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| US09587583B2 |
Turbojet engine nacelle having a variable nozzle
A turbojet engine nacelle has a thrust reverser device and an actuating system for said thrust reverser device, and the thrust reverser device includes a moving cowl mounted translatably alternating between a closed position and an open position, and a jet nozzle section for gases that extends the moving cowl. In particular, the jet nozzle section includes a nozzle flap mounted movable between a closed position and an open position in which the nozzle flap opens a leakage passage toward the outside of the nozzle section. The actuating system has an actuator shared with the moving cowl and the nozzle flap to activate the translational movement of the moving cowl and to pivot the nozzle flap between three following positions: an idle position, an open position of the nozzle flap and an open position of the moving cowl. |
| US09587577B2 |
Fuel injection control device for internal combustion engine
When injecting fuel from a direct injector and a port injector such that a requested fuel injection amount for an internal combustion engine is reached, the direct injector is driven in the following manner. That is, target fuel injection amounts are set on the basis of the engine operating state in order from the fuel injection with the highest priority among fuel injection in a compression stroke, fuel injection in the late stage of an intake stroke, and fuel injection in the early stage of the intake stroke in the direct injector, and the abovementioned setting continues until the total value of the target fuel injection amounts reaches the requested fuel injection amount. Moreover, the direct injector is driven in such a manner that the target fuel injection amounts for each of the abovementioned fuel injections set in this manner are obtained. |
| US09587574B2 |
Exhaust system using ash-compensating regeneration management
An exhaust system for an engine having a throttle is disclosed. The exhaust system may include an exhaust passage connectable to the engine, a particulate filter disposed in the exhaust passage, a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a total pressure differential across the particulate filter caused by soot and ash accumulation, a load actuator configured to selectively adjust a load on the engine, and a control module electronically connected to the load actuator and the sensor. The control module may be configured to determine a compensated pressure differential indicative of an amount of the total pressure differential caused by soot accumulation, a soot load of the particulate filter based on the compensated pressure differential, cause the load actuator to initiate a first engine load increase based on the soot load, track a time elapsed since initiation of the first engine load increase, and cause the load actuator to initiate a subsequent engine load increase when the time elapsed is greater than an elapsed time limit and the soot load is greater than a target soot load. |
| US09587573B2 |
Catalyst light off transitions in a gasoline engine using model predictive control
A system includes a catalyst light-off module that selectively generates a first signal based on an engine coolant temperature and an estimated exhaust enthalpy, a setpoint module that selectively initiates a catalyst light-off period in response to receiving the first signal and that generates a desired exhaust enthalpy, and a first model predictive control (MPC) module that generates predicted parameters based on a model of an engine and a set of possible target values, generates a cost for the set of possible target values based on the predicted parameters and the desired exhaust enthalpy, and selects the set of possible target values from multiple sets of possible target values based on the cost. The system also includes an engine actuator module that adjusts an actuator of the engine based on at least one of the target values. |
| US09587567B2 |
Selective cylinder deactivation apparatus and method for high power diesel engines
Various embodiments relate to a method of operating an engine system with injectors having nozzle sac volume. The engine system may be a four-stroke, high power engine having a high-pressure common-rail injection system. A number of engine cylinders to fire is selected based on a fuel injection quantity per selected engine cylinder such that a nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission is less than a first predetermined threshold and a smoke value is less than a second predetermined threshold. The fuel injection quantity per cylinder may be higher than a nominal fuel injection quantity to improve fuel injector spray characteristics. The exhaust can be mixed with fresh air blowout from deactivated cylinders to further reduce smoke value. The engine system is operated with a firing pattern for the selected number of cylinders to fire. |
| US09587564B2 |
Fuel oxidation in a gas turbine system
A mixture of air and fuel is received into a reaction chamber of a gas turbine system. The fuel is oxidized in the reaction chamber, and a maximum temperature of the mixture in the reaction chamber is controlled to be substantially at or below an inlet temperature of a turbine of the gas turbine system. The oxidation of the fuel is initiated by raising the temperature of the mixture to or above an auto-ignition temperature of the fuel. In some cases, the reaction chamber may be provided without a fuel oxidation catalyst material. |
| US09587562B2 |
Variable volume combustor with aerodynamic support struts
The present application provides a combustor for use with a gas turbine engine. The combustor may include a number of micro-mixer fuel nozzles and a fuel injection system for providing a flow of fuel to the micro-mixer fuel nozzles. The fuel injection system may include a number of support struts supporting the fuel nozzles and providing the flow of fuel therethrough. The support struts may include an aerodynamic contoured shape so as to distribute evenly a flow of air to the micro-mixer fuel nozzles. |
| US09587559B2 |
Accessories drive system including a transmission driven motor generator unit
A system including: at least one accessory device connected to an accessories drive shaft; a motor/generator including an input/output shaft; a first clutch arranged to receive torque from an engine and connected to the accessories drive shaft; a second clutch connected to the input/output shaft; and first and second torque transfer elements. The first torque transfer element is connected to the input/output shaft and the accessories drive shaft to reduce a rotational speed of the input/output shaft. The second torque transfer element is arranged to connect to a transmission input shaft, is connected to the second clutch, and is arranged to increase a rotational speed of the transmission input shaft. For a generator mode, the first clutch is arranged to be opened, the second clutch is arranged to be closed; and the transmission input shaft is arranged to rotate the input/output shaft via the second torque transfer element. |
| US09587557B2 |
VTG turbocharger vane pack assembly with abradable coating
A vane pack for a VTG turbocharger is provided. The vane pack includes a plurality of vanes pivotably positioned between an inner surface of an upper vane ring and an inner surface of a lower vane ring. Clearances are defined between opposing cheek surfaces of the vanes and the inner surfaces of the vane rings. The vane pack is configured to minimize these clearances by applying an abradable coating is to the inner surface of the upper vane ring, the inner surface of the lower vane ring and/or cheek surface(s) of one or more of the vanes. In this way, an essentially zero clearance can be established without interfering with the proper function of the vanes. As a result, there can be gains in efficiency. Further wearing of the abradable coating may occur during turbocharger operation. |
| US09587556B2 |
Wastegate control
Various methods for determining a holding current based on a pressure differential across a wastegate valve are provided. In one example, a method of operating a wastegate comprises determining a holding current with which to hold a wastegate valve at a desired position, the holding current determined based on a pressure differential across the wastegate valve. |
| US09587550B2 |
Exhaust system
A component of an exhaust system for a combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, has a hollow jacket at least partially surrounding the component. An intermediate space is surrounded by the walls of the hollow jacket and is closable in a pressure-tight manner. The intermediate space is fluidically connected to a vacuum generating device via a vacuum connection line and via a vacuum connection point of the component. With the vacuum generating device, a vacuum can be generated in the intermediate space. Through arrangement of a filler material, such as a support structure and/or of a fiber material and/or of a foam, in the intermediate space the stability of the hollow jacket can be improved. |
| US09587549B2 |
Air gap-insulated exhaust manifold
An air gap-insulated exhaust manifold (10) for a supercharged internal combustion engine (1), preferably of a motor vehicle has an engine flange (11) fastening the exhaust manifold to an engine block (2) and a turbine flange (12) fastening the exhaust manifold to a turbine (8) of an exhaust gas turbocharger (7). Two inner pipes (13, 14) lead from an inlet opening, for exhaust gas, adjacent to the engine flange to an outlet opening (18), for exhaust gas, adjacent to the turbine flange. An outer pipe (15) envelopes the two inner pipes, forming an air gap insulation (21), and extends from the engine flange to the turbine flange. A separation partition (16) separates, in the interior space (22) of the outer pipe, two interior spaces (23, 24), in which one each of the two inner pipes is arranged. Reduced wear is achieved with the partition arranged loosely at the turbine flange. |
| US09587547B2 |
Engine system for controlling exhaust gas flow
An engine system for controlling an exhaust gas flow includes an intake line arranged to draw in outdoor air, an engine combusting the outdoor air supplied through the intake line and fuel in a combustion chamber of the engine to generate torque, an exhaust line for exhausting exhaust gas from the combustion in the combustion chamber of the engine, a turbocharger having a turbine operated by the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust line and a compressor for compressing the outdoor air in the intake line, a catalyst unit arranged on a downstream side of the turbocharger for reducing harmful components of the exhaust gas, a bypass line branched from the exhaust line on the downstream side of the turbocharger and joined to the exhaust line on a downstream side of the catalyst unit, and a bypass valve arranged on the bypass line for selectively opening/closing the bypass line. |
| US09587544B2 |
Device for delivering a liquid additive
A device for delivering a liquid additive includes: a tank configured to store the liquid additive; a pump; a suction point at which the liquid additive can be sucked out of the tank by the pump; and a filter at least partially delimiting an intermediate space between the filter and the suction point and separating the intermediate space from an interior space of the tank. The filter has a filter surface with a top edge and a bottom edge, the top edge and the bottom edge being spaced apart from one another in a vertical direction by 30 mm to 80 mm and the suction point being positioned at most 5 mm below the top edge in the vertical direction. |
| US09587538B2 |
Exhaust aftertreatment system with silica filter
An exhaust system including an upstream portion, a downstream portion, a service access, and a silica filter defines an exhaust gas flow path. The downstream portion includes an aftertreatment component. The service access is between the upstream portion and the downstream portion. The silica filter includes a silica filter element and a housing enclosing the silica filter element. The housing includes a filter gas inlet and a filter gas outlet, and defines a filter flow path through the silica filter element between the filter gas inlet and the filter gas outlet. The silica filter element is configured to filter silica from exhaust gases of the engine and structured to create a uniform distribution of silica throughout the silica filter element. The silica filter is configured to be removed and replaced through the service access. The exhaust gas flow path includes the filter flow path. |
| US09587536B2 |
Exhaust muffler
A muffler for an exhaust system can comprise a muffler body including an exterior metal shell having an outer surface and an inner surface, a portion of the inner surface defining a gas chamber, the gas chamber having a first side portion and a second side portion; a plurality of baffles, each baffle coupled to the inner surface, each baffle extending from an outer end to an inner end the inner end of each baffle having a reflecting portion bent in a direction of gas flow, wherein a first baffle of the plurality of baffles is coupled to the first side portion and a second baffle of the plurality of baffles is coupled to the second side portion; a flow channel formed between the bent end of the first baffle coupled to the first side portion and the second baffle coupled to the second side portion; and a first plate assembly, coupled to the inner surface. |
| US09587533B2 |
Oil level display device of engine
An oil level display device is fitted such that a float guide accommodating a float is attached to an oil filler neck and is plugged with a float cap. To check the amount of oil, the float cap is removed and the position of the float is checked. If a sufficient amount of oil is stored, an upward force derived from oil buoyancy is larger than a downward force of the own weight of the float, from among the forces that act on the float. The float thus protrudes beyond a large-diameter portion upon removal of the float cap from the float guide. |
| US09587528B2 |
Hydraulic valve for cam phaser
A hydraulic valve, in particular for a cam phaser of a cam shaft, the hydraulic valve including a supply connection with a check valve for supplying a hydraulic fluid; at least one first operating connection and a second operating connection; at least one first tank outlet and a second tank outlet for draining the hydraulic fluid; a piston that is moveable in a bore hole along a longitudinal direction of the bore hole for distributing the hydraulic fluid from the supply connection to the first operating connection and/or the second operating connection and for conducting the hydraulic fluid from the first operating connection to the second operating connection and from the first operating connection to the first tank outlet and/or from the second operating connection to the second tank outlet; and a sleeve that is arranged in the piston moveable relative to the piston in the longitudinal direction. |
| US09587524B2 |
Device for changing the relative angular position of a camshaft with respect to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine
A device for changing the relative angular position of a camshaft with respect to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the drive element is rotatably mounted with respect to the crankshaft and is driven by the camshaft. Between the drive element and the camshaft at least two hydraulic chambers are formed, wherein the hydraulic chambers can be pressurized with a pressurized fluid in order to set a defined relative rotational position between the drive element and the camshaft. The device includes a housing element, wherein a pressure reservoir having a pressure chamber for pressurized fluid is arranged on the housing element and wherein the basic form of the pressure reservoir is substantially cylindrical. The pressure reservoir is disposed on the housing element in such a manner that the cylindrical lateral face thereof abuts a lateral portion of the housing element, wherein at least one fluid connection is formed between the housing element and the pressure chamber of the pressure reservoir. |
| US09587521B2 |
Volumetric energy recovery device and systems
A volumetric expander (20) configured to transfer a working fluid and generate useful work includes a housing. The housing includes an inlet port (24) configured to admit relatively high-pressure working fluid and an outlet port (26) configured to discharge to a relatively low-pressure working fluid. The expander also includes first and second twisted meshed rotors (30,32) rotatably disposed in the housing and configured to exp/and the relatively high-pressure working fluid into the relatively low-pressure working fluid. Each rotor has a plurality of lobes, and when one lobe of the first rotor is leading with respect to the inlet port, one lobe of the second rotor is trailing with respect to the inlet port. The expander additionally includes an output shaft (38) rotated by the relatively high-pressure working fluid as the fluid undergoes expansion. A system for generating work using the expander in a Rankine cycle is also disclosed. |
| US09587519B2 |
Modular industrial gas turbine exhaust system
An integrated single-piece exhaust system (SPEX) with modular construction that facilitates design changes for enhanced aerodynamics, structural integrity or serviceability. The SPEX defines splined or curved exhaust path surfaces, such as a series of cylindrical and frusto-conical sections that mimic curves. The constructed sections may include: (i) a tail cone assembly fabricated from conical sections that taper downstream to a reduced diameter; or (ii) an area-ruled cross section axially aligned with one or more rows of turbine struts; or both features. Modular inner and outer diameter inlet lips enhance transitional flow between the last row blades and the SPEX, as well as enhance structural integrity. Modular strut collars have large radius profiles between the SPEX annular inner diameter and outer diameter flow surfaces, for enhanced airflow and constant thickness walls for uniform heat transfer and thermal expansion. Scalloped mounting flanges enhance structural integrity and longevity. |
| US09587517B2 |
Blade track assembly with turbine tip clearance control
A turbine shroud assembly or blade track assembly adapted to extend around a turbine wheel assembly is disclosed. The turbine shroud assembly includes a carrier and a blade track coupled to the carrier. The blade track is movable between a radially-inward position having a first inner diameter and a radially-outward position having a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter. |
| US09587516B2 |
Fan cowl locking system
A locking system comprising a handle mounted such that it can rotate about an operating spindle, wherein the handle can move between a locked position and an unlocked position, a hook mounted on the handle and secured in rotation therewith, wherein the hook has a throat in which a latching point of a structure is designed to engage when the handle is in the locked position. The locking system comprises a key associated with the hook and by means of which it is possible to pass from the locked position to the unlocked position of the handle, wherein the key can be removed when the handle is in the locked position and cannot be removed when the handle is in the unlocked position. |
| US09587514B2 |
Vane insertable tie rods with keyed connections
A gas turbine engine includes a combustor, a first turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor, a second turbine section in fluid communication with the first turbine section, and a mid-turbine frame located axially between the first turbine section and the second turbine section. The mid-turbine frame includes a first frame case, a second frame case, a vane positioned between the first frame case and the second frame case, and a spoke extending through the vane and connecting the first frame case to the second frame case. The spoke includes a tie rod having a first end connected to the first frame case at a keyed connection. |
| US09587513B2 |
Arrangement, a sealing assembly, a casing flange and a spacer for sealing the propeller shaft of a marine vessel
A propeller shaft of a marine vessel is supported by bearing means within a stern tube or frame. The stern tube or frame has an aft end provided with a sealing assembly for sealing the propeller shaft. The sealing assembly and the stern tube or frame have at least one leakage monitor line for monitoring the condition of the sealing assembly. The at least one leakage monitor line is provided with a circumferentially extending channel section. |
| US09587512B1 |
Method for balancing a turbofan engine or other rotating system
A method for balancing rotating machinery, such as gas turbine engines, to minimize vibrations. The method involves operation of the engine for a period of time at varying power levels and ranges of other operational parameters representative of the system operating envelope to obtain vibration data (amplitude and phase) for the full range of dynamic responses of interest. This usually includes time at elevated power settings until the engine reaches thermal stability, altitude variation, etc. as well as the full engine operating range. The full set of vibration data measured during the engine run is analyzed to generate unique unbalance states. The unique unbalance states are then analyzed and the mean unbalance state is identified. Balancing masses can then be installed or removed in accordance with a balance solution that is equal and opposite to the mean unbalance state. |
| US09587511B2 |
Turbomachine cold clearance adjustment
A system and method for measuring and adjusting rotor to stator clearances is disclosed, as well as a turbomachine embodying the system and method. In an embodiment, a turbomachine is assembled, including a stator having an upper and a lower stator shell, and a rotor disposed within the stator. A cold clearance between the rotor and the stator is determined at each of a plurality of clearance measurement points using an in situ clearance sensor system. Each of the clearance measurement points is axially spaced from each other clearance measurement point. The cold clearance between the rotor and the stator is adjusted based on the determined cold clearances, by displacing one of the upper stator shell or the lower stator shell relative to a foundation, thereby changing a shape of the upper stator shell or the lower stator shell to accommodate a position of the rotor within the stator. |
| US09587508B2 |
Generator-type pressure relief device for water supply and drainage pipes
A generator-type pressure relief device includes: a housing; a propeller disposed in the housing; a shaft fixed to the center of rotation of the propeller; a generator unit that generates electricity by receiving rotational torque from the shaft; an electricity storage unit that stores electricity generated by the generator unit; an electronic brake operated by an electric signal supplied from the outside to suppress the axial rotation of the shaft; a control unit that sends an electric signal to the electronic brake to control the operation of the electronic brake; and a water pressure sensor provided in the water supply pipe or the water drainage pipe or the housing so as to transfer water pressure information on the water to the control unit, and which allows the control unit to control the electronic brake. |
| US09587499B2 |
Inner ring of a fluid flow machine and stator vane array
An inner ring of a fluid flow machine includes fixing rings and seal carriers split into at least two fixing ring segments and into at least two seal carrier segments, respectively. The fixing ring segments and the seal carrier segments are arranged with the respective end faces facing each other. A first fixing ring segment has a first ring segment shoulder and a second fixing ring segment has an offset second ring segment shoulder. A first seal carrier segment has a first carrier segment shoulder, and a second seal carrier segment has a second carrier segment shoulder, which is offset with respect to the first carrier segment shoulder. In a separation plane of the inner ring, the first carrier segment shoulder abuts the second ring segment shoulder at the end face. Also in the separation plane, the second carrier segment shoulder abuts the first ring segment shoulder at the end face. |
| US09587494B2 |
Gas turbine, gas turbine blade, and manufacturing method of gas turbine blade
A gas turbine blade includes a hollow-blade-form portion formed by a leading edge on an upstream side of an working fluid of a gas turbine in a flow direction, a trailing edge on a downstream side of the working fluid in the flow direction, and a suction surface and a pressure surface reaching the trailing edge from the leading edge, and a shank portion for supporting the blade form portion. The blade also includes a partition for connecting the suction surface and the pressure surface in a hollow region of the blade-form portion, coolant paths formed by the partition, the suction surface, and the pressure surface, an impingement cooling hole formed in the partition for dividing the first path that is a flow path nearest to the leading edge side among the coolant paths and the second path adjacent to the first path, and first and second converter portions. |
| US09587490B2 |
Test equipment simulating multiple fluid sequences
A well fluid test device includes a cell body having a first end port disposed on an upper end of the cell body, a second end port disposed on a lower end of the cell body, a first lateral port disposed on a side of the cell body, and a second lateral port disposed on a side of the cell body, and a filter medium disposed in the cell body, wherein the first and second lateral ports are disposed above the filter medium. A method of evaluating a fluid includes injecting a fluid into a well fluid test device, the well fluid test device having a filter medium, heating the fluid in the well fluid test device, establishing a pressure differential across the filter medium, establishing a filter cake on the filter medium, and maintaining at least one of a temperature and a pressure in the well fluid test device. |
| US09587485B2 |
Methods and apparatus to detect fluid distributions
A disclosed example method involves receiving a first signal transmitted into a reservoir from a production installation in a formation at a wellsite, and determining an apparent resistance of the reservoir based on the first signal. A distance between a fluid extraction tool and a fluid distribution is determined based on the apparent resistance. |
| US09587484B2 |
Systems and methods for surface detection of wellbore projectiles
Disclosed are systems and methods for positively identifying wellbore projectiles introduced downhole. One well system includes at least one wellbore projectile configured to be introduced into a flow path associated with a work string arranged within a wellbore and extending from a wellhead installation, at least one optical computing device in optical communication with the flow path and having at least one integrated computational element configured to detect a characteristic of the at least one wellbore projectile and generate a resulting output signal indicative of the characteristic of the at least one wellbore projectile, and a computational system configured to receive the resulting output signal and associate the resulting output signal with a size or configuration of the at least one wellbore projectile. |
| US09587483B2 |
Landfill well liquid level control pump
A liquid level control pump especially well adapted for use in landfill wells is disclosed. The pump makes use of a pump casing, a discharge tube, a control rod, first and second check valves, a float and a pivoting lever assembly for controlling the application of a pressurized fluid from an external pressurized fluid source. In one aspect the float may include a through slot which allows the control rod to pass therethrough and which helps to reduce the chance of the float hanging due to an accumulation of solids between the control rod and the float. In another aspect a removable and replaceable discharge tube sleeve may be included. |
| US09587480B2 |
Cellar oil recovery techniques for in situ operations
Techniques for recovering hydrocarbons, such as heavy hydrocarbons or bitumen, from a cellar region below a horizontal production well can include providing a cellar well section that extends from the horizontal production well into the cellar region. The horizontal production well can be part of a Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) in situ recovery system, which forms a hydrocarbon depleted region and a hydrocarbon bearing cellar region. The cellar region includes hydrocarbons that have been pre-heated by SAGD operations. One or more cellar well sections are provided from the SAGD production well to extend into the cellar region, in order to form a branched production well. A pressurizing gas can be injected into the hydrocarbon depleted region from a SAGD injection well, in order to provide sufficient pressure to promote production of pre-heated hydrocarbons from the cellar region through the cellar well section. A branch well section can also be provided from a horizontal production well into a pre-heated adjacent region. |
| US09587479B2 |
Velocity sensor for a plunger lift system
A velocity sensor, a controller, a plunger lift system and method for controlling a plunger lift system is provided. The velocity sensor can use a first magnetic field sensor and a second magnetic field sensor spaced a sensor distance to determine a velocity of a plunger as it passes the velocity sensor. The controller can use information received from the velocity sensor to both control the operation of the plunger lift system using the measured plunger velocity obtained from the velocity sensor and shut down the well if the plunger is measured travelling too fast. |
| US09587477B2 |
Well treatment with untethered and/or autonomous device
Well treatment with an untethered and/or autonomous device. Also, in situ channelization treatment fluids are used in multistage well treatment with an untethered and/or autonomous device; and methods and/or systems for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, relating to in situ channelization treatment fluids, which may optionally be energized, and untethered and/or autonomous devices. |
| US09587470B2 |
Acoustic artificial lift system for gas production well deliquification
An acoustic artificial lift system and method for deliquification of gas production wells is provided. The artificial lift system comprises a down-hole acoustic tool suspended by a power conductive cable that converts electrical power to acoustic energy, thereby generating an acoustic wave. The acoustic tool is moved within the wellbore such that liquid molecules within the wellbore are vaporized by the acoustic wave. Natural gas produced by a producing zone of the subterranean reservoir transports the vaporized liquid molecules to the well surface. |
| US09587469B2 |
Poly(alkyenylamide)-polysaccharide hydrogels for treatment of subterranean formations
The present invention provides compositions including poly(alkenylamide)-polysaccharide hydrogels for treating a subterranean formation and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation, including obtaining or providing a composition including a poly(alkenylamide)-polysaccharide hydrogel. The method also includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the poly(alkenylamide)-polysaccharide hydrogel is a polyacrylamide-alginate hydrogel. |
| US09587465B2 |
Downhole disconnect device and method of operation
A downhole disconnect device for disconnecting an intervention tool string from a wireline, includes: a tubular body having a first part directly or indirectly coupleable to the wireline and a second part connectable directly or indirectly to an intervention tool string; an actuator for disconnecting the second part of the tubular body from the first part of the tubular body; at least one sensor to detect when the tool string is stuck in use and to produce an output signal accordingly; a controller configured to receive the output signal and selectively operate the actuator accordingly; and a power source. The tubular body is adapted to house the actuator, sensor, controller and power source and the device further comprises a timer configured to delay operation of the actuator by a predetermined time on receipt of the output signal from the sensor. There is also a method of operating the downhole disconnect device. |
| US09587463B2 |
Valve system
A valve system for use in a wellbore includes a side pocket mandrel and one or more well tools, where the side pocket mandrel includes an elongated body section provided with a connector at its ends, the elongated body section being provided with a substantially fully open main bore for alignment with the well tubing and an offset side pocket bore. At least one through opening is provided in the side pocket mandrel, leading into the side pocket bore, and at least one through opening is provided in the internal wall, leading into the main bore, where the at least two openings are in fluid communication through the side pocket bore, in which side pocket bore at least two valves are arranged in series to form a double fluid barrier between the main bore and an outside of the pocket mandrel, the at least two valves being independently retrievable through at least one installation opening arranged in the internal wall of the side pocket mandrel. |
| US09587458B2 |
Split foldback rings with anti-hooping band
A device and method prevent damage to an anti-extrusion device on a tool, such as a plug or a packer, prior to and during setting of the tool. Typically, the upper or outer edges of the anti-extrusion device are relatively delicate. A reinforcing band on the device's sheath strengthens or armors the upper or outer edge of the anti-extrusion device so the anti-extrusion device may be protected while running the tool into the well or casing. Longitudinal slots on the sheath allow the sheath to expand at least partially with the expansion of the sealing element, while the reinforcing band resists expansion of the distal edge of the sheath. |
| US09587455B2 |
Piston accumulator bladder apparatus system and method
The present invention is a new and improved bladder for use with a piston accumulator apparatus, system and method of using same that provides a dispersion tube in the bladder to allow fluid to be communicated under a vacuum from the bladder to the accumulator seawater chamber and back again. |
| US09587451B2 |
Deactivation of packer with safety joint
A packer deactivation system can include a packer and a safety joint. Activation of the safety joint can prevent setting of the packer. A method for use with a subterranean well can include activating a safety joint in the well, and deactivating a packer connected to the safety joint, in response to the safety joint activating. Another packer deactivation system can include a safety joint and a packer drag block locking mechanism. Activation of the safety joint can operate the drag block locking mechanism, thereby preventing a drag block from displacing in a certain direction relative to a mandrel of a packer. |
| US09587450B2 |
Injector head tilt mechanism
A tilt mechanism for manipulating an injector head mounted on a tiltable platform attached at one end to a pivot mount on a base structure includes an articulated member attached between the tiltable platform and the base structure, the articulated member having a joint and a cylinder attached between the base structure and the articulated member, wherein an arm of the cylinder is extended to push the joint of the articulated member to an over-center position, thereby locking the articulated member. |
| US09587448B2 |
Sampling system and method
In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for supporting a tubing bundle during installation or removal. The apparatus includes a clamp for securing the tubing bundle to an external wireline. In various examples, the clamp is external to the tubing bundle or integral with the tubing bundle. According to one method, a tubing bundle and wireline are deployed together and the tubing bundle periodically secured to the wireline using a clamp. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for coupling conduit segments together. A first pump obtains a sample and transmits it through a first conduit to a reservoir accessible by a second pump. The second pump further conducts the sample from the reservoir through a second conduit. In a specific example, one or more clamps are used to connect the first and/or second conduits to an external wireline. |
| US09587440B2 |
Dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool and measuring method thereof
The invention relates to a dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool and a measuring method thereof. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool comprises a rotary housing, a stabilized platform assembly, a hollow servo-motor assembly, a drilling fluid passage, an inner eccentric ring, an outer eccentric ring, a drilling bit shaft and a universal joint. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool also comprises a stabilized platform communication and power supply system which includes an instrument storehouse fixed at the upper end of the rotary housing, a main circuit board, an auxiliary circuit board mounted on the stabilized platform upper-end cover, an electromagnetic coupler primary-side, an electromagnetic coupler secondary winding and an electromagnetic coupler primary-side mounting plate fixed at the lower end of a coupler. The main circuit board is mounted on the electromagnetic coupler primary-side mounting plate, the electromagnetic coupler secondary winding is connected with the auxiliary circuit board, and the auxiliary circuit board is connected with the attitude sensor mounted on the side wall of the upper end of the stabilized platform body. By the dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool, hollow drilling fluid passage, power supply and signal transmission of the stabilized platform sensor, attitude angle parameter measurement and toolface angle real-time control of the rotary steerable drilling tool are realized. |
| US09587437B2 |
Powered reaming device
A powered reamer comprising a stationary assembly having a flow bore therethrough. A rotating assembly is disposed about the stationary assembly and one or more cutting structures are coupled to an outer surface of the rotating assembly. A flow restriction is disposed within the flow bore so as to divert a portion of fluid flowing through the flow bore through an outlet from the flow bore into an annulus between the stationary assembly and the rotating assembly. A power section is formed in the annulus between the stationary assembly and the rotating assembly. The power section operates to eccentrically rotate the rotating assembly about the stationary assembly in response to fluid flowing through the annulus between the stationary assembly and the rotating assembly. |
| US09587436B2 |
CV joint for down hole motor and method
An apparatus for transmitting torque to a down hole motor in a down hole drilling assembly. The apparatus includes a center rod having a distal protuberance and a proximal protuberance, a transmission adapter having a first end connected to the down hole motor, and a transmission socket formed within a second end of the transmission adapter and configured to receive the proximal protuberance. A material bridge may be provided for the protuberances. The apparatus may also include a bearing adapter operatively connected to the center rod, with the bearing adapter having a bearing socket therein, and wherein the transmission adapter is configured to connect to an output of the down hole motor and the bearing adapter is configured to connect to an input of a bearing assembly in the down hole assembly for drilling the well. The adapters may contain external threads and the caps may contain cooperating internal threads. A method of drilling a well is also disclosed. |
| US09587435B2 |
Universal drilling and completion system
Methods and apparatus are described to drill and complete wellbores. Such wellbores include extended reach horizontal wellbores, for example in shales, deep subsea extended reach wellbores, and multilateral wellbores. Specifically, the invention provides simple threaded subassemblies that are added to existing threaded tubular drilling and completion equipment which are used to dramatically increase the lateral reach using that existing on-site equipment. These subassemblies extract power from downward flowing clean mud, or other fluids, in an annulus to provide additional force or torque on tubular elements within the wellbore, while maintaining circulation, to extend the lateral reach of the drilling equipment and completion equipment. These added elements include combinations of The Leaky Seal™, a Cross-Over, The Force Sub™ and The Torque Sub™. The use of such additional simple elements allow lighter drilling equipment to be used to reach a given lateral distance, therefore reducing drilling costs. |
| US09587434B2 |
Ladder
A ladder having platform steps, the ladder being convertible between a deployed position for supporting a person or other load, to a storage, scaffold, or ramp position in which the steps lie in a generally planar arrangement. When deployed, the ladder steps remain parallel to each other and form a series of parallelograms with the rails of the ladder. The ladder is also capable of being locked or secured at various angles of deployment. The ladder further includes receivers to selectively receive accessories such as wheels, hooks, handles, or pads. The addition of accessories such as wheels allows the ladder in the storage position to be used as a creeper, dolly, or cart. |
| US09587433B2 |
Cradle clamp bracket assembly
A cradle clamp bracket assembly that secures cables to rungs of a ladder rack. The cradle clamp bracket assembly includes an elongated bracket having a first portion and a raised second portion. The first portion includes a slot located along the center of the first portion. The raised second portion includes a downwardly extending flange and at least one gsset to strengthen the bracket. The cradle clamp bracket assembly also includes a retainer that is received in the slot to engage the rung of the ladder rack. |
| US09587426B1 |
Gate apparatus with springless automatic return gate
A gate apparatus having an automatically returning gate, an upper latch operated by an upper button, and a lower latch operated by an upper finger handle. Each of the latches must be opened to open the gate. The gate returns without the aid of a spring to a position close to the closed position or to the closed position by the structure of a pivot or hinge connection between the gate and the frame of the gate. Gate tubes are rectangular in section for their entire length. Wood panels are included in the gate and excluded from other portions of the gate apparatus to make the gate stand out to the user seeking to open the gate. |
| US09587422B2 |
Direction switchable ratchet device for door operator
A direction switchable ratchet device for a door operator is provided. The door operator includes an electric motor, an electromagnetic brake and the direction switchable ratchet device. The direction switchable ratchet device comprises a first and second direction restricting devices and a manually operable mechanism. A drive shaft of the electric motor is braked by a brake baffle disk when the electric motor is electrically de-energized and is released when the electric motor is electrically energized. The first and second direction restricting devices are provided to prevent the drive shaft from being rotated clockwise and counter-clockwise respectively by holding the brake baffle disk. In the event of power failure, the manually operable mechanism is effective to open the door once a pawl of the direction restricting device at the free side is retracted. The manually operable mechanism of the door operator is prevented from being incorrectly mounted in a cost-effective manner. |
| US09587420B2 |
Wireless obstacle detection for use with different barrier operator types
A wireless obstacle detection system includes a wireless photosensitive sensor and a communication module designed to provide a retrofit solution for easily adding obstacle detection capabilities to a previously installed barrier operator system. In one form, the wireless obstacle detector can be provided with a gateway device for adding additional functionality, including enabling long range remote operation of a barrier operator. To facilitate ease of installation, the communication module can communicate with a large variety of barrier operators including using at least two different protocols for communication with obstacle detectors. Such communication may be wireless or wired, depending on the barrier operator and communication protocol implemented by a particular previously installed barrier operator. The communication module may be designed to configure itself to operate with the communication protocol of the previously installed barrier operator. Once configured to be able to communicate with the previously installed barrier operator, the communication module receives communications from the wireless obstacle detector about the presence or absence of an obstacle at or near the barrier and transmits a corresponding communication to the barrier operator using the correct protocol. |
| US09587417B2 |
Device for actuating a moving part of a vehicle without contact
The present invention relates to a device for actuating a moving part (10) of a vehicle (1), particularly a trunk lid (10.1), a side door (10.2), or the like, without contact, comprising a first detection means (11) for detecting an object in a first detection area (11a) and a second detection means (12) for detecting an object in a second detection area (12a) so that the actuation of the moving part (10) can be activated through the detection means (11, 12). According to the invention, the first detection means (11) is designed as a first capacitance sensor (11), and the second detection means (12) is designed as a second capacitance sensor (12), wherein means (13, 14) are provided, with which the detection areas (11a, 12a) can be specified in areas separated from each other. |
| US09587416B1 |
Lock with a slide for covering lock core
A lock includes a housing having an insertion hole in which a pivot is inserted. A slide is connected to one end of the pivot. A spring is located in the insertion hole and applies a first resilient force toward the insertion hole, and a second resilient force toward a direction that the slide pivots. When the slide is located at a first position, the installation recess is covered by the slide to prevent water and dust from entering into the installation recess. When the slide located at a second position, at least one portion of the slide does not cover the installation recess to allow the lock to be unlocked. When the slide located at a third position, the slide is located higher than the first end face of the protrusion and is pivotable so that the installation recess is explored for convenience of replacement of the core. |
| US09587413B2 |
Apparatus and method for processing a concrete tower segment of a wind turbine
The invention concerns a processing apparatus for processing an upper segment edge of a pylon segment of a concrete pylon for preparing the pylon segment for placement thereon of at least one further pylon segment. According to the invention it is proposed that the processing apparatus includes a processing means for processing the segment edge, and a carrier apparatus to be fixed in the region of the segment edge for displaceably carrying and guiding the processing means along the segment edge. |
| US09587412B2 |
Multi-axial mast positioning system
A multi-axial mast positioning system includes a frame having two opposed vertical sections, an axle coupled to the frame and rotatable around a first axis passing through the opposed vertical sections of the frame, and a mast coupled to the axle and rotatable about a second axis aligned with and perpendicular to the first axis. Level sensors measure the orientation of the mast along the first and second axes. |
| US09587406B2 |
Panel railing
A panel railing has a dimensionally stable U-shaped profile. Between the two limbs of the U-shaped profile, the base region of a glass pane is held in a clamped manner. A spacer body and a rod body are arranged in the opening region of the U-shaped profile between the glass pane and one limb. The rod body is provided in an upper, free edge region of at least one of the two limbs. The rod body is placed in a pressing manner with its one outer face against the limb and with its other outer face, which lies opposite the former, against the glass pane. On the inner side of the limb, there is at least one projection which protrudes from said limb in the direction of the glass pane and is present below the maximum width extent of the rod body. |
| US09587390B2 |
Device for venting odors from a toilet bowl
An adapter and base plate that may be retrofitted to existing industry standard toilets to provide a capability to vent foul odors from bodily waste deposited into the toilet bowl. The toilet includes a bowl having flush holes disposed around a rim of the bowl for discharging water into the bowl, a water tank for containing a volume of water sufficient to cause the toilet to flush when the volume of water is discharged into the bowl, a flush and refill mechanism for flushing and then refilling the toilet, the flush mechanism controlling a flush valve that covers a drain at the bottom of the water tank. The adapter is fitted between the water tank and bowl with a first opening receiving the flush valve and a second opening connected to an exhaust fan by plumbing. The base plate may be translucent to allow LED lighting mounted to adapter to be cast about the bowl. |
| US09587389B2 |
Insert for the drainage opening of a urinal
The invention relates to an insert (3) that can be inserted into a drainage opening (2) of a urinal (1) and that can be designed, for example, as an odor seal. The insert (3) has at least one outlet opening (4) through which a liquid (5), in particular a cleaning and/or disinfecting liquid, is released, in particular injected or sprayed, onto a bowl surface (6) of a urinal (1), in the discharge opening of which the insert (3) is inserted. |
| US09587388B2 |
Flush type toilet bowl and developed portable toilet thereof
The invention claims a flush type toilet bowl, comprising a toilet bowl provided with a toilet inlay therein, wherein an elastic ring, a clamping ring and a J-shaped sealing ring are arranged under the toilet bowl drainage hose in sequence, and a nut is further equipped for sealing the end faces of the toilet bowl and the toilet inlay; the toilet bowl is provided with a cavity for containing the clean water and a double water spray jets extended out from the water-jet nozzle; the cavity is provided with a hose connected with the four-way valve, the water-jet nozzle and the hand-pressed air pump, next to the air pump is a button with which you can flush the toilets by pressing it easily. The invention is developed as the gravity flush portable toilet and the cassette portable toilet by using the flush type toilet bowl as the basic universal part, thereby being used on the caravans. The cassette toilet is provided with the waste level indicator, the sealing valve and the handle performing perfect use under the condition without water and electricity. The toilet bowl and the developed toilet thereof in the invention can be interchanged excellently and cleaned or flushed conveniently without outside water source, furthermore, the invention is excellent in rigidity, impact resistance and tightness. |
| US09587385B2 |
Handshower slide mechanism
A handshower slide includes a bar with a passageway, a slide mechanism positioned along a length of the bar, and a showerhead holder movable with the slide mechanism along the length of the bar. The slide mechanism includes a handle and a cam, and the cam is positioned within the passageway and is rotatable between a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the bar. The slide mechanism is not movable along the length of the bar while the cam is in the first orientation and is movable along the length of the bar while the cam is in the second orientation. An orientation of the cam is correlated to a position of the handle, and a spring is coupled to the handle and the cam, so that the spring biases the cam toward the first orientation and away from the second orientation. |
| US09587377B2 |
Raised counterweight for a mining machine
A mining shovel includes a base, a revolving frame coupled to the base and rotatable about an axis, a boom pivotally coupled to the revolving frame, a handle coupled to the boom, and a dipper coupled to the handle. The dipper has a dipper door, and is located at a front end of the shovel. A counterweight having a center of gravity is disposed at the rear end of the shovel to balance the shovel, and is supported by a truss structure that is coupled to the revolving frame, such that the center of gravity is disposed above the revolving frame. |
| US09587376B1 |
Drainage structure for a work vehicle
An engine compartment accommodates an engine. A cooling device is configured to cool the engine. A cooling compartment accommodates the cooling device. A division wall is disposed between the engine compartment and the cooling compartment. A ventilation portion includes a hole for permitting air to pass therethrough and is provided on a top surface of the engine compartment. A water receiving member is disposed under the ventilation portion within the engine compartment. A water catchment member is disposed in the cooling compartment and catches water received by the water receiving member. A drainage pathway is connected to the water catchment member and leads the water to a predetermined drainage position. |
| US09587374B1 |
Movable machine and method for raking undesirable plant matter
A movable machine having a chassis, wheels and propulsion to be driven in a forward direction for raking undesirable plant matter. The chassis having a pair of arms, a loader bucket operable by a rotatable cylinder, a rake having three grates attached between the arms, a pair of movable controllable rake level adjusters to provide variable spacing between the loader bucket and the grates, a rotatable cylinder mounted across one end of the grates, a plurality of tines secured to the rotatable cylinder, and a hydraulic motor attached to the rotatable cylinder. The hydraulic motor configured to rotate the rotatable cylinder with plurality of tines as a single unit. A controller can operate the rake and the loader bucket as defined by a user. |
| US09587372B2 |
Apparatus for the dredging of sediments from the seabed
A dredging apparatus for removing sediments from a bed of an expanse of water, includes: a suction apparatus including a) a submersible pump including: a housing body provided with an inlet mouth and with a discharge opening and an impeller rotatably supported in the body between the inlet mouth and the discharge opening and rotatably driven by a respective driving device; and b) a suction head associated to the inlet mouth of the housing body of the pump and provided at the bottom with a suction opening of the sediments; wherein the suction opening of the head has a value of the cross-section area dimensioned to achieve in the working range of the pump a suction speed capable of removing the sediments by means of the fluid dynamics removal action carried out by the water sucked into the head. |
| US09587370B2 |
Folding parking stand
A tractor-mounted front loader includes a parking stand mounted to each of a pair of downwardly and forwardly inclined arm sections coupled to an implement resting on the ground. Each parking stand includes a support leg and a brace, the latter having a rear end pivotally mounted to a location approximately halfway between opposite ends of the support leg and an forward end pivotally mounted to a lower region of an associated loader arm section. The support leg and brace may be stored on the loader arm section by folding them together with a catch carried by the brace becoming releasably engaged with the support leg. The folded support leg and brace are then pivoted against the loader arm section and secured to it by a releasable latch which secures the top of the support leg to the arm section to establish a stored position. |
| US09587369B2 |
Excavation system having adaptive dig control
An excavation system is disclosed for a machine having a work tool. The excavation system may have a speed sensor to detect a travel speed of the machine and a load sensor to detect loading of the work tool. The excavation system may also have a controller configured to detect engagement of the work tool with a material pile based on at least one of the first signal and the second signal. The controller may also be configured to select at least one tilt control parameter value for the work tool and operate the work tool based on the selected tilt control parameter value to load the work tool with an amount of material. The controller may be configured to determine whether the amount of material exceeds a target amount and to cause the machine to withdraw from the material pile when the amount exceeds the target amount. |
| US09587368B2 |
Manhole repair bracket
A repair bracket that provides a substitute for one or more broken anchoring tabs of a manhole base. The repair bracket is an expansible bracket that has a frame member with a central manhole access passage through the frame member. The frame member has threaded holes transversely through the frame member and located at positions corresponding to positions of threaded holes in the original unbroken anchoring tabs of the manhole base. The threaded holes are used to connect the frame member to a manhole cover by threaded bolts extending through the cover and into the threaded holes. Expansible actuators are mounted to the frame member and are capable of moving a part of the expansible bracket outward into engagement against the inner wall of the base or a sleeve or casing attached to the base. |
| US09587367B2 |
Synthetic grass cover for MSE walls
A mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall and/or synthetic grass cover including alternating layers of granular fills and soil reinforcement geo-grids; a wire wall facing; and a synthetic grass cover for covering the wire wall facing, the synthetic grass comprising a geo-textile backing and a plurality of synthetic grass blades comprising synthetic yarns tufted into the geo-textile backing and having a length and density sufficient to substantially shade the geo-textile backing from solar UV rays. |
| US09587366B2 |
Multi-part reusable levee bag with biodegradable portions
A multi-part reusable levee bag. The reusable levee bag includes a top bag section and a bottom portion removably affixed to the top bag section. The combined top bag section and bottom portion define an in interior space within which fillable material may be received to form a levee bag for use in flooding and other installations. The bottom bag section is made of a biodegradable material while the top bag section is made of an alternative material. The reusable levee bag, once filled, may be disassembled and the top bag section reused while the bottom bag section may remain in place while still being environmentally friendly due to its biodegradation. |
| US09587364B2 |
Synthetic ground cover system with impermeable backing and binding infill for erosion control
A synthetic ground cover system for erosion control to be placed atop the ground, including a synthetic grass which comprises a composite of one or more geotextiles tufted with synthetic yarns and an impermeable backing/layer. The synthetic ground cover also includes a sand/soil infill ballast applied to the synthetic grass and a binding agent applied to the sand/soil infill to stabilize the sand/soil infill against high velocity water shear forces. |
| US09587361B2 |
Temperature dependent auto adaptive compaction
A compactor system for compacting a work material includes a roller drum, a vibratory mechanism, and a controller. The roller drum is configured to compact a work material. The vibratory mechanism is coupled to the roller drum and operatively coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to determine a vibration effort based on a vibration parameter, and further configured to generate an output signal to control the vibratory mechanism to apply the vibration effort to the roller drum. The controller includes at least one sensor and a processor. The at least one sensor is configured to sense a first data parameter of the work material and a second data parameter of the roller drum. The processor is configured to calculate the vibration parameter based on the first data parameter and the second data parameter. |
| US09587347B2 |
Clothes dryer booster fan system
A dryer exhaust duct power ventilator which is free of any dedicated internal air flow contacting devices for sensing air pressure or measuring fan RPMs and free of any hall effect sensor, but instead utilizes the auxiliary winding of a PSC motor on a centrifugal duct fan to measure the rotation of the motor and fan and thereby determine the pressure in the duct. A clip-on current sensor is located in the dryer power connection compartment and is used to detect operation of the dryer. |
| US09587339B2 |
Methods and apparatus to detect treating chemistries in laundry appliances
An example laundry treating appliance includes a tub, a rotatable drum disposed in the tub and defining a treating chamber in which laundry is received for treatment according to a cycle of operation, a treating chemistry dispenser having an outlet and a cup having a siphon, configured to dispense a treating chemistry into at least one of the tub or the drum, a sensor, and a controller configured to at least: introduce a predetermined amount of liquid into the cup sufficient to activate the siphon if a predetermined amount of the treating chemistry is present in the cup; detect whether the siphon activates in response to the predetermined amount of liquid based on an output of the sensor; and modify cycle of operation based on whether the siphon activates in response to the predetermined amount of liquid. |
| US09587335B2 |
Threading device of a sewing machine
A threading device of a sewing machine includes a flow path switching member, a base portion, and a plurality of thread introducing portions. The flow path switching member includes a gaseous body inlet portion for receiving a compressed gaseous body, a gaseous body outlet portion provided to communicate with the gaseous body inlet portion for exhausting the gaseous body, and a cylindrical outer surface portion at which the gaseous body outlet portion is opened. The base portion includes a cylindrical inner surface portion into which the cylindrical outer surface portion of the flow path switching member is inserted and for supporting the flow path switching member in a rotatable manner, and a plurality of flow paths formed to communicate with the cylindrical inner surface portion. The plurality of thread introducing portions are provided at the base portion to communicate with respective outlet sides of the plurality of flow paths. |
| US09587334B2 |
Non-woven polypropylene fabric
Provided is a non-woven fabric produced by using a polypropylene-based resin composition containing a specific low-crystalline polypropylene. The non-woven fabric is a non-woven fabric obtained by achieving reductions in denier values of fibers, the non-woven fabric being excellent in dispersibility of the fibers. |
| US09587331B2 |
Method for curing of green polysilazane-based silicon carbide precursor fibers
Disclosed herein are methods of curing silicon carbide precursor polymer fibers, such as polysilazanes, using moisture and free radical generators, such as peroxides. Also disclosed are methods of forming, curing, and using silicon carbide precursor polymers that contain alkenyl groups and free radical generators, such as peroxides. |
| US09587330B2 |
Method for manufacturing structural synthetic fibers for concretes and mortars and the synthetic fiber obtained
Method for manufacturing structural synthetic fibers for concretes and mortars and the synthetic fiber obtained, particularly a polyolefin-based synthetic fiber for use in concretes and mortars with a hydraulic binder as a cementing base for increasing the elastic modulus of the same which comprises the mixture of polyolefin and additives, the formation of threads, a first stretching process, an alternate series of heating-cooling, collecting the threads in coils and stabilization of the polymerization/cross-linking for two days to one week; the threads are subsequently again subjected to one or several re-stretching phases, including the heating-cooling and subsequent stabilization processes if successive re-stretching processes are going to be carried out; lastly a surface etching phase and the cutting of the threads. |
| US09587326B2 |
Silicon carbide epitaxial wafer, method for manufacturing silicon carbide epitaxial wafer, device for manufacturing silicon carbide epitaxial wafer, and silicon carbide semiconductor element
To provide silicon carbide epitaxial wafer in which occurrence of giant step bunchings (GSBs) caused by basal plane dislocations (BPDs) that occur during hydrogen etching is suppressed on low off-angle silicon carbide substrate to decrease surface defect density of epitaxially grown layer to allow formation of silicon carbide semiconductor device having high reliability, method for manufacturing the wafer, and apparatus for manufacturing the wafer, and silicon carbide semiconductor device having the wafer.A silicon carbide epitaxial wafer of the present invention is such that epitaxially grown layer is disposed on silicon carbide substrate which has α-type crystal structure and in which (0001) Si face is tilted at greater than 0° and less than 5°, wherein surface defect density of the epitaxially grown layer based on giant step bunching caused by basal plane dislocation on substrate surface of the silicon carbide substrate is ≦20/cm2. |
| US09587319B2 |
Hot-rolled steel sheet, cold-rolled steel sheet, galvanized steel sheet, and methods of manufacturing the same
A hot-rolled steel sheet has an average value of the X-ray random intensity ratio of a {100} <011> to {223} <110> orientation group at least in a sheet thickness central portion that is in a sheet thickness range of ⅝ to ⅜ from a steel sheet surface of 1.0 to 6.0, an X-ray random intensity ratio of a {332} <113> crystal orientation of 1.0 to 5.0, rC which is an r value in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction of 0.70 to 1.10, and r30 which is an r value in a direction that forms an angle of 30° with respect to the rolling direction of 0.70 to 1.10. |
| US09587316B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition, resin molded article, and method for manufacturing resin molded article having a plated layer
Provide is a thermoplastic resin composition from which a resin molded article having high whiteness and mechanical strength can be obtained while retaining the plating properties of the resin molded article. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin, and 1 to 30 parts by weight of a laser direct structuring additive, 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a titanium oxide and 10 to 230 parts by weight of a glass fiber per 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin, wherein the laser direct structuring additive has an L value of 50 or more, and the glass fiber comprises SiO2 and Al2O3 in a proportion of 60 to 70% by weight of SiO2 and 20 to 30% by weight of Al2O3. |
| US09587315B2 |
Forming silver catalytic sites from reducible silver-oximes
A non-aqueous metal catalytic composition includes (a) a complex of silver and an oxime comprising reducible silver ions in an amount of at least 2 weight %, (b) a silver ion photoreducing composition in an amount of at least 1 weight %, and (c) a photocurable component, a non-curable polymer, or a combination of a photocurable component and a non-curable polymer. This non-aqueous metal catalytic composition can be used to form silver metal particles in situ during suitable reducing conditions. The silver metal can be provided in a suitable layer or pattern on a substrate, which can then be subsequently subjected to electroless plating to form electrically-conductive layers or patterns for use in various articles or as touch screen displays in electronic devices. |
| US09587314B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor device and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus including a substrate processing chamber configured to process a substrate; a gas supply unit configured to alternately supply a first processing gas and a second processing gas to the substrate when processing the substrate; a substrate support unit including a support mechanism configured to support a portion of a back side of the substrate and a support unit configured to support the support mechanism; a heating unit configured to heat the substrate from the back side thereof; a standby chamber configured to accommodate the substrate support unit in standby position; and a control unit configured to control at least one of the gas supply unit and a gas exhaust unit in a manner that an inner pressure of the substrate processing chamber is higher than that of the standby chamber. |
| US09587307B2 |
Enhanced deposition of noble metals
The invention relates generally to processes for enhancing the deposition of noble metal thin films on a substrate by atomic layer deposition. Treatment with gaseous halides or metalorganic compounds reduces the incubation time for deposition of noble metals on particular surfaces. The methods may be utilized to facilitate selective deposition. For example, selective deposition of noble metals on high-k materials relative to insulators can be enhanced by pretreatment with halide reactants. In addition, halide treatment can be used to avoid deposition on the quartz walls of the reaction chamber. |
| US09587303B2 |
Method for obtaining a substrate provided with a coating comprising a discontinuous thin metal layer
A process for obtaining a material includes a substrate coated on at least one portion of at least one of its faces with a coating including at least one discontinuous metallic thin layer based on silver, on gold, or on any alloy thereof, the or each discontinuous metallic thin layer being encapsulated between at least two dielectric thin layers, and the or each discontinuous metallic thin layer being in the form of periodic geometric patterns, the process including a deposition step then a step wherein the substrate thus coated is made to run opposite at least one laser device emitting a laser radiation focused on the coating in the form of at least one line, the power of the radiation being adapted in order to render the or each metallic thin layer discontinuous by dewetting. |
| US09587302B2 |
Methods of applying chromium diffusion coatings onto selective regions of a component
Unique and improved chromizing processes are disclosed. The processes involve forming localized chromizing coatings onto selected regions of a substrate. The chromium diffusion coatings are locally applied to selected regions of substrates in a controlled manner, in comparison to conventional chromizing processes, and further in a manner that produces less material waste and does not require masking. A second coating can be selectively applied onto other regions of the substrate. |
| US09587301B2 |
Steel for manufacturing cemented steel parts, cemented steel parts made with said steel and method for manufacturing same
Steel for manufacturing cemented steel parts, characterized in that the composition thereof in weight percentages is: 0.1%≦C≦0.15%; 0.8%≦Mn≦2%; 1%≦Cr≦2.5; 0.2%≦Mo≦0.6%; trace elements≦Si≦0.35%; trace elements≦Ni≦0.7%; trace elements≦B≦0.005%; trace elements≦Ti≦0.1%; trace elements≦N≦0.01% if 0.0005%(5ppm)≦B≦0.005%, and trace elements≦N≦0.02% if trace elements≦B≦0.0005%(5ppm); trace elements≦Al≦0.1%; trace elements≦V≦0.3%; trace elements≦P≦0.025%; trace elements≦Cu≦1%, preferably≦0.6%; trace elements≦S≦0.1%; the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from production. A cemented steel part made with this steel, and to the method for manufacturing same. |
| US09587300B2 |
Electrode manufacturing apparatus for lithium ion capacitor and electrode manufacturing method therefor
A time for doping an electrode material on an electrode sheet with a lithium ion can be reduced. The electrode manufacturing apparatus includes a processing chamber 200 to and from which the electrode sheet is loaded and unloaded; a rare gas supply unit 230 configured to introduce a rare gas into the processing chamber; an exhaust device 220 configured to exhaust an inside of the processing chamber to a certain vacuum level; and a lithium thermal spraying unit 210 configured to dope a carbon material C with the lithium ion by forming a lithium thin film on the carbon material of the electrode sheet W loaded into the processing chamber while melting and spraying lithium-containing powder. |
| US09587292B2 |
Method and apparatus for isolating the radioisotope molybdenum-99
A method of isolating 99Mo produced using a (n,γ) reaction according to example embodiments may include vaporizing a source compound containing 98Mo and 99Mo. The vaporized source compound may be ionized to form ions containing 98Mo and 99Mo. The ions may be separated to isolate the ions containing 99Mo. The isolated ions containing 99Mo may be collected with a collector. Accordingly, the isolated 99Mo may have a relatively high specific radioactivity and, in turn, may be used to produce the diagnostic radioisotope, 99mTc, through radioactive decay. |
| US09587289B2 |
Vertical drainage system for heap leach piles
A vertical drainage system for a heap leaching operation comprising vertical drainage conduits for draining fluid pockets down through the strata of a heap pile. The drainage conduits are spaced in a parallel array throughout the ore heap, and are preferably in fluid communication from a top of said ore heap to said one or more collection pipes for draining trapped and avoiding slope or geotechnical failure. |
| US09587287B2 |
Bainite-containing-type high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent isotropic workability and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides a bainite-containing-type high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet. The steel sheet, containing C: greater than 0.07 to 0.2%, Si: 0.001 to 2.5%, Mn: 0.01 to 4%, P: 0.15% or less, S: 0.03% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.001 to 2% and a balance being composed of Fe and impurities, has an average value of pole densities of the {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientation group at a sheet thickness center portion being a range of ⅝ to ⅜ in sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet is 4.0 or less, and a pole density of the {332}<113> crystal orientation is 4.8 or less, an average crystal grain diameter is 10 μm or less and vTrs is −20° C. or lower, and a microstructure is composed of 35% or less in a structural fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite and a balance of a low-temperature transformation generating phase. |
| US09587286B2 |
Austenite-ferrite stainless steel of improved machinability
The present invention provides an austenite-ferrite stainless steel. The steel composition contains in % by weight: 0.01%≦C≦0.10% 20.0%≦Cr≦24.0% 1.0%≦Ni≦3.0% 0.12%≦N≦0.20% 0.5%≦Mn≦2.0% 1.6%≦Cu≦3.0% 0.05%≦Mo≦1.0% W≦0.15% 0.05%≦Mo+W/2≦1.0% 0.2%≦Si≦1.5% Al≦0.05% V≦0.5% Nb≦0.5% Ti≦0.5% B≦0.003% Co≦0.5% REM≦0.1% Ca≦0.03% Mg≦0.1% Se≦0.005% O≦0.01% S≦0.030% P≦0.040% the rest being iron and impurities resulting from the production and the microstructure being composed of austenite and 35 to 65% ferrite by volume, the composition furthermore obeying the following relations: 40≦IF≦65 with IF=10% Cr+5.1% Mo+1.4% Mn+24.3% Si+35% Nb+71.5% Ti−595.4% C−245.1% N−9.3% Ni−3.3% Cu−99.8 and IRCGCU≧32.0 with IRCGCU=% Cr+3.3% Mo+2% Cu+16% N+2.6% Ni−0.7% Mn and 0≦IU≦6.0 with IU=3% Ni+% Cu+% Mn−100% C−25% N−2(% Cr+% Si)−6% Mo+45 as well as a method of manufacture of plates, bands, coils, bars, wires, profiles, forged pieces and molded pieces of this steel. |
| US09587281B2 |
Cereblon isoforms and their use as biomarkers for therapeutic treatment
Provided herein are cereblon isoforms and methods of their use as biomarkers for treating a disease, disorder, or condition with a treatment compound, e.g., thalidomide, lenalidomide, pomalidomide, 3-(5-amino-2-methyl-4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione, or (S)-3-(4-((4-(morpholinomethyl)benzyl)oxy)-1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl)piperidine-2,6-dione. |
| US09587279B2 |
Thyroid tumors identified
The invention relates to methods and kits for detecting thyroid cancer by detecting differences in the expression of genes that are differentially expressed in thyroid cancer cells. |
| US09587278B2 |
Combined CGH and allele specific hybridisation method
The invention combines the fields of comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis and SNP array analysis. It relates to methods for detecting and mapping genetic abnormalities associated with various diseases. In particular the invention provides a method for simultaneously performing array CGH and SNP array analysis on a genomic DNA sample comprising contacting a nucleic acid array which comprises a first probe set and a second probe set with a genomic DNA sample, comprising a test and reference sample, under hybridization conditions, comparing the amount of test sample and reference sample hybridized to the hybridization probes of the first probe set, comparing the amount of test sample and reference sample hybridized to the hybridization probes of the second probe set; and using the data obtained to determine the copy number of at least one locus; and at least one SNP in the genomic DNA sample. |
| US09587275B2 |
Single molecule sequencing with two distinct chemistry steps
Methods, Compositions, and Systems are provided for nucleic acid sequencing where the sequential incorporation of nucleotides uses two distinct chemical steps. A plurality of nucleotide analogs, each having a labeled leaving group at its 3′ hydroxyl can be sequentially added to a growing strand in the presence of a selective cleaving activity that cleaves the 3′ hydroxyl leaving group preferentially after it has been incorporated. The selective cleaving agent can comprise an exonuclease activity, and the exonuclease activity can be a polymerase-associated exonuclease activity. Nucleotide analogs having labels on both a cleavable polyphosphate portion and on a 3′ hydroxyl leaving group can provide signals characteristic of nucleotide analog incorporation. Systems having illumination optics, collection optics, and substrates observe signals from the labels as they are being incorporated into a growing nucleic acid strand, allowing for the sequencing of template nucleic acids. |
| US09587273B2 |
Compositions and methods for representational selection of nucleic acids from complex mixtures using hybridization
The invention provides a method of selecting a representational sample of nucleic acid sequences from a complex mixture. The method includes: (a) contacting a complex mixture of nucleic acids under conditions sufficient for hybridization with a population of capture probes complementary to one or more nucleic acids comprising a predetermined portion of the sequence collectively present in the complex mixture to form hybridization complexes of the one or more nucleic acids with the population of probes, the population of capture probes being attached to a solid support, and (b) removing unhybridized nucleic acids to select a representational sample of nucleic acids having a complexity of less than 10% but more than 0.001% of the complex mixture, wherein the representational sample comprises a nucleic acid copy having a proportion of each sequence in the copy relative to all other sequences in the copy substantially the same as the proportions of the sequences in the predetermined portion of one or more nucleic acids within the complex mixture. A method of selecting a representational sample of genomic sequences from a complete genome also is provided. The invention further provides a nucleic acid population that includes a representational sample having a complexity of less than 10% but more than 0.001% of a complex mixture, the representational sample comprising a nucleic acid copy having a proportion of each sequence in the copy relative to all other sequences in the copy substantially the same as the proportions of sequences in a predetermined portion of a sequence collectively present in one or more nucleic acids within the complex mixture. |
| US09587270B2 |
Chimeric primers with hairpin conformations and methods of using same
Methods and compositions for nucleic acid amplification, detection, and genotyping techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule having a target-specific primer sequence; an anti-tag sequence 5′ of the target-specific primer sequence; a tag sequence 5′ of the anti-tag sequence; and a blocker between the anti-tag sequence and the tag sequence is disclosed. Compositions containing such a nucleic acid molecule and methods of using such a nucleic acid molecule are also disclosed. |
| US09587269B2 |
Bi-directional sequencing compositions and methods
In some embodiments, methods for obtaining sequence information from a nucleic acid template linked to a support include hybridizing a first primer to a template strand linked to a support, sequencing a portion of the nucleic acid template, thereby forming an extended first primer product that is complementary to a portion of the nucleic acid template, In some embodiments, the method further includes introducing a nick into a portion of the template strand that is hybridized to the extended first primer product, degrading a portion of the template strand from the nick using a degrading agent, where a portion of the extended first primer remains hybridized to an undegraded portion of the template strand, and sequencing at least some of the single-stranded portion of the extended first primer by synthesis. |
| US09587268B2 |
Fast hybridization for next generation sequencing target enrichment
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of target enrichment or selection of nucleic acids using hybridization, which can be used in, e.g., next-generation sequencing. |
| US09587266B2 |
Mutant luciferases
Described are mutant luciferases, nucleic acids that encode them, cells and animals expressing them, methods of use thereof, and kits. |
| US09587258B2 |
Processing biomass
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, microbial, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as food products and amino acids. |
| US09587257B2 |
Method for the enzyme-catalysed hydrolysis of polyacrylic acid esters, and esterases used therefor
The invention relates to a method for the enzyme-catalysed hydrolysis of polyacrylic acid esters. According to the method, at least one polyacrylic acid ester is provided and incubated with at least one enzyme selected from enzymes (EC 3.1) acting on ester bindings, until the ester groups contained in the polyacrylic acid ester are partially or fully hydrolytically split, and optionally the modified polymer obtained thereby is isolated. The invention also relates to the enzymes used and mutants thereof, nucleic acids coding for the enzymes, vectors comprising the nucleic acids, micro-organisms comprising the vectors, and the use of the enzymes, the vectors or the micro-organisms for carrying out a method for the enzyme-catalysed hydrolysis of polyacrylic acid esters. The present application also relates to polymer reaction products that can be obtained by the method, and methods for producing esterases. |
| US09587256B2 |
Sequestration of carbon dioxide with hydrogen to useful products
Provided herein are genetically engineered microbes that include at least a portion of a carbon fixation pathway, and in one embodiment, use molecular hydrogen to drive carbon dioxide fixation. In one embodiment, the genetically engineered microbe is modified to convert acetyl CoA, molecular hydrogen, and carbon dioxide to 3-hydroxypropionate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, acetyl CoA, or the combination thereof at levels greater than a control microbe. Other products may also be produced. Also provided herein are cell free compositions that convert acetyl CoA, molecular hydrogen, and carbon dioxide to 3-hydroxypropionate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, acetyl CoA, or the combination thereof. Also provided herein are methods of using the genetically engineered microbes and the cell free compositions. |
| US09587252B2 |
Orthogonal Cas9 proteins for RNA-guided gene regulation and editing
Methods of modulating expression of a target nucleic acid in a cell are provided including use of multiple orthogonal Cas9 proteins to simultaneously and independently regulate corresponding genes or simultaneously and independently edit corresponding genes. |
| US09587250B2 |
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotype 8 sequences, vectors containing same, and uses therefor
Sequences of a serotype 8 adeno-associated virus and vectors and host cells containing these sequences are provided. Also described are methods of using such host cells and vectors in production of rAAV particles. |
| US09587249B2 |
Models of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and methods of use thereof
The invention relates to the development of an animal model for testing various agents in the treatment of a clotting disorder. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of ultra-large molecular weight multimers of von Willebrand factor (VWF) in various mouse strains to induce thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)-like symptoms for the development of a mouse model of TTP. The invention also provides methods for generating such animal disease models and screening methods for identifying biologically active compounds which are effective in the treatment of TTP. |
| US09587248B2 |
Mayetiola destructor susceptibility gene one (Mds-1) and its application in pest management
Plants having increased resistance to a pest relative to corresponding control plants are provided. The resistant plants have inhibited expression, activity, or function of a susceptibility gene, and thereby have decreased expression, activity, or function of the susceptibility gene in the presence of the pest as compared to a control plant in which the wild-type susceptibility gene is normally expressed in the presence of the pest. Methods of producing plants with increased resistance are also provided. The methods involve altering the expression, activity, or function of a susceptibility gene, such as Mds-1, in the plant. Isolated Mds-1 sequences are provided that can be manipulated to enhance pest resistance in modified plants. Modified plants, plant cells, tissues, seeds, and progeny are also provided having enhanced pest resistance. |
| US09587246B2 |
Generation of plants with altered protein, fiber, or oil content
The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype. |
| US09587242B2 |
Filamentous fungi having an altered viscosity phenotype
Described are compositions and methods relating to variant filamentous fungi having altered growth characteristics. Such variants are well-suited for growth in submerged cultures, e.g., for the large-scale production of enzymes and other proteins for commercial applications. |
| US09587240B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of a target gene
The present invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) having a nucleotide sequence which is substantially identical to at least a part of a target gene and which is no more than 49, preferably less than 25, nucleotides in length, and which comprises a complementary (antisense) RNA strand having a 1 to 4 nucleotide overhang at the 3′-end and a blunt 5′-end. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful for inhibiting the expression of a target gene, as well as for treating diseases caused by expression of the target gene, at low dosages (i.e., less than 5 milligrams, preferably less than 25 micrograms, per kg body weight per day). The invention also relates to methods for inhibiting the expression of a target gene, as well as methods for treating diseases caused by the expression of the gene. |
| US09587238B1 |
Gene-targeted apoptosis
Described herein are methods of triplex-induced apoptosis, in which multiple triplexes are formed in cells in which gene amplification has occurred (cells comprising/characterized by at least one amplified gene), referred to as target cells, and apoptosis is induced in the target cells. |
| US09587236B2 |
Continuous sonication for biotechnology applications and biofuel production
A system and method for sonication of multiple samples and continuous sonication of an input fluid stream in flow-through arrangements useful for economical breakdown of particulates and organisms present in large volumes with relatively low-power sonication devices such as production of oil from algae. The system includes an electrical wave generator oscillating in the ultrasound range, a vibrating element electrically connected to the electrical wave generator, and a sonication plate that vibrates in certain modes. The sonication plate contains features for mating with sample tubes, and the sample tubes also possess complimentary mating features to those on the sonication plate. A method for sonication of multiple samples includes utilizing mating features to attach tubes to the sonication plate and energizing the sonicator to vibrate the sonication plate. The invention also relates to arrangements for continuous flow-through useful for sonicating large sample volumes. |
| US09587235B2 |
Histidyl-tRNA synthetase-Fc conjugates
The present invention provides histidyl-tRNA synthetase and Fc region conjugate polypeptides (HRS-Fc conjugates), such as HRS-Fc fusion polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using such conjugates and compositions for treating or diagnosing a variety of conditions. The HRS-Fc conjugates of the invention have improved controlled release properties, stability, half-life, and other pharmacokinetic and biological properties relative to corresponding, unmodified HRS polypeptides. |
| US09587227B2 |
Bacterial host strain comprising a mutant spr gene and having reduced Tsp activity
The present invention provides a recombinant gram-negative bacterial cell comprising a mutant spr gene encoding a spr protein having a mutation at one or more amino acids selected from D133, H145, H157, N31, R62, 170, Q73, C94, S95, V98, Q99, R100, L108, Y115, V135, L136, G140, R144 and G147 and wherein the cell has reduced Tsp protein activity compared to a wild-type cell. |
| US09587226B2 |
Method for the production of recombinant polyomaviral vector particles
The present invention relates to improved methods for the production of viral particles, viral vector particles and recombinant proteins. In particular, the invention relates to improved methods for the production of recombinant polyomaviral vector particles and polyomaviral vector production cell lines. More in particular, the invention relates to methods for the production of simian polyomaviral vector particles such as simian virus 40 (SV40) viral vector particles. The invention also relates to compositions comprising viral vectors and uses thereof and viral vector particles to treat genetic disorders, transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, allergies or cancer. The invention also relates to methods for the production of recombinant proteins in mammalian cells and methods to enhance the production of recombinant proteins in mammalian cells. |
| US09587224B2 |
Method for producing pluripotent cell using bacterium having fermentation ability
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing pluripotent cells that are free of the risk of cellular canceration and that can be applied to regenerative medicine with a high degree of safety. The present invention provides a method for producing pluripotent cells from somatic cells comprising a step of bringing bacteria having fermentation ability or a component or secretory product thereof into contact with somatic cells. |
| US09587223B2 |
Protocols for making hepatocytes from embryonic stem cells
This disclosure provides a newly developed strategy and particular options for differentiating pluripotent stem cells into cells of the hepatocyte lineage. Many of the protocols are based on a strategy in which the cells are first differentiated into early germ layer cells, then into hepatocyte precursors, and then into mature cells. The cells obtained have morphological features and phenotypic markers characteristic of human adult hepatocytes. They also show evidence of cytochrome p450 enzyme activity, validating their utility for commercial applications such as drug screening, or use in the manufacture of medicaments and medical devices for clinical therapy. |
| US09587222B2 |
Three-dimensional tissue structure
The present invention provides a prosthetic tissue or sheet capable of withstanding implantation operations, which can be used in actual operation and can be produced by culture. The present invention also provides a novel therapy which can substitute for cell therapy. Particularly, the present invention provides a method for producing a prosthetic tissue comprising a cell derived from a part other than myocardium and capable of withstanding implantation operation. The above-described objects of the present invention were partially achieved by finding that by culturing cells under specific culture conditions, the cells are unexpectedly organized into a tissue, and the resultant prosthetic tissue is capable of being detached from culture dishes. The present invention also provides a three-dimensional structure applicable to heart, comprising a cell derived from a part other than the myocardium of an adult. |
| US09587218B2 |
Use of a carbonaceous substitute for the production of yeast
The present invention relates to novel strains of Saccharomyces that can be produced on a carbonaceous substrate which makes it possible to completely and/or partially replace the use of sugar, and to the use thereof for the production of yeast, in particular on the industrial scale. The invention also relates to a method for producing yeast of the Saccharomyces genus on a carbonaceous substrate which makes it possible to completely or partially replace the use of sugar. |
| US09587215B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for automated transfer of a sample
A coupling device configured to form a sample access assembly is provided. The sample access assembly is configured to house a sample. The coupling device includes a heating component and a separating component. Further, the separating component is configured to separate portions of first and second containers that form first and second compartments of the sample access assembly. Moreover, the heating component is configured to heat at least a portion of the sample. |
| US09587209B2 |
Structuring with threads of non-polymeric, crystalline, hydroxyl-containing structuring agents
The need for a structurant premix that provides improved structuring of liquid compositions, while exhibiting less performance variation due to process variation or variation in ingredient levels, that is also particularly suitable for low water liquid compositions, is met through the use of an aqueous structuring premix comprising long threads of non-polymeric, crystalline, hydroxyl-containing structuring agent. |
| US09587206B2 |
Combination of an amino alcohol, a fragrance and a silicic acid ester, and the use of same as a pro-fragrance
The invention relates to a composition of (a) a selected amino alcohol compound of general formula (I), (b) a scent aldehyde and/or scent ketone, and (c) a selected silicic acid ester, to the use of same as a pro-scent, as well as to washing and cleaning agents, fabric softeners and cosmetics which contain these. The invention also relates to a method for prolonging the perception of scent in such agents, and to a method for removing malodors by applying said composition. |
| US09587205B2 |
Activation of peroxygen bleach
A peracid bleaching species is formed in situ in aqueous wash liquor by reaction of a peroxygen bleach precursor, such as perborate or percarbonate, and a bleach activator. The bleach activator is an acetylated ethylene diamine, that comprises at least 25% triacetyl ethylene diamine. The peracid is formed more rapidly even at low temperatures (F2) compared to use of conventional pure tetracetyl ethylene diamine (F1) and better disinfectant properties result. |
| US09587199B2 |
Crude oil friction reducer
A crude oil friction reducer is disclosed. The friction reducer includes water soluble anionic surfactants as active components and non-aromatic solvents. The water soluble anionic surfactants include anionic sulfonate surfactant and an anionic sulfate surfactant, such as anionic sodium sulfate surfactant, dissolved in an aqueous chelating solution. The friction reducer may also include a pH adjuster. The friction reducer is used with heavy and extra heavy crude oil. |
| US09587193B2 |
Additives for improving the resistance to wear and to lacquering of diesel or biodiesel fuels
The present disclosure relates to novel anti-wear additives for diesel or biodiesel fuels having a sulphur content less than or equal to 500 ppm by mass. These novel additives will also improve the lacquering resistance of the higher-grade diesel or biodiesel fuels having a sulphur content less than or equal to 500 ppm by mass. |
| US09587192B2 |
Vibration assisted vacuum dewatering of fine coal particles
Fine coal particles are dewatered by mechanically removing water from the coal particles by vibration assisted vacuum dewatering to form a coal particle filter cake. The filter cake typically has a water content less than 35% by weight, suitable for extrusion to form discrete, non-tacky pellets. The vibration assisted vacuum dewatering may operate at a vibration frequency in the range from about 1 Hz to about 500 Hz. The vibration frequency may be adjusted during the dewatering process. In some embodiments, the vibration frequency is increased as the moisture content of the coal particle filter cake is decreased. Washing the filter cake during dewatering removes soluble contaminants. Various vibration assisted vacuum dewatering devices may be used, including a vibration assisted rotary vacuum dewatering drum, a vibration assisted vacuum disk filter, and a vibration assisted vacuum conveyor system. |
| US09587190B2 |
Fuel composition and method of formulating a fuel composition to reduce real-world driving cycle particulate emissions
In order to blend fuels to meet specific regulatory and industry requirements, for instance octane requirements, different octane blending components can be used. One added component includes a composition of higher aromatics content. Unfortunately, this aromatic content may increase the particulate emissions of an internal combustion engine when the high aromatic fuel is combusted in that engine. As explained herein, reducing the aromatics content and replacing that octane increasing requirement with an alternative octane enhancer results in a formulated fuel that will have lower particulate emissions in the real-world driving of that engine as compared with a fuel having higher aromatic content. |
| US09587178B2 |
Solvolysis of biomass to produce aqueous and organic products
The present invention provides processes for deconstructing biomass to produce aqueous and organic products using a solvent produced in a bioreforming reaction. |
| US09587175B2 |
Nematic liquid crystal composition
The present invention relates to a nematic liquid crystal composition useful as an electro-optic liquid crystal display material and having a positive dielectric anisotropy (Δ∈). The liquid crystal composition has refractive index anisotropy (Δn) adjusted to a desired level, a sufficiently low viscosity (η), and a positive dielectric anisotropy (Δ∈) while degradation of the temperature range of the nematic phase is avoided by suppressing the decrease in nematic phase-isotropic liquid phase transition temperature (Tni) and the increase in lower limit temperature of the nematic phase. The liquid crystal composition contains one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by general formula (LC0) and one or more compounds selected from a group of compounds represented by general formula (LC1) to general formula (LC5). |
| US09587174B2 |
Na3WO4F and derivatives thereof as a scintillation material and their methods of making
Direct synthesis methods are generally provided that include reacting Na2(WO4)·2H2O (and/or Na2(GeO4)·2H2O) with NaF in an inert atmosphere at a reaction tion temperature of about 950° C. to about 1400° C., along with the resulting structures and compositions. |
| US09587173B2 |
Chemiluminescent system
An aqueous-based chemiluminescent system is provided. The system comprises an oxalate component comprising an oxalate ester and a solvent; an activator component comprising a peroxide, a catalyst, and water; a surfactant; and a fluorescer. A self-illuminating bubble-forming composition is also provided, comprising the oxalate component, the activator component, the surfactant, and the fluorescer in admixture with an aqueous bubble-forming solution. |
| US09587170B2 |
Proppant material incorporating fly ash and method of manufacture
A relatively low density, high strength round proppant material having (i) a round core made of a sintered mixture of fly ash and clay or, in some instances, fly ash, clay, and bauxite; and (ii) an outer shell made of sintered bauxite, and a method of making the same. |
| US09587161B2 |
Drilling fluid containing a surfactant having a high boiling point and a long chain tail group
According to an embodiment, an invert emulsion drilling fluid comprises: an external phase, wherein the external phase of the drilling fluid comprises a hydrocarbon liquid; an internal phase, wherein the internal phase of the drilling fluid comprises water; and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant: (A) comprises a hydrophobic tail group having a carbon chain length greater than or equal to 16; (B) has a boiling point greater than or equal to 400° F. (204.4° C.); and (C) is in at least a sufficient concentration such that the surfactant spontaneously forms reverse-micelles. According to another embodiment, a method of using the invert emulsion drilling fluid comprises: introducing the drilling fluid into a well. |
| US09587158B2 |
Treatment of subterranean formations using a composition including a linear triblock copolymer and inorganic particles
The present invention relates to treatment of subterranean formations using compositions that experience an increase in viscosity as a result of the application of heat or shear. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method can include obtaining or providing a composition including a linear triblock copolymer and inorganic particles. The method can include at least one of shearing and heating the composition, to increase the viscosity thereof. The method can also include contacting the composition with a subterranean material downhole. |
| US09587154B2 |
Treated ion exchange resins, method of making, assemblies and heat transfer systems containing the same, and method of use
Disclosed is a pre-treated ion exchange resin comprising at least 15% by total number of exchangeable groups comprising at least one of an ion, or a Lewis acid, or a Lewis base resulting from a heat transfer fluid component having a pKa or pKb of greater than 5 in an aqueous solution at 25° C., based on the total number of exchangeable groups. In one embodiment, the heat transfer fluid component is at least one of a colorant, a corrosion inhibitor, an antifoaming agent, a bitterant, a dispersant, or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the heat transfer fluid component comprises a heat transfer fluid corrosion inhibitor. Also disclosed are heat transfer systems, assemblies, fuel cell systems and methods of maintaining a conductivity of less than 200 μS/cm in a heat transfer fluid that employ the disclosed pre-treated ion exchange resins. |
| US09587153B2 |
Heat storage material composition and heat storage material
A heat storage material composition contains a styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene copolymer and a paraffin-based wax. The heat storage material composition preferably further contains a paraffin-based process oil that softens the styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene copolymer. Also, the heat storage material composition preferably contains not less than 300 parts by mass and not more than 1000 parts by mass of the wax with respect to 100 parts by mass of the styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene copolymer. |
| US09587152B2 |
Two-component polyurethane compositions, in particular suitable for use as tough structural adhesives or as potting compounds
The invention concerns two-component polyurethane compositions of a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component, the polyol component including at least one reaction product of castor oil and ketone resins with an OH number of 110 to 200 mg KOH/g, and at least one aliphatic triol, and the polyisocyanate component including at least one aromatic polyisocyanate, the ratio in weight percent of being between 4 and 50 and the ratio of all NCO groups of the aromatic polyisocyanates to all the OH groups totaling (A1+A2)=1.15:1-85:1, the aliphatic triol being-1,2,3-propane triol and/or-1,1,1-trimethylol propane and/or polyether polyols based on 1,1,1-trimethylol propane with a molecular weight of 170-500 g/mol and an OH-number of 400-1100 mg KOH/g, and the total of all the OH groups of (A1+A2) being ≧90% of the total of all the OH groups of the two-component polyurethane composition. |
| US09587149B2 |
Pressure sensitive adhesive copolymer compositions
This invention relates to a copolymer composition comprising vinyl ester of 2-ethyl hexanoic acid (VEHA), and particularly to pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions based on VEHA reacted with (meth)acrylate monomers. The present adhesive compositions provide a film with high cohesion and adhesion values, and more particularly to pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions based on VEHA reacted with (meth)acrylate monomers and VeoVa 10. The present adhesive compositions provide a film with high cohesion and adhesion values with Peel on Teflon of at least 2 N/inch. |
| US09587148B2 |
Adhesive composition, adhesive layer, polarizing film having adhesive agent layer, and image forming device
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, comprising: a (meth)acryl-based polymer (A); and an ionic compound (B) comprising an anion component and a cation component, wherein the (meth)acryl-based polymer (A) is a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acryl-based polymer (A) containing a monomer unit derived from a hydroxyl group-containing monomer, and the anion component has an organic group and three or more carbon atoms. The anion component is preferably at least one of anion components represented by the following formula (1): (CnF2n+1SO2)2N− (1) wherein n is an integer of 3 to 10; the following formula (2): CF2(CmF2mSO2)2N− (2) wherein m is an integer of 2 to 10; and the following formula (3): −O3S(CF2)lSO3− (3) wherein l is an integer of 3 to 10. |
| US09587145B2 |
High tack pressure-sensitive adhesive
A high-tack pressure sensitive adhesive is provided. A high-tack adhesive is mixed with a low-tack adhesive to form an adhesive mixture. The adhesive mixture applied to a portion of a substrate as a high-tack pressure sensitive adhesive patch. In an embodiment, the adhesive mixture includes a thickening agent. |
| US09587144B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive dispersion comprising polymers with ureido groups or ureido-analogous groups and with glycidyl groups
A description is given of a pressure-sensitive adhesive dispersion comprising a water-dispersed polymer P1 formed by emulsion polymerization. The polymer P1 is formed from a monomer mixture comprising (a) at least 40% by weight of C4 to C20 alkyl (meth)acrylates which when polymerized as homopolymers have a glass transition temperature of −30° C. or less, (b) at least 0.05% by weight of (meth)acrylate monomers having a substituent of the formula where X is CH2, O, NH or NR and R is a C1 to C4 alkyl group, (c) at least 0.1% by weight of acid monomers. The monomer mixture comprises alternatively at least 0.05% by weight of glycidyl (meth)acrylate and/or the pressure-sensitive adhesive dispersion comprises at least one further polymer P2 which contains glycidyl groups. |
| US09587139B2 |
Curable polyurea forming composition, method of making, and composite article
A curable composition includes: a) at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate; b) at least one aliphatic polyamine; and c) from 8 to 17 percent by weight of at least one liquid compound, based on the total weight of components a), b) and c) combined. Each liquid compound is independently represented by the formula (I): wherein Z represents an n valent organic group, and n represents an integer ≧1. Methods of coating the curable coating on a substrate and composite articles are also disclosed. |
| US09587138B2 |
Crosslinkable composition
An RMA crosslinkable composition for making thick coating layers having at least one crosslinkable component comprising reactive components A and B each including at least 2 reactive groups wherein the at least 2 reactive groups of component A are acidic protons (C—H) in activated methylene or methine groups, and the at least 2 reactive groups of component B are activated unsaturated groups (C═C), to achieve crosslinking by Real Michael Addition reaction, the composition further including a base catalyst (C), an X—H group containing component (D) that is also a Michael addition donor reactable with component B under the action of catalyst C, wherein X is C, N, P, O or S and a sag control component (E). A crosslinkable composition is also disclosed for preparing thick coating layers having a dry thickness of at least 70 mu having a surface appearance and hardness of the resulting cured composition. |
| US09587137B2 |
Conductive polymer composite comprising a sulfo group-containing dopant polymer and substrate
A conductive polymer composite includes (A) a π-conjugated polymer and (B) a dopant polymer which contains a repeating unit “a” which is shown by the following general formula (1) having weight-average molecular weight thereof in the range of 1,000 to 500,000, wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a single bond, an ester group, or a linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms which may optionally contain any one of an ether group and an ester group or both; Z represents a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, or an ester group; and “a” is in the range of 0 |
| US09587135B2 |
Aqueous dispersion of composite particles
A stable aqueous dispersion including certain composite particles and a method for forming the stable aqueous dispersion is provided. The composite particles include a pigment particle, the pigment particle having disposed thereon a certain water-soluble polymer including copolymerized carboxylic acid monomer and N-containing monomer and the pigment particle bearing the water-soluble polymer having disposed on it a plurality of water-insoluble polymer particles. Also provided is a dry coating formed from the aqueous dispersion. |
| US09587134B2 |
Graphene composite and method of producing the same
Provided is a graphite-based carbon material useful as a graphene precursor, from which graphene is easily exfoliated when the graphite-based carbon material is useful as a precursor and from which a highly-concentrated graphene dispersion can easily be obtained. The graphite-based carbon material is a graphite-based carbon material useful as a graphene precursor wherein a Rate (3R) based on an X-ray diffraction method, which is defined by following Equation 1 is 31% or more: Rate(3R)=P3/(P3+P4)×100 Equation 1 wherein P3 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) based on the X-ray diffraction method, and P4 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the hexagonal graphite layer (2H) based on the X-ray diffraction method. |
| US09587128B2 |
Water-based ink for ink-jet recording and ink cartridge
A water-based ink for ink jet recording contains a colorant containing a dye; water; an anionic zirconium complex ion; and a surfactant represented by the formula (1) in the formula (1): R1 is an alkyl group having 12 to 18 carbon atoms or an R4—CO—NH group (R4 is an alkyl group having 12 carbon atoms); each of R2 and R3 is a methyl group or a hydroxyethyl group; and R2 and R3 may be identical to or different from each other. Chromaticness of a recorded matter is improved without any increase in dye concentration. |
| US09587123B2 |
Active light beam-curable inkjet magenta ink and inkjet recording method
An active light beam-curable inkjet magenta ink, wherein the ink comprises at least a pigment, a polymer dispersing agent, a crystalline gelling agent, a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, the pigment is a solid-solution of PV19 and PR202 which has been subjected to surface treatments with alumina and sulfonic acid, the impart amount of the alumina with respect to the pigment is from 1,500 to 7,500 ppm by mass ratio, and the content of the crystalline gelling agent is from 1.5 to 3.0% by mass with respect to the entirety of the ink has fine storage stability and pinning property, and has a small gloss difference from other colors. |
| US09587122B2 |
Ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition and storage body thereof
There is provided an ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, which is stored in an storage body, including a pigment; a pigment dispersant; a polymerizable compound; and a photopolymerization initiator, in which water content is 0.05 mass % to 1.0 mass % based on the total amount of the ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, and in which both the acid value and the amine value of the pigment dispersant are 50 mgKOH/g or less, and at least one of the acid value and the amine value thereof is 10 mgKOH/g or more. |
| US09587114B2 |
Methods for making lignocellulose composite products with oxidative binders and complexed metal catalyst
In some examples, a method for making a composite product can include combining a plurality of lignocellulose substrates, one or more complexed metal catalysts, one or more complexing agents, and one or more oxidants to produce a lignocellulose binder mixture and heating the lignocellulose binder mixture to produce a composite product. The lignocellulose binder mixture can have a molar ratio of the complexing agent to the complexed metal catalyst of about 0.1 or greater. |
| US09587112B2 |
Aromatic polysulfone resin and membranes thereof
According to the present invention, an aromatic polysulfone resin is offered which is suitable as film material, especially in porous membranes. The aromatic polysulfone resin of the present invention has a reduced viscosity of 0.55-0.65 dL/g, and preferably 0.58-0.62 dL/g, number average molecular weight (Mn) of 22000 or more, and preferably 23500 or more, and a value of the ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) relative to number average molecular weight (Mn) of 2.54 or less, and preferably 2.50 or less. |
| US09587109B2 |
Low temperature impact properties in PC-siloxane copolymer blend with black and white color capacity
The present disclosure describes polycarbonate-siloxane blends with a constant percentage of siloxane in the formulations. The polycarbonate-siloxane blends achieve improved impact properties, as well as the ability to achieve deep black and bright white colors. |
| US09587107B2 |
Heat treated polymer powders
The invention relates to heat treatment of polymorphic semicrystalline or crystallizable polymers to increase the content of the highest melting crystalline form. Such heat treatment results in a polymer powder that has a consistent, uniform melting range, improved flow and improved durability of the powder particle size for applications that require powder flow at elevated temperatures. In addition to improved powder properties, the articles produced from the powders also exhibit better physical properties in both appearance and in mechanical properties. Thus the invention also includes polymer powders and articles produced by the described processes. |
| US09587104B2 |
Release media
The present invention relates to a composition comprising polymer particles and functionalized stimulus responsive polymer; the polymer particles (i) comprising block co-polymer, and (ii) having a core-shell structure, said block co-polymer comprising (a) a non-stimulus responsive polymer block that forms at least part of the core structure, and (b) a stimulus responsive polymer block that forms at least part of the shell structure; wherein the stimulus responsive polymer of both the polymer particles and the functionalized stimulus responsive polymer are responsive to at least one common stimulus. |
| US09587103B2 |
Formaldehyde-free protein-containing binder compositions
One-part binder compositions are described that may include a protein and a crosslinking combination. The crosslinking combination may include at least a first crosslinking compound and a second crosslinking compound. The first and second crosslinking compounds are individually crosslinkable with each other and with the protein. Examples of the protein include soy protein. Fiber products and methods of making the fiber products are also described. The fiber products may include organic fibers, inorganic fibers, or both, in a cured thermoset binder based on solutions of the one-part binder compositions. |
| US09587095B2 |
Transparent thin wall packaging material with improved stiffness and flowability
Heterophasic polypropylene resin having an MFR (2.16 kg, 230° C.) of more than 27 g/10 min, determined according ISO 1133 comprising a propylene homo- or copolymer matrix (A) and an ethylene-propylene rubber phase (B) dispersed within the matrix, wherein the heterophasic polypropylene resin has a fraction insoluble in p-xylene at 25° C. (XCU) in an amount of 75 to 85 wt.-% with a weight average molecular weight of 110 to 190 kg/mol measured by GPC analysis according to ISO 16014-1, and 4, the fraction insoluble in p-xylene at 25° C. (XCU) containing monomer units derived from ethylene in an amount of 12.0 to 21.0 wt.-% and a fraction soluble in p-xylene at 25° C. (XCS) in an amount of 15 to 25 wt.-% having an intrinsic viscosity of 1.4 to 2.0 dl/g, determined according to DIN EN ISO 1628-1 and -3 and being composed of propylene monomer units in an amount of 40 wt.-% or more, and having a glass transition temperature Tg as measured by DSC according to ISO 6721-7 at a compression molded sample consisting of the XCS fraction in the range of −60 to −50° C. |
| US09587091B2 |
Glove having excellent chemical resistance and composition for said glove
An emulsion composition for producing a glove, the composition containing: (1) a carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene elastomer, comprising 30 to 40% by weight of acrylonitrile residues and 3 to 8% by weight of unsaturated carboxylic acid residues, having an elemental sulfur content detected by neutralization titration of a combusted product of the elastomer of not more than 1% by weight of the elastomer weight, and having a Mooney viscosity (ML(1+4) (100° C.)) of 100 to 220, and (2) a poly(acrylonitrile-butadiene) having a styrene-equivalent weight-average molecular weight of 7,000 to 500,000, wherein the weight ratio of component (1)/component (2) is from 70/30 to 90/10. Also provided is a glove which, as a result of comprising the emulsion composition, exhibits excellent chemical resistance and superior flexibility. |
| US09587090B2 |
Treated inorganic pigments having reduced photoactivity and improved anti-microbial properties and their use in polymer compositions
The disclosure provides a polymer composition comprising a treated inorganic particle having improved photostability and improved anti-microbial properties, wherein the treated inorganic particle comprises: a inorganic core particle; a first treatment of a silicon compound, wherein the silicon compound is added in a single step; and a second treatment comprising a co-precipitated zinc oxide and alumina. |
| US09587089B2 |
Nanotubular toughening inclusions
Conventional toughening agents are typically rubbery materials or small molecular weight molecules, which mostly sacrifice the intrinsic properties of a matrix such as modulus, strength, and thermal stability as side effects. On the other hand, high modulus inclusions tend to reinforce elastic modulus very efficiently, but not the strength very well. For example, mechanical reinforcement with inorganic inclusions often degrades the composite toughness, encountering a frequent catastrophic brittle failure triggered by minute chips and cracks. Thus, toughening generally conflicts with mechanical reinforcement. Carbon nanotubes have been used as efficient reinforcing agents in various applications due to their combination of extraordinary mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. Moreover, nanotubes can elongate more than 20% without yielding or breaking, and absorb significant amounts of energy during deformation, which enables them to also be an efficient toughening agent, as well as excellent reinforcing inclusion. Accordingly, an improved toughening method is provided by incorporating nanotubular inclusions into a host matrix, such as thermoset and thermoplastic polymers or ceramics without detrimental effects on the intrinsic physical properties of the matrix. |
| US09587087B2 |
Method for preparing ester composition and resin composition
Disclosed are a method for preparing an ester composition and a resin composition comprising the ester composition. It is possible to suitably prepare a plasticizer composition which improves processability due to high absorption rate and short fusion time to resins and thus provides superior physical properties when processed with resins. |
| US09587082B2 |
Composition for a disc-type flexible coupling and coupling including such composition
A composition having at least one rubber component; from 49 to 51 parts of carbon black per hundred parts of the at least one rubber component; from 1 to 6 parts of modified para-aramid short fiber per hundred parts of the at least one rubber component; and from 1 to 6 parts of hexamethylene-1,6-bis(thiosulfate) disodium salt dehydrate per hundred parts of the at least one rubber component. |
| US09587080B2 |
Rigid polyurethane foam and system and method for making the same
An embodiment of a closed-cell polymeric rigid foam may be made using a one-shot method and a reaction system that includes a hydrofluoroalkene physical blowing agent and a polyol mixture having an aminic polyol. The hydrofluoroalkene blowing agent has 3 to 5 carbon atoms and a boiling point between 10° C. and 40° C. at 1 atmosphere pressure. Embodiments of rigid foams may have high closed cell content and are particularly well suited for thermal insulation. |
| US09587079B2 |
Polypropylene composition for foaming
The present invention relates to a new polypropylene composition for molded articles, such as finished parts for the automotive industry. A composition comprising: (A) from 40 to 85% by weight of a first propylene-based component being selected from propylene homopolymers, propylene copolymers and heterophasic propylene polymer, such first propylene-based component having a flexural modulus higher than 800 MPa; (B) from 5 to 20% by weight of a second propylene-based component being a heterophasic propylene polymer comprising: (B1) from 20 to 90% by weight of a crystalline polypropylene, and (B2) from 10 to 80% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one C3-C10 alpha-olefin, such copolymer containing from 10 to 70% by weight of ethylene, being soluble in xylene at room temperature, and having an intrinsic viscosity in tetrahydronaphtalene at 135° C. of higher than 3.5 dl/g; and (C) from 10 to 40% by weight of glass fibers. |
| US09587075B2 |
Addition-curable silicone composition and a semiconductor device
The invention provides an addition-curable silicone composition which provides a cured product having good performance at a low temperature and excellent resistance to a temperature change, and to provide a semiconductor device having a high reliability, whose semiconductor element is encapsulated with the cured product. The invention provides an addition-curable silicone composition comprising (A) a branched organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups and represented by the formula (1) with a short branch consisting of 1 to 4 siloxane units, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two hydrosilyl groups, in an amount such that a ratio of the number of the hydrosilyl groups in component (B) to the number of the alkenyl groups in component (A) is 0.4 to 4, and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst in a catalytic amount. The invention also provides a semiconductor device provided with a cured product obtained by curing the condensation-curable silicone composition. |
| US09587074B2 |
Multi-stage process for forming polyarylene sulfides
A multi-stage process and system for formation of a polyarylene sulfide is described. The multi-stage process can include at least three separate formation stages that can take place in three different reactors. The first stage of the formation process can include reaction of an alkali metal sulfide with an organic amide solvent to form a complex including a hydrolysis product of the solvent and an alkali metal hydrogen sulfide. The second stage of the formation process can include reaction of the complex formed in the first stage with a dihaloaromatic monomer to form a prepolymer, and the third stage can include further polymerization of the prepolymer with additional monomers to form the final product. |
| US09587073B2 |
Thermoplastic toughening of PHT's
Polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) and polyhemiaminal (PHA) materials chemically modified to include thermoplastic polymer bridging groups, and methods of making such materials, are disclosed. The materials are formed by a process that includes heating a mixture comprising i) a solvent, ii) paraformaldehyde, iii) a diamine monomer comprising two primary aromatic amine groups, and iv) a polymer diamine at a temperature of about 20° C. to less than 150° C. This heating step forms a stable PHA in solution, which can be isolated. The PHA includes covalently bonded thermoplastic polymer groups. The PHA is then heated at a temperature of 150° C. to about 280° C., thereby converting the PHA material to a PHT material that includes covalently bonded thermoplastic polymer groups. |
| US09587067B2 |
Polyisobutylenes and process for making same
The present invention generally relates to alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene (PIB) compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to polyisobutylene compounds that can be used to synthesize polyurethanes, to polyurethane compounds made via the use of such polyisobutylene compounds, and to processes for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene compounds having two or more primary alcohol termini and to a process for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to primary terminated polyisobutylene compounds having two or more primary termini selected from amine groups or methacrylate groups. |
| US09587055B2 |
Copolymers
Copolymers comprising ethylene and alpha-olefins having (a) a density (D) in the range 930-960/g/m3 (b) a melt index (MI2) in the range 0.1-3.5 g/10 min (c) a melt elastic modulus G′ (G″=500 Pa) in the range 40 to 150 Pa, and (d) a ratio of complex dynamic shear viscosities η*(0.1)/η(100) in the range 1.5 to 5.5. The copolymers are suitable for use as Polyethylenes of Raised Temperature Resistance (PE-RT) for use in hot water piping systems. The copolymers may be prepared by use of meltallocene catalyst systems. Pipes having a time to failure of ≧500 hrs measured according to ISO 1167 at 110° C. and 2.6 MPa prepared in a single reactor are also disclosed. |
| US09587053B2 |
Preparation method of a propylene-1-butene copolymer and a propylene-1-butene copolymer obtained therefrom
The disclosed is a preparation method of a propylene-1-butene copolymer by using a catalyst that includes a novel metallocene compound having excellent copolymerization activity. |
| US09587052B2 |
Vinyl chloride polymer and preparation method thereof
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a vinyl chloride polymer having good thermal stability due to the restraint of dehydrochlorination by heat or ultraviolet rays, and a vinyl chloride polymer prepared thereby. In the preparation method, a modifier is introduced at the end of a polymerization process to impart the vinyl chloride polymer with high thermal stability without inducing modification. Therefore, the generation of dehydrochlorination due to heat or ultraviolet rays may be markedly restrained, thermal stability may be improved, and discoloration or the modification of physical properties may be prevented in the vinyl chloride polymer thus prepared. |
| US09587050B2 |
Production method for solid catalyst component for polymerizing olefins, catalyst for polymerizing olefins, and production method for polymerized olefins
A method for producing a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization produces a novel solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization that achieves excellent olefin polymerization activity and activity with respect to hydrogen during polymerization, and can produce an olefin polymer that exhibits a high MFR, high stereoregularity, and excellent rigidity. The method includes a first step that brings a magnesium compound, a tetravalent titanium halide compound, and one or more first internal electron donor compounds excluding an aromatic dicarboxylic acid diester into contact with each other to effect a reaction, followed by washing; a second step that brings a tetravalent titanium halide compound and one or more second internal electron donor compounds into contact with a product obtained by the first step to effect a reaction, followed by washing; and a third step that brings one or more third internal electron donor compounds into contact with a product obtained by the second step to effect a reaction. |
| US09587047B2 |
Process for the production of bimodal polyethylene in the presence of this catalyst system
The invention relates to a process for the production of bimodal polyethylene in a two-step polymerization process in the presence of a catalyst system comprising: (I) the solid reaction product obtained by reacting of: a) a hydrocarbon solution containing 1) an organic oxygen containing magnesium compound or a halogen containing magnesium compound and 2) an organic oxygen containing titanium compound and b) an aluminum halogenide having the formula AIRnX3-n in which R is a hydrocarbon radical containing 1-10 carbon atoms, X is halogen and 0 |
| US09587046B2 |
Photocurable composition, protective layer including the same, and encapsulated apparatus including the same
Disclosed are a photocurable composition which includes (A) a photocurable monomer and (B) a monomer represented by Formula 1, and an apparatus including a protective layers formed of the composition; |
| US09587045B2 |
Washing and cleaning agent having improved performance
The present invention relates to the use of polyamidohydroxamates in washing and cleaning agents to improve cleaning performance, in particular with regard to stains containing polymerizable dyes. |
| US09587040B2 |
Magnesium dichloride-alcohol adducts and catalyst components obtained therefrom
Process for the preparation of solid particles of a magnesium-chloride alcohol adduct comprising (a) forming an emulsion between a MgCl2 .alcohol adduct in molten form and a liquid phase which is immiscible with the said adduct in the presence of a polyalkyl-methacrylate used as a solution having viscosity ranging from 100 to 5000 mm2/s and (b) rapidly cooling the emulsion to solidify the disperse phase and collecting the solid adduct particles. |
| US09587038B2 |
Manufacturing of microcellulose
The present invention relates to a process for producing microcellulose comprising a) acidifying fibrous cellulosic material, b) washing the acidified cellulosic material, c) optionally dewatering the washed cellulosic material, and d) hydrolyzing the washed or washed and dewatered cellulosic material under acidic conditions at a temperature of at least 120° C. and at a consistency of at least 8% on dry weight of the cellulose. |
| US09587036B2 |
Cross-species-specific PSMAxCD3 bispecific single chain antibody
The present invention relates to a bispecific single chain antibody molecule comprising a first binding domain capable of binding to an epitope of human and non-chimpanzee primate CD3 epsilon chain, wherein the epitope is part of an amino acid sequence comprised in the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs. 2, 4, 6, and 8, and a second binding domain capable of binding to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). The invention also provides nucleic acids encoding said bispecific single chain antibody molecule as well as vectors and host cells and a process for its production. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said bispecific single chain antibody molecule and medical uses of said bispecific single chain antibody molecule. |
| US09587030B2 |
Anti-hOX40L antibodies, uses, and methods
The present invention relates to anti-human OX40L antibodies, new medical uses and methods. |
| US09587029B2 |
Human antibodies to the glucagon receptor and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to the human glucagon receptor, designated GCGR and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human GCGR. The antibodies of the invention are useful for lowering blood glucose levels and blood ketone levels and are also useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more GCGR biological activities, including the treatment of diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis and long-term complications associated with diabetes, or other metabolic disorders characterized in part by elevated blood glucose levels. |
| US09587028B2 |
Affinity matured anti-CCR4 humanized monoclonal antibodies and methods of use
The present invention provides affinity matured humanized monoclonal antibodies, bi-specific antibodies, antibody conjugates, and fusion proteins that bind to the chemokine receptor CCR4. This antibody is derived from mAb 1567 and recognizes the same epitope. Binding of the antibodies disclosed herein to CCR4 inhibits ligand-mediated activities and is used to treat symptoms of cancer. Moreover, the antibody is used in combination with vaccines to suppress the activity of regulatory T cells. |
| US09587020B2 |
Chimeric antigen receptor and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides a heterodimeric, conditionally active chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), and a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the CAR. The present disclosure provides cells genetically modified to produce the CAR. A CAR of the present disclosure can be used in various methods, which are also provided. |
| US09587016B2 |
Treatment method for lung remodeling diseases
The present invention relates to methods and medicaments useful for pre-treatment, treatment, or amelioration of lung remodeling disease. Methods and medicaments for reducing, preventing, or reversing increased lung density, improving lung function, and increasing survivability in subjects having lung remodeling disease are also provided. |
| US09587012B2 |
Bispecific HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies
In various embodiments, the present invention relates generally to using bispecific antibodies in the prevention and treatment of HIV. |
| US09587010B2 |
Neutralizing anti-influenza A virus antibodies and uses thereof
The invention relates to antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to an epitope in the stem region of an influenza A hemagglutinin trimer and neutralize a group 1 subtype and a group 2 subtype of influenza A virus. The invention also relates to nucleic acids that encode, immortalized B cells and cultured single plasma cells that produce, and to epitopes that bind to such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies, antibody fragments, and epitopes in screening methods as well as in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of influenza A virus infection. |
| US09587003B2 |
Modified polynucleotides for the production of oncology-related proteins and peptides
The invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture and therapeutic use of oncology-related polynucleotides, oncology-related primary transcripts and oncology-related mmRNA molecules. |
| US09587001B2 |
Conjugated knottin mini-proteins containing non-natural amino acids
Disclosed are knottin peptides containing non-natural amino acids so that they can be formed by chemical conjugation into two or more knottin monomers. The knottin monomers comprise a non-natural amino acid such as an aminooxy residue within the polypeptide sequence. The exemplified dimers were produced by oxime formation between two aldehyde groups present on a polyether linker and an aminooxy functional group that was site-specifically incorporated the knottin. Knottins variants based on EETI (Ecballium elaterium trypsin inhibitor) and AgRP (Agouti-related protein) were engineered to contain integrin-binding loops. These dimers were shown to have increased binding strength to integrins on U87MG tumor cells, achieving significant increases in inhibition of cell adhesion and proliferation. Also disclosed are knottin monomers comprising an aminooxy residue; these may be conjugated to molecules such as doxorubicin. |
| US09587000B2 |
VP16-CREB fusion gene
The present application describes a cell that has integrated into its genome fusion molecule V16-CREB. |
| US09586998B2 |
Methods of propagating monkey adenoviral vectors
The invention provides methods for propagating a monkey adenovirus in a cell, including a human cell, comprising one or more gene products isolated from a human adenovirus. Also provided are methods for propagating wherein the monkey adenovirus comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a human adenovirus gene product. The invention further provides a monkey adenovirus, including a replication-deficient monkey adenovirus, obtained by such propagation methods. |
| US09586990B2 |
Enzymes for transforming ergopeptines and method therefor
Enzymes for transforming, in particular hydrolytically cleaving, ergopeptines, which ergopeptines are α/β-hydrolases hydrolytically cleaving ergopeptines in the cyclol ring, for the transformation of ergopeptines, and method for producing ergopeptine-metabolizing enzymes. |
| US09586985B2 |
Organic compounds as proantigens for natural killer T cells
This invention relates to sphingoglycolipid analogs, compositions comprising these compounds, processes for preparing the compounds, and methods of treating or preventing diseases or conditions using the compounds, such as diseases or conditions relating to infection, atopic disorders, autoimmune disease, diabetes or cancer. |
| US09586981B2 |
Z-selective metathesis catalysts
A novel chelated ruthenium-based metathesis catalyst bearing an N-2,6-diisopropylphenyl group is reported and displays near-perfect selectivity for the Z-olefin (>95%), as well as unparalleled TONs of up to 7,400, in a variety of homodimerization and industrially relevant metathesis reactions. This derivative and other new catalytically-active species were synthesized using an improved method employing sodium carboxylates to induce the salt metathesis and C—H activation of these chelated complexes. All of these new ruthenium-based catalysts are highly Z-selective in the homodimerization of terminal olefins. |
| US09586980B2 |
Silane sulfide modified elastomeric polymers
The present invention relates to silane sulfide modifier compounds and methods of making them. The invention also relates to a silane sulfide modified macromolecular compound obtainable by reacting a living anionic elastomeric polymer and a silane sulfide modifier. The silane sulfide modified macromolecular compound may be provided in the form of a polymer composition, and the polymer composition may be vulcanized (cross-linked) by making use of and reaction with at least one vulcanization agent, resulting in a vulcanized polymer composition. |
| US09586979B2 |
Amino-silyl amine compound, method for preparing the same and silicon-containing thin-film using the same
Provided are a novel amino-silyl amine compound, a method for preparing the same, and a silicon-containing thin-film using the same, wherein the amino-silyl amine compound has thermal stability and high volatility and is maintained in a liquid state at room temperature and under a pressure where handling is easy to thereby form a silicon-containing thin-film having high purity and excellent physical and electrical properties by various deposition methods. |
| US09586978B2 |
Anti-viral compounds
Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection. |
| US09586975B2 |
Macrocyclic salt-inducible kinase inhibitors
The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds and compositions containing said compounds acting as kinase inhibitors, in particular as inhibitors of SIK kinase, more in particular SIK1, SIK2 and/or SIK3 and/or mutants thereof, for use in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of SIK-kinase associated diseases. Moreover, the present invention provides methods of using said compounds, for instance as a medicine or diagnostic agent. |
| US09586973B2 |
HDAC6 inhibitors and uses thereof
Histone deacetylases 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors and compositions containing the same. Methods of treating diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of HDAC6 provides a benefit, like a cell proliferative disease, an autoimmune or inflammatory disorder, a neurodegenerative disease, a viral disease, malaria, or a combination thereof. |
| US09586965B2 |
Pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine compounds as inhibitors of protein kinases
The present invention relates to certain pyrrolopyrimidine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them, including methods for the treatment of proliferation disorders and other diseases related to the dysregulation of kinase (such as, but not limited to, EGFR (including HER), Alk, PDGFR, BLK, BMX/ETK, BTK, FLT3(D835Y), ITK, JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, TEC and TXK) and/or the respective pathways. |
| US09586962B2 |
Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo [3,4-C] pyrroles as orexin receptor modulators
Disubstituted octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole compounds are described, which are useful as orexin receptor modulators. Such compounds may be useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of diseased states, disorders, and conditions mediated by orexin activity, such as insomnia. |
| US09586961B2 |
Homopiperazine derivatives as protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors and pharmaceutical use thereof
The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, m and n are defined as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof, for use—alone or in combination with one or more other pharmaceutically active compounds—in therapy, as JAK kinase and protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and complications thereof, including, for example, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, rosacea, lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Type I diabetes, asthma, cancer, autoimmune thyroid disorders, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Alzheimer's disease, leukaemia, eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration as well as other autoimmune diseases and indications where immuno-suppression would be desirable for example in organ transplantation. |
| US09586960B2 |
4-((6bR,10aS)-3-methyl-2,3,6b,9,10,10a-hexahydro-1H-pyrido[3′,4′:4,5]pyrrolo[1,2,3-de] quinoxalin-8(7H)-yl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-butanone toluenesulfonic acid salt crystal forms
The present invention relates to toluenesulfonic acid addition salt crystals of 4-((6bR,10aS)-3-methyl-2,3,6b,9,10,10a-hexahydro-1H-pyrido[3′,4′: 4,5]pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]quinoxalin-8(7H)-yl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-butanone, and methods of using such crystals as 5-hydroxytryptamine 2 receptor agonists and antagonists in treating disorders of the central nervous system. |
| US09586959B2 |
Substituted tricyclic heterocycles as histamine 4 receptor inhibitors
The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of formula 1 useful in preparing drugs for treatment of diseases associated with various functions of the histamine 4 receptor. Especially, the said drugs are useful for treatment of inflammatory diseases, allergy, pain, nasal polyps, rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, nasal congestion, nasal itch, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema, pruritus, itchy skin, urticaria, idiopathic chronic urticaria, scleroderma, conjunctivitis, keratoconjunctivitis, ocular inflammation, dry eye, cardiac dysfunction, arrhythmia, atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease (including colitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, osteoarthritic pain, autoimmune thyroid disease, immune-mediated (also known as type I) diabetes, lupus, post-operative adhesions, vestibular disorders and cancer. |
| US09586955B2 |
Compounds for treating spinal muscular atrophy
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I): and forms thereof, including compositions thereof and uses therewith for treating spinal muscular atrophy. |
| US09586953B2 |
Prodrugs of amino quinazoline kinase inhibitor
Disclosed are compounds having the formula: wherein X is as defined herein, and methods of making and using the same. |
| US09586952B2 |
Polycyclic estrogen receptor modulators and uses thereof
Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors. |
| US09586945B2 |
Aminochromane, aminothiochromane and amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in therapy
The present invention relates to aminochromane, aminothiochromane and amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives of the formula (I) or a physiologically tolerated salt thereof. The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such aminochromane, aminothiochromane and amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives, and the use of such aminochromane, aminothiochromane and amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives for therapeutic purposes. The aminochromane, aminothiochromane and amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives are GlyT1 inhibitors. |
| US09586940B2 |
Methods for treatment of breast cancer nonresponsive to trastuzumab
The present invention provides a method of treating breast cancer that is nonresponsive to treatment with trastuzumab, comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of compound N-(3,4-dichloro-2-fluorophenyl)-7-({[(3aR,6aS)-2-methyloctahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrrol-5-yl]methyl}oxy)-6-(methyloxy)quinazolin-4-amine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US09586938B2 |
Cyclic amine azaheterocyclic carboxamides
The invention provides novel cyclic amine azaheterocyclic carboxamide according to Formula (I), Formula (II) and Formula (III) their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer. |
| US09586937B2 |
sGC stimulators
Compounds of Formulae I′ and I are described, which are useful as stimulators of sGC, particularly NO-independent, heme-dependent stimulators. These compounds are also useful for treating, preventing or managing various disorders that are herein disclosed. |
| US09586934B2 |
2-pyridyloxy-4-methyl orexin receptor antagonists
The present invention is directed to 2-pyridyloxy-4-methyl compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the 2-pyridyloxy-4-methyl compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. |
| US09586933B2 |
Processes for preparing ASK1 inhibitors
The present disclosure provides processes for the preparation of a compound of formula: which exhibits apoptosis signal-regulating kinase (“ASK1”) inhibitory activity and is thus useful in the treatment of diseases such as kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy and kidney fibrosis. The disclosure also provides compounds that are synthetic intermediates. |
| US09586930B2 |
1-arylcarbonyl-4-oxy-piperidine compounds useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
The present invention provides a compound useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of neurodegenerative disease and the like, or a salt thereof.The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof. |
| US09586926B2 |
Methods of making alkylene carbonates and methods of converting CO2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a method of making an alkylene carbonate, catalysts, methods of converting CO2 to an alkylene carbonate, and the like. |
| US09586924B2 |
Organic compound, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic appliance, and lighting device
An organic compound that emits blue light with high color purity and has a long lifetime is provided as a novel substance. The organic compound is a fluorescent organic compound having a structure in which benzonaphthofuranylamine is bonded to the 1-position and the 6-position of a pyrene skeleton. |
| US09586921B2 |
Burdock fruit extract containing arctigenin at high content and process for producing same
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVEDA burdock fruit extract containing arctigenin at high content and its production method are provided, and both of which are used for treatment of pancreatic cancer.SOLUTIONThe burdock fruit extract containing arctigenin at high content by enzymatically converted arctiin into arctigenin with beta-glucosidase, which is an enzyme occurring endogenously in a burdock fruit, and adding ethanol, extracting, concentrating and then freeze-drying or spray drying. |
| US09586918B2 |
Unsaturated fatty acid ester-based compositions useful as plastic additives
Compositions useful as plastic additives may be prepared from renewable resources such as vegetable oils by functionalizing an unsaturated fatty acid ester with epoxy, acyloxy, and optionally alkoxy groups. |
| US09586917B2 |
Polymerizable compound, polymerizable composition, polymer, optically anisotropic body, and method for producing polymerizable compound
A polymerizable compound has a practical low melting point, excellent solubility in a general-purpose solvent, and can produce an optical film at low cost, exhibits low reflected luminance, and achieves uniform conversion of polarized light over a wide wavelength band, an optically anisotropic article. A carbonyl compound is useful as a raw material for producing the polymerizable compound. (In the formula (I), Y1 to Y8 represent —C(═O)—O—, G1 and G2 represent a C1-20 divalent linear aliphatic group, Z1 and Z2 represent a C2-10 alkenyl group that is unsubstituted, or substituted with a halogen atom, Ax represents a C2-30 organic group with at least one aromatic ring, Ay represents a hydrogen atom or C1-20 alkyl group, A1 represents a trivalent aromatic group, A2 and A3 represent a C3-30 divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group, A4 and A5 represent a C6-30 divalent aromatic group or the like, and Q1 represents a hydrogen atom.) |
| US09586913B2 |
Processes for the preparation of linezolid using novel intermediates
Provided herein are improved, commercially viable and industrially advantageous processes for the preparation of Linezolid, in high yield and purity, using novel intermediates. In one aspect, provided herein are efficient, industrially advantageous and environmentally friendly processes for the preparation of linezolid, in high yield and with high purity, using novel intermediates. The processes disclosed herein avoid the tedious and cumbersome procedures of the prior processes, thereby resolving the problems associated with the processes described in the prior art, which is more convenient to operate at lab scale and in commercial scale operations. |
| US09586908B2 |
2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds and their uses
The present invention provides 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds that inhibit the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades that lead to the release of chemical mediators, intermediates and methods of synthesizing the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of contexts, including in the treatment and prevention of diseases characterized by, caused by or associated with the release of chemical mediators via degranulation and other processes effected by activation of the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades. |
| US09586903B2 |
Isoquinoline derivatives
The present invention relates to the use of compounds of general formula wherein R1 is phenyl or pyridinyl, which are optionally substituted by halogen, cyano or lower alkyl substituted by halogen, or is dihydro-pyran-4-yl; R2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R3 is —(CHR)n-phenyl, optionally substituted by lower alkoxy or S(O)2-lower alkyl, or is heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted by ═O and lower alkyl, or is —(CH2)n-five or six membered heteroaryl, optionally substituted by lower alkyl, or is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy, —NR—S(O)2-lower alkyl, —(CH2)n-cycloalkyl or —(CH2)n—S(O)2-lower alkyl; or R2 and R3 form together with the N-atom to which they are attached a heterocycloalkyl ring, selected from the group consisting of 1,1-dioxo-thiomorpholinyl, morpholinyl, or pyrrolidinyl, optionally substituted by hydroxyl; R is hydrogen or lower alkyl; n is 0, 1 or 2; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomers thereof, for the treatment of schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, normal aging, epilepsy, retinal degeneration, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, Parkinson's disease, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, chemotherapy-induced cognitive dysfunction (“chemobrain”), Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, hearing loss, tinnitus, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, and disturbances due to radiation therapy, chronic stress, optic neuropathy or macular degeneration, or abuse of neuro-active drugs, such as alcohol, opiates, methamphetamine, phencyclidine or cocaine. |
| US09586901B2 |
Lactams
Lactams of formulae (I) and (II) and their use in the treatment of microbial infections and microbial contamination of surfaces, particularly infections and surface contaminations characterized by biofilm formation. Compounds of formula (I) and (II) substituted with acrylate or methacrylate groups and their attachment to surfaces or polymers to inhibit microbial contamination are also provided. |
| US09586900B2 |
Pyrrolone or pyrrolidinone melanin concentrating hormone receptor-1 antagonists
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are melanin concentrating hormone receptor-1 (MCHR1) antagonists which may be used as medicaments. |
| US09586899B2 |
Synthetic process for aminocyclohexyl ether compounds
Methods for the preparation of stereoisomerically substantially aminocyclohexyl ether compounds such as trans-(1R,2R)-aminocyclohexyl ether compounds and/or trans-(1S,2S)-aminocyclohexyl ether compounds as well as various intermediates and substrates are disclosed. |
| US09586897B2 |
Processes for the preparation of (S)-1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methanesulfonylethylamine
Provided herein are new processes for the preparation of aminosulfone intermediates for the synthesis of 2-[1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione, which is useful for preventing or treating diseases or conditions related to an abnormally high level or activity of TNF-α. Further provided herein are processes for the commercial production of (S)-1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methanesulfonylethylamine. |
| US09586893B2 |
Processes and intermediates for preparing a macrocyclic protease inhibitor of HCV
A process for preparing [(1R,2R)-4-oxo-1,2-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid II, by the resolution of racemic 4-oxo-1,2-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid (V), said process comprising: (a) reacting 4-oxo-1,2-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid (V) with brucine or (1R,2S)-(−)-ephedrine, thus preparing the bis-brucine or bis-(1R,2S)-(−)-ephedrine salt of (V), and (b) precipitating selectively the bis-brucine or bis-(1R,2S)-(−)-ephedrine salt of (1R,2R)-4-oxo-1,2-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid II, while the bis-brucine or bis-(1R,2S)-(−)-ephedrine salt of [(1S,2S)-4-oxo-1,2-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid stays in solution; (c) liberating the acid II by removal of brucine or (1R,2S)-(−)-ephedrine from the precipitated salt obtained in step (b). |
| US09586891B2 |
Estrogen receptor ligands
Compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, amide, carbamate or salt thereof, including a salt of such an ester, amide or carbamate in which R1 to R9 have meanings as defined in the Specification, are useful as estrogen receptor ligands. |
| US09586890B2 |
Screening methods for the binding affinity of chemical entities to biological molecules and NEDD4-1 inhibitors identified by the screening methods
Disclosed are methods for screening for the binding affinity of chemical entities to other bioactive molecules. The screened chemical entities may be utilized in pharmaceutical composition or therapeutic methods for treating disease or disorders associated with the bioactive molecules including NEDD4-1. |
| US09586888B2 |
Phenyl substituted cycloalkylamines as monoamine reuptake inhibitors
Phenyl-substituted cyclohexylamine derivatives and method for their synthesis and characterization are disclosed. Use of these compounds to treat/prevent neurological disorders as well as methods for their synthesis are set forth herein. Exemplary compounds of the invention inhibit reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine (e.g., from the synaptic cleft) and modulate one or more monoamine transporter. Pharmaceutical formulations incorporating compounds of the invention are also provided. |
| US09586887B2 |
Method for producing ester compound
A method for producing an ester compound including reacting a compound having at least one cyclic structure of a norbornene ring and a norbornadiene ring with an alcohol and carbon monoxide by using a palladium catalyst and an oxidizing agent, to thereby introduce ester groups to carbon atoms forming a double bond in the cyclic structure and obtain the ester compound, wherein the palladium catalyst comprises a palladium complex having a bipyridyl as a ligand. |
| US09586886B1 |
Method of fabricating fatty acids through transacylation
Fatty acids are produced through transacylation. An organic nitrogen-containing compound is reacted with alkyl sultone to generate a white solid of a zwitterionic compound. After being purified and dried, the white solid is powdered to be reacted with a Bronsted strong acid for obtaining a clear viscous water-based acidic ionic liquid (IL) as a catalyst used used to effectively process transacylation between oil and acetic acid (HOAc) for fabricating fatty acid (FFA) and glycerol triacetate (GTA). Therein, unsaturated fatty acid is simultaneously processed through addition acetoxylation to obtain stabilized acetoxy fatty acid (AFFA). After, HOAc is recycled through vacuuming. Then, the product and the IL are stratified. The product at upper layer is taken out. The IL at lower layer can be recycled for processing transacylation and addition acetoxylation repeatedly. Therein, fatty acids including the stabilized AFFA are obtained from the product after taking out GTA through vacuum distillation. |
| US09586884B2 |
Metal-doped hydroxyapatite catalyst
The present invention provides the use of a metal-doped hydroxyapatite catalyst for highly selective conversion of an alcohol to an aldehyde at low temperatures. More specifically, the invention provides the use of a silver-doped hydroxyapatite catalyst for the highly selective oxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol to acetaldehyde. The present invention also provides the method for converting ethanol to acetaldehyde using a silver-doped hydroxyapatite catalyst. |
| US09586880B2 |
Small molecule inhibitors of necroptosis
Compounds having the following structure (VI-A): or any pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, or any stereoisomer thereof, wherein RE1, RE2, RE3, RE4, ZE2 and ZE3 are as disclosed herein, are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods for use of the compounds for treating disorders associated with necrosptosis are also provided. |
| US09586874B2 |
Method for the isolation of olefin oligomerization products and the decomposition of oligomerization catalyst residues
The invention relates to the production of olefin oligomers by a method of oligomerization of olefins, and, in particular, to a method of isolating olefin oligomerization products and decomposing the oligomerization catalyst residues. The method of isolating products of an oligomerization reaction of olefins including a terminal double bond, in which the reaction is carried out by the action of a catalyst having chromium compounds, a nitrogen-containing ligand and organoaluminum compounds, includes a step of isolating independent olefin products and a step of treating catalyst residues. Further, the method includes the following sequential steps: a) isolating at least one liquid product of the oligomerization reaction of olefins from an output stream of an oligomerization reactor; b) treating a residue with an aqueous solution of an acid; and c) separating an organic layer and an aqueous layer. |
| US09586863B2 |
Compositions and methods for well completions
Incorporation of carbonaceous materials in a cement slurry increases the linear thermal-expansion coefficient of the set cement. When placed in a subterranean well having at least one casing string, cement sheaths with linear thermal-expansion coefficients similar to that of the casing will be subjected to lower compressive and tensile stresses during downhole-temperature changes. Such cement slurries are particularly advantageous in the context of thermal-recovery wells. |
| US09586862B2 |
Curable fiberglass binder comprising salt of inorganic acid
Formaldehyde-free binder compositions are described that include an aldehyde or ketone, a nitrogen-containing salt of an inorganic acid, and an acidic compound. The acidic compound may be an organic acid, such as maleic acid or citric acid among others. The acidic compound is supplied in quantities that lower the pH of the binder composition to about 5 or less. The binder compositions may be used in methods of binding fiberglass and the resulting fiberglass products have an improved tensile strength due to the addition of the acidic compound. |
| US09586861B2 |
Glass articles with discrete metallic silver layers and methods for making the same
A glass article that includes a first surface, a second surface and a body extending between the first and second surfaces. A plurality of discrete layers of metallic silver are formed in the body. Each discrete layer may have a thickness T such that 100 nm≦T≦250 nm and may be spaced apart from adjacent layers of metallic silver by a spacing S≦500. The glass article also includes a layer of compressive stress extending into the body, a depth of layer of up to about 60 μm and a magnitude of compression ≧200 MPa. Further, the first layer of the plurality of discrete layers is spaced apart from the first surface by a distance D, wherein D≦5 μm. |
| US09586857B2 |
Controlling fragmentation of chemically strengthened glass
A method of manufacturing a glass substrate to control the fragmentation characteristics by etching and filling trenches in the glass substrate is disclosed. An etching pattern may be determined. The etching pattern may outline where trenches will be etched into a surface of the glass substrate. The etching pattern may be configured so that the glass substrate, when fractured, has a smaller fragmentation size than chemically strengthened glass that has not been etched. A mask may be created in accordance with the etching pattern, and the mask may be applied to a surface of the glass substrate. The surface of the glass substrate may then be etched to create trenches. A filler material may be deposited into the trenches. |
| US09586856B2 |
High strength glass fibers with controlled refractive index, composition for making such fibers and composite materials formed therefrom
Glass fibers are presented having a composition of about 48-54 weight percent SiO2; about 7-14 weight percent Al2O3, about 10-16 weight percent CaO, about 7-13 weight percent TiO2, and about 9-19 weight percent ZnO. A composite material is also provided formed of a polymer matrix and glass fibers of the present invention. The fibers of the present invention have a refractive index between about 1.60 and 1.66 at 590 nm. |
| US09586853B2 |
Method of making optical fibers in a reducing atmosphere
A method for forming an optical fiber preform and fibers drawn from the preform. The method includes forming a soot cladding monolith, inserting a consolidated core cane into the internal cavity, and processing the resulting core-cladding assembly to form a preform. Processing may include exposing the core-cladding assembly to a drying agent and/or dopant precursor, and sintering the core-cladding assembly in the presence of a reducing agent to densify the soot cladding monolith onto the core cane to form a preform. The preform features low hydroxyl content and low sensitivity to hydrogen. Fibers drawn from the preform exhibit low attenuation losses from absorption by the broad band centered near 1380 nm. |
| US09586851B2 |
Method for cutting single sheet of glass substrate
The present invention provides a method for cutting a single sheet of glass substrate, which includes the following steps: (1) providing a single sheet of glass substrate (10) to be cut and a cutting platform (20); (2) fixing the single sheet of glass substrate (10) on the cutting platform (20); (3) rotating the cutting platform (20) to have the single sheet of glass substrate (10) located under the cutting platform (20); (4) providing a cutting head (30) under the cutting platform (20) to proceed with a cutting operation on the single sheet of glass substrate (10) and also providing a vacuum suction device (40) and a static electricity elimination device (50) to remove glass chips generated by the cutting head (30) cutting the single sheet of glass substrate (10); and (5) after the cutting operation, moving the cutting platform (20) away from the cutting head (30), the vacuum suction device (40), and the static electricity elimination device (50) and rotating the cutting platform (20) to have the cut single sheet of glass substrate (10) located above the cutting platform. |
| US09586850B2 |
Method for producing titanium-doped silica glass for use in EUV lithography and blank produced in accordance therewith
The Ti3+ ions present in Ti-doped silica glass cause a brown staining of the glass, causing inspection of the lens to become more difficult. Known methods for reducing Ti3+ ions in favor of Ti4+ ions in Ti-doped silica glass include a sufficiently high proportion of OH-groups and carrying out an oxygen treatment prior to vitrification, which both have disadvantages. In order to provide a cost-efficient production method for Ti-doped silica glass, which at a hydroxyl group content of less than 120 ppm shows an internal transmittance (sample thickness 10 mm) of at least 70% in the wavelength range of 400 nm to 1000 nm, the TiO2—SiO2 soot body is subjected to a conditioning treatment with a nitrogen oxide prior to vitrification. The blank produced in this way from Ti-doped silica glass has the ratio Ti3+/Ti4+≦5×10−4. |
| US09586847B2 |
Tin oxide refractory and method for its production
To provide a tin oxide refractory which prevents volatilization of SnO2 in a high temperature zone from an early stage and which also has high erosion resistance to glass.A tin oxide refractory comprising SnO2, SiO2 and ZrO2 as essential components, wherein the total content of SnO2, SiO2 and ZrO2 in the tin oxide refractory is at least 70 mass %, and, based on the total content of SnO2, SiO2 and ZrO2, the content of SnO2 is from 32 to 98 mol %, the content of SiO2 is from 1 to 35 mol % and the content of ZrO2 is from 1 to 35 mol %. |
| US09586846B2 |
Apparatus and methods for processing molten material
Methods of processing molten material comprising the step (I) of flowing molten material through an interior of a conduit from a first station to a second station of a glass manufacturing apparatus and the step (II) of cooling the molten material within the interior of the conduit by passing a cooling fluid along an exterior of the conduit. The method further includes the step (III) of directing a travel path of the cooling fluid toward a vertical plane passing through the conduit. In further examples, a glass manufacturing apparatus comprises a first station, a second station, and a conduit configured to provide a travel path for molten material traveling from the first station to the second station. The glass manufacturing apparatus further comprises at least one baffle configured to direct a travel path of cooling fluid toward a vertical plane passing through the conduit. |
| US09586845B2 |
Method and apparatus for separating biologically digestible materials from an influent stream
A system comprising method and apparatus for separating biologically-digestible materials from an influent sewage stream. The system may comprise a primary clarification tank to capture sixty percent or more of the total solids from an influent stream; a sludge classifying press (SCP) to isolate and concentrate biologically digestible materials from sludge formed in the primary clarification tank, releasing valuable organics, such as are found in corn kernels, by fracturing the protective casings; a grit capture mechanism in a chamber within the primary clarification tank and isolated from the bulk of the sludge containing biologically-degradable materials; a grit trap to remove grit from the sludge prior to classifying the sludge with the SCP; apparatus for adding thickener to the sludge after classification and prior to digestion; and automation of one or more elements of the process for separating and digesting the biologically digestible materials in an influent stream. |
| US09586839B2 |
System for water treatment and method
Embodiments of a water treatment system, a method of regenerating a water treatment system, a use of a water softener valve and an ozone kit for a water filtration system are provided. The water treatment system includes a water tank containing iron filtration media; an ozone gas source having an outlet; and a water softener valve having a venturi nozzle that is associated with the water tank and in fluid communication with the outlet of the ozone gas source, the water softener valve configured to invoke a regeneration mode during which the water softener valve controls backwashing of the iron filtration media and then permits ozone gas from the ozone gas source to be drawn through the venturi nozzle and into the water tank. |
| US09586838B2 |
Light-emitting diode (LED)-based fluid purification system
Invention regards a light-emitting diode (LED)-based system for purifying a fluid flowing through a pipe, said system comprising means for mounting the system on the pipe, a housing, a pliant carrier structure comprising a plurality of LEDs arranged flush with a first surface (7) of the structure (8) and configured to emit radiation in UV range, wherein, when the system is pipe-mounted, said structure is detachably arranged within the housing, and said structure (8) adopts a substantially tubular shape within the housing with said first surface delimiting a purifying chamber (9), wherein said purifying chamber is in fluid communication with the pipe so that the fluid flowing through the pipe passes, prior to being dispensed, through the purifying chamber where it is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation of the energized LEDs. |
| US09586837B2 |
Disinfection of water mains using ultraviolet light
Methods are provided for disinfecting water mains using ultraviolet (UV) light. One or more UV light sources are provided and secured to a movable device that moves axially in a pipe. The frequency and intensity of the UV light is determined based on characteristics of the pipe, such as its material and size. The rate at which the movable device moves through the pipe is also determined so that the interior surface of the pipe is properly disinfected. The movable device is remotely caused to move through the pipe. |
| US09586835B2 |
Boussingaultite production process from liquid effluents containing magnesium sulphate
Describes a method of producing a magnesium sulfate and hydrous ammonia double salt or Boussingaultite ((NH4)2SO4.MgSO4.6H2O), using as a source of magnesium a liquid effluent rich in magnesium sulfate originally from hydrometallurgical processes for the production of metals such as nickel, copper, rare earths. According to the invention, the process route for the production of Boussingaultite with physical properties suitable for use in fertilizer mixtures involves the steps of precipitating the Boussingaultite double salt, filtration and thermal drying. |
| US09586827B2 |
CO2 producing calciner
A system to calcine crushed carbonate, discharge alkaline oxide, and deliver an enhancing fluid having CO2, comprising: a pressurized insulated calciner having descendingly, a crushed alkaline carbonate feeder, a calciner fluid outlet manifold, a heated sideflow calciner fluid intake manifold, a preheated sideflow calciner fluid outtake manifold, a fluid inlet manifold to recirculate calciner fluid from the outlet manifold, and an alkaline oxide discharger; a pressurizer to repressurize sideflow calciner fluid, connected to intake and outtake manifolds; pressurizers to recirculate calciner outlet fluid to the inlet manifold, pressurize the calciner and deliver enhancing fluid comprising CO2; delivery and combustion systems to form a combustion fluid; a recuperating or regenerating refractory heat exchanger to heat sideflow calciner fluid with combustion fluid connected to the sideflow pressurizer, and fluid outtake and intake manifolds; and a controller operable to control combustion, heat exchange, calciner fluid formation and delivery, carbonate feed and oxide discharge. |
| US09586826B2 |
Method of growing high-quality single layer graphene by using Cu/Ni multi-layer metalic catalyst, and graphene device using the same
Disclosed are a method of growing a high-quality single layer graphene by using a Cu/Ni multi-layer metallic catalyst, and a graphene device using the same. The method controls and grows a high-quality single layer graphene by using the Cu/Ni multilayer metallic catalyst, in which a thickness of a nickel lower layer is fixed and a thickness of a copper upper layer is changed in a case where a graphene is grown by a CVD method. According to the method, it is possible to obtain a high-quality single layer graphene, and improve performance of a graphene application device by utilizing the high-quality single layer graphene and thus highly contribute to industrialization of the graphene application device. |
| US09586823B2 |
Systems for producing solid carbon by reducing carbon oxides
An apparatus for producing solid carbon and water by reducing carbon oxides with a reducing agent in the presence of a catalyst includes a reactor configured to receive reaction gas comprising at least one carbon oxide, at least one reducing agent, and water. The apparatus includes at least one mixing means configured to mix the reagents to form a combined feed, a first heat exchanger configured to heat the combined feed, at least one heater configured to further heat the combined feed, and a reaction vessel configured to receive the combined feed. The reaction vessel is configured to contain a catalyst, to maintain predetermined reaction conditions of temperature and pressure, and has an output configured to deliver a tail gas to the first heat exchanger. The system also includes a product separator, a water separation unit, and a product packaging unit. |
| US09586821B2 |
Sulfur degasser apparatus and method
A novel system and method for degassing H2S and H2Sx from liquid sulfur (sulphur) is disclosed. The system includes a degassing vessel with a plurality of cells. The cells include a sparging gas mat with a perforated surface at the bottom of the cell to allow the release of air bubbles (or sparging gas) into the cells. A catalyst may be used during the process. As a result, hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen polysulfide are efficiently and effectively removed from the liquid sulfur. |
| US09586815B2 |
Micro-electromechanical apparatus with multiple chambers and method for manufacturing the same
A micro-electromechanical apparatus with multiple chambers and a method for manufacturing the same are provided, wherein various micro-electromechanical sensors are integrated into a single apparatus. For example, the micro-electromechanical apparatus in this disclosure may have two independent hermetically sealed chambers with different pressures, such that a micro-electromechanical barometer and a micro-electromechanical accelerometer can be operated in an optimal pressure circumstance. |
| US09586810B2 |
Polymeric substrate having an etched-glass-like surface and a microfluidic chip made of said polymeric substrate
The present invention relates to a polymeric substrate having a glass-like surface, in particular an etched-glass-like surface and to a chip made of at least one such polymeric substrate. The present invention also relates to a method of providing a polymeric substrate with an etched-glass-like surface. Moreover, the present invention relates to a kit for manufacturing a chip using such polymeric substrate. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of a polymeric substrate having a glass-like surface, in particular an etched-glass-like surface for manufacturing a chip. |
| US09586809B2 |
Controlling material flexibility through use of varied thickness, geometry, waves, and resin formulation
An saddletree with controlled flexing is disclosed using multiple pairs of wave depressions. One group of wave depressions extends from the edge of the tree toward the central channel. Other waves are on the pommel and within the central channel. The pommel wave positioned along the centerline of the tree contains an ellipse and a pair of slots on either side to control flex. The interior of the central channel is scalloped along a portion of the periphery and a recess is cut into the edge of the pommel. An engineered rail and secondary rail are formed into the underside. The underside of the saddletree is covered with bidirectional carbon weave that extends from the underside to the top surface to overlap on a portion of the top surface. |
| US09586806B2 |
Hydrogen fuel dispenser with pre-cooling circuit
A hydrogen fuel dispenser includes a pre-cooling circuit, a hydrogen fuel storage for storing hydrogen fuel, a nozzle for dispensing hydrogen fuel to a receptacle, and a fueling line connecting the hydrogen fuel storage to the nozzle for communicating hydrogen fuel from the hydrogen fuel storage to the nozzle. The pre-cooling circuit is provided to cool hydrogen fuel in the fueling line, and includes a pre-cooling line connected to the fueling line downstream from the hydrogen fuel storage, and a flow-path selector provided at a connection between the fueling line and the pre-cooling line. The flow-path selector selectively: blocks hydrogen fuel flow between the fueling line and the pre-cooling line while opening hydrogen fuel flow between the fueling line and a nozzle line of the nozzle; and opens hydrogen fuel flow between the fueling line and the pre-cooling line. |
| US09586803B1 |
Bottle rack dispenser apparatus
A dispenser cradle is disclosed that includes a front portion, a neck channel situated in the front portion and configured for receiving a neck of a dispensing bottle therethrough, a central channel configured for supporting the dispensing bottle thereon, where the central channel further includes a channel ramp portion extending from proximate the rear wall to a channel aperture, and where the channel aperture is configured for receiving a shoulder portion of the dispensing bottle therethrough when the dispensing bottle is positioned in at least one of a primary position and a secondary position, and when the dispensing bottle is in the primary position, a central axis of the dispensing bottle is situated at a first angle relative to a horizontal axis, and when the dispensing bottle is in the secondary position, a central axis of the dispensing bottle is situated at a second angle relative to the horizontal axis. |
| US09586800B2 |
Dispensing funnel
A dispensing funnel. The dispensing funnel and system comprise a generally trapezoidal hopper having an open slot along its bottom lip. Attached to the upper by of the hopper is a handle having an upper handle and side handle with a push button. The push button moves an actuating arm that covers the opening slot of the hopper through the use of a rod, spring stop, spring, and spring plate. A lower bracket having guard walls and funnel mounts is placed between the handle and the hopper that helps guide the actuating arm when in use. The dispensing funnel can be used in a method to cook by filling the hopper with a foodstuff, preferably grits, pushing the push button to allow a portion to escape the hopper into boiling water, and releasing the push button to prevent further foodstuff to exit the hopper. This allows for the controlled cooking of grits which prevents clumping and well as allows for more controlled cooking of foodstuff that require extra attention. |
| US09586799B2 |
Work platform with protection against sustained involuntary operation
A work platform for a personnel lift includes a floor structure, a safety rail coupled with the floor structure and defining a personnel work area, and a control panel area. A protection envelope surrounds the control panel area and enhances protection for an operator from an obstruction or structure that may constitute a crushing hazard. In one arrangement, the protection envelope includes protection bars on either side of the control panel area extending above the safety rail relative to the floor structure. In another arrangement, the protection envelope includes a platform switch that is configured to trip upon an application of a predetermined force. |
| US09586798B2 |
Steering mechanism for an articulated vehicle
An articulated vehicle [10] has a first body section [12], a second body section [14], and an elongate projection [22] projecting from the first body section [12] towards the second body section [14]. A pair of steering cylinders [36, 34] are mounted such that they are partially or wholly disposed in or on the elongate projection [22], and are disposed one above the other so they overlap vertically, thereby narrowing the projection at the end nearer the first body section [12] and allowing the second body section [14] to be rotated closer to the centre line. A rotatable shaft [40] of the second body section [14] is mounted towards the far end of the elongate projection [22] and is steered by a pair of linkages such as chains [42, 44], each of which is connected to the shaft [40] and to a respective one of the steering cylinders [36, 34]. The chains [42, 44] wrap around the shaft [40] with a circumferential overlap, though they are spaced vertically. This circumferential overlap allows steering angles significantly in excess of 180° to be achieved. |
| US09586796B1 |
Axle lifting implement
An axle lifting implement lifts an axle from the ground. The axle lifting implement has a front side joined to a base resting point and an axle cradle. A first angular lift surface is joined to the base resting point and a second angular lift surface. A rear side is joined to the second angular lift surface and the axle cradle. In a first mode of operation, the axle cradle is immediately adjacent to the axle such that the second angular lift surface is on the ground. In a second mode of operation, the first angular lift surface and the base resting point are immediately adjacent to the ground and the axle is displaced the height from the ground further than the axle was displaced from the ground in the first mode of operation. |
| US09586794B2 |
Winch having adjustable initial mechanical advantage
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a winch having a user-adjustable or variable initial mechanical advantage. In one embodiment, the winch of the present disclosure has an outer drum diameter adjustable between a minimum outer drum diameter, which is associated with a maximum initial mechanical advantage provided by the winch, and a maximum outer drum diameter, which is associated with a minimum initial mechanical advantage provided by the winch. This provides a user with the flexibility to adjust or vary the mechanical advantage of the winch to the user's preference. |
| US09586793B2 |
Multi-port vacuum lifting attachment with remote controlling release
A multi-port vacuum lifting attachment, with remote controlled release, including a dual port vacuum lifting attachment for use in the concrete and steel industries, the attachment includes flexible seals for each of its suction ports, that creates a tight vacuum seal on smooth steal, and also upon roughened surfaces such as concrete, allowing for the suction attachment of the device to these panels, to attain their lifting, transporting, and releasing, with the aid of the remote controlled release mechanism. |
| US09586790B2 |
Monitoring operating condition of automatic elevator door
An arrangement and a method for monitoring the operational condition of an automatic door in an elevator, particularly a passenger and/or goods elevator, or in a building, the arrangement includes an automatic door which includes one or more door leaves, which slide horizontally in their location, a door operator, which includes a door motor and a door mechanism for moving the door leaf horizontally in its location, a closing device for closing the automatic door, a control system for the door operator for controlling the door motor, a device configured to define the operational condition of the closing device and the door mechanism of the automatic door, the device configured to define the operational condition of the closing device and the door mechanism of the automatic door includes a mechanism configured to determine the mechanical energy of the shaft in the door motor of the automatic door during an operating cycle. |
| US09586789B2 |
Elevator braking in a battery powered elevator system
An elevator system includes a battery; a machine having a motor to impart motion to an elevator car; an inverter having a plurality of switches to convert DC power from the battery to AC power for the machine in a motoring mode; a speed sensor coupled to the machine, the speed sensor to generate a speed signal indicative of machine speed; and a controller to apply braking signals to a group of the switches in a braking mode, the braking signals having a duty cycle in response to the speed signal. |
| US09586782B2 |
Material dispenser
A material dispenser includes a support, an arm that extends from the support and a spool that is rotatably coupled to the arm. The spool is oriented such that an axis of rotation of the spool does not intersect with the support. The improved material dispenser may be worn on a forward-facing portion of a user's waist, a right-facing portion of a user's waist, a left-facing portion of a user's waist, or any other angular location on a user's waist. Material is dispensed by pulling the material away from the user's body in the corresponding direction (i.e., forward-facing, left-facing, right-facing, etc.). |
| US09586777B2 |
Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus including the same
A sheet conveying device includes a switchback unit, a first conveying path, a second conveying path, a switching member, and a convey roller. The first conveying path conveys a sheet to the switchback unit. The second conveying path receives the sheet after the conveying direction is switched by the switchback unit. The switching member rotates about a rotation fulcrum axis extending in a sheet width direction so as to switch between a first attitude for guiding the sheet from the first conveying path to the switchback unit and a second attitude for guiding the sheet from the switchback unit to the second conveying path. The convey roller includes a rotation shaft disposed on the same axis as the rotation fulcrum axis of the switching member and has an outer circumference surface protruding more than a sheet guiding surface of the switching member. |
| US09586771B2 |
Vehicle restraints with underside catches
Vehicle restraints with underside catches are disclosed. An example vehicle restraint includes a main body and a barrier. The barrier includes a proximal end, and a distal end. The distal end is selectively movable to a first blocking position, a plurality of extended blocking positions, and a stored position. The example vehicle restraint also includes an engageable feature. The example vehicle restraint further includes a stop. The stop is to engage the engageable feature when the distal end is at the first blocking position while the stop is at a holding position. The stop is spaced apart from the engageable feature when the distal end is at the first blocking position while the stop is at a release position. The stop is spaced apart from the engageable feature when the distal end is in the stored position. |
| US09586770B2 |
Material waste sorting system and method
Exemplary embodiments include improved systems and methods for sorting and metering materials to be recycled at a material recovery facility. Systems and methods for the accurate and automated sorting and metering of recoverable materials may include a bunker with an integral conveyor adapted to meter presorted materials such that predetermined amounts of the materials may be delivered to a baler for baling and sale. Exemplary systems may include an auger screw type conveyor sized and shaped to deliver the materials to, for example, a baling system. The systems may also include a crusher for reducing the volume of the materials prior to metering from the bunker; by reducing the volume of the materials in the bunker, a baler may operate more efficiently, increasing output from the facility. |
| US09586768B2 |
Apparatus for positioning containers
Apparatus for positioning containers houses containers (5) upright in lower and upper compartment sections (12, 13) vertically aligned with one another on a periphery of a conveyor device (10) and has a transfer wheel (31) extracting containers (5) from both lower and upper compartments (12, 13) on two levels and an intercalation wheel (32) extracting containers from the upper level of the transfer wheel (31), dropping them to a lower level over the course of one turn, and placing them again on the lower level of the transfer wheel (31) in an intercalated position between the containers (5) previously transferred to the lower level, and all the containers (5) are transferred from the lower level of the transfer wheel (31) to an output conveyor (8). |
| US09586766B2 |
Conveying apparatus
A conveying apparatus includes a conveying portion configured to convey conveyed items at a predetermined speed, a speed adjustment portion arranged midway in the conveying portion, the speed adjustment portion being configured to adjust the conveying speed of the conveyed items, a thickness detector arranged further upstream in conveying direction than the speed adjustment portion, the thickness detector being configured to detect a thickness of the conveyed items; a gap detector arranged further upstream in conveying direction than the speed adjustment portion of the conveying portion, the gap detector being configured to detect a preceding gap between a conveyed item and the conveyed item that is conveyed immediately in front of that conveyed item and a following gap between that conveyed item and the conveyed item that is conveyed immediately behind that conveyed item; and a control device configured to control the adjustment speed of the conveyed item by the speed adjustment portion. The control device is configured to decide a correction distance based on the thickness of the conveyed item detected by the thickness detector, to determine a corrected preceding gap by adding this correction distance to the preceding gap detected by the gap detector, to determine a corrected following gap by subtracting this correction distance from the following gap detected by the gap detector, and to decide the adjustment speed based on the corrected preceding gap and the corrected following gap. |
| US09586765B2 |
Conveyor belt cleaner with removable cleaner assembly
A conveyor belt cleaner is provided having a removable cleaner assembly that may be easily connected and disconnected from an elongate support member. The cleaner assembly includes one or more scraper blades mounted to an angle bar, an interface between the blades and the angle bar, and an interface between the blades and the support member. The blades have bodies that cover or surround the interfaces and reduce the likelihood of debris entering the interfaces and binding the blades to the angle bar and/or the support member. The cleaner further includes a securing mechanism with a pair of clamps for clamping the angle bar against seats of the elongate support. The clamps cause the angle bar to hold a base portion of the blades against the support member which permits the blade base portions to transmit loading from the conveyor belt directly to the support member. |
| US09586763B2 |
Conveyor roller and conveyor system with moisture protection
Disclosed is a conveyor roller (1) which comprises a shaft (2), a roller body (3) which is mounted such that it can be rotated about the shaft (2), and a protective cap (4). The protective cap (4) has a disk-shaped first section (5) for covering the interior of the roller body (3), which is arranged fixedly with respect to the shaft (2) and is oriented normally with respect thereto, and a channel-like or roof-like second section (6) which is arranged obliquely with respect to the shaft (2) and runs over a part length of the roller body (3) such that it is spaced apart radially from the latter. Furthermore, a conveyor system (12) with a conveyor roller (1) is disclosed, in which conveyor system a connecting cable (7) of the conveyor roller (1) is run in a curve or a loop to an electrical interface (8, 17) with a connector box (15) of the conveyor system (12), wherein the lowest point of the curve/the loop is located below said interface (8, 17). |
| US09586754B1 |
Dumpster bag with stand
A lightweight, easy to use, and cost effective dumpster bag with stand that addresses the shortcomings of both prior art traditional metal dumpsters and existing dumpster bags is provided. The preferred embodiment of the dumpster bag with stand includes a dumpster bag removably secured to a portable stand comprising a pair of support frames connected by a pair of cross-members. The dumpster bag includes lifting straps with lifting loops, and the dumpster bag is removably secured to the portable stand by removably securing at least four of the lifting loops to the support frames. Each support frame includes two vertical supports and at least two horizontal members, and each cross-member comprises two diagonal members attached via a pivot. |
| US09586741B2 |
Safe package of micro battery with used battery recycling function
A safe package of micro battery with used battery recycling function, which can prevent the children from taking the micro battery easily and swallowed by mistake, comprising a lower cover plate, a folding portion, and an upper cover plate, the same side edge of said lower cover plate and said upper cover plate respectively connected with corresponding side of folding portion; said folding portion configure to fold the upper cover plate in the lower cover plate for fixing integrally and matched mutually; the lower cover plate including a concave part, a insertion slot, an exit slot, and two projecting parts; the upper cover plate including a insertion slit, two sides slits, and an exit slit thereby taking the new micro battery and recycled the used battery via double hands. |
| US09586740B2 |
Dispensing container and method
The present disclosure provides a container for dispensing a liquid from the container. The container includes a flexible body having a closed top and an open bottom and a base attached to the open bottom of the body. The body and base define a chamber for holding a liquid. The base includes a floor and a peripheral rim extending below the floor. A nozzle extends from the floor. A closure slidingly engages with the nozzle. The closure includes a panel-cap having an aperture through which the liquid is dispensed. |
| US09586739B2 |
Blank and packaging for pack of pots with connection/deformation sections
A blank includes: a top panel, two side panels, a base panel, a closure panel, and a securing member for closing the erected blank on itself, four sets of corner post panels each extending from a side panel and able to be erected to form corner posts, a receiving portion extending over a portion of the base panel, for receiving the bottom walls of pots, delimited transversely by two intermediate base score lines which define, with the ends of the base panel, two connection/deformation sections on either side of the receiving portion. The intermediate base score lines form two deformable hinges, so that the receiving portion can be moved relative to the ends of the base panel along a vertical axis after formation of the packaging and the pack. |
| US09586738B2 |
Child safety closing device with first opening indicator screw and ring
The invention relates to a child safety closing device (1) associated with a container (2), operating according to a design of two plugs (3, 4) embedded into each other, and allowing a vertical translation movement of the outer plug (4) relative to the inner screw-threaded plug (3) providing an unscrewing possibility and fitted with a first-opening indicator ring (5) connected by breakage bridges (8) to the outer plug (4) capable of vertical translation movement, characterized in that: a) said ring (5) has on its inner surface notches (9) for preventing its rotation when unscrewing the device by interaction with corresponding notches (10) formed on the neck of the associated container inside a peripheral groove (11) outside said collar, in order to induce the braking of the bridges by shearing; b) the upper wall of the groove (11) defines a guiding shoulder (12) for said ring (5) during the vertical translation movement of the ring (5) when connected to the outer plug; c) the notches (10) inside the groove (5) have a height such that they interact with the notches (9) inside the inner face of said ring (5) whatever the position of said ring (5) during the vertical translation movement thereof when connected to the outer plug (4). |
| US09586736B2 |
Child resistant package
The present invention discloses a maze type package that may be child resistant. The package includes a cylindrical container member that includes a plurality of mazes thereon. The coaxial closure member includes studs for engaging the mazes and to releasably secure the closure to the container. |
| US09586731B2 |
Lid opening/closing mechanism
A lid opening/closing mechanism includes an arm, an arc-shaped gear, a first fixed gear, a damper, a second fixed gear, and a tension spring. The arm is disposed integrally to project from the lid to swing about a swing center as the lid opens and closes. The arc-shaped gear is formed in the arm. The first fixed gear is disposed in the body, and meshes with the arc-shaped gear. The damper is disposed in the arm, and includes a damper gear. The second fixed gear is disposed in the body, is formed along a movement locus of the damper moving as the lid moves to open and close, and meshes with the damper gear. The tension spring is disposed between the body and the arc-shaped gear to urge the lid in an opening direction. |
| US09586729B1 |
Reusable sealing bottle cap assembly
A reusable sealing bottle cap assembly comprises a cap for placement onto the mouth of a bottle and an annular ring. The cap comprises an enclosed upper portion for enclosing the open mouth of the bottle, a circumferential area or recess adjacent to the enclosed upper portion of the cap, an extended ledge, and a circumferential lip on the underside of the cap for placement of the cap into the inner edge of the mouth of the bottle. The annular ring is receivable around the circumferential area of the cap for securing and sealing the cap onto the open mouth of the bottle. The annular ring comprises an outer flexible material and an inner rigid material. The cap and annular ring may be separate pieces or connected by a strap. The bottle cap assembly may be made of plastic resins; metals; silicones; bio-degradable materials; and/or oxygen absorbing materials. |
| US09586728B2 |
Dispensing system with the means for detecting liquid level and a collapsible container for such a system
A dispensing system includes a collapsible container for liquid material, such as soap, with an outlet for withdrawal of liquid material during collapse thereof. The dispensing system includes a support structure configured for wall attachment of the dispensing system. The support structure further includes at least one movable follower biased towards a collapsing part of the collapsible container, and a detector for reading the position of the movable follower. Detectable substance can be added to the movable follower or the collapsible container. The detector can actuate an alert indicator for indicating a low level of liquid in the collapsible container. Also a collapsible container with detectable substance is disclosed for use in such a system. |
| US09586726B1 |
Drawstring trash bag
The present invention is directed to a drawstring bag comprising a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel are joined along a first side, a bottom, and a second side. The first panel and the second panel thereby define an upper opening of the bag. The drawstring bag may further comprise a first pair of drawstrings disposed within a first hem along the upper opening of the bag in the first panel and a second pair of drawstrings disposed within a second hem along the upper opening of the bag in the second panel. The first pair of drawstrings may comprise a shorter elastic drawstring and a longer inelastic drawstring. |
| US09586725B2 |
Effluent container for cleaning heat exchangers
An effluent container may have multiple sheets of material attached together to form a generally rectangular shape, having a front sheet, a back sheet, two side sheets, and a bottom sheet; a securing system attached to a free end of at least one of the sheets and configured to attach the effluent container to a support structure; and a drain located on one of the sheets, proximate to the bottom sheet, the drain configured to provide selective fluid communication between the interior of the container and an outside of the container. A method of forming an effluent container may also be provided. |
| US09586723B1 |
Gas can
The gas can includes a contoured handle that is molded out of a base portion of the gas can so as to aid in manipulating the gas can. The gas can includes a level window along a side of the gas can to indicate the volume of the contents of the gas can. The gas can also includes a base portion that provides for a glove storage compartment. The glove storage compartment extends across a width of the gas can. A plug is provided to seal the glove storage compartment in order to access and retrieve a glove there from. The gas can includes a spout on a first top surface. The gas can includes a molded handle on a second top surface. The molded handle includes a clip hole as well as a bungi cord hole. The sides of the gas can may include a reflective decal. |
| US09586720B2 |
Pallet structure
A pallet includes columns, an upper deck, and a lower deck. The upper deck links upper ends of the columns such that upper surfaces of the columns and upper deck form an upper deck surface. The lower deck links lower ends of the columns such that lower surfaces of the columns and lower deck form a lower deck surface. Fork insertion structures receive forks of a lift apparatus inserted thereto from four sides of the pallet. Outer circumferential projections are formed along a peripheral edge of the upper deck surface, including an extended portion extending outward from the peripheral edge, and a support portion protruding upward from the extended portion. The support portion has a first height in an insertion-corresponding region, and a second height in a general region, the first height being equal to a thickness of the lower deck, the second height being greater than the first height. |
| US09586718B2 |
Storage basket
A storage basket is provided, including a bottom meshwork and a side meshwork. The side meshwork formed with at least one mesh element extends transversely and upwardly from and surrounds the bottom meshwork. Each mesh element is an expanded metal mesh and includes a top frame portion disposed at a top end and a meshed portion located between the bottom meshwork and the top frame portion, and the expanded metal mesh is formed by using die stamping to expandedly mesh a solid metal plate. The top frame portion and the meshed portion of each mesh element are formed integrally. |
| US09586716B2 |
Carrying handle
A carry handle (33) for carrying a pizza box or cake box or other boxed food product is made of inexpensive disposable paper or cardboard and comprises a pair of strap portions which generally are parallel to each other and in a side-by-side relationship and are joined to each other by a fold line (17). The strap portions can be twisted about the fold line (17) into a cross like configuration. A pizza box can then be placed on the cross like configuration. The strap portions are longer than the width of the pizza box and can therefore be lifted up and over the pizza box and connected together to form a reliable carry handle. |
| US09586714B2 |
Dual chamber bottle and method of manufacturing the same
A bottle is presented including a body portion having a dividing wall therein; a first chamber for holding a first liquid; a second chamber for holding a second liquid; a removable cap adapted to be operational in an oblique configuration with respect to a base portion of the bottle; and a single slidable orifice configured to travel on a substantially circular track adapted and dimensioned to be flush with a non-movable top surface of the removable cap. |
| US09586712B1 |
Overflow panel system for pharmaceutical container
A method of producing a label for a prescription pharmaceutical storage container includes providing a label system having at least a first label panel, a second label panel, and a third label panel positioned on a single rectangular label. Indicia providing critical prescription information is printed on the first label panel. On the second panel, indicia providing one of a continuation of the prescription information and warning information is printed. The continuation of the prescription information is printed on the second label panel when a length of the prescription information is too long to fit on the first label panel and the warning information is printed on the second label panel when the length of the prescription information fits on the first label panel. The warning information is printed on the third label panel when prescription information is printed on the second label panel. |
| US09586710B2 |
Method and system for identifying/outsorting improperly wrapped envelopes in a mailpiece fabrication system
A method and system for identifying and detecting improperly wrapped envelopes for use in a mailpiece fabrication system. The method/system visually images each envelope in predetermined regions of interest (ROIs) to determine the spatial relationship between the internal content material and one or more points of reference indicative of the internal bounds of a sealing adhesive. By examining the spatial relationship, a determination is made regarding the proximity of the internal content material and the sealing adhesive. If the distance, or spatial separation, therebetween is below a threshold value, then an assumption is made that the content material and sealing adhesive are contiguous and that the envelope has been improperly sealed, i.e., with the content material interposing or otherwise inhibiting the proper closure of the wrapped envelope. |
| US09586707B1 |
Sealing packages using tape and pull cord
An exemplary package-sealing method and system involves sealing a package with adhesive tape such that a pull cord is sandwiched between the tape and the package. A tape head includes a roll of tape and a pull cord spool, and a collar guide that helps position the pull cord between the tape's sides. Forward and rear applying rollers press leading and trailing edges of the tape, respectively, against the package being sealed. A tape blade and a pull cord blade secured to a cutting arm sever the pull cord before severing the tape, leaving a pull tab that extends out from beneath the tape when the package is sealed. The pull tab allows a user to conveniently unseal the package by grasping the pull cord and pulling thereon to separate the tape from the package without using sharp objects, enhancing user safety and reducing accidental damage to packages. |
| US09586705B2 |
Coordinated soft-touch case packer
Disclosed is a product case packing system with a gripping head assembly and a packaging grid assembly linked by a coordination arm that synchronizes the delivery of the product to be packaged and with the positioning of the grid assembly into the packaging container. The system includes a gripper head assembly extension control module, capable of controlling multiple travel distances of the gripper head assembly in a single packing cycle, a product assembly detection module, and a packaging release control element for subtle separation of individual packed containers. |
| US09586700B2 |
Space shuttle orbiter and return system
A launch system comprises a nose section comprising a nose coupling surface, a tail section comprising a tail coupling surface facing the nose coupling surface and a mast coupling the nose and tail sections. The mast is configured to expand and retract to displace the nose and tail sections within a range of distances from one another. In a retracted state, the nose and tail sections are either structurally coupled to one another at the nose and tail coupling surfaces or structurally coupled to at least one integrated module located between the nose and the tail sections. |
| US09586690B2 |
Hybrid turbo electric aero-propulsion system control
A control for a hybrid turbo electric aero-propulsion system prioritizes and optimizes the operating parameters, according to a desired optimization objective, for and across a number of different control optimization subsystems of the hybrid turbo electric aero-propulsion system. The control subsystems may include, for example, a propulsion control optimization subsystem and a power plant control optimization subsystem. The optimizations may be based on a system model, which is developed and updated during the operation of the hybrid turbo electric aero-propulsion system. |
| US09586687B2 |
Removable seat divider for placement in a seat
Disclosed is a removable seat divider for placement in a seat. The removable seat divider includes a vertical structure configured to be placed on the seat along an approximate center of the seat. The vertical structure includes a first outer surface, second outer surface, top, and back portion, where the back portion of the vertical structure is configured to be placed adjacent to a back portion of the seat. The removable seat divider also includes a cavity located adjacent to the back portion, where the cavity connects the first outer surface to the second outer surface, and the cavity is configured to pass a seat belt through the cavity. The base back portion is configured to produce a restraining force against the seat that is proportional to a tension on the seat belt that passes through the cavity. The removable seat divider further includes two opposing planar members that are rotationally coupled to the top of the vertical structure, where the two opposing planar members are configured to fold outward from the vertical structure to form a T-type structure, when fully folded out, having two work surfaces. |
| US09586685B2 |
Aircraft galley water distribution manifold
A modular potable water distribution manifold for an aircraft water supply and drainage system includes a tubular element with a first manifold quick connector adapted to mate with a flexible hose connector and having a flow control poppet, a second manifold quick connector having a flow control poppet, the second manifold quick connector adapteded mate with a terminating self-venting/self-draining device, and a rotating ferrule that mates the second manifold with the self-venting/self-draining device. |
| US09586679B2 |
Automatic pitch change rotary wing rotor system and method of rotor control
A helicopter main rotor control system includes a trunnion head mountable to a rotatable helicopter mast wherein the trunnion head has a control bar pivot supported by the trunnion head and pivotal about an axis substantially at a right angle to the helicopter mast. A control bar extends through the control bar pivot at a right angle thereto, and a pair of opposing leaf hinges are pivotal about the control bar and centered about said trunnion head. Each leaf hinge has a hinge plate extending from the control bar and defines a rotor blade mount hole therethrough. |
| US09586678B2 |
Bi-stable voice coil park brake
The present disclosure provides devices and methods related to park brake systems and methods. In various embodiments, a park brake system may comprise a motor shaft having a first diameter portion and a second diameter portion, the second diameter portion having a greater diameter than the first diameter portion. A park brake system may further comprise a spring disposed at least partially around a circumference of the motor shaft, a wire coil disposed at least partially around a circumference of a bobbin, a one-way clutch disposed at least partially within the bobbin and coaxial to the motor shaft, an annular magnet disposed coaxial to the motor shaft and distal to at least a portion of the bobbin, and a clutch release mechanism disposed coaxial to the motor shaft and around the first diameter portion. In response to a first voltage being applied to the wire coil, the one-way clutch may translate axially in a first direction relative to the motor shaft and engage with the second diameter portion; in response to a second voltage applied to the wire coil, the one-way clutch may translate axially in a second direction relative to the motor shaft and engage with the clutch release mechanism. |
| US09586676B2 |
Pneumatic positioning system
Provided are mechanisms and processes for a pneumatic shaft positioning system. According to various examples, the pneumatic shaft positioning system includes a pyrotechnic valve that is configured to control the flow of gas from a pressurized gas source into a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber includes a first piston that is slidably coupled to the pressure chamber. When gas from the pressurized gas source fills the pressure chamber, the piston is configured to slide through the pressure chamber and force a shaft into a predetermined position. |
| US09586674B2 |
Collapsible airfoil spooled retractable rotor
A retractable rotor system for an aircraft includes a rotor blade with a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an internal collapsible web. The leading edge includes a flexible portion whose lower edge contacts but is not structurally joined to the lower skin. When the leading edge is peeled forward from the lower skin, the blade elastically collapses to the thickness of its constituent layers. The rotor blade extends through a support frame connectable to the aircraft to secure the rotor blade to a spool. Rotating the spool retracts the rotor blade through the support frame while pulling the rotor blade over a fixed actuating member, placing the rotor blade in the collapsed condition and winding the rotor blade onto the spool. Rotating the spool in the opposite direction unwinds the rotor blade from the spool, through the frame, causing the rotor blade to relax into the expanded condition. |
| US09586673B2 |
System for aligning a propeller
A motor assembly that includes a motor (102) having a rotatable shaft, a hub coupled to the rotatable shaft, the hub having a propeller indexer to receive a propeller (104), when the propeller is present, a sensor trigger rotatable with the shaft (100) and positioned at a propeller offset angle θPROP from the propeller indexer, and a sensor coupled to the motor and positioned to detect the sensor trigger so that the propeller indexer may be positioned at the propeller offset angle θPROP from the sensor through rotation of the shaft so that said sensor is proximate to the sensor trigger. |
| US09586671B2 |
Unitary panel for the floor of a vehicle, floor, and vehicle including such a unitary panel
The invention relates to a unitary floor panel (1) for a means of transportation, comprising a self-supporting plate (2) having a smallest dimension, called the thickness, extending along a first direction of the self-supporting plate (2), and two larger dimensions extending along two directions that are orthogonal to each other and orthogonal to the thickness; the self-supporting plate (2) having two opposite sides, called main sides, that extend substantially parallel to the two orthogonal directions; characterized in that the panel comprises at least one beam (5) securely fastened to the self-supporting plate (2) and having an axis of elongation parallel to at least one first main side of the self-supporting plate (2), each beam (5) being designed to increase the flexural strength of the unitary panel (1) along the axis of elongation of the beam (5). |
| US09586668B2 |
Fuselage cell structure for an aircraft in hybrid design
A fuselage cell structure for an aircraft includes at least two skin panels including at least one double shell skin panel and at least one monolithic skin panel. At least one longitudinal brace or a transverse brace is disposed so as to form at least one of longitudinal seam or a transverse seam between the double shell skin panel and the monolithic skin panel. The fuselage cell structure includes at least one of a longitudinal bracket and a load transfer point. The longitudinal bracket is disposed in a region of the longitudinal seam and includes a first and a second longitudinal flanges disposed offset with respect to one another and connected by a web. The load transfer point is disposed in a region of the transverse seam so as to connect the longitudinal brace disposed on the monolithic skin panel to the double shell skin panel. |
| US09586666B2 |
Parallel or redundant hybrid marine drive train for a propulsion unit
A parallel or redundant hybrid drive of a marine drivetrain of a propulsion unit includes an input shaft, which is configured to be driven by a primary drive source; a clutch unit attached to the input shaft with which rotation of the input shaft can be either connected, reversed, or disconnected; a countershaft transverse to the input shaft and driven by the input shaft via a gear; and a secondary drive source arranged via an interconnected clutch at an end of the countershaft, so that upon driving of the input shaft by the primary drive source, the secondary drive source drives the countershaft either on its own or in cooperation with the primary drive source. |
| US09586665B2 |
Process for controlling a hybrid naval propulsion system and hybrid propulsion system
A method for controlling the hybrid drive system of a water craft, comprising a combustion engine (1), an electric engine/generator (2), a drive train (5) having a propeller (7) and a storage battery (3), a control unit (8) and a clutch (4). In order to increase efficiency, during travel in the upper power range the electric engine (2) is additionally operated as a generator, and during travel in the middle and lower power ranges the electric engine (2) is operated with current from a storage battery (3). The drive train is designed so that the characteristic (20) thereof lies by a defined charging capacity below the point of minimum specific fuel consumption (e.g. 25), or is steeper than the characteristic (16) of a conventional construction. |
| US09586663B2 |
Intake apparatus of engine for outboard motor
There is provided an intake apparatus of an engine for an outboard motor. An intake manifold, a throttle body and an intake silencer box are arranged at one of right and left sides of an engine block which is configured such that an axial direction of a cylinder coincides with a front and rear direction of the outboard motor. An intake duct communicating with an intake introduction port provided at an upper part of an engine cover is coupled to an upstream end of the intake silencer box. A first water separation part is arranged between the intake introduction port and the intake duct. A second water separation part is provided below a duct part of the intake duct. The second water separation part is formed by providing a drain hole at a bottom part of a resonator chamber part communicating with the duct part to reduce an intake noise. |
| US09586659B2 |
Powered hydrofoil board
A passively stable personal hydrofoil watercraft that has a flotation device, wherein a user can ride in a prone, kneeling, or standing position. The watercraft includes a strut having an upper end interconnected with the flotation device and lower end connected with a hydrofoil. The hydrofoil greatly reduces the power required to travel at higher speed. The watercraft also includes a propulsion system connected to the hydrofoil. Both longitudinal and directional control of the watercraft is via weight shift, eliminating the need of any movable surfaces. The flotation device, strut, and hydrofoil may be permanently interconnected or may be detachable. |
| US09586658B2 |
Elevated kayak seat
An elevated seat for a kayak. A floor of the kayak generally defines a reference plane. The seat may include a first support bar configured to be releasably attached to the kayak at a first location and a second support bar configured to be releasably attached to the kayak at a second location spaced along a bow-stern direction of the kayak relative to the first location. The seat may also include a seating member extending from a distal end of the first support bar to a distal end of the second support bar. The seating member may be inclined at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the floor. When in use, the first and second support bars are configured to position the seating member above the floor by a sufficient distance to support a user substantially standing on the floor. |
| US09586646B2 |
Bicycle rim brake
A bicycle rim brake comprises a first brake arm, a second brake arm, and a pivotal cam member. The first brake arm is configured to pivot about a first pivot axis. The first brake arm includes a first mounting portion and a first follower. The second brake arm is configured to pivot about a second pivot axis which is different from the first pivot axis. The second brake arm includes a second mounting portion and a second follower. The pivotal cam member is configured to pivot about a third pivot axis which is different from the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis to guide the first follower and the second follower so that the first brake arm pivots about the first pivot axis and the second brake arm pivots about the second pivot axis. |
| US09586643B2 |
Portable conveyance with towing guide assembly
A portable conveyance has a deck, a front drive wheel proximately disposed to a first end of the deck and a rear drive wheel attached proximate to a second end of the deck. A guide roller assembly attached proximate to the rear drive wheel. The guide roller assembly has a first rotational axis and the rear drive wheel rotates about a second rotational axis different from the first rotational axis and parallel to the first rotational axis, such that the guide roller assembly is not in contact with a substantially flat surface when the first and rear drive wheels are in contact with the substantially flat surface, and the guide roller assembly is in rotational contact with the surface when the deck is lifted into a towing position. |
| US09586641B2 |
Step structure for a saddle-ride vehicle, and vehicle including same
A step structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle is configured to permit easy adjustment of a position and also of an angle of a step. A pair of opposed clamp pieces, that are formed as part of a step-support bracket provided to a vehicle body of a saddle-ride vehicle, are provided to sandwich an eccentric collar (rotor) from both sides thereof in a radial direction. The clamp pieces are configured to be tightened against the eccentric collar by a bolt, thereby non-rotatably fixing a position of the eccentric collar. The eccentric collar is configured such that when the clamp pieces are loosened, a shaft part of a step is pivotally movable in relation to a shaft insertion hole, and the step, supported by the shaft insertion part, can be adjustably rotated in relation to the step-support bracket. |
| US09586640B1 |
Protective highly visible UV shade, rain barrier for a bicycle or kayak
A protective solar, ultraviolet radiation barrier and rain barrier configured in the shape of a truncated spherical lune and supported on each side longitudinally by flexible bendable support poles that connect to a bicycle to form a canopy of a protective barrier, said bicycle having front and rear anchor blocks that include a pair of pole end receiving sockets at an angle to each other front and rear. The support poles are extra length and much longer than the distance between the front and rear anchor block sockets causing the poles to be bowed under tension when supporting the barrier sheet in position above the bicycle. The device can also be used for other vehicles that are slow-moving such as a kayak. Each support pole is formed from individual actually aligned segments and fasteners that can be collapsed into the small individual segment pieces so that the entire system including a protective barrier and the support poles can be mounted into a portable storage device. |
| US09586639B2 |
Bicycle hub locking mechanism and parking system
A bicycle and bicycle parking and lock system wherein a hub locking device that is secured to a bicycle cooperates with a parking rack. The bicycle includes an engagement member that is secured to an axle of the bicycle. The engagement member selectively removably cooperates with a recess formed in the parking and lock system. The parking and lock system includes a number of upstanding members that are positioned to generally flank the front wheel of a bicycle to maintain the bicycle in a generally upright orientation. Each or select number of the upstanding members include a lock system that cooperates with the locking engagement member so as to secure the respective bicycle with respect to the parking system. |
| US09586635B2 |
Tracked vehicle
A track system for steerable vehicles having at least one axle. The track system is capable of adjusting to changes in terrain by pivoting in clockwise and counterclockwise directions relative to an axle assembly as the vehicle moves across the ground. The pivotal movement of the track system relative to the axle assembly is restricted by a limiter attached to an inboard member of the track system frame. Pivotal movement is limited by the axle assembly housing engaging the limiter when the track system pivots in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction to a maximum point along a pivot arc. |
| US09586632B2 |
Optimizing jets for wake control of ground vehicles
A system of wake control for a ground vehicle to help promote increased fuel efficiencies of the ground vehicle by modifying an air flow wake generated during the movement of the vehicle in a forward direction. The system includes at least one slot jet configured to be located along a rear profile portion of the ground vehicle. The at least one slot jet is configured to provide a continuous flow of air at a non-zero velocity when the ground vehicle is moving in a forward direction, the non-zero velocity being at least partially directed in a rearward direction with an output velocity less than a velocity at which the ground vehicle is moving in the forward direction, but sufficient to modify the air flow wake generated by the movement of the ground vehicle in the forward direction. |
| US09586629B2 |
Modular truck bed rack system and portions thereof
A rack system that is configured to allow the omission of cross bars. The cross bars can be easily removable and replaceable or can be adjustable along a length of the rack system. In some configurations, the rack system includes at least one side support arrangement comprising a first vertical support and a second vertical support. Two or more side support arrangements can be provided on each side of the truck bed. Pairs of support arrangements on one side of the truck bed can be connected by one or more longitudinal supports. Accessories, such as tool boxes or gas cans, can be connected to the one or more longitudinal supports. |
| US09586628B2 |
Hemmed body panel for attachment to a body structure
A body panel that is attachable to a body structure is provided. The body panel has a single thickness portion and a double thickness edge portion where the body panel is hemmed over onto itself and is attachable to the body structure. The body panel may be made of a metal material or a non-metal material. The attachment may be via a weld, a fastener, and/or an adhesive. |
| US09586624B2 |
Reinforcing strut
A strut is provided for reinforcing a vehicle body of a vehicle, in particular an engine compartment, wherein the strut has a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion for fastening the strut to the vehicle body. Further fastening portions are, situated between the first and second fastening portion, for further fastening the strut to points on the vehicle. The strut has a profile with at least two vertices between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion. |
| US09586616B2 |
Electric power steering device
An electric power steering device includes a torque detector including an input shaft rotational angle detector and an output shaft rotational angle detector configured to respectively detect rotational angles of an input shaft and an output shaft coupled by a torsion bar arranged in a steering system of a vehicle; an electric motor configured to be controlled based on a torque detection value detected by the torque detector, and to generate a steering assistance force to be exerted on the output shaft; a motor rotational angle detector configured to detect a motor rotational angle of the electric motor; and a noise suppression unit configured to reduce a noise in a signal of the rotational angle of the output shaft detected by the output shaft rotational angle detector, by using the motor rotational angle detected by the motor rotational angle detector. |
| US09586615B2 |
Electric power steering apparatus
An electric power steering apparatus (1) is provided with a heat sink (5) and an intermediate member (4) whose surface portions are perpendicularly placed with respect to an axial direction of a motor's shaft center, and arranged in such a way that each of power modules (51a, 51b) of a plurality of driving circuits is attached on a surface portion of the heat sink (5) so that an extending direction of a maximum outer dimension of the power modules (51a, 51b) is perpendicular to the axial direction, and each of electric devices (C1a-C1b) of the plurality of driving circuits is attached on a surface portion of the intermediate member (4) so that an extending direction of a maximum outer dimension of the electric devices (C1a-C1b) is perpendicular to the axial direction. |
| US09586612B2 |
Steering gear box, front body for vehicle frame and method
A steering gear box for a vehicle includes a housing having a first end portion and an opposing second end portion. A first flange is coupled to the first end portion to mount a steering shaft to the housing. A front mounting leg at the first end portion outboard from the first flange defines a first aperture for receiving a fastener to couple the steering gear box to a body casting of the vehicle. The front mounting leg is configured to fail when a predetermined load is applied to the front mounting leg. A rear mounting leg at the first end portion outboard from the first flange defines a second aperture for receiving a fastener to couple the steering gear box to the body casting of the vehicle. The rear mounting leg is configured to withstand the predetermined load applied to the front mounting leg. |
| US09586610B2 |
Steering column rake adjustment lock/unlock device
A steering column assembly includes a steering column pivotably coupled to a rake bracket at a first pivot point, a rake locking mechanism including a rotatable rake bolt, and a multi-link assembly including a first member, a second member and a third member. The first member includes a first end fixedly coupled to the rotatable rake bolt and the second end rotatably coupled to a first end of the second member. The second member includes a second end rotatably coupled to a first end of a link portion of the third member. The third member includes a link coupled to a lever. A first end of the lever is coupled to a second end of the link. The lever includes a thumb pad. Rotation of the thumb pad around a second pivot point effects rotation of the rotatable rake bolt to lock or unlock the rake locking mechanism. |
| US09586604B2 |
Travel cooler with transitionable U-shaped handle
A travel cooler, includes a body comprising a base, sidewalls, and a lid connected together to define an interior, insulated containment space for holding cooler items. A lengthwise dimension of the cooler extends between opposite ends of the cooler, and the body defines recessed exterior surface slots extending along a lengthwise extent of the cooler. The cooler further includes a U-shaped handle having two legs connected by a handle portion. The cooler is transitionable between a first configuration, in which the legs of the U-shaped handle extend a substantial length from the body of the cooler, and a second configuration, in which the legs of the U-shaped handle are received within the recessed exterior surface slots extending along a lengthwise extent of the cooler, the handle portion extending in close proximity to an end of the body of the cooler. |
| US09586599B2 |
Vehicle and method for advising driver of same
A method for advising a driver of a vehicle may include measuring a plurality of parameters representing the vehicle's current handling condition and the vehicle's limit handling condition, determining a margin between the vehicle's current handling condition and limit handling condition, and initiating an alert for the driver before the vehicle achieves the limit handling condition if the margin exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
| US09586595B2 |
Vehicle control system and method
Embodiments of the present invention provide a motor vehicle control system for selecting a driving surface and for controlling a plurality of vehicle subsystems to operate in a plurality of subsystem configuration modes in dependence on the selected driving surface, the system being operable in a manual operating mode in which a user is able to select said driving surface and an automatic operating mode in which the system is operable to select said driving surface automatically; wherein the system is able to be switched between said manual and automatic operating modes by means of a user-operable input device; and wherein when operating in the automatic operating mode and a change from the automatic operating mode to the manual operating mode is made via the user-operable input device, the system is configured to select a default subsystem configuration mode. |
| US09586594B2 |
Motor vehicle having a generator load-dependent engine control
In a method for adjusting an operating variable of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, an electric generator is driven by the internal combustion engine and a current output value of a mechanical driving power required by the generator is repeatedly determined from at least one current parameter value of the generator by an energy management unit. On the basis of the output value, an engine control unit determines a control setpoint for adjusting the operating variable. Sudden load variations at the generator are compensated by monitoring an operating variable of the generator, by determining after a sudden load variation of the electrical load a relative change of the operating variable and by determining an adjusted control setpoint caused by the sudden load variation independently of the output value of the energy management unit and dependent on the relative change in the monitored operating variable. |
| US09586591B1 |
Real-time driver observation and progress monitoring
In an embodiment, movement-data is gathered with one or more sensors (e.g., accelerometers, GPS receivers, etc.) during a driver's driving session. A score may be calculated for the driving session, and the driver's progress is evaluated by a driver-evaluation system. A driving session report or graphical user-interface (GUI) is generated with a computer processor and displayed at a display device. The displayed report or GUI includes a graphic representing the driver's progress relative to historical data. |
| US09586590B2 |
Control device, drive train, method and program for reducing noise development in a drive train and/or for increasing inertia in an idle speed
A control device for a drivetrain of a vehicle, includes a drive engine, a starting element, and a coupling element. The coupling element brakes a secondary side when the control device receives an input signal indicating a switching off of the drive engine. The starting element includes a mass damper torsional damper arrangement with at least one damper mass. The starting element is coupled with the drive engine by a primary side and with the mass damper torsional damper arrangement by a secondary side so as to be fixed with respect to relative rotation, and the coupling element is constructed to brake the secondary side by coupling with the primary side of the starting element and/or by coupling with a reference component that stationary when the vehicle is stationary. This makes it possible to find a better compromise between comfort, responsiveness, economical, and ecological aspects of the drivetrain. |
| US09586588B2 |
Power supply control apparatus
A power supply control apparatus is provided with: a first calculating device configured to calculate a vehicle stop time rate on the basis of a travel history of the vehicle; a second calculating device configured to calculate a stoppable time rate on the basis of the travel history, and an estimating device configured to estimate an electric power amount associated with the idling stop control, on the basis of the calculated stoppable time rate if the idling stop control is allowed when the vehicle decelerates, and to estimate the electric power amount, on the basis of the calculated vehicle stop time rate if the idling stop control is not allowed when the vehicle decelerates. |
| US09586587B2 |
Control system for vehicle
A controller is configured to obtain a speed ratio equivalent value that is determined by a speed ratio set in a transmission unit, and is configured to control an engine by setting an operating point of the engine such that the operating point in the case where a lockup clutch is engaged and the speed ratio equivalent value is large is lower in an output rotation speed for a predetermined output torque than the operating point in the case where the lockup clutch is engaged and the speed ratio equivalent value is smaller than the large speed ratio equivalent value. |
| US09586586B1 |
Method and apparatus to control a continuously variable transmission
A powertrain system including an internal combustion engine rotatably coupled to a variator of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) is described. A method for controlling the CVT includes determining a desired variator speed ratio in response to a command to increase output power from the powertrain system and executing a step-down shift in the CVT based upon the desired variator speed ratio, the step-down shift. The step-down shift includes determining a preferred CVT input acceleration profile based upon the desired variator speed ratio, a present variator speed ratio, and a preferred shift time and synchronizing the preferred CVT input acceleration profile with engine torque. A change rate for the variator speed ratio is based upon the preferred CVT input acceleration profile, and the CVT is controlled in response to the change rate for the variator speed ratio and the desired variator speed ratio. |
| US09586584B2 |
Modifying adaptive cruise control to mitigate rear-end collisions
Methods and systems for controlling a host vehicle to mitigate rear-end collisions. One method includes automatically maintaining the host vehicle at least a predetermined following distance from a front vehicle traveling ahead of the host vehicle. The method also includes detecting a rear vehicle traveling behind the host vehicle and determining when the rear vehicle poses a rear-end collision risk with the host vehicle. In addition, the method includes automatically, by a controller, increasing a speed of the host vehicle when the rear vehicle poses a rear-end collision risk with the host vehicle, and automatically reducing the predetermined following distance to decrease a distance between the host vehicle and the front vehicle and increase a distance between the host vehicle and the rear vehicle when the rear vehicle poses a rear-end collision risk with the host vehicle. |
| US09586580B2 |
Control device for vehicle
A control device of a vehicle including an engine, an electric motor directly or indirectly coupled to the engine, and an engagement device non-rotatably fixing the engine, the vehicle further including an electric circuit controlling giving/receiving of electric power related to operation of the electric motor and having an electric storage member temporarily storing the electric power, if the vehicle is damaged, or if a damage of the vehicle is predicted, during rotating operation of the engine, a rotation speed of the engine being reduced by an engagement actuation of the engagement device, and after the rotation speed of the engine is reduced to be equal to or less than a predetermined rotation speed, electric power stored in the electric storage member being discharged by the electric circuit and the electric motor. |
| US09586579B1 |
System and method for monitoring battery degradation
A system for use with a battery and sensors operable for measuring battery data includes an interactive user interface and a controller programmed with battery degradation monitoring logic for estimating a state of the battery. As part of a method, the controller identifies data bins for which measured state of charge range-based battery performance data is missing or dated/stale, and automatically prompts an operator to execute an assigned task corresponding to the identified data bins. The controller records the battery performance data for the identified data bins upon completion of the assigned task, estimates the state of the battery using the recorded battery performance data and the battery degradation monitoring logic, and executes a control action with respect to the system using the estimated state. A virtual or actual reward feature may be displayed in response to completion of the assigned task. |
| US09586578B2 |
Method for learning touch point of engine clutch for hybrid electric vehicle
A method for learning a touch point of an engine clutch for a hybrid electric vehicle includes controlling a speed of an engine to have an idle speed. A fluid pipe of a clutch actuator is refilled with a working fluid by driving a driving motor in an idle control state of the engine, a speed of the driving motor is synchronized with the speed of the engine, and then the engine clutch is engaged. The engine clutch is released after the refill is performed, and the speed of the driving motor is decreased. A working fluid is applied so that the engine clutch is operated in an engagement direction by operating the clutch actuator, and a state change of the driving motor is detected. The touch point of the engine clutch is determined based on the state change of the driving motor. |
| US09586577B2 |
Control device for vehicle and control method for vehicle
A control device for a vehicle includes a drive system that outputs a driving force for a vehicle. The control device further includes an accelerator operation section which operates an accelerator, and a control section that is configured to control the driving force output by the drive system, in accordance with an operation amount of the accelerator operated by the accelerator operation section. The control section is configured to start the drive system if a change in the operation amount of the accelerator is detected. |
| US09586575B2 |
Powertrain for a vehicle
An electrical system includes an engine, a motor-generator and a starter mechanism, and engine systems also include the engine. The electrical system includes a first energy storage device having a first voltage level and a second energy storage device having a second voltage level less than the first voltage level. The electrical system further includes a controller configured to control the motor-generator, the starter mechanism and first and second switching devices. Current from at least one of the first and second energy storage devices is delivered to the motor-generator when at least one of the first switching device is in a first closed state and the second switching device is in a second closed state such that the motor-generator transfers torque to the starter mechanism and the starter mechanism uses the torque to start the engine. |
| US09586571B2 |
Method of optimizing vehicle performance based on countershaft acceleration
The present invention provides a method of controlling input torque of a powered vehicle. The vehicle includes a transmission having an input shaft, an output shaft, and a countershaft. The method includes providing input torque to the input shaft, determining a rotational acceleration of the countershaft, and measuring vehicle speed. The method also includes determining a threshold based on the measured vehicle speed. The measured countershaft acceleration is compared to the threshold and the input torque is controlled based on the result of the comparison. |
| US09586570B2 |
Methods and system for verifying a brake system in a vehicle
A method for checking sets of components of a vehicle includes configuring a system control unit of a vehicle to perform a check of a first set of components and a second set of components of the vehicle, the first set of components being different from the second set of components. The first set of components is automatically checked using the system control unit. The second set of components is optionally checked using the system control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to disable the check of the second set of components based upon a disable command provided to the control system. Further, a system for verifying different sets of components and a further method for checking sets of components of a vehicle are described. |
| US09586565B2 |
Hydraulic unit of a vehicle brake system
In a hydraulic unit of a vehicle brake system having a first pump element, which is assigned to a first brake circuit, and a second pump element, which is assigned to a second brake circuit, the second pump element has a different delivery from the first pump element. |
| US09586564B2 |
Pressure generator for a hydraulic vehicle brake system
A pressure generator for a hydraulic vehicle brake system includes a piston cylinder unit with a cylinder and a piston, a ball screw drive, an electric hollow-shaft motor which surrounds and is configured to drive the ball screw drive, and a planetary gear set configured to transmit a rotational movement of the hollow-shaft motor to the ball screw drive. The planetary gear set includes a planetary carrier and an internal gear which are respectfully connected via pint-type positive locking connections to a spindle nut of the ball screw drive and a static tubular force transmitter. The locking connections are configured to enable connections between parts via the respective parts being brought together axially in a hollow shaft of the hollow-shaft motor. |
| US09586563B2 |
Autonomous moving apparatus and autonomous movement system
An autonomous moving apparatus and an autonomous movement system has a configuration which prevents disabled autonomous moving apparatuses from traveling unexpectedly during collection. An autonomous moving apparatus 1 includes a wheel locking unit 116 which locks the wheels at the time of stop, a manipulation unit 119 which is provided at a location where manipulation thereof is enabled from the outside of the autonomous moving apparatus 1, and a wheel lock releasing unit 118 which releases the lock of the wheels when the manipulation unit 119 is manipulated by force from the outside. In addition, the wheel lock releasing unit 118 releases the lock of the wheels when force equal to or more than a predetermined value is applied to the manipulation unit 119 and maintains the lock of the wheels when the force applied to the manipulation unit 119 is less than the predetermined value. |
| US09586562B1 |
Wheel stop
Disclosed is a wheel stop configured to prevent the normal rotation of a wheel. The wheel stop may include a body having a top, a base, a front, and a backside. A wheel socket may be configured for receiving and removably holding at least a portion of the wheel therein, the wheel socket defined in the top of the body and having a bottom surface. The wheel stop may further include one of a lift member defined at the backside of the body, a plurality of feet spaced apart around an outer edge of the bottom of the body, and both. |
| US09586560B2 |
Windscreen wiper device
A windscreen wiper device is provided. The wiper device includes an elongate wiping element made of an elastic material and a support member which operably supports the wiping element. The wiper device further includes an adapter made of one piece for securely and releasably engaging an oscillating wiper arm. The adapter includes a pair of laterally spaced sidewalls that extend longitudinally from a front end to a back end. The adapter further includes a cantilever beam which is positioned between the side walls and extends longitudinally towards the back end. The cantilever beam is pivotal in a vertical direction at a hinge and has a stepped configuration which presents three longitudinally and vertically spaced protrusions which project vertically downwardly for engaging in correspondingly shaped holes in at least three of 9×3, 9×4×23, 9×4×28 and 9×4×33 sized hook-style wiper arms. |
| US09586557B2 |
Remotely lockable seat belt buckle
A seat belt buckle for engaging a latch inserted into buckle and retained in a latched mode until released by depressing a press release button. In a locked mode, with the vehicle ignition switch ON and the latch inserted into buckle, a complementary lock is activated preventing press the release button from effecting release of latch from buckle. |
| US09586551B2 |
Adjustable partition
A positionable vehicle partition system includes at least two rails, a substantially planar partition for separating a vehicle area into at least two sections, a slide assembly to facilitate movement of the partition relative to the rails, and a latch for retaining the partition in a selected position relative to the rails. The rails are configured to be mountable in a spaced apart parallel relationship. The slide assembly includes at least a stationary slide member affixed to or defined by each of the rails, and at least one movable slide member extending away from and directly or indirectly affixed to the partition. |
| US09586548B2 |
Method and control unit for detecting an impact of a collision object on a vehicle
A method for detecting an impact of a collision object on a vehicle, which has a pressure hose sensor, includes the task of importing a pressure hose sensor signal, which represents a change in a pressure of a pressurized hose of the pressure hose sensor. This method also includes activating an occupant protection system using the pressure hose sensor signal. |
| US09586546B2 |
Front structure of vehicle
A front structure of a vehicle includes two side members extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and a bumper beam located in front of the side members and extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle. The bumper beam is fixed to the side members and includes outer sections located outward in the lateral direction from the corresponding side members. A transfer portion extends generally rearward in the front-rear direction from at least one of the outer sections. An insertion portion is inserted into the at least one of the outer sections. |
| US09586545B2 |
Bumper for a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a bumper for a motor vehicle, in particular a front bumper, having at least two deformation bodies which are at a distance from one another and of which the center or longitudinal axes, in the mounted state, are oriented substantially parallel to the direction of travel of the motor vehicle, and having a plurality of crossmembers which have a closed profile and which are arranged one above the other and are connected to the deformation bodies. The crossmembers are formed from a group of at least three crossmembers, wherein the respective crossmember of the group has a cross-sectional profile which comprises at least five corners. |
| US09586543B2 |
Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle 10 includes: an electric device unit 30 arranged on a floor tunnel 21 and having plural electric devices 40 accommodated therein; and conductive cables 49, 51 and a cooling pipe 52 that respectively extend from a first motor 13 , a second motor 16 , and a radiator, and are connected to the electric device unit 30. Connection portions 45, 46 of the electric device unit 30 , to which the conductive cables 49, 51 and the cooling pipe 52 are connected, respectively penetrate openings 37, 38 formed in a floor panel 20 , and are arranged under the floor panel 20. |
| US09586542B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting electrical signals to and/or from a rotatable component of a motor vehicle, steering column module, and motor vehicle
The invention relates to an apparatus (2) for transmitting electrical signals to and/or from a rotatable component of a motor vehicle, having a positionally fixed stator (4) which is intended to be installed in a positionally fixed manner in the motor vehicle, and having a rotor (3) which is rotatably mounted on the stator (4) and which is intended to be coupled in a rotationally fixed manner to the rotatable component of the motor vehicle, wherein the stator (4) has a housing (5) in which a flat cable (14) for transmitting the electrical signals is arranged, wherein a connecting piece (6) which is electrically coupled to the flat cable (14) and is designed to be connected to a corresponding mating piece (15) of the rotatable component is arranged on the rotor (3), and wherein the rotor (3) has a viewing window (11) through which it is possible for a viewer looking from outside the housing (5) to identify a reference element (13) of the flat cable (14) in a neutral position of the rotor (3) with respect to the stator (4), wherein the viewing window (11) is arranged in the region of the connecting piece (6), so that the viewing window (11) is covered by the mating piece (15) in a state in which the connecting piece (6) is connected to the mating piece (15). |
| US09586533B2 |
Truck box with folded walls
A cross-over truck box is provided having folded end walls and folded tub ends that permit the box to be fabricated efficiently, at reduced cost and with improved strength. |
| US09586532B1 |
Vehicle seat assembly with entertainment system
A vehicle seat assembly has an entertainment system, and includes a seat back having a cavity disposed therein. A display screen arrangement is rotatably attached to the seat back and is movable between a first position wherein the display screen arrangement is disposed within the cavity in the seat back and a second position wherein the display screen arrangement is disposed outside of the cavity in the seat back. A speaker arrangement is in electrical communication with the display screen arrangement and disposed behind the cavity in the seat back such that the speaker arrangement is covered by the display screen arrangement when the display screen arrangement is in the first position. |
| US09586531B2 |
Shuttered loudspeakers
A loudspeaker includes an electro-acoustic transducer for converting electrical audio signals into sound waves, and a housing that supports the electro-acoustic transducer. The loudspeaker also includes a shutter that is supported by the housing and is displaceable between a first, closed position in which the shutter substantially covers the transducer, and a second, open position in which the transducer is exposed. |
| US09586529B1 |
Headrest hook hanger
A headrest hook hanger that clamps to a headrest rod with a hook is attach to a stand that holds upright a dual hook and the stand can rotate at any angle and the elongated clamp has a series of groves for the rod to fit into different position on the clamp and a latch at the end of the clamp holds the two sides of the clamp together and the handle locks the clamp down. The headrest hook hanger mounts to the side of a headrest inside a car, truck, and suv allows the drivers and passenger to hang their hats, caps, coat, and jacket along the side of the headrest. |
| US09586528B2 |
Storage assembly for use with vehicle storage platform
The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a storage assembly for a vehicle with a storage platform, where the storage assembly includes a retaining part including a retaining portion, the retaining part being at least pivotably connected to the storage platform, and an elastic part connected with the retaining part such that the elastic part exerts a pulling force the retaining part toward a rear of the vehicle. |
| US09586527B1 |
Wheel well step assembly of vehicle
A step assembly of a vehicle is provided herein. A step pad is pivotally coupled to a quarter panel of the vehicle and is movable between a stowed position and deployed position. At least one light source is provided in the step pad and the step pad transmits light emitted by the at least one light source in an outward direction. |
| US09586522B2 |
Brake light with adaptive shunt arrangement
An electronics device is configured for installation in the brake light circuitry of a vehicle braking system. The electronics device is particularly configured to provide a flashing or pulsing appearance for a brake light, such as an automobile CHMSL. The pulsing is accomplished in a precise manner and that provides additional operational safety features than standard automotive brake lights. The electronics device is configured to avoid over-triggering of the pulsating lights due to multiple application of the automobile's brakes in a short time frame. The electronics device is further configured to function correctly even if the automobile is equipped with sophisticated computer systems that analyze the brake light circuitry, and is configured to avoid detection as a problem by the vehicle's diagnostic systems. At the same time, the electronics device will still allow the vehicle's diagnostic scans to detect any actual problems with the brake light system without hindrance. |
| US09586519B1 |
Vehicle rear illumination
A vehicle is presented that includes a lift gate operably connected to a body, a cargo lamp configured to emit light positioned near a rear of the body, a first luminescent structure disposed on a lift gate sill of the body, and a second luminescent structure disposed on an interior side of the lift gate. The first and second luminescent structures are configured to interact with the light from the cargo lamp. |
| US09586498B2 |
Battery for work vehicle and battery-type work vehicle
A battery that supplies electric power to a battery-driven work vehicle, includes: battery cells; a casing including storing the battery cells in a space surrounded by the top, the bottom, and the sides thereof; an inlet hole open to the side to introduce a gas into the casing; an outlet hole open to a side facing the side to which the inlet hole is open, and discharging the gas from an inside of the casing; and a fan introducing the gas from the inlet hole into the casing to make the gas flow in contact with the top and bottom surfaces of the battery cells, and then discharging the gas from the inside the casing, wherein the casing includes rod-shaped members extended from the inlet hole to the outlet hole, and wherein the rod-shaped members come in contact with the bottom surface of the battery cell. |
| US09586497B2 |
Electric vehicle recharging station including a battery bank
An electric vehicle recharging station is provided. The electric vehicle recharging station includes an electric power supply system for rapidly recharging an onboard electric vehicle battery. The electric power supply system includes a first energy source and a battery bank including one or more rechargeable charging batteries for rapidly recharging the onboard electric vehicle battery. The electric vehicle recharging station also includes a temperature management system providing heat exchange fluid to both the onboard electric vehicle battery and the battery bank to thermally condition the onboard electric vehicle battery and the battery bank. A method of recharging onboard electric vehicle batteries is also provided. |
| US09586495B2 |
Automotive vehicle
After turning on a switching element by receiving a discharge command from a motor ECU via a control circuit, a drive circuit of a discharge device causes, upon receipt of an overheat protection command from an overheat protection circuit, the switching element to turn off and keeps the resulting state thereof. And, the motor ECU sends the discharge command, after establishment of a diagnostic condition, to the control circuit of the discharge device and determines that the discharge device is abnormal if an electric current will not flow through a discharge resistor and the switching element. |
| US09586494B2 |
Alignment method for a vehicle wireless charging structure
An alignment method for a vehicle wireless charging system, that includes detecting reception of electromagnetic radiation received by a vehicle-side coil from a transmitter coil with the vehicle-side coil at a current position relative to the transmitter coil. Other steps include determining efficiency of electromagnetic radiation reception by the vehicle-side coil, and determining whether or not the efficiency of electromagnetic radiation reception by the vehicle-side coil achieves a predetermined level of reception efficiency. Further steps include repositioning the vehicle-side coil in response to determining that the efficiency of the electromagnetic radiation reception is less than the predetermined level of reception efficiency, and repeating the determining of the efficiency of electromagnetic radiation reception and the repositioning the vehicle-side coil until the determined efficiency is equal to or greater than the predetermined level of reception efficiency. |
| US09586489B2 |
Battery pack discharging device and method for discharging a battery pack
A battery pack discharging device having a hand-held member and a docking device are provided. The hand-held member has a handle portion, first and second extension members, first and second conductive members, and a resistor. The resistor is disposed in the handle portion between the first and second conductive portions. The device further includes a docking device having a housing and first and second contact members. The first and second extension members are disposed in the first and second apertures, respectively, of the docking device such that the first and second conductive members contact the first and second contact members, respectively. |
| US09586487B2 |
Electrohydraulic motor vehicle brake system and method for operating the same
The invention relates to a technique for operating a regenerative electrohydraulic motor vehicle brake system comprising a master cylinder that can be supplied with a hydraulic fluid from a reservoir, an electromechanical actuator for actuating a piston accommodated in the master cylinder and a stop valve provided between the master cylinder and the reservoir. According to an aspect of this technique, the method comprises the step of controlling the electromechanical actuator when the stop valve is closed to generate a hydraulic pressure on a wheel brake that is fluidically connected to the master cylinder. The method further comprises the step of activating a regenerative brake operation and of controlling the stop valve to open, the master cylinder remaining fluidically connected to the wheel brake and the electromechanical actuator being controlled to maintain the hydraulic pressure on the wheel brake at least to some extent. |
| US09586482B2 |
Advancing unit for positioning a current collector unit
An advancing unit for positioning a current collector unit having at least one extension, which is guided in a fastening unit so that the extension can be moved linearly and which has a cavity, open on a longitudinal side extending in the advancing direction and the inner surface of which forms a contact surface for guiding elements arranged on the fastening unit. A flexible band is arranged on the extension. One section of the flexible band at least partially covers the open longitudinal side of the cavity along a section protruding from the fastening device, and another section of the flexible band is located in a reservoir. A first end of the band is connected to the fastening unit or to an end of the extension and the second end is supported on a tensioning device under a tensile stress in the longitudinal direction, which tensioning device, in the event of a motion of the extension by means of which the protruding section is shortened or lengthened, pulls the band into the reservoir or outputs the band from the reservoir by the same length and at the same velocity. |
| US09586481B2 |
Device, vehicle, method and computer program for deactivating high-voltage components of a vehicle
A device, vehicle, method and computer program for deactivating high-voltage components of a vehicle. The device for deactivating high-voltage components of a vehicle carries out an error analysis of the high-voltage components after detecting a vibration and deactivates the high-voltage components if an error in the high-voltage components results in the error analysis. |
| US09586479B2 |
Interlocking system between content player devices
Disclosed is an interlocking system between content player devices. The interlocking system includes: a first mobile device; a second mobile device, in which an interlocking program is installed, interlocked with the first mobile device, and configured to receive and execute one or more contents executed by the first mobile device, and a vehicle head unit, in which an interlocking program is installed, interlocked with the second mobile device, and configured to receive and execute the contents executed by the second mobile device. |
| US09586476B2 |
Vehicle with connectable four-wheel drive
A vehicle with connectable four-wheel drive. The vehicle includes an engine with a drive shaft; a pair of main drive wheels; a main transmission line which permanently connects the drive shaft to the main drive wheels, the main transmission line including a main gearbox and a main differential; a pair of normally driven secondary drive wheels; and a connectable secondary transmission line for connecting the drive shaft also to the secondary drive wheels and having a geared transmission, at least one secondary clutch which on one side is connected to the drive shaft upstream of the main gearbox and on the other side is connected to the secondary drive wheels, and a continuously variable transmission which is controlled electronically to vary its transmission ratio in a continuous manner between two limit values without ever interrupting the transmission of the driving torque. |
| US09586475B2 |
Fuel tank connector
A fuel tank connector includes an upper chamber provided with a first communication portion relative to a ventilation flow path; and a lower chamber provided with a third communication portion relative to the upper chamber. A bowl-shaped portion narrowing downward is formed in a bottom portion of the upper chamber, and the third communication portion is formed in a bottom of the bowl-shaped portion. A cover body having a container shape, including a top portion and a side portion and opening at a lower face is supported directly above the third communication portion with a ventilation interval between the open edge and the third communication portion. |
| US09586467B2 |
Coreless engine mount and method of manufacturing the same
A coreless engine mount, and a method for manufacturing a coreless engine mount, may include a mount bracket that has at least one bolting hole for bolting and houses a mounting bush, and combines with the mounting bush, and a coreless support bracket that has an extension integrally extending from the mounting bush and is formed of an aluminum material, the extension being integrally formed with the mounting bush by curing, and the extension having at least one bolting hole for bolting. |
| US09586464B2 |
Vehicle sunroof wind deflector
A sunroof wind deflector for a vehicle includes a leading edge, a trailing edge and an outer surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The outer surface has a radius of curvature that changes along a length thereof so as to attenuate shear layer spreading. |
| US09586463B2 |
Top for an openable vehicle roof
A top for an openable vehicle roof, includes a front section constructed coupleable to a windshield cross member of a vehicle, a rear section configured pivotal and/or lowerable, a flexible section arranged between the front section and the rear section, wherein at least one of the front section and the flexible section is configured shiftable, and a self-supporting pushing- and/or pulling device for moving the flexible section, wherein during an opening process of the top the flexible section is foldable above the rear section so that an outer surface of the flexible section faces an outer surface of the front section. |
| US09586459B2 |
Method for motor vehicle interior climate control
A method for climate control for an interior of a motor vehicle includes acquiring climatically relevant data of the interior and/or surroundings of the vehicle, creating a thermodynamic model of a vehicle climate system, the model including at least one of a first thermal capacity of the interior and a first heat loss of the interior, introducing into the interior a quantity of air having a temperature different from an existing interior temperature, calculating at least one of a second thermal capacity of the interior and a second heat loss of the interior existing after the air quantity is introduced into the interior, and adapting the thermodynamic model to include at least one the second thermal capacity and the second heat loss. |
| US09586458B2 |
Tractor trailer refrigeration unit
A refrigeration trailer (reefer) truck power unit controller employs a plurality of power sources including a propulsion vehicle source driven mechanically by a diesel engine of the vehicle, and having an enhanced alternator having a pulley ratio for increasing idle speed power generation, and a passive vehicle source including a bank of solar panels disposed on the vehicle. The controller is configured for refrigerating a payload area of the vehicle utilizing power from the power sources, and employs a voltage converter for augmenting the power from the propulsion vehicle source for use with a native vehicle charging//starting system, and a transport load transformer for converting power from the power sources for powering the refrigeration system. A bank of batteries stores power from the sources for subsequent dispersal to the refrigeration unit. |
| US09586457B2 |
Active rotary stabilizer and stabilizer bar link assembly for vehicle
The present invention relates to an active rotary stabilizer and a stabilizer bar link assembly for a vehicle, which particularly may increase a degree of design freedom for a lower side of a vehicle body, improve ride comfort for a passenger, enhance durability of an actuator, and reduce the occurrence of noise caused by a backlash when the actuator is operated. |
| US09586450B2 |
Trailer hitch assemblies
A trailer hitch assembly sized and shaped to fit within a trailer hitch receptacle, wherein the trailer hitch assembly includes a first tubular element and a second tubular element. Each tubular element has an angled end, wherein the angled ends of the first tubular element and the second tubular element are complementary to each other. The trailer hitch assembly may further include at least one guide to assist in aligning the first tubular element with the second tubular element along the angled ends. The trailer hitch assembly may further include an actuator configured to engage both the first tubular element and the second tubular element and to diagonally displace the first tubular element relative to the second tubular element. |
| US09586447B2 |
Antistatic vehicle tire and method of manufacturing such a tire
The invention relates to a vehicle tire comprising a tread portion and a package of reinforcement layers arranged underneath the tread portion. The tread portion comprises a tread base layer arranged underneath the tread layer, and at least one rubber member that extends in the radial direction of the tire from the ground contacting surface to the reinforcement package. The tread layer rubber composition has an electrical resistivity at room temperature of more than 108 ohm-cm, the tread base layer rubber composition of between 106 ohm-cm and 108 ohm-cm, the member rubber composition of less than 106 ohm-cm; and the rubber composition of at least one layer of the reinforcement package has a electrical resistivity at room temperature of less than 106 ohm-cm. The vehicle tire combines a low rolling resistance with improved conductivity to avoid build-up of static electricity. |
| US09586446B2 |
Ballistic resilient run-flat tire, kit and method thereof
A ballistic resilient run-flat tire device, kit and method for manufacturing the same are presented for providing a vehicle a capability of traveling for at least 30 miles at 30 miles per hour, after the device has been compromised as of result of exposure due to ballistic ordinance rifle shots such as 7.62×39 mm and 7.62×54R or air loss from road hazard punctures. The device includes a tire carcass and a polyurethane inner coating inside the tire carcass that defines an inflatable hollow chamber within the ballistic resilient run-flat tire. The tire carcass has an annular tread, sidewalls, and beads. The polyurethane inner coating inside the tire carcass defining a hollow chamber provides additional protection along the sidewalls and tread of the tire carcass. The kit includes the un-interconnected elements of the device. The method includes the steps of curing, discharging, filling, injecting, introducing, mounting, obtaining, and preparing. |
| US09586440B2 |
Container wheel system
An improved wheel system that can be connected to existing wheels of a container to provide additional stability and/or ease of use during the movement of the container. |
| US09586434B2 |
Printing apparatus for printing image on printing medium to be enclosed in envelope
Folding information and printing surface information, included in content information of a sealed letter creation job, are compared with content printing conditions stored in a storage section, and an appropriate condition (a conveyance path after printing, execution/non-execution of image rotation, and printing page order) is selected such that the position of a window of a windowed envelope is aligned with the position of specifying information printed on a print sheet P to be a content when the print sheet P is enclosed in the envelope. A convey section and a printing section are controlled based on the selected content printing condition. |
| US09586430B2 |
Verifying the physical characteristic of printed content for binding
Disclosed are various embodiments relating to verifying a printed work comprises a correct number of pages. Associated with a stack comprising one or more pages is an identifier that may be used to obtain an expected value for a physical characteristic of the pages in the stack. A sensor may then measure an actual value for the physical characteristic of the pages in the stack. Before binding the pages in the stack, the expected value may be compared to the actual value in order to verify the stack comprises the correct number of pages. |
| US09586429B2 |
Post-processing apparatus and image formation apparatus provided with the same
A post-processing apparatus includes a first sheet mount section to place sheets in the shape of a bunch, a second sheet mount section to place sheets in the shape of a bunch, a binding processing unit disposed to be able to shift to a first position to bind sheets placed in the first sheet mount section and a second position to bind sheets placed in the second sheet mount section, and a regulation device that does not position the sheets in the shape of a bunch in an area of the binding processing unit when the binding processing unit is not positioned in the second position. |
| US09586428B2 |
Print media coating
An inkjet printing media, comprising a coating layered on at least one side of the media, the coating comprising a source of polyvalent ions and a latex binder that forms a coherent film in the presence of the polyvalent ions. A coating comprising calcium 2+ ions (Ca2+) and a latex binder that forms a coherent film in the presence of the calcium 2+ ions (Ca2+). A print media coating comprising: a source of polyvalent ions; and a latex binder that forms a coherent film in the presence of the polyvalent ions. |
| US09586425B2 |
Printhead spacing
A method of printing includes directing print media to a print zone between a printhead and a platen for printing; and adjusting a spacing between the printhead and the platen based on a combination of at least two of environmental conditions of the printing, a print mode of the printing, an orientation of the print media for the printing, and a characteristic of the print media for the printing. |
| US09586423B2 |
Tape cartridge and tape feeding apparatus
Provided is a tape cartridge or the like that prevents detection target portions from contacting a finger or the like when an exposed area is provided in a cartridge case to cause the detection target portions of a tape-shaped member to be exposed. A tape cartridge includes a label tape 101 having a plurality of label portions 105 and a plurality of detection target portions 109 and a cartridge case and is installed in a tape feeding apparatus that feeds the label tape 101 based on the passage detection of the detection target portions 109 to separate the label portions 105 at a cut spot 112 on the label tape 101 at a cut position P3 outside the cartridge case. The cartridge case has an exposed area in which the respective detection target portions 109 are exposed, and a distance L1 between the cut position P3 and the upstream end of the exposed area is shorter than a distance L2 between a detection tip-end 109a of the detection target portion 109 corresponding to any of the label portions 105 and the cut spot 112 of the label portion 105 adjacent to the said label portion 105 on a paying-out tip-end side. |
| US09586422B2 |
Printer assembled from mainframe and multiple function units
A printer includes a mainframe including a front face part that has an opening through which a recording medium passes; a guide unit connected to the mainframe on a first side of the front face part; a printer mechanism unit configured to perform printing on the recording medium, and connected to the mainframe on a second side of the front face part opposite to the first side thereof; an arm unit having a first end connected to the mainframe; and a shaft unit configured to hold a roll of the recording medium, and connected to a second end of the arm unit, wherein the guide unit is configured to guide the recording medium so as to feed the recording medium to the printer mechanism unit through the opening of the front face part of the mainframe. |
| US09586420B2 |
Printer and method for printing
A printer using heat to print on a print medium improves a print processing speed over an entire print surface of a print medium. In print processing of a label (PL), the feeding speed at a print region (SW) for printing a barcode or the like is slower than a standard feeding speed, and the feeding speed at a margin region (SY) that has a length that is at least a predetermined length in the feeding direction (F) among the margin regions is faster than the standard feeding speed. Further, the feeding speed at a printing area (NW) for printing character, symbol, or the like, and the feeding speed at a margin region (NY) that has a length smaller than the predetermined length in the feeding direction (F) are set to the standard feeding speed. Accordingly, the print processing speed over the entire print surface of the label (PL) may be improved in the printer using heat to print on a label (PL). |
| US09586418B2 |
Recording position control device and abnormality detecting method for same
A recording position control device includes head units, edge sensors, head movers, a controller, and a timer. The controller performs an original-point determination operation of moving the head units to an original point and to control the head movers to move the head units in a direction to correct meandering of a recording medium. The controller performs a second round of the original-point determination operation after performing a first round of the original-point determination operation. The timer measures, as a measurement time period, a time period from when the controller issues an execution command of the second round to when the controller receives a completion status of the second round. In a case in which the measurement time period is equal to or shorter than a first threshold time period, the controller determines that the original-point determination operation of the head units has failed to be normally executed. |
| US09586416B2 |
Triple mode printer
A system for enabling a wide format ink jet printer to print onto discontinuous flexible media. A wide format inkjet printer includes a print head and a feed roller that can be configured as a flat bed printer for printing onto stiff media or as a roll to roll printer for printing onto continuous flexible media. Addition of a tray connected to a vacuum pump that can be fed using the feed roller when in flat bed configuration enables the printer to be used for printing onto flexible discontinuous media. |
| US09586410B2 |
Inkjet printing system, fluid ejection system, and method thereof
An inkjet printing system, fluid ejection system and method thereof are disclosed. The fluid ejection system includes a fluid ejection device and a determination module to determine a supply condition based on the count value output by the converter module. The fluid ejection device includes a fluid supply chamber to store fluid, an ejection chamber including a nozzle and a corresponding ejection member to selectively eject the fluid through the nozzle, a pressure sensor unit having a sensor plate to output a voltage value corresponding to a cross-sectional area of an amount of fluid in the ejection chamber. The fluid ejection system also includes a converter module to output a count value corresponding to the voltage value output by the pressure sensor unit. |
| US09586402B2 |
Liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting apparatus, and method of manufacturing liquid ejecting head
A liquid ejecting head comprising: a head body that ejects liquid droplets from a liquid ejecting surface; a wiring substrate electrically connected to the head body; a holder member to which the head bodies are fixed, and that includes a flow channel to the head bodies, and a wiring through hole through which the wiring substrate passes; a circuit substrate that includes a connection portion electrically connected to the wiring substrate, and a substrate that arranges the connection portion on both surfaces thereof and stands in a direction intersecting the liquid ejecting surface; a set of a first correction plate facing each other with respect to each of both surfaces of the substrate of the circuit substrate for correcting the holder member; and a cover member that accommodates the circuit substrate fixed to the holder member and the first correction plate. |
| US09586400B2 |
Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge apparatus, and method of manufacturing liquid discharge head
A liquid discharge head including a substrate, and an energy-generating element. The substrate is provided with a flow path that penetrates through the substrate from the first surface to a second surface, the flow path supplying the liquid from the second surface side to the first surface side. The flow path includes a plurality of first flow paths and a second flow path that is positioned on the second surface side with respect to the first flow paths. The plurality of first flow paths are open on a bottom portion of the second flow path, and the plurality of first flow paths include a long flow path relatively long in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, and a relatively short flow path. The long flow path has a flow path resistance per unit length that is smaller than that of the short flow path. |
| US09586399B2 |
Fluid ejection device for depositing a discrete quantity of fluid onto a surface
A fluid ejection device includes a body defining an interior bore, a fluid reservoir, and a fluid ejection chip. The fluid reservoir defines an interior passage that receives a fluid, the interior passage in fluid communication with the interior bore of the body. The fluid ejection chip is coupled with the body and includes one or more fluid ejection actuators. The fluid ejection chip has one or more interior fluid paths in fluid communication with the interior bore of the body so that the fluid ejection chip ejects the fluid upon activation of the one or more fluid ejection actuators. The interior passage of the fluid reservoir and the one or more interior fluid paths are substantially devoid of obstructions such that the fluid is gravity fed to the fluid ejection chip upon entry into the interior passage of the fluid reservoir. |
| US09586398B2 |
Ink jet recording apparatus
An ink jet recording apparatus is capable of suppressing an increase of waste ink while solving an increase in density of ink within a supply tube. An ink jet recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a recording head configured to discharge ink, a tank configured to store ink, a supply tube configured to supply ink to the recording head from the tank, a discharge unit configured to execute a discharge operation for discharging ink within the supply tuber a control unit configured to make the discharge unit execute a discharge operation when an elapsed time from a previous discharge operation is greater than a predetermined time, and a changing unit configured to change at least any one of the elapsed time or the predetermined time based on an ink consumption amount consumed through the recording head after the previous discharge operation. |
| US09586396B2 |
Drive circuit for driving a capacitive load
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a modulation circuit that generates a modulated signal by pulse-modulating a source signal; a transistor that amplifies the modulated signal to generate an amplified modulated signal; a low-pass filter that includes an inductor and a capacitor and smoothes the amplified modulated signal to generate a drive signal; a feedback circuit that returns the drive signal to the modulation circuit; a circuit board; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by application of the drive signal thereto. The circuit board has a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface. The capacitor and the feedback circuit are mounted and a first ground wiring connected to the capacitor and a second ground wiring connected to the feedback circuit are provided on the first mounting surface. At least one of the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the inductor is mounted on the second mounting surface. |
| US09586392B2 |
Relating to printing
A method of preparing a printing form precursor for printing, or a printed circuit board precursor or a semiconductor precursor, the method comprising the step of applying electromagnetic radiation having a pulse duration of not greater than 1×10−6 seconds, in an imagewise manner, to an imagable surface of the precursor. The imaging process may cause ablation of the coating of the precursor or permit its development in a developer. In each case the imaging radiation needs not be tuned to imaging chemistry (if any) present in the coating. Alternatively the imaging process may induce a change of hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, or other change of state, of an uncoated substrate. |
| US09586391B2 |
Bonding apparatus and method for manufacturing bonded substrate
A bonding apparatus includes a substrate holder holding the second substrate; a pusher pushing a back surface of the second substrate; a substrate support unit including a support talon supporting a circumferential edge portion of the first substrate to oppose the second substrate with a prescribed spacing between the second substrate and the circumferential edge portion of the first substrate; and a controller controlling a lifting/lowering operation of the pusher. The pusher pushes one prescribed point of the back surface of the second substrate, the one prescribed point corresponding to a position where a distance between a bonding surface of the first substrate and a bonding surface of the second substrate is shorter than a distance from the circumferential edge portion of the bonding surface of the first substrate to the bonding surface of the second substrate. |
| US09586389B2 |
Carbon fiber wrench assembly with insert
The disclosure addresses wrenches having a portion thereof including carbon fibers. Example wrenches may have a handle portion comprising the carbon fibers; which in some cases can be formed as a part of a composite laminate structure of at least a portion of the handle. Example wrenches will often include an insert portion for engaging a bolt, nut, or similar structure. In most cases, the insert will be formed of a relatively hardened material, such as a metal, or a metal-containing, material. |
| US09586387B2 |
Poly(vinyl acetal) resin compositions, layers, and interlayers having enhanced optical properties
Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising two or more thermoplastic polymers and at least one RI balancing agent for adjusting the refractive index of at least one of the resins or layers is provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers exhibit enhanced optical properties while retaining other properties, such as impact resistance and acoustic performance. |
| US09586379B2 |
Joining curved composite sandwich panels
A curved composite structure, comprises at least two curved composite panel segments joined together. Each of the panel segments includes a fluted core sandwiched between first and second facesheets. A layer of adhesive is used to rigidly bond the panel segments together. |
| US09586371B2 |
Method of bonding material layers in an additive manufacturing process
Feedstocks for additive manufacturing are provided. The feedstock may include a matrix material, and one or more capsules disposed in the matrix material, wherein the one or more capsules are configured to be removable from a surface portion when the matrix material is solidified to form one or more cavities in the surface portion. Methods of depositing the feedstocks and objects formed from the feedstocks are also provided. |
| US09586370B2 |
Method for making ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
Heat treating UHMWPE by applying pressure with radial constraint at suitable times during a heating protocol reduces or eliminates cavitation, which is otherwise observed to occur when the UHMWPE is heated to a temperature above 300° C. Heat treated UHMWPE can undergo subsequent processing involving crosslinking, deformation, doping with antioxidant, and homogenizing or annealing. Heating during these steps can be carried out even above the onset melt temperature of the UHMWPE without loss of physical properties. |
| US09586361B2 |
Ultrasonic press using servo motor with delayed motion
An ultrasonic welding system includes a motion control system that is coupled to and that causes controlled movement of an ultrasonic welding stack, in accordance with control inputs that are based on one or more control signals that are received from one or more sensors. The motion control system initiates a welding operation, subsequent to which an initial motion delay occurs until a predetermined condition is satisfied. Subsequently, in response to the predetermined condition being satisfied, the ultrasonic welding stack is caused to move in accordance with a weld profile. Subsequently, in response to an occurrence of a predetermined delay initiating condition, the ultrasonic welding stack is caused to stop motion and to maintain a stationary position. Subsequently, in response to an occurrence of a predetermined delay terminating condition, motion of the ultrasonic welding stack is resumed in accordance with the weld profile. |
| US09586360B2 |
Processes for manufacturing personal-care applicator
A personal-care applicator comprising at least one stem having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end including a handle, and a distal end opposite to the proximal end, and at least a first plurality of bristles ultrasonically welded to the stem and outwardly extending therefrom according to a first pre-determined pattern, wherein the elongated stem and the at least first plurality of bristles comprise ultrasonically compatible materials, and wherein the bristles are ultrasonically bonded to the stem through a direct ultrasonic bond between a surface of the stem and a lengthwise portion of each of the bristles. Process comprises providing a stem strip, wrapping a continuous yarn around a moving endless band, juxtaposing the continuous stem strip with the band's edge, ultrasonically welding the yarn portions adjacent to the band's edge to the stem strip at a predetermined density, removing the stem strip having the yarn ultrasonically welded thereto from the endless band, and cutting the stem strip into a plurality of applicator components. |
| US09586359B2 |
Blow molding device and blow molding method
To prevent core misalignment when performs are stretched during blow molding, provided is a blow molding device that blow molds a preform into a container in a forming mold. The blow molding device includes a support pin that is disposed in the forming mold. The support pin includes a head that supports a bottom portion of the preform, and a shaft that is connected to the head and that is displaceable upward and downward in a direction of an axis of the preform. The head is provided, at one end thereof supporting the bottom portion of the preform, with a concave portion for receiving at least a part of the bottom portion. |
| US09586358B2 |
Blow moulding machine with cooling of the base in the stabilization phase
In a blow moulding machine for the production of plastics material containers, during a blow mould procedure, the container to be expanded is supplied with blow moulding air from a first gas preparation device on the one hand or from a second gas preparation device on the other hand. During this procedure a cooling of the base of the container is additionally carried out. |
| US09586357B2 |
Ribbon filament and assembly for use in extrusion-based digital manufacturing systems
A consumable material for use in an extrusion-based digital manufacturing system, the consumable material comprising a length and a cross-sectional profile of at least a portion of the length that is axially asymmetric. The cross-sectional profile is configured to provide a response time with a non-cylindrical liquefier of the extrusion-based digital manufacturing system that is faster than a response time achievable with a cylindrical filament in a cylindrical liquefier for a same thermally limited, maximum volumetric flow rate. |
| US09586354B2 |
Injection-molding tool and method for modifying such an injection-molding tool in an injection-molding machine
An injection-molding tool (1) for a clamping unit of an injection-molding machine for producing injection-molded parts, comprising a frame tool, consisting of a first, nozzle-side tool half (2) and a second, ejector-side tool half (3), is described. Mold insert halves (50, 51) of at least one mold insert (11) are fitted in slide-in frames (9, 10). The slide-in frames (9, 10) with the at least one mold insert (11) fitted in them can be connected to one another to form a slide-in module (8) which in the modifying process can be removed as a whole from the frame tool, which in the modifying process remains connected to the injection-molding machine. |
| US09586352B2 |
Method for manufacturing a faucet component
A faucet spout or other component has a metal housing with a plastic liner in an opening in the housing. The faucet component is made by first molding a plastic insert having an elongated body and an opening extending through the elongated body from a first end to a second end. The plastic insert is secured inside of a metal mold. The metal mold is heated (or cooled) to a temperature below the melting temperature of the molded plastic and molten metal is poured in the mold. The molded melting temperature of the plastic is high enough and the metal mold temperature is low enough so that the insert does not melt during the metal molding process. |
| US09586350B2 |
Oral care implement having multiple soft tissue cleaner components
An oral care implement with a soft tissue cleaner. The inventive oral care implement comprises different kinds of soft tissue cleaners that offer expanded in-mouth cleaning. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head having a structural body having a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface; a basin formed into the rear surface of the structural body, the structural body comprising a protuberance extending upward from a recessed floor of the basin, the basin surrounding the protuberance; a first cleaner formed of a resilient material for cleansing soft oral tissue located within the basin, the protuberance of the structural body extending through a central hole of the first cleaner; and a second cleaner formed of a resilient material for cleansing soft oral tissue, the second cleaner located on the protuberance of the structural body. |
| US09586348B2 |
Apparatus and system for expanding expandable polymeric microspheres
An apparatus including: (a) a steam generator having a power output of less than or equal to about 6 boiler horsepower; (b) a steam conduit in fluid communication with the steam generator; (c) a fluid material conduit in fluid communication with a source of a fluid material, wherein the fluid material includes unexpanded, expandable polymeric microspheres; (d) a treatment zone in fluid communication with the steam generator via the steam conduit, and with the fluid material conduit, such that the fluid material is contacted by steam within the treatment zone; and (e) a back pressure generator in fluid communication with the treatment zone, capable of increasing pressure in the treatment zone, which results in expansion of the expandable polymeric microspheres when the fluid material exits the treatment zone. |
| US09586344B2 |
Method and system of forming a releasable support and method of pre-cure removal of a composite laminate
A method and system of preparing a releasable underlying support for use in preparing a composite laminate is presented where a base tool is a covered with a conformable thin sheet on the tooling surface of a base tool, where the thin sheet is configured with one high tack surface side and an opposite side having a non-tack surface in contact with the tooling surface. The non-tack surface side will allow release of laid up pre-cure composite lamina that can then be cured on a separate curing tool. The thin sheet is positioned over the base tool and a vacuum source and sealed around the perimeter edge of the base tool. Drawing a vacuum causes the non-tack surface side of the film to be drawn downward into contact with the tooling surface. Plies of pre-cure lamina can then be added to the base tool covering and adhering to the high tack surface side. |
| US09586342B2 |
Method of injection sealing gel into a recess of a work piece
A method of injecting a sealing gel into a recess of a work piece, comprising steps of: injecting the sealing gel into the recess and stopping the injection of the sealing gel when the sealing gel reaches a first depth less than the total depth of the recess; after the sealing gel has cooled and solidified, continuing the injection of the sealing gel into the recess and stopping the injection of the sealing gel when the sealing gel reaches another depth higher than the first depth; and repeatedly performing the previous step until the cooled and solidified sealing gel in the recess has a top surface beyond a sealing interface surface of the work piece. |
| US09586333B2 |
Sheet-stapling apparatus that staples center-folded sheets by staple, and image-forming system using the same
A sheet-stapling apparatus mounts a center-folded booklet and staples the booklet at a fold of the booklet by a staple. The sheet-stapling apparatus has a supporting member that mounts the center-folded booklet, a pushing member that pushes the booklet to the supporting member, a stapler that penetrates the staple through the booklet and a clincher that clinches legs of the staple to bind the booklet. The pushing member has a groove that pushes the fold of the booklet and maintains the fold of the booklet at a pushing angle. The supporting member forms the space between the clincher and the booklet. |
| US09586329B2 |
Skinning knife with removable blade
A skinning knife includes a handle, a blade carrier coupled to the handle, the blade carrier including a mount having a mounting surface, a boss extending outward from the mounting surface, and a spring including a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion, the front portion secured to the mount, the middle portion bent outward from the front portion and the rear portion, and the rear portion including a free end of the spring movable relative to the mount, and a blade including a sharpened edge, a body, a slot formed through the body, and the slot includes a narrow portion and a wide portion, The blade is releasably secured to the blade carrier by interaction between the boss and the spring of the blade carrier and the slot of the blade. |
| US09586323B2 |
User selection of robotic system operating modes using mode distinguishing operator actions
A robotic system has a plurality of user selectable operating modes. To select one of the operating modes, a user performs a distinguishing action which uniquely identifies a desired operating mode among the plurality of user selectable operating modes. A method implemented by a processor in the robotic system identifies the distinguishing action and places the robotic system in the user selected operating mode. |
| US09586322B2 |
Method and device for treatment of a pipestring section that is positioned in a set-back
A method for treating pipe string sections being in a set-back and being arranged in a vertical position comprises arranging a remote-controllable manipulator at least at one of the threaded portions of the pipe string sections. In addition, the method comprises providing the remote-controllable manipulator with a tool. The tool is arranged to at least clean or lubricate said threaded portion. Further, the method comprises moving the tool to a threaded portion which is to be treated and at least clean or lubricate the threaded portion. |
| US09586320B2 |
System and method for controlling a vision guided robot assembly
A method includes the following steps: actuating a robotic arm to perform an action at a start position; moving the robotic arm from the start position toward a first position; determining from a vision process method if a first part from the first position will be ready to be subjected to a first action by the robotic arm once the robotic arm reaches the first position; commencing the execution of the visual processing method for determining the position deviation of the second part from the second position and the readiness of the second part to be subjected to a second action by the robotic arm once the robotic arm reaches the second position; and performing a first action on the first part using the robotic arm with the position deviation of the first part from the first position predetermined by the vision process method. |
| US09586309B1 |
Stabilizing door/object holding stand
A device for holding a door in a stable position while the hinges which affix the door to the door frame are either replaced or initially installed. The basic features of the device consist of a base to which two side panels are affixed opposite each other. One of the sides is equipped with one or more clamping mechanism with the other side equipped with cushioning pads aligned opposite of the clamping mechanism. Stabilizing rotatable outriggers are attached to each side panel to assist in the restriction of movement of the device relative to the floor. The device may be used in either a vertical or horizontal position depending upon the clearance between the door and the floor. |
| US09586305B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing pad and method of making same
A chemical mechanical polishing pad is provided, comprising: a chemical mechanical polishing layer having a polishing surface; wherein the chemical mechanical polishing layer is formed by combining (a) a poly side (P) liquid component, comprising: an amine-carbon dioxide adduct; and, at least one of a polyol, a polyamine and a alcohol amine; and (b) an iso side (I) liquid component, comprising: polyfunctional isocyanate; wherein the chemical mechanical polishing layer has a porosity of ≧10 vol %; wherein the chemical mechanical polishing layer has a Shore D hardness of <40; and, wherein the polishing surface is adapted for polishing a substrate. Methods of making and using the same are also provided. |
| US09586303B2 |
Polishing device and method for polishing semiconductor wafer
According to one embodiment, a polishing device includes a stage, a polishing unit, a warp suppressing unit, and an adsorbing mechanism. A semiconductor wafer is mounted onto the stage. The stage is rotatable around a first shaft. The polishing unit applies a force to and polishes a rear surface of the semiconductor wafer mounted on the stage. The warp suppressing unit applies a force to, during the polishing, an outer circumferential part of a front surface of the semiconductor wafer. The adsorbing mechanism adsorbs, during the polishing, a first region in the rear surface of the semiconductor wafer. The first region is on a center side relative to an area at which the polishing is performed. |
| US09586296B2 |
Method and device for mounting piston
A guide rod, which has a diameter expandable tip end portion and restricts the oscillation of a connecting rod and a piston, is inserted into a cylinder bore via an opening adjacent to a crank chamber of the cylinder bore, and the piston is inserted into the cylinder bore via a cylinder head mounting side opening with the connecting rod positioned at a leading end. The diameter of the tip end portion of the guide rod is increased in a hole of a semi-circular arc-shaped end portion positioned at tip end of the connecting rod in the insertion direction, and thus the connecting rod is engaged with the guide rod. The guide rod moves and the connecting rod is pulled into the cylinder bore until the semi-circular arc-shaped end portion of the connecting rod sits on a crankpin of a crankshaft. |
| US09586293B2 |
Welding gas and plasma welding method
A welding method, which performs non-keyhole welding of a ferritic stainless steel having a plate thickness of 3 mm or less using a plasma welding torch (10), includes supplying an inert gas, as a pilot gas (23), into the gap between a tungsten electrode (11) and an insert chip (12) at a flow rate of 2.1 m/sec or less, and supplying a shield gas (24) into the gap between the insert chip (12) and a shield cap (15), wherein a mixed gas prepared by adding either 0.5 to 4 vol % of oxygen gas or 1 to 6 vol % of carbon dioxide gas to an inert gas is used as the shield gas (24). |
| US09586292B2 |
Welding of aluminized components and an aluminized component
The welding can be carried out only after the partial removal of a necessary aluminized portion prior to welding an aluminized component. |
| US09586290B2 |
Systems for three-dimensional printing
The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) objects, 3D printing processes, as well as methods, apparatuses and systems for the production of a 3D object. Methods, apparatuses and systems of the present disclosure may reduce or eliminate the need for auxiliary supports. The present disclosure provides three dimensional (3D) objects printed utilizing the printing processes, methods, apparatuses and systems described herein. |
| US09586289B2 |
Cladding apparatus and method
The inventions disclosed by this application are for a cladding apparatus, a cladding head, and a method of cladding a relatively planar solid object such as a boiler waterwall. Cladding of non-horizontal surfaces is complicated by the effects of gravity as melted clad material trends to runoff the surface before the cladding material bonds to the appropriate location. The disclosed inventions overcome these limitations by controlling the relative angle of application by either rotating the workpiece or the cladding head through a pre-programmed sequence. Also presented in a compact design for a laser cladding head that facilitates such cladding by minimizing movement of the laser fiber and improves cladding speed over irregular shaped objects. |
| US09586287B2 |
Method of laser welding a nuclear fuel rod
A method of welding a fuel rod includes the following steps. An end plug and a cladding tube of the fuel rod are brought together to abut each other, and welded by applying a laser beam directed to a welding zone to melt material of the end plug and the cladding tube. The welding is sensed by sensing radiation within a first wavelength range, which includes the wavelength of the laser beam coming from reflections from the welding zone, sensing radiation within a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, which includes infrared radiation from melted material, and sensing radiation within a third wavelength range different from the first and second wavelength ranges, which includes radiation from plasma. The welding and melting of material is monitored by monitoring the sensed radiations. |
| US09586281B2 |
Forming a solder joint between metal layers
Forming a solder joint between metal layers by preparing a structure having solder material placed between two metal layers and heating the structure to grow an intermetallic compound in a space between the two metal layers. Growing the intermetallic compound includes setting a first surface, in contact with the solder material between the two metal layers, to a first temperature, thereby enabling growth of the intermetallic compound; setting a second surface, in contact with the solder material between the two metal layers, to a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature; and maintaining a temperature gradient (temperature/unit thickness) between the two metal layers at a predetermined value or higher until the intermetallic compound substantially fills the space between the two metal layers. |
| US09586279B2 |
Method and system of surface polishing
A method of polishing a surface of an object disposed within a gas chamber is provided. The method includes filling the gas chamber with a discharging medium to a predefined pressure, applying a voltage between an electrode and the surface, calibrating a height of the electrode relative to the surface so as to establish electrical breakdown threshold criteria, and scanning the electrode with respect to the surface so as to sequentially position the electrode over a plurality of locations on the surface, each location characterized by a surface error. When a respective location in the plurality of locations has a surface error that meets the electrical breakdown threshold criteria, electrical breakdown occurs, whereby the electrical breakdown results in a discharging pulse that polishes the surface. |
| US09586276B2 |
Apparatus for transverse cutting of a continuously moving web and a method therefore
An apparatus for transverse cutting of a web has a frame straddling the web path, a side frame on each side of the web path and an upper frame between the two side frames, a circular saw blade suspended in a pendulum arm pivotably connected to the upper frame, a swinging drive for controlling the swinging movement of the saw blade, wherein the pendulum arm is pivotably mounted in a vertically movable sub-frame of the upper frame, and the vertical movement of the sub-frame relative to the upper frame is managed by a lifting drive that is coordinated with the swinging drive. Also disclosed is a method for transverse cutting a web. |
| US09586274B2 |
Cubic cutting insert for boring or plunging
Cutting insert with a cuboid body has a substantially square top face and bottom face, said top face and bottom face connected by four peripheral adjoining side surfaces. At least two cutting edges are formed at the transition of the top face to at least two side surfaces, that cutting edges defining a plane of the top face. To provide a cutting insert and a corresponding tool suited to produce valve seat surfaces with high precision but still having a rather simple construction and being precisely mountable with ease and less efforts of adjustment, the plane defined by the top face cutting edges of the cutting insert has maximum dimensions of 7 mm×7 mm, where the bottom face has a supporting surface formed exactly parallel to the plane defined by the top face cutting edges by means of grinding within a tolerance of less than 5 angular minutes. |
| US09586272B1 |
Key blank and carrier adapted for positioning a key blank in a cutter during bit cutting
Implementations of key blank carriers or key blanks with a standard reference features may include alignment features on a key blank head, key blank tip, a key blank carrier coupled to a key blank sleeve and/or a key blank sleeve, and any feature directly attached to any portion of the key that may be used for referencing in the key duplication system, or any combination of these. The standard reference features may allow any key blank brand model to interface with the machine so as to consistently align each key, regardless of its make and model, for cutting in a universally configured key blank clamp that is clamped to reduce the movement of the key blank during duplication cutting. |
| US09586271B2 |
Drill cutting insert
A drill cutting insert has a cutting edge at a transition between a side surface and a top side which is formed with n identical cutting corners and n identical partial cutting edges —with nε{3, 4} —extending between the cutting corners. Each of the n partial cutting edges has: adjoining a first cutting corner, a main lip which is straight in plan view of the top side; adjoining the other cutting corner, a secondary lip which is straight in plain view of the top side, and a transition section, via which the main lip and the secondary lip merge into one another and which has a convex section adjoining the main lip and a concave section adjoining the secondary lip. The main and secondary lips enclose on the outside an angle a α<180° in plan view of the top side. |
| US09586269B2 |
Collet adapter
A collet adaptor 20 including a work piece clamp mechanism 29. The collet adaptor 20 is rotatable about a first axis A and the work piece clamp mechanism 29 is mounted within the collet adaptor 20 for rotation with the collect adaptor 20. The clamp mechanism 29 is also mounted for movement laterally to the first axis A during rotation of the collet adaptor 29. The clamp mechanism 29 can also be mounted within the collect adaptor 20 for rotational movement lateral to the first axis A during rotation of the collect adaptor 20. |
| US09586266B2 |
Toolholder with tunable passive vibration absorber assembly
A toolholder includes a cutting tool mounted to a head attached to a collar at a first end of the toolholder. A shank is located at a second, opposite end of the toolholder. A central cavity extends inwardly from the first end toward the shank. A passive vibration absorber assembly is disposed within the central cavity. The passive vibration absorber assembly includes an absorber body and an absorber cap attached to the absorber body. The absorber body has a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and one or more cavities formed in the second end. The one or more cavities of the absorber body are partially of wholly filled with metal or ceramic particles or powders to provide particle damping for suppressing vibration of the toolholder. |
| US09586265B2 |
Groove insert, clamping holder for a groove insert and groove cutting tool
A groove insert to be received in a tool holder has, along its top and bottom side and on its rear side, a holding structure which is formed by holding faces which taper toward one another and by way of which the groove insert is fixed in the tool holder in a positive locking manner. The tool holder has corresponding counter faces. The groove insert and the tool holder form a groove cutting tool. |
| US09586264B2 |
Double-sided cutting insert for drilling tool
A double-sided cutting insert for a drilling tool includes a top side, a bottom side, and at least one side surface interconnecting the top side and the bottom side and forming at least one cutting edge. The top side and the bottom side comprise a different external profile and chip groove geometry and an identical inscribed circle, and each of the top side and the bottom side comprises four indexable cutting edges. |
| US09586261B2 |
Apparatus for producing semi-solidified metal, method for producing semi-solidified metal, and semi-solidified metal
An apparatus for producing a semi-solidified metal has a heating device which heats a metal material, a vessel, a cooling device which cools the vessel, and a pouring device which pours the metal material into the vessel. The vessel has a hollow member which configures a wall of the vessel and is opened at both of the upper and lower ends and into which the metal material is poured from the upper opening, and a bottom member which closes the lower opening of the hollow member and configures the bottom of the vessel. The cooling speed of the metal material by the bottom member is faster than the cooling speed of the metal material by the hollow member. |
| US09586260B2 |
Process for producing a casing for a roller press
A process for producing a casing for a roller press for subjecting particulate matter to be ground to high pressure treatment, the casing having a profiling defined by profile comb, wherein the process includes the steps of casting a cylindrical hollow body and introducing axial longitudinal grooves onto the surface of the cylindrical hollow body. The material for casting is of a particular composition, where that composition includes, among other components, between 0.0012% and 0.0027%, by weight, of phosphorus (P). |
| US09586257B2 |
Combination collar feeder and swaging tool
A combination collar feeder and swaging tool for installing lockbolt fasteners. The collar feeder is mounted on the tool to present collars one-by-one from a cartridge. After placing a collar on a lockbolt shank, the feeder moves out of alignment with the nose assembly to allow it to advance onto the collar for swaging purposes. |
| US09586254B2 |
Wire saw
A wire saw which has excellent cutting ability and which is not easily clogged by chips formed by cutting is provided.It has a body 6 having a first metal wire 1 which is made of a cobalt-based alloy, two second metal wires 2a and 2b which are made of a cobalt-based alloy, and three third metal wires 3a-3c which are made of a cobalt-based alloy and are wound on the first metal wire 1. The second metal wires 2a and 2b are helically wound on each of the third metal wires 3a-3c in opposite directions so as to cross each other. Cutting teeth are constituted by projections 8 which are formed by the crossing points of the two second metal wires 2a and 2b. |
| US09586250B2 |
Tandem rolling mill output method and installation with coiling carousel coupled with on-line inspection
Method for coiling and on-line inspection of a continuously-rolled metal strip, involving continuous coiling on at least one mandrel of a coiling station, preferably of carousel type, wherein: the strip is cut by a shears situated before the coiling station, advances over a certain length on an insertion table so as to at least partially cover this table and is then cut a second time by the shears in order to obtain a specimen; —the coiling performed on the mandrel is terminated and the coil is discharged from the coiling station; at the same time, the insertion table bearing the specimen is moved parallel to the rolling-coiling line until it lies in an inspection line comprising an inspection table; —the specimen is inspected on the inspection table so that faults can be detected; —once the specimen has left the insertion table, the latter is placed back in the rolling-coiling line. |
| US09586248B1 |
System for forming a T-shaped tubular fitting
The system for forming a T-shaped tubular fitting is configured for forming a T-shaped tubular part from an unbranched tubular part. The system includes an upper portion and a lower portion below the upper portion. A pushing block is disposed above the upper portion of the system. Compressible first and second side punches, respectively, extend from opposing sides of the upper portion. The upper portion includes a flat plate with a horizontal channel extending therethrough. The lower portion includes a housing with a vertical channel extending therethrough. The vertical channel extends normal to the horizontal channel. An insert can be disposed in the tubular part in alignment with the vertical channel. The horizontal channel and the vertical channel together define a T-shaped cavity. The T-shaped tubular fitting can be formed upon application of pressure to the pushing block. |
| US09586246B2 |
Down conveyor
A progressive forming machine having a frame supporting a plurality of workstations uniformly spaced in a horizontal plane, a transfer mechanism for shifting parts from one station to another and from a last station to a discharge station, a conveyor in the frame for lowering parts from the transfer discharge station, the conveyor having individual part carriers, the conveyor being arranged to present a carrier beneath the discharge station in timed relation to the operating cycle of the machine. |
| US09586244B2 |
System and method for processing waste material
A waste processing system includes a receptacle for waste material, including bags of waste, and a liquid to be mixed with the waste. The receptacle has an inlet, a waste outlet, and at least one nozzle opening with at least one slicing nozzle that sprays a slicing fluid under pressure sufficient to manipulate the waste material. The system includes a pump for chopping the waste material and circulating and mixing the liquid and waste material, a waste inlet conduit, and a waste outlet conduit. The receptacle, pump, waste inlet and waste outlet conduits define a closed, pressurized waste processing circuit for circulating the liquid and waste. The system also includes a heating system to heat the liquid and waste to effect biological neutralization of the liquid and waste material, and all surfaces of the waste processing system with which the waste material being processed comes into contact. |
| US09586241B2 |
Washing device and washing method
Provided are a washing device and a washing method that can remove burnt body fluid adhered to a medical instrument. The washing device can remove the burned component which adhered to a tip end portion of a surgical instrument by applying a physical force caused by the pressure of cleaning agent-dissolved water ejected from a cleaning nozzle member in addition to a chemical force caused by a cleaning agent contained in the cleaning agent-dissolved water. |
| US09586240B2 |
Method of cleaning food and beverage manufacturing and handling equipment
The present invention is generally directed toward methods of cleaning and descaling surfaces contaminated with food soils, especially clean-in-place systems. More particularly, the methods according to the present invention also provide for sanitizing of surfaces contaminated with food soils. Thus, there is provided a single cleaning cycle that may clean, sanitize, and descale food-soiled surfaces, and in certain embodiments, without the need for a pre-rinse step, using a non-chlorine detergent composition. The methods comprise a cleaning step and a post-rinsing step. In certain embodiments, a pre-rinse step is utilized, in which the volume of pre-rinse fluid used is less than 50% of the volume of cleaning solution used in the cleaning step. |
| US09586238B2 |
Needle clean device and sealant coater having the device
The present invention provides a needle clean device and a sealant coater having the device. The needle clean device comprises: two opposing guide tracks (52), two stand bars (56) respectively and slidably installed on the two guide tracks (52), two motors (54) respectively fixedly connected to the two stand bars (56) and two opposing catches (57) respectively located on the two stand bars (56), and dents (69) are respectively located at opposing side surfaces of the two catches (57), and the stand bars (56) can be driven by the motors (54) to move back and forth along the guide tracks (52) to drive the two catches (57) close to or depart from each other and to close the two dents (69) to form a hole or to open the two dents (69). According to the needle clean device located by the present invention, the catches are utilized to automatically scrape the sealant accumulated on the needle without manual clean. The work efficiency is raised and the production quality is promoted. |
| US09586230B2 |
Method of coating lubrication paint on disk-shaped substrate
A method for coating a lubrication paint on a disk-shaped substrate, comprising: applying the lubrication paint on a sliding portion of the disk-shaped substrate from a paint supply nozzle while rotating the disk-shaped substrate in the horizontal plane; and leveling the lubrication paint applied on the sliding portion by contacting the lubrication paint with a doctor knife that is arranged at a downstream position in the direction of rotation of the disk-shaped substrate. The disk-shaped substrate may be the swash plate of a swash plate compressor. |
| US09586220B2 |
Paint cup assembly
A paint cup assembly for a paint sprayer is disclosed and can include a paint reservoir assembly. The paint reservoir assembly can include a paint reservoir and a cap configured to engage the paint reservoir. The paint reservoir assembly further includes a structural element for engaging a paint spray gun to form a tactile feedback mechanism. The tactile feedback mechanism can provide a tactile indication to a user as the paint reservoir assembly is engaged with the paint spray gun. |
| US09586214B2 |
Showerhead with convenient mode switching mechanism
A showerhead with convenient mode switching mechanism includes a stationary plate, a water diverting plate, a gearwheel, a sliding groove, a stopper, a rotary plate, a rear plate, a showerhead casing, a stopper holder, a spray face fixedly engaged with the rotary plate, and a dial protruding outward from the spray face. Manual rotation of the rotary plate clockwise or anticlockwise effects movement of the pin of the stopper which then turns the gearwheel and the water diverting plate for switching to a different spray mode. Upon discontinuance of the manual rotation of the rotary plate, the rotary plate and the pin of the stopper are then biased to return to their original positions. |
| US09586210B2 |
Apparatus and method for comminuting a polycrystalline silicon rod
An apparatus is disclosed for comminuting a polycrystalline silicon rod, which apparatus includes a base, at least one movable comminuting tool and optionally at least one immovable anvil. A silicon rod to be comminuted lies on a longitudinal axis oriented parallel or virtually parallel to the surface of the base and can be adjusted between the comminuting tool and anvil. Also disclosed is a method for comminuting a polycrystalline silicon rod. |
| US09586205B2 |
Analysis device
An analysis chip device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a placing board (17) on which a microchip (14) is placed, and a coupling (20) attached to a cover (11) of the microchip (14). The coupling (20) includes a linear electrode (25), a sleeve (22) including an attach part (28) that is attached to the cover (11) and an air core part (23) in which the electrode (25) is provided, the sleeve (22) having a side surface in which an inlet port (26) is provided, the inlet port (26) communicating with the air core part (23); and a holder (21) including a pipe connection part (27) to which a pipe (32) is connected, the pipe (32) supplying gas to the inlet port (26), the holder (21) holding the sleeve (22) so as to surround the inlet port (26). |
| US09586201B2 |
Forming catalytic sites from reducible silver-heterocyclic complexes
A non-aqueous metal catalytic composition includes (a) a complex of silver and a hindered aromatic N-heterocycle comprising reducible silver ions in an amount of at least 2 weight %, (b) a silver ion photoreducing composition in an amount of at least 1 weight %, and (c) a photocurable component, a non-curable polymer, or a combination of a photocurable component and a non-curable polymer. This non-aqueous metal catalytic composition can be used to form silver metal particles in situ during suitable reducing conditions. The silver metal can be provided in a suitable layer or pattern on a substrate, which can then be subsequently subjected to electroless plating to form electrically-conductive layers or patterns for use in various articles or as touch screen displays in electronic devices. |
| US09586199B2 |
Composition having an active metal or precursor, an amine component and a non-amine containing polar additive useful in the catalytic hydroprocessing of hydrocarbons, a method of making such catalyst, and a process of using such catalyst
A composition that comprises a support material that is loaded with an active metal or metal precursor, an amine component, and a non-amine containing polar additive. The composition is useful in the hydroprocessing of hydrocarbon feedstocks. The composition is prepared by incorporating a metal solution into a support material followed by incorporating therein an amine component and a non-amine containing polar additive. |
| US09586197B2 |
Solid heterogeneous catalyst for olefin hydroformylation reaction and production method and use thereof
A solid heterogeneous catalyst consisting of a metal component and an organic ligand polymer, wherein the metal component is one or more of Rh, Ir or Co, the organic ligand polymer is a polymer having a large specific surface area and hierarchical porosity formed by polymerizing an organic ligand monomer containing P and alkenyl group and optional N via a solvothermal polymerization process, the metal component forms coordinated bond with the P atom or N in backbone of the organic ligand polymer and exists in a monoatomic dispersion state; when the catalyst is used in an olefin hydroformylation reaction, the metal component and the P and/or N atom form in situ an intermediate active species similar to homogeneous catalyst due to the coordination effect, and the catalyst has an excellent catalytic property, can be easily separated, and has a relatively high stability. |
| US09586196B2 |
Metal nanoparticle-PCP complex and manufacturing method therefor
Provided is a composite, including a metal nanoparticle inside a porous coordination polymer (PCP), in which the PCP is formed of a metal ion and an organic ligand. |
| US09586194B2 |
Process and catalyst for conversion of acetic acid to isobutene
A process is disclosed for converting acetic acid to isobutene in the presence of a catalyst. In certain embodiments, a ZnxZryOz mixed oxide catalyst is used for carrying out a gas phase process for converting acetic acid to isobutene. In some embodiments, a ZnxZryOz mixed oxide catalyst made by an incipient wetness impregnation method is used and is indicated to be very stable for carrying out the conversion. |
| US09586192B2 |
Functionalized media and methods of making and using therefor
Methods, compositions, devices and kits are provided herein for separating, scavenging, capturing or identifying a metal from a target using a medium or scaffold with a selenium-containing functional group. The medium or the scaffold including the selenium-containing functional group has affinity and specificity to metal ions or compounds having one or more metals, and efficiently separates, recovers, and scavenges of the metals from a target such as a sample, solution, suspension, or mixture. |
| US09586191B2 |
Magnetic core coated inorganic ion adsorbent for removing Cs ions in radioactive wastewater and preparation method thereof
The invention discloses a micron-grade magnetic core coated ferrocyanide adsorbent for removing Cs ions in radioactive wastewater and a preparation method thereof. The adsorbent takes magnetic Fe3O4 as a core, the surface is coated with a dense SiO2 single layer serving as a protective layer, and an active component is metal ion stabilized potassium ferrocyanide coated on the outer layer, wherein stabilized metal ions comprise Ti, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, and Zr. The particle size of the adsorbent is 0.2-5 μm, the adsorbent in the outermost layer is conductive to improving the adsorption efficiency for Cs+ ions, and an external magnetic field is adopted for realizing solid-liquid phase separation. The preparation method comprises the following steps: coating a hydrated metal oxide of Ti, Zr or Co, Ni, Cu or Zn on the surface of Fe3O4SiO2 to form a composite magnetic material, wherein the hydrated oxide performs hydroxyl polymerization reaction with the surface of SiO2 to produce M—O—Si bonds to improve the bonding strength between M and the surface of SiO2; and finally reacting the composite magnetic material with a potassium ferrocyanide solution to form the required composite adsorbent, wherein the metal ions M achieve the effects of stabilizing the ferrocyanide and also achieve a bridge effect for bonding the ferrocyanide and the composite magnetic material together. |
| US09586190B1 |
Thermal swing reactor including a multi-flight auger
A thermal swing reactor including a multi-flight auger and methods for solar thermochemical reactions are disclosed. The reactor includes a multi-flight auger having different helix portions having different pitch. Embodiments of reactors include at least two distinct reactor portions between which there is at least a pressure differential. In embodiments, reactive particles are exchanged between portions during a reaction cycle to thermally reduce the particles at first conditions and oxidize the particles at second conditions to produce chemical work from heat. |
| US09586189B2 |
Catalyst loading device and catalyst loading method
A catalyst loading device configured to rotationally spread a catalyst in a reactor includes: a rotor disposed in the reactor and configured to be rotated; a feeder configured to feed the catalyst to the rotor; and an air delivery unit configured to generate an air flow along the catalyst fed to the rotor. The rotor is disposed to a lower end of a cylinder that is concentric with a rotary shaft of the rotor. The cylinder includes: a delivery air feed pipe configured to generate the air flow of delivery air; and a throttle mechanism configured to regulate the delivery air. |
| US09586184B2 |
Air-powered water circulation systems for ponds, lakes, municipal water tanks, and other bodies of water
An air-powered water circulation system for ponds, lakes, municipal water tanks, and other bodies of water having a draft tube extending along and about a vertical axis between upper and lower end portions and supported by a flotation arrangement with the upper end portion slightly below the water surface. A pneumatic, air flow arrangement is then provided to supply pressurized air from an aft pump to a plurality of submerged air pipes positioned within the draft tube below the upper end portion thereof and extending inwardly from a submerged manifold toward the interior of the draft tube. In operation, pressurized air is supplied from the air pump through an air delivery conduit to the submerged air manifold and into the submerged air pipes where it is discharged as air bubbles through series of discharge holes extending along the pipes to create an overall circulation pattern in the body of water. |
| US09586182B2 |
Process for preparing membranes
A process for preparing a composite membrane comprising the steps: a) applying a radiation-curable composition to a porous support; b) irradiating the composition and thereby forming a gutter layer of cured polymer; and c) forming a discriminating layer on the gutter layer; wherein the radiation-curable composition comprises a partially crosslinked, radiation-curable polymer comprising epoxy groups and siloxane groups, a photoinitiator and is substantially free from mono-epoxy compounds. Composite membranes and gas separation cartridges are also claimed. |
| US09586181B2 |
Electrodialytic separation of CO2 gas from seawater
A method comprises flowing process solution and electrode solution into a BPMED apparatus, applying a voltage such that the process solution is acidified and basified and dissolved CO2 is generated, flowing the process solution out of the apparatus, and desorbing CO2 out of the process solution. A method for desorbing CO2 from an ocean comprises flowing seawater and electrode solution into a BPMED apparatus, applying a voltage such that dissolved CO2 is generated, flowing the seawater out of the apparatus, and desorbing CO2 out of the seawater. A method for producing a desalted solution and CO2 gas comprises flowing process solution and electrode solution into a BPMED apparatus that includes one or more three-compartment cells, applying a voltage such that the process solution is acidified, basified, and desalted, flowing the process solution out of the apparatus, and desorbing CO2 out of the process solution. |
| US09586179B2 |
Washcoats and coated substrates for catalytic converters and methods of making and using same
Disclosed are, inter alia, methods of forming coated substrates for use in catalytic converters, as well as washcoat compositions and methods suitable for using in preparation of the coated substrates, and the coated substrates formed thereby, which in some cases use iron-exchanged zeolite particles that provide enhanced performance such as lower light-off temperatures and lower pollutant levels in exhaust gases. The catalytic material is prepared by a plasma-based method, yielding catalytic material with a lower tendency to migrate on support at high temperatures, and thus less prone to catalyst aging after prolonged use. Also disclosed are catalytic converters using the coated substrates, which have favorable properties as compared to catalytic converters using catalysts deposited on substrates using solution chemistry. Also disclosed are exhaust treatment systems, and vehicles, such as diesel vehicles, particularly light-duty diesel vehicles, using catalytic converters and exhaust treatment systems using the coated substrates. |
| US09586176B2 |
Biofilter with fuzzy logic control
A system for removing undesirable compounds from contaminated air includes a biofilter having a fuzzy-logic based controller. A contaminant, such as hydrogen sulfide, is removed from contaminated air by passing the contaminated air through the biofilter. |
| US09586175B2 |
Catalytic method and apparatus for separating a gaseous component from an incoming gas stream
A process for separating at least a portion of an acid gas from a gaseous mixture, said process comprising contacting the gaseous mixture with an absorption medium and/or adsorption medium, wherein said medium absorbs and/or adsorbs at least a portion of the acid gas to form a rich medium; and separating at least a portion of the acid gas from the rich medium to form a lean medium; wherein the separation step is performed in the presence of an acid catalyst. |
| US09586170B2 |
Metal complex, and adsorbent material, storage material and separation material comprising metal complex
The metal complex comprises a multivalent carboxylic acid compound, at least one metal ion selected from ions of metals belonging to Groups 2 to 13 of the periodic table, an organic ligand capable of multidentate binding to the metal ion, and a C1 or C2 monocarboxylic acid compound. The metal complex has excellent gas adsorption, storage, and separation performance as well as excellent durability. The metal complex is stably present under high temperature and high humidity, and can maintain high adsorption performance. |
| US09586165B2 |
Air filter and filter element of an air filter
An air filter has a filter housing and a filter element inserted in the interior of the filter housing. The filter element has an inflow surface and an outflow surface and a filter medium that extends between inflow and outflow surfaces. The filter element has a circumferentially extending seal arranged in the area of the inflow surface or outflow surface and interacting in the mounting position with the sealing surface of the filter housing to separate inlet and outlet of the air filter. A support device clamps the filter element transversely to the insertion direction in the filter housing by a transverse clamping action in a support area that is spaced from the seal. The transverse clamping action results by an insertion movement of the filter element into the filter housing by interaction of the filter element with inner sides of the filter housing. |
| US09586164B2 |
Particulate separator
A particulate separator for a gaseous fluid is provided. The particulate separator includes a sealable collection container defining a collection volume therein. The particulate separator also includes a gaseous fluid conduit provided through the sealable collection container. The gaseous fluid conduit defines an inner channel therein. The gaseous fluid conduit includes an inlet and an outlet. The gaseous fluid conduit also includes an arcuate segment provided between the inlet and the outlet. The arcuate segment includes a plurality of slits formed therein. The plurality of slits is configured to provide fluid communication between the collection volume and the inner channel of the gaseous fluid conduit. |
| US09586162B2 |
System for reducing product losses, product dilution, chemical dilution and water consumption in a crossflow membrane separation system
The system and method of the present application improves the efficiency of systems utilizing spiral membranes but can also be applied to systems using other types of membranes. The membrane vessels and membranes are configured in a vertical orientation and a clear path is provided for the removal of product and cleaning chemicals on the retentate and permeate sides of the membrane with hide or no dilution. |
| US09586160B2 |
Fluid dispersion unit with directional component vector
A valve-tray assembly and method for lighter fluid heavier fluid contact towers. The active area of the tray is constructed with valves having multiple lighter fluid discharge areas facilitating improved mass transfer efficiency. The valves include first and second support legs oriented in line with the heavier fluid flow with both legs and the valve top constructed with apertures wherein the heavier fluid may flow into engagement with the lighter fluid passing from beneath the tray up, through and out of the valve. |
| US09586159B2 |
Inflatable soap box derby
A portable inflatable race track comprising a base, at least one wall, and a race surface, wherein the base is at least partially inflatable from a collapsed position to an inflated position, the race surface is inclined relative to horizontal and includes at least one lane configured to accept a vehicle comprising wheels, wherein at least gravity causes the vehicle to travel down the race surface. The race track may include a starting section, a sloped section, a finish section, and a stopping section. The race track may be configured to allow two or more vehicles to simultaneously race down the race surface. |
| US09586155B2 |
Toy vehicle track with multiple toy vehicle launch
The toy vehicle track system includes a first track section, a second track section, a third track section, a trigger configured to initiate a launch of a first toy vehicle and a second toy vehicle, and a toy vehicle launcher operatively coupled to the trigger and configured to launch the first toy vehicle onto the first track section and configured to launch the second toy vehicle onto the second track section upon operation of the trigger. The third track section is configured to receive the first toy vehicle from the first track section and configured to receive the second toy vehicle from the second track section such that the first toy vehicle and the second toy vehicle simultaneously travel on the third track section. |
| US09586146B2 |
Customizable, adaptable, multiuser computer-based role-playing method and apparatus therefor
Game client, game server, Web application server, and database server including database with data representative of a virtual world. Game client or server, or both, includes motifs, motif manager, character manager, scenes-a-faire manager, and display manager coupled to display, all in communication with game manager, and pseudorandomizer, which can instigate changing of a motif. Motifs are representative of a game character or environment. A user interface has mass sensor, accelerometer, haptic device, first device for visual input, output, or both, second device for audio input, output, or both, and tactile sensor, effector or both. Included may be automatic translator, or TTS/STT module. The online game can be virtual world representative of at least two of a northern continent, a western continent, a southern continent, a central continent, and an eastern continent. Methods provide game client, game server, and a database that manipulate character or environment motifs and scenes-a-faire. |
| US09586145B2 |
Virtual competitive group management systems and methods
Virtual competitive group management systems and methods are provided herein. Exemplary systems may execute methods via one or more processors, which are programmed to compare one or more skill levels of a player to skill levels of a plurality competitors, wherein a skill level is associated with player competitiveness within the interactive game, determine at least one of the plurality of competitors who have at least one skill level that is greater than the skill level of the player, and place the player and the at least one of the plurality of competitors into a competitive group such that the player is at a competitive disadvantage to at least one of the plurality of competitors. |
| US09586143B2 |
Game control device, game control method, program, recording medium, and game system
The disclosed game control device is a device executing a game that simulates a sport or an amusement in the real world. The device includes: a setter configured to set a situation in a sport or an amusement before an event on the game; an event generator configured to generate the event based on information of an operational input under the situation set by the setter; and a result generator configured to generate a game result based on the situation set by the setter and the event generated by the event generator. |
| US09586141B2 |
System and method for visualizing synthetic objects within real-world video clip
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and a method for visualizing synthetic objects within a real-world video clip. The embodiments allow interactive, synthetic objects or characters to appear as if they are “embedded” inside or form part of a video clip. These objects move independently of the environment within the video clip and are controlled by a user. In one embodiment the video frames are set as textures in the furthermost layer in a 3D environment viewer or 3D “engine”. In another embodiment separate layers of video frames are superimposed with the synthetic objects on an output screen and synchronizing the movements and the field of view settings to give the perception that only one camera is used. |
| US09586140B2 |
Perception system
System and methods to guide interaction of characters with objects in a virtual space include determining how objects near a particular character are perceived by that character. Based on proximity, position, the manner of possible interaction, and/or other considerations, objects are ranked for interaction with the character. |
| US09586139B2 |
System and method for game play in a dynamic communication network
A short-range wireless communication network may be established by direct communication between two or more wireless communication devices and/or communication via an access point to permit game play between a plurality of devices. A conventional cellular telephone includes an integrated short-range transceiver. The short-range transceivers of multiple wireless communication devices can be coupled together to form a short-range communication network without utilizing any wireless communication network supported by A Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN). Data is disseminated between the wireless communication devices using a data message synchronization process. Messages may also be carried from one wireless network to another as the communication devices are carried by individuals. |
| US09586126B2 |
Sport gloves
According to the various features characteristics and embodiments of the present invention which will become apparent as the description thereof proceeds, the present invention provides partially fingered gloves intended to increase the overall performance in sports activities including but limited to football and golf. Primarily because of its unique finger configurations, and/or grip enhancers, and/or hand protective properties, the present invention makes a glove more operable in various sports activities. |
| US09586115B1 |
3D game
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a three-dimensional game. In some embodiments, the three-dimensional game is a maze game where a player maneuvers at least one ball around tracks and barriers disposed within an enclosure. The player is able to select which track they would like to attempt, and then work with gravity and carefully shift, flip, turn and twist the enclosure to guide the ball. In some embodiments, the enclosure includes a first portion and a second portion. A handle is externally coupled to each portion of the enclosure to manipulate parts of the three-dimensional game to create new pathways, to align pathways enabling completion, or both. A current game state can be preserved by resting the three-dimensional game on a pedestal configured to receive the enclosure. |
| US09586114B1 |
Snap compression interchangeable golf grip
An interchangeable golf grip is secured by a snap compression unit that enters into a golf club shaft. The compression unit includes multiple expansion capabilities. |
| US09586111B2 |
Sporting-good implement with rotatable handle
A sporting-good implement, such as a ball bat or a lacrosse stick, includes a first handle section rotatably connected to a second handle section. The second handle section may be attached to or integral with a tapered region or barrel region of a ball bat, or with a shaft section or head of a lacrosse stick, or with another sporting-good feature. This rotatable engagement allows the relative position of the user's hands to change during the course of a swing, shot, or pass, ideally placing the user's hands in a position to generate improved power or control. |
| US09586110B2 |
System to improve swinging motion
A shirt for improving a swinging motion of a user wearing the shirt includes front and rear panels each having corresponding top, bottom and generally opposing side edges, wherein the front and rear panels are adjoined to each other by the top and side edges, defining an interior space of the shirt. The front and rear panels include sleeve cutouts formed on each side edge adjacent the top edge, and a neck cutout formed on the top edges of the front and rear panels. At least one tubular sleeve is permanently joined to the front and rear panels of at least one of the sleeve cutouts, the tubular sleeve defining an inside area, the inside area being fluidly connected to the interior space of the shirt. A member is substantially adjacent to the sleeve cutout and the side edges of both the front and rear panels. |
| US09586107B2 |
Golf club
A golf club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, and a grip 8. A club inertia moment about a swing axis is defined as Isw. A club inertia moment about a grip end is defined as Ige. Ige is 2820 (kg·cm2) or greater and less than 2870 (kg·cm2). Isw/Ige is equal to or less than 2.42. A club weight is defined as Wc (kg), an axial direction distance from the grip end to a center of gravity of the club is defined as Lc (cm), and a club inertia moment about the center of gravity of the club is defined as Ic (kg·cm2). Isw is calculated by Equation (1) below. Ige is calculated by Equation (2) below. Isw=Wc×(Lc+60)2+Ic (1) Ige=Wc×(Lc)2+Ic (2) |
| US09586106B2 |
Golf club shaft
A shaft 6 includes a first butt partial sheet s4 and a second butt partial sheet s5. The first butt partial sheet s4 includes a first tapered part TP1. The second butt partial sheet includes a second tapered part TP2. The first butt partial sheet s4 and the second butt partial sheet s5 satisfy the following (1) to (4). L11, L12, L21, Lt1 and Lt2 are shown in FIG. 3. L11>L21 (1) Lt1≧CF1×Te1/20 (2) Lt2≧CF2×Te2/20 (3) L21−L12<50 (4) |
| US09586099B2 |
Tracking balls in sports
An electronically trackable ball consisting of a cover, an inflatable bladder, a valve in the bladder a mounting structure attached to said valve and extending inwardly of the valve toward the center of the inflated bladder and an electronic transmission device on said mounting structure remote from said valve. The mounting structure is preferably a lightweight polymeric cylinder with the electronics fitted at the end remote from the valve and close to the center of mass of the ball. The device is within the ball, and is constrained from moving around inside the ball. |
| US09586097B2 |
Multi-layer core golf ball
Golf balls having a very high positive gradient multilayer core are provided. The multilayer core includes an outer core layer and a very soft, low compression inner core layer. The inner core layer is formed from an unfoamed composition and has a center hardness that is at least 40 Shore C points less than the outer surface hardness of the outer core layer. |
| US09586096B2 |
Multi-layer golf ball
A multi-layer golf ball includes a core having an outer surface, and intermediate layer surrounding the core, and a cover surrounding the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer defines a radially inward facing surface that is flush with the outer surface of the core, and the cover defines the outermost surface of ball. The outer surface of the core includes a plurality of polygonal land portions aligned on a common sphere. The outer surface of the core further defines a first plurality of annular grooves disposed about a first axis, a second plurality of annular grooves disposed about a second axis, and a third plurality of annular grooves disposed about a third axis. The first axis, the second axis, and the third axis are mutually orthogonal, and each groove respectively extends from the common sphere and is concave relative to the core. |
| US09586095B2 |
Multi-layer golf ball
A multi-layer golf ball includes a core formed from an ionomer, an intermediate layer surrounding the core, and a cover surrounding the intermediate layer. The core has a material hardness measured on the JIS-C scale of from about 34 to about 70, and has an outer surface that includes a plurality of land portions aligned on a common sphere, and a plurality of grooves separating the respective land portions and extending radially inward from the sphere. The plurality of grooves includes both a first set of grooves, and a second set of grooves that are perpendicular to each other. The intermediate layer is formed from a rubber material and has a radial thickness measured from the common sphere of from about 4.0 mm to about 9.0 mm. Additionally, the core has a 10-130 kg compression deformation of from about 3.5 to about 5.5 mm. |
| US09586089B2 |
Exercise machine adjustable resistance system and method
An exercise machine adjustable resistance system and method for efficiently varying the workout resistance for an exercise machine. The exercise machine adjustable resistance system and method generally includes a control unit in communication with a resistance adjustment system of an exercise machine and a biometric monitoring device used by an exerciser on the exercise machine. The control unit receives biometric data from the biometric monitoring device and sends a control signal to the resistance adjustment system to adjust the resistance of the exercise machine based on the biometric data received. |
| US09586087B1 |
Stepping exercise machine
A stepping exercise machine has a frame, a transmission assembly, a resistance fan and two stepping assemblies. The frame has a base, a supporting bar, a mounting bracket and an oblique auxiliary bar. The transmission assembly is mounted on the supporting bar of the frame. The resistance fan is mounted rotatably on the transmission assembly and is able to be driven by the transmission assembly to create airflow. The stepping assemblies are mounted on the frame, are connected to the transmission assembly and are able to drive the transmission assembly to rotate the resistance fan. The resistance fan improves exercise intensity of a user. |
| US09586086B2 |
Elliptical exercise machine with an adjustable connection
An elliptical exercise machine includes a crank member with a first portion connected to a resistance mechanism and a second portion comprising an adjustable connection arranged to attach to a foot support. The adjustable connection is arranged to change a connection point between crank member and the foot support along a length of the crank member. |