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| US09926196B2 |
Processes for the conversion of biomass to oxygenated organic compound, apparatus therefor and compositions produced thereby
Processes are disclosed for the conversion of biomass to oxygenated organic compound using a simplified syngas cleanup operation that is cost effective and protects the fermentation operation. The processes of this invention treat the crude syngas from the gasifier by non-catalytic partial oxidation. The partial oxidation reduces the hydrocarbon content of the syngas such as methane, ethylene and acetylene to provide advantageous gas feeds for anaerobic fermentations to produce oxygenated organic compounds such as ethanol, propanol and butanol. Additionally, the partial oxidation facilitates any additional cleanup of the syngas as may be required for the anaerobic fermentation. Producer gases and partial oxidation processes are also disclosed. |
| US09926194B2 |
Method and device for detecting cellular targets in bodily sources using carbon nanotube thin film
A device and method detect cellular targets in a bodily source by utilizing a biofunctional pad comprised of a thin film of carbon nanotubes (CNT's). When antibodies are absorbed by the CNT's, cellular targets having markers matching the antibodies may be detected in a bodily source placed upon the biofunctional pad by measuring the conductivity of the thin film using conductive contacts electrically coupled to the thin film, as the binding of the receptors in the cellular targets to the antibodies changes the free energy in the thin film. In many respects, the device functions as a Field Effect Transistor (FET) with the bodily source, e.g., blood, acting as a polyelectrolyte liquid gate electrode to create a varying electrostatic charge or capacitance in the thin film based upon the binding of cellular targets in the source to the antibodies present on the biofunctional pad. |
| US09926191B2 |
Planar cavity MEMS and related structures, methods of manufacture and design structures
A method of forming a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) includes forming a lower electrode on a first insulator layer within a cavity of the MEMS. The method further includes forming an upper electrode over another insulator material on top of the lower electrode which is at least partially in contact with the lower electrode. The forming of the lower electrode and the upper electrode includes adjusting a metal volume of the lower electrode and the upper electrode to modify beam bending. |
| US09926186B2 |
Beverage dispensing systems and methods
A beverage dispensing system includes a point of sale and one or more free-pour and/or controlled-pour spouts. The system receives data at the point of sale that includes a beverage selection entered at a user interface and determines the ingredients in the beverage selection. A dispensing instruction is sent to one of the controlled-pour spouts to dispense a quantity of the ingredient based at least in part on the beverage selection. For the free-pour spouts, a quantity of the ingredient is measured as the ingredient is dispensed from a container through a free-pour spout. The point of sale receives data that includes the identity of the ingredient and the measured quantity. A price of the beverage selection is calculated based at least in part on the ingredients dispensed and the quantities thereof. The price may be automatically calculated upon dispensing of the beverage selection. |
| US09926185B2 |
Fluid transfer lid
A fluid transfer lid for removably coupling to pharmacy bottles or containers for withdrawing and/or delivering liquid medication or other fluid therefrom or thereto. In example forms, a syringe comprising a male or female connection tip couples with a transfer port of the lid, thereby allowing the transfer of fluids from the container and to the syringe. |
| US09926184B2 |
Drip catcher apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for collecting drips from a spout on a beverage dispenser has a table top base that is held in place by the weight of a beverage dispenser. The table top base supports a drip catch reservoir, and drips hit a back plate with guides before washing into the drip catch reservoir. The drip catch reservoir has an outlet allowing drainage into a disposal tank without moving the apparatus. |
| US09926180B2 |
Capping machine
A capping machine for applying a cap on an open end of a container that is made of a deformable material and filled with a pourable product is disclosed. The machine comprises a conveying device and at least one operative unit moved by the conveying device along a processing path. The at least one operative unit comprises a support portion configured to receive and retain a container, and at least one capping head movable to and away from the open end of the container to apply the cap onto the open end of the container. The at least one operative unit further comprises a plunger movable to and away from an opposite closed end of the container to deform the closed end of the container so as to reduce an interior volume of the container and to increase an interior pressure of the container. |
| US09926179B2 |
Commercial lifting device-power unit with safety mechanism
A power unit (or a hydraulic floor jack) includes a rectangular frame with side flanges and has a tubular handle enclosing a control shaft and a control knob. A pivotal lifting mechanism is mounted on the frame including a pair of parallel lift arms having rearward ends interconnected by a lateral push bar. The forward ends (with the bridge) are rotatable upward for lifting a load as the push bar is translated forward within a pair of U channels tracks attached to the inner side flanges. A hydraulic cylinder has a ram for pushing the lateral push bar forward along the tracks for raising the forward ends of the lift arms, and has a releasable control valve for retracting the ram to lower the forward ends of the lift arms. The safety mechanism includes a toothed rack bar secured in the vertical wall of the racks. The lateral push bar has bore holes in the ends thereof. A cylindrical dog is slidably supported within each of the bore holes ad has a proximal end that is extendable for engaging a tooth of the rack bar. The dogs are biased into the extended position, and include release cables and linkage for releasing the dogs from the rack bar by rotating the control knob counter-clockwise. |
| US09926174B1 |
Hoist rope installation device for crane boom
A mobile crane for intended use in lifting an object using a hoist rope includes a boom having a first end portion and a second end portion. A carrier or conveyor is provided for carrying the hoist rope from adjacent the first end portion of the boom to adjacent the second end portion of the boom. Related methods are disclosed. |
| US09926169B2 |
Universal winder
A winder may include a body, a spindle, and a manually actuated winding mechanism. The spindle may be coupled to the body and constructed and arranged to be rotatable with respect to the body and to be removably coupled to at least one spool. The manually actuated winding mechanism may be coupled to the spindle and constructed and arranged to rotate the spindle and the at least one spool. |
| US09926167B1 |
Mobile wire dispenser apparatus
A mobile wire dispenser apparatus includes a base frame to which an upper frame is releasably lockable. The apparatus further includes a primary spool mounting assembly for supporting a first spool of wire and a secondary spool mounting assembly for supporting a second spool of wire. To facilitate mobility, the apparatus includes a plurality of wheels and an elongated handle. |
| US09926166B2 |
Tape dispenser with improved wetting system
Tape dispensers with an improved wetting system are disclosed. The tape dispensers include a holder for a roll of liquid-activatable tape, a wetting system that has a reservoir of liquid and a roller having an absorbable outer surface to absorb and dispense liquid, and a manually operated feeding mechanism. The roller is at least partially immersed in the reservoir of liquid and the wetting system includes a roller adjustment mechanism to simultaneously adjust an upward force applied by the roller to the liquid activated tape and an immersion depth of the roller into the reservoir of liquid. The wetting system may also include a pressure mechanism to adjust a downward force applied to the liquid activated tape as it passes over the roller. |
| US09926163B2 |
Adjustable tray
An adjustable tray includes a first board, a second board and an adjustment component. The second board is pivoted on the first board, and the second board has at least one first position section and at least one second position section. The adjustment component includes a main part and at least one abutted part connected to each other. A first distance is between the first position section and the first board. A second distance is between the second position section and the first board. The first distance is different from the second distance. The main part is movably disposed on the first board for positioning the abutted part at the first position section or the second position section to pivot the second board with a first angle or a second angle between the first board and the second board, and the first angle is different from the second angle. |
| US09926161B2 |
Paper feeding roller
Provided is a paper feeding roller in which recesses due to deformation are unlikely to be formed even when contact with another roller in one location continues for a comparatively long period of time, particularly as a conveying roller or the like. A paper feeding roller that has a shaft measuring 6 mm in exterior diameter pressure-welded to the outer circumferential surface under a load of 600 g in a high-temperature environment of 60° C. for 24 hours is left at room temperature for eight hours while being pressure-welded, after which the recess amount obtained using the difference (T)0−T1, between the thickness T1 (mm) of the position where the shaft was pressure-welded and the thickness T0 (mm) of a position where the shaft was not pressure-welded, is 0.1 mm or less. |
| US09926158B2 |
Sterile sampling bag, roll of bags, and bag dispenser
A bag dispensing device comprises a box and a roll of bags, the bags being connected together in the roll. Each bag defines a closed bottom end and an upper end that is closed while the bag is part of the roll but that becomes open once the bag is detached from the roll. The roll of bags is located in the container with at least one leading bag thereof extending out of the container so as to be grasped by the user and detached from the roll when a bag is needed by the user for receiving therein a sample or the like. |
| US09926157B2 |
Sheet feeder, image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeder, and image forming system incorporating the sheet feeder
A sheet feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus and an image forming system, includes a sheet loader on which a sheet bundle is loaded, an air blower to blow air to the sheet bundle loaded on the sheet loader and float upper sheets of the sheet bundle, a loader elevation device to lift and lower the sheet loader, a reflective optical detector including a first reflective optical detector to detect the upper sheets floated by the air blower and a second reflective optical detector to detect multiple floating sheets located below the floating sheets detected by the first reflective optical detector, and a controller configured to control the loader elevation device to perform a lifting operation of the sheet loader based on a combination of an output value of the first reflective optical detector and an output value of the second reflective optical detector. |
| US09926156B2 |
Sheet size specification system, sheet size specification method, computer-readable storage medium storing sheet size specification program, and image forming device
A sheet size specification system for specifying size of a sheet on a sheet stacking tray of an image forming device, by using an image capture unit of a portable terminal. The system includes an analyzer and a size specifier. The analyzer analyzes image data captured by the image capture unit, the image data indicating the sheet stacking tray and the sheet thereon. The size specifier acquires, from the analyzed image data, first position data indicating positions of predefined feature points of the sheet stacking tray and second position data indicating positions of an outline of the sheet, and specifies size of the sheet on the sheet stacking tray based on the first position data and the second position data. |
| US09926154B1 |
Paper feeding device
A paper feeding device includes a pickup mechanism, a conveying mechanism disposed behind the pickup mechanism, a separation mechanism disposed behind the conveying mechanism, a feeding mechanism disposed behind the separation mechanism, a transmission mechanism driving the pickup mechanism, the conveying mechanism, the separation mechanism and the feeding mechanism, and an ultrasonic circuit unit disposed between the separation mechanism and the transmission mechanism. The ultrasonic circuit unit includes an ultrasonic detecting module, an amplifying circuit unit electrically connected with the ultrasonic detecting module, a paper density detecting unit electrically connected with the amplifying circuit unit, an analog-to-digital converter electrically connected with the paper density detecting unit, a processor electrically connected with the analog-to-digital converter, and a driving unit electrically connected with the processor and the transmission mechanism. |
| US09926151B2 |
Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus including the sheet feeder
A sheet feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet loader, an air blowing device, a regulator, a sheet attracting device, and a sheet conveying body. The sheet loader loads a sheet bundle including a sheet and a subsequent sheet placed below the sheet. The air blowing device blows air and lifts the sheet over the sheet bundle. The regulator regulates movement of the subsequent sheet, and includes an opposing portion located upper end and separated from the sheet loader toward the downstream side of the sheet conveying direction and an inclined portion upwardly inclined relative to a vertical axis from a same position as the sheet loader to the downstream side of the sheet conveying direction. The sheet attracting device attracts the sheet lifted over the sheet bundle. The sheet conveying body conveys the sheet in a sheet conveying direction. |
| US09926147B2 |
Stacking device and stacking method
A method and device for stacking layers of goods (2) is based on a stacking device (1) that includes a handling mechanism (15) which handles, laterally moves, and stacks loose slip-on receptacles (3). The loose slip-on receptacles (3) are open on the bottom, accommodate a layer of goods (2) in the interior (11) thereof, and carry the layer of goods (2) along as the receptacles (3) are slidingly conveyed. An upward-facing bottom (7) of the slip-on receptacles (3) forms the supporting surface (8) for the subsequent layer of goods (2). |
| US09926146B2 |
Magnetodynamic apparatus and method for separating non-ferrous conductive blanks
A magnetodynamic apparatus for separating conductive non-ferrous blanks includes at least one magnet positioned adjacent to a stack of the blanks and configured to generate a magnetic field in a first direction with respect to a major surface of an uppermost blank within the stack. The apparatus includes an actuator device for positioning the magnet with respect to the stack during production of an electric current in a second direction along the major surface. The second direction is normal to the first direction such that a magnetic separation force is generated in a third direction normal to the first and second directions. The separation force is sufficient for magnetically separating the uppermost blank from remaining blanks in the stack. The magnets may be rotated on a rotor or held stationary. The electric current may be induced or directly injected into the uppermost blank. |
| US09926144B1 |
Lumber transfer system with individually controlled grasping fingers
A lumber transfer system for transferring pieces of lumber comprising a feeding conveyor having a conveying surface for receiving the pieces of lumber; a plurality of grasping assemblies spaced apart transversely along the conveying surface, each one of the grasping assemblies comprising a grasping finger able to be positioned independently for either grasping a piece of lumber located upstream from the grasping assembly and moving it, or preventing it from grasping a piece of lumber; a detection system for detecting a presence of a piece of lumber and producing signals; and a controller controlling the grasping assemblies for the grasping fingers to be positioned independently. The lumber transfer system is therefore able to have only grasping fingers responsible to grasp the piece of lumber to be in a grasping position. |
| US09926143B2 |
Apparatus for supplying spout attachment bags
An apparatus for supplying spout attachment bags including a first transfer device for transferring a spout attachment bag in a horizontal orientation, a positioning device for receiving and horizontally positioning the spout attachment bag transferred from the first transfer device, a second transfer device for transferring upward the spout attachment bag positioned by the positioning device and changing the spout attachment bag from the horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation so that the spout attachment opening faces upward and is horizontal, and a detection device. The position of the spout attachment opening on the positioning device is detected by the detection device and is compared to a preset reference position, so that any amount of deviation between the two positions is corrected, thus keeping the height positions of the spout attachment openings of the spout attachment bags changed to a vertical orientation steady. |
| US09926142B2 |
Workpiece supplying device, picking device, timepiece assembling apparatus, and picking method
A workpiece supplying device includes a pallet that has a groove portion being disposed in an arc state and a stepped portion including a stepped surface intersecting a circumferential direction of the pallet and accommodates a workpiece, and a vibration unit that drives the pallet due to vibration and transports the workpiece in the circumferential direction toward the stepped portion. A plurality of the groove portions are disposed in a concentric manner. |
| US09926138B1 |
Determination of removal strategies
An item that is moving along a moving surface of an inventory conveyance system may be identified. An orientation of the item with respect to the moving surface may be determined based on sensing information that describes the item and a portion of the moving surface surrounding the item. A removal strategy for operating a robotic arm to remove the item from the moving surface may be determined based at least in part on the item and the orientation. The removal strategy may include a trajectory for the robotic arm to follow as part of removing the item from the moving surface. |
| US09926134B2 |
Biasing cradle for refuse vehicle
A cradle and guide system for a refuse vehicle has at least one track member mounted on a bumper of a refuse vehicle. The at least one track member is able to deflect horizontally to compensate for misalignment. At least one guide member is mounted to a front loading fork of the refuse vehicle. The at least one guide member contacts the at least one track member to limit horizontal movement of the front loading fork with respect to the refuse vehicle during misalignment. The at least one track member returns to its original position to align the front loading forks. |
| US09926132B2 |
Converted intermodal container having a flexible liner for use as a water processing tank
An intermodal container having a roof, a floor, side walls and end walls is converted for use as a tank for processing water with the roof, floor, side walls and first end wall forming a roof, floor, side walls and one end wall of a tank. The tank has an opposing end wall fixed to the container side walls, all of the tank walls being reinforced to enable the tank to hold water. A flexible liner tub for containing water to be processed is supported by the floor and mounted against the tank walls and has a margin at a top edge. A liner cap mounted to the roof has a margin at its edge with the liner tub and the liner cap overlapping and sealed to one another at their margins. |
| US09926129B2 |
Single hole single action aerosol can
A single hole single action aerosol can comprises, a can body having a lower portion and an upper portion, a valve housing, an inner sleeve having a suction tube and a plurality of plastic wings arranged around the suction tube, a detachable unit, a dip tube configured to discharge a mixture from the can body. The upper portion of the can body comprises a stem, an outer gasket, an inner gasket, a mounting cup, a spring and a nozzle. The inner sleeve having a chemical A and the can body having a chemical B. Further, the mixture configured to include chemical A and chemical B. Also, the inner sleeve is integrated with the suction tube for mixing the chemical A and chemical B and discharging the mixture from the can body with single action. |
| US09926126B2 |
Package configuration for empty sheet-formed containers
Package includes stacks of empty containers matingly stacked, panels each having a main surface with peripheral walls, and support members. A first level includes a first panel, one or more stacks of egg containers laid horizontally on the main surface of the first panels within the peripheral walls, and said support members extending from the first panel to a top of the first level. A second level includes a second panel laid on the first level in contact with the support members, one or more stacks of containers laid horizontally on a surface of the second panel within the peripheral walls, and support members extending from the second panel to a top of the second level. A panel is disposed on an uppermost level and having its peripheral walls covering a top of the sides of the uppermost level and in contact with the support members of the uppermost level. |
| US09926125B2 |
Latchable package
A latchable package comprises: a support for supporting one or more items; a structure for selectively blocking access to the one or more items; and a latchable insert. The latchable insert comprises a substantially planar tab member that is coupled to the support such that the insert and support are movable together in an opening direction from a first position in which the structure blocks access to the one or more items to a second position in which the one or more items are accessibly clear of the structure. The structure and the latchable insert comprise co-operating latch features configured to engage when the insert and support are arranged in the first position. |
| US09926114B2 |
Quick release base and lid assembly container
A quick release container is provided that includes a base having a base perimeter with a well configured to hold a product, and a lid assembly configured to be removably coupled to the base. The lid assembly includes a lid having: (i) an outer portion extending around a top of the base and having a height extending from the top of the base; and (ii) an inner portion extending between a perimeter of the outer portion and disposed over the well of the base. The lid assembly also includes a depressible element extending between the perimeter of the outer portion, spaced from the inner portion and configured to move along the height of the outer portion, and a clamping device coupled to the lid and removably coupled to the base. |
| US09926110B2 |
Shotgun shell novelty caddy
A shotgun shell novelty caddy, comprising: a removable cap(s) element; a shotgun shell brass head end member; a shotgun shell crimp end member; a built-in accessible storage chamber element; a attachment member(s) area; and a non attachment area, a shotgun shell novelty caddy configured so that it is attachable and non-attachable, wherein when a cap is openable and closable via a user, a stored item is easily accessible to the user. |
| US09926106B2 |
Easy access woven plastic bags
A woven laminated plastic bag having a weakened portion is provided. The weakened portion is generally defined by a plurality of perforations in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing. |
| US09926105B2 |
Collapsible household containers
Collapsible household containers having a foldable wall section with shape-retaining characteristics are disclosed. In particular, collapsible laundry baskets, buckets, colanders, dish drainers, and cups are provided. The folding region may include foldable tiers of a flexible material, each tier having at least one stable, relatively expanded position and at least one stable, relatively collapsed position; and an intervening, non-folding tier composed of a different, relatively rigid material. |
| US09926104B2 |
Container system and apparatus
A container having a center portion and two side portions each situated at an angle to the center portion and extending in opposite directions such that the a left half of the container is substantially identical to a right half of the container but rotated 180 degrees to form a “Z” shaped profile of the container. This “Z” shaped profile allows containers to be stacked upon each other to provide space savings in storage and shipping of the container and the container when filled with liquid. |
| US09926103B2 |
Assembled and combined pallet
Assembled and combined pallet constitutes of supporting beams and skids wherein: the supporting beams are made of the hollow metal section bar and the supporting beams are equipped with the grooves along its length direction on the top; the skids are set with inserting blocks at the bottom in relation to the grooves on the top of the supporting beams and inserting blocks are inserted into the grooves along the length direction of the grooves; the supporting beam is set with a locating lever in relation to the inserting block of each skid, and the inserting block of each skid is set with a locking hole in relation to the locating lever and the locating level passes through the corresponding locking hole of the inserting block to lock the skid. The skid connection and supporting beam is reliable and the disassembly and assembly during the use is convenient and fast. |
| US09926102B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a packaged thermoplastic material
The present invention relates to thermoplastic products and packaging therefor. More particularly, some implementations of the invention relate to a thermoplastic material that is packaged in a box, such as a corrugated cardboard box. In some cases, the box has a quick opening mechanism extending between two opposite sides of the box. Some examples of such quick opening mechanisms include a perforation, a tear strip, a hook-and-loop fastener, and a chain stitch. While the packaging can in opened in any suitable manner, in some cases, a user grabs a flap on the box, pulls the flap to rip the box down a perforated quick opening mechanism, and uses the weight of the thermoplastic material to knock down the box so that it becomes substantially flat. Other implementations are also described. |
| US09926101B2 |
Laminated material for paper containers and paper containers using it
Provided is a paper container for foods capable of being fabricated by heat sealing which does not absorb flavors, such as limonene, and capable of storing a long period at ordinary temperature. The laminated material for paper containers is composed of paper substrate layer/adhesive for paper layer/first adhesive for barrier layer/barrier layer/second adhesive for barrier layer/heat-sealable PET resin layer, has an oxygen gas barrier ability of 2.0 ml/m2·D·atm or less, and the heat-sealable PET resin layer is made having a crystal portion of less than 15%, non-crystal portion of 85% or more. |
| US09926099B2 |
Cup sleeve with coaster
A cup sleeve formed from a blank having a body portion and a coaster portion extending therefrom. The coaster portion being press fit against the body portion in an in-use orientation forming a generally multi-sided sleeve the coaster forming a bottom portion of the sleeve. |
| US09926092B2 |
Monitoring system, packaging machine, method and computer program
A monitoring system for a packaging machine comprises a plurality of functional units arranged to perform operations in sequence including to form or receive a package, fill the package with liquid or solid content and seal the package. The monitoring system comprises a plurality of signal inputs, each arranged to receive signals from respective functional units indicating status or measured values; a graphical user interface permitting interaction with an operator of the packaging machine; and a processor arranged to process received signals and control operation of the graphical user interface, wherein the processor is arranged to, from the signals, identify an event if any of the functional units is preventing any other functional unit in the sequence to operate, and upon any such identified event, enable the graphical user interface to provide an indication thereupon in a displayed representation of the functional units of the packaging machine. |
| US09926091B2 |
Shrink tunnel for applying shrink films, method for operating or controlling a shrink tunnel, and production system having a shrink tunnel
An apparatus comprises a shrink tunnel for use in a production system for the production of packaging units from packaging materials filled with a product and having shrink film shrunk thereon, the shrink tunnel comprising a tunnel zone, heating means for application of heat to shrink the shrink film onto packaging units moved through the tunnel zone, the tunnel zone being maintained at a tunnel temperature equal to a target operating temperature, wherein the tunnel has an operating mode and a standby mode, wherein heat output during the standby mode is less than heat output during the operating mode, and wherein the standby mode is triggered by at least one of a time control and a signal control. |
| US09926087B2 |
Satellite comprising electrical propulsion means, method for placing such a satellite in a station and method for keeping said satellite in its station
A satellite, intended to be placed in a station in orbit about a celestial body, including a first electrical thruster of orientatable thrust direction, a second electrical thruster of orientatable thrust direction, and an electrical thruster of fixed orientation that is fixed with respect to the satellite and of line of thrust passing through the center of gravity of the satellite. The satellite includes two electrical-thruster power units and an electrically interconnecting network connecting a first power unit to the first thruster of orientatable thrust direction and to the thruster of fixed orientation, and connecting a second power unit to the second thruster of orientatable thrust direction and to the thruster of fixed orientation. Each of the power units is configured to power either the associated thruster of orientatable thrust direction or the thruster of fixed orientation. |
| US09926084B2 |
Aerial system and vehicle for continuous operation
An aerial vehicle landing station comprising a first post and a second post, wherein the second post is spaced apart from the first post and a cable to capture an aerial vehicle, wherein the cable is stretched between the first post and the second post and configured to support the weight of the aerial vehicle once captured and the cable may provide a charging current to the aerial vehicle once captured. One or more markers may be further positioned on the cable to designate a landing point, wherein the one or more markers are configured to be visually tracked by the aerial vehicle. A cable management device coupled to the cable via one or more pulleys may regulate tension of the cable. A communications transceiver at the aerial vehicle landing station may wirelessly communicate data with the aerial vehicle. |
| US09926081B2 |
Aircraft turbopropeller
An aircraft turbopropeller includes two coaxial contra-rotating unducted propellers, upstream and downstream respectively, each propeller including an annular row of blades. The blades of the downstream propeller have a reverse sweep in relation to that of the blades of the upstream propeller. The leading edges of the blades of the downstream propeller extend radially outwards from downstream to upstream, at least over a radially outer portion of the blades. |
| US09926080B2 |
Environmental control system utilizing parallel RAM heat exchangers with air cycle machine speed compensation
A system, which includes a plurality of heat exchangers and a compressing device, is configured to prepare in parallel a medium bled from a low-pressure location of an engine and flowing through a plurality of heat exchangers into a chamber. The compressing device is in communication with the plurality of heat exchangers and regulates a pressure of the medium flowing through the plurality of heat exchangers. The compressing device is bypassed based on the preparing in parallel the medium for the chamber, which in turn enables the compressing device to windmill. Therefore, the system employs at least one mechanism to prevent components of the compressing device from windmilling. |
| US09926076B2 |
Acceleration smoothing holding overall kinetic energy control
A method and system for controlling maneuverability of an aircraft includes receiving one or more signals indicative of commanded peak rotary acceleration at a first timeperiod; determining a signal indicative of an actual peak rotary acceleration for the first timeperiod in response to the receiving of the one or more signals for commanded pilot acceleration; and determining signals indicative of actual rotary acceleration for a second timeperiod. |
| US09926073B2 |
Aircraft brake puck assembly
An electro-mechanical actuator in an aircraft brake may include a ball nut piston, and endcap coupled to the ball nut piston, a retaining ring coupled to the endcap, and a puck secured within the endcap. The puck may be permanently retained within the retaining ring. The retaining ring may be a split ring which is installed around a base of the puck. The puck may be inserted within a single-piece retaining ring, and the retaining ring may be bent over a base of the puck. |
| US09926072B2 |
Aerospace component and method for producing an aerospace component
A method of forming an aerospace component, the method including: forming a first subcomponent by an additive layer manufacturing (ALM) process, the first subcomponent having an inner surface defining an inner space; performing a non-ALM machining process to modify a portion of the inner surface of the first subcomponent; and forming a second subcomponent by an ALM process, the second subcomponent being arranged to close the inner space to complete the component. |
| US09926069B2 |
Load-bearing fairing element for a flap adjustment mechanism and aircraft having such a fairing element
A load-bearing fairing element for a flap adjustment mechanism of an aircraft comprises a shell-shaped fairing housing with an at least partly U-shaped profile with an open side, a closed side, and a direction of main extension, at least one first cover panel that along the direction of main extension covers part of the open side, and a load-bearing bridge element. The bridge element is arranged in the fairing housing and with a base area conforms so as to be flush against an internal surface of the fairing housing and extends towards the open side. The bridge element comprises an essentially planar cover area that covers the base area on the open side in order to produce a closed profile contour that is circumferential on the direction of main extension. The bridge element comprises means for holding a shaft feed-in of a central flap drive and means for holding an adjustment mechanism that is couplable to the shaft feed-in. Consequently there is no need to provide complex stiffening structures within the fairing element. |
| US09926066B2 |
Corner tension fitting
A corner fitting may include a male fitting having a convex portion and a female fitting having a concave portion configured complementary to the convex portion. In addition, the corner fitting may include a strap having a strap radius portion and a pair of strap planar portions extending from opposite ends of the strap radius portion. The strap planar portions may be parallel to one another when the strap radius portion is clamped between the convex portion and the concave portion and the corner fitting is viewed from a side, and non-parallel to one another when the corner fitting is viewed from an end. |
| US09926062B2 |
Jet propelled watercraft
A jet propelled watercraft includes a reverse gate that moves to a first position and to a second position. When the reverse gate is in the first position, the reverse gate causes a vessel body to move forward. When the reverse gate is in the second position, the reverse gate causes the vessel body to decelerate or move backward. A velocity mode selector is used to select a normal mode or a velocity mode. The velocity mode has a maximum velocity different from that of the normal mode. When the reverse gate is in the second position and the velocity mode is selected, a controller is configured or programmed to set an upper limit of an engine rotation speed in the velocity mode to be different from that of the engine rotation speed in the normal mode. |
| US09926061B2 |
Outboard motor and outboard motor movement mechanism
An outboard motor includes an outboard motor body, a first support mounted on a boat body, a second support that rotatably supports the outboard motor body, a linkage that couples the first support and the second support to each other such that the second support is movable in a vertical direction and rotatable with respect to the first support, a first drive that rotates the second support coupled to the first support through the linkage with respect to the first support while moving the second support in the vertical direction with respect to the first support, and a second drive that rotates the outboard motor body with respect to the second support. |
| US09926058B2 |
Propeller
A propeller having a means for creating fluid flow in a non-axial direction and redirecting it in an axial direction. |
| US09926051B2 |
Adjustable fin system
An adjustable fin for use on a surfboard, the adjustable fin comprising: a base which comprises a mounting means for mounting the adjustable fin to a surfboard, and a member extending in a direction contrary to the mounting means. The adjustable fin further comprises a fin section comprising two outer fin surfaces which meet at a leading edge and a trailing edge; an underside surface comprising an opening to an internal cavity, the internal cavity configured to house the member and enable slidable movement of the member in a direction towards the leading edge or the trailing edge; and a locking means that is manipulate and which projects into the internal cavity, wherein the locking means can releasably couple to the member at one of two or more locking positions thereby preventing slidable movement of the member. The fin section can be adjusted relative to the base by manipulating the locking means to uncouple the locking means from the member at a first locking position, slidably move the member through the internal cavity, and releasably couple the locking means to the member at a second locking position. |
| US09926050B1 |
Kayak stabilizing device
A stabilizing device includes a double-ended paddle having an intermediate coupling. The stabilizing device is inserted into a channel running perpendicularly through a hull of a kayak which is configured to accommodate the stabilizing device. |
| US09926047B2 |
Towing device with a two-piece fairlead
A towing device intended to equip the deck of a ship (10) and comprising a winch (16), a cable (14) and a fairlead (20), the cable (14) circulating in the fairlead (20) under the action of the winch (16), the fairlead (20) comprising a frame (21) and at least one first and one second sectors, the sectors making it possible to guide the cable (14) in a channel formed in each of the sectors. The device comprises an articulation with a degree of freedom allowing the rotation of the second sector relative to the frame (21) about an axis contained in a plane comprising a first direction in which the cable can extend in the first sector, characterized in that the first sector is secured to the frame (21) and is interposed between the winch (16) and the second sector. |
| US09926045B1 |
Folding sun cover
A foldable sun cover mountable on a watersports tower of a boat. The sun cover includes a pair of frames connected to a pair of hubs mounted on opposite sides of the tower, each hub having a pair of movable mounts. Each of the movable mounts is connected to one of the frames and independently movable to orient the frames each to a locked and deployed position in which each frame is locked in a substantially horizontal position so that each frame is substantially aligned with and parallel to the other frame. |
| US09926044B1 |
Full contact pontoon floating deck
A full contact pontoon floating deck is revealed. An upper and a lower assembly grooves are disposed concavely on an upper and a lower ends of each of two sides of a pontoon respectively. A connecting rod is connected to the two pontoons by upper connecting members and lower connecting members. One end of the upper connecting member and one end of the lower connecting member are connected to the upper and the lower assembly grooves of the pontoon respectively by upper and lower assembly members while an upper and a lower connecting portions on the other end of the upper and the lower connecting members are connected to an upper and a lower connecting grooves of the connecting rod respectively. Thereby the tight connection forms a fully-sealed design with good support strength. No vapor space is formed so that environmental requirements are met. |
| US09926038B2 |
Bicycle sprocket, bicycle rear sprocket, and bicycle multiple sprocket assembly
A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body, a plurality of sprocket teeth, and at least one chain-curvature limiting protuberance. The sprocket body is configured to be rotatable about a rotational center axis. The plurality of sprocket teeth extend radially outward from an outer periphery of the sprocket body. The at least one chain-curvature limiting protuberance is configured to limit axial curvature of a bicycle chain engaging with an independent neighboring bicycle sprocket which is adjacent to the bicycle sprocket without another sprocket between the bicycle sprocket and the independent neighboring bicycle sprocket. The axial curvature is curvature of the bicycle chain relative to the bicycle sprocket when viewed from a radial direction perpendicular to the rotational center axis. The at least one chain-curvature limiting protuberance is disposed on at least one of an outward facing side and an inward facing side. |
| US09926034B2 |
Emergency replacement shifter peg
A replacement shifter peg is easily stored and allows for broken shift levers to quickly be repaired while requiring minimal tool use. The replacement shifter peg includes an adapter arm, a pedal, and a fastener. The adapter arm receives a broken shift lever, while the pedal is connected to the adapter arm in order to serve as new shifter peg. The adapter arm is formed from a tubular body (with a shaft-receiving region defined inside), a mount end that receive the broken shift lever, and a free end to which the pedal is connected. Fastener receptacles traverse through the tubular body to provide multiple position choices for fastening the replacement shifter peg relative to a broken shift lever. The fastener is a set screw that creates a vise by pressing against a shift lever positioned within the shaft-receiving region. |
| US09926029B2 |
Magnetic purse system
A magnetic purse system includes a vehicle that has a gas tank. The gas tank is comprised of a magnetic material. A purse is provided to contain objects. The purse includes a pair of wings and the purse has an electromagnetic shield. The purse is selectively positioned on the gas tank when the vehicle is ridden. A plurality of magnets is provided and each of the magnets is coupled to the purse and each of the wings. Each of the magnets magnetically engages the gas tank when the purse is positioned on the gas tank. In this way the purse is stored when the vehicle is driven. |
| US09926028B2 |
Assembly of a light and a watch of a bicycle capable for adjusting angle
An assembly of a light and a watch of a bicycle capable for adjusting angle comprises a mount and a light base. One side of the mount is mounted on the bicycle. A display screen is arranged at a top surface of the mount. A control member and a sensing member are arranged in the mount and electrically connected with the display screen. The sensing member is detected a variation of a rider and the bicycle to display on the display screen. One side of the light base is pivoted to a front end of the mount and the other end thereof has a light transparent portion. The light base is pivoted, rotated, and slid relative to the mount. The light base is electrically connected with the control member. The control member is for controlling a variation of a light beam of the light base. The mount is mounted on the bicycle so that the rider may see a display on the display screen and it is convenient to provide for lighting. |
| US09926026B2 |
Fold-out trailer having roof and/or walls formed with a plurality of fabrics
A trailer includes at least a plurality of fabric support connections that retain a plurality of fabrics spaced apart from one another so as, if desired, to insulate the roof and side walls of the trailer. In one embodiment, the plurality of fabric support connections are connected by way of extrusions to some of the sides of the trailer and further provide insulation by forming a double wall on those sides. In another embodiment, the plurality of fabric support connections form a double wall only on certain portions of the top side of the trailer. |
| US09926023B2 |
Rectifying device
A rectifying device includes: at least one front rectifying member that is disposed adjacent to projecting components on a rear side of a vehicle with respect to the projecting components to extend substantially along a vehicle width direction and project downward; and a rear rectifying member that is disposed at a center in the vehicle width direction on the rear side of the vehicle with respect to the front rectifying member to extend substantially along the vehicle width direction and project downward. The projecting components are disposed to at least partly project from an underside part of a vehicle body and provided as a pair apart from each other in the vehicle width direction. |
| US09926022B1 |
Airflow management cover
An airflow management cover for a vehicle subsystem arranged proximate a section of the vehicle to guide oncoming ambient airflow when the vehicle is in motion includes a convex body. The convex body has an exterior surface shaped to redirect an external portion of the oncoming ambient airflow around the vehicle subsystem to thereby minimize aerodynamic drag and reduce aerodynamic lift on the vehicle body. The airflow management cover also includes an aperture defined by the convex body and configured to exhaust a stream of a subsystem portion of the oncoming airflow to rejoin with the redirected external portion of the oncoming airflow after the subsystem portion of the airflow has passed across the subsystem. The airflow management cover additionally includes a fastening flange extending from the convex body and configured for mounting to the vehicle section. A vehicle having such an airflow management cover is also disclosed. |
| US09926019B1 |
Rear fairing system for a vehicle
A rear fairing system for a vehicle includes a roof foil on top of the vehicle roof and sidewall foils pivotally mounted to the vehicle sidewalls. The roof foil includes downwardly facing concavity and a roof foil curved convex upper surface extending laterally across the vehicle roof. A spring extends laterally across the vehicle roof in the downwardly facing concavity. A door foil extends aft of the roof foil with a curved convex upper surface continuing the roof foil curved convex upper surface. Cables extend from the vehicle rear doors to the sidewall foils adjacent the sidewall foil free edges. The cables are taut and strain the sidewall foils toward the vehicle rear doors with the vehicle rear doors closed. |
| US09926010B2 |
Apparatus and method for manipulating in-vehicle devices using steering wheel
An apparatus for manipulating in-vehicle devices using a steering wheel includes a reference signal input unit for inputting a reference signal to a driver through a charged plate, a touch sensor for receiving the reference signal through human body communication and for detecting a touch of the driver, and a controller for generating a control signal on the basis of the results detected by the touch sensor. |
| US09926003B2 |
Hydraulic steering unit and hydraulic steering system
A hydraulic steering unit (3) is disclosed comprising a working port arrangement (L, R) having two working ports (L, R), a supply port arrangement having a high pressure port (P) and a low pressure port (T), a main flow path (7) having a main bleed (A1) and a metering device (8) and being arranged between said high pressure port (P) and said working port arrangement (L, R), an amplification flow path (9) having an amplification bleed (Au) and being arranged between said high pressure port (P) and said working port arrangement (L, R), said main bleed (A1) and said amplification bleed (Au) being controlled together by means of a steering handle (6) and being closed in neutral position of said steering handle (6), and a drain bleed (Ad) which is open in neutral position of said steering handle (6), said drain bleed (Ad) connecting a point (11) upstream said main bleed (A1) and said amplification bleed (Au) to said low pressure port (T). |
| US09926000B2 |
Telescopic shroud for a steering column assembly
An adjustable steering column assembly comprises a telescopic shroud which comprises an outer tubular portion and an inner tubular portion where the overall length can be adjusted by relative movement of the two portions, a support bracket secured to a fixed part of a vehicle and a releasable clamp assembly which is movable between an unclamped position in which the shroud can be adjusted telescopically and a clamped position in which the outer tubular portion clamps onto the inner tubular portion thereby preventing telescopic movement of the shroud during normal use of the assembly. The outer tubular portion includes an elongated slot and two clamp rails, each located on a respective side of the slot and including an elongated opening through which a clamp bolt of the clamp assembly passes. At least one of the rails varies in cross-section at the various positions at which the rails may be clamped such that, in use, the rails resiliently deform when the assembly is in the clamped position by an amount dependent on the relative telescopic position of the inner and outer tubular portions. |
| US09925999B2 |
Power assist wagon
A power assist system for a wagon is provided. The power assist system provides a rotational force to one or more drive wheels under certain conditions to provide propulsion for the wagon. The power assist wagon preferably includes a drive system for providing the rotational force to the drive wheel, a control system for determining when the drive system should be activated and how much propulsion assist to provide to the drive wheel, and a power system for providing power to the drive system. The power assist wagon may also have a safety cut-off system to preclude the drive system from providing a rotational force to the drive wheel 16 even when the system is in the “on” mode. |
| US09925995B1 |
Highway crossing out-of-service controller
A system for selectively disabling highway crossing equipment includes a timer for controlling a maximum out of service time for the highway crossing equipment, a switch for controlling disablement of the highway crossing equipment, and control circuitry responsive to the timer and the switch. The control circuitry disables the highway crossing equipment in response to an input received from the switch before the maximum out of service time has been reached and re-enables the highway crossing equipment in response to a subsequent input from the switch received before the maximum out of service time has been reached. The control circuitry places the highway crossing equipment in a failsafe condition when the maximum out of service time has been reached without receiving the subsequent input from the switch. |
| US09925991B2 |
Apparatus and method for lifting and moving an axle of a rail vehicle
An apparatus for lifting and moving an axle of a rail vehicle includes a frame, a pair of rollers rotatably mounted to the frame to movably support the frame on a railroad track rail, and a pair of wedges mounted to the frame having mutually opposed ramped faces. The pair of wedges adjustable along the frame between a first position in which the ramped faces bracket, but do not contact, a rail vehicle wheel that rests on the track rail, and a second position in which the ramped faces engage the circumference of the wheel to support the wheel at a height above the railroad track rail. The apparatus further includes at least one jacking device for urging the wedges toward one another from the first position to the second position. |
| US09925981B2 |
Stop-and-restart control of a vehicle engine
A control unit for a vehicle comprises an automatic engine stop-and-restart unit for stopping the engine responsive to predefined stop conditions and for restarting the engine responsive to predefined restart conditions, and a following-cruise control unit for controlling the vehicle to follow a vehicle ahead responsive to predefined following-cruise conditions. The automatic stop-and-restart unit for stopping and restarting the engine is configured to modify at least one of the stop conditions and the restart conditions during the following-cruise control. |
| US09925979B2 |
Autonomous braking failure management in pedestrian protection
A collision avoidance system and method for a vehicle. The system includes a video camera and a distance sensor. The system includes a driver control, a vehicle control system, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the video camera, the distance sensor, the driver control, and the vehicle control system. The controller receives a first signal from the video camera indicative of the presence of the pedestrian and receives a second signal from the distance sensor indicative of the presence of the pedestrian. The controller determines a course deviation from a current path of travel of the vehicle and activates a timer. The controller resets the timer when the driver control receives an input from the driver that is above a threshold. When the driver input is below the threshold and the timer expires, the controller applies the course deviation using the vehicle control system. |
| US09925974B2 |
System and methods for improving fuel economy
Methods and systems are provided for controlling hybrid vehicle engine operation, where the vehicle engine comprises one or more cylinders dedicated to recirculating exhaust to an intake manifold. In one example, during an engine cold-start event or other event where temperature of one or more exhaust catalysts are below a temperature needed for catalytic activity, fuel injection to the dedicated exhaust gas recirculation cylinder(s) is maintained shut off, while its intake and exhaust valves are maintained activated, thus enabling the dedicated exhaust gas recirculation cylinder(s) to route air to the intake manifold of the engine, resulting in exhaust gas lean of stoichiometry that may serve to heat the catalyst. In this way, during cold start events and other events where temperature of one or more exhaust catalysts are below a temperature for catalytic activity, combustion stability issues may be avoided, and exhaust catalyst(s) rapidly heated, thereby reducing undesired tailpipe emissions. |
| US09925973B2 |
Control method and system for preventing motor from overheating when TMED hybrid vehicle is driven
A control method and system are provided for preventing a motor from overheating when a TMED hybrid vehicle is driven to thus improve driving performance by operating an engine before limiting motor output based on a driving state while the vehicle is driven in an EV mode, and the current temperature of the motor. The method includes monitoring a motor temperature of a hybrid vehicle and operating an engine when the current motor temperature of the motor is a first motor temperature or greater when the vehicle is driven in an EV mode. In addition, motor output is limited when the current motor temperature is equal to or greater than a third motor temperature, which is greater than the first motor temperature, after the engine is operated. |
| US09925972B2 |
Method and system for reducing driveline NVH
A method and a system for reducing driveline speed oscillations related to a driveline resonance frequency are described. Driveline speed oscillations may be reduced via slipping a driveline clutch or adjusting torque of a driveline motor/generator. The method and system may be activated during select vehicle operating conditions. |
| US09925971B2 |
Brake fluid temperature monitoring
There is provided a system for estimating or monitoring the temperature of brake fluid in a hydraulic brake mechanism, the system comprising a controller configured for: receiving data related to the temperature of a brake friction element of said hydraulic brake mechanism; and estimating the temperature of said brake fluid based upon said data. Aspects of the invention also relate to brake systems and vehicles comprising such systems, to related methods, and to suitable controllers and software. |
| US09925970B2 |
Electrohydraulic pressure control device for vehicle brake systems
An electrohydraulic pressure control device for vehicle brake systems, including at least one electronic control unit, at least one hydraulic unit and at least one electric motor for driving a hydraulic pump, wherein the electronic control unit is mechanically connected to the hydraulic unit and is sealed off from the outer environment in at least one connection zone to the hydraulic unit by a circumferential, in particular elastic sealing material, and the sealing material extends along an edge of the substantially cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit, wherein the edge is formed by a face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit facing the electronic control unit and at least one face of the cuboid-shaped hydraulic unit not facing the electronic control unit, and the sealing material at least partially covers both cuboid faces in the connection zone and/or sealing zone. |
| US09925967B2 |
Brake actuator
Disclosed is a brake actuator which is able to adjust the operational states of a brake connection to the lower end of a push rod disposed movable upward or downward while passing through the lower end of a service brake housing in such a way that a diaphragm moves upward or downward a pressure plate in response to the elastic force of a compressive spring in a spring chamber and the adjustment of an air pressure in a pressure chamber. |
| US09925966B2 |
Brake master cylinder for a motor vehicle brake system with profiled pressure piston
A brake master cylinder arrangement includes a housing with a cylindrical recess, a pressure piston moveable in the cylindrical recess along a longitudinal axis and guided in a sealing manner, and a reservoir for storing brake fluid that is fluidically connected via a fluid channel to the housing. The pressure piston and the housing enclose a pressure chamber that is connected to a fluid circuit of the brake system. Depending on the position of the associated pressure piston, the pressure chamber is either fluidically connected to the fluid reservoir or disconnected therefrom. In a region that axially spans the sealing arrangement in a starting position of the pressure piston, the outer circumferential surface of the pressure piston has profiling that provides a fluidic connection between the fluid reservoir and the pressure chamber. |
| US09925965B2 |
Method and device for operating a braking system
A method for operating a braking system, having a front and rear axle, the braking system including: a brake booster having a brake input element, coupled to an actuating travel sensor for providing a signal of a braking input; a brake master cylinder coupled to the brake booster coupled to a brake medium reservoir; fluid lines, in fluidic communication with the brake master cylinder and the brake medium reservoir, and with braking devices of the wheels via a system of valves, each of the wheels being coupled to a generator generating a braking torque, the method including: generating a hydraulic free travel with the valves and controlling valves with a control unit, a hydraulic pressure build-up for decelerating a wheel speed being prevented by generating free travel during actuation of the brake input element; and generating a regenerative braking torque for decelerating the wheel speed, based on the braking input. |
| US09925957B2 |
Windscreen wiper strip support and windscreen wiper blade having same
The present invention relates to a windscreen wiper strip support and a windscreen wiper blade having the windscreen wiper strip support. The windscreen wiper strip support includes a longitudinal slot for housing a windscreen wiper strip. The windscreen wiper strip support has a back plate, a plurality of first lugs and a plurality of second lugs. The longitudinal slot is formed by the space encircled by the back plate, the plurality of first lugs and the plurality of second lugs. The back plate, the plurality of first lugs and the plurality of second lugs are all made of a metallic material to ensure that the entire windscreen wiper strip support has better strength and the production cost is reduced. |
| US09925956B2 |
Remote function control system with remote function device and associated wireless security sensor for a vehicle having a data communications bus and related methods
A remote function control system is for a vehicle including a data bus extending throughout the vehicle and coupled to a plurality of vehicle devices, and a wired vehicle electrical power system. A wireless data bus device may be coupled to the power system and include a wired interface coupled to the data bus, and a first wireless device coupled to the wired interface. A remote function device may be coupled to the power system and include a second wireless device to wirelessly communicate with the first wireless device, a third wireless device to wirelessly communicate with a remote control device, and a controller to permit communication between the remote control device and a vehicle device(s) coupled to the data bus. A wireless security sensor may be positioned within the vehicle and coupled to the power system, with the sensor being configured to wirelessly communicate with the second wireless device. |
| US09925952B2 |
Device for cutting a belt
A cutting mechanism (30) for a safety belt (10), the cutting mechanism (30) including a case (32), a passage (34) running through the case and making it possible to mount the cutting mechanism (30) on the belt (10) to be cut, and cutting elements (42) for the seatbelt (10), situated inside the case, the cutting elements (42) include a wire (44) and elements for heating (46) the wire. A process for cutting a safety belt (10), includes using a wire (44) and elements for heating (46) the wire in order to cut the belt with the heated wire. |
| US09925950B2 |
Active airbag vent system
Active airbag vent systems and associated systems and methods are described herein. An airbag system having an active vent configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology can include, for example, a first inflator operably coupled to a first hose for inflating an airbag in response to a rapid deceleration event. The airbag system can further include a second inflator operably coupled to a second hose configured to release a vent or seam on the airbag to rapidly deflate the airbag after initial deployment of the airbag. |
| US09925948B2 |
Airbag
An airbag is inflatable in such a manner as to separate a vehicle-side wall which is deployable towards a vehicle body structure and an occupant-side wall which is deployable towards an occupant for catching the occupant. The airbag is configured to be supported by the vehicle body structure on the vehicle-side wall when catching the occupant with the occupant-side wall. The airbag includes a recessed section on left and right sides of and in a vicinity of the center of the occupant-side wall and a tether that connects the bottom of the recessed section to the vehicle-side wall in order to form the recessed section. Opposing walls of the recessed section press each other in a separable fashion when the airbag is inflated. The tether allows gas communication between a central region of the airbag and a peripheral region of the airbag which surrounds the central region, inside the airbag. |
| US09925947B2 |
Rear seat side-airbag device
A rear seat side-airbag device of the technology of the present disclosure includes: a side airbag that is disposed between a side garnish and a body, the side garnish being disposed at a vehicle width direction outer-side of a seat back of a rear seat, the side airbag becoming deployed on the side of an occupant; and an airbag door garnish that covers the side airbag from a cabin side and is disposed at a position where at least part of a boundary section between the airbag door garnish and the side garnish is covered from the cabin side by webbing in an unworn state. |
| US09925939B2 |
Pedestrian collision warning system
A method is provided for preventing a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian. The method uses a camera and a processor mountable in the motor vehicle. A candidate image is detected. Based on a change of scale of the candidate image, it may be determined that the motor vehicle and the pedestrian are expected to collide, thereby producing a potential collision warning. Further information from the image frames may be used to validate the potential collision warning. The validation may include an analysis of the optical flow of the candidate image, that lane markings prediction of a straight road, a calculation of the lateral motion of the pedestrian, if the pedestrian is crossing a lane mark or curb and/or if the vehicle is changing lanes. |
| US09925937B2 |
Vehicle front portion structure
A vehicle front portion structure includes: a front side member; a load-bearing member provided at an outer side face of a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member, the load-bearing member including a load transmission portion that protrudes to the vehicle width direction outer side and to a vehicle front from the outer side face; a front bumper reinforcement; an inner side collision-absorbing portion that couples a front end of the front side member with the front bumper reinforcement; and an outer side collision-absorbing portion disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the inner side collision-absorbing portion, at least a portion of the outer side collision-absorbing portion being disposed between a front end of the load transmission portion and the front bumper reinforcement, and the outer side collision-absorbing portion being higher in compression strength in the vehicle front-and-rear direction than the inner side collision-absorbing portion. |
| US09925931B2 |
Reversible bracket for vehicle b-pillar trim
A reversible trim piece bracket includes a body including a first attachment edge and a second attachment edge that is differently configured from the first attachment edge. The first attachment edge and second attachment edge are configured to engage a cooperating surface on a vehicle, which may be associated with a vehicle structure such as a B-pillar. The first attachment edge may include one or more catches defining a first length for engaging the cooperating surface. The second attachment edge may include one or more catches defining a second length that is different from the first length for engaging the cooperating surface. An orienting structure may be provided for properly orienting the bracket body, which may be one or more notches defined in the bracket body for engaging one or more cooperating tabs associated with the vehicle trim piece. |
| US09925930B1 |
Removable apparatus for ornamenting automobiles
Removable apparatus for ornamenting automobiles are disclosed. One removable automobile-ornamenting apparatus includes an attachment portion having: (a) a first attachment device having a first arm with proximal and distal ends; (b) an anchor at the first arm distal end; and (c) a second attachment device. An ornamental portion is operatively coupled to the first and second attachment devices. The first attachment device and the second attachment device are configured such that: (a) in a first method of use, the first arm is between a hood or a rear door of an automobile and a remainder of the automobile and the second attachment device is located below the first arm; and (b) in a second method of use, the first arm is between the hood or the rear door of the automobile and the remainder of the automobile and the second attachment device is located above the first arm. |
| US09925929B2 |
Apparatus for ejecting electric dvd deck
An apparatus for ejecting an electric DVD deck may include a housing fixedly disposed in an internal space of a vehicle body trim panel, the DVD deck disposed in a lower portion of the housing, an actuator disposed between the housing and the DVD deck such that the DVD deck is ejected from the internal space of the vehicle body trim panel by upward and downward movement of the DVD deck, a sensor to detect upward and downward movement of the DVD deck, and a control module to control the actuator, in which, when a signal of the sensor is not received within a reference time during operation of the actuator, the control module may allow the DVD deck to return to a movement start position. |
| US09925927B2 |
Console box
A console box includes a console body including a pair of right and left side-walls, a storage container accommodated in the console body, a lid part openably placed in contact with upper edge parts of the console body, and an inwardly-bent part formed on the upper edge part of each side-wall of the console body, the inwardly-bent part being overlapped with the corresponding side-wall in an inside-and-outside direction so as to form a space part between the inwardly-bent part and the corresponding side-wall. The console box further includes an outwardly-bent part and a space-inserted part that are formed near an upper edge part of the storage container, and a rupture expected part provided at the outwardly-bent part, the rupture expected part being configured to be broken when an emergency load is applied to the lid part from above. |
| US09925925B2 |
Variable partition apparatus for trunk of vehicle
A variable partition apparatus for a trunk of a vehicle may include a luggage board having a guide rail and arranged on an bottom surface of a trunk room, an actuating unit configured to move forwards, rearwards, leftwards, and rightwards along the guide rail, a board fixing unit coupled to an upper portion of the actuating unit and in which a partition board may be fixedly assembled while being erected, and a partition board configured to move and rotate on the luggage board by the actuating unit to variably divide the trunk room. |
| US09925921B1 |
Head tracking control system for controlling an auxiliary vehicle light
A system for controlling an auxiliary vehicle light is described, whereby a wearable controller that may be worn on a user's head or coupled to an article of clothing located on a user's head is useful for transmitting a position and orientation of a user's head to an auxiliary vehicle light located on a surface of a vehicle. The auxiliary vehicle light may include a pivotable body capable of panning, tilting, or rolling. The wearable controller includes sensors to determine an orientation and angular displacement of a user's head. Both the auxiliary vehicle light and the wearable controller includes transceivers for wirelessly communicating with each other. |
| US09925920B2 |
Extended lane blind spot detection
A vehicle system includes at least one sensor that can detect a first target vehicle in a first blind spot and a second target vehicle in a second blind spot. The first blind spot is associated with an adjacent lane relative to a host vehicle and the second blind spot is associated with an extended lane relative to the host vehicle. A processor can generate a first alert signal when the first target vehicle is detected and a second alert signal when the second target vehicle is detected. |
| US09925916B2 |
Linear projection-based navigation
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a linear projection of a route. In one embodiment, route information is received and parsed. Supplementary route data is received. A linear route is generated and provided to a user, the linear route comprising a straight line and one or more segments extending form the straight line, where ends of the straight line represent a starting point and destination of the linear route, and the one or more segments represent turns. |
| US09925912B2 |
Exterior lighting and object detection assembly
An exterior lighting and object detection assembly for a vehicle operable in an exterior environment that includes an object includes a housing, a first light source, an inner lens, and an object detection device. The first light source is connected to the housing and emits light for a position light function of the vehicle. The inner lens is connected to the housing and has a first portion that receives and reflects the light from the first light source to the exterior environment of the vehicle to provide the position light function. The object detection device is connected to the housing and is operable to detect the object via an electromagnetic energy. The first portion of the inner lens is disposed between the object and the object detection device and is configured to permit the electromagnetic energy to pass through such that the object detection device detects the object. |
| US09925908B2 |
Inflatable modular panel protection system
A modular inflatable protection system for protecting an item is provided. The system includes a plurality of inflatable modules, each of the modules having an inflatable body; a gas valve configured to receive a gas to inflate the inflatable body; a first connection portion; and a second connection portion. The first connection portion is configured to removably connect a first one of the modules to the second connection portion of a second one of the modules, the first connection portion can be reused to connect the first one of the modules to the second connection portion of a third one of the modules, and the system is configured to provide a barrier to protect the item from damaging contact by a potentially damaging element. |
| US09925906B1 |
Self-unloading pipe trailer
A self-unloading pipe trailer carries a rack of pipe and automatically unloads segments as it moves along a pipeline location. A single operator can maneuver the trailer and operate the unload controls. In unload mode, the operator drives along the pipeline and the trailer unloads the segments automatically. The trailer employs a power pipe rolling assembly that engages with weight-bearing tires in order to translate the distance traveled across the ground to directly power a pipe unloading system such that each foot of ground travel equates to a foot of pipe unloading. If the operator needs to change speed and/or stop, it can be done without modifying the unload mode as the dispensing process automatically responds to the change in speed. There is no complex externally powered unloading system to break-down, lose timing, or otherwise complicate matters. Pipe is simply unloaded automatically as the trailer moves down the pipeline. |
| US09925900B2 |
Vehicle seat cushion
A vehicle seat includes a seat pad. The seat pad includes a foam cushion and a cushion cover arranged to extend around and cover the foam cushion. |
| US09925898B2 |
Console armrest for vehicle
A console armrest for a vehicle may include a cover device configured to selectively cover a console box and coupled to the console box to be rotatable, an upper support device connected to the cover device to be rotatable in an up and down direction of the vehicle, and a lower support device configured to be drawn out from the cover device to a rear side, in which when the lower support device is drawn out from the cover device, a support space may be formed between the lower support device and the cover device. |
| US09925895B2 |
Passenger seat with close-out shroud
Described are close-out shrouds (10) formed of a flame retardant material with at least one living hinge (16). The flame retardant material is configured to substantially enclose an articulating opening to a cavity, and the at least one living hinge is configured to articulate through greater than 50,000 cycles before failure. |
| US09925886B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus related to mutual detection and identification of electric vehicle and charging station
Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for communicating with a charging system comprising a plurality of charging stations configured to charge an electric vehicle. At least one first signal is transmitted to the charging system via a first communication link while the electric vehicle is a first distance from at least one charging station of the plurality of charging stations. The at least one first signal is indicative of a vehicle identifier of the electric vehicle. At least one second signal is received from the at least one charging station of the plurality of charging stations via a second communication link while the electric vehicle is a second distance from the at least one charging station, the second distance less than the first distance. The at least one second signal is indicative of a charging station identifier of the at least one charging station. |
| US09925883B2 |
Automatic self-locating transmit coil for wireless vehicle charging
Electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles include a rechargeable traction battery. An automated vehicle charging system is configured to charge the traction battery with minimal operator intervention. The vehicle charging system includes at least one tire pad including a plurality of pressure-sensitive sensors arranged at known locations of the tire pad and outputting signals having a magnitude indicative of a pressure applied by a tire at the known locations. The vehicle charging system also includes at least one controller programmed to receive the signals and control movement of a transmit coil according to a position of the tire on the tire pad that is derived from the signals. The known locations may be generally equally spaced or unevenly spaced across the tire pad. The tire pad may include a tire stop to limit motion of the tire in one direction. |
| US09925882B2 |
Exchangeable batteries for use by electric vehicles
An electric vehicle including an electric motor is provided. The electric vehicle having a receptacle slot integrated in the electric vehicle, and the receptacle slot providing a connection for providing power to the electric motor. A battery is configured for sliding into the receptacle slot to enable electrical engagement of the battery with the connection when in the receptacle slot. The battery is further configured for sliding out of the receptacle slot to remove the battery from electrical engagement with the connection. The battery is configured to store and supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle. The battery is replaceable by sliding the battery out of the receptacle slot and sliding in another battery into the receptacle slot to further supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle with said another battery. The battery and said another battery each have a respective portion that is accessible for enabling its hand-removal and hand-insertion out of and into the receptacle slot. A computer is on-board the electric vehicle. The computer is interfaced with the connection of the receptacle slot to obtain a level of charge of the battery present in the receptacle slot. A battery level indicator of the electric vehicle is provided. The battery level indicator configured to provide information regarding the level of charge of the battery in the receptacle slot. |
| US09925877B2 |
Vehicle air conditioning apparatus
A vehicle air conditioning apparatus is provided that can extend the mileage of a vehicle by reducing the power consumed by the operation of a compressor and a heater. When a required quantity of heating Q_req is acquired, the minimum power sharing ratio between quantity of heat release Q_hpof a water-refrigerant heat exchanger 22 and quantity of heat release Q_htrof a water heater 32 is calculated, which allows the power consumption W_total to be minimized, and a compressor 21 and the water heater 32 is operated based on the result of the calculation. |
| US09925875B2 |
Information presentation device, information presentation method and program
In order to provide a technology enabling efficient visual recognition of notification information by a user, provided is an information presentation device, including: a display adjustment unit configured to display, using processing information for displaying information based on a start condition, the information on a plurality of display areas; and a storage unit configured to store condition information associating a predetermined start condition with notification information being the information to be displayed when the predetermined start condition occurs, in which the display adjustment unit is configured to, when satisfaction of the predetermined start condition is detected: identify the display area for displaying the notification information that is associated with the predetermined start condition in the storage unit; cause display of the notification information on the display area; and restrict display on other display areas other than the display area. |
| US09925873B2 |
Vehicle warning control apparatus
When a driving support electronic control unit (DSECU) determines that a driver of a vehicle is in an abnormal state where the driver loses an ability to drive the vehicle, the DSECU starts driving control under the abnormal state to decelerate the vehicle until the vehicle stops and to sound a horn. In this case, the DSECU measures an elapsed time since the horn starts sounding with a horn timer th, and sets a sounding pattern corresponding to the elapsed time measured. This sounding pattern is set in such a manner that a ratio of a sounding time of the horn per unit time decreases as the elapsed time since the horn starts sounding become longer. Thereby, it becomes possible to properly notify that the driver is in the abnormal state using the horn. |
| US09925872B1 |
System for monitoring driver alertness and adapting vehicle settings thereto
A driver alertness detection system. The system is configured to activate an autonomous drive module of the vehicle to autonomously drive the vehicle when the measured alertness level of the driver is less than a predetermined threshold, and deactivate the autonomous drive module of the vehicle to permit manual driving when the measured alertness level of the driver is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold. |
| US09925870B2 |
Four-wheel-drive vehicle
A four-wheel-drive vehicle includes a driving source, main driving wheels, auxiliary driving wheels, a power transmitting member, a first mesh clutch, and a second mesh clutch. Meshing teeth on the driving source side of the first mesh clutch each have, along an entire tooth width thereof, an inclined surface in which a length in a rotational axis direction increases in a direction in which the meshing teeth on the driving source side rotate when the four-wheel-drive vehicle is traveling forward. The meshing teeth on the power transmitting member side of the first mesh clutch each have, along an entire tooth width thereof, an inclined surface in which a length in a rotational axis direction decreases in a direction in which the meshing teeth on the driving source side rotate when the four-wheel-drive vehicle is traveling forward. |
| US09925869B2 |
Two-speed transfer case with non-synchronized range shift mechanism and on-the-move range shift control system
A transfer case for a four-wheel drive motor vehicle includes a two-speed range clutch unit, a mode clutch unit, a power-operated actuation mechanism and a control system. The actuation mechanism includes an electric motor, a geartrain driven by the motor for controlling rotation of an actuator shaft, a range actuator assembly and a mode actuator assembly. The range actuator assembly functions to move a shift collar associated with the range unit in response to rotation of the actuator shaft. The mode actuator assembly includes a mode cam and a ballramp unit. The mode cam is rotatively driven by the actuator shaft for controlling the clutch engagement force exerted on the friction clutch by the ballramp unit. The control system controls movement of the shift collar during motive operation of the motor vehicle to permit on-the-move range shifting. |
| US09925868B2 |
Transfer case for an automotive powertrain system
A transfer case (16) for translating torque from an engine (12) to first and second differentials (20, 22), including: a housing (42), a primary shaft (44) supported in the housing (42) with an input end (52) in communication with the engine (12) and an output end (54) in communication with the first differential (20), a secondary shaft (46) spaced from the primary shaft (44) and in communication with the second differential (22), a clutch assembly (48) in communication with the shafts (44, 46) for selectively translating torque therebetween, and a sleeve (50) operatively attached to the primary shaft (44) between ends (52, 54). The sleeve (50) has an outer surface (68) with a plurality of radially spaced flutes (70) defined therein for directing lubricant from a predetermined location (72) of the housing (42) toward the clutch assembly (48) during rotation of the primary shaft (44). |
| US09925867B2 |
Fuel control regulator system with acoustic pliability
A fuel control regulator system for a vehicle is disclosed in which a restraint control module registers an acceleration/deceleration that falls outside of predetermined limits. In one embodiment, the fuel control regulator system includes a vehicle including steering, an accelerator, brakes, one or more audio devices in proximity to one or more front crash sensors recording sensor data, a processor, and memory. The restraint control module is coupled to the processor and configured to dynamically adjust a threshold to lie outside of an amplitude of the sensor data of the one or more front crash sensors compromised by sound from the one or more audio devices. In another embodiment, the fuel control regulator system adjusts the sensor data of an affected front crash sensor to lie within an existing threshold. In yet another embodiment, the fuel control regulator system ignores the sensor data of an affected front crash sensor. |
| US09925864B2 |
Method and valve for venting a fuel tank
A valve including: a chamber configured to extend at least partly into a tank and to be connected via an upper venting aperture to a venting circuit; and a shut-off point defining a single maximum filling level within the tank, located away from the chamber, the shut-off point being in fluid communication with the chamber via a conduit, wherein the conduit includes a venting tube. |
| US09925860B2 |
System for cooling engine of mild hybrid vehicle and method for cooling engine of mild hybrid vehicle
A system for cooling an engine of a mild hybrid vehicle includes an engine that includes a plurality of combustion chambers generating driving torque by combustion of a fuel, an integrated starter-generator, a clutch that selectively transmits the driving torque to a transmission, a driving information detector that detects driving information of the vehicle, a cooling line through which a coolant for cooling the combustion chamber flows, a heat storage tank disposed at the cooling line, and that temporarily stores the coolant, and a controller that controls an inflow coolant amount flowing in the heat storage tank and an exhaust coolant amount exhausting from the heat storage tank depending on the driving information of the vehicle detected by the driving information detector. |
| US09925856B2 |
Arrangement in a motor vehicle
An arrangement in a motor vehicle includes a subframe. An energy source is arranged in a region of the subframe and components are assigned to the energy source. The energy source and the components are positioned in front of the subframe in a crash direction. The subframe has a window which exceeds the external dimensions of at least one of the energy source or the components and is configured to allow the at least one of the energy source or the components to dip into the window. |
| US09925855B2 |
Cover apparatus and method for vehicle windows and/or other vehicle components
An apparatus, including a sheet for placement over a vehicle window and portion of the roof adjacent the window when deployed. The sheet includes a main portion having a first, second, third, and fourth, side, wherein the first and second sides are positioned opposite one another, the third and fourth sides are positioned opposite one another, the first side extends a first length, the second side a second length, the third side a third length, and the fourth side a fourth length, and each of the first and second lengths are longer than the third and fourth lengths; at least two end portions configured to be closed within a door of the vehicle; and a top portion extending from and along the first side portion. The top portion contains a cavity or passageway extending along a portion of the first side configured to receive a portion of a shaft. |
| US09925854B2 |
Door member
The present invention relates to a door member (1) for mounting to a vehicle door (43). The door member (1) is moulded from a plastics material. The door member (1) includes a door seal mounting channel (3) for receiving a mounting portion (19) of a door seal (13). The door seal mounting channel (3) has first and second sidewalls (5, 7). A first projection (11) is optionally provided on the first sidewall (5) for engaging the mounting portion (19) of the door seal (13). The invention also relates to a door member (101) having an inner finisher (165) and an outer finisher (147). The invention further relates to a vehicle door (43) including a door member (1; 101) of the type described herein. |
| US09925852B2 |
Wire harness winding device
A wire harness winding device includes a fixing member and a tubular winding member. The surrounding wall of the winding member is provided with wire harness insertion portions at an interval in a circumferential direction. The wire harnesses are individually inserted with excess lengths in the wire harness insertion portions, and other ends are led out to an outside of the winding member. When the wire harnesses are at a first position of a winding position at which the wire harnesses are wound by the winding member and a leading position at which the wire harnesses are led from the winding member, a portion of the excess length is wound by the fixing member. When the wire harnesses are at a second position of the winding position and the leading position, the portion of the excess length is slacked between the fixing member and the winding member. |
| US09925849B2 |
Sun visor with lighting device
Sun visor body with a light source and a mirror, wherein a surface facing the mirror is reflectively configured. |
| US09925847B2 |
Heating and cooling systems and methods for truck cabs
A vehicle heating and cooling system comprises an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, an auxiliary heating system, primary working fluid, and at least one valve assembly. The primary working fluid is configured to flow between the interior heat exchanger and the compressor. The at least one valve assembly configured to operate in a cooling mode in which the primary working transfers heat from the interior system to the compressor system, a standard heating mode in which in which the primary working transfers heat from the compressor system to the interior system and the auxiliary heating system does not transfer heat to the primary working fluid, and an augmented heating mode in which the auxiliary heating system transfers heat to the primary working fluid. |
| US09925846B2 |
Method of using a glass-mounted humidity/temperature sensor in a vehicle to obtain sun load and control of HVAC system using sun load
Sun load on a cabin of a vehicle is determined without a sun load sensor by affixing a relative humidity/temperature sensor to an inside of a windshield of the vehicle. The relative humidity/temperature sensor includes a relative humidity sensor that senses relative humidity of air at the relative humidity sensor, a temperature sensor that senses temperature of the air at the relative humidity sensor and a glass temperature sensor that senses temperature of glass of the windshield. A controller determines the sun load based on readings from the relative humidity/temperature sensor of relative humidity of the air at the relative humidity sensor, temperature of the air at the relative humidity sensor and temperature of the glass of the windshield. |
| US09925842B2 |
Valve switching controls for adjustable damper
A damper system and method for a vehicle includes a shock absorber and a damper module. The shock absorber includes a plurality of digital valves. The shock absorber is operable at one of multiple damping states based on a valve state of the digital valves. The damper module is coupled to each of the digital valves and controls each of the digital valves to a desired state based on a damper setting. The damper module determines a target damping state, where the target state is one of the multiple damping states. The damper module performs a switch operation to control the valve state of the plurality of digital valves to a given desired state when the target damping state is different from a present damping state. |
| US09925838B2 |
Ball joint assembly for a control arm
The ball joint assembly includes a housing which extends along an axis and a bearing. The bearing has an opening that extends between opposite axial ends and presents a curved bearing surface. A stud with an inner bore is positioned in the bearing and has an outer surface which is in sliding contact with the bearing surface to allow the bearing and housing to rotate relative to the stud. The assembly further includes a fastener which is receivable within the inner bore for connecting the stud with a frame of a vehicle. The fastener includes an internal passage which extends from an end of the fastener to a side surface of the fastener, and the stud has a channel which extends from the inner bore to the outer surface for allowing lubrication of the ball joint assembly while the ball joint assembly is installed in the vehicle suspension system. |
| US09925835B1 |
Automatic tire inflation system with removable air conduit member
An assembly for an ATI comprising a tube member forming a portion of a rotary union to be removed through an opening in a wheel hub without removing the wheel hub from the vehicle axle. The tube member may include a hardened shaft that is coupled to a fixed conduit providing a pressurized air source to a tire installed on the wheel hub. A bushing and seal rotates with respect to the tube member to form the rotary union. The assembly is designed to be quickly serviced in the field, where the serviceable parts are very inexpensive. |
| US09925834B2 |
Tire for driving on ice
A tire (10) for driving on ice, comprising: a tread (20) having a rolling surface with a groove, a stud (30) with a part (31) thereof projecting from the rolling surface and having a minimum cross section Sm; a conduit (200-205) that forms, on the rolling surface of the tire, two opposing edges (211, 221; 212, 222; 213, 223), the conduit opening into the groove and/or onto a lateral face of the tread; wherein, for each stud, the sum of the mean cross sections Sn of the conduits, each mean cross section Sn being measured at right angles to one of the opposing edges formed by the conduit, is greater than or equal to half the minimum cross section Sm of that part of the stud that projects from the tread. |
| US09925833B2 |
Aircraft pneumatic tire
An object of the invention is to increase the room for elongation of a tread protection layer, while securing durability.An aircraft pneumatic tire 10 includes: a tread protection layer (12) that is provided at a lower layer of a tread section (22), and that includes plural cords (24) that arrayed in a tire width direction and are each disposed along a wave shaped imaginary line extending along a tire circumferential direction with the tire width direction as the amplitude direction; and cord discontinuity portions (14) where locations of close proximity of the cords (24) to each other are partially omitted in the tread protection layer (12). |
| US09925829B2 |
Castor with pin-activated brake
The invention relates to a castor with at least one wheel (16, 18), a housing (10) carrying the at least one wheel (16, 18), and a runner pin (14) which is arranged so as to be movable to a limited extent in a substantially vertically oriented housing opening (12) and which serves to connect the castor to an object, wherein the housing (10) accommodates a brake device which frees the at least one wheel (16, 18) in a state in which the castor is loaded by a weight via the runner pin (14) and which acts with a braking effect on the at least one wheel (16, 18) in a state when not loaded by a weight. |
| US09925824B1 |
Method for generating letterpressed products
A method for producing a letterpressed printed card includes letterpressing a design into card stock, to create a card shell. The card shell has a positive image of the letterpressed design debossed into a front face of the card. After letterpressing the design, an image is printed onto the card shell, to produce the letterpressed printed card. |
| US09925821B2 |
Systems and methods for marking collectibles to increase their uniqueness
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for marking collectible items to increase their collectible uniqueness includes creating a multiplicity of unique date codes, each of the multiplicity of unique date codes including a representation of a calendar month and a representation of a day in the calendar month, randomly selecting one of the multiplicity of unique date codes, and affixing the randomly selected one of the multiplicity of unique date codes to a collectible item. According to other embodiments, a system with a computer and a marking device may apply a date code to a collectible item. According to yet other embodiments, a method for marking collectibles includes creating at least three hundred sixty-five collectibles in a time period shorter than a year, and marking each with a unique date code combination such that no two visually identical collectibles share the same date code. |
| US09925819B2 |
Post process control apparatus, method of controlling the same, sheet processing system, and storage medium
The present invention provides a post process control apparatus including a post processing unit configured to perform post processing on a printed sheet printed in accordance with a job, and a method for controlling the same, where the post process control apparatus and the method of controlling the same obtain a number of sheets in one copy of printed sheets instructed by the job, control the post processing unit to, if the obtained number of sheets in one copy is singular, execute the post processing in one batch on printed sheets corresponding to a plurality of copies, and to control the post processing unit to, if the obtained number of sheets in one copy is plural, execute the post processing individually by printed sheets corresponding to one copy. |
| US09925815B2 |
Paper, labels made therefrom and methods of making paper and labels
Paper is disclosed for use in making repositionable or removable adhesive labels. The adhesive can be applied in patches or discrete areas to the paper or to a layer of material that cleans rollers in the manufacturing line and/or in printers. The adhesive can be applied in single or multiple layers. The paper is light weight paper and preferably thermal paper for use in POS printers. |
| US09925814B2 |
Recording medium
A recording medium includes in this order a water-resistant substrate, a first ink receiving layer, and a second ink receiving layer that is the outermost layer. The first ink receiving layer contains a fumed silica and a binder. The second ink receiving layer contains a colloidal silica having an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and a polyvinyl alcohol having a silanol group. |
| US09925807B2 |
Conveyance system, sheet processing system, and controller
There is provided a conveyance system including a plurality of rollers, a plurality of motors, a plurality of measuring devices, and a controller. The controller is configured to carry out the processes of: determining a control input on each of the plurality of motors, inputting a drive signal according to the control input, calculating an estimated reaction force value for each of the rollers, calculating an estimated tension value for each pair of the adjacent rollers, calculating a tension control input for each pair, and calculating a state control input on a particular one of the rollers. The controller determines the control input on each of the plurality of motors based on the tension control input for each pair and the state control input on the particular roller. |
| US09925805B2 |
Image forming apparatus and creation method of printed product
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to sequentially form images of an image group on a continuous sheet while providing a non-printing region between the images, a cutting unit to cut the continuous sheet, a discharge unit to which printed products on which an image is formed by the image forming unit and cut and created by the cutting unit, is discharged, and a control unit to control cutting of the continuous sheet at a leading end and a trailing end of a region in which an image is formed, to control cutting of the continuous sheet while having the non-printing region of a predetermined size at a leading end or a trailing end of a region in which a first or a last image of the image group is formed, and to control discharge of the created printed product to the discharge unit. |
| US09925802B2 |
Ink jet recording apparatus
Provided is a highly reliable ink jet recording apparatus capable of preventing the occurrence of image defects. The ink jet recording apparatus includes a liquid absorbing device including a porous body configured to absorb/remove an aqueous liquid component from an image containing the aqueous liquid component and a coloring material, a heat drying device configured to perform a heat drying treatment of the image after being subjected to the liquid absorption treatment, a temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature of the image after being subjected to the heat drying treatment with the heat drying device, and a determination unit configured to determine the state of the liquid absorbing device from the measured temperature. |
| US09925798B2 |
Optical scanning apparatus and image forming device
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source, an optical deflector having a rotary polygon mirror to deflect a light beam from the light source, a scanning optical system configured to focus the light beam deflected by the optical deflector on a target surface, a sync detecting sensor configured to determine a write start timing on the target surface, and a processing unit configured to correct detection data of the sync detecting sensor based on a measured value of a time needed for one revolution of the rotary polygon mirror. |
| US09925797B2 |
Lift printing system
Printing apparatus (20) includes a donor supply assembly (30), which provides a transparent donor substrate (26) having opposing first and second surfaces and a donor film formed on the second surface so as to position the donor film in proximity to a target area (28) on an acceptor substrate (22). An optical assembly (24) directs multiple output beams of laser radiation simultaneously in a predefined spatial pattern to pass through the first surface of the donor substrate and impinge on the donor film so as to induce ejection of material from the donor film onto the acceptor substrate according, thereby writing the predefined pattern onto the target area of the acceptor substrate. |
| US09925795B2 |
Media processing device with enhanced media and ribbon loading and unloading features
An example disclosed printer includes a base; a lid hingedly attached to the base movable between a closed position in which the lid is secured to the base, and an open position in which the lid is at least partially separated from the base; a cavity defined between the lid and the base, wherein the cavity is inaccessible when the lid is in the closed position and the cavity is accessible when the lid is in the open position; a ribbon positioning assembly disposed within the cavity that is pivotably attached to at least one of the lid or the base wherein the ribbon positioning assembly is configured to move between a printing position when the lid is in the closed position, and an accessible position when the lid is in the open position, wherein the ribbon positioning assembly comprises a ribbon tensioning mechanism. |
| US09925794B2 |
Print data generation apparatus performing color replacement on image data
In a print data generation apparatus, a print data generation apparatus generates print data. The print data includes post-replacement data obtained by the color replacement on pre-replacement data. The post-replacement data includes a plurality of post-replacement pixel values. Each post-replacement pixel value includes a plurality of post-replacement color components. In a case where a first residual amount of a first colorant is smaller than a second residual amount of a second colorant and a first consumption amount concerning the first colorant is larger than a second consumption amount concerning the second colorant, the color replacement on the pre-replacement data is performed so that a second post-replacement component corresponding to the second colorant is set to a first pre-replacement component value corresponding to the first colorant and the first post-replacement component corresponding to the first colorant is set to a pre-replacement component value other than the first pre-replacement component value. |
| US09925792B2 |
Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge apparatus, and liquid discharge method
A liquid discharge head includes discharge orifices, recording elements that generate energy, supply channels that supply liquid to the recording elements, a common supply channel communicating with the supply channels, recovery channels that recover liquid supplied to the recording elements, a common recovery channel that recovers liquid from the recovery channels, a first inlet port that supplies liquid to the common supply channel, a first recovery port that recovers liquid from the first common supply channel, a second inlet port that supplies liquid to the common recovery channel, and a second recovery port that recovers liquid from the second common recovery channel. The first inlet port and the first recovery port communicate without going through channel portions where recording elements are disposed, and the second inlet port and the second recovery port communicate without going through channel portions where recording elements are disposed. |
| US09925789B2 |
Regulator component
A regulator component includes a pressure regulator, a liquid filter, a vent with air filter downstream of the liquid filter, a second vent with air filter upstream of the liquid filter, and an outlet. |
| US09925785B2 |
Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a common liquid chamber, a common circulation liquid chamber, and a filter portion. The common liquid chamber includes a first portion disposed side by side with the common circulation liquid chamber in a direction perpendicular to a nozzle array direction in and a second portion not disposed side by side with the common circulation liquid chamber in the direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction. In a plan view, the second portion partially overlaps the common circulation liquid chamber in the direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction. A width of the second portion in the direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction is greater than a width of the first portion in the direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction. In the plan view, the filter portion is disposed in the second portion. |
| US09925783B2 |
Liquid supply unit
A new engagement mechanism enables a liquid supply unit to be removed from an on-carriage holder of a liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid supply unit comprises a body having first, second, third and fourth faces; a liquid supply portion projecting from the first face; and an engagement structure attached to the body. The engagement structure includes an engaging portion on a side of the first face. The engaging portion projects from the first face and engages with a through hole on a bottom of the on-carriage holder in a state of attachment. An operation portion of the engagement structure is on a side of the second face and is adapted to cancel engagement between the engaging portion and the on-carriage holder. A linking portion of the engagement structure is between the engaging portion and the operation portion to link the two. |
| US09925779B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit having nozzles able to eject a first liquid to a medium; and a fluid ejecting device having ejection ports able to eject a fluid including a second liquid to the liquid ejecting unit, in which the fluid ejecting device performs, as a maintenance operation of the liquid ejecting unit, a first fluid ejection of ejecting a fluid including small droplets of the second liquid that are smaller than a nozzle opening to an opening region in which the nozzles of the liquid ejecting unit open, and a second fluid ejection of ejecting a fluid including droplets of the second liquid in which the smallest droplets are larger than the small droplets to the liquid ejecting unit. |
| US09925772B2 |
Method for controlling inkjet printing apparatus
A method for controlling an inkjet printing apparatus performing printing to an elongated printing medium 11, the method having a discharging step of performing continuous application to a piezoelectric element 23 of a nozzle to be used with a pulse number of two or more waves per one printing element to deform the piezoelectric element and thereby discharge ink in an ink chamber 22 from an opening portion 21, and a vibrating step of performing application of the piezoelectric elements 23 to all the nozzles with a pulse number of one wave per one printing element to deform the piezoelectric elements, thereby imparting only vibrations to the inks in the ink chambers 22 without discharging the inks, where the discharging step and the vibrating step are performed alternately. |
| US09925767B2 |
Waveform selection and/or scaling for driving nozzle of fluid-jet printing device
In one example, a device for driving a nozzle of a fluid-jet printing device includes a circuit to, for each pixel time of a plurality of pixel times select a waveform from a plurality of waveforms based on more than one of waveform time delay, waveform pulse width and waveform shape, and apply the selected waveform to the nozzle to drive the nozzle to eject fluid for a current pixel time. |
| US09925764B2 |
Printing apparatus and position adjusting method of mark detector
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a mark detector which detects a mark that is formed on a recording medium and has a width in a first direction in a detection region thereof, and is supported to be rotatable around a rotation shaft that is parallel to a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a driving portion which drives the mark detector in the first direction; an angle determination portion which determines a rotation angle of the mark detector that considers the rotation shaft as a center; and a control portion which matches positions of the detection region and the mark in the first direction by adjusting a position of the mark detector in the first direction by the driving portion based on the rotation angle of the mark detector which is determined by the angle determination portion. |
| US09925763B2 |
Print system
The present invention relates to a print system, such as an ink jet printer, which performs printing on a medium, such as a sheet that is transported. |
| US09925761B2 |
Liquid ejection hole orientation for web guide
A non-contact web guide includes a wall having a curved exterior surface and a hollow interior containing a pressurized liquid. A first row of liquid ejection holes is provided in proximity to the web guide entry position having axes that are inclined toward a downstream direction, and a second row of liquid ejection holes is provided in proximity to the web guide exit position having axes that are inclined toward an upstream direction. An intermediate array of liquid ejection holes is optionally provided. The pressurized liquid flows through the liquid ejection holes to force the web of media away from the bearing surface of the web guide. This configuration of liquid ejection holes provides the advantage that stable web guidance is achieved at low liquid flow rates. |
| US09925759B2 |
Multi-layer printing screen having a plurality of bridges at spaced intervals
A printing screen for and method of printing elongate structures on substrates (S), the printing screen comprising first and second layers (3, 5) of different material, the first layer (3) providing a surface over which a printing element is in use traversed and including a plurality of elongate first printing apertures (7) across which extend a plurality of bridges (9) at spaced intervals, and the second layer (5) in use overlying the substrate (S) and including a plurality of elongate second printing apertures (15) through which printing medium is in use printed onto the underlying substrate (S), each of the second printing (15) apertures being located in registration with respective ones of the first printing apertures (7) in the first layer (3). |
| US09925756B2 |
Substrate peeling device, method for peeling substrate, and method for fabricating flexible display device
A method for fabricating a display device is provided. A laser having a power density is provided to a substrate coupling body. The substrate coupling body includes a first substrate and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate. The second substrate is separated from the first substrate. An optical property of the first substrate separated from the second substrate is measured. The power density of the laser is adjusted based on the optical property of the first substrate. |
| US09925755B2 |
Clamping apparatus for cleaving a bonded wafer structure and methods for cleaving
Apparatus and methods for mechanically cleaving a bonded wafer structure are disclosed. The apparatus and methods involve clamps that grip the bonded wafer structure and are actuated to cause the bonded structure to cleave. |
| US09925753B2 |
Weather-resistive barriers from self collapsing polyurethane foams
The present invention provides a self-collapsing, moisture curable one component polyurethane foam (1K PU) composition from moisture curable polyurethane prepolymers and to methods of making weather resistant barriers and formed in place gaskets therefrom. The foam compositions are packed under pressure with a blowing agent. In the methods, the foams are applied to gaps in the exterior (sheathing) of a building under construction and collapse on cure to enable application an aqueous weather barrier coating thereover within an hour. The foams also cure when applied on or adjacent a structure to form a foam gasket that enables installation of additional structural elements over or adjacent the foam gasket without bowing or damage to the structure treated. |
| US09925752B2 |
Method for manufacturing synthetic leather using different liquid silicone rubber coating solutions
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing synthetic leather for various interior materials and various miscellaneous goods using liquid silicone rubber coating solutions, and particularly, to a method for manufacturing synthetic leather having physical properties optimized so as to be suitable for a use using a different textile according to the use thereof. |
| US09925751B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for bonding substrates
A method includes rotating a drum about an axis and an anvil roll about an axis of rotation. The drum includes a fluid nozzle and a press member, the press member having an outer surface. The anvil roll includes a compliant outer circumferential surface. One or more substrates are advanced in a machine direction onto the drum. The fluid nozzle moves radially outward and a jet of heated fluid may be directed onto the substrates. The fluid nozzle retracts radially inward and the press member may be shifted radially outward. The substrates may be compressed between the press member and the anvil roll such that the press member deforms the compliant outer circumferential surface of the anvil roll. |
| US09925748B2 |
Apparatus and facility for the manufacture of layered slates and relative method
The invention relates to an oven (10) for the production of stratified sheets (12) from pre-assembled sheets (14). The pre-assembled sheets (14) comprise at least two sheets (16, 18) and at least one sheet of polymer material (20). The oven (10) comprises a hot chamber (22) which in turn comprises heating means (26) and an inlet opening (28) provided with first closing means (30). The oven also comprises a cold chamber (24) communicating with the hot chamber (22) and able to be separated from the hot chamber (22 via separation means (23). The cold chamber comprises cooling means (36) and an outlet opening (42) provided with second closing means (44). The invention also relates to a method for the production of stratified sheets. |
| US09925742B1 |
Shatter-resistant, optically-transparent panels and methods of use of the panels for on-site retrofitting and reinforcing of passageways
The disclosure includes multi-layered panels (10, 60, 204) including exterior layers of glass (12, 44) and interior layers of urethane (20, 36) and at least one layer of polycarbonate (16) between the urethane layers (20, 36) that result in enhanced shatter resistance within panels (10, 60, 204) that weigh between about 4.1 and 4.6 pounds per square foot. The panels (10, 60, 204) include an insertion tab (23, 61, 23″) of the polycarbonate layer (16) that enhances performance of the panel (10). Reinforced passageways (70, 200, 300), such as doors and windows of schools, hospitals and other public and private buildings, are disclosed using the multi-layered panels (10, 60, 204) with the insertion tab (23, 61, 23″). |
| US09925738B2 |
Assembly of a metal insert and a sheet of composite material, method for incorporating such an insert into such a sheet and part obtained by molding such a sheet
The assembly consists of at least one metal insert and one reinforcing sheet. The reinforcing sheet contains reinforcing fibers longer than or equal in length to one centimeter. The metal insert comprises protrusions shaped to traverse the sheet, passing between the reinforcing fibers, and to fold by plastic deformation, enclosing the reinforcing fibers when said protrusions are subjected to a longitudinal compression force. |
| US09925734B2 |
Method and apparatus for making bags
A bag machine includes input, drum, and output sections. The drum has at least one seal bar. The sections are mounted to side frames that are single metal plates, not coated after being formed, and/or are comprised of galvanized steel, galvannealed steel, stainless steel or aluminum. The drum has opposing pairs of rotatable zinc plated steel plates. The distance from the seal bars to the drum center responds to the plates rotating. One plate has non-radial (such as curved and/or spiraled) grooves, and the other radial slots, with fixtures having seal bars in the slots and grooves. The winder has a rotatable turret with center and surface wind and center wind only positions. When one collapsible spindle is in the center and surface wind position, another is in the center wind only position. A push off palm mounted in a push off position. |
| US09925729B2 |
Method for making composite structure with a surfacing film thereon
A method for making a composite structure with a surfacing film thereon. The surfacing film is co-cured with fiber-reinforced resin composite materials. The surfacing film is formed from a curable resin composition containing an epoxy novolac resin, a tri-functional or tetra-functional epoxy resin, ceramic microspheres, an amine-based curing agent, particulate inorganic fillers; and a toughening component. The surfacing film exhibits high Tg and high cross-linked density after curing, as well as high resistance to paint stripper solutions. |
| US09925727B2 |
Method for producing components from fiber-reinforced composite material
The invention relates to a method for producing a component (9) from fiber-reinforced composite material. In a first step, a mold (1) is provided and, in a second step, a surface layer (3) is introduced into a cavity (2) of the mold (1). In a further step, a fiber layer (4) is applied to the surface layer (3) and is cured together with the surface layer (3) to form a first part (5). Afterwards, the first part (5) is subjected to a check. If the check proceeds positively, a carrier structure (8) is connected operatively to the first part (5). |
| US09925725B2 |
Method for printing three-dimensional parts with part strain orientation
A method and program for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method including generating or otherwise providing strain data from a digital model of the three-dimensional part, orienting the digital model to align the directions of high tensile strain in a build plane, and printing the three-dimensional part in a layer-by-layer manner based on the oriented digital model with the additive manufacturing system. |
| US09925721B2 |
Device for producing three-dimensional models
The present invention relates to a device for manufacture of three-dimensional models by means of a 3D printing process, whereby the build material is deposited on a build platform in layers and the build platform is moveable in the Z-direction and one or several drive units and one or several guide elements is/are provided to move the build platform. In so doing, drive units and guiding elements are arranged in such a way that a movement of the drive units is decoupled from the movement of the guiding elements. |
| US09925716B2 |
Automatic welding machine
An automatic welding machine, comprising a supporting frame and a tensioning device for reversibly joining at least two opposing booms to one another and applying a tension force between these, having an open position in which the opposing booms are separated from one another by a gap and a closed position in which the opposing booms are joined to one another and braced with respect to one another. One boom is mounted in a torsion-proof manner on the tensioning device and is pivotable in relation to the other boom and can be moved out of the open position into the closed position by the pivoting of the tensioning device. The tension force is generated by way of a spring-loaded element disposed on the tensioning device, wherein the spring-loaded element, at one end, is rigidly connected to a supporting element of the tensioning device and, at the other end, is pivotably mounted on the supporting frame by way of a double swivel joint, and the spring-loaded element is tensioned by the pivoting of the double swivel joint out of the open position into the closed position, whereby a torque is applied onto the pivotable boom. |
| US09925715B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring a melt pool using a dedicated scanning device
An additive manufacturing system includes a laser device, a first scanning device, and an optical system. The laser device is configured to generate a laser beam, and the first scanning device is configured to selectively direct the laser beam across a powder bed. The laser beam generates a melt pool in the powder bed. The optical system includes an optical detector configured to detect electromagnetic radiation generated by the melt pool, and a second scanning device configured to direct electromagnetic radiation generated by the melt pool to the optical detector. |
| US09925714B2 |
Method for printing three-dimensional items wtih semi-crystalline build materials
A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system includes providing a consumable feedstock material comprising a semi-crystalline polymer containing one or more secondary materials, wherein the consumable feedstock material has a process window in which crystalline kinetics are either accelerated or retarded. The consumable feedstock material is melted in the additive manufacturing system. At least a portion of the three-dimensional part from the melted consumable feedstock material in a build environment maintained within the process window. |
| US09925713B2 |
Synchronous running safeguard for transfer stations for devices for handling containers, and a device and a method for blow-molding containers
A synchronous running safeguard for transfer stations or devices for handling containers, in particular for handling bottle-like containers made of glass or plastic, having a first and a second rotary element, which each have holding elements for the containers and each have a motor drive. The rotary elements are disposed in relation to one another such that the containers can be transferred in a transfer area from one of the first holding elements to one of the second holding elements. The rotary elements, each rotationally connected, have a control element having engagement elements, and the control elements are in meshing engagement with one another. The control elements are disposed in such a way that, during operation the control elements are interengaged without contact during the rotary movement of the rotary elements and that, in the event of a fault, the control elements are interengaged with contact. |
| US09925709B2 |
Extrusion die tension adjuster and method of using same
A method of adjusting an amount of force applied to a plurality of fasteners connecting a lip body to a die body portion on an extrusion die using a fastener tension adjustment assembly is disclosed. The fastener tension adjustment assembly is adjusted to cause at least part of thee fastener tension adjustment assembly to move away from the lip body. In response to movement of the fastener tension adjustment assembly away from the lip body, amount of force applied by the fastener tension adjustment assembly on each of the plurality of fasteners is simultaneously increased. |
| US09925706B2 |
Process of producing a melt-spinnable fiber using thermoplastic polymer and destructured starch
A melt spinnable fiber is provided that comprises a first component comprising a thermoplastic polymer, and a second component comprising thermoplastic starch where the second component is not encompassed by another component or components or if encompassed by another component or components then the second component encompasses a hollow core. A particular use of such a fiber is for removal of the second component in the presence of a solvent in order to produce fibers with desired properties. An agent may be present in the second component for controlling the rate of removal of the second component thereby allowing for physical manipulation of the fiber prior to complete removal of the component. The invention is also directed to nonwoven webs and disposable articles comprising the fibers. |
| US09925696B2 |
Irradiation and molding unit
The invention relates to an irradiation and molding unit which can be cooled for curing light-curable polymer compositions, a method for preparing cured polymer moldings or articles coated with cured polymers by using the irradiation and molding unit which can be cooled, as well as the use of such irradiation unit for preparing polymer moldings or polymer coated articles. |
| US09925695B2 |
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) composites with magnesium wires enhanced networking of primary neurons
A bioresorbable material incorporating magnesium (Mg) wires into NGCs is disclosed. The bioresorbable material includes magnesium, and a biodegradable polymer, for example, poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA). The bioresorbable material can include magnesium wires incorporated into a poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) scaffold to provide both directional and biological cues in a fully bioresorbable material. A method of producing a bioresorbable material is also disclosed, which includes placing a plurality of magnesium (Mg) wires on a layer of a poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) solution, placing a second layer of the poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) solution on the plurality of magnesium (Mg) wires, and drying the plurality of magnesium (Mg) wires between the two layers of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) solution. |
| US09925691B2 |
Drill bit
A drill bit includes a pointed head and a bit shaft. A dust suction passage is formed in the bit shaft. A hole with an opening is formed in the pointed head or in a portion of the bit shaft, the portion being near a distal end of the bit shaft. The bit shaft includes a first portion, the first portion including a core and a rib. The core extends in an axial direction, and is thinner than the pointed head. The rib protrudes radially outward from a side surface of the core, and extends over an entire length of the first portion. The dust suction passage extends through the core in the axial direction. |
| US09925689B2 |
Machine for the production of ceramic products
A machine (1) for the production of ceramic products includes: a mould (2) made up of two parts (3, 4) designed to define, in a closed configuration, a cavity for casting the product; an apparatus (5) for clamping and containing the mould (2) acting on the mould (2) in its closed configuration; a frame (7) for supporting the mould (2) and clamping and containing apparatus (5). The machine includes a supporting base, interposed between the supporting frame (7) and a walkable surface (P), having a first portion (8) pivoted to the frame (7) to allow the supporting frame (7) to rotate relative to the walkable surface (P) and a second portion (9), spaced from the first portion (8) and equipped with at least one actuator element (10, 11) connected to the supporting frame (7) to incline the supporting frame (7) at least from a first limit operating position, where the supporting frame (7) is inclined by a first angle (α or β) relative to the walkable surface (P), to a second limit operating position, where the supporting frame (7) is inclined by a second angle (α or β) which is different from the first angle (α or β), relative to the walkable surface (P). |
| US09925688B2 |
Foldable miter saw having a safety device
A foldable miter saw includes a base unit, a worktable, a cutting unit, and a safety device. The cutting unit can be set between a working position where the saw blade and the worktable define therebetween a contained angle within 90°˜45° angle and a folded position where a stoppage signal is provided to power off the driver. The arrangement of the safety device enables a power supply to be cut off from the driver automatically when the cutting unit is moved to the folded position. |
| US09925685B2 |
Chainsaw
A chainsaw includes a chainsaw body, a guide bar and a saw chain. The chainsaw body includes an oil tank, an oil pump to supply oil stored in the oil tank to a sliding portion between the guide bar and the saw chain, a first extension chamber arranged above the oil tank and a second extension chamber arranged above the first extension chamber. The oil tank communicates with the first extension chamber via a first flow path, the first extension chamber communicates with the second extension chamber via a second flow path and a vent hole communicating with the outer space is formed in the second extension chamber. |
| US09925684B2 |
Cut length indicating device
A cut length indicating device for a portable machine tool includes at least one indication unit. The indication unit has at least one movably mounted indication element that is configured to indicate at least one position of a cutting edge of a machining tool on a work piece to be machined with reference to a set cutting depth of the machining tool. The indication element further has a cutting edge indication line, which runs at least substantially transversely to a movement plane of the indication element in order to indicate the position of the cutting edge in at least one operating state. |
| US09925681B2 |
Method and machine for etching optical lenses
A method for machining an optical lens via a trimming machine, includes: —a step of locking the optical lens, —a step of acquiring shape characteristics of the optical faces of the optical lens, —a step of generating an instruction for trimming the optical lens, and —a step of trimming the optical lens along a desired contour. The method also includes the following steps: —a step of generating an instruction for etching the optical lens depending on the acquired shape characteristics, and —a step of etching the optical lens along a line located inside the desired contour, during which a pointed etching tool of the trimming machine is controlled according to the etching instruction in such a way that the point of same continually slides against the optical face in order to score same along the line. |
| US09925676B2 |
Automated hair cutting system and method of operation thereof
Methods and devices for automatically cutting hair are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an automated system for cutting hair on a subject comprises a hair cutting device, configured for manual manipulation, the hair cutting device comprising a cutting mechanism and configured to engage the cutting mechanism to cut said hair. The automated system also comprises a positioning device coupled to the subject, the positioning device configured to interact with the cutting device for determining a position of the hair cutting device relative to the subject. |
| US09925674B2 |
Pocket cutter
The present invention generally relates to a pocket cutter. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a pocket cutter apparatus with a retractable blade. Embodiments of the pocket cutter apparatus are further comprised of a thumb slider switch. |
| US09925670B2 |
Method for handling flexible mat-like workpieces
A method for the handling of flexible and/or mat-like workpieces (30, 30a) with a holding device (10) comprising the steps of: picking up the workpiece (30, 30a) from an initial configuration with activated gripping devices (18); and displacing the gripping devices (18) relative to each other to deform the workpiece (30, 30a) into a desired freeform, further wherein the holding force before or during the displacement of the gripping devices (18) is reduced on each gripping device (18) so that the first sections (34) of the workpiece (30, 30a) during its deformation slide along the contact surface (20) and the second sections (36) of the workpiece (30, 30a) are fixed by the gripping devices (18) on the bearing surface (20). |
| US09925663B2 |
Movable hardstop for a robotic component
A robotic system includes a robotic arm and a movable hardstop disposed proximate to the robotic arm. The movable hardstop is separated from the robotic arm by at least one clearance in a first operating condition. The movable hardstop physically contacts the robotic arm in a second operating condition. The robotic system also includes one or more controllers configured to control movement of the robotic arm and movement of the movable hardstop such that the first operating condition is maintained or such that, if the second operating condition occurs, the hardtop blocks movement of the robotic arm. |
| US09925660B2 |
Method for positioning micro-tool and micro-manipulator device
A method for positioning a micro-tool (4) comprises: a positioning gauge positioning process (S1) including placing a gauge surface (5d) of a positioning gauge (5) at a needle tip position while the positioning gauge (5) is fixed to a holding part (30), and aligning a mark (5b) provided in the positioning gauge (5) with the optical axis (62a) of an objective lens (62); a positioning gauge focus adjustment process (S2) to focus on the mark (5b) in a state where the positioning gauge (5) has been positioned; and a micro-tool attachment process (S3) including fixing the micro-tool (4) to the holding part (30) after removing the positioning-gauge (5) from the holding part (30). |
| US09925654B2 |
Folding multiwrenches
A folding multifunction wrench for tightening or loosening a plurality of different sized rotary fasteners, comprising at least two wrench heads attached to their own respective wrench arm with the wrench arms pivotally mounted together at a hinge and pivotal (foldable) to a smaller stowed position or extend to a larger operational position. Individual wrench arms can be used either as a wrench handle or as a wrench tool depending on which end of the wrench the user grasps. During use, the rotational axes of the gripping surfaces on the wrench head can be oriented within ten degrees of being perpendicular to the hinge axis of the two or more wrench arms, whereby torque can be transmitted across the hinge axis for turning the plurality of different sized rotary fastener. |
| US09925653B2 |
Hammer drill
A hammer drill comprises a motor including an output shaft, a shaft assembly rotationally engaged therewith, a hollow spindle, and a hammer mechanism comprising a piston arranged for reciprocating motion within the spindle. The shaft assembly comprises a first part carrying a first gear engaged with a gear on the spindle to cause spindle rotation, a second part carrying a crank member to cause piston reciprocation, and a connecting part configured to rotationally interconnect, or disconnect, the first and second parts. In a first position of the connecting part only one of the first and second parts is rotationally engaged with the output shaft to enable rotation of only one of the first gear and the crank member respectively, while in a second position both the first and second parts are rotationally engaged with the output shaft to enable rotation of both the first gear and the crank member. |
| US09925651B1 |
Valve repair tool and method
A valve repair tool is a rod having a forked valve stem extractor on one end and a cap at the other end with a flare fitting rounding part built into it. |
| US09925648B2 |
Thread protector drive mechanism
A drive mechanism for installing thread protectors on threaded pipe ends having a servo motor, a housing, a shaft assembly, and a gripper with a plurality of jaws. The shaft assembly has a hollow shaft, rotationally mounted within the housing, and a solid shaft slidably mounted within the hollow shaft. The hollow shaft and solid shaft are coaxial and rotationally coupled. The gripper is mounted on the end of the solid shaft, outside of the housing, and is biased away from the housing. A sensor monitors the relative axial motion between the solid shaft and the hollow shaft. |
| US09925647B2 |
Device for holding a sampling sponge
A device for swabbing a surface and collecting a substance therefrom comprises a handle and a sponge releasably mounted to the handle. The handle includes at least one gripping member adapted to engage the sponge and retain the sponge mounted to the handle in a first position of the gripping member, the gripping member being adapted upon pressure exerted on an actuator to move the gripping member to a sponge-release position thereof for releasing the sponge from the handle. Typically, there are provided two opposed gripping members, wherein the pressure is exerted by a user's fingers on each gripping member and towards one another. The gripping members are actuated to the sponge-release position without requiring that the user substantially moves his/her hand and fingers longitudinally along the handle. |
| US09925644B2 |
Adapter
An adapter according to one aspect is an adapter for fixing to a shaft of a grinding machine a grinding wheel having a through-hole where the shaft is inserted. The adapter is provided with a main body having at least a portion thereof inserted into the through-hole, the main body including an outer wall that contacts a wall of the through-hole and an inner wall that forms an opening that corresponds to the shaft, and a plurality of reinforcing parts provided in predetermined intervals along a circumferential direction of the main body. Each reinforcing part extends from the inner wall to the outer wall, and a notch is formed in each reinforcing part. |
| US09925643B2 |
Wood-based abrasive blasting media
A wood-based blasting material is formed for introduction into a blasting fluid by mixing high-density pellet particles of various sizes. The pellet particles are formed from sawdust or fiber pressed under high pressure, resulting in brittle pellets. The pellets may then be crumbled and screened into particles of an appropriate size. The particles do not disassociate into their constituent materials when mixed with the blasting fluid, and thus maintain their density during use in the abrasive blasting process. |
| US09925638B2 |
Minimal quantity lubrication grinding device integrating nanofluid electrostatic atomization with electrocaloric heat pipe
A minimal quantity lubrication grinding device including: heat pipe grinding wheel covered with electrocaloric film material on both side surfaces, wherein external electric field is applied to outside of the electrocaloric film material; and electrostatic atomization combined nozzle provided with high-voltage DC electrostatic generator and magnetic field forming device at the outside and in an electrocaloric refrigeration and magnetically enhanced electric field; electrostatic atomization combined nozzle is respectively connected with nanoparticle liquid and gas supply system; and nanofluid is electrostatically atomized by electrostatic atomization combined nozzle and is jet to grinding area to absorb heat of grinding area; electrocaloric film material absorbs heat in grinding area through electrocaloric effect and disperses absorbed heat through heat pipe grinding wheel after leaving grinding area to form a Carnot cycle. Nanofluid electrostatic atomization is integrated with electrocaloric refrigeration and heat pipe. |
| US09925635B2 |
Eyeglass lens processing apparatus
In an eyeglass lens processing apparatus, if a material selector selects a thermoplastic material for the lens, a control unit performs a first step and then a second step. In the first step, the control unit controls a lens rotating unit to position a lens in a plurality of lens rotation angles and controls an axis-to-axis distance changing unit to cause a roughing tool to cut into the lens up to a roughing path for each of the plurality of lens rotation angles, the lens being not rotated by the lens rotating unit when the roughing tool is cutting into the lens up to the roughing path. In the second step, the control unit controls the lens rotating unit and the axis-to-axis distance changing unit to rough the lens based on the roughing path while the lens rotating unit rotates the lens. |
| US09925630B2 |
Device for holding workpiece and machine tool
Provided is a device that prevents a workpiece from sticking to a clamp part and moving with the clamp part to a position deviating from a predetermined position. The device for holding the workpiece includes: a seat on which the workpiece is seated; a clamper that is movable with respect to the seat; a clamp part that is movably supported by the clamper and is configured to hold the workpiece at a clamp position with respect to the clamper in such a manner that the clamp part is pressed against the workpiece by an operation of the clamper so that the workpiece is held between the clamp part and the seat; and a biasing part that is configured to bias the clamp part to move the clamp part from the clamp position when the clamp part is at the clamp position. |
| US09925629B2 |
Modular and reconfigurable support system
An apparatus and method for supporting an object. In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a support structure, a positioning system, and a retention system. The positioning system may be associated with the support structure and configured to position the support structure with respect to a number of linear axes. The retention system may be associated with the support structure. The retention system may be configured to retain a portion of an object and move the portion of the object towards a platform such that the portion of the object substantially conforms to a shape of the platform. |
| US09925625B2 |
Assembly of an aircraft structure assembly without shimming, locating fixtures or final-hole-size drill jigs
A method is provided for assembling an aircraft structure assembly composed of a plurality of sections, and doing so without use of any shimming, locating fixtures or final-hole-size drill jigs. The method includes supporting the first and second frame sections on respective adjustable supports, and positioning the interconnecting frame section therebetween. The method includes aligning first pre-drilled mating holes in the interconnecting frame section with first pre-drilled mating holes in the first and second frame sections, and installing fasteners though the aligned, first pre-drilled mating holes. The method includes positioning a structural mating section relative to the first and second frame sections and interconnecting frame section. And aligning second pre-drilled mating holes in the structural mating section with second pre-drilled mating holes in at least one of the frame sections, and installing fasteners through the aligned, second pre-drilled mating holes to secure the structural mating section. |
| US09925624B2 |
Methods and systems for aligning tooling elements of ultrasonic bonding systems
A method of aligning a subject tooling element of a material handling system of an ultrasonic bonding system is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) providing an overlay defining a relative position of at least a portion of a reference tooling element; b) viewing an image of at least a portion of the subject tooling element combined with a corresponding portion of the overlay; and c) adjusting a position of at least a portion of the subject tooling element by referring to the overlay in the image. |
| US09925623B2 |
Case assembly and method
A case assembly includes a plurality of segments, at least one braze joint, and one or more welds. The braze joint connects the plurality of segments together and the one or more welds extend across adjacent segments. |
| US09925620B2 |
Carbon monoxide laser machining system
Laser-machining apparatus includes a carbon monoxide (CO) laser emitting a beam of laser-radiation having forty-four different wavelength components and optical elements for delivering the radiation to workpiece. An acousto-optic modulator is provided for modulating the beam on the workpiece. A birefringent plate is provided in the beam transported to the workpiece for randomly polarizing radiation incident on the workpiece. A minimum distance of the workpiece from the laser, and the number of different-wavelength components in the laser beam provides that no optical isolator is required for preventing feedback of radiation into the laser. |
| US09925619B2 |
Wafer producing method
A hexagonal single crystal wafer is produced from a hexagonal single crystal ingot. A separation start point is formed by setting a focal point of a laser beam inside the ingot at a predetermined depth from the upper surface of the ingot, which depth corresponds to a thickness of the wafer to be produced. The laser beam is applied to the upper surface of the ingot while relatively moving the focal point and the ingot to thereby form a modified layer parallel to the upper surface of the ingot and form cracks extending from the modified layer along a c-plane, thus forming a separation start point. The wafer is separated by immersing the ingot in water and then applying ultrasonic vibration to the ingot, thereby separating a plate-shaped member having a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the wafer from the ingot. |
| US09925614B2 |
Power source with rechargeable energy storage device
The present invention is directed to a welding-type power source that includes a power source housing and an engine arranged in the power source housing to supply electrical power. An energy storage device is included that is in rechargeable association with the internal combustion engine and arranged to provide welding-type power for at least a given period. |
| US09925613B2 |
Inverter-based generator and welding system
A system includes an engine configured to drive a generator to produce a first power output, and a first inverter communicatively coupled to the generator. The first inverter is configured to convert the first power output into a second power output. The system includes a second inverter communicatively coupled to the generator. The second inverter is configured to convert the first power output into a third power output. The third power output includes a welding power output. |
| US09925611B2 |
Electrical component having presoldered surface with flux reservoirs
A presoldered prefluxed electrical component or connector, which can protect the flux from wearing off the surface of solder during shipping and handling. The electrical component can include a terminal pad. A layer of solder can be on the terminal pad. The layer of solder can have a surface with a series of generally equally spaced apart flux wells formed in the surface of the solder for protectively storing and retaining flux therein. The flux wells can have a lateral dimension of at least 0.05 mm and a depth of at least 0.023 mm that is deep enough for retaining a quantity of flux therein when flux on the surface of the layer of solder wears off during shipping and/or handling. |
| US09925610B2 |
Method for installing a first machine part into a second machine part
A method for installing a first machine part into a second machine part includes press fitting the first machine part into the second machine part in its intended final position. The method also includes disposing an exothermically reactive substance on or in the first machine part and activating the exothermically reactive substance to cause a thermal structural change, stress relief, for example, in a part of the first machine part. |
| US09925605B2 |
Assembly of saw handle and saw member
An assembly of saw handle and saw member is provided. An end portion of the saw member is inserted into an inserting groove of the saw handle. The saw handle has stopping bars at an inserting portion and a swing arm. The end portion defines an opened hole and a closed hole. When the swing arm is moved to an eject position and not received in a receiving space of a guard portion of the saw handle, the saw member is not blocked by the swing arm and is allowed to be inserted into the inserting groove. After the saw member is inserted into the inserting groove and the swing arm is moved to a fix position, the stopping bars are respectively located in the opened hole and the closed hole, so that the saw member can be assembled with the saw handle in a convenient and rapid manner. |
| US09925602B2 |
Replaceable cutting head
A replaceable cutting head stably rotates a head body using a work tool during attachment. An outer periphery of the head body is provided with a plurality of chip discharge grooves extending along a direction of an axis, cutting blades extending along the chip discharge grooves, and a pair of latching faces that are formed by cutting the outer periphery of the head body and are arranged back to back with the axis interposed therebetween at a base end portion along the axial direction. A first chip discharge groove, and a second chip discharge groove having a narrower width along a circumferential direction around the axis than the first chip discharge groove at at least the base end portion along the direction of the axis are included in the chip discharge grooves. At least one latching face is connected to a base end portion of the second chip discharge groove. |
| US09925594B2 |
Method to machine a metal work piece by turning
A method to form a surface on a metal work piece includes providing a turning insert having a first cutting edge, a second cutting edge and a convex nose cutting edge connecting the first and second cutting edges, a nose angle formed between the first and second cutting edges being less than or equal to 85°; arranging the second cutting edge such that it forms a back clearance angle of more than 90° in a feed direction; positioning all parts of the turning insert ahead of the nose cutting edge in the feed direction; rotating the metal work piece around a rotational axis in a first direction; and moving the turning insert in a direction parallel to or at an angle less than 45° relative to the rotational axis, such that the surface at least partly is formed by the nose cutting edge. |
| US09925590B2 |
Method of preparation of magnetically conductive powders by cavitation and device to carry out the method
A method of preparing magnetically conductive powders based on principle of liquid flow control in a cavitation line, where in a jet tube are evoked, during the rise of a cavitation cloud and implosion of cavitation bubbles with intensity up to ultrasound frequency 24 kHz, pulse shock waves acting on a surface of a substance whereby are released particles in dimensions in range of micrometer or nanometer units. Particles of the substance from a jet tube are carried away by liquid media into a header where they are captured via a magnetic element. A device includes a cavitation line that is equipped for capture of decavitated particles of the substance by at least one header along which is placed a magnetic element. |
| US09925589B2 |
Aluminum alloy powder metal compact
A powder metal compact is disclosed. The powder metal compact includes a cellular nanomatrix comprising a nanomatrix material. The powder metal compact also includes a plurality of dispersed particles comprising a particle core material that comprises an Al—Cu—Mg, Al—Mn, Al—Si, Al—Mg, Al—Mg—Si, Al—Zn, Al—Zn—Cu, Al—Zn—Mg, Al—Zn—Cr, Al—Zn—Zr, or Al—Sn—Li alloy, or a combination thereof, dispersed in the cellular nanomatrix. |
| US09925588B2 |
Semiconductor module bonding wire connection method
A method includes providing a subassembly having a circuit carrier with a first metallic surface portion, a first joining partner, which is integrally connected to the first metallic surface portion by means of a first connecting layer, and a second metallic surface portion. In a heat treatment, the second metallic surface portion is held uninterruptedly at temperatures which are higher than a minimum heat-treatment temperature of at least 300° C. Moreover, a second joining partner is provided. A fixed connection is produced between the second joining partner and the subassembly in that the second joining partner is integrally connected to the subassembly following completion of the heat treatment on the second surface portion. |
| US09925587B2 |
Method of transferring molten metal from a vessel
The invention relates to systems for transferring molten metal from one structure to another. Aspects of the invention include a transfer chamber constructed inside of or next to a vessel used to retain molten metal. The transfer chamber is in fluid communication with the vessel so molten metal from the vessel can enter the transfer chamber. A powered device, which may be inside of the transfer chamber, moves molten metal upward and out of the transfer chamber and preferably into a structure outside of the vessel, such as another vessel or a launder. |
| US09925582B2 |
Method for continuously casting slab containing titanium or titanium alloy
The present invention provides a method for casting a slab having a good cast surface. The method includes heating the surface of molten metal on a metal inlet side of a mold by a first heat source so that the following formulas: q≥0.87 and c≤11.762q+0.3095 are satisfied where c is a cycle time [sec] of turning movement of the first heat source, and q is an average amount of heat input [MW/m2] determined by accumulating an amount of heat input applied by at least the first heat source to the contact region between the upper surface of the slab on the metal inlet side and the mold, along the path of turning movement of the first heat source, and dividing the resultant accumulated value by the cycle time c. |
| US09925580B1 |
Motorized crimper apparatus
A motorized crimping mechanism to impart substantially 90 degree crimps to adjacent roof and/or wall panel seams of a fabricated edifice is provided. Such a crimping device allows for substantially uniform seaming along the target contact line of two adjacent panels with substantially similar pressures and torque applied thereto at the selected locations of crimp application. The motorized device itself includes a rotary drive shaft to apply sufficient pressures for 90 degree crimps in two adjacent metal panels, as well as an optional guide to ensure proper placement and direction along the entire contact line between such panels. The invention thus encompasses the device as well as the method of using such a motorized crimper for connecting standing seams of adjacent side edges of two building panels. |
| US09925579B2 |
Processing tool and hemming device
A hemming device wherein a processing tool is equipped with a base part moved by a robot, a processing unit having a hemming roller and a guide roller, and a floating mechanism that is attached to the base part and elastically supports the processing unit with six degrees of freedom. |
| US09925578B2 |
Method for reducing springback and apparatus for analyzing springback of press formed parts
A method for reducing springback in a press-formed part according to the present invention includes an analytic model forming step including forming an analytic model of the part from plane elements and/or solid elements; a stressed-state setting step including setting each of the elements of the analytic model to a stressed state that causes a springback; a rigidity-contributable-portion detecting step including performing an optimization analysis for shape on the analytic model with the elements set to the stressed state in the stressed-state setting step to detect a portion of the part that highly contributes to the rigidity of the part; and a rigidity improving step including applying a rigidity improving means to the part on a basis of the portion detected in the rigidity-contributable-portion detecting step. |
| US09925573B2 |
Systems and processes for cleaning tanker truck interiors
A system and process for cleaning a vessel is described. In embodiments, the system has one or more manway adapters configured to fit one or more manways of the vessel and deliver a cleaning solution through them. Further, in embodiments the system includes one or more actuators which are configured to position the one or more manway adapters horizontally or vertically to allow for optimal alignment and positioning of the manway adapters within the manways. Movement of the manway adapters may be facilitated by way of a frame assembly mounted on one or more horizontal rails. The system may be used to clean tanks and other vessels such as those that are on tanker trucks, tanker cars, or frac tanks. |
| US09925572B2 |
Devices, systems, and processes for cleaning the interiors of frac tanks
Provided are washout devices for cleaning the interior of a frac tank. In embodiments, the devices may comprise (i) a wand comprising a first pipe and a second pipe; wherein the second pipe is positioned in parallel below the first pipe; wherein one or more trusses connect the first pipe and the second pipe; (ii) a support member in communication with a proximal end of the wand such that the wand is suspended above and at a desired angle relative to the ground; (iii) one or more washout nozzles disposed along the length of the first pipe. Embodiments may also include a system and a process for cleaning the interior of a frac tank. |
| US09925566B2 |
Electronic product sorting system and sorting method
An electronic product sorting system includes a conveying device; an image capturing device configured to capture at least one image of an electronic product; a storage unit configured to pre-store appearance characteristic information of a plurality of predetermined electronic products; a processing unit coupled to the image capturing device and the storage unit, configured to determine appearance characteristic information of the electronic product according to the at least one image of the electronic product, and generate a comparison result by comparing the appearance characteristic information of the electronic product and the plurality of predetermined electronic products; and a sorting unit configured to sort the electronic product according to the comparison result. |
| US09925563B2 |
Vibration exciter for steerable soil compacting devices
A vibration exciter for a soil compacting device, comprising a first unbalanced shaft, a second unbalanced shaft, which is arranged axially parallel to the first unbalanced shaft and which is contra-directionally rotatably coupled to the first unbalanced shaft in a form-locked manner, and a drive device for rotatably driving one of the two unbalanced shafts. The second unbalanced shaft has a first unbalanced shaft half and a second unbalanced shaft half, which is arranged coaxially to the first unbalanced shaft half and which can rotate relative to the first unbalanced shaft half. At least one respective unbalanced mass is arranged on the first unbalanced shaft, on the first unbalanced shaft half, and on the second unbalanced shaft. |
| US09925562B2 |
Vibrator
A vibrator includes a piezoelectric element deformed when power is applied thereto, an installation member having the piezoelectric element installed thereon, and a plurality of elastic members connected to the installation member and changing a displacement direction through deformation of the installation member. The plurality of elastic members are disposed to oppose each other. |
| US09925561B2 |
Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer with multiple deflectable membranes
A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) having at least two deflectable membranes. The membranes are spaced from each other, and the membranes contribute to and/or are responsive to receive or transmit an ultrasonic signal. Spacing between the at least two deflectable membranes is adjustable through application of a voltage to cause deflection of at least one of the deflectable membranes, to affect the receive/transmit properties of the CMUT. |
| US09925555B2 |
Folded sealing blade for a coating applicator
A sealing blade includes opposite elongated edges (30, 31) and between them a flat (32) and which is adaptable to a blade holder (17) arranged in a coating applicator (25) of a coating device (21) and into contact with a moving surface (11′). The sealing blade has a contact surface (33), which may be arranged against the moving surface and which is 5-15% of the width (W) of the sealing blade (10). |
| US09925546B2 |
Spray nozzle and method for producing non-round spray cones
A spray nozzle having a nozzle housing, at least one swirl chamber which is disposed in the nozzle housing, and at least one exit opening, wherein the exit opening is disposed at the end of an exit duct which emanates from the swirl chamber and widens in the direction towards the exit opening, wherein a constriction is disposed at the transition from the swirl chamber to the exit duct, and wherein the angle of the wall steadily increases in the direction towards the exit opening or in portions remains identical, in which an angle of the wall of the exit duct at the exit opening, when viewed in the circumferential direction of the exit opening, is not constant. |
| US09925544B2 |
Smart control for airborne particle collection
An airborne particle collection system includes an airflow directing unit, register units, a fan unit, and a control system. The airflow directing unit includes a plurality of separately controlled air distribution segments. Each register unit includes a motorized damper and filter. The fan unit is connected to the airflow directing unit and to the register units through piping. The fan unit injects air into the airflow directing unit, and generates a vacuum force that causes exhaust air with airborne particles to be pulled into the register units and filtered by the filters within the register units. The control system selectively controls the air distribution segments of the airflow directing unit and the motorized dampers of the register units to generate alterable airflow patterns between the airflow directing unit and the register units in different zones within a room in which the airflow directing unit and the register units are disposed. |
| US09925542B2 |
Pill crusher, pouch, and corresponding systems and methods
A crushing device (100) is suitable for crushing pills (703), tablets, or other ingestive objects. The crushing device (100) includes a base (101), an anvil (104), an end pillar (105), and a support pillar (106). A threaded shaft (108) is disposed between the anvil (104) and the end pillar (105), and passes through an aperture (107) in the support pillar (106). The threaded shaft (108) is coupled to a crushing head (109), which translates toward the anvil (104) when a lever (110) coupled to the threaded shaft (108) is rotated radially about an axis (301) of the threaded shaft (108). When a pill crushing pouch (500) having pills (703) therein is placed between the crushing head (109) and the anvil (104), rotation of the lever (110) crushes the pills (703). |
| US09925540B2 |
Nucleic acid analysis apparatus, microchip for nucleic acid analysis, and method for mounting microchip in nucleic acid analysis apparatus
There is provided a nucleic acid analysis apparatus including a heating unit configured to apply heat by contacting a microchip, and a chip holding unit configured to change a position between a first holding position that holds the microchip in midair and a second holding position that holds the microchip in contact with the heating unit. |
| US09925533B2 |
Method of preparing a catalyst usable in hydroconversion comprising at least one zeolite NU-86
The invention relates to a method of preparing a catalyst comprising a) preparation of a support comprising 0.2 to 30 wt % of zeolite NU-86 and from 70 to 99.8 wt % of a porous mineral matrix, the percentages by weight being expressed relative to the total weight of said support, b) impregnation of the support prepared according to step a) with at least one solution containing at least one precursor of at least one metal selected from group VIII metals and group VIB metals, used alone or as a mixture, c) at least one ripening step, and d) at least one drying step carried out at a temperature below 150° C., without a subsequent calcining step. The present invention also relates to a process for hydrocracking hydrocarbon feeds using the catalyst prepared according to the method of preparation according to the invention. |
| US09925530B2 |
Nanoporous thin film and method for fabricating the same
The present invention relates to a nanoporous thin film and a method for fabricating the same. The nanoporous thin film fabricating method for fabricating a nanoporous thin film with a composite photocatalyst structure for a photodegradation and a water purification includes providing a porous substrate with a plurality of through-nanopores therein, each of which through-nanopores have an inner tube wall; forming an oxide-based photocatalyst layer over the porous substrate and the inner tube wall by using a first chemical-based deposition process; and forming a metal-based photocatalyst layer on a part of the oxide-based photocatalyst layer by using a second chemical-based deposition process. |
| US09925527B2 |
Catalytically active porous element and method of manufacturing same
The invention relates to a catalytically active porous element and to a method of manufacturing same. The element is formed with at least 40% by mass cobalt and at least one further chemical element and/or at least one chemical compound which form a matrix into which particles of pure cobalt, of a cobalt alloy or of an intermetallic phase formed with cobalt are embedded. In this respect, the at least one chemical element and/or the at least one chemical compound have a lower sintering temperature and/or melting temperature than cobalt, the respective cobalt alloy or the intermetallic phase. Solely for this purpose or in addition thereto, cobalt can be partially soluble therein and/or can form a eutectic and/or a peritectic together with cobalt. |
| US09925526B2 |
Oxidation catalyst with saddle-shaped support body
The invention relates to an oxidation catalyst comprising at least one inorganic, oxidic or ceramic, shaped support body having a BET surface area of less than 0.5 m2/g, based on the support, which is at least partly coated with a catalytically active multielement oxide, the catalyst being precious metal-free and the shaped support body having the form of a saddle whose saddle surface is curved oppositely in the two principal directions, to a process for producing it, to its use in various catalytic gas phase oxidations, and to corresponding processes for catalytic gas phase oxidation. |
| US09925523B2 |
Self-powered piezoelectric structure and method of manufacturing the same
According to an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a self-powered piezoelectric structure is provided which includes a base material that can be bent by an externally applied force, and a catalyst layer formed on the base material, wherein the catalyst layer is formed by using a mixture of a catalytic material, which can be activated when the energy is applied thereto from an outside, and a piezoelectric material. |
| US09925521B2 |
Chromatographic materials
In one aspect, the present invention provides a chromatographic stationary phase material for various different modes of chromatography represented by Formula 1: [X](W)a(Q)b(T)c (Formula 1). X can be a high purity chromatographic core composition having a surface comprising a silica core material, metal oxide core material, an inorganic-organic hybrid material or a group of block copolymers thereof. W can be absent and/or can include hydrogen and/or can include a hydroxyl on the surface of X. Q can be a functional group that minimizes retention variation over time (drift) under chromatographic conditions utilizing low water concentrations. T can include one or more hydrophilic, polar, ionizable, and/or charged functional groups that chromatographically interact with the analyte. Additionally, b and c can be positive numbers, with the ratio 0.05≤(b/c)≤100, and a≥0. |
| US09925519B1 |
Composition of magnetic materials for sensing and decontaminating toxic chemicals
A method and composition of matter for detecting and decontaminating hazardous chemicals, the composition of matter including: a magnetic material for any of chemisorbing, molecularly dissociating, or decomposing a hazardous chemical, wherein the magnetic material changes its magnetic moment upon any of chemisorption, decomposition, and molecular dissociation of the hazardous chemical and the change in magnetic moment is used to detect the presence of the hazardous chemical, and wherein the hazardous chemical includes any of toxic industrial chemicals, chemical warfare agents, and chemical warfare agent related compounds. |
| US09925518B2 |
Sol-gel polymeric stationary phases for high-performance liquid chromatography and solid phase extraction: their method of making
A sol-gel sorbent or chromatography stationary phase is a particulate metal oxide gel containing polymeric segments uniformly distributed throughout the metal oxide gel. The metal oxide gel is an oxide from silicone or other metal oxide that can have one of the valence bonds attached to an organic group and the remainder occupied by oxygens that can be provided as an oxide or an alkoxide or aryl oxide of the polymeric segments. The particles are used for an SPE sorbent or as a packing for a reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), a normal phase high-performance liquid chromatography (NP-HPLC) column or a hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) column. |
| US09925516B2 |
Formation of high surface area metal-organic frameworks
A metal-organic framework (MOF) structure comprising at least one metal ion and at least one multidentate organic ligand which is coordinately bonded to said metal ion, and a scaffold. |
| US09925512B2 |
Equipment assembly for and method of processing particles
An equipment assembly for preparing, harvesting and collecting particles is disclosed. The assembly comprises a tandem filter system with one or more high pressure filters, one or more low pressure filters and one or more collection vessel. Particles can be prepared, harvested and collected continuously, semi-continuously or in a batch-type operation. A tandem filter system and its method of use are also disclosed. Particles made with the assembly and according the instant methods are also disclosed. The assembly provides improved particle harvesting and collection over other systems and permits continuous particle formation, in particular by dispersion of a solute-containing process fluid within a supercritical anti-solvent. |
| US09925510B2 |
Assembly of high fidelity polynucleotides
Methods and apparatus relate to the synthesis of high fidelity polynucleotides and to the reduction of sequence errors generated during synthesis of nucleic acids on a solid support. Specifically, design of support-bound template oligonucleotides is disclosed. Assembly methods include cycles of annealing, stringent wash and extension of polynucleotides comprising a sequence region complementary to immobilized template oligonucleotides. The error free synthetic nucleic acids generated therefrom can be used for a variety of applications, including synthesis of biofuels and value-added pharmaceutical products. |
| US09925507B2 |
Combination equalizer, inlet distributor and fixed valve tray for spherical reactor
The invention relates to equalizing and distributing vapor more evenly across the interior space of a reactor vessel utilizing an equalizing section and distributor section at the inlet end and a fixed valve tray at the bottom of the reactor to equalize and distribute the flow. |
| US09925505B2 |
Material handling system and apparatus
The invention relates generally to a material handling device to perform the tasks of mixing and dispensing a mixture of materials, either simultaneously or sequentially. The material handling device may comprise an enclosure, a mixing component, a dispensing orifice, a dispensing component, and a material storage region, wherein the mixing component is positioned within the material storage region and configured to mix, stir, agitate, loosen, grind, shred, or otherwise reposition a mixture of materials within the material storage region. |
| US09925504B2 |
Compartmentalised combinatorial chemistry by microfluidic control
The invention describes a method for the synthesis of compounds comprising the steps of: (a) compartmentalizing two or more sets of primary compounds into microcapsules; such that a proportion of the microcapsules contains two or more compounds; and (b) forming secondary compounds in the microcapsules by chemical reactions between primary compounds from different sets; wherein one or both of steps (a) and (b) is performed under microfluidic control; preferably electronic microfluidic control The invention further allows for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, and which is co-compartmentalized into the microcapsules. |
| US09925499B2 |
Isolation valve with seal for end cap of a filtration system
Systems and methods for isolating a filtration module are provided. The systems and methods may utilize a removable end cap comprising an isolation valve. In certain systems and methods, the isolation valve may be configured to selectively allow fluid communication between a port and a filtrate passageway of one filtration module in a plurality of filtration modules. |
| US09925498B2 |
Antitelescoping device and clamp for spiral wound modules comprising a vent
A gas separation module comprising: (a) a permeate collection tube; (b) a membrane envelope wound spirally around the tube to provide a wound membrane structure comprising two end faces; and (c) an anti-telescoping device (ATD) secured to the permeate collection tube, the ATD comprising: (i) an inner peripheral part, (ii) an outer peripheral part which surrounds the inner peripheral part, (iii) one or more connection parts which connect the inner peripheral part and the outer peripheral part and which contacts with one of said end faces; (iv) vents which allow gas to flow through the ATD; wherein the ATD satisfies Formula (1): (L CP−L contact)/(L VENT)=R Formula (1) wherein: R is from 1.47 to 1.88; L VENT is the cross sectional area of the vents which allow gas to flow through the ATD; L CP is the total area inside the outer peripheral part; and L contact is the contact area of the connection parts and the end face of the wound membrane envelope. Clamps are also claimed. |
| US09925497B2 |
Condition monitoring for an air separation module
An air separation module includes a shell configured to house an air separation membrane, an inlet configured to receive supply air, an oxygen-enriched air outlet configured to exhaust oxygen from the air separation module, and a nitrogen-enriched air outlet configured to supply a stream of nitrogen-enriched air to a fuel tank of an aircraft. The air separation module also includes a condition monitoring sensor integral with the air separation module and configured to measure at least one of a plurality of conditions; and a connector integral with the air separation module and configured to join the condition monitoring sensor with an electrical system of the aircraft. |
| US09925496B2 |
Upgrading process streams
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. Systems, methods and equipment are described for upgrading process streams using electrodialysis or electrodialysis reversal. |
| US09925493B2 |
Device for storing and delivering a liquid additive, in particular for catalytic exhaust gas NOx removal in a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a device for storing and delivering a liquid additive for catalytic exhaust gas NOx removal in a motor vehicle, the device comprising a storage vessel (2), in which a delivery line (5), heated filter elements (7) and a combined sensor (12) are arranged. A delivery pump (8) is arranged outside the storage vessel (2). The filter elements (7), the combined sensor (12) and the delivery pump (8) are configured as subassemblies which are connected electrically and/or hydraulically to one another and are separated from one another spatially. |
| US09925490B2 |
Flue gas treatment device
Provided are: an NOx removal unit to remove nitrogen oxide; an air preheater on a downstream side of the NOx removal unit to recover heat; a precipitator on a downstream side of the air preheater to remove ash dust; a gas-liquid contact type desulfurization unit on a downstream side of the precipitator to remove sulfur oxide; an SO3 removing agent supply unit to supply an SO3 removing agent at a supply unit on an upstream side of the precipitator; and a wet state processing unit between the air preheater and the supply unit to supply water to a flue gas to be made into a wet state; the wet state processing unit having a stand-up portion, a partition unit and a droplet supply unit. |
| US09925489B2 |
Method and device for generating fuel for a gas turbine
A method is provided for fractionating a feed gas containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide, from which feed gas carbon dioxide is largely selectively removed by scrubbing in a first gas scrubber using a sulphur-free scrubbing agent, wherein a scrubbing agent stream laden with carbon dioxide and co-absorbed hydrogen is obtained which is subsequently expanded in an expansion vessel in order to convert co-absorbed hydrogen into the gas phase. The characterizing feature of the method is that the hydrogen-containing gas phase is drawn off from the expansion vessel and admixed with a sulphur-free gas mixture containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide, which gas mixture arises in a second gas scrubber operated in parallel to the first as a product at a pressure which is lower than the pressure of the feed gas. |
| US09925488B2 |
Rotating multi-monolith bed movement system for removing CO2 from the atmosphere
A system for removing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide laden gas mixture, the system comprising two groups of carbon dioxide removal structures, each removal structure within each group comprising a porous solid mass substrate supported on the structure and a sorbent that is capable of adsorbing or binding to carbon dioxide, to remove carbon dioxide from a gas mixture, the sorbent being supported upon the surfaces of the porous mass substrate solid; an endless loop support for each of the groups of the removal structures, the endless loop support being so arranged as to move the support structures of each group along a closed curve while being exposed to a stream of the gas mixture; and a sealable regeneration box at one location along each of the endless loop supports, in which, when a porous solid mass substrate is sealed in place therein, carbon dioxide adsorbed upon the sorbent is stripped from the sorbent and the sorbent regenerated; each removal structural supporting a porous substrate in a position to be exposed to a flow of carbon dioxide laden gas mixture so as to allow for the removal of CO2 from the gas mixture; the number of removal structures to the number of regeneration boxes being directly determined by the ratio of the time to adsorb CO2, from a base level to desired level on the sorbent, to the time to strip the CO2 from the desired level back to the base level. |
| US09925485B2 |
Filter cartridge; features and methods of assembly; filter assemblies; and, filter cartridge combinations
Filter cartridge arrangements, features thereof and assembly for use therewith, are provided. Selected filter cartridge features disclosed are particularly well adapted for use with a safety or secondary filter cartridge, usable with media thereof projecting into an open interior of a main filter cartridge, in use. An example filter cartridge is described, with a non-pleated end and a pleated end, although variations are also described. Advantageous main cartridges are also described. Methods of assembly and systems for use are described. |
| US09925480B2 |
End cap retention device
Provided is a filter assembly including at least one end cap and at least one retainer mechanically locked to the end cap in a cavity and defining a region into which the bonding agent can flow to form a mechanical interlock with the retainer. Even if the bonding agent does not fully adhere to the end cap, the filter media will be secured in the end cap via the mechanical interlock of the bonding agent and retainer, thereby preventing end cap separation from the element. |
| US09925477B2 |
Energy-efficient systems including mechanical vapor compression for biofuel or biochemical plants
Processes and systems are provided to compress vapors produced in distillation and recover the heat of condensation through mechanical vapor compression and to derive mechanical and electrical energy from a combined heat and power system, while maintaining the plant's original ability to operate. The plant's existing distillation system, steam generation, and electrical demand determine the design basis for the retrofit system that is targeted at an optimized combination of energy usage, energy cost, and environmental impact. Mechanical vapor compression minimizes the total energy usage. Combined heat and power provides a means of converting energy between fuel, electricity, and thermal energy in a manner that best complements plant requirements and energy economics and minimizes inefficiencies and energy losses. |
| US09925473B2 |
Balloon holder
There is disclosed a balloon holder for holding a balloon having a tail and a tapered self-closing bladder. The balloon holder comprises a main body having a tail locking mechanism, an elongated member protruding from a bottom extremity of the main body, a support element configured to slide over the elongated member and be positioned on the main body, and a position adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of the support element on the main body. In use, the tail of the balloon is secured to the main body by the tail locking mechanism and the support element is slid over the elongated member and positioned on the main body using the position adjustment mechanism so as to support the balloon in an upright position. |
| US09925472B2 |
Toy vehicle track
A track for a toy vehicle and a track section for forming the same. Each of the track sections has first and second edges and an upper surface extending therebetween. Furthermore, the track sections have a first connector extending from the first edge and a second connector extending from the second edge. The first connector of one of the track sections receives the second connector of another one of the track sections to detachably couple two of the track sections together to form the track. Furthermore, when coupled together the first and second track sections are movable relative to one another to adjust the inclination of the upper surfaces so that the track created using the track sections is modular and adjustable. |
| US09925471B2 |
Toy with rotation mechanism
A toy includes a rotational lift mechanism having a rotatable drive shaft, a helical guide track positioned about the drive shaft, a receiver basin positioned atop the drive shaft, an upper track, a tilted panel, a chute having an opening formed therein and a lower track. In example forms, one or more balls traverse a closed-loop pre-defined path including along the guide track and within the basin, along the upper track, through an airborne trajectory into contact with the tilted panel, bouncing into the opening of the chute, and back along the lower track. |
| US09925467B2 |
Mobile terminal with call function or texting function, or a function as a game terminal, game program and game method executed by mobile terminal
The present invention provides a mobile terminal with a call function or a texting function. The present invention controls the use of a mobile terminal by a manual operation because of an incoming call during movement. Location information indicating movement of a mobile terminal with a call or a message data exchange function is received by a GPS receiver, the distance and the movement speed are determined by using the measurement information of the two locations at every predetermined time, and whether or not the mobile terminal is moving in accordance with the movement speed is determined by a movement determination unit. When it is determined by the movement determination unit that the mobile terminal is moving, the display of incoming call information indicating an incoming call is set to non-displayed on the display unit, and at the same time, a notification sound from a speaker, etc. is invalid. |
| US09925465B2 |
Game accessing method and processing method, server, terminal, and system
A method including generating, by a terminal, a creation request containing game information, sending, by the terminal, the creation request to a game server, receiving, by the terminal, a graphic information code generated by a management server according to the game information, and displaying the graphic information code on the terminal. |
| US09925464B2 |
Computer-readable storage medium, information processing system, and information processing method for displaying an image on a display device using attitude data of a display device
An attitude of an object arranged in a virtual world is controlled based on attitude data outputted from a portable display device. Further, the object is caused to move in the virtual world, based on data based on a load applied to a load detection device. Then, a first image showing the virtual world including at least the object is displayed on the portable display device. |
| US09925462B2 |
Game device, game device control method, and recording medium
A drill unit 111 expands a dungeon based on a parameter in two directions from the starting point X and selects a start S and a goal G from each area expanded in two directions. Thus, it is possible to generate a path from the start S to the goal G passing through the starting point X. Moreover, it is possible to determine a board form of the whole dungeon by determining expanding directions with the parameter. |
| US09925460B2 |
Systems and methods for control device including a movement detector
An example image processing system and method uses a control device including a movement detector. Gesture inputs corresponding to a gesture made by moving the control device are used for animation. An animation begins based on at least one gesture input received prior to completion of the gesture and the animation is modified based on at least one gesture input received after the beginning of the animation. |
| US09925455B2 |
Syllabic roulette game with solmization, and method
A roulette game enables single-spin formation of meaningful character strings, which character strings may be coupled to tones for enhancing the gaming experience. The meaningful character strings may be defined by solfege-enabling letter groups, which letter groups may prompt underlying tones in solmization. The syllabic roulette game comprises a roulette wheel, a wager-enabling layout, and a plurality of balls. The wheel comprises alphabetic characters against a rainbow colored backdrop for enabling various payout schemes. A color-coordinated wager support surface is preferably disposed adjacent the roulette wheel for facilitating wager placement. |
| US09925454B2 |
Gaming apparatus with status indicator
An apparatus includes a base and a coupling member. The base is configured to position a game piece with respect to a gaming area, and the coupling member is configured to couple the game piece to the base. A status selector is provided to select a status of the game piece with respect to the gaming area, using an indicator extending from a first side to a second side of the base. A set of indicia are configured to be selectively displayed by positioning the indicator with respect to the first and second sides of the base, so that the selected status of the game piece is indicated. |
| US09925452B2 |
Dual axle skateboard and truck with outboard secondary wheels and method
Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning. |
| US09925450B2 |
Device to precisely align golf club face to target
A system for correcting alignment of a golf club is provided. The golf club includes a shaft, a golf club head mounted on a first end of the shaft, a camera embedded in the golf club head. A display module is adapted to display at least a partial view of the camera. Substantial alignment of a face of the golf club head with a target location will be observable in the display as substantial alignment between the target location with an alignment guide. Misalignment of a face of the golf club head with the target location will be observable in the display as a misalignment between the target location with the alignment guide, for which a position of the golf club can be adjusted to bring the face of the golf club head into substantial alignment with the target location. |
| US09925449B2 |
Head mounted training aid
A training aid includes a frame configured for mounting on a head of a user and a light indicator coupled to the frame. The light indicator includes a light source configured to generate a beam of visible light extending away from the light source. The light indicator includes a first casing segment pivotally coupled to the frame and a second casing segment pivotally coupled to the first casing segment, wherein the light source is disposed in the second casing segment. The light indicator further includes an inclinometer configured to control operation of the light source depending on a tilt angle of the light indicator. |
| US09925448B2 |
Adjustable swivel mount device for heavy punching bag
A swivel joint system for hanging a heavy punching bag from an overhead support has a swivel joint defining at least first and second perpendicular pivot axes and a hanging shaft having a lower end pivotally connected to the universal joint for rotation about the first pivot axis and an upper end configured for rotatable attachment to an overhead support for free rotation about a third pivot axis. A hanging tube is pivotally connected to the universal joint for rotation about the second pivot axis, and releasably secured to a mounting plate. A plurality of attachment members are rigidly attachable at spaced locations around the mounting plate to surround the hanging tube and configured for attachment to straps at the upper end of a heavy punching bag. |
| US09925441B2 |
Handheld game and dexterity training device
Provided is a handheld dexterity training technology. In one example a handheld dexterity training device comprises two portions that are rotatable relative to one another about the axis of rotation of a twisting joint that connects them together. One portion comprises a handle while the other portion comprises a panel having a playing surface that can be used to strike a ball to make it bounce. A stopper prevents rotation beyond a certain angular range. The rotatability of the handle relative to the playing surface poses a particular challenge. A releasable lock can bind the two portions together. Other features and components are possible. A method of dexterity training is also provided. |
| US09925433B2 |
Golf clubs and golf club heads
Golf clubs according to at least some example aspects of this disclosure may include a golf club head and a shaft configured to engage with the golf club head which includes a grip engaged with the shaft. Further, the golf club may include a monitoring device, which includes a sensor and a transmitter. Additionally, the monitoring device may be configured to determine data related to the characteristics of a golf swing. Further, the monitoring device may be configured to transmit the data related to the characteristics of a golf swing to a remote computer. |
| US09925432B2 |
Mixed material golf club head
A golf club head includes a metallic front body coupled with a rear body to define a substantially hollow structure. The metallic front body includes a strike face and a surrounding frame that extends rearward from a perimeter of the strike face. The rear body includes a crown member and a sole member coupled to the crown member. The sole member comprises a structural layer formed from a filled thermoplastic material and a fiber reinforced composite resilient layer bonded to an external surface of the structural layer. The structural layer includes a plurality of apertures extending through a thickness of the structural layer, and the resilient layer extends across each of the plurality of apertures. The structural layer and the resilient layer each include a common thermoplastic resin component, and are directly bonded to each other without an intermediate adhesive. |
| US09925430B2 |
Golf club heads with ribs and related methods
Golf club heads with internal and/or external ribs, and thinned regions are described herein. The thinned regions of the golf club heads can be strategically positioned such that club head weight is reduced in certain regions to optimize center of gravity (CG) location; while the internal and/or external ribs prove the structural strength the golf club heads require to withstand impact forces during a game. The discretionary weight saved from the thinned regions can be repositioned elsewhere on the golf club head to further optimize the CG location to benefit the moment of inertia to effect ball spin, speed, distance, and trajectory. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein. |
| US09925428B2 |
Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features
A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face member with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a flange that comprises a portion of the crown. The flange being made of at least two members that are made of different materials, where a second material has a lower modulus of elasticity than the first material. The second member has a length, a width, a thickness and a location proximate to the ball striking surface to improve the impact efficiency of a collision with a golf ball. |
| US09925420B2 |
Golf ball dimples defined by superposed curves
The present invention is a golf ball which comprises dimples having a cross section defined by the superposition of two or more continuous and differentiable functions, and particularly the superposition of a spherical curve and a cosine curve. Additionally, the dimples preferably have a circular boundary and maintain an axis coincident with the center of the circular boundary. |
| US09925410B2 |
Exercise wedge
A portable exercise device designed to efficiently and safely target and isolate the gluteal, hamstring and calf muscles, which are the posterior muscles of the lower body, while limiting the use and over training of the quadriceps (thigh) anterior muscles of the lower body. The exercise device is an inclined platform with an additional raised support, providing resistance originating from within the platform, which optimizes the eccentric phase of every squat and lunge for maximal strength and hypertrophy of the muscles. The combination of the inclined platform with additional raised support places the user into an optimal position for exercising the posterior muscles of the lower body. |
| US09925405B2 |
Anchored resistance exercise device with sensor
An exercise system comprises an anchor and at least one extendible tether extending from a mooring on the anchor to a grip end. Each extendible tether is longitudinally movable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. At least one sensor alignment arm is movably coupled to the anchor, and a sensor is associated with each sensor alignment arm and extendible tether. The sensor alignment arm carries a first sensor element and the extendible tether carries a second sensor element. Each extendible tether is longitudinally movable relative to its sensor alignment arm and angular movement of the extendible tether relative to the anchor moves the sensor alignment arm to maintain longitudinal alignment between the first sensor element and the second sensor element. The sensor detects movement of the second sensor element past the first sensor element as the extendible tether moves between the extended configuration and the retracted configuration. |
| US09925403B1 |
Exercise desk
An exercise desk that includes a peripheral skirt having multiple corners; a plurality of rigid legs with one leg for support at a corner of the peripheral skirt; and a planar top work surface member supported by and over the peripheral skirt, and forming a desk work surface. The peripheral skirt is arranged with a front recessed cut-out section for accommodating a user of the exercise desk. The cut-out section is defined at least in part by opposed facing skirt walls. The desk also includes exercise elements in the form of a pair of parallel bars mounted respectively from the opposed facing skirt walls and accessible to the user of the exercise desk and a pull-up bar having opposed ends that are supported from the planar top work surface member adjacent respective opposed facing skirt walls. |
| US09925401B2 |
Cellular glass system for suppression of vaporization, fire and thermal radiation from liquid hydrocarbons
A passive fire suppression system including at least one tapered cellular glass block and having a cap with a tapered shape disposed on the top of the at least one cellular glass block. The passive fire suppression system allows drainage from the upper surface to the bottom of the system. The drainage is beneficial for both environmental conditions such as rain as well as for incidents where combustible liquids are spilled on the top surface of the system. Therefore, the system will not only shield any combustible materials that are under the system but will also quickly drain any combustible liquids that may spill onto the top of the system to the lower surface. |
| US09925398B2 |
Angiogenic peptide
The present application discloses angiogenic peptides that cause intracellular calcium release in target cells and thereby induce proliferation, migration, and capillary-like tube formation in primary cultured endothelial cells. The angiogenic peptides can be used for preventing and/or treating angiognesis-related conditions, especially wound healing, treating foot and leg ulcers in a subject, etc. In addition, the angiogenic peptides can be used for cosmetics a constituent of cosmetics for aged skin, for examples, anti-wrinkle and skin whitening. |
| US09925395B2 |
Inner gantry
A system includes a patient support and an outer gantry on which an accelerator is mounted to enable the accelerator to move through a range of positions around a patient on the patient support. The accelerator is configured to produce a proton or ion beam having an energy level sufficient to reach a target in the patient. An inner gantry includes an aperture for directing the proton or ion beam towards the target. |
| US09925394B2 |
Automatic health detection for motion axes in medical linear accelerators
In a method of detecting the health of a motion axis in a radiation system including a motor operable to move a load between a first end and a second end, data on an electrical parameter of the motor is collected as the motor moves in the certain range. At least one indicator of the electrical parameter including a maximum, a minimum, an average, and a standard deviation of the electrical parameter is determined and compared with a provided value or range of values indicative of the health of the axis. The health of the motion axis is determined using the comparison of the at least one indicator and the provided value or range of values. |
| US09925393B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining treatment region and mitigating radiation toxicity
An apparatus for determining a contour of a treatment region in a patient includes a computer processor to receive input regarding a contour of at least one organ-at-risk (OAR) adjacent to the treatment region; receive input regarding an initial contour of the treatment region; predict a radiation toxicity to the at least one OAR based on the contour of the at least one OAR, the initial contour of the treatment region, and a radiation treatment regimen; determine whether the predicted radiation toxicity exceeds a threshold; and determine a contour of the treatment region by iteratively modifying the initial contour of the treatment region, and any subsequent modified contours of the treatment region, until a stopping condition is satisfied. The stopping condition can be a preselected number of iterations or that the predicted radiation toxicity using the contour in place of the initial contour is first calculated is below said threshold. |
| US09925392B2 |
Breathing phase-based transformation of a static computed tomography
Disclosed is a medical data processing method of determining a transformation for determining a breathing state-dependent geometry of an anatomical body part of a patient's body, the method comprising executing, on at least one processor of at least one computer, steps of: a) acquiring, at a processor, planning image data describing a set of tomographic medical planning images describing each a different part of the anatomical body part in the same respiratory state called reference planning respiratory state (y), wherein the anatomical body part is subject to respiratory movement and wherein the planning images comprise a planning image called reference planning image describing a part of the anatomical body part which is called reference planning body part; b) acquiring, at a processor, breathing image data describing a set (1) of tomographic medical breathing images of the anatomical body part, wherein the breathing images comprise a reference breathing image (A) describing the reference planning body part in a respiratory state called reference breathing respiratory state (a), which is different from the reference planning respiratory state (y), and a target breathing image (C) describing at least another part of the anatomical body part, wherein the other part of the anatomical body part is called target body part, in a respiratory state called target respiratory state (c) which is different from the reference planning respiratory state; c) determining, by a processor and based on the planning image data and the breathing image data, reference transformation data describing a transformation, called reference transformation (R), between the geometry (Factor A) of the reference planning body part in the reference planning respiratory state (y) and the geometry of the reference planning body part in the reference breathing respiratory state (a); d) acquiring, at a processor, scaling factor data describing a scaling factor (sf) which describes a relationship between the geometry (Factor A) of the reference planning body part in the reference breathing respiratory state (a) and the geometry (Factor C) of the target body part in the target respiratory state (c); e) determining, by a processor and based on the reference transformation and the scaling factor data, derived transformation data describing a transformation called derived transformation (T) between the geometry of the target body part in the reference planning respiratory state (y), and the geometry (Factor C′) of the target body part in the reference breathing respiratory state (a). |
| US09925389B1 |
Shape memory alloy hypotube and use thereof in a blood vessel optical fiber guide wire
The present application relates to a shape memory alloy hypotube as well as use thereof in a blood vessel optical fiber guide wire. The hypotube comprises several spiral coils. This hypotube is made from a shape memory alloy such that its diameter varies over temperature. Thus, it can closely wrap an axial fiber disposed therein. Through phase change properties and shape memory properties of the memory alloy, the inner diameter of the hypotube changes over temperature. The hypotube produces two functions: making a wrapping expand and tight binding fixed. The shape memory alloy hypotube can improve the strength and safety of optical fiber guide wire. The hypotube can easily enter the blood vessel of human body. Further, the conventional winding process can be simplified. |
| US09925388B2 |
Device and method for deep transcranial magnetic stimulation
Devices and methods for directing a magnetic field into a body party of a subject are provided. The devices include at least one electromagnetic coil, a magnetic core or yoke, and a pair of flux concentrators. The flux concentrators are separated by a gap into which the body part fits and through which the flux concentrators focus the magnetic field. The devices allow magnetic fields to be transmitted through the gap with higher intensity at greater distances from the device than possible with previous designs. The methods of using such devices allow the delivery of magnetic fields with higher intensity to the interior of a body part without exposing interposed proximal regions to magnetic fields of unduly high intensity. The devices and methods are useful for deep transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain to treat various medical conditions. |
| US09925384B2 |
Neural stimulator system
An implantable neural stimulator method for modulating excitable tissue in a patient including: implanting a neural stimulator within the body of the patient such that one or more electrodes of the neural stimulator are positioned at a target site adjacent to or near excitable tissue; generating an input signal with a controller module located outside of, and spaced away from, the patient's body; transmitting the input signal to the neural stimulator through electrical radiative coupling; converting the input signal to electrical pulses within the neural stimulator; and applying the electrical pulses to the excitable tissue sufficient to modulate said excitable tissue. |
| US09925374B2 |
Treatment of indications using electrical stimulation
In one embodiment, a method includes implanting an implant entirely under the subject's skin. The implant includes a passive electrical conductor of sufficient length to extend from subcutaneous tissue located below one of a surface cathodic electrode and a surface anodic electrode to the tibial nerve. The surface electrodes are positioned in spaced relationship on the subject's skin, with one of the electrodes positioned over the pick-up end of the electrical conductor such that the portion of the current is transmitted through the conductor to the tibial nerve, and such that the current flows through the tibial nerve and returns to the other of the surface cathodic electrode and the surface anodic electrode. An electrical current is applied between the surface cathodic electrode and the surface anodic electrode to cause the portion of the electrical current to flow through the implant to stimulate the tibial nerve. |
| US09925373B2 |
Neurological prosthesis
A method improving or restoring neural function in a mammalian subject in need thereof, the method including: using an input receiver to record an input signal generated by a first set of nerve cells; using an encoder unit including a set of encoders to generate a set of coded outputs in response to the input signal; using the encoded outputs to drive an output generator; and using an output generator to activate a second set of nerve cells wherein the second set of nerve cells is separated from the first set of nerve cells by impaired set of signaling cells. In some embodiments, the second set of nerve cells produces a response that is substantially the same as the response in an unimpaired subject. |
| US09925371B2 |
Alarm for lead insulation abnormality
A system is provided to determine whether an insulating layer of an implanted lead is damaged. |
| US09925366B2 |
Surgical instrument for removing an implanted object
Methods and devices for separating an implanted object, such as a pacemaker lead, from tissue surrounding such object in a patient's vasculature system. Specifically, the tissue separating device includes a handle, an elongate sheath and a circular cutting blade that may extend from the distal end of the sheath upon actuating the handle. The elongate sheath, particularly its distal end, includes a non-uniform wall thickness having one or more thicker portions in the outer sheath, particularly the outer cam member, and/or one or more thicker portions in an inner member disposed radially inward of the blade. |
| US09925359B2 |
Balloon design to reduce distal length
A device and system for thermally affecting tissue that includes a balloon catheter with a reduced distal length for ease of navigation and that also includes a balloon that is more resistant to bursting and delamination. The balloon may include a proximal neck generally attached to an elongate body and a distal neck generally attached to a shaft disposed within the elongate body. The distal neck is turned inward to extend within the balloon chamber and the proximal neck may either extend within the chamber or extend proximally away from the balloon chamber. Alternatively, the device may include an inner balloon and an outer balloon, the distal necks of both being turned inward and extending within the inner balloon chamber. The proximal necks may both also be turned inward to extend within the chamber or the proximal neck of the outer balloon may extend away from the balloon chamber. |
| US09925358B2 |
Catheter stabilization device and method of use
A catheter stabilization device having a release liner and a catheter stabilization member with a permeable first layer and a bottom surface having an adhesive interposed between the release liner and the first layer. The catheter stabilization member includes an elongated continuous retention strip coupled to the first layer is of a deformably rigid material operably configured to have a first static state with a first shape, a dynamic state, generated by an external force, with a second shape different than the first shape, and a second static state, after removal of the external force, with the second shape in a fixed configuration. |
| US09925357B2 |
Access sheath
Disclosed is an assembly of parts for an endourological procedure, including a tubular sheath and an introducer, the tubular sheath being removably mounted on the introducer. The introducer comprises a security channel that is openable to shift a guidewire from a position inside the security channel to a position outside and next to the tubular sheath. Disclosed are also access sheaths and a method of performing an endourological procedure. |
| US09925355B2 |
Intermittent catheter assembly and kit
An intermittent catheter assembly and kit comprising an elongated introducer element formed of a flexible material adapted for insertion into a urethra during a catheterization procedure. The introducer element has at least one slit extending longitudinally along a substantial portion of its length. The catheter assembly also includes an applicator having an opening, and a sheath having a first end that is secured to the applicator about the opening. The sheath also has a second end defining a discharge opening which is inverted relative to the first end of the sheath to define inner and outer sleeve portions. The inner sleeve portion defines a flow path for urine through the discharge opening. The applicator receives the introducer element through the opening and extends the outer sleeve portion over an outer surface of the elongated introducer element to separate it from the urethra. |
| US09925353B2 |
Coaxial venal cannula
A dual lumen cannula includes a first tube defining a return lumen and having a proximal end, a mid-portion and a distal end, wherein the distal end includes a return aperture. A second tube is coaxial with the first tube and has a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end of the second tube is fixedly attached to the mid-portion of the first tube and wherein the distal end of the second tube includes a drainage aperture. A drainage lumen is defined by a space between the first tube and the second tube. A connector is attached to the proximal end of the second tube. The connector includes a reservoir for receiving a fluid from the proximal end of the second tube. The first tube extends through the connector and does not attach directly with the second tube at the connector, and the first tube remains substantially coaxial with the second tube throughout a length of the second tube. |
| US09925351B2 |
Aromatherapy device
An aromatherapy device includes a housing forming two annular wells for retaining a scented fluid therein. Each well includes an insert positioned in the well to assist the retention of the fluid in the well by providing a second contact surface for the fluid to contact. The shape of the annular well and the viscosity of the fluid discourage the fluid from leaking out of the housing if laid on its side. |
| US09925348B2 |
Gas delivery device
A system for delivery of a gas to a user has a single tubular nasal cavity component having only two terminal ends: a gas inlet and a gas outlet with a single gas flow path between. The component is configured for insertion into the nostril of a user and maintains the position without adhesive. The nasal cavity component includes a first portion having a first longitudinal axis along the single gas flow path. A proximal end of the first portion is flared outward for insertion into a nostril of a patient. A second portion has a second longitudinal axis, and a gas inlet end to receive gas from a gas supply. A distal end of the second portion intersects a distal end of the first portion in a bend portion, such that the first and second longitudinal axes intersect at an angle of between about 60 and about 80°. |
| US09925346B2 |
Systems and methods for ventilation with unknown exhalation flow
Systems and methods for ventilation that allows the patient to trigger or initiate the delivery of a breath are provided. Further, systems and methods for triggering ventilation when exhalation flow is unknown or unreliable by the ventilator are provided. |
| US09925345B2 |
Systems and methods for determining patient effort and/or respiratory parameters in a ventilation system
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods and devices for respiratory support. As one example, a method for respiratory support is described that includes measuring a pressure, providing a measured pressure, measuring an inlet flow and an outlet flow, and providing a measured net flow. A relationship between a first value related to the measured pressure, a second value related to the measured net flow and a third value related to patient effort is used to provide a prediction of patient effort. An interim value is updated based at least in part on the prediction of the patient effort. |
| US09925344B2 |
Auto-injector
An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) is present having a tubular chassis telescopable in a tubular case, a carrier subassembly comprising a tubular carrier slidably arranged relative to the chassis inside the case, where the carrier is adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle. The injector also has a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier. A control spring is arranged around the carrier for translating the carrier in a proximal direction (P) for insertion of the needle through the chassis into an injection site. |
| US09925338B2 |
Apparatus and methods for fluid pressurizing units of injection systems
An injection system includes a syringe, which preferably includes larger and smaller inner diameters, and a plunger. A wiper sidewall of the plunger defines a cavity, into which a plunger shaft of the system is inserted, for moving the plunger, within the syringe, for fluid injection. The plunger includes a feature for engaging the shaft, and the sidewall preferably includes an expandable-contractible portion, in which the feature is formed. When the plunger is initially mounted within the larger inner diameter of the syringe, the portion of the sidewall is expanded and the feature of the plunger does not operably engage the inserted shaft. When the shaft moves the plunger into the smaller inner diameter of the syringe, the portion of the sidewall contracts and the feature operably engages the shaft. A deformable end wall of the plunger may be spaced apart from a distal terminal end of the inserted shaft. |
| US09925331B2 |
Double action infusion system
An infusion system includes a double action infusion pump. The pump includes a cylinder and a reciprocating piston received within the cylinder, the reciprocating piston separating a first pump chamber from a second pump chamber of the cylinder. A reciprocating motor is coupled with the reciprocating piston, and the first and second pump chambers alternate between filling and evacuating conditions with reciprocation of the reciprocating piston through operation of the reciprocating motor, and the speed of reciprocation is varied to provide a continuous output of fluid between the first and second pump chambers. A fluid source and a catheter are optionally coupled with the double action infusion pump. The catheter includes one or more infusion ports near a catheter distal portion, and the one or more infusion ports receive and expel the continuous output of fluid from the double action infusion pump. |
| US09925330B2 |
Smart connection interface
A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. The reservoir, a base and a cap are connected to form an integrated unit that is capable of being inserted and secured in an infusion pump housing. The cap and the infusion pump are each provided with at least one sensor or at least one detectable feature, arranged to interact with at least one corresponding detectable feature or sensor on the other of the cap and infusion pump device, to detect one or more of the presence, position or other characteristic of the cap when the cap is aligned or coupled with the infusion pump housing. The detectable feature and sensor may be magnetic, RF, mechanical, optical or any combination. |
| US09925327B2 |
Medical device package
A medical device package includes a medical device including a first end surface and a second end surface; and a medical device storage container configured to store the medical device, the medical device storage container including a container main body and a holding unit located in the storage space, and configured to hold the medical device such that the first end surface faces upward; and a sheet-like sealing member adapted to be glued to the container main body to seal an opening of the container main body. A surface of the sealing member that faces the container main body includes an adhesive applied area on which an adhesive is applied and an adhesive non-applied area on which the adhesive is not applied, the adhesive non-applied area being an area facing at least the first end surface of the medical device held by the holding unit. |
| US09925326B2 |
Cannula ingress system
A cannula ingress system may include a tip stabilization mechanism having a tip stabilization mechanism distal end and a tip stabilization mechanism proximal end, a fixation mechanism, a hypodermic tube having a hypodermic tube distal end and a hypodermic tube proximal end, and a tip having a tip distal end and a tip proximal end. The tip may be disposed within the hypodermic tube wherein the tip distal end extends from the hypodermic tube distal end. The fixation mechanism may be disposed within a fixation mechanism channel of the tip stabilization mechanism. The tip stabilization mechanism may be disposed over the tip and the hypodermic tube distal end. |
| US09925322B2 |
Dialysate supply device and blood dialyzing apparatus having the same
Provided is a dialysate supply device and a blood dialyzing apparatus including the same. The dialysate supply device includes a flow controller controlling a dialysate flow, a supply pump supplying dialysate to a hemodialyzer, a recovery pump discharging dialysate from the hemodialyzer, a volume chamber storing dialysate, and a pressure-relief bypass maintaining dialysate pressure within a permissible range. The blood dialyzing apparatus includes the dialysate supply device, a blood tube, and a one-way valve disposed on the blood tube. The blood dialyzing apparatus can quickly change dialysate pressure in the hemodialyzer using the dialysate supply device having the flow controller, cylinder and piston, and increase mass transfer and hemodialysis efficiency. Also, the blood dialyzing apparatus may be miniaturized and lightened to provide a portable blood dialyzing apparatus because blood is transferred without using a blood pump. |
| US09925318B2 |
Heart help device, system, and method
An implantable device for improving the pump function of the heart of a human patient by applying an external force on the heart muscle is provided. The device comprises at least one pump device having a pump. The pump comprising: a piston adapted for reciprocating movement, an operating device for operating the piston, a heart contacting organ. The movement of the piston assists the pump function of the heart through said heart contacting organ. |
| US09925317B2 |
Low-profile reduced pressure treatment system
A low-profile reduced pressure treatment apparatus and system are provided. The apparatus includes a moldable conduit holder, a conduit through the conduit holder, and a flexible base. The conduit holder has first and second bulkhead surfaces, a convex top surface, and a bottom surface adapted to conform to a tissue contact region adjacent to a tissue site. An end of the conduit is substantially flush with the first bulkhead surface and a longitudinal axis of the conduit is substantially perpendicular to the first and second bulkhead surfaces. The base is connected on a first side to the bottom surface of the conduit holder, and extends beyond the first bulkhead surface to form an overlay zone adjacent the first bulkhead surface. An adhesive is disposed on a second side of the flexible base to secure the flexible base to the tissue contact region. |
| US09925310B2 |
Biocompatible and bioabsorbable derivatized chitosan compositions
The invention relates to biocompatible, bioabsorbable derivatized non-crosslinked chitosan compositions optionally crosslinked to gelatin/collagen by 1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl] carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) for biomedical use and methods of making and testing such compositions, including a modified acute systemic toxicity test. The compositions comprise derivatized chitosan reacetylated to a degree of N-deacetylation (DDA) of between about 15% and 40%. The compositions are typically bioabsorbed in about 90 days or less and can be made to bioabsorb at differing rates of speed. The compositions are initially soluble in aqueous solution below pH 6.5. The compositions have an acid content that can be adjusted between about 0% (w/w) and about 8% (w/w) to customize the composition for uses that require and/or tolerate differing levels of cytotoxicity, adhesion, composition cohesion, and cell infiltration into the composition. |
| US09925308B2 |
Injectable composition for in-situ repair and regeneration of an injured ligament or tendon and methods of use
The invention provides an injectable composition and method for the minimally invasive, in-situ repair and regeneration of an injured ligament or tendon in a mammalian subject. The composition is also useful for the delivery of growth factors, therapeutic agents and cells into the area of tendon or ligament injury. |
| US09925305B2 |
Apparatus and method for hydrating a particulate biomaterial with a liquid biomaterial
An apparatus and method for hydrating a particulate biomaterial with a liquid biomaterial includes a vacuum device and a valve for withdrawing a gas from the particulate biomaterial and introducing the liquid biomaterial. The valve includes a hub, a valve body, a particulate port, a vacuum port, and a liquid port. The valve body selectively moves between first and second positions. The valve body at least partially defines a first passage and a second passage. The particulate port, the vacuum port, and the liquid port are each configured to fluidly connect to a particulate container, the vacuum device, and the liquid container, respectively. In the first position, the first passage fluidly connects the vacuum port to the particulate port for withdrawing the gas from the particulate container. In the second position, the second passage fluidly connects the liquid port to the particulate port for hydrating the particulate biomaterial. |
| US09925301B2 |
Methods of producing and using silk microfibers
Provided herein relates to methods for preparing micron range silk fibers (or silk microfibers) and compositions comprising a micron range silk fiber (or a silk microfiber). The micron range silk fibers (or silk microfibers) can be used in various applications ranging from fillers in cosmetics to reinforcement materials to design high strength composites, e.g., reinforced scaffolds. In some embodiments, the silk microfiber-reinforced scaffolds can be used for bone graft applications because of their high compressive strength. |
| US09925288B2 |
Method for removing particulate matter in indoor environments
Method for removing all types of particulate matter with exclusion of biological multiplying microorganisms in indoor environments characterized by comprising the following two steps:—the atomization of compounds that oxidize particulate matter to form complexes and to precipitate them;—the atomization of a liquid containing a mixture of spores of Gram-positive aerobic and/or of facultative anaerobic spore formers to act as nuclei for extra precipitation, to cover the precipitated particulate matter; and to metabolize precipitated particles and to take up precipitated particles by the Gram-positive bacteria/thereby preventing the precipitated particles to become airborne again;—whereby the drop size in both atomization steps is held between 5 and 50 μm to yield a dry nebula. |
| US09925283B2 |
Alkylphosphocholine analogs for multiple myeloma imaging and therapy
It is disclosed herein that that certain alkylphosphocholine analogs are preferentially taken up by multiple myeloma tumor cells. The alkylphophocholine analogs are compounds having the formula: or salts thereof, wherein n is an integer from 12 to 24; and R2 is —N+H3, —N+H2X, —N+HX2, or —N+HX3, wherein each X is independently —CH3 or —C2H5. The compounds can be used to treat multiple myeloma or to detect multiple myeloma. In therapeutic treatment, R1 includes a radionuclide that locally delivers therapeutic dosages of radiation to the multiple myeloma tumors cells that preferentially take up the compound. In detection/imaging applications, R1 includes a detection moiety, such as a fluorophore or a radiolabel. |
| US09925277B2 |
Polynucleotide compositions containing amino acids
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture and therapeutic use of polynucleotides formulations containing amino acids. |
| US09925276B2 |
Thymidine kinase gene
Nucleic acid sequences encoding improved Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinases are provided, including their use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The thymidine kinases may be mutated using conservative mutations, non-conservative mutations, or both. Also provided are gene therapeutic systems, including viral and retroviral particles. |
| US09925270B2 |
bFGF-polymer conjugates, methods for making the same and applications thereof
A heparin mimicking polymer, its conjugate with bFGF, and method of making and using the same are disclosed. In particular, described herein are conjugates of biologic agents (e.g., bFGF) and heparin mimicking polymers having superior stability while retaining full native activity after a variety of stressors. |
| US09925268B2 |
Drug-containing implants and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides implants comprising a therapeutic drug and a polymer containing polylactic acid (PLA) and optionally polyglycolic acid (PGA). The present invention also provides methods of maintaining a therapeutic level of a drug in a subject, releasing a therapeutic drug at a substantially linear rate, and treating schizophrenia and other diseases and disorders, utilizing implants of the present invention. |
| US09925264B2 |
Non-aqueous patch
Non-aqueous patches comprising lidocaine, which is not dissolved and is present in a crystalline state, have poor permeability to the skin. Therefore, non-aqueous patches have a high concentration of lidocaine. It is pointed out that lidocaine has an adverse effect on the heart. Prolonged use of a high concentration of lidocaine causes side effects, such as shock, rubor, and irritating sensation. External preparations comprising more than 5 mass % of lidocaine are designated as powerful drugs, and cannot be used as household (nonprescription) medicine. Provided is a non-aqueous patch that is effective to relieve muscle pain, the non-aqueous patch comprising lidocaine and/or its reactant, and a dissolving agent composed of an organic acid and a polyalcohol, which are contained in a base. |
| US09925263B2 |
Liquid pharmaceutical formulations for injection comprising procaine and uses thereof
Concentrated, low-viscosity, low-volume liquid pharmaceutical formulations of proteins have been developed. Such formulations can be rapidly and conveniently administered by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection, rather than by lengthy intravenous infusion. These formulations include low-molecular-weight and/or high-molecular-weight proteins, such as mAbs, and viscosity-lowering agents that are typically bulky polar organic compounds, such as many of the GRAS (US Food and Drug Administration List of compounds generally regarded as safe) and inactive injectable ingredients and FDA approved therapeutics. |
| US09925260B2 |
Treatment for bone diseases
The invention relates to the treatment of bone disorders. In particular, the invention is directed to the use of a dosing holiday to help overcome the resistance to anti-sclerostin antibodies which develops over time when a plurality of doses of antibody are given to a subject. By giving the subject to be treated such a dosing holiday, the subject may subsequently display an increased response to a subsequent dose of the anti-sclerostin antibody. The subject may be given multiple cycles of a batch of at least two doses of anti-sclerostin antibody and a dosing holiday. In some instances, the subject may be monitored to help determine when to give the dosing holiday. Further, the subject may be given a different treatment for the bone disorder during the dosing holiday from the anti-sclerostin antibody. |
| US09925256B2 |
Multivalent PCV2 immunogenic compositions and methods of producing such compositions
An improved method for recovering the protein expressed by open reading frame 2 from porcine circovirus type 2 is provided. Also provided is recombinant PCV2 ORF2 protein, and immunogenic compositions comprising PCV2 ORF2 protein. Moreover, multivalent combination vaccines are provided which include an immunological agent effective for reducing the incidence of or lessening the severity of PCV2 infection, preferably PCV2 ORF2 protein, or an immunogenic composition comprising PCV2 ORF2 protein, and at least one immunogenic active component of another disease-causing organism in swine. |
| US09925252B2 |
Antigenic compositions and methods
Multilayer films are described that include polypeptide epitopes and a toll-like receptor ligand. The multilayer films are capable of eliciting an immune response in a host upon administration to the host. The multilayer films can include at least one designed peptide that includes one or more polypeptide epitopes from a virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite. |
| US09925244B1 |
Treatment of warts in non-immunosuppressed patients
A method for treating warts includes administering to a patient with warts a composition having an autologous, matched allogenic, donor tissue source of mixed, hematological, pleuripotent, ISPC derived or harvested or induced mesenchymal type stem cells and/or filgrastim, derivatives, bioequivalents, and pharmaceutically effective salts thereof. Patients include both non-chemotherapy or non-immunosuppressed patients, as well as chemotherapy or immunosupressed patients with warts of non-responsive cutaneous type. The treatment leads to resolution of warts and/or a change in their response to laser therapy or standard treatments previously shown not to be effective. |
| US09925240B2 |
Methods of treating and preventing cancer drug resistance
Provided herein are combination therapies for the treatment of pathological conditions, such as cancer, using an antagonist of FGFR signaling. |
| US09925238B2 |
Use of peptide for treating angiogenesis-related diseases
Disclosed herein are methods for treating an angiogenesis-related condition or disease in a subject in need thereof. Said method includes administering to the subject a peptide having at least 90% sequence identity of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO:3 in a therapeutically effective amount. |
| US09925237B2 |
Polypeptide-polymer conjugates and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides polypeptide-polymer conjugates. A subject polypeptide-polymer conjugate is useful in a variety of applications, which are also provided. |
| US09925231B2 |
Formulations of guanylate cyclase C agonists and methods of use
The invention provides low-dose formulations of guanylate cyclase-C (“GCC”) agonist peptides and methods for their use. The formulations of the invention can be administered either alone or in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents, preferably an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase or a laxative. |
| US09925230B2 |
Augmenting the immune response by promoting cell death of immune cells
Methods and products for producing an antigen specific immune response are provided. The methods involve administration of a caspase inhibitor to a subject. |
| US09925228B2 |
Medicinal orobancheace extracts
Pharmaceutical extracts from Egyptian broomrape have proven efficacy against HCV and NAFLD. Compositions and method of making and using same are provided. |
| US09925220B2 |
Method of expanding double negative T cells
A method of expanding double negative T cells in culture is described. The method comprises (a) providing a starting sample comprising DN T cells or precursors thereof; (b) substantially depleting CD8+ and CD4+ T cells from the starting sample; (c) culturing the sample from step (b) with an immobilized T cell mitogen in a culture medium comprising an agent that can stimulate DN T cell growth (d) washing the cells obtained in step (c) and resuspending in a culture medium comprising the agent without the T cell mitogen; and (e) washing the cells obtained in step (d) and resuspending in a culture medium comprising the agent and a soluble T cell mitogen. The DN T cells obtained by the method are useful in a variety of applications including the treatment of cancer, infectious diseases, graft versus host disease and autoimmune disease. |
| US09925219B2 |
Encapsulated cell therapy cartridge
The invention provides multi-chamber encapsulated cell therapy cartridge devices that are capable of delivering biologically active molecules as well as methods of using these devices. |
| US09925218B2 |
Composition, method and kit for formation of galvanic cells on the skin
Embodiments of the invention relate to a composition, method and kit for producing galvanic cells upon application of the composition to the skin. In some embodiments, the composition comprises encapsulated half-galvanic cell units (e.g. individual and/or autonomous half-galvanic cell units) having the same ox/red potential (E°), wherein each half-galvanic cell unit comprises metal particles in the range of nano- to micro size or a mixture thereof, suspended within an aqueous solution of soluble electrolytic salt of same metal and wherein each half-galvanic cell unit is encapsulated by internal layer(s) made of hydrophilic metal (including silicon) oxide nanoparticles and external layer(s) made of hydrophobic metal (including silicon) oxide nanoparticles. The composition is useful for preventing and/or treating alopecia or for enhancing hair growth. |
| US09925213B2 |
Nylon-3 co-polymers and synthetic lung surfactant compositions containing same
Non-natural oligomers have recently shown promise as functional analogs of lung surfactant proteins B and C (SP-B and SP-C), two helical and amphiphilic proteins that are critical for normal respiration. The generation of non-natural mimics of SP-B and SP-C has previously been restricted to step-by-step, sequence-specific synthesis, which results in discrete oligomers that are intended to manifest specific structural attributes. Presented herein an alternative approach to SP-B mimicry that is based on sequence-random copolymers containing cationic and lipophilic subunits. These materials, members of the nylon-3 family, are prepared by ring-opening polymerization of β-lactams. The best of the nylon-3 polymers display promising in vitro surfactant activities in a mixed lipid film. Pulsating bubble surfactometry data indicate that films containing the most surface-active polymers attain adsorptive and dynamic-cycling properties that surpass those of discrete peptides intended to mimic SP-B. Attachment of an N-terminal octadecanoyl unit to the nylon-3 copolymers affords further improvements by reducing the percent surface area compression to reach low minimum surface tension. |
| US09925210B2 |
Chitosan materials from carbonic acid solution
The present invention comprises chitosan materials and methods of using carbonic acid for aqueous solubilization of neutralized or pre-treated chitosan gels and provides, among other things, substantially acid salt free composition native final forms without requiring subsequent acid salt elution. The invention includes chitosan-based solid and semi-solid material forms, optionally reinforced with chitosan fibers, such as powders, fibers, films, matrices, sponges, implants, scaffolds, fillers, and hydrogels. Native final forms are produced from chitosan powder solubilized in an aqueous acidic solution, processed to form a high pH hydrated chitosan gel precipitate material that is then neutralized by water washing and re-solubilized substantially to chitosan solution using carbonic acid. Chitosan materials can be mixed in solution with one or more of other hydrophilic polymers to create compositional heterogeneity and pharmaceutical agents to achieve controlled release of the agent(s) from the final forms at the site of application. |
| US09925209B2 |
Heparosan-polypeptide and heparosan-polynucleotide drug conjugates and methods of making and using same
Compositions containing conjugates of heparosan polymer with at least one drug are disclosed, along with methods of production and use thereof. |
| US09925208B2 |
Compositions comprising S-adenosylmethionine and a gallic acid ester
Provided herein are compositions and formulations comprising S-adenosyl-L-methionine (“SAM-e” or “SAMe”) and one or more gallic acid esters. Also provided herein are methods for improving the delivery of SAMe. Compositions and formulations provided herein increase SAMe plasma concentrations and area under the curve (AUC) values. Also provided herein are methods of treating a disease or disorder in a subject by administering compositions or formulations comprising exogenous SAMe and one or more gallic acid esters. |
| US09925201B2 |
Compositions and treatment for eye diseases and disorders
The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating eye diseases and disorders. More specifically, the invention provides compositions comprising progesterone and methods of treating ocular surface diseases and disorders comprising applying such compositions topically. |
| US09925192B2 |
Method for treating cancer
A method for the treatment of cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor with a therapeutically effective amount of a B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma 2 inhibitor (“B Cell CLL/Lymphoma 2”, or “BCL-2”). Administration of the CDK inhibitor and BCL-2 inhibitor can be simultaneous, successive or separate. |
| US09925191B2 |
Fumarate compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use
Fumarate compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the fumarate compounds, and methods of using fumarate compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating neurodegenerative, inflammatory, and autoimmune disorders including multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, irritable bowel disorder, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are disclosed. |
| US09925188B2 |
DNA-PK inhibitors and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of DNA-PK. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. |
| US09925182B2 |
Compositions, dosage forms, and co-administration of an opioid agonist compound and an analgesic compound
The present invention relates generally to the co-administration of an opioid agonist compound and an analgesic compound. In addition, the invention relates to, among other things, dosage forms for co-administration of an opioid agonist compound and an analgesic compound, methods for administering an opioid agonist compound and an analgesic compound, compositions comprising an opioid agonist compound and an analgesic compound, dosage forms comprising an opioid agonist compound and an analgesic compound, and so on. |
| US09925180B2 |
Compounds and anti-tumor NQO1 substrates
Compositions comprising Formula (I) can be selectively lethal toward a variety of different cancer cell types. The compositions are useful for the management, treatment, control, or adjunct treatment of diseases, where the selective lethality is beneficial in chemotherapeutic therapy. |
| US09925175B2 |
Deuterium-enriched pioglitazone
The present application describes deuterium-enriched pioglitazone, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same. |
| US09925174B2 |
Administration form for the oral application of 3-[(2-{[4-(hexyloxycarbonyl-amino-imino-methyl)-phenylamino]-methyl}-1-methyl-1 H-benzimidazol acid ethyl ester and the salts thereof
The invention relates to a new administration form for the oral application of the active substance ethyl 3-[(2-{[4-(hexyloxycarbonylamino-imino-methyl)-phenylamino]-methyl}-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole-5-carbonyl)-pyridin-2-yl-amino]-propionate and the pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US09925168B2 |
Preparation of micronized particles of an antimuscarinic compound by hydrodynamic cavitation
Crystalline micronized particulate of a glycopyrronium salt may be prepared by hydrodynamic cavitation. The resulting drug particles are physically stable with regard to agglomeration and/or aggregation on storage. |
| US09925156B2 |
Enterically coated cysteamine, cystamine and derivatives thereof
The disclosure provides oral cysteamine and cystamine formulations useful for treating cystinosis and neurodegenerative diseases and disorders. The formulations provide controlled release compositions that improve quality of life and reduced side-effects. |
| US09925155B2 |
Dialysis composition
The present invention relates to an acid concentrate dialysis composition comprising a mixture of citric acid and citrate, having pH of less than 3.0, wherein the total concentration of citrate is between 35 mM and 450 mM, and wherein the amount of citric acid is more than 50% of the total concentration of citrate. The acid concentrate dialysis composition is to be combined to form a dialysis solution having a total concentration of citrate of between 1 and 6 mM. |
| US09925152B2 |
Antimicrobials and methods of use thereof for wound healing
This disclosure provides generally for antimicrobial compositions and methods of use comprising an anthocyanin, an anthocyanidin or metabolites thereof. Methods for promoting healing of a wound using these compositions are also disclosed. These compositions have broad spectrum antimicrobial activity and are safe for human and animal uses. Further, these compositions are safe for medical uses and industrial uses as antiseptic preparations to reduce or prevent microbial growth. |
| US09925150B2 |
Polyvinylpyrrolidone for the stabilization of a solid dispersion of the non-crystalline form of rotigotine
The present invention relates to a method for stabilizing rotigotine, the method comprising providing a solid dispersion comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone and a non-crystalline form of rotigotine, wherein the weight ratio of rotigotine to polyvinylpyrrolidone is in a range from about 9:3.5 to about 9:6. The present invention also relates to a solid dispersion comprising a dispersing agent and a dispersed phase, said dispersed phase comprising rotigotine and polyvinylpyrrolidone, wherein the weight ratio of rotigotine to polyvinylpyrrolidone is in a range from about 9:3.5 to about 9:6, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a solid dispersion, in particular a transdermal therapeutic system, as well as a method for the preparation thereof. |
| US09925141B2 |
Dry pharmaceutical compositions for topical delivery of oral medications, nasal delivery and to treat ear disorders
In one aspect, a dry formulation for the effective administration of multiple medications simultaneously for one or more ailments may be provided. The dry formulations include one or more of the following actives in combination with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients or additives: a) at least one antibiotic; b) at least one anti-inflammatory steroid; and c) at least one antifungal agent. |
| US09925140B2 |
Cell tissue gel containing collagen and hyaluronan
Described herein is a cell tissue gel containing collagen and hyaluronan at a weight ratio of 0.01-100:1. |
| US09925139B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions for acute glucocorticoid therapy
The present invention relates to glucocorticoid-containing pharmaceutical compositions or kits for use in acute emergency situations where acute glucocorticoid therapy is required. Notably, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits that are designed to be administered by non-medically trained persons outside a hospital or another medical or clinical setting. The invention also relates to a method for treating a disorder requiring acute glucocorticoid therapy by providing a fast onset of action of a glucocorticoid. |
| US09925135B2 |
Use of an extract of plant origin of Globularia and method for obtaining said extract by in vitro plant culture
According to the present invention the extract of plant origin of the Globularia genus is used for a non-therapeutic cosmetic treatment of the skin and/or appendages. Preferably the species is Globularia cordifolia and the extract is obtained by in vitro plant culture. The extract can be used in particular for preventing and/or treating skin ageing by stimulating the 10 reactions of detoxification and cellular regeneration through a hormetic type response, for improving the transparency and radiance of complexion, for preventing or treating sensitive and reactive skins, for preventing or treating rednesses, for preventing protein glycation, for increasing and/or maintaining the number of dermal stem cells, for increasing and/or maintaining the dermal macromolecules, in particular collagen and elastin, for increasing the volume of the dermis, for 15 preventing and/or treating fines lines and wrinkles, for firming skin, for preventing hair loss and/or stimulating hair regrowth. The invention also proposes an original method of obtaining the extract by in vitro plant culture of undifferenciated cells of Globularia and an extract of plant origin that can be obtained by such method. |
| US09925133B2 |
Multi-tonal one step dyeing with thickened pre-treatment solution
A method for dyeing keratinous fibers, in particular, human hair, in which, after a thickened pre-treatment agent (M1) containing no oxidation dye precursors has been applied and allowed to react, a coloring agent (M2) is applied and allowed to react immediately thereafter and without rinsing. By carrying out said method, hair can be colored in a dyeing step and simultaneously multi-tonal dyeing with highlights or lowlights can be achieved. |
| US09925132B2 |
Fluid aqueous antisun composition based on a superabsorbent polymer and a crosslinked copolymer of methacrylic acid and of a C1-C4 alkyl acrylate
The present invention relates to a fluid composition, characterized in that it comprises, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous support: (a) at least one fatty phase; (b) a photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation; (c) at least one superabsorbent polymer; (d) at least one crosslinked copolymer of methacrylic acid and of a C1-C4 alkyl acrylate. Another subject of the present invention lies in the use of the combination of a superabsorbent polymer and of a crosslinked copolymer of methacrylic acid and of an alkyl acrylate in a fluid composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous support, at least one photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation, as a freshness agent and/or as a stabilizer for the composition. |
| US09925130B2 |
Composition with zinc amino acid/trimethylglycine halide precursors
A personal care composition for application to the skin or hair comprising a cosmetically acceptable carrier and zinc X halide precursors wherein the precursors are a zinc ion source, an X source, and a halide source, wherein the halide source can be part of the zinc ion source, the X source, or a halogen acid, wherein the precursors can complex into the zinc X halide when the composition is applied to the skin or hair, wherein X is an amino acid or trimethylglycine. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided. When the precursors complex into a zinc X halide, the complex can be used to deliver zinc salts to block perspiration and provide antibacterial effects. |
| US09925129B2 |
Oil-in-water emulsion cosmetic and method for producing same
Provided is a cosmetic in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion unckuding (A) a salt of higher fatty acid component containing a liquid higher fatty acid and (B) an oil-soluble ultraviolet absorber, being substantially free of a hydrophilic surfactant other than the (A) component and having a pH of 7.1 to 9.5 and a method for production thereof. The cosmetic having ultraviolet protection efficacy is excellent in fresh feel, water resistance and rinsability using water with soap when applied to the skin and storage stability. The cosmetic is suitable for sunscreen cosmetics and is also useful for makeup cosmetics such as foundation and makeup base, skin care cosmetics such as milky lotion, cream and serum and hair cosmetics. |
| US09925128B1 |
Skin colored antiperspirant deodorant
A deodorant stick having a color component as skin-tone pigmentation, for the discreet wearing of deodorant. The color component matches a color of user's human skin, acting as camouflage that changes its color as it is applied on the skin to match the skin. The deodorant stick includes a plastic casing, containing an interior plastic casing where the interior casing contains a skin-color pigmented deodorant, a fitted plastic cover, a plastic wheel mechanism, and a set of rubber-based grips. The fitted plastic cover may be transparent or of a color that matches the color component included in the deodorant stick. The rubber-based grips matches the color of the color component included in the deodorant stick. |
| US09925124B2 |
Dental composition suitable for grinding with automatic grinding apparatus
Provided is a dental composition comprising a first largest group of particles and resin matrix, wherein the first largest group consists of particles whose particle size ranges from 0.7 to 1.5 times the representative particle size of the first largest fraction in a population of particles included in the composition whose particle size ranges from 110 to 1000 μm; and wherein the ratio of the number of particles included in the first largest group to the number of particles whose particle size ranges from 0.5 to 2.0 times the representative particle size of the first largest fraction is equal to or more than 0.8. |
| US09925123B2 |
Medical cabinet access belt optimization system
A cabinet for securely storing items includes a drawer enclosure, a drawer, a cover, an electric actuator, and a switch. The drawer is slidable at least partially into and out of the enclosure, and includes a compartment. A cover which is configured as a metal belt is designed to selectively block access to the compartments of the drawer when the cover is in a first configuration, and to allow access to the compartment when the cover is in a second configuration. The electric actuator is designed to move the cover from the first configuration to the second configuration in one of two directions. The actuator selects the direction to reduce the time required to make such movement. |
| US09925121B2 |
Rotary die system
A rotary die system that includes first and second axially aligned, coacting rotary dies positioned adjacent one another. Each die includes a working surface having a plurality of recesses defined therein. The recesses in the first die are each configured to align with a recess in the second die to form a product cavity upon coaction of the first and second dies. The product cavity is configured to receive a product. Each recess in at least one of the first or second dies includes a pin therein that is configured to puncture a film that at least partially surrounds the product. |
| US09925118B2 |
Z-shaped fluid channel arrangement
The invention is related to a manifold comprising at least two valve receptacles, further comprising a fluid groove arrangement comprising at least two fluid grooves, wherein a first fluid groove of the at least two fluid grooves has a starting point near a first valve receptacle of the at least two valve receptacles and an end point near a second valve receptacle of the at least two valve receptacles and wherein a second fluid groove of the at least two fluid grooves has a starting point near a second valve receptacle of the at least two valve receptacles. The invention is further related to an apparatus comprising a manifold of the aforementioned kind and further comprising an inner body of a dispense interface. |
| US09925112B2 |
Systems and methods for regulation of one or more cutaneous proteins
The disclosed embodiments provide skin stimulating devices and methods that address the aging effects of skin at a protein level. Particularly, cyclical mechanical strain is used to regulate specific proteins within the skin, so as to produce specific effects. As a non-limiting example, the disclosed embodiments can be used to increase the production of certain proteins (e.g., hyaluronan synthase 3 (HAS3); fibronectin; tropoelastin; procoll1; integrin, etc.) in the skin, which results in anti-aging effects by increasing epidermal cohesion. |
| US09925110B1 |
Soft tissue massage tools
A plurality of skin-contacting instruments for the manipulation of soft tissue adhesions are disclosed. Each of the instruments comprises a plurality of curvilinear edge surfaces having different radii for contacting the skin in a plurality of locations. |
| US09925107B2 |
Patient/invalid lift with support line bearing power and data communications
A patient lift for transporting patients having a hoist assembly, a lift assembly and an integrated flexible load-bearing supporting member. The flexible load-bearing supporting member is retractable into the hoist assembly and has integrated load-bearing, data communications, and power components to transmit data and/or power to/from the hoist assembly and lift assembly. |
| US09925106B2 |
Caregiver's helper lift
A caregiver's helper lift utilizes a unique hoisting apparatus, a lifting harness worn by a patient, and a control apparatus to allow a caregiver to raise and lower a patient into/out-of a wheelchair and into/out-of a vehicle, down to or up off a floor, or to any other position/location that a patient needs to be moved. The lifting harness can clip to a lift attachment which is affixed to a helper lift suspension cable/rope/etc. The caregiver's helper lift utilizes a crane arm to suspend the patient and allow him or her to be repositioned by simply rolling/turning the lift. By actuating the hoisting apparatus control system, the patient can be controllably raised and lowered as desired. The crane arm can be adjustably attached to a power T upright which is itself attached to an H brace base. At least two beam extensions extend laterally from the H brace and provide stability. |
| US09925103B2 |
Electric actuator system
A communication system for exchanging data between an actuator system and an external device, e.g. an operation where the communication system in the form of a gateway and a codex interprets the information in the bidirectional data stream and communicates the information on both sides. The communication system is furthermore provided with an RFID circuit integrated in a handset. The RFIC circuit can communicate information about the gateway's unique identification, also known as an MAC-address. This achieves easy connection of an external device to the actuator system without having to enter data manually. |
| US09925099B2 |
Wheelchair gearshift arrangement
Embodiments herein relate to a wheelchair gearshift arrangement (10), which comprises an axle tube (20) and a pair of wheel attachment adaptors (30) inserted into a respective end (21, 22) of the axle tube (20). The wheel attachment adaptors (30) further includes a respective axle sleeve (40) adapted to receive and hold a respective wheel axle (51) of a respective complete wheelchair wheel (50). Each complete wheelchair wheel (50) having a respective wheel axle centric, axially translatable, gear change mechanism (52). One or more gear change actuators (80) are arranged within the axle tube (20) such that they are operative to selectively, upon user manipulation of an associated gear selector (60), axially translate the associated gear change mechanisms (52) of the respective complete wheelchair wheels (50). Such translation will affect a change of gear ratio between a push-rim (55) and wheel-rim (56) of each respective complete wheelchair wheel (50). |
| US09925097B2 |
Portable stretcher
A portable stretcher for carrying a subject that includes a support member for supporting a subject's body made of a flexible material; carrying straps connected to opposite sides of the support member at a back side thereof, for allowing manually carrying the stretcher; and at least two sets of handles each set comprising at least one handle, wherein each of the handles connects to the support member. The stretcher is configured for carrying the subject in a sitting posture by having at least two carriers wearing the carrying straps and also in a laying posture, in which the subject horizontally lays over the support member by having the carriers carry the laying subject by using the handles. |
| US09925095B2 |
Absorbent article having liquid-permeable second sheet
An absorbent article has an absorbing core and a liquid-permeable second sheet disposed on the absorbing core. The absorbing core includes a liquid-holding material and a liquid-permeable core-wrapping sheet. The core-wrapping sheet covers the liquid-holding material, but a portion of a top-side surface of the liquid-holding material is exposed. The second sheet contacts the liquid-holding material at the exposed portion. The second sheet is placed in direct contact with the cellulose fibers of the liquid-holding material, and liquid permeates from the second sheet into the liquid-holding material. Also, deformation of the liquid-holding material is prevented by the hydrophilic core-wrapping sheet covering the liquid-holding material. |
| US09925091B2 |
Combination SIS and vacuum bandage and method
A wound care bandage for treating a wound is provided. The bandage includes an SIS layer to be placed on the wound surface and a cover to be placed over the wound. The bandage further includes a structure to provide a vacuum space. A method for promoting wound healing is further provided. The method includes applying the above-mentioned wound care bandage to the wound and creating a vacuum in the vacuum space to draw blood controllably from the wound into the SIS layer. |
| US09925089B2 |
Steerable laser probe
A steerable laser probe may include a handle, an actuation structure of the handle, a housing tube, a wire having a pre-formed curve, and an optic fiber disposed within the housing tube and an inner bore of the handle. The housing tube may include a first housing tube portion having a first stiffness and a second housing tube portion having a second stiffness. The second stiffness may be greater than the first stiffness. A compression of the actuation structure may curve or straighten the housing tube. A decompression of the actuation structure may curve or straighten the housing tube. |
| US09925085B2 |
Method and apparatus for penis enlargement
A penis lengthening device comprises a traction chamber with tapered sidewalls configured to secure the penis within the chamber by forming a partial vacuum therein. A flexible air seal covers the upper portion of the traction chamber and extends over the penis. As the chamber is evacuated, the air seal tightens around the penis, creating an air seal to retain the vacuum within the chamber. Tensile force is transmitted through the chamber to the penis of the user. Alternative “light traction” embodiments utilize a condom-like device configured to attach to an elastic band, or to suspend weights therefrom. Larger tensile forces are applied for shorter periods of a few minutes up to an hour using the traction chamber embodiment, and smaller forces of 1-2 pounds are applied for longer periods of several hours using a light-traction embodiment. Alternate between the two methods throughout the day enhances its effectiveness. |
| US09925083B2 |
Wrist brace
A wrist brace comprises (a) a main brace body, (b) an adjustable wrist strap configured to encircle the main brace body about a wearer's wrist, and (c) a lace and rotatable tightening mechanism. The main brace body comprises a semi-rigid splint configured to fit the anterior of a wearer's wrist, extending from the palm to a portion of the anterior of the forearm. The lace and tightening rotatable mechanism is configured to apply tension on the lace thereby tightening the wrist strap about the wearer's wrist and drawing the splint closer to the anterior of the wearer's wrist. |
| US09925082B2 |
Orthopedic device
An orthopedic device has first and second elongate struts each having a strap coupling member, and a flexible strap securing to the first and second struts by the strap coupling members. The orthopedic device includes various embodiments of hinge assemblies including flexion and extension stops and locks for maintaining the hinge assembly in a fixed configuration. The orthopedic device has various embodiments of strap assemblies for securing components to cuff assemblies. |
| US09925081B2 |
Magnetic satiety inducing system
A minimally invasive system and method for providing weight loss by inducing the feeling of satiety whereby an intragastric device is inserted into the gastric lumen via the esophagus and an external magnetic device is used as needed to magnetically attract the intragastric device towards the inner wall of the stomach and impart tactile stimulation sufficient to induce the feeling of satiety. |
| US09925078B2 |
Stent delivery system
A stent delivery system includes a pusher guide wire for delivering a stent having an anchor member. The pusher guide wire includes a core shaft, a coil body that is disposed around a distal portion of the core shaft and includes a tapered portion having an outer diameter that decreases toward a distal end of the coil body, and a protruded portion fixed to the coil body at a position distal to the tapered portion. The anchor member is positioned between the tapered portion and the protruded portion when the stent is delivered using the pusher guide wire. The anchor member can therefore be pushed in the distal direction by the tapered portion of the coil body. Moreover, the stent can be retracted into the catheter by pulling the pusher guide wire in the proximal direction so that the protruded portion contacts the anchor member. |
| US09925076B2 |
Stent
A stent in the form of a generally tubular body has multiple annularly expandable serpentine elements. The serpentine elements have arcs at the first and second element ends which point in the axial direction of the stent. Annularly expandable serpentine elements which follow one another in the axial direction are connected to one another via connectors which are arranged at the ends of the adjacent elements. The connectors extend in the circumferential direction of the stent in the non-expanded state of the stent and have a curvature in the circumferential direction. In the expanded state of the stent, the curvature is so great in the circumferential direction that the connectors project radially outward beyond the circumference of the serpentine elements. |
| US09925073B2 |
Stent
A stent is disclosed, which is formed in a cylindrical shape and has a cavity portion, and is freely switched between an expanded state and a contracted state where the stent contracts to a central axis (O) side from the expanded state. The stent has an anchor portion which protrudes to a central axis (O) side relative to an inner surface surrounding the cavity portion in the contracted state, and which is displaced to the inner surface side in the expanded state relative to a protruded position in the contracted state. |
| US09925072B2 |
Prosthetic system for removing fluid or sweat from inside of a liner with first and second independently sealed volumes
A prosthetic system includes a liner adapted to receive a residual limb and having a liner body formed from an elastomeric material. The liner body defines an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. The inner surface includes a first part arranged to form a seal between the liner and the residual limb, and a second part of the inner surface has at least one flow channel arranged for promoting movement of fluid away from a skin surface of the residual limb. An outlet is defined in the second part and extends between the inner and outer surfaces. The at least one flow channel is defined in the elastomeric material forming the liner body and is in fluid communication with the outlet. |
| US09925069B2 |
Method for femur resection alignment approximation in hip replacement procedures
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for utilizing a series of images of a patient's anatomy to determine a cut plane for use during a hip replacement procedure. To determine a cut plane for use during the procedure, the computer program determines a best fit line through the center of the neck of the femur, as well as a best fit line through the femoral shaft. In one particular embodiment, a cut plane through the femur may then be determined as perpendicular to the center line through the neck of the femur. Further, the location of these features in the images may be determined by analyzing the gray scale value of one or more pixels around a selected point on the image. The pixel with the lowest gray scale value may then be assumed to be the edge of the cortical bone in the 2D image. |
| US09925067B2 |
Device for expanding and supporting body tissue
An expandable device for expanding and supporting body tissue comprises an inferior endplate having an outer surface configured to contact one body tissue surface and a superior endplate having an outer surface configured to contact an opposing body tissue surface. The inferior endplate and the superior endplate are movable relative to each other in a direction of expansion. The device includes an elevator captively supported between the inferior endplate and the superior endplate for independent movement along the direction of expansion. In the first direction the elevator is moved toward said superior endplate to lift the superior endplate and expand the device. In the second direction the elevator moves away from said superior endplate toward said inferior endplate to create a space for insertion of an insert into the expanded device. |
| US09925066B2 |
Surgical impactor/extractor assembly and method of use
A surgical assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a housing, a first arm extending outside the housing and a linkage assembly housed by the housing and connected to the first arm. Movement of the linkage assembly inside the housing is linked to movement of the first arm outside of the housing. |
| US09925063B2 |
Interbody device and plate for spinal stabilization and instruments for positioning same
Systems, methods and devices for providing stabilization between first and second vertebrae are provided. More particularly, in one form a system includes an implant configured to be positioned in a disc space between the first and second vertebrae and a freestanding plate for engagement with extradiscal surfaces of the first and second vertebrae. The system also includes an insertion instrument with an engaging portion configured to releasably engage with the implant and the plate such that the implant and plate can be positioned together relative to the first and second vertebrae. In one aspect, an angular orientation of the implant relative to the plate is adjustable when the implant and the plate are engaged by the instrument. In this or another aspect, the implant and plate are held in a contiguous relationship when engaged by the instrument. However, different forms and applications are also envisioned. |
| US09925058B2 |
Mesh spacer hybrid
A modular implant for performing an intervertebral fusion on adjacent vertebral bodies in a patient including a first spacer portion, a second spacer and a container having a first end and a second end, the first end of the container constructed to operably engage a first spacer and the second end of the container constructed to operably engage the second spacer. |
| US09925050B2 |
Tibial bearing component for a knee prosthesis with improved articular characteristics
An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial bearing component with surface features which operate to protect adjacent soft tissues of the natural knee throughout a wide range of flexion. More particularly, the tibial bearing component provides an anterior relief space disposed between the dished lateral and medial articular compartments, in which the relief space is convex as viewed from a sagittal perspective across the medial/lateral extent of the relief space. |
| US09925042B2 |
Nasal valve treatment method and apparatus
A method and apparatus for treating a nasal valve condition including surgically forming an access path to create a pocket on a side of the patient's nose. The pocket is positioned between a soft tissue layer and opposing surfaces of upper and lower cartilages of the nose. The pocket spans a junction between the upper and lower cartilages. An implant is placed through the access path into the pocket with a length oriented to span the junction. A delivery system for placement of the implant includes a surgical tool for forming the access path and for delivering the implant into the access path. |
| US09925036B2 |
System and method for securing tissue to bone
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for securing soft tissue to a rigid material such as bone. A tissue anchoring device is described that comprises an anchor body and a spreader such that tissue may be captured or compressed between outside surfaces on the anchor and inside surfaces of a bone tunnel to secure the tissue within the tunnel. Methods are described that enable use of the bone anchoring device to secure a tissue graft into the tibial and femoral bones during anterior cruciate ligament (“ACL”) reconstruction. |
| US09925035B2 |
Implanted passive engineering mechanisms and methods for their use and manufacture
Implantable passive engineered mechanisms and a method for implanting such devices in a subject are described. The implantable passive engineered mechanism may be made of or comprise a biocompatible material and is appropriately sized for implantation in a subject. Exemplary implantable passive engineered mechanisms may be selected from a strut, a pulley, a lever, a compliant mechanism, a scissor lift, a tendon network, springs, planetary gears, rigid or soft hydraulics, a linkage system, a cam/clutch system, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments the system comprises plural inserts, such as pulleys, levers, and/or tendon networks. Plural inserts may be arranged hierarchically to distribute force differentially from an input to one or more outputs. |
| US09925034B2 |
Stabilizing unintentional muscle movements
A system and method for stabilizing unintentional muscle movements are disclosed. In a first aspect, a non-contact sensing system comprises a stabilization unit, at least one non-contact position sensor coupled to the stabilization unit, and a processing unit coupled to the at least one non-contact position sensor, wherein the processing unit transmits motion commands to the stabilization unit to cancel unintentional muscle movements. In a second aspect, the method comprises a processing unit of a non-contact sensing system receiving position data of a stabilization unit that is detected by at least one non-contact position sensor and filtering the position data to identify the unintentional muscle movements. The method includes modeling the position data to create a system model and determining motor commands based upon the system model to cancel the unintentional muscle movements. |
| US09925031B2 |
Endoluminal device with kink-resistant regions
An endoluminal prosthesis having a tubular graft comprising a first biocompatible material having a first weave density comprising yarns aligned in a first direction interwoven with yarns aligned in a second direction, and a second biocompatible material having a second weave density less than the first weave density comprising yarns aligned in a first direction interwoven with yarns aligned in a second direction, the second biocompatible material spirally positioned throughout the entire length of the tubular graft around a central axis with respect to the first biocompatible material. An elongate member is attached along the length of the tubular graft. The tubular graft includes first regions comprising the first biocompatible material and second regions containing the second biocompatible material. The elongate member is attached to the first regions of the tubular graft. |
| US09925029B2 |
Method of manufacturing a surgical implant having a marking
In a method of manufacturing a surgical implant, a flexible areal basic structure having a first face and a second face is provided. At least one linear marking thread is placed, in a floating manner, onto one of the faces of the basic structure and mechanically fixed (e.g. by stitching) to the basic structure at a first location and at a second location which are spaced from each other. Thereafter, the linear marking thread is thermally fixed to the basic structure in an area between the first location and the second location by a melt-fusing process. |
| US09925025B2 |
Container for orthodontic appliances
Provided packaged orthodontic assemblies and methods compressively retain an orthodontic appliance in a container along opposing sides of the appliance adjacent the bonding surfaces of its base. This can be done using a mechanism that limits contact between the appliance and the container while accommodating a substantial range of transverse base dimensions. This engagement mechanism allows an adhesive-coated appliance to be retained in a consistent orientation for convenient dispensing, while limiting potentially adverse interactions between the adhesive and the container. By avoiding loss of the adhesive components during storage, these assemblies and methods can extend shelf life and provide consistent adhesive handling properties. |
| US09925024B2 |
Dental implant and abutment tools
A dental restoration system is disclosed including an implant for attachment to a jaw bone of a patient. The implant includes a cylindrical body having an interior bore formed between a distal end and a proximal end. An abutment includes an interior bore formed through the stem and the post and an interface section interfacing with the abutment interface of the dental implant. An abutment removal insert has a cylindrical end insertable into a groove formed in the interior bore of the abutment. An abutment removal tool screw is insertable within the abutment removal insert. The abutment removal tool screw includes a grip and an opposite end. The opposite end causes the abutment removal insert to contact the abutment. The grip is rotatable to cause the opposite end to create force against the implant to cause the abutment to be detached from the implant. |
| US09925023B2 |
Implant overdenture system and implant
An implant overdenture system is used to fix an implant overdenture onto alveolar ridge by the support of implants. The implant overdenture has artificial teeth, a denture base, and magnetic assemblies. The implants each have an implant body and a keeper. A largest circumscribed circle diameter d1 in an outer shape of a surface-to-be-attracted of the keeper is equal to or larger than φ1.8 mm, and a largest diameter d2 of the implant body is equal to or larger than φ1.2 mm and equal to or less than φ3.5 mm, and these largest diameters have a relationship expressed by d1/d2≤1.5. |
| US09925022B2 |
Dental attachment assembly cap and method of use
A dental attachment assembly and method anchors a dental appliance with an implant and has an abutment member attached to the implant, a retention member in releasable snap engagement with the abutment member, and a cap secured in a recess of the dental appliance and in releasable swivel engagement with the retention member to position and secure the dental appliance onto the implant. The cap includes a cavity with a rounded, concave inner surface which engages with the retention member, an interior top surface of the cavity with a concave recess extending radially along an outer periphery of the interior top surface of the cavity to allow for rotation of the retention member within the cap. A central portion of the interior top surface of the cavity surrounded by the concave recess therefore protrudes vertically into the cavity to minimize vertical displacement of the retention member as it rotates. |
| US09925021B2 |
Dental implant systems and methods for accessing intra cavity areas therethrough
A method and a dental implant system for accessing selected intra-cavity locations there-through that includes: (a) a dental implant having a plurality of openings configured for being implanted in an intra-cavity area of a patient, wherein each one of the plurality of openings allows access from an external area of the dental implant to a space in the intra-cavity area between the implant and a jawbone of the patient, when the dental implant is installed in the intra cavity; and (b) one or more directing element that is removably securable to the dental implant, wherein the directing element includes openings and is configured to allow access to one or more specific locations at this space through a selected at least one of the plurality of openings of the dental implant, when secured thereto. |
| US09925020B2 |
Method and tools for indirect bracket positioning
The invention provides an improved method of indirect positioning of orthodontic brackets wherein a positive tooth model is utilized which comprises a model tooth, a mock bracket and a place holder for the mock bracket. The positive tooth model can be used for making a transfer tray for accommodating and transferring a bracket onto a tooth of a patient, wherein said transfer tray comprises a form-fitting cavity for the distal portion of the bracket. Further provided are transfer trays and positive tooth models for use in said method. |
| US09925019B2 |
Lingual orthodontic appliance with removable section
An aesthetic, partially removable orthodontic appliance is described, including a polymeric body that conforms to the lingual soft tissue and at least one wire member extending from the polymeric body. Each wire member releasably engages with a respective anchor that is, in turn, connected to the lingual surface of a respective tooth when the polymeric body is moved in a generally gingival direction into abutting relationship with the lingual soft tissue. Other features of the appliance include self-guiding magnetic couplings and couplings based on interlocking mechanical structures that provide releasable engagement between the removable section and the anchors, as well as related methods for making and using the same. |
| US09925016B2 |
Medical support structure
A medical support structure is disclosed, which comprising a framework having a main axis and comprising at least one supporting member and a plurality of leg members, and a top surface locatable atop the framework and adapted to support one or more refuse containers each having an aperture and a bottom portion. The supporting member is locatable intermediate the top surface and a lower portion of the plurality of leg members, and is adapted to support at least one medical waste container having an aperture and a bottom portion. At least a first longitudinal portion of the supporting member forms an obtuse angle relative to a second longitudinal portion of the supporting member so as to angle the or each medical waste containers in a position in which its aperture is higher than its bottom portion but not orthogonal to the top surface. |
| US09925010B2 |
System and technique for accessing extra articular lesions or abnormalities or intra osseous lesions or bone marrow lesions
A technique for accessing extra articular lesions or abnormalities or intra osseous lesions or abnormalities or bone marrow lesions or all has the step of positioning the localizing pinning member onto cartilage or subchondral bone to define a virtual pathway through the cartilage or subchondral bone towards or into or through the lesion or abnormality or a desired target to create the virtual pathway utilizing an intra articular localizing pinning member to determine a location of the lesion or abnormality wherein the utilization of the localizing pinning member includes the step to locate or stabilize or both and thereafter using the virtual pathway to create an entry access. |
| US09925007B2 |
Smoke evacuation attachment device for laser resurfacing handpiece
A smoke evacuation attachment device for attachment to a laser resurfacing handpiece that includes a channel for evacuating smoke, dead skin cells, and other debris from the application site of the laser and which has a low profile to preclude encumbering the use of the laser handpiece. |
| US09925004B2 |
Microwave device for tissue ablation
An antenna for a microwave device for tissue ablation includes a metal cannula inside which there are arranged an external conductor and an internal conductor of the antenna, between which a layer of electrically insulating material is interposed, and a penetrating tip connected to the antenna. The antenna further includes a reinforcing element connected to a distal end of the cannula, the penetrating tip being connected to a distal end of the reinforcing element. |
| US09925002B2 |
Articulating ablation device and method
An ablation device includes a handle portion, a shaft, and at least one cable. The shaft extends distally from the handle portion and includes an inner conductor and an outer conductor that substantially surrounds at least a portion of the inner conductor. The cable extends from the handle portion along at least a portion of the shaft. The distal tip of the inner conductor is positionable distally beyond a distal-most end of the outer conductor. In response to movement of the at least one cable relative to the handle portion, the distal tip of the outer conductor is movable form a first position wherein the distal tip is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis defined by the outer conductor to at least a second position wherein the distal tip is disposed at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis. |
| US09925001B2 |
Spiral bipolar electrode renal denervation balloon
A renal nerve ablation device may include an elongate tubular member having a distal region. An expandable member may be coupled to the distal region. One or more active electrodes may be coupled to the expandable member. One or more ground electrodes may be coupled to the expandable member. The one or more active electrodes and/or the one or more ground electrodes may be oriented helically about the length of the expandable member. |
| US09924993B2 |
Electrosurgical system for tissue cauterization
An electrosurgical system for tissue cauterization may include a user interface, a front panel display, an electrosurgical generator, a power supply of the electrosurgical generator, a system control of the electrosurgical generator, an RF system of the electrosurgical generator, and a bipolar forceps assembly. The electrosurgical system may be configured to cauterize a tissue. A tissue cauterization may include system activation, tissue impedance analysis, establishment of tissue cauterization parameters, monitoring and adjustment of tissue cauterization, and system deactivation. The establishment of tissue cauterization parameters may include establishing a tissue cauterization curve configured to minimize an amount of time required to cauterize a tissue. |
| US09924989B2 |
Minimally invasive spinal fusion system and method
Disclosed herein are minimally invasive systems and method for stabilizing the spine, while preserving a degree of spinal flexion and extension of the spine at the level of the stabilized vertebrae postoperatively. The systems and methods can include an expandable anchor and rod that span an intervertebral disc. The anchor can have interstices, and ends in two adjacent vertebral bodies. The system can also include a volume of bone cement media. |
| US09924988B2 |
Implants for creating connections to tissue parts, in particular to skeletal parts, as well as device and method for implantation thereof
A method for locating a material having thermoplastic properties in pores of bone tissue includes providing a pin having the material having thermoplastic properties and a core, wherein the material having thermoplastic properties is arranged on the circumferential surface of the core constituting an outer region of the pin. An opening is provided in the bone tissue, and the pin is positioned at least partly in the opening. The outer region of the pin is then impinged with mechanical vibration energy for a time sufficient for liquefying at least part of the material having thermoplastic properties, and, in a liquefied state, pressing it into the pores of the bone tissue surrounding the opening. The vibration energy is stopped for a time sufficient for re-solidification of the liquefied material, and then the core is removed. |
| US09924987B2 |
Method and apparatus for use of a compressing plate
An orthopedic bone plate constructed from shape memory material provides the ability to move from an open shape to a compressed shape and create compression on two bones or bone fragments to encourage healing. The plate may be any number of shapes, with two or more screws anchoring the plate to bone. The plate is affixed to bone in a sequence of steps that involve first placing the plate on an insertion tool, attaching drill guide tubes, placing the plate over bone, drill holes in bone, and then attaching the plate to the bone via screws. The insertion tool can then be removed at the surgeon's convenience allowing compression on the two bones. |
| US09924985B2 |
Intramedullary fixation devices
An intramedullary fixation device used in bone fixation and stabilization on a patient includes a longitudinally extending rigid body, a distal head disposed at a distal end of the body and sized for insertion into an intramedullary canal of a phalanx of the patient, the distal head having a central core portion and a plurality of extending distal wings radially projecting from the central core portion. A proximal head at a proximal end of the body is sized for insertion into an intramedullary canal of a phalanx of the patient. It has a central core portion and a plurality of proximal wings extending radially outwardly from the central core portion. |
| US09924983B2 |
Spinal correction method and system
A method for treating a spine, comprises the steps of fastening a first fastener to a first portion of vertebrae, a second fastener to a second portion of vertebra, and a third fastener to a third portion of vertebrae, wherein the second portion of vertebra is between the first and third vertebra; providing a longitudinal element having a first portion and a second portion; passing the first portion of the longitudinal element through the second and third fasteners such that the second portion of the longitudinal element extends from the second fastener through the third fastener; bending the first portion of the longitudinal element to a selected curvature; and moving the second portion of the longitudinal element through the second fastener to the first fastener after the first portion of the longitudinal element has been passed through the second and third fasteners. Systems and instruments are disclosed. |
| US09924982B2 |
Orthopedic implant rod reduction tool set and method
A tool set for implanting a rod in a human spine in conjunction with bone screws. |
| US09924979B2 |
Proximal-end securement of a minimally invasive working channel
The present invention is directed at minimally invasive systems in which the proximal end portion of the working channel has either zero or a limited range of movement in the lateral direction. A first embodiment has a slidable collar attached to a pair of flanges, wherein movement of the collar is bounded by an annular frame. A second embodiment has a substantially spherical element attached to the tube. A third embodiment has a plurality of caps. |
| US09924973B2 |
Spinal fixation system
A polyaxial pedicle screw includes a housing, a bone screw member, and an anvil. The bone screw member includes a head and a threaded shaft extending from the head. The head is selectively securable within the housing. The anvil is positionable within the housing adjacent to the head of the bone screw member when the anvil and the head of the bone screw member are positioned within the housing. The anvil may define one or more grooves in an outer surface of the anvil. The groove defines a flap that is flexibly attached to the anvil to enable the anvil to flex an amount sufficient to maintain the head of the bone screw in constant contact with the anvil when the bone screw member is moved relative to the anvil. A rod reducer may be secured to the polyaxial pedicle screw to secure a spinal rod within the housing. |
| US09924969B2 |
External fixation
External fixation systems, and methods for immobilizing joints or fractured bones. An external fixation system may include one or more clamp assemblies connected to one or more rod assemblies at polyaxial joints. Each rod assembly may be length adjustable, and may include a one-way locking mechanism to provisionally lock the length of the rod assembly, and additional locking mechanisms to permanently lock the length of the rod assembly. The system may be deployed pre-assembled as a unit to immobilize a joint or fracture. Another external fixation system further includes a spanning member extending transverse to the rod assemblies. Two or more external fixation systems may be deployed in a stacked configuration on one set of bone pins to immobilize two joints and/or fractures. The systems may be provided in kits including guiding instrumentation, bone pins and pin clamping assemblies for connecting the bone pins to the external fixation systems. |
| US09924966B2 |
Articulating cannula access device
Devices and methods are disclosed for less invasive surgery. More particularly, methods and devices described herein permit improved access within a body cavity when performing a minimally invasive procedure, typically through a small opening, a surgical port, or during an open surgical procedure. |
| US09924962B2 |
Elbow joint surgical treatment
An elbow joint surgical treatment includes transmitting an ultrasonic vibration to a treating portion of an ultrasonic device to excise the treated object region of the synovial membrane, and bringing the treating portion of the ultrasonic device, used in excising the synovial membrane, to come in contact with an osteophyte positioned in one of a coronoid fossa of a humerus, an olecranon fossa of the humerus, a coronoid process of an ulna, and an olecranon. The surgical treatment includes transmitting an ultrasonic vibration to the treating portion in contact with the osteophyte to remove the osteophyte. |
| US09924961B2 |
Interactive feedback system for powered surgical instruments
A surgical instrument includes an end effector having first and second jaws that cooperate to capture tissue therebetween, a movable firing member to cut the tissue, an actuator actuatable between various settings that define various output values of a characteristic of motion of the firing member, and a real-time feedback system. The real-time feedback system includes a sensor to assess a parameter of the end effector, a zone indicator adjustable between various positions inside and outside a desired zone, and a circuit to receive the sensor input from the sensor, the sensor input defining a measurement of a parameter of the end effector, and select one of various positions based upon the measurement of the parameter of the end effector, the selected position representing a status of a current output value of the characteristic of motion of the firing member, and adjust the zone indicator to the selected position. |
| US09924955B2 |
Orthopaedic reamer connector
An orthopedic reamer connector includes a base shaped to allow for connection of an orthopedic reamer having a connection surface and being configured to rotatably connect to a rotary actuator; two pairs of holders associated with the connection surface that each have a first holder and a second holder that forms an acute angle relative to said first holder. The first holders are opposed to each other by about 180 degrees and the second holders are opposed to each other by about 180 degrees. A pair of stops are associated with each of the two pairs of holders. Each pair of stops has a first stop associated with the first holder and a second stop associated with the second holder. |
| US09924953B2 |
Tissue modification devices
Described herein are elongate devices for modifying tissue having a plurality of flexibly connected rungs or links, and methods of using them, including methods of using them to decompress stenotic spinal tissue. These devices may be included as part of a system for modifying tissue. In general, these devices include a plurality of blades positioned on (or formed from) rungs that are flexibly connected. The rungs are typically rigid, somewhat flat and wider than they are long (e.g., rectangular). The rungs may be arranged, ladder like, and may be connected by a flexible connector substrate or between two or more cables. Different sized rungs may be used. The blades (on the rungs) may be arranged in a staggered arrangement. A tissue-collection or tissue capture element may be used to collect the cut or modified tissue. |
| US09924949B2 |
Vascular compression apparatus, pad and method of use
An adjustable vascular compression device assists in achieving partial or full occlusion of a blood vessel when applied to a patient's limb, for example, during or following a medical procedure. Pads on the device apply preferential compression to portions of the circumference of the limb so as to enable blood flow through adjacent blood vessels during the compression period. Further, rapid fastening, tightening, loosening and release is enabled by a single mechanism, and gradual adjustments to the tightness may be made without releasing said mechanism. |
| US09924943B2 |
Method of manufacturing jaw members for surgical stapling instrument
A jaw member for use on a surgical stapling instrument includes a cartridge assembly and a cartridge housing each having an arcuate configuration. The cartridge assembly includes a surface configured to engage tissue and a plurality of rows of fastener retaining slots extending along a length of the cartridge assembly. The cartridge housing defines a channel configured for receipt of the cartridge assembly. The cartridge housing includes a base portion and a plurality of tabs. The base portion has a concave inner edge and a convex outer edge. The tabs extend from the concave inner edge and the convex outer edge. The tabs are spaced from one another along a length of the cartridge housing. |
| US09924942B2 |
Motor-powered articulatable surgical instruments
A motor driven surgical instrument that includes a surgical end effector configured to perform at least one surgical procedure in response to firing motions applied thereto from a firing system. The surgical instrument further includes an articulation system that is configured to facilitate articulation of the end effector relative to an elongated tool axis. The instrument further includes a coupler assembly configured to enable the motor to selectively power the firing system and the articulation system. |
| US09924941B2 |
Surgical instrument with integral knife blade
A cartridge of a surgical instrument includes a housing, a lead screw mounted for rotation in the housing, a drive member operatively coupled with the lead screw, and a knife member. The knife member is driven distally by the drive member and is configured to cut when moved distally. During an initial distal movement of the drive member, the knife member is coupled with the housing to restrain the knife member from moving distally. Subsequent to the initial distal movement of the drive member, the drive member drives the knife member toward the distal end. |
| US09924939B1 |
Self-cinching suture construct apparatus
A knotless self-cinching suture construct device includes a shuttling suture, a continuous loop and a self-cinching suture member. The shuttling suture is configured for insertion into a passage hole in injured soft tissue, such as a torn or damaged meniscus in the knee. The shuttling suture and continuous loop are passed entirely through the passage hole in the tissue, and the self-cinching suture member is inserted through the continuous loop to form a hitch using the continuous loop around the tissue. The self-cinching suture member is then pulled tight, allowing a first strand to slide through both the hitched continuous loop and a self-cinching sleeve on the suture member. When tension is applied, the sleeve tightens around the strand much like a finger trap, preventing inadvertent release of the applied suture tension. The suture construct is configured for use through a transosseous tunnel with a suture button in some embodiments. |
| US09924928B2 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic image processing apparatus, and medical image diagnostic apparatus
According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus sets a desired period with reference to a predetermined time phase in each heartbeat of the object, sequentially executes ultrasonic scanning on a plurality of sub-volumes in a period including the diagnosis period to acquire sub-volume data corresponding to a plurality of time phases, controls acquisition timing of the sub-volume data from a time point elapsed from the predetermined time phase by a predetermined period of time while switching the sub-volume, generates composite sub-volume data or a full volume data constituted by a plurality of sub-volume data by performing combining processing of the sub-volume data acquired in the different diagnosis periods, detects at least one of a cyclic change of a heartbeat signal and a change in the number of sub-volume data acquired in the one diagnosis period and performs combining processing of sub-volume data based on a detection result. |
| US09924926B2 |
Ultrasonic imaging system with body marker annotations
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is operated to acquire an ultrasound image of a region of the body containing suspect anatomy such as a suspected lesion. A body marker template (104, 106) of the region of the body is displayed on a touchscreen display of the imaging system. The operator records the location of the suspect anatomy by touching a corresponding point on the body marker template displayed on the touchscreen display. The mark (120 a, 120 b) on the template can be finely adjusted by one or more controls on the imaging system control panel. The body marker template can also record a graphic indicating (120 c) the orientation of the ultrasound probe relative to the body when the suspect anatomy was imaged. A report generator produces a report containing both the ultrasound image of the suspect anatomy and the body marker template with the indicated location of the suspect anatomy. |
| US09924925B2 |
Ultrasound transducer and ultrasound probe
Provided is an ultrasound transducer for irradiating a subject with ultrasound and receiving an ultrasound echo reflected from the subject. The ultrasound transducer includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements configured to emit ultrasound according to input of an electric signal and convert ultrasound incident from outside into an electric signal, and a mask portion provided between the plurality of piezoelectric elements and a radiation surface of the ultrasound on the ultrasound transducer. The mask portion is configured to: mask any divided region among a plurality of divided regions obtained by dividing an elevation direction orthogonal to a plane parallel to a scanning direction of the ultrasound; reflect the ultrasound in a direction different from a propagation direction of the ultrasound on the masked division region; and allow the ultrasound to pass in the propagation direction in the plurality of divided regions except the masked divided region. |
| US09924923B2 |
Ultrasound imaging of specular-reflecting target
Ultrasound apparatus or techniques can include obtaining reflected ultrasound echo information, which can be used to construct a two-dimensional or three-dimensional representation of an at least approximately specular reflected target, such as bone. In an example, echo information can be obtained from spatially-overlapping tissue regions, such as using one or more of an array of ultrasonic transducers, or mechanically-scanning one or more ultrasonic transducers. In an example, one or more of a deformable housing or a deformable coupling pad can be used, such as to couple ultrasonic energy between one or more transducers and a tissue region. |
| US09924922B2 |
Graphical display of contractible chamber
Disclosed is a process for displaying ultrasound data representative of a rotationally symmetrical contractible chamber or vessel within a patient which involves obtaining ultrasound data from the ultrasound imaging of the vessel or chamber through at least a phase of one cardiac cycle and virtually sectioning the vessel or chamber into multiple circumferential segments, each extending its own longitudinal distance from a common reference point. The data is used to obtain rotational parameters representative of an entire circumferential segment of the chamber or vessel. The process is repeated until a rotational parameter for each entire circumferential segment along a desired distance of the longitudinal axis of the chamber or vessel has been obtained. The rotational parameters are displayed in a two dimensional format having annular rings with each annular ring being representative of a given circumferential segment. |
| US09924921B1 |
System for mapping joint performance
Disclosed herein are techniques for joint performance monitoring and diagnosis. A joint monitoring system includes a plurality of event detection sensors configured to be mounted on a wearer of the joint monitoring system, and a plurality of position tracking sensors configured to be mounted on the wearer. The plurality of event detection sensors is configured to generate detection signals for detecting an event in a joint region. The joint region includes a region within a body of the wearer and within a threshold distance of a joint. The detection signals from the plurality of event detection sensors includes information for determining a location of the event. The plurality of position tracking sensors is configured to record position information of one or more body parts associated with the joint in response to the detected event. |
| US09924920B2 |
Phantom intended for use in quality control of tomographic images
A phantom for use in quality control of tomographic images, the phantom including a cylindrical plate made of a uniform material having a density d1, with two cylinders being inserted in the plate, the cylinders being made out of uniform materials having different densities d2, d3, the density of one of the cylinders being greater than the density d1 of the plate, and the density of the other cylinder being less than the density d1 of the plate, and including a first series of pairs of holes of different diameters drilled in the plate, the axes of the holes of the first series being oriented axially relative to an axis of revolution of the plate, and the holes in a given pair being spaced apart from each other by a distance equal to their diameter. |
| US09924914B2 |
X-ray recording system
An x-ray recording system contains an x-ray emitter for generating a beam used for imaging, an imaging x-ray detector with a two-dimensional or three-dimensional recording geometry for determining the attenuation of the rays of the beam, a patient bearing and/or positioning device for a patient in a recording region of the x-ray recording system between the x-ray emitter and the x-ray detector. A time of flight (TOF) camera is arranged for establishing the contour of the patient and a computer with a memory and software stored therein is present, which computer unit is embodied, during operation, to generate a three-dimensional wire model of the patient with joint locations arranged therein from the contour of the patient recorded by the TOF camera and to simulate and display at least one anatomical structure scaled to the wire model. |
| US09924911B2 |
Tomosynthesis collimation
A radiographic imaging apparatus having a detector, a radiation source array, and a control processor is configurable to individually energize the radiation sources. A collimator having a number of apertures is movable to either a first or second position in a path of the radiation source array. In one position, the apertures are aligned with a first subset of the radiation sources. In another position, the apertures are aligned with a second subset of the radiation sources. The second subset of the radiation sources define substantially the same radiation field that is defined by the first subset of the radiation sources. A transport apparatus translates the collimator member between at least the first and second positions according to an electronic instruction. |
| US09924902B2 |
Neck-worn physiological monitor
The invention provides a neck-worn sensor that is a single, body-worn system that measures the following parameters from an ambulatory patient: heart rate, pulse rate, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate, temperature, thoracic fluid levels, stroke volume, cardiac output, and a parameter sensitive to blood pressure called pulse transit time. From stroke volume, a first algorithm employing a linear model can estimate the patient's pulse pressure. And from pulse pressure and pulse transit time, a second algorithm, also employing a linear algorithm, can estimate systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Thus, the sensor can measure all five vital signs along with hemodynamic parameters. It also includes a motion-detecting accelerometer, from which it can determine motion-related parameters such as posture, degree of motion, activity level, respiratory-induced heaving of the chest, and falls. |
| US09924901B2 |
Methods, media, and apparatus for optimizing physical training based on real-time blood lactate monitoring
Some embodiments described herein relate to receiving lactate concentration data from a non-invasive sensor. A ratio of aerobic to anaerobic exertion can be determined based on the concentration of lactate, and real-time feedback can be provided based on the ratio of aerobic to anaerobic exertion. For example, the user can be encouraged to maintain a level of intensity in which he or she approaches (but does not exceed) maximal oxygen consumption. |
| US09924900B2 |
Monitoring, tracking, and managing symptoms of autism spectrum disorder
Various embodiments of the present invention describe mechanisms configured to monitor, track, and manage symptoms of autism spectrum disorder. According to particular embodiments, a system includes sensors configured to monitor repetitive motion exhibited by a user with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The sensors are connected to a processor that is configured to determine whether the repetitive motion exhibited by the user exceeds an autism episode threshold. Once the autism episode threshold has been reached, the processor can access from memory an autism episode alleviation action associated with the user. Materials associated with the autism episode alleviation action can be presented to the user through an output interface, such that presentation of these materials is configured to reduce the severity or duration of the autism episode. |
| US09924899B2 |
Intelligent progression monitoring, tracking, and management of parkinson's disease
Various embodiments of the present invention describe mechanisms configured to monitor, track, and manage symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). According to particular exemplary embodiments, a system includes sensors configured to monitor motion exhibited by a user having symptoms of Parkinson's disease, a processor configured to determine whether the motion constitutes a tremor episode, and memory configured to maintain data associated with the tremor episode, a severity rating associated with the tremor episode, and medication intake information. In exemplary embodiments, the effectiveness of a user's medication intake can be determined based on data displayed regarding severity rating variations over time in relation to medication intake. |
| US09924895B2 |
Method and apparatus for a spectral detector for noninvasive detection and monitoring of a variety of biomarkers and other blood constituents in the conjunctiva
A specialized spectrometer comprises a light source to generate a monochromatic light beam to generate resonance Raman peaks or resonance near infrared absorption peaks from a region of the subject and a reference light source to illuminate the region with a reference light beam. The light energy from the resonance Raman peaks can be measured with a detector coupled to an optical wavelength separator. A portion of the reference beam scattered from the region can be measured with a reference detector. An amount of the constituent can be determined with a processor in response to the resonance Raman peaks measured with the detector and the portion of the reference beam measured with the reference detector. The illumination of the region with reference beam with the monochromatic beam allows accurate determination of the amount of the constituent, and the amount may comprise a concentration, such as an amount per unit volume. |
| US09924883B2 |
Biomimetic coating for neural implants
Disclosed herein are neural probes comprising an L1 polypeptide functional fragment thereof on the exterior surface of the probe, devices including such electrodes, and methods of their use. The disclosed embodiments are useful, for example, for in methods of recording and/or stimulating neural signals in a subject. |
| US09924880B2 |
RF doppler bio-signal sensor for continuous heart rate variability and blood pressure monitoring
A method implemented by a device to measure a bodily parameter includes transmitting, by a transmit (Tx) antenna of an antenna pair, a first radar pulse to a receive (Rx) antenna of the antenna pair. The method also includes receiving, by the receive (Rx) antenna, the first radar pulse. The first radar pulse travels through a radar target between the Tx antenna and the Rx antenna. The method further includes transmitting, by the Tx antenna, a second radar pulse to the Rx antenna. In addition the method includes receiving, by the Rx antenna, the second radar pulse, wherein the second radar pulse travels through the radar target between the Tx antenna and the Rx antenna. The method also includes determining a bodily parameter within the radar target as a function of the transmission and the reception of the first radar pulse and the second radar pulse. |
| US09924870B2 |
Monitoring physiological parameters
A method for monitoring physiological parameters associated with a subject using a hand held device is described herein. In an implementation, the method includes obtaining a plurality of sample photoplethysmographic (PPG) features associated with a sample subject, from a video of a body part of the sample subject. From among the plurality of sample PPG features, at least one relevant sample PPG feature associated with the physiological parameter, is selected based on a ground truth value of the physiological parameter for the subject. Further, based on the at least one relevant sample PPG feature and the ground truth value of the physiological parameter, a mathematical model indicative of a correlation between the relevant sample PPG feature and the physiological parameter, is determined. The mathematical model can be deployed for monitoring the physiological parameter in real time. |
| US09924869B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining blood flow required, method and apparatus for producing blood flow image, and method and apparatus for processing myocardial perfusion image
A method of determining a required blood flow includes obtaining morphological information of a coronary artery in a cardiac image, segmenting the cardiac image into at least one myocardial region based on the morphological information of the coronary artery, and determining a blood flow required for each of the at least one myocardial region. |
| US09924865B2 |
Apparatus and method for estimating gaze from un-calibrated eye measurement points
Some embodiments are directed to a system and a method for estimating gaze from a set of eye measurement points that are indicative of a gaze pattern of a user viewing a scene. Some other embodiments are directed to obtaining sets of eye measurement points from different users viewing the same scene. In another embodiment, the different sets of eye measurement points are mapped to a common coordinate system for reciprocal calibration In yet another embodiment, a scene transformation for mapping the common coordinate system to a coordinate system associated with the scene can be calculated by matching eye measurement points from the common coordinate system to interest points of the scene. The scene transformation is thereby calculated more accurately than individually calculated scene transformations, thereby providing a more accurate estimate of the gaze points. |
| US09924862B2 |
Ophthalmoscope
A scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) for imaging the retina of an eye comprises a source (12) of collimated light, a scanning device (14, 16, 1328, 1319), a scan transfer device (20) and a detector (1310). The scan transfer device has a first focus (16) at which an apparent point source is provided and a second focus (24) at which an eye (524, 1324) may be accommodated. The scan transfer device transfers a two-dimensional collimated light scan from the apparent point source into the eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system (900) is combined with the SLO, the OCT system providing OCT reference and sample beams. The OCT sample beam (902) propagates along the same optical path as of the SLO collimated light through the scan transfer device. An aberration compensator (1204, 1316) automatically compensates for systematic aberrations and/or changes in wavefront introduced by scanning elements and the scan transfer device as a function of scan angle. |
| US09924858B2 |
Laryngoscope
A laryngoscope (10) is disclosed, the laryngoscope (10) comprising a unitary body (11) formed of a first material and having portions shaped to define a handle (18) and a blade (28) of the laryngoscope (10), the body (11) having a recess (44) therein shaped to receive one or more electrical components (12,13,14,15) for operation of a light mounted in the blade portion (28), wherein blade (28) comprises a first surface (32) which faces away from the handle portion (18); and a cover material (17) molded over a portion of the first surface (32), said cover material (17) being softer than the first material so as to provide a resilient portion (17) which can be pressed against a patient's teeth during use of the laryngoscope (10). |
| US09924857B2 |
Endoscope reprocessor
An endoscope reprocessor includes a medicinal solution tank configured to store a medicinal solution; a first detachable portion provided in the medicinal solution tank and configured to detachably hold the concentration meter such that a measuring surface of the concentration meter is placed in the medicinal solution tank; a preserving fluid tank configured to store a preserving fluid of the concentration meter; and a second detachable portion provided in the preserving fluid tank and configured to detachably hold the concentration meter such that the measuring surface of the concentration meter is placed in the preserving fluid tank. |
| US09924856B2 |
Endoscope
An endoscope includes: a first fiber provided with a first flat surface from which illuminating light is emitted; a pipe including a through hole to which a distal end portion of the first fiber is fixed and including a first surface that can be a flat surface identical to the first flat surface and a second surface which is a flat surface orthogonal to a central axis of the through hole; and a distal end component in which a stopper hole in which an end portion on the distal end side of the pipe is disposed is formed, the stopper hole including an abutting surface on which at least part of the second surface of the pipe abuts, on a bottom side, a concave portion which constitutes for obtaining a predetermined light distribution and is located closer to the front end side than the abutting surface. |
| US09924850B2 |
Lock and home appliance having the same
A lock and a home appliance having the same are disclosed. The lock includes a holder provided at one selected from between a cabinet and a door, a housing provided at the other selected from between the cabinet and the door, a first stopper provided at the housing, an actuation unit configured to reciprocate in the housing, the actuation unit being moved away from the introduction port by the holder when the door to the introduction port is closed, a fastening unit supported by the first stopper, the fastening unit being separated from the first stopper and coupled to the holder when the actuation unit is moved away from the introduction port, a first elastic member for providing force necessary to move the fastening unit away from the introduction port, and a second elastic member for providing force necessary to move the actuation unit toward the introduction port. |
| US09924848B2 |
Tungsten jewelry resurfacing kit for consumer end use and tungsten resurfacing compound used therein
A tungsten jewelry resurfacing kit for consumer end use comprises a buffing cloth; a container of tungsten resurfacing compound having less than 50 ml of resurfacing compound, wherein the resurfacing compound comprises a mixture of i) a diamond powder of at least 1000 grit size; and ii) a binder, such as a fat, which is a semi-solid at ambient temperatures. The kit may further include a plurality of swabs for removing the resurfacing compound from the container. The compound may be a mixture of about 25 to 75% by volume of a diamond powder of at least 1000 grit size; and about 25 to 75% by volume a binder, such as a fat, which is a semi-solid at ambient temperatures. |
| US09924846B2 |
Evacuation station
A mobile robot includes a body configured to traverse a surface and to receive debris from the surface, and a debris bin within the body. The debris bin includes a chamber to hold the debris received by the mobile robot, an exhaust port through which the debris exits the debris bin; and a door unit over the exhaust port. The door unit includes a flap configured to move, in response to air pressure at the exhaust port, between a closed position to cover the exhaust port and an open position to open a path between the chamber and the exhaust port. The door unit, including the flap in the open position and in the closed position, is within an exterior surface of the mobile robot. |
| US09924840B2 |
Toilet seat sheet
A toilet seat sheet capable of being automatically disposed from a toilet seat and causing less discomfort to a user is provided. The toilet seat sheet is provided with a sheet main body 1, an opening 2 formed in a center portion of the sheet main body 1, a hanging part 3 configured to hang down from an inner edge portion 21 of the opening 2. The hanging part 3 is provided with a hanging part connecting part 311 which is connected to the sheet main body 1 at an obliquely right front side or an obliquely left front side of the inner edge portion 21 of the opening 2, and is designed to have a length that allows the hanging part 3 to come into contact with an inner front-side surface of a toilet bowl when the sheet main body 1 is placed on the toilet seat. |
| US09924836B2 |
Mixer household appliance
A mixer appliance having a base unit and a container unit. The base unit has a motor with a drive shaft. The container unit has a container and a rotor with a rotor shaft and a rotor element. A coupling arrangement connects the drive shaft and the rotor shaft when the container unit is connected to the base unit. A longitudinal axis extends through the drive shaft, coupling arrangement, and rotor shaft. The container unit has a bottom portion with a flexible diaphragm and a bearing member. The bearing member is supported by the flexible diaphragm, and the rotor shaft extends through the bearing member. The flexible diaphragm provides flexibility perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, such that the bearing member is displaceable perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis to align the rotor shaft with the drive shaft along the longitudinal axis when the container unit is connected to the base unit. |
| US09924835B2 |
Stockpot
A stockpot has an outer pot and an inner pot. The outer pot has an outer pot body and an insulating pot bottom. The insulating pot bottom is connected to the outer pot body and has a connecting base, a flame guiding block, and multiple insulating mounts. The flame guiding block is mounted on the connecting base. The insulating mounts are mounted on the connecting base around the flame guiding block. The inner pot is mounted in the outer pot and has an inner pot body, two handles, and an inner pot bottom. The inner pot body is mounted in the outer pot body and has an abutting ring abutting a top of the outer pot body. The handles are securely connected to the abutting ring. The inner pot bottom is securely connected to the inner pot body above the insulating pot bottom of the outer pot. |
| US09924833B2 |
Self-contained trolley for temperature conditioning and distribution of meal trays
The present invention relates to a self-contained trolley for temperature conditioning and distribution of meal trays (13) comprising two compartments separated by an insulating wall (11), namely a compartment for heating, called the hot compartment, and a compartment for chilling, called the cold compartment, receiving at least one stack of meal trays arranged so that one part of each meal tray (13) is located in the hot compartment and the other part thereof is located in the cold compartment, wherein the heating of the hot compartment and the chilling of the cold compartment are simultaneously obtained by means of a thermochemical system. This trolley is characterized in that said reactor (15) and the evaporator of the thermochemical system are respectively and exclusively arranged in the hot compartment and in the cold compartment and in that the reactive material used in the thermochemical system consists of a compacted mixture of manganese chloride and expanded natural graphite (ENG), and the gas consists of ammonia. |
| US09924825B2 |
Cooking appliance
A cooking appliance in accordance with the present invention includes a base, a container engageable with the base and configured to receive one or more food ingredients, a blade assembly rotatably mounted in the container and a lid engageable with said container. The lid includes a chamber configured to hold a volume of liquid and a heating element for heating the liquid within the chamber to produce steam. |
| US09924824B2 |
Devices and methods to disintegrate foods
The subject application is directed to a food processing device to extract juice. The device includes an inlet coupled to a disintegrator. The inlet is configured to accept food items and the disintegrator configured to disintegrate food items passed through the inlet. The device further includes a separator that accepts the disintegrated food items and separates out the liquid components from the food item. The device further includes a reservoir that is coupled to the separator for accepting and holding the liquid components. The reservoir includes a translucent member for viewing of liquid levels within the reservoir, and a valved outlet. The valved outlet is configured to allow or prevent the flow of liquid from the reservoir through the valved outlet. |
| US09924817B1 |
Sleeve for a glass bottle
A sleeve for a glass bottle includes a first opening, a rounded shoulder below the first opening, a second opening counterposed to the first opening, a rounded shoulder above the second opening, a cylindrical body between the rounded shoulder below the first opening and the rounded shoulder above the second opening when the resides on a bottle. The sleeve is comprised of an elastomeric material and contracts at a point equidistant from the first and second openings when removed from the bottle. The sleeve contraction creates a pinch at the point equidistant from the first and second openings. The pinch is omnidirectional around the circumference of the sleeve. The diameter of the sleeve at the pinch is less than at least one of the diameter of the sleeve at the rounded shoulder below the first opening and the diameter of the sleeve at the rounded shoulder above the second opening. |
| US09924815B2 |
Sound emitting feeding utensil
A waterproof, sound emitting feeding utensil includes a handle surrounding an inner cavity, a utensil shaped tip that is interchangeably securable to the handle, a waterproof, magnetic speaker sized and configured for storage in the inner cavity of the handle, a printed circuit board located in the inner cavity of the handle, the printed circuit board including a plurality of switches in connection with a sound chip that includes a plurality of digital sound files, each of the plurality of switches being linked to a corresponding one of the plurality of digital sound files, and wherein the printed circuit board is in electrical connection with the magnetic speaker, and a plurality of buttons mounted within the handle, each of the plurality of buttons being depressible against a corresponding one of the plurality of switches on the printed circuit board for causing the corresponding one of the plurality of digital sound files to play through the magnetic speaker. |
| US09924813B1 |
Bed sheet system
A fitted sheet system can include a fitted sheet with top, head, foot, first side, and second side portions, such that the top portion is connected to each of the head portion, the foot portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion with the head portion positioned opposite the foot portion and the first side portion positioned opposite the second side portion so as to define a mattress receiving area. The system can include a breakaway strap system including a first breakaway strap extending from the first side portion to one of the head portion or the foot portion and configured to reconnectably detach in response to force pulling on the first breakaway strap. A sheet system can include the fitted sheet system and a second sheet having a fitted foot end and be configured to be attached to fasteners of the fitted sheet system. |
| US09924812B1 |
Infant safety mattress pad
An infant safety mattress pad, for providing comfort and safety to an infant, using a mattress pad having a mattress pad body and a skirt, for use upon a bare mattress. The mattress pad body contains a padded absorbent layer, and has a pillow pocket, which contains a pillow. The bare mattress is covered with the mattress pad, and the mattress pad is fully covered by a standard bed sheet. Access to the pillow and its potential hazards are prevented by the full covering with the bed sheet. |
| US09924811B2 |
Gift kit
A flower gift kit, the gift kit comprising: a flower; an enclosure; a presentation tray for the flower inserted in the enclosure; an insert configured to be flat beneath the presentation tray and between the presentation tray and the enclosure of the flower; wherein the insert comprises pre-determined fold lines; and wherein the insert is user-erectable into a 3D stand for the flower using the predetermined fold lines. |
| US09924810B2 |
Electronic smart shelf display
A merchandise display assembly comprises a tier of horizontally elongated metallic shelving for merchandise, with a display assembly detachably coupled at each shelf to an LED TV display of the merchandise. Each elongated LED TV display comprises an LCD screen comprised of 1920×95 pixels backlit by white light emitting LEDs, and projecting white LED lighting to illuminate the merchandise below each LED TV display, said LED TV displays each driven by an elongated compact HDMI or daisy chained controller board. The face of the display is arranged to have maximal area by confining vertical drivers to a compact upper region, permitting the boarder of the region to be of equal thickness both above and below the display and by providing a back cover that extends only to the rear surface of the display element. |
| US09924807B1 |
Walker assembly
An apparatus includes a stationary walker assembly configured for use by a person. The stationary walker assembly includes a stationary base assembly. A first track is configured to be connectable to the stationary base assembly. A second track is configured to be connected to the stationary base assembly. The first track and the second track are spaced apart from each other once the first track and the second track are connected to the stationary base assembly. A yoke assembly is configured to be coupled to the first track and the second track. The yoke assembly is also configured to receive and support the person. This is done in such a way that the yoke assembly, in use, facilitates support of the person relative to the stationary base assembly. |
| US09924805B2 |
Portably suspended retractable shelf
There is disclosed a portably suspended retractable shelf for storing bedside items and which includes a horizontal platform having an inner portion and an outer portion. In various embodiments, the inner portion is adapted to be slidably captured between a mattress and a mattress supporting structure. At least one of the following upward-facing compartments is disposed on the outer portion of the horizontal platform and is accessible to a user on the mattress: a collapsible basin, a hanging flexible pocket, a foldable box. The compartments are collapsible for allowing the horizontal platform to be slidably retracted under the mattress. A cutout hole is configured to hold a cup or other object in a suspended configuration through the shelf. A downward-facing sliding drawer compartment of various sizes is mounted and/or supported underneath the outer portion of the shelf. A storage container extends from a leading surface of the portable suspended retractable shelf. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US09924803B2 |
Corner assembly for a modular bed foundation
A modular bed foundation to support the weight of a mattress and eliminate the need for a box spring. The bed foundation has a pair of end sections, a pair of side sections, and a plurality of horizontally extending mattress support slats detachably connected to the pair of side sections without the use of fasteners. First and second sets of legs are detachably connected to respective leg receivers at the pair of side sections without the use of fasteners. An improved corner assembly enables each of the pair of end sections to be detachably connected to an adjacent one of the pair of side sections without the use of fasteners. The improved corner assembly includes a corner post having a pair of corner inserts projecting therefrom to be slidably and removably received within hollow rails of one of the pair of end sections. |
| US09924801B1 |
Inflatable lounge chair with water misting system
An inflatable lounge chair with an integrated water misting system includes a chair configured to float on water, and a misting system integrated within the chair, wherein the misting system is configured to draw the water upon which the chair floats and dispense misting water onto the chair. |
| US09924798B2 |
Therapeutic core building and massage chair
A chair strengthens core muscle groups and promotes circulation along the gluteal and piriformis muscle groups. Locking castors enable the chair to be moved in busy environments, yet fix the position of the chair when needed. A user of the chair may activate a number of massaging elements by rocking side to side, and may perform back stretches while in the seated position. Additional active massaging elements may alert the user and further promote proper use. Adjustable elements allow users to tailor the chair to their specific needs. Embedded energy harvesters supply power to record and transmit data to users to enhance their awareness of their seating position. Thus a versatile seat is provided that is better suited to active environments while broadening the range of elements of core strengthening, massaging, circulation, and seated exercise. |
| US09924795B2 |
Foot platform and desk comprising a foot platform
A foot support platform has a foot rest plate mounted pivotably on a housing of the foot platform. The lower face of the foot rest plate is supported by a spring. A mechanical detent device locks the foot rest plate in a pivot position. The foot platform is further provided with a remote-controlled mechanical locking device for engagement with the mechanical detent device. There is also described a desk having a foot platform. |
| US09924791B2 |
Expandable motorized table
A motorized expandable table includes a vertical column upperly supporting a table top. In a first configuration the table top is defined only by main portions and in a second configuration only by the main portions and by additional portions, which include outer additional portions and a central additional portion. The additional portions are entirely covered by and hidden below the main portions in the first configuration, and the outer additional portions are disposed radially about a support associated with the column and present an inclination different from the adjacent outer additional portions. A driving system is associated with the main portions, the support, the outer additional portions and the central additional portion for their movement, to enable the table to pass between the first and the second configuration. An electronic control and management is provided for the driving system. |
| US09924790B2 |
Reversible device for cleaning cosmetic brushes
A reversible brush cleaning device having alternate, reversible orientations is disclosed. The device includes first and second brush treatment textures defined in first and second surface regions, respectively. The reversible orientations alternately present the first and second surface regions on the exterior and interior of the flexible body, respectively. The textures are differently configured, in order to provide for alternate brush treatments when each is individually presented on the exterior, in each of the reversible orientations. |
| US09924787B2 |
Magnetic pocket retainer
For example, a magnetic retention system comprising: (A) a piece of clothing with a pocket with an opening and outer and inner surfaces of a portion of pocket fabric; (B) a tab device comprising material A, the tab device placed near the opening on the outer surface; (C) an electronic device with a viewing screen on a major surface and a cover on an opposing major surface, the cover incorporating or having affixed complementary surface comprising material B, wherein one of materials A and B is magnetic, and the other is magnetically susceptible, and wherein the tab and material B are situated and such that when the electronic device is in the pocket with appropriate orientation there is a strong attraction between materials A and B such that greater force is needed for the electronic device to slip from the pocket. |
| US09924785B1 |
Waist wearable holding device
A waist wearable holding device for pivotally coupling items to a user includes a panel that is substantially conformable to a hip of a user. A belt is coupled to the panel. The belt is configured to couple to the user with the belt positioned around a waist of the user and the panel positioned proximate to the hip of the user. A tube is pivotally coupled to the panel. The tube is open ended. The tube is configured to selectively insert tubular elements of items, such as a handle of a fishing rod and a pole of a fishing net. The item is pivotally coupled to the user, freeing hands of the user for other activities. |
| US09924783B2 |
Protective jacket with a strap
A protective jacket for a portable computing device in accordance with one example includes a strap removably attached to the jacket by a pair of attachment members. The strap includes a plurality of holes and the jacket includes a pair of connectors. The pair of attachment members is coupled to the pair of connectors via the plurality of holes, to removably attach the strap to the jacket. |
| US09924781B2 |
Hydration system accessory device
The systems and processes described herein correspond to a device that is to be detachably coupled to a hydration system, such as a backpack-based hydration system. The device may receive fluid from a reservoir included within the hydration system via a reservoir hose coupled to the reservoir. The device may include a pump and one or more valves that control the extent to which the fluid flows in and out of the interior of the pump. The fluid may exit a mouthpiece of the device based at least partly in response to a user applying pressure to the exterior surface of the pump, such as by the user squeezing or otherwise compressing the pump. The user may consume or otherwise use the fluid without having to apply suction to the mouthpiece of the device. |
| US09924780B2 |
Bag having adjustable shoulder strap, shoulder strap assembly and pivotally connecting device used for the same
The present invention provides a bag with adjustable shoulder straps includes: an accommodating unit having an internal space capable of keeping an object; a first upper strap and a second upper strap each being connected to both sides of an upper portion of the accommodating unit, respectively; a first lower strap and a second lower strap each being connected to both sides of a lower portion of the accommodating unit; a first coupling module coupling the first upper strap to the first lower strap to be rotatable and having a first locking portion; and a second coupling module coupling the second upper strap to the second lower strap to be rotatable and having a second locking portion detachably locked to the first locking portion, and a shoulder strap assembly and a rotary type coupler for the bag. |
| US09924779B1 |
Seat and back cushion with waist belt
A seat and back cushion for wearing by a user in a sitting, standing and walking position. The cushion includes a cushion body with a top portion attached to a waist belt. The cushion body has a shape of a human buttocks for sitting comfort. The waist belt includes quick release fasteners and buckles for length adjustment. The belt also includes two elastic sections next to opposite sides of the top portion of the cushion body. The elastic sections allow the cushion body to be lowered into a sitting position and raised into a back rest position. |
| US09924777B2 |
Liquid substance advancing container
The liquid substance advancing container is constructed such that the piston is formed of a sealing part in a front part of the piston that comes in sliding contact with an inner wall of a reservoir of the barrel body and a bar member in the rear part of the piston that has a threaded section on the inner or outer periphery, is movable in a axial direction and is restrained form moving with respect to the rotational direction, a front bar-like part extended forward from the handle is formed with a threaded section that is directly or indirectly screw-fitted to the threaded section of the bar member in the rear part of the piston, and, as the handle is rotated relative to the barrel body, the piston advances and then after full advance of the piston the front bar-like part can extend and retract by multiple stages. |
| US09924775B2 |
Powder discharging container
The present invention relates t o a powder-discharging container comprising an air passage and a powder passageway, which are formed on the inside of a stem, so that air and powder can pass through separately, thereby enabling spraying of powder passing through the powder passageway by means of air passing through the air passageway, when a button portion is pressed. |
| US09924772B2 |
Method for producing a clamping member of a hair clip, the clamping member, and a hair clip including two clamping members
A method for producing a clamping member of a hair clip includes filling a plastic material into a cavity defined by a fixed mold and a movable mold, forming a clamping member. The plastic material in rectilinear passages and grooves in the movable mold form teeth on a clamping portion of the clamping member. Then, the movable mold disengages from the fixed mold with the clamping member remaining on the movable mold. Next, the clamping member is moved away from the movable mold by a distance. The plastic material in each groove becomes an elongated section. Before the plastic material completely cures, the clamping member completely disengages from the movable mold. The elongated section of each tooth bends downwards due to gravitational force and completely cures to form a hooked section. The remaining portion of each tooth forms a rectilinear section interconnected between the hooked section and the clamping portion. |
| US09924771B2 |
Retractable flexible handle
A retractable flexible handle includes a support (50) with at least one through slot (60), a flexible grip (20) which passes through the at least one slot (60) with a first portion (21) including at least one strap loop (30) cooperating with at least one guide tab (40) arranged at least partially on a side of an inner face (52) of the support (50), and at least one stop, such that the grip (20) is configured to slide between a carrying position in which the at least one strap loop (30) of the first portion (21) of the grip (20) is in contact with the at least one stop, and a retracted position in which the second portion (22) of the grip (20) substantially hugs the outer face (51) of the support (50). A bag including at least one such handle is also described. |
| US09924769B1 |
Case for electronic device with upper and lower housings
A case for an electronic device with upper and lower housings wherein the electronic device has an eject button to release the lower housing from the upper housing, includes an upper part wherein the upper part covers the upper housing; and a lower part wherein the lower part covers the lower housing. The upper and lower parts have a coupling structure to couple the lower part to the upper part by a fricition fit. A friction between the upper and lower parts is strong enough to retain the upper and lower parts together and weak enough to allow separation of the upper and lower parts when the lower housing is released from the upper housing. The upper part includes a button corresponding to a location of the eject button such that pushing the button results in pushing the eject button and thereby releasing the lower housing from the upper housing. |
| US09924764B2 |
Disposable insert for footwear
A disposable insert for footwear comprised of a top surface and a bottom surface. The top and bottom surfaces are substantially thin and made of PP spunbonded nonwoven materials to keep a wearer's foot clean by absorbing sweat, odor and dirt. The top surface has a high coefficient of friction to provide good traction to the bottom of the wearer's foot during wear, especially for those individuals whose feet tend to sweat often while wearing shoes. The bottom surface has an anti-slip adhesive coating for allowing the insert to adequately grip the insole of a shoe without leaving a residue that could damage the wearer's shoe when removed, yet easily moveable in shoes as necessary. The present invention also provides a disposable insert composed of different colors and patterns to satisfy the fashionable preferences of the wearers. |
| US09924763B2 |
Article of footwear including sole component providing lateral roll control structure
An article of footwear includes a sole structure providing lateral roll control structure. The sole structure includes a sole component having a continuous slit located in a central region of the sole component and progressing in a longitudinal direction of the sole component. The slit forms a laterally extending portion(s) that extends from a medial side of the sole component to a lateral side of the sole structure, a distal end of the laterally extending portion being attached to an opposing surface of an adjacent component, and a medially extending portion(s) that extends from a lateral side of the sole component to a medial side of the sole structure, a distal end of the medially extending portion being attached to the opposing surface of the adjacent component, the laterally extending portion(s) and the medially extending portion(s) alternating in a longitudinal direction of the sole component. |
| US09924762B2 |
Laminate and method for making laminate
A method of insert molding comprises placing in a first mold a curable rubber composition comprising a reactive species; placing on a surface of the rubber composition a first thermoplastic material in a film or layer comprising a group reactive with the reactive species of the rubber composition; curing the rubber composition in the mold to form a first molded article of cured rubber having a first thermoplastic material layer covalently bonded through reactive of the reactive species and the group; placing the first molded article as an insert into a second mold, the cured rubber contacting an inside surface of the second mold and the thermoplastic layer facing into the second mold cavity; closing the second mold and injecting into the second mold a second thermoplastic material that to form a second molded article comprising the first molded article thermally welded and/or covalently bonded to the second thermoplastic material. |
| US09924754B1 |
Helmet attachment device
A helmet attachment device includes an attachment device for a helmet, the attachment device comprising a clamp including means forming a “u” shaped lower section for receiving a portion of the helmet, wherein the clamp includes an exterior; and a cam pivotally mounted to the clamp for movement between a released and clamped position to respectively disengage and engage the attachment device to the helmet. |
| US09924751B2 |
Paracord survivalist belts/bracelets and magnetic safety release
Waistbands and wristbands include separable clasps suitable to join woven Paracord around a user's waist or wrist. Matching clasp pieces are attached to opposite ends of single lengths of woven Paracord and magnetically snap together and hold firm until twisted by the user or pulled apart by excess hauling force applied to the woven Paracord. Side slippage between matching magnetic plates of the clasps are textured with indentations and matching protrusions to control such slipping. In particular, such indentations and matching protrusions are concave and convex oval cones of matching height and base. These cones impart a ramping leverage effect that translates lateral movements into separating forces that both assist a user in dismounting the clasp by twisting and in the predicable and controllable release of the clasp subjected to longitudinal single-vector excess hauling force. |
| US09924746B1 |
Anti-chafing underwear
An anti-chafing underwear minimizes abrasive skin-to-skin contact on all skin surfaces from the mid-thigh to the waist, including the skin of the upper thigh, between the buttocks in the gluteal fold, inner thigh, scrotum, and the phallus, while retaining the genitals, the phallus, and scrotum in a relaxed position. The underwear includes a waistband, a left panel, a right panel, a center panel, and a front panel. The lower left and right panels wrap around the thighs. Left top edge and right top edges of the left and right panels are fastened to the waistband and overlap at the rear of the waistband. Left and right upper depressed edges of the left and right panels overlap each other to separate and cover the buttocks. The front panel covers the phallus, forming a channel for natural retention of phallus. The center panel forms a channel for natural retention of scrotum. |
| US09924743B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette, including: a cigarette holder converter assembly, an atomization core assembly, a base assembly, and an e-liquid storage assembly. The cigarette holder converter assembly includes: a cigarette holder part and a converter part. The cigarette holder part includes: an inner casing, a cigarette holder, and a first sealing ring for sealing the cigarette holder. The converter part includes: a cigarette holder converter, an upper sealing ring, an inner sealing ring, and an outer sealing ring. The e-liquid storage assembly includes a first regulating ring including a neck. The cigarette holder part and the converter part are connected through interference fit. The cigarette holder converter assembly and the e-liquid storage assembly are connected through interference fit. |
| US09924740B2 |
Layer composite for a filter of an article to smoke
A layer composite acting as a covering for the filter of an article to smoke, which includes a filter cover which allows diffusion and a mouthpiece lining paper arranged outside said filter cover, the mouthpiece lining paper being in contact with a sensory substance area. A layer which is impervious to the substances contained in the sensory substance area is arranged between the mouthpiece lining paper and the filter cover. The filter cover consists of a material which allows diffusion. |
| US09924735B2 |
Application of beta zeolite as multi-toxin and pesticide binder in animal feed
The present invention relates to the application of beta zeolite in either a NH4+ or H+ form to animal feed as a toxin binder, wherein the beta zeolite is effective at binding pesticides commonly present in animal feed. |
| US09924733B2 |
Eicosapentaenoic acid-producing microorganisms, fatty acid compositions, and methods of making and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to isolated microorganisms as well as strains and mutants thereof, biomasses, microbial oils, compositions, and cultures; methods of producing the microbial oils, biomasses, and mutants; and methods of using the isolated microorganisms, biomasses, and microbial oils. |
| US09924732B2 |
Machine for moulding soft confectionery
Apparatus, system and method embodiments for molding soft confectionery are included herein include a conveyor system arranged for conveying a plurality of trays in a serial succession, a loading unit arranged for loading the trays onto the conveyor system, a depositing unit arranged for depositing liquid confectionery in mold cavities of at least two trays simultaneously, and an unloading unit arranged for unloading the trays from the conveyor system. |
| US09924727B2 |
Closed loop recycling system and dip tank for antimicrobial compounds
A dip tank and recycling system for applying antimicrobial solution to food items, including a dip tank having a bottom and sides, and holding a liquid antimicrobial solution. A conveyor to convey food items through the tank passes through the liquid antimicrobial solution held in the tank such that food items conveyed on the conveyor are dipped in the liquid antimicrobial solution. At least two discharge nozzles spray fresh antimicrobial solution into the tank. The discharge nozzles are located in the sides of the tank, and are positioned above the level of the conveyor but below an expected top level of the liquid antimicrobial solution contained within the tank such that food items conveyed on the conveyor are agitated by the force of the spray from the discharge nozzles. The spray from the discharge nozzles causes unstacking of items on the conveyor, producing an even application of the antimicrobial solution. |
| US09924725B2 |
Method and device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line
Method and device for processing a carcass part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line. A carcass part may be supported on a carrier that is movable in the processing line and includes wing joints, coracoids, a wishbone being embodied with two legs that merge into each other at an acute angle, a keel bone, and naturally present meat including inner and outer fillets, and means are applied for cutting and/or removing of the wishbone from the carcass part. |
| US09924724B2 |
Method and apparatus for making cereal flakes
Visually distinct, flaked Ready-to-Eat (“R-T-E”) cereal products with varied texture and thickness are produced by forming a cereal dough and forcing the same through an extrusion die assembly including various spaced openings which establish a plurality of dough streams which are merged prior to reaching a die outlet. Directly at the die outlet, a resulting dough extrudate is sliced by a cutter unit to form dough discs which are then dried and cooled, during which the discs curl and form cereal flakes having varying textures defined, at least in part, by distinct sets of surface bumps. The number and configuration of the bumps can be altered by changing the number, shape and/or position of the various spaced openings of the die assembly, while the thicknesses of the resulting cereal flakes can be varied by just altering an operational speed of the cutter unit. |
| US09924719B2 |
Pyridazine compound
A pyridazine compound represented by formula (1): wherein A represents a nitrogen atom or a CR6, R1 represents a C2-C10 alkyl group having one or more halogen atoms, etc., R2 and R3 represent independently of each other a hydrogen atom, etc., R4 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, R5 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, etc., R6 represents a hydrogen atom, etc., n represents 0, 1, or 2, and p represents 0, 1, or 2, has an excellent efficacy for controlling harmful arthropods. |
| US09924708B2 |
Throwable game call device
A game call device which can be tossed from a concealed position. A preferred embodiment includes a flat bottom surface which is weighted such that the device will land against that face. A button located within the flat bottom surface activates the device, turning on a speaker which plays a sound. The sound will typically be the sound of a prey animal, intended to draw a predator animal to the device. Because the device is tossed from a concealed location, the device can be deployed without the user being forced to physically disturb the area where the call is placed, thereby decreasing the likelihood of being detected by the animal. |
| US09924706B2 |
System and methods for pest reduction
The present invention includes a new type of bait for wood-targeting pest baiting systems and methods of obtaining the bait. Certain embodiments of the present invention include a blue-stained wood either treated with a solution that includes blue-stain fungi or wood naturally infected with blue-stain fungi. Additional embodiments of the present invention include a blue-stained solution that may be applied to a wood substrate or to a non-wood bait matrix. |
| US09924700B1 |
Asynchronous capture, processing, and adaptability of real-time feeder livestock ration weight information and transfer over wireless connection for mobile device, machine-to-machine supply chain control, and application processing
A method and system is provided in a framework and workflow for assisting in livestock feeding operations by tracking and weighing ingredients from an electronic scale associated with feed mixing equipment. The framework and workflow captures, transfers, stores and processes parameters for cattle feeder ration weight data collection. The method and system include initializing a collection of weight data related to components of a feed ration for a mixing of feed for livestock, capturing a scale identifier from a scale interface on mixing equipment, and capturing weight information from the scale interface as the components of a feed ration are loaded into the mixing equipment. Such information is broadcasted over a wireless radio communication connection, such as via a Bluetooth® device, to a mobile application, and displayed during feed mixing operation. |
| US09924698B2 |
Bowl with anti-slip material
An anti-slip bowl is described herein. A bowl can include a rigid first shell including a base and an outer wall continuously attached to the base, a rigid second shell including a base and an outer wall continuously attached to the base, and an anti-slip material positioned between the rigid first shell and the rigid second shell and protruding through a number of openings on the rigid second shell. |