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US09315564B2	Cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions comprising metalloproteinase inhibitors Peptides of general formula (I): R1AA1-AA2-AA3-AA4-R2 stereoisomers thereof, mixtures thereof or the cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a method for obtaining them, cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use for the treatment and/or care of those conditions, disorders and/or pathologies of the skin, mucosae and/or scalp resulting from matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) overexpression or an increase in the MMP activity.
US09315562B2	High-strength collagen fiber membrane and a manufacturing method thereof The object of the present invention is to provide a collagen fiber membrane, which has sufficient strength and can be used as a cell culture substrate, a scaffold material for regenerative medicine (for example, material for tissue engineering of cartilage, bone, ligament, corneal stroma, skin, or liver), an implantation material (for example, wound dressing material, bone grafting material, hemostatic material, anti-adhesive material) or a carrier for drug delivery. The object of the present invention can be solved by a fish-derived collagen fiber membrane, characterized in that (1) a tensile strength is 30 MPa or more, (2) a density determined by the gravimetric method, is 0.4 g/cm3 or more, and (3) an average membrane thickness is 1 μm to 2 mm, and a variation in membrane thickness is plus or minus 30%, relative to the average membrane thickness.
US09315559B2	Methods and compositions for generating an immune response by inducing CD40 and pattern recognition receptor adapters Provided are methods for activating an antigen-presenting cell and eliciting an immune response by inducing an inducible pattern recognition receptor adapter, or adapter fragment, and CD40 activity. Also provided are nucleic acid compositions comprising sequences coding for chimeric proteins that include an inducible CD40 peptide and an inducible pattern recognition receptor adapter or adapter fragment.
US09315555B2	Clostridium difficile antigens The present invention relates to recombinant Clostridium difficile antigens based on a polypeptide, consisting of or comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with an amino acid sequence consisting of residues 1500-700 of a C. difficile Toxin A sequence or a C. difficile Toxin B sequence; though with the proviso that the polypeptide does not include one or more Repeat Unit (RU) located between amino acid residues 1851-2710 of C. difficile Toxin A and/or residues 1853-2366 of a C. difficile Toxin B protein that consists of or comprises a first amino acid sequence and a second amino acid. Also provided is the use of said antigens for the prevention/treatment/suppression of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), together with methods for generating said antigens, methods for generating antibodies that bind to said antigens, and the use of said antibodies for the prevention/treatment/suppression of CDI.
US09315554B2	Compositions and methods related to protein A (SpA) variants The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. The invention provides methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve a non-toxigenic Protein A (SpA) variant.
US09315548B2	Peptoid oligomers, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the same Novel peptoid oligomers are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following formula I: The peptoids demonstrate antimicrobial activity and may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions and used for the prevention or treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans where microbial invasion is involved. The present cyclic and linear peptoids are particularly valuable as their effect is rapid, broad in spectrum and mostly indifferent to resistance provoked by standard antibiotics.
US09315543B2	Tyrosine based linkers for the releasable connection of peptides The invention relates to novel tyrosine based linkers that allow the releasable connection of peptides or proteins with other molecular entities, e.g. polyethylene glycol, to processes for their preparation and their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases.
US09315542B2	Prodrugs of peptide epoxy ketone protease inhibitors This disclosure features compounds that are useful as pro-drugs of epoxy ketone protease inhibitors.
US09315541B2	Process for the preparation of unsaturated trifluoromethanesulfonate steroid derivatives Disclosed is a method for the conversion of a compound of formula 3 to a compound of formula 4, wherein R is an acetyl group or an alcohol-protecting group. The process involves reacting 3 with a triflating agent in the presence of a nicotinate (3-pyridinecarboxylate) of a C1-C4 alcohol, preferably methyl nicotinate (methyl 3-pyridinecarboxylate) or ethyl nicotinate (ethyl 3-pyridinecarboxylate), to give 4. The method can be conveniently used in a process for the preparation of Abiraterone or Abiraterone acetate.
US09315539B2	11 beta-short chain substituted estradiol analogs and their use in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and estrogen sensitive cancer The present invention relates to novel 11-β estradiol ester compounds and their use as locally active estrogens in the treatment of the symptomology of menopause and to treat estrogen sensitive cancers, including breast cancer.
US09315538B2	Double-stranded ribonucleic acids with rugged physico-chemical structure and highly specific biologic activity The invention relates to our discovery of a novel double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) having specific biological activities, which includes acting as a selective agonist for activation of the Toll-like receptor 3. Its “rugged” molecular structure as measured by physico-chemical techniques is resistant to molecular unfolding (i.e., denaturation). This structure appears to be responsible for increased efficacy of dsRNA in therapeutic applications and improved biological activity (e.g., used as an immunoregulatory agent). Medicaments, processes for their manufacture, and methods for their use are provided herein.
US09315529B2	Methods of forming single source precursors, methods of forming polymeric single source precursors, and single source precursors formed by such methods Methods of forming single source precursors (SSPs) include forming intermediate products having the empirical formula ½{L2N(μ-X)2M′X2}2, and reacting MER with the intermediate products to form SSPs of the formula L2N(μ-ER)2M′(ER)2, wherein L is a Lewis base, M is a Group IA atom, N is a Group IB atom, M′ is a Group IIIB atom, each E is a Group VIB atom, each X is a Group VIIA atom or a nitrate group, and each R group is an alkyl, aryl, vinyl, (per)fluoro alkyl, (per)fluoro aryl, silane, or carbamato group. Methods of forming polymeric or copolymeric SSPs include reacting at least one of HE1R1E1H and MER with one or more substances having the empirical formula L2N(μ-ER)2M′(ER)2 or L2N(μ-X)2M′(X)2 to form a polymeric or copolymeric SSP. New SSPs and intermediate products are formed by such methods.
US09315528B2	Method for the manufacture of phosphonoalkyl iminodiacetic acid An improved method for the manufacture of phosphonoalkyl iminodiacetic acid M2PO3—X—N—(CH2COOM)2 wherein X is a C1-6 linear or branched alkyl group; and M is selected from hydrogen, alkali, earth-alkali, ammonium and protonated amine is disclosed. The iminodiacetic acid starting material is reacted with a substantially stoichiometric amount of phosphorous acid, in the presence of a large excess of phosphoric acid to thereby yield a reaction medium insoluble reaction product (PAI-DA) which can be separated from the reaction medium. In a particularly preferred approach, the phosphorous acid is prepared in situ starting from liquid P4O6.
US09315527B2	Synthesis and applications of peripherally asymmetric aryl POSS compounds A method of synthesizing peripherally asymmetric aryl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (ArPOSS) compounds. The method comprises: wherein Ph is phenyl and wherein R is 1-napthyl, 2-naphthyl, 9-anthracenyl, 9-phenanthrenyl, 1-pryenyl, and mixtures thereof.
US09315526B2	Pyridyldiamido transition metal complexes, production and use thereof Pyridyldiamido transition metal complexes are disclosed for use in alkene polymerization to produce high melting point polyolefins.
US09315522B2	Antibacterial compounds The present invention is related to novel compounds of formula (I) that may inhibit the activity of the FabI enzyme, and which are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections. It further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and chemical processes for preparing these compounds.
US09315521B2	Pyrimidines as novel therapeutic agents The present invention features compounds having the Formula (Ia) and (Ib) (e.g., a compound of any of Formulas ((Ia-2)-(Ia-21)), including other tautomers, stereoisomers, E/Z stereoisomers, prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and compositions thereof. The invention also features methods for treating or preventing pain (e.g., neuropathic pain), inflammation, or epilepsy in a patient by administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula (Ia) or (Ib). The invention also features a method for treating or preventing pain (e.g., neuropathic pain), inflammation, or epilepsy in a patient that includes administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of Formula (IIa) or (IIb) (e.g., a compound of any of Formulas ((IIa-2)-(IIa-6)). The compounds described herein (e.g., a compound of Formulas (Ia), (Ib), (IIa), or (IIb)) can also be used as anticonvulsants.
US09315519B2	Guanidine substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline compounds as factor XIa inhibitors The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of factor XIa and/or plasma kallikrein which may be used as medicaments.
US09315515B2	Method of making internal dehydration products of sugar alcohols A process is provided for making isohexides such as isosorbide with reduced color and/or improved color stability on storage, wherein ionic species in the crude dehydration product mixture are chromatographically substantially separated from the remainder of the crude product mixture, then the remainder is refined to yield a finished product for further use or sale.
US09315511B2	Methods for preparing functional tetraazacycloalkane compounds using a specific cyclic bisaminal compound Special C-functionalized cyclic bisaminal compounds having formula (I) or (II), their salts or solvates, methods for their preparation, their uses, and methods for preparing functional tetraazacycloalkane compounds implementing such cyclic bisaminal compounds.
US09315508B2	Treating diabetes with dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitors The present invention is directed to novel substituted dihydropyrrolopyrazoles of structural Formula I which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-N enzyme and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly Type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase IV enzyme is involved.
US09315502B2	Imidazopyridine derivatives The present invention relates to compounds of general formula wherein Ar is phenyl or pyridinyl; X1 is N or CH, X2 is N or CH, with the proviso that only one of X1 or X2 is N and the other is CH; R1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, cyano or S(O)2-lower alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl substituted by halogen or cyano; n is 1 or 2; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomers thereof. The compounds may be used for the treatment of schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, major depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, normal aging, epilepsy, retinal degeneration, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, Parkinson's disease, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, chemotherapy-induced cognitive dysfunction, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, hearing loss, tinnitus, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of neuro-active drugs, such as alcohol, opiates, methamphetamine, phencyclidine and cocaine.
US09315497B2	Tricyclic and tetracyclic systems with activity on the central nervous and vascular systems The present invention relates to chemistry and pharmacy and, in particular, to the production of novel molecular entities, tricyclic and tetracyclic derivatives of benzodiazepine, pyridodiazepine and pyrimidodiazepine type fused with 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives, having an effect on the central-nervous and vascular systems. Derivatives containing a dihydropyridine ring are used, by means of reactions with compounds of the ortho-phenylenediamine, ortho-diaminopyridine and ortho-diaminopyrimidine type, and also subsequent conversions to some thereof, to obtain tricyclic and tetracyclic derivatives of general formula I-XII that contain a diazepine or diazepinone nucleus fused to a 1,4-dihydropyridine nucleus, in which the A ring is a substituted or unsubstituted benzene, pyridine or pyrimidine ring. These molecular entities exhibit GABAergica and modulating action in the case of calcium channels which can be used in the treatment of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, neurodegenerative, neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders.
US09315495B2	Antibacterial agents: aryl myxopyronin derivatives The invention provides compounds of formula la, lb and Ic: [Formula Ia, Ib, and Ic] and salts thereof, wherein variables are as described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula Ia-Ic, methods of making such compounds, and methods of using such compounds, e.g., as inhibitors of bacterial RNA polymerase and as antibacterial agents.
US09315494B2	Alkyl-amide-substituted pyridyl compounds useful as modulators of IL-12, IL-23 and/or IFNα responses Compounds having the following formula (I): or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, where R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein, are useful in the modulation of IL-12, IL-23 and/or IFNα, by acting on Tyk-2 to cause signal transduction inhibition.
US09315493B2	Phenylpyridine derivative and drug containing same The present invention provides: a compound represented by general formula (I) below, that has both angiotensin II receptor antagonism and a PPARγ activation effect and that is useful as a preventative and/or therapeutic agent for high blood pressure, cardiac disease, arteriosclerosis, type-2 diabetes, and the like; and a drug composition containing the compound. General formula (I) (in the formula: ring A represents a pyridine ring; ring B represents a tetrazole ring or an oxadiazol-5(4H)-one ring; X represents C—R5 or a nitrogen atom; R1 represents an alkyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group; and R3, R4, and R5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or similar.
US09315492B2	Heterocyclic group contained amino-methanol derivative, and salt, synthetic method and use thereof The present invention provides a heterocyclic group contained amino-methanol derivative, and salt, a preparation method and use thereof, and belongs to the medical field. The heterocyclic group contained amino-methanol derivative and the salt thereof of the present invention are used for preparing medicines for immune suppression and for the treatment of organ transplant rejection, or medicines for treating immune mediated inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis.
US09315491B2	Pyrimidine compounds as mTOR and PI3K inhibitors The present invention relates to pyrimidine compounds of formula (I): which are useful in treating mTOR kinase- or PI3K kinase-related diseases.
US09315490B2	2,5-substituted pyrimidines The invention relates to novel substituted condensed pyrimidine compounds of general formula (I) in which the chemical groupings, substituents and indices are as defined in the description, and to their use as medicaments, in particular as medicaments for the treatment of conditions and diseases that can be treated by inhibition of the PDE4 enzyme.
US09315488B2	Bcl-2-selective apoptosis-inducing agents for the treatment of cancer and immune diseases Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which are expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
US09315487B2	Tetrahydroquinoline derivatives useful as bromodomain inhibitors Tetrahydroquinoline compounds pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and their use in therapy.
US09315480B2	Compositions of tolperisone The present disclosure is directed to methods for providing tolperisone having extremely low levels of 4-MMPPO (2-methyl-1-(4-methylphenyl)-propenone), as well as related compositions. The invention further relates to methods of treating a subject with tolperisone under conditions that limit exposure of the subject to tolerable levels of 4-MMPPO, among other features.
US09315476B2	Antiviral water-soluble product with anti-HIV effect, based on ionic silver and methylene blue compound; method of its production and examples of HIV-infected patients' treatment A new antiviral water-soluble pharmacological product with anti-HIV effect, is based on ionic silver and methylene blue compound. The new substance is produced in the form of water-soluble powder that can be used for the preparation of finished dosage forms for treating viral infections, especially HIV infection. The product has a potential ability to radically suppress the infectious agents without leading to any mutations and resistance of viruses. The composition of the new product proposed under the conventional name Argothiazin-A™ corresponds to the chemical formula: C20H24AgN3O4S.
US09315473B2	Method for producing pyrophosphate A producing method of a high-purity pyrophosphate comprising a calcination of the orthophosphate under the condition of 120° C.-350° C.; and a producing method suitable for manufacturing effectively the high-purity melamine pyrophosphate.
US09315472B2	1,3,5-triazinane-2,4,6-trione derivatives and uses thereof The present invention provides novel 1,3,5-triazinane-2,4,6-trione derivatives, such as compounds of any one of Formulae (I) and (II), and salts thereof, and methods of preparing the compounds. Also provided are compositions including a compound of the invention and an agent (e.g., an siRNA, mRNA, or plasmid DNA). The present invention also provides methods and kits using the compositions for delivering an agent to a subject (e.g., to the liver, spleen, or lung of the subject) or cell and for treating and/or preventing a range of diseases, such as genetic diseases, proliferative diseases, hematological diseases, neurological diseases, liver diseases, and lung diseases.
US09315470B2	Convenient process for the preparation of statins Object of the present invention is an improved process for the preparation of key intermediates for the synthesis of statins.
US09315467B2	Compounds for nonsense suppression, and methods for their use The present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for treating or preventing diseases associated with nonsense mutations in an mRNA by administering the compounds or compositions of the present invention. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for suppressing premature translation termination associated with a nonsense mutation in an mRNA.
US09315465B2	Photostable AIE luminogens for specific mitochondrial imaging and its method of manufacturing thereof AIE (aggregation-induced emission)-active TPE derivatives, TPE-TPP, TPE-MitoR and TPE-IQ are contemplated. These specific TPE derivatives are useful as fluorescent agents for mitochondrial imaging and as apoptosis inducers. Possessing high specificity to mitochondria, superior photostability and appreciable tolerance to microenvironment change, TPE derivatives are well-suited imaging agents for mitochondrial targeting and morphological change tracking. Because of their synthetic flexibility, TPE derivatives can be further modified as dual-functional probes for an array of applications such as sensing of ROS, metal ions, or pH change in mitochondria.
US09315464B1	Small molecule inhibitors of influenza A RNA-dependent RNA polymerase Compositions, compounds, and methods with significant antiviral effect against RNA viruses and especially orthomyxoviruses are contemplated, and target the viral promoter that is formed by the 5′ and 3′-UTR sequences of the viral genome.
US09315461B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of neurologic diseases The invention relates to the compounds of formula I or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts, as well as polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I, and methods for the treatment of neurologic diseases may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of epilepsy, migraine, neuropathic pain, post herpetic neuralgia, pain, Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Batten disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease (PD), restless legs syndrome (RLS), cluster headache, depression, fibromyalgia, sexual dysfunction, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, autism, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder, trigeminal neuralgia, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, neuropathic pain, seizures, bipolar disorder and mania.
US09315460B2	Organic compound, light-emitting device, and image display apparatus Provided is an acenaphtho[1,2-k]benzo[e]acephenanthrene derivative represented by general formula (1): wherein R1 to R16 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; and at least one of R1 to R8 and R10 to R15 is selected from a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.
US09315456B2	Process for preparing benzofuran-2-carboxamide derivatives Provided herein are novel, commercially viable and industrially advantageous processes for the preparation of benzofuran-2-carboxamide derivatives and their intermediates, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in high yield and purity. Provided particularly herein are novel, commercially viable and industrially advantageous processes for the preparation of vilazodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in high yield and purity. Provided also herein is an improved and commercially viable process for the preparation of 3-(4-hydroxybutyl)-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile, in high yield and purity, using novel intermediate compound 3-(4-hydroxybutyryl)-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile.
US09315454B2	Compounds which modulate the CB2 receptor Compounds of formula (I) are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists of the CB2 receptor, and are useful for treating inflammation. Those compounds which are agonists are additionally useful for treating pain.
US09315453B2	4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chloro-1-(3-nitropropyl)benzene crystal [Problem] For example, 4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chloro-1-(3-nitropropyl)benzene (compound 1) is used as an intermediate for producing a 2-amino-2-[2-[4-(3-benzyloxyphenylthio)-2-chlorophenyl]ethyl]-1,3-propanediol hydrochloride which has excellent immunosuppressive activity. This compound 1 is traditionally obtained only as an oil and thus handling and refining were difficult.[Solution] A crystal of the compound 1 is obtained. A method of crystallizing the same is also established. Furthermore, a simple refining method is also found which comprises stirring in suspension the crystal in a solvent. Since the compound 1 can be obtained as a crystal, it is easier to handle and long term storage is possible.
US09315440B2	Process for obtaining acrolein by catalytic dehydration of glycerol or glycerin A continuous process for obtaining acrolein by catalytic dehydration of glycerol or glycerin, in the presence of an acid catalyst, wherein said process comprises the concomitant regeneration of said catalyst and is carried out in a fluidized bed reactor, said reactor comprising two zones, a first zone, or lower zone, termed catalyst regeneration zone, in which a fluidization gas comprising oxygen is introduced, and a second zone, or upper zone, termed reaction zone, in which the glycerol or glycerin is introduced and converted into acrolein.
US09315439B2	Method for producing aldehyde Provided is an aldehyde production method that can provide target aldehydes with excellent aldehyde selectivity and a high conversion for a long period of time. The method includes bringing a mixed gas containing a vaporized primary alcohol and an inert gas into contact with a film-type dehydrogenation catalyst so as to dehydrogenate the primary alcohol in the mixed gas, thereby obtaining an aldehyde. The partial pressure of the primary alcohol in the mixed gas is 50 kPa or lower, and the film-type dehydrogenation catalyst is formed by providing a thin film catalyst layer on a support.
US09315437B2	Low molecular weight cationic lipids for oligonucleotide delivery The instant invention provides for novel cationic lipids that can be used in combination with other lipid components such as cholesterol and PEG-lipids to form lipid nanoparticles with oligonucleotides. It is an object of the instant invention to provide a cationic lipid scaffold that demonstrates enhanced efficacy along with lower liver toxicity as a result of lower lipid levels in the liver. The present invention employs low molecular weight cationic lipids with one short lipid chain to enhance the efficiency and tolerability of in vivo delivery of siRNA.
US09315434B2	Method for preparing a composition rich in lutein produced by microalgae The invention relates to a method for preparing a composition rich in lutein produced by microalgae, particularly microalgae belonging to the Chlorella genus, more specifically produced by Chlorella vulgaris, characterized in that said method includes the sequence of the following steps: 1) preparing a cell lysate from the microalgae biomass; 2) treating the lysed microalgae biomass with a polar solvent, preferably ethyl acetate, in order to obtain an oleoresin containing the lutein and the lipids from the initial biomass; 3) extracting the oleoresin obtained in step 2) by means of a non-polar solvent, here a fluid at supercritical pressure, in order to obtain a fraction rich in non-polar lipids, mainly consisting of triglycerides, and an insoluble fraction rich in lutein; and 4) recovering the thus lutein-enriched fraction.
US09315433B2	Method for producing 2,7-octadien-1-OL Provided is a simple and industrially advantageous method for producing 2,7-octadien-1-ol, in which an expensive palladium catalyst is recovered in high efficiency and the reaction rate per atom of palladium is enhanced. Specifically, provided is a method for producing 2,7-octadien-1-ol by subjecting butadiene and water to a telomerization in the presence of a palladium catalyst containing a water-soluble triarylphosphine having two or more sulfonate groups in the molecule and a palladium compound, a tertiary amine, and carbon dioxide, including a step of mixing the telomerization solution obtained by the telomerization with an organic solvent having a dielectric constant at 25° C. of 2 to 18, followed by carrying out phase separation in the presence of carbon dioxide, thereby obtaining 2,7-octadien-1-ol from an organic phase while recovering an aqueous phase including the palladium catalyst. By this production method, the selectivity for 2,7-octadien-1-ol is enhanced.
US09315432B2	Process for producing 2, 3, 3, 3-tetrafluoropropene and 1, 1-difluoroethylene To provide an economically advantageous process for producing HFO-1234yf useful as a new refrigerant in sufficiently high yield by one reaction involving thermal decomposition. A process for producing HFO-1234yf and VdF from raw material containing R22, R40 and TFE, by a synthetic reaction involving thermal decomposition, which comprises (a) a step of supplying the R22, the R40 and the TFE to a reactor, as preliminarily mixed or separately, (b) a step of supplying a heat medium to the reactor, and (c) a step of bringing the heat medium in contact with the R22, the R40 and the TFE in the reactor to form the HFO-1234yf and the VdF.
US09315429B2	Ammonium nitrate fuel oil mixtures The present invention relates to ammonium nitrate fuel oil mixtures, and includes compositions comprising (a) ammonium nitrate, (b) a fuel component, (c) a functionalized polymer component, and (d) an oil-soluble anionic surfactant, wherein the mixture of components (b), (c) and (d) form a gel that will not readily flow. The compositions of the present invention provide improve fuel retention and/or water resistance properties, particularly when the compositions use low quality porous prills of ammonium nitrate.
US09315427B2	Method for producing a soil conditioning composition from a lignocellulosic conversion process The present invention relates to a method for producing a composition for use in land application. The method comprises: (a) obtaining a fermentation product by a production process comprising the steps of: (i) treating lignocellulosic feedstock to produce sugar; (ii) fermenting the sugar to produce a fermented mixture comprising the fermentation product; and (iii) recovering the fermentation product from the fermented mixture in one or more stages to produce a concentrated fermentation product and still bottoms; and(b) recovering the still bottoms, the still bottoms comprising organic and inorganic components; and (c) providing the still bottoms for use in a land application. Also provided is a soil conditioning composition for use in land application. The soil conditioning composition contains still bottoms and optionally other components.
US09315423B2	Crystallized silicate powder by synthesized and high temperature reistant porcelain body having the same The present invention discloses crystallized silicate-synthetic powder comprising a cordierite (2MgO.2Al2O3.5SiO2) crystalline phase, a mullite (3Al2O3.2SiO2) crystalline phase and a corundum (Al2O3) crystalline phase, and discloses a high-heat resistant porcelain body containing the above crystallized silicate-synthetic powder and formed by mixing the crystallized silicate-synthetic powder and kaolin mineral.
US09315419B2	Additive for hydraulically setting compositions The present invention relates to an additive for hydraulically setting compositions, comprising an aqueous, colloidally disperse preparation of at least one salt of a polyvalent metal cation and of at least one polymeric dispersant which comprises anionic and/or anionogenic groups and polyether side chains. The additive is suitable particularly as a slump retainer.
US09315415B2	Method for depositing film and oil-repellent substrate The method for depositing a film of the present invention comprises the first film deposition step of depositing a first film 103 having hardness higher than hardness of a substrate 101 on a surface of the substrate 101, the first irradiation step of irradiating particles having energy on the first film 103, and the second film deposition step of depositing an oil-repellent film 105 on a surface of the first film 103 subjected to the first irradiation step. According to the present invention, a method for depositing a film enabling production of an oil-repellent substrate comprising an oil-repellent film having abrasion resistance of a practically sufficient level can be provided.
US09315413B2	Glass enamel for automotive applications This invention relates to glass and enamel compositions. The glass compositions include SiO2, Nb2O5, Na2O, B2O3, ZnO, Bi2O3, TiO2, MoO3, ZrO2, Y2O3, Al2O3, Li2O, and K2O. The glass compositions can be used to form an enamel on a substrate, for example, to decorate and/or protect the substrate.
US09315408B2	Methods and apparatuses for fabricating continuous glass ribbons Methods and apparatuses for fabricating continuous glass ribbons are disclosed. The method includes forming the continuous glass ribbon by drawing the continuous glass ribbon from a draw housing in a drawing direction, heating at least one portion of a central region of the continuous glass ribbon at a heating location downstream of the draw housing, sensing a temperature of the continuous glass ribbon at a sensed temperature location downstream of the draw housing, and automatically controlling the heating of the at least one portion of the central region of the continuous glass ribbon based on the sensed temperature to mitigate distortion of the continuous glass ribbon.
US09315406B2	Wastewater treatment systems and methods The instant disclosure is directed towards methods of treating wastewater and related systems, where the system includes: a first zone comprising at least one anaerobic tank, and a second zone comprising at least one engineered wetland. In some embodiments, the system includes a third zone comprising at least one bauxite residue cell.
US09315398B2	Apparatus and process for separation and selective recomposition of ions A device and process are disclosed for the separate removal of oppositely charged ions from electrolyte solutions and recombining them to form new chemical compositions. The invention provides the ability to create multiple ion flow channels and then form new chemical compositions therefrom. The process is accomplished by selectively combining oppositely charged ions of choice from different electrolyte solutions via the capacitive behavior of high electrical capacitance electrodes confined in insulated containers.
US09315395B2	Water treatment system A water treatment system including a pair of water treatment tanks, each tank defining a flow path extending from a tank inlet to a tank outlet and containing a water treatment material disposed along the flow path for treating water as it travels from the inlet to the outlet. A system controller controls which of the tanks is on-line and which of the tanks is off-line and controls the regeneration of an exhausted tank. A multi-stage, spring-loaded control valve assembly controls the communication of fluid to a regeneration control turbine and includes a piston head and a relatively movable seat-carrying stem. A spring urges the stem away from the piston head such that initial movement of the head compresses the spring but does not produce movement in the seat. Sufficient movement of the piston head produces movement in the seat, thereby causing the seat to open pressure.
US09315394B2	Method and apparatus for separation of multiphase fluids, and applications thereof A method for pre-separation of multi phase fluids of liquid-liquid phase and/or liquid-gas phases and/or gas-liquid phases, is disclosed, wherein one or more of the phases is suspended in water with bubble /drop/particle sizes in the sub micron and micron area and/or fine particular organic or inorganic matter is present in one or more of the phases, and where the device is placed in or in connection to a cyclone or flotation tank. The method is characterized by the fluid phases being made to flow through a tube which forms a spiral shape, in order to bring about an initial phase separation (coalescence) in the spiral shape, and the phases being led continuously tangentially out of the spiral shape in a cyclone—or flotation chamber wherein the further separation is generated. An apparatus to accomplish the method and applications thereof are also disclosed.
US09315393B2	Hydrogen chloride removal process A hydrogen chloride removal process includes (i) contacting in a reactor an aqueous solution, which includes one or more Fe2+-compounds, with a fluid, which includes an oxidizing agent, hydrochloric acid gas and optionally chlorine gas; and (ii) oxidizing the Fe2+-compounds to Fe3+-compounds, thereby converting the fluid to an exhaust gas, which has a reduced hydrochloric acid content.
US09315392B2	Method for preparing magnetic iron oxide A method for preparing magnetic iron oxide Fe21.333O32, comprising the following steps: (1) preparing a ferrous salt solution with solid soluble ferrous salt; (2) preparing a hydroxide solution; (3) mixing said hydroxide solution and said ferrous salt solution in a co-current manner for reaction at an alkali ratio of 0.6-0.8 and a reaction temperature not exceeding 30° C.; (4) after the reaction in step (3) is finished, yielding a first mixture, then charging said first mixture with a gas containing oxygen for oxidation, and controlling the first mixture at a pH value of 6-8 until the oxidation is finished to yield a second mixture; (5) filtering, washing with water and drying said second mixture obtained in step (4) to yield a precursor; and (6) calcining the precursor obtained in step (5) at 250-400° C.
US09315389B2	Hydrogen surface-treated graphene, formation method thereof and electronic device comprising the same The present invention relates to hydrogen surface-treated graphene, a formation method thereof, and an electronic device including the same. The graphene according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be useful in preparing hydrogen surface-treated graphene having a band gap using simple methods through indirect hydrogen plasma treatment. Also, the graphene according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be useful in forming two regions having different band gaps through the indirect hydrogen plasma treatment, and thus can be useful in reducing the processing time and the processing cost since the graphene is directly applicable to electronic devices such as transistors, and touch panels.
US09315385B2	Increasing the specific strength of spun carbon nanotube fibers A spun fiber of carbon nanotubes is exposed to ion irradiation. The irradiation exposure increases the specific strength of the spun fiber.
US09315381B2	Dehydrogenation catalyst for formic acid, method for producing hydrogen, and method for producing heavy-hydrogen gas or heavy-hydrogenated hydrogen To provide a catalyst for dehydrogenation of formic acid which allows hydrogen, heavy hydrogen gas or heavy-hydrogenated hydrogen containing no carbon monoxide to be produced through dehydrogenation of formic acid in a highly efficient manner.A catalyst for dehydrogenation of formic acid, including: a multinuclear metal complex represented by the following Formula (1), a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof, where M1 and M2 denote transition metals and may be the same as or different from each other; Q1 to Q6 each independently denote carbon or nitrogen; R1 to R6 each independently denote, for example, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a phenyl group, a nitro group, a halogen group, a sulfonate group (sulfo group); L1 and L2 each independently denote an aromatic anionic ligand or an aromatic ligand, and may be substituted by one or more substituents; Y1 and Y2 each independently denote any ligand or are absent; and m denotes a positive integer, 0, or a negative integer.
US09315379B2	Methods of forming MEMS device A method of forming a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) device includes: providing a substrate; forming a tantalum nitride (TaN) layer on the substrate; forming a dielectric anti-reflective coating (DARC) layer on the TaN layer; coating photoresist on the DARC layer and etching the DARC: and TaN layers to form a trench; performing intensified ashing and wet cleaning processes to remove the photoresist and the DARC layer. The DARC layer can prevent the formation of tantalum-containing polymeric substances from a reaction between the TaN layer and the photoresist during the intensified ashing process.
US09315378B2	Methods for packaging a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) wafer and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) dies using wire bonding A method for packaging a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device with an integrated circuit die using wire bonds is provided. According to the method, a MEMS substrate having a MEMS device is provided. A cap substrate is secured to a top surface of the MEMS substrate. The cap substrate includes a recess corresponding to the MEMS device in a bottom surface of the cap substrate. An integrated circuit die is secured to a top surface of the cap substrate over the recess. A conductive stud or external wire bond electrically coupled with the integrated circuit die and extending vertically up is formed. A housing covering the MEMS substrate, the cap substrate, and the integrated circuit die, and with a top surface approximately coplanar with a top surface of the conductive stud or external wire bond, is formed. The structure resulting from application of the method is also provided.
US09315377B2	Acceleration sensor for detecting acceleration in three directions A first sensor section installed in an acceleration sensor employs a first elastic member which is elastically movable according to acceleration in the first and third directions and is stiff against acceleration in second direction so as to restrict elasticity in second direction. Thereby, the first sensor section is provided as a biaxial acceleration sensor which detects the first and third directional acceleration according to a change of electrostatic capacity between a first weight (i.e. the first movable electrode) made movable according to acceleration and the first fixed electrode. A second sensor section installed in the acceleration sensor is structurally identical with the first sensor section and configured to detect acceleration in second and third directions. Thereby, such combination of the first sensor section and the second sensor section constitutes a three-dimensional acceleration sensor.
US09315369B2	Hand tool A hand tool including a handle with a containing chamber, and a can opener that can be rotatably received in the containing chamber or unfolded connected pivotally to an end of the handle, and the can opener is made of metal material and used to open a paint can lid.
US09315367B2	Coordinated transport robot system A coordinated transport robot system according to an embodiment includes: first and second robots each including a mobile unit and a movement control unit; first and second position error absorption mechanisms provided on the first and second robots; an impedance model estimating an external force from the amount of displacement detected by the passive element unit; an external force estimating unit estimating respective external forces acting on the first and second robots based on external forces estimated with a dynamics model and estimated by the impedance model; a compliance model calculating respective position correction amounts of the first and second robots to make an external force zero; and a movement command calculating unit calculating movement commands to the first and second robots based on the position correction amounts. Each of the movement control units control the respective mobile units based on the respective movement commands.
US09315362B2	Snap-fit elevator lanterns An elevator lantern apparatus uses a snap-fit assembly and disassembly configuration where the lantern apparatus includes components such as a tray, a lens, and a control board having one or more illuminating features. These components are configured to assemble through an opening in a surface such as a wall. In some versions, assembly and disassembly is done without the use of tools. In some versions, disassembly of the lantern apparatus is done from the front side of the lantern apparatus by removing the lens to access other components.
US09315358B2	Spun yarn winding device and spun yarn winding facility A spun yarn winding device includes a machine body; a turret; a feeding roller that is fixed to the machine body, is not in contact with winding bobbins, and feeds yarns to the winding bobbins at a speed equal to or faster than a winding speed; a traverse device fixed at an upstream side of an advance direction of the yarns relative to the feeding roller and which traverses the yarns; a peripheral speed detection unit that detects a peripheral speed of the winding bobbins; and a control unit that is arranged and programmed to perform a basic operation to maintain a free length of the yarns at a standard length by controlling a rotational angle of a turret during a yarn winding period, the free length of the yarns being located between the feeding roller and the winding bobbins.
US09315355B2	Paper sheet processing device Device with: banknote processing unit (10); banknote storage unit (30) having a plurality of banknote storage parts (32) for separating and storing paper sheets; transport mechanism for bidirectionally transporting the paper sheets via a connection mechanism (45) connected between the banknote processing unit (10) and banknote storage unit (30); and a unit guide mechanism (50) that guides the banknote storage unit (30) in order to be stored in a drawer from a housing (102) and a storage space. The unit guide mechanism (50) has: first sliding mechanism (52) which is positioned on the housing (102) and storage body (31), and guides the storage body (31) from the storage space in a horizontal direction to store the storage body (31) in the drawer and the storage space; guide parts which are inside the housing (102), positioned along the connection mechanism (45) in the horizontal direction; and linked guide mechanisms (53) positioned on top of the banknote storage parts (32), and have guided parts that are guided by the guide parts.
US09315354B2	Apparatus and method for feeding stacks of tissues or similar folded products to an automatic packaging system An apparatus for feeding tissues or similar folded paper articles towards an automatic packaging system, comprises means for forming stacks of articles with one or more sets of separating wheels, and means for radially ejecting and feeding the stacks to the packaging system; the ejection means comprise at least one ejection device with two or more pushing members inserted between a wheel and the other; article stop means are adjustable in a direction that is substantially tangential with respect to the separating wheel, and orthogonal with an ejection direction.
US09315353B2	Stacking of gloves A glove stacking apparatus for preparing a stack of gloves prior to packing into a box, and a method of stacking gloves, particularly ambidextrous disposable hygienic gloves, preferably with the thumbs of each glove in a desired orientation with respect to each other are disclosed. A glove stacking apparatus for forming a stack of gloves comprises a packing recess for receiving the gloves to be stacked, and adjacent the recess at least one movable flap for folding towards the recess a portion of a glove overlapping said edge of the recess. The movable flap has a surface that is permeable to gaseous flow through the surface, and the glove stacking apparatus including a source of vacuum pressure and means to apply the vacuum air pressure through the permeable surface of the movable flap in order to pull the overlapping portion of the glove to the flap prior to folding of the overlapping portion. The source of vacuum pressure is separate from the flap so that as the flap folds towards the recess, the application of the vacuum air pressure through the permeable surface is automatically released.
US09315347B2	Paper supply device A sheet supply device includes a sheet supply tray, a delivery roller contacting a topmost surface of a sheet bundle on the sheet supply tray to deliver the sheet, and separation means feeding the sheet delivered by the delivery roller one by one in a separated manner. The sheet supply device further includes an elevating tray freely elevated/lowered to support a leading end side of the sheet bundle placed on the sheet supply tray and to move the topmost surface of the sheet bundle to a delivery position, a first drive section elevating/lowering the elevating tray, a second drive section elevating/lowering the delivery roller, and a controller controlling the first and second drive sections to elevate the elevating tray until the topmost surface of the sheet bundle reaches the delivery position and thereafter lower the delivery roller to a position contacting the topmost surface of the sheet bundle.
US09315345B2	Robotic carton unloader A robotic carton unloader for automatic unloading of cartons from a carton pile. In various embodiments, a robotic carton unloader may comprise a mobile body, a movable robotic arm attached to the mobile body and comprising an end effector configured to unload a row of cartons in a side-by-side orientation from the carton pile, and a conveyor system mounted on the mobile body and configured to receive the row of cartons from the end effector in the side-by-side orientation. In various embodiments the conveyor system may comprise a front-end descrambler and a central descrambler coupled to the front-end descrambler. In various embodiments, the robotic arm may be configured to straddle at least a portion of the mobile body and at least a portion of the conveyor system such that the conveyor system conveys cartons from the carton pile through the robotic arm.
US09315341B2	Merging conveyor A conveyor system has a plurality of infeed staging conveyors configured to selectively feed batches of article arranged in a side by side configuration to a downstream merging conveyor. The merging conveyor is configured to merge batches of articles arranged in a side-by-side configuration and to singulate the individual articles of each batch while merging the batches as the articles are singulated while being advanced downstream as a flow of in-line separated articles. The merging conveyor includes a plurality of laterally spaced lanes of conveying surfaces which having a respective speed and each imparting an inward lateral force on the articles. A descrambling conveyor is disposed downstream of the merging conveyor.
US09315337B2	Device for layered stacking a support Device for automatic stacking of packages on a support in a predetermined spatial arrangement for formation of a stack, having at least one supply conveyor which provides the separated packages (W) in a predetermined succession, a lifting and lowering unit for lifting and lowering a support disposed in a stacking site in the Y direction and a displacement device which adjoin an output end of the supply conveyor and which receive packages (W) from the supply conveyor (2) and transport them to the predetermined position in the stack (S). The displacement device includes a positioning conveyor adjoining the output end of the supply conveyor and being disposed horizontally and longitudinally with respect to one side of the stacking site in order to position the packages (W) in the X direction, and at least one pushing plate and a pusher (14) in order to transport the packages (W) from the positioning conveyor in the Z direction to the predetermined position in the stack (S). The at least one pushing plate is formed as a flat strip-like plate, formed to be able to move horizontally and along the side of the stacking site and transverse thereto, in order to receive the packages (W) as the packages (W) are being pushed by the pusher off the positioning conveyor at the X direction position and to lay them in the Z direction on the support or in the stack (S). The pusher is formed as an arrangement of a plurality of individual pushers disposed horizontally and along the side of the stacking site, which push the packages (W) off the positioning conveyor in the direction of the stack (S), wherein the individual pushers can each move independently of the at least one pushing plate in the Z direction in order to retain the package (W) when the pushing plate is being withdrawn.
US09315336B2	Apparatus and method for transporting goods An apparatus for transporting goods includes a deformable transport unit, a unit for supplying a goods item to the deformable transport unit and a unit for impressing the goods item into the deformable transport unit so that a top of the goods item facing away from the transport unit has a predetermined height position d with respect to the unit for impressing. The deformable transport unit is implemented such that the predetermined height position of the goods item outside the effective area of the unit for impressing the goods item is at least temporarily maintained. The unit for impressing the goods item include an element arranged at a distance to the deformable transport unit and a goods item for impressing into the deformable transport unit is moved past the element.
US09315333B2	System and method for measuring, mapping, and modifying the temperature of a conveyor Conveying system and method for sensing and controlling the surface temperature of a conveyor transporting articles through a process that incidentally changes the temperature of the conveyor. The conveyor system includes a conveyor such as a transport belt having temperature sensors embedded in the belt at spaced locations along its length. Transmitters embedded in the belt transmit temperature readings made by the sensors to a remote controller. The remote controller controls a temperature modification unit in the belt's conveyor path that restores the temperature of the belt to an optimum range for the processing of the articles. The controller creates a temperature map of at least a portion of the conveyor path.
US09315327B2	Harvester crop delivery system A harvester is provided comprising a vessel for securing a crop therein and a crop delivery system. The crop delivery system has a first tube with a first angled orientation, a first end and an opposed second end, the first tube being configured to receive the crop from the vessel at the first end. A continuous belt is provided having a receiving region in close proximity to the first end of the first tube. A portion of the belt operable to carry the crop from the receiving region is structurally supported by and substantially covered by the first tube, while a portion of the belt operable to return to the receiving region after delivering the crop passes beneath the first tube.
US09315325B2	Belt for a conveyor system A belt for a conveyor system generally includes a ribbon of elastomeric material and a plurality of reinforcing cords connected to the ribbon. The ribbon defines a central longitudinal axis and a pair of side edges extending parallel to the longitudinal axis. At least some of the cords have ends positioned between the longitudinal axis and a side edge.
US09315323B2	Order fulfillment technique A method and apparatus for fulfilling orders with a system having an automated warehouse that is adapted to store a plurality of inventory receptacles. The automated warehouse includes a plurality of vehicles that are adapted to storing inventory receptacles and retrieving inventory receptacles and an outbound device that is adapted to exchanging inventory receptacles between a pick station and the vehicles. Orders of items are received with an order queue. Orders are disbursed from the order queue to a vehicle queue associated with each vehicle. Inventory receptacles are retrieved with the vehicles having items for at least one of the orders. The inventory receptacles are retrieved according to the vehicle queue for that vehicle. Inventory receptacles are deposited by the vehicles to an outbound queue associated with the outbound device and forwarded from the outbound device to the pick station according to the requirements of the pick station. Items are retrieved from the product receptacles at the pick station and put into transportation receptacles.
US09315320B2	Automated warehouse system An automated warehouse system may require less space than conventional warehouse systems. The automated warehouse system is configured so that loads are stored in storage areas formed by vertically extending support pillars and horizontally extending beams. The loads are loaded into the storage areas, and the loads are unloaded from storage areas. The automated warehouse system comprises: vertical guide rails disposed on the support pillars; horizontal guide rails disposed on the beams; and a movable platform having a frame body and guide rollers, at least part of the frame body having the same rectangular shape as a shape of at least part of at least one of the storage areas and having vertical frame members and horizontal frame members, the guide rollers being disposed on the vertical frame members and engaging the vertical guide rails or disposed on the horizontal frame members and engaging the horizontal guide rails.
US09315318B2	Method of assembling and disassembling a storage tank A liquid containment wall for a tank is formed by corrugated panels connected end to end and supported by upstanding brackets at spaced positions around the peripheral wall and a liner attached to the wall. Each panel has at each end an overlapping section with an array of aligned holes. The holes are connected by connector plates shaped and arranged to overlie a part of the array. Each plate has a plurality of shear pegs extending at right angles and at least one hole therethrough to receive a threaded bolt so that the bolt passes through a respective one of the aligned holes of the array to clamp the plate against the overlapping panels.
US09315307B2	Container closure A container closure integrally formed from a synthetic resin includes a body, which has an upper surface wall, and an outer lid connected to the body so as to be pivotable between a closed position at which the upper surface wall of the body is covered and an open position at which the upper surface wall of the body is opened, wherein a raised portion having discharge ports formed on both sides is disposed on the upper surface wall of the body, the discharge ports formed on both sides of the raised portion are opened when the outer lid is pivoted to the open position, while the discharge ports formed on both sides of the raised portion are sealed fully reliably when the outer lid is pivoted to the closed position.
US09315304B2	Closure with sliding seal member A closure is provided for a container that has an opening to the container interior wherein contents may be stored. The closure includes the following: (A) a body having at least one access aperture that can communicate with the container opening and that can accommodate removal of the contents in a discharge direction out of the at least one access aperture; (B) a sliding seal member disposed on the body for accommodating movement of the seal member relative to said at least one access aperture between (a) a closed position sealing against the closure body at the at least one access aperture to occlude the at least one access aperture, and (b) an open position exposing the at least one access aperture; and (c) cooperating guide surfaces on the body and the sliding seal member for guiding the sliding seal member.
US09315297B2	Resealable opening device and package comprising such an opening device An opening device for a flexible package having an opening portion defined by two side walls and a width, the opening device intended to be disposed in the opening portion of the package adjacent to an opening, formed upon initial opening of the package, for opening and closing thereof. The opening device comprises a thin-walled first body with a contact surface and a first application surface opposite thereto for allowing application of the first body in the opening portion to a first of the two side walls. The first body is maneuverable, by folding about a first folding axis, between a basic position and a sealing position. In the sealing position, the contact surface has sub portions directly facing each other. A locking member is designed for releasable locking of the body in the sealing position.
US09315296B2	Packaging for bulky articles with false side gusset A new package for storing bulky goods is disclosed. The package is formed from a bag having a width and depth at its base portion and meeting at a top edge, the top edge having no depth. Due to the top edge having no depth, the width of the material on the top portion of the package extends out further than the width of the material on the base portion. To create a package having streamlined aesthetic that looks nice on a shelf, the excess material in the top portion of the bag is folded into the interior of the bag to form a false side gusset. To allow for such folding the bag, in desirable embodiments, side edges of a first and second web forming the bag angle inward at between about 30 degrees and about 60 degrees at a top portion transition point on the bag.
US09315295B2	Easy opening envelope An easy opening envelope comprising a front panel (38) and a rear panel (20), each having an upper edge, a lower edge and opposing side edges; a sealing flap (26) connected to the upper edge (22) of the front panel (38); an adhesive strip (28) extending longitudinally across the envelope on one of the sealing flap (26) or the rear panel (20) of the envelope. A continuing line of perforations (32), (34), (36) extending across a corner of the sealing flap (30), the front panel (38) and a side fold line on the side edge (24). Whereby, once the envelope is sealed, by pulling on an edge of the corner section of the sealing flap (30) and following the continuing line of perforations (32), (34), (36) the envelope can be easily opened and the content of the envelope can be conveniently removed.
US09315292B2	Nestable container with uniform stacking features Various embodiments of flanged containers that can be stacked in a nested relationship are disclosed so as to provide uniform spacing between the containers to facilitate reliable denesting thereof. The flanges and/or sidewalls of the containers may be provided with features that facilitate alignment and uniform spacing of the nested containers so that a denesting apparatus can reliably denest the containers. Other containers include sidewalls divided into two sections that serve to stabilize stacked container.
US09315280B2	Heat pipe with axial wick A heat pipe has an evaporator portion, a condenser portion, and at least one flexible portion that is sealingly coupled between the evaporator portion and the condenser portion. The flexible portion has a flexible tube and a flexible separator plate held in place within the flexible tube so as to divide the flexible tube into a gas-phase passage and a liquid-phase artery. The separator plate and flexible tube are configured such that the flexible portion is flexible in a plane that is perpendicular to the separator plate.
US09315279B2	Container for transporting items of luggage in a sorting system and sorting system A container for transporting luggage items in an airport sorting system using a conveyor system for conveying the luggage items, includes a bottom region for coupling to a conveying unit of the conveyor system and a transporting region supported by the bottom region and receiving a luggage item to be transported. The bottom and transporting regions are each produced from x-ray transparent or radiolucent material. In order to provide a container which can be produced with low expenditure, is robust with regard to transport processes and is as homogeneous as possible with regard to being x-ray transparent or radiolucent, the bottom and transporting regions are formed from a basic body produced in one piece and from an x-ray transparent or radiolucent material and the basic body is formed from a foam perform or molded part. A sorting system for airport luggage items is also provided.
US09315276B2	Outer fuel tank access cover, wing and aircraft description An outer fuel access tank cover (FTAC) of an aircraft, a wing including such outer FTAC of an aircraft, and an aircraft are disclosed. The outer FTAC of an aircraft is related to designing auxiliary pieces in the wing of aircrafts to control the risk of gases from an explosion occurred in the FTAC entering the fuel tank.
US09315274B2	Method and system for regulating power in the event of at least one aircraft engine failure A method to optimize resources needed to continue flight if at least one main engine is lost, by relieving a propulsion system that has remained operative of all or some of non-propulsive energy demands, by additional generation of non-propulsive power, operating continuously. The method uses a GPP unit that operates constantly in flight while taking up some of nominal total non-propulsive power of the aircraft, to supply increased non-propulsive power almost instantaneously, based on at least three respective emergency regimes at a time of engine failure. A control and monitoring function of the GPP calculates elapsed time for each emergency regime, and informs a data processing unit thereof, while emitting an alarm if operating periods allocated to each emergency regime are exceeded, and the emergency function adjusts non-propulsive power demands made by the aircraft between main engines and the unit GPP either automatically or on orders of a pilot.
US09315273B2	Apparatus for supporting a parachute flight controller and flight controller for a parachute An apparatus for supporting a parachute flight controller from a parachute comprises a bearing member, for example a pulley, a load-bearing coupling, for example a harness, connected to the bearing member and including a connector for connecting the coupling to a parachute flight controller. The coupling includes a load-bearing connector for connecting a payload thereto, and the bearing member is adapted to enable relative movement, controlled by the flight controller, between the bearing member and a support member, for example a flexible coupling line or web for supporting the bearing member connected between first and second suspension lines of a parachute. The flight controller may include one or more control lines connected to the support member or suspension lines which can be wound in or out of the flight controller to effect relative movement between the bearing member and the support member and thereby control the direction of the parachute.
US09315271B2	Leg restraint device for side-facing seated vehicle occupants A lower leg restraint for a side-facing passenger seat including a restraint panel configured to deploy from a first position proximate a seat to a second position forward of the seat in response to an abrupt deceleration event, an actuator arranged to push the panel from the first position to the second position, and a sensor and trigger assembly configured to signal the actuator to fire in response to the abrupt deceleration event. A side-facing aircraft passenger seat having a deployable lower leg restraint.
US09315269B2	Cargo gate for holding at least one cargo item within a cargo hold of an aircraft, cargo deck with a corresponding cargo gate, and method for converting or fitting out a cargo deck for the purpose of airdropping cargo items A cargo gate for holding at least one cargo item at a predetermined position within a cargo hold of an aircraft comprising at least one retaining element at least one fastening device having at least one articulation for articulatedly fastening the retaining element to a cargo hold floor such that the retaining element can be pivoted from an operative position for holding the at least one cargo item into an inoperative position, wherein the retaining element can be traversed by the at least one cargo item in the inoperative position. The retaining element may be provided with a stop which can be operatively connected to a pivotable locking lug of a locking device such that the locking lug holds the retaining element in the operative position thereof.
US09315265B2	Adjustable scissor control link A control link disposed to transfer rotor shaft rotation from an elongate element rotatable with a shaft to a rotatable element is provided and includes a structure terminating at a first end thereof as a mating element, which is securable to the elongate element such that the elongate element is rotatable about an axis defined through the mating element and such that a moment reaction in opposition to structure rotation about the elongate element is generated and a rod coupled to the rotatable element being and configured to be coupled to a second end of the structure at variable distances relative to the rotatable element.
US09315264B2	Helicopter and aircraft power device A helicopter and aircraft power device has a plurality of fluid inlets on a windward side of a blade housing and a plurality of fluid outlets on a leeward side in a manner that the fluid inlets communicate with the fluid outlets. The path where the fluid flows in the lengthwise direction on the windward side of the blade housing is far greater than the path where the fluid flows in the widthwise direction on the leeward side of the blade housing, generating a very large pressure difference between the leeward side and the windward side. The action of the centrifugal force and a suction force from a suction motor significantly increase the flowing speed on the windward side of the blade and in the fluid passage, generating bigger pressure difference on either sides of the propeller and thus forming more powerful lift force and driving force.
US09315260B2	Landing gear electrical swivel An electrical swivel system may have a movable swivel member adapted to connect to a landing gear and a fixed swivel member adapted to connect to an airframe. Each may have an interface apparatus whereby electrical signals may be conducted between components of the movable swivel member and the fixed swivel member. In this manner, electrical signals may be conveyed across a mechanically movable joint.
US09315258B2	Electric flight control system and method for an aircraft A flight control system includes at least one flight domain protection module intended at least for manual piloting and an auxiliary element configured to automatically transmit to the protection module, upon a detection of automatic piloting of the aircraft using an automatic piloting device, a predetermined auxiliary position, representing a control stick position equivalent, the protection module using the auxiliary position as a control stick position to implement a flight domain protection during the automatic piloting.
US09315257B2	Control rod device A control rod configuration for adjusting a position of a rotor blade of a helicopter. The control rod configuration includes a control rod which has a bearing eye, adjacent the swash plate, which is penetrated by an axle shaft which has a bearing supported by a bearing bracket. The control rod configuration, which can be simply constructed and is less susceptible to malfunction, has an eccentric with its pivotable bearing in the bearing bracket and which is provided between the bearing bracket and the bearing eye. In addition, a method in which a rotor blade of a helicopter has an assigned control rod which is supported by an axle shaft with a bearing in the bearing bracket which is mounted to the swash plate so as to enable adjustment of the control rod by pivoting the axle shaft during flight.
US09315252B2	Composite, aircraft or spacecraft, and method The present invention provides a composite for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising: a skin portion; a stringer which is attached to the skin portion; and a former made from fibre composite material, which is attached to the skin portion and forms an opening therewith, through which the stringer extends, substantially transverse to the former.
US09315251B2	Outboard motor An outboard motor includes an engine, a drive shaft, a drive gear, a propeller shaft, a forward gear, a reverse gear, a dog clutch, and a friction clutch. The drive shaft extends downward from the engine. The drive gear is fixed to the drive shaft. The propeller shaft extends in a direction to intersect the drive shaft. The forward gear is meshed with the drive gear. The reverse gear is meshed with the drive gear. The dog clutch is disposed on the propeller shaft, and changes between connecting the forward gear to the propeller shaft, and connecting the reverse gear to the propeller shaft. The friction clutch is disposed in sequence with the dog clutch along the axial direction of the propeller shaft, and transmits rotation of the drive shaft to the propeller shaft by frictional force.
US09315247B2	Waterproof relief outlet A relief outlet in a wetsuit that is optionally substantially watertight consisting of a foldable funnel made of an elastic and optionally watertight material. Whereby said funnel is open at one and folded at least 1 time to close the opening when not in use.
US09315246B2	Self-cleansing retractable handle assembly for water craft A concealably retractable handle is ensconced into the core or hull of a recreational or utilitarian floatation structure such as a canoe, kayak, surfboard, sailboard, paddle board or the like, where it lies below the outer surface without interfering with normal use of the structure. The handle can be conveniently extracted and secured in an operational position to facilitate handling and carrying the structure or securing it the a vehicle. The housing of the handle is bonded into the body of the floatation device through a padding sleeve which absorbs stress forces that could damage the solidity of the bond and the integrity of the whole structure. During handle retraction structures encourage agitation of water located inside the housing to facilitate water and debris evacuation.
US09315245B2	Offshore system The invention relates to an offshore system for transferring fluid at least partly below sea surface. The offshore system comprises a flexible transporting unit and a first movable structure fix-point with a nominal position and a second structure fix-point arranged at a distance to seabed and at a lower position relative to the sea surface than the first structure fix-point. The flexible transporting unit is fixed to respectively the first structure fix-point and the second structure fix-point to provide a catenary liftable length section of the flexible transporting unit extending between the first structure fix-point and the second structure fix-point, wherein the catenary liftable length section has a touch down point at seabed at nominal position and where the distance to the second structure fix-point can be increased sufficiently to lift the catenary liftable length section from the seabed to form a catenary.
US09315241B2	Buoyant turret mooring with porous receptor cage A disconnectable buoyant turret mooring system for an FPSO is vulnerable to damage from collisions between the buoy and the buoy turret cage during mating and de-mating operations. It is therefore desirable that the buoy separate quickly from the turret of the FPSO vessel during a disconnect operation. A buoy turret cage is provided with a certain degree of porosity that allows a flow of seawater from the outside of the receptor to the inner surface of the receptor. Introducing water in this way relieves the suction forces and allows for a quicker separation of the buoy from the turret of the FPSO vessel, minimizing the time during which an uncontrolled collision between the buoy and the FPSO vessel is most likely. Filling a portion of the turret above the mooring buoy with water prior to releasing the buoy also decreases the separation time.
US09315239B2	Load compensating mooring hooks A mooring apparatus that includes an actuator connected to a mooring hook and the mooring base. The actuator provides translational movement of the mooring hook towards the mooring base. The mooring apparatus also includes a vessel motion detection system and a mooring apparatus control system. The mooring apparatus may include a mooring line tension gauge. The vessel motion detection system provides an input indicative of vessel motion to the mooring apparatus control system. The mooring apparatus control system then provides an output signal to the appropriate mooring system(s) which results in adjustment of the mooring line tension in the appropriate mooring system(s). Methods for use thereof are also disclosed.
US09315238B2	Lounge assembly A lounge assembly includes a movable backrest to be positioned at multiple locations on its seating surface. The backrest is supported by plate supports extending into the seat below its seating surface to connect to a slidable carriage assembly used to move the backrest. The backrest can be locked into selected positions on the lounge assembly seating surface. The lounge assembly is especially adapted for a boat.
US09315236B2	Surf wake system and method for a watercraft A wake modifying system for modifying a wake produced by a watercraft traveling through water may include a rudder pivotally mounted to the watercraft for steering the watercraft, a fin pivotally mounted to the watercraft substantially along a centerline of the watercraft and forward the rudder, wherein the fin pivots about an upright axis to modify the wake produced by the watercraft traveling through the water, an actuator mounted within the watercraft and operably coupled to the fin for pivoting the fin relative to the centerline, and a controller mounted on the watercraft allowing an operator to control the actuator and selectively pivot the fin to a desired angle θd relative to the centerline.
US09315228B2	Saddle type vehicle A secondary air supply system is arranged efficiently and compactly, in a V-type engine including a front-side cylinder and a rear-side cylinder. A motorcycle includes an engine having a front-side cylinder and a rear-side cylinder with an air cleaner being disposed on the upper side of the engine. A secondary air supply system has a reed valve provided between the air cleaner and an exhaust passage of the engine and by which secondary air is supplied into the exhaust passage of the engine. Intake ducts for guiding air into the air cleaner are connected to left and right side surfaces of the air cleaner. The reed valve includes a front-side reed valve used for the front-side cylinder and a rear-side reed valve used for the rear-side cylinder.
US09315226B2	Light reflective bicycle wheel attachment A reflector assembly is configured to reflect light from within the spokes of a rim on a bicycle. The reflector assembly includes a reflective material holder having a body, fit within the spokes of a bicycle rim. A window is mechanically coupled to the body; wherein the window has covered edges and an uncovered center. A highly reflective prismatic plastic inserted into the window. The window covers edges of the highly reflective prismatic plastic are inserted into the window. The light reflects off of the highly reflective prismatic plastic to illuminate the bicycle.
US09315222B1	Adjustment means for a suspension hanger assembly An adjustment mechanism for adjustably aligning the bushing pin of a hanger bracket to which a lift arm of a lift axle suspension system is secured. The adjustment mechanism may also be used for adjustably aligning the bushing pin of an auxiliary axle which is of the non-lift type. The adjustment mechanism may also be used for adjustably aligning the bushing pin of a primary axle. More particularly, the invention relates to an adjustable alignment mechanism of the type described which includes an improved pointer device which visually indicates the alignment position of the bushing pin. Even more particularly, this invention relates to an improved means for securing the bushing pin in its aligned position.
US09315221B1	Multi-purpose tailgate A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a storage compartment defined by the vehicle body and having a storage compartment length. The vehicle also includes a tailgate operatively connected to the vehicle body and configured to selectively expand and restrict access to the storage compartment. The vehicle additionally includes a pivotable section configured to selectively retract into and deploy out of the tailgate. In the state when the pivotable section is deployed out of the tailgate and when the tailgate restricts access to the storage compartment, the pivotable section operates to reduce aerodynamic drag on the vehicle body. Also, when the pivotable section is deployed out of the tailgate and when the tailgate expands access to the storage compartment, the pivotable section operates as a stop for cargo having a cargo length greater than the storage compartment length.
US09315218B2	Frame for a cab of a mobile machine A frame for a cab of a mobile machine includes a primary tube, formed by hydroforming, connected to a secondary tube. The primary tube includes first and second about vertically extending portions and an about horizontally extending portion. The about vertically extending portions are configured to be connected to the mobile machine, and the about horizontally extending portion is disposed between the about vertically extending portions. Dimensions of a cross-section of the primary tube vary along a length of a portion of the primary tube. A secondary tube is connected to the primary tube to another cab frame portion.
US09315217B2	Production method for a splash shield using a continuous extrusion-injection-foaming moulding process The present invention relates to a method for producing a splash shield, in which method a base-portion raw material comprising a plastic, glass fibers, a compatibilizer and rubber is subjected to melt extrusion while at the same time injection molding is performed, and then, without removing the injection-molded article from the injection mold, the injection mold is rotated in the open state, and the injection-molded article is conveyed to a foaming mold and subsequently undergoes flame treatment and a polyurethane foam molding step. A single process in the production method is used for the procedure in which the materials are separately compounded and pelletized and the procedure in which the injection-molded article is molded.
US09315216B2	Cowl-top cover The present invention provides a cowl-top cover. A cover mounting portion which is provided along a longitudinal direction from one end part in a longitudinal direction of a cover main body portion is inserted into and then engaged with an engagement receptacle portion, whereby the cowl-top cover is caused to be easily mountable to a vehicle body. A low rigidity portion which is provided at one end part in the longitudinal direction of the cover main body portion is deformed so as to space the cover mounting portion in a counter-insertion direction with respect to the engagement receptacle portion, whereby the cover mounting portion is caused to be easily removable from the engagement receptacle portion at a position of one end part in the longitudinal direction of the cover main body portion.
US09315215B2	Center pillar outer and manufacturing method thereof A center pillar outer, and a method of manufacturing a center pillar outer, may include an upper panel portion which forms an upper end portion of the center pillar outer, and a lower panel portion which forms a lower end portion of the center pillar outer. The upper and lower panel portions are molded using different methods. A lower end of the upper panel portion and an upper end of the lower panel portion are overlapped with each other, and the overlapping portions are coupled to each other, for example, through welding.
US09315211B2	Saddle type self-steer axle system Saddle type self-steer axle systems equipped wagons may include two or more axles and may be backed up due to reversing caster. Such systems may provide increased stability by providing four points of contact. Further, such systems may provide improved weight distribution in that weight may be distributed over four points as opposed to three points. In addition, such systems may provide increased safety by raising the rollover threshold to that of the tow vehicle. Such systems may allow a tow vehicle to carry its full allowable gross weight while towing its full allowable tow weight. In addition, a centrally pivoting saddle style hinge system may reduce the actuator force that may be needed to change the caster from forward to reverse and vice versa.
US09315208B2	Power steering apparatus An apparatus for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels includes a power steering motor assembly connected with the steerable vehicle wheels. A first pump connected with the power steering motor assembly is continuously driven by an engine of the vehicle to supply fluid under pressure to the power steering motor assembly. A second pump connected with the power steering motor assembly is continuously driven by an engine of the vehicle. A valve connected with the power steering motor assembly and the second pump directs fluid flow from the second pump to at least one of the power steering motor assembly and reservoir during operation of both the first pump and the second pump. A pumping mechanism includes a first pumping area defining the first pump and a second pumping area defining the second pump. The first pumping area is smaller than the second pumping area.
US09315205B2	Folding mechanism of baby stroller This invention involves a set of exclusive methods of folding mechanisms for means of collapsing and opening a baby stroller. The methods aims for the compact ability, ease of use, versatility and easy manufacturing.
US09315202B2	Rail vehicle with air-conditioning duct in the roof region and method for constructing a roof region of a rail vehicle A rail vehicle has a roof region. In a longitudinal direction of the roof region, an air-conditioning duct is laid and which is bounded with respect to a passenger compartment by an inner ceiling. When the air-conditioning duct is composed in its longitudinal direction of at least two air-conditioning duct elements, the two air-conditioning duct elements are connected to one another by a sealing frame which can be pre-positioned. Furthermore, a method for constructing the roof region for such a rail vehicle is specified.
US09315201B2	Hopper gate opener A rail car hopper gate opener is presented attached to a moving vehicle. A mechanized gate opener is attached to one end of the vehicle. The gate opener is attached in such as manner as to allow the gate opener to rise and fall with respect to the vehicle, to rotate with respect to the vehicle, to extend away and retract back toward the vehicle, and to pivot on a hinge on the vehicle attachment point.
US09315196B2	Method, device and computer program product for controlling a functional unit of a vehicle A method for controlling a functional unit of a vehicle involves detecting a gesture of a vehicle passenger and controlling the functional unit depending on the detected gesture, if a first predetermined condition is fulfilled. The first predetermined condition is that a movement sequence of a detected gesture coincides with a predetermined movement pattern that is similar to a movement of a functional unit to be controlled or is analogous to a manipulation of the functional unit to be controlled.
US09315192B1	Methods and systems for pedestrian avoidance using LIDAR An autonomous vehicle configured to detect and avoid pedestrians may use information from LIDAR or other range-based sensors. An example method involves: (a) receiving, at a computing device, range data corresponding to a plurality of objects in an environment of a vehicle, wherein the range data comprises a plurality of first data points; (b) generating a spherical data set comprising a plurality of second data points, wherein spherical coordinates for each second data point are generated based on a corresponding one of the first plurality of data points; and (c) determining a two-dimensional map based on the spherical data set comprising the plurality of second data points, wherein the two-dimensional map comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels is indicative of a plurality of parameters corresponding to the plurality of objects in the environment.
US09315188B2	Methods and systems for driveline torque control Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, driveline oscillations are reduced during engine air-fuel ratio modulation. The driveline oscillations may be reduced via adjusting torque of a motor.
US09315187B2	Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle system A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle system employs an improved integrated propulsion device, a drive system and battery management system that is operable to be used in the commercial vehicle business. The vehicle system is operable to provide optimal performance for particular fleet applications by taking into consideration driving patterns and load demands. The vehicle system also provides a drive for auxiliary equipment for work vehicles and driver selectable driving modes for when a vehicle encounters different driving demands.
US09315185B2	Control device for transmission and braking torque generating determination method for transmission A control device for a transmission including m (m≧3) solenoid valves and configured to establish a plurality of shift speeds by engaging n1 (2≦n1
US09315184B2	Braking device for vehicle A braking device for a vehicle includes a cylinder, a master piston having a pressure applying piston portion and a servo pressure receiving portion, an input piston, a pressure accumulating device, a pilot pressure generating device, and a regulator having a first piston slidably fitted into a housing and dividing an inside of the housing into a first pilot chamber and a servo pressure generating chamber, a valve mechanism connecting the servo pressure generating chamber with the pressure accumulating device or a reservoir in response to movement of the first piston, and a second piston fitted into the housing and dividing the inside of the housing into the first pilot chamber and a second pilot chamber, wherein the second piston is formed so that an end surface thereof exposed to the first pilot chamber has a larger pressure-receiving surface area than an end surface exposed to the second pilot chamber.
US09315179B2	Method for controlling a brake system of a vehicle with an electronically rgulated rear-axle brake circuit and an pneumatically controlled front-axle brake circuit A method for controlling a brake system, which has pressure medium-activated wheel brakes and is at least partially electronic, and which is in a vehicle that includes at least two axles, including generating brake pressures for the wheel brakes on an axle in a pressure-controlled manner, and electronically regulating the brake pressures for the pressure medium-actuated wheel brakes on at least one further axle in terms of a brake pressure regulation for adjusting an actual brake pressure to a desired brake pressure. A related braking system device is also described.
US09315178B1	Model checking for autonomous vehicles In an example method, a vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode could predict an output of the vehicle based on an input provided to control the vehicle and a state of the vehicle. The method could include receiving an indication of an input from at least one input-indication sensor and an indication of an output from at least one output-indication sensor. A predicted output value could be calculated based on the indication of the input and a state of the vehicle. The predicted output value could be compared with the indication of the output. If the comparison is not within a threshold range, an alert indicator could be created. Upon creating the alert indicator, an alert action could be activated.
US09315177B2	Antilock braking system with directional control A system and method for adjusting a yaw of an aircraft having an antilock braking system is disclosed. The antilock braking system includes a controller configured to receive a directional input from a rudder. The controller is further configured to deliver a braking output to at least one of a left wheel brake and a right wheel brake. A position of the rudder indicates a pilot's desired steering response, and to allow for braking optimization by the antilock braking system, the pilot depresses fully the left wheel brake pedal and the right wheel brake pedal. The controller receives the directional input after both the right wheel brake pedal and the left wheel brake pedal have been fully depressed. The controller then delivers the braking output and a pressure on one of the left wheel brake and the right wheel brake is reduced in accordance with the directional input.
US09315172B1	Conveyor assembly including a trapdoor assembly having a device A conveyor assembly is provided for movably supporting a tire of a vehicle. The conveyor assembly includes a track, a dolly, and a trapdoor assembly. The track is configured for supporting the tire of the vehicle. The track terminates at an edge, and a gap is defined beyond the edge. The dolly is configured to move along the track to the edge so as to guide the tire along the track to the edge. The trapdoor assembly is configured to substantially cover the gap when in a closed position and is movable to an open position to uncover the gap and allow the dolly to translate around the edge. The trapdoor assembly includes a device configured to prevent a human from inadvertently opening the trapdoor assembly.
US09315170B2	Steering lock with a deadlock for a motor vehicle and method of assembling same The invention relates to a steering lock with a deadlock for a motor vehicle comprising: •a bolt guide (5), •a bolt (4), •a deadlocking means (15) comprising a locking element (16) designed to lock the bolt (4) in deadlocked position and to be subjected to torsional and translational movement towards said bolt (4), said element (16) being received in a housing (18) of the bolt guide (5). The deadlocking means (15) further comprises a closing plate (10) having a face that engages with an element of the deadlocking means (15), and engages with the opening of the housing (18) in such a way that the rotation of the closing plate (10) is locked relative to the guide bolt (5) and causes the translational and torsional movement of said locking element (16).
US09315168B2	Vehicle assembly A vehicle assembly, comprising a vehicle grille and one or more body structure components, such as fenders. The vehicle grille is displaceable relative to the body structure components, wherein in a first position of the grille, the grille provides support to at least a part of the one or more body structure components and wherein in a second position, said support is reduced. A vehicle grille and a vehicle bonnet are also disclosed.
US09315166B2	Techniques for synchronous rectification control of DC-DC converters in electrified vehicles Techniques are presented for synchronous rectification control (SRC) of a DC-DC converter in an electrified vehicle (EV) can include determining a required output current for the DC-DC converter based on a secondary voltage of a secondary battery system of the EV, the DC-DC converter being configured to convert a primary voltage from a primary battery system of the EV to the secondary voltage. The techniques can include determining, at the controller, a switching frequency for the DC-DC converter that causes the DC-DC converter to output the required output current. The techniques can include determining turn-on and turn-off delays of the DC-DC converter based on the required output current and the switching frequency using one or more look-up tables. The techniques can also include controlling the DC-DC converter efficiency based on the turn-on and turn-off delays.
US09315164B2	Methods and systems for integrating after-market components into a pre-existing vehicle system A system for integration and communication of aftermarket vehicle components with existing vehicle components through methods comprising an apparatus receiving an input signal comprising a raw data set, and engaging a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions and communicate with an existing motion control system. The methods also include the apparatus communicating, or alternately generating, a vehicle identification sequence derived from the vehicle identification data set. Finally, the methods include the apparatus communicating a calibration data set comprising computer-executable instructions including a vehicle calibration sequence, executing the vehicle identification sequence, and executing the vehicle calibration sequence.
US09315162B2	Conduit for receiving elongate elements, method for mounting same, and assembly comprising a mounting and such a conduit A conduit is mountable to a mounting, such as the engine block of an automobile, and includes a body defining an area for receiving elongate elements, such as cables. A first locking member is stationary relative to the body, and a second locking member is mobile relative to the body. The movable locking member is capable of assuming an intermediate position, in which it defines, together with the body, a preliminary support space for the mounting. The conduit includes a locking feature capable of moving the movable locking member from the intermediate position to a locking position.
US09315160B2	Securing a jack and a spare wheel to a vehicle A vehicle includes a spare wheel, a jack and a jack wrench. The jack and a jack wrench are provided to raise the vehicle to allow a user to remove a damaged wheel and replace it with the spare wheel. The jack and jack wrench are secured to the vehicle via a first connector. The spare wheel is then secured to the first connector via a second connector. The second connector extends through the spare wheel and into the first connector to secure the spare wheel to the first connector and thus to the vehicle.
US09315157B2	Holding arrangement for a mobile device, passenger seat with a holding arrangement for a mobile device and vehicle A holding arrangement for a mobile device in a cabin of a vehicle has a cabin equipment component, a support device arranged on the cabin equipment component, a holding device for holding a mobile device and a covering pane. The support device is designed to receive the holding device and further has an access opening arranged on a side opposite the cabin equipment component. Furthermore, the support device is designed to slidably hold the covering pane for opening and closing the access opening arranged on the side opposite the cabin equipment component in such a manner that the covering pane is movable to a closed position and to an open position, wherein in its open position the covering pane extends beyond the support device. Hereby, an improved holding function and temporary theft prevention may be accomplished.
US09315156B1	Vehicle and load floor for a vehicle A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a load floor. The load floor is movable from a closed position to an open position in order to provide access to a storage cavity thereunder. A spring-loaded retractable device is attached to the load floor. The spring-loaded retractable device is configured to extend from the load floor and secure the load floor to the vehicle in the open position.
US09315155B2	Method of forming an exterior mirror reflector sub-assembly with auxiliary reflector portion A method of forming a mirror reflector sub-assembly suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes providing a glass substrate having a first surface and a second surface. Glass is physically removed from a portion of the second surface of the glass substrate to form a curved recess locally thereat. The second surface of the glass substrate is coated with a mirror reflector via a vacuum deposition process. When used in an automotive exterior rearview mirror assembly, the mirror reflective element provides a principal reflector portion and an auxiliary reflector portion to a driver of the vehicle who views the mirror reflective element when normally operating the vehicle. A mirror back plate is formed in a plastic molding operation and a heater pad is disposed between the coated second surface of the glass substrate and a first side of the mirror back plate.
US09315154B1	Adjustable rearview mirror An adjustable rearview mirror which allows the rear view mirror to be adjusted out of the viewing field of the windshield area to improve the driver and passenger experience in the motor vehicle. The adjustable rearview mirror generally includes a central slot in which a mirror arm is pivotally secured. A pair of retainer rods may be selectively extended across and retracted from the central slot with a trigger. When the retainer rods are retracted from the central slot, the mirror arm may be freely adjusted into various positions. When the retainer rods are extended across the central slot, the mirror arm may be locked into a particular position. Thus, the rearview mirror may be withdrawn from view when it is not necessary so as to allow an unobstructed view of the area surrounding the vehicle.
US09315153B2	Vehicle door with side mirror system A vehicle door assembly includes a door having a window and a mirror assembly. The mirror assembly includes a housing defining a cavity having an opening. A mirror is mounted with respect to the housing, disposed within the cavity, and has a reflective surface that is visible through the opening. The housing is mounted with respect to the door such that the housing is selectively movable between an extended position, in which the opening of the cavity is unobstructed, and a retracted position, in which the opening of the cavity is obstructed by the window.
US09315151B2	Driver assist system for vehicle A driver assist system for a vehicle includes at least one non-visual sensor and a color video rear backup camera having a field of view rearward of the vehicle, with the field of view of the camera encompassing a ground area to the rear of the vehicle. An image processor processes image data captured by the camera. A video display screen is viewable by a driver of the vehicle. During a reversing or parking maneuver of the vehicle, images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by the camera are displayed by the video display screen to assist the driver in operating the vehicle. At least one indication is provided to a driver of the vehicle, at least in part, responsive to detection by the non-visual sensor of at least one object external of the vehicle.
US09315147B2	Brake light control device A brake light control device that generates a braking force, and is used with a brake device which can control the braking force according to a signal from a brake control unit regardless of the operation of a brake operator includes: a brake light switch that is inserted and arranged into an electrical connection path between a power supply and a brake light, and is opened and closed together with the operation of the brake operator; and a switching switch that is opened and closed in response to braking force control. The brake light control device further includes: a blinking switch that is connected in parallel to the switching switch; and a control unit that, when the brake light is required to be blinked, is configured to keep the switching switch in an OFF state, and blinks the brake light by repeatedly switching on and off the blinking switch.
US09315146B2	Vehicle turn signalling apparatuses with laser devices, light projection circuits, and related electromechanical actuators A vehicle turn signaling apparatus includes a light source that is powered by a turn signal circuit of the vehicle. The light source is configured to project a low divergence visible line onto a driving lane adjacent to the vehicle in response to activation of the turn signal circuit to visibly warn other drivers where a driver of the vehicle may intend to move the vehicle.
US09315145B2	Photoluminescent tailgate and step A vehicle illumination apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a retractable step in connection with a panel of the vehicle. The retractable step comprises a tread portion. A light source is disposed proximate the panel and is configured to emit a first emission having a first wavelength. A first photoluminescent portion is disposed on the tread portion and is configured to emit a second emission having a second wavelength in response to receiving the first emission.
US09315144B2	Lamp for installing on the roof of a vehicle having a seat and a main body pivotable about a first axis and a lamp member pivotable about a second axis A lamp adapted for being installed on a roof of a vehicle includes a seat, a main body, and a lamp member. The seat is adapted for being installed on the roof of the vehicle and defines a first pivot axis. The main body has a first end and a second end. The first end is pivotally disposed on the seat so that the main body is pivotable around the first pivot axis. The second end of the main body defines a second pivot axis. The lamp member is pivotally disposed on the second end so as to be pivotable around the second pivot axis. The lamp member has a luminous device which is capable of emitting light. The first pivot axis is non-parallel to the second pivot axis. As a result, both angle and direction of the lamp member can be adjusted.
US09315142B1	Strap cushion for an equipment support A cushioning arrangement for a strap for an equipment retainer, such as for use with a vehicle-mounted bicycle rack or the like, includes a cushion member selectively receivable over the strap. The cushion member defines a cushioned inner surface that prevents damage to the item of equipment when the strap is engaged about the item of equipment. The cushion member includes a series of segments that are coupled to one another and are selectively expandable in an axial direction along a length of the strap, to provide an expandable and contractable adjustable length feature. The series of segments may each include a spacer member extending across a width of the strap, a bridge member coupled to opposing ends of the spacer member; and expandable and contractable connectors between adjacent segments to couple the segments in a selectively expandable and contractable manner.
US09315139B2	Spring-biased boat trailer winch stand When a boat is loaded onto a boat trailer, it is locked on by the automatic latching device and is held in the full forward position by the winch strap. The boat keel is now on top of the automatic latching device which compresses the spring on a T-shaped member and increases the contact surface pressure between the automatic latching device and the boat keel. Any vertical movement or bounce by the boat keel during transport compresses the spring and adds additional pressure between the two surfaces. The automatic latching device and the boat keel are now joined together in effect as a unitary unit and moves in that fashion one relative to the other wherein movement is essentially transferred to the elongated holes in the winch stand uprights. By eliminating any movement between the automatic latching device and the boat keel, surface marking of the keel has been eliminated. Further, any likely wear of the contacted portion of the automatic latching device will be less.
US09315138B1	Hydraulic tail trailer A hydraulic tail trailer comprising a main deck having a main tail assembly pivotally connected to the rearward end thereof with the pivotal connection therebetween being located forwardly of the centerline of the rear axle of the trailer suspension system. The location of the hinge between the main deck and the main tail assembly, by being located forwardly of the centerline of the rear axle, provides a main tail having an increased length thereby providing a lower loading angle without increasing the overall length of the trailer. The trailer of this invention also enables the front axles of the trailer suspension system to be moved to multiple spread positions with respect to the rear axle.
US09315134B2	Securing seat trim covers to foam cushions A seat trim cover includes a flexible web and a plurality of molded clips spaced-apart at predetermined intervals along a distal edge of the web. Each of the clips includes a base attached to the web and one or more latch elements extending from the base to a point beyond the distal edge of the web. The latch elements of each clip are configured to clasp a cushion retainer when forced into engagement with the retainer.
US09315132B2	Vehicle seat A part of the planar member, which is defined by the slits and extends over the center groove made in a seat pad, serves as a bridge part. As the sewn part of a trim cover is pulled into the groove, the bridge part is pressed onto the sewn part of the trim cover and pulled into the groove, together with the sewn part, and is bend in the form like letter U and held in the groove. The groove defines a through hole penetrating the seat pad at the bridge part of the planar member. The bridge part is not pressed onto the bottom of the groove even if the seat pad undergoes compressive deformation and is pressed down in the groove, because the groove has no bottom at some parts.
US09315131B2	Suspension seat back and cushion system having an inner suspension panel A vehicle seating assembly includes a frame and an inner suspension panel coupled to the frame. A plurality of suspension members attach the frame to the inner suspension panel. Each suspension member has a tab that is biased away from the inner suspension panel and is operable between extended and compressed positions. A cushion is coupled to at least one of the tabs. The cushion includes a plurality of comfort positions defined by the position of each of the tabs.
US09315129B2	Vehicle interior fitting A vehicle interior fixture has first and second elements movable relative to each other by an adjuster that is carried on the first element and that has at least one passage and a row or string of solid bodies in contact with one another, guided in and extending along the passage, and movable relative to the passage. At least one of the solid bodies bears on the second element. A drive element engaging the row or string of solid bodies at a location offset from the one body bearing on the second element is movable for pushing the row or string and thereby transmitting force by compression through the row or string to the one body and the second element to displace same.
US09315128B2	Vehicle seat and commercial vehicle with at least one vehicle seat The invention relates to a vehicle seat with a seat part, with a backrest and with a height-adjustable armrest, in which the height-adjustable armrest has an arm support part and a lever mechanism to lift or lower the arm support part with a stationary base component, with one or two pivot lever parts articulated to the base component and with a height-adjustable lower component articulated to the pivot lever parts to carry the arm support part, wherein the height-adjustable armrest is distinguished by a locking device to lock the lever mechanism with a first locking part arranged on the side of the base component and having a first locking tooth system, with a second locking part arranged on the side of the lower component and having a further locking tooth system , and with locking means, which are displaceably arranged in relation to the two locking parts by means of an actuating element in such a way that counter-locking tooth systems of the locking means can engage in the locking tooth systems of the locking parts or can disengage in order to lock or unlock the lever mechanism.
US09315126B2	Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorption apparatus.
US09315125B2	Baby car seat The invention discloses a baby car seat, which comprises a seat, a backrest with a lower portion being detachably connected with a rear portion of the seat, and a head support detachably connected with an upper portion of the backrest. The backrest comprises a backrest body and a pair of backrest wings extending forwards from a left end and a right end of the backrest body respectively. The head support comprises a head support body and a pair of head support wings respectively extending forwards from a left side and a right side of the head support. Two accommodating holes respectively are opened on a left part and a right part of the backrest body, and the shape and mutual distance of the two accommodating holes are matched with that of the two head support wings. When the head support is accommodated between the pair of backrest wings, the two accommodating holes respectively are used for inserting the corresponding head support wings therein. When it is desired to package and transport the car seat, the head support is located between the two backrest wings and the backrest body, and the two head support wings just are inserted into the two accommodating holes of the backrest body and further stacked up with the seat, thus, the height of the car seat is reduced, the volume of encasement is reduced and the quantity of encasement is increased.
US09315123B2	Child safety seat assemblies having anchor systems A child safety seat assembly comprises a base, two connector arms assembled with the base, at least one latch assembled with the base and operable to lock the connector arms in position with the base, and at least a release actuator disposed between the connector arms and operatively connected with the latch. The connector arms are provided with locking fasteners operable to engage with an anchorage bracket in a vehicle to lock the base in place, the connector arms being movable relative to the base to adjust a length of extension of the connector arms outside the base. The release actuator is operable to drive an unlocking displacement of the latch to allow adjustment of the connector arms relative to the base.
US09315119B2	Seat sliding device for vehicle A seat sliding device for a vehicle includes a first rail and a second rail coupled to the first rail to make relative movement with respect to the first rail. A lever is coupled to the second rail to rotate about an axis extending in the widthwise direction, and a lock plate which is fixed to the rear end part of the lever part and arranged between first side wall parts to extend in the widthwise direction astride side wall part through holes and folded wall part through holes. At both edge parts of the lock plate in the widthwise direction, there is formed a latching part which engages with a latched part of the first rail when the lever part rotationally moves in one direction and is released from the latched part when the lever part rotationally moves in the other direction.
US09315118B2	Power sliding apparatus of conveyance seat In right and left upper rails in a power sliding apparatus of a conveyance seat, openings to receive gear boxes are formed, respectively. The gear boxes are attached to the right and left upper rails via the openings, respectively. The opening in one of the right and left upper rails is closed with a motor fixing bracket to fix a motor unit.
US09315116B2	Electric drive vehicle Provided is an electric drive vehicle which can control wheel speed so as to achieve an appropriate slip ratio of the wheels even when pitching vibration of the vehicle is large. This electric drive vehicle is provided with electric motors (1, 4), drive wheels (3, 6), driven wheels (7, 8), an electric motor controller (50) for controlling the electric motors, and speed detectors (9-12) for detecting the wheel speed of the drive wheels and the driven wheels. The electric motor controller is provided with: a slip ratio calculation unit (21) which calculates the slip ratio of the drive wheels from the wheel speed detected values detected by the speed detectors; a torque command calculation unit (20) which calculates torque commands for the drive wheels; a drive force calculation unit (19) which, from the wheel speed detected values of the drive wheels and the torque commands of the drive wheels, calculates the drive force generated in the drive wheels; and filters (54, 55) which reduce the pitching vibration frequency components of the vehicle included in the slip ratio and the drive force.
US09315115B2	Power assist device and ambulatory assist vehicle A power assist device for assisting a user to operate an object. The power assist device includes a pressure sensor that detects an operating force applied to the object by the user; a motor that outputs and applies a motive force to the object; and a controller. The controller records a history of the operating force detected by the pressure sensor; detects a periodically fluctuating component of the operating force based on the history of the operating force; calculates a component of a current operating force caused by motion of the user operating the object; calculates a correction value that excludes the component caused by motion of the user from the current operating force; calculates a power assist force based on the correction value; and outputs the power assist force as the motive force of the motor.
US09315113B2	Electric vehicle battery systems with exchangeable parallel electric vehicle battery modules Systems and methods for electric vehicle battery systems with replaceable parallel electric vehicle battery modules are described herein. The electric vehicle battery system includes a plurality of electric vehicle battery modules connected in parallel. Each electric vehicle battery module includes a battery. Each electric vehicle battery module can also include a balancing circuit in electrical communication with a current path from the battery to an electric vehicle battery module output node. Each electric vehicle battery module also may have a current sensor in electromagnetic communication with the current path between the battery and the balancing circuit. The current sensor can be configured to sense a current level between the battery and the balancing circuit. The balancing circuit can be configured to balance the current level sensed by the current sensor of each electric vehicle battery module.
US09315112B2	Power source apparatus for electrically powered vehicle and control method therefor During external charging, a charger converts AC electric power from an external power supply into electric power for charging a main battery. An AC/DC converter converts the AC electric power on the power line into auxiliary electric power. The charger is further capable of executing power conversion for converting output electric power of the main battery into AC electric power for output to the power line. While a vehicle is running, normally, the charger and the AC/DC converter are stopped, and the auxiliary electric power obtained by converting the output electric power of the main battery by a main DC/DC converter is output. At the time of regenerative braking of the vehicle, where charging of the main battery is prohibited or restricted, the charger and the AC/DC converter are further operated to intentionally increase loss power, thereby generating auxiliary electric power.
US09315110B2	Device for inductive transfer of electrical energy and method for use thereof A device for the inductive transfer of electric energy from a stationary unit having a current supply device and a primary inductance to a vehicle that is adjacent the unit and has a secondary inductance. The vehicle has a secondary control element for adjusting the secondary power taken from the secondary inductance and comprises a control device enabling the withdrawn secondary power to be modified in steps. The stationary unit comprises a primary control element for adjusting the primary power and a first measuring device enabling an operational parameter, influenced by the secondary power, of the current supply device to be measured. The primary control element adjusts the primary power which can be injected in accordance with modifications of the operational parameter. The secondary power can be switched by the switching device and has in one of the steps, a value which is at least approximately zero.
US09315107B2	Transport vehicle equipped with current collector A transport vehicle equipped with a current collector, includes: a vessel to load a load; a current collector that extends to receive electric power from an overhead line and contracts and retracts so as to be disposed below the vessel; and a vehicle body that rotationally drives driving wheels by at least one of the electric power from the current collector and a self-propelled driving source and on which the vessel is placed.
US09315106B2	Computerized evaluation of resolver sensor signals to determine rotor position in an electrical machine for a vehicle Circuit for evaluating resolver sensor signals (28) in a vehicle, having a resolver sensor (4), set up to pick up a rotary movement of a rotor (6) in an electrical machine (16), and a processor element (12), wherein the resolver sensor (4) is set up to output at least one sinusoidal or cosinusoidal amplitude-modulated analog signal that is characteristic of the rotary movement of the rotor (6), characterized in that the processor element (12) has a data processing unit (12a), a resolver sensor actuation unit (12b) and a resolver sensor evaluation unit (12c), wherein the analog signal from the resolver sensor (4) is connected directly to the resolver sensor evaluation unit (12c).
US09315101B2	Driving force distribution control apparatus for four-wheel drive vehicle and driving force distribution control method for four-wheel drive vehicle A driving force distribution control apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a theoretical value calculator, a normative value calculator, and a servo controller. The theoretical value calculator is configured to calculate a primary rotational speed theoretical value of primary drive wheels and a secondary rotational speed theoretical value of secondary drive wheels based on a steering angle, a vehicle speed, a yaw rate, and a slip angle of the four-wheel drive vehicle and configured to calculate a rotational difference normative theoretical value indicating a difference between rotational speed theoretical values of input and output shafts of a drive force distribution apparatus using the primary rotational speed theoretical value and the secondary rotational speed theoretical value.
US09315100B2	Refuse vehicle including a CNG tank compartment A refuse collection vehicle has a receiving area in a refuse collection device. The receiving area includes a body cradle to receive at least one CNG tank. At least one CNG tank is positioned in the body cradle. At least one door covers the receiving area. The at least one door is pivotally secured on the refuse collection device to enable access to the at least one CNG tank without use of external lift device.
US09315095B2	Hybrid power train for vehicle A hybrid power train for a vehicle is capable of improving fuel efficiency of the vehicle by preventing a motor from being driven by power of an engine for a period in which the vehicle is driven by the engine. The hybrid power train may include an input shaft installed to selectively receive power of an engine, an engine side driving gear provided at the input shaft, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft, an engine side driven gear provided at the output shaft so as to be engaged with the engine side driving gear, a motor side driving gear installed to be rotated by a motor while forming a concentric axis with the input shaft, a motor side driven gear rotatably provided at the output shaft so as to be engaged with the motor side driving gear, and a clutch unit installed to switch a state in which the motor side driven gear is fixed to the output shaft.
US09315088B2	Method for generating electricity from solar panels A method for generating electricity from solar power to an air handling unit or an electrical system for a tractor/trailer, relying on a photovoltaic panels (1) DC disconnects (2,3); charge controller (4); batteries (5); air handling unit or an electrical system (7); electrical wires, and fuses. The photovoltaic panel(s) will generate electrical power that will provide sufficient power to run the air handling unit or an electrical system.
US09315086B2	Recreational utility vehicle A recreational utility vehicle having an enclosure with a bottom wall and first and second side wall assemblies is provided. The first and second side wall assemblies and the bottom wall define an interior region. The vehicle further includes a first suspension assembly coupled directly to the first side wall assembly, having a first swing arm assembly with a first operational position in which a first portion of the bottom wall of the enclosure is at a predetermined distance from a ground level elevation. The first swing arm assembly has a second operational position in which the first portion of the bottom wall of the enclosure is at the ground level elevation. The vehicle further includes a second suspension assembly operably coupled directly to the second side wall assembly.
US09315085B1	Angled spacer mount An angled spacer mount for a suspension of a vehicle is disclosed. The angled spacer mount has upper and lower flanges that are set apart from each other at a specific skewed angle. By doing so, the angled spacer mount may be mounted to a spring perch of the suspension of the vehicle to change a curvature characteristic of a coil spring used in the vehicle suspension. The angled spacer mount may be operative to straighten a coil spring to better isolate road conditions from a passenger compartment.
US09315083B2	Frame hanger for providing thrust angle alignment in vehicle suspension A frame hanger having a frame attachment portion having a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface, a first control arm mounting portion positioned beneath the frame attachment portion, wherein a first plurality of elongated longitudinally extending slots extend through the first mounting surface of the frame attachment portion, and wherein a second plurality of elongated longitudinally extending slots extend through the second mounting surface of the frame attachment portion.
US09315080B1	Tire inflation cage with support members A tire inflation cage includes a plurality of retention members that include spaced, substantially vertical upstanding members. The upstanding members are attached at their ends to a base and at a point along their outer surface to support members that extend at a substantially right angle from the base. The spaced retention members allow a tire assembly to be received therein and to be retained between a pair of tire stops for servicing of the tire. The substantially perpendicularly extending support members serve to increase the shear strength of the attachment of retention members to the base, thus preventing the retention member from separating from the base in the event that the tire assembly separates as it is being serviced in the inflation cage.
US09315078B2	Real-time wireless dynamic tire pressure sensor and energy harvesting system An instantaneous/real-time wireless dynamic tire pressure sensor (DTPS) for characterizing pavement qualities and for detecting surface and subsurface pavement defects under normal driving conditions. Signal processing provides quantitative assessment of surface conditions. DTPS includes a vehicle tire valve stem-mounted pressure sensor and wheel hub-mounted signal conditioning, amplification, and transmitting circuitry. A signal processing computer within the vehicle is wirelessly coupled to the hub-mounted circuitry. Tire pressure changes caused by ground vibration excitation from the interaction between the tire and pavement at normal driving speeds are detected. When acoustic radiation from a surface wave is significantly stronger than acoustic noise, subsurface information can be extracted. An energy harvester based on strong magnetostatic coupling between a high permeability core solenoid, fixed proximate a vehicle wheel, and a bias magnet array, fixedly mounted in conjunction with a dust shield, can provide power the DIPS.
US09315072B2	Bogie shaft for a railway vehicle having a stone guard and method for producing same A bogie shaft for railway vehicles has a cladding which contains a metal component. The metal component is preferably electrochemically less refined, but no greater than exactly as refined, as a material of the bogie shaft. Corrosion on the bogie shaft can thereby be advantageously prevented. The metal material of the cladding is also able to effectively protect the bogie shaft against stone impact. The cladding can be advantageously applied by cold gas spraying, or a sleeve can be bent around the bogie shaft for forming the cladding. The cladding can advantageously contain particles that can make it more resistant to stone impact. The particles can be made, for example, of hard materials, of particularly ductile particles, or of particles made of a memory shape alloy.
US09315069B2	Wheel bearing apparatus and its pre-pressure managing method A wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member and double row rolling elements. A coupler ring is fit onto the wheel hub. The coupler ring inner circumferential splined portion has a plurality of spline recesses and spline projections. The plurality recesses and projections mate with a hub splined portion formed on the inner side outer circumference of the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub. An axial cross-section of the inner-side end of each spline projection of the hub splined portion is formed by a single circular arc with a predetermined radius of curvature “R”. The radius of curvature “R” is larger than a dimension “A”, measured from the inner-side end face of the coupler ring to the inner-side edge “B” of each spline projection (R>A). Also, it is larger than the height “h” of each spline projection (R>h).
US09315066B2	Writing implement A writing implement may include a housing with an operating side and a writing side, a nib assembly longitudinally axially displaceably arranged in the housing with an ink reservoir and a piston longitudinally axially adjustably arranged therein, and an operating element, arranged on the operating side, which is rotatable and longitudinally axially displaceable into a first operating position and a second operating position. The operating element is mechanically connected to the nib assembly in the first operating position for the longitudinal axial displacement of the nib assembly and mechanically connected to the piston in the second operating position for the longitudinal axial adjustment of the piston.
US09315065B2	Glue application unit for perfect binding machine The gluing unit is provided with: a glue tank (2); a glue applicator roller (3) that applies the glue on the back (r) of a text block (P); a motor (4) that rotates the glue applicator roller; a wiper (6) that adjusts the amount of glue adhering to the glue applicator roller; a wiper drive mechanism that brings the wiper closer to or away from the glue applicator roller; and a control unit (10) that controls the wiper drive mechanism.
US09315064B2	Multilayer film for multi-purpose inkjet systems The present invention is directed to a printed substrate including a multilayer film having the following layered configuration: a print layer having a thickness of at least about 0.6 mils, which is receptive to eco-solvent inks, mild-solvent inks, latex inks, UV inks, or combinations thereof, and where the print layer includes one or more of eco-solvent inks, mild-solvent inks, latex inks, UV inks, or combinations thereof; a tie layer; a core layer; and an adhesive layer.
US09315063B2	Method of using pallet assembly in a screen printing operation A method of screen printing positionally synchronizes a plurality of pallet assemblies on a first screen printing machine with a plurality of pallet assemblies on a second screen printing machine. A screen printed garment having a properly aligned first image received from the first screen printing machine is transferred on a portion of one of the pallet assemblies on the first screen printing machine to one of the plurality of pallet assemblies on the second printing machine. The properly aligned first image on the garment is in proper positional alignment with a screen printing head on the second screen printing machine such that a second image complimentary to the first image is printed on the garment in proper position on the garment relative to the first image without user intervention to positionally locate the first image relative to the screen printing head on the second machine.
US09315061B2	Tape cassette A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape roll housed in the cassette case, an arm portion that guides a tape, and a long hole extending in a left-right direction of the cassette case and formed straddling a center position of the cassette case in the left-right direction, wherein a first distance (a length of the long hole in the left-right direction) is larger than a second distance (a length from an end portion of the tape cassette in an opposite direction to a feed direction of the tape fed in the arm portion, to an end portion of the long hole in the opposite direction), and a center of gravity of the tape cassette is located in a specific area whose both end positions in the left-right direction are the same as those of the long hole, and which extends in a front-rear direction.
US09315059B2	Printing apparatus A image process unit includes program memory units that each store a corresponding one of programs for an image processing; a data memory unit that stores therein a set of image data; a program memory bus that interconnects a data analysis unit and the image process unit and carries a printing command; a data memory bus that interconnects the data analysis unit and the image process unit and carries the set of image data; a color conversion process unit that performs color conversion processing on the set of image data on the basis of the printing command and one of the programs; a halftone process unit that performs halftone processing on the set of image data having been subjected to the color conversion processing, on the basis of the printing command and the other one of the programs. The color conversion processing and the halftone processing are performed in parallel.
US09315057B2	Belt cleaning apparatus and recording apparatus A belt cleaning apparatus that is a cleaning apparatus that cleans a surface of a transporting belt with a cleaning solution, the belt cleaning apparatus including a cleaning member that is in contact with the surface in a rotatable manner, the cleaning member cleaning the surface with the cleaning solution; a cleaning solution reservoir that retains the cleaning solution; and a partition portion that protrudes from a bottom portion of the cleaning solution reservoir, the partition portion partitioning the cleaning solution reservoir into a cleaning area where the cleaning member is partially dipped in the cleaning solution and a discharging area from where the cleaning solution is discharged. In the belt cleaning apparatus, a distance between the cleaning member and the partition portion becomes gradually smaller towards an upper end of the partition portion.
US09315051B1	Printing device, printing device control method, and non-transitory computer-readable nonvolatile recording medium having stored thereon printing device control program A printing device, including: a print data creator creating print data to print on a medium; a head printing on the medium on a line basis based on the print data; a drive motor conveying the medium as the print data are printed on the medium; a printing control data creator creating printing control data controlling the head and drive motor, the printing control data including control data to pause printing on the medium by the head; and a backward rotation controller determining based on state of the print data or the printing control data whether to rotate the drive motor in the opposite direction to before the printing on the medium by the head is paused while the printing on the medium by the head is paused.
US09315049B2	Feed device and printer A second roller is configured to move between a clamping position and a released position and to rotate in a forward rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction. An energizing portion is configured to move between a contact position and a separated position. A coupled portion protrudes from the second roller. A restricting portion is configured to move between a restricting position and a permitting position. A actuating portion is configured to cause the second roller to move from the released position to the clamping position, then to cause the energizing portion to move from the separated position to the contact position, and then to cause the restricting portion to move from the restricting position to the permitting position. A clutch is configured to permit the second roller to rotate in the forward rotation direction and to restrict the second roller from rotating in the reverse rotation direction.
US09315047B2	Velocity estimation methods, and imaging devices and printing devices using the methods A method of determining the velocity of relative displacement between a substrate and an image sensor, for example the velocity of displacement of a page relative to a scanner, involves imaging a reference pattern on the substrate, using the image sensor, while the relative displacement occurs between the substrate and the image sensor. The reference pattern includes plural crossing points marked at predetermined locations on the substrate, each crossing point formed of a first line portion crossing a second line portion. Locations in the image that correspond to the crossing points are compared to the predetermined locations on the substrate and the velocity of the relative displacement between the image sensor and the substrate is determined using relationships between the predetermined locations and the detected locations in the generated image.
US09315045B2	Image forming apparatus configured for rolled printing media having adhesive face An image forming apparatus includes a media roll, art image forming device, and a feeder. In the media roll, a printing medium having an adhesive face is wound in a roll shape. The image forming device forms an image on the printing medium. The feeder feeds the printing medium. The feeder includes a protection belt and a pair of rotary bodies. The protection belt presses against and protects the adhesive face of the printing medium. The pair of rotary bodies sandwich and press the printing medium and the protection belt between the pair of rotary bodies. An approach angle of the printing medium is within a range from 0° to 30° and is formed by the printing medium drawn from the media roll and approaching to between the pair of rotary bodies and an opposing face of the protection belt opposing the image forming device.
US09315042B2	Systems for erasing an ink from a medium A system for erasing an ink from a medium includes the medium having the ink printed on a surface thereof, and an erasure fluid directly or indirectly applied to the surface. The system further includes an inert base upon which the medium is placed, and an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell includes a cathode and an anode, both positioned adjacent the surface of the medium having the ink printed thereon, and a power source to apply a voltage across the medium.
US09315041B2	Pressure regulating unit, liquid supplying apparatus, and liquid ejecting apparatus The present invention provides a pressure regulating unit capable of applying a stable pressure so as to supply liquid, a liquid supplying apparatus, and a liquid ejecting apparatus. An ink communication path allows an ink introducing chamber communicating with an ink inlet and a pressure chamber communicating with an ink outlet to communicate with each other. A valve including a valve body and a valve seat adjusts the opening degree of the ink communication path. An urging member applies, to the valve, an urging force that acts in a direction in which the ink communication path is closed and increases according to an decrease in pressure in the ink introducing chamber.
US09315040B2	Inkjet printer An inkjet printer 1 has an ink path 35 communicating with a printhead 12, and a choke unit 46 for closing the ink path 35. The choke unit 46 includes a diaphragm valve 75 that is part of the wall of the ink path 35, a disc moving mechanism 76, and a drive motor 47 as the drive source. The disc moving mechanism 76 moves the diaphragm valve 75 between a closed-channel position 75A in contact with an opposite wall part (bottom 67a of the cavity 67) of the wall opposite the diaphragm valve 75, and an open-channel position 75B separated from this opposite wall part. The disc moving mechanism 76 is located outside the ink path 35.
US09315035B2	Liquid container retaining unit and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid container retaining unit includes: a first urging member for generating, in relation to the insertion of a liquid container into the container retaining element, an urging force to urge the liquid container in a removal direction; a container retaining mechanism for releasing the liquid container from a restricted state by moving the liquid container retained in the restricted state in the insertion direction so that the urging force of the first urging member is capable of moving the liquid container in the removal direction; a second urging member for generating, when the liquid container is retained within the container retaining element in the restricted state, an urging force to urge so as to cause the first electrodes on the liquid container and the second electrodes on the container retaining element to abut against each other.
US09315030B2	Fluid container having plurality of chambers and valves A fluid container usable with an image forming apparatus is disclosed. The fluid container includes a housing unit, a free-fluid chamber disposed in the housing unit and configured to store fluid, and a regulated chamber disposed in the housing unit. The regulated chamber includes a regulator unit, an outlet and a plurality of states. The regulator unit is configured to regulate respective fluid therein. The outlet is configured to transport the respective fluid from the regulated chamber. The fluid container also includes a plurality of valves disposed in the housing unit. At least one of the valves is configured to selectively stop fluid communication between the regulated chamber and the free-fluid chamber based on the respective state of the regulated chamber.
US09315022B2	Inkjet printing apparatus and printing method The present invention relates to an inkjet printing apparatus, includes at least four same-typed print heads, among which, at least two eject ink for coating layer, the rest for colored inks; print heads printing coating layer are interpolated or arranged abreast in a row, and those for colored inks are ranked abreast in another; along printing medium's motion direction, nozzles of print heads ejecting the same colored ink are connected in series. Arranging or interpolating print heads ejecting ink for coating layer in a row and print heads ejecting colored inks arranged abreast in another to make whole printing area covered by coating layer in the present invention, greatly narrow width of print head baseplate, reduce demands on width of UV solidification devices, save cost, and improve operating stability of carriage.
US09315017B2	Recording apparatus and recording method A recording apparatus includes a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row. A part of nozzles of the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row are overlapped in a predetermined alignment direction. A defective nozzle is included in the nozzles of the first nozzle row. The recording apparatus includes a processing unit that causes the nozzle closest to the defective nozzle in one side of the opposite sides in the alignment direction to be selected as a first complementary nozzle and the closest nozzle in the other side thereof to be selected as a second complementary nozzle among the nozzles in an overlap section of the second nozzle row with the first nozzle row, and complementary dots that complement a dot which is supposed to be formed by the defective nozzle to be formed by the first complementary nozzle and the second complementary nozzle.
US09315016B2	Inkjet head and method of manufacturing inkjet head An inkjet head has a head chip. The head chip has driving walls of piezoelectric material, which deform by applying voltage, to jet ink. Channels are arranged alternatively, alongside the driving walls and contain ink. Each channel has an outlet and an inlet port at a front and rear surface of the head chip. Driving electrodes, formed on surfaces of the driving walls, apply voltage to the driving walls. Connection electrodes, formed on the rear surface of the head chip, electrically connect to the driving electrodes. A wiring substrate, having wiring electrodes apply voltage to the driving electrode through the connection electrode. The wiring substrate is bonded to the rear surface of the head chip to protrude from the head chip in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the channels so that all the channels are exposed at the rear surface of the head chip.
US09315015B2	Printed material fixing piece, printing device, and printing method The present application relates to an apparatus for fixing a printed matter including a plurality of engraved portions which may fix a plurality of printed matters, and at least one vacuum hole or vacuum passage provided at a lower portion of the engraved portion, a printing device including the apparatus for fixing a printed matter, and a printing method using the apparatus for fixing a printed matter.
US09315014B2	Screen printing apparatus In a screen printing apparatus, a squeegee is slid on a mask contacting a board to print paste onto the board via pattern holes formed in the mask. The screen printing apparatus includes: a box-like member including a top-plate portion in which first suction hole and a second section hole are formed and which is allowed to contact the board; a blower suction pipe communicating with an internal space of the box-like member and extending outside the box-like member; a blower suction source sucking air through the blower suction pipe to generate a blower suction force in the first suction hole; a vacuum suction pipe connected to the second suction hole and extending through the internal space to an outside of the box-like member; and a vacuum pressure supplying device supplying a vacuum pressure to the second suction hole through the vacuum suction pipe.
US09315011B2	Intaglio printing press There is described an intaglio printing press (1; 1) comprising a plate cylinder (8) carrying one or more intaglio printing plates, the plate cylinder (8) receiving ink from an inking system (9, 20, 23; 20, 23) having a plurality of chablon cylinders (23; 23) transferring ink directly or indirectly onto the plate cylinder (8), the intaglio printing press (1; 1) comprising an adjustment system acting on the chablon cylinders (23; 23) in order to compensate elongation of the one or more intaglio printing plates. The adjustment system comprises, for each chablon cylinder (23; 23), an adjustable drive unit, which adjustable drive unit (25) is interposed between the chablon cylinder (23; 23) acting as a rotating output body of the adjustable drive unit (25) and a driving gear (100) acting as a rotating input body of the adjustable drive unit (25). The adjustable drive unit (25) is designed to allow selected adjustment of a rotational speed of the chablon cylinder (23; 23) with respect to a rotational speed of the driving gear (100). In an adjusting state of the adjustable drive unit (25), driving into rotation of the chablon cylinder (23; 23) is adjusted over each revolution of the chablon cylinder (23; 23) by means of an adjustment motor (300) of the adjustable drive unit (25). In a non-adjusting state of the adjustable drive unit (25), the adjustment motor (300) is inoperative and driving into rotation of the chablon cylinder (23; 23) is performed exclusively mechanically via the adjustable drive unit (25), the chablon cylinder (23; 23*) rotating at a same rotational speed as the driving gear (100).
US09315007B2	Composites system with dockable heads A composites lamination system uses a six-axis positioner and multiple removable heads for applying composite material to a tool. The six-axis positioner has a gantry and a wrist. The gantry has two spaced uprights that support a crossbeam that is movable in the X-axis. A workzone containing a tool is positioned between the two spaced uprights. A movable column is supported on the crossbeam, and is movable relative to the crossbeam in the Y-axis and the Z-axis. A wrist mounted on the column rotates around an I-axis parallel to the X-axis, around a J-axis parallel to the Y-axis, and around a K-axis parallel to the Z-axis. A replaceable head is mounted on the wrist so that the gantry and the wrist provide six axis of motion for the replaceable head, and removal of the head from the wrist allows the six axis of motion to remain with the positioner.
US09315000B2	Platen reinforcing tension directed pressure materials manufacturing press The present invention relates to a novel device to manufacture polyurethane foam boards used in structurally insulated panel known as insulated building material press. The press enables the application of pressure across a large area while foaming and curing polyurethane under pressure, curing glue or otherwise bonding materials into a finished product. The press uses a simple principle to distribute pressure evenly across the platens avoiding the need for heavy and expensive parts used in the construction of building material presses of the prior art.
US09314998B2	Composite glass pane as a head-up display Composite glass pane comprising at least a. one inner pane (1), b. one outer pane (2), and c. one intermediate layer (3) between the inner pane (1) and the outer pane (2), wherein the intermediate layer (3) contains at least one first thermoplastic film (3b) with a first luminescent pigment (3a), a second thermoplastic film (3d), and a barrier film (3c) between the thermoplastic films (3b, 3d) and wherein the luminescent pigment (3a) contains a hydroxyalkyl terephthalate having the formula: R1—COO—P(OH)x(0-4)-COO—R2, where R1, R2 is an alkyl or allyl residue having 1 to 10 C atoms, P is a phenyl ring, OH is hydroxyl groups bonded to the phenyl ring, and x is the number of hydroxyl groups bonded to the phenyl ring.
US09314995B2	Composites comprising nonwoven structures and foam The present invention generally relates to nonwoven structures and composites comprising such nonwoven structures, particularly structures incorporating foam, and methods of making and use thereof. One aspect of the invention is generally directed to composites comprising a nonwoven structure immobilized to foam, e.g., using adhesive, needling, or other techniques. The nonwoven structure may comprise any of a variety of fibers. In certain embodiments, the composite may be substantially thermally insulating and/or acoustic insulating. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to systems and methods for making such composites, methods of use of such composites, kits comprising such composites, and the like.
US09314994B2	Pedestaled roof underlayment Pedestaled roof underlayment systems and methods are disclosed herein. A pedestaled roof underlayment system comprises a pedestaled sheet including a plurality of regularly spaced pedestals on one side and a generally flat surface on the other side. The system includes a multi-layer roofing underlayment including a slip resistant top layer, a UV protection layer and a strength layer. A reflective barrier layer may be included with the multi-layer roofing underlayment. The pedestaled sheet may be conical and/or tapered, and may have a top shape and cross section that may be circular, triangular, hexagonal and square.
US09314993B2	Composites and articles made from nonwoven structures The present invention generally relates to composites and articles made from nonwoven structures. One aspect of the invention is generally directed to nonwoven structures which are heated and/or pressed to form a substantially rigid article. In some cases, the nonwoven structure may be heated to temperatures greater than the glass transition temperature but less than the melting temperature of a polymer within the nonwoven structure. Such articles may exhibit creep of the polymer around other fibers in the nonwoven structure, but without any evidence of melting and/or flow. In addition, in some embodiments, such articles may have relatively large void volumes, or exhibit properties such as low flammability, smoke resistance, or acoustic insulation. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to systems and methods for making such articles, methods of use of such articles, kits comprising such articles, etc.
US09314984B2	Forming press A fluidic forming press is provided, comprising a frame structure, a movable first tool carrier, a movable second tool carrier, a drive system, and a press controller that controls the drive system. A first drive unit associated with the first tool carrier is designed as a fast-stroke unit, the first tool carrier can be mechanically locked in the closed position thereof in relation to the frame structure by means of at least one position-changeable locking body, at least one piston-cylinder unit associated with the second tool carrier is designed as a high-pressure unit at least for part of the motion of the second tool carrier in the direction of the first tool carrier, and a fluidic pressure booster is integrated into a feed line that connects the high-pressure unit to the associated pressure fluid unit.
US09314980B2	High correctability deformable mirror A telescope, mirror assembly and method of forming an aspheric mirror is disclosed. The telescope includes the mirror assembly which has a substantially spherical surface contour in a relaxed state. A plurality of actuators distributed substantially along an outer edge of the mirror is configured to apply a load to the mirror assembly to deform the mirror to obtain a substantially aspheric surface contour.
US09314979B1	Trapezoidal rework patch A composite rework patch and method. The composite rework patch comprises a trapezoidal shape, a first region, and a second region. The trapezoidal has a first base and a second base, the first base parallel to the second base. The first region comprises a first composite material portion and a first adhesive portion. The second region comprises a second composite material portion and a second adhesive portion.
US09314977B2	Method of producing a panel and a core therefor A method of producing a panel includes: placing an assembly including core elements and impregnatable material webs extending along and between the core elements on a mold, which assembly includes a first side and a second side which is situated opposite the first side, enclosing the assembly under a cover layer in a sealing manner with respect to the mold, introducing at least one inlet for injection material, which inlet ends at a first side of the assembly, connecting the space which is enclosed by the cover layer and the mold to a discharge, injecting injection material via the inlet on the first side of the assembly and causing the injection material to move along via paths formed by the material webs between the core elements, discharging air and/or gas from the enclosed space via the discharge via underpressure at a position which is at a different level to the position where the inlet ends.
US09314975B1	High rate fabrication of compression molded components A method for fabricating a thermoplastic composite component comprises inductively heating a thermoplastic pre-form with a first induction coil by inducing current to flow in susceptor wires disposed throughout the pre-form, inductively heating smart susceptors in a molding tool to a leveling temperature with a second induction coil by applying a high-strength magnetic field having a magnetic flux that passes through surfaces of the smart susceptors, shaping the magnetic flux that passes through surfaces of the smart susceptors to flow substantially parallel to a molding surface of the smart susceptors, placing the heated pre-form between the heated smart susceptors; and applying molding pressure to the pre-form to form the composite component.
US09314968B2	Pressing apparatus associated with an absorbent article, and pressing method A pressing apparatus associated with an absorbent article, including: a pair of rollers that are driven and rotate with outer circumferential surfaces thereof facing each other, when a fibrous continuous sheet overlapped with an article to be overlapped with a thermoplastic adhesive therebetween is passed in a continuous direction of the fibrous continuous sheet through a roller gap between the pair of rollers, the pressing apparatus sandwiching and pressing the article to be overlapped and the fibrous continuous sheet between the outer circumferential surfaces, and a heating mechanism that heats at least a roller of the pair of rollers that is positioned on a side of the fibrous continuous sheet, the heating mechanism heating the roller so as to keep a temperature of the outer circumferential surface of the roller within a range from 70° C. to 120° C.
US09314965B2	Wirelaying apparatus and wirelaying method for electrofusion welding A wirelaying apparatus includes a tool arm with a tool head which carries a wirelaying tool. The tool has a cutting tip through which a wire is laid into a working surface of a workpiece. The workpiece is retained in a retainer and is moved relative to the wirelaying tool. In use, the cutting tip follows along an arcuate path while laying the wire into the working surface of the workpiece. Thus, more complex wirelaying configurations are achieved, such as a bi-helical wirelaying pattern in a generally cylindrical pipe fitting or a bi-spiral wirelaying pattern in a semi-cylindrical saddle coupler pipe fitting.
US09314964B2	Composite component and process for producing a composite component A process is provided for producing a composite component having a first component element and a second component element, which are connected with one another by an adhesive connection. The process includes forming an adhesive cavity by applying thermally active plastic material to an adhesive connection side of the first component element and/or to an adhesive connection side of the second component element; arranging the first component element on the second component element, wherein a gap is formed between the adhesive connection side of the first component element and the adhesive connection side of the second component element, and supplying of heat in such a manner that the thermally active plastic material expands and forms a boundary in the gap between the first component element and the second one. The process further fills the formed adhesive cavity with an adhesive for the permanent connection of the first component element with the second component element.
US09314961B2	Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character A roll of multilayer optical film is described. The roll includes a substantially uniaxially-oriented multilayer optical film, where at least one layer of the multilayer optical film has indices of refraction in a length direction and a thickness direction that are substantially the same, but substantially different from an index of refraction in a width direction.
US09314960B2	Method for producing long stretched film, and device for producing long stretched film The present invention provides a method for producing a long stretched film, including at least the steps of: forming a long film containing a thermoplastic resin; stretching the long film in an oblique direction; and winding the long film having been subjected to the oblique stretching. The oblique stretching is performed in a heating section including a preheating section, a stretching section, and a thermosetting section, the preheating section and the stretching section are separated from each other by a partition wall. The stretching section and the thermosetting section are separated from each other by a partition wall, each of the partition walls has an opening for permitting the long film to pass, and slide members independently movable on the opposite sides of the opening and in widthwise directions of the long film, the slide members can adjust the width of the opening and the widthwise position of the opening.
US09314956B2	Blow molding method and apparatus for forming squeezable plastic container A blow-molding method for forming a squeezable or tubular plastic container is provided. The method includes molding a preform having a sidewall, an interior cavity, an open end, a closed end, and a neck adjacent the closed end of the preform. The neck of the preform has an engagement structure. The method includes providing a blow mold system including a blow mold cavity. The method includes placing at least a portion of the preform into the blow mold cavity, and blow molding a one-piece container body from the preform by inflating the preform within the blow mold cavity. The container body has an open end, a closed end and a neck adjacent to the closed end. Wherein the open end of the container body is formed from the open end of the preform, and the closed end of the container body is formed from the closed end of the preform. The method includes creating a dispensing opening through the closed end of the container body.
US09314954B2	Method for constructing bodies that rotate in the same direction and are in contact with one another and computer system for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for constructing bodies which, while rotating codirectionally about axes arranged in parallel, constantly touch one another at at least one point.
US09314950B2	Fixed platen of injection molding machine A fixed platen of an injection molding machine is constituted by a mold mounting portion, a tie bar support portion disposed to be spaced apart from the mold mounting portion, and a load transmitting portion that connects the mold mounting portion with the tie bar support portion. Furthermore, the load transmitting portion is constituted by a cross-shaped connecting portion, and an extension connecting portion that extends along the outer circumferential portion of the mold mounting portion.
US09314946B2	Press A press producing a pellet from powdered material includes a press frame with upper and lower retaining plates connected by spacers and a support frame therebetween. A tool guiding unit has an upper punch plate with an upper press punch and/or a lower punch plate with a lower press punch and a die plate fastened at opposite sides of the frame having a material receptacle. An upper and/or lower drive unit for operating the punches so that reaction forces are introduced into the frame. A measurement ruler is fastened in a thermal zero point of the frame in a plane between the opposite sides. Measurement slides are arranged at the die plate and at the upper punch plate and/or the lower punch plate and interact with the ruler so that vertical movement and bending of the upper punch plate, the lower punch plate and/or the die plate are measured.
US09314941B2	Aggregate-based mandrels for composite part production and composite part production methods A method for forming a composite structure, using a mandrel that is later removed from the composite structure, involves production of a mandrel by depositing a particulate mixture, including an aggregate and a binder, into a mold and removing the mandrel from the mold. The mandrel may be treated while still in the mold by heating, curing with an agent, microwave energy, or by some combination thereof. Once finished, the mandrel can be used in manufacturing polymer and/or composite components. The mandrel can also include materials that can be easily removed from the finished composite structure by water, shakeout, chemically dissolving, or by some combination thereof. The mandrel can be a self-expanding mandrel, and can be used in a process or system for the manufacture of composite structures.
US09314937B2	Pre-cut infeed system Embodiments provide a pre-cut infeed system for a machine center, such as an edger. A pre-cut infeed system may include an infeed, one or more saws arranged along the infeed, and a scanner optimizer system. The scanner optimizer system may scan a workpiece and determine whether greater value can be obtained from the workpiece by cutting the workpiece transversely into two or more pieces upstream of the machine center. If so, the workpiece may be cut transversely by the saw(s) positioned along the infeed, and the cut pieces may be fed sequentially into the machine center.
US09314931B2	Robotic fuel cell assembly system A robotic fuel cell assembly system includes an end-effector, robotic workcell, and fuel cell components that have integrated design features that allow accurate component alignment during the assembly process of a fuel cell stack within a desired tolerance, while avoiding component overlap, which is a major cause of overboard gas leaks during the fuel cell operation. Accurate component alignment is achieved by electrically non-conductive alignment pins that are mounted on a fuel cell base plate, which are configured to be received by guide holes formed on the fuel cell components, and alignment holes provided by an alignment arm attached to the end-effector. The end-effector also includes a passive compliance system that includes two perpendicularly mounted miniature linear blocks and rails, which serve to compensate for the limitations in the ability of the robotic arm to move the end-effector accurately in a repeated manner.
US09314930B2	Micro pick up array with integrated pivot mount Systems and methods for transferring a micro device from a carrier substrate include, in an embodiment, a micro pick up array structure to allow the micro pick up array to automatically align with the carrier substrate. Deflection of the micro pick up array may be detected to control further movement of the micro pick up array.
US09314929B2	Systems, devices, and methods including a wheelchair-assist robot Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a wheelchair-assist robot for assisting a wheelchair user with everyday tasks or activities at work, at home, and other locations. In an embodiment, the mobile wheelchair-assist robot includes a wheelchair interface component configured to exchange control information with a wheelchair controller. In an embodiment, a wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly is provided for, among other things, electrically and physically coupling a wheelchair-assist robot to an associated wheelchair.
US09314927B2	Cable tidying device and electronic device with cable tidying device A tidying device to facilitate the securing of a cable to a tidying slot of an enclosure includes a controller and a gripping module mounted to the controller. A gap is defined for receiving the cable. A pressing module is slidably mounted to the controller. An end of the cable is secured to the enclosure. The tidying device is movable relative to the enclosure to move the cable to be aligned with the tidying slot. The pressing module is slidable relative to the controller to engage the cable in the tidying slot under a control of the controller.
US09314922B2	Remotely operated manipulator and ROV control systems and methods Manipulator systems and methods are provided in which there is at least one slave manipulator assembly and at least one controller assembly in communication with the slave manipulator assembly. The controller assembly is configured to remotely operate the slave manipulator assembly, and the slave manipulator assembly provides feedback information to the controller assembly. The feedback information may include a measure of an amount of resistance or movement on the slave manipulator assembly. The systems and methods may be configured to automatically switch between at least two modes of operation when an amount of resistance or movement on the slave manipulator assembly fluctuates above and below a threshold amount of resistance or movement on the slave manipulator assembly.
US09314917B2	Cylinder safety system A cylinder caddy, adapted to a bottle with a neck, a bottom, and a center of gravity is provided. The caddy includes a handle with a first end pivotally attached to the upper strap, and a second end configured to detachably connect to the neck. In a first position, the handle is pivoted to allow the second end to be attached to the neck, thereby requiring the removal of a regulator, allowing the storage compartment to hold a regulator, protecting the neck from dust and other particulates and allowing a user to safely carry the cylinder. In a second position, the handle is pivoted to allow the second end form a strut, thereby providing the user a more stable operating position.
US09314915B2	Battery pack for an electric power tool A battery pack for an electric power tool has at least one cell arrangement with a plurality of individual battery cells that are arranged such in a predetermined total number of battery cells upright adjacent to one another for forming a cell container that cell axes of the battery cells are approximately perpendicular to a common reference plane. Cell connectors electrically conductingly connect cell ends of the battery cells. The battery cells of the cell container include a core cell and neighboring cells surrounding the core cell. Points of intersection of the cell axes of all of the neighboring cells with the reference plane are positioned on a closed, approximately elliptical curve. A number of neighboring cells is greater than one third of the total number of the battery cells of cell container.
US09314914B2	Power tool A power tool includes a motor, a rotating speed adjusting switch, a regulating member, and a control unit. The regulating member regulates an upper limit position when the switch is displaced by manipulation by a user into an upper limit of any one of stages by the manipulation by the user. The control unit controls an amount of a current flowing to the motor by a duty ratio based on a manipulation amount of the switch, thereby increasing the rotating speed of the motor in accordance with an increase of the manipulation amount. A predetermined set number of duty ratios are set for each of the stages. A proportion of the predetermined set number of duty ratios to a manipulable amount of the switch is higher in a first stage having the lowest upper limit position than in the stages other than the first stage.
US09314911B2	Universal quick-change hook for pneumatic tools Pneumatic tools are staple elements of constructions sites. Pneumatic tools are often hand-carried to specific locations and balanced on an available surface or between the knees of a worker while the worker uses two hands for related activities. A universal quick-change hook according to an embodiment of the invention can be coupled between fittings of a pneumatic tool and pneumatic hose without obstructing airflow though the fittings and provides a hook stop to protect fittings attached to the universal quick-change hook, preventing accidental activation of a connection release. The universal quick-change hook is configured to support the weight of an attached tool from a wide variety of different support means, such as a ladder, lumber stock, nail, or utility belt. The universal quick-change hook provides a worker with a convenient way to secure a hook to pneumatic tools in rapid fashion to be more efficient and competitive on a jobsite.
US09314910B2	Hot bolting clamp Dynamical flange clamp for strengthening flange couplings or taking over the bolt forces in a loaded flange coupling, where opposite clamps (1, 2) are preloaded towards each other, contraholders (3) are fitted on one of the clamps (2), functioning as back stop to absorb the preload. When installed on a flange connection the gasket stress is kept virtually constant during the transfer of forces between the flange coupling bolts and the flange clamp. This is done without any further adjustments to the dynamical flange clamp. The dynamic flange clamp is particularly useful during bolt changes in a Hot Bolting operation.
US09314909B2	Dismantleable tubular gripping element It is equipped with two openings (1, 10) and has an external surface of several stretches of reduced thickness and consistent in each one of its radial cross-sections. It is of flexible material and comprises a bumpy first stretch (5) defined by parallel perimeter grooves (14). It can be used on tools, especially screwdrivers, and facilitates the coupling of the screw head to the screwdriver through one of its openings or optionally through the magnetic attraction exerted by a built-in magnet (8). Likewise, it can be applied to writing tools, such as propelling pencils or ballpoint pens.
US09314906B2	Socket A socket includes a body having first and second ends and defining a longitudinal axis, a receptacle formed in the first end of the body, and an aperture in the body positioned between the first and second ends. An interior of the receptacle is visible through the aperture from a location exterior of the socket.
US09314902B2	Blasting agent and blasting method A system including at least one means for mechanical processing of surfaces, in particular steel or cast iron beads using a blasting agent (5). An additive (6) for degreasing and cleaning of the surface to be blasted (2) and/or of the blasting agent is provided with the blasting agent (5), and comprising a granular material (6), which exhibits a lower breaking strength under the mechanical stresses that the blasting agent (5) is subject to during the blasting procedure than the at least one means for mechanical processing of the surfaces themselves. As the granular material (6) breaks down, additional additive (6) is added into the blasting agent (5) such that the proportion of the additive (6) in the blasting agent mixture blend (5) remains largely generally constant even at a prolonged operation of the device.
US09314896B2	Power tool A hand held power tool includes: a motor room housing a motor that drives an output shaft; a bevel gear including interconnected pinion and crown gears, wherein the pinion gear is connected to a pinion shaft drivingly connected to the output shaft and the crown gear is drivingly connected to a tool holding shaft; a gear housing that delimits a fluid tight gear space around the bevel gear; a bearing, around the pinion shaft and close to the pinion gear, which delimits a confined space around the pinion shaft and within the gear space; and a fluid tight axial sealing, around the pinion shaft inside the confined space of the gear space, which seals off the gear space from the motor room. At least one fluid conveying opening is arranged to put the confined space of the gear space in fluid contact with the rest of the gear space.
US09314895B2	Grinding apparatus A grinding apparatus for grinding a wafer stored in a cassette composed of a container for storing the wafer and a lid for enclosing the container. The grinding apparatus includes a cassette table for placing the cassette thereon, a lid removing unit for removing the lid from the cassette placed on the cassette table and leaving only the container on the cassette table, a chuck table for holding the wafer under suction, a chuck table moving unit for moving the chuck table to a grinding area, a grinding unit provided in the grinding area, the grinding unit having a grinding wheel for grinding the wafer held on the chuck table, a grinding water supplying unit for supplying a grinding water to abrasive members of the grinding wheel, and a waste water collecting unit for collecting waste water generated in grinding the wafer by operating the grinding unit.
US09314894B2	Device for cleaning a safety razor blade A device for storing, sharpening, and cleaning a safety razor blade may include a polymer-based mat section, including at least one substantially plane surface, and one or more polymer-based holding elements adapted to hold a razor and the safety razor blade attached to the razor in a fixed relationship with the device. A device for sharpening and cleaning a safety razor blade may include a polymer-based mat, including at least one substantially plane surface, and a pair of guiding tracks arranged so that at least part of the polymer-based mat is arranged between the pair of guiding tracks. The pair of guiding tracks and the polymer-based mat may be arranged relative to each other in such a way that the pair of guiding tracks define a maximum allowed penetration depth of blades of the safety razor blade into the polymer-based mat.
US09314891B2	Machining unit for a program-controlled machine tool A machining unit for a program-controlled machine tool having a measuring and monitoring device for monitoring the position and condition of a tool shaft in the tool holder. This measuring and monitoring device includes a plurality of axial sensors and radial sensors and an evaluating unit for the measurement results detected by the sensors. An outer ring is releasably fastened to the spindle housing and contains an electronic transmission element and terminals for energy and data cables. A rotor is assigned to this stationary outer ring and contains the sensors and is coupled to the outer ring for the non-contact data transmission. The rotor is releasably fastened to the front end face of the spindle by bolted connections.
US09314889B1	Apparatus for holding tubular workpieces An apparatus for holding tubular workpieces that can be separated and/or joined together with connectors. The apparatus is a portable platform that has a plurality of channels for holding tubular workpieces. The workpieces are placed in one or more channels and separated over an aperture in the platform. Connectors are placed on the ends of workpieces and are joined together to create a fluid tight joint by welding or heating to expand the workpieces into the connector.
US09314888B2	Methods and arrangements relating to edge machining of building panels A tool configuration 68, 68′ incorporating a preprocessing step 67, 67′ and a method incorporating the tool configuration with its preprocessing step, producing an improved locking system of a floor panel 1, 1′. With the special tool configuration, and the preprocessing step changing the properties of the surface layer, certain surfaces are profiled of the joint edge of the floor panel, resulting in decreased tolerances. An equipment having an upper belt or chain guided in a horizontal direction, by an upper guiding device, and configured to press the floor panel vertically towards the lower chain, decreasing the tolerances of the produced floor panel as well.
US09314886B2	Multi-rack, door-mounted heat exchanger An air-cooling apparatus is provided which includes a securing mechanism for holding two or more separate electronics racks in fixed relation adjacent to each other, and a multi-rack door sized and configured to span the air inlet or air outlet sides of the racks. The securing mechanism holds the electronics racks in fixed relation with their air inlet sides facing a first direction, and air outlet sides facing a second direction. The door includes a door frame with an airflow opening. The airflow opening facilitates the ingress or egress of airflow through the electronics racks, and the door further includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger supported by the door frame, and disposed so that air flowing through the airflow opening passes across the heat exchanger. In operation, the heat exchanger extracts heat from the air passing through the separate electronics racks.
US09314881B2	Flux for brazing aluminum materials The present invention provides a flux for brazing aluminum-based materials, the flux being capable of brazing an A5052 alloy or the like containing 1.5 wt % or more of magnesium even when an Al—Si eutectic alloy (Si content: 7 to 12 wt %; A4343 alloy, A4047 alloy; melt starting temperature: about 577 to 615° C.) is used as a brazing material. Specifically, the present invention provides a flux for brazing aluminum-based materials, the flux comprising LiF, AlF3, and CsF, and the composition ratio of the three components being adjusted to within the range enclosed by four lines: line C connecting (30, 0, 70) and (30, 70, 0), line (1) connecting (31, 33.5, 35.5) and (51.5, 22.5, 26), line (2) connecting (32.5, 28.5, 39) and (49, 21.5, 29.5), and line (3) connecting (57.5, 42.5, 0) and (57.5, 0, 42.5), excluding the points on line C, in the triangular coordinates indicating LiF mol %, AlF3 mol %, and CsF mol %.
US09314880B2	Chromium free hardfacing welding consumable Compositions for Chromium-free hardfacing welding consumables are provided that include between approximately 0.3% and approximately 1.5% Carbon, between approximately 0.2% and approximately 2.5% Manganese, between approximately 0.3% and approximately 1.3% Silicon, between approximately 1.3% and approximately 5.5% Boron, between approximately 1.0% and approximately 4.0% Nickel, between approximately 1.0% and approximately 6.0% of at least one of Titanium and Niobium, and between approximately 0.1% and approximately 2.0% Tungsten and/or Molybdenum. Additional welding consumable compositions and weld deposit compositions are also provided to provide hardfacing materials with little or no Chromium content.
US09314878B2	Non-destructive aluminum weld quality estimator An aluminum welding system includes a welding machine configured to weld a workpiece with an aluminum nugget and a measurement device configured to measure an attribute of at least one of the aluminum nugget and a welding process. The system further includes a processing device configured to output a weld quality signal representing a quality of an aluminum weld based at least in part on the attribute measured. A method includes measuring an attribute of at least one of an aluminum nugget forming a joint of a workpiece and a welding process, determining a quality of an aluminum weld based at least in part on the attribute measured, and outputting a weld quality signal representing the determined quality.
US09314875B2	Method for producing a composite skin in the field of aeronautics and astronautics A composite skin for the aeronautics and astronautics industries, and also a method for producing a composite skin of this type is provided. The method comprises the following method steps: removing excess material from a butt plate to form a butt strap at one end thereof, subsequently connecting the other end of the butt plate to a skin plate with a substance-to-substance bond, and then fastening a further skin plate to the butt strap to form the composite skin. The idea behind the invention involves replacing a rivet connection with a substance-to-substance bond. This provides the advantage that the weight of the composite skin and the production costs for the composite skin are reduced.
US09314873B2	Apparatus for laser working of flat elements The present invention relates to an apparatus for laser working of flat or basically flat pieces or elements, such as plastic sheets, glass or ceramic sheets, metal plates, wooden panels or fabric slivers of various kinds. In particular, the invention relates to an apparatus provided with a simple structure suitable for supporting and moving a fiber laser head capable of reaching any point of a flat piece by a combined crosswise-rotating movement.
US09314865B2	Method and apparatus for welding with CV control A method and apparatus for welding is disclosed. The output is preferably a cyclical CV MIG output, and each cycle is divided into segments. An output parameter is sampled a plurality of times within one or more of the segments. The CV output is controlled within the at least one segment in response to the sampling. The parameter is output power, a resistance of the load, an output current, an output voltage, or functions thereof in various embodiments. The control loop is preferably a PI or PID loop. The loop may be applied only within a window. The set point may be taught or fixed. The system can be used to weld with a controlled arc length.
US09314864B2	C4NP compliant solder fill head seals A seal, fill head, and system are provided. The seal is adapted to cooperate with a fill head that is configured to place conductive bonding material into cavities on a mold. The seal comprises a first outer wall that is configured to abut a first adjacent wall of a support groove in a fill head. A second outer wall is configured to abut a second adjacent wall of a support groove in a fill head. An outer horizontal wall is situated between the first outer wall and the second outer wall. The outer horizontal wall comprises at least a first portion that is configured to abut an upper portion of the support groove. A convex bottom portion extends from the first and second outer walls. The convex bottom portion is configured to cooperate with a top surface of a mold.
US09314861B2	Temperature triggering ejector mechanism for lock pin soldering type component A temperature triggering ejector system for lock pin soldering type component is provided. There is provided a temperature triggering ejector system for a lock pin soldering type component, lock pins of said component are fixed in through holes of a circuit board and solder is filled in the through holes after soldering, said system comprising: an ejector that is located at one side of the circuit board that is opposed to said component, and has ejector pins aligned with the through holes of the circuit board and a cylinder that drives the ejector pins; a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of said solder being heated; a controller for driving the ejector pins of the ejector within a solder melting temperature range based on the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, to eject the lock pins of said component from said circuit board.
US09314858B2	Table miter saw A table miter saw includes a motor assembly and tilt plate assembly holding a blade within a table slot. The blade is mounted to the motor below a table supported by a glide assembly situated within a frame. A handle assembly and the tilt plate assembly are attached to the glide assembly and move the blade longitudinally within the slot. Control knobs operate a shaft to move gears within the tilt plates and change the angle of the blade. A brake lock assembly locks the angle of the blade. The height of the blade is set using a blade height lock in connection with the handle assembly. Mirrored miter fences are connected to the table top with gears for uniform angle change.
US09314857B2	Cutting tool with quick-release actuated blade guide A cutting tool with first and second pivoted shearing blades has a guide member mounted to the first blade for transverse movement relative to the first blade and toward and away from the second blade. The guide member has a transverse restraining surface that confronts a transverse guided surface of the second blade during cutting of a workpiece to resist axial separation of the cutting edges away from the cutting plane. A yieldable, resettable mechanism enables release of an uncut cable captured by the guide member in the event the planned cut is in error or must be postponed. Examples include a ball detent, a magnet, an over-center extension spring arrangement and a torsion spring.
US09314856B2	Pressure foot offset nose piece A nose piece assembly for an automated spar assembly tool incorporates a base and an engaging member. An offset member extends between the base and the engaging member. The offset member has substantially a U-shape allowing for access by the engaging member to portions of a structural assembly behind a closed angle.
US09314848B2	Iron based powders for powder injection molding An iron-based powder composition for metal injection molding having an average particle size of 20-60 μm, and having 99% of the particles less than 120 μm wherein the iron-based powder composition includes, by weight percent of the iron-based powder composition: Mo: 0.3-1.6, P: 0.1-0.6, optionally Cu: up to 3.0, optionally Si: up to 0.6, optionally Cr: up to 5, optionally, unavoidable impurities: up to 1.0, whereof carbon is less than 0.1, the balance being iron, and wherein the sum of Mo and 8*P content is within the range of 2-4.7.
US09314845B2	Process for producing FePt-based sputtering target A process for producing an FePt-based sputtering target includes adding C powder containing unavoidable impurities and metal oxide powder containing unavoidable impurities to FePt-based alloy powder containing Pt in an amount of 40 at % or more and 60 at % or less with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities so that the C powder and the metal oxide powder are contained to satisfy: 0<α≦20; 10≦β<40; and 20≦α+β≦40, where α and β represent contents of the C powder and the metal oxide powder by vol %, respectively, based on a total amount of the FePt-based alloy powder, the C powder, and the metal oxide powder, followed by mixing the FePt-based alloy powder, the C powder, and the metal oxide powder to produce a powder mixture.
US09314844B2	Method for producing a component with at least one element arranged in the component A method for manufacturing a component having at least one element configured in the component, in particular at least one conduit, conduit unit, or supporting element configured within an aerodynamic rib, the component having an element leadthrough for leading through the at least one element, the method including the following step: building up in layers of the component including the element leadthrough, together with the at least one element in a generative production process.
US09314837B2	Method for molding sand mold and sand mold By mixing, stirring and kneading, with water glass (11) as a binder, sand (7), a surfactant (9), and water (10), foamed sand (S) is generated. The foamed sand (S) is packed in a cavity of a metallic mold and solidified to form a sand mold. By using the sand mold, aluminum is cast. By using water glass that is an inorganic binder, during casting, harmful gas and odor are not generated. Further, when a molar ratio n of water glass (Na2O nSiO2 mH2O) is adjusted in the range of 0.65 to 1.30, a quantity of water (H2O) generated by heating water glass with a high temperature melt during casting can be suppressed. Thereby, hydrogen gas (H2) according to a reaction between water (H2O) and aluminum (Al) can be suppressed from being generated and casting quality can be improved.
US09314833B2	Outer ring for a shell-type radial needle bearing and manufacturing method thereof An outer ring 6a for a shell-type radial needle bearing having a cylindrical shape with a bottom is achieved for which fatigue life of the bottom plate section 9a and the continuous section between the bottom plate section 9a and the cylindrical section 8a is improved, as well as the anti-corrosion characteristic of the outer ring 6a is improved and the outer ring 6a can be prevented from coming out of the bearing without an increase in cost. After obtaining an intermediate raw material 35 having a cylindrical section and a bottom plate section from a metal raw material, shot peening is performed on the intermediate material 35 to create residual compressive stress in the surface and surface layer section on the outer surface side of the cylindrical section 8a and the bottom plate section 9a such that the residual compressive stress in the surface layer section on the outer surface side is greater than the in the surface layer section on the inner surface side, and from the surface to a depth of 0.03 mm is 700 MPa to 1600 MPa.
US09314830B2	Bending device A bending device. The bending device may comprise: a frame, center die, two sliding dies, and one or more motors. The center die may be positioned at a distal end portion of the frame and may advance towards a proximal end portion of the frame along a first path guide. The first sliding die may be positioned at a left portion of the frame and may advance towards and approximately near the first bent portion of the center die along a second path guide. The second sliding die may be positioned at a right portion of the frame and may advance towards and approximately near the second bent portion of the center die along a third path guide. The motors may actuate the movement of the center die, the first sliding die, and the second sliding die.
US09314827B2	Method and apparatus for applying a lubricant while rolling metallic rolled stock A method for applying a lubricant while rolling metallic rolled stock, e.g., a rolled strip guided through a roll gap between two work rolls, may include the following steps: producing a mixture of lubricant and a carrier gas in an atomization device; supplying the mixture to individual spray nozzles of an arrangement of spray nozzles, in order to produce a continuous overall spray jet in the direction of the width of the rolled strip; and applying the mixture by means of the overall spray jet to the surface of at least one of the work rolls and/or to the surface of the rolled strip.
US09314826B2	Method for the manufacture of an aluminium alloy plate product having low levels of residual stress This relates to a method of the manufacture of a thick gauge aluminum alloy plate having reduced level of residual stress. The method includes (a) providing a solution heat-treated and quenched aluminum alloy plate having a thickness of at least 80 mm, (b) stress-relieving the plate by cold rolling the plate to achieve a reduction in the thickness direction of the plate product in a range of at most 8%.
US09314824B2	Powder and deposition control in throttle valves Powder and deposition control in a throttle valve includes nozzle inserts in the valve body that form annular plenums and annular nozzles for injecting annular flows of cleaning gas adjacent to the inside wall surface of the valve body for cleaning powders and depositions off surfaces in the valve body and off the closure member of the throttle valve. The annular flows of cleaning gas can be in intermittent, periodic, or in pulsed bursts or at a steady-state flow rates to dislodge powder particles stuck to the inside surface of the throttle valve, to etch or reactively clean solid deposits, or to prevent or minimize build-up of powder particles or solid deposits in the throttle valve.
US09314820B2	Ultrasonic detection device and ultrasonic diagnostic device Provided is an ultrasonic detection device including: a capacitive electromechanical transducer including a cell that includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed so as to oppose with a space; a voltage source for developing a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electric circuit for converting a current, which is caused by a change in electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode due to vibration of the second electrode, into a voltage, in which the capacitive electromechanical transducer provides an output current with a high-pass characteristic having a first cutoff frequency with respect to a frequency, the electric circuit provides an output with a low-pass characteristic having a second cutoff frequency with respect to the frequency, and the second cutoff frequency is smaller than the first cutoff frequency.
US09314814B2	Dispensing container The present invention relates to a dispensing container, comprising: an elongate frame with a first end and a second and; and an elongate reservoir extending between the first end and the second end of the frame; wherein the reservoir comprises: a foldable wall which is connected at a first end thereof to the frame close to the first end of the frame for rotation around a longitudinal axis of the frame by means of an operating element, and which is connected non-rotatably to the frame at a second end thereof; and a dispensing opening close to the first end of the frame.
US09314812B2	Jetting discrete volumes of high viscosity liquid In one aspect, an adhesive dispensing system 30 includes a dispensing module 32 having an inlet and an outlet, a supply 35 of hot melt adhesive maintained at low pressure, and a low pressure liquid passageway 44 communicating between the supply 35 and the inlet of the dispensing module 32. Liquid material is received through the inlet at a low pressure, and the dispensing module 32 rapidly develops high pressure at the outlet 78 to jet the liquid material from the outlet 78. In another aspect, an apparatus for jetting liquid material includes a dispenser body 38 having a liquid chamber 40. A piston 54 is movably disposed within the liquid chamber 40, from a position wherein a piston tip 58 is spaced from a complimentary shaped recess 76, to a position wherein the piston tip 58 effectively seals off the recess 76, then to a position wherein the piston tip 58 is received within the recess 76 to displace a discrete volume of liquid material from the recess 76.
US09314811B1	Coating and curing apparatus and methods Disclosed is a coating apparatus including flow coating and roll-coating that may be used for uniform sol-gel coating of substrates such as glass, solar panels, windows or part of an electronic display. Also disclosed are methods for substrate preparation, flow coating and roll coating. Lastly, systems and methods for curing sol-gel coatings deposited onto the surface of glass substrates using high temperature air-knives, infrared emitters and direct heat applicators are disclosed.
US09314810B2	Applicator An applicator includes a squeezer for pushing out a content liquid to an applicator part, and the shape of a content liquid delivering port of the applicator part is formed to be oval or rectangular while the minor axis and major axis on the delivery port side are specified to be 0.5 to 2 mm and 2 to 8 mm, respectively. In this applicator, large-sized particles can be delivered by enlargement of the bore inside the applicator part. Further, formation of an oval delivering port allows for drawing fine lines in the minor axis direction and thick lines in the major axis direction. Moreover, provision of small-diametric projections at the front end of applicator, enables drawing of long lines and retaining of the liquid cosmetic stored between projections.
US09314809B2	Recapture sprayer The present disclosure relates to a system and method for spraying one or more target objects. A primary blower system is adapted to create a relatively isolated field of circulating air by creating a primary air stream around the field of circulating air. A secondary blower system is adapted to circulate air within the isolated field by flowing a secondary air stream in directions contrary to the primary air stream. A chemical spray comprising liquid, aerosol droplets, particulate matter, or the like may be emitted into the circulating air within the field and thereby deposited on target objects within the field. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be used for agricultural, automotive, aerospace, and other applications to emit, contain, and/or recapture a spray.
US09314808B2	Fluid delivery device A fluid delivery device (1) for discharging a fluid comprises a housing (2, 3), piston pump (4), biasing mechanism (5, 101), and trigger mechanism (6); the housing (2, 3) comprising a basal end (3) and discharge end (2) having an outlet (10) for discharging the fluid; the piston pump (4) comprising a casing (20) defining a pump chamber (35) for fluid storage, piston (21) slidably movable relative to the pump chamber (35), piston plunger (22), and delivery channel (59) for delivering fluid discharged from pump chamber (35) to outlet (10); the trigger mechanism (6) being movable from cocked configuration, preventing transfer of biasing mechanism (5, 101) force to the casing (20) to prevent casing (20) movement towards the outlet (10), to triggered configuration, enabling transfer of biasing mechanism (5, 101) force to the casing (20) to cause casing (20) movement towards the outlet (10) to discharge fluid from the pump chamber (35). The biasing mechanism (5, 101) comprises one or more flexible catch members (104) which in cocked configuration are catched and in triggered configuration are decoupled from the housing (2, 3). The trigger mechanism (6) comprises a manually movable button (100) at the housing basal end (3) comprising an obstructer (114) that in cocked configuration engages the catch members (104) to prevent decoupling.
US09314805B2	Device for cleaning closed spaces Device that includes a housing with a stationary part configured to receive liquid into the device and a rotatable part arranged with the stationary part. The rotatable part is rotatably arranged with a hub with at least one spray nozzle. In the housing there is an axis with one part connected to a rotation generating element in the housing and another part provided with threads forming a worm screw. The worm screw fits into the threads of an adjacent first gear wheel forming a worm gear. The worm gear transmits rotational force from the rotation generating element via the axis for rotating the hub and the rotatable part. The rotation generating element, the axis and the worm gear are arranged in a flow path for liquid passing through the device, whereby the bulk of the liquid flows through the worm gear in a direction towards at least one spray nozzle.
US09314796B2	Loading and unloading bench for loading and unloading racks of biological material in an automation installation An apparatus for loading/unloading test tubes which includes a bench for conveying one or more racks of test-tubes, a device for sequentially stopping the racks of test tubes for loading and unloading the test tubes from the rack, an emitter which is positioned to detect the presence of the test tubes in each row of the rack and a transport device and handling device for moving test tubes between the test tube rack and the transport device.
US09314793B2	Analytical aids with hydrophilic coating containing nanoparticles with silica structure and methods of producing and using the same Disclosed herein are analytical aids having a surface coated at least partially with a hydrophilic coating, where the hydrophilic coating includes nanoparticles with silica structure and an average particle size in a range from about 1 nm to about 500 nm. Also disclosed are methods of producing the analytical aids, as well as using the analytical aids in, for example, a sampling device containing the at least partially coated analytical aid.
US09314790B1	System for separation of a sample A centrifuge layering insert configured for insertion into a centrifuge tube includes a tube having a first open end and a second open end. The centrifuge layering insert also includes a casing having an outer wall, an inner wall, a first open end, and a second substantially closed end. The casing forms an annular space around the tube between the tube first end and the tube second end. The tube has at least a portion of the length extending beyond the first open end of the casing in a direction opposite the second open end of the tube.
US09314788B2	Specimen identification and dispensation device and specimen identification and dispensation method A specimen identification and dispensation device includes an optical measurement device which is an identification part for measuring and identifying optical information on a specimen by emitting exciting light to the specimen being a measurement target dispersed in a liquid flowing through inside of a capillary, a dispensation part for dispensing the identified specimen into wells being sections to be dispensed through a nozzle, and a concentration adjustment part which adjusts the number of the specimens contained in an aliquot solution to a desired number according to the concentration of a sample liquid and the amount of the aliquot solution. The dispensation part is movable three-dimensionally with respect to the identification part and the nozzle.
US09314787B2	Protective device for covering an interface between sterile chambers A protective device (20) is provided to equip a sterile enclosure (1) configured to be placed in communication with another sterile enclosure (2) so as to allow objects to be transferred from one enclosure to the other. The protective device (20) covers an interface defined between the sterile enclosures (1, 2).
US09314774B2	Catalyst for methanol production, method of producing the same and process of methanol production [Problem] The present invention is to provide a catalyst used for a process for preparing methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen and the catalyst has high activity and excellent stability with the passage of time in reactivity.[Solution] The catalyst comprises copper, zinc, aluminum and silicon, and has a molar ratio of zinc to copper of 0.5 to 0.7, a molar ratio of silicon to copper of 0.015 to 0.05, a maximum intensity ratio of a peak derived from zinc to a peak derived from copper of not more than 0.25 and a half-value width (2θ) of the peak derived from copper of 0.75 to 2.5. The process for producing methanol comprises using the catalyst.
US09314771B2	Use of lanthanide oxides to reduce sintering of catalysts Disclosed is a lanthanide oxide coated catalyst, and methods for its use, that includes a supported catalyst comprising a support material, a catalytic material, and a lanthanide oxide, wherein the lanthanide oxide is attached to at least a portion of the surface of the supported catalyst.
US09314769B2	Multicapillary monolith The invention relates to a monolithic porous material made of amorphous silica or activated alumina, comprising substantially rectilinear capillary channels that are parallel to one another, wherein: the channels have a substantially uniform cross-section relative to each other, the cross-section of each channel is regular over its entire length, the channels pass through the material from end to end, the length of the channels is equal to or more than 10 mm. The invention also relates to an annular, radial or axial chromatographic apparatus, the packing of which consists of at least one said monolithic material.The invention also relates to processes for manufacturing such a monolithic material.
US09314761B2	Method and device for producing synthesis gas from gaseous hydrocarbons A method for the production of synthesis gas from gaseous hydrocarbons includes the use of allothermal steam reforming with catalysts. In order to produce the synthesis gas efficiently without exhaust gas in a compact apparatus, energy is at least partly supplied by electrical energy, that the energy is supplied by electrically heated contact surfaces and that the energy is supplied by contact surfaces within a fixed bed of catalyst pellets and/or within a fluidized bed at least partly consisting of catalyst particles.
US09314756B2	Plastic container with internal mixing ribs A paint container with internal mixing ribs.
US09314748B1	System and method for dispensing and aeration of a beverage An apparatus and method are provided for dispensing and aerating a beverage such as fine wine that has undergone long term bottle aging. The apparatus provides an elevated illuminated cradle upon which the bottle neck can be rested during dispensing of the beverage into a decanting vessel. Illumination is directed through the neck of the bottle to enable a user to detect the onset of the presence of sediment and then halt the dispensing process. The apparatus includes a removable flow channel portion with a downwardly inclined flow channel populated with protuberances to cause the beverage flowing thereon to cascade turbulently over the protuberances and thereby provide ample aeration as the beverage flows down the flow channel to the decanting vessel for collection. The flow channel portion further includes a removable filter to prevent any inadvertent passage of sediment from reaching the decanting vessel.
US09314745B2	Porous membrane and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are a porous membrane having improved water permeability and elongation at break as well as high mechanical strength and impurity rejection rate and a method for manufacturing the same. The porous membrane of the present invention comprises a symmetric bead structure comprising a plurality of spherical crystallites. Each of the plurality of spherical crystallites comprises a plurality of sub-spherical crystallites.
US09314738B2	Wet particulate neutralizing canister for liquid acid vacuum recovery Devices and methods are provided for vacuum recovery of hazardous acidic liquids. A novel neutralizing canister (100) passes liquid recovery air through a bed of a combination of solid neutralizing particles (30) and water. The velocity of the air is sufficient to lift the water from the bed and highly agitate and aerate the water. At the same time, the water is allowed to circulate through the neutralizing particles (30) to maintain a high pH. This action increases the effectiveness of the neutralizing particles (30) such that the air leaving the canister (100) is entirely neutralized and harmless to persons and equipment.
US09314734B2	Wash water method and system for a carbon dioxide capture process A system and method for recovering a solvent from a decarbonated flue gas in an absorption column, the decarbonated flue gas having had carbon dioxide absorbed and removed by vapor-liquid contact with a carbon dioxide absorbing solution containing the solvent. The system includes an emission control section configured to bring a water stream substantially free of the solvent into contact with the decarbonated flue gas to recover the solvent from the decarbonated flue gas and to form a solvent containing wash water and a reduced solvent containing flue gas and a flue gas cooling section configured to bring cooled wash water into contact with the reduced solvent containing flue gas to cool the reduced solvent containing flue gas and condense water from the decarbonated flue gas thereby forming a cooled flue gas and used wash water.
US09314731B2	RTSA method using adsorbent structure for CO2 capture from low pressure and low concentration sources A Temperature Swing Adsorption method for separating a first component, comprising a more adsorbable component, from a feed stream comprising more than 50 mol % of a second component, comprising a less adsorbable component, is provided. The method includes providing an adsorbent structure suitable for adsorbing the first component, the structure being of the parallel passage contactor type, and cyclically implementing the following steps. Passing the feed stream through the adsorbent structure thus adsorbing the first component and producing a stream depleted in the first component and enriched in the second component. Heating the adsorbent structure to desorb the adsorbed first component by means of circulating a heating stream enriched in the first component at a temperature suitable for regeneration. And cooling the structure by means of passing through it more than 50% of the stream enriched in the second component produced in the step a).
US09314729B2	Device comprising a centrifugal separator and a method for cleaning of a gas A device including a centrifugal separator for cleaning of a gas, especially a gas containing impurities in the form of solid and/or liquid particles, includes a stationary casing enclosing a separation space, an inlet channel, a rotating member in the separation space for separating at least a main part of the impurities from the gas, a gas outlet channel, and an outlet for discharging a separated phase of the gas. A supply member is provided for supplying a liquid, in the form of an aerosol, to the gas to be cleaned and which comprises a supply conduit with an outlet end, and an ejector nozzle connectable to a pressurized gas conduit and including a nozzle outlet. The nozzle outlet at the outlet end permits ejection of the aerosol from the outlet end by means of the pressurized gas supplied to the ejector nozzle and the nozzle outlet.
US09314727B2	Cordierite forming batch compositions and cordierite bodies manufactured therefrom Disclosed are cordierite bodies having relatively high porosity and controlled pore size. The porous cordierite bodies generally include a primary cordierite ceramic phase as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the cordierite bodies.
US09314725B2	Filter element A filter element of a filter device for filtering a fluid may include a ring-shaped filter body from a filter material. The filter body may enclose an interior space in the circumferential direction. A main port may be fluidically connected to the interior space and an auxiliary port may also be fluidically connected to the interior space. The filter body may include a duct that extends axially and is radially open. The auxiliary port may be arranged in a region of the duct.
US09314722B2	Keyed system for connection of filter cartridge to filter holder A filter and its holder each have a keyed surface, one being a protruding “key” and one being a recessed “lock,” wherein cooperation of these keyed surfaces is required in order for the filter to be installed in the holder. Modification/adaptation of the keyed surfaces, by changing the location, number and length of the key protrusions and cooperating recesses during manufacture, allows various sets of mating filters and holders to be produced so that only mating/matching filters and holders may be connected together. The keyed protrusions are preferably located on an upper shoulder or on protruding flange(s) of the upper end of the filter. The cooperating recess structure inside the filter holder comprises axial recesses that allow axial insertion of the key protrusions, and hence the filter, into the holder and also a circumferential recesses portion that receives multiple key protrusions to retain the filter in the holder. This way, multiple key protrusions slide into and are retained in a single circumferential recess/slot, rather than each key protrusion being received in its own separate circumferential recess/slot.
US09314717B2	Embossed fluid filter element A fluid filter element comprising: an embossed flat filter material which is folded so as to define a plurality of substantially adjacent walls, each wall defining a planar surface between two adjacent fold lines, said wall having an embossing comprising: a first embossing row having a centrally located elongated positive embossment and a distal embossment at each end of the positive elongated embossment, wherein at least one distal embossment is negative; and, a second embossing row spaced from and parallel to the first embossing row, the second embossing row having two elongated embossments, wherein one elongated embossment is negative and one is positive. A method regarding the making of the same.
US09314715B2	Multiphase separation system The current disclosure relates to multiphase fluid separation via a multiphase separation system. The multiphase separation system is configured to feed a multiphase fluid into feed lines within the multiphase separation system, wherein the feed lines consist of an upper line, a middle line, and a lower line. The upper line is configured to flow a first stream substantially including oil into an oil section of a control volume. The middle line is configured to flow a second stream substantially including an oil/water emulsion into an oil/water emulsion section of the control volume. The lower line is configured to flow a third stream substantially including water into a water section of the control volume. The control volume is configured to adjust fluid flow rate at an outlet, wherein the oil section, the water section, and the oil/water emulsion section each commingle at different heights of the control volume.
US09314711B2	Fuel filter for the removal of a soap contaminant from diesel fuel This disclosure describes a filtration system and method for removing soap from diesel fuel. The removal involves passing fuel through the filtration system. By removing soap, injector sticking and plugging can be reduced and for fuel already contaminated with soap, lubricity and/or corrosion inhibition functionality resulting from the conversion of carboxylic acid additives can be restored to metal carboxylates.
US09314704B2	Toy vehicle track set A track set for toy vehicles having: a base member; a loop section defined by a plurality of curved segments, each of the curved segments being releasably secured to at least another one of the curved segments at one end when the loop section is defined by the curved segments, each of the curved segments includes a feature at the one end for engagement with another one of the curved segments or the base member of the track set; and a release mechanism being movably secured to the loop section, the release mechanism being capable of movement between a first position in which the curved segments are secured to each other and a second position in which the curved segments are released from each other, wherein a portion of the release mechanism is positionable in a portion of a path defined by the loop section such that an object travelling along the path can move the release mechanism from the first position to the second position.
US09314700B2	Information processing device and game program The information processing device according to the present invention fuses a basic first game content and a second game content used as source material for fusion before a preset condition related to fusing the first game content and second game content is satisfied, thereby varying the upper limits of parameters configured in the first game content in a stepwise manner, and, once the preset condition is satisfied, initializes the parameters configured in said first game content while at the same time providing items capable of increasing at least the initialized parameters configured in said first game content.
US09314696B2	Method and apparatus for leveraging overlapping group areas An approach is provided for determining a group of users based on the overlapping area of two or more existing groups and providing services and/or content to the group based on the services and content of the existing groups. An interaction platform determines shapes of groups based, at least in part, on location information associated with one or more member devices of the groups. The interaction platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of one or more representations of the shapes in a location-based user interface. The interaction platform determines one or more applications, one or more content items, or a combination thereof being used at the one or more member devices. The interaction platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of one or more other representations of the one or more applications, the one or more content items, or a combination thereof in the location-based user interface.
US09314694B2	Integrated digital play system An integrated digital play system made according to the present invention provides a multi media, digitally integrated play environment that incorporates mobile device content and web based content which interacts with physically installed tags. The system includes means for identifying a fixed physical structure within a first play system; means for detecting a physical movement of a user relative to the fixed physical structure; a first computer means for combining the physical structure identification data and the user physical movement data to generate one or more motion points; and a second computer means for providing a virtual embodiment of the one or more motion points within a second play system. Because the first and second play systems are different play systems, the second play system does not require certain corresponding user motions in the first play system in order to perform in or progress through the second play system.
US09314692B2	Method of creating avatar from user submitted image One example embodiment includes a method for creating an avatar from an image. The method includes receiving an image including a face from a user. The method also includes constructing a 3D model of the face from the image. The method further includes animating the 3D model. The method additionally includes attaching the 3D model to an animated character.
US09314691B2	System and method for compressing video frames or portions thereof based on feedback information from a client device A computer-implemented system and method are described for performing video compression. For example, a method according to one embodiment comprises: encoding a plurality of video frames or portions thereof according to a first encoding format; transmitting the plurality of encoded video frames or portions to a client device; receiving feedback information from the client device, the feedback information usable to determine whether data contained in the video frames or portions has not been successfully received and/or decoded; in response to detecting that a video frame or portion thereof has not been successfully received and/or decoded, encoding a video frame or portion thereof according to a second encoding format; and transmitting the video frames or portions thereof to the client device.
US09314685B2	Action detection and activity classification Activities, actions and events during user performance of physical activity may be detected using various algorithms and templates. Templates may include an arrangement of one or more states that may identify particular event types and timing between events. Templates may be specific to a particular type of activity (e.g., types of sports, drills, events, etc.), user, terrain, time of day and the like.
US09314684B2	Putting training aid A putting training aid including an elongated body, a reflective mechanism and a tee. The elongated body has an upper surface. The reflective mechanism has an upper surface that is substantially aligned with the upper surface of the elongated body. The reflective mechanism has a length that is greater than a diameter of a golf ball that is used in conjunction with the putting training aid. The tee is formed in at least one of the elongated body and the reflective mechanism. The tee is adapted to receive a portion of the golf ball.
US09314681B2	Batting ball on a cable having a low friction surface to provide proper swing technique and muscle memory A batting ball is slidably mounted on a line having a low friction surface to provide proper swing technique and muscle memory. The line has an impact absorbing member having an impact end configured to contact a ball and a receiving chamber configured to receive a resilient member adapted to connect with a portion of a washer. A bushing having a helical portion with a central opening is inserted and affixed into a ball opening. The ball opening has a recess configured to retain an end portion of the bushing. The central opening of the bushing will receive the line. The plurality of balls are mounted onto the line with a washer located at each end between the attaching elements and the balls. A swivel snap hook is connected to an end of the cable by a thimble and clamp set located opposite the hook and eye turn buckle.
US09314679B2	Modular golf bag and method of making same A modular golf bag assembly and method of assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes: a golf bag body; a top collar attached to a top portion of the golf bag body; a bottom collar attached to a bottom portion of the golf bag body; a plurality of stays contained within the golf bag body and securely attached at respective ends to the top and bottom collars. In further embodiments, the assembly also includes a top divider configured for ratcheted attachment to the top collar and a base member configured to screwed onto the bottom collar.
US09314678B2	Golf club head Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture such a golf club heads are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the golf club head may include a ball-striking face and a protective aluminum oxide layer coupled to the ball-striking face of the golf club head. The protective aluminum oxide layer is associated with a hardness that is greater than that of the ball-striking face. In further embodiments, golf club heads may include a top portion and at least one of a plurality of interchangeable alignment indicia coupled thereto, which are configured to guide the golf club head relative to a golf ball.
US09314677B2	Golf club assembly and golf club with aerodynamic features A golf club head includes a body member having a ball striking face, a crown, a toe, a heel, a sole, a rear, and a hosel region. The heel includes an airfoil-like surface shaped like the leading edge of an airfoil that extends over a majority of the length of the heel. The back may include a Kammback feature having a concavity extending from the heel-side to the toe-side of the back. The heel-side edge of the concavity may be shaped like the leading edge of an airfoil. Further, the sole may include a diffuser that extends at an angle of from approximately 10 degrees to approximately 80 degrees from a moment-of-impact trajectory direction. A hosel fairing that extends from the hosel region toward the toe may also be provided on the crown. A golf club including the golf club head is also disclosed.
US09314674B2	Sport object having multiple, re-positionable, multi-faced exterior appendages for color changing and decorative purposes actuated by hand manipulation A sport object actuated by a user comprises: a ball, one or more grooves configured on the exterior of the ball, at least one elastomeric base rests within at least one of the groove at a first base position and one or more appendages molded at the edge of the elastomeric base to form a first appendage position. The shape of the ball is spherical. The shape of the sport object as well as the shape of the appendage can be sized and shaped in a variety of sizes to accomplish the same result of providing a changed color or decoration on the surface of the ball manually.
US09314669B2	Total-body exerciser A total-body exerciser comprises: an upper-body exercising unit; a buttocks exercising unit; and an ankle exercising unit. The upper-body exercising unit comprises: an upper-body support for supporting the upper body; an upper-body supporting guide rail formed on the bottom surface of the upper-body support and enabling the upper-body support to move horizontally; and a rotating bracket mounted on a lower surface of the upper-body supporting guide rail. The buttocks exercising unit comprises: a buttocks support for supporting the buttocks; and a buttocks-supporting height-adjusting cylinder connected to a lower portion of the buttocks support, and capable of adjusting the height of the buttocks support. The ankle exercising unit comprises: an ankle support for supporting an ankle; an ankle-supporting guide rail formed on a bottom surface of the ankle support and enabling horizontal movement of the ankle support; and a rotating bracket mounted on a lower surface of the ankle-support guide rail.
US09314665B2	Wearable device assembly having athletic functionality and session tracking A wearable device assembly has a housing supporting a controller, display and indicator system thereon. The controller has at least one sensor wherein activity of a user wearing the device is detected. The controller selectively illuminates the indicator system to indicate a level of activity of the user.
US09314663B2	Alternative driving device and sitting-type exercise machine having the alternate driving device A sitting type exercise machine has a frame, a flywheel, and an alternative driving device. The alternative driving device includes a base two driving units, and two driven units. The driving units and two driven units are provided on the base for rotation. A space is left between the driving units to let the driving units move independently. Therefore, the driving units respectively drive the driven units to move in the same direction. The frame is provided with a seat to let the user do exercise in a sitting posture which may reduce the loading on the knees during exercise.
US09314659B2	Dual balance exercise apparatus A resistance exercise machine having cable and pulley linkage assemblies attached to a single weight stack or other resistance means. Each cable and pulley linkage assembly, which is independent of the other(s), can be used by one arm or leg during bilateral exercise training (that is, training in which both limbs of a pair are used to simultaneously to lift a weight or work against various resistance means). A biofeedback assembly measures and displays in real-time how much each limb of a pair is contributing to such effort.
US09314658B2	Strength training and stretching system A strength training and stretching system may include a primary arcuated member extending from a lower portion of the strength training and stretching system to an upper portion of the strength training and stretching system, and a plurality of cleats disposed on the primary arcuated member at a plurality of different positions. Each cleat is configured to receive an exercise band.
US09314653B2	Sorbing granular material and process for producing sorbing granular material A sorbing granular material (20) is provided including a plurality of particles of granular material (5). The particles of granular material (5) are mixed at least partly with magnetizable particles (10), so that in case of magnetization of the magnetizable particles (10), the particles of granular material (5) form a compacted sorbing granular material (20) based on magnetic attracting forces between the magnetizable particles (10). The compaction is reversible. In addition, a process for producing a sorbing granular material (20) is provided.
US09314651B2	Active ingredient combinations of glucosyl glycerides and one or more acidic preservatives Active ingredient combinations of (i) acidic preservatives and (ii) one or more glucosyl glycerides.
US09314649B2	Fast magnet method and apparatus used in conjunction with a charged particle cancer therapy system A fast magnet switching method and apparatus used to rapidly redirect cations, such as H+ or C6+, in a beam path, such as during or between treatment of individual volumes or voxels of a tumor of the patient, is described. Switching means include rapidly increasing or decreasing applied current to a coil about a magnet, which rapidly alters a magnetic field crossing the charged particle path and redirects a charged particle beam away from the patient, such as to a charged particle beam stop. Means to rapidly induce the current change include: (1) using a separate high voltage power supply and/or (2) opening a switch to redirect current through a resistor. In both cases, the rapid current change to the coil yields a rapid change the magnetic field and a corresponding rapid change in direction of the charged particles in the charged particle cancer therapy system.
US09314646B2	Skin dose evaluation support apparatus and treatment planning apparatus A skin dose evaluation support apparatus is provided with a skin region contour creation unit that creates skin region information including the boundary coordinates of a skin region, based on image data to be inputted when a treatment plan for a radiation therapy for a patient is created; and a display calculation unit that extracts a skin dose in a skin region, based on dose distribution data calculated by a dose distribution calculation unit of a treatment planning apparatus and the skin region information, and creates display data for displaying the extracted skin dose in a predetermined display format.
US09314638B2	Monitoring electrode voltages in an implantable medical device system having daisy-chained electrode-driver integrated circuits Electrode voltage monitoring circuitry for an implantable neurostimulator system having a plurality of electrode-driver integrated circuits (ICs) in provided. Electrodes from either or both ICs can be chosen to provide stimulation, and one of the IC acts as the master while the other acts as the slave. Electrodes voltages on the slave IC are routed to the master IC, and thus the master IC can monitor both electrode voltages on the slave as well as electrode voltages on the master. Such voltages can be monitored for a variety of purposes, and in particular use of such voltage is disclosed for determining the resistance between electrodes and to set a compliance voltage for stimulation.
US09314637B2	Method and apparatus for electronically switching electrode configuration A method and apparatus for selecting neural stimulation electrode configuration is provided. One aspect of this disclosure relates to an implantable medical device including a neural stimulator adapted to generate neural stimulation signals and an electrode configuration tester for testing a first electrode configuration for stimulating a desired neural target. The device includes a controller to control the neural stimulator to selectively provide a first neural stimulation signal with appropriate signal characteristics to stimulate the desired neural target using the first electrical configuration and a second neural stimulation signal with appropriate signal characteristics to stimulate the desired neural target using a second electrode configuration, and adapted to communicate with the electrode configuration tester and to respond to an indication that an efficacy of the first electrode configuration is lower than a threshold by providing the neural stimulation using the second neural stimulation signal. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
US09314633B2	Contingent cardio-protection for epilepsy patients Disclosed are methods and systems for treating epilepsy by stimulating a main trunk of a vagus nerve, or a left vagus nerve, when the patient has had no seizure or a seizure that is not characterized by cardiac changes such as an increase in heart rate, and stimulating a cardiac branch of a vagus nerve, or a right vagus nerve, when the patient has had a seizure characterized by cardiac changes such as a heart rate increase.
US09314630B2	Renal neuromodulation for treatment of patients A method and apparatus for treatment of heart failure, hypertension and renal failure by stimulating the renal nerve. The goal of therapy is to reduce sympathetic activity of the renal nerve. Therapy is accomplished by at least partially blocking the nerve with drug infusion or electrostimulation. Apparatus can be permanently implanted or catheter based.
US09314628B2	Patient interactive neurostimulation system and method A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.
US09314626B2	Visual prosthesis apparatus Visual prosthesis apparatus includes an image receiver, a processor coupled to the image receiver, a stimulation device coupled to the processor, and an eye monitoring device coupled to the processor. The image receiver receives a sequence of images and the processor produces a stimulation signal at least partially in accordance with the received images. The stimulation device receives the stimulation signal and stimulates visual neurons of a user accordingly to provide the user with a visual percept. The eye monitoring device monitors one or more ocular parameters at an eye region of the user, wherein one or more control functions are associated with the monitored ocular parameters. The processor controls the visual prosthesis apparatus in accordance with the monitored ocular parameters and the associated control functions. The one or more ocular parameters can include pupil size, state of closure of the user's eyelid and direction of eye gaze.
US09314625B2	Integrated implantable hearing device, microphone and power unit An implantable hearing unit is provided that includes an implantable microphone, a rechargeable power storage device and a speech signal processor. The hearing unit further includes a signal coupling device that is adapted for electrical interconnection to an implantable auditory stimulation device, which is operative to stimulate an auditory component of a patient. Such a stimulation device may include cochlear implants, brain stem stimulation systems, auditory nerve stimulation systems, and middle or inner ear transducer systems. The signal coupling device is operative to provide processed drive signals from the signal processor to the stimulation device as well provide power from the power storage device to operate the stimulation device. In one arrangement, the signal coupling device is a wireless coupling between first and second coils. In such an arrangement, the hearing unit may be utilized with an existing implanted stimulation device to make that device a fully implanted hearing system.
US09314617B2	Current output architecture for an implantable stimulator device Disclosed herein are current output architectures for implantable stimulator devices. Current source and sink circuitry is divided into a plurality of stages, each of which is capable via an associated switch bank of sourcing or sinking an amount of current to or from any one of the electrodes of the device. The current source circuitry is distinct from the current sink circuitry, and the two share no common circuit nodes prior to connection to the electrodes. In other words, the current source circuitry and the current sink circuitry do not share a common node other than the electrodes. Each stage is preferably formed of a current mirror for receiving a reference current and outputting a scaled version of current to that stage's switch bank. The scalar at each stage can be set by wiring a desired number of output transistors in parallel.
US09314614B2	Lead and methods for brain monitoring and modulation An apparatus, a system and methods for modulating and monitoring tissue have an elongate member with proximal and distal ends and a plurality of annular stimulating electrodes axially arranged along the elongate member. The stimulating electrodes are disposed near the distal end and are adapted to pass current into tissue. At least one of the annular stimulating electrodes has at least three independent stimulation points on the electrode. The apparatus also includes a plurality of recording electrodes that are adapted to measure local tissue potentials and a plurality of conductors are coupled with the recording and stimulating electrodes. An optional multiple contact connecting terminal may be coupled with the conductors and is disposed near the proximal end of the elongate member.
US09314613B2	Apparatus and methods for modulating nerves using parallel electric fields A device may include at least one pair of modulation electrodes configured for implantation in the vicinity of a nerve to be modulated such that the electrodes are spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction of the nerve to be modulated. The electrodes may be further configured to facilitate an electric field in response to an applied electric signal, the electric field including field lines extending in the longitudinal direction of the nerve to be modulated. The device may further include at least one circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes and being configured to cause application of the electric signal applied at the at least one pair of modulation electrodes.
US09314611B2	Stimulation device A stimulation device for the application of a transcutaneous electric stimulation stimulus onto the surface of a section of the human ear, which includes a holding element an electrode arranged in a electrode carrier. The holding element has a linear guide. A resting part is arranged at the holding element. The holding rod has a first axis and runs from a first position, which adjoins to the linear guide, to a second position, which adjoins to the electrode carrier. The resting part defines a first plane with a resting area at the ear, on which area a second axis is arranged perpendicular. The first axis and the second axis span a middle plane. The holding rod lies at the first position in the middle plane and departs from the middle plane from the run from the first position to the second position in a first rod section until a reversal point. The holding rod moves to the middle plane from the run from the reversal point to the second position in a second rod section, so that it lies in the middle plane after arriving at the second position.
US09314608B2	Pressure activated safety valve with high flow slit A pressure actuated valve for controlling the flow of fluid through a medical device, the valve comprises a housing including a lumen extending therethrough and a flow control membrane extending across the lumen to control the flow of fluid through the lumen. The membrane includes a plurality of slits extending therethrough so that, when the membrane is acted upon by a pressure of at least a threshold magnitude, the slits open to permit flow through the lumen and, when not acted upon by a pressure of at least the predetermined magnitude, the slits are maintained closed by a biasing force applied thereto by the membrane to prevent flow through the lumen. Each of the slits extends between end portions thereof along a curve wherein a distance between a first end portion of a first one of the slits and a first end portion of a second one of the slits is a minimum distance between the first and second slits.
US09314605B2	Valve assembly for medical procedures The invention relates to a valve used in medical procedures. More specifically the invention relates to an introducer sheath valve used in minimally invasive and conventional surgical procedures. The valve may accommodate a wide range of surgical implement diameters, shapes, and multiple implements without imposing the high frictional forces of known valves.
US09314602B2	Magnetic body and drug delivery control device using magnetic body A magnetic body may be suitably applied to a drug delivery system using magnetism. Furthermore, a drug delivery control device allows the magnetic body to be suitably applied to drug delivery. The magnetic body includes a magnet and a cover part attached to an edge of the magnet. The cover part is composed of a material with high magnetic permeability, and a ratio of a length to a radius of the cover part is 10:1 to 7:3. The drug delivery control device includes the magnetic body, a head for supporting the magnetic body and a drive mechanism of the head that causes the head to operate along a projected region formed by the affected area with respect to a surface of a tissue. A magnetic field is applied from the magnetic body to the affected area where a magnetic drug is administered.
US09314601B2	Medical delivery devices and methods for applying a barrier composition to a targeted skin surface Some embodiments of a system or method for applying a barrier composition to a targeted skin surface can be used to as a preventative measure to reduce the likelihood of transmission of microbial entities from an external source (e.g., a floor surface or another surface) to the targeted skin surface.
US09314600B2	Delivery system for implantable flow connector A delivery system for delivering an implant to a first space within a body of a patient including an elongate delivery member having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen and a receiving area, the receiving area dimensioned for receipt of the implant. A deforming member is movable with respect to the delivery member from a first position to a second position to apply a force to the implant to deform the implant positioned in the receiving area of the delivery member.
US09314596B2	Systems and methods for anchoring medical devices Some embodiments of a medical device anchor system include an anchor device that secures a medical instrument in place relative to a skin penetration point using subcutaneous anchors.
US09314592B2	Dual lumen catheter with contrastradiography sections to identify the lumens A catheter has an outer peripheral portion (15) in the form of a tube and an internal, wall (16, 26) within the tube forming a plurality of lumens (11a, 11b, 21a, 21b). Axially extending linear contrastradiography sections (17a, 17b, 27a, 27b) of radiopaque material are formed at a plurality of intersection points between the outer peripheral section and the wall, the peripheral extent (a, b) of the respective contrastradiography sections being different.
US09314591B2	Catheter shape adjustment mechanism A catheter includes a handle, a catheter sheath and a stylet having a shaped distal part received within the catheter sheath. The catheter further has a shape adjustment mechanism including a stylet carrier displaceably carried by the handle and a shape adjuster in the form of a collar rotatable about the handle. Rotational movement of the shape adjuster imparts a motion to the stylet carrier to adjust the shape of the distal part of the stylet.
US09314590B2	Method and apparatus for retroperfusion The present invention relates to apparatus for retroperfusion of tissues and organs. The apparatus comprises a catheter with a proximal end for engaging a supply of the fluid medium, and a distal end having an expandable-contractible chamber for installation into suitable vessels or organs. The expandable-contractible chamber comprises a conduit element having a fluid-filled hollow wall defining a lumen. The conduit element has a first deformable inner-facing section approximate a proximal end of the conduit and a second deformable inner-facing section approximate a distal end of the conduit element. Controlled application of a pressure at a proximal end of the conduit element causes deformation of the conduit into the lumen at its distal end thereby occluding the flow of fluid medium through the catheter. Controlled release of the pressure releases deformation of the fluid-filled conduit at its distal end thereby unblocking the flow of the fluid medium through the catheter.
US09314585B2	Catheter assembly A catheter assembly includes a catheter, part of which forms an insertable length to be inserted through a body opening and a catheter receptacle to accommodate at least part of the catheter such that an insertable portion of the catheter is enclosed but part of the catheter is left outside of the receptacle. Also disclosed is a method for producing a catheter assembly which includes providing a receptacle having an opening, providing a catheter which has a catheter tube and a connector on one end thereof, arranging the catheter tube in the receptacle, and connecting the receptacle to the connector to close the opening.
US09314580B2	Single lung/lobe ventilation endotracheal tube Techniques for single lung ventilation (SLV) include a hollow main tube with outer diameter sized to fit inside a bronchus of a patient. The length of the main tube is sufficient for a distal end of the main tube to reach a first side bronchus from a proximal end configured to be located in a vicinity of a mouth of the patient. The hollow main tube has a ventilating orifice separated from the distal end at a location that corresponds to a different second side bronchus. A hollow tubular sleeve is moveably disposed inside and longitudinally aligned with the main tube. The sleeve is configured to be positioned in at least two positions: a first position that does not block the ventilating orifice; and, a second position that does block the ventilating orifice.
US09314578B2	Device for dispensing a plurality of unitary doses of dry powder, and inhaler comprising such device Various embodiments relate to a device for dispensing a plurality of unitary doses of dry powder. The device includes: a casing; first and second supports respectively for two carriers each having a plurality of housings for respective unitary doses adapted to be connected to the mouthpiece for inhalation of the dose, the first and second supports being moveably mounted within the casing for sequentially connecting the housings to the mouthpiece; an indexing mechanism adapted to engage and move the first and second supports; and a changeover mechanism adapted to cause the device to pass from a first dispensing state to a second dispensing state and lock the second support in its stationary position while the device is in the first dispensing state, and to lock the first support in its stationary position while the device is in the second dispensing state.
US09314576B2	Medicated module with automatic reservoir engagement A medicated module for an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a primary delivery device containing a primary medicament accepts a medicated module containing a single dose of a secondary medicament and where both medicaments are delivered through a hollow needle. The medicated module does not require the user to manually engage a reservoir containing the secondary medicament. Instead, a rotating housing automatically activates the reservoir when the needle guard is retracted. The needle guard prevents accidental needle sticks after an injection, and locks after dose delivery.
US09314574B2	Safety device for a pre-filled syringe and injection device According to the invention a safety device for a pre-filled syringe comprises a substantially cylindrical and hollow support body and a hollow needle shield slideably arranged relative to the support body. The support body comprises at least one resilient arm and the hollow needle shield or a needle shield assembly comprises at least one curved actuation ramp. The curved actuation ramp protrudes in a lateral direction (L) perpendicular to a central axis (A) of the safety device. The curved actuation ramp comprises a first lateral dimension (L1) at a proximal end of the needle shield and a second lateral dimension (L2) exceeding the first lateral dimension (L1) at a distal end of the needle shield. The resilient arm engages the curved actuation ramp when the needle shield is slid relative to the support body.
US09314573B2	Injection device with means for signalling the time since the last injection The present Invention relates to an injection device capable of emitting a flashing light signal indicating the time elapsed since last ejection and/or the size of the last ejected dosage and/or a return signal indicating the operable state of the device and/or a time out signal indicating when the pen can be removed after ejecting of a dosage. The injection device comprises an electronic control circuit comprising: a sensor unit arranged to detect the occurrence of an ejection of a drug from the injection device; a timer for determining an approximate time elapsed since last ejection; a signal emitting device being able to emit a signal, the signal emitting device being controllable by the electric control circuit, so as to emit a time signal that varies with the time elapsed since last ejection.
US09314571B1	Drug delivery system A drug delivery system for automatically dispensing a pre-set dosage of a drug agent or medication. The drug delivery system generally includes a housing including one or more reservoirs; each having a medical agent hermetically sealed therein. A membrane extends across each of the one or more reservoirs which is adapted to allow the medical agents to pass therethrough in response to external stimuli, such as physical puncturing, melting the membranes through use of heating elements or electrowetting in response to a voltage pulse. A wicking material extends across the membranes through which the medical agents are dispensed to a patient. Because the housing can be made flat, the overall dispensing device can be reduced in size, allowing the drug delivery device to be located and attached to broader areas of the patient's body for expanded medical applications and treatment.
US09314563B2	Handle for a medical instrument A handle for a medical instrument having a handle housing and a connection adapter for hose and/or tube connections, which can be inserted into the handle housing. The connection adapter can be inserted fluid-tight into a corresponding support recess of the handle housing by at least one connection support and such that a surrounding ring groove for inserting a sealing element is positioned on the at least one connection support. It is proposed that at least two surrounding ring grooves, mounted one behind the other, should be configured on the connection support in the axial direction of the at least one connection support, such that the connection support has a constant outer diameter in the area of the at least two ring grooves and such that a sealing element, is positioned at least in the first ring groove, looking from the free end of the connection support.
US09314558B2	Conveying blades for a compressible rotor A rotor for a fluid pump which is flexible in handling and compressible. A conveying blade has at least two struts and a membrane spanned between them in the expanded state. At least one of the struts has at least one joint which enables an angling in a first direction in a first movement plane and bounds an overelongation beyond an elongation angle in an opposite second direction.
US09314555B2	Systems and methods for controlling inflammatory response A method and system for controlling inflammatory response at an internal tissue site of a patient utilizes a reduced-pressure treatment device. Controlling the inflammatory response may be accomplished in a number of ways that involve treating the inflammatory milieu. Treating the inflammatory milieu may include removing or moderating pro-inflammatory stimuli, e.g., fluids, enhancing perfusion of the tissue at or near the internal tissue site, or providing reduced-pressure therapy. The reduced-pressure treatment device is placed at or near the internal tissue site and is fluidly coupled to an external reduced-pressure source. The reduced-pressure treatment device provides reduced pressure proximate the tissue site and treats the inflammatory milieu. The reduced-pressure treatment device for controlling inflammatory response may be a minimally-invasive treatment device.
US09314549B2	Bone tissue biomimetic materials Bone tissue biomimetic materials, biomimetic constructs that can be formed with the materials, and methods for forming the materials and constructs are described. The bone tissue biomimetic materials include electrospun nanofibers formed of polymers that are conjugated with peptides that include acidic amino acid residues. The materials can incorporate high levels of mineralization so as to provide mechanical strength and promote osteogenesis and/or osteoconductivity on/in the bone tissue biomimetic materials. The materials and constructs can be utilized in forming tissue engineered structures for in vitro and in vivo use. Macroscopic bone tissue biomimetic scaffolds formed from the materials can be seeded with osteogenic cells and utilized to develop bone graft materials that can exhibit strength and osteoconductivity similar to the native bone and that exhibit uniform distribution of nutrients in the scaffolds.
US09314547B2	Absorbable multi-putty bone cements and hemostatic compositions and methods of use The present invention relates to absorbable polyurethane compositions suitable for use in bone repair or reconstruction. The present invention relates to the field of polyurethane-based cements, and putties for use in bone hemostasis, repair and reconstruction. The putty compositions may comprise a mixture of two or more individual putties formed through mixing of one or more reactive components and one or more additive (filler) components. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the putty compositions in medical applications to repair gaps or fractures, or to aid in tissue growth or adhesion.
US09314542B2	Method for sterilizing surgical batteries The invention is an apparatus for sterilizing surgical batteries.
US09314540B2	Compounds for use in imaging, diagnosing and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system This invention relates to novel compounds suitable as precursors for the preparation of certain 18F labelled positron emission tomography (PET) tracers. Furthermore the invention relates to the preparation of such precursor molecules and to the preparation of PET tracers by 18F labelling of such precursors.
US09314538B2	Nucleic acid molecules encoding antibody drug conjugates (ADC) that bind to 191P4D12 proteins Antibody drug conjugates (ADC's) that bind to 191P4D12 protein and variants thereof are described herein. 191P4D12 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, the ADC's of the invention provide a therapeutic composition for the treatment of cancer.
US09314537B2	SPARC binding ScFcs The invention provides compositions comprising SPARC binding ScFc and its use.
US09314531B2	Wound healing compositions comprising biocompatible cellulose hydrogel membranes and methods of use thereof The present invention provides a wound healing composition comprising a biocompatible hydrogel membrane wherein the hydrogel membrane has one or more of the following properties: high water content, high transparency, high permeability, high biocompatibility, high tensile strength and an optimal thickness. The invention further provides methods of treating a wound in a subject in need thereof, comprising contacting the wound with a biocompatible cellulose hydrogel membrane of the invention.
US09314523B2	Ingestible salt grabber Disclosed herein include embodiments related to compositions, devices, computer systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products associated with an ingestible salt grabber.
US09314520B2	Adjuvant composition containing poly-gamma-glutamic acid-chitosan nanoparticles The present invention relates to an adjuvant composition containing poly-gamma-glutamic acid-chitosan nanoparticles and a vaccine composition containing the adjuvant composition, and more particularly to an adjuvant composition containing nanoparticles prepared by ionic bonding between poly-gamma-glutamic acid having ensured safety and chitosan, and a vaccine composition containing the poly-gamma-glutamic acid-chitosan nanoparticles and an antigen. The adjuvant containing the poly-gamma-glutamic acid-chitosan nanoparticles has little or no toxicity and side effects and is added to human or animal vaccines for the prevention and treatment of viral and bacterial infections and cancers to increase the production of antibodies.
US09314519B2	Liquid stable virus vaccines The present invention discloses liquid stable vaccines that comprise a live attenuated virus, 10-30% sugar additive, and an amino acid. The present invention also discloses the manufacture of such vaccines and methods of protecting an animal by administration of such vaccines.
US09314510B2	Human laminin α2 chain LG3 domain and active peptides promoting cell adhesion, spreading, migration, and neurite outgrowth The present invention relates to human laminin α2 chain LG3 domain and active peptides promoting cell adhesion, spreading, migration, and neurite outgrowth. More particularly, it was found that when nerve cells are incubated using human laminin α2 chain LG3 domain and active peptides in the LG3 domain, cell adhesion, spreading, migration, and neurite outgrowth of nerve cells promote and the promotion of cell adhesion, spreading, migration, and neurite outgrowth of nerve cells are integrin-mediated and achieved by the activation of PKCδ and FAK phosphorylation. Thus, the present invention can be very useful for researches on cell adhesion, spreading, migration, and neurite outgrowth activities of cells which are focused on nerve cells and mediated by various extracellular matrix proteins including laminin, manufacture of artificial nerve conduits, burns treatment, wounds treatment, and tissue regeneration.
US09314509B2	Pharmaceutical compositions of melanocortin receptor ligands The present invention relates to improvements in compositions containing peptides that are ligands of one or more of the melanocortin receptors (MC-R), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, methods for preparing such compositions, and method of using such compositions to treat mammals. In particular, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pamoate salt of Ac-Arg-cyclo(Cys-D-Ala-His-D-Phe-Arg-Trp-Cys)-NH2 which is a ligand of the melanocortin receptor subtype 4 (MC4-R), and in which, after subcutaneous or intramuscular administration to a subject, the peptide forms a depot at physiological pH that is slowly dissolved and released into the body fluid and bloodstream. The present invention may further comprise an organic component such as dimethylacetamide (DMA) or polyethylene glycol (PEG) with an average molecular weight of lower than 1000.
US09314503B2	Sustained release systems and preparation method thereof The present invention relates to a hydrophilic drug and β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) coating on a surface area of biopolymer matrix to form a sustained release system. The present invention also provides a method for preparing a sustained release system, comprising providing a surface are of biopolymer matrix coated with a hydrophilic drug and β-TCP.
US09314498B2	Bacteriocin derived from Lactobacillus rhamnosus Provided is a bacteriocin that is capable of being easily mass-produced, has high antimicrobial activity even at low concentration, has a wide antimicrobial spectrum, and is less likely to produce resistant microorganisms. The bacteriocin has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2 in SEQUENCE LISTING, or has the same amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2 in SEQUENCE LISTING except that one or several amino acids are deleted, substituted, inserted and/or added, wherein the amino acid sequence provides antimicrobial activity and the isoelectric point is not less than 12.
US09314496B2	Insoluble dietary fiber-containing product derived from grain seeds This invention provides a product safe for treating, improving or preventing an inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis, and provides a product comprising an insoluble dietary fiber obtained by enzymatic treatment of seeds of a grain plant(s) or germinated young seeds thereof, as well as a food or drink or medicament comprising the product.
US09314493B2	Method for treating vascular inflammation, improving skin beauty and improving male sexual function using ginseng berry The present disclosure discloses a method for treating vascular inflammation, improving skin beauty and improving male sexual function of a subject by administering a ginseng berry extract to the subject.
US09314489B2	Bacterium for use as a probiotic for nutritional and medical applications A first aspect of the invention relates to the bacterial species Roseburia hominis for use in: regulating the immune system of a subject treating an immune disorder; treating an intestinal disorder; improving intestinal microbiota; regulating the innate immune system of a subject; regulating the adaptive immune system of a subject; regulating appetite in a subject; promoting Tregs and immune tolerance; promoting gut health in a subject; and/or maintaining immune homeostasis in a subject. Further aspects of the invention relate to compositions comprising Roseburia hominis.
US09314481B2	Method There is provided a method of producing a mixed metal compound comprising at least Mg2+ and at least Fe+ having an aluminium content of less than 10000 ppm, having an average crystal size of less than 20 nm (200 A) comprising the steps of: (a) combining a Mg2+ salt and a Fe3+ salt with Na2CO3 and NaOH to produce a slurry, wherein the pH of the slurry is maintained at from 9 5 to 1 1, and wherein the Na2CO3 is provided at an excess of 0 to 4.0 moles than is required to complete the reaction (b) subjecting the slurry to mixing under conditions providing a power per unit volume of 0 03 to 1.6 kW/m3 (c) separating the mixed metal compound from the slurry, to obtain a crude product having a dry solid content of at least 10 wt % (d) drying the crude product either by (i) heating the crude product to a temperature of no greater than 150° C. and sufficient to provide a water evaporation rate of 0.05 to 1 5 kg water per hour per kg of dry product, or (H) exposing the crude product to rapid drying at a water evaporation rate of 500 to 50000 kg water per hour per kg of dry product.
US09314477B2	Compositions comprising rifabutin, clarithromycin, and clofazimine and uses thereof Oral administration of a solid dosage form of the present invention comprising an effective amount of rifabutin, an effective amount of clarithromycin, an effective amount of clofazimine, and an effective amount of an absorption enhancer, is used to treat a subject suffering from, or susceptible to, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection. In an embodiment, the solid dosage form is sufficiently designed to result in a reduction in the increased metabolism of clarithromycin caused by rifabutin. In an embodiment, the solid dosage form is sufficiently designed to result in a reduction in the metabolism of rifabutin caused by clarithromycin. In an embodiment, the solid dosage form is sufficiently designed to result in a reduction in risk of a subject developing leucopenia or uveitis as a result of rifabutin.
US09314476B2	Composition for treating or preventing neurodegenerative brain diseases comprising black bean extract The present invention relates to a composition for treating or preventing neurodegenerative brain diseases comprising a black bean extract, and more particularly, to a composition for treating or preventing neurodegenerative brain diseases comprising a black bean extract or a fraction thereof, which comprises 15-25 wt % of delphinidin-3-glucoside, 65-80 wt % of cyanidin-3-glucoside and 5-10 wt % of petunidin-3-glucoside, a functional food composition for enhancing brain or cognitive function comprising the black bean extract or a fraction thereof, and a method for preparing the composition.
US09314472B2	Treatment and prevention of mastitis Treating and Preventing mastitis employing cationic steroidal antimicrobials (CSAs). Treating or preventing clinical mastitis in a mammal includes administering a cationic steroidal anti-microbial compound (CSA) formulation to the intra-mammary organ of a mammal (e.g., a dairy cow), such as by injection into the mammary organ (e.g., through the teat of the mammary organ), and/or topical application. The dairy cow can be lactating and have a somatic cell count (SCC) less than or equal to 500,000 cells/mL at the time of administering the CSA formulation. Alternatively, the dairy cow can be lactating and have a somatic cell count (SCC) greater than 500,000 cells/mL at the time of administering the CSA formulation. The dairy cow can be taken out of production during the administration of the CSA formulation for a period of time of about 3 days or less, 2 days or less, or 1 day or less.
US09314470B2	Transdermal drug delivery systems for levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol Described are transdermal drug delivery systems for the transdermal administration of levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol, comprising an acrylic polymer matrix. Methods of making and using such systems also are described.
US09314468B2	Chemokine receptor modulators The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, tautomers, stereoisomers, and/or esters thereof. These compounds, and pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds are useful treating or preventing HIV infections, and in treating proliferative disorders such as inhibiting the metastasis of various cancers.
US09314464B2	Compounds and compositions as protein kinase inhibitors The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of B-Raf.
US09314461B2	Oral formulations and lipophilic salts of methylnaltrexone The present invention provides compositions comprising methylnaltrexone or a salt thereof, and compositions and formulations thereof, for oral administration.
US09314459B2	Polymorphs of cocrystals of p-Coumaric acid:nicotinamide Polymorphs, Forms II and III, of cocrystals of p-coumaric acid and nicotinamide in a 1:1 molar ratio. Pharmaceutical compositions containing Forms II or III, processes for making such forms, and methods of treatment with such Forms.
US09314457B2	Methods of treating and preventing vascular instability diseases Methods are provided of treating and preventing stroke diseases, such as cerebral cavernous malformation, by the administration of tempol and/or cholecalciferol.
US09314448B2	Method of inhibiting ABCG2 and other treatment methods Disclosed are methods of enhancing the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumor cells, reducing resistance of a cancer cell to a chemotherapeutic agent, a method of inhibiting ABCG2, Pgp, or MRP1 in a mammal afflicted with cancer, and a method of increasing the bioavailability of an ABCG2 substrate drug in a mammal. The methods comprise administering effective amounts of certain compounds to the mammal, for example, a compound of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, X1, X2, X3, a, and b are as described herein. Uses of these compounds in the preparation of a medicament are also disclosed. Also disclosed are compounds of formula (II), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and uses thereof.
US09314447B2	Reduced dose pharmaceutical compositions of fenofibrate The present invention provides a reduced dose oral pharmaceutical composition comprising mixture of nanoparticulate fenofibrate and micronized fenofibrate and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.
US09314445B2	Use of omega fatty acids for treating disease Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), or a salt or an ester thereof, are provided for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a condition selected from macular oedema, conditions causing damage to retinal photoreceptors and/or retinal pigment epithelial cells, and dry eyes in a mammal, wherein the combined dosage of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid is from 5 mmol to 25 mmol per day, and wherein the molar ratio of eicosapentaenoic acid to docosahexaenoic acid is in the range of from 1:1 to 5:1. Compositions comprising EPA and DHA and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and kits containing EPA, DHA and further therapeutic agents are also provided. The EPA and DHA, or composition comprising the EPA and DHA may be administered orally.
US09314442B2	Compositions for the treatment of autodigestion Compositions for the treatment of shock, autodigestion, multi-organ failure, intestinal ischemia, or intestinal hypoperfusion are provided.
US09314440B2	Morphinan compounds This disclosure relates to novel morphinan compounds and their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This disclosure also provides compositions comprising a compound of this disclosure and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a σ1 receptor agonist that also has NMDA antagonist activity.
US09314432B2	Glucan gels The present invention relates to a glucan having a weight average molar mass of 15,000 to 50,000 g/mol on a single chain basis and a weight average molar mass in aqueous solution on an aggregate basis of 4 to 20×105 g/mol and existing in gel form in aqueous solution at a concentration ≧1% at 25° C. and neutral pH and having a melting temperature (gel to sol) of 35 to 60° C. when the glucan is dissolved in water at a concentration of 2%, methods for the production thereof, medical uses thereof, physical supports having the glucan applied thereto or impregnated thereon and in vitro methods of proliferation of skin cells which comprise contacting a population of skin cells with the glucan.
US09314429B2	Rapidly dispersible dosage form of oxcarbazepine A high dose orodispersible dosage form of oxcarbazepine is provided. Drug-containing particles of oxcarbazepine are included within a porous bound matrix. The dosage form disperses in saliva or water in less than 15 sec and it has sufficient hardness to withstand handling and storage. It can be used to treat diseases or disorders that are therapeutically responsive to oxcarbazepine or a derivative thereof.
US09314427B2	Compositions and methods for the improvement of distance vision and the treatment of refractive errors of the eye The invention provides compositions and methods for the improvement of distance vision. The invention further provides compositions and methods for the treatment of refractive errors of the eye. The invention further provides compositions that preferably comprise aceclidine lyophilized with a cryoprecipitate separate or together with a diluent comprising a cycloplegic agent, a surfactant, and optionally a viscosity enhancer.
US09314423B2	Hair treatment systems and methods using peptides and other compositions The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for transdermal delivery, and treatment of hair related conditions. The compositions can be used in a variety of applications, including causing or promoting hair growth and/or hair pigmentation. In some cases, the composition may include nitric oxide and/or peptides. The nitric oxide and/or peptide may be present within a first phase comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, or other vesicles containing nitric oxide, peptides, or both. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin, e.g., onto the scalp, or other suitable portion of the skin. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like.
US09314422B2	Peptide systems and methods for metabolic conditions The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for topical or transdermal delivery, and treatment of metabolic conditions. In some cases, the composition may include nitric oxide and/or peptides. The nitric oxide and/or peptide may be present within a first phase comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, or other vesicles containing nitric oxide, peptides, or both. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like.
US09314418B2	Use of glycosaminoglycan lipoate esters in the trichology field Disclosed is the use of glycosaminoglycan esters, whose alcohol groups are partly esterified with lipoic acid or with lipoic acid and formic acid, in hair are treatments.
US09314416B2	Compositions and methods for topical application and transdermal delivery of botulinum toxins Improved formulations for transdermal delivery of botulinum toxin are disclosed. The formulations include, for example, botulinum toxin non-covalently associated with a positively charged backbone having branching or efficiency groups. The formulations also include a partitioning agent, oligo-bridge, or polyanion bridge, and may optionally contain a viscosity modifying agent. The formulations are designed for topical application onto the skin of a patient and may be used to treat wrinkles, hyperhidrosis, and other health-related problems. Kits for administration are also described.
US09314413B2	Cosmetic compositions containing esters based on 2-propylheptanol Esters of 2-propylheptanol with linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C5-C36 carboxylic acids and C4-C36 dicarboxylic acids, compositions comprising these esters, and to the use of esters of 2-propylheptanol with linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C5-C36-carboxylic acids and/or C4-C36-dicarboxylic acids in cosmetic and/or topical pharmaceutical preparations.
US09314412B2	Deodorant formulation Deodorant formulations are provided. The formulations all commonly include magnesium oxide, zinc oxide and as a disinfecting agent, potassium chloride and/or potassium sulphate. The combination provides long lasting odor protection since the disinfectant destroys odor causing microorganisms. The formulations all contain natural ingredients and the absence of petroleum based or related synthetic compounds contributes to the efficacy of the formulations.
US09314409B2	Hair treatment compositions A hair treatment composition, comprising a non-emulsified silicone pressure sensitive adhesive dissolved in a volatile solvent.
US09314404B2	Drug compounding skid and compounding method A drug compounding skid for sterile transfer of a compounded drug. The skid includes vessels configured to form a sterile seal of a drug contained therein. The skid may include a sterilization system, a drug transfer system, and a cleaning system. The skid may be used to perform sterile transfer of a compounded drug from the vessels to a holding tank. A skid may include a plurality of drug compounding tanks with agitation devices mounted thereto.
US09314403B2	Flexible storage container A flexible container for fluid administration is provided having a body defining a cavity, a base, and at least one port comprising a flange in contact with a flange of a terminal port having a punctureable membrane layer. The body has a cross-sectional configuration including a lower body section of a first dimension, a middle body section of a second dimension, and an upper body section of a third dimension, wherein the second dimension is smaller than the first dimension and the third dimension. The flexible container may also include a base having a plurality of creases that are foldable to form two folded ends each including an extension having a base of a first dimension and a tip of a second dimension.
US09314402B2	Blister cards promoting intuitive dosing A conveniently portable daily blister card including a front side and a back side opposite the front side. The front side includes a face having a width, a right side edge, a left side edge, a top edge, and an outer periphery. In addition, the front side includes at least three blisters extending outwardly at the face and a primary manufacturer indicia area. Each blister contains a unit dose. The back side includes regulatory information that remains on the back side when a unit dose is removed from a blister through the back side of the card.
US09314395B1	Wrap around walking aid A wrap around walking aid is configured to assist a human user in walking. The wrap around walking aid comprising has a first rear lower frame and a first front lower frame mechanically coupled to a first upper frame. A back rest is connected to the first rear lower frame. A second rear lower frame and a second front lower frame are mechanically coupled to a second upper frame. The second rear lower frame is further mechanically coupled to the back rest. At least one first fixed front wheel is mechanically coupled to both front lower frames. At least one first castor rear wheel is mechanically coupled to both rear lower frames. The wheels enable a turn radius while the human user is walking forward.
US09314394B2	Motion assisting device, control method therefor, and rehabilitation method A motion assisting device or the like, wherein the asymmetry degree of the motion patterns of human limbs is evaluated according to the variation patterns of the values of a pair of posture variables which vary with the postures in the respective same locations of the limbs. Furthermore, the evaluation result of the degree of the asymmetry can be utilized as the foundation of the motion control of the actuator of the motion assisting device. As a result, the motion of the human limbs can be assisted by the motion assisting device in such a manner that the balance of the motion patterns of the limbs is adjusted.
US09314389B2	Therapeutic integrator apparatus A therapeutic integrator for use with children, toddlers and infants. The integrator includes a frame, and an expandable fabric top disposed at the top of the frame. The fabric top includes a fabric base and a fabric top supplement.
US09314386B1	Folding bed frame An adjustable platform bed frame includes first and second frame segments, wherein each frame segment has an outer frame member and a plurality of cross-members, with the first frame segment being positioned at a height that is slightly lower than that of the second frame segment; an adjustable frame member pivotally connected with and positioned above the first frame segment; and an adjustment mechanism connected at one end with the first frame segment and at its other end with the adjustable frame member, with the adjustment mechanism being operable for temporarily fixing the adjustable frame member in an inclined position relative to the second frame segment. The first and second frame segments may also be connected with one another by a lateral hinge connection that allows the first and second frame segments to fold relative to one another.
US09314380B2	Continuous web processing device A continuous web processing device including a folding unit that extends in a conveyance direction. The folding unit has a central guide that comes into contact with the bottom of the crotch part of an absorbent article being processed, a pair of side guides that come into contact with the front waistline portion and the rear waistline portion of the absorbent article, and a superimposing roller that superimposes the front waistline portion and the rear waistline portion one on the other. A spacing between the pair of side guides becomes narrower in the downstream conveyance direction. Ends of the side guides are located further upstream than an end of the central guide. The superimposing roller superimposes the front waistline portion and the rear waistline portion of the absorbent article one on the other downstream from the side guides.
US09314376B1	Goggles that eliminate a user's peripheral vision and enhance situational awareness while strengthening muscle memory Goggles eliminate peripheral vision of a user and enhance situational awareness while increasing muscle memory. The goggles comprise a goggle frame mechanically coupled to a left side blinder and a right side blinder. The goggle frame is further mechanically coupled to a wearing component. The left side blinder covers approximately one half of a left eye of the user and the right side blinder covers approximately one half of a right eye of the user giving the user a field of vision of 30 degrees to 70 degrees which can eliminate distractions and disturbances in peripheral vision of the user causing increased situational awareness and increased muscle memory.
US09314375B1	Method for auto-regulation of intraocular pressure A method for controlling intraocular eye pressure via fluid exchange in the body is presented. The method may comprise providing a system to sense and regulate pressure, then implanting the system into the eye. The system may comprise four main components: a cannula, a sensor, a controller and a pump. The method works to engage in a fluid exchange which slowly increases/decreases intraocular pressure until a desired level is reached. Once the desired level is reached, the intraocular pressure is held steady and any external pressure perturbations are removed.
US09314368B2	Home-use applicators for non-invasively removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells via phase change coolants, and associates devices, systems and methods Home-use applicators for non-invasively removing heat from subcutaneous, lipid-rich cells via phase change coolants, and associated devices, systems and methods. A device in accordance with a particular embodiment includes an applicator releasably positionable in thermal communication with human skin, and a coolant vessel having a coolant. The device further includes a heat transfer conduit operatively coupled to the applicator and housing a heat transfer fluid that is isolated from fluid contact with the coolant. A heat exchanger is operatively coupled between the coolant vessel and the heat transfer conduit to transfer heat between the heat transfer fluid and the coolant, and a fluid driver is operatively coupled to the heat transfer conduit to direct the heat transfer fluid between the applicator and the heat exchanger.
US09314366B2	Surgical heating and cooling system and devices and methods for the use thereof A modular cooling-heating system for use in the controlled delivery of temperature-controlled fluids to a heat exchanger associated with the blood of a patient undergoing a medical procedure is described, wherein the cooling-heating system uses adaptive temperature control protocols.
US09314363B2	Orthopedic device for treating complications of the hip An orthopedic device is provided for treating complications of the hip and has means for trochanter compression, pelvis support, lumbar compression, variously directed straps, and thigh support. The trochanter compression and an internal/external rotation strap provide pain relief through compression and skin protection, unloading of joints through compression and sealing, and unloading by load transfer. Means for adjustably dosing of straps enables pain management and ease of use.
US09314359B2	Stent delivery system An stent delivery system may include a delivery device and a tubular body having a lumen sized to slidably fit about an outer diameter of the delivery device and a drainage stent having an anchoring mechanism, wherein the delivery device includes a constraining member configured to engage an external portion of the tubular body at the proximal end of the delivery device. A method of delivering a stent may include inserting a tubular body into the port of an endoscope, inserting a stent delivery device and a stent having an anchoring mechanism into the tubular body, wherein the delivery device includes a constraining member configured to engage and retain the tubular body at the proximal end of the delivery device, advancing the drainage stent distally through the tubular body, sliding the tubular body proximally, and engaging an external portion of the tubular body with the constraining member.
US09314354B2	Axially-radially nested expandable device Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. These implants comprise an axially-radially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as translating and/or slide and lock. One advantage of the axially-radially nested stent is that it maintains the expanded size, without significant recoil.
US09314349B2	Expandable support device and method of use An expandable support device for tissue repair is disclosed. The device can be used to repair hard or soft tissue, such as bone or vertebral discs. A method of repairing tissue is also disclosed. The device and method can be used to treat compression fractures. The compression fractures can be in the spine. The device can be deployed by compressing the device longitudinally resulting in radial expansion.
US09314342B2	Knee replacement system and method for enabling natural knee movement A method of implanting a knee replacement system in a leg with a femur and a tibia of a patient can include, implanting a femoral component onto a condyle of the femur and placing a trial tibial component on a tibial plateau of the tibia. The tension of a posterior cruciate ligament can be adjusted. The tension of an anterior cruciate ligament can be adjusted. The posterior position of the trial tibial component can be adjusted. The knee condition at toe off onset can be simulated during walking.
US09314341B2	Surgical methods and instruments for implanting a joint unloading system Positioning instruments and related methods are described for implanting an joint unloading system for treating joints. The positioning instruments and methods allow the joint unloading system to be positioned at a joint such that the desired motion will occur for the particular design of a particular joint unloading system which is to be implanted. The positioning instruments include a locating instrument for locating an anatomical feature and a target location for implantation of the joint unloading system, a verification instrument for verification of the target location, an alignment guide, a placement guide for guiding placement of a part of the joint unloading system, and positioning device for aligning portions of the joint unloading system.
US09314340B2	Joint bioscaffolds Provided herein are compositions and medical devices, and in particular, biodegradable scaffolds capable of repairing and replacing cartilagenous meniscuses. Also provided herein are methods of using scaffolds for treating degenerative tissue disorders. In certain embodiments, such scaffolds can promote tissue regeneration of a temporal mandibular joint (TMJ) meniscus.
US09314332B2	Method and apparatus for fixing a graft in a bone tunnel A method and apparatus for fixing a ligament in a bone tunnel by cross-pinning the ligament in the bone tunnel.
US09314331B2	Methods and apparatus for delivering and positioning sheet-like materials in surgery An implant delivery system for delivering a sheet-like implant is disclosed. The implant delivery system includes a distal guidewire port for receiving the proximal end of guidewire after the guidewire distal end has been affixed to a first point on bone or other tissue. The implant delivery system is tracked over the guidewire to a selected position defined by the guidewire attachment. The device includes an implant spreader assembly disposed proximate the distal end of a delivery shaft. The implant spreader assembly includes a first arm and a second arm. The arms are coupled to the delivery shaft such that the first arm and second arm are moveable between a closed position and an open position. When pivoting to the open position the distal end of each arm travels in a generally transverse direction to spread a sheet-like implant.
US09314328B2	Branched stent graft device and deployment A device for treating disease along a main vessel and at least one branch vessel extending from the main vessel includes a branch member for deployment in the branch vessel, the branch member having a branch lumen; and a main body for deployment in the main vessel. The main body has a generally tubular wall extending generally longitudinally between opposite first and second ends. The wall has an internal surface defining a main lumen and an opposite outer surface. The wall has a recessed portion that is recessed relative to the outer surface of the wall and positioned between the first and second ends of the main body. The main body has an opening formed in the recessed portion of the wall for receiving the branch member therethrough such that the branch lumen is in fluid communication with the main lumen.
US09314323B2	Systems, devices and methods for minimally invasive pelvic surgery The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, devices, and methods for treating urinary incontinence.The invention also provides a driver and methods for advancing needles, cannulas, and other medical devices through the pubic bone. The driver may be used in connection with a driver frame assembly for proper positioning and stabilization of the driver, and with other devices for creating a cavity in the urethral floor and for positioning medical devices therein. The invention also provides simple connections for attaching a suture to a device within the cavity in the urethral floor or in the vagina, an also for attaching sutures to the pubic bone.
US09314320B2	Device for mitigation of temporomandibular joint disorder A device for mitigation of temporomandibular joint disorder with lingual tooth surface contact surface, hard palate conformity, anterior pad, and pad wings.
US09314319B2	Transfer part for an implant A transfer part for holding an implant has a clamping portion for clamping connection with the implant. The clamping portion has a radial groove, a clamping ring and a force transmission element. The clamping ring is insertable into the radial groove to directly engage with the implant. The force transmission element secures the clamping connection against rotation. An inner ampule for receiving and securing a transfer part for holding an implant has an upper fixing portion and a lower fixing portion. The upper fixing portion reaches to a large surface recess in the ampule for insertion and removal of the transfer part, and has a laterally open indentation enlarging towards the recess adapted for the closely fitting insertion of the transfer part. The lower fixing portion has a laterally open indentation towards the recess adapted to receive the implant.
US09314317B2	Abutment for a dental implant Abutment for a dental implant (50), with an apical end (4) and with a coronal end (6) arranged opposite the apical end in the longitudinal direction. In the area of the apical end (4), the abutment has an insert portion (8) which is designed to be received by an opening of the dental implant and which has an anti-rotation segment (10) with at least one anti-rotation element (27) which is designed to cooperate with a corresponding mating anti-rotation element (53) of the dental implant (50). The anti-rotation element (27) has a groove (18′, 18″) which, from the edge of the anti-rotation segment (10) directed toward the apical end (4), extends in the coronal longitudinal direction along a groove portion (14) with a substantially constant groove width. The groove (18′, 18″) is continuously widened in a transition portion (20) adjoining the groove portion (14), in order to merge into a bevel (24′, 24″) in a bevel portion (22) adjoining the transition portion (20).
US09314314B2	Anatomical location markers and methods of use in positioning sheet-like materials during surgery A tissue marker assembly which can be useful with an implant delivery system for delivering a sheet-like implant is disclosed. The tissue marker assembly can include a delivery sleeve with a tissue marker slidably disposed within a lumen therethrough. A proximal handle can be coupled to the tissue marker and delivery sleeve, having a first part and a second part. The second part of the proximal handle can be releasably attached to the tissue marker proximal end so that the second part can be removed to allow the delivery sleeve to be removed proximally over the tissue marker after it is affixed to tissue. The distal portion of the marker can include a plurality of longitudinally extending arms when unconstrained project outward from the shaft to retain the marker's position in tissue.
US09314313B2	Asymmetrical surgical wrist rest Wrist, hand, or arm support devices are provided. The support devices include a support member having a top surface and a front surface. The top surface is oriented at either a parallel angle or a non-parallel angle with respect to a work surface. The front surface curves upon itself to form either a symmetric or an asymmetric arc. Preferred versions of the support devices described herein include at least one of a top surface oriented at a non-parallel angle with respect to the work surface or a front surface that curves upon itself to define an asymmetric arc. Mounting members for connecting the support member to an operating surface are also provided. The support devices described herein permit an operator to comfortably rest his or her hand on the support devices while directing procedures toward non-centered portions of work objects.
US09314312B2	Therapeutic skin lifting device and related systems and methods A therapeutic device has a bridge portion adapted for releasable adherence to a patch of skin so as to lift the patch of skin above a sensitive underlying treatment site in reducing discomfort or pain associated with tissue compression at the treatment site. The bridge portion is elevated above the treatment site with an exposed adhesive facing the patch of skin to be lifted and/or stretched outwardly. With the application of pressure to elastically deform the device from its original neutral configuration, the bridge portion is brought into contact with the patch of skin, adhering the skin to the adhesive. When the pressure is removed, the device rebounds and generally reassumes its original configuration with the bridge portion lifting the attached patch of skin.
US09314311B2	Catheter control system and graphical user interface A remote workstation for the control of percutaneous intervention devices is provided. The remote workstation includes a control system for remotely and independently controlling at least two percutaneous intervention devices. The control system includes at least one input device to control the percutaneous intervention devices. The control system controls movement of at least one of the percutaneous intervention devices along at least two degrees of freedom. The remote workstation also includes a graphical user interface for displaying icons representative of the operational status of each of the percutaneous intervention devices.
US09314308B2	Robotic ultrasonic surgical device with articulating end effector An apparatus for operating on tissue comprises an end effector, a shaft assembly, and an interface assembly. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade. The shaft assembly includes an articulation section operable to deflect the end effector away from the longitudinal axis. The interface assembly is operable to drive the end effector. The interface assembly comprises a base and a plurality of drive shafts. The base is configured to couple with a dock of a robotic control system. The drive shafts are oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft assembly. A first drive shaft may be operable to rotate the shaft assembly relative to the base. A second drive shaft may be operable to drive the articulation section. A third drive shaft may be operable to drive a clamping arm to pivot toward the ultrasonic blade.
US09314307B2	Grip force control for robotic surgical instrument end effector Methods of controlling a gripping force of an end effector of a robotically-controlled surgical instrument are provided. The method includes receiving a first input signal indicative of a high grip level input at a master gripping mechanism that controls a slave gripping force of the end effector; receiving a second input signal indicative of a user's readiness to operate the surgical instrument to perform a surgical procedure; and outputting an actuation signal in response to receiving the first input signal and the second input signal together to increase the slave gripping force from a first level to a second level higher than the first level during the surgical procedure.
US09314299B2	Flower catheter for mapping and ablating veinous and other tubular locations An improved catheter particularly useful for tubular regions at or near the heart has a distal assembly having at least two spines, each having a proximal end fixed to the catheter and a free distal end. Each spine has a support arm supporting the spine in a generally L-shaped configuration when the spine is in a relaxed, neutral state and in a generally U-shaped configuration when the spine is inserted into a tubular region. The spine has a proximal portion and a distal portion that may be straight or curved or zig-zagged. Each spine carries a tip electrode and at least one ring electrode that come into contact simultaneously with heart tissue for ablation and/or sensing electrical activity along two different circumferences of the tubular region simultaneously.
US09314298B2	Vacuum-stabilized ablation system A tissue ablation apparatus includes a body having at least two lumens extending therethrough and an ultrasound ablation element positioned within a distal region of the body. The ultrasound ablation element includes an ultrasound transducer and a membrane. One of the lumens is arranged so as to deliver a fluid into a cavity defined between the transducer and the membrane. A first orifice is provided in the body proximal of the ultrasound ablation element and is open to the first lumen to define a first vacuum pathway. A distal vacuum chamber, opening to a second orifice in the body, is defined by the body distal of the ultrasound ablation element and is in communication with the first lumen to define a second vacuum pathway. At least one flow control apparatus is provided to regulate flow through one of the vacuum pathways independent of flow through the other vacuum pathway.
US09314297B2	Electrosurgical instrument with a knife blade stop An electrosurgical forceps is provided with a shaft that extends from a housing of the electrosurgical forceps. An end effector assembly operably coupled to a distal end of the shaft includes a pair of first and second jaw members one of which being movable from an open configuration for positioning tissue therebetween, to a clamping configuration for grasping tissue therebetween. A knife blade assembly includes a knife blade that is translatable within the first and second jaw members when the first and second jaw members are in the clamping configuration. The knife blade assembly includes a medial portion defining an opening therethrough having proximal and distal ends. A knife blade stop in operative communication with the knife blade assembly includes a pair of leading and trailing stops thereon that are configured to contact respective distal and proximal ends of the opening to limit translation of the knife blade assembly.
US09314288B2	Dispensing device for bone cement A discharge device discharges the content of a container by applying a compressed gas. The device has a housing, at least one compressed gas container, an operating device for setting a gas flow from the compressed gas container and an opening means for opening the compressed gas container. The opening means is movable in relation to the compressed gas container, and the device has a holder for securing the container on the device. The holder is in operative connection with the opening means in such a way that securing the container on the holder brings about a movement of the opening means in relation to the compressed gas container that opens the compressed gas container.
US09314287B2	Assembly tool for modular implant and associated method A method of implanting a modular implant having a proximal implant and a distal implant into an anatomic site includes sequentially assembling a plurality of components of an assembly tool on to the proximal and distal implants and holding corresponding tapers of the proximal and distal implants separated by a selected separation distance by the assembly tool. The method also includes impacting the proximal and distal implants to an anatomic depth without changing the separation distance by impacting the assembly tool, and actuating the assembly tool to lock the corresponding tapers of the proximal and distal implants without removing the assembly tool.
US09314286B2	Bone screw with multiple thread profiles for far cortical locking and flexible engagement to a bone Osteosynthesis constructs for treating bone fractures and bone screws for use in such systems are disclosed. The bone screws include a threaded front section configured for engagement with cortical bone, a threaded mid-section and an unthreaded neck section configured for limited movement within the near cortex of the bone. Osteosynthesis constructs of the type disclosed promote secondary healing by allowing for substantially parallel motion at the near and far cortex within the effective motion range for callus formation.
US09314282B2	Intramedullary rod instrument A femoral instrument for use in the intramedullary canal is described and includes an intramedullary rod having a tip at a free end. A body is attached to the intramedullary rod and has a face with a bone abutting portion. A centralizer mechanism is located within the rod and is operable to deploy and retract a plurality of members to engage and disengage an inner surface of the intramedullary canal. The length of the intramedullary rod from the tip to the face of the body is less than 30 cm. The instrument can also include an angular adjustment mechanism. The angular adjustment mechanism can have a plurality of formations and can be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the intramedullary rod to present at least a one of the formations to abut a portion of the body to define the relative angle between the body and the intramedullary rod.
US09314276B2	Interspinous process implant and fusion cage spacer A spinal implant includes an elongated body dimensioned and configured to function as a spacer, for placement in a target interspinous process space, between two adjacent spinous processes, a distal anchor associated with a distal end of the body, and a proximal anchor mounted for longitudinal movement along the body between a first position spaced apart from the head and a second position approximated with the head, adapted to compress the two adjacent spinous processes, in conjunction with the distal anchor.
US09314274B2	Minimally invasive spinal fixation system including vertebral alignment features A bone anchor coupler assembly is configured to couple a bone anchor to a spine stabilization member, and includes a coupler body and an angular adjustment member movably coupled to the coupler body.
US09314271B2	Device for stretching skin A device for stretching skin having a plate-shaped main body and a tensioning element thereon. The tensioning element is rotatable about an axis of rotation, as a result of which a pulling thread affixed to the tensioning element is able to be wound up. A latching lock serves for fixing the rotatable tensioning element and includes a securing device for securing the latching lock against inadvertent release. The tensioning element is able to be moved in a direction of the axis of rotation against a force of a spring. The latching lock is able to be removed from a latching position, and return to the latching position as a result of a force from the spring. The securing is able to be actioned by a securing lever arranged on the rotatable tensioning element. A movement of the securing lever is able to action the tensioning element at the same time.
US09314264B2	Pin locking mechanism for a surgical instrument A surgical instrument comprising a handle portion, an elongated portion defining a longitudinal axis and extending distally from the handle portion, and first and second jaw members dimensioned to clamp tissue therebetween. The first jaw member has at least one row of fasteners arranged in a row substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis. A pin is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the first jaw member and is movable between a first position where the engagement section is spaced from the second jaw member and a second position where the engagement section engages the second jaw member. The pin has a non-circular cross-section.
US09314263B2	Atherectomy devices, systems, and methods The devices and methods generally relate to treatment of occluded body lumens. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens.
US09314260B2	Surgical device, method of performing surgery using same, and surgical device kit A surgical device for severing a targeted tissue structure embedded within biological tissue of a patient includes a solid needle having an elongated length and extending lengthwise between opposing first and second ends. The solid needle includes an outer surface and a needle cross-sectional dimension, A hollow needle is slidingly received along the solid needle. The hollow needle includes a needle passage having a passage cross-sectional dimension. A surgical filament is operatively connected to the solid needle and has a filament cross-sectional dimension. The passage cross-sectional dimension can be greater than the sum of the needle cross-sectional dimension and the filament cross-sectional dimension such that the solid needle and the surgical filament can co-extend through the needle passage in substantially freely sliding relation to the hollow needle. A surgical device kit and methods of use are also included.
US09314258B2	Ultrasound catheter for disrupting blood vessel obstructions Ultrasound catheter devices and methods provide enhanced disruption of blood vessel obstructions. Generally, an ultrasound catheter includes an elongate flexible catheter body with one or more lumens. An ultrasound transmission member or wire extends longitudinally through the catheter body lumen and, in many embodiments, a guide wire tube also extends through the same lumen. A distal head is fixed to or otherwise mechanically coupled with the distal end of the ultrasound transmission member or wire and is positioned adjacent the distal end of the catheter body. Although the distal end of the catheter body overlaps the distal head, the distal head is not directly affixed to the distal end of the catheter body. Thus, the distal tip may move freely, relative to the distal end of the catheter body when ultrasonic energy is applied through the ultrasound transmission member. Such a freely floating distal head enhances the efficiency of an ultrasound catheter, enabling the catheter to ablate calcific occlusions and increasing the useful life of the ultrasound transmission member and catheter.
US09314256B2	Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable by patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by patient to increase the speed, accuracy and simplicity of performing total or partial arthroplasty.
US09314251B2	Customized patient-specific bone cutting blocks A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.
US09314242B2	Single catheter heart repair device and method for use A system and method for repairing a human heart uses a catheter with an extendable tip and multiple tissue fasteners. The catheter is advanced into a human heart with the extendable tip adjacent a first tissue portion. The extendable tip is extended to form a tissue-receiving opening, the first tissue portion is positioned within the tissue-receiving opening, and the extendable tip is withdrawn to mechanically hold the first tissue portion. A first tissue fastener is secured to the first tissue portion, which is then released from the tissue-receiving opening. A second tissue fastener may subsequently be passed through a second tissue portion.
US09314241B2	Apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone A flexible member for coupling tissue. The flexible member includes a tail and a self-locking construct. The tail includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The tail defines a tail passageway proximate to the second end. The self-locking construct includes a first loop and an adjustable second loop. The second loop is slidably threaded through the tail passageway defined by the tail. The self-locking construct is configured such that passing the tail through the first loop so that the second loop extends into the first loop forms a tissue capture region defined by the self-locking construct. The tail passageway defined by the tail defines a locking member configured to secure the second loop to the first loop.
US09314239B2	Methods and devices for securing suture to tissue Methods and devices are provided for securing suture to tissue. In one exemplary embodiment, the implant can include an intermediate portion, a first radially expandable portion extending from the intermediate portion, and a second radially expandable portion extending from the intermediate portion. The implant can be configured to be inserted through a delivery device in a first configuration and deployed into a hole formed in tissue in a second configuration such that the intermediate portion is positioned within the hole. A suture can be inserted through a passageway of the intermediate portion positioned within the hole, and the suture can be tensioned to secure the tissue to bone.
US09314238B2	T-type suture anchor A suture anchor of a T-type is inserted into and through a small-diameter hole formed in a bone and, when deployed, is oriented substantially transversely with respect to the small-diameter hole. Prior to deployment, the suture anchor is coupled to an insertion shaft through a deformable portion and is aligned with the shaft axis so that the insertion shaft and the suture anchor can be inserted into the small-diameter hole.
US09314236B2	Tissue graft fixation The present disclosure relates to a graft fixation device including a body configured and arranged for passage through a bone tunnel when oriented generally longitudinally with respect to the bone tunnel, and for residing against bone defining an opening to the bone tunnel when oriented generally transversely with respect to the bone tunnel. The body defines an enclosed channel for receiving a member such that the member is substantially evenly distributed about a longitudinal extent of the body so that the body maintains a generally longitudinal orientation during passage through the tunnel, and includes a cross bar about which the member is looped when the body resides against the bone defining the opening to the bone tunnel.
US09314235B2	Tissue anchor and insertion tool A surgical tool includes a shaft for receiving implants. The shaft defines a non-linear track. The tool includes a deployment member movable along the track to deploy the implants. An implant includes a body, and a plurality of alternating threads and flutes helically arranged about the body such that the body rotates under a linear applied force. Alternatively, an implant includes a body having a distal end for pound-in advancement into tissue. The body includes a plurality of cone-shaped, stacked barbs. A surgical tool includes two implants. The first implant has forward threads and the second implant has reverse threads. The first implant has threads for rotary advancement into tissue and the second implant is configured for pound-in advancement into tissue. The first and second implants are configured for pound-in advancement into tissue.
US09314234B2	Pre-tied surgical knots for use with suture passers Sutures with pre-tied knots for use in percutaneous surgical procedures. Described herein are pre-tied sutures and methods of using them that may be used with a suture passer for percutaneously suturing tissue, including percutaneously passing and securing a loop of suture around a tear in a meniscus tissue of the knee. A suture with a pre-tied knot may include a length of suture and a knot body on the length of suture, and a leader snare tied to the length of suture by the knot body. The leader snare typically has an opening loop (bight or snare) through which an end of the suture may be passed. The tail of the leader snare may be pulled to remove the leader snare for the knot body and draw the end of the suture through the knot body to close the knot, which can then be tightened to secure the tissue.
US09314233B2	Surgical access assembly with sleeve and adjustable fastener A surgical access assembly and method of use is disclosed, including an access member, a tissue engaging member, a sleeve extending from a portion of the membrane, and a fastening member to couple the access member and the sleeve. The access member includes proximal and distal ends, at least one lumen disposed therethrough, and defines a longitudinal axis. The tissue engaging member includes a membrane having proximal and distal ends with opposing openings, and a passage therethrough for receiving the access member. A length of the tissue engaging member may be selectively adjustable by a user so as to provide a retraction force. The sleeve extends proximally from a portion of the membrane. The sleeve has a proximal end and a distal end with opposing openings, the distal end of the sleeve defined by a portion of the membrane. A fastening member couples the access member and the sleeve.
US09314229B2	Suturing device and method for sealing an opening in a blood vessel or other biological structure A suturing device includes a handle, an elongated body, at least one suture snag, at least one pair of needles, and at least one suture pair. The suture snag is moveable between a deployed position in which two distal arm portions thereof radially extend away from the elongated body and a retracted position in which the two distal arm portions are disposed within the elongated body. The suture pair is slidingly disposed through the needle pair. The suturing device deploys the suture snag within a vessel adjacent to an arteriotomy, extends the needle pair through a vessel wall around the arteriotomy and through the deployed suture snag, extends the suture pair beyond the distal ends of the needle pair, and then utilizes the suture snag to capture the extended suture pair by retracting the suture snag to pull first or distal ends of the sutures back into the suturing device.
US09314228B2	Apparatus and method for accessing the bone marrow An apparatus and method for accessing the bone marrow of a human's sternum is provided. The apparatus includes a tissue penetrator configured to penetrate the sternum, a trigger mechanism configured to engage when the tissue penetrator contacts the sternum and a depth control mechanism operable to limit the penetration of the tissue penetrator into the sternum to a pre-selected depth.
US09314227B2	Flexible ring pessary The present disclosure suggests an apparatus for determining at least one parameter in the vaginal channel of a user. The apparatus comprises a flexible pessary and a measurement unit comprising at least one sensor for measuring the at least one vaginal parameter. The measurement unit is reversibly mountable to the flexible pessary.
US09314224B2	Image processing system, image processing apparatus, and image processing method According to one embodiment, an image processing system includes a stereoscopic display device and a control unit. The stereoscopic display device is configured to display a stereoscopic image viewed by an observer stereoscopically by displaying a predetermined parallax number of parallax images. The control unit is configured to perform control, when generating the predetermined parallax number of parallax images from volume data that is three-dimensional medical image data, so as to change a parallactic angle between parallax images based on the shape of a subject portion and to display a predetermined parallax number of parallax images at the parallactic angle thus changed on the stereoscopic display device.
US09314215B2	Dental positioning system A dental positioning system and method employing the system are described. The system includes at least one receptor holder having an arm extending from a receptor grip. The receptor grip retains a receptor in a fixed position within the grip and with respect to the arm. The system also includes an alignment ring having a window formed therein and having at least one opening corresponding to the at least one receptor holder. The opening is constructed to receive the arm of the receptor holder such that the receptor is substantially centered with respect to the window.
US09314213B2	Press plate and radiographic imaging apparatus A press plate includes: a press section that is disposed to face towards an imaging face of an imaging table and is resiliently deformable; and a movable support point portion that is movable and supports the press section at the opposite side to the imaging face so that a reaction force occurring at the press section is adjusted according to a position of the movable support point portion to support the press section. The press plate may further include: a support section that is disposed separated from the press section on the opposite side to the imaging face and with at least one end portion coupled to one end portion of the press section, wherein the movable support point portion is movable between the press section and the support section so that a deformation amount of the press section is adjusted by such movement.
US09314212B2	X-ray imaging apparatus The present invention relates to an X-ray imaging apparatus, comprising: an X-ray imager including an X-ray beam generator for emitting an X-ray beam, an X-ray beam detector for detecting the X-ray beam to obtain an X-ray image of an object, and a main body unit in which the X-ray beam generator and the X-ray beam detector are installed; and a three-dimensional scanner arranged in the X-ray imager in order to obtain an image of the outer appearance of the object. According to the present invention, an X-ray image and an image of the outer appearance of an object, for example, an image of the skull and an image of the face, can be obtained at the same time, thereby minimizing image correction procedures for matching two images.
US09314211B2	Blood pressure measurement device having function of determining rest condition of patient A method includes pressurizing a cuff of a blood pressure measurement device that is wrapped around a measurement site of a patient, measuring the patient's blood pressure and pulse period during and before depressurization of the cuff, calculating a threshold value range of the pulse period based on data of a past measured pulse period of the patient, determining whether the measured pulse period is within the threshold value range of the past measured pulse period, if the measured pulse period is determined to be within the threshold value range of the past measured pulse period both during and before depressurization, displaying that the patient was in the rest condition, and if the measured pulse period is determined not to be within the threshold value range of the past measured pulse period either during or before depressurization, displaying that the patient was in the unrest condition.
US09314209B2	Methods and systems for determining physiological information based on a correlation sequence A physiological monitoring system may determine physiological information, such as physiological rate information, from a physiological signal. The system may generate a correlation sequence between two segments of the physiological signal at multiple correlation lag values. The system may compare the correlation sequence to a predetermined threshold, which may vary as a function of lag. Based on the comparison, the system may determine whether the correlation sequence value exceeds the threshold, and whether the correlation sequence value corresponds to a peak. The system may identify a lag value when the correlation sequence corresponding to the lag value exceeds the threshold and corresponds to a peak. The system may determine physiological rate information based on the identified lag value.
US09314208B1	Basket catheter with microelectrode array distal tip A catheter adapted for greater mapping resolution and location precision has a basket-shaped, high density electrode assembly for large-area mapping, and an integrated distal tip providing an array of ultra-high density microelectrodes for acute focal mapping. The basket-shaped electrode assembly 18 has a plurality of electrode-carrying spines and the distal tip has a nonmetallic, electrically insulating substrate body with indentations in which microelectrodes are positioned in a manner that the outer surface is generally flush with the outer surface of the substrate body to present a generally smooth, atraumatic distal tip profile.
US09314206B2	Diet and calories measurements and control The present invention depicts systems and methods for utilizing sensors and other means that are able to track a User, and grasp his pattern of food intake (e.g., the volume, Calories, content, and other attributes of food entities), Calories outtake, and online network capabilities for tracking the balance of User Calories and other nutritional attributes.
US09314202B2	Method for analyzing nerve fiber distribution and measuring normalized evoked compound action electric potential A method for analyzing nerve fibers distribution is provided, including inputting a stimulation signal into a nerve tissue through at least two sensing and conducting electrodes, applying a stimulation signal ratio to control the stimulation signal using an electric current steering technique to electrically stimulate a plurality of nerve fibers within a plurality of stimulations areas of the nerve tissue; receiving a plurality of evoked compound action potentials (ECAP) using at least two sensing and conducting electrodes due to the nerve fibers electrically stimulated and computing a distance between the nerve fiber and the conducting electrodes including eliminating non-ideal effect caused by an electric potential attenuation factor, wherein the electric potential attenuation factor is a function of the distance between each of the conducting electrodes and the nerve tissue; and integrating and comparing the received ECAPs and analyzing the nerve fibers distribution of the nerve tissue.
US09314199B2	Disposable sterile retracting blood taking needle A disposable sterile retracting blood taking needle consists of an end cover, a protective sleeve, a needle guard, a needle, a needle hub, a core rod. An outer sleeve, a piston, a sheath and a blood taking needle. The piston is arranged in a clamping groove of the core rod; the outer sleeve is sleeved on the core rod and the piston; the piston and the outer sleeve are in interference fit; inner holes of the needle, the needle hub, the core rod and the blood taking needle are communicated; the core rod and the outer sleeve are made of transparent materials; blood backflow is judged by blood flowing in a passage in the core rod; and after blood taking is completed, a medical worker presses a blood taking position of the blood taking needle with one hand, presses the outer sleeve with a finger of the other hand and pulls the needle guard to move back with other fingers of the other hand, so that a snap ring of the core rod enters a slot of the outer sleeve and is locked, and the blood taking needle is hidden in a cylinder of the outer sleeve, and thus the aim of safety is fulfilled.
US09314196B2	System and methods for processing analyte sensor data for sensor calibration Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data are disclosed, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. The sensor can be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. Reference data resulting from benchtop testing an analyte sensor prior to its insertion can be used to provide initial calibration of the sensor data. Reference data from a short term continuous analyte sensor implanted in a user can be used to initially calibrate or update sensor data from a long term continuous analyte sensor.
US09314193B2	Biometric apparatus and method for touch-sensitive devices A touch sensor is configured to sense a contact event occurring between a body part of a user and the touch sensor. The touch sensor is configured to produce contact data in response to the sensed contact event. A processor is coupled to the touch sensor and memory. The processor is configured to store in the memory a sequence of data frames each comprising contact data associated with a different portion of the user's body part. The processor is further configured to generate biometric signature data using the sequence of data frames.
US09314191B2	Method and system to measure cardiac motion using a cardiovascular navigation system A method and system are provided to measure cardiac motion data using a cardiovascular navigation system. The method and system position a patient reference sensor (PRS) on a patient, wherein the PRS determines a position of the patient relative to a reference point. The method and system determine a reference orientation matrix based on an orientation of the PRS relative to a reference point and determining a normalization time based on an electrical signal. The method and system obtain point specific (PS) motion data for a plurality of map points. The PS motion data indicates a three dimensional trajectory that occurs at the corresponding map point on a wall of a heart of the patient during at least one cardiac cycle. Further the method and system compensate the PS motion data based on the PRS.
US09314186B2	Body fat measurement device A body fat measurement device includes a plurality of electrodes including back area electrodes and upper limb electrodes, a body impedance measurement unit that measures a body impedance using the plurality of electrodes, a body composition information calculation unit that calculates a body fat mass based on the body impedance, a fitting belt for bringing the back area electrodes into contact with the surface of the measurement subject's back area in a pressurized state, and an upper limb unit that includes a gripping portion that can be gripped by the measurement subject's hand, the upper limb electrodes being provided in the gripping portion. The upper limb unit can be attached to and detached from the fitting belt.
US09314181B2	Method and apparatus for detection of heartbeat characteristics Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to detecting Atrial Fibrillation (AF). As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, a time series of inter-beat intervals is computed from a recording of activity of a beating heart. The time series is decomposed into subcomponents, and an envelope of at least one of the subcomponents is computed. The presence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is detected based upon characteristics of the envelope that are indicative of AF.
US09314180B2	Heart electrophysiological signal analysis system A system automatically detects and measures ST deviation of a heart wave ECG signal in the presence of noise and accommodates baseline variation of the signal and other artefacts. A system identifies a particular point in an electrophysiological signal representing heart electrical activity using an interface for receiving an electrical signal waveform comprising an R-wave and including an ST segment portion associated with heart electrical activity of a patient over a heart beat cycle. A signal processor processes data representing the electrical signal waveform by identifying an S point and T point in the electrical signal waveform and determining a first candidate J point in the electrical signal waveform having substantially a maximum distance from a line between the identified S and T points, the distance being measured perpendicularly to the line.
US09314173B2	Remote controller and display system There is provided a remote controller including a plurality of press buttons, an optical finger mouse and a transmission interface. The press buttons are configured to trigger a control signal. The optical finger mouse is configured to detect a physiological characteristic and a displacement. The transmission interface is configured to output the control signal, the physiological characteristic and the displacement to a display device. There is further provided a display system.
US09314172B2	System and method for providing a training load schedule for peak performance positioning A system for providing a training load schedule for peak performance positioning includes an apparatus for providing a training load schedule for peak performance positioning. The apparatus includes an initial load schedule module that provides an initial load schedule. The apparatus also includes a fatigue level module that detects a fatigue level. In addition, the apparatus includes a dynamic load schedule module that creates and updates a dynamic load schedule by modifying the initial load schedule based on the fatigue level.
US09314168B2	Detecting sleep events using localized blood pressure changes Techniques for detecting sleep events are disclosed. In some embodiments, a continuous non-invasive blood pressure (“CNIBP”) monitoring system may be used to obtain blood pressure values from a subject during a sleep study. Changes in the blood pressure over time may be determined and analyzed in order to identify a sleep event. The localized blood pressure changes may be interpreted in isolation or in combination with other signals collected from the subject.
US09314166B1	Monitoring device with a pedometer A monitoring device with a pedometer is disclosed herein. The monitoring device preferably comprises an article, an optical sensor, an accelerometer and processor. The optical sensor preferably comprises a photodetector and a plurality of light emitting diodes. A sensor signal from the optical sensor is processed with a filtered accelerometer output signal from the accelerometer to generate a pedometer function.
US09314165B2	Method and system for monitoring oxygenation levels of compartments and tissue A method and system for continually monitoring oxygenation levels in real-time in compartments of an animal limb, such as in a human leg or a human thigh or a forearm, can be used to assist in the diagnosis of a compartment syndrome. The method and system can include one or more near infrared compartment sensors in which each sensor can be provided with a compartment alignment mechanism and a central scan depth marker so that each sensor may be precisely positioned over a compartment of a living organism. The method and system may comprise hardware or software (or both) may adjust one or more algorithms based on whether tissue being monitored was traumatized or is healthy. The method and system can also monitor the relationship between blood pressure and oxygenation levels and activate alarms based on predetermined conditions relating to the oxygenation levels or blood pressure or both.
US09314163B2	Tissue sensing device for sutureless valve selection A sensing device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve, the sensing device including an elongated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a sensing body coupled to the distal end of the shaft, the sensing body being adapted to fit within a native valve annulus and at least one microelectromechanical sensor attached to the sensing body, the at least one sensing body being capable of measuring a property of tissue.
US09314160B2	Systems and methods for real-time target validation for image-guided radiation therapy Systems and methods for real-time target validation during radiation treatment therapy based on real-time target displacement and radiation dosimetry measurements.
US09314158B2	Ophthalmologic apparatus, control method An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a focusing lens provided in an optical path connecting a subject's eye and an imaging unit, a diopter correction lens provided in the optical path to be insertable and removable, and a position determination unit configured to determine a position of the focusing lens on the optical path in a state where the diopter correction lens is inserted, based on an in-focus state where the diopter correction lens is not inserted.
US09314156B2	Ophthalmologic apparatus and control method of ophthalmologic apparatus This invention provides an ophthalmologic apparatus that requires no fixation line control instruction by an operator to a patient even when executing an inspection set including a plurality of scanning conditions. In an ophthalmologic apparatus including a scanning unit configured to scan measuring light on an eye to be inspected and execute measurement of the eye to be inspected, and a fixation unit configured to fixate the eye to be inspected to a desired measurement position, a determination unit configured to determine whether to cause the scanning unit to continue the measurement of the eye to be inspected in accordance with an inspection set, and a fixation target control unit configured to change the on state of the fixation unit when the determination unit has determined to continue the measurement are arranged.
US09314154B2	System and method for providing analysis of visual function using a mobile device with display A visual function evaluation is performed using a sequence of interactions with a mobile device. A patient user may perform a variety of visual tests using the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the test results to a remote server implementing analysis of the visual function results using network service. The network service receives the test results, processes the results, and provides the processed results to a healthcare provider. The processed results may include trends of the user's visual function test performance. The healthcare provider, such as a physician, may optimize and administer treatment based on the data. Early detection of changes in visual function can enable the healthcare provider to individualize treatment, helping to prevent vision loss while minimizing visits to the office, discomfort, and expense.
US09314147B2	Rotatable connector for an endoscope A rotating connector formed within an endoscope console for connecting an endoscope to a console, comprising: a fixed part located on the endoscope console for attaching the rotating connector to the console; and a rotating part adapted to be attached to the at least one fixed part such that the rotating part can rotate relatively to the at least one fixed part, the rotating part also adapted to receiving an endoscope connector, wherein the rotating connector enables rotation of the endoscope while eliminating twisting of a proximal shaft connecting the endoscope to the console.
US09314146B2	Apparatus for cleaning electronic display surfaces An integrated cleaning and dispensing apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus housing is triangularly shaped and contains within the housing, a dispenser to dispense cleaning solution onto a target surface to be cleaned. A covering is disposed around the outer perimeter surface of the apparatus. In alternative embodiments a cushioning layer is between the microfiber cover and the apparatus housing. In an alternative embodiment, the microfiber cover is attached by hook-and-loop fastener. In another embodiment the microfiber cover is attached to an elastic sleeve that may fit snugly over the outer surface. Other embodiments include a quadrilaterally shaped apparatus housing.
US09314144B2	Spray arm assembly for a dishwasher A spray arm assembly for a dishwasher, comprising a spray arm (12; 74) comprising a plurality of spraying nozzles (40, 42, 60; 76), and support means (16; 56; 78) comprising a mounting element (18; 50; 80) for mounting the support means within the dishwasher and a support member (20; 54; 82) on which the spray arm (12; 74) rests during periods of non-use. The spray arm assembly is characterized in that it further comprises —first supplemental outlet means (24, 48, 58; 92) to direct, during periods of use, liquid to between the support member (20; 54; 82) and the spray arm (12; 74) so as to form a liquid layer between the support member and the spray arm, on which liquid layer the spray arm floats during rotation, and —second supplemental outlet means (28; 86) to direct, during periods of use, liquid to between the spray arm (12, 74) and a guiding surface (34) provided at the support means, so as to stabilize rotation of the spray arm.
US09314142B2	Dispersible nonwoven wipe material A dispersible, nonwoven multistrata wipe material that is stable in a wetting liquid and flushable in use is provided. More particularly, the materials are multilayered structures including, but not limited to, two, three, or four layers to form the dispersible nonwoven wipe material. The layers contain combinations of cellulosic and noncellulosic fibers, and optionally a binder or additive.
US09314140B2	Cleaning nozzle for a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner nozzle having a rotatable member arranged around a longitudinal axis for picking up particles from a surface to be cleaned, and a cleaning arrangement for removing articles entangled on the rotatable member. The cleaning arrangement has at least one support surface provided on at least one radially projecting member, and at least one cleaning member movable between a resting position in which the cleaning member is arranged at a distance from the support surface and at least one cleaning position In the vicinity of the rotatable member. In cleaning position, the cleaning member, during rotation of the rotatable member, co-operates with at least one segment of the support surface to remove entangled articles from the rotatable member. The cleaning member includes a resilient sheet member capable of providing resilient contact with a segment of the support surface in the cleaning position during rotation of the rotatable member.
US09314139B2	Portable surface cleaning apparatus A hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a main body housing a suction motor, and a cyclone bin assembly removably mounted to the main body. The cyclone bin assembly may be partially or wholly nested in the body when the cyclone bin assembly is mounted to the body. The cyclone bin assembly may be removably mounted to a lower surface of the main body. The cyclone bin assembly may be removably mounted as a sealed unit.
US09314135B2	Spice Grinder A grinder has a jar having a surface provided with a screwthread. A grinding cap has a lower part engageable over the surface of the jar and provided with a screwthread such that the lower part can be screwed onto the jar and an upper part rotatable on the lower part. Grinding formations on the parts are effective on relative rotation of the parts. A ramp projects radially from the jar surface toward the cap surface, and a generally angularly extending and radially elastically deflectable arm has an inner end fixed on the cap surface and an outer end spaced in a relaxed condition of the arm radially outward from the cap surface toward the jar surface. The arm is oriented to engage and have its outer end deflected radially toward the cap surface by the ramp on screwing of the lower part onto the jar.
US09314134B2	Electrical portable broiler The present invention relates to an electrical infrared-style broiler sized to be portable, safe, and occupy minimal space, while still providing an additional cooking surface area for use as an electric griddle. The electric griddle is heated from below by way of an electrical heating tube and the grilling surface is heating from above via an infrared heating plate.
US09314126B2	Beverage container having built-in infuser and passive cooling element A hydration bottle that is capable of infusing and cooling a beverage. The hydration bottle includes a container, a lid, an infuser chamber that detachably attaches to the lid, a filter component positioned between the infuser chamber and the lid, and a cold pack that detachably attaches to the bottom end portion of the infuser chamber. The hydration bottle provides both infusion and cooling, only infusion, or no infusion/cooling depending on whether or not the infuser chamber and/or the cold pack are attached. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09314124B2	Articulating garment hanger A garment hanger includes a stationary member having a first jaw and an articulating member having a second jaw for gripping a garment therebetween. The relative tension between the jaws is finely adjustable through the click-stop engagement of teeth associated with the articulating member and a locking member. The locking member is rotatably coupled to the stationary member, and includes a gear having a set of teeth that engage a corresponding set of teeth disposed on a surface of the articulating member.
US09314120B2	Cup and lid assembly for a cup A lid assembly for a cup is releasably attachable to a container. The lid assembly includes a closure member and a cover secured to the closure member. The cover is capable of rotating in a clockwise direction and a counter-clockwise direction relative to the closure member while the cover is secured to the closure member.
US09314119B2	Noodle beverage container A beverage container within a floatation device, such as a noodle, is provided. The beverage container may include a flexible tubular body made of a food grade polymer. The beverage container includes a first end and a second end. At least one of the first end and the second end includes a nozzle that delivers beverages within the beverage container. The beverage container may fit within a hollow center of the floatation device. The nozzle may protrude outside of the floatation device. Therefore, a user may float in water and drink from the beverage container without spilling the beverage.
US09314118B2	Comfort customizable pillow Embodiments typically might relate to pillows that are comfort customizable based on user preference. For example, embodiments might include an outer casing and a self-inflating inner core. A user might adjust the firmness and/or thickness of the pillow by altering the amount of fluid, such as air, within the inner core. Typically such adjustments might be performed without use of a pump, given the self-inflating nature of the inner core.
US09314114B2	Device for assisted walking A device for assisted walking is disclosed. The device may have a substantially flat top section having a plurality of corners, a plurality of sides, and a first perimeter. The device may have a raised border formed about the first perimeter, the raised border defining a top perimeter greater than the first perimeter. The device may have a plurality of support legs, each support leg of the plurality of support legs having one of a plurality of feet. Each foot of the plurality of feet may be disposed at a distal end of each support leg of the plurality of support legs. Each foot of the plurality of feet may have a rounded bottom portion in contact with a floor, each bottom portion having foot width greater than the leg width, and defining a base perimeter greater than the top perimeter, the rounded bottom portion configured to slide along the floor.
US09314111B2	Convertible child carrier A child carrier worn on the back of a user for supporting and transporting a child includes a child seating and back support portion, an adjustable waist belt portion, two adjustable padded shoulder straps, a dual-adjustable cross-chest sternum strap, and two infant/child leg restraint straps. The child carrier is compliant to support the child from bottom, rear and side. The carrier may use shoulder and waist straps constructed of 3d air mesh fabric to provide adequate support and comfort, which enables the child carrier to be compressed into a small sack for stowage and transport in a pocket or other location.
US09314109B2	Modular plunger matrix mattress A modular mattress includes several plunger matrix sections that each have a respective plunger matrix support platform. The several sections are configured for side-to-side assembly to form the complete matrix for the mattress. A foldable edge frame snugly receives and houses the plunger matrix sections in side-to-side relation. The edge frame also defines a flange on an internal surface of the edge frame that supports plunger matrix sections in side-to-side relation in a position allowing the plungers to move up and down within an internal space defined by the edge frame. A top pad lays on top of the edge frame and the plunger, while a cover configured encapsulates the edge frame, the plunger matrix, and the top pad into a self-contained mattress unit.
US09314106B2	Bed step device and method A bed step device is provided for assisting a human or pet in climbing into and/or out of a bed. The device includes a base, at least one step attached to the base, and a retention member attached to the base. The retention member is configured to be disposed and retained between opposed surfaces of a bed, typically either the opposed surfaces of a mattress and a box spring or those of a box spring and a bed frame. The disposition of the retention member between the opposed surfaces results in a retention force, typically a friction force, to resist sliding movement of the device across a floor surface on which the device is supported. The retention member may be a rigid panel or a flexible sheet. The base and step or steps may comprise a folding staircase linkage or a rigid, unitary housing including a storage compartment.
US09314105B2	Methods and systems of an adjustable bed A method includes providing an adjustable bed frame including an articulating portion, a data port that transceives Internet Protocol traffic, a touch screen interface, and a controller; coupling a remote-controllable air purification device to the controller in a communicating relationship through the data port; coupling a wireless remote control device to the controller in a communicating relationship; and controlling at least one of the articulating portion and the remote-controllable air purification device with the controller, wherein the controller is configured to: interchangeably receive a command from either the touch screen interface of the adjustable bed frame or the wireless remote control device, determine whether the command provides control of the articulating portion or the remote-controllable air purification device, and transmit a first control signal to the articulating portion when the command provides control of the articulating portion, and transmit a second control signal to the remote-controllable air purification device as a data packet through the data port when the command provides control of the remote-controllable air purification device.
US09314101B2	Restricted rocker spring assembly A furniture member rocker spring assembly includes first and second bracket members arranged in mirror image configuration. First and second springs are positioned between and in direct contact with each of the first and second bracket members. A restrictor bolt assembly is positioned between the first and second springs. The restrictor bolt assembly includes at least one sleeve member received in an aperture of the first and second bracket members. The sleeve member is in sliding contact with the first and second bracket members. A fastener extends through a sleeve bore of each of the first and second sleeve members. The fastener retains the first sleeve member in contact with the second sleeve member.
US09314092B2	Wrist strap for an electronic device A wrist strap includes a receiving member for receiving an electronic device and a surrounding strap. The receiving member includes a base board and a side plate extending from an edge of the base board. The base board defines a slot. The slot defines a receiving hole and two positioning holes. The surrounding strap includes a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, and a protruding portion located between the first end and the second end. The free end of the protruding portion includes two fixing pieces. Each fixing piece protrudes a fixing portion toward the surrounding strap. The protruding portion and the two fixing pieces extend through the receiving hole of the receiving member, the receiving member and the surrounding strap rotate relative to each other to make the two fixing portion be locked in the two positioning holes.
US09314091B2	Method and apparatus to store and access tools directly to the palm A wrist attachable device comprising an arm that can articulate. The arm is fastened to the wrist collar in a parallel axis with the wrist. This arm is designed with means to mount a tool or a measuring tape. The arm is designed to swing the attached tool into the palm of the hand attached to the arm band. Upon completion of the tool use, the arm is designed to return the tool to a home position further back on the wrist against the cuff and out of the way.
US09314090B1	Hammock tent A hammock tent preferably includes a hammock, a tubular tent and two pole anchors. The hammock includes a hammock portion, a first attachment structure and a second attachment structure. The tubular tent includes a tubular member and a cone member. The tubular member includes a tube portion, a first end portion, a second end portion and a spiral spring. The tube portion preferably includes a fabric tube, a fabric door, a bottom lengthwise screen and at least one screen window. The hammock is inserted through the tubular tent and the cone member. The first and second attachment structures are attached to first and second elevated structures. The user lies in the hammock and preferably pulls the normally collapsed tubular tent into an elongated orientation with the at least one pull string. The cone member is finally pulled into the tubular member.
US09314089B2	Container having enhanced wall integrity and alignment element A container having enhanced wall integrity and a rotational element is provided that includes a sidewall having polygonal cross-sectional shape and an alignment structure formed therein. The alignment structure is adapted for orienting the container with respect to a second container such that the panel sections of the containers become parallel with one another and the containers may be fully nested one within the other. The alignment structure can be recessed into the sidewall to form peaks and valleys along an inner surface of the container. The peaks include first and second faces sloping in opposite directions designed to direct corners of the first container's sidewall toward the interior valleys of the second container in order to orient the containers as they are stacked.

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