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US09469734B2	Fast dissolving polyimide powders Polyetherimide particles or powders with a high surface area and high porosity can be prepared by precipitation of polymer solution in hot water or steam without the use of any additives. The particles or powders produced rapidly dissolved in organic solvents as well as epoxy matrices.
US09469732B2	Method for producing low-halogen polybiphenylsulfone polymers The present invention relates to a process for the production of low-halogen-content polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to the resultant polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, to polybiphenyl sulfone polymers having less than 400 ppm content of polymer-bonded halogen, to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising these polybiphenyl sulfone polymers, and to their use for the production of moldings, of fibers, of films, of membranes, or of foams.
US09469729B2	Triazine ring-containing polymer and film-forming composition containing same A polymer containing a repeating unit structure having a triazine ring such as, for example, that which is represented by formula (25): can exhibit alone high heat resistance, high transparency, high refractive index, high solubility and low volume shrinkage; and can be used as a component in a film-forming composition as appropriate.
US09469726B2	Water soluble polycarbonates for medical applications Water soluble biodegradable polymers were prepared by an organoacid catalyzed ring opening polymerization (ROP) of a cyclic carbonate monomer bearing an active ester side chain. The initial polymer comprising an active ester side chain was treated with an amino-alcohol, which transformed the active ester groups to N-substituted amide groups bearing mono-hydroxy alkyl groups and/or dihydroxy alkyl groups, thereby forming the water soluble polymers. The water-soluble polymers are non-toxic and exhibit stealth properties in buffered serum solution.
US09469725B2	Ultraviolet radiation absorbing polymers The present invention includes an ultraviolet radiation absorbing polymer composition that includes polymers containing a UV-chromophore, as described in the specification and as claimed the reaction product of a monoglyceride and a poly-acid monomer containing a UV-chromophore.
US09469722B2	Metal cyanide complex catalyst and its preparation and application A metal cyanide complex catalyst and its preparation and application are disclosed. The formula of this catalyst is M1a[M2(CN)bL1c]d(X)m(L2)n.xSu.yL3.zH2O and its preparation method comprises: (A) adjusting pH of a mixed solution I′ of L3, M3e[M2(CN)bL1c]f, de-ionized water I, alcohol and/or ether solvent to less than 7.0, and adding it into a mixed solution II′ of M1(X)g salt, Su or Su precursor, de-ionized water II, stirring for reaction under 20° C.-120° C. for 0.5-200 hours, separating and drying to obtain a solid product; and (B) repeatedly dispersing the solid into an anhydrous organic solvent containing L2 to form a slurry, distilling, separating and drying to obtain the metal cyanide complex catalyst. The catalyst is useful in preparing polyethers, polycarbonates and polyesters by homopolymerization of epoxides, or copolymerization of epoxides with carbon dioxide or anhydrides.
US09469717B2	Highly fluorescent markers for fluids or articles The present invention provides highly fluorescent markers, made from a reactive polymer and an isocyanate, that fluoresce in the ultraviolet or near infrared region without being visible to the human eye at low concentrations in the fluid or article being marked. The molecular weight and fluorescence emission wavelength of these highly fluorescent marker compounds can be adjusted to provide a multitude of markers with unique fluorescence signatures.
US09469713B2	Ampholytic ter-polymers for use in personal care compositions Novel ampholytic ter-polymers comprising at least an ethylenically unsaturated cationic monomer, a monomer containing a carboxylic acid or sulfonic acid group and diallyamine or derivative are claimed. Further, the ter-polymers may be used in personal care or personal washing compositions optionally in the presence of conditioning agents such as silicone, fatty amines, fatty amine oxides and fatty quaternaries and/or various benefit agents. The ter-polymer compositions are especially useful in the treatment of keratin-containing substrates. Keratin substrates include, but are not limited to, animal and human hair, skin and nails.
US09469707B2	Pressure management for slurry polymerization Processes and systems for the production for pressure management of a polymerization product flowing from a loop polymerization reactor to a separation vessel in a slurry polymerization system are disclosed herein. For example, a process comprises withdrawing a polymerization product slurry from a loop polymerization reactor, conveying the polymerization product slurry through a first line comprising a continuous take-off valve to yield a mixture comprising a vapor phase, wherein the mixture exits the continuous take-off valve, and conveying the mixture through a second line comprising a flashline heater so that the mixture has a Froude number in a range from about 5 to about 100.
US09469703B2	Process for the gas-phase polymerization of olefins A process and apparatus for producing olefin polymers are disclosed, comprising:a. polymerizing one or more olefins in the gas phase, in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst, whereby growing polymer particles flow along a cylindrically-shaped downward path in densified form under the action of gravity so as to form a densified bed of downward-flowing polymer particles b. allowing said polymer particles to flow through a restriction of the densified bed, such restriction being positioned in a restriction zone extending from the bed upward to a distance of 15% of the total height of the densified bed; and c. metering an antistatic agent through a feed line connected to the densified bed at a feed point being located in a feed zone extending from the top of the restriction upward, to a distance five times the diameter of the section of the densified bed above the restriction.
US09469700B2	Polymerisation process and catalyst A process for the polymerization of at least one olefin comprising reacting said at least one olefin with a catalyst comprising: (i) a metallocene complex said metallocene comprising at least two cyclopentadienyl type ligands; (ii) a boron cocatalyst; and (iii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst; said catalyst being in solid form, preferably in solid particulate form, and being free from an external carrier.
US09469699B2	Catalysts An asymmetric complex of formula (I) wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R′2C—, —R′2C—CR′2—, —R′2Si—, —R′2Si—SiR′2—, —R′2Ge—, wherein each R′ is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-C20-alkyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl; R2 and R2′ are each independently a C1-C20 hydrocarbyl radical; R5′ is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; R5 is hydrogen, or a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group; R6 is a non tertiary C1-10 alkyl group or C6-10-aryl group or C7-10 arylalkyl group or ZR3; R6′ is a tertiary C4-20 alkyl group; Z is O or S; R3 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted with halo; Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group having up to 20 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more groups R1; Ar′ is an aryl or heteroaryl group having up to 20 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more groups R1; each R1 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group or two R1 groups on adjacent carbon atoms taken together can form a fused 5 or 6 membered ring with the Ar group, said ring being itself optionally substituted with one or more groups R4; and each R4 is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group.
US09469695B2	Method to product microcellulose The present invention relates to a process for producing microcellulose comprising hydrolyzing fibrous cellulosic material with an acid at an elevated temperature or acidifying fibrous cellulosic material followed by washing and hydrolyzing the washed cellulosic material at an elevated temperature to produce a microcellulose-hydrolysate mixture followed by separation of the microcellulose from the hydrolysate, wherein the mixture or separated hydrolysate or microcellulose is optionally neutralized, and wherein the microcellulose production is integrated to production of a pulp mill such that at least part of chemicals used in the acidification, acid hydrolysis and/or neutralization is produced by an integrated chemical recovery process of the pulp mill.
US09469694B2	Preparation method of acetylated cellulose ether, and acetylated cellulose ether prepared thereby Disclosed are a method of preparing acetylated cellulose ether, and acetylated cellulose ether prepared thereby. Here, the disclosed method of preparing the acetylated cellulose ether includes dissolving acetylated cellulose ether in an organic solvent to obtain a mixture comprising a solution of the acetylated cellulose ether; removing an insoluble component that is insoluble in the organic solvent from the mixture; and adding the mixture to water to precipitate the acetylated cellulose ether. The acetylated cellulose ether prepared thereby has a turbidity of less than 40 formazin turbidity units (FTU).
US09469692B2	HER2/neu-specific antibodies and methods of using same This invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind HER2/neu, and particularly chimeric 4D5 antibodies to HER2/neu, which have reduced glycosylation as compared to known 4D5 antibodies. The invention also relates to methods of using the 4D5 antibodies and compositions comprising them in the diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders, and infectious disease.
US09469686B2	Anti-GP73 monoclonal antibodies and methods of obtaining the same Disclosed herein are antibodies and methods of using said antibodies to detect Golgi protein 73 (GP73) and fucosylated GP73 in a sample.
US09469685B2	Antibodies directed against influenza Antibodies or antibody fragments, wherein the antibody or the fragment binds HA domain of influenza virus (e.g. H1N1, H5N1, or both). Also described are cloned human antibodies that bind influenza.
US09469684B2	Therapeutic and diagnostic cloned MHC-unrestricted receptor specific for the MUC1 tumor associated antigen The invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding a receptor, other than an immunoglobulin, wherein the receptor binds to a MUC1 tumor antigen independently of an major histocompatibility complex (MHC). The invention provides a method of activating a signaling pathway and/or killing a cancer cell using a receptor that is similar to or is a T cell receptor.
US09469683B2	Lysosomal targeting peptides and uses thereof The present invention provides further improved compositions and methods for efficient lysosomal targeting based on the GILT technology. Among other things, the present invention provides methods and compositions for targeting lysosomal enzymes to lysosomes using furin-resistant lysosomal targeting peptides. The present invention also provides methods and compositions for targeting lysosomal enzymes to lysosomes using a lysosomal targeting peptide that has reduced or diminished binding affinity for the insulin receptor.
US09469682B2	Methods of treatment using natriuretic polypeptides This document provides aquaretic and natriuretic polypeptides. For example, this document provides polypeptides having aquaretic and/or natriuretic activities. In some cases, a polypeptide provided herein can have aquaretic and natriuretic activities, while lacking the ability to lower blood pressure. This document also provides methods and materials for inducing aquaretic and/or natriuretic activities within a mammal.
US09469680B2	Fibroblast growth factor mutants having improved functional half-life and methods of their use Mutant fibroblast growth factor (FGF) proteins having a polypeptide sequence with a high sequence identity to proteins encoded by members of the Fgf-1 subfamily of genes from a mammalian species, such as human, and with a specific amino acid substitution of an alanine at a position corresponding to amino acid position 66 of human FGF-1 with a cysteine and/or a specific amino acid substitution of a phenylalanine at a position corresponding to amino acid position 132 of human FGF-1 with a tryptophan (based on the 140 amino acid numbering scheme of human FGF-1) are provided. Other amino acid mutations or substitutions may be combined. Polynucleotide sequences encoding the mutant FGF proteins and host cells containing such polynucleotide sequences are provided. Methods of administering a mutant FGF protein to an individual to treat an ischemic condition or disease or a wound or tissue injury are also provided.
US09469669B2	Isoxazolidine derivatives Glucocorticosteroids that are derivatives of isoxazolidine are useful as anti-inflammatory and antiallergic compounds of the glucocorticosteroid series.
US09469667B2	Metal complexes The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
US09469666B2	Preparation of bleaching catalysts The present invention concerns synthesizing manganese complexes in essentially non-aqueous solutions.
US09469665B2	Compound having lysophosphatidylserine receptor function modulation activity The object of the present invention is to provide a compound having a lysophosphatidylserine receptor function modulation activity or a salt thereof.A compound having a lysophosphatidylserine receptor function modulation activity or a salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition or a lysophosphatidylserine receptor function moderator containing such compound or salt is provided by the present invention.
US09469663B2	Optically compensated acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device containing the same The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device, using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having optimal stress releasing property which comprises an optically compensated acrylic copolymer (A) containing a cross-linkable functional group, an optically compensated acrylic copolymer (B) containing no cross-linkable functional group, and a multi-functional cross-linking agent (C). A polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device comprising the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition meets with major properties such as adhesion endurance reliability, with effectively providing optical compensation effect and stress release effect, and has an effect of improving a light leakage phenomenon.
US09469661B2	Hydroxyl group-containing methylstyrene and polymers incorporating same Vulcanizates with desirable properties can be obtained from compounds incorporating polymers that include hydroxyl group-containing α-methylstyrene functionalities. The functionalities can be incorporated by using any or all of appropriate initiators, monomers and optional terminating compounds. Such polymers exhibit excellent interactivity with both conventional and non-conventional fillers.
US09469660B2	Sulfur scavenging materials comprising hexahydrotriazine-modified particle Materials which react with (“scavenge”) sulfur compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans, are useful for limiting sulfur-induced corrosion. Surface-modified particles incorporating a hexahydrotriazine moiety are disclosed and used as sulfur scavengers. These surface-modified particles are used a filter media in fixed filter systems and as additives to fluids including sulfur compounds. The hexahydrotriazine moiety can react with sulfur compounds in such a manner as to bind sulfur atoms to the surface-modified particles, thus allowing removal of the sulfur atoms from fluids such as crude oil, natural gas, hydrocarbon combustion exhaust gases, sulfur polluted air and water. The surface-modified particles may, in general, be sized to allow separation of the particles from the process fluid by sedimentation, size-exclusion filtration or the like.
US09469658B2	Lanthanide complex catalyst and polymerization method employing same A novel class of lanthanide metal salen complexes can be used as an ingredient of a catalyst system. The catalyst system can be used in polymerizations of ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers.
US09469655B2	Methods for the acylation of maytansinol Disclosed is a method of preparing an amino acid ester of maytansinol by reacting maytansinol with an N-carboxyanhydride of an amino acid (NCA) in the presence of a drying agent. Also disclosed is an improved method of preparing an amino acid ester of maytansinol in which a nucleophile is added to the reaction mixture after completion of the reaction between maytansinol and an N-carboxyanhydride of an amino acid.
US09469651B2	Halichondrin B analogs The invention includes halichondrin B analogs having pharmaceutical activity; in some cases, crystalline forms thereof, and in some cases, halichondrin B analogs having a further utility as synthetic intermediates.
US09469650B2	Melampomagnolide B derivatives The present disclosure provides derivatives of melampomagnolide B (MMB), including carbonates, carbamates, and thiocarbamates. The derivatives may be synthesized via an MMB triazole intermediate. These derivatives are useful for treating cancer in humans.
US09469648B2	Reversal of drug-induced neuromuscular block using novel molecular containers Provided are methods for reversing the effects of agents used for muscular immobilization and/or loss of consciousness and/or loss of pain perception. The method comprises administering a composition comprising acyclic CB[n]-type compounds to an individual in need of reversal of the effects of neuromuscular blocking agents and/or anesthetic agents such that the effects of the agent(s) are partially fully reversed.
US09469646B2	Modulators of methyl modifying enzymes, compositions and uses thereof Agents for modulating methyl modifying enzymes, compositions and uses thereof are provided herein.
US09469640B2	Compounds and methods for kinase modulation, and indications therefor Compounds active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.
US09469639B2	Naphthylurea derivatives and medical applications thereof The present invention relates to naphthylurea derivatives. Such substances can significantly inhibit VEGFR2 and PDGFR-β receptor tyrosine kinase phosphorylation at nanomolar concentration levels. It is a novel type of tyrosine kinase inhibitors which can be used in the treatment of tyrosine kinase-mediated diseases or symptoms such as malignancies and ocular diseases accompanied with pathologic neovascularization.
US09469637B2	Nitrogenated heterocyclic compound The present invention provides a compound having a PDE2A selective inhibitory action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and the like.The present invention is a compound represented by the formula (1): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US09469635B2	Stable SNS-595 compositions and methods of preparation Methods of preparing substantially pure SNS-595 substance are disclosed. Also provided are compositions comprising SNS-595 substance that are substantially pure and essentially free of visible particles.
US09469634B2	Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors Compounds of Formula I: are HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, wherein R1, R2, RE, L, M and Z are defined herein. The compounds of Formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, the prophylaxis and treatment of infection by HIV and in the prophylaxis, delay in the onset or progression, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.
US09469633B2	Processes for the preparation of pyrrolidine intermediates The present invention relates to processes for the enantio-selective preparation of spyrrolidine derivatives useful in the manufacture of pesticidally active compounds, as well as to intermediates in the processes. The processes include those comprising(a-i) reacting a compound of formula Ia wherein P is alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, each optionally substituted, wherein the heteroaryl is connected at P via a ring carbon atom; R1 is chlorodifluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl; R2 is aryl or heteroaryl, each optionally substituted; with a source of cyanide in the presence a chiral catalyst to give a compound of formula IIa wherein P, R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula Ia; and (a-ii) oxidizing the compound of formula IIa with a peroxy acid, or peroxide in the presence of an acid to give a compound of formula VI wherein R1 and R2 are as defined for the compound of formula Ia.
US09469632B2	6-substituted-3H-1,3-benzothiazol-2-one compounds as TARP-gamma 8 dependent AMPA receptor antagonists A TARP γ8 dependant AMPA receptor antagonist of the formula: wherein X is CH or N; A is and R1 is as defined herein; its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, uses, and methods for its preparation are described.
US09469631B2	N-cyclopropyl-N-piperidinyl-amides, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and uses thereof The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I), wherein R1, LP, LQ, (Het)Ar, m and n are as defined in the application, which have valuable pharmacological properties, and in particular bind to the GPR1 19 receptor and modulate its activity.
US09469629B2	NK1 antagonists A compound having the general structure shown in Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
US09469627B2	Phenyloxadiazole derivatives as PGDS inhibitors This invention is directed to a compound of formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, intermediates and processes for making said compounds, and the use of the compound to treat allergic and/or inflammatory disorders, particularly disorders such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
US09469619B2	Method of preparing furfural compounds Provided is a two-step method of producing a compound of chemical formula 1 in the presence of an alcohol solvent and a Group 3B metal catalyst or a salt thereof, comprising a first step comprising alkylation or isomerization of an aldohexose-containing substrate to obtain an intermediate, and a second step comprising dehydration of the intermediate to produce a compound of chemical formula 1. Preferably, additional solvent and/or catalyst are not added in the second step.
US09469617B2	Molecules having certain pesticidal utilities, and intermediates, compositions, and processes related thereto This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Nematoda, Arthropoda, and/or Mollusca, processes to produce such molecules and intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules against such pests. These molecules may be used, for example, as nematicides, acaricides, insecticides, miticides, and/or molluscicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).
US09469615B2	Quinoxalines and AZA-quinoxalines as CRTH2 receptor modulators The invention provides certain quinoxalines and aza-quinoxalines of the Formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein J1, J2, R1, R2, R3, R22, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, X, Y, b, n, and q are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions associated with uncontrolled or inappropriate stimulation of CRTH2 function.
US09469610B2	β-lactam compounds Novel methods for the production of enantiomerically pure (EP) β-lactams by decomposition of α-diazo-β-ketoamides.
US09469603B2	Reaction product of hydrazine derivatives and carbon dioxide The present invention relates to the synthesis of a novel compound, in which liquid hydrazine and the derivatives thereof react with excess carbon dioxide to enable the carbon dioxide to chemically bond to the hydrazine and the derivatives thereof. To this end, high-pressure carbon dioxide is used to synthesize hydrazine and the derivatives thereof to which the carbon dioxide is bonded in a pure form with no water and no by-product. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for utilizing the above-described compounds by reacting the compounds with carbonyl compounds.
US09469602B2	Redox-auxiliary catalysis Disclosed herein is a method of activating a compound for a chemical reaction comprising functionalizing a compound with a redox auxiliary group and oxidizing the redox auxiliary group that is bonded to the compound, thereby activating the compound, wherein the activated compound undergoes a chemical reaction to form a product and the oxidation of the redox auxiliary group is reversible. Methods of making and using these materials are also disclosed.
US09469596B2	Method for removing quaternary salt The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently removing a quaternary salt from an organic solvent. The present invention relates to a method for removing a quaternary salt, the method including: contacting a solution of a quaternary salt in an organic solvent with an aqueous solution containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of (a1) compounds having one or more anionic functional groups and (a2) polymers having at least one member selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group and sulfonic acid group, thereby removing the quaternary salt from the organic solvent.
US09469595B1	Reductive amination of nitriles using transfer hydrogenation This disclosure describes a low temperature process for the preparation of tertiary amines from nitriles and secondary amines via reductive amination using transfer hydrogenation. The process can use a nitrile and a dialkylamine and proceeds under surprisingly mild conditions using a palladium catalyst and the corresponding dialkylammonium formate as the hydrogen donor, and show a pronounced acceleration in the presence of water.
US09469592B2	Radically curable compound, method for producing radically curable compound, radically curable composition, cured product of the same, and resist-material composition Provided is a positive photoresist composition excellent in terms of heat resistance. A radically curable compound is represented by a general formula (1) below (where R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; m and n each independently represent an integer of 1 to 4; p represents an integer of 0 to 4; X, Y, and Z each independently represent an acryloyloxy group, a methacryloyloxy group, or a hydroxy group, and at least one of X, Y, and Z represents an acryloyloxy group or a methacryloyloxy group; and t represents 1 or 2).
US09469586B2	Production of partially refined waste glycerol The disclosure relates to a novel glycerol purification process that produces partially refined waste glycerol for a variety of industrial applications. The disclosure encompasses a salt-containing partially refined glycerol composition that is suitable as a fermentation grade glycerol.
US09469581B2	Catalytic refining of terpenes of pulp origin Biobased p-cymene and methods of producing same, which can further be converted to terephtalate. Further, a method is described for converting crude sulfate turpentine recovered from chemical wood pulping into p-cymene and eventually to terephtalic acid of biological origin, and products thereof respectively. In said method, both conversion and desulfurization is realized in one reaction step. The disclosure is also related to use of zeolite catalysts in said method.
US09469578B2	Energy efficient processes for xylenes production The invention is directed to a process to produce para-xylene and, optionally, ortho-xylene, including coupling two in-series xylenes separation systems with two parallel isomerization systems for energy savings and/or productivity increases.
US09469576B2	Alkylation of benzene with a hydrocarbon gas Methods of forming ethylbenzene are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes contacting dilute ethylene with benzene in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to form ethylbenzene, wherein such contact occurs in a reaction zone containing a gaseous phase and recovering ethylbenzene from the reaction zone.
US09469572B2	Refractory metal boride ceramics and methods of making thereof A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising a metal component, boron, and an organic component. The metal component is nanoparticles or particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of decomposing into refractory metal nanoparticles. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of reacting or decomposing into refractory-metal nanoparticles, boron, and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight to form a precursor mixture. A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride that is not in the form of a powder.
US09469570B2	Concrete composition A concrete composition is provided comprising a nonionic water-soluble cellulose ether, water, cement, a fine aggregate, and a coarse aggregate. The nonionic water-soluble cellulose ether has a 2 wt % aqueous solution viscosity of 3-1,000 mPa·s at 20° C. The concrete composition has a static slump/remix slump ratio of at least 0.50.
US09469569B2	Corrosion protected fibre-reinforced cement composition for use in cold temperature conditions The present invention relates to an admixture for a cementitious composition, the cementitious composition comprising said admixture and a method for casting a durable cementitious solid, in particular a concrete, in cold weather conditions, such as in winter time or in cold geographical areas, more in particular for casting part of the cement tube in bore hole drilling in cold weather conditions.
US09469568B2	Composite panel based on cementitious mortar with properties of transparency The present invention relates to a composite panel (10) based on cementitious mortar, passed through its entire thickness by a plurality of through openings (11), each of which is filled with a material transparent to light in the form of a preformed plate (12) housed in said opening (11), or formed in said opening, wherein said cement-based mortar contains at least 30 kg/m 3 of fibers selected from one or more of the following types: metallic fibers, steel fibers, glass fibers, polymeric resin fibers. The invention also relates to methods of production of said panel.
US09469563B2	Product based on mineral fibers and process for obtaining it A thermal insulation product based on mineral wool, characterized in that the fibers have a micronaire of less than 10 l/min, preferably less than 7 l/min and especially between 3 and 6 l/min, the product including infrared absorbent and/or reflective elements, and in that the product has a thermal conductivity of less than 30 mW/m.K.
US09469562B2	Glass substrate with sealing material layer, organic EL device using same, and manufacturing method for electronic device Provided is a glass substrate with a sealing material layer, including a sealing material layer formed by sintering a sealing material, in which: the sealing material includes at least inorganic powder; the inorganic powder includes glass powder and a refractory filler; the content of refractory filler in the inorganic powder is 10 to 35 vol %; and the sealing material layer has a surface roughness Ra of less than 0.5 μm.
US09469557B1	Ozonating water treatment and filtration apparatus An ozonating water treatment and filtration apparatus is provided wherein a groundwater containing contaminates including hydrogen sulfide, ferrous oxide, carbon dioxide, manganese, arsenic, coliform bacteria and other pathogens and compounds, are removed by filtration utilizing a zeolite and pea gravel filter media and by application of an oxidant using low concentrations of ozone. A silent ozone generator and injector feature provides silent operation and no ozone pumping mechanism. The apparatus is self regenerating, low cost, and low maintenance requiring few consumables and minimal user intervention.
US09469556B2	Ballast water treatment system A composition for treating waters, e.g. ballast water or injection water for oil recovery, to kill in-situ aquatic invasive species comprises at least one biocide capable of killing both animal and plant micro-organisms. The at least one biocide preferably comprises Brilliant Green, Gentian Violet, and/or erythrosine, and a wetting agent or detergent-like compound such as CTAB or CTAC. The invention also relates to a system for treating ballast water in situ comprising means for injecting a composition for treating ballast water; means for measuring the flow rate or amount of ballast water to be treated; means for controlling the dosing of the composition; and means for storing or receiving the composition. The invention also relates to a method of detecting viable aquatic organisms in ballast water in situ comprising detecting metabolism in viable micro-organisms in ballast water and, therefore, measuring the efficacy of any treatment.
US09469555B2	Magnetic nanostructures and device implementing same A method and apparatus for selective removal of heavy ions, biological, cations, anions or other elements of interest from liquids using magnetic nanoparticles, and recovery of nanoparticles to be reused in the wastewater purification. For certain embodiments, after water treatment and magnetic separation, the loaded nanoparticles may be washed, regenerated, collected and re-introduced in the water treatment cycle. Water treatment and particle regeneration take place singly or simultaneously. In another disclosed embodiment of the process, the electricity consumed by the pumping system is supplied by renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas or small hydro.
US09469554B2	Bipolar electrode and supercapacitor desalination device, and methods of manufacture A bipolar electrode comprises an intermediate layer comprising one or more carbon materials. The bipolar electrode further comprises first and second layers disposed on opposite surfaces of the intermediate layer and configured to act as an anode and a cathode. The first and second layers comprise at least one of one or more electrically conductive carbon materials and one or more conductive polymers. A supercapacitor desalination device and a method for making the bipolar electrode are also presented.
US09469552B2	Produced fluid heating and separation An apparatus and method for heating produced fluid from a well, the heating apparatus comprising a produced fluid pathway; a heat generation system comprising a diesel engine, a heated hydraulic fluid pathway, and an engine coolant pathway; and a heat transfer system disposed between the produced fluid pathway and the heat generation system to transfer thermal energy from the heat generation system to a produced fluid contained within the produced fluid pathway.
US09469549B2	Process for recovery of fluoride from wastewater produced in crystalline silicon solar cell manufacturing A method for processing fluoride-containing wastewaters from a factory, which includes the following steps: Step 1: collecting the fluoride-containing wastewaters into three pools: an acidic high-fluoride wastewater, an acidic low-fluoride wastewater, and an alkaline wastewater; Step 2: adding a calcium compound to the acidic low-fluoride wastewater to produce a calcium-containing solution; Step 3: reacting a portion of the calcium-containing solution with the acidic high-fluoride wastewater at a calcium-to-fluoride molar ratio of from about 0.5:1 to about 1.5:1 to produce a mixture comprising calcium fluoride particles suspended in a mother liquor; Step 4: separately collecting the calcium fluoride particles and the mother liquor; Step 5: diluting the mother liquor with a diluent to produce a mixed solution; and Step 6: introducing the mixed solution, the calcium-containing solution, and the alkaline wastewater into a fluidized bed reactor, which contains a calcium fluoride crystallization seed material, to form calcium fluoride crystals.
US09469547B2	Integrated carbon dioxide removal and ammonia-soda process The present invention relates to an method for producing sodium carbonate by integration of a carbon dioxide capture process with an ammonia-soda process. The present invention moreover relates to a plant for producing sodium carbonate comprising a carbon dioxide capture system and an ammonia-soda system. Uses of fluid streams generated in a carbon dioxide capture process in an ammonia-soda process is moreover disclosed.
US09469546B2	Process for the mineralization of carbon dioxide A process for the mineralization of carbon dioxide to form a magnesium carbonate compound, which process includes contacting the carbon dioxide, in the free form, or in the form of an alkali metal carbonate or bicarbonate, with an alkali metal magnesium silicate to produce the magnesium carbonate compound.
US09469545B2	Hollow silica particles, compositions comprising them and methods for making same Methods for making comprising hollow silica particles from a composition comprising a silicon-containing compound selected from the group consisting of tetraalkoxysilanes, trialkyloxysilanes and derivatives thereof, dialkoxysilanes and derivatives thereof, alkoxysilanes and derivatives thereof, silicone oligomers, oligomeric silsesquioxanes and silicone polymers distributed over a polymer template core that is eliminated from the particle in a two-stage heating process. The particles of the present invention have a substantially uniform particle size and exhibit low permeability to liquids.
US09469544B2	Method for manufacturing polysilicon The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing polysilicon. According to the present invention, meltdown can be prevented during the growth of silicon rod, and a polycrystalline silicon rod having a larger diameter can be shortly manufactured with a minimal consumption of energy.
US09469538B1	Process for group III-IV semiconductor nanostructure synthesis and compositions made using same Methods for producing nanostructures, particularly Group III-V semiconductor nanostructures, are provided. The methods include use of novel Group III and/or Group V precursors, novel surfactants, oxide acceptors, high temperature, and/or stable co-products. Related compositions are also described. Methods and compositions for producing Group III inorganic compounds that can be used as precursors for nanostructure synthesis are provided. Methods for increasing the yield of nanostructures from a synthesis reaction by removal of a vaporous by-product are also described.
US09469532B2	Aluminum-alkali hydroxide recyclable hydrogen generator An aluminum-alkali hydroxide recyclable hydrogen generator is provided that enables generation of hydrogen for a consuming apparatus on demand. The hydrogen generator includes a source of aluminum, a source of a hydroxide, a source of water, and a reaction chamber, where the amount of at least one of the aluminum, sodium hydroxide, and water that is introduced into the reaction chamber is used to limit the chemical reaction to control the amount of hydrogen generated.
US09469529B2	Fiber based sensor and the fabricating method thereof The present invention provides a fiber base sensor and the fabricating method thereof. More specifically, one of the main goals of the present invention is to solve the problem existing in the prior art of the failure of forming a plurality of nano-particles on the surface of the fiber base sensor evenly by utilizing self-assembly process with the nano-imprint process. Furthermore, the another goal of the present invention is to provide detail parameters required in the said nano-imprinting process for avoiding the efficiency drop caused by over-embedding the nano-particles into the fiber based sensor.
US09469522B2	Epi-poly etch stop for out of plane spacer defined electrode In one embodiment, a method of forming an out-of-plane electrode includes forming an oxide layer above an upper surface of a device layer, etching an etch stop perimeter defining trench extending through the oxide layer, forming a first cap layer portion on an upper surface of the oxide layer and within the etch stop perimeter defining trench, etching a first electrode perimeter defining trench extending through the first cap layer portion and stopping at the oxide layer, depositing a first material portion within the first electrode perimeter defining trench, depositing a second cap layer portion above the deposited first material portion, and vapor releasing a portion of the oxide layer with the etch stop portion providing a lateral etch stop.
US09469519B2	System for reducing foam at a tap This invention relates to a new nozzle for a beer valve tap and a new foamless beer tap dispensing system. The new nozzle is longer, has a small bent and end openings for a more precise release of beer from the outlet of the spout.
US09469517B2	Auto water dispenser cutoff A refrigerator includes a refrigerated compartment and a door to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerated compartment. A dispenser is positioned on the door that is configured to dispense content into a receiver vessel. The dispenser includes a control unit, an actuation system controlled by the control unit, and a dispensing outlet through which the content flows from the dispenser and into the receiver vessel. The dispenser further includes a trough located below the dispensing outlet for collecting overflow content from at least one of the receiver vessel and the dispensing outlet. The dispenser further includes a sensor coupled to the trough and in electrical communication with the control unit. The sensor is configured to detect overflow content contained within the trough. A method for controlling the dispensing of content from a dispenser is also described.
US09469510B2	Wall panel construction accessories Lumber construction tools that facilitate lifting and manipulating wall sections and discrete structures of the lumber assembly. One of the construction tools discloses a wall lifting appliance or device for raising timber framed wall structures from a horizontal to a vertical position without unduly interfering with placement of sheathing on the framed wall sections. A construction lumber biasing tool is also disclosed that includes a handle portion and a offset portion that cooperate with one another and the lumber members to facilitate deflection or deformation of warped or curved lumber members to achieve the desired orientation of the lumber relative to adjacent members.
US09469504B2	Braking method and control for passenger transportation system A braking method for a passenger transportation system, which system is embodied as an elevator, escalator, or moving walk, is initiated upon the occurrence of a technical problem in the passenger transportation system. An activation signal activates a service brake of the passenger transportation system and an emergency stop is initiated. In addition to the activation of the service brake, the activation signal is immediately fed to a brake control of the passenger transportation system, so that, upon the occurrence of the activation signal, the brake control switches a drive machine of the passenger transportation system into a motor-brake operating mode. The drive machine is only switched by the brake control into a braking-torque-free state when a braking effect of the service brake on moving components of the passenger transportation system is detected and transmitted to the brake control.
US09469502B2	Destination call-giving device for giving destination calls in an elevator system and method for operating the same A method for giving a destination call to the control system of an elevator system is provided, in which method one or more predetermined departure floor-destination floor pairs are presented on the touch-sensitive display of a destination call-giving device having a touch-sensitive display, in which each pair identifies for the user one predetermined departure floor and one predetermined destination floor, and the departure floor-destination floor pair selected by the user is determined on the basis of a touch detected with the touch-sensitive display, and a destination call signal is sent to the control system of the elevator system, which signal identifies the departure floor and the destination floor of the departure floor-destination floor pair selected by the user. A call-giving device, an elevator system and a computer program product are provided to implement the aforementioned method.
US09469501B2	Elevator positioning clip system and method An elevator positioning system includes an optical tape, optical tape clips, and a sensor. The optical tape clips are mountable to various structures within the hoistway. A crossbar of the optical tape clips is located between a sensor and optical tape such that the sensor detects an interruption in the optical tape and signals the detection to an elevator controller. The elevator car can then be controlled to align evenly with the landings associated with the hoistway. Another elevator positioning system includes a sensor and a reflector clip assembly. The reflector clip assemblies are mountable to various structures within the hoistway. A reflector target of the reflector clip assemblies faces the sensor such that the sensor detects the reflector target and signals the detection to an elevator controller. The elevator car can then be controlled to align evenly with the landings associated with the hoistway.
US09469498B2	Garden hose holder The present invention provides methods and systems for a garden hose holder that includes a base having a first rail and a second rail that form a substantially vertical upper portion and intersect at a neck portion, a substantially horizontal center portion, and a substantially vertical lower portion. An arcuate support device is engaged to the first rail and second rail at the center portion, whereby the first rail and the second rail intersect extend outwardly at an angle from the neck portion forming the upper portion, the first rail and second rail extend outward from the upper portion in a generally parallel fashion forming the center portion and lower portion of the base.
US09469495B2	Apparatus and method for cutting a material web The invention relates to an apparatus and method for cutting a material web in a papermaking machine. The apparatus includes a cutting device, an upper holding device and an upper positioning device, the cutting device being fixed above the upper positioning device on the upper holding device such that it can be moved in the cross-machine direction. The apparatus additionally includes an air guide box that is fixed above the material web, likewise on the upper holding device.
US09469493B2	Stacking tray device The present invention discloses a stacking tray device to be used for a business machine. The stacking tray device comprises a tray, a guide plate and a stopper, wherein paper is placed on the tray, the guide plate moves relative to the tray and restricts the size of the paper, and the stopper sets the position where the guide plate stops when the guide plate is pushed from the center towards the outside. When the stopper is in a lock position, the guide plate stops at a first position corresponding to a first standard paper size; when the stopper is in an unlock position, the guide plate stops at a second position corresponding to an oversized paper size.
US09469492B2	Transfer device and carrier system with pair of hooks A transfer device that holds down a space occupied by a pair of hooks includes: a cargo placement part having a cargo placement surface for placing a cargo; a pair of hooks, each of which is rotated around a base end thereof between a protruding position where a tip thereof is engaged with a handle by protruding above the cargo placement surface and a retracting position where the tip thereof separates from the handle by retracting below the cargo placement surface. A slide arm moves the pair of hooks in the transferring direction with respect to the cargo placement part. When the pair of hooks is located in the retracting position, the hooks are arranged so as to be vertically superimposed by falling down sideways in a mutually approaching direction.
US09469491B2	Rotary feeder A rotary feeder for transferring loose material, said rotary feeder having a housing, where a rotor transfers material from the feed channel of the housing into the discharge channel of the housing, the rotor having blades for transferring the material, and a counter blade is fixed in the housing of the rotary feeder between the blades of the rotor for cutting oversized pieces of material. A filler is arranged in the feed channel of the rotary feeder, to prevent the formation of a protrusion in the feed channel that would disturb the flow of the material formed by the counter blade, the edge of the filler adjacent to the counter blade being arranged to yield, and the filler is arranged to return to its initial position after the cutting operation.
US09469490B2	Apparatus and method of palletizing loose-piece articles A method and apparatus for moving loose-piece articles positioned on a slipsheet. A vacuum head is moved into proximity with the loose-piece articles positioned on a slipsheet. A vacuum is created which causes the slipsheet, and the loose-piece articles positioned thereon, to be drawn toward a surface of the vacuum head and maintained in such position as the vacuum head transports the slipsheet and the loose-piece articles positioned thereon.
US09469486B2	Right angle transfer A right angle transfer and method of transferring articles includes a plurality of conveying members that define a conveyance surface and are driven to convey objects in a conveyance direction and a plurality of diverting members. The diverting members are driven to divert objects at an angle from the conveyance surface. A frame mounts the diverting members for general vertical movement with respect to the conveying members. A lifting system including a plurality of spaced apart vertical actuators selectively raises and lowers the frame with respect to the conveying members. Each of the vertical actuators may include a cylinder that is positively driven in each of opposite directions by application of a fluid to opposite sides of the cylinder in order to positively drive the frame to both a raised state and a lowered state. The diverting members may be driven prior to being vertically moved into contact with an article being diverted.
US09469485B2	Device for alignment of elongated food products A device (1) for alignment of elongated food products to be further processed, wherein the device comprises an incoming product conveyor (21) for transporting incoming elongated products into the device, a displacement device (23) displaceable arranged on a displacement track (29) for relocating the incoming products from the incoming product conveyor (21) onto an outgoing product conveyor (26) having capacity for arranging two or more incoming products (20′) side by side, before transporting the two or more incoming products simultaneously out from the device, is described.
US09469484B2	Belt scraper assembly An improved belt scraper assembly for belt conveyors includes one or more blade assemblies and one or more hinge assemblies mounted on either side of a supporting flexible member for facilitating twin blade cleaning. The one or blade assemblies are operatively connected to the hinge assembly, which is adapted to ensure limited rotational motion of said blade assembly.
US09469481B2	Carousel conveyor drive module A center drive module for use with a carousel conveyor that includes a continuous loop conveyor chain. The drive module includes a drive motor that rotates one or more sprocket wheels that each engage drive lugs formed on the bottom surface the conveyor chain to move the conveyor chain along the support frame. The drive module includes a pair of guide rollers positioned on opposite sides of the sprocket wheel. The guide rollers engage the conveyor chain and rotate upon the movement of the conveyor chain. Each of the guide wheels resists vertical movement of the conveyor chain caused by the rotating sprocket wheels.
US09469476B1	Smart mat for package deliveries A method, system, and/or computer program product dynamically configures a delivery system for delivering products to smart mats. A delivery coordination server determines a location of multiple smart mats. Each of the smart mats includes a positioning system and a transmitter that transmits a message describing the real-time geophysical location of the smart mats. The delivery coordination server receives a message describing a location of a first delivery vehicle that is transporting a first package addressed for delivery to a first smart mat. The delivery coordination server determines that the first smart mat has moved to a location that is within a predetermined distance of a second smart mat, to which a second delivery vehicle is scheduled to deliver a second package. The delivery coordination server directs the first delivery vehicle to transfer the first package to the second delivery vehicle for delivery to the first smart mat.
US09469474B2	Deployable and disposable container assemblies with bendable support members Collapsible containers and associated methods are disclosed herein. Certain aspects of the invention are directed toward a collapsible container assembly that includes a foldable support member that has a length and a width. The support member has a concave cross-section that causes the support member to resist bending until a threshold force is exceeded. The support member has a folded position and an extended position where the support member is unfolded. The assembly further includes at least one surface member carried by the support member. The assembly has a deployed position where the support member is in the extended position and the at least one surface member forms an enclosure with an interior. The assembly also has a collapsed position where the support member is in the folded position. The container assembly has less exterior volume in the collapsed position than in the deployed position.
US09469467B2	Metering valve for dispensing an aerosol A metering valve for dispensing an aerosol, includes a metering chamber and a valve stem. The valve stem is equipped with one end disposed on the side of a container and a dispensing end mounted in the metering chamber such that it can slide under the force of a spring between a first high position, known as the rest position, and a second position, known as the intermediate position for filing the metering chamber. The final low position is defined when a shoulder provided on the valve stem abuts against a shoulder provided inside the metering chamber.
US09469466B2	Metering valve for dispensing an aerosol A metering valve for dispensing an aerosol, includes a metering chamber and a valve stem. The valve stem is equipped with one end disposed on the side of a container and a dispensing end mounted in the metering chamber such that it can slide under the force of a spring between a first high position, known as the rest position, and a second position, known as the intermediate position for filing the metering chamber. The metering chamber includes an upper cylindrical compartment and a lower cylindrical compartment, the diameter of the upper compartment being greater than that of the lower compartment.
US09469460B2	Vehicle replica carton and method of forming the same A method of forming a carton or container for food or other items having a model vehicle configuration is provided that accurately depicts the contours and dimensions of the vehicle to enhance its appeal. An elongated, cardboard-like sheet is presented that is die cut to fold into a three dimensional model of the vehicle. The sheet's first end is folded along a first pair of transverse fold lines and secured in a position to present an open cabin, rear deck and tail of the vehicle, whereby the open cabin may provide the container for food and other items. The sheet's central portion is folded upwardly along a pair of longitudinal fold lines to present the sides of the vehicle, and the second end portion is folded along a second pair of transverse fold lines and secured in position to present the hood and front windshield of the vehicle.
US09469458B2	Clamshell raspberry container A container that includes a tray having a base bottom portion and one or more sidewalls having a volume for holding a product; a lid that is attachable to the tray to protect the product in the tray when attached thereto; and a divider for providing a plurality of compartments with a predetermined volume in the tray, the divider configured, dimensioned and positioned to provide support to the lid, air flow between the compartments and torsional rigidity to the tray. The most preferred container of the invention is a rectangular clamshell container as described herein that includes a spine which is pivotally hinged to the base bottom portion via the lid. This preferred container also includes a plurality of snap locking members for attaching the lid to the tray for retaining contents therein.
US09469455B2	Discreet dual packaging A package includes a first compartment joined to a second compartment by a hinge. A handle bridges the hinge and is connected with the first compartment and the second compartment. The package has a display condition wherein the brand faces are exposed and a transport condition wherein the brand faces are concealed. The handle and hinge are configured such that the package is transformed from the display condition to the transport condition by applying force to the handle.
US09469452B2	Closed loop connector for dispensing systems A closed loop dispensing system comprises a connector connectable to a container for selectively dispensing the fluids from the container. The connector includes an outer cap having a first passage with an interior surface. The first passage can have variable cross-sectional areas over different regions of the first passage. The connector comprises a plug slidingly movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein, the plug allows passage of fluids present in the container in the open position, and the plug prevents passage of fluids out of the container in the closed position. The plug can have a variable cross-sectional area thereby preventing the plug from being disengaged with the outer cap or sliding out of the connector and into the container.
US09469450B2	Aseptic tubing connection for a container An assembly for aseptic connecting of a beverage ingredient container to a beverage dispensing apparatus, having a collapsible sheath of pliable material connecting the container to the dispenser at a distance away from the container. The sheath passes through a conduit of the apparatus to provide an aseptic passageway for fluid from the container to the beverage apparatus. A protective cover houses the collapsible sheath when in a collapsed configuration, and the sheath is brought to a second configuration of an extended length to provide an inner passageway of the fluid to a distal end of the sheath positioned a distance away from the container.
US09469445B2	Package with lid sealing system A package includes a container and a lid adapted to mate with a brim of the container. The lid closes a top opening in the container when mounted on the container.
US09469443B2	Multilayer plastic film A thermoplastic bag suitable for use as a liner for a garbage canister or trash receptacle may be made from a multi-layered thermoplastic web material. The multi-layer web material may include a first layer and a second layer adjacent to the first layer. Under typical conditions, the layers may tend to block or adhere together to remain in their adjacent position. However, the layers may delaminate and separate from each other when sufficient forces are applied. Delamination of the layers allows the layers to move with respect to each other when the force is applied. The delaminating of the layers absorbs energy which may increase tear and puncture resistance.
US09469435B2	Unitized package and method of making same The invention generally relates to unitized packages for containing and dispensing a product material. In particular, the unitized packages comprise a printed base card and a fluid vessel permanently bonded to the printed base card. The fluid vessel comprises a first laminate barrier layer comprising at least one layer of a biaxially oriented thermoplastic polymer, a portion of which is formed into a modified dome shape, and a planar second laminate barrier layer. The first and second laminate barrier layers are sealed together to form a fluid-tight enclosure, wherein the product material substantially fills the enclosure and the modified dome shape is resiliently sustainable. A method of manufacturing the unitized packages as described above is also provided. In particular, the method includes forming a portion of the first laminate barrier layer comprising the biaxially oriented polymer into the modified dome shape using a force such as pressurized gas.
US09469433B1	One-piece foldable corrugated cooler with improved locking system A one-piece, foldable corrugated cooler includes a storage portion having a bottom panel, two side panels, two end panels, and four corner panels; two handle panels forming a lid and a handle; and at least one locking panel. The at least one locking panel is adapted to secure the lid in a closed orientation, and the at least one locking panel is integral with at least one corner panel and at least one handle panel.
US09469432B2	Reinforced containers and blanks for making the same A container formed from a blank and a method for constructing the container are described. The container includes a bottom wall, two end walls, each end wall including at least an end panel emanating from an end edge of the bottom wall, and two side walls, each side wall including at least a side panel emanating from a side edge of the bottom wall. The container further includes a reinforcing panel assembly emanating from a first end edge of a first side panel of a first side wall, including an outer reinforcing panel, an intermediate reinforcing panel, and an inner reinforcing panel, wherein the outer reinforcing panel is positioned in a substantially face-to-face relationship with the intermediate reinforcing panel, the intermediate reinforcing panel being coupled to a first end panel of a first end wall, and the inner reinforcing panel being in a face-to-face relationship with the first side panel.
US09469428B2	Product container including an in-mold label A hollow multi-layered container comprises: an outer layer including a label and an inner layer, which is injection molded. The label has a barrier material that impedes one or more substances that emanate from a product from penetrating through the label, and the label displays information related to the product. The inner layer and the barrier material of the outer layer are substantially coextensive. For a container having a sidewall and an inclined shoulder extending inward from the sidewall, the label includes a primary segment covering the sidewall of the container and a plurality of shoulder pads covering the shoulder in at least approximately contiguous alignment with adjacent said shoulder pads. A method of inserting an in-mold label for an injection molded product into the mold, comprises the steps of: (a) inserting the label partially into a cavity bounded by a cavity mold part so that one end of the label extends from the cavity; and (b) upon closing the mold, pushing the label fully into the cavity by pushing against the label with a mold part that is moved toward the cavity when the mold is closed so that when the label is fully within the cavity, the lateral edges of the label are aligned with each other.
US09469427B2	Labelling machine and method There is disclosed a labelling machine for applying sleeve labels on respective articles, comprising: a conveyor movable along a path comprising, in turn, a first inlet station for the articles still to be labelled and a second outlet station for the labelled articles; the conveyor comprises a handling device adapted to displace at least one first of the sleeve label and the article still to be labelled along a first segment of the path, so as to insert the article still to be labelled within the sleeve label; the conveyor also comprises a positioning device adapted to actively position a second of the sleeve label and the article in a desired position with respect to the first of the article and the sleeve label along a second segment of the path; the first segment is comprised within the second segment.
US09469424B2	Packaging device A packaging device comprises a frame, a conveying mechanism mounted on the frame, and two loading mechanisms mounted on opposite sides of the frame. The conveying mechanism holds a workpiece. The loading mechanism includes a feeding assembly and a pushing assembly. The feeding assembly includes a first driver mounted on the frame, and a bearing member movably mounted on the guiding base and connected to the first driver, for holding a number of protection members. The pushing assembly includes a second driver fixed on a top surface of the frame, and a pushing member connected to the second driver.
US09469423B2	Flexible package with reinforced top and method of filling the same Flexible packages and methods of filling them are disclosed. The package includes front and a rear panels. The front and rear panels each have a pair of side edges, a bottom edge, and a top edge. Respective ones of the side and bottom edges of the panels are secured together. The panels confront each other at the top portion of the package to form an interface through which the package may be filled. The top portion of the package is reinforced with reinforcing layers to form at least one top extension, which includes a handle for supporting the package.
US09469420B2	Shaft assembly for rotary switch Described herein is a shaft assembly for a rotary switch that includes a shaft made from an electrically non-conductive material. The shaft includes at least one circumferential groove that has a generally T-shaped cross-section. The shaft assembly also includes at least one conductive ring segment made from an electrically conductive material positioned within the circumferential groove. The conductive ring segment has a generally T-shaped cross-section. Additionally, the shaft assembly includes a bonding adhesive that is positioned between the circumferential groove and the conductive ring segment.
US09469416B2	Airplane collision avoidance A collision avoidance system for an airplane under tow may include a sensing device configured to capture image data of at least a portion of the airplane and an object while the airplane is being towed. The sensing device may be located remotely to both the airplane and the object. Positions of two or more features of the airplane may be determined based on the image data. A bounding box encompassing the airplane may be generated based, at least in part, on the positions of the two or more features. Additionally, based on a comparison of the position of an object relative to the bounding box, it may be determined whether the object is within a predetermined distance from the airplane.
US09469414B2	Device for monitoring the stabilisation of the approach phase of an aircraft to a landing runway, associated method and computer program This monitoring device for monitoring the stabilization of the final approach phase of an aircraft to a landing runway includes: an acquisiter for acquiring an instantaneous position of the aircraft, a calculator for calculating an instantaneous distance between the instantaneous position of the aircraft, and a characteristic point of the landing runway, a determinater for determining one or more variables relating to the aircraft, when said instantaneous distance is comprised between first and second predetermined distances, and a generator for generating an alert signal, when at least one of said one or more variables is outside the boundary of a respective domain of values. Each boundary depends on the instantaneous distance between the instantaneous position of the aircraft and the characteristic point of the landing runway.
US09469413B2	Warning circuitry and warning device for an aircract A warning light circuitry includes a first logic gate adapted for receiving a first, a second, a third, and a fourth input signal; a second logic gate adapted for receiving a fifth, a sixth, and a seventh input signal; a third logic gate electrically connected to the first and second logic gate; and a warning light electrically connected to the third logic gate. The first logic gate is adapted for providing a first output signal to the third logic gate upon receiving the first, the second, the third, and the fourth input signals. The second logic gate is adapted for providing a second output signal to the third logic gate upon receiving the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh input signals. Therein the third logic gate is adapted for triggering the warning light upon receiving the first or the second output signal.
US09469412B2	Redundant mount system An auxiliary power unit mounting system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of linkages to support an auxiliary power unit, and a redundant mount to selectively support said auxiliary power unit.
US09469409B2	Aerodynamic fairing divided into sub-portions An aerodynamic fairing including at least one sub-assembly, each sub-assembly having a frame which is orientated transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the fairing and a floor portion which is provided with an inner face, via which the floor portion is fixed to the frame. The fairing further comprises lateral panels which are fixed to the frame and which each extend substantially along the longitudinal axis of the fairing at one side and the other of a plane of symmetry of the fairing. The floor portions of the sub-assemblies are not mechanically connected to each other via rigid connections. The division of the floor into separate portions allows a reduction in the longitudinal thermomechanical stresses applied by the expansion of the floor under the action of the primary hot flow of the turbo reactor.
US09469408B1	Ice protection system and method An ice protection system and method are provided that facilitate the prevention or reduction in ice formation upon an aerodynamic surface. The ice protection system may include an aerodynamic surface that includes a susceptor formed of a ferromagnetic material that is located proximate an outer mold line of a leading edge of the aerodynamic surface. The ice protection system may also include at least one induction coil and a signal source configured to provide alternating current to the at least one induction coil to thereby generate an electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field creates an eddy current in the susceptor so as to heat the leading edge of the aerodynamic surface. A corresponding ice protection method is also provided.
US09469407B2	Fluid temperature control installation for rotorcraft, associating a system for cooling a power plant with a system for heating a cabin A fluid temperature control installation for a rotorcraft, the installation comprising a system for cooling a main transmission (3) and a system for temperature control of the ambient air (32) of a cabin (16). A heat exchanger (8) is fitted with a bladeless ventilator (9). A source air stream (11) generated by an accessory compressor (5) driven by the main transmission (3) passes through the heat exchanger (8) where it takes heat. The source air stream (11) is distributed selectively to the bladeless ventilator (9) to generate a cooling air stream (13) passing through the heat exchanger (8), and/or is distributed to the cabin (16) after passing through the heat exchanger (8) in order to heat the ambient air (32) of the cabin.
US09469402B2	Compact check valve for aircraft galley plumbing system A check valve for an aircraft galley plumbing system having a valve body including an inlet for a potable water supply line, and first and second outlet ports leading to a distribution manifold. In a preferred embodiment, quick disconnects that include reverse flow inhibitors seal the valve's output ports. A vertical channel extends through the valve body for draining water through the valve, which is coupled to a pressure line connection port that exerts pressure from the aircraft's pressure system. A piston reciprocating across the vertical channel and biased by a spring is in fluid communication with the pressure line connection port, such that when water pressure is introduced from a pressure line to the connection port of sufficient pressure to collapse said spring, the piston blocks said channel, and when the water pressure is insufficient to collapse said spring then the piston retracts to open said channel.
US09469401B2	Toilet area for an aircraft cabin, in particular for a flying wing aircraft A toilet area for an aircraft cabin comprising an access door and housing a toilet bowl. The toilet area also comprises an evacuation exit, the access door occupying a closed position in the toilet area in a toilet configuration and a folded position in the toilet area in an evacuation configuration. Usage in particular in a flying wing aircraft is provided.
US09469398B2	Buoyancy system for an aircraft, and an aircraft A buoyancy system for an aircraft, the buoyancy system being provided with at least two floats, said buoyancy system including a connection device for each float, each connection device attaching each float to a structure of an aircraft. Each connection device includes at least one stretchable connection and at least one non-stretch connection that are fastened to the float and that are suitable for being fastened to said structure, each non-stretch connection being folded while the float is against the fuselage so as to enable it to be lengthened, each non-stretch connection limiting the amplitude of the movement of the float under the effect of buoyancy thrust, and each stretchable connection exerting a return force on the float.
US09469389B2	Affixable aircraft boarding handrail An aircraft boarding handrail that is affixable to an aircraft fuselage having an entry and exit staircase assembly formed in a cabin door of the aircraft fuselage is disclosed. The aircraft boarding handrail includes a rail member and a mounting structure coupled to the rail member and configured to secure the rail member to the aircraft fuselage. The mounting structure includes a guide pin that interfits with a guide pin slot of a doorframe of the cabin door, a mounting bracket having a notch formed therein constructed to interfit with a staircase support strut mount of the entry and exit staircase assembly, a latch arm coupled to the mounting bracket so as to be rotatable between an open position and a closed position to selectively provide access to and close off the notch, and a quick release pin to lock the latch arm in place when in the closed position.
US09469388B2	Liquid flyer, flexi underwater raft The Liquid Flyer Flexi Underwater Raft is a unique, convertible, floatation device that allows one or more people to float horizontally underwater with heads and feet above water. It was designed for relaxed meditative floatation, water play, pain relief, and life-saving purposes, determined by which configuration the user puts it into. It is comprised of six 22-inch members of hollow-core extruded closed-cell polyethylene foam (water noodles), connected via nylon or polyester rope of high tensile strength, that is threaded through originally designed resin end caps, affixed to both ends of each foam member to prevent the rope from tearing the foam. The rope is tied and knotted internally within one member for the appearance of having an invisible seam. When compared to other recreational and life saving similar devices, the Liquid Flyer has many more advantages, as spelled out in this document.
US09469385B2	Arrangement introduced in stand up board The present invention refers to a stand-up board (1) endowed with a lighting system and an underwater viewing window (3) hermetically placed between the upper (2) and lower (8) plates, provided with a waterproof box for feeding battery (6), and a vapor purge valve (7); furthermore, the referred board has a visual alert signaling system (4 and 5) arranged along bow and stern of the respective stand-up board (1), that may be self-powered or use a feeding battery.
US09469379B2	Motorcycle chain guide A chain guide for guiding a chain traveling around a sprocket supported on a frame of a motorcycle is disclosed. Typically, the chain guide includes a U-shaped, plastic body with a channel formed along an inner surface to of the body and a plastic removable chain guide oriented such that a surface of the removable chain guide insert is facing the chain running through the channel. The inner and outer walls of the body configured with a first thickness along the top edge and downward to a bevel to a second, smaller thickness downward to a bottom edge along an outer surface.
US09469375B2	Chain guide structure for chain drive type transmission mechanism A chain guide structure for a chain drive type transmission mechanism which ensures that even when a solid matter, such as a small stone, gets nipped and a strong impact is exerted on a chain guide, the chain guide deforms so as to absorb the impact and permit the small stone or the like to be swiftly eliminated. The chain guide fastened to the engine case is provided so as to cover a drive chain wound around a drive sprocket, at a part of the periphery of the drive sprocket and in an arcuate form. The chain guide is formed with a brittle portion lower in strength than other portions thereof. The brittle portion is located above and in the vicinity of a front end portion at which the chain guide is situated closest to the drive chain. Thus, an engine case can be protected from damage.
US09469372B2	Bicycle pedal A bicycle pedal comprises a pedal axle, a pedal body, a first sub member, a first clamping member, a second clamping member, and a biasing structure. The first sub member is movable relative to the pedal body about a first pivot axis in a first pivot direction and a second pivot direction opposite to the first pivot direction. The first clamping member is movable relative to the first sub member about a second pivot axis substantially parallel to the first pivot axis in a third pivot direction and a fourth pivot direction opposite to the third pivot direction. The first pivot axis is closer to a point on the pedal axle than the second pivot axis when viewed from an axial direction parallel to the first pivot axis.
US09469370B2	Accessory cross bar for a bicycle trailer An accessory cross bar for a passenger carrier bicycle trailer comprising a bicycle carrier frame with a coupling arrangement at a front end of the frame for coupling of the bicycle trailer to a bicycle and a push-handle at a rear end of the frame. The accessory cross bar is adapted for horizontal mounting at the rear end of the bicycle trailer frame and has a non-circular cross-section.
US09469369B2	Vehicle frame A vehicle frame, in particular a mountain bike frame or a trekking bicycle frame, comprises main frame element. A rear frame is pivotably connected with the main frame element. A damping element is provided between the rear frame and the main frame element. A first connection point of the damper element is connected with the rear frame and a second connection point of the damping element is connected with the main frame element. For the purpose of changing the frame characteristics, a displacing element is provided for the displacement of the first connection point. The locking of the displacing element is done with the help of an actuator element.
US09469367B2	Handlebar end caps for bicycle A handlebar end cap for a bicycle contains: a body, a retaining member, and a cover. The body includes a hole, at least one end face, and a fixing groove with a second inner diameter. The hole has a first inner diameter, and the body further includes a slot. The retaining member includes a recess and a first outer diameter, the first outer diameter has a circular locking loop, and the locking loop has a second outer diameter. The retaining member further includes a positioning rib and a limiting notch, the positioning rib has a third inner diameter, and the limiting notch has a fourth inner diameter. The cover includes a covering face, and the cover includes a first locating trench and a defining portion. The first locating trench has a third outer diameter, and the defining portion has a fourth outer diameter.
US09469366B2	Draw-bar box type portable folding electro-tricycle with folding chair function A portable foldable electric tricycle that can be folded to form a trolley suitcase shape and a chair includes a folding frame connecting a front wheel assembly and handlebar assembly to a seat. The front wheel assembly includes an electric motor to drive the front wheel. A backrest and rear wheel assembly are hinge connected with the seat by oppositely disposed four bar linkages. A stand is hinge connected to the seat. The folding frame, front wheel assembly and handlebar assembly can be folded to a position within the seat and the stand folded to a position in which it supports the seat to define the chair configuration of the electric tricycle. The backrest and rear wheel assembly can be folded to non-extended positions in which they are disposed adjacent the seat to define the trolley suitcase configuration of the case.
US09469361B2	Vehicle including steps A motorcycle includes a step operating mechanism that changes the position of pillion steps (passenger steps), and an electronic control unit carries out step inclining control to change the position of the pillion steps, so that footrest surfaces of the pillion steps may each become an inclined surface, in which the steps are pivotally raised such that a portion of the passenger step situated at the vehicle body outside is raised toward the vehicle body upper side relative to a portion of the passenger step situated at the vehicle body inside, in response to at least one of an acceleration operation, a deceleration operation, and a turn operation of the motorcycle. Such arrangement provides a vehicle that can induce an occupant to take a riding posture suitable for the traveling status of the vehicle.
US09469360B2	Control circuit and method for an LED external lighting unit of a vehicle The invention describes a control circuit for an LED external lighting unit of a vehicle, said lighting unit comprising at least an LED source and a passive heatsink. The control circuit comprises: a temperature sensor adapted to provide a first output signal carrying information about the operating temperature of the LED source and/or of the passive heatsink; a first output node operatively connectable to an optical and/or acoustic warning device and adapted to provide thereto a first control signal, depending upon the first output signal, adapted to produce an alarm warning through said warning device when said temperature is higher than a first threshold value; a driver unit being adapted to output an LED source driving signal, said driving signal being a relatively high-power signal or a relatively low-power signal.
US09469359B2	Method and apparatus for a removable motorcycle seat back An improved removable seat back for a motorcycle including a cushion, a frame, the frame including an upper portion secured to the cushion and a lower portion having a pair of frame supports, and a pair of frame connection members. Each of the frame connection members includes a connection member upper portion and a connection member lower portion. The connection member upper portion is preferably rotatably secured to one of the frame supports with a pin and slot arrangement and the connection member lower portion generally includes a first securement point and a second securement point where at least one of the securement points is preferably a groove and one preferably includes a clip. When no longer needed, the seat back is removed by disconnecting the frame connection members from the motorcycle, rotating them and storing them in a saddlebag.
US09469357B2	Track wheel with division of work between track and chain, methods for fitting pitch rails to flexible chain and for buffering pre-stress, and open-close type wheel axle The present invention relates to a caterpillar track wheel with division of work between track and chain, methods for fitting unit track with flexible chain ring, methods for buffering prestress, and an open-dose type axle housing. Since a structure that each unit track is separated from a flexible chain ring is adopted, the thickness of the unit tracks does not influence the winding stress of the flexible chain ring and the unit tracks without thickness limitation can effectively disperse stress from the ground to more supporting wheels. Since the thinner flexible chain ring is only responsible for serially connecting the unit tracks and transmitting power, the winding stress and the tension change are reduced.
US09469356B2	Multi-axis reaction arm assembly for a tracked tractor An apparatus is disclosed for connecting a drive wheel axle and a track roller frame in a tracked vehicle. The apparatus includes an arm portion for attachment to the track roller frame; a yoke comprising a pivotal connection to the arm portion about a first pivot axis; a bearing housing comprising a pivotal connection to the yoke about a second pivot axis; a bearing assembly disposed adjacent the bearing housing; and a collet separated from the bearing housing by the bearing assembly, wherein the collet is configured for affixation to the drive wheel axle. A method is disclosed for accommodating forces in a vehicle on a drive wheel axle transmitted through a track roller frame, the method including providing an apparatus connecting the drive wheel axle and the track roller frame. The method further includes pivoting portions of the apparatus relative to each other about first and second pivot axes.
US09469354B1	Airfoil with adjustable tail flap An adjustable airfoil assembly attached to a front fascia of a vehicle. The airfoil assembly includes an airfoil wing and a flap pivotally connected to the airfoil wing. An actuator is operatively attached to the flap to selectively pivot the flap upwardly and downwardly to adjust downforce applied by the airfoil assembly to the front end of the vehicle. The wing is a fiber reinforced polymeric member fixedly attached to the front fascia by a plurality of posts connected to the front fascia. The flap has a top surface extending from the flat top surface of the wing to a rear edge of the flap and a base surface extending from the convex bottom surface to the rear edge of the flap.
US09469350B2	Underbody manufacturing method and vehicle underbody The present disclosure provides an underbody manufacturing method and a vehicle underbody. The method includes determining dimensions for the vehicle underbody and underbody panels, selecting the underbody panels, putting the underbody panels in a stamping die for stamping to form concave and convex parts on the underbody panels, welding the stamped underbody panels to splice the underbody in the length direction and/or the width direction, so as to make the underbody reach the determined length and width. Underbodies with various dimensions can be formed using the same stamping die, and accordingly, die cost is saved and vehicle development time is shortened, which provides convenience for diversified body designs on the whole.
US09469349B1	Vehicle floor assembly A vehicle floor assembly includes a floor frame, floor panel, a pair of closeout members, and a set of biasing members. The floor panel defines a pair of slots. Each of the slots is open at an end of the floor panel and configured to receive seat risers through the floor panel. When the floor panel is in an open position, access to a stowage cavity defined by the floor frame is permitted, and when in a closed position the floor panel inhibits access to the stowage cavity. Each closeout member is slidably coupled to the floor panel and moveable between a first position wherein the closeout member is retracted relative to a corresponding one of the slots, and a second position wherein the closeout member is extended to block the corresponding slot. The biasing members are configured to bias the closeout members toward the second position.
US09469344B2	Subframe for a motor vehicle, in particular a front axle subframe, and bodywork comprising such a subframe The invention relates to a subframe for a motor vehicle, in particular a front axle subframe, including a first shell element and a second shell element which is rigidly connected to the first shell element and defines a cavity therewith, and at least one bodywork connection sleeve for inserting a screw therethrough. The bodywork connection sleeve is attached at one of its ends to a through-hole in the first shell element and extends within the cavity towards a through-hole in the second shell element. So that such a subframe can be easily mounted and can provide a high level of security against slipping relative to the bodywork, the invention provides that an annular disc is allocated to the attached end of the bodywork connection sleeve, which disc projects radially relative to the outer surface of the sleeve, is arranged on the outside of the first shell element and is integrally bonded thereto, and that a toothed disc produced separately from the bodywork connection sleeve is arranged on the outside on the through-hole in the second shell element, which the other end of the bodywork connection sleeve faces, which toothed disc has an external diameter which is greater than the internal diameter of the through-hole in the second shell element, and is integrally bonded to the second shell element.
US09469342B2	Axle and transmission arrangement for an agricultural vehicle An integrated axle and transmission arrangement may include an axle arrangement for an agricultural vehicle with ground-engaging wheels or tracks. A support structure of the axle arrangement may define an internal mounting volume configured for mounting a transmission assembly therein. First and second stub axles may extend from opposite sides of the support structure along an axle axis. The mounting volume may be disposed along the axle axis.
US09469341B2	Method of performing control of a steering aid for a steering system of a vehicle In accordance with various exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method for controlling a steering aid for a steering system of a vehicle. Upon activation of a vehicle in which a steering aid has been deactivated, a signal instructing a driver to rotate a steering wheel of the steering system without a steering assist motor can be generated. Whether rotation of the steering assist motor occurs during rotation of the steering wheel can be determined. The steering aid can be activated when the steering assist motor has rotated.
US09469338B2	Method of, system and computer program for machine cutting several parts of a piece of material using controlling rules and variables for cutting The present invention relates to a method and a system for machine cutting several parts (31, 32, 33, 34) out of a piece of material using a beam cutting technology. The invention provides a set of controlling rules and variables for cutting two dimensional shapes or patterns. One rule or a combination of several rules are used for the cutting operation depending on the shape or pattern to be cut, the shape or pattern forming the parts (31, 32, 33, 34) out of the piece of material. The present invention specifically teaches that the set of controlling rules comprises rules for the forming of a cluster (3A) of parts with free form shapes, the parts being positioned so close to each other so that only the thickness of one cut from the cutting beam is found between adjacent parts whenever the shape of the parts allows it.
US09469334B2	Reducer and electric power steering apparatus having the same Disclosed are a reducer and an electric power steering apparatus having the same. According to the present invention, an input shaft, a driving shaft, and a pinion shaft are coaxially arranged. Thus, a conventional configuration, in which a motor inevitably protrudes, can be improved to prevent the motor from interfering with the other structures. Therefore, a layout configuration in an apparatus can be compactly formed.
US09469318B2	Dynamic wheel diameter determination system and method A system and method provide the capability to dynamically measure the diameter of a train wheel. An onboard sensor signals detection and loss of detection of a proximity plate having a predetermined length and placed along a direction of travel of the train. A signal generator generates a signal indicating the number of revolutions of the wheel. Based on the sensor signals indicating detection and loss of detection of the proximity plate, the length of the proximity plate, and the corresponding number of wheel revolutions, a controller automatically calculates the wheel diameter.
US09469317B2	Locomotive-to-wayside device communication system and method and wayside device therefor A locomotive-to-wayside device communication system for a train having a locomotive travelling in a track network having wayside devices associated therewith. The system includes: an on-board communication device associated with the locomotive for transmitting and receiving data; and a wayside communication device associated with a wayside device, wherein the wayside communication device is programmed or configured to transmit data at or over (a) at least one power level, (b) at least one reporting interval, (c) at least one frequency, (d) at least one communication protocol, or any combination thereof. A wayside communication device and a locomotive-to-wayside device communication method are also disclosed.
US09469312B2	Step device and railcar including step device A step device includes: a plurality of steps arranged so as to be lined up in a railcar width direction and constituting a part of a floor surface; and drive mechanisms configured to cause the steps to move upward and downward at a railcar-width-direction inner side between an upper position at which the plurality of steps become a part of the floor surface and a lower position at which the steps are moved downward to constitute boarding stairs. Each of the drive mechanisms includes a rotating link configured to rotate about one end portion thereof in a vertical plane, connecting links respectively connecting the rotating link to the steps, and an actuator configured to cause the rotating link to rotate. The steps move upward and downward by the rotation of the rotating links via the connecting links.
US09469311B2	Rolling stock Provided is a rolling stock having a car body formed by joining side structures to an underframe, end structures, and a roof structure, the side structures having lower portions inclined toward an inside of the car body, the rolling stock having a structure allowing lower end portions of side posts of the side structures and side beams of the underframe to be securely joined. Side beams 21 in an underframe 20 of a rolling stock and lower end portions of side posts 31 having lower portions inclined toward an inside of a car body are joined by means of joint members 71. Each joint member 71 has a side-beam fixation plate portion fixed to an outer face of the side beam and a side-post fixation plate portion fixed to a side face of a lower end portion of the side post.
US09469310B2	System, apparatus, and method for automatically controlling a locomotive A system, method, and apparatus for automatically controlling a locomotive include a control interface unit configured to receive input from at least one manual control, receive input from an automatic control system, and transmit commands to a locomotive control system, wherein the commands are based at least partially on the input received from the automatic control system. A bypass relay may also be provided to enable and disable communication between the at least one manual control and the locomotive control system.
US09469306B2	Sensor interface transceiver Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a sensor interface module that selectively varies the resistance of an RLC network based upon one or more properties of exchanges data signals between one or more sensors and a controller (e.g., an ECU). The disclosed sensor interface module has a closed control loop that receives modulated sensor current signals from one or more sensors and that regulates a modulated output voltage that is provided to the one or more sensors. A protocol processor detects one or more properties of the exchanged voltage and current signals. The protocol processor provides the detected properties to an impedance controller, which selectively varies the value of an impedance element within an RLC network, located between the sensor interface module and the one or more sensor, to adjust the one or more properties in a manner that improves performance of the sensor interface module.
US09469305B2	Vehicle and method for controlling the same A vehicle includes a vehicle interface unit, an output of which is controlled according to user manipulation. A vehicle information acquisition unit is configured to acquire information about a vehicle state and an output of the vehicle interface unit in the vehicle state. A storage is configured to store the acquired information about the vehicle state and the output of the vehicle interface unit in the vehicle state. A model generation unit is configured to generate a user preference model using the stored information about the vehicle state and the output of the vehicle interface unit in the vehicle state. A controller is configured to control the output of the vehicle interface unit based on the user preference model.
US09469302B2	Torque control apparatus and method and motor controller A torque control apparatus includes: a flux linkage estimator estimating a variation of flux linkage based on a difference between a current temperature of a motor measured by a temperature sensor and a predefined reference temperature; a torque compensation value calculator calculating a torque compensation value corresponding to the current temperature of the motor based on the estimated variation of flux linkage; and a torque compensator compensating for an error of required torque of a torque command by applying the calculated torque compensation value in response to a change in temperature of the motor and outputting a final torque command including the error-compensated required torque to a current map of a motor controller.
US09469300B1	Automobile-speed control using terrain-based speed profile Aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards hysteresis engaged vehicle cruise control apparatuses, and systems and methods that facilitate energy efficiency as a function of external energy obstacles. The method and system includes an adaptable terrain-based speed profile and terrain-based work function for maintaining a vehicle at a desired speed and selected speed range. The speed profile further includes a terrain-based driving preference associated with an identifier that identifies a particular driver and driving profile. Vehicle-related data is generated with regard to energy efficiency obstacles, and vehicle speed is automatically adjusted based on this data to facilitate fuel economy. In certain embodiments, vehicle-related data is sent to a cloud-computing system for processing. In other embodiments, the desired speed and terrain-based speed profile is influenced by user or external inputs.
US09469288B2	Method for determining a triggering condition for recalibration of an automatic parking brake A method for determining a triggering condition for recalibration in an automatic parking brake includes determining a motor current which is expected at a predetermined time during a release process of the automatic parking brake. The method includes identifying motor current for a brake motor in the automatic parking brake that generates an electromechanical braking force during operation and releases the electromechanical braking force during the release process.
US09469286B2	Automatic flow calibration for locomotive air brake system A system and method for automatically calibrating the flow measurement device of a locomotive air brake control system. The air brake control computer controls activates a magnet valve to create a predetermined flow from the brake pipe through an orifice to exhaust, thereby creating a reference flow value to enable the calibration of the flow measurement device. The system reduces the likelihood of human error and variability by automating the steps necessary for flow measurement calibration under computer control.
US09469285B2	Brake arrangement A brake arrangement for a vehicle having a cardan brake and separate left and right brakes. The left brake activated by movement of a first lever and the right brake is activated by movement of a second lever. The left brake, right brake and the cardan brake are activated together by movement of both levers together, characterized in that the cardan brake is connected to a fluid supply in a circuit which comprises a first and a second brake valve arranged in series and the first brake valve is operable by the first lever and the second brake valve is operable by the second lever.
US09469283B2	Braking apparatus of vehicle A braking apparatus 1 of a vehicle includes: a hydraulic brake device 4 that brakes the vehicle via friction in response to operation of a brake pedal; a regenerative brake device 5 that performs regenerative braking using, as an electricity generator, a motor 3 for running the vehicle; and a collision avoidance device 20 that performs automatic braking of the vehicle by controlling operation of the hydraulic brake device 4 in accordance with obstacle detection information detected by an obstacle detection device 21, to avoid collision of the vehicle with an obstacle, wherein an electric servo brake controller 10 of the collision avoidance device 20 terminates activation of the regenerative braking, if activated, before the automatic braking is started by the collision avoidance device 20.
US09469278B2	Device and method for applying a cleaning fluid to a wheel of a vehicle in a vehicle washing installation and vehicle-washing device A device for applying a cleaning fluid to a wheel of a vehicle in a vehicle washing installation using a spray nozzle and a wheel washing brush that is driven in rotation and can be moved by a guide between a rest position remote from a wheel and a cleaning position on the wheel. The device, an associated vehicle washing installation and method each permit economical application of the cleaning fluid matched to the size of the wheels to be cleaned. The method includes the steps of: a) determining the position of the wheel in the washing direction, b) determining the distance of the wheel from the device, c) moving the spray nozzle to the spraying position at the spraying distance from the wheel, d) spraying cleaning fluid onto the wheel using the spray nozzle (4) and moving the spray nozzle along the wheel in the washing direction and e) terminating the spraying operation when the front end of the wheel in the washing direction has been reached.
US09469268B2	Air-bag device An air-bag device includes an air bag stored in an inner side of a backrest in a vehicle width direction, and an inflator that inflates and expands the air bag. The air bag includes a first chamber that houses the inflator such that the longitudinal direction of the inflator matches the vertical direction of the air bag, and a second chamber that is located above the first chamber and is inflated and expanded by a gas ejected from an upper end of the inflator to form a tubular shape extending upward above the first chamber.
US09469267B2	Airbag device An airbag device has an airbag housing that is provided in inward lateral faces of a driver's seat backrest and a passenger seat backrest in a vehicle width direction. An upper portion of the airbag housing is provided with a cover portion through which the airbag supplied with gas moves upward from the airbag housing.
US09469265B2	Crush box A crush box, which has a tubular body having a plurality of flat plate-shape sidewalls and having a polygonal shape in section, which is disposed in such an attitude that an axial direction of the tubular body matches a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, and which, when subjected to a compressive load in the axial direction, is crushed like an accordion in the axial direction to absorb impact energy, the crush box being configured such that a plurality of flanges projecting outward from the tubular body are provided along only a plurality of outer ridges located on an outer side in a lateral direction of the vehicle out of a plurality of ridges located along a boundary between the plurality of sidewalls, such that the plurality of flanges extend along an entire axial length of the tubular body, the tubular body is formed by a pair of body halves divided by a pair of upper and lower outer ridges located at upper and lower positions on the outer side in the lateral direction of the vehicle out of the plurality of ridges located along the boundary between the plurality of sidewalls, each of the pair of body halves has joint portions at its both ends located along the pair of upper and lower outer ridges, the joint portions are placed on each other and bonded together and project outward from the tubular body, and a pair of upper and lower flanges functioning as the plurality of flanges are formed by the joint portions, and the upper flange is provided so that the upper flange projects obliquely upward and outward in the lateral direction of the vehicle in section perpendicular to the axial direction of the tubular body, and the lower flange is provided so that the lower flange projects obliquely downward and outward in the lateral direction of the vehicle in section perpendicular to the axial direction of the tubular body.
US09469263B2	Systems and methods for filling a vehicle component with fluid A fluid fill system includes a fill nozzle having a head configured to be received in a reservoir of a vehicle component for filling the reservoir with a fluid and a fluid fill sensor system having an air hose coupled to the head. The fluid fill sensor system has a pressure sensor pneumatically sensing when the fill nozzle is properly seated with the vehicle component by sensing an increase in a pressure of the fluid fill sensor system.
US09469252B2	Rearview mirror assembly for vehicle A mirror element sub-assembly for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element, a mirror back plate and an indicator. The front side of the mirror back plate includes a reflective element attaching portion and the rear side of the mirror back plate includes (i) an actuator attaching portion and (ii) an indicator attaching portion, all of which are integrally formed during injection molding of the mirror back plate. The indicator attaching portion includes structure extending from the rear side of the mirror back plate and having a passageway therethrough. The indicator is attached at the structure, and light emitted by the indicator passes through the passageway and through an opening of the mirror back plate and through the mirror reflective element so as to exit from the mirror reflective element at an angle relative to the reflective element attaching portion.
US09469248B2	System and method for providing situational awareness in a vehicle A method and system for providing situational awareness in a vehicle. The method and system include receiving environmental sensor data and vehicle performance sensor data. The method and system also include compiling the environmental sensor data and the vehicle performance data. The method and system additionally include determining one or more situational risks that are posed to the vehicle that occur within a surrounding environment of the vehicle based on the compiled environmental sensor data and the vehicle performance data. The method and system further include generating one or more projected graphical objects that represent the one or more situational risks that are determined to be posed to the vehicle.
US09469247B2	Using external sounds to alert vehicle occupants of external events and mask in-car conversations An audio processing system may selectively identify certain environmental sounds and playing back these sounds, or a representation of these sounds, in the vehicle's cabin. The audio processing system may filter the environmental sounds to identify a particular sound that matches an event such as a bouncing ball, squealing tires, footsteps, and the like. The audio processing system may then provide an audio alert to an occupant in the vehicle. For example, the system may process the identified sound (e.g., amplify and/or isolate the sound) and use a speaker to output the processed sound into the interior of the vehicle. In another embodiment, the audio processing system may use environmental sounds as an audio masking sound for creating privacy zones within the vehicle. The audio processing system may filter the environmental sounds to identify a continuous sound which is then output to generate the privacy zones.
US09469245B2	Vehicle sun visor An automobile sun visor includes: a sun visor body; and a mirror unit. The mirror unit includes: a mirror; a mirror retaining member to keep the mirror in place; and a mirror cover attached to the mirror retaining member and with a lighting apparatus provided in it. Power is supplied to the lighting apparatus when the mirror cover is moved from a closed position to an open position, and the power supply to the lighting apparatus is shut off when the mirror cover is moved from the open position to the closed position.
US09469241B2	Electric lamp having an automatic light regulation A portable lamp, such as a headlamp is presented. The lamp contains a light source comprising one or more sources for generating at least one light beam; a means for controlling the brightness of said at least one beam in response to a control information or a control signal; and a control unit for the purpose of generating said control information or said control signal. The control unit contains a photo sensor and a regulation circuit controlling a switch-off phase of one or more beams during a period not visible to the holder of the lamp. The switch off phase being combined with at least one measure of diversity made by means of the photo sensor(s) on the reflective ambient environment.
US09469232B2	Attachment bracket for use with heavy machinery and bracket members An attachment bracket for use with heavy machinery and adapted to releasably attach to a double wheeled bin. The attachment bracket has a plurality of spaced parallel elongated bracket frame members, an elongated wide plate member connected to each the bracket frame member forming a rigid connection therebetween, a pair of spaced main hook members removably and adjustably connected to the wide plate member in between the bracket frame members, and a pair of secondary hook members, each rotationally connected to a respective the main hook member and biased such that they will return to an initial position when not being forced to rotate.
US09469229B2	Partition providing increased legroom A partition for separating front and rear occupant areas of a vehicle comprises a frame and multiple panel members. The frame is for attachment to the vehicle and has an upper lateral member, respective angled side tubular members and a window. The multiple panel members are configured to fit vertically between the window and a floor pan and horizontally between first and second sides. The multiple panel members comprise a first panel member for positioning adjacent the first side, a second panel member for positioning adjacent the second side and a center section laterally adjacent and separating the first and second panel members. The center section protrudes rearwardly relative to the first panel member and the second panel member. The second panel member is recessed forwardly of the first panel member and forwardly of the center section to increase space available in a rear seat aligned with the second panel member.
US09469227B2	Rear mounted vehicle seat suspension A seat suspension system for a vehicle comprising a system frame, an elongated seat bracket having one end pivotably mounted to said system frame and the opposite end adapted to support a seat, and a dampening device attached between said system frame and a location on said seat bracket between said one end and said opposite end thereof.
US09469223B2	Vehicle seat The present invention relates to a vehicle seat having a seat part and a backrest, wherein the seat part and the backrest can be adjusted relative to one another by an adjustment mechanism, wherein a base plate which holds the adjustment mechanism is provided, wherein the base plate has at least two passage openings through which the base plate is connected to the seat part by fasteners, wherein one of the passage openings is in the form of an elongate hole.
US09469219B2	Pumping device for vehicle seat Disclosed herein is a pumping device for a vehicle seat including a clutch portion transferring rotational force input from a handle lever to a link means, a brake portion fixing the link means, a cylindrical front housing accommodating the clutch portion and the brake portion therein and having a pair of stoppers formed on an outer side surface thereof so as to be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval, a lever bracket having a pair of bracket legs provided radially outwardly with respect to the respective stoppers, the lever bracket being rotatably arranged on the outer side surface of the front housing so as to connect the handle lever to the clutch portion, and a return spring having a main body portion configured of a ring-shaped leaf spring and a pair of bending portions formed by bending both end portions of the main body portion.
US09469217B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes a slide rail that has a lower rail and an upper rail, and a cap that is provided on an end portion in a longitudinal direction of at least one of the lower rail and the upper rail. A base portion that is adjacent to and follows an end surface shape of the end portion in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail or the upper rail on which the cap is provided, and a filler portion that extends from the base portion toward the center in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail or the upper rail on which the cap is provided, and that fills a space in a separating direction of the lower rail and the upper rail, are provided on the cap.
US09469215B2	Apparatus for mounting to a vehicle An apparatus for mounting in a door aperture of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a mounting element for mounting the apparatus in the door aperture. The mounting element is adapted to cooperate with a fixing disposed on the vehicle. The apparatus can include one or more seats for use when the vehicle is stationary. A method of mounting the apparatus to a vehicle is also provided.
US09469204B2	Device for charging a battery of a motor vehicle on the basis of a single-phase power supply network, and method of controlling the device A device for charging a battery, for example of an electric traction motor vehicle, based on a single-phase power supply network, the device including a filtering stage configured to be connected to the single-phase network, a voltage step-down stage connected to the filtering stage, a voltage step-up stage configured to be connected to the battery and coupled to the voltage step-down stage via an inductive component or an induction coil, and a regulating unit configured to impose chopping duty ratios on the voltage step-down stage and on the voltage step-up stage. The regulating unit compensates for phase shift between an input current of the voltage step-down stage and an input voltage of the voltage step-down stage.
US09469203B2	Battery information output equipment for power supply and demand leveling system Battery information output equipment allows a driver of an electric vehicle 10 of an electricity consumer 2, now parked, to input what battery capacity is required at two or more points of time on or before the time at which the electric vehicle is scheduled to come into use, considering an operation schedule for the vehicle, and transmits the usable capacity at each point of the times, i.e., maximum capacity minus capacity required at each point of the times, to a power supply/demand management center 3, so that charge and discharge of a battery 17 is controlled by a charge/discharge command from the power supply/demand management center 3 such that use of battery capacity for power supply and demand leveling is kept within the usable capacity at any point of the times.
US09469202B2	Method for controlling and system for charging a battery power supply unit A method of controlling and a system for charging a battery power supply unit for a bicycle electronic device, even in critical temperature conditions, is provided. Heat energy is supplied to the power supply unit when its temperature is lower than or equal to a lower temperature threshold within a closed charging temperature range characteristic of the power supply unit.
US09469198B2	System and method for identifying damaged sections of a route A method and system for examining velocity differences in a vehicle speed of a vehicle and the angular speed of the axles and/or wheels of the vehicle system traveling along a route to determine if the route is damaged and/or to identify the location of the potentially damaged section of the route. The differences may represent wheel creeps of the vehicle system.
US09469195B1	Adaptive, automatically-reconfigurable, vehicle instrument display An adaptive, automatically-reconfigurable, vehicle instrument display method and system are described that continuously looks for any obstruction between a driver and a widget displayed within the instrument panel display of the vehicle and, upon detection of an obstruction, will move the widget to a new, unobstructed, location.
US09469194B2	Meter pointer with a dot-matrix array A meter pointer for a meter includes an arm. The arm includes a display. The display has a dot-matrix array including pixels. Each of the pixels is configured to change in intensity. The dot-matrix array is configured to indicate a graphic image with at least one of the pixels by controlling the intensity of each of the pixels.
US09469193B2	Information processing terminal, display device, information processing method, display method, information processing program and display program The display device is loaded on a vehicle, and connects the communication with the information processing terminal via the connection unit. Specifically, the display device obtains and displays an application image outputted by the information processing terminal. Also, the display device obtains, from the information processing terminal, a property of the application generating the application image. The property of the application may include information whether or not the application is controllable by an external device, the reliability of the application, the genre of the application and the display appropriateness. Then, the display device regulates the display of the application image based on the obtained property of the application and the running state of the vehicle.
US09469191B1	Transaxle fluid expansion and contraction accommodation apparatus An apparatus for accommodating fluid expansion and contraction within an axle housing or axle support structure of a hydrostatic transaxle is provided. A partitioning element separates the hydraulic fluid from an air chamber created at least partially by the partitioning element and the partitioning element has an internal volume that is in communication with the primary sump and the partitioning element expands to increase the size of its internal volume and thereby expand the volume of the sump.
US09469188B2	Work vehicle A wheel loader includes an upper plate, a hose member, an air intake pipe, a supporting member, a first lid member, and a first fastening member. The hose member extends upwardly through a first opening part formed in the upper plate. The air intake pipe is removably coupled to an upper end part of the hose member. A horizontal part of the supporting member extends horizontally from the side part and is fixed to a side surface of the air intake pipe. A first body part of the first lid member covers a second opening part in a side part of the supporting member. A second attachment part of the first lid member extends horizontally from the first body part to be disposed on the horizontal part. The first fastening member attaches the first lid member to the supporting member by fastening the second attachment part and the horizontal part.
US09469186B2	Drivetrain for a ground vehicle A drivetrain providing tractive torque to a ground vehicle includes a non-combustion torque machine coaxial to and rotatably coupled to an integrated gear set including a conjoined carrier assembly coupling a reducing gear set to a differential gear set. The differential gear set is coaxial to and rotatably coupled to first and second differential axle members. The first differential axle member couples to a first wheel assembly of the ground vehicle and the second differential axle member couples to a second wheel assembly located on a second, opposite side of the ground vehicle.
US09469183B2	Mass-coupling arrangement for a vehicle The invention relates to a battery support arrangement (12) for a vehicle (10), with a battery-holding element (14) for receiving a battery (16), a guide arrangement (18) by means of which the battery-holding element (14) is mounted movably relative to the vehicle (10), and with coupling elements which are designed to couple the earth-receiving element (14) to a vehicle structure connected fixedly to the vehicle (10) and/or at least partially to decouple the battery-holding element from the vehicle structure, wherein the coupling elements have an actuator (22) which is designed to adjust the degree of the coupling and/or the temporal profile of the coupling.
US09469182B2	Mounting frame for an electrically driven motor vehicle A mounting frame (20) for an electrically driven motor vehicle (10) has two frame beams (34, 36) oriented in a longitudinal direction (18) of the motor vehicle (10). An electric drive unit (22) for driving the motor vehicle (10) is mounted on the frame beams (34, 36), and has an electrical component (28) formed separately from the electric drive unit (22). The electrical component (28) is accommodated in a flexurally stiff housing (40) that is mounted on the mounting frame (34, 36). The frame beams (34, 36) form a frame arrangement which is open outwardly in the longitudinal direction (18), and the housing (40) of the electrical component (28) is mechanically fixedly connected to the two frame beams (34, 36) to form a closed frame section together with the frame beams (34, 36).
US09469180B2	Vehicular resin back door A vehicular resin back door includes: an inner panel made of resin, the inner panel including: a front edge portion that extends in a vehicle width direction, and right and left edge portions that extend in a vehicle body front-rear direction, the front, right and left edge portions configuring an opening. The vehicular resin back door also includes: (i) a front portion outer panel that extends in the vehicle width direction and is attached to the front edge portion to form a first chamber; (ii) right and left side portion outer panels that extend in the vehicle body front-rear direction and are respectively attached to the right and left edge portions to form second chambers; and (iii) front joint portions at which vehicle width direction outside end portions of the front portion outer panel and front end portions of the side portion outer panels overlap and are joined together.
US09469178B2	Roller blind curtain device for car A roller blind curtain device for a car may include a roller blind provided between a door-side door trim and an inner panel of the car, and having a wrapping roll winding and wrapping a curtain fabric that may be drawn out to a top in a longitudinal direction of a window to block sunlight that comes in through the window, a curtain holding device positioned adjacent to the wrapping roll of the roller blind and holding the curtain fabric drawn out from the wrapping roll along the window to stop at a predetermined position, and a support frame positioned at an outlet side of the roller blind, having a first end connected to a draw-out bar formed at an end of the curtain fabric, and extended as long as a length of the curtain fabric drawn out from the roller blind to support the curtain fabric.
US09469175B2	Shock absorber system A shock absorber system installed on a vehicle having four wheels in which a VSC control for giving a braking force to any of the wheels is to be executed to reduce an improper turning behavior of the vehicle due to an excessive side slip of any of the wheels, including: four hydraulic shock absorbers each configured to generate a damping force with respect to a relative movement of a corresponding sprung and unsprung portion and having a damping-force changer configured to change the damping force; and a controller configured to control the damping force by controlling the damping-force changer and configured such that, when the improper turning behavior of the vehicle occurs, the controller executes a reduction control in which the damping force to be generated by at least one of the four shock absorbers is controlled to reduce the improper turning behavior.
US09469172B2	Independent rear suspension with lifting device An independent suspension and an independent suspension arrangement for a liftable rear axle of a heavy vehicle are provided. The independent suspension includes a lower wishbone and an upper wishbone hingedly suspended in a support assembly and a hub carrier, and an air bellows and a lifting bellows, where the air bellows is arranged outside of a plane defined by the web of a main frame beam and the lifting bellows is arranged inside of a plane defined by the web of a main frame beam. The independent suspension arrangement includes a left wheel suspension, a right wheel suspension and at least one sub-frame assembly extending between the left and right wheel suspensions, where the left and right wheel suspensions are mounted directly to the sub-frame assembly.
US09469167B2	Vehicle pneumatic tire having a sealing material on the inside of the tire A vehicle pneumatic tire has a sealing material on the inside of the tire, which material approximately closes off a leak resulting from damage to the tire. A warning system is provided in a section of the tire having the sealing material. The warning system may be a sensor unit, which monitors the tire air pressure and is secured via an adhesive film to the inside of the tire having the sealing material. The adhesive film is adhered over a large surface area which is larger by an order of magnitude than a base surface of the sensor unit or of a sensor unit securing device. The adhesive film may cover the sensor unit so that it is located between the adhesive film and the inside of the tire.
US09469165B2	Axle assembly having wheel hubs configured for use in vehicle with central tire inflation system An axle assembly, including an axle shaft, annular member, hub, inner and outer hub bearings, abutment ring, first and second seals, and an air inlet port. The annular member is disposed about the axle shaft. The hub is coupled for rotation with the axle shaft and defines an outlet port. The first and second shaft seals form seals between the hub and the annular member. The air inlet port is mounted to one of the annular member and the abutment ring and includes an inlet boss. A first fluid conduit is defined by the abutment ring or both the abutment ring and the inlet port. The first fluid conduit is in fluid communication with the air inlet boss. The second shaft seal is spaced apart from the first shaft seal along the rotational axis to at least partially define a second fluid conduit in fluid communication inlet and outlet ports.
US09469160B2	Tire with tread having blocks having cutout portions Provision of a tire with enhanced wet weather performance while maintaining resistance to uneven wear performance without entailing an increase in the tread rubber volume. A center block row (30) is formed extending along the tire circumferential direction U in a tread section (18). Blocks (33) configuring the center block row (30) when viewed from the tread face side are formed with long sides (34H) adjacent to respective main grooves (20L), (20R) and short sides (34S1), (34S2). Cutout portions (21) are formed in the blocks (33) on the sides of the long sides (34H).
US09469157B2	Bicycle freecoaster hub A bicycle freecoaster hub includes a clutch to provide a clutching effect during riding. The clutch has a clutch member, and first and second resistance members. The first resistance member is located inside the clutch member and includes a cylinder and flanges at each end. The second resistance member includes a ring sleeve part located inside the clutch member and mounted on the cylinder of the first resistance member and abutted against the first flange of the first resistance member. An elastic member is sleeved onto the cylinder of the first resistance member and abutted between the outer flange of the first resistance member and the second resistance member, so as to provide sufficient resistance for the clutch member. The hub bearings are arranged in such a way that the drive mechanism is isolated from axial loads.
US09469153B2	Paint tray with disposable liner system A paint tray with disposable liner system generally comprises two components, a paint tray base, and a liner holding frame which cooperatively engages with the paint tray base to securely hold a paint tray liner therebetween so as to position the paint tray liner overtop of the interior surface of the paint tray base. The paint tray base has a bumper extending around the periphery of the paint tray base from the exterior surface of its walls. The liner holding frame is sized to slidingly fit onto the paint tray base and engage the bumper, wherein engagement of the liner holding frame with the bumper securely fixes a paint tray liner in place therebetween. A cover can optionally be included in the system that includes a cover holding frame sized to fit on top of the paint tray base above the liner holding frame, wherein the cover holding frame comprises a channel to receive a top end of a corresponding wall of the paint tray base to securely fix the paint tray cover in place therebetween.
US09469151B2	Application tool A pencil type application tool for applying a coating material to a substrate, having a shaft and a reservoir in the shaft filled with the coating material. A tool head having an applicator, and a valve is arranged between the reservoir and the tool head, that has a valve body and, upon actuation, switches from a closed to an open position to dispense the coating material onto the substrate. In order to reduce the consumption of application tools and also permit refilling with a coating material in a reliable and clean manner, in the longitudinal extension of the application tool between the shaft and the tool head, a carrier part is arranged which receives and secures the valve body by the main part of its longitudinal extension, in a direction facing away from the applicator, and the carrier part is detachably connectable to the shaft and the tool head.
US09469144B2	Post-processing device Provided is a post-processing device including a stacking section that aligns and stacks recording materials which are sequentially transported, a saddle stitching section that binds plural sheets of recording materials in central portions of the recording materials, a center folding section that folds the plural sheets of recording materials into two in the central portions, a pressing section that presses a booklet in a thickness direction of the booklet, and a discharge section that discharges the booklet, which is pressed by the pressing section, with a folded portion of the booklet being a leading portion, wherein the booklet is held and stopped in a state of being nipped by the discharge section, and transport is initiated after the lapse of a predetermined stop time so that the booklet is discharged.
US09469142B2	Tape cassette A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path to the tape feed exit, a recess formed on the front wall extending from a bottom surface of the housing towards a top surface of the housing, and a first tape type indicator aperture on a bottom edge of the front wall. The first tape type indicator aperture is positioned downstream, in a tape feed direction, of the recess. The tape feed direction is a direction in which the tape is configured to be fed along a portion of the tape feed path proximate to the front wall.
US09469139B2	Tape cartridge A tape cartridge to be installed in a tape printing apparatus by which a printing tape is fed out to perform printing on the printing tape, includes the printing tape, a cartridge casing in which the printing tape is accommodated, and a reaction force application portion that is provided on a front surface of the cartridge casing, displaced by a pressing force of a pressing portion of the tape printing apparatus, and applies a reaction force against the pressing force to the pressing portion according to a displacement of the reaction force application portion.
US09469138B1	Ejection abnormality detection method, and liquid ejection device A liquid is ejected which has a volume exceeding a volume for forming a dot of a maximum size used in regular liquid ejection to output a high load pattern, an ejection abnormality detection pattern is output for detecting an ejection element abnormality within a specific period of time from outputting the high load pattern, read data of the output ejection abnormality detection pattern is acquired, and the acquired read data is analyzed to detect an abnormal ejection element.
US09469137B2	Optimization of drying for wet colorants in a printing system Systems and methods are disclosed for determining an operational range of colorant densities and heating powers that result in successful drying for a print media that is based on a drying quality of test images printed by a printing system. One embodiment comprises a printing system that applies colorant onto a continuous-form medium and applies heat to the medium based on a heating power. The printing system prints a plurality of test images onto the medium, where one or more of a colorant density and a heating power vary for each of the printed test images. The printing system determines a drying quality for the printed test images, and calculates an operational range of colorant densities and heating powers for the medium based on the drying quality of the printed test images.
US09469129B2	Printing method and apparatus for performing conveyance control using marks in non-image areas Both highly reliable detection of a mark and suppression of a sheet consumption amount can be achieved when a continuous sheet is cut on an image basis after a plurality of images has been printed on the continuous sheet. For this purpose, at the time of a first surface printing operation, by accumulating correction factors obtained for a plurality of pages, a more highly reliable correction factor is obtained. Further, at the time of a second surface printing operation, by controlling a conveyance operation with the highly reliable correction factor, a cut mark is surely detected by the detecting operation of the cut mark sensor within a limited range.
US09469122B2	Printer control section, method and printer A printer control section arranged to control a printhead, is operable to cause the printhead to: perform a plurality of passes over a swath of a print medium, the plurality of passes including first and second treatment passes; apply treatment to the print medium in each of the treatment passes, the treatment in each treatment pass being applied according to a respective treatment mask, wherein each treatment mask indicates a corresponding set of pixels to which the treatment may be applied in a pass to which the treatment mask is applied, the treatment mask having a weight indicative of the proportion of pixels in the corresponding set of pixels, and the treatment masks of the first and second passes are such that a weight of the first treatment mask is different from a weight of the second treatment mask.
US09469121B2	Inkjet printer The present invention provides an inkjet printer capable of allowing fluids, such as ink, cleaning liquid, and air, to suitably flow into an ink path. The inkjet printer includes an ink path (16, 18, 28), valves (22, 26), a suction device, and a controller. The controller includes: a first control section to perform a first operation in which the suction device is driven for a first time period, with the valve (22) closed and the valve (26) opened; and a second control section to perform, after the first operation, a second operation in which the suction device is driven for a second time period, with the valve (22) opened and the valve (26) closed.
US09469120B2	Dummy head and liquid ejecting apparatus A dummy head is attachable to and detachable from a carriage of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a first route having a supply port through which a liquid can be supplied to a liquid ejecting head in a state of being attached to the carriage, and a second route having a collection port through which the liquid can be collected from the liquid ejecting head. The dummy head has a third route which can be connected to the supply port and the collection port.
US09469115B2	Liquid container, adapter, and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid container is configured to be detachably attached to a liquid container containing section in a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes the liquid container containing section, a supply flow path that supplies liquid from a liquid supply section that is provided in the liquid container containing section to a liquid ejecting section, and an opening and closing section that opens and closes the supply flow path. The liquid container includes an operation section configured to switch an opening and closing state of the opening and closing section by working together with an attaching and detaching operation with regard to the liquid container containing section.
US09469114B2	Liquid ejection apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus is provided which serves to simplify a configuration for collection of mist and to suppress the adverse effect, on landing accuracy for a liquid, of an electrostatic force for connection of mist. The ink jet printing apparatus has a blowout mechanism configured to blow out a gas through a blowout port toward a print medium. Furthermore, the ink jet printing apparatus has an electrode disposed on a platen that supports the print medium and configured to attract mist to the print medium when the electrode is supplied with power.
US09469112B2	Rotary wiper assembly for fluid-ejection printhead A rotary wiper assembly for a fluid-ejection printhead that has fluid-ejection nozzles includes one or more wipers and a rotatable shaft to which the wipers are at least indirectly attached. The rotatable shaft is to rotate the wipers to a static wiping position. While the wipers are stationary in the static wiping position, the fluid-ejection printhead is to move back and forth in relation to the wipers while the wipers are not to move, to cause the wipers to come into contact with the fluid-ejection nozzles to wipe material from the fluid-ejection nozzles.
US09469111B2	Liquid ejection head A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of ejection members, each having an ejection port for ejecting liquid and a liquid chamber for supplying liquid to the ejection port, a base substrate carrying the plurality of ejection members arranged thereon, the base substrate being provided with a common flow channel for supplying liquid to the plurality of liquid chambers, and a plurality of branch ports each allowing the common flow channel to communicate with the plurality of liquid chambers. Each of the branch ports is provided with a notch portion at an upstream side thereof as viewed in the flow direction of liquid flowing through the common flow channel.
US09469109B2	Microfluid delivery device and method for manufacturing the same Embodiments disclose herein are directed to a microfluidic delivery device that has a predominantly semiconductor structure, such as silicon. In particular, the structure for delivering fluid may be formed from polycrystalline silicon, also called polysilicon, or epitaxial silicon. The microfluidic delivery device that predominantly uses silicon based materials to form the structures that are in contact with the dispensed fluid results in a device that is compatible with a wide set of fluids and applications.
US09469105B2	Liquid droplet ejection device, liquid droplet ejecting method and inkjet recording apparatus A liquid droplet ejecting device that includes multiple pressure chambers communicating with multiple nozzles, to contain liquid; a vibration plate, to constitute elastic walls of the pressure chambers, disposed extending along the pressure chambers; multiple pressure generating elements disposed facing the multiple chambers respectively via the vibration plate; a drive waveform generator to generate drive waveform data that indicates a shape of a drive waveform for driving the multiple pressure generating elements; a residual vibration detector to detect a residual vibration waveform occurring within the pressure chamber after the pressure generating elements are driven; and a controller to determine the necessity of liquid-state recovery ejection for discharging thickened liquid, based on the detected residual vibration, and to causes the liquid-state recovery ejection to be performed upon determining that liquid-state recovery ejection is needed.
US09469104B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A drive signal includes a first drive pulse that causes liquid droplets to be ejected from nozzles and a second drive pulse that causes liquid droplets of a different size from those of the first drive pulse to be ejected from the nozzles. The drive pulses have expansion elements that expand a pressure chamber, contraction elements that contract a pressure chamber, and vibration control elements. An initiation potential of the contraction element of the first drive pulse and an initiation potential of the contraction element of the second drive pulse are the same. The differential voltage between the standard potential and the contraction potential is set to between 40% 50% or less of the potential between the initiation potential of the contraction element and the contraction potential.
US09469103B2	Inkjet printer An inkjet printer is provided with an influence calculation portion and a device control portion. The influence calculation portion calculates an influence indicating a degree of an influence of generation of a satellite on a printing condition. The device control portion controls discharging timing of an inkjet head so that ink is discharged in order by each row of a plurality of nozzle rows for each pixel row on a sheet as a printing target, if the influence calculated by the influence calculation portion exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
US09469097B2	Structure including thin primer film and method of producing said structure One object is to provide a structure including a thin primer film formed by a dry process and tightly bound to a fluorine-containing silane coupling agent. In accordance with one aspect, a structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate; and a thin primer film containing at least one substance selected from the group consisting of silicon, titanium, aluminum, aluminum oxide, and zirconium and formed on a surface of the substrate by a dry process.
US09469094B2	System and method for label matrix stripping An apparatus and method for removing matrix material from a web of cut adhesive backed labels. A matrix stripping apparatus comprises a rotating cylinder for receiving a web of cut adhesive labels, a source for applying an electrostatic charge to the web of cut adhesive labels, and a separation member to facilitate separation of the matrix from a web comprising cut labels and a release liner. Applying an electrostatic charge to the web assists in holding the web against the rotating cylinder and relieves tension in the separation and removal of the matrix material.
US09469093B2	Bonding apparatus, bonding system and bonding method A bonding apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first holding unit, a second holding unit, a pressing mechanism and a holding mechanism. The first holding unit is provided with a first heating mechanism and holds a first substrate. The second holding unit disposed facing the first holding unit and provided with a second heating mechanism, holds a second substrate. The pressing mechanism relatively moves the first holding unit and the second holding unit in order to contact and press the first substrate and the second substrate. The holding mechanism elastically holds an outer periphery of the first holding unit and the second holding unit.
US09469092B2	Manufacturing method of wheel guard A method of manufacturing a wheel guard may include injection-molding an adhesive layer, bonding an outer layer including a non-woven fabric and a sound-absorbing layer including thermoplastic resin with the adhesive layer in between, and forming the layers into a predetermined shape of the wheel guard, with the outer layer and the sound-absorbing layer bonded by the adhesive layer. The thickness of the outer layer may be 2 to 10 mm, the thickness of the adhesive layer may be 0.1 to 2 mm, and the thickness of the sound-absorbing layer may be 2 to 10 mm, before the bonding. A specific heat treatment layer may be formed on a non-adhesive side of the outer layer and may have an LM FIBER, a film, or a sheet.
US09469088B2	Flexible materials for flexible containers A flexible material for a flexible container can include a first laminate and a second laminate joined to at least a portion of the first laminate by at least one seal. The first laminate can include a first gas barrier layer disposed between first and second sealable layers, wherein the first and second sealable layers define opposed exterior layers of the first laminate. The second laminate can include a third sealable layer defining an exterior layer of the second laminate, and a second gas barrier layer. The at least one seal joins a portion of the third sealable layer to at least a portion of the second sealable layer.
US09469086B2	Method for assembling a stack or a collection consisting of single or multilayered pre-products that lie freely one on top of the other, compositions of such pre-products, and applicator for producing such compositions The invention relates to a method for assembling a stack (10) consisting of single or multilayered pre-products (1115) of equal or different sizes, said pre-products lying freely one on top of the other, wherein the stack (10) has two outer pre-products (11, 15). According to the method, the stack (10) is given a cohesion that facilitates later handling. The cohesion is achieved in a very simple and flexibly applicable manner by providing the slack (10) to be assembled in a first step, said stack consisting of pre-products (11-15) that lie freely one on top of the other, and by attaching at least one connecting element (17) to an edge (16) of the stack (10) in a second step such that said element overlaps the two outer pre-products (11, 15) of the stack (10) in a clamping manner.
US09469084B2	Sheet entity and an aircraft fuselage with a sheet entity of this type A sheet entity, in particular for use as a skin panel for an aircraft fuselage, with a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic laminate and an aluminum-based metal laminate in the edge region, which are connected with one another by means of an adhesive bond, and thereby are electrically insulated from one another, and are stepped back by layers. Also disclosed is a fuselage cell of an aircraft with at least one sheet entity of this type.
US09469083B2	Inverted nanocone structures for multifunctional surface and its fabrication process Inverted Nanocone Structures and Its Fabrication Process. The method of fabricating nanotextured structures includes making a master mold having an array of tapered structures to be replicated. The master mold is pressed into a curable polymer supported on a substrate and the polymer is cured. Thereafter, the mold is detached from the cured polymer to form the nanotextured structure.
US09469082B2	Assembly and method for creating custom structures from printable blank sheets A printable blank sheet includes a sheet with a top substrate and a bottom layer, a dry lift adhesive connecting the top substrate to the bottom layer, cut lines in the sheet that extend through the top substrate and the dry lift adhesive but not through the bottom layer, and an object with an intricate shape cut into the top substrate with a periphery of the object defined by the cut lines. The object can be removed from the sheet by separating the object and the bottom layer along the dry lift adhesive.
US09469081B2	Open perforated material An open perforated assembly typically includes a film layer (26) on one side of the open perforated assembly, and an adhesive layer (32) and a release liner (42) on the other side. The layers and liner are perforated with a plurality of holes (6). The assembly is devoid of any imperforate layer. The perforated liner has a first color visible from the other side. Upon removal of the perforated release liner the appearance of the assembly from the other side is similar to the appearance before removal of the perforated liner. The assembly may be imaged by digital inkjet printing using a digital inkjet machine. Its printheads are spaced from one side of the open perforated assembly and an ink receiving surface (62) is located on the other side such that ink that is jetted from the printheads and passes through the holes in the open perforated assembly is deposited on the ink receiving surface.
US09469080B2	Portable display In one embodiment, the modular display includes aggregates of individual panel tiles arranged between two large plastic sheets. The footprint of the large plastic sheet sandwich becomes the dimension of the display screen. The tilettes are phosphor emission panels with a full complement of emittable pixels. By separating the tilettes from the final full dimension sheet, the tilettes can be manufactured in transportable sizes and the outer full dimension sheets can be rolled for easy transport to the final install location.
US09469077B2	Molding element comprising cutting means for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread A molding element of a mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread, this tread having a tread surface intended to come into contact with the ground when the tire is rolling. The molding element comprising a molding surface intended to mold part of the tire tread surface and a blade of a height intended to mold a sipe or a groove in the tread, this blade extending in a first direction of extension Y. The molding element has two cutting means positioned on either side of the blade at a certain distance from this blade. The molding element has a third cutting means of height extending in a second direction of extension X, this second direction of extension X making an angle α with the first direction Y which is between 75° and 105°. The height of the third cutting means is greater than the height of the blade.
US09469071B2	Fused filament fabrication system and method A fused filament fabrication system and method comprises a motor for moving the system along a linear rail during operation, a drive gear coupled to the motor. The drive gear rotates in the direction of the motor during operation and selectively operatively engages first or second idler gears during operation of the system. The system also comprises first and second filaments for the selective passage of material to corresponding first and second extruders, the first filament is positioned between the first idler gear shaft and idler bearing and the second filament is positioned between the second idler gear shaft and idler bearing.
US09469070B2	Layerwise production method and illumination system for use therein An illumination system for use in a system (1) for layerwise production of a tangible object (5) in a liquid reservoir (2) comprises an image forming element (21), an image projection system (22, 23) and a microlens array (7). The illumination system (20) further comprises a controller (24) for controlling the microlens array (7) to perform a movement (9) which is relative to at least part of the image projection system (22, 23) and for controlling the image forming element (21) to form time-varying two-dimensional images synchronously with said movement in such way that microspots (17) describe and solidify a predetermined area of a liquid layer (10) when said movement (9) is also relative to the object (5) under construction.
US09469068B2	Microwave driven diffusion of dielectric nano- and micro-particles into organic polymers A method of doping a substrate with dielectric dopant particles. The substrate, comprising an organic polymer, is exposed to a first layer comprising a first plurality of dielectric dopant particles. The organic polymer has a thermal conductivity that is less than 5 Wm−1K−1 and a lossiness that is less than a lossiness of the first plurality of dielectric dopant particles. The substrate and first layer are irradiated by an energy source operating at an operating frequency. During the irradiation, the first plurality of dielectric dopant particles of the first layer diffuses into the organic polymer of the substrate. Irradiation continues for a first desired time to achieve a first desired depth of penetration of the first plurality of dielectric dopant particles into the organic polymer.
US09469065B2	Process for forming a sheet of thermoplastic material Provided is a process for forming a sheet of thermoplastic material into a three-dimensional shape, the process comprising the steps of (i) forming the sheet at a temperature below its glass transition temperature to produce a first formed shape in the sheet, followed by (ii) raising the temperature of the first formed shape (20) to above its glass transition temperature whilst a male former (12), having at least a portion of its profile being substantially the same as that of the first formed shape (20), is positioned to substantially align at least a portion of its profile with that of the first formed shape (20), thereby restricting the first formed shape from shrinking back towards its original sheet form, followed by (iii) further forming the first formed shape (20) at a temperature below that of the glass transition temperature, to form a second formed shape (24), followed by (iv) raising the temperature of the second formed shape (24) to above its glass transition temperature whilst a male former (16), at least a portion of its profile being substantially the same as that of the second formed shape (24), is positioned to substantially align at least a portion of its profile with that of the second formed shape (24), thereby restricting the second formed shape (24) from shrinking back towards its original sheet form.
US09469061B2	One-piece ventable piston for a dispensing apparatus, a dispensing apparatus with same, and method of making same A piston has a one-piece body having a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is integrally formed with the first portion, is flexibly movable between a first position and a second position relative to the first portion, and is biased toward the first position. The first portion has an orifice, and the second portion has a seal member. When the second portion is disposed in the first position, the seal member is disposed in a sealed arrangement with the orifice, and when the second portion is disposed in the second position, the seal member is disposed in an unsealed arrangement with the orifice.
US09469060B2	Optical lens and injection mold for producing same An optical lens for an optical communication system is provided. The optical lens includes a front portion, a back portion opposite to the front portion, and a converging lens. The front portion includes a front end surface. The front portion defines a recess in the front end surface. The front portion includes a protrusion step protruding from a bottom surface of the recess. The converging lens is formed on the protrusion step.
US09469059B2	Apparatus for injecting two-tone interior panel An apparatus for injecting a two-tone interior panel may include a skin including a surface portion and a folded portion extending from an end of the surface portion, an upper mold under which the skin is disposed, and a lower mold that slides up or down below the upper mold. When the lower mold is elevated, a portion of the lower mold corresponding to the folded portion may come in indirect contact with the upper mold with the folded portion therebetween, and a portion of the lower mold corresponding to the surface portion may form a space between the lower mold and the surface portion into which a first resin is to be injected.
US09469056B2	Mold, mold manufacturing method and method for manufacturing anti-reflection film using the mold A mold of at least one embodiment of the present invention includes: a base; a conductive layer provided on the base; and an anodized film provided on the conductive layer, the anodized film having an inverted motheye structure in its surface, the inverted motheye structure having a plurality of recessed portions whose two-dimensional size viewed in a direction normal to the surface is not less than 10 nm and less than 500 nm, wherein the base, the conductive layer, and the anodized film are capable of transmitting ultraviolet light.
US09469052B2	Method and apparatus for producing a fiber-reinforced plastics casting An apparatus and method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastics casting (FRP), includes a molding box filled with free flowing molding material, in what a prototype of casting or a textile preform is inserted, forming a mold cavity for infiltration the inserted preform of textile with synthetic resin material in order to form a fiber-reinforced plastics casting (FRP).
US09469051B2	Method of loading and unloading a mold on a foam plastics molding machine On a foam plastics molding machine, a molding unit, defined by a mold and an interface frame equipped with a number or quantity of plastic molding material and operating fluid inlets, is loaded into a raised window in a fixed frame of the machine by positioning the molding unit in a fixed position on a trolley; positioning the trolley astride a fixed platform; raising the platform so that vertical ribs on the interface frame slideably engage corresponding vertical guides forming part of the machine and on a level with the window; connecting the guides to the ribs; and moving the guides towards the window.
US09469050B2	Separation device A separation device includes a first shredding unit, a first separation unit, and a first air pipe. The first shredding unit shreds a processing target containing a first material and a second material. The first separation unit rotates a first tubular portion in a state in which the processing target shredded by the first shredding unit is accommodated therein, thereby separating the second material passing through first holes from the processing target. The first air pipe transfers the processing target shredded by the first shredding unit to the first separation unit with air pressure. The first air pipe has a first portion that extends in a first direction, and a second portion that is connected to the first portion on a downstream side of the first portion and that extends in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction.
US09469047B2	Multi-component coating method for porous substrates The disclosure relates to a coating method including the steps of providing a multi-component coating composition including two or more components, applying each component to a porous substrate, mixing each component with at least one other component thereby causing at least two components to undergo a chemical reaction.
US09469043B2	Biasing assembly for a punching device A biasing assembly for a punching device that includes a punch support member adapted to support a punch and including a head portion and a main portion extending from the head portion. The main portion has a recessed surface. A retaining member is coupled to the punch support member with the punch support member being slidable with respect to the retaining member. A coupling member is disposed between the main portion of the punch support member and the retaining member. A portion of the coupling member engages the recessed surface. A biasing member is supported between the head portion of the punch support member and the retaining member. The punch support member is movable between at least first and second positions with respect to the coupling member.
US09469038B2	Wet shaver A wet shaver that includes a handle, a shaving head having at least two blades, defining a shaving plane (P), the shaving head having a cam surface, the shaving head being pivotally mounted on the handle about a pivot axis (X) parallel to the shaving plane, the shaving head having a rest position, a biasing member provided on the handle, adapted to exert a camming action on the cam surface to bias the shaving head toward the rest position.
US09469036B1	Robotic finger assemblies A robotic finger assembly has a first phalange connected to a palm via a first joint, a second phalange connected to the first phalange via a second joint, and a third phalange connected to the second phalange via a third joint. A drive spool at the first phalange has a first and second tendon wound in opposite directions. A first spool is aligned with the second joint and has the first tendon wound to enter and exit the first spool on a first side, and has the second tendon wound to enter and exit the first spool on a second side. A second spool is aligned with the third joint and has the first tendon wound to enter and exit the second spool on the first side, and has the second tendon wound to enter and exit the second spool on the second side.
US09469035B2	Component supply apparatus A component supply apparatus capable of aligning components of various shapes, which are supplied in bulk, within a short period of time with general means. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional vision sensor measuring a depth map, a bulk component box, a robot picking up a component from the bulk component box, a temporary placing table onto which components are rolled, a two-dimensional vision sensor measuring a profile of the components, a robot group picking up the component rolled on the temporary placing table, and changing a position and orientation of the component into a position and orientation that involve an error of a certain level or less with respect to a position and orientation that are specified in advance, while changing the position and orientation of the component, and a control device controlling those portions.
US09469034B2	Method and system for switching modes of a robotic system A medical robotic system includes articulated instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide. Prior to pivoting the entry guide to re-orient it and the instruments, the instruments are moved in tandem back towards the entry guide after a delay. Haptic cues and velocity limits are provided to assist the operator in the retraction of the instruments. After retraction, the entry guide may then be pivoted without concern that the instruments will harm patient anatomy. The movement of the instruments in tandem back towards the entry guide may also occur through coupled control modes while the entry guide is held in a fixed position and orientation.
US09469033B2	System and method for enhancing reach of a robotic arm A system and method for machining a work-piece in restrictive access operating position is disclosed. The system includes a robot arm adapted to access the bottom face of the work-piece; a computation means adapted to compute a central line on the bottom face while ascertaining an area of overlap that is accessible from all sides of the work-piece; and a robot controller adapted to sequentially maneuver the robot arm from one side of the work-piece to other side of the work-piece on the bottom face. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09469030B2	Interfacing with a mobile telepresence robot A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an imaging system, and a mapping module. The mapping module may access a plan view map of an area and tags associated with the area. In various embodiments, each tag may include tag coordinates and tag information, which may include a tag annotation. A tag identification system may identify tags within a predetermined range of the current position and the control system may execute an action based on an identified tag whose tag information comprises a telepresence robot action modifier. The telepresence robot may rotate an upper portion independent from a lower portion. A remote terminal may allow an operator to control the telepresence robot using any combination of control methods, including by selecting a destination in a live video feed, by selecting a destination on a plan view map, or by using a joystick or other peripheral device.
US09469021B2	Fastening tool nail channel A nail channel for a fastening tool. The nail channel can be a unitary piece or have a variety of parts. The nail channel can have a first portion provided by a fastener magazine and a second portion provided by a nosepiece insert. The nail channel can be formed when the nosepiece insert is reversibly engaged with a nose end of a nailer magazine. The nail channel can also position a fastener, such as a nail, for driving into a workpiece. Methods of forming and using the nail channel are also disclosed.
US09469018B2	Adjustable wrench An infinitely variable speed and multi-functional wrench has a wrench body. The sockets are arranged at two ends of the wrench body. An adjustment screw bolt is arranged on the wrench body. An adjustable wrench support matches with sockets and are separately arranged on two ends of the adjustment screw bolts. An adjustment threaded sleeve is arranged between the adjustment wrench support and the adjustment screw bolt. An adjustable button fixed with the adjustment screw bolt is arranged on the adjustment screw bolt. The spacing between the sockets and the adjustable wrench support can be adjustment with the adjustable button. The diameters of the wrench holes at two ends of the wrench body varies with each other.
US09469007B2	Hand power tool A hand power tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes a drive unit and an electronic unit. The hand power tool further includes an after-run cooling unit configured, at least partially, to cool the drive unit and/or the electronic unit substantially after an operating state of at least the drive unit.
US09469005B2	Workpiece conveyor and machine tool A weight of a movable body is reduced by using two guides, smooth movement of the movable body is ensured, a decrease in life of the guides is prevented, and a workload during installation of the guides is reduced. A workpiece conveyor that conveys a workpiece includes chucks that hold a workpiece, and a movable body that supports the chucks and is movable in an X direction along first and second guides, which are disposed in parallel or substantially parallel spaced apart from each other, and the movable body includes a first structure guided by the first guide, a second structure guided by the second guide, and a joint that is provided between the first structure and the second structure, and allows one of the first structure and the second structure to swing with respect to the other about an axis of a swing shaft set parallel or substantially parallel to the X direction.
US09469004B2	Rotation processing machine and rotation processing method A rotation processing machine, including a rotating device that holds and rotates a workpiece; a processing device on which a cutting tool is mounted to process the workpiece; and a turning loader that has grippers arranged about a turning central axis, and that turns so that the grippers sequentially face the rotating device. The turning loader is configured to deliver and receive the workpiece to and from the rotating device by turning with the workpiece being directly or indirectly held by the gripper, and to deliver and receive the cutting tool to and from the processing device by turning with the cutting tool being directly or indirectly held by the gripper.
US09469003B2	Unclamp feedback unit The disclosure generally relates to unclamp sensing feedback devices for clamping or holding devices in automatic production lines more specifically to a link clamp assembly. Further, the disclosure also provides the method of achieving feedback to sense fully unclamped condition of the link clamp cylinder.
US09469000B2	Fixture for vertical lathe machine A vertical lathe fixture is provided. The vertical lathe fixture includes a main body and a sub-plate. The sub-plate includes a top surface and a bottom surface defining a thickness of the sub-plate therebetween. The top surface of the sub-plate is configured to be coupled to the main body and the bottom surface is configured to be coupled to a chuck of a vertical lathe machine. The sub-plate also includes a center pad provided at a center of the top surface. The center pad is configured to centrally align the sub-plate with respect to the main body. The sub-plate further includes a plurality of receiving pads provided in a radial pattern on the top surface and in relation to the center pad. The receiving pads are configured to hold the main body in a stationary position with respect to the sub-plate during rotation of the vertical lathe fixture.
US09468999B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting a machine The invention relates to a load measuring element for the braces of a machine in order to determine the force transmitted by the load measuring element, comprising a carrier element which can be exposed to the force by way of a force introduction element and in turn rests on a support. The force introduction element, the carrier element, and the support interact with each other during operation such that the carrier element flexibly deforms under the weight load, wherein a measurement element is provided for determining said flexible deformation, In this way, an associated height adjustment can be specifically activated in order to adjust the machine such that it can be set up without impermissible distortion of the frame.
US09468997B2	Apparatus and method for conductive cooling of an information handling system An apparatus provides conductive cooling of an information handling system. The apparatus includes a panel having a vent area formed in the panel. The vent area includes a perimeter, an interior section and a plurality of ribs that extend across the interior section. The vent area further includes several openings defined by lateral spacing between the ribs. The openings extend through the panel and are configured to receive cooling airflow into the openings and to discharge cooling air flow from the openings. A conductive heat sink layer is attached to the panel. The conductive heat sink layer covers a perimeter area surrounding the vent area, with strips of the conductive heat sink layer also covering the ribs, while leaving the openings between the ribs uncovered such that the strips of the conductive heat sink layer function to conduct additional heat away from the vent area along the ribs.
US09468993B2	Method for producing semiconductor device A method for producing a semiconductor device includes laser welding to bond an upper terminal and a lower terminal as internal wiring members of the semiconductor device. When the upper terminal is fixed to the lower terminal by the laser welding, a gap between an upper surface of the lower terminal and a lower surface of the upper terminal is equal to or more than 20 μm and equal to or less than 400 μm.
US09468992B2	Method and device for machining non-rotationally symmetrical workpieces by means of laser beam A device and a method for machining workpieces (5, 6) by means of a laser beam. Said device has a delivery means (3) for delivering the workpieces (5,6) to a first machining position (8.1) and a machining means (2) which has at least one machining head (2.1) for machining of a workpiece (5,6) delivered to the first machining position (8.1). The delivery means (3) is a gripping robot with a gripping device (3.2). At least one clamping means (9,10) is disposed in order to accommodate a workpiece (5,6) delivered by the delivery means (3), wherein respective machining position is defined by each clamping means (9,10). The machining head (2.1) can be delivered to each machining position for machining of the workpieces (5,6).
US09468989B2	High-conductivity bonding of metal nanowire arrays A thermally-conductive and mechanically-robust bonding method for attaching a metal nanowire (MNW) array to an adjacent surface includes the steps of: removing a template membrane from the MNW; infiltrating the MNW with a bonding material; placing the bonding material on the adjacent surface; bringing an adjacent surface into contact with a top surface of the MNW while the bonding material is bondable; and allowing the bonding material to cool and form a solid bond between the MNW and the adjacent surface. A thermally-conductive and mechanically-robust bonding method for attaching a metal nanowire (MNW) array to an adjacent surface includes the steps of: choosing a bonding material based on a desired bonding process; and without removing the MNW from a template membrane that fills an interstitial volume of the MNW, depositing the bonding material onto a tip of the MNW.
US09468986B2	Methods of forming articles including metal structures having maximized bond adhesion and bond reliability Methods of effecting bond adhesion between metal structures, methods of preparing articles including bonded metal structures, and articles including bonded metal structures are provided herein. In an embodiment, a method of effecting bond adhesion between metal structures includes forming a first metal structure on a substrate. The first metal structure includes grains that have a {111} crystallographic orientation, and the first metal structure has an exposed contact surface. Formation of an uneven surface topology is induced in the exposed contact surface of the first metal structure after forming the first metal structure. A second metal structure is bonded to the exposed contact surface of the first metal structure after inducing formation of the uneven surface topology in the exposed contact surface.
US09468983B2	Rotary cutting tool and reversible cutting insert having variable-width minor relief surfaces therefor In a rotary cutting tool used for milling operations, a reversible cutting insert is removably secured in a cutting body. The cutting insert has two opposing end surfaces interconnected by a continuous peripheral surface, which includes three side surfaces alternating with three corner surfaces. The side and corner surfaces intersect with both end surfaces at side and corner edges, respectively, with each side edge having a major cutting edge, and each corner edge having a corner and minor cutting edge. Each minor cutting edge has a projected minor cutting length, in an end view, and each associated minor relief surface has a minor relief width between two lateral boundary points contained in a horizontal plane, varying with an offset distance between the horizontal plane and a median plane. Each projected minor cutting length is greater than the maximum minor relief width of its associated minor relief surface.
US09468981B2	Micro-drill and method for manufacturing the micro-drill A micro-drill includes a first rake face, a first rear face, a second rake face, a second rear face, a first spiral groove extending from a drill point to a tail of the drill, a second spiral groove symmetrically arranged about the first spiral groove, and a biasing groove arranged in front of the drill point. Where the first rake face, the first rear face, the second rake face, and the second rear face are arranged on the drill point. The first spiral groove and the first rake face intersect to form a first cutting edge, and the second spiral groove and the second rake face intersect to form a second cutting edge. The biasing groove and the second rake face intersect to make a length of the second cutting edge be less than a length of the first cutting edge, and the biasing groove and the second spiral groove intersect each other.
US09468979B2	Rotary cutting tool including cutting head having coupling pin with guiding and fastening recesses A cutting head has driven surfaces and includes a head coupling pin that protrudes rearwardly from a head rear surface. The head coupling pin includes guiding and fastening recesses recessed in the pin peripheral surface, the guiding recess opening out to the pin rear surface. A tool holder assembly has a tool holder and an elastic fastening assembly. The tool holder has driving members and a holder coupling hole recessed in a holder base surface. The elastic fastening assembly is disposed in a holder through bore that extends from the holder base surface to a holder peripheral surface. When a cutting tool which includes the cutting head and tool holder is in a fastened position, the head coupling pin is removably retained within the holder coupling hole upon elastic engagement with the elastic fastening assembly.
US09468977B2	Cylindrical grinding process and as-ground part resulting from such process A process of grinding a pre-ground part wherein the method includes the steps of: providing a pre-ground part containing a bore, and the pre-ground part having an exterior surface with one or more to-be-ground exterior surface regions; positioning a loading tool within the bore of the pre-ground part; exerting a loading tool load on the loading tool which in turn exerts a part load on the pre-ground part; removing material from the one or more to-be-ground surface regions of the pre-ground part when under the part load to form an as-ground part; and unloading the part load from the as-ground part.
US09468976B2	Holder for a cutting device A cutting device comprising a cutting insert and a holding part with a beam part, extending in a longitudinal direction, and a clamping head, which projects beyond an upper side of the holding part with a projection, wherein the projection is connected to a first of two clamping fingers which between them form a receiving pocket for receiving the cutting insert. A clamping gap is provided underneath the projection to allow the first clamping finger to be elastically movable. The clamping gap opens out into the receiving pocket and runs from an end face of the holding part that is facing the workpiece to be worked in the longitudinal direction up to the rear end of said holding part, which rear end is arranged in the transitional region between the clamping head and the beam part. A coolant and/or lubricant guide is provided for feeding coolant and/or lubricant to a coolant and/or lubricant outlet arranged in the projection. The projection extends with a continuing portion in the longitudinal direction beyond the rear end of the clamping gap and the coolant and/or lubricant guide runs through the continuing portion.
US09468975B2	Treatment of chemical feedstocks A process for treating a zirconium containing feedstock includes fluorinating a feedstock comprising dissociated zircon (‘DZ’) to obtain a zirconium fluorine compound and a silicon fluorine compound. The zirconium fluorine compound is separated from the silicon fluorine compound is provided. Optionally, the zirconium fluorine compound is reacted with a non-fluorine halogen, an alkali metal non-fluorine halide or an alkaline-earth metal non-fluorine halide, thereby to obtain a zirconium non-fluorine halide. The zirconium fluorine compound or, when present, the zirconium non-fluorine halide is subjected to plasma reduction, in a plasma reduction stage, in the presence of a reductant, to obtain metallic zirconium.
US09468974B2	Plain bearing material CuFe2P is used in a plain bearing or as a plain bearing material. A plain bearing composite material which comprises a supporting layer is provided with a bearing metal layer based on CuFe2P.
US09468972B2	Method of making Nd—Fe—B sintered magnets with reduced dysprosium or terbium A method of making a permanent magnet and a permanent magnet. The method includes providing combining a core material and a surface material so that the surface concentration of dysprosium, terbium, or both in the surface material is high while simultaneously keeping the bulk concentration of dysprosium, terbium, or both low. From this, the magnet has a non-uniform distribution of dysprosium, terbium or both. Varying approaches to preparing the combined core and surface materials may be used to ensure that the surface powder effectively wraps around the core powder as a way to achieve the high surface concentration and low bulk concentration. In one form, the core material may be made from a neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet precursor material.
US09468966B2	System and method for radically expanding hollow cylindrical objects A system and method for radially expanding hollow cylindrical objects, through the use of a tube expansion tooling, affixing a mandrel in place, the tooling rendered operative through the generation of hydraulic pressure, to provide the axial force necessary for pulling of the mandrel into the tool, and the mandrel having concentrically applied thereon various spacers, cams, and curved segments, which when the drawbar of the mandrel is pulled, manual forces are generated through the cams and segments into an expansion capacity to force the expansion of any tube in which the mandrel locates, to be expanded into a tight binding fit within a tube sheet or any other bore hole formed in equipment.
US09468963B2	Bending head for bending rod- and pipe-shaped workpieces In a bending head for bending rod-shaped and tubular workpieces, with a retainer that can be rotated about a rotational axis and that carries a bending mandrel at one axial end, and with at least two further tools, which each comprise a retaining body with, at its axial end facing the bending mandrel, a bending pin and which can each be rotated—in each case independently of the other tools—the retaining bodies of the tools are arranged concentrically to the retainer of the bending mandrel and pivotable about its rotational axis.
US09468962B2	Structural component and method of manufacture A structural component is provided comprising a base member comprising at least two sidewalls and a space therebetween, the base member having a predetermined curvilinear configuration formed using hot stretch forming. The structural component comprises at least one reinforcing member linear friction welded to the at least two sidewalls so that the reinforcing member is positioned at least partially within the space between the at least two sidewalls.
US09468960B2	Extrusion of high temperature formable non-ferrous metals Extrusion of feed materials of a high temperature formable non-ferrous metal susceptible to embrittlement during air processing uses an extrusion system having a rotatable wheel and shoe covering part of the length of a groove around the periphery of the wheel to form an arcuate passageway, the shoe having an abutment which substantially closes a second end of the passageway and an extrusion die spaced from the abutment by a die chamber. The process includes pre-heating the feed material to not less than about 390° C. in a chamber defined by a feeder device, maintaining a protective atmosphere in the chamber of the feeder device while the feed material is heated. The pre-heated feed material then is passed to an inlet end of the passageway, and drawn along the passageway, to be forced by the abutment into the die chamber and through an extrusion orifice of the die to provide extruded product.
US09468958B2	Airborne component extractor with adjustable flow rates A extraction system is designed for metal working and other applications. The system may comprise a cart-type base or may be incorporated into a fixed or semi-fixed installation. A blower delivers a positive pressure airflow to a hood that creates an air region by directing the air through an annular space between inner and outer shrouds, impacting the air against a single generally perpendicular flange. Return air from the operation may be mixed with fresh air, both of which may be filtered, to supply the positive pressure air. Both air streams to and from the hood may be adjusted to optimize operation. Adjustments may be made at the base unit or remotely.
US09468957B1	Storage tank cleaning machine The storage tank cleaning machine is a mobile unit mounted on a trailer for towing by a suitable vehicle. The machine is positioned adjacent the access opening of the tank, e.g., a water tank, cistern, or other storage tank, and a support on the bed of the machine is raised to vertical over the opening. A multiple segment articulating arm extends from the support and is lowered through the opening to access the interior of the tank. A motorized rotary brush extends from the distal end of the arm. Distance sensors adjacent the brush detect the interior surfaces of the tank for accurately positioning the brush. An electronic control system is provided. A tank for water and/or other cleaning fluid and a disinfectant tank are also provided. Fluids used during the cleaning operation are suctioned back to the machine, where the fluids are cleaned and recycled.
US09468953B2	Methods and apparatuses for cleaning at least one surface of an ion source The present invention is concerned with methods and apparatus for cleaning the surface of an ion source in a mass spectrometer, for example an electrode of a MALDI ion source. The method includes directing UV light onto the surface to desorb contaminant material. The UV light source can be a laser and a moving reflecting surface can be used to direct the light on to the surface.
US09468951B2	Surface cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle Described embodiments include an unmanned aerial vehicle and a method. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes an airframe and a rotary wing system coupled with the airframe and configured to aerodynamically lift the vehicle in the air. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a flight controller configured to control a movement of the vehicle while airborne. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a cleansing controller configured to manage a removal of a surface contaminant from a selected portion of a surface of an external object using an airflow generated by the rotary wing system.
US09468949B2	Automatic device for separating products according to external defects, and method for releasing said products An automatic device for separating products based on their external flaws, includes a mechanism for selective separation and discharge of the products, in which the suitable products are unloaded onto a first discharge conveyor, and the unsuitable products are unloaded onto a second discharge conveyor; and a set of securing clamps for the products in their radial displacement on the discharge head of the machine jointly and simultaneously with the transport items of the products, whose activation depends on the suitable or unsuitable status of the product.
US09468946B2	Wiping pad, and nozzle maintenance apparatus and coating treatment apparatus using wiping pad A wiping pad includes: a scraping edge provided to cross a long side direction of a discharge port and come into contact with the discharge port and nozzle side surfaces, and a lead-out passage provided ahead of the scraping edge in a moving direction along a nozzle long side direction to drain a treatment solution scraped away with the scraping edge, wherein the lead-out passage is a V-shaped groove formed along the moving direction on a pad upper surface side, and the V-shaped groove has the scraping edge formed at a rear end edge portion thereof and is formed to gradually increase in groove width and depth toward a front thereof from the scraping edge.
US09468945B2	To apply a coating to media Apparatus to apply a coating to media. The apparatus includes a first roller for receiving a continuous belt. The continuous belt is for receiving a coating from a second roller and for transferring the coating to media. The first roller is arranged to provide an adjustable width of the continuous belt to the second roller. The width of the continuous belt provided to the second roller is adjustable to substantially correspond to the width of the media.
US09468944B2	System and method with multi-axis tilting A system includes a plurality of stations positioned along a direction of conveyance. Rails span the length of all stations and include at least first, second, and third rails configured for independent vertical movement. A plurality of objects is supported by and movable along the first, second, and third rails between the stations. Each of the plurality of objects has first, second, and third supports coupled to the respective first, second, and third rails so that all of the plurality of objects tilt in unison about a first set of parallel axes in response to the first, second, and third rails being positioned in a first configuration of vertical heights, and all of the plurality of objects tilt in unison about a second set of parallel axes in response to the first, second, and third rails being positioned in a second configuration of vertical heights.
US09468943B2	System and method for mounting synthetic jets A system and method for the packaging of a synthetic jet actuator is disclosed. A synthetic jet actuator is provided that includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and arranged parallelly thereto, and a housing positioned about the first and second plates and defining a chamber. The housing includes at least one orifice therein such that the chamber is in fluid communication with an external environment. The synthetic jet actuator also includes a mounting mechanism configured to mount the first and second plates within the housing in a suspended arrangement and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices are generated and projected to the external environment out from the at least one orifice of the housing.
US09468941B2	Applicator head for a dispenser, as well as a dispenser comprising such an applicator head An applicator head for discharging media from a reservoir, including a housing with a coupling device for coupling to the reservoir, an inlet opening, an applicator opening for discharging medium into a surrounding atmosphere, a conveying device for conveying the medium from the inlet opening to the applicator opening and an actuating handle, movable relative to the housing to actuate the conveying device.The housing is a one-piece injection molded part formed from two plastics having different properties. The coupling device is constructed of a first of the two plastics. A ring seal surrounds the inlet opening and is arranged to bear tightly against the reservoir when coupled to the applicator head. A venting valve with an aperture which opens in a pressure-dependent manner and through which ambient air flows from the surrounding atmosphere into the reservoir, is constructed of the second of the two plastics.
US09468939B2	Faceplate for shower device A shower device and a faceplate assembly for a shower device. The faceplate assembly may include a faceplate having a front surface and a rear surface, a plurality of apertures being defined between the front surface and the rear surface, the faceplate being at least partially formed of a transparent material proximate the front surface, and an opaque material located proximate the rear surface. A pattern may be formed from facets, adjacent facets meeting at an intersection, at least one of the plurality of apertures being positioned at an intersection. A shower device may include a nozzle plate having a surface and including a plurality of nozzles for discharging water, at least one of the plurality of nozzles having a barb; and a faceplate snap-fit to the nozzle plate by the barb.
US09468936B2	Electrically-driven particulate agglomeration in a combustion system Technologies are presented for applying electrical energy to a combustion reaction to produce agglomerated combustion particulates. For example, a system may include: one or more electrodes configured to apply electrical energy to a combustion reaction; a combustion zone configured to support the combustion reaction of a fuel at a fuel source; and an electrical power source operatively coupled to the one or more electrodes and configured to apply electrical energy to the combustion reaction. The combustion reaction is controlled to produce a distribution of agglomerated combustion particulates characterized by an increase in at least one of an average particulate diameter or an average particulate mass.
US09468935B2	System for filtering airborne particles Disclosed is a system for filtering airborne particles from an occupied space. The system permits the removal of airborne particles by manipulating both the charge and the size of the particles, thus enabling the capture of particles that most other typical filtration systems leave behind. More specifically, the system captures small airborne particles through the use of a series of electric fields, forcing them to be trapped in a series of filters or collide to form larger particles, whereby their movement and capture are subsequently governed primarily by airflow. The system controls particle behavior by utilizing specific electromagnetic fields to collide particles, capture particles, and deactivate live pathogens that get captured.
US09468934B2	Mixture separation device with detached free rolling bars A device for separating components of a mixture, particularly industrial fluids but also gases including air, allows for targeted components of the mixture to be attached onto a separating bar and removed from the mixture. The separating bars traverse a track formed within the body of the separating device and through respective tank, cleaning, free roll, and compression regions in a controlled cleaning system. The separating bars are detached from one another and allowed to move through the separating device independently of one another. The device removes the use of chains to connect cleaning bars traversing through a cleaning system.
US09468930B2	Rotatable throat assembly for coal pulverizer A rotatable throat assembly for a coal pulverizer which includes a plurality of throat segments secured to a ring seat in the pulverizer, a plurality of ledge cover segments on the throat segments, and a plurality of air seal segments secured on top of the ledge cover segments wherein the air seal segments each includes a layer of flexible, durable, high temperature-resistant polymer/rubber material projecting to within close proximity to the inner wall of the pulverizer to substantially block air flow between the rotatable throat assembly and the inner wall of the pulverizer.
US09468922B1	Carbon monolith supported nanoparticle catalysts Pyrolysis of machined osseous tissue results in a monolith of carbon interwoven within the HA scaffold native to the original tissue. This HA framework prevents the collapse of the carbon to dense forms during pyrolysis. Upon removal of the HA scaffold after pyrolysis, a monolith that preserves the macroscopic form of the carbon remains. The monolith is placed in a solution of catalyst, noble metal ions for example, which is then reduced to facilitate the precipitation of nanoparticles of the catalyst. The novelty of this invention is that a high number of particles are contained within a relatively small, extremely high surface area solid support. The current invention demonstrates that the pyrolysis of intact bovine cortical bone produces high-carbon-surface-area monoliths, which can be used as a scaffold for reusable catalysts.
US09468919B2	Ruthenium-diamine complexes and method for producing optically active compounds Provided is a catalyst for asymmetric reduction, which can be produced by a convenient and safe production method, has a strong catalytic activity, and has excellent stereoselectivity. The present invention relates to a ruthenium complex represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents an alkyl group or the like; Y represents a hydrogen atom; X represents a halogen atom or the like; j and k each represent 0 or 1; R2 and R3 each represent an alkyl group or the like; R11 to R19 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like; Z represents oxygen or sulfur; n1 represents 1 or 2; and n2 represents an integer from 1 to 3, a method for producing the ruthenium complex, a catalyst for asymmetric reduction formed from the ruthenium complex, and methods for selectively producing an optically active alcohol and an optically active amine using the catalyst for asymmetric reduction.
US09468915B2	Selective catalytic reduction catalyst system Described are SCR catalyst systems comprising a first SCR catalyst composition and a second SCR catalyst composition arranged in the system, the first SCR catalyst composition having a faster DeNOx response time when exposed to ammonia than the second catalyst composition and the second SCR catalyst composition has a higher steady state DeNOx performance than the first catalyst composition. The SCR catalyst systems are useful in methods and systems to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of a reductant.
US09468913B2	Catalyst and method for the production of chlorine by gas phase oxidation The present invention relates to a catalyst for preparation of chlorine by catalytic gas phase oxidation of hydrogen chloride with oxygen, in which the catalyst comprises at least tin dioxide as a support material and at least one ruthenium-containing compound as a catalytically active material, and comprises, as an additional secondary constituent, a compound of an element or an element selected from the group of: Nb, V, Ta, Cr, Mo, Au, In, Sc, Y and lanthanoids, especially La and Ce.
US09468912B2	Zero PGM catalyst including Cu—Co—Mn ternary spinel for TWC applications Variations of ZPGM bulk powder catalyst materials, including Cu—Co—Mn ternary spinel systems for TWC applications are disclosed. Bulk powder catalyst samples are prepared employing a plurality of molar ratio variations, including disclosed Cu—Co—Mn spinel on Praseodymium-Zirconia support oxide made by incipient wetness method, or Cu—Co—Mn spinel on Niobium-Zirconia support oxide, which may be synthesized by co-precipitation method. A plurality of bulk powder catalyst samples may be tested by performing isothermal steady state sweep test, employing a flow reactor at inlet temperature of about 450° C., and testing a gas stream from lean to rich condition and influence on TWC performance measured/analyzed, which may lead into significant improvements in the manufacturing of ZPGM bulk powder catalyst materials for TWC applications.
US09468909B2	Metal oxide stabilized platinum-based ORR catalyst In at least one embodiment, an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst (ORR) and a method for making the catalyst are provided. The method may include depositing a metal oxide on a graphitized carbon or graphene substrate. A platinum catalyst may then be deposited over the metal oxide to provide an ORR catalyst for use in, for example, a PEMFC. The metal oxide may be niobium oxide and may have an amorphous structure. The platinum catalyst may form a thin, electrically interconnected network structure overlaying the metal oxide. The ORR catalyst may be prepared by alternating the deposition of the metal oxide and the platinum catalyst, for example, using physical vapor deposition. The ORR catalyst may have a specific activity of at least 1,000 μA/cm2 Pt and may approach or achieve bulk Pt activity.
US09468907B2	Exhaust gas component purification catalytic material and catalyzed particulate filter with the catalytic material An exhaust gas component purification catalytic material 1 for use in removal of particulates in an exhaust gas through combustion includes: composite oxide particles 2 containing zirconium and neodymium and not containing cerium; and praseodymium oxide particles 3 in contact with the composite oxide particles 2.
US09468905B2	Composition for controlling presence of water on an outer surface A composition for an outside surface, includes at least a mixture of a microporous mineral of the zeolite type and a salt in order to allow for an adsorption and/or desorption effect, the composition including a permeable film at least partially coating the microporous mineral.
US09468901B2	PVDF pyrolyzate adsorbent and gas storage and dispensing system utilizing same A polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) pyrolyzate adsorbent is described, having utility for storing gases in an adsorbed state, and from which adsorbed gas may be desorbed to supply same for use. The PVDF pyrolyzate adsorbent can be of monolithic unitary form, or in a bead, powder, film, particulate or other finely divided form. The adsorbent is particularly suited for storage and supply of fluorine-containing gases, such as fluorine gas, nitrogen trifluoride, carbo-fluoride gases, and the like. The adsorbent may be utilized in a gas storage and dispensing system, in which the adsorbent is contained in a supply vessel, from which sorbate gas can be selectively dispensed.
US09468899B2	System and method for continuous transesterification of oils A multi-chamber continuous tubular reactor for the transesterification of oil (e.g., waste cooking oil and the like) and methanol into glycol and fatty acid methyl (ethel) ester. The reactor includes a plurality of tubes, a plurality of fluidly coupled chambers, an inlet fluidly coupled to a first chamber of the plurality of chambers for receiving reactants, and an outlet fluidly coupled to a second chamber of the plurality of chambers for receiving products generated during a reaction within the plurality of chambers. At least one of the plurality of tubes is at least partially disposed within a lumen of another one of the plurality of tubes. The plurality of fluidly coupled chambers are defined, at least in part, by the plurality of tubes. The reactor is configured to generate a generally helical flow pattern through at least one of the plurality of chambers.
US09468888B2	System and methods for removing contaminants from gas effluents The present invention is directed to apparatuses and methods for pollution abatement. One embodiment provide methods of eliminating pollutants from an incoming optionally high temperature gaseous effluent stream, each method comprising directing the gaseous effluent stream sequentially through: (a) a sufficient volume of an aqueous liquid in a thermal shock vessel, such that the temperature of the gaseous effluent stream exiting the volume of liquid is in a range of about 5° C. to about 30° C., said liquid acting as filter to remove water, particles, soluble organic species, or a combination thereof from the gaseous stream; and one or more of: (b) an electronic bombardment module wherein the gaseous stream is ionized, forms molecular agglomerates, or both; (c) a magnetic rearrangement module, operating with a magnetic field in a range of about 0.5 to about 3 milliteslas; and (d) an electrostatic filter; so as to provide a pollution-reduced gas stream; wherein the optionally high temperature gaseous effluent stream initially contains impurities which include aromatic and non-aromatic hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, fluorocarbons or fluoroethers, or any combination thereof, along with high levels of humidity, solid or liquid particles, soluble or non-soluble organic species, or a combination thereof.
US09468886B2	Sorbents for the oxidation and removal of mercury A promoted carbon and/or non-carbon base sorbent are described that are highly effective for the removal of mercury from flue gas streams. The promoted sorbent comprises a carbon and/or non-carbon base sorbent that has reacted with and contains forms of halogen and halides. Optional components may be added to increase and/or preserve reactivity and mercury capacity. These may be added directly with the base sorbent, or in-flight within a gas stream (air, flue gas, etc.), to enhance base sorbent performance and/or mercury capture. Mercury removal efficiencies obtained exceed conventional methods. The promoted sorbent can be regenerated and reused. Base sorbent treatment and preparation methods are also described. New methods for in-flight preparation, introduction, and control of the active base sorbent into the mercury contaminated gas stream are described.
US09468883B2	Solvent and method for removal of an acid gas from a fluid stream A solvent for removal of an acid gas from a fluid stream includes a promoter amine with a pKa of between 6.5 and 10.5 and a tertiary amine with a pKa of between 8.5 and 10.5.
US09468879B2	Controlled pulse air filter system An air filtering system and method for self-cleaning the same is provided. The system has a plurality of air filters including a first filter and at least one neighboring filter. A blower fan pulls air through the filters. A plurality of compressed air injectors are provided adjacent the filters including a first injector and at least one neighboring injector. Self-cleaning is achieved while the blower fan is running by preforming several steps including activating the first injector to force compressed air into the first filter and discharge particulate from the first filter followed by deactivating the first injector. The steps further provide reactivating the first injector and simultaneously activating the neighboring injector while the discharged particulate is airborne to provide an air shield about the first filter and force the discharged particulate away from the first filter and the neighboring filter. These steps are repeated for each filter.
US09468878B2	Hot gas filtration system A filtration system particularly suited for removing a particulate material from a hot gas includes a housing, a collection system including an array of collection elements, a cleaning system to clean the collected particulate material from the collection elements, and a removal system for removing the collected particulate material from the housing.
US09468877B2	Exhaust gas analyzing apparatus An exhaust gas analyzing apparatus provided a first filter flow path with a first filter, a second filter flow path provided with a second filter, an exhaust gas analyzing part for analyzing exhaust gas passing through the first filter or the second filter, a flow path switching mechanism for switching between the first filter flow path and the second filter flow path. A pulse purge mechanism is provided for supplying purge gas to the filters, in the filter flow paths, in a pulsed manner, and in the case where a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side of the filter provided in one filter flow path where the exhaust gas flows becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined value, the one filter flow path is switched to the other one, and purge gas is supplied to the filter provided in the one filter flow path in the pulsed manner.
US09468876B2	Filter box, a fuel circuit for feeding fuel to an engine, and an aircraft A filter box (10) having at least one main compartment (20) in fluid flow communication with a main tank (6) and with a transfer pump (8) for feeding with fuel, together with at least one secondary compartment (30) in fluid flow communication with a secondary tank (7) and an ejector (9). The box includes one grid (40) per compartment co-operating with a system for moving the grid in translation in order to be extracted from said compartment through a slot (23, 33) present in a bottom (14) of the compartment (20, 30), and a leaktight shutter system (50) for each compartment (20, 30) for preventing fuel escaping from said slot (23, 33) of a compartment (20, 30) in the absence of said grid (40).
US09468873B2	Filtering device for fluids The invention relates to a filtering device (100) comprising: a filter support element (10) which is movably mounted in the housing (30), which has the shape of a cylindrical bolt, and which has multiple filter chambers (11.1, 11.2; 12.1, 12.2), a filtering element being arranged in each said filter chamber; and an inlet channel (31.1, 31.2 32.1, 32.2) and an outlet channel (41.1, 41.2; 42 0.1, 42.2) in the housing (30), wherein the inlet channel and the outlet channel are each to be connected to at least one filter chamber in a production position. The aim of the invention is to increase the effective filtering surface. This is achieved in that at least two pairs of filter chambers are provided on the filter support element. The filter chambers of each pair are arranged on the filter support element in a diametrically opposed manner, and there are no connections between the filter chambers within the filter support element. At least one respective intermediate channel (13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2) that extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis (19) of the filter support element (10) is provided between the outlet channels in the housing and the filter chambers. Intermediate channels of different lengths are provided for each pair of filter chambers.
US09468867B2	Microfluidic device for inducing separations by freezing and associated method A microfluidic device is provided for inducing the separation of constituent elements from a microfluidic sample by introducing phase changes in the microfluidic sample while contained in a microfluidic channel in the device. At least a portion of the microfluidic sample is frozen to cause fractional exclusion of the constituent element from the frozen portion of the microfluidic sample. Different portions of the microfluidic sample may be frozen in different sectors and at different times in order to cause movement in a desired direction of the separated constituent element. Portions of the microfluidic sample may be frozen in a sequential order of adjacent sectors within the microfluidic channel in order to cause sequential movement of the excluded constituent element toward one portion of the microfluidic channel. The frozen portion of the microfluidic sample is then thawed, wherein the separated constituent element remains substantially separated from the thawed, purified microfluidic sample.
US09468864B2	Systems including a condensing apparatus such as a bubble column condenser Condensing apparatuses and their use in various heat and mass exchange systems are generally described. The condensing apparatuses, such as bubble column condensers, may employ a heat exchanger positioned external to the condensing vessel to remove heat from a bubble column condenser outlet stream to produce a heat exchanger outlet stream. In certain cases, the condensing apparatus may also include a cooling device positioned external to the vessel configured and positioned to remove heat from the heat exchanger outlet stream to produce a cooling device outlet stream. The condensing apparatus may be configured to include various internal features, such as a vapor distribution region and/or a plurality of liquid flow control weirs and/or chambers within the apparatus having an aspect ratio of at least 1.5. A condensing apparatus may be coupled with a humidifier to form part of a desalination system, in certain cases.
US09468863B2	System and method of desalinating seawater Saline water from a body of water is desalinated using a water purification system. Chambers of a plurality of tanks are filled with a volume of saline water. The saline water is heated to increase a pressure and produce water vapor within the chamber of each tank. A condensation valve disposed within a condensing tube is moved to an open position such that the water vapor is released into a respective condensing tube. The water vapor is condensed to provide potable water.
US09468860B2	System and method for integrating digital background with stage performance Disclosed are systems and methods for expanding the apparent range of movement of actors during a stage performance, from a stage platform to a background display, or from a background display to a stage platform. The appearance of the live actors on the stage platform and images of the live actors on the background display is the same. Timing, location and movement of the live actors on the stage platform is integrated with images of the actors on the background display. The integration of the live actors and images appears to an audience that an actor has moved from stage platform to the background display, or from the background display to the stage platform.
US09468856B2	Computer implemented method for calculating a game score to create a ranking A game system or a method is provided that can create game scenarios based on requests from players. The server may include a player database, a receiver, an analyzer, a scenario creator, a calculator, an update tool and a ranking creator. The server may further include a scenario data base for storing scenarios. The processing unit, a main program stored at the main memory, and the processing units of the server may act as each of the element.
US09468852B2	System and methods for identifying intrinsic motivators, play profiles and play personalities through captured actions in an online environment Techniques are described herein for automatically determining a play personality of a user. Play personalities develop from play type and play patterns, which may be automatically determined by computing devices based on that user/subject's information and actions. Furthermore, in a gaming environment, the play personality of the user/subject may be represented by an avatar, doppelganger, narrative, graphic or iconic depiction. The play personality may be determined based on the avatar or doppelganger's actions, which may include but are not limited to how they respond to questions posed by non-playing characters and/or the avatars or doppelgangers of other users. Once determined, the play personality may be used as a basis for identifying and integrating intrinsic motivators and integrating user-centric design which can alter some aspect of the game environment, such as the appearance of the avatar, or the nature of a quest, or means for identifying or exploring solutions in gamification.
US09468849B2	Non-transitory computer readable recording medium, game server, game control method, and game system A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having stored thereon instructions to be executed on a computer, the instructions causing the computer to perform the steps of: storing a battle history (112) including an identifier of an opponent with whom a user has battled in a battle game; determining, based on the battle history (112) and on an identifier of an opponent with whom a battle begins, a procedure for conducting the battle in the battle game to be one of a first mode for conducting the battle based on user operations and a second mode for conducting the battle with fewer user operations than in the first mode; and conducting the battle with the determined procedure.
US09468848B2	Assigning gesture dictionaries Techniques for assigning a gesture dictionary in a gesture-based system to a user comprise capturing data representative of a user in a physical space. In a gesture-based system, gestures may control aspects of a computing environment or application, where the gestures may be derived from a user's position or movement in a physical space. In an example embodiment, the system may monitor a user's gestures and select a particular gesture dictionary in response to the manner in which the user performs the gestures. The gesture dictionary may be assigned in real time with respect to the capture of the data representative of a user's gesture. The system may generate calibration tests for assigning a gesture dictionary. The system may track the user during a set of short gesture calibration tests and assign the gesture dictionary based on a compilation of the data captured that represents the user's gestures.
US09468846B2	Tactile feedback apparatus and method The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for a tactile feedback instrument, and more specifically, some embodiments are directed toward methods and apparatuses for a tactile feedback stylus. Some embodiments of the invention provide a stylus used in conjunction with mobile devices. Further embodiments of the invention provide a game system, comprising a game console and a stylus. Within such embodiments, the stylus comprises an electric motor and a control circuit coupled to the electric motor that is in communication with the game console and controls the electric motor. Within some of these embodiments, the stylus can vibrate or rumble when the electric motor is activated in response to gaming activity.
US09468839B1	Game system integrating electronics with a game board and game having a touring band theme A game board and game apparatus is provided with the game board including a network of paths that originate at a starting point and which lead to a performing stage. The network of paths is specifically designed to be a tool utilized functionally by the players in conjunction with the other structural elements of the invention to stop opposing players from achieving the object of the game, thus affecting the length of the game. The overall theme of the game revolves around a touring band and the object of the game is to arrive on the performing stage with a certain number of band members and with band equipment. Forming a part of the game is a series of tokens that are moved along the network of paths. Further, there is provided a deck of “Consequence” cards with three different configurations within the deck of cards designed to enable the players to control the length of each game played, a printer/computer preprogrammed with the structure of the deck of “Consequence” cards containing the three different configurations designed to enable the players to control the length of each game played, a deck of “Band Member” cards, and a set or deck of “Band Equipment” cards. During the course of the game, as the tokens are advanced along the network of paths, the individuals playing the game will deal with consequences expressed by the “Consequence” cards due to landing on certain increments of the network of paths and further the players will aim to collect a certain number of band cards that represent a single band and at the same time collect at least one “Band Equipment” card, all prior to reaching the performing stage.
US09468838B2	Rotatable footplate integrated with bearing assembly imbedded in a single-board sport board Exemplary embodiments of the present invention would provide a rotatable footplate integrated with a corresponding bearing and well assembly that is imbedded into, screwed into, or otherwise, integrally a part of, a single-board sports board, such as a snowboard.
US09468835B2	Communication module for personal performance monitoring and a related device, system and method The invention relates to a communication module, monitoring unit and method of monitoring a physical performance. The module has a receiving unit, processing unit and wireless communications unit. With these units the module continuously receives sensor signals from a sensor connected to the communication module, processes the sensor signals to form a plurality of successive data messages containing data at least partly derived from the sensor signals, and transmits the formed data messages to an external wireless receiver device at a plurality of successive transmission time slots using a wireless communication protocol. The processing unit is adapted to add information to the data messages regarding the difference between first time points based on predefined characteristics of the sensor signals and second times points corresponding to transmission slots. The invention allows for relating the individual signals temporally with each other for better overall analysis of the performance.
US09468833B1	Golf training aid for putting A golf training aid for putting has a retainer that is received in a regulation-size golf hole to position a fence against the putting surface. The fence extends away from opposite sides of the golf hole and is curved to bounce golf balls that impact the fence towards the golf hole.
US09468832B1	Foot mountable golfing aid A foot mountable golfing aid is operable to provide a reference path for a swing of a golfer, indicate a swing path, indicate a proper width of stance of a golfer, and/or aid in alignment of a golfer's body in relation to a target when the foot mountable golfing aid is mounted on the foot of a golfer. The foot mountable golfing aid includes a foot attachment component that is configured to be attached to a foot of a golfer, and a vertically adjustable reference component. The vertically adjustable reference component is supported by the foot attachment component. The vertically adjustable reference component is operable to provide a reference path for a swing of a golfer, indicate a swing path, indicate a proper width of stance of a golfer, and/or aid in alignment of a body of a golfer in relation to a target when the foot mountable golfing aid is attached to the foot of a golfer.
US09468831B2	Golf swing apparatus A golf swing apparatus including a rotating drum that houses a swivel and an optical sensor to detecting a change in swivel angle; an elongated cord hanging from the drum and secured to a golf ball; a base member having an impact layer that is switchable between two orientations, the first being planar and the second being raised to stop or slow a rotating golf ball; a frame holding the rotating drum over the impact layer; a means for measuring rotation speed of the rotating drum; and a processor for generating swing data.
US09468830B2	Golf swing training club A golf swing training club for training a golfer has a shaft, a club head with a club face and a gripping area. The club head has a club face for striking a ball. The club head extends out from the shaft in a first direction and the club face facing in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. There is a training grip to be gripped by the dominant hand. The training grip is carried by the shaft and is positioned below the gripping area relative to the club head. The training grip is positioned above the shaft in the direction of the club head and, relative to a direction from the gripping area to the club head, the training grip being angled toward a point that is spaced from the first end of the shaft in each of the first and second directions.
US09468827B2	Football accessory for downing the ball carrier An apparatus for use in an American football type game includes an elongate structure defining a generally tubular body having a length extending between two opposing ends, a width, and a handgrip portion located between the ends. The width of the tubular body is generally uniform along the entire length of the body. An attachment mechanism removably receives the elongate structure at an attachment point and limits movement of substantially the entire elongate structure to that of the attachment mechanism at the attachment point. The attachment mechanism is configured to release the elongate structure therefrom when a force that overcomes an attachment force provided by the attachment mechanism is applied to the handgrip portion.
US09468824B1	Lacrosse mesh An improved lacrosse mesh is made of polypropylene. Polypropylene fibers are among the lightest weight of all commercially produced plastic fibers. Typical polypropylene has a density of 0.9 g/cm3, much lower than that of polyester (1.38), cotton (1.54), or nylon (1.15). Additionally, polypropylene is known to outperform other dyeable fibers in low moisture absorption tests. Preferably a polypropylene-based material known as INNEGRA S is employed. It has a tenacity greater than 5 grams/denier, elongation prior to breakage of about 11%, density of 0.84 g/cm3, 93% of unprocessed polypropylene and a surface texture bearing striations that enhance its grippability to a degree desirable for use in netting for lacrosse mesh. The INNEGRA S material is much more difficult to stretch to any degree as compared to the more easily stretchable NYLON material and, as such, ideally maintains pocket shape in a wide variety of conditions.
US09468821B2	Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and a front portion. The golf club head may include an interior cavity. The interior cavity may be filled with an elastic polymer material. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09468818B2	Wood-type golf club head A wood golf club head, which is provided therein with a hollow section and for which a crown section that forms the upper surface of the head is formed from a metal material. The crown section includes a heel portion; a toe portion with a smaller thickness than the heel portion; and a thickness transition section provided between the heel portion and the toe portion, the thickness of which decreases gradually from the heel portion to the toe portion. In the top view of a reference state in which the head is placed on a horizontal plane with a specified lie angle and loft angle, the thickness transition section extends as a smooth curve that protrudes towards the toe side.
US09468817B2	Contrast-enhanced golf club heads Golf club heads include white diffusing top surfaces to aid in club head alignment. Wood type club heads also include a dark diffusing club face so that a crown/face border is emphasized. Scorelines in wood type clubs can be provided with an intermediate contrast surface, and can be displaced from club face center to accommodate player perception when confronted with a white diffusing crown. Putter heads can include dark diffusing alignment lines, and iron-type club heads can include white diffusing surfaces at a sole portion of a club face, at a top line, or a top portion of a club face.
US09468811B2	Golf ball core with soft outer transition volume and negative hardness gradient A golf ball includes a unitary core having an outer surface, a geometric center, and a soft transition region adjacent to the outer surface, and is formed from a substantially homogenous composition. The ball further includes an outer cover layer. The soft transition region has a thickness of up to 4 mm, has about 8 to 20 percent trans-polybutadiene isomer, and has a negative hardness gradient of up to 15 Shore C. The core has an overall negative hardness gradient of up to 20 Shore C and has a gradient quotient, GQ, defined by the equation: G + T 10 × COR ≤ 7 where G is the overall negative hardness gradient in Shore C, T is the percent of trans-polybutadiene isomer at the core outer surface, and COR is the coefficient of restitution measured at an incoming velocity of 125 ft/s.
US09468810B2	Dimple patterns for golf balls The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US09468800B2	Neck support apparatus for abdominal exercises A neck support apparatus for performing abdominal exercises without causing or exacerbating neck discomfort. The neck support apparatus comprises an hourglass shaped body having three distinct sections and a removable handle portion. The body includes an upper portion adapted to receive and support the back of a user's head, a middle portion adapted to receive and support the back of a user's neck, and a lower portion adapted to receive and support the back of a user's shoulders. The handle portion is removably attachable to the back side of the body through the use of corresponding aspects of a hook and loop fastener system and includes a slidable grip disposed thereon.
US09468798B2	Decoupled arm supports in an elliptical machine An exercise machine includes a first foot pedal and a second foot pedal movably attached to a frame and arranged to travel along reciprocating paths. A pedal resistance mechanism is integrated into the exercise machine and arranged to resist movement of the first foot pedal and the second foot pedal along the reciprocating paths. A first arm support and a second arm support are movably attached to the frame where the first arm support and the second arm support are mechanically independent of the first foot pedal and the second foot pedal. Further, a dampening assembly is arranged to resist movement of the first arm support and the second arm support.
US09468795B2	Selectable stride elliptical An exercise apparatus comprises a frame, a left foot link supporting a left foot pad, a right foot link supporting a right foot pad in a left foot link supporting a left foot pad. The right foot pad is linked to the left foot pad so as to synchronously move out of phase with the left foot pad through an elliptical path having an adjustable step height and an adjustable stride length. An adjustment synchronizer is operably coupled to the left foot link and the right foot link to synchronously adjust both the step height and the stride length of the elliptical path.
US09468792B2	Weight lifting and selector pin assembly A permanently affixed and travelling selector pin, car and weight plate selection mechanism for use with physical fitness equipment is disclosed including a segmented track and/or cut out cavern within the plate body for the car to travel within in either vertically or horizontally in order to select a different weight plate or cumulatively, more or less weight for an exercise. The selector pin and car mechanism features a selector pin which is not removable from the car and is inserted through the car which is contained by the track and or plate body shape and into a throughbore in the weight plate in order to engage with the selector stem.
US09468790B1	Oval exercise hoop An oval exercise hoop for resistance training including an oval two-sectioned tubular sleeve, with the sections attachable to each other by a pair of diametrically opposed male end connectors engage the female ends of each section. The male end connectors are disposed proximal to, but not directly on, diametrically opposed apices of the sleeve. A hollow core, which is disposed within each sleeve section, is either unweighted or weighted with a weighted fill having a wide range of densities and materials that provide a selected weight from a wide range of aggregate weights so as to require a selected amount of energy to rotate the sleeve around a user's waist and torso.
US09468789B2	Resistance band having hand adapters and handles The present invention relates to exercise equipment and more particularly to a resistance band having a pair hand adapters, a pair of handles, and an extension interposed between each hand adapter and handle. The present invention farther relates to a hand adapter having a plurality of finger loops that are configured to contact the back surface of fingers of a user's hand, and the surface of the hand adapter to which the plurality of finger loops is attached is configured to contact the palm surface of the user's hand.
US09468788B2	Resisting system for making variable mechanical resistance exercises The present invention relates to equipment, apparatus and systems used for exercising muscle groups of the body, more specifically, a resistance system for making variable mechanical resistance exercises, which receive voice commands, changes in brain waves and/or any body movement.
US09468787B2	Process and apparatus for treatment of incinerator bottom ash and fly ash A method for treatment of ash from incineration plants includes: collecting ash from an incinerator; feeding the collected ash to a vitrification reactor; vitrifying the ash in the vitrification reactor, to form a slag of molten material; allowing the slag to flow from the vitrification reactor and solidify outside the vitrification reactor; gasifying volatile components in the ash and the additional feed material; and routing flue gas generated in the vitrification reactor to a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is connected to a heat recovery steam generator that receives exhaust from the incinerator.
US09468784B2	Respirator and wall mount for a respirator A respirator (1) and a mount for a respirator are provided including a mounting device for a cylinder (2), preferably an oxygen cylinder. The mounting device forms an upper housing half (4) and a lower housing half (3) of the respirator (1) and includes at least one grip (6), which makes transportation of the respirator (1) possible. The upper housing half (4) and lower housing half (3) are provided with a connection mechanism (5), which connects the upper housing half (4) and the lower housing half (3).
US09468782B2	Face mask seal for use with respirator devices and surgical facemasks, having an anatomically defined geometry conforming to critical fit zones of human facial anatomy, and capable of being actively custom fitted to the user's face A face seal device for filtering face piece respirators is disclosed. The face seal device is designed to correct inner face seal leakage of particulate material using compensatory accentuations at locations along an inner perimeter based on specific details of a user's facial human anatomy known to be sites of inner face seal leakage. The face seal may be constructed of a heat activated thermoplastic copolymer that enables the device to be custom fitted to the user's face.
US09468776B2	Method and a system for optimizing a radiation treatment plan based on a reference dose distribution A computer-based method for generating an improved radiation therapy treatment plan for a treatment volume having a target and an organ-at-risk. The method includes a step of accessing an existing radiation therapy treatment plan from a memory of a computer, a dose distribution of the existing radiation therapy treatment plan serving as a reference dose distribution; and performing machine parameter optimization on the existing radiation therapy treatment plan with the computer by pursuing an optimization goal to minimize doses to the organ-at-risk, thereby generating the improved radiation therapy treatment plan.
US09468775B2	Laser immunotherapy A method of immunotherapy of a mammal or a laser device therefor, includes the step of treating one or more immune privileged cells, tissue or organs of said mammal with a laser to reduce or eliminate the immune privilege status of said one or more cells, tissues and/or organs to thereby elicit an immune response that is beneficial to the mammal. The method of immunotherapy avoids or minimizes lasting damage to the treated cells, tissues and/or organs. The laser treatment is typically, although not exclusively to the pigmented epithelium of the eye or eyes. The method may be for treating a disease or conditions selected from a bacterial infection, a viral infection, early AMD, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease. Typically, the radiant exposure level of the laser treatment is no greater than 60-100% of a visible effect threshold.
US09468770B2	Random-access electrode addressing systems and methods An exemplary cochlear implant includes a communication facility configured to receive at least a first data word and a second data word in series from a sound processor by way of a forward-telemetry link and a processing facility communicatively coupled to the communication facility and configured to 1) use the first data word to dynamically determine an address associated with an electrode by way of which a stimulation pulse is to be applied during a time slot of a stimulation frame and 2) use the second data word to determine an amplitude of the stimulation pulse that is to be applied by way of the electrode during the time slot of the stimulation frame. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US09468765B2	Current management system for a stimulation output stage of an implantable neurostimulation system A current management system for use in the stimulation output stage of a neurostimulation system can be programmed to steer different amounts of current through different stimulation electrodes to vary how strongly the tissue adjacent each electrode is stimulated during a particular programmed stimulation episode. An stimulation electrode drive circuit associated with each electrode that is available for stimulation allows independent control of the flow of current through that electrode. A reference electrode is provided in the circuit to source or sink current as necessary to balance the currents going into and out of the patient, so that no stimulation electrode is required to serve that purpose. More specifically, by configuring the circuit to maintain a constant potential at the reference electrode (e.g., a potential that is approximately half way between a top and bottom voltage rail), the reference electrode will source or sink currents as necessary to cause the net current flow into the patient to be equal to the net current flowing out of the patient, thus satisfying Kirchhoff's current law.
US09468764B2	Nerve signal differentiation in cardiac therapy Methods of nerve signal differentiation, methods of delivering therapy using such nerve signal differentiation, and to systems and devices for performing such methods. Nerve signal differentiation may include locating two electrodes proximate nerve tissue and differentiating between efferent and afferent components of nerve signals monitored using the two electrodes.
US09468763B2	Systems and methods for electrical stimulation of sphenopalatine ganglion and other branches of cranial nerves Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for modulating cranial nerves, such as the sphenopalatine ganglion, to treat a medical condition of a patient, such as cluster headache. A stimulation device comprising a dipole antenna is advanced transnasally to a target site at or adjacent to the nasopharyngeal mucosa posterior to the middle turbinate. Electrical impulses are applied through one or more electrodes in the stimulation device to the target nerve sufficient to modulate the nerve and treat the medical condition.
US09468761B2	Validity test adaptive constraint modification for cardiac data used for detection of state changes Methods, systems, and apparatus for quantifying the quality of a fiducial time marker for a candidate heart beat, quantifying the quality of a candidate heart beat, or determining a time of beat sequence of the patient's heart. A fiducial time marker is obtained for a candidate heart beat. A quality index of said candidate heart beat is set to a first value. The candidate heart beat is tested with at least one beat validity test. At least a second value is added to said quality index of said candidate heart beat if said candidate heart beat passes said at least one beat validity test. The candidate heart beat is tested with at least a second heart beat validity test. At least a third value is added to said quality index of said candidate heart beat if said candidate heart beat passes said at least second heart beat validity test. In one class of beat validity test, a constraint defining a pass is modified at one or more times after the most recent prior valid heart beat that is greater than a constraint modification time threshold.
US09468757B2	Method and apparatus for electrotherapy drug delivery The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for an electrotherapeutic system including a first and second electrode. Each electrode includes a respective resistance wherein during operation of the electrotherapeutic system, an electrochemical reaction involving one or both of the electrodes varies the respective resistance of at least one of the electrodes.
US09468756B2	Electrode device for a medical implant, and a medical implant comprising an electrode device A medical implant and an electrode device for a medical implant, wherein the electrode device includes a distal end, a proximal end, and an electric transmission line that extends between the distal end and the proximal end. The transmission line includes at least one adaptive element. The at least one adaptive element includes a magnetodielectric material, which, under the action of a magnetic field, changes one or more of its electric and magnetic properties.
US09468755B2	Medical lead with preformed bias A medical electrical lead and methods of implanting medical electrical leads in lumens. Leads in accordance with the invention employ preformed biases to stabilize the lead within a lumen and to orient electrodes in a preferred orientation.
US09468754B2	Leads for selective sensing and virtual electrodes Selective sensing implantable medical leads include pulsing and sensing portions and pulsing and not sensing portion. Leads and electrodes may be used in defibrillation and as integrated bipolar defibrillation electrodes. An entire electrode can pass charge while a valve metal or valve metal oxide portion of the electrode prevents the entire electrode from sensing, effectively rejecting unwanted signals. Differential conduction pathways, due to the valve metal and/or oxides thereof, cause the portions of the electrodes to conduct differently when used anodically and cathodically. Complex intracardiac electrical gradient can be formed along with a number of virtual electrodes within the tissue. Reentrant loops can thereby be pinned following defibrillation shock.
US09468753B2	System and method for stimulating motor units Systems and methods are provided for stimulating motor units. An electrode array includes a plurality of electrodes configured to provide stimulation to respective motor units of a plurality of independent, mutually agonist motor units. A stimulator assembly is configured to provide a stimulation current to each electrode of the plurality of electrodes. The stimulation current is provided such that a sum of respective time-varying moments at the plurality of motor units remains substantially constant and non-zero.
US09468751B2	Medical device anchoring apparatus Methods and apparatus for anchoring an implanted elongate medical device in a body portal, for example, a stimulation lead in a cranial burr hole, employ a securing element attached to an upper surface of a plate member, and moveable relative thereto, from an open position, at which the device may be inserted into a slot of the plate member, and a closed position, at which an engagement surface of the securing element anchors the inserted device. The securing element may extend at angle, with respect to a plane of the plate member, in the open position, and rotating the securing element lifts the engagement surface into the closed position. A locking member preferably extends from an upper surface of the plate member, and, when a latching portion of the securing element moves into engagement with the locking member, the element is moved into the closed position and secured thereat.
US09468750B2	Multilayer planar spiral inductor filter for medical therapeutic or diagnostic applications A multilayer helical wave filter having a primary resonance at a selected RF diagnostic or therapeutic frequency or frequency range, includes an elongated conductor forming at least a portion of an implantable medical lead. The elongated conductor includes a first helically wound segment having at least one planar surface, a first end and a second end, which forms a first inductive component, and a second helically wound segment having at least one planar surface, a first end and a second end, which forms a second inductive element. The first and second helically wound segments are wound in the same longitudinal direction and share a common longitudinal axis. Planar surfaces of the helically wound segments face one another, and a dielectric material is disposed between the facing planar surfaces of the helically wound segments and between adjacent coils of the helically wound segments, thereby forming a capacitance.
US09468749B2	Closed male luer device for minimizing leakage during connection and disconnection A medical connector for minimizing leakage of fluids during connection and disconnection is described. The medical connector includes a body having an inlet port, at least one outlet port adjacent to a male luer portion of the body, and a fluid path between the inlet port and the at least one outlet ports. A retractable seal adjacent to the male luer portion of the body and blocks the outlet ports of the body when the male luer portion of the medical connect is in a disconnected state. The retractable seal is positioned on the body such that it is moved away from the outlet ports upon insertion of the male luer portion of the medical connector into a medical access device thereby unblocking the outlet ports and creating a fluid path through the medical connector.
US09468748B2	Multi-needle assembly with readily adjustable structure A multi-needle assembly according to the present invention includes: a plurality of needles; a central hub for supporting the needles with the front part of the needles exposed and the rear part thereof fixedly surrounded; a suction cap with the front having needle penetration holes for receiving the needles, the suction cap surrounding the needles and in a sealed manner one side of the central hub; and an adjustment part rotatably connected to the rear end of the suction cap and screwed around one side of the central hub for moving the central hub forward or backward with regard to the suction cap by rotation so as to adjust the length of exposure of the needles, wherein the adjustment part has one side inscribed with continuous numbers or a scale around. Thus the exposed length of the needles may be easily adjusted and confirmed as being desired, so that easy treatment is possible without an additional means for confirming.
US09468747B2	Nasal drug products and methods of their use Drug products adapted for nasal delivery, comprising a pre-primed device filled with a pharmaceutical composition comprising an opioid receptor antagonist, are provided. Methods of treating opioid overdose or its symptoms with the inventive drug products are also provided.
US09468743B2	Catheter for positioning a wire guide A system and a method of positioning a wire guide are provided. The method includes inserting a wire guide in a first configuration into a lumen of a catheter, distally advancing the wire guide to a distal portion of the lumen so that a distal end of the wire guide is distal to an opening in a wall of the catheter and advancing a distal portion of the wire guide through the opening by distally advancing the distal portion relative to the catheter so that the distal end remains in the lumen as the distal portion of the wire guide extends out of the opening. The method includes advancing the distal portion of the wire guide further out of the opening so that the distal end exits through the opening so that the distal portion is distal to the distal end of the wire guide in a second configuration.
US09468740B2	Medical anchoring system An anchoring system for an elongated medical article comprises an anchor pad and a retainer mounted upon the anchor pad. The retainer includes a base, a cover, and a compressible member including a receptacle into which the medical article to be retained is placed. When the cover is closed, the medical article is secured within the receptacle by the pressure of the compressible member and the cover upon the medical article. One or more biasing members act upon the compressible member to increase the frictional forces acting on the retained section of the medical article. The receptacle may form a channel that follows a curved path through the retainer. The retainer may also include guide extensions to support the medical article along a transverse bend toward the skin of the patient.
US09468736B2	Fuel cell interconnect with reduced voltage degradation over time A method of making an interconnect for a solid oxide fuel cell stack includes providing a chromium alloy interconnect and providing a nickel mesh in contact with a fuel side of the interconnect. Formation of a chromium oxide layer is reduced or avoided in locations between the nickel mesh and the fuel side of the interconnect. A Cr—Ni alloy or a Cr—Fe—Ni alloy is located at least in the fuel side of the interconnect under the nickel mesh.
US09468735B2	Ventilator circuit and method for the use thereof A ventilator circuit for use in administering medication to a patient includes a housing, a one-way inhalation valve and a one-way exhalation valve. A metered does inhaler receptacle is in fluid flow communication with an interior space of the housing holding chamber. An exhaust conduit communicates between input and output passageways disposed on opposite sides of the interior space.
US09468734B2	Gas flow system, adaptor, and method An airway adaptor that measures the concentration of at least one of a specific component and the flow rate of a supply gas and a return gas. The airway adapter may include a tube having a flow path in which the supply gas and the return gas passes. The tube may include a first end having a first aperture for guiding the supply gas into the flow path, and second end having a second aperture for guiding the return gas. Further, the airway adapter may include a measurement device operable to measure at least one of the supply gas and the return gas in the air flow path and a partial shielding disposed at the first aperture and structured to shield a portion of the air flow path. The supply gas may be a respiratory gas and the return gas may be inhaled or exhaled breath of a person.
US09468727B2	Nasal delivery A nasal delivery device for and a method of delivering a substance to a nasal cavity of a subject, the delivery device comprising: a delivery unit for delivering a flow entraining a substance to one nostril of a subject, the delivery unit including a nosepiece for fitting to a nostril of the subject; and a flow resistor unit for fitting to the other nostril of the subject, the flow resistor unit including a progressive resistor for progressively providing an increasing flow resistance to the delivered flow.
US09468724B2	Needle shield removal tool A removal tool for a needle shield includes an attachment cavity having an interior wall extending along a length of the attachment cavity and accessible via a sidewall aperture. The interior wall is sized to receive and engage the needle shield. A pull ring is connected to and extends from a proximal end of the attachment cavity. The pull ring has an exterior wall extending along an outer circumference of the pull ring and an interior wall extending along an inner circumference of the pull ring. The inner circumference is sized to accommodate at least one finger of a user.
US09468722B2	Medicament delivery device An injection device includes a housing; a container holder configured for accommodating a medicament container and having a needle attached to one end thereof and a stopper sealingly and slidably arranged inside the medicament container at the other end thereof; a drive unit, including a plunger rod, a plunger driver, and a first energy accumulating member operationally associated with the plunger driver; and an injection indication mechanism, including a tactile signaling element and a drive mechanism for driving the tactile signaling member, the drive mechanism being coupled to the plunger driver.
US09468716B2	Cassette with infusion set containing spring-biased anti-freeflow mechanism for peristaltic infusion pump Flow control devices.—In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a cassette (30) comprising a housing having a flow restrictor (34), and a tube (36) attached to the housing and positioned adjacent the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor may be so constructed and arranged to rotate from a first position in which the flow restrictor prevents fluid flow through the tube to a second position in which fluid is able to flow through the tube when the cassette is positioned inside a pumping device. As a result, the cassette is designed to prevent free flow of fluid when an enteral feeding tube set is not installed in a pumping device.
US09468714B2	Memory and identification associated with IV set An IV set is configured for coupling with a pump device. The IV set comprises a fluid lumen adapted for passage of an infusion fluid toward a patient. A frame is coupled to the fluid lumen and is adapted to be inserted into a seat of a pump device, wherein the frame provides a platen relative to the fluid lumen, wherein the frame is sized and shaped such that the frame can only be inserted into the pump device when aligned in a predetermined orientation relative to the pump device. An information device is adapted to store information associated with the IV set, wherein the information device is accessed in response to proper placement of the IV set in the pump device.
US09468713B2	Apparatus and method of mitigating free flow in a fluid administration set A free flow mitigating device for a fluid administration set includes a pump driver mechanism having a locator pin attached and positioned to register with a locator hole on the administration set, for example in a cassette. The locator pin has a surface area. A compressible material is attached to at least a portion of the surface area of the locator pin. The compressible material has a thickness such that it is frictionally received within the locator hole of the cassette sufficient to provide a retaining force to resist cassette movement during closing of a flow regulator valve of the cassette.
US09468711B2	Syringe storage container A syringe container includes a cylindrical syringe including a distal end portion having a discharge opening for discharging a liquid, a proximal end portion, and a side peripheral section connected to the distal end portion and the proximal end portion; an attachment member configured to be attached to the distal end portion and having an outer radius larger than an outer radius of the side peripheral section; a container body including a bottom portion and a peripheral wall portion extending upward from a periphery of the bottom portion; and a syringe holding section configured to be placed within the peripheral wall portion so as to face the bottom portion.
US09468705B2	Device and method to facilitate safe, adhesion-free surgical closures Surgical devices and methods are provided for preventing the formation of post-operative adhesions. In one device, an envelope of material defines at least one opening, and another layer of adhesion-preventing material is disposed on an exterior surface of the envelope. A rigid or semi-rigid barrier member is at least partially disposed in a space inside the envelope, without adhering to the envelope such that the barrier member can be pulled out of the envelope through the opening.
US09468702B2	Tissue repair implant Described herein are tissue repair implants comprising at least a first layer of peritoneal membrane. The first layer of peritoneal membrane can be located adjacent to a second layer of peritoneal membrane and can be in direct contact with the second layer of peritoneal membrane. Additional layers (e.g., a third or fourth layer) can be included. Where more than one layer is present, the layers can be affixed to one another. For example, a first layer of peritoneal membrane can be attached to the second layer of peritoneal membrane by an adhesive bond, suture, or staple. One or more of the peritoneal membranes can be non-crosslinked, partially crosslinked, or substantially fully crosslinked. Any of the layers of peritoneal membrane may be attached to a wall (e.g., an interior or exterior wall) of an abdominal tissue by an adhesive, suture, and/or staples.
US09468699B2	Air conditioner having air purifying module An air conditioner including a body having an evaporator for heat-exchanging air flowing in the body, and an air purifying module coupled to the body. The air purifying module may have a light emitting diode part disposed along a flow path of the air to provide ultraviolet rays, and a filter part disposed adjacent to the light emitting diode part.
US09468698B2	Gas processing apparatus A gas processing apparatus of an embodiment includes: first and second dielectric substrates facing with each other; first and second discharge electrodes respectively disposed on a pair of facing principal surfaces of the dielectric substrates; first and second ground electrodes respectively disposed on a pair of principle surfaces at opposite sides of the principle surfaces of the dielectric substrates; a gas flow path to supply gas to be processed between the discharge electrodes; an AC power source to generate first and second plasma-induced flows by applying an AC voltage between the discharge electrodes and the ground electrodes; and a region disposed between the dielectric substrates at downstream of the plasma-induced flows from the discharge electrodes, and a gap between the dielectric substrates being 1.3 times or less of a sum of thicknesses of the plasma-induced flows.
US09468694B2	Fluorination process The invention relates to a process for preparation of a compound of formula (I): R1 is selected from C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, and C2-6alkynyl; which comprises: (i) reaction with fluoride, suitably [18F]fluoride, of a corresponding compound of formula (II): wherein R2 is selected from hydrogen, C1-10alkyl, C1-10haloalkyl, C6-14aryl, C6-14arylalkyl, —(CH2CH2O)q—CH3 wherein q is an integer of from 1 to 10; R1 is as defined for the compound of formula (I); and R3 is a leaving group. Certain novel precursors of formula (II) and radiopharmaceutical kits containing such precursors are also claimed.
US09468692B2	Labeled molecular imaging agents and methods of use Imaging agents are described that comprise labeled substrates capable of being introduced into cells via the cystine/glutamate antiporter. The substrates may be used for imaging or detecting oxidative stress in cells by introducing the labeled agents into cells via the cystine/glutamate antiporter and subsequent detection.
US09468689B2	Ultrafiltration concentration of allotype selected antibodies for small-volume administration Disclosed are methods, compositions and uses of high concentration antibody or immunoglobulin formulations for subcutaneous, intramuscular, transdermal or other local (regional) administration, in a volume of than 3, less than 2 or less than 1 ml. Preferably, the formulation contains a high concentration formulation (HCF) buffer comprising phosphate, citrate, polysorbate 80 and mannitol at a pH of about 5.2. The formulation more preferably comprises at least 100, 150, 200, 250 mg/ml or 300 mg/ml of antibody. The methods for preparing the high concentration formulation include ultrafiltration and diafiltration to concentrate the antibody and exchange the medium for HCF buffer. Other embodiments concern use of non-G1m1 (nG1m1) allotype antibodies, such as G1m3 and/or a nG1m1,2 antibodies. The nG1m1 antibodies show decreased immunogenicity compared to G1m1 antibodies.
US09468685B2	Methods of preparing a liquid formulation of G-CSF Provided are pharmaceutical liquid formulations of G-CSF, which are stable over a long time period and substantially free of excipients, as well as ready-to-use syringes containing such formulations and corresponding kits.
US09468682B2	Compositions and methods for enhancing penetration of biologically active substances into tissues or organs According to this invention, compositions and methods for increasing the extent of penetration of a biologically active substance into the tissues and organs are proposed, the methods comprising administration of the biologically active substance in combination with one or more chaotropic agents, e.g., ammonium sulfate.
US09468681B2	Targeted nanoparticles Described herein are carrier nanoparticles comprising a polymer containing a polyol coupled to a polymer containing a boronic acid, configured to present the polymer containing a boronic acid to an environment external to the nanoparticle. Targeted versions of the described nanoparticles are also described, as are related compositions, methods and systems.
US09468680B2	Differential effects of drugs on transport in a multi-layer 3D spheroid model Drugs are screened for affects on inhibiting efflux pumps and blocking gap junction communication in tumors by culturing cells to thereby form self-assembled spheroids and incubating the spheroids. Uptake of a substrate of the efflux pump and distribution of a substrate for the efflux pump within the spheroids is imaged to thereby select drugs that inhibit the efflux pump or do not block gap junction communication. Selected drugs can then be employed to treat a tumor.
US09468679B2	Method for producing solid formulations comprising immunoglobulin single variable domains Methods for preparing solid formulations of immunoglobulin single variable domains are provided. The methods are based on contacting solid carrier(s) with a liquid comprising the immunoglobulin single variable domains, e.g. by spraying the liquid onto the solid carrier(s), to cause granulation or coating of the carrier(s). During contacting the carrier is agitated, e.g. in a fluid bed, and the mixture of carrier and liquid is exposed to heat, e.g. a heated air stream, to evaporate the liquid.
US09468675B2	Removal of serine proteases by treatment with finely divided silicon dioxide The present invention provides novel methods for reducing the serine protease and/or serine protease zymogen content of a plasma-derived protein composition. Also provided are methods for manufacturing plasma-derived protein compositions having reduced serine protease and\or serine protease zymogen content. Among yet other aspects, the present invention provides aqueous and lyophilized compositions of plasma-derived proteins having reduced serine protease and/or serine protease zymogen content. Yet other aspects include methods for treating, managing, and/or preventing a disease comprising the administration of a plasma-derived protein composition having a reduced serine protease or serine protease zymogen content.
US09468669B2	Methods to treat dysregulated blood glucose disorders The invention provides methods and compositions for treating dysregulated blood glucose disorders.
US09468667B2	Dermal micro-organs, methods and apparatuses for producing and using the same Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
US09468666B2	Treatment of heart failure and related conditions Endoglin has now been shown to be an important target of therapy to reduce disease symptoms associated with heart failure, particularly cardiac fibrosis. Soluble Endoglin is identified as an anatogonist to TGFβ1 activity, while membrane-bound Endoglin is identified as a necessary component to promote TGFβ1 activity in heart failure. The present invention therefore features methods and kits for treatment of subject having heart failure or a related disorder by administering a composition that decreases TGFβ1 signaling through either direct inhibition of membrane-bound Endoglin or promoting expression of soluble Endoglin.
US09468665B1	Method of treating intraoccular tissue pathologies with nerve growth factor Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), in the form of a preparation to be administered over ocular surface, is suggested as being suitable for therapy and/or prophylaxis of intraocular tissue pathologies, with particular reference to sclera, ciliary body, crystalline lens, retina, optic nerve, vitreous body and choroidea affections. When administered in the form of external ophthalmic preparation, for example as collyrium or ointment, NGF is capable to go through ocular tissues and it has been found out that it shows a therapeutic activity not only against retina and optic nerve pathologies but also against affections involving the above reported internal structures of the eye.
US09468663B2	Enteric combination therapy There is disclosed herein a composition for treating gastrointestinal or neurological disorders, constipation, functional constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, travelers diarrhoea, chronic idiopathic nausea, IBD-associated constipation and diarrhoea, pseudo-obstruction, diabetic gastroparesis, cyclic vomiting, reflux oesophagitis, autism enteropathy, flatulence, halitosis, chronic fatigue, bloating, proctalgia fugax, Parkinsons disease, MS, Alzheimers Disease, Motor Neurone Disease or autism, the composition comprising: (i) at least two anti-clostridial agents selected from the group consisting of: vancomycin, vancomycin derivatives, a multi-valent polymer of vancomycin, aminoglycosides, nitroimidazoles, ansamysins, nifuroxazide, colchicine, prucalopride, prokinetic agent and 5-aminosalicylic acid; or (ii) at least one anti-clostridial agent selected from the above combined with an opioid blocking agent. There is also disclosed herein a method of treating various gastrointestinal or neurological disorders, constipation, functional constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, travelers diarrhoea, chronic idiopathic nausea, IBD-associated constipation and diarrhoea, pseudo-obstruction, diabetic gastroparesis, cyclic vomiting, reflux oesophagitis, autism enteropathy, flatulence, halitosis, chronic fatigue, bloating, proctalgia fugax, Parkinsons disease, MS, Alzheimers Disease, Motor Neurone Disease or autism, the method comprising administering orally, via enema or by suppository: (i) a composition of the invention; (ii) at least two anti-clostridial agents selected from the group consisting of: vancomycin, vancomycin derivatives, a multi-valent polymer of vancomycin, aminoglycosides, nitroimidazoles, ansamysins, nifuroxazide, colchicine, prucalopride, prokinetic agent and 5-aminosalicylic acid; or (iii) at least one anti-clostridial agent selected from the above and an opioid blocking agent to a patient in need of such treatment.
US09468662B2	Use of the PAT nonapeptide in the treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases A PAT nonapeptide of formula EAKSQGGSD (SEQ ID NO: 1) can be used to treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the PAT nonapeptide can be formulated for administration by parenteral route, including the subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intravenous or intranasal routes.
US09468657B2	Lactic acid bacterium agent for improving lipid metabolism This invention provides an effective means or method for improving lipid metabolism, and a means or method for treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders associated with the lipid metabolism disorder. Specifically, this invention relates to an agent for improving the lipid metabolism comprising, as active ingredients, broken cells of a lactic acid bacterium, and to a method for enhancing an effect of a lactic acid bacterium for improving the lipid metabolism comprising a step of breaking the lactic acid bacterium.
US09468653B2	Method based on bismuth ion for the treatment and prevention of a disease caused by a Shiga toxin The present invention relates to the a bismuth-based composition, particularly involving the use of bismuth ions, particularly the Bi+3 ion, for prevention and/or treatment of the haemolytic uremic syndrome, with the invention also relating to the use of a bismuth ion in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of an infection caused by a Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli strain, as well as to a method for preventing and/or treating the haemolytic uremic syndrome comprising administering bismuth ions to a patient in need thereof, and a method for inhibiting dissemination of the gene encoding virulence factors of a Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli strain in animals and humans.
US09468650B2	Inhibition of endosomal toll-like receptor activation The present invention relates, in general, to pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs), including toll-like receptors (TLRs), and, in particular, to a method of inhibiting nucleic acid-induced activation of, for example, endosomal TLRs using an agent that binds to the nucleic acid (“nucleic acid binding agent”), preferably, in a manner that is independent of the nucleotide sequence, the chemistry (e.g., DNA or RNA, with or without base or sugar modifications) and/or the structure (e.g., double-stranded or single-stranded, complexed or uncomplexed with, for example protein) of the nucleic acid(s) responsible for inducing TLR activation. The invention also relates to methods of identifying nucleic acid binding agents suitable for use in such methods.
US09468648B2	Treatment including prebiotic composition for use with probiotics Naturally occurring lecithins and/or oleic acid stimulate the growth and lactic acid producing activity of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species of probiotic bacteria, and replace polysorbate 80 for those products. They can be used in naturally occurring form, or where they are to be combined with probiotics in a carrier, or they can be treated to yield a stable powdered form of these naturally oily compounds. They can be sold as combined prebiotic/probiotic formulations in the same carrier, or sold as separate dietary supplements, e.g., in capsule or tablet form, to be used with the probiotic formulation as desired.
US09468645B2	Highly soluble purine bioactive compounds and compositions thereof The invention provides nutritional supplements, in powder, tablet or capsule dosage forms and aqueous formulations, containing one or more of the purine bioactive compounds described including theacrine and theacrine species.
US09468642B2	Imidazopyrazines The present invention relates to imidazopyrazine compounds of general Formula (I): in which X, R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R4C, and R4D are as given in the description and in the claims, to methods of preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds, to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, as well as to intermediate compounds useful in the preparation of said compounds.
US09468640B2	Piperidin-4-yl-pyridazin-3-ylamine derivatives as fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists The present invention relates to compounds that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient. The compounds find utility as medicines for treating or preventing central nervous system disorders, for example schizophrenia, by exerting an antipsychotic effect without motor side effects.
US09468638B2	Itraconazole formulations Provided herein is a pharmaceutical injectable formulation of itraconazole (10 mg/g) where the formulation comprises a solubilizer, a nonionic surfactant/emulsifier, a co-surfactant and a stabilizer. Further provided is a pharmaceutical formulation of itraconazole, said formulation comprising a solubilizer in a concentration of from about 20% to about 75%, a nonionic surfactant/emulsifier in a concentration of from about 20% to about 50%, a co-surfactant in a concentration from about 10% to about 45% and a stabilizer in a concentration of from about 1% to about 15%.
US09468629B2	Substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes useful for treating HCV infections The present disclosure provides substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes, of Formula I D-M-D (Formula I) useful as antiviral agents. In certain embodiments disclosed herein M is a group —P-A-P— where A is Certain substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes disclosed herein are potent and/or selective inhibitors of viral replication, particularly Hepatitis C virus replication. Pharmaceutical compositions/and combinations containing one or more substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also provided by this disclosure. Methods for treating viral infections, including Hepatitis C viral infections are provided by the disclosure.
US09468626B2	Melatonin-based formulations for parenteral administration Pharmaceutical formulations comprising nanoparticles of melatonin are useful for the treatment of neonatal brain injury.
US09468625B2	Organonitro thioether compounds and medical uses thereof The invention provides organonitro thioether compounds, compositions containing such compounds, isolated organonitro thioether compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions to treat cancer in a patient. Exemplary organonitro thioether compounds described herein include 2-(3,3-dinitroazetidin-1-yl)-2-oxoethyl thioethers and variants thereof.
US09468622B2	α-keto peracids and methods for producing and using the same The present invention provides α-keto peracids and methods for producing and using the same. In particular, α-keto peracids are useful as antimicrobial agents.
US09468621B2	Metal-salen complex compound responsive drug and intra-corporeal behavior control system for metal-salen complex compound A metal-salen complex compound responsive drug, which has an antidotal property capable of neutralizing cytotoxicity of a metal-salen complex compound, and an intra-corporeal behavior control system for the metal-salen complex compound are provided. This metal-salen complex compound responsive drug contains an effective amount of a metal chelating agent to suppress side effects by the metal-salen complex compound.
US09468620B2	Methods of treating ototoxicity The present invention relates to use of DHA analogs and their pharmaceutical compositions for treating ototoxicity, by administering these compounds or pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. Ototoxicity is defined as damage to the structures of the ear, such as the cochlea and vestibular system, by drugs or toxins. Ototoxicity can result in irreversible hearing loss, tinnitus, dysequilibrium, Meniere's disease, or vertigo.
US09468616B2	Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases or infectious diseases, containing m-3M3FBS, which is activator of phospholipase C, as active ingredient Provided herein are a composition for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases or infectious diseases which contains m-3M3FBS or a pharmaceutically available salt thereof as an active ingredient, and health supplements for improving or preventing inflammatory diseases or infectious diseases which contain m-3M3FBS. Since m-3M3FBS has a microbicidal effect, inhibition of apoptosis, and inhibition of LPS-involved signal transduction which enables to effectively treat or prevent inflammatory diseases or infectious diseases, so that it may be effectively used as medicine or health supplements for treating or preventing inflammatory diseases or infectious diseases.
US09468614B2	Oral care method and kit A method of moisturizing while decolonizing mammalian tissue, comprising applying a multi-valent cationic antiseptic composition to the tissue, and applying a moisturizer composition to at least a portion of the same tissue is provided. An oral care kit comprising a composition comprising the multi-valent cationic antiseptic and the moisturizer composition, and a method of moisturizing oral tissue of a patient requiring intubation using the moisturizer composition and an endotracheal tube coated or impregnated with a cationic antiseptic are also provided.
US09468611B2	d-Methadone for the treatment of psychiatric symptoms The present invention relates to a method of treating psychiatric symptoms in a subject having a NMDA receptor and a NE receptor which includes administering d-methadone, d-methadol, d-alpha-acetylmethadol, l-alpha-acetylmethadol, d-alpha-normethadol, l-alpha-normethadol, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof, to the subject under conditions effective for the substance to bind to the NMDA receptor and NE receptor of the subject.
US09468609B2	Astaxanthin anti-inflammatory synergistic combinations This invention is directed to compositions having synergistic combinations of astaxanthin with a tomato extract lycopene, and optionally with carnosic acid and/or lutein. More specifically, the present invention provides compositions having synergistic combinations of the aforementioned compounds, which may be used, inter alia, to inhibit/suppress inflammation via the suppression of the expression of anti-inflammatory mediators or via the suppression of the secretion of anti-inflammatory mediators from macrophages at a site of inflammation.
US09468606B2	Compostions and methods for enhancing the topical application of an acidic benefit agent A powder is disclosed including core/shell particles having an average particle size of less than 1000 microns, each particle contains a liquid core that is substantially free of water and includes A) a polar liquid having a percent surface polarity of at least 24%, an active ingredient, and C) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of at least one solubility enhancing agent that is not an active ingredient; and a shell comprising hydrophobic particles. The powder can be used to topically administer the active ingredient to a human or animal.
US09468600B2	Compositions for the transdermal delivery of physiologically active agents The present invention is directed to compositions and processes for their use that allow for the delivery of physiologically active agents, using a unique composition containing glycerin and triglycerides in the proper ratio. The composition functions by acting both as a humectant and occlusive agent attracting water, returning the skin surface to a smooth state and holding water and physiologically active agents in place. The presence of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic components of the current invention solubilize the physiologically actives into the complex matrix, keeping the actives on the skin and allowing them to penetrate the skin over time, thus delivering the actives to the blood stream.
US09468599B2	Composition and method for compounded therapy The present embodiments relate to topically delivered compounded medications. A transdermal cream may provide the effective topical administration of multiple medications simultaneously; may include low concentrations of local anesthetics, a NSAID, an anticonvulsant, and/or other active ingredients; and may include lidocaine, prilocaine, meloxicam, and lamotrigine and/or topiramate. Alternatively, the transdermal cream may include a lidocaine/prilocaine base cream to which is added a fine powder of one or more ground up medications to form a compounded medication. The compounded medication in powder form may be generated from grinding up tablets of NSAIDs, anticonvulsants, nerve depressants, antidepressants, muscle relaxants, NMDA receptor antagonists, opiate or opioid agonists, and/or other agents. The compounded medication in powder form may include meloxicam, lamotrigine, topiramate, other active ingredients, and DMSO or Sterile Water for Irrigation. In another aspect, the present embodiments relate to methods of compounding medications and transdermal creams or gels.
US09468598B2	Oral dosage form containing a PDE 4 inhibitor as an active ingredient and polyvinylpyrrolidon as excipient Dosage forms for oral administration of a PDE 4 inhibitor whose solubility is slight are described. They contain PVP as binder.
US09468596B2	Multi use cosmetic formula The invention relates to formulations that comprise non-irritating non-toxic compounds that may be applied to the skin for generally improvement of health and beauty. The formulations include core ingredients of minerals, oils, and emulsifiers. Additional ingredients may be added to provide a variety of formulations for skin hydration, softening, soothing, deodorizing, and cosmetic application. The formulations may be use as a carrier for cosmetics, fragrances, or therapeutic agents.
US09468595B2	Acrylamide derivatives Embodiments presented herein relate to acrylamide derivatives and uses thereof. Examples of such derivatives include acrylamide pyranose and other acrylamides that have other carbohydrate or 5 or 6 membered rings attached thereto. The compositions can be used for a variety of purposes, e.g., cosmetics, construction, scaffold materials, hydrogels, food additives, baby diapers, tubing sieves, etc.
US09468592B2	Toothpaste composition Described herein are toothpaste compositions comprising an orally acceptable vehicle; calcium carbonate; and a binder system comprising guar gum and at least one cellulose polymer.
US09468588B2	Vial adapter assembly in drug mixing system Apparatus for use in a drug mixing system including a vial adapter assembly including a main body element having a vial receiving portion and a needle puncturable port, the main body element including an axial hollow tubular portion which is in fluid flow engagement with a bore of a vial puncturing spike, the main body element further including a membrane support surface that supports a first membrane which is in fluid flow engagement with the vial puncturing spike via the bore and via a recess formed in an intermediate portion of the main body element, and a second membrane supported by a membrane support member and separated by a gap from the first membrane.
US09468587B2	Tray and packaging for medical containers A tray for holding medical containers, including a plurality of elongated parallel cavities that are intended to receive at least one container is disclosed. Each of the cavities includes a first set of contact surfaces for holding the at least one container, and each of the cavities includes a second set of contact surfaces for holding the at least one container when provided with a cap. The first set of contact surfaces and the second set of contact surfaces are arranged such that the at least one capped container is held in the cavity in a reverse orientation with respect to the at least one container when provided without a cap. A packaging for medial containers and a method for packaging medical containers are also provided herein.
US09468582B2	Inflatable spa An inflatable spa having improved strength. A control system may be provided with the inflatable spa to direct water and air into a water cavity of the inflatable spa, such that the water cavity of the inflatable spa may receive massaging air bubbles and/or jetted water from the control system.
US09468581B2	Compression depth calculation system and compression depth calculation method A compression depth calculation system is configured to calculate the compression depth which is a magnitude of depression of the compressed object generated by the compression and includes a measuring apparatus to be mounted on the object, and a compression depth calculating apparatus is configured to calculate the compression depth on the basis of information from the measuring apparatus. The compression depth calculation apparatus calculates a coefficient of transformation on the basis of a second-order differential waveform created for the information acquired from a magnetic sensor and acceleration information acquired from an acceleration sensor, creates a displacement waveform of a compressed portion by multiplying the acquired information by the coefficient of transformation, and calculates the compression depth on the basis of the displacement waveform.
US09468580B2	Frosted glass toy A decorative glass dildo comprising a solid, high density heat-resistant glass outer portion, a coated decorative inner portion, a sealing ring attached to the inner portion, an electrical conductive strip attached to the inner portion, and an end portion mechanically attached to the inner portion of the glass dildo.
US09468578B2	Range of motion device An orthosis configured to stretch tissue around a foot and a toe of a wearer is provided. The orthosis includes a first member affixable to the foot and including a first extension member and a second member operatively connected to the first extension member and affixable to the toe, the second member including a second extension member having an arcuate shape.
US09468569B2	Absorbent article having a fastening system and waist elastic with low load loss properties An absorbent article includes a pair of ears secured to and extending transversely outward from opposite sides of a back portion of the article. Each of the ears is stretchable in at least a transverse direction of the article from a relaxed position to an extended position. A waistband includes a waist elastic disposed in at least the back portion. The waist elastic has an in product load loss of less than 60 percent according to a four-hour hold stress relaxation test. A fastening system has a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system. In a wear configuration of the absorbent article, the secondary fastening system secures each of the ears of the pair of ears in the extended position.
US09468566B2	Absorbent structure for absorbent articles Absorbent structures for diapers are provided, comprising, immobilized onto a supporting sheet, an absorbent layer with absorbent material containing superabsorbent polymer particles and therein, in the front region, a first and a second substantially longitudinal channel, each being free of said superabsorbent polymeric particles, for improved fit and/or performance throughout the use thereof.
US09468565B2	Absorbent articles comprising wetness indicators An absorbent article of the present invention may comprise a backsheet, a wetness indicator composition, and an absorbent core. The wetness indicator composition may comprise a stabilizer, a colorant, and a matrix. The absorbent core may comprise a nonwoven layer and an absorbent polymer material, and optionally, a thermoplastic adhesive material. The wetness indicator composition may be in direct contact with an inner surface of the backsheet and an outer surface of the nonwoven layer. And, the absorbent polymer material, and optionally, the thermoplastic adhesive material, may be in direct contact with an inner surface of the nonwoven. Further, the absorbent core may be substantially cellulose free and may be oriented in at least one row.
US09468563B2	Method for fabricating absorbent articles The present invention relates to a method for fabricating absorbent article having multiple layers, and deformed zones of targeted performance, and colored regions, the method comprising the steps of forming discrete features on at least one layer, printing colored regions on at least one layer, integrating multiple layers to form an absorbent assembly, and cutting the absorbent assembly into individual absorbent articles, wherein the steps are carried out continuously.
US09468560B1	Daneshvar support units micro and methods A wrap for encircling a portion of a living body having a strap of stretchable material allowing the strap to stretch along its length and having inner and outer surfaces of loop attachment material. The strap has a zone of hook attachment material disposed on the inner surface at a location along the length of the strap which provides for detachable/reattachable attachment of the hook attachment material to the loop attachment material of the outer surface. The strap further has a zone of hook attachment material on the outer surface of the strap at a location along the length of the strap which provides for detachable/reattachable attachment of the hook attachment material disposed on the outer surface of the strap to the loop attachment material of the inner surface.
US09468558B2	Glaucoma drainage shunts and methods of use A method of treating glaucoma in an eye utilizing an implanted shunt having an elastomeric plate and a non-valved elastomeric drainage tube. The plate is positioned over a sclera of the eye with an outflow end of the elastomeric drainage tube open to an outer surface of the plate. An inflow end of the drainage tube tunnels through the sclera and cornea to the anterior chamber of the eye. The drainage tube collapses upon initial insertion within an incision in the sclera and cornea, or at a kink on the outside of the incision, but has sufficient resiliency to restore its patency over time. The effect is a flow restrictor that regulates outflow from the eye until a scar tissue bleb forms around the plate of the shunt.
US09468557B2	Compact heat exchanger for veno-venous perfusion-induced systemic hyperthermia systems A compact heat exchanger for veno-venous perfusion-induced hyperthermia includes an integral pneumatic pump and a hollow tubule heat exchange array. A veno-venous perfusion-induced hyperthermia system incorporating the compact heat exchanger is described. The heat exchanger provides a compact, efficient design allowing a lesser heat exchanging surface area and lesser required pumping power compared to conventional systems. In turn, the system provides a shorter blood circuit compared to conventional systems, allowing maintaining a lower blood temperature than such conventional systems while supplying sufficiently heated blood to patient visceral organs to provide a therapeutic effect, such as in supplementing chemotherapy drugs.
US09468556B2	Deformed nail corrector A deformed nail corrector for correcting a deformed nail is provided that includes: a first elastic wire which has one end portion thereof fixed to one edge of the deformed nail in a width direction; a second elastic wire which has one end portion thereof fixed to the other edge of the deformed nail in the width direction; and a binding means which binds the first and second elastic wires to each other and is slidable along the first and second elastic wires in a bound state. The first and second elastic wires are brought into a state where the first and second wires are deformed along the deformed nail with the first and second, elastic wires being in a corrector mounting state where the first and second elastic wires are bound to each other by the binding means.
US09468554B2	Orthopedic device for treating complications of the hip A method for providing abduction and adduction adjustment in a hip orthosis, comprises the steps of: providing a hip orthosis having a hip plate with a pad, and a first strut coupling at a hinge to a second strut received by the hip plate; providing the first strut with an anatomical curvature; providing an intermediate shell carrying a pad slidably engages and engaging the first strut; biasing the intermediate shell by the curvature inwardly toward a user; and adjusting an angle between first and second parts of the hinge in a variety of angles, the first and second parts connecting to the first and second struts, respectively.
US09468552B2	Back brace A back brace includes an inner frame member having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a plurality of recesses formed in the interior surface, and a clamshell shape configured to wrap around a portion of a torso of a user. Each of a plurality of inserts is positioned in one of the recesses. An inflatable bladder is positioned on the exterior surface of the inner frame member, and an exterior shell member is wrapped about the bladder and the inner frame member.
US09468548B2	Systems and methods for delivering a stent to a body lumen A stent delivery system configured to deliver a stent to a target region of a body lumen may include a catheter; a stent associated with the catheter, the stent having a first region and a second region; a balloon associated with the catheter, the balloon having a first balloon portion associated with the catheter proximate the first region of the stent and a second balloon portion associated with the catheter proximate the second region of the stent; and a sheath about the stent and the balloon, the sheath maintaining the stent in an undeployed configuration for delivery to a target region of a body lumen. The sheath may comprise a first sheath region configured to split at a first pressure thereby permitting the first region of the stent to assume a deployed configuration, a second sheath region configured to split at a second pressure thereby permitting the second region of the stent to assume a deployed configuration, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure and the first pressure being insufficient to cause the second region of the sheath to split, a split-stopping structure between the first and second sheath regions, the split-stopping structure being configured to prevent a split from propagating from the first sheath region to the second sheath region at the first pressure.
US09468544B2	Prosthesis having pivoting fenestration The present disclosure relates to an endoluminal prosthesis, such as a stent graft that includes one or more fenestrations to accommodate endovascular disease, such as an aneurysm in cases where one or more side branches is involved. In one aspect, the prosthesis includes fenestrations that are pivotable to accommodate the dynamic geometry of the aortic branches. In another aspect, the pivotable fenestrations include a first perimeter, a band of flexible material attached and surrounding the first perimeter, and a second perimeter attached to and surrounding the band of flexible material. The first perimeter, band of flexible material, and second perimeter have a geometric shape. In one aspect, the prosthesis includes at least three pivotable fenestrations.
US09468542B2	Prosthetic socket and socket liner with moisture management capability A moisture management liner device for a prosthetic socket may include an elongate, cup-shaped, elastomeric member and multiple fluid transport strips. The elastomeric member may include a first material and may extend from an open proximal end to a substantially closed distal end. The substantially closed distal end may include a fluid exit aperture to allow fluid to pass out of the liner device. The fluid transport strips may include a second material and may be disposed at spaced-apart intervals around a circumference of an internal surface of the elastomeric member, over at least a distal portion of the elastomeric member. The fluid transport strips may be configured to facilitate passage of fluid out of the liner device through the fluid exit aperture.
US09468538B2	Method and apparatus for aligning and securing an implant relative to a patient A surgical apparatus includes an orientation sensor that detects an actual orientation of a surgical tool. The apparatus also includes a tactile orientation feedback device that selectively provides a tactile orientation feedback signal. Moreover, the apparatus includes a controller that causes the tactile orientation feedback device to provide the tactile orientation feedback signal when the actual orientation of the surgical tool detected by the orientation sensor is substantially equal to a predetermined target orientation of the surgical tool.
US09468537B2	Method and implant device for grafting adjacent vertebral bodies A methodology for grafting together adjacent bony structures is provided using an implant device having an endplate with an inner disc portion and outer ring portion spaced from the inner disc portion by a connecting wall disposed there between. An endplate interior surface includes a retaining structure for securing the endplate to one of the bony structures, and endplate an exterior surface has an integrally formed socket. A ball-joint rod has a longitudinally extending body and an end, and at least a portion of the ball-joint rod end is curvilinear in shape. The curvilinear ball-joint rod end is rotatably disposed in the endplate socket to fixedly interconnect the bony structures.
US09468536B1	Spinal fusion implants and related methods A system and methods for promoting fusion across an intervertebral disc space, the system including a system of spinal fusion implants including a distal implant, a proximal implant and a medial implant positioned therebetween, wherein the medial implant has a flexible anterior wall capable of being deformed when a force is exerted upon it.
US09468534B2	Spinal implant with attachment system The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a spinal implant assembly having features to prevent or minimize fixation elements, such as screws, from being dislodged, or from backing out over time and with use. The spinal implant assembly may comprise an implantable body having first apertures for receiving fixation elements. A plate configured to nest against the posterior portion of the implantable body and comprising one or more second apertures can be provided. These second apertures permit access to the head portions of the fixation elements. One or more locking elements are then passed through the second apertures and engage the head portions of the fixation elements. In addition, the plate may comprise an adjustable arm to allow the plate to be used with implantable bodies of different size.
US09468531B2	Orthopaedic tibial prosthesis having tibial augments A tibial orthopedic prosthesis assembly for use during performance of a knee replacement procedure includes one or more tibial augments configured to be coupled to a tibial tray. Each tibial augment includes an exterior side surface of varying angulation relative to a top surface of the tibial augment.
US09468530B2	Methods of implanting orthopedic devices Systems, devices, and methods are provided for orthopedic implants. The implants may include a base member, such as an acetabular shell or an augment, that is configured to couple with an augment, flange cup, mounting member, or any other suitable orthopedic attachment. An implant may include abuse member that has at least two projections with a gap between the projections. The gap between the projections allows the implant to be implanted around another implanted component, such as around a bone screw of an acetabular shell. The implant may include a fixation element, such as a screw or a cement trough, on one or more projections to couple the implant to an implanted acetabular shell. The implant may also include timing marks to facilitate alignment with corresponding marks on another implanted component.
US09468529B2	Bearing fixation Disclosed is a method of engaging a bearing liner within a shell member with an integrated projection portion. The integrated projection portion may deform a selected amount during positioning of the bearing liner within the shell. The shell may include a complementary engaging portion.
US09468526B2	Percutaneous transvalvular intraannular band for mitral valve repair Mitral valve prolapse and mitral regurgitation can be treating by implanting in the mitral annulus a transvalvular intraannular band. The band has a first end, a first anchoring portion located proximate the first end, a second end, a second anchoring portion located proximate the second end, and a central portion. The central portion is positioned so that it extends transversely across a coaptive edge formed by the closure of the mitral valve leaflets. The band may be implanted via translumenal access or via thoracotomy.
US09468522B2	Implant device, sensor module, single-use injector and method for producing an implant device The invention relates to an implant device comprising a sensor module which comprises one or more first fastening means, an implant module which comprises one or more second fastening means, and a connecting module, by means of which the sensor module is connected to the implant module via the one or the first fastening means and via the one or the second fastening means, and comprising a fold axis, along which the implant device can be folded up.
US09468519B2	Methods and systems for breast reconstruction Methods for optimal breast reconstruction are disclosed. The methods include steps for performing a mastectomy that preserves a breast skin envelope. A prosthesis may be inserted into the breast and may be inflated to preserve the shape of the breast skin envelope. The prosthesis may include, a base, a balloon coupled to the base, where the balloon may be inflated to preserve the shape of the breast skin envelope. The prosthesis may also include tube coupled to port for filling the balloon to a predetermined volume. A needle-lock system, coupled to the port may be used to inject, for example, fluids into the balloon. If a patient requires post-mastectomy radiation, breast reconstruction may be delayed and the prosthesis may remain in the breast cavity during the treatment. The treatment may be external beam radiation. Alternatively, the treatment may include brachytherapy technique for treating the internal breast cavity.
US09468518B2	Tenodesis system A tendon anchoring device may include an implant having a pair of spaced apart legs for straddling a tendon. A push rod removably attached to the implant may be utilized to guide and push a portion of the tendon into a pre-drilled bore in a bone. A fixation member may be slid along the push rod and threadably engage an inner surface of the pre-drilled bore to thereby anchor the tendon to the bone while a force is applied to the push rod. Once the fixation member has been installed, the push rod may be disengaged from the implant and removed from the bore. The implant may remain permanently straddled over the tendon inside of the bore.
US09468514B2	Everted filter device Everting filter devices and methods for using the devices, including using the devices as intra-vascular filters to filter thrombus, emboli, and plaque fragments from blood vessels. The filter devices include a filter body nominally tubular in shape and having a large proximal opening. The filter body can extend from a proximal first end region distally over the non-everted exterior surface of the filter, further extending distally to a distal-most region, then converging inwardly and extending proximally toward the filter second end region, forming a distal everted cavity. The degree of eversion of the filter can be controlled by varying the distance between the filter first end region near the proximal opening and the closed second end region. Bringing the filter first and second end regions closer together can bring filter material previously on the non-everted filter exterior to occupy the distal-most region.
US09468505B2	Self-ligating bracket A self-ligating bracket includes a bracket body with a mesial and a distal channel. A spring clip includes a distal arm with a distal arm body and a distal finger and a mesial arm with a mesial arm body and a mesial finger. The spring clip is slidably secured within the bracket body by a sliding engagement of the distal arm with the distal channel and the mesial arm with the mesial channel. The spring clip is movable between an open position and a closed position wherein in the open position, the arch wire slot is unobstructed and in the closed position the mesial finger and distal finger extend into and across the arch wire slot to occlude the arch wire slot.
US09468504B2	Dental cutting system and method with remote cutting guide A dental cutting system and method for cutting a patient's tooth includes a hand piece to be held and carrying a cutting burr to cut the patient's tooth. A plurality of guide pins is attached to and extends from the hand piece of the cutting tool remote from the cutting bur. One or more cutting guides each have a cavity coinciding with at least a portion of teeth inside a patient's mouth that are adjacent to or remote from the patient's tooth to be cut. The guide pins of the handpiece slide in slots in the cutting guide to guide the cutting burr to cut the patient's tooth.
US09468497B2	Methods for monopolar renal neuromodulation Methods and apparatus are provided for monopolar neuromodulation, e.g., via a pulsed electric field. Such monopolar neuromodulation may effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, action potential attenuation or blockade, changes in cytokine up-regulation and other conditions in target neural fibers. In some embodiments, monopolar neuromodulation is applied to neural fibers that contribute to renal function. In some embodiments, such monopolar neuromodulation is performed bilaterally.
US09468490B2	Gap control via overmold teeth and hard stops A forceps includes an end effector assembly having a stop and a plurality of overmold teeth within at least one jaw member. One (or both) of the jaw members is moveable relative to the other between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween. One (or both) of the jaw members includes a stop molded within an insulative housing, and an insulator plate with the overmold teeth formed from plastic. The overmold teeth extend through openings within a sealing plate and protrude past the tissue sealing surface of the sealing plate. The stop primarily controls the gap distance between opposing jaw members by bearing most of an applied load and the overmold teeth assist in controlling the gap distance by bearing the remaining applied load.
US09468489B2	Electrosurgical system A method of controlling an electrosurgical system is described, the system including an electrosurgical generator and an electrosurgical instrument connected to the generator by means of a cable. A radio frequency signal is supplied to the electrosurgical instrument at an operating frequency, and the voltage of the radio frequency signal is monitored at a frequency corresponding to the frequency of a resonant circuit established by the electrosurgical instrument together with the cable. The monitored voltage is capable of indicating the initiation of arcing from the electrosurgical instrument, such that the voltage of the radio frequency signal can be adjusted in response to the monitored voltage at the resonant frequency. The magnitude of the monitored voltage is an indication of the degree of arcing. An electrosurgical system including an arc detector is also disclosed.
US09468487B2	Medical instrument and method of use An instrument for thermally-mediated therapies in targeted tissue volumes or for volumetric removal of tissue. In one embodiment, the instrument has an interior chamber that includes a diffuser structure for diffusing a biocompatible conductive fluid that is introduced under high pressure. The interior chamber further includes surfaces of opposing polarity electrodes for vaporizing the small cross-section diffused fluid flows created within a diffuser structure. In one embodiment, the diffuser structure includes a negative temperature coefficient of resistance material between the opposing polarity surfaces. The NTCR structure can self-adjust the lengths of current paths between the opposing polarities to insure complete vaporization of the volume of flow of conductive fluid. The non-ionized vapor phase media is ejected from a working surface of the instrument and a controlled vapor-to-liquid phase chance in an interface with tissue applies thermal energy substantially equal to the heat of vaporization to ablate tissue. In another embodiment, the instrument provides voltage means for converting the non-ionized vapor phase media into an ionized media or plasma for applying energy to body structure.
US09468485B2	Real-time lesion formation assessment A method and system for creating permanent lesions in an area of target tissue, such as tissue at or proximate a junction between a pulmonary vein and the left atrium. The method may generally include positioning a medical device in contact with a pulmonary vein ostium, ablating the tissue, and recording a plurality of temperature measurements from one or more of three temperature sensors. The device may include an occlusion element in communication with a coolant source, a first sensor located distal of the occlusion element, a second sensor located proximal of the occlusion element, and a third sensor located in the occlusion element. One or more temperature measurements may be compared with each other to assess occlusion of the pulmonary vein, and/or may be compared with a set of reference temperatures to predict a real-time temperature within the target tissue.
US09468481B2	Anti-backout mechanism for orthopedic devices Disclosed embodiments relate to a fastener operable to be received into an opening defined in a plate. The fastener may include a modular sleeve having an actuatable mechanism operable to prevent the rotation of the fastener relative to the plate. The modular sleeve may be moved from a non-actuated first position and an actuated second position to actuate the actuatable mechanism. A portion of the modular sleeve may be accessible from a top side of the head of the fastener through a plurality of channels in the head, and the modular sleeve may be accessible through the plurality of channels in the head in order to actuate the modular sleeve.
US09468480B2	Completely resorbable connective tissue distraction devices and techniques A method for early stabilizing of distracted connective tissue. A distraction site is at least partially covered with biodegradable, bioerodible or bioresorbable materials before a distraction procedure takes place. Distraction is performed on a connective tissue at the distraction site. The distracted connective tissue is stabilized using the biodegradable, bioerodible or bioresorbable materials.
US09468478B2	Interlocking intramedullary rod assembly for proximal femoral fractures, including unstable hip fractures An interlocking intramedullary rod assembly for treating a fracture, the assembly including an intramedullary rod having a distal section and a proximal section; a distal interlocking screw; and a proximal interlocking screw; wherein the distal section comprises a static distal seat for receiving the distal interlocking screw, and the proximal section comprises a dynamic proximal seat for receiving the proximal interlocking screw; and further wherein the static distal seat is configured to secure the distal interlocking screw to the intramedullary rod such that the distal interlocking screw cannot move relative to the intramedullary rod, and the dynamic proximal seat is configured to secure the proximal interlocking screw to the interlocking rod such that a first end of the proximal interlocking screw cannot move relative to the intramedullary rod and the second end of the proximal interlocking screw can move relative to the intramedullary rod.
US09468476B2	System and method for performing spinal surgery Systems and methods for surgical spinal correction are disclosed. A system including a plurality of bone screws, spinal rods, manipulators, and/or transverse couplers is disclosed for the manipulation of the spinal column is disclosed. A method of achieving, in a single action, manipulation and/or rotation of the spinal column using the disclosed system is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of conducting spinal surgery to correct spinal deformities wherein spinal rods are pre-bent in a physiological sagittal plane prior to attachment of the vertebrae using bone screws.
US09468473B2	Apparatus for promoting movement of nutrients to intervertebral space and method of use Devices and methods are disclosed for treating an intervertebral space. A device is provided that extends from the middle of at least one vertebral body to the disc space between two adjacent vertebrae. The device allows nutrients, such as bone marrow, blood, etc., to migrate from the vertebral body to the disc space to help promote fusion of the two adjacent vertebral bodies. The device can be tubular, perforated and can be made of an absorbent or wicking material that is able to promote the nutrients to travel through the apparatus.
US09468472B2	Transverse rod connector A transverse rod connector includes an elongate member having first and second ends and first and second connection members. The first and second connection members are connected with first and second ends, respectively. The first and second connection members are configured for multidirectional positioning with respect to the elongate member. The first and second connection members are each dimensioned to be selectively and releasably secured to a bone anchor.
US09468469B2	Transverse coupler adjuster spinal correction systems and methods Systems, devices, and associated methods for correcting and stabilizing spinal column deformities that promote ease of use and surgical technique, help minimize attachment anchor sites, facilitate use of straight or contoured rods, and/or help promote a more natural, physiologic motion of the spinal column during and/or after correction.
US09468467B2	Bone support apparatus A bone support apparatus includes a first bone connector with a first bone cradle insert configured to contact a patient's bone and constructed of a resilient material, a second bone connector configured to contact a patient's bone, and an adjustable rod assembly having a first end connected to the first bone connector and a second end connected to the second bone connector. The adjustable rod assembly has a first elongated member, a second elongated member, and an expansion member with a first end adjustably connected to the first elongated member and a second end adjustably connected to the second elongated member. The distance between the first bone connector and the second bone connector is adjustable by moving at least one of the first end and the second end relative to the first and second elongated member.
US09468466B1	Method and apparatus for altering biomechanics of the spine Pathology of the human spine can arise from excessive and/or uneven loading of regions within the spinal vertebrae and the intervertebral disc. Methods and apparatus are disclosed that enable displacement of soft tissue around the spine in a less invasive manner, thereby altering the mechanical load distribution within the spine to achieve a therapeutic effect.
US09468459B2	Skin graft devices and methods Devices and methods for obtaining a plurality of skin tissue particles for use in skin grafting.
US09468458B2	Aortic valve cutter An aortic valve cutter of the present disclosure has a flexible housing with a central lumen for receiving a guide wire. A high-speed rotating wire is disposed within the housing near an edge of the housing. A trough cut into a side of the housing exposes a portion of the rotating wire such that the rotating wire can be used as a cutter. Two pusher wires are disposed on an opposite side of the housing from the rotating wire. Troughs cut into the side of the housing form openings from which the pusher wires can extend. The pusher wires are staggered with respect to one another in the longitudinal direction. When the pusher wires are advanced, they extend outwardly from the troughs and can be used to stabilize the cutter at the aortic valve and push the cutting wire against the valve on the opposite side.
US09468457B2	Atherectomy device with eccentric crown An atherectomy device may include an elongated, flexible drive shaft having a distal end for insertion into a vasculature of a patient and having a proximal end opposite the distal end remaining outside the vasculature of the patient, a handle coupled to the proximal end of the drive shaft for controlling the drive shaft, and a head arranged proximate the distal end of the drive shaft wherein the head may include a middle portion having a substantially uninterrupted outer surface and substantially conically-shaped first and second end portions, wherein the middle portion and substantially conically-shaped end portions all have a bore extending therethrough adapted to frictionally engage a drive shaft.
US09468448B2	System and method for joint resurfacing and repair An implant resection system for preparing an implant site to replace a defect in an articular surface of a first bone includes a first guide configured to be coupled generally to the first bone. The first guide includes a body portion defining a channel configured to receive a pin, wherein the pin is configured to penetrate and form a longitudinally disposed bore within the first bone. The implant resection system further includes a second guide configured to be coupled generally perpendicular to the first bone proximate to the defect by way of the bore. The second guide includes a drill bit configured to form an excision site through a portion of the articular surface in preparation of receipt of an implant.
US09468447B2	Limited-use tool system and method of reprocessing A system of limited-use, battery-operated orthopedic power tools, having data collection modules for recording performance characteristics and data analysis modules with algorithms for performing analysis of performance characteristics and providing recommendations for preventative maintenance and repairs.
US09468443B2	Occlusion balloon A delivery system for an occlusion balloon includes a delivery catheter and a balloon releasably detached thereto. The balloon can include a base portion that is threaded onto the end of the delivery catheter. The balloon can include a one-way valve or septum in the base portion, through which a filling needle is inserted into a cavity of the balloon. The balloon can be filled with a fluid to expand the balloon and fix the balloon within the patient's body. The balloon can be filled with a hardening material to assist in fixing the balloon in place and occluding the blood vessel. The balloon can include anchoring structure on its outer surface to assist in the fixing the location of the balloon. The delivery device and needle can be detached and withdrawn from the balloon, allowing the septum to close and seal the balloon, leaving the balloon fixed within the body vessel.
US09468441B2	Device and method for establishing an artificial arterio-venous fistula A shunt rivet for implementation in the aorta and inferior vena cava to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and a method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US09468438B2	Sensor straightened end effector during removal through trocar In various forms, a sensor-straightened end effector is disclosed. The sensor-straightened end effector may comprise an end effector coupled to a shaft at an articulation point. The end effector may be articulable at an angle with respect to the shaft. A sensor may be disposed on the sensor-straightened end effector, such as on the shaft or on the end effector. The sensor is configured to detect a gross proximal movement. When detecting a gross proximal movement, the sensor may generate a signal to control a motor to begin a straightening process to straighten the end effector with respect to the shaft.
US09468434B2	Stitching end effector A stitching assembly including upper and lower cradles, upper and lower needles, and first and second sutures supported by the upper and lower needles respectively. The cradles moves along a curved path in relation to the carriages between advanced and retracted positions. When each cradle is moved from the retracted position towards the advanced position a stitch loop is formed when the respective needle is retracted. This process is repeated alternating between the first and second cradles with the upper and lower needles passing through the previous stitch loop formed by the other needle before passing through the tissue.
US09468433B2	Method and apparatus for forming a self-locking adjustable loop An apparatus can include a first flexible member having first and second ends and a first body extending therebetween that defines a first passage portion. A second flexible member can include first and second ends and a second body extending therebetween that defines a second passage portion. The first end of the first flexible member can pass into and through the second passage portion in a first direction such that the first end extends outside of the second passage portion. The first end of the second flexible member can pass into and through the first passage portion in a second direction such that the first end of the second flexible member extends outside of the first passage portion to form a self-locking adjustable flexible member construct. Applying tension to the first ends can draw the passage portions and corresponding second ends toward each other.
US09468432B2	Medical instrument with suction Surgical instruments for dissection and retraction, providing suction to remove fluids, smoke and debris at the site of a surgical procedure. A surgical dissector/retractor having a handle and head with a suction channel passing within the dissector/retractor. The dissector/retractor includes a smooth leading edge and a suction port on a top surface of the head.
US09468430B2	Sealing device and delivery system The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery system. The sealing device would have improved conformity to heart anatomy and be easily deployed, repositioned, and retrieved at the opening site.
US09468425B2	Biopsy device with integral vacuum assist and tissue sample and fluid capturing canister A biopsy device includes a body, a probe cannula, a cutter, a vacuum source, a tissue sample holder, and a flexible tube. The probe cannula extends distally from the body and defines an internal passage with a side aperture. The cutter is translatable relative to the probe cannula to sever a tissue sample received in the probe cannula. The vacuum source is in communication with the cutter. The tissue sample holder includes a vacuum port on the exterior surface to communicate with the vacuum source and a removable portion to hold solid tissue samples. The removable portion is selectively removable from the tissue sample holder and includes a straining member to separate fluids from solids. The flexible tube couples the tissue sample holder with the body such that the tissue sample holder is flexibly spaced away from the body.
US09468421B2	Visualization of associated information in ultrasound shear wave imaging Information associated with shear calculation is also displayed in ultrasound shear wave imaging. More information than just a shear wave image is provided for diagnosis. Information about the quality or variables used to determine shear is also displayed. This additional information may assist the user in determining whether the shear information indicates tissue characteristics or unreliable shear calculation.
US09468419B2	Ultrasonic transducer element unit, probe, probe head, electronic device, and ultrasonic diagnostic device An ultrasonic transducer element unit includes a substrate, a first ultrasonic transducer element, and a projecting portion. The substrate includes openings being arranged in an array pattern and a main surface. The first ultrasonic transducer element is configured at a first opening of the openings on the main surface of the substrate and has a first height in a vertical direction from the main surface. The projecting portion is configured not to overlap with the first ultrasonic transducer element in a planar view in a thickness direction of the substrate on the main surface and having a second height which is greater than the first height in the vertical direction.
US09468418B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic image display apparatus, and ultrasonic image display method According to one embodiment, an internal storage unit stores auxiliary diagnostic indication concerning each of examination items in association with a display position of the auxiliary diagnostic indication in a display area where an ultrasonic image is displayed. An image generation unit generates an ultrasonic image concerning an examination item of a scan target based on an echo signal from an ultrasonic probe. A monitor has a display area. A display control unit controls the monitor so as to display specific auxiliary diagnostic indication, of auxiliary diagnostic indication stored in the storage unit, which is associated with an examination item of the scan target, at a specific display position associated with the specific auxiliary diagnostic indication.
US09468415B2	Coupling unit and method for determining an alignment of the coupling unit First and second equipment units are connected to a coupling unit configured with angle and/or position sensors in order to determine thereby, for example, a relative position of a first equipment unit in relation to a second equipment unit. In this manner alignment of the first and second equipment units is expedited.
US09468414B2	Imaging system An imaging system comprises: a plurality of pixels each for converting light, converted from radiation by a conversion unit, into an electrical signal; an extracting unit that extracts, based on an image formed based on output signals from the pixels, a pixel with noise generated by the radiation that has transmitted through the conversion unit to arrive at the pixels; and a correcting unit that performs correction to remove the noise with respect to an output signal from the extracted pixel, wherein the extracting unit extracts the pixel with the noise by performing division between first and second images, the first image being formed based on the output signals from the pixels in accordance with the radiation to the conversion unit during a first period, the second image being formed based on these output signals in accordance with that radiation during a second period after the first period.
US09468412B2	System and method for accuracy verification for image based surgical navigation Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system and method for assessing the accuracy of a surgical navigation system. The method may include acquiring an X-ray image that captures a surgical instrument. The method may also include segmenting the surgical instrument in the X-ray image. In an embodiment, the segmenting may be performed using edge detection or pattern recognition. The distance between the predicted location of the surgical instrument tip and the actual location of the surgical instrument tip may be computed. The distance between the predicted location of the surgical instrument tip and the actual location of the surgical instrument tip may be compared with a threshold value. If the distance between the predicted location of the surgical instrument tip and the actual location of the surgical instrument tip is greater than the threshold value, the user may be alerted.
US09468408B2	Delivery system, method, and anchor for medical implant placement A delivery system and method for placing a medical implant, such as for diagnosing, monitoring and/or treating cardiovascular diseases. The delivery system includes a hollow catheter, an anchor coupled to the catheter, and an implant secured within the anchor. The anchor has a base portion with first and second longitudinal ends and a cage therebetween. The anchor further has flexible arms, flexible legs, features for securing the medical implant within the cage of the base portion, and a coupler portion connected to and spaced apart from the second longitudinal end of the base portion. Surfaces of the arms and legs are adapted to clamp the anchor to a wall. The system further includes a pusher wire adapted to cause the anchor to acquire a stowed configuration in which the legs axially extend from the base portion, permitting the anchor to be retrieved after its deployment.
US09468405B2	Surgical access system and related methods A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
US09468404B2	Blood sampling tube with integrated sensor device A blood-sampling tube with a first fluid-receiving chamber for receiving a fluid is described, where the first fluid-receiving chamber may be connected to at least one fluid channel that has a sensor device for measuring at least one biochemical function of the fluid passed through the fluid channel, where the measured biochemical function of the fluid may be read out from the sensor device via a data interface of the blood-sampling tube.
US09468403B2	Single-body unit for pulse oximeter calibration An all-solid, single-body unit for calibrating a pulse oximeter that uses probe light beams is provided. A bulk of the unit is substantially composed of a mixture of materials comprising one or more polymer materials that form a flexible solid medium for the bulk of the unit, one or more scattering materials for scattering the probe light beams, and one or more dye materials for attenuating the probe light beams. The flexible solid medium enables a pulsatile rhythmic train of action force received by the unit to be transmitted in the unit during calibrating the pulse oximeter for substantially emulating change of absorbance characteristics of the probe light beams due to pulsing arterial blood. The scattering materials and the dye materials are localized in the flexible solid medium, enabling the unit to be used in calibrating the pulse oximeter without a need for an additional device for further emulation.
US09468397B2	Distributed location sensor A catheter configured for use with a magnetic field-based localization system includes a distributed location sensor that includes a plurality of individual location sensing coils electrically connected in series. The distributed location sensor has an effective magnetic center based on the individual characteristics of each location sensing coil. The effective magnetic center can be located in a space occupied by another structure such as an irrigation fluid delivery tube. The plurality of individual location sensing coils are generally smaller, thereby easing placement, and collectively, when connected in series, output a relatively strong and noise-free signal.
US09468396B2	Systems and methods for determining location of an access needle in a subject Systems and methods for epicardial electrophysiology and other procedures are provided in which the location of an access needle may be inferred according to the detection of different pressure frequencies in separate organs, or different locations, in the body of a subject. Methods may include inserting a needle including a first sensor into a body of a subject, and receiving pressure frequency information from the first sensor. A second sensor may be used to provide cardiac waveform information of the subject. A current location of the needle may be distinguished from another location based on an algorithm including the pressure frequency information and the cardiac waveform information.
US09468395B2	Medical unit and method for improving examination and treatment workflows The invention relates to a medical unit comprises a 3D radar array for the detection of positional or movement data of objects in an examination space and a processing unit for the evaluation of the detected data, with the processing unit being connected to the medical unit and to the 3D radar array, and with the evaluated data being used to control the medical unit or for post-processing data acquired by the medical diagnostic or therapeutic unit. The invention also relates to a method for improving examination or treatment workflows with the medical unit, comprising: detecting positional or movement data of objects in the examination space by the 3D radar array; generating control commands for the medical unit based on the detected data; and post-processing image or spectroscopy data received by the medical based on the detected data. The medical unit is a medical diagnostic or therapeutic unit.
US09468394B2	Vessel encoded arterial spin labeling using fourier encoding suitable for vascular territory mapping Methods, systems, computer programs, circuits and workstations are configured to generate at least one two-dimensional color blood flow map that combines X and Y encoded primary and secondary peak data of 1-dimensional Inverse Fourier Transform images to visually indicate (i) anterior/posterior and right/left directional components of respective feeding arteries using defined colors and (ii) brightness to indicate an amount of blood flow associated with each voxel, with increased brightness associated with increased blood flow.
US09468393B2	System for protection of soft tissues against a teeth whitening substance The appliance includes a brushhead having conductive fiber bristles by which a potential is applied to electrochemically activate a teeth whitening substance, such as peroxide, in the vicinity of the teeth. An impedance appliance system (62) or an optical appliance system (27) provides information concerning whether the conductive fiber bristles are adjacent a tooth surface or gum region. The impedance system uses an electrical signal through the fiber to determine the impedance of a circuit which includes the tooth or gum surface, the impedance being different, depending on whether a tooth or gum surface is in the circuit. The optical system generates a light beam which is directed to the mouth surface through a conductive fiber, the color of the returning light indicating whether the surface is a tooth or gum region. If a tooth is determined, the teeth whitening substance is activated at that bristle, while if gum tissue is determined, the teeth whitening substance is not activated at that bristle.
US09468388B2	Electrocardiographic waveform measuring apparatus An electrocardiographic waveform measuring apparatus mounted in a seat with a seat skin element includes: a sensor electrode at a seat interior side of the seat to be covered with the seat skin element; an insulating elastic element at the seat interior side of the sensor electrode in the seat opposite to the seat skin element to face the sensor electrode; a guard electrode at the seat interior side of the insulating elastic element in the seat opposite to the sensor electrode to be opposed to the sensor electrode through the insulating elastic element; and a housing case at the seat interior side of the insulating elastic element in the seat opposite to the sensor electrode to be opposite to the insulating elastic element. The housing case accommodates a sensor circuit with an amplifier circuit, to which a potential signal of the sensor electrode is initially input.
US09468386B2	Method for detecting abnormalities in an electrocardiogram A method for classification of ECG beats into normal and different categories of abnormal beats. The method comprises the following steps, performed on a computing platform: a. performing a training phase comprising taking as an input one or more ECG beats that are pre-classified into the different categories, with each ECG beat decomposed into multiple features and defining membership functions for each beat category for each feature; b. performing an operating phase, wherein (i) for each ECG beat to be classified, decompose the ECG beat into the multiple features; (ii) compute values of each membership function identified in the step of performing the training phase for each feature of the ECG beat for the different categories; (iii) merge the membership function values for all features in an ECG beat in a manner as to get a single beat value for each beat category across the features; (iv) identify a value alpha in the range [0,1], such that the difference between the top two beat values across the different beat categories is more than or equal to the sum of the beat values of all the remaining beat categories multiplied by the value alpha and such that a desired percentage of normal or abnormal beat classification is obtained; (v) if an alpha value can be identified, then classify the beat to belong to the beat that has the highest beat value, otherwise classify the beat as abnormal.
US09468385B2	Visual representation of a cardiac signal sensing test A medical device system for monitoring a patient's heart includes an implantable medical device (IMD) configured to determine sensing vector data for multiple sensing vectors selected from electrodes coupled to the IMD. The system further includes an external device configured to receive the sensing vector data and provide at least a portion of the sensing vector data to a user display configured to display sensing vector criteria and the sensing vector data as part of a graphical user interface for programming a sensing vector used by the implantable medical device for monitoring a patient's heart rhythm.
US09468380B2	Method to identify tissue oxygenation state by spectrographic analysis A system and method for identifying metabolic activity within the heart muscle (myocardium). Metabolic activity is determined through spectrographic analysis of the myocardium. More particularly, oxygen saturation of the myocardium is measured through the spectrographic analysis, and metabolic activity is measured by a decrease in oxygen saturation of the myocardium over time.
US09468377B2	Portable medical device and method for quantitative retinal image analysis through a smartphone The present invention essentially consists of an integrated system that allows acquisition and quantitative analysis of high-resolution images of the retina. The integrated system includes an optical device and a software app. The optical device is a smartphone-adapted lens for acquisition of high-resolution images of the retina. The software app is a smartphone app for quantitative analysis of the retinal images acquired through the hardware component of the device. The computation is carried out by means of cloud-based technologies. Quantitative indices of retinal damage are obtained. These indices are proven for being relevant for both clinical and research purposes.
US09468375B2	Imaging method and imaging apparatus To promptly take a high quality image of an object to be inspected, provided is an imaging method for taking an image of the object to be inspected by irradiating the object to be inspected with measuring light, in which an aberration generated in the object to be inspected is corrected by an aberration correction unit. The method includes the repeatedly performed steps of measuring the aberration generated in the object to be inspected, correcting the aberration by controlling the aberration correction unit in accordance with the measured aberration, and storing, in a storage unit, a control state of the aberration correction unit in association with the measured aberration. The aberration correction unit is controlled in a predetermined control state stored in the storage unit.
US09468374B2	Ophthalmologic apparatus and control method for the same A fundus imaging apparatus for acquiring a fundus image; and a measurement unit that extracts a characteristic image of a fundus image from a first fundus image captured by the fundus imaging apparatus, detects the characteristic image from a second fundus image that is different from the fundus image, and measures a position change in the fundus images from coordinates of the extracted characteristic image and the detected characteristic image in the respective fundus images, wherein a region in which the characteristic image is detected from the second fundus image is determined so that a region searched for the characteristic image from the first image includes the extracted characteristic image and is broader than a range of movement of the characteristic image resulting from movements of the eye ball within measurement time.
US09468370B1	Instrument for measuring near point of convergence and/or near point of accommodation An instrument for measuring near point of convergence (NPC) and/or near point of accommodation (NPA) is disclosed herein. The instrument includes at least one visual target disposed on or in the instrument, the at least one visual target viewable by a subject that is facing the instrument; a distance measuring device configured to emit one or more output signals that are representative of a distance between a surface of the instrument and a body surface of the subject spaced apart from the surface of the instrument; and a processing device operatively coupled to the distance measuring device, the processing device configured to receive the one or more output signals that are output by the distance measuring device and to calculate the distance between the surface of the instrument and the body surface of the subject spaced apart from the surface of the instrument using the one or more output signals.
US09468356B2	Lesion evaluation information generator, and method and computer readable medium therefor A lesion evaluation information generator including a processor configured to, when executing processor-executable instructions stored in a memory, determine a hue value and a saturation value of each of pixels of an endoscopic image based on an acquired endoscopic color image data, determine, for at least a part of the pixels of the endoscopic image, a correlation value between color information of each individual pixel and reference color data, based on a hue correlation value between the hue value of each individual pixel and a reference hue value of the reference color data, and a saturation correlation value between the saturation value of each individual pixel and a reference saturation value of the reference color data, and generate an evaluation value for evaluating a severity of a lesion in the endoscopic image, by integrating the correlation value of each individual pixel.
US09468355B2	Automatic dishwasher An automatic dishwasher includes a wash tub, a condensation dryer, and a heat pump device. The wash tub includes a washing compartment, the condensation dryer is adapted to supply outside air to a washtub wall, and the heat pump device is adapted to heat washing liquid. The heat pump device and the condensation dryer have a common fan.
US09468352B2	Cleaning robot A floor-cleaning robot having a chassis for moving the floor-cleaning robot in a direction of travel over a surface to be cleaned, a cleaning implement, a control unit and first and second measuring devices for three-dimensional distance measurement. Each of the first and second measuring devices is configured to sense distance between the measuring device and a plurality of surface elements within a respective solid angle that is spanned from the measuring device. The first and second measuring devices are aligned in such a manner that the direction of travel runs through the first solid angle. The second solid angle is offset in relation to the first solid angle. The control unit is designed to generate and/or update a representation of the surface to be cleaned, on the basis of the distances from surface elements sensed by first and second measuring devices.
US09468350B2	Cleaning tool A cleaning tool 10 having at least one side opening 41 and a cleaning roll 50 at a cleaning head 30, wherein a dust guide surface 42 for leading dust from a surface to be cleaned to the side opening 41 is provided along a lower end of the side opening 41; the cleaning roll 50 is formed of an elastic roll having a surface covered with a thin film 53, and is rotatably arranged in a position to close the side opening 41 and to be in contact with the surface to be cleaned; and the cleaning roll 50 rotating according to movement of the cleaning head 30 takes the dust through the dust guide surface 42 into the side opening 41 while pushing the dust against the surface to be cleaned.
US09468348B2	Cyclone vacuum cleaner and cyclone separation device thereof A cyclone separation device includes a cyclone chamber and an airflow guiding member. The cyclone chamber includes an air inlet, an annular sidewall forming an air receiving region therein communicating with the air inlet and guiding an airflow to flow spirally in the air receiving region, and a dust collecting region and an air outlet disposed at two ends of the cyclone chamber along an axis of the cyclone chamber. The dust collecting region communicates with the air receiving region. The airflow guiding member is disposed at the dust collecting region, and includes an airflow guiding chamber, at least one airflow entry opening communicating with the dust collecting region and airflow guiding chamber, and an airflow discharge opening communicating with the airflow guiding chamber and disposed on the axis of the cyclone chamber to face the air outlet and output the airflow to form an air discharging region.
US09468344B2	Wet suction attachment The present invention provides a wet suction attachment with which a dry-type vacuum cleaner can be easily modified so as to function as a wet-type vacuum cleaner. A wet-type suction attachment according to the present invention is provided with: a sewage tank (1) having a circular peripheral surface in a horizontal cross section; a solution or cleaning fluid tank (2) provided below the sewage tank (1); a suction head (3) in which both a suction opening (f1) and an outflow opening (f2) are provided; an extension tube (13) which anteriorly extends from the solution tank (1), and which has one end thereof communicating with the suction opening (f1) in the suction head (3), and another end thereof opening to the inside of the solution tank (1); a solution passage (15) for guiding the solution in the solution tank (2) to the outflow opening in the suction head (3); a separation processing unit (5) equipped with a fan (9b) which is provided to a lid (1c) for covering an upper space of the waste water tank (1), and which is rotated by suction air, said separation processing unit wherein, on the one hand, a dish body (9a) which protrudes in the sewage tank (1) as a result of rotary force rotates to cause air sucked into the sewage tank (1) from the suction opening (f1) to flow into the fan (9b) via slits (b2) in the dish body (9a), and, on the other hand, the solution mixed with dirt and sucked into the sewage tank (1) from the suction opening (f1) is scattered by centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the dish body (9a) so as to be made to pass through the slits (b2), and is stored in the waste water tank (1); a gripper (6) which is positioned horizontally between the solution tank (2) and the separation processing unit (5), which is uprightly fixed to the sewage tank (1) with a space therebetween, and which has a duct provided vertically therein; an outlet tube (19) which has, connected thereto, an upper side of the duct in the holding unit (6), and into which air flowing into the fan (9b) of the separation processing unit (5) is sucked; and a coupling end (22) which connects a lower side of the duct in the gripper (6) to an air hose of a dry-type vacuum cleaner (101) such that the orientation of the duct is changed to a horizontal direction.
US09468340B2	Food processing apparatus A food processing apparatus has a housing, an internal basket and a drive mechanism on the housing for rotating the basket to process food (e.g., spinning water from food) in the housing. The drive mechanism has an operating lever, a gearwheel arranged to be rotated by the lever and the basket for rotating the basket, and a centrifugal clutch located between the lever and the gearwheel for transmitting a rotational drive force from the lever to the gearwheel. A brake mechanism on the housing has a braking member for frictional engagement with the gearwheel to stop rotation of the basket. The drive mechanism may rotate the basket selectively in opposite directions.
US09468339B2	Low profile side drive blending appliance A blending appliance having a housing includes a motor compartment and a jar receiving portion spaced laterally from the motor compartment. The housing includes an upper retaining member and a support pad extending outwardly from the housing, such that a jar receiving portion is defined therebetween. A motor is disposed in the motor compartment. A jar includes a lid with a feed chute. Together, the jar and lid are configured for reception in the jar receiving portion of the housing. The lid is vertically secured onto the jar by the upper retaining member upon reception of the jar into the jar receiving portion.

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