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US09189085B2	Key actuation detection apparatus and method A manual pointing device for a computer system, the device having at least one key that can be actuated manually by a user, a click-event detection module coupled to the key to detect actuation thereof on first, second, and third detection axes via an inertial sensing circuit elastically coupled to a casing with a board, the inertial-sensor circuit structured to be carried on the board so as to oscillate and to rotate about the second detection axis.
US09189084B2	Stylus-based user data storage and access A stylus-based data storage and access system is disclosed. In some example embodiments, a stylus configured as described herein includes storage for storing a user's access data, profile (e.g., device settings and preferences), and/or content and can wirelessly communicate with an electronic device that is paired therewith. Upon pairing, the user of the stylus can access his or her user data (stored locally on the stylus) and/or other data on the paired device or in the cloud. If desired, additional users having styluses of their own can use the same device in like fashion. Once a new user is logged into the device, any previous user can be logged out. A given user can utilize the user interface provided by the device to setup stylus-based access to the device by providing access information, which can be saved to the stylus. Subsequently, the user may review/alter that stylus-based information, as desired.
US09189083B2	Method and system for media presentation during operative workflow A portable measurement system is provided comprising a probe, two trackers, a receiver and a pod. A user interface control captures a location and position of the probe in a three-dimensional sensing space with respect to a coordinate system of the receiver from time of flight waveform analysis. The system suppresses a ringing portion of the received ultrasonic and minimizes distortion associated with ultrasonic transducer ring-down during high-resolution position tracking of the probe and the two trackers. Media is presented according to a customized use of the probe and two trackers during an operation workflow.
US09189077B2	User character input interface with modifier support A user interface suited for use on mobile devices for entering characters which may require one or more modifiers is disclosed. The interface may be implemented utilizing a touch screen interface on which a user engages the interface, is provided feedback, and removes the user's touch to enter a character. The interface presents a series of main, supplemental and modifier keys. Touching an interface button or main key presents a series of “petals” or supplemental keys emanating from the main key. Each petal or supplemental key may in turn present one or more sub petals or modifier keys emanating from the supplemental key. Each petal or sub-petal may represent another character or a modifier action. The characters and/or actions on the supplemental keys and modifier keys provide options for characters or modifiers which are dependent or related to the main input key.
US09189075B2	Portable computer having pointing functions and pointing system There is provided a pointing system including a first image sensor, a second image sensor and a processing unit. The first image sensor is configured to capture a first image. The processing unit is configured to recognize a predetermined hand posture according to the first image and to identify a click event according to a second image captured by the second image sensor when the predetermined hand posture is recognized.
US09189072B2	Display device and control method thereof Disclosed are a display device and a control method thereof. The display device and the control method include a camera acquiring an image including a gesture made by a user, and a controller extracting an object making the gesture from the image acquired by the camera, and setting a specific spot in the extracted object to be a reference point of a movement of the object, the controller fixing the reference point to a set location regardless of a change in a shape of the extracted object. Accordingly, a reference point is set at a specific spot of an object having made a gesture corresponding to the acquisition of control thereon, thereby allowing for the accurate and effective recognition of a gesture made by a user.
US09189071B2	Method and device for detecting gesture inputs A method is provided for detecting gesture inputs in response to a consecutive reciprocating movement before a detecting device, wherein, the consecutive reciprocating movement is made of a first type of gesture and a second type of gesture, each capable of being recognized by the detecting device to output a different control signal. The method comprises the steps of receiving the consecutive reciprocating movement starting with a first type of gesture among the two types, wherein, the first type of gesture and the second type of gesture occur alternately, and outputting control signals corresponding to the first type of gesture with times number equaling to the number of the first of type gesture contained within the consecutive reciprocating movement.
US09189070B2	Content display device, content display method, portable terminal, program, and recording medium In a content display device (1) of the present invention, a scrolling processing section (107) causes a scrolling movement of a currently-displayed shelf face (11) in a lengthwise direction to be displayed in a case where a second input operation instructing display of the currently-displayed shelf face (11) in a different position in the lengthwise direction is carried out via an input operation section (111). A rotation processing section (106) causes rotation of a bookshelf object (10) on a central axis of the bookshelf object (10) to be displayed in a case where a first input operation instructing display of a shelf face (11) different from the currently-displayed shelf face (11) is carried out via the input operation section (111).
US09189069B2	Throwing gestures for mobile devices At least one tilt sensor generates a sensor value. A context information server, receives the sensor value and sets at least one context attribute. An application uses at least one context attribute to determine that a flinging gesture has been made and to change an image on a display in response to the flinging gesture.
US09189067B2	Media distribution system Systems, devices, and methods for delivering and managing media whereby a first media element contains multiple media components and a combination of user activity and time are necessary to unlock a subset of the multiple media components. In one embodiment, the user activities include serving as a peer leader, purchasing a key that unlocks at least one of the multiple media components, and other activities having value to the system. The system may also update the media components individually, or in parallel. In addition, the requirements for unlocking one or more of the media components may vary dynamically, or the media components may vary based on: known individual characteristics of a user in a group of users, group characteristics of a subset of users within a group of users or other criteria.
US09189064B2	Delay of display event based on user gaze Methods and systems of delaying the execution of a display event based on a detected user gaze are provided. Display events may be generated and executed to change a user interface of a display. For example, an autocorrect algorithm can automatically replace a typed word with a corrected word in a text field, generating a display event that causes the corrected word to be displayed instead of the typed word. Such a display event may be executed as soon as possible after its generation. However, a gaze detection device can obtain information that indicates a user is not looking at the typed word on the display. In such a situation, it may be more intuitive to delay the execution of the display event until the gaze information indicates that the user is looking at the typed word.
US09189063B2	Coordinate transformation method and computer system for interactive system A coordinate transformation method for a user and an interactive system including a detection module is disclosed. The coordinate transformation method includes determining a face information and a command object of the user via the detection module to obtain a face coordinate and a command object coordinate, transforming the face coordinate into a transformed face coordinate according to a coordinate of the detection module, obtaining an angle between an optical-axis ray and a line formed via connecting the transformed face coordinate and the coordinate of the detection module, obtaining a transformed command object coordinate according to the angle and the command object coordinate, and determining a depth change of the command object according to the transformed object coordinate to set up an interactive operation between the interactive system and the user.
US09189062B2	Portable electronic device and method for controlling operation thereof based on user motion A portable electronic device includes a motion sensor and a controller. The motion sensor detects an alternating signature motion of a limb of the user about a virtual axis corresponding to the limb. The motion sensor may be an accelerometer capable of detecting three dimensional acceleration. The accelerometer detects acceleration along X, Y and/or Z axes, in which acceleration peaks of the X and Z axes alternate with each other and acceleration of the Y axis remains substantially steady relative to the X and Y axes. The portable electronic device controls at least one function based on the detected alternating signature motion of the limb and/or acceleration along the X, Y and/or Z axes.
US09189050B1	Method and apparatus for memory power reduction A method and system for reducing memory power usage are disclosed. The method and system comprise receiving at least one low-priority command and delaying execution of the at least one low-priority command until a predetermined event occurs, wherein the memory remains in a low-power mode until the predetermined event occurs.
US09189043B2	Apparatus and method for multipoint detection in power-over-ethernet detection mode Power over Ethernet (PoE) communication systems provide power and data communications over the same communications link, where a power source device (PSE) provides DC power to a powered device (PD). The DC power is transmitted simultaneously over the same communications medium with the high speed data from one node to the other node. The PSE controller measures the voltage, current, and temperature of the outgoing and incoming DC supply lines to characterize the power requirements of the PD. The PSE controller may detect and validate a compatible PD, determine a power classification signature for the validated PD, supply power to the PD, monitor the power, and reduce or remove the power from the PD when the power is no longer requested or required. If the PSE finds the PD to be non-compatible, the PSE can prevent the application of power to that PD device, protecting the PD from possible damage.
US09189042B2	Computer system with power measurement Apparatus and methods are provided for use with computers. A power supply includes metering to determine the instantaneous and cumulative energy consumption of the power supply and a computer coupled thereto. Communications enable the power supply to communicate corresponding power data to the computer. A user of the computer can then view the power data and assess the effectiveness of energy conservation efforts.
US09189037B2	Optimizing heat transfer in 3-D chip-stacks A computer-implemented method, system, and article of manufacture for optimizing heat transfer in a 3-D chip-stack. The method includes the steps of: receiving a heat-removal effectiveness parameter for a plurality of channel-region areas in the chip-stack, receiving at least one of a flow value and temperature value for at least two of the channel-region areas, comparing the received values for different channel-region areas, and adjusting a flow rate of a liquid flowing to at least one of the two channel-region areas based on the heat-removal effectiveness parameter of the channel-region area receiving the adjustment and the results of the comparison step, where at least one step is carried out using a computer device.
US09189028B2	Portable computer-communicator device with rollable display A portable electronic multi-functional computer-communicator device is described which has a flexible rollable display and may be converted to various states and shapes, each designed to replace certain class or classes of existing electronic devices.
US09189022B2	Wearable glove electronic device A glove electronic device includes a plurality of peripherals, each of which is affixed to an adhesive cover and attachable to a location in at least one of finger portions, a wrist portion and a hand portion of the glove electronic device. Configuration of the plurality of peripherals on the glove electronic device is adaptable during use of the glove electronic device. The device also includes a transceiver for sending information captured by one or more of the plurality of peripherals and for transmitting information to one or more of the plurality of peripherals. The device further includes a processor configured to operate one or more of the plurality of peripherals responsive to a movement associated with the glove electronic device or body signals being sensed from sensors attached or worn on the body.
US09189014B2	Sequential circuit with error detection Sequential circuits with error-detection are provided. They may, for example, be used to replace traditional master-slave flip-flops, e.g., in critical path circuits to detect and initiate correction of late transitions at the input of the sequential. In some embodiments, such sequentials may comprise a transition detector with a time borrowing latch.
US09189013B2	Controller using intermittent information This controller is used in a system in which initiators and targets are connected via distributed buses to control transmission timing of an access request received from the initiators. The controller stores intermittent information including information about an intermittent period in which interference between packets can be restricted and bus operating frequency information indicating a bus operating frequency at which real-time performance is guaranteed for each initiator and which has been generated based on system configuration information and flow configuration information indicating, on a flow basis, a specification required for each initiator to access the target. The controller includes a clock generator; communications circuitry; and transmission interval setting circuitry which sets a time to send transmission permission responsive to a transmission request based on the intermittent period, a time when the transmission request is detected, and a previous transmission time.
US09189012B2	Clock recovery, receiver, and communication system for multiple channels Disclosed are various exemplary embodiments of a clock recovery apparatus for recovering clock signals of multiple data channels. In one exemplary embodiment a clock recovery apparatus for a plurality of data channels may include a plurality of channel blocks, where each channel block may include a frequency detection block configured to generate an intermediate signal based on a respective data signal received from a respective data channel and a global signal, and a recovery block configured to recover a clock signal for the respective data channel in response to the respective data signal and the global signal. The apparatus may also include a global signal generation block configured to receive and combine the intermediate signals from the plurality of channel blocks to generate the global signal.
US09189011B2	Method and apparatus for providing audio and playback timing information to a plurality of networked audio devices An audio processing device comprising a network interface configured to connect the audio processing device to a network; a control module configured to receive control input from a user interface module interface and to configure the audio processing device, based on the received control input, to provide audio information to two or more audio playback devices; an audio information channelization device connected to the network interface configured to receive the audio information and to transmit the audio information and playback timing information in packet form via the network interface to the two or more audio playback devices.
US09189005B2	Transmission power control circuit and transmission device, transmission power control method, program A transmission power control circuit includes: a frequency conversion unit that converts an input signal to a high frequency signal; a first power control unit that controls power of the input signal before frequency conversion by the frequency conversion unit, in a low frequency band; a second power control unit that controls power of the input signal after frequency conversion by the frequency conversion unit, in a high frequency band; and a controller that controls power using only the first power control unit in a case where a set value of output power is lower than a minimum value of output power at which power control is possible in the second power control unit, the controller controlling the power using the first power control unit and the second power control unit in a case where the set value of the output power is higher than the minimum value of the output power.
US09189003B2	Apparatus and method for evaluating equipment operation in a demand coordination network An apparatus, including a plurality of devices, a network operations center (NOC), and a plurality of control nodes. Each device consumes a portion of the resource when turned on, and performs a corresponding function within an acceptable operational margin by cycling on and off. The NOC generates a plurality of run time schedules that coordinates run times for the each of the plurality of devices to control the peak demand of the resource. Each of the control nodes is coupled to a corresponding one of the devices. The plurality of control nodes transmits sensor data and device status to the NOC for generation of the plurality of run time schedules, and executes selected ones of the run time schedules to cycle the plurality of devices on and off, and each control node monitors a corresponding device for deviations from nominal operation.
US09189000B2	Method for monitoring an on-load tap changer The invention relates to a method for monitoring an on-load tap changer according to the known “windowing technique,” wherein for synchronization, the current (I) on the diverter switch is continuously detected, the effective value (Ieff) is calculated, which in turn is differentiated. The corresponding point in time, at which the maximum or minimum of the differentiated value occurs, is evaluated to be the moment for the diverter switch leap (tLU), and produces the synchronization impulse.
US09188997B2	Configuration free and device behavior unaware wireless switch Apparatuses, methods and systems for controlling lighting, an environment factor, or security of a structure are discloses. A lighting control system includes a plurality of lighting devices, a central server and a switch. The central server communicates with each of the plurality of lighting devices, and controls an operating configuration of each of the lighting devices. The switch communicates with at least some of the plurality of lighting devices, wherein the communication includes information, and wherein the at least some of the plurality of lighting devices respond to the information based on the operating configuration of the at least some of the plurality of lighting devices.
US09188984B2	Control of a personal transporter based on user position An apparatus controller for prompting a rider to be positioned on a vehicle in such a manner as to reduce lateral instability due to lateral acceleration of the vehicle. The apparatus has an input for receiving specification from the rider of a desired direction of travel, and indicating means for reflecting to the rider a propitious instantaneous body orientation to enhance stability in the face of lateral acceleration. The indicating may include a handlebar that is pivotable with respect to the vehicle and that is driven in response to vehicle turning.
US09188981B2	Vehicle system, a vehicle and a method for autonomous road irregularity avoidance A vehicle, a vehicle system and a method for allowing a host vehicle to autonomously avoid road irregularities are provided. The system communicates vehicle sensor data relating to detected road irregularities and host vehicle position information with an external database. A processor is arranged to determine a trajectory for the host vehicle for which all wheels of the host vehicle are laterally displaced from one or more road irregularities ahead of the host vehicle, and to autonomously steer the host vehicle along the determined trajectory. The system is also arranged to evaluate whether all wheels of the host vehicle were laterally displaced from all detected road irregularities and to send the result of the evaluation to the external database.
US09188979B2	Method and system for remotely controlling a vehicle A method for determining the physical location of a vehicle being guided with an onboard navigational positioning system capable of detecting and generating a positioning location vector for the vehicle. The method includes the steps of detecting and receiving a plurality of electromagnetic radiation signals. A plurality of ambient parameter measurements is also received. A confirming location position is calculated from the plurality of electromagnetic radiation signals and the plurality of ambient parameter measurements. The confirming location position is compared to the positioning location vector generated by the onboard system to create a differential vector. If the confirmation location position and the positioning location vector are greater than a predetermined value, the positioning location vector generated by the onboard navigational positioning system is prevented from being used in directing the movement of the vehicle until the position differential is below a predetermined error value.
US09188976B1	Content enabling cover for electronic book reader devices A dedicated electronic book reader device and accompanying accessory are described. When the accessory is used with the electronic book reader device, the accessory unlocks content that would otherwise be unavailable to the device. The accessory may be configured to provide a password that unlocks content stored on the electronic book reader device, stored on the accessory, or stored remotely. In one implementation, the accessory is a cover which also physically protects the electronic book reader.
US09188970B2	Circuit assembly having a converter part comprising a central control unit Circuit assembly (1, 1a), uninterrupted power supply unit (1a) with converter part (2) and converter unit (20), central control unit (21) and input for current to be converted and output for converted current and circuit part (3, 4) connected upstream of input of converter part or connected downstream of output of converter part, external control unit (12) connectable to circuit assembly and central control unit (21) configured to receive control instructions from external control unit (12). Circuit assembly can be disconnected from the power supply network rapidly and without repercussions on the network. Every circuit part (3, 4) comprises a decentralized control unit (31, 41), connected to central control unit (21) via communication bus (13), receiving control instructions from central control unit (21). External control unit (12) is connected to communication bus (13) and decentralized control unit (31, 41) is configured to receive control instructions from external control unit (12).
US09188967B2	Enforcing fine-grained demand management in smart grids Methods and arrangements for enforcing demand management in electrical grids. Electrical power is provided from an electrical network to at least one substation, the electrical network including an electrical generation grid in communication with the at least one substation, the at least one substation comprising a power limiter. Electrical power is provided from the at least one substation to a plurality of locations, each location comprising a smart power demand manager which controls electrical power delivery to at least power-drawing item. There is detected, with respect to the electrical network, at least one discrepancy comprising at least one of: an unbalanced network load; an unscheduled network load; a change in network supply; and a change in network condition. In response to such detection, electrical power delivery is controlled via employing the power limiter of the at least one substation in collaboration with at least one smart power demand manager.
US09188962B2	Timing system and device and method for making the same A timing device that includes an anode layer, a cathode layer and an electrolyte attached to a base layer. The anode layer and the cathode layer are placed adjacent to one another along an axis of the timing device. Upon activation of the timing device the anode layer is depleted away from the cathode layer until the timing device is fully expired. Once the timing device is expired, a change is seen indicating that the timing device has expired. In some embodiments, a color change indicates that the timing device has expired. In some embodiments, as the timing device expires electronically readable information is uncovered.
US09188958B2	Illuminated balance spring A watch or timepiece regulating member includes a balance, a balance-cock, at least one light energy source, and at least one balance spring attached between the balance and the balance-cock. The balance spring is made of quartz or of glass or of ceramic or is partially transparent to visible and/or ultraviolet wavelengths or made of an at least partially amorphous material and transmits and diffuses light emitted by the light energy source.
US09188955B2	Method and apparatus for fast generation of three-dimensional (3D) hologram A method and apparatus for fast generation of a hologram image. The method may include generating an elemental fringe pattern of a three-dimensional (3D) point included in a 3D spatial object, generating a point hologram based on the elemental fringe pattern, and generate a 3D hologram using a hologram pattern for each depth layer, generated using the point hologram.
US09188954B1	Systems and methods for generating negatives of variable digital optical images based on desired images and generic optical matrices Negatives of variable digital holographic images may be generated based on desired images and generic optical matrices. An original image may be obtained. A geometry associated with a generic optical matrix may be obtained. The generic optical matrix may have pixels corresponding to color and sub-pixels corresponding to non-color effects. The geometry may indicate locations and colors of pixels in the generic optical matrix, and locations and non-color effects of sub-pixels within the pixels. Color separation may be performed on an original image to provide two or more separations. The separations may be indexed to the geometry associated with the generic optical matrix to provide indexed separations. The indexed separations may be merged to provide a negative of the original image.
US09188953B2	Acousto-optic device having nanostructure, and optical scanner, optical modulator, and display apparatus using the acousto-optic device An acousto-optic device includes an optical waveguide in which incident light is able to propagate; a metal layer surrounding at least a first portion of the optical waveguide; a gain medium layer disposed in the first portion of the optical waveguide; and a sonic wave generator configured to generate surface acoustic waves (SAWs) and apply the SAWs to the optical waveguide and/or the metal layer.
US09188948B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body part and a sheet feed unit installed below the apparatus main body part, which include connector parts electrically connecting the apparatus main body part and sheet feed unit. The connector part at a side of the apparatus main body part includes a window; a first connector main body visible through the window and having an electrical connection port facing to the sheet feed unit; a connector cover covering openably/closably the electrical connection port of the first connector main body; and a biasing member biasing the first connector main body downwardly. The connector part at a side of the sheet feed unit includes a second connector main body positioned below the first connector main body. The first connector main body is pressured downwardly with respect to the connector cover by the biasing member, when the connector cover is closed.
US09188947B2	Image forming apparatus with sealing frame structure An image forming apparatus includes image forming unit, frame structure, a plurality of rotational shafts, a plurality of drive gears, resin drive housing, and high voltage substrate. The frame structure includes at least one metal side plate frame having inner side surface facing internal space that accommodates the aforementioned unit and outer side surface opposite the inner side surface. The plurality of drive gears each rotate about an axis of the rotational shaft. The drive housing includes supporting side surface that supports one end of the rotational shaft and cavity in which the plurality of drive gears is accommodated, and the drive housing is open at the other end of the rotational shaft. The drive housing includes substrate supporting portion that supports the high voltage substrate, and is attached to the side plate frame such that the opening is sealed by the inner side surface of the side plate frame.
US09188945B2	Cartridge and image forming apparatus A cartridge includes: a rotatable member, including a metal shaft, supported movably in an axial direction of the metal shaft; an electroconductive member, supported movably in the axial direction in contact to an end surface of the metal shaft in one end side of the metal shaft, for constituting an electroconductive path for electrically connecting the metal shaft and a contact member provided in an image forming apparatus main assembly; an urging portion for urging the metal shaft via the electroconductive member in a direction from the one end side to another end side of the metal shaft; and an abutting portion for positioning the rotatable member by being abutted by the metal shaft. The electroconductive member includes a contact portion to the end surface of the metal shaft, at a portion other than a rotation center portion of the metal shaft at the end surface.
US09188939B2	Image forming apparatus having resin frame to support image forming unit having photosensitive drum An image forming apparatus, including an image forming unit containing a photosensitive drum and a developer device; a resin-made first frame formed in a shape of a plate and arranged on one end, along an axial direction of the rotation axis of the photosensitive drum, of the image forming unit; an enhancing member formed in an elongated shape, arranged along a planar face of the first frame on one side of the first frame and fixed to the first frame; and a metal-made first beam formed in an elongated shape, arranged along the planar face of the first frame to intersect with the enhancing member and fixed to the first frame, is provided. The first beam is fixed to the enhancing member at one end thereof in a position between longitudinal ends of the enhancing member.
US09188938B2	Developer collection container and image formation apparatus A developer collection container includes: a container body capable of containing collected developer; a developer conveyance member extending into the developer collection container and configured to convey the developer into the container body; and a guide provided in the container body and supporting the developer conveyance member from below the developer conveyance member.
US09188936B2	Image forming apparatus with first and second power supply An image forming apparatus includes a first power supply unit configured to generate first output power, a second power supply unit configured to generate second output power, a switching unit disposed on the primary side of the second power supply unit, a monitoring unit configured to monitor the second output power generated by the second power supply unit, a power source control unit supplied with the first output power, and configured to turn the switching unit ON or OFF, and a control unit supplied with the first output power, and configured to control operations of the power source control unit. When the second output power is lower than a threshold value, the power source control unit turns the switching unit OFF and then back to ON in a state where the first output power generated by the first power supply unit is supplied to the control unit.
US09188935B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, including at least three image forming units, a substrate, a frame to support the image forming units and the substrate, and a plurality of spring electrodes, is provided. The plurality of spring electrodes includes a first spring electrode, a second spring electrode, and a third spring electrode configured to serve a common function and arranged to align along an aligning direction, which is orthogonal to rotation axes of photosensitive drums in the image forming units. The frame includes a pair of supporting parts arranged along the aligning direction to support the substrate. A distance between the second spring electrode and the third spring electrode is greater than a distance between the first spring electrode and the second spring electrode. A center between the pair of supporting parts is located in a position between the second spring electrode and the third spring electrode.
US09188934B2	Power supply apparatus, image forming apparatus having the same, and method thereof A power supply apparatus capable of outputting a predetermined voltage or a predetermined electrical current selectively is provided, including a voltage level setter to determine an output level of a voltage or an electrical current according to an external signal, a constant voltage feedback unit to correct an output value of the voltage level setter so as to output a constant voltage of the output level to a load terminal, a constant current feedback unit to maintain the external signal constantly and correct an output value of the voltage level setter so as to output a constant current of the output level to the load terminal, a switch to connect the voltage level setter with the constant voltage feedback unit or the constant current feedback unit selectively, and a controller to control the switch to output the constant voltage or the constant current selectively according to a state of the load terminal.
US09188927B2	Information processing apparatus for controlling electric power consumption, information processing method, and storage medium storing control program therefor An information processing apparatus that is capable of controlling electric energy consumption with sufficient accuracy. An execution unit executes a job. A calculation unit calculates electric energy consumption in a period from a start of execution of the job by the execution unit to an end except a period from interruption of execution of the job by the execution unit to restarting, as electric energy consumption at the time of job execution.
US09188926B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and image forming method Provided is an image forming system wherein an image forming apparatus and another apparatus respectively including operation/display units are connected with each other via a network, and a remote operation of the image forming apparatus is enabled via the operation/display unit of the other apparatus, including a control unit for managing a state of the image forming apparatus, wherein when an alarm event occurs in the image forming apparatus during the remote operation, the control unit changes a display content of the operation/display unit of the image forming apparatus on which the alarm event has occurred to a first display form, and changes a display content of the operation/display unit of the other apparatus to a second display form which is different from the first display form.
US09188924B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a developer carrier configured to adhere toner onto the image carrier; an image density detector to detect a density of an image on the image carrier formed by the developer carrier adhering the toner on the image carrier; a rotary member to form an image pattern of which density is detected by the image density detector; and a rotational position detector to detect a rotational position of the rotary member. In the image forming apparatus, the image pattern is generated based on the rotational position detected by the rotational position detector and the rotary member that the rotational position detector detects the rotational position thereof is either the image carrier or the developer carrier.
US09188917B2	Image forming apparatus including fuser unit for fixing developer image on recording medium An image forming apparatus includes: a fuser unit, which includes a heating member heated by a heat source and a backup member; a temperature detector; and a control unit, which starts print control when a detected temperature reaches the fixing temperature while the temperature of the heating member is increasing to a fixing temperature, and which performs decreasing control when the detected temperature reaches a predetermined temperature higher than the fixing temperature. In a case that an increasing rate of the detected temperature at the beginning of the print control is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the control unit controls the heat source so that a heat quantity radiated from the heat source during the decreasing control becomes larger than that in the case that the increasing rate of the detected temperature at the beginning of the print control is larger than the predetermined value.
US09188910B2	Image forming apparatus including intermediate transfer body with adjustable tension An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; an intermediate transfer body that temporarily carries a color component image formed by the image carrier; a first-transfer member; a second-transfer member; a surface-positioning member that is disposed upstream of the second-transfer member in a transport direction of the intermediate transfer body, that is in contact with a back surface of the intermediate transfer body, that is movable forward and backward in a direction that intersects an in-plane direction of the intermediate transfer body, and that forms a transport path surface of the intermediate transfer body extending to a second-transfer region; and a tension adjustment member that adjusts a tension of the intermediate transfer body.
US09188907B1	End sealing and magnetic field truncation of a magnetic roll of a dual electrophotographic image forming device A developer unit according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. A magnetic roll includes a stationary core and a sleeve positioned around the core that is rotatable relative to the core. The stationary core includes at least one permanent magnet having circumferentially spaced magnetic poles. An upper and a lower magnetically permeable metal shunt are positioned at each axial end of the magnetic roll. Each upper shunt and each lower shunt is positioned axially outboard of the core and in close proximity to the outer surface of the sleeve. A combination of the upper shunt and the lower shunt at each axial end of the magnetic roll surrounds greater than 180 degrees of the outer surface of the sleeve.
US09188905B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium using a toner supplying unit An image forming apparatus includes a replaceable toner cartridge filled with toner, a toner supplying unit, and a control unit. The toner supplying unit supplies toner from the toner cartridge to a developing device of the apparatus. The control unit exerts control so that, when the toner cartridge is mounted in the apparatus, the toner supplying unit is driven based on the amount of toner with which the mounted toner cartridge is filled in advance. The expression T1>T2 is satisfied, where T1 represents a driving time for the toner supplying unit driven based on the amount of toner with which the toner cartridge mounted upon initial installation is filled in advance, and T2 represents a driving time for the toner supplying unit driven based on the amount of toner with which the toner cartridge mounted newly when no toner is detected is filled in advance.
US09188898B2	Conductive roller and image forming apparatus having the same A conductive roller includes a roller body, a spindle, and at least one groove. The roller body contacts with an outer circumferential surface of an image carrier, and is conductive. The spindle is provided in a center of the roller body. The groove is formed in each of side walls of the roller body at opposite ends in an axis direction of the roller body, and extends outward in a radial direction from the spindle.
US09188895B2	Toner additives for improved charging Toner additives for improving overall toner charging. In particular, incorporation of fluorinated surfactants into latex for formation of toner core particles provide enhanced charging without any significant adverse impact on the other properties of the toner. Methods of making toners comprising the fluorinated surfactants are also provided.
US09188892B2	Electrostatic latent image developing toner and electrophotographic image forming method Disclosed is an electrostatic latent image developing toner which contains a toner host particle having a domain-matrix structure. The matrix contains an amorphous resin which contains a vinyl resin having an acid group, the domain contains a crystalline resin which is formed by combining a vinyl polymerized segment and a polyester polymerized segment. A content of the crystalline resin falls within a range from 3 to 30% by mass.
US09188889B2	High opacity laser printable facestock A multilayer laminate such as a label assembly having high opacity and desirable appearance characteristics is described. The laminate includes a facestock layer, an adhesive layer, and a liner layer. The facestock layer includes a print-receiving top coat layer that includes a combination of titanium dioxide and one or more optical brighteners. The combination of these materials avoids build up of static charges upon laser printing on the facestock.
US09188886B2	Image holding member for image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus An image holding member for an image forming apparatus includes a support and a photosensitive layer disposed on the support. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material and a compound represented by the following formula (II-1): wherein in the formula (II-1), Y1's each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group; A1 represents a group represented by formula (II-2); R2's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; m's each independently represent an integer of from 1 to 5; and p represents an integer of from 5 to 5,000.
US09188882B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus may include an optical element, such as an immersion fluid reservoir, which supported at least in part by a bearing, such as a gas bearing. To enable illumination by the lithographic apparatus of an edge of the substrate, a surrounding structure is provided that surrounds the substrate. A level parameter of the substrate, such as a thickness of the substrate, is measured by a sensor, such as a thickness sensor. By means of an actuator, the substrate table on which the substrate is or will be held is positioned with respect to the surrounding structure, such that a surface of the substrate would be on a substantially same level as a surface of the surrounding structure, thus enabling the optical element to transition from the surface of the substrate to the surface of the surrounding structure and vice versa.
US09188880B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method involving a heater A lithographic apparatus is described having a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between a projection system of the lithographic apparatus and a substrate with liquid, a barrier member arranged to substantially contain the liquid within the space, and a heater.
US09188876B2	Method of determining overlay error and control system for dynamic control of reticle position A method of determining overlay error. The method includes transferring a pattern from a reticle to a wafer and selecting a first set of data points to measure the positional difference between features on the reticle and features on the wafer. The method also includes determining a second set of data points characteristic of the first set of data points but containing fewer data points. A control system for using the second set of data points to dynamically adjust the position of the reticle.
US09188875B2	Calibration method, inspection method and apparatus, lithographic apparatus, and lithographic processing cell Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and lithographic systems for calibrating an inspection apparatus. Radiation is projected onto a pattern in a target position of a substrate. By making a plurality of measurements of the pattern and comparing the measured first or higher diffraction orders of radiation reflected from the pattern of different measurements, a residual error indicative of the error in a scatterometer may be calculated. This error is an error in measurements of substrate parameters caused by irregularities of the scatterometer. The residual error may manifest itself as an asymmetry in the diffraction spectra.
US09188871B2	Pattern forming method, alkali-developable thermosetting resin composition, printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof [Problem] Provided are: a pattern forming method by which a pattern can be formed by development using a thermosetting resin composition and a cured layer having excellent curability can be obtained; a thermosetting resin composition used in the pattern forming method; and a printed circuit board.[Means for Solution] The pattern forming method according to the present invention is characterized by comprising the steps of: (A) forming a resin layer composed of an alkali-developable thermosetting resin composition comprising a photobase generator on a substrate; (B) activating the photobase generator contained in the alkali-developable thermosetting resin composition by irradiation with a light in a pattern form so as to cure an irradiated part; and (C) forming a negatively patterned layer by removing a non-irradiated part by alkali development.
US09188869B2	Method of producing structure containing phase-separation structure, method of forming pattern, and method of forming fine pattern A method of forming a structure containing a phase-separated structure, the method including: a step of forming a layer containing a block copolymer having a plurality of blocks bonded and a purity of 98% or more, and a step of phase-separating the layer containing the block copolymer.
US09188868B2	Lithographic printing plate precursors and processes for preparing lithographic printing plates A lithographic printing plate precursor having excellent printing durability, staining resistance and developability as well as processes for preparing lithographic printing plates therefrom. The lithographic printing plate precursor may comprise a primer layer and an image-recording layer in this order in a substrate, wherein the primer layer comprises a polymer containing a repeat unit having a carbon-carbon backbone, a —C(═O)— group directly attached thereto, a —C(═O)—NR0 — group, a carboxyl group or a salt thereof, and an ethylenically unsaturated bond.
US09188864B2	Photoresist compositions and methods of forming photolithographic patterns Provided are photoresist compositions useful in forming photolithographic patterns by a negative tone development process. Also provided are methods of forming photolithographic patterns by a negative tone development process and substrates coated with the photoresist compositions. The compositions, methods and coated substrates find particular applicability in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.
US09188862B2	Actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, and, actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film and pattern forming method, each using the same An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, which is excellent in sensitivity, resolution, a pattern profile and a depth of focus (DOF), and, an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film and a pattern forming method, each using the same, are provided. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a nitrogen-containing compound and a resin (Ab) capable of varying a polarity or an alkali solubility thereof by the action of an acid.
US09188859B2	Positive photosensitive resin composition and method for forming patterns by using the same The present invention relates to a positive photosensitive resin composition and a method for forming patterns by using the same. The positive photosensitive resin composition includes a novolac resin (A), an ortho-naphthoquinone diazide sulfonic acid ester (B), a dye (C) and a solvent (D). The novolac resin (A) further includes hydroxy-type novolac resin (A-1), which is synthesized by condensing hydroxylbenzaldehyde compound with aromatic hydroxyl compound. The dye (C) includes at least one (C-1) selected from the group consisting of diazo dye, anthraquinone dye and chromium (III, Cr3+) azo dye, as well as triarylmethane dye (C-2). Since the positive photosensitive resin composition can form colorfully fine patterns on metal circuits, and such patterns are not decolored after being etched, thereby beneficially blocking the reflected light of the metal circuits.
US09188853B2	Charged particle beam drawing apparatus and control method thereof In a charged particle beam drawing apparatus, if at least one of calculating portions is free and at least one memory includes a free portion, a report that a next process can be additionally started by using at least one free calculating portion and the free portion of the memory, is transferred from a daemon to a writing control unit, and the next process is additionally started by the daemon on the basis of a start request transferred from the writing control unit to the daemon. If there is a possibility of a shortage of the calculating portions and the memory, and if a start request for starting a next process is transferred from the writing control unit to the daemon, the start request for starting the next process is refused by the daemon.
US09188852B2	Photomask blank, method for manufacturing photomask, and method for manufacturing phase shift mask A light-shielding film 2 formed on a transparent substrate 1 has a monolayer structure or a multilayer structure. At least one layer is formed by film-formation with a chromium-containing material including tin. The light-shielding film 2 has an optical density of 2 or higher and 4 or lower and has a reflection-preventing function. The layer made of a chromium-containing material including tin, which constitutes the light-shielding film 2, can cause a significant increase in the etching rate at the time of chlorine-containing dry etching including oxygen. Thus, burden on the resist pattern or hard mask pattern at the time of transferring a pattern on the light-shielding film is reduced, and therefore it is possible to carry out pattern transfer with high precision.
US09188851B2	Pattern mask and method of manufacturing thin film pattern using pattern mask A pattern mask for patterning a thin film includes a transparent or translucent substrate with a plurality of grooves formed thereon having a pitch of about 4.6 μm to about 10.8 μm.
US09188848B2	Maskless vortex phase shift optical direct write lithography The present invention provides methods and apparatus for accomplishing optical direct write phase shift lithography. A lithography system and method are provided wherein a mirror array is configured to generate vortex phase shift optical patterns that are directed onto a photosensitive layer of a substrate. The lithography methods and systems facilitate pattern transfer using such vortex phase shift exposure patterns.
US09188844B2	Projection device and lens module having riveting portion extending onto light emitting surface of lens A projection device includes a main body, a light source, a light valve, and a lens module. The light source produces an illumination beam. The light valve converts the illumination beam into an image beam. The lens module disposed at the main body includes a lens barrel and a lens. The lens barrel has an inner wall, a containing space and a riveting portion. The inner wall surrounds the containing space. The riveting portion is located in the containing space. There is a gap between the riveting portion and the inner wall. The lens disposed in the containing space has a light emitting surface and a side surface. The side surface leans against the riveting portion. An end of the riveting portion extends to the light emitting surface to limit the lens in the containing space The image beam passes through the lens to form a projection beam.
US09188842B2	Method for manufacturing lens barrel A manufacturing method of a lens barrel is disclosed. According to one implementation, the manufacturing method includes the following steps. A first lens holding section protrusion step inserts a first lens holding section from one end of a barrel frame to a hollow section to protrude from the other end. A second lens holding section suction step sucks a convex surface section. A first lens holding section contact step brings the planar surface section into contact with the first lens holding section. A lens holding switching step releases suction of the convex surface section, and the planar surface section is held by the first lens holding section. A barrel frame contact step moves the first lens holding section or the lens barrel so that a surrounding edge section is brought into contact with a lens receiving section.
US09188837B2	Image pickup apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An image pickup apparatus which is capable of performing stable and high-speed focusing on an object intended by a photographer. In a video camera as the image pickup apparatus, an image pickup element picks up an object image formed by a photographic optical system including a focus lens and thereby outputs a video signal. A face-detecting section detects a face detection area based on the video signal. An AF signal processing circuit generates an AF evaluation value signal. An external ranging unit generates object distance information. A microcomputer performs a TV-AF process using an AF evaluation value of the AF evaluation value signal and an external ranging AF process using the object distance information. The microcomputer controls execution of the two focus control processes according to a result of the detection by the face-detecting section.
US09188835B2	Optical sources An optical source 10 comprising an optical output 12, a pump optical source 14, an optical splitter arranged to receive an optical signal from the pump optical source and to split the optical signal into a pump signal and a seed pump signal. A seed signal forming apparatus 18 is arranged to receive the seed pump signal at the pump wavelength and to transform the seed pump signal into a seed signal at a seed wavelength. A first microstructured optical fiber (MSF1) 20 is arranged to receive the pump signal and the seed signal. MSF1 is arranged to cause the pump signal to undergo four-wave mixing seeded by the seed signal on transmission through MSF1 such that a first optical signal at a signal wavelength and second optical signal at an idler wavelength are generated. One of the signal wavelength and the idler wavelength are the seed wavelength and one of the first and second optical signals are provided to the optical output.
US09188833B2	Optical parametric oscillator pumped by femtosecond thin-disk laser Pulses from a mode-locked Yb-doped laser (12) are spectrally broadened in an optical fiber (28), and temporally compressed in a grating compressor (32), then frequency-doubled (34) and used to pump an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) (40). The OPO output is tunable over a wavelength range from about 600 nm to about 1100 nm. Mode-locking in the Yb-doped laser (12) is accomplished with a SESAM (14) or by Kerr-lens mode-locking with a Kerr medium (82) and a hard aperture (84).
US09188832B2	Method and system for generating a display A method of displaying an image includes alternating an active state of each of a plurality of light sources. The light sources each generate a light beam when active. The alternating includes deactivating an active light source before an output of a light beam from the active light sources falls below a first predetermined threshold. The alternating further includes activating a deactivated light source only after an output of the inactive light source reaches a second predetermined threshold. The method further includes receiving each of the light beams at a spatial light modulator.
US09188831B2	Compact wavelength-selective cross-connect device having multiple input ports and multiple output ports A wavelength-selective cross-connect (WSXC) device having N input ports and M output ports and configured to route any set of one or more carrier wavelengths from a corresponding input port to any selected output port. In one embodiment, the WSXC device includes a diffraction grating and a beam-steering device optically coupled to each other and to the input/output ports so that each of the carrier wavelengths traverses the diffraction grating and the beam-steering device two or more times en route from the respective input port to a designated output port. Various unfolded configurations of the WSXC device are also disclosed.
US09188827B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel for displaying a white image; an electrochromic layer stacked on the display panel; a voltage application unit for applying a driving voltage to the electrochromic layer; and a display unit for displaying the white image on the display panel. The electrochromic layer allows a spectrum of light to be transmitted therethrough to be controlled in accordance with the driving voltage applied thereto; and the voltage application unit controls the driving voltage to be applied to the electrochromic layer in synchronization with display of the image on the display panel by the display unit, thus to control the spectrum of the light to be transmitted through the electrochromic layer.
US09188825B2	Liquid crystal display device A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions.
US09188821B2	Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof and electronic device In a liquid crystal display device, an upper electrode and a drain electrode are reliably connected to each other electrically, with preventing or suppressing an occurrence of an aperture ratio loss, or sufficiently reducing a parasitic capacitance between the scanning line and the lower electrode. An interlayer resin film is formed on a drain electrode, with a hole being formed on the interlayer resin film, and on the drain electrode exposed to a bottom portion of the hole, an island-shaped electrode is formed separately from a lower electrode. Moreover, on the island-shaped electrode, an inter-electrode insulating film is formed, a contact hole is formed in the inter-electrode insulating film, and an upper electrode is formed on the island-shaped electrode exposed to a bottom portion of the contact hole.
US09188818B2	Pixel structure A pixel structure including a first and a second pixel electrode is provided. The first pixel electrode includes a first main portion and first branches. The second pixel electrode includes a second main portion and second branches. The first and second main portions are disposed at an edge of a pixel region. The first and second branches respectively extend from the first and second main portions. The second branches and the first branches are arranged in alternation, and the first branch is parallel to the adjacent second branch. A first opening is formed at neighboring ends of the first main portion and the second main portion. The end of the first main portion has a first bending part, the first bending part is disposed at the edge of the pixel region, and an end of the second branch close to the first opening is surrounded by the first bending part.
US09188815B2	Liquid crystal optical apparatus and image display device According to one embodiment, liquid crystal optical apparatus includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, first electrodes extending in a first direction, a first sub electrode, and a second sub electrode. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and an opposing electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units and. The first substrate unit including at least one selected from: a first distance between the one electrode of the first electrodes and the first sub electrode longer than a second distance between the other electrode of the first electrodes and the second sub electrode; and a first width of the first sub electrode narrower than a second width of the second sub electrode.
US09188812B2	Liquid crystal alignment agent, liquid crystal alignment film and liquid crystal display element having thereof The present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment agent, a liquid crystal alignment film made by the liquid crystal alignment agent and a liquid crystal display element having the liquid crystal alignment film. The liquid crystal alignment agent includes a polymer (A) and a solvent (B). The polymer (A) is synthesized by reacting a mixture that includes a tetracarboxylic dianhydride compound (a) and a diamine compound (b). According to the specific diamine compound (b) and an amount of the same, the aforementioned liquid crystal alignment agent has better pretilt angle stability.
US09188806B2	Multi-purpose electrical window and methods thereof These teachings disclose a multi-purpose electric window that comprises a printed transparent sheet and a reflective layer laminated onto an electric light-switching device and a power source. The electric light-switching device is made of electrically actuated polymer dispersed liquid crystal or suspended polarized particles laminated between two transparent electrodes. There are surface lens structures at one side or both sides of the transparent sheet. Images are printed unto the surface lens structures. The lens structures are selected from prism, half spherical, half cylindrical, pyramidal, Fresnel structure or a combination of the above. The transparent sheet is laminated on the side with reflective layer or the other side of the electric light-switching device without reflective layer. Light emitting diodes can be placed at the sides or under the transparent sheet.
US09188801B2	Display apparatus and liquid crystal barrier device A display apparatus includes: a display unit; and a liquid crystal variable barrier arranged so as to face the display unit, having plural strip-shaped first electrodes, a second electrode arranged so as to face the first electrodes and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first electrodes and the second electrode, and separating an image displayed by the display unit into images respectively corresponding to plural viewpoints, wherein the first electrodes are arranged so that adjacent first electrodes partially overlap each other through an insulating layer, and plural first electrodes form an opening.
US09188798B2	Optical closed loop microresonator and thyristor memory device A monolithic semiconductor device that includes a waveguide structure optically coupled to an optical resonator. The optical resonator is adapted to process light at a predetermined wavelength. The optical resonator includes a closed loop waveguide having a plurality of straight sections that are optically coupled together by bend sections.
US09188792B2	Mounting mechanism for eyewear Eyewear can be provided that comprises at least one lens, at least one earstem, and a retention assembly that interconnects the lens with the earstem. The retention assembly can include an engagement protrusion attached to the lens and a coupling mechanism attached to an end of the earstem. The coupling mechanism can include a housing configured to receive the engagement protrusion and a lever mechanism being operative to move between open and closed positions for disengaging or engaging with the engagement protrusion.
US09188789B2	Display device and electronic apparatus A display device for displaying a first image in a first direction and a second image in a second direction, including a display panel having pixels arrayed in a matrix, a backlight configured to emit a light to a back surface of the display panel, and a parallax barrier configured so that a light from the first pixel passes through an opening of the parallax barrier and is emitted to the first direction, and a light from the second pixel passes through the opening of the parallax barrier and is emitted to the second direction. The formula (B−A)/A≦1 is satisfied wherein A represents the luminance of the first image when the first image and the second image are black images, and B represents a luminance of the first image when the first image is a black image and the second image is a white image.
US09188784B2	Forming light beams and patterns with zero intensity central points In order to produce a beam with a zero intensity axial ray or to produce a beam that when focused will produce an image of a doughnut shaped pattern with a zero intensity central point, a beam with a uniform or Gaussian profile is directed to a plurality of transparent plates, arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the beam axis, such that for at least one pair, the plates have a composition and thickness different from each other, and chosen so that the transmitted light has a phase difference of half a wavelength for at least three different wavelengths. An additional plate with a center on the perpendicular of the line connecting the first two plates has a composition and thickness such that the light transmitted through that additional plate has a phase difference of a quarter wavelength with respect to the light transmitted through one of the plates of said first pair of plates, at at least one wavelength.
US09188780B2	Head-up display system The disclosure relates to a head-up display system (1) for usage in automobiles, comprising a protective housing (2) and a combiner positioning device (3) to pivotably and/or slidably guide a foldable combiner (4) between a folded-in storage position (S) and a folded-out operating position (O). In case of an accident when an external compression force (F) that impacts on the combiner (4) and/or the combiner positioning device exceeds a specified limit, at least one predetermined breaking point (10) of a breakable bearing connection of the combiner positioning device (3) with rigid bearing components (7, 11) of the head-up display system (1) breaks in a controlled manner, whereby the combiner positioning device (3) as well as the combiner (4) are folded substantially downwards (D) into the protective housing (2).
US09188777B2	Image pickup apparatus capable of preventing foreign matters from adhering to optical member An image pickup apparatus capable of preventing foreign matters from adhering to an optical member and excellent in assembly workability. Alight shield mask has a base member affixed to an object side of an optical low pass filter, which is disposed on an object side of an imaging device. An electrically conductive sheet affixed to the base member of the light shield mask is urged by an electrically conductive urging member toward the optical low pass filter. Through the electrically conductive sheet and the electrically conductive urging member mounted to a main unit chassis, the optical low pass filter is electrically connected to the main unit chassis that provides reference potential.
US09188772B2	Optical instrument An optical instrument that includes: an objective lens having an outer convex surface, an inner concave surface, a center, a first optical axis, and a bore cut substantially though the center; a set of objective lenses positioned within the bore and along the first optical axis; a first reflective element disposed along the first optical axis, within a first distance from the convex surface and tilted at a first tilt angle, the first reflective element configured to reflect rays incident along the first optical axis onto a second optical axis; and a second reflective element disposed along the second optical axis and within a second distance from the concave surface, wherein the first tilt angle is selected such that the first and the second distances are minimized.
US09188768B2	Optical element and production method of the same Disclosed is an optical element for use in an optical apparatus having a light source which emits a light flux with a wavelength λ (350 nm≦λ≦450 nm), the optical element containing: a molded portion formed by molding a resin; and one or a plurality of anti-reflection layers formed on the molded portion, wherein at least one of the anti-reflection layers is made of SixOy; and an elemental ratio r (r=y/x) designating an ratio of O to Si in the molecule of SixOy satisfies a requirement represented by Formula (1): 1.40≦r≦1.80.
US09188765B2	Capturing and processing of images including occlusions focused on an image sensor by a lens stack array Systems and methods for implementing array cameras configured to perform super-resolution processing to generate higher resolution super-resolved images using a plurality of captured images and lens stack arrays that can be utilized in array cameras are disclosed. An imaging device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes at least one imager array, and each imager in the array comprises a plurality of light sensing elements and a lens stack including at least one lens surface, where the lens stack is configured to form an image on the light sensing elements, control circuitry configured to capture images formed on the light sensing elements of each of the imagers, and a super-resolution processing module configured to generate at least one higher resolution super-resolved image using a plurality of the captured images.
US09188758B2	Micromodule cables and breakout cables therefor A breakout cable includes a polymer jacket and a plurality of micromodules enclosed within the jacket. Each micromodule has a plurality of bend resistant optical fibers and a polymer sheath comprising PVC surrounding the bend resistant optical fibers. Each of the plurality of bend resistant optical fibers is a multimode optical fiber including a glass cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to a glass core region. The core region is a graded-index glass core region, where the refractive index of the core region has a profile having a parabolic or substantially curved shape. The cladding includes a first annular portion having a lesser refractive index relative to a second annular portion of the cladding. The first annular portion is interior to the second annular portion. The cladding is surrounded by a low modulus primary coating and a high modulus secondary coating.
US09188757B2	Cable assembly with electrical-optical hybrid cable A cable assembly comprises: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received into the insulative housing; a printed circuit board located behind the insulative housing and electrically connected with the plurality of contacts; a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing and the printed circuit board; an insulative shell enclosing a rear portion of the metallic shell; and a cable having a plurality of optical fibers coupled to a top surface of the printed circuit board and a plurality of copper wires electrically connected to a bottom surface of the printed circuit board.
US09188756B2	Hybrid cable with fiber-optic and conductor elements A hybrid cable includes a cable jacket, elements stranded within the cable jacket, and armor between the elements and the cable jacket. The armor is configured to provide electro-magnetic interference shielding and grounding as well as crush and impact resistance for the hybrid cable. The elements include electrical-conductor elements and one or more fiber-optic elements. The electrical-conductor elements include a metallic conductor jacketed in a polymer, where the electrical-conductor elements are each within the range of 10 American wire gauge (AWG) to 1\0 AWG. The one or more fiber-optic elements include optical fibers within a polymeric tube. At least six of the elements are stranded side-by-side with one another around a central element, which is one of the electrical-conductor elements or one of the one or more fiber-optic elements.
US09188755B2	Microbundle optical cable A microbundle optical cable such as, a riser cable, includes an outer jacket and a plurality of microbundles housed in the outer jacket. At least one of the microbundles includes an optical fiber ribbon enclosed in a microbundle coating. The at least one microbundle includes a longitudinal axis and a cross-section taken on a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cross-section may include a first dimension and a second dimension. The first dimension is higher than the second dimension. Therefore, the cross-section shape is an elongated cross shape.
US09188753B2	Optical connector assembly Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to optical connector assemblies are described. In some embodiments, the connector assemblies may include an optical assembly, having an optical interconnect and an optical module, to be coupled with a host electrical connector. The connector assembly may further include springs, disposed on the optical interconnect or the host electrical connector, to facilitate a coupling of the optical interconnect with the optical module. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09188750B2	Optical data communication module with sliding fiber clamp sleeve An optical data communication module assembly includes a mountable module body, a fiber guide tube having one end attached to the module body, and a fiber clamp sleeve having a barrel retained within the other end of the fiber guide tube. The interior of the fiber guide tube and exterior of the fiber clamp sleeve have correspondingly tapered diameters and mating engagements. Sliding the fiber clamp sleeve within the fiber guide tube can engage and disengage these mating engagements and also clamp and unclamp an optical fiber within the fiber guide tube.
US09188734B2	Light guide and illumination device A light guide includes: an incident surface, an exit surface and two reflective surfaces. The incident surface allows light emitted from a light source to be incident thereon. The exit surface extends in a main scanning direction and allows the incident light to exit the light guide therethrough. Two reflective surfaces are located opposite to the exit surface to extend in the main scanning direction and are configured to reflect the incident light toward the exit surface. One of the reflective surfaces includes a plurality of light reflecting patterns formed integrally therewith and having an oval hemispherical prism shape. The other reflective surface is a separate surface from the one reflective surface and is formed in a planar shape that enables attachment of a reflective member allowing the incident light to be reflected thereon toward the exit surface.
US09188733B2	Panel light assembly A panel light assembly for use with a support frame including at least first and second support frame members, the assembly comprising an assembly frame including at least a first assembly frame member and a second assembly frame member spaced apart on opposite sides of a frame space, the first assembly frame member forming a channel, a light source supported by the first assembly frame member within the channel, a light guide member including at least one edge, the light guide supported by the first and second assembly frame members within the frame space with at least a portion of the at least one edge located adjacent the light source, a fastener for fastening the assembly frame to the first and second support frame members.
US09188732B2	Display device and method for fabricating reflective sheet for the same A display device and a method of fabricating a reflective sheet for the same are provided. The display device includes: a display panel to display an image, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) to: generate and supply light to the display panel, a light guide plate to guide the light to the display panel, and a reflective sheet to reflect light toward a cover bottom below the LEDs toward the light guide plate, the reflective sheet including: a reflective layer, first and second skin layers respectively on upper and lower portions of the reflective layer, the first and second skin layers each including an embossing surface including a plurality of first reflective patterns to: prevent adhesion between the reflective layer and the light guide plate, and increase efficiency of light, and the reflective layer including a plurality of second reflective patterns, each including a filler in an air layer.
US09188731B2	Directional backlight Disclosed is a light guiding valve apparatus including at least one transparent stepped waveguide optical valve for providing large area collimated illumination from localized light sources, and at least one further illumination source. A stepped waveguide may be a stepped structure, where the steps include extraction features hidden to guided light, propagating in a first forward direction. Returning light propagating in a second backward direction may be refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the features to provide discrete illumination beams exiting from the top surface of the waveguide. Such controlled illumination may provide for efficient, multi-user autostereoscopic displays as well as improved 2D display functionality. Light from a separate illumination source may pass through the transparent stepped waveguide optical valve to provide at least one further additional illumination function.
US09188725B2	Transparent display The present invention provides a transparent display which comprises a light source; a first liquid crystal layer, for transmitting a first part of the light emitted from the light source and reflecting a second part of the light emitted from the light source; a light-transmittable image display device including a second liquid crystal layer, wherein the first part of the light is emitted to the second liquid crystal layer, when the image display device is in a first state, the first part of the light is transmitted through the second liquid crystal layer, and the image display device displays an image; when the image display device is in a second state, the first part of the light is reflected by the second liquid crystal layer, and the image display device becomes transparent. The transparent display according to the present invention can realize the function of a transparent display without use of a sheet polarizer or a light guide plate. Therefore, in comparison with the transparent display of the prior art, the transparent display according to the present invention has greatly-improved light transmittance.
US09188723B2	Patterns on glass for increased light transmission and/or light trapping In one non-limiting embodiment, a transparency for use as a cover plate for a solar collector, window and/or room divider includes a major surface of a glass substrate having Brewster tetrahedrons to convert s-polarized light waves to converted p-polarized light waves to reduce the percent of light wave reflectance of the substrate. In another non-limiting embodiment, the transparency includes a major surface of the substrate having pyramidal tetrahedrons to capture light waves within the body of the substrate to reduce the percent of visible light reflection.
US09188722B2	Antistatic adhesive optical film and image display The present invention aims at providing an antistatic pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film exhibiting excellent antistatic effect, optical properties, and water resistance and having excellent adhesion between the antistatic layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. An antistatic pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film, the optical film having an antistatic layer laminated on at least one side of the optical film, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer further laminated on the antistatic layer, wherein the antistatic layer comprises a conductive polymer and a sulfonic acid compound as raw material components, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed of an acryl-based pressure-sensitive adhesive containing nitrogen.
US09188719B2	Manufacturing method and template of color filters A manufacturing method and template of color filters belong to the field of liquid crystal display. The manufacturing method comprises: forming a black matrix (2) on a substrate (1), a pixel region being formed around the black matrix (2); forming pixel resin layers (3, 4, 5) on the substrate (1) on which the black matrix is formed; boxing the template with the substrate on which the pixel resin layers are formed, the template being located above the substrate (1), and a plurality of columnar hollow protrusions (13) being arranged at a part of a template body (12), corresponding to the pixel region, of the template; subjecting the boxed substrate to heat treatment, taking off the template so as to form a hole (11) in the pixel resin layer; and forming, through a patterning process, a pattern of the pixel resin layer on the substrate on which the hole (11) is provided. Therefore, the aperture and the opening area can be accurately controlled when providing an opening on the pixel region of the color filter.
US09188718B2	Color filter substrate comprising a first filter block having an area less than an area of a colorful filter block and liquid crystal display Embodiments of disclosed technology provide a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal display having the same. The color filter substrate comprises: a base substrate; a plurality of pixels on the base substrate, each of which comprises first filter blocks and colorful filter blocks; and a black matrix disposed on the base substrate for isolating the filter blocks. In each of the pixels, each of the colorful filter blocks is disposed adjoining at least one first filter block to form a sub-pixel.
US09188716B2	Reflective security element for security papers, value documents or the like A security element for manufacturing value documents, such as bank notes, checks or the like, has an upper side on which there is formed a microcavity structure that has a multiplicity of adjacent microcavities configured as retroreflectors, wherein on the microcavities there is formed a structure causing a color effect. The microcavities are respectively configured such that they have a first region in which radiation incident on the upper side is singly reflected, and a second region in which radiation incident on the upper side is multiply reflected. The structure causing the color effect has a dispersion dependent on the angle of incidence, so that radiation singly reflected at the first region shows a different color effect, when viewed from the upper side, than radiation multiply reflected at the second region.
US09188712B2	Transparent illumination panel and method of manufacturing A light diffuser panel for coupling to an optical element, includes a plurality of first type layers of a first type of material with a refractive index n1, and a plurality of second type layers of a second type of material with a different refractive index n2, wherein each of the first type layers and each of the second type layers are arranged to form a plurality of interface surfaces between alternating first type layers and second type layers, tilted at a plurality of angles with tilt axes that are parallel to a plane of the light diffuser panel, such that visible light from the optical element is transmitted through the light diffuser panel and the interface surfaces, and a portion of the visible light from the optical element is reflected out of the light diffuser panel at each of the interface surfaces.
US09188710B2	Lens and a method of forming the same, a method of generating a refractive index profile for a lens and a photonic package According to embodiments of the present invention, a lens comprising a refractive index profile configured such that rays of light propagating in the lens form an at least substantially plane wavefront at an at least substantially vertical plane of the lens, is provided. The profile is configured to vary in an at least substantially bell curve shape along a radial direction of the lens. The lens includes a plurality of layers configured to generate the profile, wherein each layer of the plurality of layers comprises at least a first film and a second film arranged one above the other.
US09188709B2	Optical multiplexing apparatus and projector An object of the present invention is to provide an optical multiplexing apparatus and a projector that keep an optical system small, and easily adjust a number of light source units. The optical multiplexing apparatus has: a light source section that uses light source units to emit collimated beams; a first lens portion that converges the collimated beams which enter at different incident angles from each other to define converging positions; and a second lens portion that has focal points that correspond to the converging positions, respectively, wherein the first and second lens portions form an optical reduction system, and an optical axis of the second lens portion, which is directed to the corresponding focal point to one of the converging positions, extends along another optical axis of the second lens position, which is directed to the corresponding focal point to another of the converging positions.
US09188708B2	Film having low refractive index film and method for producing the same, anti-reflection film and method for producing the same, coating liquid set for low refractive index film, substrate having microparticle-laminated thin film and method for producing the same, and optical member Provided is a film having a low refractive index, which can be formed under normal temperature and pressure while obtaining a lower refractive index, has excellent adhesion with a solid substrate, and does not lose geometric optical properties, such as the diffusibility or light-harvesting capability attributed to the microstructure. Also disclosed is a method for producing the same. The film having a low refractive index is obtained by causing an electrolyte polymer and microparticles to be alternately adsorbed on the surface of a solid substrate and bringing the resulting microparticle-laminated film into contact with a silicon compound solution in order to bond the solid substrate with microparticles and microparticles with microparticles. The silicon compound solution is selected from (1) the hydrolysis product of alkoxysilane (I) wherein the functional groups are formed from hydrolyzable groups and non-hydrolyzable organic groups, and the condensation reaction product thereof, (2) the hydrolysis product of a mixture of alkoxysilane (I) and alkoxysilane (II) wherein the functional groups are formed from hydrolyzable groups alone, and the condensation reaction product thereof; and (3) a mixture of hydrolysis product and condensation product thereof according to (1) and alkoxysilane (II).
US09188704B2	Optical film and method for manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an optical film includes: providing a template; coating an aluminum film on one surface of the template; electrolyzing the aluminum film and generating a plurality of regular microstructures on the aluminum film; providing a substrate; transferring the microstructures of the template to the substrate to form a plurality of microstructures on the substrate; and modifying the surfaces of the microstructures of the substrate to obtain a layer containing hydrophobic functional groups on the surfaces of the microstructures of the substrate.
US09188703B2	Curable coating compositions providing antistatic abrasion resistant coated articles Curable composition providing, upon curing, an abrasion resistant, transparent, antistatic coating comprising: a) at least one conductive polymer, b) colloidal particles of at least one non-conductive oxide, c) at least one binder comprising at least one epoxysilane having at least two hydrolysable groups directly linked to the Si atom of the epoxysilane, and/or its hydrolysis product, said at least one conductive polymer and said colloidal particles of at least one non-conductive oxide being substantially not agglomerated, the content of said conductive polymer in the dry extract of said curable composition ranging from 0.1 to 10% by weight, preferably from 0.2 to 10% by weight and the content of the dry extract of said at least one epoxysilane in the dry extract of said curable composition ranging from 20 to 80% preferably 25 to 60% by weight based on the total weight of the dry extract.
US09188701B2	Power generation predicting apparatus and method thereof A power generation predicting apparatus includes an estimator estimates a maximum power generation amount capable of generating by a photovoltaic power generation system at each time, a first estimating unit estimates a power generation inhibitor total amount being a total of power generation inhibiting substances which are present until a solar light reaches the system, at each time, a weight calculating unit calculates a solar radiation weight for each of three-dimensional cells at each time, based on a straight line passing through the cells forming a three-dimensional space above a prediction target area at which the system is placed, a second estimating unit estimates a power generation inhibitor amount at a prediction target time for each of the cells, and a predicting unit calculates a power generation inhibitor total amount at the prediction target time, and predicts a power generation amount at the prediction target time.
US09188694B2	Optical interferometric sensors for measuring electromagnetic fields A method of measuring an electromagnetic field in a formation can include installing an electromagnetic sensor with improved sensitivity, the sensor including multiple optical waveguides and respective multiple materials, and in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field, the materials changing shape in opposite directions. A well system can include an optical electromagnetic sensor which measures an electromagnetic field in a formation, and wherein optical path lengths or phases in optical waveguides of the sensor change both positively and negatively in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field. A method of monitoring a formation can include installing an optical electromagnetic sensor in a wellbore which penetrates the formation, and an optical path length/phase in an optical waveguide of the sensor increasing in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field, and an optical path length/phase in another optical waveguide of the sensor decreasing in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field.
US09188691B2	Towing methods and systems for geophysical surveys Disclosed are methods and systems for controlling spread and/or depth in a geophysical survey. An embodiment discloses a submersible deflector, comprising: an upper portion comprising an upper fin section and upper foils disposed below the upper fin section, wherein at least one slot is defined between the upper foils; and a lower portion coupled to the upper portion and disposed below the upper portion, wherein the lower portion comprises a lower fin section and lower foils disposed above the lower fin section, wherein at least one slot is defined between the lower foils. Also disclosed are marine geophysical survey systems and methods of performing geophysical surveys.
US09188690B2	Non-linear tomography method for main axis of symmetry of anisotropic velocity model and apparatus Device and method for estimating an event-related main anisotropy axis for a volume in a subsurface. The method includes selecting a velocity migration model for the given volume of the subsurface; receiving seismic data for the given volume; migrating the seismic data based on the velocity migration model; picking locally coherent events from the migrated data; and performing a tomographic process based on invariants to calculate the event-related main anisotropy axis.
US09188689B2	Reverse time migration model dip-guided imaging Computing systems and methods to producing a reverse time migration model dip-guided image using processed vertical seismic profile data are provided. In one embodiment, vertical seismic profile data for a subsurface geological formation is obtained. One or more dip estimates corresponding to the subsurface geological formation are also obtained. One or more model dip-guided reverse time migration imaging conditions are determined and applied to the obtained vertical seismic profile data to produce the processed vertical seismic profile data.
US09188683B2	Encapsulated photomultiplier device of semiconductor material, for use, for example, in machines for performing positron-emission tomography An embodiment of a photomultiplier device is formed by a base substrate of insulating organic material forming a plurality of conductive paths and carrying a plurality of chips of semiconductor material. Each chip integrates a plurality of photon detecting elements, such as Geiger-mode avalanche diodes, and is bonded on a first side of the base substrate. Couplings for photon-counting and image-reconstruction units are formed on a second side of the base substrate. The first side of the base substrate is covered with a transparent encapsulating layer of silicone resin, which, together with the base substrate, bestows stiffness on the photomultiplier device, preventing warpage, and covers and protects the chips.
US09188678B1	Zero delay reduced memory GPS PRN code interpolation In accordance with the teachings described herein, system and methods are provided for a GPS PRN code interpolation scheme with a reduced memory requirement. An example GPS receiver system may include a memory, a local PRN code generator, and an interpolator. The memory may be used to store GPS PRN code received from a global positioning satellite. The local PRN code generator generates a replica PRN code having a repeating code that includes at least a first epoch and a second epoch. The interpolator determines an offset point in the first epoch of replica PRN code and interpolates the replica PRN code at a predetermined sample rate to generate an interpolated replica PRN code for use in correlating with the GPS PRN code.
US09188676B2	System and method for detecting a face contour using a three-dimensional measurement system A system uses range and Doppler velocity measurements from a lidar system and images from a video system to estimate a six degree-of-freedom trajectory of a target. The system may determine a skin area or face contour based on the 3D measurements from a lidar subsystem and information regarding the location of various facial features from the 2D video images of a video subsystem.
US09188675B2	System and method for sensing multiple input objects with gradient sensor devices A processing system for an input device includes a transmitter module including transmitter circuitry, a receiver module, and a determination module. The transmitter module is configured to drive the transmitter electrode with a first drive signal to produce a first voltage gradient across the transmitter electrode, wherein the first voltage gradient is non-linear. The receiver module is configured to receive a first resulting signal with a receiver electrode, the resulting signal comprising effects of the first voltage gradient. The determination module is configured to determine positional information for a plurality input objects located simultaneously within a sensing region along the transmitter electrode based on the first resulting signal.
US09188673B2	Systems and methods for ultrasound imaging An ultrasound imaging method transmits ultrasound into a medium from a source and receives and samples signals resulting from interaction of the ultrasound with the medium for each of a plurality of sources. The sampled signals are stored. Criteria are applied to select subsets of the stored sampled signals. In some embodiments the criteria relate to locations of a source and/or receiving element corresponding to a sampled signal. Images are generated from the subsets.
US09188672B2	Ultrasonic measuring gauge An ultrasonic measuring gauge includes a probe configured to be moved along a surface of a material to be measured, transmit ultrasonic waves to the material, and receive ultrasonic waves reflected from the material. The gauge also includes a processing unit and an input unit. The processing unit is configured to operate according to one of two different modes of operation based on an input received by the input unit. In a first mode of operation, the probe determines the thickness at portions between the first and second locations on the surface of the material at which the probe is coupled to the material regardless of whether the probe is continuously physically coupled between the two locations. In a second mode of operation, the processing unit determines a corresponding thickness of the material at each portion between two locations when the probe is continuously physically coupled between the two locations.
US09188671B2	Moving body detector In a malfunction detection mode, a controller is configured to compare an output of a phase-detector obtained when controlling to input an oscillation signal to only the phase-detector, with an output of the phase-detector obtained when controlling to input the oscillation signal to both of a transmitter and the phase-detector. If a change (difference) of signal levels of the outputs is equal to or more than a prescribed threshold, the controller determines that there is no malfunction in the transmitter and a receiver. If the change of the signal levels is less than the prescribed threshold, the controller determines that there is a malfunction in the transmitter or the receiver.
US09188662B2	Beam splitter for 3D camera, and 3D image acquisition apparatus employing the beam splitter A beam splitter and a 3D image acquisition apparatus including the beam splitter are provided. The beam splitter includes a light incident surface on which light having a first wavelength and light having a second wavelength are incident; a beam splitting surface which is inclined to the light incident surface and reflects the light having the first wavelength and transmits the light having the second wavelength; a first light exit surface through which the light having the first wavelength reflected from the beam splitting surface exits; a first reflective surface which reflects the light having the second wavelength transmitted by the beam splitting surface; a second reflective surface which reflects the light having the second wavelength reflected from the first reflective surface; and a second light exit surface through which the light having the second wavelength reflected from the second reflective surface exits.
US09188661B2	Determining a position of a terminal It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a position of a terminal. It is checked if an intersection of all areas of a set of areas that are associated with one or more communication nodes and represent and/or limit possible positions of a terminal is potentially non-empty. Each of the areas is associable with a respective bounding box. The intersection is defined to be potentially non-empty if an intersection of all of the bounding boxes would be non-empty. A position of the terminal is determined in dependence on a result of the checking if the intersection of all areas of the set of areas is potentially non-empty.
US09188658B2	Automatically adjusting light shelf and method of use An automatically adjusting light shelf has a circuit of components used to measure light levels within a space; a light shelf hinged to a window assembly, used to reflect light entering the space; and a rotation device used to alter the light entering the space by rotating the light shelf. The light levels are measured using light sensors having a capacitive component and phototransistor in parallel with one another, a microcontroller, and optionally, a clock. The automatic operation of the light shelf can be overridden for manual operation. A method of using the automatically adjusting light shelf includes the steps of measuring a differential between the light levels reaching the light sensors; determining a direction to rotate the light shelf to alter the light; and rotating the light shelf so that the reflected light is optimized within the space.
US09188655B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and image processing apparatus A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes: an arranging unit that arranges magnetic resonance signals acquired by implementing parallel imaging and correspond to a plurality of channels into a first region on a k-space so as to be positioned at first interval to generate first k-space data and into a second region larger than the first region so as to be positioned at second interval larger than the first interval to generate second k-space data; a generating unit that generates third k-space data at the first interval corresponding to each of the plurality of channels, based on the second k-space data; and a reconstructing unit that reconstructs a magnetic resonance image, based on the first k-space data, the third k-space data, and sensitivity distributions corresponding to the plurality of channels.
US09188653B2	Permanent magnet device for generating an offset uniform magnetic field Disclosed is a device for generating a homogeneous magnetic field component Bz along an axis Oz in a spherical zone of interest of center O and radius r includes at least one first ring of axis Oz in magnetic material with radial magnetization oriented in a first direction and extending around an opening giving access to the zone of interest ZI, a second ring of axis Oz in magnetic material with radial magnetization oriented in the first direction and offset along axis Oz from the first ring and the zone of interest ZI, the inner radius and the outer radius of the second ring respectively being smaller than the inner radius and outer radius of the first ring.
US09188652B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus with means for correcting magnetic field homogeneity A Magnetic Resonance apparatus includes a 3D structure having a cavity for receiving a body under examination, a mechanism for generating a static magnetic field in the patient receiving cavity, a mechanism for generating variable magnetic fields in the cavity, an antenna for transmitting electromagnetic nuclear spin excitation pulses, an antenna for receiving the electromagnetic signals generated by nuclear spin relaxation, a plate for locating and fixing magnetic dipoles for fine correction of magnetic field homogeneity, and a compartment for the magnetic correction dipole locating and fixing plate, the compartment being adapted to be opened for direct access to the magnetic correction dipole locating and fixing plate from the outside. The compartment may be opened either by removal of an end plate of the magnetic field generating mechanism, or via a lateral slot for insertion and removal of the magnetic correction dipole locating and fixing plate.
US09188643B2	Flexible performance screen ring oscillator within a scan chain Aspects of the invention provide for a flexible performance screen ring oscillator (PSRO) integrated within a scan chain. In one embodiment, a circuit structure to create the flexible PSRO includes: a plurality of programmable scan chain elements; and a forward test scan chain path through the plurality of scan chain elements; wherein each of the programmable scan chain elements includes additional circuitry for a backward path, such that the backward path and the forward test scan chain path are combined to create the PSRO.
US09188640B1	Scan flip-flop circuit with LOS scan enable signal A scan flip-flop for generating an output signal based on a first input signal, a clock signal, a test input signal, a Launch On Shift (LOS) signal, a test enable signal, and a reset signal includes a logic circuit, a multiplexer and a flip-flop circuit. The logic circuit receives an inverted clock signal, the test enable signal, a intermediate test enable signal, and the LOS signal, and generates an intermediate output signal that is an inherent LOS scan enable signal. The multiplexer receives the test input signal and the intermediate output signal, and outputs the test input signal. The flip-flop circuit receives the test input signal as a second input signal, the clock signal, and the reset signal, and generates the output signal.
US09188639B2	Linking circuitry for IC TAP, core TAP, off-chip TAP interface An IC includes an IEEE 1149.1 standard test access port (TAP) interface and an additional Off-Chip TAP interface. The Off-Chip TAP interface connects to the TAP of another IC. The Off Chip TAP interface can be selected by a TAP Linking Module on the IC.
US09188638B2	Functional testing of an integrated circuit chip A method of functionality testing system circuitry on an integrated circuit chip, the system circuitry comprising a plurality of sub-circuits and the integrated circuit chip further comprising debugging circuitry, the debugging circuitry comprising variability circuitry. The method comprises: at the system circuitry, performing a function by the sub-circuits performing concurrent actions; at the variability circuitry, altering relative timing of the concurrent actions so as to increase the likelihood of one or more errors in the system circuitry's performance of the function; and at the debugging circuitry, recording one or more errors in the system circuitry's performance of the function.
US09188634B2	Isolation testing of semiconductor devices One example apparatus for isolation testing of semiconductor devices may include an interface portion for making electrical contact with packaged semiconductor devices under test. The interface portion may include an insulating support configured and dimensioned to support multiple semiconductor device packages, each semiconductor device package having a plurality of electrical contacts. The interface portion may further include a first electrically conductive surface to electrically contact a first proper subset of the plurality of electrical contacts of each of the semiconductor device packages supported by the interface portion and a second electrically conductive surface to electrically contact a second proper subset of the plurality of electrical contacts of each of the semiconductor device packages supported by the insulating support.
US09188627B2	Digital integrated circuit testing and characterization system and method The digital integrated circuit testing and characterization system and method provides high-speed testing for digital IC prototypes. A stand-alone circuit, such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA), implements a test and characterization processor (TACP). Supporting test circuitry is fabricated on board a prototyping chip to facilitate the test and characterization process. Test procedures and data may be downloaded to the TACP memory through a computer via a standard interface. The TACP administers the user-specified test procedures to one of several possible circuits on the prototyping chip. Test results are stored and collected via the on-board support test circuitry in communication with the TACP.
US09188623B2	Method and apparatus for determining at least one operating parameter of a thermoelectric system in a vehicle A method is provided for determining at least one operating parameter of a thermoelectric system in a vehicle, wherein the thermoelectric system comprises an energy conversion device having at least one photovoltaic element for converting thermal radiation, which is emitted by a heat source of the vehicle, into electrical energy. The method includes measuring an electrical power of the photovoltaic device, and determining an operating parameter of the thermoelectric system based on the measured electrical power of the photovoltaic device.
US09188620B1	Method of detection and isolation of faults within power conversion and distribution systems A power conversion and distribution system detects faults by monitoring differential current and differential power at certain locations in the system. Current loss faults are detected based on the monitored differential current, and series arc faults are detected based on the monitored differential power. A system controller may make the fault determinations and disable a power converter circuit of the power conversion and distribution system in response to detection of a fault.
US09188609B2	Current monitor and electric power quality compensation system It's disclosed a current monitor and an electric power quality compensation system. The current monitor includes: an internal monitor module configured to output a measurement of current for characterizing a real-time electric power quality of an external power network based on a received detection current, wherein an external detection module is used to detect a current of the external power network and output a first level detection current; and an isolation and transfer module including an input side and an output side electrically isolated from each other, wherein the input side is configured to be connected with the external detection module, and the output side is configured to be connected with the internal monitor module, the isolation and transfer module receives the first level detection current and outputs a second level detection current to the internal monitor module.
US09188605B2	Integrated circuit (IC) test socket with Faraday cage An integrated circuit test socket includes a highly conductive compliant material that is cut and installed into the test socket. The conductive material draws electrical charge away from the test socket, leading to more accurate testing. The test socket base is grounded, and a ground current runs through the base and into conductive strips. The configuration forms an electromagnetic impulse shield, protecting the chip from electromagnetic interference. The compliance of the shield material allows the shield to be sealed when activated, ensuring that the electromagnetic impulse shield is complete around the semi-conductor chip.
US09188598B2	Sample loading carousel An improved sample handling carousel is mounted to an analytical furnace at an acute angle and includes sample holding cavities which are readily visible at eye level to an operator. The rotary carousel can be easily removed from a stepwise driven drive shaft for filling the carousel at a remote location, such as a weighing station, or can be filled directly while mounted on the drive shaft. A tray is positioned below the carousel and has a slot for dropping a sample when one of the sample holding cavities aligns with the slot in the tray. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the carousel is made of aluminum or a transparent polymeric material, such as acrylic.
US09188595B2	Alzheimer's disease diagnosis based on mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation A method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in a patient comprises determining whether the phosphorylation level of an indicator protein in cells of the patient after stimulus with an activator compound is abnormally elevated as compared to a basal phosphorylation level, the indicator protein being e.g. Erk1/2 and the activator compound being e.g. bradykinin.
US09188592B2	Fluorescent detection of in vitro translated protein on a solid surface Disclosed herein are methods and kits useful in the detection of protein folding and in the identification of compounds that promote proper protein folding. In one example approach, fluorophores and a protein tag are incorporated into a nascent polypeptide within a ribosome-nascent-chain complex during cell free translation and the resulting labeled ribosome-nascent-chain complex is conjugated to a solid surface via the tag. Fluorescence imaging via FRET is then preformed to assess the folding state of the ribosome-nascent-chain complex under a variety of conditions.
US09188590B2	Labeled transition metal complexes The invention relates to a labeled transition metal complex comprising a transition metal atom, a reactive moiety for allowing a chemical or biological entity to become attached to the transition metal atom, an inert tridentate moiety as a stabilizing bridge, and a marker. The invention also relates to a labeled chemical or biological entity comprising a chemical or biological entity which is attached to said labeled transition metal complex, to the use of said complex for creating a defined shift in the molecular mass of said entity in order to facilitate mass spectrometric analysis of said entity, to methods for rendering chemical or biological entities distinguishable by mass spectrometry as well as to methods for mass spectrometric analysis of the chemical or biological entities. In addition, the present invention also relates to a set of at least two of said transition metal complexes of different molecular mass, to transition metal complexes comprising different stable isotopes, to chemical or biological entities obtained by a method of the invention and to a kit of parts supporting the use and/or methods of the invention.
US09188588B2	Kit for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring the immune status, of patients with chronic inflammatory diseases Provided is a method and a kit for testing the immune status of patients with chronic inflammatory diseases by measuring the TCR zeta chain (CD247) expression levels, and in particular a method and a kit for testing the selective downregulation of TCR zeta chain expression in T cells, NK cells, or NKT cells of such patients. Zeta chain expression is measured using antibodies directed against the intracellular zeta chain region, and these levels are compared with the expression levels of other T cell receptor subunits and NK cell markers. Thus, a kit for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring the immune status, of patients with chronic inflammatory diseases is presented herein.
US09188587B2	Neurological autoimmune disorders The invention relates to a method of diagnosing an autoimmune neurological disorder in a mammal comprising the step of detecting, in a bodily fluid sample from the mammal, autoantibodies to an epitope of at least one Kv1-complex protein; and related methods, assay kits, isolated or purified autoantibody or antibody fragments, or uses thereof.
US09188586B2	System, device and method for high-throughput multi-plexed detection The present invention relates to a system, device, and method for the high throughput multiplexed detection of a wide number of compounds. The invention comprises of a microwell array coupled to a capture agent array to form a plurality of interfaces between a microwell and a set of immobilized capture agents. The set of capture agents comprises a plurality of distinguishable features, with each feature corresponding to the detection of a particular compound of interest. In certain embodiments, each microwell is configured to contain a single cell. The invention is therefore capable of performing a high throughput analysis of single cell profiles, including profiles of secreted compounds.
US09188584B2	Capture agents and related compositions, methods and systems Multi-ligand capture agents comprising two or more ligands are described, and related compositions, methods and systems.
US09188583B2	Ectoparasite detection Ectoparasite infestation of a substrate like bedding is detected by contacting a sample from the substrate with a polyclonal ectoparasite antibody generated from a whole ectoparasite immunogen, under conditions wherein the antibody specifically binds ectoparasite antigen in the sample.
US09188582B2	Method for predicting the presence of reproductive cells in TESTIS Testicular germline markers and their use for predicting the presence or not of reproductive cells in testis of an infertile or hypo fertile male subject are provided. More particularly, identification of specific protein biomarkers of post-meiotic germ cells in the human seminal plasma was carried out by an integrative genomics approach. It was demonstrated that the presence of such biomarkers could be monitored in the seminal plasma of azoospermic subjects in order to select for a testis biopsy and testicular sperm extraction (TESE) only subjects for which there are high probabilities to find reproductive cells. The results indicate the analysis of seminal plasma is a non-invasive approach for predicting the presence of reproductive cells.
US09188579B2	Sniffing smartphone A wireless communication device having a breath sensor and a proximity sensor to measure the distance from a user to the device. The breath sensor is configured to measure or detect various components in the user's breath that may be indicative of a health issue. The sensitivity of the sensor may be adjusted based upon the proximity of the user. Sensor detections may be communicated in messages to a cloud server, where the cloud server may generate warnings if the messages indicate a health issue.
US09188564B2	Ionisation method for a universal gas analyzer The invention provides a method and system for analyzing a gas for the presence of a reactant compound via reaction of primary ions of a specific type. A source gas is introduced to a reaction chamber and ionized in this chamber. The pressure in the reaction chamber is adjusted to avoid the formation of protonated species and other impurities. The primary ions generated in the reaction chamber are transferred to a drift tube. The gas to be analyzed is diluted with a carrier gas and the resulting mixture is introduced into the drift tube. The ionization energy of the carrier gas is equal to or higher than the ionization energy of the primary ions. The product ions resulting in the drift tube from a reaction of the primary ions with the reactant present in the gas to be analyzed are then detected, for example using a mass spectrometer. Preferably, an existing PTR-MS setup is used to perform the method of the present invention.
US09188563B2	Perforated MOS structure for single biomolecule detection A perforated metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) structure for single biomolecule, virus, or single cell detection is disclosed. The structure includes a nanochannel formed through a sensing region configured to allow a solution containing particles to pass through the perforated MOS sensor. First and second terminals are configured to measure electrical parameters representative of change of electrical characteristics of the solution as the particle passes through the perforated MOS structure.
US09188562B2	Silver testing apparatus A precious metal testing apparatus determines the percentage content of precious metal in a specimen being tested by detecting the change in the rate of current flow through a resistive layer formed on the specimen by an application of a corrosive electrolyte on the specimen. The electrical circuit forms a fixed resistance circuit and a variable resistance circuit due to the formation of a growing resistive layer on the specimen such that the flow of current through the variable resistance circuit decreases as the flow of current through the fixed resistance circuit increase. The detection of the rate of change in current flow as a result of the increasing growth of the resistive layer can be compared to a look-up table that provides a corresponding percentage of precious metal in the specimen. Calibration of the testing apparatus can be accomplished with a specimen of known purity of the precious metal.
US09188561B2	Test strip The invention includes a base, a working wire, a grounding wire, a first division layer, a second division layer and a cover layer. The base has a reaction area. The working wire is formed with a first measure contact and a first bioreaction contact. The grounding wire is formed with a second measure contact and a second bioreaction contact. The first division layer and second division layer have a first inlet and a second inlet, respectively. The first inlet and the second inlet correspond to the reaction area in position to expose the first and second bioreaction contacts. The guiding trough is formed by the cover layer, the base and the first and second inlets.
US09188560B2	Electro-diffusion enhanced bio-molecule charge detection using electrostatic interaction According to one aspect, the disclosure is directed to an example embodiment in which a circuit-based arrangement includes a circuit-based substrate securing a channel, with an effective width that is not limited by the Debye screening length, along a surface of the substrate. A pair of reservoirs are included in or on the substrate and configured for containing and presenting a sample having bio-molecules for delivery in the channel. A pair of electrodes electrically couple a charge in the sample to enhance ionic current flow therein (e.g., to overcome the electrolyte screening), and a sense electrode is located along the channel for sensing a characteristic of the biological sample by using the electrostatic interaction between the enhanced ionic current flow of the sample and the sense electrode. Actual detection occurs by using a charge-signal processing circuit to process the sensed charge signal and, therefrom, provide an output indicative of a signature for the bio-molecules delivered in the channel.
US09188559B2	Test method and testing device for nozzles and nozzle The invention relates to a test method for nozzles composed of ceramic or ceramic-like materials, in which the following method steps are carried out: transfer of ultrasonic vibration to the nozzle by means of a sonotrode placed against the nozzle and thermographic evaluation of the heat evolved in a wall of the nozzle.
US09188558B2	Radio frequency identification monitoring of stents A method and system of monitoring environmental exposure of stents using radiofrequency identification is disclosed.
US09188552B2	X-ray spectrometer and sample analyzer An X-ray spectrometer (100) capable of reducing the effects of noises includes: an X-ray detector (110) outputting a staircase waveform (S110); a first differential filter (120) converting the staircase waveform (S110) into a first pulsed signal (S120); an event detection portion (140) detecting whether the first pulsed signal (S120) has exceeded a threshold value; a noise event detection portion (150) determining whether the first pulsed signal (S120) in excess of the threshold value is shorter than a given time; a second differential filter (160) converting the staircase waveform (S110) into a second pulsed signal (S160) having peaks whose heights correspond to the heights of the steps of the staircase waveform; a maximum value detection portion (170) detecting pulsed signal (S160) if the first pulsed signal (S120) exceeds a threshold value; and a decision portion (180) making a decision based on the noise event detection portion (150).
US09188551B2	Angle-dependent X-ray diffraction imaging system and method of operating the same An x-ray diffraction imaging (XDI) system having a system axis includes at least one x-ray source configured to generate x-rays directed toward an object that includes at least one substance. The at least one x-ray source is further configured to irradiate at least one voxel defined within the object with x-rays arriving from a plurality of directions, each direction defined by an angle of incidence with respect to the system axis. The system also includes at least one detector configured to detect scattered x-rays after the x-rays have passed through the object. The system further includes at least one processor coupled to the at least one detector. The processor is programmed to generate a plurality of XDI profiles of the object voxel. Each XDI profile is a function of an associated angle of incidence.
US09188550B2	Cross calibration of two energy dispersive X-ray baggage screening systems including transformation of the reference database A method of calibration of a dataset for spectroscopically resolved radiation scanning, comprising the steps of: generating an apparatus condition specific calibration dataset of emergent radiation intensity information generated after interaction in the scanning zone of at least one standard object spectroscopically resolved into a plurality of frequency bands; providing a transferable database comprising a dataset of transferable data items of emergent intensity information for a range of component materials, each spectroscopically resolved into a plurality of frequency bands and linked to the condition specific calibration dataset; defining a reference calibration dataset; generating a transfer function between the data item and the reference calibration dataset; applying the transfer function to the transferable data item to generate a dynamic data item adjusted to the reference calibration; populating a data register with a dynamic dataset comprising a dataset of data items each dynamically adjusted to the reference calibration.
US09188545B2	Container inspection apparatus and method A method of and apparatus for inspecting a container having a base and a mouth. Light is directed through the container base into the container, and out of the container through the container mouth, using at least one light source disposed beneath the container base. A plurality of images of the container mouth is obtained from the light transmitted through the container mouth. Minimum bore diameters of the container mouth are calculated from the plurality of images, and an overall lowest minimum bore diameter (OLMBD) of the minimum bore diameters is identified. A value other than the OLMBD is determined to be an effective minimum bore diameter of the container mouth.
US09188542B2	Gemstone viewer An apparatus for viewing images of a gemstone is described. The apparatus comprises a support structure for supporting the gemstone at an observation position. An illumination structure comprises a plurality of directional light sources directed towards the observation position so as to illuminate the gemstone. The support structure and illumination structure are relatively rotatable relative to one another about a rotation axis. An imaging device is arranged to obtain images of the gemstone at the observation position at a variety of relative rotational positions between the illumination structure and support structure: the imaging device has an imaging axis passing through the observation position. The support structure is arranged so that the gemstone can be placed at the observation position in such a way that the normal to a selected facet of the gemstone is within a range of tilt angles from the rotation axis. The arrangement of directional light sources is such that, for any tilt angle within the range, at least one of the directional light sources will be specularly reflected from the selected facet into the imaging device for at least one rotational position of the support structure.
US09188534B2	Device with a measurement arrangement for optical measurement of gases and gas mixtures, with compensation of environmental effects A device for optical detection of a target gas in gas mixtures includes an operation and evaluation unit, a measurement cuvette with optically reflective surfaces on its interior walls and a gas inlet to the environment, a radiation source, a measuring detector and a reference detector unit provided on the measurement cuvette. The measuring detector and the reference detector unit detect the light of the radiation source and produce electrical signals corresponding to the intensity of the detected light. An optical bandpass filter element, constructed to transmit light of a measurement wavelength, is arranged upstream of the measuring detector. An optical double-bandpass filter unit, that transmits light of a first reference wavelength and light of a second reference wavelength, is arranged upstream of the reference detector unit. The operation and evaluation unit operates the radiation source and acquires the electrical signals of the measurement detector and the reference detector unit.
US09188531B2	Method and apparatus for gold detection A gold detection apparatus capable of detecting gold in field mineral samples such as rock or soil with little or no preparation. Light in red, green and violet wavelengths is directed at a surface of a mineral sample and the reflected light intensity is measured by an array of sensors or photosites. Based on the characteristic reflectance properties of gold, the reflected light intensity in each wavelength is used to determine the presence of gold particles and the gold concentration of the mineral sample.
US09188529B2	Holographic microrefractometer for determining refractive index of a medium An in-line holographic microscope is used for measurements of micrometer-scale particles and associated suspending fluid medium containing the particles. The system yields heterodyne scattering patterns that may be interpreted with Lorenz-Mie theory to obtain precise time-resolved information on the refractive index of the suspending medium for determining chemical composition, concentrations and makeup thereof. This approach can perform spatially resolved refractometry with measurements on calibrated refractive index standards and monitor chemical concentration in a microfluidic channel. Using commercially available colloidal spheres as probe particles and a standard video camera for detection yields volumetric refractive index measurements with a resolution of 2×10−3 RIU for each probe particle in each holographic snapshot.
US09188528B2	Sensor for monitoring a medium The invention relates to sensors for monitoring a medium, comprising an electromagnetic radiation source and a detector of electromagnetic radiation, the medium being located in the ray path between the electromagnetic radiation source and the detector and the refraction varying when the medium varies. The sensors are characterized by their ease of production. To that end, the electromagnetic radiation source and detector are disposed in at least one housing. Furthermore, either at least one region or at least one component of the housing consists of material which is transparent to electromagnetic radiation, the medium being located in the region or at the component of the housing. At least one wall of the region is so disposed or designed that the radiation for refraction impinges on or emerges from the surface at an angle which is different from 90°. In addition, the detector is at least one photo diode, such that, when the medium varies, the radiation either does not impinge or impinges on the photo diode.
US09188527B2	Monochromator-based and filter-based detection system A system is provided for performing filter-based and monochromator-based measurements. The system includes a light source and a plurality of detectors. An excitation monochromator outputs a selected wavelength component of the excitation light. Emitted light from a sample follows a selected emission optical path. An emission monochromator outputs a selected wavelength component of the emitted light when part of the selected path. An interface cartridge includes emission light ports positioned to direct the emitted light from the sample along a corresponding optical path. The interface cartridge aligns a selected optical path with the main measurement optical axis. A movable sliding switch mechanism provides optical channels corresponding to positions on the sliding switch mechanism to complete a selected emission optical path. The position on the sliding switch mechanism is selected by moving the sliding switch mechanism to align the optical channel for the position with the main measurement optical axis.
US09188525B2	Method and apparatus for assay of electrochemical properties A method for monitoring a select analyte in a sample in an electrochemical system. The method includes applying to the electrochemical system a time-varying potential superimposed on a DC potential to generate a signal; and discerning from the signal a contribution from the select analyte by resolving an estimation equation based on a Faradaic signal component and a nonfaradaic signal component.
US09188521B2	Method for controlling the concentration of a component of a gaseous mixture recirculated in a cooking chamber, particularly in food cooking ovens A method is provided for controlling a gaseous component concentration of a gaseous mixture, which is recirculated by a ventilator in an oven, which is supplied with power at a predetermined mains frequency and voltage, the ventilator being driven by an asynchronous electric motor of known synchronism speed, the mixture being subjected to a known pressure. The method includes: detecting the temperature of the mixture in the cooking chamber, varying the motor's power supply voltage in order to maintain the motor's rotation speed at a predetermined value, measuring the difference between the mains voltage that supplies the motor and the motor's power supply voltage at the predetermined speed, using the voltage difference, the temperature and the known pressure to determine the component concentration in the mixture, comparing the component concentration which is found with a desired concentration value and, adjusting the component concentration in the cooking chamber.
US09188520B1	Tensile testing apparatus A tensile-testing apparatus (10) comprises a platen (40) for situating a tendon-type support system in manner mimicking its expected installation condition. A force-imposing device (20) imposes installation-expected forces and sensors (61, 71) sense displacement in the force-imposing direction. A station (80) collects force and displacement data and a station (90) outputs the collected data in format allowing system analysis.
US09188514B1	System and method for producing a sample having a monotonic doping gradient of a diffusive constituent or interstitial atom or molecule A sample of a chemical compound is contained within a pressure controlled atmospheric chamber that is set to a predetermined atmospheric pressure. The sample includes a parent material and one or more diffusive atomic or molecular constituents or interstitials. The sample is in thermal contact with a heat source having a first temperature and a heat sink having a second temperature. The sample is annealed until an equilibrium gradient distribution of the diffusive atomic or molecular constituents or interstitials occurs along the sample.
US09188508B1	Method and system using an HVAC air handler and thermostat for building energy loss testing, monitoring and cost control An improved HVAC air handler and control system adapted for measuring and monitoring operating characteristics, the leakage of supply and return ducts to which it is connected, the infiltration leakage of the building it serves, the blockage of air return paths and the watts drawn and air flow generated by its blower. Leakages are measured by blocking outlets of all supply ducts or all return ducts, opening one side of the air handler to outdoor air, running the air handler blower, and measuring the air flow. Airflow may be measured by opening or closing orifices mounted in plenums attached to the air hander or built into the air handler cabinet, or by varying the speed of the blower motor, in connection with an integrated manometer. Thermostat firmware controls all functions.
US09188504B2	Methods for testing turbine blades Methods for testing turbine blades. One method for testing turbine blades includes measuring dimensions of each of a first set of turbine blades. The method also includes testing airflow through first openings in each of the first set of turbine blades to determine airflow properties of each of the first set of turbine blades. The method includes determining a relationship between the dimensions and the airflow properties of each of the first set of turbine blades. The method includes measuring dimensions of each of a second set of turbine blades. The method also includes determining airflow properties for each of the second set of turbine blades based at least partially on the dimensions of the second set of turbine blades and the relationship.
US09188503B2	Rigid body characteristic identification system and rigid body characteristic identification method A rigid body characteristic identification system which identifies rigid body characteristics of a measurement target including its mass and center of gravity position, provided with an immovable stationary part 10, moving parts 20 which can move with respect to the stationary part and include a measurement target T, support means 30 for supporting the moving parts with respect to the stationary part in a freely vibratable manner, measuring means 40 for measuring data which is necessary for calculating the natural frequency of the moving parts when the moving parts are vibrating, and analyzing means 50 for receiving as input the support conditions by the supporting means and the measurement data which was measured by the measuring means and for performing processing based on these support conditions and natural frequency calculated from the measurement data. The analyzing means uses the support conditions by the supporting means and natural frequencies which are calculated from the measurement data as the basis to identify the rigid body characteristics of the measurement target. Due to this, a rigid body characteristic identification system or rigid body characteristic identification method which can reduce the number of measurement points while identifying the rigid body characteristics with a high precision is provided.
US09188498B2	Tire pressure measuring device A tire pressure measuring device is disclosed. The device includes a data generating impact module for striking a pneumatic tire, generating data correlative to the force imparted to the tire as a function of time and transmitting the data to a data gathering module. A data gathering module receives the data from the data generating impact module and communicates the data to a data processing module. A data processing module receives the data from the data gathering module, processes the data to determine the pressure of the pneumatic tire and communicates the determined pressure of the pneumatic tire to a tire pressure display. A tire pressure output display receives the determined pressure of the pneumatic tire and displays the calculated pneumatic tire pressure.
US09188496B2	Real-time calculation of total longitudinal force and aerodynamic drag acting on a rider on a vehicle A system and method of calculating under changing conditions in real-time aerodynamic drag acting on a rider on a vehicle. A computer receives a signal indicative of a force of the vehicle on the rider from at least one force sensor located at or near at least one point of contact between the rider and the vehicle. The computer determines aerodynamic drag acting on the rider on the vehicle from the received signal. These steps are repeated under changing conditions.
US09188493B2	Method and apparatus for measuring surface temperature of cast slab A main object of the present invention is to provide a method capable of measuring surface temperatures of a plurality of points of cast slab at a secondary cooling zone of a continuous caster with a good accuracy and at low cost. The method comprises the steps of inserting one end of a plurality of optical fibers 3 respectively to nozzles 1 and tubes 2, and installing each nozzle between support rolls that support the cast slab, while spraying purge air from each nozzle toward a surface of the cast slab, receiving a thermal radiation light from the cast slab at the one end of each optical fiber, gathering other ends of the optical fibers 3, 81 in a bundle to take images including a core image of the other end of each optical fibers by an imaging means 5, and calculating the surface temperature of the cast slab.
US09188487B2	Motion detection systems and methodologies A motion detector system including first and second pairs of pyro-electric elements, electrical interconnections between the pyro-electric elements in the first pair providing a first signal output and local temperature compensation for the elements in the first pair, electrical interconnections between the elements in the second pair providing a second signal output and local temperature compensation for the pyro-electric elements in the second pair, wherein the compensation for the first pair is independent of the compensation for the second pair, a housing enclosing the two pairs of pyro-electric elements and defining a window, only one of the pyro-electric elements in each pair viewing a motion detection field of view through the window, and a signal processor receiving the first and second signal outputs and providing an output indication of crossing the field of view by an object having a temperature different from the ambient in the field of view.
US09188486B1	System and method for compensating for second order diffraction in spectrometer measurements The present invention concerns a system and method for identifying and implementing a correction to spectrometer measurements in order to compensate for errors in the measurement values due to second order diffracted light. The present invention in one configuration, measures light reflectance percentages across the same wavelength range for at least one calibration target. From these measurements the portion of the reflectance values resulting from second order diffracted light is identified and corrected for, thereby generating a compensated measurement of the reflectance values of a sample. These compensated values are then provided to a user.
US09188485B1	Apparatus and method for extreme ultraviolet spectrometer calibration Disclosed are herein an apparatus and method for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectroscope calibration. The apparatus for EUV spectroscope calibration includes an EUV generating module, an Al filter, a diffraction grating, a CCD camera, a spectrum conversion module, and a control module that compares a wavelength value corresponding to a maximum peak among peaks of the spectrum depending on the order of the EUV light converted from the spectrum conversion module with a predetermined reference wavelength value depending on an order of high-order harmonics to calculate a difference value with the closest reference wavelength value, and controls the spectrum depending on the order of the EUV light converted from the spectrum conversion module to be moved in a direction of wavelength axis by the calculated difference value. Thus, it is possible to accurately measure a wavelength of a spectrum of EUV light used in EUV exposure technology and mask inspection technology.
US09188483B2	Electrically-augmented damping Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for electrically-augmented damping of an actuator and associated devices. In particular, electrically-augmented damping derived from measurement of voltage across an actuator and current flowing through an actuator is provided.
US09188482B2	Optical sensor with special discrimination In one embodiment, an ambient light sensor with first and second photo-detectors is disclosed. The first and second photo-detectors may have different depths and respond differently to light having a specific wavelength. The ambient lights sensor may further comprise a circuit configured to detect light of a specific wavelength. In another embodiment, the first and second photo-detectors may be configured such that each of the first and second photo-detectors detects coupling current from each other. In yet another embodiment, in addition to the first and second photo-detectors, a third photo-detector may be formed proximate to at least one of the first and second photo-detectors such that coupling photo-current is detected therein by the at least one of the first and second photo-detectors.
US09188480B2	Color filter array and image sensor The color filter array 21a comprises seven or more types of color filters including a first color filter. The seven or more types color filters have different spectral sensitivity characteristics. The seven or more types of color filters are arranged in a two-dimensional form. Among the seven or more types of color filters, at least two types of color filters are designated as a color filter of interest. Two color filters arranged at a first interval on both sides of the color filter of interest along a first direction are of the same type. Two color filters arranged at a second interval on both sides of the color filter of interest along a second direction that is different from the first direction are of the same type. Among the color filters, at least one type of color filter have a density higher than that of the other types of color filters, thereby realizing acquisition of highly accurate gradient information from a multiband color filter array.
US09188479B2	Vibration sensor in a portable vibration meter A vibration detector suitable for field use and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative apparatus includes a vibration sensor in contact with the vibrating structure. The vibration sensor can be in contact with the vibration isolators to eliminate the frequencies of the operator's hand. In some embodiments, a contact force between the vibration sensor and the vibrating structure can be measured using, for example, contact resistors. Since the sensitivity of the vibration sensor can be a function of the contact force, the vibration amplitude measurements can be adjusted for a known contact force to improve the precision of the vibration amplitude measurement.
US09188476B2	Weighing device for use in a water treatment system The water treatment system, particularly reverse-osmosis system, comprising a salt water container, is characterized in that the salt water container is arranged on a weighing device which measures the weight of the salt water container.
US09188475B2	Bridge element A precision weighing device is provided formed with a balance having a bridge element, which realizes a parallel guidance between a load receptor and base body by means of force-transmitting levers arranged in advantageously inside the bridge's structure. A balance is made insensitive to corner loads with a spaced-apart arrangement of two bridge elements having the features herein.
US09188474B2	Level detector/transmitter system A level detector mounts to a tank containing a liquid. The detector transmits and receives ultrasonic pulses. The pulses are processed by a microprocessor which periodically measures the liquid level of the tank. When the liquid level reaches a pre-established level, a cell phone automatically transmits data to a remote location. A schedule for emptying the tank is generated by a server at the remote location. A service man uses the schedule to visit the tank location and empty the tank. In addition, a portable charger/calibrator is mounted to the level detector to charge the power supply of the detector and calibrate the liquid level.
US09188472B2	Enhanced reference line tank calibration method and apparatus A system for measuring the volume of a tank, including an optical device that emits a laser beam adjacent to a surface of the tank, and a magnetic trolley selectively moveable along the surface of the tank and configured to be remotely controlled by an operator. The magnetic trolley has a linear position sensor in communication with the laser beam to determine the position of the magnetic trolley relative to the laser beam as the magnetic trolley moves on the surface of the tank. A data processor communicates with the linear position sensor to calculate the volume of the tank based at least partially on the position data collected by the linear position sensor.
US09188469B2	Sensor system for measuring a velocity of a fluid including a heating element a resonant circuit and a transducer A sensor system for measuring a velocity of a fluid flowing through a channel includes a heating element for heating the fluid. The heating element is provided with a predetermined level of power during operation. The sensor system further includes a primary electronic circuit having a primary resonance frequency which is temperature dependent. The temperature of the primary electronic circuit is determined by heat transferred from the heating element to the fluid flowing through the channel. In addition, the sensor system also includes a transducer arrangement configured to generate a measurement signal indicative of the velocity of the fluid flowing through the channel. The measurement signal is based on the primary resonance frequency.
US09188464B2	Sensing device The present sensing device comprises a sensor (1, ) for providing sensor data representative of a quantity to be measured. Together with the sensor (1, ) a radio frequency interface (2, ) for transmitting the sensor data is arranged in a casing (3, ). The casing (3, ) comprises an opening (33, ) for exposing a sensitive element (11, ) of the sensor (1, ) to an environment of the casing (3, ). A seal (4, ) is provided for sealing the opening (33, ) against an interior (3, ) of the casing (3, ). The sensing device can be used as autonomous humidity detector for detecting humidity e.g. in cars under test.
US09188463B2	Hermetic electrically shielded connector A sensor apparatus is used for sensing a condition in a combustion chamber. The sensor apparatus includes a sensor housing having a sealed internal chamber. The sensor apparatus further includes a connector attached to an opening of the sensor housing. The connector transfers a signal indicative of the condition into the sensor housing. A fastener is secured to the connector. A sealing member is disposed between the connector and the fastener. The sealing member sealingly engages the connector to prevent fluid passage through the connector and into the internal chamber of the sensor housing. A method of sealing a sensor apparatus is also provided.
US09188462B2	Rotation sensor-equipped bearing A bearing unit is provided in an inner peripheral portion of a sensor housing in which a sensor portion is installed. The sensor portion includes a sensor mounting substrate and a sensor fixed to this sensor mounting substrate. The sensor housing is provided with an axially extending substrate mounting groove formed in a direction of a chord which will define the circular section of the outer peripheral surface of the sensor housing. The sensor mounting substrate is mounted on this substrate mounting groove to install the sensor portion within the sensor housing.
US09188461B2	Aircraft flight management aid device A configured aircraft flight management aid system comprises: means of interpretation receiving data taken from external instructions from an external control center, data relating to aircraft equipment failures, cabin problems and problems related to the environment of the aircraft; means of determination receiving data from the means of interpretation and determining at least one reference constraint associated with at least one parameter representative of a flight path, a reference constraint associated with a reference parameter comprising a new constraint, different from the initial constraint when the item of data effectively necessitates following a new path, different from the initial path, and a reference constraint comprising the initial constraint when the means of determination do not have access to any data relating to an event effectively necessitating following a new path; warning means generating a warning to an operator when the path actually flown does not comply with said reference constraint.
US09188460B2	Methods, systems and devices for generating real-time activity data updates to display devices Methods, systems and devices are provided for displaying monitored activity data in substantial real-time on a screen of a computing device. One example method includes capturing motion data associated with activity of a user via an activity tracking device. The motion data is quantified into a plurality of metrics associated with the activity of the user. The method storing the motion data in storage of the activity tracking device. The method connects the activity tracking device with a computing device over a wireless data connection, and sending motion data to the computing device for display of a metric, of the plurality of metrics, on a graphical user interface of an activity application of the computing device. The sending of motion data to the computing device is configured to continue while additional motion data is captured and sent to the computing device. The metric displayed on the graphical user interface is shown to change in an increasing numerical or graphical form in substantial real-time.
US09188459B2	Navigation system with location estimation mechanism and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating a navigation route for displaying on a device; estimating a public display location along the navigation route; and scheduling a location-based notification to be presented at the public display location and prior to traversing the navigation route.
US09188457B2	Ergonomic user interface for a portable navigation device A portable navigation device (200) with an ergonomic user interface is described. It includes: a housing (210); a controller (220) coupled to the housing (210), the controller (220) configured to control the operations of a portable navigation device; memory (270), coupled to the controller (220), being operable to store a route; an integrated global positioning system (GPS) receiver (250) in the housing (210), coupled to the controller (220); a display (240) within the housing (210) and coupled to the controller (220), the display (240) viewable from a front (305) of the housing (210); and a paddle control module (310) coupled to a rear portion (315) of the housing (210), configured to control certain operations of the device. The ergonomic design allows a user ease of access, to operate a portable navigation device accurately, intuitively and with minimal distraction, during operation. This structure provides an enhanced user experience.
US09188454B2	Map-based guide system and method Provided is a computer system and methods for a map-based guide. A method includes but is not limited to receiving a request for the map-based guide; determining a location associated with the request; preparing a route in accordance with the location associated with the request and in accordance with at least one of a profit-motive and/or a goodwill factor; and transmitting the map-based guide.
US09188453B2	Constrained service restoration with heuristics A method of determining service routes for a plurality of crews is provided. Outage data identifying a plurality of service outage source locations, a number of affected customers associated with each location of the plurality of locations, and a type of repair to perform at each location of the plurality of locations is received. A repair time is estimated for each location. Crew data identifying a plurality of crews and a start location for the plurality of crews is received. A service route for each crew is determined based on a crew skill indicator associated with each crew satisfying the type of repair to perform at each location and based on the estimated repair time for each location. The service route for a crew of the plurality of crews includes the start location as a first location and at least one location of the plurality of locations.
US09188451B2	Method and apparatus for minimizing power consumption in a navigation system An approach is provided for providing mechanisms to minimize power consumption in a navigation system while allowing for various levels of functionality and accuracy. A device may process telematics information and/or sensor information associated with at least one vehicle to determine an estimated location of the vehicle. Then the device may cause a comparison of the estimated location against available mapping data. Further, the device may determine whether to determine a sensed location of the vehicle via one or more location sensors based, at least in part, on the comparison.
US09188450B2	Method for providing an operating device in a vehicle, and operating device for a vehicle A method for providing an operating device in a vehicle, wherein graphic data are generated by a control device, targeting a display area such that a graphic object showing at least part of the earth's surface is displayed, that the illustration of the displayed part of the earth's surface is subdivided into geographic areas in different time zones, and that the position of an actuation object in front of or on the display area is captured. Depending on the captured position of the actuation object relative to the displayed geographic areas in different time zones in the depiction of the graphic object, a geographic area located in one single time zone is selected and is displayed in bold formatting, and the time zone of the selected geographic area is dedicated to at least one timer of the vehicle. Also disclosed is an operating device for carrying out the method.
US09188445B2	System and method for storing and recalling location data A system and method for recalling and utilizing location data are presented. A connection between a device and a vehicle is detected. After the connection is detected, a first set of data stored on the device is identified. The first set of data includes a last known location of the vehicle. A current value of a vehicle sensor is compared to a historical value of the vehicle sensor. The historical value was captured from the vehicle sensor at about a time the first set of data was stored on the device. When the current value of the vehicle sensor is the same as the historical value of the vehicle sensor, the first set of data is used to define a current location of the vehicle.
US09188442B2	Gyroscope and devices with structural components comprising HfO2-TiO2 material Disclosed are devices, materials, systems, and methods, including a device that includes one or more structural components, at least one of the one or more structural components comprising substantially HfO2—TiO2 material. Also disclosed is a hemispherical resonator that includes a hemisphere including one or more structural components with at least one of the one or more structural components comprising substantially HfO2—TiO2 material, a forcer electrode configured to apply an electrical force on the hemisphere to cause the hemisphere to oscillate, and one or more sensor electrodes disposed in proximity to the hemisphere and configured to sense an orientation of a vibration pattern of the hemispherical resonator gyroscope.
US09188439B2	Method and device for determining distances on a vehicle A method for determining distances for chassis measurement of a vehicle having a body and at least one wheel includes determining a center of rotation of a wheel of the vehicle by projecting a structured light pattern at least onto the wheel, recording a light pattern reflected by the wheel using a calibrated imaging sensor system, determining a 3D point cloud from the reflected light pattern, and determining the center of rotation of the wheel from the 3D point cloud. The method also includes determining a point on the body by evaluating the previously determined 3D point cloud or by evaluating a plurality of grey-scale images recorded under unstructured illumination. A height level is determined as a vertical distance between the center of rotation of the wheel and the point on the body.
US09188434B2	Backside alignment apparatus and method A backside alignment apparatus and method for determining a position relationship between a substrate (6) and a workpiece stage (24). The backside alignment apparatus includes: an illumination apparatus (1) for emanating infrared light; a workpiece stage assembly (2) for supporting and moving the substrate (6); an imaging apparatus (3) for detecting alignment marks and calculating positions of the alignment marks, the alignment marks including a reference plate alignment mark (41) and a backside alignment mark (20); and a reference plate assembly (4) for setting up a relationship between position coordinates of the imaging apparatus (3) and the workpiece stage assembly (2). The illumination apparatus (1) and the imaging apparatus (3) are able to illuminate and align different alignment marks using only one set of illumination apparatus.
US09188432B2	Profile measuring apparatus, structure manufacturing system, method for measuring profile, method for manufacturing structure, and non-transitory computer readable medium A profile measuring apparatus includes: a light source device from which a projection light is irradiated, the projection light having a light amount changing with lapse of time in a first period and a predetermined spatial distribution; an imaging element; a second period setting section which sets a second period including at least a part of the first period; and a profile information obtaining section which obtains an information of the profile of the object based on an image data taken by the imaging element in the second period. The second period setting section sets the second period based on a light amount of a light which comes into the imaging element at the time of an imaging performed before one imaging performed in the second period; and a light amount change pattern of the projection light changing with lapse of time in the first period.
US09188431B2	Backlit vision machine A back-lit vision machine apparatus is described that includes an imaging sensor for imaging an object. A radiation source for generating radiation having a first property and a radiation converter for converting radiation having the first property into radiation having a second property are also provided. The radiation source is arranged to project radiation having the first property onto the radiation converter thereby producing radiation having the second property, while the radiation converter is arranged to illuminate an object to be imaged by the imaging sensor with radiation having the second property. An object to be imaged is locatable between the radiation converter and the imaging sensor and such an object is thus back-lit by radiation having the second property produced by the radiation converter. The radiation source is arranged to project radiation having the first property onto the object to be imaged and onto the radiation converter.
US09188430B2	Compensation of a structured light scanner that is tracked in six degrees-of-freedom A method is provided for determining the three dimensional coordinates of points on the surface of an object. The method includes providing a structured light scanner and a coordinate measurement device. The coordinate measurement device tracks the location and orientation of the structured light scanner during operation. The location and orientation data is combined with image frames captured by the scanner to allow registration of the image frames relative to each other. The three-dimensional coordinates of points on the surface of the object may then be determined in the frame of reference of the coordinate measurement device.
US09188427B2	Projective optical metrology system A projective optical metrology system including a first optical unit, which includes: an optical input that receives a first light signal; a number of optical paths; and a separator, which is optically interposed between the optical input and the optical paths and separates a number of components of the first light signal received by the optical input and couples each of the separate components to a corresponding optical path. The first optical unit also includes a light target, which emits a second light signal and is formed by a number of light elements, each light element being optically coupled to a corresponding optical path, so as to be illuminated, in use, by the component of the first light signal coupled to the corresponding optical path. The metrology system also includes a second optical unit, which generates the first light signal and receives the second light signal.
US09188423B2	Method and a system for determining the angular position of a rotary element using multiple groups of sensors, and a bearing including such a system This method determines an angular position of a rotary element in a system where a magnetic ring rotatably fastened to the rotary element in communication with multiple sensors each suitable for issuing a unitary electric signal representative of a magnetic field generated by the magnetic ring. At least two groups of sensors adapted to generate, based on the unitary sensor signals, at least one combined electric signal representative of the angular position of the magnetic ring. This method comprises; a) verifying the consistency the combined electric signal with at least one given rule b) assessing whether or not each group of sensors is correctly working based on the verification of step a); and if, a first group of sensors is not correctly working, disregarding its combined electric signal and relying on the combined electric signal of at least a second group of sensors for determining an angular position value.
US09188420B2	Eyeglass frame shape measurement apparatus An eyeglass frame shape measurement apparatus includes a measuring unit measuring shapes of right and left rims of an eyeglass frame. Measuring modes include a first measuring mode in which whole peripheries of both rims are measured; a second measuring mode in which the whole periphery of one of the right and left rims; and a third measuring mode in which nose side portions of the left rim and the nose side portion of the right rim are partially measured. A controller drives the measuring unit to measure the whole peripheries of both rims in the first measuring mode, for driving the measuring unit to measure the whole periphery of one of the left and right rims in the second mode, and drive the measuring unit to measure partially the nose side portions of both rims in the third mode.
US09188416B1	Lead-free, corrosion-resistant projectiles and methods of manufacture To produce lead-free projectiles, iron and copper are melted at a predetermined ratio and rapidly quenched to yield a fine-grained microstructure with uniformly distributed copper and iron phases. The iron-copper alloy may be made into a powder through atomization, with the iron-copper molten metal being dispersed using a rapidly moving gas, liquid stream, or via mechanical dispersion. The step of forming the bullet may include solid-state sintering of the atomized powder, including heating at a temperature below 1083° C., the melting point of copper. Alternatively, the step of shaping the mixture into a bullet-shaped form may include casting and/or uniaxially pressing the mixture into a mold. A ceramic powder may be added to the copper-iron mixture prior to forming to produce a frangible projectile. Chromium, including chromium from recycled stainless steel, may be added to increase corrosion resistance and/or reduce manufacturing cost.
US09188414B2	Reduced friction expanding bullet with improved core retention feature and method of manufacturing the bullet A low-cost, reduced friction expanding bullet with an improved core retention feature and a method of manufacturing the bullet is described wherein a cylindrical jacket containing a compacted malleable metal core having an open end and a closed end is forced into a forming die having a bottleneck shaped interior resulting in a bottleneck shaped pre-form wherein the outside diameter of the open-ended forward portion of the jacket is smaller than the outside diameter of its closed rearward portion and wherein a transition shoulder separates the two diameters. The pre-form is then placed in a profile die wherein a base punch exerts an axial force against said pre-form which axially collapses a portion of the jacket wall forward of the transition shoulder subsequently forcing said portion of the jacket wall radially inwardly providing a reduction in bearing surface and forming an internal core-locking radius while at the same time forming an ogival bullet nose. The bullet thus formed provides reduced friction and ultimately higher muzzle velocity per any given chamber pressure level while also providing a core-locking feature comprising a wide-area, circumferential indentation which serves as a living hinge that ultimately expedites uniform bullet expansion.
US09188412B2	Polymeric ammunition casing geometry An ammunition cartridge casing having a geometry designed to allow for the use of polymeric materials in forming the walls of the cartridge casing of an ammunition article, and methods of reusing such cartridges are provided. More specifically, the ammunition cartridge has a specified ratio between the wall-thicknesses of select portions of an ammunition article's cartridge casing such that polymeric materials may be used in the construction of the ammunition article cartridge casings.
US09188405B2	Ejection port dust gate for automatic weapons A removable dust gate for an automatic weapon is described. The removable dust gate can include a retractable pivot pin having rod sections with compressible objects therebetween that allow the rod sections to be temporarily pushed together, shortening the length of the retractable pivot pin. When the pivot pin is shortened, it can be placed between two pin ports on the weapon. When released, the pivot pin will engage with the pin ports to secure the dust gate to the weapon in the correct position to engage with the ejection port on the weapon. By shortening the pivot pin, the dust gate can be an easily removed without having to change the design or configuration of current weapons or weapon design.
US09188399B1	Receiver catch A catch is used to secure upper and lower receiver portions of a modern sporting rifle to one another. The catch may be mounted in either receiver portion and includes a shaft on which a body is mounted. The body has a hook and a cam follower positioned on opposite sides of the shaft. The cam follower engages a cam surface, which rotates the hook into engagement with a contact surface to secure the receiver portions to one another when they are pivoted into a closed configuration.
US09188398B2	Evaporative structures, particularly for body cooling A generally planar, conformable evaporative structure, particularly for incorporation in a garment or an item of personal protective equipment as part of a system to cool the wearer's body, includes an envelope of substantially impermeable, flexible material containing: a layer of flexible wick material disposed adjacent to a major face of the envelope and adapted to hold a working fluid in liquid phase for evaporation by heat conducted through the envelope; a layer of flexible, breathable fabric in parallel with the layer of wick material; and an array of flexible ribs such as open helical coils within the layer of breathable fabric adapted to maintain pathways for the flow of working fluid in vapor phase towards a condensation zone.
US09188397B2	Dense composite material, method for producing the same, and component for semiconductor production equipment A dense composite material of the present invention contains 37% to 60% by mass of silicon carbide grains, also contains titanium silicide, titanium silicon carbide, and titanium carbide, each in an amount smaller than the mass percent of the silicon carbide grains, and has an open porosity of 1% or less. Such a dense composite material is, for example, characterized in that it has an average coefficient of linear thermal expansion at 40° C. to 570° C. of 7.2 to 8.2 ppm/K, a thermal conductivity of 75 W/mK or more, and a 4-point bending strength of 200 MPa or more.
US09188396B2	Flattened heat pipe and manufacturing method thereof The invention provides a flattened heat pipe whose vapor flowing passage is not clogged and which has an excellent capillary force. The flattened heat pipe has a closed container formed by flattening a tubular container, a plurality of wick structures arrayed within the container in a longitudinal direction so as to form an acute-angled portion where a capillary force is large at least partially within the container, a hollow portion formed of an outer peripheral surface of the wick structure and an inner wall surface of the container and a working fluid sealed into the container.
US09188395B2	Heat pipe and method of manufacturing a heat pipe The method of manufacturing heat pipe is disclosed to insert a center bar into a metal tube such that the center bar contacts a clearance area of the inner sidewall of the metal tube. Then, the method is to fill the interval between the center bar and the metal tube with powder for sintering. At last, the method is to perform a sintering, extract the center bar, inject working fluid, and close the metal tube. A heat pipe is therefore formed. Because of no sintered powder on the clearance area, the heat pipe can be bent at the clearance area without damaging the capillary structure formed by the sintered powder. The flow path of the working fluid is not interrupted or influenced, so the heat transfer efficiency can be maintained, which overcomes the decrement of the heat transfer efficiency of a bent heat pipe in the prior art.
US09188392B2	Method and industrial furnace for using a residual protective gas as a heating gas In order to increase energy efficiency in an industrial furnace (1) operated by heating gas and protective gas for thermally treating materials, a first burner (3.1) is actuated for heating with priority over a second burner (3.2), the second burner (3.2) is engaged additionally and operated when the output from the first burner (3.1) falls below the level necessary to heat the industrial furnace (1) up to a temperature setpoint, and the second burner (3.2) is switched off when the temperature setpoint has been reached.
US09188387B2	Microwave drying of ceramic honeycomb logs using a customizable cover Microwave drying of ceramic honeycomb logs using a customizable cover that can take the form of a flexible wrap or a rigid cover is disclosed. The cover can be in the form of a wrap disposed directly in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. The cover can also be a rigid cover disposed adjacent but not in contact with the leading edge of the log surface. At least a portion of the trailing edge of the log can remain uncovered either by having windows in the wrap or by the rigid cover only covering the leading edge of the log surface. The customizable cover can be configured to compensate for log shape deformities as well as or in addition to the adverse effect on log shape cause by the drying differential created by passing a log through a microwave drying station leading-edge first.
US09188383B2	Sealing system for refrigerator The present invention discloses a sealing system for a refrigerator and, more particularly, a sealing system located between the doors of a refrigerator and its acclimatized chambers and of the kind that comprises a gasket to be inserted in a receiving channel existing also between the doors of a refrigerator and its acclimatized chambers. The sealing system for refrigerator herein reported consists of at least one gasket comprising a tubular body formed by at least one attaching end and by at least one sealing body; at least one groove defined in at least one movable door or at least one fixed cabinet; and by at least one rib defined in at least one movable door or at least one fixed cabinet.
US09188378B2	Systems and methods for providing an ice storage bin control sensor and housing Embodiments of the invention can provide an ice storage bin control sensor and housing. In one embodiment, an ice storage bin can be provided. The ice storage bin can include at least one wall, an ice control sensor, and a housing section. The housing section can include an inner wall component operable to support at least a portion of the ice control sensor. The housing section can also include an outer wall component operable to support at least a portion of the ice control sensor. In addition, the housing section can include a cavity operable to receive the ice control sensor. Furthermore, the housing section can include a stop portion operable to maintain the position of the outer wall component or the inner wall component relative to the at least one wall of the ice storage bin, wherein at least a portion of the inner wall component is angled with respect to the stop portion, and at least a portion of the ice control sensor can be maintained at a predefined angle to the at least one wall within the ice storage bin.
US09188375B2	Control element and check valve assembly An arrangement includes a housing defining a first and second ports. A first passageway provides communication between the ports; a second passageway provides communication with the first port. An element is disposed in the housing and positioned by a balance of forces, the element is positionable to throttled positions for controlling flow through the first passageway in a first direction and to an open position to permit unrestricted flow in a second direction. A check valve is disposed in the second passageway for preventing flow therein from the first port when pressure in the first port is greater than pressure in the second port, and permitting flow through the second passageway to the first port when pressure in the first port is less than the pressure in the second port thereby affecting the balance of forces acting on the element so the element is urged toward the fully open position.
US09188374B2	Cooling system and method for operating a cooling system A cooling system for cooling food on board an aircraft includes a cooling circuit adapted to supply cooling energy to at least one cooling station, a refrigerant circulating in the cooling circuit selected such that it is convertible at least partially from the liquid to the gaseous state of aggregation on releasing its cooling energy to the at least one cooling station and subsequently convertible back at least partially to the liquid state of aggregation again by an appropriate pressure and temperature control in the cooling circuit, and a refrigerant container including a receiving space arranged in an interior space of the refrigerant container which receives the refrigerant circulating in the cooling circuit, the receiving space of the refrigerant container connected to the cooling circuit by a flow line for discharging the refrigerant from the receiving space and by a return line for returning the refrigerant into the receiving space.
US09188362B2	Direct fired heaters including premix burner technology According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of direct fired heaters including premix burner technology and/or feed forward control loop modulation via inlet air temperature.
US09188361B2	Ventilating fan for heating A ventilating fan for heating, includes a main body frame provided with an opening, a fan casing provided with a fan therein, a heater assembly fixed at an air outlet of the fan casing and a thermostat for detecting an indoor temperature, and the thermostat is embedded in an air-passageway wall.
US09188358B2	Control system and method for heating and cooling devices A device and method for managing the supply of energy to heating and cooling devices based on environmental conditions within a regulated area, said system including one or more sensor devices within said regulated area for communicating one or more status signals, and a control module for receiving said one or more status signals, said control module analyzing said one or more status signals based on one or more heating and cooling routines, said one or more heating and cooling routines instructing said control module to communicate one or more control signals to said heating and cooling devices, said one or more control signals activating or deactivating said heating and cooling devices.
US09188356B2	Air conditioning system and method for managing server room According one embodiment, an air-conditioning system is connected to a server room, in which server racks accommodating a plurality of servers are placed between separated first and second spaces, by a return air duct and a supply air duct. In the server room, an airflow is formed so that cold air flown from under the floor into the first space is heated by heat generation of the servers and is flown out from the second space as return air. The system sets control contents for generating supply air within a previously determined supply air temperature target range and a previously determined supply air humidity target range and controls the operation of each device in the system based on the set control contents.
US09188353B2	Self contained heating/cooling roof top unit with built in independent pressure relief A self-contained pre-manufactured roof top unit is used to circulate fresh air, heat or cool a building. The housing has a blower connected into a circulation system to circulate air into and out of the building. The unit has a pressure relief opening for connection into the building that is used to relieve air pressure buildup within the building. The pressure relief opening is part of a pressure relief passage that is independent of the blower and has an exhaust vent that opens and closes automatically in response to pressure differential between the building and ambient air.
US09188350B2	Heat pump system for vehicle and control method thereof A method for controlling a heat pump system is provided with air conditioning means connected to a controller and including a plurality of valves and expansion valves connected to each other through a refrigerant line and a bypass line, a compressor, an accumulator, an evaporator, an exterior condenser, an interior condenser, and an HVAC module having a PTC heater and a door at a warming mode, a cooling mode, a dehumidification mode, a dehumidification/defrosting mode, or an extremely low temperature dehumidification/defrosting mode according to selection of a driver.
US09188349B2	Air-conditioning system and use thereof The air-conditioning system comprises a dryer (10) comprising a membrane contactor (11) provided with a first channel (11b) for air flow and a second channel (11a) for desiccant flow, which channels are separated through a membrane (11c). The air conditioning system further comprises a humidifier (20) comprising a membrane contactor. The air flow passes in operation the dryer (10) and the humidifier (30) between an inlet (121) and an outlet (122). The dryer (10) comprises a series connection of a heat exchanger (12) and the membrane contactor (11), which heat exchanger couples air flow from the inlet (121) with desiccant flow from a regenerator (40) and in which membrane contactor (11) the thus heat-exchanged air flow and the heat-exchanged desiccant flow are coupled for drying of the airflow.
US09188348B2	Method and apparatus for positioning heating elements An underlayment system is provided that includes a plurality of bosses that emanate from a common base member. The bosses and bases preferably include an opening therethrough that will allow for subsequent layers of adhesive to interact and bond to each other. The bosses are also spaced in such a way to help secure a wire snugly therebetween.
US09188347B1	Remote distance transporting and integrating heat ejection connected to central heating ductwork (auxiliary heat ejectors) Auxiliary heat ejectors (380A, 490) having an optional independent circulator module (380D), heat exchange radiators (41e, 41f), heated fluid inlet lines (21e, 21f) and exchange fluid return lines (47e, 47f) with pumps (49e, 49f) connected to other tandem modules such as heat sources (30E, 40F) incorporated by reference, a flexible helical corrugated body (53e) or a retractable modular unite walls (53f) on cart wheels (25f), actuators (23e, 23f), partitions (35e, 37e, 37f), inlet and outlet end having flanges (45e, 45f, 35g) for connecting with shared ductwork of a primary heater. The independent circulator module (380D) comprises of a flexible body (41g), support (21g), flow check gate (31g), a blower motor (27g) with propeller 25g.
US09188343B2	Oven appliance and a gas burner assembly for the same A gas burner assembly for an oven appliance is provided. The gas burner assembly includes a pair of burner tubes. A runner tube extends between and can fluidly connect the burner tubes of the pair of burner tubes. The runner tube can assist with carrying flames between the burner tubes of the pair of burner tubes.
US09188336B2	Assemblies and apparatus related to combustor cooling in turbine engines A combustor of a combustion turbine engine is described. The combustor may include an inner radial wall, which defines a combustion chamber downstream of a primary fuel nozzle, and an outer radial wall, which surrounds the inner radial wall so to form a flow annulus therebetween, and the combustor may include a socket extending from the outer radial wall into the flow annulus. The socket may include: a mouth formed through the outer radial wall; a floor offset a predetermined distance from an outboard surface of the inner radial wall; impingement ports formed through the floor; and an axial nozzle.
US09188335B2	System and method for reducing combustion dynamics and NOx in a combustor A system for reducing combustion dynamics and NOx in a combustor includes a tube bundle that extends radially across at least a portion of the combustor, wherein the tube bundle comprises an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface. A shroud circumferentially surrounds the upstream and downstream surfaces. A plurality of tubes extends through the tube bundle from the upstream surface through the downstream surface, wherein the downstream surface is stepped to produce tubes having different lengths through the tube bundle. A method for reducing combustion dynamics and NOx in a combustor includes flowing a working fluid through a plurality of tubes radially arranged between an upstream surface and a downstream surface of an end cap that extends radially across at least a portion of the combustor, wherein the downstream surface is stepped.
US09188333B2	Dilute combustion The invention relates to a method of combustion in a furnace provided with a burner comprising an inlet for oxidizer comprising between 10% and 30% of oxygen and an inlet for fuel terminating in the furnace outside the oxidizer inlet and at a distance therefrom of between 0.3 and 4 times the equivalent diameter of the oxidizer inlet, said oxidizer entering the furnace at a speed of between 10 and 60 m/s. This method permits a significant reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions and is suitable for glass furnaces in particular.
US09188326B2	Apparatus and method for a one touch light security feature in a mobile wireless communication device A security feature in a handheld electronic wireless communication device, has two switch buttons A and B that are positioned on the bezel of the device that are for increasing/decreasing functions of the device. The device has a LED light used for flash light in a camera mode of the device. A device-logic, in a non-active state of the device, detects activations of the two switches in the non-active state of the device and uses the switch activations to control the LED light; thereby the logic enables quick response use of the LED light for security purposes.
US09188323B2	Lighting device To improve reliability of a lighting device using an electroluminescent material. In a lighting device which includes a light-emitting element containing an electroluminescence (EL) layer, a first housing is provided on a light emission surface of the light-emitting element, a metal plate and a second housing covering the metal plate are provided over a top surface of the light-emitting element, and the first housing is connected to both the metal plate and the second housing, whereby the light-emitting element is doubly sealed. Further, a depressed portion is provided for the first housing in a region in contact with the metal plate or a region in contact with the second housing through an adhesive layer; thus, adhesion between the housings is improved.
US09188311B2	Phosphor device and lighting apparatus comprising the same A phosphor device (1) comprising a carrier member (2) having upper and lower faces; a phosphor layer (3) being arranged at the upper face of the carrier member (2), wherein the phosphor layer (3) comprises at least two tiled phosphor zones (R, G, B); an optical transmitting member (4) having a first end face (7) and a second end face (9), the optical transmitting member (4) being arranged at the top portion of the phosphor layer (3), whereby the first end face (7) of the optical transmitting member (4) covers at least a subarea (8) of each of the at least two phosphor zones (R, G, B).
US09188309B2	Direct type backlight module structure The present invention relates to a direct type backlight module structure, which comprises a light casing having a first height, and the light casing comprises a base plate; a reflection device disposed on the base plate, and the reflection device comprises a plurality of curved structural units, and each of the curved structural units is bent to form a second height and an intermediate base, and each of the curved structural units is configured at a predetermined spacing therebetween to be disposed on the base plate; and a plurality of light sources disposed on the reflection device, and each of the light sources is configured at the predetermined spacing therebetween; in which each of the light sources is disposed on the intermediate base of each of the curved structural units of the reflection device.
US09188308B2	Light emitting device package and illumination apparatus Embodiments provide a light emitting device package including a body, a light emitting device the body, and a lens disposed on the light emitting device, wherein the lens includes a lower surface portion, an upper surface portion parallel to the lower surface portion, and a lateral surface portion positioned between the lower surface portion and the upper surface portion and provided with a plurality of lateral surfaces, wherein the plurality of lateral surfaces is formed in a shape of a parabola.
US09188306B2	Optical assembly of an alert light An optical assembly of alert light has two optical halves obtained by symmetrically dividing the optical assembly along an optical reference plane. Each optical half has a base with one side corresponding to the optical reference plane and having a junction surface. A light entrance portion and a light exit portion are on two opposite sides of the optical reference plane. The two optical halves are assembled to form the optical assembly of alert light with the junction surfaces of the two optical halves attached to each other. Accordingly, the structural simplification of the divided optical halves facilitates the molding of the optical halves and reduces limitations in manufacturing the optical halves, thereby satisfying the demands of different light form, light projection angles and product shapes in generating diversified alert lights.
US09188301B2	Vehicle headlamp A headlamp of a vehicle is disclosed having an optical system arranged after a light source in a path of a light beam emitted by the light source. The light beam has a directed main beam and a component of undirected diffused light. A cover screen is arranged parallel to the directed main beam after the optical system. A plate for discharging heat is arranged after the cover screen. A lens cover in combination with the cover screen forms an in travelling direction front cover of the headlamp. The cover screen has an aperture which opens the space between the optical system and the cover screen in the direction of the plate and the optical system includes an optical lens body and the undirected diffused light of the light source substantially radiates through the aperture in the cover screen onto the plate.
US09188300B2	Light emitting device assembly and headlamp including the same An LED assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention may improve dark regions generated between LED chips by employing a first reflective layer between the LED chips. By employing a transparent optical layer or an optical layer including a scattering particle between an LED chip and a phosphor layer, direct contact between the LED chip and the phosphor layer may be avoided, thereby preventing a low light extraction efficiency. Further, by employing a second reflection layer on side surfaces of an to LED chip, an optical layer, and a phosphor layer, a relatively high contrast may be obtained. An LED assembly may enhance contrast through a reflective layer while increasing light extraction efficiency by including a scattering particle in a phosphor layer.
US09188297B2	Automotive headlamp forming multiple light distribution patterns with a single lamp A reflector includes a first reflector portion located above the central axis of a headlamp extending in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle, and a second reflector portion located below the central axis. A first light source and a second light source are arranged such that: the light emitted from the first light source is reflected by the first reflector portion to form a first light distribution pattern; and the light emitted from the second light source forms two partial light distribution patterns by being reflected with both the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion, and a second light distribution pattern, which is different from the first light distribution pattern, is formed by combining the two partial light distribution patterns.
US09188294B1	LED-based optically indirect recessed luminaire A light emitting diode (LED)-based optically indirect luminaire includes a reflector that receives light generated by an LED light source platform and reflects the light beyond the platform into a space to be illuminated. The LED light source platform can be configured as a pendant that is suspended from the reflector by one or more supports or cables. The LED light source platform can include a heat sink that receives the LEDs and the printed circuit board (PCB) they are disposed upon so that the LEDs are visible to the reflector and hidden from view. An optional lens can be included that covers the LEDs and PCB to protect them from dust and moisture.
US09188292B2	Diver's underwater light for selecting between two types of light An LED underwater light, which can be hand-held or mounted on an underwater camera housing, is switchable between two light modes. A first embodiment of the dive light is a focus light, used for initial focusing with a still underwater camera. Incorporated in the focus light is a red light source to which the focus light can be switched from initially projected white light. The switch is used to switch off a series of white LEDs while switching on a series of red LEDs. In a second embodiment, the dive light is a flood/spot light, and enables a diver to quickly switch between flood and spot beams, via separate LED arrays.
US09188287B2	Product for fluidic applications, method for its production and use of such a product The present invention relates to a product for fluidic applications, with at least one surface segment having a plurality of ribs in contact with a fluid flowing in a flow direction and adjacent ribs delimit between them in each case a valley and a method for production and a use of such a product. The product according to the invention can be produced economically with further improved flow properties; in that at least two ribs with the valley they respectively delimit are combined in a group, that at least two groups are present, and separated from each group arranged adjacent to it, viewed transverse to the flow direction S of the fluid, by a valley, and that the height profile of the valley differs in each case from the height profile of the valleys delimited by those ribs of the groups which are adjacent to the valley separating the groups.
US09188286B2	Hydraulic system and hydraulic distributor for the actuating working machines Hydraulic system for actuating the hydraulic actuators of a working machine, the hydraulic system has a delivery, a discharge, a drainage line, a signal line, a main slide valve which actuates a corresponding hydraulic actuator, a safety slide valve integral with the main slide valve and adapted for opening or closing the drainage line itself, and a pressure compensator presenting a frontal chamber connectable by way of the main slide valve to the delivery and a rear chamber connected to the signal line; the drainage line connecting a node of the signal line to the discharge.
US09188283B2	Temperature monitoring apparatus for a steam trap A monitoring apparatus for monitoring the temperature of a body, the apparatus having a housing defining a volume of air exposed to the body, a temperature sensor being located within the volume of air at a position remote from the body whereby the temperature of the body can be determined. In one embodiment the housing defines a substantially vertically arranged flue exposed at its lower end to the body, the temperature sensor being located within the flue, at least one air inlet being provided in the flue positioned below the temperature sensor, at least one air outlet being provided in the flue positioned above the temperature sensor, whereby the body, when heated, may initiate a rising column of air within the flue due to convection when the temperature of the body is greater than the ambient temperature, the temperature sensor being exposed to said rising column of air.
US09188282B2	Structure for preventing surge of 2-cylinder engine A structure for preventing surge of a 2-cylinder engine may include a first line communicating a crank room of the engine with a cylinder head cover, a first valve which may be disposed on the first line and allows a fluid within the crank room to flow into the cylinder head cover, a second line communicating the crank room of the engine with an intake manifold and a second valve which may be disposed on the second line and allows a fluid within the intake manifold into the crank room.
US09188279B2	Supporting structure for reserve tank A reserve tank is fixed to the vehicle body with a bracket. The bracket includes a supporting member supporting an intermediate part which is an intermediate part in vertical direction when the reserve tank is fixed to the vehicle body side. The supporting member includes the vertical movement restricting part for restricting a vertical movement while the reserve tank is fixed to the vehicle. The reserve tank includes the fastening part fastened with the fastening member to a fastened part formed on the bracket, the rotation restricting part for restricting, at a location apart from the fastening part, rotation on the fastening part, and an extending part protruding outwardly in a diametrical direction from a side surface of the reserve tank and extending from a side of the fastening part in a circumferential direction to the rotation restricting part.
US09188278B1	Lifting support structure A lifting support structure includes an actuating element having a cylinder and a movable rod moved reciprocally in the cylinder. A bearing seat is disposed on a lateral side of the actuating element, and one end of the movable rod is inserted in the bearing seat. A connecting rod is pivoted on the bearing seat and can pivot in the horizontal direction relative to the bearing seat. One end of the connecting rod is connected with the movable rod, and the other end is suspended freely. And a pedal is connected on the free end of the connecting rod.
US09188273B2	Support foot for applying and distributing forces to a pressure-sensitive substrate as well as a stand system having such a support foot A support foot (10) for applying and distributing forces to a pressure-sensitive substrate, including a baseplate (12) for placement onto the substrate and a holder (18) which is joined to the baseplate (12) and to which the connecting parts (32, 72) can be attached, whereby the holder (18) has a first receptacle (20) for a first connecting part (72) and a second receptacle (22) for a second connecting part (32). A stand system has at least one support foot (10) and at least one, especially C-shaped, mounting rail that is inserted into a receptacle (20, 22, 24) and that is prevented by a fastener (56) from being pulled out of the holder (18).
US09188269B2	Cured in place liner system and installation methods A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted. After the cured in place liner system is installed, the liner system forms a fluid-tight flow path between an upstream portion of the pipe system and a downstream portion of the pipe system. Various types of connections may be used. In addition, various types of methods may be used in forming the connections, such as using a mold to cure connecting sections of the cured in place liners in desired configurations (e.g., having a generally circular outer profile) for forming connections with the liners.
US09188266B2	Protective sleeve for a flexible pipe A protective sleeve for being installed around a longitudinal portion of a pipe (72) for transporting hydrocarbons. The sleeve includes a set of rings, each of which has two opposite flanks (16, 18), and which are retained together in series, with the flanks (16, 18) opposite each other, by a plurality of elastically deformable connecting elements (32). The bending of the longitudinal portion is capable of causing contraction of the connecting elements (32) located towards the inside of the curve, as well as the elongation of the opposite connection elements (32), in order to resist the bending. Each connecting element (32) has two opposite rigid attachment portions (34, 36) and an elastic deformable body (38) interposed between the two attachment portions. The attachment portions (34, 36) are attached to the flanks (16, 18) opposite the rings (10), respectively.
US09188265B2	Coupling device for connecting a supply tube for dental instruments with a supply and control unit The invention relates to a coupling device for connecting a supply tube for dental instruments with a supply and control unit having a coupling sleeve in which a first coupling body and a second coupling body are at least partially received along the longitudinal axis (LA) of the coupling sleeve, the first and second coupling body have several fluid ducts and electrical plug connections. The coupling device is preferably constructed in the form of a switchable valve coupling.
US09188256B2	Flexible unbonded oil pipe system with an optical fiber sensor inside The invention relates to an unbonded flexible pipe comprising an internal sheath, at least one armor layer surrounding said internal sheath and a bore defined by said internal sheath, the flexible pipe further comprising a fiber sensor arranged in said bore. By arranging the fiber in the bore of the unbounded flexible pipe, new opportunities for sensing desired properties of the unbounded flexible pipe is provided. The fiber sensor may preferably be a pressure fiber sensor. The unbonded flexible pipe may preferably be an offshore pipe, such as a riser for transportation of hydrocarbons.
US09188252B2	Ultra high strength steel having good toughness Embodiments of the present disclosure comprise carbon steels and methods of manufacture. In one embodiment, a double austenizing procedure is disclosed in which a selected steel composition is formed and subjected to heat treatment to refine the steel microstructure. In one embodiment, the heat treatment may comprise austenizing and quenching the formed steel composition a selected number of times (e.g., 2) prior to tempering. In another embodiment, the heat treatment may comprise subjecting the formed steel composition to austenizing, quenching, and tempering a selected number of times (e.g., 2). Steel products formed from embodiments of the steel composition in this manner (e.g., seamless tubular bars and pipes) will possess high yield strength, at least about 175 ksi (about 1200 MPa) while maintaining good toughness.
US09188251B2	Exhaust pipe An exhaust pipe includes a metal base material and a surface coating layer formed on a surface of the metal base material. The surface coating layer contains an inorganic glass base material and has a concave portion and a convex portion on a surface of the surface coating layer. The concave portion is lower than a first reference surface. The first reference surface has an average height of the surface of the surface coating layer. The convex portion is located on a peripheral edge portion of the concave portion and surrounds the concave portion. The convex portion is higher than the first reference surface.
US09188242B2	Low diffusivity barrier fluid packing system In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a fluid or liquid barrier packing system which is adapted to minimize VOC emissions, while also providing live-loading and continuous load monitoring functions. The components of the packing system (including the liquid barrier) are adapted to be installed in a traditional stuffing box of a valve utilizing a top entry method, and without the necessity of having to inject the liquid through any side ports of the valve. The packing system reduces leakage levels as required by low emission leakage specifications by creating a reverse osmosis effect, limiting the diffusivity of a gas through the packing elements of the system. Thus, the packing system of the present invention provides a simplified method to load and monitor a barrier in the stuffing box of the valve to slightly higher pressure than processed fluid pressure.
US09188240B1	Vehicle mountable arm for valve operating machine A valve operating device includes a mounting for attachment to a vehicle and an elongate arm, the free end of which is only moveable across the underlying ground. The joints of the arm pivot around vertical axes and the arm is locked into a desired orientation by a brake at each joint. A valve turning machine is at the free end of the arm. The brakes are engaged and released by a control on the valve turning machine.
US09188238B2	Flow channel switching valve A flow channel switching valve is provided in which a stator and a rotor are contained in an internal space of a housing, and a packing is sandwiched between a flow channel connection plane, which is one plane of the internal space of the housing, and the stator. In the flow channel connection plane of the housing, a packing gland is provided at a distance from a flow channel connection portion so as to surround an outer circumference of the flow channel connection portion, and the packing gland is in contact with a circumferential edge portion of the packing on the same plane as the flow channel connection portion.
US09188236B2	Fill-up control valve device A casing includes a container in which a float valve is disposed. When the float valve is closed, the casing keeps the float valve in a closed state for a relatively long period of time. A sub-float valve is provided below the container in the casing, and is closed by floating on fuel at the time of a turn of a vehicle or an automatic stop of first refueling. When the first refueling is completed, air in the sub-float valve is discharged, and the sub-float valve loses its floating function.
US09188230B2	Gland packing A gland packing is braided in a state where, in crossing angles of yarns which are exposed on four side surfaces of a string-like member, crossing angles in adjacent side surfaces of the four side surfaces are different from ch other. The string-like member is looped so that the crossing angle on the side surface in the four side surfaces, the side surface being to function as an inner circumferential surface, is larger than the crossing angles on side surfaces which are to function as side circumferential surfaces adjacent to the inner circumferential surface.
US09188229B2	Gland packing yarn The present invention provides a packing yarn that utilizes a non-metal woven reinforcement that provides lateral as well as longitudinal strength while improving the wear characteristics of the yarn material. To increase the support provided by the woven reinforcement, the yarn material and woven reinforcement are folded together such that the woven reinforcement is substantially coextensive with the yarn material in the resulting packing yarn.
US09188227B2	Sealing arrangements A spirally wound strip (300) is thicker in the middle and is curved on both sides. Short flats (306) are formed at each side by surfaces that converge towards each other. Soft sealant material (316) extends over the flats (306).
US09188226B2	Apparatus for installing a seal cap A method and apparatus for installing a seal cap. The seal cap may be adhered to a fastener element using a material. A portion of the material may be squeezed out as excess material in response to adhering the seal cap to the fastener element. A number of projections associated with the seal cap may be moved along an interface formed between the seal cap and an object in which the fastener element has been installed. The excess material may be faired using the number of projections as the number of projections is moved along the interface between the seal cap and the object.
US09188225B2	Underwater swimming pool light repair device A sealing ring repair device for underwater swimming pool lights is designed to fit on the water side of a sealing ring. The repair device includes a top plate with a plurality of top plate screw holes sized and positioned to match the sealing ring screw holes. The top plate has an inner side, and a repair tab extends from the top plate inner side. The repair tab can be used to secure an underwater swimming pool light in place when the ring tab of the sealing ring is damaged.
US09188220B2	Gear shift control apparatus for vehicle In a gear shift control apparatus for a vehicle, since a torque sharing rate is set as a constraint for a motion equation for an automatic transmission, suitable control in torque delivery, which is considered difficult in gear shift control, can be implemented and also the motion equation can be solved. Furthermore, when at least four control operation amounts must be determined in order to achieve two gear shift target values, another engaging device is classified into any of an engaging-side clutch and a releasing-side clutch depending on how another clutch torque acts on progress of a gear shift, hence in addition to achieving torque sharing in accordance with a torque sharing rate between the engaging-side clutch and the releasing-side clutch, torque sharing among a plurality of engaging devices classified into a same side can be arbitrarily set. As a result, the respective control operation amounts can be determined.
US09188217B2	Range switching device Provided is a range switching device for performing switching among drive, reverse, and neutral ranges of a transmission. The device includes a first switching valve driven by a first actuator and a second switching valve driven by a second actuator. The valves switch an oil channel to transmit the oil pressure from an oil pressure supply source between first state and second states. When the first and second switching valves are in the first and second states respectively, the oil pressure is transmitted to the forward fastening element. When the first and second switching valves are in the second state and first states respectively, the oil pressure is transmitted to the reverse fastening element. When both the valves are in the first or second state, oil pressure transmission to the forward and reverse fastening elements is substantially blocked.
US09188210B2	External circulation type ball screw device The invention provides an external circulation type ball screw device comprising screw shaft and nut having first and second screw grooves. A circulation member comprises first leg, second leg and connection portion. The first leg comprises a first end surface having first inner and outer points, and the second leg comprises a second end surface having second inner and outer points; first and second entrances formed on the first and second end surfaces of circulation passage; first and second thickness respectively provided between the first entrance and the first inner and outer points thereof; the second thickness being greater than the first; the third and fourth thickness respectively provided between the second entrance and the second inner and outer points thereof; the fourth thickness being greater than the third. The groove wall of the second screw groove occupied and the occurrence of broken teeth of the nut are reduced.
US09188209B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device includes a screw shaft, a holing member, a cleaning member, and a drive mechanism. The screw shaft is arranged along a covering. The screw shaft includes a main body portion and two rotary shaft portions provided on opposite ends of the main body portion integrally with the main body portion. A screw groove is formed in the main body portion. A protrusion engaging with the screw groove is formed on the holding member. Rotation of the screw shaft moves the holding member along the screw shaft. The cleaning member is held by the holding member. The drive mechanism drives and rotates the screw shaft, while moving the screw shaft in a direction reverse to a movement direction of the holding member.
US09188208B2	Lifting device for a packaging machine The invention relates to a lifting device for a work station of a packaging machine, the lifting device comprising two drive shafts, which are arranged in parallel and which each have arranged thereon at least two toggle levers for vertically moving in common a tool lower part. The drive shafts each have a servomotor as a drive unit and the servomotors are synchronized with each other.
US09188207B2	Continuously variable transmission device Construction is achieved that is capable of ensuring reliability of a learned value for a step position of a stepping motor 24 which becomes the criterion for the transmission gear ratio control of a toroidal continuously variable transmission 4 without losing opportunities for learning more than necessary even when the ignition switch is turned OFF during learning of the step position. The controller 11 determines the ON/OFF state of the ignition switch 33, and when it is determined that the ignition switch 33 is in the OFF state, the controller 11 prevents learning control from being executed. The state in which the rpm of the engine 1 is dropping from after the ignition switch 33 is turned OFF is eliminated from being an object of learning control for learning the step position, such that erroneous learning is prevented, while the state in which the rpm of the engine 1 becomes stable after the ignition switch 33 is turned ON is not eliminated.
US09188206B2	Toroidal continuously variable transmission Power roller-side concave grooves are opposed to disk-side concave grooves 19, 19 so as to have angles therebetween in a rolling contact area between a peripheral surface of the power roller and a one-side surface 17 of a disk 16 in an axial direction regardless of a transmission gear ratio of a toroidal continuously variable transmission. Accordingly, the disk-side concave grooves 19, 19 are formed so as to have angles with respect to a circumferential direction of the disk 16 when viewed from a normal direction relative to the one-side surface 17 in the axial direction. Meanwhile, the power roller-side concave grooves are formed into a concentric shape (or a spiral shape) about a central shaft of the power roller. As a result, it is possible to prevent a decrease of a contact area in the rolling contact area regardless of the transmission gear ratio.
US09188201B2	Single input and single-output hybrid system A hybrid assembly for a vehicle is provided having a single input and a single output. The hybrid assembly is compactly packaged and achieves a wide range of gear ratios. The hybrid assembly may be used in a vehicle power train with or without an additional transmission.
US09188200B2	Multi-speed transmission A multi-speed transmission may include an input member and an output member disposed in a housing. A first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, and a fourth planetary gear set may be disposed within the housing, each planetary gear set including a sun gear, a planet carrier, and a ring gear. Six control elements may be operably coupled to each of the planetary gear sets and selectively engagable to create a set of different gear ratios between the input member and the output member. The set of different gear ratios may include at least ten forward gear ratios and at least one reverse gear ratio.
US09188199B2	Multi-ratio transmission A multistage transmission with eight forward and one reverse gear, including input and output shafts, planetary gearsets, gear stages, shift elements and shafts. The input shaft couples the carrier of gearset (P1) and, via clutch (15), can couple shaft (5) which couples, via clutch (59), shaft (9) which couples the sun gear of gearset (P3) and, via clutch (58), can couple shaft (8) and the ring gear of gearset (P2). The ring gear of gearset (P1) couples shaft (6) connected to the sun gear of gearset (P2). Shaft (3) couples the sun and ring gears of respective gearsets (P1, P3) and can couple, via brake (03), the housing (G). The carrier of gearset (P2) couples shaft (4), gear stage (S1) and the output shaft. The carrier of gearset (P3) couples shaft (7), gear stage (S2) and the output shaft. The clutch (56) couples shafts (5, 6) to block gearset (P2).
US09188196B2	Drive train of a fluid flow power plant A drive train of a fluid flow power plant, in particular of a wind power plant or of a tidal power plant, includes a rotor hub that bears at least one rotor blade and a transmission that has a plurality of planetary stages. The transmission is configured to transmit a rotational movement of a rotor shaft connected to the rotor hub to a drive of a downstream generator in a stepped-up fashion. The rotor hub, the transmission, and the generator are arranged coaxially with respect to one another. The transmission is embodied as a power-split transmission with three planetary stages so as to form a suitable transmission ratio of a rotational movement of the rotor shaft on the drive of the generator in a compact fashion.
US09188195B2	Planetary gear device for vehicle power transmission device A planetary gear device of vehicular power transmitting system includes a carrier, pinion gears, a sun gear, a ring gear, and a cylindrical output member disposed coaxially with the carrier and having the ring gear on inner surface, and a radially outer output gear on outer surface. The carrier is supported by a stationary support wall non-rotatably. The carrier is fixed to the support wall within a teeth width of the output gear. The carrier has support pins rotatably supporting the pinion gears respectively, a carrier body fitted with one end of each the support pin and fixedly fitted in the support wall non-rotatably, and a carrier cover connected to connecting portions extending from the carrier body and fitted with the other end of each the support pin. The support wall has support arm which abuts with the carrier cover. The carrier cover is fixed to the support arm.
US09188194B2	Energy guiding chain with rollers An energy guiding chain for guiding hoses, cables and the like, comprising a number of chain links which are connected to one another in an articulated manner and are formed by mutually parallel link plates and cross members connecting the lateral link plates, the link plates being linked to form parallel strands of link plates wherein each lateral link plate strand is formed by alternating inner link plates and outer link plates. At least some of the outer link plates are provided with rollers, whereas only the inner link plates comprise limit stops which delimit the pivot angle between adjoining link plates. The energy guiding chain offers improved running behavior, which can be adjusted in a simple manner to different radii of curvature, and which can be produced economically.
US09188192B2	Bridge splicer and method of splicing conveyor belts A belt splicer (80) for butt-welding conveyor belts with longitudinal walls and methods for splicing belts. The belt splicer (82, 83) has bridges supporting belt clamps (88) above clamp jaws (12, 13). The bridges are attached at opposite ends to the corresponding jaws. Slots (96) along intermediate spans of the bridges allow the belt clamps to be adjustable positioned along the bridges. Adjacent belt clamps can be positioned with a space between them to accommodate the walls.
US09188191B2	Vibrationproof device A vibrationproof device which is a liquid sealed vibrationproof device includes a tubular first mounting member (3) that is connected to either one of a vibration generating portion and a vibration receiving portion, a second mounting member (4) that is connected to other one, an elastic body (5) that elastically connects the first mounting member (3) and the second mounting member (4), and a partition member (8) that partitions a liquid chamber (7) of the inside of the first mounting member (3) into a main liquid chamber (7A) of an upper side having the elastic body as a portion of a wall surface and an auxiliary liquid chamber (7B) of a lower side, and a restricting passage (80) which communicates with the main liquid chamber (7A) and the auxiliary liquid chamber (7B). In addition, a first liquid (L1) is contained as a main liquid and a second liquid (L2) which is insoluble in the first liquid (L1) is contained as an added liquid in the sealed liquid (L), and the vapor pressure of the second liquid (L2) is higher than the vapor pressure of a main component of the first liquid (L1) in the same temperature and a specific gravity of the second liquid (L2) is lighter than a specific gravity of the first liquid (L1).
US09188184B2	Telescoping strut A spring system that has first and second housings and a first mechanical spring connected to the first and second housings. The first and second housings each have a front portion having a front end and rear portion having a rear end and an internal chamber. The front end of the second housing is telescopically inserted into the internal chamber of the first housing. The first mechanical spring is at least partially positioned in the internal chamber of the first and second housings. The first end of the first mechanical spring is connected to a first connection arrangement in the first housing. The second end of the first mechanical spring is connected to a second connection arrangement in the second housing. The first and/or second connection arrangement threadedly engages the first mechanical spring.
US09188175B2	Slip clutch for roller shade A slip clutch for a roller blind. The slip clutch comprises a clutch base with a shaft portion, a drive sprocket including a drive tube and rotationally mounted on the clutch base, at least one clutch spring and a roller tube connector. The clutch spring is in the form of a coil spring frictionally engaged about the shaft portion and positioned between the shaft portion and the drive tube. The spring includes end members that engage the drive tube such that rotation of the drive tube about the shaft portion is resisted by the frictional engagement of the spring about the shaft. Rotation of the drive tube in either direction causes the drive tube to apply a force to the clutch spring in a direction such that encourages an increase in the diameter of the spring to reduce the frictional engagement of the clutch spring with the shaft portion.
US09188174B2	Controllable or selectable coupling assembly having an overrun mode and a retained control element A controllable or selectable coupling assembly having an overrun mode and a retained control element is provided. The assembly includes first and second coupling members having first and second coupling faces, respectively, in close-spaced opposition with one another. A locking member is disposed between the coupling faces of the coupling members. The locking member is movable between first and second positions. A control element is mounted for controlled movement between the coupling faces and is operable to control position of the locking member. The control element has at least one opening which extends completely therethrough to allow the locking member to extend therethrough. A retainer mechanism is operative to allow limited movement of the control element towards the first coupling face and prevent the control element from contacting the first coupling member in the overrun mode thereby reducing spin losses when the assembly is disengaged.
US09188169B2	Shift device with synchronizer A shift device has thrust pieces to change force in a radial direction to thrust when they swing relative to and contact with a hub. The thrust pieces respectively are fixed with holders each containing a ball and a spring. The springs elastically press the balls outwardly in the radial direction against the groove of the shift sleeve, pressing the radially inner surfaces of the thrust pieces on the guide surfaces of the hub through the holders to be configured in such a way that a clearance between the radially outer surfaces of the thrust pieces and the inner surface of the shift sleeve is ensured and the thrust pieces can swing being guided along the guide surfaces.
US09188162B2	Bearing assembly with spacer for locating a seal sleeve A bearing assembly for supporting a shaft comprising a support cartridge, a seal and a spacer is provided. The seal may be a multi-component seal including an outer ring and an inner sleeve, which rotates with the shaft. The seal's outer ring may have a first inwardly projecting annular lip, a second inwardly projecting annular lip and an annular groove defined between the first lip and the second lip. The seal's inner sleeve may have a peripheral flange retained in the outer ring's annular groove. The spacer is adapted to axially locate the inner sleeve's flange. Particularly, the spacer is configured for locating the inner sleeve's flange in the groove of the outer ring so that the flange does not contact either the first lip or the second lip during operation. The spacer may axially locate the inner sleeve such that the inner sleeve's collar contacts an inwardly-extending sealing ring.
US09188161B2	Rolling bearing comprising at least one multipart ring, notably for a wind turbine, and associated mounting method The rolling bearing provides an inner ring 14, an outer ring 16 and a plurality of rows of rolling elements 18, 20 each arranged between the raceways which are arranged on the rings, the number of rows of rolling elements Nrows being in excess of or equal to two. At least one of the inner and outer rings 14, 16 includes a plurality of part rings 30, 32, 34 which are mounted bearing axially against one another. The number of part rings Nrings is defined by Nrings≧Nrows+1.
US09188158B1	Apparatus for brazing radial bearings and related methods Apparatuses and methods are provided for manufacturing bearing assemblies. In accordance with one embodiment, a fixture is provided for use in brazing bearing elements to a bearing ring. The fixture comprises a substantially annular body and at least one or more force-applying mechanism associated with the annular body. The force applying mechanisms include a push rod disposed within a channel that is formed in the annular body, the push rod being displaceable within the channel. A biasing member is configured to bias the push rod in a radial direction relative to the annular body. In one embodiment, a plurality of force-applying mechanisms are circumferentially spaced about the substantially annular body. In one embodiment, the push rods extend radially inwardly from a peripheral surface of the body, while in another embodiment the push rods extend radially outwardly from peripheral surface of the body.
US09188151B2	Eye bolt An eye bolt, comprising a lifting eye and a supporting bolt, wherein the supporting bolt sits, rotatable, in an insertion opening of the lifting eye and comprises, a threaded shaft and a bolt head. The supporting bolt protrudes radially from the lifting eye and is supported by an underside of the lifting eye, on a bearing surface formed on the lifting eye and running around the insertion opening. The eye bolt further comprises at least one locking member which can be brought into engagement with the bolt head and by means of which, in a locking position of same, the bolt head can be rotationally blocked vis-à-vis the lifting eye. The at least one locking member is further attached to the lifting eye radially next to the bolt head and is secured there, wherein the at least one locking member can be brought into a starting position, in which it is not engaged with the bolt head, and also into the locking position rotationally blocking the supporting bolt relative to the lifting eye.
US09188145B2	Board assembly with lock members An assembly of boards includes a first board, a second board and a lock member. The first board includes a first through hole and a gap formed on a bottom of the first board. The second board includes a supporting wall formed on a bottom thereof, a second through hole corresponding to the first through hole, and a receiving hole defined in the first board and communicating with the second through hole. The lock member includes a head rotatably received in the receiving hole and being blocked by the supporting wall, a neck connected to the head, and a latch portion formed on the neck, the latch portion extending through the first and second through holes and able to be rotatably abutted so as to latch against the bottom of the first board.
US09188138B2	Device for adjusting variable guide vanes A device for adjusting variable guide vanes of an axial-flow machine includes a control rod that adjusts an angular position of the variable guide vanes and is pivotably connected to a shaft. Each of a first and a second bracket has a first end connectable to a casing of the machine. A first joint is fixed to a second end of the first bracket and provides adjustable positioning of a first end of the shaft. A second joint is fixed to a second end of the second bracket and provides adjustable positioning of a second end of the shaft. The two joints are spatially positioned to each other solely via a first fixed connection between the first end of the first bracket to the casing and via a second fixed connection between the first end of the second bracket to the casing.
US09188136B2	Fan rotor with cooling holes A disc for a fan rotor (with a pilot to connect to a rotating shaft, a hub and a plurality of blades) includes a flat circular portion connecting to the pilot at an inner edge and to the hub at an outer edge; a plurality of first circular cooling holes of a first diameter located around the inner edge of the disc; and a plurality of second circular cooling holes of a second diameter located around the outer edge of the disc, wherein the second diameter is larger than the first diameter.
US09188131B2	Fan unit for a heat exchanger A fan unit for a heat exchanger, particularly for a motor vehicle, has a support structure or cowling having a main aperture forming a passage for a flow of air, and an electric fan having an impeller and an electric motor. A flexible electrical cable connects the motor to a source of supply voltage and/or to an associated control circuit. The cable has a terminal electrical connector having a body with one end connected to the cable, and another end provided with at least one connection aperture. A seat is provided in the support structure or cowling for receiving and retaining the terminal electrical connector, and for covering the at least one connection aperture of the connector.
US09188129B2	Compressor of an exhaust-gas turbocharger The invention relates to a compressor (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (ATL), having a compressor housing (3) which has a housing inlet connecting piece (20) and a noise ring (21). The noise ring (21) is arranged in the housing inlet connecting piece (20) and is provided, on its outer circumference (22), with a multiplicity of chambers (23, 24, 23′, 24′).
US09188128B2	Electric water pump An electric water pump, which can not only ensure more reliable waterproof and cooling performance, provides enhanced durability and operational reliability, and is able to reduce the number of parts and has a more compact structure, compared to the conventional technique.
US09188127B2	Drive unit of magnetic coupling pump and magnetic coupling pump unit A drive unit of a magnet coupling pump, in which leakage of the magnetic flux to the outside and the effect of the external magnetic field are suppressed. The drive unit includes: a driving magnet (219) positioned at an outside of the driven magnet (19) of the magnetic coupling pump (100) with respect to a rotation axis (A) of the magnetic coupling pump (100) to face the driven magnet (19) with a gap; a cup tube portion (221) made of a ferromagnetic material and in a tubular shape centered on the rotation axis (A); a case main body (231) including a cup (220) in which the driving magnet is fixed inside of the cup tube portion; a motor (210) rotating the cup around the rotation axis, and a tube portion (232), which is tubular in shape. The cup is provided in the tube portion (232) with a gap.
US09188125B2	Scroll fluid machine with cooling duct In a scroll air compressor as a scroll fluid machine capable of being downsized with an increased cooling effect, cooling air entering through a fixed inlet of a fixed cooling passage provided at the rear of a fixed scroll, and an orbiting inlet of an orbiting cooling passage provided at the rear of an orbiting scroll, is allowed to flow out of an fixed outlet and an orbiting outlet, respectively. Thereafter, the cooling air is guided to an outer periphery of the other end of the casing through a side duct and a guide duct, and then sucked into an inner peripheral side of a centrifugal fan to be discharged outwardly from an exhaust port provided in a fan cover.
US09188124B2	Scroll compressor with unloader assembly A compressor may include a shell, orbiting and non-orbiting scrolls, an unloader bushing assembly and a drive shaft. The unloader bushing assembly may include a drive bushing and a spring. The drive bushing includes an outer surface engaged with the orbiting scroll and may define an opening extending from a first bushing end to a second bushing end. The spring may include a body disposed within the opening of the drive bushing and may include first and second spring ends with at least a portion of the first spring end extending laterally from the body and overlapping the first bushing end. At least a portion of the second spring end may extend laterally from a body and overlap the second bushing end to secure the spring within the drive bushing. The drive shaft may include a crank pin disposed within the opening of the drive bushing and engaging the spring.
US09188120B2	Cyclonic debris evacuation apparatus and method for a pump A method for removing a buildup of solid impurities on a barrel using a cyclonic debris evacuation assembly, the method comprising: capturing solid impurities between a cup component of said cyclonic debris evacuation assembly and the barrel in a groove positioned below the cup component; directing the solid impurities in the groove into at least one port; and flushing away the solid impurities.
US09188119B2	Fluid-working machine and operating method A fluid-working machine has a plurality of working chambers, e.g., cylinders, of cyclically changing volume, a high-pressure fluid manifold and a low-pressure fluid manifold, at least one valve linking each working chamber to each manifold, and electronic sequencing means for operating said valves in timed relationship with the changing volume of each chamber, wherein the electronic sequencing means is arranged to operate the valves of each chamber in one of an idling mode, a partial mode in which only part of the usable volume of the chamber is used, and a full mode in which all of the usable volume of the chamber is used, and the electronic sequencing means is arranged to select the mode of each chamber on successive cycles so as to infinitely vary the time averaged effective flow rate of fluid through the machine.
US09188117B2	Valve device for compressor A valve device for a compressor is improved to suppress noise and a decrease in compressor efficiency caused by pressure pulsations, and also to prevent degradation in compressor performance by ensuring durability. In a valve device of a reed valve structure including: a valve hole 103a or 103b formed in a valve plate 103; a valve seat 103e formed in an outer peripheral portion of the valve hole so as to protrude in a boss shape to a groove 103f formed around an outside thereof; and a valve body 151 having a proximal end 151A connected to the valve plate and a distal end 151B allowed to freely come into and out of contact with a seat surface of the valve seat, a plurality of ribs 103g extend radially from a peripheral wall of the valve seat to an outer peripheral wall of the groove.
US09188116B2	High pressure pump An ultrahigh pressure pump includes a frame; a crankshaft having a journal; and at least one telescoping pump subassembly having inner and outer ends. The outer end is carried by the frame pivot so as to allow pivotal swinging movement of the pump subassembly, and the inner end is attached to the journal. The piston rod can reciprocate relative to the inner bore substantially free from side loads. The pump subassembly includes: an outer member including a cylinder defining an inner bore; and a inner member having a piston rod and a outer sleeve. The piston rod is received in the inner bore and the cylinder is received in the outer sleeve. First and second restraining elements are disposed at spaced-apart positions along the axis of the pump subassembly and are configured to oppose misalignment forces between the piston rod and the cylinder.
US09188114B2	Charged hydraulic system In open-circuit hydraulic systems (1), the cross-sections of the supply lines (6) and input valves of the hydraulic pump (3) have to be large, so that sufficient flow flux can be provided. This hinders a reduction of the size of the pump and the whole hydraulic system. It is suggested that the supply flow (7) of a hydraulic pump (3) is charged by a second, charging pump (2), to a mid-pressure level (7). The cross-sections of the supply flow areas can thus be decreased.
US09188112B2	Distributing valve for concrete pump and the concrete pump A distributing valve for a concrete pump and the concrete pump are provided, the distributing valve comprises a valve body (200) and a valve core (300), and a delivering cavity (213) is internally formed in the valve body (200) and is provided with a material inlet, a material outlet (212) and material suction openings (251,252). The material outlet (212) is communicated with a delivery pipe and the material suction opening (251,252) is communicated with a delivery cylinder (500). The valve core (300) is a L-shaped pipe formed by a first pipe section (310) and a second pipe section (320), and one end of the L-shaped pipe is connected with a hopper (600) and a revolution fitting surface is formed between the end face of the other end of the L-shaped pipe and the internal face of the valve body (200).
US09188111B2	Displacement assembly for a fluid device A displacement assembly includes a rotor and a plurality of reciprocating members in engagement with the rotor. The displacement assembly further includes a ring assembly. The ring assembly defines a cam surface that is in engagement with the reciprocating members. The ring assembly has a first ring and an axially adjacent second ring with at least one of the first and second rings being adapted for selective movement relative to the other between a neutral position and a displaced position. The first ring has a first ring portion defining a bore that has an inner surface. The second ring has a second ring portion defining a bore that has an inner surface. A first circumferential portion of the inner surface of the first ring portion and a second circumferential portion of the inner surface of the second ring portion define the cam surface in the displaced position.
US09188110B2	Bellows backup chamber The pump (10) prevents fluid leaks when a bellows (12) ruptures in a pump incorporating a flexible bellows (12) as a primary seal and prevents fluid from leaking out of a pump (10) or the pump (10) ingesting air in the event of a bellows rupture. This is done by adding an additional seal (22) after the bellows and a large volume backup chamber 24.
US09188108B2	Floating wind farm A floating wind farm having wind machines positioned on a generally V-shaped floating platform, the platform being tethered to an anchor such that the platform is free to be repositioned by the wind for optimum production. The wind machines power air compressors and the floating platform itself comprises large storage chambers to receive the compressed air, or storage chambers to receive liquefied air.
US09188106B2	Wind turbine Disclosed is a wind turbine with a nacelle and a rotor. The rotor includes a number of blades and a hub, the nacelle and the hub being connected with each other in an interface region so that a drive train extends from the hub into the nacelle. The wind turbine further includes a transport system for transporting hydraulic and/or pneumatic fluid from the nacelle into the hub. The transport system includes a rotary unit as a connection through which the fluid passes a part of which rotary unit rotates in operation together with the hub which rotary unit is positioned in the interface region. Further disclosed is a transport system and methods of operating, maintenance and construction of such wind turbine.
US09188102B2	Wind turbine blades with tension fabric skin structure A wind blade with a self-supporting structural framework, having multiple chord-wise members and one or more span-wise members is provided. Each of the multiple chord-wise members and the one or more span-wise members have an aerodynamic contour. The wind blade also comprises a fabric skin located over the self-supporting structural framework in a tensioned state to generate an aerodynamic surface, wherein the fabric skin is attached via multiple tensioning members to both the chord wise members and span wise members.
US09188099B2	Starter A starter includes an output shaft which rotates by a rotary force applied from the motor unit, a housing in which an end of the output shaft is rotatably supported, and an electromagnetic device configured to apply/shut off current to the motor unit, and biases a suppressing force toward the ring gear to the pinion gear through a clutch mechanism, wherein a load receiving member which abuts one end of the output shaft to receive an axial load generated from the output shaft is installed in the housing.
US09188098B2	Starter A starter is disposed with an elastic body which generates slide resistance between the inner circumferential surface of a cylinder hole of a movable core and a first annular groove section of a flange section of a hook and the starter has an air damper function; and consequently, the effect of suppressing compression of a drive spring can be sufficiently obtained without reducing the suction speed of a plunger as much as possible and an engine can be rapidly started up.
US09188096B2	Fuel pump and fuel supply system of internal combustion engine A fuel pump which can suppress fuel bubbles from being sucked into a fuel pressure chamber, and can achieve a stable fuel pressure property. The fuel pump has a pump body formed with a suction passage and a pump operation chamber, and a pressure pump mechanism to pressurize and discharge fuel. The pump body has a lower side wall portion and an upper side wall portion respectively at the vertically lower and upper sides of the inner wall portion forming a suction gallery chamber partly forming the suction passage. The pressure pump mechanism has a valve retaining member having an insertion portion inserted into the suction gallery chamber. The insertion portion has internal suction inlets through which the fuel is sucked from the suction gallery chamber into the pump operation chamber, the internal suction inlets being positioned in the intermediate height area in the suction gallery chamber.
US09188090B2	Multi-tubular fuel vapor canister Systems and methods for operating an engine with a fuel vapor recovery system are disclosed. In one example approach, a method for an engine with a fuel vapor recovery system including a multi-tubular fuel vapor canister comprises directing air through a first set of adsorbent passages in the fuel vapor canister to purge fuel vapor therefrom while not directing air through a second set of adsorbent passages in the fuel vapor canister; and directing air through the second set of adsorbent passages to purge fuel vapor therefrom while not directing air through the first set of adsorbent passages.
US09188089B2	Engine apparatus Provided is an engine apparatus that ensures highly accurate adjustment of the exhaust gas pressure of an exhaust manifold while providing an exhaust gas throttle device with a support structure of increased rigidity. The engine apparatus includes: an engine including the exhaust manifold; and the exhaust gas throttle device to adjust an exhaust gas pressure of the exhaust manifold. An exhaust gas intake side of a throttle valve easing of the exhaust gas throttle device is fastened to an exhaust gas exit of the exhaust manifold. An exhaust pipe is coupled to the exhaust manifold through the throttle valve casing.
US09188088B2	Actuating drive, exhaust gas recirculating valve, turbocharger An actuating drive for an adjustable actuating element may include an actuator for producing drive forces. A toggle lever may be connected to the actuating element by a first toggle lever joint. A force transmission may connect the actuator to the toggle lever. An output-side output element may be mounted pivotably on a supporting housing section of the actuating drive. The toggle lever may be connected to the output element by a second toggle lever joint. A transverse support may be oriented transversely to a linear movement direction and configured to support at least one of the toggle lever and the actuating element on a guiding housing section of the actuating device.
US09188083B2	Gas turbine engine with auxiliary fan A propulsion system and a method of operating the propulsion system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes powering an auxiliary fan with a gas turbine engine, the auxiliary fan along an auxiliary axis and the gas turbine engine along an engine axis, the auxiliary axis parallel to the engine axis.
US09188077B2	Fuel injection control system for internal combustion engine A fuel injection control system for an internal combustion engine in which a driving signal for a high pressure fuel pump is calculated by using proportional plus integral control based on a difference between a delivery pressure of the high pressure fuel pump and a target pressure thereof. A delivery pressure of a low pressure fuel pump is caused to decrease when an amount of change per unit time of an integral term shows a decreasing tendency or zero, whereas the delivery pressure of the low pressure fuel pump is caused to increase when the amount of change per unit time of the integral term shows an increasing tendency. In cases where an increase in the integral term resulting from a change in the target delivery pressure of the high pressure fuel pump has occurred, the increase in the delivery pressure of the low pressure fuel pump is prohibited.
US09188073B2	Method and device for diagnosing deviations in a single cylinder lambda control The invention relates to a method and device for diagnosing deviations in a single cylinder lambda control in an internal combustion engine having at least two cylinders and an exhaust gas sensor designed as a broadband lambda sensor, wherein a pump current is evaluated by means of a pump cell and the pump current is used at least temporarily for an individual cylinder lambda control. According to the invention, a pump voltage or a pump voltage change is determined via the pump cell in addition to the pump current and the value is transmitted to a diagnosis apparatus. Deviations in the single cylinder lambda control can thus be better diagnosed without additional material expense according to the invention, which provides advantages in particular in respect of tightened rulemaking in on-board diagnosis. A preferred application of the method is the use in internal combustion engines having multi-bank exhaust systems.
US09188072B2	Air-fuel ratio control apparatus for an internal combustion engine An embodiment (control apparatus) of an air-fuel ratio control apparatus according to the present invention determines, based on an output value Voxs of a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor 56 disposed at a position downstream of a three-way catalyst 43, which air-fuel request is occurring, a rich request or a lean request. The control apparatus sets an air-fuel ratio of each cylinder (cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio) to a rich air-fuel ratio when the rich request is occurring, and sets the cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio to a lean air-fuel ratio when the lean request is occurring. The control apparatus has a cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio of a specific cylinder different from a cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratio of the other cylinder so as to obtain a fluctuation period correlated value indicative of a fluctuation of the output value Voxs of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor 56, and determines an influence/impact degree on the output value of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor of an exhaust gas discharged from each of a plurality of cylinders, based on the fluctuation period correlated value. Further, the control apparatus controls the air-fuel ratio of each cylinder in accordance with the influence degree.
US09188071B2	System and method for controlling an engine based on ammonia storage in multiple selective catalytic reduction catalysts A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a storage estimation module and an air/fuel ratio control module. The storage estimation module estimates a first amount of ammonia stored in a first selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst and estimates a second amount of ammonia stored in a second SCR catalyst. The air/fuel ratio control module controls an air/fuel ratio of an engine based on the first amount, the second amount, and a temperature of a substrate disposed in the second SCR catalyst.
US09188067B2	Variable compression ratio device and internal combustion engine including the same A variable compression ratio device may include a piston assembly having double pistons of which the volume may be varied, a lifter relatively moving one piston of the double pistons with respect to the other piston of the double pistons, a guide unit engaged with the piston assembly and guiding a movement of the one piston with respect to the other piston, and a locking unit selectively coupling the one piston to the other piston.
US09188050B2	Engine cooling system Disclosed is an engine cooling system which comprises: a head-side circulation pathway through which coolant from a water pump is circulated via a water jacket of a cylinder head and an EGR cooler; a block-side circulation pathway through which the coolant from the water pump is circulated via a water jacket of a cylinder block; and a switching valve unit operable, during cold operation of the engine, to pass the coolant from the water pump, along the head-side circulation pathway, and, when a temperature of the engine is raised up to a predetermined value, to pass the coolant from the water pump, along not only the head-side circulation pathway but also the block-side circulation pathway.
US09188049B2	Exhaust device for motorcycle A collecting exhaust pipe has a contour body and partition wall members. The contour body has a pair of contour members connected with each other. The partition wall members are joined to the contour body and sandwiched between the contour members. A plurality of swelling portions, which are swelled toward the other contour member side, are formed on at least one of the contour members so as to form tubular undulations that extend continuously along a plurality of the primary exhaust pipes, and are shaped so as to join on the downstream side of the contour body on at least one outer surface of the contour body. The partition wall members extend from the upstream portion to the downstream side of the contour body, and are joined to the contour body at the location spaced from the top portions of the swelling portions.
US09188046B2	Abnormality judging system for exhaust gas purification apparatus of internal combustion engine The abnormality of an NH3 sensor is judged highly accurately. For this purpose, an abnormality judging system for an exhaust gas purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine comprises a selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst which is provided at an exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine and which reduces NOx by using NH3 as a reducing agent, a supply device which supplies the reducing agent from an upstream side from the NOx catalyst, a NOx sensor which detects NOx and NH3 on a downstream side from the NOx catalyst, and an NH3 sensor which detects NH3 on a downstream side from the NOx catalyst, wherein it is judged that the NH3 sensor has any abnormality if an absolute value of a difference between an estimated NH3 concentration as a difference between a detection value of the NOx sensor and an estimated value of a NOx concentration and an NH3 concentration detected by the NH3 sensor is not less than a threshold value when NH3 flows out from the selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst.
US09188044B2	Honeycomb catalyst body A honeycomb catalyst body includes a plugged honeycomb structure having porous partition walls, inflow side plugged portions, outflow side plugged portions, and porous projecting portions which project so as to extend from the partition walls into the cells and are formed integrally with the partition walls; and catalyst loaded onto the projecting portions of the plugged honeycomb structure. A porosity of the partition walls of the plugged honeycomb structure is 40 to 70%, a thickness of the projecting portions is from 30 to 140% of a thickness of the partition walls, and an amount of a catalyst loaded onto pore surfaces of the partition walls of the plugged honeycomb structure is smaller than an amount of the catalyst loaded onto the projecting portions. The catalyst loaded onto projecting portions is a three-way catalyst, and the catalyst loaded onto projecting portions is a selective reduction catalyst.
US09188041B2	System and method for reducing mono-nitrogen oxide emissions A system for reducing emissions in an engine is provided. The system includes a primary fuel tank having a primary fuel. The system also includes a secondary fuel tank having a secondary fuel. The system further includes a separator in fluid communication with the secondary fuel tank or the primary fuel tank or both the secondary fuel tank and the primary fuel tank, the engine and a hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reduction subsystem. The subsystem separator separates a less volatile portion of the secondary fuel or the primary fuel from a more volatile portion, said less volatile portion of the secondary fuel or the primary fuel in the separator is routed to the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reduction subsystem and said more volatile portion of the secondary fuel or the primary fuel in the separator is routed to the engine.
US09188040B2	Honeycomb structure A honeycomb structure includes a center part which has a cylindrical honeycomb structure part with a porous partition wall and an outer circumferential wall defining a plurality of cells, and which has a pair of electrodes disposed on the side surface of the honeycomb structure part. The honeycomb structure also includes an outer circumferential part disposed around the center part. The electric resistivity of the honeycomb structure part is 1-200 Ωcm. Each electrode in the electrode pair is formed in a band shape that extends in the direction that the cells extend. In a cross section, one electrode is located opposite the other electrode over the center of the honeycomb structure part. The outer circumferential part has a porous partition wall and an outer circumferential wall that define a plurality of cells. The volumetric heat capacity of the outer circumferential part is smaller than that of the center part.
US09188037B2	Exhaust gas cooler For exhaust gas recirculation in internal combustion engines operating, for example, with low sulphur marine diesel oil, an exhaust gas cooler with a cooling unit may be applied that uses a liquid injection system to maintain clean and/or clean a cooling surface of the cooling unit. The liquid injection system may provide liquid into an exhaust gas passage upstream of and or along a condensation starting region the cooling surface, thereby reducing the formation of films and deposits from particulate matter and condensing liquid of an evaporated liquid within the exhaust gas such as sulphuric acid and/or water, as those deposits could otherwise at least partially block the exhaust gas cooler.
US09188036B2	Exhaust system with HC adsorber and parallel exhaust-gas catalytic converter, and vehicle having an exhaust system of said type The invention relates to an exhaust system (10) for an internal combustion engine, having an exhaust gas path which, at least in sections, has two parallel exhaust ducts (30, 32), specifically a main duct (30) and a secondary duct (32), wherein a HC adsorber (42) for the reversible adsorption of unburned hydrocarbons (HC) is provided in the secondary duct (32); having a setting means (46) for selectively conducting an exhaust gas flow into the main duct (30) and/or into the secondary duct (32), and having a main catalytic converter (40) arranged downstream of the parallel exhaust ducts (30, 32). It is intended that a catalytic exhaust gas converter (44) for converting at least one exhaust gas component is provided in the main duct (30) of the parallel exhaust ducts (30, 32).
US09188034B2	Emission control with a particulate matter sensor A method for controlling a particulate matter sensor heater is provided. The method includes operating the heater to burn-off soot accumulated on the sensor; and adjusting the heater level based on sensor output generated during the heater operation. In this way, improved heater control can be achieved using the sensor output already available.
US09188033B2	Flexible fuel generator and methods of use thereof A portable flexible fuel generator, having an engine, includes: a cylinder and a spark plug in the cylinder, a primary fuel tank fluidly connected to the cylinder, an air intake path fluidly connecting atmosphere to the cylinder, a start module including a starting fuel tank holder and a starting fuel line, where the starting fuel line is fluidly connected to the air intake path, a coolant path which provide a flow path for coolant to cool the cylinder, and a thermal controller along the coolant path. Furthermore, the engine has full cylinder cooling.
US09188031B2	Engine lubricating oil supply device An engine lubricating oil supply device (1) according to the present invention is configured such that a connection hole (45) is opened and closed by a ball valve element (53) based on a balance between a biasing force of a shape memory spring (51) which changes in accordance with the temperature of the lubricating oil and a hydraulic pressure of the lubricating oil flowing into a piston chamber (31) such that the lubricating oil flowing into an accommodating space (44) from the connection hole (45) is drained via a second drain oil passage (46), thereby adjusting the degree of opening of a first drain oil passage (34) by causing a piston (35) to slide on the basis of a balance between a biasing force of a valve spring (39) and a pressure differential between an upstream chamber (32) and a downstream chamber (33) which is generated in accordance with a flow of the lubricating oil passing through an orifice (38).
US09188029B2	Camshaft adjuster A camshaft adjuster having a first component, a second component rotatable relative to the first component within an angular range, and a locking device for locking the first component relative to the second component. The locking device includes a first locking bolt and a second locking bolt on the first component and a central slotted guide on the second component, and wherein the two locking bolts are movably guided between a locking position and an unlocking position and engage in the central slotted guide in a central angular position relative to one another in their locking position. At least one terminal slotted guide, in which the first locking bolt or the second locking bolt engages in its locking position in a terminal angular position differing from the central angular position of the components, is arranged on the second component.
US09188026B2	Apparatus for facilitating access to a nacelle interior and method of assembling the same A nacelle for housing an engine includes a fan cowl sized to cover at least a first axial portion of the engine. The engine includes an inlet end, an exhaust end, and an axis extending through the engine from the inlet end through the exhaust end. The fan cowl is coupled to an engine mounting pylon via a slider-type mounting system that includes at least one slider track assembly defining at least one slot therein. The at least one slot is configured to receive at least one fan cowl slider fitting.
US09188023B2	Oil supply system for a stationary turbomachine An oil supply system for a stationary turbomachine is provided. A safe operation of the turbomachine is enabled even at ambient temperatures of up to 60° C. for a plurality of hours in a novel connection arrangement of the components of the oil supply system, such as the oil tank, pump a, and heat exchanger, as well as the pipeline system, without one of the components having to be designed for a further increased operating temperature. The oil tank has two regions stacked horizontally one above the other for storing the oil. The two regions are largely or completely separated from each other by a separating element.
US09188021B2	Steam turbine blade vibration monitor backpressure limiting system and method A blade vibration monitor backpressure limiting system (BVMBLS), that in addition to direct blade vibration and condenser backpressure monitoring utilizes other plural types of other parallel, real time monitored power plant operation state (OS) information that influences blade vibration. The system references previously stored information in an information storage device that associates respective types of monitored OS information with blade vibration. The BVMBLS determines in real time a likelihood of whether any of the monitored operation states, alone or in combination with other types of monitored operation states, is indicative of a turbine blade vibration safe operation (SO). The BVMBLS determination is utilized to increase or reduce power generation load incrementally so that power efficiency and maximum load is enhanced while turbine blade vibration is maintained in a safe operation state. The previously stored information is updated to new association information.
US09188018B2	Flap seal and sealing apparatus A sealing plate for sealing a gap between two primary sealing plates is provided. The sealing plate has a sealing portion and a connector portion, wherein the sealing portion has a width which is greater than a width of the connector portion. An apparatus for sealing a gap between two structural components of a turbine, the apparatus including a plurality of primary sealing components, and at least one sealing plate is also provided, as is a turbine having a plurality of structural components with a gap between said structural components, wherein the gap is sealed by a plurality of sealing components, the sealing components comprising a plurality of primary sealing components and at least one sealing plate.
US09188015B2	Elongate component having longitudinal grains with different widths A component, designed so that the longitudinal grain which experiences the greatest stress has a larger grain width than the other grains, is provided. This longitudinal grain is usually on the edge of the component. The component includes longitudinal grains that are directionally solidified in a rod-crystalline form along the longitudinal axis of the component.
US09188008B2	Gas turbine for aeronautic engines In a turbine for aeronautic engines, a first and at least a second turbine disk rotating around a common axis respectively carrying a first and a second moving-blade crown, with which first and, respectively, second axial passages are defined through which a cooling air mass for the turbine disks can pass, a device for conveying cooling air being interposed between the first and the second axial passages to receive the mass of air passing through the first axial passages and send it through the second axial passages.
US09188006B2	Boundary layer disk turbine systems for controlling pneumatic devices Provided are various devices and processes that harness the inherent kinetic energy of a flowing pressurized fluid to drive a compressor to compress a fluid without any need for electrical or chemical energy. The flowing drive fluid flows over a boundary layer disk turbine, or Tesla turbine, which is mechanically coupled to a compressor that compresses a fluid. The flowing fluid may be a natural gas from a hydrocarbon recovery operation. The compressed fluid may be air that is used to power a pneumatic device in an industrial process. Harnessing the kinetic energy of the flowing fluid increases economic efficiency of the process, while also avoiding unwanted emissions adverse to the environment and public health.
US09188004B2	Desynchronized coupling of a hydraulic machine A hydraulic circuit. The circuit includes a high pressure line and a low pressure line, the pressure in the high pressure line being greater than the pressure in the low pressure line, a hydraulic machine having two ports designed to be connected to the high pressure and low pressure lines, a first of the ports being a hydraulic fluid intake port and the second of the ports being a hydraulic fluid discharge port The circuit includes a sequential connector designed to connect the ports of the hydraulic machine to the high and low pressure lines.
US09188002B2	Internal detonation engine, hybrid engines including the same, and methods of making and using the same Hybrid internal detonation-gas turbine engines incorporating detonation or pulse engine technology (such as an internal detonation engine), and methods of manufacturing and using the same are disclosed. The internal detonation engine includes a detonation chamber having a fuel igniter therein, a stator at one end of the detonation chamber having at least a first opening to receive fuel, a rotor adjacent to the stator, and an energy transfer mechanism configured to convert energy from igniting or detonating the fuel to mechanical energy. The detonation chamber and fuel igniter are configured to ignite or detonate a fuel in the detonation chamber. Either the stator or the detonation chamber has a second opening to exhaust detonation gas(es). The rotor has one or more third openings therein configured to overlap with at least the first opening as the rotor rotates.
US09187999B2	Apparatus and method for obtaining formation fluid samples An apparatus for obtaining a fluid from a formation. The apparatus includes a fluid extraction device that extracts the fluid from the formation into a first fluid line, and a sample chamber that is coupled to the first fluid line via a second fluid line to receive the fluid from the first fluid line. The first fluid line and the second fluid line receive contaminated formation fluid when the fluid extraction device initially extracts the fluid from the formation. A fluid removal device associated with the second fluid line receives at least a portion of the contaminated formation fluid from the second fluid line.
US09187998B2	Systems and methods of a clamp for a sample bottle assembly A method and apparatus according to which one or more zones of interest within a hydrocarbon wellbore are tested. In several exemplary embodiments, the apparatus includes a drill collar section including an outer surface, a pocket accessible through an aperture in the outer surface, a bottle assembly disposed within the pocket, and an intermediate clamp coupled to the outer surface and spanning the pocket. In several exemplary embodiments, the intermediate clamp has an axial length less than an axial length of the bottle assembly. The intermediate clamp is adapted to at least partially retain a sample bottle assembly within the pocket when the sample bottle drill collar section is disposed within the hydrocarbon wellbore. In several exemplary embodiments, the drill collar section further includes at least one of: one or more spacers disposed within the pocket and an epoxy disposed within the pocket.
US09187996B1	Reduced emissions method for recovering product from a hydraulic fracturing operation A fracturing fluid mixture is used to hydraulically fracture underground formations in a reservoir, by mixing at least natural gas and a base fluid to form the fracturing fluid mixture, and injecting the fracturing fluid mixture into a well. Within the fracturing fluid mixture, the natural gas composition and content are selected such that a recovered gas component of a well stream is within the inlet specification of an existing gas processing facility, and the well stream has a wellhead flowing pressure that is sufficient to flow the well stream to surface, or have a flowing pressure that meets capture system inlet pressure requirements of the processing facility. The wellhead flowing pressure or the flowing pressure at the capture system inlet can be increased by adding natural gas to the fracturing fluid, which has the effect of reducing the bottom hole flowing pressure.
US09187992B2	Interacting hydraulic fracturing A fracture extending away from a first subterranean well and toward a second subterranean well may be initiated by pumping fluid into the first subterranean well. The fracture may be propagated further towards the second subterranean well by continuing to pump fluid into the first subterranean well, while monitoring a pressure in the second subterranean well. Proppant may be pumped into the second subterranean well via the first subterranean well and the fracture upon detection of a change in the monitored pressure in the second subterranean well. The change in monitored pressure in the second subterranean well may be sufficient to indicate that the first and second wells are in fluid communication and interacting via the fracture.
US09187987B2	System and method for controlling flow through a sand screen A system and methodology utilizes a technique for filtering sand; distributing a flow of fluid; e.g. distributing an inflow of gas or condensate; and limiting the potential for erosion of completion components in a wellbore. The technique may be useful in production applications, but the technique also can be used in fluid injection applications, e.g. gas injection applications. The technique employs a base pipe and a sand screen surrounding the base pipe. The base pipe comprises a plurality of flow restriction openings of reduced size and deployed in a selected pattern along the base pipe. The size and arrangement of the flow restriction openings reduces the peak flux of radial fluid flow through the sand screen to a rate less than a sand screen erosion rate.
US09187985B2	Method for optimizing the development of an underground medium by means of a reservoir study comprising optimized upscaling A method for optimizing the development of a fluid reservoir by means of an accelerated reservoir study. A geological model is constructed. A reservoir model is then constructed by upscaling the geological model. The links between cells of the geological model and a cell of the reservoir model where they are contained are determined and stored. Flow simulations are carried out by computer-implemented reservoir simulator, the reservoir model and the links. The above stages are then repeated without repeating the link determination, by modifying parameters of the reservoir study to optimize the development scheme. Finally, the reservoir is developed according to this optimized development scheme.
US09187981B2	Wireline tool configurations having improved retrievability A first wireline tool embodiment includes a segmented tool body having a joint deployed between each adjacent pair of tool body sections. The joint may be configured to extend axially (causing a relative axial displacement of the adjacent tool body sections) when the wireline tool is subject to an axial load. The joint may include, for example, a compliant joint or a protractible joint. The joint may be further configured to cause a relative rotation between the adjacent tool body sections when the wireline tool is subject to axial load. A second wireline tool embodiment includes a plurality of standoff rings deployed about an outer surface of a rigid tool body. The standoff rings engage helical grooves in the outer surface of the tool body such that axial displacement of the tool body causes the standoff rings to rotate.
US09187977B2	System and method for stimulating a multi-zone well A system for stimulating a multi-zone well includes a tubular body apportioned into at least a first zone and a second zone. The system has a first set of plugs placed in pre-drilled holes along the tubular body within the first zone. The plugs in the first set of plugs are fabricated to substantially dissolve upon contact with an acidic stimulation fluid within a first selected time. The system also has a second set of plugs placed in pre-drilled holes along the tubular body within the second zone. The plugs in the second set of plugs are fabricated to substantially dissolve upon contact with the acidic fluid within a second selected time that is greater than the first selected time.
US09187975B2	Filament wound composite ball A composite ball is formed with wound filament in a winding machine by winding the filament on a core, which can be permanent and form part of the finished ball. Alternatively, the core can be temporary. When winding is completed, the wound body is removed from the winding machine, an exterior of the wound body is finished, and the wound body is cured. When the core is permanent, at least a portion of the core is removed from the winding machine along with the wound body so any excess of the permanent core can be removed. The temporary core, however, is removed from the wound body, and the void is filled with filler material.
US09187973B2	Offshore well system with a subsea pressure control system movable with a remotely operated vehicle An offshore well drilling system for drilling a subsea well is presented that includes a floating platform, a surface BOP stack, a riser, and a driveable environmental safe guard system. The safe guard system includes an upper wellhead connector, a lower wellhead connector, a blowout preventer with shearing blind rams, and a subsea pressure control system. The subsea pressure control system can be electric, hydraulic, acoustic, or ROV actuated. More importantly, the environmental safeguard system is moveable, and can be driven around using as ROV. The present invention provides swift disconnect and recovery for emergency situations. The subsea environmental safe guard system is also much lighter in weight than traditional subsea stacks.
US09187968B2	Fluid partition unit A method to be used when performing drilling in a well bore involves positioning a dual bore drill pipe in a well bore. An outer annulus formed between the drill pipe and well bore wall is divided into two different sections. A first fluid is provided in one of the sections. A second fluid having a density less than the first fluid is circulated into and out of the well bore through the drill pipe. The densities of the first and second fluids are such that the drill pipe is at least partly floating in the first fluid in the outer annulus.
US09187965B2	Method and system for evaluating groups of threaded connections A method associated with the selection of tubulars for hydrocarbon production is described based upon evaluating the performance limits of threaded connections. Constituents of an evaluation group of threaded connections are determined and then a first group of the connections is evaluated via model analysis over a range of conditions. Then, physical testing on a first group of threaded connections in the evaluation group is conducted over that range of conditions. Once modeled, the results from the physical testing and the modeling analysis of the first group are compared to assess a characteristic performance factor for the first group. A second group of threaded connections are determined and the assessed performance factor from the first group is applied to a second group, and the performance limits of the second group are defined over the range of conditions based on this characteristic performance factor, without requiring testing the second group.
US09187956B2	Point the bit rotary steerable system A method, device, and system is described herein for pointing a rotary drill bit. A rotary bit pointing device is positioned between a proximal end of a control shaft and a universal joint. As the bottom hole assembly rotates, various portions of the rotary bit pointing device are enabled and subsequently disabled to apply a substantially constant force in a substantially constant direction to the control shaft. Such a force causes the distal end of the control shaft to point the rotary drill bit in a target direction.
US09187950B1	Convertible door system and method of operation The present disclosure is generally directed to a system and method of operation for a convertible door system including a door accessible compartment having a moveable dividing wall that substantially divides the compartment into a first and a second sub-compartment. A first door assembly, configured to allow access to the first sub-compartment, is disposed between a first of two opposing sidewalls and the moveable dividing wall. A second door assembly, configured to allow access to the second sub-compartment, is disposed between a second of the two opposing sidewalls and the moveable dividing wall. A first and a second hinge assembly are adapted to rotationally join the first and second door assembly to respective opposing sidewalls. A third hinge assembly is adapted to rotationally join the moveable dividing wall to either the first door assembly or the second door assembly.
US09187947B2	Method of forming a vacuum insulated glass panel spacer A vacuum insulated glass (VIG) panel includes a first glass panel and a second glass panel spaced from the first glass panels. A spacer is disposed between the first and second glass panels. The spacer includes first and second generally opposed faces, and a plurality of sides extending therebetween. The spacer is processed using tumbling and polishing operations to preferably round all corners of the spacer and form a circular contact footprint on opposed side faces of the spacer. The spacer surface break conditions are measured during tumbling and/or polishing operations using optical flat measuring equipment. Following the polishing operation the spacer is thermally processed to strengthen the spacer.
US09187946B2	Through-wall metal flashing having thermal breaks A through-wall flashing device includes a metal exterior surrounding a polymeric core, wherein the metal exterior is substantially non-continuous or otherwise interrupted by thermal breaks disposed about the metal exterior. In assembly, the thermal breaks help to reduce or all together eliminate thermal bridging from an exterior of a building construction to the interior of a building or building wall. The through-wall flashing device is adapted for use with a variety of wall constructions and is specifically configured to provide insulation and moisture sheeting properties around doors, windows and other architectural apertures which may be found in a wall construction.
US09187942B2	Hydraulic directional solenoid valve and door closer having a hydraulic directional solenoid valve A hydraulic solenoid control valve, including a valve housing, a valve chamber, having a first valve seat bore as a connection to a first line, a second valve seat bore as a connection to a second line, and a free aperture to a third line, a solenoid, and a valve spindle movable by the solenoid and partially arranged in the valve chamber. The valve spindle includes, a first sealing surface facing the first valve seat bore and a second sealing surface facing the second valve seat bore. The first and the second valve seat bores can be closed. The valve spindle protrudes from the valve chamber through the second valve seat bore toward the solenoid. When the second valve seat bore is closed, the valve spindle is pulled into the second valve seat bore by a differential-area-ratio through the pressure in the second line.
US09187940B2	Door hinge and galley enclosure including the same A 180 degree opening door hinge including an elongate spine having first and second edges extending along a length thereof, a primary hinge pivotally-mounted adjacent the first edge having a bracket for attaching the spine to a door jamb, and a secondary hinge pivotally-mounted adjacent the second edge having a bracket for attaching the spine to a door, wherein each of the primary and secondary door hinges have a range of pivoting motion of about 90 degrees relative to the spine, and a combined range of pivoting motion of about 180 degrees of the door relative to the door jamb.
US09187939B1	Safety gate locking strap and a safety gate assembly including the same A safety gate locking strap configured to prevent an opening of a safety gate by a child or pet is disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the safety gate locking strap includes a strap portion having a first end portion and an oppositely disposed second end portion; a fastening member coupled to the strap portion, which is configured to enable the first end portion of the strap portion to be engaged to, and disengaged from, the second end portion of the strap portion by a user; and a protrusion extending from the strap portion, the protrusion configured to engage with a groove in a component of a safety gate so as to prevent the safety gate from being opened by a child or a pet. A safety gate assembly and method of securing a safety gate, each of which utilize the safety gate locking strap, are also disclosed herein.
US09187938B2	Wireless-actuated wall-mounted deadbolt system A wirelessly-actuated, wall-mountable, deadbolt system for securing the locking of a door or window is provided that includes an actuator housing for storing therein at least a part of a electronically-controlled deadbolt actuator operable from a remote controller to direct reciprocal axial movement of a deadbolt, a deadbolt mechanically linked to the electronically-controlled actuator to move reciprocally upon actuation into and out of engagement with an opening in a side surface of the door or window; and a programmable controller to control actuation of the actuator and, thus, the deadbolt.
US09187937B2	Collapsible door trim pull handle A collapsible vehicle door pull handle comprises two separate pieces joined together by a break away feature. This arrangement allows the pull handle to be strong when the occupant pulls the vehicle door closed, but allows deflection because of the break away feature during a side impact event. The collapsible vehicle door pull handle comprises a handle, a base, an attachment member fitted to one of the handle and the base, and an elastic deformable portion having a keyway for receiving and holding the attachment member with the attachment portion being on the other of the base and the handle. A molded handle might enclose part of the handle or might enclose the entire handle.
US09187936B2	Two step link hood latch apparatus for vehicle A two step link hood latch apparatus for a vehicle allows a hood to be opened only with an operation of a release handle inside a vehicle. The apparatus includes a claw, the pawl, a pivot, and a link. The claw is disposed at a base plate to be rotatable, restrains a hood striker through a stop groove, and is restrained to a pawl through first and second stop ends in first step and second step lock states. The pawl is disposed at the base plate to be rotatable, and restrains the rotation of the claw in steps by using the stop protrusion. The pivot is disposed at the base plate to be rotatable in a hinge structure, and transmits a pulling force generated from the release handle. The link connects the pivot and the pawl and rotates the pawl in linkage with the pivot.
US09187933B2	Latching system A latching system connects a case lid with a plurality of catch cavities to a case body with a plurality of latch-clasp cavities. The latching system has a plurality of latch-clasps connected to the case body with a latch-clasp pivot. A communicating member is attached to each latch clasp with a communicating member pivot. A slide switch is mechanically coupled to the communicating member and has an open mode of operation and a closed mode of operation. Moving the slide switch to the open mode of operation moves the plurality of latch-clasps into each latch-clasp cavity which permits movement of the case lid distant the case body. Moving the slide switch to the closed mode of operation moves the plurality of latch-clasps into each catch cavity which prevents movement of the case lid distant the case body.
US09187932B1	Lock device with positioning assembly for two-way travel drawer A lock device for a plurality of two-way travel drawers of a support body is provided with a positioning assembly including two links, two bending members, two biasing elements, and two triggers. The link includes a first enlargement proximate to a first end, an intermediate second enlargement, an extension extending inward from the second enlargement, an inclined section interconnecting the extension and a second end; the bending member secured to the support body and includes a vertical section having a third through hole; the first end is moveably disposed through the support body; each trigger is disposed on the first end and exposed; each biasing element is put on the extension and anchored between the second enlargement and the bending member; and the second end passes through the vertical section of the bending member; and the first enlargement is stopped by the support body in an inoperative position.
US09187931B2	Sliding pin lock mechanism for overhead door A door lock mechanism for an overhead door employs a sliding pin or rod that passes into the path of the rollers in the track, and obstructs the roller from movement in the direction to open the door. A spring in the door lock frame biases the sliding pin towards a proximal open position. The sliding pin has an arm that extends radially from its proximal end, and which engages retaining structure at the proximal end of the door lock frame. The arm is rotated out of engagement with the retaining structure to release the pin so it may slide proximally to an unlocked position. The pin may slide into a receiver housing mounted on a door panel.
US09187923B2	Covering system The present invention concerns apparatus and methods for covering and uncovering a desired object. Particular embodiments include a covering system comprising: a cover operably connected to a plurality of translational members translationally positioned along a track suspended above the cover, the track being operably attached to two or more hangers; and, one or more suspension members each extending between one of the two or more hangers and the track such that the one or more suspension members are configured to pivotally suspend the track from the two or more hangers, where each of the one or more suspension members are configured to pivot such that the track is configured to pivot relative the hanger.
US09187912B2	Edge cladding A three-dimensional edge cladding for an architectural opening that includes a forward facing portion having a substantially constant first profile along a longitudinal axis. The forward facing portion includes a plurality of spaced apart nailing flanges, stepped surface topography projecting generally forward and away from the flanges. A longitudinally extending channel receives a side facing portion having a substantially constant second profile that include a portion that is generally orthogonal to the nailing flanges. A joint cover portion for covering the section where two or more edge cladding members meet.
US09187911B2	Deck drainage systems Disclosed are various embodiments of deck drainage systems. In some embodiments, the deck drainage system comprises a floor panel that is configured to be positioned under a deck platform. The floor panel may comprise a floor, a side that extends from the floor, and an overhang that extends from the side. The overhang may be configured to be disposed over another overhang of another floor panel. The end section may be configured to be adjacent to a distal edge of the other overhang. The deck drainage system may further comprise a hanger that is configured to be suspended from the deck platform. The hanger may form a slot into which the end section of the overhang of the floor panel is configured to be inserted.
US09187908B2	Decorative welding rod for surface coverings The present invention relates to a multicolor decorative welding rod (3) and a method to produce a multicolor decorative welding rod, said welding rod comprising a PVC-based component A and a PVC-based component B, in a ratio of component A/component B comprised between 10/90 to 50/50, said components A and B being associated in such a way that the composition of said component A comprises a PVC having a higher melt viscosity and/or a higher melting point, than the PVC of said component B, said components A and B being of a different color.
US09187906B2	Handrail A handrail includes a top surface having a first flat portion extending in a first direction, a first finger rest portion continuously extending downward, and a second flat portion continuously extending in the first direction; a front surface having a flat first guiding portion continuously extending downward, a second finger rest portion continuously extending in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a second guiding portion continuously projecting downward in an arc shape, a third guiding portion continuously projecting downward in an arc shape in the second direction, and a third finger rest portion formed from a boundary between the second guiding portion and the third guiding portion extending upward. The handrail is structured so that when the handrail is grasped, fingers are placed on any one of the first finger rest portion, the second finger rest portion, or the third finger rest portion.
US09187897B1	Assembly for supporting ceiling panels and ceiling system incorporating the same A ceiling system comprising: a grid support comprising a plurality of struts, each of the struts comprising a flange portion and a web portion, the flange portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. A ceiling panel is mounted to the grid support by a plurality of connection assemblies. The connection assemblies comprise a mounting bracket assembly, a resilient element coupled to the mounting bracket, and a saddle bracket. The saddle bracket is coupled to one of the struts. The resilient element detachably couples to the saddle bracket and biases a mounting bracket so that there is vertical and horizontal registration between the ceiling panel and the grid support.
US09187894B2	Collapsible portable shelter unit A collapsible portable shelter unit when in the collapsed mode is light and compact to make transport and storage convenient, but when opened provides an enclosed space that can be used for various purposes, which has an integrated high strength structured frame by the action of the interlocking extrusions which also provide resistance to water and wind infiltration. As needed, exterior windows and doors, air conditioning, electrical supply and other customization as required by the users' needs.
US09187892B1	Portable structure The portable structure will generally have a pod from which a suite frame and suite may be deployed. The suite will allow personnel to administer to many critical demands and activities. The portable structure may be deployed upon any terrain, whether level or uneven, rigid or soft, and both the pod and the suite may be leveled independently. Additionally, the portable structure may incorporate at least one cocoon section wherein the cocoon section comprises at least one interior layer contacting a mesh covering placed over the suite frame, at least one thermal layer affixed to the interior layer, wherein the thermal layer includes heat adding and heat removal members capable of removing or adding heat to the mesh covering or a substance adjacent the at least one thermal layer and at least one exterior layer affixed to the thermal layer.
US09187882B2	Bathroom washing apparatus with plural basins and integrated waterflow features A bathroom sink with an upper basin substantially at waist level, a lower basin substantially at foot or knee level or between foot and knee levels, and a diverter that diverts a flow of water from the upper basin to the lower basin. The diverter may be next to a first faucet mounted to the first basin, on a side of the upper basin, or on a stand connecting the upper basin to the lower basin. One or more additional faucets may also be mounted to the lower basin. A pair of driers may be mounted to the lower basin. A control panel may be mounted to the upper basin so that a controller can control the flow of water based on a water meter or a timer, log water usage and/or other information in association with a user ID, and/or display an instructional video.
US09187881B2	Reliable connection system and assemblies and methods for using the reliable connections A securing apparatus including a first and second component. The first component has an opening extending along an axis. The elongated member has a piston hole penetrating the first component and aligned with the opening. A piston is located within the piston hole, and is complimentary shaped to sit within the piston. A pressure member is located within the opening, and an activator is configured to coordinate with and extend into the opening. The activator applies a force to the pressure member and distorts the pressure member. The second component, which compliments and mates with the first component, has an engaging surface that coordinates with an end of the piston. The force applied to the pressure member causes the pressure member to distort and apply pressure to the piston to extend the piston outward to interact with the engaging surface of the second component to restrain the second component.
US09187869B2	Precast leveling segment below a traffic barrier atop an earth retaining wall system Disclosed herein are embodiments of a roadside barrier segment to sit on top of a retaining wall to provide impact resistance to vehicular traffic. Concrete traffic barriers are pre-cast in a controlled manufacturing environment then transported as a modular precast concrete segment to the jobsite and installed interlocking directly on top of an earth retaining wall. The precast concrete segment is designed to have a counterweight from soil backfill on a stem of the precast segment that resists overturning pressures from vehicle impact on the traffic barrier segment that extends above the roadway surface. The stem may be triangular in shape to capture more of the backfill soil. A vertical node may be placed on one side of the segment and a receiving channel on the opposite side of the segment to allow the interaction of adjacent segments to share impact loads from motor vehicles.
US09187867B2	Pavement for vehicles and pedestrians A pavement for vehicles and pedestrians, which is formed by a conventional foundation of stones and sand on which there are placed parallel alignments of elongate construction elements having an upper part and a lower part that are connected together by a narrowed intermediate part, the space between the narrowed parts of two adjacent alignments being filled with soil or compost in which a decorative plant is planted and a mechanism being arranged to achieve the regularity of the spacing between the alignments and the stability thereof.
US09187865B2	Processes and apparatus for producing nanocellulose, and compositions and products produced therefrom Processes disclosed are capable of converting biomass into high-crystallinity nanocellulose with surprisingly low mechanical energy input. In some variations, the process includes fractionating biomass with an acid (such as sulfur dioxide), a solvent (such as ethanol), and water, to generate cellulose-rich solids and a liquid containing hemicellulose and lignin; and mechanically treating the cellulose-rich solids to form nanofibrils and/or nanocrystals. The total mechanical energy may be less than 500 kilowatt-hours per ton. The crystallinity of the nanocellulose material may be 80% or higher, translating into good reinforcing properties for composites. The nanocellulose material may include nanofibrillated cellulose, nanocrystalline cellulose, or both. In some embodiments, the nanocellulose material is hydrophobic via deposition of some lignin onto the cellulose surface. Optionally, sugars derived from amorphous cellulose and hemicellulose may be separately fermented, such as to monomers for various polymers. These polymers may be combined with the nanocellulose to form completely renewable composites.
US09187864B1	Apparatus and methods of manufacturing fibrous nonwoven materials and products comprising the same In an exemplary embodiment, the disclosed drying and dewatering system comprises an air knife and a vacuum slot, wherein the air knife is positioned over the vacuum slot and fibrous nonwoven material is passed under the air knife and over the vacuum slot. The embodiments of the present disclosure may be used to achieve greater water removal and more uniform binding agent distribution across the nonwoven fibrous material.
US09187854B2	Collar press apparatus A collar press apparatus which in some embodiments may comprise a first casing member, a second casing member, a first press element, and a second press element. The first press element may comprise a first garment contacting surface which may be configured to be in thermal communication with a first side of a shirt collar, such as the exterior surface of a shirt collar, and which may be positioned proximate to the first casing member. The second press element may comprise a second garment contacting surface which may be configured to be in thermal communication with a second side of a shirt collar, such as the neck contacting or interior surface of a shirt collar, and which may be positioned proximate to the second casing member.
US09187853B2	Sewing machine and method of controlling operation of the same A head unit fixed sewing machine is provided, which includes a table, support posts, an upper beam, a head unit and a bed unit. An object is placed on the table. The support posts are provided on opposite sides of the table. The upper beam connects the support posts to each other and is coupled to upper ends of the support posts. The head unit is fastened to the upper beam and has a head-unit-rotating means for rotating a sewing head within a predetermined range. The bed unit is provided below the head unit and has a bed-unit-rotating means for rotating a sewing bed within a predetermined range. Because the head unit and the bed unit can be rotated while sewing, the orientation of a sewn thread can be maintained constant. Hence, a perfect stitch can be realized over the entirety of the object.
US09187852B2	Feed device for supplying individualized fibers or fiber flocks to a transport device The feed device for supplying individualized fibers or fiber flocks to a transport device, which serves to transport the formed fleece or fiber flock mat onward, includes a plurality of feed segments arranged horizontally next to each other and a plurality of individually actuatable feed rollers, wherein a separate feed roller is assigned to each feed segment. In addition, at least one driven opening cylinder, which cooperates with each feed roller, is also provided.
US09187846B2	Microarray package device and method of manufacturing the same A microarray package device and a method of manufacturing the same. An effective microarray analyzing reaction is performed by using the microarray package device that provides structural stability and reliable experimental results.
US09187845B2	Method for preparing single-crystal cubic sesquioxides and uses thereof A method is provided for preparing solid or thin-film single-crystals of cubic sesquioxides (space group no. 206, Ia-3) of scandium, yttrium or rare earth elements doped with lanthanide ions with valence +III, using a high-temperature flux growth technique, and to the various uses of the single-crystals obtained according to said method, in particular in the field of optics.
US09187844B2	Single crystal manufacturing apparatus A single-crystal manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a single crystal ingot according to the Czochralski method including: a crucible that contains a raw material melt; a heater having a cylindrical heat generating portion that surrounds the crucible; a main chamber that accommodates the heater; a heater electrode that supports the heater and supplies current to the heater; and a heat insulating plate provided below the cylindrical heat generating portion of the heater, wherein the heat insulating plate is fixed to and supported by the heater electrode through an insulating stationary member, and an insulating support member is provided on an upper surface of the heat insulating plate at a position at which the insulating support member faces a lower end of the cylindrical heat generating portion. Provided is a single-crystal manufacturing apparatus that can inhibit heater deformation and prevent deterioration of heat efficiency.
US09187839B2	Process for the manufacture of sealed anodized aluminum components A more efficient process of sealing an anodized aluminum article, which can facilitate higher production rates than conventional sealing techniques, includes steps of providing an article comprised of aluminum or an aluminum alloy that has been anodized, treating the oxide layer with a solution containing an anion capable of combining with a cation to form a water-insoluble precipitate, and contacting the treated oxide layer with a second solution containing a cation which combines with the anion to form a water-insoluble precipitate. In certain embodiments, the oxide layer can be treated with a dye to provide a sealed anodized aluminum article exhibiting enhanced dye retention.
US09187829B2	Surface-treatment solution for zinc or zinc alloy coated steel sheet and method for manufacturing zinc or zinc alloy coated steel sheet A zinc or zinc alloy coated steel sheet has a surface-treatment film formed thereon in a coating weight per one surface of 100 to 600 mg/m2. The surface-treatment film is obtained by applying, onto a surface of the zinc or zinc alloy coated steel sheet, the surface-treatment solution prepared by mixing the following components at specific ratios, the surface-treatment solution having pH of 8 to 10: a silane compound (A) having a hydrolyzable group, obtained from a silane coupling agent (a1) having a glycidyl group, a tetraalkoxysilane (a2), and a chelating agent (a3); a zirconium carbonate compound (B); a vanadate compound (C); a nitric compound (D); and water, and by subsequently heating and drying the surface-treatment solution thus applied.
US09187820B2	Radio wave transmitting decorative member There is provided a radio wave transmitting decorative member which has radio wave transmitting properties as well as mirror-surface like metallic luster, the radio wave transmitting decorative member which hardly loses its metallic luster and which can be produced at a low cost. More specifically, disclosed is a radio wave transmitting decorative member including a substrate, and a light reflecting layer provided on top of the substrate and formed of an alloy composed of either silicon or germanium and a metal, wherein the light reflecting layer is preferably a deposition film formed by a physical vapor deposition of an alloy composed of either silicon or germanium and a metal.
US09187804B2	Lithium recovery method To provide a lithium recovery method which is capable of efficiently recovering lithium without containing impurities, such as phosphorus and fluorine. In the present invention, an alkali is added to a discharge liquid and/or a cleaning liquid containing lithium discharged in a process of recovering valuable metals from a lithium ion battery, an acidic solvent extractant is caused to be in contact with the discharge liquid and/or the cleaning liquid under a condition of pH 9 or less and a temperature of 0 to 25° C. and lithium ions are extracted, and the acidic solvent extractant having extracted the lithium ions is caused to be in contact with an acid solution of pH 3 or less and the lithium ions are stripped.
US09187799B2	20 bar super quench vacuum furnace A vacuum furnace for heat treating and rapid gas quenching insitu a work piece at pressures up to 20 Bar and high gas velocities. The furnace comprises a single chamber having an inner portion including a plurality of graphite heating elements and graphite insulation, an outer portion and an access door. Further included are movable radiation baffle doors. In their closed position hot gases heat treat the work piece. In their open position the hot gases escape through the opening created onto chevron-shaped baffles in the outer portion which reflect radiation heat energy back into the inner portion and diffuse only convective heat energy into a heat exchanger and a variable speed drive recirculating fan. The recirculating fan directs the cooling gases through cooling nozzles onto the work piece to quench it to a pre-programmed temperature.
US09187797B2	Steel part for machine structural use and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.20 to 0.25%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 μm or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more.
US09187794B2	Process and apparatus for hardening the surface layer of components having a complicated shape The invention relates to the hardening of the surface layer of parts of machines, plants and apparatuses and also tools. Objects for which the application is possible and advantageous are components which are subjected to severe fatigue or wear stresses and are composed of hardenable steels and have a complicated shape and whose surface has to be hardened selectively on the functional surfaces or whose functional surface has a multidimensional shape. The process for hardening the surface layer of components having a complicated shape is carried out by means of a plurality of energy input zones. According to the invention, it is characterized in that the energy input zones are conducted on different curved parts separately in space and time and by means of cooperatively working transport systems so that superposition of the individual temperature fields forms a uniform temperature field which completely covers the functional surface of the component and within which each surface element of the later hardening zone of the component attains the selected austenite formation temperature interval ΔTa at least once and the time interval Δt between the maximum temperatures Tmaxn of the individual temperature fields is from 3.1 to 3.n smaller than the time ΔtmS which is required to go below the martensite start temperature MS during the cooling phase. The apparatus by means of which the process of the invention can be carried out is, according to the invention, characterized in that the energy configuring units are connected to one or more energy sources for optical or electromagnetic radiation and are each fixed to separate but cooperatively operating transport systems.
US09187793B2	Process for making low and specified hardenability structural steel A process for making desired low (LH) hardenability steels in an electric arc or, induction furnace, which is loaded with metal charge consisting of iron, carbon, alloy, scrap with a specified maximum content of manganese, silicon, chrome, nickel and copper, providing for the final content of each of them of not more than 0.1 weight % followed by carburization in a ladle or ladle furnace, the melt then deoxidized in the ladle or ladle furnace with aluminum (1.0-2.3 kg/t), titanium or vanadium in order to achieve the desired low hardenability DI. The invention makes it possible to obtain better mechanical properties and stable hardenability characterized by the particular desired DI.
US09187789B2	Polynucleotides for the amplification and detection of chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae Polynucleotides useful for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis and/or Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a test sample, kits, a nucleic acid amplification method and detection method including the same.
US09187786B2	Ovarian cancer methylome The present invention provides methods and kits for identifying a cell that exhibits or is predisposed to exhibiting unregulated growth by detecting hypermethylation of a gene or a regulatory region in at least one gene in the cell. Also provided are methods for diagnosis or prognosis of ovarian cancer in a subject. Also provided are methods of ameliorating ovarian cancer in a subject by administering to the subject an agent that demethylates a hypermethylated gene or regulatory region thereof.
US09187785B2	miRNA fingerprint in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis The present invention provides novel methods for diagnosing diseases based on the determination of specific miRNAs that have altered expression levels in disease states compared to healthy controls.
US09187782B2	DNA template tailoring using PNA and modified nucleotides Disclosed is a method whereby a repetitive nucleic acid sequence, such as a short tandem repeat (STR), may be characterized as to its length. Pyrosequencing is used to sequence an STR repetitive region to measure the length of STRs in a rapid manner. A combinatorial approach is disclosed for the addition of multiple nucleotides (e.g., two mononucleotides) at a time by the polymerase, which reduces the sample analysis time by half. In addition, modified nucleic acids, such as peptide nucleic acids, are used as blocking probe to stop polymerization on the flanking region which makes it possible to use pyrosequencing for DNA length measurement both in the case of homozygous or heterozygous samples for varying repeat patterns of different markers. Further, dideoxynucleotides are added to stop polymerization in the flanking region of the STR.
US09187781B2	Polymorphism identification method The present invention is to provide a method for identifying a polymorphism. The method includes performing a nucleic acid chain extension reaction and identifying the polymorphism of the nucleic acid contained in the test nucleic acid sample. The extension reaction is conducted with use of a nucleic acid in a test nucleic acid sample as a template, a type I detection primer which hybridizes with a region including the polymorphic site of a nucleic acid whose polymorphic site nucleotide sequence consisting of a first nucleotide sequence, and a polymerase. The reaction is conducted with the presence of an inhibitory oligonucleotide, which hybridizes with the type I detection primer. The region of the type I detection primer to hybridize with the inhibitory oligonucleotide is located on the 5′ side of the polymorphism detection site of the type I detection primer to hybridize with the polymorphic site.
US09187779B2	Systems and methods for enzymatic oxygen removal Systems and methods for oxygen removal from aqueous solutions are presented in which a bi-enzymatic reaction sequence recycles and depletes oxygen to extinction, preferably using an oxidase and a catalase as biocatalysts and a carbohydrate as co-substrate. Contemplated systems and methods are particularly advantageous in conjunction with electrochemical reaction systems in which oxygen would adversely interfere with the reaction system.
US09187778B2	Efficient light harvesting Various aspects provide for genetically modifying photosynthetic cells. In some cases, an integrated light harvesting efficiency of photosynthetic cells may be increased by reducing the amount of incident light that is absorbed but not used for photosynthesis. In some cases, an increased transparency may be associated with an increased light harvesting efficiency when absorption due to non-photosynthetic processes is reduced. A reduced capacity of various light-harvesting antenna apparatus may increase transparency. In some cases, a capacity of an organism to adapt to varying light levels may be reduced, and in certain cases, a modified organism may have a reduced ability to acclimate to a low light irradiance.
US09187774B2	Compositions and methods for the production of L-homoalanine Healthcare costs are a significant worldwide, with many patients being denied medications because of their high prices. One approach to addressing this problem involves the biosynthesis of chiral drug intermediates, an environmentally friendly solution that can be used to generate pharmaceuticals at much lower costs than conventional techniques. In this context, embodiments of the invention comprise methods and materials designed to allow microorganisms to biosynthesize the nonnatural amino acid L-homoalanine. As is known in the art, L-homoalanine is a chiral precursor of a variety of pharmaceutically valuable compounds including the anticonvulsant medications levetiracetam (sold under the trade name Keppra®) and brivaracetam, as well as ethambutol, a bacteriostatic antimycobacterial drug used to treat tuberculosis. Consequently, embodiments of the invention can be used in low cost, environmentally friendly processes to generate these and other valuable compounds.
US09187773B2	Method for improving acid tolerance of Propionibacterium acidipropionici The invention provides a simple and effective method for improving acid tolerance of P. acidipropionici by adding arginine and/or aspartic acid to the culture medium. The acid tolerance of P. acidipropionici was improved by 60% and 20% respectively through adding arginine or aspartic acid into the culture medium. Consequently, PA production was improved by 36% and 26%, respectively. The maximal PA production was obtained by adding both 20 mM arginine and 20 mM aspartic acid. This method can be applied to large scale production of PA.
US09187772B2	L-malate production by metabolically engineered escherichia coli A process for the production of malic acid in commercially significant quantities from the carbon compounds by genetically modified bacterial strains (GMBS; also referred to as biocatalysts or genetically modified microorganisms) is disclosed. Microorganisms suitable for the production of malic acid can be cultured in one or two-step processes as disclosed herein.
US09187767B2	Method for producing hydrocarbons from biomass or organic waste The present invention relates to a method for producing hydrocarbons from biomass or organic waste. The present invention provides: a method for effectively producing diverse hydrocarbons by using a raw material comprising mixed organic acids that can be obtained by anaerobic fermentation which is a fermentation process in biogasification technology; and a method for producing diverse products such as fuel, lube base oil and aromatics by using a raw material comprising mixed organic acids.
US09187766B2	Accumulation of metabolic products in bacterial microcompartments A non-therapeutic method of accumulating a polymeric or high molecular weight molecular product within a bacterial microcompartment in bacterial cytoplasm, which method employs a recombinant bacteria which is transformed to express a microcompartment containing an enzyme capable of converting a low molecular weight substrate into a polymeric or high molecular weight product, the method comprising the steps of: incubating the recombinant bacteria with the low-molecular weight substrate, or a precursor of the low molecular weight substrate which is capable of being metabolized to the substrate within the recombinant bacteria, such that the substrate or precursor is taken up by the bacteria, wherein the substrate enters the microcompartment and the enzyme within the microcompartment converts the substrate to a polymeric or high molecular weight molecular product, and wherein the polymeric or high molecular weight molecular product is accumulated within the microcompartment due to its size.
US09187765B2	In vitro and In vivo delivery of genes and proteins using the bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging machine Described is T4 DNA packaging machine comprising: one or more DNA molecules packaged in a head of the T4 DNA packaging machine, one or more Hoc-fused proteins displayed on the head of the T4 DNA packaging machine, and one or more Soc-fused proteins displayed on the head of the T4 DNA packaging machine. Also described are methods of making and using such a T4 DNA packaging machine.
US09187764B2	Controllable on-off method for fish reproduction The invention discloses a method for controlling fish reproduction, the method comprises the following steps of: A, constructing a recombinant gene CMV-eGFP-SV40-CMV-Ga14-SV40 and establishing a GAL4 transgenic zebrafish line; B, constructing a recombinant gene CMV-RFP-SV40-UAS-antisense dnd and establishing a uas-antisensednd transgenic zebrafish line; and C, hybridizing by taking homozygous transgenic fish of the two lines as parents, and the hybrid generation fish was sterility. The method of the present invention takes a strategy that two fertilizable lines hybridized but hybrid generation is sterility, establishing a novel method with a universal meaning for controlling fish fertility; The method solves the contradiction of the reproductively sterility of fish and the hereditability of characters in a reproduction operation research and can be effectively applied to cultivation of new fish specie and population control.
US09187760B2	Pharmaceutical product comprising transgenic pollen expressing heterologous polypeptides The present invention discloses pharmaceutical products useful for the treatment of allergies, autoimmune diseases, vaccination of mammals, as well as for in vitro diagnostics. These products preferably comprise pollen grains having altered protein composition by means of genetic modification in the plant that produces them. The production process of the present invention comprises the cultivation of genetically modified plants capable of producing pollen grains having modified molecular composition.
US09187759B2	Alteration of tobacco alkaloid content through modification of specific cytochrome P450 genes Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products.
US09187758B2	Optimized non-canonical zinc finger proteins Disclosed herein are zinc fingers comprising CCHC zinc coordinating residues. Also described are zinc finger proteins and fusion proteins comprising these CCHC zinc fingers as well as polynucleotides encoding these proteins. Methods of using these proteins for gene editing and gene regulation are also described.
US09187757B2	Isolation and targeted suppression of lignin biosynthetic genes The subject invention concerns materials and methods for modulating lignin biosynthesis in sugarcane plants. In one embodiment, lignin biosynthesis is down-regulated. Genes and the proteins encoded thereby that can be targeted for achieving down-regulation of lignin in sugarcane include, for example, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL). In one embodiment, the 4CL gene is 4CL-M, 4CL-N, or 4CL-L. The subject invention also concerns a sugarcane plant, specific plant tissue, and plant cells having modulated (e.g., down-regulated) lignin biosynthesis. The subject invention also concerns methods for producing a sugarcane plant having modulated (e.g., decreased or down-regulated) biosynthesis of lignin.
US09187750B2	Anti-sense oligonucleotides targeted against exon 9 of IL-23Rα gene and method of using same to induce exon skipping and to treat inflammatory bowel diseases The present invention relates to anti-sense oligonucleotides (AONs) used to induce exon 9 skipping in IL-23Rα gene. Exon 9 skipping of the IL23Rα gene ultimately causes specific induction of a novel soluble truncated IL-23Rα (Δ9) protein, characterized by a lack in a transmembrane domain and has a unique eight (8) amino acids (GLKEGSYC) at its C-terminus end as a result of frame-shift. The present invention provides a utility application of the use of AONs to induce production of a Δ9 protein which inhibits IL-23R-mediated cell signaling. More particularly, Δ9 protein blocks STAT3 formation as well as Th17 maturation. There is provided a therapeutic application of AONs in treating a mammal such as a human patient inflicted with Crohn's disease.
US09187749B2	Methods for modulating factor 12 expression Disclosed herein are methods for decreasing Factor 12 and treating or preventing inflammatory conditions in an individual in need thereof. Examples of disease conditions that can be ameliorated with the administration of antisense compounds targeted to Factor 12 include hereditary angioedema (HAE). Methods for inhibiting Factor 12 can also be used as a prophylactic treatment to prevent individuals at risk for developing an inflammatory condition, such as, hereditary angioedema.
US09187746B2	Dual targeting siRNA agents The invention relates to dual targeting siRNA agents targeting a PCSK9 gene and a second gene, and methods of using dual targeting siRNA agents to inhibit expression of PCSK.9 and to treat PCSK.9 related disorders, e.g., hyperlipidemia.
US09187744B2	Covalently immobilized enzyme and method to make the same A composition of enzyme, polymer, and crosslinker forms a network of covalently bound macromolecules. The covalently immobilized enzyme preparation has enzymatic activity, and retains stable activity when dried and stored at ambient conditions. Methods for preparing an immobilized enzyme and methods for using the enzyme are disclosed.
US09187738B2	Variant lipolytic enzymes and methods for expression thereof The present invention relates to a method for preparing a variant lipolytic enzyme comprising expressing in a host organism a nucleotide sequence which has at least 90% identity with a nucleotide sequence encoding a fungal lipolytic enzyme and comprises at least one modification at a position which corresponds in the encoded amino acid sequence to a) the introduction of at least one glycosylation site in the amino acid sequence compared with the original fungal lipolytic enzyme; b) the introduction of at least one amino acid at a surface position and at a location in an external loop distal to the active site of the enzyme which is more hydrophilic; or c) a substitution or insertion at one or more of positions disclosed herein or a deletion at one or more positions disclosed herein. The invention also relates to polypeptide produced by the method and to novel nucleic acids.
US09187734B2	Glucose dehydrogenase and glucose sensor with same A glucose dehydrogenase, which is an enzyme that has high substrate specificity, can be produced at a low cost, is not affected by oxygen dissolved in a measurement sample and, in particular, has superior thermal stability is obtained by culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Burkholderia. A glucose sensor utilizing the glucose dehydrogenase protein is described.
US09187719B2	Process for the production of a liquid composition A process for the production of a liquid detergent composition comprising the steps of: providing an aqueous solution free of perfumes through a main stream; providing a second solution comprising at least one perfume and at least one material selected from the group consisting of surfactants, organic solvents, carboxylic acids, and mixtures thereof, through a first side stream, wherein the ratio of said perfume to said at least one material is from 0.05 to 0.5; providing at least a third solution comprising at least one aesthetic component and/or finishing component, through at least one second side stream; and mixing the solutions to provide the liquid detergent composition. The second solution is mixed with the aqueous solution at a first confluence region of said main and first side streams and the at least third solution is mixed therewith at, at least one, second confluence region, said at least one second confluence region being downstream said first confluence region.
US09187718B2	Rinsing agent, and method for production of hard disk substrate Provided are a rinsing agent to produce a hard disk substrate free from remaining abrasive grains as well as a pit defect on the surface thereof and a method for production of a hard disk substrate using such a rinsing agent. A rinsing agent of the present invention is rinsing solution containing colloidal silica as abrasive grains. Letting that the colloidal silica abrasive grains have a concentration C and an average grain size R (C and R are represented in weight % and nm, respectively), the concentration C and the average grain size R of the colloidal silica abrasive grains have a relation matching the following Expression (1): 12.2C+18.2 (1).
US09187716B2	Structured surfactant system An aqueous structured surfactant composition contains an anionic surfactant selected from isethionate surfactants, taurate surfactants, and sarcosinate surfactants, and mixtures thereof, and an electrolyte and is useful in personal care applications.
US09187702B2	Hydroprocessing catalyst and method of making the same The present invention is directed to a hydroprocessing catalyst containing at least one catalyst support, one or more metals, optionally one or more molecular sieves, optionally one or more promoters, wherein deposition of at least one of the metals is achieved in the presence of a modifying agent.
US09187701B2	Reactions with undesirable components in a coking process Undesirable components of traditional coking processes are selectively cracked or coked in the coking vessel by injecting an additive into the vapors in the coking vessel. The additive contains catalyst(s), seeding agent(s), excess reactant(s), quenching agent(s), carrier(s), or any combination thereof to modify reaction kinetics to preferentially crack (or coke) these undesirable components that typically have a high propensity to coke, and are often precursors to coke in the coking process. These undesirable components can also be very problematic in downstream catalytic cracking processes, significantly contributing to coke on catalyst and catalyst deactivation. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention also provide methods to (1) decrease coke production, (2) increase liquid transportation fuels, (3) control the coke crystalline structure, and (4) control the quantity and quality of volatile combustible materials (VCMs) in the resulting coke. Pet coke from this process may have unique characteristics with substantial utility.
US09187700B2	Method for reducing coke deposition A method for reducing coke deposits includes heating an alcohol-fuel mixture to decompose alcohol and form water to produce a fuel-water mixture and delivering the fuel-water mixture to a carbon-steam gasification catalyst. The fuel-water mixture reacts with the carbon-steam gasification catalyst such that coke deposits are prevented from remaining in a space near the carbon-steam gasification catalyst.
US09187698B2	Falling film reactor for light tar oxidation A method of processing light fraction tar includes pre-heating the light fraction tar before directing it through a reactor. The reactor has a top and a bottom and a surface spanning between said top and said bottom. A film of the light fraction tar flows down the surface under the force of gravity and with heated gas blowing thereon. The portion of the film that reaches the bottom of the reactor has improved properties making it more widely useful for carbon products.
US09187696B2	Delayed coking drum quench overflow systems and methods Delayed coking drum quench overflow systems and methods, which relate to removing hydrocarbon particulates from an overflow stream in a delayed coking drum quench operation. In one embodiment, an improved overflow system incorporates one or more filters to remove hydrocarbon particulates from the system before passing through a conventional closed blowdown system.
US09187688B2	Method and composition for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery from a formation containing a crude oil with specific solubility groups and chemical families A method of treating a formation containing crude oil with specific solubility groups and chemical families is described. The method includes (a) providing a hydrocarbon recovery composition to at least a portion of a formation containing crude oil with specific solubility groups and chemical families, wherein the composition comprises a C24-28 internal olefin sulfonate; and (b) allowing the composition to interact with hydrocarbons in the crude oil containing formation.
US09187684B2	Nanofluids for thermal management systems A nanofluid is generally provided for use in a heat transfer system. The nanofluid can include nanoparticles suspended in a base liquid at a nanoparticle concentration in the nanofluid of about 0.01% to about 5% by volume. The nanoparticles can include zinc-oxide nanoparticles. The nanofluid for use in a heat transfer system can, in One embodiment, further include a surfactant. Thermal management systems configured to cool a computer having integrated circuits that generate heat during use are also provided. The thermal management system can include a zinc-oxide nanofluid circurated through a series of tubes via a pump such that heat produced by electronic components of the computer can be captured by the circulating nanofluid and then removed from the nanofluid by a radiator.
US09187680B2	Hot-sealable coating systems and method for joining surfaces Hot-sealable coating systems and method for joining surfaces The present invention relates to a hot-sealable coating system, comprising a polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer (I) and an olefin vinyl acetate copolymer (II). The polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer (I) is obtainable by the reaction of (A) at least one diol and/or polyol component, (B) at least one di- and/or polyisocyanate component, (C) at least one component having sulphonate and/or carboxylate groups, (D) mono-, di- and/or tri-amino-functional and/or hydroxyamino-functional compounds (as appropriate), (E) other isocyanate-reactive compounds (as appropriate). The polyurethane and/or polyurethane-polyurea polymer (I) has a glass transition temperature of ≦10° C. and the olefin vinyl acetate copolymer (II) has a minimum film forming temperature (white point temperature) of >+40° C. The invention also relates to the use of the coating system and a method for joining surfaces in which the coating system according to the invention is used.
US09187674B2	Fire resistant coating A fire-resistant coating composition and method that can be applied to various poles and substrates so as to substantially reduce the likelihood of fire and/or heat damage. The first-resistant coating composition having a first component and a second component. The first component may comprise isocyanate and a thickening agent, and the second component may comprise a multifunctional polyol, preferably a tetrafunctional polyol, most preferably an amine-based tetrafunctional polyol, titanium dioxide, diol ether, expandable graphite particles, a flame retardant additive, at least one thickening agent, and a catalyst.
US09187673B2	Polyester coating composition The present invention provides a coating composition having excellent adhesion to metal substrates. The coating composition includes a binder comprising a polyester resin having an adhesion promoting group and an optional crosslinker. The present invention also provides articles having the coating composition applied to at least a portion of a surface thereof.
US09187668B2	Photochromic inks Metal deco ink formulations are improved by the use of fluorescent dyes, UV-absorbing dyes and/or IR-absorbing dyes. These may be premixed with a phenol-formaldehyde resin without microencapsulation to protect the dye from other ink ingredients that have chemistries which are incompatible with that of the dye, in order to obtain photochromic ink formulation with a good shelf life.
US09187667B2	Color and durability of ink-jet ink sets with added latex The present disclosure is directed to ink sets and related methods for ink-jet printing on media, such as low-porous or non-porous print media. The inks and ink sets provide good chroma as well as good durability.
US09187660B2	Prevention of optical density loss in inkjet printing The present invention relates to an inkjet ink comprising: a) colorant; b) a polymeric binder having an acid number below 200 selected from the group consisting of a styrene-acrylic polymeric binder, an acrylic polymeric binder, an anionic polyurethane binder and combinations thereof; c) water dispersible surfactant; and d) a solvent which does not dissolve an acidified form of the binder, the solvent having a vapor pressure less than 0.1 mm at 25° C. The invention further relates to methods of making using the ink, printing systems and ink sets which use this ink.
US09187659B2	Etch-resistant composition and its application An etch-resistant composition is provided. The etch-resistant composition comprises a polymer and a first organic solvent. The polymer is prepared by copolymerizing a polymerization unit comprising styrene-based monomer(s) and acrylate-based monomer(s), and has a weight average molecular weight of at least about 35,000. Based on the total weight of the etch-resistant composition, the amount of the polymer is about 20.0 to about 60.0 wt % and the amount of the solvent is about 40.0 to about 80.0 wt %. The etch-resistant composition can be used for preparing a selective emitter of a solar cell.
US09187657B2	Ink jet recording method, recorded material, and ink set An ink set is used in one or more recording media selected from a non-ink-absorbing or low ink-absorbing medium, a medium having an arithmetic surface roughness Ra of 20 μm or more, fabric, and plain paper. The ink set contains a glitter ink which is recorded by an ink jet head and contains a glitter pigment and a polymerizable ink which contains an active energy ray polymerizable compound and does not substantially contain a coloring material.
US09187656B2	Modified polyamide acrylate oligomers A liquid resin, which is the Michael addition product of an amine-terminated aminoamide thermoplastic polymer with one or more polyol ester compounds having at least one (meth)acrylate group, wherein the amine-terminated aminoamide thermoplastic polymer contains a bisphenol or novolac segment to provide increased hardness and improved flow of radiation-curable compositions incorporating such resins, methods of printing using such compositions and articles printed with such compositions.
US09187653B2	Aluminum phosphate, polyphosphate, and metaphosphate particles and their use as pigments in paints and method of making same An aluminum phosphate composition comprising aluminum phosphate, aluminum polyphosphate, aluminum metaphosphate, or a mixture thereof. The composition may be characterized by, when in powder form, having particles wherein some of the particles have at least one or more voids per particle. In addition, the composition is characterized by exhibiting two endothermic peaks in Differential Scanning Calorimetry between about 90 degrees to about 250 degrees Celsius. The composition is also characterized by, when in powder form, having a dispersibility of at least 0.025 grams per 1.0 gram of water. The composition is made by a process comprising contacting phosphoric acid with aluminum sulfate and an alkaline solution to produce an aluminum phosphate based product; and optionally calcining the aluminum phosphate, polyphosphate or metaphosphate based product at an elevated temperature. The composition is useful in paints and as a substitute for titanium dioxide.
US09187650B2	Anodic-cathodic corrosion inhibitor-conductive polymer composite A conductive polymer corrosion protective composite is provided which may be used as a coating for imparting corrosion protection to structures such as turbine engine components. The composite comprises an organic-inorganic component and corrosion inhibitive pigments comprising an anodic corrosion inhibitor and a cathodic corrosion inhibitor. The anodic corrosion inhibitor may be selected from the group consisting of compounds of vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten, and mixtures thereof. The cathodic corrosion inhibitor may be selected from the group consisting of cerium, neodymium, praseodymium, and mixtures thereof.
US09187647B2	Aqueous silanized silica dispersion The present invention relates to a method of producing an aqueous dispersion of silanized colloidal silica particles comprising mixing in an aqueous medium a) at least one silane compound containing an epoxy-functionality, b) at least one silane compound having no epoxy-functionality capable of modifying colloidal silica particles; and c) colloidal silica particles in any order to form an aqueous dispersion of silanized colloidal silica particles containing silane compounds originating from a) and b). It also relates to a dispersion obtainable by said method and to the use thereof in coating applications.
US09187642B2	Optical elements composed of flame-resistant plastics The invention includes optical elements for applications in regions with stringent fire safety regulations, whose color rendering index Ra is at least 97 at a thickness of 4 mm, and which are flame-retardant according to DIN 60332 and are mainly composed of a plastic having at least one structural element selected from the group consisting of sulphones, sulphides, ethers, esters, ketones and imides.
US09187641B2	Polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, molded product of polyphenylene sulfide resin composition and production method of polyphenylene sulfide resin composition There is provided a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a component (B) which is a polyphenylene sulfide resin having a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 10,000 and a weight loss percentage ΔWr of not greater than 0.18% under heating, relative to 95 to 5% by weight of a component (A) which is a polyphenylene sulfide resin having the weight loss percentage ΔWr of greater than 0.18%, wherein a total of the component (A) and the component (B) is equal to 100% by weight.
US09187640B2	Polyphenylene ether-based resin composition and method for producing the same To provide a resin composition that has a high impact resistance, hardly causes peeling during molding, and is excellent in flame retardancy, heat resistance, and heat aging resistance for a long period. A resin composition containing (A) polyphenylene ether, (B) a hydrogenated block copolymer that is obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer including a polystyrene block and a conjugated diene compound polymer block, and that has a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 500,000, and (C) an organic phosphorus-based flame retardant within a specified amount, wherein a value of the loss tangent (tan δ) peak height of the (B) component in a dynamic viscoelasticity spectrum obtained by measurement of the resin composition at a frequency of 10 Hz is in a specified range.
US09187635B2	Halogen-free resin composition, copper clad laminate using the same, and printed circuit board using the same A halogen-free resin composition includes (A) 100 parts by weight of epoxy resin; (B) 10 to 100 parts by weight of styrene-maleic anhydride (SMA) copolymer; and (C) 5 to 50 parts by weight of bisphenol S. The halogen-free resin composition includes specific ingredients, and is characterized by specific proportions thereof, to thereby achieve a high glass transition temperature, high heat resistance, and attractive appearance, and thus is suitable for producing a prepreg or resin film to thereby be applicable to copper clad laminates and printed circuit boards.
US09187631B2	Polymeric compositions and processes for molding articles The present invention is directed to a polymeric article comprising a blend of (a) a first polymeric component; (b) a second polymeric component, the second polymeric component including an α-olefin multiblock interpolymer present in the amount of about 20 percent or less by weight of the second polymeric component; and (c) at least one reinforcement material; wherein the concentration of the second polymeric component is greater than about 20 wt. % based on the total concentration of the first polymeric component and the second polymeric component. The polymeric articles desirably have one or more of the following characteristics: a soft touch feel, a low gloss appearance, or a high surface durability.
US09187628B2	Methods for improving multimodal polyethylene and films produced therefrom A blown film composition including a first high density polyethylene component and a second high density polyethylene component, wherein the blown film contains a mixture of three or more discrete molecular weight distributions, and wherein the second high density polyethylene component has at least one more discrete molecular weight distribution than the first high density polyethylene component.
US09187626B2	Uncoated housing and method for manufacturing same The present invention is an uncoated housing in which a molded product formed from a thermoplastic resin composition (D) containing 20-60% by mass of an acetone insoluble resin component (A), which contains a rubber component (a) with an average particle size of 0.05-0.3 μm and has a coefficient of linear expansion of 11×10−5-20.5×10−5, 40-80% by mass of an acetone soluble resin component (B) (here, (A)+(B)=100% by mass), and a colorant (C), with (1) the acetone soluble resin component (B) containing 6.0-45% by mass of an unsaturated nitrile monomer derived component and (2) 2-20% by mass of a component with a molecular weight of 70,000 or less by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) measurements being contained in the acetone soluble resin component (B). On the basis of JIS K7105, the L* value for this uncoated housing is 13 or less, the luster 60-120%, and the haze value 30-90%.
US09187620B2	Rubber composition comprising a thiadiazole A rubber composition for the manufacture of tires, based on one or more diene elastomers, on one or more reinforcing fillers and on a vulcanization system, characterized in that the said vulcanization system comprises one or more thiadiazole compounds of formula:
US09187614B2	Binding agent free-pigment preparations containing phosphoric acid ester Phosphoric acid ester as dispersing agents in binding agent free-pigment preparations. The invention relates to aqueous, binding agent free-pigment preparations, containing (A) 1.0-75.0 wt.-% of at least one organic or inorganic white or colored pigment or a mixture of different organic and inorganic white or colored pigments, (B) 0.01 to 8.0 wt. % of at least one phosphoric acid ester of formula (IV), wherein R represents a linear or cross-branched, saturated or unsaturated C8 to C18-aliphatic hydrocarbon group, M represents a hydrogen atom or a sodium, potassium or ammonium ion, n is an integer of between 0-20 and m is an integer of between 0-20, (C) 0.01-12.0 wt.-% of a non-ionic surfactant which is a fatty acid ethanol amide ethoxylate of formula (V), wherein a represents an integer of between 3-50, and R1 represents C7--C21-alkyl or -alkenyl and (G) water.
US09187610B2	Polypropylene resin composition and foamed article produced therefrom Disclosed is a polypropylene resin composition comprising from 50 to 95 wt. % of propylene homopolymer component (A) and from 5 to 50 wt. % of ethylene-α-olefin copolymer component (B1), the polypropylene resin composition having a melt index of not less than 40 g/10 min but less than 500 g/10 min, provided that the percentages by weight are based on the combined weight of the components (A) and (B1), wherein the homopolymer component (A) has an intrinsic viscosity [η]A of from 0.5 to 1.4 dl/g, and wherein the ratio of the intrinsic viscosity [η]B1 of the copolymer component (B1) to the intrinsic viscosity [η]A of the homopolymer component (A), [η]B1/[η]A, is from 0.5 to 3. This composition may be modified by addition of a resin component selected from the group consisting of ethylene homopolymer and aromatic vinyl compound-containing rubber. These components are advantageously used for injection foam molding.
US09187603B2	Bio-based branched and hyperbranched polymers and oligomers Branched and hyperbranched oligomers and polymers that contain a cashew nutshell oil or liquid component are provided. The novel oligomers and polymers are suitable for use as an oil, lubricant, coating, adhesive, resin or composite.
US09187602B2	Heteroelement siloxane compounds and polymers Heteroelement siloxane polymers are described. The heteroelement siloxane polymers can have linear structure, cyclic structure, branched structure, and three-dimensional network structure and combinations thereof. The heterosiloxane polymers can be cured using curing chemistry derived from thermoset organosilicon polymers, and gels, coatings, plaques, parts and other useful articles can be prepared.
US09187599B2	Process for crosslinking a polymer comprising pyridyl groups The present invention relates to process for crosslinking an arylene oxide polymer comprising a 3-pyridyl and/or a 4-pyridyl group, wherein the polymer is reacted with a compound according to Formula (1) or a compound according to Formula (2), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy and cyano. The crosslinked arylene oxide polymer can be used as a membrane, in particular a proton conducting membrane.
US09187598B2	Polyhydroxy ketal ester adducts, methods of manufacture and uses thereof Disclosed herein is a polyhydroxy ketal adduct obtained by the esterification of a hydrocarbon polyol by at least 1.5 equivalents of a ketocarboxy to produce an intermediate ketocarboxylic ester. The intermediate polyketocarboxylic ester is then ketalized to produce the polyhydroxyketal adduct, which can be used to provide a polymeric composition.
US09187593B2	Low burst polymers and methods to produce polymer A PLG copolymer material, termed a PLG(p) copolymer material, adapted for use in a controlled release formulation for a bioactive material is provided, wherein the formulation exhibits a reduced “initial burst” effect when introduced into the tissue of a patient in need thereof. A method of preparation of the PLG copolymer material is also provided, as are methods of use.
US09187592B2	Hot-curing epoxy resin compositions that can be used as bodyshell adhesive or structural foam Hot-curing epoxy resin compositions are disclosed which firstly are solid in a hardened state at room temperature and secondly form an adhesion-free surface and are impact-resistant and can have high glass transition temperatures, above, for example, 110° C. An exemplary hot-curing epoxy resin composition can form separate phases on hardening, a continuous phase being formed by epoxy resins. If the compositions include a blowing agent, they can have excellent suitability for production of foams, such as structural foams.
US09187588B2	Elution of metal ions from chelating resin using amino acid eluant A method of eluting metal ions from a bed of metal-loaded chelating resin wherein the resin includes a crosslinked styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer matrix with pendent methyleneaminopyridine or phosphonic acid groups and the method includes the step of passing an eluant through the bed to at least partially remove the metal ions from the chelating resin and create a metal-rich eluate, wherein the eluant includes an aqueous solution comprising an amino acid compound having a molecular weight less than 500 Daltons.
US09187587B2	Fluoroelastomers for marking system components, including grafted fluorinated polymers A marking system surface material includes a fluoroelastomer including grafted fluorinated polymers. The fluoroelastomer is a perfluoropolyether-grafted fluoroelastomer formed using an alkoxy-terminated fluorosilicone component, and exhibiting high contact angle and low sliding angle.
US09187585B2	Method for replacing incompatible ethylene polymerization catalysts The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the sequential use of at least two ethylene polymerization catalysts to an ethylene polymerization loop reactor, comprising: transferring to a mixing vessel a first ethylene polymerization catalyst and a first diluent, thereby providing a first catalyst slurry, transferring said first catalyst slurry from said mixing vessel to an ethylene polymerization loop reactor at a concentration suitable for polymerizing ethylene, increasing the ratio of said diluent to said first ethylene polymerization catalyst in said first catalyst slurry, stopping the supply of said first catalyst slurry to said mixing vessel, stopping the supply of said first catalyst slurry to said ethylene polymerization loop reactor, stopping the supply of ethylene to said ethylene polymerization loop reactor, removing said first catalyst slurry from said ethylene polymerization loop reactor, emptying said mixing vessel, optionally rinsing said mixing vessel with fresh diluent, transferring to said mixing vessel a second ethylene polymerization catalyst and a second diluent, thereby providing a second catalyst slurry, decreasing the ratio of said second diluent to said second ethylene polymerization catalyst in said mixing vessel to obtain a concentration of said second ethylene polymerization catalyst in said second diluent suitable for polymerizing ethylene, transferring said second ethylene polymerization catalyst slurry from said mixing vessel to said ethylene polymerization reactor, restoring the supply of ethylene to said ethylene polymerization loop reactor, restarting ethylene polymerization in said ethylene polymerization loop reactor.
US09187581B2	Methods for producing telechelic polyolefins from terpene initiators Provided herein are methods for the preparation of telechelic polyolefins via polymerization reaction with a terpene initiator.
US09187580B2	Resin particle having many recesses on the surface thereof The present invention provides a resin particle having many recesses on the surface thereof, which has solvent resistance and heat resistance. More specifically, the present invention provides a resin particle having many recesses on the surface thereof which is obtained by using a seed particle, wherein a seed particle component in the resin particle has a crosslinked structure. Since the resin particle having many recesses on the surface thereof of the present invention is excellent in solvent resistance and heat resistance in addition to light diffusing properties, the resin particle is appropriate for use, for example, in not only cosmetics containing silicone oil and the like in a preparation, a light diffusing film and a light diffusing sheet prepared by dispersing resin particles as a light diffusing agent in an organic solvent such as 2-butanone and the like in a production process, and a light diffusing plate prepared by kneading at a high shear force the resin particles as a light diffusing agent with polystyrene or polymethyl methacrylate and the like which melts at a high temperature of approximately 300° C. in a production process.
US09187578B2	Polymer modified pigment and production process of the same A polymer modified pigment having a polymer (P-1) on the surface of a pigment (A), wherein the polymer (P-1) is obtained by copolymerizing a copolymer (B-1) of a polymerizable unsaturated monomer containing at least one polymerizable unsaturated group soluble in a non-aqueous solvent, and at least one kind of polymerizable unsaturated monomer (C), which is soluble in the non-aqueous solvent and either insoluble or poorly soluble following polymerization: and a polymer modified pigment having a polymer (P-2) on the surface of a pigment (A), wherein the polymer (P-2) is obtained by polymerizing at least one kind of polymerizable unsaturated monomer (C) soluble in the non-aqueous solvent and either insoluble or poorly soluble following polymerization, in the presence of an alkyd resin (B-2) soluble in a non-aqueous solvent.
US09187577B2	Filled nanoparticles having an alkylene carbonate core and polymeric shell A filled nanoparticle includes a nanosized polymer shell encapsulating a reactive chemical. In another aspect, a filled nanoparticle includes a nanosized polymer shell encapsulating a core which includes a reactive functional group attached to a polymer. A miniemulsion polymerization process of producing filled nanoparticles includes: providing a mixture comprising monomer, initiator or catalyst to aid polymerization, reactive chemical, surfactant and water; shearing the mixture to form a miniemulsion of nanosized particles dispersed in water, the nanosized particles comprising the monomer combined with the reactive chemical; and then heating the miniemulsion to polymerize the monomer and produce filled nanoparticles comprising a nanosized polymer shell encapsulating the reactive chemical.
US09187570B2	Fusion protein The present invention provides means useful for making devices, materials and the like that are excellent in photocatalytic activity, electric property or the like. Specifically, the present invention provides a fusion protein comprising a polypeptide portion capable of forming a multimer having an internal cavity, and a first peptide portion capable of binding to a first target substance and a second peptide portion capable of binding to a second target substance; a multimer of the fusion protein; a complex comprising the multimer of the fusion protein; and the like.
US09187569B2	Branched polymers The present invention is directed to branched reactive water-soluble polymers comprising at least two polymer arms, such as poly(ethylene glycol), attached to a central aliphatic hydrocarbon core molecule through heteroatom linkages. The branched polymers bear at least one functional group for reacting with a biologically active agent to form a biologically active conjugate. The functional group of the branched polymer can be directly attached to the aliphatic hydrocarbon core or via an intervening linkage, such as a heteroatom, -alkylene-, —O-alkylene-O—, -alkylene-O-alkylene-, -aryl-O—, —O-aryl-, (—O-alkylene-)m, or (-alkylene-O—)m linkage, wherein m is 1-10.
US09187567B2	Assay to determine LRRK2 activity in parkinson's disease Disclosed are novel phosphorylation sites identified in LRRK2 and associated with Parkinson's Disease, antibodies that specifically bind to the novel phosphorylation sites, and laboratory and clinical uses thereof.
US09187563B2	Anti-human EPO receptor antibodies and methods of use Herein is reported an antibody that specifically binds to human EPO receptor, wherein the antibody binds to EPO receptor fragment LPGPGGSVDIV (SEQ ID NO: 01) but that does not specifically bind to a protein obtainable from human endothelial cells that has a molecular weight of about 66 kD.
US09187557B2	Genes and polypeptides relating to breast cancers The present application provides novel human genes A7322, whose expression is markedly elevated in breast cancer. The present application also provides human genes F3374 whose expression is markedly elevated in breast cancer. These genes and polypeptides encoded thereby can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of breast cancer, and as target molecules for developing drugs against breast cancer. The invention features methods of screening for modulators of the kinase activity of PBK/TOPK. The invention further provides methods of screening for agents to prevent or treat cancer, such as breast cancer.
US09187555B2	Affinity chromatography matrix The present invention relates to a method of separating one or more immunoglobulin containing proteins from a liquid. The method includes first contacting the liquid with a separation matrix comprising ligands immobilized to a support; allowing the immunoglobulin containing proteins to adsorb to the matrix by interaction with the ligands; followed by an optional step of washing the matrix containing the immunoglobulin containing proteins adsorbed thereon; and recovering said immunoglobulin containing proteins by contacting the matrix with an eluent which releases the proteins. The method improves upon previous separation methods in that each of the ligands comprises one or more of a protein A domain (E, D, A, B, C), or protein Z, or a functional variant thereof, with at least one of the monomers having a substitution of the Asparagine or Histidine at the position corresponding to H18 of B domain of Protein A or Protein Z, and wherein the ligand provides an increase in elution pH compared to non-substituted ligand.
US09187554B2	Method for secretory production of protein A method for secretory production of a heterologous protein is provided by developing a novel technique for improving ability of a coryneform bacterium to produce a heterologous protein by secretory production. By utilizing a coryneform bacterium having an ability to produce a heterologous protein by secretory production which has been modified so that the activity of a penicillin-binding protein is reduced and in which the activity of a cell surface layer protein has been reduced as an expression host, a heterologous protein is produced by secretory production.
US09187550B2	Tetranectin-apolipoprotein A-I, lipid particles containing it and its use A lipid particle comprising an apolipoprotein, a phosphatidylcholine and a lipid, such as a phospholipid, fatty acid or steroid lipid. In one embodiment the lipid particle comprises only one apolipoprotein. In one embodiment the lipid particle is consisting of one apolipoprotein, a phospholipid, a lipid, and a detergent. In one embodiment the lipid is a second phosphatidylcholine, wherein the first phosphatidylcholine and the second phosphatidylcholine differ in one or two fatty acid residues or fatty acid residue derivatives which are esterified to the glycerol backbone of the phosphatidylcholine. In one embodiment the apolipoprotein is selected from an apolipoprotein that has the amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 01, 02, 06, 66, and 67, or is a variant thereof that has at least 70% sequence identity with the selected sequence.
US09187547B2	Human insulin analogues and derivatives comprising cysteine substitutions The present invention relates to human insulin analogues containing a substituting cysteine, to human insulin derivatives containing a PEGylated substituting cysteine and methods of making such. The compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diabetes.
US09187546B2	Compositions and methods for the preparation of protease resistant human growth hormone glycosylation mutants The present invention relates to protease resistant mutants of human growth hormone, which contain newly introduced proteolysis resistant mutations and N-linked or O-linked glycosylation site(s), such that these recombinantly produced polypeptides have glycosylation patterns distinctly different from that of the naturally occurring human growth hormone. The polynucleotide coding sequences for the mutants, expression cassettes comprising the coding sequences, cells expressing the mutants, and methods for producing the mutants are also disclosed. Further disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the mutants and method for using the mutants.
US09187543B2	Method for producing soluble recombinant interferon protein without denaturing The present invention relates to the field of recombinant protein production in bacterial hosts. It further relates to extraction of soluble, active recombinant protein from an insoluble fraction without the use of denaturation and without the need for a refolding step. In particular, the present invention relates to a production process for obtaining high levels a soluble recombinant Type 1 interferon protein from a bacterial host.
US09187538B2	Stable silk protein fragment compositions A composition is disclosed that includes pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments that are substantially devoid of sericin, wherein the composition has an average weight average molecular weight ranging from about 17 kDa to about 38 kDa, wherein the composition has a polydispersity of between about 1.5 and about 3.0, wherein the composition is substantially homogeneous, wherein the composition between 0 ppm to about 500 ppm of inorganic residuals, and wherein the composition includes between 0 ppm to about 500 ppm of organic residuals.
US09187535B2	Polypeptide derived from protein A and able to bind PDGF The invention provides a platelet derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGF-Rβ) binding polypeptide, comprising a platelet derived growth factor receptor beta binding motif, PBM, which motif consists of an amino acid sequence as defined herein, wherein the PDGF-Rβ-binding polypeptide binds to PDGF-Rβ such that the KD value of the interaction is at most 1×10−6 M. Also provided are methods and uses of said polypeptide in treatment and diagnosis of PDGF-Rβ-related conditions.
US09187531B2	Chromobacterium bioactive compositions and metabolites Provided are bioactive compounds and metabolites derived from Chromobacterium species culture responsible for controlling pests, compositions containing these compounds, methods for obtaining these compounds and methods of using these compounds and compositions for controlling pests.
US09187529B2	Cationic peptides and use of such peptides for inhibiting exotoxin production Cationic peptides and use of such peptides to inhibit bacterial exotoxin production without substantially inhibiting bacterial growth are described.
US09187527B2	Beta sheet tapes ribbons in tissue engineering There is described a material comprising tapes, ribbons, fibrils or fibers characterized in that each of the ribbons, fibrils or fibers have an antiparallel arrangement of peptides in a β-sheet tape-like substructure.
US09187525B2	Methods of treating ophthalmic diseases using NPR-B agonists Disclosed are novel compounds having NPR-B agonistic activity. Preferred compounds are linear peptides containing 8-13 conventional or non-conventional L- or D-amino acid residues connected to one another via peptide bonds.
US09187522B2	GLP-1 receptor modulators The invention relates to compounds that modulate the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor, methods of their synthesis, and methods of their therapeutic and/or prophylactic use. Such compounds are act as modulators or potentiators of GLP-1 receptor on their own, or with receptor ligands including GLP-1 peptides GLP-1(7-36) and GLP-1(9-36), or with peptide-based therapies, such as exenatide and liraglutide, and have the following general structure (where “” represents either or both the R and S form of the compound): where A, B, C, Y1, Y2, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, W1, n, p and q are as defined herein.
US09187521B2	Tubulysins and processes for preparing Processes are described for the preparation of tubulysins. The processes are useful for preparing predetermined mixtures of tubulysins, preparing single tubulysins from mixtures of tubulysins, and for converting one tubulysin into a different tubulysin. The tubulysins described herein are useful in treating diseases and disease states that include pathogenic cell populations.
US09187519B1	Reactive nanocomposites and methods of making the same Reactive nanocomposites comprising a metal nanoparticle functionalized with one or more layers of self-assembled protein cages and methods of making the same. The reactive nanocomposites according to the present invention demonstrate improved reaction kinetics and enhanced exothermic behavior.
US09187518B2	Antiangiogenic brassinosteroid compounds A method of treating a solid tumor in a mammal by inhibiting angiogenesis, including administering to the mammal which has a solid tumor selected from the group consisting of breast carcinoma, lung carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, colon carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, neuroblastoma, central nervous system tumor, multiform glioblastoma and melanoma; a composition including brassinosteroids of general formula (I) wherein can be a single or double bond and the configurations of carbon atoms C22 and C23 respectively linked to the substituents HO are S for both carbon atoms and a pharmaceutically acceptable additive.
US09187511B2	Titanium-aluminum alloy deposition with titanium-tetrahydroaluminate bimetallic molecules Disclosed are titanium-tetrahydroaluminates precursors, their method of manufacture, and their use in the deposition of titanium-aluminum-containing films. The disclosed precursors have the formulae Ti(AlH4)3—X, Ti(AlH4)2L and Ti(AlH4)L2. The disclosed precursors may be used to deposit pure titanium-aluminum (TiAl), titanium-aluminum nitride (TiAlN), titanium-aluminum carbide (TiAlC), titanium-aluminum carbonitride (TiAlCN), titanium-aluminum silicide ((TiAl)Si), titanium-aluminum siliconitride ((TiAl)SiN), titanium-aluminum boron ((TiAl)B), titanium-aluminum boron nitride ((TiAl)BN), or titanium-aluminum oxide (TiAlO). or any other titanium-aluminum-containing films. The titanium-aluminum-containing films may be deposited using the disclosed precursors in thermal and/or plasma-enhanced CVD, ALD, pulse CVD or any other type of depositions methods.
US09187508B2	Crystalline forms of tenofovir dipivoxil fumarate The present invention relates to a crystalline form of tenofovir dipivoxil fumarate, a crystalline composition and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the crystalline form, and also to a process for preparing the same and the use for prophylaxis or treatment of a disease associated with a viral infection. The crystalline form has an X-ray powder diffraction pattern using Cu-Kα radiation, expressed in terms of lattice spacing “d” comprising peaks at about 18.4714 Å, 5.0350 Å, 4.6380 Å, 4.5347 Å, 4.3838 Å, 4.2874 Å and 3.6304 Å.
US09187507B2	Acyclic nucleoside phosphonate derivatives and medical uses thereof The present invention relates to an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate derivative and medical uses thereof. Specifically, the present invention relates to an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate derivative of Formula I having strong potency against viruses, such as hepatitis B virus, and low cytotoxicity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, isomer, hydrate or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is H or methyl; each R2 is independently —R3 or —OR3, each R3 is independently C1-C8 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing the compounds of Formula I, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and the medical uses of the compound. The acyclic nucleoside phosphonate derivative of the present invention has activity against virus such as hepatitis B virus and good in vivo behavioral traits.

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