US09957779B2
Methods and compositions for the prevention of the formation, breakdown, and/or removal of gelled layers in an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods comprise a concentrate, as described in more detail herein, where the concentrate comprises two or more surfactants. In certain embodiments, the compositions and methods comprise an emulsion or a microemulsion. The emulsion or microemulsion may include a surfactant, optionally a solvent, and optionally a freezing point depression agent or other components.
US09957777B2
A frac plug for use in a plug and perf arrangement to within a wellbore. The frac plug includes a central mandrel and locking portion which can be set within the wellbore. A bypass port is disposed through the central mandrel and is unblocked to fluid flow during setting of the plug assembly. Thereafter, the central mandrel is axially shifted within the set locking portion to block fluid communication across the frac plug.
US09957768B2
A system for reducing pressure in a subsea operator. In one embodiment, a subsea system includes an operator and a deintensifier. The operator includes a housing and a piston. The piston is movably disposed within the operator housing and divides an inner volume of the operator housing into a closing chamber and a second chamber. The deintensifier is fluidically coupled to the operator. The deintensifier includes a housing and a piston. The piston includes a closing surface and an opening surface. The closing surface is fluidically coupled to the second chamber of the operator housing. The opening surface is fluidically coupled to ambient pressure. The area of the closing surface is greater than an area of the opening surface so as to increase the pressure differential between the closing chamber and the second chamber and assist in moving the operator piston to the closed position.
US09957765B2
A downhole tool is disclosed herein that has an inlet for receiving fluid into a housing of the downhole tool. The downhole tool further includes a vibratory apparatus at least partially disposed within the housing of the downhole tool, the vibratory apparatus having an operational flow path disposed therein to operate the vibratory apparatus when fluid flowing through the operational flow path is above a predetermined pressure. Furthermore, the downhole tool has a bypass passageway disposed in the housing for providing an additional flow path for fluid through the downhole tool to prevent fluid from reaching the predetermined pressure in the operational flow path of the vibratory apparatus, the bypass passageway selectively blockable such that fluid in the operational flow path is increased above the predetermined pressure to activate the vibratory apparatus when the bypass passageway is blocked. A method of using the downhole tool is also disclosed.
US09957753B2
A screen panel for a roll-up door is configured to be slidably coupled to the door adjacent a bottom portion of the door. The panel is generally parallel to the bottom portion when installed and movable between a retracted position, wherein a bottom edge of the panel is generally aligned with a bottom edge of the door, and an extended position, wherein the bottom edge of the panel is located below the bottom portion. A biasing device biases the panel toward the retracted position with a biasing force that is sufficient to move the panel to the retracted position only when the panel is positioned in an orientation other than a vertical orientation.
US09957747B2
A method for operating an electromotive adjusting device of a motor vehicle, in particular a window opener. The electric motor is hereby regulated to a setpoint rotational speed, the setpoint rotational speed being set as a function of an external parameter.
US09957745B2
A closure device for the vacuum-tight closure of an opening includes a closure element, at least one rod that projects out of a housing of the closure device and that, outside the housing, supports the closure element and that is rigidly connected to a carrier piece, a transmission unit which is adjustable by a drive parallel to the longitudinal adjustment direction between an initial, open position of the closure element, a middle position, in which the closure element assumes the intermediate position, and a closed, end position. At least one spring is arranged between the transmission unit on the carrier piece, and a stop device which, during adjustment of the transmission unit from the middle to the end position, blocks a further adjustment of the carrier piece parallel to the longitudinal adjustment direction. The transmission unit is guided by at least one longitudinal linear guide to be displaceable relative to the housing parallel to a longitudinal adjustment direction, and the carrier piece is guided by at least one oblique linear guide to be displaceable relative to the transmission unit parallel to an oblique adjustment direction.
US09957740B2
A gear lock mechanism for use with a door or window adapted to lift and slide. The gear lock mechanism includes a gear channel, an adjustable lock box assembly configured for removably positioning in the gear channel and at least two roller carriages. Each of the at least two roller carriages has a plurality of wheels for moving the door or window to an open and closed position. A backset adapter may be removably connected to the gear lock mechanism.
US09957735B2
Provided is a cable lock including a locking clasp including first and second clasp components having first and second security cable connection arms. The locking clasp includes at least one groove. The at least one groove is configured to receive at least one device cable. The cable lock includes a security cable having a wire rope and a vinyl coating. The wire rope includes a plurality of wire strings arranged in a plurality of clusters. The first and second security cable connection arms of the locking clasp are coupled to a first end of the security cable. First and second stop sleeves are disposed on opposite sides of the first and second security cable connection arms. A device connection means is disposed at a second end of the security cable opposite the first end of the security cable.
US09957722B2
The invention is an insulated wall panel system having structural elements that may be used as an exterior façade to a building. The insulated wall panel system provides a finished exterior surface, a structural component, and an insulation factor. The wall panel system may be used in new construction or in existing buildings. The wall panel system has an insulation layer, a middle cement layer, and an outer veneer layer. The outer veneer layer may include brick, stone, tile, or other material as a finished surface. The insulated wall panels may be attached directly to the studs or other structural element of a building.
US09957719B2
A modular sun-shading system comprised of a plurality of latticed shading panels together with supporting rails and orthogonal brackets to provide substantially perpendicular mounting to a building structure outer wall above a window opening, providing a reduced heat load and reduced cooling expenses of a building by shading a building window opening and interior, while having latticed shading panels that allow for snow and rain to pass through and also having reduced wind dynamic drag.
US09957711B2
A flexible seal system for provision of a substantially watertight seal between adjacent concrete panels; said system comprising a first flexible seal member proximate a first end of one said concrete panel; said first flexible seal member including a surface component extending over a portion of an outer surface of said concrete panel; said surface component extending from at least one anchor component projecting from said surface component and embedded within said concrete panel; said first flexible seal member further including an overlap component extending from said surface component beyond said first end of said concrete panel; and a second flexible seal member proximate a second opposite end of an abutting said concrete panel; said second flexible seal member including a surface component extending over a portion of a surface of said abutting concrete panel; said surface component of said second flexible seal member extending from at least one anchor component projecting from said surface component and embedded within said abutting concrete panel; and wherein the overlap component of the first flexible seal member is structured and selected in use to overlap the surface component of the second flexible seal member sufficient to permit welding of at least a portion of said overlap component of said first flexible seal member to at least a portion of said surface component of said second flexible seal member so as to form a continuous welded seal between and along the length of said first flexible seal member and said second flexible seal member.
US09957710B2
A system for manufacturing homes is provided. An embodiment includes a final assembly facility located proximal to a subdivision where a plurality of the custom homes is to be situated. The final assembly facility is for receiving the planar sections from the sub-assembly plant and for constructing the homes from planar portions according to the production schedule.
US09957708B2
“CONSTRUCTION DEVICE INTRODUCED INTO AN ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT MODULE”, more specifically relating to an electrical power plant module (1) of the type used for accessibility to electrical energy, primarily in remote areas such as isolated rural communities, mining camps, oil platforms, areas recently affected by storms, areas affected by earthquakes, offshore platforms, etc., or areas undergoing conflict; the said power plant module (1) is supplied in the form of enclosures or containers (2) of the ISO maritime type and includes a structural container (2A) having a flat base (2b) upon which are installed structural columns (C1) and crossmembers (T2) for the mounting of plates (cp) that form the peripheral walls (2C) and the upper wall (2D) of the container (2A), with the end walls (2C1) of the container (2A) providing at least one cut-out area (2c2) for the installation of a tilting door (3) designed for the superolateral expulsion of hot air (AR) from the radiator (R); the said tilting door (3) is installed in the respective cut-out area (2c2) by means of hinged closures (4) or other articulated and/or tilting closures, which closures (4) in turn are secured to the lower edge (3a) of the door (3) in such a way that when the door (3) is tilted outward from the container, with an angulation (α), it forms a gas conduit (CG) in order to direct the air (AR) toward the superolateral portion of the structural container (2A): the tilting doors (3) that are installed in the extreme lateral portions (2C1) of the container (2A) are arranged in the substations (SB) of the power plant module (1) in such a way that they are aligned longitudinally with corresponding cooling units (UR) that are located on the inside and at the end in relation to the transformer/distribution unit (UT).
US09957706B2
A stormwater runoff treatment system that offers an economical means of achieving highly efficient, effective, and compact means of treating runoff through a unique method of flow restrictions, diversions, elevation differences and strategically located components to achieve a combination of treatment advantages.
US09957687B2
A wall block, wall block system and method of making a wall block. The wall block including at least one core extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, the at least one core having opposed front and rear surfaces and first and second side surfaces the wall block also including at least one pin hole opening onto the top surface of the block and extending at least a portion of the distance from the top surface to the bottom surface. The at least one pin hole may open onto at least a portion of at least one surface of the at least one core. The block may be provided with channels; the pin hole, channels and core may all be formed in a mold box by a single forming member.
US09957686B2
The present invention is directed to a customizable, modular foundation system using blocks and post-tensioning for improved structural integrity of the foundation. In some embodiments, the improved foundation system is provided by post-tensioning a plurality of blocks together such that cables or bars used for tensioning run in different directions than any of the joint lines between adjacent blocks. In this way, there are no bendable joints between adjacent blocks. Moreover, in some embodiments the blocks are hexagonal, such that each block has six sides and post-tensioning cables can run in at least three different directions. Structures or apparatuses may be secured to the foundation comprised of multiple blocks, with the foundation being rigid, customizable, and both assembled and usable in any desired location.
US09957681B2
The present invention relates to inflatable bladder actuated water control gates for control of open channels such as rivers and canals and for control of dam spillways without the need for intermediate piers. The air bladder and hinge flap wedge clamping system includes hinged engagement of the upstream edge of the clamps to the foundation so as to prevent the application of bending and shear loads to the anchor bolts. The resulting configuration facilitates the use of high strength alloy steel anchor bolts in a corrosion protected environment and also prevents tensile loading of the concrete foundation and associated cracking of the concrete foundation.
US09957670B2
Provided herein are roadways containing polyurethane materials. A roadway includes a base layer of a compacted in situ material and/or a wear layer disposed on the base layer. One or both of these layers may include the polyurethane material to bind other components in the layers and to form more robust and durable roadway structures capable of withstanding operating loads of the roadway. In some embodiments, the polyurethane material is added to the wear layer by mixing in situ soil and/or foreign aggregate with polyurethane material or by dispensing the polyurethane material over the existing partially formed wear layer. The base layer may or may not include a polyurethane material. The type, concentration, distribution, and processing of the polyurethane material in the wear layer may be the same or different than that in the base layer.
US09957662B2
Provided a stain-resistant synthetic leather, including: (a) a polyurethane synthetic leather; (b) a silane-based coating layer formed on the polyurethane synthetic leather; and (c) a silicone coating layer formed on the silane-based coating layer, wherein the silane-based layer strengthens the binding between the polyurethane synthetic leather and the silicone coating layer, so that the stain-resistant synthetic leather can exhibit texture and flexibility of natural leather per se, and can exhibit excellent water resistance, stain resistance, weather resistance, and wear resistance through the silane-based coating layer and silicone coating layer formed on the polyurethane synthetic leather.
US09957659B2
A fabric treating machine includes a spray nozzle for spraying water supplied from a water supply passage into an inner tub and a spray nozzle combining unit for combining the spray nozzle with a case. Fabric loaded in the inner tub can be effectively soaked through the spray nozzle. Furthermore, a spray direction of the spray nozzle can be accurately adjusted when the spray nozzle is fitted in the case, and thus the spray nozzle can be easily fitted in the case and water sprayed through the spray nozzle can be prevented from overflowing.
US09957658B2
A washing machine having a breathing lamp set and a method for controlling the same are provided. The breathing lamp set is disposed on an outer wall or inner wall of a housing of the washing machine and is composed of a plurality of breathing lamps. The washing machine further includes a controller, configured to change, according to work process changes of the washing machine, a quantity ratio of lighted breathing lamps to dimmed breathing lamps among the plurality of breathing lamps in the breathing lamp set. The method for controlling the washing machine having the breathing lamp set includes step S1: changing, by the controller, the quantity ratio of lighted breathing lamps to dimmed breathing lamps among the plurality of breathing lamps in the breathing lamp set, so as to discriminately display different work states of the washing machine.
US09957657B2
An appliance lock includes a housing and a lid movable between an open and closed positions. First and second sliders supported for movement by the housing. A striker is attachable to the other of the appliance body and lid. The striker is connectable with the housing upon movement of the lid to the closed position. The striker has a first portion for engaging and moving the first slider from a first position to a second position upon lid movement to the closed position. The striker has a second portion for engaging and moving the second slider from a first position to a second position upon lid movement to the closed position. The first and second sliders being in the second positions enables activation of the appliance. Structure minimizes the ability to move the first and second sliders to the second position by substantially anything but the striker.
US09957654B2
A washing machine actively resolving unbalancing is provided. The washing machine includes: a drum accommodating laundry and configured to be rotatable; a balancing unit moving along the circumference of the drum and changing the center of gravity of the drum; and a wireless power transmission unit wirelessly supplying power to the balancing unit.
US09957653B2
An apparatus and a method of operating a laundry treating appliance treating laundry according to a cycle of operation including determining a rotational speed of the drum corresponding to a predetermined movement of the laundry within the drum and setting an operating parameter for the cycle of operation based on the determined rotational speed of the drum corresponding to the predetermined movement of the laundry.
US09957652B1
An apparatus for an improved manner for cleaning a hat by steam including a compartment for steam cleaning a baseball style hat and other style hats. The hat is placed on a hat mold and placed inside the compartment. Water is added to a water reservoir and heated by a heating element to convert the water to steam. Steam flows into the compartment and performs a cleaning operation on the hat.
US09957641B2
An epitaxial wafer includes a silicon carbide film having a first main surface. A groove portion is formed in the first main surface. The groove portion extends in one direction along the first main surface. Moreover, a width of the groove portion in the one direction is twice or more as large as a width of the groove portion in a direction perpendicular to the one direction. Moreover, a maximum depth of the groove portion from the first main surface is not more than 10 nm.
US09957637B2
A method of adjusting conditions for epitaxial growth includes a first measurement step for measuring the thickness profile of a wafer before forming an epitaxial film; a second measurement step for measuring the thickness profile of an epitaxial wafer and the film thickness profile of the epitaxial film after an epitaxial growth step before a polishing step; a third measurement step for measuring the thickness profile of an epitaxial wafer and the film thickness profile of an epitaxial film; and a step for adjusting conditions for epitaxial growth using the thickness profiles and the film thickness profiles measured in the first, second, and third measurement steps.
US09957633B2
A plating processing method of a gripping surface of a gripping tool includes: temporarily and evenly fixing a plurality of first diamond grains having a uniform first grain diameter; adhering the first diamond grains by depositing a metal containing nickel on a gripping surface in a uniform thickness after the first diamond grains have been temporarily fixed; placing a plurality of second diamond grains having a second grain diameter on a metal surface of the gripping surface on which first diamond grains are not present; and adhering the second diamond grains by further depositing a metal containing nickel within a second plating solution on the metal surface in a uniform thickness that does not exceed the first diameter grain and the second diameter grain until a position relationship between the metal surface and the second diamond grains is not displaced even when the gripping tool is moved.
US09957619B2
A phosphate solution for a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet, and a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet using the same are provided. The phosphate solution for a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet contains a molybdenum (Mo) ion, a calcium (Ca) ion and a phosphate ion. A zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, a zinc-based or zinc alloy-based plating layer formed on the base steel sheet, and a phosphate film formed on the zinc-based or zinc alloy-based plating layer. The phosphate film contains a molybdenum compound, Ca and a phosphate. A pitting phenomenon occurring at the time of treating a steel sheet with a phosphate is prevented, and excellent corrosion resistance is exhibited on a phosphate film.
US09957617B2
A deposition system which is configured to enable improved temperature uniformity of a heated substrate may include a susceptor provided in a chamber to hold a substrate, a reflection housing provided outside the chamber, a heating module including light sources provided in the reflection housing, and a reflection control module provided in the reflection housing between the heat sources and the chamber. The reflection control module may be configured to reflect light, which propagates along a first trajectory from the light sources toward a center region of the substrate, to propagate along a second trajectory toward an edge region of the substrate, thereby providing improved substrate irradiance uniformity and thus improved substrate temperature uniformity. Improved substrate temperature uniformity may result in improved thickness uniformity of layers provided on the substrate in a deposition process.
US09957615B2
Apparatus for improving substrate temperature uniformity in a substrate processing chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support processing chamber may include a chamber body having a bottom portion and a sidewall having a slit valve opening to load and unload substrates, a pin lift mechanism, disposed in a pin lift mechanism opening formed in the bottom portion of the chamber body, having a plurality of substrate support pins coupled to the pin lift mechanism, a movable substrate support heater having substrate support portion and a shaft, and a cover plate disposed about the shaft of the movable substrate support, wherein the cover plate covers the pin lift mechanism and pin lift mechanism opening.
US09957614B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel ruthenium compound, a method for preparing the ruthenium compound, a precursor composition for depositing a ruthenium-containing film including the ruthenium compound, and a method for depositing a ruthenium-containing film by using the precursor composition.
US09957612B2
Disclosed herein is a delivery device comprising a chamber; a gas inlet; a gas outlet; and a dip tube contained within the chamber and having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion of the dip tube being in fluid communication with the gas inlet and being operative to permit the entry of a carrier gas; the lower portion of the dip tube extending into the chamber, the lower portion of the dip tube terminating in an outlet end; and a sleeve; where the sleeve has a first end and a second end; the first end being in an interference fit with the lower portion of the dip tube; and where the sleeve vibrates upon being subjected to a disturbance.
US09957609B2
A process in which both an optical coating, for example, an AR coating, and an ETC coating are deposited on a glass substrate article, in sequential steps, with the optical coating being deposited first and the ETC coating being deposited second, using the same apparatus and without exposing the article to the atmosphere at any time during the application of the optical coating and ETC coating.
US09957598B2
A coated article is disclosed including a substrate, a bond coating, and a thermally insulating top coating. The substrate includes a substrate surface and a substrate material at the substrate surface. The bond coating is disposed on and contacts the substrate surface, and includes the substrate material and a bond coating surface distal from the substrate surface. The bond coating surface includes a greater surface roughness than the substrate surface. The thermally insulating top coating is disposed on and contacts the bond coating surface. A method for forming the coated article includes applying the bond coating to the substrate surface, and applying the thermally insulating top coating to the bond coating surface.
US09957596B2
Ni—Fe, Ni—Co, and Ni—Cu-based bulk metallic glass forming alloys are provided. The alloys have critical rod diameters of at least 1 mm and in some instances at least 11 mm. The alloys have composition according to Ni(100-a-b-c-d-e)XaCrbNbcPdBe, wherein X is at least one of Fe, Co, and Cu, the atomic percent X (Fe and/or Co and/or Cu) ranges from 0.5 to 30, the atomic percent of Cr ranges from 2 to 15, the atomic percent of Nb ranges from 1 to 5, the atomic percent of P ranges from 14 to 19, the atomic percent of B ranges from 1 to 5, and the balance is Ni.
US09957587B2
The present invention relates to a process for efficiently enriching and recovering noble metals of platinum and palladium based on solvent extraction, wherein isoamyl alcohol is used as extracting agent and 2-methoxyphenyl thiourea is used as extraction-assisted complexing agent. 2-methoxy-phenyl thiourea is added to aqueous phase to react with platinum and palladium, and isoamyl alcohol is used as extracting agent to extract the organic phase, thus realizing the purpose of separating and extracting noble metals from base metals while enriching noble metals of platinum and palladium. The present invention, which can not only realize the separation of noble metals and base metals, but also enhance the enrichment and recovery ratios of noble metals of platinum and palladium, with low cost reagents, small influence on the environment and simple technical process, thus is a new and efficient extraction and enrichment system for noble metals.
US09957586B2
The invention relates to a method of using a suspension smelting furnace and to a suspension smelting furnace and to a concentrate burner (4). The concentrate burner (4) comprises a first gas supply device (12) for feeding a first gas (5) into the reaction shaft (2) and a second gas supply device (18) for feeding a second gas (16) into the reaction shaft (2). The first gas supply device (12) comprises a first annular discharge opening (14), which which is arranged concentrically with the mouth (8) of a feeder pipe (7), so that the first annular discharge opening (14) surrounds the feeder pipe (7). The second gas supply device (18) comprises a second annular discharge opening (17), which is arranged concentrically with the mouth (8) of the feeder pipe (7), so that the second annular discharge opening (17) surrounds the feeder pipe (7) opening (14).
US09957576B2
Methods and kits are provided for determining whether an individual is responsive to an anti-CD47 agent by assaying biological samples for the level or ratio of isoforms of CD47 in the sample.
US09957567B2
Provided are compositions and methods for use in polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis (PCOS). The method involves a sample from a subject for a DENND1A Variant 2 mRNA or DENND1 A Variant 2 protein to make or aid in a diagnosis of PCOS. Also provided are methods for selecting an individual as a candidate for therapy for polycystic ovary syndrome by testing a biological sample from an individual for DENND1 A Variant 2 mRNA or DENND1 A Variant 2 protein and designating the individual as a candidate for the PCOS based on determining DENND1 A Variant 2 mRNA or DENND1 A Variant 2 protein in the sample. Also provided are products for use in aiding diagnosis of PCOS which contain reagents for detecting DENND1 A Variant 2 mRNA or DENND1 A Variant 2 protein, and packaging containing printed material describing use and indications for the product.
US09957565B2
The invention relates to a method for determining the risk of suffering a cardiovascular disease based on the presence of different polymorphisms as well as to kits for practicing the above method. The invention also relates to a method for determining the risk of suffering a cardiovascular disease by combining the absence or presence of one or more polymorphic markers in a sample from the subject with conventional risk factors for CVD as well as computer-implemented means for carrying out said method.
US09957561B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for analyzing nucleic acid sequences based on real-time detection of DNA polymerase-catalyzed incorporation of each of the four nucleotide bases, supplied individually and serially in a microfluidic system, to a reaction cell containing a template system comprising a DNA fragment of unknown sequence and an oligonucleotide primer. Incorporation of a nucleotide base into the template system can be detected by any of a variety of methods including but not limited to fluorescence and chemiluminescence detection. Alternatively, microcalorimetic detection of the heat generated by the incorporation of a nucleotide into the extending template system using thermopile, thermistor and refractive index measurements can be used to detect extension reactions.
US09957552B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for isolating nucleic acid molecules from a sample. In particular, the methods generally relate to normalizing the concentration of target nucleic acid molecules from a sample. In one aspect, the invention relates to purifying a primer extension product from a primer extension reaction mixture. In some aspects, nucleic acid molecules obtained using the disclosed methods, kits, systems and apparatuses can be used in various downstream processes including nucleic acid sequencing.
US09957550B2
Methods for detecting nucleic acid sequences, where attenuator oligonucleotides are provided to reduce the number of detection products resulting from highly abundant sequences.
US09957548B2
A method of capturing a sperm deoxyribo nucleic acid (DNA) in a sample is disclosed. The method includes a step of contacting a lysis solution to the sample that includes at least a sperm cell or a sperm cell lysate to lyse the sperm cell. The sperm cell or sperm cell lysate includes a protamine-DNA complex. The method further includes applying at least a protamine-specific antibody to the lysed sperm cell, wherein the protamine-specific antibody binds to the protamine-DNA complex of the lysed sperm cell to form an antibody-protamine-DNA complex. The method further includes capturing the antibody-protamine-DNA complex; and isolating and detecting the sperm DNA from the captured antibody-protamine-DNA complex.
US09957545B2
A blood glucose measurement unit, a blood glucose measurement method, and a blood glucose measurement system comprising the same are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is a blood glucose measurement unit comprising: a transparent first substrate consisting of a blood inflow region into which blood flows and a reaction region connected to the blood inflow region which are formed on one surface thereof; a transparent second substrate coupled to the first substrate and comprising a blood aperture through which the blood flowing into the blood inflow region passes; and a reagent distributed to the reaction region so as to react with the blood glucose of the blood which has flown into the blood inflow region.
US09957542B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a sensor, which is capable of measuring, quickly and in high accuracy, concentration of neutral fat from a sample such as a biological sample or the like, without executing pretreatment of the sample. This object is attained by a biosensor for measuring concentration of neutral fat, based on value of current flowing in the electrode system, having: an insulating substrate; an electrode system having a working electrode and a counter electrode, formed onto the insulating substrate: and a reaction layer having a lipoprotein lipase, a glycerol dehydrogenase and an electron mediator, formed at the upper part or the vicinity of the electrode system.
US09957531B1
The invention relates to a genetically engineered bacterium having an enzyme that converts acetyl-CoA to acetoacetyl-CoA, an enzyme that converts acetoacetyl-CoA to 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, and an enzyme that converts 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA to 3-hydroxybutyrate. The bacterium may also have enzymes to produce other downstream products, such as 3-hydroxybutyryaldehyde, and 1,3-butanediol. Typically, the bacterium is capable of producing these products from a gaseous substrate, such as syngas or an industrial waste gas.
US09957527B2
The invention relates to the production of one or more terpenoids through microbial engineering, and relates to the manufacture of products comprising terpenoids.
US09957522B2
The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacopsoraceae in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of a CASAR protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding a CASAR protein.
US09957520B2
Methods of increasing the resistance of a crop plant to heat stress and in particular methods of improving the grain yield and quality of crop plants grown under heat stress in the form of increased minimal temperatures are provided. The methods include selecting plants with increased expression of HYR and growing these plants in regions expected to experience minimal temperatures above 25° C. during the growing season. Methods of screening plants for increased resistance to heat stress and methods of producing grain in regions having minimal temperatures of 25° C. or more are also provided.
US09957517B2
The present invention concerns methods and reagents useful in modulating gene expression in a variety of applications, including use in therapeutic, diagnostic, target validation, and genomic discovery applications. Specifically, the invention relates to synthetic chemically modified small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules capable of mediating RNA interference (RNAi) against target nucleic acid sequences. The small nucleic acid molecules are useful in the treatment of any disease or condition that responds to modulation of gene expression or activity in a cell, tissue, or organism.
US09957494B2
In some embodiments, the present invention provides method of identifying compounds that bind to phosphoinositol 4-phosphate adaptor protein-2 (FAPP2), including the steps of computationally identifying a compound that binds to FAPP2 using the atomic coordinates of at least the amino acids which make up the substrate binding pocket of FAPP2. Also provided are methods of designing, selecting and/or optimizing a compound that binds to FAPP2.
US09957491B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US09957490B1
The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof.
US09957484B2
The present invention is based on the seminal discovery that several kinases play important roles in barrier pathways in somatic cell reprogramming. The present invention provides that modulating expression or activity of these kinases can significantly promote or enhance cell reprogramming efficiency. Key kinases are identified and key regulation networks involving such kinases are also identified that may be advantageously targeted to significantly increase reprogramming efficiency as well as direct differentiation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
US09957481B2
Methods and apparatuses for using microfluidics to generate bubbles and using the generated bubbles to construct scaffolds and cell-holding structures for culturing biological samples or analytes. In one implementation, a scaffold for growing cells is provided to include a matrix of interconnected cavities formed from mixing a gas and a liquid containing a cross linkable material to produce a matrix of gas bubbles of substantially the same size and cross linking the cross linkable material to form a structure in which cells are grown. In another implementation, a scaffold apparatus for growing cells includes a ball of a cross linked material forming an exterior shell that encloses to form a hollow interior inside the ball and biological samples embedded in the external shell.
US09957475B2
Aspects of the present invention provide novel apparatus and methods for sampling microbial organisms present on surfaces. Preferred apparatus comprises: a reservoir suitable for providing microbial collection fluid; a sterilizable sample collection chamber; a sterilizable, integrated collection fluid delivery and collection fluid recovery member, suitable to deliver collection fluid to a target surface, and contemporaneously recover the delivered fluid from the surface; delivery means, in communication with both the reservoir and the integrated member, and operable to aseptically deliver collection fluid from the reservoir to the integrated member; and vacuum means, in communication with both the sample collection chamber and the integrated member, and operable to direct collection fluid, delivered and recovered by the integrated member, to the sample collection chamber. Additional aspects provide a method for rapid, high-throughput sampling of microbial organisms present on surfaces, comprising: delivering sample collection fluid to a target surface, and contemporaneously recovering the delivered fluid from the target surface by means of an integrated collection fluid delivery and collection fluid recovery member; and collecting the recovered sample collection fluid into a sample collection chamber in communication with the integrated member, whereby sample collection is, at least in part, achieved. The inventive methods and apparatus can be applied to both surface sampling and to atmospheric sampling.
US09957472B2
A microfluidic platform for single-cell capture, stimulation, and imaging. It passively traps 4,000 single cells on a 4.5 mm2 footprint in 30 seconds, with a single-cell loading efficiency of 95%. The array format and optimized geometry allows for easy, robust and efficient single-cell loading, while maintaining captured cells in a low shear stress environment for long-term studies. Because cells are captured sequentially, the system is adequate for rare cell samples. Trapped cells can be exposed to various environmental conditions and chemical stimulus and their dynamic response can be monitored over time. The information gained from high-throughput, single-cell time lapsed imaging presents new opportunities in quantifying cellular responses, as averaged information by other measurement methods eliminates sub-population phenotypes.
US09957470B2
A solid free-flowing particulate laundry detergent composition comprising: (a) from 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % hueing agent particle comprising: (i) from 2 wt % to 10 wt % hueing agent, wherein the hueing agent has the following structure: wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from H; alkyl; alkoxy; alkyleneoxy; alkyl capped alkyleneoxy; urea; and amido; R3 is a substituted aryl group; X is a substituted group comprising sulfonamide moiety; and (ii) from 60 wt % to 98 wt % clay; and (b) from 35 wt % to 80 wt % spray-dried particle comprising: (a) from 8 wt % to 24 wt % alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant; (b) from 5w % to 18 wt % silicate salt; (c) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % sodium carbonate; and (d) from 0 wt % to 5 wt % carboxylate polymer.
US09957458B2
This invention is a composition of an ester resulting from the reaction of an oligomer of ethylene oxide in presence or a catalyst, with fatty acids. The resulting water based metal working fluid additive is useful as it imparts property of stable micro-emulsion and helps improving the wear life, coefficient of friction and other tribological properties among other uses.
US09957454B2
The present disclosure is directed to an additive mixture and method for controlling nitrogen oxide(s) by adding the additive mixture to a feed material prior to combustion.
US09957451B2
The aromatics production system is useful for producing an aromatics-rich system product from a liquid hydrocarbon condensate includes a hydroprocessing reactor, an aromatization reactor system and a hydrogen extraction unit. The method for producing the aromatics-rich system product from the wide boiling range condensate includes introducing the wide boiling range condensate into the hydroprocessing reactor, operating the aromatics production system such that the hydroprocessing reactor forms a naphtha boiling temperature range liquid product, such that the aromatization reactor system forms the aromatics-rich system product, and such that the hydrogen extraction unit forms a high-purity hydrogen.
US09957450B2
A method and apparatus for upgrading a petroleum feedstock with supercritical water are provided. The method includes the steps of: (1) heating and pressurizing a petroleum feedstock; (2) heating and pressurizing a water feed to above the supercritical point of water; (3) combining the heated and pressurized petroleum feedstock and the heated and pressurized water feed to produce a combined feed; (4) supplying the combined feed to a hydrothermal reactor to produce a first product stream; (5) supplying the first product stream to a post-treatment process unit to produce a second product stream; and (6) separating the second product stream into a treated and upgraded petroleum stream and a water stream.
US09957442B2
The present invention provides seeded rod (SR) nanostructure systems including an elongated structure embedded with a seed structure being a core/shell structure or a single-material rod element. The SR systems disclosed herein are suitable for use in a variety of electronic and optical devices.
US09957440B2
Embodiments relate to preparation of expandable particulates and their use in fracturing operations. An embodiment provides a method for treating a subterranean formation comprising: introducing a treatment fluid comprising expandable particulates into the subterranean formation, wherein the expandable particulates each comprise a particulate substrate, a swellable material coating the particulate substrate, and an exterior coating comprising a resin; and depositing at least a portion of the expandable particulates in the subterranean formation.
US09957432B2
A method of treating a portion of wellbore comprising introducing a treatment fluid into the portion of the wellbore. The treatment fluid comprises a base fluid and an additive comprising a plurality of fibrillated fibers. The amount of fibrillation is at least sufficient such that at least a portion of the fibrillated fibers form a fiber network in the base fluid.
US09957429B2
A composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties is provided. A heat cycle system employing the composition is also provided. The composition contains a working fluid for heat cycle, which has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure and a refrigerant oil having a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxy value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a minimum temperature on the high temperature side of the phase separation temperature from the working fluid of at least 35° C. and a maximum temperature on the low temperature side of at most −60° C.
US09957428B2
A working fluid that includes a fluorinated olefin compound represented by the following general formula (I). In some embodiments, an apparatus for heat transfer is provided. The apparatus includes a device and a mechanism for transferring heat to or from the device. In some embodiments, a fire extinguishing composition is provided. In some embodiments, an apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy in a Rankine cycle is provided.
US09957420B2
Composite of shaped bodies made from wooden materials with film-shaped substrates, wherein a surface of the shaped body has a first layer comprising a crosslinked radiation-curing hot-melt adhesive, said layer is covered with a second adhesive layer of a hot-melt adhesive, and said second adhesive layer is adhesively bonded to a film-shaped substrate. A method for producing composite shaped bodies of this type is provided, in which method, as one step, the surface is coated with a UV-crosslinkable hot-melt adhesive, and which method makes in-line production of the composite bodies possible.
US09957413B2
A resin composition (601) containing the following is prepared: a base unsaturated-polyester resin and/or a base vinyl-ester resin; a base radical-polymerizable monomer; a radical-polymerizable monomer having a thermally latent isocyanate group; a photo-radical polymerization initiator; and an alkylborane and/or an alkoxyamine derivative. A stator coil (60) in a stator (20) in a dynamo-electric machine (10) is coated using said resin composition (601) only, i.e. just the one resin composition. An insulated coated section (29A) and a conductor-exposing section (29B) of a join-side coil end (62) are also coated using said resin composition (601).
US09957412B2
An aqueous composition is provided comprising a resin, a curative, a filler, a surfactant, and water; wherein the resin comprises an average molecular weight of less than about 800 Daltons and comprises at least 50 weight percent of at least one of: (a) an unmodified epoxy or phenoxy resin, or (b) a surfactant-modified epoxy or phenoxy resin. This composition, applied to a substrate and dried, can then be cured so as to thermoset the resin and self-assemble to form continuous pathways of filler within the resin matrix.
US09957407B2
A description is given of the use of a polymer dispersion for cold sealing, the polymer dispersion comprising a polymer in dispersion in water and having a glass transition temperature in the range from −20 to +10° C., said polymer being preparable by emulsion polymerization of radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of at least one polymeric protective colloid, and the polymer being formed to an extent of 0.05 to less than 1 wt % of a monomer M, selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylate monomers having a substituent of the formula where X is CH2, O, NH or NR, and R is a C1 to C4 alkyl group. Descriptions are also given of a method for producing cold-sealed packaging, and of the packaging obtainable by said method.
US09957405B2
Cross-linkable polymeric compositions having an ethylene-based polymer, an organic peroxide, and a polyallyl cross-linking coagent, where the polyallyl cross-linking coagent and the organic peroxide are present in amounts sufficient to provide an allyl-to-active oxygen molar ratio of at least 1.6, based on the allyl content of the polyallyl cross-linking coagent and the active oxygen content of the organic peroxide. Such cross-linkable polymeric compositions can be employed in forming coated conductors.
US09957404B2
A reaction product is obtained by free-radical emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium of ethylenically unsaturated monomers including at least one conjugated diene. The free-radical emulsion polymerization is conducted in the presence of a degraded polysaccharide having a DE of 38 to 70 measured according to ISO 5377 (1981 Feb. 15) and optionally an alkyl mercaptan in an amount of no more than 2.5 weight percent based on the total weight of ethylenically unsaturated monomers. A coating composition includes the reaction product, and a paper or a board can be coated with such a coating composition.
US09957393B2
The present disclosure provides reactive quencher dyes that can be used in the detection and/or quantification of desirable target molecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids and various cellular organelles. These dyes are essentially non-fluorescent but are efficient quenchers of various fluorescent dyes. Also, provided are methods of using the dyes, bio-probes incorporating dyes and methods of using the bio-probes. The quencher dyes described herein are modified to provide beneficial properties.
US09957386B2
The invention relates to the use of an alloy of thermoplastic starch and a hydrophilic thermoplastic elastomer as an anti-static additive. The additive improves the anti-static properties of a polymer matrix.
US09957384B2
Provided is a heat-shrinkable tube having tearability, which is made of a fluororesin, particularly, a tube having excellent tear straightness and high heat-shrinkability at low temperature. The tube is a heat-shrinkable tube having tearability, which includes, as a base resin, a copolymer including at least tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene as constituent monomers, and as a resin other than the base resin, a copolymer including at least tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene as constituent monomers, in which a thickness of an entanglement unit of a polymer observed at a cross-section in a longitudinal direction of the tube is 9 μm or less, and has excellent tear straightness and high heat-shrinkability.
US09957382B2
Disclosed herein are a fiber-reinforced plastic composition containing a thermoplastic resin, a reactive rubber (reactor-made thermoplastic poly olefin, RTPO), and a glass fiber; and a fiber-reinforced composite prepared from the fiber-reinforced plastic composition. Furthermore, provided is a method for preparing a fiber-reinforced composite, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a thermoplastic resin composition by feeding a thermoplastic resin and a reactive rubber into a first extruder, followed by melting and kneading; preparing a fiber-reinforced plastic composition by feeding the prepared thermoplastic resin composition and a fiber into a second extruder, followed by kneading; and molding the prepared fiber-reinforced plastic composition to prepare a fiber-reinforced composite.
US09957381B2
The present invention relates to filled thermoplastic polyolefin compositions useful for use in sound-deadening articles for automotive applications comprising an olefin block copolymer, one or more linear ethylene polymer and/or substantially linear ethylene polymer, a propylene polymer, and a filler. Said compositions demonstrate a good balance of heat properties and stiffness such that it is particularly suitable for injection molding sound-deadening articles therefrom.
US09957378B2
Various methods and systems of making inorganic fiber/flake reinforced composites having a thermoplastic matrix are disclosed. The methods use systems similar to those used to make inorganic fiber/flake reinforced products having a thermoset matrix, but the systems and methods are modified to use thermoplastic precursor monomer(s) followed by in situ polymerization of the monomer(s) during and/or following forming of the desired shape of the products. These methods permit the manufacture of superior inorganic fiber reinforced thermoplastic matrix composites in large and very large shapes heretofore not possible, or practical.
US09957377B2
A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition has excellent heat resistance, flowability and lightweight property as well as surface smoothness and impact resistance. The polyphenylene sulfide resin composition includes 1 to 30 parts by weight of a mica (b) having an aspect ratio of not less than 80, relative to 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylene sulfide resin (a).
US09957367B2
The invention is directed to foamed caps and closure seals comprising as one of the layers polyethylene foam. The polyethylene foam is obtained by foaming of low density polyethylene copolymer obtained by a high pressure polymerization process in the presence of 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate.
US09957365B2
A formulation includes a polymeric material, a nucleating agent, and a surface active agent. The formulation can be used to form an insulated container.
US09957357B2
There is described a polysiloxane having the structure: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently a hydrocarbon radical, an unsaturated radical, an alkoxy radical, an aryl radical or an alkenyloxy radical, R4 is independently a direct bond or hydrocarbon radical optionally substituted with oxygen and nitrogen, R5 is independently a hydrogen, a halogen, an aliphatic group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aromatic group having 6 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryloxy group, R6 is independently a hydroxyl group, an amine group, an acid chloride group, or a sulfonyl halide group, x is from 1 to 300; y is from 0 to 50; and z is from 0 to 50. The polysiloxane is used to make various copolymers and polymer blends. A variety of articles can be made using the polysiloxane described as a polymer blend or copolymer.
US09957351B2
In some embodiments, a method of making a polycarbonate composition comprises: polymerizing by an interfacial polymerization, reactants comprising a starting material comprising a bisphenol-A to form a bisphenol-A polycarbonate, wherein the bisphenol-A has a purity of greater than or equal to 99.65 wt % and a sulfur content of less than or equal to 2 ppm. The polycarbonate composition has a free hydroxyl content of less than or equal to 150 ppm, and wherein a molded article of the polycarbonate composition has transmission level greater than or equal to 90.0% at 2.5 mm thickness as measured by ASTM D1003-00 and a yellow index (YI) less than or equal to 1.5 as measured by ASTM D1925.
US09957346B2
A polyurea or polyurea-urethane elastomer comprises a soft polymer segment and a hard polymer segment, wherein the hard polymer segment includes polyurea groups in combination with H-bond accepting chain extenders (HACEs) to reduce the flow temperature (Tflow) while maintaining the excellent mechanical properties such that the resulting polyurea elatomer is rendered melt-processable.
US09957340B2
An imprinting method for forming a pattern of a cured product by irradiating a curable composition for imprinting disposed on a substrate with light while the curable composition is in contact with a mold having surface asperities and removing the mold from a cured product of the curable composition. The method includes bringing the mold into contact with the curable composition in a condensable gas atmosphere, wherein the curable composition for imprinting has a viscosity in the range of 1 cP to 40 cP in air at 23° C., and the condensable gas is introduced between the mold and the curable composition such that the curable composition for imprinting has a condensable gas solubility (gas/(curable composition+gas)) (g/g) in the range of 0.1 to 0.4.
US09957339B2
A copolymer is prepared by the polymerization of monomers that include an ultraviolet absorbing monomer, and a base-solubility-enhancing monomer. The copolymer is useful for forming a topcoat layer for electron beam and extreme ultraviolet lithographies. Also described are a layered article including the topcoat layer, and an associated method of forming an electronic device.
US09957336B2
Various embodiments provide dye-doped polystyrene microspheres generated using dispersion polymerization. Polystyrene microspheres may be doped with fluorescent dyes, such as xanthene derivatives including kiton red 620 (KR620), using dispersion polymerization. Certain functionalities, such as sodium styrene sulfonate, may be used to shift the equilibrium distribution of dye molecules to favor incorporation of the dye into the particles. Polyelectrolyte materials, such as poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride), PolyDADMAC, may be used to electrostatically trap and bind dye molecules within the particles. A buffer may be used to stabilize the pH change of the solution during dye-doped polystyrene microsphere generation and the buffer may be selected depending on the pKa of the dye being incorporated. The various embodiments may provide dye-doped polystyrene microspheres, such as KR620-doped polystyrene microspheres that are non-toxic and non-carcinogenic. These non-toxic and non-carcinogenic dye-doped polystyrene microspheres may be suitable for use in wind tunnel testing.
US09957329B2
This application relates to neurological inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, and to methods of administering a Factor XII inhibitor to prevent, treat, or otherwise ameliorate the effects of a neurological inflammatory disease, such as multiple sclerosis. Agents and pharmaceutical compositions comprising agents which inhibit the activity of FXII are also provided.
US09957313B2
The present invention belongs to the field of biotechnology and relates to the treatment of diseases, especially the treatment of FGF overexpression-related diseases. Particularly, the present invention relates to FGFR-Fc fusion proteins and the use thereof in the treatment of angiogenesis regulation-related diseases. More particularly, the present invention relates to isolated soluble FGFR-Fc fusion proteins and their applications in manufacture of the medicament for the treatment of angiogenesis regulation-related diseases.
US09957311B2
Surface-binding peptides have the capability of binding to surfaces of biocompatible materials and can thereby be used to immobilize various heterologous molecules of interest onto the surface. This means that surfaces of, for instance, implants and implantable medical devices can be tailored to present various characteristics by immobilizing selected heterologous molecules of interest on the surfaces of the implants and implantable medical devices. The surface-binding peptides consist of 5-17 consecutive amino acids of an extended beta-hairpin motif EIIATMKKKGEKRCLNP (SEQ ID NO: 57) in Interferon gamma-induced protein 10 (IP-10).
US09957307B2
The present invention provides expression vectors for cell-surface expression of polypeptides comprising a transmembrane domain of glycophorin A.
US09957304B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of use of cupredoxins, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents of cupredoxins that interfere with the ephrin signaling system in mammalian cells. Specifically, the invention relates to compositions and methods that use cupredoxins, such as azurin, rusticyanin and plastocyanin, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents thereof to treat cancer in mammals.
US09957298B2
The present compounds compounds are oxytocin receptor agonists for the treatment of autism, stress, including post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, including anxiety disorders and depression, schizophrenia, psychiatric disorders and memory loss, alcohol withdrawal, drug addiction and for the treatment of Prader-Willi Syndrome.
US09957276B2
Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors.
US09957271B2
Provided herein are novel substituted bicyclic aza-heterocycle sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
US09957266B2
The present invention relates to compounds that may be used for binding and imaging tau aggregates and related beta-sheet aggregates including, for example, beta-amyloid aggregates or alpha-synuclein aggregates.
US09957261B2
The present invention relates to compounds TAAR receptor antagonists of formula I wherein X, R, L, Ar and R1 are as described herein, compositions containing compounds of formula I, methods of manufacture of compounds of formula I and methods of treating psychiatric disorders with compounds of formula I.
US09957252B2
The instant invention describes compounds of Formula I having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
US09957247B2
Inhibitors of SecA, and methods of making and using thereof, are described herein. The compounds described herein can be used to treat or prevent microbial infections, such as bacterial infections.
US09957245B2
The objective/problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a novel technique pertaining to theaflavins synthesis. The present invention pertains to: a theaflavins synthesis catalyst characterized in having a base comprising an inorganic material, and metal nanoparticles anchored to the base, said particles measuring 0.5-100 nm in diameter; and a theaflavins synthesis method in which the catalyst is used.
US09957240B2
Novel crystalline Forms of trisodium [3-((1S,3R)-1-biphenyl-4-ylmethyl-3-ethoxycarbonyl-1-butyl carbamoyl) propionate-(S)-3′-methyl-T-(pentanoyl{2″-(tetrazol-5-ylate)biphenyl-4′-ylmethyl}amino)butyrate] hydrate, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these new forms, and use of them for treating or delaying progression or onset of diseases or disorders related to activity of angiotensin receptor 1 (AT1) blockage and neprilysin (NEP) inhibition, such as heart failure, are disclosed.
US09957239B2
An integrated process for the synthesis of urea and melamine, wherein: urea is synthesized with a stripping process in a high-pressure synthesis loop comprising a reactor, a stripper and a carbamate condenser, and the urea solution leaving said stripper is sent to a recovery section to produce a concentrated urea product and a recovered carbamate solution; at least part of said urea product is converted to melamine, and the off-gas from the synthesis of melamine are recycled to the urea synthesis by mixing with the gas phase from the stripper and with said recovered carbamate solution, thus forming a mixed flow which is then condensed in said carbamate condenser, and the condensate is eventually directed to the reactor.
US09957236B2
The present technology relates to medicine and includes the use of inhibitors which selectively interfere with the interaction between a fibroblast growth factor receptor and FRS2, and with the interaction with other components of the FRS2 complex. Use of the selective inhibitors described in the present technology leads to a proven increase in anti-tumor efficacy relative to other inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies, a decrease in the toxicity of treatment, and the possibility of achieving complete blockage using a low agent concentration and of conducting long-term treatment. The advantage of the technology includes the development of a novel class of medicinal agents for treating malignant neoplasms and other diseases.
US09957225B2
The invention provides methods of treating Friedreich's ataxia and other neurodegenerative or neuromuscular conditions using histone deacetylase inhibitors.
US09957222B2
Organic oligomers of acylglycerol having general formula (I): Formula (I), in which M1 and Q1 are organic groups; G11 is a hydroxylpropyl group; G12 and G13 are α/α′-acylglycerols; n is a natural integer from the range [0; 8]; m is a natural integer from the range [0; 4]; and p is a natural integer from the range [0; 3].
US09957211B2
The present invention provides, among other things, new processes for separating and purifying C4 fractions from a crude C4 stream. Compared to prior methods, the processes of the present invention simplify the C4 separation processes, afford more possible configurations for separation and purification, and are more cost effective. The processes and systems provided herein can be used as part of a cost-effective and efficient method for synthesizing methyl tertiary-butyl ether.
US09957209B2
The present invention generally relates to compounds and methods for inhibiting the radical polymerization of unsaturated compounds, particularly vinyl monomers. More particularly, it relates to the use of cinnamyl quinone methides to inhibit the polymerization of unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds (e.g., vinyl monomers) soluble in organic solvents, particularly hydrocarbon streams.
US09957194B2
The invention relates to a multi-layer pyrolytic coating stack deposited on a tinted glass substrate to form a coated glass article exhibiting a desired combination of emissivity, visible light transmittance and solar heat gain coefficient. A method for depositing the multi-layer coating stack on the tinted glass substrate is also part of the invention.
US09957191B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide glass compositions, fiberizable glass compositions, and glass fibers formed from such compositions, as well as glass strands, yarns, fabrics, and composites comprising such glass fibers adapted for use in various applications. In some embodiments of the present invention, the glass compositions additionally include at least one rare earth oxide.
US09957186B2
An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass.
US09957184B2
Submerged combustion glass manufacturing systems include a melter having a floor, a roof, a wall structure connecting the floor and roof, and an exhaust passage through the roof. One or more submerged combustion burners are mounted in the floor and/or wall structure discharging combustion products under a level of material being melted in the melter and create turbulent conditions in the material. The melter exhausts through an exhaust structure connecting the exhaust passage with an exhaust stack. The exhaust structure includes a barrier defining an exhaust chamber having an interior surface, the exhaust chamber having a cross-sectional area greater than that of the exhaust stack but less than the melter. The barrier maintains temperature and pressure in the exhaust structure at values sufficient to substantially prevent condensation of exhaust material on the interior surface.
US09957183B2
A methane fermentation method having the steps of finely pulverizing an organic substance adjusted such that a moisture content of the organic substance is equal to or less than 10%, in a wet bead mill; supplying the organic substance which is finely pulverized in the pulverization step to a methane fermentation chamber and decomposing the organic substance with an anaerobic microorganism to cause methane fermentation so as to generate methane gas; separating, with a UF membrane, a digestive fluid after the methane fermentation in the methane fermentation step into a concentrated liquid and a permeation liquid; returning the concentrated liquid separated in the separation step to the methane fermentation chamber; and agitating the contents of the methane fermentation chamber with a water flow produced by the return of the concentrated liquid in the return step.
US09957182B2
Method for treating water, containing organic matter characterized in that it comprises a step of adsorption of the organic matter contained in said water, in which this water is put into contact with an amagnetic ion-exchanging resin in an infinitely stirred tank (1); the filtering of the mixture of water and resin within the tank (1) and the discharging of filtered water from this tank, the filtering being implemented through at least one screen (4) provided within the tank (1) enabling the resin to be contained in the infinitely stirred tank; the periodic cleansing of the screen (4) consisting of the separation, from this screen, of the saturated resin that has collected thereon; the drawing off (18) of saturated resin from the tank (1); the regenerating (6) of at least a part of the saturated resin thus drawn off; the recycling (7) of said resin thus regenerated in the tank (1); a step of ballasted coagulation/flocculation (12, 13) and separation (14) comprising the addition of coagulant reagent (12b), flocculent reagent (13b) and microballast (21) to the filtered water coming from the tank (1) leading to the formation of flocs; the separation of the formed flocs from a clarified water (16); and the discharging (16) of the clarified water; and the discharging (17) of the sludges formed by the separated flocs.
US09957176B2
The disclosed lagoon biological treatment system helps existing wastewater treatment facilities meet stricter discharge permits mandated by the EPA utilizing a facility's existing wastewater treatment infrastructure. Influent is pumped into and processed in an aerated or non-aerated lagoon system, thus initially treating the wastewater to remove BOD5 (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) and TSS (Total Suspended Solids) down to approximately 20-30 mg/L. Then the wastewater is transferred to and processed in a nitrification reactor that is designed to maintain a minimum water temperature needed to further treat the wastewater to stricter EPA standards. Wastewater may also be further processed in a denitrifying reactor if necessary to meet local requirement. Finally, effluent water is sent to a settling lagoon for final clarification prior to discharge.
US09957174B2
The present invention is directed to compounds and methods for use in removing phosphate from water. Preferably the compound is used in removing phosphate from water in swimming pools, spas, and similar structures. Several water treatment techniques are disclosed, as well as a variety of different methods for delivery of the active ingredients. These delivery methods include use of a slurry of the active reagent in solution as well as a tablet, powder, or granulated structure. Additionally, the water treatment techniques may incorporate the use of a combination including both enzymatic compositions and compounds for phosphate removal.
US09957172B2
Various embodiments provide methods for removing a PFC by concentration and separation. In an exemplary method, a PFC in an aqueous solution or in a mixed water-organic solvent solution can be adsorbed onto a surface of a floc generated by electroflocculation, to form sludge. The sludge containing the PFC can be centrifuged to separate the PFC from the sludge and to form a concentrated PFC solution. Eelectroflocculation provides a simple process that is easy to operate. Reaction conditions are mild. Energy consumption is low. Treatment effect is desirable, stable, and reliable. Industrial application can be easy to implement. Further, the centrifugal separation technology used for the harmless treatment of the generated PFC-containing sludge is novel and does not need to use chemicals. Further, dewatering of the sludge is achieved at the same time during the harmless treatment. The needed equipment is simple and can be automatically operated.
US09957168B2
The present disclosure provides for methods for preparing ruthenium nanoparticles characterized by face centered cubic crystallographic structure characterized by small particle size, substantially homogeneous particle size distribution, substantially uniform spherical shape, and substantial high temperature stability. The present disclosure further provides for methods for preparing ruthenium nanoparticles characterized by face hexagonal close packed crystallographic structure characterized by small particle size, substantially homogeneous particle size distribution, substantially uniform spherical shape, and substantial high temperature stability.
US09957166B2
Method for preparing molecular sieves and molecular sieves obtained thereby are described. The method includes preparing a reaction mixture, comprising a structure directing agent, at least one source of at least one oxide of a tetravalent element, optionally, one or more sources of one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of oxides of trivalent elements, pentavalent elements, and mixtures thereof, optionally, at least one source of an element selected from Groups 1 and 2 of the Periodic Table; and optionally, hydroxide ions or fluoride ions, and maintaining the reaction mixture under conditions sufficient to form crystals of the molecular sieve. In the method, various imidazolium cations are used as the structure directing element.
US09957164B2
A process for producing a highly oriented graphitic film, consisting of (a) preparing a dispersion having graphene oxide (GO) or chemically functionalized graphene (CFG) dispersed in a liquid to form a liquid crystal phase (but not in a GO gel state); (b) depositing the dispersion onto a supporting substrate to form a layer of GO or CFG under an orientation-inducing stress; (c) removing the liquid to form a dried GO or CFG layer having an inter-plane spacing d002 of 0.4 nm to 1.2 nm; (d) thermally reducing the dried layer at a first temperature higher than 100° C. to produce a porous layer of reduced GO or CFG; (e) further heat-treating the porous layer at a second temperature to produce a porous graphitic film having an inter-plane spacing d002 less than 0.4 nm; and (f) compressing the porous graphitic film to produce the highly oriented graphitic film.
US09957155B2
A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer includes a device substrate including a first trench defining a plurality of first portions corresponding to an element and a second trench spaced apart from the first trench; a supporting unit provided on the device substrate, the supporting unit defining a plurality of cavities; a membrane provided on the supporting unit to cover the plurality of cavities; a top electrode electrically connected to a second portion in the second trench through a via hole penetrating through the membrane and the supporting unit; and a through silicon via (TSV) substrate provided on a bottom surface of the device substrate, the TSV substrate including a first via metal connected to the plurality of first portions corresponding to the element and a second via metal connected to the second portion.
US09957147B2
An automatic extraction device may include a displacement measuring unit for measuring the distance to a container by transmitting a measurement signal and then generating the measurement value which corresponds to the distance to the container; a control unit for outputting a water extraction signal if the measurement value is included within the predetermined target distance range and if the measurement value is not changed during the predetermined reference time; and a water extraction cock for supplying fluid to the container by opening a water extraction valve if the water discharge signal is input.
US09957145B2
A dosing system including a dispensing tube to dispense a viscous liquid from a holding container to an output container, the tube includes an upper and a lower valve and a peristaltic pump to push against the dispensing tube and to cause the viscous liquid to open the lower valve.
US09957141B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the admissible load capacity of a crane, in which the load capacity is determined in dependence on at least one first and one second parameter and which comprises a first step, in which the load capacity for the value of the first parameter with different values of the second parameter is determined by calculation or by interpolation or extrapolation on the basis of known values of the load capacity with specific values of the first parameter, and which comprises a second step, in which the determination of the load capacity for the second parameter is performed on the basis of the values of the load capacity determined in the first step for different values of the second parameter by calculation or by interpolation or extrapolation.
US09957138B2
A device and method for lifting cylindrical structures using an overhead crane. The device comprises a lift cap with a lift tab that is the single-point of connection to the crane. The lift cap has a plurality of slots around its perimeter. A plurality of spreader straps are connected to the lift cap at the slots with shackles that permit the straps to slide a limited distance in the slots. The spreader straps hang down from the lift cap and connect it to a lift ring that hangs below the lift cap. The lift ring is comprised of a series of connected spreader bars and is about the same diameter as the grain bin. Slings attached to the spreader bars hang below the lift ring. The loose end of each sling is removably attached to the cylindrical structure.
US09957127B2
A pinch roller assembly for a sheet product dispenser includes a roller body and a plurality of clips. The roller body includes a plurality of grooves. The roller body is rotatably associated with the plurality of clips, each clip being disposed in one of the plurality of grooves.
US09957122B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet containing unit and a sheet feeding device to feed sheets in the sheet containing unit. The sheet containing unit includes a main body to hold sheets, a drawer member capable of being drawn from the main body, a restricting member movable in a direction parallel to a sheet feeding direction, a first retaining member disposed at the main body, and a second retaining member disposed at the drawer member. The drawer member holds the sheets together with the main body when drawn from the main body. The restricting member restricts an upstream end position of the contained sheets. The first retaining member retains the restricting member at a first position. The second retaining member retains the restricting member at a second position.
US09957117B2
A method for transferring articles comprises the steps of: preparing a plurality of articles to be transferred along a first conveyor belt movable along a feed direction, picking up the articles with a plurality of gripper heads movable along respective pickup axes, and releasing the articles into a releasing station. The step of picking up the articles comprises the sub-steps of: detecting given parameters of each of the articles by at least one detection and management unit positioned upstream of the plurality of gripper heads, identifying, for each of the rows, at least one homogeneous sub-group of articles based on the given parameters detected, and for each homogeneous sub-group, simultaneously picking up all the articles of the first homogeneous sub-group with a respective group of gripper heads.
US09957114B2
A device and a method for transferring articles between an infeed conveyor at a first speed and an outfeed conveyor at a second speed different than the first speed include use of at least a first variable speed conveyor downstream of the infeed conveyor, and a second variable speed conveyor downstream of the first variable speed conveyor and upstream of the outfeed conveyor. The speeds of the variable speed conveyors are cycled between the first speed and the second speed without any article being conveyed by conveyors at different speeds. At least one additional variable speed conveyor may be included.
US09957102B2
A method for producing a capsule includes providing a plastic main body having a bottom region, a peripheral side wall, and a peripheral main-body collar adjoining the peripheral side wall, wherein the main body has a substantially rectangular cross-section in the region of the main-body collar; providing a deep-drawn plastic cover for closing the capsule, wherein the cover forms an outward curvature, which adjoins a peripheral cover collar; filling the main body with an extraction material; and placing the cover onto the main body such that the cover collar lies on the main-body collar and fastening the cover collar to the main-body collar via ultrasonic welding. The cover is provided with an energy-director, which focuses the ultrasound energy during the ultrasonic welding, and wherein the cover has at least one groove that extends peripherally on an outer face in the region of the cover collar.
US09957098B2
A thermal insulation article for placement in a shipping container to hold an item includes a multi-section thermally insulating pad shaped to be positioned in a cavity of a rectangular prism shipping container. The pad includes a plurality of solid compostable panel sections formed primarily of grain starch, and a water-proof polyethylene film forming a pocket enclosing the plurality of panel sections. Each panel section holds together as a single unit, and each panel section provides a rectangular plate dimensioned to substantially span whichever of the floor, plurality of side walls or cover that the rectangular plate is adjacent. The pad is configured to be foldable at a right angle along a boundary between the panel sections. The film provides both an interior and an exterior surface of the pad where the pad is folded.
US09957090B2
A security seal for a medical container includes a seal foot having at least one latch structure movable relative thereto for engaging a mating latch structure formed on the container, and a seal head connected with the seal foot that includes at least one locking tab which is movably connected with the seal head through a hinge element, wherein the security seal includes a bolt element which can be positioned between a release position, in which the latch structure can be moved relative to the seal foot, and a locked position, in which the deformable latch structure is fixed in position relative to the seal foot and/or seal head.
US09957084B2
Disclosed is a transport packaging unit for packaging articles to be transported, in particular hazardous materials. The transport packaging unit comprises the following: a pallet with a base plate, wherein the articles to be transported are receivable on the base plate; a transport box which is open toward the base plate, wherein the transport box rests on the base plate and together with the base plate forms an interior of the transport packaging unit which receives the articles to be transported, wherein the transport box is fixed on the base plate by means of at least one fastening element, preferably by means of at least one packing strip.
US09957078B2
A shipping container for containing hydraulic loads, the container having a first pair of opposing walls having a convex inner surface and a second pair of opposing walls having a concave inner surface. The shipping container further has a rectangular base, the rectangular base having a first pair of opposing edge portions and second pair of opposing edge portions, wherein each of the first pair of opposing sidewalls arise from one of the first pair of opposing edge portions of the rectangular base and each of the second pair of opposing sidewalls arise from one of the second pair of opposing edge portions of the rectangular base.
US09957072B2
A processing section of a packaging machine includes a conveyor configured to be driven by a first drive member, and at least one additional conveyor including at least one tray folding member configured to selectively extend about and ride on the conveyor. The at least one additional conveyor is configured to be driven by a second drive member that is distinct from the first drive member.
US09957071B2
The present invention concerns a bundle (1) of containers (3), including a packaging film (2) wrapped around a set of containers (3). The film (2) defines a bottom portion (2a), at least one pair of side opposite portions (2b) extending from the bottom portion (2a) and a covering portion (2c) extending between the side portions (2b) from an opposite part with respect to the bottom portion (2a). The bundle (1) also comprises a handle (4) having a central portion (4a) arranged at the covering portion (2c) of the film (2) and a pair of opposite joining adhesive portions (4b), extending from the central portion (4a) each arranged at least at a respective side portion (2b) of the film (2). Each of the joining adhesive portions (4b) of the handle (4) has a respective end (4c) that engages the bottom portion (2a) of the film (2).
US09957070B2
Apparatus for supplying multiple foam machines with foam precursor chemicals. The apparatus comprises first and second totes having a top opening and a bottom drain and containing first and second foam precursor chemicals, first and second supply lines connected to the bottom drains of the first and second totes and in fluid communication with first and second sets of batcher stands, and first and second sets of batcher pumps each of which is positioned in a respective one of the first and second sets of batcher stands. Each batcher pump is adapted to be in fluid communication with a respective one of the foam machines.
US09957067B2
A propulsion system for the orbit control of a satellite in Earth orbit driven at a rate of displacement along an axis V tangential to the orbit comprises two propulsion modules, fixed to the satellite, and facing one another relative to the plane of the orbit, each of the propulsion modules comprising, in succession: a motorized rotation link about an axis parallel to the axis V; an offset arm; and a plate supporting two thrusters, suitable for delivering a thrust on an axis, arranged on the plate on either side of a plane P at right angles to the axis V passing through a center of mass of the satellite; each of the two thrusters being oriented in such a way that the thrust axes of the two thrusters are parallel to one another and at right angles to the axis V.
US09957065B2
Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers.
US09957052B2
An Environmental Control System includes sensors, an air purification subsystem, and a controller in communication with the sensors and air purification subsystem. The sensors detect contaminants in outside air supplied through engine and APU bleeds or other air sources including ground supplies and electric compressors, contaminants in recirculated air, particulates in outside air, carbon dioxide in recirculated air, temperature in an environment, and pressure in an environment. These sensed parameters are compared against thresholds. Based on the comparisons, changes to the outside air and/or recirculated air are made.
US09957049B2
A heated roller shade system is provided. The heated roller shade system includes a roller located in a cavity defined between an inner wall of a vehicle and an outer wall of the vehicle. The roller shade system also includes a shade coupled to the roller. The roller is configured to selectively move the shade between a deployed position and an open position. The roller shade system also includes a heating mechanism coupled to at least one of the roller and the shade. The heating mechanism facilitates increasing a temperature of at least one of the roller and the shade.
US09957046B2
Embodiments described herein may help to provide medical support via a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An illustrative UAV may include a housing, a payload, a line-deployment mechanism coupled to the housing and a line, and a payload-release mechanism that couples the line to the payload, wherein the payload-release mechanism is configured to release the payload from the line. The UAV may further include a control system configured to determine that the UAV is located at or near a delivery location and responsively: operate the line-deployment mechanism according to a variable deployment-rate profile to lower the payload to or near to the ground, determine that the payload is touching or is within a threshold distance from the ground, and responsively operate the payload-release mechanism to release the payload from the line.
US09957032B2
A fiber composite component made of a fiber composite material comprises at least one first surface section, at least one second surface section and at least one transition region. The first surface section and the second surface section are arranged at an angle to each other and incorporate the transition region. The transition region comprises at least one first curvature section and at least one second curvature section whose mean curvatures differ from each other, which curvature sections connect to each other in a tangentially continuous manner. The first surface section connects to the transition region, and the transition region connects to the second surface section in each case in a tangentially continuous manner. In one example, the radius of curvature of the first curvature section is smaller than that of the second curvature section.
US09957020B2
The present invention is a Low-Drag Fin and Foil System for Surfboards (10), particularly including cambered fin foils (40; 42). The invention (10) also discloses low-drag, directionally unstable fin positions wherein the lesser of negative angle of attack of a trailing fin (50), versus the higher or positive angle of attack of a forward fin (48), makes the board (12) highly maneuverable by creating a yawing moment that aids the rotation of the board (12) as it is turned. The system particularly utilizes fins (40) having foil (42) shapes in which either the cambered side (74) or the non-cambered side (76) is provided with a combination of a convex curvature (68) and a concave curvature (70) to result in an oscillating curvature (72) which has a positive effect on control and acceleration.
US09957016B2
A foldaway balcony that includes a vertical support, a platform structure tiltably mounted to the vertical support and a barrier structure mounted on the platform structure. The platform structure includes a support structure and a floor structure which are tiltable separately from one another relative to the vertical support. The barrier structure includes barrier elements, hinged at the edge of the platform structure, and tiltable between a stowed position in which they lie inside the support structure, and a deployed position, in which they stand up relative to the support structure. A barrier element, connected to a distal side of the edge of the platform structure includes a first and a second pair of stanchions hinged to the distal side, a first and a second rod which interconnect the upper ends of the stanchions, and a handrail with parallel guides, in which are housed the first and the second rods.
US09957015B2
A cover system for protecting boats, vessels, and other various shaped vehicles and objects is disclosed. A plurality of separate and distinct inflatable bladders supports a cover whereby a dome-like shape is produced. The resulting shape of the cover resists pooling of water and snow thereby reducing or even eliminating water damage to the underlying structure. Furthermore, since each bladder is separate and distinct, the plurality of bladders creates a support structure that conforms to objects of various shapes and sizes.
US09957006B2
A stability attachment for a personal transportation vehicle includes a frame, a clamp mechanism and a pair of training wheels. The frame includes a first support arm and a second support arm. The first and second support arms are interconnected by the clamp mechanism. Each of the training wheels is situated on opposite sides of the frame and vertically adjustable thereon. The frame is selectively mounted to the main body of the personal transportation vehicle on which the operator stands by the clamp mechanism. The clamp mechanism is adjustable so that the stability attachment can be mounted to personal transportation vehicles of various sizes. Each of the support arms includes at least two telescoping members so that the overall length of the support arm can be adjusted.
US09957004B2
A cargo bay construction includes a floor and a wall that is slideable along the floor, whereby, below the wall facing surfaces of the floor, a drive slide is arranged and is connected with the wall that is slideable along the floor over a developed guide opening in the floor, characterized in that the guide opening is covered by an elastic deformable cover overlying the floor, whereby the cover in the area of the drive slide is lifted from the floor under elastic deformation.
US09957002B2
A mobile platform intended for civilian, industrial, research or other use. An ambulation system or mobile platform such as for traveling over uneven terrain includes one or more leg arrangements attached to a main body or chassis. In an embodiment, a leg arrangement comprises one or more legs, such as legs that rotate in the same and singular direction around their respective rotary joints when the vehicle is moving in a single direction. The rotational axis for both legs is located near each other and preferably coaxially and allows ground contact of two or more legs at all times.
US09956996B2
A cargo bed extension assembly includes a tailgate structured to be movable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration. The tailgate includes a cavity formed therein. An extension mechanism is positioned within in the cavity. The extension mechanism includes an extension member coupled to the tailgate so as to be movable between a stowed configuration and an extended configuration, and so as to enable rotation of the extension member from the extended configuration to a raised configuration. The mechanism also includes a cover portion coupled to the extension member so as to be movable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration in which the cover portion covers at least a portion of the bed.
US09956995B1
A tailgate assembly is provided for a vehicle having a cargo area disposed between first and second bedsides. A tailgate having at least one step is pivotally supported on the first and second besides. A tailgate latch assembly releasably retains the tailgate in a stowed position. First and second swing links are pivotally connected to first and second close faces of the tailgate. First and second swing link latch assemblies releasably retain the first and second swing links in a stored position. First and second support cables are connected to the first and second swing links to limit rotation of the tailgate between the stowed position and a first open position when the first and second swing links are in the stored position and to limit rotation between the first open position and a second open position when the first and second swing links are in a deployed position.
US09956992B1
An off-center impact reinforcement structure includes a push arm and a first diagonals structure installed to elements of a frame of a vehicle structure. The push arm is coupled to the frame proximate an intersection of a first side member and a first cross-member and extends in a forward and laterally outboard direction from the intersection. The first diagonal structure extends rearward and laterally inboard from proximate the intersection toward a section of a second side member rearward of the first cross-member. The off-center impact reinforcement structure is configured such that during an off-center impact event in which a stationary barrier impacts against a front surface of the push arm during forward movement of the vehicle frame, impacting forces from the impact event are transferred through the push arm to the vehicle frame at the intersection and from the intersection to the first diagonal structure.
US09956991B1
A push arm is coupled to a vehicle frame proximate an intersection of a first side member and a first cross-member. A rear surface of the push arm is located adjacent to a front suspension structure with a gap defined therebetween. The push arm extends forward and laterally outward such that a front surface of the push arm is located outboard of and spaced apart from a front end of the first side member. A energy absorbing structure is positioned within the gap and is attached to the rear surface of the push arm. The energy absorbing structure is spaced apart from the front suspension structure in a non-impacted state. The energy absorbing structure is configured such that in response to an off-center impact event, impact force to the energy absorbing structure pushes the energy absorbing structure into contact with the front suspension structure, such that the energy absorbing structure deforms and absorbs impact energy.
US09956975B2
The monitoring system comprises an axle traveled distance module connected to at least one transport unit monitoring system and adapted to determine, for each of the axle identifiers detected by at least one of the transport unit monitoring systems, an axle traveled distance increment during a corresponding acquisition time period in function of transport unit traveled distance increments during this acquisition time period of the at least one transport unit monitoring system that detected this axle identifier during this acquisition time period.
US09956973B2
A system, method, and apparatus for generating vital messages on an on-board system of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes generating a plurality of vital messages with each processor of a plurality of different processors of the on-board system based on train data available to each processor, transmitting the plurality of vital messages from the plurality of different processors to a separate processor, and generating, by the separate processor, a final vital message based on at least two vital messages of the plurality of vital messages. A system and an apparatus for implementing the aforementioned method includes appropriately communicatively connected hardware components.
US09956971B2
A rail vehicle braking system includes a service brake having a movable piston (8) which with a body (2) of the system delimits a service brake chamber (13) supplied by a first source, a piston rod (21) disposed in that chamber and fastened to a second side (32) of the piston turned towards that chamber, and a parking brake (7) disposed in the body and including a blocking device (20) disposed in that chamber and movable to act on the rod, and a movable actuating device (23, 24) which with the body delimits a parking brake pressure chamber (25) supplied by a second source; the blocking and actuating devices being configured to immobilize/unblock the rod so as to block/unblock the piston in a position.
US09956964B2
Device for estimating the operating time of a motor vehicle in autonomous mode and associated method
A method and device for estimating the operating time of a motor vehicle in autonomous mode for at least one route between a departure point and an arrival point. The estimating device is connected to an identifying element and to an element for characterizing portions of roads approved for the operation of the vehicle in autonomous mode, along the at least one route. The estimating device includes a unit for calculating the time during which the vehicle is eligible to operate in autonomous mode depending on the characterization of approved portions of road.
US09956954B2
A control system for hybrid vehicle for extending a possible travelling distance of the vehicle in the event of clutch failure is provided. The control system is configured to select a first drive mode in which the vehicle is powered by an engine in case an estimated torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in trouble is larger than a first threshold value, and to select a second drive mode in which the vehicle is powered by a motor in case the estimated torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in trouble is smaller than the first threshold value. The control system is further configured to reduce an engine torque to be smaller than the estimated torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in case the first drive mode is selected.
US09956951B2
An apparatus and method for controlling cold starting of a mild hybrid vehicle, are disclosed. The method includes: measuring, by a sensor, a cooling water temperature of the vehicle when a request is received to start an engine; operating, by a controller, a starter to drive an engine when the cooling water temperature is less than a preset reference temperature, and stopping the operation of the starter and operating an MHSG to drive the engine when RPM of the engine driven by the starter exceeds a preset reference value. In particular, stepwise starting according to the cold starting of the vehicle is performed. The apparatus and the method are advantageous in that a starter and alternator are simultaneously controlled under a cold starting condition to provide startability and reduce capacity of a starter, reducing manufacturing costs.
US09956940B2
A method for actuating a closing element of a vehicle including optically detecting when an object approaches a point in an area; searching for a smart key which is authorized for the vehicle only if an approach of an object has already been detected; activating additional sensors only when the smart key is found; collecting information by the additional sensor; and actuating the closure element if the collected information meets at least one predetermined requirement.
US09956937B2
An airbag includes a first side panel, a second side panel, a middle panel, and at least one extension. In the inflated position, the first side panel and the second side panel are spaced from each other by the middle panel, the middle panel having a top and a bottom, and a centerline between the first and the second side panels. The at least one extension is connected to at least one of the first side panel and the bottom of the middle panel, and is extendable in a direction away from the top of the middle panel in a deployed position.
US09956933B2
A safety system for a motor bike includes an evaluation and control unit which receives crash-relevant information from at least one sensor unit and evaluates it for the purpose of detecting a crash, and in response to a detected crash, the evaluation and control unit activates at least one external safety component and/or at least one internal safety component using a triggering concept. The evaluation and control unit receives presence signals from the at least one external safety component and/or the at least one internal safety component and evaluates the received signals in order to detect the safety components currently available. The evaluation and control unit selects the triggering concept as a function of the detected safety components currently available.
US09956913B2
A surroundings-monitoring device according to embodiments includes, as an example, a memory unit that stores therein captured image data output from an imaging unit imaging an area including a road surface in a forward direction of a vehicle and an area extending upward from the road surface and an output unit that outputs, to a display device, captured image data having been previously imaged by the imaging unit and including a road surface corresponding to a position of the current vehicle in the imaged road surface, from among the captured image data stored in the memory unit.
US09956910B2
An object detection and notification system includes an object detection system including logic that detects presence of a target object within a sensing range of a sensor and determines a direction of the target object relative to the autonomous vehicle. A notification system includes logic that provides a sound cue using a speaker to an occupant of the autonomous vehicle that is indicative of location of the target object relative to the autonomous vehicle.
US09956904B2
According to various embodiments, turn signals are automatically activated in response to signals received from a navigation system, based on the navigation instructions generated by the navigation system. The navigation system of a vehicle (either built into the vehicle or provided as a stand-alone unit) is communicatively coupled with or otherwise integrated with the turn signals of the vehicle. When the navigation system instructs the driver to perform a maneuver (such as making a turn), it can also cause the appropriate turn signal to be automatically activated at the appropriate time and/or distance in advance of the maneuver. When the navigation system detects that the maneuver has been made, or that the driver has ignored the system's instructions, the turn signal can be automatically deactivated.
US09956902B2
A headlight controller and a vehicle headlight system including an ADB can include a headlight controller and an optical unit. The headlight controller can include a system controller and a camera photographing vehicles located in a forward direction thereof, and the system controller can be configured to output a control signal to provide various favorable light distribution patterns by using image data output from the camera in accordance with traffic conditions. The optical unit can be configured to emit beam lights using lights emitted from a first and second light-emitting device via a projector lens so that the beam lights can be used as a high beam and a low beam without movable parts. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing vehicle headlight systems that can form various favorable light distribution patterns by utilizing the characteristics of the controller and the optical unit in accordance with the traffic conditions.
US09956891B2
Provided is an electric vehicle, including: left and right rear wheels, which are suspended from a vehicle body by suspensions that elastically allow displacements in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle body, the rear wheels being capable of being driven by corresponding motors independently of each other; and a control device configured to control driving forces of the rear wheels. Target driving forces Ti for the left and right rear wheels are calculated during traveling, a value ΔG relevant to a difference between relative displacement amounts of the rear wheels in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle body is calculated, and the target driving forces are corrected based on the value relevant to the difference between the relative displacement amounts so that a magnitude of the value relevant to the difference between the relative displacement amounts becomes smaller.
US09956885B2
A fuel cell system includes: a power supply circuit including a fuel cell and a secondary battery; an oxidant gas supply flow passage; a pump; and a control unit configured to drive the pump and dilute hydrogen retained in an cathode. The control unit is configured to stop supplying an oxidant gas to the cathode by stopping an operation of the pump such that dilution of the hydrogen retained in the cathode is stopped, while the fuel cell vehicle remains stationary after a starter switch of the fuel cell vehicle is switched from an off state to an on state, or while a load required of the power supply circuit remains smaller than a predetermined value after the starter switch of the fuel cell vehicle is switched from the off state to the on state.
US09956881B2
A hybrid drive system and associated methods are described that include an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a liquid cooling system. In one example, the liquid cooling system includes an oil circulation system that cools selected components, and lubricates selected components.
US09956875B2
A method and a device for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal guidance. The method involves detecting a guide vehicle, the guide vehicle being a vehicle travelling directly in front of the vehicle; determining a current state from at least two states which describe a current reaction of the vehicle to the guide vehicle; and displaying the current state in animated form on a display.
US09956872B2
A carrier bearing assembly includes a bracket, a mounting structure permitting the bracket to be mounted to a frame of a vehicle, an opening in the bracket extending through the bracket, from a first lateral side of the bracket to a second lateral side of the bracket, the opening substantially offset (e.g., an inch or more off center) in a direction; and a bearing fitted into the opening permitting a driveshaft of the vehicle to pass through and to substantially constrain movement of the driveshaft. Additionally, the opening can be formed as a non-straight hole allowing the driveshaft to pass through the bearing at a non-perpendicular angle. The carrier bearing assembly permits a substantial correction one more operating angle of the driveshaft by constraining the angle of a portion of the driveshaft.
US09956868B1
A storage container is provided having improved mounting assemblies for connection to the bed of a transport vehicle such as a truck or trailer.
US09956867B2
Methods and systems are provided for a latchable refueling valve designed to reduce noise associated with opening and closing the valve. In one example, a system may include a valve armature with first and second latch indices formed on an outer diameter of the armature. The latch indices may be rounded and configured to engage with a latch guide to enable rotation between the armature and the latch guide.
US09956865B2
The present disclosure provides a replaceable pin system for an in-vehicle component. The replaceable pin system including a holding member, a pin member. The pin member includes a body, a protruding portion, and a first engaging portion. The holding member includes a base, a retainer, and a second engaging portion. The retainer is spaced away from the base in the protruding direction to define a rotation space together with the base. The two ends are interposed between the retainer and the base when the body is rotated to the second orientation. The second engaging portion is formed in the holding member at a position where the first engaging portion is positioned when the body is rotated to the second orientation, whereby the first engaging portion engages with the second engaging portion when the body is at the second orientation.
US09956855B2
A vehicular door structure includes a door outer panel that constitutes a door exterior panel; a door inner panel that constitutes a door interior panel and is made of a resin, the door inner panel having a first side that is provided to the door outer panel; and a door interior member located on a second side of the door inner panel, the door interior member facing to the vehicle interior, wherein the door inner panel includes a panel part that has a plurality fragile portions, the fragile portions having a linear shape or a dotted line shape and being provided in parallel with each other while being spaced from each other in at least one direction of a door width direction and a door vertical direction.
US09956839B2
A system for increasing stiffness and/or strength of a light-duty machine component having propensity for flexing along an elongated axis is provided. The system includes a pair of receptacles disposed on the machine component, wherein each of the receptacles is located in a spaced apart relation to one another and disposed parallel to the elongated axis. The system further includes at least one backing member corresponding to a distance between the pair of receptacles. The backing member is configured to define at least a pair of openings therethrough. The pair of openings is configured to axially align with the pair of receptacles defined on the machine component. The system further includes a plurality of fasteners such that at least one fastener is received in each pair of axially aligned receptacles and openings for releasably securing the backing member to the machine component.
US09956838B2
This disclosure relates to methods for obtaining a suspension arm for automotive vehicles, wherein certain embodiments comprise obtaining two identical parts to form a body, where each part is obtained by means of: a) cutting a metal or composite sheet forming a base plane, such that a central segment and two ends are defined, b) drawing at least one hole in each end, c) stamping each part forming in its central segment two flanges consisting of a first flange and a second flange located on opposite sides of the central segment and oriented perpendicular to the base plane, where said flanges have an asymmetrical arrangement with respect to a midplane passing through the geometric centers of the holes of the two ends and is perpendicular to the base plane, the second flange being separated from the midplane a distance equal to the separation of the first flange from the midplane plus a distance at least equal to the value of the thickness of the sheet or plate.
US09956832B2
The invention comprises a tire pressure monitoring system. One system comprises a tire pressure monitor that signals to a user with audio alarm and visual alarm. Another component is the use of a tire air pressure balancing device with a safety trigger to ensure that dual tire systems share air but that stop sharing air in the case of rapid air pressure drop as in cases of tire blow out.
US09956825B2
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire including: a groove formed in a tread, the groove having a groove bottom and groove side surfaces arising from the groove bottom; and a projection projecting from the groove bottom, wherein the projection includes a low-step portion located at a low position with reference to the groove bottom and a high-step portion located at a high position with reference to the groove bottom, the low-step portion has a first-side inclined surface inclined in a depth direction of the groove along a first groove side surface of the groove and a second-side inclined surface inclined in the depth direction of the groove along a second groove side surface of the groove, and the first-side inclined surface and the second-side inclined surface are inclined in different directions from each other.
US09956804B2
A sheet binding processing apparatus includes a binding device which performs a binding process on a sheet bundle stacked on a stacking unit and a sheet bundle set at a manual setting portion, the stacking unit stacking introduced sheets, a sheet bundle being set to the manual setting portion from an outside; a moving portion which moves the binding device to a first binding position for performing the binding process on a sheet bundle stacked on the stacking unit and a second binding position for performing the binding process on a sheet bundle set at the manual setting portion; and a controller which causes the binding device, in a case that the binding process is not performed on a sheet bundle stacked on the stacking unit, to wait due to the moving portion at a position different from the first binding position.
US09956800B2
A main body portion provided with a document stand on which a document is placed and a reading unit; a cover which opens and closes the document stand; and a near field communication unit on the inside of the cover, are provided.
US09956795B2
A printing apparatus includes a print unit; a first roller that transport the medium; a plurality of second rollers cooperating with the first roller to nip the medium therebetween at positions that face the first rollers; a third roller that holds the medium which has been transported by the first roller and transport the medium to a print path in which printing is performed by the print unit; a specific second roller located most downstream in the transportation path among the second rollers; and a control unit that controls each of the roller and the print unit, wherein the control unit causes the specific second roller to be displaced to a separated position after the medium is held by the third roller.
US09956789B2
A system and method are provided for controlling archival sheet curl formation in image receiving media substrates on which images are formed using aqueous inks as the marking material. Archival curl occurs over time and is based on a partial coverage of the image receiving media substrates by the deposited water-based marking materials. A unique post-processing scheme applies selective aqueous clear fluid onto imaged substrates (cut sheets) to substantially counteract long-term archival curl formation in the individual image receiving media substrates. Both opposing sides of the cut sheet are processed in a manner that causes them to substantially equally undergo the generally irreversible shrinkage phenomenon that leads to archival curl, thus substantially canceling out the archival curl formation mechanism. A clear fluid is applied image-wise to portions of one or both sides of the image receiving media substrates to counterbalance the formed aqueous ink image.
US09956769B2
A liquid injection device includes a driving circuit supplying, to an actuator, a driving signal including a prior driving pulse and a subsequent driving pulse supplied after the prior driving pulse. Where a speed of a leading tip of a prior liquid pillar injected from the nozzle by the prior driving pulse is V3, a speed of a leading tip of a subsequent liquid pillar injected from the nozzle by the subsequent driving pulse is V4, a time period from start of the injection of the prior liquid pillar until start of the injection of the subsequent liquid pillar is t4a, a difference between a time period from the injection of the prior liquid pillar from the nozzle until division of the prior liquid pillar in the case where the prior driving pulse is supplied to the actuator but the subsequent driving pulse is not supplied to the actuator, and the time period t4a, is t4b, and a time period from start of the injection of the prior liquid pillar until separation of the prior liquid pillar from the nozzle in the case where the prior driving pulse is supplied to the actuator but the subsequent driving pulse is not supplied to the actuator is t3a, t4a≤t3a and V4≥V3×(t4a/t4b+1) are satisfied.
US09956768B2
A liquid ejection device includes a head driving unit that generates a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage in which whether or not there is ejection of liquid from a first ejection element in a case where the first driving voltage alone is applied to the first ejection element that is a detection target of a short circuit between ejection elements is different from whether or not there is ejection of liquid from the first ejection element in a case where the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage are applied to the first ejection element, supplies the first driving voltage to the first ejection element, and supplies the second driving voltage to the second ejection element suspected of a short circuit with the first ejection element.
US09956767B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit, a differential amplifier, a pair of transistors, and a selector. The ejecting unit includes a piezoelectric element which is configured to be displaced by a drive signal being applied to the piezoelectric element. The ejecting unit is configured to eject liquid in accordance with displacement of the piezoelectric element. The differential amplifier is configured to output a control signal based on a source drive signal which is a source signal of the drive signal and a signal based on the drive signal. The transistors includes a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor which are configured to be controlled based on the control signal and are configured to output the drive signal from an output terminal of the transistors. The selector is configured to select one of the high-side transistor and the low-side transistor and supply the control signal to a selected transistor.
US09956764B2
A pattern formation device, a liquid ejection device, and an electrical fault detection method capable of detecting electrical fault of a liquid ejection head on the basis of an analysis result of an electrical fault detection pattern are provided. An electrical fault detection pattern having an arrangement of dot arrays satisfying an arrangement condition with an arrangement of a plurality of ejection elements in a liquid ejection head is formed by ejecting liquid from a liquid ejection head in which M rows of ejection element groups in which a plurality of ejection elements are arranged in a first direction are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and M is an integer equal to or greater than 2.
US09956761B2
An aqueous ink for ink jet containing a self-dispersible pigment, an aromatic sulfinic acid or a salt thereof and an aromatic sulfonic acid or a salt thereof.
US09956760B2
A multilayer imaging blanket comprises a seamless belt. A silicone layer is disposed on the belt. The silicone layer comprises silicone rubber and a metal oxide filler. A fluoroelastomer surface layer is disposed on the silicone layer. Printing apparatuses employing the multilayer imaging blanket are also disclosed.
US09956759B2
A broadsheet newspaper printing press is provided including an image carrier carrying three images around in broadsheet newspaper format. The image carrier transfers the three images to a web. The broadsheet newspaper printing press also includes a folder for imparting a longitudinal fold to the web and cutting the web into broadsheet newspaper pages. The folder includes a cylinder cross-folding the broadsheet newspaper pages off center. A web offset broadsheet newspaper printing press also is provided. Methods are also provided.
US09956757B2
Compatible acrylate ink sets include acrylate ink composition having 30% or less by weight pigment, 10% or less dispersant, between 40% and 80% acrylate, 12% or less photoinitiator, a viscosity between 5×105 and 3×107 cps at 35° C., and a 60 second tack between 25 and 50 g-m at 35° C.
US09956745B2
A composite structural element is described, including: a first laminate layer comprising a plurality of first material layers; a second laminate layer comprising a plurality of second material layers; and an inflatable bladder configured for connection with a fluid inflation or deflation source and disposed in-between the first and second laminate layers.
US09956739B2
A honeycomb structure includes porous partition walls defining cells which extend from a first end face to a second end face and which become through channels for a fluid, and a porous circumferential wall integrally formed with the partition walls to surround an outermost circumference of the partition walls, a thickness of the partition walls is from 101 to 381 μm, porosities of the partition walls and the circumferential wall are both 48% or more, a porosity in a surface of the circumferential wall is higher than a porosity of an inner surface of the circumferential wall, and an average pore diameter in the surface of the circumferential wall is 10 μm or more.
US09956735B2
A method for producing a semi-finished honeycomb-core product for producing a sandwich component, a method for producing a sandwich component, a semi-finished honeycomb-core product, a sandwich component, and the use thereof as a component of a motor vehicle.
US09956731B2
A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light source, and a covering member. The light source has an optical axis, a light source bottom portion and a light source upper portion opposite to the light source bottom portion in the optical axis. The light source is provided on the substrate at the light source bottom portion. The covering member has a bottom surface and a top portion opposite to the bottom surface in the optical axis and is provided on the substrate at the bottom surface to cover the light source. The covering member has a recess portion on the top portion above the light source and around the optical axis. The covering member tapers toward the bottom surface.
US09956717B2
The present disclosure includes a method for modifying an input image to map to a three dimensional shape prior to forming the three dimensional shape. The method includes receiving by a processor at least two pre-forming images of a locally unique non-repeating pattern printed on an input material. The at least two pre-forming images are captured prior to the input material being formed into the three dimensional shape. The method further includes receiving by the processor at least two post-forming images of the pattern printed on the input material, wherein the post-forming images are captured after the input material has been formed into the three dimensional shape and analyzing by the processor the at least pre-forming images and the at least two post-forming images to determine a translation table.
US09956711B2
This invention describes a modified electrospinning method for making uniformly patterned and porous nanofibrous scaffolds that can be utilized in a variety of applications. While traditional electrospinning method uses a foil collector that generates compact layers of nanofibrous structures, resulting on the superficial cell growth and differentiation, the present method comprises adopting additional patterned film(s) on top of the conventional collector to make a patterned porous structure of nanofibrous scaffolds that are capable of supporting cell growth. For example, the method uses a double layered collector composed of a water soluble stabilizer film mounted on a foil to make a uniformly patterned and porous nanofibrous membrane sheets, which enhance both cell growth and attachment.
US09956705B2
This compactor includes first rollers having first roller surfaces that press a laminated sheet from the second surface side of a release sheet, the first rollers being disposed separated from each other; and a second roller having a second roller surface that presses the laminated sheet from the second surface side of the release sheet, the second roller being disposed such that the second roller surface faces a gap provided between the first rollers.
US09956700B2
A portable crafting tool, which may be readily transported from one location to another and placed on a tabletop or another suitable surface for use, and which includes rollers for applying pressure to a craft assembly, is disclosed. The craft assembly may include a platform with a tool, such as a cutting die, an embossing tool and/or a letterpress tool, a sheet of a medium (e.g., paper, vellum, acetate, foil, etc.) that is to be modified (as pressure is applied to the craft assembly) and a mat or a cover for positioning over the sheet of medium and the tool. The portable crafting tool may include a gap spacer, which adjusts a distance that the rollers are spaced apart from one another. The portable crafting tool may be configured for selective operation with a manually operated handle or with a motor that may be used in place of the handle. The portable crafting tool may be configured to engage a surface when it is deployed on the surface.
US09956699B2
The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a cutting apparatus comprising a drive shaft having a longitudinal axis, a drum configured to orbit the longitudinal axis when driven by the drive shaft, a first actuator, and a cutting assembly joined to the drum and configured to orbit the longitudinal axis with the drum. The cutting assembly comprises a second actuator operably engaged with a portion of the cutting assembly, and a cutting device driven by the second actuator. The second actuator is configured to rotate the cutting device at least 1,500 revolutions per minute during cutting of an article. The first actuator is operably engaged with a portion of the cutting assembly and is configured to reciprocate the cutting device in directions substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis as the cutting assembly orbits the longitudinal axis.
US09956693B2
A method for decelerating a robot axis arrangement having at least one output link includes steps of applying a braking force on the output link with a brake and, in so doing, controlling a driving force of a drive that acts on the output link, and/or controlling the braking force on the basis of a dynamic variable of the output link, wherein the dynamic variable is a function of the braking force.
US09956692B2
A kinematic holding system for a placement head of a placement apparatus comprises a placement head alignment device which comprises at least one length-variable holding member arranged at a distance from a joint between a placement head support and the placement head. This holding member determines the pivoting position of the placement head relative to the placement head support. The length of the holding member is changeable during the placement operation depending on a deformation of the placement head guide device caused by the pressing force of the placement head against the substrate in such a way that an axis error (tilt) of the placement head caused by the deformation of the placement head guide device is compensated.
US09956687B2
Technologies pertaining to human-robot interaction are described herein. The robot includes a computer-readable memory that comprises a model that, with respect to successful completions of a task, is fit to observed data, where at least some of such observed data pertains to a condition that is controllable by the robot, such as position of the robot or distance between the robot and a human. A task that is desirably performed by the robot is to cause the human to engage with the robot. The model is updated while the robot is online, such that behavior of the robot adapts over time to increase the likelihood that the robot will successfully complete the task.
US09956683B2
A metal work box includes a base having a horizontal planar member having an upper surface and a lower surface. The metal work box also includes a plurality of side walls secured to and extending upwardly from the base. The plurality of side walls include a front first side wall formed along a front first edge of the base, a back second side wall formed along a rear second edge of the base, a left third side wall formed along a left side third edge of the base, and right fourth side wall formed along a right side fourth edge of the base. A door is formed along the front first side wall. The door includes a door panel having a free edge and a hinged edge, the hinged edge being pivotally secured to a front hinge side wall portion of the front first side wall so as to enable easy access to contents. The front first side wall also includes a latch extending between a front latch side wall portion of the front first side wall and the free edge of the door panel to allow for selective latching of the door panel to the front latch side wall portion to keep the door securely closed.
US09956676B2
An articulating head of a power tool is disclosed in the present invention, which includes a base member adapted to couple to a main body of the power tool, an articulating member pivotably connected to the base member, and a locking device coupled to the articulating member for locking an orientation of the articulating member with respect to the base member. The base member contains a first power transmission part which is capable of receiving mechanical driving power from the main body of the power tool. The articulating member contains a second power transmission part mechanically coupled to the first power transmission part. The locking device has an actuation lever rotatable about a pivot axis between a free position and a lock position.
US09956670B2
A tool accessory includes a first portion defining a drive end and a second portion defining a working end. At least one flat or planar side surface is defined on the first portion, and a tipping point is disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The tool accessory has a center of mass that is defined closer to the drive end than to the working end such that, when the tool accessory is rested on a surface, the center of mass causes the tool accessory to rest on the planar side surface and the tipping point to prevent rolling. The tool accessory may be included in a tool kit including a container and a tool including a handle and a tool head. The container includes a first portion having a first retainer that supports the tool, a second portion, and a middle portion that divides the first portion and the second portion. The middle portion includes a second retainer that supports the tool accessory. The container is configured to be stored in an upright position in which the middle portion supports the container on a surface.
US09956658B1
The present invention is a positioning work stop for use with a with a machining apparatus for performing a machining operation on a work piece, the positioning work stop comprising a retractable element having an extended position for contacting a work piece to ensure that the work piece is in its proper position for machining and a retracted position that provides a gap between the positioning work stop and the work piece, a biasing element that exerts a rearward biasing force of the retractable element, and a stop pin, wherein during the machining operation, when the machining apparatus contacts the stop pin the rearward biasing force automatically moves the retractable element into its retracted position creating a gap between the positioning work stop and the work piece.
US09956656B2
This disclosure provides oil filling and labeling apparatuses for atomizers of electronic cigarettes, which include a rack provided with a table board. A material pick-up operation position, an oil filling operation position, an assembling operation position, a labeling operation position and a pressing operation position for silicon rubber sleeve are provided on the table board. The oil filling and labeling apparatuses for the atomizers of the electronic cigarettes further include a material loading mechanism, an oil filling mechanism, a mechanism for mounting oil-sealing ring, a mechanism for mounting end cap, an electric resistance detection mechanism, a first material rotation mechanism, a labeling mechanism, a second material rotation mechanism and a mechanism for pressing silicon rubber sleeve. The atomizer of the electronic cigarette is successively conveyed for processing among such mechanisms.
US09956646B2
Multiple-beam laser processing may be performed on a workpiece using at least first and second laser beams with different characteristics (e.g., wavelengths and/or pulse durations). In some applications, an assist laser beam is directed at a target location on or within the workpiece to modify a property of the non-absorptive material. A process laser beam is directed at the target location and is coupled into absorption centers formed in the non-absorptive material to complete processing of the non-absorptive material. Multiple-beam laser processing may be used, for example, to drill holes in a substrate made of alumina or other transparent ceramics. In other applications, multiple-beam laser processing may be used in melting applications such as micro-welding, soldering, and forming laser fired contacts. In these applications, the assist laser beam may be used to modify a property of the material or to change the geometry of the parts.
US09956640B2
The present disclosure provides a method for printing at least a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) object adjacent to a support. The method may comprise receiving in computer memory a computational representation of the 3D object. Subsequent to receiving the computational representation of the 3D object, at least one feedstock may be directed through a feeder towards the support. Upon directing the at least one feedstock through the feeder, electrical current may be flowed through the at least one feedstock and into the support. The at least one feedstock may be subjected to Joule heating upon flow of electrical current through the at least one feedstock, which may be sufficient to melt at least a portion of the at least one feedstock. The at least the portion of the at least one feedstock may be deposited adjacent to the support in accordance with the computational representation of the 3D object.
US09956634B2
A hot-dip plating apparatus for plating a thin molten solder film can control a film thickness of a molten solder on a base material evenly and in increments of a few μm and achieve a thin-film solder plating having a film thickness less than a conventional system. As shown in FIG. 1, this apparatus comprises a solder bath 17 of accommodating the molten solder 7; a second conveying section 23 for drawing up a strip member 31 from the solder bath; and a blower section 19 for blowing hot gas on the strip member 31 immediately after being drawn up from the solder bath by a second conveying section 23; the hot gas having a predetermined flow volume and a predetermined temperature equal to or higher than a melting temperature of the molten solder 7. According to this configuration, the excess molten solder 7 can be trimmed from the strip member 31 corresponding to composition of the molten solder 7. Thus, the film thickness of the molten solder 7 coated on the strip member 31 can be controlled evenly and in increments of a few μm.
US09956625B2
A reciprocating saw includes a housing, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a driven gear that is rotated by the motor. The driven gear is vertically-oriented within the housing and has an upper portion and a lower portion. The drive mechanism also includes a connecting rod coupled to the driven gear to translate rotary motion of the driven gear into reciprocating motion, and an output shaft coupled to the connecting rod to reciprocate relative to the housing through a cutting stroke and a return stroke. The drive mechanism further includes a counterweight coupled to the driven gear for rotation with the driven gear. The counterweight moves through the upper portion of the driven gear during the cutting stroke of the output shaft, and moves through the lower portion of the driven gear during a return stroke of the output shaft.
US09956618B2
A cutting insert of one aspect includes a main body section and a cutting section located in front of the main body section. The cutting section includes a front cutting edge disposed along a ridge line of the cutting section at an intersection between a top surface and a first side surface; and a lateral cutting edge disposed along the ridge line at an intersection between the top surface and a second side surface and inclined with ascending as getting away from the front cutting edge. The lateral cutting edge each includes a first region and a second region located to a rear of the first region; and an angle of inclination of the second region with respect to the bottom surface is larger than an angle of inclination of the first region with respect to the bottom surface.
US09956613B2
A sliding member having a hardness proper for an environment where a high-pressure is applied and having a good abrasion resistance. A sliding member 1 comprises a first sintered compact layer 2 formed by solidifying an iron-based metallic powder with a sinter; and a second sintered compact layer 3 formed by solidifying a copper-based metallic powder on a surface of the first sintered compact layer 2 to improve a sliding characteristic. The second sintered compact layer 3 is densified by a blast process where the powder is collided against a surface of the second sintered compact layer 3.
US09956606B1
A quick-disassemble snapping device of a rivet gun has a front sleeve, a rear sleeve, a snapping assembly, and a retaining assembly. The front sleeve has multiple positioning recesses. The rear sleeve is coaxially connected with the front sleeve and has at least one mounting recess. The snapping assembly is mounted in the front sleeve and the rear sleeve. The retaining assembly has a locking ring. The locking ring is mounted around the rear sleeve and has at least one engaging tooth mounted through the at least one mounting recess of the rear sleeve and engaging in at least one of the positioning recesses of the front sleeve. The quick-disassemble snapping device can be used in a pneumatic, manual, or electric rivet gun and has a stable structure. No tool is needed for disassembling the snapping device and the snapping device can be easily disassembled to be cleaned.
US09956605B2
The present invention discloses a swaging die holder for the flexible shaft operations. In the preferred embodiment, the swaging die holder comprises of an elliptical die holder slot, a stress relief slot, a radius curve, a recess and an insert. The die holder slot at top of the die holder allows each die holder to mount to the machine. The insert is adapted through the recess at the bottom of each die holder and designed to produce the different output profiles at the end of the flexible shaft. The insert is made of HSS material with cobalt content to achieve optimal life. The insert is further re-grinded or re-sharpened for same or other profile applications of the flexible shaft.
US09956603B2
An apparatus for processing the surface of a workpiece includes: a first rotating body connected to a first rotating shaft and including a first protruding portion connected to a part of the outer circumference thereof; a second rotating body connected to a second rotating shaft and including a second protruding portion connected to a part of the outer circumference thereof; and a third rotating body connected to a third rotating shaft and including a third protruding portion connected to a part of the outer circumference thereof, wherein the first to third rotating shafts are in the same plane, a first angle between the first and second rotating shafts, a second angle between the first and third rotating shafts, and a third angle between the second and third rotating shafts are identical, outer circumferences of the first to third rotating shafts adjacent to one another form a pathway through which a workpiece can pass, and the size of the pathway is adjusted by moving the first rotating body.
US09956598B2
A coil-forming head, defining a longitudinal axis, for forming coils of a substantially rectilinear metallic product, comprising a fixed supporting structure, a rotor, adapted to turn about said longitudinal axis and rotatably fixed to said supporting structure, wherein the rotor comprises a bell-shaped member, which expands outwards with respect to said axis and has an outer surface thereof provided with at least one spiral-shaped groove, dimensioned to convey and form coils of a metallic product having diameter from 5 to 8 mm, and comprises at least one spiral-shaped tube, arranged inside and integrally fixed to said bell-shaped member, and dimensioned to convey and form coils of a metallic product having a diameter from 8 to 25 mm, wherein feeding means are provided to feed the product to said at least one groove or to said at least one tube.
US09956594B2
A substrate processing method includes a substrate holding step of holding a substrate horizontally, a liquid droplet discharging step wherein liquid droplets of an organic solvent, formed by mixing the organic solvent and a gas, are discharged from a double-fluid nozzle toward a predetermined discharge region within an upper surface of the substrate, and a liquid film forming step, executed before the liquid droplet discharging step, of supplying the organic solvent to the double fluid nozzle without supplying the gas, so as to discharge the organic solvent in a continuous stream mode from the double-fluid nozzle to form a liquid film of the organic solvent covering the discharge region on the upper surface of the substrate.
US09956591B2
A screening machine includes wall members, screen assembly guide members, a screen assembly and a compression assembly. The screen assembly includes a frame with a plurality of side members and a screen supported by the frame. The compression assembly is attached to at least one wall member and forms the screen assembly into a concave shape.
US09956574B2
A device for treating objects having a treatment chamber, which has a wall having a gap extending between first and wall segments. The device includes an apparatus having at least one component which extends from outside of the treatment chamber into the treatment chamber through the gap and can be moved along the gap. A sealing assembly seals the gap leaving at least one passage opening, through which the at least one component extends. The sealing assembly includes a first and a second sealing element, which extend on the first or second wall segment along the gap and have a coupling edge, the coupling edges being complementary to each other. The coupling edges are coupled to each other and, during the movement of the at least one component, separate from each other in front of the passage opening and couple to each other behind the passage opening.
US09956562B2
The invention features devices and methods for the deterministic separation of particles. Exemplary methods include the enrichment of a sample in a desired particle or the alteration of a desired particle in the device. The devices and methods are advantageously employed to enrich for rare cells, e.g., fetal cells, present in a sample, e.g., maternal blood and rare cell components, e.g., fetal cell nuclei. The invention further provides a method for preferentially lysing cells of interest in a sample, e.g., to extract clinical information from a cellular component, e.g., a nucleus, of the cells of interest. In general, the method employs differential lysis between the cells of interest and other cells (e.g., other nucleated cells) in the sample.
US09956555B2
This disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for retrieving target material from a suspension. A system includes a processing vessel, a displacement fluid, and a tube. The tube includes a funnel, a cannula, and a cavity. The cannula allows for fluid communication between the funnel and the cavity, such that the processing vessel is inserted into the cavity, and the cannula extends into the processing vessel.
US09956548B2
This disclosure provides for new catalyst systems and new methods for preparing and using the catalyst systems for generating a trimerization product. In an aspect, the new catalyst systems comprise a chromium carboxylate that is prepared by anhydrous metathesis. In another aspect, the catalyst system comprise a chromium carboxylate that is prepared by anhydrous metathesis and a metal pyrrolide compound. The catalyst systems imparts improved performance and/or reduced catalyst system cost to an olefin trimerization process.
US09956539B2
Within the scope of hydrothermal carbonization, biomass is converted to bio-coal and other products. Because biomass occurs at irregular intervals at different locations and also, in part, only individual method steps are required at different locations, however, an apparatus for treatment of biomass is integrated into a variable, mobile container, and mobile containers adapted to the individual steps of the method are provided, which can be transported in compact manner and can be adapted, in terms of size, in the setup situation. This arrangement allows effective equipping of the individual containers, which can be expanded into a setup situation on location.
US09956533B2
A continuous mixer/reactor and a mixing process are provided in which materials flow in an orderly fashion along the length of a channel (9) and the materials are mixed in a direction transverse to the axis of the channel (9) by the provision of agitator elements (5, 7) within the channel (9) and shaking the channel (9) so that the agitator elements (5, 7) move within the channel (9) in the radial direction of the channel (9).
US09956527B2
A guide member for directing gas bubble flow along a membrane surface, the guide member having first and second side edges defining a channel for gas bubbles to flow along, the channel having an open bottom end through which the gas bubbles can enter the channel and an open top end through which the bubbles can exit the channel, and a diverting means adjacent the channel bottom end arranged to direct at least some of the incident gas bubbles in a first direction towards the channel bottom end. A membrane module assembly and a membrane filter system including the guide member.
US09956520B2
A carbon dioxide absorbent composition is described, including (i) a liquid, nonaqueous silicon-based material, functionalized with one or more groups that either reversibly react with CO2 or have a high-affinity for CO2, and (ii) a hydroxy-containing solvent that is capable of dissolving both the silicon-based material and a reaction product of the silicon-based material and CO2. The absorbent may be utilized in methods to reduce carbon dioxide in an exhaust gas, and finds particular utility in power plants.
US09956519B2
Absorbent for desulfurization of combustion gas and method of treating combustion gas using the same
An absorbent for desulfurization of combustion gas is provided. The absorbent includes about 1 to about 16 wt % of potassium carbonate (K2CO3); about 0.1 to about 10 wt % of a promoting agent including hindered cyclic amine, hindered cyclic amine bicarbonate, or a combination thereof; and a balance amount of water. In addition, a method of treating the combustion gas using the absorbent is provided.
US09956518B2
The present invention relates to an acid gas capture system and method which can reduce the energy consumption by using the heat from the system itself of an acid gas capture system. The system and method according to the present invention causes heat exchange to occur between an absorbent discharged from the upper part of an absorption tower of the capture system and a mixed gas comprising an acid gas, and a portion of an absorbent solution which has absorbed the acid gas discharged from the lower part of the absorption tower, and additionally, the remaining absorbent solution excluding said portion thereof undergoes heat exchange with the regenerated high-temperature absorbent solution discharged from the reboiler to preheat the absorbent solution supplied to the regeneration tower, thereby reducing the thermal energy required by same.
US09956513B2
An air cleaner includes an upper casing, which has an inlet, a lower casing, which has an outlet and covers the lower opening of the upper casing, and a filter element, which is located inside the upper casing and the lower casing. The lower casing includes a looped application surface, on which an adhesive is applied to adhere the filter element, and a minute protrusion, which extends along the perimeter, is formed on the inner peripheral edge of the application surface.
US09956510B2
A filtration system for filtering a liquid includes a drum filter (2) having a primary inlet (4) and a primary outlet (6) in a housing (8), and a rotatable drum screen (10) arranged in the housing. A back flush element (12) is arranged on one side of the drum filter for back flushing filtered particles from the drum screen, and a gutter element (14) is arranged on an opposite side of the drum screen for collecting filtered particles, wherein the gutter element is connected to a secondary outlet (16) in the housing. The filtration system is furthermore provided with a buffer reservoir (18) having a reservoir inlet (20) which is connected to the secondary outlet so as to be closable. The filtration system further includes compression elements (34) for controlling a gas pressure (Pt) in the housing of the drum filter and a gas pressure (Pr) in the buffer reservoir.
US09956509B2
A filter assembly may include an outer insert and an inner insert. The outer insert having an aperture and a plurality of outer grooves. The outer grooves are formed in a radially outer periphery of the outer insert and are separated from each other and the aperture. The inner insert may be disposed within the aperture. A plurality of inner grooves may be formed in a radially outer periphery of the inner insert. Each of the outer and inner grooves may have a closed axial end and an open axial end.
US09956507B2
The present invention concerns a gas-liquid separation system and a method for operating a gas-liquid separation system.
US09956506B2
The present invention discloses an oil-gas separation cylinder, an oil-gas separation device and an oil chromatography. The oil-gas separation cylinder comprises an oil-gas separation cylinder body of which axe extends in direction of up and down, a separating block which separates the oil-gas separation cylinder body into an upper cavity and a lower cavity, an oil-gas separation cylinder piston movably installed in the lower cavity, an oil inlet passage and an oil outlet passage, and an oil-gas separation cylinder vent arranged at upper end of the upper cavity, wherein both of the oil inlet passage and the oil outlet passage are communicated with the upper cavity, wherein the separating block is provided with a guiding hole and a spaying hole used to communicate the upper cavity to the lower cavity, or the separating block is provided with a spaying hole guiding oil used to communicate the upper cavity to the lower cavity. By motion of an oil-gas separation cylinder piston, oil is spayed so as to rapidly realize equilibrium of oil and gas. Deaerating space is dynamically expanded so as to strengthen deaerating effect. The present invention adopts vacuum spraying method, but eliminates a mixer motor which continuously stirs the oil. Thus, structure of the oil-gas separation device is simplified.
US09956504B2
An integrated coalescing system for separating ionic liquid from a liquid hydrocarbon is provided, comprising:a. a bulk settler,that separates an emulsion comprising the dispersed ionic liquid with a wide range of droplet sizes into a clean ionic liquid phase and a separated liquid hydrocarbon phase comprising retained droplets;b. a pre-coalescer that receives the separated liquid hydrocarbon phase, separates out solid particles from the separated liquid hydrocarbon phase, and begins to form coalesced droplets of the retained droplets; andc. a coalescer that receives an effluent from the pre-coalescer, wherein the at least one coalescer comprises multiple layers of media having a fine pore size, and produces a clean hydrocarbon stream that is free of the dispersed ionic liquid and additional amounts of the clean ionic liquid phase. Also, a process is provided for separating an ionic liquid from a liquid hydrocarbon, using the integrated coalescing system.
US09956502B2
Clay treatment apparatuses and methods for processing hydrocarbon products using clay treatment apparatuses are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a clay treatment apparatus includes a vessel enclosing an interior space, an active clay material disposed within the interior space of the vessel, and a clay retention structure positioned above a bottom head portion of the vessel. The clay retention structure includes a wire mesh coupled with a perforated plate. In another exemplary embodiment, a method for processing a hydrocarbon product includes the steps of contacting the hydrocarbon product with an active clay material within an interior space of a vessel and passing the hydrocarbon product through a clay retention structure that includes a wire mesh and a perforated plate.
US09956497B2
A saltwater evaporation mechanism for the desalination of saltwater. The saltwater evaporation mechanism has an elevated saltwater reservoir with a bottom, sidewalls and an open upper end, a receiving reservoir with a bottom, sidewalls, and an open upper end, and a tunnel extending therebetween. The tunnel has a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels and is angled at a downward slope. The top panel extends from the tunnel to entirely cover the open upper end of the saltwater reservoir. Support legs equipped with wheels are positioned below the tunnel, allowing the tunnel to be easily moved and rotated when desired. A heat source is positioned underneath the saltwater reservoir and configured to heat the contents therein, creating water vapor. The water vapor condenses into desalinated water in the tunnel and is deposited in the receiving reservoir. In some embodiments, the heat source is powered by solar energy.
US09956489B2
A system and method for preparing entertainment software for reduced network delivery time includes analyzing entertainment software to identify a first stage implementing a subset of the functionality of the entertainment software such that the first stage is deliverable to an entertainment platform across a network more quickly than the delivery of the entire entertainment software, and preparing the identified first stage for download, such that the identified first stage may be downloaded and used on the entertainment platform.
US09956474B2
A four-wheel sensor controlled vehicle having a base and a control box installed with a battery and a control panel; two driving wheels are installed at the bottom surface of the base close to the front edge of the base, and two universal wheels are installed at the bottom surface of the base close to the rear edge of the base. The driving wheel has a hub assembled with a hub motor assembly of a motor. The base is installed with four weighing sensors at four corners, the first weighing sensor and the third weighing sensor respectively correspond to the fore sole and rear sole of the left foot, the second weighing sensor and the fourth weighing sensor respectively correspond to the fore sole and the rear sole of the right foot. The control panel is connected with the motor and the weighing sensors.
US09956467B2
Described herein is an athletic training device to aid a user in hip rotation, specifically to help the user increase the strength and speed of the rotation motion of his or her hips for improving performance in sports activities. The present invention is a device to be worn by a user as an athletic training or exercising aid, or a therapeutic aid, helping the user to maintain proper body alignment during a specific body movement involving the hips. In one embodiment, the device comprises a base from which extends an arm, the arm attached to the base by a pivot or hinge point, that allows the arm to move along a linear arc when force is applied to the device, such as the force exerted by a user upon rotation of the hip.
US09956452B2
A device for training coordinative faculties has at least one movable standing plate; at least one static base plate; at least two connecting elements, the height of which can be modified and which act between the at least one movable standing plate and the at least one static base plate, a user interface; and a control element. The device is designed to specify a sequence of various setpoint positions of the center of gravity of a user standing on the at least one movable standing plate, each of the setpoint positions being specified for a determined duration, and to continuously measure the actual position of the center of gravity of the person standing on the moving plate.
US09956451B1
An adjustable barbell or dumbbell or exercise device includes a handle device having a handle bar engageable into grooves of a number of weight members, the weight members each having two pivotal arms, a hand grip disposed on the handle bar, and a number of plates disposed on the handle bar and rotated in concert with the hand grip, the plates are engageable between the weight members, and the plates each include an engaging element for engaging with the weight members and for moving the arms toward each other to engage with the handle device when the plates and the hand grip are rotated relative to the handle bar, and for anchoring a selected number of weight members to the handle device with the plates.
US09956445B2
A fire suppression system for a fire zone including a first tank containing a first liquid component of a two-part foam and a second tank containing a second liquid component of the foam. The system includes at least one liquid component release device configured to be selectively capable of releasing the first and second components from their respective containers upon receipt of a signal from a fire detector upon detection of a fire. The two-part foam components are propelled through the system by a pressurized propellant that, upon release of the release device, causes the exit of the foam components from their respective tanks, through a mixing conduit to at least one nozzle. The nozzle is configured to spray the liquid component foam mixture into the fire zone wherein the foam cures into a substantially semi-rigid, closed cell foam that is substantially impermeable and may have charring and/or intumescence properties.
US09956439B2
An apparatus, breathing equipment training device, and method for breathing equipment training. The apparatus includes a shell and a diaphragm. The shell includes a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is configured to be inserted into a breathing opening in a mask to form a connection with the breathing opening of the mask. The diaphragm is inside the shell and positioned about the second opening. The diaphragm is configured to impede airflow into the shell through the second opening. The first opening can be defined by a first ellipse insertable into the breathing opening of the mask. The second opening can be defined by a second ellipse through which airflow enters into the shell. A diameter of the second ellipse can be greater than a diameter of the first ellipse.
US09956438B2
The invention concerns a punch device that includes an actuating member of flat proportions, a penetrating tool with a sharp tip carried by the actuating member, a compressible spacer attached to the surface of the actuating member alongside the penetrating tool and mounting means for mounting the punch device on a glass sheet with the tip of the penetrating tool directed towards the glass sheet. The arrangement is such that a force of sufficient magnitude applied to the actuating member in an axial direction towards the glass sheet compresses the spacer and drives the tip of the penetrating tool into contact with the glass sheet thereby to break the glass sheet. In one application the punch device can be used to break an emergency exit window in a bus.
US09956433B2
The present invention relates to foamable oil-in-water emulsions containing: A) one or more emulsifiers, at least one of which is a non-ionic emulsifier, B) one or more cotensides, C) one or more oils, D) optionally, one or more polar solubilizers, E) optionally, auxiliary and additive substances, F) one or more surfactants, G) water, H) optionally, water-soluble substances, provided that the water content of the emulsion is ≥70% by weight and the concentration of surfactant(s) F) is from 0.01 to less than 10% by weight, each based on the entire emulsion. The invention further relates to a method for producing the oil-water emulsions according to the invention, to foams obtained from these oil-water emulsions, to a method for producing the foams, and to the application of the oil-water emulsions according to the invention and to the foams produced therefrom.
US09956422B2
Apparatus and methods for generating an induction waveform for performing threshold testing in an implantable medical device are disclosed. Such tests may be performed during the implant procedure, or during a device checkup procedure, or routinely during the lifetime of the device. The threshold test may include induction of an arrhythmia (such as ventricular fibrillation) followed by delivery of therapy at various progressively-increasing stimulation parameters to terminate the arrhythmia. As such, the capability to induce fibrillation within the device is desired. Induction of the arrhythmias may be accomplished via delivery of a relatively low energy shock or through delivery of an induction stimulation pulse to the cardiac tissue timed concurrently with the vulnerable period of the cardiac cycle.
US09956415B2
Embodiments include an epicardial heart stimulator that includes a housing and electric components arranged in the housing. The electric components include a stimulation unit, a stimulation control unit, and at least one stimulation electrode on the housing. The stimulation electrode is connected to the stimulation unit and to the stimulation control unit. The stimulation unit provides electric energy that corresponds to a stimulation pulse and delivers the stimulation pulse via the stimulation electrode upon a corresponding trigger signal of the stimulation control unit. The epicardial heart stimulator includes a sensing electrode on the housing that senses electric potentials and that is electrically connected to a sensing unit in the housing. The sensing unit is connected to the stimulation control unit. The stimulation control unit, in a corresponding operating mode, controls the delivery of a respective trigger signal in accordance with an output signal of the sensing unit.
US09956413B2
Techniques are provided for use with implantable medical devices to deliver packed pacing using split or bifurcated pulses of opposing polarity in different cardiac cycles. In one example, packed single-phase pulses are delivered by the device during a first cardiac cycle that serve to stimulate heart tissue. During the next cardiac cycle, packed single-phase stimulation pulse of opposing polarity are delivered that serve to recharge the pacing capacitors and also serve to stimulate heart tissue. By separating the pulses into separate cardiac cycles, near simultaneous multisite packed stimulation can be achieved within each cardiac cycle while providing for charge balancing and without interfering with sensing. Non-packed pacing with bifurcated pulses is also described.
US09956411B2
A current generation architecture for an implantable stimulator device such as an Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) is disclosed. Current source and sink circuitry are both divided into coarse and fine portions, which respectively can provide coarse and fine current resolutions to a specified electrode on the IPG. The coarse portion is distributed across all of the electrodes and so can source or sink current to any of the electrodes. The coarse portion is divided into a plurality of stages, each of which is capable via an associated switch bank of sourcing or sinking a coarse amount of current to or from any one of the electrodes on the device. The fine portion of the current generation circuit preferably includes source and sink circuitry dedicated to each of the electrode on the device, which can comprise digital-to-analog current converters (DACs).
US09956406B2
A method including reducing a stimulation artifact of an implantable stimulator including a plurality of stimulating electrodes by obtaining respective information on respective artifact voltages at a first location resulting from stimulation by one electrode group or respective electrode groups of the implanted stimulator and determining an adjustment regime based on the obtained information that results in a reduction of the stimulation artifact at the first location relative to that which would be the case in the absence of the regime.
US09956402B2
Radiopaque markers represent that a lead is suitable for a particular medical procedure such as a magnetic resonance image scan and are added to the lead or related device. The markers may be added after implantation of the lead in various ways including suturing, gluing, crimping, or clamping a radiopaque tag to the lead or to the device. The markers may be added by placing a radiopaque coil about the lead, and the radiopaque coil may radially contract against the lead to obtain a fixed position. The markers may be added by placing a polymer structure onto the lead where the polymer structure includes a radiopaque marker within it. The polymer structure may include a cylindrical aperture that contracts against the lead to fix the position of the structure. The polymer structure may form a lead anchor that includes suture wings that can be sutured to the lead.
US09956391B2
This disclosure relates to an in vivo treatment of a skin lesion of a mammal comprising application of electrical energy to the skin lesion in a form of electrical pulses. At least one electrical pulse is applied. The pulse duration may be at least 1 nanosecond at the full-width-half-maximum. This treatment may prevent at least growth of the lesion.
US09956373B2
A nitric oxide delivery system, which includes a gas bottle having nitrogen dioxide in air, converts nitrogen dioxide to nitric oxide and employs a surface-active material, such as silica gel, coated with an aqueous solution of antioxidant, such as ascorbic acid. A nitric oxide delivery system may be used to generate therapeutic gas including nitric oxide for use in delivering the therapeutic gas to a mammal.
US09956367B1
An airway device configured for intubation under blind or optionally under indirect vision of a fiber optic scope. It also configured to be used as a supraglottic airway device supporting external breathing or anesthesia circuits. The device comprises a tube system with expansion projections, a base, one or more inflation balloons, and a gastric suction tube. The device can include a stylet to guide endotracheal tube during intubation. The tube system can include an air tube and fiber-optic-probe tube. The balloon system can move the end of the tube system anteriorly to align it with the laryngeal opening. The balloon system can seal the airway leakage for low positive pressure ventilation for the device to operate as a supraglottic airway device. The inflation balloon and expansion projection can displace tissue that can block the airway path. The base can carry esophageal gastric drainage tube to the upper esophageal sphincter to block and drain gastric content regurgitation.
US09956364B2
Described are systems and methods for compensating long term sensitivity drift of catalytic type electrochemical gas sensors used in systems for delivering therapeutic nitric oxide (NO) gas to a patient by compensating for drift that may be specific to the sensors atypical use in systems for delivering therapeutic nitric oxide gas to a patient. In at least some instances, the long term sensitivity drift of catalytic type electrochemical gas sensors can be addressed using calibration schedules, which can factor in the absolute change in set dose of NO being delivered to the patient that can drive one or more baseline calibrations. The calibration schedules can be used reduce the amount of times the sensor goes offline. Systems and methods described may factor in actions occurring at the delivery system and/or aspects of the surrounding environment, prior to performing a baseline calibration, and may postpone the calibration and/or rejected using the sensor's output for the calibration.
US09956359B2
The invention of the present application relates to an apparatus to aid in administering inhaled pharmaceutical aerosol to a patient. The apparatus is used in conjunction with an aerosol delivery device. The apparatus comprises steps on the top and bottom of the apparatus, which when used aid the patient causes mandibular advancement, and opening of the mouth, causing opening of patient's airway, resulting in improved aerosol lung deposition. The invention also relates to a method of using such apparatus in a combination with an aerosol delivery device or a system, and to the mouthpiece of said apparatus.
US09956351B2
A dose delivery device is disclosed wherein a dose can be set by rotating a dose setting member, whereby a push button (4) is elevated from one end of the device a distance proportional to the set dose from a position fixed relative to the housing, and wherein the set dose can then be injected by pressing the push button back to its non-elevated position, through which motion a piston rod will move approximately the same distance. The invention provides a method of forcing a numbered scale drum to rotate both during dose setting and injection to allow the user to read the remaining dose at any time during setting and injecting a dose.
US09956347B2
The present disclosure concerns an attachment for an operable drug delivery device, comprising a gripping sleeve member that is configured to receive a first member of the operable drug delivery device, wherein the gripping sleeve member comprises a first gripping sleeve member part comprising a first engagement feature at its inner surface that is configured to engage the first gripping sleeve member part in a torque-proof manner with the first member of the operable drug delivery device. Further, the present invention concerns a use of the attachment or a system of attachments for operating the operable drug delivery device.
US09956346B2
A syringe includes a holding portion that accommodates an injection objective substance, a driving portion that applies injection energy, and a nozzle portion that includes a passage for injection, with these portions being loaded into a housing independently, whereby a state where the injection objective substance can be injected is established. The syringe includes a regulating means for regulating a loading position of the holding portion and the driving portion within the housing so that a loading state, where the holding portion and the driving portion are always loaded in the same order into the housing, is established for injection of the injection objective substance. Due to this, it is possible to facilitate injection of injection liquid ideal for various purposes and to improve user's convenience.
US09956342B2
The injection device includes a static structure including a first gear member. The injection device also includes a dynamic structure including a medicine container, a mechanism for pushing liquid medicine out of the medicine container for its injection to a patient, and a second gear member engaged with the first gear member. The injection device additionally includes a drive member for driving one of the first and second gear members so as to cause the dynamic structure to move relative to the static structure along a predetermined direction due to the engagement between the first and second gear members. The injection device further includes a clutch mechanism for maintaining engagement between the first and second gear members in normal condition of the injection device, and for allowing disengagement of the first and second gear members upon a shock received by the injection device along the predetermined direction.
US09956341B2
An automatic injection apparatus uses non-continuous fluid-flow of drugs to identify an intended injection site and includes a drive mechanism, a sensor and a controller for establishing fluid flow and pressure and preventing fluid flow until the pressure drops below a predetermined threshold. The pressure threshold is determined based on an internal pressure generated during an injection and more fluid will not flow until it drops below a predetermined pressure. An injection is performed to establish an initial pressure threshold and then to stop the fluid flow into a patient until the pressure drops below a predetermined pressure which allows fluid flow to resume, thus identifying a fluid filled tissue space. The initial pressure threshold is used as a control parameter to a microprocessor below which controls the rate of injection. Fluid flows below certain pressures are also used to identify a specific location within the body during injections.
US09956338B2
The invention relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a control unit, a drive unit, a pressurizing medium container arranged to contain a pressurizing liquid, a drug container arranged to contain a drug and a discharge nozzle, wherein the drive unit when controlled and energized by the control unit is arranged to generate a pressure gradient in the pressurizing liquid thereby propagating the pressure to the drug container and at least partially displacing the drug from the drug container through the discharge nozzle, wherein the drive unit is arranged as an electro-osmotic actor.
US09956334B2
The present invention provides a separation membrane for blood processing, comprising a polysulfone polymer, a hydrophilic polymer and a polymer having a hydroxy group in a side chain and having a solubility of 0.5 g or less in water (100 g) at 20° C., in which the content of the polymer falls within a specific range, and a blood processing apparatus having the membrane installed therein.
US09956324B2
The disclosure relates to a medical material including a copolymer having a repeating unit (A) represented by the following formula (1): wherein R11 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Z is an oxygen atom or —NH—, R12 is a C1-6 alkylene group, R13 and R14 are each independently a C1-4 alkyl group, and R15 is a C1-6 alkylene group, and a repeating unit (B) represented by the following formula (2): wherein R21 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R22 is a C1-6 alkylene group, and R23 is a C1-4 alkyl group. The repeating unit (A) is contained in a proportion of 0.6 to 7 mol % based on all the structural units of the copolymer. The disclosure makes it possible to provide a medical material and a medical device, which exhibit excellent antithrombogenicity even when used under severe conditions prone to thrombus formation.
US09956321B2
A tubular parison for forming a medical device balloon. The parison is formed of a polymeric material, for instance a thermoplastic elastomer. The parison has an elongation at break which is not more than 80% of the elongation of the bulk polymeric material. The elongation of the parison is controlled by altering extrusion conditions. Balloons prepared from the parisons provide higher wall strength and/or higher inflation durability than balloons prepared from conventional parisons of the same material.
US09956320B2
This invention provides a new class of medical devices and implants comprising amorphous metal alloys. The medical devices and implants may be temporary or permanent and may comprise other materials as well, such as polymers, ceramics, and conventional crystalline or polycrystalline metal alloys.Specifically, this invention provides implantable surgical fabrics comprising amorphous metal alloys. The presence of amorphous metal alloys in these fabrics can serve a variety of purposes, including structurally reinforcing the surgical fabric and/or imparting to the fabric the ability to shield against harmful radiation. The fabric may be used inside or outside the body during medical procedures. Further, the implantable surgical fabrics may be woven or non-woven fabrics.
US09956319B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods useful for removing microorganisms and/or biofilm-embedded microorganisms from the surface of a medical device or subject's body. The present invention further includes compositions and methods useful for coating medical devices. The present invention further includes compositions and methods useful for preventing or reducing the growth or proliferation of microorganisms and/or biofilm-embedded microorganisms on the surface of a medical device or subject's body.
US09956317B2
Methods and kits for producing cellular fractions enriched in adipose derived stem cells. Methods are provided where adipose tissue obtained from liposuction is enzymatically treated using a solution containing collagenase and divalent cations prior to the application of traditional methods of stromal-vascular fraction isolation. The enzymatic solutions may contain collagenase types I and II to a final concentration of about 0.001 mg/ml to 0.010 mg/ml. The divalent cations may be present as calcium, magnesium, and zinc chloride. The final concentration of calcium, magnesium, and zinc may range from about 0.001 to 0.1 micromolar; about 0.005 to 0.5 micromolar; and about 0.0015 to 0.15 micromolar, respectively. The enzymatic solutions may be generated using a kit where the collagenase and divalent components are held in separate containers until just prior to use. The cellular fractions isolated in this manner may be used in autologous fat grafts in therapeutic applications.
US09956313B2
Featured are a biocompatible, injectable, self-setting, cohesive, bone-bonding and remodeling calcium phosphate composite material and its use in methods of repairing defective bone, e.g., in vertebroplasty augmentation and kyphoplasty.
US09956309B1
Technologies (e.g., devices, systems and methods) for sanitizing reservoirs of humidifiers are described. In some embodiments, the technologies include a sanitization gas system and a connector unit. The connector unit is configured to install into a portion (e.g., wall, bottom, top, or lid) of a reservoir, such as a reservoir of a humidifier. The connector unit includes an inlet passageway for supplying sanitizing gas (e.g., ozone) into the reservoir, and an outlet passageway for removing sanitizing gas from the reservoir. In some embodiments at least a portion of the outlet passageway is disposed radially around the inlet passageway. The sanitization gas system may provide a sanitizing gas to the inlet passageway and receive the sanitizing gas from the outlet passageway.
US09956307B2
Devices, methods, and systems for a luer connector treatment device are described herein. The luer connector treatment device may include one or multiple sources of UV radiation configured to emit UV radiation capable of sterilizing the contents of a treatment chamber while a first medical device (e.g., catheter) is connected to a secondary medical device, and while the first medical device is separate from a secondary medical device. Sources of UV radiation may be located along both a cap and body of the luer connector treatment device.
US09956305B2
A method of reducing radiation exposure of a non-cancerous tissue of a patient diagnosed with a cancer includes administering to the patient an agent capable of competing for binding sites on a surface of the non-cancerous tissue, provided that the administration is carried out after a waiting period that follows administration of a compound including a radionuclide to the patient, the compound having affinity for both a cancerous tissue and the non-cancerous tissue, and, further provided that the binding sites have an affinity for both the agent and the compound.
US09956300B2
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to compositions, methods, and systems (e.g., platforms) comprising the same, the systems comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of micro- and macro-hydrogels that are formed from polypeptide micelles. The systems have enhanced mechanical properties that can be useful in a wide variety of applications, can be used for controlled release of drug-loaded micelles, and can be designed to reversibly assemble and disassemble on demand.
US09956272B2
Methods for preparing Factor X, activated Factor X, inactivated factor X and inactivated factor Xa, compositions comprising Factor X and Factor Xa, inactivated Factor X and inactivated Factor Xa and methods of medical treatment using Factor X, Factor Xa, activated Factor X and inactivated Factor Xa are disclosed. The preparation methods comprise a chromatography step using an immobilised metal ion affinity chromatography substrate.
US09956259B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating obesity which comprises the green tea (Camellia sinensis L.) seed husk extract or the fraction thereof as an active ingredient. The green tea seed husk extract exhibits a significant vasculogenesis suppressing effect and has been confirmed to be effective in reducing adipocytes and body weight, and thus the green tea seed husk extract can advantageously be used as an active ingredient in a composition for preventing and treating obesity, a health food for preventing and alleviating obesity, or a pharmaceutical composition for vasculogenesis suppression.
US09956257B2
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a canola extract comprising greater than 30% sinapic acid, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods thereof.
US09956254B2
The present invention provides a method for treating an ocular disease in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering an effective amount of an extract of Taiwanese propolis (TP) or an active component thereof to the subject. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition for treating an ocular disease, which comprises an effective amount of an extract of TP or an active component thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US09956252B2
Compositions having a combination of specific biological components have been found to exert a number of useful effects in mammalian cells, including modulating TGF β signaling, apoptosis, and proliferation of mammalian cells, as well as decreasing inflammation in mice. These components can be obtained commercially, or can be prepared from biological tissues such as placental tissues. Placental amniotic membrane (AM) preparations described herein include AM pieces, AM extracts, AM jelly, AM stroma, and mixtures of these compositions with additional components. The compositions can be used to treat various diseases, such as wound healing, inflammation and angiogenesis-related diseases.
US09956248B2
This invention provides a fluid therapeutic placental product comprising placental cells and a placental dispersion comprising placental factors. The placental cells and the placental dispersion are derived from placental tissue. A placental tissue can optionally be an amnion, chorion, or a trophoblast-depleted chorion. The placental product of the present invention is useful in treating a patient with a tissue injury (e.g. wound or burn) by applying the placental product to the injury. Similar application is useful with ligament and tendon repair and for engraftment procedures such as bone engraftment.
US09956247B2
Nucleases and methods of using these nucleases for inserting a sequence encoding a therapeutic protein such as an enzyme into a cell, thereby providing proteins or cell therapeutics for the provision of proteins lacking or deficient in subjects with a lysosomal storage disease and treatment and/or prevention of lysosomal storage diseases.
US09956243B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical product comprising a) as a first component an inhibitor of the MDM2-p53 interaction such as, for example: and b) as a second component cytarabine; as a combined preparation for the sequential or simultaneous use in the treatment of cancer.
US09956240B2
Methods for treating a mammal that is infected by a parasitic organism are provided, along with pharmaceutical compositions and compounds. The method includes administering to the mammal the pharmaceutical composition of FIG. 1, where: R1, R2, R3, and R4 comprises, independently, H, OH, NH2, SH, a halogen, or an organic group or a derivative thereof; X1 is O, NH, CH2, or S; m is 0 or 1; X2 comprises an organic linkage, such as CH2; n is an integer from 0 to 10; and R5 comprises an aromatic organic group.
US09956239B2
The present invention relates to compounds and methods for treating retroviral infections and/or Hepatitis B viral infections. Some compounds of the invention are described by Formula I: or a stereoisomer, a diastereomer, an enantiomer or racemate thereof.
US09956211B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising a lipophilic local anaesthetic, preferably bupivacaine or a pharmaceutically active salt thereof, which are formulated for local administration to the mouth or throat of a subject. The compositions are useful in the treatment or alleviation of pain, burning or xerostomia of the oral cavity, pharynx, oral mucosa and pharyngeal mucosa or for use in providing local anesthesia of the oral cavity, pharynx, oral mucosa and pharyngeal mucosa. In particular in the treatment of pain, burning or xerostomia, which is caused by a disease such as oral mucositis, Burning Mouth Syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, xerostomia, periodontitis, toothache, tonsillectomy, throat infection or mononucleosis, canker sores and aphthous stomatitis.
US09956209B2
A compound of formula (I): which is 4-(3-fluoro-3-(2-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridin-2-yl)ethyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-3-(3-(2-methoxyethoxy)phenyl)butanoic acid, or a salt thereof.
US09956208B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof which may be useful in the treatment and/or prevention of various conditions. The present invention also provides methods of preparing such compounds and compositions, and methods of using the same.
US09956205B2
Crystalline polymorph forms of 2-(5-bromo-4-(4-cyclopropyl naphthalen-1-yl)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylthio)acetic acid are described. Pharmaceutical compositions and the uses of such compounds, compound forms, and compositions for the treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions are also presented.
US09956195B2
A stable liposomal formulation for ocular delivery. The formulation contains a liposome that includes at least one lipid bilayer containing a phosphatidylcholine, and a prostaglandin F2α encapsulated in the liposome. Also provided is a method for treating an ocular disorder with the formulation.
US09956178B2
Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device for delivering the agents. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade to release the drug into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.
US09956172B2
The present invention provides, in some aspects, bilayered and trilayered pharmaceutical implant compositions for the unidirectional delivery of anti-cancer compounds to the brain over a period of time (e.g., several weeks, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 days, or 1, 2, 3, weeks, or any range derivable therein) following the removal of glioblastoma multiforme or other malignant tumors in the brain.
US09956169B2
A fast-dissolving dosage form (FDDF) for the delivery of a vaccine is prepared using a formulation containing a starch, optionally, along with at least one additional matrix forming agent, preferably, a combination of gelatin and mannitol, where an immune response is induced in a patient in need thereof.
US09956167B2
Described is an intra-mammary teat sealant and a corresponding method of forming a physical barrier in the teat canal of a non-human animal for prophylactic treatment of mammary disorders during the animal's dry period. The method includes the step of infusing a teat seal formulation including a metal salt in a glyceride-containing gel base into the teat canal of the animal. The method also prevents the formation of black spot defect in dairy products, especially cheddar cheese, made from the milk of animals so treated.
US09956162B2
A hair care composition that prevents hair loss and stimulates hair growth is disclosed. The hair care composition of the present invention comprises natural ingredients including one and/or more carrier oils, one and/or more essential oils, and fragrance oil. The preferred embodiment including Shea Butter, Extra Virgin Olive oil, Jojoba oil, Vanilla fragrance oil, Peppermint essential oil, Lavender essential oil, Tea Tree essential oil, Clary Sage essential oil, and Rosemary essential oil is provided.
US09956156B2
The present invention relates to compositions for and methods of retarding hair loss or facilitating hair growth comprising a hair growth active and a C8-C24 alcohol ester of a carboxylic acid.
US09956152B2
A skin-protection composition is shown that comprises stilbenoid(s) and/or stilbenoid-containing extract(s) obtained from Dendrobium plants, such as Dendrobium officinale and Dendrobium nobile for the management of melanogenesis, skin-darkening and skin-aging. More particularly, the usage of Dendrobium ingredients and stilbenoids is shown to reduce the formation of melanin in melanocytes. The usage of Dendrobium ingredients and stilbenoids is also shown to reduce the generation of reactive oxygen species and oxidative free radicals. The use of Dendrobium-derived extracts or ingredients or stilbenoids is shown in the formulation of skin-protection, skin-whitening and/or anti-skin aging products.
US09956147B2
The invention relates to a cosmetic composition in particular in the form of an emulsion for topical application to keratin materials, in particular the skin, comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: (i) at least one dispersion (pre-dispersion) of bismuth oxychloride (CI 77163) in an oily dispersant chosen from a) monoesters of formula R1COOR2 in which R1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon-based chain comprising from 4 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably from 4 to 30 carbon atoms, and preferentially from 7 to 20 carbon atoms, and R2 represents a branched hydrocarbon-based chain containing from 3 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably from 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and preferentially from 16 to 26 carbon atoms; b) oils whose solubility parameter at 25° C., δa, is greater than 6 (J/cm3)1/2, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) at least one oil chosen from hydrocarbon-based oils having a refractive index greater than 1.42 and a solubility parameter at 25° C., δa, greater than 1 (J/cm3)1/2, silicone oils, in particular phenyl silicone oils, and mixtures thereof. Applied to the skin, this composition imparts a luminous effect to the complexion.
US09956144B2
A process for reducing the particle size of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) while maintaining its polymorphic form, comprises the step of processing the active pharmaceutical ingredient by cavitation at elevated pressure. The process preferably comprises the step of isolating the processed active ingredient in the form of powder, wherein the isolation step comprises filtration or spray drying. Particles produced by the process of the invention typically have a span value of less than 2.5.
US09956143B2
An apparatus for transferring a chosen quantity of medication from a vial to a container under sterile conditions is described. The present invention further facilitates dissolving solid medications contained in the vial or diluting concentrated medications contained in the vial, and transferring the resulting solutions to the container. The container may be an intravenous infuser.
US09956130B2
There is provided an upper limb rehabilitation robot including: a base frame that has a side to which a connecting support is rotatably laterally connected; a connecting shaft unit that is rotatably disposed at a side of the connecting support; a link unit that has a side coupled to the connecting shaft unit and the other side with an upper limb connector mounted to enable a person who needs rehabilitation to connect an upper limb; an active actuator that rotates a connecting shaft unit; and a manual actuator that generates resistant torque against rotation to the connecting shaft unit.
US09956129B2
A weight cover (10) for therapeutic treatment has a plurality of elements (20) placed in a plurality of channels (12) between fabric layers of the weight cover to increase its weight. The channels are arranged in parallel along the length of the cover. The elements (20) are each configured as a closed case containing oblong fibers, which form weighted bands (20), and which follow the shape of the body of a user. The weighted bands contain a constant number of fibers per length unit. The weight cover has an insulating textile layer (42). The weighted bands (20) has a first fastening mean (22) that is in engagement with a second fastening mean (44) of the weight cover (10).
US09956127B2
An occupant support system for supporting an occupant comprises a frame, an articulable assembly which includes an upper body section, and a motion control system arranged to rotate the upper body section by an amount Δα relative to the frame, to translate the upper body section along the frame by an amount ΔCS, and to translate the upper body section by an amount ΔBS in a direction parallel to the upper body section. Both ΔBS and ΔCS are a function of Δα.
US09956126B2
A method of transporting a patient may include providing a medical pod having a pallet forming a floor structure and including sidewalls extending upwardly from the pallet to a roof section to form a container. The method may additionally include coupling a patient restraint system to the floor structure using a transport system located on the floor structure, and moving the patient restraint system from a first position to a second position using the transport system.
US09956113B2
A method for maintaining and/or increasing body temperature of a patient may involve delivering heat to a first location on a limb of the patient, delivering heat to a second location on the limb, apart from the first location, and applying intermittent compression to a third location on the limb, located between the first location and the second location. A device for maintaining and/or increasing body temperature of a patient may include a sleeve for positioning over at least part of one of the patient's limbs, first and second heat delivery members coupled with the sleeve, and an intermittent compression member coupled with the sleeve between the first and second heat delivery members.
US09956100B2
A convertible nephroureteral catheter is used in the treatment of urinary system complications, particularly on the need for a single surgically delivered device to treat patients who must be seen by an interventional radiologist (IR). In many current procedures, patients need to return to the operating room to remove a previously delivered nephroureteral catheter to exchange this catheter with a fully implanted ureteral stent delivered though the same access site at the flank. The present convertible nephroureteral catheter reduces the need to return for a second surgical procedure. Two weeks after initial implantation, the proximal portion of the convertible nephroureteral catheter extending out from the body may simply be removed. A simple action at the catheter hub allows this proximal portion to be removed, leaving behind the implanted ureteral stent within the patient's urinary system. Other medical procedures, devices, and technologies may benefit from the described convertible catheter.
US09956091B2
A method for inserting an intervertebral disc prosthesis into a space between two vertebrae involves inserting the prosthesis partway into the space under constraint to prevent endplates of the prosthesis from articulating, releasing the prosthesis from constraint, and inserting the unconstrained prosthesis farther into the space. In some embodiments, the method involves grasping the prosthesis with a grasping device to insert the prosthesis partway under constraint, loosing the grasping device to release the prosthesis from constraint, and pushing the prosthesis farther into the disc space using the grasping device and/or one or more separate pusher devices. A system includes a grasping device, at least one separate pushing device, and optionally a vertebral spreading device and/or a vertebral midline indicator device.
US09956086B2
An intervertebral implant, alone and in combination with an insertion tool for inserting same and a method for inserting same. The implant has upper and lower parts which have universal movement relative to each other. Each of the upper and lower parts also has a surface engaging an adjacent vertebrae. Each part has a keel extending from said surface into a cutout in the adjacent vertebrae, and each keel has an anterior opening recess therein. An insert tool has a pair of arms which are received in the recess of the keels through the anterior opening to securely hold and insert the implant. Projections and matching indentations in each arm and the base of its recess securely attached each arm within its keel.
US09956082B2
A method for treating arthritis of a joint includes identifying a bone lesion in a bone adjacent to the joint; and implanting in the bone a reinforcing member in or adjacent to the bone lesion. A kit for conducting the method includes: (a) at least one reinforcing member having a proximal face adapted to face the joint, a distal face adapted to face away from the joint, and a wedge-shaped edge adapted to pierce bone, wherein the at least one reinforcing member is planar and sterile; and (b) a container adapted to maintain the at least one reinforcing member sterile. Another kit includes: (a) a sterile fluid; (b) a syringe for injecting the fluid into a bone; (c) a curing agent adapted to cure the fluid to polymerize and/or cross-link; and (d) a container adapted to maintain the sterility of contents of the container.
US09956073B2
An intraocular lens (IOL) system includes an active lens element to provide dynamic optical power for active accommodation. The active lens element has mechanical indentations disposed along a perimeter of the active lens element and the mechanical indentations form structurally weakened locations in the active lens element. A first pair of the mechanical indentations defines terminal ends of a first folding line extending between the first pair of the mechanical indentations, and the first pair of the mechanical indentations promotes folding of the active lens element along the first folding line. The IOL system also includes control circuitry coupled to the active lens element to control the active lens element during the active accommodation.
US09956071B2
Adjustable length surgical screws and inserters for adjustable length surgical screws and methods of using the screws and inserters are provided. In general, a fixation device such as a surgical screw can be configured to have an adjustable length. The fixation device can have one or more break points along a longitudinal axis thereof. In an exemplary implementation, the fixation device can include a plurality of break points. The plurality of break points can be formed at different predetermined axial positions along the fixation device's longitudinal axis. The fixation device can be configured to break at each of its one or more break points, for example breaking along a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fixation device.
US09956066B2
A dilator/manipulator for use in treating pelvic organ prolapse, including a support member having a proximal end, a distal end, and an adjustable width, and a handle extending upwardly at an angle from the support member. Also included are methods for surgically correcting pelvic organ prolapse with the use of such a dilator/manipulator.
US09956060B2
A dental abutment, or a dental implant having an integrated abutment, in which the occlusal part of the abutment to which the dental prosthesis is to be cemented features a shoulder having a reverse margin. At the point where the shoulder meets the outer profile of the gingival part of the abutment, the shoulder is at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal center axis of the abutment, thereby causing any cement ejected during mounting of the prosthesis to be ejected in a direction away from the gingiva.
US09956057B2
A method is for manufacturing a cartridge (10, 27, 30) for containing and meterably dispensing a reservoir (11) contained flowable dental material (36). The reservoir (11) is connected to a cannula section (14) for dispensing the dental material (36). A separate functional element (15) is connected to the cannula section (14). The cartridge (10, 27, 30) is manufactured together with the functional element (15) according to a multicomponent injection molding method. The functional element (15) is designed as a detachable closing element. The functional element (15) and the cartridge (10, 27, 30) are positioned during the manufacture such that the functional element (15) is mounted at least partially in the cannula section (14). The functional element (15) has a plug part (16) for closing the cannula section (14) and a cannula duct (24) of the cannula section (14) is filled at least partially with the plug part (16).
US09956055B2
A disposable marker for use in preparation for medical procedures. The marker is made of plastic or such similar material that does not show up on an x-ray monitor. The marker includes one or more metallic elements that have an elongated aspect disposed in proximity to the marker tip. As such, a clinician may introduce the marker into an x-ray field and view it in space by following the metallic element an x-ray monitor.
US09956054B2
A computer system that provides situational awareness and feedback during a surgical procedure is described. During operation, the computer system generates stereoscopic images at a first 3-dimensional (3D) location in an individual, where the stereoscopic images include image parallax and are based on data having a discrete spatial resolution and a predefined surgical plan for the individual. Then, the computer system provides the stereoscopic images to a display. When a surgical tool is advanced, location information of the surgical tool is updated in the stereoscopic images displayed are updated. Alternatively or additionally, When location information indicates a deviation from the predefined surgical plan during the surgical procedure, the computer system generates revised stereoscopic images that indicate: the deviation has occurred an update to the predefined surgical plan and/or how to return to the predefined surgical plan.
US09956041B2
A robotic device for performing intracranial procedures, comprising a baseplate for mounting on the subject's skull and a rotatable base element rotating on the baseplate. The rotatable base element has a central opening through which a cannulated needle can protrude such that it can rotate around an axis perpendicular to the baseplate. This cannulated needle is robotically controlled to provide motion into and out of the subject's skull. A flexible needle is disposed coaxially within the cannulated needle, and it is controlled to move into and out of a non-axial aperture in the distal part of the cannulated needle. Coordinated control of the insertion motion of the cannulated and flexible needles, and rotation of the combined cannulated/flexible needle assembly enables access to be obtained to a volume of a region of the brain having lateral dimensions substantially larger than the width of the cannulated needle.
US09956040B1
A laser ablation surgery system with a safety control of non-target tissue temperature and laser ablation surgery method are provided. The system includes a laser source configured to produce a laser beam at a wavelength absorbable by a target issue through an optical fiber connected thereto, a temperature sensor disposed at an irrigation fluid outlet of a flow sheath of a continuous flow endoscope, and a system control operably connected to the laser source and the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is configured to monitor the temperature of an effluent exiting a body cavity adjacent to the target issue during a laser ablation surgery. The system control includes at least one predetermined effluent temperature threshold and a laser control mechanism. The system control is configured to activate the laser control mechanism when the temperature sensor senses the temperature of the effluent exceeding the predetermined effluent temperature threshold.
US09956030B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing that supports an elongated shaft. A selectively movable drive rod extends through the elongated shaft and carries a cam pin in a longitudinal direction. An end effector for surgically treating tissue is supported by the elongated shaft and includes upper and lower jaw members pivotally coupled to one another about a pivot axis. The upper jaw member includes a first pair of laterally spaced flanges, and the lower jaw member includes a second pair of laterally spaced flanges defining a camming slot for engaging the cam pin. The flanges are arranged in an offset configuration where one flange of the upper jaw member is positioned on a laterally exterior side of a corresponding flange of the lower jaw member, and the other flange of the upper jaw member is positioned on a laterally interior side of the other flange of the lower jaw member.
US09956027B2
A device and method for detecting faults in a shield of an electrosurgical instrument is described. The device has a relay configured to selectively interrupt power to the electrosurgical instrument, monitoring circuitry configured to monitor a shield in the electrosurgical instrument, control circuitry to control the relay, and a battery power source. The monitoring circuitry has an envelope detector and an detected average shield current detector. The monitoring circuitry is configured to compare a shield current peak value to a shield current peak threshold value, and to compare an detected average shield current value to an detected average shield current threshold value. The device is further configured to operatively couple an active electrode of an electrosurgical instrument and a return electrode to an electrosurgical generator.
US09956026B2
A blood vessel cauterizing tool assembly includes a housing that has a first end, a second end and a perimeter wall which is attached to and extends between the first and second ends. A cauterizing rod is attached to the housing and extends outwardly away from the first end. A power source is mounted within the housing and is electrically coupled to the cauterizing rod. A switch is mounted on the housing and is operationally coupled to the power source and the cauterizing rod. The switch is actuated to turn the cauterizing rod on or off. A pull tab extends through the perimeter wall and is positioned in a cut off position breaking a circuit between the switch and the power source. The pull tab is removable from the housing to close the circuit.
US09956025B2
A method, system, and device for predicting lesion quality. Specifically, lesion quality may be predicted based on an assessment of pulmonary vein occlusion using injection of an impedance-modifying agent and evaluation of changes in impedance measurements recorded by an electrode located distal to an occlusion element of the treatment device used to inject the impedance-modifying agent. The quality of the occlusion may be rated based on the changes in impedance over time within the pulmonary vein. For example, the quality of the occlusion may be rated as being good, fair, or poor. This assessment may be quickly and easily communicated to an operator.
US09956024B2
A system and method for providing greater control over the temperature of a thermal treatment element of a medical device, enabling an operator to extend a thawing period of a cryoablation procedure. The system may include a fluid flow path that bypasses a subcooler, giving the operator selective control over the temperature of refrigerant delivered to the treatment element and, therefore, treatment element temperature. Additionally or alternatively, the system may include a fluid delivery conduit that is in communication with a liquid refrigerant and a gaseous refrigerant. Adjustment of the ratio of liquid to gaseous refrigerant also offers control over the treatment element temperature. Additionally or alternatively, the system may include one or more valves and/or heating elements in the fluid delivery and recovery conduits to control the treatment element temperature.
US09956022B2
A forceps includes a shaft defining first opposed distal recesses, a drive bar slidably disposed within the shaft and defining second opposed distal recesses, and an end effector assembly including first and second jaw members. Each jaw member defines a proximal flange and a distal jaw body. The proximal flanges each define an aperture and a cam slot. A pivot pin extends through the apertures with ends of the pivot pin extending outwardly from the jaw members to be at least partially disposed within the first recesses and fixedly engaged therewith. A drive pin extends through the cam slots with ends of the drive pin extending outwardly from the jaw members to be at least partially disposed within the second recesses and fixedly engaged therewith such that translation of the drive bar relative to the end effector assembly pivots the jaw members between spaced-apart and approximated positions.
US09956017B2
A bone plate and method for use thereof affords use of at least two surgical approaches to attach the bone plate to a fractured bone to facilitate reduction and repair thereof. The bone plate includes two domains extending in different directions from a transition zone. The directions in which each of the two domains extend are generally opposite, and the transition zone is configured to afford portions of the two domains to be substantially disposed in planes that are transverse to one another.
US09956014B2
A method for joining two or more segments of a bone implant comprises the steps of placing a plurality of thin layers of an intermetallic material between first and second segments of the bone implant and applying a mechanical load to the plurality of layers. In a subsequent step, the plurality of layers are ignited by applying an external activation energy thereto, the ignition heating the plurality of layers to a reaction temperature and causing the segments to become affixed to one another after cooling.
US09956009B1
A posterior cervical fixation system including an occipital plate member, a cross connector, a pair of elongated spinal rods and a plurality of polyaxial screws. The occipital plate member configured for fixing to an occipital bone comprises an aperture to receive a bone anchor member to secure the occipital plate member to the occipital bone and at least one rod clamping element dimensioned to receive at least one spinal rod. The cross connector secures the pair of elongated spinal rods to vertebral bodies. The cross connector includes a pair of collet connectors and a cross bar that is configured to secure the pair of elongated spinal rods in a desired distance. Each polyaxial screw has an anchor head associated with a fastening member. The pair of elongated spinal rods is configured to extend along the vertebral bodies between the occipital plate member and at least one of the polyaxial screws.
US09956003B2
A bone fastener includes a first member having an inner surface defining an implant cavity and at least one mating element. A second member is disposed with the first member and is configured to penetrate tissue. A part is moveable relative to the second member and configured for disposal of an implant. The at least one mating element is engageable such that the first member is moveable relative to the second member to dispose the implant at a desired orientation relative to the second member. Implants, systems, constructs, instruments and methods are disclosed.
US09955998B2
A surgical access device includes a seal assembly having an outer seal housing, an inner seal housing, and a seal cooperating with the inner seal housing, the outer seal housing defining a central longitudinal axis and having a longitudinal passage for receiving at least one surgical object therethrough. The surgical access device also includes a bellows configured to engage at least a portion of the inner seal housing cooperating with the seal, the bellows dimensioned and adapted to establish a biasing relationship with the seal. The seal is adapted for lateral movement relative to the central longitudinal axis of the outer seal housing and the bellows is configured to be attached to a proximal wall of the outer seal housing.
US09955992B2
The invention relates to a tissue morcellator for minimally invasive surgery. The morcellator has a metallic cutting ring mounted on a visually transparent hollow cylinder, which in combination with a visually transparent outer morcellator tube enables a surgeon to visualize the inside of the morcellator shaft for detection of loose tissue fragments in the device. A tenaculum used with the morcellation device has a spacer for preventing contact with the blade. The cutting tube can oscillate, rather than rotate, along the longitudinal axis of the cutting tube. The morcellator utilizes an extendable tissue guide on the outer tube of the morcellator shaft for preventing the tissue from rotating along the longitudinal axis of the morcellator tube. This allows the tissue to be continuously rotated into the morcellator device for continuous peel. The tissue guide can also be fully retracted to allow for coring of the bulk tissue.
US09955989B2
A manipulator including an elongated shaft, at least one joint disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a manipulating part via which a movement instruction for the joint is input, and a driving unit that drives the joint according to the movement instruction input via the manipulating part. The manipulating part includes a handle fixed to the shaft and gripped in one hand of an operator, a displaceable member that is disposed at a position along which at least one finger of the hand gripping the handle can be extended and that can be displaced by a movement of the finger extending therealong, and a sensor that detects displacement of the displaceable member and outputs it as the movement instruction.
US09955985B2
Apparatus and methods relating to a medical retrieval device that may include or be used with a catheter. A basket is included with an opening that is oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction in which the catheter extends. The basket may be extended and/or retracted relative to the catheter, and/or may be expanded and/or contracted to, for example, facilitate ensnaring and extraction of a foreign body, object, or polyp, etc. from a patient's esophagus, biliary tree, GI tract, urinary tract, abdominal cavity, kidney, bile duct, urethra, etc.
US09955975B2
The present invention provides a surgical clamp comprising a temperature sensitive shape memory material, the clamp capable of taking up a first form in which the clamp (6) is shaped to at least partially encircle a tubular structure (14); a second form shaped to substantially completely encircle the tubular structure (14) and constrict it, the clamp changing from the first form to the second form above the transition temperature of the shape memory material; and a third form derived from the first form by resilient deformation of the clamp in its first form. The present invention also provides applicators for delivering the clamps and kits comprising the clamps.
US09955974B2
A device for treating a diverticulum includes a containment device and a bushing. The containment device includes an elongate conduit. The bushing is in the conduit of the containment device. The bushing includes a heat-shrink material. The bushing has a first tubular shape including a first open end and a second open end. At least a portion of the diverticulum in an inverted state is positionable into the first open end. The bushing is configured to transform from the first tubular shape toward a second shape upon heating the heat-shrink material. The second shape includes at least a portion of the bushing radially inward relative to the first tubular shape. The bushing in the second shape is configured to hold the diverticulum in a radially compressed inverted state.
US09955969B2
A system and method for joining an end of a tubular prosthesis to the wall of a vessel wherein an anvil is inserted into the vessel through an opening in the vessel wall produced by a cutting surface on the anvil. The anvil is operated via an anvil handle which may extend through the tubular prosthesis. The tubular prosthesis is guided to the opening in the vessel wall whereupon jaws clamp the prosthesis around the anvil. Staples mounted on the jaws engage the anvil and are bent to thereby staple the end of the tubular prosthesis to the vessel wall. A cutting edge may be mounted to the anvil and utilized to create an enlarged hole to permit blood flow into the tubular prosthesis and to permit removal of the anvil from the vessel.
US09955966B2
A surgical device adapter for coupling an end effector to a handle assembly is provided. The surgical device adapter includes a housing and a drive mechanism disposed within the housing and couplable to the handle assembly and the end effector. The surgical device adapter also includes a drive coupling assembly coupled to the surgical device adapter and selectively couplable to the handle assembly. The drive coupling assembly includes retraction assembly movable from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the retraction assembly is disengaged from the drive mechanism and in the second configuration the retraction assembly is engaged with the drive mechanism and prevents coupling of the handle assembly to the surgical device adapter.
US09955959B2
A rotatable arm is provided which provides an ability to rotate a working end of an instrument such as a surgical retractor. Rotation of a key hub transfers torque to a drive hub which causes an extension or retraction of a lead screw along a center axis of the rotating arm. The extension or retraction forces a drive pin to bear against sides of helical slots of a driven tip, producing a rotation of the driven tip along a pitch line of the helical slots. The driven tip is connected to the working end such that the two rotate together. The rotatable arm has a low profile, a non-reversible torque transmission, and may be hermetically sealed.
US09955957B2
A tissue displacing and fastening device is provided for manipulating and fastening tissue together. The device includes a tissue displacing elements, which displaces tissue. A fold is formed from the displaced tissue and the tissue is fastened together to secure the fold.
US09955939B2
A stethoscope system may include an array of sensors, which may include pressure sensors. The array may be implemented in a wearable “patch” that is conformable to a patient's body. The stethoscope system may include a control system that is capable of receiving signals from the array of sensors. The signals may, for example, correspond to measurements from multiple pressure sensors of the array. The control system may be capable of combining signals from multiple pressure sensors to produce combined signals. The control system may be capable of filtering the combined signals to remove, at least in part, breathing signal components and to produce filtered signals. The control system may be capable of determining a correspondence between heart signal components of the filtered signals and corresponding heart valve activity.
US09955935B2
A radiography apparatus and a method for controlling the radiography apparatus are provided. The radiography apparatus includes a radiographer configured to acquire a first radiation image of a subject before a contrast reagent is injected into the subject, and acquire a second radiation image of the subject after the contrast reagent is injected into the subject. The radiography apparatus further includes an image processor configured to calculate a difference between data of a pixel of the first radiation image and data of a pixel of the second radiation image, for each of pixels of the first radiation image, and acquire an image of the subject based the difference for each of the pixels of the first radiation image.
US09955932B2
A method for image acquisition includes selectively concealing and exposing an x-ray source to a target object while the x-ray source travels along a first path and moving an x-ray detector along a second path in a first direction while the x-ray source is exposed to the target object. The method further includes moving the x-ray detector along the second path in a second direction generally opposite the first direction while the x-ray source is concealed from the target object.
US09955928B2
The invention relates to a medical computed tomography imaging apparatus which is especially designed to enable cranial imaging. The structure of the apparatus includes a gantry (2) comprising imaging means (21, 22) and a positioning support (8) which positioning support (8) is arranged to position the patient's cranium for exposure such that, when exposed, the cranium is scanned by a radiation beam substantially parallel with a plane formed by the facial area of the cranium and substantially only in an area on the facial side of the cranium.
US09955927B2
A system for accurately detecting a patient's movement during imaging procedures includes a camera for providing a stream of camera images of a part of a patient's exterior and a fiducial element mountable on part of the patient's exterior. The fiducial element is detectable in the stream of images. An image processor is configured to detect a displacement of the fiducial element based on consecutive images including in at least the stream of images and to generate an output signal indicative of the displacement. The fiducial element has an in-plane stiffness which is substantially larger than an in-plane stiffness of the part of the patient's exterior. In addition, the fiducial element and the part of the patient's exterior are provided with substantially equal outer in-plane dimensions.
US09955924B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for magnetic nanoparticle temperature imaging. Particularly, the present methods involve applying different combinations of magnetic fields to magnetic nanoparticles placed in a one-dimensional space, collecting AC magnetization signals of the magnetic nanoparticles, and analyzing the collected signals to obtain in vivo temperature information of the one-dimensional space. Different exciting magnetic fields are applied to the magnetic nanoparticles, so that one-dimensional temperature imaging is transformed into single-point temperature measurement of each minizone, and one-dimensional temperature imaging can be precisely and quickly achieved without knowing the concentration distribution of the magnetic nanoparticles.
US09955914B2
Devices and methods for detecting meal intake are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, one or more sensors can be used to detect or monitor physiological parameters of a user (e.g., heart rate, body movements, temperature, pH, impedance, gastric stretch, sound emissions, and the like). The outputs of the sensors can be received by a computer system configured to analyze the sensor data and make a determination as to whether meal intake has occurred or is presently occurring. The computer system's determination can be used to trigger, modulate, or otherwise control one or more therapeutic devices. Other types of devices can also be controlled using this determination, such as monitoring or logging devices.
US09955913B2
A cardiac monitoring system including a long term ECG monitoring unit configured to be supported by the patient for long periods of time, including a power source, one or more electrodes electrically attached to the long term ECG monitoring unit and configured to be worn by the patient for extended periods of time, circuitry for receiving an ECG signal of the patient via the electrodes, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the circuitry for monitoring the ECG signal of the patient.
US09955912B2
A magnetometer-based monitoring system comprising a magnet integrated with an object whose disposition is to be monitored, a first magnetometer secured in proximity to the object, and a second magnetometer secured at a fixed distance from the first magnetometer in proximity to the object. The monitoring system further comprising a processor to receive data from the first magnetometer and the second magnetometer, and calculate a measurement vector to determine the disposition of the object.
US09955909B2
The present invention relates to a process without a therapeutic target that evaluates at least one facial clinical sign and/or evaluates make-up, in particular evaluates wrinkles or fine lines from a portion of the face, including steps consisting in: —from a sequence of facial images of a person filmed while emitting at least one sound, extract from the sequence one or more images coinciding with the emission of at least one predefined sound, —from the resulting image or images extracted, evaluate at least one facial clinical sign appearing on the image or images extracted and/or evaluate at least one characteristic related to make-up.
US09955908B2
A device and method for determining an excretion flow rate of a body fluid of a person or an animal. The device includes an absorbent element equipped with at least three electrodes connected to a measuring system for measuring at least one electric parameter so as to be electrically coupled two by two and to form at least two pairs of electrodes, separating systems which include an inlet opening exposing a part of the absorbent element so as to create a diffusion path. At least two of the electrodes are first electrodes placed along the diffusion path in such a way that each of the first electrodes is at a distance from the inlet opening representative of a volume of absorbed fluid.
US09955907B2
Example apparatus and methods reduce epileptic seizures in a human patient by non-invasively providing low frequency (e.g., 1-10 Hz) audio stimuli coordinated with low frequency (e.g., 1-10 Hz) visual stimuli to the patient. The signals are provided non-invasively through the eyes and ears. The audio stimuli and visual stimuli may be selected or coordinated based on a state (e.g., hyperexcitability, imminent epileptic seizure, epileptic seizure in progress, REM sleep) determined from an EEG signal acquired from the patient. Apparatus for delivering the audio stimuli and visual stimuli may be incorporated into a single wearable apparatus (e.g., glasses with earphones, hat, headband). The single wearable apparatus may also provide noise cancellation and visual stimulus diminution. The audio stimuli may be incorporated into music or random background noise.
US09955905B2
The present invention provides a computer-implemented method, including: a. obtaining, in real-time, by a specifically programmed processor, electrical signal data representative of brain activity of a particular individual; b. processing, in real-time the electrical signal data representative of brain activity of a particular individual based upon a pre-determined predictor associated with a particular brain state, selected from a library of predictors containing a plurality of pre-determined predictors, wherein each individual pre-determined predictor is associated with a unique brain state, wherein the pre-determined predictor associated with a particular brain state includes: i. a pre-determined mother wavelet, ii. a pre-determined representative set of wavelet packet atoms, created from the pre-determined mother wavelet, iii. a pre-determined ordering of wavelet packet atoms, and iv. a pre-determined set of normalization factors, wherein the processing includes: i. causing, by the specifically programmed processor, the electrical signal data to be deconstructed into a plurality of pre-determined deconstructed wavelet packet atoms, utilizing the pre-determined representative set of wavelet packet atoms, wherein time windows of the electrical signal data are projected onto the pre-determined representative set of wavelet packet atoms wherein the projection is via convolution or inner product, and wherein each pre-determined representative wavelet packet atom corresponds to a particular pre-determined brain activity feature from a library of a plurality of pre-determined brain activity features; ii. storing the plurality of pre-determined deconstructed wavelet packet atoms in at least one computer data object; iii. causing, by the specifically programmed processor, the stored plurality of pre-determined deconstructed wavelet packet atoms to be re-ordered within the computer data object, based on utilizing a pre-determined order; iv. obtaining a statistical measure of the activity of each of the re-ordered plurality of pre-determined deconstructed wavelet packet atoms; and v. normalizing the re-ordered plurality of pre-determined wavelet packet atoms, based on utilizing a pre-determined normalization factor; and c. outputting, a visual indication of at least one personalized mental state of the particular individual, at least one personalized neurological condition of the particular individual, or both, based on the processing, wherein the individual pre-determined predictor associated with a particular brain state from within the plurality of pre-determined predictors is generated by the steps including: i. obtaining the pre-determined representative set of wavelet packet atoms by: a. obtaining from a plurality of individuals, by the specifically programmed processor, at least one plurality of electrical signal data representative of a brain activity of a particular brain state; b. selecting a mother wavelet from a plurality of mother wavelets, wherein mother wavelet is selected from an wavelet family selected from the group consisting of: Haar, Coiflet Daubehies, and Mayer wavelet families; c. causing, by the specifically programmed processor, the at least one plurality electrical signal data to be deconstructed into a plurality of wavelet packet atoms, using the selected mother wavelet; d. storing the plurality of wavelet packet atoms in at least one computer data object; e. determining, an optimal set of wavelet packet atoms using the pre-determined mother wavelet, and storing the optimal set of wavelet packet atoms in at least one computer data object, wherein the determining is via utilizing analysis Best Basis algorithm; and f. applying, by the specifically programmed processor, wavelet denoising to the number of wavelet packet atoms in the optimal set; ii. obtaining the pre-determined ordering of wavelet packet atoms by: a. projecting, by the specifically programmed processor, the at least one plurality of electrical signal data representative of a brain activity for each 4 second window of the data onto the pre-determined representative set of wavelet packet atoms; b. storing the projections in at least one computer data object; c. determining, by the specifically programmed processor, the wire length for every data point in the projection by determining the mean absolute distance of the statistical measure of the projections of different channels from their adjacent channels; d. storing the wire length data in at least one computer data object; and e. re-ordering the stored projections, by the specifically programmed computer to minimize a statistical value of the wire length value across each time window, and across all individuals within the plurality of individuals, and across the projections; and iii. obtaining the pre-determined set of normalization factors by: a. determining, by the specifically programmed computer, the mean and standard deviation of the values of the stored projections.
US09955903B2
A monitoring system and method for monitoring and/or predicting drowsiness of a driver of a vehicle or a machinery operator are provided. A set of infrared, IR, or near infrared, NIR, light sources, is arranged such that an amount of the light emitted from the light source incidents on an eye of the driver or operator. The light that impinges on the eye of the driver or operator forms a virtual image of the signal sources on the eye including the sclera and/or cornea. An image sensor obtains consecutive images capturing the reflected light, wherein each image will contain glints from at least a subset or all of the light sources. A drowsiness index can be determined based on the extracted information of the glints of the sequence of images, wherein the drowsiness index indicates a degree of drowsiness of the driver or operator.
US09955900B2
A device for monitoring human feet can include: a transmissive sheet configured to bear at least 90 kg supported at a height of no more than 23 cm, and a foot image capture system below the sheet. An optical image sensor can capture a field of view including at least 250 cm2 of the surface of the sheet. The device can have a central reflective element positioned below the sheet directly above the sensor and two outer mirrors such that two fields of view at least 250 cm2 each can be focused onto the sensor by a lens. Foot sole images can be automatically captured when a patient stands on the device. Images can be transmitted to a database and associated with the patient by analyzing the images for a unique predetermined metric.
US09955889B2
Cardiac catheterization is facilitated by generating first and second electroanatomic maps of a heart of a subject and designating common spatial locations that correspond to first electrical events on the first electroanatomic map and second electrical events on the second electroanatomic map. The common spatial locations of the first electroanatomic map and the second electroanatomic map are aligned to establish an aligned map, and using the location data on the aligned map to guide a probe to a point of interest.
US09955878B2
Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some instances, the intravascular device is a guide wire with electrical conductors embedded within a core wire. In some instances, the electrical conductors are coupled to conductive bands adjacent a proximal portion of the guide wire and a sensing element adjacent a distal portion of the guide wire. Methods of making, manufacturing, and/or assembling such intravascular devices and associated systems are also provided.
US09955876B2
The invention consists of a device and method for the prediction of left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) and other cardiac hemodynamic parameters using systolic time intervals in patients with narrow QRS, right bundle branch block, left bundle branch block, right ventricular and/or left ventricular cardiac pacing and in the presence of arrhythmia, such as atrial fibrillation. The device has three inputs: the ECG, a peripheral pulse and a phonocardiogram. Timing parameters are obtained from these signals to calculate a systolic function index, used for the prediction of ejection fraction. Given the invention's features it would be now possible to assess cardiac performance and specifically left ventricular ejection fraction in ambulatory patients as well as during invasive procedures such as the implant of cardiac rhythm management devices. Also, an implantable embodiment of the invention would allow constant monitoring of cardiac performance, parameter adjustment of cardiac devices and automatic drug infusion.
US09955875B2
Improved apparatus and methods for monitoring, diagnosing and treating at least one medical respiratory condition of a patient are provided, including a medical data input interface adapted to provide at least one medical parameter relating at least to the respiration of the patient, and a medical parameter interpretation functionality (104, 110) adapted to receive the at least one medical parameter relating at least to the respiration (102) of the patient and to provide at least one output indication (112) relating to a degree of severity of at least one medical condition indicated by the at least one medical parameter.
US09955872B2
Described are embodiments of methods of obtaining three-dimensional (3D) surface data of an object scene such as an intra-oral cavity. For example, measured surfaces may include the enamel surface of teeth, the dentin substructure of teeth, gum tissue and various dental structures. The methods can also be applied in medical applications and other applications in which 3D measurement data are acquired with maneuverable 3D measurement devices. In certain embodiments, the measurement device is positioned and translated to enable 3D data to be acquired for a backbone 3D data set. Subsequent controlled motion of the measurement device enables additional 3D data to be acquired and accurately joined to the backbone 3D data set.
US09955871B2
The present invention provides a transmitted light detection type measurement apparatus for skin fluorescence, which is configured to perform light irradiation and light detection on a reference sample and a measurement target. The apparatus includes a first light source, a second light source, a first optical detector and a second optical detector, a light source switching controller, and an operator.
US09955867B2
A method of correcting wavefront aberrations of an eye includes determining a high precision conventional intrastromal corneal ablation profile based on a direct removal of the intrastromal corneal tissue. An expanded ablation volume profile is constructed based on the direct tissue removal profile and the expanded tissue volume is to be ablated instead to correct to the wavefront aberrations. The thickness of the ablated profile of a conventional ablation profile is expanded by an expansion factor (Nc−1)/(Nm−Nc), Nc is the index of refraction of the cornea and Nm the index of fill material. An expanded ablation volume filled with the fill material produces the effect of correcting wavefront aberrations as if a much smaller tissue volume were ablated without the fill material.
US09955866B2
An optical tomographic imaging apparatus includes a first lens having a first focal length, a second lens having a second focal length longer that the first focal length, a scanning unit disposed at a focal position of the second lens, and an optical path branching unit disposed between the first and second lenses. An observation optical path located on a transmission optical path of the optical path branching unit, and an optical path of measurement light located on a reflection optical path of the optical path branching unit. The second lens is disposed on the optical path of the measurement light between the first lens and the scanning unit, such that an angle at which the measurement light scanned by the scanning unit is incident on the optical path branching unit is maintained substantially unchanged during scanning.
US09955862B2
Techniques related to vision correction are disclosed. The techniques involve establishing a visual model associated with a patient. The visual model includes data related to a quality of the patient's vision. A boundary is established as a function of the data associated with the visual model. The boundary is indicative of an area to be corrected within the patient's vision. A retinal map is established as a function of the boundary. An image from a camera associated with the patient is captured and corrections are applied to the image based on the retinal map to generate a corrected image. The corrected image is presented to the eye of the patient.
US09955855B2
The invention relates to an electrical connection piece for a video endoscope having a hermetically closed video unit in a shaft of the endoscope, a video endoscope, and a method for producing an electrical connection in a video endoscope. The electrical connection piece according to the invention includes an at least partially flexible printed circuit board having conductive tracks, wherein the printed circuit board has a base surface with openings for contact pins of a hermetic feedthrough, and a flexible first arm and a flexible second arm that branch off in different, in particular opposite, directions from the base surface, wherein the first arm and the second arm each have a flat end surface at the respective ends facing away from the base surface, wherein the conductive tracks extend between the openings on the base surface and electrical contacting surfaces in the end surfaces.
US09955854B2
An endoluminal access system for accessing a body lumen includes a guide track which, when in an operative position, extends through a body lumen to a desired location therewithin and a modular device selectively coupleable to the guide track, the modular device including a drive mechanism for engaging the guide track to move the modular device along the guide track within the body lumen. A method of resecting tissue from a site within a body includes the steps of inserting a guide track to a desired location within the body lumen, coupling a modular device to a proximal end of the guide track and actuating a motor mounted within the modular device to drive the modular device distally along the guide track to the site, drawing tissue at the site into the modular device in combination with the steps of coupling together a portion of tissue adjacent to the site, resecting the tissue from the site and actuating the motor to drive the modular device proximally to withdraw the modular device from the body lumen.
US09955851B2
A contact detecting apparatus detects contact between a body tissue and a probe for emitting illumination light onto the body tissue and receiving return light of the illumination light scattered from the body tissue. The contact detecting apparatus includes: a laser light source that emits laser light to irradiate a specified region of the body tissue via the probe; a photoelectric conversion unit that converts light received via the probe into an electric signal; and a signal processing unit that determines whether or not there is contact between a distal end of the probe and the body tissue based on whether the electric signal includes a component of a beat signal caused by interference of the return light of the laser light scattered from each of a surface of the body tissue and a surface of the distal end of the probe.
US09955844B2
A method of operating a dish treating appliance includes a user interface disposed along the top edge of a door for selectively opening and closing access to a treating chamber. The user interface can be illuminated and operating the user interface can include operating a user input mode when the door is open and a status mode when the door is closed.
US09955842B2
A flat wiping cloth for a wiping cloth holder includes an elongated base. The elongated base includes a main cleaning surface and a sheetlike textile material. The sheetlike textile material does not include a base fabric with threads attached to the main cleaning surface. At least one cleaning lip is formed on the elongated base. The at least one cleaning lip is swivelable relative to the elongated base about a swiveling region.
US09955841B2
A cleaning robot system includes a robot and a robot maintenance station. The robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot as directed by a controller, and a cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing and a driven cleaning roller. The robot maintenance station includes a station housing and a docking platform configured to support the robot when docked. A mechanical agitator engages the roller of the robot with the robot docked. The agitator includes an agitator comb having multiple teeth configured to remove accumulated debris from the roller as the agitator comb and roller are moved relative to one another. The robot maintenance station includes a collection bin arranged to receive and hold debris removed by the mechanical agitator.
US09955840B2
A cleaning tool for a floor cleaning appliance is provided, including a main body carrying a cleaning cover which is subject to wear, and including a signal transmitter which provides a wireless signal in dependence upon the degree of wear of the cleaning cover. To be able to detect in a cost-effective manner when a maximum admissible degree of wear of the cleaning cover is reached, the signal transmitter is of rigid construction and fixed to a movable carrying part, the carrying part being held on the main body and being movable from a normal position to an evasive position against a restoring force, the carrying part protruding further from the main body in the normal position than in the evasive position, and the carrying part and/or the signal transmitter contacting the floor surface to be cleaned when a maximum admissible degree of wear of the cleaning cover is reached.
US09955837B2
A dust collector for a vacuum cleaner disclosed herein includes a first cyclone that is configured to separate dust from air introduced from a lower portion thereof with containing foreign materials and discharge the separated dust into a first dust storing unit, a second cyclone that is configured to separate fine dust from the air, from which the dust has been separated by the first cyclone, and discharge the separated fine dust into a second dust storing unit defined in a second case, and a lower cover that is coupled to the first case by a hinge so as to define a bottom surface of the first dust storing unit, the second dust storing unit and the first cyclone upon being closed, and discharge therethrough the foreign materials collected in the first dust storing unit, the second dust storing unit and the first cyclone upon being open.
US09955835B2
A nozzle (10) for a floor cleaning device, suitable for both wet and dry cleaning, the nozzle comprising an airflow inlet (50) at a front end of the nozzle, and a detachable cleaning device (90) that, if mounted on the nozzle (10), lifts a rear end of the nozzle.
US09955831B2
A reconfigurable upright surface cleaning apparatus may include a cleaning unit including an air treatment member, a suction motor and a clean air outlet. The cleaning unit may be detachably connected to the surface cleaning apparatus. A reconfigurable air flow passage may include at least one portion that is alternatively configurable between a surface cleaning mode and an auxiliary cleaning mode. An adjustable handle may be provided on the cleaning unit and may be drivingly connected to the surface cleaning head. The handle may include a grip portion having at least one grip member and may be moveable between an extended position, in which the grip portion is spaced apart from the cleaning unit, and a retracted position, in which the grip portion is positioned proximate the cleaning unit.
US09955828B2
Technology associated with automatically raising a toilet seat is described. In an example embodiment, a device for automatically raising a toilet seat includes a fluid-based movement source that generates a force upon actuation and a movement transmission mechanism configured to transfer the force to the toilet seat to raise the toilet seat from a lowered position to a raised position. The fluid-based movement source is fixable to a toilet having a toilet seat and a toilet bowl and the movement transmission mechanism is connected to the fluid-based movement source to receive the force and coupleable to the toilet seat.
US09955825B2
A device comprising a partition with various functionalities and uses.
US09955823B2
A system when coupled with a material inputting, material holding, and washing device is a fully automated robotized cooking system. Computer control what material is inputted in the Cooking Chambers, the correct time and degree of heat, required amount of rotation, placing the cooked item in the bowl, and washing the Cooking Chamber. The device have horizontal rotation, like a ferris wheel, that keep each Cooking Chambers horizontally until rotation is required. The Pivoter pivot the Cooking Chambers up or down at any position in the rotation. There can be up to 6 Cooking Chambers independently operating at the same time. This invention can cook up to six different food items at the same time twenty four hours a day.
US09955816B2
A beverage preparation apparatus includes a milling unit which obtains powders by grating an object to be grated, a liquid storage tank which stores a liquid, a liquid supply path having one end connected to the liquid storage tank and having the other end provided with a supply port, a powder reception portion which is provided to be movable and receives powders obtained by the milling unit, and an agitation tank which has an opening portion opening upward and mixes the powders introduced through the opening portion from the moved powder reception portion and the liquid supplied through the opening portion from the supply port. The milling unit includes an outlet port which discharges the obtained powders into the powder reception portion and the outlet port is located below the opening portion.
US09955814B2
Within a brewing unit for a coffee machine, a brewing chamber, which is arranged in a pivotable brewing cylinder, can be filled with ground coffee powder by using a filling device. For the purpose of introducing the coffee powder, the brewing chamber has a filling opening. With the aim of avoiding undesired deposits of grounds in the region of the upper side of the brewing unit, and also of improving levels of hygiene, a projection extends in the filling direction outside the brewing chamber, wherein the projection is such that the exit region of the filling device is introduced with the formation of an interspace between the projection and a side wall of the exit region such that the projection substantially fully surrounds the exit opening of the exit region. Coffee powder supplied in the filling device drops from the exit opening of the exit region, directly through a through-opening of the projection and the filling opening, into the brewing chamber without striking against the projection.
US09955810B1
The present invention relates to a device for holding a stemmed glass and in particular to a holder attachable to a camping style chair or other structure. The device, in one embodiment has a holder with an opening for supporting a stemmed glass. A top piece is integral with the holder and is generally coplanar therewith. A bottom piece acts as a spring. In this regard, the bottom spring piece can be separated from the top piece wherein it can clamp onto a chair arm bar or other surface (round or flat). The top piece has an arched inside surface with two parallel rails. The bottom piece has a notch therein. In a second embodiment, a wire device is provided having a holder, a first arm, a second arm, a third arm and a lever.
US09955806B2
A device and method for holding food and drink simultaneously, comprising of a combined plate and adjustable cup holder. The plate may have one or more compartments for holding food and the cup holder is for supporting various drink containers. The plate having an aperture through which the cup holder is situated. The cup holder may move within the aperture with protrusions near the top and bottom of the cup holder to prevent the cup holder from disengaging from the plate. When the cup holder is lowered with respect to the plate, it provides a natural handle. When the cup holder is raised with respect to the plate the base of the cup holder and base of the plate are substantially coplanar, allowing the plate to rest on a flat surface.
US09955799B2
A child motion device including a support frame, a frame hub coupled to the support frame, a gliding swing mechanism pivotally mounted to the frame hub, and a cantilevered child support portion pivotally mounted to the gliding swing mechanism. In example embodiments, the child support portion can be in the form of a child seat or a bassinet. In example embodiments, the child support portion can be oriented between multiple seat-facing orientations for providing either of a side-to-side gliding movement or a front-to-back gliding movement.
US09955787B2
A composite core furniture item can include a multi-layered core (optionally including both metallic and non-metallic layers) that provides exterior major surfaces for application of top and bottom wood veneer layers or other exterior veneer layers via a heat catalyzed adhesive or other bonding process.
US09955766B2
A roll-on liquid applicator having an applicator ball disposed within a dispensing chamber and a spring element with a valve head portion. The spring element effects a distally-directed force to press the valve head against the valve opening to maintain a sealing closure of the valve opening against flow of the liquid from the feed chamber into the dispensing chamber. The valve head has a ball support structure which extends distally through the valve opening to contact with the applicator ball so that when the ball is inwardly displaced by force applied thereto, the valve head moves axially inward from the closed-valve position to the open-valve position, thereby moving the valve head from the closed-valve position in contact with the valve opening toward the open-valve position which allows liquid from the feed chamber to enter the dispensing chamber.
US09955762B2
An apparatus for housing an electronic device includes a top member, a bottom member, and a compressible gasket seated in a channel in either the top member or the bottom member. The top member includes a perimeter portion defined by a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and opposing side portions. The top member further including a first clasping mechanism. The bottom member includes an inner surface, a back surface, and a perimeter portion surrounding the inner surface and the back surface. The perimeter includes a wall including a second clasping mechanism.
US09955761B2
User-wearable remote speaker mic (RSM) holders for positioning a remote speaker mic relative to the mouth of the wearer are disclosed as well as a wearable radio support system including the same. The RSM holders include an elongate body having a first end and a second end and a first major side extending from the first end to the second end, and RSM attachment member positionable along the length of the first major side. The first end of the elongate body is releasably attachable to or is permanently attached to a donnable article of clothing or donnable gear, and a first attachment member is positioned at or proximate the second end of the elongate body and is connectable to a feature of the donnable article of clothing and/or the donnable gear.
US09955759B2
A method of protecting earrings or jewelry.
US09955754B2
A shoelace structure includes an outer sleeve, a liner mounted in the outer sleeve, and an inner core mounted in the liner. The inner core includes a first weaving thread and a plurality of second weaving threads. The first weaving thread interweaves and intertwines with the second weaving threads, with the second weaving threads being secured to the first weaving thread, thereby defining a plurality of enlarged portions and a plurality of separation portions. The liner is squeezed by the enlarged portions of the inner core and defines a plurality of expanded sections and a plurality of recessed sections. The expanded sections of the liner respectively corresponds to the enlarged portions of the inner core, and the recessed sections of the liner respectively corresponds to the separation portions of the inner core.
US09955742B2
A health suit for improving sweating and tanning in various weather conditions includes a transparent material that is configured to allow ultraviolet rays and infrared energy to pass through the material and penetrate the skin with minimal deflection or absorption by the material. The health suit may also include an anti-fog layer or other set of anti-fogging features, moisture absorbing material, and a heat retention feature to improve sweating and tanning in various weather conditions.
US09955740B2
An emergency anti-hypothermia system has a thermally insulating vest that is sufficiently portable to be carried for emergency use in a pocket, purse, backpack, compartment of a vehicle, ski pole or other location, with the vest providing thermal insulation by being made with thermally insulating air impervious material that also provides for its inflation. A multiplicity of interconnected inflated chambers situated about the vest, provides thermal insulation by anti-conduction, anti-radiation and anti-convection in a highly portable system. An outer surface having radar reflective properties further improves visibility of the vest.
US09955739B2
A garment or undergarment includes an inner part and an outer part. The inner part has an upper portion for covering and compressing at least a portion of a mid-section of a wearer above a waistline of a wearer and a lower portion for covering a groin of a wearer and limiting upward movement of the inner part. The outer part is attached to the inner part and overlaps at least a portion of the lower portion.
US09955737B2
A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV in which the case includes: an electrical power source for re-charging a rechargeable battery in the PV; a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid; and an electrical or electronic pump adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to a chamber in the PV, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir includes an overflow channel that enables excess e-liquid that is pumped up from the reservoir but is not stored in the PV to be captured and returned to the reservoir.
US09955730B2
An electronic cigarette is provided. The electric cigarette includes an electronic cigarette body. The electronic cigarette body is provided with a suction end, an atomizing assembly and a battery rod assembly. The atomizing assembly and the battery assembly are detachablely connected. An accommodating through hole is provided in the atomizing assembly, and the accommodating through hole communicates with an end surface where the atomizing assembly and the battery assembly are connected. An atomizing core for atomizing the cigarette liquid is movably inserted in the accommodating through hole and the atomizing core is in clearance fit with the accommodating through hole. Since the atomizing core is in clearance fit with the accommodating through hole, the atomizing core and the accommodating through hole are not integrated, which is convenient for the user to replace a damaged atomizing core and leads to easy operation and less waste.
US09955728B2
A battery assembly of an electronic cigarette according to the present application is configured to form an electronic cigarette in combination with an atomizing assembly. The atomizing assembly is provided with a gas storage chamber configured to store cigarette-liquid odor to be detected. The battery assembly includes a sensor group and a microcontroller. After the sensor group detects the cigarette-liquid odor to be detected, the microcontroller is configured to control a circuit between the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly to be switched on in a case that the cigarette-liquid odor to be detected matches the preset odor information, to enable the electronic cigarette to work normally. Thus, the electronic cigarette has an identification function and can be normally used only when the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly of the electronic cigarette are matched.
US09955724B2
An electronic vapor provision device comprising a body (4) configured to be releasably connectable to a vaporizer (10). The body (4) comprises a power cell (20), a computer processor (18), a memory (22) and an audio signalling device (16). The memory (22) stores information on a first user notification event comprising connection of the vaporizer. Moreover, the computer processor (18) is configured to identify when the first user notification event occurs and to notify a user of the event by emitting a user (10) notification sound from the audio signalling device (16).
US09955723B2
A covered ashtray having an opening in one sidewall or a cover thereof, which permits a tip of a lit smoking article, such as for example a cigar or cigarette, to be suspended within the interior of the ashtray. Retention structure may be provided to securely retain the smoking article in position in the opening. The housing and cover may be manufactured as a single unit, or separately, and later connected. Preferably, at least a portion of the cover or housing is openable (e.g. hinged or completely removable) to permit emptying the contents of the ashtray.
US09955722B2
A portable, dishwasher safe, dry herb water pipe body capable of connection to a plethora of different fluid vessels. It has a flexible polymer bidirectional flow connector that facilitates the flow of smoke from and into the water pipe body. This flow connector also frictionally engages the neck of a bottle, jar or can, thereby sealing the fluid vessel to the body of the water pipe, completing its functionality. Ice can be placed in the water pipe to further cool the incoming smoke charge for the user. After use, if a disposable fluid vessel and fluid were used, the water pipe body can be removed and no further storage or cleaning action is required. With the optional plug, the device can be used in a dry smoke mode or fluid can be added into the plug for a shortened version of a water pipe.
US09955719B2
The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the fill pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold.
US09955711B2
Apparatus and method for enhancing the flexibility and increasing throughput capacity while reducing cost and improving the quality of food and drink products within a continuous sterilization system using novel product carriers, in conjunction with unique user controllable product rotation and agitation features, capable of handling novel as well as existing product containers, are described. A further aspect of the invention is a property of the uniquely designed product carrier to accommodate and optimally orientate said product containers. A final aspect of the invention is the further capability of individual product carriers to undertake any user-defined processing program including product pasteurization or product stabilization or product sterilization within an essentially continuous sterilization system.
US09955704B2
Provided herein are whippable topping compositions comprising yogurt. The compositions comprise a blend of yogurt and a whip topping emulsion. The yogurt can be made with regular, low fat or fat free milk. The fat content of the whip topping emulsion can also be varied to provide topping compositions of various fat content having a smooth texture and desirable consistency.
US09955703B2
A method and system for wrapping meat in containers is provided. The method and system provide a modified atmosphere, other than that which exists as standard air, to a container such that a final sealed product contains an internal volume or atmosphere of modified gas. In-line processing features dispense the desired modified gas such that minimal interruption is provided in an automated or partially automated packing operation.
US09955702B1
A system for processing a suspended beef carcass as the carcass is moved along a defined path. A robotic arm is carried on a moveable table and has mounted thereon a servo motor-driven band saw capable of effecting a splitting operation on the beef carcass. The band saw is counterbalanced by a mass having a weight less than the weight of the band saw, and the robotic arm has a maximum load-carrying capacity less than the weight of the band saw. A torque monitor for the servo motor detects breaks in the band saw or breaks in the support for the band saw. A vision-based sensor system detects location of a tail bone on the beef carcass. The system includes a controller in communication with the carcass rail, the carcass processing device and motor, and the vision-based sensor system.
US09955701B2
A method for processing plant matter, which involves applying a processing composition including at least one biological agent selected from: bacteria including a DNA sequence, referred to as 16S rDNA, coding for the 16S ribosomal RNA of the bacterium, which is 100% homologous with SEQ ID NO. 1, culture media in which bacteria have grown which include the 16S rDNA sequence that is 100% homologous with SEQ ID NO. 1 and which are substantially free of the bacteria, the culture media including polynucleotides having a DNA sequence which is 100% homologous with SEQ ID NO. 1, and in which the bacteria are selected from bacteria that are consistent with the strain filed and registered on 7 Apr. 2011 with number 1-4467 before the French National Collection of Microorganism Cultures (CNCM) of the Pasteur Institute, and mutant bacteria of the filed strain.
US09955700B2
Antimicrobial chemical compositions comprise an aluminum phosphate (AlP) solid dispersed within a binding polymer, wherein one or more bioactive materials are disposed within AlP forming a bioactive-AlP complex. The complex may comprise the bioactive material chemically bonded with the AlP, physically combined with the AlP, or a combination of both. The complex may be formed according to precipitation, condensation and sol-gel methods of forming. The complex is engineered to provide a controlled delivery of the bioactive material or a constituent thereof upon exposure to moisture to give a desired level of antimicrobial resistance to a film or composite formed from the composition of at least about 30 μg/m2, and may also provide a desired degree of corrosion resistance through the release of passivating phosphate anion. Such antimicrobial chemical compositions provide an improved degree of active, long-term resistance to a broad range of micro-organisms when compared to known antimicrobial chemical compositions.
US09955696B2
The invention provides an ectoparasiticidal formulation which comprises an ectoparasiticidal agent, preferably the pyrethroid tetramethrin, as the pesticidally-active ingredient, together with a crystallization inhibitor selected from the group consisting of alkyl-substituted pyrrolidones, and optionally, one or more organic solvents and/or co-solvents. Preferably, the crystallization inhibitor is N-octyl pyrrolidone, and the organic solvent, if present, preferably comprises diethylene glycol monoethyl ether. The ectoparasiticidal formulation surprisingly yields a significantly enhanced speed of kill. Methods for manufacturing the formulation, as well as methods for treating animals infested with ectoparasites, are also disclosed.
US09955695B2
The present invention relates to a pediculicide/ovicide composition and method of use thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a pediculicide/ovicide composition comprising a sesquiterpene alcohol and a suitable carrier.
US09955691B2
This disclosure relates to macrocyclic picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US09955682B2
Disclosed is portable organ transportation system including a mobile cart and an organ container. At least one of the mobile cart and the organ container include a latch for releasably attaching the organ container to the mobile cart. The organ container may be a portable organ preservation device or a portable organ perfusion apparatus.
US09955676B2
The present invention provides an in vivo platform for identifying and determining therapeutic or prophylactic activity of test compounds in delay-type hypersensitivity (DTH) and other inflammatory or cancerous diseases mediated by activation of IKK-βC46A mutants. The in vivo platform of the present invention is a non-human transgenic mammal, e.g., a mouse model, with a site directed mutagenesis at a cysteine residue replaced by alanine in IKK-β protein kinase. The site directed mutagenesis is introduced by a specially designed targeting vector containing a transversion in exon 3 of the Ikbkb genes encoding the IKK-β. The present invention also provides methods for generating the transgenic mammal and for determining and identifying compounds that can inhibit activation of IKK-βC46A mutants.
US09955675B2
The present invention provides a mouse with liver damage, having a high degree of damage against the mouse's original hepatocytes while having a uPA gene in a heterozygous form, and a method for efficiently preparing the mouse. Specifically, the method for preparing a mouse with liver damage having the uPA gene in a heterozygous form comprises the following steps of:(i) transforming mouse ES cells with a DNA fragment containing a liver-specific promoter/enhancer and cDNA that encodes a urokinase-type plasminogen activator operably linked under the control thereof;(ii) injecting the transformed mouse ES cells obtained in step (i) into a host embryo;(iii) transplanting the host embryo obtained in step (ii) via the injection of the ES cells into the uterus of a surrogate mother mouse, so as to obtain a chimeric mouse; and(iv) crossing the chimeric mice obtained in step (iii), so as to obtain a transgenic mouse in which the DNA fragment is introduced in a heterozygous form.
US09955671B1
An animal training and indicating device (10) includes a housing (12) having an outer surface (14). A capacitive sensor (54) is operative to detect contact by a paw or nose of an animal with the outer surface. Responsive to the contact, the device is operative to provide an illumination of at least one light emitter (60, 62), an audible output from a speaker (28) and at least one wireless RF signal which can be received by a portable wireless device (76).
US09955670B2
Device for automatically feeding calves with a mixing container for mixing a liquid food product, a teat, a connection line, which connects the mixing container with the teat, a branch line, which branches off from the connection line at a branch point and connects the connection line with a pump and a controller for controlling the pump, where a sensor is arranged on the teat, which is connected with the controller and is designed to detect a movement and/or deformation of the teat, and the controller is designed to control the pump during detection of a movement and/or deformation of the teat such that liquid food product is delivered out of the branch line towards the branch point until liquid food product exits the teat.
US09955667B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH482385. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH482385, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH482385 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH482385.
US09955664B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PJTF71 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PJTF71, cells from soybean variety 5PJTF71, plants of soybean 5PJTF71, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PJTF71. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PJTF71 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PJTF71, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PJTF71, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PJTF71. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PJTF71 are further provided.
US09955660B1
A novel maize variety designated X13K464 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13K464 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13K464 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13K464, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13K464. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13K464.
US09955654B1
A novel maize variety designated X70K901 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X70K901 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X70K901 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X70K901, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X70K901. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X70K901.
US09955652B1
A novel maize variety designated X03K059 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03K059 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03K059 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03K059, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03K059. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03K059.
US09955648B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1360619 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1360619 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1360619 in a breeding program.
US09955647B1
In an embodiment, the invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of canola variety SCV149064 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola variety SCV149064 with itself or with another canola variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola varieties or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola variety SCV149064, to methods for producing other canola varieties, lines or plant parts derived from canola variety SCV149064 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the variety SCV149064 with another canola variety.
US09955643B2
A novel maize variety designated X90H605 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90H605 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90H605 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X90H605, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90H605. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90H605.
US09955637B1
A hybrid begonia designated ‘1600-13T3’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid begonia ‘1600-13T3’ to the plants of hybrid begonia ‘1600-13T3’ and to methods for producing a hybrid plant, and to methods for producing other begonia lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid begonia ‘1600-13T3’.
US09955633B2
According to the present invention, provided is a system for irradiating a target object selectively with specific circularly polarized light, comprising a polarization-state control member that controls the polarization state of light to thereby generate circularly polarized light; and a circularly polarized light-reflecting member, wherein the circularly polarized light-reflecting member is disposed at a position on which the circularly polarized light emitted from the polarization-state control member can be incident; the circularly polarized light-reflecting member generates reflected light that selectively comprises circularly polarized light of the same sense as the incident circularly polarized light from the polarization-state control member; and the circularly polarized light-reflecting member is disposed such that the target object can be irradiated with at least a part of the reflected light.
US09955631B2
A unique soil-packing garden-shaping system comprises soil-packing garden-shaping wavy partitions for absorbing hammering forces and for packing and holding garden soil, impact-absorbing-strip grooves pressure-molded on the sides of the wavy partitions, impact heads extrudedly molded to the top of the wavy partitions for receiving hammering forced thereon, curved directional heads extrudedly molded to the bottom of the wavy partitions for penetrating into the ground at adjustable angles, wavy-partition couplers for coupling the wavy partitions, and multiple different color-coded impact-absorbing strips of multiple different highly flexible materials pressure-extrudedly molded in the grooves for absorbing the hammering force exerted on the impact heads, for limiting the bending degree of the wavy partitions, for pushing the wavy partitions back after bending to prevent the wavy partitions from breaking, for guiding the elevations of the wavy partitions over garden soil, for gradually hardening to strengthen and secure the shape of the wavy partitions, and for building garden shapes, never possible before.
US09955621B2
A forward folding agricultural implement frame has a center frame with pivotally connected wings that fold forward for storage and laterally for use. A pair of draft links connects the wings to a telescopic hitch that extends forward from the center frame. A pivot pin operably mounted to a forward portion of the telescopic hitch defines a generally vertical pivot axis. A pivot link is connected to the pivot pin to pivot about the generally vertical pivot axis. The pivot link having a first portion on one side of the pivot pin and a second portion on an opposite of the pivot pin from the first portion. The draft links are pivotally connected to the first and second portions of the pivot link. When the wings are flexed in opposite directions (or when one wing is neutral and the other wing is flexed), the pivot link will permit opposite relative movement of the draft link ends relative to the inner hitch, which reduces internal stress and prevents permanent strain of the components.
US09961819B2
An auxiliary adhesive dispensing apparatus is connected to a printed circuit board (PCB) through an opening on a side surface of a shielding cover above the PCB, and the auxiliary adhesive dispensing apparatus includes a flow guiding groove, an adhesive-injection opening connected to an end of the flow guiding groove, and a fixing part connecting the flow guiding groove and the PCB. The auxiliary adhesive dispensing apparatus is connected to a PCB through an opening on a side surface of a shielding cover above the PCB. By means of the auxiliary adhesive dispensing apparatus, an adhesive dispensing operation can still be performed after a shielding cover is mounted, so that the adhesive dispensing operation can be performed after second-reflow soldering processing.
US09961800B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a liquid cooling apparatus, which includes a cold plate (202), a fast connector (204), and a first interface (2011), where the fast connector (204) includes a first connector (2041) and a second connector (2042), where the first connector (2041) is fixedly connected to the cold plate (202); the first interface (2011) is configured to connect to a second interface (2012) corresponding to the first interface; and the liquid cooling apparatus further includes a guide rail (203), where the guide rail (203) is a moving rail of the second connector (2042), and when the first connector (2041) and the second connector (2042) are in a connected state and the second connector (2042) is located at an end on the guide rail (203) that is close to a board (201), a distance between the first interface (2011) and the second interface (2012) is greater than 0.
US09961797B2
An air-cooled electronics module is disclosed. The air-cooled electronics module includes a housing and a heat exchanger disposed within the housing and separating the housing into a first portion and a second portion. The air-cooled electronics module also includes one or more electronic components disposed within the first portion, and one or more additional electronic components disposed within the second portion. The air-cooled electronics module further includes at least one fan configured to blow air into the second portion. The air in the first portion is substantially stagnant.
US09961796B1
A server includes a casing, a fan module, at least two processor holders and an air baffle. The casing has an accommodating space. The fan module is located in the accommodating space. The processor holders are located in the accommodating space. The air baffle includes a base and an airflow guiding member. The airflow guiding member is pivoted on the base. The airflow guiding member is shiftable among a plurality of air guiding positions. A processor module is mounted on one of the processor holders, and the base is mounted on the other processor holder. The airflow guiding member is at one of the air guiding positions in order to guide airflow from an air outlet side of the fan module.
US09961787B1
Chassis for an automated test system including a housing and at least a first and a second backplane in the housing. The first backplane provides electrical connections for at least one functional module of a first type when engaged with the first backplane, while the second backplane provides electrical connections for at least one functional module of a second type different than the first type when engaged with the second backplane. The first and second backplanes include electrical circuitry to enable signals to be provided for the functional modules when engaged therewith. A bottom of the housing includes ducts to enable cooling of both types of functional modules when engaged with the housing.
US09961785B2
A wiring substrate includes a core, a first wiring layer formed on a first surface of the core, and a second wiring layer formed on a second surface of the core. The first wiring layer includes a first opening, and the second wiring layer includes a second opening. The core includes a plurality of electronic component accommodating bores that extend through the core at portions exposed from the first and second openings. An electronic component is arranged in each electronic component accommodating bore. The electronic component accommodating bores are filled with an insulating layer. The core includes a partition located between adjacent electronic component accommodating bores. The partition is formed by part of the core.
US09961784B2
A manufacturing method of a circuit substrate includes the following steps. The peripheries of two metal layers are bonded to form a sealed area. Two insulating layers are formed on the two metal layers. Two including upper and bottom conductive layers are formed on the two insulating layers. Then, the two insulating layers and the two conductive layers are laminated so that the two metal layers bonded to each other are embedded between the two insulating layers. A part of the two insulating layers and a part of the two conductive layers are removed to form a plurality of blind holes exposing the two metal layers. A conductive material is formed in the blind holes and on the remained two conductive layers. The sealed area of the two metal layers is separated to form two separated circuit substrates.
US09961782B2
A printer deposits material onto a substrate as part of a manufacturing process for an electronic product. At least one mechanical component experiences mechanical error, which is mitigated using transducers that equalize position of a transported thing, e.g., to provide an “ideal” conveyance path; a substrate conveyance system and/or a printhead conveyance system can each use transducers in this manner to improve precise droplet placement. In one embodiment, errors are measured in advance, with corrections being “played back” during production runs to mitigate repeatable transport path error. In a still more detailed embodiment, the transducers can be predicated on voice coils, which cooperate with a floatation table and floating, mechanical pivot assembly to provide frictionless, but mechanically-supported error correction.
US09961781B2
An optoelectronic assembly may include a substrate, which has a first contact region at a first side thereof, an optoelectronic component arranged on the first side of the substrate, which has a first contact coupled to the first contact region, a printed circuit board with conductor tracks, which is coupled to the first side of the substrate at a first side of the printed circuit board and which has a central cutout, in which the optoelectronic component is exposed, and which has a first contact cutout, which overlaps the first contact region, at least one electronic component arranged on a second side of the printed circuit board, which is coupled to the conductor tracks, and a connection element, which is arranged in the first contact cutout and electrically couples the first contact region to the conductor tracks, wherein the connection element fixes the substrate to the printed circuit board.
US09961779B2
A method for producing an electronic assembly in which an electronic component supported on a wiring support is encapsulated with an encapsulation material, the method including: —arranging the electronic component on the wiring support in such a manner that a stress applied onto the electronic component by the encapsulation material falls below a predetermined value; and —encapsulating the electronic component with the encapsulation material.
US09961776B2
The present invention provides a photo-curable composition that requires a small mold-releasing force in a method of producing a cured product and also provides a method of producing a cured product with a small mold-releasing force. The method of producing a cured product includes applying a photo-curable composition onto a base material; pressing a mold to the photo-curable composition to form a pattern in the photo-curable composition; irradiating the photo-curable composition provided with the pattern with first light to generate a cured product having the pattern; and releasing the mold from the cured product, wherein a gas-generating region is formed from a gas-generating agent between the cured product and the mold; the gas-generating region is irradiated with second light to generate a gas in the gas-generating region; and the mold is released from the cured product after the generation of the gas or simultaneously with the generation of the gas.
US09961766B2
A stretchable circuit board includes a stretchable base, a stretchable wiring portion, a reinforcement base having in-plane rigidity higher than that of the stretchable base, and a draw-out wiring portion. The stretchable wiring portion having stretchability is formed on a main surface located on at least one side of the stretchable base. The draw-out wiring portion is formed at least on a main surface that is one side of the reinforcement base. The main surface of the reinforcement base is overlaid with a part of an area where the stretchable wiring portion is formed, in which the main surface faces the main surface of the stretchable base. A part of the stretchable wiring portion and a part of the draw-out wiring portion are joined together, and they are electrically continuous.
US09961765B2
A method of making a security mesh comprises forming on a conductive substrate an alumina film having through-holes in which metal, e.g., copper, through-wires are formed. First surface wires are formed on one surface of the alumina film and second surface wires are formed on the second, opposite surface of the alumina film in order to connect selected through-wires into a continuous undulating electrical circuit embedded within the alumina film. The security mesh product comprises an alumina film having a continuous undulating electrical circuit comprising copper or other conductive metal extending therethrough. A stacked security mesh comprises two or more of the mesh products being stacked one above the other.
US09961762B2
The present invention relates to a circuit board for COF (Chip on Film) package, which is capable of preventing an influence of coupling noise on a core block of an integrated circuit. The circuit board may include: a base film defined a core block region overlapping a predetermined location of a core block within an integrated circuit and having the same area as or larger area than the core block; first routing patterns formed on the base film; and a first block pattern covering the core block region. The first routing patterns may be formed outside the first block pattern at the same layer as the first block pattern.
US09961757B2
The present disclosure relates to a magnet pole for an isochronous sector-focused cyclotron having hill and valley sectors alternatively distributed around a central axis, Z, each hill sector having an upper surface bounded by four edges: an upper peripheral edge, an upper central edge, a first and a second upper lateral edges. The upper peripheral edge of a hill sector may be an arc of circle whose center is offset with respect to the central axis, and whose radius, Rh, is not more than 85% of a distance, Lh, from the central axis to a midpoint of the upper peripheral edge. Furthermore, the midpoint may be equidistant to the first and second upper distal ends.
US09961753B2
A portable XRF analyzer includes a hand shield and a handle. In one embodiment, the XRF analyzer further comprises a power component spaced-apart from an engine component. The handle and the hand shield extend in parallel between the engine component and the power component, attaching the engine component to the power component. In another embodiment, the XRF analyzer further comprises two housing portions, each integrally formed in a single, monolithic body formed together at the same time. The two housing portions are joined together to form an XRF analyzer housing. In another embodiment, the hand shield is shorter than the handle.
US09961750B2
An advanced lighting control system including systems for commissioning a network of lighting fixtures preferably includes a plurality of lighting fixtures, each having a sensor and control module. The sensor and control module includes occupancy and light sensing elements, and a first transceiver. The lighting fixtures can send wireless signals to a second transceiver located in a room controller and/or a network coordinator. The room controller being configured to interpret the occupancy and light sensing information and make decisions thereon, while the network coordinator can rank the lighting fixtures according to a determined signal strength. The network coordinator can command each of the lighting fixtures to illuminate, and based on an observation of the lighting fixture, a determination is made about whether the lighting fixture is located in a particular room. The network coordinator can also include a third transceiver for receiving wireless commands from a remote device.
US09961748B2
According to one embodiment, a vehicle lighting device includes a first circuit portion that has at least one light emitting element and a first resistor connected in series to the light emitting element; a second circuit portion that is connected in parallel to the first circuit portion and has at least a control portion; and a third circuit portion that is connected in series to the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion, and has at least one light emitting element.The control portion measures an input voltage and causes a current to flow through the third circuit portion in a case where the measured input voltage is a predetermined value.
US09961746B2
A light sensor is provided that includes an exposed light transducer for accumulating charge in proportion to light incident thereon over an integration period; and a light-to-pulse circuit in communication with the exposed light transducer, the light-to-pulse circuit operative to output a pulse having a pulse width based on the charge accumulated by the exposed light transducer. The light-to-pulse circuit may include a one shot logic circuit that contributes to generation of the pulse. The light sensor may include an input/output pad, a capacitor provided at the input/output pad for blocking static electricity, an input low pass filter provided at the input/output pad for blocking electromagnetic interference, and/or a bandgap voltage reference circuit connected to a power source having a supply voltage level in a range of about 3.3V to about 5.0V, and for generating a set of stable reference voltages throughout the supply voltage level range.
US09961744B1
Devices such as electronic book readers, televisions, and so forth may use reflective display technologies. Described herein are devices and methods for ambient light sensing for use in conjunction with displays. A light guide panel is coupled to a light sensor to measure ambient light impinging on the light guide panel. Where the display is reflective, the light guide panel may be configured to provide for illumination of the display.
US09961740B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting control. Presence of an optical element (110, 310, 312, 710A-E, 712, 810) is identified over one or more LEDs (323, 327) and at least one property of the optical element is identified. At least one property of light output of light sources associated with and/or covered by the optical element is adjusted based on the property of the optical element.
US09961739B2
A controller for a lamp, comprising an input terminal for receiving a requested-color-signal representative of a requested-color-value to be provided by the lamp and one or more temperature-values associated with the lamp. The controller includes a full-color-module for providing a full-color-lamp-control-signal for an output terminal; a stabilization-module for providing a stabilized-lamp-control-signal for the output terminal; and a mode controller for comparing the requested-color-value with a threshold value. If the requested-color-value satisfies the threshold value, then the stabilization-module provides the stabilized-lamp-control-signal to the output terminal. If the requested-color-value does not satisfy the threshold value, then the full-color-module provides the full-color-lamp-control-signal to the output terminal. The stabilization-module is configured to: generate stabilized-color-values based on the temperature-values; and provide the stabilized-lamp-control-signal based on the requested-color-value and the stabilized-color-values. The full-color-module is configured to provide the full-color-lamp-control-signal based on the requested-color-value.
US09961733B2
Provided is a power supply device capable of preventing a drop in the voltage supplied to another machine that is connected aside from LED lighting devices, and continues driving the other machine. This power supply device is equipped with a plurality of LED drive circuits provided in parallel, corresponding respectively to a plurality of LED lighting instruments to drive each of the LED lighting instruments in a predetermined light-emission mode. The plurality of LED drive circuits and the other machine are connected to a DC supply unit having such constitution that a direct current power supply voltage is converted into a predetermined direct current voltage and supplied thereby. The power supply device is further provided with a constant current circuit whereof the input side is connected to the DC supply unit and the other machine, and the output side is connected to the plurality of LED drive circuits.
US09961731B2
Illumination systems with selectively adjustable illumination patterns which reduce the need for a utility or luminaire distributer to stock luminaires with different illumination patterns and reduce the need for pre-planning installations. Implementations may allow scheduled dimming of luminaires, dimming in defined physical directions and scheduled adjustment of light patterns. The efficiency and/or color contrast of a luminaire may be improved by using wavelength shifting material, such as a phosphor, to absorb less desired wavelengths and transmit more desired wavelengths. A transmissive filter may reflect desired wavelengths such as red and green, while passing less desired wavelengths (e.g., blue) toward the wavelength shifting material which emits such as light of more desirable wavelengths.
US09961723B2
This invention is related to a heating plate for a heated clothing and a connecting structure of the same. The heating plate comprises a heater strip which two ends are connected with two electric wires respectively, and each electric wire comprises sequentially a first right angle, a horizontal segment, a second right angle, and a vertical segment. The vertical segments of the electric wires go out from a covering piece which covers the heater strip and the electric wires. Therefore, when the electric wires of the heating plate are pulled, the pull strength is dispersed at the right-angle bend to be decreased, avoiding the heater strip moving. Furthermore, when the heating plate is set on the heated clothing, according to different size of the heated clothing, the length of an assembly electric wire is relative to the distance between the heating plates.
US09961720B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to user equipment supporting an IMS function, comprising: an application layer configured to provide a user interface for a user to set ON or OFF the IMS function; a SIP layer configured to enable or disable transmission of a SIP signal to a resident network corresponding to user's setting ON or OFF the IMS function in the user interface; and a modem layer configured to change an IMS related Capability of the user equipment related to the IMS function corresponding to user's setting ON or OFF the IMS function in the user interface and communicate with the resident network based on the changed Capability.
US09961719B2
A wireless communication system comprising a plurality of wireless stations communicating using a first air interface protocol a relay device, and an access point, wherein the plurality of wireless stations communicate with entities in a wide area network via the access point without establishing a direct wireless link with the access point, and wherein the relay device communicates with the plurality of wireless stations using the first air interface protocol and communicates with the access point using a second, different, wireless communication protocol. The second communication protocol, e.g., could be a backhaul protocol that is used by the access point to communicate with other access points in the system.
US09961716B2
Methods for operating a Base Station (BS) and a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system using a primary frequency and one or more secondary frequencies, and apparatuses for the BS and UE for carry out the methods, are provided. The method for operating the BS includes determining whether to activate or deactivate at least one of the one or more secondary frequencies, and transmitting a message comprising a bitmap indicating the activation or deactivation of the at least one of the one or more secondary frequencies to the UE. The method for operating the UE includes receiving a message comprising a bitmap indicating activation or deactivation of at least one of the one or more secondary frequencies from the BS, and activating or deactivating the at least one of the one or more secondary frequencies based on the received message.
US09961714B2
The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications. Disclosed are a state switching method and device for a small cell base station and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring state switching information comprising a state switching mode and performing state switching on the small cell base station according to the state switching information.
US09961713B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for supporting network slicing. One apparatus includes a processor that receives a data packet to be transmitted via a mobile communication network, identifies an application category associated with the data packet, and requests a network connection corresponding to the identified application category. In some embodiments, requesting a network connection corresponding to the identified application category comprises transmitting a connection setup message indicating the identified application category. In certain embodiments, identifying the application category associated with the data packet comprises applying a category selection policy to the data packet, the category selection policy comprising one or more rules for selecting an application category based on data packet characteristics. In various embodiments, the apparatus includes a transceiver that communicates with the mobile communication network supporting a plurality of application categories.
US09961709B2
A mobile communication method in which a radio terminal connects to a network so as to perform a communication, comprises: a step in which the radio terminal detects an occurrence of a connection failure with the network in a connected state; and a step of sending a radio link failure (RLF) report regarding the detected connection failure, from the radio terminal to the network. In the step of sending the RLF report, the radio terminal sends time information, which is contained in the RLF report, for identifying a time of occurrence of the connection failure, to the network.
US09961708B1
Among other features, a communications device includes a wide area communications transceiver and a local wireless communications transceiver. The device is configured to recognize, via the local wireless communications transceiver, the presence of one or more peripheral wireless devices available for transferring data to the communications device. The device transmits to a remote site a list of the one or more recognized peripheral devices, and receives from the remote site an instruction to establish communications with a particular one of the one or more recognized peripheral devices. The device establishes communications with the particular recognized peripheral device in response to the received instruction, for example by pairing.
US09961705B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques for encoding beacon signals in wireless power delivery environments. More specifically, techniques are disclosed for encoding beacon signals to isolate client devices for wireless power delivery in wireless power delivery environments. The beacon signals can be encoded or modulated with a transmission code that is provided to selected clients in the wireless power delivery environment. In this manner, beacon signals from the select clients can be identified and the corresponding client devices isolated for wireless power delivery. In some embodiments, the transmission code can be a pseudorandom sequence that is used by the wireless power delivery clients to encode transmitted beacon signals.
US09961692B2
Network-side and device-side methods and apparatuses improve transmit link adaptation for devices operating in a cellular network that have interference-canceling receivers. Own-cell link adaptation towards a device in a current transmission interval exploits a determined mapping between the interfering-signal cancelation efficiency of the device versus the interfering-signal transport format, in combination with actual knowledge of the transport format that will be used to make an interfering neighbor-cell transmission in the current transmission interval. For example, a serving radio node uses the known transport format of the interfering transmission, to accurately determine the expected cancelation efficiency for the device with respect to the interfering transmission, and uses the expected cancelation efficiency to obtain a more accurate estimate of the own-cell channel quality expected for the device in the current transmission interval. Link adaptation towards the device in the current transmission interval uses this more accurate estimate of own-cell channel quality.
US09961687B2
A base station according to a first feature uses a plurality of carriers for radio communications. The base station includes: a receiver that receives neighbor base station information on user terminals connected to a neighbor base station, wherein the neighbor base station information is transmitted from the neighbor base station; and a controller that changes a carrier configuration of at least one carrier among the plurality of carriers based on the neighbor base station information.
US09961685B2
A method in a network node is disclosed. The method comprises allocating a pool of radio resources for vehicle-to-other (V2x) communication by a plurality of wireless devices, and dividing the allocated pool of radio resources for V2x communication into a plurality of orthogonal sets of radio resources, each set of radio resources having an associated set identifier comprising one of a plurality of positive integers. The method further comprises assigning one or more radio resource sets to each wireless device among the plurality of wireless devices based at least in part on a radio-compatibility characteristic, and communicating to each wireless device the assigned set of radio resources to use.
US09961677B2
A method for determining a search space, method for detecting downlink control information and apparatuses thereof. The method for determining a search space includes: determining eCCEs occupied by ePDCCH candidates in each carrier according to a first offset, a second offset and other related parameters; wherein the first offset denotes an offset of adjusting the eCCEs occupied by ePDCCH candidates in the same carrier in different eREG groups, and the second offset denotes an offset used for coordinating collision occurs among the eCCEs occupied by ePDCCH candidates in different carriers. In a case of cross-carrier, in configuring a search space, the first offset and the second offset are introduced to avoid collision between the ePDCCHs of the CCs as possible and avoid the ePDCCH candidates in each of the CCs from falling into the same eREG group as possible, thereby solving the problems in the prior art.
US09961675B1
An automatic allocation system for a network, the automatic allocation system comprising a controller, the controller defining a control plane that provides a common language to communicate with each OSI layer within the network, the controller further is in communication with at least one data source, the at least one data source including real time performance data for the network, wherein the controller monitors the real time performance data to identify an allocation need, wherein the controller adds or removes at least one of a physical resource, a network device, a virtual instance and a virtual network function based on the allocation need.
US09961673B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives, by a user equipment (UE) during a first subframe, an indication of a dynamic uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration. The apparatus determines an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing based on an uplink reference subframe configuration and at least one of the dynamic UL/DL subframe configuration or a downlink reference subframe configuration. The apparatus selects an uplink subframe for communication based on the determined uplink HARQ timing.
US09961663B2
A method and apparatus for moving network equipment is provided herein. During operation, an optimal base station configuration will be determined. Currently-employed network equipment will be moved based on a determination if adequate coverage will be provided to users of the system.
US09961661B2
A communication object can be determined based on wireless communication technologies. A method can include determining a communication object according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a visual object; and sending a connection request to a determined communication object. A communication object can be determined according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a visual object, which can accurately match a signal source and a physical device, thereby providing a more reliable basis for communications between mobile network terminal devices.
US09961660B2
A network access node (eNodeB for example) changing status from active to deactivated sends a message to a location server indicating the changed status. The location server collects from uplink messages indications of which of a plurality of cells have a deactivated status and stores this information in its local memory. Then the location server utilizes the stored indications to ensure that all cells in a list provided to a user equipment for location assistance will have an active status. In various embodiments: the message is sent only when the status is changed for energy saving purposes; a list of cells included in a location request message may have some deactivated cells so the location server sends a message to the eNodeB to activate deactivated cells in the list which is done prior to providing the list to a user equipment; and a partial-activation for a probing/beacon mode is disclosed.
US09961648B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a terminal which is set to be dually connected to at least two heterogeneous base stations through uplink wireless connection. A method for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a user equipment performing wireless communication based on dual connectivity. The method may include triggering the PHR based on at least one of a path loss change and a periodic timer; and transmitting at least one PHR to at least one base station according to the dual connectivity.
US09961635B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for operating based on a power save mode in a wireless LAN. The method for operating based on the power save mode in a wireless LAN may comprise the steps of: an AP receiving, from a first STA, a first trigger frame for triggering the transmission of first downlink data which has been buffered for the first STA; the AP determining a temporary halt of the transmission the first downlink data, which is transmitted as a response to the first trigger frame, based on a first priority rank of the first downlink data which has been buffered for the first STA, a second priority rank of second downlink data which has been buffered for a second STA, and a point when the second STA is switched to an awake state; and the AP transmitting, to the first STA, a temporary halt setting frame for indicating the temporary halt.
US09961627B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for performing machine-to-machine communication. The method for performing communication according to the present invention comprises: a step of searching a second device for supporting machine-to-machine communication; a step of receiving an access network query protocol (ANQP) message from the found second device; a step of determining whether a mirroring service is supported based on the ANQP message received from the second device; a step of acquiring information on the service of the second device from the ANQP message if it is determined that the second device supports the mirroring service; and a step of determining either a first device or the second device as a group owner based on the acquired information on the service of the second device and the information on the service of the first device.
US09961623B2
A communication control is used in a communication system capable of using a plurality of network selection schemes for selecting, from a cellular RAN and a wireless LAN, an access network in which traffic of UE 100 is to be accommodated. The communication control method includes a step of receiving, from the cellular RAN by UE 100 existing in a cell included in the cellular RAN, a network selection configuration related to a network selection scheme decided by the cellular RAN from among the plurality of network selection schemes.
US09961610B2
Provided is a method for communicating performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving a traffic routing configuration from a first access network, the traffic routing configuration specifying a traffic routing criteria for routing and processing traffic, discovering at least one second network entity by searching a second access network, conducting a traffic routing evaluation to determine whether the at least one second access network satisfies the traffic routing criteria, reporting a routing evaluation result to the first access network when the traffic routing criteria are satisfied, receiving a traffic routing indication from the first access network, and processing the traffic based on the traffic routing indication. When the traffic routing indication indicates traffic of the first access network is processed through the second access network, the traffic of the first access network is processed through the second access network.
US09961604B2
Embodiments disclose a radio network information management method and a network device. A radio network information management method is disclosed, where the method includes determining that a user equipment UE exists in a first mobility management unit, and determining radio network information of the first mobility management unit according to measurement statistic information of the UE in the first mobility management unit. It is therefore implemented that a granularity of acquiring and managing radio network information in a cell is per mobility management unit, and for a complex cell coverage environment, difference a neighboring cells between different areas of the cell and difference about interference between different areas of the cell are specified. The embodiments further disclose a network device.
US09961596B2
A method for determining a capability of a user equipment. The user equipment is served by a non-shared network in a first place. The non-shared network is configured to transmit a message to the user equipment, the message including information on at least two PLMN identities. The user equipment is configured to deliver a response message from which it is determined if the response message includes information field reserved for at least one PLMN identity in the transmitted message. On a basis of an existence of the information field in the response message it can be determined that the user equipment supports network sharing. In other case it is determined that the user equipment is not supporting network sharing. A network node and a system implementing at least part of the method are also described.
US09961594B2
A terminal device includes a wireless communication unit performing wireless communication; a connection control unit connecting to a first base station device to wirelessly communicate with the first base station device via the wireless communication unit, the first base station serving as a primary, the connection control unit connecting to a second base station device to wirelessly communicate with the second base station device via the wireless communication unit, the second base station device serving as a secondary; a detection unit determining whether quality of wireless communication between the terminal device and the first base station device is in a low state based on a predetermined condition; and a signal transmission control unit wirelessly transmitting via the wireless communication unit, a predetermined signal toward at least either the first or second base station device when the quality is determined to be in the low state by the detection unit.
US09961592B2
A method and an apparatus for operating a timer in an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed herein. The IC includes a timer, a receiver configured to receive a circuit switched (CS) service notification, a transmitter configured to transmit an evolved packet system mobility management extended service request (ESR) message, and a processor configured to start the timer in response to transmitting the ESR and stop the timer in response to reception of a handover command and completion of a CS fallback procedure by the receiver, wherein the handover command directs the IC to handover to another radio access technology (RAT) so that a CS call may be established. The processor may be configured to stop the timer in response to reception of a cell change command and completion of a CS fallback procedure by the receiver, wherein the cell change command directs the IC to perform a cell change procedure.
US09961591B2
Circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) is a technique to deliver voice-services to a mobile, when the mobile is camped in a long-term evolution (LTE) network. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques that may help reduce delays in call setup related to CSFB and, in some cases, avoid unnecessary paging.
US09961590B2
According to a method and apparatus for controlling data transmission in a wireless communications network, a service quality request message is sent to a PCRF when a data request message of a terminal is received; and the PCRF queries a current network status, so as to determine a processing instruction for a data request message of the terminal according to the current network status and the data request message, and process the data request message of the terminal according to the processing instruction. Therefore, processing on the data request message of the terminal not only depends on a parameter carried in the data request message of the terminal, but also uses the current network status as a constraint condition, so that a processing manner for the data request message can be adaptive to a real-time change of the wireless communications network.
US09961578B2
An apparatus for identifying failed or suspect RF transmitting devices while the devices are in normal operation transmitting over-the-air RF signals, each of the RF transmitting devices including an identifier and being mobile, portable or stationary, includes an RF signal sensor receiving the RF signals and responsive thereto, an analyzer, and a GUI. The analyzer measuring signal parameters and determines operating characteristics of a device therefrom, determining the identifier, if each RF signal conforms to packet structure specifications, and bit-field information of each RF signal to discern therefrom a transmission type, measures RF frequency offset, correlates the bit-field information with the RF frequency offset utilizing the identifier; and repeats the last three steps to determine a range of RF frequency offset deviations over time. The GUI displays the range in a form used to identify an RF frequency offset range of the RF transmitting device.
US09961573B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for performing measurements on a carrier associated with a deactivated cell in a cellular communications system. In some embodiments, a method of operation for a wireless device for determining whether to perform one or more measurements on a carrier associated with a deactivated cell comprises acquiring at least one parameter related to a periodicity (Dp) of a discovery signal transmitted on one or more cells of a carrier with the deactivated cell, acquiring a measurement cycle parameter (Sc) for performing one or more measurements on one or more cells on the carrier, comparing the periodicity (Dp) of the discovery signal and the measurement cycle parameter (Sc), and deciding whether to perform the one or more measurements for the cells on the carrier based on the comparison of the periodicity (Dp) of the discovery signal and the measurement cycle parameter (Sc).
US09961570B2
There is provided a wireless communication device including a control-message creation/transmission-instruction unit which sends notification information via a wireless communication network and also sends response information in the case of receiving notification information sent from another device, a reception/interpretation processing unit which receives, from another device which has received the notification information of the wireless communication device, response information of such other device and also receives the notification information sent from such other device, and an operation mode determination unit which determines, based on operation mode determination information included in the notification information of such other device or the response information of such other device, that the wireless communication device is caused to operate as one of a master device and a slave device.
US09961565B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a request to perform directional signal strength measurements and provide location data associated with the WTRU. The WTRU may transmit directional signal strength measurements, based on the request and the location data associated with the WTRU, to facilitate generation of a directional radio environment map (DREM). The WTRU may receive a request to switch to a new transmission and reception beam pair based on the DREM.
US09961559B2
Positioning determination of a communication device in a wireless communication network is supported by a positioning device receiving [230] tight synchronization signals from a master positioning cell; determining [232] therefrom a plurality of time differences between their actual and theoretical times of arrival; synchronizing [234] a positioning cell clock based on the received tight synchronization signals adjusted by the time differences; and emitting [236] to the communication device a positioning signal at a time determined by the synchronization. The positioning signal includes an identifier of the positioning cell, and it is transmitted so as not to interfere with positioning pilot signals transmitted by the wireless communication network. The positioning device may alternatively receive synchronization signals from another positioning cell instead of a master positioning cell.
US09961555B2
Methods, apparatuses and computer programs for providing a lock control signal for a mobile logistic destination including obtaining information about a delivery request, providing an authorization request for opening the mobile logistic destination, obtaining information about an authorization for opening the mobile logistic destination during the probable delivery period from the mobile device, obtaining information about a lock enquiry and delivery agent location information from a mobile device of a delivery agent for the delivery, obtaining logistic destination location information from the logistic destination, determining a delivery agent authorization for opening the mobile logistic destination, computing a delivery agent location difference between the logistic destination location information and the delivery agent location information, comparing a timestamp of the lock enquiry with the probable delivery period, determining the lock control signal for the mobile logistic destination, and providing the lock control signal for the mobile logistic destination.
US09961554B2
Techniques to manage applications, such as mobile apps, across multiple management domains are disclosed. In various embodiments, a set of one or more application management policies to be enforced with respect to a mobile device is received from a management entity to which a scope of authority to manage applications with respect to the mobile device has been delegated. A management agent on the mobile device is used to enforce the one or more application management policies with respect to applications and application data that are within the scope of authority delegated to the management entity.
US09961553B2
The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and system for readily and conveniently getting network access for a smart device. The method for network access for a smart device includes receiving, by a server comprising a processor and a non-transitory storage medium, a first identification identifying a wireless access point and a first terminal identifier; receiving a second identification identifying a smart device and a second terminal identifier; associating the wireless access point with the smart device if the first terminal identifier corresponds to the second terminal identifier, and sending the second identification for the associated smart device to the wireless access point. The wireless access point provides network access authentication information to the smart device so that the smart device can get access to a network provided by the wireless access point with the network access authentication information.
US09961549B2
A batch rights objects (ROs) acquisition method and system is provided to enable a mobile terminal to acquire multiple rights objects in a batch processing manner. A rights object acquisition method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes transmitting a rights object request message requesting one or more rights objects of content objects from a mobile terminal to a rights issuer; creating, at the rights issuer, a rights object response message containing at least one of rights objects indicated by the rights object request message and at least one signature in response to the rights object request message; and transmitting the rights object response message from the rights issuer to the mobile terminal.
US09961536B2
A communication network and software for its implementation that controls a mobile device based on historical user activity is provided. The mobile device communicates with a server and includes a function that is dependent on the user activity. The server senses the user activity over time and produces a histogram of that activity. The rate at which the server attempts to sense the user activity depends on the histogram. An application might change the function depending on the result of detecting the user activity and the rate at which it does so.
US09961532B2
An apparatus and method is disclosed to receive location data identifying the current location of a vehicle. A database, storing radio device records, is then queried. Each radio device record in the database identifies a radio device (e.g., a transmitter, receiver, transceiver, transponders, etc.) and a location of the radio device using a suitable coordinate system. Radio device records associated with radio devices likely to be within communication range of the vehicle may then be retrieved from the database. These radio device records may be used to generate a radio device list that may be presented to an occupant of the vehicle.
US09961526B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide an emergency call support service in which a network device of a visited network obtains user profile data of a wireless device from a home network of the wireless device, and provides the user profile data to a location server of the visited network. The emergency call support service allows an emergency call, when initiated by a roaming subscriber of the wireless device via the visited network, to include the user profile data and be provided to a public safety access point.
US09961507B1
Utilizing a series of beacons deployed within an urban environment to support Location Based Services (LBS). Each beacon emits a beacon signal comprising LBS supporting information within an identification portion of the beacon signal. The emitted beacon signal is received by any mobile device, decoded, the LBS supporting information is extracted from the signal and acted upon accordingly. The information can provide the recipient with information, initiate a link to another device, initiate a LBS, etc. The information can be relayed using intermediary mobile devices. The identification portion can include information for location, beacon ID, marketing, emergencies, services, traffic, etc. A sensor can be integral with the beacon to provide additional benefits.
US09961493B1
There is disclosed herein a system and method for enabling access to media. The method includes receiving media and a media location indicating a location from which the media was shared, storing the media in conjunction with a geofence area defined by the media location plus a pre-determined area around the media location, receiving a request for any media from a device along with a device location indicating a location of the device making the request, and comparing the device location with the geofence area and, when the device location is within the geofence area, providing access to the media, and when the device location is outside of the geofence area, denying access to the media.
US09961485B2
A communication device may perform a predetermined communication using a first type communication link via a wireless interface with the target device being a first type device, determine, by using attribute information, which of the first type device or a second type device the target device is, execute an authentication of the target device being the second type device, disconnect the second type communication link without executing an authentication of the target device in a case where it is determined that the target device is the first type device, and perform the predetermined communication using the first type communication link via the wireless interface with the target device being the first type device in a case where the first type communication link is established between the communication device and the target device being the first type device after the second type communication link has been disconnected.
US09961480B2
In one embodiment, a computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that is programmed for performing an automatic speaker setup is provided. The computer-program product includes instructions for wirelessly receiving, via Near Field Communication (NFC), speaker information for at least one speaker in a speaker system. The computer-program product further includes instructions wirelessly transmitting the speaker information to an audio control unit that transmits audio data to the at least one speaker based on the speaker information.
US09961476B2
A terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes a communication interface unit configured to receive image data of an application installed in another terminal device that is streamed from the another terminal device, a display unit configured to display the image data, a control unit configured to receive an installation file associated with the application through the communication interface unit while the image data is being displayed, and to execute the received installation file when authentication of the installation file is completed, and a storage unit configured to allow the application to be installed therein according to execution of the installation file.
US09961471B2
Techniques for personalizing audio levels, in accordance with embodiments of the present technology, provide different audio volumes to different locations in a room allowing for two of more users to enjoy the same audio content at different volumes. Differential level and delay compensation filtering based on a position of each of a plurality of speakers, the location of each user and the preferred relative audio volume of each user are utilized to produce different effective audio levels in localized regions of a room.
US09961466B2
The present invention relates to an audio signal processing apparatus and an audio signal processing method to perform binaural rendering. To this end, provided are an audio signal processing apparatus to perform binaural filtering an input audio signal, including: a first filtering unit configured to filter the input audio signal by a first lateral transfer function to generate a first lateral output signal; and a second filtering unit configured to filter the input audio signal by a second lateral transfer function to generate a second lateral output signal, wherein the first lateral transfer function and the second lateral transfer function are generated by modifying an interaural transfer function (ITF) with respect to the input audio signal and an audio signal processing method using the same.
US09961463B2
An example implementation may involve a control device receiving, from a first playback device of a media playback system, a calibration state variable indicating that the first playback device is uncalibrated. The control device may cause a graphical interface to display an indication that the first playback device is uncalibrated. The control device may also cause the graphical interface to display a selectable control that, when selected, initiates calibration of the first playback device. Based on detecting selection of the selectable control, the control device may initiate calibration of the first playback device.
US09961461B2
An audio processing apparatus is configured to process audio signals from a plurality of sources. The audio processing apparatus may include a digital interface to receive status data indicating a status of at least one source, and an optical output device having a plurality of groups of graphics display areas which are respectively assigned to one of a plurality of audio channels of the audio processing apparatus. The audio processing apparatus may also include a control device configured to receive the status data, to determine at least one group of graphics display areas based on the received status data, and to control a graphics display area of the determined at least one group to display graphics generated based on the received status data.
US09961460B2
A vibration source estimation device, method and computer-readable medium are provided. The vibration source estimation device comprises a processor configured to execute instructions to receive data samples of a plurality of vibration signals generated at a vibration position, the data samples being associated with a plurality of frames. The processor is also configured to execute instructions to calculate a cross correlation function for each frame based on the data samples, calculate a weight for each frame based on a signal-to-noise ratio calculated from the cross correlation function, multiply the cross correlation function for each frame by the weight, calculate a sum of weighted cross correlation functions for respective frames as a weighted-cross-correlation function, and estimate the vibration position based on the weighted-cross-correlation function.
