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| US09650600B2 |
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccine
This invention provides an immunogenic composition including a soluble portion of a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M.hyo) whole cell preparation, wherein the soluble portion of the M.hyo preparation is substantially free of both (i) IgG and (ii) immunocomplexes comprised of antigen bound to immunoglobulin. |
| US09650599B2 |
Apparatus for culturing cells and method for culturing cells
An apparatus for culturing cells using a culture medium, including: a replacer that replaces the culture medium in a culture vessel held by a holder; a measurer that measures a pH of the culture medium in the culture vessel; and an instructor that instructs the replacer to replace the culture medium in the culture vessel, wherein the instructor gives an instruction when the pH measured by the measurer is less than a predetermined pH threshold at a first replacement of the culture medium, and gives an instruction when the pH measured by the measurer is less than the predetermined pH threshold and the interval is less than an interval of a previous replacement of the culture medium at second and subsequent replacements of the culture medium. |
| US09650594B2 |
Solutions and processes for removing substances from substrates
The disclosure is directed solutions and processes to remove substances from substrates. Optionally, the substances can include photoresist on semiconductor wafers. The solution may include a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, a first amine, a second amine, and a third amine with the total amount of amine being no greater than about 95% by weight of a total weight of the solution. Additionally, a solution may include at least one amine, a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and water and be free of a polar solvent other than water with the solution having a dynamic viscosity that is no greater than about 60 centipoise. |
| US09650593B2 |
Organosilicones
The present application relates to organosilicones and compositions such as consumer products comprising such organosilicones, as well as processes for making and using such organosilicones and such compositions. Such compositions comprising such organosilicones are easier to formulate, and provide more economical and superior care benefits when compared to current silicone containing compositions. |
| US09650590B2 |
Separation of polar lipids from krill oil extract
Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives. |
| US09650587B2 |
Stabilized blends containing antioxidants
The present invention relates to functional fluid compositions containing antioxidants, and specifically stable compositions containing antioxidants with limited solubility in and/or limited compatibility with the functional fluids with which they are used. In particular the present invention deals with functional fluids used in internal combustion engines, such as engine oils, and antioxidants containing a phenolic or benzoic group, where the antioxidant is present in the functional fluid composition at levels that would otherwise cause the composition to be unstable and/or hazy. |
| US09650585B2 |
Nanocomposite solid lubricant coating
A solid lubricant magnetron sputtering physical vapor deposition (MS PVD) coating can be used e.g. in automotive, aircraft and space industries for increasing lifetime of moving parts such as bearings, chains, pistons and joints that experience sliding or rolling friction. A nanocomposite solid lubricant coating contains a carbon matrix with copper grains and at least one of Ti, Zr, Hf, and V, in bulk proportions, at. %: carbon 5-35; copper50-90; additional metal 5-15. The carbon matrix with copper grains is reinforced with interlayers of the additional metal. The thickness of each layer of the carbon matrix with copper grains is in the range between 30 and 150 nanometers and the thickness of each interlayer of the additional metal is in the range between 5 and 20 nanometers. The hardness of said coating is in the range between 200 and 1000 HV. |
| US09650580B2 |
Integrated process for the treatment of oil feeds for the production of fuel oils with a low sulphur and sediment content
Treating a hydrocarbon feed having a sulphur content of at least 0.5% by weight, an asphaltenes content of at least 1% by weight, an initial boiling point of at least 340° C. and a final boiling point of at least 480° C., in order to obtain at least one deasphalted oil fraction with a sulphur content of 0.5% by weight or less and a sediment content of 0.1% by weight or less. |
| US09650578B2 |
Integrated central processing facility (CPF) in oil field upgrading (OFU)
A process for upgrading oil including optionally pre-treating a heavy oil including at least one dissolved gas, asphaltenes, water, and mineral solids; reducing at least one dissolved gas content from said heavy oil, optionally further reducing water content from said heavy oil; adding a paraffinic solvent to said heavy oil, at a predetermined paraffinic solvent:heavy oil ratio, facilitating separation of asphaltenes, water, and mineral solids from the heavy oil resulting in a de-asphalted or partially de-asphalted oil (“DAO”)-paraffinic solvent stream, comprising a low asphaltenes content DAO-paraffinic solvent stream and an asphaltenes-mineral solids-paraffinic solvent-water slurry stream; optionally separating the paraffinic solvent and water from the asphaltenes-mineral solids-paraffinic solvent-water slurry stream; optionally separating the DAO-paraffinic solvent stream into a paraffinic solvent rich stream and a DAO stream; and optionally adding diluent to the DAO stream resulting in transportable oil. |
| US09650576B2 |
Steam cracking process and system with integral vapor-liquid separation
An integrated vapor-liquid separation device is provided in conjunction with a steam pyrolysis cracking unit operation. In certain aspects, a feed is charged to the inlet of a convection portion of a steam pyrolysis unit where the feed is heated to conditions effective for steam cracking The convection section effluent is separated in a vapor-liquid separator and the separator vapor effluent is charged to the inlet steam cracking portion of the steam pyrolysis zone. The liquid effluent can be further processed, recycled within the system or a combination thereof. In additional aspects, a feed separated upstream of the convection portion of a steam pyrolysis unit using a flash vessel equipped with a vapor-liquid separator device described herein. |
| US09650574B2 |
Hydropyrolysis of biomass-containing feedstocks
Various techniques are disclosed for pretreating municipal solid waste (MSW) and other biomass-containing feedstocks that may be of a poorer quality and consequently more difficult, or even impossible, to convert to higher value liquid products (e.g., transportation fuels) using conventional processes. Such conventional processes may otherwise be satisfactory for the conversion of the biomass portion of the feedstock alone. The pretreatment of biomass-containing feedstocks may generally include steps carried out prior to a hydropyrolysis step and optionally further steps, in order to change one or more characteristics of the feedstock, rendering it more easily upgradable. |
| US09650571B2 |
Nematic liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device
There is provided a liquid crystal composition having a sufficiently low viscosity (η), a sufficiently low rotational viscosity (γ1), a high elastic constant (K33), and negative Δ∈ with a high absolute value without decreasing the refractive index anisotropy (Δn) and the nematic phase-isotropic liquid phase transition temperature (Tni); and a liquid crystal display device with a VA mode or the like that uses the liquid crystal composition and has high display quality and high response speed. The liquid crystal display device that uses the liquid crystal composition of the present invention has a distinguished feature of high-speed response and is particularly useful as an active matrix driving liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device is applicable to a VA mode, PSVA mode, PSA mode, IPS mode, or ECB mode liquid crystal display device. |
| US09650564B2 |
System and plastic scintillator for discrimination of thermal neutron, fast neutron, and gamma radiation
A scintillator material according to one embodiment includes a polymer matrix; a primary dye in the polymer matrix, the primary dye being a fluorescent dye, the primary dye being present in an amount of 3 wt % or more; and at least one component in the polymer matrix, the component being selected from a group consisting of B, Li, Gd, a B-containing compound, a Li-containing compound and a Gd-containing compound, wherein the scintillator material exhibits an optical response signature for thermal neutrons that is different than an optical response signature for fast neutrons and gamma rays. A system according to one embodiment includes a scintillator material as disclosed herein and a photodetector for detecting the response of the material to fast neutron, thermal neutron and gamma ray irradiation. |
| US09650563B2 |
Fluoride fluorescent material and method for producing the same as well as light emitting device using the same
The present invention provides a method for producing a fluoride fluorescent material, comprising: contacting a fluoride particles represented by the following general formula (I): K2[M1-aMn4+aF6] (I) wherein M is at least one member selected from the group consisting of elements belonging to Groups 4 and 14 of the Periodic Table, and a satisfies the relationship: 0 |
| US09650559B2 |
Cement isolation fluids for wellbores, methods of making, and methods of use
A cement isolation fluid for use in a wellbore during a cementing operation includes an aqueous carrier fluid and a preformed synthetic polymer swellable in the carrier fluid, in an amount effective to isolate a cement slurry from another drilling fluid present in the wellbore. A method of cementing a wellbore comprising a drilling fluid includes injecting the cement isolation fluid into the wellbore; injecting a cement slurry into the wellbore; and hardening the cement in the slurry to cement the wellbore. |
| US09650553B2 |
Azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition of chloromethane
Quasi-azeotropic or azeotropic compositions containing chloromethane and at least one or more compound(s) selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, E/Z-1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, E/Z-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 1,1-difluoroethane and E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The composition may include either from 0.5 to 70 mol % of chloromethane and at least from 99.5 to 30 mol % of a compound selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1-difluoroethane, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, or from 55 to 95 mol % of chloromethane and at least from 45 to 5 mol % of one or more compound(s) selected from 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, E/Z-1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, E/Z-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene and E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. |
| US09650551B2 |
Composition including 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene
A composition including the compound HFO-1234yf and at least one other, additional, compound selected from HCFC-240db, HCFO-1233xf, HCFC-243db, HCFO-1233zd, HCC-40, HCFC-114a, HCFC-115, HCFC-122, HCFC-23, HCFC-124, HCFC-124a, HFC-125, HCFC-133a, HCFC-142, HCFC-143, HFC-52a, HCFC-243ab, HCFC-244eb, HFC-281ea, HCO-1110, HCFO-1111, HCFO-1113, HCFO-1223xd, and HCFO-1224xe. A composition including the compound HFO-1234yf and at least two compounds selected from HFO-1234ze, HFC-245cb, HFC-134a, HCFC-115, HFC-152a, HCC-40 and HFO-1243zf. |
| US09650550B2 |
Polyimide precursor composition, method of producing polyimide precursor composition, method of producing polyimide molded article, polyimide molded article, liquid crystal alignment film, passivation film, wire coating material, and adhesive film
A polyimide precursor composition includes a resin having a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (I) and having an imidization ratio equal to or less than 0.2, a cyclic amine compound, and an acyclic aliphatic amine compound, wherein the resin, the cyclic amine compound, and the acyclic aliphatic amine compound are dissolved in an aqueous solvent: wherein in Formula (I), A represents a tetravalent organic group and B represents a divalent organic group. |
| US09650548B2 |
Polyolefin-based compositions, adhesives, and related multi-layered structures prepared therefrom
The present disclosure provides a polyolefin-based composition made from or containing (A) a first grafted polyolefin composition, (B) a second grafted polyolefin composition made from or containing a first metallocene-catalyzed linear low density polyethylene grafted with an unsaturated monomer, (C) a second metallocene-catalyzed linear low density polyethylene composition, (D) a Ziegler-Natta-catalyzed linear low density polyethylene composition, (E) an elastomeric composition made from or containing (i) an elastomeric ethylene copolymer and (ii) an ethylene-propylene elastomer, and (F) a tackifier composition. Optionally, the polyolefin-based composition may be further made from or contain an additives composition. The polymeric composition is suitable for use as a tie-layer adhesive composition. |
| US09650542B2 |
Use of polypropyleneimine as curing agent for epoxide resins
The present invention relates to the use of substantially linear polypropyleneimine as a hardener for epoxy resins, and also to a corresponding curable composition, to the curing thereof, and to the cured epoxy resin obtainable therefrom. |
| US09650541B2 |
Crosslinkable coating composition and method of producing the same
The instant invention provides a crosslinkable coating composition, and method of producing the same. The crosslinkable coating composition according to the present invention comprises: (a) one or more polycarbamates derived from one or more polyesters comprising the condensation reaction product of one or more polyols with one or more polyacids, wherein said one or more polyols comprise at least 25 percent by weight of one or more units having 4 or more hydroxyl groups; (b) one or more crosslinking agents; (c) one or more acid catalysts; and (d) optionally one or more organic solvents. |
| US09650535B2 |
Paint dispersion
The invention relates to a method of providing an aqueous paint dispersion comprising silanized colloidal silica particles and an acrylate-based binder wherein the weight ratio of SiO2 to acrylate-based binder on a dry basis ranges from 0.02 to 0.2, and wherein the content of SiO2, measured by XRF, in said dispersion ranges from 1.05 to 7.5 wt %, wherein silane groups present in the silanized colloidal silica particles are derived from silanes containing an epoxy group, glycidoxy group, glycidoxypropyl group, ureido-based silanes, methacrylamido silanes, mercapto silanes, and combinations thereof. The invention also relates to the use thereof. |
| US09650533B2 |
Articles containing carbon-coated metal particles
Articles can be formed with either a dried layer or a dried pattern of a non-aqueous photocurable composition on one or both sides of a substrate. This composition includes a photocurable component and dispersed carbon-coated metal particles present in an amount of at least 10 weight % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous photocurable composition. The dispersed carbon-coated metal particles have a median diameter of less than 0.6 μm, and a particle dispersing agent that has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 2,000 and up to and including 10,000 and comprises nitrogen-containing units, the median diameter being determined using a dynamic light scattering method. Such articles can be used for various purposes including the formation of electrically-conductive grids, and can be incorporated into various devices including those having touch screen displays. |
| US09650531B2 |
Ink composition for inkjet recording
In accordance with one embodiment, an ink composition for inkjet recording comprises a pigment, a pigment dispersant, water, a water-soluble solvent, a wettability enhancer including 2,5,8,11-tetramethyl-6-dodecyne-5,8-diol, and an aqueous resin emulsion. |
| US09650530B2 |
Photopolymerizable composition, photopolymerizable inkjet ink, and ink cartridge
To provide a non-aqueous photopolymerizable composition, which contains: a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound containing at least diethylene glycol dimethacrylate; a photoradical polymerization initiator, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of 1- hydroxy- cyclohexyl- phenyl- ketone, 2- hydroxy- 2- methyl- 1- phenyl- propan- 1- one, and 2- hydroxy- 1- {4- [4- (2- hydroxy- 2- methyl- propionyl)benzyl]phenyl}- 2- methyl- 1- propan- 1- one; and a triazine compound, wherein an amount of the photoradical polymerization initiator is 10 parts by mass or greater relative to 100 parts by mass of the (meth)acrylic acid ester compound. |
| US09650529B2 |
Ink jet for printing, ink jet ink set, and printing method
Provided is an ink jet ink for printing including: water; a first dye; and a second dye, in which the first dye is C.I. Acid Orange 33, and the second dye is one or two kinds selected from C.I. Acid Orange 56 and C.I. Acid Orange 94. |
| US09650526B2 |
Method of printing a three-dimensional article
In one aspect, composite build materials for use with a 3D printing system are described herein. In some embodiments, a composite build material described herein comprises a carrier ink comprising a curable material; and pigment particles dispersed in the carrier ink, wherein the pigment particles comprise mica. In some cases, the carrier ink is present in the composite build material in an amount of about 80-98% by weight, and the curable material comprises one or more species of monomeric and/or oligomeric (meth)acrylates. Additionally, in some instances, the pigment particles are present in the composite build material in an amount of about 2-8% by weight and comprise up to about 85% by weight mica, based on the total weight of the pigment particles. The pigment particles, in some cases, can also comprise TiO2 and/or Fe2O3. |
| US09650525B1 |
Aqueous ink for ink-jet heads
An ink composition, a printer and a method for ejecting and aqueous fluid having a viscosity above about 1 Pa-sec at 25° C. from a fluid ejection head. The ink composition, printer and method include an aqueous fluid that contains an aqueous carrier component, solid particles ranging from about 8 wt. % to about 25 wt. % based on a total weight of the aqueous fluid, and a rheology modifier. A heater pulse signal applied to ejection heaters on a fluid ejection head for a period of time is sufficient to sputter fluid from fluid ejection nozzles associated with the ejection heaters and to shear the fluid thereby reducing the viscosity of the fluid from above about 1 Pa-sec to less than about 0.1 Pa-sec. A firing signal subsequently applied to the ejection heaters on the ejection head provides steady state fluid ejection from the ejection head. |
| US09650522B2 |
Absorbing-layer-forming composition and absorbing substrate, printed item, conductive pattern, and electric circuit produced using the same
The present invention provides an absorbing-layer-forming composition including a blocked isocyanate such that the amount of the blocked isocyanate is 50% by mass to 100% by mass of the solid content of the absorbing-layer-forming composition and an absorbing substrate, a printed item, and a conductive pattern that are formed using the absorbing-layer-forming composition. The absorbing-layer-forming composition according to the present invention can be used for forming an absorbing layer which is capable of carrying a fluid such as an ink therein and which enables good adhesion between various types of supports and a conductive layer to be achieved. In particular, using a blocked isocyanate having a number-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 5,000 further increases the adhesion between various types of supports and the conductive layer. |
| US09650521B1 |
Friction modifier for top coating agent for trivalent chromium chemical conversion coating film or chromium-free chemical conversion coating film, and top coating agent including same
Provided is a friction modifier for a top coating agent for a hexavalent chromium-free trivalent chromium chemical conversion coating film or chromium-free chemical conversion coating film, said friction modifier including a polyoxyalkylene fatty acid ester. |
| US09650520B2 |
Methods for preparing vanadium dioxide composite powders, vanadium dioxide powder slurry, and vanadium dioxide coating for intelligent temperature control
A vanadium dioxide coating for intelligent temperature control is formed by mixing a vanadium dioxide powder slurry, a polymer emulsion, and coating additives, and then coating the mixture onto a substrate. The vanadium dioxide powdery slurry comprises vanadium dioxide composite powders and a dispersion medium, the composite powders comprising vanadium dioxide nanopowders having a chemical composition of V1−xMxO2, and the surface of the vanadium dioxide nanopowders being attached to organic modified long-chain molecules, wherein M is a doped element, and 0≦x≦0.5. Through using the vanadium dioxide powders and the slurry thereof having an organic modified surface, the coating has higher visible light transmittance, can almost completely screen ultraviolet rays, and simultaneously intelligently adjust infrared rays. |
| US09650519B2 |
Ink composition, organic electroluminescence element, and electronic apparatus
Provided is an ink composition including the following components (A), (B), and (C).The component (A) is an anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (A1).The component (B) is an aromatic amine derivative represented by the following formula (B1).The component (C) is a solvent represented by the following formula (C1) and having a boiling point of 110° C. or higher and a solubility of 1 wt % or less in water. where one or more of Ar1 to Ar4 are a heterocyclic group represented by a formula (B1′). |
| US09650517B2 |
Surface modified calcium carbonate containing minerals and its use
The present invention is related to ball-shaped spherical surface modified spherical calcium carbonate comprising minerals, the process for preparing such ball-shaped spherical surface modified spherical calcium carbonate comprising minerals, and their use. |
| US09650515B2 |
Polyarylene sulfide resin composition and a preparation method thereof
The present invention relates to a polyarylene sulfide resin composition having excellent impact resistance in which a polyarylene sulfide resin having a specific end group, an epoxy-containing olefin-based elastomer, and/or an organic or inorganic filler are included, and a preparation method thereof. |
| US09650514B2 |
Electrostatic dissipative polycarbonate compositions
The present invention relates to electrostatic dissipative polycarbonate compositions that are prepared by combining an aromatic polycarbonate polymer with a thermoplastic polyurethane based inherently dissipative polymer and a compatibilizer component that comprises a second thermoplastic polyurethane. This second thermoplastic polyurethane is a reaction product of (a) at least one polyol intermediate, (b) at least one diisocyanate, and (c) at least one chain extender, wherein (a), the polyol intermediate comprises a polycaprolactone polyol, a polycarbonate polyol, or combinations thereof. |
| US09650513B2 |
PHA compositions comprising PBS and PBSA and methods for their production
Compositions of PHAs with PBS and/or PBSA are described and methods of making the same. |
| US09650510B2 |
Resin blend
Provided are a resin blend including a first resin, and a second resin having a hydrophobic moiety represented by Formula 1 at a main chain and having a difference in surface energy from the first resin at 25° C. of 0.1 to 20 mN/m, and formed in a layer-separated structure, a pellet, a method of manufacturing the same, and a resin molded article having a specific layer-separated structure. Because of the resin blend, a molded product may have enhanced mechanical properties and surface hardness, and additional surface coating may be omitted, thereby reducing a processing time, increasing productivity, and reducing production costs. |
| US09650509B2 |
Polycarbonate resin composition
The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition including both of silicone oil and olefin-based wax at a proper ratio and thus having improved dispersibility of titanium dioxide in the composition as well as high impact strength and melt index (moldability), and also relates to a polycarbonate molded article made of the polycarbonate resin composition. The polycarbonate resin composition according to the present invention includes silicone oil and olefin-based wax at a proper ratio and thus improves dispersibility of titanium dioxide which is added to the composition to give whiteness, while preserving high impact strength and melt index (moldability), so that crawling which is generated on the surface of a final product of polycarbonate molded article is prevented and the appearance property of the molded article is improved. Therefore, the polycarbonate resin composition according to the present invention has characteristics of high whiteness as well as high impact strength and melt index (moldability), and thus is easily applicable to industries in need of the polycarbonate resin. |
| US09650508B2 |
Heat aging resistant ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer composition and process for its production
Heat resistant ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer compositions comprising a blend of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, peroxide curable polyacrylate elastomer, and polyamide are described. When crosslinked with a peroxide curative, the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer compositions exhibit enhanced resistance to heat aging compared to conventional ethylene vinyl acetate elastomer compositions. |
| US09650504B2 |
High-flow fiber reinforced polypropylene composition
Fiber reinforced composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer, a propylene homopolymer and/or a propylene copolymer, and fibers having an average diameter of 12.0 μm or less, wherein the propylene copolymer comprises not more than 2.0 wt.-% C2 to C10 α-olefins other than propylene, the propylene homopolymer and the propylene copolymer have a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) of at least 100 g/10 min, and the composition has a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) of at least 10 g/10 min. |
| US09650499B2 |
Thermoformable microsphere articles
There is provided an article comprising at least a first surface having a first binder layer selected from at least one of linear resins and resins having low cross link densities, where the first binder layer has a first major surface opposite a second major surface; and a plurality of microspheres at least partially embedded in the first major surface of the first binder layer. For at least a portion of the first major surface, the plurality of micro spheres may cover 30% to 50% of that portion, and the microspheres may be substantially uniformly spaced. |
| US09650497B2 |
Phosphonamidates-synthesis and flame retardant applications
A group of novel compounds containing one or more amino substituted DOPO (9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-phosphaphenthren-10-oxide) moieties. The compounds were found to have good flame retardant properties and also good thermal stability, which makes them particularly suitable as flame retardant additives for various thermoplastic polymers. In particular, they can be incorporated in a polyurethane foam. |
| US09650495B2 |
Manufacturing method for enhancing ordered structure of block copolymers
The invention is related to a manufacturing method for enhancing an ordered structure of block copolymers, and more particularly to a thermal annealing process for block copolymers having conducting polymers and rod segments. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: (A) providing a block copolymer and a small molecule additive, wherein the block copolymer is formed of first monomers containing at least one aromatic ring and second monomers optionally containing at least one aromatic ring; and the small molecule additive is a aliphatic molecule, an aromatic molecule or a combination thereof; (B) blending the block copolymer and the small molecule additive to form a mixture; and (C) treating the mixture with a thermal annealing process to manufacture and facilitate the ordered structure of the block copolymers. |
| US09650494B2 |
Polymer nanocomposites and methods of making nanocomposites
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for polymer nanocomposites, methods of making polymer nanocomposites, and the like. |
| US09650491B2 |
Epoxy resin composition, and method for producing the same
An epoxy resin composition is provided which includes a polycrystalline structure comprised of a plurality of monocrystalline structures. The plurality of monocrystalline structures are respectively comprised of a plurality of silicon oxide colloidal particles regularly aligned in epoxy resin. The plurality of silicon oxide colloidal particles are not contacted with each other. The mean distance between the silicon oxide colloidal particles adjacent to each other is less than 330 nm. The mean particle size of the plurality of silicon oxide colloidal particles is less than 290 nm. The concentration of the plurality of silicon oxide colloidal particles is 10-50% by mass. A relative permittivity of 4 or more is ensured. A method for producing the epoxy resin composition is provided. Building materials, ornaments and optical materials, each using the epoxy resin composition, are also provided. |
| US09650486B2 |
Polyolefin resin particles, polyolefin resin foamed particles, and method for producing polyolefin resin foamed particles
The present invention provides polyolefin resin particles that are capable of producing expanded polyolefin resin beads having a favorable fine cell structure, expanded polyolefin resin beads that suffer less volume shrinkage under a high temperature environment and are excellent in recovery property on repeated compression, and a method for producing the expanded beads. The polyolefin resin particles of the present invention have a peak temperature (T1) of a melting peak on first heating in a DSC curve obtained by heating the resin particles from 20° C. to 200° C. at a heating rate of 10° C./min that is higher by 1.5° C. or more than a peak temperature (T2) of a melting peak on second heating in a DSC curve obtained by, subsequent to the first heating, cooling the resin particles from 200° C. to 20° C. at a cooling rate of 10° C./min, and then heating the resin particles from 20° C. to 200° C. at a heating rate of 10° C./min. The method for producing expanded polyolefin resin beads of the present invention includes: a step of preparing preliminary resin particles containing a polyolefin resin; a step of heat-treating the preliminary resin particles at a temperature that is higher by from 15 to 25° C. than a melting point of the preliminary resin particles, so as to produce resin particles; and a step of expanding the resin particles. |
| US09650483B2 |
Carrier plate for decorative panel
A carrier plate for a decorative panel comprising a partly foamed plastic plate on the basis of a filler-admixed polyolefin as a carrier plate for the production of a decorative panel, a method for producing such a plate and its use as a support plate in a decorative panel. |
| US09650470B2 |
Method of making ligand functionalized substrates
Ligand functionalized substrates, methods of making ligand functionalized substrates, and methods of using functionalized substrates are disclosed. |
| US09650469B2 |
Process or producing polyhydroxyalkanoates from precursors obtained by anaerobic fermentation from fermentable biomass
The process for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHA from volatile fatty acid (VFA) molecules, referred to as precursors, produced by anaerobic fermentation from fermentable biomass, characterized in that it comprises at least the following steps: a) extracting the volatile fatty acid (VFA) molecules, without stopping the fermentation, via an extraction means chosen from means that are, at least, insoluble in the fermentation medium, b) collecting, outside the fermentation reactor, the volatile fatty acid (VFA) molecules once they have been extracted, c) synthesizing, by halogenation, using a type of volatile fatty acid (VFA) chosen from the volatile fatty acids collected in step b) and defined according to the desired type of PHA, a given α-halo acid, d) synthesizing from this α-halo acid molecules of a given α-hydroxy acid by reaction with a base, e) polymerizing using the α-hydroxy acid obtained a defined polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA). |
| US09650467B2 |
Polyurethaneureas for wood coatings
The invention relates to a cationically hydrophilized polyurethaneurea characterized in that it is synthesized from a) at least one aliphatic, araliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate, b) polyols having a number-average molecular weight Mn≧400 and ≦6000 g/mol and a hydroxyl functionality of ≧1.5 and ≦4, comprising at least one polyester polyol b1), which has an amorphous structure and which comprises as synthesis component at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and/or the corresponding carboxylic anhydride, the fraction of aromatic dicarboxylic acids and/or their anhydrides in the polyester polyol being ≧35 wt %, based on the overall mass of the polyester polyol, c) at least one cationically hydrophilizing component which has at least one group that is reactive towards isocyanate groups, and has at least one cationic or potentially cationic group, d) at least one aliphatic, amino-functional compound which has at least two isocyanate-reactive amino groups, e) optionally at least one alcohol which has at least two hydroxyl groups and a molar mass ≧60 and ≦399 g/mol and f) optionally at least one compound which has a group that is reactive towards isocyanate groups. The invention further relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising the polyurethaneurea and to a coating composition comprising the polyurethaneurea or the corresponding aqueous dispersion. Further subjects of the invention are a method for coating substrates using the coating composition of the invention, and the coated substrate obtainable in such a method. |
| US09650466B2 |
Composite material including rigid foam with inorganic fillers
A composite material includes, in an exemplary embodiment a polyurethane foam and a plurality of inorganic particles dispersed therein. The polyurethane foam is formed from a reaction mixture that includes a first polyether polyol having a first molecular weight and a functionality of about 3 or less, a second polyether polyol having a second molecular weight less than the first molecular weight and a functionality of greater than about 3, and at least one isocyanate. The ratio of an amount of the first polyol in the reaction mixture to an amount of the second polyol in the reaction mixture is between about 1:1 to about 5:1. |
| US09650465B2 |
Heterophasic propylene copolymer with improved creep behavior
The present invention concerns heterophasic propylene copolymers, comprising a propylene homopolymer (PPH) and an ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR), having a very broad molecular weight distribution, a well-defined total ethylene content and a specific intrinsic viscosities of the ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR). The invention further concerns the process to produce such heterophasic propylene copolymers. The heterophasic propylene copolymers of the present invention are particularly suited for pails, pallets, IBCs and crates. In particular, the heterophasic propylene copolymers of the present invention are characterized by an improved resistance to creep. |
| US09650457B2 |
Propylene based terpolymers
A propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer containing from 0.5 wt % to 2.2 wt % of ethylene derived units and from 6.0 wt % to 20.0 wt % of 1 butene derived units; wherein: i) the ratio C2 wt %/C4 wt % ranges from 0.09 to 0.06; wherein C2 wt % is the weight percent of ethylene derived units and C4 wt % is the weight percent of 1-butene derived units; ii) the Melt flow rate ranges from 0.4 to 54 g/10 min; iii) the xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. is lower than 15.0 wt % the minimum value being 5.0 wt %. |
| US09650453B2 |
Methods of integrating aluminoxane production into catalyst production
Methods for integrating aluminoxane production into catalyst production are disclosed. |
| US09650443B2 |
Fusion protein comprising anti-c-Met antibody and VEGF-binding fragment
There are provided a fusion protein formed by coupling of anti-c-Met antibody and VEGF-binding fragment, a bispecific antibody comprising the fusion protein, a polynucleotide encoding the fusion protein, a transformant comprising the polynucleotide, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the bispecific antibody as an active ingredient, and a method for preparing the bispecific antibody which is targeted at c-Met and VEGF at the same time, with improved anticancer and anti-angiogenesis effects, comprising coupling an anti-c-Met antibody with a VEGF-binding fragment. |
| US09650442B2 |
Bispecific anti-EGFR/anti IGF-1R antibodies
The present invention relates to bispecific anti-EGFR/anti IGF-1R antibodies, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof. |
| US09650441B2 |
Anti-CD47 antibodies and methods of use
Disclosed herein are anti-CD47 antibody molecules, their manufacture and use in treating disorders associated with CD47 expression, for example, certain hematological cancers and solid tumors. |
| US09650439B2 |
Anti-IL-17A antibodies and their use in treating autoimmune and inflammatory
The present disclosure relates to antibodies and proteins comprising an antigen-binding portion thereof that specifically bind to the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-17 A. The disclosure more specifically relates to specific antibodies and proteins that are IL-17 A antagonists (inhibit the activities of IL-17 A and IL-17 AF) and are capable of inhibiting IL-17 A induced cytokine production in in vitro assays, and having an inhibitory effect in an antigen-induced arthritis model in vivo. The disclosure further relates to compositions and methods of use for said antibodies and proteins to treat pathological disorders that can be treated by inhibiting IL-17A or IL 17AF mediated activity, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), lupus nephritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma or cystic fibrosis or other autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. |
| US09650438B2 |
Nucleic acid encoding anti-IL13 human antibodies
The present invention relates to human anti-IL-13 binding molecules, particularly antibodies, and to methods for using anti-IL-13 antibody molecules in diagnosis or treatment of IL-13 related disorders, such as asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease and Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
| US09650436B2 |
Antibody based reagents that specifically recognize toxic oligomeric forms of tau
The invention relates to antibodies, antibody fragments and binding agents that specifically recognize oligomeric tau but do not bind to monomelic tau, fibrillar tau or non-disease associated forms of tau. |
| US09650434B2 |
Broad-spectrum monoclonal antibody recognizing HA1 domain of hemagglutinin of influenza virus
The invention relates to antibodies recognizing epitopes on HA1 domain of hemagglutinin (HA) protein of influenza virus, cell lines for producing the antibodies, and uses thereof. The antibodies according to the invention can specifically bind to HA1 domain of different HA subtypes and specifically bind to HA1 domain of hemagglutinin (HA) protein of H1 subtype (including seasonal H1N1 and 2009 pandemic H1N1) and H5 subtype of influenza viruses. Therefore, the invention also relates to vaccines or pharmaceutical compositions for preventing and/or treating infection of H1 subtype and H5 subtype influenza virus and/or a disease caused by the infection (e.g. influenza), comprising the antibodies according to the invention. |
| US09650426B2 |
RTEF-1 variants and uses thereof
Disclosed are variant RTEF-1 polypeptides having an RTEF-1 amino acid sequence with one or more internal deletions, wherein the polypeptides reduce VEGF promoter activity. Some of the RTEF-1 polypeptides include an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to the contiguous amino acids of 1) amino acids 24 to 47 of SEQ ID NO:15 and 2) each of SEQ ID NOs:16 and 17, but does not comprise the contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NOs:8, 9, 11, or 12. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the variant RTEF-1 polypeptides of the present invention. Pharmaceutical compositions that include the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the present invention are also disclosed. Methods of inducing cell contact inhibition, regulating organ size, and reducing intracellular YAP activity are also set forth, as well as methods of treating hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer using the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention. |
| US09650421B2 |
Self-assembled nanostructures
The present disclosure is directed to the preparation of nanostructures by the encapsulation of a charged compound with individual self-assembled unit nano structures. |
| US09650419B2 |
Biocompatible protein, biocompatible protein gel and biocompatible conducting protein gel comprising the protein and method for preparing the same
Provided herein is a biocompatible protein, and biocompatible protein gel and conductive protein gel including the biocompatible protein, and preparing method thereof, the amino acid sequence of the biocompatible protein being Lys-X-Lys-Glu-X-Phe-Phe-X-Lys-Glu-X-Phe-Phe-X-Lys-Glu-X-Tyr, X being any one or more of hydrophobic amino acids, and the method including synthesizing a protein that causes no rejections from human bodies and that is not easily degradable, thereby providing an advantage of being utilized as a conductive biomaterial having biocompatibility and biodegradability in regenerative medical fields such as 3D bioprinting. |
| US09650414B1 |
Dual-action EP4 agonist—bisphosphonate conjugates and uses thereof
The invention provides in part, compounds according to Formula I: and uses thereof. |
| US09650411B2 |
Method of purifying protein
The present invention relates to a method for purifying a protein by separating the protein from impurities in a non-adsorption mode using an activated carbon. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for purifying an antibody using the activated carbon instead of protein A affinity chromatography. |
| US09650410B2 |
Process for the preparation of abiraterone and abiraterone acetate
The present invention relates to a novel process for the synthesis of abiraterone, and in particular of abiraterone acetate, compound of formula (I) reported below: N O (I) which has pharmacological activity useful for slowing down the progression of prostate cancer at an advanced stage. The process is characterized by an intermediate step wherein DHEA-acetate is triflated using Ar—N(OTf)2 as the triflation reagent. |
| US09650406B2 |
Reversible terminator molecules and methods of their use
The present invention relates generally to methods of sequencing of polynucleotides and compounds, compositions and kits useful for sequencing of polynucleotides. The chemical compounds include nucleotide and nucleoside analogs which possess a blocking group covalently attached to the 3′ hydroxyl of the sugar moiety. The blocking group may optionally be additionally covalently attached to a linker and/or detectable label. The nucleotide analogs may be ribonucleotide or deoxyribonucleotide analogs. Methods include incorporation of the reversible terminator molecules into growing polynucleotide strands by polymerase enzymes, such as in single base sequencing methodologies utilizing sequential reversible termination techniques. |
| US09650403B2 |
Platinum (II) compound, preparation method therefor, and pharmaceutical composition and application thereof
Disclosed are a platinum (II) compound, a preparation method therefor, and a pharmaceutical composition and an application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: enabling dihydrate diammine platinum nitrate (4) to react with the carboxylate ligand derivative (5) in water, to produce a platinum (II) compound. Also provided are an application of the platinum (II) compound in preparation of an antitumor drug, and a pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition contains an active component and a medicinal carrier, the active component containing the platinum (II) compound, and the mass percentage of the active component being 0.1%-95%. The platinum (II) compound of the present invention is well water-soluble, low toxic, easily prepared, and efficient in antitumor activity. |
| US09650400B2 |
Voriconazole sodium phosphate hydrates and polymorphs thereof
The present invention relates to a voriconazole sodium phosphate hydrate, polymorphs thereof, a preparation method thereof, and use thereof, wherein the voriconazole phosphate salt hydrate prepared by using an isopropanol-water system, ethanol-water system, or an ethanol system comprises different crystal forms. And these kinds of crystal forms have favorable water solubility and stability and feature a simple manufacturing process. The voriconazole phosphate salt hydrate is principally used for treatment of fungal infections. |
| US09650398B2 |
Lecithin or lecithin preparation having resistance to heat discoloration and a method for producing the same
To provide a lecithin or lecithin preparation of which resistance to heat discoloration is achieved without significant change of the phospholipid composition of the lecithin nor of the oligosaccharide content; and a method for producing the same. A lecithin or lecithin preparation obtained by bringing a lecithin into contact with an adsorbent and removing the adsorbent, the lecithin or lecithin preparation having resistance to heat discoloration and having an oligosaccharide content being 50% by mass or more of the content before the contact with the adsorbent. |
| US09650389B2 |
8-oxoprotoberberine derivative or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preparation method therefor and pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases associated with activity of NFAT5, containing same as active ingredient
The preset invention relates to a novel 8-oxoprotoberberine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases associated with the activity of NFAT5 containing the same as an active ingredient. The novel 8-oxoproteoberberine derivative or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof according to the present invention can be useful in a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases associated with the activity of NFAT5, particularly rheumatoid arthritis or inflammatory diseases, since it is ascertained that the derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has remarkably increased oral absorption compared with known protoberberine due to an improvement in the properties thereof, and inhibits the activity of NFAT5 and the secretion of inflammatory cytokines and reduces the expression of NAFT5 in mice with rheumatoid arthritis by directly inhibiting the transcription of NFT5. |
| US09650388B2 |
Form 2 crystalline polymorph of a salt of N-[1-6-(ethynyl-3-oxo-hexahydro-furo[3,2-B]pyrrole-4-carbonyl)-3-methyl-butyl]-4-[5-fluoro-2-(4-methyl-piperazinyl) thiazol-4-yl]-benzamide useful as cysteine protease inhibitor
There is provided Form 2 crystalline polymorph consisting of N-[1-6-(ethynyl-3-oxo-hexahydro-furo[3,2-b]pyrrole-4-carbonyl)-3-methyl-butyl]-4-[5-fluoro-2-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)thiazol-4-yl]-benzamide monohydrochloride and N-[1-6-(ethynyl-3-oxo-hexahydro-furo[3,2-b]pyrrole-4-carbonyl)-3-methyl-butyl]-4-[5-fluoro-2-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)thiazol-4-yl]benzamide hydrate monohydrochloride, its use as a medicament and methods for its preparation. |
| US09650386B2 |
Quinoline-substituted compound
An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a novel compound having EGFR inhibitory effects and cell growth inhibitory effects, as well as a medication useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer based on the EGFR inhibitory effects.The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I) below, or a salt thereof. |
| US09650385B2 |
Polymorphic form of alcaftadine, composition and process
The present invention relates to novel polymorphic forms of alcaftadine, processes of preparing novel polymorphic forms of alcaftadine and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| US09650379B2 |
Azaindole derivatives as selective histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same
The present invention relates to novel azaindole derivatives, and more particularly, to novel azaindole derivatives having histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitory activity, isomers thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, hydrates thereof or solvates thereof, the use thereof for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, a method of treating disease using the pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for preparing the novel azaindole derivatives. The novel azaindole derivatives according to the present invention are selective histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, and may be used as agents for treating malignant tumor diseases, inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and neurodegenerative diseases. |
| US09650378B2 |
(1-azinone)-substituted pyridoindoles
Substituted pyridoindoles for incorporation in pharmaceutical compositions employed in the treatment of various diseases correspond to formula (I) wherein R1 is H or optionally substituted alkyl; R2, R3, R4 are each independently selected from H, —O-alkyl, —S-alkyl, alkyl, halo, —CF3, and —CN; G is —CR12R13—NR5— or —NR5—CR12R13; R5 is H, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted heterocycle, —C(═O)—R6, —C(═O)—O—R7, or —C(═O)—NR19R20; R6 and R7 are each optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted heterocycle; R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R19 and R20 are each independently selected from H or optionally substituted alkyl; R14 and R15 are each independently H or halogen; L is —CH2—O—, —CH2CH2—, —CH═CH— or a bond; and B is aryl or heteroaryl or cycloalkyl; with the proviso that, when L is a direct bond, B cannot be unsubstituted heteroaryl or heteroaryl monosubstituted with fluorine. |
| US09650376B2 |
Imidazo(4,5-B) pyridin-2-yl amides as KV7 channel activators
Compounds represented by formula 1 can be potent and/or partially selective for the Kv7.2/7.3 heteromultimer. They may be useful in treating disorders related to seizures, pain, neurotransmitter release, etc. |
| US09650373B2 |
Synthesis of 2-carboxamide cycloamino urea derivatives
Provided herein are processes useful for the preparation of 2-carboxamide cycloamino urea derivatives of formula (X), and useful intermediates therefore, at internal temperatures such as less than about −5° C. to about −15° C. and using solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, bases such as amines, and the like. |
| US09650370B2 |
(Cyano-dimethyl-methyl)-isoxazoles and -[1,3,4]thiadiazoles
This invention relates to novel (Cyano-dimethyl-methyl)-isoxazolesand-[1,3,4]thiadiazoles and their use as CB2 cannabinoid receptor agonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and their use for the treatment of CB2 receptor mediated disorders or conditions. |
| US09650365B2 |
Itraconazole analogues and methods of use thereof
Disclosed herein are analogs of itraconazole that are both angiogenesis and hedgehog signaling pathway inhibitors. The compounds are expected to be useful in the treatment of cancer, particularly cancers that are dependent upon the hedgehog signaling pathway such as basal cell carcinoma and medulloblastoma. |
| US09650363B2 |
Integrin antagonist conjugates for targeted delivery to cells expressing LFA-1
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, and n are defined in the detailed description and claims. In particular, the present invention relates to the compounds of formula I for use in the manufacture and delivery of conjugated moieties such as small molecules, peptides, nucleic acids, fluorescent moieties, and polymers which are linked to LFA-1 integrin antagonists to target cells expressing LFA-1. |
| US09650358B2 |
Pyridine CDK9 kinase inhibitors
Disclosed are compound of Formula (Ia), wherein R2, R12, R16, J, Q, X, Y and Z are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds may be used as agents in the treatment of diseases, including cancer. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula (Ia). |
| US09650357B2 |
Reagent for enhancing generation of chemical species
A reagent that enhances acid generation of a photoacid generator and composition containing such reagent is disclosed. |
| US09650356B2 |
Compositions, apparatus, systems, and methods for resolving electronic excited states
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to molecules, including conjugated fused polycyclic molecules, that may receive excited state energy from other molecules (e.g., light-absorbing molecules) or directly from the irradiation sources. According to some embodiments, the disclosure relates to molecules, including conjugated fused polycyclic molecules, that may resolve (e.g., quench, dissipate) excited state energy, normally by way of releasing it as heat. (e.g., as heat). Conjugated fused polycyclic molecules of various structures are disclosed including Formula III: The disclosure further relates to methods of use and/or therapy using molecules of Formulas I, II, and/or III. |
| US09650355B2 |
Method for preparation of justicidin a derivatives of arylnaphthalene lignan structure
The present disclosure relates to a novel method for preparing an arylnaphthalene lignan compound. In synthesis of arylnaphthalene lignan compounds and derivatives according to the present disclosure, a naphthalene backbone may be constructed first and an aryl group may be introduced at the final stage. Through this, various kinds of derivatives that could not be prepared from the existing methods can be synthesized effectively. Further, the synthesis method according to the present disclosure is appropriate for large-scale production. |
| US09650353B2 |
Method for producing epoxy compound and catalyst composition for epoxidation reaction
A method of producing an epoxy compound, which comprises reacting hydrogen peroxide with a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond, in the presence of at least one of a tungsten compound and a molybdenum compound; and an onium salt comprising 20 or more carbon atoms and one or more of substituents convertible to a functional group containing an active hydrogen or a salt thereof. |
| US09650337B2 |
Method of synthesising 4-piperidin-4-yl-benzene-1,3-diol and the salts of same and novel compound tert-butyl 4-(2,4-dihydroxy-phenyl)-4-hydroxy-piperidine-1-carboxylate
A method is described for the synthesis of 4-piperidin-4-yl-benzene-1,3-diol of the following formula (I): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also described, is tert-butyl 4-(2,4-dihydroxy-phenyl)-4-hydroxy-piperidine-1-carboxylate as a novel intermediate compound |
| US09650335B2 |
Compounds, monomers, and polymers containing a carbonate linkage
The invention provides compounds and monomers having a carbonate linkage. The monomers can be used to form homopolymers or can be coupled with other monomers to provide a wide variety of non-homopolymers. The invention further provides a wide variety of compositions comprising the compounds, monomers, and polymers. In the exemplary structures below, Q, A, R, and n are as described herein. |
| US09650333B2 |
Process for separating astaxanthan
Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives. |
| US09650325B2 |
Compound, preparing method thereof, and use thereof as inhibitors of histone demethylase
Provided are a novel compound, preparing method thereof, and use thereof as inhibitor of histone demethylase. The compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 has activity which inhibits histone demethylase and thus is capable of specifically and effectively inhibit activity of histone demethylase. |
| US09650323B2 |
Tri-substituted aromatic-containing additives and surfactants and methods for use
Disclosed are novel tri-substituted aromatic-alkoxylated surface active compounds. Also provided is a method of preparing an aqueous coating composition such as a latex paint including the above components. |
| US09650322B2 |
Method for producing alkoxyhydroxybenzaldehyde
Processes may include producing at least one alkoxyhydroxybenzaldehyde compound from at least one hydroxyphenol compound, wherein processes include the steps of: (i) synthetizing at least one alkoxyphenol from said at least one hydroxyphenol in the presence of at least one O-alkylating agent; (ii) recovering said at least one alkoxyphenol and impurities, wherein said impurities includes a dialkoxybenzene compound; (iii) separating said dialkoxybenzene from the alkoxyphenol; (iv) condensing the alkoxyphenol with glyoxylic acid and obtaining the corresponding mandelic compound; (v) oxidizing said mandelic compound to give the corresponding alkoxyhydroxy-benzaldehyde; and (vi) recovering said alkoxyhydroxybenzaldehyde. |
| US09650319B2 |
Methods of making chlorinated hydrocarbons
Methods for the manufacture of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine are disclosed. Improved methods are provided for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane. Methods are also disclosed for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine and for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from carbon tetrachloride, ethylene, and chlorine. |
| US09650315B1 |
High density fuels from isoprene
A method for producing high density fuels from isoprene which can be produced via biosynthetic routes using biomass sugars as feedstock. This allows for the production of isoprene and isoprene-derived fuels from abundant waste materials with the potential to significantly reduce DoD carbon emissions. Embodiments of the invention describe a method for conversion of isoprene to full performance jet and diesel fuels. Isoprene can be selectively oligomerized to generate a distribution of branched chain hydrocarbons. Combination of an oligomerization catalyst with a metathesis catalyst allows for the synthesis of high density cyclic fuels with performance advantages (increased density and volumetric net heat of combustion) over conventional petroleum-based fuels. |
| US09650313B2 |
Depolymerization of plastic materials
A styrene monomer reclamation process and system is described. The styrene monomer reclamation process includes providing a waste plastic. The waste plastic includes styrenic polymers. The waste plastic is formed into polymer particles. At least a portion of the polymer particles are dissolved in a solvent to form a polymer stream. The dissolved polymer particles are depolymerized to form a styrene monomer stream. |
| US09650311B2 |
Process for purification of CO2 in an ethylene stream obtained from the dehydration of ethanol
Process for the production of ethylene from an ethanol feedstock that comprises these stages: a) dehydration to produce at least ethylene and water effluents, b) partial condensation of said ethylene effluent, c) separating phases of said partially condensed ethylene effluent to produce gas and liquid effluents, d) compression of said gas effluent to produce compressed gas effluent, e) washing said compressed gas effluent by contact with the recycled washing water of stage h) to produce washed gas and waste water effluents, f) absorption of said washed gas effluent by contact with at least an absorbent solution to produce purified gas effluent, g) distilling said waste water effluent and, jointly, said water effluent from said dehydration stage to produce at least gas distillate, liquid distillate, purified water effluent, and distillation residue, h) recycling, as washing water, at least a portion of said purified water effluent upstream from the washing stage e). |
| US09650309B2 |
Stability of gas atomized reactive powders through multiple step in-situ passivation
A method for gas atomization of oxygen-reactive reactive metals and alloys wherein the atomized particles are exposed as they solidify and cool in a very short time to multiple gaseous reactive agents for the in-situ formation of a protective reaction film on the atomized particles. The present invention is especially useful for making highly pyrophoric reactive metal or alloy atomized powders, such as atomized magnesium and magnesium alloy powders. The gaseous reactive species (agents) are introduced into the atomization spray chamber at locations downstream of a gas atomizing nozzle as determined by the desired powder or particle temperature for the reactions and the desired thickness of the reaction film. |
| US09650308B1 |
Reduced toxicity screening smoke producing composition using lithium perchlorate
A reduced toxicity baseline screening smoke composition and method includes a mixture of lithium perchlorate and boron. The mixture may further include a burn rate modifier and any of an inorganic chloride coolant and a carbonate coolant. The lithium perchlorate may be in the range of 75% to 95% parts by weight. The boron may be in the range of 5% to 25% parts by weight. The any of an inorganic chloride coolant and a carbonate coolant may be in the range of 5% to 25% parts by weight. The mixture may include boron oxide. |
| US09650307B2 |
Methods for producing DEMN eutectic
A method of producing DEMN eutectic comprises reacting a reactant mixture comprising ethylenediamine and diethylenetriamine with aqueous nitric acid to form a reaction mixture comprising diethylentriamine trinitrate and ethylenediamine dinitrate. The reaction mixture is combined with methylnitroguanidine and nitroguanidine to form an aqueous slurry. Water is removed from the aqueous slurry. A method of producing an energetic composition, and a system for producing DEMN eutectic are also described. |
| US09650304B2 |
Tunnel kiln for firing ceramic porous bodies
The invention provides a tunnel kiln for firing ceramic porous bodies which can fire ceramic porous bodies containing organic binders in a shorter period of time than in conventional methods without producing breaks or requiring nitrogen gas. The tunnel kiln includes a preheating zone 1, a firing zone 2, and a cooling zone 3 and fires the ceramic porous bodies loaded on a carriage 7 by driving it in a furnace. A heat storage regenerative burner 10 is used as means of heating the firing zone 2 so that low-oxygen-concentration exhaust gas discharged from the heat storage regenerative burner 10 may be returned to an exhaust gas return line 14 and supplied into the preheating zone 1. The exhaust gas return line 14 may be provided with a combustion device 17 that reduces the oxygen concentration by consuming oxygen contained in the exhaust gas. |
| US09650303B2 |
Silicon carbide ceramic matrix composites
Ceramic matrix composite materials and processes for making said composite materials are disclosed. |
| US09650300B2 |
Dissolvable cementitious composite ingredient packet
A packaged composition may include a package made from a water-soluble polymer material. The package may be configured to contain a cementitious composition. The cementitious composition may include water in the form of microencapsulated water spheres and high alumina cement. |
| US09650299B2 |
Methods of using downhole compositions including an ion-sequestering compound
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the method includes obtaining or providing a composition including at least one-ion sequestering compound, sequestering at least one ion from a polymer in the composition with the at least one ion-sequestering compound, and contacting a subterranean material downhole with the composition. |
| US09650298B2 |
Hardening accelerator composition for cementitious compositions
The invention concerns a process for the for the preparation of a hardening accelerator composition by reaction of a water-soluble calcium compound with a water-soluble silicate compound, the reaction being carried out in the presence of an aqueous solution which contains a plasticizer suitable for hydraulic binders, characterized in that said reaction is being carried out in the presence of apatite and that the molar ratio of calcium to phosphor in the hardening accelerator is from 25/1 to 400/1. |
| US09650297B2 |
Additive including cross-linked polycarboxylic copolymer and cement composition comprising the same
Disclosed are an additive of a cement composition including a cross-linked polycarboxylic copolymer and a cement composition including the same. More particularly, an additive of a cement composition including a polycarboxylic copolymer and/or a salt thereof, wherein the polycarboxylic copolymer is a copolymer of a monomer mixture including an alkoxy polyalkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylic acid ester-based monomer, a (meth)acrylic acid-based monomer, and a cross-linking agent containing 5 to 20 alkylene oxide groups and having two or more acrylate groups or vinyl groups, and a cement composition including the same are disclosed. The additive of the cement composition including the polycarboxylic copolymer according to the present invention controls a cross-linked structure and thereby initial sensitivity and retentivity are improved, and, accordingly, a cement composition having superior long-term workability may be formed. |
| US09650296B2 |
Nanoclay as an additive for high pressure and high temperature well cementing
A cement slurry composition, containing hydraulic cement, water, and from 1 to less than 4% of an organically modified nanoclay. A method for cementing a high pressure high temperature well by pumping the cement composition of claim 1 between a casing and a formation of a well bore to fill a gap between the casing and the formation, and allowing the cement to harden. |
| US09650295B2 |
Method for producing an Al/TiC nanocomposite material
The invention relates to a process for preparing an Al/TiC nanocomposite material comprising an aluminum matrix in which particles comprising nano-sized TiC are dispersed. It comprises: a) preparing a first powder mixture by contacting a graphite powder with a titanium aluminide powder of the formula Al3Ti, both powders having micro- or higher sized particles; b) preparing a second powder mixture by mechanosynthesis of the first powder mixture, the second powder mixture being formed in all or part by particles comprising both titanium aluminide and graphite; c) compressing the second powder mixture to obtain one or more greens; d) reactively sintering the green(s), thereby the Al/TiC nanocomposite material is obtained. |
| US09650292B2 |
Methods for controlled laser-induced growth of glass bumps on glass articles
A method for controlling formation of glass bumps in a glass article with laser-irradiation without the use of a growth-limiting structure. Standard deviation of height between the glass bumps on the article is less than 1 micron by controlling the laser radiation dose provided on the glass article. |
| US09650289B2 |
Arsenic and antimony free, titanium oxide containing borosilicate glass and methods for the production thereof
Titanium oxide containing borosilicate glasses, which have been produced without the use of arsenic and antimony compounds, are provided. An environmentally friendly refining method for providing titanium oxide containing borosilicate glass is also provided. The method includes using oxygen containing selenium compounds as refining agents to provide glasses with good transmittance values in the infrared range and show no disturbing discolorations. The glasses of the present disclosure are particularly suitable for the production of IR light conductors, cover glasses for photo sensors, and UV filters. |
| US09650287B2 |
Visible light and infrared light transmitting optical colored glass, composition thereof, and preparing method thereof
The present disclosure illustrates a composition of a visible light and infrared light transmitting optical colored glass. The chalcogenide semiconductor compound Cu2ZnSnS4 or Cu2ZnSnSe4 is added in the silicate glass system composition, to adjust color and the optical property of the glass. The glass made of this composition has a characteristic of the visible light and infrared light transmitting in a wavelength of range 400 nm to 1200 nm. |
| US09650286B2 |
Beta-quartz glass ceramics with controlled transmission and methods of making same
Beta-quartz glass-ceramics containing in their composition neither arsenic oxide nor antimony oxide and having a controlled transmission curve, articles made using the glass-ceramics, including cooktops, and precursor glasses of such glass-ceramics. |
| US09650283B2 |
Method of manufacturing optical fiber and apparatus of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing an optical fiber includes drawing an optical fiber preform and forming a bare optical fiber, disposing a coating layer formed of a resin on an outer circumference of the bare optical fiber, and curing the coating layer and obtaining an optical fiber. A direction of the bare optical fiber is changed by a direction changer in any position from drawing the optical fiber to disposing the coating layer, and the direction changer includes a guide groove which guides the bare optical fiber. |
| US09650282B2 |
Glass fiber with properties of high strength, energy saving, environment protecting and low viscosity, production method thereof and composite material containing the same
An application of glass fiber with low viscosity, high strength and energy saving, whose nominal diameter goes between 5-13 μm, the deviation value of the diameter of the said glass fiber is within ±15% of the nominal diameter, characterized in that: the said glass fiber contains Al2O3, SiO2, MgO, CaO, Fe2O3 and Na2O, wherein, calculated as per weight percentage, the said glass fiber contains Al2O3 20-39%, Fe2O3 0.01-3%, Na2O 0.01-8.8%, B2O3 0-10%, MgO 7-20% and F2O 0%, wherein the content of SiO2 is 1.9-4.1 times that of CaO, and the content of CaO is 1-1.8 time(s) that of MgO. |
| US09650279B2 |
Method and device for bending sheets
A device for bending panes is described. The device has a pre-bending ring, a movable bending ring holder, a final bending ring, a preheating region for preheating at least one pane, a pre-bending region for a further bending of the at least one pane, a heating region for a final bending of an edge of the at least one pane and for a surface pre-bending of the at least one pane, a second bending region for a further surface bending of the at least one pane and a cooling region. |
| US09650277B2 |
Methods and systems for destabilizing foam in equipment downstream of a submerged combustion melter
Methods and systems for de-stabilizing foam produced in submerged combustion melters. A molten mass of glass and bubbles is flowed into an apparatus downstream of a submerged combustion melter. The downstream apparatus includes a floor, a roof and a wall connecting the floor and roof, but is devoid of submerged combustion burners and other components that would increase turbulence of the molten mass. The molten mass has foam on at least a portion of a top surface of the molten mass. Certain methods include imposing a de-stabilizing force directly to the foam or to the molten mass and foam, where the de-stabilizing force may be a vibratory force, an acoustic wave force, a particulate-based force, or a non-particulate-based mechanical force. Systems for carrying out the methods are described. |
| US09650275B2 |
Integrated process for the production of bio-oil from sludge coming from a wastewater purification plant
Integrated process for the production of bio-oil from sludge coming from a wastewater purification plant comprising the following steps: (a) sending wastewater to said purification plant obtaining sludge; (b) subjecting the sludge obtained in said step (a) to liquefaction, obtaining a mixture Including an oily phase consisting of bio-oil, a solid phase and an aqueous phase; (c) sending the aqueous phase obtained in said step (b) to said purification plant. The bio-oil (or “bio-crude”) thus obtained can be advantageously used in the production of bio-fuels which can be used as such, or in a mixture with other automotive fuels. Otherwise, said bio-oil (or “bio-crude”) can be used as such (bio-fuel), or in a mixture with fossil fuels (combustible oil, coal, etc.), for the generation of electric energy or heat. |
| US09650271B2 |
Wastewater leaching system
Processes and systems for treatment of wastewater are provided. Some of these systems and processes flow wastewater from an upright infiltrative surface into sand or other soil between opposing infiltrative surfaces and provide for aerobic treatment of the wastewater in the sand or other soil between the opposing infiltrative surfaces. Some of these systems and processes may employ spacing connectors positioned and configured to connect neighboring infiltrative channels. |
| US09650269B2 |
System and method for reducing gas emissions from wet flue gas desulfurization waste water
A method and a system (12) for reducing plant (10) gas emissions by reducing ammonia/ammonium ion content in waste water W prior to the waste water W being evaporated in an evaporator device (7). As such, the method and the system (12) reduce the release of ammonia/ammonium ion into the flue gas FG stream thus reducing emissions of ammonia/ammonium ions to the environment or atmosphere and/or accumulation of ammonia/ammonium ions in downstream equipment such as a wet flue gas desulfurization system (13). |
| US09650264B2 |
Fluid conditioning
A fluid conditioning control system for driving one or more coils in a fluid conditioning system with a target load current to generate an alternating magnetic field directed at a fluid, the control system comprising a controller, a switch mode power supply circuit and a push pull AC drive circuit, wherein the controller is arranged to develop a first variable output having a frequency range that sweeps between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency, and further arranged to develop a second variable output in the form of a duty cycle controlled signal, wherein the switch mode power supply circuit is arranged to develop a variable supply voltage to the AC drive circuit in response to the second variable output and a current sense circuit, and the AC drive circuit is arranged to develop a drive signal for developing a target load current in response to the first variable output and the variable supply voltage, thereby forming a current feedback loop. |
| US09650258B2 |
Mineral composition, especially for use in paper fillers and paper or plastic coatings
A mineral composition comprising mineral particles, said mineral particles, when in a densely compacted bed form, having a volume defined median pore diameter from 0.01 to 0.04 micrometre, and having an intruded total specific void volume of 0.1-0.3 cm3/g. A specific advantage of this composition is that it as a component in a coating, allows the passage of ink solvent into the base paper while retaining the ink molecules on the surface. |
| US09650257B2 |
Process for producing VET-type zeolite
A process for producing a VET-type zeolite is provided in which the use of a structure-directing agent is minimized and the environmental burden can be minimized. This process for producing a VET-type zeolite comprises (1) mixing a zinc source, an element M1 source, an alkali source, and water so as to result in a reaction mixture having a specific composition in terms of molar ratio, (2) using, as seed crystals, a VET-type zeolite which has an M1O2/ZnO ratio of 5-30 and adding the zeolite to the reaction mixture in an amount of 0.1-30 wt % relative to the M1O2 contained in the reaction mixture, and (3) heating the reaction mixture to which the seed crystals have been added, at 80-200° C. in a hermetically closed state. M1 represents silicon or a mixture of silicon and germanium. |
| US09650251B2 |
Reactors and methods for producing solid carbon materials
A reactor for producing a solid carbon material comprising at least one reaction chamber configured to produce a solid carbon material and water vapor through a reduction reaction between at least one carbon oxide and at least one gaseous reducing material in the presence of at least one catalyst material. Additional reactors, and related methods of producing a solid carbon material, and of forming a reactor for producing a solid carbon material are also described. |
| US09650250B2 |
Method for producing bis(halosulfonyl)amine
The present invention provides an industrially advantageous method for producing bis(halosulfonyl)amine that makes it possible to inhibit the rapid generation of gas and reduce the amount of halogenating agent used by controlling the reaction rate among sulfamic acid, the halogenating agent and a halosulfonic acid to nearly a constant rate from the initial stage to the final stage of the reaction. The method for producing bis(halosulfonyl)amine of the present invention allows the obtaining of a bis(halosulfonyl)amine such as N-(fluorosulfonyl)-N-(chlorosulfonyl)amine or bis(chlorosulfonyl)amine by a production method that includes heating a mixture containing sulfamic acid and a halosulfonic acid to a temperature higher than room temperature, adding a halogenating agent thereto, and allowing to react while adjusting to a prescribed temperature. |
| US09650243B2 |
Method and apparatus for a seal ring structure
A wafer seal ring may be formed on a first and/or a second wafer. One or both of the first and/or second wafers may have one or more dies formed thereon. The wafer seal ring may be formed to surround the dies of a corresponding wafer. One or more die seal rings may be formed around the one or more dies. The wafer seal ring may be formed to a height that may be approximately equal to a height of one or more die seal rings formed on the first and/or second wafer. The wafer seal ring may be formed to provide for eutectic or fusion bonding processes. The first and second wafers may be bonded together to form a seal ring structure between the first and second wafers. The seal ring structure may provide a hermetic seal between the first and second wafers. |
| US09650239B2 |
MEMS integrated pressure sensor and microphone devices and methods of forming same
A method embodiment for forming a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) device includes providing a MEMS wafer, wherein a portion of the MEMS wafer is patterned to provide a first membrane for a microphone device and a second membrane for a pressure sensor device. A carrier wafer is bonded to the MEMS wafer, and the carrier wafer is etched to expose the first membrane for the microphone device to an ambient environment. A MEMS substrate is patterned and portions of a first sacrificial layer are removed of the MEMS wafer to form a MEMS structure. A cap wafer is bonded to a side of the MEMS wafer opposing the carrier wafer to form a first sealed cavity including the MEMS structure. A second sealed cavity and a cavity exposed to an ambient environment on opposing sides of the second membrane for the pressure sensor device are formed. |
| US09650235B2 |
Apparatus and method for transferring data between a fuel providing means and a vehicle for the prevention of misfuelling
An apparatus and method for distinguishing the correct type of fuel to be disposed in a vehicle (4) is provided. The apparatus includes an RFID tag (40) disposed on one of a vehicle (4) or a fuel providing means (2), and a radio receiving means (42) disposed on the other of the vehicle (4) or fuel providing means (2). A signal, indicative of a type of fuel, is emitted by the RFID tag (40) and compared with a predetermined radio signal stored in a storage means (41), and a warning is generated on the basis of a determination of correspondence between the detected radio signal and predetermined radio signal. The present invention therefore provides a safe and reliable system that removes or reduces human decision from a refuelling process, and ensures the correct fuel is provided to the vehicle (4). |
| US09650234B1 |
Multipurpose handheld tool and associated method
A multifunctional hand-operable beverage service tool includes a casing having a cavity defined therein, the casing having a proximal end region and a distal end region. A plurality of tools are pivotally coupled to said casing, the tools each being independently pivotable relative to the casing along an arcuate path defined between retracted and deployed positions; wherein one of said plurality of tools comprises a wine key lever. A first opening is positioned through the distal end region of the casing, the first opening being constructed and arranged to engage and remove a bottle cap. A second opening comprising a finger hole is positioned through the proximal end region of the casing. |
| US09650233B2 |
Method for operating an industrial vehicle to manage energy costs
An industrial vehicle has a controller connected to a plurality of sensors for accumulating information related to operation of the vehicle. The controller employs that information in governing further vehicle operation to reduce the likelihood of damage to the vehicle or a load being transported. The information also is analyzed to determine how efficiently the industrial vehicle and its operator are performing in relation to performance benchmarks for the vehicle and in comparison to other industrial vehicles. Performance of the industrial vehicle can be limited to conserve battery power and restrict recharging the battery to off-peak hours of an electrical utility. When the sensors detect a malfunction of the industrial vehicle, a fault code is produced. A service technician can use that fault code to automatically access service manuals stored in the computer system of the vehicle and obtain information for diagnosing and correcting the malfunction. |
| US09650232B2 |
Hydraulic drive apparatus for work machine
Provided is a hydraulic drive apparatus for working machine capable of preventing an excessive pressure reduction on a meter-in side and moving a load in a lowering direction at a stable speed requiring no counter balance valve. The apparatus includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator for lowering the load, an operating device, a hydraulic circuit including a meter-in flow passage, a meter-out flow passage and a regeneration flow passage, a control valve, a meter-in-flow-rate controller for controlling a meter-in flow rate, a meter-out-flow-rate controller for controlling a meter-out flow rate to one not lower than the meter-in flow rate, a back pressure generator located downstream of the regeneration flow passage in the meter-out flow passage, and a meter-out-flow-rate limiter. The meter-out-flow-rate limiter minimizes a flow passage area of the meter-out orifice when a pressure in the meter-in flow passage falls to or below a permissible pressure. |
| US09650227B2 |
Elevator
An elevator includes a car, a counterweight, a rotatable drive member, and one or more suspension ropes interconnecting the car and the counterweight and passing over the rotatable drive member. Each of the suspension rope(s) has a first rope section on the first side of the drive member and a second rope section on the second side of the drive member, the first section(s) of the rope(s) being connected to the car to suspend the car. The second section(s) of the rope(s) are connected to the counterweight to suspend the counterweight. Drive machinery controls rotation of the drive member. The elevator includes a rope tension sensor mounted on the counterweight and arranged to sense tension of the second section(s) of the rope(s). The rope(s) include(s) electrically conducting member(s) extending continuously along the length of the rope(s) forming an electrically conducting connection between the car and counterweight. The rope tension sensor is functionally connected with the drive machinery via said electrically conducting connection between the car and counterweight such that reduced rope tension of the second rope section(s) sensed by the rope tension sensor triggers the drive machinery to brake rotation of the drive member and/or to stop rotating the drive member. |
| US09650224B2 |
System and method for folding printed sheets
An apparatus for folding of print sheets includes a compressed air device that comprises at least two segments with respectively at least one exit opening having a cross-sectional surface and directed toward a folding gap of two folding rollers. Each segment is connected to a compressed air source and a control unit, includes at least one control element and is embodied to be activated separately with compressed air. |
| US09650221B2 |
Conveyor
A conveyor includes: a conveyor roller unit including a conveyor roller; a transmission mechanism; a driven roller unit including a driven roller; a supporting member which supports the conveyor roller unit and the driven roller unit to allow the conveyor roller unit and the driven roller unit to take a conveyance position or a retracted position; and a movable member which is movable between a first position where the conveyor roller and the driven roller take the conveyance position and a second position where the conveyor roller and the driven roller take the refracted position. The movable member moves from the second position to the first position when the conveyor roller in the second position rotates in one direction. |
| US09650220B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking member, an optical sensor, a detected member, and a control unit. As an amount of sheets stacked on the stacking member decreases, the detected member moves from a first position in which optical sensor light is not interrupted, then once interrupts the light, and then moves to a second position in which the light is not interrupted. Information regarding an amount of sheets transmitted by the control unit, when stored information is about the detected member in the second position, is information notifying that an amount of sheets stacked on the stacking member is less than that of information regarding an amount of sheets stacked on the stacking member transmitted by the control unit when stored information is about the detected member is in the first position. |
| US09650215B2 |
Robotic carton unloader
A robotic carton unloader is configured for automatic unloading of cartons from a carton pile. In various embodiments, the robotic carton unloader may include a mobile body, a movable robotic arm attached to the mobile body and comprising an end effector, a conveyor system having a front portion, and a lift attached to the mobile body and the front portion of the conveyor system to move the front portion. In some embodiments, the conveyor system may comprise a front-end shelf conveyor configured to be moved (e.g., raised, lowered, laterally moved, tilted, etc.) relative to the body of the unloader. The front-end shelf conveyor may be moved separately for positioning below the robotic arm in order to receive cartons from a small distance. The front-end shelf conveyor may be moved via various mechanisms (e.g., scissor lifts, pedestal lifts, etc.). |
| US09650214B2 |
Multiple carrier handling in a pneumatic transport system
A system, apparatus and method (i.e., utility) is provided for increasing the resource utilization of a pneumatic tube system (PTS). This utility allows for moving two or more carriers during a single air source cycle. That is, air pressure or vacuum during a single cycle of an air source may be utilized to move multiple carriers and thereby reduce the total number of cycles required to complete two or more transactions. Accordingly, the throughput of the PTS may be increased. |
| US09650210B2 |
Container-handling installation having an exchangeable format part
A container-handling installation includes an exchangeable format part for guiding containers, and a catch closure for connecting the format part in a releasable manner to a locking device. The catch closure has a catch on an upper format plane. The catch rotates between a first, in which it releases the format part, and a second position, in which it locks it. The catch closure fixes and braces the format part and locking device, which is oriented around the catch closure, has a vertical web with a locking tab corresponding to the catch. A connecting device arranged on a side of the locking device opposite the locking tab fixes the locking device to a body of the container-handling installation. |
| US09650206B2 |
Conveying systems
A conveying system for conveying a conveyable material from a hopper where the system includes a fluid port located below the hopper outlet and in a vertical flow path into hopper outlet that can be momentarily opened for an on the go release of a charge of compressed air directly upward into the hopper outlet and into the underside of the bridge in the hopper to either disintegrate or unlock the bridged particles from each other thereby causing the bridged material to fall into the hopper outlet and into the conveying system where the material can be transported to a remote location or to remove any material that may be adhering to the wall during an emptying phase. |
| US09650198B2 |
Insulated shipping bags
A collapsible insulated bag designed to allow items retained within an inner pouch thereof to remain within predetermined temperature ranges for predetermined periods of time and wherein the bags are designed to be easily compressed or compacted for storage or shipment to end users. The bags include at least an outer reflective or paper/Kraft based film layer, an intermediate open foam or insulating batt layer, and the inner pouch layer. |
| US09650197B1 |
Collapsible portable container and method for mixing two substances
A collapsible portable container for mixing two substances comprising a first segment defining a first enclosed volume for housing a first substance, a second segment having side walls operably configured to collapse and defining a second enclosed volume for housing a second substance, a puncturing member disposed within the second enclosed volume, and a partition disposed in an interposing relationship between the first segment of the container and the second segment of the container, wherein the side walls of the second segment is operably configured to compress, thereby translating the puncturing member so as to pierce the partition and fluidly couple the first enclosed volume and the second enclosed volume. |
| US09650195B2 |
Fail-safe containment device for containing volatile fluids
A fail safe container and container insert are disclosed. A flexible container insert may convert energy from a catastrophic event, including but not limited to collisions, accidents, impacts, pressure container failures or explosions such as detonations, or other catastrophic incidents, into a stretching of an internal structure of a fail-safe container insert to minimize or prevent failure of the container insert and/or the container. The stretchability of the container insert may accommodate both temperature and shape changes to protect a container, including but not limited to a pressure vessel, from rupture or other failure. Accordingly, a container insert may be considered self-healing in that it may absorb the effects of catastrophic events to prevent failure, may return to a generally previous condition, and/or may seal or otherwise reduce or minimize breaches when they do occur. |
| US09650189B1 |
Drinking vessels including devices for providing a mixed liquid therefrom
Disclosed are lid assemblies for use on a vessel holding a base liquid. They include an agent chamber for holding a liquid agent and a pivotable spout. The spout includes a base liquid inlet port and a liquid agent inlet port, respective passageways connected to those ports and terminating at a mixing space. The agent chamber includes plural different sized metering orifices, orifice configured to be brought into communication with the liquid agent port of the spout when the spout is pivoted to any one of plural angular positions to provide a metered amount of the liquid agent into the spout for mixing with the base liquid in the mixing space when the user sucks on the spout. The base liquid is drawn into the spout from the interior of the vessel via a base liquid metering port that is brought into communication with the base liquid inlet port when the spout is in any one of those plural angular positions. |
| US09650185B2 |
Tamper evident closure
A tamper evident closure employs a frangible tamper evident finger for initially retaining a lid in a closed position relative to a closure body. In response to an initial opening of the lid, the finger is separated from the lid and retained in a volume at least partly defined by the closure body. As the finger is connected to the lid by a frangible bridge in a confirmation window, upon separation of the finger from the lid, the now open confirmation window provides immediate and ready indication that the lid has been opened. |
| US09650184B2 |
Package containing tamper evidence features
A package containing tamper evident features includes a closure for closing the package and an access point that provides access to contents of the package. The closure includes a ring surrounding the closure which is connected to the package, a lid, substantially covering the access point when the lid is closed on the package, a removable tab secured between a portion of the lid and the ring and a plurality of tear off webs between the ring and the lid. The tear off webs are releasably connected between the ring and the lid. Opening of the package by opening the lid requires both removal of the tab from the tube and breaking of the first tear off webs. Removal of the tab forms a window at least partially provided in the lid. |
| US09650183B2 |
Lid assembly and valve for a lid assembly
A lid assembly for a drink container includes a cap, a wall and a valve member. The cap fits onto a drink container and includes a spout defining a drink passage and a vent opening offset from the drink passage. The wall depends downwardly from a lower surface of the cap and surrounds the drink passage and the vent opening. The valve member is selectively receivable within a cavity defined by the wall. With the valve member received in the cavity and the cap fit onto the drink container, a first seal isolates the vent opening from the drink passage, a second seal is movable with respect to the wall and selectively contacts the wall to selectively isolate the vent opening from liquid in the drink container, and a third seal selectively isolates the drink passage from liquid in the drink container. |
| US09650180B2 |
Tamper-indicating shapes for flexible recloseable packages
A recloseable package is provided having a tamper-indicating element. The tamper-indicating element include one or more self-terminating shapes that form one or more chads after opening the recloseable package. Advantageously, the self-terminating shapes provide a simple, visual cue of graphical alignment in the seal to show the customer whether or not a package has been opened. |
| US09650179B2 |
Cap with overmolded gasket anchoring system
An ice bag is described having a bladder formed with an opening, a threaded receiver coupled to the bladder at the opening, a threaded cap having a first portion formed of a rigid material and a second portion formed of an overmold material, the second portion providing a seal between the receiver and cap with the cap threaded into the receiver. |
| US09650174B2 |
Fillable closure comprising a push button for triggering
The fillable closure is used to trigger the emptying of a capsule that can be inserted in the closure and filled separately. The closure consists of a closing cap which can be attached to the neck of a container and in which a separately fillable capsule can be inserted in the closed state from beneath. The region above the inserted capsule on the closing cap forms a push button. A downwardly projecting protuberance is molded on the lower face. The protuberance abuts against the inserted capsule. Using pressure from above, the push button can be pressed to deform an initially convex shape as seen from above into a concave shape, the protuberance pushing the upper face of the capsule and the content thereof downward. A film, which forms the lower face of the capsule, is thus placed under tensile stress such that it breaks or bursts along weakened lines. |
| US09650171B2 |
Pouring package for a fluid and pouring element therefor
A pouring package for a fluid and a pouring element therefor, including a container provided with a pouring opening which is closed by a seal in an unopened condition of the container. The pouring package is provided with a pouring element at the location of the pouring opening, the pouring element including a breaking element configured to act on and break the seal when a pressure is exerted thereon so as to thus effect an opened condition of the container. The pouring element is provided with two pivot arms extending on either side of the breaking element. Each pivot arm is pivotally connected to the breaking element with a first end and to the pouring element with the opposite, second end. The pouring element is provided with a flexible wall portion on a side remote from the pouring opening, wherein the flexible wall portion covers only part of the pouring opening. |
| US09650162B2 |
Device for metering bulk material, in particular plastics granulate
The invention relates to a device for metering bulk material, in particular plastics granulate, for machines processing plastics granulate, in particular for injection molding machines, wherein at least one material funnel (2) into which bulk material can be filled and which has a material valve is provided. A weighing container (4) connected to weighing scales is optionally arranged below the material valve. A control unit is provided for the weighing scales and material valves. The material valve is designed as a metering valve (3), in particular as a flap-type metering valve. The metering valve (3) consists of a part, a closure (7), movable via a horizontal axis (6) and a fixed part, a scraper (8). The movable part has an operating arm (9) for an actuator (5) and at the end facing towards the fixed part has a closure plate (10) having a scraper projection (11). In the closed state of the metering valve (3) the scraper projection (11) touches the scraper (8). |
| US09650155B2 |
Aircraft control apparatus, control system and control method
An aircraft control apparatus, control system, and control method are disclosed. A control apparatus includes: a first control rod configured to have a movement in a first movement direction controlling a motion of an aircraft in a first motion direction, wherein after an external force on the first control rod in the first movement direction is removed, the first control rod automatically returns to a preset position in the first movement direction; wherein the preset position which the first control rod automatically returns to corresponds to the aircraft in the first motion direction maintaining a state of flight; wherein the maintaining state of flight depends on control signals received by the aircraft generated resulting from changes in the external force applied to the control rod in the first movement direction and state signals measured by state measurement sensors carried by the aircraft. |
| US09650154B2 |
Aircraft landing gear assemblies with non-rotating light element clusters
Aircraft landing gear assemblies and aircraft are provided. A landing gear assembly includes a main post and a light element cluster. The main post has a non-rotating portion and a rotatable steering portion. The light element cluster is associated with the non-rotating portion and includes at least two independently illuminating sections. |
| US09650150B2 |
Translucent seal cap
The present disclosure provides methods and articles useful in sealing fasteners, including seal caps and in particular translucent or transparent seals or seal caps. In some embodiments, a seal cap which is optically translucent and optionally visibly transparent contains an uncured sealant, which is optionally optically translucent or visibly transparent, and is applied to a fastener. In some embodiments, the sealant is cured by application of actinic radiation to the sealant through the seal cap. In another aspect, a protected fastener construction is provided comprising: q) a fastener; r) a seal cap; and s) a cured sealant; wherein the sealant is optically translucent and optionally visibly transparent. |
| US09650149B2 |
Fire containment apparatuses for aircraft duct assemblies
An intake duct assembly for an auxiliary power unit system is provided. A first inlet adapter includes at least one hole through the duct wall. A fire containment apparatus forms a first passage to direct intake air between exterior wall of the aircraft and the enclosure. An inner duct mounted on the first inlet adapter at a first position downstream of the at least one hole and mounted on the second inlet adapter. An outer sheath is mounted on the first inlet adapter at a second position upstream of the at least one hole and mounted on the second inlet adapter. The outer sheath circumscribes the inner duct to form at least a portion of a barrier annulus between the inner duct and outer sheath in fluid communication with the first passage via the at least one hole in the first inlet adapter. |
| US09650147B2 |
Device and method for cooling exhaust air of aircraft air-conditioning systems
Device for exhaust air cooling of aircraft air-conditioning systems comprising a bypass channel that bypasses an aircraft air-conditioning system arranged downstream of a ram air channel with a ram air inlet channel portion, and merges into an outlet channel, arranged downstream of the aircraft air-conditioning system, before a discharge opening for exhaust air, a common inlet being provided for the ram air channel and the bypass channel. |
| US09650145B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat such as an aircraft seat 1 comprises a seat pan 2 and a backrest 3. The backrest 3 includes a movable element 16 which is detachable from the backrest and attachable to the seat pan 2 to extend the seat pan surface. The movable element 16 may for example comprise the cushion and supporting structure of the headrest part of the backrest or may comprise just the cushion. Thus, in a row of such seats, an extended bed-like surface may be provided without adding substantially to the weight or bulk of the seat. |
| US09650137B2 |
Movement detection of hanging loads
Embodiments described herein provide for detecting an angle of a cable attached to a rotorcraft for transporting a hanging payload using a pair of linear displacement sensors that are coupled to both the rotorcraft and the cable. One embodiment is a cable angle detector mounted to an underside of a rotorcraft. A cable has one end coupled to the rotorcraft and another end coupled to a payload. A pair of linear displacement sensors has one end coupled to the underside of the rotorcraft and another end coupled to the cable. The detector measures the displacement of the sensors and calculates an angle of the cable relative to the rotorcraft based on the measurements. |
| US09650136B1 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle payload delivery
Techniques for using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to deliver a payload may be provided. For example, upon arrival to a delivery location, the UAV may release the payload and lower a tether coupling the payload to the UAV. Based on a distance associated with the lowering of the payload, the UAV may release the cable. This release may decouple the payload and at a least a portion of the cable from the UAV, thereby delivering the payload at the delivery location. |
| US09650132B2 |
Flying machine
In accordance with the invention, a flying machine is provided comprising at least two passive lift elements arranged substantially radial-symmetrically about a yaw axis of the flying machine, wherein the passive lift elements are configured to jointly generate a torque at the yaw axis upon movement of the flying machine substantially in parallel to the yaw axis. The flying machine further comprises active lift generating means, which are arranged substantially at distal ends of the passive lift elements. |
| US09650130B2 |
Electric hydraulic motor system for aircraft
An electric hydraulic motor system for aircraft having a taxing and takeoff mode and a braking mode. While in the taxiing and takeoff mode, a battery and optionally other sources of energy stored within the aircraft together provide energy to drive an electric motor which in turn drives a hydraulic pump creating hydraulic pressure within the aircraft hydraulic system. The increase in hydraulic pressure within the system actuates a hydraulic motor connected to the aircraft wheels, thereby providing rotation to the wheels of the aircraft, moving the aircraft forward. Alternatively, while in the braking mode, the rotation of the wheels of the aircraft drive a second hydraulic pump which imparts an increase of the hydraulic pressure within the aircraft hydraulic system. The increase in hydraulic pressure within the aircraft hydraulic system drives a second hydraulic motor which drives an electric generator which simultaneously slows the aircraft and charges the aircraft battery. |
| US09650127B2 |
Stretchable mesh for cavity noise reduction
A stretchable mesh material extends across the opening of a cavity of the landing gear of an aircraft when the landing gear is in the deployed position. The mesh material alters the flow of air across the opening of the landing gear cavity and significantly reduces the amount of noise produced by the wheel well at low-to-mid frequencies. |
| US09650126B2 |
Telescopic strut
A telescopic strut for electrically connecting a fixed structure of an aircraft to a movable structure mounted to the fixed structure, wherein the strut is adapted to be mechanically connected to the fixed structure by its one end and to be mechanically connected to the movable structure by its opposite end, the strut comprising a plurality of telescopic elements and containing a helically coiled electrical cable, wherein the cable is adapted to move between retracted and extended positions with the telescoping of the strut. Also, a method of operating an aircraft having a movable structure mounted to a fixed structure, and one or more of the telescopic struts mechanically and electrically connected between the fixed and movable structures. |
| US09650125B2 |
Control interface, system and method
A pilot control interface and method are described for selective control of an autopilot system by a pilot of an aircraft in which the autopilot system is installed. The pilot control interface includes a passive network that is selectively switchable between a plurality of states across an output interface that is made up of no more than two conductors that are in electrical communication with the autopilot system. Modification of a current autopilot flight mode can be performed incrementally or continuously based on respective momentary and continuous pilot input actuations. |
| US09650120B2 |
Electric drive shaft and vehicle comprising such an electric drive shaft
An electric drive shaft is disclosed including at least one speed-variable generator for generating a voltage with a variable amplitude and a variable frequency, and at least one speed-variable drive motor supplied with the voltage. The drive shaft enables repercussions on the voltage during sudden load changes, and therefore the complexity of the regulation for stabilizing the voltage, to be reduced due to the generator including a supraconductor winding, especially a high-temperature supraconductor winding. |
| US09650117B2 |
Aft-facing transom seating for a boat
A boat, having a transom, includes one or more aft-facing seats. Each aft-facing seat is positioned proximate to the transom and includes a seat bottom. The seat bottom may be inclined at a downward angle in a direction extending from aft to fore. Each aft-facing seat may also include a seatback, a headrest, a seat support structure having at least one hidden compartment therein, and at least one pivot mechanism attached to the seatback and the headrest and configured to allow the seatback to move between a first position and a second position in which the seatback allows access to the compartment and the headrest to move between an upright position and a folded position. A plurality of handles may be provided for each aft-facing seat, with one at an outboard side and another at an inboard side. |
| US09650116B2 |
Mounting system and associated apparatus
A mounting system is provided. Such a system includes at least one “C” channel adapted to be mounted to a surface, and a mountable accessory device. An intermediary mounting member is disposed between the at least one “C” channel and the accessory device, and the intermediary mounting member has the accessory device mounted thereto. At least two mounting arrangements are also included, wherein each mounting arrangement is engaged between one of the at least one “C” channel and the intermediary mounting member, and wherein the mounting arrangements are disposed in spaced-apart relation along the at least one “C” channel. An associated apparatus is also provided. |
| US09650113B2 |
Cargo transporter loading assembly
A cargo transporter loading assembly for loading bulk material onto a cargo transporter. The assembly includes a frame carrying a pivotally mounted boom. A distal end of the boom carries a head part encased by a cover and configured to prevent wind and rain ingress into the region between the boom and a cargo hold of a cargo transporter during bulk material loading. |
| US09650105B2 |
Bicycle operating device
A bicycle operating device comprises a hydraulic unit and a changing unit. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic cylinder, a piston, and a reservoir. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder bore. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore. The reservoir includes a reserve chamber and a connecting hole. The connecting hole is configured to connect the cylinder bore to the reserve chamber. The changing unit is separately provided from the piston and configured to change a communication state defined between the cylinder bore and the reserve chamber via the connecting hole. |
| US09650102B1 |
Collapsible control lever
A collapsible control lever comprises an assembling member, a rotation seat, a first torsion spring, an handle, and a pivoting rod. One end of the rotation seat is pivoted to the assembling member. The first torsion spring is assembled between the assembling member and the rotation seat. One end of the handle has a ball socket. One end of the pivoting rod has a ball head which is passing through and pivoted to the ball socket and the other end thereof is passing through and assembled to the rotation seat to provide to be folded and rotated in multiple angles with an external force. It provides a multi-angle collapsible control lever to increase the ranges of bending and rotation. A single element is provided a three-dimension range to achieve the effects of collapsing and rotating and the structure is simplified. |
| US09650101B2 |
Handlebar grip covers
A vehicle includes a handgrip assembly supported by a handlebar assembly. The handgrip assembly includes handgrip portion that defines an outer grip surface. The handgrip assembly also includes a cover portion coupled to the handgrip portion and partially surrounding the handgrip portion. The cover portion provides an appearance of a hand supported by or grasping the handlebar assembly. |
| US09650100B2 |
Vehicle body frame structure of straddle-type vehicle
A vehicle body frame structure is applied to a straddle-type vehicle in which a driving power transmission mechanism which transmits rotational power of a driving source to a rear wheel is placed on a first side in a vehicle width direction with respect to a center line of a vehicle body. The structure comprises a head pipe; and a pair of main frames extending rearward and outward in the vehicle width direction from the head pipe such that the main frames are spaced apart in the vehicle width direction. The pair of main frames include right- and left-side portions, respectively, facing the transmission mechanism in the vehicle width direction, and the right-side portion located on a second side in the vehicle width direction has a stiffness lower than that of the left-side portion located on the first side in the vehicle width direction. |
| US09650099B2 |
Systems and apparatus for a three-wheeled vehicle
An apparatus includes a vehicle frame, a swing arm and a fuel tank. The vehicle frame includes a front portion and a rear portion and defines a longitudinal centerline therebetween. The front portion is configured to support a recumbent seat. The rear portion is configured to be coupled to the swing arm and. The swing arm defines a longitudinal centerline and includes a wheel mounting portion configured to be coupled to a wheel assembly. The wheel mounting portion defines a radial axis that is substantially coaxial with the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle frame in at least one plane. The fuel tank is coupled to the rear portion of the vehicle frame such that the fuel tank is above the longitudinal centerline of the swing arm. |
| US09650097B2 |
Bicycle wind resistance trainer
A wind resistance apparatus removably attachable to a bicycle is provided. The apparatus includes a disc oriented to provide wind resistance as the bicycle moves; and a connecting piece coupled to the disc at one end of the connecting piece and including a mounting portion at another end of the connecting piece arranged to mount the connecting piece onto a the bicycle in an orientation where a periphery of the disc is substantially included within a plane that is substantially perpendicular to a plane passing through a rear wheel of the bicycle. |
| US09650096B2 |
Case for motorcycles
A case for motorcycles comprises a base portion, a cover, hinged to such a base portion, and a supporting structure, constrainable on one side to the base portion and, on the opposite side, to a fixed structure of the motorcycle. On the base portion a lock mechanism with a key is permanently constrained, operatively connected to the cover. The case is provided with first releasable engaging means between the base portion and the cover and second releasable engaging means between such a base portion and the supporting structure. The second releasable engaging means are made integral to the base portion. Both the first engaging means, and the second engaging means are simultaneously released by the key of the lock mechanism in order to selectively obtain the opening of the cover with respect to the base portion and/or the disengagement of such a base portion with respect to the supporting structure. |
| US09650094B2 |
Lever assembly for positive lock adjustable seatpost
A method and apparatus for a seat post assembly that is adjustable to an upper, intermediate, and lower seat post position using a locking member and a sleeve member coupled to an actuator for securing and releasing an inner tube with respect to an outer tube. The actuator may move the sleeve member to release the locking member from engagement with the outer tube to adjust the inner tube and thus the seat post assembly to the upper, intermediate, or lower seat post positions. The actuator and the sleeve may be biased into an initial position that urges the locking member into engagement with outer tube to lock the inner tube to the outer tube. |
| US09650093B2 |
Adjustable flex saddle for a bicycle or a motorcycle
A saddle on which an individual is seated while riding a bicycle or a motorcycle. The saddle includes a flexible base to support the rider's weight and a stationary nose cap attached to the flexible base. One end of a bumper retaining block is pivotally and detachably connected to the nose cap. A resilient bumper is located between the flexible base and the bumper retaining block. A pair of rails which runs along the bottom of the flexible base is attached to the bicycle/motorcycle. The pair of rails is coupled to the bumper retaining block to push the block towards the flexible base with the resilient bumper sandwiched therebetween. The bumper retaining block can be detached from the stationary nose cap so that the resilient bumper can be replaced by a bumper having a different density to selectively control the flexibility of the base. |
| US09650089B2 |
Maneuvering robotic vehicles having a positionable sensor head
Configurations are provided for vehicular robots or other vehicles to provide shifting of their centers of gravity for enhanced obstacle navigation. Various head and neck morphologies are provided to allow positioning for various poses such as a stowed pose, observation poses, and inspection poses. Neck extension and actuator module designs are provided to implement various head and neck morphologies. Robot control network circuitry is also provided. |
| US09650088B2 |
Work vehicle
A work vehicle includes a frame having opposed compartments to receive a lubricating liquid for providing lubrication to a corresponding motor-powered chain drive. The chain drive is usable to drivingly move a continuous track or a set of wheels for moving the work vehicle. The continuous track and the set of wheels are interchangeably receivable by the frame, the frame remaining virtually identical whether receiving the continuous track or the set of wheels. |
| US09650083B2 |
Subframe for a motor vehicle and method for producing a subframe
The invention relates to a subframe for a motor vehicle, comprising an upper shell, a lower shell made from a fiber-reinforced plastic and a rib structure for stiffening the upper shell, wherein the upper shell is composed of a metallic material and the rib structure is composed of a plastic reinforced with short fibers and is formed integrally from the lower shell. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a subframe, wherein the lower shell together with the rib structure connected integrally therewith is formed from a stack of plies of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and joined to an upper shell made from a metallic material. |
| US09650081B2 |
Front end module fascia retention hook
A fastener for securing a first vehicle module to a second vehicle module includes a head having a substantially vertical capturing surface configured for releasably engaging a portion of the second vehicle module, a body having a base configured for attachment to a back of the first vehicle module and a neck extending between the base and the head. The neck includes at least one reinforcing rib structure. The head defines a hook portion including the capturing surface configured for releasably engaging a cooperating flange disposed on the second vehicle module. The hook portion further includes a cam surface configured for slidingly translating over the cooperating flange, the capturing surface and the cam surface meeting at an acute angle. In embodiments, the fastener is used to variably secure a vehicle grille assembly to a vehicle front end module bolster. |
| US09650078B2 |
Side-by-side all terrain vehicle
A side by side vehicle is disclosed having a vehicle frame, a vehicle seat frame positioned in a mid portion of the frame, and a powertrain. Side by side seats are supported by the seat frame; and one or more storage units are positioned under the side by side seats. The side by side vehicle also has a rear suspension comprising at least one rear alignment arm coupled to each side of a rear of the vehicle frame, where the alignment arms are coupled to the vehicle frame at front and rear connection points. A distance between the front connection points is greater than a distance between the rear connection points, and at least a portion of the powertrain is positioned between the front connection points of the alignment arms. |
| US09650077B2 |
Car undercover
A car undercover is provided. The car undercover includes: a cover main body installed on a lower end of a front frame carrier; a plurality of mount units formed by being spaced at a predetermined interval in a longitudinal direction on an end of the cover main body, in order to install the cover main body; and a reinforcement rib formed by being protruded in a vertically longitudinal direction on an internal side of the cover main body, in order to reinforce strength, wherein the reinforcement rib includes a stiffener formed by being protruded from the reinforcement rib in a shape opposite to a shape of the reinforcement rib. The car undercover may minimize damage of a pedestrian, by not being broken when colliding with the pedestrian. In addition, the car undercover may minimize damage of internal components, by being broken when colliding with a vehicle. |
| US09650076B2 |
Vehicle front body structure
A vehicle body includes left and right front side frames extending in a vehicle front-to-rear direction. A power unit is disposed between the front side frames. Each of the left and right front side frames includes an inner frame disposed at a vehicle widthwise center side and an outer frame superposed on a vehicle outer side of the inner frame, and has a closed quadrangular sectional shape that is formed by the inner frame and the outer frame. A front portion of the outer frame has a triangular portion that has a substantially triangular shape whose width decreases from front to rear. Each front side frame has a power unit mount-fastening portion at a location rearward of the triangular portion. |
| US09650073B2 |
Forward portion of vehicle body
A forward portion of a vehicle body includes a forward side member provided in a forward portion of a motor vehicle, and a shotgun inserted into the forward side member to be directly connected thereto. The shotgun contains an end coupling portion bent in a direction toward the forward side member so as to be coupled to the forward side member. |
| US09650071B2 |
Bi-directional towed snowplow and method of plowing
A steering mechanism for steering at least two wheels in a parallel manner throughout their arcs of rotation by removing Ackerman and other steering geometries so that the wheels may remain parallel. The steering mechanism includes a central linkage for modifying the arcs of rotation of the wheels. The steering mechanism is controlled by an actuator system that also operates a restriction device to ensure safe operation. The steering mechanism and the actuator system may be included in vehicles such as a bi-directional towed snowplow. |
| US09650070B2 |
Lawn care vehicle with rear wheel steering assembly
A riding lawn care vehicle may include a frame and a steering assembly. Wheels of the riding lawn care vehicle may be attachable to the frame. The steering assembly may include a steering wheel operably coupled to rear wheels of the riding lawn care vehicle via a cable system. The cable system may include a first cable portion, a second cable portion and a pulley assembly. The first and second cable portions may each contact a steering column pulley at respective first ends of the first and second cable portions. The steering column pulley may be configured to pull a corresponding one of the first cable portion or the second cable portion based on a direction of rotation of the steering wheel. The first and second cable portions may each be in operable communication with a steering disc at respective second ends of the first and second cable portions. The steering disc may provide translation of movement of the first cable portion and the second cable portion into corresponding movement of the rear wheels. The pulley assembly may be configured such that each pulley of the pulley assembly handles both the first cable portion and the second cable portion as the first cable portion and the second cable portion are conveyed from the steering column pulley to the steering disc to translate motion of the steering column pulley to the steering disc. |
| US09650062B2 |
System for controlling remote operation of ground working devices
A system for controlling operation of a ground treatment machine includes a hand-held device that wirelessly communicates with the ground treatment machine. The system includes a radio frequency and an infrared frequency wireless communications that are established between the hand-held device and the ground treatment machine. Instructions associated with operation of the machine are communicated to the machine from the hand-held device via the radio frequency communications. A status of the infrared wireless communication is utilized to assess the proximity of the ground working machine relative to the operator and the operating environment such that operation of the machine in accordance with the operational instructions can be interrupted if necessary. |
| US09650058B2 |
Autonomous driving system for a vehicle and method for carrying out the operation
An autonomous driving system for a vehicle includes: a computer unit which evaluates surroundings-related and vehicle-related data with the aid of sensors and carries out an automatic driving operation based on the data; a lead time calculator assigned to the computer unit and determining a lead time by evaluating the surroundings-related and vehicle-related data, the lead time requiring an intervention by the driver; and a comfort time calculator assigned to the computer unit and calculating a reaction time of the driver by evaluating driver-related data, the comfort time calculator continuously comparing the lead time with the reaction time and determining therefrom a comfort time which is determined by taking the difference between the lead time and the reaction time. When the comfort time reaches zero, a countermeasure including a prewarning of the driver and/or a mode change of the driving system is initiated. |
| US09650054B1 |
Method and apparatus for determining vehicle location based on motor feedback
A method and apparatus are provided for determining the location of a vehicle. According to one aspect the method and apparatus the movements of motor rotors in a vehicle are monitored and used to determine speed, travel distance and/or travel path of a vehicle may be determined. Using various navigation techniques, the distance and travel path may then be used to determine the vehicle's location. Furthermore, movements of the motor rotors may also be used to report the positions of the steering and drive systems for the purpose of informing the vehicle controller as a method of feedback. |
| US09650052B2 |
Driving diagnosis method and driving diagnosis apparatus
A driving diagnosis method and driving diagnosis apparatus enable drivers to recognize where their own driving diagnosis result is located in the driving behavior distribution of a safe driver group and the driving behavior distribution of a dangerous driver group. The degree of a driver's dangerous driving behavior is set as a horizontal axis, the number of drivers according to the dangerous driving behavior degree is set as a vertical axis, and screen information including distributions of a safe driver group and a dangerous driver group as determined by using travel history information about the drivers stored in a storage unit, and a diagnosis result of the dangerous driving behavior of a diagnosis target driver is generated and output. |
| US09650049B2 |
Method for intelligent quick bed-in of an automatic transmission
The present disclosure provides a method for an intelligent quick bed-in of an automatic transmission comprising the steps of operating the vehicle according to a predetermined protocol so that the powertrain controller can learn about powertrain variations and adapt operation of the transmission; obtaining feedback information regarding operator performance of the method and vehicle performance during the method; determining whether the bed-in method was successful by the level of run-up or tie-up, by whether the powertrain controller was allowed to adapt, or by the level of powertrain controller adaptation; and completing the bedding-in process. The method being capable of reducing the time required for a bedding-in process, while improving the reliability of the bedding-in process. |
| US09650046B2 |
Vehicle travel control device
A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine, a clutch separating the engine and wheels, and a torque converter with a lockup clutch transmitting power of the engine toward the wheels, the running control device of a vehicle is configured to execute a neutral inertia running mode that is an inertia running mode performed while the engine and the wheels are separated and a cylinder resting inertia running mode performed by stopping operation in at least some of cylinders of the engine while the engine and the wheels are coupled, the lockup clutch has a weak engagement force while the neutral inertia running mode is performed as compared to while the cylinder resting inertia running mode is performed. |
| US09650044B2 |
Control system and method for host vehicle
Provided are a control method and system for a host vehicle. The control method in which the host vehicle has adaptive cruise control (ACC) includes selecting a lane or another vehicle as a target lane or a target vehicle for the ACC according to selection of a driver; when the lane is selected, controlling the ACC to cause the host vehicle to travel in the selected target lane; and when the other vehicle is selected, controlling the ACC to cause the host vehicle to follow the selected target vehicle, wherein the controlling includes changing the lane when the target lane or a lane of the target vehicle does not correspond to a lane of the host vehicle. |
| US09650042B2 |
Systems and methods for route planning
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a recommended route reference for a vehicle based on simulations of a model of the vehicle including load information, route information, and a cost strategy, and providing commands to an output device based on the recommended route reference to provide an operator of the vehicle with feedback on the recommended route reference and/or to control the vehicle. |
| US09650041B2 |
Predictive human-machine interface using eye gaze technology, blind spot indicators and driver experience
A system and method are disclosed for preventing accidents in a vehicle. The system comprises an eye gaze detector for receiving an eye gaze vector from a driver. The system additionally comprises a proximity sensor for detecting locations of nearby objects and their velocities. A vehicle accident risk is determined based on the nearby object location and velocity. Additionally, the driver's knowledge of vehicle circumstances is determined based on the nearby object location and velocity as well as the eye gaze location. Responsive to the driver's knowledge and the vehicle accident risk, a vehicle alert is activated. |
| US09650038B2 |
Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system which can ensure high reliability, real-time processing, and expandability with a simplified ECU configuration and a low cost by backing up an error through coordination in the entire system without increasing a degree of redundancy of individual controllers beyond the least necessary level. The vehicle control system comprises a sensor controller for taking in sensor signals indicating a status variable of a vehicle and an operation amount applied from a driver, a command controller for generating a control target value based on the sensor signals taken in by the sensor controller, and an actuator controller for receiving the control target value from the command controller and operating an actuator to control the vehicle, those three controller being interconnected via a network. The actuator controller includes a control target value generating unit for generating a control target value based on the sensor signals taken in by the sensor controller and received by the actuator controller via the network when the control target value generated by the command controller is abnormal, and controls the actuator in accordance with the control target value generated by the control target value generating unit. |
| US09650037B2 |
Fuel cell system, fuel cell vehicle, and method for evaluating operational failure of on-off valve
The control unit of the fuel cell system monitors the status of power generation of the fuel cell and calculates a total amount of the fuel gas consumption, based on the amount of power generated by the fuel cell, from a point in time when the supply gas pressure reaches a standard gas pressure. Another total amount of the fuel gas consumption is calculated based on a gas pressure change that corresponds to a decrease of the gas pressure from the standard gas pressure. Comparing two total amounts of the fuel gas consumptions, the evaluation is performed as whether the on-off valve in the fuel gas flow path from each of the fuel gas tanks to the fuel cell fails to be opened. |
| US09650036B2 |
Methods and systems for adjusting cylinder air charge
Systems and methods for improving operation of an engine are presented. In one example, a position of a throttle is adjusted along with other actuators to improve engine starting. |
| US09650035B2 |
Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle
A control apparatus is applied to a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and a second MG as driving sources, and a power split mechanism which is capable of changing and transmitting to an output portion transmitting torque to drive wheel, a rotating speed of the internal combustion engine. And, the hybrid vehicle is capable of switching a gear ratio mode of the power split mechanism between a variable gear ratio mode and a fixed gear ratio mode.The control apparatus determines whether or not a switching of the gear ratio modes is prohibited based on a vehicle speed and a gradient of a road. And, when it is determined that the switching is prohibited, the control apparatus maintains the gear ratio mode in the variable gear ratio mode or the fixed gear ratio mode. |
| US09650034B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling hybrid vehicle
An apparatus for controlling a hybrid vehicle may include an engine that generates driving torque by combustion of fuel; an integrated starter-generator that starts the engine and generates electrical energy by selectively operating as a power generator; a drive motor that supports the power of the engine and generates electrical energy by selectively operating as a power generator; a battery that charges with the electrical energy generated by the integrated starter-generator and the drive motor; a nitrogen oxide purification device (LNT) that purifies nitrogen oxide included in exhaust gas exhausted from the engine; and a controller that controls engine torque by calculating a target engine torque for regenerating the nitrogen oxide purification device, supports the engine torque through the integrated starter-generator or the drive motor when a driving torque necessary for driving is greater than the target engine torque at a regeneration mode of the nitrogen oxide purification device, and performs regenerative braking the driving torque through the integrated starter-generator or the drive motor when the driving torque is less than the target engine torque. |
| US09650033B2 |
Vehicle, a hybrid power system thereof and a control method therefor
Disclosed are a hybrid power system of a vehicle and a control method therefor. The hybrid power system of a vehicle comprises: an engine; a dual-clutch automatic transmission comprising an ISG motor; a first power unit and a second power unit; a power battery, the power battery being connected to the ISG motor by the first power unit; a power battery manager, the power battery manager being connected to the power battery and used to test an SOC of the power battery; a rear wheel drive motor, the rear wheel drive motor being connected to the power battery by the second power unit, and the rear wheel drive motor being connected to a rear speed reducer of the vehicle; and a vehicle controller, the vehicle controller being connected to the power battery manager, and the vehicle controller controlling the vehicle to enter a corresponding operating mode according to the SOC and drive required torque WTD at a wheel of the vehicle. The hybrid power system of a vehicle and the control method therefor can ensure that a vehicle operates in the best operating mode, thereby improving the performance of the vehicle. |
| US09650032B2 |
Multi-mode electromechanical variable transmission
A vehicle includes an engine, a drive axle, a multi-mode transmission selectively coupled to the engine and the drive axle, and a controller coupled to the multi-mode transmission and configured to selectively configure the multi-mode transmission into an active neutral startup mode of operation in response to an engine start request. The multi-mode transmission includes a first gear set having a first planetary gear carrier and a second gear set having a second planetary gear carrier, a first motor/generator coupled to the first gear set, and a second motor/generator electrically coupled to the first motor/generator with a bus, coupled to the second gear set, and selectively coupled to the engine. The first gear set is coupled to the engine, and the first planetary gear carrier and the second planetary gear carrier are rotatably coupled. |
| US09650031B2 |
Method for supplying power to an electrically assisted steering system
A method for supplying power to an electrically assisted steering system is described. In one example, the method adjusts alternator field current to increase energy supplied to the electrically assisted steering system in response to an automatic engine stop request. The method may improve operation of the electrically assisted steering system. |
| US09650030B2 |
Trailer coupling determination apparatus and trailer coupling determination method
When a brake of a tractor is released, a control unit having a computer built therein monitors the pressure of working fluid output from a trailer control valve that controls a brake of the trailer in conjunction with the brake of the tractor. When time required for a pressure of the working fluid to decrease to a predetermined pressure is a predetermined time or longer, the control unit determines that the trailer is coupled with the tractor. When the time is less than the predetermined time, the control unit determines that the trailer is not coupled with the tractor. |
| US09650028B2 |
Brake system having an electric servo brake
A brake system includes a master cylinder, an electric servo brake, and an electric motor. The electric motor drives a screw that engages a pair of helical gears which are each mounted on a respective shaft. Each shaft further mounts a gear that meshes with a respective gear rack. The electric servo brake includes a body that defines rails which guide the gear racks. A lever is supported on each end by one of the gear racks, and is connected to a support via a pivot point. The support lies flat against a side of a reaction disk that lies against a push rod that actuates the master cylinder. |
| US09650025B2 |
Systems and methods for braking a vehicle based on a detected object
Systems and methods are provided for detecting an object and causing a vehicle to brake based on the detection. In one implementation, an object detecting and braking system for a vehicle includes at least one image capture device configured to acquire a plurality of images of an area including an object in front of the vehicle. The system includes at least one processing device programmed to perform a first image analysis to determine a first estimated time-to-collision of the vehicle with the object, and to perform a second image analysis to determine a second estimated time-to-collision of the vehicle with the object. The processing device is also programmed to calculate a difference between the first estimated time-to-collision and the second estimated time-to-collision, to determine that the difference does not exceed a predetermined threshold, and to cause the vehicle to brake based on the determination that the difference does not exceed the predetermined threshold. |
| US09650024B2 |
Vehicle control system
A control system for a vehicle having a drive system, the drive system having a forward drive mode, a reverse drive mode, and a neutral mode. The control system may include an operator control operable by the vehicle user to control whether the vehicle is in a drive mode or a neutral mode. The control system may be configured, based on whether the vehicle operator is actively controlling the operator control, to automatically engage/disengage a vehicle brake, detect operator presence or absence and provide neutral lockout for preventing starting of the vehicle engine. |
| US09650023B2 |
Cooling circuit for a motor vehicle having a hydrodynamic retarder
A cooling circuit for a motor vehicle having a cooling medium pump that circulates a cooling medium in the cooling circuit having a hydrodynamic retarder. The cooling circuit further includes a main circuit in which the cooling medium pump and a drive motor of the motor vehicle, as well as a heat exchanger are positioned. A secondary branch of the cooling circuit includes a feed that branches off from the main circuit at a branch-off point and ends in the hydrodynamic retarder, and a return which proceeds from the hydrodynamic retarder and ends at a junction location in the main circuit. The return ends upstream of the branch-off location of the feed as viewed in a flow direction of the cooling medium in the main circuit, however on the same side of the cooling medium pump or at the branch-off location of the feed in the main circuit. |
| US09650018B2 |
Windshield washer conditioner
A system and method of collecting and conditioning rainwater and other moisture, such as dew, from a windshield of a vehicle and utilizing the collected fluid to replenish the fluids in the windshield washer reservoir. A collection funnel is positioned on a vehicle in order to collect rainwater and other moisture. Rainwater and other fluids from the collection funnel are directed to a conditioning cartridge where the water is de-ionized and windshield washer fluid is added. The cartridges are designed to be single replaceable units. The mixed fluid from the mixing cartridge is directed to the pre-existing windshield washer reservoir. |
| US09650016B2 |
Detection of seatbelt position in a vehicle
Method for detecting seatbelt positioning in a vehicle having a seatbelt assembly and the image sensor and vehicle having the same. The seatbelt assembly includes belt webbing with a predefined webbing pattern. An image sensor is configured to take an image of at least a portion of the belt webbing. A controller is operatively connected to the image sensor and has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method for detecting positioning of the belt webbing. The controller is configured to determine a latch status of the seatbelt assembly as being latched or unlatched. If the latch status is latched, the controller is configured to take an image of at least a portion of the belt webbing with the image sensor. The method includes determining if the belt webbing is in a preferred position based at least partially on said image. |
| US09650011B1 |
Passenger airbag including deployable extensions
A restraint system includes an instrument panel and an airbag inflatable from the instrument panel to an inflated position. The airbag includes a main portion and an extension selectively extendable from the main portion in the inflated position. The main portion has a front panel spaced from the instrument panel in the inflated position. The extension is fixed to the front panel and has an inflation chamber defined by at least the front panel. |
| US09650010B2 |
Cost-effective use of one-piece woven fabric for curtain airbags
An airbag assembly may include an inflatable curtain airbag with a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The inflatable curtain may have a first chamber and a second chamber that inflates forward of the first chamber. The second chamber may have a height above the height of the first chamber so that a bottom of the second chamber is pressed downward adjacent to a door of the vehicle. A plurality of airbag assembly components may be integrally formed with a non-inflating peripheral region surrounding the first and second chambers. Such components may include a front or rear tether cut from the front or rear of the non-inflating peripheral region, a top tether cut from the top of the non-inflating peripheral region to control deployment of the second chamber, and a fabric shield cut from the top to at least partially wrap around the stowed inflatable curtain airbag. |
| US09650009B2 |
Assembly for esthetically designing an airbag cover, airbag cover, airbag module and vehicle steering wheel each comprising such assembly as well as manufacturing method
The invention relates to an assembly for esthetically designing an airbag cover (30) comprising an annular decoration element (10) for arrangement on a front side (37) of a front wall (31) of the airbag cover (30), the decoration element (10) including at least one securing pin (11) adapted to penetrate the front wall (31). The invention excels by a retaining plate (20) for being attached to a back side (32) of the front wall (31), wherein the retaining plate (20) has at least one clip connector (21) adapted to be engaged with the securing pin (11) such that the decoration element (10) and the retaining plate (20) are permanently connected to each other. Furthermore the invention relates to an airbag cover, an airbag module, a vehicle steering wheel and a manufacturing method. |
| US09650007B1 |
Automatic crash detection
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining whether or not a crash involving a vehicle has occurred. The acceleration of the vehicle may be measured using, for example, an accelerometer of a mobile device, which may be located inside the vehicle. The system may determine the magnitude of each accelerometer measurement and whether the magnitude exceeds one or more acceleration magnitude thresholds. The system may also determine the number of accelerometer events within a time window and whether the number exceeds one or more count thresholds. The system may determine whether a crash involving the vehicle has occurred based on the magnitudes of acceleration, number of acceleration events, and various thresholds. In some examples, the system may confirm that a crash has occurred based on, for example, the location of the mobile device. |
| US09650006B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraining device using multi-region enhanced discrimination
A method for controlling an actuatable restraining device includes sensing a plurality of crash event indications, classifying crash events in response to the sensed crash event indications to identify at least one of a forward rigid barrier crash event, an offset deformable barrier crash event, an angular crash event, and a small overlap crash event, and controlling deployment timing of the actuatable restraining device in response to the classification of the crash event. |
| US09650002B2 |
Tank fixing apparatus
A tank fixing apparatus includes: a first band including a first fixed portion fixed to a support member supporting a tank, a first pressing portion extending from the first fixed portion and pressing the tank toward the support member, and a first distal end portion extending from the first pressing portion and not fixed to the support member; an urging portion giving a pressing force for the first band; a first fixing portion fixing the first fixed portion to the support member; a second band including a second fixed portion fixed to the support member or the first band, a second pressing portion extending from the second fixed portion and pressing the tank, and a second distal end portion extending from the second pressing portion and not fixed to the support member; and a second fixing portion fixing the second fixed portion to the support member or the first band. |
| US09649994B2 |
Molding
A molding includes: a long molding body; and an endcap closing an end surface of the molding body. Also, the molding body includes: a base part composed of a plurality of dividing parts that are separated from one another and arranged in an extending direction of the molding body; and an edge part having higher elasticity than the elasticity of the base part and connected to an edge of the base part over the plurality of the dividing parts. |
| US09649993B1 |
One step assembly fastener clip
A fastener clip assembly including a first part and a second part. The first part is configured to engage and be secured to a first article, where the second part is configured to engage and be secured to a second article, and where the first part is configured to engage and be secured to the second part. The first part is pre-attached to the second part with a frangible link, where the first part is configured to engage and be secured to the second part based at least upon breaking the frangible link, and where breaking the frangible link is based at least upon pressing the first part toward the second part. |
| US09649987B2 |
Locking latch on central hub for a rack arrangement mountable to a motor vehicle
A bicycle carrier rack mountable to a vehicle includes a hub having an elongate member with a plurality of teeth disposed on an external surface of the elongate member. An upper mounting member is rotatably coupled to the hub and configured to abut against the vehicle and a lower mounting member is coupled to the hub and configured to abut against the vehicle. A latch having a locked position and an unlocked position is coupled to the upper mounting member. The latch is interferingly fitted against one or more teeth of the elongate member in the locked position and positioned away from the elongate member in the unlocked position, and the upper mounting member is rotatable about the elongate member when the latch is in the unlocked position and fixed about the elongate member when the latch is in the locked position. |
| US09649983B2 |
Combination running board and sidestep having a linear drive
Running board assembly for a motor vehicle having a passenger cab and a box. The running board assembly includes a linear actuator assembly partly disposed within a housing assembly, a running board operably coupled to the linear actuator assembly and movable relative to the housing assembly between a stowed position tucked underneath the vehicle, a cab entry position generally outwardly from the vehicle to support a user entering or exiting the passenger cab, and a box side step disposed generally outwardly from the vehicle and rearward of the cab entry position to provide a user with side access to the box, and a motor operably coupled to the linear actuator assembly for driving the linear actuator assembly in opposing first and second directions. The linear actuator assembly converts rotary input to linear motion to cause a drive arm having a linkage assembly to move the running board between the positions. |
| US09649978B2 |
Backlit interior structure of a vehicle
This structure comprises: an internal structure (3); an external covering (5) connected to the internal structure (3), the external covering (5) having at least one translucent area (37); a light source (7); The light source (7) comprises a flexible fabric (25) in which is interwoven a plurality of optical fibers (29), clamped against an internal face (15) of the external covering (5) that faces the internal structure (3). |
| US09649977B2 |
LED driver for vehicle display illumination
A vehicle display illumination system includes a controller controlling a constant current source. The constant current source receives a variable voltage input and outputs multiple constant current channels to one or more light sources for the vehicle display. The controller is further operable to alter a color or brightness of the light sources in response to a change in status of another vehicle system, thereby providing an indication to the user of the change in status. |
| US09649975B2 |
Visual indicator adaptor and assembly for a tractor trailer
A visual indicator assembly and adaptor for a trailer includes a control circuit electrically coupled to a plurality of lamps positioned in a rear header of the trailer. The control circuit is configured to supply a first voltage signal to the plurality of lamps in response to a power signal and supply a second voltage signal to the plurality of lamps in response to a brake signal. The second voltage signal is greater than the first voltage signal. |
| US09649970B2 |
Portable loading and transporting apparatus
A portable loading and transporting apparatus includes a containment pen having a floor, a pair of side panels extending upwardly therefrom, and a front panel extending between the side panels. Centering plates are mounted to the opposed side panels, respective centering plates being pivotally coupled to ends of loading arms such that the containment pen is operatively moved between a loaded configuration atop the bed of a truck and an unloaded configuration on the ground rearwardly proximate the bed of the truck when the loading arms are actuated. A stabilizer bar includes a first end selectively coupled to a first position on the containment pen and a second end selectively coupled to a first position on the bed of the truck, the stabilizer bar configured to maintain the containment pen in a level configuration when the containment pen is moved between the loaded and the unloaded configurations. |
| US09649968B2 |
Control system
Disclosed is a control system that may include a tab pivotally connected to a structure, a coupling member pivotally connected to the structure, and a device operatively connected to the tab via the coupling member, wherein the device is configured to control an external system. Disclosed also is a vehicle that may include a first device and a control system. The control system may include a tab pivotally connected to a structure, a coupling member pivotally connected to the structure, a frangible member connecting the tab and the coupling member to the structure, and a second device operatively connected to the tab via the coupling member, wherein the second device is configured to control the first device. |
| US09649967B2 |
Vehicle lowering system
A vehicle lowering system is provided having a movable arm that is connected to a vehicle through an upper link and a lower link. The upper and lower links pivot with respect to the vehicle on pivot points on one end and pivot with respect to the arm on pivot points at the opposite end. The spacing of the pivot points and the length of the upper and lower arm create an instant center, about which the movable arm pivots. An actuator is connected to the vehicle on one end and the movable part of the suspension on the opposite end. The actuator is movable between an extended and a retracted position. When the actuator moves between the extended and retracted position, the movable arm moves the vehicle between a raised and a lowered position. |
| US09649962B2 |
Independent cushion extension and thigh support
A seating assembly includes a seat frame. A first leg support is pivotally coupled with a forward portion of the seat frame. The first leg support is operable between raised and lowered positions. A first extendable member is disposed on a top portion of the first leg support and is operable between extended and retracted positions. A second leg support is adjacent to and independent of the first leg support and is pivotally coupled with the forward portion of the seat frame. The second leg support is operable between raised and lowered positions. A second extendable member is disposed on a top portion of the second leg support and is operable between extended and retracted positions. |
| US09649960B2 |
In-vehicle heating device
An in-vehicle heating device according to the present invention is provided on a lower part of a front side of a seat cushion (31) serving as a seating unit of a vehicle seat (30). The in-vehicle heating device includes: an air feeder (11) including a suction opening (11a) through which external air is sucked into the air feeder (11); a warm air generator (12) including a heater (22) therein, the warm air generator (12) being configured to heat air fed from the air feeder (11) to generate warm air; and a blow-out unit configured to blow out the warm air from the warm air generator (12), such that the warm air is blown out forward of the seat cushion (31). At least a part of the blow-out unit is positioned at a front of the seat cushion (31), and doubles as a front shield, which serves as a decorative member. |
| US09649957B2 |
Second row vehicle seat
A seat assembly for a vehicle including a base presenting a pair of opposing angular surfaces spaced from one another and a cushion slidably engaging the opposing angular surfaces for tilting relative to the base into alternate orientations. The seat also includes a resistance element for maintaining the cushion in a desired orientation relative to the base. The cushion includes a sliding element which is movable between a disengaged position for adjusting the orientation of the cushion within predetermined limits established by the angular surfaces and an engaged position where the sliding element interfaces with the resistance element to restrict movement of the cushion relative to the base. |
| US09649956B2 |
Vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat
A vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat, has a seat cushion and a backrest, and a seat mechanism connecting the seat cushion and/or the backrest to at least one seat rail pair. The seat rail pair has two seat rails that can be displaced relatively to one another and which can be locked together by a rail locking mechanism. The vehicle seat can be shifted by the seat mechanism from a use position to a non-use position. A coupler couples the seat mechanism and the seat locking mechanism together in such a way that a least one seat rail pair is locked in the use position and the non-use position of the vehicle seat and is unlocked in an intermediate position of the vehicle seat located between the use position and the non-use position. |
| US09649955B2 |
Vehicle child safety seat
Vehicle child safety seat including: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; a harness cover formed in an elongated pouch shape and slidably attached to the shoulder harness in a longitudinal direction such that the shoulder harness is passed through paired insertion holes formed on respective end portions of the harness cover in the longitudinal direction; and a shoulder pad formed in an elongated shape, accommodated in the harness cover, placed between the shoulder and the shoulder harness along the longitudinal direction of the shoulder harness, and including paired connection portions provided on respective end portions of the shoulder pad in the longitudinal direction so as to be connected to the shoulder harness slidably in the longitudinal direction. |
| US09649947B2 |
Non-contact electric power transmission system, charging station, and vehicle
A charging station includes a plurality of electric power transmission portions and a power supply ECU. When a second vehicle is parked at a position where it can receive electric power from a first electric power transmission portion and when the second vehicle receives weak electric power from the first electric power transmission portion, the second vehicle transmits to the power supply ECU, an occupation signal which allows determination that the parking position corresponds to the first electric power transmission portion. When the power supply ECU receives the occupation signal of the first electric power transmission portion from the second vehicle, the power supply ECU stops transmission of weak electric power from the first electric power transmission portion and guides a first vehicle to a second electric power transmission portion. |
| US09649946B2 |
Vehicle and contactless power supply system for adjusting impedence based on power transfer efficiency
A contactless power supply system contactlessly supplies electric power from a power transmitting device to a vehicle. The vehicle includes a power receiving unit contactlessly receiving electric power from the power transmitting device, an electrical storage device storing electric power received by the power receiving unit, and a vehicle ECU. The power transmitting device includes a power supply unit, a power transmitting unit contactlessly supplying electric power, supplied from the power supply unit, to the power receiving unit and a matching transformer used to adjust an impedance between the power supply unit and the power transmitting unit. The vehicle ECU is able to output, to the power transmitting device, a command to adjust the matching transformer, and sets an impedance of the matching transformer on the basis of a power transfer efficiency between the power transmitting unit and the power receiving unit while the electrical storage device is being charged. |
| US09649945B2 |
Vehicle and method of controlling the vehicle
A control unit for a vehicle is configured to control a power-generating unit such that electric power generated by the power-generating unit becomes smaller than that generated when a voltage between terminals of a smoothing capacitor is equal to or larger than an output voltage of a battery, when all of conditions i)-iii) are satisfied, where i) an external power supply unit supplies electric power to the outside in a condition where a shift lever is placed in a parking position, ii) after an amount of electric power stored in the battery is reduced to be smaller than a predetermined power storage amount in a condition where a relay is switched OFF, the relay is operated switch ON, and electric power is generated by the power-generating unit, and iii) the voltage between the terminals of the smoothing capacitor is smaller than the output voltage of the battery. |
| US09649942B2 |
Vehicle comprising an electrical drive machine
An electrical drive machine for a vehicle includes a brake apparatus and a gear-selection apparatus, such that the electrical machine is designed as a current-powered synchronous machine. The vehicle includes a control unit which is associated with the current-powered synchronous machine, wherein the control unit sets a field current of the rotor based on a gear-selection position set at the gear-selection apparatus and based on a position of a brake pedal of the brake apparatus. |
| US09649941B2 |
Boost converter deadtime compensation
A hybrid powertrain system may include an electric machine, a battery back, a boost converter and at least one controller. The boost converter may include an inductor and be configured to receive input voltage from the battery back and provide an output voltage to the electric machine. The at least one controller may generate a duty cycle command for the boost converter based on a magnitude of input current to the boost converter and a magnitude of ripple associated with a current through the inductor such that for a given commanded voltage, an actual duty cycle for the boost converter changes depending on a direction of the current through the inductor to drive the output voltage to the given commanded voltage. |
| US09649940B2 |
Device and method for controlling electric vehicle
The present invention relates to a device and method for controlling an electric vehicle that enables a user to easily control a predicted distance that can be travelled by displaying the predicted distance that can be travelled in response to the power consumption of electric loads on the electric vehicle. The device for controlling the electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a power consumption detector that detects a first power consumption of main electric loads associated with the operation of the electric vehicle and a second power consumption of optional electric loads on the electric vehicle; a control unit that determines a first predicted distance that can be travelled corresponding to the first power consumption detected and a second predicted distance that can be travelled corresponding to the second power consumption detected; and a display that displays the first and second predicted distances that can be travelled. |
| US09649938B2 |
Method for synchronizing display devices in a motor vehicle
A method synchronizes two display devices in a motor vehicle. The first display device already displays a first data set which comprises a first display content relating to a predetermined thematic context. A sensor device, in particular a PMD camera, detects as a control gesture of a user, a free movement in the chamber of a body part of the user. A signal which is then generated by the sensor device and which describes the control gesture, is transmitted to a gesture recognition device which generates a control signal in accordance with the determined control gesture. In accordance with the control signal, a control device determines the predetermined thematic context of the determined data set. Using the defined predetermined thematic context, an additional data set which includes a second display content of the predetermined thematic context is provided. This additional data set is displayed on the second display device. |
| US09649937B2 |
Control and display module for a motor vehicle, and manufacture method
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an interface module (1), the interface module (1) including a display member (7) that is to be visible through a transparent slab (S), characterized in that it comprises the steps of: silk-screening an opaque ink (9) onto certain areas of a film (3) so as to define frames or symbols; depositing adhesive (C) between the film (3) on the silk-screened ink (9) side, and the transparent slab (S) of the interface module (1); and adhering, and laminating the film (3) onto the transparent slab (S) of the interface module (1). The invention also relates to the associated interface module produced according to said method. |
| US09649936B2 |
In-vehicle device, control method of in-vehicle device, and computer-readable storage medium
An in-vehicle device includes: a drive assist unit configured to perform drive assist processing; a display unit configured to display an image in a display area with the image overlapped on a scene in a real space ahead of a vehicle; and a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display, in a normal state while the drive assist processing is performed, an image of a first marker at a vehicle-corresponding position as a position in the display area corresponding to a position where the vehicle is estimated to be positioned in the real space in a predetermined time. The first marker has a first color, the first marker has a first shape that has a smooth outline and fluctuates, and a display position of the first marker varies periodically from the vehicle-corresponding position. |
| US09649935B2 |
Method and on-board system for viewing weather hazards
A method and a system for viewing weather hazards which is on-board an aircraft. The system (300) includes communication means (330) for receiving weather information relating to a given region, a processor (310) for determining, at each point of the region, the future instant at which the vehicle would reach this point, an expert system (340) for estimating, at each point of the region, from the weather information and the future instant, the weather hazard at that point, and a graphic interface (360) for displaying, at each point of the region, the weather hazards thus estimated by the expert system. |
| US09649929B2 |
Fuel tank with improved creep resistance and method for manufacturing it
A fuel tank having two opposite wall portions and at least one reinforcing element connecting these two wall portions, such reinforcing element comprising at least two parts linked by at least one rotating link. |
| US09649925B2 |
Vehicle drive train control method
A heavy road vehicle provided with a hybrid propulsion system includes a mechanical propulsion system and a hydraulic propulsion system. The mechanical propulsion system is connected to at least one traction wheel which is powered by an internal combustion engine via a mechanical drive train and a gearbox. The hydraulic propulsion system is connected to at least one other traction wheel including a hydraulic motor powered by a hydraulic pump unit. The hybrid propulsion unit further includes a control unit for at least controlling the hybrid propulsion unit, optionally also controlling the mechanical propulsion system. The hydraulic propulsion system further includes a pressure accumulator which is connected to the hydraulic motor in order to maintain a pressure in the hydraulic motor even if the hydraulic pump unit is switched off. |
| US09649924B2 |
Work/utility vehicle
A work or utility vehicle utilizing a drive source, a vehicle body frame, left and right front wheels supported on the vehicle body frame and left and right rear wheels supported on the vehicle body frame. A transmission case is supported on the vehicle body frame and transmits a driving force from the drive source to at least the left and right rear wheels. A guard member protects the transmission case. A stabilizer is supported at two ends by suspension arms of the left and right rear wheels. The guard member is arranged on a rear side of the transmission case and the stabilizer is arranged forwardly of the guard member. |
| US09649923B2 |
Electric-propulsion vehicle
An electric-propulsion vehicle includes a motor-driven front axle assembly (10); and a motor-driven rear axle assembly (20); wherein the above assemblies each include a supporting frame (110), two wheel-suspension units (30), an electric motor (40) for driving the wheels in rotation, a control unit (45) for controlling the aforesaid motor, a differential transmission unit (55) with one or more gear ratios, and a steering device (50) for regulating the angular position of the wheel supports of the aforesaid suspension units with respect to the aforesaid frame; the motor, the suspension units, and the steering device being mounted on the aforesaid supporting frame. The two axle assemblies have altogether corresponding configurations, and constitute in themselves independent modules, already pre-assembled in their operating configuration. |
| US09649917B2 |
Vehicle resin back door structure
A vehicle resin back door structure includes a back door panel made of resin, which has a first opening, and of which a marginal edge portion that forms the first opening is formed in a closed sectional shape; a bracket made of metal, which is fixed inside the closed section of the marginal edge portion, and of which a portion is exposed by a second opening formed in the marginal edge portion; and a back window glass of which a peripheral edge portion is joined to the marginal edge portion including the portion of the bracket that is exposed by the second opening. |
| US09649916B2 |
Door trim panel for energy absorption
A door trim panel assembly includes a door trim panel and an armrest supported by the door trim panel. The armrest includes a top portion and a bottom portion each extending from the door trim panel, and a middle portion extending from the top portion to the bottom portion. The bottom portion has a wall thickness greater than a wall thickness of the top portion and greater than a wall thickness of the middle portion. The wall thickness of the top portion is less than the wall thickness of the middle portion. |
| US09649912B2 |
Heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning installation designed to regenerate a filter, and method of implementation
The subject of the invention is a motor vehicle heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning installation (1). Said installation (1) comprises a unit (3) housing at least one blower (15) interposed between an upstream volume (16) and a downstream volume (17) which volumes are delimited by the unit (3). The upstream volume (16) houses a mixing chamber (18) provided with a mixing flap (20). The upstream volume (16) houses a filter (23). Said installation (1) is fitted with means (27, 20, 24, 25) for regenerating the filter (23). The means (27, 20, 24, 25, 14) for regenerating the filter (23) comprise an interstitial space (27) linking the upstream volume (16) and the downstream volume (17) which is created between the unit (3) and the blower (15). |
| US09649908B2 |
Temperature regulation device
A heat pump cycle includes a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit. A first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger are disposed between the refrigerant circuit and the coolant circuit. The first heat exchanger includes an exterior heat exchanger that functions as an evaporator in a heating operation, and a radiator for radiating heat of a coolant. The second heat exchanger transmits a heat of high-pressure refrigerant to the coolant in the heating operation. A temperature of refrigerant within the second heat exchanger is higher than a temperature of refrigerant within the first heat exchanger. The heat obtained from the second heat exchanger is supplied to the first heat exchanger through the coolant. Further, the heat obtained from the second heat exchanger is stored in the coolant. In defrosting operation, the coolant that has stored the heat therein is supplied to the first heat exchanger. |
| US09649907B2 |
Vehicle air-conditioner
A vehicle air conditioner includes a first passage and a second passage and is capable of operating in such a manner that outside air introduced in the first passage is conditioned by an evaporator and a heater core and subsequently blown, as a conditioned air, from a defrost outlet, side defrost outlet and side vent outlet toward windowpanes and, at the same time, inside air introduced in the second passage is conditioned by the evaporator and the heater core and subsequently blown, as a conditioned air, from a center vent outlet and front and rear heat outlets into a passenger compartment. |
| US09649902B2 |
Link assembly for longitudinal arm vehicle suspension
A link assembly for coupling a longitudinal arm to a mounting location of a vehicle is provided. The link assembly includes a link body, a first attachment member, a second attachment member, a first bushing assembly, and a second bushing assembly. The first attachment member is disposed in the link body and defines a first axis. The second attachment member is disposed in the link body and defines a second axis. The first bushing assembly is disposed in the link body and supports the first attachment member in the link body. The second bushing assembly is disposed in the link body and supports the second attachment member in the link body. The first axis of the first attachment member is spaced from the second axis of the second attachment member by an off-set distance and the first axis and second axis extend in different, non-parallel directions. |
| US09649897B2 |
Tubeless tire seating device
A tool for seating a tubeless tire on a rim using pressurized gas includes a cylindrical pressure vessel with a pistol grip extending radially from the tank. The tool includes a rapid opening gas valve positioned between the cylindrical pressure vessel and a nozzle. In some embodiments the nozzle includes a jet configured to receive pressurized gas from the cylindrical pressure vessel into a chamber of the nozzle so that as the stream of gas enters the chamber, the Venturi effect causes air to enter the chamber through air intake ports and the stream of gas and air from the air intake ports is blown out of the outlet of the nozzle. The tire is seated on the rim by positioning the system so that the air from the nozzle rapidly blows into the tire between the bead of the tire and the rim upon the valve being opened. |
| US09649888B2 |
Tire
A tire wherein a first bulge part and a second bulge part are formed in a circumferential direction groove. The first bulge part has a narrow-tip shape such that, in the tire tread plan view, the size in the tread width direction diminishes along a first direction in the tire circumferential direction. The second bulge part has a narrow-tip shape such that, in the tire tread plan view, the size in the tread width direction diminishes along a second direction opposite to the first direction in the tire circumferential direction. A plurality of first bulge parts and second bulge parts are provided at predetermined intervals in the tire circumferential direction. A groove part which extends in the tire circumferential direction is provided between the first bulge part and the second bulge part which opposes the first bulge part in the tread width direction. |
| US09649883B2 |
Tire with improved tread
A tire comprising a tread portion designed to be worn off during the life of the tire having a radial thickness T, an outer edge and an inner edge, the axial distance between the outer edge and the inner edge defining the axial width L of the tread, the tread comprising four adjacent portions made of a four rubber compounds, wherein the rubber compounds making up the first and third portions are predominantly filled with carbon black filler, wherein the rubber compounds making up the second and fourth portion are predominantly filled with non carbon black filler, wherein the rubber compounds making up the first and third portions have a value for tan δ at 0° C., at a stress of 0.7 MPa, that is lower than that of the rubber compounds making up the second and fourth portion, and wherein the axial width of the first portion decreases and the axial width of the second portion increases as a function of the distance from the rolling surface of the tread when unworn. |
| US09649882B2 |
Axle assembly with outboard axle bearings
An axle assembly having an axle housing, a wheel end cover and an axle shaft. The axle housing has a tubular member with an end flange coupled thereto. A pair of axle bearings are mounted to the axle shaft and the end flange and support the axle shaft for rotation relative to the axle housing. The wheel end cover is mounted to the end flange and carries a seal that is engaged to the axle shaft. A method for assembling an axle assembly is also provided. |
| US09649881B2 |
Caster wheel
A caster wheel comprising a wheel mount and a bearing plate, both having a pivot pin extending through them such that the wheel mount may pivot relative to the bearing plate. The wheel mount and bearing plate both have at least two magnets each, arranged such that pivoting movement of the wheel mount may position the magnets in registry with one another. The magnetic attraction between the magnets further attracts the wheel mount and bearing plate into registry with one another, aligning an article to which the caster wheel mounts in a straight direction. |
| US09649873B2 |
Writing instrument with a light emitting device that directs generated light towards a writing surface
A writing instrument including a hollow cylindrical barrel with a first segment that is connected to a second segment, a tip located at a first longitudinal end of the barrel, a cap connected to the second segment that covers a second longitudinal end of the barrel and includes a clip, an ink cartridge, a battery, a light emitting device, a first actuator to extend and retract the writing end of the ink cartridge, and a second actuator to activate or deactivate the light emitting device. The light emitting device is located in the tip, at the end of the clip, or within the segmented barrel. The light is directed towards a writing surface based on proximity or directional lighting whereby the location of the light emitting device directs the light to the writing surface from the clip or down the length of the barrel. |
| US09649872B2 |
Chuck body and mechanical pencil
The present invention is a chuck body (13) provided with: a hollow, substantially cylindrical fastener (11) having a tapered inner surface (13) in which the diameter of the hole gradually changes along the axial direction; and a chuck (21) having a divided end part (23) divided into two or three, the divided end part (23) having a tapered outer surface (24) that can enter or exit from the fastener (11) and that comes into contact with the tapered inner surface (13) of the fastener (11) when entering the fastener (11). When the divided end part (23) of the chuck (21) closes in the fastener (11) and holds the core (10), the angle of the tapered outer surface (24) of the chuck (21) relative to the center axis line of the chuck (21) is substantially identical to the angle of the tapered inner surface (13) of the fastener (11). |
| US09649871B2 |
Security elements, and methods and apparatus for their manufacture
An apparatus is provided for magnetically imprinting indicia into a layer on an article, the layer comprising a composition in which magnetic or magnetisable particles are suspended. The apparatus comprises: a soft magnetisable sheet, having an outer surface arranged to face the article in use, and an opposing interior surface; and a permanent magnet, shaped such that its magnetic field contains perturbations giving rise to indicia. The permanent magnet is disposed adjacent the interior surface of the soft magnetisable sheet. The soft magnetisable sheet enhances the perturbations of the magnetic field of the permanent magnet such that when the layer to be imprinted is located adjacent the outer surface of the soft magnetisable sheet, the magnetic or magnetisable particles are oriented by the magnetic field to display the indicia. |
| US09649870B2 |
Injection-molded product having three-dimensional security element and production method therefor
A method for producing a three-dimensional security element and an injection-molded product having the three-dimensional security element and, more specifically, to a method for producing a three-dimensional security element suitable for an in-mold process by using a moiré expansion phenomenon, and for producing an injection-molded product to which the three-dimensional security element is applied. The present invention according to one embodiment comprises a three-dimensional security element and an injection-molded product having the three-dimensional security element, wherein the three-dimensional security element further comprises: a micro lens array to which various types of lenses can be applied; an image array; a primer layer for facilitating adhesion; and a projection film for protecting the three-dimensional security element from heat and pressure. According to the configuration above, three-dimensional effects can be implemented, such as a latent image effect, a floating effect, and an inverted parallax effect, wherein an effect is determined by a period rate and a matching angle between the micro lens array and the image array. |
| US09649869B2 |
Bookbinding by inserting a helical plastic coil into the aligned holes at the edge of the book
A helical coil is inserted into holes at an edge of a book by a machine which is adjustable for different diameters of coil. The face of the book sits on a platen and the coil is driven by a roller while the edge of the book is supported on a plurality of spine formers having an arced surface for shaping the edge of the book and an end of the book is engaged by a side lay member at an angle to incline the holes at the angle to receive the turns of the coil. The flat spine formers are carried on supports which rotate so as to allow the turns of the coil at the pitch angle to pass the spine formers. For different book thickness and coil diameter, the arced shape of the spine formers, the spine former angle and the lay angle are changed manually. |
| US09649868B2 |
Expanded color gamut
A method of extending the gamut of standard 4 color process printing is presented. The method thus yields various novel process printing ink sets. According to exemplary embodiments, an extended color gamut can be provided without requiring the addition of a sixth or seventh primary ink to the existing 4-color ink set. In some embodiments, an enhanced gamut can be achieved by changing the colors of the four basic primary inks and only adding a fifth primary ink. This may be done, for example, by shifting the hue of two or three of the CMY primaries and adding an additional primary. Using only five process inks thus provides, for example, the typical packaging printer with more open print stations for spot color printing or for overprint varnish application. In another illustrative embodiment, a sixth process color may be added to the inventive five color ink set. |
| US09649867B2 |
Image-forming apparatus and image-forming method
The present invention is provided with an image-forming unit for forming an image on a recording medium, and a control unit for controlling the formation by the image-forming unit of a test image used for adjustment of the image-forming unit in a blank space portion in which an image is not formed on the recording medium, the control unit specifying the size of the blank space portion, and forming a test image corresponding to the size of the blank space portion in the blank space portion. The test image is thus formed adequately utilizing the blank space of the recording medium. |
| US09649862B2 |
Printing system with force control mode
A printing system includes a printhead to eject ink onto a print medium in a print zone. A first roller pair is adjacent to the print zone to advance a print medium into the print zone. A second roller pair upstream from the first roller pair, and driven by an independent motor, advances the print medium to the first roller pair in a position control mode. A controller causes the second roller pair to switch from the position control mode to a force control mode when a leading edge of the print medium reaches the first roller pair. The second roller pair applies a substantially constant force to the print medium in the force control mode to push the leading edge of the print medium against the first roller pair while the first roller pair is stationary. |
| US09649861B2 |
Tape cassette
A tape cassette that includes a tape cassette that includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, a front wall, and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, and a first indicator aperture positioned on the front wall and a second indicator aperture position on a rear portion of the bottom surface. A position of the first indicator aperture on the front wall indicates a type of the tape included within the housing. A position of the second indicator aperture indicates a color of characters. |
| US09649860B2 |
Printer for forming a phase change inkjet image
A printer is provided for forming a phase change inkjet image on a print substrate. The printer includes a sheet transport unit for advancing the sheet along a print station. The sheet transport unit includes a sheet support platen, a sheet attraction mechanism and a feed mechanism. The sheet support platen includes a print surface for supporting a contact side of the print substrate. The sheet attraction mechanism is arranged for attracting the print substrate to the print surface. The feed mechanism is arranged for advancing the print substrate in a transport direction over the print surface, wherein the feed mechanism is arranged upstream of the print surface. The print station includes a print head assembly, the print head assembly being arranged for providing ink droplets for forming the phase change inkjet image on a process side of the print substrate, the print substrate being arranged on a print area of the print surface, the process side being opposite to the contact side. The print surface has an average surface roughness Ra being in the range of 1 micron to 4 micron. |
| US09649859B2 |
Drawing apparatus and method for controlling drawing by drawing apparatus
drawing apparatus including a drawing head on which at least one drawing tool is mounted, the drawing tool applying a drawing on a drawing subject; and an illumination device comprising at least one light source configured to radiate light on an area of the drawing subject where the drawing is applied. The drawing tool includes a first drawing tool that applies the drawing by using a first type ink which is colorless ink or a specific color ink which has substantially the same color as the drawing subject, and a second drawing tool that applies the drawing by using a second type ink different from the first type ink. In case where the drawing on a first drawn area of the drawing subject is applied by the first drawing tool, the imaging unit acquired the subject image by imaging the first drawn area where the light radiated from the light source is specularly reflected. |
| US09649857B2 |
Label printer
A label printer has a touchscreen for displaying and inputting label data, and comprising at least one input area. The label printer also has a hardware keyboard for inputting label data, and comprising at least one hardware key. The label printer also has control means arranged to control printing means for printing a label in accordance with label information. The label information is derived from a combination of label data input via the at least one hardware key of said hardware keyboard and label data input via the at least one input area of said touchscreen. |
| US09649849B2 |
Ink circulation device and ink jet recording apparatus
According to one embodiment, an ink circulation device includes a first tank which stores ink to be supplied to an inkjet head, a second tank which stores the ink returned from the ink jet head, and a circulation pump which circulates the ink stored in the second tank to the first tank. In addition, the ink circulation device according to the embodiment further includes a heating device which is in contact with and heats a bottom surface of the first tank, a bottom surface of the second tank, and a bottom surface of the circulation pump. |
| US09649843B2 |
Ink-jet recording apparatus and accumulation suppressing method
There is provide an ink-jet recording apparatus including: an ink containing a resin dispersion type pigment; an ink-jet head configured to discharge the ink; an absorber which is arranged in an area facing a discharge surface of the ink-jet head, and which is configured to absorb the ink discharged from the ink-jet head; and a liquid agent which contains a water-soluble organic solvent, and which is absorbed in the absorber, wherein a surface tension of an aqueous solution containing the liquid agent at concentration of 5% by weight is not more than 50 mN/m; and a blending percentage by weight of the water-soluble organic solvent in the liquid agent is not less than seven times a blending percentage by weight of the resin dispersion type pigment in the ink. |
| US09649841B2 |
Inkjet head and inkjet recording device
Provided are an inkjet head and an inkjet recording device that can effectively heat an ink near nozzles of a nozzle board or an ink inside a head chip. The inkjet head includes the head chip in which a nozzle board, an intermediate plate, a pressure chamber board, a spacer board, and a wiring board are joined in order, a common ink chamber forming member provided at a side of the wiring board of the head chip to form at least a part of a common ink chamber, and a heater provided to the common ink chamber forming member. The nozzle board is smaller than the intermediate plate when the head chip is viewed from the side of the nozzle board in plan view. A thermal conductive member being in contact with the heater and joined with the nozzle board and the wiring board across the head chip is provided. At least a part of the wiring board and a part of the common ink chamber forming member are joined through the thermal conductive member. The thermal conductive member is joined with a side surface of the nozzle board and a nozzle board-side surface of the intermediate plate, the nozzle board-side surface being larger than the nozzle board. |
| US09649839B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An image processing apparatus has: a generating unit configured to generate inspection target image data on the basis of read image data; a setting unit configured to set inspection target areas from the inspection target image data; and an extracting unit configured to extract a unique portion by applying a predetermined process to the set inspection target areas. The setting unit sets the inspection target areas so as to make the ratio of inspection target areas to the entire image area of the inspection target image data in a predetermined direction larger than the ratio of inspection target areas to the entire image area in a direction intersecting with the predetermined direction. |
| US09649826B2 |
Adhesive system for preparing lignocellulosic composites
An adhesive system for preparing lignocellulosic composites comprising a) an aqueous primer composition and, b) a polyurethane adhesive composition, wherein said aqueous primer composition comprises: from 0 to 25 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of polyol selected from the group consisting of water soluble polyols, water dispersible polyols, water emulsifiable polyols and mixtures thereof, wherein said polyols have a molecular weight less than 5000 daltons; and, up to 10 wt. %, by weight of the composition, of surfactant selected from the group consisting of water soluble surfactants, water emulsifiable surfactants and mixtures thereof, with the proviso that the aqueous primer composition must comprise at least one of said polyol or a surfactant having hydroxyl functionality and a molecular weight of less than 5000 daltons. |
| US09649821B2 |
Apparatus for producing corrugated board
An apparatus is provided for producing longitudinally corrugated product. The apparatus includes a guide roll for guiding a web of medium material, wherein at least a portion of the guide roll is adapted to be arranged at an angle relative to another portion of the guide roll. The apparatus further includes a plurality of flute forming bars oriented generally along a longitudinal axis of the web to define a first corrugating labyrinth effective to longitudinally corrugate the web to an intermediate geometry. The apparatus further includes a pair of corrugating rollers that cooperate to define, at a nip therebetween, a second corrugating labyrinth effective to longitudinally corrugate the web to a substantially final geometry. The apparatus further includes a web travel pathway for the web that follows a path around a portion of the guide roll, through the first corrugating labyrinth, and through the second corrugating labyrinth. |
| US09649818B2 |
Process and apparatus for building tyres
A carcass ply is applied around an outer surface of a building drum according to an application diameter larger than the fitting diameter of a tire. Coaxially engaged around each of the end flaps is an annular anchoring structure defining the fitting diameter. A pair of sidewalls is manufactured by laying of a continuous elongated element in the form of approached coils on the carcass sleeve. An outer sleeve, including at least one belt structure possibly associated with a tread band, is coaxially centered around the carcass sleeve. Through axial approaching of two halves forming the building drum, the carcass sleeve is shaped into a toroidal configuration to determine application of same against a radially internal surface of the outer sleeve. |
| US09649817B2 |
Forming presses and methods for forming joggled, stiffened composite structures
Apparatuses and methods for forming a joggle and a longitudinal ridge in a multi-ply composite charge are disclosed. Charges may be formed in a forming press that comprises a joggled die, with a longitudinal ridge and a joggle that crosses the longitudinal ridge, and a conforming die, with a series of longitudinally-spaced die fingers. The die fingers include pairs of die members configured to move laterally between a closed position and an open position, with each die member configured to tilt longitudinally. |
| US09649813B2 |
Method for enabling the partial printing of a device
An apparatus and method for multi-stage printing teaches means for removing and replacing a printed component during the printing process and accurately placing the component in the printer for continuation of the printing process. This can be accomplished through the use of a scanner, probe machine, or scanning Additionally, the present invention teaches the use of heating means in combination with a 3D printer to overcome additional issues with multi-sage printing. |
| US09649809B2 |
Wrinkle diffuser system for composites
A system for diffusing wrinkles in a composite laminate may include at least one wrinkle diffuser. The wrinkle diffuser may include a diffuser body may be mounted to a tool in a manner such that a composite ply at least partially overlaps the wrinkle diffuser. A plurality of diffuser elements may be formed in the diffuser body to define a corrugated surface. The corrugated surface may cause a portion of the composite ply to assume a corrugated shape when a compaction pressure is applied to force the composite ply against the corrugated surface. The wrinkle diffuser may include an indexing feature to index the wrinkle diffuser to a ply edge of the composite ply. |
| US09649808B2 |
Thermoforming machine having platen locks and method
A thermoforming machine is provided having a frame, a first platen, a second platen, a platen load shaft, and a load shaft latch. The first platen supports a first mold. The second platen supports a complementary second mold and is carried by the frame for movement toward and away from the first platen to engage and disengage with the first mold. The platen load shaft has a lock ledge with an engagement surface transverse to the load shaft. The load shaft is supported by the frame and extends between the first platen and the second platen. The load shaft latch has an engagement surface transverse to a central axis of the load shaft and is movable to engage and disengage the lock ledge transverse engagement surface. A method is also provided. |
| US09649806B2 |
Device for gripping a container comprising a nose wherein expansion jaws are held circumferentially in position
A device (20) for gripping a container (16) made of a thermoplastic material, includes: a nose (30) having a main shaft (B) which is suitable for axially inserting into the neck (24) of the container (16); a plurality of jaws (46) which are mounted in the nose (30) in a radially mobile manner between a retracted position allowing the free axial sliding of the nose (30) in the neck (24) and an expanded position allowing the immobilization of the neck (24) in relation to the nose (30) by pressing against the inner part of the neck (24); and elements (54) for elastically returning the jaws to their expanded position, wherein the jaw assembly (46) is maintained circumferentially in a determined circumferential position in relation to the nose (30). |
| US09649804B2 |
Apparatus for producing flat-web products, and method for setting it up
An apparatus for producing flat-web products includes a slot die of which the gap and/or restrictor bar can be set via screws. At least one screwing device is provided for setting the screws, the screwing device including a cross member on which the screwing device can be moved to an fro. The cross member is fixably connected to the slot die on one side of the slot die. The apparatus has at least one bearing arrangement on the other side of the slot die. The at least one bearing arrangement permits a relative movement between the slot die and the cross member. |
| US09649799B2 |
Tool for the injection molding of plastics parts
A tool for the injection molding of plastics parts has two tool halves that can be moved to and from each other. A mold insert is exchangeably provided in at least one of the tool halves. In addition, a mold core is provided which is inserted in the mold insert and secured by a separate securing element. |
| US09649796B2 |
Method for producing a sensor, and sensor
The invention relates to a method for producing a sensor. In the method, a sensor element having an IC is pre-overmolded to produce a preform, wherein the preform is designed in such a way that the preform can accommodate electrical contacts for the sensor having various dimensions and/or in various positions by press fitting. The electrical contacts are pressed into holes/recesses of the preform, the connections of the IC of the sensor are connected to the electrical contacts, and the preform is inserted into an injecting mold and is overmolded to produce the finished sensor. In this way, sensors for different applications can be produced in a substantially standardized manner. The invention further relates to a sensor. |
| US09649794B2 |
Container modifications to minimize defects during reactive polyurethane flow
A method of reducing the number or size of voids in a polyurethane comprises reacting the formulation components in a container having an inner surface, or having a liner that has an inner surface, that has been modified to reduce the shear forces that normally accompany introduction of such components into a container. This is done by modifying the inner container's or container liner's surface by profiling and/or engraving it, or by including as a liner a mesh. The profiling and/or engraving or mesh serves to alter the formulation's flow dynamics such that the polyurethane has fewer and/or smaller voids, i.e., has a more uniform density, than polyurethanes formed without the modification. |
| US09649793B2 |
Near net-shape panels and processes therefor
Processes for producing near net-shape panels and panels formed thereby. The processes include forming a preform to comprise a stack of multiple plies that contain an uncured expandable foam material. The preform has regions that differ from each other by the number and/or volume of the plies therein. The preform and its plies are then cured within a restricted volume to produce a near net-shape panel. The curing step causes the expandable foam material to expand, and the restricted volume is sized so that the number and volume of the plies within the regions of the preform cause zones within the panel to have different densities and/or thicknesses. |
| US09649792B2 |
Forming longitudinally pleated products
A method of forming a continuous sheet of pleated, hook-form, fastener product includes training a substrate about a pressure roll having an outer surface defining circumferential grooves. As the substrate approaches a nip between the pressure roll and a mold roll calendered with the pressure roll, a portion of the substrate is disposed within a corresponding one of the grooves between the pressure roll and a stationary horn extending into the groove whereby a longitudinally-extending pleat is formed in the substrate. The pleated substrate is then passed through the nip where resin regions are laminated to a side of the substrate opposed to the pleat. |
| US09649789B2 |
Device and method for producing a shaped consumable item
The invention relates to a device (1) for producing shaped consumable items from a fat mass, in particular a fat mass containing cocoa or a chocolate-like fat mass, comprising a housing (2) and at least one stamping plate (10) having at least one temperature-controllable stamp (13). The stamping plate (10) can be moved out of the housing (2) in order to clean or replace the stamping plate. The invention further relates to methods for cleaning and for replacing stamping plates (10) having at least one temperature-controlled stamp (13). |
| US09649788B2 |
Method of fabricating an array of optical lens elements
The present invention relates to a method of fabricating an array of optical lens elements, comprising: providing a first mold having a plurality of recesses; applying a first polymer liquid in said plurality of recesses; providing a first contact shaping substrate; contacting said first contact shaping substrate with said first polymer liquid in said plurality of recesses, wherein said contact between said first contact shaping substrate and said first polymer liquid results in a deformation of the contour configuration of said first polymer liquid facing away from said plurality of recesses; curing said first polymer liquid to form an array of optical lens elements. |
| US09649786B2 |
Apparatus for thermal processing of flexographic printing elements
An apparatus for thermally processing a relief image printing element and a method of using the same are described. The printing element comprises at least one photopolymer layer and is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to crosslink portions of the at least one photopolymer layer. The apparatus comprises: (a) means for supporting the printing element; (b) heating means for melting or softening non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer; (c) at least one rotatable roll that is capable of bringing a blotting material into contact with the at least one photopolymer layer to remove the melted or softened non-crosslinked portions of the at least one photopolymer layer; and (d) an element arranged adjacent to the at least one rotatable roll for removing non-crosslinked photopolymer remaining on a surface of the at least one rotatable roll after step c). The apparatus may alternatively be operated without a blotting material. |
| US09649783B2 |
Method for producing paver block having mottled tread surface
A method and apparatus for producing paving blocks having ornamented surface, and the apparatus includes a starting table, a filling carriage movable along a guide rail towards and above a forming having at least one mold cavity, and connected to the starting table is arranged, and in an interior space of the filling carriage a first chamber for receiving base material, and at least one second chamber for receiving ornamenting material are formed and separated by a septum, and a feeding device, for dispensing a mixture of ornamenting material is arranged in the second chamber and wherein the feeding device is formed by a metering plate provided with holes and a metering member fitted to and movable along the metering plate and further provided by an actuator for moving the metering member. |
| US09649782B1 |
Injection tube assembly with integrated material stripping element and a polymer mixing system comprising the same
An injection tube assembly comprising: a hollow cylindrical tube; a rotatable material stripping element, and a nozzle. Also, a polymer mixing system comprising: an injection tube assembly, a support apparatus for the injection tube assembly; a mixing apparatus; and if desired, an injection molding apparatus to produce an injection molded part with the mixed material. |
| US09649773B2 |
Device and method for cutting hollow, thin-walled objects
A method for cutting or trimming a hollow object having one or more relatively thin walls, the method including an oscillation step that reduces wall deformation at the site of the initial cut to produce a relatively straight leading edge on the object, in combination with a further cutting step that does not include oscillation of a cutting blade. A second oscillation step can be performed after the non-oscillation step that leads to the separation of the object into two pieces and also produces a relatively straight trailing edge. A device for performing the cutting methods is disclosed. |
| US09649771B2 |
Parallel robot, robot system, and assembly method for transfer system
A parallel robot includes a base casing, a plurality of arms, and an end unit. The base casing contains a plurality of actuators. Each of the arms is coupled to one of the actuators. The end unit is coupled to the plurality of arms. A communication hole for allowing piping and/or wiring to continue is formed in the base casing at its side facing the end unit. |
| US09649769B2 |
Device for handling cases containing objects
The handling device for cases and boxes contained in the cases, comprising a housing intended to receive a case, said housing being closed at a first longitudinal end and open at a second longitudinal end, a holding device (14) mounted at the level of the second end of the housing, the latter comprising two clamping jaws, said clamping jaws applying a clamping force to the case (E), an actuator for opening and closing said jaws, two stop jaws (36, 38), each (36, 38) being supported by a clamping jaw and being articulated in a free manner about and relative to the clamping jaw, springs (40) connecting said stop jaws (36, 38), such that opening of the clamping jaws causes opening of the stop jaws (36, 38) and the stop jaws (36, 38) can be opened independently of the clamping jaws. |
| US09649768B2 |
Formation and rotational apparatus and method for cylindrical workpieces
A formation and rotation apparatus for use in forming and rotating interconnected sections of a cylindrical workpiece, including a frame and a head arranged within the frame, the head defining two slots and being operatively rotated via an integral drive assembly. A first slide block is slidably disposed within one of the two slots, and a second slide block is disposed within another of the two slots, each of the first and the second slide blocks include a cutting wheel and a beading wheel for successively forming each of the interconnected sections. An armature having an axis of rotation is also provided, along with a gripping mechanism being operatively connected to the armature. A drive mechanism selectively rotates the armature about the axis of rotation after the gripping means has closed about one of the interconnected sections. |
| US09649763B2 |
Micro-nano tools with changeable tips for micro-NANO manipulation
The present invention relates to modular system for micro-nano manipulation of samples. The modular system of the present invention comprises changeable tool tips which may be provided in an array, and a tool body. Each changeable tool tip comprises an end effector connected to a base having mating structures. The tool body includes an arm having slits having dimensions and being disposed on the arm so as to detachably couple with the mating structures of the tool tip. The slits may include an opening with rounded corners for receiving the mating structures, and tapered side walls for frictionally fitting the mating structures. The present invention relates also to a connection system for connecting a micro-dimensional tool body to a changeable micro-dimensional tool tip and to a manipulation tool for use with changeable tool tips of the present invention. |
| US09649762B2 |
Tool holder with tabs and/or suction cups
A tool holder has a sleeve member with a generally cylindrical sidewall, an open end and a closed end. The sleeve member is adapted to receive the non-working end of a tool inserted along a central longitudinal axis into the open end. A connector is coupled to the closed end of the sleeve member. The sleeve member has at least one tab extending axially away from an open end of the sidewall and/or at least one suction cup on an inside surface of the sidewall. |
| US09649756B1 |
Pneumatic nailer outrigger stabalizing foot
The present invention is directed to a nail gun outrigger for stabilizing the roll, pitch, and yaw of a nail gun. The outrigger is connected to the distal end of the magazine away from the driving head. For the preferred embodiment, the outrigger includes one or more outriggers that extend perpendicular to the axis of the magazine with feet contacting the nailing surface to control the pitch, roll, and yaw of the nail gun position to obtain consistent perpendicular installation of elastomer sealing pneumatic nails into preformed roofing panels installed on a wooden frame or substrate. |
| US09649753B2 |
Wrench with multiple display windows and optical warning method thereof
A wrench with multiple display windows includes a body, two side display window lighting modules and a main display window lighting module. The two side display window lighting modules are illuminated synchronously with each other. The two side display window lighting modules are corresponding to each other. The two side display window lighting modules, are illuminated toward a first optical axis and a second optical axis. The side display window lighting module includes side display window lighting elements configured to generate side display window colors which are turned on or turned off according to the torque. The main display window lighting module is connected to the body and illuminated toward the first optical axis. The main display window lighting module includes main display window lighting elements configured to generate main display window colors which are turned on or turned off according to the torque. |
| US09649752B1 |
Fire hydrant combination ratcheting wrench/hook spanner
A combination fire hydrant ratcheting wrench and hook spanner is disclosed that incorporates a wrench body having a number of interchangeable ratchet sockets, hook spanners, spanner indentations and an extendable handle. Such that the wrench sockets may loosen or tighten a pentagonal shaped implement such as a hydrant cap, cover, or valve. Utilizing the hook spanners or spanner indentations the wrench may remove or replace fittings such as reducers and increasers, further the wrench may loosen when connected on a wrench top surface and tighten when connected on a wrench bottom surface. |
| US09649751B2 |
Reversible ratchet wrench with a smaller rotational angle
A reversible ratchet wrench includes a driving member received in a receiving space of a body, rotatable about a rotational axis relative to the body, and having an annular toothed portion. First and second pawls are aligned with each other along an axis parallel to the rotational axis and are alternatively disposed. The first and second pawls are received in a compartment in the body. One of the first and second pawls selectively meshes with the driving member. Each of the first and second pawls includes a ratcheting portion. The ratcheting portions selectively mesh with the annular toothed portion. A control member is pivotably received in the compartment. An end of the control member presses against the first and second pawls when the reversible ratchet wrench is switched between first and second positions. The control member can be actuated to move the first and second pawls. |
| US09649749B2 |
Manual sharpener
A manual sharpener includes at least one pre-sharpening stage having interdigitating comb-like abrasive sharpening structure. The sharpener also includes a finishing stage having a pair of abrasive surfaced truncated conical disks as its sharpening structure. The disks are mounted on a rotatable shaft with the small ends of the disks in contact with each other. |
| US09649745B2 |
Apparatus for producing CO2 pellets from CO2 snow and cleaning device
The invention relates to an apparatus for producing CO2 pellets from CO2 snow, in particular, for a cleaning device for spraying surfaces to be treated with a mixed stream of a pressurized gas and CO2 pellets, includes a compressor device for compressing CO2 snow to form CO2 pellets. The compressor device includes a gear compressor. The gear compressor includes at least one compressor wheel which is mounted rotatable about a first rotation axis and has a plurality of compressing elements, and includes at least one intake wheel which has a plurality of snow intakes for accepting CO2 snow. The snow intakes are configured corresponding to the compressing elements. The intake wheel is mounted rotatable about a second rotation axis and cooperates with the at least one compressor wheel. The intake wheel includes an intake wheel sleeve with an intake wheel sleeve wall. |
| US09649743B2 |
Dynamically tracking spectrum features for endpoint detection
A method of controlling polishing includes polishing a substrate and receiving an identification of a selected spectral feature, a wavelength range having a width, and a characteristic of the selected spectral feature to monitor during polishing. A sequence of spectra of light from the substrate is measured while the substrate is being polished. A sequence of values of the characteristic of the selected spectral feature is generated from the sequence of spectra. For at least some spectra from the sequence of spectra, a modified wavelength range is generated based on a position of the spectral feature within a previous wavelength range used for a previous spectrum in the sequence of spectra, the modified wavelength range is searched for the selected spectral feature, and a value of a characteristic of the selected spectral feature is determined. |
| US09649739B2 |
Polishing apparatus
A polishing apparatus polishes a periphery of a substrate by bringing a polishing tool into sliding contact with the substrate. The polishing apparatus includes a substrate-holding mechanism configured to hold a substrate and rotate the substrate, a polishing mechanism configured to press a polishing tool against a periphery of the substrate so as to polish the periphery, and a periphery-supporting mechanism configured to support the periphery of the substrate by a fluid. The periphery-supporting mechanism is configured to support a surface of the substrate from an opposite side or the same side of the periphery of the substrate. |
| US09649736B2 |
Workpiece handling
An apparatus and associated method contemplating handling a workpiece on a surface. A mounting block is selectively movable in a first direction toward the surface. A finger is coupled to the mounting block so that the finger is retractable in a second nonparallel direction opposed to the first direction. The finger supports an engagement member operably contacting the workpiece and subject to a reaction force from the workpiece that retracts the finger during movement of the mounting block in the first direction. The engagement member traverses the surface as a result of simultaneous movement of the mounting block in the first direction and retraction of the finger in the second direction. |
| US09649734B2 |
Cutting method and cutting apparatus
A tool-main-spindle, whose cutting angle can be changed, is translated by an X-axis moving mechanism portion on an X-axis provided in a plane perpendicular to an axis of a work, and is translated on a Y-axis by a Y-axis moving mechanism portion. Cutting of the work is performed by setting the cutting angle of the tool-main-spindle to an angle of the cutting tool at which the work has large dynamic rigidity, and causing an axis of a cutting tool to cross the work axis, and cutting the work with the cutting tool toward the axis of the work by cooperatively operating the X-axis moving mechanism portion and the Y-axis moving mechanism portion. |
| US09649733B2 |
Methods for securing features to housings
A housing for an electronic device as well as methods for forming the housing are disclosed. The housing can be formed from a substrate having perforations to assist in adhering components internal to the housing. The substrate is typically a multi-layer substrate having at least two layers. In one embodiment, an inner layer of the multi-layer substrate can be provided with perforations. The perforations can them be used to adhere internal features to the multi-layer substrate. The internal features can be used for attaching parts or components to the multi-layer substrate, thereby securing the parts or components to the multi-layer substrate and thus the housing. |
| US09649732B2 |
Device for sealing orifices on nozzle of fuel injector for autofrettage process
A system for sealing a plurality of orifices through a wall of a vessel is provided. The system includes a plurality of sealing members configured to releasably seal respective orifices of the plurality of orifices. The system also includes a base defining a central axis therethrough. The base includes a plurality of segments disposed about the central axis. Each of the plurality of segments includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface is configured to engage at least one sealing member of the plurality of sealing members. Further, each segment of the plurality of segments is configured to deform toward the central axis on application of a force upon the outer surface thereof to bias the at least one sealing member into sealing engagement with a respective orifice of the plurality of orifices. |
| US09649731B2 |
Pipe fabrication apparatus with a bed and a support having a backing plate
A pipe fabrication apparatus includes a fabrication module having a guide adapted to support a cylindrical component, at or adjacent a first end of the component, at two discrete and space apart locations on an exterior surface of the component, and a bed for supporting the cylindrical component at a position distal the first end such that a longitudinal axis of the component is aligned with a central axis of the fabrication module in order to allow additional cylindrical parts to be quickly and easily coaxially aligned with the component for the purposes of tack welding the two items together prior to full seam welding. |
| US09649724B2 |
Charging device of a welding fixture of spacer grid
A charging device of a welding fixture of spacer grid comprises a base frame; a conveyor for conveying a welding fixture horizontally over the base frame; and a gripper located over the base frame for gripping a welding fixture conveyed along the conveyor to charge a welding fixture into a welding chamber, wherein the gripper comprises a gripper body; and a gripping part installed horizontal to the end of the gripper body for gripping a welding fixture and capable of tilting in vertical direction to the gripper body in case more than a predetermined load is applied as a vertical load. |
| US09649723B2 |
Processing apparatus including laser beam applying mechanism and separating means
A processing apparatus including a chuck table having a holding surface for rotatably holding a workpiece, a laser beam applying mechanism having a laser beam generating unit for generating a laser beam and focusing the laser beam to the inside of the workpiece held on the chuck table, a relatively moving unit for relatively moving the chuck table and the laser beam applying mechanism in a direction parallel to the holding surface of the chuck table while applying the laser beam to the workpiece to thereby form a modified layer inside of the workpiece, a separating unit for separating a part of the workpiece along the modified layer as a boundary formed inside the workpiece, and a grinding/polishing unit having a grinding/polishing wheel for grinding or polishing the modified layer left on the workpiece after separating the part and a spindle for rotatably mounting the grinding/polishing wheel. |
| US09649718B2 |
Methods for perforating multi-layer graphene through ion bombardment
Multi-layer sheets of graphene-based material having a plurality of pores extending therethrough are described herein. Methods for making the sheets include exposing a graphene-based material comprising multilayer graphene having from 5 to 20 layers of graphene to a particle beam having an ion energy of at least about 1500 eV to create damage tracks in the graphene sheets. The damage tracks in the graphene sheets are then exposed to a chemical etchant, such as an oxidant to define pores through the stacked graphene sheets. Production of the damage tracks and etching of the damage tracks can take place while the graphene is disposed on a substrate. |
| US09649714B2 |
Modular welding system
A modular welding system which can switch between right-handed and left-handed wire feeders by use of the modular design and without having a duplicative dual feed system is disclosed. This aspect is applicable to robotic welding as well as boom-mounted welding operations. |
| US09649711B2 |
Method and device for electrically contacting terminal faces of two substrates by laser soldering using a gaseous flux medium
A method for electrically contacting terminal faces of two substrates, such as a chip and a carrier substrate, includes two successive phases. In a first phase, the chip is positioned with its terminal faces against terminal faces of the substrate and laser energy is applied to the chip at the rear. In a second phase, a flux medium is applied and laser energy is applied to the rear of the chip to cause reflow. The device for performing the second phase of the method comprises a carrier table and a housing, which form a housing interior with a top side of the carrier table which receives the component arrangement, and a laser light source, which is oriented so that the laser radiation impinges on the rear side of the first substrate. |
| US09649709B2 |
Numerical control apparatus for controlling wire electric discharge machine which performs taper machining
When a Z axis is moved while interrupting or continuing taper machining, a wire electric discharge machining control apparatus controls position of a UV axis by re-creating a taper deviation vector, based on a distance between upper and lower guides, such that a wire tilt angle does not change. |
| US09649708B2 |
Wire electric discharge machine including control means for holding wire electrode at desired angle
A relationship between a weight of a reel supported by a column of a wire electric discharge machine when a wire electrode is wound around the reel, and an amount of slanting of the wire electrode when the wire electrode extended between an upper wire guide and a lower wire guide becomes slanted as a result of the column being deformed by the weight of the reel is stored. The weight of the reel is determined during electric discharge machining, and the amount of slanting of the extended wire electrode is determined from the weight of the reel. A compensation amount for the slanting of the wire electrode is determined from the amount of slanting, and the slanting of the wire electrode is compensated by the compensation amount. |
| US09649706B2 |
Multi-surface object end manual filing tool
A device for filing and/or abrading the multiple surfaces and/or edges of an object end so that they are less sharp, rough, dangerous, or so that they better conform to a desired shape. Embodiments of the device may comprise filing surfaces for filing the multiple object surfaces and/or edges thereof without requiring substantial repositioning of either the device or the object with surfaces and/or edges being filed. Moreover, embodiments of the device may be useful for filing sets of both the inner and outer object surfaces and/or edges thereof without requiring substantial repositioning of either the device or the object, and therefore in a more efficient and less dangerous manner. It is anticipated that some embodiments may comprise filing surfaces arranged in a manner configured to file the surfaces and/or edges of a strut end. |
| US09649703B2 |
Circular saw with a moving mechanism
A circular saw with a moving mechanism includes a base, a moving unit and a cutting unit. The base has a worktable which has a front side and an opposite rear side, and defines a first plane which extends substantially horizontally from the rear side toward the front side. The moving unit is disposed above the worktable and includes a supporting frame disposed on the worktable. A first sliding shaft and a second sliding shaft are located parallel to each other and disposed at an interval relative to each other on the supporting frame. A moving member is also disposed on the first and second sliding shafts. A second plane is defined as a plane extending through an axis of the first sliding shaft and an axis of the second sliding shaft. Moreover, an included angle is formed between the first plane and the second plane and ranges from greater than zero degrees to smaller than 90 degrees. The cutting unit is pivotally mounted on the moving member and is linearly movable along the worktable in a horizontal direction. |
| US09649699B2 |
Method for drilling a stack of materials, drill bit and drilling device
A method for drilling through an assembly forming a stack of at least two different materials uses a drill bit having at least a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge inclined in an axial plane of the drill bit so that the end of the drill bit has a projecting conical shape. The first cutting edge is configured to drill a first material. The second cutting edge is made differently from the first cutting edge, to drill a second material. A first rotational drive axis of the drill bit is laterally offset during the drilling by an offset distance D relative to the axis of the drill bit in a direction opposite the first cutting edge when the drill bit is drilling through the first material, and alternately, in a direction opposite the second cutting edge when the drill bit is drilling through the second material. |
| US09649696B2 |
Chuck
The invention relates to tool mount with a base body and a receptacle that is joined with the base body for torque transmission and anchored in the base body in an axially movable manner with a spring preload. The base body exhibits a shank section with a recess that is open on the machine tool side, and a bushing section that axially lengthens the shank section, with a guide borehole that is open on the tool side and separated from the recess of the shank section by a radial dividing wall. The receptacle exhibits a guide section that is guided in the guide borehole of the bushing section in an axially movable manner. The receptacle is anchored by means of an anchor that passes through an axial opening in the radial dividing wall and can be actuated for setting the spring preload via the recess of the base body. |
| US09649695B1 |
Automated cross slide system
An automated cross slide system having a cross slide with a back plate, a front plate and a saddle. The back plate can have a pair of end caps, a pair of linear guides, a first ball screw, a first gear box, a first servo motor, a first drive, and a first manual feed knob and the front plate can have a pair of end caps, a pair of linear guides, a second ball screw, a second gear box, a second servo motor, a second drive, and a second manual feed knob. The system can have a power supply, a communications hub with a processor and data storage connected to a network. The system can have a library of specification profiles and a human machine interface for accessing the library and controlling the first and second drives to cut a target piece in accordance with a selected specification profile. |
| US09649693B2 |
Cutting insert
A cutting insert has a bottom supporting surface, a center cutting edge, two secondary cutting edges, realized on both sides of the center cutting edge and offset in relation to the center cutting edge, and two transition edges connecting the center cutting edge to the secondary cutting edge adjacent in each case. The two secondary cutting edges are realized in each case vertically offset and, where applicable, also offset in depth with respect to the center cutting edge and are laterally spaced from the center cutting edge. The transition edges, in each case in a non-edge-overlapping region, have at least over a portion an inclination n where 2°≦n≦20° in relation to a height direction which extends at right angles with respect to a main extension plane of the supporting surface. |
| US09649689B2 |
Apparatus and a method of manufacturing an article from powder material
An apparatus for manufacturing an article from powder material including a first table, a second table rotatably mounted on the first table about a first axis and a third table rotatably mounted on the second table about a second axis. A hollow canister is supported by the third table. A vibrator is arranged to vibrate the canister. A first device is arranged to rotate the second table about the first axis and a second device is arranged to rotate the third table about the second axis. A hopper is arranged to supply powder material into the canister and a valve controls the flow of powder material from the hopper into the canister. A processor is arranged to control the valve, the vibrator, the first device and the second device to control the filling and packing density of the canister. |
| US09649687B2 |
Method including fiber reinforced casting article
A method of forming an engine component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, introducing molten metal into a cavity between a shell and a casting article in the shell. The casting article includes a ceramic portion and a plurality of fibers. The method further includes separately removing the ceramic portion and the fibers from an interior of the component. |
| US09649683B2 |
Joining means
In the invention, a joining means having a ram tool, a countertool and a holder with an opening to accommodate the ram tool or the countertool, is described. The two tools are arranged coaxial with each other at different ends of a C-bracket. The holder comprises at least one plane contact surface arranged on the outer surface of the holder, resting in contact with at least one plane face of the corresponding end of the C-bracket and detachably fastened thereto. Between the contact surface and the face, at least one interlay is arranged, determining the information and/or the distance of the contact surface from the face. |
| US09649680B2 |
Method for producing metal extrusion press products, and extrusion and tube press
The invention relates to extrusion and pipe presses (1), comprising a press frame consisting of a cylindrical spar (2) and a counter spar (4) connected thereto, in which a mobile billet container holder (7) supporting a billet container (8), which puts a billet (18) to be pressed, which was introduced by a loading device, into a press position in front of the counter spar (4) with the associated tool (38), and a mobile punch crosshead (6) are provided. In the cylindrical spar (2), a main cylinder, or press cylinder, is arranged, which in the cylinder housing (9) thereof receives a press piston (11), which at the front end thereof that is supported by the punch crosshead (6) is connected to a press punch (19). A compensation tank (15), which delivers hydraulic oil to the press piston (11) by way of a slider plate (28), is assigned to a main cylinder housing (9) connected to a tank line. With an extrusion press such as this, the considerable hydraulic expenditure, and in particular the non-productive time, are to be substantially reduced, while making the structural design more compact and simple at the same time. To accomplish this, the advancing and feed motions of the billet container holder (7) and punch crosshead (6) with press piston (11) are carried out by electromotive force, and both the precompression of the billet (18) loaded into the billet container (8) and the subsequent compression of the billet (18) are done by hydraulic loading of the press piston (11). Electric motors (12, 13) are assigned to the punch crosshead (6) and the billet container holder (7) as adjustment drives. A large-scale filling valve (20) is integrated in the cylinder housing (9) of the main cylinder for loading the press piston (11). |
| US09649677B2 |
Apparatus having a plurality of cold rolling installations
An apparatus is disclosed having a plurality of cold rolling installations which each have a roll stand movable along a linear path and having at least one roll which is fixed rotatably to the roll stand, a drive connected to the roll stand and having an electric motor so adapted that the roll stand is drivable in an oscillating movement along the linear path, and a feed clamping saddle for feeding a blank. The apparatus has an electric control having at least two control outputs, wherein each control output is connected to the electric motor of the drive of a roll stand and wherein the control is so adapted that in operation of the apparatus it so controls the electric motors that they drive at least two of the roll stands with an adjustable phase displacement between the oscillating movements of the roll stands. |
| US09649676B2 |
Method for producing an aluminium foil with integrated security features
Method for producing an aluminum foil with integrated security features. An aluminum foil is rolled down to a thickness of less than 150 μm in a plurality of cold rolling passes, texturing that runs in the direction of rolling being induced simultaneously on both surface sides of the foil. In a final cold rolling pass, the foil is fed to a working roller pair, in which, on at least one roller surface, the relief-like surface structuring generated in the rolling direction by grinding was reduced on the basis of contrast and motif in a region of 10 to 50% relative to the average surface roughness to form a motif for a security feature that is transferred to the surface side of the foil facing the roller surface. The generated aluminum foil has a glossy appearance on both sides such that the security feature rises clearly due to its dull appearance. |
| US09649675B2 |
In-situ capping with no loss of water depth
A method of remediating contaminated sediment area. The sediment has an initial water depth and comprises water and fine-grained solids. The contaminated sediment is contained in place by installing over the contaminated sediment an in-situ cap having a total thickness TCP. The contaminated sediment, and optionally any uncontaminated subsurface, is then consolidated until the total settlement of the contaminated and uncontaminated sediment exceeds the thickness TCP of the in-situ cap. The sediment is consolidated by installing a vertical barrier along the perimeter of the contaminated sediment area, installing a plurality of horizontal line drains into the sediment, connecting the horizontal line drains to a vacuum source, installing an in-situ cap over the contaminated sediment area and over the upper edge of the vertical barrier, and applying vacuum pressure to the horizontal line drains to dewater and consolidate the sediment. |
| US09649674B2 |
Particle size selective remediation system and method for heavy metals-contaminated soil by dry-disintegration and separation
The present invention relates to a system and method of remediating heavy metal-contaminated soil using dry disintegration in a particle size-selective manner. The system for remediating contaminated soil comprises: a pretreatment unit for pretreating the contaminated soil to control the water content and the size of the soil; a disintegration unit for disintegrating the pretreated soil into individual particles; a particle separation unit for separating the disintegrated particles a standard particle size; a heavy metal removal unit for peeling off the surface of the separated soil particles larger than the standard particle size using a surface friction force and an impact force to remove heavy metals in dry condition; and a separation and collection unit for separating and collecting the peeled-off surface from the soil particles. |
| US09649668B1 |
Rotary impingement cleaning device with replaceable cartridge gear train
The invention provides a rotary impingement cleaning apparatus including a gear train contained within a cartridge for easy installation and removal as a unit. The cleaning apparatus has an internal support platform to hold the cartridge and gear train. The platform is mounted within a fixed body housing. An output shaft from the cartridge gear train drives a rotary housing that drives a nozzle housing to rotate the nozzles around the horizontal axis. |
| US09649667B2 |
Apparatus for surface treatment of an elongate object
An apparatus (1) for surface treatment of an elongate object (50), such as a wire rope, while the apparatus (1) travels along the object (50), including a squeegee unit (10) for applying a deformable material, such as a coating material, comprising: a first and a second opening (16, 17) which are mutually aligned and through which said elongated object (50) is able to pass in a longitudinal direction (12), wherein a squeegee element (102) is provided between the first and the second opening (16, 17) defining an opening (15) which is adapted to the cross sectional shape of the elongated object (50) to distribute a coating layer by wiping along the surface of the elongated object (50) passing through said opening (15). |
| US09649666B2 |
Mechanized separation of mixed solid waste and recovery of recyclable products using optical sorter
The method and systems efficiently extract recyclable materials from a mixed solid waste stream. The methods and systems use sizing, density and dimensional separation to produce intermediate waste streams that are enriched in particular recyclable materials. The recyclable materials can then be efficiently sorted from the individual intermediate streams using mechanized sorting equipment. |
| US09649659B2 |
Methods and systems for joining materials
A method for joining a filler material to a substrate material includes melting the filler material within a melting chamber of a crucible such that the filler material is molten. The crucible has an outlet fluidly connected to the melting chamber. The method also includes holding the filler material within the melting chamber of the crucible by applying a first pressure differential across the outlet of the crucible, and releasing the filler material from the melting chamber of the crucible by applying a second pressure differential across the outlet of the crucible to deliver the filler material to a target site of the substrate material. The second pressure differential has a different value than the first pressure differential. |
| US09649657B2 |
Method for depositing liquid onto the locking ring of a container
The invention provides: a method for applying a liquid to the rim of a container by transfer from a roller whose surface is composed of a tubular warp or weft knit of 2×1 rib construction; a glass jar or equivalent container whose rim has a coating of varnish, adhesion promoter or heat-sealing primer formed by an application method; a jar or equivalent container comprising a seal heat-sealed to the rim. |
| US09649647B2 |
Paint color changer
A color changer is provided that includes a base module having at least two input channels and at least one output channel for paint material connectable to each of the at least two input channels. The color changer further includes at least two paint valves, each of the at least two paint valves corresponding to one of the at least two input channels and configured to close the corresponding input channel and to be opened by the application of air pressure, and at least two pilot air channels, each of the at least two pilot air channels corresponding to one of the at least two paint valves and configured to convey air pressure to the corresponding paint valve to open the corresponding paint valve. Each pilot air channel includes a blow hole and a closing device for closing the blow hole. |
| US09649644B2 |
Low profile attachment for emitting water
The present invention provides an attachment for emitting water from an elevated water source. The attachment comprises an inlet section, a transitional section connected to the inlet section an outlet section connected to the transitional section opposite from the inlet section, and a rib member attached to the outlet section to support the shape of the outlet section. |
| US09649641B2 |
Spring operated swing out rotor system and method for a centrifuge
A spring operated swing out rotor system for a centrifuge includes a rotor with a rotor top and a rotor bay extending down from the rotor top, the rotor bay having a bay wall and a bay bottom; a carrier tray rotatably attached to a retaining element on the bay wall; and a compression-resistant element between the tray and the bay wall urging the tray to rotate away from the bay wall, so that when the rotor is at rest, the tray is maintained at a positive angle from vertical, and when the centrifuge spins the rotor, centrifugal force positions the tray at a vertical angle. The compression-resistant element may be a spring or soft foam. |
| US09649640B2 |
Methods and apparatus for the continuous monitoring of wear in flotation circuits
A system for the continuous monitoring of wear is disclosed. The system comprises a flotation cell having at least one flotation component. At least one detector is provided to the at least one flotation component, and at least one sensor is provided to the flotation cell which is configured to communicate with the at least one detector during operation of the flotation cell. In use, the at least one flotation component wears away and ultimately affects a function of the least one detector. The at least one sensor is configured to monitor said function of the least one detector. When the at least one sensor detects a change in the signal of the at least one detector, an operator is notified that maintenance or flotation component replacement may be necessary. |
| US09649631B2 |
Multiple-sample microfluidic chip for DNA analysis
Aspects of the disclosure provide a microfluidic chip. The microfluidic chip includes a first domain configured for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of DNA fragments, and a second domain for electrophoretic separation. The first domain includes at least a first reaction reservoir designated for PCR amplification based on a first sample, and a second reaction reservoir designated for PCR amplification based on a second sample. The second domain includes at least a first separation unit coupled to the first reaction reservoir to received first amplified DNA fragments based on the first sample, and a second separation unit coupled to the second reaction reservoir to received second amplified DNA fragments based on the second sample. The first separation unit is configured to perform electrophoretic separation for the first amplified DNA fragments, and the second separation unit is configured to perform electrophoretic separation for the second amplified DNA fragments. |
| US09649629B2 |
Mechanically supporting microfluidic devices
A microfluidic assembly includes a planar microfluidic separation device and a support body configured to receive the planar microfluidic separation device therein. The support body is configured to apply a substantially distributed compressive preload to a substrate of the planar microfluidic separation device. The compressive preload applied to the planar microfluidic separation device may increase the achievable operating pressure of the planar microfluidic separation device. |
| US09649628B2 |
Pipetting system with improved control and volume adjustment
A device for controlling pipetting and adjusting a volume to be sampled, including a pipetting control member; rotary actuating means coupled to the control member; a linking member slidably mounted on the actuating means, the linking member being connected to a piston; volume adjusting means; rotary means defining, for the linking member, a spiral-shaped guiding path, the rotary means being coupled to the adjusting means so that their actuation causes a rotation of the means about a second axis which the guiding path is centered, this rotation leading to a displacement of the linking member along the path, and to a sliding of the member relative to the actuating means. |
| US09649626B2 |
Process for the dehydration of aqueous bio-derived terminal alcohols to terminal alkenes
A method and apparatus for dehydrating bio-1-alcohols to bio-1-alkenes with high selectivity. The bio-1-alkenes are useful in preparing high flashpoint diesel and jet biofuels which are useful to civilian and military applications. Furthermore, the bio-1-alkenes may be converted to biolubricants useful in the transporation sector and other areas requiring high purity/thermally stable lubricants. |
| US09649622B1 |
Bimetal oxysulfide solid-solution catalyst and manufacturing method thereof, method for carbon dioxide reduction, method for heavy metal reduction, and method for hydrogenation of organic compounds
A bimetal oxysulfide solid-solution catalyst is provided. The bimetal oxysulfide solid-solution catalyst is represented by formula (1): M(1)xM(2)yOzSγ (1), wherein in formula (1), M(1) includes Copper (Cu) and M(2) includes monovalent Silver (Ag), divalent Zinc (Zn), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), Cobalt (Co), and Tin (SnII), trivalent Indium (In), Cerium (Ce), Antimony (Sb), and Gallium (Ga), tetravalent Tin (SnIV), or pentavalent Molybdenum (Mo), 0 |
| US09649619B2 |
Sodium-calcium-aluminosilicate column for adsorbing CO2
A new adsorbent CO2-ONE for removal of acidic gases such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide was developed from hydrothermal reaction of natural limestone with natural kaolin via sodium hydroxide. Several synthesis conditions were employed such as initial concentration of NaOH, weight ratio of limestone to kaolin, reaction temperature and pressure. The produced Ca—Na—SiO2—Al2O3 samples were characterized using XRD and EDS and showed that a mixture of Gehlenite Ca2Al(A1.22Si0.78O6.78)OH0.22 and Stilbite Na5.76Ca4.96(Al15.68Si56.32O144) with percentage of 43 and 57 was successfully produced, respectively. Another produced sample showed the presence of Gehlenite Ca2Al(Al1.22Si0.78O6.78)OH0.22, Stilbite Na5.76Ca4.96(Al15.68Si56.32O144) and Lawsonite CaAl2Si2O7OH2(H2O) with percentage of 4.1 and 7.4 and 88, respectively. |
| US09649615B2 |
Reactor and process for preparing hydrogen sulphide
The present invention relates to a reactor and to a process for synthesis of hydrogen sulphide from elemental sulphur and hydrogen at elevated pressure and elevated temperature. The invention further relates to the use of the reactor for preparation of hydrogen sulphide in high yield and with a low H2Sx content. |
| US09649614B2 |
Methods and compositions for processing chemical reactions
Disclosed herein are compositions, methods and systems for the processing of chemical reactions, such as the synthesis of polymers. |
| US09649603B2 |
Hydrophilically modified fluorinated membrane (III)
Disclosed are copolymers suitable for hydrophilically modifying the surface of fluoropolymer membranes. An example of the copolymers is: Also disclosed are a method of preparing the copolymers, a method of hydrophilically modifying porous fluoropolymer supports, hydrophilic porous fluoropolymer membranes prepared from the copolymers, and a method of filtering fluids by the use of the hydrophilic porous fluoropolymer membranes. |
| US09649600B2 |
Method for manufacturing a porous composite membrane
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a composite porous film having a stable film quality and a desired hollow shape by controlling the entrance of a film-forming resin solution into a hollow part of a hollow reinforcement support. The method is provided with a step of adhering a film-forming resin solution to the outer peripheral surface of the hollow reinforcement support and thereby forming a film intermediate, a step of adhering a coagulating liquid to the outer peripheral surface of the film intermediate, and a step of flowing the coagulating liquid along the outer peripheral surface of the film intermediate so that at least a part of the outermost interface of the coagulating liquid in the circumferential direction is a free surface and thereby coagulating the film-forming resin solution adhering to the outer peripheral surface of the hollow reinforcement support. |
| US09649596B2 |
Perovskite with an ovlerlayer SCR component as an ammonia oxidation catalyst and a system for exhaust emission control on diesel engines
An ammonia slip control catalyst having a layer containing perovskite and a separate layer containing an SCR catalyst is described. The ammonia slip catalyst can have two stacked layers, with the top overlayer containing an SCR catalyst, and the bottom layer containing a perovskite. The ammonia slip catalyst can alternatively be arranged in sequential layers, with the SCR catalyst being upstream in the flow of exhaust gas relative to the perovskite. A system comprising the ammonia slip catalyst upstream of a PGM-containing ammonia oxidation catalyst and methods of using the system are described. The system allows for high ammonia oxidation with good nitrogen selectivity. Methods of making and using the ammonia slip catalyst to reduce ammonia slip and selectively convert ammonia to N2 are described. |
| US09649593B2 |
Epitaxial thin film solid crystal electrolyte including lithium
Provided is a solid electrolyte including an epitaxial thin film crystal made of an electrolyte containing at least lithium. |
| US09649589B2 |
Oxygen concentrator system and method
A oxygen concentrating system comprising an adsorption column having a first end and a second end, a shell enclosing the column and defining a product gas storage space between the column and the shell, a product conduit connecting the product gas storage space to a product output point, a first conduit comprising at least one first valve having at least a first and second configuration, in the first configuration, compressed air flows from the feed point to the first end, and, in the second configuration, waste gas flows from the first end to the waste point, and a second conduit comprising at least one second valve having at least a first and second configuration, in the first configuration, the product gas flows from the product gas storage space to the second end, and, in the second configuration, the product gas flows from the second end to the storage space. |
| US09649587B2 |
Ceramic honeycomb structure and its production method
A ceramic honeycomb structure including large numbers of flow paths partitioned by porous cell walls; (a) the cell walls having porosity of 55-65%; and (b) in a pore diameter distribution in the cell walls measured by mercury porosimetry, (i) pore diameters at cumulative pore volumes corresponding to specific percentages of the total pore volume being within specific ranges and satisfying specific relationships; (ii) the difference of a logarithm of the pore diameter at a cumulative pore volume corresponding to 20% of the total pore volume and a logarithm of the pore diameter at 80% being 0.39 or less; and (iii) the volume of pores of more than 100 μm being 0.05 cm3/g or less. |
| US09649583B2 |
Filters, filter assemblies, filter systems and methods for identifying installation of qualified filter elements
A filter assembly has a qualified filter element that filters fuel, a filter housing for the qualified filter element and a water-in-fuel sensor that senses presence of water in the filter housing. An electrical resistance of the water-in-fuel sensor changes based upon whether the qualified filter element is installed in the housing. A filter assembly can also have a plurality of magnetic elements disposed on at least one of the filter housing and the qualified filter element. A plurality of wires are disposed on at least the other of the filter housing and the qualified filter element. The control circuit determines that the qualified filter element is installed in the filter housing based on a change in the electrical current in the plurality of wires. |
| US09649580B2 |
Filter device and method for operating a filter device
The invention suggests a filter device having a stationary head piece and a movable end piece, a pack of at least a recess plate and an adjacent recess plate between the head piece and the end piece, the recess plate and/or the adjacent recess plate having a recess, that forms a filter chamber between the recess plate and the adjacent recess plate, a first filter cloth and a second filter cloth between the recess plate and the adjacent recess plate for retaining as a filter cake a solid content of a suspension, and allowing a remaining liquid fraction of the suspension to pass as a filtrate, and a suspension pipe running through the pack between the head piece and the end piece for charging the suspension through the filling shoe between the first filter cloth and the second filter cloth into the filter chamber, and a filling shoe comprising an outlet section for the suspension, clamping the first filter cloth to the recess plate during filtering operation of the filter device, an anchoring section for anchoring the filling shoe in an anchoring position to the recess plate, and a pivot section between the outlet section and the anchoring section, that tiltably connects the outlet section to the anchoring section. The invention further suggests a method for operating such filter device. |
| US09649579B2 |
Buoy suspension fractionation system
A separator that uses centrifugation to fractionate a suspension such as blood comprises a separation container and a buoy. The buoy is carried in the separation container and has a tuned density that is configured to reach an equilibrium position in a suspension. The guide surface is carried on the buoy upper surface and is inclined to an accumulation position near a buoy perimeter. The buoy suspension fractionation system can be used in a method of isolating a fraction from a suspension, and in a method for re-suspending particulates for withdrawal. |
| US09649577B2 |
Bubble removing method, bubble removing apparatus, degassing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium
Disclosed is a bubble removing method in which fine bubbles are removed from a filter to improve the performance of the filter. The bubble removing method includes a step of degassing a processing liquid supplied from a supply source to prepare a highly degassed liquid (highly degassed liquid preparation), a step of supplying the prepared highly degassed liquid at a first processing liquid from a pump device to a filter device (temporary liquid permeation), a step of supplying the highly degassed liquid at a second processing liquid flow rate higher than the first processing liquid flow rate from the pump device to the filter device (initial liquid permeation), and a step of causing the highly degassed liquid to flow from the pump device to the filter device for a predetermined length of time (liquid permeation). |
| US09649574B2 |
Field replaceable multifunctional cartridge for waste conversion into fuel
Disclosed herein is a field replaceable multifunction cartridge for the conversion of composite high molecular weight hydrocarbon vapors, extracted from homogenous or heterogeneous, segregated or unsegregated, wet or dry, unclean miscellaneous multi-feed waste input, to produce low molecular weight fractions of industriously combustible fuel products through catalytic cracking. The multifunction cartridge system is constructed in a modular fashion is capable of performing the catalytic, cleaning and scrubbing functions through the temperature range ranging from ambient to 500° C., owing to the high mechanical strength, low coefficient of expansion, resistance to thermal fatigue etc. |
| US09649570B2 |
Toy with convertible necklace
In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is a plush toy having a body, a first pocket, a second pocket, and an extendable member that may be positioned as a necklace, a headband or a strap. The extendable member may be retracted into one of the pockets through a hole or holes in the body of the toy leaving only a small portion of the extendable member external to the body or may be extended from the body. When retracted, the extendable member may be positioned, for example, as a necklace or a headband. |
| US09649569B2 |
Wave simulator for board sports
Examples of a wave simulator for board sports and other uses are disclosed. An example wave simulator includes means for forming a wave, the means having at least one inclined side wall and a bottom corresponding to a desired wave shape. The wave simulator includes means for flowing water along at least partially along the inclined side wall and bottom of the flume to form a simulated wave. The wave simulator includes means for restraining a board rider in the means for forming a wave. Streamlines of the simulated wave are substantially parallel to a crest line of the simulated wave, and an inclined water flow ends in a downward arc. |
| US09649560B2 |
RF collaboration method to reduce RF interference with wireless adapter
A system and method for preventing a wireless controller system and WiFi radio system within a game console from interfering with each other. Specifically, the WiFi system is adapted to avoid activating its transmitter during the controller receive times by detecting a signal sent to the WiFi module indicating where the controller receive times occur without an explicit signal indicative of the controller receive times. |
| US09649554B1 |
Facilitating users to obtain information regarding locations within a virtual space
A system and method for facilitating users to obtain location information in a virtual space is disclosed. Query items may be offered to sell to the users. Upon user activation of the query items, identification information identifying target entities may be obtained from the users. Based on such identification information, location information regarding virtual space locations controlled by or associated with the target entities may be provided to the users. The provided location information may include coordinate information reflecting virtual space coordinates of such locations. In some examples, the level of detail and/or accuracy of such location information provided to the users may be based on the activated query items being specific grades and/or based on levels of the users. |
| US09649553B2 |
Die rolling and identification apparatus and gaming machine
The present invention provides a gaming machine where players can play without giving them a sense of unfairness or suspicion and it is possible to identify die spots with a comparatively simple and uncomplicated structure. A gaming machine involving the present invention is characterized as a gaming machine comprising a die, a die container and a means of turning, the body of the die having transparency and the spot display panels formed on each face of the die having light shielding properties, the die container comprising a die shaker and a die slide where the die shaker is connected to the die slide in order to enable the die to move between the die shaker and the die slide, the die shaker has transparency, part of the die slide has light shielding properties, the die slide can slide without the die rolling, the means of turning turns the die container and comprises a motor and a plurality of gears connected to the motor. A means of reading comprising a light sensor is disposed on the bottom surface of the die slide, a means of illumination is disposed on the upper surface of the die slide, the die shaken in the die shaker is designed to stop in the prescribed position of the die slide that has light shielding properties, the means of illumination is disposed on the No. 1 face equating to the spots on the die stopped in the prescribed position and the means of reading is disposed on the No. 2 face opposite the No. 1 side, and the spots on the die are identified based on information obtained by the means of reading. |
| US09649551B2 |
Furniture and building structures comprising sensors for determining the position of one or more objects
A system, device and method for determining the position of objects comprising one or more furniture items and/or building structures having one or more sensors and a controller coupled to the sensors. The sensors detect when one or more objects having at least one sensor tag are positioned proximate one of the sensors and transmit a signal to the controller including an identifier of the object and the sensor that detected the objects. As a result, the controller is able to track the position of the objects in relation to the furniture and/or building structures preventing the items from being lost and increasing efficiency when looking for misplaced objects. |
| US09649550B2 |
Card shooter device and method
A card shoe apparatus includes a card guide unit that guides cards that are manually drawn out one by one from a card housing unit onto a game table, a code reading unit that, when a card is drawn out from the card housing unit, reads from that card a code that indicates a rank (number, rank) of that card, a authenticity determination unit that determines the authenticity of the card based on the information of the authenticity of the card, a winning/losing determination unit that determines the winning/losing of a card game based on the ranks of the cards sequentially read by the code reading unit, and an output unit that outputs the results of the determination made by the winning/losing determination unit. The card guide unit includes a card entry/exit restriction unit that restricts the entry/exit of the card to/from the card housing unit. |
| US09649548B2 |
Protective element for use in sport
A user wearable article of protective equipment for protecting a portion of a body of the user. The article of protective equipment generally conforms to the portion of the body of the user to be protected when worn by the user. The article of protective equipment includes: (i) an energy absorbent core, the core having a body-facing side and an opposing non-body-facing side, the core comprising a polymeric foam; and (ii) an outer shell generally covering the non-body-facing side of the core, the outer shell being deformable during the use of the article of protective equipment by the user. |
| US09649546B2 |
Collapsing portable apparatus for the training and adjustment of forward, lateral and rotational movement in sports activity
A collapsing portable apparatus for the training and adjustment of forward, lateral and rotational movement in sports activity which is portable, adjustable, collapsible when not in use, not attached to the user's body, stops unwanted forward, lateral and rotational movement, provides tactile feedback for learning while training, immediately provides the user with positive feedback, initiates resistance necessary to hit a ball correctly, and can be used indoors, in practice areas, or in the field. The device essentially comprises a main vertical body which is substantially mandolin shaped and has an upper neck and a lower bout. A leg arch is attached to the upper neck and an elongated runner is attached to the lower bout. Near to a nexus of the neck and lower bout, a support strut extends from the main vertical body and connects to the elongated runner to create a rigid apparatus for use. Each of the parts of the apparatus are configured in a way where the user may dissemble it when the device is not in use by way of manipulating a plurality of attaching and hinge means. This device is believed to be useful in a variety of sports training settings such as golf greens and batter's boxes, where the individual athlete user desires assistance to perfect a sports task such as a golf downswing or home run hit. A device according to the invention is also believed to be favorable for use in gym environments, classes and other fitness-related facilities. |
| US09649541B2 |
Golf club with multi-component construction
A golf club head with multi-component construction. The golf club head includes heel and toe portions that generally provide ground contacting surfaces and a raised central region. A center of gravity of the club is located outside of an envelope defined by the outer surface of the club head below the raised central region. |
| US09649540B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Examples of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a rear portion, a front portion with a strike face, a sole portion, and a top portion with a plurality of weight ports. The body portion may define a periphery of the golf club head. The golf club head may also include a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one weight port of the plurality of weight ports. Other examples and examples may be described and claimed. |
| US09649533B2 |
Human muscular strength amplification robot driven by intention of user and driving method thereof
A muscular strength enhancing robot to be driven by an intention of a user and a method of driving the robot are disclosed. The robot includes an actuator attached to a portion of a body of the user and configured to be actuated by enhancing a muscular strength, an encoder connected to the actuator and configured to measure an actual velocity at which the actuator moves, a force or torque sensor configured to measure an intensity of a force to be applied, an admittance modeling module configured to calculate a target velocity using the intensity of the force, and a proportional integral derivative (PID) control module configured to control actuation of the actuator in proportion to a velocity difference between the target velocity and the actual velocity, control the actuation by a cumulative value of the velocity difference, and control the actuation by a difference between a previous and a current velocity difference. |
| US09649532B2 |
Golf club including an electronic module
Articles of clothing or pieces of athletic equipment, and particularly golf clubs, include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the clothing or athletic equipment or for performing other functions. Such systems and methods may use physical or other interaction(s) between the module and the article of clothing or piece of athletic equipment for activating and/or deactivating the module and/or sensing devices included with the module, for confirming whether the module and clothing or piece of athletic equipment are authorized for use with one another, and/or for automatic data algorithm selection methods. Additionally, such systems and methods also may use the activation and/or authentication systems for data input to the module. Some examples of such systems and methods may utilize magnets and magnetic sensing systems and/or light (or other radiation) sources and sensing systems for activation, authentication, data input, and/or algorithm selection. |
| US09649531B2 |
Mobile practice dummy
A practice dummy comprising a remotely controlled, self-propelled base unit supporting a detachable upper body enables athletes to practice football skills against a dummy that can simulate the speed and mobility of a human player. |
| US09649518B2 |
Wind turbine fire suppression system
A system for suppressing a wind turbine fire using an admixture of hydrated super absorbent polymer having properties for suppressing and extinguishing of a fire. The admixture is non conductive and, upon drying, leaves a non-conductive residual that can be vacuumed from the wind turbine components to allow salvaging of the wind turbine components. The admixture is maintained within a pressurized storage vessel having a solenoid that is released by temperature sensor applying the admixture through strategically positioned nozzles to the control cabinets, generator, gearbox and bearings for extinguishment of any associated fire. Since the admixture of super absorbent polymer and water entraps the particulates and noxious and/or toxic gasses, the clean-up is substantially easier and quicker than the clean up from other methods of fire suppression and extinguishing. |
| US09649514B2 |
Chemical oxygen generator with bimetal reaction control
The invention relates to a regulation device for a source of breathable gas, comprising a reaction medium adapted to perform an exothermic reaction for the production of breathable gas, the reaction medium surrounding an interior reaction volume having a breathable gas outlet. The invention further relates to a chemical oxygen generator system for the provision of breathable gas in an aircraft as well as to a method for regulating a source of breathable gas comprising the step of initiating an exothermic reaction of a reaction medium for the production of breathable gas, the reaction medium surrounding an interior reaction volume having a breathable gas outlet, wherein the breathable gas is flowing through the breathable gas outlet. |
| US09649512B2 |
One or more of Vigna marina, Cocos nucifera L. or Terminalia catappa L. extracts for treating wounds, skin disorders and hair loss
Biologically active extracts of one or more Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr., Cocos nucifera L., or Terminalia catappa L. and compositions one or more of the extracts are described. The invention also provides therapeutic and cosmetic uses of the extracts and compositions, in particular for promoting wound healing and for the treatment of skin disorders. |
| US09649510B2 |
Multi-axis charged particle cancer therapy method and apparatus
The invention comprises a multi-axis charged particle irradiation method and apparatus. The multi-axis controls includes separate or independent control of one or more of horizontal position, vertical position, energy control, and intensity control of the charged particle irradiation beam. Optionally, the charged particle beam is additionally controlled in terms of timing. Timing is coordinated with patient respiration and/or patient rotational positioning. Combined, the system allows multi-axis and multi-field charged particle irradiation of tumors yielding precise and accurate irradiation dosages to a tumor with distribution of harmful proximal distal energy about the tumor. |
| US09649509B2 |
Systems and methods for use in emission guided radiation therapy
Described herein are systems and methods for positioning a radiation source with respect to one or more regions of interest in a coordinate system. Such systems and methods may be used in emission guided radiation therapy (EGRT) for the localized delivery of radiation to one or more patient tumor regions. These systems comprise a gantry movable about a patient area, where a plurality of positron emission detectors, a radiation source are arranged movably on the gantry, and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a coincident positron annihilation emission path and to position the radiation source to apply a radiation beam along the identified emission path. The systems and methods described herein can be used alone or in conjunction with surgery, chemotherapy, and/or brachytherapy for the treatment of tumors. |
| US09649505B2 |
Low-level energy laser therapy
Methods and systems (10, 54, 72) are provided for administering phototherapy to an injured tissue in a living subject by delivering visible or infrared biostimulatory energy to bone marrow at a dose sufficient to cause mesenchymal stem cells to appear in the injured tissue. The energy may be coherent light and can be administered transcutaneously, subcutaneously, or via an intramedullary probe (74). The technique is useful for treating many types of tissue injury, including ischemic cardiac and renal conditions. |
| US09649502B2 |
Devices and methods of low frequency magnetic stimulation therapy
Described herein, in certain embodiments, are devices and methods for modulating the electrical activity of a brain in a targeted manner using a weak magnetic field, generally field with a strength of less than about 100 Gauss. The magnetic field is varied over time in a periodic manner, generally with a frequency tuned to specifically affect one of the intrinsic frequencies of the brain, optionally the alpha frequency. The “Low Field Magnetic Stimulation” devices and methods described herein modulate the electrical activity of a brain without requiring medication. Methods and devices described herein gently “tune” the brain and affect mood, focus, and cognition of human subjects. |
| US09649501B2 |
Treatment of thalamocortical dysrhythmia
A method for treating conditions associated with thalamocortical dysrhythmia. The method includes applying transcranial low voltage electrical stimulation (TLVES) therapy or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy to a patient in need thereof, and administering to the patient a dissociative anesthetic during the TLVES therapy or the TMS therapy. A number of conditions including tinnitus, depression and pain can be treated with TLVES or TMS in combination with the dissociative anesthetic, such as an NMADR inhibitor, including ketamine. |
| US09649499B2 |
Method for inhibiting platelet interaction with biomaterial surfaces
A method for passivating a biomaterial surface includes modifying proteinaceous material disposed at the biomaterial surface. The passivation may be effectuated by exposing the biomaterial surface to therapeutic electrical energy in the presence of blood or plasma. |
| US09649498B2 |
System and method for selection of pacing vectors
Various techniques are disclosed for quickly and efficiently determining cardiac pacing vectors that minimize phrenic nerve stimulation. |
| US09649497B2 |
Closed loop optimization of control parameters during cardiac pacing
A system and method control a pacing parameter in a closed-loop manner by determining a value of an EGM-based index corresponding an optimal electrical activation condition of a patient's heart and adjusting a pacing therapy to maintain the EGM-based index value. The closed loop control method performed by the system may establish a relationship between an EGM-based index and multiple settings of a pacing control parameter. Values of the EGM-based index are stored with corresponding setting shifts relative to a previously established optimal setting. A processor of an implantable medical device monitors the EGM-based index during cardiac pacing. Responsive to detecting an EGM-based index value corresponding to a non-optimal setting of the control parameter, the processor determines an adjustment of the control parameter from the stored index values and corresponding setting shifts. |
| US09649494B2 |
Electrical stimulation therapy based on head position
Techniques and systems for determining a head position of a patient and controlling delivery of electrical stimulation to a target stimulation site based on the determined head position are described. In some examples, movement of the head of the patient may result in movement of a lead, through which the electrical stimulation may be delivered, relative to the target stimulation site. Thus, controlling delivery of the electrical stimulation based on the head position may improve the efficiency and efficacy of the electrical stimulation therapy. |
| US09649493B2 |
System and method for nerve modulation using noncontacting electrodes
An implant unit configured for implantation into a body of a subject may include an antenna configured to receive a signal. The implant unit may also include at least one pair of modulation electrodes configured to be implanted into the body of the subject in the vicinity of at least one nerve to be modulated, the at least one pair of modulation electrodes being configured to receive an applied electric signal in response to the signal received by the antenna and generate an electrical field to modulate the at least one nerve from a position where the at least one pair of modulation electrodes does not contact the at least one nerve. |
| US09649487B2 |
Enhancing perfusion by contraction
Apparatus and methods are described including a mechanical support element that is placed inside a first vein of a subject. At least one electrode disposed on the mechanical support element is placed inside the first vein, in a vicinity of a site upstream of a bifurcation with a second vein of the subject. A control unit enhances downstream blood flow from the first vein by driving the at least one electrode to divert blood downstream into the second vein by constricting the first vein at the upstream site, by driving the at least one electrode to apply a current to the vicinity of the site. The mechanical support element prevents the first vein from collapsing by providing mechanical support to the vein. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US09649486B2 |
Electrode system for transdermal conduction of electric signals, and a method of use thereof
There is disclosed a system of electrodes used for transdermal conduction of electrical signals and a method of use thereof, the system comprising a plurality of electrode parts connected by means of electrical conductors to electric impedance tomography apparatuses, as well as other devices, the parts being secured to an outer side of a flexible and porous blade coated on both sides thereof by layers of electrically conductive and adhesive materials, such electrically conductive and adhesive materials being in mutual contact through the pores of the blade, the inner face of the latter being removably secured, by means of adhesion, to the patient. The invention comprises means for positioning the electrode parts, as well as means for external protection thereof and of their respective conductors. |
| US09649483B2 |
Microneedle transdermal delivery device
A drug delivery device that delivers pharmacologically active substances transdermally using microneedles arranged on a belt mounted rotatably about a plurality of rollers, the microneedles having an associated drug reservoir mounted on the belt which is compressed when the needles and belt are brought into contact with the skin. |
| US09649482B2 |
Hemostatic agent and method
One aspect of the invention is a method of treating a wound to clot blood. A sponge material is applied to the wound. The sponge comprises a starch having hemostatic properties and at least one binding agent. The sponge may further comprise a porous, flexible material. |
| US09649481B2 |
Shunt flow monitor
A shunt including an implantable housing having a proximal end and a distal end. A pressure sensitive valve is contained within the housing at a position between the proximal end and the distal end, and the pressure sensitive valve is capable of controlling a flow of fluid between the fluid inlet port and the fluid outlet port. The shunt further including a sensor assembly fluidly coupled to the pressure sensitive valve, wherein the sensor assembly is mechanically actuated and capable of detecting the flow of fluid through the pressure sensitive valve. A condition of the shunt can be detected by detecting a flow of fluid through the shunt and generating a signal indicative of a period of fluid flow through the implantable shunt based on the detecting. The signal can be output to an external device capable of determining, from the signal, whether the shunt is malfunctioning. |
| US09649478B2 |
Balloon catheter systems for delivery of dry drug delivery vesicles to a vessel in the body
Devices and methods for balloon delivery of rapamycin and other hydrophobic compounds to the wall of blood vessels. Balloon catheters, such as those used for balloon angioplasty, are modified with the addition of a reservoir of dry micelles, disposed at a suitable location within the balloon or catheter. The reservoir may be installed within the angioplasty balloon, within a lumen in communication with the angioplasty balloon, either as a loose or packed powder or as a film coating. The micelle preparation is reconstituted and the micelles are mobilized when the aqueous solution used to inflate the balloons is injected into the catheter. The micelles are infused into tissue surrounding the balloon when pressurized fluid within the balloon leaks through the wall of the balloon. |
| US09649477B2 |
Frontal sinus spacer
Substance delivering spacer devices may comprise expandable reservoirs that are implantable in paranasal sinuses and other cavities, openings and passageways of the body to maintain patency and to provide sustained local delivery of a therapeutic or diagnostic substance. Delivery apparatus including elongate tubular members as well as shapeable distal portions and atraumatic tips are provided. Also provided are sinus penetrator devices and systems for performing ethmoidotomy procedures or for creating other openings in the walls of paranasal sinuses or other anatomical structures. |
| US09649472B2 |
Medical product package
A catheter and package combination including a package having opposed front and rear panels that are sealed together to define a sealed interior cavity. The package also has top and bottom edges and opposed side edges. The cavity has a first height extending in a direction between the top and bottom edges. The front and rear panels are configured to tear adjacent to one of the side edges in the direction between the top and bottom edges to form an opening in communication with the cavity wherein the opening has a second height in the direction between the top and bottom edges that is smaller than the first height of the cavity. A urinary catheter in a compact configuration is disposed within the cavity. |
| US09649462B2 |
Laryngeal mask anchoring device for edentulous patients
A laryngeal mask anchoring device serves to seat an airway tube in an operational position against edentulous gums and the roof of the mouth to securely hold the airway tube in a desired position. The device also guides the airway tube towards the lungs, and braces the mouth open for manipulations to the airway tube. The device collapses into a substantially flat configuration for storage and portability. An upper and lower brace directly engage the edentulous gums. The braces are substantially smooth and pliable, and are configured to mate with substantially smooth, bald gums. A supportive platform with a slightly curved surface forms a supportive brace to hold the airway tube into place against the roof of the mouth. The slightly curved configuration of the platform nestles the airway tube, and the large surface area presses the airway tube against the roof of the mouth. |
| US09649459B2 |
Ventilator apparatus and method
A respiratory treatment apparatus configured to provide a flow of breathable gas to a patient, including a breathable air outlet, an outside air inlet, and an pneumatic block module, wherein the pneumatic block module includes: a volute assembly including an inlet air passage, a mount for a blower and an outlet air passage; the blower being mounted in the mount such that an impeller of the blower is in a flow passage connecting the inlet air passage and the outlet air passage; a casing enclosing the volute assembly, wherein air passages within the casing connect air ports on the volute assembly, wherein the inlet air passage of the volute assembly is in fluid communication with the outside air inlet and the outlet air passage of the volute assembly is in fluid communication with the air outlet. |
| US09649455B2 |
Indicating device
An indicating device for a dispenser that dispenses metered dosages of a medicament from a container having a valve moveable between a closed position and an open position. The indicating device includes an indicator housing having a first cover with a first vertical wall and a second cover with a second vertical wall. One of the first or second covers includes a base defining a lower surface of the indicator housing, and the other of the first or second covers includes a top defining an upper surface of the indicator housing. The first and second covers are joined with the first and second vertical walls and the base and the top defining an interior space therebetween. An indicator is rotatably disposed in the interior space of the indicator housing, with the indicator including dosage indicia. A dispensing device includes a dispenser housing and an indicating device. |
| US09649454B2 |
Delivery device and related methods
A dose delivery device includes a mouthpiece having an inlet and an outlet, a dose to be delivered to a subject via the mouthpiece and a housing surrounding the mouthpiece and the dose. The mouthpiece or other portion of the device may be moveable to form an opening in the housing, open a dose chamber and/or to extend the mouthpiece from the housing for delivery of the dose. The mouthpiece and housing may be arranged so that the mouthpiece remains attached to the housing after the opening is formed and the mouthpiece is extended from the housing. The housing may include a layer of barrier material that interacts with the mouthpiece to form the opening, e.g., the mouthpiece and barrier material may be moved relative to each other so that the barrier material is pierced. A dose chamber may be formed by a portion of the housing, a portion of the mouthpiece, and/or by any other suitable component of the delivery device. The dose chamber may be enclosed by the housing, and the dose chamber may be open to other spaces in the housing, or may be closed relative to other spaces enclosed by the housing. |
| US09649448B2 |
Rotary sensor module with resynchronization feature
Drug delivery device comprising expelling means allowing a user to set a dose corresponding to a number of increments from an initial state, an indication member adapted to rotate in a first direction corresponding to the set dose, and rotate in an opposed second direction corresponding to an expelled dose, the indication member having an initial rotational position corresponding to both the initial state and the fully expelled dose state. Sensor means having an incremental counter synchronized with the rotational position of the indication member and having a reference point corresponding to the initial rotational position of the indication member. After detecting an error state the sensor means is adapted to re-synchronize by detecting the number of rotational increments for a set dose and for a subsequent expelled dose. If the numbers are identical the reference point is reset corresponding to the current rotational position of the indication member. |
| US09649445B2 |
Dosing mechanism for a drug delivery device
A maximum settable dose feature is disclosed that is set by a user or health care professional one time that prevents future injections from exceeding the desired maximum dose. The feature includes a locking band (5) initially in an unlocked configuration, which transforms to a locked configuration when activated after setting a desired maximum dose. The feature can include a trigger mechanism (6,11) to transform the locking band (5) to the locked configuration. |
| US09649444B2 |
Positive displacement stopper for a pre-filled syringe
A stopper adapted for attachment with a plunger rod for use within a syringe barrel is disclosed. The stopper includes a main body defining an open rearward end and a closed front end. The open rearward end is adapted to receive a front forward end attachment portion of the plunger rod. The stopper also includes a core member integrally formed with said main body adjacent the closed front end. The core member includes a nose portion having a profile adapted to create a positive seal with an outlet opening of such syringe barrel. |
| US09649442B2 |
Method of reconstituting a substance using an injector device
The present invention is directed to an automatic reconstitution drug delivery device. The inventive device effects simple and automatic reconstitution of a dry drug. To effect reconstitution, a user displaces a release button which causes first and second chambers of a drug cartridge to communicate, resulting in automatic mixing of a diluent and dry drug to effect reconstitution of the dry drug. The user then simply sets the dose volume using a dose-setting mechanism, and administers the injection in a manner typical of self-injection drug delivery devices. Whole or partial automatic priming can be also achieved by the device. |
| US09649440B2 |
Syringe device for skin treatment
A syringe device for skin treatment is provided, which includes a syringe for injecting a drug into a skin through a needled at an end, a syringe seat connected with a cylinder of the syringe receiving the drug therein to allow a reciprocation of the cylinder within a limited range according to a direction of injecting the drug, a mount formed on the syringe seat and to which the cylinder of the syringe is fixed, an injector mounted on one side of the syringe seat to be rotated by a driving force to move in association with movement of the syringe seat to move a rod of the cylinder toward a needle, and a controller mounted on one sides of the syringe seat and the injector to operate the injector when the needle is in contact with the skin and the syringe seat is moved to one end within a limited range, and stop the injector when the needle is apart from the skin and the syringe seat is moved to opposite end within the limited range. Accordingly, waste of drug can be avoided, because the syringe seat to allow reciprocation of the syringe cylinder and the controller ensure that the rod of the cylinder for injecting drug is moved by an appropriate distance. |
| US09649439B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating patient-based adjustment of drug infusion
A drug infusion system located at least partially external to the patient having a pump and a patient programmer control configured to present to the patient a question and receive patient input information in response thereto. A patient response rule module is configured to apply a rule to the input information provided by a patient. For example, the patient response rule can be used to provide an insulin pump setting according to the patient response rule or to provide a setting, or to provide a setting that is proposed to the user. Other systems and methods are also described such as asking questions related to the adjustment of future therapy settings. |
| US09649438B2 |
Physiological monitoring-based implantable drug infusion system
A system and method for physiological monitoring and regulation of a drug infusion device. The system includes an internal compact unit that is implantable in a patient having a pulmonary disorder, the internal unit encasing a power supply, a fluid reservoir, a motor pump, a digital control unit, and a radio frequency transmitter. An infusion catheter is connected to the fluid reservoir and motor pump for automatically infusing a drug into a right ventricle of the patient during a diastole phase of a cardiac cycle. The system includes an external unit for monitoring and storing a plurality of physiological parameters of the patient and for making adjustments to a drug infusion rate. |
| US09649435B2 |
Dosing mechanism
The invention relates to a dosing mechanism for a fluid, comprising an inlet, an outlet, a dosing pipe and two valve groups with an inlet valve and an outlet valve each, wherein the inlet is connected to both inlet valves and the outlet is connected to both outlet valves, wherein the inlet valve of one group is arranged to connect the inlet to a first end of the dosing pipe while the outlet valve of the same group is arranged to connect the outlet to a second end of the dosing pipe, wherein the inlet valve of the other group is arranged to connect the inlet to the second end of the dosing pipe while the outlet valve of the same group is arranged to connect the outlet to the first end of the dosing pipe, wherein control means are arranged to open only the valves of one group at a time thereby allowing the fluid to flow from the inlet through the dosing pipe to the outlet, wherein a dosing object is arranged in the dosing pipe in a manner to be translated from one end towards the other by the fluid, wherein a dose to be delivered from the output is determinable by a position of the dosing object in the dosing pipe. |
| US09649433B2 |
Infusion pump assembly
A wearable infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid, and an external infusion set configured to deliver the infusible fluid to a user. A fluid delivery system is configured to deliver the infusible fluid from the reservoir to the external infusion set. The fluid delivery system includes a volume sensor assembly, and a pump assembly for extracting a quantity of infusible fluid from the reservoir and providing the quantity of infusible fluid to the volume sensor assembly. The volume sensor assembly is configured to determine the volume of at least a portion of the quantity of fluid. The fluid delivery system further includes at least one optical sensor assembly configured to sense the movement of the pump assembly, a first valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the pump assembly from the reservoir, and a second valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the volume sensor assembly from the external infusion set. |
| US09649432B2 |
Certification cassette and related methods
A certification cassette for testing a pumping apparatus including at least one identification reader. The cassette comprises a housing configured for releasable attachment to the pumping apparatus in an aligned position. A space defined within the housing is configured to receive a rotor of the pumping apparatus therein when the housing is in the aligned position. The space is free of fluid carrying conduits disposed for engaging the rotor. An identification member is positioned in the housing. The identification member is operable to induce an expected identification reader response when the identification reader is functioning properly. The cassette is arranged to operatively align the identification member with the identification reader when the housing is in the aligned position. |
| US09649431B2 |
Automated programming of infusion therapy
An infusion management system includes an infusion management server configured for providing an order to an infusion device to administer an infusion and the infusion device. The infusion device may be configured for receiving the order, associating the order with a patient, and adjusting at least one setting according to the order. A method for administering an infusion, an interface for an infusion device and a computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US09649430B2 |
System and method for delivery of biologic agents
A delivery system for delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient includes a catheter, a stop feature, a container and a bar. The catheter has a proximal end and a distal end and includes a body defining a lumen that extends to the distal end of the catheter. The stop feature is in proximity to the distal end of the catheter. The container is configured to house the therapeutic agent and is insertable and slidably disposable in the lumen of the catheter. The container is also configured to engage the stop feature of the catheter. The bar is slidably disposable in the lumen of the catheter. Sliding of the bar distally in the lumen forces the therapeutic agent out of the container and out of the lumen when the container is engaged with the stop feature. The stop feature is configured to inhibit the container from exiting the lumen. |
| US09649429B2 |
Priming method
The priming method includes the steps of: in a state where a contrast agent bag containing a contrast agent is coupled to a second tube moving a second piston in a second syringe backward to introduce the contrast agent to the second syringe, and with a first tube kept open, moving the second piston in the second syringe forward to discharge air in the second syringe to the outside and to fill the first tube with contrast agent. |
| US09649427B2 |
System and method for blood filtering and/or treatment
A system for filtering or treating blood of a subject is provided herein. The system includes a bone port for establishing fluid communication with a bone marrow of the bone and a return port for returning blood from the bone marrow to a circulation of the subject. The system further includes a blood treatment or filtering device interposed between the bone and return ports thereby establishing a mini-circulatory system. |
| US09649426B2 |
Selective chemokine modulation
A method of treating or preventing a disease characterized by adverse expression and/or release of 10 kDa interferon-γ inducible protein, IP-10, comprises administering granules or particles made of a metal or an oxide of a metal to a subject suffering from the disease. A method of reducing IP-10 in a subject suffering from a disease characterized by adverse expression and/or release of IP-10 comprises administering granules or particles made of a metal or an oxide of a metal to the subject. The metal is a metal of group 4 or 5 of the periodic table of the elements and selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium and tantalum. |
| US09649421B2 |
Method for influencing the pressure within a heating bag during a medical treatment and medical apparatus
A method for controlling or regulating the pressure, which prevails within a heating bag of a tubing system used for the treatment, wherein the method encompasses the steps: Determining the pressure; comparing the determined pressure with a reference pressure or detecting its state with respect to a reference pressure range and changing a treatment parameter of the treatment of the patient or suggesting a correction of the treatment parameter in case the determined pressure is below or above, respectively, the reference pressure or outside the reference pressure range. |
| US09649411B2 |
Antimicrobial compositions and methods for locking catheters
Antimicrobial compositions for use in locking catheters and other devices are provided. In some embodiments, the composition includes at least one alcohol, at least one biocidal agent which is not an alcohol, and one or more poloxamers; in other embodiments, the composition comprises at least one poloxamer and at least one alcohol. The composition can provide long-lasting antimicrobial activity. Methods of using the composition are also provided. |
| US09649410B2 |
Metal implants
A metal implant for use in a surgical procedure is provided with a surface layer that is integral with the metal substrate, and which incorporates a biocidal material. The surface layer may be grown from the metal substrate, by anodising, and the biocidal material incorporated in it by ion exchange. Alternatively the layer may be deposited by electroplating, followed by diffusion bonding so as to become integral with the metal substrate. In either case, silver is a suitable biocidal material; and both the release rate and the quantity of biocidal material should be low to avoid toxic effects on body cells. Electropolishing the surface before formation of the surface layer is also beneficial, and this may be achieved by electropolishing. |
| US09649408B1 |
Systems and methods for sterilization of bone or bone components
Systems for sterilization of demineralized bone matrices are provided. |
| US09649407B2 |
Body made of a ceramic material
Body made of a ceramic material, the body having as an integral part thereof a surface region reaching from the surface of the body down to a predetermined depth. According to the invention, the surface region is enriched with a calcium component thereby forming a hydrophilic surface area. |
| US09649403B2 |
Process for preparing curcumin encapsulated chitosan alginate sponge useful for wound healing
A process for preparing curcumin encapsulated chitosan alginate sponge comprising the steps of: incorporating curcumin in a fluid phase of oleic acid; subjecting the mixture to a step of emulsification with chitosan solution by homogenization; emulsifying the resultant solution with alginate solution by homogenization; lyophilizing the final emulsion by freeze drying to produce curcumin loaded AC sponge. |
| US09649400B2 |
Method and system for dispensing a composition
A dispensing system includes a substrate and a mechanism for discharging a flowable medium through the substrate. The discharge of the flowable medium through the substrate results in a visible plume of the flowable medium for at least 3 seconds. |
| US09649399B2 |
Medical seal and medical sterilizing container
The invention relates to a medical seal for a medical sterilizing container having a container bottom part and a container top part for closing the container bottom part. Said seal is formed so as to be closed within itself and is adapted to be arranged on and extend around the container top part and comprises a sealing element holder body for fixation to the container top part and two sealing lips arranged on and extending around the sealing element holder body. At least one of the sealing lips is held or mounted in an articulated manner on the sealing element holder body. |
| US09649398B1 |
Method and apparatus for sanitizing door knobs or door handles
An apparatus including a first apparatus for producing light, which may include a first device for detecting movement of a door, and a first set of one or more light sources. The first set of one or more light sources may be configured to turn on when the first device for detecting movement of the door detects movement of the door. The first set of one or more light sources are configured to produce short wavelength ultraviolet light. The first device for detecting movement of the door may include an accelerometer. The first apparatus for producing light may include a computer processor; a computer memory; having a stored threshold value. The computer processor may compare a value of a detected signal produced with the threshold value and to cause the first set of one or more light sources to be turned on if the detected signal exceeds the threshold value. |
| US09649396B2 |
Methods, devices, and systems for treating bacteria with mechanical stress energy and electromagnetic energy
A portion of a treatment device for treating bacteria may be coupled with the bacteria through direct or indirect contact. Mechanical stress energy and electromagnetic energy are generated with the treatment device, and are transmitted from the treatment device to the bacteria during the coupling. The bacteria are treated with both the mechanical stress energy and the electromagnetic energy to produce a killing effect on the bacteria. A treatment device may include a mechanical stress energy emitting portion, an electromagnetic energy emitting portion, and a contacting portion for coupling into direct or indirect contact with the bacteria and transmitting mechanical stress energy to the bacteria during the coupling. The mechanical stress energy emitting portion and the electromagnetic energy emitting portion are operable to treat the bacteria with a combination of mechanical stress energy and electromagnetic energy to produce a killing effect on the bacteria. |
| US09649393B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging cell labeling methods and compositions
The disclosure provides, in part, fluorocarbon imaging reagents and methods for image-guided treatment and/or diagnosis of a subject with a condition associated with an inflammatory response in an internal organ. The disclosure additionally provides methods for image-guided treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) in a subject. |
| US09649391B2 |
Particles with multiple functionalized surface domains
This disclosure relates to particles (e.g., nanoparticles and microparticles) that display multiple functionalized surface domains in a controlled mosaic pattern. The disclosure also provides simple methods to create various particles that have multiple functionalized surface domains while allowing the use of a wide variety of diverse core structures. The multiple functionalized domains provide controllable particle binding and orientation, and controlled and sustained drug release profiles. |
| US09649389B2 |
Substituted silaxanthenium red to near-infrared fluorochromes for in vitro and in vivo imaging and detection
The invention provides a family of fluorescent compounds. The compounds are substituted silaxanthenium compounds that can be chemically linked to one or more biomolecules, such as a protein, nucleic acid, and therapeutic small molecule. The compounds can be used for imaging in a variety of medical, biological and diagnostic applications. The dyes are particularly useful for in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo imaging applications. |
| US09649386B2 |
Compositions and/or articles comprising cyclodextrin complexing material
Personal care products are provided. An exemplary personal care product includes a composition that is applied to the body or clothing, or an article applied against the body; a plurality of particles associated with the composition or a component of the article, the plurality of particles, at least some of the plurality of particles comprising a cyclodextrin complexing material and a first fragrance material, wherein the percent of the first fragrance material that is complexed with the cyclodextrin is greater than about 90%, so that the perceptibility of the first fragrance is minimized prior to its release; and a second fragrance material that is not complexed with the cyclodextrin and that is different from the first fragrance material, wherein the composition or article does not contain an antiperspirant active. |
| US09649385B2 |
Hydrogels with biodegradable crosslinking
Hydrogels that degrade under appropriate conditions of pH and temperature by virtue of crosslinking compounds that cleave through an elimination reaction are described. The hydrogels may be used for delivery of various agents, such as pharmaceuticals. This invention provides hydrogels that degrade to smaller, soluble components in a non-enzymatic process upon exposure to physiological conditions and to methods to prepare them. The hydrogels are prepared from crosslinking agents that undergo elimination reactions under physiological conditions, thus cleaving the crosslinking agent from the backbone of the hydrogel. The invention also relates to the crosslinking agents themselves and intermediates in forming the hydro gels of the invention. The biodegradable hydro gels prepared according to the methods of the invention may be of use in diverse fields, including biomedical engineering, absorbent materials, and as carriers for drug delivery. |
| US09649382B2 |
Topical bioadhesive formulations
The present invention relates to topical bioadhesive formulations comprising low viscosity, non-liquid crystalline, mixtures of:a) at least one neutral diacyl lipid and/or at least one tocopherol;b) at least one phospholipid;c) at least one biocompatible, oxygen containing, low viscosity organic solvent;wherein at least one bioactive agent is dissolved or dispersed in the low viscosity mixture and wherein the pre-formulation forms, or is capable of forming, at least one liquid crystalline phase structure upon contact with an aqueous fluid. The invention additionally relates to a method of delivery of an active agent comprising administration of a preformulation of the invention, a method of treatment comprising administration of a preformulation of the invention and the use of a preformulation of the invention in a method for the manufacture of a medicament. |
| US09649369B2 |
PCV/Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae combination vaccine
This invention provides a multivalent immunogenic composition including a soluble portion of a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) whole cell preparation; and a porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) antigen, wherein the soluble portion of the M. hyo preparation is substantially free of both (i) IgG and (ii) immunocomplexes comprised of antigen bound to immunoglobulin. |
| US09649367B2 |
Contraceptive vaccines for mammals
The invention provides a contraceptive vaccine for a female recipient of a target species of mammals including a composition of at least one of a plurality of granulosa cells and a plurality of ovarian stromal cells in combination with an adjuvant; wherein the cells are grown from a tissue sample of the cells obtained from at least one female donor of the target species which is not the same individual as the female recipient. The invention also provides a method of producing the contraceptive vaccine as well as a method of treating a female recipient with the contraceptive vaccine to prevent pregnancy. |
| US09649366B2 |
Manufacturing and purification processes of Complex protein found in Fraction IV to make a separated Apo, Transferrin, and Alpha 1 Antitrypsin (A1AT) or a combined Transferrin/Apo/Human Albumin/A1AT and all new found proteins
Manufacturing and purification processes of complex protein found in Fraction IV to make a separated Apo, Transferrin, and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (A1AT) or a combined Transferrin/Apo/Human Albumin/A1AT and all new found proteins. A complex of all proteins found currently in plasma, cryoprecipitate, Fraction III and many newly found proteins now being identified or any substances which are known proteins or unknown proteins which contain healthy cells and the combination of any of these known or unknown proteins which contain any one of these healthy cells: neutrophil, lymphocyte, eosinophil, basophil, and macrophage, and their potential applications for treating a wide variety of diseases and other physical conditions and disorders, and for maintaining health. |
| US09649358B2 |
Methods for use of neural stem cell compositions for treatment of central nervous system lesions
Methods for inducing non-embryonic lesioned central nervous system neurons to survive, integrate, extend axons over long distances, induce intra-lesion ingrowth of neurons into the lesion from host tissue and form synapses in vivo. Pluripotent neural stem cells are grafted into the lesioned CNS tissue within a tissue adhesive suspension, optionally in the presence of growth factors. No modification of the neuronal regenerative inhibitory environment of the CNS is necessary. |
| US09649351B2 |
Anti-angiogenic agents and anti-obesity substances applied with anti-angiogenesis from natural products
Disclosed herein are an anti-obesity agent from natural products based on angiogenesis inhibitory actions, and an angiogenesis inhibitor or a composition for inhibiting obesity, containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Psoraleae Semen extract, Siegesbeckiae Herba extract, and Corni Fructus extract. Because the Psoraleae Semen extract, Siegesbeckiae Herba extract, and Corni Fructus extract of the present invention exhibit angiogenesis inhibitory effects and obesity inhibitory effects, they may be usefully used as an agent for prevention and treatment of angiogenesis-related diseases or obesity. |
| US09649349B1 |
System and method for producing a terpene-enhanced cannibinoid concentrate
A system and method of producing a blended extract of cannabinoids and terpenes, which extracts terpenes using supercritical CO2, and extracts a cannabinoid concentrate from the residual material using a cold ethanol flush followed by distillation; the CO2-extracted terpenes are then added back to the cannabinoid concentrate in a final blending step. Blending terpenes at the end of extraction may enhance the flavor and effectiveness of the cannabinoid concentrate. By separately extracting terpenes and cannabinoids, optimal processes and parameters may be used for each step. Blending may combine terpenes and cannabinoids in any desired ratio; for example, a terpene-to-cannabinoid ratio of approximately 1:10 may be used. The ethanol used in the cold ethanol extraction of cannabinoids may be recovered and reused for subsequent batches. Cannabinoid concentrates may be redistilled multiple times to enhance their concentration, followed by terpene blending. |
| US09649346B2 |
Probiotic stick formulation for skin maintenance and methods of use
The invention relates to an anhydrous mixture of biologically active probiotic bacteria for topical administration and methods of making thereof. The mixture of the invention is used for hydrating the skin, reducing and preventing fine lines and wrinkles, treating acne and decreasing skin inflammation. |
| US09649344B2 |
Methods and compositions for in vivo induction of pancreatic beta cell formation
Embodiments of the invention stimulate three levels of beta cell physiology: (i) glucose metabolism, (ii) membrane receptor function, and (iii) transcriptional factors that result in the in vivo formation of beta cells in the pancreas for the purpose of treating diabetes. In certain aspects, the methods include the integration of three levels of cellular physiology: metabolism, membrane receptor function, and gene transcription. The integration of multiple levels of cellular physiology produces a synergistic effect on beta cell formation. |
| US09649343B2 |
Compositions and methods for transplantation of colon microbiota
The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon. |
| US09649336B2 |
Compositions of aluminum fluoride and methods of use thereof for the treatment and prevention of actinic keratosis and sun-induced damages
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of actinic keratosis and/or for countering the effects of skin aging and/or damage to blood vessels and fine wrinkling The present invention provides for a composition comprising aluminum fluoride or chemical compounds which releases aluminum fluoride to be used to treat or reduce the negative effects of actinic keratosis or sun-induced skin aging and associated conditions, for example, damaged blood vessels and fine wrinkling |
| US09649334B2 |
Use of nitrite salts in chronic ischemia
Methods of treating a subject who has chronic tissue ischemia are disclosed. The methods can include administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising inorganic nitrite or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for a time and in an amount sufficient to result in blood vessel growth in the ischemic tissue. The subject can be diagnosed as having a medical condition that results in persistent or recurring restriction of blood supply to a tissue, for example, peripheral artery disease, diabetes, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or defective wound healing. The methods can include the step of identifying a suitable subject. |
| US09649328B2 |
Association of beta-glucans and arabinoxylans
The present invention relates to an association of beta-glucans from a first cereal and arabinoxylans from a second cereal different from the first cereal, and their use to improve the microbiota balance in human gut. |
| US09649325B2 |
Esterified polysaccharide osmotics
The present invention relates to esterified polysaccharide osmotics, use of same, processes for synthesis of same as well as compositions containing same. |
| US09649318B2 |
Formulation of meloxicam
Unit dosage forms of meloxicam containing either 5 mg or 10 mg of meloxicam that provide effective pain relief and have desirable pharmacokinetic properties are described. The unit dosage forms can provide pain relief when a single unit dose is administered to a patient and useful for treating pain such as osteoarthritis pain at a relatively low systemic exposure to meloxicam. |
| US09649314B2 |
Pyrimido[4,5-b]quinoline-4,5(3H,10H)-diones
The invention relates to compound of the formula (I); or a salt thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; to its preparation, to its use as medicament and to medicaments comprising it. |
| US09649312B2 |
Compositions and methods of treatment of cancer
This invention generally relates to compositions and methods for cancer treatment and, in particular, to compositions able to interact (e.g., bind to) with MUC1 growth factor receptor or its ligands, and methods for treating the same. The invention also relates to assays or use of such compositions for the treatment of patients susceptible to or exhibiting symptoms characteristic of cancer or tumorigenesis. Other compositions of the present invention useful for the treatment or prevention of cancer or tumorigenesis include homologs, analogs, derivatives, enantiomers or functional equivalents. The present compositions can also be packaged in kits in some cases. |
| US09649310B2 |
Certain kynurenine-3-monooxygenase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use thereof
Certain chemical entities are provided herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one chemical entity and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases and disorders responsive to the inhibition of KMO activity are described, which comprise administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are disclosed. These diseases include neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease. Also described are methods of treatment include administering at least one chemical entity as a single active agent or administering at least one chemical entity in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents. Also provided are methods for screening compounds capable of inhibiting KMO activity. |
| US09649307B2 |
Indoles
Herein are disclosed indoles of formula (I) where the various groups are defined herein, and which are useful for treating cancer. |
| US09649306B2 |
Treatment of diseases through administration of N-[5-(3,5-difluoro-benzyl)-1H-indazol-3-yl]-4-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-2-(tetrahydro-pyran-4-ylamino)-benzamide
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of N-[5-(3,5-difluoro-benzyl)-1H-indazol-3-yl]-4-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-2-(tetrahydro-pyran-4-ylamino)-benzamide. Novel solid forms of this compound, their utility in treating diseases caused by deregulated protein kinase activity and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are also object of the present invention. |
| US09649303B2 |
Methods and treatment for allergies and inflammation associated with gastrointestinal diseases
Methods of the prophylaxis of the development of allergy in a patient at risk of sensitization to an antigen(s) or allergen(s) due to impaired gastrointestinal functions include administering a mast cell inhibitor, e.g., ketotifen, e.g., ketotifen fumarate. Methods for prophylactically treating, reducing, delaying or controlling gastrointestinal disorders include administering a mast cell stabilizer, e.g., ketotifen to a patient in need thereof. Pharmaceutical preparation, composition for use in methods described, are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of prophylaxis or treating gastrointestinal and esophageal inflammation, and methods for the prophylaxis of the development of additional allergies to a newly introduced substance in a patient with a preexisting allergy. Such methods include delivery of a mast cell stabilizer, e.g., ketotifen. Oral and topical administration are contemplated within the scope of the methods. |
| US09649301B2 |
Bis-quaternary ammonium cyclophane compounds that interact with neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Provided are bis-quaternary ammonium cyclophane compounds which are modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for modulating the function of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, and for the prevention and/or treatment of central nervous system disorders, substance use and/or abuse, and or gastrointestinal tract disorders. |
| US09649300B2 |
Inhibition of WNT, TGF beta and Hippo signaling pathways to treat cancer, organ fibrosis and metabolic disorders
Compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof, having a structure of: wherein each of R1-R5 is individually selected from H, halogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkoxy, nitro, sulfonamide, hydroxy, or amino; and R6 is selected from H, optionally substituted alkyl, or optionally substituted aryl. |
| US09649298B2 |
Cytotoxic substance for use in combination with radiotherapy in cancer treatment
The present invention provides a substance comprising a preparation of at least one chemotherapeutic or cytotoxic substance for the use in treatment of a disease of a mammalian patient, especially in the treatment of cancer. The invention suggests a symbiotic or synergistic combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapeutic or cytotoxic drug delivery. |
| US09649297B2 |
Treatment of ADHD
A method is described for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), by administering to the individual an anti-epileptic mood stabilizer at a dose which is sub-therapeutic for mood stabilization, optionally in combination with a psychostimulant. Also described is a method of improving reading comprehension and/or fluency in an individual suffering from learning difficulties which method comprises administering to the individual an anti-epileptic mood stabilizer. |
| US09649295B2 |
Chemical inhibitors of soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC)
The present invention relates to a method of treating a disorder mediated by soluble adenylyl cyclase in a subject. The method involves administering to a subject an effective amount of a compound disclosed herein that modulates soluble adenylyl cyclase, under conditions effective to treat the disorder mediated by soluble adenylyl cyclase. The present invention also relates to a method of treating a disorder mediated by soluble adenylyl cyclase in a subject, where the disorder is selected from the group consisting of: learning or memory disorders, malaria, fungal infection, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and peripheral neuropathy. The method involves modulating soluble adenylyl cyclase in the subject. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of modulating soluble adenylyl cyclase. The method involves contacting eukaryotic cells with a compound that modulates soluble adenylyl cyclase, under conditions effective to modulate soluble adenylyl cyclase. |
| US09649293B2 |
Methods of treating an overweight subject
The invention generally relates in part to methods of effecting weight loss and/or improving glucose tolerance in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering a MetAP2 inhibitor. |
| US09649289B1 |
Method and composition for treating dysbiosis and related disease states
The present invention is the treatment of dysbiosis and related disease states caused by or made worse by dysbiosis, using an oral treatment of nanosized salsalate particles. |
| US09649287B2 |
Eicosapentaenoic acid-producing microorganisms, fatty acid compositions, and methods of making and uses thereof
The invention is directed to microbial oils containing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids comprising docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, and optionally docosapentaenoic acid and dosage forms containing such oils. |
| US09649281B2 |
Transdermal absorption sheet, and manufacturing method for the same
A transdermal absorption sheet and a manufacturing method for the transdermal absorption sheet includes a laminating step of forming a multilayer film with a viscosity difference by forming, on a support, a lower layer containing a first transdermal absorption material and an upper layer containing a drug and a second transdermal absorption material and having a lower viscosity than the lower layer, a filling step of filling needle-like recessed portions corresponding to inverted needle-like protruding portions with a solution of the transdermal absorption material by pressing a mold in which the needle-like recessed portions are arranged in a two-dimensional array, against a surface of the multilayer film supported by the support to allow the multilayer film to flow, a solidifying step of solidifying the multilayer film with the mold pressed against the surface of the multilayer film, and a peeling-off step of peeling the solidified multilayer film from the mold. |
| US09649280B2 |
Composition comprising hydrocortisone
The disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of adrenal insufficiency in paediatric or elderly subjects. |
| US09649277B2 |
Multicompartmentalized material for the thermostimulated delivery of substances of interest, preparation process and applications
The present invention relates to a material in the form of solid particles with a diameter varying from 1 μm to 1 cm which are composed of a continuous shell EExt comprising at least one silicon oxide, said shell EExt imprisoning at least one fatty phase, said material being characterized in that said fatty phase is solid at the storage temperature of said material and predominantly comprises a crystallizable oil having a melting point (TM) of less than 100° C. and in that said fatty phase includes at least one lipophilic substance of interest SL and at least one inclusion comprising a continuous shell EInt comprising at least one silicon oxide, said shell EInt imprisoning an aqueous phase comprising at least one hydrophilic substance of interest SH.The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said material, to its use for the thermostimulated delivery of active substances, and also to the compositions including it. |
| US09649270B2 |
Color cosmetic compositions
Compositions containing at least one dispersion of acrylic polymer particles, at least one volatile oil, at least one coloring agent, at least one thickening agent, and at least about 15% by weight with respect to the weight of the composition of at least one plasticizing agent are provided. |
| US09649263B2 |
Sunscreen composition containing high levels of liposoluble UV filters
A water-releasing sunscreen composition in the form of an emulsion and process for using the composition are provided. The composition includes an aqueous phase containing at least one water-soluble ingredient. The composition further includes an oil phase containing a first emulsifier and a liquid organic liposoluble UV filter. The liquid organic liposoluble UV filter is at a concentration from about 10% to about 25%. The composition includes a phase ratio of the aqueous phase to the oil phase of about 1.0 to about 12.0. The sunscreen composition is stable, has a sun protection factor (SPF) of greater than or equal to 15 and converts from an emulsion to a plurality of droplets upon application of shear. |
| US09649257B2 |
Medicine bottle
The present invention discloses a medicine bottle having a bottle body comprising a control module, a storage module and an information prompting module; wherein the storage module is configured to store administration information about a medicine contained inside the bottle body; the control module is configured to send a control signal to the information prompting module in accordance with the administration information stored in the storage module, thereby enabling the information prompting module to remind a user to take the medicine. With the above medicine bottle provided in the embodiment of the present invention for containing medicine, it is possible to effectively remind the user of dosage of the medicine to be taken and time to take the medicine at administration time, which is helpful for a patient to control the administration on time in a proper dosage. |
| US09649255B2 |
Container for blood derivative products
A hermetically-sealed plastics container for blood derivative products is provided. The container may have an internal surface and an external surface, characterized in that it comprises an RFID inlay between the internal surface and the external surface. |
| US09649248B2 |
Stimulation assembly
An apparatus comprises a base portion comprising an aperture for receiving an organ of a user and a base support member extending downward. The base portion moves along a track. A pivotable and slidable cross member is joined to the base support member. A frame supports the base portion. The frame is joined to the track for moving the base portion relative to the frame. A first support member extends in a downward direction for a first distance. A second support member extends in a downward direction for a second shorter distance. A guide joins ends of the first support member and the second support member. A T-shaped member sliding on the guide is in engagement with the cross member wherein the user engaging the base portion and moving the base portion along the track imparts a lateral movement on the base portion. |
| US09649247B2 |
Massage device for breasts
A breast massage device includes a main body; a drive unit installed within the main body; and a massage disk mounted on the main body and coupled with the drive unit so as to be driven rotatably thereby. The massage disk has a central axis, a concave surface for covering a breast, and a periphery confining the concave surface, wherein the periphery has a highest point and a lowest point located at two opposite sides of the central axis such that a portion of the concave surface extending from the highest point toward the central axis is longer in curved distance than another portion of the concave surface extending from the lowest point to the central axis. A plurality of massage elements are mounted rotatably on the concave surface such that the massage elements are rotatable relative to the concave surface when the drive unit is activated. |
| US09649246B1 |
Massage device and removeable mounting system
A massage device mounting system may include two mounting elements, each with a slot for receiving a removable massage bar with a cylindrical shaft and two opposing bar ends mounted within the slots. A massage device is pivotally coupled to the cylindrical shaft and includes a bore through the central axis of the massage device. A massage device mounting system may also include an adjustable support for mounting the massage device within a doorway or for supporting the massage device adjacent to a surface, such as a wall or a floor. |
| US09649244B1 |
Myofascial release method
A method for achieving myofascial release has the steps of: engaging an epidermis of the patient with firm gliding pressure; stretching the epidermis to a stretched position at which the movement is restricted by the restriction; holding the epidermis in the stretched position for less than 10 seconds; and then performing a series of rapid glides around the stretched position, with firm gliding pressure, to release the restriction. |
| US09649243B2 |
Body lift-assist walker device
The present invention provides a body lift-assist walker device for gait training is provided by the invention. The patient wears a pressurized body suit over all or a portion of his lower body, and the suit is attached to the walker device. A positive pressure or vacuum condition is applied to the interior of the suit, so that the differential pressure condition across the suit offloads a portion of the patient's body weight to the ground through the supportive walker device to make it easier for him to walk or run. The walker device also includes a lift-assisted body weight support device operated by a constant force mechanism like a pneumatic air cylinder that can lift the patient from a sitting position to a standing position with minimal physical effort. The device provides a portable and convenient system for persons undergoing physical therapy for treatment of gait or balance problems following an injury, stroke, or neurological disorder, or for use by elderly or disabled persons who have encounter difficulties in the sit-to-stand movement or walking. |
| US09649240B2 |
Lightweight casket having foldable sides
A casket assembly includes a bottom panel, side panels, flaps and end panels. The bottom panel is formed of a pliable material. The side panels and end panels are coupled to the bottom panel. Each side panel includes a lower section and an upper section foldably attached thereto. The lower section extends vertically upward from the bottom panel. In a first configuration, the upper section extends upward from the lower section. In a second configuration, the upper section extends downward from a top of the lower section. In a third configuration, the upper section extends in a non-vertical direction from the top of the lower section. The flaps extend laterally from each end of the upper section. The flaps in the first configuration extend upward from a first vertical level defined by the top portion of the lower section, and in the second configuration extend downward from the first vertical level. |
| US09649235B1 |
Retractable canopy for a wheelchair
The retractable canopy for wheelchair is a convertible top for a wheelchair. The retractable canopy for wheelchair is a convertible design that can be deployed or retracted as needed to protect the occupant of the wheelchair from weather. The retractable canopy for wheelchair is a collapsible canopy structure that provides overhead protection from weather and that can be stored in a boot when the retractable canopy for wheelchair is not in use. Optionally, the retractable canopy for wheelchair can have a motorized deployment and retraction system. The retractable canopy for wheelchair includes a boot, a canopy, a plurality of clips, and an extension structure. |
| US09649231B1 |
Multiple-layer undergarment for toilet training
A multiple-layer undergarment to aid toilet training that provides a child with a sensation of wetness, but protects the child's outer garments from being saturated. The undergarment has an inner fabric layer that retains wetness to produce the uncomfortable sensation for the child after urinating in the undergarment. The undergarment has an absorbent layer sandwiched between two fabric layers that absorbs the excess wetness, the absorbent layer selectively having a barrier layer preventing urine from soaking through to the child's outer garments. In one embodiment, the undergarment has a channel extending from a front waistband, through a crotch to a back waistband for inserting an absorbent panel. In another embodiment, the undergarment has an absorbent insert attached by a plurality of adhesive strips between two fabric underwear. In one embodiment, the undergarment has a channel for inserting an absorbent panel attached by at least one adhesive strip. |
| US09649230B1 |
Intelligent incontinence monitor
A system for monitoring patient incontinence. A sensor module is positioned next to an impermeable layer of absorbent pad used for urinary or other incontinence. A wired embodiment has the sensor module wired to an external controller. In the wireless embodiment, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes an antenna, moisture sensor, and radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC). A rewritable memory is included in the RFIC to record identifying information associated with the patient. The identifying information is programmed in the RFID tag when it is in the range of an RFID writer. A controller-transceiver in this intelligent underpad monitor system provides excitation energy to operate the RFID tag. The controller-transceiver constantly interrogates the RFID tag to detect any incontinence alarm signal. When incontinence happens, the alarm signal is sent to the controller-transceiver along with user information in the RFID tag memory. In both wired and wired embodiments, the controller, which is a microprocessor, will process and screen the information as needed to communicate with the hospital information system. |
| US09649229B2 |
Process for preparing an absorbent article
The present invention is directed to a novel process for manufacturing an absorbent article comprising the steps of: providing a first sheet layer (2); providing an array of pockets (4, 4a) into said first sheet layer; providing a pre-metered amount of SAP particulate material (6); said pre-metered amount of SAP material being delivered from a rotating delivering drum (101, 111), said drum having apertures (103a, 103b, 103c, 103d, 113a, 113b, 113c) on its periphery corresponding to the array of pockets (4, 4a), said pre-metered amount of SAP material being delivered from the inner part of said drum (101, 111) through said apertures (103a, 103b, 103c, 103d, 113a, 113b, 113c); providing a second sheet layer (7) material and affixing it for sandwiching with the first sheet layer; finishing the absorbent article. |
| US09649224B2 |
Apparatus and processes for preventing or delaying onset or progression of age-related cataract
The present invention generally relates to apparatus and processes for preventing or delaying cataract. More particularly, the present invention relates to processes and apparatus for ablating epithelial cells in the germinative zone or the pregerminative zone of the crystalline lens of the eye so that onset or progression of cataract or one or more symptoms is delayed or prevented. |
| US09649222B2 |
Multi-purpose phacoemulsification needle
In one aspect of the invention, a multi-purpose phacoemulsification needle comprises a needle body disposed about a centerline and has a lumen disposed therein. The lumen has a first cross-sectional area that is normal to the centerline. The needle further comprises a distal tip comprising an arcuate surface and a face with a port therein. The port has a second cross-sectional area in a plane generally parallel to the face and is in fluid communication with an internal cavity that has a third cross-sectional area normal to the centerline, the internal cavity being in fluid communication with the lumen. The needle is configured such that the third cross-sectional area is greater than either the first cross-sectional area or the second cross-sectional area. In another aspect of the invention, the needle comprises a plurality of fins projecting inwardly from the lumen. |
| US09649220B2 |
Treatment systems for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells
The present invention relates to methods for use in the selective disruption of lipid-rich cells by controlled cooling. The present invention further relates to a device for use in carrying out the methods for selective disruption of lipid-rich cells by controlled cooling. |
| US09649218B2 |
Sperm collector with squeezing function
A sperm collector is provided. The sperm collector includes an insert having a penis insertion passage. The sperm collector also includes a container having an outer shell forming an inside chamber. The outer shell has at least one opening. The inside chamber is configured to accommodate the insert. The sperm collector also includes a top end cover capable of being engaged with the container. The sperm collector further includes an elastic pressing unit disposed on the outer shell and coupled to the insert through the opening on the outer shell. The elastic pressing unit is configured to transmit pressure to the insert through the opening on the outer shell. |
| US09649217B2 |
Implantable penile prosthetic lockout valve assembly
A lockout valve assembly of an implantable penile prosthetic includes a body and a lockout valve. The body is attachable between a reservoir and a pump of the implantable penile prosthetic. The lockout valve includes a core rotatably disposed inside the body, an inflation channel formed through a portion of the core, a deflation pathway separate from the inflation channel and formed through a diameter of the core, and a one-way check valve disposed in the deflation pathway of the core. |
| US09649212B2 |
Release device for releasing a medical implant from a catheter and catheter comprising a release device
A release device for releasing a medical implant from an insertion device, having an indirect or direct clamping body for clamping the implant in the insertion device, the clamping device having a proximal end, and having a distal end, wherein the clamping body has at least one web, at least one extension and at least two clamping surface regions, wherein the extension is oriented substantially in the radial direction of the clamping body, and wherein the at least two clamping surface regions are substantially pointing toward one another and are aligned substantially parallel to one another, wherein the at least one web or the at least one extension has at least one of the two clamping surface regions, and wherein the at least two clamping surface regions and/or the at least one extension connect/connects to at least one region of the implant in the clamped state. |
| US09649210B2 |
Hybrid stent and method of making
A stent is formed by encasing or encapsulating metallic rings in an inner polymeric layer and an outer polymeric layer. At least one polymer link connects adjacent metallic rings. The stent is drug loaded with one or more therapeutic agent or drug, for example, to reduce the likelihood of the development of restenosis in the coronary arteries. The inner and outer polymeric materials can be of the same polymer or different polymer to achieve different results, such as enhancing flexibility and providing a stent that is visible under MRI, computer tomography and x-ray fluoroscopy. |
| US09649204B2 |
Medical implant and knee joint endoprosthesis
The invention relates to a medical implant consisting of a first implant part and a second implant part for the connection of which there is provided a connecting device, wherein at least the first implant part comprises a connecting element receptacle, in which at least one connecting element of the connecting device can be disposed. In order to provide an implant of this type which is easier to handle, it is proposed, in accordance with the invention, that a securing device be provided for the purposes of securing the at least one connecting element in the connecting element receptacle. Moreover, the invention relates to a knee joint endoprosthesis having at least one implant of this type. |
| US09649199B2 |
Vertebral cage device with modular fixation
Intervertebral arthrodesis for insertion in an intervertebral space separating opposite faces of two adjacent vertebrae has a ring shaped intervertebral cage having a bar that extends perpendicular to the axis of the spine. The bar has a height less than the rest of the cage. A surface of the cage contacting the vertebrae has an undulating shape for limiting sliding of the cage in a plane parallel to the vertebrae faces. |
| US09649198B2 |
Spinal interbody implant with bone screw retention
A spinal interbody implant has a bone screw retention mechanism that prohibits bone screws from backing out after the bone screws are installed. A bone screw retention plate is received in a plate retention area of the implant to provide a barrier that keeps the installed bone screws from backing out of their bone screw pocket. The bone screw retention mechanism consists of a retention plate and a configured plate retention area in a face of the implant body. Retention plate fasteners may be used to retain the configured plate. In one form, the bone screw retention mechanism consists of a retention plate, a configured plate retention area in a face of the implant body, and a retention plate bolt. In another form, the bone screw retention mechanism consists of a retention plate, a configured plate retention area in a face of the implant body, and a retention plate bolt. |
| US09649184B2 |
Slidable vascular filter
A collapsible medical device for use, e.g., as a vascular filter. The device includes a mandrel having a distal end and a stop spaced proximally of the distal end. A proximal length of the mandrel extends proximally of the stop and a distal length of the mandrel extends distally of the stop. A functional element (e.g., a vascular filter) has a radially expandable body and includes a proximal slider and a distal slider. The proximal and distal sliders are slidable along the mandrel independently of one another such that the distance between the proximal slider and distal slider can be varied to effect different configurations of the functional element. In one method of using such a device, the functional element is urged distally to a treatment site by urging the mandrel distally. This causes the stop to exert a distal biasing force on the distal slider, which acts against a restorative force of the functional element to axially elongate the functional element and reduce friction between the functional element and a wall of the vessel. |
| US09649182B2 |
Oral appliance for delivery of medicaments and/or other substances
An oral appliance is provided for delivering a medicament to at least a portion of teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside a mouth. The oral appliance contains an interior surface having a medicament disposed in or on at least a portion of and/or the entire interior surface of the oral appliance. The interior surface of the oral cavity is formed to fit contours of at least the portion of the teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside the oral cavity and is configured for holding the medicament in contact with at least the portion of the teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside the oral cavity to deliver the medicament to strategic areas in need of treatment. In some embodiments, computer, network and computer readable storage media are provided. |
| US09649180B2 |
Monolithic support structure for use in implant-supported dental devices and methods of making the same
A dental device is described that comprises a monolithic support structure for use in implant-supported dental restoration applications for partially or fully edentulous patients. The monolithic support structure comprises a unitary support body with one or more teeth projections projecting from the support body, and at least one support region providing a framework for integrating discrete artificial teeth adjacent the teeth projections. An implant-supported dental device is also provided that comprises the monolithic support structure, one or more artificial teeth, and a gingival region comprised of a formable material that secures artificial teeth within the framework of the monolithic support structure. |
| US09649178B2 |
Devices and methods for enhancing bone growth
The present invention is generally related to implants for compensating bone loss in mammalian body, and to devices and methods for replacing or creating facial bone. The present invention relates to devices and methods for implanting an implantable device in a subject's body. The implantable device embodying features of the present invention include a body formed from a rig or matrix having a trabecular meshwork structure or cells with shapes suitable for a particular anatomical area of interest. The device may be a dental implant serving as a platform for placement of dental crowns. |
| US09649176B2 |
Orthodontic lingual device
Orthodontic devices for segmental distalization in a patient are provided. The orthodontic device includes an elongated central arm; a distal part comprising a distal base surface adapted for attachment to a lingual surface of a molar, wherein the distal part is located at a distal end of the central arm. The device also includes a mesial part comprising a mesial base surface adapted for attachment to a lingual surface of a premolar, wherein the mesial part is located at a mesial end of the central arm. The mesial part and/or distal part comprising a first retention element for retention of a first end of an elastic element. The central arm is shaped to substantially follow a lingual side of a set of teeth. The present disclosure further relates to orthodontic kits and to methods for mounting orthodontic devices and to methods for treatment of malocclusions. |
| US09649175B2 |
Method for enhancing ultrasound visibility of hyperechoic materials
A hydrogel plug is placed under stress during its curing stage, in one embodiment, by application of an externally applied force. The stress may also be induced during or after the dehydration process. The direction of the externally applied force increases the length, width, depth, or radial extent of the plug. The elastic limit of the plug is exceeded when the external force is applied so that the plug substantially retains its stressed size and shape when the externally applied force is removed. When the stretched or otherwise deformed dehydrated plug is hydrated, it substantially returns to the configuration it had prior to its dehydration and prior to the application of the externally applied force. |
| US09649174B2 |
User interface with state machine for alternate tool mode for robotic surgical tools
In one implementation, a method is disclosed in which a lock sensing mode is entered for a robotic surgical instrument. In the lock sensing mode, the degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument are switchably reduced. Further in the lock sensing mode, one or more end effectors of the robotic surgical instrument are switchably clamped together in the robotic surgical instrument. An increased level of torque may also be applied to the end effectors to increase a gripping force applied by the one or more end effectors in response to the reduced degrees of freedom of movement in the robotic surgical instrument. |
| US09649173B2 |
Surgical device
A surgical device, the surgical device including a mounting part mounted on a robot arm of a surgical robot; an extension part extending from the mounting part; a joint driving part that comprises a driving motor having a driving axis, that comprises a driving rod connected to the driving axis and reciprocating, and that is connected to an end of the extension part; and a joint part that is connected to the joint driving part, that is driven at one or more degrees of freedom by the driving rod, wherein the driving motor is connected to the driving axis with an elastic connection member. |
| US09649171B2 |
Systems and methods for treatment planning based on plaque progression and regression curves
Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating a patient with vascular disease. One method includes receiving patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's vasculature; creating an anatomic model representing at least a portion of a location of disease in the patient's vasculature based on the received patient-specific data; identifying one or more changes in geometry of the anatomic model based on a modeled progression or regression of disease at the location; calculating one or more values of a blood flow characteristic within the patient's vasculature using a computational model based on the identified one or more changes in geometry of the anatomic model; and generating an electronic graphical display of a relationship between the one or more values of the calculated blood flow characteristic and the identified one or more changes in geometry of the anatomic model. |
| US09649169B2 |
System and method for analysing a surgical operation by endoscopy
The invention concerns an analysis method for a surgical operation via endoscopy performed at an operative site in a volume located inside the body of an animal, characterized in that it comprises the steps consisting of: detecting at least one instrument (1; 2; 3) present at the operative site, detecting at least one portion of an organ (4) in the vicinity of the detected instrument (1; 2; 3), determining the positioning of the detected instrument (1; 2; 3) relative to the detected organ (4), so that the detected instrument (1; 2; 3), the detected portion of organ (4) and their relative positioning form parameters defining a detected surgical step, selecting, in a database, a conceptual surgical step corresponding to the detected surgical step from to the detected instrument (1; 2; 3), the detected portion of organ (4) and their relative positioning, comparing the parameters of the detected surgical step with the parameters defining the selected conceptual surgical step to determine the differences between these parameters, providing information on the quality of the detected surgical step on the basis of the determined differences. |
| US09649168B2 |
Systems and methods for frameless image-guided biopsy and therapeutic intervention
A system and a method of performing a frameless image-guided biopsy uses imaging, a six-dimensional robotic couch system, a laser guidance system, an optical distance indicator, and a needle control apparatus. A planning CT scan is made of the patient with stereotactic fiduciary markers to localize and produce digitally reconstructed radiographs. Two stereoscopic images are generated using an imaging device to visualize and identify a target tumor. The images are fused with the digitally reconstructed radiographs of the planning CT scan to process tumor location. The tumor location data are communicated to the movable robotic couch to position the target tumor of the patient at a known isocenter location. A biopsy needle is guided with a laser alignment mechanism towards the isocenter at the determined depth using a needle positioning apparatus and an Optical Distance Indicator, and a biopsy sample of the target tumor is obtained. |
| US09649167B2 |
Pattern and surgery support set, apparatus, method and program
A three-dimensional image representing a patient's organ is obtained. The organ is extracted from the three-dimensional image. A treatment portion, at which desirable treatment for the organ is performed, on a surface of the organ is obtained. A pattern model including an outer surface, an inner surface having a surface form along an organ's outer surface of the organ, a guide wall connecting, along the treatment portion, the outer surface and the inner surface, and a positioning portion is generated. The positioning portion positions a predetermined imaging probe in such a manner that a tomographic image of a cross section of the organ including a target portion of the organ is imageable when the guide wall is arranged along the treatment portion on the organ. |
| US09649166B2 |
Ablated object region determining apparatuses and methods
Ablated object region determining apparatuses and methods for determining an ablated object region for ablating an object of interest are provided. A user can set an orientation and position of an ablation element with respect to a geometrical representation of the object of interest, at least one energy influencing element and a spatial relationship between the object of interest and the at least one energy influencing element. A model ablation region retrieving unit retrieves a model ablation region depending on the respective set orientation and position of the ablation element from a model ablation region storing unit. An ablated object region determining unit determines at least one of a) an ablated object region of the object of interest being located within the retrieved model ablation region and b) a non-ablated object region of the object of interest being located outside the retrieved model ablation region. |
| US09649162B2 |
Stereotactic positioning guide apparatus
The present invention presents an apparatus and methods to stereotactically guide insertion of invasive tubular devices to a tissue target of a living body. The apparatus comprises a positioning guide control assembly and a positioning guide assembly that is reversibly coupled with and operated by the positioning guide control assembly, and rotationally adjustable and lockable. The positioning guide control assembly releasably houses a ultrasound transducer head to visualize and aim at the tissue target and adjusts an insertion angle of an invasive tubular device placed in the positioning guide assembly. |
| US09649160B2 |
Hip replacement navigation system and method
In another embodiment, a hip joint navigation jig is provided that includes an anatomical interface comprising a bone engagement portion. A registration jig is also provided that is coupled, e.g., removeably, with the anatomical interface. A rotatable member is provided for rotation about an axis that is not vertical when the jig is mounted to the bone adjacent to a hip joint and the registration jig is coupled with the anatomical interface. An anatomy engaging probe is coupled with the rotatable member for rotation about the axis and is translatable to enable the probe to be brought into contact with a plurality of anatomical landmarks during a procedure. An inertial sensor is coupled with the probe to indicate orientation related to the landmarks, the sensor being disposed in a different orientation relative to horizontal when the probe is in contact with the landmarks. |
| US09649154B2 |
Non-invasive and minimally invasive denervation methods and systems for performing the same
A system and method can be used to denervate at least a portion of a bronchial tree. An energy emitter of an instrument is percutaneously delivered to a treatment site and outputs energy to damage nerve tissue of the bronchial tree. The denervation procedure can be performed without damaging non-targeted tissue. Minimally invasive methods can be used to open airways to improve lung function in subjects with COPD, asthma, or the like. Different sections of the bronchial tree can be denervated while leaving airways intact to reduce recovery times. |