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US09869985B2	Control device, image forming apparatus, and control method A control device includes a second sub-controller to which second devices are connected, a first sub-controller to which first devices are connected, a master controller that controls the first and second sub-controllers, and so on. The second sub-controller includes a second interruption information memory storing second interruption information output from the second devices, a second interruption controller transmitting an interruption signal upon storing of the second interruption information and transmitting the second interruption information, and a synchronization signal generator transmitting a synchronization signal that is synchronous with the interruption signal. The first sub-controller includes a first interruption information memory storing first interruption information output from the first devices and the second interruption information, a first interruption controller transmitting the interruption signal and transmitting the first and second interruption information, and a synchronization signal controller controlling a storage operation of the first interruption information memory in accordance with the synchronization signal.
US09869979B2	Computation unit, output control method, and program A CPU unit of PLC executes a motion control and a sequence control. The CPU unit stores a control program for executing the motion control using a CAM table, and a first CAM table and a second CAM table. When a microprocessor receives a predetermined instruction during execution of the control program, the microprocessor switches the CAM table used in the execution of the control program from the first CAM table to the second CAM table. On the basis of the switching of the CAM table, the microprocessor outputs the execution results of the control program using the second CAM table to an apparatus to be controlled.
US09869978B2	System, method and apparatus for creating and maintaining biometric secure safe deposit boxes, and similar containers and facilities A method for commissioning a collection of electronic locks by inserting the same electronic key into each of the locks and recording in the electronic key an internal code unique to that lock which identifies the lock and is needed to open the lock and a method for biometrically permitting controlled secure access to a container having one of the commissioned electronic locks.
US09869976B2	Watch case and wrist watch device The present invention is related to a watch case adapted to be integrated into a wrist watch device, the watch case comprising an inner volume for housing internal components of the wrist watch device and attachment elements for attaching at least one watch strap of the wrist watch device, wherein at least one portion of the inner volume of the watch case extends laterally (or longitudinally) beyond the points of attachment of the at least one watch strap. The present invention is also directed to a corresponding watch strap as well as to a wrist watch device comprising such a watch case.
US09869967B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion on which a toner container provided with an accommodating portion configured to accommodate toner is mountable; and an opening connectable with an opening provided in the toner container to be in fluid communication with the toner accommodating portion when the toner container is mounted to the mounting portion. The mounting portion is provided with a rib extending in a mounting direction in which the toner container is mounted to the mounting portion and configured to guide a bottom surface of the toner container in the mounting direction, the rib including a plurality of sets of alternating peak and valley arranged along a longitudinal direction of the rib.
US09869966B2	Image forming apparatus and removable unit An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a mounting section provided with a first connection terminal, and a removable unit provided with a second connection terminal. The second connection terminal is held by a holding member that is mounted on a side surface portion of the removable unit while the holding member is displaceable in a direction that is orthogonal to a movement direction of the removable unit when the removable unit is mounted or removed and while the holding member is pushed towards an outer side of the side surface portion by an elastic member. When the removable unit is mounted, the holding member becomes displaced towards an inner side of the side surface portion, and the holding member becomes pushed towards the outer side of the side surface portion by the elastic member, so that the second connection terminal contacts the first connection terminal.
US09869965B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a locking mechanism that locks an opening/closing door to an engagement position, the locking mechanism having a engaged member and an urging member that urges the engaged member; and an engagement member that is provided on the door and engages the engaged member; wherein an urging force acting on the engaged member from the urging member is converted from a first urging force to press out the engagement member to a second urging force to draw the engagement member into the engagement position when the door is closed; wherein the engagement member has a contacted region and the engaged member has a contact region that comes in contact with the contacted region; and wherein the contacted region elastically deforms when the contact region comes in contact with the contacted region.
US09869954B2	Fixing device for image forming apparatus A fixing device includes: a fixing side member; a fixing belt; a back side supporting member configured to form a fixing nip for conveying the recording medium in a tightly sandwiching manner; a heating roller configured to heat the fixing belt from inside; a first movement section configured to move the fixing side member between a first pressure contact position where the fixing side member is brought into pressure contact with the back side supporting member with the fixing belt therebetween, and a second pressure contact position where the fixing side member is brought into pressure contact with the heating roller; and a control section configured to control the first movement section to move the fixing side member to the first pressure contact position in a printing operation, and move the fixing side member to the second pressure contact position when the printing operation is not performed.
US09869945B2	Electrostatic charging member The present teachings described a bias charging member and a method of manufacture. The bias charging member includes a conductive core and an outer surface layer disposed on the conductive core. The outer surface layer includes a water soluble polyamide resin, and a water soluble aminoplast resin.
US09869944B2	Toner formulation and method of preparing the same A chemically prepared toner composition made up of a toner particle with a core having a first polymer binder, a monomer free radical polymerization formed core shell styrene acrylic latex having a liquid gel core, a pigment, a wax, and a shell formed around the core including a second polymer binder and method to make the same is disclosed. An optional borax coupling agent can be placed between the outer surface of the core and the shell to assist in the binding of the polymer found in the shell onto the surface of the toner core containing the first polymer.
US09869940B2	Metrology method and apparatus, computer program and lithographic system Disclosed are a method, computer program and associated apparatuses for measuring a parameter of a lithographic process. The method comprising the steps of: obtaining first measurements comprising measurements of structural asymmetry relating to a plurality of first structures, each of said plurality of measurements of structural asymmetry corresponding to a different measurement combination of measurement radiation and a value for at least a first parameter; obtaining a plurality of second measurements of target asymmetry relating to a plurality of targets, each of said plurality of measurements of target asymmetry corresponding to one of said different measurement combinations, determining a relationship function describing the relationship between said first measurements and said second measurements, for each of said measurement combinations; determining, from said relationship function, a corrected overlay value, said corrected overlay value being corrected for structural contribution due to structural asymmetry in at least said first structure.
US09869939B2	Lithography process A method for being used in a lithography process is provided. The method includes receiving a first mask, a second mask and a substrate with a set of baseline registration marks. A first set of registration marks is formed on the substrate using the first mask and a first exposure tool, and a first set of overlay errors is determined. The first set of registration marks is removed and a second set of registration marks is formed on the substrate using the second mask and a second exposure tool. A second set of overlay errors is determined. A set of tool-induced overlay errors is generated from the first and second sets of overlay errors and used in fabricating a third mask. The third mask can then be used in the lithography process to accommodate the overlay errors caused by different exposure tools, different masks, and different mask writers.
US09869938B2	Photonic activation of reactants for sub-micron feature formation using depleted beams A fine feature formation method and apparatus provide photon induced deposition, etch and thermal or photon based treatment in an area of less than the diameter or cross section of a STED depleted laser beam. At least two STED depleted beams are directed to a reaction location on a substrate where a beam overlap region having an area smaller than the excitation portion of the beams is formed. A reactant or reactants introduced to the reaction region is excited by the combined energy of the excitation portions of the two beams, but not excited outside of the overlap region of the two excitation portions of the beams. A reactant is caused to occur only in the overlap region. The overlap region may be less that 20 nm wide, and less than 1 nm in width, to enable the formation of substrate features, or the change in the substrate, in a small area.
US09869937B2	Mirror arrangement for a lithography apparatus and method for producing the same A method for producing a mirror arrangement for a lithography apparatus is proposed, which comprises the following steps: producing a mirror body having a cavity delimited by a front wall, a rear wall and a side wall of the mirror body, the side wall being arranged between the front wall and the rear wall, wherein at least one supporting element is provided in the cavity between the front wall and the rear wall; and after producing the mirror body, at least partly removing the supporting element.
US09869920B2	Display unit and electronic apparatus There is provided a display unit including: in an insulating liquid, migrating particles; non-migrating particles having optical reflection characteristics different from optical reflection characteristics of the migrating particles; and a fibrous structure formed of a chain molecule and holding the non-migrating particles, the chain molecule containing an ester group and having a main part formed of carbon atoms, oxygen atoms, and hydrogen atoms.
US09869918B2	Electrochromic apparatus, electrochromic element, and method of manufacturing electrochromic element An electrochromic apparatus including a first support, a first electrode, a first transparent conductive layer, an electrochromic layer, a second support, a second electrode, a second transparent conductive layer, and an electrolyte layer is provided. The first and second supports have first and second surfaces, respectively, on each of which a plurality of grooves is formed. The grooves on the second surface are facing the grooves on the first surface. The first and second electrodes are disposed at each one of the plurality of grooves of the first and second supports, respectively. The first and second transparent conductive layers are in contact with the first and second surfaces, respectively. The electrochromic layer is in contact with the first transparent conductive layer. The electrolyte layer is between the electrochromic layer and the second transparent conductive layer.
US09869914B2	Array substrate and display device The present disclosure discloses an array substrate and a display device so as to alleviate the toothed edge appearance when an image is displayed in a dual-gate array substrate structure. The array substrate includes at least one row of pixel elements, a first gate line, and a second gate line. The first gate line and the second gate line are disposed on the same side of the least one row of pixel elements. Thin film transistors are disposed in the pixel elements, and gates of the thin film transistors in two adjacent pixel elements are coupled with the first gate line and the second gate line, respectively.
US09869897B2	Quantum dot light-emitting device, backlight module, and display device Embodiments of the disclosure provide a quantum dot light emitting device and a backlight module, where the quantum dot light emitting device includes: a quantum dot film including a plurality of quantum dots; a backlight source configured to emit light rays in a first band to the quantum dot film to excite the plurality of quantum dots to emit light rays in a second band; a wavelength selector, arranged between the quantum dot film and the backlight source, configured to transmit the light rays in the first band, and to reflect the light rays in the second band emitted by the quantum dot film to the wavelength selector; and a groove-shaped bracket including two side brackets arranged opposite to each other, and a bottom plate connected between the two side brackets, wherein the backlight source is fixed on the bottom plate, and both ends of the quantum dot film and the wavelength selector are arranged on the two side brackets. The quantum dot light emitting device and the backlight module according to the disclosure improve the utilization ratio of the light rays.
US09869896B2	Display device, color conversion film, and manufacturing method thereof A display device, including a color conversion film, including a base film including a plurality of openings, the base film blocking light, and a color conversion layer in the openings, the color conversion layer including a pattern of different colors.
US09869893B2	Display device and method of fabricating the same A display device can include a display panel displaying an image, a first frame surrounding the display panel, a backlight unit under the display panel, and an adhesive between a side surface of the display panel and a side surface of the first frame. Also, the display panel is attached and fixed to the first frame by the adhesive.
US09869889B2	Method of applying and using color changing materials in articles of wear Articles of wear comprises iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains are described. The chains of nanocrystals display a color that is determined by a strength of a magnetic field applied to the chains of nanocrystals, wherein the color is maintained when the magnetic field is removed.
US09869888B2	Optical modulator In an optical modulator, a light-receiving element (3a) that receives a light wave modulated in an optical modulation section (Ma) and a light-receiving element (3b) that receives a light wave modulated in an optical modulation section (Mb) are provided in a substrate. In addition, at least a part of an electrical line (4a) that guides a light-receiving signal output from the light-receiving element (3a) to an outer side of the substrate, and at least apart of an electrical line (4b) that guides a light-receiving signal form the light-receiving element (3b) to an outer side of the substrate are formed in the substrate. In addition, crosstalk suppression means (5), which suppress crosstalk between the electrical line (4a) and the electrical line (4b), is provided between the part of the electrical line (4a) and the part of the electrical line (4b) which are formed in the substrate.
US09869887B2	Adaptive liquid crystal structural interface A structural interface having an adaptive liquid crystal material that is positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation and adapted to reflect a selective band of the received electromagnetic radiation so as to help with cooling of a structure in the summer and/or heating of the structure in the winter. The adaptive liquid crystal material is designed to change its selective reflection band when exposed to an activating temperature or an activating light or both. Depending on the interior and/or exterior conditions, the adaptive liquid crystal material has one or more selective reflection bands with a peak wavelength selected from the following: within a sunlight wavelength span, outside a thermal infrared wavelength span, outside the sunlight wavelength span, or within the thermal infrared wavelength span. The structural interface may be applied to an exterior or interior surface of a structural envelop or be integrated into a structural envelope material.
US09869884B2	Contact lens A contact lens constructed to limit the water transmissibility of at least one area of the lens while maintaining at least a minimum oxygen transmissibility. The water transmissibility maximum and oxygen permeability minimum are achieved by a predetermined lens thickness of a single lens material or by the use of two or more material layers.
US09869876B2	Image display apparatus and image display method Light rays from an image A are made to enter one or more retroreflective bodies formed by first and second light-reflective surfaces 13 and 14 and third light-reflective surfaces 15, the first and second light-reflective surfaces 13 and 14 each being orthogonal to one another and formed in a right-triangle-wave pattern in cross section, the third light-reflective surfaces 15 being orthogonal to each of corresponding ones of the first and second light-reflective surfaces 13 and 14, a direction of each of one or more reflected lights from the one or more retroreflective bodies is further turned in a different direction on a corresponding one of fourth light-reflective surfaces 16, and an image B is formed at a different position.
US09869871B2	Parallax barrier and display device The present disclosure provides a parallax barrier and a display device. The parallax barrier is configured to achieve 3D display using a slit grating, and includes a plurality of first stripes separated from, and arranged parallel to, each other, and a plurality of second stripes each arranged between the adjacent first stripes. Each first stripe has light transmittance greater than zero and less than that of the light-transmissible stripe.
US09869869B2	Multiple view liquid crystal display Each pixel of a multiple view liquid crystal display in a normally black mode includes a counter electrode provided with a slit for generating a fringe electric field. An alignment film subjected to liquid crystal alignment processing in a predetermined direction is disposed on a surface of a TFT substrate provided with the counter electrode. An angle formed by an extending direction of a slit at an end of a pixel region (a first region) and a direction of the liquid crystal alignment processing is greater than an angle formed by the extending direction of the slit in a central part of the pixel region (a second region) and the direction of the liquid crystal alignment processing. The first region has a higher transmittance than that in the second region when low luminance display is carried out.
US09869866B2	Tailored freeform optical surface An optic has a freeform optical surface transforming incident light emitted by a spatially extended light source into a constellation of images of the spatially extended light source. The images in the constellation are mixed to form a target illumination pattern having a sharp-edge at least along a portion of a boundary. The images include a focused image, and an edge of the focused image participates in forming the sharp-edged boundary the target illumination pattern.
US09869865B2	Head-mountable viewer with adjustable lens A head-mountable viewer with adjustable lenses is disclosed herein. The head-mountable viewer may include a frame with a first and second bore therein, each bore receives a first and second lens, respectively. The frame may further include a first and second side arms that each have a first and second tab, respectively. The first and second tabs are operatively connected to or attached to the first and second lenses, such that movement or adjustment of the first or second tabs corresponds to movement or adjustment of the first or second lenses, respectively. In this regard, the adjustability of the first and second lenses provides a single head-mountable viewer to be universally used, that is, any user may use the same head-mountable viewer by being able to adjust the lenses to best suit his or her comfort.
US09869862B2	Wearable virtual reality and augmented reality display apparatus A wearable augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) display apparatus includes an optical waveguide; an optical free-form surface; and a microdisplay; wherein optical free-form surface is optically coupled to the waveguide through an inclined optical path.
US09869861B2	Glass implemented display An optical system and methods are disclosed. In an aspect, an optical system can comprise a display device configured to emit an image information and an image guide optically coupled to the display device, wherein the image guide is configured to receive the image information and transmit the image information along a longitudinal axis of the image guide, and wherein the image guide has a thickness along a lateral axis between about 0.3 mm and about 1 mm. The optical system can further comprise a beam combiner disposed in the image guide, the beam combiner configured to transmit at least a portion of the received image information to exit the image guide.
US09869859B2	Focus depth extension image forming optical system, focus depth extension element, and imaging apparatus A focus depth extension image forming optical system includes a focus depth extension element that extends a depth of focus of an image forming optical system. The focus depth extension element added to the image forming optical system has an aspheric surface shape rotationally symmetric about an optical axis of the image forming optical system, a sag amount Z of the aspheric surface shape changes at least to be negative, positive, and negative or positive, negative, and positive in accordance with an increase in a distance from the optical axis, in a range of 0<\|t\|<0.4 where \|t\| is a normalized radius of the aspheric surface shape, a maximum value of \|dZ/dt\| is 0.4 or more, and in one or more point of a range of 0.4≦\|t\|<0.8, dZ/dt=0.
US09869853B2	Illumination device for microscope and microscope An illumination device for a microscope includes: a lamp house configured to emit illumination light; and a turret having a first mirror unit for polarization observation and a second mirror unit for another observation method, the turret being configured to rotate the first and second mirror units on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of an observation optical system of the microscope to position one of the first and second mirror units on the optical axis. The first mirror unit includes a polarizer and a mirror. The turret includes an analyzer arranged on an optical axis of the first mirror unit. The turret rotates the analyzer and the first mirror unit on the plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the observation optical system of the microscope while maintaining a positional relation between the analyzer and the first mirror unit.
US09869851B2	Centrifuge force microscope modules and systems for use in a bucket of a centrifuge A centrifuge force microscope module for use within a bucket of a centrifuge in measuring a characteristic of a sample under a centrifugal force and/or in monitoring a sample under a centrifugal force. The centrifuge force microscope module includes an electronics module and an optical module. The electronics module includes a housing removably disposable in the bucket of the centrifuge, and at least one of a power source and a connector operably connectable to a power source for powering the electronics module. The optical module is operable to receive and direct light from the sample. The optical module is releaseably connectable to the housing of the electronics module.
US09869850B2	Variable-magnification observation optical system A variable-magnification observation optical system includes an objective system, an erecting system, and an eyepiece system. The objective system includes a positive first group, a positive second group, and a negative third group in order from the object side. The eyepiece system includes a positive fourth group and a positive fifth group in order from the object side. The erecting system is located between the first group and the second group. The fifth group includes in order from the object side a negative meniscus lens and a positive lens with an air gap therebetween wherein the negative meniscus lens has a concave surface facing the object. The fifth group has at least one aspheric surface.
US09869847B2	Near-infrared imaging lens An optical system for operation at a target near-infrared (NIR) wavelength in imaging an object onto an image plane. The system includes the following optical elements, arranged in order from object side to image side: a first lens, including a first material having a first index of refraction at the target NIR wavelength and having a positive refractive power; a second lens comprising the first material and having a meniscus shape; a third lens comprising the first material and having a meniscus shape; and a fourth lens, including a second material having a second index of refraction at the target NIR wavelength that is lower than the first index of refraction, and having front and rear surfaces of an aspheric form. The aspheric coefficients are chosen so that rays are not totally internally reflected within the fourth lens to impinge on the image plane.
US09869844B2	Optical image capturing system A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens can with positive refractive power having an object-side surface which can be convex; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens which can have negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface thereof can be concave, and at least one surface of the fifth lens has an inflection point; both surfaces of each of the five lenses are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US09869843B2	Optical image capturing system A four piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power, in order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis. At least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lenses is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US09869841B2	Imaging lens, and electronic apparatus including the same An imaging lens includes first to sixth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant lens parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance.
US09869840B1	Disposable lens applied to electronic operation device for recognition A disposable lens applied to electronic operation device for recognition includes a substrate, a lens and a fix adhesive. It is only necessary for the user to fix the disposable lens to the electronic operation device provided with an image-capturing unit and enable the image-capturing unit to align with a recognized unit to be recognized through the lens, such that the image of the recognized unit is expanded through the lens through optical properties. Thus, the image signal captured by the image-capturing unit is clearer, and then processed by the electronic operation device. Not only compactness with portability enabling the user to recognize the recognized unit immediately, but also the effect of low-priced material are provided due to simple structure of the disposable lens of the present invention. Thereby, relative advantages in volume, convenience and cost are all obtained.
US09869836B2	Optical interconnects Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to optical interconnects. In one embodiment of the present invention, an optical interconnect comprises a laser configured to output an optical signal and a laser-diode driver electronically coupled to the laser. The laser-diode driver induces the laser to output the optical signal in response to an electrical signal received by the laser-diode driver. The optical interconnect includes a diffractive optical element and a plurality of photodetectors. The optical interconnect is positioned to receive the optical signal and configured to split the optical signal into a plurality of optical signals, and each photodetector converts one of the plurality of optical signals into an electrical signal that is output on a separate signal line.
US09869834B2	Photoelectric conversion connector and method for manufacturing same A photoelectric conversion connector comprising a support, a photoelectric conversion element that is provided on said support and that can be connected to an optical fiber through an optical signal, a first resin member that is formed at the upper part of the photoelectric conversion element, and a second resin member that is formed at the upper part of the first resin member. An optical signal transmitted between the photoelectric conversion element and the optical fiber goes through both the first resin member and the second resin member.
US09869831B2	Optimized solder pads for solder induced alignment of opto-electronic chips A technique relates to assembling a multi-chip system. A first chip stack element having two major surfaces and a first solder pad, a first vertical stop, a first lateral stop and a first waveguiding element is provided. A second chip stack element having two major surfaces and including a second solder pad, a flow resistor connected to the second solder pad, a second vertical stop, a second lateral stop, a reservoir pad connected to the flow resistor, and a second waveguiding element is provided. A solder material is plated to form a plated solder pad. A technique includes pre-aligning the first chip stack element and the second chip stack element, raising the temperature to a temperature above the melting temperature of the solder material, and flowing solder through the flow resistor. Aspects include aligning the first and second waveguiding elements and cooling the connected assembly to re-solidify the solder material.
US09869830B2	Optical transceiver device An optical transceiver device includes a baseplate including a set position for mounting an optical element, an alignment plate including a mounting unit, a first and a second reference hole. The device includes an optical-fiber fixing block configured to fixedly mount at least one of a lens unit and an optical fiber optically linked with the optical element and to include a first and a second post, and a housing for enclosing the optical-fiber fixing block and alignment plate. The second post is inserted into the second reference hole in a looser manner than inserting the first post into the first reference hole, and the set position is determined by a first baseline passing through the first and the second reference hole and by a second baseline intersecting with the first baseline and positioned on opposite side of the second reference hole with respect to the first reference hole.
US09869828B2	Apparatus and method for remotely engaging and disengaging a connector An apparatus is provided that remotely manipulates a detachable device such a connector for a fiber optic connector. This apparatus comprising: a connector having two parts and a latch which are configured to engage and latch together in an engaged position when pressed in a direction of engagement. Two seats are configured to receive at least a portion of the connector.
US09869819B2	Optical energy transfer and conversion system An optical energy transfer and conversion system comprising a fiber spooler and an electrical power extraction subsystem connected to the spooler with an optical waveguide. Optical energy is generated at and transferred from a base station through fiber wrapped around the spooler, and ultimately to the power extraction system at a remote mobility platform for conversion to another form of energy. The fiber spooler may reside on the remote mobility platform which may be a vehicle, or apparatus that is either self-propelled or is carried by a secondary mobility platform either on land, under the sea, in the air or in space.
US09869818B2	Integrated lens with multiple optical structures and vent hole An integrated lens with integrated functional optical surfaces for use in optical communication is disclosed. The integrated lens includes first and second cavities and a fiber adapter. The device also includes integrated first and second lenses. The first cavity houses one or more optical transmitting and/or receiving devices. The second cavity has a first optical surface and an optional second optical surface. The fiber adapter has the second lens. The integrated lens enables a small size, a light weight, high coupling and a high transmission efficiency, and can be produced by injection molding using a single mold. The integrated lens is applicable to optical signal coupling, fiber connections, optical modules, and optical or optoelectronic communication.
US09869816B2	Light combining/dividing element and light modulator Provided is a light combining/dividing element which allows generation of reflected light to be suppressed, as compared with a conventional light combining/dividing element. A core of the light combining/dividing element includes an MMI part which is connected to a first core and to each of a second core and a third core. A width of a rib of a rib waveguide of the MMI part becomes narrower from a width equal to that of a channel waveguide to a width equal to that of the first core.
US09869810B2	Method for manufacturing electronic products, related arrangement and product A method for manufacturing an electronic product, includes: obtaining a flexible, optically substantially transparent or translucent, substrate sheet; printing a number of electrical conductors on the substrate sheet in accordance with a predefined schematic; printing or disposing a number of electronic components including optoelectronic light emissive, preferably LED (light-emitting diode), components on the substrate sheet in accordance with the schematic, wherein at least some of the printed conductors are configured to provide electrical current thereto; and attaching a flexible, optically substantially transparent, lightguide sheet to the substrate so as to establish a functional multi-layer structure, where the light emitted by the light emissive components is incoupled to the lightguide, propagates therewithin, and is at least partly outcoupled to the environment through the substrate sheet. Related arrangement and electronic device are presented.
US09869807B2	Electronic devices with soft input-output components An electronic device may have control circuitry coupled to input-output devices such as a display. A flexible input-output device may be formed from an elastomeric substrate layer. The substrate layer may have signal paths to which components are mounted. Openings may be formed in the elastomeric substrate layer between the signal paths to create a stretchable mesh-shaped substrate. The electrical components may each include an interposer having solder pads soldered to the elastomeric substrate. Electrical devices such as micro-light-emitting diodes may be soldered to the interposers. The electrical components may also include electrical devices such as sensors and actuators. A stretchable lighting unit may have a stretchable light guide illuminated by a stretchable light source.
US09869806B2	Incident beam polarization dependent optical device with variable focusing beam pattern An optical device with variable focused beam pattern includes a first lens structure configured by arranging first lenticular lenses which are formed with liquid crystals or liquid crystal polymers having a first extraordinary refractive index axis direction and of which longitudinal axes are aligned with a first alignment direction, and a second lens structure laminated on a beam emitting surface of the first lens structure and configured by arranging second lenticular lenses which are formed with liquid crystals or liquid crystal polymers having a second extraordinary refractive index axis direction and of which longitudinal axes are aligned with a second alignment direction. A beam pattern of output light output from the second lens structure is determined according to a polarization direction of the incident beam incident on the first lens structure, the first and second extraordinary refractive index axis directions of the first and second lens structures, and the first and second alignment directions of the first and second lens structures.
US09869805B2	Infrared reflective film, and laminated glass employing same The present invention has the objective of providing an infrared reflective film by means of which it is possible to achieve an effective heat-shielding performance with a smaller number of layers than hitherto using a construction employing specified infrared reflective layers. Solution Means The infrared reflective film of the present invention has at least two infrared reflective layers and, of these infrared reflective layers, the center reflective wavelength of at least one infrared reflective layer is between 1200 and 1300 nm. Furthermore, the laminated glass of the present invention is formed by interposing this infrared reflective film between two sheets of intermediate film, and laminating these between two sheets of glass.
US09869804B2	Light-diffusing structure A light-diffusing structure may include a plurality of light-diffusing cell units. Each light-diffusing cell unit is polygonal with a plurality of edges and corners respectively, and the light-diffusing cell units connect with others by the edges to form a light-diffusing panel. When the sunlight passes through the light-diffusing panel, the sunlight is diffused and converted to a uniformly balanced light source. The light-diffusing structure may further include a restricting unit to restrict the movement of the light-diffusing panel.
US09869800B2	Peak height for the calculation of wind load calculation apparatus and method Provided is a peak height estimating device and method for wind load computation. The peak height estimating device includes an information collecting unit collecting height information on a plurality of points in a subject area; and a peak height estimating unit performing statistical processing on the height information to estimate a peak height.
US09869797B2	Method for predicting occurrence of microquartz in a basin A method, including: obtaining a grain size for amorphous silica associated with a basin and a grain size for quartz associated with the basin; obtaining kinetics of silica dissolution corresponding to the basin and quartz precipitation corresponding to the basin; determining, with a processor, a concentration of amorphous silica in water based on the grain size for amorphous silica, the grain size for quartz, and the kinetics of silica dissolution and quartz precipitation; comparing, with the processor, the concentration of amorphous silica in water to an amorphous silica saturation condition; and determining, with the processor, a presence of microquartz based on a result of the comparing.
US09869781B2	Active pulse shaping of solid state photomultiplier signals Photomultipliers are disclosed which comprise circuitry for detecting photo electric events and generating short digital pulses in response. In one embodiment, the photomultipliers comprise solid state photomultipliers having an array of microcells. The microcells, in one embodiment, in response to incident photons, generate a digital pulse signal having a duration of about 2 ns or less.
US09869779B2	Optimized signal detection by quantum-counting detectors A method is described for setting the detection of a macropixel signal of an x-ray detector with a plurality of pixels, each combined to form at least one macropixel. The geometrical efficiency and the signal drift factor of the individual pixels are first established. A target drift value is established. A parameter, which sets a compromise between an allowed drift of the macropixel signals and the achievable dose efficiency, is also defined. Based on the established parameters, the weighting of the individual pixel signals, taking into account a function taking account of the signal drift and the dose utilization of the resulting macropixel signal depending on the weightings of the pixel signals, is established. A weighted addition of the individual pixel signals to form macropixel signals is defined on the basis of the weightings. A signal detection device, an x-ray detector and a computed tomography system are also described.
US09869778B2	Digital radiography detector Described is a scintillator screen including a plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments includes scintillating particles dispersed within a thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer includes an elastic additive. The scintillating particles are from about 10 volume percent to about 60 volume percent of each of the plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments has a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.5. The plurality of filaments are substantially parallel to each other and are at a volume packing of from about 60 percent to about 90 percent.
US09869771B2	Information sharing system for vehicle An information sharing system for a vehicle includes: an emergency call system installed in the vehicle and operable to determine whether an accident involving the vehicle occurs; a navigation system installed in the vehicle and operable to determine a driving route for a user of the vehicle; a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal receiving unit receiving a GNSS signal transmitted from a GNSS satellite; and a GNSS signal distribution unit transmitting the received GNSS signal to the emergency call system and the navigation system.
US09869770B2	Control and features for satellite positioning system receivers Control and feature systems for processing signals from a satellite positioning system include an expert system receiver manager; a joint detection, carrier centring and bit sync acquisition subsystem; peak detection; a multi-dimensional measurement interpolation subsystem; a system for mode switching between a navigational signal; and power control module for receiver.
US09869760B2	System and method for recognizing a motion by analyzing a radio signal A system for recognizing motion by analyzing a radio signal includes: a radio signal transmitter configured to transmit a radio signal; a radio signal receiver configured to receive the transmitted radio signal; and a motion recognition processing device configured to: i) analyze the received radio signal, ii) extract and classify a gesture from the analyzed radio signal, iii) recognize the extracted and classified gesture, and iv) perform vehicle device control based on the recognized gesture.
US09869752B1	System and method for autonomous joint detection-classification and tracking of acoustic signals of interest Systems and methods are disclosed for autonomous joint detection-classification of acoustic sources of interest. Localization and tracking from unmanned marine vehicles are also described. Based on receiving acoustic signals originating above or below the surface, a processor can process the acoustic signals to determine the target of interest associated with the acoustic signal. The methods and systems autonomously and jointly detect and classify a target of interest. A target track can be generated corresponding to the locations of the detected target of interest. A classifier can be used representing spectral characteristics of a target of interest.
US09869749B2	System and method to generate three-dimensional mapping of a tubular component layout A system and method to generate a three-dimensional mapping of an arrangement of tubular components are described. The tubular components include one or more straight pipes and one or more bent segments connected at interfaces. The system includes a plurality of electronically readable identifiers, each electronically readable identifier being disposed in proximity to one of the interfaces of two of the tubular components and each side of the interface comprising at least one RFID chip. The system also includes a reader to receive a signal from each of the plurality of electronically readable identifiers in turn and a processor to process a position of the reader and each of the signals to generate the three-dimensional mapping.
US09869748B2	Locating a mobile device Identifying a location of a mobile device is disclosed (e.g., presuming user consent to the same). One or more received signal strengths (RSSs), comprising a first RSS, may be received by a first access point (AP) from the mobile device. The RSSs may be used to identify a grid area, comprising a first grid space. A signal distance between the first grid space and the first AP may be identified using the first RSS, and combined with a first grid space distance, comprising a known distance between the first grid space and the first AP, to determine a first grid space likelihood score for the first grid space. A second grid space likelihood score may be determined for a second grid space (e.g., and a third, etc.), and the grid space comprising a desired grid space likelihood score (e.g., highest) may be selected as the mobile device location.
US09869744B2	Locator self-test A detection apparatus with a self-test is presented. A detection apparatus such as a cable locator has an array of sensors in the form of ferrite antennas to detect an electromagnetic field produced by an object such as a buried cable. The signals are amplified, digitized and fed to a processing unit that outputs a detection signal to a display to indicate the detection of a cable. A programmable signal generator outputs a self-test signal via a voltage-current converter that is used to check the balance between the sensors. The self-test signal is directly coupled into each of the sensors through a wired connection and the processing unit uses the self-test signal to accurately determine the magnitude and phase balance of the sensors. The magnitude and phase data may be used to calibrate the instrument, apply data corrections or flag errors.
US09869734B2	System and method for manufacturing magnetic resonance imaging gradient coil assemblies The embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to magnetic resonance imaging systems and, more specifically, to the manufacturing of a gradient coil assembly for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. For example, in one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a gradient coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes depositing a first layer comprising a base material onto a surface to form a substrate and depositing a second layer onto the first layer. The second layer may enable bonding between a conductor material and the substrate. The method also includes depositing a third layer onto the second layer using a consolidation process. The consolidation process uses the conductor material to form at least a portion of a gradient coil.
US09869732B2	Automated decoupling of RF receive coil elements The invention discloses a decoupling circuit (32) disposed between adjacent RF receive coil elements to automatically decouple the adjacent MRI RF receive coil elements. In one embodiment, the invention involves to inject an RF signal into a first coil element, to measure the RF signal coupled from the first coil element into a second coil element and to adjust the capacitance of the decoupling circuit such as to minimize the coupling between the first and the second coil elements.
US09869727B2	Arrangement and method for monitoring a power supply A method for monitoring a power supply connected to a superordinate controller via a signal line, wherein the superordinate controller queries whether the power supply is operating faultlessly at variable intervals, where during faultless operation, a power-good signal is continuously transmitted by the power supply to the superordinate controller via the signal line and, if a fault occurs, an indicating signal is transmitted by the power supply to the superordinate controller via the signal line as a switching sequence of high and low signals such that each signal change of the switching sequence occurs only after a time period that is longer than an expected greatest query interval and each signal of the switching sequence that does not correspond to the power-good signal is shorter than a specified signal duration for indicating a total failure of the power supply, whereby the superordinate controller receives more information than previously.
US09869719B2	High speed controllable load A high speed controllable load uses a voltage waveform synthesizer and a driver circuit to dynamically control an electronically variable load to generate a current though an arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) device under test. Sensors may be used to monitor a source voltage and the output current to generate an arbitrary waveform have a range of voltage and current phase shifts. An optical isolation circuit allows separation of grounds between a control stage and the AFCI device under test.
US09869717B2	Test pad structure, a pad structure for inspecting a semiconductor chip and a wiring substrate for a tape packaging having the same A test pad structure includes a plurality of test pads and a plurality of connection leads. The test pads are sequentially arranged from a wiring pattern on a substrate and in rows parallel with one another. The test pads include first and second groups of test pads, the first group having at least one pad and the second group having at least two pads. The connection leads extend from end portions of the wiring pattern to be connected to the test pads. The connection leads include at least one inner lead passing between the at least two pads of the second group and arranged in a first row closest to the first group. The at least one inner lead may be connected to at least one pad of the at least two pads of the second group arranged in a second row next to the first row.
US09869714B2	Integrated circuit test temperature control mechanism A thermal controller includes a thermal control interface to receive test data from an automated test equipment (ATE) system and dynamically adjust a target setpoint temperature based on the data and a dynamic thermal controller to receive the target setpoint temperature from the thermal control interface and control a thermal actuator based on the target setpoint temperature.
US09869712B2	Method and system for detecting defects of wafer by wafer sort A method for detecting defects of wafer by wafer sort is introduced. In the method, a wafer sort testing apparatus is used to obtain a DTL or ADART result, wherein a plurality of repaired sites in a wafer is highlighted according to the DTL or ADART result. A plurality of physical locations of the repaired sites is then output. An analysis equipment is used to match the physical locations with a graphic data system (GDS) design layout coordinate of the wafer so as to generate a data correlating with defects at the repaired sites.
US09869703B2	Energy monitoring current transformer enclosure An enclosure for an energy monitoring current transformer includes upper housing that houses an upper transformer core section. Lower housing houses a transformer coil and a lower transformer core section. When the enclosure is assembled there is an overlap between the cap for the lower housing and the lower housing that lengthens a creepage path from the upper transformer core to the external surface of the enclosure.
US09869702B2	Current measurement circuit A current measurement circuit converts a current signal IIN into a voltage signal VOUT. The current signal IIN is transmitted via a signal line. A shield line is arranged in the vicinity of at least a part of the signal line. A non-inverting amplifier includes an operational amplifier, and the current signal IIN is input to its non-inverting input terminal. The output signal of the non-inverting amplifier is input to its inverting input terminal as a feedback signal. An inverting amplifier amplifies the output signal of the non-inverting amplifier with inversion so as to generate a voltage signal VOUT. An impedance circuit includes a feedback resistor RF between the output terminal of the inverting amplifier and the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier. A guard amplifier receives the electric potential at the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier, and applies the electric potential to the shield line.
US09869700B2	Device for use with an electricity meter A device for use with an electricity meter is selectively moveable between first and second positions. The device comprises a fuse support capable of holding a fuse in a fuse position. The device is arranged such that, when in the first position, the fuse position is located relative to first and second circuits such that when a fuse is held in the fuse support the first circuit is closed and the second circuit is open. The device is further arranged such that moving the device from the first position to the second position causes the fuse position to be relocated relative to the first and second circuits such that the first circuit is opened and the second circuit is closed.
US09869697B2	Wiring substrate with filled vias to accommodate custom terminals A probe card assembly and associated processes of forming them may include a wiring substrate with a first surface and an opposite surface, an electrically conductive first via comprising electrically conductive material extending into the wiring substrate from the opposite surface and ending before reaching the first surface, and a plurality of electrically conductive second vias, and a custom electrically conductive terminal disposed on the first surface such that said custom terminal covers the first via and contacts one of the second vias adjacent to said first via without electrically contacting the first via. Each of the second vias may be electrically conductive from the first surface to the opposite surface. The first via may include electrically insulating material disposed within a hole in the first via.
US09869696B2	Method for imaging a feature using a scanning probe microscope Using a local-potential-driving probe drives a conductor to a known potential while adjacent lines are grounded through the sample body reduces electrostatic scanning microscope signal from adjacent lines, allows imaging of metal lines deeper in the sample. Providing different potentials locally on different conductive lines using multiple local-potential-driving probes allows different conductors to be highlighted in the same image, for example, by changing the phase of the signal being applied to the different local-potential-driving probes.
US09869694B2	Method and apparatus of electrical property measurement using an AFM operating in peak force tapping mode An apparatus and method of collecting topography, mechanical property data and electrical property data with an atomic force microscope (AFM) in either a single pass or a dual pass operation. PFT mode is preferably employed thus allowing the use of a wide range of probes, one benefit of which is to enhance the sensitivity of electrical property measurement.
US09869693B2	Acceleration sensor, display device, detecting system and detecting method An acceleration sensor, a display device, a detecting system and a detecting method are provided; the acceleration sensor includes two electrodes arranged opposite to and insulated from each other, and a cavity arranged between the two electrodes; a liquid layer is arranged in the cavity, and the liquid layer occupies a portion of internal space of the cavity. A display device integrated with the acceleration sensor has advantages such as high degree of integration, compact structure and low production cost and so on.
US09869690B2	Method for constant tension and slippage setting on a reel using accelerometers to detect rotational direction The present invention is a reel apparatus, system and method of using same that may utilize accelerometers for determining the rotational direction of an offshore reel as a component of maintaining a constant tension and constant slippage setting on the umbilical of the offshore reel as the radius to the umbilical varies and the deployment direction is reversed.
US09869689B2	Laser diode based multiple-beam laser spot imaging system for characterization of vehicle dynamics The invention is related to a laser diode based multiple beam laser spot imaging system for characterization of vehicle dynamics. A laser diode based, preferably VCSEL based laser imaging system is utilized to characterize the vehicle dynamics. One or more laser beams are directed to the road surface. A compact imaging system including an imaging matrix sensor such as a CCD or CMOS camera measures locations or separations of individual laser spots. Loading status of vehicles and vehicles' pitch and roll angle can be characterized by analyzing the change of laser spot locations or separations.
US09869687B2	Apparatus for automatically depositing, preserving and recovering specimens of biological materials in/from a refrigerated store using two distinct static robots There is described an apparatus for automatically depositing, preserving and recovering specimens of biological materials contained in test tubes in/from a refrigerated store. Said apparatus comprises two test tube handling devices between test tube containers and carriers positioned on a conveyor adapted to automatically handle said test tubes; said two test tube handling devices are intended the one to load said test tubes from the refrigerated store to the conveyor and the other to unload test tubes from the conveyor (4) to the refrigerated store. Said test some containers are handled between said refrigerated store and said test tube handling devices by a container handling device.
US09869685B2	Sample analyzer A sample analyzer including: a first reagent container holding unit; a second reagent container holding unit being arranged on one side of the first reagent container holding portion; a reagent information reading unit; and a control unit. The reagent information reading unit includes an electric wave emitting portion, which is arranged on the other side of the first reagent container holding unit, for emitting a plurality of electric waves having mutually differing reaching ranges, and the control unit controls the reagent information reading unit to switch the electric wave emitted from the electric wave emitting portion in accordance with a read target being the first electronic tag or the second electronic tag.
US09869678B2	Method for detection of L523S expression in biological samples The present invention discloses methods for differentiating between normal or reactive cells and malignant cells in biological samples comprising: exposing the biological sample to an antibody to L523S protein and detecting the presence of the antibody bound to L523S protein within the malignant cells, in embodiments, such methods may further comprise: exposing the biological sample to an antibody to a second protein that is a marker of cell lineage and detecting the presence of the antibody to the second protein within cells corresponding to a particular cell lineage and/or may comprise: exposing the biological sample to an antibody to a third protein which is a marker of cells that are normal or reactive and detecting the presence of the antibody to the third protein within cells that are normal or reactive.
US09869676B2	Antibody to cytolethal distending toxin of Campylobacter jejuni Methods for preventing IBS, reducing the likelihood of developing IBS and/or treating IBS by administering COT inhibitors and/or COT neutralizers to a subject in need thereof are described. Methods of eliciting a specific immune response and methods of vaccinating a subject to prevent IBS or to reduce the likelihood of developing or having IBS are also provided. Methods of diagnosing IBS by detecting the presence or absence of COT or a COT marker in a subject are described.
US09869675B2	Low resource processor using surface tension valves for extracting, concentrating, and detecting whole cells Systems and methods are described for isolation, separation and detection of a molecular species using a low resource device for processing of samples. Methods include isolation, separation and detection of whole cells.
US09869672B2	Method for measuring chemiluminescence The present invention provides a method for determining radioactivity in an ion-sensitive field effect transistor array, the method comprising the steps of incubating the array with electron-sensitive silver-halide material and then incubating the array with a developer solution reducing the silver halides that have been exposed to radioactivity to elemental silver and simultaneously measuring pH at each separate reaction chambers, wherein decrease of the pH indicates the presence of radioactivity in a reaction chamber.
US09869670B2	Activation of bioluminescence by structural complementation Provided herein are compositions and methods for the assembly of a bioluminescent complex from two or more non-luminescent (e.g., substantially non-luminescent) peptide and/or polypeptide units. In particular, bioluminescent activity is conferred upon a non-luminescent polypeptide via structural complementation with another, complementary non-luminescent peptide.
US09869666B2	Electrical cell-substrate impedance sensor (ECIS) A method for detection and monitoring a spreading stage of a biological cell for cancer diagnosis is disclosed. The method includes steps of removing biological cell lines from a material; culturing the cell lines via maintaining the removed biological cell lines in an appropriate medium at a controlled set of conditions; seeding the cultured biological cells lines on silicon nanowire electrode arrays of an electrical cell-substrate impedance sensor (ECIS); and measuring an electrical impedance of the seeded biological cell lines to detect and monitor a spreading state of the seeded biological cell lines for cancer diagnosis.
US09869664B2	Method for non-intrusive measurement of low water content in oil The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining trace amounts of water in oil, including the steps of obtaining a blended sample of a low water content fluid including an amount of water and an amount of oil, transferring a portion of the blended sample to a cuvette to create a measurement sample, covering a viewing surface of the cuvette with an opaque sheet with a slit, providing a barrier with a fixed opening between a laser source and a laser-receptive surface of the cuvette, transmitting a pulsed laser beam from the laser source into the cuvette; inducing fluorescence in the measurement sample, focusing the fluorescence through a collecting lens and transmitting the fluorescence to a spectrometer, and measuring the fluorescence with the spectrometer by dispersing the fluorescence with a spectrograph and intensifying the fluorescence with an intensified charge coupled device.
US09869663B2	Gas sensor apparatus and concentration measurement method performed through use of gas sensor A gas sensor apparatus including a gas sensor (10) which outputs an output value corresponding to the concentration of a specific gas component, and a computation section (30) which calculates a specific component concentration based on the output value output and a pressure value representing the pressure of the gas. The computation section (30) includes pressure change rate calculation means (31), pressure change rate judgment means (32), correction amount calculation means (33), and output correction means (34). Also disclosed is a concentration measurement method using the gas sensor.
US09869661B2	Open port sampling interface A system for sampling a sample material includes a probe which can have an outer probe housing with an open end. A liquid supply conduit within the housing has an outlet positioned to deliver liquid to the open end of the housing. The liquid supply conduit can be connectable to a liquid supply for delivering liquid at a first volumetric flow rate to the open end of the housing. A liquid exhaust conduit within the housing is provided for removing liquid from the open end of the housing. A liquid exhaust system can be provided for removing liquid from the liquid exhaust conduit at a second volumetric flow rate, the first volumetric flow rate exceeding the second volumetric flow rate, wherein liquid at the open end will receive sample, liquid containing sample material will be drawn into and through the liquid exhaust conduit, and liquid will overflow from the open end.
US09869654B2	Method of measuring hematocrit (HCT), and measurement device using the method A method of measuring hematocrit (HCT) and a measurement device using in the method and depends on an electrode test specimen to create a capacitor charging effect and consequential change in discharge current for measurement of hematocrit. The method of measuring hematocrit comprises steps as follows: (a) Instill blood into a pair of test electrodes which is installed in the present invention and apply a voltage to the pair of test electrodes; (b) Remove the voltage applied to the pair of test electrodes and measure a discharge current value; (c) Refer to a predetermined decision rule and the discharge current to obtain a hematocrit value for blood. As such, the present invention which relies on an electrode test specimen in measurement of hematocrit corresponding to a discharge current value during electric discharge contributes to precision and reliability in contrast to conventional hematocrit tests.
US09869647B2	Scanning method A scanning method which is a method of identifying a change in the density of an object includes arranging a source of ionizing radiation and an array of radiation detectors Dn, where n is an integer from 1 to N, capable of detecting the radiation in such a way that radiation counts are counted by the detectors as the source and detectors are rotated around the object and normalized counts values are collated in a matrix such that a pattern may be detected within the matrix from which the presence of a change in the density of the object at a location lying on at least one of the radiation paths may be inferred.
US09869643B2	Masks that selectively attentuate radiation for inspection of printed circuit boards Masks that selectively attenuate radiation for inspections of printed circuit boards (PCB) are disclosed. A PCB may be inspected for defects by exposing the PCB with radiation and analyzing the radiation transmitted through the PCB. By employing a radiation mask having first and second segments between the PCB and a radiation source, the radiation may be selectively attenuated to attenuate a first portion of the radiation with a first attenuation level to prevent performance degradation to sensitive semiconductor devices as part of a first sectional area of the PCB, and yet provide substantially non-attenuation or attenuation at a second attenuation level for a second portion of the radiation incident upon a second sectional area of the PCB which is free from sensitive semiconductor devices. In this manner, the selective attenuation enables inspection of the first and second sectional areas of the PCB without damage to the sensitive semiconductor devices.
US09869642B2	Method for X-raying products A method for X-raying products of a product stream in which products are conveyed in a conveyance direction before the X-raying in a number n lanes parallel to each other. Several adjacent products transverse to the conveyance direction are transferred as a group together into a radiation-protected X-ray room, and the products are rearranged for an X-ray process in the X-ray room such that the shadowing effects during the X-ray process are reduced.
US09869641B2	Microwave imaging device A microwave (MW) system includes an object support adapted to support an object, a MW transmitter, a MW receiver, an outer rotation unit, an inner rotation unit, a controller and a computation processor. The outer rotation unit includes an outer ring, having a ring shape, with an outer ring mount, upon which one of either an antenna of the MW transmitter or an antenna of the MW receiver is mounted. The inner rotation unit comprises an inner ring, having a ring shape, with an inner ring mount, upon which the other of an antenna of the MW transmitter or an antenna of the MW receiver is mounted. The controller is configured to independently control both the rotation of the inner ring and the outer ring. The computation processor is configured to receive data including MW data representative of MW scattered field detected by the MW receiver.
US09869639B2	Photon emitter array including photon emitters with different orientations Provided herein is an apparatus including a photon emitter array. The photon emitter array includes a number of photon emitters selectively oriented in a number of polarized orientations. The photon emitters are configured to controllably emit photons onto a surface of an article. The apparatus also includes a photon detector positioned to receive photons scattered from features on the surface of the article. The photon detector simultaneously receives photons oriented in the number of polarized orientations. In addition, the photon detector provides information for mapping the features on the surface of the article.
US09869638B2	Method for detecting time-resolved fluorescence based on principle of phase balanced frequency multiplication modulation The present invention relates to a method for detecting time-resolved fluorescence based on a principle of phase balanced frequency multiplication modulation. A stimulating light source modulated by using a baseband signal acts on a to-be-measured target to trigger fluorescence, so that the fluorescence intensifies and decays periodically; then, a frequency-doubled square signal is used to control a sampling period and divide an ascending period of the fluorescence into two and a decay period of the fluorescence into two; after independent sampling is performed separately, sampling differences of the two parts are separately calculated and then added to obtain an intensity representative value of a fluorescence signal and to obtain a concentration value of the to-be-measured target. The method in the present invention can not only likewise cancel fluorescence interference of a substrate in a sample, but also can cancel ambient bias light, power-frequency interference of a spatial electromagnetic wave or other signals, and therefore improves signal intensity in fluorescence measurement on the detection sample, has an advantage that cannot be accomplished in a conventional time-resolved fluorescence method, and can be applied in fluorescence intensity detection of a target in fields such as biology, chemistry, and medicine.
US09869632B2	Absorption spectrometer and method for measuring the concentration of a gaseous component of interest in a measurement gas Absorption spectrometer and method for measuring the concentration of a gaseous component of interest in a measurement gas, wherein to compensate influence of changes in an optical path length in the absorption spectrometer on a measured result, light from the laser is modulated with at least one pilot frequency in the MHz range, the measurement signal is analyzed in a phase-sensitive manner for the pilot frequency, phase information obtained during this analysis is compared with phase information obtained during calibration of the absorption spectrometer, where the measured result is corrected as a function of the difference between the two items of phase information. Alternatively, light from the laser is modulated with two pilot frequencies, where signal components contained in the measurement signal with the pilot frequencies are detected in a phase-sensitive manner and the difference between the phase information of the two signal components obtained in this operation is analyzed.
US09869631B2	Analysis device and method of determining mounted state of cartridge of the analysis device Disclosed are an analysis device and a method of determining a mounted state of a cartridge mounted in the analysis device. The analysis device includes: a mounting unit configured to mount a cartridge on which at least one well for containing a specimen is formed; a measuring unit configured to measure at least one signal corresponding to the at least one well formed on the cartridge; and an operation processor configured to process the at least one measured signal with respect to the at least one well measured by the measuring unit, wherein the operation processor determines a mounted state of the cartridge based on the at least one measured signal with respect to the at least one well formed on the cartridge.
US09869630B2	Methods and systems for monitoring roadway parameters A method and system receives, at a computing device, a plurality of data points from one or more data collection units. Each data point of the plurality of data points can include data related to road conditions for a specific section of road and each data point can be paired with GPS coordinates. The plurality of data points can be analyzed and a road condition score for each data point can be determined. The road condition score for each data point is applied to a mapping module using the GPS coordinates.
US09869625B2	Apparatus and method for measuring particle size distribution by light scattering Apparatus (100) for measuring particle size distribution by light scattering comprises a blue LED (102) and a 633 nm helium neon laser (104). Light output from the LED and laser is separately passed or reflected by a dichroic element (116) onto a common path through a sample cell (122) containing a sample, the particle size distribution of which is to be measured. Light scattered from the sample cell is detected by one or more detectors (112B-H). Light transmitted by the sample cell is detected by detectors 112A, 112J. Output signals from one or more of the detectors are passed to a computation unit (114) which calculates particle size distribution. A small percentage of light from the blue LED is reflected by the dichroic element to a detector (110). Similarly, a small percentage of light from the laser is passed by the dichroic element to the detector. Output signals from the detector are fed back to control units (106, 108) to stabilize the output power of the LED and laser.
US09869618B2	Method of forming an aggregate of objects A method of forming an aggregate of objects in a channel including a liquid, the method including: a) providing objects in at least a region of the channel, and b) forming an aggregate of the objects by submitting them to a modulated pulsed acoustic field, wherein the modulated pulsed acoustic field applied at step b) is modulated in amplitude.
US09869616B2	Hydrogel encapsulated cell patterning and transferring method and cell-based biosensor using the same Provided are a hydrogel-encapsulated cell patterning and transferring method comprising: preparing a substrate having a hydrogel-encapsulated cell patterning comprising a first cell and an alginate hydrogel; preparing an agarose hydrogel substrate comprising agarose hydrogel and any one of a second cell and a physiological active substance; and disposing the substrate having the hydrogel-encapsulated cell patterning on the agarose hydrogel substrate and transferring the cell patterning and a biosensor comprising: a first substrate having a hydrogel-encapsulated cell patterning comprising a first cell and an alginate hydrogel; and an agarose hydrogel second substrate comprising agarose hydrogel and any one of a second cell and a physiological active substance.
US09869613B2	Passive micro-vessel and sensor An electrically passive device and method for in-situ acoustic emission, and/or releasing, sampling and/or measuring of a fluid or various material(s) is provided. The device may provide a robust timing mechanism to release, sample and/or perform measurements on a predefined schedule, and, in various embodiments, emits an acoustic signal sequence(s) that may be used for triangulation of the device position within, for example, a hydrocarbon reservoir or a living body.
US09869612B2	Substrate collecting device The present invention provides a substrate collecting device that includes a first stage on which a sheet is placed with a plurality of substrates facing downward, an sampler which carries out a predetermined operation on some of the substrates, which are disposed at predetermined positions, from above the first stage thereby to cause the substrates to come off from the sheet and fall, an optical system and a collector disposed below the first stage, and a second stage, which integrally moves the optical system and the collector in a horizontal direction. The second stage is capable of positioning the optical system and the collector at two positions at which the optical system or the collector is disposed substantially vertically below a predetermined position.
US09869608B2	Vehicle meter indicator device To show an image with minimal sense of discomfort felt by an occupant without quickening an updating cycle of an on-screen image, a virtual data generator making up a vehicle meter indicator device generates virtual data based on an arbitrary engine rotation speed between an engine rotation speed proportional to an image currently shown on a liquid crystal display device and a latest engine rotation speed rather than display data based on the latest engine rotation speed immediately before updating if the engine rotation speed declines. This allows the liquid crystal display device to show the generated virtual data on a liquid crystal panel as a virtual image for updating.
US09869606B2	System and method for determining structural characteristics of an object The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.
US09869604B2	Apparatus and method for detecting leakage from a composition-containing pouch An apparatus and a method for detecting leakage from a composition-containing pouch during the high-speed manufacturing process. The apparatus comprises: a platen comprising a pouch cavity and a plurality of platen edges adjacent to the cavity; an image capturing unit; an image processing unit; and ultraviolet-light emitting source. The composition itself comprises a fluorescent whitening compound. The ultra-violet emitting light source is arranged to illuminate the cavity and plurality of platen edges. The image capturing unit is arranged to capture an image of the illuminated cavity and plurality of platen edges. The image capturing unit is communicably attached to the image processing unit.
US09869600B2	Pressure sensor A pressure sensor is provided. The pressure sensor has a differential pressure sensor adapted to measure differential pressure between two differential pressure sensor inputs in a first differential pressure range. The pressure sensor further includes a first absolute pressure sensor and a second absolute pressure sensor adapted to measure an absolute pressure in an absolute pressure range. The pressured sensor is further provided with a measuring unit configured to determine a differential pressure in a second differential pressure range on the basis of absolute pressure measurements taken by the first and second absolute pressure sensors.
US09869597B1	Compound strain gage carrier for multi-axis force/torque sensing An example device includes a flexural element, a bendable carrier element, and a plurality of strain gages. The flexural element includes a plurality of surfaces, such as a planar surface and a perimeter surface. The bendable carrier element is shaped in order to conform to the plurality of surfaces of the flexural element when the carrier element is bent around the flexural element. The plurality of strain gages are attached to the carrier element when the carrier element is flat. Furthermore, the plurality of strain gages are positioned along the plurality of surfaces of the flexural element when the carrier element is bent around the flexural element to conform to the plurality of surfaces of the flexural element and the carrier element is attached to the flexural element.
US09869590B2	Spatially-resolved FWA spectrophotometer using micropatterned optical filters Provided is a system for providing spectral analysis with a spectrophotometer. The system includes an illuminator positioned adjacent to a carrier having a surface; a linear sensor positioned adjacent to the carrier; and a micropatterned optical filter is positioned between the linear sensor and the carrier. The illuminator is configured to emit light at a material disposed over the surface. The linear sensor is configured to receive the light from the illuminator.
US09869586B2	Sampling heads for handheld RAMAN spectroscopy devices Various novel sampling heads and interface fittings are disclosed herein adapted for use with handheld RAMAN or other material evaluating devices or analyzers using radiation or electromagnetic energy to identify sampled materials. In particular, the interface fittings or members facilitate measurement of irregularly shaped or very small materials to be sampled.
US09869585B2	Dual spectrometer Systems and techniques for optical spectrometer detection using, for example, IR spectroscopy components and Raman spectroscopy components are described. For instance, a system includes a first electromagnetic radiation source configured to illuminate a sample with a first portion of electromagnetic radiation in a first region of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., an IR source) and a second electromagnetic radiation source configured to illuminate a sample with a second portion of electromagnetic radiation in a second substantially monochromatic region of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., a laser source). The system also includes a detector module configured to detect a sample constituent of a sample by analyzing a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the sample associated with the first electromagnetic radiation source and a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the sample associated with the second electromagnetic radiation source.
US09869583B1	Image scanning on a sparsely populated focal plane array to achieve nyquist sampling An apparatus includes: a focal plane array (FPA) of receivers for a passive millimeter wave camera, the FPA comprising: receivers configured to sample an image, the image comprising one or more regions, the receivers arranged in an array of dimensions m rows by n columns, and a scanning reflector configured to move, thereby moving an image of the scene across the FPA transverse to the receiver columns.
US09869572B2	Semiconductor acoustic measurement device that determines the presence or absence of the second ultrasonic measurement A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment is provided with a controller, a first detector, a second detector, and a determiner. In a first measurement, the first detector detects a first measured value correlated with the propagation time of the first acoustic wave in a first detection period from the transmission to the reception of the first acoustic wave. In a second measurement, the second detector detects a second measured value correlated with the propagation time of the second acoustic wave in a second detection period from the transmission to the reception of the second acoustic wave. The determiner determines the presence or absence of the second measurement on the basis of the result of comparison between the first measured value and another first measured value measured earlier than the first measured value.
US09869565B2	Rotation detection device and method of manufacturing rotation detection device A magnet for detection mounted on a rotating shaft rotating about a rotation axis, and a detector disposed opposite to the magnet for detection to detect rotation of the rotating shaft are included. The detector includes a multi-layer circuit board, a recessed groove that is provided in an interlayer of the circuit board, has a center on an extension of the rotation axis, and is orthogonal to the rotation axis, a combined magnetic wire incorporated in the recessed groove and exhibiting a large Barkhausen effect, and a pickup coil formed of wiring conductors on the circuit board and a conductor with which through holes are filled, to surround the combined magnetic wire.
US09869564B2	Method and apparatus for providing dynamic warnings for navigations A navigation application that provides a dynamic set of warnings based on a set of collected and calculated data. The navigation application collects a series of data and identifies a set of critical points along the route. The navigation application analyzes the collected data to determine whether to provide a navigation warning to the user. The navigation application uses the collected data to determine whether a navigation instruction for the critical point should be modified to account for different driving conditions. Finally, the navigation application of some embodiments determines a timing for when a navigation instruction should be provided to the user, ensuring that the instruction is presented to the user with sufficient time to safely adjust their behavior.
US09869563B2	Method and apparatus for predicting a destination using a route search algorithm A method of predicting a destination of a user of a mobile device is described, together with a device for performing the same. The method comprises determining a location of the mobile device, and executing a route search algorithm with respect to a trip data-base. The trip database stores information indicative of a personal road network of a user of the mobile device, one or more road segments in the personal road network being associated with a respective destination location, and cost information associated with road segments in the personal network, the cost information being based, at least in part, on traversal information in the trip database.
US09869557B2	Determining the accuracy of map data and providing reports for same Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for determining the accuracy of map information/data. In one embodiment, map information/data and collected telematics information/data can be compared. The difference between the map information/data and the telematics information/data can be used to determine the accuracy of the map information/data.
US09869556B2	Mobile terminal and control method therefor A mobile terminal may include a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle control apparatus installed in a vehicle, a body worn on the user's wrist portion, an output unit provided in the body, and a controller configured to control the output unit to output vehicle information acquired from the vehicle control apparatus to the outside, wherein the output unit displays the vehicle information on a screen and outputs it in the form of vibration of the body or voice. The mobile terminal may further include a position detection unit configured to detect the position of the mobile terminal, wherein the controller calculates a driving direction for arriving at the destination of the vehicle in real time-according to the position of the mobile terminal, and controls the output unit to display an arrow indicating the calculated driving direction in a turn-by-turn (TBT) manner on the screen.
US09869554B1	Method for locating a radiation source using power measurements A system suitable for determining a location of an emitter emitting a radiation signal from an unknown location has a vehicle with a location position determining apparatus to receive a location datum, so the location of the vehicle can be determined when the radiation signal is received. A sensor connected to a receiver is positioned on the vehicle to detect and receive the radiation signal at a plurality of locations. A processor having a program executing therein determines the power level of the radiation signal at each measurement location and determines the location of the emitter from the change in power level of the radiation signal between measurement locations.
US09869553B2	Frequency readout gyroscope A frequency readout gyroscope is provided, having 2 or 3 axes, in which the frequency of the carrier associated with the oscillation of the proof mass changes while the amplitude stays constant. The invention departs from conventional gyroscopes which rely on measuring transducer sense axis displacement (amplitude modulation) to determine angular input rate. The invention utilizes what could be termed a form of frequency modulation, such as evaluating frequency phase difference between the axes of modulation. Examples include gyroscopes having either a quadrature or Lissajous FM mode of operation, in which angle random walk contribution from the electronics is reduced by approximately two orders of magnitude.
US09869548B2	Method for determining the inclination of a tower A method for determining the inclination of a tower, in particular of a wind turbine, in relation to the gravitational field, by evaluating the output signal from an acceleration sensor configured to pick up static acceleration in the direction of a sensor measurement axis, which method is simple to use and can be carried out on any wind turbines. It is proposed that the acceleration sensor is attached to a component, preferably to a main frame, which can be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the tower in an azimuth angular range of at least 180°, such that the sensor measurement axis is oriented substantially parallel to the plane of rotation of the component, the output signals, in the case of various azimuth angles, being successively measured and recorded by rotating the component between measurements, the inclination being determined by evaluation of the series of measurements obtained.
US09869546B2	Laser device for pulley/sheave alignment An alignment device to facilitate the alignment of a pulley and a sheave. The device may be used to align invention can be used in adjustable sheaves and in sheaves with multiple grooves. The device includes a laser beam generation component with a pulley contact section configured for releasable engagement with an interior surface of the groove of the pulley. The device also includes a laser beam target component with a sheave contact section configured for releasable engagement with an interior surface of the groove of the sheave. When the laser beam generation component and the laser beam target component are positioned facing one another in the pulley and sheave, respectively, the laser beam from the laser beam generation component contacts the target of the laser beam target component and wherein when the laser beam aligns with the target, the pulley and the sheave are aligned.
US09869540B1	Displacement measuring system and machining system comprising the same A displacement measuring device includes an optical module for refracting or reflecting light; a beam splitting module including a polarizing beam splitting layer for allowing light with a first polarization direction to pass through and reflecting light with a second polarization direction; a light source for generating a first light beam with the first polarization direction and a second light beam with the second polarization direction, wherein the first light beam is reflected by a measured object after passing through the optical module and the beam splitting module, and the second light beam is reflected by the polarizing beam splitting layer after passing through the optical module; an image sensor for sensing an interference pattern generated by the reflected first and second light beams; and a processing unit for calculating a displacement value of the measured object according to the interference pattern.
US09869537B2	Contact probe A contact probe includes a stylus, a spring, a magnetic body, and a permanent magnet. The stylus is displaceable in an X direction and a tip of the stylus makes contact with a measured object. A first end of the spring is fixated and a second end provides spring force along the X direction. A position of the magnetic body is fixated with respect to the stylus. The permanent magnet is arranged separated from the magnetic body so as to generate a magnetic force along the X direction between the magnetic body and the permanent magnet.
US09869536B2	Method of making a two-piece primer insert The present invention provides a method of making a two piece primer insert comprising: an upper primer insert portion comprising an upper primer bottom surface, an upper primer aperture through the upper primer bottom surface; a substantially cylindrical coupling element extending away from the upper primer bottom surface, and an interior surface; a lower primer insert portion comprising a lower primer bottom surface opposite a lower primer top surface having a primer recess, a lower primer aperture through the lower primer bottom surface, and a flange adapted to receive a polymer overmolding that extends circumferentially about an outer edge of the lower primer top surface; and an insert joint that links and aligns the upper primer bottom surface and the lower primer bottom surface to form a primer insert.
US09869530B2	Apparatus and method for calculating aiming point information The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges.
US09869526B1	Flip-up aiming sight A flip-up aiming sight for a firearm includes a mounting base having a top platform, an illuminator embedded under the platform of the mounting base, and a flip up lens module which includes a lens frame pivotally coupled at a front side of the mounting base and a reflecting lens encirclingly mounted at the lens frame. The flip up lens module is arranged to pivotally fold between a folded position and an unfolded position. At the folded position, the lens frame is rearwardly and downwardly folded flat on the platform of the mounting base, and at the unfolded position, the lens frame is frontwardly and upwardly moved from the platform, such that the illuminator generates an aiming point on the reflecting lens.
US09869525B1	Weapon sight light emission system Disclosed herein are embodiments of a sighting device, and methods of making and using such a sighting device, whereby the sighting device comprises a chamber coupled to the sighting device; and a light-emitting element contained within the chamber; wherein the chamber contains only non-radioactive material; and wherein the light-emitting element emits a first amount of visible light to provide a viewable aiming indicium in low light conditions.
US09869521B1	Gas block for firearms A gas block for a firearm that includes a body portion having a longitudinal axis; a barrel borehole, adapted to receive at least a portion of a barrel therethrough, extending through the body portion, along the longitudinal axis of the body portion; a gas tube extension portion having a longitudinal axis, wherein at least a portion of the gas tube extension portion extends beyond at least a portion of the body portion; a gas tube borehole extending through the gas tube extension portion, along the longitudinal axis of the gas tube extension portion, wherein the gas tube borehole is adapted to receive at least a portion of a gas tube therein; and a gas port disposed between the barrel borehole and the gas tube borehole, such that the barrel borehole is in fluid communication with the gas tube borehole.
US09869517B2	Misting and atomization systems and method An atomization device for forming liquid particles is provided. The device includes a brush having a plurality of filaments coupled on one end thereof to the brush such that an opposing end of the filaments is free to oscillate; a plate having at least one liquid path configured for capillary action of liquid therein; wherein the brush is configured to be displaced with respect to the plate in a first direction during a cyclic displacement; and wherein disposition of the plate with respect to the brush is such that during the displacement in the first direction the filaments are displaced between a first position in which the opposing end is engaged with an edge of the liquid path collecting thereby film of liquid therefrom, and a second position in which the opposing end is free to oscillate in an alternating motion between the first direction and a second opposing direction.
US09869512B1	Pulse combustion variable residence time drying system A variable residence time drying system for moist material includes a valveless pulse combustor and a drying chamber. The drying chamber includes a lower sidewall with an upward expanding configuration that defines a lower inverted partial cone, an upper sidewall with an upward contracting configuration, a lifting rotor disposed within the lower inverted partial cone to suspend material being dried within a shear/drying zone, an opening through which moist material is fed into the drying chamber, and an exit located at a top portion of the drying chamber through which dried material exits the drying chamber. The valveless pulse combustor produces drying gas and sonic vibrations that are introduced tangentially into the shear/drying zone. One or more cyclones receive dried material and collect small particles. The lifting rotor may rotate in a direction counter to a direction in which the heated drying gas is introduced into the drying chamber.
US09869511B2	Method and device for separating hydrocarbons and contaminants with a spray assembly A method for separating a feed stream in a distillation tower comprising maintaining a controlled freeze zone (CFZ) section in the distillation tower, receiving a freezing zone liquid stream in a spray nozzle assembly in the CFZ section, wherein the spray nozzle assembly comprises a plurality of outer spray nozzles on an outer periphery of the spray nozzle assembly and at least one inner spray nozzle interior to the outer spray nozzles, wherein each outer spray nozzle is configured to spray the freezing zone liquid stream along a central spray axis, and wherein the central spray axis of at least one of the outer spray nozzles is not parallel to a CFZ wall, and spraying the freezing zone liquid stream through the spray nozzle assembly into the CFZ section to keep a temperature and pressure at which the solid and the hydrocarbon-enriched vapor stream form.
US09869506B2	Drawer system including cover A drawer system includes a drawer and a drawer cover. The drawer can include an open top and be configured to be supported at a supporting structure, such as a refrigerator fresh food compartment for example, for selective sliding movement outwardly from the supporting structure and sliding movement inwardly toward the supporting structure. The drawer cover can be configured to be mounted at the supporting structure in engagement with the drawer at the open top of the drawer for movement directly vertically upwardly at the supporting structure away from the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved outwardly from the supporting structure and for movement directly vertically downwardly at the supporting structure toward the open top of the drawer when the drawer is moved inwardly toward the supporting structure.
US09869505B2	Evaporator with replaceable fan venturi ring The present application provides an evaporator. The evaporator may include a housing, a coil assembly mounted within the housing, and a fan housing positioned within the housing. The fan housing may include a fan and a replaceable venturi ring sized to accommodate the fan.
US09869504B2	Refrigerant channel-integrated ice making tray and method for manufacturing same A refrigerant channel-integrated ice making tray includes an ice making tray configured to have a number of partition ribs for containing water; and a refrigerant channel configured to traverse under the partition ribs inside of the ice making tray.
US09869503B1	Tray for forming frozen solids A tray for forming frozen solids such as ice cubes is described. The tray includes a plurality of cavities, each cavity having a base, sidewalls, and a top edge. An overflow notch including an aperture is located in the top edge of each cavity. The overflow notch is of a sufficient depth such that when the tray is filled with liquid up to the level of the overflow notch, and then placed in a freezer to form cubes of frozen solids, connections of frozen solid are not formed between the cubes, even if the liquid expands when it freezes.
US09869502B2	Method for operating a fan of a nugget ice maker A method for operating a fan of a nugget ice maker is provided. The method includes monitoring a speed of an auger of the nugget ice maker while a motor of the nugget ice maker rotates the auger and the fan of the nugget ice maker runs at a stored speed. A speed of the fan is increased when the speed of the auger stabilizes.
US09869501B2	Air-conditioning apparatus An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a first bypass pipe connected to an inlet-side passage of an accumulator through a second expansion device, a second passage of a subcooling heat exchanger, and a first opening and closing device; a second bypass pipe branched from the first bypass pipe between the subcooling heat exchanger and the first opening and closing device and connected to an injection port of a compressor through a second opening and closing device; and a third bypass pipe branched from a refrigerant pipe between a heat source-side heat exchanger and a use-side heat exchanger and connected to the second bypass pipe between the second opening and closing device and the injection port of the compressor through a third expansion device.
US09869495B2	Multi-cycle power generator This invention relates to a multi-cycle power generator. More specifically, the invention relates to a power generator having a heat pump cycle and at least a hot power gener-ating cycle, the cycles being configured relative to one another to transfer heat there between two or more times in a single cycle thereby to recover energy through the reuse of unused heat energy that is typically discarded in conventional ther-modynamic cycles. The multi-cycle power gener-ator includes a heat pump cycle and a hot power cycle, wherein at least a pair of heat exchangers of the hot power cycle are common with a pair of heat exchangers of the heat pump cycle. The multi-cycle power generator may further include a cool power generating cycle In combination with the heat pump and hot power generating cycles.
US09869493B1	Linearly-actuated magnetocaloric heat pump A heat pump includes a magnet assembly which creates a magnetic field, and a regenerator housing which includes a body defining a plurality of chambers, each of the plurality of chambers extending along a transverse direction orthogonal to the vertical direction. The heat pump further includes a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages including a magnetocaloric material disposed within one of the plurality of chambers and extending along the transverse direction between a first end and a second end.
US09869484B2	Predictively controlling an environmental control system In an embodiment, an electronic device may include a processor that may iteratively simulate candidate control trajectories using upper confidence bound for trees (UCT) to control an environmental control system (e.g., an HVAC system). Each candidate control trajectory may be simulated by selecting a control action at each of a plurality of time steps over a period of time that has the highest upper bound on possible performance using values from previous simulations and predicting a temperature for a next time step of the plurality of time steps that results from applying the selected control action using a thermal model. The processor may determine a value of each candidate control trajectory using a cost function, update the value of each control action selected in each candidate control trajectory, and select a candidate control trajectory with the highest value using UCT to apply to control the environmental control system.
US09869483B1	System, method, and computer program for conditioning a building environment based on occupancy estimates The present disclosure provides a system, method, and computer program for conditioning a building environment based on occupancy estimates. In one embodiment, the method includes tracking the user's entries to and exits from the building on a mobile device associated with the user for each of a plurality of users. Entry and exit event data from the users' mobile devices are used to estimate occupancy of the building. The conditioning of the building environment is adjusted in accordance with changes in occupancy estimates. In certain embodiments, where the building has a plurality of zones, each entry and exit event may be correlated with one of the plurality of zones. Occupancy is estimated within each zone using the zone-correlated entry and exit events. Alternately, users' locations within the building may be estimated using an indoor localization technique. Each zone is then conditioned in accordance with the occupancy of the zone.
US09869475B2	Heat pump water heater appliance and a method for operating the same A heat pump water heater appliance includes a tank that defines an interior volume. A drain pan is positioned below an evaporator of a sealed system. A liquid monitoring sensor has a voltage divider with a pair of probes. The probes of the pair of probes extend into the drain pan. A related method for operating a heat pump water heater appliance is also provided.
US09869473B2	Conical-flat heat shield for gas turbine engine combustor dome A gas turbine engine combustor conical-flat heat shield includes an annular conical section extending upstream from and being integral with a flat section with a flat downstream facing surface which may be generally perpendicular to or canted with respect to a centerline. The flat section includes radially outer and inner edges at least one of which is circular and circumscribed about a centerline and circumferentially spaced apart clockwise and counter-clockwise radial edges having an origin on the centerline. A gas turbine engine combustor includes conical-flat heat shields in one or more circular rows arranged in a non-symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. Two or more groups (A, B, C) of the conical-flat heat shields in the circular rows may be mounted on a domeplate and one or more of the conical-flat heat shields is different in one or more of the groups (A, B, C).
US09869472B2	Garbage supply device A garbage supply device, which supplies waste to a gasification furnace that gasifies waste, includes a casing, two feed screws provided in the casing, and a middle shaft that is provided between the two supply screws, has a plurality of protrusions, and is repeatedly rotated forward or backward.
US09869469B2	Combustion burner and boiler including the same A combustion burner 1 includes a fuel nozzle 2 that injects fuel gas prepared by mixing solid fuel and primary air, secondary air nozzles 3, 4 that inject secondary air from the outer periphery of the fuel nozzle 2, and a flame holder 5 that is arranged in an opening of the fuel nozzle 2. In the combustion burner 1, the flame holder 5 has a splitting shape that widens in the flow direction of the fuel gas. When seen in cross section along a direction in which the flame holder 5 widens, the cross section passing through the central axis of the fuel nozzle 2, a maximum distance h from the central axis of the fuel nozzle 2 to the widened end of the flame holder 5 and an inside diameter r of the opening 21 of the fuel nozzle 2 satisfy h/(r/2)<0.6.
US09869459B2	Landscape light A landscape light including a first laser light source having a first lens and producing a first laser light having a first color, the first lens configured to disperse the first laser light, a second laser light source having a second lens and producing a second laser light having a second color, the second lens configured to disperse the second laser light, and a spotlight producing a background light such that the dispersed first and second laser lights are projected substantially within the background light produced by the spotlight.
US09869458B2	Splicing assembly and splicing type LED light The present invention relates to the technical field of LED and discloses a splicing assembly and a splicing type LED light, wherein the splicing assembly is used for splicing a plurality of strip LED lights relative to each other, and includes a plurality of splicing heads and a plurality of connectors, the splicing head is polyhedron shaped, and includes a plurality of outer side faces and a first bottom face and a second bottom face that are set oppositely, the first bottom face is provided with a fixing cavity where end portions of the strip LED lights can be inserted and fixed, the second bottom face and the outer side faces are provided with one or more splicing holes respectively, and each connector has two end portions that can be inserted into the splicing hole and fixed. In the splicing assembly provided by the present invention, the splicing heads can be fixed with the strip LED lights, it is fixed between the splicing heads by connectors, i.e. it may be spliced relative to each other between the ends of strip LED lights, various structures can be spliced flexibly, the generality of this kind of splicing manner is good, and the operation is convenient. The present invention also provides a splicing type LED light, on the strip LED light mounting with a splicing assembly, it may be spliced directly, and has a good generality.
US09869457B1	Wall pack luminaire with hanging features for installation A luminaire includes at least a cover and a mounting plate. The mounting plate includes one or more vertical protrusions and one or more horizontal protrusions that are substantially perpendicular to each other. Further, the mounting plate includes a tab that is substantially perpendicular to the one or more horizontal protrusions. The cover includes a pair of top apertures and a tab aperture. During installation of the luminaire, the cover is hung from the mounting plate by inserting each horizontal protrusion of the mounting plate through the respective top aperture of the cover. Alternatively, the cover is hung from the mounting plate by inserting the tab of the mounting plate through the tab aperture of the cover. After installation, the cover may be secured to the mounting plate by inserting the pair of vertical protrusions of the mounting plate through the pair of top apertures of the cover.
US09869452B2	Optical element for obtaining a skylight appearance and a luminaire An optical element for use in front of a light source for obtaining a skylight appearance, and a luminaire are provided. The optical element comprising a plurality of light transmitting cells in a raster structure, a diffuser and an edge wall. A light source emits light towards the raster structure. The raster structure collimates a part of the light and transmits a further part of the light in a predetermined spectral range. White light and colored light that is transmitted by the raster structure may impinge upon the side wall of the optical element. One face of the side wall is a region of specular reflectivity and will reflect the light that impinges upon it back into the chamber that is formed by the cooperation of the raster structure, the diffuser and the edge wall. Light exits the optical element through the diffuser.
US09869451B2	Illumination device for illuminating an illumination area An illuminating device (10) for illuminating an illuminated area (110), especially an operating area, has at least one light source (20) with at least one laser (22) for the emission of laser light (L) and at least one exciting medium (30). The exciting medium is excited while absorbing at least part of the laser light (L) and emits emission light (E) of a wavelength that differs at least partly from the wavelength of the laser light (L).
US09869448B2	Optical element, lighting device and luminaire Disclosed is an optical element (10) comprising a central cavity (20) extending from a first aperture (12) to a second aperture (14) of the optical element, said central cavity gradually widening in a direction from the first aperture to the second aperture, said central cavity being delimited by a stack of transparent frustums (30) including a first frustum defining the first aperture and a final frustum defining the second aperture, each frustum having a prismatic outer surface (32) having a first surface portion (34) tapering in the direction from the second aperture to the first aperture and a continuous inner surface (36), wherein the respective continuous inner surfaces combine to delimit said central cavity. Also disclosed is a lighting device including such an optical element and a luminaire including such a lighting device.
US09869445B2	Automotive light An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell; the lighting assembly being provided with a planar OLED light source which faces the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell and includes at least one plate-like OLED which emits light in a distributed way from its front and rear faces; and a rear refracting member facing the rear face of the OLED that re-directs light that exits from the rear face of the OLED towards a transverse light passage in the OLED in a direction such that the light can traverse the OLED and exit from the front face of the OLED.
US09869433B1	Color converting element for laser diode A method and device for emitting electromagnetic radiation at high power using a gallium containing substrates such as GaN, AlN, InN, InGaN, AlGaN, and AlInGaN, is provided.
US09869432B2	Luminaires using waveguide bodies and optical elements According to one aspect, a luminaire includes a waveguide body having an interior coupling cavity extending into a portion of the waveguide body remote from an edge thereof. The luminaire further includes an LED element extending into the interior coupling cavity having first and second sets of LEDs wherein each LED of the first set comprises a blue-shifted yellow LED and each LED of the second set comprises a red LED wherein the red LEDs are disposed between the blue-shifted yellow LEDs and wherein the blue-shifted yellow LEDs have a first height and the red LEDs have a second height less than the first height. The LED element further includes a lens disposed over the first and second sets of LEDs.
US09869430B2	Pressure sewer control system and method Embodiments relate generally to a pump control system for a pressure sewer installation. The system comprises a controller arranged to control supply of power to a pump of the pressure sewer installation. The controller is arranged to receive an output signal from a sensor in a fluid reservoir of the pressure sewer installation, the output signal being indicative of a measured fluid level in the fluid reservoir. A memory is accessible to the controller and is arranged to store operation information pertaining to operation of the pressure sewer installation. A wireless transceiver is in communication with the controller to allow the controller to communicate with a remote server over a communications network.
US09869426B2	Tool for unseizing and lubricating well valves, and method of unseizing said valves A tool for unseizing and/or lubricating a valve having a protruding valve stem on an exterior periphery. The tool possesses a hollow tubular member, having at one end thereof an open, hollow, cylindrical flexible member adapted to be placed over and contain therewithin a portion of the valve stem. A circumferential tightening member, encircling one end of the flexible member, is provided, to permit the flexible member to sealingly engage the valve stem about the outer periphery thereof when the flexible member is placed over the valve stem. The tool further possesses a fluid inlet port, situated along a length of the tubular member, in fluid communication with an interior of the tubular member, and a pressurized fluid inlet port likewise in fluid communication with the interior of the tool.
US09869422B2	Method for preparing bulk C—AlN composite aerogel with high strength and high temperature resistance Provided is a method for preparing a bulk C—AlN composite aerogel with high strength and high temperature resistance, which includes: evenly stirring aluminum chloride crystals, water, ethanol and epoxy propane, to obtain a clear aluminum oxide sol solution, then adding formaldehyde and resorcinol to the solution and performing even stirring, to obtain an RF/Al2O3 composite aerogel sol solution, leaving the gel to stand, treating the sample by using a supercritical CO2 drying method, and finally heat-treating the sample at a high temperature under the condition of nitrogen, to obtain the bulk C—AlN composite aerogel with high strength and high temperature resistance. The composite aerogel prepared by using this method has advantages of high integrity, high specific surface area, intact structure, low heat conductivity, low density, and high strength.
US09869421B2	Support insulation systems and insulating support body sections for holding and supporting pipes and related methods Insulated pipe support apparatuses, systems and related methods are disclosed herein. An insulating support body section of support insulation for holding and insulating pipes installed within a structure can include a pipe receiving portion having a mounting side and a receiving side. The mounting side can have a mounting surface being configured to reside adjacent a mounting surface of a structure. At least one channel can be formed within the pipe receiving portion through the receiving side such that the pipe receiving portion forms side walls of the channel, the at least one channel being configured to receive one or more pipes with the side walls of the channels having a strength to support the section of pipe extending through the channel without need for additional weight bearing supports. The insulating support body section can have a thermal conductivity that is less than the thermal conductivity of the pipes that are to be inserted into the respective channels.
US09869420B2	System and method for pipeline maintenance A system and method for pipeline maintenance may include a payload and a transport module having the payload attached thereto. The transport module may include a plurality of movable arms each having at least one respective wheel. At least some of the wheels may be drive wheels which are operable in a first orientation to drive the transport module linearly along a length of a pipeline, and are further operable in a second orientation to drive the transport module circumferentially around an inner surface of the pipeline. At least some of the arms are operable to move the payload in a generally radial direction toward and away from an interior surface of the pipeline.
US09869416B2	Swivel coupling and hose assemblies and kits utilizing the same A swivel coupling assembly includes a first annular member having at least one annular barb, a shoulder and at least one annular groove containing a seal. There is a first bearing surface and a second bearing surface either side of the annular groove. The first and second bearing surfaces have a width equal to or greater than a width of the annular groove. There is a second annular member having an inner surface defining a bore configured to receive the first annular member. When joined, the shoulder of the first annular member frictionally engages the bore of the second annular, thereby allowing rotation. The seal engages with and seals the bore at a location between the ends of the second member. and spaced by a distance of at least the width of the first and second bearing surfaces from the shoulder and the second opening, respectively.
US09869415B2	Coupling nut assembly A coupling assembly for coupling annular fittings includes first and second coupling elements. The first coupling element defines interior and exterior opposite surfaces, and first and second end opposite portions. The first coupling element includes a plurality of flexible tabs slantedly protruding from the exterior surface; and also includes threads configured along the interior surface at the first end portion. The second end portion is non-threaded. The second coupling element defines inner and outer opposite surfaces. The second coupling element includes a plurality of rigid tabs vertically protruding from the inner surface. The second coupling element coaxially engages the first coupling element such that the flexible tabs and rigid tabs interact with each other to tighten and loosen the coupling assembly against the annular fittings via torque application. While tightening, the non-threaded second end portion and the flexible tabs and rigid tabs combination preclude over-tightening.
US09869407B2	Method of supporting tubing and other linear elements A system of supports for running lengths of tubing between points in a facility independent of wiring carried by cable trays. In an embodiment, each support includes a support assembly including lengths of strut channel and channel clamps secured to the strut channel. In an embodiment, each support includes a generally vertical bar attached to a structural member of the facility, one or two support assemblies clamped to the vertical body, and a removable support bracket carried by at least one of the strut channels. Moveable clamps above the support bracket support lengths of tubing.
US09869403B2	Valve having pressure-relieving vent passage A valve includes a valve housing having an interior chamber and an actuator housing in which an actuator is disposed. The actuator housing is secured with the valve housing. A shaft is coupled with a valve member and the actuator and extends within a bore between the interior chamber of the valve housing and the actuator. The valve includes at least one vent passage that has a first end that opens to the bore and a second end that opens to an exterior of the valve housing and actuator housing.
US09869401B1	Split bobbin clutch for bypass plungers A clutch assembly formed as a circular split bobbin assembly for resisting reciprocating motion of a shift rod or dart valve stem in a bypass plunger. The split bobbin may include at least one circumferential groove disposed in its outer radius, and a tension band member disposed in each circumferential channel to secure the split bobbin assembly around the shift rod or valve stem and wherein the tension band member has a cross section aspect ratio R<1.
US09869400B2	Valve device A valve device, in particular a double stop-check valve, preferably of the two-way valve type, has at least three fluid connections (1, 2, 3) provided in a valve housing (51). Two valve elements (65, 67) can slide in the valve housing (51). One control device (71) controls the valve elements (65, 67). At least one of the valve elements (65, 67) forms, together with parts (59/61) of the valve housing (51), a seat leak-tight closure part for the associated fluid connections (1, 2, 3).
US09869399B2	Slide valve, in particular for controlling a motor vehicle automatic transmission A slide valve, in particular for controlling a motor vehicle automatic transmission, has a housing which includes an axial end section. A connector sleeve is situated on the axial end section of the housing, the connector sleeve having a larger diameter in a first axial area adjacent to the housing and a smaller diameter in a second axial area remote from the housing, a filter device being situated in the first axial area. The second axial area includes a hydraulic connection.
US09869397B2	Modular rotary valve apparatus A modular rotary valve apparatus includes: a plurality of separate valve barrels coupled to each other and arranged end-to-end along an axis so as to define a valve shaft, each valve barrel having an annular peripheral surface extending between forward and aft end faces, and an aperture extending transversely therethrough communicating with the peripheral surface on opposite sides.
US09869395B2	Shaft sealing apparatus and associated methods An improved sealing apparatus and associated methods are disclosed herein. The sealing apparatus includes a housing defining a center axis, an alignment element positioned around the center axis, and a sealing element fixedly attached with the alignment element. The alignment element has first and second protrusions extending toward the center axis. The sealing element has a third protrusion extending toward the center axis. The alignment element is made of a first material with less elasticity than a second material of which the sealing element is made.
US09869393B2	Shaft seal, especially radial shaft seal A shaft seal that is preferably a radial shaft seal has a sealing element of polyfluorocarbon that is provided with a sealing lip. The sealing element contacts a surface to be sealed under a radial force action acting in a radial direction of the shaft seal. An elastomer element is provided that is acting on the sealing lip and loads the sealing lip in a direction toward the surface to be sealed. The elastomer element supports the sealing element. The sealing element is resting flat on a face of the elastomer element, wherein the face is facing away from a medium side of the shaft seal.
US09869390B2	Wear-protection layer for piston rings The invention relates to a novel wear-protection layer for piston rings of internal combustion engines and a method for applying a wear-protection layer of this type during production of a piston ring. The protective layer is characterized inter alia by reduced wear and high resistance to scuffing.
US09869389B2	Parking lock mechanism for a transmission A parking lock mechanism having a motor, an actuation shaft, an engagement cam, a release cam, a cam biasing member, a pawl member and a lock gear. The engagement cam has a first side, a second side and a perforation there through. An outer edge of the engagement cam has a contact portion and an engagement portion. The release cam has a first side, a second side and a perforation there through. An outer edge of the release cam has a release member and an engagement portion. The cam biasing member has a first end, a coil portion and a second end. The pawl member has a pivot perforation, an engagement end, a locking protuberance and a sensor protuberance. The pawl member is disposed adjacent the engagement cam and the release cam. The lock gear has a plurality of inner splines and outer teeth.
US09869385B1	Powder metal net shape alignment feature A powder metal component for a transmission includes a body portion defining a substantially planar major surface, and at least three radially spaced-apart retention features formed in the body portion in a green state, prior to sintering. Each retention feature may include a bore having a shaped geometry extending between an upper region adjacent the major surface of the body portion, and a lower region defining a radius of curvature. Each bore may be defined by two opposing, substantially parallel sidewalls and a substantially U-shaped bottom portion. The U-shaped bottom portion may include a center region defining the radius of curvature connecting two angled bottom walls.
US09869383B2	Reduction gear A reduction gear of the present invention is compact and light and can be used for tire portions of an apparatus for travelling, etc. Each of outer and inner pins is formed by a rolling bearing. The reduction gear includes block-shaped lubricating members which supply a lubricant to the outer rings of the outer pins to thereby lubricate them, and a ring-shaped lubricating member which supplies the lubricant to the outer rings of the inner pins to thereby lubricate them. The lubricant can be supplied to a pair of cycloid gears through the outer pins and the inner pins for lubrication. Since the cycloid gears, the outer pins, and the inner pins are lubricated by the lubricating members, the reduction gear can enhance its durability, reduce the friction between components to thereby lower the frictional resistance, and realize a light and compact structure.
US09869381B2	Turbine shell spring retainer A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller including an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the cover and at least one impeller blade connected to the impeller shell; a turbine including a turbine shell, at least one turbine blade connected to the turbine shell, and a heat treated portion; and a torsional vibration damper including: a cover plate arranged to receive torque from the cover or the turbine; and a spring. The spring is engaged with the cover plate and is arranged to contact the heat treated portion when the spring is compressed.
US09869379B2	Tensioner with increased damping and arm on base cup configuration In an aspect, a tensioner is provided for maintaining tension in an endless drive member in a belt-in-oil drive system. The tensioner includes a base that is mountable to a stationary structure and that has a circumferential wall that defines an arm pivot axis, an arm having a radially inner arm surface, and an endless drive member engagement surface that is engageable with an endless drive member, a bushing positioned between the radially inner arm surface and the circumferential wall of the base cup, and a tensioning spring. The arm is supported on the base cup via the bushing. The tensioning spring is positioned to bias the arm in a first direction about the arm pivot axis.
US09869375B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle is provided. In particular, nine or more forward speeds and one or more reverse speed are achieved by the planetary gear train of the automatic transmission including an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets respectively having three rotational elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotational elements and a transmission housing.
US09869369B2	Transmission for vehicle A transmission includes: a first input shaft selectively receiving power from an engine; a second input shaft receiving power from the engine; an output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft; first and second countershafts, and first and second shift units; and a one-way clutch disposed in a power transmission line from the engine to the output shaft and through the second shift unit, transmitting power from the engine only to the output shaft. In particular, the first and second countershafts transmit power to the output shaft, the first shift unit carries out a series of desired gear shifts, and the second shift unit performs duplicate gear shifts one of which gear ratio is the same as one of gear ratios of the series of gear shifts made by the first shift unit.
US09869368B2	Connector for synthetic and coated wire rope A sleeve for terminating synthetic rope and coated wire rope has a body and a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel formed within the body. Each of the first, second, and third channels form a trilobular opening within the sleeve for receiving and crimping wire rope. The wire rope can have an eye splice formed at one end. A method of crimping the trilobular sleeve includes feeding the rope through the first channel of the trilobular sleeve, looping the rope through the second channel of the sleeve and then through the third channel of the trilobular sleeve, inserting the sleeve between upper and lower crimp dies, and pressing the sleeve between the dies, thereby crimping the sleeve to the rope.
US09869364B2	Vibration isolator with pneumatic spring The invention relates to a vibration isolator with a pneumatic spring. The vibration isolator comprises a leaf spring assembly for vertical isolation and a flexible rod or a buckling pendulum for horizontal isolation.
US09869362B2	Mobile device monitoring and analysis Numerous mobile devices report their respective locations to a server which collects the location reports to provide real-time pedestrian traffic information, e.g., as a map that shows locations of individual mobile devices. Distribution of mobile devices in a geographic area more closely represents overall population locations and densities. Each device is identified by a digital fingerprint, formed from a number of system and device configuration parameters. Each mobile device is configured to periodically report its location, e.g., at a predetermined time interval and/or whenever the mobile device determines its location for another reason. A known location of a wireless network access point to which a mobile device is connected can serve as an estimated location of the mobile device.
US09869361B1	Impact absorbing structure An impact absorbing structure includes a lower cover, an upper cover, a first air bag, a second air bag, a communicating channel, and a buffering component. The upper cover covers the lower cover. The first air bag and the second air bag are disposed between the lower cover and the upper cover. The communicating channel is installed between the first air bag and the second air bag for communicating the first air bag and the second air bag. The buffering component is installed in the communicating channel. When the impact absorbing structure is forced by a force to compress the first air bag, an air inside the first air bag is driven to flow into the second air bag through the communicating channel, and the buffering component reduces a flowing rate of the air, which provides an enhanced buffering effect for absorbing an impact of the force.
US09869360B2	Multi-piece nut for use with a shock A multi-piece nut for use with a shock is provided. The multi-piece nut includes a first nut member and a second nut member removably coupled to the first nut member. The first nut member and second nut member include threads on an inner surface that correspond to each other when coupled together. The multi-piece nut may also include an aperture formed when the first nut member and second nut member are coupled together. The first and second nut members are coupled around a shock absorber, and the shock absorber extends through the aperture and engages the threads. The nut can then be rotated to adjust the spring of the shock.
US09869358B2	Brake shoe for a drum brake The invention relates to a brake shoe for a drum brake and a drum brake that includes a supporting unit and a lining unit, wherein the supporting unit comprises a bearing portion for pivotable support and an actuation portion, and wherein the supporting unit has a bending stiffness, which has different values between the bearing portion and the actuation portion.
US09869348B2	Wheel preload device Provided is a carriage assembly 16 including a carriage 50, a wheel bar 90 that is deflectable relative to the carriage 50, and a plurality of wheels 92, 94, 96 mounted to the bar 90 for rotation around a respective axis 98, 100, 102, the axis 100 of at least one of the wheels 94 being offset from the axis 98, 102 of at least one of the other wheels 92, 96 in a direction of the wheel bar deflection. The wheel bar 90 is deflected relative to the carriage 50 to allow the wheels 92, 94, 96 to engage respective rails 32, 34 in a track 30 to eliminate or reduce play between the wheels and the track.
US09869346B2	Tandem tapered roller and angular contact ball bearing A tandem roller bearing assembly is provided that combines a tapered roller bearing with an angular contact ball bearing, yielding high load capacity with improved efficiency. A one-piece outer ring contains an outer tapered roller raceway and an outer angular contact ball raceway and can support an axial load in a single direction. A one-piece inner ring contains an inner tapered roller raceway and an inner angular contact ball raceway and can support an axial load in a single direction. Various rib configurations are implemented on the inner tapered roller raceway to achieve multiple friction and axial load support options.
US09869341B2	Internally grooved components A method is disclosed of manufacture of a component (9) with an internal groove (2,3) comprising: providing a tubular first part (1) with an external groove, bonding or forming a second part (8) on the first part to at least partly cover the external groove, and removing material from the first part to open the external groove to an interior cavity of the component.
US09869338B2	Reusable clamp device A clamping device having a cylinder and a screw. The screw is configured to be fastened into the cylinder such that the screw may be tightened, removed and reused. The device may also include a loop associated with the cylinder that wraps around the item to be clamped and is insertable into the cylinder.
US09869335B2	Bar coupler A coupler or connector for joining bars, for example reinforcing bars, including an elongate rod member adapted to be inserted into a tubular sleeve member. The rod and sleeve members each have one or more transverse holes which align when the rod member is inserted into the sleeve member. In operational use, the rod and sleeve members are attached to the free ends of the bars to be connected. One or more transverse pins are then driven into the holes which are aligned in order to lock the rod and sleeve member together thereby connecting the bars. The pins can be spring loaded. There can be a plastic sleeve adapted to retain the pins in position. The plastic sleeve is slid off during assembly to allow the pins to engage the holes in the sleeve member(s).
US09869333B2	Connector for a piece of furniture A connector for a piece of furniture comprises a connector body having a first end, and comprising a bearing element detachably connected with the connector body, the first end comprising a fastening section having a contact surface and the bearing element comprising a snap-lock element which extends with a free end thereof through the contact surface into the fastening section when the connector body engages the bearing element.
US09869331B2	Universal marking bracket A universal fastener is provided. The universal fastener is connectable to a buryable element such as a pipe. A marker may be removably attached to the fastener to extend away from the buryable element allowing it to be easily identified once buried.
US09869329B2	Positional stop device A positional stop device includes a base body, a lever, a driving element, and a retaining member. The lever is rotatablely arranged on the base body, a first end of the lever couples to the driving element, and a second end of the lever couples to the retaining member. The driving element is partially exposed out of the base body. The retaining member is moveablely received in the base body. When the slider of a pneumatic rodless cylinder slides along a first direction, the driving element is driven by the slider to move along a second direction and be fully received in the base body. The lever is driven by the driving element to rotate around the base body. The retaining member is driven by the lever to move along a third direction and to be partially exposed out of the base body to stops the slider from sliding.
US09869327B2	Portable blower A brushless motor is incorporated in one of divided constituent members of a motor casing which is disassembled, and then, the divided constituent members of the motor casing which is disassembled are connected to each other into the motor casing assembled with mgachine screws screwed into machine screw holes. As this occurs, when a wiring of the brushless motor is held by a first stationary blade portion and a second stationary blade portion, the wiring is allowed to lead to an outside of an outer cylindrical portion through a gap defined between the first stationary blade portion and the second stationary blade portion.
US09869324B2	Fan, molding die, and fluid feeder A fan includes a plurality of blade portions arranged spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction, each blade portion having a blade surface including a pressure surface disposed on a rotational direction side of the fan and a suction surface disposed on a back side of said pressure surface. The plurality of the blade portions include a first blade portion and a second blade portion in which when they are rotated around the rotation axis of the fan and overlapped on one blade portion, one of an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion is disposed to be coincident with each other, and the other of the inner edge portion and the outer edge portion is disposed to be displaced from each other.
US09869322B2	Metal bellows seal section and method to evacuate air during filling An electrical submersible pump assembly has a seal section coupled to a motor that drives the pump. The seal section has first and second end members spaced axially apart from each other. An outer bellows has a fixed end mourned to the first end member and a floating end that moves axially relative to the fixed end. A rigid, tubular interconnect member has an inner end within the outer bellows and an cuter end fixed to the floating end of the outer bellows. An inner bellows has a floating end secured to the inner end of the interconnect member and a fixed end secured to the second end member. An interconnect evacuation passage extends axially through a side wall of the interconnect member. A first end member evacuation passage extends through the first end member and registers with the interconnect evacuation passage while the outer bellows is contracted.
US09869315B2	Scroll compressor having capacity varying valves A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing, an orbiting scroll and a non-orbiting scroll that suctions in a refrigerant from a suction space of the casing, compresses the suctioned refrigerant in a plurality of compression chambers, and discharges the compressed refrigerant into a discharge space of the casing, and a capacity varying device having a first valve and at least one second valve coupled with each other inside of the casing to selectively bypass a portion of the refrigerant in the plurality of compression chambers. With this structure, it is possible to prevent, in advance, refrigerant from being leaked outside of the scroll compressor, reduce pressure loss as a bypass flow path is shortened, reduce a size, weight, and manufacturing costs of the scroll compressor, and vary a capacity of the scroll compressor with a small operating force, and small power consumption.
US09869312B2	Piston rod for a piston compressor, and the piston compressor A piston rod for piston compressors, wherein the piston rod has a base body with one end facing the piston, one end away from the piston, and at least one cavity. The cavity is filled with a solid, whose specific thermal conductivity is greater than that of the base body.Furthermore, the invention concerns a piston compressor with a piston and a nonlubricated piston rod seal, wherein the piston is connected to the described piston rod.
US09869310B2	Method and device for activating an electric vacuum pump for a brake booster of a vehicle Described are a method and a device for activating an electric vacuum pump for a brake booster of a vehicle. The brake booster is supplied with a vacuum from a vacuum reservoir. The vacuum pump is designed to increase the vacuum in the vacuum reservoir as soon as the vacuum drops below a predefinable switch-on threshold. In order to avoid unnecessarily frequent switching on of the vacuum pump, which may irritate the driver, an expected decrease of the vacuum in the vacuum reservoir as a result of an instantaneous braking operation is estimated and the switch-on threshold of the vacuum pump is temporarily reduced if the vacuum instantaneously prevailing in the vacuum reservoir minus the estimated vacuum decrease is greater than a predetermined adjustment point vacuum, below which the brake booster can no longer act in a sufficiently boosting manner.
US09869304B2	Electrothermal composite material and electrothermal actuator using the same An electrothermal composite material includes a flexible polymer layer and a carbon nanotube paper stacked on the flexible polymer layer. The carbon nanotube paper is at least partly embedded into the flexible polymer layer. A thickness ratio of the carbon nanotube paper and the flexible polymer layer is in a range from about 1:7 to about 1:10. A density of the carbon nanotube paper is greater than or equal to 0.5 g/cm3. A thermal expansion coefficient of the carbon nanotube paper is greater than or equal to ten times that of the flexible polymer layer. A conductivity of the carbon nanotube paper along a first direction is in a range from about 1000 S/m to about 6000 S/m. An electrothermal actuator is also provided.
US09869300B2	Foundation for wind turbine tower and pre-assembly method of wind turbine tower A foundation for wind turbine tower and a pre-assembly method for the tower, in which the tower comprises sections divided into shell segments, and where the foundation comprises a pile cap with an upper base, a lower base and a slanted surface, with the upper base having a smaller area than the lower base. The foundation comprises a set of support elements that extend above the slanted surface of the pile cap arranged so that free upper surfaces of these support elements provide a support surface for the shell segments for the pre-assembly of a section, and a set of slender connection elements that are connected to the pile cap and whose open end is configured connect to the shell segments of a section.
US09869298B2	Rotational positioning system in a wind turbine A rotational positioning system in a wind turbine is provided that comprises a driven part, a plurality of positioning drives coupled to the driven part, a plurality of sensors each arranged to sense a load parameter indicative of the load of the respective positioning drive, and a load controller connected to the plurality of sensors. The load controller is arranged to determine a load of a respective positioning drive based on the sensed load parameter, to compare said load with an expected load value, and to output a signal indicative of a failure of the respective positioning drive in response to the load being smaller than the expected load value.
US09869296B2	Attachment method and system to install components, such as tip extensions and winglets, to a wind turbine blade A method for installing an add-on component onto a tip of a wind turbine blade, the associated blade, and the component, are provided. The add-on component has a span-wise end and a separated trailing edge, and is slidable onto the blade tip. Strips of a double-sided adhesive tape are attached onto either or both pressure and suction side surfaces of the blade adjacent the blade tip, or onto interior surfaces of the add-on component, the tape strips having a release liner on an opposite exposed side thereof. An extension tail is configured with the release liner that extends beyond the span-wise end of the add-on component when the add-on component is placed and held at a desired position on the blade. The add-on component is slid onto and maintained in position on the blade tip and, starting from the tape strip furthest from the separated trailing edge, extension tails of the respective tape strips are sequentially peeled through the separated trailing edge and away from the add-on component.
US09869292B2	System for controlling water turbine generator for waterworks Disclosed is a system for controlling a water turbine generator for waterworks, which monitors and controls a plurality of water turbine generators, provided in a water pipe, for waterworks in real time to integratedly operate the water turbine generators, contributes to stably generate and secure power, and increases an efficiency of the water turbine generators through integrated management. The system for controlling a water turbine generator for waterworks includes an integration control system configured to establish a power generation driving plan, based on a target amount of energy collected by a plurality of water turbine generators and a driving range of each of the plurality of water turbine generators, and a power generation unit configured to generate power through generation of power by a water turbine according to control based on the power generation driving plan, measure an amount of generated power, an amount and a pressure of water flowing into the plurality of water turbine generators, and an amount and a pressure of water flowing out from the plurality of water turbine generators, and supply a result of the measurement to the integration control system.
US09869291B2	System and method for storing energy A system for storing energy includes a body and a shaft having walls defining an internal volume for containing a fluid, a seal member disposed between the body and the walls of the shaft, and a fluid passage in fluid communication with the shaft. The body is disposed within the internal volume of the shaft for movement with gravity from a first elevation position to a second elevation position within the internal volume of the shaft. The seal member divides the internal volume into a first portion located below the body and a second portion located above the body. The fluid passage communicates fluid with the first portion of the interior volume of the shaft. The system further includes a pump/turbine operatively coupled with the fluid passage to drive a motor/generator to generate electricity upon movement of the body from the first elevation position to the second elevation position.
US09869288B2	Ignition control system for internal combustion engine An ECU outputs an ignition signal Si to an ignition apparatus through an ignition communication line. The ignition apparatus performs the closing operation of an ignition switching element, in a period during which the ignition signal Si is input. The ECU outputs a discharge waveform control signal Sc to a waveform control communication line, at a timing that is delayed by a predetermined delay time relative to an output timing of the ignition signal Si. In an input period of the discharge waveform control signal Sc after the stop of the input of the ignition signal Si, the ignition apparatus controls the electric current to flow through a primary coil, to a discharge current command value that is decided depending on the above delay time, by the opening-closing operation of a control switching element.
US09869278B2	Gaseous fuel mixer and shutoff valve A mixing device for introducing gaseous fuel into an intake passage of an engine, including a body, an annular channel within the body at least partially encircling the intake passage, the body defining a fuel inlet opening. The mixing device includes a plurality of gaseous fuel injectors arranged to discharge gaseous fuel into a fuel inlet manifold, a fuel connection passage extending between the fuel inlet manifold and the fuel inlet opening of the body, a diffuser positioned within the body to diffuse gaseous fuel from the annular channel into the intake airflow, and a valve positioned along the fuel connection passage and configured to selectively block fluid communication between the fuel inlet manifold and the fuel inlet opening of the body in response to a signal from at least one electronic controller programmed to execute control strategies controlling operation of the engine, the gaseous fuel injectors, and the valve.
US09869276B2	Engine duct and aircraft engine A projecting part is formed on an inner circumferential wall surface of a nacelle so that the projecting part projects inward in a diametral direction and extends from a front edge of each of circumferentially-oriented side faces of a bottom pylon. The shape of the projecting part seen from an inner side of the diametral direction is a streamline shape extending in parallel with an engine shaft direction. An apex part at the center of the projecting part is positioned on a rear edge of the bottom pylon.
US09869273B2	Vane-rotor type Stirling engine A Stirling engine includes: a housing for storing a heating medium in an internal space, a rotor eccentrically disposed in the housing and having a plurality of vane slots, a plurality of vanes inserted into the vane slots, a heater for heating the heating medium in the housing, a radiator for cooling the heating medium in the housing, and an output shaft coupled to the rotor so as to output power to the outside. In the Stirling engine, heat absorption portion-side vanes and heat radiation portion-side vanes are installed to the single rotor in the housing, a heat absorption portion and a heat radiation portion are formed in a single enclosed space in the housing, and the heating medium continuously undergoes isothermal expansion and isothermal compression under a constant volume, thereby generating power.
US09869271B2	Cylinder head gasket A cylinder head gasket including a stack of layers that includes a first functional layer having an embossed first sealing full bead and a first stopper, a second functional layer having an embossed second sealing full bead, and a carrier layer having an embossed carrier layer full bead. The first sealing full bead and the second sealing full bead are mutually superimposed. The carrier layer full bead and the first stopper are mutually superimposed. The carrier layer full bead when it is fully compressed has a maximum line load range included between 75 and 125 N/mm and assumes a flat configuration.
US09869270B1	Piston design for jet placement An internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber having a piston, the piston having at least one arcuate indent of a first type formed in the top surface, and at least one arcuate indent of a second type, wherein the first type includes a first recirculation surface having a concave shape at a first radius and extending along a spiral direction adjacent the entry surface, and wherein the second type includes a second recirculation surface having a concave shape at a second radius that is smaller than the first radius. During operation, a fuel jet provided into the first type occupies a radially outward portion of the combustion chamber, and a fuel jet provided into the second type occupies a central portion of the combustion chamber.
US09869267B2	Reciprocating piston for a reciprocating piston engine and reciprocating piston engine, and cylinder of a reciprocating piston engine The invention relates to a reciprocating piston composed of ceramic material for a reciprocating-piston engine with crank drive, wherein the reciprocating piston is rigidly screwed to a piston rod by a screw, wherein between the reciprocating piston and the piston rod there is braced at least one disc composed of metallic material, wherein the screw is composed of a metallic material, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion αpiston of the material of the reciprocating piston is lower than the coefficient of thermal expansion αscrew of the material of the screw, and the disc is an expansion compensation disc, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion αDisc 1;2 of the material of the expansion compensation disc is greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion αscrew of the material of the screw, and to a reciprocating-piston engine having a reciprocating piston of said type, and to a cylinder of a reciprocating-piston engine having a cylinder of said type.
US09869264B2	Computer-implemented method for calculation and output of control pulses by a control unit A computer-implemented method for calculation and output of control pulses by a control unit having a first computing unit and a second computing unit, wherein the control pulses are output by the control unit to an internal combustion engine. The calculation of the control pulses is optimized in that the first computing unit calculates a control pulse pattern with triggering information for multiple future control pulses at a first sampling rate using prior state data of the engine, and transmits the calculated control pulse pattern to the second computing unit, that the second computing unit at a second sampling rate that is greater than the first sampling rate of the first computing unit corrects the triggering information of the control pulses that are currently to be output using current state data of the engine, and that control pulses are output to the engine based on the corrected triggering information.
US09869263B2	Method of controlling a solenoid valve A method of controlling a solenoid valve of an automotive system, the valve being charged by a pulse width modulated signal (PWM) and determining an actuation of an automotive system component is provided. The method comprises the following: determining a target end of command of the valve as a function of a PWM state and a time interval from a last change of PWM state; monitoring a current value, a PWM phase period and the PWM state of a last pulse width modulated signal; and correcting in the next pulse width modulated signal at least one of said current value and PWM phase period, so that a next end of command of the valve will occur at the target end of command.
US09869262B2	System and process for predicting and preventing pre-ignition A process and a system for preventing pre-ignition in an internal combustion engine (ICE). The process includes providing an ICE that has a combustion chamber and an exhaust. Also provided is a total hydro-carbon (THC) sensor in communication with the combustion chamber. The THC sensor senses a THC level of the combusted gas for a given combustion cycle i (THCi) of the ICE. In the event that THCi is greater than a reference THC level (THCref), a pre-ignition countermeasure prior to an immediate subsequent combustion cycle i+1 is executed. Furthermore, the executed pre-ignition countermeasure prevents pre-ignition from occurring in the immediate subsequent combustion cycle i+1 of the ICE.
US09869259B1	System and method for vehicle propulsion system control A propulsion system controller for a vehicle that includes a prime mover operable for generating an input torque on an input shaft, and a transmission connected to the prime mover that is configured to receive the input torque from the input shaft and produce an output torque on an output shaft. The controller is programmed to generate a torque phase ratio, and submit a torque request to the prime mover that is based upon a desired output torque divided by the torque phase ratio.
US09869256B2	Method for detecting and describing a transient driving situation A method for detecting and describing a transient driving situation of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine having a boost pressure control system or intake manifold pressure control system, wherein an indicator for identifying the transient driving situation is determined from a relative boost pressure/intake manifold pressure control deviation.
US09869251B2	Electric motor assisted airblast injector An electric motor assisted airblast injector design for gas turbines is disclosed. The electric motor assisted airblast injector assembly consists of an airblast injector, a high speed electric motor and a compressor. The electric motor assisted airblast injector is designed to improve engine light-off and starting reliability without using a fuel staging system to incorporate pressure injectors. A high speed motor is activated during starting to drive a compressor for locally producing pressurized air without sacrificing combustor performance. The pressurized air exiting the air swirler with high velocity penetrates perpendicularly into the fuel spray cone obtained by orifices in the fuel swirler. The amount of pressurized air through the compressor is controlled by motor speed to match fuel starting schedule and produce fuel/air mixture within flammability limits. After engine starting, the high speed motor may cut off as sufficient air pressure differential is available across the combustor.
US09869248B2	Two spool gas generator to create family of gas turbine engines A method of configuring a plurality of gas turbine engines includes the steps of configuring each of the engines with respective ones of a plurality of propulsors. Each propulsor includes a propulsor turbine and one of a fan and a propeller. Each of the engines is configured with respective ones of a plurality of substantially mutually alike gas generators, with the respective propulsor turbine driven by products of combustion downstream of the gas generator.
US09869247B2	Systems and methods of estimating a combustion equivalence ratio in a gas turbine with exhaust gas recirculation A system includes an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) gas turbine system which includes a combustor configured to receive and combust a fuel with an oxidant and a turbine driven by combustion products from the combustor and a turbine driven by combustion products from the combustor. The EGR gas turbine system further includes an exhaust gas recirculation section fluidly coupled to the turbine and to the combustor, wherein the exhaust gas recirculation section is configured to intake an exhaust gas from the turbine and to recirculate at least a portion of the exhaust gas to the combustor as a diluent. The EGR gas turbine system additionally includes a control system, comprising one or more processors configured to receive a first signal representative of an exhaust flow composition of the exhaust gas and to receive a second signal representative of a diluent flow composition of the diluent.
US09869240B2	Compound engine assembly with cantilevered compressor and turbine A compound engine assembly with an engine core including at least one internal combustion engine, a compressor, and a turbine section where the turbine shaft is configured to compound power with the engine shaft. The turbine section may include a first stage turbine and a second stage turbine. The turbine shaft is rotationally supported by a plurality of bearings all located on a same side of the compressor rotor(s) and all located on a same side of the turbine rotor(s), for example all located between the compressor rotor(s) and the turbine rotor(s), such that the compressor rotor(s) and the turbine rotor(s) are cantilevered. A method of driving a rotatable load of an aircraft is also discussed.
US09869237B2	Turbocharger with compressor operable in either single-stage mode or two-stage serial mode A turbocharger includes a two-stage serial compressor having first and second impellers, with a crossover duct for leading air from the first impeller into the second impeller for further compression. The compressor housing also defines a bypass duct from the crossover duct to the air discharge duct from the compressor, and a bypass valve disposed in the bypass duct. Under certain operating conditions (such as high-flow, low-pressure-ratio conditions) the bypass valve can be opened to bypass the second impeller, such that the compressor behaves like a single-stage compressor. At other operating conditions, the bypass valve is closed so that the compressor provides two-stage compression for higher pressure ratios.
US09869230B2	Cast mounted sub-structure for end module An end cap module for a vehicle exhaust system is comprised of an outer skin and inner skin that cooperate to define an internal cavity. The outer skin includes a mount interface configured for attachment to a vehicle structure. A cast internal sub-structure is mounted within the internal cavity. The inner skin positioned within the internal cavity such that the cast internal sub-structure is positioned between the inner skin and the outer skin.
US09869227B2	System and method for repeatable fluid measurements A system for determining at least one property of a fluid and ensuring measuring surfaces of the system in contact with the fluid remain free of contaminants, includes a housing within which at least one measuring surface is located. The fluid to be measured flows through the housing and contacts the measuring surface. A signal generating device operably associated with the surface provides signals indicative of the at least one fluid property. A transducer is operably associated with the housing and causes agitation of the fluid flowing through the housing so that the measuring surface can be cleaned even during fluid measurement.
US09869218B2	Supercharger mounting structure for engine To provide a supercharger mounting structure for an engine that enables a supercharger to be easily fitted to or removed from an engine main body, the supercharger mounting structure for the engine includes a supercharger including a compressing unit for supplying an intake air under pressure to the engine, a speed increasing unit for increasing the rotational speed of an engine rotary shaft and then transmitting it to the compressing unit and a supercharger casing for accommodating the compressing unit and the speed increasing unit. The supercharger casing is removably fitted to a crankcase of the engine.
US09869217B2	Oil circulation device for internal combustion engine An oil circulation device for an internal combustion engine includes an oil pan, a partition, and a communication groove. The oil pan is disposed below a cylinder block and includes a bottom wall and a sidewall to define a recessed portion that opens upward. The partition extends upward from the bottom wall so as to have a protruding end and divide the recessed portion into a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion. The communication groove extends downward from the protruding end of the partition in a thickness direction of the partition to connect the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion.
US09869212B2	Columnar hydraulic tappet A columnar hydraulic tappet comprises a housing, in which a plunger is correspondingly mounted. A high-pressure chamber extends between a lower end surface of the plunger and a lower side of the housing. An outer ring groove is disposed on the outer diameter of the housing, an inner ring groove is disposed in the radial inner side of the housing, and housing oil feed holes are disposed between the inner ring groove and the outer ring groove. The lower end inside the housing is provided with a grinding wheel groove, an upper end wall of the inner ring groove of the housing is a first internal cylindrical wall, and a housing inner-wall between the lower end of the inner ring groove of the housing and the grinding wheel groove is a second internal cylindrical wall.
US09869211B2	Valve actuating device and method of making same A method of assembling a switching rocker arm assembly having an inner arm, an outer arm and a latch. The method includes indenting an outer arm surface on the outer arm, the outer arm surface defining an arcuate aperture. An inner arm surface can be indented on the inner arm at an inner arm latch shelf. A latch can be positioned relative to the inner and outer arms.
US09869210B2	Cam follower, injection pump and valve actuator comprising such a cam follower, and manufacturing method The invention concerns a cam follower providing a tappet having a cylindrical outer surface centered on a longitudinal axis (Y1) and adapted to slide in a housing surrounding the tappet, a pin extending between two opposite ends along a transverse axis (X1) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a roller element movable in rotation relative to the pin around the transverse axis and adapted to roll on a cam. The tappet is made of a composite material integrating at least one dry lubricant released at the cylindrical outer surface when the cam follower is in operation. The invention also concerns a valve actuator for a motor vehicle, providing such a cam follower. The invention also concerns a method for manufacturing such a cam follower.
US09869206B2	Securing a centering spring to a static structure with mounting tabs An assembly is provided for a piece of rotational equipment with an axis. This assembly includes a static structure, a bearing within a bore of the static structure, and a centering spring mounting the bearing to the static structure. The static structure is configured with the bore, a slot, a first slot surface and a second slot surface. The slot extends radially into the static structure from the bore. The slot extends axially within the static structure between the first slot surface and the second slot surface. The centering spring includes an annular hub and a mounting tab. The annular hub is within the bore. The mounting tab projects radially from the annular hub into the slot.
US09869204B2	Integrated inner case heat shield A mid-turbine frame for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first frame case, a flange coupled to the first frame case, and a heat shield adjacent to the flange and between adjacent spokes. A method of cooling a portion of a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US09869202B2	Blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine includes a turbine section including a plurality of blade outer air seals (BOAS) disposed therein, the BOAS including a BOAS body including a plurality of cooling holes defined in substantial conformance with a set of Cartesian coordinates as set forth in at least one of Table 1 and Table 2.
US09869201B2	Impingement cooled spline seal The present application provides a seal for use between adjacent turbine components and with a cooling flow. The seal may include an impingement baffle top plate, a base plate, and one or more spacer elements therebetween. The cooling flow provides cooling through the impingement baffle top plate.
US09869198B2	Intershaft integrated seal and lock-nut An intershaft integrated seal and lock-nut assembly includes spaced apart forward and aft shafts, forward lock-nut threaded onto aft end of forward shaft, aft lock-nut threaded onto a forward end of aft shaft, and seal ring sealingly engaging and disposed between forward and aft lock-nuts operable to seal annular gap between forward and aft shafts. Seal ring may be disposed in annular ring groove extending radially inwardly into one of forward and aft lock-nuts and annular cylindrical inner surface on other one of lock-nuts operable to seal against seal ring. Seal ring may be carbon seal ring and split. Aft lock-nut may include forwardly extending annular arm having annular cylindrical inner surface. Retention tabbed rings may engage lock-nuts and shafts and snap rings may engage retention tabbed rings and lock-nuts. Seal ring may be in ring groove in aft lock-nut.
US09869196B2	Gas turbine engine spring mounted manifold An arcuate panel for a thermal control assembly includes an arcuate panel base, at least one axially extending panel header sealingly attached to a radially outwardly facing surface of the panel base, a plenum therebetween, one or more spray tubes or channels depending radially inwardly from the panel base and in fluid communication with the plenum, and radially outwardly biasing spring means mounted on or attached to the radially inwardly facing surface of the panel base. The panel may include at least one set of clockwise and counter-clockwise hinge wings attached to clockwise and counter-clockwise ends of the panel base, axial positioning, and circumferential positioning. The axial positioning may include a circular row of spring clips mounted on the panel base. A hoop of arcuate panels pivotably attached by hinges may encircle a portion of a casing compressing leaf springs against rings of the casing.
US09869195B2	Support assembly for a gas turbine engine A support assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a control ring that extends about a circumferential axis. A plurality of first supports has a cavity that receives the control ring. A plurality of cover plates are attached to the first plurality of supports and enclose the cavity.
US09869184B2	Gas turbine blade A blade for a gas turbine has a leading edge and a trailing edge, which are connected by a pressure side and an intake side. In at least one segment of a stacking axis, the blade has a cross section with a profile with a common profile tangent at a leading edge region and a trailing edge region, a leading edge tangent at the leading edge, which is perpendicular to the common profile tangent, a trailing edge tangent at the trailing edge, which is perpendicular to the common profile tangent, and a camber line, which extends, at an equal distance from the pressure side and the intake side, from a center point of a leading edge circle, up to a center point of a trailing edge circle.
US09869181B2	Scroll expander A scroll expander includes a driving scroll body having a first axis line a driven scroll body having a second axis line shifted with respect to the first axis line, a bearing plate including two plates coupled to the driven scroll body and having the second axis line a cylindrical driving pin attached to the driving scroll body, and a cylindrical guide ring attached to the bearing plate and having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the driving pin. The driving pin includes an outer circumferential surface in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the guide ring. A hard film including diamond-like carbon is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the driving pin. The inner circumferential surface of the guide ring includes a polymer resin material with self-lubricity.
US09869179B2	Engine with piston that overshoots cylinder wall exhaust port A linear reciprocating engine may include a cylinder having first and second combustion chambers at opposing ends, first and second cylinder heads at an end of the first and second combustion chambers, respectively, and a double-faced piston slidably mounted within the cylinder. The engine may further include an exhaust port located in a peripheral cylinder wall and at least one combustion gas inlet in a location other than the peripheral cylinder wall. The combustion gas inlet and the exhaust port may be configured to cooperate such that combustion gases introduced through the inlet are evacuated from the cylinder through the exhaust port. The double-faced piston may have an axial length from one face to an opposite face of the piston less than or equal to ½ of a distance from at least one of the first cylinder head and the second cylinder head to the exhaust port.
US09869175B2	Method for testing the tightness of cavities and device for decreasing convection and diffusion flow The present invention relates to a method for testing the tightness of cavities, which are already filled with a stored gas, by charging the with a test gas. At least the following steps are provided: overlayering the stored gas situated in the cavity with a test gas of a predefined amount, in such a manner that a barrier layer forms between the stored gas and the test gas, wherein the test gas has a lower density than the stored gas, releasing the test gas after a predetermined time, and balancing the amount of the test gas. A further aspect is providing a device for decreasing the convection and diffusion flow between a stored gas situated in a cavity and a test gas.
US09869174B2	System and method for monitoring tool orientation in a well A system for monitoring the orientation and position of components in an oil well. The system includes a first well component, a second well component, and a transducer attached to the first well component, for generating a pulse. The system also includes a transceiver attached to the second well component for measuring the parameters of the pulse generated by the transducer, and a processor in communication with the transceiver that receives information about the parameters of the pulse as measured by the transceiver, and that calculates the position of the transceiver relative to the transducer.
US09869173B2	Pulse generation for downhole logging An example method includes determining a frequency response of a tuned pulse to be transmitted from a transmission element. A matching frequency envelope corresponding to a frequency envelope of the frequency response may be determined. A time domain signal corresponding to the matching frequency envelope may be determined. A series of digital pulses corresponding to the time domain signal may be determined. An analog output at a switching amplifier corresponding to the series of digital pulses may be generated. A transmission element may be excited with the analog output.
US09869169B2	Method to maintain reservoir pressure during hydrocarbon recovery operations using electrical heating means with or without injection of non-condensable gases A method for recovering hydrocarbons from an underground formation having a first exploited or partially exploited region and a second less exploited region in at least partial fluid communication with said first region. Electrical heating means is provided in the first region, and electrical energy supplied to the first region to raise or sustain its pressure to mitigate the loss of fluids and pressure from the second region due to hydraulic interaction with the first region. The electric heating affects the pressure by thermal expansion of the liquids and vapors present in or added to the first region and/or flashing of those liquids to vapors. The use of electric means is advantageous over the prior art by allowing for the redirection of injection fluids to more active regions of exploitation, and allows for more timely reclamation of the equipment and surface area above the first region.
US09869166B2	Microbial enhanced oil recovery method The present invention provides methods for increasing the viscosity of the drive fluid for displacing oil from a subterranean formation by the use of microorganisms selected or modified for the ability to produce cell free polymers without the formation of any significant bioplugging biofilm or capsule.
US09869163B2	Packer apparatus and method of sealing well casing A packer apparatus usable in a downhole well casing or an open borehole to provide an annular seal in the well casing or borehole. The packer apparatus includes an activation member disposed in body wherein the activation member is moveable relative to the body to deform an elastomeric packer element outwardly relative to the body to form an annular seal in a well casing in use. A plurality of pistons is arranged to move the activation member relative to the body, each piston being disposed in a respective pressure chamber arranged to be filled with fluid in response to an increase in fluid pressure in the body.
US09869161B2	Gas vent system and methods of operating the same A gas intake apparatus for use in a wellbore configured to channel a mixture of fluids and solids includes a housing defining a chamber and at least one gas intake passage in flow communication with the chamber. The gas intake apparatus further includes a gas intake mechanism coupled to the housing at the at least one gas intake passage. The gas intake mechanism is configured to facilitate a flow of gaseous substances therethrough and to restrict a flow of solids and liquids therethrough.
US09869156B2	Gellable treatment fluids with clay-based gel retarders and related methods Clay-based retarders may be useful in delaying the gel time of a gellable treatment fluid and, consequently, subterranean operations. For example, a method may involve providing a gellable treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid; a base polymer comprising an acrylamide monomer unit; a polymeric organic crosslinking agent comprising a crosslinkable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethyleneimine, polyvinylamine, chitosan, any derivative thereof, any salt thereof, and any combination thereof; and a clay-based gel retarder; introducing the gellable treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and forming a gel with the gellable treatment fluid in at least a portion of the wellbore, at least a portion of the subterranean formation, or both. In some instances, producing the gellable treatment fluid may involve not pre-hydrating the clay-based gel retarder. In some instances, the gellable treatment fluid may not be thixotropic or pseudoplastic before introduction into the wellbore.
US09869155B2	Yielding of hydrated lime in set-delayed and other settable compositions Methods and systems directed to controlling the rheology of settable compositions in subterranean formations. Embodiments include a method of controlling the rheology of a set-delayed cement composition, the method comprising: providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; shearing the set-delayed cement composition in an amount sufficient to substantially prevent solids settling; storing the set-delayed cement in a pumpable fluid state for at least 1 day; activating the set-delayed cement composition; introducing the set-delayed cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Additional methods and systems are also provided.
US09869153B2	Remotely controllable valve for well completion operations An example tubing string may at least partially define an internal bore. The tubing string may include an expandable packer and a permeable barrier. The tubing string may further include a remotely-controllable valve responsive to at least one downhole trigger condition, such as a downhole pressure or temperature condition. The remotely-controllable valve may provide selective fluid communication through the permeable barrier between the internal bore and an annulus outside of the permeable barrier. The remotely-controllable valve may function as at least one of a fluid-loss control valve in a completion string assembly or a circulation valve about a completion string assembly.
US09869152B2	Controlled swell-rate swellable packer and method A controlled swell-rate swellable packer comprises a mandrel; a sealing element, and a jacket. The sealing element is disposed about at least a portion of the mandrel, and the jacket covers at least a portion of an outer surface of the sealing element. The jacket is configured to substantially prevent fluid communication between a fluid disposed outside of the jacket and the portion of the outer surface of the sealing element covered by the jacket.
US09869150B2	Integrated wellhead assembly An integrated wellhead assembly is provided to enable free flow production and artificial lift production from a well without requiring removal and/or reconfiguration of the wellhead assembly. The wellhead assembly includes an upper portion and a lower portion forming an integrated assembly. The upper portion includes a flow tee and at least one set of rams. The lower portion includes a shoulder to receive a hanger. The upper portion may seal the bore of the wellhead assembly and provide full bore access to the bore of the wellhead assembly.
US09869141B2	Downhole tool vibration device and method In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to select a longitudinal axis within a borehole, and to move a down hole housing using at least one set of rollers attached to the housing to contact a surface of the borehole, so that simultaneous movement with two rotational degrees of freedom is enabled within the borehole. The centerline of the housing can be substantially aligned with a selected longitudinal axis while the housing moves along the selected longitudinal axis. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09869138B2	Methods and apparatus for releasably connecting a cable with a tool An apparatus for releasably connecting a cable with a tool that has an outer cone. The outer cone has a lower portion and an upper portion. A weak point is located between the lower portion and upper portion. The apparatus also includes an inner cone configured to fit within the outer cone.
US09869137B2	Underground well electrical cable transition with floating piston seal A penetrator for enabling an electrical cable transition into an underground well. The well has a well casing for containing fluids and pressures from reaching the environment external to the well. The well casing has a wellhead, multiple electrical conductors passing through the penetrator at the wellhead to supply electrical power to down-hole equipment. The wellhead penetrator device provides a reliable sealing solution and which may be quickly installed within wellhead. The penetrator device provides a design which increases the pressure upon the critical sealing surfaces with the electrical conductors as pressure increases within the well casing. The service life of the penetrator seal is maximized to avoid costly downtime to the well operation. The penetrator device is readily installed by maintenance crews and a minimum number of components are utilized. No adhesives or sealants are required in the installation.
US09869134B2	Drilling tool The inner bit is provided with: a supply hole which is open at the distal end portion of the inner bit; and a discharge groove which is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the inner bit and extends in the direction of the axial line. The supply hole is provided with: a distal end blow hole which is open in a distal end surface of the distal end portion of the inner bit; and an outer peripheral blow hole which is open in an outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion of the inner bit. An outer peripheral groove via which the outer peripheral blow hole communicates with the discharge groove is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the inner bit. The outer peripheral groove is covered with the ring bit from the outside in a radial direction.
US09869133B2	Method of using spring loaded blocker to retain rolling cutters or mechanical lock cutters A cutting element assembly may include a sleeve; an inner cutting element in the sleeve; and a blocker retained in the sleeve with at least one locking device and covering a portion of a cutting face of the inner cutting element. Cutting tools may include a tool body; a plurality of blades extending radially from the tool body, each blade comprising a leading face and a trailing face; a plurality of cutter pockets on the plurality of blades; at least one cutting element in one of the cutter pockets; and at least one blocker positioned adjacent to a cutting face of the at least one cutting element and the leading face of the blade, the blocker being retained to the cutter pocket with at least one locking device.
US09869131B2	Drill bit A drill bit comprises at least one blade, comprising a plurality of cutting elements in the form of polycrystalline diamond cutters disposed on a leading edge of the blade, at least one diamond impregnated cutting region, disposed behind the leading edge of the blade, and wherein at least one of the cutters disposed on the leading, edge is an off-tip cutting element, arranged so that it does not engage with the formation during drilling until bit wear has taken place.
US09869129B2	Linear and vibrational impact generating combination tool with adjustable eccentric drive Disclosed combination impact tool generates optimized linear hammering and vibrational impacts. Flow of pressurized fluid through an upper section of the tool generates linear hammering impacts, and flow of pressurized fluid through a lower section of the tool generates vibrational impacts. Flow of pressurized fluid through the lower section induces an eccentric arm to rotate and cause vibrational impacts. While frequency of hammering impacts can be controlled by varying pressure of the fluid flowing through the upper section, the frequency and amplitude of vibrational impacts can be controlled by varying weight of the eccentric arm and by varying pressure of the fluid flowing through lower section. Disclosed tool is particularly useful in drilling in shale and in fishing operations in a well-bore.
US09869128B1	Installation systems and methodology for helical strake fins An apparatus and method for helically installing a vortex-induced vibration (VIV) suppression fin about a tubular. The apparatus may include an outer ring member dimensioned to encircle an underlying tubular and an inner ring member positioned concentrically inward from the outer ring member. The inner ring member is configured to rotate with respect to at least one of the outer ring member or the tubular as the outer ring member moves along the tubular. The apparatus may further include a fin guide configured to receive a fin and helically position the fin along the tubular as the inner ring member rotates. A method of installing a vortex-induced vibration (VIV) suppression fin about a tubular may include removably attaching a VIV suppression fin to an installation member. The installation member may be positioned along a tubular and moved about the tubular to helically position the fin around the tubular.
US09869127B2	Down hole motor apparatus and method A motor apparatus attached to a work string in a well. The apparatus includes a power housing having a rotor-stator member for creating a rotational force, with the power section being attached to the work string; an intermediate housing attached to the power housing; and a flexible coupling unit partially disposed within the intermediate housing. The apparatus further includes a bearing housing attached to the intermediate housing, wherein the bearing housing contains a thrust and radial bearings, and wherein the bearing housing is partially disposed about a portion of the flexible coupling unit. The bearing housing has a first and second axis, wherein the first axis is parallel to the power section axis and the second axis is angularly offset to the power section axis.
US09869121B2	Security display case The present invention is a security display case comprising an enclosure defining a safe portion, a display housing with a lift platform, a top wall, and a closure member, the display housing moveable into and out of the safe portion, a lift mechanism disposed in the safe portion drivingly connected to the lift platform, the lift mechanism controlled by a first drive motor, a locking mechanism mounted within the enclosure comprising at least one disc adapted to rotatably extend into and retract into a gap provided between the top wall and closure member of the display housing, the locking mechanism controlled by a second drive motor, and a control system controlling the first and second drive motors, the control system further comprising a lower limit switch, an upper limit switch, a locking trip switch, and an unlocking trip switch.
US09869119B2	Systems and methods for operating vehicle doors A system for closing carriage doors of a vehicle may include first and second carriage doors configured to open and close via respective first and second actuators. The system may also include a controller configured to receive signals indicative of angles of the first and second doors relative to closed positions. The controller may also be configured to determine respective first and second velocity profiles for the first and second carriage doors based on the angles of the first and second doors. In addition, the controller may be configured to control operation of at least one of the first and second actuators based on the first and second angles, such that the first carriage door and the second carriage door stay farther apart from one another than a predetermined threshold distance while closing.
US09869118B2	Dual manual disengagement mechanism for an electric transit door operator A dual manual disengagement mechanism for an electric transit door operator having a disengagement shaft extending from the operator comprises a first pinion lever (3) secured to the disengagement shaft, a second pinion lever (14) intermeshed with the first pinion gear, a first cable (17) connected to the first pinion-lever via a clevis end (15) having an elongate slot, a second cable (23) connected to the second pinion lever via a clevis end (16) having an elongate slot. The length of the slots in the clevis ends is such that the pulling of one cable to rotate the disengagement shaft will not cause a tug on the other cable.
US09869117B2	Door closer A door closer with an electric motor-assisted closing feature, that may generate its own power to assist in closing, and controls the speed of opening and closing of the door during generation is disclosed. Embodiments of the present disclosure are realized by a motorized door closer that electrically creates a latch boost force for a closing door. The door closer includes a motor disposed to operatively connect to a door so that the door will be moved toward closed when the motor moves, and a position sensor to determine a position of the door. A processor is programmed to exert a closing force on the door in the latch boost region or when it otherwise detects that a motor assist is needed.
US09869113B2	Vehicle lock A motor vehicle lock in accordance with the invention comprises a pivotable catch having a jacket surface, a pawl which is acted on by a preloading force and which is pivotable between a blocking position in which the pawl blocks the catch and an unblocking position in which the catch is unblocked, a release lever for pivoting the pawl against the preloading force, and an arresting device for arresting the pawl in a release position in which it releases the catch, wherein a part of the arresting device is formed by the release lever.
US09869112B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a storage compartment within the cabinet, a main door to open or close the storage compartment, an auxiliary storage compartment mounted to a rear surface of the main door and configured to be accessed through an opening in the main door, a sub door to open or close the opening leading to the auxiliary storage compartment, a hook member at the sub door, a latch cam pivotally mounted in the main door to be selectively caught by the hook member, a stopper pivotally mounted at a location above the latch cam to selectively limit pivotal rotation of the latch cam, a solenoid device mounted below the latch cam to laterally push the stopper via a vertical movement caused by the solenoid device to release locking between the stopper and the latch cam, and a controller provided at the sub door to selectively operate the solenoid device.
US09869110B2	Shelter system A shelter system includes a shelter. A shelter includes a number of vertical support legs and a collapsible truss section interconnecting the vertical support legs. The shelter system includes a canopy secured to the shelter. The shelter system includes a connection member connecting the canopy to a separate self-supporting tent structure.
US09869102B2	Pool stair forms The disclosure provides for pool step forms and related methods for forming steps in a pool formed by wall panels. The step forms may include a wall panel insert configured for insertion between adjacent pool wall panels. The step forms may include one or more step form brace configured to couple with the wall panel insert and, thereby, the wall panels. The step forms may include riser forms that from riser portions of the stairs when the step forms and riser forms are coupled. The pool stair forms may be filled with filling material to form tread portions of the stairs. The pool stair forms may include liner support members coupled to the step form braces and/or the wall panels that facilitate the coupling of a liner to the stairs formed by the pool stair forms and filling material.
US09869101B1	Method and device for removing a non ground-based scaffolding system by a single user An improvement to U.S. Pat. No. 6,003,630 comprising a method and device whereby the extension arm portion is removably attached and to the nail plate portion while attached to the exterior scaffolding portion, thus permitting a single user to take down the scaffolding easily and safely on their own without assistance. Additionally, the scaffold can now be safely lowered to the ground entirely from the building interior via a support line attached to the extension arm while it is attached to the exterior scaffolding. This improvement makes the 630 patent more efficient and much safer to use. Additionally, a spanner bracket for use with cement block or pour in place concrete walls is disclosed herein enabling a non ground-based scaffolding system in use with the 630 patent for such walls types, also permitting single user set up and removal of the scaffolding.
US09869098B2	System, method and apparatus for manufactured building panel A manufactured panel includes a body having a front, back, top, bottom and side walls, the side walls extend between the front and back, and an interior volume located between the front, back, top, bottom and side walls. An insert having an interior portion is embedded within the interior volume of the body, and an exterior portion extends from the interior portion to an exterior of the body. The exterior portion includes stand-offs protruding from the body, such that at least some of the stand-offs are connected to each other inside the interior volume of the body. At least some of the stand-offs are independent and detached from each other on the exterior of the body.
US09869096B2	Modular surface covering assembly to cover a bearing surface A panel assembly covers a bearing surface. The panel assembly includes a panel and a plurality of panel supports. Each one of the panel supports includes a mounting plate, first and second panel edge engaging portions and a protruding rib engaging portion. The panel includes a first edge region, an opposed second edge region, a covering portion extending between the first and second edge regions, and at least one rearwardly protruding rib extending between the first and second edge regions. The first edge region, the second edge region, and the at least one rearwardly protruding rib of the panel are respectively engageable with the first panel edge engaging portions, the second panel edge engaging portions, and the protruding rib engaging portions of the supports. The panel assembly is translatable with respect to the panel supports when engaged together.
US09869086B2	Thermal insulating and sealing means for a safing slot in a curtain wall Described is a construction for effectively thermally insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction wherein the exterior wall construction comprises a curtain wall configuration utilizing an interior panel module design. The Thermal insulating and sealing means includes a supplemental insulation means positioned above the primary insulation means and attached to the interior panel of a curtain wall construction to maintain thermally insulating and sealing of the safing slot during exposure to fire and heat which can cause the interior panel to deform from heat distorting to an extent beyond the capability of standard safing insulation for expanding in order to maintain a proper seal extending across the safing slot.
US09869085B2	Bracket assembly and method A bracket assembly for connecting an overhead roof structure to below roof structure elements of a building. The below roof structure elements include a wall having a top plate member or ceiling support structure. The bracket assembly includes overhead fixing members, a bracket member, bearing member, sleeve member, and below roof structure fastener, which are interconnected and fastened together. One end of the bracket member is connectable to the overhead fixing members to the overhead roof structure and the other end is connectable to the below roof structure fastener which is connectable to the below roof structure. The bearing and sleeve members are located and connected between the bracket member and the below roof structure such that the bracket member rests without loading on the bearing member which then rests on the sleeve member which when used rests without loading on the below roof structure, providing structural integrity.
US09869084B2	Stair expansion joint system with freedom of movement between landings A stair system with freedom of movement between landings associated therewith includes a connection system configured to connect stairs to a landing associated with a construction, wherein the connection system structurally supports the stairs for safe egress over the stairs while concurrently supporting movement between the landing and a second landing associated with the construction by the stairs in at least one dimension, and wherein the movement supports inter-story drift between the landing and the second landing and removes some force translation between the landing and the second landing.
US09869082B1	Culvert diffuser The present invention embodies a diffuser extending from the outlet end of a highway culvert, whereby the diffuser flares outwardly to provide a larger area cross-section at the outlet of the culvert in order to increase the capacity of the culvert and to reduce the effects of erosion from the outflow of water from the culvert outlet.
US09869074B2	Valve device The invention relates to a hydraulic valve device (1) including a high pressure connection (P′) and a low pressure connection (T′); at least one motor port connection (A′) that is connectable to a motor port (A) on a hydraulic motor (M), preferably a hydraulic cylinder; a flow control valve (F), which is arranged between the high pressure connection (P′) and the motor port connection (A′) and which includes a flow opening (18) that is adjustable between a fully closed position and a fully open position; and a pressure regulator (R) that is arranged between the high pressure connection (P′) and the flow regulating valve (F), wherein a regulator pressure (PR) that acts at a first connection point (3) between the pressure regulator (R) and the flow regulating valve (F) acts on the pressure regulator (R) via a first control conduit (4) to close the same. A second control conduit (5) including a first restrictor (6), is arranged to convey a load pressure (PL) that acts at the motor port connection (A′) from a second connection point (7) positioned between the flow regulating valve (F) and the motor port connection (A′) via the first restrictor (6) to a third connection point (8) at which a first control pressure (Pc) acts and which third connection point (8) is connected to the pressure regulator (R) to act on the same in the opening direction by means of said first control pressure (Pc), wherein the third connection point (8) is connected to the low pressure connection (T), via an adjustable second restrictor (9).
US09869072B1	Dragline chain A method for maintaining a chain or chain link comprises inspecting the chain or chain link for signs of wear without using tools and changing the orientation of the chain or chain link or replacing the chain or chain link if signs of wear are detected.
US09869071B1	Method for installing a pile The system and method for installation includes lowering a pile from a surface to an ocean floor and partially embedding the pile. An installation pile is lowered onto the pile and partially embedding over and around the pile. The installation pile is sealed, and water is pumped from the installation pile to embed the installation pile to a set depth and to form a pressurized zone within the installation interior volume. The set depth corresponds to a hydraulic cylinder in the installation pile being made adjacent to the pile. The hydraulic cylinder actuates to embed the pile to an anchor depth, which is the desired depth of the installation. Water is pumped back into the installation pile to release the pressurized zone and to lift the installation pile from the set depth. The installation pile can return to a vessel at a surface.
US09869068B2	Structure including interlocking containers A container is disclosed. The container has a side part, an upper part, a lower part, and a cavity formed by the side part, the upper part, and the lower part. The container also has a material disposed in the cavity. The side part has at least one protrusion and at least one recess. The side part is permeable to water. The side part is also nonpermeable to the material disposed in the cavity.
US09869066B2	System and method for slip forming concrete barriers Systems and methods for the continuous slip form construction of concrete barriers over support cages. A tube feeder of a slip form construction system can include angled tubes that can direct reinforcing bars into a concrete barrier and also provide space between the tubes for insertion of a support cage through the system and into the concrete barrier.
US09869064B2	Device for inspecting shape of road travel surface The present invention is capable of inspecting with high accuracy the shape of a road travel surface when travelling at a low speed, and even when acceleration, deceleration, or stoppages occur frequently, and generates a highly reproducible road surface longitudinal profile. A photograph is taken along the longitudinal direction of a travel path by a photography means in a light section method via a travel surface photography means (21). Corrected image information, in which a tilt in photographic image information has been corrected using inclination information, is generated on the basis of the photographic image information, the inclination information, and movement information via a road surface profile generation means (7), and thereafter the corrected image information is arranged using the movement information. Vertical motion information pertaining to the travel surface photography means is specified from image contents of overlapped regions. One portion of the corrected image information is cut out, and extracted image information is generated. While the height of the corrected image is corrected using the vertical motion information from the corrected image information, the extracted image information is arranged sequentially, and connected, and the road surface profile is generated.
US09869062B1	Method for manufacturing microwavable food containers Methods and apparatus for manufacturing vacuum forming a produce container using a fiber-based slurry. The slurry includes a moisture barrier comprising alkylketene dimer in the range of about 4% by weight, and a cationic liquid starch component in the range of 1%-7% by weight.
US09869054B2	Garment treatment device with foldable board The present application relates to a garment treatment device comprising a base, a support structure extending upwardly from the base, and an ironing board connected to the support structure. The ironing board is pivotable relative to the support structure and positionable into a first operative position in which the ironing board is horizontal, and a second operative position in which the ironing board is vertical. The ironing board comprises a first section and a second section hingedly coupled together and pivotable relative to each other between an operative position in which they extend co-planar to each other and a storage position in which they are pivoted away from a co-planar orientation. The first and second ironing board sections (4a,4b) and the hinge mechanism (18) are configured such that the first and second ironing board sections (4a,4b) pivot away from each other from said operative position towards said storage position. The garment treatment device thereby advantageously enables garment it treatment in a variety of orientations, such as flat ironing or vertical steaming, with the ironing board providing garment support in all operative positions. Also, the garment treatment device advantageously allows for a compact configuration in the storage position for efficiency of storage space.
US09869053B2	Heater assembly for an appliance A heater assembly for an appliance is provided. The heater assembly includes a housing and a thermostat. The housing defines an aperture. The thermostat includes a probe that is positioned adjacent the aperture. The aperture can increase the accuracy of temperature measurements by the thermostat and hinder unnecessary tripping of the thermostat.
US09869049B2	Washing machine having lid locker Disclosed is a lid locker of a washing machine including a magnet installed at a lid, a housing installed at a casing, a reed switch installed at the housing and actuated by magnetic force of the magnet when the lid is positioned to be closed, a motor installed at the housing and provided with a rotating shaft, a locking member disposed at the housing to move toward and away from the lid, and a power transmission unit to transfer rotational power of the rotating shaft to the locking member such that an orientation of the rotating shaft is different from a direction of forward and backward movement of the locking member. Thereby, the locking member can be moved back and forth in a simple structure and the housing does not need to excessively extend in the longitudinal direction of the locking member. In addition, the lid locker of the washing machine can be compactly installed.
US09869047B2	Unitary top panel for a washing machine appliance A unitary top panel for a washing machine appliance defines an opening and has a nozzle positioned at the opening. The unitary top panel also defines a conduit within the unitary top panel that extends to the nozzle in order to direct a flow of wash fluid to the nozzle. A related method for forming a unitary top panel for a washing machine appliance is also provided.
US09869046B2	Polyester acetate tear-away printed label and methods of manufacturing A polyester acetate tear-away printed label and associated methods of manufacture are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, one such method of manufacture involves weaving a base cloth using polyester acetate filament yarns, sizing and oiling the base cloth, desizing and refining the base cloth using a jet grouting overflow machine having a low desizing bath ratio, performing an alkali peel on the base cloth, shaping and drying the base cloth, further shaping the base cloth, coating the base cloth, and slitting the base cloth into desired dimensions.
US09869040B2	Bicomponent spandex An elastic multiple component fiber comprising a cross-section, wherein at least a first region of said cross-section comprises a polyurethaneurea composition; and comprising a second region.
US09869036B2	Apparatus and method for controlling fabric web An apparatus for controlling a composite fabric having internal axial tows includes a support member configured to engage the fabric substantially up to a composite component form. The support member includes a nonslip portion directly engaging a first outer surface of the fabric. The apparatus further includes a primary securing member engaging and applying pressure on the fabric at a second outer surface of the fabric opposite the first outer surface. Upon displacement of the axial tows of the fabric relative to the first and second outer surfaces, the support member and the primary securing member substantially maintain original configurations of the first and second outer surfaces of the fabric engaged between the support member and the primary securing member.
US09869026B2	Electroless copper plating compositions Electroless copper plating baths include alternative reducing agents to the conventional reducing agents currently used in the electroless plating industry. The electroless copper baths are stable and deposit a salmon bright copper deposit on substrates. Exclusion of many environmentally unfriendly conventional reducing agents enables environmentally friendly electroless copper plating baths.
US09869023B2	Holder for drill-head coating The present invention relates to a holder for a number of drills, which can advantageously be used for coating drill tips. The holders according to the invention make it possible to arrange the drills in the coating unit in such a way that their tips rest on a cylindrical wall and these can be rotated past a coating source at the same minimum distance. The holder comprises a first curved wall with holes, a second curved wall with holes or slits and a third wall which serves as stop for drills inserted in the holes of the first and second wall.
US09869021B2	Showerhead apparatus for a linear batch chemical vapor deposition system A showerhead apparatus for a linear batch CVD system includes a movable showerhead, one or more gas supply conduits, and a translation mechanism. Each gas supply conduit provides a precursor gas to the showerhead. The showerhead includes conduits and channels arranged along the length of the showerhead to distribute precursor gas to the surfaces of substrates. The small distance between the substrates and the showerhead limits precursor gas flows from the channels to a small portion of each substrate beneath the showerhead. During a deposition process run, the translation mechanism causes the showerhead to move back and forth over the substrates along a direction perpendicular to a linear arrangement of the substrates. Parasitic deposition within the deposition chamber is substantially reduced in comparison to conventional showerhead apparatus. The ability to accurately control the precursor gas flows and the motion of the showerhead allows for improved thickness uniformity and device yield.
US09869015B2	Hard material layers with selected thermal conductivity A hard material layer system with a multilayer structure, comprising alternating layers A and B, with A layers having the composition MeApAOnANmA in atomic percent and B layers having the composition MeBpBOnBNmB in atomic percent, where the thermal conductivity of the A layers is greater than the thermal conductivity of the B layers. MeA and MeB each comprise at least one metal of the group Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, and Al, pA indicates the atomic percentage of MeA and pB indicates the atomic percentage of MeB and the following is true: PA=PB, nA indicates the oxygen concentration in the A layers in atomic percent and nB indicates the oxygen concentration in the B layers in atomic percent and the following is true: nA
US09869014B2	Formation of an alignment film for a liquid crystal on a substrate A method for forming an alignment film for a liquid crystal on a substrate and an associated at least one structure. The substrate is moved in a first direction. A target is disposed on the first surface side of the substrate. The ion beam is propagated from an ion source toward the substrate and impinges on a sputtering surface of the target, which sputters a material of the target and results in sputtered particles of the material being emitted from the sputtering surface of the target and deposited on the first surface side of the substrate to form (i) a sputtering film on the first surface side of the substrate and (ii) an alignment film having an orientation and being disposed on the sputtering film and on the entire surface of the substrate. The alignment film aligns molecules of the liquid crystal in a predetermined direction.
US09869008B2	High-temperature efficient aluminum copper magnesium alloys The disclosure provides for wrought products made of Al—Cu—Mg aluminum alloy composed as follows, as a percentage by weight, Cucorr: 2,6-3.7; Mgcorr: 1.5-2.6, Mn: 0.2-0.5; Zr: ≦0.16; Ti: 0.01-0.15; Cr≦0.25; Si≦0.2; Fe≦0.2; other elements <0.05 the rest aluminum; with Cucorr>−0.9(Mgcorr)+4.3 and Cucorr<−0.9(Mgcorr)+5.0; where Cucorr=Cu−0.74(Mn−0.2)−2.28 Fe and Mgcorr=Mg−1.73(Si−0.05) for Si≧0.05 and Mgcorr=Mg for Si<0.05 and their manufacturing process.
US09869004B2	Article processing fixture A fixture for supporting articles in an industrial process comprises a plurality of first elongate members extending longitudinally in a first direction. The plurality of first elongate members each comprise a rod member having a riveted portion at an end thereof. The fixture further comprises a plurality of second elongate members extending longitudinally in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and a plurality of third elongate members extending longitudinally in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The rod member of one of the first elongate members extends through an aperture of one of the second elongate members and an aperture of one of the third elongate members and is movably coupled thereto by its riveted portion.
US09869001B2	Heat treatment oil composition A heat-treatment oil composition contains (A) at least one of a hydroxy fused fatty acid having a polymerization degree of 2 or more and a derivative of the hydroxy fused fatty acid. The heat-treatment composition may also contain (B) at least one of a mineral oil and a synthetic oil.
US09868997B2	Assay for detecting closely-related serotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV) A real time Taq-Man PCR assay for detecting multiple serotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV) wherein the number of serotypes detected exceeds the number of colorimetric channels for detection. A biological sample is combined with three oligonucleotide primer/probe sets such that the probes and primers anneal to a target sequence. Each primer/probe set is at least preferential for a specific serotype of an organism. The first and second primer/probe sets are degenerate with respect to each other. The third primer/probe set is not degenerate with respect to the first and second primer/probe sets and discriminates for a third serotype. The third primer/probe set has a signal moiety that emits signal at a wavelength that is the same or different from the wavelength emitted by the signal moiety of the degenerate primer/probe set probes. The target sequences, if present, are amplified and detected.
US09868996B2	Methods and compositions for production of maize lines with increased transformability The current invention provides methods and compositions for producing an elite line of Zea mays enhanced for transformability. Compositions comprising an elite germplasm exhibiting increased transformability are disclosed. Further provided are methods for breeding maize such that enhanced transformability traits may be transferred to a desired germplasm. The plants and methods of the invention represent a valuable new tool for the creation of elite transgenic plants, preferably having one or more added beneficial characteristics.
US09868990B2	Compositions and methods for detecting and treating neurological conditions The present invention relates to the NIPA-1 proteins and nucleic acids encoding the NIPA-1 proteins. The present invention further provides assays for the detection of NIPA-1 polymorphisms and mutations associated with disease states, as well as methods of screening for ligands and modulators of NIPA-1 proteins.
US09868988B2	Method to assess human allograft status from microrna expression levels The invention relates to, among other things, a method for assessing risk of organ rejection in a patient having a transplanted organ. The method includes measuring an amount of expression of a small non-coding marker RNA in a biological sample from the patient. The method further includes comparing the measured amount of expression of the small non-coding marker RNA in the patient to a reference amount of expression of the small non-coding marker RNA. In another aspect, the invention relates to kits for assessing risk of organ rejection in a patient having a transplanted organ.
US09868986B2	Sieving and profiling nucleic acid samples A method of selecting nucleic acid samples including particular desired alleles from a plurality of nucleic acid samples including the steps of performing a first reaction in a plurality of pools containing the samples to produce reaction products including a source tag identifying said each pool; pooling the pools to provide pooled pools; for each of the desired alleles to be identified, performing a second reaction using said reaction products to produce allele-specific second reaction products comprising a marker tag and a derived source tag; identifying said allele-specific second reaction products, and further identifying nucleic acid samples with the desired alleles. A source tag sharing number “d” may be determined for each of the alleles. Alleles may also be binned together.
US09868983B2	Method for detecting nucleic acids by promoting branched DNA complex formation Disclosed is a method for detecting nucleic acids by promoting branched DNA complex formation. The target nucleic acid detection signal and sensitivity can be dramatically increased by promoting self assembly of branched DNA between a plurality of amplified DNA targets and a single-chain oligonucleotide probe, by means of the integrated implementation of PCR, thermal denaturation and hybridization in a single reaction mixture.
US09868981B2	Amplification assay with a probe competitor Methods and compositions for detecting an allelic form of a target. In an exemplary method, partitions may be created that collectively contain at least one first allelic form and a second allelic form of a target. Each partition may contain (i) a same probe capable of binding specifically to each of the first and second allelic forms of the target and (ii) a competitor configured to bind selectively to the second allelic form relative to the first allelic form and to block binding of the probe to the second allelic form. The first allelic form of the target may be amplified in the partitions. A signal may be detected from a label of the probe while the label is contained by the partitions. A number of partitions that are positive (or negative) for the at least one first allelic form may be determined based on the signal.
US09868980B2	Detection of target nucleic acid sequence by PTO cleavage and extension-dependent signaling oligonucleotide hybridization assay The present invention relates to the detection of a target nucleic acid sequence by a PCE-SH (PTO Cleavage and Extension-Dependent Signaling Oligonucleotide Hybridization) assay. The present invention does not use probes to be hybridized with target nucleic acid sequences for providing target signals. Interestingly, the present invention uses probes (signaling oligonucleotides) to be hybridized with the extended strand formed in a target-dependent manner in which the extended strand is synthesized using the CTO artificially selected as templates.
US09868979B2	Spatially encoded biological assays using a microfluidic device The present disclosure provides methods and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays, including assays to determine a spatial pattern of abundance, expression, and/or activity of one or more biological targets across multiple sites in a sample. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods and assay systems capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in order to address tag the sites to which reagents are delivered; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents, in particular, microfluidic device based instrumentation; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature.
US09868976B2	Morphinan compounds This disclosure relates to novel morphinan compounds and their derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof. This disclosure also provides compositions comprising a compound of this disclosure and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a σ1 receptor agonist that also has NMDA antagonist activity.
US09868972B2	Hybrid suppressor tRNA for vertebrate cells This invention provides compositions and methods for producing translational components that expand the number of genetically encoded amino acids in vertebrate cells. The components include orthogonal tRNA's, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, orthogonal pairs of tRNA's/synthetases and unnatural amino acids. Proteins and methods of producing proteins with unnatural amino acids in vertebrate cells are also provided. The present invention provides vertebrate cells with translation components, e.g., pairs of orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (O-RSs) and orthogonal tRNA's (O-tRNA's) and individual components thereof, that are used in vertebrate protein biosynthetic machinery to incorporate an unnatural amino acid in a growing polypeptide chain, in a vertebrate cell.
US09868971B2	Method for controlling length of overhang of double stranded DNA Disclosed are methods and kits for controlling the length of overhangs at the ends of double stranded DNA based on a competitive inhibition. Further provided are ligase-independent methods for joining the two ends of DNA strands using the same. The present methods efficiently control the overhangs of ds DNA. This user-controlled overhangs supply a tool for efficient ligation in a ligase independent way and can be advantageously used in DNA recombinant technology such as cloning gene or DNA fragments of interest or PCR products.
US09868968B2	Method for producing saccharides containing glucose as main component A method for producing saccharides according to the present invention includes a step of preparing a slurry by adding an aqueous solution containing a sugar or a sugar solution to biomass so that the slurry has a biomass content of 10 to 30 w/v %, and a step of adding at least one of an enzyme that degrades cellulose and an enzyme that degrades hemicellulose to the slurry containing the biomass to degrade at least one of cellulose and hemicellulose contained in the biomass, thereby producing saccharides containing glucose as a main component.
US09868965B2	Electron consuming ethanol production pathway to displace glycerol formation in S. cerevisiae The present invention provides for a mechanism to completely replace the electron accepting function of glycerol formation with an alternative pathway to ethanol formation, thereby reducing glycerol production and increasing ethanol production. In some embodiments, the invention provides for a recombinant microorganism comprising a down-regulation in one or more native enzymes in the glycerol-production pathway. In some embodiments, the invention provides for a recombinant microorganism comprising an up-regulation in one or more enzymes in the ethanol-production pathway.
US09868962B2	CRISPR hybrid DNA/RNA polynucleotides and methods of use The present disclosure provides DNA-guided CRISPR systems; polynucleotides comprising DNA, RNA and mixtures thereof for use with CRISPR systems; and methods of use involving such polynucleotides and DNA-guided CRISPR systems.
US09868955B2	Human toll-like receptor inhibitors and methods of use thereof Provided herein are human Toll-like receptor (TLR)-inhibitors and methods for use in individuals having an autoimmune disease or an inflammatory disorder. The TLR inhibitors of the present disclosure are polynucleotides comprising an inhibitory motif for one or more of TLR7, TLR8 and TLR9.
US09868954B2	Reduction of TGFβ signaling in myeloid cells in the treatment of cancer Methods of inhibiting metastasis in cancer patients are provided, wherein the methods comprise reducing TGFβ signaling, for example, by reducing TGFβ receptor II expression in myeloid cells. Vectors comprising a TGFβ receptor II RNAi nucleic acid sequence operably linked to a myeloid specific promoter also are provided. A method of diagnosing cancer in an individual by determining TGFβ receptor II expression in myeloid cells in the individual is provided. Additionally, a method of modulating TGFβ activity in myeloid cells in a cancer patient comprising administering a regulator of at least one of the GSK3 and PI3K pathways to the patient is provided.
US09868950B2	Lipid formulated compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of serum amyloid A gene The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) targeting a Serum Amyloid A (SAA) gene, and methods of using the dsRNA to inhibit expression of SAA.
US09868944B2	Reaction mixtures The present invention provides stable dried reaction mixtures, methods for their preparation, methods for their use, and kits comprising them. The stable dried reaction mixtures are useful in many recombinant DNA techniques, especially nucleic acid amplification by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
US09868941B2	Mutated genes for the catalytic protein of oplophorus luciferase and use thereof A novel luciferase that is distinct from conventional luciferase has been desired. A luciferase mutant comprising an amino acid sequence in which glutamic acid at position 4, arginine at position 11, leucine at position 18 and valine at position 27 are substituted with other amino acids, in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
US09868940B2	Bioassay for cell conditioned media Herein is described a novel hybridoma cell line (RMH359) and its use as a cellular bioassay to determine the efficacy of cell conditioned media (CCM) as a supplement used to support cell survival and promote growth in culture. This bioassay is the first to provide a measure of CCM bioactivity in support of hybridoma cells used in the generation and production of monoclonal antibodies.
US09868939B2	Generating vasculogenic cell populations The present invention relates generally to methods and compositions useful for therapeutic vascular tissue engineering. In particular, the present invention provides methods for generating substantially pure populations of vasculogenic cells from human mesenchymal progenitors, and methods and compositions for clinical applications in the field of regenerative medicine.
US09868936B2	Cell culture method The present invention is directed towards methods for producing cell and tissue compositions suitable for therapeutic applications to a mammal in need of a therapeutic cell or tissue treatment. In particular, the invention is directed towards a method of culturing cells for use in therapy, which method comprises (i) culturing a sample of cells in a first cell culture medium and (ii) prior to harvesting cells for use in therapy culturing the cells in a second cell culture medium.
US09868928B2	System for brewing A fermenter is provided that heats and ferments a beverage feed material, such as grain and water, and a mashing device having a porous and permeable bottom to be positioned in the fermenter during heating to form an intermediate beverage feed material, such as a wort.
US09868925B2	Cleaning composition A hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a) from 1% to 60% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system; and b) from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the composition of a cleaning amine of formula: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently selected from —H, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and n=0-3.
US09868924B1	Composition and method An aqueous composition comprising a blend of surfactants including (a) a mixture of C6 alkyl glucoside, propylheptanol, and ethoxylate, (b) sorbitan monooleate, (c) polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, (d) trietanolamine, and (e) sodium ether sulfate.
US09868916B1	Methods and systems for cooling hot product gas Methods, systems, and apparatus for cooling hot product gas are provided. The method includes introducing cooled solid into a downward or upward contactor where heat transfer between solid and product gas. After separating solid and product gas in cyclone system, cooled product gas flows to process downstream and hot solid is introduced into a fluidized bed solid cooler from the cyclone dipleg. The hot solid flows through the shell side of the fluidized bed cooler and exchanger heat with the coolant in the tube side. The cooled solid flows through a mechanical or non-mechanical valve back into the downward/upward contactor and complete the cycle.
US09868915B2	Slurry hydroconversion and coking of heavy oils Systems and methods are provided for use of coking and slurry hydroconversion for conversion of heavy oil feeds. The combination of coking and slurry hydroconversion allows for improved yield of liquid products while reducing or minimizing the consumption of hydrogen in slurry hydroconversion reaction stages. Coking and slurry hydroconversion can be combined by segregating feeds based on Conradson carbon residue. Alternatively, slurry hydroconversion can be used to process unconverted bottoms from a coking process.
US09868913B2	Processing diesel fuel from waste oil There is disclosed a system and method for processing diesel fuel from petroleum-based waste oil on a small scale compared to conventional methods for re-refining waste oil to a valuable product. In an embodiment, the method comprises dehydrating waste oil to remove water from the waste oil, and operating a vertical cylindrical reactor to induce pyrolysis of the dehydrated waste oil and convert it into a hydrocarbon vapor phase. The hydrocarbon vapor derived from pyrolysis is condensed and distilled using a distillation tower to produce diesel fuel, heavy liquid hydrocarbon, light liquid hydrocarbon and light hydrocarbon vapor. A filtering step cleans the processed diesel fuel to obtain a clean diesel fuel product.
US09868908B2	Retort and corresponding oven with ductwork Summary: Method and system for processing a substance in a retort (1) wherein the retort comprises at least one flow deflector internal to the retort. A substance (8) is loaded into the retort (1), the retort (1) is positioned or located in an oven (9), a first (10) and second (11) duct are attacked to the retort, a heat carrier fluidum is passed through the substance (8) in the retort (1) for drying and/or heating the substance inside the retort, an indirect heat is transfer is applied over the wall (3) of the retort (1) and process progress is controlled by means of a controlled indirect heat transfer and/or a flow provided into the retort inlet comprising a heat carrier fluidum.
US09868907B2	Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof An IPS type liquid crystal display device superior in mass productivity and improved in image quality with a higher contrast ratio by decreasing the occurrence of defective display due to the disorder of the initial liquid crystal alignment by the liquid orientation control film and realizing stable alignment of liquid crystals comprises: a pair of substrates, at least one which is transparent; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates; a group of electrodes formed on at least one of the pair of substrates to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer; plural active elements connected to the group of electrodes; and an orientation control film disposed on at least one of the pair of substrates, wherein said orientation control film is made of a photosensitive polyimide and a polyamide acid ester and is given orientation control ability by being irradiated with substantially linearly polarized light.
US09868905B2	Compounds having a C—C triple bond and use thereof in liquid-crystal mixtures Compounds containing at least one C—C triple bond of the formula I R1-[A1-Z1]m-A2A3-[Z2-A4]n-[Z3-A5]o-R2 I, which have neutral dielectric anisotropy, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the giga- and terahertz region, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable phased-array antennae.
US09868902B2	Composition for etching The disclosure is related to a composition for etching, a method for manufacturing the composition, and a method for fabricating a semiconductor using the same. The composition may include a first inorganic acid, at least one of silane inorganic acid salts produced by reaction between a second inorganic acid and a silane compound, and a solvent. The second inorganic acid may be at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfuric acid, a fuming sulfuric acid, a nitric acid, a phosphoric acid, and a combination thereof.
US09868889B2	Thermal conductive electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet A thermal conductive electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet to be provided includes: a polymer including acrylate ester as a monomer; a metal magnetic oxide; and flame retardant filler subjected to surface treatment. The metal magnetic oxide includes a small-diameter metal magnetic oxide with an average particle diameter of 1 to 10 μm and a large-diameter metal magnetic oxide with an average particle diameter of 50 to 100 μm. A mixing ratio between the small-diameter metal magnetic oxide and the large-diameter metal magnetic oxide is in a range of 9:13 to 15:7 in volume ratio. The small-diameter metal magnetic oxide and the large-diameter metal magnetic oxide are contained by 55 to 60 vol % in total in the entire thermal conductive electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet. The flame retardant filler subjected to the surface treatment is contained by 8 to 10 vol % in the entire thermal conductive electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet.
US09868883B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a protective film, an optical device, and a display device. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition may exhibit suitable low speed and high speed peel-off strengths after forming a crosslinking structure, and have an excellent balance between them. Accordingly, the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition may exhibit an excellent protective effect when applied to a protective film, may be easily peeled in a high speed peel-off and thus advantageous for the high speed process, and may exhibit an excellent antistatic characteristic.
US09868882B2	Labeled packages A labeled package includes a polymeric package, a filmic facestock material as a label on the polymeric package, and a pressure sensitive adhesive adhering the filmic facestock material to the polymeric package. The pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes a monomer mixture, which includes at least one monomer that is free radical polymerizable and whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of less than or equal to 10° C.; at least one mono-olefinically unsaturated monomer having aldehyde or ketone functionality; and at least one polyhydrazide crosslinker having hydrazine functionality.
US09868880B2	Adhesive film for polarizing plate, polarizing plate including the same and optical display including the same An adhesive film for polarizing plates, a polarizing plate, and an optical display, the adhesive film being prepared from an adhesive composition including an isocyanate crosslinking agent and an imide crosslinking agent, and having a ΔG′ of about 50% to about 80%, ΔG′ being represented by Equation 1: ΔG′=(G1−G2)/G1×100 [Equation 1] in which G1 is a storage modulus of the adhesive film for polarizing plates as measured at 25° C., and G2 is a storage modulus of the adhesive film for polarizing plates as measured at 85° C.
US09868878B2	Adhesive composition and display device A display device includes: a display panel; a window on a surface of the display panel; and an adhesive layer between the display panel and the window, wherein the adhesive layer includes, with respect to a total weight of the adhesive composition: a binder in an amount of about 65 percent by weight (wt %) to about 80 wt %; a reactive monomer in an amount of about 15 wt % to about 25 wt %; a photopolymerization initiator in an amount of about 1 wt % to about 10 wt %; a thermal polymerization initiator in an amount of about 0.5 wt % to about 1 wt %; and a curing accelerator in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 0.5 wt %, wherein the curing accelerator includes a metallic acrylate.
US09868870B2	Hydrogel compositions for direct-write printing applications A thermo-responsive shear-thinning photo-curable composition comprises water, a linear amphiphilic polyether ABA triblock copolymer comprising at least one pendent ene group (—CH═CH2) capable of undergoing a thiol-ene reaction, a water-soluble crosslinking agent comprising two or more methylenethiol groups (—CH2SH), and a photoinitiator. Under non-shear conditions and a triblock copolymer concentration suitable for direct-write printing, the composition is a viscoelastic solid (hydrogel) at a temperature of about 15° C. to about 45° C., and is a free-flowing liquid (sol) between 0° C. and about 10° C. The hydrogel form can be shear-thinned at about 15° C. to about 45° C. to form a sol suitable for a direct-write printer using an extruding print-head. The compositions covalently crosslink when flood-exposed to ultraviolet radiation. The compositions have utility in forming three-dimensional scaffolds for growing living cells.
US09868865B1	Zero/low VOC dry erase coatings and other variations Multi-part and one-part dry erase compositions are disclosed herein, including methods of using such compositions to form low/zero volatile organic compound (VOC) dry erasable coatings. The multi-part dry erase composition comprises a mixture of a first part and a second part, wherein the first part comprises a curable epoxy resin, such as an aromatic epoxide with diglycidyl epoxy functionality, and the second part comprises an amine curing agent, such as cycloaliphatic polyamine. The one-part compositions comprise monomers, oligomers, and polymers of an aliphatic or aromatic isocyanate, such as a diisocyanate, and an amine curing agent, such as morpholine and derivatives thereof. The dry erase compositions have a VOC content of less than about 25 g/L. Dry erasable coatings also include the abilities to dry erase additional markings in addition to dry erase markers, to include, but not limited to, regular marker, permanent marker, pen, highlighter, crayon, and spray paints. The dry erasable coatings can also withstand wet erasing, cleaning, and deep cleaning, with more aggressive cleaning chemicals like acetone, xylene, and Goof-Off brand aerosol cleaner while still maintaining its dry erasable features.
US09868859B2	Color conversion in LCD displays Color conversion films for a LCD (liquid crystal display) having RGB (red, green, blue) color filters, as well as such displays, formulations, precursors and methods are provided, which improve display performances with respect to color gamut, energy efficiency, materials and costs. The color conversion films absorb backlight illumination and convert the energy to green and/or red emission at high efficiency, specified wavelength ranges and narrow emission peaks. For example, rhodamine-based fluorescent compounds are used in matrices produced by sol gel processes and/or UV (ultraviolet) curing processes which are configured to stabilize the compounds and extend their lifetime—to provide the required emission specifications of the color conversion films. Film integration and display configurations further enhance the display performance with color conversion films utilizing various color conversion elements.
US09868856B2	Polymer stabilizers for bituminous emulsions A mineral-compatible cationic emulsion composition with polymer stabilizers, and methods for utilizing same in paving and other applications is disclosed. In one aspect, a bitumen-in-water emulsion composition includes at least one bitumen material, at least one polymer stabilizer, at least one emulsifier, and water, where the emulsifier is a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, or a mixture of both, and the polymer stabilizer is a natural or synthetic cationic polymer consisting of alkylene polyamines, alkyl polyamines, polyquaternary polymers, polyvinylamine, polyvinylimidazoline, polyester polyquaternary polymers, polyether polyquaternary polymers, or mixtures thereof. The inclusion of polymer stabilizer in the cationic emulsion increases the stability of the emulsion and increases the compatibility of the cationic emulsion with negatively charged minerals.
US09868852B2	Rubber composition for tire and pneumatic tire An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition for tire which can improve initial grip performance and stable grip performance during running at a high level while maintaining sufficient abrasion resistance, and a pneumatic tire having a tread composed of this rubber composition for tire. The rubber composition for tire comprises 70 to 200 parts by mass of a filler and 60 to 250 parts by mass of a softener compounding 15 to 60 parts by mass of a predetermined tackifying resin with a softening point of not less than 110° C. based on 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber component comprising not less than 20% by mass of a SBRa having a glass transition temperature of −35 to 15° C., a styrene content of 35 to 48% by mass and a vinyl unit quantity in the butadiene component of 35 to 55%.
US09868849B2	Colored resin composition exhibiting pleochroism, and molded plastics manufactured using same The present invention relates to a coloring resin composition exhibiting pleochroism comprising 100 parts by weight of a transparent thermoplastic resin (A); 0.01 to 0.03 parts by weight of a dye for coloring a resin (B) which is one selected from the group consisting of an azo-based dye (b1), an anthraquinone-based dye (b2), and a methine dye (b3); and 0.1 to 0.3 parts by weight of a functional black dye (C) obtained by mixing an anthraquinone-based dye (c1) and a perinone-based dye (c2). A resin molded article manufactured by the coloring resin composition exhibiting pleochroism of the present invention is characterized by exhibiting different colors of light according to thicknesses although the resin molded article is irradiated with light sources in a single wavelength.
US09868848B2	Additives made from fatty diamides for nucleophile-sensitive cross-linkable compositions The present invention relates to a composition based on fatty acid diamide comprising: a) from 92% to 100% by weight of one or more fatty acid diamides, treated in situ by a neutralizing agent so as to reduce the residual amine content to a residual amine number, expressed in mg KOH/g, which remains less than 0.5, b) optionally, up to 8% by weight of at least one amorphous or semicrystalline oligomer with a Tg of greater than 60° C., with the sum of the % by weight a)+b) being equal to 100% by weight of the said diamide composition and with a) and b) being miscible as a blend.
US09868843B2	Hydrophobic aerogel materials The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Also provided is a method of preparing an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Further provided is a method of improving the hydrophobicity, the liquid water uptake, the heat of combustion, or the onset of thermal decomposition temperature of an aerogel composition.
US09868839B2	Process for the production of crosslinked PVC foams and compositions used for the embodiment of said process A process for the production of crosslinked PVC foams includes the preparation of a polymeric mixture based on PVC, isocyanate, anhydride, nucleating agent and a physical blowing agent, heating this mixture in a reaction mold, cooling the polymeric mass thus obtained, opening the mold in order to extract the microcellular embryo, and expanding and completing the crosslinking reactions of the embryo in an oven.
US09868838B2	Material composition for making exercise mat and manufacturing method of exercise mat An exercise mat is manufactured by a method including the steps of: mixing 15 wt % to 60 wt % of a plant fiber composite and 40 wt % to 85 wt % of a foamable material to form a mixture; adding an appropriate foaming agent; and foaming the mixture at a predetermined temperature to form a mat. The plant fiber composite includes a plant fiber raw material, a starch assistant and a biopolymer additive containing a plant hormone, an enzyme, a biological vinegar, and lactic acid ester. The foamable material is one selected from polyvinylchloride (PVC) and natural rubber (NR).
US09868834B2	Polymer blend for membranes Disclosed herein are aspects and embodiments of hydrophilic polymeric blend and polymeric membranes which may be formed from the hydrophilic polymeric blend. In one example, the polymeric blend includes a hydrophobic membrane forming polymer and a polyoxazoline as a blend compatible hydrophilizing additive.
US09868832B2	Thermoformable microsphere articles There is provided an article comprising at least a first surface having a first binder layer selected from at least one of linear resins and resins having low cross link densities, where the first binder layer has a first major surface opposite a second major surface; and a plurality of microspheres at least partially embedded in the first major surface of the first binder layer. There is also provided an article comprising a first surface having a first binder layer selected from at least one of linear resins and resins having low cross link densities; and a plurality of microspheres at least partially embedded a the first major surface of the first binder layer, where for at least a portion of the first major surface the plurality of microspheres covers 30% to 50% of that portion, and the microspheres are substantially uniformly spaced.
US09868830B2	Method of preparing the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite Disclosed are a vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition and a method of preparing the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite. According to the present invention, a method of preparing a straight vinyl chloride based nanocomposite having a nanomaterial uniformly dispersed therein, by using the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition when a vinyl chloride monomer is suspension polymerized in the presence of a protective colloidal agent and a polymerization initiator after preparing a water dispersion suspension using the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition based on a hydrophilic composition is provided.
US09868827B2	Process for the production of a composite polymer material with increased filler content An inventive process for the production of a composite polymer material is provided allowing for the preparation of a composite polymer material with high filler content which may be used as a masterbatch.
US09868826B2	Polymer substrates formed from carboxy functional acrylamide A polymer substrate, such as a polymer particle, is formed from a carboxyl functional monomer. In an example, the carboxyl functional monomer has a protection group in place of the OH of the carboxyl group. Once the monomer is polymerized, such a protection group can be removed, providing a polymer network with carboxyl functional sites. Such sites can be used to attach other functionality to the polymer substrate.
US09868817B2	Polycarbonate composition having improved optical and thermal properties The invention relates to aromatic polycarbonates which comprise dioxydiarylcycloalkane structural units, and which have improved optical and thermal properties. It also relates to an improved process to produce the said polycarbonates from dihydroxydiphenylcyloalkanes, and also to mixtures of these polycarbonates with polymers, with fillers, with dyes and with conventional additives.
US09868814B2	Branched low profile additives and methods of production The invention pertains to low profile additives (“LPA”) comprising branched polymers having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least about 20,000 grams/mole and a number average molecular weight (Mn) of at least about 3,000 grams/mole and methods for making the LPAs. The invention further concerns compositions comprising LPAs synthesized from one or more difunctional monomers and one or more branching agents. Also, disclosed are thermosettable resinous compositions and molded articles comprising the LPAs.
US09868812B2	Mechano-responsive composition The present invention provides a two-part mechano-responsive composition, comprising: Part I: a tetra-glycidyl amine multifunctional epoxy resin represented by the general formula (I); and Part II: a polythiol and an amine. The cured composition has a mechano-responsive property without adding any dyes or luminescence agents, and by subjected to mechanical stimuli, the cured composition changes its color, and the color is in the visible spectrum range, which can be easily checked with naked eyes; and the color change is reversible.
US09868811B2	Polyurethane biofoams derived from natural products and methods of making and using thereof Described herein are polyurethane compositions based on natural materials, as well as methods for making and using the compositions. Also described herein are biofoams made from the polyurethane compositions. The biofoams described herein are resistant to degradation by acid and heat and are able to recover their original shapes after the application of pressure.
US09868809B2	Method for the high-yield production of giant P-(R)calixarenes Giant p-(R)calixarenes, a process for the preparation of giant p-(R)calixarenes with high yields, and their use as the constitution of a material or in the context of the reinforcement of the material.
US09868807B2	Silane-functionalized hydrocarbon polymer modifiers for elastomeric compositions An elastomeric composition and method incorporating a hydrocarbon polymer modifier with improved permanence. The composition comprises elastomer, filler and silane-functionalized hydrocarbon polymer modifier (Si-HPM) adapted to couple the Si-HPM to the elastomer, filler or both, wherein the Si-HPM comprises an interpolymer of monomers chosen from piperylenes, cyclic pentadienes, aromatics, limonenes, pinenes, amylenes, and combinations thereof. The method comprises melt processing a mixture to form the elastomeric composition in the shape of an article, wherein the mixture comprises elastomer, Si-HPM, silica, bifunctional organosilane crosslinking agent; and curing the elastomeric composition to form the article. Also disclosed are a silylated hydrocarbon polymer modifier coupled with a bifunctional organosilane crosslinking agent, and a silica-coupled hydrocarbon polymer modifier coupled to the silica via the bifunctional organosilane crosslinking agent.
US09868801B2	Processes for the preparation of high-cis polydienes Disclosed herein are solution polymerization processes for producing a high-cis polydiene. The processes include polymerizing at least one conjugated diene monomer in an organic solvent in the presence of at least one thiol compound and a lanthanide-based catalyst composition to produce a polydiene having a cis-1,4-linkage content of 90-99%. The at least one thiol compound is represented by the general formula R—S—H, where R is a hydrocarbyl group or a substituted hydrocarbyl group. The lanthanide-based catalyst composition comprises (a) a lanthanide compound, (b) an alkylating agent, and (c) a halogen source, where (c) may optionally be provided by (a), (b), or both (a) and (b). The molar ratio of the at least one thiol compound to the lanthanide compound used in the polymerization process ranges from 0.01:1 to 100:1. Improved solution polymerization processes regarding the same are also disclosed herein.
US09868800B2	Method for producing polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbent resin A method for producing polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin includes a step of polymerizing an acrylic acid (salt)-based aqueous monomer solution, the polymerization step involving use of a polymerization reaction apparatus including a polymerization reaction unit covered with a casing, the polymerization step involving a polymerization reaction under internal pressure of the polymerization reaction unit, the internal pressure being slightly reduced and having a pressure reduction level of more than 0 kPa and not more than 10 kPa relative to the ambient pressure at the periphery of the polymerization reaction unit.
US09868799B2	Procatalyst for polymerization of olefins The invention relates to a procatalyst for polymerization of olefins. The invention also relates to a process for preparing said procatalyst. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a catalyst system for polymerization of olefins comprising the said procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of preparing polyolefins by contacting an olefin with said catalyst system and to polyolefins obtained or obtainable by said process. The invention also relates to the use of said procatalyst in the polymerization of olefins.
US09868796B2	Method and device for manufacturing cured light-curing resin composition A technology for curing a photocurable resin composition by ultraviolet ray/infrared ray hybrid irradiation is provided. An infrared ray irradiation is applied at least one of before or after the application of ultraviolet ray irradiation to a photocurable resin composition, from which volatile components have been removed by a heating process, to have the photocurable resin composition cured.It becomes possible to relax the ultraviolet ray irradiation conditions for photo curing by applying an infrared ray irradiation as compared with the case in which the infrared ray irradiation is not applied, and, in particular, the scratch resistance characteristics of a cured film are significantly enhanced. Moreover, because of a combination of ultraviolet ray irradiation and infrared ray irradiation, the curing time period of a cured film can be reduced and/or stress relaxation effects can be produced. Besides, it becomes possible to control the reflectance of a cured film by varying an irradiation amount of infrared ray.
US09868788B2	Antibodies against human and canine IL-13RA2 Provided herein is an antibody (e.g., an isolated antibody) that specifically binds an epitope (e.g., linear epitope) within amino acids spanning the extracellular portion of human IL-13RA2. In some embodiments, the amino acids spanning the extracellular portion of human IL-13RA2 have at least 90% identity with the corresponding canine sequence of IL-13RA2. In some embodiments, the antibody specifically binds both human and canine IL-13RA2. In some embodiments, the antibody is a monoclonal antibody. In some embodiments, the antibody is a recombinant antibody. In some embodiments, the antibody is humanized. In some embodiments, the antibody is the monoclonal antibody produced by hybridoma 1E10B9 or a recombinant form thereof.
US09868786B2	Methods for suppressing allergic reactions Provided are methods for suppressing IgE and IgG-mediated allergic reactions through monoclonal antibody applications. More specifically, methods are herein provided for safe induction of rapid desensitization. Specific embodiments are herein provided for suppressing allergic reactions in a subject, including specific methods of providing a monoclonal antibody selected from the group consisting of anti-FcεRIa and anti-FcγRIIb / RIII; administering the antibody to a subject at a dose that is lower than the level required to induce shock; and administering sequentially escalating doses of the monoclonal antibody so as to induce rapid desensitization to an allergen, thereby suppressing allergic reaction in the subject.
US09868784B2	Antibodies against the S100P protein for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer The present invention relates to the use of antibodies against the S100P protein for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer; and to methods and kits for diagnosing cancer in vitro by means of detecting the levels of S100P in a biofluid, preferably with an antibody. The invention also relates to specific anti-S100P monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cell lines producing them and method for obtaining them, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions and conjugates containing them.
US09868782B2	DRG11-responsive (DRAGON) gene family This invention features methods and compositions useful for treating and diagnosing diseases of the nervous system, retina, skin, muscle, joint, and cartilage using a Dragon family protein. Protein and nucleic acid sequences of human, murine, zebrafish, and C. elegans Dragon family members are also disclosed.
US09868780B2	High affinity antibodies that neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. In addition, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, and cells that express such antibodies are provided. Also provided are methods for treating diseases mediated by, and for neutralizing Staphylococcus enterotoxin B.
US09868778B2	Antibody capable of binding to influenza virus The present invention provides a novel antibody capable of binding to an influenza virus. The antibody directed to the present invention consists of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO: 16.
US09868772B2	Analogs of glucagon exhibiting GIP receptor activity Provided herein are glucagon analogs which exhibit potent activity at the GIP receptor, and, as such are contemplated for use in treating diabetes and obesity. In exemplary embodiments, the glucagon analog of the present disclosures exhibit an EC50 at the GIP receptor which is within the nanomolar or picomolar range.
US09868771B2	Peptides and compositions for treatment of joint damage The present invention provides new protease resistant polypeptides, as well as compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating or preventing conditions related to joint damage, including acute joint injury and arthritis.
US09868769B2	Mutated Salmonella enteriaca A novel, mutated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium vaccine is generated and imparts protective immunity in vaccinated animals for a range of S. enterica serovars. The vaccine can be attenuated or inactivated, including bacterial ghosts or membrane fractions thereof. Immunogenic compositions are included in the invention and methods of generating an immune response.
US09868767B2	Chemical synthesis and screening of bicyclic peptide libraries Disclosed herein are bicyclic peptide compounds, compositions comprising same, methods for making same, and libraries comprising same. The disclosed compounds, in various aspects, are useful for treating a variety of disorders, including inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, and disorders of uncontrolled cellular proliferation. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09868757B2	5-β, 14-β-androstane derivatives useful for the treatment of proteinuria, glomerulosclerosis and renal failure Compound of formula (I), wherein the symbol have the meaning reported in the text; for preparing a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of proteinuria, glomerulosclerosis or renal failure.
US09868756B2	Method for bisulfite treatment The present application is directed to a method for performing a bisulfite reaction to determine methylation positions in a nucleic acid, i.e. methylated and non-methylated cytosines, whereby the nucleic acid is bound to a solid phase during the deamination and/or desulfonation step of the bisulfite reaction. The solid phase is preferably a material comprising glass or silica, more preferably a glass fleece, glass membrane or a magnetic glass particle. Further, the use of a solid phase for binding a nucleic acid during the deamination and/or desulfonation step of the bisulfite reaction is disclosed and a kit containing a bisulfite reagent and a solid phase.
US09868755B2	Reagent-controlled stereoselective glycosylation Provided are methods for the efficient stereoselective formation of glycosidic bonds, without recourse to prosthetic or directing groups.
US09868754B2	Utility of nematode small molecules The present invention relates to methods of treating immune disorders and/or inflammation using certain modulator compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating an immune and inflammatory disorders disorder by administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective dosage of an ascaroside compound, or a mixture of ascaroside compounds, or a mixture containing at least one ascaroside.
US09868749B2	Fused imidazole and pyrazole derivatives as modulators of TNF activity A series of substituted benzimidazole, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine derivatives, and analogues thereof, being potent modulators of human TNFα activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
US09868745B2	Antiviral compounds The disclosure is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US09868744B2	Heteroaromatic compounds and their use as dopamine D1 ligands The present invention provides, in part, compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; processes for the preparation of; intermediates used in the preparation of; and compositions containing such compounds or salts, and their uses for treating D1-mediated (or D1-associated) disorders including, e.g., schizophrenia (e.g., its cognitive and negative symptoms), schizotypal personality disorder, cognitive impairment (e.g., cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia, AD, PD, or pharmacotherapy therapy), ADHD, Parkinson's disease, anxiety, and depression.
US09868743B2	Macrocyclic molecules as HCV entry inhibitors Compounds of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are set forth, in addition to compositions and methods of using these compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV.
US09868736B2	Deubiquitinase inhibitors and methods for use of the same Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting a deubiquitinase (DUB) by contact with a compound of formula (I).
US09868734B2	Conjugate of benzofuranone and indole or azaindole, and preparation and uses thereof The present invention relates to an oxo indirubin or isoindigo derivative, an oxo aza indirubin or isoindigo derivative, and their optical isomers, racemes, cis/trans isomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which can be used for preparing a drug for treating or preventing diseases such as glucose metabolic disorder, inflammatory or autoimmune disease, neurodegenerative disease, a mental illness, tissue proliferation disease or tumors.
US09868733B2	Azabenzimidazole tetrahydrofuran derivatives Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are activators of AMP-protein kinase and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPK-activated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension.
US09868730B2	Kappa opioid receptor selective compounds, compositions, and uses thereof The present invention provides, inter alia, compounds of formula (I): (structurally represented). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for treating or ameliorating the effects of a medical condition in a subject using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
US09868729B2	Inhibitors of protein kinases Provided are methods of treating inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, or a hematological malignancies using compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable tautomers, salts, or stereoisomers thereof. Such disorders and conditions include leukemia and Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
US09868728B2	Quinazoline derivatives, compositions, and uses related thereto The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to inhibitors of NADPH-oxidase.
US09868727B2	Factor XIa inhibitors The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of Factor XIa and plasma kallikrein.
US09868724B2	Compounds The present invention relates to novel retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ) modulators and their use in the treatment of diseases mediated by RORγ.
US09868722B2	Monocyclic pyrimidine/pyridine compounds as inhibitors of P97 complex Monocyclic pyrimidine and pyridine compounds having a benzyl amine substituent at the 4 position and a 5:6 bicyclic heteroaryl substituent at the 2 position of the pyrimidine or pyridine ring as well as optional aliphatic, functional and/or aromatic components substituted at other positions of the ring are disclosed. These compounds are inhibitors of the AAA proteasome complex containing p97 and are effective medicinal agents for treatment of diseases associated with p97 bioactivity such as cancer.
US09868720B2	C-linked heterocycloaklyl substituted pyrimidines and their uses The present invention provides for pyrimidine compounds of Formula I-I and embodiments thereof In Formula I-I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, n and the “het” ring are as described herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I and methods of using such compounds and compositions.
US09868717B2	Tricyclic sulphonamide compounds and methods of making and using same The invention provides tricyclic compounds and their use in treating medical disorders, such as obesity. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various tricyclic compounds are provided. The compounds are contemplated to have activity against methionyl aminopeptidase 2.
US09868714B2	Pyrone compounds and herbicides comprising the same The present invention provides a compound having an excellent efficacy for controlling weeds. A pyrone compound of formula (I): wherein m is 1, 2 or 3; n is an integer of any one of 1 to 5; X represents O, S, S(O) or S(O)2; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an C1-6 alkyl group and the like; R4 represents an C6-10 aryl group or a five- to six-membered heteroaryl group; G represents a hydrogen atom and the like; Z represents a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a phenyl group, an C1-6 alkyl group and the like; is useful as an active ingredient for herbicides.
US09868711B2	Phenazine-3-one and phenothiazine-3-one derivatives for treatment of oxidative stress disorders Disclosed herein are phenazine-3-one and phenothiazine-3-one derivative compounds and methods of using such compounds for treating or suppressing oxidative stress disorders, including mitochondrial disorders, impaired energy processing disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and diseases of aging.
US09868703B2	PRMT1 inhibitors and uses thereof Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds described herein are useful for inhibiting PRMT1 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT1-mediated disorders are also described.
US09868701B2	Method for producing nitrogen-containing pentafluorosulfanylbenzene compound A method for producing a nitrogen-containing pentafluorosulfanylbenzene compound of formula (2a) or (2b): (wherein R1 a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; Z is an aryl group linked to a carbonyl group; Y is a group of formula (Y1), (Y2), (Y3), or (Y4); R2 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group) the method comprising reacting a halogeno-pentafluorosulfanylbenzene compound of formula (1) with a nitrogenous nucleophile: (wherein X is a halogen atom; n is an integer of 1 to 5; R1 is as defined above).
US09868700B2	Carbamoyl hydrazine derivatives as formyl peptide modulators The present invention relates to carbamoyl hydrazine derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of the FPR receptor.
US09868699B2	Process for removing cations from an isophoronenitrile product mixture Cations are removed from a substance stream that is produced during the production of isophoronenitrile with the help of a cation exchanger.
US09868697B2	Phytosphingosine derivatives, and composition comprising same for preventing and treating inflammatory skin diseases, autoimmune diseases, and hyperkeratosis diseases A phytosphingosine derivative of chemical formula IA or IB, and a composition comprising the phytosphingosine derivative for preventing and treating inflammatory skin diseases, autoimmune diseases, and hyperkeratotic diseases. The phytosphingosine derivatives of the present disclosure are involved with transcription factors related to inflammation, autoimmune diseases and hyperkeratotic diseases, the expression and the generation of inflammatory mediators, signal transduction mechanisms, and the expression and the activity of relevant enzymes and the like.
US09868691B2	Compounds and compositions for intracellular delivery of therapeutic agents The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US09868686B2	Hydroformylation process The present invention relates generally to hydroformylation processes. In one embodiment, a process of the present invention comprises: (a) contacting CO, H2, and at least one olefin under hydroformylation conditions sufficient to form at least one aldehyde product in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst; (b) removing a product-containing liquid from the reaction zone and sending it to a vaporizer, which comprises a vaporizing zone and a vapor/liquid separation zone, wherein the product-containing liquid, which comprises crude product and catalyst, is heated in the vaporizing zone to form a mixture of gas and catalyst-containing liquid, which mixture is then phase separated in the separation zone, which separation zone has a liquid withdrawal port, a liquid region, a vapor space and a gas-liquid interface, wherein the liquid region comprises at least one divider plate, which optionally contains at least one perforation, wherein at least a portion of at least one divider plate is in proximity to the gas-liquid interface, with the proviso that at least a portion of at least one divider plate is at or below the interface, and wherein the temperature of the catalyst-containing liquid, measured at the liquid withdrawal port, is lower than the temperature of the vapor space.
US09868684B2	Method for manufacturing perfluorovinylethers The invention pertains to a process for the manufacture of a perfluorovinylether by hydrodehalogenation of a halofluoroether (HFE) having general formula (I-A) or (I-B): RfO—CRf′X—CRf″Rf′″X″ (I-A) wherein Rf represents a C1-C6 perfluoro(oxy)alkyl group; Rf′, Rf″ and Rf′″, equal or different from each other, independently represent fluorine atoms or C1-C5 perfluoro(oxy)alkyl groups; X and X′, equal or different from each other, are independently chosen among Cl, Br or I; wherein Rf* and Rf*′, equal or different from each other, independently represent fluorine atoms or C1-C3 perfluoro(oxy)alkyl groups; Y1 and Y2, equal or different from each other, independently represent fluorine atoms or C1-C3 perfluoroalkyl groups; X and X′ are as above defined; said process comprising contacting said halofluoroether (HFE) with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising palladium and at least one transition metal (M) selected from the group consisting of the metals of group VIIIB, other than palladium, and of group IB.
US09868682B2	Production of partially refined waste glycerol The disclosure relates to a novel glycerol purification process that produces partially refined waste glycerol for a variety of industrial applications. The disclosure encompasses a salt-containing partially refined glycerol composition that is suitable as a fermentation grade glycerol.
US09868681B2	Production method for γ,δ-unsaturated alcohols Provided is a method from which a γ,δ-unsaturated alcohol having a much more smaller amount of inclusion of formic acid and a formic acid ester and having a high purity can be obtained in a high yield. Specifically, provided is a method for producing a γ,δ-unsaturated alcohol by causing a reaction between an α-olefin and formaldehyde, the method including a step of bringing a reaction liquid obtained through the reaction into contact with an alkaline aqueous solution so as to provide an aqueous solution having pH of 9 to 13.
US09868679B2	Process for isomerization and decarboxylation of unsaturated organic compounds with a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor Disclosed is a method for using a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor that catalyzes the isomerization of an unsaturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid derivative, or an unsaturated triglyceride. Also disclosed is a method for using a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor that catalyzes the decarboxylation of an unsaturated organic compound. Also disclosed is a method for using a catalyst or catalyst precursor for the dual function isomerization and decarboxylation of an unsaturated fatty acid to an unsaturated organic compound.
US09868677B2	Process for obtaining a formulation with fertilizing and phytoprotective capability, a formulation with fertilizing and phytoprotective capability, use of a formulation with fertilizing and phytoprotective capability The present invention falls into the context of green chemistry and generically relates to a fertilizing and phytoprotective formulation and, in particular embodiment, to a film forming formulation that induces resistance to plants.The respective formulation, when applied to plants and/or fruits, results in the formation of a film on the surface of the material, which has a characteristic of photoprotection against UV-B and UV-C radiations, resistance kept in water, even after high hygroscopicity, greater stability at high ambient temperatures, formation of desired porosity and surface homogeneity.
US09868674B2	Chemical additive for calcium sulphoaluminate-modified portland cement A chemical additive for calcium sulphoaluminate-modified Portland cement comprises the following substances: (a) at least one alkanolamine borate; (b) at least one organic alcohol; and (c) at least one saccharide or a derivative thereof; and the substances and water are sequentially mixed and stirred to obtain the chemical additive for calcium sulphoaluminate-modified Portland cement. The chemical additive for calcium sulphoaluminate-modified Portland cement provided by the invention has better effects of regulating the setting time of the calcium sulphoaluminate-modified Portland cement and improving the 3d/28d strength increase rate, and also has a grinding aid effect when being added during grinding.
US09868673B2	Method for manufacturing magnesium fluoride sintered compact, method for manufacturing neutron moderator, and neutron moderator There are provided a method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact to be free from cracks and chipping and to have high relative density, a method for manufacturing a neutron moderator, and the neutron moderator. The method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact includes a powder filling process for filling a magnesium fluoride powder material into a die by tapping, and an intermediate body sintering (pulsed electric current sintering) process for performing pulsed electric current sintering for sintering the filled magnesium fluoride powder material while applying a pulsed electric current thereto, to obtain a magnesium fluoride sintered compact (intermediate body).
US09868672B2	Ceramic material The present disclosure provides a ceramic material containing a vanadium oxide, and 50 to 400 ppm by mass of nitrogen with respect to the vanadium oxide. The ceramic material according to the present disclosure less varies in the amount of heat absorption. A cooling device comprising the ceramic material is also provided.
US09868668B2	Fast wetting agent for dry-mix applications A particulate wetting and hydrophobing additive comprising components a) and b), where: component a) is a disiloxane having structure (I) Where R2 is selected from a branched or linear hydrocarbon group of 2 to 10 carbons, a substituted branched or substituted linear hydrocarbon group of 2 to 10 carbons, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group and an optionally substituted alkyl hydrocarbon group of 4 to 9 carbons containing aryl substituents of 6 to 20 carbons; R1, R3, R4 and R5 are each independently selected from the monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 4 carbons, substituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, aryl, and a hydrocarbon group of 6 to 20 carbons containing an aryl group; Z is a linear or branched divalent hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 10 carbon atoms and R8 is selected from OH, H, monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 6 carbons and acetyl, each of the subscripts a, b and c are zero or positive provided that a+b+c≧1; and component b) is a carrier.
US09868667B2	Bonding element, bonding matrix and composite material having the bonding element, and method of manufacturing thereof A bonding element, a bonding element matrix and composite materials with a wide range of attractive properties that may be optimized, including, but not limited to, mechanical properties, thermal properties, magnetic properties, optical properties and nuclear properties, as a result of a first layer and second layer structure or core, first layer, and second layer structure of the bonding elements, as well as methods for making the bonding elements and the corresponding ceramic and/or composite materials.
US09868664B2	Low CTE, ion-exchangeable glass compositions and glass articles comprising the same Glass compositions and glass articles comprising the glass compositions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass composition includes from about 65 mol. % to about 70 mol. % SiO2; from about 9 mol. % to about 14 mol. % Al2O3; and from about 0 mol. % to about 11 mol. % B2O3 as glass network formers. The glass composition also includes from about 5 mol. % to less than 10 mol. % alkali oxide R2O, wherein R is at least one of Li, Na, and K. The glass composition also includes from about 3 mol. % to about 11 mol. % of divalent oxide MO, wherein M is at least one of Mg, Ca, Ba, SrO and Zn. The glass composition has a coefficient of thermal expansion which is less than or equal to 55×10-7/° C. and is amenable to strengthening by ion-exchange. The glass composition is well suited for use as the glass cladding layers of a laminated glass article.
US09868661B2	Glass lens blank for polishing, manufacturing method therefore, and optical lens manufacturing method A glass lens blank for polishing in which a thickness of a defect-containing layer is suppressed to a minimum and thus it is possible to shorten the processing time required for grinding and polishing the glass lens blank for polishing after press-molding, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of manufacturing an optical lens. A glass lens blank for polishing of which at least a main surface is a press-molding surface, wherein a defect-containing layer formed on the main surface has a thickness of 50 μm or less.
US09868657B2	Constructed wetland sewage treatment system A system comprises a rotting sedimentation tank with a particulate solids filter, a distribution well, an exposed reservoir with drainage of PVC pipes and insulation of PVC foil, and an inspection well at the reservoir outlet. The reservoir is filled with layers of gravel and sand, planted with hydrophilic vegetation. The filter bed is composed of three layers, the bottom layer filled with coarse-grained oval gravel, in which the dispersal drain is at ⅔ of the height connected with a supply pipe to the distribution well and terminated with the ventilation chimney, the intermediate layer filled with fine-grained oval gravel, and the top layer filled with sand, in which the collecting drain with an outlet to the inspection well is laid. The level of the sewage in the rotting sedimentation tank is located below the level of the collecting drain.
US09868656B2	Wastewater treatment device Provided is a wastewater treatment device that can reduce the fluoride ion concentration in industrial wastewater to improve the recovery rate of purified water. A wastewater treatment device (1) includes a biological treatment unit (3) that decomposes and eliminates organic matter in wastewater by means of microorganisms, and a desalinization unit (4) that is provided downstream of the biological treatment unit (3) and eliminates salt-forming ionic components from within the wastewater. A pretreatment unit (2), which removes components, such as heavy metals or oil contained in the wastewater, which inhibit the function of the biological treatment unit (3) or the desalinization unit (4), is provided upstream of the biological treatment unit (3), and the pretreatment unit (2) is provided with a fluoride concentration reduction unit that reduces the concentration of fluoride ions in the wastewater by eliminating the fluoride ions from within the wastewater.
US09868652B1	Oil-skimming tube with stiffening insert member A flexible thermoplastic tube having a stiffening member installed inside is described herein. Mechanisms to couple both the stiffening member and outer tube are also described. The stiffened tube is particularly useful in oil skimming equipment for remediation of hydrocarbons in containment pools.
US09868651B2	Solar disinfection of fluid A system for solar disinfection of fluid. One most preferred version of the system includes: (a) A UVTC, made of a polyethylene laminate film with an approximately rectangular plan, providing: a. A first compartment. b. A second compartment for holding fluid, with a port to fill and dispense. (b) A Disinfection Monitor Module (“DMM”) located in the first compartment which: a. Includes at least one sensor to measure radiation intensity. b. Provides at least one user interface: c. Contains a wireless communication interface. d. Operates according to a process that ensures sufficient cumulative exposure of the contained fluid to solar UV to achieve adequate solar disinfection. Alternative embodiments may also include sensors to detect additional characteristics, such as transmittance, turbidity, “combined transmittance,” and/or temperature.
US09868647B2	System and methods for removing impurities from phosphogypsum and manufacturing gypsum binders and products Methods and systems that remove impurities from phosphogypsum (PG), including from radium and heavy metal salts, and produce gypsum binders and products. In one embodiment, PG is reacted with a chloride solution in an acidic environment under mechanical manipulation and/or heat followed by galvanic and/or zeolite absorption removal of impurities.
US09868642B2	Synthesis of DDR framework-type molecular sieves A process for synthesizing a DDR framework-type molecular sieve comprises crystallizing a reaction mixture comprising water, a source of silicon, and a structure directing agent, Q, selected from the group consisting of a methyltropinium salt, a 2,6,N,N-tetramethylpiperidinium salt, a 2,N,N-trimethylpiperidinium salt and mixtures thereof, wherein the reaction mixture has a molar ratio of water to silicon from 5 to 80 and a molar ratio of alkali or alkaline earth metal, M, to silicon less than 0.01.
US09868639B2	Method for manufacturing carbonaceous film and method for manufacturing graphite film There has been a problem that wrinkles easily occur on a carbonaceous film produced by the use of a continuous production method and on a graphite film obtained by heat-treating the carbonaceous film. In the present invention, heating treatment is carried out on a polymeric film while applying pressure to the polymeric film in the film thickness direction with the use of a continuous carbonization apparatus. This makes it possible to obtain a carbonaceous film and a graphite film in which wrinkling is reduced.
US09868638B2	Methods of making and purifying carbon nanotubes In one aspect, methods of making semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes are described herein. In some implementations, a method of making semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes comprises providing a plurality of semiconducting nanotube seeds including (n,m) nanotube seeds and non-(n,m) nanotube seeds. The method further comprises illuminating the plurality of nanotube seeds with a first laser beam having a first wavelength and a second laser beam having a second wavelength, the second wavelength differing from the first wavelength. The first wavelength corresponds to an absorption maximum for a (n,m) carbon nanotube and the second wavelength corresponds to a photoluminescence emission frequency for the (n,m) carbon nanotube.
US09868637B2	Bromine-facilitated synthesis of fluoro-sulfur compounds Described herein are methods for the bromine-facilitated synthesis of fluoro-sulfur compounds, that include SF4, SF5Cl, SF5Br and SF6. The methods described herein generally require lower temperature and pressure, produce higher yields, require less time, do not use corrosive or costly reactants and solvents that are commonly used in the synthesis of the fluoro-sulfur compounds, and do not produce deleterious waste products when compared to previously-used methods.
US09868635B2	Use of an ionic liquid for storing hydrogen Method of storing hydrogen by forming a first ionic liquid by inducing a borohydride in a second ionic liquid comprising a cation and an anion comprising borate, and forming the second ionic liquid by releasing the hydrogen out of the first ionic liquid by using water and/or a catalyst, which method is characterized in that the first and the second ionic liquid are both water miscible and the second ionic liquid is separated, particularly is salted out, from solution in water by adding a separation inducer; certain ionic liquids for storing and releasing hydrogen comprising a borohydride or for preparing a ionic liquid for storing and releasing hydrogen comprising a borate; and a process for preparing ionic liquids for storing and releasing hydrogen comprising a borohydride.
US09868634B2	Method for manufacturing stamp and method for manufacturing wire grid polarizer using the stamp A method for manufacturing at least one stamp may include preparing a mold that includes mold protrusions, wherein the mold protrusions extend parallel to each other in a plan view of the mold and include a first mold protrusion. The method may further include providing resin on the mold, wherein the resin partially covers the mold protrusions without completely covering the mold protrusions, and wherein a side of the resin is at an angle with respect to the first mold protrusion in a plan view of a structure that includes the mold and the resin. The method may further include curing the resin to form cured resin. The method may further include forming a stamp that includes the cured resin.
US09868632B2	Molded cavity package with embedded conductive layer and enhanced sealing A base plate with a first side having an elevated portion, a recessed portion laterally surrounding the elevated portion, and a vertical face extending from the recessed portion to the elevated portion is provided. At least a part of the vertical face is covered with a metal layer. A mold compound structure is formed on the first side with the metal layer disposed between the first side and the mold compound structure such that the mold compound structure includes an elevated portion laterally surrounding a recessed portion, and opposing edge faces that vertically extend from the recessed portion to the elevated portion. At least a part of the base plate is subsequently removed such that the recessed portion of the mold compound structure is uncovered from the base plate and such that the metal layer remains on at least one uncovered section of the mold compound structure.
US09868629B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a case; a terminal made of a conductive material and embedded in the case, a part of the terminal being exposed to the outside, having an outermost surface that includes a first film, and having a base portion; a bonding wire that is connected to the first film and electrically connects the semiconductor element and the terminal; and a protection member that is more flexible than the case and covers a contact portion of the terminal contacting with the bonding wire. The first film is removed from an area around the contact portion with the bonding wire in the part of the terminal being exposed to the outside, causing the base portion to be exposed. An exposed portion of the base portion and the protection member adhere to each other.
US09868627B2	Combination spout and filter, particularly for paint barrels A combined filter and spout device for use with a paint barrel includes a hollow body having a pouring end, a straining end and a barrel opening engaging portion therebetween; the engaging portion sized and otherwise dimensioned to be friction fit into the liquid dispensing opening of the barrel; the pouring end having a shape which facilitates the outflow of liquid from the barrel; and the straining end having a convex surface enclosing the hollow body; the convex surface having a plurality of perforations sized and otherwise dimensioned to permit liquid to pass therethrough.
US09868622B1	Trailer leveling device The disclosed embodiments relate to a drive-on leveling device that is adapted for single and tandem axle recreational trailers. It is placed beneath the trailer wheel that supports the weight of the vehicle, on the side that has the lower elevation. The leveling device's two-block assembly creates a level plane that is stationary. The incline block and chock block are each designed with tines that allow insertion into one another for quick leveling and chocking.
US09868619B2	Self-engaging clutch An improved self-engaging clutch having a carrier plate with one or more clutch actuator fingers formed into the carrier plate.
US09868618B2	Crane and related method of operation The present invention relates to a crane (101). The crane (101) has a hoist (113) for performing a lifting operation and a controller (125) for controlling operation of the crane. At least one sensor (127) is provided for detecting the presence of a person in a safety region (129). The controller (125) is configured to inhibit operation of the crane (127) when the sensor (127) detects a person in the safety region (129). The present invention also relates to a crane control system and a method of operating a crane (101).
US09868614B2	Elevator system One elevator system includes an elevator car, counterweight, traction sheave, support wrapped around the traction sheave and suspending the car and the counterweight, a compensation sheave, a compensation member wrapped around the compensation sheave and being affixed at a first end to the elevator car and at a second end to the counterweight, and a tensioner. The support is driven by rotation of the traction sheave to raise and lower the car, and the tensioner is in communication with the traction sheave for linearly displacing a rotational centerpoint of the traction sheave. Another elevator system has an elevator car, counterweight, compensation sheave, compensation rope wrapped around the compensation sheave and being affixed to the car and the counterweight, a traction sheave driving a support suspending the car and the counterweight, and a tensioner in communication with the traction sheave for inducing a variation in tension of the compensation rope.
US09868611B2	Yarn traversing device for a spooling device of a textile machine producing cross-wound bobbins A yarn traversing device (11) for a spooling device (4) of a textile machine producing cross-wound bobbins (1) comprises a yarn guide (25), which is connected by an endless tensioning means designed as a toothed belt (30) to a single drive (34), wherein the toothed belt (30) rotates in a largely closed housing (23) of the yarn traversing device (11) and is guided by guide wheels (31 or 32) arranged laterally next to a traversing area (B) and a drive wheel (41) connected to the electric motor single drive (34). The guide wheels (31 or 32) each have a smooth running surface (33), which is largely resistant to dirt, over which the toothed belt (30) runs with its toothing (38).
US09868609B2	Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and pair of pressing members A sheet processing apparatus includes a pressing unit and a shifting unit. The pressing unit has a protrusion and presses the protrusion against a fold section of a sheet. The fold section extends in one direction. The shifting unit moves at least one of the protrusion of the pressing unit and the sheet so as to shift a pressing position, at which the fold section is pressed by the protrusion, in the one direction or in a direction opposite to the one direction.
US09868586B2	Non-uniformly perforated plastic bag Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.
US09868583B2	Insulated container with work surface A soft sided insulated container assembly includes a first portion having an insulated, soft sided external wall structure, and a second portion that defined a lid co-operable with the first portion. The lid includes an auxiliary access opening and closure member that are smaller than the main opening, and that can be operated one-handed. A rigid work surface is provided, typically immediately adjacent to the secondary closure member, the work surface providing a place for holding or mixing a drink or for preparing a snack. In some embodiments the work surface may be movable relative to the container, whether slidable in a co-planar or parallel planar manner in translation, or folding as in a foldable shelf. The entire container assembly may be foldable or collapsible to a storage condition, and the rigid member, whether fixed or movable, does not impede that folding or collapsing.
US09868582B2	Material for carton, blank, or substrate A material for forming a carton for containing a plurality of articles. The material can comprise a plurality of layers comprising a first layer comprising a base and a second layer comprising an insulator. The first layer can be an exterior layer, and the second layer can be a interior layer. The layers of the plurality of layers can be respectively overlapped and attached to one another.
US09868580B2	Packaging system A primary storage (2) container has a body portion (4), a neck portion (6) extending from the body portion, the neck portion providing an outlet of the primary storage container, an annular fitting (10) on the neck portion for fitting a closure (12) onto the primary storage container and at least one cutting element (14) extending outwardly of the fitting in a direction away from the outlet (8); and wherein the fitting has a first bayonet coupling (42) for releasably locking into the fitting a flange (36) forming a second bayonet coupling (44). A refill container (32) has a chamber portion (34), filled with a dose of a refill composition, the chamber portion having an annular flange defining (36) an opening (38) of the chamber portion (34), and a frangible film (40) covering the opening and attached to the annular flange (36), wherein the flange (36) has a male bayonet coupling (44). The primary storage container and the refill container (32) are combined in a packaging system.
US09868579B2	Oxygen absorbing agent composition and oxygen absorbing agent package The present invention provides an oxygen absorbing agent composition comprising a compound (A) having two or more tetralin rings, and a transition metal catalyst.
US09868577B2	Packaging assembly A frame (14) is useful in a packaging assembly including a box. The frame includes a panel (16) and a sheet (40). The panel has a panel length (L1) that is greater than the box length. The panel has a panel width (W1) that is greater than the box width. The panel defines a left slot (26) configured to receive the left closure flap of the box and a right slot (28) configured to receive the right closure flap of the box. The panel includes a left panel flap (30) extending from the left slot to the left edge (18) of the panel, a right panel flap (32) extending from the right slot to the right edge (20) of the panel, a front panel flap (34) extending from the left panel flap to the right panel flap; and a rear panel flap (36) extending from the left panel flap to the right panel flap. The left panel flap is foldably connected to the front panel flap and to the rear panel flap. The right panel flap is foldably connected to the front panel flap and the rear panel flap. The panel defines a panel opening (38) circumscribed by the left, right, front, and rear panel flaps. The sheet (40) is attached to the front panel flap and the rear panel flap and extends over the panel opening.
US09868575B2	Flexible laminate having an integrated pressure-release valve The present invention is related to flexible multilayer laminates having an integrated, one-way pressure-release valve for use in a sealed container for packing gas-producing products. The pressure-release valve is partly disconnected from the rest of the laminate, forming an inflatable outlet tube with at least one large outlet opening and lifting off from the laminate under increased pressure in the pack. The one-way pressure-release valve allows for pressure release at low minimum opening pressure in a reliable and reproducible way.
US09868574B2	Water-soluble packaging film The present invention provides a water-soluble packaging film which is capable of packaging chemicals while maintaining appropriate flexibility without changes in the appearance or offensive odors over a long period of time, which takes much less time to dissolve in water, and which can achieve excellent water solubility, excellent visibility, and excellent chemical resistance. The present invention relates to a water-soluble packaging film containing: polyvinyl alcohol; a plasticizer; and an alkali metal, the water-soluble packaging film containing 3 to 15 parts by weight of the plasticizer based on 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol, the water-soluble packaging film containing 0.3 to 5% by weight of the alkali metal based on 100% by weight of the water-soluble packaging film.
US09868573B1	Recyclable cable tie A recyclable cable tie has a single-aperture buckle, at least one multi-aperture buckle and a belt. The top of the single-aperture buckle is connected to the bottom of the most proximal multi-aperture buckle via the connecting tape. Each one of the at least one multi-aperture buckle has at least two up-down symmetrically arranged engaging cases. Each engaging case has an engaging pawl and an opening. Multiple unidirectional ratchets are formed on the top of the engaging pawl and extend up into the opening of the multi-aperture buckle. The belt is connected to the bottom of the single-aperture buckle. The belt may first engage with the single-aperture buckle, and the extra tail of the belt may be cut off. The extra tail that is cut off may be further used to engage with the multi-aperture buckles continuously so as to be recyclable.
US09868572B2	Closure for a container A closure includes a body having an open bottom formed of a skirt that defines an outer periphery of the body and an end wall defining a body dispensing aperture and a raised body portion providing a closed barrier. The closure also includes a cover coupled to the end wall of the body and having a cover dispensing aperture, the cover being rotatably movable relative to the body between a dispensing position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the body dispensing aperture, and a closed position with the cover dispensing aperture substantially aligned with the raised body portion, wherein the cover dispensing aperture includes one or more dividers defining sub-apertures.
US09868570B2	Reclosable stopper revealing a first opening A reclosable stopper for revealing a first opening includes a base body for positioning on a container mouth (12), from which base body a pouring element extends upwardly, and a protection and closing cap integrally and hingedly connected to the base body. The base body also includes a guarantee ring connected by frangible bridges to a collar. The cap is firmly positioned on the base body for closure. A tamper-proof feature is provided between the base body having the pouring element, and the cap, for revealing a first opening, which includes a double frangible connection system which can be actuated towards the inside of the cap.
US09868569B2	Waterproof storage box A storage box includes a box body having an opening, an upper cover and a side cover. The upper cover has an upper cover body covering removably an upper opening portion of the opening of the box body, a waterproof segment connected to a portion of a periphery of the upper cover body, and two pivot segments connected respectively to opposite ends of the waterproof segment. The side cover has a side cover body covering removably a side opening portion of the opening of the box body, and a pivot section connected pivotally to the pivot segments and having a side edge connected to a portion of a periphery of the side cover body. The pivot section is covered by and received in the waterproof segment of the upper body.
US09868565B2	Gabion deployment platform The present invention relates to a gabion deployment platform for storing a folded multi-compartment gabion and from which the gabion can be deployed, the deployment platform comprising: a base element for supporting the folded multi-compartmental gabion, the base element comprising a first member configured to extend along at least a part of a first side of said folded multi-compartment gabion, and a second member, extending transversely from said first member, said second member configured to extend along at least a part of a second side of said folded multi-compartmental gabion; and at least one retaining element, coupled at a first end thereof to said base element, said at least one retaining element being releasably attached, connected or retentively engaged, at least at one point of said at least one retaining element, by way of at least one releasable attaching, connecting or retentive engaging means, to a portion of a compartment of said folded multi-compartment gabion, said at least one retaining element configured to extend from said base element, over at least a portion of said folded multi-compartment gabion, said at least one retaining element serving to attach, connect or retentively engage a part of the gabion to the base element when the gabion is folded but to release the gabion from the base element when the gabion is deployed.
US09868564B2	Metal container A metal container body 1 comprises a base and a generally cylindrical side wall 3. The top edge of the cylindrical side wall is rolled over to form a hollow annular bead 5 surrounding the upper open end of the container body and a notch 6 is formed at a circumferential point in the annular bead. The container body is for use with a releasable closure 2 formed with an end wall 7 and a depending skirt 8 and having an annular layer of sealing material 9 provided on the inside of the end wall adjacent the skirt. When the closure is pressed onto the container body, the annular bead engages the annular layer of sealing material and some of that material extends into the notch 6. The closure is held on the container only by the partial vacuum formed therein during processing of a food product in the container. After processing, the user opens the container by rotating the closure. Sealing material in the notch forces the closure to lift off from the container to break the seal and release the closure.
US09868563B2	Cartons with reclosable features A carton for holding a product is disclosed. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The carton further comprises a hinge in at least one of the plurality of panels and a reclosable lid pivotably attached to the carton. The reclosable lid comprises a first intermediate panel foldably connected to at least one of the plurality of panels and a second intermediate panel foldably connected to the first intermediate panel. The first intermediate panel is positioned in face-to-face contact with the second intermediate panel. The reclosable lid is pivotable at the hinge between a closed position preventing access to the interior of the carton and an open position allowing access to the interior of the carton.
US09868559B2	Label sticking device and apparatus A label sticking device has a shaft, a cable holder, a drive, a press, and an actuator. The shaft has a rotational axis, and a cable receiving passageway extending along a longitudinal axis aligned with the rotational axis. The cable holder is positioned along the longitudinal axis and the rotational axis. The drive rotates the shaft about the rotational axis. The press has a body rotatably connected to the shaft, and a foot positioned on the body. The foot is movable between a pressing position proximate to the rotational axis, and a non-pressing position distal to the rotational axis. The actuator moves the press between the pressing position and the non-pressing position.
US09868558B2	Pharmaceutical storage and retrieval system and methods of storing and retrieving pharmaceuticals A pharmaceutical storage and retrieval device and a method of accessing and loading the device. The device includes a housing, at least one port with controlled access to inventory stored within the device, a robotic transfer mechanism for moving inventory items to and from the controlled port, software for tracking the inventory and users of the device, and an interface with the pharmacy software system to track and monitor which inventory is authorized for access by each user and which inventory is needed to fill a prescription.
US09868555B2	Systems and methods for filling inoculations Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for systems and methods to dynamically filling inoculations in proper quantities. Embodiments are directed towards a multi-dose prefilled reconstituted device (MPRD) that is configured to automatically prepare a plurality of vials for inoculations quickly and accurately, wherein the MPRD is a transportable device that may be moved from a laboratory environment to a field environment and/or a clinical environment.
US09868554B2	Centering devices for carrier packers Centering devices for carrier packers are provided. Such devices may include two series of flexible tabs, aligned along two parallel shafts. The shafts rotate the flaps in two alternative angular positions. In a lowered angular position, the tabs are introduced partly in the cells of a carrier, to guide bottles towards the centers of the cells. In an angularly raised position, the tabs are rotated away so as not to interfere with the bottle necks once the bottles have been fitted in the cells, so that it is convenient for a conveyor to take away the carrier. Carrier packers including such devices are also provided.
US09868550B2	Long and short range storage and transmission system on aircraft parts According to one embodiment, an aircraft part storage system includes a first storage device and a second storage device. The first storage device is configured to be coupled to an aircraft part and operable to store and transmit a first set of information about the aircraft part. The second storage device is configured to be coupled to the same aircraft part and operable to store and transmit a second set of information about the aircraft part. The second storage device has a larger storage capacity than the first storage device but a shorter transmission range than the first storage device.
US09868547B2	Lighting unit for an aircraft interior The disclosure relates to a lighting unit for an aircraft interior having a floor with a baseplate fastenable to structure of the aircraft, and having a receiving region that faces away from the structure in a fastened state. An OLED light source having one or more OLEDs is arranged in the receiving region. The lighting unit also has a lens arranged on a side of the OLED light source facing away from the baseplate, and a frame mechanically retained in the receiving region by plug contacts such that the OLED light source and the lens are fastened in the receiving region. The plug contacts include electrical and mechanical contacts, wherein the OLEDs are supplied with electricity by at least one controllable driver, and wherein the contacts supply electricity to the OLED light source.
US09868541B2	Tiltrotor aircraft having journal bearing mounted pylon assemblies A propulsion system for a tiltrotor aircraft includes an engine supported by the airframe and a fixed gearbox operably coupled to the engine. Inboard and outboard pedestals are supported by the airframe and positioned above the wing. A pylon assembly is rotatably coupled between the inboard and outboard pedestals. The pylon assembly includes a spindle gearbox having an input gear, a mast operably coupled to the input gear and a proprotor assembly operable to rotate with the mast. The spindle gearbox is rotatable about a conversion axis to selectively operate the tiltrotor aircraft between helicopter and airplane modes. A common shaft, rotatable about the conversion axis, is configured to transfer torque from an output gear of the fixed gearbox to the input gear of the spindle gearbox. Each of the inboard and outboard pedestals includes a journal bearing that provides a stiff coupling with the pylon assembly.
US09868532B2	Adjustable vent clip and gripping clamp system A support system which allows for the mounting of a smart phone, or a video player, or similar electronic device, in a variety of ways at a distance from the user. The support system may be adapted to plug into the vents of an automobile, facilitating use of the electronic device while driving. The support system may include a kit of parts which allow for the mounting of a gripping clamp adapted to grip a smart phone. The kit may include a lever mount adapted to facilitate mounting of the support system, and the electronic device it supports, onto the stowed tray table of an airplane.
US09868529B2	Aircraft lavatory unit An aircraft lavatory unit that includes a diaper changing platform has a first side wall and a second side wall located on both sides of a toilet bowl, and a rear surface wall located to the rear of the toilet bowl. Handrails are provided on the first side wall and the second side wall. The diaper changing platform can be pivoted between a stowage position in which it is stowed in a stowage recess in the rear surface wall, and a usage position in which the diaper changing platform is lowered above the toilet bowl. The diaper changing platform is configured so that in the usage position it is supported by placing both sides of the bottom surface on the handrails of the first side wall and the second side wall.
US09868526B2	Airborne drone delivery network and method of operating same An airborne drone delivery network and method of operating same that provides an effective system to deliver items to a set number of delivery locations using drones in which the drone flight path is minimized and wherein the drones may be easily retrieved and reused for delivery of additional items.
US09868522B2	Rotorcraft autopilot control A rotorcraft autopilot system includes a series actuator connecting a cockpit control component to a swashplate of a rotorcraft, the series actuator to modify a control input from the cockpit control component to the swashplate through a downstream control component. The rotorcraft autopilot system also includes a differential friction system connected to the cockpit control component, the differential friction system to control the series actuator to automatically adjust a position of the cockpit control component during rotorcraft flight based, in part, on a flight mode of the rotorcraft.
US09868521B2	Retractable self-aligning aircraft stablizer strut assembly and aircraft including the same Self-aligning retractable strut stabilization assemblies that are ground engageable in use are provided to stabilize a vehicle, e.g., a cargo aircraft during loading/unloading operations. The strut stabilization assembly may be on-board equipment associated with an aircraft that may be actuated (e.g., via on-board hydraulic and/or electric actuation systems) by the aircraft operator so as to stabilize the aircraft during certain ground operations, e.g., cargo and/or personnel loading/unloading operations. A laterally separated pair of centering mechanisms are attached to the main strut and define a zero-spring bias load state corresponding to an aligned condition of the main strut. Displacement of the main strut out of the aligned condition responsively causes at least one centering mechanism to exert a spring-biased load in an opposite direction of the displacement causing the at least one centering mechanism to return to the zero-spring bias load state thereby returning the main strut to the aligned condition thereof.
US09868517B2	Rotatable wing tip joint and method of making same A joint for coupling a wing tip to a wing base includes a linking member that extends from a first end to a second end. The linking member first end is coupleable to the wing base, and the linking member second end is coupleable to the wing tip. The linking member may be curved and may extend for a fixed distance between the wing tip and the wing base. The linking member defines first second hinge lines that are substantially parallel. The joint also includes at least two actuators. A first end of each actuator is coupled to the linking member, and a second end of each actuator is coupleable to one of the wing base and the wing tip. The actuators are operable to rotate the wing tip about the first and second hinge lines between a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the wing base.
US09868513B2	Device for warning a rotorcraft pilot by means of tactile signals and making use of a trim actuator connected to a flight control member A method of using a tactile signal warning device forming part of a human-operated flight control member of a rotorcraft. The warning device makes use of an anchorable motorized trim actuator for generating a resisting force against movement of the flight control member. The warning device comprises a warning unit that, as a function of a power margin (MP1) calculated by a predictor unit in compliance with a current regulation rating of the power plant and on condition that state data indicates that an autopilot is activated in a higher operating mode, acts to generate an order to activate the trim actuator depending on the conditions under which the flight control member is being moved as identified by a force management unit.
US09868512B2	Airplane wing, an airplane and a flap system An airplane wing comprises a main wing and a flap system that has a flap at the trailing edge of the main wing. An elongate flap track member is connected to the main wing in such a manner that it can be moved substantially in its longitudinal direction and is guided by supporting bearing elements relative to the main wing between a forward retracted position and a rearward extended position. The flap is rotatably connected to the rear end of the flap track member in such a manner that it can rotate about a rotation axis that extends substantially parallel to the trailing edge of the main wing, so that the flap moves together with the flap track member when the flap track member is moved and so that the flap can be rotated about the rotation axis mechanically independently of the movement of the flap track member. The flap system comprises an actuator system having two actuators. The first actuator is connected to the main wing and has an engagement member that engages the flap or the flap track member for moving the flap together with the flap track member so that the flap track member is move able between its retracted position and its extended position. The second actuator is connected to the flap track member so that the second actuator moves together with the flap track member when the flap track member is moved by means of the first actuator. The second actuator has an engagement member that engages the flap for rotating the flap about the rotation axis.
US09868508B2	Rib foot for aircraft wing The invention relates to a rib foot having a blade formed by first and second blade parts that are connected by a bite. The rib foot has a first base part that is connected to the first blade part by a first corner and a second base part that is connected to the second blade part by a second corner. The rib foot also has a first flange that is connected to and extends away from the first base part and a second flange that is connected to and extends away from the second base part. The blade and base parts are formed from a composite material that includes reinforcement fibers embedded in a matrix. At least some of the reinforcement fibers run continuously from the first base part into the second base part via the first corner, the blade and the second corner.
US09868506B2	Rail system for seat assembly in an aircraft A rail system, in particular for assembling or fastening seats in an aircraft, includes an assembly rail, in particular a seat rail for assembling or fastening a seat, a first panel, in particular a first floor panel for arrangement next to and substantially in parallel with the assembly rail, and at least one cover element which is movable between a first position in or on the first panel and a second position for covering the assembly rail, wherein an upper surface of the at least one cover element in the second position is located substantially in a plane with a surface of the first panel.
US09868504B2	Temporarily-installed aircraft observer door plug, chair, sonotube ejection and control system In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a door plug assembly with a sonotube-launch system to be used in a temporarily-mounted control system for an aircraft. The door plug assembly is built from one or more panels designed to fit an opening in the fuselage of the aircraft, the opening being created by the removal of a door on the side of the fuselage. The door plug assembly includes a segmented bubble window with transparent glazing, with a kick panel on the lower portion of the bubble. The door plug assembly further includes a door strut indent which allows a strut to extend from the interior of the aircraft through the indent to the exterior of the aircraft. When a strut is not being used, a close-out panel is secured to the door plug assembly to allow the interior of the aircraft to be pressurized.
US09868500B1	Outboard motor An outboard motor includes an outboard motor body, a mount mounted on a boat body, and a support member that supports the outboard motor body so as to be steerable with respect to the mount. The support member includes an upper support that surrounds a drive shaft and supports the outboard motor body, a lower support that is spaced below the upper support, surrounds the drive shaft, and supports the outboard motor body, and a coupler that couples the upper support to the lower support.
US09868499B2	Watercraft propulsion system and method of propelling a watercraft through water A watercraft propulsion system includes a motor mounted in a container in a water-tight manner. A shaft extends from the motor through the bottom of the container to an impeller disposed in a housing outside the container. The impeller draws fluid into the housing through and opening on the back of the housing to propel a watercraft through the water.
US09868497B2	Torque boosting propeller device A propeller device for a marine vehicle with a main shaft; a front propeller is provided on the main shaft, the front propeller having a hub and a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the hub; a rear propeller being co-axially to and spaced from the front propeller, the rear propeller having a hub and a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the hub. A second shaft being communicated with the hub of the front propeller; and at least one support for supporting the rear propeller on the second shaft, the support prevents the second shaft to rotate in the direction of rotation of the main shaft, and being free to rotate thereof in the counter direction of rotation of the main shaft.
US09868487B2	Routing structure for braking force-transmitting member in motorcycle Provided is a routing structure for a braking force-transmitting member in a motorcycle in which a front part of a unit-swing engine supporting a rear wheel is supported on a vehicle body frame via a link mechanism, and the braking force-transmitting member is routed to extend in the fore-and-aft direction so as to transmit a braking force to a rear wheel brake disposed coaxially with the rear wheel, wherein the link mechanism includes a first link linked to the vehicle body frame and a second link linked to the unit-swing engine while having an engine suspension boss portion pivotably linked to the first link, and a guide member retaining the braking force-transmitting member extending in the fore-and-aft direction beneath the unit-swing engine is mounted on the second link. This can suppress swinging of a braking force-transmitting member and enables the mass around the braking force-transmitting member to be concentrated.
US09868484B2	Straddled vehicle An increase in the size of a body section of a straddled vehicle forward of a steering shaft in a left-right direction and a front-rear direction of a body frame is limited while a space is secured forward of the steering shaft. In left optical lens body 45L, top end TE is disposed below bottom edge B3 of handlebar 23, bottom end BE is disposed above a bottom end (virtual line Lc) of lower bracket 15, left end LE is disposed on the right of a right end (virtual line L6) of left grip 24L, and right end RE is disposed on the left of right edge B1 of left front-wheel support unit 12L. In right optical lens body 45R, top end TE is disposed below bottom edge B3 of handlebar 23, bottom end BE is disposed above the bottom end of lower bracket 15, right end RE is disposed on the left of a left end of right grip 24R, and left end LE is disposed on the right of left edge B2 of right front-wheel support unit 12R.
US09868482B2	Track roller assembly with a wear measurement system A roller of an undercarriage track system for a machine is disclosed. The roller includes a body and a sensed feature. The body is a solid of revolution formed about a roller axis. The body includes a bore surface and a roller contact surface. The bore surface defines a bore extending through the body. The bore surface is a radially inner surface of the body. The roller contact surface is located outward from the bore surface. The sensed feature is located at the body. The sensed feature is configured to rotate with the body and to be detectable by a sensor.
US09868480B1	Integrated vehicle body weight(s) A vehicle having a power-source configured to propel the vehicle via power-source torque, a driven wheel configured to receive the power-source torque, and a vehicle body structure. The vehicle body structure includes a wheelhouse configured to extend over the driven wheel and also defines a locating feature. The vehicle further includes an integrated weight element configured to engage the locating feature and a fastener configured to fix the integrated weight element to the vehicle body structure either proximate to or directly to the wheelhouse. The vehicle can be configured as a truck, wherein the vehicle body structure includes a truck bed incorporating the wheelhouse and the integrated weight element.
US09868478B2	Vehicle rear portion structure A vehicle rear portion structure includes: a moving portion that is disposed at a vehicle rear end portion at an inner side of each of two corner portions of the vehicle width direction, the moving portion including a wall face that extends in a vehicle front-and-rear direction and a vehicle up-and-down direction, and the moving portion being movable to a stowed position and to a protruded position at which the moving portion protrudes from the stowed position to a rear side in the vehicle front-and-rear direction; a control section that moves the moving portion from the stowed position to the protruded position in a case in which a speed of the vehicle exceeds a specific speed; and a light-emitting portion that is disposed at the moving portion and emits light to the rear side in the vehicle front-and-rear direction relative to the vehicle rear end portion.
US09868471B2	Reinforcement unit of engine room A reinforcement unit of an engine room includes a first mounting bracket mounted to a front end module disposed at a front of a vehicle body; a second mounting bracket corresponding to the first mounting bracket and mounted to a cowl disposed at a rear of the vehicle body; a first connection bracket mounted to one shock absorber housing of the vehicle body; a second connection bracket mounted to another shock absorber housing of the vehicle body; a first connecting member having both ends mounted to one side of the first connection bracket and the second connection bracket; and a second connecting member disposed at the rear of the vehicle body while corresponding to the first connecting member and having both ends mounted to another side of the first connection bracket and the second connection bracket.
US09868469B2	Vehicular object detection device A vehicular object detection device including: a rocker section that extends substantially along a vehicle front-rear direction, at a lower side of a side section of a vehicle, and that is configured by plural rocker configuration members; and an object detection sensor that is disposed in the rocker section and that detects an object at at least one of a side or the lower side of the vehicle, wherein: among the plural rocker configuration members, a rocker configuration member disposed at a vehicle width direction outer side of the object detection sensor is configured by a resin, or the rocker configuration member disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the object detection sensor is formed with a detection opening that is open toward a vehicle outer side at a position corresponding to a transceiver of the object detection sensor.
US09868468B1	Vehicle front structure for lateral deflection during narrow offset impact A vehicle front structure includes a left side rail that extends longitudinally in a front left portion of the vehicle. The left side rail includes an inboard shell and an outboard shell. A forward section of the outboard shell is at least partially disposed in an outer left quarter of a total width of the vehicle. A rearward section of the outboard shell is disposed inboard of the outer left quarter. The forward sections of the inboard and outboard shells each have a distal side, top side, and bottom side that respectively form generally U-shaped cross-sections. The outboard shell is fixedly attached to the inboard shell to form a generally rectangular cross-section. The forward section of the outboard shell is a first lateral width. The rearward section of the outboard shell is a second lateral width that is less than the first lateral width.
US09868455B1	Tent ballast concrete block handling system A system for ballasting tents, includes a ballast (3) cast of concrete. Each ballast has a top surface (33t). A front surface (4) has a rectangular pocket (5), sized to receive a lifting fork (19). The pocket (5) extends through the front surface (4) and through the back surface (93). The front surface has a front recess (9) below the pocket (5). A front tie-down (32D), is cast into the ballast. The front tie-down has a bend extending out from the concrete into the front recess (9), but not out beyond the front surface (4). There is a top recess (7) in the top surface (33t). A top tie-down point (6) is cast into the ballast, extending into the top recess (7), but not extending above the top surface (33t).
US09868451B2	Self-unloading aggregate train A self-unloading aggregate train including a plurality of hopper cars and an individual conveyor belt located beneath each hopper car. The head pulley at one end of each individual conveyor belt may rotate the belt in a direction from a tail pulley towards the head pulley. The head pulley of one hopper car is positioned above and adjacent of a tail pulley of the adjacent hopper car. This arrangement of hopper cars with individual conveyor belts may be used to unload material from the train. The individual conveyor belts may be adapted so that the trajectory of material transfer to an adjacent belt is near the pivot point between the adjacent hopper cars. The individual conveyor belts may have a substantially constant slope. The hopper of the hopper cars may also be configured with a substantially constant slope that matches the slope of the individual conveyor belts.
US09868450B2	Dolly system A dolly system is disclosed, which overcomes drawbacks related to unwanted noise and jerks of prior art dolly systems. The dolly system comprises wheel assemblies (130) that have independently rotating lateral support wheels (132, 133) in combination with a center wheel (131) that interact with a continuous resilient element (122) when rolling along a rail track, without encountering any gaps or bumps and without producing squeal noise due to so-called wheel-climbing that may occur in curves along the rail track.
US09868449B1	Recognizing in-air gestures of a control object to control a vehicular control system The technology disclosed relates to an embeddable motion sensory control device that detects gestures in a three dimensional (3D) sensory space within a vehicle cabin, detecting a gesture in the 3D sensory space and interpreting the gesture as a command to a (sub) system of the vehicle under control, and issuing the command when appropriate.
US09868447B2	Controlling vehicle systems with mobile devices Embodiments are disclosed for an in-vehicle system and methods of controlling vehicle systems with a mobile device in communication with the in-vehicle system. In one embodiment, an in-vehicle system includes a display device and an interface system communicatively connected to one or more vehicle sensors. The interface system may be configured to receive sensor signals from the one or more vehicle sensors, transmit the sensor signals to a mobile device, receive control signals from the mobile device, and transmit the control signals to a target vehicle system, the control signals responsive to the one or more vehicle sensors.
US09868446B1	Cross-validating sensors of an autonomous vehicle Methods and systems are disclosed for cross-validating a second sensor with a first sensor. Cross-validating the second sensor may include obtaining sensor readings from the first sensor and comparing the sensor readings from the first sensor with sensor readings obtained from the second sensor. In particular, the comparison of the sensor readings may include comparing state information about a vehicle detected by the first sensor and the second sensor. In addition, comparing the sensor readings may include obtaining a first image from the first sensor, obtaining a second image from the second sensor, and then comparing various characteristics of the images. One characteristic that may be compared are object labels applied to the vehicle detected by the first and second sensor. The first and second sensors may be different types of sensors.
US09868439B2	Vehicle control system A vehicle control system is provided to execute a turning performance improving control for stabilizing vehicle behavior by controlling drive force during turning. The vehicle control system is provided with: a steering detecting means that detects a steering operation of a driver; a drive force limiting means that restricts the drive force during execution of a turning performance improving control; and a restriction relaxing means that temporarily changes the drive force in a direction of changing the drive force by the turning performance improving control, if the steering operation of the driver detected by the steering detecting means while restricting the drive force by the drive force limiting means is carried out to increase a steering angle during execution of the turning performance improving control.
US09868436B2	Method and device for controlling start time of engine in hybrid vehicle A method for controlling a start time of an engine in a hybrid vehicle includes: generating, by a controller, an engine start command before executing start control of the engine in response to an acceleration signal output from an acceleration pedal sensor; determining, by the controller, a gradient of a road on which the hybrid vehicle travels; controlling, by the controller, a hybrid starter-generator to operate by controlling the engine to start depending on the engine start command when it is determined that the gradient of the road is present; and controlling, by the controller, electric power of the hybrid starter-generator to charge a battery which provides electric power to a motor. The controller controls an engine clutch so that the motor is not engaged with the engine.
US09868432B2	Vehicle coasting systems and methods A system for a vehicle includes a transmission, an engine, and a controller communicably coupled to the transmission and the engine. The controller is structured to receive a vehicle operating parameter, receive vehicle operation data during operation of the vehicle, determine that the vehicle is in a coasting state based on the vehicle operation data, and provide a command to control at least one of an engine and the transmission during the coasting state to at least one of optimize the vehicle operating parameter and facilitate and maintain the coasting state.
US09868431B1	Drone and separate vehicle body that are assemblable to form vehicle such as hovercraft In one aspect, there is provided a combination vehicle system, including a drone and a hovercraft body. The drone has a plurality of motor-driven rotors and a controller. The hovercraft body defines a ground-facing chamber having a hover air inlet, and includes a mount for the drone. The drone is removably connectable to the mount in a mounted position so as to form a hovercraft. The controller is programmed to drive the plurality of rotors to maintain stable flight of the drone without the hovercraft body connected thereto. The controller is programmed to drive the first rotor to at least partially lift the hovercraft off a support surface and to drive the second rotor to propel the hovercraft along the support surface.
US09868430B2	Communication network having locomotive expansion module An expansion module is disclosed for use in a communication network. The expansion module may include a housing, an input interface connected to the housing and configured to externally connect with at least one analog device, and an output interface connected to the housing and configured to externally connect with the communication network. The expansion module may also include at least one processor located in the housing and configured to receive analog signals from the input interface, to convert the analog signals to digital signals, and to direct the digital signals to the output interface. The expansion module may also include at least one sensor located in the housing and configured to generate digital signals indicative of a performance parameter associated with a fluid in communication with the housing.
US09868427B2	Vehicle hydraulic brake booster system and method A vehicle brake booster system includes a reservoir, a pump, and a brake booster. The brake booster includes an input member adapted to receive a manual braking input force and an output member adapted to apply a braking output force to a master cylinder. A supply line couples the pump to the brake booster, and a return line couples an outlet of the brake booster to the reservoir. A flow of hydraulic fluid pumped to the brake booster provides a boost factor by which the braking output force exceeds the braking input force. The brake booster is hydraulically lockable by a first valve in the supply line and a second valve in the return line such that when the first and second valves are closed, a quantity of hydraulic fluid is trapped within the brake booster to maintain operation of the brake booster without continued operation of the pump.
US09868421B2	Robot assisted modular battery interchanging system Systems and apparatus for a robotic charging station for charging a battery of an electric vehicle. A semi-autonomous portable robot is programmed to interchange depleted rechargeable batteries disposed in an electric or hybrid vehicle. Portable battery pod dispenses batteries to semi-autonomous portable robot for swap. Semi-autonomous portable robot uses navigational sensors to transport battery to predetermined position at the battery interchange location. Battery disposition and configuration data are wirelessly communicated by battery pod to semi-autonomous portable robot. Battery pod is also in electrical communication with vehicle for timely latching and unlatching of battery modules.
US09868418B2	Vehicle network communication protection A vehicle includes a gateway controller configured to interface a diagnostic port to a vehicle communication network. In response to a perimeter alarm system being in an armed state, transfer of messages from the diagnostic port to the vehicle communication network is inhibited. A change session diagnostic request received from the diagnostic port is transferred to the vehicle communication network in response to vehicle speed being less than a threshold and an ignition switch begin in a run position. The transfer of the change session diagnostic request is otherwise inhibited unless intended for a module designated for reprogramming keys.
US09868417B2	Method for displaying warning message of smart key system A method for displaying a warning message of a smart key system may include: a first step in which a control part of a smart key system generates two or more warning messages corresponding to two or more abnormalities/warnings, when the two or more abnormalities/warnings occur; a second step in which the control part repetitively and sequentially renews and inputs the two or more warning messages to a message queue buffer and controls the message queue buffer to buffer and output the two or more warning messages such that the two or more warning messages are circularly displayed on a display part; and a third step in which the control part ends the circular buffering operation for the two or more warning messages through the message queue buffer, when message renewal times for the two or more warning messages expire.
US09868415B2	Vehicle safety system A vehicle safety mechanism comprising a seatbelt buckle containing numerous variants of a piercing point or glass breaking mechanism that can be utilized to break open a vehicle window in the event of an emergency. In numerous embodiments, a set of finger grips and a cover for the piercing point are illustrated.
US09868411B2	Bumper module A bumper module for a vehicle includes at least one shaped part that is unitarily deep-drawn from a sheet material. The shaped part has two connecting flanges facing a back side for fastening to side members of the vehicle and an arch which is pre-curved towards a front side connecting the connecting flanges. At least in lateral portions of the arch, the sheet material is laid into folds, which are elongated from the back side towards the front side.
US09868408B2	Protective cover for vehicular control module Embodiments include a protective cover for a control module mounted to a vehicle surface using attachment mechanisms that extend perpendicularly from the vehicle surface. The protective cover comprises a rigid top portion having a top surface and four sidewalls configured to cover the control module and engage the vehicle surface. The protective cover also comprises a plurality of insets molded into at least two of the sidewalls, each inset configured to receive a respective attachment mechanism. Embodiments also include an apparatus for protecting a control module mounted to a vehicular surface using a plurality of attachment mechanisms. The apparatus comprises a rigid top structure configured to completely cover the control module and a flexible gasket coupled to a bottom edge of the top structure and configured to removably engage the vehicular surface surrounding the control module in a fluid-tight seal.
US09868403B2	Vehicle storage container with multi-function, multi-segment articulated door assembly Disclosed are vehicle storage containers, methods for making and methods for using vehicle storage containers, and motor vehicles with utility storage containers. Disclosed, for example, is a utility storage container for a motor vehicle. The utility storage container includes a container basin that attaches to the vehicle body and stows within the vehicle's cargo compartment. The container basin includes multiple sidewalls projecting from a base to cooperatively define a basin opening. An articulated door assembly includes a first door segment pivotably coupled to the container basin to transition the door assembly between a closed position, whereat the door segments cooperatively cover the basin opening, and a full-open position, whereat the door segments uncover the opening. A second door segment is pivotably coupled to the first door segment to transition the door assembly between the closed position and a half-open position, whereat the second door segment partially uncovers the basin opening.
US09868402B2	Attachment devices for vehicle rooftop rack accessories Rack systems are disclosed for coupling accessories to crossbars on top of a vehicle. A coupling device may include a flexible strap member adjustably anchored at one end of a body. The strap member may be connected to the other end of the body and tightened. A mounting assembly may be provided on the top side of the body for connection to a cargo-specific carrier or accessory. A coupling device may also include a flexible fitting member configured to grip a round or rectangular crossbar. A cap member may be configured to be mounted on the fitting member and have one or more ramp surfaces which form a sliding interface with a corresponding surface on the fitting member, thereby providing a closing or tightening effect on the fitting member with respect to the crossbar.Other coupling devices are configured to grip or clamp a t-slot in the crossbar.
US09868400B2	Image display mirror for a vehicle Provided is an image display mirror that includes a half mirror and an image display apparatus, reduces an influence of a reflected image provided by the half mirror, and is excellent in visibility of an image displayed on the image display apparatus. The image display mirror for a vehicle includes: a first polarizing plate; a first liquid crystal cell; a half mirror; and an image display apparatus in the stated order from a viewer side, in which in the first liquid crystal cell, a state in which a polarization direction of incident linearly polarized light is maintained and a state in which the incident linearly polarized light is transformed into circularly polarized light are switched in accordance with a voltage to be supplied.
US09868396B2	Vehicle-drive assisting apparatus Provided is a vehicle drive assisting apparatus capable of allowing a driver to recognize a road surface condition which can be used for reference in steering following wheels or a road surface condition which can be used for reference in turning. Such vehicle-drive assisting apparatus includes a wheel position storing section storing a position of a wheel when a vehicle effects traveling, a road surface information acquiring section acquiring road surface information indicating a road surface condition of a road surface on which the vehicle has traveled, and a display image generating section generating a display image of the road surface information stored and relating to the wheel position on a displaying unit provided in the vehicle.
US09868393B2	Vehicle accident avoidance system Method and system are provided for vehicle accident avoidance carried out with respect to a host vehicle by modeling behavior. The method includes: monitoring a surrounding environment of the host vehicle and detecting other vehicles in a vicinity of the host vehicle by at least one visual sensor. The method further includes: estimating a speed and direction of each of the detected vehicles; calculating one or more projected paths of each of the detected vehicles based on their current estimated speed and direction, the current monitored surrounding environment, and other vehicle projected paths; estimating a probability of intersection of each projected path with the host vehicle; and providing an alert or action to the host vehicle if there is a high probability of intersection.

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