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US09771397B2 HPV chimaeric particle
This invention relates to a chimaeric human papillomavirus (HPV) virus like particle (VLP) having a diameter of about 30 nm. The invention further relates to methods of treatment and/or prophylaxis of HPV infection and/or cervical cancer by administration of the chimaeric HPV VLP of the invention to a subject.
US09771396B2 Phase transition biopolymers and methods of use
The present disclosure describes environmentally responsive polypeptides capable of displaying stimuli-triggered conformational changes in a reversible or irreversible manner that may be accompanied by aggregation. Polypeptides include a number of repeated motifs and may be elastomeric or non-elastomeric. The polypeptides may be used to deliver therapeutics to a biological site and to develop bioactive polypeptides that are environmentally responsive.
US09771393B2 Bioactive peptides having insecticide activity
Disclosed are novel bioactive peptides derived as antagonists to a fire ant receptor for a pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide/pyrokinin (PBAN/pyrokinin) gene derived neuropeptide ligand. Also disclosed are methods of controlling fire ants with the bioactive peptides disclosed herein. Methodological approaches to screening peptide libraries for the presence of PBAN/pyrokinin ligands are also provided herein.
US09771387B2 Platinum compounds having a heterocycle ligand, nanoparticles, and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to novel platinum compositions having a heterocycle ligand and nanoparticles and methods using such compositions, e.g. for treating cancer.
US09771383B2 Modified opioids containing silicon
A modified opioid is provided comprising modified morphine molecules, wherein for each morphine molecule, one or more carbon atoms are replaced with silicon atoms. A method is further provided for modifying an opioid comprising morphine molecules, said method comprising the step of replacing one or more carbon atoms with silicon atoms.
US09771378B2 Fused morpholinopyrimidines and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure relates to Fused Morpholinopyrimidines, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of a Fused Morpholinopyrimidine and methods for using a Fused Morpholinopyrimidine in the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a Fused Morpholinopyrimidine.
US09771375B2 Indazole compounds useful as ketohexokinase inhibitors
The present invention is directed to substituted indazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds and methods of use thereof. The compounds of the present invention are ketohexokinase (KHK) inhibitors, useful for treating or ameliorating a KHK mediated metabolic disorders and/or diseases such as obesity, Type II diabetes mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome X. In some embodiments, the substituted indazole compounds are of formula I, wherein R1-R3, Q, X, Y, Z, a, and b are defined herein.
US09771374B2 Benzimidazole retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor modulators and uses thereof
Provided herein are compounds of the formulas (I) and (II): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of Retinoic Acid Receptor-Related Orphan Receptor regulated diseases and disorders.
US09771368B2 18F-labelled folates
The present invention is directed towards new 18F-folate radiopharmaceuticals, wherein the fluorine-18 is covalently linked to the aminobenzoyl moiety, which connects the condensed pyrimidine heterocycle to the amino acid portion within folate structures, as well as their precursors and their non-radioactive references, a method of their preparation, as well as their use in diagnosis of a cell or population of cells expressing a folate-receptor and monitoring of cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and therapy thereof.
US09771354B2 Pyrazole p38 map kinase inhibitors
There are provided inter alia compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R3, R4, L, X, R5 and R6 are as defined in the description for use in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
US09771349B2 Pyridinyl quinolinone derivatives as mutant-isocitrate dehydrogenase inhibitors
The invention relates to inhibitors of mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase (mt-IDH) proteins with neomorphic activity useful in the treatment of cell-proliferation disorders and cancers, having the Formula: where A, B, U, V, Z, W1, W2, W3, and R1-R6 are described herein.
US09771347B2 Process for making compounds for use in the treatment of cancer
Disclosed herein is a process of making a compound of formula I The compound of formula I is an inhibitor of MEK and thus can be used to treat cancer.
US09771342B2 Monascuspurpurones, preparation process thereof, and uses of the monascuspurpurones
The present invention relates to a novel monascuspurpurone compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof as described in the specification, the process for preparation of the same, and the composition comprising the same. The uses to of a monascuspurpurone compound for promoting adipocyte differentiation, for increasing the activity of PPARγ and/or C/EBPα, for lowering blood glucose, for preventing and/or treating a disease or disorder related to insulin resistance, and for preventing and/or treating metabolic syndrome or its complications are also provided.
US09771331B2 Methods of identifying neuroprotective compounds for retinal ganglion cells
Neuroprotective compounds for treating optic neuropathies and screening methods for identifying neuroprotective compounds.
US09771326B2 S1P and/or ATX modulating agents
Compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, can modulate the activity of one or more SIP receptors and/or the activity of autotaxin (ATX).
US09771325B2 Tricyclic compounds and preparation thereof
The present invention provides novel tricyclic compound of Formula I or its stereoisomer or ester or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and preparation thereof useful for treatment of cancer.
US09771323B2 Beta-cryptoxanthin from plant source and a process for its preparation
The present invention provides beta-cryptoxanthin crystals from plant source and a process for its preparation. The present invention particularly relates to a process for the preparation of high purity beta-cryptoxanthin crystals comprising at least about 10% by weight total xanthophylls, of which at least about 75% by weight is trans-beta-cryptoxanthin and the remaining including beta-carotene, and trace amounts of trans-capsanthin and other carotenoids derived from the plant source, including capsicum fruits. The production of beta-cryptoxanthin crystals with high content of trans-beta-cryptoxanthin makes it ideal and suitable for use as a provitamin A source material and also has potential effects on improving bone health and inhibiting bone resorption.
US09771319B2 Cross-linker for the preparation of a new family of single ion conduction polymers for electrochemical devices and such polymers
A specific cross-linker, an alkaline metal bis(styrenesulfonyl)imide monomer, is used in the synthesis of single ionic conductive copolymers that are non-fluorinated and non-PEO based. Such copolymers meet the security and costs requirements to be used as solid polymers electrolytes (SPE). They are promising alternatives to standard liquid electrolytes in alkaline metal-ion batteries because of their improved security and inflammability properties. The copolymers described are either polyvinylsulfonates or acrylate vinylsulfonate block-copolymers. Preferred acrylate monomers are methacrylates and preferred vinylsulfonates are styrene sulfonates. The copolymer is prepared by radical polymerization of the vinyl sulfonate and the cross-linker and optionally the acrylate, in particular radical photopolymerization using a functionalized bis(acyl)phosphane oxide (BAPO) as photoinitiator. Also described is the use of such copolymer as solid polymer electrolyte in a lithium ion battery.
US09771318B2 Ethoxylate isocyanate compound and its use as a emulsifier
Provided is a composition comprising one or more compound having the structure of formula II: wherein A is a residue of a polyisocyanate, L is a linking group formed by a reaction of an isocyanate group with an isocyanate-reactive group, n is 5 to 25, m is 0 to 100, and Z is methyl or ethyl or propyl, and wherein the ratio of the sum of the moles of isocyanate groups plus the moles of said L groups to the moles of said Z groups is 2:1 to 30:1. Also provided is an emulsion in which the particles comprise such a composition and further comprise one or more water-insoluble compound that does not have the structure A-NCO.
US09771317B2 Process for preparing lacosamide and related compounds
There is provided a process for the preparation of Lacosamide in a particular polymorphic form, which process involves the isolation of a salt of formula I: according to the methods defined in the application.
US09771314B2 Process for preparing acrylic acid from formaldehyde and acetic acid
The invention relates to a process for preparing acrylic acid from formaldehyde and acetic acid, comprising (i) providing a gaseous stream S1 comprising formaldehyde, acetic acid and acrylic acid, where the molar ratio of acrylic acid to the sum total of formaldehyde and acetic acid in stream S1 is in the range from 0.005:1 to 0.3:1; (ii) contacting stream S1 with an aldol condensation catalyst in a reaction zone to obtain a gaseous stream S2 comprising acrylic acid.
US09771310B2 Styrenated phenol useful as curing agent or plasticizing agent for epoxy resin
The present invention relates to styrenated phenol useful as a curing agent or a plasticizing agent for an epoxy resin. More particularly, it relates to use of styrenated phenol, which has viscosity and curing properties similar to those of nonylphenol and exhibits superior curing properties for an epoxy resin, as a curing agent or a plasticizing agent for an epoxy-cured paint.
US09771308B2 Production of 1,3-butadiene
Olefins and diolefins, such as 1,3-butiadiene, may be produced by a method utilizing a series of bromination and dehydrobromination reactions. Bromine may be reacted with n-butane to form dibromobutane. The dibromobutanes may be dehydrobrominating to form 1,3-butadiene. The method may include reacting butene with bromine to form bromobutenes, and dehydrobrominating the bromobutenes to form 1,3-butadiene. The method may include reacting butene with hydrogen bromide in the presence of oxygen to form bromobutenes, and dehydrobrominating the bromobutenes to form 1,3-butadiene. The method may include reacting butene with bromine to form dibromobutanes, and dehydrobrominating the dibromobutanes to form 1,3-butadiene.
US09771306B2 Environmentally-friendly high potassium-content liquid fertilizer and uses for the fertilizer
The present invention provides a method for using a new liquid fertilizer comprising potassium from a potassium source selected from the group consisting of potassium acetate, potassium formate, potassium citrate, potassium succinate, potassium propionate, potassium phosphate, organic sources of potassium, animal manure, and combinations thereof, and having a slightly alkaline pH and relatively low salt index compared to other sources of potassium for liquid fertilizer products. The fertilizer composition may further comprise additives such as sulfur, zinc, boron, calcium, manganese, iron, copper, cobalt, magnesium, or a combination thereof.
US09771304B2 Ultra-high dielectric constant garnet
Disclosed are embodiments of synthetic garnet materials for use in radiofrequency applications. In some embodiments, increased amounts of bismuth can be added into specific sites in the crystal structure of the synthetic garnet in order to boost certain properties, such as the dielectric constant and magnetization. Accordingly, embodiments of the disclosed materials can be used in high frequency applications, such as in base station antennas.
US09771295B2 Glass microspheres made from a redox active glass
Microspheres comprising a plurality of hollow microspheres, each of the plurality of hollow microspheres comprising a plurality of glass walls, and a plurality of hollow spaces, wherein the plurality of glass walls enclosing at least one of the plurality of hollow spaces, wherein the plurality of glass walls comprising a second glass, wherein the second glass comprising a processed first glass melt, wherein the processed first glass melt comprising a melt of a batch and a plurality of redox active group components capable of providing at least one of a plurality of redox reactions and a plurality of events in the second glass.
US09771293B2 Sludge treatment system
A sludge treatment system, comprising a pump (1), an ozone generation device, an ejector (2) and pipe reactors (3). The pump (1), the ozone generation device, the ejector (2) and the pipe reactors (3) are sequentially connected by pipes. An oxygen generator (4) and an ozone machine (5) are arranged within the ozone generation device, and are connected by a pipe. The ozone generation device is used for providing ozone into the pipe reactors (3). The inner surfaces of the pipe reactors (3) are coated with a catalyst layer used for increasing the oxidative capacity of the ozone on the sludge. Spiral fin plates (6) allowing a fluid to generate a spiral flow are arranged within the pipe reactors (3). Also disclosed is a sludge treatment method using the present sludge treatment system. The present system has a high ozone utilization rate, and a low ozone input proportion.
US09771291B2 Process for working up waste water from nitrobenzene preparation
The invention relates to a process for working up alkaline waste water which is formed during washing of crude nitrobenzene obtained by nitration of benzene, wherein (i) the alkaline waste water is heated under an increased pressure with respect to atmospheric pressure with exclusion of oxygen and is then cooled and expanded; (ii) the waste water obtained in (i) is purified further by stripping with a stripping gas and the stripping gas stream loaded with impurities is then cooled to a temperature of from 10° C. to 60° C.; and (iii) the liquid process product obtained in (ii) by cooling the stripping gas stream loaded with impurities is separated into an aqueous and an organic phase and the organic phase is used further in an aniline production process.
US09771289B2 Water cleaning system, water cleaning method, startup method for water cleaning system, and water cleaning unit
A water cleaning system 1 includes an aerobic region 90 including breeding water 9 containing organic matter and oxygen, an aerobic layer 6 linking with the aerobic region 90 and inhabited by aerobic bacteria, a facultative anaerobic layer 5provided adjacent to the aerobic layer 6 and inhabited by facultative anaerobic bacteria, an obligatory anaerobic layer 4 provided adjacent to the facultative anaerobic layer 5, inhabited by obligatory anaerobic bacteria, and made of andosol 40, an anaerobic space 3 having an anaerobic environment, allowing the obligatory anaerobic bacteria inhabiting the obligatory anaerobic layer 4 and products therefrom to flow therein, and a tube 18 as linking means linking the anaerobic space 3 and the aerobic region 90.
US09771281B2 Processes and apparatuses for removal of carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen
There are provided processes for treating wastewater. The processes can comprise treating a mixture comprising the wastewater and an activated sludge, in a single reactor, with an electric current having a density of less than about 55 A/m2, by means of at least one anode and at least one cathode that define therebetween an electrical zone for treating the mixture; exposing the mixture to an intermittent ON/OFF electrical exposure mode to the electric current in which an OFF period of time is about 1 to about 10 times longer than an ON period of time; and maintaining an adequate oxidation-reduction potential in the single reactor. Such processes allow for substantial removal of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from the wastewater in the single reactor of various forms and for obtaining another mixture comprising a treated wastewater and solids.
US09771275B2 Method for preparing uniform metal oxide nanoparticles with high reproducibility
The present invention relates to a method for preparing uniform metal oxide nanoparticles. According to the preparation method of the present invention, it is possible to maintain the temperature and pressure inside the reactor in a stable and constant manner by removing water generated in the reaction step for forming metal oxide nanoparticles. Thus, the uniformity of nanoparticles formed is increased, and the reproducibility between batches can be increased even in a repeated process and and a large-scale reaction. Therefore, the preparation method of the present invention can be used to synthesize uniform nanoparticles reproducibly in large quantities.
US09771274B2 Method for producing barium titanate powder
The invention provides a method for producing barium titanate powder comprising the steps of: adding an aqueous slurry of anatase hydrous titanium oxide having a BET specific surface area in the range of 200 m2/g to 400 m2/g and a half width of diffraction peak of (101) plane in the range of 2.3° to 5.0° as measured by X-ray diffraction to an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide while maintaining the aqueous solution of barium hydroxide at a temperature in the range from 80° C. to the boiling point thereof under normal pressure to cause a reaction of the barium hydroxide with the hydrous titanium oxide to provide an aqueous slurry of barium titanate precursor; and subjecting the barium titanate precursor thus obtained to hydrothermal treatment over a period of not less than 24 hours to provide barium titanate particles.
US09771271B2 Silica sol
The present invention relates to a silica sol having a pH above about 10, molar ratio of SiO2:M2O, in which M is alkali metal, of from about 6:1 to about 16:1, concentration of soluble silica above about 3000 mg SiO2/l, and S-value of from about 18 to about 40%. The invention further relates to a process for producing a silica sol which comprises acidifying an aqueous alkali metal silicate solution to a pH of from 1 to 4 to form an acid sol, alkalizing the acid sol by addition of aqueous alkali metal silicate solution to obtain an intermediate sol and interrupt the addition of aqueous alkali metal silicate solution when the intermediate sol has reached a pH of from about 5 to about 8, stirring the intermediate sol for a time period of from about 10 to about 6000 seconds without addition of aqueous alkali metal silicate solution, alkalizing the intermediate sol by addition of aqueous alkali metal silicate solution to obtain a silica sol having a pH above about 10 and molar ratio of SiO2:M2O, in which M is alkali metal, of from about 6:1 to about 16:1, and optionally adding an aluminum compound to the acid sol, intermediate sol or silica sol. The invention further relates to a silica sol obtainable by the process of the invention. The invention further relates to the use of the silica sol as a flocculating agent, in water purification and in producing paper and board. The invention further relates to a process for producing paper and board which comprises: (i) providing an aqueous suspension comprising cellulosic fibers; (ii) adding to the suspension one or more drainage and retention aids comprising the silica sol; and (iii) dewatering the obtained suspension to provide a sheet or web of paper or board.
US09771268B2 Nano-diamond dispersion solution and method for preparing same
The present invention relates to a nano-diamond dispersion solution and a method of preparing the same. The method of preparing a nano-diamond dispersion solution comprises the following steps: providing a nano-diamond aggregation; mixing the nano-diamond aggregation with a metal hydroxide solution and stirring the mixture such that the nano-diamond aggregation is separated, to obtain a mixture solution; stabilizing the mixture solution such that the mixture solution is separated into a supernatant and precipitates; and extracting the supernatant and precipitates.
US09771267B2 Method for making carbon nanotube needle
A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube needle is provided. A carbon nanotube film comprising of a plurality of commonly aligned carbon nanotubes, a first electrode, and a second electrode are provided. The carbon nanotube film is fixed to the first electrode and the second electrode. An organic solvent is applied to treat the carbon nanotube film to form at least one carbon nanotube string. A voltage is applied to the carbon nanotube string until the carbon nanotube string snaps.
US09771264B2 Controlled-orientation films and nanocomposites including nanotubes or other nanostructures
Generally, the present invention provides methods for the production of materials comprising a plurality of nanostructures such as nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes) and related articles. The plurality of nanostructures may be provided such that their long axes are substantially aligned and, in some cases, continuous from end to end of the sample. For example, in some cases, the nanostructures may be fabricated by uniformly growing the nanostructures on the surface of a substrate, such that the long axes are aligned and non-parallel to the substrate surface. The nanostructures may be, in some instances, substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface. In one set of embodiments, a force with a component normal to the long axes of the nanostructures may be applied to the substantially aligned nanostructures. The application of a force may result in a material comprising a relatively high volume fraction or mass density of nanostructures. In some instances, the application of a force may result in a material comprising relatively closely-spaced nanostructures. The materials described herein may be further processed for use in various applications, such as composite materials (e.g., nanocomposites). For example, a set of aligned nanostructures may be formed, and, after the application of a force, transferred, either in bulk or to another surface, and combined with another material (e.g., to form a nanocomposite) to enhance the properties of the material.
US09771262B1 Method for organic compound degradation and method for producing hydrogen
A bimetal oxysulfide solid-solution catalyst is provided. The bimetal oxysulfide solid-solution catalyst is represented by the following formula: CuxM(2)yOzSγ wherein 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
US09771259B2 Method for fabricating electronic device package
The invention provides an electronic device package and fabrication method thereof. The electronic device package includes a sensor chip. An upper surface of the sensor chip comprises a sensing film. A covering plate having an opening structure covers the upper surface of the sensor chip. A cavity is between the covering plate and the sensor chip, corresponding to a position of the sensing film, where the cavity communicates with the opening structure. A spacer is between the covering plate and the sensor chip, surrounding the cavity. A pressure releasing region is between the spacer and the sensing film.
US09771255B1 Stirrup device
A stirrup device for properly positioning the rider's feet while riding. The stirrup device includes a support ring with holes disposed through one side of the support ring and with apertures disposed through an opposed side of the support ring and also includes a foot support adjustably positioned upon the support ring in relationship to the holes and apertures.
US09771254B2 Fluid dispensing unit having a circulation system and a method for circulating a fluid in a fluid dispensing unit
A dispensing unit is provided having a circulation system for circulating a fluid in the dispensing unit is provided. The circulation system can include a circulation circuit, and a mechanism configured to circulate the fluid in the circulation circuit. By circulating the fluid, the fluid is counteracted from crystallizing. A method for circulating a fluid in a dispensing unit is also provided.
US09771253B2 Beverage dispenser with component wash system
The present application provides a beverage dispensing system using a sweetener. The beverage dispensing system may include a sweetener source with the sweetener therein, one or more rotating or stationary components positioned about a flow of the sweetener, and a component wash system positioned about the one or more rotating or stationary components to wash off the sweetener thereon.
US09771250B2 Hydraulic control device for forklift
A hydraulic control device for a forklift includes a hydraulic pump, a single electric motor for driving the hydraulic pump, an outflow control mechanism provided between a lift cylinder and the hydraulic pump, a flow control valve provided between the outflow control mechanism and a draining portion, and a controller. When a lowering operation of a fork and either forward or rearward mast tilting operations of a mast are performed at the same time, the controller controls the electric motor based on a target speed of the hydraulic pump. The flow control valve controls the flow rate of hydraulic fluid from the lift cylinder to the hydraulic pump and the flow rate from the lift cylinder to the draining portion in accordance with the difference between the actual rotation speed of the hydraulic pump and the target rotation speed of the hydraulic pump.
US09771245B2 Tired gantry crane and straddle carrier for receiving power in contactless fashion
Disclosed is a tired gantry crane and a straddle carrier for receiving power in a contactless fashion, and the tired gantry crane includes a rechargeable battery provided to supply power from the inside thereof, and a power collecting unit configured to receive power from a power supply unit installed at the outside, wherein the power supply unit and the power collecting unit interact with each other by means of magnetic induction. The straddle carrier includes a power collecting unit configured to receive power in a contactless fashion from a power supply unit installed at the outside, the power collecting unit charges a rechargeable battery installed at the straddle carrier, and the power supply unit and the power collecting unit interact with each other by means of magnetic induction.
US09771244B2 Elevator
The invention relates to an elevator comprising a hoistway; an elevator car vertically movable in the hoistway; a plurality of ropes connected to the car; a rotatable traction member comprising a circumferential traction surface area for each of the several ropes; each rope being arranged to pass around the rotatable traction member resting against a circumferential traction surface area of the traction member; drive machinery for controlling rotation of the rotatable traction member. The elevator comprises means for detecting displacement of each of the ropes over a first limit position of the rope in the first axial direction of the rotatable traction member, and over a second limit position of the rope in the second axial direction of the traction member; and in that displacement of one or more of said ropes in axial direction of the rotatable traction member over the first or second limit position is arranged to trigger the drive machinery to stop the rotation of the rotatable traction member.
US09771243B2 Elevator safety arrangement for controlling elevator movement
A method and a safety arrangement are provided for monitoring the movement of an elevator component, more particularly of an elevator car or of the automatic door of an elevator. In the method, a setup drive of an elevator component is run, and the speed and/or acceleration of the elevator component is measured during the setup drive, a threshold value for the speed and/or acceleration of the elevator component is formed on the basis of the measuring data obtained in the setup drive, the speed and/or acceleration of the elevator component is measured, and if the measured speed and/or acceleration exceeds the aforementioned threshold value, a monitoring signal for bringing the elevator to a safe state is formed.
US09771239B2 Automatic reel devices and method of operating the same
A reel has a spool member on which the linear material is spooled, an electric motor that rotates the spool member, and a controller that controls the operation of the motor. The controller monitors an unwound length of the linear material based on sensed rotation of the spool member by one or more sensors. The controller causes the motor to wind the linear material at a drag speed when the linear material is on a ground, at a crawl speed lower than the drag speed when the length of linear material on the ground is shorter than a first threshold amount and through a second predetermined amount once the linear material lifts off the ground to inhibit swing of the linear material as it comes off the ground, and at a docking speed greater than the crawl speed when the unwound linear material is shorter than the second threshold amount.
US09771234B2 Printed unit block arrangement device and arrangement method
A printed unit block aligning device includes a supporting element and an alignment transfer rail. The supporting element is opened and closed between a supporting position and a releasing position. The alignment transfer rail receives the group of the printed unit blocks dropped in response to move of the supporting element to the releasing position, aligns the printed unit blocks in each line unit block in a vertical direction, and feeds the printed unit blocks vertically at a constant speed using alignment transferring element. An electrical controlling element is provided that electrically controls timing of dropping the printed unit blocks from the supporting element onto the alignment transfer rail. While a speed of transfer of the horizontal feeding and transferring element are uniform for any imposition structure, the electrical controlling element controls timing of dropping the printed unit blocks in a manner that depends on the numbers of layers in each vertical line in different imposition structures.
US09771230B2 Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus
A sheet conveyance device (1) includes a feed tray (20), a feeding unit (50), a stopper (30), a first abutted portion (41), and an impact reducing mechanism (10). Sheets are loaded on the feed tray (20). The feeding unit (50) feeds the sheets. The stopper (30) is rotatably supported on the feeding unit (50) and rotates when pressed by the sheets inserted into the feed tray (20). The stopper (30) comes into contact with the first abutted portion (41) in association with the rotation of the stopper (30). The impact reducing mechanism (10) reduces impact applied to the first abutted portion (41) by the stopper (30).
US09771229B2 Multiple sheet media pick detection
Methods and apparatus pertaining to scanning or copying documents are provided. Sheet media are individually transported away from an input location. Optical scanning of the sheet media is initiated in accordance with detecting the passage of leading edges of the sheet media. Electronic signals resulting from the scanning are automatically analyzed to detect trailing edges of overlapping sheet media. A user notification is issued if a multiple sheet pick event is detected. A user can resume scanning or copying of a multiple sheet document at the location where the multiple sheet pick occurred.
US09771225B2 Methods and apparatus for monitoring a loading dock
Methods and apparatus for monitoring a dock leveler are disclosed. An example method for monitoring a loading dock includes determining if a door at a doorway of a loading dock is in an open position; determining if a vehicle is present at the doorway; determining if a body is present in a first area of the loading dock, the first area including a deck positioned adjacent the doorway; and determining if a body is present in a second area of the loading dock adjacent the doorway, the second area including only a portion of a deck adjacent the doorway.
US09771213B1 Cat-repelling trash bag and associated use thereof
A cat-repelling trash bag includes a flexible body having a deformably resilient inner layer, an outer layer selectively spaced from the deformably resilient inner layer, and a deformable cavity situated between the deformably resilient inner layer and the outer layer. A cat-repellant agent is dynamically located within the cavity. A plurality of divider walls are seated inside the cavity when the bag is at a non-tensioned state. Each of the divider walls being engaged with the deformably resilient inner layer and the outer layer. Advantageously, when an internal force is exerted against an interior of the body, the deformably resilient inner layer is stretched outwardly towards the outer layer. When the deformably resilient inner layer is stretched outwardly towards the outer layer, the divider walls are selectively and partially penetrated exterior of the outer layer such that the cat-repelling agent is released exterior of the cavity.
US09771210B2 Capsule for beverages
A capsule, including: a deformable casing defining a cavity containing an initial product joined to a fluid for making a final product; a nozzle associated with the casing to inject the fluid of a brewing machine, the nozzle having a longitudinal side wall being provided with at least one outflow opening to the cavity, and the nozzle having an end wall provided with a second opening enabling the final product to exit from the cavity.
US09771209B2 Slip agent for protecting glass
This disclosure features use of a paper or polymer film that includes a slip agent that can transfer to its surfaces. Once the paper or film is pressed against a glass sheet, this will leave a thin surface roughness of slip agent that can prevent or reduce glass surface scratches from other surfaces or particles during shipping or finishing (e.g., cutting to size, conveyance of glass), thereby improving the yield of glass shipments between glass forming plants and customers. The thin discontinuous layer of slip agent remaining on the glass surface can be washed off easily in subsequent washing processes. The paper or film can have the slip agent imbibed within the paper or coated on it as a surface member.
US09771207B2 Automatic shoe cover dispenser with shoe cover cartridge
A shoe cover cartridge includes two guiding arms and a plurality of shoe covers overlapped in a sequential manner to define a standby shoe cover and a subsequent shoe cover. Front and rear interlocking units are provided at front and rear sides of each of the shoe cover respectively and are slidably engaged with the guiding arms at a position that the front interlocking unit at the subsequent shoe cover is located in front of the rear interlocking unit at the standby shoe cover along the guiding arms. Therefore, when the standby shoe cover is pulled for dispensing, the subsequent shoe cover is pulled by the standby shoe to dispense the shoe covers in a sequential order.
US09771202B1 Reusable mobile electronic device moisture removal pouch and method
A moisture removal pouch is disclosed with a main pouch body including a front panel portion defining at least one permanently sealed front compartment with desiccated silica permanently sealed therein, a rear panel portion opposite the front panel portion and defining at least one permanently sealed rear compartment with desiccated silica permanently sealed therein, the front and rear panel portions permanently sealed together at a bottom edge and side edges so as to define an electronic device receiving cavity and a main pouch body opening sized to receive an electronic device into the electronic device cavity. The pouch also includes an air-permeable inner liner facilitating a moisture removal operational configuration in which the main pouch body opening is closed in a non-airtight sealable manner and includes a pouch cover disposed to selectively cover the main pouch body opening in the non-airtight sealable manner.
US09771198B2 Cluster pack and production method
In a cluster pack, encompassing elements encompass containers. One encompassing element includes shrink film; the other, which has an integrated carrying element, defines a ring surrounding the containers.
US09771197B2 Accessory storage device
An accessory storage device comprises a plurality of transparent casings each having a through hole and at least one slot; and a fixing pivot passing through the through hole of each transparent casing to cascade the transparent casings, wherein the slot interconnects with an opening, and wherein an accessory is inserted through the opening into the slot for storage. The transparent casings of the accessory storage device can be spread fanwise to reveal the accessories stored inside the transparent casings or the labels on the transparent casings. Thereby, the user can fast find out the required accessories stored in the accessory storage device.
US09771194B1 Metered, blending portable beverage container
A drinking vessel is provided with a nesting reservoir system for containing and dispensing metered amounts of liquid beverage enhancer. Multiple metered doses can be dispensed, with multiple refilling of the drinking vessel. The concentrated enhancer is metered by the rotation of a knob that rotates a plunger mechanism into a reservoir volume chamber, with one rotation being calibrated to deliver a single dosage of liquid enhancer. All parts can be easily removed, cleaned and then re-used.
US09771191B2 Reversible lid and container forming a variable-volume food canister
Reversible lid (1) for a storage or reheating canister, comprising a first (2) airtight attachment means designed to cooperate with an upper edge (4) of a container (5) when the lid (1) is arranged along a first direction on the container (5) and a second (3) airtight attachment means designed to cooperate with said upper edge (4) of the container (5) when the lid is arranged in the reverse direction on the container (5), characterized in that the lid (1) comprises a two-way steam release mechanism (10), connecting the two opposite surfaces of the lid, and in that said two-way release mechanism (10) allows a flow to pass between the two surfaces of the lid (1) when the pressure difference between the two surfaces is greater than or equal to a value (P0), particularly when reheating food in a microwave oven.
US09771182B2 System and method for bag delivery
Delivering bags, for example, for delivering items and products purchased bye-commerce in so-called “grocery” tote bags to the respective purchasing customers is described. In one embodiment, a system includes a box and a plurality of bag protectors, each made of material having sufficient rigidity to protect a bag contained therein. In one embodiment, the bag protector has a bottom panel configured to support a bottom of the bag, and two side panels that are configured to extend from two opposing edges of the boom panel away from the bottom panel to form a generally tapering profile so as to meet each other adjacent an opening portion of the bag. The box is configured to receive a plurality of bag protectors, each protectively containing a bag therein. For example, given the generally tapering profile of the bag protectors, they may be placed alternately facing opposite directions in the box.
US09771177B2 Can shell and double-seamed can end closure
A drawn aluminum can shell has a peripheral crown which is double-seamed with an end portion of an aluminum can body to provide a can end having a generally flat center panel connected by an inclined curved or straight panel wall to an inner wall of an annular U-shaped countersink. The countersink has an outer wall which connects with a lower wall portion of a chuck wall, and the chuck wall has an upper wall portion which connects with an inner wall of the crown. The chuck wall also has an intermediate wall portion forming a break, and the inner bottom width of the countersink is less than the radial width of the panel wall.
US09771172B2 Production method for a glass container
A production method for a closed glass container containing at least one solid body is disclosed. The method includes providing a tube tapering toward one end, the inner diameter of which is smaller at a tapered end than an inner diameter at an opposite first end. The tube is connected at the tapered end to a first end of a straight bar tube. The tapered tube is charged with at least one solid body.
US09771171B1 Aircraft wing deformation monitoring and analysis system
A wing deformation monitoring and analysis system includes at least one image sensor installed on a portion of the aircraft such that at least one wing of the aircraft is located in a field of view (FOV) of the at least one image sensor. The image sensor outputs at least one image signal representing a captured wing image of the at least one wing. An electronic deformation controller is configured to compare the captured wing image to a nominal wing image, determines a deformation of the at least one wing based on the comparison.
US09771169B2 Preconditioned air unit with variable frequency driving
A preconditioned air unit for supplying preconditioned air to an aircraft parked on the ground, the preconditioned air unit comprising a housing accommodating a flow duct with an air inlet for ambient air and an air outlet for connection to the parked aircraft, a blower connected with the flow duct for generation of an air flow from the air inlet toward the air outlet, at least one refrigeration system, each of which includes at least one compressor, at least one condenser, at least one expansion valve, and at least one evaporator connected in a flow circuit containing a refrigerant, and wherein the at least one evaporator interacts with the air flow in the flow duct, and at least one variable frequency driver for power supply of at least one of the at least one compressor of the at least one refrigeration system.
US09771168B2 Aircraft light
An aircraft light comprises a housing, at least one light source to be cooled, the at least one light source being arranged in the housing, a heat sink element thermally coupled to the at least one light source and defining a cooling surface exposable to a cooling airstream for the cooling airstream to flow along the cooling surface in a flow direction. The cooling surface extends between upstream and downstream end portions spaced apart in the flow direction and means for generating a pressure difference between the upstream and downstream end portions of the cooling surface. Due to the pressure difference, a cooling airstream flowing along the cooling surface is created.
US09771166B2 System, kit and method for indicating the pressure in an aircraft landing gear shock absorber
A system for indicating the pressure in an aircraft landing gear shock absorber is provided, the system comprising a source of collimated light and a target, the source of collimated light being attached to the aircraft, and being operable to emit light onto the target; the position of the point of incidence of the light emitted from the source of collimated light on the target being indicative of the pressure in the aircraft landing gear shock absorber. A kit for making such a system and a method of indicating the pressure in an aircraft landing gear are also provided.
US09771163B2 Short takeoff and landing aircraft
Short takeoff and landing aircraft are disclosed. An example fixed wing aircraft includes a primary power source to provide power to a propulsion unit, a secondary power source to provide power to the propulsion unit, and a detachable power coupling to transfer power to the secondary power source from a source external to the fixed wing aircraft during takeoff.
US09771157B2 Aircraft and airborne electrical power and thermal management system
One embodiment of the present disclosure is a unique airborne electrical power and thermal management system. Another embodiment is a unique aircraft. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for aircraft and electrical power and thermal management systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
US09771151B2 Reaction drive helicopter with circulation control
A rotor blade for a reaction drive type helicopter is provided. The rotor blade includes a main duct extending from a proximal end, couplable to and for fluid communication with a rotor hub, to a distal end for ducting a first air/gas stream from the rotor hub to the distal end. A nozzle is attached to an outlet of the main duct at the distal end for receiving the first air/gas stream from the main duct and releasing the first air/gas stream to propel the rotor blade. A circulation control is carried at a trailing edge of the blade. A trailing edge duct is carried intermediate the trailing edge and the main duct and is in fluid communication with the main duct by a partition with a plurality of orifices formed therein to bleed air from the main duct and generate a second air/gas stream therein with a pressure less than the pressure of the first air/gas stream. The trailing edge duct supplies the second air/gas stream to the circulation control.
US09771150B2 Piezoelectric liquid inertia vibration eliminator
A tunable vibration isolator with active tuning elements having a housing, fluid chamber, and at least one tuning port. A piston is resiliently disposed within the housing. A vibration isolation fluid is disposed within the fluid chambers and the tuning ports. The tunable vibration isolator may employ either a solid tuning mass approach or a liquid tuning mass approach. The active vibration elements are preferably solid-state actuators.
US09771149B2 Gate departure system for aircraft
A gate departure system for an aircraft includes an electric traction motor for driving a wheel of a main landing gear assembly of the aircraft on only one side of the aircraft; and a controller selectively connected to a starter-generator of an auxiliary power unit (APU) and to the traction motor to control flow of electrical power to either the starter-generator for starting of the APU or the electric traction motor for driving the wheel.
US09771148B2 Airport terminal aircraft gate traffic management system and method
An airport terminal gate traffic management system is provided that maximizes efficiency and safety of passenger transfer and aircraft servicing and minimizes aircraft time parked at a terminal. Aircraft are driven forward into and out of gates by controllable landing gear wheel non-engine drive means and parked in a parallel or perpendicular orientation relative to the terminal that facilitates passenger transfer through a maximum number of aircraft doors. Passenger transfer and aircraft servicing may begin upon aircraft arrival using all available accessible aircraft doors. Departing aircraft may be turned by an unassisted pilot and driven forward with the controllable non-engine drive means to a takeoff runway. Airport terminal aircraft gate traffic is most effectively and efficiently managed when a significant number of aircraft using an airport are equipped with non-engine drive means controllable to move them into and out of a parking orientation optimal for passenger transfer.
US09771147B2 Shrink strut landing gear system, method, and apparatus
The landing gear systems, methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may comprise a shrink pump and a shrink valve that are capable of shrinking a landing gear by up to 40% of its available stroke, or more depending on the air spring configuration. The shrink pump may be configured to pump fluid (e.g., a hydraulic fluid) between an oil chamber, where hydraulic fluid is likely present and a shrink chamber to shrink the landing gear. Moreover, the shrink pump and shrink valve may be part of a strut shrink system.
US09771146B2 Embedded dielectric structures for active flow control plasma sources
An aircraft active flow control dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) device may include a machinable ceramic dielectric support having an aerodynamic surface shaped to form an exposed flush part of an airfoil surface on an aircraft. The DBD device may include at least two electrodes configured to be oppositely charged and spaced apart from each other on the dielectric support.
US09771138B2 Boat maneuvering control method for boat and boat maneuvering control system for boat
A boat maneuvering control method for a boat includes setting a target boat speed, detecting an actual boat speed of the boat, and acquiring a base engine rotational speed associated with the target boat speed that is set, correcting the base engine rotational speed according to a difference between the target boat speed and the actual boat speed so as to set the base engine rotational speed that is corrected as a target engine rotational speed, and controlling an engine based on the target engine rotational speed that is set such that the actual boat speed approaches the target boat speed.
US09771135B2 Bionic pectoral fin propelling device based on planetary gear train
A bionic pectoral fin propelling device based on a planetary gear train, including a frame, a power source (1), a propelling part (2), left and right maneuvering parts (3), a fixed support plate (4), a movable support plate (5), a left pectoral fin (6), a right pectoral fin (7), a fish body (8), and a tail fin (9). The fixed support plate (4) and the movable support plate (5) are installed on the frame parallel to each other; the fixed support plate (4) is located in front of the movable support plate (5); and the left and right maneuvering parts (3) are located between the fixed support plate (4) and the movable support plate (5). The present invention solves the problem that the two pectoral fins are not synchronized, realizes variable speed propelling and left/right maneuvering, facilitates increasing the bearing capacity of the propelling device, and is particularly suitable in limited space applications.
US09771132B1 Floating apparatus for supporting a grill
A floating apparatus for supporting a grill including a substantially rectangular float having an outer rim, a substantially rectangular base disposed within the outer rim, and a cavity disposed within the outer rim above the base. Each of a right grill support and a left grill support of a pair of grill supports has a linear base rod and an upper support attached to a top surface of the base rod. The base rod of each of the right grill support and the left grill support is disposed within the cavity. A plurality of magnets is disposed within a middle segment of the upper support of each of the right grill support and the left grill support. At least one cup holder unit is disposed within the cavity of the float. A portable outdoor grill is removably securable to the plurality of magnets.
US09771131B2 Vessel comprising a moon pool and a hoisting arrangement and method of lowering items into the sea
A vessel for e.g. well intervention or deep sea lowering, comprises a moon pool and a hoisting arrangement for lowering and retrieving items, in particular equipment, tools, and/or supplies or modules comprising the same, through the moon pool, into respectively from the sea and onto respectively from the seabed or an installation on the seabed. The vessel further comprises one or more guides for laterally retaining items inside the moon pool, preferably at least two guides positioned on opposite sides of the moon pool.
US09771130B2 Snowmobile skid frame assembly
A skid frame for a snowmobile is disclosed including a generally planar skid surface extending between front and rear idler wheels. The front and rear idler wheel are offset from one another and define a longitudinal direction. A track encircles the skid frame having the skid surface positioned over a center of the track such that a major longitudinally extending portion of the track that is coextensive with the skid surface has first and second unsupported lateral portions on either side of the skid surface. The first and second unsupported lateral portions extend in the horizontal direction at least 25 percent of a width of the track. A suspension arm member may mount the skid rail and include mount portions for mounting to a tunnel and spanning a distance at least twice the width of the longitudinal beam.
US09771127B2 Driver for mounting a multiple sprocket arrangement to a bicycle rear axle arrangement
A driver for mounting a multiple sprocket arrangement to a bicycle rear axle arrangement. The multiple sprocket arrangement includes a sprocket assembly having a plurality of sprockets with different numbers of teeth and an adapter. The rear axle arrangement includes a hub. The driver includes an input torque transmitting profile for transmitting torque from between the sprocket assembly and the driver. A positioning section positions the sprocket assembly in the radial direction. External thread threadably receives the adapter and is disposed between the input torque transmitting profile and the positioning section. An output torque transmitting arrangement transmits torque between the driver and the hub.
US09771122B1 Motorcycle hand control with optical sensor
A handlebar assembly for steering a vehicle includes a handlebar, a grip positioned on the handlebar at a first end of the handlebar assembly, and a hand control assembly positioned adjacent the grip. The hand control assembly includes an optical sensor. The optical sensor has a housing with a light transmissive section, a light source configured to emit light, and a light sensor configured to detect light. The light source and the light sensor are positioned at least partially within the housing. The optical sensor is operable to detect movement of a vehicle operator along the light transmissive section of the housing by detecting reflected light from the light source with the light sensor.
US09771120B2 Scooter
A scooter includes a frame where a positioning unit is disposed, a control rod, a front wheel, a braking device, two pedals, a saddle, and at least one rear wheel. A sliding trough is formed on a bottom of the frame. A folding device is situated between the control rod and the frame and has a body fixed to the control rod, an operating unit disposed on the body and sliding within the sliding trough, and an engagement unit capable of engaging the frame with the body. The engagement between the positioning unit and the engagement unit can spread the frame and the control rod easily with less labor and facilitate a riding action. The positioning unit can also be separated from the engagement unit to fold the frame and the control rod, thereby reducing the volume of the scooter and increasing the convenience of carrying and stowing.
US09771119B2 Stressed fork motorcycle reverse trike conversion apparatus
A reverse trike attachment is provided. The reverse trike attachment includes a motorcycle connector frame operable to secure to a front end of a motorcycle frame. A rotating fork joint is secured to and is rotatable relative to the motorcycle connector frame. The rotating fork joint is operable to secure to a motorcycle fork. A wheel assembly includes a first and second wheel mount spindle secured to opposing sides of the motorcycle connector frame. A first wheel is pivotally secured to the first wheel spindle and a second wheel is pivotally secured to the second wheel mount spindle. The first and second wheels each pivot about a vertical axis. The first ends of a first and second tie rod are secured to the rotating fork joint and the second ends of the first and second tie rods are secured to the first and second wheel spindle respectively.
US09771118B2 Vehicle
A vehicle includes a steering force transmission including a steering force input, a steering shaft that is connected to the steering force input and which is supported by a first shaft support so as to turn about a rear steering axis, a connector that is connected to the steering shaft and displaced as the steering shaft turns, and a relay shaft that is connected to the connector to turn about a front steering axis as the connector is displaced, which is supported by a second shaft support that is provided ahead of the first shaft support to turn a right front wheel and a left front wheel as the second shaft support turns. The first shaft support is fixed to a portion of a body frame that extends to the rear from the link support so that the rear steering axis of the steering shaft is disposed behind a movable range of a rear cross element of a linkage in relation to a front-and-rear direction of a middle upper axis.
US09771117B2 Vehicle
A portion of a body cover which is not movable relative to a body frame defines a space to guide air to an air cleaner. When a vehicle is in a condition that the body frame is in an upright state and is viewed from the front in a front-rear direction of the body frame, the space is at least partially situated at least one of above a lower end of an upper cross member in an up-down direction of the body frame, on the left of a left edge of a linkage in a left-right direction of the body frame, and on the right of a right edge of the linkage in the left-right direction of the body frame.
US09771115B2 Scooter with rear swivel wheel
A personal mobility vehicle or scooter includes a least one swivel caster wheel supported at the rear of the scooter. The scooter has a body that includes a deck and a handlebar assembly. The scooter includes at least one front wheel with the deck extending between the at least one front wheel and the at least one swivel wheel. The scooter can also include an angled rear portion supporting a rear swivel caster wheel such that the pivot axis of the swivel wheel is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck. Embodiments of the scooter also include a swivel braking assembly configured to apply a braking force to the at least one swivel wheel.
US09771113B1 Pneumatic cushion with variable configuration and constriction
A bladder formed inside or positioned on a seat accounts for variations in personal anatomy with changes in the configurations of multiple chambers in the bladder and may also allow for changes to the constriction between the chambers in the bladder. The bladder forms a cushioning device that is used for seating applications which involve movement and continuously changes softness between the chambers by using the movement of the rider. Rider movement results in the interchange of pressures through variable-sized orifices between variable-displacement chambers. The number and size of the chambers can be varied according to a desired seating configuration. The orifice size can be changed with a variable constriction mechanism. Different fastening configurations can change the number and shape of the chambers. The cushioning device can be used in retrofitting existing seats and can be produced in new seats.
US09771109B2 Reinforced body in white and reinforcement therefor
A structural body of a vehicle comprises: a hollow component comprising walls that define a channel, wherein the component has a component length, and wherein the component is selected from the group consisting of beam, rail (58), pillar (50,52,54,5), chassis, floor rocker (60), and cross-bar, or combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing; and a plastic-metal hybrid reinforcement (1) having cavities therethrough (14), and a support (6) having greater than or equal to 3 walls forming a support channel. The plastic element (4) is located in the support channel (6) wherein the reinforcement (1) is located in the component channel.
US09771108B2 Vehicle body assembly and method of joining vehicle body components
A vehicle assembly is provided. The vehicle assembly includes a roof panel, a bodyside panel and a bolt. The roof panel and bodyside panel collectively form a roof ditch. The bolt includes a stud that has first and second distal portions. The first and second distal portions include first and second threaded portions, respectively. The first distal portion extends outwardly from one of the roof and bodyside panels and the second distal portion extending outwardly from the other of the roof and bodyside panels and into the roof ditch.
US09771105B2 Suspension structure for in-wheel motor drive device
A suspension structure includes a pair of trailing arms (12), a beam member (13) connecting the pair of trailing arms, a bracket (21) connected to a rear end region of the trailing arm, and an in-wheel motor drive device (31) coupled and fixed to the bracket. The in-wheel motor drive device (31) is located above the rear end region of the trailing arm (12), and a lower side of the in-wheel motor drive device (12) is covered by the rear end region of the trailing arm (12) and the bracket (21).
US09771102B2 Steer-by-wire steering reaction force control device
In this steer-by-wire steering reaction force control device, a steering controller is provided with: a turning reaction force estimation unit configured to calculate an estimated value of a turning reaction force or a parameter representing vehicle behavior from a vehicle motion model; and a comparison unit configured to compare the estimated value calculated by the turning reaction force estimation unit with a value detected by a turning reaction force sensor, and configured to select either one of the estimated value and the detected value in accordance with a predetermined condition. Further, a steering reaction force generation unit is provided that is configured to use the estimated value or the detected value selected by the comparison unit for generation of a steering reaction force.
US09771093B2 Folding wagon
A folding wagon having a basket within which to carry articles and/or small children and a collapsible frame to enable the wagon to be folded between an expanded open configuration at which the basket is outstretched and a compact closed configuration at which the basket is collapsed. The wagon also has pairs of front and rear wheels that are spaced outwardly from the front and rear of the wagon so as to lie ahead of and behind the basket. A handle is connected to the top of the basket at the front of the wagon. When the wagon is folded to its compact closed configuration, the pairs of front and rear wheels are positioned in axial alignment to facilitate transport and/or storage. With the wagon folded, the axially-aligned pairs of wheels and the handle form a stand for supporting the wagon in an upright position.
US09771089B2 Car connection system for guiding at least one supply cable
A car connection system guides at least one supply cable between two cars and has a support part for mounting the supply cable. The support part has a separate connection point to which the supply cable can be electrically connected, and the support part is secured to an end closure. The car connection system is characterized in that the supply cable is configured as a spiral cable and extends about a cable longitudinal axis in a helical manner, the support part is rigid, and a clamping part is secured to the support part in order to relieve tension and mechanically support the supply cable.
US09771088B2 Locomotive truck steering system
A steering system for a locomotive truck may include a first axle and a plurality of primary bearing adapter assemblies, each primary bearing adapter assembly may include a bearing adapter and a swiveling back plate, wherein each bearing adapter may be disposed around the first axle.
US09771084B2 System and method for controlling a vehicle
A vehicle is provided including an electronic power steering system, an electronic throttle control system, and a stability control system.
US09771083B2 Cognitive displays
A cognitive mirror apparatus includes an imaging device configured to capture a plurality of images, a controller configured to determine a cognitive state of a user; and a cognitive mirror configured to display a virtual reflection comprising one or more of the plurality of images, wherein the virtual reflection of the cognitive mirror is determined using the cognitive state of a user.
US09771080B2 Road surface gradient detection device
A road surface gradient detection device is provided. The road surface gradient detection device includes an image area setting unit configured to divide a captured image to set a plurality of image areas, a weighting setting unit configured to set the weighting of the pixel range, a representative height calculation unit configured to calculate the representative parallax of each image area and the representative height of each image area based on the parallax of each pixel range, the coordinates of each pixel range, and a magnitude of the weighting of each pixel range, and a road surface gradient detection unit configured to detect the road surface gradient from the captured image based on the representative parallax of each image area and the representative height of each image area.
US09771077B2 Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system is provided which includes a travel controller working to execute a coasting mode to cut transmission of drive power, as produced by an engine to a drive wheel of the vehicle when a given execution condition is encountered while the vehicle is traveling. The travel controller determines a threshold value, as used for comparison with a position of an accelerator, based on the speed of the vehicle. When the position of the accelerator is determined to be smaller than the threshold value, the travel controller executes the coasting mode. This improves the fuel economy in the vehicle without sacrificing traveling of the vehicle according to a driver's operation on the accelerator.
US09771076B2 Vehicle control device and vehicle control method
A vehicle control device includes a controller configured to allow cranking of an engine by increasing clutch torque at a time a deceleration request is detected during free running in which a vehicle is allowed to run in a state in which a clutch is disengaged and the engine is stopped, and makes an increasing rate of the clutch torque larger at a time when a negative pressure of a brake booster is small than at a time when the negative pressure of the brake booster is large.
US09771075B2 Sub-idle downshift control of a transmission
A method is provided for use in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a transmission, a turbocharger, a transmission control module (TCM), an engine, and an engine control module (ECM). The engine includes a crankshaft that rotates at an engine speed and the turbocharger includes a turbine that rotates at a turbine speed. The method includes requesting a downshift of the transmission from an off-going gear ratio to an on-coming gear ratio. The turbine is rotating at an off-going turbine speed at the off-going gear ratio and the turbine is configured to rotate at an on-coming turbine speed at the on-coming gear ratio, greater than the off-going gear speed. A determination is made that the requested downshift is a powerdown low-throttle shift. An engine speed request value is then transmitted from the TCM to the ECM. The transmitted engine speed request value is at least equal to the on-coming gear speed.
US09771071B2 Dynamic lane positioning for improved biker safety
A vehicle includes a steering wheel and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to receiving location and speed data from other vehicles indicating an expected collision absent a trajectory change, automatically control the steering wheel to direct the vehicle along a collision avoidance path. The collision avoidance path is based on map data identifying a marking type for a traveling lane such that the path crosses the lane when the marking type is broken and does not cross the lane when the marking type is solid.
US09771068B2 Running-support system and running-support method
There is provided a running-support system and a running-support method capable of providing more suitable running support at the time of turning a curve. In the running-support system or the running-support method, a steering-support section provides steering support using at least one of a piece of map information on a curve and a lane image picked up by an image pickup section at the time of turning the curve. The steering-support section suppresses the steering support without being based on the piece of map information when the steering-support section detects an end point of the curve on the basis of the lane image.
US09771067B2 Hybrid vehicle
In motor double-drive mode, a first rotation speed and a second rotation speed as a drive shaft rotation speed are calculated from rotation speeds of motors on the assumption that an engine rotation speed is zero. A state where a difference between the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed is larger than a threshold continues, and, when a malfunction counter becomes larger than a threshold, it is determined that there is a malfunction in a one-way clutch or pinion gears. At a start of the engine, it is determined that there is a malfunction in the one-way clutch when the engine rotation speed is normally increasing, and it is determined that there is a malfunction in the pinion gears when the engine rotation speed is not normally increasing.
US09771065B2 Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system for reducing shocks resulting from restarting an engine under EV running mode. The vehicle control system is applied to a vehicle including an engagement device that selectively connect the engine with the powertrain, and a motor adapted to generate a drive force and connected with the powertrain. In the vehicle, a first mode is selected to propel the vehicle by the motor while interrupting the torque transmission between the engine and the powertrain and stopping the engine, and a second mode is selected to propel the vehicle by the motor while allowing the torque transmission between the engine and the powertrain and stopping the engine. The vehicle control system selects the second mode if a control response of at least any of the engagement device and the motor is estimated to be out of a predetermine range when the vehicle is running while stopping the engine.
US09771063B2 Methods and system for mitigating undesirable conditions during regenerative braking
Systems and methods for operating a transmission of a hybrid powertrain that includes a motor/generator are described. The systems and methods may classify transmission degradation in response to an estimated transmission input shaft speed that is determined from transmission output shaft speed. In one example, transmission degradation may be correctable transmission degradation, partial transmission degradation, and continuous transmission degradation.
US09771060B2 Control method and system for hybrid vehicle
A control method and system for a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a first motor/generator and a second motor/generator a power sources are provided. The control method includes performing a parallel driving mode by driving with a driving power transmitted from the engine and the second motor/generator at a fixed gear ratio. Additionally, an OD brake is released from fixing a gear ratio of a planetary gear set disposed between the generator and the engine. Then an EV driving mode is performed with a driving power of the second motor/generator.
US09771056B2 Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device corrects the amount of brake control according to the degree of stall prevention requests such that the brake control amount is matched to a travel state. For example, when the vehicle body speed is low, the vehicle body is often traveling a road surface that is difficult to travel, and the degree of stall prevention requests is small. In such cases, the vehicle control device exhibits LSD effects and increases ground-covering properties by executing vehicle wheel slip control based on stronger brake control, while increasing safety properties by better enabling generation of deceleration. Then, as the vehicle body speed increases, because it is conceivable that the vehicle body is leaving a place that is difficult to travel and the degree of stall prevention requests is high, the vehicle control device executes switching such that brake control is lowered.
US09771054B2 Travel resistance arithmetic device
A travel resistance arithmetic device includes: a controller configured to estimate travel resistance which a vehicle receives from a travel road; and a memory configured to store the travel resistance in association with positional information. The controller is configured to: correct, based on difference between a stored value of the travel resistance stored in the memory in association with a predetermined area on the travel road through which the vehicle has already passed and an estimated value of the travel resistance estimated by the controller in the predetermined area, the stored value stored in the memory in association with a correction target area on the travel road and; output the corrected stored value as the travel resistance in the correction target area while the vehicle travels the travel road.
US09771052B2 Universal coupler assembly and wiper assembly incorporating the same
A universal coupler assembly for a wiper assembly includes a carrier adapted to be mounted to the wiper assembly and a saddle that is removably received and retained by the carrier. The saddle is slideably mounted in a side of the carrier and includes a locking mechanism to provide releasable engagement with the carrier. The carrier and saddle cooperate to accommodate various sizes of “pinch-type” wiper arm attachment members, “push-button-type” attachment members, as well as “side-pin-type” and “pin-and-bent-tab-type” attachment members that are used to connect the wiper arm and the wiper assembly.
US09771050B1 Airbag inflation tunnels and related systems and methods
Airbag cushion assemblies comprising an airbag inflation tunnel positioned within an airbag cushion. Some embodiments may comprise an airbag cushion comprising an inflator opening and an airbag inflation tunnel coupled to the airbag cushion. The inflation tunnel may be configured to direct inflation gas from an inflator positioned within the inflator opening down the airbag inflation tunnel upon deployment of the inflator. A plurality of directional vent openings may be positioned within the airbag inflation tunnel that may be configured to direct the inflation gas laterally relative to the inflator. The inflation tunnel may further be configured such that the inflation gas contacts a terminal end of the inflation tunnel prior to exiting the plurality of directional vent openings.
US09771048B2 Airbag apparatus for panorama roof
An airbag apparatus for a panorama roof includes: an inflator generating gas; a gas guide connected to the inflator so as to receive the gas discharged from the inflator; a tether guide arranged along the longitudinal direction of the panorama roof; an airbag having one side connected to the gas guide so as to receive the gas discharged from the gas guide, arranged at the gas guide in a state where the airbag is folded, and connected to the tether guide so as to shield the panorama roof while being unfolded along the tether guide; a moving member connected to the other side of the airbag, and moved along the tether guide; and a driving unit connected to the moving member, and moving the moving member to fold or unfold the airbag.
US09771047B2 Frontal airbag systems for oblique crash protection
An inflatable airbag system can be configured to be mounted to a frontal region of a vehicle. The inflatable airbag system includes an airbag and a positioning member, and is configured to deploy in various configurations in response to frontal and oblique collision events and based on an impact angle and a rotational angle of the steering wheel.
US09771046B2 Curtain airbag apparatus
Provided is a curtain airbag apparatus capable of preventing a head of an occupant from being moved forward at the time of an oblique collision of the vehicle. To this end, a curtain airbag apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an auxiliary airbag which is coupled to the curtain airbag, is inflated when gas flows into the auxiliary airbag, and protrudes into the interior of a vehicle; and a support panel which is coupled to the curtain airbag and the auxiliary airbag, and supports the protruding auxiliary airbag.
US09771042B2 Occupant classification system
A system for classifying an occupant located on a seating surface of a vehicle seat. The system includes a movable element and an electrode located in the vehicle seat. A sensing circuit is provided to supply a signal to the conductor. The sensing circuit also includes measurement electronics configured to measure the signal to the conductor and the vibration of the moveable element. A controller is configured to discriminate between different types of objects located on the seating surface based on changes in the signal being supplied to the conductor and the vibration of the moveable element.
US09771041B2 Frame extension for vehicle and method
An extension for a vehicle having a frame rail and a cross member with a top flange and a bottom flange, with the cross member connected to the frame rail. The extension includes a top bracket having a vertical portion and a top horizontal member, where the top bracket vertical portion has a leading end portion and a trailing end portion. The trailing end portion is adapted to be attached to the frame rail and the top horizontal member is adapted to engage the cross member top flange. An outer plate is attached to the leading end portion of the vertical portion of the top bracket and has a middle horizontal member. A spacer block is positioned between and attached to the top and middle horizontal members. A bottom bracket has a vertical portion and a bottom horizontal member. The bottom bracket vertical portion is attached to the outer plate and the bottom horizontal member is adapted to be attached to the bottom flange of the cross member.
US09771038B2 Notification device
A notification device includes an identification information acquisition section that acquires identification information output from an in-vehicle device in response to a change of a vehicle condition, a sound source data acquisition section capable of performing an acquisition operation of acquiring sound source data from an outside, a storage section capable of storing the sound source data for notification acquired by the sound source acquisition section and association data in which the identification information and the sound source data for notification are associated with each other, and a control section that outputs the sound source data for notification on the basis of the association data when the identification information acquisition section acquires the identification information. The sound source data acquisition section and the storage section are provided in a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal is provided with an association data edit section capable of editing the association data.
US09771037B2 Work machine, in particular dump truck or truck
The present disclosure relates to a work machine, in particular in the form of a dump truck or of a truck, having a diesel electric traction drive, comprising at least one internal combustion engine, at least one alternator, at least one set of power electronics as well as at least one electric motor, wherein the power electronics are arranged at least partially in the region of a driven driving axle of the work machine.
US09771035B2 Harness system
Harness systems for a mining vehicle are disclosed. One system includes a first harness having a first plurality of wires coupled together and a first length. The system further comprises a second harness having a second plurality of wires coupled together and a second length, wherein at least one of the first plurality of wires is conductively coupled to at least one of the second plurality of wires. The second length spans a distance no greater than the first length. The second harness may be placed in a high risk area, which may be selected based upon at least one of one or more characteristics of the mining vehicle or a location of the high risk area within the mining vehicle.
US09771033B2 Method for rinsing/flushing a toilet of a vehicle and toilet
The inventive embodiments concern a method for flushing a toilet for vehicles, especially for motor homes, buses, recreational vehicles, or watercraft, with a toilet bowl, a control unit for actuating a flushing with a control program, and with a conduit piece for drainage of the waste water from the toilet bowl into a waste-holding tank and a toilet system for implementing the method and a vehicle with the toilet system according to the inventive embodiments.
US09771028B2 Load carrying assembly
A load carrying assembly for use with a pick-up truck having a load carrying bed, includes a first load bearing structure and a second load bearing structure which are both mounted to the truck above the bed. The structure includes a cross member and a pair of spaced apart upright support members. The structure includes a cross member and a pair of spaced apart upright support members. The assembly further includes an interlocking system comprising connecting formations in the form of bolt holes defined through the members and nuts and bolts for releasably bolting the structures to one another in an arrangement wherein certain members abut one another, thereby to form a unitary combined load bearing structure to provide for enhanced stable support of the load by the structure.
US09771025B1 Stowable stair carrier with lift assist mechanism
A system includes a structure having a wall, a doorway and a door that is repositionable between a first position wherein the door is clear of the doorway and a second position wherein the door occludes the doorway. The system also includes a stair carrier attached to the structure. A stair may be connected to the stair carrier. The stair carrier is repositionable between a first position wherein the entirety of the stair carrier is disposed on a first side of the wall and a second position wherein a portion of the stair carrier extends through the doorway to a second side of the wall. The door is fully operable between the first position and the second position both when the stair carrier is in the first position and in the second position.
US09771021B1 Pedestrian marking systems
Pedestrian marking systems, vehicles containing the same, and methods of providing pedestrian marking lighting are disclosed. A system includes a light emitting module having light emitting diodes, a sensor module, and a master controller. The master controller is includes a storage medium with instructions that direct the master controller to receive data from the sensor module, where the data provides an indication of a pedestrian located in the vicinity of the vehicle, determine location coordinates of the pedestrian, determine a direction of light based on the location coordinates such that the light is aimed at the pedestrian, direct the light emitting module to selectively activate the light emitting diodes such that the light emitting diodes produce a collective beam that corresponds to the first direction, determine that the vehicle is turning in a direction towards the pedestrian, and provide a notification to the pedestrian that the vehicle is turning.
US09771019B2 Photoluminescent vehicle illumination
An illumination apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The illumination apparatus comprises at least one light source disposed in a portion of a side mirror assembly of the vehicle. The light source is configured to emit an excitation emission at a first wavelength substantially along a side portion of the vehicle. The illumination apparatus further comprises a photoluminescent portion disposed on a surface of the vehicle. The excitation emission is configured to excite the photoluminescent portion to emit an output emission corresponding to a different color of light than the first excitation emission.
US09771018B2 System and method for identification of transport vehicles and drivers
The transport authentication system and method includes an electronic vehicle identification device configured to connect to a vehicle that is registered for on-call or scheduled transportation use with a service provider organization (“SPO”) to obtain vehicle identification information from the vehicle, such as by being connected to the OBD port of the vehicle. The obtained vehicle identification information is transmitted to a SPO for comparison with identification authentication information retained by the SPO. A notice may then be transmitted to a potential passenger or package owner to notify the individual that the vehicle is an authentic, authorized vehicle for transport service. Driver identification information may additionally be obtained for comparison to driver identification authentication information retained by the SPO. Notification may thus also be transmitted to the potential passenger or package owner that the driver is the authorized, registered driver.
US09771012B2 Roll off trailer having a stepped out front end or neck
A roll off trailer having a stepped out neck is provided. The trailer frame may be formed largely of an aluminum alloy or other metal.
US09771011B2 Vehicle trim panel having beverage retainer
A vehicle trim panel assembly is provided having a beverage retainer formed in a storage compartment on the door of an automotive vehicle. The trim panel assembly includes a storage receptacle and a trim panel arranged to define at least a portion of the storage receptacle. The trim panel includes a base portion connected to a beverage retainer portion via a living hinge. The beverage retainer portion is pivoted about the living hinge into position within the storage receptacle.
US09771007B2 Multi-position rear-facing child seat
A multi-position child safety seat having a base and a separable seat shell supported by the base wherein the base comprises a movable block that alters the angle of the seat shell dependent upon the position of the block and provides for at least two usable positions of the seat shell. The seat shell includes a latching mechanism for securing the seat shell to the base which is operable in any of the at least two positions. The movable block is hingedly connected to the base and preferably movable between two generally opposing positions corresponding to two pre-determined seat shell positions and may include restraint provisions to preclude unintentional movement of the block.
US09771005B2 Raising mechanism and child safety seat therewith
A raising mechanism is adapted for a child safety seat. The child safety seat includes a base and a backrest disposed on the base. The raising mechanism includes a front raising block, a rear raising block, and a driving member. A front end of the front raising block is connected to the base. A rear raising block is connected to the front raising block. The front raising block and the rear raising block form a seating portion cooperatively. The driving member is movably disposed on the base or the backrest. The driving member drives the front raising block and the rear raising block to raise the seating portion. Therefore, the raising mechanism improves sitting comfort and safety and has advantages of simple structure, low manufacturing cost, and easy operation.
US09771003B2 Apparatus for customizing a vehicle seat for an occupant
An apparatus for customizing a vehicle seat includes a seat having a cushion and a back coupled thereto and a plurality of force sensors in respective locations along the cushion and the back. The apparatus further includes electronic circuitry coupled with the plurality of sensors and programmed to associate forces sensed by ones of the plurality of force sensors with the respective locations thereof and to output the sensed forces and associated areas.
US09771000B2 Short block linear synchronous motors and switching mechanisms
The invention provides in some aspects a transport system comprising a guideway with a plurality of propulsion coils disposed along a region in which one or more vehicles are to be propelled. One or more vehicles are disposed on the guideway, each including a magnetic flux source. The guideway has one or more running surfaces that support the vehicles and along which they roll or slide. Each vehicle can have a septum portion of narrowed cross-section that is coupled to one or more body portions of the vehicle. The guideway includes a diverge region that has a flipper and an extension of the running surface at a vertex of the diverge. The flipper initiates switching of vehicle direction at a diverge by exerting a laterally directed force thereon. The extension continues switching of vehicle direction at the diverge by contacting the septum. Still other aspects of the invention provide a transport system, e.g., as described above, that includes a merge region with a flipper and a broadened region of the running surface. The flipper applies a lateral force to the vehicle to alter an angle thereof as the vehicle enters the merge region, and the broadened region continues the merge by contacting the septum of the vehicle, thereby, providing further guidance or channeling for the merge. The flipper, which can be equipped for full or partial deployment, is partially deployed in order to effect alteration of the vehicle angle as the vehicle enters the merge.
US09770999B2 Control method of cooling water pump of fuel cell vehicle
A control method of a cooling water pump of fuel cell vehicle is provided. The method includes comparing a derived temperature value, including a cooling water temperature of a fuel cell or an estimated temperature of a stack of the fuel cell, with predetermined temperature criteria and comparing a required output value of the stack of the fuel cell with predetermined output criteria. The cooling water pump is then operated in a normal mode when the derived temperature value is greater than the temperature criteria or when the required output value is greater than the output criteria. Additionally, the cooling water pump is operated in a stop mode when the derived temperature value is less than the temperature criteria and, simultaneously, when the required output value is less than the output criteria.
US09770994B2 Multiple EVSE installation with power sharing system for Evse pairs sharing a circuit breaker
A multiple EVSE installation employs a power sharing system for EVSE pairs which share a common circuit breaker. When only one EVSE is connected to an electric vehicle for charging, the connected EVSE is allowed to charge at full capacity. When a second EV connects to the second EVSE of the pair, while the first EVSE is charging, a controller senses the latter event and issues commands to both EVSE units to limit their current so that the rated circuit breaker capacity is not exceeded. The controller continuously monitors the charging of each of the EVSE units and sends commands to adjust the supply of current to each EVSE accordingly.
US09770988B2 Clustered instrument panel in a transportation apparatus
A clustered instrument panel on a display of a dashboard in a transportation apparatus is disclosed. The clustered instrument panel may be used to combine multiple individual instrument panels, such as the odometer, tachometer, temperature meter, battery meter, navigation screen and any other instrument panels that are traditionally presented separate and independent from other instrument panels. The individual instrument panels may be layered on top of each other to form the clustered instrument panel, with gradual increase in size from the first instrument panel to the nth instrument panel. Information associated with a given instrument panel in the clustered instrument panel may be presented in the gap area between the given instrument panel and the neighbor instrument panel in the clustered instrument panel. In one embodiment, the clustered instrument panel is a triple-circle meter.
US09770985B2 System for guiding economic driving, vehicle applied to the same, and method thereof
A system for guiding economic driving may include a vehicle generating driving information in accordance with driving. A vehicle management server is configured to receive and store vehicle information and driver information of the vehicle from the vehicle. A vehicle terminal configured to store the vehicle information and transmit the driving information. A business management server is configured to generate economic driving evaluation information according to a preset economic driving algorithm using the driving information.
US09770981B2 System and method for unified torque transmission and rotary sealing
A torque transmission and sealing assembly includes a ring gear having a first axial end, a second axial end opposite the first axial end, an inner surface including a plurality of teeth and an axial-facing surface at the first axial end, a barrel portion joined to the second axial end of the ring gear, and a plurality of annular, axial extending fingers integrally formed with the ring gear and extending from the axial-facing surface.
US09770980B2 System and methods for determining fuel fill level and diagnosing fill level indicator
A method, comprising indicating an amount of a residual fuel in a fuel tank based on an initial rate of change of a fuel tank pressure during a refueling event. The initial rate of change of fuel tank pressure is proportionate to the amount of vapor dome space within the fuel tank, and thus proportionate to the amount of residual fuel left in the fuel tank. In this way, the fuel tank fill level may be accurately quantified, even during cases where the fill level indicator experiences degradation.
US09770979B2 Object positioning method
A fuel tank having one or more support domes configured to engage with, and assist in positioning, a fuel tank insert.
US09770978B2 Tank and filler tube device with protective arrangement
A tank defines an inner cavity and at least an opening. A filler tube device comprises a tube passing through the opening in the tank, the tube forming a joint with at least one degree of freedom with the tank such that the tube is displaceable relative to the tank. The tube has an open end in the inner cavity of the tank, and an opposite open end outside of the tank, whereby the tube defines a passage for filling the tank. A sealing component is in the inner cavity of the tank, the sealing component configured for collaborating with the open end of the tube when the tube is moved into engagement therewith to close the open end of the tube inside the tank in a protective position.
US09770977B2 Fuel tank cap with charcoal canister
The fuel tank cap with a charcoal canister includes a fuel tank inner cap and a fuel tank outer cap. A filling room with an upper opening is disposed in the center of the fuel tank inner cap. The fuel tank outer cap is disposed above the fuel tank inner cap. The fuel-absorption substrate is filled in the filling room, and a containing room is disposed at the bottom of the filling room. The fuel vapor can be absorbed by the filled charcoal completely, and the little liquid fuel entering from the fuel tank can be stored by the containing room and recycled back to the fuel tank when the gasoline engine stops. The filtering performance of charcoal powder can be enhanced since it is exempted from long-time fuel soaking.
US09770976B1 Filler pipe bracket assembly of pickup truck
A filler pipe bracket of an aluminum pickup truck includes a two-tiered body, a first side member, and a second side member. The two-tiered body includes a first layer defining a first pipe aperture and a second layer defining a second pipe aperture. The first side member extends from the first layer and includes a first mount flange oriented for securing to a portion of an inner pickup box frame. The second side member extends from the second layer and includes a second mount flange for fastening to another portion of the inner pickup box frame. The first pipe aperture may be sized to receive a diesel fuel pipe and the second pipe aperture may be sized to receive a diesel exhaust fluid pipe.
US09770975B2 Multi-stage fresh air inlet system
A fresh air inlet system includes an inlet panel defining first windows and second windows, offset from the first windows. An inlet baffle is below the inlet panel and an outlet baffle is opposite the inlet panel from the inlet baffle. The outlet baffle at least partially defines an outlet plenum providing air-flow communication to an induction duct. A longitudinal flow section is defined between the inlet baffle and the inlet panel. A first vertical flow section is defined by the first windows and a second vertical flow section is defined by the second windows. The first vertical flow section is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal flow section and the second vertical flow section is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal flow section. Therefore, intake air flows successively from the longitudinal flow section to the first vertical flow section, to the second vertical flow section, and to the induction duct.
US09770973B1 Engine compartment assembly and a vehicle
An engine compartment assembly and a vehicle include an engine compartment. The engine compartment assembly and the vehicle also include an inlet configured to allow a flow of air into the engine compartment and an outlet configured to allow at least some of the flow of air out of the engine compartment. The engine compartment assembly and the vehicle further include a wall disposed closer to the outlet than the inlet. Generally, the wall extends in a manner to create an air dam which enhances the flow of air through at least part of the engine compartment. In certain embodiments, the wall extends outwardly from the belly pan away from the engine compartment to create a pressure reduction at the outlet which in turn enhances the flow of air through at least part of the engine compartment.
US09770965B2 Sliding visor
A sliding sun visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The sun visor includes a first and second visor body shell. At least one of the shells having a retaining channel for engaging and retaining a floating carrier on a visor pivot rod. It is also contemplated that the sun visor may have a snap in vanity system and rotating pin on a D-ring associated therewith. The visor body also may include a wire routing option to route a wire from the electrical system of a vehicle to a light bulb in a vanity.
US09770962B2 Vehicle passenger reminder system
A vehicle passenger reminder system for notifying a user that a passenger has been left unattended in a vehicle. The vehicle passenger reminder system includes a driver weight sensor to be positioned on the driver's seat to determine if the driver is seated in the vehicle. The system further includes a child weight sensor for a child seat to determine if a child is seated in a vehicle. When the driver exits the vehicle, a control unit of the present invention determines if the child is still seated in the vehicle, and an alarm system is activated to notify the user. Further, a cooling mechanism is provided that includes a fan for cooling the child if a temperature sensor detects that the temperature within the vehicle has risen to a predetermined temperature.
US09770960B2 Suspension isolation assemblies as well as suspension systems including same
A suspension actuation assembly can include first and second support assemblies that are displaceable relative to one another in a first direction of travel. A cable-tensioning assembly can be operatively disposed between the supporting and supported structures. A torsional spring and isolator assembly can be operatively secured to the supported structure. An elongated cable can be operatively connected between the cable-tensioning assembly and the torsional spring and isolator assembly such that associated loads acting on the supported structure displace the cable-tensioning assembly and thereby tension the elongated cable against the torsional spring and isolator assembly to support the load acting on the supported structure while isolating. A suspension system including such a suspension actuation assembly is also included.
US09770957B2 Suspension coil spring and strut type suspension
A suspension coil spring that is to be installed between an upper side pedestal and a lower side pedestal of a strut type suspension for a vehicle includes a coil spring main body such that, in an installation state, an upper coil end is disposed on the upper side pedestal and a lower coil end is disposed on the lower side pedestal, the upper side pedestal and the upper coil end contact at two upper contact points, and the lower side pedestal and the lower coil end contact at one lower contact point. The two upper contact points are separated in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle. The one lower contact point is disposed at a position that is in a direction toward outside the vehicle from a plane that passes through the two upper contact points and that is parallel to a coil central axis.
US09770954B1 Self-aligning wheeled trailer connecting mechanism
A trailer to vehicle laterally stable hitching mechanism wherein an attaching plate of the trailer vertically and laterally self-aligns into a receiving plate of the vehicle establishing the trailer as an operational extension of the vehicle.
US09770947B1 Axle-shaft system with two-stage stiffness and side-to-side stiffness bias
An axle-shaft system for transmitting torque in a motor vehicle drive-train includes first and second two-stage stiffness axle-shafts. Each axle-shaft includes a hollow cylinder having first and second ends and a hollow cylinder stiffness. The axle-shaft also includes an inner shaft extending through the hollow cylinder, and having first and second ends and an inner shaft stiffness. The inner shaft's and the hollow cylinder's first ends are engaged via a rotational clearance fit. The inner shaft's and the hollow cylinder's second ends are rotationally fixed to permit the inner shaft's first end to twist relative to the inner shaft's second end. The inner shaft's stiffness defines the axle-shaft's first-stage stiffness, while the inner shaft's and the hollow cylinder's combined stiffness defines the axle-shaft's second-stage stiffness. At least one of the first-stage and second-stage stiffness of the first axle-shaft is dissimilar from the respective stiffness of the second axle-shaft.
US09770945B2 Cart caster capable of converting into fixed or swivel type according to travel direction
The present invention relates to a cart caster that is installed on each of the edges of a bottom surface of a manned and unmanned cart to carry a product through a rolling motion, and more particularly, to a cart caster that is automatically converted into a fixed or rotating caster according to a forward/backward traveling direction of a cart to ensure safe travel and thereby easily carry a product and improve work conditions. According to the present invention, since the cart caster is automatically converted into a fixed or rotating caster by an operation of a swiveling conversion unit including an auxiliary wheel that is closely contacted to a wheel according to the forward/backward movement of the cart so as to rotate in only one direction and a fixing pin inserted into a coupling hole of a fixing plate, safe travel may be ensured in order to easily carry a product and improve work conditions.
US09770941B2 Wheel cover assembly
The present disclosure relates to a wheel cover assembly for a wheel assembly of a vehicle. The wheel cover assembly can include a bracket configured to be mounted onto the wheel assembly, an outer ring configured to be coupled with the bracket, and an inner cover removably couplable with the outer ring. The inner cover can comprise at least one attachment mechanism having a spring element, a catch and a handle, where the spring element can bias the catch to engage with the bracket or the outer ring to removably secure the inner cover to the outer ring.
US09770937B2 Method for manufacturing panels having a decorative surface
Method for manufacturing panels having a decorative surface, wherein the panels at least comprise a substrate and a top layer, wherein the top layer comprises a paper layer having a printed pattern, and wherein the method at least comprises the step of providing the paper layer with thermosetting resin and the step of providing the resin provided paper layer with at least a portion of the printed pattern, wherein for providing the portion of the printed pattern use is made of pigment containing inks deposited on the paper layer by means of a digital inkjet printer, and wherein the dry weight of the total volume of the pigment containing inks deposited on the paper layer is lower than 9 grams per square meter, wherein for the pigment containing ink use is made of a water-based ink.
US09770927B2 Container assembly
Examples of a container assembly are disclosed herein. An example of the container assembly includes a regulated tank to supply printing composition and a free tank to supply reserve printing composition to the regulated tank. The container assembly also includes a regulator assembly to control flow of the reserve printing composition from the free tank to the regulated tank and an inflation assembly to prime the regulated tank to supply the printing composition. The container assembly additionally includes a labyrinth to fluidically isolate the flow of ambient air into and out of the regulator assembly from the flow of a supply of air into the inflation assembly.
US09770926B2 Compensating swath height error
Example implementations relate to swath height error compensation. Some examples may determine a density of an image to be printed in an overlap area of a printing material. The overlap area may include target pixels capable of being printed by a first set of drop ejection elements and a second set of drop ejection elements that are redundant to the first set of drop ejection elements. Some implementations may also determine a mask to apply to the first and second set of drop ejection elements based on the determined density, and the mask may designate at least one additional drop to apply to at least one target pixel in the overlap area by at least one of the first and second set of drop ejection elements. Some implementations may also apply the mask to the first set of drop ejection elements and the second set of drop ejection elements.
US09770922B2 Printing system and method
A printing technique is presented for efficiently printing (i.e. with production lines rates at high resolution and high accuracy) on outer surfaces of a plurality of objects passing in an optimized stream through a printing route/zone. According to this technique, at least one array of printing head units is provided being configured to define at least one printing route along a printing axis, where the at least one printing route is a substantially linear segment of a closed loop lane along which the objects are progressing.
US09770921B2 High-frequency dielectric heating device and image forming apparatus
A high-frequency dielectric heating device includes: a high-frequency generating unit to generate a high-frequency electric field; multiple power amplifiers configured to amplify the high-frequency electric field; multiple electrode sections to apply the amplified high-frequency electric field to each of divided areas on a heated material; multiple matching units to detect an incident wave and a reflected wave between the power amplifiers and the electrode sections, respectively, and conduct impedance matching; multiple voltage detecting units to detect a voltage of each of the electrode sections; and a controller to control at least any of the high-frequency generating unit and the power amplifiers in accordance with a voltage, detected by the voltage detecting units, and control a setting for the matching unit such that a reflected wave, detected by the matching unit, is zero in accordance with an incident wave and a reflected wave that are detected by the matching unit.
US09770920B2 Method and apparatus for print control
A test chart having printed regions is output at respective ink densities. An indication of a selected ink density is received. One or more resources of a printing device are determined according to the selected ink density to control one or more ink limits and a color separation of the printing device.
US09770916B2 Liquid consumption apparatus
A printer to which an ink tank that contains an ink is fixed and that is configured such that a user can refill the ink tank with the ink includes: a consumption amount calculation unit that calculates a consumption amount of the ink; a storage unit that stores a count value that is updated based on the consumption amount of the ink calculated by the consumption amount calculation unit; a sensor that detect whether or not the ink is present at a predetermined position in the ink tank; and a control unit that executes ink presence/absence detection with the sensor. The ink presence/absence detection is for determining whether or not the ink is present. The control unit resets the count value to an initial value thereof if the control unit executes the ink presence/absence detection and determines that the ink is present.
US09770907B2 MEMS device, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus
A MEMS device includes a drive region having a stacked structural body in which a first electrode layer, a first dielectric layer, and a second electrode layer are stacked in that order. The stacked structural body extends from the drive region to a non-drive region that is outer than the drive region and, in an extending direction of the stacked structural body, the first electrode layer and the first dielectric layer extend farther outward than the second electrode layer. A second dielectric layer covering an end of the second electrode layer in the extending direction is stacked on the second electrode layer in the non-drive region and the first dielectric layer that is formed outer in the extending direction than the second electrode layer. A third electrode layer electrically connected to the second electrode layer is stacked on the second dielectric layer and on the second electrode layer in a region outside the second dielectric layer. In the extending direction, the end of the second electrode layer is formed more to a drive region side than a second dielectric layer-side end of the third electrode layer.
US09770905B2 Liquid ejecting apparatus and control method and program of liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a wiring substrate; and a liquid ejecting head, in which the liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of electrodes, an ejecting unit, and a non-ejecting unit, the wiring substrate is connected to the plurality of electrodes, the ejecting unit includes a driven element which is displaced due to a signal waveform applied to an electrode which is provided so as to correspond to at least one of the plurality of electrodes, a pressure chamber, and nozzles, the non-ejecting unit is provided so as to correspond to at least another electrode among the plurality of electrodes, and does not include at least one of the nozzle, the driven element, and the pressure chamber, and the signal waveform which is applied to an electrode which corresponds to the non-ejecting unit is designated by a dummy signal in the printing data.
US09770903B2 Liquid discharge component and liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge component includes discharge units arrayed to form columns each extending in a first direction and rows each extending in a second direction. Each discharge unit includes an element configured to apply energy to a liquid, and a driving circuit configured to drive the element. The component includes a logic circuit configured to control the driving circuit. The number of the columns is smaller than the number of the plurality of rows. The logic circuit includes shift registers configured to transfer, in the second direction, data to be supplied to the driving circuits. The shift register is configured to supply data to the discharge units of at least one row; the shift register includes flip-flops arranged in the second direction.
US09770902B2 Head drive IC and liquid discharge apparatus
A head drive IC includes: a first waveform input part to which a first waveform signal being used for generation of drive signals is inputted; a second waveform input part to which a second waveform signal different from the first waveform signal and being used for generation of the drive signals is inputted; a switching signal input part to which a switching signal is inputted; and an input switching circuit which performs switching between a state in which both of the input of the first waveform signal and the input of the second waveform signal are allowed, and a state in which the input of the first waveform signal is allowed and the input of the second waveform signal is blocked.
US09770901B2 Constant current mode firing circuit for thermal inkjet-printing nozzle
A firing circuit for a thermal inkjet-printing nozzle includes a heater resistor and a switch. The heater resistor heats ink to cause the ink to be ejected from the nozzle. The heater resistor has a first end and a second end, the second end connected to a ground. The switch controls activation of the heater resistor. The switch has a first end connected to a voltage source and a second end connected to the first end of the heater resistor. The switch operates in a constant current mode, such that an at least substantially constant current flows through the heater resistor upon activation.
US09770897B2 Transportation apparatus, printing apparatus, and transportation amount acquisition method
A transportation apparatus includes a transportation section that transports continuous paper in a transportation direction intersecting with a shaft direction of a transportation roller. An imaging section includes plural photoreceptor elements and captures an image of the continuous paper transported by the transportation section. The photoreceptor elements are arranged in a first direction and a second direction, the first direction intersecting with the shaft direction, and the second direction intersecting with the first direction. A transportation amount acquisition section acquires a transportation amount of the continuous paper in the transportation direction on the basis of the image captured by the imaging section. The transportation amount acquisition section acquires the transportation amount of the continuous paper by correcting a movement amount of the continuous paper in the first direction with a correction value that changes in accordance with orientation of the first direction.
US09770896B2 Numbering device for typographic numbering
There is described a numbering device (1) for carrying out numbering in sheet-fed or web-fed numbering presses, the numbering device (1) comprising a numbering unit (6) with rotatable numbering wheels (7) carrying alpha-numerical symbols thereon, which numbering wheels (7) are disposed next to each other and rotate about a common rotation axis (17), the numbering device (1) further comprising electro-mechanical actuation means for setting the position of the numbering wheels (7). The electro-mechanical actuation means are entirely located within the numbering device (1) and are mechanically autonomous, the electro-mechanical actuation means comprising a plurality of independent driving means (15, 18-23; 23*) for actuating a corresponding plurality of the numbering wheels.
US09770894B2 Peeling apparatus and stack manufacturing apparatus
The yield of a peeling process is improved. A peeling apparatus includes a structure body with a convex surface and a stage with a supporting surface which faces the convex surface. The structure body can hold a first member of a process member between the convex surface and the supporting surface. The stage can hold a second member of the process member. The radius of curvature of the convex surface is less than the radius of curvature of the supporting surface. The linear velocity of the convex surface is greater than or equal to the speed of a rotation center of the structure body passing the stage. The first member is wound along the convex surface to be separated from the second member.
US09770893B2 Method for maintaining a fastener in a folded configuration
A method for folding a fastener during a high speed manufacturing process and maintaining the fastener in a folded configuration throughout the high speed manufacturing process. The method includes obtaining an article that has a foldable fastener and moving the article in the machine direction during the high speed manufacturing process. The foldable fastener has first and second opposing surfaces, a web and at least one engaging member joined to the web. The method includes applying a frangible bonding agent to a first portion of the first surface of the fastening system; folding the fastening system such that the frangible bonding agent contacts a second portion of the first surface of the fastening system; and allowing the frangible bonding agent to cool at a temperature of less than 60° C.
US09770890B2 Apparatus and method for manufacturing thin film, electro-chemical device and method for manufacturing electro-chemical device
A thin film production apparatus which includes: a substrate feeding mechanism configured to continuously feed a substrate; a substrate receiving mechanism configured to receive the substrate; a substrate conveying mechanism; a film formation roller; a first film formation source configured to form a first thin film on a film formation surface of the substrate traveling on an upstream side of the film formation roller in a substrate conveyance direction along the substrate conveying mechanism; and a second film formation source configured to form a second thin film on a roller circumferential surface of the film formation roller. The film formation roller is placed so that the second thin film is joined to the first thin film. The second thin film is formed to a greater thickness and/or at a higher deposition rate than the first thin film.
US09770886B2 Electrically conductive adhesives comprising silver-coated particles
The present invention relates to adhesives that are suitable for use as electrically conductive materials in the fabrication of electronic devices, integrated circuits, semiconductor devices, passive components, solar cells, solar modules, and/or light emitting diodes. The adhesive of the present invention comprises one or more epoxy resins, silver-coated particles having a silver content of 2 to 30 wt.-%, based on the total amount of the silver-coated particles, and one or more amine-epoxy adducts, comprising one or more functional groups, each derived from an alkyl-substituted nitrogen-containing heterocycle.
US09770884B2 Metal-resin composite and method for producing the same
A metal-resin composite and method for producing the same are provided. The method comprises: A) forming nanopores in at least a part of a surface of a metal sheet; and B) injection molding a thermoplastic resin directly on the surface of the metal sheet. The thermoplastic resin includes a main resin and a polyolefin resin. The main resin includes a mixture of polyphenylene ether and polyphenylene sulfide. And the polyolefin resin has a melting point of about 65° C. to about 105° C.
US09770882B2 Honeycomb structure element
A honeycomb structure element including an at least partially closed honeycomb structure, which is formed by joining at least two structured layers having honeycomb cells that are open on one side. A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure element including forming an at least partially closed honeycomb structure by joining at least two structured layers having honeycomb cells that are open on one side.
US09770875B2 Apparatus and method for forming serration pattern
An apparatus for forming a serration pattern on a light guide plate having a top surface emitting a light, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and at least one side surface, arranged between the top surface and the bottom surface, as an incident surface. The apparatus includes a base plate supporting the bottom surface of the light guide plate; a fixing plate facing the top surface of the light guide plate with a predetermined interval; and a serration core transferring the serration pattern onto the at least one side surface of the light guide plate by a thermal pressing process causing a thickness deformation of the light guide plate. Further, the fixing plate induces a changed thickness of the light guide plate to be uniform by limiting a thickness change amount of the light guide plate to the predetermined interval.
US09770873B2 System and method for optimizing composite laminate structures
A system and method for creating an optimized composite laminate structure containing a plurality of plies. The system has a processor and a memory, including an application interface. The application interface, when executed by the processor, is configured to operably: receive an input file having one or more of a maximum number of plies, design variables, material properties, and design constraints; determine an initial layup sequence defining parameters of a fiber orientation angle for each ply, and a total percentage of plies at a given fiber orientation angle; iteratively adjust the parameters, until an optimum set of parameters is obtained that achieves one or more predetermined margins of safety, and that achieves optimization of the composite laminate structure; and generate an output file for creating a layup, according to the parameters. The system further has a layup system for creating the optimized composite laminate structure.
US09770870B2 Method and apparatus for manufacturing structure
A manufacturing method of a structure includes, in this order: providing a layer constituted by a support member and a modeling layer by bringing a regulating surface of a regulating member into contact with the modeling layer provided on a surface of an intermediate transfer member, pouring a material for the support member which becomes the support member to fill the periphery of the modeling layer while the regulating surface abutting the modeling layer, and solidifying the material for the support member; removing the regulating member from the layer constituted by the support member and the modeling layer.
US09770866B2 Multi-dimensional component build system and process
An example multi-dimensional component building system includes a first chamber having at least one base disposed therein, a second chamber adjacent to and in fluid communication with the first chamber through a first door, and a third chamber adjacent to and in fluid communication with the second chamber through a second door. The second chamber is fluidly sealed from the first chamber if the first door is in a closed position. The second chamber is configured to receive the at least one base via a first transfer mechanism if the fluid parameters of the first chamber are approximately equal to the fluid parameters of the second chamber. The second chamber includes a directed heat source and a build-up material configured to form a component on the at least one base by melting or sintering. The third chamber is fluidly sealed from the second chamber if the first door is in a closed position. The third chamber is configured to receive the at least one base, having a formed component disposed thereon, via a second transfer mechanism if the second door is in an open position. The fluid parameters of the second chamber are not substantially affected by fluid communication with the first chamber or the third chamber.
US09770865B2 Apparatus and method for forming three-dimensional pattern using electrojetting
An apparatus and method for forming a three-dimensional (3D) pattern using electrojetting, the apparatus including: a syringe tip having one end from which a polymer jet is discharged; a substrate that is disposed in a direction in which the polymer jet is discharged, and that forms an electric field between the substrate and the syringe tip; and a movement unit that moves the syringe tip or the substrate, wherein the polymer jet discharged from the syringe tip is moved relative to an upper side of the substrate and is stacked on the substrate.
US09770859B2 Apparatus for producing laminated fabric ply strips
A cross-head die assembly for use with an extruder is described. The cross-head die assembly includes: an inlet section having an inlet for communicating flow from the extruder to one or more flow channels formed in a support block; and an outlet, a removably mounted die located at the outlet and in fluid communication with the one or more flow channels; said support block further comprising an interior slot extending from a first side of the support block to an outlet passageway; a removable cassette positioned in the interior slot, wherein the front end of the removable cassette is positioned to seal the outlet passageway of the slot so that the slot is isolated from the flow.
US09770857B2 Injection molding system
An injection molding system including a robot includes an injection molding device, and the robot is fixed in a machine housing of the injection molding device, and motion range of the robot includes interior region of the machine housing.
US09770854B2 Deep drawn microcellularly foamed polymeric containers made via solid-state gas impregnation thermoforming
The present invention is directed to a deep draw microcellularly foamed polymeric container comprising a polymeric sidewall integrally connected to a polymeric base along a bottom edge. The polymeric sidewall and base are contiguous with each other and define a shape of an open top container. The polymeric sidewall and base have a contiguous inner microcellular foam structure (having average cell diameters ranging from about 5 to about 100 microns) surrounded by a smooth outer skin layer integrally connected therewith. The polymeric sidewall defines a container height and a top opening, wherein the top opening defines a top opening width, and wherein the polymeric base defines a container base width, and wherein the area defined by the top opening is greater than the area defined by the polymeric base, and wherein the ratio of the container height (h) to the top opening width (w) is greater than about 1:1 (h:w).
US09770851B2 Materials handling system, striated patterned product, and process of forming a striated patterned product
Disclosed is a materials handling system, a patterned product, and process of fabricating a patterned product, such as non-pvc thermoplastic, through-color, flooring product includes a narrow, long-grained, striated color pattern. The process includes mixing colored particles into a mixed composition, receiving the mixed composition between calendering rolls wherein a front calendering roll which is hotter than a back calendering roll, and forming a product with an elongated pattern. The materials handling system includes a mixing portion disposed to mix colored particles into a mixed composition. The system also include a processing portion disposed to receive the mixed composition, the processing portion having a front calendering roll which is hotter than a back calendering roll.
US09770847B2 Method of manufacturing a separation fence and separation fence
In a method for fabricating a separation fence (1) to be used in a hydrometallurgical liquid-liquid solvent extraction settler, the fence is manufactured of polymer resin. The fence (1) is manufactured as a shell-like integral piece by rotational molding. The fence (1) is a rotationally molded shell-like integral piece.
US09770845B2 Post-consumer scrap film recycling system and process
A system and method for processing a supply of post-consumer scrap linear low density or low density polyethylene film into near-virgin quality blown film product. The method includes tearing the supply of film in a shredder, wherein the surface area of the film is exposed, including delaminating the film. The torn supply of film is washed in a water bath including a surfactant. The film is agitated in the bath containing the surfactant wherein contaminants on the film are removed from the film. The washed film is ground into smaller pieces and additional washing of the ground film in a rotating friction washer and a sink float tank occurs wherein additional contaminants are removed from the film. The ground film is then dried and compacted without addition of water into granulated objects of near-virgin quality blown film product.
US09770843B2 Apparatus and method for melting and dispensing thermoplastic material
An apparatus for melting and dispensing thermoplastic material is provided that includes an un-heated hopper having an inlet for receiving particles of a thermoplastic material and an outlet for discharging the particles and a heated manifold including at least one cavity formed therein and having an inlet and an outlet the inlet communicating with the outlet of the hopper for receipt of the particles from the hopper. The hopper is disposed external of the heated manifold. The heated manifold is effective for melting the particles into molten thermoplastic material therein. The apparatus further includes a pump having an inlet in fluid communication with the cavity. An outlet of the pump is in fluid communication with an inlet of a dispenser and an outlet of the dispenser is effective for dispensing the molten thermoplastic material therethrough.
US09770840B2 Washable stacker apparatus with self-tensioning feature for use with a food slicing machine
An improved food slice stacker that can be coupled to a meat slicer, to automatically stack the slices on food into stacks, wherein the stacker can be easily washed and sanitized to remove food particles therefrom. The stacker includes a frame with a pair of spaced apart parallel supports that support a transport mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a plurality endless transport chains, an integrally formed sprocket sleeve with sprocket portions that engage and drive the chains and an integrally formed pulley sleeve with a smooth surface an a plurality of pulley members that also engage the transport chains, wherein the sprocket and pulley sleeves are spaced apart from each other, and wherein the pulley sleeve engages the transport member. The pulley sleeve is integrally formed of a friction-free material so as to provide for smooth surfaces that substantially prevent retention of food particles thereon during washing.
US09770839B1 Tote box seal cutting station
A cutting station includes a plurality of actuator driven cutting blades for separating seals which have been formed as a mat of connected individual seals. The cutting station also includes a plurality of actuator driven pins which bear against and break away a runner portion of the mat thus freeing the individual seals.
US09770838B2 System for portioning foodstuff to user-specified shape
A system for cutting a three-dimensional portion from a foodstuff includes a conveyor for carrying a foodstuff to be portioned, a scanner located adjacent to the conveyor for scanning the foodstuff, a computer coupled to the scanner for receiving scan information to determine one or more cutting paths for the foodstuff, and a cutter for portioning the foodstuff according to the determined cutting path(s). The computer performs generally four steps: (i) receiving scan information from the scanner; (ii) building a three-dimensional map of the foodstuff based on the received scan information; (iii) fitting at least one desired shape, which is stored in the memory of the computer, onto the built three-dimensional map; and (iv) determining one or more cutting paths for portioning the foodstuff to produce one or more portioned foodstuffs corresponding to the at least one desired shape.
US09770836B2 Blade assembly having entrapped spring
A blade assembly for a hair cutting apparatus is provided having a first blade having teeth extending along a first blade edge, a second blade positioned proximate the first blade and having teeth extending along a second blade edge parallel to the first blade edge and offset from the first blade edge by a blade gap, a yoke adapted to convert motion of a drive mechanism into reciprocation of the second blade with respect to the first blade, a spring having a spring base and at least one spring arm coupled to one of the yoke and second blade, the spring arm reciprocating with the second blade with respect to the first blade, wherein the spring arm applies a biasing force on the second blade toward the first blade to maintain the first and second blades in an operational condition when separated from the hair cutting apparatus.
US09770831B2 Industrial robot
A cable drawn from a lower arm of a robot into a first upper arm part of an upper arm is further drawn out to an exterior space of the robot through a first hole of a second upper arm part. The cable is drawn in contact with a sidewall part of the second upper arm part, and is disposed in a wrist arrangement portion through a second hole. A slack part is formed taking account of a length of the cable pulled by a wrist when the wrist pivots in the wrist arrangement portion, and the cable is drawn to a tool through a through hole of the wrist.
US09770830B2 Vacuum generating apparatus and vacuum tube lifter having a vacuum generating apparatus
The invention involves a vacuum generator apparatus with an electrically driven primary vacuum generator with a suction connection for sucking in a primary suction flow, and with at least one ejector apparatus, which has an inflow opening open to the environment, an outflow opening, and a suction opening that can be streamed through by a suction stream created at the suction opening from the inflow opening to the outflow opening, whereby the suction connection of the electrically driven primary vacuum generator is connected by flow with the outflow opening of the ejector apparatus.
US09770829B2 Multifunctional engineering accessory with 6-bar mechanism
A multifunctional engineering accessory with 6-bar mechanism comprising: a 6-link rod clamping device, a shear-fork separation device, a shearing device and locking device. Motion and lock of the 6-link rod group are implemented through a swing hydraulic cylinder of the 6-link rod clamping device to implement extending and withdrawing processes of a clamping paw. The shear-fork separation device can separate an accessory holder to meet the lateral dimension requirement of the multifunctional accessory. The shearing device can implement shearing and crushing function of multifunctional accessory, and the motion location of the accessory holder is confirmed by locking device while at the same time it sustains counterforce generated when the multifunctional accessory is working. The hydraulic ram is the power supply of the whole device. The present disclosure combines shearing, crushing and clamping on one accessory, and the structure design is a novelty, the driven pattern is reasonable, and the manufacturing technology is simple and easy to operate. The device can implement the crushing and moving processes of ruins better, while at the same time improving the economic efficiency.
US09770828B2 Teleoperative-cooperative robotic system
A combined teleoperative-cooperative controllable robotic system includes a robotic actuator assembly, a control system adapted to communicate with the robotic actuator assembly, and a teleoperation unit adapted to communicate with the control system. The control system is configured to control at least a first portion of the robotic actuator assembly in response to at least one of a force or a torque applied to at least a second portion of the robotic actuator assembly by a first user for cooperative control. The control system is further configured to control at least a third portion of the robotic actuator assembly in response to input by a second user from the teleoperation unit for teleoperative control.
US09770823B2 Auto-reach method and system for a remote vehicle
The present teachings provide a method of controlling a remote vehicle having an end effector and an image sensing device. The method includes obtaining an image of an object with the image sensing device, determining a ray from a focal point of the image to the object based on the obtained image, positioning the end effector of the remote vehicle to align with the determined ray, and moving the end effector along the determined ray to approach the object.
US09770821B2 Battery operated handheld power tool
A battery operated handheld power tool, the power tool (1) comprising a working tool assembly (20), comprising a working tool of the power tool and an electric motor, arranged to drive the working tool, a handle assembly (10), comprising a body portion (11) to which a battery pack (13) may be detachably connected, which battery pack (13) is arranged to provide electric power to the electric motor, a control unit (15), provided in the body portion (16) so as to control a flow of electric current from the battery pack (13) to the motor. The battery operated handheld power tool is characterized in that the body portion (11) comprises a fan (14), arranged to generate a flow of air passing by the control unit (15) during operation of the power tool (1).
US09770819B2 Pneumatically actuated mechanical hand tool
A hand tool for mechanically generating and delivering a driving force to a fastener. The hand tool includes a mechanical force delivery system that is structured and operable to mechanically generate and deliver a driving force to a fastener. The hand tool additionally includes a pneumatic actuation device that is operatively connected to the mechanical force delivery system. The pneumatic actuation device is structured and operable to actuate the mechanical force delivery system such that the mechanical force delivery system mechanically generates and delivers the driving force.
US09770818B2 Fastener driving tool with portable pressurized power source
A fastener driver tool powered by a pressurized power source having a supply of compressed fluid includes a magazine associated with the tool for storing and supplying fasteners to a tool nose. A cylinder in the tool has a reciprocating piston associated with a driver blade sequentially engaging fasteners from the magazine as they are fed into tool nose. A control system is configured for directly electrically controlling a flow of compressed fluid for driving the piston.
US09770811B2 Ratchet and socket assembly
A ratcheting tool has a drive tang with a socket retaining detent and a linkage to engage the detent. A locking element is disposed movably between a first position wherein the locking element engages the linkage when a first actuator is in a first position so that the locking element blocks movement of the linkage so that the detent remains in a socket-retaining position and a second position in which the locking element disengages the linkage. A storage device for retaining sockets has a frame and one or more docks attached to the frame, each dock having a first retainer member, a second retainer member, and a third retainer member, at least one of which is selectively movable with respect to a socket receiving space so that a socket is removable from the socket receiving space.
US09770810B2 Pin clamp
A pin clamp assembly has a housing, an actuating device and a movable locating pin. A clamping device is coupled with the actuating device to move within the locator pin. The clamping device includes a rod and a finger. The finger extends and retracts in and out of the locating pin to enable the locating pin and clamping device to be moved so that the clamping finger clamps a workpiece.
US09770809B2 Vise parallel retaining device, it's use, and vise parallel retaining device kit
This specification discloses a holder device for retaining a pair of parallels against a pair of vise jaws, a method of using said holder device, and a holder device kit. The holder device comprises a compressible member and an incompressible member. The compressible member has a compressible member first end, a compressible member second end, and a compressible member length dimension. The incompressible member has an incompressible member first end, an incompressible member second end, and an incompressible member length dimension. The compressible member second end and the incompressible member first end are connected to form the holder device.
US09770806B2 Shot processing apparatus
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a drum-type shot peening device capable of shortening processing time. This shot peening device comprises: a bottomed, cylindrical drum having one end thereof open; and a projector provided on the open side of the drum and which projects projection material on to a workpiece inserted inside the drum. The projector comprises: a cylindrical control gauge having an opening window that is formed in the side wall thereof and serves as a discharge port for the projection material, said opening window having a rectangular shape having two sides thereof parallel to the center axis of the control gauge having the projection material supplied therein; and an impeller comprising a plurality of blades arranged on the outside of the control gauge so as to extend in the radial outside direction of the control gauge, said impeller rotating around the center axis of the control gauge and having a backward-tilting section that is tilted towards the rear side in the blade rotation direction and is provided on the surface on the front side in the rotation direction.
US09770799B2 Rotating chuck with coolant groove arrangement
A rotating chuck includes a coolant groove arrangement integrally along a shank-receiving bore of the rotating chuck. The groove arrangement defines a flow path in fluid communication with front and rear bore ends. The groove arrangement includes one or more slanted groove portions opening out to, and being inwardly inclined towards, a front chuck end of the rotating chuck.
US09770798B2 Mechanism for positioning a workpiece
A mechanism, configured for positioning a work piece, includes a support member and a position assembly. The position assembly includes a guiding member and a positioning sleeve sleeved on the guiding member. The guiding member detachably is coupled to the support member. The positioning sleeve is detachably coupled to the support member. The guiding member is partially exposed from the positioning sleeve.
US09770796B2 Methods of using a 4-way compression grooved coupling
A method for joining and sealing two grooved-ended pipe segments without disassembling a coupling is disclosed. The coupling has a housing with upper and lower arcuate housing segments and left and right bridge segments. Each bridge segment has at least one set of dihedrally angled faces that engage corresponding faces each in the upper and lower housing segments. Drawing the upper and lower segments inwardly together along a first axis, presses each bridge segment inward along a second axis roughly tangential to the first axis. All segments are loosely pre-assembled into a coupling which has a one-piece circular sealing gasket that has an inward circumferential and centrally positioned pipe stop that has an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the pipes to be joined.
US09770790B2 Metal sheet laser welding clamp
A metal sheet laser welding clamp comprising a laser wavelength transparent body having a laser welding portion, the laser welding portion including an upper solid portion for transmitting laser wavelengths to a lower cavity portion for interfacing with a top metal sheet within a stack of metal sheets during a laser welding operation.
US09770787B2 Aluminum alloy welding wire
A composition for welding or brazing aluminum comprises silicon (Si) and magnesium (Mg) along with aluminum in an alloy suitable for use in welding and brazing. The Si content may vary between approximately 4.7 and 10.9 wt %, and the Mg content may vary between approximately 0.15 wt % and 0.50 wt %. The alloy is well suited for operations in which little or no dilution from the base metal affects the Si and/or Mg content of the filler metal. The Si content promotes fluidity and avoids stress concentrations and cracking. The Mg content provides enhanced strength. Resulting joints may have a strength at least equal to that of the base metal with little or no dilution (e.g., draw of Mg). The joints may be both heat treated and artificially aged or naturally aged.
US09770785B2 System and method for forming a cooling hole in an airfoil
A system for forming a cooling hole in an airfoil includes a liquid-jet guided laser. The liquid-jet guided laser generates a laser beam confined within a fluid column. The fluid column/laser beam is directed at an outer surface of the airfoil. The system also includes a purge medium supply that is fluidly coupled to an aperture of the airfoil. The purge medium supply provides a purge medium into an inner cavity of the airfoil. The purge medium flow is oriented to flow in a flow direction that is substantially parallel to an inner surface of the cavity. A cooling hole is formed in the airfoil and extends through the outer surface and penetrates the inner surface of the cavity. A centerline of the cooling hole forms an acute angle with respect to the purge medium flow direction. The system described herein provides a method for manufacturing an airfoil.
US09770784B2 Laser machining device and method for machining a workpiece by using a laser machining device
The invention relates to a method and a laser machining device 10 for machining a workpiece 13. The laser machining device 10 has a laser 11 for generating a laser beam 12, which is deflected by way of a deflecting device 15 in accordance with a pattern defined by a control unit 14 and is directed onto a workpiece surface 17 of a workpiece 13, which surface is to be machined. The point of impingement 18 of the deflected laser beam 12b on the workpiece surface 17 is guided along at least one spiral path within a circular hatched area 16. The spiral path 19 is characterized by spiral path parameters. One spiral path parameter is the line spacing a between neighboring points of intersection P of the spiral path 19 with an axis running through the center point M of the spiral path 19.
US09770776B2 Alternative power for engine driven welder
The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for a welding device and, in particular, a hybrid welding device, that leverages a renewable energy source for a source of electrical current. The welding device can include one or more renewable energy kits that harvest renewable energy sources for performing a welding operation or a powering at least one of a device or component external to the welding device. The welding device includes renewable energy component that collects an input to convert to an electrical current that can be used as a replacement current, a supplemental current, or a complimentary current.
US09770774B2 Method and cleaning system for cleaning the process gas in soldering installations
The invention relates to a method for cleaning the process gas in soldering installations and solder suction systems, in particular for reducing the abietic acid in the process gas, wherein the process gas to be cleaned is conducted through a cleaning system which contains one or more of the following compounds (cleaning compounds): a) carboxylic acids with reducing properties, namely oxalic acid, formic acid, citric acid and/or ascorbic acid: b) metal compounds of higher oxidation states, namely manganates, permanganates, chromates and/or dichromates; c) alcohols which can be convened into the carboxylic acids mentioned in a) by means of oxidation; d) basic lime compounds.
US09770769B2 Orbital drilling system and associated methods and apparatuses
Described herein is an orbital drilling system that includes an orbital drilling machine and a cutter. The orbital drilling machine includes a spindle and an eccentric rotation mechanism. The spindle is rotatable about a cutter axis. The eccentric rotation mechanism is coupled to the spindle and configured to orbit the spindle about an orbital axis, offset from the cutter axis. The cutter is co-rotatably coupled to the spindle and comprises a plurality of cutting edges, collectively defining a cutting diameter of the cutter. The cutting diameter of the cutter is adjustable.
US09770768B2 Rotary cutting tool with anti-rotation feature
A rotary cutting tool, such as a slotting cutter, includes a cutter body rotatable in a predetermined direction on a central axis perpendicular to a plane of the cutter body. A plurality of cutting insert-receiving pockets are formed at predetermined locations about the cutter body. A cantilevered member can be integrally formed in the cutter body or attached to the cutter body as a separate component. A tip of the cantilevered member at least partially extends into each insert-receiving pocket such that the cantilevered member exerts a biasing force against a cutting insert at a location so as to counteract a tendency of the cutting insert to rotate within the insert-receiving pocket during a cutting operation.
US09770767B2 Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method of manufacturing machined product using the same
A cutting insert of an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface connected to each of the upper surface and the lower surface, and an upper cutting edge located at an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface. The lower surface includes a mount part having alternately three first top portions spaced a distance a away from a central axis extending between the upper and lower surfaces and three second top portions spaced a distance b away from the central axis in a bottom view. The mount part further has a concave part including at least the central axis. The second top portions are located closer to the upper surface than the first top portions. A cutting tool with the cutting insert, and a method of manufacturing a machined product by using the cutting tool are also provided.
US09770765B2 Match drilling tool, system and method
A match drilling tool comprising a body comprising a drilling leg and a fixing leg, said drilling leg being separated from said fixing leg by a gap, wherein said drilling leg defines a cutter guide opening, and wherein said fixing leg defines an alignment pin opening, said alignment pin opening being concentric with said cutter guide opening; and an alignment pin slideably received in said alignment pin opening.
US09770760B2 Method and apparatus for three-dimensional additive manufacturing with a high energy high power ultrafast laser
Methods and systems for three-dimensional additive manufacturing of samples are disclosed, including generating electromagnetic radiation from an ultrashort pulse laser, wherein the electromagnetic radiation comprises a wavelength, a pulse repetition rate, a pulse width, a pulse energy, and an average power; focusing the electromagnetic radiation into a focal region; using a powder delivery system comprising a powder vessel, a roller, and a receptacle to deposit one or more powders from the powder vessel into a receptacle at the focal region of the electromagnetic radiation and to spread the one or more powders in the receptacle into a fabrication powder bed; and using a computer to adjust the micro and macro pulses, macro pulse repetition rate, and the average power of the ultrashort pulse laser. The samples may be made with micron and/or submicron level precision and/or feature size and may be made using high temperature materials. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09770757B2 Method of making sound interface in overcast bimetal components
A method of forming a bi-metallic casting. The method includes providing a metal preform of a desired base shape defining a substrate surface and removing a natural oxide layer and surface contamination from the substrate surface to yield a cleaned metal preform. The method further includes galvanizing the cleaned metal preform, yielding a galvanized metal preform followed by electroplating a thin nickel film on at least a portion of the substrate surface of the galvanized metal preform. Additionally, the method includes metallurgically bonding the portion of the metal preform having the nickel film with an overcast metal to form a bi-metallic casting. The nickel film promotes a metallurgical bond between the metal preform and the overcast metal.
US09770749B2 Hybrid stamping system
A hybrid stamping system for forming a work-piece includes a stamping press. The press includes first and second dies that have respective first and second die bases formed from a first material. The system also includes first and second inlays. Each inlay is formed from a second material and has opposing die and work-piece sides. The second material hardness is greater than the first material hardness. The die side of the first inlay is cast into the first base and the work-piece side of the first inlay is contoured to form one side of the work-piece. The die side of the second inlay is cast into the second base and the work-piece side of the second inlay is contoured to form another side of the work-piece. The first and second dies are mounted in the press opposite one another to form the work-piece between the first and second inlays.
US09770748B2 Apparatus and method for sampling thick strips
The invention relates to an apparatus for sampling rolled metal strips wound up into a coil (1), in particular in the thickness range of >12 mm, comprising a coil rotator and an apparatus (6) for separating the sample from the metal strip (4), characterized in that the coil rotator has at least two rotatable supports (2, 3), preferably trough rollers arranged in a lower quadrant of the coil (1) lying on the coil rotator, and also an outer guide (5) for the metal strip, the outer guide (5) extending angularly around the coil (1) by more than 180° in a region downstream of the downstream support (3) in an unwinding direction of the metal strip and is provided with means (7) for reducing friction of the metal strip on an inner surface of the outer guide (5). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of sampling rolled metal strips wound up into a coil (1), in particular in the thickness range of >12 mm, with a coil rotator and an apparatus (6) for separating the sample from the metal strip, preferably by an apparatus according to the invention.
US09770744B2 Flat steel product with high reflectivity, flat steel product and mirror element for solar concentrators
A method for producing a flat steel product with high reflectivity, in which at least one surface has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of less than 0.03 μm includes providing a flat steel product, at least one surface of which has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of less than 2.5 μm. The flat steel product is cold rolled in a plurality of rolling passes. Also a flat steel product with high reflectivity in the finished re-rolled state on at least one of its surface has a low arithmetic mean roughness, a high gloss, and a high directed reflection. A solar concentrator is produced from such a flat steel product.
US09770742B2 Method for decontaminating soil and the like and system for decontaminating soil and the like
An object to be decontaminated contaminated with radioactive material is introduced into an acid eluting solvent to dissolve the radioactive material. The radioactive material dissolved is concentrated and separated from the eluting solvent in the present method. The object to be decontaminated comprises contaminated soil and contaminated liquid. One or both of the contaminated soil and the contaminated liquid are collected and introduced into the eluting solvent. The radioactive materials and the object to be decontaminated dissolved in the eluting solvent are separated into solid and liquid. The decontaminated soil separated from the eluting solvent is collected. The eluting solvent used for separating the radioactive material and in which radioactive material is dissolved is concentrated.
US09770737B1 Custom paint touch up tool
A one-step process to store paint for use in touching up painted walls. The invention tool removes the need to break out all the paint supplies to fix a small scratch or nick in the wall. The invention tool is a custom paint storage container and applicator. When a user is painting the user's walls, the user can fill up the custom tool of the present invention with the same paint and store the small leak proof bottle of the tool almost anywhere. Then, if a wall becomes scratched or nicked or if objects that have been hung on the wall need to be removed or relocated, the tool can be used to have the applicator apply paint from the original paint source to touch up the nick or scratch or hole.
US09770733B2 Nozzle changer
A nozzle changing device to remove and attach nozzles to a water shooting device is described. The device allows for removal and attachment of various nozzles on a water shooting device during or after a water display without the need for a technician to manually change the nozzles. The device may be independent or attached to the water shooting device.
US09770732B2 Portable spray system
A portable, self-pressurizing sprayer or shower system includes a pressure container within a tank. Pressurized fluid, such as water from a residential water tap, is fluidly connected to the pressure container to fill and pressurize the system with the fluid. The sprayer system is then disconnected from the pressurized fluid source and transported to a remote location. A tube is then fluidly connected to the pressure container and the pressurized fluid is released through the tube to provide a portable sprayer system. A heating probe is provided that is removably secured to a second port in the pressure container. A fill kit is provided to fill the pressure container with a fluid, and then a pump is used to pressurize the system when a pressurized fluid source is unavailable.
US09770728B2 Static spray mixer
A static spray mixer for the mixing and spraying of at least two flowable components is proposed having a tubular mixer housing (2) which extends in the direction of a longitudinal axis (A) up to a distal end (21) which has an outlet opening (22) for the components, having at least one mixing element (3) arranged in the mixer housing (2) for the mixing of the components as well as having an atomization sleeve (4) which has an inner surface which surrounds the mixer housing (2) in its end region, wherein the atomization sleeve (4) has an inlet channel (41) for a pressurized atomization medium, wherein a plurality of grooves (5) are provided in the outer surface of the mixer housing (2) or in the inner surface of the atomization sleeve (4) which respectively extend toward the distal end and which form separate flow channels (51) between the atomization sleeve (4) and the mixer housing (2) through which the atomization medium can flow from the inlet channel (41) of the atomization sleeve (4) to the distal end (21) of the mixer housing (2). The inlet channel (41) is arranged asymmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis (A).
US09770722B1 Low headloss feed devices and control methods for tray-type vortex grit removal systems
An inlet arrangement for a tray-based grit removal system utilizes a set of separate inlet hoses to connect the vertical stack of trays to a horizontally-disposed inlet chute, thus eliminating the inlet duct utilized in prior art configurations. Each hose is configured to have about the same length and diameter, providing an essentially uniform influent pressure at the input to each tray. The hoses are directly connected between the trays and the inlet chute, where each tray may be formed to include a hose coupler of the same diameter as the hose. The inlet chute may take the form of a trough or tube (or other suitable geometry), with the plurality of hoses all terminating along a common, horizontal output face of the chute.
US09770721B2 Continuous whole-chip 3-dimensional DEP cell sorter and related fabrication method
A 3-dimensional PDMS cell sorter having multiple passages in a PDMS layer that follow the same path in a DEP separation region and that are in fluid communication with each other within that region. The passages may differ in width transverse to the flow direction within the passages. Flat plates may sandwich the PDMS layer; each plate may have a planar electrode used to generate a DEP field within a sample fluid flowed within the passages. The DEP field may concentrate target cells or particulates within one of the passages within the DEP separation region. The passages may diverge after the DEP-separation region, leaving one passage with a high concentration of target cells or particulates. Techniques for manufacturing such structures, as well as other micro-fluidic structures, are also provided.
US09770720B2 Method for sorting a collection of bodies comprising cemented carbide bodies and non-cemented carbide bodies
The disclosure relates to a method for sorting a collection of bodies including cemented carbide bodies and non-cemented carbide bodies. A melt having one or more of bismuth, tin and lead and having a density in the range of 7.0-12.0 g/cm3 is provided. The collection is subjected to a sorting process based on density difference by providing the collection in the melt and allowing the bodies to be sorted into a first group at a top surface of the melt and a second group at a bottom of the melt. The first group includes non-cemented carbide bodies having a density lower than the density of the melt and the second group includes cemented carbide bodies having a density higher than the density of the melt. The present disclosure also relates to a method for recycling of cemented carbides comprising the sorting method and recycling of the second group.
US09770718B2 Roller mill and method for milling brittle milling material
A roller mill for crushing brittle material has two grinding rollers forming a grinding gap, and provides a delivery chute for feeding the material to the grinding gap. In the delivery chute at least one distributor device is arranged above a middle region of the grinding gap and extends above the grinding gap transversely to the longitudinal extent of the grinding gap and covers from 5 to 70% of the cross-section of the delivery chute. The material is delivered to the delivery chute and is crushed in the grinding gap, wherein the material is introduced into the delivery chute or is deflected in the delivery chute in such a manner that, based on the longitudinal extent of the grinding gap, coarser material accumulates in a middle region of the grinding gap than in the edge regions.
US09770715B2 Structures for controlling light interaction with microfluidic devices
Systems and methods for improved measurement of absorbance/transmission through fluidic systems are described. Specifically, in one set of embodiments, optical elements are fabricated on one side of a transparent fluidic device opposite a series of fluidic channels. The optical elements may guide incident light passing through the device such that most of the light is dispersed away from specific areas of the device, such as intervening portions between the fluidic channels. By decreasing the amount of light incident upon these intervening portions, the amount of noise in the detection signal can be decreased when using certain optical detection systems.
US09770714B2 Analysis package for detecting particles in a sample liquid, and including shield layers
According to one embodiment, an analysis package including a board including an electrical terminal, an analysis chip provided at the board, the chip including a detector for detecting a particle, a flow channel of a sample liquid for particle detection to the detector, and a liquid receiver for introducing the sample liquid into the flow channel, a mold provided to cover the board on which the analysis chip is provided, the mold comprising an opening above the liquid receiver, a first shield layer provided on a back surface of the board, and a second shield layer provided to be attachable and detachable on an opposite side to the analysis chip of the mold, the second shield layer being electrically connected to a part of the electrical terminal.
US09770713B2 Nucleic acid analysis device
A nucleic acid analysis device which can determine a DNA sequence has a flowcell in which two or more DNA fragment clusters of two or more DNA fragments having identical nucleotide sequences are immobilized. At least a part of the flowcell is made of a transparent material. An irradiation unit irradiates a part in which the DNA fragment clusters are immobilized. The device has a lens for collecting fluorescence, and a light-detection element. A solution containing only dATP having a fluorescently modified phosphate terminal among four bases, a solution containing only dCTP having a fluorescently modified phosphate terminal among the four bases, a solution containing only dGTP having a fluorescently modified phosphate terminal among the four bases, a solution containing only dTTP having a fluorescently modified phosphate terminal among the four bases, and a buffer solution are sent sequentially to where the DNA fragment clusters are immobilized.
US09770712B2 In-situ catalyst sulfiding, passivating and coking systems and methods
A system and method for efficiently treating metal catalyst resident in a reactor vessel comprises a sulfiding module, a sulfur source, an ammonia source, and/or a coking source, a hydrogen sulfide detection module, a hydrogen gas detection module, a pH detection module, an ammonia gas detection module and a remote computer all arranged and configured to communicate wirelessly and to allow remote control and monitoring of the modules and process so that catalyst may be sulfided, passivated and/or soft-coked in situ.
US09770711B2 General catalyst for C-H functionalization
The invention provides novel manganese catalysts such as [Mn(tBuPc)], which are general for the amination of all types of C(sp3)-H bonds (aliphatic, allylic, propargylic, benzylic, ethereal), including strong 1o aliphatic C—H bonds, while achieving excellent chemoselectivity, stereospecificity, and high functional group tolerance. We demonstrate the late-stage diversification of bioactive complex molecules that encompass the range of C(sp3)-H bond types, such as selective 1o C—H aminations of betulinic acid and pleuromutilin derivatives. The catalysts' unprecedented balance of reactivity and selectivity is in part attributed to its mechanism of C—H amination that lies between stepwise and concerted.
US09770709B2 Compositions comprising functionalized carbon-based nanostructures and related methods
The present invention generally relates to compositions comprising and methods for forming functionalized carbon-based nanostructures.
US09770702B2 Methods and apparatus for controlling metals in liquids
Method for controlling metals in a liquid are described. The liquid is contacted with a hexahydrotriazine and/or a hemiaminal material, and metal is adsorbed from the liquid onto the material. The hexahydrotriazine and/or hemiaminal material may be made from a diamine and an aldehyde.
US09770699B2 Method for revamping a self-stripping urea plant
A method for revamping a self-stripping urea plant comprising the installation of a new CO2-stripping synthesis section (6), wherein at least part of the aqueous urea solution (10) leaving said new section (6) is directed to the existing low pressure recovery section (4) of the self-stripping plant, by-passing the existing self-stripping high-pressure section (2) and medium pressure treatment section (3).
US09770695B2 Emulsion preparation device and emulsion preparation method
To provide an emulsion preparation device capable of forming an emulsion in a chemical liquid of diverse composition and further realizing a relatively low sliding resistance. An emulsion preparation device (1) provided with a filter part (10), wherein: the filter part (10) is constructed from first and second, two mesh parts (31) and (33) and fibers (32); and the fibers (32) are loaded into a space (30) between the first mesh part (31) and the second mesh part (32).
US09770694B2 Mixing device carbonator appliance comprising a carbonator and method of producing a carbonated beverage
There is provided a mixing device (2) for a beverage and CO2 gas for producing carbonated beverage. The mixing device (2) having a mixing channel (4) extending in a main direction (10). The mixing channel (4) includes: wide channel sections (16) and narrow channel sections (18) along the main direction (10). The mixing channel (4) has an elongated cross section seen in a direction perpendicular to the main direction (10). At least a first delimiting surface (22) of the mixing channel (4) is provided with protrusions (20) extending at least partially along the first delimiting surface (22) in a direction across the mixing channel (4) and protruding towards a second delimiting surface (24) of the mixing channel (4) to form the narrow channel sections (18). A turbulent flow of beverage is created by the narrow and wide channel sections. Further a carbonator for producing carbonated beverage, an appliance having a carbonator, and a method of producing a carbonated beverage are provided.
US09770692B2 Moisture permeable filter medium
Provided is a moisture permeable filter medium formed by laminating a hydrophobic layer having hydrophobicity and a hydrophilic layer having hydrophilicity together, in which one of the hydrophobic layer and the hydrophilic layer is composed of a PTFE porous film formed using PTFE, and the other of the hydrophobic layer and the hydrophilic layer is composed of an air permeable sheet to which air is permeable.
US09770691B2 Cooling device
A cooling device for cooling a fluid comprises a vertical cooling tower, into an upper area of which the fluid to be cooled is fed and from a lower area of which the cooled fluid is discharged. The fluid in the cooling tower is cooled by a cooling gas flowing from the bottom to the top. At least one installation in which the fluid is conducted is provided in the gas space of the cooling tower through which cooling gas flows. Each installation comprises at least one fluid channel that is separated at least in part from the gas space of the cooling tower by a fluid-tight membrane wall that is permeable to vapor on both sides.
US09770688B2 Si—Y nanocomposite membrane and methods of making and use thereof
A nanocomposite membrane including an α-Al2O3 membrane support, a γ-Al2O3 intermediate layer that is 300-1200 nm thick and coats a surface of the membrane support, and a nanocomposite layer including SiO2 and Y2O3 that is 25-150 nm thick and coats a surface of the intermediate layer, wherein the nanocomposite layer is porous with an average largest radius micropore of 0.2-0.6 nm. A method of manufacturing the nanocomposite membrane, whereby the membrane support is coated with the γ-Al2O3, a silica source is hydrolyzed with a mixture of water, an alcohol solvent, and a Y source with a sol-gel technique to yield a Si/Y sol-gel, the membrane support is dip coated with the Si/Y sol-gel, and the nanocomposite membrane is calcined. A method of separating a mixture of gas, whereby the mixture of gas is introduced into a permeance cell and fed through the nanocomposite membrane.
US09770685B2 Filter element for cleaning an air stream that is charged with particles and filter device that is equipped with said element
The invention relates to a filter device (1) and a filter element (8) for cleaning an air stream that is charged with particles. The filter element (8) comprises a bag-type filter sock (17) consisting of an air-permeable, flexible material and a support body (21) in the interior of the bag-type filter sock (17). The first axial end of the bag-type filter sock (17) is closed and the second axial end has an air outlet that allows the cleaned air stream to exit the filter sock (17). An inner diameter or inner periphery of the filter sock (17) is greater in cross-sectional areas between the air outlet and its closed first end, in particular at least 10%, preferably between 20% and 40% greater than the greatest outer diameter or outer periphery of the support body (21), such that the filter sock (17) is dimensioned in relation to the support body (21) contained therein such that in the inactive state of the filter element (8) without air flow, said sock surrounds the support body (21) in a relatively loose manner and with lateral clearance. When air flows against the outer surface of the filter sock (17), folds or undulations are deliberately formed, at least in the jacket section of the filter sock (17), and the filter sock (17) thus lies comparatively closer to the support body (21).
US09770680B2 Vaned filtering element
The present invention relates to filters used to remove debris from water being sucked into a piping system. It has particular application for use in nuclear power plants, which, after a loss of coolant accident, must pump cooling water back into the reactor core from a collection sump. This water may contain various types of debris that must be removed before the water is sent back into the reactor cooling system. Filtering of the debris is realized with the component known as “strainers”. There are restrictions on the space available for installing strainers. The vaned filtering element, for example a vaned fin, of the present invention is designed to reduce the space required for strainer installation by increasing strainer surface area per unit volume, while maximizing the quantity of debris that can be filtered from the water.
US09770679B2 Sequential centrifuge
The invention provides a sequential centrifuge for centrifuging discrete samples. Methods of more efficiently centrifuging discrete samples sequentially are also provided. The apparatus and methods for sequentially centrifuging discrete samples provide improved operating efficiencies over conventional batch centrifuges. Such advantages include reducing dwell time, increasing system throughput, reducing sample processing system footprint, and improving precision of the analytical process. The sequential centrifuge further provides the capability of handling critical samples without compromising the operating efficiencies achieved in centrifuging discrete samples in a sequential manner.
US09770672B2 Dewatering method using a wicking material
A wet material having at least a liquid portion is dewatered by providing one or more wicking members of wicking material arranged to transfer moisture passively by wicking therethrough from a contacting portion in contact with the wet material to an evaporating portion where the transferred liquid portion is arranged to be evaporated. In some embodiments conductive elements are included in the wicking member to assist in distributing heat across the wicking member which enhances the evaporation of moisture transferred therethrough from the wet material. In yet further embodiments, a condenser member is provided in proximity to the evaporating portion of the wicking member so as to be arranged to condense and collect at least some of the liquid portion evaporated from the wicking member.
US09770671B2 Systems and methods for concentrating waste water fluids
A method and apparatus for processing waste water generated during oilfield drilling operations with a mobile processing unit utilizing heat energy sourced from burning hydrocarbon fuel directly and/or capturing and using the exhaust heat energy generated by burning hydrocarbons in engines such as diesel engines in order to vaporize a dominant mass of the aqueous phase of the waste water while clarifying the heat source combustion gasses. The water vapor generated by the vaporization process may be discharged directly to the atmosphere or alternately condensed and captured for use as portable water. The residual waste water is thereby concentrated and the cost to dispose of the waste water is greatly reduced.
US09770670B2 Adjustable hurdle
Two or more hurdle loops of varying heights connect to a horizontal crossbar by a rotatable interface. The horizontal crossbar is supported by legs that each end in base. Each hurdle loop has an upright and collapsed position, to provide adjustable height settings for use in physical activities.
US09770668B2 Angle detecting device and servo apparatus using same
An angle detecting device includes a rotatably supported magnet, and a magnetic sensor disposed opposite to the magnet. An output of the magnetic sensor is changed based on a magnetic flux change due to a rotation of the magnet. The magnet is disposed such that a distance between the magnetic sensor and the magnet is changed by the rotation of the magnet.
US09770664B2 Method and apparatus for providing online shooting game
The present disclosure relates to providing an online shooting game by a game server communicatively connected to a player terminal. The player terminal may display a virtual online shooting game environment based on information received from the game server. Providing an online shooting game may include: selecting a basic identification range within a virtual online shooting game environment displayed on the player terminal; detecting one or more enemy characters that are within the basic identification range; determining one of the detected one or more enemy characters as an automatic tracking object; and allowing an aiming point to automatically track movement of the automatic tracking object within the basic identification range.
US09770661B2 Zone-based positioning for virtual worlds
Techniques are described for displaying avatars within a virtual environment in a way that avoids an appearance of offensive content. Embodiments of the invention receive a request specifying a first location within the virtual environment to move a first user-controlled virtual object to. A zone encompassing the specified location is then identified and a second location within the identified zone is determined. Embodiments then output the virtual environment for display in a manner that shows the first user-controlled virtual object positioned at the determined second location within the virtual environment.
US09770658B2 Method and system for athletic motion analysis and instruction
A system and method for analyzing and improving the performance of a body motion of an animal or human subject requires instrumenting a subject with inertial sensors, monitoring a body motion of interest, converting sensor data into motion data and animation, comparing the motion data with existing data for motion related performance parameters, providing a real-time, information rich, animation and data display of the results in color coded displays; and based on the results prescribing a training regime with exercises selected from a library of standardized exercises using standardized tools and training aids.
US09770655B2 Mesh synchronization
Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for establishing and reestablishing associations between users of game devices. In one embodiment, information about an association between a user of a first game device and a user of a second game device is stored in the nonvolatile memories of first and second game media, the first and second game media being communicatively coupled with the first and second game devices respectively. If the first game device loses track of the association (e.g., the user of the first game devices swaps out the first game medium for another one, or the memory resident on the first game medium is corrupted/erased), an association notification received at the first game device from the second game device may be used to reestablish the association at the first game device. In this manner, previously established associations between users of game devices may be automatically established/reestablished.
US09770654B1 Cross device operation of games
In certain embodiments, computer systems and methods are provided that allow a game distribution platform to distribute, update and/or control copies of games published across multiple game portals. In some embodiments, copies of the games are maintained in data storage on the game distribution platform and distributed to game portals and/or gaming devices. Additional content for purchase may also be stored on the data storage and available for purchase during a gaming session. Advantageously, in certain embodiments the game distribution platform enables game portals and/or gaming devices to receive the latest version of a game and/or a player's purchased content when a player selects to play the game.
US09770652B2 Wireless interactive game having both physical and virtual elements
Embodiments of the invention provide a unique interactive game that connects both physical and virtual play environments and includes multiple dynamic layers in which a participant may complete a variety of challenges and/or tasks. For example, the participant may obtain a physical gaming item such as a toy from a retail phase that is usable in an interactive entertainment phase that provides virtual play via computer animation. The interactive entertainment phase may include multiple interrelated layers such that progress in one or more layers may affect the participant's experience in one or more other layers. The participant may also receive training on how to use and improve the physical gaming item to help achieve one or more special effects or complete one or more adventures and/or quests. During or following the interactive entertainment phase, the participant may use accumulated points and/or powers to redeem prizes and/or compete against other participants, such as in a duel or other face-off challenge.
US09770646B1 Skate assemblies with quick release systems and related methods
Quick release systems and methods are provided which may be used with a skate assembly comprising a boot, a soul plate, and a grind plate. A first component, which may be a soul plate, has a tab and slot engagement mechanism. A second component, which may be a grind plate, defines at least one aperture and is engaged with at least a portion of the first component. At least one push button is accessible via the at least one aperture. When the second component is in an inward position it maintains the tab and slot engagement mechanism in a locked position and when the second component is in an outward position it unlocks the tab and slot engagement mechanism. When the push button is not pressed, it maintains the second component in the inward position and when the push button is pressed it facilitates movement of the second component to the outward position.
US09770645B2 Flexible light-weight shin and ankle guard providing comprehensive protection against lower leg injury while providing full range of motion
A lower leg guard device is disclosed allowing a full range of ankle motion, while at the same time preventing impact injuries to the lower leg, including the Achilles area, the ankle, and the shin. The lower leg guard device includes two substantially rigid exterior shells each with a cushioned interior liner. The lower leg guard device can be securely attached to the lower leg with one or more attachment straps, and with at least one floating attachment pad that attaches to the wearer's footwear. A floating attachment pad can be positioned over both the inner side and outer side of the ankle, preferably attached to footwear that covers the ankle. The floating attachment pads are attached to the footwear using removable fasteners, located on the exterior surface of the footwear worn by the wearer, so that the guard device can be quickly and easily put on and removed.
US09770643B2 Supplement dispensing mouthguard
The supplement dispensing mouthguards disclosed herein include one or more supplement cavities that store a supplement and one or more openings connected to the supplement cavities. The openings receive the supplement into a mouthguard and discharge the supplement from the mouthguard into a user's mouth. The supplement dispensing mouthguards may be worn during physical activity for protection and/or jaw alignment. Once a desired supplement has filled, been inserted, or placed within the mouthguard, the mouthguard is inserted into the user's mouth and the supplement is gradually and safely dispersed into the user's mouth through openings in the mouthguard.
US09770640B1 Net deployment system
A net deployment system is adapted to deploying a net around a desired area having a wall adjacent to a floor. The net deployment system has a first swing arm, pivotally attached to the wall and further attached to the wall with a first support cable. A second swing arm is pivotally attached to the wall and further attached to the wall with a second support cable. A plurality of net support cables join the first swing arm and the second swing arm. A net storage bag is attached to the first swing arm with a first frame cable. A second frame cable is attached to the first frame cable and further attached to the wall between the first frame cable and the second frame cable. A net is housed in the bag and connected to the plurality of set support cables. Pulling the first swing arm away from the wall by rotating the second swing arm lowers the net storage bag toward the floor and deploys the net.
US09770637B2 Word forming ball game and target mixer
The present disclosure is a game that has a mixer positioned at a first location on a gaming area and a plurality of balls randomly dispersed throughout the gaming area. In response to a command, a player on a team collects one or more of the plurality of balls, the score is incremented based upon the balls collected, the player throws the collected ball(s) into the mixer, and the mixer disperses the ball(s) back into the gaming area.
US09770632B2 Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features
A golf club head or other ball striking device includes a face having a striking surface and being defined by an outer periphery, a body connected to the face and extending rearwardly from the outer periphery, the body having a sole configured to face a playing surface and a crown opposite the sole, and an inwardly recessed channel extending across at least a portion of the sole of the body, where the channel is elongated between a heel portion and a toe portion. The heel portion and the toe portion of the channel are spaced rearwardly approximately equal distances from the outer periphery of the face, and a center portion of the channel is spaced a greater distance from the outer periphery of the face than the heel portion and the toe portion. The channel may be bowed or curved away from the face.
US09770631B2 Systems, methods and devices for tensioning racket string
A dual tension racket string tensioning system and methods for implementing the same are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosure include a tensioner equipped with two or more receptacles to releasably grip two or more portions of string simultaneously, and simultaneously apply a force at each portion of the string held in the receptacles. Embodiments of the present disclosure include a turntable rotatably coupled to a base structure, a mounting support adjustably coupled to the turntable (the mounting support configured to receive and hold a racket), and a dual tensioner, as disclosed herein, coupled with the base and operable to apply force (1) at a first portion of the string via the first receptacle; and (2) at a second portion of the string via the second receptacle. Some embodiments further include a stationary dual-string clamp. Further embodiments include a gear dial for fine tuning the force applied to the string portions. And still further embodiments employ a frequency meter to measure the frequency/pitch/tension of individual string segments throughout the stringing process.
US09770627B2 Flipper device and methods for using same
A flipper device that provides a swimmer with functional use of the flipper when fully assembled, and easy, convenient use of same when the swimmer desires to walk in the flipper. In embodiment, the flipper device includes a fin positionable in (i) a swimming orientation in which the fin is configured to aid a swimmer in moving through water, and (ii) a storage orientation in which the fin is configured to be stored differently than in the swimming orientation, wherein the fin is constructed and arranged to be (a) at least partially collapsed in size to a side of the fin when converted from the swimming orientation to the storage orientation, and (b) secured in the storage orientation while collapsed in size to the side when not being used by the swimmer.
US09770626B2 Enclosure release for a backpack with an inflatable airbag
A backpack including a body including a first enclosure defining a first compartment and an opening, an inflatable balloon positioned within the compartment, a zipper, a balloon inflation system, and an actuator. The first enclosure includes at least a first restricting element. The zipper includes first and second fastener tapes attached to the enclosure at the opening. The zipper includes at least a first targeted zipper separation location aligned with the first restricting element. The balloon inflation system is coupled to the body and the inflatable balloon. The actuator is operably coupled to the balloon inflation system, such that upon actuation of the inflation system with the zipper in a closed position, the first restricting element concentrates a zipper separation force in a direction generally perpendicular to an engagement line of the zipper to separate the first and second fastener tapes of the zipper at the first targeted zipper location.
US09770624B2 Sport-boot pressure monitor and method of use
A sport-boot pressure monitoring system and method of use. The system includes a left boot sensor having a left flexible fluid-containing bladder shaped to fit between a user's left leg and an interior surface of a left boot worn by the user and a left pressure sense element in pressure-sensing communication with the left flexible fluid-containing bladder, a right boot sensor that is similar to the left one, and a controller to provide a pressure alert if pressure between one of the user's legs and the interior surface of the boot worn on that leg violates a predetermined pressure threshold and to provide a proximity alert if a distance between the left and right boots violates a predetermined proximity threshold.
US09770622B2 Rowing exercise device and method of using same
A rowing exercise device comprises a support structure; a movable user support movably associated with the support structure for movement relative to the support structure; a movable foot support movably associated with the support structure for movement relative to the support structure; a handle; and a rowing assembly operatively associated with the handle and at least the movable foot support to cause at least the movable foot support to move relative to the support structure with movement of the handle so that both a user s body and one or both feet move relative to the support structure with movement of the handle.
US09770621B2 Exercise device and associated methods
Disclosed is an exercise device comprising a body portion for supporting a user, a user support rod pivotally connected to the body portion, and a leg support system operably connected to the body portion for engaging the legs of the user. In one embodiment, the user support rod is pivotally connected to the body portion at a position below that which supports the user, thereby enabling the user to achieve a greater range of motion as compared to existing devices.
US09770619B1 Multiple exercise medicine ball
A multiple exercise medicine ball including a medicine ball body having core, a pair of diametrically opposed indents in an outer wall thereof, and a pair of u-shaped handles which extend from the indents and can be raised for use as a dumbbell, a barbell and a curl bar. A pair of cylindrical bars, rotatably disposed in a pair of channels in the core and extending outwardly through a center of the indents, can be gripped while the user in a pushup exercise position to perform an abdominal wheel exercise. An inverted substantially u-shaped grip member, which extends from atop the medicine ball, is used for kettlebell fitness training. A 360 degree rotatable motion ball protrudes from a bottom side of the medicine ball body.
US09770617B2 Low profile passive exercise garment
Disclosed is a muscle specific exercise device. The device may provide passive or active resistance training throughout an angular range of motion. The device may be low profile, and worn by a wearer, such as beneath conventional clothing. Exercise of selective joints or motion of the body may thereby be accomplished throughout the wearer's normal daily activities, without the need for access to conventional exercise equipment. Alternatively, the device may be worn as a supplemental training tool during conventional training techniques.
US09770616B2 Elasticity adjusting mechanism of an exercise equipment
The invention discloses an elasticity adjusting mechanism of an exercise equipment which includes a base, a staggered frame, an adjusting socket, an elastic body and force exerting member. The base and the staggered frame pivot with each other and constitute the main structure of the elasticity adjusting mechanism of the exercise equipment. The staggered frame extends outwardly from the base and includes an extended socket and a plurality of fixed portions, the fixed portions are disposed on the staggered frame and with different distances to the extended socket. When the adjusting socket is selectively assembled with one of the fixed portions at different positions, the elastic body passing through the extended socket and the adjusting socket changes its elasticity in accordance with extension amount.
US09770615B2 Speed adjustment method and device for mountain climbing machine without external power
A mountain climbing machine, which does not require connecting with an external electrical power source, includes a running belt, front and rear rollers, and a generator operatively linked to one of the front and rear rollers for generating electrical power when the running belt is running, wherein a rotational speed of said generator is controlled by a consumption of the electrical power generated from the running belt so as to provide a resistance force at one of the front and rear rollers to maintain the running belt at a constant speed without connecting to the external electrical power source.
US09770614B1 Hand hold assembly
A hand hold assembly designed for climbers with special needs. The hand hold assembly has a molded body structure with outwardly extending arms and a grab bar extending therebetween. The hand hold assembly has means for mounting the assembly on a climbing wall so that the grab bar may be disposed at various desired orientations. The grab bar may be textured, have a moisture absorbing layer or be illuminated.
US09770612B2 Systems and methods for suppressing fire in containers
A device for suppressing fire inside a container includes a support structure configured to be mounted inside a vehicle at a position associated with at least one location configured to receive a container. The device further includes a deployment structure coupled to the support structure and a penetrator assembly coupled to the deployment structure. The penetrator assembly includes a nozzle having a tip configured to pierce a container and an actuator associated with the nozzle. The actuator is configured to extend the tip of the nozzle such that it pierces a container. The support structure and the deployment structure are configured such that the penetrator assembly is movable in at least one plane with respect to the support structure, and the penetrator assembly is configured to receive fire suppressant and direct the fire suppressant into the container.
US09770607B2 Fluid circuits for temperature control in a thermal therapy system
A system and method for fluid control in a thermal therapy system is disclosed. A fluid circuit permits passage of a fluid through a fluid circuit, including into and out of a treatment zone so as to cool or heat or maintain a temperature in said treatment zone at or near a desired temperature. The temperature is sensed at a point in the circuit between a discharge of a fluid pump and the treatment zone. MRI based thermometry of tissue in the treatment zone is accomplished in some aspects. Furthermore, a desired temperature may be programmably set to a given value or within a band of values using a processor and a temperature controller. In some aspects, leakage of fluid from a patient or from the fluid control system is captured by a leak-proof member to protect imaging and treatment equipment from damage.
US09770602B2 Image guided radiation therapy apparatus
An IGRT apparatus comprising a medical imaging device (1) integrated with a linear accelerator (3, 4), the linear accelerator (3, 4) configured for emitting a radiation beam which is shaped by a beam shaper (8, 17), wherein the position of the beam shaper (8, 17) is adjustable between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is a treatment position and the second position is a non-treatment position and wherein the IGRT apparatus comprises a gantry (2) and wherein the first position is within the gantry (2) and the second position is removed from the gantry (2).
US09770599B2 Vagus nerve stimulation and subcutaneous defibrillation system
Systems and methods are provided for delivering vagus nerve stimulation and cardioversion/defibrillation therapies to patients for treating chronic heart failure. The vagus nerve stimulation and cardioversion/defibrillation therapies may be provided using a single implantable pulse generator, which can coordinate delivery of the therapies to provide an acute vagus nerve stimulation therapy in advance of delivering cardioversion-defibrillation energy.
US09770596B2 Antenna and methods of use for an implantable nerve stimulator
A pulse generator that includes a communications module is disclosed herein. The communication module includes a transceiver and an antenna circuit. The antenna circuit includes a first pathway having a capacitor and a second, parallel pathway including a capacitor, and a resistor, and a radiating element arranged in series. The antenna circuit is tuned to have a resonant frequency corresponding to a desired transmission frequency and a bandwidth corresponding to shifts in the resonant frequency arising from the implantation of the antenna.
US09770593B2 Patient selection using a transluminally-applied electric current
Apparatus for facilitating ablation of nerve tissue of a subject is provided, comprising (1) an ablation unit, configured to be percutaneously advanced to a site adjacent to a first portion of the nerve tissue; (2) at least one electrode unit, coupled to the ablation unit, and configured to be percutaneously advanced to a site adjacent to a second portion of the nerve tissue, and to initiate unidirectional action potentials in the nerve tissue, such that the unidirectional action potentials propagate toward the first portion of the nerve tissue; and (3) a control unit, configured: (a) to drive the ablation unit to ablate, at least in part, the first portion of the nerve tissue of the subject, and (b) to drive the at least one electrode unit to initiate the unidirectional action potentials by applying an excitatory current to the second portion of the nerve tissue.
US09770592B2 Electronic stimulation system and device thereof for dorsal root ganglion
An electronic stimulation device for electrically stimulating at least one dorsal root ganglion with relative low pain sensations without generating relative much sensations of paresthesia comprises at least one electronic stimulation unit. The electronic stimulation unit includes at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode, and it delivers a high-frequency electrical stimulation signal to impel the first electrode and the second electrode to generate an electric field. The range of the electric field covers the dorsal root ganglion, and the electric field strength ranges from 100 V/m to 1000 V/m.
US09770591B2 Disc therapy
A method of treating an intervertebral disc of a subject is provided, comprising implanting, within a nucleus pulposus of the disc, at least three intra-pulposus exposed electrode surfaces at different respective locations; and implanting one or more extra-pulposus exposed electrode surfaces outside the nucleus pulposus, in electrical communication with the disc. Control circuitry is activated to configure the intra-pulposus exposed electrode surfaces to be cathodes, and the one or more extra-pulposus exposed electrode surfaces to be one or more anodes, and to drive the intra-pulposus exposed electrode surfaces and the one or more extra-pulposus exposed electrode surfaces to electroosmotically drive fluid into the nucleus pulposus to increase pressure in the disc. Other embodiments are also described.
US09770590B2 Switching hearing implant coding strategies
An input sound signal is processed to generate band pass signals. Band pass envelope signals are extracted that reflect time varying amplitude of the band pass signals. Stimulation timing signals are generated that reflect the temporal fine structure features of the band pass signals. A key feature value present in the input sound signal or the band pass signals is monitored. For one or more selected band pass signals, a stimulation coding strategy is selected from multiple possible stimulation coding strategies based on the key feature value. The multiple possible stimulation coding strategies including an envelope-based stimulation coding strategy based on the band pass envelope signals, and an event-based stimulation coding strategy based on the stimulation timing signals. The selected stimulation coding strategy is used to produce the electrode stimulation signals for the electrode contacts. The arrangement automatically switches between different selected stimulation coding strategies as a function of changes in the key feature value.
US09770589B2 Electrical cochlear stimulation system and method
A system includes means for providing an input audio signal; a sound processor for generating an electric stimulation signal from the input audio signal; and a cochlear implant electrode arrangement comprising a plurality of stimulation channels for stimulating the cochlea according to the electric stimulation signal.
US09770585B2 Retractable screw intracardiac lead for cardiac stimulation and/or defibrillation
A retractable screw-type stimulation or defibrillation intracardiac lead is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the lead comprises a flexible hollow sheath (12) having at its distal end a lead head (10) and a connector (66) at its proximal end. The connector comprises a pin (62) connected to a lead head electrode (18). The lead head comprises a tubular body (28), at least one electrode (18, 20) for stimulation or defibrillation, a moving element translationally and rotationally moving within the tubular body in a helical motion, and an anchoring screw (24) axially moving with respect to the tubular body, and a deployment mechanism (22) to deploy the anchoring screw out of the tubular body (28). The lead is a co-radial type, and the moving element (26) secured to the anchoring screw is connected to the tubular body (28) by a helical guide (46) and a coupling finger (56) protruding between two successive turns of the helical guide (46) for transforming a rotary movement imparted to the lead body in a deployment or retraction movement of the moving element (26). The helical guide (46) is resiliently compressible, with a free end (52) with a flat area (54) facing a flange (38) in vis-à-vis, so as to pinch the coupling finger (56) and to perform the function of a clutch limiting the torque transmitted to the anchoring screw by the rotation of the lead body, even in case of continuation of this rotation.
US09770583B2 Polymer formulations for nasolacrimal stimulation
Described herein are polymer formulations for facilitating electrical stimulation of nasal or sinus tissue. The polymer formulations may be hydrogels that are prepared by a UV cross-linking process. The hydrogels may be included as a component of nasal stimulator devices that electrically stimulate the lacrimal gland to improve tear production and treat dry eye. Additionally, devices and methods for manufacturing the nasal stimulators, including shaping of the hydrogel, are described herein.
US09770575B2 Balloon catheter, in particular for delivering drugs or stents in the region of a stenosis
A balloon catheter, in particular for delivering medicaments, stents or medicament-coated stents in the region of a stenosis, comprising an outer shaft (4) an inner shaft (6), and a balloon (7) at the distal catheter end, which balloon is dilatable by a feedable pressure fluid and which is attached with its proximal end (8) to the outer shaft (4) and with its distal end (9) to the inner shaft (6) which protrudes the outer shaft (4) in the distal direction, and a cover sheath (15) which is seated in a covering position over the contracted balloon (7) and is displaceably guided on the outer shaft (4) and which is displaceable on the outer shaft (4) in the proximal direction via its front opening (17) by the dilating balloon (7) while continuously releasing the same from distal to proximal.
US09770571B2 Vent valve assembly
A vent valve apparatus (10) for use with a system for supplying breathable gas pressurised above atmospheric pressure to a human or animal. The apparatus (10) includes a gas washout vent (15), a vent valve (18) adapted to progressively restrict the flow area of the washout vent (15), and a pressure sensitive vent valve control means (20,22,23). The control means is adapted to progressively cause the vent valve (18) to restrict the flow area of the gas washout vent (15) in response to increases in the pressure of the gas supply, thereby substantially regulating the volumetric flow of gas and/or CO2 gas through the washout vent (15) over a range of gas supply pressures.
US09770560B2 Means and method to administer injections with little or no pain
A preferred method to obtain painless or near painless needle 8 penetration is disclosed to be in the following manner: Applying electric current using a TENS device simultaneously with tapping the injection site for 30 to 60 seconds at a rate of about one strike per second, followed by a rapid needle 8 penetration into the skin 2.
US09770554B2 Cardioplegia apparatus and method
A microplegia console for controlling the delivery of cardioplegia to a patient, comprising an integrated display/touch screen for displaying cardioplegia information and patient information and allowing inputting of parameters via the display/touch screen into the console for computer-controlled perfusion of cardioplegia into the patient. The invention further comprises a method for delivery of cardioplegia to a patient, including defining and selecting a protocol from a displayed list and sequencing a series of the protocols. The invention also comprises a method for cardioplegia delivery to achieve aortic valve closure. Additionally, the invention comprises a method for activating an icon whereby, upon a first selection of the icon, displaying an indicia indicating that the icon has been first selected; and upon a second selection of the icon, activating the icon.
US09770551B1 Apparatus and methods of dispensing fluid intravenously and flushing lines of intravenous fluid administration systems
Apparatus and methods of dispensing fluid intravenously to a subject, and of flushing a line of an intravenous fluid administration apparatus, are provided. The apparatus may include a reservoir pump configured to operate in fluid communication with an upstream source of a first fluid and a downstream pressure-operated valve. The reservoir pump may also be configured to, during operation, automatically refill itself with the first fluid from the first upstream source. The downstream pressure-operated valve may be configured to operate in fluid communication with the reservoir pump and a second fluid source upstream of the pressure-operated valve, and to, during operation, dispense the first fluid to tubing downstream of the pressure-operated valve based on a pressure condition within the pressure-operated valve exceeding a threshold pressure.
US09770550B2 Anti-bolus control method and corresponding device
For controlling the movement of the push device of a pump of the syringe driver-type, the pump comprising a casing (100), a syringe cradle (200) for a syringe (400), a push device (300) mobile relative to the casing (100) and capable of being driven in rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis of the syringe by driving means, clutch means (310, 350, 351) for engaging or disengaging the push device on the driving means, the push device is disengaged from the driving means, in order to move it manually, and the presence or absence of a contact between the push device and the syringe head is determined. If the push device is not in contact with the syringe head, it is advanced manually. Blocking of the advance movement of the push device is triggered only if, at the beginning, the push device was not in contact with the syringe head.
US09770549B2 Reusable data storage fixtures for use with power injector syringe assemblies
Systems and methods are presented for delivering medical fluids to a patient. A data storage device (120) is either separately attached to or incorporated within the structure of a reusable fixture that may be detachably connected to a barrel (111) of a syringe (107). A filling station (110) and an power injector (108) may each include a read-write device (114, 122) that is operable to read the data storage device (120) within its field of view. When the read-write devices (114, 122) are attached to the filing station (110) and the power injector (40), respectively, and when the fixture including the data storage device (120) is attached to the syringe (107), the read-write devices (114, 122) may be operable to store data on and read data from the data storage device (120) associated with the syringe (107). After an injection procedure, the fixture may be detached from the syringe (107) and reused with a new or resterilized syringe (107).
US09770548B2 Transanal irrigation kit
An anal irrigation kit provides an improved approach for emptying a bowel by instilling irrigation liquid and stimulating the rectal wall simultaneously. The anal irrigation kit includes an irrigation liquid reservoir, a hand pump, and a soft flow manifold, which can be folded for insertion into a rectum.
US09770546B2 Apparatus and method of controlling an extracorporeal blood treatment
An apparatus is described for extracorporeal blood treatment (1), comprising a treatment unit (2), an extracorporeal blood circuit (8) and a fluid evacuation line (10). The apparatus comprises a control unit (21) connected with a pressure sensor (13, 14) and with a blood pump (9) and configured to move the blood pump (9), generating a variable flow (Q(t)) with a constant component (Qb) and a variable component (Qvar(t)) having a nil average value; the variable flow generates, in the expansion chamber (11, 12), a progression of the pressure that is variable over time (P(t)) with a pressure component (Pvar(t)) oscillating about an average value (Pavg). The control unit receives, from the sensor, a plurality of values (Pj) and calculates the average value of the pressure (Pavg), acquires an estimated value of volume variation (AP) in the expansion chamber (11, 12) connected to the variable flow component (Qvar(t)), calculates, as a function of the pressure values (Pj), an estimated value of pressure variation (AP) in the expansion chamber (11; 12) that is representative of the oscillating pressure component (Pvar(t)) and determines a representative magnitude of a blood level (L) in the expansion chamber (11, 12) as a function of the average value (Pavg) of the pressure (P(t)), of the estimated value of volume variation (AV) and of the estimated pressure variation (AP) in the expansion chamber.
US09770545B2 Methods for collection of red blood cells
A method and system for collecting a double volume of red blood cells using a spinning membrane separator is provided by which a first quantity of whole blood is withdrawn from a donor; a first quantity of whole blood is flowed to the spinning membrane separator; where it is separated into a first quantity of red blood cells and a first quantity of plasma. The first quantity of red blood cells and the first quantity of plasma are then flowed to respective collection containers, and at least a portion of the first quantity of plasma is returned to the donor. A second quantity of whole blood withdrawn from the donor, and then separated into a second quantity of red blood cells and a second quantity of plasma using the spinning membrane separator. The second quantity of red blood cells and the second quantity of plasma are then flowed to the respective collection containers, and at least a portion of the second quantity of plasma is returned to the donor.
US09770539B2 Pendant hydrophile bearing biodegradable compositions and related devices
A composition comprising at least one polymer having the structure A-B-A′, wherein A and A′ may be the same or different and each is a degradable polyester component and wherein B is the reaction product resulting from the reaction between a diol, having one or more pendant oligomeric or polymeric groups, and A and A′. Additionally, a bioresorbable patch comprising: (a) an adhesion barrier component comprising the composition in the form of a film; and (b) an adhesive component comprising (i) at least one synthetic adhesive polymer and/or (ii) at least one polysaccharide. Also, a method of wound healing, comprising administering the composition or apply the patch to a patient.
US09770532B2 Bone implant matrix and method of preparing the same
A bone implant matrix for human or veterinary use, the matrix including a base matrix either treated or to be treated with a reinforcing mixture containing at least a polymer. The bone implant matrix is particularly adapted for use in bone reconstructive surgery, maxillo-facial bone reconstructive surgery and oral surgery.
US09770531B2 Solid substrates for mitigating or preventing cell and tissue adhesion and vascularization
This invention provides solid substrates for mitigating or preventing cell or tissue adherence and/or vascularization, which solid substrates comprise a marine organism skeletal derivative and are characterized by a specific fluid uptake capacity value of less than 40%, processes for selection of the same and applications of the same. This invention also provides solid substrates for mitigating or preventing cell or tissue adherence and/or vascularization, which solid substrates are characterized by having a contact angle value of more than 60 degrees, when in contact with a fluid. This invention also provides solid substrates for mitigating or preventing cell or tissue adherence and/or vascularization, which solid substrate is characterized by a minimal surface roughness (Ra) or substantial surface smoothness, as measured by scanning electron microscopy or atomic force microscopy. The invention also provides processes for selection of an optimized coral-based solid substrate.
US09770525B2 Substrate comprising a composition reducing the adherence of feces or menses to the skin
A composition applied on a substrate comprised by, or forming, or used for manufacturing of, a disposable absorbent article may be used for reducing the adherence of feces or menses to the human skin. The composition deposited on the substrate does not affect negatively the manufacturing process of the disposable absorbent article and imparts desirable fluid handling properties to the substrate. The composition may also be desirably deposited on a substrate used as, or in a wipe.
US09770522B2 Cleaning system for an image plate readout device
A method of disinfecting a readout device having a reader unit that reads an imaging medium, the method comprising: identifying an absence of the imaging medium from the inside of the readout device; and emitting, from a disinfecting element, radiation capable of destroying disease carriers onto an the interior of the readout device when the imaging medium is absent from inside the readout device.
US09770519B2 Protein-polymer-drug conjugates
A drug conjugate is provided herein. The conjugate comprises a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) and a polymeric carrier substituted with one or more -LD-D, the protein based recognition-molecule being connected to the polymeric carrier by LP. Each occurrence of D is independently a therapeutic agent having a molecular weight ≦5 kDa. LD and LP are linkers connecting the therapeutic agent and PBRM to the polymeric carrier respectively. Also disclosed are polymeric scaffolds useful for conjugating with a PBRM to form a polymer-drug-PBRM conjugate described herein, compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions.
US09770503B2 Immunomodulating compositions and uses therefor
The present invention discloses immunomodulating compositions. More particularly, the present invention discloses compositions comprising an immune-modulating agent and a lectin-interactive agent, which are useful for stimulating and prolonging host immune cell responses. The compositions of the present invention are particularly useful in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a range of conditions including pathogenic infections, autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection, graft versus host disease, allergies, inflammatory disease, as well as cancers and tumors.
US09770499B2 MSI-specific frameshift peptides (FSP) for prevention and treatment of cancer
Described is a vaccine for prevention and treatment of cancer characterized by microsatellite instability (MSI). The vaccine contains an MSI-specific frameshift peptide (FSP) generating humoral and cellular responses against tumor cells or a nucleic acid encoding said FSP. The vaccine of the present invention is particularly useful for the prevention/treatment of colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, gastric cancer or small bowel cancer.
US09770498B2 IMP-3 epitope peptides for TH1 cells and vaccines containing the same
Isolated IMP-3-derived epitope peptides having Th1 cell inducibility are disclosed herein. Such peptides can be recognized by MHC class II molecules and induce Th1 cells. The peptides of the present invention can promiscuously bind to MHC class II molecules and induce IMP-3-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in addition to Th1 cells. Such peptides are thus suitable for use in enhancing immune response in a subject, and accordingly find use in cancer immunotherapy, in particular, as cancer vaccines. Also disclosed herein are polynucleotides that encode any of the aforementioned peptides, APCs and Th1 cells induced by such peptides and methods of induction associated therewith. Pharmaceutical compositions that comprise any of the aforementioned components as active ingredients find use in the treatment and/or prevention of cancers or tumors expressing IMP-3.
US09770490B2 Oral delivery for hemoglobin based oxygen carriers
A process for making hemoglobin based oxygen carrier (HBOC) containing pharmaceutical composition suitable for oral delivery and the composition formed thereby are described. There are three exemplary composition configurations which include (1) hemoglobin-loaded nanoparticles solution, (2) enteric-coated hemoglobin capsules and (3) enteric-coated hemoglobin tablets. To facilitate the bioavailability and bio-compatibility of hemoglobin, intestinal absorption enhancers are added in each of the HBOC formulations. Protective layers ensure delivery of an intact hemoglobin structure in intestinal tract without degradation in the stomach. The HBOC formulations may be used for preventive or immediate treatment of high altitude syndrome (HAS) or for treatment of hypoxic conditions including blood loss, anemia, hypoxic cancerous tissue, and other oxygen-deprivation disorders. In addition to delivering oxygen, the heme group of hemoglobin from HBOC formulations can provide heme iron to the human body to aid in the production of more red blood cells.
US09770488B2 Human placental collagen compositions, and methods of making and using the same
The present invention provides compositions comprising human placental telopeptide collagen, methods of preparing the compositions, methods of their use and kits comprising the compositions. The compositions, kits and methods are useful, for example, for augmenting or replacing tissue of a mammal.
US09770481B2 Inhibitors of NOX1
The present invention relates to inhibitors of Nox1-dependent reactive oxygen species production and their use in the treatment of disorders associated with reactive oxygen species, such as hypertension and cancer.
US09770479B2 Extract of Rehmannia glutinasa Libosch for reducing blood sugar, reducing blood fat, treating leukemia, and preparation method and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a Rehmannia glutinasa Libosch. extract for reducing blood glucose and lipid levels and treating hematologic diseases such as leukemia, and methods for preparing the same. The extract is prepared by subjecting fresh Rehmannia glutinasa Libosch. to flux extraction, concentrating the resultant extract, dissolving the concentrated extract with water, loading the obtained solution on a column packed with macroporous adsorption resins, eluting the column with ethanol, concentrating and drying the eluate. The extract can be made into clinically acceptable forms of dosage by pharmaceutically conventional measures, including capsule, tablet, pill, granule, dropping pill and so on. The extract is stable and has catalpol content up to 90-98%. The preparing method is simple to operate and applicable to industrial-scale production.
US09770478B2 Method for inhibiting neuronal cell aggregation
The invention relates to a novel use of the Chinese herb Glycyrrhiza inflata in treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Particularly, the invention relates to the use of ammonium glycyrrhizinate and licochalcone A in targeting polyQ-mediated spinocerebellar ataxia.
US09770477B2 Natural antioxidant anti-influenza composition
The invention relates to a composition from the extract of Myrciaria dubia and Echinacea purpurea, which has a synergistic effect. The composition of the invention has potentiated antioxidant and anti-flu properties, as well as a high immuno-stimulating capacity.
US09770476B2 Functional foods and beverages with synergistic properties to promote homeostasis
The present invention provides compositions having synergistic antioxidant properties in the modulation of Toll-like receptor signaling for the promotion of homeostasis, immunity, energy conservation, protection of neural cells and anti-inflammatory responses, said compositions comprising plant and/or fruit extracts and a natural sweetener with high oxidation potential as defined by ORAC value.
US09770475B2 Compositions for the treatment of peripheral ulcers of various origins
The present invention relates to compositions containing a combination of a cell proliferation-stimulating agent with vasokinetic properties and an antimicrobial, antifungal and antiviral agent with an anti-inflammatory/analgesic, which is useful in the treatment of peripheral ulcers of various origins, such as diabetic ulcers, ulcers caused by venous stasis of the limbs, bedsores and the associated skin infections. Said combination could be presented as formulations for topical or systemic use.
US09770474B2 Bacterial extracts cultured in thermal waters comprising anti-redness agents
Red blotches on the skin such as those associated with environmental stresses, or red blotches associated with a skin disorder, for example those occurring during rosacea, are treated/reduced by administering to individuals afflicted therewith, thus effective amounts of at least one extract of a non-photosynthetic and non-fruiting filamentous bacterium cultured in a medium which includes at least one non-sulfurous mineral and/or thermal water, e.g., an extract derived from the bacterium Vitreoscilla filiformis, in particular the strain ATCC 15551, cultured in a medium enriched with water from La Roche Posay.
US09770473B2 Treatment of immunosuppression-related disorders
Disclosed are methods of using blastomere-like stem cells to decrease a level of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). A method for decreasing a level of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) in a human subject, including: injectionally, orally or transdermally administering to the human subject an amount of human blastomere-like stem cells, autologous to the human subject, at 1×108 to 1×1011 cells each time once every two weeks, for example.
US09770471B2 Conversion of somatic cells into functional spinal motor neurons, and methods and uses thereof
The present invention provides methods of transdifferentiation of somatic cells, for example, directly converting a somatic cell of a first cell type, e.g., a fibroblast into a somatic cell of a second cell type, are described herein. In particular, the present invention generally relates to methods for converting a somatic cell, e.g., a fibroblast into a motor neuron, e.g., an induced motor neuron (iMN) with characteristics of a typical motor neuron. The present invention also relates to an isolated population comprising induced motor neurons (iMNs), compositions and their use in the treatment of motor neuron diseases such as ALS and SMA. In particular, the present invention relates to direct conversion of a somatic cell to an induced motor neuron (iMN) having motor neuron characteristics by increasing the protein expression of at least three motor-neuron inducing (MN-inducing) factors selected from Lhx3, Ascl1, Brn2, Myt1l, Isl1, Hb9, Ngn2 or NeuroD1 in a somatic cell, e.g., a fibroblast to convert the fibroblast to an induced motor neuron (iMN) which exhibits at least two characteristics of an endogenous motor neuron.
US09770470B2 Closed system separation of adherent bone marrow stem cells for regenerative medicine applications
A method for isolating and processing bone marrow derived stem cells, including the steps of: (a) collecting a biological sample containing adherent bone marrow stem cells in a receptacle with interior walls coated with a cell-adherent substrate; (b) incubating the bone marrow cells on the adherent substrate so that a layer of adherent bone marrow stem cells adheres to the substrate; (c) washing any non-adherent cells from the substrate; and (d) collecting the bone marrow stem cell layer. Isolation kits and use of bone marrow cells harvested for cell therapies are also described.
US09770468B2 Use of whey permeate for the treatment of metabolic syndrome
The invention relates to the use of whey permeate, preferably sweet whey permeate and more preferably hydrolysed or partially-hydrolysed sweet whey permeate for the production of a pharmaceutical composition for prophylaxis or treatment of symptoms of metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes and secondary diseases, said composition being provided for a mammal.
US09770465B2 Inherently radiopaque polymeric products for embolotherapy
Preferred embodiments relate to compositions of inherently radiopaque, biocompatible, bioresorbable polymeric particles and methods of using them for embolizing a body lumen.
US09770464B2 Methods of treating optic disorders
The present invention relates to methods for treating optic disorders or for reducing or alleviating the signs, symptoms, or pathological conditions related to such optic disorders. In particular, methods are provided for treating optic disorders, or reducing the symptoms thereof, the methods involving the administration of one or more downstream folate compounds and/or methyl-B12. In one particular embodiment, the method comprises administration of L-methylfolate. In other embodiments, the method involves administering both L-methylfolate and methyl-B12. In still further embodiments, the method further involves reducing dietary intake of folic acid. In certain embodiments, the method further involves identifying a subject organism with a malfunction in one or more of the folate or B4 cycles. In certain embodiments, such a malfunction is one or more of the C677T and A1298C mutations. In still further embodiments, the method further involves identifying a subject organism that is deficient in vitamins B-12 and D3 but which possesses excess homocysteine.
US09770463B2 Delivery of RNA to different cell types
RNA encoding an immunogen is co-delivered to non-immune cells at the site of delivery and also to immune cells which infiltrate the site of delivery. The responses of these two cell types to the same delivered RNA lead to two different effects, which interact to produce a strong immune response against the immunogen. The non-immune cells translate the RNA and express the immunogen. Infiltrating immune cells respond to the RNA by expressing type I interferons and pro-inflammatory cytokines which produce a local adjuvant effect which acts on the immunogen-expressing non-immune cells to upregulate major histocompatibility complex expression, thereby increasing presentation of the translated protein to T cells. The effects on the immune and non-immune cells can be achieved by a single delivery of a single RNA e.g. by a single injection.
US09770461B2 Tailored glycopolymers as anticoagulant heparin mimetics
The present disclosure provides for methods and compositions comprising a series of synthetic glycopolymers. The disclosure also relates to a kit which is suitable for carrying out the inventive methods.
US09770458B2 Anti-cancer agent containing a diacylphosphatidylethanolamine as an active ingredient
The present invention provides an anti-cancer agent, a cancer cell death inducing agent, a protein phosphatase 2A activation enhancing agent, a protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B activation enhancing agent and the like, each containing 1,2-dipalmitoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine as an active ingredient.
US09770455B2 Administration of an anti-obesity compound to individuals with renal impairment
The present disclosure relates to methods for weight management in an individual in need thereof by determining the level of renal sufficiency of the individual and prescribing or administering a therapeutically effective amount of (R)-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof to the individual, provided that the individual has a level of renal sufficiency selected from the group consisting of: no renal impairment, mild renal impairment, and moderate renal impairment. In addition, the disclosure relates to a method for selecting an individual for treatment with (R)-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof from a plurality of individuals in need of weight management by determining the level of renal sufficiency of the individual and selecting the individual for treatment with (R)-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof if the individual has a level of renal sufficiency selected from the group consisting of: no renal impairment, mild renal impairment, and moderate renal impairment.
US09770453B2 Combination of brimonidine and timolol for topical ophthalmic use
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising brimonidine and timolol for topical ophthalmic delivery and a method of treatment comprising administering said composition when indicated for glaucoma and associated conditions such as elevated intraocular pressure in the eyes of humans.
US09770450B2 4-OXO-3,4-dihydro-1,2,3-benzotriazine as modulators of GPR139
The present invention provides a method for treating a disease, disorder or condition associated with GPR139 using compounds of formula 1: which are agonists of GPR139, certain compounds encompassed by formula 1, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, processes for making the compounds, and intermediates thereof.
US09770448B1 Compositions and methods for treatment of Bowen's disease and related diseases
Compositions and methods for the treatment of Bowen's disease, an orphan disease, are described. In addition, compositions and methods for the treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), an orphan disease, are described. Compositions and methods for the treatment of stage 1 melanoma are also described. The compositions comprise one or more active ingredients selected from the group consisting of: chloroquine, amodiaquine, and an antibiotic such as metronidazole. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of such compositions to a subject in need thereof.
US09770444B2 Compositions and methods for modulating circadian synchronization
The present invention relates to a modulator of glucocorticoid biosynthesis, degradation and/or receptor activation for use in preventing or treating symptoms and/or diseases associated with jet lag. The compositions of the invention may be used as a lead compound for developing a drug for preventing or treating symptoms and/or diseases associated with jet lag. The invention relates to the discovery that administration of the modulator(s) to a subject results in a directional change of the time point of maximum amounts of glucocorticoids in the subject as compared to the time point of maximum amounts of glucocorticoids in a subject not treated with the modulator(s).
US09770442B2 Self-assembling amphiphilic polymers as anti-cancer agents
The invention provides amphiphilic biocompatible copolymers which have a hydrophilic backbone and pendant hydrophobic groups. The polymers form nanoscale molecular aggregates in aqueous environments, which have hydrophobic interiors within which anticancer drugs may be solubilized. The polymers optionally feature attached antibodies, receptor ligands, and other targeting moieties which mediate adherence of the drug-carrying aggregates to targeted cancer cells.
US09770440B2 Solid oral pharmaceutical compositions for isoxazoline compounds
A solid oral pharmaceutical composition for delivery of a pharmaceutically acceptable active ingredient to an animal where the composition comprises an isoxazoline compound, a solvent and an excipient, a process for the manufacture of such solid oral pharmaceutical composition and a method of controlling a parasite infection administering such solid oral pharmaceutical composition.
US09770436B2 Polymorphs of azabicyclohexane
The invention provides polymorphic crystalline forms of acid addition salts of (+)-1-(3, 4-dichlorophenyl)-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane designated as polymorph form A, polymorph form B and polymorph form C, where polymorph form A is more thermodynamically stable than the other forms, methods for preparing and using such polymorph forms and pharmaceutical compositions containing such polymorph forms.
US09770434B2 Compositions for improved body composition
A nutritional supplement is provided comprising alpha-lipoic acid and curcumin. The nutritional supplement may be used for reducing weight or reducing weight gain, for reducing fat or reducing fat gain, for reducing loss in lean mass or maintaining lean mass, or for reducing loss of appetite or for maintaining appetite.
US09770431B2 Tiglien-3-one derivatives
The present invention relates to tiglien-3-one compounds and their use in methods of treating or preventing protozoal infections, bacterial infections, parasitic infections and cell proliferative disorders. The tiglien-3-one compounds are also used in methods of controlling pests in humans, animals, plants and the environment.
US09770427B2 Antiviral treatments
The invention provides unit dosage forms, kits, and methods and useful for treating viral infections.
US09770423B2 Modulation sAPP, sAAP α and BDNF levels in individuals diagnosed with FXS and ASD
A method of treating and monitoring patient diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum disorder or Fragile X syndrome comprising measuring plasma biomarker levels of BDNF, sAPP, and sAPP alpha and adjusting the amount of a therapeutic compound according to the plasma levels of BDNF, sAPP and sAPPs. In one embodiment, the therapeutic compound is acamprosate.
US09770418B2 Dopamine nanocapsules and uses thereof
The present invention provides a sonochemical irradiation-based method for the preparation of polydopamine (PDA) nanocapsules having reduced wall thickness and uniform size distribution, which may further comprise at least one payload; nanocapsules obtained by this method; and compositions thereof. Such compositions may be formulated for different purposes, e.g., as pharmaceutical compositions for various therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
US09770413B2 Amphiphilic dendron-coils, micelles thereof and uses
The invention generally relates to the fields of drug delivery and cell capture. In particular, the invention relates to amphiphilic dendron-coils, micelles thereof and their use for drug delivery vehicles and/or cell capture.
US09770412B2 Implant device for drug delivery
The present invention provides a method for controlling the internal diameter of nanopores to afford nanopore membranes with a zero-order rate of release of a therapeutic agent.
US09770405B1 Biocompatible capsules and methods of making
Embodiments of the invention include capsules for containing medical implants and delivery systems for release of active biological substances into a host body. Delivery systems comprise a capsule comprising an interior enclosed by walls, and a source of active biological substances enclosed within the capsule interior, wherein the active biological substances are free to diffuse across the capsule walls. The capsule walls comprise a continuous mesh of biocompatible fibers and a seal region where two capsule walls overlap. The interior of the capsule is substantially isolated from the medium surrounding the capsule, except for diffusion of at least one species of molecule between the capsule interior and the ambient medium, and prevents cell migration into or out of the capsule. Methods for preparing and using the capsules and delivery systems are provided.
US09770403B2 Polyorganosiloxane gels having polyether groups
Organopolysiloxane gels are prepared by reacting an unsaturated silicone resin, a minor proportion of a terminally unsaturated polyoxyalkylene polyether, and two Si—H-functional organopolysiloxanes, one (2) with from 0.011 to 0.044 wt. % of Si—H groups, and one (2′) with from 0.045 to 0.35 wt. % of Si—H groups, where the molar ratio of (2) to (2′) is from 0.2 to 20. Compositions containing the gels are storage stable, and can absorb polar and/or hydrophilic substances and yet form monoplastic mixtures. The gels are particularly useful in personal care compositions.
US09770400B2 Exopolysaccharide for treatment or care of skin, mucous membranes, hair or nails
A method includes administering a cosmetically or dermopharmaceutically effective quantity of exopolysaccharide of a bacterial strain isolated from Pseudoalteromonas sp. with deposit number CNCM I-4150 to at least one of skin, mucous membranes, hair and nails for the treatment and/or care of the skin, mucous membranes, hair and/or nails, and cosmetic and/or dermopharmaceutical compositions including the exopolysaccharide. In particular, the method and composition are suited to treatment of the aging of skin and for the treatment and/or care of disorders, conditions and/or diseases which are a result of a lack or decrease in hydration.
US09770398B2 pH-sensitive compound, use, composition and treatment process using same
The subject of the present invention is a compound of formula (I) below, the addition salts thereof, the dimer thereof and also the organic or inorganic acid salts thereof, the optical isomers thereof, the geometric isomers thereof, and the solvates thereof such as hydrates: (I) These compounds are sensitive to pH and of use for the treatment of keratin fibers, such as human keratin fibers and in particular the hair.
US09770394B1 Baby feeding pacifier with enclosed edible product
A baby feeding pacifier includes a mounting base in the form of a mouth shield and a pedestal formed on the mouth shield, an annular seat affixed on the pedestal, a support member in the form of an elongated pole also affixed on the pedestal and extending beyond the annular seat, a hollow nipple that has pores between interior and exterior surfaces thereof and inserts into an installed position on the pedestal about the annular seat and the support pole, and a body configured to provide a material adapted for human consumption within and accessible through the pores of the hollow nipple and that seats on the annular seat and fits about the elongated support pole.
US09770391B2 Slot adjustment and jam clearance for pharmaceutical dispenser
Devices dispense medicine and dietary supplements in solid dosage form. The dimensions of the selection slots for the solid dosage forms in a device can be customized in depth by adding or subtracting spacers, and in width by adding or subtracting thickness inserts, or otherwise by employing components of suitable dimensions. Also, structures and methods for resolving jams of solid dosage forms are disclosed.
US09770389B2 Medicine dispensing device
Systems and methods for preventing a container from being replenished with the wrong medicine are described. This is achieved by the following process: first, a user places a container on a placement unit and reads a symbol attached to a bottle. Then, a determination is made so as to whether the medicine in the bottle is the correct medicine. If the medicine is incorrect, a message indicating the medicine is incorrect is displayed. If the medicine is correct, a camera records video of the medicine replenishment operation. Once the medicine replenishment is completed, a photographed image of the medicine inside the container and an image of the correct medicine for replenishing the container are displayed. Then, the user views these images and confirms whether the medicine used to replenish the container was correct. If this confirmation is not completed, the medicine dispensing device will not dispense medicine from the container.
US09770388B2 Co-infusion apparatus and co-infusion method
The present application provides a co-infusion apparatus and a co-infusion method which can photograph an image suitable for inspecting whether or not a co-infusion process in the co-infusion apparatus is properly carried out.
US09770387B2 Electric sauna heater with evaporator plates
Evaporator tray (100) for a sauna heater has one or more elongate plate members (102) extending across a support member (104). Support member (104) has at least two sides. In use, plate members (102) support rocks (not shown). Plate members (102) have a generally concave or hollow cross-section with a hollow face (106) upturned, which means they can collect unevaporated water, thereby protecting the sauna heater. The generally concave shape may be “V”-shaped, “U”-shaped, arcuate or concave, or any shape suitable for retaining water.
US09770383B1 Arcuate tactile sidewalk tile arrangement and method of assembly
An arcuate tactile sidewalk tile arrangement includes a connector tactile sidewalk tile including a wedge-shaped main body and one or more connector flanges that adjoin one or more longitudinal sides of the wedge-shaped main body. One or more rectilinear tactile sidewalk tiles overlap the one or more connector flanges. A plurality of truncated domes projects upwardly in a vertical direction from an upper surface of the wedge-shaped main body, as well as an upper surface of each one of the one or more rectilinear tactile sidewalk tiles. Also disclosed is a method of assembling an arcuate tactile sidewalk tile arrangement.
US09770382B1 Guided movement
Wireless sensor network motes and radar & sensor-based systems receive sensed data, compare it to a predetermined standard and generate a signal to deploy a corresponding response.
US09770381B1 Safety walker
A safety walker provides a strap that actuates to allow a person to enter into the safety walker and then raise the strap between their legs. The strap prevents ground level falls. The safety strap is actuated by a strap actuator that may pivot about a pivot attached to the movable support frame. The strap actuator may be locked into a secure position with the strap in an elevated position by a latch. The strap actuator may be coupled to a handle actuator by one or more linkages, or the strap actuator and handle actuator may be a one-piece rigid member that rotates about a single pivot on the moveable frame. A coupling member may extend between a left and right strap actuator proximal to the back end of the strap actuators and the safety strap may be attached to the coupling member.
US09770376B2 Wheelchair
A conveyance to carry humans, such as a wheelchair, is described having levers on each side of the wheelchair that are manually moved forward and backward to propel the conveyance. The user is able to shift into forward, reverse or neutral, brake, and change mechanical advantage (gear ratio), all this without removing the user's hands from the drive levers.
US09770372B2 Discrete cord delivery apparatus
An apparatus for delivering a discrete cord having a supply path comprising a fluid flow, a deployed cord supply, a transfer member having a first surface comprising one or more orifices capable of receiving the deployed cord supply, and a cutting apparatus comprising a cutting implement enabled to sever the deployed cord supply to form a discrete cord. The fluid flow directs the deployed cord supply towards the transfer member first surface. The transfer member first surface abuts the cutting apparatus.
US09770369B2 Wound care devices, apparatus, and treatment methods
A wound care device for delivering topical oxygen therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, and a low intensity vacuum therapy for treatment of a wound. The wound care device may include an oxygen supply MEA, an oxygen consuming MEA, a vacuum pump and motor, a pressure sensor, and a power supply and electronic controls. A dressing may be connected to the wound care device for administering topical continuous oxygen therapy and simultaneous negative pressure wound therapy to a wound. A canister or exudate trap may be positioned between the dressing and the vacuum supply port of the vacuum pump to collect and store exudates from the wound. The canister may be combined with the dressing.
US09770365B2 Apparatus for treatment of middle ear fluid in the ears of infants and toddlers
An apparatus and method is provided for reducing middle ear fluid and equalizing middle ear pressure in infants and toddlers. The apparatus coordinates the act of swallowing and the forcing of air into the nostril of the child. The coordinated actions allow air forced into the nostril to traverse the Eustachian tube when in its open state. A flexible member and a main flexible tube, connected accordingly, are both adapted to be inserted into the child's mouth and nostril, respectively, to achieve such coordination and allow air to enter the Eustachian tube when in its open state, ultimately allowing air to reach the middle ear.
US09770363B2 Steerable laser probe
A steerable laser probe may include a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end, an auto-fixing actuation control, a housing tube having a housing tube distal end and a housing tube proximal end, a first housing tube portion having a first stiffness, a second housing tube portion having a second stiffness, and an optic fiber disposed within an inner bore of the handle and the housing tube. An actuation of the auto-fixing actuation control may gradually curve the housing tube. A gradual curving of the housing tube may gradually curve the optic fiber.
US09770362B2 Wavefront correction for ophthalmic surgical lasers
A surgical laser system includes a laser engine, configured to generate a laser beam of laser pulses; a proximal optics and a distal optics, together configured to direct the laser beam to a target region, and to scan the laser beam in the target region through a scanning-point sequence; and an aberration sensor, configured to sense aberration by an aberration layer; a compensation controller, coupled to the aberration sensor, configured to generate compensation-point-dependent phase compensation control signals based on the sensed aberration; and a spatial phase compensator, positioned between the proximal optics and the distal optics, at a conjugate aberration surface, conjugate to the aberration layer, and coupled to the compensation controller, configured to receive the compensation-point-dependent phase compensation control signals, and to alter a phase of the laser beam in a compensation-point-dependent manner to compensate the sensed aberration.
US09770360B2 Therapeutic brain cooling system and spinal cord cooling system
This disclosure relates to a brain cooling and spinal cord cooling system, device or mechanism for use in military helmets, and in an adapted format in non-military helmets. The system is comprised of an inflatable pad, or a set of interconnected pads, attached to the interior surface of the helmet, together with a series of valves that allow cooling gases to be delivered from a high pressure canister. The use of different cooling gases permits the achievement and maintenance of cooling of the brain for 24 to 96 hours at a mild (36° C.) or moderate (33° C.-35° C.) brain hypothermia, which is 1.5° C.-4.5° C. below the core temperature.
US09770356B2 Orthopedic device for dynamically treating the knee
An orthopedic device is arranged for dynamically treating the knee. The device includes a hinge assembly, a frame having an upper cuff and a lower cuff spaced apart from and connected by the hinge assembly, and a dynamic shell connected to the frame and extending along the first side of the brace. An adjustment system is connected to the dynamic shell and includes a tensioning element operatively engaging the shell and the hinge assembly. The adjustment system is arranged to increase and decrease tension in the tensioning element. The dynamic shell is arranged to be drawn toward the frontal plane as the orthopedic device goes from an extension orientation to a flexion orientation.
US09770355B2 Method for producing a spacer and hollow mold for producing a spacer
A method for producing a spacer for insertion as a placeholder for an articular endoprosthesis, whereby a cement is filled into a compressed hollow space of a flexible compressed hollow mold, whereby the flexible hollow mold is expanded by the cement flowing into it, and the cement is filled into the hollow mold until the hollow space is expanded to a final state, whereby the hollow space in its final state determines the shape of the spacer to be produced, and the cement is then cured in said hollow space, and the spacer produced from the cement is removed from the hollow mold after curing. The invention also relates to the hollow mold, which comprises the compressible hollow space, whereby the hollow mold comprises at least one filling opening through which cement can be filled into the hollow space.
US09770352B2 Inflatable balloon and cover
The present disclosure describes implantable medical devices comprising covers, such as a balloon cover. Such devices can comprise a first layer of a porous polymeric material, such as ePTFE, surrounded by layers of a porous polymeric material having an imbibed elastomer, such as polyurethane. The cover can be used to assist in deployment of an expandable implant, such as a stent-graft, within the body of the patient.
US09770350B2 Stent-graft with fixation elements that are radially confined for delivery
An endovascular stent-graft is provided that includes a flexible stent member, which includes a plurality of struts, which are shaped so as to define a generally circumferential section; a tubular fluid flow guide, which includes a graft material, and which is attached to the stent member; and at least one fixation member shaped so as to define a base at a first end thereof and a sharp tip at a second end thereof. The base is coupled to one of the struts that are shaped so as to define the generally circumferential section. When the stent-graft is in a radially-expanded deployment state, the fixation member protrudes radially outward. When the stent-graft is in a radially-compressed delivery state, at least a portion of the fixation member between the base and the sharp tip is convex as viewed from outside the stent-graft, such that the sharp tip points radially inward.
US09770349B2 Nanoporous stents with enhanced cellular adhesion and reduced neointimal formation
The present invention relates generally to medical devices containing nanoporous surfaces and methods for making same. More specifically, the invention relates to implantable vascular stents or other biomedical devices having at least one dealloyed nanoporous layer that promotes improved cellular adhesion properties that promote healing and long term biocompatibility. In the case of stents, the nanoporous layer promotes re-endothelialization at sites of stent implantation vasculature, improves overall healing, and reduces inflammation and intimal disease progression. The nanoporous layer may be optionally loaded with one or more therapeutic agent to further improve the function of the implanted stent and further augment clinical efficacy.
US09770347B2 Adjustable prosthesis leg
The adjustable prosthetic leg, which is connected between a thigh and an artificial foot, has a controller, a connecting mechanism, a hydraulic unit, and a shell. The connecting mechanism and the hydraulic unit are pivotally connected to the controller, and the shell is pivotally connected to the hydraulic unit. The connecting mechanism extends into a hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic unit. The hydraulic cylinder is in communication with a reserve hydraulic cylinder and a brake hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic unit. The prosthetic leg allows a user to climb up or go down the stairs and walk on uneven ground easily without falling down.
US09770345B2 Method and apparatus for implanting a knee prosthesis
A method for preparing a femur for receiving a prosthesis. The method includes the following: fixing a femoral trial component to the femur; coupling a reamer bushing relative to the femoral trial component; reaming a cavity into the femur using the reamer bushing as a guide; coupling at least one of a modular femoral box trial and a stem adapter relative to the femoral trial component; trialing the femoral trial component with the articulating surface of the femoral trial component; and performing the coupling of the reamer bushing, the reaming of the cavity, the coupling of the at least one of the modular femoral box trial and stem adapter, and the trialing of the femoral trial component all while the femoral trial component remains fixed to the distal femur.
US09770341B1 Magnetic spinal implant
The present invention provides for an improved spinal implant which is useful in bone fixation surgeries. The spinal implant as described herein provides a surgeon with a device that can easily and safely be inserted into the space previously occupied by the spinal disc. The spinal implant contains one or more magnets positioned on or within the device to self-align with one or more additional spinal implants inserted therein for the purpose of preventing misalignment of a plurality of implant devices during surgical procedures and preventing implant expulsion.
US09770340B2 Multi-piece intervertebral implants
Intervertebral implants for implanting into an intervertebral space are provided. The implants can comprise one or more layers that are operably attached to one another. An implant can comprise a first layer having a first mating surface that mates with a second mating surface of a second layer. The first mating surface and the second mating surface can have features that allow them to complement each other. The implants can include one or more bore holes for receiving a fixation member. The bore holes can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. In some cases, the bore holes will be blind bore holes.
US09770339B2 Expandable support device and method of use
An expandable support device for tissue repair is disclosed. The device can be used to repair hard or soft tissue, such as bone or vertebral discs. The device can have multiple flat sides that remain flat during expansion. A method of repairing tissue is also disclosed. Devices and methods for adjusting (e.g., removing, repositioning, resizing) deployed orthopedic expandable support devices are also disclosed. The expandable support devices can be engaged by an engagement device. The engagement device can longitudinally expand the expandable support device. The expandable support device can be longitudinally expanded until the expandable support device is substantially in a pre-deployed configuration. The expandable support device can be then be physically translated and/or rotated.
US09770338B2 Posterior total joint replacement
A prosthetic system for implantation between upper and lower vertebrae comprises an upper joint component. The upper joint component comprises an upper contact surface and an upper articulation surface. The system further includes a lower joint component. The lower joint component comprises a lower contact surface and a lower articulation surface configured to movably engage the upper articulation surface to form an articulating joint. The articulating joint is adapted for implantation within a disc space between the upper and lower vertebrae, allowing the upper and lower vertebrae to move relative to one another. The system further includes a bridge component extending posteriorly from one of either the upper or lower joint components and from the disc space. The bridge component has a distal end opposite the one of the either upper or lower joint components. The distal end of the bridge component comprises a connection component adapted to receive a fastener.
US09770337B2 Prosthetic devices
Expandable prosthetic devices used for treating a variety of conditions, including rotator cuff injuries, broken and/or depressed bone fractures, infection and/or inflammation in the body. In one embodiment, a prosthesis includes an implant having a pressure regulating valve. The implant is capable of being positioned between a first tissue and an opposing second tissue in a void space and of deforming under pressure in response to articulation of a joint. The pressure regulating valve is configured to open based on a predetermined pressure in the implant.
US09770334B2 Shoulder arthroplasty system
An implant system for total shoulder arthroplasties, hemi shoulder arthroplasties, and “reverse” total shoulder arthroplasties including a humeral stem having an enlarged head portion with interfaces adapted to removably receive various modular interchangeable components, such as articulating liners, spacers, and adapter inserts. The humeral stem functions as a universal platform that may be used in either conventional or “reverse” total shoulder arthroplasties, as well as hemi shoulder arthroplasties, and may remain implanted in place during a revision in which the implant system is converted between the foregoing configurations, for example.
US09770331B2 System for mitral valve repair and replacement
Systems for mitral valve repair are disclosed where one or more mitral valve interventional devices may be advanced intravascularly into the heart of a patient and deployed upon or along the mitral valve to stabilize the valve leaflets. The interventional device may also facilitate the placement or anchoring of a prosthetic mitral valve implant. The interventional device may generally comprise a distal set of arms pivotably and/or rotating coupled to a proximal set of arms which are also pivotably and/or rotating coupled. The distal set of arms may be advanced past the catheter opening to a subannular position (e.g., below the mitral valve) and reconfigured from a low-profile delivery configuration to a deployed securement configuration. The proximal arm members may then be deployed such that the distal and proximal arm members may grip the leaflets between the two sets of arms to stabilize the leaflets.
US09770325B2 Reduced glare intraocular lens
An intraocular lens for reducing aberrant optical effects includes an anterior surface, a posterior surface and a peripheral region/zone disposed about a central optical axis. The peripheral region/zone has an inflection region/transition area that is inclined with respect to the anterior surface at an angle between about 40 degrees and 120 degrees with respect to the optical axis.
US09770324B2 Arthroscopic biceps tenodesis repair
The present disclosure relates to a fixation device. The fixation device includes a base portion having a first leg, a second leg, and a groove located between the first and second legs, and a top portion extending from the base portion. A method of tissue repair and a kit are also disclosed.
US09770317B2 Curved surgical fasteners for securing prosthetic devices to tissue
A curved surgical fastener for anchoring medical devices to tissue includes a curved member having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the curved member has a tissue penetrating end including an insertion tip with a distal point. The curved member has a total curvature of less than 360 degrees between the proximal and distal ends of the curved member. The curved member comprises a compound curve. A proximal section of the curved member has a first radius of curvature and a distal section of the curved member has a second radius of curvature that is different than the first radius of curvature.
US09770306B2 Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool
A surgical system for positioning a prosthetic component includes a surgical tool and a force system configured to provide a force to the surgical tool. The system further includes a controller programmed to: compare an actual pose of a prosthetic component engaged by the surgical tool and a target pose of the prosthetic component, and generate control signals that cause the force system to allow movement of the surgical tool within a range of movement and to provide a force to constrain movement of the surgical tool beyond the range of movement. The force resists movement of the surgical tool that would cause substantial deviation between an aspect of the actual pose of the prosthetic component and a corresponding aspect of the target pose. The controller is programmed to generate control signals that cause the force system to maintain the force as the prosthetic component is implanted on the anatomy.
US09770305B2 Robotic surgical devices, systems, and related methods
The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices. Certain embodiments include various modular medical devices for in vivo medical procedures.
US09770304B2 Multimodal fiducial marker and marker arrangement
A multimodal fiducial marker for registration of multimodal data, including a first portion comprising magnetic material visible in magnetic particle imaging (MPI) data obtained by a magnetic particle imaging method and a second portion comprising a second material visible in image data obtained by another imaging method, which image data is registrable with the MPI data and a corresponding marker arrangement.
US09770303B2 Systems and methods for predicting coronary plaque vulnerability from patient-specific anatomic image data
Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting coronary plaque vulnerability, using a computer system. One method includes acquiring anatomical image data of at least part of the patient's vascular system; performing, using a processor, one or more image characteristics analysis, geometrical analysis, computational fluid dynamics analysis, and structural mechanics analysis on the anatomical image data; predicting, using the processor, a coronary plaque vulnerability present in the patient's vascular system, wherein predicting the coronary plaque vulnerability includes calculating an adverse plaque characteristic based on results of the one or more of image characteristics analysis, geometrical analysis, computational fluid dynamics analysis, and structural mechanics analysis of the anatomical image data; and reporting, using the processor, the calculated adverse plaque characteristic.
US09770301B2 Module for driving a catheterization system
The invention relates to a robotic module for driving a catheterization system, which includes a base and a movable element rotatably mounted, relative to the base, about a rotation axle. The movable element includes: a mounting having a surface for rotating about the axle, the rotating surface comprising an access opening; a transfer system including a fixed part supported by the base and a mobile part for translating the catheter, supported by the mounting, the mobile part having an access opening. The access opening of the mobile part is aligned with the access opening of the rotating surface, regardless of the relative orientation of the mounting and of the base.
US09770299B2 Treatment tool, manipulator, and surgery support system
A treatment tool of which a treatment unit operates with a driving force generated from a driving source includes a driving force transmission member that is connected to the driving source, a connecting portion that is formed in the treatment unit, that is connected to the driving wire, that is supplied with the driving force from the driving source via the driving force transmission member, and that converts the driving force into movement of the treatment unit, and a member for detecting amount of movement that is moved by the connecting portion.
US09770297B2 Energy devices and methods for treating hollow anatomical structures
Apparatus and methods for segmental treatment of hollow anatomical structures using an optical fiber are disclosed. An elongate energy application device can absorb, scatter and/or reflect laser energy over a length of the elongate energy application device to thereby treat the hollow anatomical structure along one or more lengthened treatment segments.
US09770291B2 Device for mapping and ablating renal nerves distributed on the renal artery
A device for mapping and ablating the renal nerves distributed on the renal artery is provided, said device comprising a guide catheter (11), a mapping-ablation catheter (12), a handle (13) and a connector (15). The guide catheter (11) had at least one lumen and a distal end with adjustable curvature. The mapping-ablation catheter (12) is housed in one of the lumens of the guide catheter (11) and its distal end has one or more electrodes (22) and one or more detecting devices (23). The distal end of the mapping-ablation catheter (12) is curved, rotatable, and can be extended out of or retracted into the guide catheter (11). The handle (13) connects the guide catheter (11) and mapping-ablation catheter (12), and comprises one or more controlling components for controlling the movement of the guide catheter (11) and mapping-ablation catheter (12). The connector (15) is designed to supply energy to the electrodes (22).
US09770287B2 System and method for delivering high current to electrosurgical device
An electrosurgical system is disclosed. The system includes an electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical power and an electrosurgical device coupled to the electrosurgical generator. The electrosurgical device includes a transformer and one or more active electrodes coupled thereto, wherein the transformer is adapted to step down the voltage of the power supplied by the electrosurgical generator.
US09770285B2 System and method for identifying and controlling an electrosurgical apparatus
An electrosurgical apparatus including an automatic applicator identifier used to communicate between an applicator and a generator unit, automatically presetting various values, is provided. These values may be stored in a one-wire serial memory storage device located in the applicator or connector coupled to the applicator. Communication from the applicator to the generator unit of these values is affected by a one-wire serial communication protocol. This information can be transferred over a direct electrical path through the connector that attaches that applicator to the generator unit, or instead by a wireless link.
US09770284B2 System and method for directing energy to tissue
An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical power generating source, an energy applicator operably associated with the electrosurgical power generating source, a processor unit, and a data acquisition module configured to receive a reflected signal. The processor unit is disposed in operative communication with the data acquisition module and adapted to determine a tissue desiccation rate around at least a portion of the energy applicator based on one or more signals received from the data acquisition module.
US09770283B2 Systems and methods for improving efficiency of electrosurgical generators
A method of improving efficiency of an electrosurgical generator is presented, the method including controlling an output of an electrosurgical generator by converting a direct current (DC) to an alternating current (AC) using an inverter, and sensing a current and a voltage at an output of the inverter. The method further includes the steps of determining a power level based on the sensed voltage and the sensed current, determining an efficiency of the electrosurgical generator, and inserting a predetermined integer number of off cycles when the efficiency of the electrosurgical generator reaches a threshold power efficiency.
US09770281B2 Electrosurgical apparatus with retractable blade
An electrosurgical apparatus with a retractable blade for use in cold plasma applications, electrosurgical cutting and mechanical cutting is provided. The electrosurgical apparatus employs a tip of the retractable blade as a sharp conductive point to generate a plasma beam or discharge. When the blade is retracted within the electrosurgical apparatus, it is electrically energized while an inert gas flows over it, producing a cold plasma discharge. In the de-energized state, the blade is advanced and used as a traditional, mechanical surgical blade.
US09770279B2 Method and apparatus for extraction of medical implants
An apparatus for extracting a medical implant from bone includes: a housing; a coupler carried by the housing and configured to be mechanically connected to a medical implant; and a forcing mechanism carried by the housing and operable to apply a cyclic excitation force with a specified amplitude, frequency, and vector to the coupler. Methods are described for using the apparatus to remove and/or implant medical implants.
US09770277B2 Bone screw
A bone screw is provided including a tubular body and a head as separate parts. The tubular body has a first end, a second end, a tubular wall defining a cavity and a plurality of openings extending through the tubular wall into the cavity. The tubular body also includes a continuous exterior bone thread on an exterior tubular surface of the tubular wall. The continuous exterior bone thread extends for at least one full revolution about the tubular surface. The head defines an inner bore and includes an engagement structure to engage with a driver to advance the bone screw in the bone when a rotating force from the driver is applied to the engagement structure in a first direction, and a connection structure to connect to the tubular body at the first end. The head is connected to the tubular body by the connection structure in such a way that the head is locked against disconnection from the tubular body when a rotating force from a driver is applied to the engagement structure in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US09770272B2 Orthopedic compression/distraction device
An orthopedic device configured for use as a compressor or a distractor is provided. The device has two arm members and a locking sleeve for securely holding an elongated pin is attached to each of the two arm members. The locking sleeve are hingeably connected to the outer end of each of the two arm members by a biaxial hinge block, wherein the biaxial hinge block is configured to allow the locking sleeve to swivel in two different directions about two orthogonally oriented axes.
US09770270B2 Plates configured to rigidly fix fragments of a pars interarticularis to one another
An apparatus for securing a vertebra during healing of a fracture within a pars area of the vertebra is described. In certain embodiments, the apparatus is a plate that has an outer shape similar to a shape of a pedicle and/or lamina of the vertebra, and an inner section that facilitates access to the pars area when the plate is secured to the vertebra.
US09770268B2 Tether clamp and implantation system
A clamp housing assembly and method for providing stabilization as a bone anchor during an operation. The assembly includes a housing, a locking element and a band. The housing defines a longitudinal axis, a center recess, and at least one slot. The housing has two opposing arms extending from a base. At least a portion of the inside surface of each arm may be threaded and at least a portion of the outside surface of each arm may be planar. The locking element is positionable within the recess in a co-axial relationship to the housing. The band is sized for travel along a predetermined path defined in part by the at least one slot in the housing.
US09770265B2 Splay control closure for open bone anchor
Open implant closure structures include a helically wound guide and advancement flange form having splay control surfaces. Multi-start closures and closures with inner set screws have splay control contours for interlocking with cooperating flange forms of bone anchor receivers. Flange form heights, thicknesses and other geometry, such as splay control ramp angle may be varied.
US09770262B2 Screw-driven handles and systems for fiducial deployment
Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system with a handle configured for actuation of same. A fiducial may include one or more protuberances configured to engage one or more slots in a needle of the system. The needle may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. In certain embodiments, echogenic placement of fiducials may present certain advantages. The handle includes an actuation mechanism with rotatable housing portion or member configured for incrementally or otherwise controlledly deploy one or more fiducials at a time by advancing a stylet through and/or retracting the body of a slotted needle in which fiducials are disposed with a fiducial protrusion extending into the needle slot, which also includes retaining structures that do not impede the needle lumen.
US09770261B2 Surgical access assembly and method of using same
A surgical access assembly is disclosed. The surgical access assembly comprises an outer sheath and an obturator. The outer sheath is defined by an open distal end and an open proximal end and includes a hollow body portion therebetween. The obturator is defined by a distal end and a proximal end and the distal end further comprises a tapered distal tip member that terminates in a closed radiused distal tip. The obturator is configured to be received within the outer sheath such that the tapered distal tip member protrudes from the open distal end of the outer sheath when the obturator is in an introducing configuration.
US09770258B2 Atherectomy devices
Described here are devices and components for use in performing an atherectomy. Generally, the atherectomy devices may have a handle, a cutter assembly, and a catheter or catheter assembly therebetween. The cutter assembly may include a housing and a cutter comprising a proximal cutter and a distal cutter, each of which may be rotated relative to the atherectomy device to cut occlusive material.
US09770252B2 Retrieval device and related methods of use
A medical device and a method for manipulating a tissue. The medical device includes two or more bars, a snare loop and a constricting element. Each bar includes a proximal end, and one or more distal ends, such that the bars are in close proximity at the proximal end. The snare loop maybe coupled to the distal ends of the bars. The constricting element maybe movably coupled to the bars, such that the constricting element expands the snare loop when positioned at the proximal end of the plurality of bars while the constricting element collapses the snare loop when positioned at the distal end of the plurality of bars, thus, keeping the distal end of the snare loop stationary with respect to the tissue.
US09770249B2 Rotary mill
A rotary mill is disclosed comprising a body portion (4) having a milling surface (10) and a central bore (20) extending along an axis of rotation (18) of the body portion (4); and a guide portion (6) having a guide body (22) and a guide peg (24) extending from the guide body (22), the guide peg (24) operable to be received in the central bore (20) of the body portion (4), the guide body (22) having at least one alignment feature (28, 30) which is the same as that of a prosthesis component. A method of implanting a unicondylar femoral component is also disclosed, the method comprising, a) reaming the femoral condylar surface to accept the unicondylar femoral component; b) drilling peg holes for affixing the unicondylar femoral component; c) affixing a guide portion of a rotary mill onto the prepared condylar surface using the drilled peg holes; d) reaming a portion of bone anterior to the affixed guide portion; e) removing the guide portion from the bone; and f) affixing a unicondylar femoral component to the prepared condylar surface.
US09770248B2 Circular bone tunneling device
An adjustable suture passer for use in arthroscopic surgery is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the adjustable suture passer comprises a head that describes a semicircular arc, an elongate body, a support element, and driving and control mechanisms. The head is adapted to accommodate a surgical needle and a guide wire. When the adjustable suture passer is activated, the needle is driven with sufficient force to penetrate bone. Use of the adjustable suture passer thus enables surgical attachment of soft tissue to bone without any necessity for a separate anchor.
US09770247B2 Method for manufacturing disposable rotary cutting tools and disposable rotary tool for dental or medical applications
The shank (12) of a disposable rotary cutting tool (10) comprises a pipe section (16) cut from a drawn metal pipe. The tool head (14) is formed from a cut-out (18a, 18b) of a drawn metal sheet or a section of a metal tube by non-cutting machining. The pipe section (16) and the tool head (14) are advantageously attached by force fitting.
US09770242B2 Surgical stapler comprising safety apparatus
A surgical stapler including a safety apparatus, including: a stapler part, a fixed handle, a safety apparatus, a transmission assembly, a propulsion assembly, and a trigger handle. The safety apparatus includes a safety piece and a fixing block. The propulsion assembly includes an ejector sleeve. The safety apparatus is fixed on the propulsion assembly and contacts with a surface of the transmission assembly. The safety piece is disposed inside the fixing block. At least one spring is disposed inside the fixing block to ensure elasticity of the safety piece.
US09770238B2 Magnetic positioning apparatus
The present invention relates to an instrument and method for passing a medical implement through tissue with magnetic forces. The implement can be an implant, either permanent or temporary, and is provided with a magnetic component. A magnetic field is established and the magnetic component and/or magnetic field is manipulated to drive the implant through tissue. Alternatively, the instrument itself is the implement and includes at least one magnetic element so that a magnetic field established by an external magnetic generator drives the instrument through tissue. In another embodiment, the instrument includes two magnetic elements that are moveable with respect to one another and interaction between the magnetic elements drives the instrument through the tissue. Examples of applications of the present invention include a suture passer and a tissue anchor.
US09770236B2 Spinal surgery distraction with an integrated retractor
A spinal surgery retractor and method of use. The retractor includes a slotted keyway for integrating a keyed spinal distractor. The retractor and distractor combination slide together to displace a portion of the intervertebral disk space to restore or maintain intervertebral spacing and facilitate retraction of surrounding soft tissues while disk space surgery is performed. The distractor head and mating portion of the retractors have matching profiles that enable the retractor to maintain distraction of the vertebra after removal of the distractor portion of the tool, permitting access to increase at the operating site.
US09770228B2 Flexible biopsy collection device and related methods of use
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a medical device and methods for collecting a tissue sample from a patient's body. The device may include a first tube defining a lumen and an aperture at a distal end of the first tube. A second tube extends within the lumen of the first tube and defines a lumen and slots, where at least some of the slots have sharp edges configured to shear tissue. The second tube is movable relative to the first tube such that the sharp edges cut a plurality of samples from tissue disposed within the aperture.
US09770221B1 Imaging using multiple energy levels
A system and method include acquisition of Q (Q≧2) energy images of M (M≧2) different materials, each one of the Q energy images associated with a respective range of photon energies, determination of R (R≧2) combinations of N (N≧2) energy images from the Q energy images, determination of an overlap associated with each of the R combinations of N energy images, the overlap associated with a combination of first N energy images indicating an extent of overlap between distribution functions associated with each of the M different materials and determined based on the first N energy images, and identification of one of the R combinations of N energy images associated with a smallest overlap of the determined overlaps.
US09770220B2 Integrated microtomography and optical imaging systems
An integrated microtomography and optical imaging system includes a rotating table that supports an imaging object, an optical stage, and separate optical and microtomography imaging systems. The table rotates the imaging object about a vertical axis running therethrough to a plurality of different rotational positions during a combined microtomography and optical imaging process. The optical stage can be a trans-illumination, epi-illumination or bioluminescent stage. The optical imaging system includes a camera positioned vertically above the imaging object. The microtomography system includes an x-ray source positioned horizontally with respect to the imaging object. Optical and x-ray images are both obtained while the imaging object remains in place on the rotating table. The stage and table are included within an imaging chamber, and all components are included within a portable cabinet. Multiple imaging objects can be imaged simultaneously, and side mirrors can provide side views of the object to the overhead camera.
US09770219B2 Computed-tomography apparatus including detectors with different sensitivities
A computed-tomography (CT) apparatus including a CT scanner including a rotating X-ray source, and a plurality of photon-counting detectors (PCDs) arranged in a fixed detector ring to capture incident X-ray photons emitted from the X-ray source. The plurality of PCDs includes a first plurality of first PCDs, each first PCD having a first collimator on a surface of the first PCD to block X-ray photons emitted from the X-ray source, the first collimator having openings of a first size, and a second plurality of second PCDs, each second PCD having a second collimator on a surface of the second PCD to block the X-ray photons emitted from the X-ray source, the second collimator having openings of a second size, the first size being different from the second size.
US09770213B2 Device, system and method for extracting physiological information
The present invention relates to a device, system and a method for extracting physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign of a subject from detected electromagnetic radiation reflected from the subject. The device comprises an input interface for receiving a data stream of detection data derived from detected electromagnetic radiation reflected from a skin region of a subject, wherein the detected electromagnetic radiation is detected by a polarized radiation detector, while the polarization angle of the polarized radiation detector is changed, a PPG extraction unit for extracting a photoplethysmographic, PPG, signal from said detection data, a signal quality determination unit for determining quality metrics from said PPG signal for different settings of the polarization angle of the polarized radiation detector, a selection unit for selecting the optimum quality metric value from the determined quality metrics and for generating polarization control information for use by said polarized radiation detector for setting the polarization angle to an angle value, at which said optimum quality metric value was obtained, for subsequent detection of radiation, and a processor for deriving physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign from the PPG signal.
US09770212B2 Device and method for extracting physiological information
Physiological information is extracted from detected electromagnetic radiation emitted or reflected by a subject (10). A data stream (30) derivable from the electromagnetic radiation is received. The data stream (30) includes a sequence (76; 152) of signal samples (78a, 78b, 78c; 154a, 154b, 154c) indicative of desired subject motion and of disturbing motion, the signal samples representing at least one region of interest (84; 164) and at least one non-indicative motion region (86; 166). The at least one defined region of interest (84; 164) exhibiting an at least partially periodic indicative motion pattern attributable to at least one physiological parameter (56), and a disturbing motion portion. A sequence (158) of motion compensated samples (80; 160a, 160b, 160c) at least partially compensated for undesired overall motion is derived. At least one characteristic signal (90; 112) at least partially indicative of the at least partially periodic indicative motion pattern is derived from the sequence (158) of derived motion compensated samples (80; 160a, 160b, 160c).
US09770209B2 Open architecture tabletop patient support and coil system
An assembly for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a patient and a method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a patient using different MRI scanners is disclosed. In one example, the assembly includes a plurality of RF coils, wherein the RF coils are configured to be positioned adjacent to an anatomy of interest, a patient support structure configured to support of the patient, a base removably coupled to the patient support structure, the base and the patient support being configured for receipt in the bore of an MRI scanner, and an interface coupled to the plurality of RF coils and to the MRI scanner and configured to connect the plurality of RF coils and the MRI scanner and to selectively control a first RF coil and a second RF coil included in the plurality of RF coils.
US09770208B2 Photoacoustic probe and photoacoustic diagnostic apparatus
A photoacoustic diagnostic apparatus is provided. The photoacoustic diagnostic apparatus includes a movement restriction unit that selectively restricts a location movement of a user input unit that receives an input signal from a user for a light irradiation unit to irradiate light, based on a location of a contact detection unit that detects whether a probe contacts a subject to be imaged.
US09770207B2 Sensor electrodes in a bio-compatible device
A method may involve providing a conductive pattern on a bio-compatible layer. The conductive pattern may include a first conductive layer that comprises a first metal and a second conductive layer that comprises a second metal. The second conductive layer may be over the first conductive layer, and the first metal may be more malleable than the second metal. The method may also include mounting an electrical component to the conductive pattern to provide an electrochemical sensor. The electrochemical sensor may be configured for use in a body-mountable device.
US09770205B2 Method and system for monitoring and displaying physiological conditions
Providing an indication of a state of awareness for a patient includes arranging data of an EEG power spectrogram to provide power versus frequency in a log-log arrangement; calculating a first best-fit line for a lower frequency region of the EEG power spectrogram, using a processor; and calculating a second best-fit line for a higher frequency region of the EEG power spectrogram. Also, a display device is used to display a density spectral array of the spectrogram using a display scale that ranges between an upper limit and a lower limit, wherein the lower limit is set based on one of the first best-fit line and the second best-fit line.
US09770203B1 Force measurement system and a method of testing a subject
A force measurement system is disclosed herein. The force measurement system includes a force measurement assembly configured to receive a subject thereon, at least one visual display device having an output screen, and one or more data processing devices configured to generate a screen image comprising a plurality of substantially concentric bands on the output screen of the at least one visual display device that is configured to create a visual stimuli for the subject disposed on the force measurement assembly. A method for testing a subject is also disclosed herein. The method for testing a subject utilizes reality-altering glasses that are used to perturb a visual input of a subject. Also, in one or more embodiments, the reality-altering glasses are used in conjunction with a force measurement assembly configured to receive the subject thereon.
US09770199B2 Fingerprint identification apparatus and method capable of simultaneously identifying fingerprint and oxygen saturation
A fingerprint identification method capable of simultaneously identifying fingerprint image and oxygen saturation is provided. The method may include allowing for a finger to be placed on a light reception surface of a photoelectron sensor module, enabling emission of an invisible light and a visible light, receiving light intensity signals corresponding to the invisible light penetrated into the finger and then reflected by the finger and the visible light reflected from the finger using the photoelectron sensor module, converting the light intensity signals to photocurrent signals by the photoelectron sensor module, converting the photocurrent signals to a corresponding first digital signal and a second digital signal by an analog/digital converting module, and outputting a fingerprint image corresponding to the first digital signal and a finger oxygen saturation image corresponding to the second digital signal by the processor module.
US09770197B2 Device and method for extracting physiological information
The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting physiological information from detected electromagnetic radiation emitted or reflected by a subject. A data stream derived from detected electromagnetic radiation is received. The data stream comprises a continuous or discrete characteristic signal including physiological information indicative of at least one vital parameter, the characteristic signal comprising at least one indicative signal component representative of a detected spectral portion indicative of the at least one vital parameter. The data stream at least sectionally comprises at least one auxiliary signal component detected along with the at least one indicative signal component, the at least one auxiliary signal component being representative of a distinct spectral portion. A characteristic signal discrepancy between at least one of the at least one indicative signal component and the at least one auxiliary signal component is detected, the signal discrepancy being related to a physiological state of the subject. A signal calibration parameter is determined under consideration of the detected signal discrepancy. Consequently, the at least one vital parameter can be detected under consideration of the calibration parameter.
US09770194B2 Devices and methods for airway measurement
Described here are devices and methods for measuring a distance in an airway. In some instances, the devices may comprise an outer shaft and an inner shaft that is slidably disposed in a lumen of the outer shaft. An expandable stopper may be positioned at a distal end of the inner shaft, which may be configured to engage a carina of a patient. The device may comprise one or more alignment markings and one or more displacement markings that may be used to measure a distance between a distal tip of an endotracheal tube and the carina. In some variations, measurement may be facilitated by the use of an alignment guide that may attach to a predetermined portion of an endotracheal tube.
US09770191B2 Method and apparatus for producing a waveform
There is provided herein a method for producing a representative CO2 waveform, the method comprising obtaining two or more CO2 waveforms, for each of the two or more CO2 waveforms determining one or more scale factors and one or more shape factors, computing, based on the one or more shape and scale factors of each of the two or more CO2 waveforms, a representative set of shape factors and scale factors representing the two or more CO2 waveforms and constructing a representative waveform based on the representative set of shape and scale factors.
US09770190B2 Method and apparatus for examining subjects for particular physiological conditions utilizing acoustic information
A method and apparatus for examining a subject for a particular physiological condition according to a technique which utilizes sounds generated by the subject and sensed at a predefined distance from the site of sound generation of the subject, by locating a first sound sensor, e.g., a sound level meter which measures the sound levels in decibels, on a particular region of the subject's body to produce an output corresponding to the sound level sensed thereby; modifying the output of the first sound level meter by a pre-calculated Transfer Function equating its output to that of a second sound level meter located at a predefined distance from the site of sound generation of the subject's body; and utilizing the modified output of the first sound level meter in determining the existence of the particular physiological condition.
US09770187B2 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller and a generator. The controller divides a plurality of slice regions that are sequentially arranged into a first group including two non-sequential slice regions and a second group including a slice region positioned between the two non-sequential slice regions and acquires data from the slice regions for each of the groups. When acquiring data from at least one of the two non-sequential slice regions, the controller acquires the data after applying a pre-sat pulse to a position between the two non-sequential slice regions. When acquiring data from the slice region positioned between the two non-sequential slice regions, the controller acquires the data after applying a pre-sat pulse to a position of at least one of the two non-sequential slice regions.
US09770186B2 Systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging
Methods and apparatus for operating an MRI system is provided. The disclosure provides a diffusion-prepared driven-equilibrium preparation for an imaging volume and acquiring 3-dimensional k-space data from said prepared volume by a plurality of echoplanar readouts of stimulated echoes. An excitation radio-frequency signal and first and second inversion RF signals are provided to define a field-of-view (FOV).
US09770180B2 System and method for monitoring and delivering therapeutics to the spinal cord
This invention is a continuous monitor of the spinal cord and brain microenvironment in injury and disease that also allows therapeutic interventions. It utilizes a multiport catheter that contains a transducer at the tip for monitoring spinal physiological parameters and also allows via additional ports for sampling and exchange of spinal fluid, as well as drug delivery to the central nervous system. This invention allows for more precise therapeutic interventions in spinal cord and brain injury and disease. If the pressure monitor is mounted to the patient, the wireless data transmitter may also send a wireless signal to a wireless data receiver for display on a wireless data display. The catheter would allow for wireless transmission of physiological parameters.
US09770179B2 System, method and device for detecting heart rate
A system, method and device are described for detecting a heart rate. A sensing unit can have a skin-facing surface that is removably securable to a user's skin surface and include at least one sensor positioned to acquire a bio-signal from the skin surface. A controller can be configured to capture a bio-signal stream using the at least one sensor and generate a preprocessed bio-signal stream by band-pass filtering the captured bio-signal stream with a predetermined passband. The controller can also be configured to determine, in a moving window, heartbeat signal portions when the preprocessed bio-signal stream has heartbeat impulse characteristics and determine the time between adjacent heartbeat signal portions to compute the heart rate.
US09770175B2 Apparatus and method for detecting a presence of cancer
A method of examining breasts of a patient in an examination room to detect for potential breast cancer includes sliding a camera assembly along a rail between a pair of rail ends on a horizontal plane between a plurality of positions. A plurality of control thermographic images and a plurality of test thermographic images are recorded during the sliding movement to allow the camera assembly to consecutively record the control and test thermographic images of breasts of the patient from each of the plurality of positions. The camera assembly is slid to first and second optimal positions that are each disposed adjacent to one of the rail ends and in alignment with first and second sides of the breasts of the patient to capture images of the lymph nodes on the sides of the breasts.
US09770171B2 Systems and methods for transfer of on-body medical devices between networks
A system for managing transfer of data in a medical body area network (MBAN) is presented. The system includes one or more sensor units disposed on a patient and configured to acquire data from the patient. Moreover, the system includes one or more detachable wireless communication and battery units, where the one or more detachable wireless communication and battery units are detachably coupled to a corresponding sensor unit. In addition, the system includes a patient monitoring device in bi-directional wireless communication with the one or more detachable wireless communication and battery units and configured to receive sensor data and maintain network connectivity between the one or more wireless communication and battery units and the patient monitoring device based on an operating condition of at least one wireless communication and battery unit of the one or more wireless communication and battery units.
US09770162B2 Wire-pulling mechanism and endoscopic apparatus
In a wire-pulling mechanism, a second engaging portion is configured so that the position of the second engaging portion in the longitudinal direction of a second pulling wire is displaceable closer to the front end than an engaged portion of the second pulling wire, the second pulling wire is configured so as to enter the inside of a second movement track and extend in the shape of a straight line, in a neutral state of an operating unit, and the tilting operation of the operating unit causes the second engaging portion to be moved to the front end along the second movement track with respect to the second pulling wire and causes the engaged portion of the second pulling wire and the second engaging portion to be separated from each other from a state where the engaged portion of the second pulling wire and the second engaging portion engage each other.
US09770158B2 Holding mechanism for endoscope guide member, and endoscope
A holding mechanism includes a fixed holding portion and a rotary holding portion. The rotary holding portion switches the holding state of the holding mechanism by rotation to either a first state in which the rotary holding portion holds, together with the fixed holding portion, a guide member at the operation portion, or the second state in which the rotary holding portion fixes, together with the fixed holding portion, the guide member.
US09770153B2 Stitch bonded cleaning material
A wipe structure of stitch bonded construction incorporating one or more substrate layers of an absorbent material with a barrier layer across a face side of the absorbent material and a preformed lightweight loop fabric disposed across the underside of the absorbent layers with loops projecting away from the absorbent layers.
US09770148B2 Vacuum cleaner with adjustable vent
A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, suction path, a motor, and a base. The suction path is in fluid communication with the housing. The motor creates flow through the suction path. The base includes a first inlet and a second inlet. The first inlet is in fluid communication with the suction path. The second inlet is adjustable between a first position allowing fluid to flow through the second inlet and a second position preventing at least a portion of fluid from flowing through the second inlet. The second inlet may include a door moveable between the first position and the second position to adjust the amount of airflow.
US09770143B2 Electronic roll towel dispenser
This disclosure relates to a dispenser which in one embodiment is a motorized electric dispenser that reliably detects a request for a portion of product and electromechanically dispenses a pre-determined length of product to the user, without the user needing to directly touch any part of the dispenser. The dispenser comprises a product path passing between an engagement opening and a capacitive sensor. A controller is operatively configured to identify a dispense request based upon a detection signal received from the capacitive sensor and activate a drive motor upon the identification of the dispense request. The dispense request is defined as an introduction of a user target within an introduction threshold distance from the capacitive sensor followed by a removal of the user target beyond a removal threshold distance away from the capacitive sensor.
US09770138B2 Shower caddies with adjustable baskets
Shower caddies with vertically and horizontally movable baskets are disclosed. Each basket is independently adjustable by a mechanism including a front plate, a rear plate and a draw fastener, which allows the user to adjust both the vertical and horizontal position of the basket from a single control point for simple and easy operation. The shower caddies may also include a tilt-resisting locking mechanism that resists rotation of the caddies when supporting an uneven load.
US09770136B1 Hand-held inertia nutcracker
A hand-held inertia nutcracker for removing shells from a variety of nuts. The nutcracker having multiple configurations according to user preference. The easy to use device allows for easy insertion of nuts and quick removal of the nut and shell material. The nut is automatically centered in the cracking chamber as it is inserted so that consistent performance is achieved. The nutcracker also automatically adjusts for a variety of types and sizes of nuts without operator intervention. The design allows for rapid repeatability in use, thereby taking most of the effort out of extracting the nut from the shell.
US09770135B2 Food processor with safety mechanism
A food processor is provided with a wide feed tube. The food processor has a pusher that cooperates with a safety mechanism. The safety mechanism comprises a linkage assembly that prevents the food processor's motor from operating unless the pusher is inserted into the feed tube.
US09770131B2 Beverage producing machine with a connector for a removable ingredient container
The invention relates to a beverage producing machine (1) comprising a housing (3) and a connector (20) for attaching an ingredient container (C) to said housing. The connector comprises a bottom wall (23) with a passage (25) for dispensing said ingredient towards the interior of the housing and a locking seat for said ingredient container. The locking seat comprises a ridge member (29) at least partly surrounding the bottom wall, wherein at least one resilient element (47, 49) is provided in said locking seat and constrained to the ridge member. The ridge member (29) is provided with at least one tangentially extending slot (39, 41) with an edge (39A, 41A) extending substantially parallel to and distanced from the bottom wall. The at least one resilient element projects from the edge of the slot towards the bottom wall (23) and is arranged to reduce backlash between an ingredient container and said connector when said ingredient container is locked to said connector.
US09770129B2 Coffee maker for brewing coffee powder contained in a cartridge
The coffee maker for brewing powder coffee contained in a cartridge comprises a brewing chamber adapted to receive the cartridge, at least one punching member for punching the cartridge and a pump for feeding brewing water into the brewing chamber. In order to avoid that the prepared coffee shows froth at its surface, the coffee maker comprises means for restricting the amount of water fed by the pump into the brewing chamber per unit of time. This means ensures that the brewing water flows through the cartridge essentially unpressurized.
US09770128B2 Dual heater coffee maker
The coffee maker of the present invention includes a housing, a water reservoir disposed in the housing and a shower head in fluid communication with the water reservoir. The coffee maker also include a first heating element for heating water from the water reservoir and being controllable between and ON state and an OFF state, and a second heating element located downstream from the first heating element and being controllable between an ON state and an OFF state. The first and second heating elements are operable in at least a first mode and a second mode, the second mode being different from the first mode.
US09770126B2 Knife block with interchangeable blade receiving caps and methods of assembling the same
An interchangeable knife block that accommodates various numbers and sizes of cutlery utensils. One knife block includes a base, a body having a first end and a second end, wherein the body is coupled to the base at the first end and extends from the base, and a cap removably coupled to the second end of the body and defining one or more slots therein, each slot being configured to receive a portion of a cutlery utensil therein.
US09770125B2 Fluid container cover
A fluid container includes a spout and a cap, where the spout has an actuation portion that is inclined with respect to a drinking portion of the spout. The spout is actuated from a closed position to an open position with an external force applied on the actuation portion. A channel through the spout encompasses an oblique angle, and the spout is pivotally coupled to the cap at a fulcrum point. The fulcrum point is laterally offset from an aperture in the cap, where the aperture forms a passageway through a thickness of the cap. The channel adjoins the aperture when the spout is in the open position.
US09770124B2 Picture frame and storage device
The picture display and storage device or frame of the present invention has a displaying surface for displaying a picture and a storage section for storing additional pictures. The storage section is not visible when viewing the displaying surface. The picture display and storage device can be exhibited by hanging on a wall or through the use of an easel frame or a wide base to allow the frame to stand on its own. Additionally, the picture display and storage device can utilize organizer tabs to separate and identify pictures being stored.
US09770123B2 Hanging bag dispenser
A hanging bag dispenser includes a bag support platform having a surface that contacts a last bag in a vertically supported bag pack. An angled mounting device is attached to the bag support platform to engage a mounting aperture that penetrates each bag in the bag pack. A positioning system is attached to the bag support platform and maintains the bag support platform at a sufficient height to allow the bag pack to extend downwardly from the mounting device. A pivotally mounted bag control arm is mounted to the bag support platform and permits installation of the bag pack on the mounting device when pivoted to a first, loading position and located to rest upon an outermost bag in the bag pack when pivoted to a second, control position. A surrounding control cage is attached to the dispenser to prevent a user from pulling a lower portion of the bag.
US09770121B2 Selectively locking merchandising member
A merchandising system includes an elongated mounting member having a wall with at least one tooth and a cooperating member having a front end receivable on the mounting member. The cooperating member can include a slot defined in the front end. A lock is received in the slot. The lock includes at least one tooth located at a first end and a resilient member located at a second end. The lock can selectively engage the mounting member so as to retard or permit a lateral movement of the cooperating member in relation to the mounting member.
US09770119B1 Adjustable incline sleeper
An adjustable incline sleeper includes a lower base frame including lower support members movable between a first rocking position which permits rocking of the adjustable incline sleeper in a transverse direction and a second non-rocking position which prevents rocking of the adjustable incline sleeper; an upper support frame; a covering body secured to the upper support frame for supporting an infant thereon; and a pivotable connection arrangement for connecting the upper support frame to the lower base frame in a manner to permit transverse pivotable movement of the upper support frame relative to the lower base frame to change an inclination angle between the upper support frame and the lower support frame.
US09770113B1 Portable head support
The invention is directed to a portable head support designed to fit in the interior of a carry-on article carried by a passenger. The device provides head support for those who prefer sleeping in a face-down position and comprises a base and a head support connected along at least one of their abutting edges by a mechanism which permits the angle between the base and head support to be adjusted by the user.
US09770111B2 Height adjusting mechanism and stool for dental practitioner
A height adjusting mechanism for a dentistry stool comprises a support member, a movable height adjusting assembly and a pushbutton actuator. The support member is coupleable to the stool adjacent a seat of the stool. The movable height adjusting assembly is selectively movable up and down relative to the support member. The pushbutton actuator is positionable on a side of the movable height adjusting assembly adjacent a seated user, and is manually actuatable by the seated user to release the movable height adjusting assembly from a locked position at a current height to allow the movable height adjusting assembly to be moved to a new height. The height adjusting mechanism can be implemented to provide a height-adjustable seat back and/or a height-adjustable torso bar.
US09770104B1 Block pedestal having slidably supported horizontal members
Pedestal components are stacked on top of each other in multiple layers, to form multiple display surfaces at different levels of the pedestal. Modular components may be secured together only by gravitational force, and may cooperate by slidable and/or rotatable engagement, for adjustment of a group of components into different configurations as desired. The pedestal may include two or more subassemblies each having two or more layers of components, wherein the subassemblies may be connected by components extending between and engaging multiple of the subassemblies so that some of the components are common to, and interchangeable in, multiple subassemblies.
US09770097B2 Foldable table
Disclosed herein are foldable tables and methods for using the same. The foldable table can include at least one support member having a first and a second elongate support segments. The first support segment can be attachable to a platform. The second support segment can be slidably coupled to the first support segment along an elongate direction. The support member can be extendable between a contracted configuration and an extended configuration. In one example, at least one adjustable leg can be coupled to the support member and can be movable between a storage position and a support position. In one example, the foldable table includes a plurality of hingedly coupled tabletop panels. The first and second tabletop panels can be movable between a folded configuration and a deployed configuration.
US09770096B1 Portable table
A portable table includes a table top that can be transformed into a carrying case, with a handle and a lock and can be used as a table by releasing a pair of lock clips and opening the table at its hinges. The carrying case can hold four telescopic legs, in storing slots, and a shelf on other side of the hinges. The telescopic legs can be used in a table by attaching leg nubs to slots for legs underneath the table top. Each telescopic leg nests two extendible leg pieces, held by a top and a bottom leg clamps, for height adjustment. The leg also has a leg cap at the end for providing non-slip surface. A shelf can be strapped to the telescopic legs for storing accessories by opening the two hexagonal pieces of the shelf and attaching the hooks above the top clamp.
US09770095B2 Foldable table
A foldable table includes a first tabletop panel, a second tabletop panel, and a reinforcing frame which includes first through fourth reinforcing members mounted along longitudinal sides of the first and second tabletop panels respectively, a first transverse member transversely extended between outer end portions of the first and second reinforcing members at the first tabletop panel, and a second transverse member transversely extended between outer end portions of the third and fourth reinforcing members at the second tabletop panel. Two ends of the first transverse member are affixed to the first and second reinforcing members in a non-rotatably movable manner. Two ends of the second transverse member are affixed to the third and fourth reinforcing members in a non-rotatably movable manner. Therefore, the first and second transverse members enhance the rigidity of the reinforcement frame to support two transverse sides of the first and second tabletop panels respectively.
US09770089B2 Variable mounting system for a knife sheath
A belt mounting system includes a main body, a device coupled to the main body, a belt mount configured to be coupled to a belt, and a locking element, wherein the locking element is reusable so that the locking element is removable to selectively decouple the main body from the belt mount and insertable to fix the main body to the belt mount through the interconnection of the main body, the belt mount, and the locking element.
US09770087B2 Adjustable stand for barbeque grills and other camping gear
A support stand for barbeque grills and camping gear, incorporating a telescoping, height-adjustable tube, with two ends, wherein the first end has been designed to accept, for positioning on the ground, an auger bit or a land stand, and the second end has been designed to accept an interchangeable mounting hub utilizing either screws or collapsible magnetic arms to hold barbeque grills and other camping gear.
US09770086B2 System for transporting recreational and specialized footwear
The present invention presents a system for transporting a pair of recreational or specialized footwear comprising a handle, a left body for holding a left shoe, a right body for holding a right shoe, a left pivot point in between the left body and the left side of the handle allowing the left body to be rotated 360 degrees, a right pivot point in between the right body and the right side of the handle allowing the right body to be rotated 360 degrees and a connector comprising of two or more corresponding parts for securing the left body to the right body.
US09770083B2 Shoe traveler
In one embodiment of the invention, apparatus comprises: a luggage organizer that can be disposed within an opening of a luggage.
US09770081B2 Case for electronic device
A case for an electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a support and a sealing ring. The first housing has a first surface and a second surface that together form an accommodation portion. The second surface is connected to the first surface, and the second surface surrounds the first surface. The second housing is disposed in the accommodation portion. The second housing has a third surface and a fourth surface connected to each other. The third surface faces the first surface, and the fourth surface faces the second surface. The support is disposed between the first surface and the third surface for keeping a distance between the first surface and the third surface. The sealing ring is squeezed between the second surface and the fourth surface, and the sealing ring seals the accommodation portion.
US09770079B1 Handy cane walking cane with integrated grasper tool
A lightweight, stable walking cane that contains an integrated grasper tool to extend a user's reach to pick up objects. The cane contains two configurations, a locked walking cane configuration for stability and balance, and an unlocked configuration with an open grasper tool for grasping objects.
US09770078B1 Portable ergonomic adjustable jewelers work station system
The present invention is a jeweler's bench pin with an adjustable height and extension function, and capable of serving as a mount for various jewelers' tools, such as a soldiering iron and lighting.
US09770071B2 Parachute cord tie down
A first sidewall includes a pair of threaded bosses nesting within corresponding cavities in a second sidewall. Bolts extend through the cavities into threaded engagement with the bosses to secure the sidewalls with one another. One of the bosses supports a knurled or toothed wheel for engagement with a parachute cord. A pivotable pawl having a knurled or toothed surface is pivotably supported on a shaft anchored in the sidewalls and spring biased toward the wheel into engagement with the parachute cord to prevent translation of the parachute cord in one direction. The other boss supports a hook or cord for anchoring the tie down to an anchor.
US09770070B2 Integrated closure device components and methods
According to an embodiment, a method of assembling a reel includes coupling a drive component with a tightening component and coupling the tightening component with a top end of a housing. A spool component is then inserted within a bottom end of the housing so that the spool component is positioned within the housing's interior region and faces a bottom surface of the drive component. An attachment component is then coupled with the bottom end of the housing. The attachment component includes a coupling member that couples with the drive component. Coupling of the coupling member with the drive component operationally couples the drive component and the spool component so that operation of the tightening component causes the spool component to rotate within the housing in a first direction while preventing rotation of the spool component in a second direction.
US09770069B2 Attachment system for securing footwear
An attachment system for securing footwear to a wearer, the attachment system including a buckle assembly and a receiver. The buckle assembly may include a clasp adapted to be coupled to a first portion of a footwear upper. The clasp may have an elongated portion with a first pivotable surface. The receiver may be adapted to be coupled to a second portion of the footwear upper. The receiver may have an elongated recess adapted to slideably receive the elongated portion, and the receiver may have a second pivotable surface that is sufficiently complementary shaped to the first surface so that the surfaces pivotably engage each other in a transverse direction of the attachment system when the buckle assembly is locked in the receiver.
US09770068B1 Mid-point indicator lace
A lace including a stitched or printed center point indicator enables a user to visually locate the center point of the lace. The lace further having a pair of aglets affixed on the distal ends thereof.
US09770065B2 Decoupled foot stabilizer system
An article of footwear includes a decoupled foot stabilizer system. The foot stabilizer system is decoupled from a midfoot region of the article of footwear. The foot stabilizer system includes a plurality of strap members. The foot stabilizer system may optionally include a bootie. The plurality of strap members extend underneath a portion of a foot of a wearer. The plurality of strap members are configured to receive a lace at one end. A lace running through the ends of the strap members pulls on the strap members when the lace is tightened and causes the foot stabilizer system to conform to the wearer's foot.
US09770064B2 Support system for footwear providing support at or below the sustentaculum tali
A foot has a medial side, a lateral side, a sustentaculum tali, a lateral calcaneus, a fifth metatarsal ray and a forefoot. The support system for a foot comprises of the following. A first portion configured to support an underside portion of the sustentaculum tali at or below the sustentaculum tali on the medial side of the foot to provide a force on the sustentaculum tali. A second portion configured to support the lateral calcaneus on the lateral side of the foot. A third portion configured to support the fifth metatarsal ray on the lateral side of the foot.
US09770063B2 Sports boot with a collar articulated for a walking position
A locking and unlocking device (10) for forming an interface between the shell (1) and the collar (2) of a sports boot, which comprises a rocker (11) that is movable in rotation about a pin (13), a lever (15) that is movable in rotation and an elastic element connected to the lever (15), such that the lever (15) is able to occupy a first stable position, in which it holds the rocker (11) in a locking position, and a second stable position, in which it holds the rocker (11) in an unlocking position.
US09770053B2 Degradable filter element
A filter material adapted for use as a filter element of a smoking article is provided, the filter material including at least one segment of fibrous tow having a plurality of degradable particles dispersed therein, the degradable particles comprising a starch material. Exemplary starch materials include naturally-occurring starch, hydroxyalkylated starch, starch esters, ionically modified starch, oxidized starch, hydrolyzed starch, plasticized starch, gelatinized starch, grafted starch, crosslinked starch, transglycosylated starch, starch ethers, and mixtures thereof, as well as blends of starch with other polymers. Filter elements and smoking articles, such as cigarettes, that contain the filter material are also provided. A method of preparing polymer fibers for use in filter elements is also provided, the method including adding the starch material to a fiber precursor solution prior to fiber extrusion or dry-blending the starch material with the polymer material to be formed into fibers.
US09770050B2 Smoking article with manually releasable odorant
A smoking article has an outer surface and a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided on the outer surface, wherein the microcapsules are capable of being manually ruptured by a consumer to release an odorant encapsulated therein. The smoking article preferably comprises a wrapped tobacco rod; and a filter attached to the wrapped tobacco rod by tipping paper, a mouth end portion of which is “over tipped” with a band or strip of “Peel and Sniff” microcapsules and/or a band or strip of “Scratch and Sniff” microcapsules.
US09770049B2 System and method for dispensing toppings
One variation of a method for dispensing toppings onto topping vehicles includes: indexing a first topping vehicle to a first position adjacent a first topping module, the first topping module comprising a first hopper containing a first topping of a first topping type; indexing a second topping vehicle to a second position adjacent a second topping module comprising a second hopper containing a second topping of a second topping type; retracting a first blade of the first topping module; advancing the first blade through the first topping; retracting a first retaining plate to dispense a topping slice from the first topping onto the first topping vehicle according to a first topping order for the first topping vehicle specifying the first topping type, the first retaining plate offset from the first blade opposite the first hopper; advancing the first retaining plate; and indexing the first topping vehicle to the second position.
US09770046B2 Tube removing machine and method for the fabrication of artificial casings using said machine
The present invention relates to a tube-removing machine and method of manufacturing artificial casings by means of said machine, allowing a fast, efficient and automatic cutting of the sections of casing (2) which contain tubes (5), subsequently splicing the remaining casing (2) once said tube (5) is discarded, comprising detection means (10) for detecting the arrival of a tube (5) contained in the casing (2); cutting means (20) for cutting a section of the casing (2) incorporating said tube (5); splicing means (30) for splicing the ends of the cut casing (2); and temporary storage means (40) for storing the casing (2) which allow continually taking in casing (2) in the tube-removing machine (1) during the time used in the cutting and splicing phases, preventing interruptions in the subsequent shirring process.
US09770045B2 Preservation of animal feed and hydrolysis of polysaccharides using amino acids as salts or with acids
In some aspects, the present disclosure relates to a method of hydrolyzing a polysaccharide to obtain the corresponding saccharides using an amino acid solution. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of using an amino acid salt such as hydrogen glycine in a solution to obtain a monosaccharide such as glucose, xylose, or fructose.
US09770040B2 Treatment of animal carcasses
Described is a method of sanitizing animal carcasses using aqueous streams having an antimicrobial composition added to the stream. Preferably, the antimicrobial composition includes a mixture of one or more carboxylic acids having up to 18 carbon atoms and one or more peroxycarboxylic acids having up to 12 carbon atoms, preferably a mixture of a C2-C4 peroxycarboxylic acid and a C8-C12 peroxycarboxylic acid. Also described is a novel antimicrobial composition adapted for sanitizing animal carcasses containing a mixture of one or more C2-C4 peroxycarboxylic acids and one or more C8-C12 peroxycarboxylic acids and an alpha-hydroxy mono- or dicarboxylic acid.
US09770039B2 Fish bone removal apparatus
The present invention relates to a fish bone removal apparatus comprising a frame (1), a picking member (9) rotatably mounted in relation to the frame about a rotational axis (3), and an actuator arranged to rotate the picking member in a rotational direction. The picking member comprises a first and a second rotating element (10, 12) arranged to form a wedge-shaped gap (24) between them for receiving a bone. The wedge-shaped gap is tapered in a direction opposite the rotational direction of the picking member. The first rotating element is disc shaped and has two parallel radial surfaces and an outer circumferential surface (11c). The second rotating element (12) comprises a bent elongated body having a periphery with a bending radius corresponding to the bending radius of a periphery of the first rotating element, two radial surfaces and an outer circumferential surface (22). The radial surfaces of the first rotating element are arranged in parallel with a plane perpendicular to the first rotational axis, and the radial surfaces of the second rotating element are arranged angled to said plane, so that the outer circumferential surface (22) of the second rotating element is tapered in the rotational direction of the picking member. The first and second rotating element are disposed so that one of the radial surfaces of the first rotating element faces one of the radial surfaces of the second rotating element, and so that the periphery of the first rotating element and the periphery of the second rotating element are positioned on the same distance from the first rotational axis.
US09770038B2 Human-derived insect-resistant gene and anti-CRY1B toxin idiotype single-chain antibody encoded thereby and application thereof
Provided are a human-derived insect-resistant gene having a nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO.1, and an anti-Cry1B toxin idiotype single-chain antibody encoded by said human-derived insect-resistant gene and having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO.2. The idiotype single-chain antibody is a β-type and has insecticidal activity, and after expression by the prokaryotic system, the primary culture thereof has binding activity to Cnaphalocrocis medinalis midgut peritrophic membrane specific receptor BBMV.
US09770037B2 Bio-stimulant for improved plant growth and development
A bio-stimulant composition for obtaining improved plant growth, either combined or uncombined with urea and/or other agricultural compounds, as well of methods of producing and using said composition.
US09770032B2 Compositions for stabilizing bacillus spores and methods of use thereof
The invention provides methods for providing Bacillus spores for application to agricultural soil or plant material. The methods comprise suspending the Bacillus spores in a liquid consisting essentially of water and an organic acid, including acetic acid, wherein the acid lowers the pH so that the spores are inhibited from germination and growth; and so that growth of unwanted microorganisms in the suspension is prevented. Compositions formed according to the methods of the invention are also provided.
US09770029B2 Pesticidal active mixtures comprising isoxazoline compounds I
The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) at least one isoaxazoline compound I of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and A are defined in the description; and 2) at least one active compound II selected from a group A comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acteylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, compounds affecting the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts. The invention relates further to methods and use of these mixtures for combating insects, arachnids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests, especially also for protecting plant propagation material as like seeds.
US09770028B1 Method of improving turfgrass abiotic stress tolerance
The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on turfgrass using an effective non-phytotoxic amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
US09770020B2 Insect pest repellant
The present invention provides an insect pest repellant and a method for repelling insect pest using the same, which is highly transported by the insect pests and which effectively exterminates insect pests and does not badly affect ecological system. The present invention is to provide an insect pest repellant comprising, in a mixed condition, (A) a dummy egg imitating an egg of an insect pest, formed from a particulate substrate on which an egg recognizing pheromone is coated, and (B) a particle containing an active component for repelling the insect pest either on a surface or in an inside of the particle.
US09770019B2 Kit for producing foams containing bispyridinium alkane
A kit for the production of an antimicrobial foam includes: a) a liquid composition which includes a1)one or more bispyridinium alkane and a2)one or more surfactants selected from non-ionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants and cation-active surfactants, wherein the composition is formulated so that a foam can be produced therefrom, and b) a device for producing the foam from the composition. By using the bispyridinium alkanes the foam stability of liquid and surfactant-containing compositions is increased.
US09770018B2 Rocker shoe and attachment for an equine boot assembly
An equine boot attachment and/or solid structure shoe that is designed to be attached on the underside of an equine boot or an equine hoof that allows the boot or hoof to roll forward, or to the side, without unnecessary bending, thus allowing an equine user to find a comfortable natural position to relieve stress on a sore, injured or diseased hoof. The rocking action allows the equine to adjust its stance to find the most comfortable position, not unlike standing in a bed of sand. This ability to find a naturally comfortable standing position is especially important for equine with lameness such as laminitis.
US09770017B2 Reciprocating mechanism for a fishing reel
A reciprocating mechanism for a fishing reel includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body, a rotation transmission body, and a movable body. The first rotating body is configured to rotate in conjunction with a winding operation of a handle of the fishing reel. The second rotating body is arranged spaced apart from the first rotating body along a spool shaft direction in which a spool shaft of the fishing reel extends. The rotation transmission body is bridged between the first rotating body and the second rotating body, and is configured to transmit the rotation of the first rotating body to the second rotating body. The movable body is configured to engage the rotation transmission body, and is configured to reciprocate in the spool shaft direction accompanying an actuation of the rotation transmission body.
US09770016B2 Spinning reel
A switch member of a bail flip mechanism is fixed to a reel unit, and makes contact with a moving member located in a second position and moves the moving member toward a first position across a position corresponding to a dead center when a rotor is rotated in a winding direction. The switch member has a first and second slopes. The first slope forwardly slants at a first slant angle from a first end toward a position corresponding to a pivot position of a bail arm located across the dead center, along the winding direction of the rotor so as to be contactable to the moving member located in the second position. The second slope continues to the first slope and forwardly slants toward a second end located on the opposite side of the first end at a second slant angle larger than the first slant angle.
US09770013B2 Display device for pets
A display device for pets joined to a collar or the like of a pet to provide various information without being interrupted by movement of the pet include a housing member in which a space for installing a plurality of electronic components is formed, the housing member having a certain length in one direction, a display unit installed in the housing member to display various information, a switch module configured to turn on/off power of the display unit and change the information displayed on the display unit, a power module configured to perform charging using power from the outside, and supply power to the plurality of electronic components installed in the housing member, a sensor module including at least one sensor for measuring a condition of a pet, an animal information management module configured to store and manage information on the pet wearing the display device for pets, a satellite navigation receiver module configured to communicate with a navigation satellite at regular intervals to receive coordinate data on a location, and a communication module configured to transmit/receive the information displayed on the display unit while communicating with the outside.
US09770012B2 Cinch grip leash with locking positionable hand grip
Provided is an animal leash with leash strap retractable through an ergonomic hand grip which is releasably fixed to said leash at any length position along the leash strap, and is quickly adjusted by simple push button release and manual repositioning. Leash is fixed against being pulled through handle in either direction until user presses release button, at which time leash may be pulled back to quickly restrain the animal, or pulled forward to allow more length freedom. Handle is equipped with wrist strap to better secure it to handler.
US09770010B2 Multi-function pet toy
A pet toy can be used as a fetch toy, chew toy and/or a treat dispenser, and/or also optionally as a dental aid. The toy includes a body having a central toy axis which extends between opposed poles of the body, the body further including at least three circumferentially spaced-apart ribs which extend between the poles to define an outer envelope of the pet toy. The material comprising the body is advantageously an elastomer, including natural or synthetic rubber, or a suitable plastic having elastomeric properties.
US09770008B2 Self-propelled stall cleaning apparatus
A self-propelled stall cleaning apparatus has a frame assembly, a pair of drive wheels, a motor attached to the assembly for driving the drive wheels and a motor driven collector head. The collector head has a pivoting fork with tines for collecting manure and debris. The fork picks up the manure and debris and tosses it onto a sifting conveyor. The sifting conveyor separates the manure from the bedding and delivers the manure to a lift conveyor which drops the manure into a collection bin. The collection bin is moveable from a stowed position to a dumping position and then back to a stowed position.
US09770007B2 Teat treatment method and apparatus
Automatic teat treatment method and apparatus for treatment operations on teats of an animal using a robot apparatus. The method includes initiating automatic detection of spatial teat positions and registering the spatial positions of the detected teats; and deriving a dedicated treating action effective to move the treating device through a dedicated path defined by the registered spatial teat positions and carrying out treatment by moving the treating device through the dedicated path. When not all of the spatial positions are detected, then the method registers the spatial position of each detected teat and derives an adapted treating action effective to move the treating device through an adapted path defined by the registered spatial teat positions and by approximated spatial locations. When no teat spatial positions have been detected, the method derives a default treating action effective to move the treating device through a default treating path.
US09770002B1 Maize hybrid X08H755
A novel maize variety designated X08H755 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08H755 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08H755 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08H755, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08H755. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08H755.
US09770001B1 Maize hybrid X13H967
A novel maize variety designated X13H967 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13H967 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13H967 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13H967, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13H967. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13H967.
US09769999B1 Soybean variety XBP54006R
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP54006R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP54006R, cells from soybean variety XBP54006R, plants of soybean XBP54006R, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP54006R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP54006R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP54006R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP54006R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP54006R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP54006R are further provided.
US09769995B2 Pepper hybrid SV0972PB
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV0972PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV0972PB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09769989B2 Ergonomic tool for cutting flowers and fruits
The invention relates to an ergonomically designed tool for the intensive cutting of flowers and fruit, configured such that it can be gripped with the whole hand. According to the invention, the handles occupy a position in which they are perpendicular or almost perpendicular to the cutting blades, thereby minimizing the risk of injury to the upper limbs.
US09769987B2 Bale processor
In one embodiment, a bale processor includes a hopper for receiving a bale of baled material, a discharge opening for outputting chopped material, and a processing section below the hopper and intersecting the hopper at an impingement zone. The processing section has primary and secondary rotors. The primary rotor is rotatable and has flails sufficiently long to extend into the impingement zone to chop the material from the bale received in the hopper when the primary rotor is rotated. The secondary rotor is rotatable and has flails to chop the material after being chopped by the primary rotor. The secondary rotor is offset from the primary rotor such that the secondary rotor is on one side of the primary rotor, the discharge opening is on another side of the primary rotor, and the only passage from the secondary rotor to the discharge opening crosses the primary rotor.
US09769983B2 Lawn mower lifting system
A lawn mower lifting system for selectively raising and lowering a lawn mower deck includes a lawn mower that has a deck. A lifting unit is provided and the lifting unit includes a front wheel. The lifting unit is movably coupled to the deck and the front wheel may roll along a support surface. The lifting unit threadably engages the front wheel. Thus, the lifting unit may space the deck a selected distance from the support surface.
US09769981B1 Anhydrous ammonia tank trailer
An anhydrous ammonia trailer including first and second longitudinally extending frame members having first and second cross-members selectively removably secured to the frame member with the cross-members being longitudinally adjustably secured to the frame member. The cross-members enable the trailer to have first and second ammonia tanks mounted on the trailer. The trailer also enables a single ammonia tank to be supported on the adjustable cross-members.
US09769979B2 Method for planting potatoes at high speed and equipment for carrying out that method
The method for planting potatoes at high speed includes the steps of providing a press wheel behind the seed release mechanism; opening a furrow in a soil; dropping potato seed pieces at spaced intervals in the furrow such that each seed piece or a portion thereof intersects a forward shadow of the press wheel, and catching and decelerating each seed piece against the soil in the furrow thereby reducing set roll in each seed piece. In an alternate embodiment a pair of spaced-apart press wheels are used. These alternate press wheels are mounted astride the furrow in a positive-camber alignment for moving the soil of the furrow against the seed piece.
US09769976B2 Flow control assembly for an agricultural metering system
A flow control assembly for an agricultural metering system includes a first gate control shaft configured to drive a first gate of a seed meter to transition between an open position and a closed position. The flow control assembly also includes a handle configured to drive the first gate control shaft to rotate via rotation of the handle between a first position that corresponds to the open position of the first gate and a second position that corresponds to the closed position of the first gate. In addition, the flow control assembly includes a locking assembly configured to secure the handle to the first gate control shaft at least while the handle is in the first position, and to enable the handle to be released from the first gate control shaft at least while the handle is in the second position.
US09769974B2 Combination C-shaped spring and system
A C-spring contains an inner spring that is spaced apart from the outer primary spring. In one example usage, the upper and lower legs of the C-spring have rear regions respectively configured for being mounted to a tubular frame tool frame member of a ground working implement, such as a disk, and to a bearing housing.
US09775270B2 Carrier tape, method for manufacturing same, and method for manufacturing RFID tag
A method for manufacturing a carrier tape housing a plurality of electronic components with seal materials includes forming housing holes in tape-shaped main body with first and second principal surfaces along a longitudinal direction of the tape-shaped main body, the housing holes penetrating from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, affixing an adhesive layer of a tape-shaped seal material to the second principal surface of the tape-shaped main body to cover the housing holes, forming cuts in the tape-shaped seal material to separate portions defining and functioning as the seal materials including portions at least partially overlapping with the respective housing holes in a planar view from the other portions, and providing chip-shaped electronic component into each of the housing holes of the tape-shaped main body and fixing the electronic component to the adhesive layer of the seal material exposed in each of the housing holes.
US09775269B2 Electronic apparatus and electromagnetic radiation suppression method
An electronic apparatus includes an electromagnetic radiation source structure and an electromagnetic radiation suppression structure. The electromagnetic radiation source structure is formed in at least one first semiconductor die. The electromagnetic radiation suppression structure is formed in a second semiconductor die, and is used for generating an inverse electromagnetic radiation against the electromagnetic radiation emission of the electromagnetic radiation source structure by sensing the electromagnetic radiation emission of the electromagnetic radiation source structure, to suppress the electromagnetic radiation emission of the electromagnetic radiation source structure from passing through the electromagnetic radiation suppression structure. Another electronic apparatus includes an electromagnetic radiation source structure and an electromagnetic radiation suppression structure. The electromagnetic radiation suppression structure is formed in a printed circuit board. The electromagnetic radiation source structure is formed in a semiconductor die. Associated electromagnetic radiation suppression methods are also disclosed.
US09775268B2 Receiving device and shield case connection method
A receiving device includes a shield case which is in a hollow box shape that is open on one side. The shield case reduces external interfering signals which interfere with an input signal of a broadcast wave. A printed wiring board includes a conductive portion that is electrically connected with an electronic component. A soldered portion is formed along a protrusion-free linearly extending side of an opening edge of the shield case. The soldered portion electrically connects with solder the shield case and the conductive portion.
US09775267B2 Structure and method for reducing electromagnetic interference
A structure for reducing electromagnetic interference is provided, which includes a circuit board, an expansion slot and an electrical conductor. The circuit board has an upper surface and a ground circuit. The expansion slot is disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board, and has at least one metal pin electrically connected to the circuit board. The electrical conductor is located above the upper surface of the circuit board, and a gap is maintained between the electrical conductor and the metal pin of the expansion slot to produce a capacitor. A method for reducing electromagnetic interference is further provided, for accomplishing the above-mentioned structure.
US09775266B2 Modular uninterruptible power supply apparatus
An uninterruptible power supply apparatus includes a cooler cooling a converter/chopper circuit and a cooler cooling a PWM inverter. The converter/chopper circuit and the cooler make up one integrated unit. Accordingly, a smaller apparatus can be achieved, compared with a conventional apparatus in which a cooler is provided for each of a converter and a chopper.
US09775265B2 Heatsink and circuit board with heatsink
A heatsink to be mounted on a circuit board including a plurality of electronic parts is constituted of a conductive and rectangular plate-shaped member, and mounted on the circuit board such that a main surface of the heatsink blocks an airflow generated on the circuit board, the heatsink being electrically grounded. The main surface includes a contacting portion disposed in contact with the circuit board and an isolated portion separated from the circuit board, the isolated portion being cut into two parts along a straight line extending in a direction away from the circuit board. The two parts are each bent such that an end portion on a side of the straight line is oriented to a downstream side of the airflow, so that an opening is defined between the respective end portions of the two parts on the side of the straight line.
US09775264B1 Display device and wall mount module thereof
A wall mount module includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a first cover, a second cover, a first conducting member, a second conducting member and a power cable. The first bracket has a first hole formed thereon and the second bracket has a second hole formed thereon. The first cover is disposed on the first bracket and the second cover is disposed on the second bracket. The first conducting member is disposed between the first cover and the first bracket and exposed through the first hole. The second conducting member is disposed between the second cover and the second bracket and exposed through the second hole. The power cable is connected to the first conducting member and the second conducting member.
US09775263B2 Shelf-mounted modular computing unit
A system for performing computing operations includes a rack, one or more shelves coupled to the rack, and two or more computing modules. Each computing module may include a chassis, one or more circuit board assemblies in a primarily vertical orientation, and one or more hard disk drives in a primarily vertical orientation. The circuit board assemblies and the hard disk drives are coupled to the chassis of the computing module.
US09775262B1 Security bezel for rack mountable server
A security bezel for a server such as a rack mounted server includes a triggered securing mechanism at one end of the security bezel. The securing mechanism includes a trigger that when actuated, causes securing members deploy from the securing mechanism to engage corresponding recesses in the server, thereby attaching the security bezel to the server. The deployed securing members may be locked in position, thereby locking the security bezel to the server. The security bezel may be unlocked, allowing for retraction of the securing members to an undeployed state and detachment of the security bezel from a server.
US09775260B1 Brackets for use with three rack mount systems
A pair of brackets to allow a component with a chassis of width W to be installed in one of three standardized racks, a wide gap rack, a narrow gap rack, or an intermediate gap rack. Each bracket having a corner between a short leg and a long leg, longer than the short leg. The brackets may also be used to mount the component to a wall instead of installed in a standardized rack.
US09775256B2 Sealing system and method for sealing of electronics housings
A sealing system for sealing an electronics housing includes, in one example, a one-piece sealing member that seals the perimeter surface of an electronics substrate disposed within the electronics housing. The one-piece sealing member includes a perimeter seal portion that engages the perimeter substrate, a first seal portion that engages a first substrate surface and a second seal portion that engages a second substrate surface of the electronics substrate. The one-piece sealing member also includes a pocket that engages and seals an input and output component adjacent to the electronics substrate, such as an audio connector or Universal Serial Bus connector. The perimeter seal portion of the one-piece sealing member may also include a translucent section that allows light from a light emitting diode to be emitted through the one-piece sealing member.