (AR) coating having four layers. The AR coating includes a layer adjacent the glass substrate having an index of refraction substantially matching that of the glass substrate, and having a compressive residual stress. In certain example embodiments, the coating may include the following layers from the glass substrate outwardly: stress-reducing layer/medium index layer/high index layer/low index layer. In certain example embodiments, depending on the chemical and optical properties of the high index layer and the substrate, the stress-reducing layer of the AR coating is selected to cause a net compressive residual stress and thus improve the overall performance of the antireflection coating when the coated article is heat treated.
US09163149B2	Implant material An implant material includes: a base material 10; and a carbonaceous film 20 provided on a surface of the base material 10. The carbonaceous film 20 includes carbon atoms, oxygen atoms, and nitrogen atoms in a surface thereof, and the carbon atoms are bonded to the oxygen atoms to form carboxyl carbon and carbon having a single bond with oxygen. In the surface of the carbonaceous film 20, a content of nitrogen atoms is greater than or equal to 8.0 at. %, a content of carbon having a single bond with oxygen is greater than or equal to 5.4%, and a content of carboxyl carbon is less than or equal to 3.1%.
US09163147B2	Use of glycerol as an agent to improve the self-dispersing properties of a mineral material to be added to an aqueous composition The present disclosure describes methods for improving the auto-dispersant characteristic in water of mineral substances, such methods involving dry-grinding of a mineral substance in the presence of a formulation. In some embodiments the formulation includes glycerol and at least one agent in aqueous or pure form. In other embodiments the formulation includes an aqueous polyglycerol.
US09163145B2	Process for preparing photoresponsive hybrid organic-inorganic particles A process for preparing photoresponsive hybrid organic-inorganic particles comprises (a) combining (1) at least one organosilane compound comprising at least two silicon-bonded groups selected from hydroxyl groups, hydrolyzable groups, and combinations thereof and (2) at least one neat photoactive material, to form a ceramic precursor composition; and (b) allowing or inducing hydrolysis of the hydrolyzable groups and condensation of the organosilane compound to form hybrid organic-inorganic particles comprising the photoactive material.
US09163144B2	Silicone resin composition, silicone laminated substrate using the same, method for producing the same, and LED device The invention provides a silicone resin composition for producing a silicone laminated substrate by being impregnated in a glass cloth and cured therein, comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane with a 3-dimensional network structure composed of an R1SiO1.5 unit and an R2SiO1.5 unit and a T unit represented by an RSiO1.5 unit; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane composed of an R1SiO1.5 unit, an R12SiO unit and an R1aHbSiO(4-a-b)/2 unit; (C) a platinum group metal catalyst; and (D) a filler. There can be a silicone resin composition having a high glass transition temperature, a silicone laminated substrate excellent in properties such as heat resistance and weatherability having low thermal expansion coefficient and suppressed warp and deformation, a method for producing the same and an LED device.
US09163142B2	Multifunctional biocomposite additive compositions and methods Biocomposite compositions and compositions, which include dried distillers solubles, and which can be used in making biocomposite compositions are described. Methods for preparing the compositions are also described.
US09163141B2	Polymeric blend comprising polylactic acid A blend comprises at least 50 wt. % polylactic acid and at least 5 wt. % of polymer selected from one or more of: (i) ethylene/unsaturated ester copolymer having an unsaturated ester comonomer content of at least about 30% based on the weight of the ethylene/unsaturated ester copolymer; (ii) modified ethylene/unsaturated ester copolymer; (iii) polyetheramide block copolymer; (iv) propylene/ethylene copolymer comprising at least about 12% and at most about 16% ethylene monomer content based on the weight of the propylene/ethylene copolymer; and (v) styrenic block copolymer. An article such as a tray, film, or sheet may comprise the blend.
US09163137B2	Nanocomposite A nanocomposite can include a polyolefin composition having at least one polyolefin. The polyolefin composition can have a multimodal molecular weight distribution, such as a bimodal molecular weight distribution. The nanocomposite can also include at least 5% by weight of nanoparticles, relative to a total weight of the nanocomposite. The nanoparticles can be carbon nanoparticles, silicon nanoparticles, or SiC nanoparticles. A nanocomposite masterbatch can be prepared by melt blending the polyolefin composition with the nanoparticles. A polyolefin resin can be prepared by blending the nanocomposite with a polyolefin. Formed articles can include the polyolefin resin.
US09163135B2	Rubber compositions with filler and ketoxime or ketixmo silane A composition includes an elastomer and a ketoximo silane or a ketoxime additive. The ketoximo silane corresponds to Formula I: where D is selected from a C1 to C60 hydrocarbyl group, or when A is 0 or 1 a hydrogen, or the structure in Formula III; and wherein n and j are independently 1, 2, or 3, m and q are independently 0 or 1, z and t are independently 0 or 1 and (n+m+z) is equal to 3 and (j+q+t) is equal to 3; A is 0 or greater than or equal to 1; R1 and R2 are independently Ci to C60 divalent organic groups and may optionally include O, N S, Si, and/or P heteroatoms with the proviso that when A is 0 either of R1 and R2 may be a chemical bond; R3, R4, R8 and R9 are independently a hydrogen, or a C1 to C60 hydrocarbyl or alkoxy group optionally including O, N, S, Si and/or P; R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen or C1 to C60 hydrocarbyl groups and may optionally include O, N S, Si, and/or P heteroatoms, and may optionally be bonded together to form a cyclic ring; R10 and R11 are independently hydrogen or C1 to C60 hydrocarbyl groups and may optionally include O, N S, Si, and/or P heteroatoms, and may optionally be bonded together to form a cyclic ring.
US09163124B2	System and methods for slurry hydroconversion pitch disposition as solid pellets and composition of the same A system and method for producing solid pellets from a slurry HDC pitch is disclosed which utilizes a polymer additive that is mixed with the pitch to increase the softening point of the solid pellets.
US09163122B1	Self-assembling polymers—II Disclosed are self-assembling block copolymers including diblock copolymers of the formula (I): wherein R1 is C1-C22 alkyl, R2 is C6-C20 aryl or heteroaryl, one of R3 and R4 is C6-C14 aryl and the other is C1-C22 alkoxy, n and m are independently 2 to about 2000. The copolymers find use in preparing nanoporous membranes. Embodiments of the membranes contain the diblock copolymer in a self-assembled nanostructure of cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such copolymers.
US09163117B2	Polyamide resin Provided is a polyamide resin having excellent color tone and elastic modulus, excellent gas barrier properties and low water absorption. The polyamide resin comprises a diamine structural unit and a dicarboxylic acid structural unit, wherein 70 mol % or more of the diamine structural unit is derived from xylylenediamine (A-1) and/or bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane (A-2) and 50 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid structural unit is derived from sebacic acid (B), characterized in that it has a sulfur atom concentration of 1 to 200 ppm by mass.
US09163106B2	Liquid resol-type phenolic resin and wet paper friction material A straight-chain unsaturated hydrocarbon group having equal to or more than 10 carbon atoms is bonded to at least one or more of meta positions of all of phenol structure units.
US09163103B2	Hydrophobically associating copolymers Water-soluble, hydrophobically associating copolymers which comprise new types of hydrophobically associating monomers. The monomers comprise an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polyether group with block structure comprising a hydrophilic polyalkylene oxide block which consists essentially of ethylene oxide groups, and a terminal, hydrophobic polyalkylene oxide block which consists of alkylene oxides with at least 4, preferably at least 5 carbon atoms.
US09163100B2	Catalysts for preparing ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) Group 4 transition metal complexes of bidentate iminonaphthol pro-ligands can be used as catalysts to polymerise olefins, such as ethylene. Group 4 transition metal complexes of bidentate iminonaphthol pro-ligands can have a single-site nature, allowing the catalysts to be used to prepare ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having a narrow molecular weight distribution.
US09163097B2	Low-viscosity, concentrated solutions of magnesium complexes for producing polymerization catalysts and method for producing the same This invention relates to low-viscosity, concentrated complex solutions containing magnesium, which are produced by reacting a magnesium alkoside with a carboxylic acid halogenide in a hydrocarbon-based solvent, and to a method for producing the same.
US09163096B2	Method for producing nitrile rubber Disclosed is a method for producing a nitrile rubber comprising adding 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of at least one phosphate emulsifier selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl ether phosphate (MAP) represented by the following Formula 1 and dialkyl ether phosphate (DAP) represented by the following Formula 2, with respect to 100 parts by weight of monomers constituting the nitrile rubber. The method minimizes mold contamination during molding of produced nitrile rubber, eliminates the necessity of any process of removing mold contaminants, improves production efficiency and thus reduces defect rates of final molded articles.
US09163094B2	Light-activated fusion proteins and uses therefor The invention, in some aspects relates to synthetic, light-activated fusion proteins and their encoding polynucleotide molecules. In some aspects the invention additionally includes expression of the light-activated fusion proteins in cells and their use in methods such as therapeutic methods and candidate compound screening methods.
US09163093B2	Anti-DLL4/VEGF dual variable domain immunoglobulin and uses thereof Disclosed herein are multivalent and multispecific binding proteins, methods of making the binding proteins, and their uses in the diagnosis, monitoring, inhibition, prevention and/or treatment of cancers, tumors, and/or other angiogenesis-dependent diseases characterized by aberrant DLL4 and/or VEGF expression or activity.
US09163092B2	Hybrid light chain mice Genetically modified mice are provided that express human λ variable (hVλ) sequences, including mice that express hVλ sequences from an endogenous mouse λ light chain locus, mice that express hVλ sequences from an endogenous mouse κ light chain locus, and mice that express hVλ sequences from a transgene or an episome wherein the hVλ sequence is linked to a mouse constant sequence. Mice are provided that are a source of somatically mutated human λ variable sequences useful for making antigen-binding proteins. Compositions and methods for making antigen-binding proteins that comprise human λ variable sequences, including human antibodies, are provided.
US09163091B2	Compositions and methods for binding lysophosphatidic acid Compositions and methods for making and using anti-LPA agents, for example, monoclonal antibodies, are described. Variable domain and complementarity determining region amino acid sequences of several monoclonal antibodies against LPA are disclosed, as is a consensus anti-LPA monoclonal antibody variable domain sequence.
US09163090B2	Antibodies specific for CLL-1 Provided herein are antibodies specific for CLL-1.
US09163087B2	Bi-specific antibodies against TIM-3 and PD-1 for immunotherapy in chronic immune conditions Described herein are novel compositions comprising bispecific and multispecific polypeptide agents, and methods using these agents for targeting cells, such as functionally exhausted or unresponsive immune cells, that co-express the inhibitory receptors PD-1 and TIM-3. These compositions and methods are useful for the treatment of chronic immune conditions, such as persistent infections or cancer.
US09163086B2	Methods and compositions for the treatment of proliferative and pathogenic diseases The invention features proteins including an antibody, or functional derivatives thereof, that bind hCD59 and have the activity of domain 4 of the Streptococcus intermedins intermedilysin (ILY) protein. In order to prevent the independent induction of CDC and ADCC, the antibodies of the invention can bind the same hCD59 epitope as ILYd4 and/or contain modifications that disrupt the interaction between the antibody and complement.
US09163080B2	Anti-single-chain type IV collagen polypeptide antibody, pharmaceutical drug, diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic drug for tumour containing the antibody A monoclonal antibody, wherein the monoclonal antibody specifically binds to a single-chain type IV collagen polypeptide, and wherein the monoclonal antibody is obtained by a hybridoma line of Anti NK-Antigen monoclonal antibody #141 having Accession No: FERM BP-11300.
US09163073B2	Chemically and thermodynamically stable insulin analogues and improved methods for their production The subject matter of this invention is directed towards chemically and thermodynamically stable single-chain insulin (SCI) analogues that are resistant to deamidation and fibrillation. The invention further discloses improved methods for the recombinant expression, purification and refolding of SCI.
US09163072B2	Mutants of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist The invention provides an isolated polypeptide comprising a variant amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a fusion or derivative of said polypeptide, or a fusion of a said derivative thereof, wherein the polypeptide, fusion or derivative retains a biological activity of wild type IL-IRa. In one embodiment, the isolated polypeptide, fusion or derivative is or comprises a polypeptide variant of amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 comprising or consisting of substitutions at one or more of the following amino acid mutations of SEQ ID NO: 1: Q29K, P38Y, P38R, L42W, D47N, E52R, H54R, E90Y, Q129L, Q129N, M136N, M136D and Q149K. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions of the above polypeptide, fusion or derivative, as well as uses of the same for treating a disease or condition capable of being treated by an agent which inhibits the function of IL-1 receptors.
US09163068B2	Influenza virus recombinant proteins The present invention includes influenza Hemagglutinin protein fragments that fold properly when expressed in bacteria.
US09163063B2	Peptides and nanoparticles for therapeutic and diagnostic applications Provided herein are peptides and nanoparticles conjugates thereof useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders mediated by GIPC/synectin, such as cancer.
US09163058B2	Method for preparing ulipristal acetate and key intermediate thereof A method as well as new intermediates for preparing Ulipristal acetate (a compound I) and a method for preparing the new intermediates are provided. The intermediate in a constitutional formula IV is conductive to reacting with methyl lithium or methyl Grignard reagent, a protective group is easy to be removed after a reaction, side reactions are few, a mid-term treatment is simple, the reagents used are cheap, costs are low and a yield is high, if a compound in a constitutional formula V is obtained by the reaction of a compound in a constitutional formula III and the intermediate in the constitutional formula IV, the yield of a two-step reaction is 75%, a purity is above 98%. wherein R is defined in the specification.
US09163054B2	Method for F-18 FLT synthesis The present invention establishes a fast and simple [F-18] FLT synthesis process. Solid extraction units are used for purification to achieve an equally high and constant radiochemical yield and purity in a short period of time. By using a separation method, the impurities are reduced successfully while the total synthesis time is shortened. The radiochemical purity and the corrected radiochemical yield are both high.
US09163050B2	Mannose production from palm kernel meal using simulated moving bed separation Disclosed is a process for the production of d-mannose from fermented palm oil kernel meal using a continuous SMB separation process. The process is useful for providing a simplified processing route to providing high purity d-mannose. The SMB process and the SMB cycle was operated to provide a high purity mannose stream comprising d-mannose, salts, and color agents, a primary raffinate comprising glucose, other sugars and salts, and a secondary raffinate consisting essentially of the mobile phase desorbent. In the SMB cycle, the secondary raffinate was recycled to the SMB process as the mobile phase desorbent without further desalination. The highly pure mannose stream was further treated to remove color agents and salts prior to subsequent steps of precipitation or crystallization and drying. D-mannose is useful as a food additive, as a sweetener, as a texturizer, as a stabilizer, or as a humectant.
US09163049B2	Medicament comprising a reducing alkyl-sugar monomer for the treatment of inflammatory disorders The invention relates to a medicament comprising at least one reducing alkyl-sugar monomer having a hydroxyl function which is substituted by an alkoxy radical at C2-C40, said medicament being preferably intended to regulate inflammatory mechanisms. The reducing sugar is preferably selected from the group containing rhamnose, fucose and glucose. The invention also relates to a cosmetic treatment method involving the topical application of a composition comprising at least one reducing alkyl-sugar monomer having a hydroxyl function which is substituted by an alkoxy radical at C2-C40.
US09163041B2	Metal utilization in supported, metal-containing catalysts Generally, the present invention relates to improvements in metal utilization in supported, metal-containing catalysts. For example, the present invention relates to methods for directing and/or controlling metal deposition onto surfaces of porous substrates. The present invention also relates to methods for preparing catalysts in which a first metal is deposited onto a support (e.g., a porous carbon support) to provide one or more regions of a first metal at the surface of the support, and a second metal is deposited at the surface of the one or more regions of the first metal. The invention further relates to use of catalysts prepared as detailed herein in catalytic oxidation reactions, such as oxidation of a substrate selected from the group consisting of N-(phosphonomethyl)iminodiacetic acid or a salt thereof, formaldehyde, and/or formic acid.
US09163039B2	Process for the preparation of bis(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acid anhydrides The invention relates to a process for the preparation of bis(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acid anhydrides by reaction of a bis(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acid with phosphorus pentoxide, to novel bis(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acid anhydrides and to uses of bis(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acid anhydrides.
US09163036B2	MIL-53-Al-N3 organic/inorganic hybrid solid provided with an azide function and method for manufacturing same The invention describes a crystallized hybrid solid with an organic-inorganic matrix, of a three-dimensional structure, containing an inorganic network of aluminum-based metal centers that are connected to one another by organic ligands that consist of the entity —O2C—C6H3—N3—CO2—. Said solid is called MIL-53-Al—N3 and has an X-ray diffraction diagram as given below.
US09163034B2	Crystalline (6R,7R)-7-{2-(5-amino-[1,2,4] thiadiazol-3-yl)-2-[(Z)-trityloxyimino]-acetylamino}-3-[(R)-1′-tert-butoxycarbonyl-2-oxo-[1,3′]bipyrrolidinyl-(3E)-ylidenemethyl]-8-oxo-5-thia-1-aza-bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid benzhydryl ester; its manufacture and use A solid DMSO solvate of a compound of formula (I) is described, which is a useful intermediate for preparing the broad spectrum antibiotics Ceftobiprole and Ceftobiprole Medocaril.
US09163032B2	Esters of DCPLA and methods of treatment using the same The present disclosure relates to esters of 8-[2-(2-pentyl-cyclopropylmethyl)cyclopropyl]-octanoic acid (“DCPLA”). The disclosure further relates to compositions, kits, and methods for treatment using the esters.
US09163030B2	Heterocycle-fused morphinans, use thereof and preparation thereof Provided are compounds of the formula: R1; R2, R3; R4; A; X; Y and Z are defined in the present disclosure; pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, deuterium forms thereof, isomers thereof, and mixture thereof; and processes for their preparation. The compounds can be used for treating a patient suffering from a condition that is capable of treatment with an agonist and/or antagonist of the opioid receptors and are especially useful a patient suffering from pain, treating a patient in need of an immunosuppressant to prevent rejection in organ transplant and skin graft, in need of an anti-allergic agent, in need of an anti-inflammatory agent, in need of a brain cell protectant, for drug and/or alcohol abuse, to decrease gastric secretion, for diarrhea, for cardiovascular disease, for a respiratory disease, in need of a cough and/or respiratory depressant, for mental illness, for epileptic seizures and other neurologic disorders.
US09163028B2	Inhibitors of bruton's tyrosine kinase Disclosed herein are pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US09163015B2	Pyrazolopyridine, pyrarolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolothiophene and pyrazolothiazole compounds as MGLUR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction Pyrazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolothiophene and pyrazolothiazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
US09163013B2	Use of 1H-indazole-3-carboxamide compounds as glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta inhibitors 1H-indazole-3-carboxamide compounds as glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta inhibitors. The present invention relates to the 1H-indazole-3-carboxamide compounds for use as glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK-3β) inhibitors and to their use in the treatment of GSK-3β-related disorders such as, for example, (i) insulin-resistance disorders; (ii) neurodegenerative diseases; (iii) mood disorders; (iv) schizophrenic disorders; (v) cancerous disorders; (vi) inflammation, (vii) substance abuse disorders; and (viii) epilepsies.
US09163012B2	Carbamate and urea inhibitors of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 This invention relates to novel compounds of the invention pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11β-HSD1 in mammals. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the novel compounds and methods for their use in the reduction or control of the production of cortisol in a cell or the inhibition of the conversion of cortisone to cortisol in a cell.
US09163009B2	Salts of raltegravir The present invention provides novel salts of raltegravir, viz., meglumine salt, erbumine salt, ammonium salt, tris salt and L-arginine salt of raltegravir and processes for their preparation.
US09163007B2	5-substituted indazoles as kinase inhibitors The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutical acceptable salts, wherein A, R1, R2, R3 and m, are defined in the description. The present invention relates also to methods of making said compounds, and compositions containing said compounds which are useful for inhibiting kinases such as Glycogen Synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3), Rho kinase (ROCK), Janus Kinases (JAK), Cdc7, AKT, PAK4, PLK, CK2, KDR, MK2, JNK1, aurora, pim 1 and nek 2.
US09163006B2	Processes for the preparation of substituted quinazolines The present disclosure provides compounds for modulating receptor kinase activity, particularly ephrin and EGFR, and methods of treating diseases mediated by receptor kinase activity utilizing the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds are generally of formula (I): Diseases mediated by receptor kinase activity include, but are not limited to, diseases characterized in part by abnormal levels of cell proliferation (i.e. tumor growth), programmed cell death (apoptosis), cell migration and invasion and angiogenesis associated with tumor growth. Compounds of the invention include “spectrum selective” kinase modulators, compounds that inhibit, regulate and/or modulate signal transduction across subfamilies of receptor-type tyrosine kinases, including ephrin and EGFR.Also disclosed are methods of making compounds for formula 8: comprising introducing group E2 into a compound of formula 7: wherein Ar, Z, P, and E2 are defined herein.
US09163001B2	Substituted chroman compounds as calcium sensing receptor modulators The present invention provides calcium sensing receptor modulators (CaSR). In particular, the compounds described herein are useful for treating, managing, and/or lessening the severity of diseases, disorders, syndromes and/or conditions associated with the modulation of calcium sensing receptors (CaSR). The invention also provides herein the pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for treating, managing, and/or lessening the severity of diseases, disorders, syndromes and/or conditions associated with the modulation of CaSR. The invention also relates to process for the preparation of the compounds of the invention.
US09163000B2	2-(alkoxy or aryloxy carbonyl)-4-methyl-6-(2,6.6-trimethylcyclohex-1- enyl)hex-2-enoic acid compounds, its preparation and use Compounds of the formula 1 wherein, R is hydrogen, alkyl or substituted alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl, are useful intermediates in the synthesis of fragrance ingredients such as Ambrox 2
US09162994B2	1,2,4-thiazoloidin-3-one derivatives and their use in the treatment of cancer According to the invention there is provided a compound of formula (I) wherein: A represents C(═N—W-D) or S; B represents S or C(—NH—W-D); when: A represents C(═N—W-D) and B represents S then the bond between B and the NH atom is a single bond; or A represents S and B represents C(—NH—W-D) then the bond between B and the NH atom is a double bond; X represents -Q-[CRxRy]n—; W represents —[CRxRy]m— or —C(O)—[CRxRy]p—; Q represents a bond, —N(Ra)—, —S—, or —O—; A1 to A5 respectively represent C(R1), C(R2), C(R3), C(R4) and C(R5), or, alternatively, up to two of A1 to A5 may independently represent N; D represents phenyl, pyridyl or pyrimidinyl optionally substituted by one or more R6 groups, which compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer.
US09162989B2	2,4-Pyrimidinediamine compounds and their uses The present invention provides 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds that inhibit the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades that lead to the release of chemical mediators, intermediates and methods of synthesizing the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of contexts, including in the treatment and prevention of diseases characterized by, caused by or associated with the release of chemical mediators via degranulation and other processes effected by activation of the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades.
US09162986B2	2-(2-hydroxybiphenyl-3-yl)-1H-benzoimidazole-5-carboxamidine derivatives as factor VIIA inhibitors The present invention relates to novel inhibitors of Factors VIIa, IXa, Xa, XIa, in particular Factor VIIa, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these inhibitors, and methods for using these inhibitors for treating or preventing thromboembolic disorders, cancer or rheumatoid arthritis. Processes for preparing these inhibitors are also disclosed.
US09162985B2	Salts and solvates of a tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative (S)-2-(Diphenylacetyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-methoxy-5-(phenylmethoxy)-3-isoquinoline carboxylic acid in substantially pure form is described together with its sodium salt and solvates. Methods for preparing the compound, its sodium salt and its solvates and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are also described.
US09162984B2	Small-molecule modulators of melanin expression The present invention relates to small molecule modulators of melanin expression and methods of making the small molecules. Also disclosed are methods of increasing pigmentation in a cell which involve providing compounds of the present invention and contacting a cell with the compounds under conditions effective to induce melanin expression in the cell, thereby increasing pigmentation. The present invention also relates to compositions containing compounds of the present invention and a carrier.
US09162981B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of neurodegenerative disease Compounds, compositions, kits and methods for treating conditions related to neurodegeneration or ocular disease, are disclosed.
US09162973B2	Method for preparing 2-aminobenzamide derivatives A method for preparing a compound of Formula 1 comprising contacting a compound of Formulae 2 and 3 in the presence of a palladium source, a ligand, a base and carbon monoxide wherein R1, R2, X and R3 are as defined in the disclosure. A method for preparing a compound of Formula 5 wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and Z are as defined in the disclosure, using a compound of Formula 1 characterized by preparing a compound of Formula 1 by the method disclosed above or using a compound of Formula 1 prepared by the method above.
US09162970B2	Promotion of imine formatin via cationic resin catalyst Methods and systems for purifying a crude aniline. The method can include contacting a crude aniline that can include aniline, water, and cyclohexanone with a cation exchange resin to produce a cyclohexanone-lean product that contains less cyclohexanone than the crude aniline. The cation exchange resin can be a solid, a semi-solid, or a combination thereof.
US09162959B2	Method of oxidation using nitric acid A controlled nitric acid process employing oxygen and nitric acid as co-oxidants is used to oxidize organic compounds subject to nitric acid oxidation, to their corresponding carboxylic acids. Oxidation of some carbohydrates by this process can produce one or more of their corresponding acid forms. The process is carried out at moderate temperatures, typically in the range of 20° C. to 45° C. in a closed reactor, with oxygen gas being introduced into the reaction chamber as needed in order to sustain the reaction. Computer controlled reactors allow for careful and reproducible control of reaction parameters. Nitric acid can be recovered by a distillation/evaporation process, or by diffusion dialysis, the aqueous solution made basic with inorganic hydroxide, and the residual inorganic nitrate removed using a filtration (nanofiltration) device. The method eliminates issues of thermal control of the oxidation, release of nitrogen into the atmosphere, and post-reaction difficulties in the removal of nitric acid and inorganic nitrates.
US09162958B2	Process for producing acetic acid Acetic acid is produced while inhibiting increased concentrations of hydrogen iodide and acetic acid in an acetaldehyde distillation column.A production process of acetic acid comprises a step for allowing methanol to react with carbon monoxide; a step for feeding a flasher with the reaction mixture to separate a volatile component (2A) and a low-volatile component (2B); a step for feeding a distillation column with the volatile component (2A), and separating an overhead (3A) containing methyl iodide, acetic acid, methyl acetate, water, acetaldehyde, and hydrogen iodide, and a stream (3B) containing acetic acid to collect acetic acid; and a separation step for feeding an acetaldehyde distillation column with at least part of the overhead (3A) and separating a liquid object to be treated containing the overhead (3A) into a lower boiling point component (4A) containing acetaldehyde and a higher boiling point component (4B); wherein, in the separation step, the liquid object contains methanol and/or dimethyl ether in a concentration of 0.1 to 50% by weight is subjected to distillation.
US09162957B2	Methods for oxidation of alpha tocotrienol in the presence of non-alpha tocotrienols A method of producing alpha-tocotrienol quinone or a stereoisomer thereof, the method comprising selective opening of alpha-tocotrienol chroman to alpha-tocotrienol quinone in the presence of non-alpha tocotrienol chromans by oxidizing alpha-tocotrienol with a metal salt oxidizing agent, wherein the stoichiometric ratio of metal salt oxidizing agent/alpha-tocotrienol is at least 4:1 and wherein said metal oxidizing agent is added in sequential additions, in order to reduce oxidation of any amounts of non-alpha tocotrienol chromans that might have been present in the starting alpha-tocotrienol chroman material. This process uses conditions favoring oxidation rates of the alpha tocotrienol chroman vs. the non-alpha tocotrienol chromans.
US09162950B2	Method for producing hydrogenated biphenol Provided is a method for efficiently producing high-purity hydrogenated biphenol based on a simple method that can be industrially utilized using easily-available biphenol as a starting material. The method for producing hydrogenated biphenol according to the present invention is a method for producing hydrogenated biphenol by hydrogenating biphenol represented by the following formula (1): to obtain hydrogenated biphenol represented by the following formula (2): the method including: a reaction step of hydrogenating the biphenol represented by formula (1); and a purification step of washing or crystallizing a reaction product obtained from the reaction step using an aromatic hydrocarbon.
US09162949B2	Method for the production of aliphatic alcohols and/or their ethers, in particular, 1-octanol A method for the production of aliphatic alcohols and/or their ethers, comprising the step of reacting a substrate of the general formula (I): in which m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 and n is 1 or 2; R1 is hydrogen, a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl rest, a primary alkanol rest, an aryl rest or one of the following radicals: and R2 is hydrogen or —CH2OH; with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst system, wherein the hydrogenation catalyst system comprises: a hydrogenation catalyst comprising Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd and/or Pt; and an acidic additive selected from the group of organoperfluorocarboxylic acids, hydrochloric acid, formic acid, acetic acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, sulfonic acid and/or organic compounds comprising sulfonic acid groups, phosphoric acid groups and/or phosphonic acid groups; with the proviso that the acidic additive is a liquid and/or at least partially dissolved in the substrate (I) during the reaction of (I) with hydrogen in the case that R2 is CH2OH.
US09162946B2	Process for preparing C3-6 (hydro)fluoroalkenes by dehydrohalogenating C3-6 halo(hydro)fluoroalkanes in the presence of a zinc/chromia catalyst The invention relates to a process for preparing a C3-6 (hydro)fluoroalkene comprising dehydrohalogenating a C3-6 hydro(halo)fluoroalkane in the presence of a zinc/chromia catalyst, wherein the C3-6 (hydro)fluoroalkene produced is isomerised in the presence of the zinc/chromia catalyst.
US09162944B2	Systems and methods for conditioning synthetic crude oil Systems and methods for conditioning synthetic crude oils are provided herein. The systems and methods described herein subject the synthetic crude to one or more process solutions to provide conditioned synthetic crude exhibiting, for example, a reduced TAN.
US09162943B2	Method of converting a coal to chemicals A method of processing a coal feed to produce aromatic hydrocarbon compounds includes providing a coal tar stream and converting the coal tar stream to a conversion product comprising at least olefins, paraffins, and aromatics. The process further includes separating the olefins and C5− paraffins from the conversion product, and contacting the separated olefins and the C5− paraffins with a catalyst to dehydrogenize, oligomerize, and cyclize the olefins and the C5− paraffins, to form aromatic hydrocarbon compounds.
US09162941B2	Process to make olefins from isobutanol A process for the conversion of an alcohol mixture to make propylene may include introducing into a reactor a stream that includes the alcohol mixture. The alcohol mixture may include 20 to 100 weight percent isobutanol. The process may include contacting the stream with a single catalyst at a temperature above 450° C. in the reactor at conditions effective to dehydrate the isobutanol, forming C4+ olefins, and to catalytically crack the C4+ olefins. The single catalyst may be an acid catalyst adapted to cause both the dehydration and the catalytic cracking. The process may include recovering from the reactor an effluent that includes ethylene, propylene, water, and various hydrocarbons. The process may include fractionating the effluent to produce an ethylene stream, a propylene stream, a fraction of hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms or more, and water.
US09162940B2	Process to make olefins from isobutanol A process for the conversion of an alcohol mixture may include introducing into a reactor a stream including the alcohol mixture mixed with a stream including olefins having 4 carbon atoms or more. The process may include contacting the stream with a single catalyst at a temperature above 500° C. in the reactor at conditions effective to dehydrate isobutanol, forming C4+ olefins, and to catalytically crack the C4+ olefins. The single catalyst may be an acid catalyst adapted to cause both the dehydration and catalytic cracking. The process may include recovering an effluent including ethylene, propylene, and water, and fractionating the effluent.
US09162939B2	Carbon nanohoops and methods of making The present invention provides cycloparaphenylene compounds, their macrocyclic precursors, and methods for making the compounds. The cycloparaphenylene compounds can be used to prepare armchair carbon nanotubes.
US09162937B2	Process to make olefins from organics with reduced side reactions The present invention is a process for making an olefin product from an oxygen-containing organic feedstock comprising: providing a mixture of said oxygen-containing feedstock, an hydrocarbon and optionally an inert diluent, contacting said mixture in a reaction zone having an inner surface (the MTO reactor) with a zeolitic catalyst at conditions effective to convert at least a part of the oxygen-containing organic feedstock to olefin products (the MTO reactor effluent), recovering a reactor effluent comprising light olefins, a heavy hydrocarbon fraction and undesired by-products, wherein: at least a part of the inner surface is passivated such that the undesired by-products are reduced by comparison with a non passivated inner surface and/or one or more sulphur compound is co-injected with the said oxygen-containing feedstock and the hydrocarbon and said sulphur compound is capable to reduce the undesired by-products by comparison with a non injection of sulphur compound. The present invention is of high interest for the catalyst of the ZSM type such as ZSM-5 optionally containing phosphorus and regenerated in the MTO reactor.
US09162932B2	Fertilizer composition and method for preparing the same A method of producing a granulated and compacted fertilizer having incorporated micronutrients in which the granulated primary nutrient and micronutrients are mixed at smaller particle sizes before being compacted into a larger, easier to handle particle sizes.
US09162930B2	PVD ALN film with oxygen doping for a low etch rate hardmask film The present invention generally relates to a doped aluminum nitride hardmask and a method of making a doped aluminum nitride hardmask. By adding a small amount of dopant, such as oxygen, when forming the aluminum nitride hardmask, the wet etch rate of the hardmask can be significantly reduced. Additionally, due to the presence of the dopant, the grain size of the hardmask is reduced compared to a non-doped aluminum nitride hardmask. The reduced grain size leads to smoother features in the hardmask which leads to more precise etching of the underlying layer when utilizing the hardmask.
US09162923B2	Method of preparing micro/nano hybrid woven fabric surfaces for oil-oil filtration or oil-water filtration A method to prepare polymer woven fabric surface with selective oleophilicity or hydrophobicity and oil-oil separation and oil-water separation filter prepared by using the surface. The method to prepare the surface with selective oleophilicity or hydrophobicity includes steps comprising a step to form nano meter sized pores on the surface of the polymer woven fabric surface with micro sized pores through drying type etching; and a step to form selective oleophobic or hydrophobic film on the nano meter sized pores. It is possible to control hydrophobic/oleophobic property according to pore size, material or thickness of the film and this polymer surface with hybrid pores can be used in various areas such as an oil filter for car capable of selective separation of oil-oil mixture and water-oil mixture, disposal of waste oil, treatment of marine oil leakage, and pretreatment of crude oil refinement.
US09162922B2	Glass ceramic composition A glass ceramic composition that contains a first ceramic including at least one of MgAl2O4 and Mg2SiO4; a second ceramic including BaO, RE2O3 (RE is a rare-earth element), and TiO2; glass containing each of 44.0 to 69.0 weight % of RO (R is an alkaline-earth metal), 14.2 to 30.0 weight % of SiO2, 10.0 to 20.0 weight % of B2O3, 0.5 to 4.0 weight % of Al2O3, 0.3 to 7.5 weight % of Li2O, and 0.1 to 5.5 weight % of MgO; and MnO.
US09162919B2	High strain point aluminosilicate glasses Described herein are alkali-free, boroalumino silicate glasses exhibiting desirable physical and chemical properties for use as substrates in flat panel display devices, such as, active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs) and active matrix organic light emitting diode displays (AMOLEDs). In accordance with certain of its aspects, the glasses possess good dimensional stability as a function of temperature.
US09162915B1	Panel assembly having thin bondline with reduced edge stress A structure may include a first layer, a second layer, and an adhesive layer. The first layer may have a faying surface, a side edge, and a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The second layer may also have a faying surface, a side edge, and a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is different than the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The adhesive layer may be interposed between the first and second faying surfaces. The faying surface of at least one of the first and second layers may include an edge treatment extending along at least a portion of a respective one of the side edges. The edge treatment may have an edge treatment length measured along a direction generally parallel to the faying surface and an edge treatment height measured along a direction generally perpendicular to the faying surface.
US09162910B2	Fluid treatment system A fluid treatment system includes a fluid source, at least one anaerobic reactor vessel, and at least one aerobic reactor vessel. The anaerobic reactor vessel contains retaining a set of retaining structures that are at least partially coated with an anaerobic biofilm. The aerobic reactor vessel contains an aerobic biofilm. When fluid from the fluid source is exposed to the anaerobic biofilm, the anaerobic biofilm removes one or more metal substances from the fluid. When the fluid is exposed to the aerobic biofilm, the aerobic biofilm may cause organic materials in the fluid to metabolize. The system also may include a precipitation reactor that separates divalent metals from the fluid, a settling facility that forms a slurry comprising separated metals, and a neutralization reactor that modifies the fluid to a substantially neutral pH.
US09162907B2	Ion exchanger, method of manufacturing the same, and ion exchange filter device and electro-deionization device including the same An ion exchanger according to a non-limiting embodiment may include an open cell polymer support and a microporous polymer matrix charged within the open cell polymer support. The microporous polymer matrix includes an ion conductive polymer. The ion conductive polymer may be obtained by polymerizing monomers having at least one ion exchange functional group and at least one cross-linkable functional group with a cross-linking agent having at least two cross-linkable functional groups.
US09162906B2	Method for desalinating saltwater using concentration gradient energy Described herein are a method and system for desalinating saltwater using concentration difference energy. A “five stream” dialytic stack is described that can be used to desalinate saltwater at a relatively high recovery ratio. The dialytic stack may include, for example, one or more drive cells having a paired concentrate and a diluent-c chamber in ionic communication with a product chamber that is adjacent to an anion and a cation discharge chamber each filled with diluent-p. The drive cell applies a drive voltage across the product chamber, and when the drive voltage exceeds a desalination voltage of the product chamber, the saltwater in the product chamber is desalinated. The dialytic stack may accept brine discharged from a first desalination plant as saltwater to be desalinated. Processing the brine in the dialytic stack may decrease its volume, decreasing costs associated with treating or otherwise disposing of the brine.
US09162905B2	Anti-pollution electrocatalysis composite membrane and membrane reactor The present invention relates an antifouling electrocatalytic composite membrane and a membrane reactor. The electrocatalytic composite membrane (3) consists of a substrate and a catalytic coating, wherein the substrate is selected from a conductive substrate or a nonconductive substrate coated with a conductive coating, and the substrate is a porous support having supporting, conducting and separating functions. The catalytic coating is supported or coated on the surface and in the pores of the conductive substrate or the conductive coating so as to increase the electrocatalytic activity of the substrate. The membrane reactor provides a trans-membrane pressure as the membrane separation power generated by a pump (7) and dead-end filtration or cross-flow filtration is applied, then the feed liquid permeates through the membrane from one side to the other to achieve the separation of the liquid; meanwhile, an electrocatalytic composite membrane (3) as anode and an auxiliary electrode (4) as cathode are connected to a power supply (1) separately by conducting wires (2) so that an electrolysis apparatus is formed. The electrocatalytic composite membrane (3) has a self-cleaning function and achieves the pollution-free operation during the membrane separation.
US09162902B2	Removal of aqueous phase selenite and selenate using artifical and solar radiation energized photocatalysis A method for the removal of aqueous phase selenite and selenate species using TiO2 assisted photocatalysis employing the use of artificial light, or solar radiation, in conjunction with EDTA as a hole scavenger. Among the two processes, UV-lamp assisted photocatalysis has the highest efficiency comparatively followed by solar light assisted photocatalysis. TiO2 mediated photocatalysis in conjunction with EDTA as an h+ scavenging agent is an efficient technique for selenium ion removal.
US09162900B2	Method for preparing a water-compatible composition of metal oxide nanocrystals and the water-compatible composition obtained A method for preparing a composition of metal oxide nanocrystals from at least one organometallic precursor in an aprotic solvent in the presence of at least one PEG ligand including a carbon chain having at least one end functionalized by a coordinating group containing at least one heteroatom, and at least one [—OCH2CH2]n, group, such that it is soluble in both the aprotic solvent medium and in water. The resulting water-compatible and organocompatible composition of metal oxide nanocrystals is also described.
US09162899B2	BaX type Zeolite granule and process for preparing the same The present invention provides a method for preparing a BaX type zeolite granules comprising: adding a carbohydrate-based molding promoter to NaX type zeolite powder and thereto subsequently spraying and blending alumina sol and silica sol to form granules of the mixture; heating the formed granules to convert the alumina and silica component to aluminosilica so as to generate pores inside the formed granules; hydrothermally treating the resulted granules in a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution under the conditions for zeolite synthesis, thereby converting a portion of the aluminosilica to zeolite; and carrying out ion-exchanging by Ba ions. The present invention also provides BaX type zeolite granules which have excellent strength and can be suitably used as an adsorbent in simulated moving bed (SMB) application.
US09162897B2	Method of preparing silver loaded activated carbon fiber A method of preparing a silver loaded activated carbon fiber includes the following steps. A viscose fiber is treated with a hydroxyalkyl cyclodextrin aqueous solution to obtain a hydroxyalkyl cyclodextrin loaded viscose fiber. The hydroxyalkyl cyclodextrin loaded viscose fiber is then treated with a silver salt aqueous solution to obtain a hydroxyalkyl cyclodextrin and silver salt loaded viscose fiber. The hydroxyalkylated cyclodextrin and silver salt loaded viscose fiber is heated in deionized water at 80 to 100° C. to obtain a silver loaded viscose fiber. The silver loaded viscose fiber is treated with a disodium hydrogen phosphate aqueous solution and then heated under nitrogen at 400 to 600° C. to obtain a silver loaded carbon fiber. The silver loaded carbon fiber is heated under nitrogen and water vapor at 900 to 1,200° C. to obtain the silver loaded activated carbon fiber.
US09162896B2	Method for making polymer composites containing graphene sheets In one embodiment, a method for producing a graphene-containing composition is provided, the method comprising: (i) mixing a graphene oxide with a medium to form a mixture; and (ii) heating the mixture to a temperature above about 40° C., whereby a graphene-containing composition is formed from the mixture. Composites of polymers with disperse functionalized graphene sheets and the applications thereof are also described.
US09162895B2	Method and apparatus for manufacturing graphene powder and graphene powder manufactured using the same A method for manufacturing a graphene powder capable of minimizing aggregation of graphene particles and a graphene powder manufactured using the same are disclosed. The method includes preparing a graphene solution in which graphene particles are dispersed in a solvent, aggregating the graphene particles, separating the aggregated graphene particles from the solvent, and drying the graphene particles.
US09162890B2	Recovery of sulfur trioxide heat of absorption A contact process for manufacture of sulfuric acid in which the vapor phase heat of formation of sulfuric acid in the sulfur trioxide conversion gas and the heat of absorption of SO3 in sulfuric acid is recovered by transfer of heat from the absorption acid to high pressure boiler feed water that is fed to a waste heat boiler where steam is generated at a pressure of at least 40 bar by transfer of heat from sulfur dioxide combustion gas.
US09162889B2	Hydraulic desalination device and method A hydraulic desalination system, device and method includes lowering the pressure of liquid saltwater to the vaporization point by generating flow through piping and accompanying infrastructure that may include valves that impart friction and control flow, capturing the vapor, condensing the vapor using higher pressure supplied by the ambient surroundings producing freshwater, recovering the heat released during condensation by maintaining ambient temperatures greater than vapor temperatures, and then using the recovered heat to enhance and perpetuate vaporization in a cyclical manner. A novel spring-loaded pump for pumping fluids may facilitate the process.
US09162888B2	Reformed gas production method and reformed gas production apparatus The present invention relates to a reformed gas production apparatus that includes a reaction chamber containing a reforming catalyst, a supply route to the reaction chamber, a reformed gas conduction route from the reaction chamber, and a reaction chamber temperature control means that controls a temperature of the reaction chamber. The supply route supplies a fluid that includes a fuel containing a hydrocarbon having at least two carbon atoms, at least one of steam and a carbon dioxide-containing gas, and an oxygen-containing gas. The fuel can be a mixed fuel that includes a plurality of types of hydrocarbons that each have at least two carbon atoms. The reaction chamber temperature control means relates to the thermal decomposition index temperature of the fuel, which defines an upper limit temperature of the reforming reaction region.
US09162885B2	Graphene-encapsulated nanoparticle-based biosensor for the selective detection of biomarkers A field effect transistor (FET) with a source electrode and a drain electrode distanced apart from each other on a semi-conductor substrate, and a gate electrode consisting of a uniform layer of reduced graphene oxide encapsulated semiconductor nanoparticles (rGO-NPs), wherein the gate electrode is disposed between and contacts both the source and drain electrodes. Methods of making and assay methods using the FETs are also disclosed, including methods in which the rGO-NPs are functionalized with binding partners for biomarkers.
US09162884B2	Method and apparatus for in vivo surveillance of circulating biological components The invention relates generally to in vivo collection of circulating molecules, tumor cells and other biological markers using a collecting probe. The probe is configured for placement within a living organism for an extended period of time to provide sufficient yield of biological marker for analysis.
US09162883B2	Doped carbon nanotubes and transparent conducting films containing the same Transparent conducting electrodes include a doped single walled carbon nanotube film and methods for forming the doped single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) by solution processing. The method generally includes depositing single walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in a solvent and a surfactant onto a substrate to form a single walled carbon nanotube film thereon; removing all of the surfactant from the carbon nanotube film; and exposing the single walled carbon nanotube film to a single electron oxidant in a solution such that one electron is transferred from the single walled carbon nanotubes to each molecule of the single electron oxidant.
US09162882B2	Highly luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals A method of making a semiconductor nanocrystal can include contacting an M-containing compound with an X donor having the formula X(Y(R)3)3, where X is a group V element and Y is a group IV element.
US09162879B2	Electronic device An electronic device is obtained in such a way that a MEMS substrate having a MEMS element mounted thereon and a CMOS substrate are bonded together at bonding surfaces and with a bonding material M having fluidity, wherein the MEMS substrate has a bonding projection part provided to project from a substrate main body and having the bonding surface and a gap formation part disposed between the bonding projection part and the MEMS element, and the gap formation part is supported by the bonding projection part via a plurality of support pieces extending from the bonding projection part and forms reception gaps, which are capable of receiving the bonding material M extruded from the bonding surface to the side of the MEMS element, between the wall surface thereof and the bonding projection part.
US09162877B2	Lateral etch stop for NEMS release etch for high density NEMS/CMOS monolithic integration Structure and method for fabricating a barrier layer that separates an electromechanical device and a CMOS device on a substrate. An example structure includes a protective layer encapsulating the electromechanical device, where the barrier layer may withstand an etch process capable of removing the protective layer, but not the barrier layer. The substrate may be silicon-on-insulator or a multilayer wafer substrate. The electromechanical device may be a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) or a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS).
US09162876B2	Process for manufacturing a membrane microelectromechanical device, and membrane microelectromechanical device Disclosed herein is a microelectromechanical device and a process for manufacturing same. One or more embodiments may include forming a semiconductor structural layer separated from a substrate by a dielectric layer, and opening a plurality of trenches through the structural layer exposing a portion of the dielectric layer. A sacrificial portion of the dielectric layer is selectively removed through the plurality of trenches in membrane regions so as to free a corresponding portion of the structural layer to form a membrane. To close the trenches, the wafer is brought to an annealing temperature for a time interval in such a way as to cause migration of the atoms of the membrane so as to reach a minimum energy configuration.
US09162869B1	MEMS microphone package structure having non-planar substrate and method of manufacturing same A MEMS microphone package structure having a non-planar substrate includes the non-planar substrate, a cover plate, and a sound wave transducer. The non-planar substrate has a carrying bottom portion and a sidewall. The carrying bottom portion has a sound hole. The cover plate covers the non-planar substrate from above and connects to the sidewall. Both the cover plate and the sidewall have a metal layer for shielding the microphone from electromagnetic interference. The sound wave transducer is located corresponding to the sound hole. Hence, the sidewall reinforces the non-planar substrate, such that the carrying bottom portion is thinned without weakening the non-planar substrate, so as to increase the capacity of a back chamber of the microphone without changing the appearance and dimensions of the package structure.
US09162868B2	MEMS device A MEMS device includes a fixed electrode and a movable electrode arranged isolated and spaced from the fixed electrode by a distance. The movable electrode is suspended against the fixed electrode by one or more spacers including an insulating material, wherein the movable electrode is laterally affixed to the one or more spacers.
US09162867B2	Through-silicon via resonators in chip packages and methods of assembling same A process of forming a through-silicon via (TSV) in a die includes forming a movable member in the TSV that can be actuated or that can be a sensor. Action of the movable member in the TSV can result in a logic word being sent from the TSV die to a subsequent die. The TSV die may be embedded in a substrate. The TSV die may also be coupled to a subsequent die.
US09162866B2	Dual pump fluid proportioner with adjustable motor position A dual pump fluid proportioner having an adjustable motor position comprises a mounting plate, first and second positive displacement pumps, first and second tie rods, a pump yoke and a motor. The first and second tie rods fixedly connect the first and second pumps to the mounting plate. The first and second pumps each have a pump shaft. The pump yoke slidably couples to the first and second tie rods and the pump shafts. The motor adjustably couples to the mounting plate and includes a drive shaft. The drive shaft extends from the motor, through the mounting plate to adjustably couple to the yoke.
US09162865B2	Self contained bio fuel trans load with heating apparatus for rail care offloading and distribution A self-contained bio fuel trans load has a heating apparatus to allow different feed stock bio fuels to be trans loaded from a rail car to a vehicle or storage container. Several mechanical apparatus are incorporated into a single, self-contained unit which allows a safe and metered trans load of bio fuels from one point to another for the growing alternative energy market. The heating apparatus allows the bio fuel to be heated if necessary due to feed stock and pour point. The self-contained unit allows for distribution and metering of the bio fuel onto a vehicle for resale. The self-contained unit can be located at the most convenient site to achieve a minimum expenditure and liability.
US09162864B1	Beverage tray filling assembly A beverage tray filling assembly includes a housing having a bottom and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from the bottom of the housing. The perimeter wall defines a base of the housing. An access opening extends through the perimeter wall of the housing. A tank is coupled to the housing and configured for holding a beverage. A filling assembly is coupled to and positioned in the housing. The filling assembly is in fluid communication with the tank whereby the filling assembly dispenses the beverage from the tank. A tray is insertable through the access opening and positionable in the base of the housing. Each of a plurality of serving cups is positioned in an associated aperture in the tray. The tray is positionable such that each serving cup receives the beverage dispensed from the tank by the filling assembly.
US09162863B2	Method of storing beer kegs and dispensing beer in a commercial bar or restaurant, a method of storing beverage barrels in a commercial bar or restaurant, and an apparatus therefor A method of storing beer kegs and dispensing beer in a commercial bar or restaurant, a method of storing beverage barrels in a commercial bar or restaurant, and an apparatus therefor. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US09162861B1	Dielectric support arm for a yoke platform A dielectric support arm is provided for use with a yoke platform with the yoke platform being secured to the outer end of the innermost boom section of a truck mounted boom structure. The dielectric support arm is positioned between the yoke adapter and the yoke platform.
US09162856B2	Lifting device for vehicle wheels A device for lifting and holding the front or rear wheels of small to medium size and weight vehicles such as snow blowers, golf carts or lawn mowers is disclosed. The device contains two platform assemblies configured for wedging under the wheels of vehicles and a hoist configured for lifting the wheel to a desired height to provide access to the underside of the vehicle.
US09162855B1	Wheel lifting dolly A wheel lift system for efficiently lifting and positioning a wheel and tire onto a wheel hub includes a support structure configured having three legs, and a wheel mounted at the end of each leg. A base block is mounted on the support structure, and a gas actuator is mounted on the base block. A wheel carriage is mounted on the air actuator, the air actuator being configured for facilitating vertical lift of the wheel carriage.
US09162854B1	Tree mounted hoist device A tree mounted hoist device for mounting a hoist to a tree facilitates lifting of a tree stand or the like. The device includes a bracket having a first section and a second section. The first section is configured for coupling to a tree wherein the second section defines a step extending from the tree. An elongated member has a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the bracket wherein the elongated member extends from the bracket. A pulley is coupled to the elongated member in spaced relationship to the first end whereby the pulley is positioned in laterally spaced relationship to the tree.
US09162853B2	Drum load monitoring An assembly for monitoring load on a drum during an operation in a well with a well access line deployed from the drum. The assembly may include multiple line detection mechanisms for acquiring real-time information relative to dynamic characteristics of the lone over the course of the operation. The assembly also includes a processor for computing the real-time information in light of pre-stored information relative to physical characteristics of the line and the drum. As a result, real-time monitoring of a load on the drum may be achieved. Thus, the operation may be adjusted in real-time as necessary to avoid over-loading of the drum. Additionally, a drum load history may be recorded so as to better account for the true condition of the drum following successive operations.
US09162850B2	Elevator shaft closure door frame with control arrangement A door frame of an elevator shaft closure has a chamber in which an elevator control arrangement is arranged. The elevator shaft closure separates an elevator shaft of a building from a story of the building. The elevator control arrangement includes an elevator control unit and at least one electronic power unit, which is connectible with an elevator motor.
US09162847B2	Wire dispenser for beading Wire used for beading is coiled on a rotably mounted reel in a dispenser having a reel brake bearing against the reel with the wire passing through a channel as extended to the exterior of the dispenser with the wire frictionally engaging both the walls of the channel and a resilient element pressing against the wire to modulate the force required to withdraw the wire from the dispenser to a value which is high enough to prevent spontaneous unwinding of the wire from around the reel but still allowing easy removal from the dispenser when desired.
US09162845B2	Medium delivery apparatus and image forming apparatus An invented medium delivery apparatus includes a delivery unit, a medium stacking unit, a detection unit, and a sensor. The delivery unit delivers a conveyed medium. The medium stacking unit stacks the medium delivered from the delivery unit. The detection unit is disposed between the delivery unit and the medium stacking unit in a medium conveyance direction, and detects an amount of the medium delivered to the medium stacking unit. The sensor senses a motion of the detection unit. The detection unit has a detachable tip portion. The medium delivery apparatus is able to change the sheet number of media stacked on the medium stacking unit where the medium stacking unit is in a full status with the stacked media.
US09162838B2	Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming system A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a first sheet conveying unit that conveys a sheet by a driving force of an asynchronous motor; a second sheet conveying unit that conveys a sheet by a driving force of a synchronous motor, wherein a sheet is transferred from one of the first sheet conveying unit and the second sheet conveying unit to the other one to convey the sheet; and an asynchronous-motor control unit that starts drive of the asynchronous motor at a drive start timing determined according to rotation information at a time of acceleration of the synchronous motor, at a time of starting sheet conveyance when a same sheet is conveyed by both the first sheet conveying unit and the second sheet conveying unit.
US09162835B2	Roller member, sheet feeder and image forming apparatus In a roller member where a rotary shaft is inserted through a through-hole of a roller part so that the roller part is removably mounted on the rotary shaft, the rotary shaft is provided with a positioning retention part for retaining one end of the roller part. Further, the rotary shaft is provided with an engagement recess at place on its portion outward of the other end of the roller part. An engagement protrusion is provided at a snap fit portion extended axially outward from the other end of the roller part. In a state where the snap fit portion is elastically deformed in a direction opposite to the extension direction, the engagement protrusion is engaged with the engagement recess.
US09162834B1	Front-edge paper feeding device A front-edge paper feeding device is applicable for automatically conveying a stack of cardboards one by one. During operation, the stack of cardboards is placed on a grid plate, and a control element is provided for controlling the grid plate to elevate and descend reciprocally. When the grid plate elevates, the cardboards are separated from a conveyor wheel. When the grid plate descends, the conveyor wheel is exposed, such that the conveyor wheel is in contact with the cardboard. A servomotor is provided for controlling intermittent rotations of the transmission shaft while driving the conveyor wheel, so that the conveyor wheel drives the cardboard to move in order to convey and output the cardboard smoothly.
US09162831B2	Device for blocking a vehicle, method therefor and loading-unloading station provided therewith Disclosed is a device for blocking a vehicle, a method making use of such a device and a loading-unloading station provided therewith. The device includes a guide track disposed along a driveway, a blocking component for blocking a wheel of the vehicle, and height-adjusting component for height adjustment of the guide track and/or the blocking component during use. The device preferably includes an anti-roll mode, wherein the blocking component engages at a first height, and a locking mode, wherein the blocking component engages at a second, greater height.
US09162826B2	Self-aligning, quick exchange, transformable concave belt conveyor The invention relates, in particular, to a self-aligning, quick exchange, transformable concave belt conveyor (FIG. 1). The combined solutions allow components worn by continuous use of the equipment to be quickly replaced, the load to be carried in a stable manner, auxiliary aligning components to be dispensed with and, above all, belts of different widths and rollers with different angles of inclination to be used in the same structure. The main component is the integral segmented catenary, with a flexible shaft, roller cage with a ball seat and self-locking connection fastening (FIG. 2). The bench is hinged to a telescopic support that allows changing the angle of inclination of the roller, and widening or narrowing the structure belts of different widths, forming a self-alignment rocker (FIG. 3). The conveyor has a driving drum driven in a special manner, the drum being telescopic and formed by radial tubes attached to the side and central reflectors, producing the telescopic effect (FIG. 4) for respective belt widths. The drum also has a shaft device with a fitted tip, instead of an integral shaft, thus enabling fast replacement (FIG. 5). Finally, another innovation of the conveyor is the mobile structure with interconnections of the U-shaped profile by means of telescopic tubes (FIG. 6) which allow the width to be expanded or reduced in order to adapt the conveyor to particular belt widths. The invention is particularly useful in the field of concave belt conveyors.
US09162821B2	Bucket elevator arrangement with at least three separately operated bucket elevator strands A bucket conveyor arrangement having a plurality of bucket conveyor lines (11) arranged alongside one another and having a charging device for charging bulk material onto the bucket conveyor lines (11), wherein a common drive shaft (13) for driving the bucket conveyor lines (11), having in each case a drive motor (17) that is attached to the associated end of the drive shaft (13) and acts on the drive shaft (13), is provided, is characterized in that at least three bucket conveyor lines (11) which are arranged alongside one another and can be coupled to and uncoupled from one or both drive motors (17) in each case individually and separately from one another are provided, wherein the bucket conveyor lines (11) are assigned a common charging device in the form of a bulk-material stream splitter (30) which has a receiving hopper (31) having a central charging point (32) for forming a natural bulk-material cone in the interior of the receiving hopper (31) and also outlets (35) arranged on the receiving hopper (31) on a position line that extends with a radius around the charging point (32) and is located within the natural bulk-material cone that is formed when the bulk-material stream splitter (30) is loaded with bulk material, wherein each outlet (35) is assigned to a bucket conveyor line (11) and can be opened and closed individually by an actuable closure member.
US09162820B2	Conveyor device with improved adhesive properties A conveyor device includes a conveyor belt with a surface oriented towards the outer face of the conveyor belt. The surface has a plurality of microstructures with protruding regions such that an object adheres to the surface when the object comes into contact with the surface on the basis of the resulting van der Waals forces.
US09162816B1	Double tank assembly with shipping notches and lifting eyes A dual wall storage container assembly is provided for storing liquids. The container includes a one-piece, molded inner tank which can be installed and removed from a molded outer tank. Notches are provided adjacent the bottom of the outer tank to align the inner tank within the outer tank. A horizontal shelf surrounds the mouth of the outer tank, with a horizontal shoulder on the top of the inner tank overlying the shelf. A seal is provided between the shelf and the shoulder to inhibit moisture migration. A drip edge is provided on the top outer perimeter of the inner tank to further inhibit moisture migration between the shelf and the shoulder. A tab on the shoulder is received in a notch in the shelf to preclude rotation between the nested tanks. Lifting flanges on the outer tank allow both tanks to be lifted simultaneously while nested together.
US09162814B2	Adaptor pallet The adaptor pallet includes two sets of parallel tracks, a lifting structure connecting the tracks at an elevated level, a loading end for introducing dollies to the adapter pallet, and a closed end including a stopper for limiting the movement of dollies. The adaptor pallet further includes a locking plate which is rotatably connected to the lifting structure at one end, while another end of the locking plate includes a stopper protrusion and a member for releasably affixing the locking plate into a horizontal position such that the stopper protrusion limits the movement of the dollies at the loading end of the adaptor pallet, wherein the locking plate is releasable from the horizontal position into an angled position for opening the loading end of the adaptor pallet.
US09162809B2	Food package with supplementary food container A food tray comprising a side wall module, a lid and a bottom, where the bottom and the side wall module are held together in a detachable manner, where the bottom can be removed from the side wall module by the use of a removal means attached to the bottom, where the lid is attached to the upper rim of the food tray, where the tray further comprises a supplementary food container positioned in the tray, which is attached to the bottom in a detachable manner and which is fixedly attached to the lid of the food tray, and where the supplementary food container is opened when the bottom is removed from the side wall module. The advantage of the invention is that an additional food can be held separated from the rest of the food in a food tray but can be heated at the same time and that the supplementary food container is opened at the same time as the food tray is opened.
US09162808B2	Insulated food container The present invention relates to an insulated take home food container. In particular, the present invention relates to a laminate of metallic or non-metallic heat reflective film, either flat or in a manner to create air pockets, utilized to increase the holding time a food stays warm in the container. The container can have flat surface or dividing walls depending on the use of the box.
US09162807B2	Pressure container with differential vacuum panels An improved blow molded plastic container having generally rounded sidewalls that are adapted for hot-fill applications has two adjacent sides and two pairs of controlled deflection panels, each pair reacting to vacuum pressure at differing rates of movement, whereby one pair inverts under vacuum pressure and the other pair remains available for increased squeezability or extreme vacuum extraction. The opposing sidewalls are symmetric relative to vacuum panel and rib shape and placement. The ribs and controlled deflection panels cooperate to retain container shape upon filling and cooling and also improves bumper denting resistance, decreases vacuum pressure within the container, and increases light weight capability.
US09162804B2	Dispensing cap for attaching to a container The present invention provides a dispensing cap for attaching to a container, which includes a dispensing chamber having an interior compartment for holding an ingredient to be dispensed into the container. The top end of the dispensing chamber has a flexible diaphragm and an actuator button and the lower end of the dispensing chamber is connected to a frangible membrane. The dispensing chamber includes a threaded bottle cap for attaching the container to the dispensing cap. A piercing shaft includes four rectangular shaped vanes which engage and pierce the center of an s-shaped frangible section of the frangible membrane at the bottom of the dispensing chamber. This causes the s-shaped frangible section of the frangible membrane to rupture and thereby form an opening in the bottom of the interior compartment of the dispensing chamber so that the ingredient housed within the compartment freely passes through the dispensing opening and into the container.
US09162802B2	Drink bottle A drink bottle may include a container and a lid connected to the container. The lid may include a spout and a spout cover. Each of the spout and the spout cover may be moved in opposite directions between a stowed configuration and a dispensing configuration.
US09162801B2	Product container A soft sided container that, when filled, is substantially cuboid in shape and has two flaps extending from upper edges of the front and rear panels. The flaps have fold lines such that, the flaps fold together. Holes cut in upper regions of the flaps form handles. Lengthwise across a top panel of the container is an elongated closure device that opens for accessing of the materials stored within and closes to seal the container. The elongated fastener continues at least partially across two triangular side flaps such that, when open, one of the triangular side flaps serves as a pouring spout. In some embodiments, a side flap retainer is connected between the side flaps to removably hold the side flaps in place against the top of the container.
US09162800B2	Device for providing drinkable liquids A device includes a pressure container, a pressure reducer, and a valve. The pressure container contains a liquid container deformable under pressure. The pressure reducer provides a liquid which bears with a first (e.g., lower) pressure against a first connector of the pressure reducer and with a second (e.g., higher) pressure at a second connector of the pressure reducer. The first connector is connectable to the liquid container, and the second connector is accessible from outside the pressure container. Due to the pressure reducer, liquid from the liquid container can be provided with a second pressure at the second connector. The valve adds a gas to at least part of the interior space of the pressure container remaining after receipt of the liquid container, the gas having an overpressure, such that a liquid in the liquid container bears with the first pressure against the first connector.
US09162798B2	Beverage can including antimicrobial wipe An improved beverage can includes a GRAS antimicrobial wipe contained in a low profile pouch that is adhered to the side of the can. The low profile pouch is constructed of a substantially planar substrate that retains the wipe directly to the exterior surface of the can. The pouch includes a perforated tab that is removed to access the wipe. To use, the perforated tab is ripped off, the user reaches into the pouch and pulls out the antimicrobial wipe, and wipes the can as desired, typically focusing on the drinking region of the can.
US09162795B2	Beverage container lid with mouth opening and separate push in vent A container lid includes a conventional main or pour opening and a vent opening spaced from the main opening. A vent score defines the shape of the vent opening, and a vent panel covers the vent opening. The vent panel has a raised convex shape. The lower surface of the tab handle includes a protruding portion, seen as a concave shaped element when viewed from above the container lid. The protruding portion of the tab handle can be aligned with the vent panel so application of a downward force on the tab handle transfers force to the vent panel and breaks the vent score. The shapes of the vent panel and concave element of the tab handle can be adjusted for selective and controlled force transfer to create the vent opening.
US09162791B2	Safety brake device for theatre hoist A safety brake device for a theatre hoist to prevent the uncontrolled release of a load that is suspended above or below people includes an overrunning clutch and a torque disc. The torque disc only rotates with the overrunning clutch when the load is lowered, but must overcome friction forces applied to the surface of the torque disc to do so. The friction forces are constantly applied to the torque disc by maintaining friction material in contact with the torque disc. The friction material is a non-asbestos, non-metallic composite saturated with a lubricant.
US09162785B2	Method and nozzle for suppressing the generation of iron-containing vapor A method, an installation and a nozzle (1) for suppressing the generation of iron-containing vapor during filling or emptying of a container (2) for an iron-containing metal melt with the aid of CO2 snow, a CO2 snow jet (22) being applied by means of the nozzle (1) dispersing in a substantially planar manner onto a surface of an iron-containing stream (23) which is poured into or out of the container (2). The invention consequently at least partially solves the technical problems outlined in connection with the prior art. In particular, a device is proposed which allows cost-effective and space-saving suppression of the generation of iron-containing vapor during the filling or emptying of a container 2 with the aid of a reduced CO2 snow quantity.
US09162784B2	Contact lens packaging solutions The present invention relates to improved contact lens products which not only have initial insertion comfort. The contact lens product of the invention comprises a soft hydrogel contact lens immersed and autoclaved in a packaging solution including a low molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG) (or glycerin) and a homopolymer or copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone. The present invention also provides methods for making contact lens products of the invention.
US09162782B2	Apparatus for packing stacks of folded tissue products and the like with film An apparatus for packaging stacks of folded tissue products or the like with blanks of plastic film is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one pocket comprising a plurality of side walls disposed within a drum having a longitudinal axis, a plurality of adjacent grooves disposed upon the side walls within the pocket, insertion means for inserting a single stack in the pocket, along an insertion direction, with the interposition and consequent folding of a corresponding blank, and control means adapted to drive the stop means along the insertion direction in a coordinated manner with respect to the operation of the insertion means.
US09162778B2	Method for spatially manipulating a microscopic object and device for conducting said method The invention relates to a method for spatially manipulating a microscopic object including providing a cantilever (12) having a tip with an opening (19) and a microchannel (15) extending through the cantilever (12) in its longitudinal direction. A suspension means is provided for holding the cantilever (12) and spatially moving the cantilever along a predetermined spatial path. A pressurizing means is provided for applying a predetermined pressure to the microchannel (15) and the cantilever (12) is moved with its tip to the microscopic object to be spatially manipulated. At least a part of the microscopic object is picked up with said cantilever (12) by reducing the pressure within the microchannel (15) relative to the pressure outside the tip of the cantilever (12). The microscopic object is then moved along a predetermined spatial path by means of the cantilever (12).
US09162763B1	System and method for controlling a remote aerial device for up-close inspection The method and system may be used to control the movement of a remote aerial device in an incremental step manner during a close inspection of an object or other subject matter. At the inspection location, a control module “stabilizes” the remote aerial device in a maintained, consistent hover while maintaining a close distance to the desired object. The control module may retrieve proximal sensor data that indicates possible nearby obstructions to the remote aerial device and may transmit the data to a remote control client. The remote control module may determine and display the possible one or more non-obstructed directions that the remote aerial device is capable of moving by an incremental distance. In response to receiving a selection of one of the directions, the remote control module may transmit the selection to the remote aerial device to indicate the next movement for the remote aerial device.
US09162758B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle and operations thereof The present invention provides methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with improved reliability. According to one aspect of the invention, interference experienced by onboard sensors from onboard electrical components is reduced. According to another aspect of the invention, user-configuration or assembly of electrical components is minimized to reduce user errors.
US09162757B2	Technical method, a maintenance device, and an aircraft The present invention relates to a maintenance method for a piece of equipment (2) of a vehicle (1) including an anti-vibration system (3). In the method, a device (10) determines a first number (D1) of hours of operation of said equipment (2) while said anti-vibration system (3) was operating in a normal mode of operation and a second number (D2) of hours of operation while said anti-vibration system (3) was operating in a degraded mode of operation. Said second number (D2) is then converted into a third number (D3) by applying a predetermined conversion relationship. Under such circumstances, action is taken on said equipment (2) when the sum of the first number (D1) plus the third number (D3) reaches a predetermined threshold (D0).
US09162751B2	Apparatus for use on an aircraft An actuator is arranged to move an aircraft component such as a landing gear leg, flap or aileron between a first position and a second position, net load from external forces acting on the aircraft component tending to drive it towards the first position. The actuator comprises a threaded screw and a threaded nut. A main prime mover is configured to apply torque to the screw or nut acting in opposition to the net load under normal operating conditions. An emergency prime mover is configured to apply torque to the screw or nut acting in the same sense as the net load under emergency operating conditions in which the interface between the nut and the screw has become partially jammed to the extent that the component cannot be moved from the second position to the first position by operation of the net load alone.
US09162749B2	Blade for a helicopter anti-torque device A blade (1) for a tail anti-torque device of a helicopter, said device comprising a ducted rotor (13). The blade (1) has an assembly of sections, a leading edge (2) and a trailing edge (3); a stacking line (4) of the profiles extending at a distance lying in the range 25% to 50% of the chord (C). The stacking line (4) presents a shape that is curved having successively from the root (5) to the end (6) of the blade a back sweep, a forward sweep, and a last back sweep; and a chord (C) that becomes larger going towards the end (6) of the blade (1) over at least the end profile (1a).
US09162748B2	Aft-loading aircraft with twin T-tail assembly An aircraft includes a fuselage, wings attached to the fuselage, a door in an aft portion of the fuselage for providing access to an interior portion of the fuselage, a first and second vertical stabilizer attached to the aft portion of the fuselage, and a horizontal stabilizer transversely attached to the first and second vertical stabilizers. The fuselage further comprises a first side member adjacent to a first side of the door and a second side member adjacent to a second side of the door, and the first side member extends into the first vertical stabilizer and the second side member extends into the second vertical stabilizer; additionally both the first and second side members further extend substantially the vertical depth of the fuselage along the aft door.
US09162744B2	Ship maneuvering device A ship maneuvering device rotates a propeller at a lower rotational frequency than the rotational frequency of the minimum idling speed of an engine. A control device has a crawling speed navigation mode. A crawling speed navigation mode button that selects whether or not to execute the crawling speed navigation mode is connected to the control device. When the crawling speed navigation mode is selected, and the amount of operation of a joystick lever is at or beneath a baseline amount of operation Ms, the control device causes the rotational frequency N of the engine to be the rotational frequency Nlow of the minimum idling speed, and in accordance with the amount of operation of the joystick lever, varies the duty ratio D, which is the fraction of time T1 that a main clutch is engaged in a predetermined cycle T, within a range of no greater than 100%.
US09162743B2	Watercraft automation and aquatic effort data utilization Watercraft automation and aquatic data utilization for aquatic efforts are disclosed. In one aspect, an anchor point is obtained and a watercraft position maintenance routine is actuated to control the watercraft to maintain association with the anchor point. In another aspect, prior aquatic effort data is obtained in association with an anchor point. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data is generated in association with an anchor point. In still another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized for prediction generation. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized to obtain another anchor point for a watercraft.
US09162742B2	Trim and tilt apparatus for marine vessel propulsion machine A trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine includes: a cylinder having a cylinder chamber; a piston rod that is telescopically inserted into the cylinder chamber; and a hydraulic oil supply and discharge device that supplies and discharges hydraulic oil to and from the cylinder chamber, the trim and tilt apparatus allowing the marine vessel propulsion machine to perform a trim operation and a tilt operation, and the hydraulic oil supply and discharge device includes: a plurality of discharge units for simultaneously discharging the hydraulic oil; and a switching unit for switching between a case where the cylinder chamber is supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by a part of the plurality of discharge units, and a case where the cylinder chamber is not supplied with the hydraulic oil discharged by the part of the plurality of discharge units.
US09162741B2	Surfboard having tilt control The invention relates to a surfboard assembly that can be controlled, comprising a surfboard (1), which has a stern and a bow and which has a standing surface for a surfer (2), a longitudinal axis (L) oriented from the stern to the bow, a drive having a thrust device, which thrust device can be pivoted in a pivoting plane along the standing surface (13), for producing left and right cornering of the surfboard assembly, and a propulsion unit, at least one sensor (18), which is integrated in the surfboard (1) and detects tilting clockwise and counterclockwise about the longitudinal axis (L) and which controls the pivoting direction of the nozzle (12) in such a way that tilting of the surfboard (1) counterclockwise about the longitudinal axis (L) pivots the nozzle (12) to the left in the pivoting plane.
US09162737B1	Lifesaving tote bag A flotation tote bag is designed to bring various items to the beach, river or other water body and serve as a flotation device. In an emergency, the rescuer extends or throws the emptied flotation bag to the person in danger of drowning and pulls the victim to safety with the tether. If the victim is beyond throwing distance, the rescuer can swim offshore to victim and extend tethered flotation bag. The rescuer can then tow the victim to shore or another safe location.
US09162734B2	Method of installing a buoy and apparatus for tensioning a buoy to an anchoring location A method of installing a production buoy at a subsea anchoring location is disclosed. The method includes floating a production buoy over a subsea anchoring location. Then, hanging at least a tether off the production buoy such that the or each tether extends from the production buoy towards the subsea anchoring location occurs. The method includes submerging the production buoy to a depth which allows connection of the or each tether to the subsea anchoring location. An apparatus suitable for use with this method is also provided.
US09162733B2	Marine aft bulkhead and window system A marine aft bulkhead and window system in a fully framed assembly includes a port side glass assembly that is fully retractable below a lowest edge of a window opening, a starboard side glass assembly that is fully retractable below the lowest edge of the window opening, a door glass assembly that is fully retractable below the lowest edge of a door opening, and a door assembly that is fully retractable to port or starboard horizontally.
US09162726B2	Mobile vehicle A mobile vehicle 1A includes a front-wheel support mechanism 4 having a trail adjustment mechanism 9, a steering actuator 8 which generates a steering force for steering a front wheel 3f, a trail adjustment actuator 15 which generates a driving force for changing a trail of the front wheel 3f, and a control device 50. The control device 50 has a function of controlling the steering actuator 8 so as to stabilize the posture of a vehicle body 2, and a function of controlling the trail adjustment actuator 15 in accordance with an observed value of the vehicle speed.
US09162725B2	Frame unit for bicycle and method of manufacturing the same A frame unit for a bicycle may include a left frame body in which a part of a head tube, a part of a seat tube, a part of a frame, and a left stay are integrally formed, and a right frame body in which a part of the head tube, a part of the seat tube, a part of the frame, and a right stay are integrally formed, wherein the left frame body and the right frame body may be coupled so as to integrally form the head tube, the seat tube, and the frame, and a seat pipe formed to have a cylinder shape by step-by-step press processing may be inserted into the seat tube and then coupled to the seat tube.
US09162724B2	Scooter with removable toy A scooter having a handlebar assembly that includes a vertical portion supporting a handlebar. The vertical portion includes an opening at its top end and the opening is configured to receive an elongate portion of a toy. The assembly also includes a ring portion at the opening of the vertical portion and the ring portion frictionally engages the elongate portion of the toy. The vertical portion and the ring portion are configured to securely support the elongate portion of the toy.
US09162723B2	Vehicle covering and storage system A vehicle covering and storage system is provided. The vehicle storage system may include a motorized vehicle having an outer surface. The present invention may further include an attachment component. The attachment component includes a fabric panel having a front surface and a back surface. At least one strap is attached to the front surface of the fabric panel. The at least one strap is attached to the fabric panel at a plurality of attachment points along the length of the strap forming a plurality of loops in between the attachment points. The back surface of the fabric panel is attachable to the outer surface of the motorized vehicle.
US09162721B2	Robotic walking apparatus A bipod robotic walking apparatus consisting of two feet on the coupler link of a spherical four-bar linkage, for movement in a forward or rearward direction by repeated motions of the four-bar linkage. Three four-bar linkages may be connected in tandem to form a hexapod with three points of contact with the ground.
US09162718B2	Endless track for traction of a vehicle In some aspects, an endless track for traction of an off-road vehicle (e.g., an agricultural vehicle, an industrial vehicle, a construction vehicle, or a military vehicle) includes an elastomeric belt-shaped body having an inner surface for facing wheels of the vehicle and a ground-engaging outer surface. The endless track also includes elastomeric lugs, such as drive/guide lugs projecting from the inner surface and/or traction lugs projecting from the ground-engaging outer surface. The elastomeric lug may have a material defining an arrangement of zones of different materials (e.g., different elastomeric materials) to exhibit a desired variation of a material property (e.g., a modulus of elasticity) across the arrangement of zones of different materials. A zone of the elastomeric lug may have a dedicated function, such as a wear indicator zone. An elastomeric drive lug can include an uneven drive surface for engaging a drive member of a drive wheel.
US09162714B2	Front end module A front end module for a motor vehicle includes a tubular cross-member and injection molded components made from plastic, which are injected onto the cross-member. At least two of the injection molded components are connected to each other via the cross-member and separately connected to the cross-member.
US09162713B2	Expandable roof panel perimeter reinforcement A vehicle roof frame includes an adhering structure having an adhesive carrier and an expanding structural adhesive coupled to at least a portion of an outer surface of the adhesive carrier. The expanding structural adhesive includes an installation state and a structural state, and the structural state has a larger volume than the installation state. The vehicle roof frame also includes a plurality of vehicle frame members that cooperate to form a frame joint and a joint cavity defined within the frame joint. The adhering structure is disposed within the joint cavity and the adhesive carrier and the expanding structural adhesive in the structural state substantially occupies the joint cavity and fixably couples the plurality of framing members such that the frame joint is free of supplemental mechanical connections proximate the joint cavity.
US09162712B2	Vehicle upper-body structure A vehicle upper-body structure having a pillar reinforcement member which connects an upper portion of a pillar member and a roof reinforcement member to be reinforced, includes at least one latch portion (hook-shaped member) which is latched to the roof reinforcement member when the pillar reinforcement member is deformed by an external load, and the latch portion is provided to pass through the roof reinforcement member as a portion of the pillar reinforcement member. According to the vehicle upper-body structure, when the pillar reinforcement member is deformed by the external load, since the latch portion is latched to the roof reinforcement member, load transmission efficiency from the pillar reinforcement member to the roof reinforcement member can be improved. Moreover, compared to a case where joining is performed at one point, the number of components is not increased.
US09162710B1	Vehicle rear structure In a vehicle rear structure, flange portions disposed on an end portion of a front skeleton that extend in the vehicle width direction along a front edge of an upper back panel are joined to a joined flange portion between a wheel well outer member and a wheel well inner member of a rear wheel well. The joined flange portion is a region whose rigidity is high in a vehicle body side portion. Moreover, the flange portions of the front skeleton are joined to flange portions of the wheel well outer member and the wheel well inner member in a three-layer overlay. Because of this, the rigidity of the joint between the front skeleton and the vehicle body side portion is better than heretofore.
US09162709B2	Fender extension An arched fender extension portion is attached along an edge of an existing fender of an agricultural vehicle with a common curvature and lying in a common plane by a pair of brackets mounted on the existing fender at longitudinally spaced fastening arrangements thereof. The extension portion includes two bolt connectors arranged to pull the flat edge of the extension portion into butting engagement with the outer side edge of the existing fender inwardly of an edge flange portion of the existing fender.
US09162705B2	Adjustable ride height, vehicle, system and kit Disclosed herein is an adjustable suspension mount system that includes a first mount link pivotally attached to a mount feature and extending to a device used to support a load on a first wheel, the first mount link pivotally attached to the device. The mount feature is attached to or integrated into the frame of the vehicle. The system further includes a second mount link pivotally attached to at least one of the mount feature and a second mount feature, the second mount link extending to the first mount link, the second mount link pivotally attached to the first mount link. Further disclosed is a vehicle including the system, and a kit including the components to provide the system for a vehicle.
US09162703B2	Steering controller for precision farming A steering controller can control steering of a vehicle and is suitable for precision farm controlling. The steering controller can rotate the steering shaft of the vehicle direct the vehicle on a desired path, for example, using a satellite positioning system. Components of the steering controller are environmental protected by a housing that has an opening extending between its front and rear surfaces. The opening is lined by a shaft. A hub located near the front of the opening can be coupled to the steering shaft of the vehicle. A motor has a stator fixed to the housing and a rotor fixed to the hub. When the housing is attached to a fixed location on the vehicle, the motor can rotate the steering shaft by rotating the hub with respect to the housing. A control module drives the motor based on commands from a guidance module.
US09162702B2	Internally collapsible steering column assembly A collapsible steering column assembly comprising an inner tube operatively connectable with a steering wheel; a top bracket for mounting the steering column assembly; a column housing pivotally coupled with the top bracket and configured to telescopically receive the inner tube; a telescoping actuator device operatively attached to the column housing and the inner tube by one or more drive members; and an energy absorption device housed at least partially within or carried at least partially on the telescoping actuator device and fixed in place to the column housing; wherein the column housing remains generally fixed in place relative to the top bracket in an event of a secondary impact, and during the secondary impact, the inner tube telescopically translates into the column housing; and wherein, during the secondary impact, the energy absorption device undergoes plastic deformation to absorb energy from a load caused by the secondary impact.
US09162696B2	Electric assist cart An electric assist cart includes: a body frame where a burden can be loaded; a drive wheel provided in the body frame; a control handle by which an operator can input a driving force to the body frame; a torque sensor that detects a driving torque applied to the body frame by pushing and handling the control handle; an electric motor that applies an assisting force to the drive wheel depending on the driving torque detected by the torque sensor; and a controller that computes the assisting force applied to the drive wheel and supplies an electric current to the electric motor depending on the assisting force, wherein the controller has a plurality of modes having different characteristics for a change of a magnitude of the electric current depending on the driving torque, and the electric current can be supplied to the electric motor by switching the mode.
US09162691B2	System and method for detecting broken rail and occupied track from a railway vehicle A method is provided for detecting broken rail, unintentionally misaligned turnouts, and track occupancy ahead of or behind a railway vehicle traveling on a railroad track. Shunts extend between the rails at intervals along the railroad track. Each shunt has electrical signal transmission characteristics differing from those of adjacent shunts. A test unit on the railway vehicle induces a test signal in a first rail to create a track circuit in which the test signal propagates along the first rail, through at least one of the shunts, returns to the railway vehicle along the second rail, and through the wheels and axle of the railway vehicle. The test signal has electrical properties selected to interact with at least one of the shunts. The received test signal on the second rail is analyzed to identify predetermined conditions concerning the status of the railroad track.
US09162689B2	Estimated train occupancy range determination device, onboard system, and estimated train occupancy range determination method An onboard system measures the train position by measuring the rotational speed of a tacho-generator, determines an estimated train occupancy range (in which the train may be present) using the train position, and transmits the estimated train occupancy range to a ground system. The onboard system corrects the train position based on the results of communication with a correction coil when the train has passed through the installation point of a correction coil. When the train position has been shifted backward as a result of correction that utilizes the correction coil, the onboard system determines and transmits the estimated train occupancy range based on the train position immediately before correction until the latest train position reaches the train position immediately before correction, and determines and transmits the estimated train occupancy range based on the latest train position after the latest train position has reached the train position immediately before correction.
US09162682B2	Method and device for determining the speed and/or position of a vehicle A method for determining the speed of a vehicle equipped with at least one surround sensor that determines environment data of the vehicle relative to at least one motionless object includes: receiving, by the vehicle, through wireless vehicle-to-environment communication with the at least one motionless object, a transmitted piece of information about the motionlessness of the motionless object; determining the relative motion of the vehicle with respect to the motionless object from the environment data of the vehicle relative to the motionless object; and determining the speed of the vehicle and/or the relative position of the vehicle with respect to the motionless object from the determined relative motion.
US09162677B2	Adaptive cruise control apparatus A cruise control apparatus includes a current speed detector detects a current speed of a vehicle; a target speed setting unit sets a target speed of the vehicle; an acceleration and deceleration operation amount acquisition unit acquires an operation amount of acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle by a driver; and a cruise controller performs cruise control of the vehicle so that the current speed follows the target speed. The target speed setting unit monitors i) the operation amount or ii) change in the current speed detected by the current speed detector to performs a first determination of if the driver intends to maintain the vehicle speed at an intended speed different from the target speed, and if the first determination is positive, updates the target speed to the intended vehicle speed.
US09162674B2	Dynamic mapping of pedal position to wheel output demand in a hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle operates in an electric-drive-only mode and one or more modes using an internal combustion engine. A control pedal is movable to respective positions by a driver for indicating a desired vehicle motion. A controller selectably activates the engine according to instantaneous values of a variable wheel output demand and a variable pull-up threshold. The pedal position is converted to a respective instantaneous wheel output demand in response to an initial value from a mapping relationship that is modified in response to a difference between the initial value and the variable pull-up threshold. The pull-up threshold may preferably be dynamically determined according to a state of charge of a battery for powering the electric drive. The modification to the wheel output demand preferably reduces the slope of the mapping relationship near the pull-up threshold to reduce pedal position sensitivity in a region near the dynamically varying pull-up threshold.
US09162669B2	Systems and methods for control of powertrains with regenerative start/stop alternator functionality Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling a torque output of a motor/generator via one or more torque commands generated by a controller. The target output being determined by a target torque based upon a low voltage side target of a DC/DC converter including a battery operatively coupled to one or more low voltage loads, a high voltage side target of the DC/DC converter including a supercapacitor operatively coupled with an inverter that is operatively coupled to the motor/generator, and a ripple compensation torque.
US09162664B2	Vehicle and method for controlling an electric machine and/or engine therein A total power demand including a wheel power demand may be observed. The wheel power demand may be modified to determine a modified total power demand including a modified wheel power demand if the total power demand falls within a target range of power values defined by upper and lower threshold power values such that the modified total power demand is generally equal to the lower threshold power value.
US09162663B2	Method of optimizing vehicle performance based on countershaft acceleration The present invention provides a method of controlling input torque of a powered vehicle. The vehicle includes a transmission having an input shaft, an output shaft, and a countershaft. The method includes providing input torque to the input shaft, determining a rotational acceleration of the countershaft, and measuring vehicle speed. The method also includes determining a threshold based on the measured vehicle speed. The measured countershaft acceleration is compared to the threshold and the input torque is controlled based on the result of the comparison.
US09162662B2	Vehicle brake transmission A vehicle brake transmission includes a housing unit, a motor assembly, and a speed reduction unit. The housing unit includes a ring gear disposed around a first axis. The motor assembly includes a motor, and a worm rod extending along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The speed reduction unit is disposed in the housing unit, and includes a driving member, a planet carrier, and a plurality of planet gears. The driving member includes a worm wheel meshing with the worm rod, and a sun gear centered at the first axis and meshing with the planet gears. The planet carrier includes an input shaft connected to a caliper device. The motor drives rotation of the worm shaft, the driving member, the planet gears, and the input shaft, so as to activate the caliper device.
US09162660B2	Electronic hydraulic brake device Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic hydraulic brake device, including: a pedal cylinder configured to generate an oil pressure by a pressure of a pedal; a master cylinder configured to generate the oil pressure by sensing the pedal; wheel cylinders configured to be each mounted at a plurality of wheels and provide a braking force to the wheels; a storage configured to store a fluid; a mixing circuit configured to connect the pedal cylinder to some of the wheel cylinders, and communicate with the storage and the master cylinder; a master circuit configured to connect the master cylinder to the wheel cylinder and communicate with the storage; and a hydraulic compartment configured to connect the mixing circuit to the master circuit and limit a movement of the fluid.
US09162659B2	Method of and apparatus for braking a tractor-trailer combination A method of controlling the braking of a tractor-trailer combination (10) in which the tractor (11) includes a drive train having an engine and at least one ground-engaging member (14, 16) driveably connected thereto via an adjustable-ratio transmission; at least one ground-engaging member (14, 16) of the tractor includes at least one tractor brake; and at least one ground-engaging member (17) of the trailer (12) includes at least one further, trailer brake, comprises the steps of determining (i) the deceleration of the tractor-trailer combination (10) resulting from braking effort applied via the tractor brake and/or (ii) the deceleration of the tractor-trailer combination resulting from engine braking. The method also includes establishing from one or both the said, determined decelerations as a target value in a control system a braking effort of the trailer brake that approximates the braking of the tractor-trailer combination (10) to the braking of the tractor (11) when considered alone.
US09162654B2	Road vehicle with a battery change system The invention concerns a motor vehicle (1), preferably a truck or a lorry, comprising a battery exchange station (2), the battery exchange station (2) comprising at least one battery (3), an actuator element (4) and a connecting element (5) arranged between the battery (3) and the actuator element (4), the actuator element (4) being movable from a first to a second position, such that in the first position the at least one battery (3) is arranged completely under the motor vehicle (1), while in the second position the at least one battery (3) is arranged completely outside, preferably behind, the motor vehicle (1).
US09162653B2	Device for replacing a power battery of a drive motor or a motor vehicle A toolbox device for actuating locking and/or unlocking of a power battery of a drive motor of a motor vehicle, the device including a supporting structure supporting a plurality of separate modules, each including at least one system for gripping a mechanism for locking/unlocking the battery and at least one actuator, a number of actuators being relative to a number of movements to be performed to implement the locking/unlocking the battery.
US09162651B2	Vehicle wash system with beam system A vehicle wash system is disclosed that has a vehicle path for movement of a vehicle. The system comprises a support frame, a first beam member mounted to the support frame and a second beam member mounted to the support frame for vertical movement relative to the support frame. The second beam member is spaced from the first beam member. The first and second beam members each have associated therewith a vehicle treatment apparatus. Each of the first beam member and second beam member are movable between (a) operational positions wherein first and second beam members extend across the vehicle path and the treatment apparatus is operable to apply a treatment to a vehicle on the vehicle path and (b) vehicle release positions wherein the beam members do not extend across the vehicle path.
US09162650B2	Device for detachably linking a wiper blade with a driven wiper arm A wiper blade assembly for a windshield wiper. In one embodiment, the wiper blade assembly includes a connector mounted on a blade support element. The connector has a receiving portion shaped to receive a first part of the end portion of a wiper arm and further has a securing portion shaped to secure a second part of the end portion of the wiper arm.
US09162648B1	Computing device as a vehicle key In general, aspects of this disclosure are directed towards techniques for using a computing device to perform the functionality of a vehicle key, so that the computing device may be used to automatically unlock the doors of a vehicle and/or to activate a previously-deactivated keyless ignition system. The computing device may be associated with a vehicle, including sending an identifier associated with the computing device to the vehicle via short-range communication. The computing device may also send to the vehicle, via short-range communication, at least one unlock door signal including an access code verifiable by the vehicle, and wherein receipt of the at least one unlock door signal by the vehicle enables the vehicle to unlock one or more of its doors without further user intervention.
US09162647B2	Pretensioner An object of the invention is to reduce the weight of a pretensioner by reducing the length of a piston and a wire of the pretensioner. A pretensioner (1) is used in a seat belt device and pulls a seat belt. Due to gas supplied into a cylinder (10) from a gas generator (4), a piston (20) is moved in the cylinder (10). A wire (60) is connected to the piston (20) and the seat belt and pulls the seat belt when the piston (20) moves. The wire (60) has both ends that are connected to the seat belt and has a folded portion (63) that is connected to the piston (20) via connecting means (51). The connecting means (51) has a connecting hole (24) that is formed in the piston (20) and through which the folded portion (63) passes and has a detachment preventing member (52) that is positioned between the folded portion (63) and the piston (20) to prevent the folded portion (63) from being detached from the connecting hole (24).
US09162643B2	Device and method for the detection of persons The invention relates to systems for the detection and identification (and/or differentiation) of objects for use in vehicles (stationary usage is also conceivable, e.g. to combat crime, building protection), wherein objects are detected and identified via ultrasound signals. In particular, the differentiation of pedestrians and cyclists from cars and fixed obstacles such as walls is of key focus. Ultrasound sensors are hereby used. By processing the signals and comparing them with reference signals, a differentiation between living and non-living objects is possible.
US09162641B2	Front fascia or grill support structure and aerodynamic shutter assembly A fascia support structure and aerodynamic shutter assembly for a vehicle includes a fascia support structure, comprising: a top portion comprising a substantially U-shaped body comprising a top fascia support member, a first side fascia support member and a second side fascia support member, the first side fascia support member having a first side baffle, the second side fascia support member having a second side baffle; and a bottom portion comprising a bottom baffle, the bottom portion attached to the first and second side fascia support members, the top portion and the bottom portion comprising a fascia support structure opening, at least one of the first side baffle, second side baffle or bottom baffle having a seal member disposed on a leading edge. The assembly also includes an aerodynamic shutter system comprising a shutter frame having a shutter frame opening and a plurality of rotatable shutters disposed therein.
US09162640B2	Bumper cover fixing bracket of vehicle A bumper cover fixing bracket mounted between a fender panel and a bumper cover includes a main supporting member having an upper end attached to an upper member, an auxiliary supporting member having a lower end connected to the main supporting member so as to form a Y-shape and an upper end attached to a wheel house front member, and a fastening member coupled to a lower end of the main supporting member and having one side and the other side mounted on the fender panel and the bumper cover, respectively.
US09162636B2	Electric connection box An electric connection box 1 includes a bracket 2 in which a plurality of connectors 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 10b′ joined with each end of electric wires 11, and a case main body 3 receiving the bracket 2. The electric connection box is provided with a mount device 81 mounting the bracket 2 in the case main body 3 movably between a near position near an opening 3a of a case main body 3 and a fix position 3c deeper than the near position near the opening 3c in the case main body 3, and a maintain device 82 maintaining a state that the bracket 2 is positioned at the near position near the opening 3a, and a fix device 83 fixing the bracket 2 positioned at the fix position 3c at the case main body 3.
US09162634B2	Retaining clip and bracket for roof molding A molding fixing assembly for securing a roof molding in a roof groove includes a bracket fixedly secured in the roof groove and a separate clip mounted to the molding. The bracket includes a base and a pair of arms extending substantially perpendicularly from opposed longitudinal side edges of the base. At least one of the arms includes a first retaining member and a second retaining member having a configuration different than the first retaining member. The clip includes a body having a pair of longitudinal sidewalls and a pair of end walls. At least one of the sidewalls has a post projecting therefrom. To connect the clip to the bracket, the sidewalls of the clip are positioned between the pair of arms of the bracket. The first retaining member engages one of the sidewalls of the clip and the second retaining member engages the post.
US09162633B2	Decoration part A decoration part includes a base member having a front-side surface and an outer peripheral end portion, a skin covering the front-side surface of the base member, and a holding member mounted to the front-side surface of the base member and arranged on a rear-surface side of the skin. The skin has a stitch line formed with a thread, and a part of the stitch line is arranged in the outer peripheral end portion. The holding member holds the thread with which the skin and the holding member are sewed and has a linear shape extending along the stitch line. The holding member has a mount portion mounted to a holding member mount portion of the base member and a stitch portion that is sewed with the thread. The holding member has the stitch portion closer to an outer peripheral end of the base member than the mount portion.
US09162631B2	Coiled tubing storage device and system, and method of use thereof Devices, methods, and systems for storing a plurality of coiled tubes as well as features for storing or securing brazing rods and other similar items. One example such system/device is modular and includes a rack support and bin-like units for retaining and providing easy identification and access to coiled tubing, such as coiled copper tubing of differing diameters. In this example, the bin-like units are attached ladder-like so as to form adjacent, angled receptacles for different diameter tubing coils, such that each coil type is quickly visable and easily retrieved.
US09162629B2	Extendable vehicle rack arrangement The present invention relates to an extendable vehicle rack arrangement (10) comprising a first and a second load carrier foot (3, 4) and comprising a stationary part (12) attached to said first and second load carrier foot (3, 4) and a displaceable part (11). The stationary part (12) is pivotally connected to at least one of the load carrier feet (3, 4). The extendable vehicle rack arrangement (10) is advantageously an extendable vehicle top rack arrangement. The present invention provides for a solution which effectively reduces or neutralizes the intrinsic forces which can be imparted to an extendable vehicle rack arrangement during or after attachment to a vehicle, thereby providing an easier extension of the displaceable part (11).
US09162628B2	Vehicle mounting platform using existing opening A mounting platform attached to a vehicle through an existing opening. A base portion having a clamp is placed through a brake light assembly opening, after the brake light assembly has been removed, and is securely held to the roof of a vehicle. A platform portion is attached to the base portion. The mounting platform is used to mount accessories such as light bars, emergency lights, antennas, or any other accessory desired to be mounted to the vehicle. The mounting platform may be easily installed and removed from the vehicle without any damage or modification to the vehicle and without drilling any additional holes in the vehicle.
US09162624B2	Exterior mirror reflective element sub-assembly A mirror reflective element sub-assembly for an exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element attached at a mirror back plate, which includes a mirror actuator attaching portion established at the back plate by a plastic injection molding operation. A heater pad is disposed between the mirror reflective element and the mirror back plate. An indicator associated with a blind spot detection system has a light source that is activatable to emit light. When the mirror assembly is mounted at a side of a vehicle and with the light source activated, light emitted by the light source passes through a light diffuser and through an aperture of the mirror back plate and through a light transmitting portion of the heater pad and through a light-transmitting window of the mirror reflector and exits the mirror reflective element to provide a visual icon visible to a driver of the vehicle.
US09162620B2	Method and apparatus of determining position of obstacle, and parking assist method and system The present invention relates to a method of determining a position of an obstacle, an apparatus of determining a position of an obstacle, a parking assist method, and a parking assist system, and more particularly, to a technology of determining a position of an obstacle by comparing propagation distances a direct signal and an indirect signal.
US09162619B2	Notification sound control unit of approaching vehicle audible system A notification sound control unit of an approaching vehicle audible system includes a first rotation speed calculation section that calculates a first rotation speed, based on an accelerator opening degree signal of an electric vehicle, a second rotation speed calculation section that calculates a second rotation speed, based on a vehicle speed signal of the electric vehicle, a rotation speed synthesis section that synthesizes the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed, a virtual engine rotation speed calculation section that applies filtering processing to a synthesis rotation speed synthesized by the rotation speed synthesis section so as to calculate a virtual engine rotation speed, and a notification sound signal generation processing section that changes a pitch and a volume of a phoneme signal outputted from a phoneme, based on the virtual engine rotation speed, so as to generate a notification sound signal.
US09162618B2	Illuminating structure of room lamp with actuation by sun visor It has a sun visor 10 arranged in the vehicle roof portion so that it can be rotated between the working position and the stored position, a room lamp 20 arranged in the vehicle roof portion and covered by the sun visor 10 stored at the stored position, and a lamp-turning-on/off switch (lens) 20L of the room lamp arranged on the room lamp itself or near it; the lens 20L can be turned between the on position and the off position and, when the lens 20L is in the on position (inclined posture) 20n, if the sun visor 10 is in the stored position, the sun visor 10 drives the lens 20L physically from the on position to the off position (horizontal posture) 20h.
US09162616B2	Luminous radiator cover device for a vehicle A luminous radiator cover device includes: a lighting cover unit (2) including a looped frame (3) mounted to a front side of a vehicle (900), multiple hollow light-transmissive ribs (4) each disposed in and connected to the frame (3), and multiple lighting units (5) each disposed in a corresponding light-transmissive rib (4); and a control unit (6) connected electrically to the lighting units (5) of the lighting cover unit (2). The control unit (6) is operable to control the lighting units (5) of the lighting cover unit (2) to operate in a lighting mode, where lighting of each lighting unit (5) is varied in response to sound in the vehicle (900).
US09162615B2	Direction indicator circuit for controlling a direction indicator in a vehicle A direction indicator circuit for controlling a direction indicator may include: a first terminal for connecting to a supply voltage terminal; a second terminal for connecting to a direction indicator switch and a lighting means; a third terminal for connecting to a capacitor; wherein the direction indicator circuit is designed to provide the lighting means with a current during an on state and with no current during an off state, wherein the duration of the on state and the duration of the off state are determined by a voltage at the capacitor; wherein the direction indicator circuit has a first and a second circuit, wherein the capacitor provides the supply voltage for the first and second circuits during the on state; wherein the current which flows through the first circuit has a negative temperature coefficient, and the current which flows through the second circuit has a positive temperature coefficient.
US09162607B2	Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp has a light-emitting portion connected in series to an input terminal to which a power supply voltage based on an on-board battery is configured to be applied, and having a plurality of light-emitting elements connected in series, a series connection circuit having a first current limiting resistor and a second current limiting resistor, which is inserted in series between the input terminal and the light-emitting portion, a resistor switching switch connected in parallel to one of the first current limiting resistor and the second current limiting resistor, bypass switches, each of which is connected in parallel to a required one of the light-emitting elements in the light-emitting portion, and a control circuit that turns off the resistor switching switch when at least one of the bypass switches is turned on.
US09162605B2	Ratchet strap binder and method of adjusting a strap in length The ratchet strap binder includes a main frame and a spool mounted for rotation inside the main frame. In one possible implementation, the spool has an outer surface and includes a first strap-receiving passageway extending inside the spool between opposite first and second openings located on the outer surface of the spool, and a second strap-receiving passageway extending inside the spool from a third opening located on the outer surface of the spool to at least the first passageway. Also disclosed is a method of adjusting a strap in length and a ratchet strap binder including an elongated strap passing inside the at least one strap-receiving passageway, the strap forming a loop to adjust the strap in length. The loop can be pulled using a finger-actuated pull tab attached to the loop or be pulled directly by the user's fingers.
US09162604B2	Cargo strap fastener A fastener operable to fasten to a strap having a tensioned segment and a loose segment includes a planar profile having at least two sides defining an elongated wrap section configured for having the loose segment of the strap wrapped around it, and at least one slot configured to clip onto the tensioned segment of the strap, and retain the loose segment of the strap wrapped around the elongated wrap section against the tensioned segment of the strap.
US09162598B2	Moveable vehicle armrest assembly A vehicle includes an armrest and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly supports the armrest and is rotatable between extended and collapsed positions. The hinge assembly includes a pin configured to move between locked and released positions. When the pin is in the locked position, the hinge assembly is locked in the extended position. When the pin is in the released position, the pin is configured to permit rotation of the hinge assembly toward the collapsed position.
US09162588B2	Seat slide apparatus for vehicle A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes an upper rail retaining a seat above the upper rail, a lower rail retaining the upper rail in a state where the upper rail moves relative to the lower rail, a rolling element arranged between the lower rail and the upper rail and a retaining member configured to retain the rolling element between the lower rail and the upper rail, the retaining member including a protruding portion having a top portion arranged to slidably contact with a rolling surface at which the rolling element rolls. The protruding portion includes a spreading portion extending from the top portion in an elongating direction, the elongating direction conforming to a path of the rolling element formed on the rolling surface, the spreading portion tapering to a sharp end form with an increasing distance from the top portion in the elongating direction.
US09162587B2	Electric vehicle An electric vehicle comprises an electric motor; a manual transmission which selects one driving power transmission path and shifts a present driving power transmission path to the selected driving transmission path, in response to a rider changing a speed of the electric motor; a shifting state detecting device for detecting whether the manual transmission is in a driving power transmission state or in a driving power cut-off state; and a motor controller for executing a first control routine to control the electric motor; wherein in the first routine, torque control of the electric motor is performed when the manual transmission is detected to be in the driving power transmission state, and mitigation control of the electric motor is performed to mitigate an impact caused by shifting, when the manual transmission is detected to be in the driving power cut-off state, the mitigation control being different from the torque control.
US09162586B2	Control system for an all-wheel drive electric vehicle Electric vehicles and, more particularly, a control system for an all-wheel drive electric vehicle. An electric vehicle drive system comprises: first and second electric motors; a torque split unit configured to receive first input that includes at least a total torque request for the first and second electric motors, and respective first and second maximum torques for the first and second electric motors, the torque split unit configured to process the first input without taking into account wheel slip, and to generate at least respective first and second torque requests for the first and second electric motors; and a traction and stability control unit configured to receive second input that includes at least the first and second torque requests, the total torque request, a computed vehicle speed, and respective first and second slip errors relating to the first and second electric motors, the traction and stability control unit configured to process the second input and to generate respective first and second torque commands for the first and second electric motors.
US09162582B2	Method for operating a motor vehicle A method for operating a motor vehicle, including at least one electric motor connected to at least one rechargeable energy storage unit that stores electrical power, wherein the charging operation of the energy storage unit is carried out in such a way that a charging state limit that lies below the maximum charging state of the energy storage unit is not exceeded, wherein upon activation of at least one vehicle starting system, which is designed to automatically carry out a maximum acceleration of the motor vehicle from the standing position, the charging operation of the energy storage unit is carried out before the acceleration of the motor vehicle in such a way that the energy storage unit is charged up to a further charging state limit that lies above the first charging state limit and/or at least one further rechargeable energy storage unit is connected in series
US09162580B2	Charge control apparatus for vehicle When a timer charge time zone is set by a timer charge reservation means for allowing a user to designate a predetermined timer charge time zone and a target charge amount, and timer charge is carried out from a timer charge start time previously designated, it is judged whether or not the timer charge start time should be advanced, at a time earlier by a predetermined time period than the timer charge start time. Owing to the judgment, charge of a battery can be completed at a predetermined time without enhancing a required capacity of a heater.
US09162575B2	Device for displaying information in a hybrid vehicle A device for displaying information in a hybrid vehicle comprises a display instrument that has multiple zones for displaying the current operating state of a combustion engine and of at least one electric motor in the hybrid vehicle. The power that the at least one electric motor can generate in a boost mode can be displayed in one of the zones. The display instrument includes a zone that can display the remaining time during which the at least one electric motor can be operated in the boost mode.
US09162574B2	In-vehicle tablet A portable telematics device can be a tablet or a mobile device. The tablet and mobile device can combine to run applications via a communication link and form a link with a vehicle and/or another mobile device. The tablet can also have a telematics component which has a display component displaying a selected program icon from the mobile station on the tablet and a control component. The control component can be configured to prevent a use of all program icons on the mobile station. Further, it can allow a use of the selected program icon on the tablet, which can activate a related program on the mobile station. The display component can display at least an output of the related program on the tablet.
US09162571B2	Dual drive arrangement for the drive of a vehicle hydraulic pump and method of controlling the same A dual drive arrangement has three way power split device such as an epicyclic gearing system converting input rotation from a gearbox or from an electric motor into an output rotation driving a hydraulic pump. A method for controlling the dual drive arrangement driving a hydraulic pump includes setting a minimal flow value to the hydraulic pump, sensing the vehicle speed, processing the sensed vehicle speed where the processing includes comparing the sensed vehicle speed with a reference speed value to thereby determine whether the vehicle operates in a first operational mode I where the speed vehicle is too low to drive the hydraulic pump up to the minimal flow or in a second operational mode II where speed vehicle where the speed vehicle is sufficient to meet at least the minimal flow value, and controlling the operation of the epicyclic gear so that the electric source drives the hydraulic pump when the vehicle runs under the first operational mode I and at least the gearbox drives the hydraulic pump when the vehicle runs under the second operational mode II.
US09162570B2	Transfer case with high efficiency clutch actuator A multi-speed power transmission device includes an input shaft, first and second output shafts and a planetary gearset. An axially moveable sleeve fixes the first output shaft and the input shaft for rotation when in a first position and the sleeve fixes the sun gear and the input shaft for rotation when in a second position. A hub is axially moveable and free to rotate relative to the first output shaft when in the first position. The hub is fixed for rotation with the first output shaft when in the second position. A cam plate is continuously fixed for rotation with the carrier and urges the hub toward its second position when in a second axial position. The input shaft drives the first output shaft at a reduced speed via the planetary gearset when the sleeve, hub and cam plate are at their second positions.
US09162568B2	Drive shaft detection for pump or motor protection A method of operating a vehicle includes the steps of: entering a drive shaft test mode; receiving a command to position a yoke to drive the shaft; regulating the shaft speed so as to be below a predefined threshold; and determining whether a drive shaft is available based on whether an actual drive shaft speed is detected above the predefined threshold. When the detected actual drive shaft speed is above the predefined threshold, it is determined that the drive shaft is not available and the vehicle is disabled to prevent damage to the vehicle. When the detected actual drive shaft speed is not above the predefined threshold, it is determined that the drive shaft is available, and the vehicle may be operated as is typical. The methods may be performed by an controller executing program code stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium.
US09162567B2	Single speed and two-speed disconnecting axle arrangements A driveline component with a housing, a pinion mounted in the housing for rotation about a first axis, a ring gear and a pair of output members. The ring gear is meshed with the pinion and is rotatable about a second axis. The ring gear is supported for rotation relative to the housing by a pair of tapered roller bearings that are disposed along the second axis on a common lateral side of the ring gear. The output members are drivingly coupled to the ring gear.
US09162562B2	Grille shutter actuator An actuator for opening and closing grille shutters includes a drive unit, a wheel driven by the drive unit, and a pair of shafts attached to the wheel and configured for driving the grille shutters to open or close. At least one of the shafts is pivotally coupled to the wheel so that an angle formed between the shafts and the wheel is adjustable.
US09162561B2	Air ventilation systems for vehicles A straddle-seat vehicle has a frame, and connected thereto, a pair of front wheels, at least one rear wheel, a pair of footrests, an engine, a radiator connected to the engine for cooling the engine, and a cowling. The cowling encloses at least a portion of the radiator and includes an inlet in fluid communication with the portion of the radiator, a lateral outlet on a first side, and a downward outlet on a lower surface, both outlets rearward of the inlet. The inlet is adapted to direct air to enter through the portion of the radiator into the cowling. A cowling wall disposed between the inlet and one of the pair of footrests deflects air away from the pair of footrests. The lateral and downward outlets, each in fluid communication with the inlet, are adapted to direct air exiting the cowling away from the pair of footrests.
US09162558B2	Electric vehicle A utility vehicle is disclosed having an electric drive. The drivetrain is comprised of batteries, a motor, a transaxle driven by the motor, a rear differential driven by the transaxle, and a prop shaft which is driven by the transaxle and drives a front differential. The batteries are provided in two groups and are supported on the frame of the vehicle.
US09162556B2	Panoramic roof module for a vehicle A vehicle is provided with a panoramic sunroof system. A movable roof panel operates to open and define a panoramic roof opening. In a panoramic open position, the roof panel overlaps at least half of the rear-view window. A split-line of a trunk is defined by the intersection of the roof panel and the trunk lid.
US09162555B2	Vehicle back door A right reinforcing rib 25 is disposed on a straight line connecting a left hinge attachment location 15 with an inner wall 17 in a region surrounded by a left hinge attachment location 15, a right end of a lower edge of a door inner panel 3, and a right virtual corner 26a. A left reinforcing rib 25 is disposed on a straight line connecting a right hinge attachment location 15 with the inner wall 17 in a region surrounded by a right hinge attachment location 15, a left end of the lower edge of the door inner panel 3, and a left virtual corner 26b.
US09162550B2	Wire harness mounting assembly The present teachings provide for a wire harness mounting assembly including a first retention member, a first guide member, a second retention member, and a second guide member. The first retention member and the first guide member are each configured to be spaced apart from the second retention member and the second guide member to suspend a wire harness across a space defined therebetween.
US09162545B1	Amphibious machine In the specification and drawings an amphibious machine is described and shown with a first wheel and a second wheel; a track, the track comprising a first belt engaged to the first wheel and a second belt engaged to the second wheel, wherein the first belt and the second belt are constructed of a flexible material; the first belt and the second belt being substantially parallel to each other; and a space between the first belt and the second belt.
US09162543B2	Tire service hammer A tire service hammer includes a handle portion and a head portion having a sledge portion, a wedge portion, and a body portion connecting the sledge portion and the wedge portion, wherein the wedge portion includes a bead breaking wedge and a hook extension. A method of manufacturing a tire service hammer includes providing a handle portion and providing a head portion that includes a sledge portion, a wedge portion, and a body portion connecting the sledge portion and the wedge portion, wherein the wedge portion includes a bead breaking wedge and a hook extension. A tire servicing system for repositioning a wheel having a tire mounted on a rim includes a first grasping portion for securing a portion of the rim while repositioning the wheel, and a breaking portion for breaking a tire bead formed between the tire and the rim.
US09162539B2	Axle assembly having wheel hubs configured for use in vehicle with central tire inflation system An axle assembly, including an axle shaft, annular member, hub, inner and outer hub bearings, abutment ring, first and second seals, and an air inlet port. The annular member is disposed about the axle shaft. The hub is coupled for rotation with the axle shaft and defines an outlet port. The first and second shaft seals form seals between the hub and the annular member. The air inlet port is mounted to one of the annular member and the abutment ring and includes an inlet boss. A first fluid conduit is defined by the abutment ring or both the abutment ring and the inlet port. The first fluid conduit is in fluid communication with the air inlet boss. The second shaft seal is spaced apart from the first shaft seal along the rotational axis to at least partially define a second fluid conduit in fluid communication inlet and outlet ports.
US09162526B2	Wheel support device A rotary ring of a hub unit has an annular end face on one side in the axial direction, and a tapered outer periphery in a radially outer region of the end face. The diameter of the tapered outer periphery increases toward the other side in the axial direction. An outer ring of a joint has an annular end face on the other side in the axial direction, and had a tapered inner periphery in a radially outer region of the end face. The diameter of the tapered inner periphery increases toward the other side in the axial direction, and the tapered inner periphery faces the tapered outer periphery. Splines are formed in the tapered outer periphery and splines are formed in the tapered inner periphery, and the splines of the tapered outer periphery and the splines of the tapered inner periphery mesh with each other.
US09162525B2	Wheel hub arrangement for a wheel drive by an alternating symmetric drive system using a flexible pulling element, that can be used in vehicles particularly in bicycles Wheel hub arrangement with three drum units comprising a hollow drum (18), a winding of a flexible pulling element fixed on the drum, and a biasing spring (22) in the hollow inner space. Respective free-wheels (36) are provided at sides of the hub unit (4). The wheel hub unit comprises a pair of spaced driving sleeves (33) arranged in axial direction and the sides of the driving sleeves facing to a drum unit and being connected therewith to transmit of torque only. The driving sleeves are surrounded by intermediate sleeves (38) and a spacing is formed between them, wherein a ball bearing (35) and one of the freewheels are arranged so that they are connected both with the outer surface of the driving sleeve and the inner surface of the intermediate sleeve. The intermediate sleeves are connected rigidly together and they are also connected at least during the driving sessions to an outer sleeve (40) of the wheel hub unit.
US09162515B2	Writing implement refill and writing implement A writing implement that prevents flow of air into an ink tank and prevents writing failure while allowing for productivity. The writing implement includes a writing implement refill having: an ink tank composed of films storing ink; a joint connected to a tip of the ink tank; and a writing tip connected to a tip of the joint. An inner circumferential surface of the tip of the ink tank covers an outer circumferential surface of a rear end of the joint. A covering member of a ring shape covers from outside an area where the tip of the ink tank covers the outer circumferential surface of the rear end of the joint.
US09162514B1	Method of producing nanoparticle taggants for explosive precursors A method includes producing an article having a substrate with a plurality of independent taggant layers that each include metal oxide nanocrystals doped with at least one Lanthanide element. Each taggant layer includes metal oxide nanocrystals doped with a different Lanthanide element than each other taggant layer.
US09162513B2	Method of authenticating an item A method of authenticating an item with a security mark includes providing a substrate (100); printing the security mark on the substrate with invisible ultraviolet (UV) absorbing ink (102); applying a coating comprised of UV fluorescent varnish (104) over the security mark and substrate; illuminating an area comprising the security mark and coating with UV light; identifying a reduced fluorescence image of the security mark; comparing the reduced fluorescence image with the security mark; and authenticating the item if the reduced fluorescence image matches the security mark.
US09162511B2	Laser-imageable flexographic printing precursors and methods of imaging A laser-engraveable composition comprises one or more elastomeric rubbers and 2-30 phr of a near-infrared radiation absorber, such as carbon black and optionally 1-80 phr of an inorganic non-infrared radiation absorber filler. This laser-engraveable composition can be used to form various flexographic printing precursors that can be laser-engraved to provide relief images in flexographic printing plates, printing cylinders, or printing sleeves.
US09162510B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body; a recording head to discharge droplets onto a recording medium, wherein a mist is generated when droplets are discharged to form an image; a battery, detachably disposed inside the apparatus body, to supply power necessary for operation of the apparatus body; and a connection terminal to connect the battery to the apparatus body and disposed outside a movement of the mist generated when the recording head discharges the droplets.
US09162508B2	Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus that performs preliminary discharge operation without a carriage and a recording medium interfering with each other is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus performs, at a center region in a conveyance direction of a recording medium, the preliminary operation at a position according to an edge portion of the recording medium obtained by an optical sensor. Further, the inkjet recording apparatus performs, at a leading edge region and a trailing edge region of a recording medium, the preliminary operation at a position based on input data.
US09162507B2	Printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a first circulation pump which is provided in a channel between a print head and a first storage tank and which supplies ink from a second storage tank to the print head. The printing apparatus further includes a second circulation pump which is provided in a channel between the first storage tank and the second storage tank which supplies ink from the first storage tank to the second storage tank. The printing apparatus further includes a control unit which controls the driving of the first circulation pump and second circulation pump, and a detecting unit which detects the amount of ink stored in the second storage tank. The control unit controls the driving of the second circulation pump on the basis of a detection result by the detecting unit.
US09162503B2	Machine for printing an object with tiltable inkjet printing heads A machine for printing an object includes: a chassis, at least four inkjet printing heads respectively suitable for orienting jets of ink toward the object in at least four printing directions, and a system for maintaining and moving printing heads fastened on the chassis and suitable for moving the printing heads between a number of positions relative to the chassis. The system is suitable so that, in each of the number of positions, the printing directions are separate from one another and pass through a same central axis (C). The central axes correspond to the number of positions respectively situated at a number of distances (D) from the chassis.
US09162500B2	Recording medium take-up mechanism and printer A recording medium take-up mechanism and a printer prevent a recording medium having been printed from easily twisting when winding the recording medium. A printer includes a platen supporting recording paper that is delivered frontward during printing, a take-up shaft on which the recording paper having been printed is wound, a tension bar configured to impart tension to the recording paper by pressing a portion of the recording paper that is between the platen and the take-up shaft, a support arm supporting the tension bar, and a support shaft pivotably supporting the support arm. A center of the support shaft is positioned inside a contour of the take-up shaft, as viewed in an axial direction of the support shaft.
US09162497B2	Printer A printer includes a printer body, a lid, a cutter, a fixed blade unit, a movable blade unit, a gimbal plate, and a spring. The printer body includes a print head. The lid is connected to the printer body so as to be opened and closed relative to the printer body. The cutter cuts recording paper. The fixed blade unit is provided in the printer body and includes a fixed blade of the cutter. The movable blade unit is provided on the lid and includes a movable blade of the cutter. The gimbal plate is attached to the lid. The movable blade unit is connected to the gimbal plate. The spring intervenes between the movable blade unit and the gimbal plate. The movable blade unit is provided on the lid with the gimbal plate attached to the lid.
US09162494B2	Printing apparatus for controlling sheet feeding from a grouped plurality of sheet feeding units A printing system includes a receiving unit, a printing unit, a grouping unit, a determining unit, and a control unit. The receiving unit receives a job in which a sheet feeding source is designated. The printing unit prints an image on a sheet fed from one of a plurality of sheet storage units. The grouping unit groups some of the sheet storage units as one virtual sheet storage unit. The determining unit determines which of one of the sheet storage units or the virtual sheet storage unit is the sheet feeding source. The control unit controls sheet feeding to continue the printing. When the sheet feeding source is determined to be a sheet storage unit, a sheet is fed from the designated sheet storage unit. When the sheet feeding source is determined to be the virtual sheet storage unit, sheets are respectively fed from the grouped sheet storage units.
US09162493B2	Ink-jet recording apparatus There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a transporting roller; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller, while moving in an approaching-departing direction based on a thickness of the recording medium; a first biasing member biasing the driven roller to the transporting roller; a platen; a recording portion configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles; and a cooperative portion moving along with the movement of the driven roller in the approaching-departing direction to move the platen.
US09162491B2	System and method for determining receiver type in a thermal printer The present invention is directed to systems and methods of directly determining the type of receiver media loaded in a thermal printer by measurements taken from the receiver media itself. In one embodiment, a tri-color emitter and detector combination work in conjunction to determine the intensity of light transmitted through the receiver media. The type of receiver media may be determined by the voltage response or transmission profile generated by the receiver in response to being illuminated by the tri-color emitter.
US09162489B2	Printed matter producing apparatus This is disclosed a printer comprising a visual confirmation window, a first coordination control portion, and a second coordination control portion. The visual confirmation window is for visually confirming a recording medium with print taken up by a take-up body from an exterior of a housing. The first coordination control portion controls a feeding motor, a take-up motor, and heating elements in coordination so as to form a predetermined test pattern on the recording medium prior to the start of production of a printed matter. The second coordination control portion controls the feeding motor and the take-up motor in coordination so that, after formation of the test pattern, the test pattern formed on the recording medium arrives and stops near the visual confirmation window.
US09162487B2	Image recording device and image recording method An arrival of a joint member at a detection position provided at an upstream side of a recording unit on a transportation path is detected. A second distance, which is a distance from the detection position to the recording head along the transportation path, is longer than a first distance, which is a distance of a transportation of the continuous medium in the case where, because of an existence of a liquid already landed on an area of the continuous medium at the detection time, the area being located at a position being on the transportation path and facing the recording unit, the continuous medium is transported during a period until at least hardening of the liquid is completed by a light radiation portion.
US09162485B2	Treatment liquid application device and image forming system A treatment liquid application device for use in an inkjet printer includes an application roller to apply a treatment liquid to a recording medium before an image is formed on the recording medium, a squeeze roller disposed below the application roller and to make a pressure-contact with the application roller, a treatment liquid supply unit to supply the treatment liquid to a nip part between the application roller and the squeeze roller, and a pressure roller disposed above the application roller and to cause the recording medium to make a pressure-contact with the application roller. When the application roller applies the treatment liquid to the recording medium, a position of the application roller is not restricted in approximate load directions of the squeeze roller and the pressure roller but is restricted in directions other than the approximate load directions.
US09162482B2	Printing system, and a method for printing A printing system for printing a repeated pattern of esthetical and/or informative character on a substrate including a plurality of parallel webs is provided. The printing system comprises at least two overlapping non-impact printer units, each of which having a lateral elongation defining a maximum printing width, and a controller connected to each one of the printer units and configured to set an actual printing width extending between a start position and an end position of the lateral elongation, wherein the controller is configured to determine the actual printing width by receiving the lateral position of a non-printed area defined by the interface between two adjacent webs of the substrate and located laterally somewhere in the overlap between two printer units, such that the end position of a first printer unit and the start position of an overlapping printer unit is located within the non-printed area.
US09162481B2	Print medium A print medium includes a plurality of print areas and a plurality of identification markers. The plurality of print areas are set along a longitudinal direction on a printing surface. The plurality of print areas are a plurality of areas on which printing is to be performed. The plurality of identification markers are intermittently printed along the longitudinal direction on the print medium. Each of the plurality of identification markers includes a set of leading edge information and identification information and is printed in correspondence with a single print area group. The leading edge information is information for setting a leading edge position of the print area in the feed direction. The identification information is information for identifying a type of the print medium. The print area group is formed of a plurality of mutually adjacent print areas among the plurality of print areas.
US09162479B2	Inkjet printer having offset nozzle arrays Positions of a plurality of nozzles of at least one first nozzle array of a plurality of nozzle arrays and positions of a plurality of nozzles of at least one second nozzle array of the plurality of nozzle arrays other than the at least one first nozzle array are offset from one another in a nozzle arrangement direction. A controller is configured to control ejection timings of ink from the plurality of nozzle arrays such that dots of the ink of the colors for each same pixel are offset from each other by an equal offset amount in the nozzle arrangement direction and a relative movement direction orthogonal to the nozzle arrangement direction.
US09162478B2	Image recording apparatus and nontransitory storage medium storing program An image recording apparatus, including: a first head for ejecting first liquid; a second head for ejecting second liquid; a second-liquid test-pattern recording command section configured to command recording of a test pattern of the second liquid on the recording medium; and an output controller configured to output recording data to the first head and/or the second head. When the second-liquid test-pattern recording command section does not command the recording of the test pattern of the second liquid, the output controller outputs recording data representative of an image to be recorded, to the first head and the second head. When the second-liquid test-pattern recording command section commands the recording of the test pattern of the second liquid, the output controller outputs the recording data representative of the test pattern of the second liquid, not to the first head but to the second head.
US09162474B2	Method for calculating compensation value A method for calculating a compensation value for use in a correction of a liquid landing position in a liquid ejection device provided with a first head for ejecting a first colored liquid and a second head for ejecting a transparent liquid includes, when forming a test pattern on a medium, forming the test pattern by feeding the first colored liquid to the second head and causing the second head to eject the first colored liquid, and obtaining a compensation value for a correction of a landing position of a liquid ejected by the second head on the basis of the test pattern formed on the medium.
US09162472B2	Filter unit, liquid ejecting apparatus, and bubble removal method A filter unit includes: a space portion, through which a liquid passes, whose outer cross-sectional shape when cut along the direction orthogonal to the axial direction is circular or polygonal; a filter provided at the surface on one end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof; a protruding member, provided at the surface on the other end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof, that protrudes toward a center area of the surface on the one end side of the space portion; an inflow channel that allows the liquid to flow into the space portion from a direction tangential to the side circumferential surface of the space portion; and an outflow channel that allows the liquid to pass through the filter and flow out from the space portion.
US09162468B2	Liquid supply In one example, an ink storage unit for an inkjet printer includes multiple bags to hold ink, a single housing enclosing the bags and configured to fit inside the printer, and an outlet from each bag to connect to an ink flow path external to the housing. In another example, a liquid supply unit includes multiple primary containers each holding liquid, a single secondary container enclosing the primary containers, and an outlet from each primary container. In this example, each outlet is positioned at the middle of a vertical column of liquid in the corresponding primary container.
US09162466B2	Liquid housing body recycling method, and liquid housing container A liquid housing body recycling method is provided for a liquid housing body that includes a liquid housing unit that is configured to house liquid, a supply member with a supply port that is configured to be connected to a liquid supply tube of a liquid consuming device, and a filter through which the liquid is configured to pass, with the liquid inside the liquid housing unit being supplied to the liquid consuming device via the supply port by passing through the filter. The liquid housing body recycling method includes forming an opening part on the liquid housing unit at a position outside an area facing opposite the filter on the liquid housing unit, injecting the liquid from the opening part of the liquid housing unit on which the opening part has been formed, and sealing the opening part.
US09162464B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus and wiping method A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit which includes a nozzle forming surface having nozzle openings for ejecting liquid formed thereon, a wiper which is contactably disposed on the nozzle forming surface, a movement unit which is able to relatively move the liquid ejecting unit and the wiper, and a control unit which controls the movement units such that an interference amount of the wiper and the nozzle forming surface in a position of the wiper which comes in contact with the liquid ejecting unit, is smaller than an interference amount of the wiper and the nozzle forming surface when the wiper is relatively moved through a nozzle region which is a region including the nozzle openings of the nozzle forming surface in a direction along the nozzle forming surface.
US09162462B2	Printing apparatus and cleaning method thereof An embodiment of the present invention provides a wiping method capable of preventing a problem such as color mixing or a discharge failure in a wiping operation during the reciprocating motion of a carriage. According to the embodiment, one or a plurality of orifice arrays out of a plurality of orifice arrays included in a printhead are wiped by making a sheet-like wiping member contact to the orifice surface of the printhead. After that, the wiping member is separated from the orifice surface of the printhead, and the used wiping member is wound. Then, the wiping member is made to contact to the orifice surface of the printhead again, and the next one or more orifice arrays are wiped.
US09162459B2	Liquid ejection head A liquid ejection head includes a substrate which has an energy-generating element that generates energy to be utilized for ejecting a liquid, and a supply orifice for supplying the liquid to the energy-generating element; and an ejection orifice forming member that has a plurality of ejection orifices through which the liquid is ejected, and at least one beam-like projection which projects toward the substrate and extends along an array direction of the ejection orifices at a position corresponding to the supply orifice. A sectional area perpendicular to the array direction of the ejection orifices at the central part of the beam-like projection in the array direction of the ejection orifices is larger than a sectional area in the direction perpendicular to the array direction of the ejection orifices at both ends of the beam-like projection in the array direction.
US09162457B1	Ink level sensor formed with an array of self-sensing piezoelectric transducers A fluid level sensor is configured for identifying a fluid level in a small volume reservoir, such as a fluid reservoir in an ejector head. The reservoir includes a plurality of vertically arranged chambers. A plurality of piezoelectric transducers is distributed over the chambers in a one-to-one correspondence. At least one electrical conductor is electrically connected to each piezoelectric transducer in the plurality of piezoelectric transducers to enable each piezoelectric sensor to receive an electrical signal to a portion of a wall of the chamber to produce an acoustical wave in the chamber and to transmit an electrical signal from each piezoelectric transducer in response to a fluctuating pressure on each piezoelectric transducer produced by the acoustical wave in the chamber.
US09162455B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a piezoelectric layer is made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure and containing bismuth, iron, barium and titanium. Further, the driving waveform includes: a polarization stage in which a first voltage larger than a coercive voltage of the piezoelectric layer is applied so as to polarize the piezoelectric layer; a relaxation stage in which the voltage being applied is changed from the first voltage to a reverse-polarity voltage of the first voltage so as to relax the polarization of the piezoelectric layer; and a discharge stage in which the voltage being applied is changed from the reverse-polarity voltage to a voltage larger than the first voltage so as to discharge a liquid.
US09162452B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a liquid jetting head for jetting liquid onto a recording medium and a movement mechanism for moving the liquid jetting head orthogonal to the recording medium. The movement mechanism includes translation cams movable in a direction orthogonal to the movement of the liquid jetting head, each of the translation cams including a cam gap into which a protruding part of the liquid jetting head is inserted. Each cam gap includes a parallel part and a slope part. The cap gaps of the translation cams are configured so as to constantly maintain a relationship in which when the protruding part is positioned in the slope part of the cap gap of one of the translation cams, the protruding part is positioned in the parallel part of the cap gap of the other translation cam.
US09162448B2	Dot recording apparatus, dot recording method, and computer program therefor A main scan pass which relatively moves a recording head and a recording medium in a main scan direction and forms dots on the recording medium, and a sub-scan which relatively moves the recording medium and the recording head in a sub-scan direction that intersects with the main scan direction, are performed, and thereby multi-pass recording which completes forming of the dots on a main scan line by N (2 or more) main scan passes is performed. A dot rate represents a rate of pixels in which dot recording is performed in each main scan pass and is set so as to be changed gradually and periodically over sections in the main scan direction. The number of values of the dot rates different from each other in the plurality of sections lined up in the main scan direction is set so as to be equal to or greater than 3.
US09162445B2	Liquid material discharge control method and droplet discharge device In a liquid material discharge control method, timing signals generated periodically are used to control discharge timing for discharging a liquid material from a plurality of nozzles onto a workpiece during a scan in which the nozzles and the workpiece are moved relative to each other. The liquid material discharge control method includes calculating a first elapsed time in a relative movement between the nozzles and the workpiece by counting a first prescribed number of outputs of the timing signals that define the discharge timing, comparing the first elapsed time with a first predicted time at which the nozzles are predicted to reach intended discharge positions on the workpiece, and discharging the liquid material from the nozzles onto the workpiece upon the first predicted time having elapsed when the first elapsed time is at least shorter than the first predicted time.
US09162440B2	Device for processing containers An extractor for placement adjacent to a rotor having processing positions in a circumferential area thereof extracts contaminants arising during container processing. The extractor has a hood forming an interior, an extractor channel, baffles, flow channels, and a joint suction channel. In operation, the hood, which does not move with the rotor, extends over part of the circumferential area. The hood's interior opens radially towards the rotor and is connected by the extractor channel to a suction device. The baffles, which are formed by wall elements in the hood interior, define the flow channels. The flow channels are open on a side of the hood that faces the rotor, and open inside the extractor hood into the joint suction channel.
US09162438B2	Method of increasing the output of a transfer film upon embossing and apparatus suitable for same There is described a method of increasing the output of a transfer film (1) upon embossing, in particular hot embossing, wherein the transfer film (1) has a carrier film (1a) and a transfer layer portion (1b) which is releasable from the carrier film (1a). During a first embossing operation first regions (10) of the transfer layer portion (1b) which are arranged removed from each other at a spacing a are transferred by means of a first embossing tool from the transfer film (1) onto at least one substrate (2), wherein first openings (10a) are produced at the spacing a in the transfer layer portion (1b) of the transfer film (1). After the first embossing operation the transfer film (1) is wound up after the first embossing operation and fed to at least a further embossing operation.
US09162436B2	Method and apparatus for accurate registration of composite laminates Methods, systems and apparatuses for dimensionally registering composite laminates are disclosed, wherein readable elements acting as alignment and identification features are incorporated integrally in laminates.
US09162434B2	System and method for making advanced composite laminates A system and method for making advanced composite laminates includes a tape dispensing system, a tape placement head, and a tooling surface. Tape sections are formed and moved through a tape section guide using a gripping assembly. The tape section guide system is suspended over the tooling surface. Once the tape section is positioned over a desired location on the tooling surface, a tape tacking device tacks or otherwise attaches the tape section to the tooling surface or another underlying tape section.
US09162429B2	Decorative sheet, process for producing the same, and injection-molded article with decorative sheet A decorative sheet for injection-molding and decorating a resin simultaneously, the decorative sheet containing two resin sheets laminated on each other with at least one patterned layer intervening therebetween, and the two resin sheets having a difference in linear expansion coefficient of 4×10−5/° C. (41 to 50° C.) or less. Even after subjecting to three-dimensional processing, such as vacuum molding, the decorative sheet suffers no warpage, and can be easily released from a mold for the three-dimensional processing, and even when the decorative sheet is set in a mold for injection molding, the decorative sheet does not fall off from the mold, a resin injected does not permeate a gap between the outer surface of the decorative sheet and the mold, and the decorative sheet suffers no peeling between the sheets constituting the decorative sheet.
US09162424B2	Low-friction surface coatings and methods for producing same A coated article system includes a substrate and a surface coating on the substrate. The surface coating is formed by depositing individual particles of a composite metal powder with sufficient energy to cause the composite metal powder to bond with the substrate and form the surface coating. The composite metal powder includes a substantially homogeneous dispersion of molybdenum and molybdenum disulfide sub-particles that are fused together to form the individual particles of the composite metal powder.
US09162419B2	Composite staple A laminate design is provided and includes a substrate formed to define through-holes, an initially uncured pre-preg laminate disposed proximate to the substrate and an initially uncured pre-preg staple. The staple includes a main member and legs extending from the main member and being disposable with the legs extending through the through-holes to pierce the laminate. The staple is co-curable with the laminate.
US09162417B2	Method of manufacturing a structure A method of manufacturing a structure, the method comprising: forming a panel assembly by bonding a stack of thickness control plies of composite material to a laminar composite panel, the stack of thickness control plies having a first edge proximate an edge of the laminar composite panel, a second edge opposite the first edge, and a ramp where the thickness of the stack of thickness control plies decreases towards the first or second edge; measuring the thickness of the laminate composite panel or the panel assembly; controlling the number of thickness control plies in accordance with the measured thickness; attaching a first component to the panel assembly, the first component having a surface which engages the laminar composite panel and a ramp which engages the ramp in the stack of thickness control plies; and attaching the laminar composite panel at or near its edge to a further component.
US09162415B2	Assembly with metal casting and polymeric member and transmission shift mechanism An assembly includes a polymeric member and a unitary metal casting. The metal casting is engaged with and relatively moveably capturing the polymeric member on the metal casting. The polymeric member includes an opening extending through the polymeric member. The opening defines a rotational axis of the polymeric member and includes a central cylindrical portion and first and second end portions having diameters greater than the central cylindrical portion. The first and second end portions are disposed proximate opposite ends of the opening, and the metal casting substantially fills the central cylindrical portion and the first and second end portions of the opening, thereby rotatably disposing and axially capturing the polymeric member on the metal casting. The assembly can be adapted for use as a crank arm in a transmission shift mechanism.
US09162405B2	Die structure, transfer molding apparatus, transfer molding method, optical member, area light source device, liquid crystal display device, and mobile device A transfer molding method includes an insertion step of inserting a resin sheet between a first die and a second die, which are disposed opposite each other, a sandwiching step of sandwiching the resin sheet between the first and second dies while a transfer surface of a transfer member is brought into contact with at least one of surfaces of the resin sheet, and a transfer molding step of heating at least one of the first and second dies to melt at least a surface portion of the resin sheet with which the transfer surface of the transfer member is brought into contact, and exhausting residual air remaining in a recess through a groove portion connected to the recess when a thick portion is formed by the recess formed in the transfer surface.
US09162404B2	Radial optical coupler An optical device includes an optical grating coupler and a plurality of optical waveguides coupled thereto. The optical grating coupler is formed along a planar surface of a substrate, and includes a pattern formed by ridges concentrically located on the surface about a center thereon. Each adjacent pair of ridges is separated by a groove. Each waveguide of the plurality of waveguides is oriented about radially with respect to the center, and has a first end that terminates near an outermost one of the ridges. The first ends are about uniformly spaced along the outermost one of the ridges.
US09162402B2	Continuous curing and post-curing method A method of continuous curing and post-curing of a plurality of extruded strands is provided. A plurality of extruded strands is wrapped through a plurality of spindle units rotatably connected to a rigid frame structure. A plurality of dual spindles are provided in a plurality of upper and lower spindle units, wherein each dual spindle comprises a free spinning roller and a driven roller. A chamber that comprises a dual function chamber configured for heating and cooling is supported on the rigid frame structure. The plurality of extruded strands is continuously transferred between the upper spindle units and the lower spindle units such that the plurality of extruded strands runs in a vertical fashion that continuously alternates between the lower spindle units and the upper spindle units. Each of the plurality of strands is transferred independently of each other and continuously passed through the chamber for continuous curing and post-curing.
US09162400B2	Utility truck base reinforcement and method of manufacture A utility truck with arched reinforcing rods incorporated into the base of a plastic truck during molding. The reinforcing rods are held in place in a mold at a predetermined distance above the mold's inner surface by spacers attached to the ends of the rods. Plastic is molded around the rods, with more plastic provided below the rods than above them, so that, when the plastic truck is removed from the mold and allowed to cool, the plastic will contract to a greater extent than the metal rods, causing the base and the reinforcing rods to bow upward, creating a convex arch in the truck's base. The arch provides an inherently strong, bridge-type structure that substantially strengthens the load-bearing capability of the truck, yet requires less reinforcing material than conventional supplemental chassis structures. In another embodiment, caster base mounts are also molded into the bottom of the truck, providing a utility truck with a unitary chassis structure.
US09162395B2	Three-dimensional printing apparatus A 3-D printing apparatus is configured to make a modeling material form a 3-D object layer by layer. The 3-D printing apparatus includes a printing assembly and a cleaning unit. The printing assembly includes a feeding tube, a nozzle and a driving wheel set disposed between the feeding tube and the nozzle to drive the modeling material transferred to the nozzle from the feeding tube and then exiting from the printing assembly via the nozzle so as to form a 3-D object layer by layer. The cleaning unit has a brush, in which the brush leans against on the driving wheel set to clean out the residual modeling material while the driving wheel set rotates relatively to the cleaning unit.
US09162391B2	Large shells manufacturing apparatus The current document discloses an apparatus and method that support manufacture of large 3D hollow objects or shells with thin walls including curved surfaces with high and low curvature change ratio and alleviate or significantly reduce the need for support structures. Further to this, introduction of support structures becomes a function of the curved surface curvature change ratio.
US09162390B2	Process for fastening an accessory to a plastic hollow body Process for fastening an accessory to a hollow body obtained by molding a molten plastic parison, this fastening taking place by snap-riveting with the aid of a tool during the actual molding of the parison, according to which, before carrying out the snap-riveting, the parison is locally deformed so as to surround the snap-riveting zone with a dome, the snap-riveting zone being also in relief (hollow) compared to the rest of the accessory.
US09162388B2	Extruder The invention relates to an extruder which has an extruder housing, in which a delivery channel for a medium to be extruded is formed. At least one screw conveyor is located in the delivery channel and a cooling device is provided for the extruder housing, said device having at least one cooling line in or on the extruder housing, through which line a cooling fluid flows. An electronic device for controlling and/or regulating the operating states of the extruder is accommodated in an electronics housing which can be cooled according to the invention by means of the cooling device for the extruder housing.
US09162387B2	Assembly and process for creating an extruded pipe for use in a geothermal heat recovery operation The present invention discloses an assembly and process for creating a co-extruded pipe which includes the steps of extruding a first elongated component exhibiting an open interior. Additional process steps include co-extruding at least one, and typically a pair, of additional elongated components each having an arcuate or lobe cross sectional shape or profile. The additional components are bonded to exterior locations of the first component to establish a pair of additional open interiors between the components and prior to cooling and hardening.
US09162386B2	Controller for an injection molding machine In a molding cycle, one process (intermediate process) is provided between an injection process and a packing process, and conditions for switching from the injection process to the intermediate process and switching from the intermediate process to the packing process are set individually. In the intermediate process, an injection pressure is detected and a target pressure is obtained based on the injection pressure. Pressure control in the intermediate process is performed based on the set target pressure.
US09162385B2	Closed mold composite material manufacturing methods, devices, and systems Methods, devices and systems for closed mold composite material production may include placing an injection tool connected within a pressure chamber, where the injection tool is connected to a material distribution system within the pressure chamber. The methods, devices and systems may also include injecting material at an injection pressure and an injection flow rate, via the material distribution system, into the injection tool and raising an environment pressure of the pressure chamber during the injection process. The methods, devices and systems may include equalizing an injection tool pressure and the environment pressure and adjusting the environment pressure to a curing pressure to cure the material within the injection tool to form a composite product.
US09162379B2	Resin rotating body and manufacturing method for resin rotating body A resin rotating body 1 is configured by a ring-shaped resin ring 2, and a metallic bush 3 which is fitted to an inner circumferential surface 2a of the resin ring, and projections 3a as rotation preventing means that connects the resin ring and the metallic bush so that the resin ring and the metallic bush do not rotate with respect to each other are provided on an outer circumferential surface of the metallic bush. Projections of the metallic bush are further provided at positions eccentric forward in a press-fitting direction of the metallic bush from a center in the axial direction of the metallic bush.
US09162372B2	Integral two layer preform, process and apparatus for the production thereof, process for producing a blow-moulded bag-in-container, and bag-in-container thus produced The invention is an integral two-layer preform (1) for the production of integrally blow-moulded bag-in-containers (2). The preform has an inner layer (11) and an outer layer (12), wherein the preform forms a two layer container upon blow-moulding, and wherein the thus obtained inner layer of the container releases from the thus obtained outer layer upon introduction of a gas at a point of interface of the two layers. The melting temperature of the inner layer is greater than or equal to the melting temperature of the outer layer.
US09162368B2	Electric stapler An electric stapler (10) is provided with a driver mechanism (11) and a clincher mechanism (40). A clamp part (13) is slidably accommodated in a main body (12) of the driver mechanism (11). The clamp part (13) clamps sheets of paper in cooperation with the clincher mechanism (40). The clamp part (13) is urged toward the sheets by a biasing mechanism (14). The biasing mechanism (14) is out of operation of urging the clamp part (13) when the clamp part (13) is in a home position which is the most remote from the clincher mechanism (40).
US09162367B2	Cove system A system and a method of using the system for reproducibly cutting a cove using a table saw are presented. The system comprises a first fence assembly and a fixturing means, where the fence assembly is rotatably affixed to the fixturing means, wherein the fixturing means can be releasably secured to the table of the table saw. The method comprises providing a blank molding, a table saw having a table and saw blade, and the cove system and releasably affixing the cove system to the table. The method further comprises setting a fence angle using the first fence assembly and setting a fence depth by adjusting the position of the fixturing means with respect to the table. The method finally comprises feeding the blank molding over the saw blade thereby cutting a cove in the blank molding.
US09162366B2	Plastic film tear line forming device A plastic film tear line forming device includes a chassis, at least one vertical driver, a first cutter, and a second cutter. The chassis forms at least one opening adapted to receive a plastic film to feed therethrough. The vertical driver is mounted to the chassis. The first cutter is arranged above the opening of the chassis and is driven by the vertical driver to do a vertical movement. The first cutter has a lower end forming a plurality of first teeth, which defines therebetween first gaps. The second cutter is mounted to the chassis to be located below the opening and has an end forming a plurality of second teeth, which defines therebetween second gaps. When a plastic film is fed into the chassis through the opening, the vertical driver drives the first cutter vertically downward to penetrate through the plastic film.
US09162359B2	Robot system and method for controlling robot system A robot system of the present disclosure includes: a robot including an operable working arm driven by an actuator; an operation load detection unit configured to detect an operation load of the actuator; a region setting unit that sets a region with a predetermined range around the robot; a moving body detection unit configured to detect a position of a moving body other than the robot; and an abnormality determination unit that determines abnormality when detecting of the position of the moving body within the region, wherein the region setting unit changes the range of the region in accordance with the operation load of the actuator.
US09162357B2	Control method for robot system and robot system Provided is a control method for a robot system including: working units; and a robot having unit related processes that include moving between two of the working units and executing work. The control method includes: determining, in a case of detecting a first working unit that has come into a work required condition, whether an operation of the robot is stopped on a way from a current position to a position of a second working unit; stopping the operation of the robot on the way if determining that the operation of the robot is stopped on the way; and selecting a unit related process corresponding to a working unit other than the first working unit, moving the robot until the robot arrives at a position, and stopping the operation of the robot at the position, if determining that the operation of the robot is not stopped on the way.
US09162346B2	Multiple size socket A multiple size socket is provided with a base, a socket body, and a positioning unit. The base is provided with a connecting portion, two pivot portions and a pivot hole formed in each of the pivot portions. The socket body is pivoted between the two pivot portions and includes a plurality of engaging cavities and an inserting hole aligned with the two pivot holes. The positioning unit is inserted in the two pivot holes and the inserting hole. The engaging cavities are different in size and shape from one another, so that the socket is capable of driving different sized fasteners.
US09162344B2	Method and apparatus for CMP conditioning A polishing pad conditioning apparatus includes a laser beam generating unit for providing a laser beam, a fluid delivery system for providing a fluid stream and a vacuum line for removing debris. The laser beam may directly impinge on a surface of a polishing pad thereby creating cutting action, while an atomized fluid stream provides cooling and pad debris along with fluid are removed thru the vacuum line. Alternatively, the laser beam may be combined with the atomized fluid stream in a region above the pad surface to substantially impart part of its energy to the fluid stream, generating high energy droplets which provide “cool” cutting action on the pad surface.
US09162343B2	Apparatus, system, and method for sharpening a tool in a fixed geometry A system for sharpening a tool bit in a fixed geometry has a base with a support platform and guide rod attached to and extending from the platform; a fixture including a longitudinal extending body with a plurality of linear bore holes extending through a transverse width of the fixture; and a tool bit support assembly removeably connected to the fixture for receiving the tool bit. In operation, the system provides for a user to insert the guide rod through one of the bore holes in the plurality and to position the tool bit in a fixed orientation for sharpening a free end of the tool bit. By forming the fixture with a specific number of bore holes, each positioned at a precise angle within the fixture, the system provides for the sharpening of the tool bit in a fixed geometry in a way that is consistent, precise, and repeatable.
US09162340B2	Polishing pads including phase-separated polymer blend and method of making and using the same Polishing pads containing a phase-separated polymer blend, and methods of making and using such pads in a polishing process. In one exemplary embodiment, the polishing pads include a multiplicity of polishing elements integrally formed in a sheet. In another exemplary embodiment, the polishing elements are bonded to a support layer, for example by thermal bonding. In certain embodiments, the polishing pad may additionally include a compliant layer affixed to the support layer, and optionally, a polishing composition distribution layer.
US09162338B2	Method for cutting a patch to be applied onto a curved substrate A method cuts a patch to be applied onto a curved substrate and includes the preliminary calculation of curvilinear lengths on the substrate between a reference point and a peripheral edge of said substrate. The calculated lengths are applied to a planar film for making the patch, and then the patch is cut by connecting the ends of the applied lengths. The patch then precisely coincides with the edge of the substrate. Such a method is particularly useful for applying a functional film onto a spectacle lens, as a trimming of the lens after the film is assembled with the lens would degrade said film.
US09162332B2	Method and apparatus for automated multi-drilling and multi-rivet machine Method and apparatus for assembling, with fasteners, components of a structure having an outboard side, an inboard side, and a supporting frame. The components are placed together on the frame. An electromagnet having a core with multiple openings is positioned on the outboard side. A magnetically attractive member is placed against the inboard side opposite and aligned with the electromagnet. When activated, the electromagnet is attracted towards the magnetically attractive member and the two hold the components together. Multiple drill members pass through the openings in the core of the electromagnet and multiple openings are drilled simultaneously through the components. Subsequently, multiple rivets or huck bolts are simultaneously inserted into the drilled openings. Finally, fasteners are hammered through the drilled openings and rivets are secured by bucking bars provided on the magnetically attractive member. Alternatively, openings are provided in the magnetically attractive member for manually securing huck bolts to the components.
US09162331B2	Electric tool and controlling method thereof A power tool including a motor for rotatably driving a tool bit at an attained rotational speed, a source for supplying an electric current to the motor, a sensor for measuring the current, and a control device. The control component fulfills the task of detecting a variation of the slope of the current in the course of time, and generates a control signal. The rotational speed of the tool is reduced in response to the control signal. The power tool automatically detects whether the work piece operated by the tool bit reaches a predetermined position by electronic control means. It may make sure that the screw is driven into a piece of wood and does not go beyond the predetermined position once it detects that the work piece reaches the position and carries out a changing action.
US09162328B2	Brazing method A brazing method includes fixing a padding plate on a base material such that the padding plate is arranged in a lower position from a groove formed in a repair region of the base material, and heating the base material such that a base material powder is melt, after a paste that base material 1 contains the base material powder which is formed from a same material as the base material is filled into the groove. The base material powder filled into groove can be prevented from flowing out from the groove even if being fused since the padding plate is arranged for the base material. Thus, a repair region can be repaired more appropriately.
US09162327B2	Valve stem repair method A method for repairing damaged valve stem assemblies includes enlarging a bore within a body of a valve stem to form an enlarged bore portion and creating a conical hole in an end of the valve stem body around the enlarged bore portion. Internal threads are created within the enlarged bore portion, and a valve stem repair extension is installed in the enlarged bore portion. The valve stem repair extension has a beveled surface that mates with the conical hole to form a hermetic seal between the valve stem body and the valve stem repair extension. The steps of enlarging the bore and creating the conical hole may both be performed using a countersinking drill bit having a beveled cutting portion.
US09162322B2	Method of producing metallic composite pipes A method is provided for producing a pipe from a band which has a layer of a first metal and a layer of a second metal, the layers being metallurgically bonded to one another over the entire length of the band. Along the two longitudinal edges of the band, the first metal is removed from the second metal in strips which run over the entire length of the band. The band is formed into the open-seam pipe with the first metal located on the outside, and the abutting edges of the layer of the second metal are welded to one another forming a pipe which is closed all the way round. In the region of the weld seam, a layer of the first metal is then deposited on the second metal to produce a pipe with a layer of the first metal which is closed all the way round.
US09162317B2	Method for the welding production of a large-dimensioned part from ductile iron by using laser-deposition-welded buffer materials and electric welding A method for producing a part from ductile iron, including the steps of designing the part in such a way that the part is composed of a plurality of part components, producing the part components from ductile iron, providing the part components in pairs, depositing buffer material onto the rim edge of the first part component and onto the rim edge of the second part component by means of deposition welding, laying the second part component with the rim section thereof on the rim section of the first part component so that the rim edges lie against each other with the buffer materials thereof, and welding the rim sections, wherein the buffer material is selected in such a way that a structure change in the ductile iron material of the part components is prevented when the rim sections are welded.
US09162316B2	Electron beam welding method An electron beam welding method capable of restoring toughness even when high heat input welding is performed. The electron beam welding method comprises: forming a first weld bead (3) so as to include a groove (2) provided at the butt portions of two base materials (1), and forming a second weld bead (4) and a third weld bead (5) having a narrower width than the first weld bead (3), at predetermined positions displaced from the groove (2) and centered symmetrically about the butt portions so as to include a portion of the first weld bead (3), using a lower heat input than that used during formation of the first weld bead (3).
US09162312B2	High conductive drive roll assembly for push-pull MIG torch A drive roll assembly is disclosed for a push-pull MIG welding torch including a handle connected to a power cable assembly at one end, and a gooseneck-contact tip assembly at the other end. The drive roll assembly includes a body block disposed in the handle, a motorized driving gear mounted on the body block, and an idler wheel rotatably mounted on a mounting arm via a mount. The mounting arm is pivotally connected to the body block. The idler wheel is cooperable with the driving gear to pull welding wire from the cable assembly through the handle and towards the gooseneck. One of the idler wheel and the driving gear is made of a highly conductive material that allows for transfer of welding current to the welding wire, providing a secondary current transfer channel in addition to the conductive contact tip. The electric resistance from the body block to the surfaces of the idler wheel and driving gear at which they contact welding wire is below 15 milli-ohms, preferably below 2.0 milli-ohms.
US09162309B2	Welder generator electrode based engine speed control A welding system includes an engine-driven welder generator that produces welding power. A welding torch receives the welding power and applies it to a stick electrode to initiate and maintain a welding arc. A parameter of the welding power, such as voltage, is monitored, such as to determine whether spikes occur during a short time after arc initiation. Based upon the monitored parameter, the engine speed is controlled. The engine speed may be increased or maintained at an elevated level if the monitored parameter indicates that particular types of electrode are being used, such as XX10 or cellulose electrodes.
US09162308B2	Apparatus and method for pulse welding with AC waveform A pulse welding welder is provided which provides a pulse welding waveform to a workpiece to be welded. The welding waveform has a plurality of welding cycles and each of the cycles has a droplet transfer peak pulse and a background portion with a first polarity and an opposite polarity portion which precedes the droplet transfer peak pulse and is after the background portion.
US09162303B2	Grooved circuit board accommodating mixed-size components A circuit board, associated assembly, and method of manufacture. The circuit board comprises an elongated groove, extending into the circuit board, for accommodating a footing of a large component such as an RF shield. The groove allows solder paste to be deposited therein via a stencil, to a depth greater than the stencil thickness. Thus the same stencil can be used for depositing solder paste for both small and large components.
US09162300B2	Method for polishing ball screw and ball screw polishing apparatus A method for polishing a ball screw comprising a screw shaft defining a screw axis. The screw shaft is formed with a screw groove. The method comprises the steps of: rotating the screw shaft at a rotational speed about the screw axis; conveying a polishing tape having a polishing portion traveled around an outer peripheral surface of a pressing roller, the press roller being configured to rotate about a rotational axis; guiding the polishing tape such that the polishing portion is traveled around the outer peripheral surface; pressing the polishing portion against the screw groove; tilting the pressing roller such that the rotational axis is aligned with a lead angle; oscillating the pressing roller linearly along the rotational axis; moving the polishing tape at a moving speed in a direction parallel to the screw axis; and synchronizing the rotational speed with the moving speed based on a lead.
US09162298B2	Laser alignment device for circular saw A laser alignment device for a circular saw includes a base located on a blade guard of the circular saw, and a laser module mounted at the base. The laser module includes a retaining seat pivotally connected to the base, an auxiliary seat mounted at the retaining seat, and a laser beam generator installed in the auxiliary seat. A first adjusting unit includes a first knob and a first eccentric shaft connected to the first knob and coupled to a first elongated slot in the retaining seat for allowing adjustment of the angle of inclination of the laser beam generator by rotating the first knob. A second adjusting unit includes a second knob and a second eccentric shaft connected to the second knob and coupled to a second elongated slot in the auxiliary seat for allowing adjustment of the angular position of the laser beam generator by rotating the second knob.
US09162296B2	Chamfering cutter and chamfering insert therefor A chamfering insert has an elongated shape with a longitudinal insert axis and includes two opposite end portions and a cylindrically shaped insert peripheral surface which extends therebetween. The chamfering insert has a cutting edge, first and second opposite insert abutment surfaces, each of which extends perpendicularly to the insert axis, and an insert anti-rotation surface which extends parallel to the insert axis. The insert anti-rotation and abutment surfaces are located on one side of an imaginary plane, and the cutting edge is located, separately therefrom, on an opposite side of the imaginary plane.
US09162289B2	Machine tool apparatus and method A machine tool apparatus and method for exterior and interior cutting operations on a workpiece is provided. In one form, the machine tool apparatus has a common support assembly with a tailstock and a boring tool holder mounted thereto. The common support assembly has a common support carriage that is mounted to a machine base for travel along a longitudinal axis parallel to a central axis of the workpiece. The tailstock and boring tool holder are mounted to a mounting base portion for travel transverse to the workpiece central axis. In one form, a turret having external cutting tools is separate from the boring tool holder and mounted to the machine base for performing external cutting operations on the workpiece. This separate mounting allows the turret to machine the exterior of the workpiece while also permitting a longer boring tool to perform deep internal cutting operations on the workpiece.
US09162283B1	Tilting gravity casting apparatus and tilting gravity casting method In a tilting gravity casting apparatus, a die includes a ladle that stores a molten metal and the molten metal is poured through a runner into a cavity of the die when the die is tilted. The apparatus includes a block member for blocking the runner, a pressing pin for pressing the molten metal in the cavity, a controller that controls operation of driving the block member and the pressing pin, and a first molten metal sensing sensor disposed in the runner. The controller is configured to start driving the block member and the pressing pin based on a detection signal outputted from the first molten metal sensing sensor.
US09162264B2	System and method for remediation of organic contaminated soil A system and a method for remediation of organic contaminated soil are provided, which comprises M*N electrodes to form an electrode matrix of symmetrical electric field structure. The field intensity is uniform in those points that are equidistant from each electrode in remediation area. The electrodes arrayed in mesh style in remediation area are carried out electrokinetic remediation. To exchange between positive polarity and negative polarity of the electrodes periodically is to make each electrode be a state of anode intermittently which has preferable remediation efficiency, by operation mode of reversing row/column electrode groups in manner of electrical scanning.
US09162259B2	Device and method for the regeneration of biosensors A device for the regeneration of a biosensor having an immobilized and biologically active material applied to the surface of a carrier that is suitable for interacting with a substance to be analyzed. The device comprises at least one injector through which, by means of a pump, at least one solution can be applied to the surface of the carrier for the purposes of rinsing the biologically active material.
US09162257B2	Method and device for distributing packages and other similar dispatched articles In a method for distributing packages or similar dispatched articles, packages that are to be transported from a private and/or commercial sender to an addressee are acquired in a collecting location. In this collecting location, the packages are provided with a package code that has electronically detectable data, and subsequently, the packages are distributed and/or delivered by means of transport vehicles. According to the invention, the collected packages are supplied to a HUB center that is connected to several collecting locations and in the HUB center the respective package codes are expanded with measurement data (length, width, height, weight) of the package to a package routing code. These package routing codes of all packages are supplied to a central computer and the packages are arranged in accordance with a route planning that can be dynamically optimized by the central computer into a sequence that is sorted in accordance with distribution zones. This package arrangement as well as the package routing codes are received by a vehicle in a distribution-compatible sorted arrangement and, subsequently, the packages are delivered by a controlled distribution in an automatically controllable way to the addressee.
US09162253B2	Method for the flow coating of a polymeric material Method for flow coating a polymeric material, wherein at least a. one component (1) is inserted at an angle of 25° to 90° relative to the floor (5) into a holder (2), b. the component (1) is coated from an upper edge (1a) with a varnish (3) and the varnish (3) is, in the meantime or thereafter, impinged on within a region of 30% of the surface of the component (1) adjacent the upper edge (1a) by a stream of air (4).
US09162250B2	Method for forming coating film and method for producing fixing member The method for forming a coating film includes: supplying a first liquid from a nozzle to a cylindrical substrate to thereby form the coating film of the first liquid, wherein the method includes, pressing a member including a second liquid, to form a liquid film of the second liquid on the peripheral surface, and forming the coating film of the first liquid includes: supplying the first liquid onto the liquid film of the second liquid formed on the peripheral surface of the substrate to form a bead of the first liquid between the liquid-supplying unit and the liquid film of the second liquid, and extending the bead in a circumferential direction of the substrate.
US09162249B2	Paste dispenser for applying paste containing fillers using nozzle with pin and application method using the same A pin (125) is moved down in a nozzle (121), the end of paste (101) protruded from the discharge opening (122) of the nozzle (121) to a target object (102) is brought into contact with the target object (102), and the pin (125) is moved away from the discharge opening (122) to divide the paste in contact with the target object.
US09162247B2	Coating and development treatment system with airflow control including control unit and movable airflow control plate A coating treatment apparatus supplying a coating solution to a front surface of a rotated substrate and diffusing the supplied coating solution to an outer periphery side of the substrate to thereby apply the coating solution on the front surface of the substrate includes: a substrate holding part holding a substrate; a rotation part rotating the substrate held on the substrate holding part; a supply part supplying a coating solution to a front surface of the substrate held on the substrate holding part; and an airflow control plate provided at a predetermined position above the substrate held on the substrate holding part for locally changing an airflow above the substrate rotated by the rotation part at an arbitrary position.
US09162243B2	Coating auxiliary device A coating auxiliary device, for coating hollow workpieces, includes a loading tray, masking stoppers, and an ejecting plate. The loading tray includes a loading surface, a matching surface opposite to the loading surface, and engaging portions extending up from the loading surface. Each workpiece is engaged with an engaging portion. The loading device defines guiding holes. Each guiding hole passes through an engaging portion and the matching surface and is in communication with the respective workpiece. Each masking stopper is configured to be inserted into a respective workpiece to mask an interior of the respective workpiece. The ejecting plate includes an assembling surface and ejecting rods extending up from the assembling surface. Each ejecting rod is configured to be guided into a respective guiding hole from the matching surface to eject out a respective masking stopper.
US09162240B2	Liquid container system for a spray gun A liquid container assembly for a spray gun can include a ring, a collapsible liner, and a lid for closing the open end of the liner. The ring can include a peripheral flange, a ring recess, an inner wall, and at least one rib segment extending from the inner wall. The collapsible liner can include a liner side wall formed with an open end and a liner lip at the open end. The liner can be is insertable through the ring such that the liner lip is received and supported by the ring recess. Further, the liner can be collapsible during use as liquid is removed from the liner. The lid can include at least one tab that can extend from an outer circumference of the lid. The tabs can engage the rib segments to threadably attach to the ring.
US09162239B2	Device for the mechanical inversion of direction of a rotating control component of a landscape sprinkler device Mechanical inversion of direction of a rotating control component of a landscape sprinkler device. Such a device, having a switching member with end stops associated therewith in both pivoting directions the control component, against said stops the switching member stops and is actuated, wherein at least one end stop can be adjusted coaxially with respect to a pivoting axis of the control component. The switching member is configured in an elastically resilient manner on the contact region thereof that is positioned at the height of the end stops such that the contact region retreats back from the adjusting path of the end stop in case of an overload, and devices are provided in order to re-establish the contact region at a defined position in the rotation angle region between the two end slops from the retreated position.
US09162237B2	Hand tightened showerhead A showerhead including a fluid connector configured to be threadedly coupled to a shower arm, and an outer shell receiving the fluid connector. A rotational stop or drive member is operably coupled between the fluid connector and the outer shell and is configured to limit relative rotation between the fluid connector and the outer shell.
US09162235B2	Spray nozzle seal means The invention is a sealing means in a spray nozzle assembly which includes the provision of a groove adapted to at least partially accommodate a sealing means such as an O-ring in the surface of an upper face of an orifice disc said face being directed towards a lower face of an inner periphery of a nozzle cap.
US09162234B2	Nozzle arrangements and method for cleaning filter elements A method of cleaning a filter element includes directing a jet of pressurized gas from a nozzle onto a filter element, with the jet having a non-round cross-sectional shape that is a same general cross-sectional shape as the opening in a tube sheet holding the filter element. The nozzle has a channel for the pressurized gas that is obstruction-free.
US09162232B2	Floating disk for separating blood components A floating separating element for use in centrifugal separation of components of a physiological fluid comprises a positioning part and a separating part, where the positioning part is designed to automatically assume a position in a supernatant and a separating part is positioned at a desired location with respect to the interface between the supernatant and heavier components. In preferred embodiments the physiological fluids are blood or bone marrow aspirate, and the heavier components comprise red blood cells. The positioning part comprises the majority of the mass of the separating element and is thin so that differences in the position of the separating element with respect to the interface are small compared to differences in the densities of the separated components, particularly the component comprising red blood cells. A method allows red blood cells to move the separating element during decanting to ensure complete decant of the supernatant.
US09162230B2	Dual tapered orifice plate for a grinding machine Orifice plates, grinding machines, and method of using the same are provided that can process a material. In one aspect, an orifice plate includes multiple orifices, at least one of which has two tapered segments aligned with and operably connected to each other and that taper downwardly from respective outer portions to inner portions. An intermediate bore may connect to minimum diameter portions of each of the tapering segments so that the tapering segments are connected to each other by way of the intermediate bore.
US09162225B2	Microchip A microchip having a substrate, a cover member joined to one surface of the substrate, and a flow path formed on at least one of joined surfaces of the substrate and the cover member, wherein the microchip includes: a well which is an first opening for communicating into the flow path with a surface opposite to the joined surface of the substrate and is arranged on the substrate; and a chimney which is a member arranged so as to project from the surface opposite to the joined surface of the substrate and has an second opening which communicating into the well, wherein a liquid rise prevention section is formed in the chimney to prevent the liquid from rising to a top portion of the chimney.
US09162224B2	Device and method for manufacturing the same It is an object of this invention to prevent a resistor material and an electrode material from diffusing and suppress variation in electric resistance. In a device including a plurality of metal layers of different compositions on a substrate and a second structure made of a material, such as glass paste, requiring a firing process at the time of formation, an intermediate layer is formed between a first metal layer and a second metal layer forming the first structure. The intermediate layer is of an intermetallic compound including one or more metallic elements in the first metal layer and one or more metallic elements in the second metal layer. The melting point of the intermetallic compound is higher than a firing temperature when the second structure is formed, and the intermetallic compound is produced at a temperature higher than the firing temperature for forming the second structure.
US09162218B2	Copper CHA zeolite catalysts Zeolite catalysts and systems and methods for preparing and using zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure are disclosed. The catalysts can be used to remove nitrogen oxides from a gaseous medium across a broad temperature range and exhibit hydrothermal stable at high reaction temperatures. The zeolite catalysts include a zeolite carrier having a silica to alumina ratio from about 15:1 to about 256:1 and a copper to alumina ratio from about 0.25:1 to about 1:1.
US09162217B2	Exhaust gas purifying catalyst and carrier An apatite compound represented by general formula: A10(PO4)6(OH)2 (wherein A represents Ba or a combination of Ba and Sr and/or Ca) is used as a carrier. This exhaust gas purifying catalyst is obtained by having the apatite compound carrier support a noble metal component.
US09162215B2	Methods for producing epoxidation catalysts and epoxidation methods utilizing these Methods are provided for producing epoxidation catalysts. The present methods are able to produce catalysts having the desired loading levels of catalytic species at a lower vacuum level (having a higher minimum residual pressure) than previously appreciated by the art, thereby providing equipment cost and time savings.
US09162213B2	Production method for exhaust gas-purifying catalyst and motor vehicle A method for producing an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present invention includes step (a) of preparing a metal oxide support containing zirconium; step (b) of preparing a solution containing rhodium; and step (c) of adding the metal oxide support prepared in the step (a), and ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogencarbonate or ammonia water, to the solution prepared in the step (b) to obtain the solution having a pH adjusted to a range of 3.0 or higher and 7.5 or lower. The present invention provides a method capable of producing an exhaust gas purifying catalyst including a metal oxide support containing zirconium and rhodium of a minute particle size which is supported on the metal oxide support at a high degree of dispersion.
US09162211B2	Micro-reactor for observing particles in a fluid A micro-reactor is provided for observing small particles, cells, bacteria, viruses or protein molecules in a fluid. The micro-reactor includes a first channel for containing the fluid and a second channel adjacent to the first channel. A gap connects the first channel and the second channel and a window transparent to the method of inspection is provided at the gap. A static or dynamic gradient, such as a gradient in concentration of a chemical or biological material, in pressure, in temperature, in electric potential, or in magnetic field, is applied across the gap, thereby causing the particles to cross the gap. By detecting a property of the particles upstream in the first channel and then applying a pressure burst over the channels when the property meets certain pre-set criteria, only selected particles can be placed in the gap.
US09162207B2	Fluidized-bed reactor and hydrotreating method thereof The invention relates to a fluidized bed reactor and a hydrogenation method thereof. The fluidized bed reactor (7) comprises a reactor shell (103) vertical to the ground and a phase separator (111) at the upper part of the shell (103). An inner circulation zone is provided under the phase separator (111), and comprises a cylinder (114), a tapered diffusion section (115) and a guiding structure (104). In the hydrogenation method using the fluidized bed reactor (7), an expanded bed reactor (3) is used to further hydrogenate part of the product from the fluidized bed reactor (7), and supply catalyst without influencing on the stable operation of the fluidized bed reactor (7).
US09162204B2	Process for improving the polymerization of ethylene and one or more optional comonomer(s) in a polymerization loop reactor The present invention relates to a process for improving the polymerization of ethylene and one or more optional co-monomer(s) in a polymerization loop reactor characterized in that said process comprises the step of controlling the hydrogen/monomer ratio along the path of the reactor by multiple, spatially separated, feeding of hydrogen along the path of the loop reactor. In particular, the invention provides a process for controlling, and preferably narrowing, the molecular weight distribution of the produced polymer particles. In another aspect, the invention relates to a polymerization loop reactor suitable for the polymerization process of ethylene and an optional olefin co-monomer, wherein the molecular weight distribution of the produced ethylene polymer can be controlled.
US09162202B2	High performance chimney tray for a fixed bed reactor A chimney tray for a reactor, wherein a gas reactant and a liquid reactant are mixed in chimneys to improve the dispersion performance of the liquid reactant on the catalyst bed of a fixed bed reactor thereby increasing the contact efficiency between the liquid reactant and the catalyst depending on the uniformity of flow of the liquid reactant, resulting in increased reaction efficiency, and which includes a tray having a plurality of through-holes, and a plurality of chimneys perpendicularly inserted into the through-holes of the tray and having one or more outlets penetrating there through and facing each other, wherein each of the plurality of chimneys includes a conical lower end which is formed such that it extends from the lower surface of the tray to make an angle of 10˜40° with respect to the direction of the normal line of the tray.
US09162196B2	Closed-type rubber kneader kneading efficiency evaluation method When kneading kneading materials that include raw rubber and carbon black in a closed-type rubber kneader, the extent of the kneading efficiency of the closed-type rubber kneader is evaluated in accordance with the magnitude of the evaluation index calculated from unit work/total amount of shear by calculating an evaluation index calculated by a calculation device based on a total amount of shear obtained by integrating the shear velocity applied to the kneading materials by a rotor that is being driven to rotate by the rotor drive unit of the kneader over the kneading time, and a unit work obtained by dividing the integrated power obtained by integrating the instantaneous power of the rotor drive unit over the kneading time by the mass of the kneading materials.
US09162192B2	Apparatus and method for metering, mixing and packaging solid particulate material The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus to produce solid particulate material from solid particulate components. The components are metered and mixed according to a desired recipe. After having been mixed the material is metered and packaged in a suitable form, e.g. in bags. The apparatus (10) comprises a stationary casing (32) provided with a rotating mixing tool (40), a discharge valve (50) mounted on the bottom of said mixer (30) and a metering and packaging unit (70).The method is particularly suitable to manufacture solid particulate material by mixing low-value components available in any site and high-value components, such as materials for use in the building and construction field.
US09162187B2	Filter module and the stringing thereof to form a filter system A filter module comprising a pressure pipe and a membrane disposed therein, having connections for a fluid to be fed, preferably untreated water, and for filtrate and retentate to be discharged, characterized by a functional/connection unit which is fastened in one end of the pressure pipe and has an upper part and a lower part, wherein all of the connections are provided on the upper part, and flow ducts which are in communication with the connections pass through the lower part, wherein the pressure pipe and the membrane have provided thereinbetween an open annular space through which the fed fluid flows to the bottom side of the membrane, and wherein the pressure pipe has a closed bottom.
US09162186B2	Sample filtration assembly The present invention provides a filtration assembly in the form of a disposable cartridge. A key feature of the invention is a filtration chamber having a porous membrane also referred to as a filter, a sample inlet to the filtration chamber, and an outlet for outflow of the fraction of sample that does not penetrate the membrane. The membrane can be used in any configuration, for example a hollow fiber. The fraction of sample that penetrates the membrane is referred to as the filtrate, and the fraction that does not penetrate the membrane is referred to as the retentate or concentrate. Some uses of the cartridge are to prepare plasma from blood, and to prepare a plasma ultra-filtrate from plasma, without the need for centrifugation. Many therapeutic drugs are highly protein bound, and a plasma ultra-filtrate is sometimes required to measure the unbound biologically active drugs.
US09162177B2	Ammonia capturing by CO2 product liquid in water wash liquid A method for capturing ammonia present in combustion flue gas subjected to carbon dioxide removal, using a water wash unit (102) included in a chilled ammonia process, comprises: providing CO2 loaded liquid (122) comprising CO2 dissolved in the liquid; providing wash water liquid (108, 138); combining the CO2 loaded liquid with the wash water liquid to form CO2 enriched wash water liquid (105, 106) before the liquid is added said water wash unit (102); and bringing said combustion flue gas into contact with said CO2 enriched wash water liquid by adding the CO2 enriched wash water liquid to said water wash unit (102).
US09162175B2	Apparatus and systems having compact configuration multiple swing adsorption beds and methods related thereto A compact configuration for a plurality of swing adsorption beds. The beds are configured within a single vessel such that one or more beds of adsorbent material are position as successive rings about a first, or core, bed of adsorbent material.
US09162173B1	Air filtration assembly An air filtration assembly for selectively eliminating smoke from an area includes a housing that may be coupled to a support surface. A motor is coupled to the housing. A fan is operationally coupled to the motor. The motor moves the fan. An actuator is coupled to the housing. The actuator is operationally coupled to the motor so the actuator selectively actuates the motor. A filter is coupled to the housing. The filter is operationally coupled to the fan. The fan draws air through the filter so the filter removes smoke from the air. A screen is operationally coupled to the housing. The screen is selectively extendable from the housing.
US09162171B2	Method, system, and apparatus for separation in processing of feedstocks A method, system, and apparatus for separation in processing of feedstocks are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a tubular vessel having a square pipe entry and a vapor outlet, wherein the vapor outlet is positioned at the top of the tubular vessel, and wherein the square pipe entry is tangential to an inner diameter of the tubular vessel; a barrel positioned below the tubular vessel; and a double isolation knife valve positioned between the tubular vessel and the barrel, wherein a stream of gas and solids enters the tubular vessel through the square pipe entry, and wherein the gas and solids are separated by using centrifugal force, and wherein the gas exits the vapor outlet and the solids are collected in the barrel.
US09162166B1	Apparatus and methods for vacuum operated sorting Methods and apparatus for vacuum operated sorting. The apparatus may include a plurality of casing members each having a passageway with a filter member across the passageway. The casing members may be removably coupled to one another in a desired order and/or quantity and attached to a vacuum source to provide sorting of objects such as beads into a plurality of size ranges.
US09162163B2	Processing liquid supply method, processing liquid supply apparatus and storage medium Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for reducing a processing liquid consumed for removing bubbles from a new filter unit, and shortening a start-up time when the filter unit is attached in a processing liquid supply passage. The method includes: filling the processing liquid into a new filter unit, decompressing inside of the filter unit into a first pressure atmosphere in order to remove bubbles from the filter unit, boosting a pressure of the inside of the filter unit, flowing the processing liquid into the filter unit from a primary side of the filter unit, and supplying the processing liquid flowing from the filter unit to an object to be processed through a nozzle thereby performing a liquid processing and quickly removing the bubbles.
US09162162B2	Liquid flow with gas mixing A system for removing oxygen from a fuel is provided including a pressurized gas lumen and a liquid transport lumen having a fuel separation device. The liquid transport lumen is positioned partially within the pressurized gas lumen and includes a plurality of openings formed along its length within said pressurized gas lumen. A shearing feature is formed within the liquid transport lumen and is positioned downstream of the openings and upstream of the fuel separation device. The gas enters the liquid transport lumens through the openings to form a plurality of bubbles removing oxygen from the fuel. The shearing feature collapses the bubbles into larger bubbles prior to flow into the fuel separation device.
US09162158B2	Method and apparatus for purifying water The invention provides a method and apparatus for purifying water. The apparatus includes a water still for receiving water and a hot air maintained in a heat-exchanging relationship to obtain a hot water and a cold air. The apparatus also includes one or more water purification units configured to receive the hot water from the water still in which the hot water is further heated using thermal energy received from one or more thermal energy sources to obtain steam and waste matter. A water purification unit of the one or more water purification units includes a waste matter remover for removing the waste matter from the water purification unit. The water still includes a heat-exchanging unit configured to receive the steam from the one or more water purification units. The steam received at the heat-exchanging unit is condensed to obtain purified water within the heat-exchanging unit using the cold air.
US09162156B2	Bubble wand and associated systems and methods A bubble wand includes a primary member and an auxiliary member. The primary member is substantially entirely formed in a first, single plane and defines an elongated slot and a first plurality of bubble-forming rings. The first plurality of bubble-forming rings includes a different bubble-forming ring positioned on each of at least two opposing sides of the elongated slot. Each of the first plurality of bubble-forming rings defines an opening therethrough. The auxiliary member is substantially entirely formed in a second, single plane and is coupled to the primary member such that the auxiliary member extends through the elongated slot of the primary member such that a first side portion of the auxiliary member is maintained on a first side of the primary member and a second side portion of the auxiliary member is maintained on a second side of the primary member. The auxiliary member defines at least one additional bubble-forming ring in each of the first side portion and the second side portion of the auxiliary member.
US09162151B1	Safety assembly A safety assembly for preventing a swing from twisting includes a frame coupled to a swing set frame. The frame may support the swing. A retainer is coupled between the frame and the swing set frame. The frame is retained on the swing set frame. A stabilizing arm is coupled to the frame. The stabilizing arm prevents the frame from rotating.
US09162146B2	Method and system for virtual mobile game session discovery and player matching A system for establishing multi-party wireless game sessions includes a game session broker and at least two wireless units. Each wireless unit includes a first wireless device having relatively low power consumption and a second wireless device having relatively high power consumption. The game session broker receives a session ready message that includes location information for a first player and search for a second player having location information matching the location information for the first player. Finding a matching player, the game session broker sends session available messages to wireless units associated with the first and second players. Session ready messages are sent and session available message are received via first wireless devices. Upon receiving the session available message, the first and second players can establish a wireless game session using their respective second wireless devices.
US09162144B2	Portable device pairing with a tracking system In embodiments of portable device pairing with a tracking system, a pairing system includes a portable device that generates device acceleration gesture data responsive to a series of motion gestures of the portable device. The pairing system also includes a tracking system that is configured for pairing with the portable device. The tracking system recognizes the series of motion gestures of the portable device and generates tracked object position gesture data. A pairing service can then determine that the series of motion gestures of the portable device corresponds to the series of motion gestures recognized by the tracking system, and communicate a pairing match notification to both the tracking system and the portable device to establish the pairing.
US09162142B2	Sigils for use with apparel Apparel is disclosed that can be worn to assist an interactive game in tracking the movement of the wearer. More particularly, the apparel may include one or more tracking marks formed of designs, patterns, or reflective materials that can be easily tracked by an interactive game employing one or more cameras or other detectors for detecting a change in position of an object. The apparel may take the form of, for example, hats, shirts, jackets, pants, gloves, and shoes. By providing tracking marks on apparel, rather than using a special-purpose device that must be separately worn, a player may enjoy a more natural feel when playing the interactive game. Further, the player need not don any special equipment to play the game. Instead, a user can wear the apparel for everyday purposes, and then simply begin playing the game wearing the apparel without having to put on any additional equipment. The apparel may use reflective materials, and the interactive game can employ a camera and a light source configuration where the camera is located within the observation angle of a player employing retroreflective materials reflecting light from the light source.
US09162141B2	Localization system for mounting game in portable storage device on game console and method therefor A localization system for mounting a game in a portable storage device onto a game console is provided. The system includes a portable storage device and a game console. After the game console is connected with the portable storage device and a game is selected via an application program menu, a target word unit and game information in a small database is searched. Then, whether any cover data or configuration data is corresponding to an identification code in the small database is checked. If yes, the cover data or configuration data is returned to the application program menu and displayed on a screen. The selected game is then downloaded into the game console from the portable storage device, thereby achieving the promptly mounting and localizing the game without downloading all games from the portable storage device.
US09162138B2	Card-reading shoe with inventory correction feature and methods of correcting inventory Methods and apparatus for identifying unexpected cards in a card-handling device are disclosed. The method comprises providing a card-handling device, wherein the card-handling device comprises a card storage area, an output end for the manual removal of cards, a processor with associated memory, and a card recognition system capable of reading at least a rank of a card, wherein the associated memory has a data file of a set of expected card values, reading a value of a card, comparing the read card value to the set of expected card values, and when the card value is not an expected card value, generating an error signal indicative of a card not belonging to the set.
US09162136B1	Outdoor kickball billiards gaming apparatus An outdoor kickball billiards gaming apparatus including a perimetric frame erectable atop a border of a rectangular polymeric mat, said frame thereby enclosing an area of game-play, said frame including a plurality of polymeric cushions thereupon disposed within the area of game-play, said frame interconnected at each corner by each of a plurality of corner pockets interconnectable cornerwise into the frame, and a pair of side pockets interconnectable medially into the frame oppositely disposed across a tangential axis of said frame, wherein each of a plurality of balls, voluble upon the polymeric mat, is directable into each of the respective corner and side pockets, whereby a cue ball is kickable to impact each of a plurality of game balls for capture within each of the plurality of corner and alternately side pockets, and a game of outdoor kickball billiards is playable thereby.
US09162134B2	Lacrosse training and competitive game installation with variable trajectory control A lacrosse training and competitive game installation includes an elongated enclosed space having side walls and a goal area adjacent one end thereof and a player area at an opposite end thereof. The goal area includes a rear wall and one or more forward projecting side baffle regions projecting forward from the rear wall of the goal area. Each of the one or more side baffle regions has one or more throwing apertures through which lacrosse balls are hurled into the enclosed space in sequence. A ball projector assembly is mounted behind each baffle adjacent each of the throwing apertures for hurling the lacrosse balls into the enclosed space simulating passed balls between players. A simulated goal is preferably rotatable in the goal area for throwing and shooting of balls at various angles to a goal. Balls are collected from the goal area and delivered to each ball projector assembly.
US09162129B2	Tactical training aids Contact-indicating devices including an elongate contacting member, and a housing configured to enclose a portion of the contacting member, the housing further enclosing a translation sensor configured to detect an inward longitudinal translation of the contacting member, and a rotation sensor configured to detect a pivoting of the contacting member in a first direction. The disclosed devices further include at least one indicating element, where the indicating element is configured to differentiate between the detected longitudinal translation of the contacting member and the detected pivoting of the contacting member in the first direction.
US09162127B2	Goal apparatus Goal apparatus comprising a frame, a first pliable goalpost member, a second pliable goalpost member and a pliable crossbar member. The frame presents net connection points and is configured to support each of the pliable goal members in tension between two net connection points such that the goal apparatus presents a substantially rectangular goal mouth. A frame for use in the goal apparatus. A net for use in the goal apparatus comprising first, second and third edges, and a first pliable goalpost member, a second pliable goalpost member and a pliable crossbar member extending along the first, second and third edge respectively.
US09162126B2	Lacrosse stick pocket and related method of manufacture A lacrosse head pocket includes an elongated single layer runner with multiple cross pieces. The single layer runner can be constructed from a material, such as a polymeric material, molded over the cross pieces. The cross pieces and/or runner can include speed lace loops with which a net lace can be joined. A related method includes providing cross pieces, overmolding a polymeric material over the cross pieces to form a single layer runner, where the overmolded material is the only structure extending between and connecting the cross pieces, and where the cross pieces are transverse to the runners. Another method includes providing a pocket base overmolding the base with a polymeric material to cover portions of it, and forming connection elements between different portions independently of any other components of the pocket base.
US09162125B1	Multi-use golf towel A multi-use golf towel including an absorbent front layer, a back layer being chamois, and a moisture barrier inner layer disposed therebetween to keep the front layer dry, a removable rotating golf brush with wire and nylon bristles disposed in a frame within the towel, and a ring to accept a hanging device to attach the towel to a golf bag. A cover disposed on a back side of the frame to protect the bristles.
US09162123B2	Golf bag accessory for indicating removal of a club from the bag A golf bag accessory, for indicating the removal of a golf club from a golf bag, has a base member consisting of supporting ring elements. An indicator member with an open top is made of two layers of low friction material surrounding a rubber boot element. The two material layers and the boot element are connected between the ring members. The indicator member extends down from the base member to circumscribe a golf club positioned within the golf bag. Upon removal of the golf club from the golf bag, the indicator member is drawn upwards, ultimately extending up from the base member and out of the golf bag to provide notice to the golfer that a club has been removed and needs to be replaced.
US09162122B2	Golf club shaft adaptor The present invention is directed to a shaft lengthening system for a golf club. The shaft lengthening system comprises three components: an upper shaft portion that is attached to a grip, a lower shaft portion or portions that are attached to a club head, and a collet clamp assembly that couples the upper and lower shaft components together. The shaft components slideably engage with each other. The collet clamp assembly may comprise a collet secured to one of the shaft components and a collet clamp that interacts with the collet. Preferably, the collet clamp is threaded over the collet to clamp a portion of the collet to the other of the shaft components thereby setting the position of the shaft components relative to each other, and thus setting the overall length of the golf club shaft.
US09162120B2	Club heads for adjusting vertical spin of a golf ball and methods of providing the same Some embodiments include a club head for adjusting vertical spin of a golf ball. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
US09162119B2	Golf club head A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention may include a main cavity having at least one auxiliary cavity and a base surface. An insert may be associated with the base surface and may comprise at least two contact elements, with a bridge member disposed therebetween. Different contact elements of the insert may be disposed in separate respective auxiliary cavities, such that each contact element may be associated with the base surface. The bridge member of the insert may be dissociated from the base surface. Moreover, a surface coating may be selectively applied to the head to permit a durable adhesive bond between the insert and the base surface.
US09162118B2	Golf club head with channel and stabilizing structure The invention generally relates to a golf club with a channel area. The channel area includes a groove disposed alongside a ramp having a shallow slope with respect to the horizontal when the club head is at address. The channel area may extend across a portion of the club head such as the crown or the sole. The ramp is oriented such that, during a high speed drive, the ramped portion of the sole may distribute and neutralize torsional stresses, dampening unwanted and unpredictable twisting, preventing the ball from flying in unpredictable directions while the deeper groove contributes to a high coefficient of restitution of a ball-striking face, a large sweet spot area, or both, thus causing the ball to fly a long distance.
US09162115B1	Golf club head A golf club head is described having a body defining an interior cavity and comprising a heel portion, a toe portion, and a sole portion positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, and a crown positioned at a top portion. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. A face is positioned at the forward portion of the body. The face has a center face location and includes a center face characteristic time. An off-center location on the face is located at about −40 mm in a heel direction away from the center face location. The off-center location has an off-center characteristic time of at least 80% of the center face characteristic time.
US09162114B1	Game ball and method of manufacturing same A game ball, such as a soccer ball, having a cover comprised of one or more cover panel blanks and one or more reinforcement material blanks, is provided. The cover panel blanks and reinforcement material blanks are bonded together so that the free edges and interior panel boundaries of the cover panel blanks are aligned with the reinforcement material blanks.
US09162112B2	Golf ball An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball traveling 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 is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) base rubber, (b) an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, (d) a carboxylic acid having 1 to 14 carbon atoms and/or a salt thereof, and (e) a halogen-substituted thiophenol and/or a metal salt thereof as an organic sulfur compound, provided that the rubber composition further contains (f) a metal compound in the case of containing only (b) the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms as the co-crosslinking agent.
US09162110B1	Monofin, tail and method A monofin, mermaid tail, and method of applying the tail and monofin. The fin utilizes a core made of flexible, yet resilient material such as plastic and a cover that is elastic, such as neoprene. The user's feet are connected to the fin by releasable connections. The mermaid tail and monofin connects both of a user's feet and legs in order to facilitate swimming in a mermaid-like motion while giving the user the appearance of a mermaid.
US09162109B2	Fitness board A fitness board, including: a fitness board body, the fitness board body including a center and a margin; a first cavity; a second cavity; and a flow regulating mechanism. The first cavity is disposed inside the center of the fitness board body. The second cavity is disposed inside the fitness board body and winds around the margin thereof. The first cavity communicates with the second cavity. The first cavity and the second cavity are filled with a liquid. The volume of the liquid is smaller than the total capacity of the first cavity and the second cavity. The flow regulating mechanism is disposed inside the first cavity and/or the second cavity.
US09162108B1	Automatic monitoring and coaching of strength exercise A data processor maintains an electronic exercise program, which defines exercise sessions defining exercise sets for a subject on one or more exercise apparatuses. The data processor makes a selection (306) between an exercise set (320) and a performance test (308). If a set is selected, instructions relating to the set are given. Each repetition is detected, a risk of injury is assessed, and if a threshold is exceeded, instructions for reducing likelihood for injury are given. Repetitions are counted until detection of a last repetition in the set (410). Feedback is given after the last repetition. If a performance test (308) is selected, instructions relating to the test are given. Subject's performance is monitored until termination of the test. After the test, the exercise program (310) is adapted based on the monitored performance data.
US09162104B1	Invertede exercise cycling assembly An inverted exercise cycling assembly allows a user to exercise their lower body while lying with a back to a ground surface. The assembly includes a support assembly configured for positioning upon a ground surface. A post is coupled to the support assembly. A cycling frame is coupled to the post. A flywheel is rotatably coupled to the cycling frame. A pair of pedals is coupled to the cycling frame and mechanically coupled to the flywheel such that rotation of the pedals rotates the flywheel. A rear axle is coupled to the cycling frame and extends between the pedals. The rear axle is operationally coupled to the pedals wherein the pedals urge the rear axle to rotate. A front axle is coupled to the cycling frame and extends through the flywheel. The front axle is operationally coupled to the pedals wherein the pedals urge the front axle to rotate.
US09162099B2	Adductor and abductor exercise device An exercise device that enables a user to exercise the adductor and abductor muscles. The exercise device may include a base with at least one base channel and a slant board with at least one slant board channel. The exercise device may further include at least one rolling cylinder configured to fit within the at least one base channel and the at least one slant board channel.
US09162094B2	Door machine mechanism for rolling door having functions of fireproof, smokeproof, and fire escape A door machine mechanism for a rolling door has an electric machine mechanism, a brake mechanism and an output mechanism. In normal power supply condition, the rolling door is opened by the electric machine mechanism. In case of fire, the brake mechanism releases brake so that the rolling door moves downward by its own weight. However, in an emergency condition, if an external force is applied to push the door upward, the rolling door will be reopened by an assistance of spare electricity to the electric machine mechanism.
US09162093B2	Holder for a fire protection sleeve One or more embodiments of the present invention relate to a holder for a fire protection sleeve, having a mounting portion, a supporting portion and a holding portion, characterized in that the holding portion is provided with anchoring structure, which may positively interlock with the cover of a fire protection sleeve. One or more embodiments of the present invention also relate to an assembly of such a holder and a fire protection sleeve comprising a strip of an intumescent material, which is surrounded by a cover at least on one flat side and a longitudinal edge, characterized in that the anchoring structure may dig into the cover in the region of the longitudinal edge.
US09162090B2	Lumbar wear-pad Apparatus and associated methods relate to a flexible lumbar wear-pad having an external low-friction high-wear-resistance surface, the lumbar wear-pad configured to be replaceably coupled to the lower back region of a belted fall-protection safety harness. In various embodiments, the lumbar wear-pad may cover a length of the webbing over the hip and lumbar vertebrae regions of a wearer's lower back. In some embodiments a lumbar wear-pad may be field replaceable on a fall-protection safety harness. An exemplary embodiment may have three prominences, a smaller center prominence located near a wearer's lumbar vertebrae and two side prominences located near a wearer's hip bones. In some embodiments, the lumbar wear-pad may be flexible so as to anatomically conform to a wearer's body. Exemplary lumbar wear-pads may provide protection for both a wearer and the wearer's harness during sliding or leaning engagements with vertical surfaces.
US09162088B2	Method of assembly and disassembly of abrasive blast respirator Embodiments of methods of assembling an abrasive blast respirator are disclosed. The method may comprise removably attaching an exhalation valve into an exhalation valve port of a facepiece, removably installing the facepiece into a hood, removably attaching a filter to a first inhalation valve, where the first inhalation valve is coupled to the facepiece, and removably attaching a breathing hose to a second inhalation valve, where the second inhalation valve is coupled to the facepiece.
US09162087B2	Double tear bag for emergency oxygen system The invention relates to an emergency tubing set, including an oxygen mask adapted to cover a users mouth and nose, a tubing connected at a first end to said tubing set to provide oxygen to said oxygen mask, and a connect or connected to said tubing at a second end opposed to said first end, the connector being adapted to be connected to an oxygen source for supplying oxygen to said tubing. According to the invention the tubing includes an excess tubing section and a connecting tubing section wherein the excess tubing section is stored in a bottom pouch and a first part of an intermediate tubing section is arranged inside the bottom pouch and a second part of said intermediate tubing section is arranged outside said bottom pouch, wherein the intermediate tubing interconnects the excess tubing section and the connecting tubing section.
US09162084B2	Formulations for topical delivery of bioactive substances and methods for their use The invention relates to topical delivery of bioactive agents. More particularly, the invention relates to anhydrous formulations for percutaneous absorption. The invention provides formulations that allow efficient topical delivery of high concentrations of bioactive substances for percutaneous absorption. The formulations according to the invention are generally non-irritating to the skin.
US09162078B2	Treatment of skin disorders with UV light Skin disorders such as, for example, atopic dermatitis, dyshidrosis, eczema, lichen planus, psoriasis, and vitiligo, are treated by applying high doses of ultraviolet light to diseased regions of a patients skin. The dosage employed exceeds 1 MED, an MED being determined for the particular patient being treated, and may range from about 1 MED to about 20 MED or higher. The ultraviolet light has a wavelength within the range of between about 295 nanometers to about 320 nanometers and preferably is between about 300 nanometers and about 310 nanometers. High doses of ultraviolet light are restricted to diseased tissue areas so as to avoid risk of detrimental side affects in healthy skin, which is more susceptible to damage from UV light. Cooling the skin prior to and/or while exposing the skin to the UV light can be used to minimize tissue damage resulting from exposure to the UV light. Higher doses of UV light can therefore be employed without injurious affects.
US09162072B2	Implantable medical device with lubricious material An implantable medical device with lubricious material permits implantable medical devices to have a reduced friction between the device and at least a portion of the surrounding tissue. The implantable medical device may have a housing or it may have a housing and a member for providing a smooth interface between the device and the tissue. The lubricious material may be provided on or impregnated in the housing or the member. In some embodiments, the device is configured for implantation in the head of a human body. In other embodiments, the device is configured for implantation between the cranium and the scalp. In some embodiments, the device includes a single module while in other embodiments a plurality of modules are coupled together to provide a smaller profile.
US09162067B1	Methods and devices for monitoring myocardial electro-mechanical stability Embodiments of the present invention relate to implantable systems, and methods for use therewith, for monitoring myocardial electro-mechanical stability, and responding to the same. One or more signal indicative of electrical functioning of a patient's heart is obtained, as is one or more signal indicative of mechanical functioning of the patient's heart. The patient's myocardial electrical stability is monitored based on the one or more signal indicative of electrical functioning of the patient's heart, and the patient's myocardial mechanical stability is monitored based on the one or more signal indicative of mechanical functioning of the patient's heart. Based on both the myocardial electrical stability and myocardial mechanical stability, the patient's risk of an adverse cardiac event is monitored. Further, when the patient is at risk of an adverse cardiac event, a response is triggered that is specific to both the myocardial electrical stability and the myocardial mechanical stability. This abstract is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention.
US09162066B2	Method and system for stimulating a heart A first ventricle is stimulated at a stimulation site, a point of time for arrival at the AV node for at least one depolarization wave resulting from the stimulation is estimated and a first activation time interval substantially corresponding to the time interval required for at least one depolarization wave to travel from the stimulation site in the first ventricle to the AV node is computed. A similar process is used to compute a second activation time interval for the other ventricle. Based on these activation time intervals and a difference between the intervals, a pacing therapy can be determined.
US09162065B2	Systems and methods for estimating central arterial blood pressure of a patient In specific embodiments, a method for estimating central arterial blood pressure (CBP), comprises determining a time t1 from a predetermined feature of a signal indicative of electrical activity to a predetermined feature of one of a first and second signals, the time t1 being a first pulse arrival time (PAT1) indicative of how long it takes a pulse wave to travel from the aorta to one of a first and second sites, determining a time t2, the time t2 being a second pulse arrival time (PAT2) indicative of how long it takes a pulse wave to travel from the aorta to the other of the first and second sites, and (f) estimating the patient's central arterial blood pressure (CBP) based on the first pulse arrival time (PAT1) and the second pulse arrival time (PAT2).
US09162061B2	Vision enhancement for a vision impaired user This invention concerns a vision enhancement apparatus that improves vision for a vision-impaired user of interface equipment. Interface equipment stimulates the user's cortex, directly or indirectly, to provide artificial vision. It may include a passive sensor to acquire real-time high resolution video data representing the vicinity of the user. A sight processor to receive the acquired high resolution data and automatically: Analyze the high resolution data to extract depth of field information concerning objects of interest. Extract lower resolution data representing the vicinity of the user. And, provide both the depth of field information concerning objects of interest and the lower resolution data representing the vicinity of the user to the interface equipment to stimulate artificial vision for the user.
US09162049B2	Devices and methods for tissue modulation and monitoring A tissue stimulating device has an elongate member, a proximal annular stimulating region and a distal annular stimulating region. Each of the annular stimulating regions circumscribe the elongate member, and each has a plurality of independently energizable electrodes that deliver current into tissue. Adjacent electrodes in the annular stimulating regions are separated from one another by an insulating member. The annular stimulating regions are axially separated from one another by a gap. An internal electrical connector electrically couples a first electrode in the proximal annular stimulating region with a first electrode in the distal annular stimulating region. The first internal electrical connector is disposed within the elongate member, and extends across the gap between annular stimulating regions. A recording electrode is disposed in the gap and is adapted to record local tissue potentials from the tissue.
US09162039B2	Flow directed guidewire A device for accessing a vessel, duct or lumen, comprising a guidewire having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one projection that extends from said guidewire at or near the distal end of the guidewire. When the guidewire is placed into the vessel, duct or lumen containing a flowing fluid, the drag on the guidewire is greater when the fluid is flowing from the proximal to distal end of the guidewire than it is when it is flowing distally-to-proximally, thereby helping to direct the guidewire. The device is particularly useful in crossing a narrowing in the vessel, duct or lumen, such as may occur in blood vessels containing a stenosis, such as due to atherosclerosis.
US09162036B2	Medical device control handle with multiple puller wires A medical device control handle or catheter includes deflection assembly and at least one of the following: a disk actuator, a lever actuator and a ring actuator for actuating additional puller wires in manipulation of multiple features of the medical device or catheter independently of each other. The disk actuator has a common rotational axis with but is rotationally independent of the deflection assembly. The lever actuator has a separate rotational axis. The ring is mounted outside of the control handle and rotatable relative to the control handle to actuate another puller wire for manipulating another feature of the catheter.Each of the disk, lever and ring actuators are of a design that allows existing control handles and catheters to be readily modified to include these actuators.
US09162034B2	Delivery of respiratory therapy A patient interface includes a sealing arrangement adapted to provide an effective seal with the patient's nose, an inlet conduit arrangement adapted to deliver breathable gas to the sealing arrangement, and a cover that substantially encloses the sealing arrangement and/or the inlet conduit arrangement.
US09162031B2	Directional flow sensor inhaler An fluid sensor to activate and control various components of an inhalation device. The fluid sensor includes an acoustic element, such as a microphone, positioned within said inhalation device to detect fluid within the device and output signals representative of the frequency, direction and/or amplitude of the fluid. These signals control and activate an electrostatic plate and/or a high frequency vibrator.
US09162020B2	Method and apparatus for controlling an extra-corporeal blood treatment in a medical device Apparatus for controlling an extra-corporeal blood treatment in a medical device, comprising a blood treatment device (7), an extra-corporeal blood transport line (4), a fluid transport line (3) for a treatment fluid for the blood, at least a sensor adapted to provide a measure (M) correlated to at least a treatment parameter of the extra-corporeal blood treatment and/or of the treatment device (7) in the medical device (1), at least one storage memory (29), and at least a control device (28), operatively connected at least with the storage memory (29) and with the sensor, and configured for receiving the measure (M) from the sensor, correlating the measure (M) with referential data (R) of the treatment device for the treatment parameter provided by the at least one storage memory (29), and correlating the measure (M) with patient historical data (H) for the treatment parameter for obtaining an information representative of the quality of the extra-corporeal blood treatment.
US09162018B2	Cardiac pump The cardiac pump, which is suitable for implantation into a ventricle of a human heart, has a primary blood flow path through a housing, a rotatable pump member disposed within the housing for causing blood to flow along the primary flow path, the pump member being rotatably coupled to the housing about an upstream bearing and a downstream bearing. The pump member includes an impeller shroud defining a secondary flow path in fluid communication with the primary flow path. The downstream bearing comprises a rotational bearing member and a stationary bearing seat for the bearing member, there being a circumferential transition between the bearing seat and the bearing member, the circumferential transition being disposed in the secondary flow path and arranged to be washed by blood passing along the secondary flow path.
US09162015B2	System for percutaneously administering reduced pressure treatment using balloon dissection A reduced pressure delivery system for applying reduced pressure tissue treatment to a tissue site is provided. The system includes a manifold delivery tube and a balloon having an inner space. The balloon is capable of assuming collapsed and expanded positions. The system further includes a manifold having a plurality of flow channels. The manifold is disposed within the inner space of the balloon. A sharp tip is configured to be delivered within the manifold delivery tube to puncture the balloon.
US09162012B2	Bone matrix compositions and methods Osteoinductive compositions and implants having increased biological activities, and methods for their production, are provided. The biological activities that may be increased include, but are not limited to, bone forming; bone healing; osteoinductive activity, osteogenic activity, chondrogenic activity, wound healing activity, neurogenic activity, contraction-inducing activity, mitosis-inducing activity, differentiation-inducing activity, chemotactic activity, angiogenic or vasculogenic activity, and exocytosis or endocytosis-inducing activity. In one embodiment, a method for producing an osteoinductive composition comprises providing partially demineralized bone, treating the partially demineralized bone to disrupt the collagen structure of the bone. In another embodiment, an implantable osteoinductive and osteoconductive composition comprises partially demineralized bone, wherein the collagen structure of the bone has been disrupted, and, optionally, a tissue-derived extract.
US09162005B2	Compositions for prevention of adhesions and other barrier applications A method has been developed of preventing or limiting formation of adhesions by administering to a site in need thereof, in the absence of or after bleeding or leakage of fluid has been substantially stopped, a self-assembling material which forms a barrier to formation of adhesions. In certain embodiments, the self assembling materials are peptidomimetics, nucleotidomimetics, di- and triblock copolymers, N-alkylacrylamides, or dendimers. These materials are also useful in a method for regeneration or repair of tissue or cells forming tissue.
US09162001B2	Method and apparatus for the disinfection or sterilization of medical apparel and accessories The present invention provides an apparatus for disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical or laboratory apparel or accessories, comprising: a cabinet, a disinfecting system housed within the cabinet, wherein the disinfecting system comprises at least one disinfecting agent, and an embedded computer or a programmable logic controller (PLC) housed within the cabinet, wherein the embedded computer or the PLC controls one or more systems of the apparatus. The cabinet has advanced tracking features (e.g., RFID readers) that can track the apparel or accessories being disinfected. The embedded computer or PLC has the capabilities to send electronic messages to users or additional computers for further transmission of information at regular intervals. Methods for disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical or laboratory apparel or accessories are also provided.
US09162000B2	Footwear sanitizing and deodorizing system Introducing ultraviolet (UV) light to activate a light sensitive chemical compound applied to interior portions of footwear alters the environment inside a shoe or other footwear to destroy microorganisms or inhibit their growth. Visible light can also be used to prevent further microorganism growth. Introducing forced air flow through the footwear removes dampness in and thereby deodorizes the footwear. A preferred embodiment comprises an adjustable shoe tree equipped with a UV germicidal light source and electronic safeguards that prevent appreciable leakage of UV radiation outside the shoe.
US09161999B2	Electron beam sterilization equipment for containers that uses revolving transport device Electron beam sterilization equipment includes an outer-surface sterilization zone Z2 for sterilizing the outer surface of a container B by emitting electron beams when the container B is transported along circular paths L1 and L2; and an inner-surface sterilization zone Z3 for sterilizing the inner surface of the container B. An electron beam irradiator E1 is located near the upstream side of a 1-2 joint J1-2 of the circular paths L1 and L2 disposed in the outer-surface sterilization zone Z2, and a electron beam irradiator E2 is located near the downstream side of the joint. Thus, the electron beam irradiator E1 and the electron beam irradiator E2 are brought close to each other so as to sequentially sterilize the one half outer surfaces and the other half outer surface of the container B.
US09161996B2	Gold coated super paramagnetic iron oxide nano-particles (SPIONs) and a method of synthesizing the same The various embodiments herein provide a gold coated SPIONs with jagged surface. The gold coated SPIONs have a core and a shell. The core is a SPION molecule and the shell is a jagged gold layer. A non-uniform polymeric gap exists between the core and the shell. The embodiments also provide a method of producing the jagged gold coated SPIONs by mixing a colloidal dispersion of SPIONs with pH sensitive polymers. Adding a gold salt to the above mixture and reducing the gold salt to form jagged gold coated SPIONs.
US09161992B2	P97 fragments with transfer activity The present invention is related to fragments of human melanotransferrin (p97). In particular, this invention relates to treatment of diseases through the introduction of the melanotransferrin fragment conjugated to a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to a subject.
US09161988B2	Multimeric peptide conjugates and uses thereof The present invention relates to multimeric (e.g., dimeric, trimeric) forms of peptide vectors that are capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB) or efficiently entering particular cell types. These multimeric peptide vectors, when conjugated to agents (e.g., therapeutic agents) are capable of transporting the agents across the BBB or into particular cell types. These compounds are therefore particularly useful in the treatment of neurological diseases.
US09161986B2	Nanoparticle containing prostaglandin I2 derivative There is provided a beraprost sodium-containing nanoparticle that contains beraprost sodium among other prostaglandin I2 (prostacyclin) derivatives, which are therapeutic agents for pulmonary hypertension. The beraprost sodium-containing nanoparticle is obtained by making beraprost sodium hydrophobic using a metal ion and allowing the hydrophobic beraprost sodium to react with poly-L-lactic acid or a poly(L-lactic acid/glycolic acid) copolymer, and a poly-DL- or L-lactic acid-polyethylene glycol block copolymer or a poly(DL- or L-lactic acid/glycolic acid)-polyethylene glycol block copolymer. The beraprost sodium-containing nanoparticle excels in sustained release of an active ingredient, reduces a side effect, and furthermore, has an excellent drug retention in the blood. Therefore, the beraprost sodium-containing nanoparticle is quite outstanding particularly regarding the sustainability of the medicinal effect.
US09161983B2	Linear polyester and semi-linear glycidol polymer systems: formulation and synthesis of novel monomers and macromolecular structures Disclosed herein are glycidol-based polymers, nanoparticles, and methods related thereto useful for drug delivery. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09161981B2	Non-aqueous oily injectable formulation exhibiting preservative efficacy Disclosed herein is preferably a multi-dose type non-aqueous oily injectable formulation including; an active ingredient (drug) expressing therapeutic effects, which is dissolved, dispersed or suspended in a therapeutically effective amount, in oil. The disclosed non-aqueous oily injectable formulation may include; an oil-affinitive preservative, and a hydrophilic excipient non-phase separable from the oil-affinitive preservative when the excipient is mixed with the oil-affinitive preservative.
US09161979B2	Immunostimulant compositions comprising a nucleobase and a polysaccharide obtainable from fungi, yeast or bacteria The present invention relates to compositions comprising nucleobases and/or sources of nucleobases and polysaccharides from extracts of fungi, yeasts or bacteria. Preferably, the compositions include Nucleoforce® or Nucleoforce® Dogs and AHCC®. Said compositions are useful in the treatment and prevention of immunosuppression, of the toxicity derived from chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment, of diseases of the immune system, of cancer or an infection; and are also useful to stimulate the immune function in a mammal, including a human.
US09161976B2	Immunotherapy comprising TLR9 ligand and CD40 ligand The present invention provides immunostimulatory combinations. Generally, the immunostimulatory combinations include a TLR agonist and a TNF/R agonist. Certain immunostimulatory combinations also may include an antigen.
US09161974B2	Methods and compositions using listeria for adjuvant treatment of cancer Provided herein are prime-boost regimens and materials used therein. The prime-boost regimens enhance the immune response to a target antigen. The vaccines used for boost are comprised of recombinant attenuated metabolically active Listeria that encodes an expressible antigen that is cross-reactive with the target antigen. In some examples, the immune response is a cellular immune response.
US09161970B2	Dermal filler Improved dermal filler formulation comprising a hyaluronic acid and a botulinum toxin.
US09161969B2	Protection against influenza infection by granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor Alveolar macrophages contribute to host defenses against influenza. Enhancing their function contributed to protection against influenza and other acute lethal pulmonary infections. Wild-type mice and Tg mice expressing GM-CSF in the lung were infected with influenza virus, and lung pathology, weight loss and mortality were measured. GM-CSF was also administered to lungs of wild-type mice that were infected with influenza virus. All Tg mice expressing GM-CSF in the lungs survived with greatly reduced weight loss and lung injury and histologic evidence of a rapid host inflammatory response that controlled infection vs. wild-type mice not expressing GM-CSF in the lungs. This resistance to influenza was abrogated by elimination of alveolar phagocytes, but not by depletion of T cells, B cells or neutrophils. Tg mice had far more alveolar macrophages than wild-type mice and were more resistant to influenza-induced apoptosis. Delivery of intranasal GM-CSF to wild-type mice also conferred influenza resistance. Therefore, GM-CSF confers resistance to influenza by enhancing innate immune mechanisms that depend on alveolar macrophages. Pulmonary delivery of GM-CSF is therefore useful for reducing the significant morbidity and mortality due to influenza virus and is similarly useful in pulmonary infection caused by other infectious viral and bacterial agents.
US09161967B2	Compositions and methods for treating the vertebral column The present invention relates to compositions and methods useful for treating structures of the vertebral column, including vertebral bodies. In one embodiment, a method for promoting bone formation in a vertebral body comprising providing a composition comprising a PDGF solution and a biocompatible matrix and applying the composition to at least one vertebral body. Promoting bone formation in a vertebral body, according to some embodiments, can increase bone volume, mass, and/or density leading to an increase in mechanical strength of the vertebral body treated with a composition of the present invention.
US09161954B2	Amniotic membrane preparations and purified compositions and anti-angiogenesis treatment Compositions having a combination of specific biological components have been found to exert a number of useful effects in mammalian cells, including modulating TGF β signaling, apoptosis, and proliferation of mammalian cells, as well as decreasing inflammation in mice. These components can be obtained commercially, or can be prepared from biological tissues such as placental tissues. Placental amniotic membrane (AM) preparations described herein include AM pieces, AM extracts, AM jelly, AM stroma, and mixtures of these compositions with additional components. The compositions can be used to treat various diseases, such as wound healing, inflammation and angiogenesis-related diseases.
US09161953B2	GLP-1 receptor agonists for islet cell transplantation The disclosure provides methods for treating diabetes by promoting graft survival and improved graft function in a patient receiving an islet transplant by treating the patient with a GLP-1 receptor agonist compound prior to the islet transplant. The methods may also comprise treating the islets with a GLP-1 receptor agonist compound prior to transplanting them in a patient. The methods may eliminate the need for immunosuppressive therapy in islet transplants. Any GLP-1 receptor agonist compound know in the art can be used in the methods described herein.
US09161950B2	Neuronal protection by cerium oxide nanoparticles A method of treating a subject with elevated levels of peroxynitrite includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles to the subject, wherein the cerium oxide nanoparticles reduce the level of peroxynitrite in the subject.
US09161948B2	Peptide oligonucleotide conjugates Oligonucleotide analogues conjugated to carrier peptides are provided. The disclosed compounds are useful for the treatment of various diseases, for example diseases where inhibition of protein expression or correction of aberrant mRNA splice products produces beneficial therapeutic effects.
US09161947B2	MiRNA molecule defined by its source and its diagnostic and therapeutic uses in diseases or conditions associated with EMT The invention relates to the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of a miRNA molecule or an equivalent thereof wherein a source of said miRNA molecule or equivalent thereof comprises at least 80 nucleotides and comprises a motif having at least 98% identity with the motif represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or a source thereof in a disease and condition associated with EMT (Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition).
US09161943B2	Sustained release composition and manufacturing method thereof A sustained release composition comprising a polymer and manufacturing method thereof. The sustained release composition comprises a polymer, a bioactive agent, and a release rate determined agent, wherein the release rate determined agent is dispersed in the sustained release composition to control the release rate of the bioactive agent. The method comprises providing an oil phase comprising a bioactive agent, a polymer, and a release rate determined agent; providing an aqueous phase comprising a surfactant; mixing the oil phase with the aqueous phase to form the sustained release composition having a controlled release effect.
US09161940B2	Selective estrogen receptor modulators with short half-lives and uses thereof The present invention relates to the long-term administration of a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) with a short half-life for the treatment of a variety of estrogen receptor-mediated conditions. The SERM may be administered at a concentration at or below that of a SERM with a long half-life in order to achieve an equivalent therapeutic effect.
US09161938B2	Sustained release intraocular implants and methods for treating ocular vasculopathies Biocompatible intraocular implants include an alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist and a polymer associated with the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist to facilitate release of the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist into an eye for an extended period of time. The alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. The implants may be placed in an eye to treat one or more ocular conditions, such as an ocular vasculopathy or glaucoma, among others.
US09161935B2	Use of laquinimod for treating Crohn's disease patients who failed first-line anti-TNF therapy This application provides for a method of treating a human patient afflicted with anti-TNFα refractory Crohn's disease, of treating a human patient afflicted with non-fibrostenotic Crohn's disease, and of treating a human patient whose Crohn's disease had not been surgically treated, the method comprising periodically administering to the patient an amount of laquinimod or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof effective to treat the patient. This application also provides for a method of inducing or maintaining clinical remission in a human patient afflicted with Crohn's disease comprising periodically administering to the patient an amount of laquinimod effective to induce or maintain clinical remission in the patient, which amount of laquinimod is less than 0.5 mg/day.
US09161932B1	Anesthetic and cooling mixture An anesthetic and cooling mixture is sprayed from an aerosol can and onto an injured area of a person. The mixture includes lidocaine, camphor, vitamin E, H2O, polylactic acid and a propellant.
US09161931B2	Dithiol compounds and treatment of presbyopia using said compounds Dithiol compounds and derivatives thereof are disclosed. The agents are useful for treating ocular disease, especially presbyopia and cataract. Also disclosed are novel mercaptan compounds, particularly those including a photolabile protecting group, as well as methods of using the compounds for the prevention and treatment of ocular damage and disease.
US09161930B2	Pharmaceutical composition for diabetic nephropathy and its preparation and application The invention relates to application of 4,4′-diphenylmethane-bis(methyl) carbamates (DPMC) extracted and isolated from Cortex Mori and preparation of medicine for diabetic nephropathy. The pharmaceutical composition is made up of DPMC as active ingredient and the normal drug carriers, and the weight percentage of active ingredient is 0.1-99.5%. For the remarkable effect of prevention and cure for diabetic nephropathy and convenience for use, it will be a new facultative drug for patients.
US09161927B2	Drug combinations containing PDE4 inhibitors and NSAIDs The present invention relates to new drug combinations which contain in addition to one or more PDE4-inhibitors at least one NSAID (=non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) (2), processes for preparing them and their use in treating in particular respiratory complaints such as for example COPD, chronic sinusitis and asthma.The invention particularly relates to those drug combinations which contain, in addition to one or more, preferably one PDE4 inhibitor of general formula 1 wherein X is SO or SO2, but preferably SO, and wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 have the meanings given in claim 1, at least one NSAID (2), the preparation thereof and the use thereof for the treatment of respiratory complaints.
US09161926B2	Topical dapsone and dapsone/adaplene compositions and methods for use thereof Dapsone and dapsone/adapalene compositions can be useful for treating a variety of dermatological conditions. The compositions of this disclosure include dapsone and/or adapalene in a polymeric viscosity builder. Subject compositions can be adjusted to optimize the dermal delivery profile of dapsone to effectively treat dermatological conditions and improve the efficiency of pharmaceutical products applied to the skin. Use of the polymeric viscosity builder provides compositions with increased concentrations of diethylene glycol monoethyl ether relative to compositions without the polymeric viscosity builder.
US09161924B2	Factor IXa inhibitors The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing a thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.
US09161922B2	Amine oxidase inhibitors A therapeutic agent for selectively inhibiting amine oxidases associated diseases and conditions in humans includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of propargylamines, polypropargylamines, homopropargylamines, 4-substituted-2-butynylamines, 2- and 3-halloallylamines, pyrroline derivatives, cycloalkenyl branched primary amines, propargyl diamines, homopropargyl amines and diamines, allenyl amines and diamines, chloroallyl diamines, lysyne analogs, β-haloamines, RF-substituted amines, RCi-substituted amines, and R3Si substituted amines.
US09161919B2	Timed, pulsatile release systems A unit multiparticulate dosage form for delivering one or more basic, active pharmaceutical ingredients into the body in need of such medications to achieve target PK (pharmacokinetics) profiles is described. The dosage form comprises one or more multicoated drug particles (beads, pellets, mini-/micro-tablets) having a barrier coating and a lag-time coating. Each Timed Pulsatile Release (TPR) bead population exhibits pre-determined lag-time followed by differing release characteristics. The composition and thickness of the barrier coating, composition and thickness of the lag-time coating, ratio of IR beads to one or more TPR bead populations and total dose may be varied depending on the alkalinity, pH-dependent solubility and elimination half-life of the active ingredients to achieve target PK profiles (suitable for a once or twice daily dosing regimen) in patients in need of such medications.
US09161917B2	Process for the preparation of a solid dosage form, in particular a tablet, for pharmaceutical use and process for the preparation of a precursor for a solid dosage form, in particular a tablet Process for preparing a powder comprising the steps of providing at least one first component in liquid form at ambient temperature, providing at least one second component having a melting point or melting range in the range from above ambient temperature to below the degradation temperature of said first component, forming a homogenous liquid mixture comprising the at least one first component and the at least one second component by stirring and heating the mixture to or keeping the mixture at a temperature in the range from above the melting point or melting range of the second component and below the degradation temperature of the first component, transferring the liquid mixture to at least one spray congealing unit, spray congealing the mixture, and isolating the powder obtained upon spray congealing.
US09161916B2	Carriers, formulations, methods for formulating unstable active agents for external application and uses thereof The present disclosure teaches unique formulations for topical administration of tetracycline antibiotics, in which the tetracycline antibiotics remain stable.
US09161913B2	Stabilized pediatric suspension of carisbamate The present invention provides a stabilized pharmaceutical suspension of carisbamate for pediatric and adult use. More particularly, the suspension is stabilized with hypromellose (HPMC) to prevent crystal growth of the suspended particles and to prevent re-crystallization of the drug product with change in polymorphic form.
US09161911B2	Gastric retentive pharmaceutical compositions for treatment and prevention of CNS disorders The present disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for ameliorating, preventing and treating central nervous system (CNS) disorders. The invention aims to treat subjects suffering from, susceptible to, or diagnosed with CNS disorders, and in particular, to treating patients suffering from those disorders which are associated with neurotransmitter system dysfunction.
US09161904B2	Agent for regenerating tympanic membrane or external auditory canal Provided is a tympanic membrane or ear canal regeneration agent comprising a combination of a gelatin sponge that carries basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and a covering material. The covering material is used not only to fix the gelatin sponge to the affected portion, but also for the purpose of preventing drying and infections to provide a culturing environment that is favorable for regenerating tissue isolated from the outside. To promote tissue regeneration, the margin of the tympanic membrane or ear canal defect is preferably freshened in advance.
US09161902B2	Non-sedating antihistamine injection formulations and methods of use thereof Described herein are automatic injectors suitable for administration of a non-sedating antihistamine, and methods of using the automatic injectors. A specific non-sedating antihistamine is cetirizine. The automatic injectors are useful in treating acute urticaria or angioedema associated with an acute allergic reaction including anaphylaxis.
US09161901B2	Nanoparticle targeted drug delivery to the lungs using extra-testicular Sertoli cells A method of delivering a compound of interest to the lungs of a subject by the intravenous injection of Sertoli cells loaded with a plurality of chitosan nanoparticles coupled with the compound of interest is provided. Testis-derived rat Sertoli cells were pre-loaded with chitosan nanoparticles coupled with or without the drug curcumin, pre-labeled with a fluorescent cell marker and then injected intravenously into the control or asthmatic mouse model host. Intact pre-loaded, pre-labeled Sertoli cells were present in the lungs at 15 minutes post-injection, appeared entrapped in the pulmonary pre-capillary vascular bed around alveolar sacs but were not present one hour post-injection although Sertoli cell label and cellular debris was. Most of the injected nanoparticle load (70%) and curcumin load (80%) was present in the lungs 15 minutes post-injection, and remained at 70% and 80%, respectively, one hour post-injection.
US09161900B2	Cosmetic composition for inhibiting hair loss and enhanced hair growth The present disclosure provides a cosmetic composition which includes at least one of Scutellaria baicalensis essence, licorice essence, and mixture of Scutellaria baicalensis extract and licorice extract as active ingredient and, optionally, further includes at least one of zinc pyrithione, panthenol and thuja semen extract. The cosmetic composition of the present disclosure is capable of inhibiting hair loss and enhancing hair growth by inhibiting binding with the androgen receptor and regulating the hair growth factor so as to induce transition from telogen to anagen and prolong anagen.
US09161890B2	Multilayer films for delivery of flavor An oral care composition having enhanced flavor release comprising an orally acceptable carrier containing a first flavor and a multilayer film for extended or delayed flavor release, the multilayer film including at least a center layer containing a second flavor, the center layer positioned between two outer surface layers, each surface layer including a release modulating agent, the first and second flavor being the same or different. The film is adapted to adhere to an oral cavity surface and the outer surface layers may comprise a mucoadhesive polymer, e.g. carboxy polymethylene, polycarbophil or polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and a film forming polymer, eg. hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC). Suitable release modulating agents include HPMC and polyvinyl acetate. The carrier may be a toothpaste or mouthwash.
US09161889B2	Non-aqueous oral care composition Disclosed is a non-aqueous oral care composition comprising an organoclay, carrier humectant and a calcium source. The non-aqueous oral care composition of the present invention is stable, has rheological characteristics of a hydrous oral care composition, and does not require a manufacturing step of heating and cooling.
US09161888B2	Pacifier apparatus A pacifier apparatus comprising a plurality of framing elements forming a hollow-bodied member, a planar surface within an aperture defined by the hollow-bodied member, and a nipple assembly with a nipple extending through an opening in the planar surface from a first side of the planar surface beyond a second side of the planar surface.

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