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US09594157B2	Device with a voltage-controlled oscillator and a circuit arrangement for controlling the oscillator The present invention relates to a radar sensor. The radar sensor includes a voltage-controlled oscillator for generating a high-frequency signal with an actual frequency. The radar sensor also includes a circuit arrangement to control the oscillator, more specifically for adjusting a voltage to control the oscillator, with each value of a target frequency being allocated to a voltage value of the voltage intended to control the oscillator. The circuit arrangement to control the oscillator includes a signal generator with at least two signals that can be generated by the signal generator. The two signals may be two digital signals, two pulse-width modulated signals, or one digital and one pulse-width modulated signal. The signal generator also may include a first output, at which a digital signal can be provided or two digital signals can be provided and/or a second output at which a pulse-width modulated signal can be provided.
US09594155B2	Vehicle radar system with trailer detection A radar object detection system includes a radar sensor and a controller. The radar sensor is configured to emit a radar signal toward a defined area proximate to the vehicle, and output a reflection signal indicative of a detected target present in the defined area. The controller is configured to receive the reflection signal from the radar sensor, determine if the detected target corresponds to a trailer towed by the vehicle, and define an exclusion zone characterized as occupied by the trailer and thereby excluded from the defined area where objects can be detected.
US09594154B2	Automated calibration of multistatic arrays A method is disclosed for calibrating a multistatic array having a plurality of transmitter and receiver pairs spaced from one another along a predetermined path and relative to a plurality of bin locations, and further being spaced at a fixed distance from a stationary calibration implement. A clock reference pulse may be generated, and each of the transmitters and receivers of each said transmitter/receiver pair turned on at a monotonically increasing time delay interval relative to the clock reference pulse. Ones of the transmitters and receivers may be used such that a previously calibrated transmitter or receiver of a given one of the transmitter/receiver pairs is paired with a subsequently un-calibrated one of the transmitters or receivers of an immediately subsequently positioned transmitter/receiver pair, to calibrate the transmitter or receiver of the immediately subsequent transmitter/receiver pair.
US09594153B1	Detecting interference data in association with radars Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating detection of interference data in association with radars are provided. In some embodiments, signal levels at a communication tower are monitored. In accordance with the monitored signal levels, a periodic interference associated with a radar remote from the communication tower is recognized based on a pattern of signal levels monitored. Interference data associated with the periodic interference is calculated. Such interference data may include, for example, an interference periodicity and an interference duration.
US09594150B2	Determining device locations using movement, signal strength Techniques for precisely determining a location of a mobile computing device based on both wireless signal strengths measured at the mobile computing device and movement of the device. The wireless signal strengths may represent the strength of a connection between the device and wireless access points (WAPs), cellular towers, or the like. Furthermore, the techniques described herein may utilize movement data provided by the device. For instance, the device may include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and/or any other components configured to recognize when a device is moving, a direction that the device is moving, or the like. In one example, the accelerometer reports when the device has moved by a certain amount, while the gyroscope reports a direction in which the device is moving. The techniques then utilize this information in addition to the wireless signal strengths to estimate locations of the device as the device moves over time.
US09594149B2	Fingerprinting with radio channel related information Example Embodiments presented herein are directed towards a radio node (101, 130, 102), and corresponding methods therein, for fingerprinting positioning measurements. The radio node may be configured to provide a fingerprinting measurement result comprising radio channel related information. Non-limiting examples of radio channel information may be Doppler, speed and/or delay spread information. Example embodiments presented herein may also be directed towards a positioning node (140), and corresponding methods therein, for fingerprinting positioning management. The positioning node may be configured to receive radio channel related information from the radio node and generate a radio fingerprint based on the received radio channel related information.
US09594148B2	Estimation device and estimation method using sound image localization processing A computer-readable recording medium storing an estimation program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process includes: executing sound image localization processing for each of pieces of sound data output by a plurality of sound sources; and specifying, on the basis of a change in orientation of a listener caused in accordance with the sound image localization processing, at least one of the plurality of sound sources related to the listener.
US09594145B2	Method and apparatus for acquiring B1 magnetic field information A method acquires RF magnetic field information (B1 magnetic field information) in response to generated radio frequency (RF) pulses in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. An RF excitation pulse sequence is generated, and the generated RF excitation pulse sequence includes a plurality of RF excitation pulses individually having different flip angles. The generated RF excitation pulse sequence is transmitted to a target object. RF echo response signals are received from the target object corresponding to the plurality of RF excitation pulses and B1 information is acquired by processing the received RF echo response signals.
US09594144B2	Low-noise magnetic resonance imaging using low harmonic pulse sequences Systems and method for magnetic resonance imaging are disclosed which utilize sinusoidal gradient waveforms to drive gradient coils in an MRI system. The sinusoidal gradient waveforms may be applied on all two or more (e.g. three) gradient axes to produce a relatively pure acoustic tone. In certain embodiments, gradient directions may be spiraled in three-dimensions to generate a radial pin-cushion k-space trajectory.
US09594143B2	System and method for controlling calibration and delay phases of parallel, contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging A system and method for performing parallel magnetic resonance angiography includes controlling operation of a magnetic gradient system and an RF system to perform a calibration data pulse sequence to begin acquiring calibration data for use in a parallel imaging reconstruction process after receiving an indication that the subject has received a dose of a contrast agent. The acquisition of the calibration data is discontinued before the contrast agent reaches a peak concentration within a region of interest (ROI) of the subject and operation of the magnetic gradient system and RF system is controlled to perform an imaging pulse sequence in accordance with a parallel imaging acquisition to begin acquiring image data from the ROI. The image data is reconstructed into an image of the ROI using the calibration data.
US09594140B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method for calculating correction value as application amount of refocusing pulse for UTE sequence In order to obtain a high-quality image even in multi-slice imaging in a UTE sequence that uses a half RF pulse, a refocusing pulse of the slice gradient magnetic field is adjusted and applied so that the excitation profiles of positive polarity data and negative polarity data have phase distributions that are 180 [deg] inverted with respect to each other in side lobe portions. In addition, the irradiation frequency of the half RF pulse is adjusted so as to eliminate a position shift between the intensity distributions of the positive polarity data and the negative polarity data.
US09594133B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and multi-echo multi-contrast imaging method In multi-echo multi-contrast imaging, the image quality is improved by suppressing an increase in imaging time. In order to do so, the arrangement order of echo signals that form an echo train and k space filled with each echo signal are determined such that the continuity of the echo arrangement is maintained while sharing an echo signal between contrasts in multi-echo multi-contrast imaging. Echo trains that perform echo sharing are arranged in non-oscillatory centric view ordering (NOCO). In addition, the starting point of echo sharing of one echo train is connected to the same position of another echo train. When some discontinuous regions are present, the discontinuous regions may be corrected using continuous data of regions symmetrical thereto on the k space.
US09594130B2	Magnetic sensor device Provided is a magnetic sensor device capable of attenuating the intensity of the magnetic field to be applied to the magnetic sensor. A magnetic sensor device includes a magnetic sensor element which detects the intensity of a magnetic field in a predetermined detection axis direction, and a magnetic field attenuation body which includes a first magnetic field attenuation unit and a second magnetic field attenuation unit, each of the attenuation units having a surface and the surfaces being opposed to each other with the magnetic sensor element therebetween.
US09594129B2	Highly sensitive magnetic tunable heterojunction device for resistive switching The present invention discloses highly sensitive magnetic heterojunction device consisting of a composite comprising ferromagnetic (La0.66Sr0.34MnO3) LSMO layer with ultra-thin ferrimagnetic CoFe2O4 (CFO) layer capable of giant resistive switching (RS) which can be tuned at micro tesla magnetic field at room temperature.
US09594128B2	Two axes MEMS resonant magnetometer A two-axes MEMS magnetometer includes, in one plane, a freestanding rectangular frame having inner walls and four torsion springs, wherein opposing inner walls of the frame are contacted by one end of only two torsion springs, each torsion spring being anchored by its other end, towards the center of the frame, to a substrate. In operation, the magnetometer measures the magnetic field in two orthogonal sensing modes using differential capacitance measurements.
US09594122B2	Estimating state of charge (SOC) and uncertainty from relaxing voltage measurements in a battery Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that estimates a state of charge for a battery. During operation, while the battery is relaxing toward a fully rested state, the system determines if a modified state of charge of the battery is substantially consistent with a predetermined decay pattern. If so, the system estimates the state of charge of the battery as a value of the modified state of charge determined at the time when the consistency is observed. Otherwise, the system continues monitoring the modified state of charge of the battery. In one embodiment, the predetermined decay pattern is a single exponential decay. After estimating the state of charge of the battery, the system may determine an uncertainty of the estimated state of charge. More specifically, the system can estimate the uncertainty as substantially equal to a fraction of the difference between the value of the modified state of charge and the value of the voltage-based state of charge at the time when the consistency is observed.
US09594121B2	Systems and methods for estimating battery pack capacity System and methods for estimating a capacity of a battery are presented. A measure of data skewness may be calculated from a battery system terminal voltage measurement. Inflection points in the data skewness of the terminal voltage measurement may align with transition points associated with a battery system. These transitions points may be associated with known SOCs determined from testing and/or characterization of the battery system. Using the detected transitions and associated SOCs and an indication of an accumulated charge provided to/from the battery between the transitions, an estimated capacity of the battery system may be determined.
US09594118B2	Method for predicting the usability of a relay or a contactor A method for predicting the usability of a relay or a contactor is described herein. A current flowing through the relay or the contactor and/or a voltage applied to the relay or the contactor is measured repeatedly, and the measured values are transmitted to an observation unit. The observation unit makes a prediction relating to the usability of the relay or of the contactor on the basis of the measured values and a model. Furthermore described are an observation unit and a battery which are configured to carry out the method according to the disclosure.
US09594117B2	Compact electronics test system having user programmable device interfaces and on-board functions adapted for use in proximity to a radiation field Various apparatus and method s associated with a compact electronics test system having user programmable device interfaces and on-board functions adapted for use in various environments are provided. Exemplary embodiments can include a variety of apparatuses and method s to realize an advanced field programmable gate array adapted to perform functional tests on digital electronics within an exemplary 48-pin DIP footprint. One aspect of the invention can include a testing device comprised of components to produce a product that is inexpensive and consumable. A small size of an exemplary embodiment of the invention further allows for desirable shielding to be placed around a highly portable and highly programmable and adaptable testing device in order to protect it from external dangers found in harsh environments (e.g., high levels of radiation when operating in space, etc).
US09594116B2	IC die with channel circuitry, scan and BIST taps, TLM Testing of die on wafer is achieved by; (1) providing a tester with the capability of externally communicating JTAG test signals using simultaneously bidirectional transceiver circuitry, (2) providing die on wafer with the capability of externally communicating JTAG test signals using simultaneously bidirectional transceiver circuitry, and (3) providing a connectivity mechanism between the bidirectional transceiver circuitry's of the tester and a selected group or all of the die on wafer for communication of the JTAG signals.
US09594111B2	Turret handlers and methods of operations thereof In one embodiment, a method of testing a semiconductor component includes loading a plurality of semiconductor components into a main turret of a turret handler, transporting the plurality of semiconductor components using the main turret to a test area, and splitting the plurality of semiconductor components into a first set and a second set. The method further includes testing a first semiconductor component in the first set at a first test pad using a tester while transporting a second semiconductor component in the second set to a second test pad and testing the second semiconductor component using the tester while transporting the first semiconductor component out of the first test pad. The first set and the second set are merged into the plurality of semiconductor components and the plurality of semiconductor components are transported away from the test area using the main turret.
US09594107B1	Electric meter and contact arcing detector, and arcing detector therefor An electric meter contact arc detector is mountable to an electric meter base and may comprise: a de-tuned resonant tank circuit configured to receive a magnetic field and/or an electric field from an electrical arc at a stab contact; an electrical detector detecting signals generated in the de-tuned resonant tank circuit responsive to the electrical arc at the stab contact; and an output device indicating detection of an electrical arc. A disconnect device responsive to the electrical detector and configured to interrupt an electrical connection to the stab contact, may be provided. An electrical arc at the stab contact may thus be detected and may cause an electrical connection to the stab contact to be interrupted.
US09594105B2	Cable power loss determination for virtual metrology A method for modeling cable loss is described. The method includes receiving a measurement of reverse power and forward power at a radio frequency (RF) generator. The method further includes computing theoretical power delivered to a matching network as a difference between the forward power and the reverse power and calculating a ratio of the reverse power to the forward power to generate an RF power reflection ratio. The method further includes identifying a cable power attenuation fraction based on a frequency of the RF generator and calculating a cable power loss as a function of the RF power reflection ratio, the cable power attenuation fraction, and the theoretical power. The method includes calculating actual power to be delivered to the impedance matching network based on the theoretical power and the cable power loss and sending the calculated actual power to the RF generator to generate an RF signal.
US09594102B2	Device for measuring ground connection resistance and onboard charger for a vehicle provided with such a device A device for measuring resistance of a ground tap and a charger for an on-board vehicle including the device. The device includes a current source and an ammeter disposed on a first electrical branch, provided to link a phase of a power supply network with the ground of the installation; a second electrical branch provided to link a neutral wire of the power supply network with the ground of the installation, including a resistor across terminals of which is connected a voltmeter, and a first capacitor in series with the resistor; and a third electrical branch is provided for linking the neutral wire of the network with the ground of the installation, and including, on the third branch, in parallel with the first capacitor and with the first resistor, a second capacitor of higher value than the first capacitor.
US09594101B2	Apparatus for measuring the local electrical resistance of a surface Apparatus for measuring the local electrical resistance of a surface, the apparatus comprising: a DC voltage source for applying a bias voltage (Vpol) to the sample (E) for characterizing; a measurement circuit (CM) capable of being connected to a conductive probe suitable for coming into contact with a surface (SE) of said sample in order to generate a signal (S) representative of a contact resistance between said conductive probe and said surface of the sample; and a control device (CMD) for controlling said measurement circuit; the apparatus being characterized in that said measurement circuit comprises: a measurement resistive two-terminal network (DM) presenting variable resistance and connected between said conductive probe and a ground of the circuit; and a calculation unit (UC) for generating said signal representative of a contact resistance between said conductive probe and said surface of the sample as a function of a voltage (Vs) across the terminals of said measurement resistive two-terminal network.
US09594094B2	Lateral force estimation system, method of estimating lateral force and vehicle A ground surface position lateral acceleration calculator calculates ground surface position lateral acceleration based on lateral acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor, a yaw rate and a roll rate detected by a gyro sensor, yaw angular acceleration and roll angular acceleration calculated by an angular acceleration calculator, a roll angle calculated by a roll angle calculator, and specification information stored in a storage. A vehicle lateral force calculator calculates a vehicle lateral force based on the roll angular acceleration calculated by the angular acceleration calculator, the roll angle calculated by the roll angle calculator, the ground surface position lateral acceleration calculated by the ground surface position lateral acceleration calculator and the specification information stored in the storage.
US09594093B2	Apparatus, method, and system for detecting acceleration and motor monitoring Described is a system which includes: a cable including: a first fiber optic interconnect to provide an input light; and a second fiber optic interconnect to provide an output light; and a first housing coupled to the cable, the first housing including: a first deflection circuit to deflect the input light received from the first fiber optic interconnect in response to a vibration or movement of the first housing; and a second housing coupled to the cable, the second housing including: a light source to generate the input light for transmission to the first deflection circuit via the first fiber optic interconnect; and a photo detector to receive the output light from the first deflection circuit via the second fiber optic interconnect.
US09594088B2	Multiple time windows with associated calibration curves for extending the range of an assay Disclosed is a use of reaction kinetics to generate multiple dose-response curves from a single reaction, thus eliminating the need to run a second experiment with additional sample, reagents, and time to cover a broader measuring range than is available in a standard assay. Using a single protocol, the differences in the reaction kinetics for different sample concentrations yield different responses at different measurement times. Selection of the appropriate dose-response curve cross-section increases the measuring range and accuracy of the assay from a single reaction without substantially increasing imprecision. Several overlapping dose-response curves are pieced together to provide a standard curve to ensure continuity throughout the expanded measuring range.
US09594087B2	Cassette A histology processing cassette comprising a box comprising a compartment for holding a biological tissue sample, the box having a bottom face comprising at least in part a sample support surface and being transmissible to radiation, an open top face, and two side walls, a back wall and a front wall, the box having dimensions greater than a standard size histology processing cassette and comprising a recess in the front wall adapted to receive a standard size cassette which has a front wall comprising a unique identifier for the biological tissue sample such that upon insertion of the standard cassette in the recess the unique identifier on the front wall of the standard cassette is readable.
US09594081B2	Methods and systems for the rapid characterization of functional biological molecules In one non-limiting aspect, the invention provides a method for detecting the quality of a biological molecule comprising forming a first mixture of ingredients comprising: (i) a first binding agent that specifically binds to a tag, wherein the first binding agent is attached to a solid support; (ii) a decoy comprising a first portion comprising the tag attached to a second portion comprising an anchor; (iii) a sensor attached to a second binding agent that specifically binds to the anchor; and (iv) a sample suspected of containing a high quality biological molecule comprising a tag, wherein the tag of the high quality biological molecule is accessible; allowing interaction of the ingredients such that the sensor provides an output signal.
US09594076B2	Method for determining lipids and other interfering substances in body fluid samples The present invention relates to a method and an automatic analyzer for determining more accurately the concentration of lipids and other interfering substances in body fluids, particularly of interfering substances such as bilirubin and hemoglobin in blood serum and blood plasma samples.
US09594074B2	C peptide detection by mass spectrometry Methods are described for measuring the amount of C peptide in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying C peptide in a sample utilizing on-line extraction methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometric techniques. The present invention provides methods for detecting the presence or amount of C peptide in a sample by mass spectrometry.
US09594071B2	Device and method for laser analysis and separation (LAS) of particles A device and method for particle separation. The device includes at least one collimated light source operable to generate at least one collimated light source beam. The device further includes a first channel in a first plane and a focused particle stream nozzle operably connected to the first channel. The device further includes a second channel in a second plane orthogonal to the first plane. The second channel communicates with the first channel. The second channel comprises a second channel cross-section. The second channel is oriented to receive the collimated light source beam. The device further includes a third channel in a third plane orthogonal to the second plane. The third channel communicates with the second channel. The collimated light source beam is oriented to enter a cross-section of the first channel, then to pass through the second channel, and then to enter a cross-section of the third channel.
US09594068B2	Abnormality detection system of engine exhaust system In an internal combustion engine, a hydrocarbon feed valve (15), NOx storage catalyst (13), particulate filter (14), and electric resistance type sensor (29) are arranged in an engine exhaust passage in this order from an upstream side. The electric resistance type sensor (29) generates an output value corresponding to the amounts of deposition of particulate matter and hydrocarbons which are contained in the exhaust gas and deposited at the sensor part thereof. From the change of the output value of the electric resistance type sensor (29), it is judged if the hydrocarbons have slipped through the NOx storage catalyst (13) and if the particulate matter has slipped through the particulate filter (14).
US09594065B2	Apparatus for detecting deterioration of NOx selective reduction catalyst Apparatus for detecting deterioration of an NOx selective reduction catalyst in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine with improved accuracy, includes an NOx purification rate calculation unit for calculating the NOx purification rate in the NOx selective reduction catalyst based on the NOx concentration in the exhaust gas flowing into and out of the NOx selective reduction catalyst. A determination as to whether the NOx selective reduction catalyst is deteriorated is made based on the NOx purification rate at a time when the temperature of the NOx selective reduction catalyst is equal to or higher than a temperature (Tc0) at which the NOx purification rate will start to decrease with a rise in the temperature of the NOx selective reduction catalyst if the degree of deterioration of the NOx selective reduction catalyst is at the upper limit of an allowable range.
US09594064B2	Plate-type column, temperature regulation system and gas chromatograph system Provided is a plate-type column which allows the temperature of its inner passage to be rapidly increased or decreased while ensuring the correctness of an analysis or other operations. A plate-type column 10 includes: a plate-shaped main body 11; projecting portions 12 and 13 protruding from a circumferential edge of the main body 11; and a fluid-flow passage 14 extending in the main body 11 and the projecting portions 12 and 13. An intermediate portion of the passage 14 is provided in the main body 11, while each of the end portions of the passage 14 extends from the main body 11 through the projecting portion 12 or 13, with each of the end portions being open to the outside at the tip of the projecting portion 12 or 13.
US09594060B2	Object information acquisition apparatus, object information acquisition method and program An object information acquisition apparatus includes: a plurality of acoustic wave detecting elements configured to detect an photoacoustic wave generated when an object is irradiated with light and output time-series detection signals; a member disposed outside the object; and a signal processing unit configured to acquire optical property information inside the object by performing image reconstruction through iterative reconstruction method in accordance with the time-series detection signals and an operand for which a response of the photoacoustic wave deriving from the member has been considered.
US09594059B1	System and method for automated bond testing A system for automated bond testing includes a sensor that scans a material to be tested; a computer for comparing a reflected signal waveform to a plurality of signal waveforms indicating a defect in the material, and assigning a unique color to the match; a display that displays an image of the material having an assigned one of the plurality of colors indicative of a presence or absence of a defect in the test area; and an automated scanning platform that supports the sensor, the scanning platform moving the sensor in a preset motion over a surface of a test area of the material to be tested to perform an inspection scan of the material at the test area, and that positions the sensor at a predetermined position, a predetermined angle, and a predetermined contact force to acquire data consistently during an inspection.
US09594057B2	Reflection-only sensor for fluid acoustic impedance, sound speed, and density Methods, systems, and devices for estimating a parameter of interest of a downhole fluid. Methods may include using at least two solid acoustic transmission media, including a first media and a second media having different acoustic impedances and each having a corresponding face immersed in the downhole fluid. Methods may include using a reflection of an acoustic pulse from a solid-liquid interface at the corresponding face of the first media and the second media to estimate the parameter of interest. The sound speed and the acoustic impedance of the first media and the sound speed and the acoustic impedance of the second media may each be different than a sound speed and an acoustic impedance of the fluid and each other. The parameter of interest may be estimated independently of a time of flight in the downhole fluid of any acoustic pulses.
US09594053B2	System and method for flat panel detector gel and blot imaging A system and method for generating a digital image in fluorescence gel imaging is disclosed. The method includes providing a gel sample and placing the gel sample on a flat panel detector having array of photodiodes and transistors that collect light generated from the gel sample. The gel sample is illuminated using a light source integrated into the flat panel imaging system and light emitted by the gel sample responsive to an excitation of the gel sample by light provided by the light source is then collected, with the light emitted by the gel sample being collected by the array of photodiodes of the flat panel detector and converted to electric charges to generate light data. The light data is then processed to generate a digital image of the gel sample.
US09594051B2	Microfluidic devices for multiplexed electrochemical detection The multiplexed electrochemical microfluidic paper-based analytical device comprises multiple detection zones for the detection of multiple biochemical analytes from one single sample. Cavity valves integrated on the device will deliver the sample to different detection zones. These analytes include, but are not limited to, urea, creatinine, creatine, glucose, lactate, ethanol, uric acid, cholesterol, pyruvate, creatinine, β-hydroxybutyrate, alanine aminotrasferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, and acetylcholinesterase (or its inhibitors). This system will provide a simple and low-cost POC approach to obtain quantitative and multiple biological information from one sample (e.g. one drop of blood).
US09594049B2	Gas sensor control apparatus An O2 sensor has a sensor element, which includes a solid electrolyte layer and a pair of electrodes. The solid electrolyte layer is held between the electrodes, which includes an atmosphere side electrode and an exhaust side electrode. A constant current circuit is installed in an electric path, which connects between the atmosphere side electrode and a ground, to induce a flow of a predetermined constant electric current between the electrodes through the solid electrolyte layer. A voltage circuit is installed in an electric path, which connects between the exhaust side electrode and a ground, to increase an electric potential of the exhaust side electrode by a predetermined amount relative to an electric potential at an output side of the constant current circuit, from which the electric current flows out of the constant current circuit.
US09594048B2	Heater and gas sensor element A heater which realizes both reduction of power consumption and improvement of durability against thermal shock. The heater includes a ceramic substrate formed of a ceramic material containing alumina as a main component; and a heat-generating resistor provided on the ceramic substrate and having a heat-generating portion and a lead portion, the heat-generating resistor containing, as a main component, one or more metals selected from the group consisting of platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), and rhodium (Rh), or an alloy of any of these, and a ceramic material which is the same as the ceramic material of the ceramic substrate. In the heater, the ratio of the resistance of the heat-generating portion to the sum of the resistances of the heat-generating portion and the lead portion is 76 to 95%, and the heat-generating portion has a thickness of 1 to 6 μm.
US09594040B2	Method and apparatus for analyzing metal objects considering changing belt properties A method for analyzing objects depending on their electromagnetic properties. The method including the steps of conveying the objects to be analyzed on a conveyer belt; scanning the electromagnetic properties of the objects and the conveyer belt by an electromagnetic sensor, wherein the electromagnetic properties of the conveyer belt are dependent on metallic contaminants which are stuck in the conveyer belt; generating belt properties data representing the electromagnetic properties of the conveyer belt, and analyzing the objects according to the scanned electromagnetic properties and the belt properties data. This has the benefits that the electromagnetic properties of the conveyer belt are considered when distinguishing between metallic and non-metallic objects which have to be sorted. This way, the objects which got stuck in the conveyer belt over time, may influence a sorting less, which may improve sorting results. Further, an apparatus for executing such a method.
US09594037B2	Analyzing apparatus and calibration method In an analyzing apparatus for analyzing compositions using a fluorescent X-ray in the atmosphere, a calibration to eliminate influences caused by a time-dependent change is performed. The analyzing apparatus includes an emission unit, a detection unit, an environment measurement unit, and a time-dependent change calculation unit. The emission unit emits a primary X-ray. The detection unit detects an intensity of a secondary X-ray passing through the atmosphere. The environment measurement unit measures an environment parameter defining the atmosphere. The time-dependent change calculation unit calculates a time-dependent change of the intensity of the secondary X-ray between a first timing and a second timing, based on a first environment parameter, a first intensity of the secondary X-ray, a second environment parameter, and a second intensity of the secondary X-ray.
US09594032B2	Extended field iterative reconstruction technique (EFIRT) for correlated noise removal Computerized method and system for improving 3D reconstruction images involves applying the Extended Field Iterative Reconstruction Technique (EFIRT) to remove correlated noise, in addition to with COMET (constrained maximum relative entropy tomography) or other regularization techniques to eliminate uncorrelated noise, wherein the EFIRT is applied by performing a set of successive reconstructions on an extended field larger than a region of interest (ROI); and extracting and averaging the ROI from said set of successive reconstructions.
US09594024B2	Method for correcting a signal backscattered by a sample and associated device The invention relates to a method for correcting an optical signal produced by a sample comprising the following steps: illuminating a surface of the sample by a first light beam, produced by a first light source, the said first light source being coupled to a first optical system, focusing the said first light beam in an object focal plane of the first optical system, the said object focal plane being situated, in the sample, at a measuring depth z from the surface of the sample; measuring, with a first photodetector, of a first optical signal backscattered by the sample in response to the first light beam, the first photodetector producing a first measured signal representative of the said first optical signal, a spatial filter being interposed between the first optical system and the first photodetector, the spatial filter comprising a window which transmits the said first optical signal towards the said first photodetector, the window being disposed in a conjugate focal plane of the object focal plane of the first optical system; wherein the method also comprises the following steps: determining an optical scattering property of the sample; applying a correction function to the first measured signal so as to generate a first corrected signal, the said correction function taking into account the said optical scattering property.
US09594021B2	Apparatus of detecting transmittance of trench on infrared-transmittable material and method thereof An apparatus is provided for detecting transmittance of a trench. The trench is located on an infrared-transmittable material, which can be a wafer. The wafer is obtained after a ditching process. An image of the wafer is fetched. The contrast of the image is greatly enhanced. The contrast-enhanced image is used for automated analysis of the transmittance of the trench. Accuracy of detecting the transmittance is improved. Hence, the present invention uses a simple structure to detect transmittance defects of the trench for ensuring goodness of the wafer.
US09594020B2	Interface detector for blood processing system Blood separation systems and methods are provided for controlling the interface between separated blood components. The system includes a centrifuge assembly having a light-transmissive portion, a light reflector, and a fluid processing region therebetween. An optical sensor system emits a scanning light beam along a path toward the light-transmissive portion, which transmits at least a portion of the scanning light beam to the fluid processing region and the light reflector. The light reflector reflects at least a portion of the scanning light beam toward the optical sensor system along a path substantially coaxial to the path of the scanning light beam from the optical sensor system toward the light-transmissive portion of the centrifuge assembly. The scanning light beam may be a white light beam or narrow spectrum beam. The reflected beam may be directed through the optical sensor system via optical fibers.
US09594017B2	Reflective sensor The present invention includes an optical system disposed on an optical path of light that is emitted by a light emitting section, travels to a detection target object, is reflected by the detection target object, and reaches a light receiving section. The optical system, in a sub scanning direction, that is, the direction in which a detection target object is moving, collects light so that the light receiving section has, for light from the light emitting section, a regularly reflected light receiving area and a diffuse-reflected light receiving area that differ from each other in position within a predetermined range. The optical system, in a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the movement direction, refracts light so that a light receiving area, which covers the regularly reflected light receiving area and the diffuse-reflected light receiving area, is wider in the perpendicular direction than in the sub scanning direction.
US09594013B2	Foreign body inspection in filled containers An apparatus for inspecting filled containers for foreign bodies that may be contained therein, where the filled container is mechanically excited by vibration or rotation so as to cause the possibly existing foreign bodies to rotate. The acoustic signals produced by the foreign bodies impacting on the inner wall of the container are detected and analyzed. Any signal detection is separated from mechanical excitation, and mechanical excitation is separated from container transport in that the signal-detecting sensor is applied to the container only after the end of the mechanical excitation. The mechanical excitation is executed by an excitation element that is brought into contact with the container independently of the holding elements used for the purpose of transport.
US09594012B1	Sliding friction tester for explosive material A friction tester for explosive material includes a cylinder with a piston disposed therein for sliding movement along the cylinder's axial dimension. The piston includes first and second opposing faces. A plate is coupled to the piston and extends away from the first face thereof along the cylinder's axial dimension. The plate includes a portion extending from the cylinder. The plate has opposing surfaces of defined surface roughness. A sample holder disposed adjacent to the cylinder holds an explosive material sample against each of the opposing surfaces of the plate at the portion thereof that extends from the cylinder. A driver coupled to the second face of the piston drives the piston in the cylinder's axial dimension such that the plate moves relative to and against each explosive material sample.
US09594008B2	Preparation of specimen arrays on an EM grid The invention provides methods and compositions for preparation of complex specimen arrays for analysis by electron microscopy. These methods and compositions can permit high throughput screening of samples on single EM grid supports using sample volumes in the nanoliter and picoliter range.
US09594007B2	Chromatography apparatus and method Sample preparation device for receiving in sealing relation one or more filter assemblies and one or more sample containers, each container uniquely positioned within the device to receive filtered sample from a designated filter. The device includes a body, a lid disposed on the body, a container tray, a base, an integrated seal on the body, a valve and a valve actuator. The tray can be disposed in a vacuum chamber defined by the lid and the body, and one or more sample containers can be disposed in the tray. When properly positioned in the tray in the vacuum chamber, each container is in fluid communication with a single respective filter assembly disposed in sealing relation in a respective aperture in the lid. A single actuation of a valve to place the vacuum chamber under vacuum causes the lid to seal to the base and drives the simultaneous filtration of a plurality of samples.
US09594003B2	Tire testing apparatus A tire testing apparatus includes: a lower rim that is formed with a lower through hole, and a rim-side inclined surface that increases in diameter in a downward direction of an inner peripheral surface of a lower end portion of the lower through hole; an upper rim that is held to face the lower rim; an insertion part capable of being inserted through the lower through hole; and an apparatus-side inclined surface that is provided at a lower end portion of the insertion part, increases in diameter from an outer peripheral surface of the insertion part in the downward direction, and is capable of coming into contact with the rim-side inclined surface.
US09594001B2	Ultrasonic testing device and ultrasonic testing method An ultrasonic testing device includes: a liquid tank that stores the liquid into which the differential casing is to be immersed; a workpiece holder that holds the differential casing and immerses the differential casing into the liquid in the liquid tank; an ultrasonic probe that conducts an ultrasonic testing of the welded part of the differential casing by irradiating the ultrasonic wave to the welded part and receiving a reflected wave; an image processing module that generates an ultrasonic image based on the reflected wave received by the ultrasonic probe; and a replacer that replaces gas inside an air gap formed at a weld toe of the welded part with test liquid. The replacer replaces the gas inside the air gap by the test liquid before the ultrasonic probe irradiates the ultrasonic wave.
US09593999B2	Enclosure for leak detector A leak detection structure for attachment to a fire hydrant includes an enclosure, the enclosure defining a cavity internal to the enclosure and a leak detection subassembly located in the cavity, the leak detection subassembly including at least one leak detection sensor and at least one circuit.
US09593997B2	Self-locking modular pressure controller/calibrator A pressure controller/calibrator has multiple modules. Each module has a stage, an elongated rail fixed to chassis of the controller or the module, and resilient guides fixed to the other of the stage or the chassis. In one embodiment, the rail has a proximate end at an edge of the chassis and a distal end inside the chassis. The distal end of the rail wider is than its proximate end. Between the two ends, the rail has concave contours that cooperate with convex springs in the stage to hold the stage at a desired location in the chassis.
US09593995B2	Package for a differential pressure sensing die A differential pressure sensor includes a pressure sensing die comprising a semiconductor die, having a thinned portion forming a diaphragm. The diaphragm includes piezo-resistive elements that exhibit varying resistance based on force exerted on the diaphragm. A first support structure is bonded to a first surface of the semiconductor die, having an aperture defined through the support structure such that a first surface of the diaphragm is exposed through the aperture. A second support structure is bonded to the opposite side of the semiconductor die having an aperture aligned with the opposing side of the diaphragm. Electrical components in electrical communication with the piezo-resistive elements are arranged outside the region defined by the bond between the first and second support structures and the semiconductor die. An oil-filled volume may be defined between the semiconductor die and a harsh medium which transmits a fluid pressure to the die without the harsh medium contacting the die.
US09593993B1	Vehicle-mounted detecting device for a bicycle A vehicle-mounted detecting device for a bicycle comprises a force sensing base, a strain touch member for detecting the direction and magnitude of force, and a sensor contacted with the sensor. The detecting device is assembled to a crank and a pedal shaft of the bicycle in a manner of external hanging. The detecting device may obtain a pedaling force detecting message. The message of the rotating speed and the tilted angle message may be obtained by a cadence sensor which is packaged in a ring housing. The messages are finally transmitted to a smart mobile device by a microprocessor which is mounted at a ring outer base.
US09593992B2	Torque detecting system A torque detecting system is adapted to detect a setting torque of a torque providing apparatus. A torque driving apparatus is mounted on a stationary base to exert a resisting force on the torque providing apparatus. The setting torque of the torque providing apparatus corresponds to the resisting force. The torque detecting system comprises an angle detecting module and an operation device. The angle detecting module is mounted on the torque driving apparatus and outputs a detecting voltage. The operation device obtains a torque value via table-searching based on the detecting voltage. The torque value corresponds to the setting torque of the torque providing apparatus. The torque detecting system performs the torque detection through a non-contact detecting technique, such that detecting accuracy would not be affected after long term use.
US09593990B2	Stress monitoring device of elasto-magneto-electric (EME) effect type A stress monitoring device of elasto-magneto-electric (EME) effect type, for monitoring stress of a structural component of ferromagnetic materials, includes a magnetic field generating unit, a magneto-electric (ME) sensing unit, a support skeleton, and a signal controlling and conditioning instrument. Under the control of the signal controlling and conditioning instrument, the magnetic field generating unit generates a magnetic field for magnetizing the structural component. The ME sensing unit outputs an electrical signal VME characterizing the magnetic field without a need of external power supply. This electrical signal VME is analyzed and processed by the signal controlling and conditioning instrument to output a magnetic characteristic value Vst corresponding to the changes of the external forces that are exerted on the component. This stress monitoring device realizes on-line, real-time, and nondestructive monitoring, as well as off-line nondestructive monitoring.
US09593988B1	Systems and methods of thermal energy measurement A thermal energy measurement system is disclosed for use as a calorimeter capable of providing sample thermal energy measurements in selectable modes including isothermal and/or adiabatic modes. In some embodiments, the thermal energy system further comprises a closed-loop servo controller. In some embodiments, the thermal energy measurement system is capable of providing thermal energy measurements in semi-adiabatic and/or custom programmed modes. In some embodiments, the servo controller may be implemented as a feedback circuit whose process variable is either heat flow, sample temperature, a combination thereof, or a preprogrammed time dependence of the heat flow and/or sample temperature. The output of the servo controller may be used to drive a temperature control device such as but not limited to a thermoelectric module (TEM). Methods of thermal energy measurement are also disclosed.
US09593987B2	Method for detecting preload residual rate A method for detecting a preload residual rate involves: a. installing a temperature sensor on one of two preloaded elements; b. making the two preloaded elements to move with respect to each other, and recording a time-related temperature variation sensed by the temperature sensor, so as to obtain an initial temperature-rising curve; c. making the two preloaded elements to move with respect to each other, and recording a time-related temperature variation sensed by the temperature sensor, so as to obtain a detected temperature-rising curve; and d. comparing the initial and detected temperature-rising curves, so as to obtain the preload residual rate between the two preloaded elements of the step c to the step b. The method detects a preload residual rate applied to an object when the object is operating while being advantageous in terms of cost, service life, response and accuracy.
US09593981B2	Nanoscale porous gold film SERS template Provided are patterned nanoporous gold (“P-NPG”) films that may act as at least one of an effective and stable surface-enhanced Raman scattering (“SERS”) substrate. Methods of fabricating the P-NPG films using a low-cost stamping technique are also provided. The P-NPG films may provide uniform SERS signal intensity and SERS signal intensity enhancement by a factor of at least about 1×107 relative to the SERS signal intensity from a non-enhancing surface.
US09593980B2	Optical sensor An optical sensor includes a case and an integrated light projector entirely within the case including a light emitter, a light projecting lens, and a light projecting lens holder configured to hold the light projecting lens. A light receiver of the optical sensor is configured to receive reflected light of light projected from the light projector, and a light receiver lens is configured to form an image of the reflected light on the light receiver. The light projector, the light receiver, and the light receiver lens are each independently and directly fixed to the case.
US09593979B2	Scale with decoupling mechanism and windshield A scale with a weighing system (14), a weighing chamber (16) that is delimited by a windshield (18), and a drive for opening and closing the windshield (18). The scale has a load transferring part (32, 34) with which the weight of the load is transferred onto the weighing system (14). A decoupling mechanism is mechanically connected to the drive for rotating the windshield (18) such that the weighing system (14) is mechanically decoupled from the load transferring part in the load direction if the windshield (18) is open in order to not introduce transverse forces into the weighing system (14) during loading of the weight.
US09593976B2	Pulsed level gauge system and method The present invention relates to a pulsed level gauge system comprising frequency control circuitry. If an acquired signal indicates that the time between the previous filling level determination and the present filling level determination is shorter than a predefined time, the frequency control circuitry controls at least one of a transmit signal generating circuitry and a reference signal generating circuitry comprised in the pulsed level gauge system using previous frequency control settings stored in memory. If the acquired signal indicates that the time between the previous filling level determination and the present filling level determination is longer than the predefined time, the frequency control circuitry iteratively regulates at least one of the transmit signal generating circuitry and the reference signal generating circuitry towards achieving a desired pulse repetition frequency difference between the pulse repetition frequency of the transmit signal and the pulse repetition frequency of the reference signal.
US09593970B2	Laboratory sample distribution system and method for calibrating magnetic sensors A laboratory sample distribution system comprising a calibration device, a calibration device and a method for calibrating magnetic sensors are disclosed. Magnetic sensors used in a laboratory sample distribution system are calibrated in order to optimize driving of sample container carriers and in order to detect long-term variation in detection characteristics of the magnetic sensors.
US09593968B1	Mechanical acceleration sensor and indicator tube system A sensing device includes a housing and at least one film extending across the housing. The at least one film divides the housing into a first compartment and a second compartment. At least one mass is disposed within the first compartment. The at least one mass id sized to rupture the at least one film. A fluid having a first color is disposed in the first compartment and a fluid having a second color is disposed in the second compartment.
US09593966B2	Magnetic field sensor A sensor of magnetic fields along a direction of measurement comprising N magneto-resistive transducers TMi, a resistance of each transducer TMi varying linearly to within ±xi% as a function of an intensity of a magnetic field to be measured within a maximum range [ai; bi] of intensity of the magnetic field to be measured and non-linearly outside of this range, the index i being an identifier of the transducer TMi. The sensor further comprises a generator which generates N magnetic fields CMi using at least one permanent magnet, where each magnetic field CMi exhibits an intensity Ii in the direction of measurement. The intensity Ii being constant and independent of the intensity of the magnetic field to be measured and each transducer TMi being placed inside a respective magnetic field CMi. Each transducer TMi placed inside the magnetic field CMi forming a measurement block for which the range in which the resistance of the transducer TMi of said block varies linearly to within ±xi% is offset by Ii and becomes [ai+Ii; bi+Ii]. Each intensity Ii being different from the others so as to obtain N different ranges [ai+Ii; bi+Ii], being an integer number greater than or equal to two. There is further included a computer capable of selecting one or more measurement blocks for which the intensity of the magnetic field to be measured lies within the range [ai+Ii; bi+Ii] of the block, and establishing the measurement of the intensity of the magnetic field on the basis of the measurement of only the one or more measurement blocks selected.
US09593963B2	Method and a device for determining navigation parameters of an aircraft during a landing phase A device for determining navigation parameters of an aircraft during a landing phase includes a video system including at least one digital video camera arranged on the aircraft, the digital video camera being configured to generate on the aircraft current video data relating to at least one characteristic point on the Earth, whose coordinates are known, and a data processing unit including an extended Kalman filter and configured to determine the navigation parameters on the basis of current navigation data of the aircraft, arising from a satellite navigation system, current inertial data of the aircraft, as well as said video data.
US09593961B2	System and method for integrated time based notification for improved situational awareness A system and method for providing integrated time-based notification and aircraft status data on a display is provided. The system and method receives aircraft status data, pilot input data, data link notification data and aircraft notification data. The system and method generates and displays a timescale region divided into equal intervals from a predetermined origin with an icon graphically representative of a position of the aircraft overlaid with an icon graphically representative of notification data. The system and method continuously updates the temporal data as the aircraft flies, and responds to user requests to pan forward in time, pan backward in time and adjust the zoom on the timescale.
US09593960B2	Location based point of interest navigation system A navigation system for an automotive vehicle that travels on roads includes a vehicle positioning apparatus that determines location data associated with the vehicle. A source of attraction location data provides location data associated with a plurality of attractions that are of interest to a user of the vehicle. A processing device is communicatively coupled to the vehicle positioning apparatus and to the source of attraction location data. The processing device calculates a distance and direction from the vehicle to at least one of the attractions of interest. The calculating is based upon the location data associated with the vehicle and the location data associated with the attractions of interest. A graphical display arrangement is communicatively coupled to the processing device. The graphical display arrangement indicates the calculated distance and direction without graphically indicating orientation of roads on which the vehicle may travel.
US09593957B2	Searching similar trajectories by locations Techniques for providing a trajectory route to multiple geographical locations of interest are described. This disclosure describes receiving global position system (GPS) logs associated with respective individual devices, each of the GPS logs including trajectories connecting a set of geographical locations previously visited by an individual of a respective individual device. A trajectory route service receives a request for a trajectory connecting a set of geographical locations of interest specified by a user. The trajectory route service calculates a proximal similarity between (1) the set of geographical locations of interest specified by the user, and (2) respective sets of geographical locations from the GPS logs. The trajectory route service constructs the requested trajectory with use of at least one of the trajectories from the GPS logs determined at least in part according to the calculated proximal similarities.
US09593955B2	Updating navigational map data Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for updating navigational map data. A routing request is received for routing data. A version compatibility matrix may be accessed that corresponds to the routing request. An analysis is performed of a cache database, a main database, and the version compatibility matrix. A number of version conflicts between the cache database and main database are identified based on the analysis. Using these version conflicts, one or more routes based on the routing request are generated.
US09593949B2	Yaw-rate sensor A yaw-rate sensor having a substrate and a plurality of movable substructures that are mounted over a surface of the substrate, the movable substructures being coupled to a shared, in particular, central spring element, means being provided for exciting the movable substructures into a coupled oscillation in a plane that extends parallel to the surface of the substrate, the movable substructures having Coriolis elements, means being provided for detecting deflections of the Coriolis elements induced by a Coriolis force, a first Coriolis element being provided for detecting a yaw rate about a first axis, a second Coriolis element being provided for detecting a yaw rate about a second axis, the second axis being oriented perpendicularly to the first axis.
US09593948B2	Yaw-rate sensor A yaw-rate sensor having a substrate and a plurality of movable substructures that are mounted over a surface of the substrate, the movable substructures being coupled to a shared, in particular, central spring element, means being provided for exciting the movable substructures into a coupled oscillation in a plane that extends parallel to the surface of the substrate, the movable substructures having Coriolis elements, means being provided for detecting deflections of the Coriolis elements induced by a Coriolis force, a first Coriolis element being provided for detecting a yaw rate about a first axis, a second Coriolis element being provided for detecting a yaw rate about a second axis, the second axis being oriented perpendicularly to the first axis.
US09593945B2	Optical configuration for a compact integrated day/night viewing and laser range finding system A compact integrated optical system including an eyepiece, a reflective telescope, and a multi-spectral combiner optically coupled between the reflective telescope and the eyepiece, and configured to direct visible light received via the reflective telescope assembly along a direct view optical path to the eyepiece assembly. In one example, the multi-spectral combiner includes a display that displays a visual representation of the imagery of the viewed scene, and laser range-finder transceiver that transmits and receives a laser beam via the reflective telescope. A pair of beamsplitters is used to separate the imaging optical path from the direct view and laser range-finding optical paths. A blocking device is used to enable laser range-finding capability during daytime viewing of the imaging optical path imagery on the display. The reflective telescope provides a common aperture for the direct view optical path, an imaging optical path, and the laser range-finder transceiver.
US09593944B2	Method for calculating shape of painting spray head A method for calculating a shape of a painting spray head that injects liquid paint supplied to the center in a radial direction while rotating, includes: inputting a material characteristic of painting liquid to be injected; selecting a start point where a curve starts on a front surface of the painting spray head; calculating the thickness of a liquid film injected from the painting spray head through an input numerical value; correcting the start point where the curve starts depending on a difference value between the calculated thickness of the liquid film and a required thickness of the liquid film; and calculating a curve shape of the painting spray head by using the corrected start point.
US09593943B2	Clamp mechanism for clamping an optical shape sensing fiber A clamp mechanism for fixation of an optical fiber (OSF) with optical shape sensing properties arranged for Optical Shape Sensing. A fixing element preferably with a circular cross section serves to engage with the optical fiber (OSF), and together with an additional fixing arrangement with a straight longitudinal portion arranged for engaging with the associated optical fiber (OSF), a fixation of a section of the optical fiber (OSF) is provided with the optical fiber (OSF) in a straight position. In some embodiments, the clamp mechanism can be implemented by three straight rods (R1, R2, R3) with circular cross section, e.g. with the same diameter being a factor of such as 6.46 times a diameter of the optical fiber (OSF). Hereby an effective fixation and straightening of the optical fiber (OSF) without disturbing strain can be obtained with a clamp mechanism which is easy to assemble and disassemble in practical applications e.g. when used as a launch fixture, and with the optical fiber (OSF) incorporated in a medical device.
US09593940B2	Optical measuring methods and apparatus In an optical measuring method, a first spectrum and a second spectrum are obtained from a pattern and a thin layer formed on the pattern by a deposition process using an ellipsometer respectively. A skew spectrum is obtained between the first spectrum and the second spectrum. A fourier transform operation is performed on the skew spectrum to calculate a thickness of the thin layer on the pattern.
US09593936B2	Optical tomographic device capable of acquiring a plurality of tomographic images Provided is an optical tomographic device for simultaneously acquiring a plurality of tomographic images at a same position in a subject without narrowing a depthwise measurement range. A measurement light generator generates at least two measurement lights with different optical path lengths, superimposes the at least two measurement lights, radiates the resultant light to a subject, and splits reflected light reflected from the subject into at least two reflected lights. A reference light generator generates at least two reference lights with different optical path lengths. An interfering light generator combines the at least two reflected lights and the at least two reference lights having corresponding different optical path lengths, to generate at least two interfering lights. An interfering light detector detects the at least two interfering lights independently by at least two interfering light detectors.
US09593934B2	Integrated dual swept source for OCT medical imaging An optical coherence analysis system comprising: a first swept source that generates a first optical signal that is tuned over a first spectral scan band, a second swept source that generates a second optical signal that is tuned over a second spectral scan band, a combiner for combining the first optical signal and the second optical signal for form a combined optical signal, an interferometer for dividing the combined optical signal between a reference arm leading to a reference reflector and a sample arm leading to a sample, and a detector system for detecting an interference signal generated from the combined optical signal from the reference arm and from the sample arm. In embodiments, the swept sources are tunable lasers that have shared laser cavities.
US09593931B2	Palladium coating thickness measurement The thickness of a palladium coating on copper (or another substrate) is measured by passing a cathodic current through a predetermined area of the coating in contact with an electrolytic solution and measuring the potential as a function of time. Protons from the electrolytic solution are electrochemically reduced to palladium hydride at cathodic potentials less negative than required for evolution of hydrogen. As formation of the PdH0.58 beta-phase throughout the Pd coating is completed, the cathodic potential increases rapidly to a cathodic potential plateau corresponding to evolution of hydrogen gas on the PdH0.58 surface. This step in the cathodic potential provides an endpoint time for the measurement. The absolute thickness of the Pd coating is calculated from the integrated cathodic charge passed up to the endpoint time and the predetermined area of the coating in contact with the electrolytic solution.
US09593929B2	Turkey measurement device A device for measuring turkey beard length and turkey spur length, including a beard stop, a beard ruler, one or more apertures sized to accommodate a turkey foot, and a spur ruler.
US09593928B2	Dynamical monitoring of a coordinate measuring machine using recursive filtering A method for providing dynamic state information for a coordinate measuring machine that includes a base, a probe head, a machine structure with structural components linking the probe head to the base and a drive mechanism that moves the probe head relative to the base. A dynamic model is defined with actual state variables related to physical properties representing an actual state of the coordinate measuring machine. The actual state is derived by a calculation based on the dynamic model. A filtering process using the dynamic model includes deriving prediction variables based on the state variables that describe an expected proximate state of the coordinate measuring machine, measuring at least one of the state variables and determining observables, deriving successive state variables by comparing the prediction variables with the observables and updating the dynamic model using the successive state variables as the actual state variables.
US09593924B2	System for fracturing an underground geologic formation An explosive system for fracturing an underground geologic formation adjacent to a wellbore can comprise a plurality of explosive units comprising an explosive material contained within the casing, and detonation control modules electrically coupled to the plurality of explosive units and configured to cause a power pulse to be transmitted to at least one detonator of at least one of the plurality of explosive units for detonation of the explosive material. The explosive units are configured to be positioned within a wellbore in spaced apart positions relative to one another along a string with the detonation control modules positioned adjacent to the plurality of explosive units in the wellbore, such that the axial positions of the explosive units relative to the wellbore are at least partially based on geologic properties of the geologic formation adjacent the wellbore.
US09593919B2	Method and apparatus for rapid deployment of a desirable material or chemical using a pyrophoric substrate A system and method for deployment of a material or desirable product is included. A desirable product can include a combination of a pyrophoric material with a material adapted to be sublimated by pyrophoric effect and produce a desired effect such as, for example, type of dye configured to be an obscurant material with a desired effect after sublimation could be a visual obscurant, electromagnetic obscurant, or some type of pesticide. A system for deploying and storing the material could include a housing configured to seal the combination of dye and pyrophoric materials from the presence of oxygen so that the pyrophoric material does not react until selectively exposed to a gas. A selection and mix of the pyrophoric material with the material, e.g., dye can be accomplished in such a way that the reaction between the pyrophoric material and oxygen is not substantially impeded.
US09593917B2	Composite laminate and method of manufacture A composite laminate is made by providing at least a first composite ply and a second composite ply, each having longitudinally oriented fibers in a thermoplastic matrix. The second composite ply is disposed on, and in transverse relation to, the first composite ply. Preferably, the second ply is disposed at 90° relative to the first ply. An article can be manufactured by providing a core material and applying a reinforcing material to a portion of the core material. The reinforcing material is a reinforcing composite ply or a composite laminate as described herein. Optionally, the core material is a prepreg that may be a composite laminate.
US09593916B2	High hardness, high toughness iron-base alloys and methods for making same An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to low-alloy steels exhibiting high hardness and an advantageous level of multi-hit ballistic resistance with low or no crack propagation imparting a level of ballistic performance suitable for military armor applications. Various embodiments of the steels according to the present disclosure have hardness in excess of 550 BHN and demonstrate a high level of ballistic penetration resistance relative to conventional military specifications.
US09593915B2	Conforming bands, belts, and holsters with integrated pouches Cushioned and conforming body bands, belts, and holsters are provided herein. Some embodiments may include conforming bands that are adapted to surround at least a portion of an individual. The conforming bands may include body portions having an outer surface and an inner surface, the body portion including an integrally formed pouch, the pouch including at least two sidewalls that are spaced apart from one another and joined together along a common bottom edge to define a cavity for receiving a firearm.
US09593905B2	Pull ring for air container of airsoft gun A containing device includes a container; a compressed gas source in the container and including a sealed opening; a channel member having a first end releasably secured to a first end of the container and including through holes; a hollow closure member releasably secured to a second end of the container; a hollow striker including a projection and a hollow needle spaced from the opening; and two opposite apertures through a periphery of the projection; a cap releasably secured to a second end of the channel member; a biasing member biased between the cap and an internal space of the striker; and a pull ring inserted through the through holes and the apertures to hold the striker in place in a locked position. A pulling of the pull ring out of the channel member can trigger a release of high-pressure gas.
US09593901B1	Rifle support A rifle support that is used in a vertical axis to support a weapon when being fired. The support is flexible and allows the user to rest the support on their knee while resting the weapon on the rest. The flexible support allows the user to flex the support in any direction without moving the weapon from the rest.
US09593900B2	Muzzle brake A muzzle device that may be attached to the barrel of a forearm that includes structures which influence the flow characteristics of exhausting propellant gases for suppressing muzzle flash, counter acting the rearward and upward motion of the muzzle during firing, and reducing the concussion directed towards the shooter as well as personnel to the sides of the shooter.
US09593898B2	Pin retention clip for triggers A trigger assembly retention apparatus. It is useful in allowing the easy removal and reinsertion of a trigger assembly of a gun for cleaning, replacement, inspection or the trigger assembly or any other reason.
US09593893B2	Method of remanufacturing a shell of a heat exchanger and a remanufactured shell A method of remanufacturing a shell of a heat exchanger is provided. The shell has an inner surface that defines an inner diameter thereof and the inner surface has a worn portion adjacent to an end of the shell. The method includes machining the inner surface to remove the worn portion and machining to form a tapered surface adjacent to the end of the shell. A diameter of the tapered surface increases progressively from the inner diameter of the shell to a maximum diameter at the end of the shell.
US09593892B2	Heat exchanger and retention element Heat exchanger and a retention element for the heat exchanger, the retention element having a receiving region and a spacing element, and the receiving region at least partially receiving the heat exchanger, wherein the receiving region has a contour which substantially corresponds to an outer contour of the heat exchanger, the receiving region having fixing means, by means of which the retention element can be fixed to the heat exchanger, the spacing element protruding outwards from the retention element and protruding beyond the outer contour of the heat exchanger.
US09593891B2	Heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger with a first and a second collecting tank, with at least one tube arranged between the two collecting tanks, each having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. At least one tube end is in fluid communication with a collecting tank and is connected to the collecting tank via a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded connection, wherein the opening is surrounded by an opening edge.
US09593887B2	Heat dissipation structure with heat pipes arranged in two spaced and partially overlapped layers A heat dissipation structure with heat pipes arranged in two spaced and partially overlapped layers is disclosed to include a radiation fin set, a heat-dissipation spacer placed on the radiation fin set and defining opposing first surface and second surface, a first heat dissipation layer including multiple first heat pipes with respective first segments thereof placed on the first surface of the heat-dissipation spacer, and a second heat dissipation layer including multiple second heat pipes with respective first segments thereof placed on the second surface of the heat-dissipation spacer. At least a part of the first segment of at least one first heat pipe of the first heat dissipation layer is disposed overlapped on at least a part of the first segment of at least one second heat pipe of the second heat dissipation layer in a parallel manner.
US09593886B2	Heat exchanger and heat pump device using the same Provided are a heat exchanger capable of providing sufficient heat exchange capability even with heat transfer tubes having a reduced outer diameter, and a heat pump device using the same. The heat transfer tubes has an outer diameter D in a range of 5 mm≦D≦6 mm, has a thickness t in a range of 0.05×D≦t≦0.09×D, are disposed at a vertical pitch L1 in a range of 3×D≦L1≦4.2×D, and are disposed at a longitudinal pitch L2 in a range of 2.6×D≦L2≦3.64×D. A sufficiently increased heat exchange rate per unit weight is obtainable with the heat exchanger.
US09593884B2	Permanent magnet type cylindrical molten-metal agitator and melting furnace with permanent magnet type suction pump The agitator includes a furnace body that includes a molten metal room, and an agitating unit that agitates molten metal stored in the furnace body. The agitating unit includes a molten-metal driving room-forming part that applies a driving force to the molten metal, and forms a driving room of which both ends are opened; a pair of electrodes that is disposed in the driving room and makes current flow in the driving room under the presence of the molten metal; and a magnetic field unit which is formed of a permanent magnet disposed outside the furnace body, of which one pole of an N pole and an S pole faces the furnace body so that magnetic lines of force generated from the one pole cross the current, and which generates an electromagnetic three for driving the molten metal from one end toward the other end in the driving room.
US09593883B2	Module for treatment of carbon dioxide and treatment method thereof Liquid carbon dioxide separated from sour gas is expanded by throttling decompression and is gas-liquid separated at a low temperature so as to be supplied for shipping or the improvement of petroleum recovery. Methane generated from a stranded gas well is allowed to pass as a coolant through liquid carbon dioxide separated and discharged from sour gas generated from the stranded gas well so as to cool liquid carbon dioxide. Disclosed is a module for treating carbon dioxide, and a treatment method thereof for supplying liquid carbon dioxide at a proper temperature and state conditions when there is a need for liquid carbon dioxide of very low temperature for the storage or collection of carbon dioxide, the improvement of petroleum recovery, or the like by cooling carbon dioxide using a material separated from sour gas of a stranded gas well as a coolant.
US09593882B2	Three-way integrated Joule-Thomson valve and liquefied gas expander A cryogenic turbine expander system which consists essentially of a cryogenic liquid pressure vessel, and the vessel further accommodating a turbine expander, an internal bypass configuration, which are operable in parallel, a three-way valve to direct incoming high pressure liquefied gas flow to the turbine expander, or the internal bypass configuration, which further consists a Joule-Thomson valve, when the turbine expander is not operational.
US09593879B2	U-shaped tuck shelf A refrigerator cabinet including a plurality of U-shaped shelves is provided. Each of the plurality of U-shaped shelves includes left, right and back portions located in a horizontal fashion with one shelf above another. A mounting structure is provided for supporting the U-shaped shelves; and a removable shelf is located within one or more of the U-shaped shelves. In addition, a tuck shelf is mounted in at least one of the plurality of U-shaped shelves, the tuck shelf being disposed either against at least a back portion of the at least one U-shaped shelf or between the removable shelf and a portion of the at least one U-shaped shelf that is closest to a user of the refrigerator.
US09593878B2	Cooling device comprising a height adjustable shelf The present invention relates to a cooling device (1) comprising a door (2), more than one support member (3) disposed on the inner surface of the door (2), arranged one below the other and spaced apart along the vertical direction (Y), a height adjustable shelf (4) mounted on the support members (3), a locking mechanism (5) disposed on the shelf (4), having a first position (P1) wherein the locking mechanism (5) enables the height of the shelf (4) to be fixed by interacting with the support member (3) and a second position (P2) wherein the locking mechanism (5) dislodges from the support member (3), enabling the shelf (4) to move on the support members (3) in the vertical direction (Y).
US09593872B2	Heat pump A heat pump capable of operating in a high COP state even if influx temperature of a medium to be heated flowing into the radiators has increased. The heat pump includes a compressor, a first radiator, a second radiator, an expansion valve, and an evaporator sequentially connected by refrigerant piping to form a first refrigeration cycle, in which a first refrigerant circulates in the first refrigeration cycle, and in which the first radiator and the second radiator are serially connected. A first heat exchange unit that heats the first refrigerant is provided in a refrigerant piping at a refrigerant inlet side of the second radiator, and a second heat exchange unit that cools the first refrigerant is provided in a refrigerant piping at a refrigerant outlet side of the second radiator.
US09593869B2	Cascade refrigeration cycle apparatus According to one embodiment, a cascade refrigeration cycle apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a high-temperature-side and a low-temperature-side refrigeration circuits, an inverter and a control section. The high-temperature-side refrigeration circuit includes a first compressor and a cascade heat exchanger. The low-temperature-side refrigeration circuit includes a second compressor and the cascade heat exchanger. The inverter connected to at least one of the compressors. The control section controls the inverter so that a set operating frequency for the first compressor is higher than a set operating frequency for the second compressor when an operation of the apparatus is started.
US09593865B2	Finger air baffle for high efficiency furnace One aspect of this disclosure provides a finger baffle for a heating furnace. This embodiment includes an elongated support plate having a length, and at least one finger baffle extending outwardly and in a vertically oriented direction from the elongated support plate. The at least one finger baffle has a width that extends along the length of the elongated support plate. The finger baffle may be employed in a high-efficiency gas furnace.
US09593858B2	Control device for a heating system and heating system A control device for controlling a heating system having a first heat exchanger disposed in a first part of a building, and second heat exchanger disposed in a second part of a building, the control device comprising: a first temperature sensor associated with the first heat exchanger and measuring a temperature in the first part of the building, a second temperature sensor associated with the second heat exchanger and measuring a temperature in the second part of the building. The control device includes a control station by which a temperature compensation can be initiated by recirculating a fluid medium to be used for heat exchange as a function of the temperatures (T1, T2) measured by the first and the second temperature sensor and at least partial exchange of the fluid medium takes place between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger.
US09593854B2	Gas stove A gas stove having an upper work plate with at least one integrated gas burner, said gas burner including a bowl-shaped base body, a burner crown, and an upper cap, with several flame ports provided to let out a gas-air mixture towards a recipient to be heated, and an annular mixing zone, whose cross section incrementally expands towards the flame ports, defined between the burner crown and the upper cap with the burner crown including a Venturi pipe which feeds the gas-air mixture into the mixing zone and is designed to suck primary air from above the upper work plate the flame ports are formed in the upper cap as through-holes, and the bottom side of the upper cap, which defines the upper side of the mixing zone, is at least partially inclined upwardly towards the flame ports to define the incrementally expanding cross section of the mixing zone.
US09593853B2	Gas flow path for a gas turbine engine A duct arrangement in a can annular gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine has a gas delivery structure for delivering gases from a plurality of combustors to an annular chamber that extends circumferentially and is oriented concentric to a gas turbine engine longitudinal axis for delivering the gas flow to a first row of blades A gas flow path is formed by the duct arrangement between a respective combustor and the annular chamber for conveying gases from each combustor to the first row of turbine blades The duct arrangement includes at least one straight section having a centerline that is misaligned with a centerline of the combustor.
US09593851B2	Combustor and method of supplying fuel to the combustor A combustor (10) includes a combustion chamber (18), a liner (12) surrounding the combustion chamber, and a flow sleeve (52) surrounding the liner. An annular passage is between the liner and the flow sleeve, and a fuel injector (50) is located partially in the annular passage and extending through the liner into the combustion chamber. The fuel injector includes an outer tube, an inner tube, and a flow passage. A method of supplying a fuel to a combustor includes flowing a diluent inside an outer tube extending along a liner and flowing a liquid or gaseous fuel inside an inner tube extending inside a portion of the outer tube. The method further includes flowing the diluent and the liquid or gaseous fuel through the liner and into a combustion chamber surrounded by the liner.
US09593849B2	Combustion of high solids liquid A system for the combustion of high solids liquid to produce steam for the production of ethanol is disclosed. The system comprises a method for combusting high solids liquid. The method comprises supplying a stream of high solids liquid to a furnace; atomizing the stream of high solids liquid into the furnace; and distributing biomass fuel into the furnace. The stream of high solids liquid are combusted with the biomass fuel in the furnace.
US09593848B2	Non-symmetrical low NOx burner apparatus and method A burner apparatus for a furnace system and a method of burner operation wherein a non-symmetrical positioning of one combustion fuel discharge tip or a grouping of fuel discharge tips within the burner wall produces side-by-side lean and fuel rich combustion stage zones and also produces internal flue gas recirculation.
US09593847B1	Fuel-flexible burner apparatus and method for fired heaters A burner apparatus for a fired heating system and a method of burner operation. The burner provides stable operation when burning gas fuels having heating values ranging from low to high and accommodates sudden wide changes in the Wobbe value of the fuel delivered to the burner. The burner apparatus includes a plurality of exterior fuel ejectors and has an exterior notch which extends around the burner wall for receiving and combusting a portion of the gas fuel. At least a portion of the hot combustion product gas produced in the exterior notch is delivered through channels formed in the burner wall to the combustion area at the forward end of the burner. As the Wobbe value of the gas fuel decreases, one or more outer series of addition ejectors can be automatically activated as needed to maintain the amount of heat output desired.
US09593842B2	Illumination device The illumination device generally has at least one light source and an attachment assembly that connects the light source to a computing device. The light source may be one or more LEDs or a light panel using electroluminescent lighting. The illumination device includes a power source coupled to the light source and a light control mechanism to change at least one of an operative state or an intensity of the light source. The illumination device may also be integrally connected to the computing device. A light cover is implemented to cover the light source and diffuse light emanating therefrom.
US09593839B2	LED lamp for public lighting The lamp is provided for the purpose of replacing the conventional lamps in public lighting luminaires, said lamp comprising a succession of dissipating modules (3) which are fixed on a base (1) and are configured to fix, on the periphery thereof, at least one card (9) carrying a plurality of LEDs (10). The lamp is characterized in that the dissipating modules (3) are configured to assemble the contiguous modules and to simultaneously fix the card of LEDs; the different cooling modules (3) being separated from one another in order to allow the flow of air therebetween. The cards (9) of LEDs (10) have an elongated configuration. The dissipating modules (3) have a configuration formed by sectors separated from one another in order to provide a very wide contact surface which facilitates the heat dissipation.
US09593838B2	Lighting device comprising a heat sink structure A lighting device (1) is provided comprising a light source (5), an electronic carrier (20) comprising a first portion (21) for carrying the light source and a second portion (22) for providing an electrical connection to the light source, and a heat sink structure (10) arranged for a dissipation of heat from the electronic carrier. The heat sink structure comprises at least one lid portion (11, 12) arranged at an opening (14) of the heat sink structure, wherein the opening is at least partially closed by the at least one lid portion. Further, the first portion of the electronic carrier is supported by at least one of the at least one lid portion, and the second portion of the electronic carrier is at least partially enclosed by the heat sink structure. The invention hereby provides improved heat dissipation and a facilitated manufacturing of the lighting device.
US09593830B2	Remotely controlled and monitored followspot A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has separately movable parts that are movable in two orthogonal directions, and a display attached to one of said two separately movable parts. The display receives a video feed from a controlled light, that is controlled to move in the same directions as remote controller. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.
US09593828B2	Method and apparatus for damping vibration of poles A method and apparatus for providing effective damping of first mode vibration for a range of different types of poles is disclosed. According to a preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing having a horizontal floor with an inward curved surface to form an enclosed chamber and at least one damping weight disposed in the inward curved surface and adapted to freely roll inside the enclosed chamber. Preferably, the apparatus is mounted on the top end of a pole for damping wind-induced first, second or higher mode vibration of the poles.
US09593826B2	Strobe assembly A modular reflector assembly includes two portions arranged symmetrically at a common plane. Each portion includes a first surface defined by a first parabola rotated to a first angle relative to the plane and a second surface abutting the first surface defined by a second parabola rotated to a second angle greater than the first angle. A third surface abuts the second surface and is defined by a third parabola rotated to a third greater than the second angle. A fourth surface abuts the third surface and is defined by a fourth parabola rotated to a fourth angle greater than the third angle. A fifth surface abuts the first surface and is defined by a fifth parabola rotated in the common plane to a fifth angle relative to the first axis.
US09593825B2	Illumination system Implementations of an apparatus including a housing having therein at least one light source, the at least one light source oriented to direct light out one side of the housing, and an arc-shaped reflector connected to the housing, the arc-shaped reflector having a reflecting surface optically coupled to the at least one light source to reflect light from the at least one light source to a position adjacent to the housing.
US09593822B2	Light-shaping optical element The present invention relates to a light-emitting arrangement (20) comprising a light source (22) and a scattering member (24). The scattering member (24) is arranged in a three-dimensional shape in front of the light source (22) in a light output direction. Different regions of the scattering member have different optical characteristics to provide a desired total light output in respect of brightness level, scattering function and beam shape.
US09593818B2	Vehicular marker lamp An automobile headlamp includes a plurality of projection light source units disposed in a lamp chamber. Each of the plurality of projection light source units includes a projection lens; a cut-off line forming shade extending approximately horizontally and forward such that an extending tip section thereof is located in a vicinity of a rearward focal point of the projection lens; a light-emitting element as a light source provided on both upper and lower sides of the shade; and a reflector, which reflects light emitted from the light-emitting element to be guided to the projection lens, provided on both upper and lower sides of the shade. A low-beam distribution pattern having a predetermined cut-off line is formed by a light source unit section on an upper side formed of the projection lens, the shade, the light-emitting element on the upper side, and the reflector on the upper side. An additional high-beam distribution pattern having a lower end cut-off line which approximately coincides with the predetermined cut-off line is formed by the light source unit section on a lower side formed of the projection lens, the shade, the light-emitting element on the lower side, and the reflector on the lower side. At least one of the plurality of projection light source units has an optical axis set to be parallel to an optical axis of the headlamp and at least one of the plurality of projection light source units has an optical axis set to be slightly tilted forward and downward with respect to the optical axis of the headlamp.
US09593817B2	Headlight device of motorcycle A high beam reflector (341) is disposed below a high beam LED light source (46) and reflects light from the high beam LED light source (46) in front of a vehicle. Low beam reflectors (342, 343) are disposed below a low beam LED light source (45) and reflect light from the low beam LED light source (45) in front of the vehicle. The low beam LED light source (45) is located on either side of the high beam LED light source (46) and disposed in front of the high beam LED light source (46). The high beam reflector (341) is longer than the low beam reflectors (342, 343) in the front-rear direction, and the low beam reflectors (342, 343) are positioned before the high beam reflector (341).
US09593809B2	Water vapor distillation apparatus, method and system A system for product water output. The system includes a controller, a first conductivity sensor in communication with the controller, a first product valve downstream from the first conductivity sensor and in communication with the controller, a second product valve downstream from the first product valve and in communication with the controller, a second conductivity sensor downstream from the second product valve and in communication with the controller, and a divert valve downstream from the first conductivity sensor and upstream from the first product valve and in communication with the controller.
US09593808B1	Polymeric micro-arm apparatus and method to use the same A polymeric micro-arm apparatus and method to use the same. The apparatus comprises of an elongated hollow polymeric structure with a distal end and a proximal end, an opening near the distal end, a main body attached to the polymeric structure means to move the polymeric structure, means to generate fluid flow through the opening, means to measure a flowrate of the fluid flow through the opening; and an element embedded in the polymeric structure, wherein the element is configured to detect when the polymeric structure contacts an object and measures the force that the object exerts upon the polymeric structure.
US09593807B2	Helium vessel port arrangement for a magnetic resonance imaging system A cryogen vessel port arrangement for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system has a port for guiding cryogen into a cryogen vessel. The port has a siphon tube, a siphon cone, which is in flow connection with the siphon tube, and a pipe with an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The inlet opening is configured for connecting it with a coldhead sock and the outlet opening is in flow connection with the port and the siphon cone. The port has a port component that has a flow channel with a first opening configured for connecting it with a service siphon, a second opening in flow connection with the siphon cone, and a third opening in flow connection with the outlet opening of the pipe.
US09593806B2	Warning of hazardous conditions in monitored spaces using RFID technology To warn of hazardous conditions in a monitored space, the presence of an object bearing an RFID tag is detected using an RFID tag reader. Objects may be, for example, human beings, vehicles, or stationary materiel. A determination is made as to whether the object poses a hazard by, for example, reading data from the RFID tag or by accessing a database using data read from the RFID tag. If the object is determined to pose a hazard, the nature of the hazard is determined from the RFID tag or the database, and warning about the nature of the hazard is provided proximate to the monitored space. In some embodiments, providing the warning may be conditional upon detecting the concurrent presence of two objects in the monitored space.
US09593803B1	Hanger system and method A hanger system and method consists of a base mount with a connection device conformed to connect with a separate object. The base mount further includes a mounting stud. An outer receiver head is provided with a quick connect female receiver conformed to connect with and disconnect from the mounting stud and when connected with the mounting stud to secure the connection in place and the outer receiver head includes a performance device.
US09593800B2	Brake stand systems A stand for an electronic display. The stand includes a brake mechanism to selectively fix the position of the display at a desired vertical position. An actuator proximate an outer edge of the display to selectively lock and unlock the brake mechanism. A brake mechanism locked and unlocked by tilting a display.
US09593797B2	Hybrid high temperature insulation According to one aspect, a hybrid high temperature thermal insulation includes a mix of inorganic granules. The granular mix includes at least 70 weight percent porous inorganic granules in the form of expanded perlite, and at most 30 weight percent second porous inorganic granules other than expanded perlite. The hybrid insulation also includes a binder. In example formulations, the second porous inorganic particles may be made from crushed aerogel, from fumed silica, from precipitated silica, or from other substances. The hybrid insulation may be formed into preferred shapes, for example a board shape or a semi-cylindrical shape configured to fit over a round tube of a predetermined diameter.
US09593794B2	Pig receiver assembly A pig receiver and method retrieve pigs in pipeline pigging operations. In one embodiment, a pig receiver includes a pig receiver unit. The pig receiver also includes a pig gate valve assembly disposed on the pig receiving unit. The pig gate valve assembly includes a gate valve. The pig gate valve assembly also includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The pig gate valve assembly further includes a cylinder guide. In addition, the pig gate valve assembly includes a tie bar. Actuation of the tie bar actuates the gate valve. An end of the tie bar is attached to the first actuator, and an opposing end of the tie bar is attached to the second actuator. The pig receiver also includes a system for removing contaminants from the pig receiver.
US09593793B2	Chained clamp pipeline repair structure and method of use Interlocking bend limiter sections are substantially mirror images of each other and are joined to form an interlocking bend limiter segment without use of fasteners by engaging each other's interlocking ends. An interlocking bend limiter comprises a plurality of interlocking bend limiter segment secured at an end by an end piece. In alternative, related embodiments a repair system comprises one or more machinable length sections which function as chain clamps to repair a subsea pipeline while the subsea pipeline is still in service and which can comprise interlocking sections similar to bend limiter sections or which are locked in more traditional manners such as by using bolts or other fasteners.
US09593791B2	Pressure washer coupler with 360 degree rotation A pressure washer coupler is provided between the wand and spray nozzle of the pressure washer so that the angle of the spray can be selectively set. The coupler includes male and female quick connectors for the wand and the spray nozzle. A spring biased detent assembly allows one end of the coupler to be rotated 360° relative to the other end of the coupler, with the detent assembly maintaining the ends in a selected position. Thus, the spray can be directed parallel or perpendicular to the wand axis, and to numerous orientations therebetween.
US09593790B2	Clip for securing valve to appliance and associated method An appliance for treatment of items may include: a body defining a chamber to hold the items during treatment; a door to close the chamber during treatment; a base having an opening at an edge of the base, the body being supported on the base; a valve located in the opening; and a clip attached to the base at the opening such that the valve is secured in the opening between the clip and the base.
US09593781B2	Torsional spring for a slam-shut safety device A cam assembly for use in a slam-shut safety valve includes a cam having an elongated first cam arm, and the cam is pivotable about a rotational axis. The cam assembly also includes a torsional spring having a pair of stationary outer arms and a pair of pivotable inner arms, wherein the pair of stationary inner arms is coupled to a portion of the first cam arm. The pair of inner arms is adapted to act on the first cam arm to bias the cam into a position that allows the cam to be relatched in a valve rearming process. The pair of inner arms is symmetrically disposed about the first cam arm to prevent lateral displacement of the cam.
US09593778B2	Apparatus and systems having a reciprocating valve head assembly and swing adsorption processes related thereto Provided are apparatus and systems having a poppet valve assembly and swing adsorption separation techniques related thereto. A poppet valve includes a valve body, a plurality of static valves fixedly secured to the valve body and a single dynamic poppet valve having a plurality of openings. The plurality of static valves align and mate with the plurality of openings. The single dynamic poppet valve reciprocates to selectively open and close the plurality of static valves.
US09593775B2	Radial lead seal assembly for a generator and a radial lead seal assembly of a generator A retrofit method for modifying a radial lead seal assembly of a generator and a radial lead seal assembly of a generator are presented. The radial lead seal assembly seals a radial chamber from an axial chamber. The radial lead seal assembly includes sealing elements disposed around a radial lead to seal an annular space between the radial lead and the radial chamber, a coil spring disposed around the radial lead between the sealing elements and a junction between the radial lead and the axial lead, and a nut. The retrofit method includes removing one or more of the sealing elements to define a radial space between the remainder of the sealing elements and the coil spring. Conical springs are inserted in the radial space and only partially compressed under a radially inward compressive load exerted on the radial lead seal assembly via the nut.
US09593772B2	System for adaptively providing power from a series of fluid pumps to a series of fluid motors A fluid energy distribution system having three elements; fluid energy providers; means for fluid energy distribution; and fluid drivers. The fluid energy providers input energy into hydraulic fluid as pressure and flow. This energy is passed to the means for fluid energy distribution wherein the energy from all fluid energy providers moves a set of sliding pistons to turn a connected crankshaft that converts and consolidates the converted energy as torque in the crankshaft. Another set of differently sized sliding pistons connected to the same crankshaft is used to pressurize a fluid and disperse it in its energized state to the fluid drivers according to their speed and torque demands. The routing of the various fluid volumes is done by computerized control system. The admission of the fluids into and out of the cylinders is done by independent flow controllers for each cylinder.
US09593769B2	Method and control device thereto for operating a powertrain A method for operating a drive train that includes a converter as the start-up element, an automatic transmission, and an output, whereas, after start of the drive unit, the rotational speed of a turbine of the converter is monitored, whereas, if it is determined that, within a defined first time frame after the start of the drive unit, the rotational speed of the turbine reaches or exceeds a first threshold value, a properly filled converter is inferred. If, within the defined first time frame, the rotational speed of the turbine falls short of the first threshold value, an improperly filled converter or a converter that has run empty is inferred.
US09593762B2	Drive axle with pump managed oil flow A power transfer device can include a housing, first and second input members, first and second output members, a differential, and a pump. The housing can define a sump. The first input member can receive rotational power and rotate about an axis. The second input member can be meshingly engaged with the first input member and can rotate through the sump. The differential case can be drivingly coupled to the second input member. The differential gearset can transmit rotary power between the differential case and the first and second output members. The pump can be disposed about the first input member and can have an inlet, outlet, and pump element. The inlet can be coupled for fluid communication with the sump. The pump element can be drivingly coupled to the first input member and can pump the fluid from the sump when the first input member rotates about the axis.
US09593756B2	Bearing assembly configured to handle axial and radial loads A bearing assembly and a related power transmitting component. The bearing assembly includes a first bearing, which is an angular contact bearing, and a second bearing, which is a tapered roller bearing. The first bearing has a first inner bearing race, a first outer bearing race and a plurality of spherical bearing balls disposed between the first inner bearing race and the first outer bearing race. The second bearing assembly has a second inner bearing race, a second outer bearing race and a plurality of tapered bearing rolls disposed between the second inner bearing race and the second outer bearing race. One of the first inner and first outer bearing races is fixedly coupled to one of the second inner and second outer bearing races for axial and rotational movement therewith. The first and second bearings are configured to handle thrust in a common axial direction.
US09593753B2	Magnetic gears, and related systems and methods A magnetic gear may comprise a first gear member comprising a plurality of permanent magnets arranged to have a first number of magnetic pole pairs and a second gear member positioned relative to the first gear member. The second gear member may comprise a plurality of individually rotatable magnetized elements each driven and synchronized with one another to selectively generate a second number of magnetic pole pairs that differs from the first number of magnetic pole pairs. The magnetic gear may further comprise a plurality of interpole elements positioned between the first and second gear members. The plurality of interpole elements may be disposed to harmonically couple the magnetic pole pairs of the first gear member with the magnetic pole pairs of the second gear member for each selectively generated second number of magnetic pole pairs.
US09593750B2	Chain guide and chain transmission device A chain guide includes a plurality of roller shafts provided on one side of a timing chain for torque transmission and spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of a guide base facing the timing chain. The respective roller shafts rotatably support chain guiding rollers in the form of needle roller bearings. The rollers are cylindrical members having the same diameter over the entire axial direction such that the rollers are movable in the axial direction relative to the timing chain. The rollers are supported so as to be movable in the axial direction. When the rollers and the timing chain move relative to each other in the axial direction and the rollers move relative to the roller shafts in the axial direction, contact portions between the rollers and the roller shafts are displaced in the axial direction, so that radial loads are not locally applied.
US09593749B2	Automatic transmission An automatic transmission (1) includes a first planetary gear set (PL1) of a double pinion type, second to fourth planetary gear sets (PL2-PL4) of a single pinion type, first to third clutches (CL1-CL3), and first and second brakes (B1 and B2). A third carrier (C3) and a fourth sun gear (S4) are always coupled to an input (i.e., an input shaft (3)). An output (i.e., an output gear (7)) is always coupled to a fourth ring gear (R4). A first carrier (C1) is always coupled to a third sun gear (S3). A second sun gear (S2) is always coupled to a third ring gear (R3). A first ring gear (R1) is always coupled to a second ring gear (R2).
US09593748B2	Transmission assembly for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle The invention relates to a 9-speed transmission made up of two simple planetary gear sets including a drive group and an output group designed as a Ravigneaux set having six shift elements, namely three clutches and three brakes, certain specific embodiments being expandable to form an 11-speed transmission by adding a fourth brake.
US09593739B2	Negative stiffness hydraulic system A variable stiffness structure configured to support a variable load, the variable stiffness structure including a positive stiffness element coupled to the variable load, a negative stiffness element, a hydraulic system coupled to the positive and negative stiffness elements and configured to adjust a relative position of the positive and negative stiffness elements in response to a change in the variable load, while the variable stiffness structure supports the variable load.
US09593738B2	Active vibration isolation device An active vibration isolation device includes: a housing fixed to a vibration isolation target; a movable shaft elastically supported by the housing displaceably in an axial direction; a yoke having an umbrella-shaped part provided consecutively and coaxially with the movable shaft and a circular cylindrical part provided consecutively with an outer circumference of the umbrella-shaped part and coaxially with the movable shaft; a ring-shaped coil fixed between the movable shaft and the cylindrical part; and first and second permanent magnets in a ring shape attached to the yoke. The first permanent magnet is smaller in diameter than the coil and is disposed inside the coil in a radial direction of the coil. The second permanent magnet is larger in diameter than the coil and is disposed outside the coil in the radial direction so that part thereof is made to face an inside of the yoke.
US09593735B2	Hydraulic suspension damper with a spring valve assembly A hydraulic damper (2) includes at least one spring valve assembly (28b, 28c) having a body (231, 261) provided with through flow channels (282), at least one deflectable disc (281) covering these through flow channels (282), and a supporting member (285, 285c) fixed to an axial member for clamping the at least one disc (281) at the inner circumferential part thereof. A spring seat (283b, 283c) is disposed around the supporting member (285, 285c) and abuts the at least one deflectable disc (281) in at least one radial position (2831, 2832) at the outer circumferential part thereof. A spring (284) is preloaded between the spring seat (283b, 283c) and the supporting member (285, 2851c). The spring seat (283b, 283c) includes at least one axial projection (2833b, 2833c) perimetrically engaging the at least one disc (281), and a circular gap (286) is provided between the spring seat (283b, 283c) and the supporting member (285, 2851c).
US09593731B2	Ring-shaped spring and method for manufacturing same An inexpensive ring spring having high strength and a method for producing the same, are provided. The ring spring can be obtained, for example, by raw material preparation, bending formation, welding, and disk formation performed in this order. The ring spring is formed to have no edge by welding two edge parts of the raw material, and has a welded metal part that is formed at the interface of the two edge parts of the raw material, and a welded heat-affected zone that is formed around the welded metal part and heated by welding, and exhibits tensile strength of 1000 MPa or more. Since the ring spring has sufficient tensile strength as a disk spring and a wave spring, quenching and tempering are not necessary. Furthermore, since the product can be prevented from being deformed due to quenching and tempering, dimensional accuracy of the product can be improved.
US09593730B2	Self-retention compression spring with housing A compression spring is disclosed, which is configured to be used for various applications, and in particular for operate accessory linkages. Furthermore, a compression spring retention system is disclosed including a compression spring and a housing in which the compression spring is fixable. The compression spring includes a length of coiled wire having substantially a circular cross-sectional area, wherein at least a first end of the compression spring is formed as a retainer device that is configured to be compressed while being mounted into a recessed chamber of the housing and to expand when inserted into the recessed chamber in a way that the compression spring is fixed at the recessed chamber.
US09593729B2	Brake assembly having slack adjustment mechanism A brake assembly includes a housing, a brake element configured to be operatively associated with an axle for resisting rotation of the axle, and a piston configured to be selectively moved into and out of braking engagement with the brake element. The brake assembly further includes a slack adjustment mechanism for limiting movement of the piston when the piston is moved out of braking engagement with the brake element. The slack adjustment mechanism includes a shuttle configured to be engaged by the piston, and a plurality of stop elements carried by the shuttle and configured to be moved off the shuttle into a well of the housing. Movement of the piston is stopped when the shuttle engages an end wall of the well or one of the stop elements in the well.
US09593728B2	Disk brake caliper piston system A disk brake piston system having a piston having a metallic outer wall surrounding a central axis, the outer wall being of a material and a thickness which that could be formed by deep drawing; a metallic front wall closing one end of the outer wall, the front wall including a curved area extending toward an interior of the piston, the front wall being of a material and having a thickness that could be formed by deep drawing; and a sleeve positioned at least partially within the piston and configured to interface with an interior side surface of the outer wall such that the sleeve and the piston are restrained from rotating relative to one another around an axis parallel to the central axis, the sleeve comprising a flat or curved internal surface, having a non-circular cross-section, wherein the sleeve comprises a polymeric material.
US09593722B2	CV joint gasket A constant velocity joint includes a body, a cup, an annular array of bolts, and an annular gasket. The body has a first planar surface. The cup has a second planar surface positioned adjacent the first planar surface. The annular array of bolts interconnects the cup and body. The annular gasket is interposed between the planar surfaces of the cup and the body. The gasket has a plurality of notches defined on an outer perimeter of the gasket sized to receive the array of bolts. The notches are spaced adjacent to a corresponding bolt and define an open space between the planar surfaces around a bolt periphery. The open space enables thread-locking fluid to escape without causing displacement of the gasket or separation of the planar surfaces. A method of transmitting torque through a CV joint is also contemplated.
US09593721B2	Electronic rear drive module with split halfshaft flange The present teachings provide for a vehicle drive module including a housing, an electric motor, a transmission gear set, a differential assembly, and a pair of output members. The transmission gear set can transmit rotary power between a motor output shaft and an output of the transmission gear set. The differential assembly can include a case, a pair of pinion gears, and a pair of side gears. Each of the side gears can be meshingly engaged with the pair of pinion gears. Each output member can include a driven body and an outer flange. The driven body can have a first end drivingly coupled to one of the side gears. The outer flange can have a first side that is releasably coupled to the second end of the driven body, and a second side that is adapted to be releasably coupled to a constant velocity joint.
US09593720B2	Motor A motor includes a motor body, a pin, a core, and an input cam. The motor body includes a housing and an output shaft. The pin is arranged in the output shaft to extend in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the output shaft. The core is pivotally supported by the pin and rotates coaxially with the output shaft. The input cam is annular and surrounds an outer circumference of the core. The input cam rotates integrally with the core. An end surface of the core closer to the housing includes a first deviated surface. The core includes an insertion portion into which the pin is inserted. When a center axis of the core is coaxial to the rotation axis of the output shaft, the first deviated surface is located at a position farther from the housing than the insertion portion.
US09593718B2	Multipoint contact ball bearing A multipoint contact ball bearing in constructed to prevent damage to rolling surfaces of the balls and to ensure durability while maintaining radial load capacity. An inner raceway has a complex curved surface including a pair of side surface sections having a generating line shape with a radius of curvature larger than 50% of the ball diameter, and an inner raceway bottom section connecting inside end edges in the width direction of the side surface sections. The inner raceway bottom section is a concave curved surface having a generating line shape with a radius of curvature less than 50% of the ball diameter. The edges of both sides in the width direction of the inner raceway bottom section and the inside end edges of the inner raceway side surface sections are smoothly continuous, and finishing is performed on the inner raceway bottom section and the inner raceway side surface sections.
US09593717B2	Water lubricated bearing device The arrangement comprises a fluid bearing comprising a first fluid bearing element located in a bearing housing and a piston located in a pump housing. The bearing housing comprises a bearing housing opening. The pump housing comprises a pump housing opening. The first fluid bearing element is connected to the piston by means of a connection means extending from the first fluid bearing element through the bearing housing opening to the piston through the pump housing opening. The piston is arranged to reciprocate in the pump housing. The pump housing is connected to a fluid reservoir by means of a first inlet. The bearing housing comprises a first outlet for allowing fluid to exit the bearing housing. The arrangement further comprises a fluid transport means fluidly connecting the pump housing and the bearing housing.
US09593714B1	Axial bearing cage A cage is provided with guidance and retention elements for the cylindrical rolling elements. The cage includes a radially inner rim including a first flange, and a plurality of first retention tabs extend from the first flange that include first and second lateral surfaces. A radially outer rim includes a second flange, and a plurality of second retention tabs extend from the second flange that include third and fourth lateral surfaces. The first and second lateral surfaces of the first retention tabs and the third and fourth lateral surfaces of the second retention tabs face each of the pockets to define lower rolling element retention elements. Webs include first and second rolling element facing guide surfaces that face adjacent ones of the pockets. Upper rolling element retention elements of the webs are provided on an opposite side of a centerline from the lower rolling element retention elements.
US09593713B2	Thrust washer including wet friction material with resin coated surface A thrust washer is provided. The thrust washer includes a wet friction material and a phenolic resin layer coating an outer surface of the wet friction material. A torque converter comprising the thrust washer is also provided. A method of forming a thrust washer is further provided. The method includes providing a layer of phenolic resin on an outer surface of a wet friction material.
US09593711B2	Main bearing for crankshaft of internal combustion engine A main bearing includes first and second half bearings, each having a main cylinder portion and crush relief portions in both circumferential end portions. An oil groove circumferentially extends on an inner circumferential surface only of the first half bearing, one circumferential end portion of the oil groove opens on a circumferential end surface on a front side in a rotation direction, and the other circumferential end portion of the oil groove is positioned in the main cylinder portion. The first half bearing includes a transition region at least between the crush relief portion on the rear side in the rotation direction and the main cylinder portion, and the second half bearing includes a transition region at least between the crush relief portion on the front side in the rotation direction and the main cylinder portion.
US09593710B2	Master and slave pullrods Master and slave pullrods are disclosed in which a master pullrod is coupled to a journal of a crankshaft. The slave pullrod indirectly couples to the crankshaft by coupling to the master pullrod. Such a configuration allows two connecting rods to be coupled to the journal of the crankshaft inline with each other.
US09593708B2	Assembly comprising an articulation spindle supported by a clevis and immobilized in translation by a blocking device integrating a double anti-rotation system An assembly with an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis. The assembly comprises a blocking device. The blocking device comprises a nut screwed onto a threaded portion of an extension of the second sleeve and comprising an inner shoulder against which the second end of the articulation spindle can come to bear, a locking washer able to adopt a locked state in which it prevents the nut from rotating with respect to the extension and an unlocked state in which it allows the nut to be unscrewed, and a longilinear element able to adopt a locked state in which it passes through at least the nut so as to prevent it from rotating.
US09593705B2	Steel stud anchor A metal anchoring fastener fastens millwork onto walls constructed with wall cladding fastened to steel studs. The load typical of a loaded cabinet is borne by the steel stud anchors owing to the mate between the profile of the steel stud anchor and the layers of millwork and wall cladding and steel stud that said anchor penetrates. The pitch of the thread adorning the profile of the steel stud anchor progresses non-linearly along the length of said shaft, the shaft is generally non-linear in profile, and the thread profile is non-uniform along the length of said shaft. The anchor can also support a secondary screw concentrically penetrating the void at the center of the anchor, in order to hang loads from a wall, with or without millwork. Predrilling of the holes can enable installation of these zinc anchors.
US09593703B2	Expansion anchor An expansion anchor, in particular for mineral construction materials, for example, concrete, is disclosed. A generic expansion anchor is equipped with an expansion sleeve for anchoring on a borehole wall and with an anchor bolt, which is disposed through the expansion sleeve, where the anchor bolt has an expansion region for expansion of the expansion sleeve. The anchor bolt has a cutting thread for cutting a thread into the borehole wall. A respective setting tool and setting method are also disclosed.
US09593701B2	Fastening clip assembly A fastening clip assembly is configured to securely connect a first panel to a second panel. The fastening clip assembly may include a collar, a securing support extending from the collar, and deflectable beams connected to the securing support. The deflectable beams are configured to move in first and second directions when the deflectable beams are mated with one or both of the first and second panels. The first direction differs from the second direction.
US09593698B2	Microfabricated fluidic circuit elements and applications A microfabricated fluidic unidirectional valve includes a microfabricated elastomer material having a flow through channel. The microfabricated fluidic unidirectional valve also includes an elastomer flap attached to the elastomer material in the flow through channel. The elastomer flap forms a seal in the flow through channel to prevent fluid from flowing in a first direction through the flow through channel and to allow fluid flow in a second direction through the flow through channel.
US09593692B2	Pump housing support A pump housing support for use in a pump assembly, the pump assembly including a plurality of component parts which include a seal housing, a drive shaft having a rotation axis, an impeller and a pump housing, the pump housing which includes a main liner, the pump housing support including a base and a mounting member which includes a body portion to which a part of the pump housing can be mounted and a locating flange extending therefrom, the locating flange having first and second locating surfaces on opposing sides thereof and where the main liner is located on the first locating surface and the seal housing is located on the second locating surface.
US09593688B1	Elevated platform cooling assembly and method An elevated platform cooling assembly includes a portable assembly frame; a mast carried by the assembly frame, the mast selectively positional between a folded, collapsed transport configuration and an erected, extended functional and operational configuration; a fan carried by the mast; a fan motor drivingly engaging the fan; a working fluid pump and supply mechanism disposed in fluid communication with the fan motor; and 4 prime mover drivingly engaging the working fluid pump and supply mechanism. A method of cooling an elevated platform is also disclosed.
US09593687B2	Ceiling fan A ceiling fan includes a suspending unit and a ceiling fan body. The ceiling fan body includes a shaft; a motor; a plurality of blades; an upper body cover having a first opening, at a central part, for passing the shaft therethrough, and a second opening outside the first opening; and a lower body cover. The upper body cover rotates with the blades and has a first wall standing vertically between the first opening and the second opening.
US09593686B2	Centrifugal blower system and fuel cell incorporating same A centrifugal blower system includes a series of blower units, each blower unit in the series comprising a casing having an axial inlet and a radial outlet, an impeller disposed within the casing for drawing a gaseous medium at a first pressure into the inlet and expelling gaseous medium at a second higher pressure through the outlet and a motor for driving the impeller, and, a duct connecting the outlet of at least one blower unit in the series with the inlet of at least one other blower unit in the series.
US09593684B2	Pressurized water reactor with reactor coolant pumps operating in the downcomer annulus A pressurized water reactor (PWR) includes a vertical cylindrical pressure vessel and a nuclear reactor core disposed in a lower vessel section. A hollow cylindrical central riser is disposed concentrically inside the pressure vessel. A downcomer annulus is defined between the central riser and the pressure vessel. A reactor coolant pump (RCP) includes (i) an impeller disposed above the nuclear reactor core and in fluid communication with the downcomer annulus to impel primary coolant downward through the downcomer annulus, (ii) a pump motor disposed outside of the pressure vessel, and (iii) a drive shaft operatively connecting the pump motor with the impeller. The PWR may include an internal steam generator in the downcomer annulus, with the impeller is disposed below the steam generator. The impeller may be disposed in the downcomer annulus. The RCP may further comprise a pump casing that with the impeller defines a centrifugal pump.
US09593683B2	Pollutants collecting pump for water surface A pollutant collecting pump for water surface comprises a power device (1) and a pollutant collecting barrel (6). The power device (1) is connected to the pollutant collecting barrel (6). A pollutant inlet (4) is provided on the upper portion of the pollutant collecting barrel (6), and a pollutant outlet (5) is provided on the lower portion of the pollutant collecting barrel (6). A blade (2) is provided outside the pollutant collecting barrel (6), and an axis of the pollutant collecting barrel (6) is perpendicular to a rotating surface of the blade (2). The pollutant inlet (4) is positioned above the blade (2). The pollutant collecting pump for water surface is adapted to collect pollutants distributed on water surface with low density and small thickness, and has the advantages in simple structure, low manufacturing cost, convenient operation and thorough collection.
US09593678B2	System, method, and apparatus for utilizing a pumping cassette The present invention involves, in some embodiments, systems and methods for pumping fluid into or out of a patient via a cartridge. The cartridge may include a membrane defining a chamber and mechanisms to supply, measure and control pressure in the chamber. The system further includes a processor that can be configured to compare certain pressure measurements to each other to facilitate determining if an error condition exists in the medical system if the difference between measurements is greater than a threshold. In certain cases the error condition may indicate leakage of the membrane, for example due to a pinhole in the membrane.
US09593673B2	Wear sensor for a wind turbine A system comprising a first wind turbine structure and a second wind turbine structure, wherein the first wind turbine structure and the second wind turbine structure are rotatable with respect to each other is provided. A safety bearing element is mounted to the first wind turbine structure such that the second wind turbine structure is in slideable contact with a contact surface of the safety bearing element if a distance between the first wind turbine structure and the second wind turbine structure is reduced below a predetermined reference value. The safety bearing element comprises an electrical indicating circuitry with an indicating conductor, wherein the indicating circuitry is connectable to a wear controller system such that a signal is generatable by the indicating circuitry and transmitted to the wear controller system until the indicating conductor is damaged due to the slideable contact of the second wind turbine structure with the safety bearing element.
US09593672B2	Isochronous wind turbine generator capable of stand-alone operation A power generating device (2, 3) for supplying power to a power system (37). The power generating device includes a first component (87) for generating a first signal representing a frequency of a voltage on the power system, a power converter (90) for generating an output voltage, a second component (82) responsive to the first signal and to a second signal representing the output voltage, the second component producing an error signal representing a phase angle difference between the first and second signals, and the error signal being an input to the power converter for controlling the power converter to maintain the phase angle difference between the output voltage and the first signal.
US09593658B2	High-voltage pinion starter A vehicle is provided with a pinion starter for an internal-combustion engine, which vehicle includes a low-voltage onboard power supply system and a high-voltage onboard power supply system. The pinion starter has an electric motor and a solenoid switch, wherein the electric motor is constructed as a polyphase machine. The polyphase machine can be supplied with electric power from the high-voltage onboard power supply system, and the solenoid switch can be electrically supplied by the low-voltage onboard power supply system.
US09593653B2	Direct injection fuel pump system Systems and methods are provided for operating a direct injection fuel pump. One example system comprises an accumulator positioned within a bore of the direct injection fuel pump in a coaxial manner wherein the accumulator is positioned downstream from a solenoid activated check valve. The accumulator may regulate pressure in a compression chamber of the direct injection fuel pump and a high pressure fuel rail when the direct injection fuel pump is operating in a default pressure mode.
US09593651B2	Fuel-filter malfunction detection device A fuel-filter malfunction detection device detects a clogging of a fuel filter when specified conditions are satisfied. In a clogging detection, a command discharge quantity to a high-pressure pump is increased more than a total of a fuel injection quantity and a leakage of the fuel supply system while a pressure-reducing valve is closed. When the fuel filter is clogged, a discharge quantity of the high-pressure pump is decreased relative to the command discharge quantity and a differential pressure is generated between an estimated common-rail pressure and an actual common-rail pressure. When an integrated moving average of the averages of the differential pressure is greater than or equal to a specified value, an ECU determines that the fuel filter has a malfunction. Then, a malfunction flag is turned ON.
US09593650B2	Fuel supply device and saddle type vehicle A fuel supply device is provided with a fuel pump and a filter. The fuel pump supplies fuel from a fuel tank to an engine. The filter is disposed upstream from the fuel pump in a fuel supply channel. The filter includes a first filter portion and a second filter portion. The first filter portion and the second filter portion filter the fuel. The second filter portion is disposed above the first filter portion when the filter is disposed inside the fuel tank. A density of gaps in the second filter portion is larger than a density of gaps in the first filter portion.
US09593649B2	Engine An air intake route leads air drawn in from outside into a diesel engine. The air intake route is provided with an air intake manifold and an EGR device is provided which supplies some of the exhaust to the air intake route. An introduction path for introducing exhaust supplied from the EGR device is provided inside of the air intake manifold, and an exhaust port of the introduction path is arranged downstream from and near the intake entrance in the air intake manifold. By this means, exhaust gas performance can be improved without increasing the engine size.
US09593648B2	Operating method for a particle filter The systems and methods herein relate the operation of a particle filter which is arranged in an exhaust-gas path of an internal combustion engine, to a device for exhaust-gas aftertreatment which can be operated in accordance with the method that comprises determining a mass flow rate of an exhaust-gas flow flowing in the exhaust-gas path; and supplying ambient air into the exhaust-gas path as a function of the determined mass flow rate. By this method, the spontaneous regeneration of a particle filter within the exhaust system may be abated.
US09593647B2	Gas-to-liquid heat exchanger An intercooler for an internal combustion engine has a fin-and-tube block including a plurality of flat heat transfer units having internal fluid passages orientated transversely to the direction of air flow, and arranged parallel to one another to define gaps therebetween. Fin units are disposed in the gaps and contact adjacent heat transfer units. Each fin unit defines a longitudinally-oriented air flow passage, the air flow passages having a first air flow area at an air inlet end and a second air flow area at an air outlet end, the first air flow area greater than the second air flow area. The fins of the fin units converge in the direction of the air flow through the passage so that the pitch of the fins at the air inlet end of is greater than the pitch of the fins at the air outlet end.
US09593645B2	Gaseous fuel system having a turbine pump A gaseous fuel system is provided for a machine. The fuel system may have a pump having a body defining an inlet and an outlet. The pump may also have a compressor section in fluid communication with the inlet, a turbine section in fluid communication with the outlet, and a conduit formed between an outlet of the compressor section and an inlet of the turbine section. The fuel system may further have a heat exchanger integral to the conduit, a supply of a liquid fuel in communication with the inlet, and an accumulator in communication with the outlet configured to receive gaseous fuel.
US09593641B2	Laser welded piston assembly An exemplary piston may include a piston body having radially inner and outer body mating surfaces. The piston may further include a cooling gallery ring cooperating with the piston body to form a continuous upper combustion bowl surface and a cooling gallery. The cooling gallery ring may have radially inner and outer ring mating surfaces abutted along their corresponding radially inner and outer body mating surfaces, such that the cooling gallery is substantially enclosed. The piston body and cooling gallery ring may be joined together along the radially inner and radially outer interface regions to form a generally one-piece piston assembly. The radially outer interface region may be elongated in a direction parallel to the piston axis, e.g., facilitating a laser welding joining process.
US09593639B2	Cylinder liner having annular coolant circulation groove A cylinder liner is disclosed for use with an engine. The cylinder liner may have a hollow generally cylindrical body with a top end and a bottom end, and a flange extending radially outward at the top end of the hollow generally cylindrical body. The cylinder liner may also have a seal end stop formed on an outer annular surface of the hollow generally cylindrical body an axial distance away from the flange, and an annular groove formed within the outer annular surface of the hollow generally cylindrical body at a location between the end stop and the bottom end.
US09593638B2	Fuel injector characterization Various methods are provided for characterizing fuel injector operation. In one embodiment, a method of characterizing fuel injector operation comprises determining a flow error of a single fuel injector of two or more fuel injectors positioned in a first fuel rail by comparing a sum of each of a plurality of injector commands for the single injector to a fuel amount pumped into the first fuel rail, the fuel amount being predetermined.
US09593630B2	Engine output control device for a construction machine During an operation, a control device (38) for performing output control of an engine (10) determines whether or not the engine (10) and/or an exhaust gas purifying device (18) has a malfunction. If it is determined that the engine (10) and/or the exhaust gas purifying device (18) has a malfunction, a highest rotational speed of the engine (10) is controlled to a second rotational speed (Nt) higher by a predetermined amount (α) than a first rotational speed (Ns) at which an engine maximum torque (Tm) before the malfunction can be outputted. In this case, a maximum fuel injection quantity of the engine (10) is limited so that a rated torque (Tr) before the malfunction can be outputted at the first rotational speed (Ns).
US09593629B2	Method and system for controlling an air-fuel ratio in an engine using a fuel source with an unknown composition A method for controlling an air-fuel ratio (AFR) in an engine powered by a gaseous fuel having an unknown composition may comprise receiving an assumed gas species composition for the gaseous fuel, and determining an assumed lower heating value (LHV) for the assumed gas species composition. The method may further comprise determining a perceived lower heating value (LHV) for the gaseous fuel based on a perceived gas mass flow and a gas energy flow for the gaseous fuel, and updating the assumed gas species composition until the assumed LHV and the perceived LHV are aligned. The method may further comprise determining a desired AFR and an airflow necessary to provide the desired AFR using the aligned gas species composition and a desired lambda (λ), and adjusting an air system controller of the engine to provide the airflow.
US09593628B2	Gas turbine engine variable area fan nozzle with ice management A method of managing a gas turbine engine variable area fan nozzle includes the steps of evaluating an icing condition to determine the likelihood of ice presence. A variable area fan nozzle position is altered if ice is likely present or actually present. The gas turbine engine includes a fan nacelle including a flap configured to be moveable between first and second positions. An actuator is operatively coupled to the flap. A controller is configured to evaluate an icing condition to determine the likelihood of ice presence. The controller is configured to alter a variable area fan nozzle position schedule if ice is likely present by providing a command to the actuator to adjust the flap from the first position to the second position.
US09593627B2	Combustion chamber constructions for opposed-piston engines A combustion chamber for an opposed-piston engine includes a squish zone defined between circumferential peripheral areas of opposing end surfaces of the pistons, a cavity defined by one or more bowls in the end surfaces, and at least one injection port that extends radially through the squish zone into the cavity. The cavity has a cross-sectional shape that imposes a tumbling motion on air flowing from the squish zone into the cavity.
US09593622B2	Combustion system, nozzle for prechamber assembly, and method of making same A nozzle for a prechamber assembly of an engine includes a hollow nozzle body having an outer surface, defining first and second outer openings, and an inner surface, defining an interior chamber and first and second inner openings. The nozzle body defines first and second orifices in communication with the interior chamber. The first orifice extends in a first orifice configuration between the first outer opening and inner opening and defines a first entry path projection extending from the first inner opening into the interior chamber. The second orifice extends in a second orifice configuration between the second outer opening and inner opening and defines a second entry path projection extending from the second inner opening into the interior chamber. The first and second entry path projections intersect at an impingement region in the interior chamber, which is radially offset from a central longitudinal axis of the nozzle.
US09593614B2	Exhaust gas purification system and exhaust gas purification method An exhaust gas purification system includes a previous-stage oxidation catalyst device, an ammonia-based solution feeder, a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) device, a turbine of a turbocharger, and a NOx selective reduction catalyst device in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine in this order from an exhaust port side. The NH3 production rate is improved, thereby improving the NOx removal rate; the temperature of the DPF device is kept high to increase the time and frequency of continuous regeneration, thus decreasing the frequency of forced regeneration of the DPF device and the amount of discharge of CO2 produced during the forced regeneration; and also corrosion of the turbine of the turbocharger by SOx is suppressed.
US09593604B2	Lubricating oil system for a combustion engine, in particular for industrial and commercial vehicles Lubricating oil system for a combustion engine, in particular for industrial or commercial vehicles, the system comprising a bypass connection suitable to bypass an oil pump associated to an engine oil circuit, a controllable valve suitable to adjust an amount of oil to be bypassed through the bypass connection, control means controlling the controllable valve, programmed to control said controllable valve as a function of the combustion engine speed.
US09593599B2	Processes and compositions for organic rankine cycles for generating mechanical energy from heat Disclosed are compositions of novel working fluids uniquely designed for higher cycle efficiencies leading to higher overall system efficiencies. In particular, these working fluids are useful in Organic Rankine Cycle systems for efficiently converting heat from any heat source into mechanical energy. The present invention also relates to novel processes for recovering heat from a heat source using ORC systems with a novel working fluid comprising at least about 20 weight percent cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (HFO-1336mzz-Z), trans-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (HFO-1336mzz-E), or mixtures thereof.
US09593598B2	Steam conditioning system A steam conditioning system for discharging bypass steam into a condenser of a steam powered generating plant and other uses. The system includes a steam conditioning device comprising an inner evaporative core and an outer shell. The core may be formed of a tubular piping section disposed at least partially inside the outer shell forming an annular space therebetween. An inlet end of the core receives steam from a piping header fluidly connected to an upstream desuperheating pressure reducing station which injects liquid coolant into the steam stream. Steam discharges through the core outlet end into the outer shell, reverses direction, and flows into the condenser. In one embodiment, the steam conditioning device may be disposed inside the dome of the condenser except for the inlet end. The device intends to increase flow residence time to evaporate entrained carryover coolant droplets in the incoming steam before release to the condenser.
US09593596B2	Compliant intermediate component of a gas turbine engine One aspect of present application provides an intermediate structure in a gas turbine engine. The intermediate structure is positioned between a first component and another component. The first component may be a composite component. The components may be interlocking. The intermediate structure may be load bearing. Also disclosed is a method using the intermediate structure.
US09593593B2	Composite normalized angle of attack indicating system A composite normalized angle of attack indicating system provides a simultaneous display of both body angle of attack, such as in digital form, and normalized angle of attack for an aircraft. The display may be visually enhanced as stall is approached such as by zooming the body angle of attack digital display and/or by changing the color of the display. The normalized display also selectively displays an approach reference band when the flap setting is equal to or greater than 20 degrees.
US09593592B2	Blade tip timing A method of analyzing blade tip timing data obtained from an array (Pk) of stationary timing probes (3) that are spaced at integer multiples of a base angle. Replace one of the probes (3) with a virtual probe (Pv) to give a virtual probe set (42). Set an initial probe angle (θv) and an initial engine order (EOv) for the virtual probe (Pv). Calculate the condition number (CN) for the virtual probe set (42). If the condition number (CN) at least meets a threshold criterion, solve the virtual probe set (42) for blade tip displacement amplitude. Else increment the virtual probe angle (θv) and/or the virtual engine order and iterate from calculating the condition number. Else reinstate the replaced probe (3) and replace a different probe (3) from the array of probes (Pk) with the virtual probe (Pv); then iterate from setting the initial virtual probe angle and engine order.
US09593591B2	Engine health monitoring and power allocation control for a turbine engine using electric generators A control for a turbine engine using electrical machines monitors engine health and allocates power extraction between the electrical machines.
US09593589B2	System and method for thrust bearing actuation to actively control clearance in a turbo machine An actuation system to control clearance in a turbomachine including a shaft bearing including at least one axially displaceable thrust bearing. The axially displaceable thrust bearing configured to axially displace a rotating component relative to a stationary component to control the clearance therebetween. The system further including a plurality of actuators coupled to the at least one axially displaceable thrust bearing and configured to actuate the at least one axially displaceable thrust bearing to control the clearance. The plurality of actuators is configured to deactivate a diametrically opposed actuator in the event of an actuator failure to maintain zero moment. In a topography network, each diametrically opposed actuator pair is coupled to a single control line. In an alternate topography network, alternating actuators are coupled to a single control line. In addition, a method of actuating a thrust bearing to control clearance in a turbomachine is disclosed.
US09593588B2	Shaft seal mechanism An inner wall surface of a low-pressure-side side plate opposite to a lateral surface of a thin plate is formed along a direction crossing an axial direction of a rotating shaft such that a gap between the inner wall surface and the thin plate gradually decreases from a radially inner side toward a radially outer side of the low-pressure-side side plate.
US09593582B2	Propulsion device having unducted counter-rotating and coaxial rotors A propulsion device including an unducted upstream propeller and a counter-rotating and coaxial downstream propeller. At least one blade of the upstream propeller is configured to generate a corotating secondary vortex for acting upstream of the downstream propeller to destabilize a blade tip vortex of the same at least one blade.
US09593579B2	Crank circular sliding block mechanism and reciprocating member, cylinder block, internal combustion engine, and compressor A crank circular slider mechanism that includes a multi-row reciprocating motion part and a one-row reciprocating part. The multi-row reciprocating motion part has a guiding part divided by a longitudinal groove into two rows parallel to each other, each of which has a hole for a circular slider. The one-row reciprocating motion part has a guiding part which can be inserted into the longitudinal groove of the multi-row reciprocating motion part along the thickness direction, so as to vertically traverse the multi-row reciprocating motion part. The guiding part of the one-row reciprocating motion part includes a hole receiving a middle circular slider. Two circular sliders are mounted in the same phase; the middle circular slider is sandwiched therebetween and is located with a 180 degree phase difference compared to them. Adjacent circular sliders are secured to each other.
US09593569B2	Portable attachment of fiber optic sensing loop The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system for removably attaching an optical fiber sensor loop onto a tubular member, which includes an optical fiber sensor loop having a continuous optical fiber positioned arranged in a plurality of loops, each of said loops having a first end turn and a second end turn, a first and a second turn guide each including a plurality of turn grooves increasing outwardly in increasing radii, each of said turn grooves configured to receive an end turn portion of the optical fiber, a first and a second supporting wedge each having a planar first surface configured to receive a turn guide and a curved second surface configured to be received on the tubular member, and a connector configured to couple the first mounting wedge to the second mounting wedge.
US09593568B1	System for estimating fatigue damage In one aspect, a system for estimating fatigue damage in a riser string is provided. The system includes a plurality of accelerometers which can be deployed along a riser string and a communications link to transmit accelerometer data from the plurality of accelerometers to one or more data processors in real time. With data from a limited number of accelerometers located at sensor locations, the system estimates an optimized current profile along the entire length of the riser including riser locations where no accelerometer is present. The optimized current profile is then used to estimate damage rates to individual riser components and to update a total accumulated damage to individual riser components. The number of sensor locations is small relative to the length of a deepwater riser string, and a riser string several miles long can be reliably monitored along its entire length by fewer than twenty sensor locations.
US09593557B2	System and method for autonomous downhole power generation An autonomous downhole power generation system includes a power generation device configured to be disposed in an annular space around a portion of a production tubing, wherein the power generation device is switchable between a power generation mode and a bypass mode. The system further includes a power storage device electrically coupled to the power generation device and configured to store power generated by the power generation device. The system also includes a control processor communicatively coupled to the power storage device and the power generation device, wherein the control processor receives a measure of power stored in the power storage device and switches the power generation device between the power generation mode and the bypass mode based on the measure of power or an preprogrammed operational protocol.
US09593551B2	Perforating packer sampling apparatus and methods Packers may be inflated within the wellbore to engage and isolate a portion of the wellbore wall. Charges included within the packers may then be fired to perforate the formation. According to certain embodiments, the charges may be located within drains in the packers that can be subsequently employed to sample the surrounding formation.
US09593545B2	Downhole material delivery In a drill string for oil wells and the like a method and apparatus for delivering fluids to the drilled hole employs a bypass port above fluid outlets in the distal end of the string. The port may be used to deliver fluid such as lost circulation material (LCM) to the drilled hole from the surface. A volume of the fluid may be locked in the string between the port and the fluid outlets such that fluid is prevented from passing from the hole into the string via the fluid outlets.
US09593542B2	Casing float tool A rupture disc assembly and a float tool incorporating the rupture disc assembly is disclosed. The rupture disc assembly may include a rupture disc assembly comprising a rupture disc, an upper tubular portion and a lower tubular portion, and a securing mechanism for holding the rupture disc between the upper and lower tubular portions. A float tool for creating a buoyant chamber in a casing string may include the rupture disc assembly and a sealing device for sealing the lower end of the casing string, the buoyant, sealed chamber may be created there between. In operation, applied fluid pressure causes the rupture disc to move downward. The rupture disc may be shattered by contact with a surface on the lower tubular portion. Full casing internal diameter may be restored in the region where the rupture disc formerly sealed the casing.
US09593541B2	Drill string component An elongate drill component for percussive drilling includes a female threaded end having an outer diameter (Dot), a male threaded end, and a central section between the ends having an outer diameter (Doc). The outer diameter of the female threaded end is larger than the outer diameter of the central section. A through-going flushing channel includes a central flushing channel having a diameter (Dic) and thread flushing channels having a diameter (Dit). The ratio of an elastic section modulus of a threaded joint measured when the female threaded end is connected to the male threaded end of an identical component to an elastic section modulus of the central section, St/Sc, is more than 1.5 and in that a ratio of the diameter of the central flushing channel to the outer diameter of the central section, Dic/Doc is between 0.45 and 0.95.
US09593537B2	Method and apparatus for creating a pressure pulse in drilling fluid to vibrate a drill string A pressure pulse generating method and apparatus for use with a drill string includes a top and bottom subs for attaching the apparatus within the drill string; a power section comprising a rotor/stator; a drive assembly; and a nozzle sub which includes a nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle holder and a replaceable nozzle; and a nozzle housing having pulse openings. The nozzle holder has fluid ports which periodically align with the pulse openings as the nozzle holder rotates within the nozzle housing to achieve a desired pulse amplitude, frequency and waveform.
US09593534B2	Axis offset cam tool for reverse circulation exploration drilling systems and method of use thereof An off-axis “cam” drilling tool is provided. The off-axis “cam” drilling tool includes an outer tubing having a throughbore therein, an inner tubing having a throughbore therein, the inner tubing being configured to be inserted within the throughbore of the outer tubing. An annulus is defined between the inner tubing and the throughbore of the outer tubing through which a medium may pass. A cam section can be configured on a portion of the exterior surface of the outer tubing. The outer tubing can be coupled to drill rods of a drill string. The cam section has an axis that is offset to an axis of the outer tubing, and the tool is configured to rotate about cam section axis to lift the drill rods coupled to the outer tubing above a centerline of a drill bore to beneficially orient the drill bit drilling the drill bore.
US09593532B2	Ladder mounting and retaining system A ladder mounting and retaining system for use on building parapets utilizes a parapet support member secured to the parapet of a building, a ladder support member for retaining the sides of the lengths of a ladder, and a connecting member in the form of a threaded rod, interconnecting the parapet support member and the ladder support member for maintaining these members at a given distance from each other. The parapet support member is secured in position by locking nuts threaded around the connecting member and the ladder support member is secured over the outboard edge of the parapet by retention members. Ladder supports are adjustable on the ladder support member to accommodate ladders of different widths.
US09593530B1	Brake assembly for a covering for an architectural opening A covering for an architectural opening may include a brake assembly including a first housing, a clutch on which the first housing may be mounted, a sleeve, a second housing attached to the sleeve, and a spring element attached to the second housing. The brake assembly may permit relatively unrestricted rotation of the first housing in a first direction, and impart rotational resistance to rotation of the first housing in a second direction. A method for assembling a covering for an architectural opening may include coupling a clutch to a first housing, coupling the clutch to a sleeve, coupling a second housing to the sleeve, mounting the second housing over a hub, and positioning a torsion spring between the hub and the second housing. The brake assembly may be used to impart rotational resistance to extension of a shade member, such as to resist unintended extension of the shade member.
US09593527B2	Vacuum insulating glass (VIG) unit with lead-free dual-frit edge seals and/or methods of making the same Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units having improved seals made using two different frit-based edge seal materials, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, a first frit material is applied around peripheral edges of first and second glass substrates. The first frit material, which may be bismuth-based in certain example embodiments, is fired with a heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering) process. A second frit material, which may be VBZ-based in certain example embodiments, is applied and at least partially overlaps with the fired first frit material. The first frit material acts as a primer, and the second frit material helps seal together the VIG unit. The second frit material is fired at a significantly lower temperature that enables the glass to retain the temper or other strength imparted by the heat treatment.
US09593520B2	Sliding door module structure for vehicle A sliding door module structure for a vehicle may include a module bracket on which a door associated component is mounted, and a door rail formed integrally with the module bracket and coupled with a slider configured to be connected to a vehicle body to be movable.
US09593518B2	Hinge coupling assembly A hinge coupling assembly includes a first coupling incorporated within a first hinge section coupled to a door, including a first end and an opposite second end connecting a first coupling passage formed within the first coupling, and a second coupling incorporated within a second hinge section separate from the first hinge section and coupled to a door frame, the second coupling including a first end and an opposite second end connecting a second coupling passage formed within the second coupling. Connection and disconnection of the first coupling to the second coupling to create a single sealed continuous passage formed by the first coupling passage and second coupling passage is simultaneous upon installation and removal of the door to the door frame. The sealed continuous passage is maintained upon radial and axial displacement of the first coupling with respect to the second coupling upon opening and closing of the door.
US09593511B2	Lock for a motor vehicle A lock with a locking mechanism comprises a rotary catch, a pawl for engaging the rotary catch, a blocking lever capable of blocking the pawl if the latter is located in its catching position, and a releasing lever for opening or releasing the locking mechanism. When the releasing lever is actuated, the pawl and, if applicable, the blocking lever is moved out of its blocking position provided that the releasing lever is moved in a usual manner and the releasing lever is not exposed to increased or excessive accelerations. In case of an increased or excessive acceleration of the releasing lever such as caused by a crash or impact, an arresting device prevents the releasing lever from disengaging the pawl and optionally the blocking lever of the pawl. The arresting device is further releasable with the return of the releasing lever to the initial rest position.
US09593510B2	Motorized horizontal docking station having integrated locking mechanism Disclosed is a docking station for an electronic device including a first connector block slidably connected to a first side of the docking station, a second connector block opposite the first connector block and slidably connected to a second side of the docking station, a first plug of the first connector block positioned to interface with a first port of the electronic device, a first port on the docking station electrically connected to the first plug, a first dummy plug of the second connector block positioned to interface with a second port of the electronic device, and a security hole for receiving a lock.
US09593505B2	Self-centering braced frame for seismic resistance in buildings An elongated tension-only or centering brace for a structural frame is provided where the brace is anchored at a first attachment point and to a second attachment point that is removed from the first attachment point. The elongated tension-only brace has one or more elastic restoring force elements that have effective lengths greater than the length of the tension only brace between the attachment points.
US09593504B2	Buckling restrained brace assembly The disclosed subject matter is directed to a building structural bracing apparatus having an inner core element disposed between an upper and a lower containment web. The brace frame being useful in the construction of earthquake and blast resistant structures where energy dissipation is desired.
US09593498B2	System for automatically opening and closing a two-part hinged cover for a swim spa A system is provided for automatically opening and closing a two-part longitudinally hinged longitudinal cover for a swim spa. The automatic swim spa cover opening and closing system is characterized by a longitudinal support that spans between and along longitudinal ends of the two cover parts, first and second drive mechanisms disposed on opposite longitudinal ends of the swim spa, a first drive arm operatively connected to and between the first drive mechanism and a first end of the longitudinal support, and a second drive arm operatively connected to and between the second drive mechanism and a second end of the longitudinal support. The drive mechanisms each include a hydraulic cylinder operating configured drive gearing that operates configured drive arm gearing. The drive and arm gearing provide a two-stage operation of the drive arm to separately pivot the two cover parts for opening and closing the two-part swim spa cover.
US09593495B2	Tuck-pointing tool for applying mortar The present invention is a mortar tool for creating a vertical mortar joint. The mortar tool comprises a first sidewall having a first lowermost portion, and a second sidewall having a second lowermost portion that is connected to the first lowermost portion of the first sidewall. The first and second sidewalls are at an angle relative to each other and define a channel therebetween. The channel is for receiving mortar that can be transferred to a vertical gap between adjacent bricks or stones from an opening defined by the ends of the first and second sidewalls.
US09593494B2	Transition strip A transition strip for covering a gap between two spaced floor finishes on a subfloor comprising: a strip extending along a longitudinal axis and presenting in cross-section to said longitudinal axis: an upper surface adapted for covering the gap; spaced first and second legs depending from said strip, said first leg longer than said second leg; a first lower surface portion extending outwardly from said first leg said first lower surface portion adapted to cover one edge of the two spaced floor finishes; a second lower surface portion extending outwardly from said second leg, said second lower portion adapted to cover an edge of the other one of the two spaced floor finishes. A method for installing transition strips is also described.
US09593493B2	Multilayer lining plate for horizontal support surfaces and method of manufacturing same The invention relates to a multilayer lining plate (100) for essentially horizontal support surfaces such as floors or floor coverings, comprising a main layer (1), including at least one part made of a rigid or semi-rigid material, and a ductile or flexible upper decorative layer (2). The lining plate comprises in the perimeter of the main layer (1) a ductile machinable portion (3) that can be machined to form a connecting profile for the connection of the plate with other plates. The machinable portion (3) is preferably made of medium-density fiberboard (MDF), a wood-plastic composite (WPC) material or polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and the main layer is of magnesium oxide, fibrocement or mortar with perlite and vermiculite.
US09593490B2	Siding system A siding system has elongated stringers, each having a plurality of clips spaced at regular intervals along its length. In use, the stringers can be mounted upright, spaced apart and parallel, on an upright wall, and aligned so that the clips are in horizontal rows. A siding panel has a plurality of elongated connectors, spaced apart and parallel, on a rear face. In use, the panel can be mounted upright, with the connectors horizontal, and each connector engaged in the clips of one of the horizontal rows of clips so that the weight of the panel is supported by the clips of a plurality of the horizontal rows of clips through the connectors.
US09593489B2	Tread for steel-pan stairways A tread for a steel-pan staircase. The tread includes a lattice structure comprising a top side, a left side, and a right side. The tread further includes a top surface integrally formed on the top side of the lattice structure, a first tongue-and-groove structure disposed on the left side of the lattice structure, and a second tongue-and-groove structure disposed on the right side of the lattice structure. The lattice structure comprises a plurality of lateral members and a plurality of crosswise members. The first tongue-in-groove structure may include a wall descending from the top surface. The second tongue-in-groove structure may include a first wall extending outwardly from the right side of the lattice structure. Extending upwardly from the first wall may be a second wall or a plurality of teeth. The placement of the first and second tongue-in-groove structures may be reversed.
US09593488B2	Modular roof panel with integrated drainage system A roof panel includes a planar body having top and bottom edges, with a downturn edge extending therebetween, and an opposing channel edge. The downturn edge overlays a channel edge of an adjacent panel. The bottom edge overlays a top edge of another adjacent panel. A plurality of courses extends between the channel and downturn edges. Each course includes a nesting ridge to receive the downturn edge of an adjacent panel and to position a top surface of the panel flush with adjacent panels. Surface channels and contoured ridges are defined within each course. A drain aperture of the drip edge aligns with an adjacent channel edge to direct material through the drain aperture and onto adjacent panels. A gable member engages an edge when the panel has one or fewer laterally adjacent panels, wherein the gable member is flush with the adjacent planar body.
US09593483B2	Structural stud A panel includes structural studs, each of the structural studs includes a central longitudinal axis, a baseplate, and a sidewall extending from the baseplate, and tabs punched out of the sidewall, each of the tabs including a tab leg that is connected to the sidewall at one end of the tab leg, and that projects outwardly from the sidewall, and a tab foot extending from the tab leg and curving in a direction that is toward a plane extending perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis through the one end of the tab leg, and away from a hole in the sidewall created by the tab being punched out of the sidewall, wherein the hole is defined by a base side and a top side, the base side has a greater length than the top side, and the tab leg the extends from the base side.
US09593480B2	Building block, as well as an insert piece to be applied in such a building block A building block formed of a body having one or more insert pieces, whereby first and second complementary coupling parts are mainly formed of the one or more synthetic insert pieces so as to be able to couple such building blocks to one another. The first and the second coupling parts are complementary in such a way that, after the adjacent building blocks have been coupled to one another in an immobile manner.
US09593477B1	Modular catch basins Various embodiments of a modular catch basin for implementation in a high performance bioswale are disclosed. The modular catch basin containing bio-media in bio-media filters to treat urban run-off. Method of installing and maintaining the modular catch basin are also disclosed.
US09593476B2	Combination of vacuum toilet and grey water system functions A combined toilet grey water system for passenger transportation vehicles such as aircrafts includes a toilet bowl for receiving waste water and a basin for receiving grey water. Moreover, the system includes a flushing line and a flushing valve with an inlet and an outlet. The outlet of the flushing valve is connectable to a vacuum waste water system. The inlet of the flushing valve is connected via the flushing line to the toilet bowl. Therein, the basin is connected to the flushing line in such a way that the basin is connectable to the vacuum waste water system.
US09593473B2	Plumbing fixture and system A plumbing system includes a tub having a drain fixture lodged within a floor drain opening. The drain fixture comprises a body member beneath the floor and a drain cap member inserted into an exposed open inlet of the body member. The body member has a passageway extending between the open inlet and a downstream open outlet in communication with a sewer. A pipe connected to the body member between the inlet and outlet has one end in communication with the passageway and another end in communication with an overflow opening in the tub above the drain opening to vent the passageway. The drain cap member moves between a first position allowing liquid to flow through the passageway and a second position preventing the flow of liquid through the passageway.
US09593466B2	Hydraulic shovel and method of controlling hydraulic shovel A hydraulic shovel includes an engine; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine; an excavating attachment which is driven by high oil discharged from the hydraulic pump; a motor generator that assists a power supply of the engine; and an assist control unit that controls the motor generator to assist the engine in a latter part of the excavating operation by the excavating attachment.
US09593465B2	Heat exchanger for energy recovery cylinder The present invention relates to an implement, in particular an excavator or a machine for material handling, with an element movable via at least one working drive, wherein at least one energy recovery cylinder is provided for energy recovery from the movement of the movable element, which includes a chamber filled with gas. The energy recovery cylinder is equipped with a heat exchanger.
US09593464B2	Construction machine A construction machine includes: a swing structure (20); hydraulic and electric motors (25) mechanically coupled to each other; a hydraulic pump (41) that supplies hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor; swing control lever (72) that instructs the swing structure to make a swing motion; and a control device (80) that controls at least either a delivery flow rate of the hydraulic pump or an output torque of the electric motor in such a manner that meter-out and meter-in pressures of the hydraulic motor that is run together with the electric motor approach each other when the demanded torque necessary for the swing motion of the swing structure instructed by the swing control lever can be produced by the electric motor alone.
US09593452B2	Fibrous structures Fibrous structures that exhibit a Tensile Ratio of less than 1.75 and/or less than 1.49 as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 1402.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm and/or a Machine Direction Modulus (MD Modulus) of less than 1253.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm and/or a Cross Machine Direction Modulus (CD Modulus) of less than 1569.2 g/cm at 15 g/cm, are provided.
US09593448B2	Biomass treatment for hydrothermal hydrocatalytic conversion A selective removal of chlorine and phosphorus that are detrimental to subsequent hydrothermal hydrocatalytic conversion from the biomass feed prior to carrying out catalytic hydrogenation/hydrogenolysis/hydrodeoxygenation of the biomass in a manner that does not reduce the effectiveness of the hydrothermal hydrocatalytic treatment while minimizing the amount of water used in the process is provided.
US09593439B2	Freeze protection method for washing machine A freeze protection method for a washing machine includes: determining, by a control unit, whether or not laundry items exist after a washing process, when a freeze protection course is selected; determining, by the control unit, whether a freeze protection operation condition is satisfied or not, when no laundry items exist; and operating, by the control unit, a water supply device to supply water and operating a drain device to discharge water, when the freeze protection operation condition is satisfied; and returning to the determining of whether the freeze protection operation condition is satisfied or not, when a preset standby time passes after the water supply device and the drain device are operated.
US09593438B2	Method and apparatus for determining an inertia of a laundry load in a laundry treating appliance An apparatus and method for determining an inertia of a laundry load for a laundry treating appliance during an acceleration phase, wherein the rotational speed of a rotatable drum of the laundry is controlled based on the determined inertia.
US09593436B2	Tapered multifilament yarn and process for producing the same A process for producing a tapered multifilament yarn comprising feeding a drawable filament to a drawing apparatus and changing the take-over speed relative to the feed speed of the filament in order to change the thickness of the filament in a longitudinal direction, characterized by making the take-over speed slower than the feed speed under heating in a part of the filament in the longitudinal direction and thereby shrinking and thickening the part of the filament. According to the process, the ratio of the thickness of the thickest part of the tapered multifilament yarn to the thickness of the thinnest part thereof can be easily increased.
US09593432B2	Coated silica crucible having a bubble-free layer, and method of producing the same A coating method for coating a crucible and a quartz crucible for growing a silicon crystal are provided. In the coating method, a bubble-free quartz layer which is 80 μm to 4 mm thick is formed on an inner surface of a crucible for growing a silicon crystal, and the surface of the bubble-free quartz layer is covered with alkaline earth hydroxide, following which heating is performed to a temperature at which the surface becomes devitrified. The surface may be covered by immersing the inner surface in a solution of the alkaline earth hydroxide. The heating may be performed before the crucible for growing silicon crystal is filled with a solid raw material to be melted.
US09593428B2	Device for single-sided electrolytic treatment of a flat substrate The present invention provides a device for single-sided electrolytic treatment of a flat substrate. The device comprises a bath for electrolytic fluid and conveying means for conveying the flat substrate in a conveying direction at the free surface of the fluid in the bath, with the flat substrate being horizontally oriented such that the underside of the flat substrate makes contact with the free surface of the fluid in the bath. The conveying means comprise two conveying elements disposed opposite each other, which extend along two respective conveying paths, which conveying paths each comprise an electrolytic part, which electrolytic parts extend on two opposite longitudinal sides of the bath.
US09593423B2	Process for forming metal film, and product equipped with metal film The purpose of the present invention is to provide a wiring substrate from which a metal film cannot be detached easily. A process for forming a metal film comprises a step (X) of applying an agent containing a compound (α) onto the surface of a base and a step (Y) of forming a metal film on the surface of the compound (α) by a wet-mode plating technique, wherein the compound (α) is a compound having either an OH group or an OH-generating group, an azide group and a triazine ring per molecule, and the base comprises a polymer.
US09593419B2	Wafer rotation in a semiconductor chamber A method and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided. The apparatus includes a pedestal and rotation member, both of which are moveably disposed within a processing chamber. The rotation member is adapted to rotate a substrate disposed in the chamber. The substrate may be supported by an edge ring during processing. The edge ring may selectively engage either the pedestal or the rotation member. In one embodiment, the edge ring engages the pedestal during a deposition process and the edge ring engages the rotation member during rotation of the substrate. The rotation of the substrate during processing may be discrete or continuous.
US09593416B2	Precursor delivery system A precursor source vessel comprises a vessel body, a passage within the vessel body, and a valve attached to a surface of the body. An internal chamber is adapted to contain a chemical reactant, and the passage extends from outside the body to the chamber. The valve regulates flow through the passage. The vessel has inlet and outlet valves, and optionally a vent valve for venting internal gas. An external gas panel can include at least one valve fluidly interposed between the outlet valve and a substrate reaction chamber. Gas panel valves can each be positioned along a plane that is generally parallel to, and no more than about 10.0 cm from, a flat surface of the vessel. Filters in a vessel lid or wall filter gas flow through the vessel's valves. A quick-connection assembly allows fast and easy connection of the vessel to a gas panel.
US09593414B2	Hydrogenated amorphous silicon dielectric for superconducting devices Amorphous silicon (a-Si) is hydrogenated for use as a dielectric (e.g., an interlayer dielectric) for superconducting electronics. A hydrogenated a-Si layer is formed on a substrate by CVD or sputtering. The hydrogen may be integrated during or after the a-Si deposition. After the layer is formed, it is first annealed in an environment of high hydrogen chemical potential and subsequently annealed in an environment of low hydrogen chemical potential. Optionally, the a-Si (or an H-permeable overlayer, if added) may be capped with a hydrogen barrier before removing the substrate from the environment of low hydrogen chemical potential.
US09593412B2	Deposition apparatus and electronic device manufacturing method A deposition apparatus includes a shutter storage unit which is connected to a processing chamber via an opening and stores a shutter in the retracted state into an exhaust chamber, and a shield member which is formed around the opening of the shutter storage unit and covers the exhaust port of the exhaust chamber. The shield member has, at a position of a predetermined height between the opening of the shutter storage unit and a deposition unit, the first exhaust path which communicates with the exhaust port of the exhaust chamber.
US09593411B2	Physical vapor deposition chamber with capacitive tuning at wafer support In a plasma enhanced physical vapor deposition of a material onto workpiece, a metal target faces the workpiece across a target-to-workpiece gap less than a diameter of the workpiece. A carrier gas is introduced into the chamber and gas pressure in the chamber is maintained above a threshold pressure at which mean free path is less than 5% of the gap. RF plasma source power from a VHF generator is applied to the target to generate a capacitively coupled plasma at the target, the VHF generator having a frequency exceeding 30 MHz. The plasma is extended across the gap to the workpiece by providing through the workpiece a first VHF ground return path at the frequency of the VHF generator.
US09593410B2	Methods and apparatus for stable substrate processing with multiple RF power supplies Methods and apparatus for processing substrates are provided herein. In some embodiments, a physical vapor deposition chamber includes a first RF power supply having a first base frequency and coupled to one of a target or a substrate support; and a second RF power supply having a second base frequency and coupled to one of the target or the substrate support, wherein the first and second base frequencies are integral multiples of each other, wherein the second base frequency is modified to an offset second base frequency that is not an integral multiple of the first base frequency.
US09593408B2	Thin film deposition apparatus including deposition blade A thin film deposition apparatus includes a deposition source that is disposed opposite to a substrate and holds a deposition material that is vaporized; a first nozzle unit disposed between the substrate and the deposition source and having first slit units arranged in a first direction of the substrate; a second nozzle unit disposed between the first nozzle unit and the substrate and having second slit units arranged in the first direction of the substrate; and at least one barrier member assembly disposed between the first nozzle unit and the second nozzle unit and partitioning the space between the first nozzle unit and the second nozzle unit. A deposition blade is optionally disposed in any space formed between the first nozzle unit and the second nozzle unit during a stand-by mode to prevent the deposition of the deposition material from being deposited onto undesirable regions of the chamber.
US09593404B2	Nitrocarburized crankshaft and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a method of manufacturing a nitrocarburized crankshaft which is obtained by subjecting a bainitic microalloyed steel to a forging and a machining, and further subjecting the bainitic microalloyed steel to at least a strain releasing heat treatment and a subsequent nitrocarburizing treatment, the bainitic microalloyed steel containing, as essentially added elements, in terms of mass %: 0.10% to 0.40% of C; 0.10% to 1.0% of Si; 1.0% to 2.0% of Mn; 0.05% to 0.40% of Mo; and 0.05% to 0.40% of V, and the bainitic microalloyed steel optionally further containing, as arbitrarily added elements, in terms of mass %: 0.01% to 0.1% of S; 0.005% to 0.2% of Ti; 0.001% to 0.03% of Al; 0.50% or less of Cr; 0.5% or less of Cu; and 0.5% or less of Ni, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
US09593399B2	Process for making cold-rolled dual phase steel sheet A process for manufacturing a cold rolled high strength dual phase steel. The process includes soaking a steel slab within a temperature range of 1200-1300° C., hot rolling the soaked steel slab in a roughing treatment and producing a transfer bar, and hot rolling the transfer bar in a finishing treatment and producing hot rolled strip. The hot rolled strip is cold rolled with at least a 55% reduction in thickness. The cold rolled sheet is intercritically annealed at a temperature between 790-840° C. and rapidly cooled to a temperature between 450-500° C. The rapidly cooled sheet has a ferrite plus martensite microstructure, a 0.2% yield strength of at least 550 MPa, a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa and a total elongation to failure of at least 10%.
US09593398B2	Hardened cobalt based alloy jewelry and related methods Hardened cobalt alloys for forming jewelry, including finger rings as well as methods and processes for producing such alloys. In one illustrative embodiment, such an alloy can contain cobalt in an amount of from about 35 wt % to about 65 wt %, in combination with chromium in an amount of from about 16 % wt to about 32 wt %, and molybdenum in an amount of from about 8 wt % to about 31 wt %. Aluminum, silicon, boron, titanium, and other hardness enhancing materials may also be present. Hot investment casting may be used to form items from the alloys, which may then be shaped or polished to a final form. Annular finger rings constructed from these materials may have a white appearance similar to white gold or platinum, may have increased resistance to scratching compared to traditional cobalt chromium rings, and may be easily be removed by cracking in an emergency situation.
US09593396B2	High strength/ductility magnesium-based alloys for structural applications A tin-containing magnesium-aluminum-manganese (Mg—Al—Mn) based alloy that provides a desired combination of strength and ductility so as to be particularly suited for structural applications. The alloy includes magnesium, aluminum, and manganese in combination and about 0.5% to about 3.5% tin. The tin addition improves strength without substantial loss of ductility.
US09593395B2	Titanium alloys including increased oxygen content and exhibiting improved mechanical properties One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a metastable β titanium alloy comprising, in weight percentages: up to 0.05 nitrogen; up to 0.10 carbon; up to 0.015 hydrogen; up to 0.10 iron; greater than 0.20 oxygen; 14.00 to 16.00 molybdenum; titanium; and incidental impurities. Articles of manufacture including the alloy also are disclosed.
US09593394B2	Process of leaching gold Disclosed is a process of leaching gold that can be inexpensively and efficiently carried out from a mixture containing sulfur and gold, typically from the material containing sulfur and gold that is an intermediate product recovered by the flotation method in the hydrometallurgical method. Specifically, disclosed is a process of leaching gold from the mixture containing elemental sulfur and gold, the process involving combining the mixture containing elemental sulfur and gold and an aqueous solution of hydroxide of one or more of metals of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, the hydroxides reacting with elemental sulfur to form thiosulfate of alkali and/or alkaline earth metal, and the gold thereby being leached by reaction with the thiosulfate.
US09593393B2	Rail heat treatment device and rail heat treatment method A rail heat treatment device includes a cooling header, an oscillation mechanism, and a control system including: a storage unit that stores therein at least information required for a oscillation control; and a control unit that obtains a permissible range of required cooling time for a rail that satisfies a permissible range of hardness of the rail based on a correlation expression representing a correlation between the cooling time for the rail with the cooling header and the hardness of the rail after cooling, controls a stroke and a speed of relative reciprocation of the rail and the cooling header based on the permissible range of the required cooling time, and causes the oscillation mechanism to perform the relative reciprocation of the rail and the cooling header by the stroke and at the speed.
US09593392B2	Method for producing workpieces from lightweight steel having material properties that are adjustable across the wall thickness A method for producing a workpiece having properties which are adjustable across a wall thickness or strip thickness of the workpiece, includes the steps of subjecting the workpiece to a decarburizing annealing treatment under an oxidizing atmosphere and to an accelerated cooling and/or a cold forming for generating a property gradient of the workpiece, wherein the workpiece is made of an austenitic lightweight steel which has an alloy composition which includes by weight percent 0.2% to 1% carbon, 0.05% to<15% aluminum, 0.05% to 6.0% silicon, 9% to<30% manganese, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of chromium, copper, boron, titanium, zirconium, vanadium and niobium, wherein chromium=4.0%; titanium+zirconium=0.7%; niobium+vanadium=0.5%, boron=1%, the remainder iron including common steel companion elements.
US09593388B2	Biomass treatment for hydrothermal hydrocatalytic conversion A selective removal of metal and its anion species that are detrimental to subsequent hydrothermal hydrocatalytic conversion from the biomass feed prior to carrying out catalytic hydrogenation/hydrogenolysis/hydrodeoxygenation of the biomass in a manner that does not reduce the effectiveness of the hydrothermal hydrocatalytic treatment while minimizing the amount of water used in the process is provided.
US09593383B2	Compositions, kits and related methods for the detection and/or monitoring of listeria Provided are compositions, kits, and methods for the identification of Listeria. In certain aspects and embodiments, the compositions, kits, and methods may provide improvements in relation to specificity, sensitivity, and speed of detection.
US09593382B2	Compositions and methods for identifying and comparing members of microbial communities using amplicon sequences In alternative embodiments, the invention provides computational algorithms, computer programs, software and other methods, systems and products of manufacture (e.g., computers, devices or apparatus) for identifying members of microbial communities, their abundance and distribution from amplicon sequence data, and comparing microbial communities and consortia. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides computer-implemented methods comprising a subset of, substantially all, or all of the steps as set forth in the flow chart of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 or FIG. 4. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods for identification of consortia, optionally followed by construction of artificial microbial consortia from pure strains or enrichment cultures. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions, fluids, bioreactors, muds, reservoirs or products of manufacture comprising a synthetic microbial consortium made by the method of the invention.
US09593376B2	Natural killer p30 (NKp30) dysfunction and the biological applications thereof The present invention relates to a method of assessing a favorable or, on the contrary, an unfavorable prognosis of a cancer in the subject, which method comprises detecting the presence of a mutated Natural Cytotoxicity-triggering Receptor 3 (NCR3) nucleic acid, an abnormal relative amount of at least one particular Natural Killer p30 (NKp30) RNA transcript isoform, and/or an abnormal Natural Killer p30 (NKp30) expression or activity of at least one particular NKp30 protein isoform in a sample from the subject, the presence of mutated NCR3 nucleic acid, abnormal relative amount of at least one particular NKp30 RNA transcript isoform, or abnormal expression or activity of at least one particular NKp30 protein isoform being indicative of the prognosis of cancer in the subject.
US09593373B2	Modified nucleosides or nucleotides Some embodiments described herein relate to modified nucleotide and nucleoside molecules with novel 3′-hydroxy protecting groups. Also provided herein are methods to prepare such modified nucleotide and nucleoside molecules and sequencing by synthesis processes using such modified nucleotide and nucleoside molecules.
US09593370B2	Biochemical analysis apparatus and rotary valve An analysis apparatus for performing biochemical analysis of a sample using nanopores comprises: a sensor device that supports plural nanopores, reservoirs holding material for performing the analysis; a fluidics system; and plural containers for receiving respective samples, all arranged in a cartridge that is removably attachable to an electronics unit arranged to generate drive signals to perform signal processing circuit to generate output data representing the results of the analysis. The fluidics system supplies samples selectively from the containers to the sensor device using a rotary valve.
US09593366B2	Individually synthesized primers to be used in whole genome amplification Disclosed are compositions and methods for random amplification of nucleic acid sequences of interest using random-G-deficient primers. Also disclosed are methods of randomly amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence using random G-deficient primers alone or in combination with random, partially random, or specific primers.
US09593357B2	Process to control CO concentrations in fermentations A process for controlling concentration of CO in a bioreactor provides a direct and real time measurement of dissolved CO in a fermentation medium. The process for controlling concentrations of CO in a bioreactor includes contacting an aliquot of fermentation medium with at least one CO binding ligand and at least one microbial inactivator.
US09593356B2	Protein enriched microvesicles and methods of making and using the same Protein enriched micro-vesicles and methods of making and using the same are provided. Aspects of the methods include maintaining a cell having a membrane-associated protein comprising a first dimerization domain and a target protein having a second dimerization domain under conditions sufficient to produce a micro-vesicle from the cell, wherein the micro-vesicle includes the target protein. Also provided are cells, reagents and kits that find use in making the micro-vesicles, as well as methods of using the micro-vesicles, e.g., in research and therapeutic applications.
US09593352B2	Production of fatty acid alkyl esters by use of two lipolytic enzymes A method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters, wherein a solution comprising triglyceride and alcohol is contacted with a first lipolytic enzyme having a relatively higher activity on free fatty acids than on triglyceride and a second lipolytic enzyme having a relatively higher activity on triglyceride than on free fatty acids.
US09593351B2	Recombinant microalgae including sucrose invertase and thioesterase Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing renewable chemicals through the manufacture of novel triglyceride oils followed by chemical modification of the oils. Methods such as transesterification, hydrogenation, hydrocracking, deoxygenation, isomerization, interesterification, hydroxylation, hydrolysis and saponification are disclosed. Novel oils containing fatty acid chain lengths of C8, C10, C12 or C14 are also disclosed and are useful as feedstocks in the methods of the invention.
US09593343B2	Plant variant, method for producing plant variant, and method for accumulating soluble sugar This invention is intended to allow accumulation of large quantities of soluble sugars in tissue other than plant seeds. A plant is modified so as to suppress a gene encoding a subunit exhibiting the highest sequence similarity with the subunit encoded by the AGPL1 gene of rice among subunits constituting.
US09593341B2	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.
US09593340B2	Expression system for modulating an immune response The present invention discloses methods and compositions for modulating the quality of an immune response to a target antigen in a mammal, which response results from the expression of a polynucleotide that encodes at least a portion of the target antigen, wherein the quality is modulated by replacing at least one codon of the polynucleotide with a synonymous codon that has a higher or lower preference of usage by the mammal to confer the immune response than the codon it replaces.
US09593333B2	Modulation of apolipoprotein C-III (ApoCIII) expression in lipoprotein lipase deficient (LPLD) populations Provided are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of ApoCIII mRNA and protein for treating, preventing, delaying, or ameliorating Fredrickson Type I dyslipidemia/FCS/LPLD, in a patient. Such methods, compounds, and compositions increase HDL levels and/or improving the ratio of TG to HDL and reducing plasma lipids and plasma glucose in the patient, and are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate any one or more of pancreatitis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorder, and associated symptoms.
US09593330B2	Treatment of frataxin (FXN) related diseases by inhibition of natural antisense transcript to FXN The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of Frataxin (FXN), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Frataxin (FXN). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of FXN.
US09593329B2	Assembly of large nucleic acids A method to assemble any desired nucleic acid molecule by combining cassettes in vitro to form assemblies which are further combined in vivo, or by assembling large numbers of DNA fragments by recombination in a yeast culture to obtain desired DNA molecules of substantial size is described.
US09593326B2	Protein variant generation by region shuffling Region shuffling methods for efficiently introducing diversity and exploring sequence space are described. Libraries produced directly from these methods contain high fractions of protein variants harboring multiple beneficial mutations. Typically, the methods produce these variants efficiently without the need for sequencing beneficial mutants identified at intermediate stages of the process.
US09593325B2	Stable lysis buffer mixture for extracting nucleic acids Embodiments relate to a lysis buffer mixture that is stable in storage for isolating nucleic acids from biological, preferably diagnostic samples. The mixture is preferably associated with an extraction control. The aim of the invention is to provide an improved nucleic acid extraction system, which is cost-effective, stable and easy to use, thus fulfilling the requirements of a modern nucleic acid extraction system and containing, among other things, extraction controls. Embodiments relate to a lysis buffer mixture for isolating nucleic acids, said mixture containing non chaotropic salts, a special selection of detergents, a defined quantity of at least one nucleic acid as an extraction control, optionally lytic enzymes, optionally carrier nucleic acids and optionally other additives.
US09593324B2	Treatment of cellulosic material and enzymes useful therein The present invention relates to the production of sugar hydrolysates from cellulosic material. The method may be used e.g. for producing fermentable sugars for the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic material. Cellulolytic enzymes and their production by recombinant technology is described, as well as uses of the enzymes and enzyme preparations.
US09593322B2	Innovative discovery of therapeutic, diagnostic, and antibody compositions related to protein fragments of arginyl-trna synthetases Provided are compositions comprising newly identified protein fragments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides that encode them and complements thereof, related agents, and methods of use thereof in diagnostic, drug discovery, research, and therapeutic applications.
US09593321B2	L-arabinose isomerase variants with improved conversion activity and method for production of D-tagatose using them The present invention relates to the development of an L-arabinose isomerase variant from Thermotoga neapolitana DSM 5068, which is a kind of thermophile, on the basis of protein molecular modeling. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method of producing D-tagatose from D-galactose by using the enzyme or a microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium expressing the enzyme.
US09593320B2	Proteases with modified pro regions The present invention provides methods and compositions for the production of mature proteases in bacterial host cells. The compositions include modified polynucleotides that encode modified proteases, which have at least one mutation in the pro region; the modified serine proteases encoded by the modified polynucleotides; expression cassettes, DNA constructs, and vectors comprising the modified polynucleotides that encode the modified proteases; and the bacterial host cells transformed with the vectors of the invention. The methods include methods for enhancing the production of mature proteases in bacterial host cells e.g. Bacillus sp. host cells. The produced proteases find use in the industrial production of enzymes, suitable for use in various industries, including but not limited to the cleaning, animal feed and textile processing industry.
US09593319B2	Temperature-stable β-pyranosidase The invention relates to temperature-stable polypeptides with β-pyranosidase activity. The polypeptide substrates include β-glucopyranosides and β-xylopyranosides. The polypeptides can be expressed alone or as fusion proteins for example in yeast or bacteria and subsequently purified. The polypeptides according to the invention can be used alone or in a mixture with other enzymes for the degradation of plant raw materials, among others for the enzymatic degradation of biomass containing lignocellulose, in particular hemicellulose and the hemicellulose component xylan. The enzymes are suitable for use in textile processing, as an additive of detergents, or in the food or feed industry.
US09593318B2	Linker-bridged gene or domain fusion reverse transcriptase enzyme The present invention relates to combinations of a linker bridged gene or domain fusion reverse transcriptase enzyme, and more particularly, combinations of a linker bridged gene or domain fusion reverse transcriptase enzyme and their fusion construction utilizing for more efficient and quality DNA synthesis in reverse transcription. The composition of the invention includes a polymerase domain; a linker, consisting of 3-40 amino acids; and an RNase H domain, wherein the RNase H domain is either unmodified or modified with point mutations. The composition may further include another mutated RNase H, a mutated RNase A, and an additional linker which consists of 3-40 amino acids.
US09593317B2	Methods and means to modify a plant genome at a nucleotide sequence commonly used in plant genome engineering Methods and means are provided to modify in a targeted manner the plant genome of transgenic plants comprising chimeric genes wherein the chimeric genes have a DNA element commonly used in plant molecular biology. Re-designed meganucleases to cleave such an element commonly used in plant molecular biology are provided.
US09593315B2	Mutant RB69 DNA polymerase Provided herein are mutant DNA-dependent polymerases which are derived from, or otherwise related to, wild type RB69 DNA polymerase. These mutant polymerases are capable of selectively binding labeled nucleotides. These mutant polymerases are also capable of incorporating a variety of naturally occurring and modified nucleotides, including, for example, terminator nucleotides.
US09593310B2	Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells The present invention provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into insulin producing cells. In particular, the present invention provides a method to produce cells expressing markers characteristic of the pancreatic endocrine lineage that co-express NKX6.1 and insulin and minimal amounts of glucagon.
US09593308B2	Device for enhancing immunostimulatory capabilities of T-cells T-cells are generated with enhanced immunostimulatory capabilities for use in self therapy treatment protocols, by utilizing a biodegradable device with a biodegradable support that has one or more agents that are reactive to T-cell surface moieties. The biodegradable devices are mixed with the T-cells sufficiently so that the one or more agents cross-link with the T-cells' surface moieties and deliver a signal to the T-cells to enhance immunostimulatory capabilities.
US09593299B2	Treatment compositions containing water-soluble polyelectrolyte complex which are self-limiting The present invention relates to aqueous compositions of associative polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), optionally containing surfactants, biocidal agents and/or oxidants, which can provide a cleaning benefit and surface protection to treated articles including reduced soiling tendency, reduced cleaning effort and improved soil repellancy, as well as providing bacteriostatic properties to treated surfaces that thereby gain resistance to water, environmental exposure and microbial challenge. Treatment means and compositions are provided that employ associative polyelectrolyte complexes formed by combining a water soluble cationic first polyelectrolyte with a water soluble second polyelectrolyte bearing groups of opposite charge to the first polyelectrolyte under suitable mixing conditions and at least one oxidant selected from the group: alkaline metal salts and/or alkaline earth metal salts of hypochlorous acid, hypochlorous acid, solubilized chlorine, any source of free chlorine, acidic sodium chlorite, active chlorine generating compound and any combinations or mixtures thereof. Also provided are means to form stable associative polyelectrolyte complexes with at least one oxidant in aqueous solutions having R values from about 0.10 to 20.
US09593294B2	Sensory use of 6-cyclopentylidenehexane derivatives The invention concerns the use of 6-cyclopentylidenehexane derivatives—6, cyclopentylidenehexan-1-ol and 6-cyclopentylidenehexanal—as sensory agents giving off a fragrance and/or a flavor of interest for a use in perfumery, in cosmetic, in parapharmacy, in detergent industry and in the food industry.
US09593288B2	Lubricants from mixed alpha-olefin feeds This invention discloses an improved process which employs mixed alpha-olefins as feed over activated metallocene catalyst systems to provide essentially random liquid polymers particularly useful in lubricant components or as functional fluids.
US09593286B2	Method and system for cogenerating gas-steam based on gasification and methanation of biomass A method for cogenerating gas-steam based on gasification and methanation of biomass. The method includes: 1) mixing oxygen and water vapor with biomass, transporting the resulting mixture via a nozzle to a gasifier, gasifying the biomass to yield crude gasified gas, and transporting superheated steam having a pressure of 5-6 MPa resulting from sensible heat recovery to a steam turbine; 2) adjusting the hydrogen/carbon ratio of the crude gasified gas generated from step 1) to 3:1, and eluting the crude gasified gas whereby yield purified syngas; 3) introducing the purified syngas from step 2) to a methanation unit and transporting intermediate pressure superheated steam generated in the methanation unit to the steam turbine; and 4) concentrating methane of synthetic natural gas containing trace nitrogen and water vapor obtained from step 3) through pressure swing adsorption.
US09593285B2	Unleaded gasoline formulations including mesitylene and pseudocumene The present invention provides an unleaded, piston engine fuel formulation comprising a blend of mesitylene, pseudocumene and isopentane having a MON of at least 94 and an RVP of 38 to 49 kPa at 37.8° C. In certain aspects, the formulation comprises specific weight percentages of each of the mesitylene, pseudocumene and isopentane components, and varying MON ratings. In additional aspects, the formulations comprise a combination of mesitylene, isopentane, and one or more additional components selected from the group consisting of pseudocumene, toluene and xylenes. In certain embodiments, the formulations also include alkylates and or alkanes. The formulations have unusually high MON ratings, and desirable RVP and distillation curve characteristics for formulations not including additional components, particularly octane boosters.
US09593280B2	Liquid crystal display device There is provided a liquid crystal display device that may limit a reduction in the voltage holding ratio (VHR) of a liquid crystal layer and an increase in the ion density (ID) in the liquid crystal layer and thereby address issues of faulty display such as white missing pixels, alignment inconsistencies, and burn-in. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention, which may limit a reduction in the voltage holding ratio (VHR) of a liquid crystal layer and an increase in the ion density (ID) in the liquid crystal layer and thereby reduce the risk of faulty display such as burn-in, can be suitably used, in particular, as an IPS-mode or FFS-mode liquid crystal display device for active-matrix driving and may also be used as a liquid crystal display device for liquid crystal display televisions, monitors, mobile phones, smart phones, or the like.
US09593278B2	Phosphor and light-emitting device including same Provided is a phosphor including: a host material expressed by a general formula (Ca1-xMex)a(Ce1-y-zLayPrz)bSicXd (0.5≦b/a≦7, 1.5≦c/(a+b)≦3.5, 4≦d/(a+b)≦6, 0≦x≦0.5, 0≦y<1, 0≦z≦0.5, and 0≦y+z<1, where X is at least one element selected from N, O, F, and Cl); and at least one activator that is selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, and is solid-solutioned in the host material, wherein Me is at least one element selected from Ba, Mg, Sr, Mn, and Zn, and the host material includes, as a main phase, a phase that exhibits a diffraction peak having a relative intensity of 5% or more in ranges of Bragg's angles (2θ) of 10.68-11.41°, 18.52-19.46°, 31.21-31.58°, 31.61-32.20°, and 36.81-37.49° of an X-ray diffraction pattern when a relative intensity of a diffraction peak having the strongest intensity is set to 100% in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern.
US09593277B2	Curable silicone composition, cured product therefrom, and optical semiconductor device A curable silicone composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by the average unit formula: (R13SiO1/2)a(R22SiO2/2)b(R3SiO3/2)c (R1 are alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, aryl groups, or aralkyl groups; R2 are alkyl groups or alkenyl groups; R3 is an alkyl group, aryl group, or an aralkyl group, provided that, in a molecule, at least 0.5 mol % of R1 to R3 are the alkenyl groups, at least one of R3 is the aryl group or the aralkyl group; and a, b, and c are numbers satisfying: 0.01≦a≦0.5, 0.4≦b≦0.8, 0.01≦c≦0.5, and a+b+c=1); (B) an organopolysiloxane that is different from component (A); (C) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule; and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. A cured product exhibiting excellent dispersibility of phosphor and having high strength and gas barrier properties is formed.
US09593274B2	Working medium and heat cycle system To provide a working medium for heat cycle, of which combustibility is suppressed, which has less influence over the ozone layer, which has less influence over global warming and which provides a heat cycle system excellent in the cycle performance (efficiency and capacity), and a heat cycle system, of which the safety is secured, and which is excellent in the cycle performance (efficiency and capacity).A working medium for heat cycle comprising 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is employed for a heat cycle system (such as a Rankine cycle system, a heat pump cycle system, a refrigerating cycle system 10 or a heat transport system).
US09593271B2	Curable composition and cured product thereof The present invention provides a sealant composition that includes a reactive silyl group-containing organic polymer, and gives a cured product having a low modulus and not having wrinkles or cracks on the surface even though the sealant includes as a curing catalyst a tetravalent tin compound, which is presumed to reduce recovery. The sealant composition is a one-component curable sealant composition including: a linear organic polymer (A) having a number average molecular weight of 11,000 to 30,000, and having an ethanol-elimination reactive silyl group at a molecular terminal; a tetravalent tin compound (B); and a plasticizer (C).
US09593270B2	Adhesive sheet The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet containing a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that contains a polyester resin as a main component, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a laminate structure that contains at least one layer LA where a polyester resin EA having Mw of from 4×104 to 12×104 is crosslinked and at least one layer LB where a polyester resin EB having Mw of from 0.2×104 to 1×104 is crosslinked, and at least one surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is constituted by the layer LA.
US09593269B1	Polyolefin-based composition, adhesives, and related multi-layered structures prepared therefrom A polyolefin-based composition made from or containing (A) a first polymer composition made from or containing a polyolefin grafted with an unsaturated monomer, (B) a second polymer composition made from or containing a polyethylene, and (C) a third polymer composition made from or containing (i) a first polyisobutylene and (ii) a second polyisobutylene. The first polyisobutylene has a Viscosity Average Molecular Weight (VAMW1), and the second polyisobutylene has a Viscosity Average Molecular Weight (VAMW2), wherein VAMW1≠VAMW2. The polyolefin-based composition is useful as an adhesives or a tie-layer adhesive composition for multi-layered structures. In particular, the composition is useful as an adhesive to bind a metal layer to a dissimilar substrate.
US09593260B2	CMP slurry composition for polishing copper, and polishing method using same The present invention relates to a CMP slurry composition for polishing copper, comprising: polishing particles; a complexing agent; a corrosion inhibitor; and deionized water. The complexing agent comprises one or more organic acids selected from oxalic acid, malic acid, malonic acid, and formic acid, and glycine.
US09593255B2	Sacrificial coating for intermediate transfer member of an indirect printing apparatus An embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a sacrificial coating composition for an image transfer member in an aqueous ink imaging system. The coating composition is made from ingredients comprising: a latex comprising polymer particles dispersed in a continuous liquid phase; at least one hygroscopic material; at least one oil-in-water emulsion; and at least one surfactant.
US09593254B2	Aqueous coating liquid and coated film To obtain an aqueous coating liquid which affords, by applying it on a plastic substrate and drying it, a coated film excellent in transparency, gas barrier properties, and adhesiveness to the substrate and excellent in homogeneity.An aqueous coating liquid containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin (A), a polyethyleneimine (B), a nonionic surfactant (C), and an aqueous solvent (D).
US09593250B2	Aqueous ink, ink cartridge and ink jet recording method The invention provides an aqueous ink containing a coloring material, wherein the coloring material is a self-dispersible pigment in which a functional group containing another atomic group and an anionic group such as a carboxylic acid group, a sulfonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group or a phosphonic acid group are bonded to a particle surface of a pigment such as carbon black or an organic pigment, and a standard deviation of an introduced amount of the functional group is 0.0380 or less.
US09593249B2	White ink, ink set, ink cartridge, inkjet recording apparatus, inkjet recording method, and recording method Provided is a white ink, including water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a colorant including hollow resin particles, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent includes at least one of a monohydric alcohol having a boiling point of 240° C. or lower and a diol having a boiling point of 240° C. or lower, having at least one hydroxyl group bonded to an alkane chain at a site other than terminals of the alkane chain, and having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and a content of the at least one of the monohydric alcohol and the diol is equal to or greater than 75.0% by mass of a total amount of the water-soluble organic solvent.
US09593247B2	Composition and method for removal of organic paint coatings from substrates The invention relates to a non-aqueous stripping composition for removing cured organic paint from substrates comprising i. a source of hydroxide ions; ii. a high-boiling alcohol having a boiling point of at least 100° C.; and iii. at least one surfactant represented by the following formula R—O—(CH2CH2O)nH and wherein R is an alkyl chain, linear or branched having a 2 to 24 carbon atom chain length.
US09593245B2	Controlled release, wood preserving composition with low-volatile organic content for treating in-service utility poles, posts, pilings, cross-ties and other wooden structures Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a dispersion of solid particles of a substantially insoluble copper compound in an amount from 0.001% to 10% by weight of the composition; a boron-containing compound, a fluoride-containing compound, or a combination thereof; and an aqueous carrier; wherein the composition has a viscosity of 125 to 425 tenths of a millimeter (tmm) as measured using a penetrometer, and wherein at least 20% of the particles of the composition comprise particles having particle size greater than 25 microns. Also disclosed herein are methods of making and using the same.
US09593243B2	Compound, pigment dispersing agent, pigment composition, pigment dispersion and toner containing said compound Provided is a compound that improves dispersibility of a pigment in a non-water-soluble solvent, and a pigment dispersing agent, a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion and a toner that use that compound. The present invention relates to a compound in which a polymer and a monoazo compound having a specific structure are bonded. The present invention further relates to a pigment dispersing agent, a pigment composition, a pigment dispersion and a toner containing that compound.
US09593241B2	Resin composition for encapsulating optical element The present invention relates to a resin composition for encapsulating an optical device and more particularly, the resin composition for encapsulating optical device of the invention comprising a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) of which the compatibility with resins is enhanced by its cross-linking ability and an organic polysilazane compound has excellent mechanical properties, and enhanced adhesive strengths to a base material and barrier properties against moisture or oxygen by having excellent solubility with siloxane resins and significantly improved outgassing phenomenon, thus being able to be applied to encapsulation process for various optical devices, especially the encapsulation process of thick films.
US09593240B2	Thermosetting resin composition The disclosure relates to the thermosetting resin composition containing (A) to (D):(A) a thermosetting resin containing an SiH group and an alkenyl group, being a reaction product between silsesquioxane having an SiH group and an organopolysiloxane having two alkenyl groups;(B) a thermosetting resin having an SiH group as obtained by allowing reaction among silsesquioxane having an SiH group, organopolysiloxane having two alkenyl groups, an epoxy compound having an alkenyl group and a silyl compound having an alkenyl group;(C) a linear organopolysiloxane compound having an SiH group only at one terminal; and(D) a Pt catalyst.
US09593238B2	Prepreg and carbon fiber reinforced composite material A prepreg includes; agent-coated carbon fibers coated with a sizing agent; and a thermosetting resin composition impregnated into the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers. The sizing agent includes an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and an aromatic epoxy compound (B1). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers are in a shape of woven fabric or braid. The thermosetting resin composition includes a thermosetting resin (D), a thermoplastic resin (F), and a latent hardener (G). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers have an (a)/(b) ratio in a certain range where (a) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to CHx, C—C, and C═C and (b) is the height of a component at a binding energy assigned to C—O in a C1s core spectrum of the surfaces of the sizing agent-coated carbon fibers analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
US09593233B2	Rubber mixture and pneumatic vehicle tire A rubber mixture and a pneumatic vehicle tire including a rubber mixture containing the following constituents: 15 to 55 phr of at least one natural polyisoprene and/or 15 to 55 phr of at least one synthetic polyisoprene and 15 to 85 phr of at least one polybutadiene and 60 to 100 phr of at least one carbon black and 1 to 10 phr of at least one anti-ozone wax, wherein the anti-ozone wax contains unbranched hydrocarbons having the following chain length distribution including at least the three ranges A and B and C: range A: hydrocarbons having 26 to 31 carbon atoms, range B: hydrocarbons having 32 to 36 carbon atoms, range C: hydrocarbons having 37 to 47 carbon atoms, wherein the relative mass fractions of the ranges A to B to C are 0.7 to 1.5:1:0.6 to 1.4.
US09593228B2	Mixtures composed of functionalized diene rubbers with trimethylolpropane and fatty acid, a process for production thereof and use thereof The invention relates to functionalized diene rubbers with trimethylolpropane and fatty acid, to a process for production there of and use thereof for the production of wet-skid-resistant and low-rolling-resistance motor-vehicle tire treads with high abrasion resistance.
US09593227B2	Rubber composition and molded product A rubber composition having extremely high electrical conductivity is provided. The rubber composition contains nitrile rubber (A) having an α,β-ethylenic unsaturated nitrile monomer unit and an iodine value of 100 or lower, and carbon nanotubes (B) having the average diameter (Av) and diameter distribution (3σ) that satisfy the following relational expression: 0.60>3σ/Av>0.20.
US09593226B2	Composition containing a particular diene elastomer and a carbon black having a particular specific surface area The invention relates to a rubber composition based on one or more specific functionalized diene elastomers and on one or more carbon blacks with a CTAB specific surface varying from 100 to 200 m2/g, the functionalized diene elastomer or elastomers being composed of a specific diene elastomer functionalized, at the chain end or in the middle of the chain, by a tin functional group and of a content of less than 15% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the functionalized diene elastomer, of a non-tin functional elastomer. The diene elastomer exhibits a monomodal distribution of molecular weights before functionalization and a polydispersity index before functionalization of less than or equal to 1.3. This composition makes it possible to obtain tires having an improved wear resistance and which are characterized by decrease in rolling resistance, without damaging the processing and the wet grip.
US09593223B2	Expandable TFE copolymers, method of making, porous, expanded article thereof A true tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) copolymer of the fine powder type is provided, wherein the copolymer contains polymerized comonomer units of at least one comonomer other than TFE in concentrations of at least or exceeding 1.0 weight percent, and which can exceed 5.0 weight percent, wherein the copolymer is expandable, that is, the copolymer may be expanded to produce strong, useful, expanded TFE copolymeric articles having a microstructure of nodes interconnected by fibrils. Articles made from the expandable copolymer may include tapes, membranes, films, fibers, and are suitable in a variety of end applications, including medical devices.
US09593221B1	Polyol, adhesive, resin, and tackifier—thixotropic additive A renewable chemical composition is disclosed for use in a variety of industrial applications. The renewable chemical composition may be reacted with an isocyanate to produce a urethane material. The renewable chemical composition has aromatic groups. The suitability of this material for use in a variety of applications can be adjusted by modifying the acid number, the hydroxyl number, the viscosity, the glass transition temperature, the % solids, the softening point, and other properties. The chemical reactivity and properties can be modified based on processing conditions and temperature as well as the source of renewable raw material. The lignin used in these formulations may be from pulp and paper processing such as semi-mechanical processing, soda processing, kraft processing, or biomass processing, or a by-product of ethanol production. The novel biobased polyurethane formulations range in firmness from flexible to semi-rigid to rigid and are useful in large volume polyurethane applications.
US09593219B2	Membrane comprising self-assembled block copolymer and process for producing the same by spin coating (IIa) Disclosed are membranes formed from self-assembling block copolymers, for example, diblock copolymers of the formula (I): wherein R1-R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing nanoporous membranes. Embodiments of the membranes contain a block copolymer that self-assembles into a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such membrane which involves spin coating a polymer solution containing the block copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by annealing the thin film in a solvent vapor and/or soaking in a solvent or mixture of solvents to form a nanoporous membrane.
US09593218B2	Self-assembled structure and membrane comprising block copolymer and process for producing the same by spin coating (IIIa) Disclosed are self-assembled structures formed from self-assembling diblock copolymers of the formula (I): wherein R1-R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing nanoporous membranes. In embodiments of the self-assembled structure, the block copolymer self-assembles into a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing such self-assembled structure which involves spin coating a polymer solution containing the diblock copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by solvent annealing of the film. Further disclosed is a method of preparing porous membranes from the self-assembled structures.
US09593217B2	Self-assembled structure and membrane comprising block copolymer and process for producing the same by spin coating (Va) Disclosed are self-assembled structures formed from a self-assembling diblock copolymer of the formula (I): wherein R1-R4, n, and m are as described herein, which find use in preparing porous membranes. In an embodiment, the diblock copolymer is present in the self-assembled structures in a cylindrical morphology. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a self-assembled structure, which involves spin coating a polymer solution containing the diblock copolymer to obtain a thin film, followed by solvent annealing of the film.
US09593216B2	Packaging laminate, method for manufacturing of the packaging laminate and packaging container produced there from A barrier film for packaging food or beverage comprises a polymer base film, and a barrier layer comprising an inorganic oxide applied onto the base film by vapor deposition. The inorganic oxide layer is further coated with a healing layer of a crosslinked organopolysiloxane which is covalently bound to the inorganic layer. Other aspects disclosed here involve a multilayer packaging laminate comprised of the barrier film, and a method of manufacturing the barrier film and packaging containers manufactured from the film.
US09593213B2	Polylactic resin composition and molding A polylactic resin composition, including: polylactic resin as main component, wherein in a binary image of the polylactic resin composition obtained by binarizing a phase image of a cross-section of the polylactic resin composition observed with an AFM in tapping mode based on intermediate value between maximum and minimum values of phase differences of the polylactic resin composition in free vibration, phases equal to or greater than intermediate value are dispersed in a phase less than intermediate value, and average equivalent circle diameter of the phases equal to or greater than intermediate value is from 0.2 μm to 1 μm, and wherein polylactic resin composition is detected to have at least one glass transition temperature (Tg) in a range of −20° C. or lower, and at least one glass transition temperature (Tg) in a range of 40° C. to 70° C. in a temperature elevating process of differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurement thereof.
US09593204B2	Branched polymeric emulsifiers The present invention relates to esterified glycerylated alkyl glycoside and to a process for making same. The esterified glycerylated alkyl glycoside have one or more polyglyceryl moieties and one or more acyl moieties, wherein all of the one or more acyl moieties are situated on the one or more polyglyceryl moieties via an ester linkage. These compounds have been found to be useful as emulsifiers and coemulsifiers in the formulation of a phase stable emulsions suitable for use in personal care, home care, industrial and institutional, and health care applications.
US09593195B2	Acrylic grafted polyether resins based on phenol stearic acid and coating compositions formed therefrom Coating compositions can be prepared from an acrylic grafted polyether resin, wherein the smallest difunctional hydroxyl phenyl segment used to form the acrylic grafted polyether resin has a molecular weight greater than about 500, and wherein the smallest difunctional hydroxyl phenyl segment used to form the acrylic grafted polyether resin does not comprise two or more non-impaired hydroxyl groups attached to two or more different five-membered or six-membered carbon atom rings in a segment having a molecular weight less than about 500. The acrylic grafted polyether resin can be prepared by reacting a dihydroxyl compound and/or a diamine compound with a phenol stearic acid compound to produce a diphenol, reacting the diphenol with a diglycidyl ether compound to form a polyether resin, and mixing the polyether resin with an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component in the presence of an initiator to form the acrylic grafted polyether resin.
US09593193B2	Nitrile rubbers having low emission values An improved polymerization process using a specific molecular weight regulator makes it possible to produce new nitrile rubbers featuring particularly low emission values and giving vulcanizates which have an advantageous profile of properties and which are of outstanding quality, in particular in odor-sensitive applications.
US09593186B2	Crosslinking control in high impact polystyrene manufacturing process The method includes providing a high impact polystyrene (HIPS) reaction system, wherein the HIPS reaction system has a devolitalizer downstream of a reactor and injecting a retarding agent into the HIPS reaction system prior to the devolitalizer.
US09593185B2	Suspension of solid catalyst component used in propylene polymerization, method of preparing the same, and method of propylene polymerization The present disclosure provides a suspension of a solid catalyst component used in propylene polymerization and a method for preparing the same. The suspension includes the solid catalyst component and a liquid medium containing propylene and an alkane, and is preferably prepared by mixing the solid catalyst component and the alkane to obtain a mixed slurry, which is further mixed with liquid propylene. Using of a proper liquid dispersing agent at a proper proportion and amount enables the solid catalyst component to be more homogeneously dispersed, thus preventing the phenomenon of agglomeration in the polymerization process without using a large amount of the dispersing agent or any additional mixer. The present disclosure further provides a method of propylene polymerization, including feeding the suspension into a reaction system of propylene polymerization, wherein propylene polymerization is initiated under polymerization conditions.
US09593180B2	Cross-linkable monomers and polymers and the use thereof The invention relates to novel cross-linkable monomers that may be polymerized with ethylenically unsaturated comonomers to form cross-linkable copolymers. Said copolymers may particularly be used in the form of aqueous dispersions as formaldehyde-free adhesives or as coatings with good water resistance. The cross-linkable monomer is a compound in acid or salt form comprising an anion of the formula (I) and one or more cations for producing electrical neutrality, where R1 and R2 represent, independently of one another, hydrogen alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, —COOR5, —COO− cat+ or —CON(R6R7), R6 and R7 represent, independently of one another, hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl, cat4 represents a monovalent cation, and one of the groups R1 or R2 may also represent a group —X—R4—CR5(OH)(SO3—), wherein X, R4, and R5 assume one of the meanings listed below, R3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl, X is selected from the group of direct C—C bond, —O—, —CH2—O—, —CH2—NR8—, —COO— or —CONR8—, R8 represents hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl, R4 represents alkylene, polyoxyalkylene, cycloalkylene, or arylene, and R5 represents hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl.
US09593173B2	Low temperature cure polymerization initiator A polymerization initiator system for reactive monomers and unsaturated polymers which is contains a Group 4 transition metal or Group 4 transition metal-containing compound, peroxide or diazo compound that is capable of being reduced by the Group 4 transition metal or Group 4 transition metal-containing compound, and pinacol compound is disclosed. Further disclosed are methods for preparing the polymerization initiator and using the polymerization initiator for low temperature curing.
US09593172B2	Ziegler-natta catalyst systems comprising a 1,2-phenylenedioate as internal donor and process for preparing the same A catalyst composition for use as precursor for Ziegler-Natta catalyst system, said catalyst composition comprising a combination of magnesium moiety, titanium moiety and an internal donor containing at least one 1,2-phenylenedioate compound of structure (A). Also, the present invention provides a process for preparing the aforesaid catalyst composition. Further, the present invention provides a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system incorporating the aforesaid catalyst composition and a method for polymerizing and/or copolymerizing olefins using the Ziegler-Natta catalyst system.
US09593171B2	Catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins A porous solid catalyst component comprising a magnesium halide, a titanium compound having at least a Ti-halogen bond and at least two electron donor compounds one of which being selected from 1,3-diethers and the other being selected from succinates, characterized by the fact that the molar ratio ID/Ti is from 0.30 to 0.90, where ID is the total molar amount of succinate and 1,3-diether, the molar ratio of the 1,3-diether donor to the succinate donor is higher than, or equal to, 0.60.
US09593170B2	Compound, photocurable composition, and methods for producing patterned film, optical component, circuit board, electronic component by using the photocurable composition, and cured product A compound that increases the photocuring rate of a photocurable composition and reduces the force for releasing a cured product from a mold is provided.A compound is represented by general formula (1): where Rf represents an alkyl group at least part of which is substituted with fluorine, RO represents an oxyalkylene group or a repeated structure of an oxyalkylene group, N represents a nitrogen atom, RA represents an alkyl group, and RB represents an alkyl group or a hydrogen atom.
US09593168B2	Process for degrading nitrile rubbers in the presence of catalysts having an increased activity A process of degrading nitrile rubbers comprises subjecting them to a metathesis reaction in the presence of specific catalysts with increased activity.
US09593167B2	Antibodies and immunoconjugates and uses therefor Anti-STEAP-1 antibodies and immunoconjugates thereof are provided. Methods of using anti-STEAP-1 antibodies and immunoconjugates thereof are provided.
US09593165B2	Antibody capable of specifically recognizing transferrin receptor The present invention provides an antibody, in which the heavy chain first complementarity determining region (VH CDR1), the heavy chain second complementarity determining region (VH CDR2), and the heavy chain third complementarity determining region (VH CDR3) are shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, and 7, respectively, and the light chain first complementarity determining region (VL CDR1), the light chain second complementarity determining region (VL CDR2), and the light chain third complementarity determining region (VL CDR3) are shown in SEQ ID NOs: 4, 5, and 6, respectively.
US09593162B2	Internalizing human monoclonal antibodies targeting prostate cancer cells in situ This invention provides a method that allows selection of antibodies against cells (e.g., tumor cells) in situ using laser capture microdissection. By restricting antibody selection to binders of internalizing epitopes, a panel of phage antibodies was generated that targets clinically represented prostate cancer antigens.
US09593161B2	Humanization of rabbit antibodies using a universal antibody framework The present invention relates to an universal antibody acceptor framework and to methods for grafting non-human antibodies, e.g., rabbit antibodies, using a universal antibody acceptor framework. Antibodies generated by the methods of the invention are useful in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US09593154B2	Engineered polypeptides having enhanced duration of action Compounds are provided having inter alia good duration of action, high potency and/or convenient dosing regimens including oral administration. The compounds are engineered polypeptides which incorporate an albumin binding domain in combination with one or more biologically active polypeptides. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment for diseases and disorders including obesity and overweight, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, Alzheimer's disease, fatty liver disease, short bowel syndrome, Parkinson's disease, cardiovascular disease, and other and disorders of the central nervous system.
US09593143B2	Method for purifying protein complexes The present invention provides a method for the purification of complexes comprising a stress protein complexed to a peptide or peptide fragment, from a source mixture, typically a cell lysate. The improved method of the invention provides for protein complexes to be purified using ion exchange based methods, without the need to use chemicals such as chaotropes and ampholytes. The purified complexes can be used as the immunogenic determinant in vaccine compositions for the treatment or prevention of infectious diseases or cancerous conditions.
US09593142B2	Aldehyde capture ligation technology for synthesis of amide bonds The present invention relates to ligation agents and their use in making an amide ligation product. Methods of making the ligation agents are also disclosed.
US09593141B2	Lin28/let-7 crystal structures, purification protocols, and molecular probes suitable for screening assays and therapeutics The invention provides compositions and methods for regulating microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis. The invention also relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing cancer in a subject in need thereof.
US09593139B2	Compositions, methods, and kits comprising platinum compounds associated with a ligand comprising a targeting moiety Compositions, kits, and methods for treatment of cancers are generally provided. In some embodiments, the compositions, kits, and methods comprise a platinum (e.g., Pt(II) or Pt(IV)) compound associated with a ligand (e.g., a beta-diketonate ligand) comprising a targeting moiety. Methods of synthesizing platinum (e.g., Pt(II) or Pt(IV)) compounds associated with a ligand comprising a targeting moiety are also provided.
US09593134B2	Complexes useful as active components in supported epoxidation catalysts Method of preparing epoxidation catalysts are disclosed, including methods comprising reacting an inorganic siliceous solid with a metal complex of the formulas: wherein the variables are defined herein.
US09593132B2	Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) for gas capture The present invention relates to a metal organic framework comprising of a metal ion (M) and an organic ligand wherein more than one hydroxy ligand are present about the metal ion. Also provided is a method for synthesizing the metal-organic frameworks and their application in areas including scrubbing exhaust gas streams of acidic gases, scrubbing natural gas of acidic gases by separation or sequestration and separating C2Ha or other VOC gases from other gas mixtures.
US09593130B2	Polymorphous forms III and IV of N-benzoyl-staurosporine The present invention relates to a crystalline form III and a crystalline form IV of N-benzoyl staurosporine.
US09593126B2	Synthesis of spirocyclic isoxazoline derivatives The invention recites an improved process for preparing spirocyclic isoxazoline derivatives of Formula (1) wherein “*”, R1a, R1b, and R1c are as described herein.
US09593125B2	Heterocyclic flavone derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to heterocyclic flavone derivatives, such as those described by formula provided herein, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of 5 treating or preventing diseases or conditions related to BDNF and TrkB activity, such as depression, stroke, Rett syndrome, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease by administering effective amounts of pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof.
US09593123B2	Triazolo[4,5-D]pyrimidine derivatives The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 to R4 are defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
US09593121B2	Indole substituted pyrrolopyrimidinyl inhibitors of Uba6 Disclosed are chemical entities that inhibit Uba6, each of which is a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R*1 is —H or —CH3; and Y is Formula (II) or Formula (III), wherein R2 is —H, —CH3 or C1-4 alkyloxycarbonyl; and RS7.1, RS7.2 and RS8.1 are defined herein; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the chemical entities; and methods of using the chemical entities. These chemical entities are useful for treating disorders, particularly cell proliferation disorders, including cancers.
US09593120B2	Paralytic shellfish poison The invention concerns a paralytic shellfish poison for the treatment of itching in a human being or another mammal.
US09593112B2	Substituted pyrazolylpyrazole derivative and use of same as herbicide Provided is a compound capable of effectively control worst weeds of higher leaf stages that present practical problems. A specific pyrazolylpyrazole derivative of formula (I) is disclosed that is able to solve the above-mentioned problems.
US09593109B2	Bicyclic agonists of GPR131 and uses thereof The present disclosure relates to compounds that act as agonists of, or otherwise modulate the activity of, GPR131 and to their use in the treatment of various diseases. In particular embodiments, the structure of the compounds is given by Formula I: wherein the variables are as described herein. Related compositions, formulations and methods for the preparation of compounds of formula I are also described.
US09593108B2	Compounds and methods for antiviral treatment The present invention is directed to compounds and forms and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful for treating a viral infection, or for affecting viral activity by modulating viral replication.
US09593107B2	Dihydroquinoline-2-one derivatives The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R9, R10 and R11 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US09593105B2	Cyclic amines The present invention is directed to novel cyclic amines which inhibit the P2X7 receptor.
US09593102B2	Piperidine compounds, pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and its use Piperidine compounds and pharmaceutically useful salts thereof, a pharmaceutical composition including an effective amount of the racemic or enantiomerically enriched piperidine compounds to treat gastrointestinal diseases, and a method of treating gastrointestinal diseases in a mammal are provided.
US09593100B2	Compounds and compositions as protein kinase inhibitors The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of B-Raf.
US09593092B2	Pyran derivatives, their preparation and use thereof in perfumery A process of preparing a compound of formula (I) wherein R represents a linear or branched C5 alkyl group, as well as the use of such compounds in a fragrant and/or flavoring composition.
US09593086B2	Process for the preparation of deferasirox Present disclosure discloses the commercially viable process for the preparation of Deferasirox and its polymorph with. Disclosed process involves the preparation of Deferasirox via metal salt of the corresponding intermediate and deferasirox metal salt.
US09593085B2	Blue luminescent compounds There is provided a compound having Formula I In the formula: R1 can be alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or deuterated analogs thereof; R2 can be alkyl or deuterated alkyl; R3 can be H, D, aryl, or deuterated aryl; and R4-R6 are the same or different and can be H, D, alkyl, or deuterated alkyl. In the formula, at least one of the following conditions is met: (i) R1 is a secondary alkyl, a tertiary alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or deuterated analog thereof; (ii) R3 is aryl or deuterated aryl; (iii) at least one of R3-R6 is D.
US09593075B2	Method for producing isocyanates The invention relates to a method for preparing isocyanates by phosgenating the corresponding amines, wherein low-boiling secondary components, excess phosgene, and the co-product hydrogen chloride are separated from the crude liquid isocyanate stream, which is obtained after the phosgenation has occurred, within a maximum of 60 minutes, and wherein the crude liquid isocyanate stream is not exposed to temperatures above 250° C. until said separation.
US09593074B2	C17-alkanediyl and alkenediyl derivatives of oleanolic acid and methods of use thereof Disclosed herein are novel C17-alkanediyl and alkenediyl derivatives of oleanolic acid, including those of the formula: wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds. Methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds, for example, as antioxidant inflammation modulators, and compositions thereof are also provided.
US09593071B2	Process for the preparation of gamma amino acids and intermediates used in said process The invention relates to the preparation of gamma amino acids of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and prodrugs thereof, and to intermediates used for their preparation. (formula I) wherein R1 is selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group and a cycloalkyl group, each of which may be optionally substituted and * denotes a chiral center. In particular, the present invention provides an efficient synthesis of (S)-pregabalin which is suitable for carrying out on an industrial scale.
US09593069B2	Cyclohexane-1,3-diones for use in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis The present invention relates to the identification of provided cyclohexane-1,3-diones (CHD compounds) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases. The invention also provides methods of preparing the provided CHD compounds.
US09593065B2	Process for preparing acrylic acid from methanol and acetic acid A process for preparing acrylic acid from methanol and acetic acid, comprising (i) contacting a gaseous stream S0 comprising methanol, oxygen and inert gas with an oxidation catalyst to obtain a gaseous stream S1 comprising formaldehyde and inert gas; (ii) removing at least a portion of the inert gas present in S1 from at least a portion of the formaldehyde present in S1 by absorbing this formaldehyde in an absorbent to obtain a gaseous stream S2 comprising the portion of the inert gas removed, and to obtain a stream S3 comprising absorbent and absorbate comprising formaldehyde; (iii) optionally removing a portion or the entirety of the absorbent present in stream S3, such that a stream S3a remains from stream S3, and producing a stream S4 from at least stream S3 or stream S3a and a stream S5 comprising acetic acid; and (iv) contacting stream S4 in gaseous form with an aldol condensation catalyst to obtain a gaseous stream S6 comprising acrylic acid.
US09593048B2	Alumina-magnesia product for gasifier or for metallurgical furnace The invention relates to a melted and cast refractory product having a chemical composition such that, in mass percentages on the basis of the oxides: AI2O3: complement up to 100%; MgO: 26% to 50%; ZrO2: 0.5% to 10.0%; B2O3: <1.5%; SiO2: ≦0.5%; Na2O+K2O: ≦0.3%; CaO: ≦1.0%; Fe2O3+TiO2: <0.55%; other oxide species: <1.0%. In said product, the elementary mass ratio R of the zirconium content to the total boron, fluorine and silicon content is between 2 and 80.
US09593046B2	Use of polypropylene oxide or ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymers in combination with starch ether derivatives as additive in dry mortar compositions The use of an adhesion-promoting additive combination composed of one or more polyalkylenoxides out of the group comprising polypropylene oxides and ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymers, and of one or more starch ether derivatives out of the group comprising carboxyalkyl starch ethers and their alkali salts, and hydroxyalkyl starch ethers, in mortar compositions comprising mineral binders and water-redispersible polymer powders.
US09593044B2	Gypsum panels, cores, and methods for the manufacture thereof Gypsum panels, panel cores, and methods for the manufacture thereof are provided herein. A gypsum panel core includes gypsum and fiberglass, the fiberglass being present in the core in an amount of from about 1 lb/msf to about 6 lb/msf. The core has a thickness of about ½ inch, a weight of from about 1400 lb/msf to about 1750 lb/msf, and an ASTM E-119 wood stud fire test rating of at least 30 minutes.
US09593042B2	Glasses and glass ceramics including a metal oxide concentration gradient Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than 0.7·t, comprise a tangent that is less than about −0.1 MPa/micrometers or greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometers, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t). In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the point to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.5 mol % or greater throughout the thickness. Methods for forming such glass-based articles are also disclosed.
US09593039B2	Nanostructured glasses and vitroceramics that are transparent in visible and infra-red ranges The present invention relates to novel vitroceramic or lens compositions that are nanostructured and transparent or translucent, including at least 97%, such as 97% to 100%, preferably 99% to 100%, by weight, relative to the total weight of the material, of a composition having the following formula I: (GeO2)x(SiO2)y(B2O3)z(Ga2O3)a(Oxy1)b(Oxy2)k (I) where Oxy1 is an oxide selected from ZnO, MgO, NbO2.5, WO3, NiO, SnO, TiO2, BiO1.5, AgO, CaO, MnO, or a mixture thereof, selected preferably from ZnO, MgO, NbO2.5, WO3, NiO, SnO, AgO, CaO, MnO, or a mixture thereof, selected more preferably from ZnO, MgO, AgO, BiO1.5, NbO2.5, Or a mixture thereof, selected most preferably from ZnO, MgO, AgO, NbO2.5, or a mixture thereof, and Oxy2 is an oxide selected from Na2O, K2O or a mixture thereof, Oxy2 is preferably Na2O, and x, y, z, a, b and k are as defined in claim 1, to the manufacturing method thereof and to the uses thereof in the field of optics.
US09593035B2	Glass plate scribing method A scribing apparatus 1 includes a horizontal table 3 on which a glass plate 2 is placed and fixed under vacuum suction; a feed screw 5 and a Y-axis control motor 6 for moving the table 3 along a pair of guide rails 4 under scribe numerical control; a guide rail device body 7 installed above the table 3 along an X-axis direction; a carriage 8 mounted on the guide rail device body 7 so as to move in the X-axis direction while being guided; a feed screw and an X-axis control motor 9 for moving the carriage 8 in the X-axis direction under numerical control; and a scribe head 10 installed on the carriage 8.
US09593034B2	Method for producing iron-doped silica glass A method for producing a blank of iron-doped silica glass with high silicic acid content for use as heat protection glass is provided. The method involves: (a) producing an iron-doped SiO2 soot body which contains iron in a first oxidation state Fe3+ by flame hydrolysis of a silicon-containing and an iron-containing starting substance, (b) drying the soot body to obtain a mean hydroxyl group content of less than 10 ppm by weight, and (c) vitrifying the soot body under a reducing atmosphere that is suitable for at least partially reducing the iron from the first oxidation state Fe3+ to a second, lower oxidation state Fe2+. A blank is obtained having an iron content between 0.1 and 1% by weight which exhibits an internal transmission of at most 40% in the infrared wavelength range and an internal transmission of at least 85% in the visible spectral range.
US09593033B2	Glass manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing glass sheet A glass manufacturing apparatus comprises a forming device configured to produce a glass ribbon and a control device configured to independently operate a first pull roll apparatus, a second pull roll apparatus, and a third pull roll apparatus such that at least one of a first upstream pair of draw rolls rotates with a substantially constant torque, at least one of a first midstream pair of draw rolls rotates with a substantially constant torque, and at least one of a first downstream pair of draw rolls rotates with a substantially constant angular velocity. In further examples, methods of manufacturing a glass ribbon are provided.
US09593028B2	Urea sulfate and sodium chloride blend for regeneration of cation exchange resins Methods and systems for an integrated acid regeneration of ion exchange resins are disclosed for use in cleaning applications. Acid resins designed for use in a variety of cleaning application using a treated, softened, acidic water source are disclosed. Various methods of using the softened acidic water generated by acid regenerate-able ion exchange resins within a cleaning application, e.g. ware wash machine, are disclosed to beneficially reduce spotting, filming and scale buildup on treated surfaces, reduce and/or eliminate the need for polymers, threshold reagents and/or rinse aids, and using protons generated in the acidic water effluent for triggering events useful in various cleaning applications.
US09593018B2	Carbon nanotube composite and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a carbon nanotube composite containing a carbon nanotube coated with a protein having a catechol group and a metal ion bound to the catechol group and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present disclosure, a carbon nanotube composite which exhibits controllable dispersibility and degree of crosslinkage while retaining the intrinsic physical properties of the carbon nanotube may be prepared. Since the phase change and tendency of aggregation of the carbon nanotube composite can be controlled quickly and repeatedly depending on the change in external environment, the carbon nanotube composite may be useful in various industrial fields including medicine, environment, etc. as a self-healing material.
US09593017B2	Method for producing difluorophosphate A process for preparing difluorophosphate comprising reacting difluorophosphoric acid with at least one salt, as a raw material, selected from a halide salt, a carbonate, a phosphate, a hydroxide and an oxide of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or an onium in the difluoraphosphoric acid, then separating a precipitate from the difluorophosphoric acid by solid-liquid separation, the precipitate being precipitated by crystallization operation in the difluorophosphoric acid, and removing the difluorophosphoric acid contained in the precipitate by distillation to obtain difluorophosphate.
US09593013B2	Mechanical component, mechanical system, and method for operating a mechanical component A mechanical component has: a mount; an adjustable part selectively set at least into a first vibration mode having a first natural frequency and into a second vibration mode having a second natural frequency; a first sensor unit providing a first sensor signal; and a second sensor unit providing a second sensor signal. The first and second sensor units are interconnected in such a way that an overall signal is generated with the aid of at least the first and second sensor signals, the overall signal having an overall ratio of a first maximum absolute value which arises in the event of an excitation of the first vibration mode, and a second maximum absolute value which arises in the event of an excitation of the second vibration mode.
US09593012B2	Method for producing a micromechanical component, and corresponding micromechanical component A method for producing a micromechanical component includes providing a substrate with a monocrystalline starting layer which is exposed in structured regions. The structured regions have an upper face and lateral flanks, wherein a catalyst layer, which is suitable for promoting a silicon epitaxial growth of the exposed upper face of the structured monocrystalline starting layer, is provided on the upper face, and no catalyst layers are provided on the flanks. The method also includes carrying out a selective epitaxial growth process on the upper face of the monocrystalline starting layer using the catalyst layer in a reactive gas atmosphere in order to form a micromechanical functional layer.
US09593007B2	Method of forming a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) structure Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) structures, methods of manufacture and design structures are provided. A wiring layer is formed on a substrate comprising actuator electrodes and a contact electrode. A MEMS beam is formed above the wiring layer and at least one spring is formed and attached to at least one end of the MEMS beam. At least one spring has a predetermined spring constant based on a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between materials of the MEMS structure and the spring. Additionally, an array of mini-bumps is formed between the wiring layer and the MEMS beam. A size of a space between fixed actuator electrodes or dummy actuators is determined based on a lateral shift of the MEMS beam.
US09593005B2	Dispensing system with a common delivery pipe The disclosure concerns apparatus comprising a first source of a first component, the first component one component for a finished free flowing food product and comprising a highly concentrated micro component. The apparatus includes a second source of a second component, the second component being another component for the finished free flowing food product. The apparatus includes a flow combiner configured to combine the first and second components to form a first mixture. The apparatus further includes a common delivery pipe configured to receive the first mixture from the flow combiner. The apparatus includes a dispenser configured to receive diluent flow from a third source, receive the first mixture from the common delivery pipe, combine the diluent flow with the first mixture to form a second mixture, and dispense the second mixture through a dispensing nozzle, the second mixture including the finished free flowing food product.
US09593004B2	Beverage filling apparatus Only a bottle properly preliminarily heated is sterilized by hydrogen peroxide. Temperature inspection to the bottle is performed while travelling the bottle. During the inspection, a bottle of which temperature does not reach a predetermined temperature is removed and a bottle of which temperature reaches the predetermined temperature is continuously travelled, hydrogen peroxide condensed mist α is blown toward a mouth portion 1a of the bottle by a spray tube 59 disposed at a predetermined position, and hot air is blown into the bottle from the nozzle while the nozzle 64 following the mouth portion of the bottle. According to such operation, only the bottle properly heated can be sterilized by the hydrogen peroxide, Thereafter, beverage fills the bottle, which is then sealed.
US09593003B2	Caster wheel with constant force mechanism A wheel assembly for a material handling vehicle includes a chassis, a first caster wheel mounted to the chassis, a second caster wheel mounted to the chassis, a torsion bar coupling the first caster wheel to the second caster wheel, and a constant force mechanism coupled to at least one of the first caster wheel, the second caster wheel and the torsion bar. The first and second caster wheels are displaceable in at least one dimension, and the constant force mechanism imparts a substantially constant force opposing a displacement in the at least one dimension.
US09592996B2	Elevator system An elevator system is a one-shaft double-car elevator system and includes a floor-recognition abnormality detector to detect, with respect to one of the cars, a floor recognition abnormality that at least one of a car position and floor information cannot be normally recognized, a terminal-floor driving mechanism to make, on the basis of a notification of floor-recognition abnormality information detected by the floor-recognition abnormality detector, the other one of the cars travel to a terminal floor in a direction opposite to a direction toward the one of the cars, and a floor-recognition-abnormality correcting-operation mechanism to perform, on the basis of terminal-floor traveling information from the terminal-floor driving mechanism, a floor-recognition-abnormality correcting-operation to correct the floor recognition abnormality of the one of the cars; therefore, an operation to recover from the abnormality can be safely performed without collision of the cars.
US09592995B2	Unlocking control for a lift floor door Control system for disengaging a safety lock of a lift floor door, comprising: a linear actuation unit; at least one plate in elastically deformable material; at least one actuation cable between said actuation unit and said plate; said actuation unit, said plate and said actuation cable being associated with the lift cabin, in which the actuation cable induces a deformed configuration of said plate, and the plate in deformed configuration disengages said safety lock so as to allow the floor door to open.
US09592994B2	Energy management for elevator system with multiple cars Elevator system passengers are transported in one or more of a plurality of elevator cars. The elevator cars can require different amounts of energy to operate. Passenger trips can be allocated to one car or another car based on the expected energy consumption for the trips in one or the other car.
US09592993B2	Customized elevator passenger interface An exemplary elevator passenger interface device includes a passenger communication component that facilitates communications between a passenger and an elevator system. Such communications include passenger input to request elevator service and information provided to the passenger. A controller controls the passenger communication component to control its functionality including providing selected information to the passenger. The controller includes a customization module configured to change the functionality of the passenger communication component responsive to authorized user input that is distinct from the passenger input. The authorized user input includes a selection of at least one of a feature used to present information to a passenger or a feature used to allow a passenger to request elevator service.
US09592992B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion forming an image on a sheet, a first sheet conveyance path guiding the sheet to the image forming portion, a second sheet conveyance path guiding the sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming portion, and a re-conveyance path connecting the second sheet conveyance path and the first sheet conveyance path. The image forming apparatus further includes a connecting path connecting a point on the way of the second sheet conveyance path with a point on the way of the re-conveyance path and is configured to convey a sheet to the re-conveyance path through the connecting path.
US09592988B1	Floating on stack compiling and registration clamp system A floating clamp mechanism prevents sheets from migrating back from a lead edge registration wall during the compiling of sheets in a stacker. The floating clamp mechanism includes a spring loaded ball mounted in converging upper and lower tracks that act as a one-way clutch. This allows the incoming sheets to be scuffed with low force to the lead edge registration wall while simultaneously holding the registered sheets to the registration wall.
US09592987B2	Strip deflection device A strip deflection device (1) for deflecting a strip (2), in particular a metal strip, at an angle: at least one deflecting cylinder (3) around which the strip (2) can be deflected by a deflection angle (7) while maintaining strip tension. The angle is defined by the inlet direction (14) and the outlet direction (15) of the strip (2). Rollers (20) on the circumference of the deflection cylinder (3), form bearing faces of equal height for the strip (2) along a wrap around the cylinder. The deflection cylinder (3) can be adjusted between a first (31) and a second operating position (32) preferably perpendicular by an adjusting device (16). Each operating position (31, 32) is associated with a respective arrangement (10, 11) of the rollers (20) and the rollers in that arrangement (10, 11) are oriented in a direction that corresponds to the wrap around the cylinder.
US09592985B2	Winding apparatus An arm for guiding paper fed along a paper feed path is swingably supported at its base end portion on one side of the winding core. The arm is provided with a free roll, on which the paper is guided to pass onto the winding core. At its free end portion, the arm has a roller rotatably mounted thereon which constitutes a body of rotation contacting with the paper roll so that with the winding core rotated and with the roller pressed against the paper roll the paper may be wound up into the paper roll on the rotating winding core without the occurrence of a paper winding wrinkle, whereby with a distance held constant at all times between the feed roll and the roller along a paper winding path, paper winding without such wrinkling can be achieved to yield a paper roll that is large in its maximum diameter.
US09592981B2	Thickness measurement device for sheet-type medium A thickness measurement device for a sheet-type medium comprises: a fixing frame (1), used for installing and bearing the following parts and components; a reference shaft (2), having two ends installed on the fixing frame (1) through bearings, wherein a reference roller (21) is fixedly fitted on the reference shaft (2); a detection shaft (3), wherein at least one floating support frame (31) having one end capable of rotating freely around the detection shaft (3) is arranged on the detection shaft (3), and a detection roller (32) and a signal generator (33) are arranged on the floating support frame (31); an elastic pressing plate (4), for pressing against the floating support frame (31) to keep an approaching trend between the detection roller (32) and the reference roller (21), wherein the elastic pressing plate (4) is composed of at least two elastic sheets; a signal sensor (5); and a data processing unit. By means of the device, system damping is provided through friction between the elastic sheets, an output signal impact peak value instantly caused by the fact that a front end of the sheet-type medium crushes into a floating support frame bearing and a power shaft meshing point at a certain speed is reduced, and the adjustment time of oscillation of an output signal is shortened.
US09592976B2	System for singly dispensing fibrous filters from bulk A system for singly dispensing fibrous coffee filters from bulk includes a grasping tool having a handle with a working end and a container with an edge trim member for preventing bulk fibrous filters from passing freely through the opening in the container. The edge trim member comprises interlocking parts and has a planer platform for rotating the trim member relative to the container. The planer platform has a cutout extending therethrough. The handle of the grasping tool is configured to be releasably secured to the platform. The system accommodates large and small cup- and cone-style filters and may be built-in to a coffee brewing machine.
US09592975B2	Paper transfer device A paper transfer device includes a first paper transfer path that transfers a paper from a first paper feeder, a second paper transfer path that transfers a paper from a second paper feeder, a first paper guide plate fixed on the first paper transfer path, a rotatable second paper guide plate provided so as to faces the first paper guide plate with the first paper transfer path interposed therebetween when closed, a third paper guide plate fixed on the second paper transfer path, a rotatable fourth paper guide plate provided so as to face the third paper guide plate with the second paper transfer path interposed therebetween when closed, a cooperative mechanism that opens the fourth paper guide plate synchronously with opening of the second paper guide plate, and closes the fourth paper guide plate synchronously with closing of the second paper guide plate.
US09592974B2	Sheet feeder A sheet feeder including a driving mechanism moving a stopper, an end of the stopper in a first position being closer to a pickup roller axis than a part of a roller surface of a pickup roller, the end of the stopper in a second position being farther from the pickup roller axis than the part of the roller surface, and a movable set guide having a first surface facing in a particular direction to become farther from the roller surface, the first surface being farther from the pickup roller axis than all the roller surface when the set guide is in a third position and contacts the stopper in the first position, the first surface being closer to the pickup roller axis than the part of the roller surface when the set guide is in a fourth position and separated away from the stopper in the second position.
US09592972B1	Sealing members for weather barriers Example lateral sealing members for use with weather barriers are disclosed. An example lateral sealing member includes a lateral sealing member being vertically elongate. The lateral sealing member has a J-shaped cross-section extending between an attached end and a tip of the lateral sealing member. The lateral sealing member has a groove along the tip. The lateral sealing member is movable between an activated configuration and a relaxed configuration. The tip to extend farther into a vehicle pathway when the lateral sealing member is in the relaxed configuration than when the lateral sealing member is in the activated configuration. A tip seal is provided along the tip of the lateral sealing member. The tip seal is to protrude in the groove.
US09592964B2	System and method for determining and controlling status and location of an object Techniques are described with regard to determining and controlling a location and status of assets directly and/or indirectly. The techniques may be used to track and control the respective locations and status of any number of objects. Applications include but are not limited to tracking dry and refrigerated trailers and their status in a supply-chain yard; tracking pallets and boxes and their status in a warehouse; tracking items in a retail environment; tracking finished goods and work in progress in and around a manufacturing plant; tracking vehicles in a parking lot; tracking cargo and equipment at an airport; tracking equipment in a lay down yard; etc. In all cases the laborious and error prone data gathering is replaced with automated data collection methods reducing cost, increasing accuracy, and increasing efficiency.
US09592963B2	Outlet tube for a material transfer system An outlet tube for a material transfer system. The outlet tube comprises a body and at least one restrictor. The body is adapted to be connected to a feed system. The body has an inner wall that defines an opening adapted to receive material from the feed system such that the body is adapted to allow a flow of the material through the opening and out of the tube. At least one restrictor extends inwardly from the inner wall of the body into the opening. The restrictor(s) is adapted to extend into the flow of the material to impede the flow. In addition, the restrictor(s) is configured to enable the material to flow around it to exit out of the tube.
US09592961B2	Robot-enabled case picking A robot-enabled method of picking cases in a warehouse is provided. A robotic vehicle includes a processor configured to access a memory, a user input device, an output device, and a load platform, and has access to an electronically stored representation of a warehouse. The representation includes a map that defines aisles for storing items arranged as pick faces within the warehouse. A pick list is generated from an order; the pick list provides identifications of items to be picked to fulfill the order. Determined from the pick list is a plurality of stops at pick faces associated with the items. A route within the map is generated that includes the plurality of stops. The robotic vehicle iteratively guides itself along the route and automatically stops at each of the plurality of stops to enable loading of the items from the pick list onto the load platform.
US09592960B2	Order-picking method and order-picking rack accessible from two sides A storage rack (30) for use in an order-picking system (100) includes a plurality of rack planes (44) being arranged on top of each other, which respectively comprise a plurality of rack compartments (46, 48) being arranged side-by-side, a filling side (34) and a removal side (32), being different to the filling side (34), wherein the removal side preferably is arranged oppositely, wherein the rack compartments (46, 48) are filled with articles (66-70) at the filling side (34), wherein the articles in term are removed at the removal side (32) for the purpose of order-picking, and a plurality of serving units (52), each of which comprises at least a display element (54), a transmitter (62) and a receiver (64) and is at least arranged such at the filling side (34) that each of the rack compartments (46, 48) is assigned to one serving unit (52).
US09592958B2	Method of assembling a weldment for refuse truck loading arm A method of assembling a weldment for a refuse truck loading arm includes providing a left-handed C-section and a right-handed C-section and at least one buttress, welding a first buttress into a concave end portion of the left-handed or right-handed C-section, welding a first edge of the left-handed C-section to a matching edge of the right-handed C-section, welding another matching edge of the left-handed C-section to a matching edge of the right-handed C-section, the edge welding steps defining a slot between the edges, said slot being at an end portion of said weldment, and welding a joint section into the slot, with the joint section having an inner face, bolt holes and a key recess.
US09592955B2	Container and container joint structure A container is provided herein. The container may include a container joint structure, wherein the container joint structure may include a top side rail provided along a top edge of the container, and provided with a groove-shape having an open top; and corner castings respectively provided at end points of the top edge of the container to be in contact with both ends of the top side rail, wherein a hole may be formed at an abutment surface of each corner casting to the top side rail, and the hole may allow an internal space of the top side rail and an inside of the corner casting to communicated with each other.
US09592948B2	Dispenser stir stick A dispenser is provided that includes a base and a container. The container is positioned above the base for holding articles to dispensed, such as candy. The base includes a channel in communication with the container to dispense the articles. The channel has, near a first end, an internal opening for receiving the articles held in the container and an external opening near the opposing end for dispensing the articles. An advancement mechanism, such as an auger, for example, is located within the channel for moving the articles from the internal opening of the channel to the external opening of the channel. At least one gear, driven by a motor, is connected to the advancement mechanism for moving the advancement mechanism in response to the activation of the motor. A stir stick is attached to at least one side of the at least one gear and extends upward from the base and into the container at a position adjacent the internal opening of the channel. As the gear moves upon activation of the motor, the stir stick also moves to stir the articles in the container as they enter the internal opening. In one example, the motor may be motion activated and run for only a certain predetermined period of time to dispense the articles.
US09592945B2	Butt seamed package bag and method for using same A rectangular, flexible butt-seamed package bag and a method for using the same is provided in which the pouring of a single type of a liquid packing material filled and packed in the filling space for the packed material from the package bag can be easily performed. A butt-seamed package bag formed by joining both side portions of a sealant layer of a laminate film for packing to each other at a butt state and joining bottom portions or top portions thereof to define a filling space for a single packed material, characterized in that a pouring path for the packed material is disposed in a middle part of a butt-seamed joint portion in an extending direction thereof, and at least a part of the pouring path is provided with an easily separable portion having a joint strength relatively lower than that of the butt-seamed joint portion.
US09592939B2	Apparatus to fill liquid into a container An apparatus includes a container comprising an opening, a cap to detachably enclose the opening, and a conduit, attached to the cap, comprising a first passageway and a second passageway, both the first passageway and the second passageway connecting an interior space of the container to an exterior space of the container, wherein a length of the first passageway is greater than a length of the second passageway.
US09592936B2	Bottle crown with opener assembly A crown for a bottle or other container has a top portion and an annular skirt that descends contiguously from the top portion. An opener assembly and an arrangement of frangible scoring lines on the crown allow for ease of opening the bottle or container. Corrugated embodiments provide material strengthening for a reduced gauge crown.
US09592934B2	Liquid dispensing device equipped with a removable cap A device for dispensing liquid including an opening for dispensing liquid, a pad for absorbing residual liquid and a removable cap including a shape in the immediate vicinity and opposite the dispensing opening, referred to as a shape for expelling residual liquid, configured to discharge the residual liquid toward the pad when the cap is mounted on the device.
US09592931B2	Storage unit A storage apparatus having a plurality of panels that can be placed into corresponding grooves forming a plurality of compartments having an enclosed interior volume and an open upper in which items, such as potato chip bags, can be stored therein. The interior panels may further comprise centrally located cutout holes in which an elastic cord can be inserted therethrough, which is connected to a pair of closure clips that are used to ensure the user has access to a closure clip when securing closed opened potato chips bags within the compartments. The storage apparatus is detachable, wherein each of the plurality of panels can be disconnected from one another and placed in a mesh bag for storage thereof. The plurality of panels can connect to one another via a sliding channel groove mechanism and/or a stopped dove tail or through dove tail channel groove mechanism.
US09592925B2	Systems and methods for performing quality assurance of branding of pharmaceutical/medical containers and computer assisted systems and methods for branding pharmaceutical/medical containers In some embodiments, quality assurance systems for verifying branding of at least one medication container associated with at least one of a prescription and medication order are provided. The systems including: a transport system that transports at least one first container branded with a particular branding among a plurality of bran dings to and from a pharmaceutical and/or medical product dispensing system, and transports the at least one first container to the pharmaceutical and/or medical product dispensing system after correcting the particular branding when correction is performed; a scanning system including at least one scanner for scanning identification information associated with the at least one first container; a display that displays order information associated with the identification information received from the scanning system including information indicating a correct branding for the at least one first container; and a pharmacist station for determining whether the correct branding matches the particular branding and correcting the particular branding if the correct branding does not match the particular branding.
US09592924B2	Aseptic filling machine An aseptic filling machine of envelope-type bags provided with a filling mouth closed by a removable cap, comprising an empty bag supply device, a discharge device configured to discharge full bags, a carousel device on which at least two filling stations are located; each filling station comprising a sterile chamber; a raising device configured to raise the mouth of the empty bag internally of the sterile chamber; an overpressure device configured to place the chamber in slight overpressure; a removal device configured to remove the cap and positioning it by a side of the mouth; and a dispenser-batcher device that is vertically slidable and configured to engage with the mouth.
US09592923B1	Flexible ablators A low-density article comprising a flexible substrate and a pyrolizable material impregnated therein, methods of preparing, and devices using the article are disclosed. The pyrolizable material pyrolizes above 350 C and does not flow at temperatures below the pyrolysis temperature. The low-density article remains flexible after impregnation and continues to remain flexible when the pyrolizable material is fully pyrolized.
US09592920B2	Boundary layer flow sensor Apparatus and methods described herein provide for boundary layer flow sensor and corresponding determination of the flow characteristics of an ambient airflow over an aerodynamic surface. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, the boundary layer flow sensor includes a body configured for mounting within or below the aerodynamic surface, a pressure port configurable between an open state for taking pressure measurements within the boundary layer of the ambient airflow and a closed state that protects the pressure port from contaminants when not in use.
US09592917B2	Assembly comprising an articulation spindle supported by a clevis and immobilized in translation by a blocking device integrating a double anti-rotation system An assembly having an articulation spindle mounted in a first sleeve inserted into a first arm of a clevis and in a second sleeve inserted into a second arm of said clevis. The assembly comprises a blocking device which comprises a cylindrical stop housed in an extension of the second sleeve and comprising a front face against which a second end of the articulation spindle can come to bear, and a bolt-and-nut able to adopt a locked state, in which it passes through the stop and the extension so as to immobilize the stop in the extension, and an unlocked state, in which it does not pass through the stop and allows the stop to be removed from the extension.
US09592912B1	Ground control point assignment and determination system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for ground control point assignment and determination. One of the methods includes receiving information describing a flight plan for the UAV to implement, the flight plan identifying one or more waypoints associated with geographic locations assigned as ground control points. A first waypoint identified in the flight plan is traveled to, and an action to designate a surface at the associated geographic location is designated as a ground control point. Location information associated with the designated surface is stored. The stored location information is provided to an outside system for storage.
US09592908B2	Adjustable landing gear assembly for unmanned aerial vehicles This disclosure describes a configuration of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing gear assembly that includes adjustable landing gear extension that may be extended or contracted so that the body of the UAV is contained in a horizontal plane when the UAV is landed, even on sloping surfaces. For example, when a UAV is landing, the slope of the surface may be determined and the landing gear extensions adjusted based on the slope so that the body of the UAV remains approximately horizontal when the UAV lands and is supported by the landing gear extensions.
US09592906B2	Air cushioned landing system for air vehicles An air cushioned landing system for an air vehicle comprises an inflatable and deflatable skirt (113) in the form of a tube having inner (101) and outer (100) walls. The inner wall defines a central plenum (116) within the skirt, the skirt including gas pockets (130) arranged to stiffen one or more regions of at least one of the inner (101) and outer (100) sidewalls during deflation of the skirt. A gas pocket fan inflates the gas pockets prior to and during deflation of the skirt, wherein the gas pockets are constrained to move from a mutually spaced apart position when the skirt is inflated, to a mutually closely adjacent position when the skirt is fully deflated.
US09592905B2	Fuel intelligent crossfeed valve for detecting leakage in aircraft fuel tanks A fuel management system may include a first fuel tank and a second fuel tank. The fuel management system may also include an intelligent crossfeed valve positioned between the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank and configured to allow fuel to flow between the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank. The fuel management system may also include a sensor configured to detect an amount to which the intelligent crossfeed valve is open. The fuel management system may also include an engine controller connected to the sensor and configured to cause the intelligent crossfeed valve to close in response to the intelligent crossfeed valve being open a third predetermined amount.
US09592902B2	Hatch assembly for use in a vehicle and method of assembling the same A hatch assembly for use in a vehicle is provided. The hatch assembly includes a hatch structure including an upper portion and a lower portion, an armrest support rail coupled to the hatch structure and defining a shade slot between the hatch structure and the armrest support rail, and a shade sized for insertion through the shade slot. The shade is configured to selectively translate between the upper portion and the lower portion of the hatch structure through the shade slot.
US09592895B2	Underwater docking system and docking method using the same Disclosed herein are an underwater docking system and a docking method using the system. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for docking a target body on a docking station under water, the system comprising: a guide unit provided to the docking station to transmit at least one guide signal to the target body; an agent unit connected to the docking station by a smart cable and disposed at a position spaced apart from the docking station so that the agent unit is moored under the water in a direction corresponding to a tidal current; and the target body configured to be guided toward the agent unit by the guide signal and then connected to a portion of the agent unit.
US09592892B2	Active heave compensation system and method An active heave compensation system comprises a motor generator to interact with a load so as to drive the load in a first part of a heave motion cycle and to regenerate at least part of energy with which the load has been driven in a second part of the heave motion cycle, and an electrical storage element for storing the regenerated energy. The active heave compensation system further comprises a power supply electrically connected to the motor generator and the electrical storage element for providing electrical power to at least the motor generator, and a control unit configured to control the power supply substantially in synchronism with the heave motion.
US09592886B2	Boat with mobile retractable rigid canopy A boat includes a hull, a deck and a living area, the latter delimited at the front by a windscreen and having a fixed structure, extending from that area, supporting boat functional members such as antennas and the like, there being a one-piece mobile rigid canopy, moved by moving members and adapted to take at least a first working position in which it is arranged above the living area and at least a second working position in which it is separated from the latter and is associated to the deck in front of the windscreen, the rigid canopy resting on and being constrained to the windscreen and to the fixed structure when it is in its first working position. The moving members are articulated structures placed laterally to the deck.
US09592885B2	Tubeships, and systems and methods of constructing A seagoing vessel having within its hull a plurality of longitudinally placed structural tubulars running the length of the tubeship. The tubulars are placed side by side and attached to each other and to the underside of the tubeship deck. According to one design, the tubeship hull is constructed upside down, layer by layer.
US09592884B2	Motorcycle and motorcycle rear wheel swingarm with integrated resonator A motorcycle has an engine and an exhaust gas pipe which is connected thereto, as well as a motorcycle rear wheel swingarm. The motorcycle rear wheel swingarm has a closed cavity which is in fluid connection with the exhaust gas pipe by way of a connecting element.
US09592882B2	Electronically controlled suspension system, method for controlling a suspension system and computer program An electronically controlled suspension system for a bicycle includes at least one spring element between first and second parts the bicycle, both parts being movably interconnected. At least one parameter of the spring element is modified. At least one actuator influences the spring element to modify the at least one parameter. An electronic module produces a control signal for the at least one actuator. A control device is influenced by the control signal produced by the electronic module. The control device is connected to at least one of the electronic module and the actuator through a radio signal. A corresponding method controls the suspension system for the bicycle and a computer program executes the method.
US09592879B2	Shift positioning mechanism A shift positioning mechanism includes a take-up member movably arranged with respect to a fixed member in first and second directions. A stopping pawl has a stopping tooth and is rotatably mounted on a first rotational axis so as to move between a non-stop position and a stop position. A positioning pawl has a positioning tooth and is rotatably mounted on the first rotational axis so as to move between a non-holding position and a holding position. A releasing member is movably arranged between a non-releasing position and a releasing position so as to rotate the stopping pawl and the positioning pawl. The releasing member rotates the stopping pawl and the positioning pawl such that the stopping tooth moves from the non-stop position to the stop position prior to the positioning tooth moving from the holding position to the non-holding position.
US09592876B2	Three-wheeled electric scooter A scooter having at least two front wheels, a rear wheel, a deck, a steering assembly that includes a handlebar and a steering tube, an electric motor configured to provide power, and a transmission configured to transfer the power provided by the electric motor. The transmission can be configured to transfer the power provided by the electric motor only to the rear wheel. In some configurations, the scooter includes a battery, a power switch, and a controller coupled to the power switch, the battery, and the electric motor. In response to receiving a signal from the power switch, the controller ramps up the voltage provided to the electric motor over an interval of time.
US09592875B2	Inverted vehicle An inverted vehicle according to the present invention includes: wheel; a base that holds the wheel; a step cover on which a rider rides, the step cover being connected to an upper portion of the base; an elastic element that is connected to the upper portion of the base and elastically supports the step cover; a detection portion that is provided between the base and the step cover and detects a pressing force applied from the step cover when the rider is riding on the inverted vehicle and the elastic element is elastically deformed to thereby depress the step cover; and a control portion that drives the wheel based on the detection of the pressing force by the detection portion. The step cover is connected to the base with a hinge.
US09592874B2	Intelligent bicycle An intelligent system for a bicycle is provided with a control assembly including a saddle control device, a sensor device, a digital camera, a lighting device, a warning device, and a power supply for supplying DC power to above components; and a display assembly including an LCD screen, a processing module, a communications module, and a power module for electrically interconnecting the LCD screen, the processing module, and the communications module. The saddle control device includes a microprocessor, a memory, and a wireless communications module. The sensor device includes an optical sensor, a thermometer, an acceleration sensor, a barometer, a gyroscope, an electronic compass, a radar, and a GPS. The digital camera includes front and rear cameras. The lighting device includes an auxiliary light, a rear light, a directional light, and a decoration light. The warning device includes a loudspeaker and a vibration module.
US09592873B2	Motorcycle A fuel tank is disposed between a head pipe and a rider's seat of a motorcycle. A combustion engine is disposed below the fuel tank, and a canister is disposed between the head pipe and the fuel tank. A check valve is disposed on a communication pipe unit which connects the canister and an air intake passage. Both ends of the first communication pipe are supported by the combustion engine through a throttle body and the check valve, respectively.
US09592871B2	Case and mount system for handheld electronic device A protective case for a handheld electronic device is provided. The protective case can include a removable mounting system comprised of an interlocking member and a plurality of mounting bases. The protective case may further include a non-slip member to prevent the device from slipping on a surface and a magnet for attaching the device to a magnetic surface.
US09592867B2	Motor vehicle body structure having a body reinforcement element and method for producing a motor vehicle body structure having a body reinforcement element A motor vehicle body structure is provided. The motor vehicle body structure includes an outer side wall, a lateral floor reinforcement for absorbing forces in the event of an impact event, an inner side wall with a lateral sill region and a wheel housing region, which at least partially forms a wheel housing of the vehicle. A body reinforcement element is connected to the wheel housing region of the inner side wall and to the lateral floor reinforcement in a positively joined, non-positively joined and/or materially joined manner.
US09592865B2	Track assembly having dual-sprocket drive wheel A track assembly is disclosed for use with a mobile machine. The track assembly may have a plurality of crawler shoes. Each of the plurality of crawler shoes may include a ground engaging surface and first and second pairs of links laterally spaced apart on a side opposite the ground engaging surface. The track assembly may also have a first pin connecting the first pair of links of each of the plurality of crawler shoes to form a first continuous chain, and a second pin connecting the second pair of links of each of the plurality of crawler shoes to form a second continuous chain. The track assembly may further have a drive wheel having dual sprockets configured to simultaneously engage the first and second continuous chains.
US09592864B2	Upper transition assembly for a track-type machine An upper transition assembly is disclosed. The upper transition assembly may have an upper spacer plate extending from a first spacer end to a second spacer end. The upper spacer plate may have a base portion having a first width. The upper spacer plate may also have a projection extending from the base portion. The projection may have a second width smaller than the first width. The upper transition assembly may also have a lower spacer plate extending from adjacent the first spacer end to a first distal end disposed between the first spacer end and the second spacer end. The lower spacer plate may have a third width about equal to the second width.
US09592862B2	Utility vehicle with adjustable wheel base and wheel stance A utility vehicle with adjustable wheel assemblies to accommodate different weight attachments selectively engageable with the vehicle. Adjustment assemblies are provided to engage each of the front wheel assemblies. Each adjustment assembly includes a guide plate, a first arm of a first length and a second arm of a second length. The operator will select the appropriate one of the first and second arms to secure to the guide plate and to one of the front wheel assemblies. The guide plates include holes therein for locking the selected one of the arms in a particular orientation. This is accomplished by inserting a pin through an aperture in the selected first or second arm and one of the holes in the guide plate. A first end of the selected first or second arm is secured to the guide plate and a second end thereof is engaged with the associated wheel assembly.
US09592855B2	Vehicle-body lower structure with side collision sensor Provided is a vehicle-body lower structure with a side collision sensor which vehicle-body lower structure can attain early sensing by improving a body structure. A first load transmission member of which a longitudinal section has a generally Z-shape is disposed in a closed section of a rocker. A first joining portion of first load transmission member is joined in a state where first joining portion is sandwiched between an upper flange of a rocker outer panel and an upper flange of a rocker inner panel, and a second joining portion is joined to an intermediate part, in a height direction, of a vertical wall portion of rocker outer panel. A body portion connects first joining portion and second joining portion diagonally, and transmits a load input into rocker outer panel at time of a side collision, to an upper-wall-portion side of rocker inner panel by a shortest distance.
US09592847B2	Steering column arrangement with torsion damper element, and assembly method A steering column arrangement has a sliding sleeve and a universal joint yoke, which has a receiving section in which the sliding sleeve is included at least in sections and coaxially. The covering outer surface of the sliding sleeve and the covering inner surface of the receiving section have molded components for the positive connection. A torsion damper element is arranged between the sliding sleeve and the receiving section of the universal joint yoke. This is an annular arrangement, including an inner carrier ring, an outer carrier ring and an elastomer ring arranged between them. The inner carrier ring and outer carrier ring are elastic in a radial direction and rigid in an axial direction.
US09592845B2	Staging cart for transporting mattresses A staging cart for moving multiple packaged mattresses generally includes a base frame having a length and a width dimension; a handle frame extending upwardly from a rear end of the cart; a pair of rear wheels and a pair of forward wheels mounted to a bottom surface of the base frame at the rear and forward ends of the base frame, respectively; a platform portion coupled to the base frame spanning a length of the base frame and having a planar surface, wherein the platform portion has a width dimension less than the width dimension of the base frame and is medially located within the base frame; and at least one roller coupled to the base frame spanning the length dimension and adjacent to at least one side of the platform portion, wherein the at least one roller has an axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis of the platform portion.
US09592838B1	Tandem rail rider and method of use thereof A tandem rider device and method of use for maintaining three planes of stability, elimination of interference and steering is presented. In particular, the present invention relates to devices and mechanisms, which when connected to the three planes of stability, vertical, horizontal and axial, between two duplicate personal transportation devices or between the transportation device and another device including structural stability elements provide for the following three enhancements. Provide tracking wheels, levers, springs and pedals for interference elimination devices allowing removal of tracking wheel interferences when two devices are connected together. Providing steering mechanism used for steering two duplicate personal transportation devices or steering the transportation device and another device when the tandem rider device is placed on a suitable surface other than parallel tracks. Providing a plurality of assemblies, that when such assemblies are removed, allow engagement of the steering mechanism when the transportation devices are removed from parallel tracks.
US09592836B2	Travelling vehicle system A travelling vehicle system that allows a travelling vehicle to smoothly pass through a switching region where a state of a track is switched. The system includes a switching device which switches a state of a track in the switching region, and a host controller which manages a travelling vehicle. The switching device includes a detector which detects the state of the track in the switching region, and a report device which is arranged along the track from the switching region toward the upstream side of the track and reports switching information showing the state of the track. The host controller includes a permission issuing part which issues to the travelling vehicle controller a passage permission, and the travelling vehicle controller includes a travelling control part which determines whether or not to stop before the switching region based on the passage permission and the switching information.
US09592835B2	Sleepiness detecting device A device for detecting the sleepiness of a driver driving a vehicle is designed to determine if the resetting of threshold values for detection of sleepiness is performed based upon its necessity when an interruption of the driving occurs. The inventive device computes successively an eyelid opening/closing characteristic amount from time intervals between transitions between an opened state and a closed state of an eyelid detected successively; sets threshold values using the eyelid opening/closing characteristic amounts obtained in a predetermined period; and judges the driver feels sleepiness when the eyelid opening/closing characteristic amount deviates from a range defined with the threshold values. In restarting the driving after its interruption, it is judged if the resetting of the threshold values is to be performed based on the driver's condition till then, and the resetting is performed, using eyelid opening/closing characteristic amounts obtained after the restarting of the driving.
US09592832B2	Extending hybrid electric vehicle regenerative braking A method for controlling regenerative braking in a hybrid electric powertrain includes using an e-pump to supply fluid to a transmission provided an indication that a torque converter clutch disengagement will occur under current powertrain operating conditions is present, and discontinuing use of the e-pump and using a mechanical pump to supply fluid to the transmission provided the indication that a torque converter clutch disengagement will occur under current powertrain operating conditions is absent.
US09592830B2	Predictive vehicle pulse and glide control Disclosed are a method and a control system adapted to making it possible to use, or prolong a use of, a higher transmission mode in a vehicle. The control system comprises a simulation unit configured for simulating at least one future speed profile for an actual speed for the vehicle along a section of road ahead of the vehicle, which simulation is conducted at a time when the section of road is still ahead of the vehicle, and is based on information related to a gradient of the section of road. The system further comprises an evaluation unit configured for evaluating whether a raising of an actual speed for the vehicle is appropriate to achieving the making possible or prolongation, which evaluation is based on the simulation of at least one future speed profile, and a use unit configured for using the evaluation during control of the actual speed.
US09592829B2	Method and control unit for robustly detecting a lane change of a vehicle A method for detecting a lane change of a vehicle or for providing a curvature of a target line for lane guidance of a vehicle is described, the method including a step of receiving a first piece of traffic lane information which represents an optically detected first traffic lane boundary adjacent to or in front of a left-hand vehicle side and/or receiving a second piece of traffic lane information which represents an optically detected second lane boundary adjacent to or in front of a right-hand vehicle side. The method further includes a step of detecting a lane change if the first and/or the second piece(s) of traffic lane information represent(s) a traffic lane boundary which is less than a predetermined lateral distance to a vehicle side, or ascertaining a curvature of a desired target line for lane guidance of a vehicle from the first piece of traffic lane information weighted using a first weighting factor and the second piece of traffic lane information weighted using a second weighting factor, on the basis of a correlation observation.
US09592826B2	System and method for parallel parking a vehicle A system for parallel parking a vehicle into a target parking space is provided herein. The system includes a user input device through which one or more parking parameter selections are made. The system also includes a park assist system for automatically steering the vehicle during the execution of a parallel parking maneuver, wherein the parallel parking maneuver is governed by the one or more parking parameter selections.
US09592825B2	Vehicle control system A vehicle control system is provided with a first driving force control means that controls a turning performance of a vehicle by controlling a driving force delivered from a prime mover to driving wheels so as to adjust the turning condition of the vehicle to an intended turning condition. The first driving force control means is configured to calculate a correction amount of the driving force required to adjust an actual turning condition of the vehicle to the intended turning condition, and to restrict the correction amount to zero or smaller so as not to increase the driving force if the correction amount is positive value.
US09592823B2	Control device for hybrid electric vehicle clutch engagement Control device of a vehicle including an engine, electric motor, and clutch in a power transmission path between the engine and motor, which increases the engine's rotation speed in a release or slip state of the clutch after self-sustaining operation of the engine is enabled after starting, providing either a first engine start control where control for engagement of the clutch starts before rotation speed of the engine reaches that of the motor when the engine's rotation speed is increasing, or second control where control for engagement of the clutch starts after the engine's rotation speed is synchronized with that of the motor, or during the process of synchronization, by reducing the engine's rotation speed after it exceeds that of the motor during an increase in the engine's rotation speed, the device using the first or second engine start control in accordance with a vehicle state when starting the engine.
US09592821B2	Drive system for hybrid vehicle with means for calculating engine torque based on motor torque A drive system and a method of driving a vehicle (1). The drive system includes (1) a combustion engine (2), a gear box (3), an electric machine (9), and a planetary gear. A control unit (18) has access to information concerning the moment (Tel) of the electric machine (9) for driving the vehicle (1) and to calculate the moment (T1c) of the combustion engine (2) for driving the vehicle (1) at at least a first operation occasion (D1) when there is a known relation between the moment (Tel) of the electric machine and the moment (T1c) of the combustion engine.
US09592816B2	Power transmitting apparatus A power transmitting apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes a right motor unit connected to a right rear wheel and having a right clutch, and a left motor unit connected to a left rear wheel and having a left clutch. The power transmitting apparatus has an ECU. The ECU detects respective power transmitting capabilities of the clutches, and adjusts the torque of a right motor or a left motor if the power transmitting capability of at least one of the right motor unit and the left motor unit is varied.
US09592809B2	Brake system for a motor vehicle and method for controlling the same The invention relates to a hybrid brake system having a hydraulic service brake system and an electromechanical service brake system. According to the invention, a brake booster is designed as a pedal simulator, which can be used to boost power and to generate a pedal power which is counter to the direction of actuation. When the hydraulic service brake system fails, the electromechanical service brake system is used for braking and the brake booster generates a pedal power which allows or facilitates dosage of the brake actuation.
US09592803B2	Vehicle control system There is provided a vehicle control system. The vehicle control system includes a steering angle acquiring module, a yaw rate acquiring module that acquires a yaw rate, and a road surface friction coefficient estimation module. The vehicle control system further includes a behavior stabilization control module and a reduction gradient setting module. The behavior stabilization control module executes a behavior stabilization control to exert a braking force on a wheel brake when a vehicle is turning to thereby reduce a deviation between the yaw rate and a target yaw rate. And, the reduction gradient setting module sets a reduction gradient of the braking force when the behavior stabilization control is to be ended, based on the steering angle and the road surface friction coefficient.
US09592801B2	Parking brake system using a programmable logic controller and having a towing mode A parking brake system includes an engine oil pressure switch normally controlling the activation of a parking brake. The controller is actuated to temporally ignore a communication from the engine oil pressure switch so that the brake may be released even when the engine is disabled.
US09592800B2	Towing vehicle controller providing brake control to a towed vehicle and method Various embodiments of a towing vehicle controller and methods for brake control of a towed vehicle are provided. A towing vehicle controller includes an input for receiving a load signal indicative of a load of a towed and towing vehicle combination; an input for receiving a stability signal indicative of at least one of a yaw rate, a steering angle, and a lateral acceleration of the towing vehicle; and an input for receiving a deceleration signal indicative of an automated deceleration request. Control logic is capable of determining a comparison value prior to receiving the deceleration signal and after receiving the load signal and the stability signal, wherein the determination of the comparison value is based on the load signal and the stability signal. After the deceleration signal is received, the control logic determines a brake control transmission signal based on the deceleration signal and the comparison value.
US09592794B2	Recovery system with repeating communication capabilities A recovery system and method with repeating communication functionality includes a station configured to send a first message and at least a first remote transmitting unit responsive to the central station and configured to transmit a second message to a locating unit. At least a second remote transmitting unit includes a receiver which receives the second message, a controller configured to process the second message, and a transmitter for transmitting a third message to the locating unit.
US09592792B2	Swivel bar pedal lock A pedal lock includes an elongate frame. A first locking mechanism operating a swivel bar pivoted at distal end of the elongate frame is installed. The swivel bar is pivotable in quarter turns between a horizontal first position, in which the pedal is locked, and a second vertical unlocked position. A mounting member extends from the elongate frame to anchor onto a fixed part of a vehicle body to immovably affix the pedal lock relative to the vehicle. A first and second lock can be provided to secure the pedal lock in the locked position. A sliding mechanism enables a single step hand actuation to simultaneously lock both locks. To unlock, each of the two locks can be unlocked individually by key before the pedal lock can be released.
US09592791B2	Advanced seatbelt apparatus A vehicle seatbelt apparatus includes a seatbelt web wrapped in a reel around a motor-rotated shaft. A latch is selectively engageable with the reel to lock a seatbelt retractor from movement in one direction while allowing movement of the retractor under motor rotation of the shaft in response to pre-crash vehicle braking deceleration, a vehicle downhill angle or a vehicle lateral “g” force exceeding a threshold. When a retractor locked position is detected, the motor is activated to retract the seatbelt web for a predetermined time period to urge the passenger toward a center upright position in a vehicle seat.
US09592788B2	Front center airbag lower chamber and panel A number of variations may include a product comprising an airbag cushion constructed and arranged to provide an occupant with at least one of head, shoulder, or torso coverage, wherein the airbag cushion comprises an upper chamber and a lower chamber, and wherein the lower chamber is constructed and arranged to overlap at least a portion of a center console in a vehicle when the airbag cushion is in a deployed condition.
US09592785B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes: a seat pad; and an air bag placed on a back side of the seat pad and configured to be expandable. The seat pad includes a jump-out portion and an unfolding portion extending. When the air bag jumps out, the unfolding portion is pushed aside while deforming in a bending manner from a part serving as a base point at the time when the unfolding portion is pushed aside by the air bag. The unfolding portion includes a deformable portion that is easy to deform as compared with other parts of the unfolding portion, the deformable portion being placed at the part serving as the base point, and at the time when the air bag jumps out, the deformable portion deforms so as promote the unfolding portion to deform in a bending manner so that the unfolding portion is pushed aside toward the one side.
US09592784B2	Vehicle seat and manufacturing method of seat pad An air bag is configured such that, at the time of expansion of the air bag, the air bag partially breaks a seat cover and then jumps out of a seat while the air bag pushes aside a first unfolding portion and a second unfolding portion so as to jump out from a jump-out portion. The first unfolding portion and the second unfolding portion are separated from each other by the jump-out portion. At least part of the jump-out portion, the first unfolding portion, and the second unfolding portion are placed in succession without providing any gap therebetween, when viewed from that front side of the seat pad which faces an outside of the seat.
US09592783B2	Steering wheel unit A steering wheel unit with a steering wheel body and an air bag module arranged on the steering wheel body and can be depressed on the steering wheel body in an axial direction. Positioning units position the air bag module on the steering wheel, including a first positioning unit (P1, P1′, and P1″), a steering wheel side positioning element with at least one rigid level positioning surface (29a, 29a′, 29a″), and an air bag module side positioning element with at least one rigid positioning mating surface (74a, 74a′, 74a″). The positioning surface and the positioning mating surface are parallel to and abut one another when the air bag module is not depressed. The positioning surface (29a, 29a′, and 29a″) and the positioning mating surface (74a, 74a′, and 74a″) are angled toward one another with respect to a reference plane (BE) which is perpendicular to the axial direction.
US09592781B2	Seatbelt tension sensor plate A plate type tension sensor having apertures, a spring structure, and a gap are provided. The spring structure allows the apertures to move relative to each other as tension is applied to a seat belt to which the plate is attached. The movement changes the width of the gap. The tension applied to a vehicle restraint system may be determined based on the gap width.
US09592780B2	Device for absorbing kinetic energy, in particular for installing in a motor vehicle A device for absorbing kinetic energy includes a first stationary component and a second component that can be moved in relation to the first component, wherein at least one of the components converts energy by plastic deformation when a certain force level is exceeded, and comprising a coupling apparatus, which operatively connects the first component and the second component in such a way that the two components can be moved in relation to each other only with low energy conversion when the coupling apparatus is not activated and forces can be transmitted from one component to the other component when the coupling apparatus is activated. The movable component has a deformation element, which initially deforms in the event of a crash, so that a movement of the movable component occurs only thereafter, wherein the coupling apparatus is continuously in engagement with the two components and thus continuously produces a first low coupling force level and, when the coupling apparatus is activated, the coupling forces are increased from the first low coupling force level to a high coupling force level and plastic deformation of at least one component occurs.
US09592776B2	Protector and wire with protector A protector 20 includes a wire accommodating portion 22 and a wire fixing piece 40. The wire accommodating portion 22 is formed with an accommodation space capable of accommodating wires 12 and a wire draw-out port 23 for drawing out the wires 12 accommodated in the accommodation space to outside. A wire fixing piece 40 is formed separately from the wire accommodating portion 22 and can be united with the wire draw-out port 23 in a state fixed at a certain position in an extending direction of the wires 12 by a binding member 18.
US09592772B2	Zn—Al—Mg based alloy hot-dip plated steel sheet, and method for producing the same [Problem] To provide a steel sheet hot-dip-plated with a Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coating, which is remarkably improved in point of all the burring workability, the liquid metal embrittlement cracking resistance and the corrosion resistance in the welded part thereof, as a steel material favorable for arc-welded structural members.[Means for Resolution] A plated steel sheet having a Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy coating layer formed by hot-dipping on the surface of a base steel sheet for welded structural members, wherein the base steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and has a metallographic structure of such that Ti-containing precipitates having a mean particle diameter of at most 20 nm are dispersed in the matrix formed of a ferrite phase therein, and wherein the liquid metal embrittlement cracking sensitivity index H3 value of the base steel sheet represented by the following formula (3) and indicating the relationship between the contents of the steel components and the thickness t (mm) of the steel sheet is at most 2.90: H3 Value=C/0.2+Si/5.0+Mn/1.3+Cr/1.0+Mo/1.2+0.4t−0.7(Cr+Mo)1/2 (3)
US09592771B2	Aircraft cockpit, in particular the front portion of an aircraft cockpit An aircraft cockpit including a viewing device comprising a screen pivotably mounted on a mounting that allows height adjustment. A screen may also be placed at the top central portion of the instrument panel. The central screen is movable between an extended position and a retracted position in which the screen does not block the view of the pilots through the cockpit windscreen. A glare screen cowl, made at least partially of a taut fabric is used to cover the viewing screens, except optionally the mobile central screen which can pass through the cowl via an opening provided for that purpose. An avionics rack may be positioned forward of the screens of the instrument panel, in which the mounting is advantageously also used to support other devices such as a rudder control system and writing shelves.
US09592768B2	Method and apparatus for mounting a light bar on the roof of a vehicle A universal mounting for a light bar which is adjustable in a vertical direction as well as pivotable and tiltable along pitch and roll axes, respectively, longitudinal and lateral of the vehicle to enable leveling of the light bar on the roof while attaching the light bar to the vehicle. There are two mountings which are attached to the light bar under opposite ends thereof. Each mounting has a fixed bracket attached to the roof and an adjustable bracket clamped to the fixed bracket with a mounting bolt threadedly engaged in a pivot connection in the adjustable bracket to enable adjustment about the pivot axis. The pivot connection may also be movable vertically (up or down) with respect to the roof. Vertical and pivotal adjustability facilitates alignment of the bolt in a threaded fastener in the pivot connection. The adjustable bracket has upper and lower parts. The upper part is connected to the light bar and is tiltable with respect to the lower part about the roll axis. The adjustability provided about the pivot and roll axes as well as the vertical adjustability compensate for various roof curvatures and like brackets may be used in each mounting to attach the light bar to the roofs of various types of vehicles.
US09592766B1	Systems and methods for adjusting a stopping position Systems and methods for adjusting a stopping position are described. One embodiment of a method includes determining a stopping position for a following vehicle on a route, communicating with a leading vehicle to determine whether the leading vehicle is positioned on the route such that the following vehicle requires an adjustment to the stopping position, and adjusting the stopping position, based on the leading vehicle, to create an adjusted stopping position. In some embodiments, the method includes determining a coasting position for the following vehicle, based on the adjusted stopping position and sending a notification to a driver of the following vehicle regarding the coasting position, where the notification indicates to the driver a time to refrain from depressing an accelerator of the following vehicle.
US09592765B2	Low-impact crash detection system There is provided a low-impact crash detection system for a vehicle comprising an accelerometer device from which horizontal components of acceleration are derived, a data processor comprising a FIR bandpass filter to generate filtered horizontal components of acceleration and a communication device for transmitting crash alert information, wherein the data processor is configured to generate an impact energy signal from the filtered horizontal acceleration components, to compare the impact energy signal with a threshold value to determine whether a low-impact crash has taken place, and to generate a crash alert for transmission by the communication device if the threshold value is exceeded. A method of low-impact crash detection is also provided, the method including a crash scoring method.
US09592764B2	Redundant object detection for driver assistance systems A device for redundant object detection includes a stereo camera having two image sensors, a first processor for detecting objects by stereo image evaluation of image data from the two image sensors, and a second processor for classifying the detected objects by evaluation of image data from at least one of the two image sensors. A method and a program for such object detection and classification are also provided.
US09592763B2	Vehicular safety assistive device A vehicular safety device that couples between a vehicular brake light and the vehicle's brake pedal switch, having logic responsive to each activation of the brake pedal switch to initiate an illumination pattern of a plurality of periods of various output intensity and duration of the brake light. Sequential period durations and intensities may be unequal, respectively, to their predecessors. Period durations and intensities may be uncorrelated. Sequential illumination patterns may not be identical. Illumination patterns are preferably less than five seconds long.
US09592760B2	Auto-rack railroad car vehicle wheel chock A vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle.
US09592759B1	Loading items onto a vehicle A method of loading at least one item onto a vehicle is provided. The method includes providing at least one vehicle for operation in a desired environment, providing at least one mechanism operably connected to a portion of the vehicle, and gathering at least one item as the vehicle travels in the desired environment. The method further includes arranging the items on the vehicle via the mechanism based on at least one criterion, such as the weight of the items, so that the items can be loaded onto the vehicle without needing the vehicle to travel to the items in a specific order to thereby enable the vehicle to operate more quickly in the desired environment and conserve power.
US09592758B2	Seat for a driver of a construction machine In a seat (1) for a driver of a construction machine, in particular for a road roller, featuring a seat surface (2), a seat backrest (4) which feature a vertical central plane (26) in longitudinal direction, and featuring no less than one armrest (10) attached in an adjustable basic position by means of an armrest support (8), where the armrest (10) extends from the seat backrest (4) next to the seat surface (2) towards the front, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: a seat console (6) carries, as a minimum, the seat surface (2) and the seat backrest (4), and the armrest support (8) features no less than one each first adjustable connection unit (12) to the armrest (10) and one each second adjustable connection unit (14) to the seat console (6).
US09592757B2	Armrest An armrest that includes a mounting plate, a block member, and a link member. The link member has a first end and a second end that opposes the first end. The link member is engaged with the mounting plate at a first pivot toward the first end to pivot the link member at the first pivot and laterally move the second end. The link member is engaged with the block member at a second pivot toward the second end to pivot the block member at the second pivot and laterally move an end of the block member that faces the first end.
US09592754B2	Vehicle rear seat cushion structure A vehicle rear seat cushion structure includes: an anchor plate mounted on a vehicle body; a buckle which is connected to the anchor plate via an inner webbing and with which a tongue plate attached to an occupant restraint webbing engages; a cushion pad in which a housing area which houses the buckle is formed on a position away from the anchor plate; and a cushion frame provided on a bottom portion of the cushion pad adjacent to the housing area to straddle the inner webbing from above.
US09592753B2	Seat latching and storage mechanism In an example embodiment, an instructor seat for the cab of an agricultural vehicle is convertible between a sitting condition when the seat is in a forward position and a non-sitting condition when the seat is in a rearward position. The instructor seat may include a seat base and seat back, a conveyor to move the seat between a forward position and a rearward position, and a latch mechanism to place the seat back in a generally vertical position when the seat is in a forward position and force the seat back into a generally horizontal non-sitting position when the seat is in a rearward position.
US09592749B2	Vehicle seat, in particular motor vehicle seat A vehicle seat has a basic structure, a backrest support which is articulated on the basic structure in a lockable manner by at least one fitting, a backrest structure a backrest that has the backrest support and the backrest structure, the backrest being movable in relation to the basic structure by a kinematic system in order to transfer the vehicle seat from at least one use position, in which it can be sat on, into an out-of-use position or into a further use position and back again. A four-bar linkage temporarily exists the four-bar linkage controlling the kinematic system.
US09592745B2	Large electric vehicle power structure and alternating-hibernation battery management and control method thereof An alternating-hibernation battery management and control method for a power structure of a large electric vehicle is provided. The power structure includes a vehicular computer with a sorting controller, plural configuration-variable series-type battery boxes in parallel connection and a driving device. Each configuration-variable series-type battery box includes plural battery modules in series connection. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, the vehicular computer calculates a required number of battery modules and a required number of configuration-variable series-type battery boxes. Then, the sorting controller calculates module scores of all battery modules, and generates a battery module sorting result. Then, the sorting controller enables the required number of battery modules according to the required number of battery modules and the battery module sorting result. Then, the sorting controller calculates a battery box score and generates a battery box sorting result. Afterwards, the sorting controller controls at least one configuration-variable series-type battery box in the last rank of the battery box sorting result to be in a hibernation mode.
US09592743B2	Mobile discharge device for a battery and motor vehicle comprising a mobile discharge device A mobile discharge device for a battery includes a first electrical connection configured to make contact with a first electrical terminal of the battery, a second electrical connection configured to make contact with a second electrical terminal of the battery, and an electrical resistor electrically connected firstly to the first electrical connection and secondly to the second electrical connection. The discharge device further includes a first fluid connection for connecting a fluid supply, a second fluid connection for connecting a fluid discharge line, and a fluid channel connected to the first fluid connection and the second fluid connection. The fluid channel is thermally coupled to the electrical resistor.
US09592742B1	Systems, apparatus, and methods of charging electric vehicles One aspect of the present invention pertains to a method of charging electric storage devices such as batteries. Another aspect of the present invention pertains to a system for charging electric storage devices such as batteries. Another aspect of the present invention pertains to a mobile apparatus for charging electric storage devices such as batteries.
US09592716B2	Pressure damping device A pressure damping device includes: a cylinder; a piston provided movably in the cylinder in an axial direction of the cylinder, and formed to have a plurality of channels for liquid; a moving and partitioning member located between the piston and the cylinder, and provided movably from one end to the other end in the axial direction of a movable region provided in the piston, and configured to partition a space in the cylinder into a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber for storing the liquid; a first opening and closing member configured to open and close an opening in at least a part of the plurality of channels of the piston and open the opening; and a second opening and closing member configured to open and close an opening in at least a part of the plurality of channels and open the opening.
US09592704B2	Method of producing rubber tyre compounds A method of producing rubber tire compounds, including a first mixing step in which at least one cross-linkable, unsaturated-chain polymer base, silica, and a silane bonding agent in the alkoxymercaptoalkyl-silane class are mixed together; and a final mixing step in which a curing system having at least sulphur and accelerants is added to and mixed with the mix. A nucleophile compound and zinc oxide are mixed with the polymer base at the first mixing step. And the method includes a second mixing step between the first mixing step and the final mixing step, and in which a silane bonding agent in the polysulphide organosilane class is added to and mixed with the mix from the first mixing step.
US09592700B2	Pixel mapping and printing for micro lens arrays to achieve dual-axis activation of images A visual display assembly adapted for use as an anti-counterfeiting device on paper currency, product labels, and other objects. The assembly includes a film of transparent material including a first surface including an array of lenses and a second surface opposite the first surface. The assembly also includes a printed image proximate to the second surface. The printed image includes pixels of frames of one or more images interlaced relative to two orthogonal axes. The lenses of the array are nested in a plurality of parallel rows, and adjacent ones of the lenses in columns of the array are aligned to be in a single one of the rows with no offset of lenses in adjacent columns/rows. The lenses may be round-based lenses or are square-based lenses, and the lenses may be provided at 200 lenses per inch (LPI) or a higher LPI in both directions.
US09592698B2	Imaging member for offset printing applications An imaging member includes a surface layer comprising a fluoroelastomer-perfluoropolyether composite formed from a reaction mixture comprising a fluoroelastomer and a perfluoropolyether compound. Methods of manufacturing the imaging member and processes for variable lithographic printing using the imaging member are also disclosed.
US09592696B2	Power control device, power control method, and recording medium A power control device includes a heating section, an input section, and a control section. The heating section is configured to heat an object. The input section is configured to receive a power consumption value. The control section is configured to control the heating section so that a total power value obtained by adding a power consumption value of the heating section and the power consumption value received by the input section does not exceed a predetermined power value.
US09592689B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus for printing an image on a print medium by using a printing unit that ejects a first ink in accordance with first quantized data and ejects a second ink in accordance with second quantized data, the image printing apparatus has a first quantization configured to quantize multi-valued data corresponding to the first ink to generate the first quantized data, the multi-valued data indicating intermediate density; and a second quantization unit configured to quantize multi-valued data corresponding to the second ink to generate the second quantized data, the multi-valued data indicating intermediate density. Surface tension of the first ink is larger than surface tension of the second ink, and a first dot pattern printed on the print medium in accordance with the first quantized data has higher dispersibility than a second dot pattern printed on the print medium in accordance with the second quantized data.
US09592688B2	Display device and image forming apparatus A display device is provided. The display device includes a chassis with an opening, a touch-screen unit, which is arranged to have a first plane thereof toward the opening and is configured to accept an input operation entered through a reactive area in the first plane when the reactive area is touched, a positioning part, which is formed on the chassis and is configured to be in contact with a non-reactive area being different from the reactive area in the touch-screen unit, and a resilient member, which is configured to urge the touch-screen unit against the positioning part.
US09592685B2	Scanning inkjet printing system An inkjet printing apparatus includes an inkjet print head arranged to be moveable in a direction of movement along a guiding assembly. The guiding assembly includes a support structure; a strip mounted on the support structure, the strip being substantially rigid and straight in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement and mounted in such way that a straightness in the direction of movement is provided; and an air bearing system operatively coupled to the strip. The strip extends in a vertical plane, the vertical plane being substantially parallel to the direction of movement and being substantially parallel to the first direction. The air bearing system is configured to control a position of the inkjet print head in a horizontal plane relative to the strip during movement of the print head in the direction of movement, the horizontal plane being substantially perpendicular to the vertical plane. Employing such a strip and a suitable mounting method for mounting the strip on the support structure, it is enabled to select a cost-effective and/or light-weight support structure.
US09592682B2	Printing apparatus and printing control program When printing is performed on a medium, a computer of a printing apparatus acquires a space (a PLG level number and a thickness of the medium) between a surface of the medium and a print head, which is formed when an ink is discharged onto a medium from the print head in a printing unit. A high speed/low speed of a carriage speed (print speed mode), print color (monochrome/color), and a transport region (normal region/lower end region) as a transport position of the medium are determined. A calculation expression is selected according to the carriage speed, the print color, and the transport region, and a correction amount according to a gap length is calculated using the selected calculation expression. Also, the transport distance is corrected using the correction amount. Transport control is performed by the transport distance.
US09592681B2	Ink-jet recording apparatus There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a first transporting portion provided in a first transport path; a support member configured to support the sheet; a recording portion; a plurality of contact portions configured to come into contact with the sheet; a plurality of support ribs; a second transporting portion provided in a second transport path connected with the first transport path; and a third transporting portion configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction or toward the second transport path. On the upstream side to the second transporting portion in the second transporting direction, a projecting portion is formed with the upper guide member to project toward the lower guide member below a virtual line linking a nip position of the sheet due to the third transporting portion with another nip position of the sheet due to the second transporting portion.
US09592679B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting method A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium; an ejecting portion that is provided to a mobile portion that is movable in a crossing direction intersecting a transport direction in which the medium is transported by the transport unit, and ejects liquid onto the medium transported by the transport unit; a first neutralizer that is provided to the mobile portion and neutralizes the liquid; and a second neutralizer that is provided to the mobile portion and neutralizes the medium.
US09592677B2	Dot recording apparatus, dot recording method, computer program therefor, and method of manufacturing recording medium A dot recording apparatus forms dots on a recording medium while relatively moving a recording head that includes a plurality of nozzles and the recording medium in a main scanning direction. The dot recording apparatus performs multi-pass recording in which dot recording on a main scanning line is completed by a plurality of main scanning passes. In dot recording in each main scanning pass, the dot recording is performed using a plurality of super cell regions that include m types of super cell regions having different sizes, the super cell region being formed as one dot group by some of the plurality of nozzles and having a boundary line portion which is not parallel to either the main scanning direction or a sub-scanning direction that intersects the main scanning direction in at least a portion of a boundary line between the super cell region and another super cell region.
US09592676B2	Ink cartridge chip, ink cartridge, and ink cartridge adaptive frame An ink cartridge chip includes an interface unit, a control unit, and a storage unit, wherein the interface unit is configured to receive a light control command sent from an imaging device, and the light control command includes ink cartridge identification information; the storage unit is configured to store autogenic identification information and a state flag, and the state flag includes an executable state or a non-executable state; the control unit is configured to execute the light control command; and the control unit is is configured to, when the interface unit receives the light control command, control the light-emitting unit to execute the light control command based on the type of the light control command and the state flag in the storage unit to re-determined the state flag.
US09592674B2	Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a support configured to support the medium transported by the transport unit, a liquid droplet ejecting portion configured to eject liquid droplets to the medium supported by the support, a carriage configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction intersecting the transport direction while holding the liquid droplet ejecting portion, and an air flow generator configured to create an air flow in an area over the support. The air flow generator limits creation of the air flow when the liquid droplet ejecting portion faces the medium in an ejection direction and allows the creation of the air flow when the liquid droplet ejecting portion does not face the medium in the ejection direction, due to movement of the carriage in the scanning direction.
US09592663B2	Liquid ejecting head unit and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting head unit includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid through a nozzle formed in a nozzle surface, and a holding member to which the liquid ejecting head is attached. Further, in the liquid ejecting head unit, the holding member includes a holder that supports the liquid ejecting head in a predetermine direction which is different from a direction of the nozzle surface of the liquid ejecting head, and a base portion that sticks out from the holder to a side which is parallel to the predetermined direction.
US09592661B2	System for depositing an imprint onto a substrate A system for depositing an imprint onto a substrate includes a deposition surface having at least one outlet disposed therein, a substrate holder for holding the substrate against the deposition surface, means operatively associated with the deposition surface for supplying a material through said at least outlet to deposit said material onto the substrate, and a spacer member disposed in contact between the deposition surface and the substrate.
US09592659B2	Sheet material detaching device and detaching method A device body comprises: a winding roller that is provided so as to contact with a flooring material sheet bonded to a floor and on which is wound the sheet that is stripped from the floor starting from a contact portion with the sheet; a driving means that, by rotationally driving the winding roller, winds the sheet onto the winding roller and strips the same from the floor, and that advances the device body by the winding roller being pushed toward the floor by the reactive force of the removal and rolling on the sheet; and a guiding means that discharges the sheet being stripped from the floor in front of or to the side of the direction of advancement of the device body.
US09592656B1	Tamper evident seal with visible adhesive dot pattern A seal formed of laminated films adhered to a peel strip. The seal includes a target area free of adhesive, and adhesive surrounding the target area. The seal is formed so that the target area is visually distinguished from the surrounding adhesive to facilitate accurate placement of the seal on a medical container by a user. The use of a large adhesive dot pattern enhances the peripheral edge of each adhesive dot to provide a prominent and visual lattice. The prominent and visual lattice distinguishes the adhesive areas of the seal from the non-adhesive areas. The lattice boundary surrounding each adhesive dot is still prominent and visible when a clear and transparent adhesive is applied to selected surfaces of the seal.
US09592654B2	Method and apparatus for manufacturing optical display device A method and an apparatus for manufacturing an optical display device by sequentially peeling a plurality of optical film sheets continuously supported on a long web of a carrier film and laminating the plurality of optical film sheets to a plurality of panel components are provided.

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