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| US09395748B1 |
Method and system for time synchronization in a network device
A method for distributing time information in network devices. The method includes sending a first clock signal from a first system control device (SCD) to a PLL chip, sending a first time of day (TOD) from the first SCD to a line card system control device (LC-SCD), sending a second clock signal from a second SCD to the PLL chip and sending a second TOD from the second SCD to the LC-SCD. The method further includes synchronizing a third clock signal, generated by the PLL chip, to the first clock signal, if the first SCD is operational. The method further includes sending the third clock signal to a network chip, deriving, using the third clock signal, a first network-chip-internal clock signal and applying the first network-chip-internal clock signal to increment a network-chip-internal TOD to obtain a third TOD. The method further includes synchronizing the third TOD to the first TOD. |
| US09395746B2 |
Signal comparison apparatus and method of controlling same
A signal comparison apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The signal comparison apparatus includes a first comparator, a self-timed clock generator and a controller. The first comparator is controlled by a start signal to compare differences of first input signals and generate output signals. The self-timed clock generator receives the output signals to generate a self-timed clock signal. The controller receives the self-timed clock signal and calculates a time interval of the self-timed clock signal which responds to the first input signals of the first comparator, and determines whether the time interval is equal to or larger than a threshold time to generate a metastable detection signal. When the time interval is equal to or larger than the threshold time, the controller outputs the metastable detection signal as the start signal, such that the first comparator continue comparing the next differences of the first input signals. |
| US09395743B2 |
Transmission and hoist control arrangement
A knob body is provided for a control lever. The knob body includes a lower segment, and an upper segment. The lower segment extends out from a vertical axis of the control lever and includes a pair of upright protrusions extending out from an upper portion thereof. The protrusions define a gap therebetween. The lower segment further includes a movable switch located within the gap. The upper segment is disposed about the vertical axis and is located proximate to the upper portion of the lower segment. The upper segment is in a spaced relationship relative to the protrusions. The upper segment can include at least one of a locking switch that is operable to allow selective movement of the control lever and an actuation switch. |
| US09395739B2 |
Common well bias design for a driving circuit and method of using same
A driving circuit includes a common well. The driving circuit further includes a first output buffer having a bulk connected to the common well, the first output buffer having a first terminal configured to receive a first signal, and having a second terminal connected to the common well. The driving circuit further includes a second output buffer having a bulk connected to the common well, the second output buffer having a first terminal configured to receive the first signal, wherein a second terminal of the second output buffer is disconnected from the common well. |
| US09395727B1 |
Single layer shared aperture beam forming network
A radio detection and ranging (RADAR) system that emits radio signals from a transmit antenna and receives reflected signals with a receive array of antenna elements. The signals received at the receive array are conveyed through a plurality of waveguide couplers. The plurality of waveguide couplers receives signals from each antenna element at a plurality of antenna ports and outputs signals from a plurality of output ports. The waveguide couplers convey signals such that the output ports receive signals from associated sub-array sets of the antenna ports. The waveguide couplers have an overlapping arrangement such that a given sub-array set of antenna ports overlaps with a neighboring sub-array set of antenna ports by including at least half of the antenna ports in the neighboring sub-array set. |
| US09395726B1 |
Methods and devices for bound and gallop gaits
Examples for implementing bound and gallop gaits are described herein. A computing system may receive an input for a robotic device to perform a gallop gait or a bound gait. Responsive to receiving the input, the computing system may determine a state of the robotic device based on sensor data monitoring the robotic legs. A sagittal controller of the robotic device may determine vertical impulses and target locations for controlling the legs during the gallop gait based on a pitch, a height, and a velocity of the robotic device. One or more continuous controllers may determine adjustments for controlling the legs based on a roll, a yaw, and/or lateral motions of the robotic device that may result from the robotic device traveling at the velocity and direction as specified in the input. Further, to perform the gait, the controllers may provide instructions to control the legs. |
| US09395722B2 |
Method for protecting a synchronous machine against damage caused by pole slipping
A method for protecting a synchronous machine (2) against damage caused by pole slipping in a power generating unit or a drive unit (1) in an electric power network is disclosed. The method measures signals of current and voltage of the synchronous machine (2) and assumed constant parameters to determine a disturbance (Trig_start). When a disturbance is detected, an indicator of pole slipping is determined, and the time of rotor operation with the occurrence of pole slipping is totalized. Next, if a threshold value allowed for the rotor operation with slipping proves to be valid, corresponding measures protecting the synchronous machine (2) against slipping are implemented. If the detection process is not fulfilled, the process of sudden disturbance and/or the process of accrued detection is conducted until the criterion of pole slipping occurrence is fulfilled for the generator mode or for the motor mode. |
| US09395717B2 |
Method and device for reporting disruption in the grouping of articles
During grouping, articles (01) from an incoming article flow are grouped on a staging surface (02) and are transported away after completion of the grouping in order to make space for a new grouping. During grouping, the articles (01) are also detected by sensor with regard to their entry alignment and/or entry position in the article flow in order to subsequently bring them into a final alignment and final position corresponding to their arrangement in the grouping to be achieved. During grouping, the articles (01) located on the staging surface (02) are also detected by sensor. The method includes the steps: A. obtaining an actual alignment and an actual position (03) of the articles (01) located on the staging surface (02) with the aid of the sensor detection; B. recognizing mispositioned or fallen articles (05) by comparing the actual alignment and actual position (03) of the articles (01) with a desired alignment and a desired position in a desired state (04) of the articles (01) to be achieved in a grouping to be formed up to that point from the articles (01) that are located on the staging surface (02); and C. if it is recognized that one or a plurality of articles (05) are in a wrong position or alignment: issuing of a disruption message; and/or interrupting of the grouping; or automatic removing of the disruption by modifying the position and/or the alignment of the one or more articles (05), that are in a wrong position or alignment. |
| US09395715B2 |
Identifying components in a material processing system
An automated material processing system is provided for processing a workpiece using a processing table. The system includes a replaceable component comprising at least one cutting head consumable, one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) signal devices disposed in or on the replaceable component, and at least one reader communicatively connected to the one or more signal devices. The one or more signal devices are encoded with information about the replaceable component and the reader is configured to sense the information encoded on the one or more signal devices. In addition, the system includes a computing device communicatively connected to the reader for (i) processing the information transmitted by the reader and (ii) configuring a set of operating parameters of the material processing system based on the sensed information. |
| US09395710B2 |
Machine control program generation device, machine control program generation method, and information storage medium
Provided is a machine control program generation device for generating a machine control program to be executed on a controller for controlling a machine component, including: a connected device selector for selecting a connected device to be connected to the controller; and a connector identifier assignor for assigning, when the connected device selector selects the connected device, a new connector identifier for identifying a connector for connecting the controller and the selected connected device to each other to the selected connected device. |
| US09395706B2 |
Noise determination device
A noise determination device is provided that determines the presence of noise on an input signal with a constant value that is output from an external device. The noise determination device includes a sampling unit that performs three samplings on the input signal, a sampling-interval setting unit that sets an interval between a first one and a second one of the samplings to have a value that is different from an integral multiple of the period of the periodic noise, and sets an interval between the second one and a third one of the samplings to be equal to or larger than an interval that is large enough to fully attenuate the periodic noise, and a noise determination unit that determines that the noise is not superimposed on the input signal only when all values acquired by the first, second, and third samplings match one another. |
| US09395700B2 |
Electronic device, computer readable recording medium and date and time information obtaining method
An electronic device includes a clocking unit; a receiving unit; a reception control unit; and a date and time obtaining unit. The reception control unit makes the receiving unit receive first date and time information which is transmitted from a positioning satellite, the first date and time information indicating an elapsed time from a start of a week to an end of the week, and the reception control unit does not make the receiving unit receive second date and time information which is transmitted from the positioning satellite, the second date and time information indicating a week number. The date and time obtaining unit calculates an uncorrected date and time based on the first date and time information and a clocking unit week number which is a week number calculated from date and time counted by the clocking unit. |
| US09395697B2 |
Method and apparatus for calculating transmission delay across a network
A method of calculating a transmission delay value for data transmitted from a first device to a second device across a communications link. The method involves calculating a plurality of measured values representing the transmission delay measured by the second device over time; detecting a minimum boundary of the measured values; and deriving the transmission delay value from the minimum boundary. The transmission delay value may be used to synchronize the clock signal of the second device to the clock signal of the first device. |
| US09395695B2 |
Lighting apparatus of clock for vehicle
A lighting apparatus may include a printed circuit board (PCB) for supplying power, a light source electrically connected to the PCB and generating light, a reflector installed to be positioned at a front of the light source and positioned in a case and guiding the light generated from the light source together with the case, and a prism installed to be positioned at a front of the reflector and surround a dial plate and concentrating the light guided by the reflector and the case into the dial plate. |
| US09395691B2 |
Spring for clock movement
Spring (30) for clock mechanism, the spring comprising a body (31) extending between a first end (32) of the spring and a second end (33) of the spring, the spring being intended to be mechanically connected to a housing at each of the first and second ends, the spring comprising, between the first and the second end, at least one member (37) intended to act by contact on an element of the clock mechanism. |
| US09395681B2 |
Developing cartridge having electrode
A developing cartridge includes a casing, a rotating member, and an electrode member. The casing may be configured to accommodate therein developer. The rotating member has a rotational shaft extending in an axial direction. The rotating member is configured to rotate about the rotational shaft and carries the developer thereon. The electrode member is configured to be electrically connected to the rotating member. The electrode member covers at least part of the rotational shaft from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction and is arranged to confront the casing in the axial direction. The electrode member is configured to move in the orthogonal direction in accordance with a movement in the axial direction. |
| US09395677B1 |
Image forming apparatus, image formation system and control method
An image forming apparatus determines the amount of lubricant to be applied to an image bearing member on the basis of a history of toner image formation by image forming section, and in accordance with a result thus determined, adjusts the charging amount of a toner patch image formed by a toner patch image formation section. |
| US09395675B2 |
Drive gear for extended drive shaft
A cartridge drive gear assembly for holding a drum coupling includes a drive gear having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface including inner projections which extend into the interior of the drive gear and includes at least two voids disposed on opposing sides of the inner projections, and at least one slot disposed in the inner surface |
| US09395673B2 |
Fixing device
A fixing device includes: an endless belt; a heater; a nip plate; a backup member, a reflective plate, a stay and a heat insulating member, wherein the heat insulating member includes: an upstream support face, which supports the nip plate; and a downstream support face, which is disposed separated downstream in the conveyance direction from the upstream support face and supports the nip plate, and wherein a gap in the conveyance direction between the upstream support face and the downstream support face at a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the heat insulating member is smaller than a gap in the conveyance direction between the upstream support face and the downstream support face at an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the heat insulating member. |
| US09395672B2 |
Image forming apparatus having multiple paper feeding paths
An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying path guiding a sheet such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path guiding the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming portion to the first conveying path. A document is fed to the second conveying path and the image forming apparatus includes a first drive transmission portion transmitting a drive force to the image forming portion and a second drive transmission portion transmitting the drive force to a document feeding portion, a conveyance portion and a document discharge portion. |
| US09395669B1 |
Image forming apparatus
According to an example of an image forming apparatus, the apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image by developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier using a toner and fixes the toner image on a recording medium, a count unit configured to count a use amount of a consumption component or an apparatus which are used in the image forming unit according to a image forming condition in the image forming unit, and a count changing unit configured to determine the toner used in the image forming unit and changes a count method of the count unit set according to the image forming condition in response to a determined result. |
| US09395664B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance section configured to convey a long sheet; an image forming section configured to transfer a toner image to a long sheet; and a fixing section configured to apply heat and pressure to a long sheet conveyed along a sheet feeding path at a fixing nip so as to fix a toner image. During cooling-down or warming-up of the fixing section, the sheet conveyance section performs conveyance of a long sheet when the a fixing temperature of the fixing side member is higher than a predetermined idling temperature, and stops conveyance of a long sheet when the fixing temperature of the fixing side member is lower than the predetermined idling temperature. |
| US09395659B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a toner image; a transfer member that forms a transfer nip between the transfer member and the image carrier; and a power supply capable of outputting a superimposed transfer bias in which an alternating current component is superimposed onto a direct current component. The toner image on the image carrier is transferred onto a recording medium in the transfer nip by the superimposed transfer bias or a direct current bias consisting of the direct current component output by the power supply. The apparatus also includes a controller that controls the power supply so that an output target value of the direct current component when the direct current component rises up is larger than an output target value of the direct current component when the toner image is transferred onto the recording medium. |
| US09395656B2 |
Transfer unit and image forming apparatus employing the transfer unit
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers that carries toner images, a belt that is supported by a plurality of rollers including a support roller and an opposing roller, a transfer roller disposed opposed to the opposing roller via the belt, and a bending roller that bends the belt from outside toward inside and is disposed downstream from the opposing roller and upstream from support roller. The belt is stretched between the support roller and the bending roller in a first area. The plurality of image carriers contacts the belt in a second area other than the first area. A surface of the belt in the first area is parallel to that of the belt in the second area. |
| US09395647B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same
An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member on which a toner image is formed; an image forming section configured to form the toner image by attaching toner mixed with lubricant to the image bearing member, and transfer the toner image formed on the image bearing member to a sheet; a computing section configured to compute a time average value of a coverage of the toner image transferred to the sheet by the image forming section for each of a plurality of different time periods; and a control section configured to control the image forming section to form a toner image of a pattern for forcible toner ejection on the image bearing member in accordance with a result of computing of the computing section. |
| US09395646B2 |
Image forming apparatus including waste toner container
An image forming apparatus includes a toner container, a mounting portion, an elastic member, a displacement amount detection portion, a stored amount determination portion, and a cushioning member. The elastic member is configured to support the toner container by an elastic force thereof and contract and stretch in accordance with a weight of the toner container. The displacement amount detection portion is configured to detect a displacement amount of the toner container displaced in a gravitational direction when the weight of the toner container increases. The stored amount determination portion is configured to determine an amount of the toner stored in the toner container on the basis of a result of detection by the displacement amount detection portion. The cushioning member is configured to cushion vibration of the toner container in the gravitational direction which vibration occurs due to a change in the weight of the toner container. |
| US09395644B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image processing apparatus that specify pixels to be subjected to correction, and correct exposure amount
An image forming apparatus includes: specifying unit configured to specify, based on image data, a pixel to be subjected to correction from among pixels of an image to be formed from the image data; and a correction unit configured to correct an exposure amount of an exposure unit for the pixel to be subjected to correction from an exposure amount indicated by the image data. The correction unit is further configured to correct the exposure amount applied by the exposure unit to the pixel to be subjected to correction by not exposing at least a portion of a region of the pixel to be subjected to correction according to the distance between the pixel to be subjected to correction and an edge of the image to be formed from the image data. |
| US09395638B2 |
Liquid electrophotographic inks
The present invention relates to a liquid electrophotographic ink comprising a carrier liquid, a pigmented resin composite dispersed in the carrier liquid, and about 0.15 to about 10% (w/w) of an organic wax. The liquid electrophotographic ink is typically formulated for printing in a liquid electrophotographic printer. |
| US09395633B2 |
Lithographic cluster system, method for calibrating a positioning device of a lithographic apparatus
A method of calibrating a substrate positioning system of a lithographic apparatus, the method including: exposing a pattern with the lithographic apparatus on an exposed layer on the surface of a substrate having a reference layer, wherein the pattern corresponds to a movement of the substrate by the substrate positioning system; measuring overlay data between the exposed layer and the reference layer on a plurality of positions on the substrate; transforming the overlay data from a spatial domain to a frequency domain by a discrete cosine transformation; modifying the overlay data in the frequency domain by selecting a subset of the overlay data; transforming the modified overlay data from the frequency domain back to the spatial domain by an inverse discrete cosine transformation; calibrating the substrate positioning system by using the modified overlay data in the spatial domain. |
| US09395632B2 |
Efficient solution for removing EUV native defects
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for mitigating printable native defects in an extreme ultra violet (EUV) mask substrate. In some embodiments, the method is performed by providing an EUV mask substrate having a multi-layer coating disposed over a low thermal expansion material. The sizes of one or more native defects within the EUV mask substrate are measured and printable native defects having a measured size that violates one or more sizing thresholds are identified. A position at which a patterned absorber material is to be formed over the multi-layer coating is determined. The position minimizes a number printable native defects that interact with EUV radiation during an EUV lithography process. By mitigating a number of printable native defects violating the one or more sizing thresholds, the process window of an EUV reticle formed from the EUV mask substrate is improved. |
| US09395624B2 |
Meta-photoresist for lithography
Provided are a meta-photoresist capable of transferring mask patterns on which fine patterns having a diffraction limit or less are formed, on a substrate, and a lithography method using the same, wherein the meta-photoresist contains a photosensitive resin layer and a metal particle layer which is a layer of metal particles arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other. |
| US09395622B2 |
Synthesizing low mask error enhancement factor lithography solutions
In one embodiment, a source mask optimization (SMO) method is provided that includes controlling bright region efficiency during at least one optical domain step. The bright region efficiency being the proportion of the total transmitted light that is transferred to bright areas of a target pattern. The optical domain intermediate solution provided by the at least one optical domain step may then be binarized to obtain an initial spatial domain solution with a controlled MEEF (Mask Error Enhancement Factor). The MEEF is controlled during at least one spatial domain step that optimizes the initial spatial domain solution. |
| US09395621B2 |
Pellicles and devices comprising a photomask and the pellicle
A pellicle is provided for use with a lithographic photomask during manufacture of semiconductor devices, printed circuit boards, liquid crystal displays, etc. The pellicle has a pellicle frame comprising four pellicle walls that define a trapezoidal area sized and shaped to correspond to a pattern area of a lithographic photomask; and a pellicle film extending across the trapezoidal area and affixed to a film-side edge of the pellicle frame; wherein any one of the four pellicle walls has a vent hole therethrough, the vent hole being located proximate a corner of the frame and if matter passes through the vent hole, the foreign matter will not obstruct the pattern area during use of the lithographic photomask. |
| US09395620B2 |
Pellicle
A pellicle includes a first frame affixing a reticle, the first frame having a tapered locking groove, a second frame on the first frame, the second frame having a locking portion that is detachably combined with the tapered locking groove of the first frame, and a membrane affixed to the second frame. |
| US09395619B2 |
Phase shift mask, patterning method using the same and method of manufacturing display panel using the same
A phase shift device includes a phase shift mask which includes a transparent substrate, and a phase shift pattern which is provided on the transparent substrate, and includes a first area having a first thickness, a second area having a second thickness which is less than the first thickness, a first opening having a first opening width and defined at the first area, and a second opening having a second opening width and defined at the second area. |
| US09395618B2 |
Enhanced EUV lithography system
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor lithography system. The lithography system includes a projection optics component. The projection optics component includes a curved aperture. The lithography system includes a photo mask positioned over the projection optics component. The photo mask contains a plurality of elongate semiconductor patterns. The semiconductor patterns each point in a direction substantially perpendicular to the curved aperture of the projection optics component. The present disclosure also provides a method. The method includes receiving a design layout for a semiconductor device. The design layout contains a plurality of semiconductor patterns each oriented in a given direction. The method includes transforming the design layout into a mask layout. The semiconductor patterns in the mask layout are oriented in a plurality of different directions as a function of their respective location. |
| US09395617B2 |
Panoramic multi-scale imager and method therefor
A panoramic imager comprising a mirror and a multi-scale imaging system is presented. The multi-scale imaging system comprises an objective lens and a plurality of cameras that is arranged in a non-planar arrangement at the image field of the objective lens. The objective lens reduces a first aberration introduced by the mirror, and each camera further reduces any residual first aberration. As a result, panoramic imagers of the present invention can provide improved image quality and higher resolution than panoramic imagers of the prior art. |
| US09395611B2 |
Light source apparatus and image display apparatus
A light source apparatus includes: at least one solid-state light source configured to output light in a predetermined wavelength range; a first optical system including at least one aspherical surface configured to convert a light flux from the solid-state light source into a substantially parallel light flux; an output unit including at least one light emitter that is excited by the light and emits visible light with a wavelength longer than that of the light, the output unit being configured to output light containing the light and the visible light; and a second optical system including at least one concave reflecting surface and being configured to reflect the light on the concave reflecting surface, the light coming from the solid-state light source and being converted into the substantially parallel light flux by the first optical system, to collect the light to the light emitter of the output unit. |
| US09395607B2 |
Image projection apparatus including a shield
An image projection apparatus includes a light source that emits light; an image generation element to generate an image; an optical radiation system to irradiate the image generation element using the light emitted from the light source; an optical projection system to project the image generated by the image generation element onto a projection face; a color wheel, disposed on a light path of light emitted from the light source, to separate the light while being rotated; a light tunnel to guide light exiting from the color wheel to the optical radiation system; and a shield disposed in a space between the color wheel and the light tunnel in a light radiation direction from which the light from the light source is irradiated. The shield covers at least a part of a side of the light tunnel facing a rotation center of the color wheel. |
| US09395606B1 |
External flash device for mobile devices
Apparatuses and systems are provided for enabling a user to connect an external flash device to a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet. Non-conductive tips may be provided, either as an integrated component of a housing of an external flash device or via an adaptor receiving region and adaptor. The availability of different tips and/or adaptors enables the user to utilize multiple accessories (e.g., a microphone) in combination with the external flash. The non-conductive tips may be 3.5 millimeter audio jacks or Universal Serial Bus (USB) type male connectors or device/manufacturer specific connectors. The non-conductivity of the tip prevents power from being drawn from the mobile device, improving the battery life of the mobile device. Power may be provided to the external flash device from a replaceable or rechargeable battery. An adaptor configured to receive a conductive tip and provide a non-conductive tip is also disclosed. |
| US09395604B1 |
Camera adjustment tool and method
A camera adjustment mechanism allows a user to adjust the orientation of a surveillance camera. The camera adjustment mechanism includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first end, a second end, and a first wall that extends between and connects the first end and the second end. The first wall is sloped such that an inner diameter of the first end is greater than an inner diameter of the second end. The second portion includes a third end connected to the second end, a fourth end, a second wall extending between and connecting the third end and the fourth end, and a plurality of engagement openings extending circumferentially about the fourth end. |
| US09395603B2 |
Camera positioning and mounting system with improved mouth adapter
A mouth adapter configured to secure a portable camera comprising a first bite wing, a second bite wing, an air channel located between the first bite wing and the second bite wing, an adapter arm connecting the first bite wing and the second bite wing, and a camera mount coupled to the adapter. The bite wings may be elongated and comprise a bite surface made from an elastic polymer which may be configured to make contact with the teeth of a user as they bite onto the bite surface. In further preferred embodiments, the mouth adapter comprises a first balance ridge and second balance ridge protruding from the adapter arm proximate to the first and second bite wings with an air groove positioned between said the balance ridges. The air groove may be located within the adapter arm and proximate to intersection of the bite wings. |
| US09395602B2 |
Suspension for camera trim enabling thinner camera stack
A camera assembly and a method for mounting it in a portable electronic device are provided. The assembly includes a camera module, and a camera trim coupled with the camera module. The camera assembly includes a first shock mount coupling the camera trim to an interior surface of the housing, and a second shock mount coupling the camera trim to an exterior surface of the housing. The first and second shock mounts cooperate to suspend an outer perimeter of the camera trim within an opening of the housing of the portable electronic device. A mobile telecommunications device including a camera assembly as above is also provided. |
| US09395601B2 |
Image pickup apparatus having light emitting section
A mechanism capable of preventing a movable member from being lifted up from an apparatus body when it is in its retracted position within the apparatus body. The movable member having a light emission unit is moved between a retracted position and a light emission position. A link member has one end pivotally supported by the apparatus body and the other end pivotally supporting the movable member. The link member is urged toward the apparatus body by a torsion spring, and the movable member is urged toward the link member by a tensile spring. A lock lever locks an engaging pawl of the movable member against urging forces of the respective springs when the light emission unit is in the retracted position, and a lock plate locks a restriction portion of the movable member against the urging forces of the respective springs. |
| US09395598B2 |
Focal plane shutter, imaging device and digital camera
A focal plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; a leading shutter and a trailing shutter opening and closing the opening; first and second biasing members respectively biasing the leading shutter and the trailing shutter to move away from the opening; a first actuator causing the leading shutter to move from a position to close the opening to a position to recede from the opening while the leading shutter is assisted by a biasing force of the first biasing member in an exposure operation; and a second actuator causing the trailing shutter to move from a position to recede from the opening to a position to close the opening against a biasing force of the second biasing member in the exposure operation, wherein drive torque of the first actuator is smaller than that of the second actuator. |
| US09395595B2 |
Electronic paper display device having slanted bore walls and color filter and manufacturing method thereof
Embodiments of present invention provide an electronic paper display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The electronic paper display device comprises a substrate, a first conducting layer on the substrate and a slanted microbore layer provided on the first conducting layer. The slanted microbore layer comprises a plurality of slanted microbores of a color, electrophoretic display particles are enclosed within the slanted microbores and have different colors from that of the slanted microbores. Each of the slanted microbores comprises an orifice, slanted bore walls and a bore bottom, the angle between the slanted bore walls and the substrate is less than 90°, and the vertical projection of the orifice onto the surface of the substrate is located outside of the bore bottom of the slanted microbore. |
| US09395594B2 |
Electrochromic element, method for driving the same, and optical filter
Provided is an electrochromic element having: a pair of electrodes; an electrochromic layer which is provided between the pair of electrodes and has an electrolyte and an electrochromic material; and a spacer which surrounds a periphery of the electrochromic layer, the element having a change mechanism that changes a thickness of the electrochromic layer. |
| US09395593B2 |
Electrochromic lithium nickel group 6 mixed metal oxides
Multi-layer devices comprising a layer of an electrochromic lithium nickel oxide composition on a first substrate, the lithium nickel oxide composition comprising lithium, nickel and a Group 6 metal selected from molybdenum, tungsten and a combination thereof. |
| US09395586B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. In the first substrate, gate lines extend in a first direction, and a first source line and a second source line extend in a second direction orthogonally crossing the first direction. A pixel electrode having a first belt-like main electrode is arranged approximately in a central portion between the first source line and the second source line and extending in the second direction. A first belt-like sub-electrode covers the gate line between the first source line and the second source line and extending in the first direction. The second substrate includes a counter electrode having a second main electrode arranged on the first and second source lines and extending in the second direction. A liquid crystal layer is held between the first substrate and the second substrate. |
| US09395583B2 |
Column spacer design for a display incorporating a third metal layer
A display that contains a column spacer arrangement which takes advantage of a protrusion on a TFT substrate is provided. One set of column spacers is disposed on top of the protrusion, while a second set of column spacers of substantially the same height as the first set of column spacers are disposed throughout the display. In this way, the display is adequately protected against deformation from external forces while at the same maintaining enough room to allow for a liquid crystal to spread out during the manufacturing process. |
| US09395582B2 |
Mask and method of fabricating spacers
A mask and a method of fabricating spacers (2) using the mask (1). The mask (1) comprises a light transmitting region including an array of light transmitting holes (230), a light non-transmitting region and a phase shifting layer (240) formed in one of two adjacent light transmitting holes (230) of the mask for shifting phrase of lights passing through the light transmitting holes (230). Thus, a light intensity can be reduced or lowered to zero when the lights pass through a diffractive region of the two adjacent light transmitting holes (230). Therefore, a bridging effect between two adjacent spacers (2) is alleviated and even avoided during fabricating the spacers (2). |
| US09395579B2 |
Color liquid crystal display panel
A color liquid crystal display panel includes: a plurality of layers of liquid crystal cells that are arranged parallel to each other and bonding members bonding the plurality of layers of liquid crystal cells. Each of the liquid crystal cells includes a thin-film transistor substrate, a package substrate, and a dye-doped liquid crystal layer sealed between the thin-film transistor substrate and the package substrate. The dye-liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal material, a dichroic dye, and a chiral reagent. The dichroic dye of each of the liquid crystal cells absorbs light of a predetermined range of wavelength. The plurality of layers of liquid crystal cell respectively absorbs lights of different ranges of wavelength. The color liquid crystal display panel requires no conventionally used polarizer and color filter, so that the manufacture cost of and the requirement for backlighting brightness by the liquid crystal display panel can both be reduced. |
| US09395575B2 |
Display for electronic device
In one embodiment a display assembly comprises a backlight assembly, a first display panel proximate a first side of the backlight assembly, wherein the first liquid crystal panel is to be communicatively coupled to a controller, and a second display panel proximate a second side of the backlight assembly, opposite the first side, wherein the second display panel is to be communicatively coupled to the controller. Other embodiments may be described. |
| US09395571B2 |
Touch display panel and touch display apparatus
A touch display panel comprises a display panel, a touch panel and a circuit connection board. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed oppositely. The touch panel is disposed over the display panel. The circuit connection board is disposed on the touch panel and physically and electrically connected to the touch panel. At least a portion of the circuit connection board overlaps the first substrate in a direction perpendicular to the display panel. A touch display apparatus is also disclosed. |
| US09395570B1 |
Display panel manufacturing method
A method for manufacturing a display panel is provided. A plurality of first spacers and a first frame are formed on a first transfer base, and a plurality of second spacers and a second frame are formed on a second transfer base. A first substrate and a second substrate are respectively attached to the first transfer base and the second transfer base to form a first substrate combination and a second substrate combination respectively. A TFT array is formed on a surface of the first substrate, and a color filter layer is formed on a surface of the second substrate. The first substrate combination is reversed to be attached to the second substrate combination. Air paths are formed on the first frame and the second frame for peeling the first transfer base and the second transfer base, thus the display panel is removed after the peeling operation. |
| US09395560B2 |
Progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens
A progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens includes at least three high power segments, at least three low power segments, and a plurality of progressive power segments. Shapes of the high power segments and the low power segments are sectors. The high power segments and the low power segments are disposed alternately along an arc direction of the progressive multifocal ophthalmic lens. Shapes of the progressive power segments are sectors. Two sides of each of the progressive power segments along the arc direction respectively connect one of the high power segments and one of the low power segments. The high power segments, the low power segments, and the progressive power segments form a progressive multifocal surface. |
| US09395556B2 |
Eyewear for treatment of vestibular maladies
A method for treating a patient having a vestibular malady is provided. The method comprises (a) diagnosing the patient as having a vestibular malady; and (b) prescribing eyewear to the patient as a treatment of the vestibular malady, either alone or in conjunction with undertaking vestibular rehabilitation while wearing the eyewear. The eyewear (201) has a first lens (205) which extends over the field of vision of a first eye, wherein the first lens has first (207) and second (209) distinct optical regions. The eyewear imparts vision to the first eye which is characterized by a central vision having a first optical quality and a peripheral vision having a second optical quality. |
| US09395542B2 |
Projecting synthetic imagery and scenic imagery using an optical component comprising a diffractive optical element pattern
A display system includes an optical component having a first and second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a diffractive optical element, and a projector system to create a projected image on the optical component. The projector includes an illumination source that emits electromagnetic radiation within a predetermined spectral band, an image generator that ascribes image characteristics to the radiation, and an optically-powered component that directs the radiation at the first surface of the optical component. The diffractive optical element reflects at least a portion of the radiation in a predetermined direction. The optical component has zero optical power for transmitted light. The optical component transmits at least a portion of the ambient scenery within a predetermined spectral band within a field-of-view of the projected image. The projected image maintains substantial boresight alignment with the ambient image. |
| US09395539B2 |
System and method for optimizing head-up display uniformity
A system and method for optimizing image uniformity in a head-up display (HUD) are provided. An imaging subsystem is characterized in that if light of a first uniformity is propagated therethrough, an uncompensated image would be displayed to a user via uncompensated image light. The uncompensated image light has first and second portions with respective first and second values of a radiant property. A difference between the first and second values is a first amount. The light source is configured to emit source light of a second, predetermined uniformity through the imaging system such that a compensated image is displayed to the user via compensated image light. The first portion of the compensated image light has a third value of the radiant property, and the second portion of the compensated image light has a fourth value of the radiant property. A difference between the third and fourth values is less than the first amount. |
| US09395536B2 |
Optical deflector including separated piezoelectric portions on piezoelectric actuators and its designing method
In an optical deflector including a mirror, a frame, torsion bars, first and second piezoelectric actuators coupled to both of the torsion bars, and first and second coupling bars, each of the first and second piezoelectric actuators is divided into first, second and third areas in accordance with a polarization polarity distribution obtained by performing a simulation upon the optical deflector where piezoelectric portions with no slits are hypothetically provided in the first and second piezoelectric actuators while a predetermined rocking operation is performed upon the mirror. First piezoelectric portions are formed in the first and third areas of the first piezoelectric actuator, and second piezoelectric portions are formed in the first and third areas of said second piezoelectric actuator. A first drive voltage applied to the first piezoelectric portions is opposite in phase to a second drive voltage applied to the second piezoelectric portions. |
| US09395534B2 |
Optical system for correction of tissue induced aberration
A multi-photon fluoroscopy microscope employs an electronically controlled diffraction mask to affect correcting phase adjustments in an incident waveform to allow a precise focus of the stimulating beam of light to a focal point within tissue having a varying and inhomogeneous index of refraction. |
| US09395533B2 |
Passivated microelectromechanical structures and methods
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus including devices that include a layer of passivation material covering at least a portion of an exterior surface of a thin film component within a microelectomechanical device. The thin film component may include an electrically conductive layer that connects via an anchor to a conductive surface on a substrate. The disclosure further provides processes for providing a layer of passivation material on an exterior surface of a thin film component and for electrically connecting that thin film component to a conductive surface on a substrate. |
| US09395528B2 |
Photographing control device, microscope and program
The present invention relates to a photographing control device, microscope and program that can simply confirm whether time lapse photography is being executed normally or not.A number of a display target round, time required for processing of the round, and the operation state of each device of an inverted microscope and a camera in the round, are displayed in a window 431 on a photographed result display screen 421 that displays the photographed result of the time lapse photography. The individual operation time of the each device of the inverted microscope and the camera from the start of the processing of a photographing point selected in a list box 433 to the completion of the photographing of a channel selected in a list box 434, is displayed in a window 435. When an image button is pressed, the image of a photographed sample is displayed. The present invention can be applied to software for controlling time lapse photography using a microscope, for example. |
| US09395524B2 |
Variable magnification optical system, imaging optical device, and digital appliance
A variable-magnification optical system has five lens groups, namely, from object side, positive, negative, positive, positive, and negative lens groups, and achieves magnification variation by varying all axial distances between the lens groups. Focusing is achieved by moving the fourth lens group in optical axis direction. Vibration correction is achieved by moving all or part of the fifth lens group perpendicularly to optical axis. Fulfilled are formulae 4.0<|f1/f2|<6.0, 1.0 |
| US09395523B2 |
Zoom lens and imaging apparatus
A zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a positive first group, a negative second group, one or two middle groups including a positive mp group, and a positive rearmost group disposed at the most image-side position of the entire system. Zooming is effected by changing all distances between the adjacent groups. An A cemented lens formed by a positive lens and a negative lens which are cemented together in this order from the object side is disposed at the most object-side position of the second group, a B cemented lens formed by one positive lens and one negative lens is disposed on the image side of the A cemented lens and on the object side of the mp group, and a C cemented lens formed by one positive lens and one negative lens is disposed in the mp group. The zoom lens satisfies given condition expressions. |
| US09395522B2 |
Variable magnification optical system and imaging apparatus
A variable magnification optical system consists of a negative first lens group, a stop that is fixed relative to an image plane during magnification change, and a positive second lens group, which are in this order from an object side. A distance between the first lens group and the second lens group in an optical axis direction becomes shorter when magnification is changed from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The first lens group consists of a positive lens having a convex object-side surface and two negative lenses, in this order from the object side. The variable magnification optical system satisfies the following formula (1) about Abbe number νd1 of the positive lens in the first lens group for d-line: 25.5<νd1<50 (1). |
| US09395514B2 |
Pyramidal space frame and associated methods
A space frame having a high torsional strength comprising a first square bipyramid and two planar structures extending outward from an apex of the first square bipyramid to form a “V” shape is disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a plurality of edge-sharing square bipyramids configured linearly, where the two planar structures contact apexes of all the square bipyramids. A plurality of bridging struts, apex struts, corner struts and optional internal bracing struts increase the strength and rigidity of the space frame. In an embodiment, the space frame supports a solar reflector, such as a parabolic solar reflector. Methods of fabricating and using the space frames are also disclosed. |
| US09395513B2 |
Lens system having a movable optical member that is controllable according to a predetermined command value, image pickup system, and drive control method for the lens system
Provided is a lens system, including: a lens apparatus including a movable optical member; a command apparatus for generating a command signal to be transmitted to the movable optical member; and a signal converter connected to the command apparatus by wire and communicable to and from the lens apparatus by wireless, in which: the lens apparatus includes: a drive controller for controlling drive of the movable optical member based on the command signal; and a wireless communicator for performing wireless communication to and from the signal converter; and after the wireless communication between the wireless communicator and the signal converter is stopped, the drive controller drives and controls the movable optical member in accordance with a situation in which the wireless communication is stopped. |
| US09395512B2 |
Auto focus device and a method therefor
The present invention relates to an autofocus device, and to a method therefor, whereby the delay necessary for auto focus can be reduced according to circumstances and a clear image of a subject can be obtained in a timely fashion by suitably adjusting the precision and speed of autofocus, as auto focus settings are differently applied in accordance with the photography mode when autofocus is being implemented in a camera. To this end, the autofocus method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of inputting a photography mode for a subject; a step of deciding which auto focus setting corresponds to the input photography mode; a step of determining the lens step with the highest focal value among lens steps set according to the distance of the subject and the lens on the basis of the auto focus setting decided upon; and a step of moving the lens to the determined lens step. |
| US09395503B2 |
Optical-electric coupling element and optical connector using same
An optical-electric coupling element includes a lower surface, an upper surface, and a first side surface. The lower surface defines a first cavity. The first cavity includes a bottom portion forming a first photic zone and a second photic zone. The first photic zone includes first coupling lenses. The second photic zone includes second coupling lenses. The upper surface defines a second cavity. The second cavity includes a sloped surface. The first side surface defines a receiving cavity. The receiving cavity includes a vertical surface forming a third photic zone and a fourth photic zone. The third photic zone includes third coupling lenses. The fourth photic zone includes fourth coupling lenses. Each third coupling lens corresponds with a respective one of the first coupling lenses. Each fourth coupling lens corresponds with a respective one of the second coupling lenses. |
| US09395500B2 |
Optical fiber connector and cable assembly with dual diameter crimp sleeve
Connectorizing an optical fiber cable includes mounting at least part of a connector housing about a ferrule assembly; positioning a crimp sleeve so that a distal section of the crimp sleeve is disposed about a proximal end of the connector housing and a proximal section of the crimp sleeve is disposed about a jacketed portion of the optical fiber cable; applying a first force to the distal section of the crimp sleeve to tighten the distal section of the crimp sleeve against the proximal end of the connector housing; and applying a second force to the proximal section of the crimp sleeve to tighten the proximal section of the crimp sleeve against the jacketed portion of the optical fiber cable. Adhesive may be added to the proximal section of the crimp sleeve through an aperture. |
| US09395499B2 |
Optical fiber connector, optical fiber adaptor and optical fiber connector assembly
Embodiments of the present invention provide an optical fiber connector assembly, an optical fiber adapter, and an optical fiber connector to solve the problem of inconvenience in use caused by using a thread-locking manner in the prior art. The optical fiber connector, optical fiber adapter and optical fiber connector assembly provided in the present invention may be used as an outdoor connector to achieve plug and play. The optical fiber connector supports blind-mate, and the operation is convenient. Time taken to install and disassemble the optical fiber connector provided in the present invention is only one-fifth of the time taken to install and disassemble a common thread connector. |
| US09395498B2 |
Optical fiber connector with optical fiber holder received in RJ45 plug
An optical fiber connector includes a housing, two coupling lenses, a RJ45 plug, a holder, and two optical fibers. The housing defines a receiving cavity with a bottom surface and two through holes. The coupling lens is positioned on the bottom surface and covers the through holes. The RJ45 plug is received in the receiving cavity and defines a receiving recess. The holder is received in the receiving recess and defines two receiving through holes. The optical fibers are received in the receiving through holes and optically aligned with the coupling lenses. |
| US09395492B2 |
Optical fiber cutter
A slider is attached to a cutter main body of an optical fiber cutter in a forward/backward movable state. A round blade member for making a scratch in an optical fiber is attached to the slider in a rotatable state. An operation lever pin for changing over rotation operation modes from one to another is attached to one end side of a pin member which penetrates a wall of the cutter main body. The rotation operation modes include a non-rotation mode for preventing the round blade member from being rotated and a continuous rotation mode for rotating the round blade member by a predetermined angle with every backward movement of the slider. |
| US09395489B2 |
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor device with III-V optical interconnect having III-V epitaxially formed material
An electrical device that in one embodiment includes a first semiconductor device positioned on a first portion of a type IV semiconductor substrate, and an optoelectronic light emission device of type III-V semiconductor materials that is in electrical communication with the first semiconductor device. The optoelectronic light emission device is positioned adjacent to the first semiconductor device on the first portion of the type IV semiconductor substrate. A dielectric waveguide is present on a second portion of the type IV semiconductor substrate. An optoelectronic light detection device of type III-V semiconductor material is present on a third portion of the type IV semiconductor device. The dielectric waveguide is positioned between and aligned with the optoelectronic tight detection device and optoelectronic light emission device to transmit a light signal from the optoelectronic light emission device to the optoelectronic light detection device. |
| US09395487B2 |
Wavelength monitor
Provided are an optical element and a wavelength monitor capable of detecting a wavelength with high accuracy and at high speed while suppressing a size. The optical element includes: a branch waveguide section configured to branch an input light beam and generate two outputs routed via paths having mutually different optical path lengths; and an optical synthesis section configured to synthesize the two outputs and output two optical signals having different light intensities with regards to a wavelength of the input light beam and exhibiting a mutual phase difference. |
| US09395485B2 |
Method of manufacturing glass preform
A method of manufacturing a glass preform is provided. The method including, vaporizing an alkali metal compound or an alkali earth metal compound and being brought the alkali metal compound or the alkali earth metal compound into contact with a hydroxyl group on a surface of porous silica glass and dehydrating the porous silica glass, and sintering the dehydrated porous silica glass and forming a transparent glass body. |
| US09395484B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a light source which generates light, a light guide plate including a first surface receiving the light, and a second surface emitting the light, an optical sheet disposed on the light guide plate and including a sheet body and a sheet guide unit, a mold frame including a guide mold, and a side-surface mold which is extended upwards from the guide mold and in which a recess groove accommodating the sheet guide unit is defined, and a protrusion body including a first end portion inserted in the mold frame, and a second end portion coupled to the sheet guide unit, where an inserting groove in which the protrusion body is inserted is defined in the side-surface mold, and the protrusion body has a smaller width compared to a width of the inserting groove. |
| US09395481B2 |
Sheet light source using laser diode
A sheet light source is described that has a width in a front-to-back “x” direction, a length in a left-to-right “y” direction, and a height in a bottom-to-top “z” direction. The sheet light source includes a bottom conductive surface, a laser diode, a transparent conductive sheet, and an adhesive material portion. The laser diode is mounted on the conductive surface in the “z” direction. The transparent conductive sheet is laminated onto the laser diode and the conductive surface in the “z” direction. The adhesive material portion is located between the conductive sheet and the conductive surface, and binds the transparent conductive sheet to the laser diode and the conductive surface. The adhesive material portion further enables photons, emitted substantially in the “x” direction from the laser diode, to propagate therein to an edge and be output. |
| US09395480B2 |
Antistatic light guide plate and method for fabricating the same
A light guide plate (LGP) and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, the LGP is electro-conductive. The fabrication method including the following steps: preparing an electro-conductive solution; making one or more surfaces of a regular LGP adsorb the electro-conductive solution uniformly; drying the LGP which adsorbs the electro-conductive solution to form an electro-conductive film on the one or more surfaces. A method for fabricating the LGP is also disclosed in which electro-conductive organic macromolecular compound is used as a raw material. The effect of static charge on the LGP is avoided by the electro-conductive property of the LGP. |
| US09395476B2 |
Advanced infrared cut-off optical filters
An infrared cut-off optical filter includes a substrate and a film structure. The substrate has a thickness and allows incoming lights to enter the optical filter at an incidence angle. The film structure is formed on the substrate to reduce an angle dependence of the optical filter with respect to the incoming lights. Further, the film structure contains a plurality of first type thin films with a first refractive index and a plurality of second type thin films with a second refractive index; the first type thin films and the second type thin films are arranged alternately; and thickness of individual films of the first type thin films and the second type thin films are controlled individually such that a substantial number of the first type thin films and the second type thin films have different thickness. |
| US09395474B2 |
Color subtractive display having a vertical stack of at least two different color absorbing layers
A display includes a vertical stack of at least two different color absorbing layers of pixels. The pixel resolution of at least two of the layers is different. |
| US09395472B2 |
Prism sheet member and multivision display apparatus having the same
A prism sheet member and a multivision display apparatus having the same are provided. The prism sheet member includes an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a boundary gap between two display panels; and a first extension portion configured to extend from the insertion portion to cover a part of the non-display portion of the corresponding display panel of the two display panels. |
| US09395468B2 |
Contact lens with a hydrophilic layer
Embodiments of the technology relate to a contact lens having a core that is covalently coated by a hydrogel layer, and to methods of making such a lens. In one aspect, embodiments provide for a coated contact lens comprising a lens core comprising an outer surface; and a hydrogel layer covalently attached to at least a portion of the outer surface, the hydrogel layer adapted to contact an ophthalmic surface, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer population having a first PEG species and a second PEG species, the first PEG species being at least partially cross-linked to the second PEG species. |
| US09395467B2 |
Solid solution-based nanocomposite optical ceramic materials
A solid solution-based optical material capable of transmitting infrared light, the solid solution-based optical material comprising at least two nano-sized phases intermixed in one another, wherein at least one of the at least two nano-sized phases is a solid solution containing a dissolved dopant, the dissolved dopant present in an amount sufficient to reduce a refractive index difference between the at least two nano-sized phases to about 0.2 or less when infrared light is being transmitted. Various embodiments are directed to related systems and methods. In one embodiment, the infrared light is visible infrared light, short-wave infrared light, eye safe infrared light, medium wave infrared light, long wave infrared red light, or combinations thereof. |
| US09395462B2 |
Metal detector with a battery support surface to facilitate removal of a battery and a movable door to selectively permit access to an audio connector
A metal detector includes a control housing electrically coupled to a search coil. The control housing includes a battery compartment having a first battery support surface located adjacent and a second battery support surface aligned at an angle relative to the first battery support surface to facilitate removal of a battery from the battery compartment. The metal detector also includes a movable door coupled to the control housing. The door is movable from a first, open position to permit access to an audio connector and a second, closed position covering the audio connector. |
| US09395456B2 |
System and method for narrow beam scanning microseismic monitoring
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of methods and systems for optimizing signals generated by microseismic sources, comprising recording microseismic data using patches of geophones, filtering the data to impart a directionality to the data, and performing a source scan to determine the times and locations of microseismic events. The subsurface is divided into a voxel grid that is further subdivided into subgrids. Using a filter designed for each patch-subgrid pair, only data arriving within a predetermined angle of incidence are input to the source scan, thus reducing noise, and enhancing the quality and accuracy of the identified microseismic events. The method is also applicable to data previously recorded with sensor grids or other arrays such as star arrays. |
| US09395455B2 |
Polyhedral-shaped radiation counter
Provided is a polyhedral-shaped radiation counter which measures a radiation level of a radioactive material, in which sensor modules configured to measure the radiation level are disposed at vertexes of a polyhedral shape, respectively, and the sensor modules are connected to each other by rod-shaped frame members disposed in edge positions of the polyhedral shape and face parts of the polyhedral shape form an open space. |
| US09395454B2 |
Neutron detector
A device for detecting neutrons includes at least one common module, where a number of solid state sensors are assembled. The sensors are configured in the module side by side and/or stacked in a layered structure. At least one of the sensors includes neutron reactive material as a neutron converter for interacting with neutrons incident thereon to be detected and to release ionizing radiation reaction products responsive to interactions with the incident neutrons. The neutron converters are coupled with corresponding semiconductor elements so that the semiconductor elements interact with the ionizing radiation reaction products for providing electrical charges in proportion to the energy of the ionizing radiation reaction products. The semiconductor elements are configured with electrodes for providing charge collection areas for collecting the electrical charges and to provide electrically readable signals proportional to the collected electrical charges. |
| US09395453B2 |
Photodiode and other sensor structures in flat-panel x-ray imagers and method for improving topological uniformity of the photodiode and other sensor structures in flat-panel x-ray imagers based on thin-film electronics
A radiation sensor includes a scintillation layer configured to emit photons upon interaction with ionizing radiation and a photodetector including in order a first electrode, a photosensitive layer, and a photon-transmissive second electrode disposed in proximity to the scintillation layer. The photosensitive layer is configured to generate electron-hole pairs upon interaction with a part of the photons. The radiation sensor includes pixel circuitry electrically connected to the first electrode and configured to measure an imaging signal indicative of the electron-hole pairs generated in the photosensitive layer and a planarization layer disposed on the pixel circuitry between the first electrode and the pixel circuitry such that the first electrode is above a plane including the pixel circuitry. A surface of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode at least partially overlaps the pixel circuitry and has a surface inflection above features of the pixel circuitry. |
| US09395446B2 |
Onboard aircraft landing system, based on a GNSS system, with redundant and dissimilar architecture for high integrity level
Device for receiving radio-navigation signals, for aiding the piloting of an aircraft, comprising a first master GNSS module and a second slave GNSS module which are dissimilar, the first master GNSS module comprising a first means for processing radio-navigation signals and a first means for computing guidance data (Xg), the second slave GNSS module comprising a second means for processing radio-navigation signals and a second means for computing guidance data (Xg) on the basis of the measurements provided by the said second means for processing signals, each GNSS module furthermore comprising a comparison means for comparing between the outputs Xg1,Xg2 of the said first and second means for computing guidance data, suitable for executing the following integrity test: |Xg1−Xg2|>Kg·√{square root over (Variance(Xg1−Xg2))} and for inferring an integrity defect if the said integrity test is satisfied. |
| US09395435B2 |
Signal generating method and radar system
A signal generating method for a radar system includes generating a first chirp signal and a second chirp signal having a first time delay relative to the first chirp signal; and combining the first chirp signal and the second chirp signal to determine a frequency modulated signal, wherein the first chirp signal and the second chirp signal are N-step linear stepped frequency modulated continuous waves having the same frequency modulation bandwidth, such that the frequency modulated signal includes i steps of the first chirp signal in a first duration, an interleaved combination of N−i steps of the first chirp signal and N−i steps of the second chirp signal in a second duration, and i steps of the second chirp signal in a third duration. |
| US09395431B2 |
Multi-contrast delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
A series of MR image frames are acquired that depict a subject's heart at successive cardiac phases. Delayed enhancement of infarcted myocardium is depicted in some of the image frames by administering a contrast agent prior to data acquisition. Data acquisition is performed in a single breath hold by producing an RF inversion pulse followed by segments of SSFP pulse sequences during a succession of cardiac gated heart beats. The acquired MR image frames depict contrast between blood, viable myocardium and nonviable myocardium, and they depict left ventricle wall thickness and wall thickening throughout the cardiac cycle. |
| US09395428B2 |
Partial/fractional polarization transfer for single-scan magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging
A method of measuring precessing magnetization includes providing a first site characterized by a first spin order and providing a second site. The method also includes transferring a portion of the first spin order from the first site to the second site. The second site is characterized by a second spin order orthogonal to the first spin order. The method further includes exposing a sample including the first site and the second site to a magnetic field, measuring a precessing magnetization of at least one of the first site or the second site, repeating the transferring a portion of the first spin order from the first site to the second site, and repeating the measuring of the precessing magnetization. |
| US09395426B2 |
Adaptive energy transfer to a local coil system
A method for wireless transfer of energy to a local coil system for a magnetic resonance system is provided. The method includes determining an energy requirement value representing a minimum energy level to be fed to the local coil system, so that the local coil system may carry out a predetermined function over a predetermined time period. Energy is transferred adaptively to the local coil system depending on the energy requirement value. |
| US09395425B2 |
Method and apparatus for magnetic susceptibility tomography, magnetoencephalography, and taggant or contrast agent detection
A magnetic susceptibility tomographic device has sensitive magnetic sensors about a measurement volume and AC bias coils for providing magnetic fields within the volume. Sensing circuitry reads the sensors, and a processor executes magnetic susceptibility tomography (MST) routines from memory to divide the measurement volume into voxels, to determine differences between applied and measured field strengths of magnetic fields at each voxel and thereby determines magnetic susceptibility of each voxel, and to construct tomographic images representative of magnetic susceptibility as MST images. Embodiments with SQUID and fluxgate sensors are described. Applications to direct measurement of tissue magnetic susceptibility, and to locating and quantifying tagged magnetic nanoparticles are disclosed, including antibody-tagged nanoparticles for use in cancer diagnosis and treatments, and the retrieval of taggant identification codes from an object. |
| US09395418B2 |
System and method for determining the state of health of electrochemical battery cells
A system and method for determining the state of health of a battery. In particular, the present invention is related to a system and method for determining the state of health of an electrochemical battery cell by obtaining state of charge measurements for the battery cell, and using the state of charge measurements to calculate the state of health of the battery cell, wherein the state of charge measurements are based on the magnetic susceptibility of the battery cell. The system includes a sensing device for measuring the magnetic susceptibility of the battery cell, and a computing device for performing the steps of the disclosed method. |
| US09395413B2 |
Blocking the effects of scan chain testing upon a change in scan chain topology
A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing. |
| US09395412B2 |
Inverted TCK controller, update register address/select output to shift register
A falling edge controller includes a controller having an inverted TCK (Test Clock) input, a TMS (Test Mode Select) input, a shift register control output, an update register control output, and a shift output; a shift register having a TDI (Test Data In) input, a shift register control input coupled to the shift register control output, address inputs, a select input, address and select outputs, and a TDO (Test Data Out) output; an update register having address and select inputs coupled to the address and select outputs, an update register control input coupled to the update register control output, address outputs coupled to the address inputs, and a select output coupled to the select input; and address circuitry having address inputs coupled to the address outputs, and having an enable output. |
| US09395410B2 |
Integrated circuit with sensing unit and method for using the same
Integrated circuit comprising a sensing unit that includes a sensing circuit, two conductors and a magnetic storage element. The sensing circuit monitors a voltage drop across the element when a current is passed between the conductors with the element in between. The voltage drop is pre-calibrated to indicate a change in conductivity in the element that is caused by an external magnetic field. Advantageously, this indication is usable particularly for assessing a possible data corruption in a magnetic memory circuit in the integrated circuit, due to stray and external magnetic fields. Methods of using the sensing unit are also proposed. |
| US09395409B2 |
Burn-in socket with a heat sink
An burn-in socket electrically connecting an IC package to a PCB, has a base, a cover, a plurality of contacts and a block-shaped heat sink. The base defines a receiving space for the IC package. The cover is pin-jointed to one side by a pivot of the base and able to rotate around the pivot. A plurality of contacts are retained in the base and partially exposed in the receiving space. The heat sink is located above the IC package and against to the IC package so as to apply its gravity force to the IC package. A top face of the heat sink is below the top face of the cover. |
| US09395405B2 |
Wafer inspection interface and wafer inspection apparatus
A wafer inspection interface 18 includes a probe card 20 having multiple probes 25 at a surface of the probe card 20 facing a wafer W, the probes 25 being arranged to correspond to electrodes of multiple semiconductor devices formed on the wafer W; a pogo frame 40 that is in contact with a surface of the probe card 20 opposite to the surface of the probe card 20 facing the wafer W and supports the probe card 20; and a sheath heater 44 provided in the pogo frame 40. The sheath heater 44 is provided along respective sides of through holes 43 formed in the pogo frame 40 in a grid pattern. |
| US09395403B2 |
Optimization of integrated circuit reliability
A per-chip equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) circuit sensor resides in an integrated circuit. The per-chip EOT circuit sensor determines electrical characteristics of the integrated circuit. The measured electrical characteristics include leakage current. The determined electrical characteristics are used to determine physical attributes of the integrated circuit. The physical attributes, including EOT, are used in a reliability model to predict per-chip failure rate. |
| US09395391B2 |
Magnetic field sensor and associated method that can store a measured threshold value in a memory device during a time when the magnetic field sensor is powered off
A magnetic field sensor includes a comparator detector for which a measured threshold value is stored prior to power down and recalled upon power up for use by the comparator detector. A corresponding method is associated with the magnetic field sensor. |
| US09395390B2 |
Eddy current inspection probe
A probe for transporting a nondestructive inspection sensor through a tube, that employs wheels to reduce friction. The radial travel of the wheels are mechanically linked through a cam and axially reciprocal plunger arrangement that centers the probe at tube diameter transitions. Internal wire bending is minimized and a dynamic seal is provided to facilitate an insertion force at the probe and reduce or eliminate compressive load buckling of the flexible cable carried by the probe. Like the wheel arrangement, radial travel of the seal segments are mechanically linked to provide probe centering. |
| US09395388B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for dual resonance frequency enhanced electrostatic force microscopy
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for dual resonance frequency enhanced electrostatic force microscopy. One method includes applying an alternating current (AC) bias and a direct current (DC) bias to an atomic force microscopy cantilever, wherein the AC bias has a frequency greater than a fundamental resonance frequency of the cantilever. The method further includes mechanically vibrating the cantilever at a frequency different from the frequency of the AC bias. The method further includes physically and electrostatically scanning a sample in the same pass using the cantilever while vibrating the cantilever and applying the AC and DC biases to the cantilever, and generating a topology image of the sample from the physical scanning and an electrostatic image of charged material under or on a surface of the sample from the electrostatic scanning. |
| US09395386B2 |
Electronic tilt compensation for diaphragm based pressure sensors
System, apparatus and method for providing corrective sensor outputs, particularly when a sensor is subject to gravitational or acceleration effects. A sensor and accelerometer may be operatively coupled to a processor, wherein the processor receives inputs from both. The processor receives the sensor signals and determines the gravitational or acceleration effects on the sensor from the accelerometer signals. Based on these, the processor determines a correction factor that is applied to the sensor signals to provide improved and more accurate sensor outputs. |
| US09395385B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining a relative orientation of points on a rigid body
An inertial measurement unit is affixed to a rigid body. The inertial measurement includes a gyroscope that measures a first angular velocity and an angular acceleration; a first accelerometer that measures a first acceleration; a communications unit that receives a measurement signal, the measurement signal including a second acceleration transmitted from a second accelerometer, the second accelerometer being affixed to the rigid body; and a controller that calculates a relative orientation of the inertial measurement unit and the second accelerometer, and a distance separating the inertial measurement unit and the second accelerometer. |
| US09395384B1 |
Systems and methods for estimating vehicle speed and hence driving behavior using accelerometer data during periods of intermittent GPS
A system estimates the speed of a moving vehicle and hence the driving behavior of an individual driving the vehicle using accelerometer data when GPS is intermittent, unavailable, or inaccurate. To do so, the system may first determine time periods when GPS data is not available. For each time period, the system may analyze the accelerometer data to find idling points when the vehicle is not moving. Based on the idling points, the system may divide each time period into segments. The system may then determine the speed of the vehicle at the boundary points of each segment. For each segment, the system may analyze the accelerometer data to determine the acceleration of the vehicle for points when the vehicle is moving. Subsequently, the system may calculate the speed of the vehicle for the points when the vehicle is moving based on the acceleration of the vehicle at those points and the speed of the vehicle at the boundary points. |
| US09395383B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring rotation speeds of tires of vehicle
The present invention relates detecting the rotation speed of tires for a vehicle. In the present invention, signals are received from a plurality of wheel speed sensors, a reverse gear sensor, and a brake sensor. Errors of the wheel speed sensors are estimated using the received signals, a signal having a corrected error is obtained using the estimated errors, linear interpolation. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that rotation speed of tires for a vehicle can be determined accurately. |
| US09395381B2 |
Device for transporting reaction vessels
The invention relates to a rotatable device (1) for transporting reaction vessels in an automatic analysis apparatus, said device (1) comprising a circular base plate (16), and a number of holders (2) which are connected to the base plate (16), are preferably made of a plastic and comprise the receiving positions (4, 6) for the reaction vessels. |
| US09395380B2 |
Specimen processing apparatus that determines whether a moveable section was moved when a moving operation had been stopped
A specimen processing apparatus comprising: a specimen processing section which includes a movable section and processes a specimen by moving the movable section; and a controller for determining whether the movable section was moved while a specimen processing operation by the specimen processing section was stopped, and controlling the specimen processing section to perform a preparing operation for starting the specimen processing operation based on the determination result, is disclosed. A control method for a specimen processing apparatus is also disclosed. |
| US09395378B2 |
Analyzer and method of analyzing
An analyzer which analyzes an analyte by using the analyte and consumables, the analyzer comprising: an automatic reading device which reads a first product information related to a consumable via an identifier given to the consumable or a container containing the consumable; and a controller which permits an analysis operation when the first product information is suitable information read by the automatic reading device via the identifier, and prompts an operator to manually enter a second product information comprising information specifying the manufacturer or seller of the consumable when the automatic reading device cannot read the identifier or the information read via the identifier is not suitable as the first product information and permits the analysis operation and storage of the input second product information when the operator has entered the second product information. |
| US09395376B2 |
Kokumi-imparting agent
The present invention encompasses a method for screening for a kokumi-imparting substance by using the calcium receptor activity as an index, a composition containing a kokumi-imparting substance obtained by the screening method, a method for producing food or drink imparted with kokumi, and food or drink imparted with kokumi. |
| US09395373B2 |
Hybrid strip
A method of determining concentrations of a plurality of analytes from a single blood sample placed in a single opening. A portion of the single blood sample is absorbed by a test matrix that includes a plurality of layers and a chromogenic agent. A colored response is generated by the test matrix. The colored response is proportional to the concentration of a first analyte. A portion of the single blood sample is drawn into a capillary tube and placed in contact with an electrode and a counter-electrode. An electrical property of the single blood sample is analyzed through the electrode and counter-electrode. The electrical property is proportional to the concentration of a second analyte in the single blood sample. |
| US09395369B2 |
Guinea pig cytomegalovirus (CIDMTR strain)
The present disclosure provides an isolated or purified guinea pig cytomegalovirus (GPCMV) Strain CIDMTR, glycoproteins from GPCMV Strain CIDMTR, and methods of use thereof. |
| US09395365B2 |
Detection of infectious disease in a human or animal by measuring specific phagocytosis in a thin film sample of their anticoagulated blood
A method for performing a target analyte assay of a thin film anticoagulated blood sample, wherein the target analyte is the presence or absence of specific phagocytosis and/or binding of particles coated with a particular antigen or antigens by white blood cells present in the anticoagulated blood sample, wherein the particles are coated with the particular antigen or antigens, which antigens are similar or identical to antigens expressed by a defined pathogenic infectious agent of interest. |
| US09395364B2 |
Biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease with ankylosing spondylitis
There is provided herein a method for categorizing a patient having inflammatory bowel disease as being at risk for developing ankylosing spondylitis. The method comprises the use of a patient level of auto-antibodies directed against noggin (NOG) and/or sclerostin (SOST) to determine a risk for the patient developing ankylosing spondylitis. There is also provided methods of monitoring ankylosing spondylitis treatment using these auto-antibodies. |
| US09395363B2 |
SPR sensor device with nanostructure
A sensor device comprises a dielectric substrate (52); and a metal layer (53) on the substrate (52) with at least one array of cavities (54) therein and adapted to support L-SPR, each of the cavities (54) in the metal layer (53) having an opening (56) and a closed bottom (58) and widening from opening to bottom. A bed of dielectric material (62) is provided over the bottom (58) of each cavity (54) to reduce its apparent depth, the bed surface (62) being functionalized to bind to receptor moieties (64). This sensor device is particularly designed for SPR detection, but can be used in other detection techniques. |
| US09395361B2 |
Bead incubation and washing on a droplet actuator
The invention relates to bead incubating and washing on a droplet actuator. Methods for incubating magnetically responsive beads that are labeled with primary antibody, a sample (i.e., analyte), and secondary reporter antibodies on a magnet, on and off a magnet, and completely off a magnet are provided. Also provided are methods for washing magnetically responsive beads using shape-assisted merging of droplets. Also provided are methods for shape-mediated splitting, transporting, and dispensing of a sample droplet that contains magnetically responsive beads. The apparatuses and methods of the invention provide for rapid time to result and optimum detection of an analyte in an immunoassay. |
| US09395360B2 |
Microarray system and a process for producing microarrays
A process for making a micro-array. The process comprises the step of depositing a population of microbeads on a substrate having at least one fiducial. The population being comprised of at least two sub-populations, preferably multiple sub-populations, each comprising a known active agent capable of specific binding with at least one target analyte. The said subpopulations are deposited sequentially and at discrete periods of each other. The process also comprises the step of making images of the substrate after deposition of each subpopulation. The images are then compared using the fiducial as a reference to thereby determine the location of each microbead and to identify the subpopulation, and its known active agent, based on differences between each image. Also disclosed in a system for using the microarray. |
| US09395359B2 |
Methods and arrays for target analyte detection and determination of target analyte concentration in solution
Arrays of single molecules and methods of producing an array of single molecules are described. Arrays with defined volumes between 10 attoliters and 50 picoliters enable single molecule detection and quantitation. |
| US09395354B2 |
Cardiomyocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells from patients and methods of use thereof
Human somatic cells obtained from individuals with a genetic heart condition are reprogrammed to become induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), and differentiated into cardiomyocytes for use in analysis, screening programs, and the like. |
| US09395353B2 |
Nanopore-facilitated single molecule detection of nucleic acid
The present invention provides a new and improved oligonucleotide detection method based on the nanopore technology with a probe containing a complementary sequence to the target oligonucleotide and a terminal extension at the probe's 3′ terminus, 5′ terminus, or both termini. The improved nanopore sensor with the probe enables sensitive, selective, and direct detection, differentiation and quantification of target oligonucleotides such as miRNAs. The inventive detection method may also be employed as a non-invasive and cost-effective diagnostic method for cancer detection based on miRNA levels in the patient's blood sample. |
| US09395349B2 |
Electrode structure and apparatus for use in measuring oil-water constituents
An electrode structure and apparatus for use in measuring oil-water constituents. The electrode structure comprises a first electrode (1) and a second electrode (2). The first electrode (1) has wrapped on the exterior thereof an insulating layer (104). The first electrode (1) and the second electrode (2) are fixed and insulatively connected via a supporting connector body (3). The first electrode (1) comprises multiple tubular conductive segment sub-electrodes (101) arranged along a first direction. Every two adjacent segment sub-electrodes (101) have formed therebetween a first gap. The second electrode (2) is arranged around the first electrode (1), and both are electrically connected to a signal and data processing unit (5). |
| US09395346B2 |
Non-contact egg identification system for determining egg viability, and associated method
An egg identification system for determining viability of an avian egg is provided. Such a system includes an emitter assembly configured to emit electromagnetic radiation toward an egg. A detector assembly is axially aligned with the emitter assembly to detect electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the egg. The detector assembly is spaced-apart from the egg during operation thereof such that the detector assembly does not contact the egg. The detected electromagnetic radiation is used to generate an output signal. The output signal is processed to determine whether there exists a periodic variation or an aperiodic perturbation in an intensity of the electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the egg corresponding to action of a heart or embryo movement, wherein the existence of the periodic variation or aperiodic perturbation indicates that the egg is viable. An associated method is also provided. |
| US09395344B2 |
Gas sensor with thermal measurement compensation
A gas sensing device that includes differential temperature compensation. |
| US09395340B2 |
Interleaved acousto-optical device scanning for suppression of optical crosstalk
A method of scanning a sample includes simultaneously forming a plurality of co-linear scans. Each scan is formed by a sweep of a spot by an acousto-optical device (AOD). The co-linear scans are separated by a predetermined spacing. A first plurality of swaths are formed by repeating the simultaneous forming of the plurality of co-linear scans in a direction perpendicular to the co-linear scans. The first plurality of swaths have an inter-swath spacing that is the same as the predetermined spacing. A second plurality of swaths can be formed adjacent to the first plurality of swaths. Forming the second plurality of swaths can be performed in an opposite direction to that of the first plurality of swaths or in a same direction. An inspection system can implement this method by including a diffractive optical element (DOE) path after a magnification changer. |
| US09395336B2 |
Scanning acoustic tomograph
A scanning acoustic tomograph has a water tank which accommodates water, a sample stand which is disposed in the water tank and on which a subject is placed, a first ultrasonic transducer which irradiates ultrasonic waves toward the subject, and a second ultrasonic transducer which receives the ultrasonic waves transmitted through the subject, the first and second ultrasonic transducers are disposed opposed to each other in a vertical direction, and a hydrophilic film is formed on a lower surface side of the sample stand. |
| US09395334B2 |
Atmospheric environment measuring apparatus, atmospheric environment measuring method and atmospheric environment measuring system
An atmospheric environment measuring apparatus including a filter disposed in a casing and adsorbing a component of a gas to be detected; a first mass sensor disposed in the casing between an inlet of the casing and the filter, including a first piezoelectric vibration element and changing a resonance frequency according to a mass of a substance adhered on a surface of the first piezoelectric vibration element; a second mass sensor disposed in a stage following the filter in the casing, including a second piezoelectric vibration element and changing a resonance frequency according to a mass of a substance adhered on a surface of the second piezoelectric vibration element; and a fan disposed in a stage following the second mass sensor in the casing and fluidizing atmosphere from the inlet toward an outlet of the casing. |
| US09395333B2 |
Ion mobility spectrometer device with embedded faims
A tandem instrument using a variable frequency pulsed ionization source and two separation techniques, low (IMS) and high (FAIMS) field mobility is provided. The analytical stage features a field driven FAIMS cell embedded on-axis within the IMS drift tube. The FAIMS cell includes two parallel grids of approximately the same diameter as the IMS rings and can be placed anywhere along the drift tube and biased according to their location in the voltage divider ladder to create the same IMS field. The spacing between the grids constitutes the analytical gap where ions are subject, in addition to the drift field, to the asymmetric dispersive field of the FAIMS. The oscillatory motion performed during the high and low voltages of the asymmetric waveform separates the ions according to the difference in their mobilities. |
| US09395331B2 |
Method and apparatus for programmable fluidic processing
A method and apparatus for microfluidic processing by programmably manipulating a packet. A material is introduced onto a reaction surface and compartmentalized to form a packet. A position of the packet is sensed with a position sensor. A programmable manipulation force is applied to the packet at the position. The programmable manipulation force is adjustable according to packet position by a controller. The packet is programmably moved according to the programmable manipulation force along arbitrarily chosen paths. |
| US09395324B2 |
Thin film micromachined gas sensor
A thin film/MEMS electrochemical gas sensor includes a body having first and second joined subassemblies to form an interior portion of the body, and is composed of a semiconductor material. The body includes at least one opening configured to allow air to pass into the interior portion of the body. A membrane stack is located in the interior of the body, producing an electrical signal that represents a concentration of target gas in the air at the membrane stack. Conductive contacts are configured to provide electrical connection to the membrane stack to access the electrical signal produced by the membrane stack. |
| US09395319B2 |
Analytical test meter
A portable analytical test meter is designed for use with an associated analytical test strip. A test-strip-receiving module receives the analytical test strip and is electrically connected to a dummy load calibration circuit block. That block is configured to provide a dummy magnitude correction and a dummy phase correction; and a memory block is configured to store the dummy magnitude correction and the dummy phase correction. A method for calibrating a portable analytical test meter for use with an analytical test strip includes determining a dummy magnitude correction and a dummy phase correction of the portable analytical test meter using a dummy load calibration circuit block of the portable analytical test meter. The dummy magnitude correction and the dummy phase correction are stored in a memory block of the portable analytical test meter. Using the stored dummy magnitude correction and stored dummy phase correction, an analyte is determined. |
| US09395312B2 |
Method for assessing wear in molding machine
A first chromium mass concentration and a first reference mass concentration are extracted from a first test substance made by adding a predetermined amount of calcium to a predetermined amount of pellets; a reference value is calculated on the basis thereof. A second chromium mass concentration and a second reference mass concentration are extracted from a second test substance made by adding, to a predetermined amount of the substance contained in the molded part, an amount of calcium identical to the amount added to the pellets; a comparative value is calculated on the basis thereof. A screw can be determined to have wear whenever the comparative value is not less than a numerical value 60 times that of the reference value, whereas the screw can be determined not to have wear whenever the comparative value is less than a numerical value 60 times that of the reference value. |
| US09395311B2 |
Differential excitation spectroscopy
A new technique which uses a pump-probe methodology to place a molecule into one or more excited rotational and/or vibrational states. By evaluating spectral changes due to at least one discrete frequency of pump photons a multi-dimensional characterization of the molecule's excited state energy level results. This multi-dimensional characterization typically involves evaluating the changes between excited and unexcited state measurements. The differential nature of the evaluation makes the technique self-referencing and solves problems common to many spectroscopic techniques. The multi-dimensionality of the technique provides high specificity and immunity to interferents. The preferred embodiments involve excitation by using photons suited to pumping the rotational states and evaluating the effects by probing the energy levels of one of more vibrational states. The technique is capable of detecting bulk and trace concentrations of a molecule in gas, liquid and solid phases, both in pure form and in the presence of other molecules. |
| US09395309B2 |
Multiple angle computational wafer inspection
A system and method for inspecting a surface, comprising: illuminating a region of said surface, with said region having an aspect ratio larger than unity; capturing an image of scattered radiation originating from said region; and computing electromagnetic field of said scattered radiation from said image of scattered radiation and generating an image of region by computational propagation of said electromagnetic field through a predetermined distance, whereby features of said region are captured in said image of region. |
| US09395305B2 |
Raman scattering nanoprobes
A Raman scattering probe, and a method of making such a probe, uses a capsule of nanometric size, such as a nanotube, to which is coupled at least one Raman-active molecule. The Raman-active molecule may be encapsulated in, or attached on the exterior of the capsule, and exhibits a Raman scattering response when the probe is illuminated by an excitation light beam. A functionalization chemical group that is attached to an exterior of the capsule provides a connection between the capsule and a target material. This functionalization may include a generic chemical functionalization that bonds with any of a plurality of secondary chemical groups each of which bonds directly with a different target. A method of using the probe for Raman spectroscopy or Raman imaging is also provided. |
| US09395301B2 |
Methods for monitoring environmental barrier coatings
A method of monitoring a surface temperature of an environmental barrier coating (EBC) of a hot gas component includes directing an excitation beam having a first wavelength at a layer of a temperature indicator formed on the hot gas component. The method also includes measuring a fluorescent radiation emitted by the temperature indicator. The fluorescent radiation has a second wavelength and an intensity. In addition, the method includes determining a surface temperature of the EBC based on the intensity of the second wavelength of the fluorescent radiation. |
| US09395298B2 |
Blood coagulation analyzer
A blood coagulation analyzer that realizes both securement of a wide dynamic range and enhancement of sensitivity in blood coagulation analysis by selecting an appropriate angle of detection depending on the intensity of scattered light from each specimen without causing complexity of the analyzer. The analyzer has a reaction container. A storage unit is provided which takes in and stores multiple pieces of chronological light intensity variation data acquired from detectors arranged around a reaction container. A judgment unit selects light intensity variation data to be used for calculation of a blood coagulation time from the multiple pieces of light intensity variation data stored in the storage unit based on the amount of light intensity variation. A calculation unit calculates the blood coagulation time from the light intensity variation data selected by the judgment unit. |
| US09395294B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring chemical processes
A method of monitoring a fluid includes containing the fluid within a flow path, the fluid having a chemical reaction occurring therein. At least one integrated computational element is optically interacted with the fluid, thereby generating optically interacted light. An output signal is then produced based on the optically interacted light that corresponds to a characteristic of the chemical reaction. |
| US09395280B2 |
Gas-line probe adapter for connecting vacuum jacketing
A vacuum jacketed gas line adaptor with a flange cover for an existing pipeline sample take-off probe encasing a sample line and hermetically sealed to a vacuum valve housing having an sealable access port and containing a vented bleed valve and a block valve, fluidly connected to the sample line and a length of vacuum jacketed tubing sealing connected to the valve housing and in vacuum communication therewith, where the vacuum jacketed tubing surrounds the sample line to provide thermal isolation from the ambient for the sample line to a sample vaporizer. |
| US09395278B2 |
Surface sampling concentration and reaction probe with controller to adjust sampling position
A method of analyzing a chemical composition of a specimen is described. The method can include providing a probe comprising an outer capillary tube and an inner capillary tube disposed co-axially within the outer capillary tube, where the inner and outer capillary tubes define a solvent capillary and a sampling capillary in fluid communication with one another at a distal end of the probe; contacting a target site on a surface of a specimen with a solvent in fluid communication with the probe; maintaining a plug volume proximate a solvent-specimen interface, wherein the plug volume is in fluid communication with the probe; draining plug sampling fluid from the plug volume through the sampling capillary; and analyzing a chemical composition of the plug sampling fluid with an analytical instrument. A system for performing the method is also described. |
| US09395277B2 |
Self-adjusting audio detection of medium jam
A method of indicating a medium misfeed along a medium transport path comprising one or more rollers for conveying the medium along the medium transport path; a microphone for detecting the sound of the conveyed medium and producing a signal representing the sound; a processor for producing sound values from the signal; providing a sensitivity setting responsive to the sound values; and indicating the medium misfeed responsive to the sound values and the sensitivity setting. |
| US09395274B2 |
Method to test equipment with variable geometries of an aircraft engine
The invention relates to a method for testing equipment with variable geometries of an aircraft engine, especially turbomachine. In a first phase, a computer tests the chain of controls of the fuel dosage function. In a second phase, said computer tests the jacks of the chains of controls of equipment with variable geometries by keeping the aircraft shut-off valve open during rod extensions of jacks and by controlling the injection shut-off valve to expel fuel into the injection chamber during their rod retractions. |
| US09395268B2 |
Method and system to tolerance test a component
A method and system of tolerance testing a component using data measurements from a single test setup within a test apparatus are described. The method includes receiving the data measurements obtained with the single test setup. The method also includes separating, at the processor, the data measurements from a relative positioning of an element of the test apparatus and performing, at the processor, a virtual setup of the component to obtain additional data measurements related to one or more parts of the component. The method additionally includes determining, at the processor, whether a parameter associated with the one or more parts meets a specified tolerance based on the additional data measurements obtained from the virtual setup. |
| US09395264B2 |
Blunt impact test apparatus and method
A blunt impact test apparatus includes an apparatus frame having track rails for positioning proximate the test structure; a track angle positioning mechanism engaging the track rails to control a slope of the track rails; and an impact cart adapted to roll on the track rails. |
| US09395263B2 |
Method for inspecting sealability of vacuum chamber
The present invention discloses a method for inspecting sealability of a vacuum chamber. The vacuum chamber has a closed site in which two sealing rings are arranged in such a way that the two sealing rings form therebetween a sealed compartment. The sealed compartment has a wall in which an evacuation hole is formed. The method for inspecting sealability of a vacuum chamber includes: connecting an evacuation valve through a pipe to the evacuation hole to form evacuation piping; mounting a pressure meter to the evacuation piping; opening the evacuation valve to proceed with evacuation of the sealed compartment and, during the evacuation process, monitoring the pressure meter; and determining sealability of the two sealing rings according to a reading of the pressure meter. The present invention allows for quick evacuation of the sealed compartment and to determine the sealability of the two sealing rings according to the pressure meter. |
| US09395260B2 |
Pressure differential indicator with fire stop
An across the wall pressure differential indicating apparatus comprising a wall duct having first and second open ends, first and second mounting plates respectively attached to the wall duct at the first and second open ends respectively, a low speed airflow indicator adapted to indicate a pressure differential and mounted in fluid communication with the wall duct such that substantially all airflow passing through the wall duct also passes through the indicator, and an intumescent material disposed in the wall duct between the first and second ends. |
| US09395258B2 |
Semiconductor pressure sensor and fabrication method thereof
At a pressure sensor region, a pressure sensor including a fixed electrode, a vacuum chamber and a movable electrode is formed at a pressure sensor region, whereas a memory cell transistor and a field effect transistor are formed at a MOS region. An etching hole communicating with the vacuum chamber is sealed by a first sealing film and the like. The vacuum chamber is formed by removing a portion of a film identical to the film of a gate electrode of the memory cell transistor. |
| US09395256B2 |
Low profile multi-axis load cell
A compact multi-axis load cell with opposing rigid mounting elements includes annular flanges at the perimeter of the elements. A sensing region is formed between the rigid mounting elements by bonding, as by welding or brazing, opposing annular flanges at their end surfaces. To increase the mass and rigidity of the opposing mounting elements, the annular flanges may be partially formed by a peripheral groove, the groove defining a portion of an inside surface of the annular flange. The peripheral groove provides sufficient flange length for affixing strain gauges while positioning internal surfaces of the mounting elements close together in order to reduce the overall length of the load cell. Sensing circuits affixed to the outside surface of the sensing region provide output signals responsive to forces and moments exerted between the rigid mounting elements in at least two substantially perpendicular directions. |
| US09395250B2 |
Eddy current thermometer
A remote, noncontact temperature determination method and apparatus is provided, which is operable to determine the temperature of a conducting member in operative thermal communication with an object of interest. The method comprises the steps of first inducing a closed vortex eddy current in a conducting member by subjecting the member to a magnetic field, such that the corresponding eddy current magnitude changes exponentially over time. A characteristic time constant of the exponential current magnitude changes is then determined, and this is used to calculate the temperature of the object. The apparatus includes a field transmitting coil coupled with a waveform generator for inducing the eddy current, and a field receiving coil assembly which detects the corresponding induced magnetic. Temperature determinations can be made which are substantially independent of the relative distance and/or angular orientation between the conducting member and the field receiving coil assembly. |
| US09395246B2 |
Gas analyser
A gas analyzer and a corresponding method is provided to measure the concentration of formaldehyde within enclosed environments such as within buildings comprising an ultraviolet light source, a sample chamber, a detector. The detector measures the intensity of light received by photosensors within a measurement range of wavelengths, and at least one reference range of wavelengths. Advantageously, the concentration of formaldehyde is determined taking into account fluctuations in the intensity of light emitted by the light source, and in the presence of any interferents such as nitrogen dioxide. |
| US09395241B1 |
Self-aligned spectrometer
The present disclosure relates to a self-aligned spectrometer according to claim 1, comprising: a fixing device composed of light-transmittable materials, and which includes an air lens placed within the fixing device, and an optical waveguide of which at least a partial part is inserted and fixed in place within the fixing device through the first face of the fixing device. |
| US09395238B2 |
Automated shutter for dark acclimating samples
An automated shutter for dark acclimating a sample, comprising a base and a head mounted to the base and movable between an open and closed position. The automated shutter further comprises one or more artificial light sources and one or more optical detectors disposed in said head or base, and wherein the head is contiguous with the sample when moved into the closed position. Another embodiment comprises an enclosure placed over a sample to be dark acclimatized, with one or more artificial light sources and optical detectors disposed within or closely adjacent to said enclosure which is configured to be transformed between an optically transparent state and an optically opaque state. |
| US09395235B2 |
Striking detection device and method
Based on a peak level of a waveform in a predetermined period after the input of the waveform started and a value indicative of the degree of change in the waveform in the predetermined period, a judging device determines whether the waveform is caused by a strike. Thus, the peak level and a value indicative of the degree of change in the waveform are considered to determine whether the waveform is caused by a strike. A waveform with a small peak level caused by a weak strike is not erroneously detected as noise, while accurate detection of strikes can be obtained. |
| US09395232B2 |
Detection of contamination status for refrigerator ultrasonic sensor assembly
Systems and methods for detecting a contamination status of an ultrasonic sensor assembly included in a refrigeration appliance are provided. An exemplary refrigerator includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes a first ultrasonic sensor configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal and a second ultrasonic sensor configured to receive the ultrasonic signal. The refrigerator is configured to perform operations comprising detecting whether the sensor assembly is contaminated based on one or more characteristics of the received ultrasonic signal. An exemplary method includes monitoring a change in a characteristic of a plurality of crosstalk components of a plurality of ultrasonic signals of over a period of time to detect a contaminated state of an ultrasonic sensor. |
| US09395230B2 |
Fill level measurement system and method for determining a fill level
A measurement system for determining a liquid fill level of a tank, including a floating sensor configured to float on the surface of a liquid contained in the tank, at least three reference sensors mounted at a hull of the tank in a spatially fixed arrangement, and a control device to control the floating sensor and the reference sensors, wherein at least one of the floating sensor and the reference sensors can emit an acoustic signal to the remaining sensors, wherein the remaining sensors can receive the emitted acoustic signal, and wherein the control device is configured to determine signal travelling times of the acoustic signal from the emitting sensor to the receiving sensor, to compute a spatial position of the floating sensor with respect to the reference sensors from the signal travelling times, and to determine the liquid fill level using the computed spatial position of the floating sensor. |
| US09395229B2 |
Low power radar level gauge system with integrated microwave circuit
The present invention relates to a radar level gauge system comprising a signal propagation device; a microwave signal source; a microwave signal source controller; a mixer configured to combine a transmit signal from the microwave signal source and a reflection signal from the surface to form an intermediate frequency signal; and processing circuitry coupled to the mixer and configured to determine the filling level based on the intermediate frequency signal. The microwave signal source is configured to exhibit a phase noise greater than or equal to −70 dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz offset from a carrier frequency for the transmit signal. |
| US09395218B2 |
Dual pointer display
A pointer display with a first visible indication and a second visible indication, including a first pointer element, the first pointer element being rotatable around a first axis and comprising a first pointer arm and a first stem, the first stem extending in a first axis and the first pointer arm extending away from the first stem to facilitate the first visible indication; and a second pointer element, the second pointer element being rotatable around a second axis and comprising a second pointer arm and a second stem, the second stem extending a second axis and the second pointer arm extending away from the second stem to facilitate the second visible indication, and the first axis and the second axis being coincident with each other wherein the first pointer element and the second pointer element rotate around a common axis. |
| US09395215B2 |
Linear encoder and method of adjusting a gap between a sensor unit and a scale of the linear encoder
A linear encoder includes a housing, a scale disposed within the housing and a sensor unit disposed within the housing facing the scale with a gap between the sensor unit and the scale. The sensor unit is configured to scan the scale and obtain position information. At least one adjustment hole for a gap adjustment is disposed in at least one of the housing and an end cover of the housing at a position corresponding to a position of the gap. |
| US09395207B2 |
System and method to record encrypted content with access conditions
A secure detachable utility monitoring device is disclosed, to be appended to a utility metering apparatus for controlling at least one utility usage consumption. A detachable metering monitoring device of at least one embodiment includes: a usage reading interface to acquire a utility consumption value metered by the utility meter; a first memory to store at least a unique identifier ID and a personal key, both pertaining to the device; a crypto processor to generate a cryptogram from information data comprising at least the utility consumption value, the cryptogram being encrypted with the personal key; a message generator to generate an information message including at least the cryptogram and the unique identifier ID; and a communication network interface including a sending unit to send the information message to a remote management center. |
| US09395206B2 |
Method and device for ascertaining a physical variable in a position transducer system
A method for ascertaining a value of a physical variable in a position transducer system includes the steps of providing a computation model, which maps a response of the position transducer system, wherein the computation model includes a model function and one or multiple parameter(s); ascertaining a value of at least one system variable at one or multiple points in time; determining the parameters of the computation model from one or multiple value(s) of the at least one system variable determined at different points in time; and determining the value of the physical variable as a function of the one or the multiple determined parameters. |
| US09395205B1 |
Method of calibrating laser measurement systems in-situ
A process for calibrating and correcting errors in laser measurement systems in situ, either remotely over the Internet or where the laser measurement system is physically located. In one embodiment, a number of targets are arrayed around the scanner and read by the software of a system. The laser scanner is rotated 180 degrees and the positions of the targets are read again. A correction factor is determined by calculation and displayed to show the expected improvement in accuracy of the laser measurement system. In a second embodiment, the laser scanner is positioned under a vehicle with targets at reference positions for which the measurements are known. The scanner readings are checked against the known values and a correction factor developed. This could be applied on a one-time basis or it can be programmed in the host computer where evaluation and compensation occur automatically. |
| US09395194B2 |
System and method for providing tile-map using electronic navigation chart
A system and method are provided, the system and method for providing a tile map related to a region having low data frequency or a region having same color property, by providing the tile map using not only national territorial information on land but also marine spatial information and dynamic sensing information. |
| US09395191B2 |
Navigation apparatus
A navigation apparatus includes: a map information storage unit that stores road information; a position estimation unit that estimates the position of the vehicle; a map matching unit that specifies link candidate points corresponding to the position of the vehicle; a parallel roads determination unit that detects links of parallel roads that extend mutually parallel to one another; a traveling link determination unit that, for each link of the parallel roads, determines whether it is a traveling link upon which the vehicle is traveling, or a parallel link that extends parallel to the traveling link; and a link position correction unit that obtains position correction amounts for nodes of the traveling link and of the parallel link on the basis of the distance between the link candidate point that corresponds to the traveling link and the position of the vehicle. |
| US09395177B2 |
Evanescent field opto-mechanical phase shifter
A method and system described for sensing a displacement by receiving and propagating a laser light signal with an etched waveguide that is configured to enable an evanescent optical field above the waveguide surface. A movable perturber can be positioned so the perturber interacts with the evanescent optical field above the waveguide surface. An optical phase shift can be induced in the waveguide when the movable perturber is displaced in the evanescent optical field, and the optical phase shift can be measured with an optical readout circuit. |
| US09395176B2 |
Optical position-measuring device
The present invention relates to an optical position-measuring device for generating a plurality of phase-shifted scanning signals regarding the relative position of a fiber optic scanning head and a reflection measuring standard movable relative thereto in at least one measuring direction. In the fiber optic scanning head, a scanning reticle is disposed before the measuring standard end of an optical fiber. The scanning signals are coded in a wavelength-dependent manner. To this end, a beam incident on the scanning reticle is split into at least two sub-beams which strike the reflection measuring standard and are subsequently recombined to interfere with each other so as to generate the phase-shifted scanning signals. The sub-beams travel different optical path lengths between splitting and recombination. |
| US09395175B2 |
Device for determining the position of mechanical elements
A device for determining the position of a first mechanical element relative to a second mechanical element, having a first measurement unit for attachment to the first mechanical element, a second measurement unit for attachment to the second mechanical element, and an evaluation unit. The first measurement unit emits spectrally differing first and second light beams in essentially the same direction and a position-sensitive optical detector. The second measurement unit has a reflector arrangement facing the first measurement unit, in order to reflect the first and second light beams onto the detector. Surfaces facing the first measurement unit being color splitters having different reflectivity/transmissibility for the first light beam and the second light beam. The evaluation unit determines the location of the first and second mechanical elements relative to one another from the incidence positions of the reflected first and second light beams on the detector. |
| US09395171B2 |
Capacitive sensor with orthogonal fields
A method and system for determining a distance from a probe to an object includes generating a first electric field by applying a first signal across a first pair of electrodes aligned along a first axis and generating a second electric field by applying a second signal across a second pair of electrodes aligned along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. After generating the signals, a first change in the first signal due to the object interacting with the first electric field and a second change in the second signal due to the object interacting with the second electric field is concurrently detected. A distance of the object from the first and second pair of electrodes can be calculated based on a ratio of the first and second changes. |
| US09395170B2 |
Adjustable radius gauge
An adjustable radius gauge for measuring and or checking the radius of parts previously made or while forming radii in the process of being formed, as experienced in the bending in a press brake or rolls, dishing presses, spinning, bulging or shrinking machines or by hand or by whatever process of bending or contouring may be used. Also as a layout tool to layout materials in any trade requiring radius layout and required marking. |
| US09395168B2 |
Explosive matrix assembly
An explosive matrix includes a grid structure formed from a single length of detonating cord with one set of spaced-apart detonating cord sections lying in one plane that perpendicularly overlays a second set of spaced-apart sections lying in a second plane such that at each section crossing location the crossing consists of no more than two perpendicular sections of detonating cord. |
| US09395166B1 |
Arrow shaft with a double wall
An arrow shaft with a double wall, which decreases physical oscillation during the initial travel of the arrow. The arrow shaft with a double wall preferably includes an inner shaft tube and an outer shaft tube. The outer shaft tube has a normal length of an arrow shaft. The inner shaft tube has a tensile modulus, which is greater than the tensile modulus of the outer shaft tube. The oscillation of the inner shaft tube will restrict the oscillation of the outer shaft tube and thus reduce oscillation of the arrow shaft with a double wall. An arrow insert includes a tubular shaft and a shoulder. An outer diameter of the tubular shaft is sized to be received by an inner diameter of the inner shaft tube. A second embodiment of the arrow shaft with a double wall includes a dual step arrow insert. |
| US09395165B2 |
Subsonic ammunition casing
A subsonic ammunition cartridge casing having an engineered internal volume designed to allow for the introduction of precisely the amount of propellant necessary at precisely the desired location to reproducibly produce the desired projectile velocity and internal pressure is provided. The subsonic shell casing has an engineered internal propellant cavity built into the internal body of the casing itself that does not necessarily depend on the introduction of a separate volume reducing device such as tubing, filler, foam filler and the like. This ensures the integrity of the case, does not result in anything being expelled through the muzzle of the weapon other than the projectile, does not have any burning or combusting components, allows for very precise control of the internal volume and thus chamber pressure, and is economical to produce. |
| US09395161B1 |
Aerosol fluid deterrent system
An animal and attacker deterrent system to be mounted to a bicycle or to an similar vehicle is disclosed herein. The deterrent system in one example comprises a compressed gas cylinder where the gas includes a chemical animal deterrent and a carrier. In one example the system utilizes a user-actuated valve coupled to the compressed gas cylinder. The actuator for the valve mounted within easy reach of the user (vehicle operator) such as mounted to the bicycle handlebars. The system in one example comprises a short gas conduit having a first end coupled to the user-actuated valve and a second end fluidly coupled to a plurality of mist producing spray apertures. |
| US09395160B2 |
Air beam system for an air beam structure
A tethermast and frag wall includes a fabric device having a fill volume fillable with a fill material on a flexible or compliant mast system. The fill volume may be a chambered curtain. The tethermast and frag wall is self supporting, easily deployed, and may be used in connection with a structure or may be deployed stand-alone. A tether system for an air beam structure utilizing a flexible tethermast, an external frag wall or frag curtain, soft couplings, air beam slings, or combinations thereof to reduce the effects of pressure waves, such as blast waves, onto and into an air beam structure and any inhabitants. |
| US09395159B2 |
Embedded-monolith armor
A lightweight armor system utilizing a face section having a multiplicity of monoliths embedded in a matrix supported on low density foam. The face section is supported with a strong stiff backing plate. The backing plate is mounted on a spall plate. |
| US09395158B2 |
Mounting device for weapon
A mounting device for mounting an accessory to a rail of a weapon including a base portion, a first side portion configured to engage a first side of a rail of the weapon, and a second side portion configured to engage a second side of the rail. The first side portion has an opening defined therein. A movable clamping member is disposed in the opening in the first side portion so as to be movable between a clamping position where it secures the device to the rail and a retracted position. A clamping lever is pivotally interconnected with the first side portion for movement between an open position and a closed position. A link interconnects the clamping lever and the clamping member such that moving the lever from the open position to the closed position moves the clamping member from the retracted position to the clamping position. |
| US09395156B2 |
Fire control sight, hand-held firearm and a method for orienting a hand-held firearm
A fire control sight for a hand-held firearm includes a sight housing, a front sight, and a sight guide having two sight guide side pieces with a plurality of sight crosspieces forming rear sights. The fire control sight also includes a range finder, at least one inertial sensor and/or a magnetic field sensor, a control computer, and a display device for displaying an optimal orientation of the barrel axis of the hand-held firearm determined by the control computer. |
| US09395155B1 |
Active stabilization targeting correction for handheld firearms
An electromechanical system translates an “aiming error” signal from a target tracking system into dynamic “pointing corrections” for handheld devices to drastically reduce pointing errors due to man-machine wobble without specific direction by the user. The active stabilization targeting correction system works by separating the “support” features of the handheld device from the “projectile launching” features, and controlling their respective motion by electromechanical mechanisms. When a target is visually acquired, the angular deflection (both horizontal windage and vertical elevation) and aiming errors due to man-machine wobble (both vertical and horizontal) from the target's location to the current point-of-aim can be quickly measured by the ballistic computer located internal to a target tracking device. These values are transmitted to calibrated encoded electromechanical actuators that position the isolated components to rapidly correct angular deflection to match the previous aiming error. |
| US09395154B1 |
Weapon stabilizing device and method
A weapon stabilizing device for stabilizing a weapon during use. The device includes a spool member configured to release and retract an anchor line with rotation of the spool member. A lock member prevents rotation of the spool member in a locked position and allows rotation of the spool member in a released position. Actuation of an activation member switches the lock member from a default position to an activated position. The default position may be the locked position or the released position. When the default position is the locked position, the activated position is the released position. When the default position is the released position, the activated position is the locked position. A spool spring may provide continuous positive rotation of the spool member in the released position. The weapon stabilizing device may be connected to or within a base of a weapon. |
| US09395152B2 |
Artwork display frame and related methods
Frames for displaying 3D and/or user-selected pieces of artwork and related methods. Some frames comprise frame and rail engagement portions. The frame portions display the artwork and further comprise bodies defining curvilinear cross-sections and display areas on exterior surfaces of the bodies. The rail-engagement portions can couple to the frame portions and further comprise ridges. The ridges extend away from interior surfaces of the frame bodies and can be adapted to engage rails. Flats adjacent to the rails can facilitate securing the frames to the rails. Moreover, display areas of the current embodiment define the artwork. The bodies and rail engagement portions can withstand various shocks at the rails. Moreover, the bodies can be hand guards for weapons. Furthermore, the rail engagement portions can define apertures which receive weapons tools. Moreover, the frame portions can define stops which engage slots associated with the rails. If desired, engravings define the artwork. |
| US09395151B2 |
Fore-end grip for a firearm
A fore-end grip is provided for a firearm. The firearm has a barrel, and the fore-end grip is configured to at least partially surround the barrel. The fore-end grip includes at least one finger channel and at least one thumb channel. The finger channel and the thumb channel are configured to receive at least one finger and the thumb, respectively, of a shooter's forward hand when the shooter holds the firearm. |
| US09395146B2 |
Projectile launcher with trigger assist
A projectile launcher including a receiver with a breech proximate to a barrel. A valve assembly is provided that allows selective flow between a source of compressed gas and the breech. A trigger is provided that is movable between a first position and a second position. The launcher includes a firing assembly configured to actuate the valve assembly responsive to the trigger being in the second position. In some embodiments, the firing assembly includes a trigger assist feature configured to cycle the firing assembly in a fully automatic manner when the trigger is in the second position without reciprocating the trigger during the firing cycle. In some embodiments, the receiver includes an opening with a puncture mechanism dimensioned to receive a magazine. |
| US09395144B1 |
Bowstring release device
A bowstring release mechanism includes first and second jaws pivotally connected to a housing with a trigger section operably associated with the jaws for moving the jaws between open and closed positions. The jaws include opposing faces that are in a juxtaposed relationship when the release mechanism is in a closed position. Due to deviations in manufacturing tolerances and wear, a gap between the jaw faces may vary in size. To that end, an adjustment portion is operably associated with the trigger and jaws for precisely adjusting the size of the gap. A second adjustment portion for adjusting the sensitivity of the trigger section is also provided. |
| US09395141B2 |
Toy bow projectile launcher with replaceable elastic launching elements
A toy projectile launcher that launches projectiles with elastic elements. Each elastic element is designed to be easily replaced on the projectile launcher. Each replaceable elastic element has two ends. An anchor block is provided that receives and retains at least one of the two ends. The anchor block is received within an anchor receptacle. A locking mechanism is used that selectively locks the anchor block within the anchor receptacle. The elastic elements extend from the anchor receptacles and present projectile engagement structures that can be hooked by the toy projectile being launched. |
| US09395139B2 |
Rifle sling shot device
A rifle sling shot device facilitates aiming and shooting a projectile using a sling mechanism released by manipulating a trigger. The device includes a stock having a front end and a butt end. A pair of spaced arms is coupled to and extends upwardly from the stock proximate the front end of the stock. A trigger is coupled to the stock. A pin is coupled to the stock. The pin is moved by manipulation of the trigger. A band has opposed ends coupled to the arms. A length of the band is resiliently stretchable wherein the band is extendable into a stretched position. The band is released from the stretched position by manipulation of the trigger. |
| US09395131B1 |
Cover for ejection port door bumper
The present invention relates to the field of rifles. The invention further relates to ejection ports for AR-15 and M-16 rifles. The invention even further relates to a safety and equipment protection a portion of an ejection port door that is impacted repetitively on its bumper. The present invention even further relates to a cover that removeably snaps upon the bumper of the ejection port door. |
| US09395129B2 |
Light emitting firearm magazine indicator
An apparatus known as a self-illuminating light-emitting firearm magazine indicator, or simply, light-emitting magazine indicator, (LEMI), is described here forth. The light-emitting firearm magazine indicator makes use of a self-illuminating device. The device and/or materials could comprise: radioactive gaseous isotopes, self-illuminating paint or any other substance that contains self-luminous properties. The light-emitting firearm magazine indicator will make use of any form of self-illumination technology that require no external power source or battery technology in order to give off light emissions. The light-emitting firearm magazine indicator will use the properties of radio-luminescence as a primary, but not exclusive source to create such attributes. The light-emitting firearm magazine indicator will do the above in order to provide a visual indication of magazine contents or capacity of ammunition in low light to zero light conditions, where firearm magazine contents or capacity of ammunition would otherwise be visually imperceptible without the use of said self-luminous device or the use of an external light source. |
| US09395128B2 |
Projectile launching devices and methods and apparatus using same
A projectile launching device includes a reactive driver, a flyer housing, a flyer and a compressible buffer member. When detonated, the reactive driver will generate a detonation shock wave. The flyer housing defines a bore. The flyer is disposed in the bore and has a rear surface. The buffer member is interposed between the reactive driver and the flyer. The buffer member has a front surface in direct contact with the rear surface of the flyer. The buffer member is configured and arranged to: receive the detonation shock wave from the reactive driver; modify the detonation shock wave to generate a modified shock wave; and transmit the modified shock wave directly to the flyer to thereby propel the flyer away from the buffer member. |
| US09395127B2 |
Indirect dry cooling tower apparatus and method
A heat exchange apparatus that extends vertically along a longitudinal axis, that cools a liquid, including: a first delta positioned at a first point along the longitudinal axis, the first delta including: a first inlet conduit for inlet liquid flow, the first inlet conduit being in fluid communication with a first inlet main, and a first outlet conduit for outlet fluid flow, the first outlet conduit being in fluid communication with the first inlet conduit and a first outlet main, and a second delta positioned at a second point along the longitudinal axis above the first delta, the second delta including: a second inlet conduit for inlet liquid flow, the second inlet conduit being in fluid communication with a second inlet main, and a second outlet conduit for outlet fluid flow, the second outlet conduit being in fluid communication with the second inlet conduit and a second outlet main. |
| US09395122B2 |
Diffusing gas turbine engine recuperator
A gas turbine engine recuperator including exhaust passages providing fluid flow communication between an exhaust inlet and an exhaust outlet, the exhaust inlet being oriented to receive exhaust flow from a turbine of the engine and the exhaust outlet being oriented to deliver the exhaust flow to atmosphere, the exhaust inlet having a smaller cross-sectional area than that of the exhaust outlet, and a cross sectional area of each exhaust passage progressively increasing from the exhaust inlet to the exhaust outlet such as to diffuse the exhaust flow. Air passages are in heat exchange relationship with the exhaust passages and provide fluid flow communication between an air inlet and an air outlet designed to sealingly engage respective plenums of the gas turbine engine. |
| US09395121B2 |
Heat exchanger having convoluted fin end and method of assembling the same
The present invention provides a heat exchanger for transferring heat between a first working fluid and a second working fluid. The heat exchanger can include a corrugated fin positionable along a flow path of the first working fluid between adjacent tube walls and being operable to increase heat transfer between the first working fluid and the second working fluid. The fin can include a leg defined between adjacent folds. The heat exchanger can also include a plurality of convolutions extending inwardly from a distal end of the leg and terminating at different distances from the end. |
| US09395120B2 |
Magnetic pump installation
A magnetic pump in a pump well in a molten metal furnace with a long, relatively thin side wall that wraps around a significant fraction of the circumference of the pump, which facilitates creation of an eddy current based flow field in the molten material with better magnetic coupling, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of the pump. Breach of the well wall will not result in spillage of metal outside the furnace, and the well can be monitored for any such breach or other change so that the pump can be lifted out of the well to protect it from contact with the molten metal in the event of such a breach, or other appropriate action can be taken. |
| US09395119B2 |
Rotary furnace for heat treatment of solids
This invention relates to a rotary furnace that is designed for the heat treatment of solids comprising at least one rotary tube (1) into which the solids are introduced and a heating means outside of the rotary tube that makes it possible to conduct the heat treatment, characterized in that the rotary tube comprises—on its inside surface, in contact with the feedstock to be treated—at least 1 heating blade (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38).The invention also relates to the use of this furnace for conducting the roasting of solid biomass. |
| US09395115B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator is provided that may include a main body having a storage compartment in which food or other items may be stored, a main door configured to open or close the storage compartment, the main door having a storage chamber separate from the storage compartment, a sub door configured to open or close an opening of the storage chamber, a tray configured to be introduced into or withdrawn from the storage chamber, a guide configured to guide movement of the tray by being compressed when the tray is introduced into the storage chamber and released from compression when the tray is withdrawn from the storage chamber, and a basket placed on the tray, the basket having a storage space therein. The guide may cause variation in a moving speed of the tray when the tray is introduced into or withdrawn from the storage chamber. |
| US09395110B2 |
Secure thermoelectric device
The device includes a thermoelectric module provided with a thermocouple. Said thermocouple includes a first and second leg which are made of different thermoelectric materials, electrically connected by a connecting element configured to deform according to the temperature thereof so as to assume: a first deformation position in which the first and second legs are electrically connected in series solely by means of the connecting element; and a second deformation position in which the connecting element is in electrical contact with a shunt contact pad of the device, said shunt contact pad being made of a material, the electrical conductivity of which is greater than the electric conductivity of the connecting element and of the first and second legs. The device also includes a load, the electrical resistance of which is lower than the electrical resistance of the thermoelectric module, said load being electrically connected to the shunt contact pad. |
| US09395103B2 |
System and method for mounting photovoltaic modules
A support structure for orienting and supporting at least one solar panel includes a lock rail and a support rail that are engaged together through a locking mount. The locking mount has a retaining pin that permits the locking rail to be connected to the support rail without tools. The locking mount may provide a permanent or a releasable connection that retains the solar panel to the support structure. |
| US09395102B2 |
Self regulating inline heater
Embodiments provide systems and methods for improving in-line water heaters. Certain embodiments find particular use on board aircraft, other air travel vehicles (such as helicopters or aerospace vehicles), or any other vehicles that experience varying temperatures. The in-line water heaters described are self-regulating and use a temperature dependent resistance element to detect water temperature instead of a temperature sensor. |
| US09395101B2 |
Pressure clamp adapter for mounting a thermistor on a thermostat control bracket
A pressure clamp adapter for mounting a thermistor on an existing thermostat control support bracket secured to a hot water tank spud is described. It comprises a thermistor bracket having a rear wall with opposed transverse projecting connecting arm formations extending from an outer surface of the rear wall. A cavity is formed from the rear surface of the rear wall to form a housing shaped to receive a thermistor therein. A passage communicates with the cavity. Each of the connecting arm formations is adapted for removable attachment to a pair of upwardly projecting legs of the thermostat control support bracket. |
| US09395098B2 |
Damper blade seal system
A damper having a first seal and a second seal disposed to cooperatively engage an adjacent first blade end portion and second blade end portion such that a dead air space is created between the adjacent first seal and second seal in a damper closed position, and a first thermal gap and a second thermal gap disposed within said dead air space in the damper closed position. |
| US09395095B2 |
Air purifying apparatus having shuntable air duct
An air purifying apparatus according to an embodiment includes a body having first and second conduits through which a flow of air is generated from an air inlet to an air outlet, an ultraviolet light emitting diode part and a first filter part disposed within the first conduit, and a second filter part disposed within the second conduit. |
| US09395093B2 |
Range having an adjustable rear panel
Disclosed is a range that includes a main body, an oven provided in the main body, a cooktop provided over the oven, a rear panel provided over the main body adjacent the cooktop and configured to slidably extend relative to the main body, and a button to control a movement of the rear panel relative to the main body. The rear panel includes a first body provided a prescribed height over the main body and a second body that extends from the first body into the main body. |
| US09395092B2 |
Front mounted air circulator for an oven
An oven for cooking food includes a housing having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and a cooking chamber in the housing sized and shaped for receiving the food to be cooked. The cooking chamber has a front, a back, an upper portion, and a lower portion. A heating source heats air in the housing. An air mover is mounted generally at the front of the housing for moving heated air in the cooking chamber to produce a more uniform temperature and heat distribution in the cooking chamber. |
| US09395083B2 |
Ignition device
An ignition device that ignites a mixture including an oxidizer and fuel includes a heating element (1) that has a heat generation region (1a) generating formerly heat to a temperature above the ignition temperature of the mixture (Y) at a tip projected downward from an installation unit (100), a fuel holding unit (2) that encloses the heat generation region (1a), in which the heat generation region (1a) is installed inside thereof and has a through hole (2a) opened to an upper part thereof, and a surrounding wall (3) that forms a space (R) connected to the upper part of the through hole (2a) and has a flame ejection opening (3a) opened from the space (R) to the outside. According to the ignition device, an ignitability of the ignition device can be improved. |
| US09395080B2 |
Mixture supply system for a hot water appliance, a hot water appliance comprising such a mixture supply system and a method for mixing a fuel and an oxidizer
The invention relates to a mixture supply system which is adapted for mounting in a hot water appliance and which is adapted to supply a combustible mixture to a burner of the hot water appliance, comprising a fuel feed for a fluid fuel, an oxidizer feed for a fluid oxidizer, a mixing chamber for mixing the fuel and the oxidizer in order to form the combustible mixture, a discharge for discharging the combustible mixture from the mixing chamber and a fan for urging the fuel and oxidizer from the respective feed to the mixing chamber, and urging the mixture therefrom to the discharge, wherein the fan is adapted to act directly on both the fuel and the oxidizer. The fan does not so much make use of an airflow with gas drawn in by a venturi, but gas is supplied separately to the fan. |
| US09395077B2 |
Flashlight with integrated spray repellent
A flashlight with integrated spray repellent is provided that provides a more effective and efficient means of self-defense and safety. The flashlight comprises a main body, a flashlight head on a distal end and a spray enclosure on a distal end. A spray repellent device is housed within the proximal end of the main body and the spray enclosure, the spray repellent device further comprising a spray head and a spray canister containing a repellent substance. The spray enclosure has two opposing openings: a spray trigger opening for accessing the spray trigger and a spray nozzle opening for expelling the repellent substance. In an alternate embodiment, the flashlight features a curved flashlight head such that the light and the spray face the same direction and can be used simultaneously. |
| US09395075B2 |
LED bulb for incandescent bulb replacement with internal heat dissipating structures
An LED based light for replacing an incandescent bulb comprises a base having a first end and a second end; a connector fixed to the first end of the base, the connector adapted to physically connect to an incandescent light fixture; an open-ended light structure extending from the second end of the base, the light structure having an inner surface defining a cavity in fluid communication with an ambient environment and an opposing exterior outer surface; at least one LED arranged outward from the inner surface; and a heat dissipating structure for the at least one LED extending into the cavity. |
| US09395070B2 |
Support of flexible component and light-emitting device
To provide a support for supporting a flexible component and a light-emitting device. A first substrate, a second substrate, a rack, a pinion, and a hinge are provided. When the second substrate is moved, the rotational force of the pinion is transmitted to the rack of the first substrate and thus the first substrate is moved in the horizontal direction while being overlapped with one of hinge pieces of the hinge; accordingly, the flexible component can be bent while the flexible component is fixed to the first substrate and the second substrate and the allowable curvature radius is maintained in the vicinity of the hinge. |
| US09395069B2 |
Lamp
A lamp is provided. The lamp has one of a first connection portion and a second connection portion. Another one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion belongs to another lamp. The first connection portion has a first electrode set, the second connection portion has a second electrode set, and the first electrode set and the second electrode set contact each other when the lamp and the another lamp are stacked each other. |
| US09395068B2 |
Flexible LED light source panel, and flexible LED lighting device for taking image by using the same panel
Provided is a flexible LED light source panel including: a flexible LED module in which a plurality of LEDs is disposed in an array form on a flexible circuit board; a protective sheet stacked on the flexible LED module and diffusing light from the LEDs; a heat conduction sheet disposed under the flexible LED module; a heat radiation sheet disposed under the heat conduction sheet, made of fireproof fiber, and coated with a carbon nano tube molecule having a grid or vertical structure; and a light source guide having a quadrilateral shape. |
| US09395067B2 |
Method of and apparatus for enhanced thermal isolation of low-profile LED lighting fixtures
A LED assembly/structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The LED assembly comprises a housing body, one or more LED light emitting component hosting areas, a power unit hosting compartment, one or more light diffusing elements, and a cover. The housing body of the LED assembly serves as a thermal barrier between the power supply and the LED lighting elements, such that thermal stress is able to be reduced. |
| US09395066B2 |
Adjustable beam illuminator
An adjustable beam illuminator may provide a beam of light with an output cone angle that is adjustable (e.g., continuously adjustable) from small output angles (substantially collimated beam, “spot” mode) to larger output angles providing “flood” illumination. The illuminator may emit infrared light, for example. |
| US09395060B2 |
Guide lamp apparatus for vehicle
A guide lamp apparatus for a vehicle may include a light source, a side reflector which may be arranged on a lateral side of the light source, form an imaginary light source identical to the light source on a side of the light source, and reflect the light radiated from the light source to be divided into a plurality of lights, and a light collection lens that may be arranged in a front of the light source and collects light from the light source that may be divided into the plurality of lights by the side reflector and forms predetermined patterned images on a road surface. |
| US09395049B2 |
Apparatus and methods for delivering a high volume of fluid into an underground well bore from a mobile pumping unit
Apparatus for pumping fluid into an underground well bore at a well site and being transportable between multiple well sites includes a chassis configured to be transportable between well sites, first and second fluid pumps disposed upon the chassis and configured to pump pressurized fluid into the well bore at the same time and an electric motor disposed upon the chassis and configured to concurrently drive both pumps. |
| US09395047B2 |
Compressed natural gas fleet fill management system
Methods and systems and are presented for estimating the amount of natural gas provided to a vehicle at a natural gas time-fill filling station. The methods comprise measuring and wirelessly transmitting pre- and post-fill pressures measurements of compressed natural gas in a compressed natural gas storage tank on-board a natural gas vehicle. |
| US09395044B2 |
Wall hanger
A wall hanger includes a fastening member, a linking member including a top wall, a lateral wall, and a bottom wall, and a sleeving member. A first connecting portion is at the fastening member. A second connecting portion is at the top wall to connect with the first connecting portion. The lateral wall is extending vertically toward a first direction distant from the top wall and has first teeth. The bottom wall is extending toward the first direction from the lateral wall and is parallel to the top wall. The sleeving member includes a base member, a supporting wall standing on the base member, and an abutting wall extending from the supporting wall and parallel to the base member. A groove is defined by the base member, the supporting wall, and the abutting wall. The top surface of the abutting wall has second teeth. |
| US09395042B2 |
Panel mounting system
In general, implementations of the present invention include devices, systems, and components for mounting and/or displaying panels and panel structures with one or more post modules. The post modules, according to the present invention, can include a post, which can secure one or more panels, and covers that can conceal the post from view. Additionally, the post modules can have hollow channels between the covers and the post, which can house wires, cords, lighting elements, and other components. |
| US09395036B2 |
Bracket for a display panel and display device including the same
A bracket for a display panel, the bracket including a first plate for contacting the display panel, a second plate facing the first plate and having an area smaller than that of the first plate, and partitions between the first plate and the second plate. |
| US09395035B2 |
Collapsible stand
A collapsible stand including plurality of side members, each having one or more fastener elements operable to removably engage one another to assemble a base capable of supporting a supportable object. The collapsible stand can further include a stabilizer, a support member guide, and a support member. |
| US09395031B1 |
Camera mount
A camera mount is configured to securely couple a camera to an object. The camera mount includes a rail mount component and a sliding mount component which can be securely coupled, resulting in a low profile, easy to use camera mount. The rail mount component includes a rail base and two rail wings. The sliding mount component is configured to be inserted into the rail mount component. The sliding amount component further includes two levers and a sliding base with a plurality of protrusions for coupling to a reciprocal mount component. Each lever of the sliding mount component includes a pin and wedge that abut the inside of the rail base to secure the sliding mount component to the rail mount component. |
| US09395030B2 |
Stand and display device having the same
A stand and a display device having the same are provided. The display device including a display module; and a stand configured to support the display module, wherein the stand includes: a pair of brackets, each of the brackets having a ring shaped cross section to support the display module and end portions that are compressed; a neck including an upper portion coupled to the display module and a lower portion to which center portions of the brackets are fixed while in a state of being connected to each other while crossing each other in an X-shape; and a mold configured to form an external appearance of the stand while surrounding the brackets and the neck. |
| US09395026B2 |
Coupling device with residual pressure relief system
A coupling device includes a first half and a second half adapted to be connected to each other. The first half has a body housing a front chamber and a rear chamber separated by a first element and a second element slidably inserted in a bore provided in the first element. The bore forms an inner cavity in fluid communication with the front chamber and communicating with the rear chamber via a first through-hole provided in the first element. The cavity is sealed from the rear chamber and in that upon connection of the coupling device the second element is longitudinally moved on that a second through-hole provided in said second element comes in fluid communication with the first through-hole thereby providing a fluid communication between the two chambers via the cavity. |
| US09395023B2 |
Flexible pipe and end fitting with integrated sensor
Apparatus and method of manufacturing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The method may include providing a fluid retaining layer; wrapping a plurality of tensile armour elements around the fluid retaining layer; and wrapping a crush resistant elongate body that houses at least one fibre element around the fluid retaining layer and radially between two of the plurality of tensile armour elements. Matrix material provided in the elongate body may be cured subsequent to fitting the pipe body to an end fitting. |
| US09395022B2 |
Unbonded flexible pipe
The invention relates to a unbonded flexible pipe and a method for manufacturing such pipe. The unbonded flexible pipe has a length and a center axis along its length, and comprises an internal sealing sheath around its center axis, a carcass arranged inside the internal sealing sheath, and at least one armor arranged around the internal sealing sheath. The carcass comprises at least one helically wound elongate carcass reinforcement element providing a plurality of carcass reinforcement element windings along the length of the pipe wherein the carcass reinforcement element windings surround and/or are surrounded by a polymer structure, which polymer structure locks said carcass reinforcement element windings relative to each other. Accordingly the carcass reinforcement element windings need not be directly interlocked with each, but are mainly or totally locked to each other by the polymer structure. |
| US09395021B2 |
System and method for interconnecting umbilicals for conveying energy, fluids and/or data in a marine environment
The present invention relates to an interconnection system and method for interconnecting hoses (40) for transmitting power, fluids, data, or any combination thereof in a marine environment by means of a leak-tight device (10) in the inlets (230) of which terminal covers (30) for the passage of umbilicals and blind covers (80) for sealing said inlets (230) can be interchanged, such that each of the hoses can be connected and disconnected independently. The inlets are arranged such that the umbilicals are laid according to one and the same direction and orientation. |
| US09395019B2 |
Device for sealing a valve
Embodiments of a seal element for use in a trim assembly that allow valves and, in particular, balance control valves to meet high-temperature and shut-off requirements. These embodiments can engage and disengage a cage element and a plug element of the trim assembly, thereby creating a seal that prevents leaks of working fluid that can compromise operation of the valve. In one embodiment, the seal element comprises an annular ring that circumscribes the outer periphery of the plug element. The annular ring can deflect in response movement of one part of the plug element relative to another part of the plug element. This deflection can cause the seal element to contact the cage element and the plug element in seal regions that are proximate to one another, and to the outer periphery of the plug element. |
| US09395009B2 |
Fluid flow device that provides a seal by exploiting differential thermal expansion
A fluid flow control device includes a valve body, a valve seat disposed within the valve body, and a valve cage coupled to the valve seat within the valve body. The fluid flow control device also includes a gland defined by the valve body, the valve seat, and the valve cage. The valve body has a first thermal expansion coefficient and the valve seat and/or the valve cage have a second thermal expansion coefficient different from the first thermal expansion coefficient. The fluid flow control device further includes a sealing assembly disposed within the fluid flow control device to provide a seal between the valve body and the valve cage. The sealing assembly exploits differential thermal expansion between the valve body and the valve cage in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis and in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis to improve the seal. |
| US09395003B2 |
Process and device for reducing radioactive material of object containing radioactive material to safe level in living environment
A process for reducing a radioactive material of an object containing a radioactive material to a safe level in a living environment includes releasing pressure including carrying out a heating process on an aqueous liquid that includes water, water-soluble liquid, or a mixture of water and water-soluble liquid, and the object in a state where temperature is less than or equal to a critical temperature of the aqueous liquid and pressure is greater than or equal to a saturated vapor pressure of the aqueous liquid when the object is immersed in the aqueous liquid to such a degree that the object is covered or to a greater degree and then abruptly releasing the pressure, and separating, after the releasing pressure, the mixture of the object and the aqueous liquid into liquid and solid. |
| US09395002B2 |
Pressure equalizing valve
A gate valve includes a body with a flow passage intersected by a gate cavity and a gate with an axis, the gate being axially movable in the gate cavity between a gate closed position and a gate open position. A lifting device is in engagement with a stem of the gate to move the gate to the gate open position. A port extends from a first external surface of the gate to a second external surface of the gate. A seal member is mechanically connected to the lifting device, the seal member being moveable in response to axial movement of the lifting device between a seal open position where fluids can flow through the port and a seal closed position where the seal member blocks fluids from flowing through the port. |
| US09394999B2 |
Seal
The invention relates to a sealing system for sealing between a first component and a second component wherein at least one or either the first component or the second component is a rotating component. The first component has a circumferential groove in which a sealing segment has first and fifth end portions adjacent the groove and second, third and fourth portions that form a U shape that mirrors the shape of and extends into the circumferential groove. |
| US09394998B2 |
Radial shaft seal assembly with snap in auxiliary member
A shaft seal assembly includes a metal case having a wall extending cylindrically about a central axis with an annular leg extending radially inwardly from the wall toward the central axis. An elastomeric material is bonded to the leg and a primary seal lip is operably attached to the elastomeric material. The primary seal lip separates an oil side of the assembly from an air side of the seal assembly. The elastomer material has an annular groove formed on the air side of the primary seal lip. The assembly further includes an auxiliary lip subassembly including an annular metal washer with at least one auxiliary lip fixed thereto as a one-piece subassembly. The annular metal washer has an annular outer periphery snappingly received within the annular groove. |
| US09394995B2 |
L-shaped sealing ring
An L-shaped sealing ring comprising two legs connected with one another to form an L-shape in cross section. A length of a first leg is part of a lateral surface of revolution about an axis of the L-shaped sealing ring. The first leg lies between the first length and the axis of revolution. A second leg is bounded toward the environment by a second length, wherein the first and second lengths are connected with one another via a connection contour. An intersection of first and second lines, forms a corner of a triangle, wherein the respective end points of the first and second lengths form other vertices of the triangle. The L-shaped sealing ring is so embodied that the surface area of the cross sectional area of the body of the L-shaped sealing ring in the triangle amounts to, at most, 60% of the areal content of the triangle, wherein the area of the L-shaped sealing ring in the triangle is non-concave. |
| US09394993B2 |
Park lock mechanism
A park lock having a cam that is movable along a movement axis to cause corresponding pivotable movement of a pawl relative to a dog ring. The park lock mechanism includes a first actuator assembly and a second actuator assembly. The first actuator assembly has a first output member on which the cam is slidably mounted. The second actuator assembly includes a detent mechanism, which is configured to resist movement of the cam relative to the first output member, and a biasing element that is configured to store energy. Operation of the detent mechanism to permit movement of the cam relative to the first output member employs the stored energy in the biasing element to translate the cam on the first output member. |
| US09394985B2 |
Flexible externally toothed gear, strain wave gearing, and method for fastening flexible externally toothed gear
A strain wave gearing (1) has a flexible externally toothed gear (3) with a boss (7). A boss-side fastening surface (16) formed on the boss is coaxially superposed with a member-side fastening surface (15) of an output member (11), and the boss (7) and the output member are fastened by fastening bolts (13). The bolt tension of the fastening bolts (13) causes the engaging protuberances (20) of the boss-side fastening surface (16) to dig into the member-side fastening surface (15) by a predetermined dig-in depth. A large frictional force is produced in the fastening portions between the flexible externally toothed gear (3) and the output member (11). It is thereby possible to transmit the necessary torque by the bolt tension alone without using pins or a friction sheet together with the fastening bolts. |
| US09394984B2 |
Three point harmonic drive
A harmonic drive is provided and includes a toothed harmonic ring gear, a harmonic wave generator including a rotor element, which includes an outer three-lobe wave profile, and a stator element configured to drive rotation of the rotor element. The harmonic drive further includes a harmonic flex spine radially interposed between the harmonic ring gear and the rotor element. The harmonic flex spine includes a toothed portion and a bearing element rotatably supportive of the rotor element within the toothed portion. The toothed portion is disposed to register with the toothed harmonic ring gear at three contact points defined by the outer three-lobe wave profile in accordance with the rotation of the rotor element. |
| US09394983B2 |
Transmission device for work vehicles
Disclosed is a transmission device for work vehicles, said transmission device being capable of being used with high-horsepower engines, without an accompanying loss of power transmission efficiency or fuel economy. The transmission device is provided with: an input shaft that transmits power from an engine; a continuously-variable transmission that is disposed on the input shaft and outputs power transmitted from the input shaft, steplessly converting the speed thereof; and a reversing clutch device that outputs, either in a forward rotational direction or a reverse rotational direction, power outputted from the continuously-variable transmission. The reversing clutch device can be selectively switched, and the gear ratio can be steplessly changed by the continuously-variable transmission. |
| US09394979B2 |
Link actuating device
A bearing is interposed in the revolute pair between a proximal end side link hub and each proximal side end link member. A control device controls an actuator, to perform work-time control for causing a determined work operation to be executed and to perform, while the work-time control is stopped, grease circulation control for circulating grease sealed in the bearing. The maximum value θmax of a bending angle in the work-time control does not exceed the maximum allowable bending angle θ′max being the maximum value of the bending angle allowable in the mechanism, and the maximum value of the bending angle in the grease circulation control is greater than the maximum value θmax of the bending angle in the work-time control and smaller than the maximum allowable bending angle θ′max. |
| US09394977B2 |
Tensioner with expanding spring for radial frictional asymmetric damping
A tensioner is disclosed that may be part of a power system where the tensioner provides tension to an endless power transmitting element such as a belt, chain, or other continuous loop. The tensioner has an arm that is rotatable about a first axis and includes an arm arbor having a window therethrough, a bushing having a protrusion and being positioned adjacent the arm arbor with the protrusion received in the arm arbor's window, and a spring coupled to the arm urging the arm to rotate about the first axis into tensioning engagement with a power transmitting element. The spring is positioned where it can radially expand into contact with the protrusion of the bushing as the arm is rotated in a direction opposite the direction of tensioning engagement such that the bushing is urged radially outward relative to the arm arbor to provide frictional damping. |
| US09394976B2 |
Hydraulically ratcheted chain tensioner
A hydraulically ratcheted tensioner is provided. The tensioner includes a tensioner housing and a plunger including a groove is located partially in a piston chamber in the tensioner housing. The plunger is pressurizable by hydraulic fluid. A ratchet device includes a ratchet housing and a piston having an angled end. A spring biases the piston such that the angled end is forced against a ratchet pin that extends radially through a hole in the ratchet housing and the tensioner housing. The ratchet pin is biased against the piston by a ratchet spring. In a first, non-pressurized state, the ratchet pin engages the groove. In a second, pressurized state, the pressurized hydraulic fluid forces the piston against the spring such that the angled end disengages the ratchet pin and the ratchet spring moves the ratchet pin to a position disengaged from the groove, and the hydraulic fluid pressurizes the plunger. |
| US09394973B1 |
Methods and systems for shifting gears of a transmission
Methods and systems are provided that involve or include a transmission. During one of the methods, a motor is operated based on speed data to synchronize a first rotor of the transmission with a second rotor of the transmission, where the speed data is indicative of speeds of the first and the second rotors. The synchronized first and second rotors are engaged with one another to transfer torque from the motor to the output. |
| US09394969B2 |
Hand-held tool gear mechanism unit
A hand-held tool gear mechanism unit includes a drive gearwheel, an output gearwheel, and a connecting unit. The output gearwheel has a rotational axis spaced apart radially from a rotational axis of the drive gearwheel. The connecting unit is configured to transmit a rotational movement from the drive gearwheel to the output gearwheel substantially without a step-up transmission ratio. The connecting unit is configured to couple the drive gearwheel and the output gearwheel such that they can be moved relative to one another about a pivot axis. |
| US09394967B2 |
Three-dimensional shock-absorbing device
The present invention provides a three-dimensional shock-absorbing device, which comprises a base, a carrying base, and a carrying platform. The carrying base is disposed between the base and the carrying platform. A first elastic member is disposed between carrying base and the base for providing vertical shock-absorbing effect. A first limiting groove and a sliding member are disposed between the carrying platform and the carrying base for providing horizontal shock-absorbing effect. In addition, second elastic members connected to the base are disposed on the periphery of the carrying platform for providing horizontal and vertical shock-absorbing effects concurrently and thus achieving three-dimensional shock-absorbing effects. Moreover, the present invention has more support and less tipping. Besides, it is more durable. |
| US09394959B2 |
Dynamic load-absorbing material and articles
Dynamic load-absorbing materials suitable for use as cushion-type and armor-type materials, for example, of types that can be incorporated into protective gear, equipment, armor, vehicles, and various other structures, or used for the isolation and dissipation of vibratory loads, such as vibration isolators used to support avionic equipment. The impact-absorbing materials include a matrix material (22) and at least first and second sets of inclusions (which can be either included material or voids) (24) in the matrix material (22) that define a hierarchy of inclusions (24) in the matrix material (22). The inclusions (24) differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions (24) are deformed under load. |
| US09394958B2 |
Vibration damping device
A vibration damping device including a first mounting member and a second mounting member elastically connected by a main rubber elastic body, and a separate stopper member positioned in a housing recess that is formed by a cylindrical portion of the second mounting member and that opens in an axial direction. An elastic tapered portion equipped with a contact surface that inclines gradually to an inner circumferential side toward an open side of the housing recess is provided at an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion which constitutes a peripheral wall of the housing recess, and a stopper protrusion projecting outward in an axis-perpendicular direction is provided to the stopper member. The stopper protrusion is positioned further inside the housing recess than the elastic tapered portion and the stopper protrusion overlaps the elastic tapered portion when viewed in axial direction projection. |
| US09394956B2 |
Brake disc for a disc brake of a motor vehicle
A brake disc for a disc brake of a motor vehicle includes a pot-shaped carrier part; a friction ring, and multiple connecting elements distributed in circumferential direction of the disc brake extending in radial direction, and configured as separate components, wherein the carrier part and the friction ring are fixedly interconnected in radial direction via the multiple connecting elements, wherein the connecting elements are form fittingly connected with the carrier part and with the friction ring. |
| US09394952B2 |
Method and apparatus for clutch pressure control
A method, apparatus and system for controlling transmission clutch system output pressures is provided. A transmission control unit and a pressure control device including an electro-hydraulic valve and a pressure switch cooperate to provide self-calibrating clutch pressure control systems. |
| US09394949B2 |
Tripod type constant velocity universal joint and method for producing same
A tripod type constant velocity universal joint includes an outer joint member including three track grooves having roller-guide surfaces arranged to face each other in a circumferential direction, a tripod member including three leg shafts projecting in a radial direction, and roller units each including a roller and an inner ring for supporting the roller in a freely rotatable manner. The inner ring is externally fitted to a corresponding one of the three leg shafts. The roller is movable along the roller-guide surfaces of a corresponding one of the three track grooves. Each of the three leg shafts includes a region formed into a substantially circular-arc shape in horizontal cross-section that is orthogonal to an axial line of each of the three leg shafts. |
| US09394947B2 |
Drive transmission device and image forming apparatus
Drive transmission device (10) includes rotatable member (20), driven member (30), driving coupling (21), and driven coupling (31). Both driving protrusions (22) and driven protrusions (32) are arranged at equal intervals in rotation direction (R). Each driving protrusion (22) is in mating contact with corresponding one of driven protrusions (32). Surface (41) of the driving protrusion (22) that is in contact with the driven protrusion (32) includes inner contact region (42) and outer contact region (43). Inner contact region (42) is located at an inner side relative to planned line (LG) of centroid shift extending in rotation direction (R) through centroid (G) of the driving protrusion (22). Outer contact region (43) is located at an outer side relative to planned line (LG) of centroid shift. Along rotation direction (R), each of the inner contact region (42) and the outer contact region (43) extends toward planned line (LG) of centroid shift. |
| US09394946B2 |
Ventilated aerodynamic foil bearing
The aerodynamic foil bearing in the form of a radial or axial thrust bearing, includes a rotor and a stator including a support designed to support, facing the rotor, a lift device including: a plurality of evenly distributed elastic foils fixed by a fixing edge to a surface of the lift device facing the rotor; rows of ventilation orifices passing through the lift device and opening between a free edge of each elastic foil and the fixing edge of the next foil, wherein the support includes a cavity having grooves extending under the rows of ventilation orifices and at least one circular groove intersecting the grooves and supplied with a stream of pressurized cooling gas to distribute same so as to cool the underside of each foil and provide a supply of fresh gas above the next foil to compensate for gas losses at the ends of the bearing. |
| US09394942B2 |
Bearing assemblies and apparatuses including superhard bearing elements
A bearing assembly includes a support ring, a plurality of bearing-element carrier members coupled to the support ring, and a plurality of superhard bearing elements having a lateral periphery extending between a base and a superhard bearing surface. At least one superhard bearing element of the plurality of superhard bearing elements is attached to each of the plurality of bearing-element carrier members. A bearing apparatus includes a rotor, a stator, and a bearing assembly. A method for assembling a bearing assembly includes attaching at least one superhard bearing element to each of a plurality of bearing-element carrier members and coupling the plurality of bearing-element carrier members to a support ring. |
| US09394941B2 |
Oil-free turbocharger bearing assembly having conical shaft supported on compliant gas bearings
This invention provides a turbocharger bearing assembly having foil bearing assemblies (21, 22, 23, 24, 30, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52) supporting conical rotor elements (3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 17, 31, 32). |
| US09394937B2 |
Elastomeric teetering hinge
The invention generally relates to two-bladed turbine nacelles and associated teetering hinges. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a hinge assembly encompassing a hub and two double elastomeric teeter bearings. In some aspects, the bearings are self-contained elements that can be preloaded in a controlled manner prior to their incorporation into the larger assembly. |
| US09394936B2 |
Ball joint
A ball joint includes a ball member, a socket member, and a resilient pressing mechanism. The ball member couples with the socket member. The resilient pressing mechanism is positioned between the ball member and the socket member, applying compression to cause the ball member to tightly contact the socket member. The resilient pressing mechanism includes a plurality of springs positioned in parallel between the ball member and the socket member. |
| US09394929B2 |
Reducing dig force in hydraulic implements
In order to avoid cavitation in a boom cylinder head end at the beginning of a dig cycle, fluid from an alternate source is supplied to the head end before or in addition to fluid supplied by the main boom-up hydraulic circuit. In one embodiment, an electronic hydraulic valve, related sensors, and control system determines the beginning of a dig operation and uses fluid at an intermediate pressure to rapidly provide fluid to a boom head end cylinder to prevent voiding or cavitation before fluid under high pressure from the main pump can be brought to the cylinder. An on/off fluid switch is activated early in a dig operation to address low pressure at the boom cylinder head end and provide an alternate path for fluid into the cylinder in reaction to the boom being lifted by a motion of the stick and bucket in contact with the work surface. |
| US09394928B2 |
Dynamic seal wear mitigation system
A system can include one or more valve arrangements with a working chamber to receive a working fluid at a first pressure, and a control chamber to receive fluid at a second pressure. A dynamic seal can be disposed on a land of a valve element. A supply passage can be in communication between the control chamber and a tank and can include a check valve. A relief valve can be disposed between the check valve and the control chamber. A pilot pump and another relief valve may be disposed upstream of the check valve. The relief valve downstream of the check valve can have a higher pressure limit than the downstream one. A pressure sensor may be disposed between the check valve and the control chamber and used to warn the operator of a high pressure in the control chamber. |
| US09394926B1 |
Torque converter
The torque converter includes an elongate housing having a main section and a collar section. A piston assembly is reciprocable inside the main section. A plurality of elongate helical bolts with outer helix extends axially from one side of a piston. The opposite side of the piston is entirely exposed to hydraulic forces to maximize potential work thereon. The helical bolts are mated with a rotator in a helical rotation assembly, converting linear motion into rotation, each mated pair generating a given torque. A torque accumulator combines the given torque to generate total output torque greater than the given torque. One or more output endcaps can be provided on the ends of the housing to produce work from the greater output torque. |
| US09394924B2 |
Hydrostatic system configured to be integrated in an excavator
A hydrostatic system is configured to be integrated in a vehicle, e.g. an excavator. The hydrostatic system may comprise a first closed hydraulic circuit including a first hydraulic pump and a first hydraulic motor configured to operate a first component of the vehicle, and a second closed hydraulic circuit including a second hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic motor rated to operate a second component of the vehicle. Furthermore, a single six-port two-position directional valve may be provided. The single six-port two-position directional valve may be configured to switch between a first position and a second position such that in the first position the first hydraulic motor is driven by the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic motor is driven by the second hydraulic pump, and in the second position the first hydraulic motor is disconnected from the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic motor is driven by both the first and second hydraulic pumps. The present disclosure also refers to a method for operating a hydrostatic system configured to be integrated in a vehicle. |
| US09394923B2 |
Lift system with follower system
A hydraulic lifting apparatus includes a main hydraulic cylinder and main hydraulic circuit operatively connected to the main hydraulic cylinder. First and second spaced apart follower hydraulic cylinders are also provided. A hydraulic lifting system includes first and second lift towers. Each lift tower includes a main hydraulic cylinder, a main hydraulic circuit, and at least one follower hydraulic cylinder. A follower hydraulic circuit is operatively connected to the at least one follower hydraulic cylinder. A lifting beam spans between the first and second lift towers. The main hydraulic cylinder of each tower is positioned along the beam axis. |
| US09394918B2 |
Fan structure with easy assembly
A fan structure includes at least one installation standoff, a fan and a fixing frame. An end of the at least one installation standoff is installed on a substrate, and a positioning slot is formed on the other end of the at least one installation standoff. The fixing frame is installed on the fan and includes at least one positioning hook for engaging with the positioning slot of the at least one installation standoff, so as to fix the fixing frame on the substrate. A guiding slot is formed on at least one side of the fixing frame for guiding the at least one installation standoff to move on the fixing frame. The fixing frame further includes at least one resilient portion connected to the at least one positioning hook for driving the at least one positioning hook to separate from the at least one positioning slot. |
| US09394917B2 |
Cooling devices and methods for use with electric submersible pumps
Cooling devices for use with electric submersible pump motors include a refrigerator attached to the end of the electric submersible pump motor with the evaporator heat exchanger accepting all or a portion of the heat load from the motor. The cooling device can be a self-contained bolt-on unit, so that minimal design changes to existing motors are required. |
| US09394910B2 |
Magnus rotor
A Magnus rotor comprising a support that is arranged inside the Magnus rotor, a rotor that rotates about the support during operation of the Magnus rotor, a bearing that supports the rotor on the support, and a shaft that penetrates the bearing and is connected to the rotor above the bearing. |
| US09394909B2 |
Submersible pump housing with seal bleed ports
A submersible pump housing with seal bleed ports is provided. In an implementation, a pump housing for electric submersible pumps (ESPs), such as a centrifugal ESP, has end seals that are located inside or further inboard toward the high thrust pressure generated by the pump, than the threaded ends of the pump housing. The inboard seals contain and seal off the pump pressure and spare the threaded regions that are more pressure-vulnerable from the pump's high pressure interior, thereby increasing the pressure rating of the entire housing. Leak ports or bleed ports are provided further outboard of the end seals to relieve fluid seeping from inside the submersible pump housing past each end seal. A plate may be added to direct small amounts of fluid escaping from the end seals away from the wellbore casing in which an ESP is situated. |
| US09394904B2 |
Compressor
A compressor is provided that may include a cylinder including an outer cylinder portion and an inner cylinder portion, and a vane portion connected between the outer cylinder portion and inner cylinder portion, which is fixed to a casing. A rolling piston may be slidably coupled to the vane portion to form an outer compression space and an inner compression space while making a turning movement between the outer cylinder portion and the inner cylinder portion. Through this, a weight of a rotating body may be reduced to obtain low power loss with respect to a same cooling power and a small bearing area, thereby reducing refrigerant leakage as well as easily changing a capacity of a cylinder in an expanded manner. Moreover, refrigerant may be discharged in opposite directions in each compression space, thereby reducing vibration noise of the compressor. In addition, a back pressure groove may be formed on an upper surface of a drive transmission portion of the rolling piston, thereby reducing a friction area between the rolling piston and the upper bearing, as well as reducing a friction loss between the rolling piston and the upper bearing due to oil filled into the back pressure groove. |
| US09394901B2 |
Pumping systems
A modular symmetrical asphalt pumping system providing a series of field-configurable gear pumps and meters usable to safely and efficiently pump viscous molten fluids, such as, asphalt and similar bituminous materials. The system utilizes highly symmetrical physical geometries and modular components to allow for the development of multiple pump configurations using a reduced quantity of parts. Preferred arrangements of the system reduce pump pulsing and cavitation. |
| US09394900B2 |
Internal bellows pump fluid path
In a reciprocating piston pump, piston 34 has first or upper end 48 and second or bottom end 50 having inlet 52 and outlet 54 bores respectively located therein. Inlet check 32 is located in bore 52 while outlet check 42 is located in bore 54. As can be seen in FIG. 3, each of bores 52 and 54 branches into three (in the preferred embodiment) flow paths which alternate and are intertwined. It is the unique flow paths incorporating both the inlet and outlet check valves in the piston that are the key features of the invention. |
| US09394899B2 |
System and method for fault detection in an electrical device
A method for fault detection includes selecting a measured parameter from a subsurface electrical device and obtaining a plurality of samples for the measured parameter. The method also includes removing at least one invalid sample from the plurality of samples to generate a remaining number of samples. The method further includes computing a diagnostic parameter based on the remaining number of samples, if the remaining number of samples is greater than a predefined threshold number and terminating the method otherwise. The method also includes obtaining a rule from a plurality of rules stored in a database, based on the diagnostic parameter. The rule is indicative of a standard operating condition of the subsurface electrical device. The method further includes evaluating whether the determined diagnostic parameter satisfies the obtained rule, to generate an output and determining a measured operating condition of the subsurface electrical device based on the output. |
| US09394897B2 |
Apparatus using electronically-controlled valves
The pumps and pressure controllers described herein aim to pump fluid in two directions, such as from a first port to a second port and vice versa. The pressure controllers aim to control pressure in a system or device, such as a test device, accurately and precisely at a variety of different pressure levels. Generally described, the pumps and pressure controllers described herein may include two or more control valves, which may be actuatable in such a manner so that the pump or pressure controller can switch between operating as a vacuum pump and operating as a compressor. In some embodiments, the pressure controllers may be able to adjust a pressure in the device by small increments thereby providing increased control of the pressure in the device over the prior art. Furthermore, the pressure controllers may be able to control the pressure of a system having low pressure levels. |
| US09394893B2 |
Oscillating slide machine that pumps different fluid mediums at different pressures
A controllable hydraulic oscillating slide machine includes an inner rotor arranged in a housing and having cylindrical recesses. A bearing is formed in the housing, in which a co-rotating outer rotor is mounted eccentrically to the inner rotor, the outer rotor having several pivotably suspended slide drivers that engage into the recesses of the inner rotor for rotationally driving the outer rotor by way of the inner rotor and form modifiable chambers. The slide drivers may each be coupled to a piston that is guided in a respective associated recess. A pressure level different from that in the chambers between the inner and the outer rotor may be set in the chambers delimited by the recesses and the associated pistons so that two different pressure levels may be generated and two different consumers can be supplied using the oscillating slide machine. |
| US09394891B2 |
Variable displacement lubricant pump with a pressure control valve having a preload control arrangement
A lubricant pump for pumping a pressurized lubricant to an engine includes a shiftable control ring, a pump rotor, a pump outlet port, a pressure control system and a preload control arrangement. The pressure control system comprises a first pressure control chamber, a first pressure conduit connecting the pump outlet port with the first pressure control chamber, and a pressure control valve. The pressure control valve comprises an outlet port, a control valve cylinder wall comprising a control port connected with the outlet port, a control plunger which opens and closes the control port, an input pressure plunger connected with the control plunger, and a control spring preloading the control plunger into a closed position. The preload control arrangement comprises a preload cylinder, a preload plunger in the preload cylinder supporting a basis of the control spring, a preload cylinder inlet, and a preload control valve controlling a lubricant pressure. |
| US09394884B2 |
Operating a wind turbine with multiple temperature sensors
A method of operating a wind turbine and a wind turbine employing this method are provided. The method includes measuring an operating temperature in a plurality of components of the wind turbine yielding a plurality of measured operating temperatures. Each measured operating temperature is subtracted from a predefined maximum allowable operating temperature for the corresponding component of the wind turbine thereby yielding a plurality of operating temperature margins. A minimum operating temperature margin among the plurality of operating temperature margins is determined and at least one operating parameter of the wind turbine is set in accordance with the minimum operating temperature margin. |
| US09394882B2 |
Wind turbine rotor blade components and methods of making same
Structural preform layers of multiple rigid unidirectional strength elements or rods are constructed and arranged for use in fabricating load-bearing support structures and reinforcements of wind turbine blades. Individual preform layers include multiple elongate unidirectional strength elements or rods arranged in a single layer along a longitudinal axis of the preform layer. Each preform layer includes one or more fibrous carrier layers to which the multiple strength elements or rods are joined and arranged in the single layer. Each strength element or rod is longitudinally oriented and adjacent to other elements or rods. Individual strength elements or rods include a mass of substantially straight unidirectional structural fibers embedded within a matrix resin such that the elements or rods have a substantially uniform distribution of fibers and high degree of fiber collimation. The relative straightness of the fibers and fiber collimation provide strength elements or rods and the preform layers with high rigidity and significant compression strength. |
| US09394880B2 |
Tall wind turbine tower erection with climbing crane
A wind turbine tower comprising a forward leaning rotating tower where the tower rotates on lower and upper bearings. The upper bearing is held in position by a second fixed lower tower that encloses a lower portion of the first rotating tower. A method of constructing a wind turbine tower comprising building a tower in segments; including elements of the tower segments enabling the attachment, support, and movement of a climbing crane. Also included is a lifting cable communicating with a ground based winch vehicle. Climbing crane is positioned on the tower to enable the climbing crane to reach forward of the tower and to raise segments of the tower to build it to full height, and to also raise the nacelle and rotor of the wind turbine. |
| US09394878B2 |
Power generation apparatus using wave energy conversion by gravity
A power generation apparatus (1, 1a) using wave energy conversion by gravity includes a sealed body (10, 10a), a rotor (20, 20a), a gear box (30,30a), a power generation motor (40, 40a), and a pontoon (50, 50a). The rotor (20, 20a), disposed in the sealed body (10, 10a), includes an eccentric disk (21, 21a), a plurality of rollers (22, 22a) and a rotating shaft (23, 23a) penetrating through the eccentric disk (21, 21a). A center of gravity of the eccentric disk (21, 21a) is disposed with an offset to that of the sealed body (10, 10a). The gear box (31) is driven by the rotating shaft (23, 23a). The power generation motor (40, 40a) is driven by the gear box (31) to rotate and generate electric power. |
| US09394877B2 |
Method for operating a buoyant body of a wave power plant and a wave power plant
Method for maneuvering a buoyant body of a wave power converter having a mechanical-electric, mechanical-hydraulic or piezo-electric energy converter which is arranged in the sea under the buoyant body, the buoyant body and wave power converter being connected by a wire, and which buoyant body is provided with at least one ballast tank for controlling the buoyancy of the buoyant body, where the method includes, by means of measuring equipment acquiring information regarding wire tension, filling level/pressure in the ballast tank and stroke of the energy converter, and controlling the buoyancy of the buoyant body by supplying/discharging water/air to/from the ballast tank while at the same time adjusting the tension of the wire by operating a winch arranged in the buoyant body. The invention also relates to a wave power plant for executing the method. |
| US09394876B2 |
High-efficiency energy generator for harnessing mechanical vibration power
An energy generating device utilizing mechanical vibration power is provided. The energy generating device includes a first body for reciprocating according to vibration motions; an anchored second body; a rack coupled to one of the first body and the anchored second body; a gear assembly engaged with the rack and coupled to the other one of the first body and the anchored second body such that the gear assembly drives a generator via a rotational movement in a single direction according to each of upward and downward movement of the rack relative to the gear assembly; and the generator engaged with the gear assembly for receiving the rotational movement output from the gear assembly and outputting a direct current according to the rotational input from the gear assembly. |
| US09394875B2 |
System for harvesting water wave energy
A generator for harvesting energy from water in motion includes a sheet of a hydrophobic material, having a first side and an opposite second side, that is triboelectrically more negative than water. A first electrode sheet is disposed on the second side of the sheet of a hydrophobic material. A second electrode sheet is disposed on the second side of the sheet of a hydrophobic material and is spaced apart from the first electrode sheet. Movement of the water across the first side induces an electrical potential imbalance between the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet. |
| US09394874B2 |
Glow plug driving control method and glow plug driving control device
The accuracy in controlling the heating temperature of a glow plug and the reliability of the control operation are improved.An electronic control unit 101 is configured such that a standard applied voltage for glow plugs 50-1 to 50-n is set according to the engine speed and the load conditions of the engine. In addition, a correction coefficient set in advance according to the temperature classification of the mounted glow plugs 50-1 to 50-n is readably stored in the electronic control unit 101 as a correction coefficient map. By multiplying the standard applied voltage by a correction coefficient K read from the correction coefficient map and applying a voltage of the multiplication result to the glow plugs 50-1 to 50-n as a driving voltage through the power circuit 102 to perform driving control, stable and reliable heating temperature control can be realized regardless of variations in the heating temperature characteristics. |
| US09394872B2 |
Method of controlling the stopping and starting of an engine of a motor vehicle
A method of controlling the stopping and starting of an engine is disclosed in which, during an engine shut-down period, if a signal indicative of a request for restarting the engine is generated, the engine 1000 is restarted if the engine speed (N) is within a predefined speed range and the absolute pressure (MAP) in a manifold of the engine is below a predefined limit MAPlim. |
| US09394871B2 |
Method and device for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber
When fuel is injected into a combustion chamber (2) of a cylinder (13) of an engine (30) of a vehicle (10), the fuel is injected in the form of multiple jets (3) with the aid of an injector (1). In this connection, a first plane is defined in which both the central axis (11) of the injector (1) and the central axis (12) of the cylinder (13) lie. Furthermore, a second plane is defined in which both the central axis (11) of the injector (1) and the surface normal of the first plane lie. The jets (3) are generated in such a way that for each jet pair, which is formed from two of the jets (3), an angle between the projections of the two central axes of the two jets of the jet pair into the second plane is smaller than 50°. |
| US09394870B2 |
Fuel injection device
A fuel injection device for smooth discharge of a gas accumulated therein comprising a fuel pump, a solenoid valve for injecting pressurized fuel into the intake passage of an engine, a high-pressure fuel passage extending from the fuel pump to the solenoid valve and has a medially positioned constant-pressure chamber, and a fuel return passage connected to a fuel return pipe, with the fuel return passage extending from the constant-pressure chamber and having a medially positioned priming pump. The constant-pressure chamber is configured with the top wall in the upper space thereof disposed above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage opposite the solenoid valve, the fuel return passage opens into the upper space at a position above the opening of the high-pressure fuel passage, and the gas accumulating in the constant-pressure chamber is discharged from the upper space toward the fuel tank via the fuel return passage. |
| US09394866B2 |
Fuel supply system and method
A fuel supply system includes a fuel pump configured to pump fuel from a first fuel storage location to an engine. A jet pump is configured to receive an auxiliary supply of fuel from the fuel pump and to return the auxiliary supply of fuel plus an additional flow of fuel drawn from a second fuel storage location to the first fuel storage location. A jet pump supply line has an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the fuel pump and has an outlet coupled to an inlet of the jet pump. A jet pump return line has an input coupled to an outlet of the jet pump and has an outlet adjacent to the fuel pump. A shut-off valve operates to selectively limit fuel flow through the jet pump return line. |
| US09394864B2 |
Multi-frequency quarter-wave resonator for an internal combustion engine vehicle
A variable noise attenuation element is disclosed that comprises a tube, at least one valve seat, at least one valve body and a wire connected to the valve body. The tube has an overall length that defines a first effective length for noise attenuation. The valve seat is disposed in the tube. Retraction of the wire brings the valve body into engagement with the valve seat to selectively define a second effective length of the tube that is less than the overall length. |
| US09394859B2 |
Two-wheeled vehicle
A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame having a front frame portion, a mid-frame portion, and a rear frame portion. The mid-frame portion is coupled to the rear frame portion and the front frame portion. The vehicle further includes a plurality of ground-engaging members for supporting the frame. The engine includes an air deflector to assist in cooling a rear cylinder of a V-twin engine. An accessory windshield is also shown which may be coupled to the handlebars and front forks of the vehicle. Also, a rear accessory attachment is shown mountable to the rear fender. |
| US09394858B2 |
Charge air cooling control for boosted engines to actively maintain targeted intake manifold air temperature
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a charge air cooler fan or charge air cooler coolant pump and an engine cooling fan and/or vehicle grille shutters based on a target manifold charge air temperature. In one example, the grille shutter position and/or engine cooling fan speed may be adjusted based on a difference between a target manifold charge air temperature and a temperature of the charge air cooler cooling medium. Further, the charge air cooler fan speed or charge air cooler coolant pump speed may be adjusted based on a difference between a charge air cooler inlet charge air temperature and the target manifold charge air temperature. |
| US09394857B2 |
Fuel system and corresponding method
A fuel system includes a low pressure fuel system, a high-pressure fuel pump, a common rail, at least one fuel injector, and an engine management system. The engine management system may initiate a recirculating cooling fuel flow through the high-pressure fuel pump for avoiding fuel boiling by either increasing the target pressure of the fuel within the common rail above a threshold level, which triggers opening a high-pressure fuel relief valve, such that fuel supplied by the high-pressure fuel pump is returned to the low pressure fuel system via the high-pressure fuel relief valve, or providing increased internal fuel leakage within the at least one fuel injector, such that fuel supplied by the high-pressure fuel pump is returned to the low pressure fuel system by a return line. |
| US09394852B2 |
Variable area fan nozzle with wall thickness distribution
A gas turbine engine includes a core engine that has at least a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section disposed along a central axis. A fan is coupled to be driven by the turbine section. A fan nacelle is arranged around the fan, and a bypass passage extends between the fan nacelle and the core engine. A variable area fan nozzle (VAFN) extends at least partially around the central axis and defines an exit area of the bypass passage. The VAFN is selectively movable to vary the exit area. The VAFN includes a body that defines an airfoil cross-section shape. The VAFN includes a wall that has a mechanical property distribution in accordance with a computer-simulated vibration profile of a flutter characteristic of the VAFN. |
| US09394851B2 |
Stirling cycle transducer for converting between thermal energy and mechanical energy
The apparatus includes a housing, a compression chamber disposed in the housing and having at least a first interface operable to vary a volume of the compression chamber, an expansion chamber disposed in the housing and having a second interface operable to vary a volume of at least the expansion chamber, and a thermal regenerator in fluid communication with each of the compression chamber and the expansion chamber. The thermal regenerator is operable to alternatively receive thermal energy from gas flowing in a first direction through the regenerator and to deliver the thermal energy to gas flowing in a direction opposite to the first direction through the regenerator. The compression chamber, the expansion chamber, and the regenerator together define a working volume for containing a pressurized working gas. Each of the first and second interfaces are configured for reciprocating motion in a direction aligned with a transducer axis, the reciprocating motion being operable to cause a periodic exchange of working gas between the expansion and the compression chambers. In one aspect, at least one of the first and second interfaces includes a resilient diaphragm, and a cylindrical tube spring coupled between the diaphragm and the housing, the tube spring being configured to elastically deform in a direction generally aligned with the transducer axis in response to forces imparted on the tube spring by the diaphragm to cause the at least one of the first and second interfaces to have a desired natural frequency. In another aspect the apparatus includes a first heat exchanger in communication with the expansion chamber, a second heat exchanger in communication with the compression chamber, the thermal regenerator is disposed between the first and second heat exchangers, and each of the first and second heat exchangers are peripherally disposed within the housing with respect to the transducer axis and configured to receive working gas flowing to or from the respective chambers and to redirect the working gas flow through the regenerator. |
| US09394848B2 |
End-of current trim for common rail fuel system
Fuel is injected by energizing a solenoid of a fuel injector for an on-time that terminates at a first end-of-current timing. An end-of-current trim is determined at least in part by estimating a duration between an induced current event in a circuit of the solenoid and a valve/armature interaction event. An induced current event occurs when an armature abruptly stops, and a valve/armature interaction event occurs when the armature couples with or de-couples from the valve member. Fuel is injected in a subsequent injection event by adjusting the end-of-current timing by the end-of-current trim. |
| US09394844B2 |
Fuel control for spark ignited engine having a particulate filter system
A system for filtering and oxidizing particulate matter produced by a gasoline direct injection engine is disclosed. In one embodiment, engine cylinder air-fuel is adjusted to allow soot to oxidize at an upstream particulate filter while exhaust gases are efficiently processed in a downstream catalyst. |
| US09394841B1 |
Fuel mixture system and assembly
A system and attendant structural assembly operative to establish a coordinated mixture of gaseous and distillate fuels for an engine including an electronic control unit (ECU) operative to monitor predetermined engine data determinative of engine fuel requirements and structured to regulate ratios of the gaseous and distillate fuel of an operative fuel mixture for the engine. The system and assembly includes at least one mixing assembly comprising an integrated throttle body and air gas mixer directly connected to one another, wherein the throttle body is disposed in fluid communication with a pressurized gaseous fuel supply and the air gas mixer is disposed in fluid communication with a flow of intake air to a combustion section of the engine. In use, the throttle body is structured to direct a variable gaseous fuel flow directly to the air gas mixer for dispensing into the intake air flow to the combustion section. |
| US09394839B2 |
Combustion engine and method for operating a combustion engine with discharge of condensation water from the induction tract
A method for operating a combustion engine comprising charging and charge air cooling, wherein in a critical operating state the charge air volume flow through a charge air cooler is adjusted and/or temporally changed by means of at least one charge air cooler valve in such a manner that condensation water present in the charge air cooler and/or in the subsequent induction tract is fed only in harmless quantities successively into the combustion chamber and is thus discharged. The invention further relates to a combustion engine that can be operated according to the method. |
| US09394837B2 |
Method and system for regenerating a particulate filter
An engine system and method for operating an engine that includes a particulate filter is described. In one example, spark delivery to one or more engine cylinders is ceased while fuel is continued to be injected to the one or more cylinders to improve particulate filter regeneration. The system and method may be particularly beneficial for direct injection turbocharged engines. |
| US09394828B2 |
Gas turbine engine recuperator with floating connection
A gas turbine engine recuperator including a plurality of independent arcuate segments, each segment having an inlet connection member designed to sealingly engage a plenum in fluid flow communication with the compressor discharge, and an outlet connection member designed to sealingly engage a plenum containing the combustor. One of the inlet and outlet connection members is a rigid member forming a rigid connection to the respective plenum, and the other of the inlet and outlet connection members includes a flexible member and forms a floating connection to the respective plenum, the floating connection allowing relative movement between the segment and a remainder of the gas turbine engine. |
| US09394827B2 |
Inlet particle separator system with flow passage through hub and/or shroud
An inlet particle separator system for a vehicle engine includes a hub section, a shroud section, a splitter, and a hub suction flow passage. The shroud section surrounds at least a portion of the hub section and is spaced apart therefrom to define a main flow passageway that has an air inlet. The splitter is disposed downstream of the air inlet and extends into the passageway to divide the main flow passageway into a scavenge flow path and an engine flow path. The hub suction flow passage has a hub suction inlet port and a hub suction outlet port. The hub suction inlet port extends through the hub section and is in fluid communication with the air inlet. The hub suction outlet port extends through the splitter and is in fluid communication with the scavenge flow path. |
| US09394826B1 |
Circulating fluidized bed cooling for an industrial gas turbine engine
The present invention is an industrial gas turbine engine with a circulating fluidized bed cooling system to provide cooling to certain parts of the engine such as a transition duct or a stator vane. The circulating fluidized bed cooling system can be used to cool a stator vane, a casing, or any stationary part of the engine. A circulating fluidized bed cooling system uses very fine particles that pass along with a cooling fluid such as cooling air and provide for a much higher heat transfer coefficient than does turbulent flow cooling air because of the particles. The fine particles produce conduction cooling from the hot surface to the particles that are then carried along in the circulating fluid flow to another location where the heat picked up by the particles is then transferred out from the particles. |
| US09394817B2 |
Cooling structure for urea aqueous solution conduit
In a working vehicle, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device is provided in an engine compartment that is adjacent to a cooling fan through which cooling air is supplied to a heat exchanger. The exhaust gas aftertreatment device includes a selective catalytic reduction device in which ammonia obtained from a urea aqueous solution is used as a reduction-causing agent. A urea aqueous solution pipe through which the urea aqueous solution is supplied is laid to the selective catalytic reduction device through the engine compartment. In the engine compartment, a pipeline-forming member having pipelines in which the urea aqueous solution pipe is installed. The cooling air sucked by a cooling fan flows into the pipelines. |
| US09394816B2 |
Particulate filter
An object of the invention is to suppress deposition of ash in a wall-flow particulate filter while curtailing drops in a trapping rate of PM. To attain the above object, the invention provides a wall-flow particulate filter delimited by porous partition walls having pores of a size that allows ash and ash aggregates to pass therethrough. In the filter, a coat layer having pores smaller than the pores of the partition walls is provided, at a region of the partition walls, from an upstream end thereof up to a position before a downstream end thereof. |
| US09394814B2 |
Honeycomb filter
A honeycomb filter includes a plurality of cells and porous cell walls. The plurality of cells include exhaust gas introduction cells and exhaust gas emission cells. The porous cell walls supports an SCR catalyst. The exhaust gas introduction cells include first exhaust gas introduction cells and second exhaust gas introduction cells. The second exhaust gas introduction cells each have a cross sectional area larger than a cross sectional area of each of the first exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells. Each of the exhaust gas emission cells has a cross sectional area equal to or larger than the cross sectional area of each of the second exhaust gas introduction cells in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the plurality of cells. |
| US09394812B2 |
Attenuating engine noise using a reverse resonator
Techniques involve attenuating noise from engine exhaust from an engine. For example, an apparatus includes a first tube having an input end which receives the engine exhaust from the engine, and an output end which outputs the engine exhaust. The apparatus further includes a second tube which encircles the output end of the first tube. The second tube has an exhaust end through which the engine exhaust outputted by the output end of the first tube is allowed to escape, and a resonator end which is opposite the exhaust end. The apparatus further includes a reverse resonator disposed at the resonator end of the second tube. The reverse resonator defines a reverse resonator chamber and a reverse resonator chamber diameter which is larger than a second tube diameter defined by the second tube. |
| US09394809B2 |
Hydraulic valve for cam phaser
A hydraulic valve for a cam phaser including a valve housing with a longitudinal axis and a valve piston that is axially moveable along the longitudinal axis, wherein the valve piston opens and closes a first operating connection of the valve housing and a second operating connection of the valve housing, wherein the first operating connection and the second operating connection are axially offset from one another; and a supply connection of the valve housing which is used for supplying the hydraulic valve with a hydraulic fluid fed by a feed device, wherein the hydraulic valve is configured to be flowed through by the hydraulic fluid on different paths controlled by a flow permeable channel system of the valve piston, and wherein a check valve opening and closing an inflow channel is arranged in the hydraulic valve in the inflow channel of the valve housing. |
| US09394801B2 |
Adjustable turbine seal and method of assembling same
A system for providing sealing in a turbine is provided. The sealing system includes a retaining channel oriented within a housing structure proximate a moving turbine component. A seal member is coupled within the retaining channel. A first end of the seal member is secured to the housing structure. A second end of the seal member is movable relative to the retaining channel between first and second positions corresponding to a transient operational mode and a steady state operational mode, respectively. The transient operational mode defines a first clearance between the seal member and the moving turbine component. The steady state configuration defines a second clearance that is smaller than the first clearance. A take-up device coupled to the second end of the seal member moves the second end between the first and second positions. |
| US09394798B2 |
Gas turbine engines with turbine airfoil cooling
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil includes a body with a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side wall extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and a second side wall extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The body defines an interior cavity. The airfoil includes an interior wall disposed within the interior cavity of the body and extending between the first wall and the second wall to define a supply chamber and a leading edge chamber. The interior wall defines a cooling hole with a base portion and a locally extended portion to direct cooling air from the supply chamber to the leading edge chamber such that the cooling air impinges upon the leading edge. |
| US09394788B2 |
Mine ventilation structure and a deck panel for such a structure
A mine ventilation structure is disclosed. The structure comprises a deck including a plurality of elongate sheet metal panels. Each panel is generally of inverted channel shape in transverse cross-section, having a top web and first and second sides extending down from the top web. The panels are connected by tongue-and-groove connections between adjacent sides of adjacent panels. A mine ventilation deck panel of desired construction is also disclosed. |
| US09394784B2 |
Algorithm for zonal fault detection in a well environment
A hydrocarbon well (e.g., oil well) may be monitored during to determine whether a fault exists during an operation such as injecting sealant (e.g., cement) into the borehole. RFID tags may be mixed in a wellbore fluid (e.g., drilling mud, cement, etc.), placed into a borehole, and then tracked within the borehole by communication assemblies with RFID sensors. Data may be obtained by interrogating RFID tags in one or more azimuthally oriented regions of an annulus surrounding a casing of the borehole. Fluid distribution in the annulus will be evaluated with respect to azimuthally offset regions of the annulus. |
| US09394780B2 |
Solar heating for site located oil storage or separation
A system for providing supplemental or auxiliary heat to a crude oil separator is provided. The system includes a primary circuit carrying a fluid heated by a solar panel and a secondary circuit carrying a fluid heated by heat exchangers engaged with the primary circuit. The secondary circuit includes heat exchangers engaging the separator to provide auxiliary heat. The system may also include a source of off-grid electrical energy, such as a wind turbine and/or photoelectric cell. |
| US09394776B2 |
Pulse fracturing device and method
A method of inducing fracture in at least a portion of a geologic structure includes inducing acoustic waves into a fluid medium present in a borehole extending at least partially into the structure. Embodiments may include preheating or pressurizing the fluid medium prior to inducing the acoustic wave therein. A device for fracturing at least a portion of a geologic structure includes electrodes for producing a spark to generate ordinary acoustic waves in the fluid medium. Embodiments may include structures for preheating or pressurizing the fluid medium prior to inducing the acoustic wave therein. |
| US09394774B2 |
Methods and devices for hydraulic fracturing design and optimization: a modification to zipper frac
The present invention provides a method of optimizing the placement of fractures along deviated wellbores by hydraulically fracturing a well to form a complex fracture network of hydraulically connected fractures. |
| US09394773B2 |
Resettable ball seat
A device comprising multiple sliding sleeves actuated using same-sized balls has a resettable seat in an upper sliding sleeve and a non-resettable seat in a lower sliding sleeve. A dropped ball seats on the resettable seat forming a seal. Pressure applied from the surface shifts the resettable seat and an insert. Upon being shifted, the resettable seat releases the ball, which then moves downward to the lower sliding sleeve where the ball lands on the non-resettable seat and shifts the insert. After the first ball is released from the upper sliding sleeve, a biasing device shifts the insert whereby the seat is reset to catch the next ball. A second same-sized ball may then be dropped and land on the now reset first seat to further shift the first insert. |
| US09394772B2 |
Systems and methods for in situ resistive heating of organic matter in a subterranean formation
A method for pyrolyzing organic matter in a subterranean formation includes powering a first generation in situ resistive heating element within an aggregate electrically conductive zone at least partially in a first region of the subterranean formation by transmitting an electrical current between a first electrode pair in electrical contact with the first generation in situ resistive heating element to pyrolyze a second region of the subterranean formation, adjacent the first region, to expand the aggregate electrically conductive zone into the second region, wherein the expanding creates a second generation in situ resistive heating element within the second region and powering the second generation in situ resistive heating element by transmitting an electrical current between a second electrode pair in electrical contact with the second generation in situ resistive heating element to generate heat with the second generation in situ resistive heating element within the second region. |
| US09394771B2 |
Single well, self-flowing, geothermal system for energy extraction
A renewable energy, single well, primarily self-flow, geothermal heat/power production system that acquires naturally occurring sub-surface geothermal heat to heat water and/or produce mechanical/electrical power using a heat exchangers or a turbine/generator. The sub-surface structures defining a working fluid flow path may be insulated, such as with vacuum insulation, to increase system efficiency and ensure a substantially self-generating working fluid flow. |
| US09394770B2 |
Remote power solution
An independent power system provides electrical power to an electric submersible pumping system positioned in a well that produces petroleum products. The independent power system includes a generator and an engine connected to the generator. The engine is preferably provided with combustible gases from the petroleum products of the well. The independent power system further includes an integrated control system that is connected to the electric submersible pumping system and the generator. The independent power system is configured to balance the loads created by the electric submersible pumping system with the output from the electrical generator. |
| US09394766B2 |
Subterranean well tools with directionally controlling flow layer
A flow direction controlling layer for use in controlling the flow of fluids in subterranean well tools. The control layer comprises micro check valve arrays formed in the tool. |
| US09394763B2 |
Multilateral location and orientation assembly
A location and orientation assembly suitable for use in a multi-lateral wellbore may include a coupling portion, an upper muleshoe, a muleshoe spacer and a bottom muleshoe. The bottom muleshoe may connect to the coupling portion through a threaded connection. A method for locating and orienting in a multi-lateral wellbore includes providing a locating and orientation assembly. In the orientation assembly a coupling portion is provided and an upper muleshoe is inserted into the coupling portion. A muleshoe spacer is inserted into the coupling portion so as to matingly contact the upper muleshoe portion. Part of a bottom muleshoe is inserted into the coupling portion so as to matingly contact the muleshoe spacer. The coupling portion is jointed to the bottom muleshoe by a threaded connection. |
| US09394762B2 |
Isolation valve with debris control and flow tube protection
The present invention generally relates to an isolation valve with debris control. In one aspect, an isolation valve for use as part of a casing string is provided. The isolation valve includes a housing having a bore and a valve cavity. The isolation valve further includes a valve member movable between a first position in which the valve member obstructs the bore of the housing and a second position in which the valve member is disposed in the valve cavity. Further, the isolation valve includes a flow tube configured to allow movement of the valve member between the first and second positions. Additionally, the isolation valve includes an engagement assembly adapted to engage the flow tube to substantially prevent debris from entering the valve cavity when the valve member is in the second position. In another aspect, a method of operating an isolation valve in a wellbore is provided. |
| US09394759B2 |
Alternating flow resistance increases and decreases for propagating pressure pulses in a subterranean well
A method of propagating pressure pulses in a well can include flowing a fluid composition through a variable flow resistance system which includes a vortex chamber having at least one inlet and an outlet, a vortex being created when the fluid composition spirals about the outlet, and a resistance to flow of the fluid composition alternately increasing and decreasing. The vortex can be alternately created and dissipated in response to flowing the fluid composition through the system. A well system can include a variable flow resistance system which propagates pressure pulses into a formation in response to flow of a fluid composition from the formation. |
| US09394757B2 |
Well sealing via thermite reactions
Wells are sealed by means of thermite reaction charges inserted into the wells. The reaction charge can be diluted by addition of metal oxides, silica, or the like control reaction pressure, peak temperature, reaction rate, and expansion characteristics of the resulting thermite plug. The use of dilution of the thermite reactants can take the form of a thermite charge with specific layers, including relatively high and low reaction temperature layers. The ignition source can be oriented to achieve directional control on the product expansion including radial or axial expansion. The charge can be loaded with a large mass to compress the resulting thermite plug into the borehole wall and reduce its porosity during the reaction process. A further variation involves continuous feed of the thermite reactants to the reaction zone. Various combinations and permutations of the above inventive concepts are described. |
| US09394753B2 |
System and methodology for locating a deflector
A technique facilitates deflecting a tubing string into a desired branch of a surrounding tubular structure. A deflector assembly is provided with a deflector tube, an orienting member, and a latching feature, such as latch dogs which are circumferentially disposed on the deflector tube in an asymmetrical pattern. The deflector assembly may be moved within the outer tubular structure, e.g. wellbore tubing, to a desired junction. The deflector tube and the latching feature are then oriented in an alignment sleeve of the surrounding tubular structure by moving the orienting member along a profile within the outer tubular structure. The latching feature is able to securely latch at the selected junction. The latching feature may use a pattern of latch dogs which matches a corresponding asymmetrical pattern of latch openings in the alignment sleeve. |
| US09394752B2 |
Completion method for stimulation of multiple intervals
A technique provides for stimulating or otherwise treating multiple intervals/zones of a well by controlling flow of treatment fluid via a plurality of flow control devices. The flow control devices are provided with internal profiles and flow through passages. Mechanical darts are designed for engagement with the internal profiles of specific flow control devices, and each mechanical dart may be moved downhole for engagement with and activation of the specific flow control device associated with that mechanical dart. |
| US09394744B2 |
Pool ladder safety system
A safety system for a swimming pool ladder is described for use in above-ground swimming pools. The safety system can comprise a frame covered with fabric or other enclosure permanently or temporarily affixed to the ladder and/or the sidewall of an above-ground swimming pool. The fabric can comprise a plurality of vent holes to prevent excessive side loads caused by water currents. The safety system can be detachably coupled to the ladder using a tab and slot configuration. The safety system can prevent objects from entering and becoming trapped between the pool sidewall and the pool ladder. |
| US09394743B2 |
Motorized shade with the transmission wire passing through the support shaft
A roll shade system is disclosed. The roll shade system includes a motor configured to remain stationary during operation of the motor, a support shaft supporting the motor wherein the support shaft is configured to remain stationary during operation of the motor, and a roll shade tube configured to be rotatable about the motor and the support shaft during operation of the motor. The roll shade system further includes stationary components including a wiring connector, an input wiring system, a bearing, an antenna, a coaxial cable, a motor controller, a counterbalance spring. The roll shade system also includes rotatable components including a bearing housing and one or more O-rings. |
| US09394740B2 |
Failsafe operation for unmanned gatelines
Systems and techniques are presented for enabling fail-safe operation of an automatic pedestrian access control gate during a health and safety event. Gateline sensor data is received from at least one gateline sensor. The gateline sensor data indicates that an event concerning health and safety has occurred. An alert is generated in response to receiving the gateline sensor data. The alert is transmitted to a remote monitoring device that is remote from the access control gate. A determination is made that a preset amount of time has elapsed since transmitting the alert. A further determination is made that an acknowledgement of the alert has not been received. Based on determining that the preset amount of time has elapsed and determining that the acknowledgement has not been received, a predefined action is triggered. |
| US09394738B2 |
System for opening and closing a flap
A system for opening and closing a motor vehicle, the flap is swivalably mounted along one of its edge areas at a stationary structural component part about a horizontal swiveling axis. A first drive device and a second drive device act in parallel to more like flap from a closed position into an open position. The first drive device is a non-self-locking drive device, and the second drive device comprises a cylinder filled with a fluid under pressure. An interior of the second drive device is divided by a piston into a first work chamber and a second work chamber, wherein a piston rod of the piston is guided outward through the first work chamber. A valve arrangement in the piston closes a flow connection between the first work chamber and the second work chamber in a stationary operating state of the flap. |
| US09394733B2 |
Assembly process for glue-free hinge
Glue-free hinge assemblies including press-fit pins are disclosed. A press-fit pin of one material can mechanically attach to a workpiece of another material during a press fit operation. The press-fit pin can include a pin shaft having a chamfered first end, a notched portion, a grooved portion having axial grooves, a clinching feature, and a sealing feature. The chamfered first end can guide the press-fit pin into a counter-bored receiving hole in the workpiece. The axial grooves can etch the workpiece material to rotationally lock the press fit-pin into the receiving hole. The clinching feature can plastically deform workpiece material into the notched portion to axially lock the press-fit pin into receiving hole without causing substantial axial expansion of the workpiece. The sealing feature can form a stepped fit between an outer diameter of the press-fit pin and an outer diameter of the counter-bored receiving hole. |
| US09394731B2 |
Door lock system for debris tank
A door lock system for a debris tank is disclosed. The system includes a door, a threaded bolt projecting from the door, and a rotary actuator coupled to a head of the threaded bolt for rotating the threaded bolt. In addition, the system includes a cross member spanning the inside of the tank and a nut secured to the cross member, where the threaded bolt and nut are positioned to engage the door to pull and secure the door over an open end of the debris tank by rotating the threaded bolt into the nut using the rotary actuator. A hinge assembly is associated with the door to mount the door to a periphery of the open end of the debris tank for swinging movement of the door between an open and a closed position. |
| US09394725B2 |
Electronic lock with radio frequency identification for metal doors
Electronic lock with radiofrequency identification, for metal doors; of the type that consist of electronic means with a chip (C2) and an antenna (a2) that control means (3) that allow/do not allow the movement of a knob/button (4) of the lock for its opening/closing; and of the type that use a card or similar (for example, a wrist band or a key ring) (1) for opening/closing that consists of electronic means with a chip (C1) and an antenna (a1). It places concentrically to the knob/button (4) a plate-antenna (8) that is structured in a first sheet (81) supporting a passive amplifier antenna and a second sheet (82) supporting a ferrite that acts as an anti-interferences filter. It may have a non-metallic shield (9) that set into the metal walls (7) where the lock is located, contains inside it the aforementioned plate-antenna (8). |
| US09394723B1 |
Lock that mechanically detects tampering
Pin tumbler locks are provided that include features for detecting tampering. Tampering may be detected in a number of different ways. As an example, abnormal movement of one or more of the driver pins in a pin tumbler lock can be an indication of tampering. In addition, one or more sensors can be included at the end of a keyway that detect picking or bumping beyond the length of normal key insertion. A mechanical actuator can be used for detection. |
| US09394722B2 |
Attack-thwarting cylindrical lockset
Mechanisms are provided to thwart an overtorquing attack on a cylindrical lockset. The cylindrical lockset comprises a lock cage, a split retractor assembly, and a torque-attack-activated spring-loaded blocker assembly coupled to the lock cage. The blocker assembly is set to a default non-blocking configuration. An overtorquing attack triggers the blocking assembly into a blocking setting. When in the blocking setting, the blocking assembly blocks movement of at least an outside door portion of a retractor assembly from translating into a latch-retracting position, but does not block the inside door handle from retracting the latch. A new split retractor assembly is also provided. |
| US09394720B2 |
Tensioning and securing mechanism for structure covers
A fastening mechanism for temporary structures with a frame with one or more attachment points disposed therein, a rope, a cover configured with one or more sleeves through which the rope may be inserted, one or more fasteners for securing the rope to the attachment points, and a pass-through loop pre-configured in the rope, such that a further loop can be formed by passing a section of the rope through the pass-through loop. |
| US09394719B2 |
Folding bar table
A folding bar table for removably supporting a canopy include a plurality of tabletop assemblies with each two adjacent tabletop assemblies rotatably connected to each other, a plurality of table leg assemblies for supporting the tabletop assemblies, and fastening components disposed at two ends of the rotatably connected tabletop assemblies for holding supporting poles of the canopy. A table leg assembly includes a standing pole and a movable pole, and one end of the movable pole is rotatably connected to the standing pole. For two adjacent tabletop assemblies, one tabletop assembly is rotatably connected to a corresponding standing pole, and the other tabletop assembly is rotatably connected to a corresponding movable pole. All rotational axes are substantially parallel to each other. The rotatably connected tabletop assemblies present a straight layout when unfolded. |
| US09394715B2 |
Lattice tower covering for a wind turbine
The present subject matter is directed to a lattice tower covering and/or assembly for a wind turbine. The lattice tower assembly includes a plurality of structural members connected together to define an open lattice tower. The structural members include a plurality of supports and a plurality of inner and outer cross-support members. The inner and outer cross-support members are connected between the supports so as to define one or more openings. The lattice tower assembly also includes a tower covering having one or more panel elements retained in position between the supports. Further, the panel elements are configured with an exterior side of the outer cross-support members so as to cover at least a portion of one or more of the openings. In addition, the lattice tower covering includes a surface area defined by the plurality of supports and the one or more panel elements. |
| US09394713B1 |
Earthquake shelter
An earthquake shelter comprising a container sized for human occupancy, the container having walls and an access opening and a quickly openable and closable primary door to cover and uncover the opening; the container walls and door consisting of high strength panel material, in excess of 10,000 psi load resistance; the container walls including impact shock resisting material that has extensive outwardly presented surface that is outwardly resilient, the wall or walls being flexible; and shock or impact absorbing cushioning means at the container interior, to cushion sudden movement of an occupant relative to the container as the container is suddenly moved by earthquake transmitted force. Tooling enables occupant displacement, from within the container, of debris outside the containers, while viewing such displacement. |
| US09394712B2 |
Aseismic connection device for connecting a panel to a beam
A seismic connection device for connecting a panel to a beam includes a dissipating element with a longitudinal axis fixed to the beam only in correspondence of its longitudinal ends, a sliding connector slidingly mounted on the dissipating element in such manner to slide along the longitudinal axis of the dissipating element, a fixed connector fixed to the panel, a tensioning element disposed between the fixed connector and the sliding connector to allow for a linear displacement of the fixed connector towards the sliding connector. The panel is adapted to move with respect to the beam in the direction of the longitudinal axis. |
| US09394710B2 |
Flow diverting weir for a swimming pool skimmer
A flow diverting weir device includes a mounting member having a length thereof sized to fit under a compression and without use of fasteners into a skimmer opening of a swimming pool skimmer, and an arm having one end thereof fastened to the mounting member, the arm movable between a coiled position and an uncoiled position, wherein the arm extends outwardly from the skimmer opening in the uncoiled position. Arm may be manufactured form a flexible material and have an arcuate cross-section in a plane normal to a length thereof. |
| US09394707B2 |
Boom apparatus and concrete pump vehicle having same
In one aspect of the invention, a boom apparatus used for a concrete pump vehicle includes multiple booms, where the multiple booms comprise a first boom hinge-connected to a turntable of the concrete pump vehicle and a second boom hinge-connected to the first boom. When the boom apparatus is in a folded state, the first boom extends towards a cab of the concrete pump vehicle, and the second boom is further placed above the first boom. The invention also provides a concrete pump vehicle having the boom apparatus. |
| US09394706B2 |
Concrete anchor
An anchor particularly adapted to be embedded into a concrete construction for suspension of a ceiling panel, duct or the like, includes a base which receives inserts that have an axial threaded bore. The base is open at its lower end and can receive a threaded rod by virtue of ratcheting inserts received within the base. The inserts and base are particularly shaped to prevent jam and ease of insertion of the rod in the anchor. The anchor also has a head flange that sits above a plurality of fasteners secured to the anchor which is used to simultaneously drive the fasteners into a form for the concrete member. The fasteners are connected to the anchor extending in generally parallel and spaced relation to the anchor. The fasteners can be held by a support or sleeve-like holder which surrounds at least a portion of the base of the anchor or they can be attached to the base of the anchor. The fasteners project downwardly through the bottom of the anchor for driving into the form board. |
| US09394704B2 |
Flooring splicer
A floor laying tool allows a flooring installer to create splices between longitudinally overlapping beads of sealant where sheets of flooring are laid down in abutting relationship. The floor laying tool has a base structure with a flat bottom, a front end and a rear end. The rear end is hollow to accommodate a carriage that moves in a reciprocal, longitudinal path along inclined tracks on the base structure. The carriage carries a blade. When the tool is positioned over the end of a bead of sealant lying in a groove where the flooring edges abut, the carriage is moved forward while the base is held stationary. The carriage is moved up the inclined tracks, and travels along an inclined path to remove an elongated slice from the upwardly facing portion of the end of the bead of sealant. A subsequent bead of sealant laid in longitudinally overlapping fashion is joined in a splice that is nearly invisible in the finished product. |
| US09394703B2 |
Method and a device to attach building trims
This disclosure relates to building materials, in particular to attachment of insulating board and trims on building surfaces. Various embodiments of attachment clips to attach the trims on their place without nails or screws through the trim are provided. This disclosure provides an economical, fast, easy, and esthetic method to attach building trims. |
| US09394699B1 |
Floor covering
Hard panels formed from a wood-based material and having a decorative layer for floor coverings are provided, at least on two opposite edges, with coupling devices made in one piece with the panels wherein similar panels may be coupled together to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling devices provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of coupled panels. These coupling devices are constituted of a tongue and a groove. The top side of the tongue has a protrusion that cooperates with a meshing recess located in the lower side of the upper lip of the groove of the coupling devices, and a portion extending generally parallel with the plane of the panel to form a contact surface cooperating with the lower side of the upper lip of the groove. |
| US09394695B1 |
Adjustable bracket device for selectively mounting rain gutters on buildings
An adjustable bracket device for selectively mounting on buildings a plurality of rain gutters of different sizes and shapes, includes a base having an elongate mounting member and an integral arm member projecting outwardly therefrom. An extension member is attachable to the arm member in multiple overlapping relationships forming the assembled arm and extension members of differing collective lengths. The base is disposed within a selected gutter in a substantially vertical orientation with the mounting member abutted against the back wall of the gutter and is secured to a vertical building wall via a fastener penetrated through mounting member and through the back wall of the gutter. The collective overlapping length of the arm and extension members is selected to conform to the width of the selected gutter to extend laterally across the full channel width of the gutter into supporting engagement with the front wall of the gutter. |
| US09394693B2 |
Roof vent for supporting a solar panel
A roof vent for supporting a solar panel is provided. The roof vent includes a vent member and a solar panel support element. The vent member is sized and shaped to mimic the appearance of a roof cover element. The vent member includes an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion separated from the lower portion by a gap. The solar panel support element is attached to the vent member. |
| US09394690B2 |
System for forming floor underlayment
A process for making a fibrous panel member and a flooring structure is disclosed. The flooring structure has a subfloor, a surface layer, and an insulative pad disposed between the subfloor and the surface layer. The insulative pad has an MDI binder and reinforcement fibers distributed uniformly and randomly within a first plane. The process includes mixing a porous fiber material with a MDI adhesive. The fiber batt is compressed between a pair of porous belts. Steam and heat are applied to the compressed batt to form a bound flexible batting material. |
| US09394687B2 |
Illuminating partition
An illuminating partition includes lower and upper mounting profiled members, at least the lower profiled member including a carrier element arranged in the internal volume of the profiled member and including a platen, parallel to and at a distance from the central section of the profiled member and disposed between the diodes and the glazing unit, and serving as a support for the edge of the glazing unit, one of the lateral sections of the profiled member being mobile or removable so as to have access to the diodes which are associated with the profiled member in a removable manner. |
| US09394685B2 |
Noise abatement for aircraft components and systems in aircraft bays
An acoustic absorption material may comprise an outer layer and a first layer of batting material proximate to the outer layer. A first layer of room temperature vulcanized silicone (RTV) may be proximate to the batting material. A second layer of batting material may be proximate to the first layer of RTV opposite the first layer of batting material. |
| US09394680B2 |
Drywall joist hanger
A connection utilizing a joist hanger to hang a generally horizontal joist or beam from a wood structural support member such as a top plate or header in cooperation with a first plurality of fasteners such as screws and one or more generally vertical drywall panels. |
| US09394673B2 |
Skimmer system
A method and device for extracting fluid from a body of fluid is has a bellows with a feed system interfaced to a first end of the bellows. A floating head is interfaced to a distal second end of the bellows and has one or more buoyancy elements. The buoyancy elements cause the floating head to float at a surface of the fluid. One or more inlets on a lower surface of the floating head are in fluid communication with the distal second end of the bellows, such that, fluid from a stratum beneath the surface of the fluid is drawn into the inlet(s), passes through the bellows, and into the feed system. |
| US09394672B2 |
Reclamation of potable water from mixed gas streams
An apparatus for separating a liquid from a mixed gas stream can include a wall, a mixed gas stream passageway, and a liquid collection assembly. The wall can include a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of capillary condensation pores. The capillary condensation pores extend through the wall, and have a first opening on the first surface of the wall, and a second opening on the second surface of the wall. The pore size of the pores can be between about 2 nm to about 100 nm. The mixed gas stream passageway can be in fluid communication with the first opening. The liquid collection assembly can collect liquid from the plurality of pores. |
| US09394669B2 |
Skid steer loader blade control
A work vehicle includes a motor associated with selectable movement of a frame by a first operator control. The frame structurally carries a cab structure and a manipulating structure associated with an implement for performing work. The manipulating structure is selectably movable by a second operator control located in the cab structure. All control functions associated with positioning the implement with respect to three different rotational axes are manipulable using the second operator control. |
| US09394668B2 |
Bulldozer
A first exhaust treatment device, a second exhaust treatment device, and a relay connection pipe are disposed in front of an engine of a bulldozer. A relay connection pipe connects the first and second exhaust treatment devices. An injector assembly is attached to the relay connection pipe. The first exhaust treatment device, the relay connection pipe, and the second exhaust treatment device are arranged in sequence such that longitudinal directions thereof extend along the vehicle lateral direction. An attachment surface for the injector on the relay connection pipe is provided on an offset portion of the relay connection pipe at a connection portion between the first exhaust treatment device and the relay connection pipe. The distance between the injector assembly and a first side surface of the engine cover closest to the injector assembly is substantially equal to the distance between the first side surface and the first exhaust treatment device. |
| US09394666B2 |
Construction machine with working attachment
A construction machine, including: a hydraulic pump; a working attachment including a boom, a boom cylinder, and another fluid-supplied cylinder closer to a leading end than the boom cylinder; first and second operation devices for the boom cylinder and the fluid-supplied cylinder; first and second control valves; a flow-rate-limiting section; and an anti-cavitation circuit. The fluid-supplied cylinder receives fluid-supply from the hydraulic pump, together with the boom cylinder. A reaction force upon work accompanying extension of the fluid-supplied cylinder increases the rod-side pressure of the boom cylinder and reduces a head-side pressure. The flow-rate-limiting section limits a supply flow rate to a head-side fluid chamber of the boom cylinder only during a boom-raising-operation with the rod-side pressure higher than the head-side pressure in the boom cylinder. The anti-cavitation circuit replenishes hydraulic fluid from a tank to the head-side fluid chamber. |
| US09394662B2 |
Suction caisson with weakened section and method for installing the same
A suction caisson system comprising a caisson body comprising an upper rim, a lower rim, and a weakened section positioned between the upper rim and the lower rim. The system further comprises a caisson cover constructed and arranged to detachably connect to the upper rim of the caisson body as well as a pump constructed and arranged to provide fluid to and from the interior of the caisson body. In the event the caisson body is impacted by an advancing ice keel, or other foreign object, the caisson body will be sheared at the weakened cross-section, thus protecting any subsea equipment positioned within the caisson body below the weakened section. |
| US09394659B2 |
Snow blower with a securing mechanism for a rotating drum
A snow blower comprises a frame, an auger, a fan, a hydraulic system, a rotating drum, a securing mechanism and a disengagement mechanism. The auger is rotationally mounted to the frame, and is adapted for collecting snow. The fan is mounted upon the frame, behind the auger, and evacuates the collected snow in the rotating drum. The hydraulic system rotates the rotating drum with respect to the frame. The rotating drum defines a pair of teeth about a circumference thereof. The securing mechanism is affixed to the frame, and includes on one extremity a pair of complementary circular cams, and on a second extremity a pressure mechanism for applying pressure on the pair of complementary circular cams to keep the pair of complementary circular cams engaged. Upon pressure applied by the hydraulic system to rotate the rotating drum, the disengagement mechanism cooperates with the pair of teeth to counteract the pressure applied by the pressure mechanism and disengages the disengagement mechanism from the pair of teeth. |
| US09394657B2 |
Mobile barrier
In one embodiment, a safety trailer has semi-tractor hitches at both ends and a safety wall that is fixed to one side of the trailer. That side, however, can be changed to the right or left side of the road, depending on the end to which the truck attaches. A caboose can be attached at the end of the trailer opposite the tractor to provide additional lighting and impact protection. Optionally, the trailer can be equipped with overhead protection, lighting, ventilation, onboard hydraulics, compressors, generators and other equipment, as well as related fuel, water, storage and restroom facilities and other amenities. |
| US09394654B2 |
Track driven slab saw
A slab saw including a frame, an engine supported by the frame, an arbor, and first and second tracks disposed along opposing sides of the frame. The arbor may be configured to be rotated by the engine. The first track and the second track may be configured to propel the frame. A drive assembly may be configured to independently drive the first track with respect to the second track to propel the slab saw. A control assembly may be configured to control the drive assembly as to a speed and direction of the slab saw. |
| US09394650B2 |
Asphalt paving seam gasket
An asphalt paving seam gasket comprises a footing sheet, a seam wall and a ramp extension. Once the footing sheet is anchored to the substrate, the seam wall provides a supporting buttress for the compaction of an initial lane of paving, while the ramp extension provides a sloped access for vehicles to mount the initial lane during the interval before the adjoining lane of paving is applied. Optionally, an adhesive resin is applied to the contact surfaces of the gasket to strengthen their bonding to the asphalt material and prevent moisture penetration between the gasket and the asphalt material. |
| US09394646B2 |
Microwave dipolar heating of energetic polymers for carbon fiber-matrix separation
The present technology provides a carbon fiber reinforced plastic that includes carbon fibers covalently bonded to an energetic polymer and a polymer matrix. Also described is a method for recycling carbon fibers from the carbon fiber reinforced plastic material using microwave energy to separate the carbon fibers from the polymer matrix. |
| US09394645B2 |
Lid hinge having piston and cam members for a laundry treatment machine
Provided is a laundry treatment machine. The laundry treatment machine may include a main body, a lid, and at least one hinge that supports the lid. The hinge may include a hinge housing filled with a fluid having a prescribed viscosity, an elastic member disposed inside the hinge housing, and a pair of cams disposed in the housing to move in linkage with the lid and the elastic member. A piston may be disposed between the moving cam and the elastic member to deform the elastic member according to a displacement of the moving cam. The piston may divide a cavity inside the hinge housing into a first space in which the elastic member is disposed and a second space in which the pair of cams are disposed. The piston may include a passage for the fluid to flow between the first space and the second space. |
| US09394643B2 |
Dynamic balancer in a laundry treating appliance
A dynamic balancer device for a laundry treating appliance includes, among other things, a first raceway piece having an L-shaped cross section defining a first annular channel and a second raceway piece having an L-shaped cross section defining a second annular channel. The first raceway piece is attached to the second raceway piece with the first annular channel facing the second annular channel to define a raceway. The dynamic balancer device also includes a mass disposed in the annular raceway and movable therein. |
| US09394639B2 |
Motorized thread tensioner for a sewing machine
Motorized thread tensioner for a sewing machine. In one example embodiment, a motorized thread tensioner for a sewing machine may include a first disk, a second disk, a spring, a shaft having threads on a distal end, a nut threaded onto the threads of the shaft, and an electric motor. The shaft may be through the first disk, the second disk, and the spring. The electric motor may be coupled to the nut and configured to rotate the nut in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction that is opposite to the first rotational direction. The rotation of the nut in the first rotational direction may cause the shaft to travel toward the electric motor. The rotation of the nut in the second rotational direction may cause the shaft to travel away from the electric motor. |
| US09394638B2 |
Polyimide nonwoven fabric and process for production thereof
A non-woven fabric which is excellent in thermal resistance, mechanical strength, and thermal dimensional stability for applications exposed to high temperature circumstance and has an extremely large surface area and exhibit an excellent filter performance is obtained. The non-woven fabric is composed of polyimide fibers which are obtained by polycondensation of at least an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid and an aromatic diamine having a benzoxazole structure and have a fiber diameter in the range of 0.001 μm to 1 μm. The non-woven fabric is obtained by the steps of preparing a polyamic acid by polycondensation of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid and an aromatic diamine having a benzoxazole structure, and electro-spinning the polyamic acid to form a polyimide precursor non-woven fabric; and imidizing a polyimide precursor fiber bundle. |
| US09394636B2 |
Enhanced braided sleeve and method of construction thereof
A braided protective sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve has a wall extending along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The wall includes a plurality of braided yarns forming inner and outer surfaces of the sleeve. The inner surface bounds an internal cavity and the outer surface is exposed to the surrounding environment. The yarns are braided with one another in a X/Y braid pattern with X and Y being different numerical values from one another. The numerical values of X and Y can be selected as desired to provide the sleeve with the enhanced physical performance characteristics desired. A plurality of yarns extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis can be interlaced with the braided yarns. The interlaced yarns can be exposed to the internal cavity and concealed from the environment; exposed to the environment and concealed from the internal cavity, or both. |
| US09394635B2 |
Weft feeder for weaving looms
A weft feeder device for threads, in particular for weaving looms, of the type comprising a main body (1) within which there is housed an electric motor for the driving of a rotary shaft (2), the rotary shaft (2) driving into rotation, with its middle portion, a rotor (3), and a drum (T) rotatably mounted on the end portion of said rotary shaft (2) and kept fixed by magnetic means (6, 7), and wherein there are furthermore provided pairs of optical emitting/receiving sensors (E, R) are respectively arranged on the drum (T) and on an extension of the main body (I) of the weft feeder device which extends laterally to the lateral surface of the drum (T), said pairs of sensors (E, R) being apt to detect the presence/absence of a thread passing therebetween. The outer surface of said drum (T) consists of multiple independent sectors (4), and said emitting sensors (E) and the relative feeding and control circuit are embedded in the thickness of one (4s) of said sectors (4), arranged opposite said extension (10) of the main body (1) of the weft feeder device. |
| US09394630B2 |
Pilling-resistant artificial leather
An artificial leather is provided having a raised nap to give an elegant appearance, and further has a good pilling-resistance without affecting the spinning performance. The pilling-resistant artificial leather is a sheet-form object including a microfiber having a monofilament diameter of 0.3 to 10 μm and a polymeric elastomer, and having a raised nap made of the microfiber. The microfiber includes inorganic particles in a proportion of 0.01 to 5% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the microfiber, and a silicone oil in a proportion of 0.001 to 1% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the microfiber. The microfiber contains a polyester microfiber in a proportion of 90% by mass or more thereof. |
| US09394624B2 |
Method for making topological insulator structure
A method for forming a topological insulator structure is provided. A strontium titanate substrate having a surface (111) is used. The surface (111) of the strontium titanate substrate is cleaned by heat-treating the strontium titanate substrate in the molecular beam epitaxy chamber. The strontium titanate substrate is heated and Bi beam, Sb beam, Cr beam, and Te beam are formed in the molecular beam epitaxy chamber in a controlled ratio achieved by controlling flow rates of the Bi beam, Sb beam, Cr beam, and Te beam. The magnetically doped topological insulator quantum well film is formed on the surface (111) of the strontium titanate substrate. The amount of the hole type charge carriers introduced by the doping with Cr is substantially equal to the amount of the electron type charge carriers introduced by the doping with Bi. |
| US09394621B2 |
Method of treating surface of metal base metallic material treated by the surface treatment method and method of coating the metallic material
A metal surface treatment method for a metal base material in order to improve the uniformity of a cathodic electrodeposition coating film, the method including: a surface treatment step for forming a chemical conversion film on a metal base material by contacting the metal base material with a metal surface treatment composition including zirconium and/or titanium ions and an adhesive imparting agent characterized in being at least one selected from the group consisting of (A) silicon-containing compound, (B) adhesive imparting metal ion, and (C) adhesive imparting resin; and a heating/drying step to heat and dry the metal base material, on which the chemical conversion film is formed, at 60° C. to 190° C. for at least 30 seconds. |
| US09394619B2 |
Methods of adding dopants to conductive interconnect structures in substrate technologies and structures formed thereby
Methods of forming a microelectronic packaging structure and associated structures formed thereby are described. Those methods and structures may include forming an opening in a dielectric material of a package substrate, and then plating a conductive interconnect structure in the opening utilizing a plating process. The plating process may comprises a conductive metal and a dopant comprising between about 0.05 and 10 percent weight, wherein the dopant comprises at least one of magnesium, zirconium and zinc. |
| US09394618B1 |
System and method for cleaning stator cooling coils
Methods and systems are disclosed for removing cuprous oxide deposits from a copper-containing water-based cooling system, such as those used to cool stators in industrial generators, without disrupting operation of the cooling system. A complexing agent, such as a 1,10-phenanthroline, e.g., 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (neocuproine), a 2,2-bipyridine compound, or the like can be introduced into the coolant fluid to facilitate dissolution of the deposits by forming a complex with the cuprous ions. The complexing agent can be dissolved in an alcohol at a concentration of about 4-5%, and then added to the coolant fluid to a concentration of about 6e-3 M or less to avoid undesirable precipitation of the agent. The complexing agent can be recovered by flowing the coolant mixture through an adsorbent material such as activated carbon, and the copper can be removed from the agent by reacting it with sodium sulfide. |
| US09394611B2 |
Supported gas separation membrane and method
A method of making a gas separation membrane system by providing a porous support material having deposited thereon a metal membrane layer and imposing upon the surface thereof certain surface characteristics that provide for surface activation that enhances the placement thereon of a subsequent metal membrane layer. The gas separation membrane system is useful in the separation of hydrogen from hydrogen-containing gas streams. |
| US09394609B2 |
Atomic layer deposition of aluminum fluoride thin films
Methods are provided for depositing thin films by vapor deposition using two different metal halide reactants. In some embodiments aluminum fluoride thin films are deposited by atomic layer deposition methods in which a substrate is alternately and sequentially contacted with a first metal halide reactant comprising aluminum, such as AlCl3, and a second metal halide reactant comprising fluorine, such as TiF4. |
| US09394608B2 |
Semiconductor processing reactor and components thereof
A reactor having a housing that encloses a gas delivery system operatively connected to a reaction chamber and an exhaust assembly. The gas delivery system includes a plurality of gas lines for providing at least one process gas to the reaction chamber. The gas delivery system further includes a mixer for receiving the at least one process gas. The mixer is operatively connected to a diffuser that is configured to diffuse process gases. The diffuser is attached directly to an upper surface of the reaction chamber, thereby forming a diffuser volume therebetween. The diffuser includes at least one distribution surface that is configured to provide a flow restriction to the process gases as they pass through the diffuser volume before being introduced into the reaction chamber. |
| US09394607B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
The present invention provides technology capable of suppressing a deposition of by-products in a substrate processing apparatus. When a process gas is supplied into a process vessel, an inert gas having a flow rate controlled by a flow rate controller is supplied to a first and second supply pipes through a third supply pipe, the inert gas of the first supply pipe is ejected into the process vessel by a first ejection part and the inert gas of the second supply pipe is ejected toward an inner wall surface by a second ejection part. |
| US09394605B1 |
Vapor deposition system and method
A deposition system includes a system housing having a housing interior, a fixture transfer assembly having a generally sloped fixture transfer rail extending through the housing interior, a plurality of processing chambers connected by the fixture transfer rail, a controller interfacing with the processing chambers and at least one fixture carrier assembly carried by the fixture transfer rail and adapted to contain at least one substrate. The fixture carrier assembly travels along the fixture transfer rail under influence of gravity. A deposition method is also disclosed. |
| US09394593B2 |
Bearing steel material with excellent rolling contact fatigue properties and a bearing part
Bearing steel material according to the present invention has: a properly adjusted chemical composition; an average chemical composition of oxide-inclusions which comprises 10 to 45% of CaO, 20 to 45% of Al2O3, 30 to 50% of SiO2, up to 15% (exclusive of 0) of MnO, and 3 to 10% of MgO, with the balance being unavoidable impurities; a maximum major axis diameter of the oxide inclusions in a longitudinal section of the steel material of 20 μm or less; and a spheroidal cementite structure. |
| US09394591B2 |
Acid and alkali resistant nickel-chromium-molybdenum-copper alloys
A nickel-chromium-molybdenum-copper alloy resistant to 70% sulfuric acid at 93° C. and 50% sodium hydroxide at 121° C. for acid and alkali neutralization in the field of waste management; the alloy contains, in weight percent, 27 to 33 chromium, 4.9 to 7.8 molybdenum, greater than 3.1 but no more than 6.0 copper, up to 3.0 iron, 0.3 to 1.0 manganese, 0.1 to 0.5 aluminum, 0.1 to 0.8 silicon, 0.01 to 0.11 carbon, up to 0.13 nitrogen, up to 0.05 magnesium, up to 0.05 rare earth elements, with a balance of nickel and impurities. |
| US09394589B2 |
Ni-Si-Co copper alloy and manufacturing method therefor
Disclosed is a Ni—Si—Co copper alloy that is suitable for use for various kinds of electronic parts and has particularly good uniform plating adhesion properties. The copper alloy for electronic materials comprises Ni: 1.0-2.5 mass %, Co: 0.5-2.5 mass % and Si: 0.3-1.2 mass % and the remainder is made of Cu and unavoidable impurities. For the copper alloy for electronic materials, the mean crystal size, at the plate thickness center, is 20 μm or less, and there are five or fewer crystal particles that contact the surface and have a long axis of 45 μm or greater per 1 mm rolling direction length. The copper alloy may comprise a maximum of 0.5 mass % Cr and may comprise a maximum in total of 2.0 mass % of one, two or more selected from a group comprising Mg, P, As, Sb, Be, B, Mn, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Fe, Zn and Ag. |
| US09394585B2 |
Method for recovering active material from waste battery material
Method of recovering active material from waste battery materials comprises: (1) an electrode material mixture recovery step of separating an electrode from the waste battery material to recover an electrode material mixture including the active material, a conductive material, and a binder from the electrode; (2) an activation agent mixing step of mixing an activation agent including one or more alkali metal compounds with the recovered electrode material mixture; (3) an activation step of heating the obtained mixture to a retention temperature not less than a melting start temperature of the activation agent to activate the active material included in the mixture; and (4) an active material recovery step of recovering the activated active material from a mixture obtained as a result of cooling after the activation step. |
| US09394583B2 |
Rolling bearing
A rolling bearing in which at least one of the bearing rings is obtained by applying a induction heat treatment to a spheroidizing annealed steel material having a DI value of 1.0 or more to form a hardened layer having a hardness of 550 HV or more on at least a raceway surface and a fitting surface. In the induction heat-treated bearing ring, (A) an average retained austenite amount is 12 vol % or less, (B) the raceway surface has a retained austenite amount of 12 vol % or more and a residual compressive stress of −100 MPa or less, and (C) a difference between a hardness of the raceway surface and a minimum hardness of a region having a hardness of less than 550 HV is 150 HV or more. |
| US09394580B2 |
High-toughness cold-drawn non-heat-treated wire rod, and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a wire rod for use in mechanical structure connections, vehicle components, or the like, and more particularly, to a wire rod which has superior toughness without being subjected to a heat treatment, and the strength of which is ensured through a cold-drawing process. Tot his end, provided are a high-toughness cold-drawn non-heat-treated wire rod and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the wire rod comprises in % by weight: 0.2 to 0.3% of carbon (C), 0.1 to 0.2% of silicon (Si), 2.5 to 4.0% of manganese (Mn), 0.035% or less (but not 0%) of phosphorus (P), 0.04% or less (but not 0%) of sulfur (S), the remainder being iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities. |
| US09394576B2 |
Methods and compositions to select cotton plants resistant to cotton root knot nematode
The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention provides a method for breeding cotton plants containing one or more quantitative trait loci that are associated with resistance to Root Knot Nematode (RKN), a disease associated with Meloidogyne incognita. The invention further provides germplasm and the use of germplasm containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring disease resistance for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel elite germplasm comprising one or more RKN resistance QTL. |
| US09394569B2 |
Methods and kits for early detection of cancer or predisposition thereto
Methods and kits for diagnosing cancer or a pre-malignant lesion by determining the presence and/or level of circulating CD24 of a subject are provided. Also provided are methods and kits for determining if a subject is predisposed to gastrointestinal cancer by the determining the presence or absence, in a homozygous or heterozygous form of cancer associated genotype(s) in the CD24 and/or APC nucleic acid sequences. Also provided are methods and kits for monitoring efficacy of cancer therapy by determining the presence and/or level of circulating CD24 of a subject. |
| US09394568B2 |
Methods of treating anaemia
The invention relates to human targets of interest (TOI), anti-TOI ligands, kits compositions and method. |
| US09394567B2 |
Detection and quantification of sample contamination in immune repertoire analysis
The invention is directed to methods for detecting and quantifying nucleic acid contamination in a tissue sample of an individual containing T cells and/or B cells, which is used for generating a sequence-based clonotype profile. In one aspect, the invention is implemented by measuring the presence and/or level of an endogenous or exogenous nucleic acid tag by which nucleic acid from an intended individual can be distinguished from that of unintended individuals. Endogenous tags include genetic identity markers, such as short tandem repeats, rare clonotypes or the like, and exogenous tags include sequence tags employed to determine clonotype sequences from sequence reads. |
| US09394566B2 |
Herbicide tolerant cotton plants and methods for identifying same
The invention provides specific transgenic cotton plants, plant material and seeds, characterized in that these products harbor a specific transformation event at a specific location in the cotton genome. Tools are also provided which allow rapid and unequivocal identification of the event in biological samples. |
| US09394565B2 |
Allele-specific sequence variation analysis
Fragmentation-based methods and systems, particularly mass spectrometry based methods and systems, for the analysis of sequence variations including haplotypes are provided. Also provided are methods for obtaining a specific allele from a nucleic acid mixture, such as genomic DNA. |
| US09394560B2 |
Method of culturing E. coli cells for high density
Disclosed is a method of culturing E. coli cells for high density, comprising a cell growth step and an expression induction step by which a maximum of cell mass can be obtained with the concomitant maximum expression of a recombinant protein. E. coli transformed to produce a recombinant protein of interest can be grown at a high concentration using the culturing method of the present invention. Therefore, the method increases the productivity of cells as well as the production yield of the recombinant protein, and can be widely applied to the effective production of recombinant proteins. |
| US09394555B2 |
Compositions comprising a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a dioxy compound and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compositions comprising: a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a dioxy compound. The present invention also relates to methods of using the compositions. |
| US09394554B2 |
Mutant xylanase, manufacturing method and use therefor, and method for manufacturing saccharified lignocellulose
What is aimed at is provision of an inexpensive and efficient saccharification method for lignocellulose using a thermostable xylanase and provision of a mutant xylanase that has a substitute amino acid residue, and that exhibits stable activity even under severe conditions in which enzymes easily inactivate, and that provides an initial rate of reaction not significantly reduced as compared to a wild-type xylanase corresponding to the mutant xylanase. Provided is a method of producing a saccharified product of lignocellulose, including contacting a lignocellulosic raw material with a thermostable xylanase, and a mutant xylanase that provides an initial rate of reaction that is at least 70% of that provided by a wild-type xylanase corresponding thereto, that has a xylanase activity after heat treatment at 50° C. for 24 hours that is at least 50% of its xylanase activity before the heat treatment, and that has a substitute amino acid residue. |
| US09394553B2 |
Biosynthetic gene cluster for chejuenolide of marine microorganism Hahella chejuensis
The present invention relates to a biosynthetic gene cluster for a chejuenolide of the marine microorganism Hahella chejuensis, and to the function of an enzyme involving the biosynthetic pathway of a chejuenolide encoded by the genes. Since the present invention can be applied to the development of a novel material as a mechanism for biosynthesis by combining of biosynthetic genes for chejuenolide, the present invention can suggest a new direction in the study of polyketide antibiotics, and is thus very useful. |
| US09394549B2 |
Method for producing useful chemical substance from terephthalic acid potassium salt
TPA-DHD can be produced by using, as a raw material, terephthalic acid salt that contains 0.5 times or more and twice or less the amount of potassium based on all of the terephthalic acids contained in the terephthalic acid salt in terms of moles and by using a microorganism expressing terephthalate 1,2-dioxygenase. Further, TPA-DHD can be converted into protocatechuic acid by TPA-DHD dehydrogenase and protocatechuic acid can be converted into gallic acid by para-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase. In addition, by subjecting waste polyesters to heat treatment in an ethylene glycol solvent or 1-butanol solvent containing potassium hydroxide, such polyesters can be efficiently depolymerized, and potassium terephthalate suitable to chemical production by the microorganism can be prepared. |
| US09394548B2 |
Method of processing organic waste
Wheat bran culture mix is used to inoculate organic waste and produce an inoculated waste material, where the wheat bran culture mix includes soil derived microbes. The inoculated waste material is shredded to produce shredded inoculated waste material which is fermented the shredded inoculated waste material for at least 7 days. Contents from the fermenter are then transferred into a dewatering device to produce dewatered contents which are then separated into soluble and suspended products. |
| US09394547B2 |
Method and apparatus for delivery of molecules to cells
The present invention is concerned with a system and method for introducing a substance into cells. The system has an assembly including a plurality of elongate non-hollow nanoneedles forming a nanoneedle array or patch for delivering the substance into the cells, at least some of the nanoneedles have a non-uniform diameter with a wider upper end, a narrower lower end for penetration into the cells and a length from substantially 200 nm to 100 um. The lower end has a diameter from substantially 20-436 nm. Adjacent nanoneedles are spaced apart by substantially 5-50 um. The nanoneedles are made from a material selected from the group consisting of diamond, cubic boron nitride, carbon nitride, boron nitride, boron carbon nitride, metal borides and essentially boron materials, allowing the nanoneedles to maintain sufficient thinness and yet adequate rigidity during penetration. The nanoneedles are applied onto the cells grown on substrates at a preferred rate from 1 to 5 m/s. Alternatively, the nanoneedles are applied onto the cells grown on substrates by centrifugation force from 0.5 to 10 nN. Yet alternatively, the cells suspended in a fluid are applied to the nanoneedle array at a rate of 1 to 10 m/s. |
| US09394546B2 |
Recombinant yeast transformant and process for preparing immunoglobulin Fc fragment employing the same
The present invention relates to a transformant prepared by introducing an expression vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding for a human immunoglobulin Fc fragment into Pichia sp. yeast, a method for producing an immunoglobulin Fc fragment comprising culturing the transformant, and recovering the immunoglobulin Fc fragment from the culture, and an immunoglobulin Fc fragment, prepared by the above method for use as a drug carrier. The transformant is suggested as a solution to the problems associated with the use of E. coli or animal cells as hosts for producing immunoglobulin Fc fragments useful as drug carriers, so that it can find various applications in the effective and economical production of drugs. |
| US09394545B2 |
Methods and compositions for regulation of transgene expression
Nucleases and methods of using these nucleases for expressing a transgene from a safe harbor locus in a secretory tissue, and clones and animals derived therefrom. |
| US09394544B2 |
Ameliorating oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disease via Nox1 targeting
Disclosed herein are methods, compounds and compositions designed for ameliorating oxidative stress in cells. In particular, disclosed are viral vectors that express RNA interfering molecules for inhibiting expression or activity of Nox1 or RAC1. Depending on the location of administration, expression of inhibiting molecules can reduce oxidative stress in neurons associated with a particular neurodegenerative condition. |
| US09394537B2 |
Continuous directed evolution
The invention provides systems, methods, reagents, apparatuses, vectors, and host cells for the continuous evolution of nucleic acids. For example, a lagoon is provided in which a population of viral vectors comprising a gene of interest replicates in a stream of host cells, wherein the viral vectors lack a gene encoding a protein required for the generation of infectious viral particles, and wherein that gene is expressed in the host cells under the control of a conditional promoter, the activity of which depends on a function of the gene of interest to be evolved. Some aspects of this invention provide evolved products obtained from continuous evolution procedures described herein. Kits containing materials for continuous evolution are also provided. |
| US09394535B2 |
Plasma irradiation device for substance introduction and substance introduction method using plasma irradiation device
Disclosed is a liquid culture medium for substance introduction, which is capable of increasing the survival rate of cells after substance introduction as much as possible when the cells are irradiated with plasma for the purpose of introducing a target substance into each of the cells. Specifically disclosed is a liquid culture medium for substance introduction, which is used for the purpose of introducing a predetermined target substance into a cell and enables introduction of the target substance into the cell by having the cell in the liquid culture medium, which contains the target substance, irradiated with a plasma jet. The liquid culture medium contains a damage preventing component that prevents the cell from damage due to the plasma jet. |
| US09394533B2 |
Thermostable alpha-amylases
The present invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide comprising an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity, the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% identity with amino acids 22 to 450 of SEQ ID NO: 4; b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% identity with the polypeptide encoded by the amylase encoding part of the polynucleotide inserted into a plasmid present in the E. coli host deposited under the Budapest Treaty with DSMZ under accession number DSM 15334; c) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence which has at least 70% identity with the sequence shown from position 68 to 1417 in SEQ ID NO: 3; and d) a fragment of (a), (b) or (c) that has alpha-amylase activity. |
| US09394529B2 |
Phospholipases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) enzymes, nucleic acids encoding them, antibodies that bind specifically to them, and methods for making and using them. Industrial methods and products comprising use of these phospholipases are also provided. In certain embodiments, provided herein are methods for hydration of non hydratable phospholipids (NHPs) within a lipid matrix. The methods enable migration of NHPs to an oil-water interface thereby allowing the NHPs to be reacted and/or removed from the lipids. In certain embodiments, provided is a method for removing NHPs, hydratable phospholipids, and lecithins from vegetable oils to produce a degummed oil or fat product that can be used for food production and/or non-food applications. In certain embodiments, provided herein are methods for hydration of NHPs followed by enzymatic treatment and removal of various phospholipids and lecithins. The methods provided herein can be practiced on either crude or water-degummed oils. |
| US09394528B2 |
Gene products of Bacillus licheniformis which form odorous substances and improved biotechnological production methods based thereon
The present invention relates to 25 hitherto undescribed genes of B. licheniformis and gene products derived therefrom and all sufficiently homologous nucleic acids and proteins thereof. They occur in five different metabolic pathways for the formation of odorous substances. The metabolic pathways in question are for the synthesis of: 1) isovalerian acid (as part of the catabolism of leucine), 2) 2-methylbutyric acid and/or isobutyric acid (as part of the catabolism of valine and/or isoleucine), 3) butanol and/or butyric acid (as part of the metabolism of butyric acid), 4) propyl acid (as part of the metabolism of propionate) and/or 5) cadaverine and/or putrescine (as parts of the catabolism of lysine and/or arginine). The identification of these genes allows biotechnological production methods to be developed that are improved to the extent that, to assist these nucleic acids, the formation of the odorous substances synthesized via these metabolic pathways can be reduced by deactivating the corresponding genes in the micro-organism used for the biotechnological production. In addition, these gene products are thus available for preparing reactions or for methods according to their respective biochemical properties. |
| US09394526B2 |
FROG/TOAD conditionally silenced vectors for hypoxia gene therapy
Methods and compositions for the treatment of hypoxia associated disorders by directional angiogenesis/arteriogenesis. Conditionally silenced vectors expressing a therapeutic molecule under hypoxic conditions avoid chaotic vascularization and allow for the orderly growth of new vessels into damaged tissue. |
| US09394525B2 |
Generation of patient-specific differentiated cell types by epigenetic induction
Disclosure of a mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line. Disclosure of a patient specific cell line. Methods to obtain a mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line by fusing a differentiated mammalian cell and a functionally enucleated mammalian embryonic cell line. Methods to obtain a mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line by fusing a differentiated mammalian cell and a functionally enucleated human cancer cell. Methods to obtain a patient specific cell line of a cell type similar to a mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line by functionally enucleating the mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line and fusing the functionally enucleated mammalian cytoplasmic donor cell line with a differentiated cell obtained from the patient. A method of treatment of a human patient by administering the patient-specific cell line to the patient. |
| US09394524B2 |
Chemical approaches for generation of induced pluripotent stem cells
The present invention provides for identification and use of small molecules to induce pluripotency in mammalian cells as well as other methods of inducing pluripotency. |
| US09394520B2 |
Expansion of hematopoietic stem cells
Described herein are methods, compositions and kits related to manipulating hematopoietic stem cells and more particularly to methods, compositions and kits related to increasing the number of hematopoietic stem cells in vitro and in vivo. Also described are methods, compositions and kits related to making an expanded population of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and methods, compositions and kits related to using the expanded population of HSCs. |
| US09394516B2 |
Self-renewal promoter for neural stem cells and method for using same
An object of the present invention to provide an agent for promoting the self-renewal of the neural stem cells and a method of using the same. ECF-L contained in a culture supernatant of endothelial progenitor cells derived from bone marrow has an effect of promoting the self-renewal of neural stem cells. Accordingly, ECF-L can be used as an ingredient of an agent for promoting the self-renewal of the neural stem cells, a pharmaceutical composition for growing the neural stem cells, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating a disease associated with neural dysfunction. |
| US09394509B2 |
Cleaning solution composition and method of cleaning semiconductor device using the same
A cleaning solution composition includes an organic solvent in which a metal fluoride does not dissolve, at least one fluoride compound that generates bifluoride (HF2−), and deionized water, wherein the deionized water may be included in a concentration of 1.5 wt % or lower based on the total weight of the cleaning solution composition. |
| US09394508B2 |
Phosphorus free low temperature ware wash detergent for reducing scale build-up
Phosphorus-free detergent compositions are provided. Detergent compositions including an aminocarboxylate, water conditioning agent, source of alkalinity and water beneficially do not require the use of additional surfactants and/or polymers to provide suitable detergency and prevent scale build-up on treated surfaces. The detergent compositions are used with a sanitizer to employ the phosphorus-free detergent compositions for use as low temperature ware wash detergents that beneficially reduce scale build-up. Methods of employing the phosphorus-free detergent compositions are also provided. |
| US09394505B2 |
Recovery of co-products from fermentation stillage streams
Processes and methods of recovering desired products from fermentation stillage are presented, including processes and methods of recovering lipids and aqueous materials. |
| US09394504B1 |
Stovetop extraction apparatus and method for rendering infused lipids for ingestion
A stovetop extraction apparatus and method for rendering infused lipids for ingestion in the home including a base compartment, an insertable portion seatable into the base compartment, and an upper compartment having an internal chamber disposed in open communication with a column projecting into the upper compartment, wherein lipids and water dispositional interior to the base compartment are heatable upon a stovetop, said lipids thereby conveyable, by action of saturated steam producible interior to the base compartment, across substrate disposed in the insertable portion, into the internal chamber, up the column, and thereby collectable in the upper compartment separate from the substrate, whereby substrates dispositional interior to the insertable portion are subject to extraction of lipophilic substances therefrom and infused lipids are thereby rendered collectable in the upper compartment for use in subsequent culinary or medicinal preparations. |
| US09394500B2 |
Grease composition, grease-enclosed bearing, and one-way clutch
The present invention provides a grease composition capable of effectively preventing a rolling surface from having hydrogen brittleness-caused peeling, a grease-enclosed bearing in which the grease composition is enclosed, and a one-way clutch in which the grease composition is enclosed at a sliding portion. The grease composition contains a base grease consisting of a base oil and a thickener and an additive added to the base grease. The grease composition is capable of preventing hydrogen brittleness-caused peeling from occurring on a frictionally worn surface of a bearing portion containing an iron-based metal material or a newly generated surface consisting of the iron-based metal material exposed owing to wear. The additive contains at least one aluminum-based additive selected from among an aluminum powder and inorganic aluminum compounds. The mixing ratio of the aluminum-based additive to 100 parts by weight of the base grease is set to 0.05 to 10 parts by weight. |
| US09394496B2 |
Process for fluid catalytic cracking and hydrocracking hydrocarbons
A process and apparatus for recovering cycle oil from FCC CSO is described. By feeding the additional cycle oil to a hydrocracking unit additional diesel, naphtha and petrochemical feedstock may be obtained. The additional cycle oil is obtained by vacuum separation of the CSO. The described process and apparatus can provide additional recovery for a refiner. |
| US09394494B2 |
Production of lubricating oil basestocks
Methods are provided for producing multiple lubricating oil basestocks from a feedstock. Prior to dewaxing, various fractions of the feedstock are exposed to hydrocracking conditions of different severity to produce a higher overall yield of basestocks. The hydrocracking conditions of different severity can represent exposing fractions of a feedstock to different processing conditions, exposing fractions of a feedstock to different amounts of hydrocracking catalyst, or a combination thereof. |
| US09394491B2 |
Process for in-situ electrochemical oxidative generation and conversion of organosulfur compounds
Hydrocarbon feedstocks are desulfurized by conversion of organosulfur compounds in a mixture of hydrocarbons into sulfoxides and/or sulfones. The oxidant used to promote oxidation of organosulfur-compounds is electrosynthesized in-situ. |
| US09394488B2 |
Method for optimizing catalyst/oil mixing in an FCC reactor feed zone
A method of improving the uniformity of the contacting of a heavy oil feed with FCC cracking catalyst in the feed zone of an FCC cracking riser in which the heavy oil feed is injected into the catalyst in the riser by means of feed injectors located around the riser, the method comprising minimizing the differences in the temperature profile in the oil/catalyst mixture across the feed zone by varying the oil feed rate to the injectors. |
| US09394483B2 |
Flame retardant polycarbonate compositions, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
Disclosed herein is a flame retardant composition comprising 20 to 80 weight percent of a polycarbonate; 1 to 20 weight percent of a laser activatable additive; the laser activatable additive being operative to plate the flame retardant composition upon being activated by a laser; and 1 to 20 weight percent of a phosphazene compound; where all weight percents are based on the total weight of the flame retardant composition. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising blending 20 to 80 weight percent of a polycarbonate; 1 to 20 weight percent of a laser activatable additive; the laser activatable additive being operative to plate the flame retardant composition upon being activated by a laser; and 1 to 20 weight percent of a phosphazene compound to produce a flame retardant composition; where all weight percents are based on the total weight of the flame retardant composition; and extruding the flame retardant composition. |
| US09394475B2 |
Multi-component materials for breaker activity control
A multicomponent material can be used to treat subterranean formations. The multicomponent material can be a cocrystal that includes a breaker cocrystallized with another molecule for modifying a solubility profile of the breaker. Cocrystallazing the breaker with another molecule provides control over the rate at which the breaker dissolves in a treating fluid so the breaker will dissolve and become active at an optimum time or under optimum conditions. |
| US09394469B2 |
Low GWP fluids for high temperature heat pump applications
The present invention relates, in part, to heat transfer compositions, and associated systems and methods, which include a first composition selected from the group consisting of HFO-1233zd, HFC-245fa, and combinations of these; and optionally, a second composition selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HFC-134a, and combinations of these. |
| US09394467B2 |
Method for producing release liner
Efficiently produced is a release liner including a plant-derived film as a substrate and having a good appearance, releasability, and adhesion. A method according to the present invention produces a release liner having a plant-derived film substrate and, on at least one side thereof, a release coat layer derived from a thermosetting silicone resin. The method includes the steps as follows: Step A of applying a thermosetting silicone release agent to at least one side of a plant-derived film substrate, the release agent containing 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting silicone resin and 0.05 to 0.55 part by weight of a curing catalyst; Step B of drying at 40° C. to 90° C. for 10 to 60 seconds after Step A; Step C of applying an ultraviolet ray at 50 to 300 mJ/cm2 after Step B; and Step D of aging at 30° C. to 70° C. for 12 to 240 hours after Step C. |
| US09394462B2 |
Polysiloxane-modified polyhydroxy polyurethane resin, method for producing same, heat-sensitive recording material using the resin, imitation leather, thermoplastic polyolefin resin skin material, material for weather strip, and weather strip
Disclosed are a polysiloxane-modified polyhydroxy polyurethane resin characterized by being derived from a reaction between a 5-membered cyclic carbonate polysiloxane compound represented by the below-described formula (1) and an amine compound, and its production process; and a resin composition, thermal recording medium, imitation leather, thermoplastic polyolefin resin skin material, weather strip material, and weather strip, all of which make use of the resin. wherein A means |
| US09394459B2 |
Coating composition
The disclosed invention relates to a coating composition, comprising: water; a multivalent transition metal oxide, hydroxide and/or salt; and a polymer comprising repeating units derived from itaconic acid. The coating composition may be used to coat masonry substrates, and the like. |
| US09394454B2 |
Polychloroprene latex, rubber composition and dip-molded article
Provided is a polychloroprene latex that shows favorable low-temperature stability without deterioration in the rubber agglutinating property during production of the dip-molded article, a rubber composition, and a dip-molded article, prepared by using the same.Prepared is a polychloroprene latex of a chloroprene copolymer obtained by polymerization of raw monomers at least containing chloroprene and 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene, which is dispersed in water, wherein the 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene content in the raw monomers is controlled to 1 to 30 mass % and the potassium ion content is adjusted to 0.7 to 1.5 parts by mass and the sodium ion content to 0.2 part or less by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the solid matter. In addition, a metal oxide: 1 to 10 parts by mass, sulfur: 0.1 to 3 parts by mass, an aging inhibitor: 0.1 to 5 parts by mass and a surfactant: 0.1 to 10 parts by mass, respectively with respect to 100 parts by mass of the solid matter, were added to the chloroprene latex, to give a rubber composition. |
| US09394449B2 |
Luminescent carbon particles, method for preparation and use
These luminescent carbon particles have a carbon core and an external polymeric coating containing at least one luminophore. |
| US09394447B2 |
Insulated ultrafine powder, method for producing same, and high dielectric constant resin composite material
Provided are an insulated ultrafine powder obtained by adding liquid metal alkoxide to a methanol-containing organic solvent in which a conductive ultrafine powder comprising a carbon material is dispersed and further adding water thereto and a method for producing the same. Also, provided are an insulated ultrafine powder obtained by adding liquid metal alkoxide to a methanol-containing organic solvent in which a conductive ultrafine powder comprising a carbon material is dispersed, further adding a coupling agent having an alkoxide group and then adding water thereto and a method for producing the same. Further, provided is a high dielectric constant resin composite material obtained by blending the insulated ultrafine powder of the present invention with a resin in a volume ratio (insulated ultrafine powder/resin) falling in a range of 5/95 to 50/50. |
| US09394446B2 |
Method for recovering Ru complex dye from used dye solution
The present invention relates to a method for recovering Ru complex dye from a used dye solution containing a polypyridine Ru complex as a Ru complex, the used dye solution having been discharged from a step of manufacturing a dye-sensitized solar cell, the method including the steps of: (a): filtering the used dye solution to separate and remove solid content. (b): bringing a separating solvent including an ether-based solvent indicated by a chemical formula CxH(2x+1)—O—CyH(2y+1) (x=1 to 4 and y=1 to 4, with the proviso that x+y≧4) or an alkane-based solvent indicated by a chemical formula CxH(2x+2) (x=5 to 7) into contact with the used dye solution to separate the Ru complex dye. |
| US09394445B2 |
Method for continuously preparing water-soluble azo dye by coupling a nebulizer with a pipeline
Disclosed is a method for continuously preparing a water-soluble azo dye by coupling a nebulizer with a pipeline. According to the method, the nebulizer is coupled with a pipeline with an interception tower plate, atomized and mixed reaction liquid flow flows through the pipeline with the interception tower plate, and mixing and reacting are further enhanced through turbulent mixing on the tower plate, so that instant separation of reaction heat generated in an atomizing contact reaction from a reactant is achieved, and normal-temperature rapid continuous production of the water-soluble azo dye is achieved. Fog drops which are atomized by using the nebulizer have small particle diameter and large specific surface area, so that a diazo salt and a coupling component are sprayed separately, move face to face and can be fully contacted, and mixing and reacting speeds are increased. The preparation method is simple, and compared with preparation of a dye of the same kind with a batch reactor, in the reparation process of the water-soluble azo dye, a cold source is not required to be added additionally for cooling, thereby reducing energy consumption and improving production quality and efficiency. |
| US09394439B2 |
Resin composition, prepreg, resin sheet, and metal foil-clad laminate
A resin composition has high flame retardancy and excellent heat resistance, peel strength with copper foil, thermal expansion coefficient, heat resistance property upon moisture absorption, and electrical properties, a prepreg and single-layer or laminated sheet, a metal foil-clad laminate using the prepreg, and the like. The resin composition has polyphenylene ether (A) having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 5000, a phosphorus-containing cyanate ester compound (B) represented by formula (13), a cyclophosphazene compound (C), a halogen-free epoxy resin (D), a cyanate ester compound (E) other than the phosphorus-containing cyanate ester compound (B), an oligomer (F) of styrene and/or substituted styrene, and a filler (G), wherein a content of the phosphorus-containing cyanate ester compound (B) is 1 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total of the (A) to (F) components. wherein m represents an integer of 1 to 3. |
| US09394435B2 |
Crosslinked zwitterionic hydrogels
Zwitterionic crosslinking agents, crosslinked zwitterionic hydrogels prepared from copolymerization of zwitterionic monomers with the zwitterionic crosslinking agent, methods for making crosslinked zwitterionic hydrogels, and devices that include and methods that use the crosslinked zwitterionic hydrogels. |
| US09394434B2 |
Rubber composition containing a modified elastomer, method for preparing same, and tire containing same
The invention relates to a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a chemical crosslinker and a modifier selected from compounds comprising at least one group Q, and at least one group A, which are joined to one another by at least one and preferably one spacer group Sp, wherein: Q comprises a dipole containing at least one and preferably one nitrogen atom, A comprises an associative group comprising at least one nitrogen atom, Sp is an atom or group of atoms forming a bond between Q and A. This composition has an improved balance between stiffness under moderate deformations/elongation at break and improved hysteresis properties and is therefore especially suited to the manufacture of tires for enhancing the trade off between rolling resistance and resistance to large deformations. |
| US09394432B1 |
Composite members and methods for producing same
New composite members, for example, useful in decks or decking systems, rail or railing systems and window-coverings or blinds and the like, as well as methods for producing the same or like items have been discovered. The composites or composite members are easy to manufacture in a variety of configurations using relatively inexpensive materials. In addition, the composites are sturdy, lightweight and have excellent weatherability properties. In addition, the composites or composite members have many of the desirable properties of natural wood products such as fences and decks and railings. For example, the composites of the invention can be made to have a wood-like look and texture, for example, without having any wood content. Moreover, unlike solid wood fences and decks, the composites of the present invention preferably are highly resistant to effects of weathering. |
| US09394431B2 |
Formaldehyde free binder compositions with urea-aldehyde reaction products
Fiber-containing composites are described that contain woven or non-woven fibers, and a cured binder formed from a binder composition that includes (1) a reducing sugar and (2) a crosslinking agent that includes a reaction product of a urea compound and a polycarbonyl compound. Exemplary reaction products for the crosslinking agent may include the reaction product of urea and an α,β-bicarbonyl compound or an α,γ-bicarbonyl compound. Exemplary fiber-containing composites may include fiberglass insulation. |
| US09394427B2 |
Toughening cross-linked thermosets
Grafted triglycerides comprising an acrylated triglyceride grafted with a fatty acid residue containing 4 to 28 carbon atoms. Also described are methods for making a grafted triglyceride and for curing a material selected from vinyl esters and unsaturated polyesters and mixtures thereof and optionally a reactive diluent. The method includes the steps of mixing a grafted triglyceride of the present invention with a material selected from vinyl esters, unsaturated polyesters and mixtures thereof to form a mixture, and curing the mixture to form a cured resin system. A cured resin system comprising a cured product obtained by the foregoing method and composites containing the cured product and a filler or reinforcing material are also disclosed. This method also includes use of the grafted triglycerides to make toughened resin and composite systems with reduced hazardous air pollutants without significantly reducing the glass transition temperature and significantly increasing the viscosity. |
| US09394425B2 |
Acetylated polyol hydroxystearate plasticizers and plasticized polymeric compositions
Plasticizers having an acetylated polyol hydroxystearate and plasticized polymeric compositions containing such plasticizers. Such plasticized polymeric compositions can be employed in forming various articles of manufacture, such as coated conductors. |
| US09394423B2 |
Fire retardant polypropylene
A fire retardant material comprising preferably at least 60% polypropylene having a flexural modulus of 2.8 GPa or above and a fire retardancy rating of UL-94 V-1 or better. The fire retardant material is preferably halogen and glass-fiber free. It may contain a fire retardant agent (e.g. a polymeric APP-crystal phase II type fire retardant fire retardant) and a filler. Also methods for producing such a fire retardant material. |
| US09394421B2 |
Method of manufacture for graphene fluoropolymer dispersion
A method for forming a dispersion includes mixing graphene particles, a fluorosilane coupling agent and a first solvent to produce a first dispersion wherein the graphene particles are from about 0.1 to about 0.8 weight percent of the first dispersion. The method includes concentrating the first dispersion by removing the first solvent to produce a second dispersion wherein the graphene particles are from about 2.0 to about 10.0 weight percent of the concentrated dispersion. The concentrated dispersion is mixed with a fluoropolymer dispersion including a second solvent, a surfactant, and fluoropolymer particles wherein the fluoropolymer dispersion has a solids content of about 30 weight percent to about 50 weight percent to form a second dispersion. A polymer binder in a third solvent is mixed with the second dispersion to form the coating dispersion. |
| US09394417B2 |
Process for the production of PET foams and PET foams obtained with said process
A process for the production of PET foams includes the extrusion of a mixture of PET, epoxy resin, catalyst consisting of imidazole, derivatives of imidazole or mixtures thereof plus a blowing agent, wherein the homopolymerization reaction of the epoxy phase is performed in the extruder, upstream of the introduction of the blowing agent. Compared to the methods of the known art, a process according to the invention offers the advantage of providing a stable PET foam, in which the structure of the polymer chains is kept unaltered. The system therefore has viscoelasticity characteristics which allow the PET/epoxy homopolymer to receive the expanding action of the blowing agent, as far as the innermost and deepest layers of foam also even if they have a significant thickness. |
| US09394413B2 |
Resin particle and method for producing the same
A resin particle having: a resin mother particle; and silica particles external added onto the surface of the resin mother particle, wherein a primary particles of the silica particles which have a volume average particle diameter of from 100 nm to 500 nm, a particle size distribution index of from 1.40 to 1.80 and an average circularity of from 0.5 to 0.85 has a regression line expressed by the following expression (1) with respect to the circularity and the volume average particle diameter (nm): Circularity=α×(Volume average particle diameter)/1000+β (1) wherein α is from −2.5 to −0.9, and β is from 0.8 to 1.2. |
| US09394411B2 |
Methods for annealing block copolymers and articles manufactured therefrom
Disclosed herein is a block copolymer comprising a first block derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer; where the vinyl aromatic monomer has at least one alkyl substitution on an aromatic ring; a second block derived from a siloxane monomer; where a chi parameter that measures interactions between the first block and the second block is 0.03 to 0.18 at a temperature of 200° C. Disclosed herein is a method comprising polymerizing a vinyl aromatic monomer to form a first block; and polymerizing a second block onto the first block to form a block copolymer; where the second block is derived by polymerizing a siloxane monomer; and where the block copolymer has a chi parameter of 0.03 to 0.18 at a temperature of 200° C.; where the chi parameter is a measure of interactions between the first block and the second block of the copolymer. |
| US09394406B2 |
Polymers containing substituted benzodithiophene units, blends comprising these polymers, and devices comprising these polymers or blends
The present invention relates to polymers containing substituted benzodithiophene units and to blends which comprise the polymers according to the invention. The invention is also directed to the use of the polymers and blends according to the invention in organic electronic devices and to these devices themselves. |
| US09394404B2 |
Synthesis and polymerization of oligomeric aliphatic-aromatic based phthalonitriles
A phthalonitrile compound having the formula below. The value n is a positive integer. Each R has a hydrocarbon chain optionally having —O— or —SiR′2—O—. Each R′ is an aliphatic group. Each Ar is an aromatic group with the proviso that Ar contains at least two aromatic rings when n is 1 and R is an alkylene group. A method of: reacting an excess of a dihydroxyaromatic compound with a dihalocompound to form an oligomer; and reacting the oligomer with 4-nitrophthalonitrile to form the phthalonitrile compound, where Ar is an aromatic group. |
| US09394401B2 |
Polyol acrylates for use in energy curable inks
Polyol acrylates are disclosed that are the reaction products of a modified polyol and a (meth)acrylic acid or derivative thereof. The modified polyols used in preparing the polyol acrylates are the reaction product of a natural oil or fatty carboxylic acid or derivative thereof with a polyol selected from the group consisting of polyester polyols, polyether polyols, polyester ether polyols and polyalcohols such that the natural oil or fatty carboxylic acid or derivative thereof is incorporated into the backbone of the polyol. The polyol acrylates are used to prepare pigment dispersions that are useful in formulating energy curable ink compositions. |
| US09394400B2 |
Polyester resin for toners, method for producing same, and toner
The invention relates to a polyester resin for toner, the polyester resin containing a monomer unit derived from isosorbide and a monomer unit derived from 1,2-propanediol, in which the proportion of the monomer unit derived from isosorbide is from 2 to 11% by mass with respect to the total mass of the polyester resin, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polyester resin for toner is from 56 to 70° C. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a polyester resin for toner from which toner excellent in storage stability, fixing property, hot offset resistance and image stability in the case of using isosorbide is obtained, and a method for producing the polyester resin for toner. In addition, the toner obtained from the polyester resin for toner of the invention is excellent in storage stability, fixing property, hot offset resistance and image stability in the case of using isosorbide. |
| US09394397B2 |
Biomass-resource-derived polyurethane, method for producing same, and biomass-resource-derived polyester polyol
The invention relates to a method for producing a biomass-resource-derived polyurethane, which comprises: reacting a dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol to produce a polyester polyol; and reacting the polyester polyol and a polyisocyanate compound, wherein the dicarboxylic acid contains at least one component derived from biomass resources, a content of an organic acid in the dicarboxylic acid is more than 0 ppm and not more than 1,000 ppm relative to the dicarboxylic acid, and a pKa value of the organic acid at 25° C. is not more than 3.7. |
| US09394394B2 |
Synthesis of chlorotrifluoroethylene-based block copolymers by iodine transfer polymerization
Methods for the synthesis of CTFE-based block copolymers through iodine transfer polymerization are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes reacting a fluoromonomer “M” with a chain transfer agent of the formula X—Y or Y—X—Y, wherein X represents a C1-C3 hydrocarbon, a C1-C6 hydrofluorocarbon, C1-C6 hydrochlorofluorocarbon, or C1-C6 fluorocarbon and Y represents iodine or bromine, in the presence of a radical initiator, to form a macro-initiator of the formula: X-poly(M)-Y or Y-poly(M)-X-poly(M)-Y, wherein poly(M) represents a polymer of the fluoromonomer. The method further includes reacting the macro-initiator with chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) in the presence of a radical initiator to form a diblock or a triblock CTFE-based block copolymer of the formula: X-poly(M)-block-poly(CTFE) or PCTFE-block-poly(M)-X-poly(M)-block-PCTFE. |
| US09394393B2 |
Higher density polyolefins with improved stress crack resistance
Disclosed herein are polymerization processes for the production of olefin polymers. These polymerization processes can employ a catalyst system containing two or three metallocene components, resulting in ethylene-based copolymers that can have a medium density and improved stress crack resistance. |
| US09394390B2 |
Coumarin-functionalized polyolefin and associated cyclodimerization products, preparation methods, and electronic devices
A polyolefin is functionalized with two, three, or more terminal coumarin groups. When irradiated with longer wavelength ultraviolet light (e.g., 365 nanometers), the coumarin groups cyclodimerize to form a chain-extended or crosslinked polyolefin. The cyclodimerization can be reversed by irradiation with shorter wavelength ultraviolet light (e.g., 254 nanometers). When the crosslinked polyolefin is used to form a barrier layer in a light emitting diode or a photovoltaic device, scratches in the barrier layer cleave the cyclodimer groups and can be “healed” by irradiation to reduce or remove the scratches. |
| US09394389B2 |
Low density ethylene-based polymers with high melt strength
The invention provides a composition comprising a first ethylene-based polymer, formed by a high pressure, free-radical polymerization process, and comprising the following properties: a) a Mw(abs) versus I2 relationship: Mw(abs) |
| US09394386B1 |
Polymerizable mixtures containing ionic gemini surfactants; and lyotropic liquid crystals, polymers, and membranes made therefrom
Disclosed are polymerizable mixtures comprising a functionalized ionic gemini surfactant and a thiol-ene crosslinking agent. The polymerizable mixtures that further comprise a polar solvent may be used to form the surfactant into a triply periodic multiply continuous lyotropic phase in the presence of the crosslinking agent. Upon crosslinking, the lyotropic phase morphology is substantially retained. |
| US09394384B2 |
Tough hydrogels
The invention provides fabricated tough hydrogels, hydrogel-containing compositions, and methods of making the same. The invention also provides methods of implanting or administering the tough hydrogels, or the hydrogel-containing compositions to treat a subject in need. Methods of cross-linking pre-solidified or pre-gelled hydrogel particles and making crosslinked tough hydrogels, and crosslinked tough hydrogel-containing compositions also are disclosed herein. |
| US09394381B2 |
Polymerisation control process
Process for maintaining a continuous gas-phase (co-) polymerization of olefins in a large fluidized bed reactor in a homogeneous mode while operating at high space time yield and condensation rate in the presence of a polymerization catalyst. |
| US09394379B2 |
Process for producing water-soluble hyaluronic acid modification
The present invention provides a water-soluble modified HA practically used as a drug carrier and a production method thereof. The present invention provides: a water-soluble modified hyaluronic acid, the residence time in blood of which is elongated to a practical level, which is produced by introducing a substituent into the carboxy group of the glucuronic acid of hyaluronic acid or a derivative thereof, via an amide bond, at a lower limit of an introduction ratio of 5 mole % or more, using a BOP condensing agent in an aprotic polar solvent; and a production method thereof. Moreover, by cross-linking the modified hyaluronic acid, the present invention provides a hyaluronic acid gel capable of extremely long drug sustained-release even at the same cross-linking functional group introduction ratio as that of the conventionally known gel. |
| US09394378B2 |
Process for obtaining chondroitin sulphated at the 4- or 6- positions of N-acetyl-galactosamine residues
Disclosed is a process for the production of chondroitin sulphate, wherein N-acetyl-galactosamine residues sulphated at the 4- or 6-positions are present on the same polysaccharide chain. |
| US09394377B2 |
Method for producing antimicrobial cellulose fiber, fiber produced by the method and fabric using the fiber
A method for producing an antimicrobial cellulose fiber. The method includes reacting a reactive compound with an antimicrobial agent to prepare a reactive antimicrobial compound, chemically fixing the reactive antimicrobial compound to a cellulose fiber through chemical bonding between the reactive compound and the cellulose fiber, and stabilizing the cellulose fiber structure. Further disclosed is an antimicrobial cellulose fiber produced by the method. The antimicrobial cellulose fiber is a human friendly material that has excellent antimicrobial activity and deodorizing performance. The antimicrobial cellulose fiber can be manufactured in the form of raw cotton, sliver, roving yarn, spun yarn, woven fabric, knitted fabric, non-woven fabric, etc. The antimicrobial cellulose fiber may be blended with other fibers, such as natural fibers and synthetic fibers. |
| US09394372B2 |
In vivo method for generating diversity in a protein scaffold
A transgenic non-human animal is provided. In certain embodiments, the animal comprises a genome comprising an immunoglobulin heavy chain locus comprising: a) a transcribed gene encoding a fusion protein comprising, from N-terminus to C-terminus: i. a scaffold comprising a first binding domain; and ii. a heavy chain constant region operably linked to the scaffold; wherein the scaffold is capable of specifically binding to a target in the absence of additional polypeptides; and b) a plurality of pseudogenes that are operably linked to the transcribed gene and that donate, by gene conversion, nucleotide sequence to the part of the transcribed gene that encodes the binding domain. |
| US09394371B2 |
Antibody-mediated disruption of quorum sensing in bacteria
The invention provides an immunogenic molecular entity, a supramolecular assembly, and an antibody that can be used to inhibit Gram-positive bacterial quorum sensing, prevent infection or development of a disease condition associated with a Gram-positive bacterial infection. The invention also provides methods of inhibiting Gram-positive bacterial quorum sensing, and methods of preventing infection or development of a disease condition associated with a Gram-positive bacterial infection. |
| US09394367B2 |
Antibody specifically binding to epitope in SEMA domain of c-Met
An antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to an epitope in a SEMA domain of c-Met protein, and pharmaceutical compositions, methods, kits, nucleic acids, and cells related thereto. |
| US09394366B2 |
Methods and compositions for inhibiting CD32B expressing cells
The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind FcγRIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an FcγRIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins. |
| US09394364B2 |
Human monoclonal antibodies specific for glypican-3 and use thereof
Described herein is the identification of human monoclonal antibodies that bind GPC3 or heparan sulfate (HS) chains on GPC3 with high affinity. The antibodies described herein are capable of inhibiting HCC cell growth and migration. Provided are human monoclonal antibodies specific for GPC3 or HS chains on GPC3, including immunoglobulin molecules, such as IgG antibodies, as well as antibody fragments, such as single-domain VH antibodies or single chain variable fragments (scFv). Further provided are compositions including the antibodies that bind GPC3 or HS chains on GPC3, nucleic acid molecules encoding these antibodies, expression vectors comprising the nucleic acids, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acids. Methods of treating cancer and/or inhibiting tumor growth or metastasis are also provided. Further provided are methods of detecting cancer in a subject and confirming a diagnosis of cancer in a subject. |
| US09394358B2 |
Gene signature for predicting prognosis of patients with solid tumors
Disclosed herein is a driver gene signature for predicting survival in patients with solid tumors, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and breast cancer. The gene signature includes ten tumor-associated genes, SH2D4A, CCDC25, ELP3, DLC1, PROSC, SORBS3, HNRPD, PAQR3, PHF17 and DCK. A decrease in DNA copy number or mRNA expression of SH2D4A, CCDC25, ELP3, DLC1, PROSC and SORBS3 in solid tumors is associated with a poor prognosis, while a decrease in DNA copy number or mRNA expression of HNRPD, PAQR3, PHF17 and DCK in solid tumors is associated with a good prognosis. Methods of predicting the prognosis of a patient diagnosed with HCC or breast cancer by detecting expression of one of more tumor-associated genes, and methods of treating a patient diagnosed with HCC or breast cancer by administering an agent that alters expression or activity of one or more of the disclosed tumor-associated genes, are described. |
| US09394357B2 |
Method for obtaining antibodies
A method of obtaining at least one recombinant antibody with improved affinity for a selected antigen from a family of antibodies which bind the selected antigen comprising: a) obtaining a family of two or more antibodies which bind the same antigen in which the VH CDR3 amino acid sequence of each antibody in the family is the same length and greater than 60% identical at the amino acid level; b) re-pairing the VH region of an antibody obtained in step (a) with the VL region from a different antibody obtained in step (a) to produce a new recombinant antibody; and c) screening the recombinant antibody produced in step (b) and selecting said antibody if it has improved affinity for the selected antigen compared to any one of the antibodies obtained in step (a). |
| US09394355B2 |
Fibroin-derived protein composition
The invention provides a protein composition derived from silk fibroin, which composition possesses enhanced solubility and stability in aqueous solutions. The primary amino acid sequence of native fibroin is modified in the SDP such that cysteine disulfide bonds between the fibroin heavy and fibroin light protein chains are reduced or eliminated. Additionally, the composition can have a serine content that is reduced by greater than 40% compared to native fibroin protein, and the average molecular weight of the SDP is less than about 100 kDa. |
| US09394353B2 |
Method for improving the stability of purified factor VIII after reconstitution
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the stability of a Factor VIII molecule after purification, lyophilization and reconstitution, comprising preventing proteolytic cleavage of the Factor VIII molecule into a first fragment comprising essentially the A1 domain and the A2 domain and a second fragment comprising essentially the A3 domain, the C1 domain and the C2 domain throughout manufacturing of the Factor VIII molecule. The invention further pertains to a method for improving the bioavailability of Factor VIII after intravenous and non-intravenous injection. |
| US09394352B2 |
Immunogenic POTE peptides and methods of use
POTE has recently been identified as a tumor antigen expressed in a variety of human cancers, including colon, ovarian, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer. Described herein are immunogenic POTE polypeptides, including modified POTE polypeptides, that bind MHC class I molecules. The immunogenic POTE polypeptides are capable of inducing an immune response against POTE-expressing tumor cells. Thus, provided herein is a method of eliciting an immune response in a subject, such as a subject having a type of cancer that expresses POTE. |
| US09394350B2 |
HLA-A2 tumor associated antigen peptides and compositions
A peptide or composition comprising at least one HLA-A2 epitope or analog from CEA, HER2/neu, MAGE2, MAGE3, or p53. |
| US09394349B2 |
Modification and compositions of human secretoglobin proteins
Novel compositions of recombinant human CC10 protein have been generated by chemically modifying the pure protein in vitro. Several new synthetic preparations containing isoforms of chemically modified CC10 have been generated by processes that utilize reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species. These preparations contain novel isoforms of CC10 which have been characterized with enhanced or altered biological properties compared to the unmodified protein. Preparations containing novel isoforms may be used as standards to identify and characterize naturally occurring isoforms of native CC10 protein from blood or urine and ultimately to measure new CC10-based biomarkers to assess patient disease status. These preparations may also be used to treat respiratory, autoimmune, inflammatory, and other medical conditions that are not effectively treated with the unmodified protein. |
| US09394346B2 |
Method for producing an amino acid using a bacterium overexpressing an rhtC gene
The present invention describes a bacterium which has an ability to produce an amino acid and in which the rhtC gene encoding a protein having an enhanced activity of imparting L-threonine resistance to a bacterium expressing the protein. Preferably, the bacterium further includes an rhtB gene encoding for a protein having an enhanced activity of imparting to a bacterium L-homoserine resistance expressing the protein. The present invention also describes a method of cultivating the bacterium in a culture medium to produce and accumulate amino acids in the medium, and the amino acid is recovered from the medium. |
| US09394345B2 |
PHI-4 polypeptides and methods for their use
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The insecticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing lepidopteran, coleopteran, dipteran, fungal, hemipteran, and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity. |
| US09394340B2 |
Purification process for lipopeptides
The present invention provides simple, cost effective, rapid, and scalable at industrial scale and provide high purity and yield of Echinocandin-type compounds at low cost as compared to prior art. Moreover the process allows for the removal of impurities by using economical salt-adsorbent complex and provide highly purified Echinocandin type compounds which is highly improved in terms of purity and sufficient for further processing to obtain an active pharmaceutical ingredient such as, the antifungals caspogungin, anidulafungin, and micafungin. |
| US09394333B2 |
Method for the synthesis of phosphorus atom modified nucleic acids
Described herein are methods of syntheses of phosphorous atom-modified nucleic acids comprising chiral X-phosphonate moieties. The methods described herein provide backbone-modified nucleic acids in high diasteteomeric purity via an asymmetric reaction of an achiral molecule comprising a chemically stable H-phophonate moiety with a nucleoside/nucleotide. |
| US09394331B2 |
2′-spiro-nucleosides and derivatives thereof useful for treating hepatitis C virus and dengue virus infections
Disclosed herein are 2′-spiro-nucleosides and derivatives thereof useful for treating a subject infected by hepatitis C virus or dengue virus. |
| US09394329B2 |
Glucopyranosyl derivatives and their uses in medicine
Disclosed are glucopyranosyl derivatives used as sodium dependent glucose cotransporters (SGLTs) inhibitors, intermediates or preparation processes thereof, and pharmaceutical uses thereof, especially glucopyranosyl derivatives represented by Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or all stereoisomers thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing these derivatives and their uses for treatment of diabetes and diabetes-related diseases. |
| US09394325B2 |
Enantiopure base-metal catalysts for asymmetric catalysis and bis(imino)pyridine iron alkyl complexes for catalysis
A transition metal-containing compound having a tridentate chiral ligand bound to iron, cobalt, or nickel. The tridentate ligands are bound to the metal via nitrogen, phosphorus, and/or arsenic atoms. The tridentate ligand has a chiral group bound at least one of the nitrogen, phosphorus, and arsenic atoms, and a blocking group may be bound to another one of the nitrogen, phosphorus, and arsenic atoms. The transition metal-containing compound is useful for the catalyzing the asymmetric hydrogenation of olefins. |
| US09394323B2 |
Antisense antiviral compound and method for treating influenza viral infection
The present invention relates to antisense antiviral compounds and methods of their use and production in inhibition of growth of viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae family and in the treatment of a viral infection. The compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of influenza virus infection in a mammal. Exemplary antisense antiviral compounds are substantially uncharged, or partially positively charged, morpholino oligonucleotides having 1) a nuclease resistant backbone, 2) 12-40 nucleotide bases, and 3) a targeting sequence of at least 12 bases in length that hybridizes to a target region selected from the following: a) the 5′ or 3′ terminal 25 bases of the negative sense viral RNA segment of Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus B and Influenzavirus C; b) the terminal 30 bases of the 5′ or 3′ terminus of the positive sense vcRNA; c) the 45 bases surrounding the AUG start codon of an influenza viral mRNA and; d) 50 bases surrounding the splice donor or acceptor sites of influenza mRNAs subject to alternative splicing. |
| US09394321B2 |
Modifying agent, method for producing modified conjugated diene polymer using modifying agent, and modified conjugated diene polymer
Provided are a modifying agent obtained by subjecting a silicon-containing compound having a protected primary amino group and at least two hydrolyzable groups to complete condensation, a method of producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer obtained by the production method, a rubber composition using the polymer, and a pneumatic tire. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer has excellent low heat generating property and abrasion resistance, and the rubber composition is obtained by using the modified conjugated diene-based polymer and the pneumatic tire is obtained by using the rubber composition. |
| US09394310B2 |
Carbocycle-substituted purine and 7-deazapurine compounds
The present invention relates to carbocycle-substituted purine and 7-deazapurine compounds of Formula (I). The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating disorders in which DOT1-mediated protein methylation plays a part, such as cancer and neurological disorders, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. |
| US09394308B2 |
Inhibiting the transient receptor potential A1 ion channel
This disclosure describes novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting the TRPA1 ion channel and/or medical conditions related to TRPA1, such as pain and respiratory conditions. |
| US09394305B2 |
Substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine compounds as tropomyosin receptor kinase a (TrkA) inhibitors
The present application relates to a series of substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates or stereoisomers thereof, their use as tropomyosin receptor kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, method of making and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. |
| US09394303B2 |
Small molecule inhibitors of MCL-1 and uses thereof
This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having pyrazolopyridine structure which function as inhibitors of Mcl-1 protein, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. |
| US09394301B2 |
[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine compounds and their use
The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain triazolo compounds (referred to herein as TAZ compounds), and especially certain [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine compounds, which, inter alia, inhibit AXL receptor tyrosine kinase function. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit AXL receptor tyrosine kinase function, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by AXL receptor tyrosine kinase, that are ameliorated by the inhibition of AXL receptor tyrosine kinase function, etc., including proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc. |
| US09394300B2 |
Quinolone derivatives
The present invention relates to novel compounds of the general formula (I), their tautomeric forms, their stereoisomers, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their preparation, use of these compounds in medicine and the intermediates involved in their preparation. |
| US09394283B2 |
Salt form of a human histone methyltransferase EZH2 inhibitor
Provided herein is N-((4,6-dimethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)methyl)-5-(ethyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)amino)-4-methyl-4′-(morpholinomethyl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-carboxamide hydrobromide. Also provided herein is a particular polymorph form of this compound. |
| US09394281B2 |
Substituted heteroaryl compounds and methods of use
The present invention provides novel heteroaryl compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof useful in preventing, treating or lessening the severity of a protein kinase-mediated disease. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of protein kinase-mediated disease. |
| US09394276B2 |
Substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2,6-naphthyridines 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. |
| US09394275B2 |
Diamide compounds having muscarinic receptor antagonist and BETA2 adrenergic receptor agonist activity
This invention relates to a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Such compounds possess both muscarinic receptor antagonist and β2 adrenergic receptor agonist activities. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds as bronchodilating agents to treat pulmonary disorders. |
| US09394269B2 |
Process-scale synthesis of urolithins
Disclosed is a method of preparing a urolithin, or an intermediate or analog thereof, having a dibenzo[b,d]pyran-6-one core. The method is especially advantageous for the large-scale preparation of urolithins or intermediates or analogs thereof. The method may optionally include the preparation of a urolithin, or an intermediate or analog thereof, as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. |
| US09394268B2 |
(E)-1-(5-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromen-8-yl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one and analogs thereof, as well as preparation method and use thereof
The present invention relates to millepachine ((E)-1-(5-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromen-8-yl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one) and its analogs. The present invention provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions including these compounds. |
| US09394265B2 |
Method for producing alkyldiol monoglycidyl ether
A production method by which an alkyldiol monoglycidyl ether can be efficiently produced without requiring a complex purification step is provided. A method for producing an alkyldiol monoglycidyl ether, including a step of reacting a vinyl ether-containing alcohol with an epihalohydrin to form a vinyl ether-containing glycidyl ether, conducting a devinylation reaction in the presence of an acid catalyst and water, and further conducting an acetal decomposition reaction by adding an acid aqueous solution. |
| US09394264B2 |
Sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor modulators and methods of chiral synthesis
Compounds that selectively modulate the sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor are provided including compounds which modulate subtype 1 of the S1P receptor. Methods of chiral synthesis of such compounds are provided. Uses, methods of treatment or prevention and methods of preparing inventive compositions including inventive compounds are provided in connection with the treatment or prevention of diseases, malconditions, and disorders for which modulation of the sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor is medically indicated. |
| US09394262B2 |
Method of separating carbon nanotubes
Provided is a method of separating carbon nanotubes, the method comprising: forming first carbon nanotubes having a first functional group, forming a substrate having a second functional group, and causing the first carbon nanotubes to adhere to the substrate by a click chemistry reaction between the first functional group and the second functional group. |
| US09394261B2 |
Aryl amine substituted pyrimidine and quinazoline and their use as anticancer drugs
A series of mono- and di-substituted quinazoline and pyrimidine derivatives based on the skeleton of erlotinib (an EGFR inhibitor) were synthesized and their bioactivities against hepatocellular carcinoma and human lung adenocarcinoma were evaluated. |
| US09394253B2 |
Kinase protein binding inhibitors
The invention relates to protein binding inhibitor compounds and methods of identifying and using them. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative disorders, especially cancer. |
| US09394247B2 |
Method for preparing a sulfonimide compound and salts thereof
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an aqueous sulfonimide compound of the formula (Rf1—SO2)(Rf2—SO2)NH, wherein Rf1 and Rf2 are independently selected from the group comprising: a fluorine atom and groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms selected from the perfluoroalkyl, fluoroalkyl, fluoroalkenyl and fluoroallyl groups, from a mixture M1 including (Rf1—SO2)(Rf2—SO2)NH, Rf1SO2H and/or Rf2SO2H, Rf1SO2NH2 and/or Rf2SO2NH2, characterized in that said method includes an oxidation step of said mixture M1 using an oxidizing agent in order to obtain a mixture M2 including (Rf1—SO2)(Rf2—SO2)NH, Rf1SO3H and/or Rf2SO3H and Rf1SO2NH2and/or Rf2SO2NH2. |
| US09394244B2 |
Ethylenically unsaturated oligomers
Disclosed are functional polyallophanate oligomers comprising ethylenically unsaturated groups and polymer stabilizer groups selected from hindered amine light stabilizers, ultraviolet light absorbers, antioxidants and dihydrocarbylhydroxylamines. The ethylenically unsaturated groups and the polymer stabilizer groups are bound to the polyallophanate oligomers through allophanate and/or carbamate groups. The polyallophanate oligomers are useful in curable coatings, inks and varnishes. The present polyallophanate oligomers are derived from a) organic polyisocyanates, b) compounds containing at least one isocyanate reactive group and at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and c) polymer stabilizers containing at least one isocyanate reactive group. |
| US09394239B2 |
Biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid modulators of beta-3-adrenoreceptor
The present invention relates to new biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid modulators of beta-3-adrenoceptor activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof. |
| US09394238B2 |
Process for the production of carnitine from β-lactones
The invention relates to a method for the production of L-carnitine, wherein a β-lactone, which is a 4-(halomethyl)oxetane-2-one, is converted into carnitine with trimethylamine (TMA), wherein the β-lactone is not subjected to a basic hydrolysis step before being contacted with the trimethylamine. The invention also relates to a carnitine having a unique impurity profile. |
| US09394237B2 |
β-substituted β-amino acids and analogs as chemotherapeutic agents
β-Substituted β-amino acids, β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives, and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs and (bio)isosteres and their use as chemotherapeutic agents are disclosed. The β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs and (bio)isosteres are selective LAT1/4F2hc substrates and exhibit rapid uptake and retention in tumors expressing the LAT1/4F2hc transporter. Methods of synthesizing the β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs and methods of using the compounds for treating cancer are also disclosed. The β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs exhibit selective uptake in tumor cells expressing the LAT1/4F2hc transporter and accumulate in cancerous cells when administered to a subject in vivo. The β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs and (bio)isosteres exhibit cytotoxicity toward several tumor types. |
| US09394233B2 |
ROS-activated compounds as selective anti-cancer therapeutics
Provided are compounds according to the following Formula I: The Formula I compounds are activated in the presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and are therefore selective anti-cancer therapeutics for cancers associated with elevated ROS. Also provided are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating cancers associated with increased ROS. |
| US09394232B2 |
Cost effective method of producing triarylamine compounds having two alkly alcohols
The present invention provides a simple, cost effective and time saving one step method for synthesizing triarylamines comprising two alkyl alcohol without the need for the protection and the deprotection steps. More particularly, the invention provides an improved method of producing triarylamine compounds having two alkyl alcohol groups by reaction of a primary arylamine (aniline) with a halogenated aryl alkyl alcohol. The reaction proceeds in one step, whereby a primary arylamine is reacted with two equivalents of a halogenated aryl alkyl alcohol in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium, ligand, solvent and base. |
| US09394231B2 |
Composition for forming antistatic film and oligomer compound
A composition for forming an antistatic film, includes: an oligomer compound of Formula (1A): (where R1 is a hydrogen atom or a group of Formula (2), each of R2 and R3 is independently a hydrogen atom, a group of Formula (3), or a group of Formula (4), at least one of the plurality of Rs is a sulfo group, a and b are positive integers satisfying 2≦(a+b)≦6; and each of a plurality of xs is independently an integer from 0 to 4): (where n is an integer satisfying 1≦n<(a+b+4); a, b, a plurality of Rs, and x are the same as those in Formula (1A); and each of a plurality of ys is independently an integer from 0 to 5); and water. |
| US09394228B2 |
Methods of treatment using lipid compounds
Methods are disclosed to treat or prevent at least one disease or condition in a subject in need thereof comprising administering a compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or ester thereof,wherein R1 and R2 are independently chosen from a hydrogen atom or linear, branched, and/or cyclic C1-C6 alkyl groups, with the proviso that R1 and R2 are not both hydrogen or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof. Such diseases or conditions may relate to coronary heart disease (CHD), for example atherosclerosis; metabolic syndrome/insulin resistance; and/or a dyslipidemic condition such as hypertriglyceridemia (HTG), elevated LDL-cholesterol, elevated total-cholesterol, elevated Apo B and low HDL-cholesterol.The present disclosure further provides for a method of reducing atherosclerosis development. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) are also disclosed. |
| US09394224B2 |
Transesterification process
A transesterification process produces a (meth)acrylate ester product from a mixture comprising an alkyl(meth)acrylate reactant, an alcohol reactant, a catalyst, and a polymerization inhibitor, wherein the water content in the reaction zone at the start of the transesterification step is from 0.2 to 1.1 weight percent, based on the weight of the materials in the reaction zone. The mixture is subjected to reaction conditions sufficient to produce a product (meth)acrylate and a product alcohol, which are different than the reactants. |
| US09394223B2 |
Oxidation process for preparing purified aromatic carboxylic acids
A process including: (a) contacting an aqueous solution including a crude aromatic carboxylic acid with an oxygen source in the presence of an oxidation catalyst including at least one of Ru, Au, Pt, Ir or V, and oxides, alloys, salts and mixtures thereof; and (b) purifying the product of step (a) to form a purified aromatic carboxylic acid. |