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US09122173B2	Positioning system, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A positioning system to position a table within a base frame of a lithographic apparatus, the positioning system including first and second actuators and a controller. The first actuator exerting an actuation force on the table. The first actuator being connected to a balance mass constructed and arranged to absorb a reaction force of the first actuator. The controller and second actuator constructed and arranged to exert a compensation force and/or torque to compensate a torque caused by the actuation force exerted by the first actuator on the balance mass.
US09122172B2	Reflection shadow mask alignment using coded apertures In a shadow mask-substrate alignment method, a light source, a beam splitter, a first substrate including a first grate, a second substrate including a second grate, and a light receiver are positioned relative to each other to define a light path that includes light output by the light source being reflected a first time by the beam splitter. The light reflected the first time passes through the first or second grate and is at least partially reflected a second time by the second or first grate back through the first or the second grate, respectively. The light reflected the second time passes at least partially through the beam splitter for receipt by the light receiver. The orientation of the first substrate, the second substrate or both is adjusted to position the first grate, the second grate, or both until a predetermined amount is received by the light receiver.
US09122164B2	Lithography material and lithography process An immersion lithography resist material comprising a matrix polymer having a first polarity and an additive having a second polarity that is substantially greater than the first polarity. The additive may have a molecular weight that is less than about 1000 Dalton. The immersion lithography resist material may have a contact angle that is substantially greater than the contact angle of the matrix polymer.
US09122161B2	Electroless plating method using bleaching A conductive pattern can be formed a reactive polymer comprising pendant tertiary alkyl ester groups, (b) a compound that provides an acid upon exposure to radiation, (c) a crosslinking agent that is capable of reacting in the presence of the acid, and (d) optionally, a photosensitizer. The polymeric layer is patternwise exposed to provide non-exposed regions and exposed regions comprising a polymer comprising carboxylic acid groups. Both the non-exposed regions and the exposed regions of the polymeric layer are contacted with a reducing agent, bleached to remove surface amounts of the reducing agent in both non-exposed and exposed regions of the polymeric layer, and contacted with electroless seed metal ions to oxidize the reducing agent and to form corresponding electroless seed metal nuclei in the exposed regions. The corresponding electroless seed metal nuclei are then electrolessly plated with a conductive metal.
US09122153B2	Cyclic compound, method for producing same, composition, and method for forming resist pattern A cyclic compound having a molecular weight of 500 to 5000 is represented by the following formula (1), wherein at least one of R0 is a monovalent group containing an iodine atom. Also disclosed are a method for producing the cyclic compound, a composition containing the cyclic compound, and a method for forming a resist pattern using the composition.
US09122146B2	Optical module used in projection device An optical module used in a projection device is provided. The optical module includes a base and a filter mirror. The base has an inclined leaning surface and a sidewall surface. The sidewall surface is located at a periphery of the base and forms a through hole along a direction. The inclined leaning surface is extended from the sidewall surface and an inclined angle is formed between the inclined leaning surface and the direction. The filter mirror is disposed on the inclined leaning surface.
US09122142B2	Display apparatus for an operating room A display apparatus for displaying medical information in a medical treatment facility includes an image surface to depict information, such that the image surface is configured so that it can be converted by reshaping from an operating condition into a resting condition and vice versa.
US09122139B2	Projection image displaying device with openings around its projection lens and mirror In a projection image displaying device which projects imaging light emitted from a projection lens by being reflected by a projection mirror, an air inlet for sucking external air is provided at the position of a sealing mechanism of the projection mirror. Air blown off through openings provided around the projection lens is sucked into a case through this air inlet. When a cooling operation of cooling components within the case is to be performed by sealing the projection mirror, a sucking operation through the air inlet is stopped. This prevents dust in the external air from adhering to a reflective surface of the projection mirror regardless of the installation state of the projection image displaying device.
US09122134B2	Display screen for image display system and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are a display screen for an image display system capable of providing an image having a high contrast ratio in a bright room, and a method for manufacturing the same. The display screen for displaying thereon image light emitted from a projector includes a lens layer, and a reflective layer formed on the lens layer and configured to reflect the image light, wherein the lens layer and/or the reflective layer contain a black material.
US09122127B2	Lens hood and imaging apparatus A lens hood which is integrated with a lens cover is provided. The lens hood is attached in front of an imaging lens, and is configured to prevent undesired light incident on the imaging lens. The lens hood includes a lens cover having an upper door and a lower door, and a hood body. The hood body supports the upper door and the lower door so as to rotate the upper door and the lower door in opposite directions to each other about an axis orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging lens, and has a storage space that stores the upper door and the lower door.
US09122124B2	Actuator and camera module having same An actuator includes a base, a stationary frame mounted on the base, a moveable frame supported on the base, and a driving unit. The stationary frame includes a receiving cavity, a first sidewall, a neighboring second sidewall, an upper end, and an opposing lower end. The stationary frame defines a first cutout in the first sidewall, a second cutout in the second sidewall, and a third cutout passing through the lower end. The first cutout and the second cutout communicate with the receiving cavity, and the third cutout is located between the first cutout and the second cutout and directly communicates with the first cutout and the second cutout. The moveable frame includes a main body received in the receiving cavity and a protruding portion received in the third cutout. The driving unit includes a guide pole, a first metal clip, a second metal clip, and a SMA wire.
US09122118B2	Active barrier and method for producing the same, display apparatus and active shutter glasses An active barrier, a method for producing the active barrier, a display apparatus and an active shutter glasses are provided. The active barrier comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate; at least one set of strip electrodes disposed between the first and second substrates, each set of strip electrodes comprising two strip electrodes, two adjacent sets of strip electrodes being separated from each other; and an electrochromism layer and an electrolyte layer disposed in a region defined by the two strip electrodes of each set of strip electrodes between the first and second substrates. For each set of strip electrodes, the electrochromism layer contacts one of the two strip electrodes, and the electrolyte layer contacts at least one of the two strip electrodes. The light transmission region and the light shielding region of the active barrier can be formed by means of the oxidation reaction and the reduction reaction of the electrochromism layer, achieving the bare eye mode of 3D display and the switching mode between 2D display and 3D display. The producing process of the active barrier is simplified and the display brightness of the display apparatus is improved.
US09122101B2	Stereoscopic flat panel display with scrolling backlight and synchronized liquid crystal display update This disclosure describes stereoscopic flat panel display systems based on the polarization encoding of sequentially displayed left and right eye images. The systems comprise line-by-line addressed liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, illuminating back light units and polarization control panels (PCPs). Right and left eye images are written sequentially onto the LCD whose polarization is controlled by a substantially synchronously driven PCP. The backlight may be continuously illuminated, or modulated temporally, spatially or both, as can the PCP.
US09122098B2	Image display device, photography device, image display system and method that adjusts display backlight luminance based on image tag information An image display device includes: a transmissive display panel; a backlight unit on a back face thereof and performing backlight local dimming; a tag information analysis unit that analyzes tag information on an acquired image file; and a backlight control signal creation unit that detects luminance for each of divided image areas of an image in the image file to determine backlight luminance for each of divided light emission areas of the backlight unit in accordance with the detected luminance for each of the image areas in a case where it is determined to perform the BLD in accordance with an analysis result of the tag information on the image file acquired by the tag information analysis unit, and that controls backlight luminance so that the backlight luminance of all the image in the image file becomes uniform in a case where it is determined not to perform the BLD.
US09122096B2	LED lightbar for backlight module, and backlight module The invention relates to the field of LCDs, and more particularly to an LED lightbar for a backlight module, and a backlight module. The front face of the LED lightbar is provided with LED lights, and the back face of the LED lightbar is a plane used for the sticking of a thermal conductive adhesive; the back face of the LED lightbar is provided with positioning edge(s) used for positioning the thermal conductive adhesive, and the positioning edge(s) is protruded from the back plane of the LED lightbar. The back face of the LED lightbar for a backlight module of the invention is provided with positioning edge(s) used for positioning the thermal conductive adhesive, and the positioning edge(s) is protruded from the back plane of the LED lightbar. When sticking the thermal conductive adhesive, the operator can align the thermal conductive adhesive with the edge of the positioning edge(s) to tidily stick. If being tidily stuck, the thermal conductive adhesive is tightly matched with the LED lightbar. Because the thermal conductive adhesive is not pulled to be straight, the inward pulling stress is avoided. Thus, even under severe conditions, the adhesive failure and deformation are not easily generated, and the stability and heat dissipating effect of the backlight module are guaranteed.
US09122092B2	Colored morphing apparatus for an electronic device A user interface (200) for a portable electronic device (100) is configured to transition from a first state to a second state to present a plurality of mode-based user actuation targets to a user. The user interface (200) includes a segmented electro-optical device (407) configured to open and close shutters, thereby revealing and hiding the user actuation targets. The user interface includes a first polarizer (401) disposed above the segmented electro-optical device (407) and a colored reflective polarizer (405) disposed beneath the segmented electro-optical device. The colored reflective polarizer (405), which may include a colored dichroic polarizer (601) and a reflective polarizer (602), causes the user interface (200) to exhibit a predetermined color.
US09122080B2	Ophthalmic lens holder for a centering device An ophthalmic lens holder (1), includes a pedestal (10) and at least three contact pads (30) that rise from the pedestal such as to have substantially coplanar free ends (31), whereby the contact pads are suitable for bearing the ophthalmic lens. The holder has at least three through-openings (25) of axes (A1) substantially orthogonal to the plane of the free ends of the three contact pads.
US09122072B2	Sealing system for use in variable focus lenses The present disclosure provides a sealing device for use in variable focus lenses that includes a guide member having at least one internal cavity and a passageway intersecting the internal cavity. A pinch member is slidably engaged within the internal cavity of the guide member and a portion of the pinch member slides across the passageway and into a portion of the internal cavity to deform and seal a fluid tube extending through the passageway. A set of adjustable eyeglasses employing the sealing device is also provided.
US09122065B2	Display panel, display and electronic device A display panel includes: a panel section including a plurality of pixels disposed in a row direction and a column direction; and a barrier section including light blocking regions and light transmitting regions alternately disposed in the row direction and the column direction, wherein each of the pixels emits light of four colors, and has two sub-pixels for each of the four colors.
US09122056B1	Sign and display systems A sign and display system including a faceplate, lens, backing plate, and at least one magnet is described. The faceplate includes a viewing aperture and the back of the faceplate includes a recess in which the at least one magnet is mounted. The recess in the faceplate is configured to receive the lens and backing plate. The lens may include one or more edge protrusions configured to enter one or more small recesses in the side of the faceplate recess to secure the lens to the faceplate. When the lens and backing plate are positioned in the recess of the faceplate, the one or more magnets exert a force on the backing plate to secure the faceplate and lens to the backing plate. An insert capable of displaying text and/or graphics can also be positioned between the lens and backing plate in the recess of the faceplate.
US09122053B2	Realistic occlusion for a head mounted augmented reality display Technology is described for providing realistic occlusion between a virtual object displayed by a head mounted, augmented reality display system and a real object visible to the user's eyes through the display. A spatial occlusion in a user field of view of the display is typically a three dimensional occlusion determined based on a three dimensional space mapping of real and virtual objects. An occlusion interface between a real object and a virtual object can be modeled at a level of detail determined based on criteria such as distance within the field of view, display size or position with respect to a point of gaze. Technology is also described for providing three dimensional audio occlusion based on an occlusion between a real object and a virtual object in the user environment.
US09122050B2	Electrowetting device An electrowetting device includes: a lower substrate and an upper substrate which face each other; a first electrode on the lower substrate; an insulating layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the upper substrate; and a first fluid and a second fluid between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The first fluid includes a solvent, a dye and a scattering enhancer.
US09122044B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, and a fourth lens group. The first through third lens groups move such that the distance between the first and second lens groups is greater while the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group is less at the telephoto end compared to the wide angle end, and the fourth lens moves with the third lens group. The third lens group includes a fixed positive subgroup, including at least one positive lens and one negative lens, and a movable subgroup provided toward an image side of the fixed lens group including one negative lens that moves perpendicular to an optical axis to correct an image plane when camera shake occurs. The fourth lens group includes a fixed subgroup and a movable subgroup that moves during focusing operations.
US09122036B2	Optical fiber clamp and method of clamping optical fiber A device for setting an optical fiber in place is comprised of: a pedestal capable of supporting the optical fiber; a clamper having the optical fiber gripped between the clamper and the pedestal; and a pressure device having a first elastic member bearing a first load area, a second elastic member bearing a second load area distinct from the first load area, and a limiter device limiting a deformation range of the second elastic member, the pressure device being so linked with the clamper as to, in the deformation range, cause the second elastic member to pressurize the clamper, and, after reaching a limit of the deformation range, cause the first elastic member to pressurize the clamper.
US09122035B2	Dynamic caterpuller system and method for manufacturing buffer tubes for fiber optic cables A manufacturing line includes an extruder and a dynamic caterpuller system located after the extruder along the manufacturing line. During manufacturing, a fiber optic assembly is produced, where the fiber optic assembly includes a tube containing at least on optical fiber. The tube is extruded via the extruder and loaded via the dynamic caterpuller, which includes a closed pipe through which passes a liquid and the fiber optic assembly. The flow rate of the liquid is different than the speed of the fiber optic assembly through the pipe such that drag is imparted on the fiber optic assembly by the liquid.
US09122021B2	Sealing enclosure for a connector on a cable, such as a standardized fiber-optic connector The invention relates to a sealing enclosure and a sealing assembly comprising the sealing enclosure and a mating enclosure as well as a method to connect both. The sealing enclosure loosely receives a connector within a connector volume so that the connector, which may be of a standard type used in electronic or optic data transmission, may be displaced within a plug face at the forward end of the connector volume. Thus, the connector may compensate variations in the position of a mating connector with respect to the mating enclosure. Moreover, the sealing enclosure allows to seal off the connector volume and engage the sealing enclosure with a mating enclosure in a single motion. This is affected by having a cable seal interposed between an inner body and an outer body. If the outer body is moved forward to engage the mating connector, the cable seal is squeezed between the cable and the inner body sealing off the connector volume at the rearward end of the inner body.
US09122020B2	Connector assembly having a slidable connector A connector assembly including an outer housing having a front end, a back end, and a central axis extending therebetween. The outer housing has a passage that extends therethrough. The connector assembly also includes a slidable connector that is disposed within the passage. The slidable connector includes a communication module. The connector assembly also includes a spring frame that is positioned between the slidable connector and the outer housing. Prior to mating with a mating connector, the spring frame mechanically couples the slidable connector with respect to the outer housing. After the mating connector and the communication module are communicatively coupled, the spring frame releases the slidable connector from the outer housing such that the slidable connector is permitted to move relative to the outer housing. The spring frame mechanically couples the slidable connector relative to the mating connector.
US09122015B2	Optical interconnect structure The present invention is an optical interconnect structure characterized by that it comprises an optical waveguide comprising a first core and a connective optical waveguide which is formed on the optical waveguide and comprises a second core, and that a first diffraction grating formed in the first core and a second diffraction grating formed into the second core are arranged such that at least a part of the former faces a part of the latter.
US09122010B2	Fiber optic splicing system An enclosure system for enclosing a fiber optics splicer so that the fiber optic splicer can be used in hazardous area is disclosed. The enclosure system comprises of an enclosure wherein the top side of the enclosure is adapted to become door of the enclosure and a purging unit connected to the enclosure for performing pressure purging within the enclosure system, wherein the purging unit comprises a pressure purge unit, an air-pumping device, and pressure gauges. A fusion splicer and fiber optic cables to be spliced are installed inside the enclosure and the top side of the enclosure is locked and sealed using a sealing unit. The sealing unit is made of soft materials that conforms around the fiber optic cables to be spliced, hence do not damage the fiber optic cables. Using the purging unit of the enclosure system, flammable gas inside the fiber optics enclosure system is displaced with non-flammable air or inert gas. During splicing, the enclosure system also maintains positive pressure inside the enclosure, hence preventing any flammable gas from entering the enclosure. With the enclosure system, splicing of fiber optics can be done safely, even in a hazardous area, using the fusion splicer installed in the enclosure system. A method utilizing the enclosure system for splicing of fiber optics is also disclosed herein.
US09122003B2	Semiconductor optical device A semiconductor optical device includes a light receiving device; an optical waveguide having a mesa structure, the optical waveguide including first, second, third, and fourth waveguide portions; and a passivation layer provided on a side surface of the light receiving device. The mesa structure in the second waveguide portion has a width increasing along the waveguide axis, and the mesa structure in the third waveguide portion has a width decreasing along the waveguide axis. The second waveguide portion includes first and second regions, the first region being optically coupled to the first waveguide portion and the second region being optically coupled to the third waveguide portion. The passivation layer is provided on side surfaces of the mesa structure in the second region, the third waveguide portion, and the fourth waveguide portion. The mesa structures in the first waveguide portion and the first region have side surfaces without the passivation layer.
US09121990B2	Planar light source apparatus and display apparatus using the same A planar light source apparatus includes a light source; a flexible printed circuit (FPC) having a wiring part that extends from a light source mounting part having the light source; a rear frame that accommodates the light source and the FPC; and a driver substrate, which is arranged on a backside that is an opposite side of an inner surface of the rear frame, and which has a connector configured to connect the FPC, wherein an end portion of the wiring part is extracted to the backside through an opening hole formed in the rear frame and is connected to the connector, and wherein the backside of the rear frame has a protrusion portion, which is arranged in the vicinity of an insertion slot of the connector, and is which formed to be substantially level with an arrangement position of the insertion slot.
US09121974B2	Light guide, illuminating device, and image reading apparatus A light guide with a bar-like shape that extends in a predetermined direction, having: a reflective surface that reflects light inside the light guide within the light guide; a first output surface that causes light inside the light guide to exit the light guide, the first output surface, when viewed in plan from the predetermined direction, constituting a first are of an ellipse that has a first focal point, along with a second focal point located on the reflective surface, and the first are being closer to the first focal point than to the second focal point; and a second output surface that causes light inside the light guide to exit the light guide, the second output surface, when viewed in plan from the predetermined direction, constituting a second arc of an ellipse that has a third focal point, along with a fourth focal point coinciding with the second focal point, and the second arc being closer to the third focal point than to the fourth focal point.
US09121971B2	Hybrid method of combining multipoint statistic and object-based methods for creating reservoir property models A computer system and a hybrid method for combining multipoint statistic and object-based methods include creating a multi-point statistics (MPS) model using a MPS method that satisfies conditioning data and constraints in which the multi-point statistics are derived from a training image created using training-image generation parameters; generating one or more object-shape templates and depositional or structural coordinates of each facies type using the generation parameters; positioning the one or more generated templates within the MPS model such that the one or more generated templates maximally correlate to the MPS model; assigning to each of the one or more positioned templates a unique event; providing depositional or structural coordinates to each cell associated with a given event number; and modeling properties using the coordinates to capture geological trends within each template.
US09121970B2	Monopole acoustic transmitter ring comprising piezoelectric material A monopole acoustic transmitter for logging-while-drilling comprising as a ring that comprises one or more piezoelectric arc segments. The ring is oriented in a plane whose normal is essentially coincident with the major axis of a logging tool in which it is disposed. The ring disposed within a recess on the outer surface of a short, cylindrical insert. The insert is inserted into a drill collar, rather than into the wall of the collar. The ring can comprise a continuous ring of piezoelectric material, or alternately arc segments or active ring segments of piezoelectric ceramic bonded to segments of other materials such as alumina to increase the frequency or heavy metals such as tungsten to reduce the frequency. The material and dimensions of the material used in-between the piezoelectric segments is chosen to alter the frequency of the ring.
US09121968B2	Extracting geologic information from multiple offset stacks and/or angle stacks Geologic information may be extracted from multiple offset stacks and/or angle stacks. Offset stacks and/or angle stacks may be received that represent energy that has propagated through a geologic volume of interest from energy sources to energy receivers. Attribute volumes associated with individual source-receiver offsets and/or source-receiver angles may be determined based on corresponding offset stacks and/or angle stacks. For individual offset stacks or angle stacks, corresponding sets of geologic features represented in the attribute volumes may be identified. The sets of geologic features corresponding to the different offset stacks and/or angle stacks to may be compared to determine discrepancies and/or similarities between the sets of geologic features corresponding to the different offset stacks and/or angle stacks. Stratigraphic interpretations, stratigraphic predictions, and/or other interpretations and/or predictions may be determined based on causes of the discrepancies and/or similarities.
US09121965B2	Low frequency passive seismic data acquisition and processing Low sensitivity, single vertical axis or uniaxial transducer sensors are deployed along receiver lines across an area of interest to acquire low frequency passive seismic data from the earth. Recordings formed of the acquired low frequency passive seismic data are decomposed in the frequency-wavenumber (F-K) domain according to wavefront dipping angles into mono-dominant velocity seismic records. Resulting seismic waves of different types are identifiable based on the different dipping angles. Wavefields can then be analyzed separately in either time or frequency domains and analyzed or integrated with other data.
US09121954B2	Multiframe X-ray detector for imaging system with distributed X-ray sources Device and method for synchronously switching activating a first and second charge accumulation section (31, 32) for a duration of a first and second predetermined sub-frame and a first and second X-ray source until lapse of a predetermined time frame for each of the first and second charge accumulation section (31, 32) for the accumulation of a plurality of temporally distributed partial charges according to an origin of a respective one of the plurality of spatially distributed X-ray sources so as to establish a specific relation between the focal spot position and a rule for accumulating the respective partial measurements, e.g. temporally distributed partial charges, belonging to the same focal spot positions, and to keep the focal spot temperature low by only activating the focal spot for a limited time according to a sub-frame.
US09121950B2	Imaging detector An imaging detector (214) includes a scintillator array (216) including a scintillator element (228) and a material (230) and a photosensor array (218) including a detector element (222) having a light sensitive region (224) and a non-sensitive region (226). The light sensitive region is separated from the scintillator element by a gap, the light sensitive region is in one-to-one mechanical alignment with the scintillator element, and the non-sensitive region is in mechanical alignment with the material. The detector further includes structure (234) that includes one or more material free channels. The structure is located between the non-sensitive region and the material and not between the light sensitive region and the scintillator element. An optical adhesive (232) is located in the gap, filling the entire gap, and mechanically and optically coupling the light sensitive region and the scintillator element.
US09121949B2	Method and electronic circuit for reading the signals generated by one or more pixelated sensors The subject matter of the invention is a method and an electronic circuit for reading the signals generated by one or more pixelated sensors in a gamma radiation detection system, which makes it possible to substantially reduce the number of electronic channels to be digitized. The electronic circuit in the invention is analog and can also be coupled to other similar circuits in order to acquire the signals from larger sensors.
US09121944B2	Mid-infrared vehicle early warning system A method of warning a driver of a vehicle of an obstacle that is more than one kilometer from the vehicle includes emitting MIR laser energy from the vehicle. The laser energy has a wavelength approximately between 3500 nanometers and 5000 nanometers. A phase conjugate lens is used to orthogonally direct a portion of the laser energy that is reflected by the obstacle to an image-capturing device or sensor within the vehicle. An image of the obstacle is displayed to the driver. The image is based on the laser energy directed to the image-capturing device.
US09121942B2	Guided wave radar delay lock loop circuit A guided wave radar level measurement instrument comprises a probe defining a transmission line for sensing material level. A probe interface circuit is connected to the probe for generating pulses on the transmission line and receiving reflected signals from the transmission line. The probe interface circuit comprises a transmit pulse generator for generating a transmit pulse, a sample pulse generator for generating a sample pulse, and a delay lock loop for controlling the transmit and sample pulse generators. The delay lock loop is controlled by a pulse repetition frequency having a duty cycle less than 50%.
US09121935B2	Portable biometric monitoring devices having location sensors Assisted-GPS for a portable biometric monitoring device is provided. The portable biometric monitoring device may obtain updated ephemeris data from an associated secondary device via a short-range, low-power communication protocol. The secondary device may be a computing device such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Various rules may control when the ephemeris data is updated. The ephemeris data may be used in the calculation of the global position of the portable biometric monitoring device. Additionally, the portable biometric monitoring device may communicate downloaded position fixing data to the associated secondary device. The associated secondary device may then calculate the global position from the position fixing data.
US09121934B2	Radar system and detection method A radar system includes an arithmetic processing unit, which calculates the second derivative of the intensity of a reflected wave and determines whether a target is an upper structure or a vehicle, based on the second derivative. Alternatively, the arithmetic processing unit decomposes the waveform of the intensity of the reflected wave into frequency components and determines whether the target is an upper structure or a vehicle, based on the intensity of a predetermined frequency component.
US09121932B2	Refining a position estimate of a low earth orbiting satellite In a method for refining a position estimate of a low earth orbiting (LEO) satellite a first position estimate of a LEO satellite is generated with a GNSS receiver on-board the LEO satellite. Corrections are received at the LEO satellite. The corrections are processed on-board the LEO satellite such that a corrected LEO satellite position estimate of the LEO satellite is generated for the first position estimate.
US09121930B2	Two-channel monopulse radar for three-dimensional detection An apparatus for determining the position of a target object using a two-channel monopulse radar. The radar may include two transmitting antennas and one common receiving antenna disposed in a coplanar arrangement. The transmitting antennas may be positioned on the focal plane of the radar along a focal plane axis that extends through, and that is perpendicular with, a boresight axis of the radar. The transmitting antennas may be spaced apart from one another in a first dimension a distance equal to about one half of one wavelength of the radar's center operating frequency. One of the transmitting antennas may be squinted at an angle of θ1 relative to the boresight axis and the other transmitting antenna may be squinted at an angle of θ2 relative to the boresight axis in a second dimension. The transmitting antennas are not squinted relative to one another in the first dimension.
US09121928B2	Radar apparatus and method of assembling the same Disclosed are a radar apparatus having a reduced size and a reduced number of components, and a method of assembling the radar apparatus.
US09121925B2	Ultrawideband radar Radar in accordance with some embodiments of the inventive concept may include a transmission part outputting a signal to a target object; a receiving part receiving a reflected signal corresponding to the output signal of the transmission part; and a signal processing part receiving the reflected signal from the receiving part to distinguish the target object. The signal processing part directly samples the reflected signal and compares any one of the directly sampled reflected signal and a signal that the directly sampled reflected signal is restored with restored reflected signal data to distinguish the target object.
US09121922B2	Access point location identification methods and apparatus based on absolute and relative harvesting A system and method which identifies locations associated with radio-frequency (RF) signal sources in an area, includes receiving multiple measurement sets from a plurality of collector devices. The collector devices obtain contemporaneous information on characteristics of the signal sources and absolute and/or relative location information of the collectors. These measurement sets are processed to discover positioning data for the RF signal sources that may be used to determine locations of devices in the area that are configured to receive or monitor the RF signals.
US09121914B2	Defect detection method, method for repairing organic EL element, and organic EL display panel A defect detection method for an organic EL element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a functional layer and a light-emission layer disposed between the electrodes, including: applying a first voltage, between the electrodes, that, when the organic EL element includes, between the electrodes, a defective portion that is a potential cause of non-light emission of the light-emission layer, reduces electrical resistance of a first portion, of the functional layer, corresponding to the defective portion and makes the organic EL element detectable as a dark spot, whose light-emission layer does not emit light; and after applying the first voltage, applying a second voltage between the electrodes and detecting whether or not the organic EL element is the dark spot, the second voltage, when the organic EL element does not include the defective portion, causing the light-emission layer to emit light.
US09121908B2	Magnetic resonance system and a method for emitting high-frequency signals A magnetic resonance system having a transmitting system with a high-frequency antenna unit and a high-frequency transmit array. The high-frequency antenna unit is configured to emit high-frequency signals and receive magnetic resonance signals. The high-frequency transmit array has two high-frequency transmit units that allow parallel transmission of high-frequency signals. Each of the high-frequency transmit units of the high-frequency transmit array includes a separate trigger unit.
US09121903B2	Parallel scan path distributor/collector controller having serial and control inputs Functional circuits and cores of circuits are tested on integrated circuits using scan paths. Using parallel scan distributor and collector circuits for these scan paths improves test access of circuits and cores embedded within ICs and reduces the IC's power consumption during scan testing. A controller for the distributor and collector circuits includes a test control register, a test control state machine and a multiplexer. These test circuits can be connected in a hierarchy or in parallel. A conventional test access port or TAP can be modified to work with the disclosed test circuits.
US09121896B2	Device for detecting the thinning down of the substrate of an integrated circuit chip A device for detecting the thinning down of the substrate of an integrated circuit chip, including, in the active area of the substrate, bar-shaped diffused resistors connected as a Wheatstone bridge, wherein: first opposite resistors of the bridge are oriented along a first direction; the second opposite resistors of the bridge are oriented along a second direction; and the first and second directions are such that a thinning down of the substrate causes a variation of the imbalance value of the bridge.
US09121879B2	Techniques for improving reliability of a fault current limiting system Techniques for improving reliability of a superconducting fault current limiting system (SCFCL) are provided. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method of improving a reliability of a superconducting fault current limiting system (SCFCL), the SCFCL system comprising a superconductor provided in a container. The method may comprise providing one or more sensors capable of detecting a fault current proximate to the superconductor; determining a change in the condition of the superconductor as a result of the fault current; and estimating the lifetime of the superconductor based on the change in the condition of the superconductor.
US09121877B2	System and method for wireless remote display for high voltage line meter A system for measuring phase attributes of high voltage electrical lines comprises first and second high voltage probes. Each of the probes comprises a sensing element for selectively measuring voltage of a high voltage electrical line, a processing device for detecting zero crossings of the measured voltage and applying a time tag to the zero crossings, and storing samples of the amplitude and time tagged zero crossings. A transceiver transmits storage samples. A user interface device is remote from the first and second high voltage probes and comprises a transceiver for receiving transmitted storage samples. A memory stores received samples of the time tagged zero crossings for the first and second high voltage electrical lines. A processor is operatively associated with the memory for determining phase relationships between the first and second high voltage electrical lines. A display displays the phase relationships.
US09121869B2	Probe assembly, probe card including the same, and methods for manufacturing these Quality of connection portions between respective probes and respective wires in a probe assembly is improved. Also, time required for work for connection between the probes and the wires is shortened. Further, improper connection between the probes and the wires is eliminated. A probe assembly includes an electric insulating substrate, a plurality of probes supported on one surface of the substrate, a plurality of through holes provided in the substrate to respectively correspond to the plurality of probes and filled with a conductive material attached to the respective probes, and a plurality of conductive membranes formed on the other surface of the substrate and respectively attached to the conductive material in the plurality of through holes.
US09121850B2	Cartridge for detecting target antigen and method for detecting target antigen using the same There are provided a cartridge for detecting a target antigen and a method for detecting a target antigen existing in a biological sample using the cartridge. In the cartridge, multiple detections of various antigens can be rapidly and conveniently performed, and a plurality of target antigens can be quantitatively analyzed using one cartridge, thereby reducing time and cost.
US09121839B2	Analyzing system, analyzing apparatus, container, analyzing method, program, and recording medium An analyzing system that enables further expansion of analysis items and automation of analysis. In the analyzing system for performing an analysis using container 1 and an analyzing apparatus, container 1 is a dedicated container previously containing a reagent for a specific analysis item or an expansion container to which a user can freely set an analysis item.
US09121835B2	Quality inspection of container coatings A method and apparatus are disclosed for testing and inspecting containers coated by means of a plasma treatment, e.g. plastic bottles, which are coated for instance with amorphous silicon oxide or carbon compounds. The containers are tested by a measuring device trace-gas-analytically, e.g. mass-spectrometrically, for undesired foreign substances, such as acetaldehyde and/or antimony, escaping from the container material after a plasma coating treatment.
US09121828B2	Cellular libraries of peptide sequences (CLiPS) and methods of using the same The present invention provides compositions including peptide display scaffolds that present at least one candidate peptide and at least one detectable moiety in at least one of the N-terminal and C-terminal candidate peptide presenting domains that when expressed in a cell are accessible at a surface of the cell outermembrane. In addition, the present invention also provides kits and methods for screening a library of cells presenting the candidate peptides in peptide display scaffolds to identify a ligand for an enzyme.
US09121816B2	Apparatus for determining the properties of a medium in the form of a fluid or a soft material An apparatus determines the properties of a medium in the form of a fluid or soft material. An acoustic waveguide has two opposing guide elements delimiting an interior space to be filled with a medium. The guide elements, upon filling the interior space with a medium, form an interface with the medium with an inner surface. A transmitter generates acoustic surface waves in the waveguide, which are received by a receiver. The waveguide can be coupled with an evaluation unit for determining physical properties of the medium based on a signal generated by the receiver. A housing accommodates the guide elements, transmitter and receiver. On the respective inner surface, at least a part of the acoustic surface waves can be converted into volumetric sound waves of the medium and at least a part of the volumetric sound waves can be converted into acoustic surface waves of the waveguide.
US09121813B2	Automatic morphometry and classification of crystals of iron oxides An automatic method for the classification of crystals of iron oxides, including the measurement of oxide crystal size and shape, by a digital microscopy procedure involving image acquisition, processing, analysis, and classification is described.
US09121807B1	Real-time monitoring of plutonium content in uranium-plutonium alloys A method and device for the real-time, in-situ monitoring of Plutonium content in U—Pu Alloys comprising providing a crucible. The crucible has an interior non-reactive to a metallic U—Pu alloy within said interior of said crucible. The U—Pu alloy comprises metallic uranium and plutonium. The U—Pu alloy is heated to a liquid in an inert or reducing atmosphere. The heated U—Pu alloy is then cooled to a solid in an inert or reducing atmosphere. As the U—Pu alloy is cooled, the temperature of the U—Pu alloy is monitored. A solidification temperature signature is determined from the monitored temperature of the U—Pu alloy during the step of cooling. The amount of Uranium and the amount of Plutonium in the U—Pu alloy is then determined from the determined solidification temperature signature.
US09121800B2	Internally reflective chamber for fluorescent radiation collection and concentration, and method for using the same A system for collecting and analyzing maximized amounts of fluorescent radiation using frequency scattering ports or waveguides that absorb a desired size of wavelengths.
US09121788B2	Device and method for detecting optical performance of beam shaping element A detection apparatus and method for testing optical performance of beam shaping element used in ultraviolet lithography machine; The apparatus comprises visible wavelength laser and other optical units placed along the optical axis including, in order from laser side, (a) beam expander lens group, (b) beam splitter, (c) first far field imaging lens, (d) adjustable aperture or (e) CCD image sensor, (f) second far field imaging lens and (g) energy sensor. The detection apparatus is suitable be employed to detect the optical performance of beam shaping element working at any ultraviolet band, and provides the features of low cost, easy operation and quick measurement.
US09121785B2	Non-powered impact recorder A non-powered impact recorder is disclosed. The non-powered impact recorder includes a resonator tuned for a resonant response within a predetermined frequency range. A reduced cross-sectional area portion is formed within the resonator and configured to structurally fail when the resonator experiences the resonant response. Additionally, the non-powered impact recorder includes an electric circuit element disposed about the reduced cross-sectional area portion of the resonator. Upon structural failure of the resonator, the electric circuit element is broken to cause a discontinuity in the electric circuit element. Interrogation of the discontinuous electric circuit element facilitates approximation of impact frequency and/or impact energy.
US09121773B2	Gas sensors and methods of calibrating same A method is provided for calibrating a thermal conductivity sensor in a first medium A from measurements in a second medium B. The method includes maintaining the sensor at a substantially fixed temperature T1, and measuring a heat flux IB(T1) from the thermal element in the second medium B. A corresponding heat flux IA(T1) in the first medium A is calculated using known thermal conductivities of the first medium A and the second medium B.
US09121770B2	Flow management system and method A monitoring tool is provided for monitoring wells for flow anomalies. The temperatures of flowing well fluid and ambient temperature are monitored and various methods applied to indicate if a well is normal flowing, at risk of flow stoppage or cessation of flow. Approaches are described for determining trending indicators from actual flow temperatures compared to a normal flow relationship for establishing the presence of flow anomalies. Temperature sensors, onsite processors and communications upload data for display of well status flags on a mapping module enabling pro-active detection and preventative action by operators.
US09121764B2	Providing image data Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of providing image data for constructing an image of a region of a target object, comprising providing incident radiation from a radiation source at a target object, detecting, by at least one detector, a portion of radiation scattered by the target object with the incident radiation or an aperture at first and second positions, and providing image data via an iterative process responsive to the detected radiation, wherein in said iterative process image data is provided corresponding to a portion of radiation scattered by the target object and not detected by the detector.
US09121760B2	Room-temperature filtering for passive infrared imaging A device, for imaging infrared radiation from a scene, includes a detector of the infrared radiation, an enclosure for keeping the detector at an operating temperature thereof, an optical system, outside the enclosure, for focusing the infrared radiation onto the detector via a window of the enclosure, and a filter. In one embodiment, the filter is positioned at an intermediate focal plane of the optical system. In another embodiment, the filter is on a surface of an optical element of the optical system and has a defocusing relationship to the detector.
US09121755B2	Emission and transmission optical spectrometer A novel emission and transmission optical spectrometer is introduced herein, which is capable of optically interrogating solid or liquid samples of organic, inorganic or polymeric chemistry, for pharmaceutical research, forensic and liquid analyses, used for identification, purity check, and/or structural study of chemicals. The beneficial aspects of the system are a single sample compartment as confined within the walls of the spectrometer housing, a more compact accessory, and the capability of making both emission (e.g., Raman and Fluorescence) and Infrared (IR, NIR) transmission measurements at designed sample points.
US09121750B2	System and method to visualize measuring and dosing operations Various embodiments of systems and methods to visualize measuring and dosing operations are described herein. In various embodiments, a computer user interface including a gauge bar, a progress bar, and a target value in combination with a weighing device may be used to measure and dose elements. In one embodiment the method ensures precise and fast dosing when weighing an element. In various embodiments, configuring a mapping function allows numerous combinations of a speed of progress of a progress bar when weighing an element. A progress bar, in combination with acceptable weight values, such as a target value, a primary minimum value, and a primary maximum value allows for color representation when a progress bar enters and exits acceptable weight values. Configuring a set or a plurality set of secondary minimum and maximum values is possible for additional acceptable weight values.
US09121749B2	Weighing device having a weighing chamber A weighing device is provided that suppresses air convection currents generated in a weighing chamber in the opening/closing of a door of the chamber with a relatively simple configuration. A weighing space is partitioned into two spaces with a partition plate to form a lower small-capacity weighing chamber, which enables to settle down the convection in a short time if convection is generated in the chamber. Suspended walls adjacent to the doors are attached to the partition plate edge sides along the door opening/closing directions. Even when a door is opened, warm air stagnant in the upper space in the chamber is restricted or blocked to flow out to the outside by the suspended walls, which generates no convection or slight convection, which settles down in a short time, without adverse effect on a weighing operation. The upper space may be utilized for another purpose such as a neutralization chamber.
US09121747B2	Object evaluation accounting for motion-related dynamic forces A solution for evaluating an object, which accounts for various motion-related dynamic forces is provided. In an embodiment, the object is a vehicle and the evaluation includes determining a set of static weights corresponding to the vehicle as it moves through a sensing element. The sensing element can include a load plate with vertical force sensing devices and horizontal force sensing devices located below the load plate. Analysis of measurement data acquired by the force sensing devices can enable calculation of the set of static weights corresponding to the vehicle.
US09121738B2	Measuring device of air flow rate for air conditioning system A measuring device of air flow rate for an air conditioning system which accurately measures the flow rate of cooling air blowing out of the openings of some rectangular units and in which the locations of the openings can be changed according to the location of equipment. The measuring system includes a plurality of panels constituting a floor surface, ceiling surface, or wall surface, a rectangular vent unit with openings located in place of a given one of the panels, a space with a given height formed by pillars on the back sides of the rectangular vent unit and the panels, and an air conditioner for supplying cooking air to the space. The cooling air from the space passes through the openings. A measuring means for measuring the flow rate of cooling air passing through the openings is located in a rib which forms the openings.
US09121736B2	Vehicle meter A vehicle meter includes a display device to display an image, an indicator needle disposed on an image display surface side and configured to rotate around one end thereof along the image display surface, a display control unit to switchably display one of a first image and a second image on the display device, each image including scale marks at the other end side of the indicator needle, the scale marks being displayed within a range in a circumferential direction of a predetermined circle centered at a rotational axis of the indicator needle, the second image having the range in the circumferential direction narrower than that of the first image, and an indicator needle control unit to control a range for rotating the indicator needle while the second image is displayed to be smaller than that while the first image is displayed.
US09121733B2	Position detecting apparatus, and lens apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus including the same A position detector, includes: a scale having first and second patterns having respective first and second period; a detector array including elements each detecting energy intensities based on the patterns; a generator configured to generate first and second signals having phases different from each other obtained based on the patterns respectively; and a deriver deriving a position of the array relative to the scale based on the signals, wherein the scale is movable relative to the array; the deriver derives a reference position as a detection element array position relative to the scale based on the signals, performs a first process to derive a array position relative to the scale by a array displacement relative to the reference position is derived based on the first signals, and performs a second process in which a relative array position is derived based on the position derived by the first process.
US09121732B2	Encoder, servomotor, and motor unit This disclosure discloses an encoder. The encoder includes a disk including a first and a second track. A first and a second rotating grating are formed in the first and second tracks, respectively. A first and a second detector are disposed so as to face the first and second tracks, and have a first fixed grating constructing a first diffraction interference optical system together with the first rotating grating and a second fixed grating constructing a second diffraction interference optical system together with the second rotating grating, respectively, and configured to detect a first and a second detection signal, respectively, from the first and second diffraction interference optical systems. At least one of the first and second rotating gratings is formed by a plurality of curved slits in a curved shape.
US09121729B2	Rotation angle detection device A rotation angle calculation unit includes a first rotation angle calculation portion, a second rotation angle calculation portion, a third rotation angle calculation portion, an abnormality monitoring portion, and a final rotation angle calculation portion. The abnormality monitoring portion determines, based on a first output signal, a second output signal, and a third output signal, whether the first to third output signals are each normal or abnormal. The final rotation angle calculation portion calculates a final rotation angle based on the final determination result obtained by the abnormality monitoring portion and the first to third rotation angles calculated by the first to third rotation angle calculation portions, respectively.
US09121728B2	Linear position sensor A device for measuring the position of a target includes a track, which includes a primary winding (513) supplied with an alternating current at high frequency, and a plurality of secondary windings (511, 512). The device measures the position of the leading edge (510) of the target (500) in a so-called longitudinal direction (5000) between a first position and a second position between which the target (500) completely covers the track (550). Surprisingly, this configuration enables a very significant increase in the useful measurement length of such a track (550).
US09121709B2	Method of forming a grid defining a first relative reference frame A method of projecting into space, from a first object, a plurality of modulated lines to form a grid defining a first relative reference frame, the method includes simultaneously projecting into space from the first object a horizontal grid line and a vertical grid line to form a set of grid lines, modulating the horizontal grid line and the vertical grid line to carry first and second grid words, respectively.
US09121698B2	Electronic level device and level staff used for electronic level device An electronic level includes a wide-angle lens system having a two-dimensional imaging element configured to form thereon a picture image including an image of a level staff assigned with a code pattern, an extraction part configured to extract the image of the level staff from the picture image, a height-level measurement value calculation part configured to obtain a height-level measurement value indicated by a portion of the code pattern in the image of the level staff extracted by the extraction part, the portion of the code pattern located at a collimation optical axis of the wide-angle lens system, and a calculation part configured to calculate a collimation height from the height-level measurement value.
US09121694B2	Position detection device A position detection device includes a first member, a second member, a plurality of detected components, a detector group, and a controller. The second member is opposed the first member and is configured to move relative to the first member in a specific direction. The plurality of detected components are disposed on the first member and faces the second member. The detector group is disposed on the second member and includes a plurality of detectors configured to detect the plurality of detected components. The controller is configured to detect a relative position of the second member relative to the first member based on a detection pattern in which detection results of the plurality of detectors are arranged in a row.
US09121682B2	Measuring instrument A measuring instrument includes a display that displays measurements. The display is provided by an organic electroluminescent display device or an electronic paper including an assembly of organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) devices. Since the display is provided by the organic electroluminescent display device or an electronic paper including an assembly of organic electroluminescence devices, visibility of the display can be enhanced. Further, since the display can be used for various measuring instruments in common and the display design can be easily changed, production cost can be reduced.
US09121669B1	System and method for designating a target for a remote aerial vehicle A system and method of guiding a remote aerial vehicle toward a designated target includes an imaging sensor which generates sequential video images of the target area from the remote aerial vehicle and transmits the images to a control center via the video portion of a communications data link. The control center receives and displays the plurality of video images on a video display. An image selection signal is generated at the control center and transmitted to the remote aerial vehicle for commanding the imaging sensor to continuously transmit one of the sequential video images. A target designation signal, corresponding to the azimuth and elevation of the desired target on the continuously displayed video image, is generated and transmitted via a command portion of the data link to the remote aerial vehicle. The target designation signal is processed and an updated target position is computed to compensate for time delays. A tracker tracks the updated target position to thereby guide the remote aerial vehicle toward the designated target. The video images and the target designation signal may be transmitted at low bandwidth frequencies to a satellite and relayed to the control center and the remote aerial vehicle respectively.
US09121665B2	Gun with internally stored bipod and monopod A firearm stock having a bipod on the end of the fore-stock with legs that store in channels formed inside the fore-stock and which permits the canting movement of the deployed bipod with respect to the stock. The bipod legs are pulled from their stored positions to extended positions and then pivoted to their splayed and deployed positions perpendicular to the axis of the stock. The stock also pivotally and optionally carries a monopod in the underside of the butt stock for pivoting rearward to its deployed position, urged by a spring into both the deployed and stored positions. The bipod legs may telescope and are exchangeable with different types of legs; the monopod is extendable and may be stored in its extended position against the underside of the butt stock.
US09121658B1	Compound archery bow with synchronized cams and draw stop A compound archery bow that includes: a bow handle, a limb projecting from the bow handle, and a pulley assembly coupled to the limb for rotation around an axis. The pulley assembly may be include a bowstring cam including a bowstring track in a bowstring plane, a let-out cam carried by the bowstring cam and including a let-out track in a let-out plane spaced apart from the bowstring plane, an arcuately-shaped first take-up cam arcuately adjustably coupled to the bowstring cam and including a first take-up track in a take-up plane, and a first draw stop at one end of the first take-up cam.
US09121645B2	Variable thickness heat pipe In one aspect, a cooling system is provided for use in computing devices, such as laptops, cell phones, and tablet computers. The cooling system includes a heat spreader coupled to a radiator via a heat pipe having a midline. The heat pipe includes a first end portion longitudinally extending along the midline, a second end portion longitudinally extending along the midline, and a mid-portion longitudinally extending along the midline. The mid-portion is located between the first end portion and the second end portion and it has a thickness that is greater than the thicknesses of both the first portion and the second portion thereby reducing the overall thermal resistance of the heat pipe.
US09121640B2	System for thermally processing lumpy solid material The system according to the invention for thermally processing lumpy solid material substantially comprises a preheating device, a furnace and a separation or classification device which is arranged therebetween and which has a coarse material outlet connected to the furnace and a fine material outlet. The furnace and the preheating device are connected to each other by means of a gas/solid material line which is arranged so as to be inclined relative to the vertical, the furnace exhaust gases being introduced at the end of the gas/solid material line at the furnace side and the preheated solid material being supplied at the end at the preheater side. The separation or classification device is connected to a bypass line which branches off from the gas/solid material line so that at least a partial amount of the preheated solid material can be branched off via the bypass line by means of gravitational force and can be supplied to the separation or classification device.
US09121638B2	Surface dryers producing uniform exit velocity profiles, and associated systems and methods Surface dryers having uniform exit velocity profiles, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. Surface dryers in accordance with certain embodiments include a housing, a gas driver positioned in the housing, an inlet aperture formed in the housing and positioned upstream of the gas driver, and a nozzle carried by the housing and positioned downstream of the gas driver. The nozzle can have an indentation forming a convergent portion positioned to accelerate the flow of air and a divergent portion positioned to decelerate the flow of air.
US09121633B2	Refrigerator Disclosed is a refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator body having a cooling chamber; a case comprising a case body having therein an accommodation space of which one side is open, and a transformation preventing member formed of a material having a higher strength than that of the case body, the transformation preventing member provided at an open region of the case body and configured to prevent transformation of the case; a drawer accommodated in the case in a withdrawable manner; and a depressurizing device configured to depressurize inside of the drawer and the case to a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure, when the drawer is accommodated in the case. Under such configuration, transformation of the case can be prevented, and the case can be easily fabricated.
US09121632B2	Method of making pieces of ice and an ice dispensing device A method and a device for making pieces of ice where water in a container is frozen into ice. A helically threaded shaft extends through the container so that the ice surrounds the shaft and is engaged by the helical thread of the shaft. The threaded shaft is rotated with respect to the ice so that the ice is moved toward a cutting member carried by the threaded shaft. Subsequently, the ice is shaved by the cutting member.
US09121620B2	Energy efficient HVAC system An energy efficient HVAC system. The system provides a bypass air supply duct, an air handler having a bypass air supply circuit, and an air supply unit that utilize return air as a source of heat that would otherwise need to be provided by a heating coil if the air, cooled sufficiently to service interior zones of a building, is too cold for servicing perimeter zones of the building, as is typically the case when the outside air temperature is low.
US09121615B2	Cooking surface for installation into the working surface of a kitchen console A cooking surface of box-like structure for installation in the work surface of a kitchen console provided with a lower component having an outwardly facing surface providing for a degree of radiant heat emission in excess of 5, preferably from 0.9 to 0.95, and an inwardly facing surface providing for a degree of radiant heat reflection in excess of 0.5, preferably between 0.9 and 0.95.
US09121611B2	Combustor, burner, and gas turbine A combustor is provided that can ensure combustion stability even when operated on low BTU gas without needing any equipment for preventing back-flow of fuel gas during operation on pilot fuel. The combustor includes a first perforated plate disposed upstream of a combustion chamber, the first plate having a plurality of nozzle holes and air holes; a second perforated plate disposed on the upstream side of the first plate; and a plurality of gas nozzles each of which is inserted into corresponding nozzle holes. The gas nozzle has a leading end located inside the corresponding one of the nozzle holes. Each of the gas nozzles includes a jet hole portion having a diameter smaller than that of a gas jet hole of the gas nozzle; and a passage portion designed to form an air passage on the outer circumference of the leading end portion of the gas nozzle.
US09121607B2	Smart firing control in a rankine cycle power plant A multivariable control system for controlling boiler burners. The system includes burner actuators, boiler sensors, a control system coupled to the actuators and the sensors and further includes a memory and a processor, and an application stored in the memory. When executed by the processor, the application executes a multivariable control algorithm to determine actuator manipulated variable values to control in part the burners based on data received from the sensors and based on a plurality of gain values. The application also executes an adaptation algorithm to change an actuator manipulated variable value, to maintain the changed manipulated variable value for a pre-determined period of time, to determine a change in data received from the sensors, to determine a gain value based on the changed manipulated variable value and the change in data received from the sensors, and to provide the determined gain value to the multivariable control algorithm.
US09121606B2	Method of manufacturing carbon-rich product and co-products A method in which a parent hydrocarbon-rich material is processed so as to produce both a carbon-rich solid material that has a higher carbon to hydrogen ratio than that of the parent material and a carbon-deficient combustible gas that has a lower carbon to hydrogen ratio than the parent material. In the process, the material is activated by exposing it to a hot gas stream having elevated levels of one or both of carbon dioxide and water vapor. The combustible gas is combusted to produce heat. At least about 80% of the heat is used in one or more endothermic steps that include drying coal or biomass.
US09121602B2	Steam generator A steam generator including a steam chamber defining an enclosed fluid chamber with a plurality of tubes passing through the steam chamber, a combustion chamber defining a closed fluid chamber and an air channel coupled to a burner, and a heat transfer section defining a closed fluid chamber and an air passage in fluid communication with a vacuum source, in which the burner generates a heated air mixture, the vacuum source draws the heated air mixture from the combustion chamber air channel, through the steam chamber plurality of tubes and through the heat transfer section air passage so as to heat fluid passing through the heat transfer section, the steam chamber and the combustion chamber fluid chamber.
US09121598B2	Electronic incense assembly An electronic incense assembly includes a burning chamber, an electronic stick, a camera module, an image processor and a controller. The burning chamber includes a sidewall. The electronic stick is positioned on the burning chamber, and includes a light guide bar and a light source. The light guide bar includes a first end and a second end away from the first end. The light source is positioned on the second end. The camera module is positioned on the sidewall. The image processor includes an environment brightness sensor. The controller is electrically connected to the camera module and the image processor. The environment brightness sensor is configured to sense an environment brightness based on a captured image captured by the camera module. The controller is configured to receive the environment brightness and to drive the light source to emit suitable light according to the environment brightness.
US09121589B2	Projector A projector is provided. The projector comprising a projector housing in which there are arranged an illuminant holder, for holding an illuminant, a reflector that reflects the light beams emitted by the illuminant to a light exit opening of the projector housing that is covered by a transparent disk, and a convective cooling device, partially enclosing the illuminant, that produces a convection flow for dissipating the heat output by the illuminant and has a number of cooling fins combined into cooling fin packs. The cooling fins are aligned parallel to the radiating direction of the projector, and the cooling fin packs are arranged above and below the illuminant in the direction of gravity.
US09121585B2	Optoelectronic component and method for the production thereof An optoelectronic component includes a housing which includes a first partial region having a first thermoplastic material crosslinked by irradiation and a second partial region having a second thermoplastic material, a recess in the housing, and a radiation-emitting device disposed in the recess.
US09121581B2	LED Christmas light with four connection pins The present invention proposes a LED Christmas light, using an LED bulb with four connection pins to insert in a soft core configured with four through holes allowing the four connection pins to be passed through and bended configured on the bottom thereof, and the soft core being inserted in a soft head with four convex plates in pairs face-to-face and extended to the bottom face thereof configured on the inside thereof, where an engagement space is formed between each two adjacent convex plates in the soft head, allowing four metal conducting sheets with a conducting wire to be engaged therewith, and a blocking plate adapted to isolate the conducting wire of each metal conducting sheet is configured on the center of a face of each convex plate, thereby allowing one LED Christmas light unit to use an LED bulb with a light source of more than four colors.
US09121580B1	Power door lighting fixture A closure for a lighting fixture includes a cover having interior and exterior surfaces that defines at least a part of an enclosure of the lighting fixture. In certain aspects, the cover comprises mounts for mounting circuitry to the interior surface of the cover and at least one attachment feature for affixing the cover to a cabinet of the lighting fixture. A light source and driver circuitry are also affixed to the cover. Because the driver circuitry and the light source are both mounted to the same cover of the lighting fixture, the light source may be replaced with an alternate light source having different voltage and current specifications, for example, by replacement of the cover with another cover. In this manner, light sources having different operating characteristics and specifications may be replaced or interchanged with relative ease.
US09121577B2	Displays having built-in moíre reduction structures Techniques and display devices that provide a built-in Moire reduction structure in a display screen are disclosed. The built-in Moire reduction structure is configured to suppress spatial frequencies that are associated with the sub-pixel level periodicities in the light emitted by the colored sub-pixels of the display screen, and hence, reduce the Moire patterns that might otherwise be produced when images presented on the display screen are captured by a digital image capturing device having a periodic light-sensing structure. The built-in Moire reduction structure is a blur layer placed on the viewer side of the screen and separated by a spacer layer from the pixel layer of the display screen. The blurring power of the blur layer is controlled to substantially preserve the pixel-level resolution of the display screen.
US09121573B2	Optical assembly for a lighting fixture Inventive methods and apparatus for an optical assembly for a lighting fixture are disclosed. The optical assembly includes a lens (20A, 20B) having an interior face and an optical film (40A, 40B) provided atop the interior face of the lens. A deformable structure may be positioned adjacent the optical film (40A, 40B) and exert force on the optical film (40A, 40B), thereby compressing the optical film (40A, 40B) against the lens (20A, 20B).
US09121568B2	Lighting device A lighting device with high emission efficiency and directivity is provided with the use of an organic EL element and a light-emitting diode. The lighting device includes a light-emitting diode whose emission wavelength peak is greater than or equal to 400 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, a planar organic EL light-emitting body which emits light having a complementary color of that of light from the light-emitting diode, and a planar reflector. The organic EL light-emitting body and the reflector face each other to form a cone having an open end to which light is emitted. The light-emitting diode is provided in a space between a plane including a light-emitting surface of the organic EL light-emitting body and a plane including a reflecting surface of the reflector.
US09121567B2	Turn lamp for vehicle outside mirror While a light source is arranged on the back side of a light guide lens, light beams can be emitted from the light source with respective optical axes directed in one direction and be guided toward opposite ends of the light guide lens. A light source and a reflective surface are arranged on the back side of a light guide lens. The light source emits light beams with respective optical axes directed in one direction. One of the light beams obliquely enters the light guide lens toward one end in a long direction of the light guide lens without being reflected by the reflective surface. Another one of the light beams is reflected by the reflective surface and obliquely enters the light guide lens toward another end in the long direction of the light guide lens.
US09121562B2	Vehicle headlamp The present invention is provided with a semiconductor-type light source 2, a reflector 3, a shade 4, and a driving mechanism 5. The reflector 3 has a first reflection surface 9 and a second reflection surface 10. The first reflection surface 9 is a reflection surface adapted to reflect and emit incident light from among rays of light from the semiconductor-type light source 2 as a light distribution pattern for low beam LP. The second reflection surface 10 is a reflection surface adapted to reflect and emit incident light from among rays of light from the semiconductor-type light source 2 as a light distribution pattern for high beam HP. As a result, the present invention can provide a vehicle headlamp that employs the semiconductor-type light source 2 to thereby switch and emit the light distribution pattern for low beam and the light distribution pattern for high beam HP.
US09121555B2	Lens and light emitting module for surface illumination Disclosed herein is a lens and light emitting module for surface illumination. The light emitting module includes a circuit board; a light emitting device mounted on the circuit board; and a lens dispersing light emitted from the light emitting device. The lens includes a lower surface formed with a concave section defining a light incident surface through which light enters the lens, an upper surface through which light exits the lens, and legs coupled to the circuit board and disposed farther outside the lens than an area of the upper surface. The light emitting device is disposed within the concave section of the lens. With this structure, the lens and the light emitting module can be reduced in thickness.
US09121554B2	LED lamp and lens unit therefor An LED lamp includes: a plurality of light source units, each of which includes one or more LED chips and an emission surface through which light from the LED chips is emitted; and a lens unit having a plurality of lenses, each of which is located in front of the emission surface of each of the plurality of light source units.
US09121546B2	Device for holding portable electronics A device for holding portable electronics is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises a base having a first end, and a second end, the first end positioned on one side of the base, and the second end positioned on a side of the base substantially opposite to the first end. The base has a plurality of apertures extending from the first end, through the base, to the second end; and at least one groove configured to receive an edge of the display. The device has a plurality of flexible legs configured to pass through an aperture in the base.
US09121537B2	Water outflow device A water outflow device includes a joint and an outflow component. The joint includes a connector, sleeve, plunger, and a spring. The connector having a through hole is threaded to a house pipe and a threaded port of the sleeve respectively. The sleeve has a connection port on an opposite end against the threaded port. The plunger is movable between a close position and an open position so as to link or isolate the through hole of the connector and the connection port of the sleeve. The spring arranged inside the connector serves to push the plunger to maintain the plunger in the close position. The outflow component has a buckle portion, seal portion, and a push portion. The buckle portion is separably arranged to the connection port of the sleeve. The seal portion is extending from the buckle portion.
US09121534B2	Pipe coupling and coupling member thereof A coupling member is provided that is readily separable from another coupling member even if frozen. A female coupling member has a coupling member fitting portion capable of receiving a male coupling member, a recess formed on an inner circumferential surface of the coupling member fitting portion and having an opening portion opening on the inner circumferential surface and a bottom portion, and a plurality of pliable members secured to the bottom portion and extending from the bottom portion to the opening portion so as to be capable of contacting an outer circumferential surface of the male coupling member.
US09121531B2	Corrugated tube The corrugated tube includes a body in which a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys are continuously alternated in a longitudinal direction of the body. A slit is formed in the body along the longitudinal direction. Both end portions of the body between which the slit is interposed are overlapped. A mark is provided to only one peak of the plurality of peaks at the one end portion of the body, and another mark is also provided to corresponding only one peak of the plurality of peak disposed at the other end portion of the body and brought into a fitting engagement with the marked peak disposed at the one end portion of the body.
US09121527B2	Fire prevention sleeve A fire prevention sleeve that may be fastened at a wall or ceiling for sealing lines passing through walls or ceilings with an intumescent fire prevention insert, a wall mount encompassing the fire prevention insert, with the fire prevention insert being arranged at its interior, and at least one fastening part projecting radially outwardly in the area of at least one facial side of the wall mount, characterized in that the intumescent fire prevention insert is formed by an elastically deformable molded body, completely filling out the intumescent insert as a space encompassed by the housing.
US09121525B2	Micro-fluidic system A micro-fluidic system comprising a micro-fluidic channel, which has a wall provided with a hole; and a closing element, which is adapted to cooperate with a partition arranged within the micro-fluidic channel in the area of the hole to isolate or connect two segments of the channel; the closing element is made of a photoresist material, in particular a material obtained by the polymerisation of a photopolymerable material.
US09121518B2	Spool valve A spool valve includes a valve housing and a spool. The valve housing includes a spool hole, a first oil passage, and a second oil passage. The first oil passage has a first port, a second port and a third port that are open to the spool hole. The second oil passage has a fourth port, a fifth port and a sixth port that are open to the spool hole. The spool includes a first oil groove, a second oil groove, a third oil groove, a fourth oil groove, a first communication passage, and a second communication passage. The spool is slidable in the spool hole to switch communication of the third oil groove with the second port and the third port and to switch communication of the fourth oil groove with the fifth port and the sixth port.
US09121516B2	Double seat valve with rinsing valve A valve device includes a double-seat and/or double seal valve and a cleaning valve to clean the leakage space of the double-seat and/or double seal valve. The axis of the cleaning valve forms an angle between 1° and 89° with the axis of the double-seat and/or double seal valve.
US09121514B2	Wear ring retainer for a gate valve Gate valves having removable interior wear rings that are easily removed from one side of the gate valve upon removal of a retainer ring. The retainer ring is held in place within the valve housing by combination of compressive and shear forces.
US09121505B2	Seal assembly A seal assembly seals a first portion of a machine part relative to a second portion of the machine part. The seal assembly includes at least one seal element that contacts the machine part or contacts a component connected with the machine part or that extends with a gap relative to the machine part or to the component connected with the machine part. At least one of the seal element, the machine part and the component connected with the machine part is provided or coated with a material, which has super hydrophobic properties, in the area of the seal element.
US09121486B2	Differential having steel hydraulic transfer bushing A differential gear mechanism constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure can include a differential casing defining first and second output shaft openings. The differential casing can have a case housing portion that defines fluid porting therein. The case housing portion including a hub extending therefrom. The hub can have an inner hub portion and an outer hub portion. The outer hub portion can be stepped down from the inner hub portion. The hub can include a stepped annular face at a transition between the inner and the outer hub portions. A hydraulic transfer bushing can be received by the outer hub of the case housing portion. The hydraulic transfer bushing can define fluid porting therein. The hydraulic transfer bushing can be disposed on the outer hub at a location where the fluid communication porting is fluidly connected to the fluid porting of the case housing portion.
US09121482B2	Multi-shaft drive device A power transmission member that transmits rotation of an output shaft to a movable mechanism achieves a simpler structure and increased productivity compared to when a conventional flexible cable is employed. Out of plural output portions 30 of a clutch unit 2, power transmission members that transmit rotation of an output shaft 31 to a movable mechanism are configured by a conventional torque cable in a second output portion 30B and a third output portion 30C. However in a first output portion 30A, the power transmission member is configured by a gearbox 3 including a worm 71 that is coaxially and integrally formed with an output shaft 31A.
US09121481B2	Differential conical drive The present disclosure provides differential drive assemblies and methods of making and operating differential drive assemblies. The differential drive assembly includes a rotor having a rotor axis about which the rotor is configured to rotate. The rotor has a peripheral wall portion encircling the rotor axis that is positioned a varying distance radially outward from the rotor axis. The differential drive assembly also includes a base coupled to the rotor. That includes a first plurality of pulleys and a carriage movably coupled to the base that includes a second plurality of pulleys and is movable with respect to the base. The differential drive assembly includes a rope wound about the rotor. The rope extends from the peripheral wall portion of the rotor to the second plurality of pulleys. The rope extends from the second plurality of pulleys to the first plurality of pulleys to form a continuous rope circuit.
US09121476B2	Control of shifting transmission for constant and variable frequency systems A transmission for providing mechanical power from an input includes a transmission assembly having an arm configured and adapted to be connected to a mechanical input for rotation at an input speed. A first planet is rotatably mounted to a first end of the arm. A trim ring operatively contacts the first planet for mutual rotation therewith. A brake is operatively connected to the trim ring for controlling rotation of the trim ring. A second planet is rotatably mounted to a second end of the arm. The second planet operatively contacts the first planet for mutual rotation therewith. An output ring operatively contacts the second planet for mutual rotation therewith to rotate at an output speed based on an input speed of the arm and a trim speed of the trim ring.
US09121469B2	Energy transmission control mount An energy transmission control mount comprises a carrier having a first major surface, an opposite second major surface and an aperture provided therein. Channels are provided adjacent opposite ends of the first surface. Vibration dampening material is provided on the carrier. The vibration dampening material substantially lines the channels and the aperture and extends over at least a portion of the second surface.
US09121467B2	Lockable piston-cylinder assembly A piston rod is connected to a piston and extends through a seal in the end face of a cylinder. A locking tube which surrounds the cylinder when the piston rod is retracted has a first end section mounted to the free end of the piston rod so that the locking tube is pivotable between a release position, wherein the locking tube is substantially coaxial to the piston rod, and a locking position, wherein the locking tube is inclined toward the piston rod. An opposed second end section has a supporting stop which can be positioned axially against the free end of the cylinder when the piston rod is extended and the locking tube is in the locking position. An actuable retaining device retains the locking tube in the locking position only by manually pivoting the locking tube into the locking position when the piston rod is extended.
US09121461B1	Two speed clutch with viscous system A clutch device for a clutch system has an input member that rotates at a first speed. A friction medium is disposed between the input member and an output member. The output member rotates on a bearing coupled to a piston. The piston translates relative to the input member, between an engaged position in which the friction ring frictionally engages with the input member, thereby driving the output member to rotate at the first speed, and a disengaged position in which the friction ring is spaced apart from the input member. A biasing member urges the piston toward the engaged position. A pressurized fluid in a fluid receiving chamber selectively urges the piston toward the disengaged position. A resistance member disposed in a chamber containing a viscous fluid transfers torque from the input member to rotate the output member at a second speed.
US09121460B2	Transmission control fluid diffuser A transmission includes a high-pressure circuit at least partially filled with transmission fluid at a first pressure, and a low-pressure circuit at least partially filled with transmission fluid at a second pressure, which is lower than the first pressure. A diffuser is in fluid communication with the high-pressure circuit and the low-pressure circuit. The diffuser has an inlet having a first cross-sectional area and receiving transmission fluid from the high-pressure circuit. The diffuser expels transmission fluid to the low-pressure circuit through an outlet having a second cross-sectional area, which is larger than the first cross-sectional area.
US09121459B2	Driving force transmitting apparatus A driving force transmitting apparatus includes a rotating shaft, a frictional engagement device, a piston member, a piston housing, a piston chamber, an oil pressure sensor, an attachment hole, an operating-oil receiving chamber, a bubble removing chamber, and a bubble discharging groove. The rotating shaft has an axial direction and is rotatable around the axial direction. The frictional engagement device includes a frictional engagement unit which is disposed around the rotating shaft and which includes first and second friction members that are alternately stacked in the axial direction. The piston member is movable in the axial direction to press the frictional engagement unit so that the first and second friction members are engaged with each other. The piston housing contains the piston member. The piston chamber is defined between an inner surface of the piston housing and the piston member.
US09121454B2	Overrunning coupling and control assembly, coupling assembly and locking member for use therein A locking member for controllably transmitting torque between first and second coupling members of a coupling assembly is provided. The locking member includes projecting inner and outer pivots which extend laterally from a main body portion for enabling pivotal motion of the locking member about a pivot axis which intersects the pivots. The pivots are sized, shaped and located with respect to the main body portion to allow frictional engagement of an end surface of the outer pivot with an outer wall of a pocket to occur near the pivot axis during rotation of the first coupling member and the locking member above a predetermined RPM thereby reducing overall moment on the locking member about the pivot axis that has to be overcome to move the locking member between the engaged and disengaged positions.
US09121451B2	Installation and removal tool for use with rolling element bearings A tool is disclosed for installing a rolling element into, and removing the rolling element out of, a rolling-element bearing cage. The tool has a gripping element including a clampable jaw disposed on a base. The clampable jaw includes at least two interacting parts. At least one first screw is screwed into a first threaded bore defined in the base. The at least one first screw can be tightened to clamp together the at least two interacting parts of the jaw. A first end of the rod is attached to the base. An impact weight is coupled to the rod and is displaceable along the longitudinal axis of the rod. Further, a stop is fixedly disposed on the rod at a location spaced from the gripping element. The stop is designed to be struck by the impact weight.
US09121450B2	Cage for rolling bearing A cage for a rolling bearing is coupled to a rolling bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements rolling between the inner ring and the outer ring to keep intervals of the plurality of rolling elements, wherein the plurality of rolling elements include bodies coupled along a circumference thereof at predetermined intervals, wherein each of the bodies includes a first piece and a second piece which are attachable to each other and detachable from each other. A first coupler and a second coupler configured to be capable of being coupled to each other are respectively formed at the first piece and the second piece, and the first piece and the second piece are primarily coupled by means of a coupling force of the first coupler and the second coupler.
US09121444B2	Bearing cup structure and thermal module thereof A bearing cup structure and a thermal module thereof. The bearing cup structure includes a cup body, a base seat, an assembling member and a retainer ring. The cup body has a receiving space and a fixing section formed at one end of the cup body. The base seat is received in the receiving space. The base seat has a first shoulder section, a second shoulder section and a receiving section. The assembling member is disposed in the receiving section and passes through the receiving section. The retainer ring is attached to the first shoulder section. With the bearing cup structure, the heat dissipation performance of the thermal module is greatly promoted and the assembling time is shortened to lower the manufacturing cost.
US09121441B2	Bearing assembly for a support roller A bearing assembly comprises at least one bearing for rotatably supporting a support roller having at least one hollow cylindrical portion. A support element is disposed directly or indirectly between a ring of the at least one bearing and the support roller. The support element comprises first and second hollow-cylindrical segments extending in the axial direction of the support roller. The first and second hollow-cylindrical segments are connected by a ring-shaped segment extending either in the radial direction of the support roller or at an angle to the radial direction.
US09121440B2	Transfer suction roll for transfer of a material web The subject of this invention is a transfer suction roll (21) for transferring a material web with a perforated suction roll shell (22) that is pivot-mounted in roller bearings (25) and a suction box (24) mounted inside the transfer suction roll (21). The suction box (24) defines a suction zone (37) on the perforated suction roll shell (22) by means of seals (32). According to the invention, a suction hood (26) is arranged on the outer circumference of the transfer suction roll (21) through which air can be sucked out of the suction box (24) through the perforated suction roll shell (22).
US09121437B1	Resilient S-hook shaped construction site tool A resilient S-shaped hook for supporting various items from a vertical surface or an overhead support, such as a section of pipe, is disclosed. The S-shaped hook includes a first bend that is joined to a second bend. The second bend ends in a second bend tip that includes a tip-securing tab that extends from the second bend tip. The tip securing tab allows the second bend tip to be used to crease a closed loop from the second bend when the tip securing tab engages a portion of the second bend that is near the first bend.
US09121436B2	Centering device A centering device for mounting a flange with a bolt passing through a opening in a mounted state, has a centering disk with a collar surrounding a disk part. The disk part is received in the opening and the collar rests on the flange. An elongated hole in the disk part has, at its respective ends, semicircles of radii R and a straight piece connecting the semicircles of overall length L1. A centering sleeve has a sleeve part surrounded by a sleeve collar wherein the inside diameter D3 of the sleeve part corresponds to the diameter of the bolt and the outside diameter D2 of the sleeve part corresponds to the transverse diameter (2R) of the elongated hole. A locking device fixes the centering sleeve against the centering disk in a predetermined mounting position secure against displacement.
US09121424B2	Fold formation of a component connection A component connection between a first component and a second component involves the first component having a fold that at least sections of an edge region of the second component engage, and at least sections of the components being bonded to one another by an adhesion agent in the region of the fold. An end region of the fold is shaped in such a way that a distance between the first and second components increases towards the end region, so that a funnel-shaped, outward-opening gap is formed between the two components, in which the surfaces of the two components are either joined to each other by the adhesion agent or provided with a coating across their entire surface area.
US09121423B2	Multi-functional clamp A multi-directional clamping device having a clamp body, a mounting block and a mounting slide is described herein. The clamp body has a first and second arm forming the C-shaped clamp body. The mounting block having a conical receptacle therein is attached to the clamp body such that the base of conical shape faces upward. The mounting slide has a conical slide for complementary engagement with the mounting block.
US09121415B2	Link mechanism, and variable turbine vane driving unit having the same A link mechanism includes a rotary shaft having a pin pushing thread hole, a link member having a shaft insertion hole, a detent pin configured to restrict the link member to be relatively non-rotatable with respect to the proximal end of the rotary shaft around an axis thereof, a pin support member to which the detent pin is fixed, and a pushing bolt having a male thread section that can be thread-engaged with the pin pushing thread hole, wherein a pin hole into which the detent pin can be fitted is formed in the proximal end of the rotary shaft and the link member, a pin removing thread hole is formed in the pin support member, and a thread major diameter of the pin removing thread hole is larger than a thread major diameter of the male thread section of the pushing bolt.
US09121409B2	Portable electronic device with tiltedly installed centrifugal fan A portable electronic device includes a main body and a heat dissipation module with a tiltedly installed centrifugal fan inside thereof. The main body includes an upper housing wall and a lower housing wall. The heat dissipation module includes a centrifugal fan, a heat dissipation fin array and a heat pipe. The centrifugal fan includes an impeller, a radial air outlet, an upper axial air inlet and a lower axial air inlet, wherein the centrifugal fan has a first side that is in contact with the upper housing wall and an opposite second side that is in contact with the lower housing wall. The heat dissipation fin array is located at the radial air outlet of the centrifugal fan. The heat pipe has a first end connected with the heat dissipation fin array and a second opposite end connected with a heat source.
US09121407B2	Compressor diagnostic and protection system and method A system is provided and may include a compressor operable in a refrigeration circuit. A first sensor may detect high-side data indicative of an operating condition of a high-pressure side of the refrigeration circuit and a second sensor may detect low-side data indicative of an operating condition of a low-pressure side of the refrigeration circuit. Processing circuitry may receive the high-side data and the low-side data from the first and second sensors and may process the high-side data and low-side data to determine at least one of a low-side fault and a high-side fault. The processing circuitry may operate the compressor in a normal mode in the absence of a low-side fault and a high-side fault and may operate the compressor in a reduced-capacity mode or a shutdown mode based on a severity of the at least one of the low-side fault and the high-side fault.
US09121400B1	High volume dual diaphragm pump with vacuum relief A double diaphragm pump for moving large volumes of water that may be laden with debris includes a pair of fourteen-inch diameter elastomeric diaphragms, driven by reciprocating push rods pivotally coupled to opposed eccentrics. An engine drives a gearbox having two outputs. One eccentric is attached to each output. A pair of weighted flap valves control flow to and from each diaphragm chamber. A vacuum pressure gauge monitors inlet pressure. A relief valve relieves vacuum pressure in the event of a blockage or other flow impediment.
US09121399B2	Strainer for a bilge pump A straining device for a drainage pump, the straining device comprising a body defining an inner chamber; at least one straining element by which liquid may enter the chamber; and at least one outlet by which liquid may leave the chamber. The straining device further includes a liquid level sensor arranged to detect the level of a liquid in which said straining device is located during use and, upon determining that said liquid level exceeds a threshold, to cause an activation signal to be sent to said pump. The liquid level sensor comprises non-contact sensing means such as an electric field sensor. The sensor is located at the top of the straining device and arranged to project its sensing field upwardly.
US09121392B2	Geothermal power generation system and method using heat exchange between working fluid and molten salt A geothermal power generation system using heat exchange between working fluid and molten salt includes a heat collecting unit. A plurality of molten salt containing units are disposed in the ground at predetermined intervals from each other. A heat exchanging unit transfers a heat source of the heat collecting unit to the molten salt in the plurality of molten salt containing units. A plurality of working fluid containing units respectively surround the molten salt containing units and are disposed in the ground at predetermined intervals from each other. A turbine unit is connected to the plurality of working fluid containing units, and generates mechanical energy using steam energy that is generated by the plurality of working fluid containing units. A power generating unit is connected to the turbine unit, and generates electrical energy using the mechanical energy.
US09121377B2	Control device and control method for internal combustion engine It is determined whether a first condition that a temperature of an internal combustion engine is lower than or equal to a predetermined value and an alcohol concentration of fuel is higher than or equal to a predetermined value is satisfied and whether a second condition that indicates that a probability that the internal combustion engine stalls is lower than or equal to a predetermined level is satisfied. When both the first and second conditions are satisfied, control over an intake air amount is limited; whereas, when at least one of the first and second conditions is not satisfied, control over the intake air amount is not limited.
US09121375B2	Air intake control valve and air intake apparatus This air intake control valve includes a valve body rotatably mounted on a surge tank of an internal-combustion engine, rotated between an open position and a closed position to open and close a fluid passage formed in a partition wall internally dividing the surge tank into two parts and a valve body sealing member arranged on the outer periphery of the valve body, providing a seal between the partition wall and the valve body by coming into contact with the partition wall of the surge tank at the closed position of the valve body.
US09121374B2	Wide-band damper for charge air lines of an internal combustion engine with turbocharger A wide-band damper is designed for charge air lines of an internal combustion engine with turbocharger. The wide-band damper has an inlet and an outlet. Proceeding from the inlet, at least three slot chambers are arranged axially in series. The slot chambers are dimensioned for different frequencies f1, f2 and f3. At least three gap chambers are provided, which are arranged axially in series and axially downstream of the at least three slot chambers. The gap chambers are dimensioned for different frequencies f6, f7 and f8. Each of the frequencies f1, f2 and f3 of the slot chambers is lower than each of the frequencies f6, f7 and f8 of the gap chambers.
US09121354B2	Mounting of a camshaft Reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine having a crank mechanism, with at least one cylinder head, the intake and exhaust ducts of which are controlled by in each case at least one gas exchange valve which is configured as an intake or exhaust valve, which gas exchange valves can be actuated by cams of at least one camshaft and by transmission elements which are driven by said cams, wherein the cams are configured as sliding cams with at least two cams per sliding cam unit, which sliding cams are arranged via internal splining on an externally splined basic shaft such that they are fixed so as to rotate with it but can be displaced axially, at least one device which is fixed to the internal combustion engine for displacing the sliding cam unit into different axial positions via displacement grooves on the circumference of the sliding cam unit which interact with an actuator pin, and bearings for fixing the camshaft radially and axially on a component of the internal combustion engine, wherein the basic shaft is guided by bearings on the component of the internal combustion engine.
US09121344B2	Integrated piston and bridge A piston coupled to a crankshaft via pullrods presents challenges for coupling the piston to the crankshaft because the connections are provided outside the piston. A bridge is coupled to a piston skirt at the end of the piston away from the piston crown. The bridge structure includes: a central support structure, a first projection extending outwardly from the central support structure in a first radial direction, and a second projection extending outwardly from the central support structure in a second radial direction. The central support structure is substantially hollow with a series of internal braces to yield a lightweight piston.
US09121342B2	Climatically controlled box A climate control box for a motor vehicle has a heating device (18) and a cooling device. To increase the range of motor vehicles that have at least one electric drive device, an internal combustion engine (4) is arranged in the climate control box (1).
US09121339B2	Brushcutter A brushcutter includes: a centrifugal clutch (20) that transmits a drive force of an engine from a crankshaft to a drive shaft; a clutch housing (23) covering the cooling fan and the centrifugal clutch, the clutch housing being made of a synthetic resin; and a bearing that is held inside the clutch housing (23) and supports a coupling shaft that couples the drive shaft and the centrifugal clutch (20). A volute-shaped air-flow space (27) defined including a rise wall (26) surrounding the centrifugal clutch (20) is provided inside the clutch housing (23) near an outer circumference of the centrifugal clutch (20). An inflow opening (28, 29) that lets a cooling air flowing in the air-flow space (27) flow into an inner air-flow space (53) and an outflow opening (52) that lets the cooling air flowing in the air-flow space (53) flow out to the air-flow space (27) are provided on the rise wall (26).
US09121330B2	Porting system for a turbo-charged loop scavenged two-stroked engine A porting system for a turbo-charged loop scavenged two-stroke engine includes a cylinder including a cylinder wall and a cylinder head. At least one inlet port is provided in the cylinder wall. The at least one inlet port is arranged a first distance from the cylinder head and fluidically connected to a compressor portion of a turbo-charger. A first exhaust port is provided in the cylinder wall. The first exhaust port is arranged a second distance from the cylinder head and is fluidically connected to a turbine portion of the turbo-charger through first exhaust passage. A second exhaust port is provided in the cylinder wall. The second exhaust port is arranged a third distance from the cylinder head that is greater than the second distance and the second exhaust passage is fluidically connected to a second exhaust passage bypassing the turbine portion.
US09121327B2	Catalyzed SCR filter and emission treatment system Provided is a catalyst article for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The catalyst article has a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia.
US09121323B2	Nitrogen oxide sensor stuck-in-range diagnostic tool A vehicle includes an engine, an exhaust system, an SCR device, upstream and downstream NOx sensors, and a controller. The controller is in electrical communication with the NOx sensors, and is configured for detecting a stuck-in-range fault condition of the downstream NOx sensor during a low exhaust flow condition. The controller detects the condition, receives the upstream and downstream NOx levels from the respective upstream and downstream NOx sensors, and compares these levels to a zero or near-zero threshold when the low exhaust flow condition is active. The controller is also configured for executing a first control action when the upstream NOx level is below the threshold and the downstream NOx level exceeds the threshold, and executing a second control action when neither of the levels exceeds the threshold. A method is also disclosed for diagnosing the stuck-in-range condition.
US09121322B2	Electrically heated catalyst The present invention is intended to suppress a decrease in insulation resistance between electrodes and a case in an electrically heated catalyst (EHC). The EHC according to the present invention is provided with a heat generation element that is electrically energized to generate heat thereby to heat a catalyst, a case that receives a heat generation element therein, an insulating member that is arranged between the heat generation element and the case for insulating electricity, electrodes that are connected to the heat generation element through an electrode chamber which is a space located between an inner wall surface of the case and an outer peripheral surface of the heat generation element, and a communication passage that makes communication between a portion of an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine, which is other than a portion thereof in which the electrically heated catalyst is arranged, and the electrode chamber.
US09121304B2	Outer race locating washer An assembly for a turbocharger can include a locating washer having an axis and a perimeter that includes a chord segment defined by an apothem measured from the axis; a bearing assembly that includes an outer race having an axis and a perimeter that includes a chord segment defined by an apothem measured from the axis; and a housing that includes a bore for receipt of the bearing assembly and a recess for receipt of the locating washer to space apart the axes of the locating washer and the outer race by a distance greater than the sum of the apothems that provides for contact between the chord segments upon rotation of at least one of the locating washer in the recess and the outer race in the bore. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09121299B2	Axially retractable brush seal system The present application provides an axially retractable seal system positioned within a seal slot of a stationary component and adjacent to a rotating component. The axially retractable seal system may include a seal with an upper flange positioned within the seal slot and one more bristles extending towards the rotating component and a spring positioned axially between the upper flange of seal and the seal slot such that the seal is forced into a retracted position.
US09121298B2	Finned seal assembly for gas turbine engines A seal assembly provided between a hot gas path and a disc cavity in a turbine engine includes an annular outer wing member extending from an axially facing side of a rotor structure toward an adjacent non-rotating vane assembly, and a plurality of fins extending radially inwardly from the outer wing member and extending toward the adjacent non-rotating vane assembly. The fins are arranged such that a space having a component in a circumferential direction is defined between adjacent fins. Rotation of the fins during operation of the engine effects a pumping of purge air from the disc cavity toward the hot gas path to assist in limiting hot working gas leakage from the hot gas path to the disc cavity by forcing the hot working gas away from the seal assembly.
US09121295B2	Method for manufacturing a thermal-barrier protection and multilayer coating suitable for forming a thermal barrier The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thermal barrier protection covering a superalloy metal substrate and comprising at least one metal sublayer (13) and a ceramic layer (14) based on zirconia stabilized with yttrium having a column structure defining pores.The following steps are applied: impregnation of a portion of the pores of the ceramic layer (14) with a sol based on zirconia is achieved via a sol-gel route and this in order to form an anchoring sublayer (22), on said ceramic layer topped with said anchoring sub-layer (22), a continuous protective layer (20) based on oxide, is formed via a sol-gel route, and a heat treatment is carried out, whereby an outer protection layer is formed against the attack of the thermal barrier (11) by CMASes. Application to the protection of aeronautical protection parts.
US09121290B2	Turbine airfoil with body microcircuits terminating in platform A turbine engine component includes a platform and one or more microcircuit cooling passages embedded within one or more walls of an airfoil portion of the component. Each microcircuit cooling passage terminates within the thickness of the platform so as to provide cooling to the initial 10% span of the airfoil portion. Each microcircuit cooling passage has an inlet for receiving cooling fluid, which inlet is also embedded within the platform.
US09121289B2	High pressure turbine blade cooling hole distribution A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine with an airfoil portion defined by a perimeter wall surrounding at least one enclosure, the perimeter wall having a plurality of cooling holes defined therethrough and providing fluid communication between the at least one enclosure and a gaspath of the gas turbine engine. The plurality of cooling holes includes at least one row of holes selected from the group consisting of a first row, a second row, a third row and a fourth row, with the first, second, third and fourth rows of holes respectively including the holes numbered PA-1 to PA-10, PB-1 to PB-3, HA-1 to HA-9, and SA-1 to SA-8 located such that a central axis thereof extends through the respective point 1 and point 2 having a nominal location in accordance with the X, Y, Z Cartesian coordinate values set forth in Table 3.
US09121272B2	Method of fracturing multiple zones within a well A method of fracturing multiple zones within a wellbore formed in a subterranean formation is carried out by forming flow-through passages in two or more zones within the wellbore that are spaced apart from each other along the length of a portion of the wellbore. The flow-through passages within each zone have different characteristics provided by orienting the flow-through passages in directions in each of the two or more zones relative to a selected direction to provide differences in fracture initiation pressures within each of the two or more zones. A fracturing fluid is introduced into the wellbore in a fracturing treatment. The fracturing fluid in the fracturing treatment is provided at a pressure that is above the fracture initiation pressure of one of the two or more zones to facilitate fracturing of said one of two or more zones while remaining below the fracture initiation pressure of any other non-fractured zones of the two or more zones. The process is repeated for at least one or more non-fractured zones of the two or more zones.
US09121269B2	Vortex plunger arrangement A plunger assembly arranged to minimize uneven wear spots thereon during the plunger assembly's horizontal and vertical travel within a hydrocarbon producing well conduit. The plunger assembly comprises an elongated central mandrel having a bore extending longitudinally therethrough for transmitting gaseous fluids from a well, through the plunger assembly, a pair of longitudinally spaced-apart sets of arcuately shaped wear pads guidably supported on outer portions of the elongated central mandrel, and at least one tangentially directed nozzle arranged to direct gaseous fluids from the bore of the elongated central mandrel against an inner side of at least one of the arcuately shaped wear pads arranged on the outer portions of the elongated central mandrel.
US09121262B2	Pump control for formation testing A while-drilling tool comprising a motor, a transmission coupled to the motor, and a pump comprising a first piston disposed in a first chamber and a second piston disposed in a second chamber and coupled to the first piston. A planetary roller-screw is coupled between the pump and the transmission. A valve block is configured to fluidly communicate with the first and second pump chambers, a borehole in which the while-drilling tool is configured to be positioned, and a formation penetrated by the borehole.
US09121261B2	Coiled tubing system with multiple integral pressure sensors and DTS A multiple integral pressure transducer system for installation in oil field downhole coiled tubing systems.
US09121256B2	Method of constructing a flow model associated with capillary pressure curves and/or relative permeability curves A method of constructing a reservoir flow model from capillary pressure curves (Pc) and/or relative permeability curves (Kr) is disclosed having application to petroleum reservoir development, acid gas storage and underground water management. After discretizing the reservoir into a set of cells, a principal component analysis is performed for a data table constructed from curves (Pc, Kr) so as to extract principal factors explaining the data. The curves are represented in a representation space constructed from these principal factors and the curves represented in the representation space are classified. At least one curve representative of each class resulting from this classification is then defined and associated with each cell.
US09121249B1	Casing stripper attachment The casing stripper attachment secures the casing stripper within a housing, such as the bowl. The casing stripper rubber attaches to an attachment body for installation within the housing. The attachment body includes a base and an attachment lip. The base provides an outer surface for securing the attachment body and stripper rubber to the housing. The clamp secures the outer surface of the base with the housing. The stripper rubber fastens to the attachment lip of the attachment body to be secured within the bowl. The base of the present invention could attach to a drilling nipple that assists with inserting the casing into the well, a process known as running casing.
US09121247B2	Method and apparatus for establishing injection into a cased bore hole using a time delay toe injection apparatus An apparatus and method for providing a time delay in injection of pressured fluid into a geologic formation. In one aspect the invention a toe valve activated by fluid pressure that opens ports after a predetermined time interval to allow fluid to pass from a well casing to a formation. The controller time delay enables casing integrity testing before fluid is passed through the ports. This time delay also allows multiple valves to be used in the same well casing and provide a focused jetting action to better penetrate a concrete casing lining.
US09121244B2	Elastically responsive unibody shear valve A shear valve utilizing an elastically responsive unibody seal member in operation. The unibody seal member is of unitary constriction and in terms of adjacent ends thereof and an energizing member disposed therebetween. Thus, governing of fluid flow through the metal valve may be achieved without undue concern over high pressure differentials, for example in a downhole environment. Further, the unitary construction of the seal member alleviates concern over mismatching tolerances and/or dimensions for separately assembled miniaturized components of the valve.
US09121239B2	Device for anchoring in a casing in a borehole in the ground A device for anchoring in a casing in a borehole in the ground. The device comprises a shaft oriented in an axial direction, the shaft having a torque transfer section. The torque transfer section has axially oriented outer cam surfaces extending radially outwardly in a rotational sense. The shaft further has a plurality of clamping bodies circumferentially distributed around the torque transfer section with a limited movability relative to the torque transfer section in rotational sense and in radial directions. The clamping bodies each have an inner, axially oriented clamping body surface facing one of the cam surfaces of the torque transfer section and an outer surface defining a segment of a cylinder coaxial with said shaft.
US09121237B2	Methods of coating wellbore tools and components having such coatings A method for forming a coating upon a wellbore tool includes forming a pattern of features supported by a body and forming a coating over the pattern of features. Forming the pattern of features includes forming a first feature and forming a second feature spaced from the first feature by a first width at a first elevation and by a second width at a second elevation, the second width being different than the first width, and the first elevation being further from an interior region of the body than the second elevation. Also disclosed is a wellbore tool comprising a coating covering a pattern of features and a method of utilizing a wellbore tool in a subterranean formation, the method including forming a pattern of features, forming a coating over the pattern of features, and disposing the wellbore tool in a borehole.
US09121231B2	Subsea hydrocarbon production system A subsea oil and/or gas production system comprises a host production facility and a plurality of subsea wells. A fluid conveying network is provided that connects each subsea well to the host production facility. A separate electrical power and data network is provided for conveying direct current electrical power and data, operatively connected to each subsea well for providing each subsea well with data transfer and electrical power services. The use of direct current ensures that the electrical power and data network can provide power over much greater distances than currently available, and the use of separate networks for conveying fluids and for providing electrical power and data transfer allows for a much more flexible system.
US09121229B2	Merlin drilling riser assembly An improved drilling riser assembly including a male drilling riser assembly section and a female drilling riser assembly section that form a connection joint when mated. The drilling riser assembly sections having an internal stab type main drilling riser connector. The drilling riser assembly sections each have main drilling riser flanges that have helically threaded rings on an outer edge of the flange. A box and pin connector each have an inner helically threaded ring that mates with the outer helical flange ring of a drilling riser assembly section. The box and pin connectors extend towards each other and make up an enclosed compression joined mating section around the stab type connectors of the drilling riser assembly.
US09121224B2	Vibrational tool with tool axis rotational mass and method A vibrational tool with tool axis rotational mass and method is disclosed, which may be utilized to assist in lowering a drill string into a wellbore. A reciprocating member and rotatable mass are mounted within a vibrational tool housing. A plurality of curved passageways are positioned to induce rotation in response to fluid flow through the tool housing. As the rotatable mass rotates, a mechanical interconnection causes the reciprocating member to reciprocate, and results in vibrational forces for moving a bottom hole assembly.
US09121221B2	Cord-winding assembly of a window blind A cord-winding assembly of a window blind includes a first spool and a second spool. The first spool has a first axis extending in an axial direction. A plurality of first grooves is formed on an outer periphery of the first spool. The first grooves are parallel to each other. Each of the plurality of first grooves has a circumferential length different from other first grooves. The second spool has a second axis extending in the axial direction. The first and second axes are parallel to each other. A plurality of second grooves is formed on an outer periphery of the second spool. The second grooves are parallel to each other.
US09121215B2	System for supervising access to restricted area, and method for controlling such a system The invention relates to a system for supervising access to a restricted area, including at least one obstacle that is mobile between a deployed configuration, in which said obstacle extends across a passageway for the entry and/or exit to/from said restricted area, and a stowed configuration in which said obstacle is removed from said passageway. The system also includes a unit for driving the obstacle between the deployed configuration and the stowed configuration, a device for measuring the position of the obstacle, and a module for controlling the drive unit. The control module is suitable for comparing the measured position of the obstacle at at least one moment in time with a theoretical position of the obstacle at said moment in time, and to derive a rule for controlling the drive unit.
US09121206B2	Locking device for closing-opening member An openable/closable member locking device includes a mounting base, a pivot, a rotor which is mounted rotatably on the mounting base, a pair of arms, a pair of sliding pins having proximal end portions connected to the arms and distal end portions to be inserted into and dislocated from engagement holes, a torsion coil spring which rotationally urges the rotor such that the sliding pins are inserted into the engagement holes, and a lock release unit which moves the sliding pins against an urging force of the torsion coil spring such that they are dislocated from the engagement holes, and a guide portion is provided which causes the sliding pins to slide straight along a lengthwise direction thereof.
US09121201B2	Magnetically releasable security tag A security tag is provided that includes a housing, an electronic sensor held within the housing, an accessory pin provided with the housing and a lock assembly held within the housing. The accessory is pin provided with the tag housing and may be moveable with respect to the housing between locked and unlocked positions. When the accessory pin is in the locked position, the tag housing is secured to the accessory. When the accessory pin is in the unlocked position, the tag housing is disengaged from the accessory. The lock assembly may include a magnetically influenced (MI) member which is movable from a biased position to a relaxed position in the absence of the selected magnetic field to lock the accessory pins.
US09121195B2	Tamper evident cargo container seal bolt lock Systems and methods for a tamper-evident cargo container seal bolt lock are disclosed herein. The device can include a receiving member, a conductive bolt member adapted to be snap-locked into the receiving member, and a plastic encapsulant which tethers the bolt member to the receiving member. The encapsulant can contain an electrically conductive medium, such as a wire, which runs from the receiving member to the second end of the bolt. A sensory circuit disposed within the receiving member can be configured to sense whether the circuit has been interrupted (e.g., if the bolt has been cut). In the event of an interruption, the circuit can record the present time and/or date in memory. An RFID transponder disposed within the encapsulant or the receiving member can then transmit the recorded date/time to an RFID interrogator if a dispute subsequently arises as to when the lock had been broken.
US09121184B2	Pultruded trim members The present invention is an improved method of making cornice assemblies and other trim members utilizing the process of pultrusion. The cornice assemblies and the other trim members made by the method of the present invention exhibit superior strength to weight ratios, low expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature and humidity, as well being less labor intensive to install.
US09121183B1	Moisture resistant wood flooring panel A wood flooring panel includes a plurality of parallel longitudinal wood slats situated side by side. A latex vinyl impregnated flexible backing paper is affixed by a polyurethane resin adhesive to a back side of the slats to accurately hold the slats as a panel. The latex vinyl impregnated flexible backing paper is of a material that is inextensible in the longitudinal and lateral directions, but flexible to permit bending at joints defined between the wood slats. The latex vinyl impregnated flexible backing paper acts a primary protective moisture barrier to a subfloor, and a polyurethane resin adhesive acts as a secondary protective moisture barrier to the subfloor. A method of installing a hardwood floor is also described.
US09121180B2	System for mounting objects to polymeric membranes A system and method to attach an object to a support structure. The system includes a mounting plate attached to an elastic membrane. The elastic membrane includes a lower surface having a first and a second surface area. The first surface area extends peripherally along at least a portion of the lower surface and bonded to the support structure. The second surface area is at least partially enclosed within the first surface area and separable from the support structure. The system further includes a riser adapted to couple to the mounting plate and the object.
US09121173B2	System and method for construction modeling A wall forming system for modeling office space having a plurality of panels having a first sheet and a second sheet in parallel spaced alignment separated by a support sheet. The system also includes a plurality of support members having a first sidewall and a second sidewall in parallel spaced relation separated by a transverse wall. The system also includes a plurality of connecting members having a first sidewall and a second sidewall in parallel spaced relation separated by a transverse wall. The support members connect to and provide support to the panels. The connecting members also connect to the panels as well as connect to adjacent support members and connecting members thereby providing a wall forming system that is convenient and easy to use.
US09121165B2	Adjustable flush valve and assembly A tank to bowl sponge gasket is provided for use with a flush valve used in the drain hole of a toilet tank, the tank sitting above the throat of a toilet bowl. The flush valve comprises a flange above the bottom wall, a lower externally threaded portion that extends through the drain hole and an internally threaded lock nut which complements the lower threaded portion of the flush valve, a tank seal disposed between the flange and the tank wall, and the gasket is disposed between the lower threaded portion of the flush valve, the lock nut and the tank wall and the throat of the toilet bowl. The gasket has a generally L-shaped upper portion with a circumferential outer surface, a circumferential inner surface and a bottom shelf, a lower portion comprising a circumferential inner surface and an inwardly tapered outer surface, and a circumferential trim line.
US09121161B2	Construction machine A striker provided on a rear surface part of an engine cover is mounted on the rear surface part by using nuts from an inner surface. In a counterweight, a bracket is mounted on a top surface of a center weight portion by using bracket bolts, and a latch is mounted on a latch mounting surface of the bracket by using latch bolts. In this state, a hiding member is mounted on a hiding member mounting surface of the bracket by using hiding member bolts. At this time, the hiding member can cover and hide the bracket bolts and the latch bolts. Further, at the time the engine cover is closed, the bolts can be hidden.
US09121160B2	Connection assembly A coupling for connecting ground engaging tools to a lip of an excavator bucket or similar uses an eccentric rotating lock, whereby rotation of the lock alters the distance between bearing surfaces and thus allows tightening of the lock.
US09121157B2	Manhole riser extension assembly A manhole riser extension assembly including separate upper and lower spacer rings which are assembled utilizing tabs that extend downwardly from the upper spacer ring about the lower spacer ring, and locking elements in association with the lower ring that cooperatively engage and bear radially outwardly against the tabs, respectively, to urge and/or lock the tabs against an inner surface of the manhole frame bounding the manhole cover seat, or to penetrate the tabs and bear against the inner surface, to hold the assembly together and in place in the manhole frame, and such that a manhole cover is positionable in sitting relation on the lower spacer ring, bounded by the upper spacer ring for covering the manhole. Optional lift protections tabs can be provided at locations about the upper spacer ring, in position to be covered by paving material to supplement the holding of the assembly in place.
US09121151B2	Adjustable sweeping blade device and sweeping blade assembly The present document describes a sweeping blade assembly comprising a blade portion comprising at least one bushing hole and a lower edge for sweeping a ground; a resilient material layer onto the blade portion; and a resilient material bushing in the bushing hole.
US09121143B2	Self-propelled construction machine The invention relates to a self-propelled construction machine, for example, a road finisher, comprising a vehicle chassis and having a tandem axle unit and a single wheel on each side of the vehicle, wherein each tandem axle unit comprises a twin axle carrier and also a regulating device, by means of which the twin axle carrier can be pivoted relatively to the vehicle chassis. Each tandem axle unit is mounted on a lever arm, which is mounted for rotation about a pivot axle on the vehicle chassis, and which is engaged by the regulating device.
US09121139B2	Track maintenance apparatus and method In an aspect, a track maintenance vehicle includes a body, a work head, and a controller. The work head performs track maintenance and is coupled to the body. The controller is configured to operate the vehicle in an autonomous mode. In another aspect, an anchor adjustor includes first and second jaws and an actuator. The jaws pivot about a single axis. The actuator causes the jaws to rotate about the axis. In another aspect, an anchor adjustor assembly includes a first pair of jaws, a second pair of jaws and an actuator. The first and second pairs of jaws open and close about a rail in a track. The actuator causes the closed first pair of jaws to translate towards the closed second pair of jaws along a longitudinal direction of the rail.
US09121131B2	Non-coated fabric for outdoor applications A non-coated fabric for outdoor applications is provided that is made up of a woven fabric and a chemical composition applied to the woven fabric. The woven fabric is made from multifilament yarns that are solution dyed and have a UV rating of at least 500 hours. The chemical composition is applied to the woven fabric and incorporated into the fabric such that the fabric has a hydrostatic pressure of at least 45 cm.
US09121120B2	Imaged fabric with embroidery Exemplary methods of making an applique are disclosed. Exemplary methods may include providing a fabric layer, and transferring a graphic onto the fabric layer, the graphic having a plurality of registration marks configured to align an embroidery contour. The methods may further include creating an adjusted embroidery contour using at least the registration marks, and applying an embroidery along the adjusted embroidery contour.
US09121114B2	Hybrid cords having high tenacity and high elongation at break A hybrid cord, comprising (a) a core yarn consisting of meta-aromatic polyamide fibers, and (b) at least one wrapping yarn consisting of para-aromatic polyamide fibers that warps around the core yarn at a helical angle, wherein (i) the core yarn makes up 20-60% by weight and the wrapping yarn makes up 40-80% by weight of the hybrid cord, based on the total weight of the hybrid cord, (ii) the twist multiplier of the core yarn is 0-0.5, the twist multiplier of the hybrid cord is 4.5-12; and the twist per meter (tpm) ratio between the at least one wrapping yarn and the hybrid cord ranges from 0.8 to 1.2, and (iii) the helical angle of the wrapping yarn is 10-60 degrees.
US09121106B2	Method of forming a laminated magnetic core with sputter deposited and electroplated layers A laminated magnetic core, which has a number of magnetic layers and a number of insulation layers which are arranged so that an insulation layer lies between each vertically adjacent pair of magnetic layers, is formed in a method that forms the magnetic layers with an electroplating process, and the insulation layers with a sputter depositing process.
US09121103B2	Anticorrosion additives for manufacturing processes, a process for preparation thereof and use thereof The present invention relates to novel anticorrosion additives for manufacturing processes, comprising at least one triazole and the reaction product of at least one alkylene glycol and at least one carboxylic anhydride, to a process for preparation thereof and to the use thereof for corrosion protection for aluminum and/or aluminum alloys.
US09121102B2	Plating apparatus A plating assembly for plating a part having an interior cavity with a plating material. The plating assembly has a main frame assembly adapted to receive and support the part. An anode frame assembly is positioned inside the main frame assembly and is electrically isolated from the main frame assembly. The anode frame assembly is electrically connected to an anode of a direct current power supply. A plurality of anode rods are mounted on the anode frame assembly in electrically conductive contact with it. A cathode assembly is electrically connected to the part and is electrically connected to a cathode of the direct current power supply. A fluid conduit assembly connects a fluid source such as a pump station to a plurality of fluid nozzles. At least one of the fluid nozzles is positioned within the interior cavity of the part.
US09121101B2	Etchant and etching method using the same To provide an etchant for copper oxide, control of the etching rate, and etching method using the same for enabling exposed portions to be selectively etched against unexposed portions in the case of performing exposure with laser light using an oxide of copper as a heat-reactive resist material, an etchant of the invention is an etchant for copper oxide to selectively remove a copper oxide of a particular valence from a copper oxide-containing layer containing copper oxides of different valences, and is characterized by containing at least an amino acid, a chelating agent and water, where a weight percentage of the amino acid is higher than that of the chelating agent, and pH thereof is 3.5 or more.
US09121100B2	Silver based conductive layer for flexible electronics Methods for making conducting stacks includes forming a doped or alloyed silver layer sandwiched between two layers of transparent conductive oxide such as indium tin oxide (ITO). The doped silver or silver alloy layer can be thin, such as between 1.5 to 20 nm and thus can be transparent. The doped silver or silver alloy can provide improved ductility property, allowing the conductive stack to be bendable. The transparent conductive oxide layers can also be thin, allowing the conductive stack to have an improved ductility property.
US09121097B2	Variable showerhead flow by varying internal baffle conductance Apparatuses and techniques for providing for variable radial flow conductance within a semiconductor processing showerhead are provided. In some cases, the radial flow conductance may be varied dynamically during use. In some cases, the radial flow conductance may be fixed but may vary as a function of radial distance from the showerhead centerline. Both single plenum and dual plenum showerheads are discussed.
US09121096B2	Concentric showerhead for vapor deposition Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a concentric gas manifold assembly used in deposition reactor or system during a vapor deposition process. In one embodiment, the manifold assembly has an upper section coupled to a middle section coupled to a lower section. The middle section contains an inlet, a manifold extending from the inlet to a passageway, and a tube extending along a central axis and containing a channel along the central axis and in fluid communication with the passageway. The lower section of the manifold assembly contains a second manifold extending from a second inlet to a second passageway and an opening concentric with the central axis. The tube extends to the opening to form a second channel between the tube and an edge of the opening. The second channel is concentric with the central axis and is in fluid communication with the second passageway.
US09121092B2	Tribology combined with corrosion resistance: a new family of PVD- and PACVD coatings The present invention relates to a coating system on a substrate with improved protection against wear as well as corrosion. According to the invention the substrate is coated with a diamond like carbon (DLC) layer. This DLC layer is coated with an additional layer with material different from the DLC coating material, thereby closing the pin holes of the DLC layer.
US09121089B2	Lean austenitic stainless steel An austenitic stainless steel composition including relatively low Ni and Mo levels, and exhibiting corrosion resistance, resistance to elevated temperature deformation, and formability properties comparable to certain alloys including higher Ni and Mo levels. Embodiments of the austenitic stainless steel include, in weight percentages, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-9.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 15.0-23.0 Cr, 1.0-9.5 Ni, up to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.05-0.35 N, (7.5(C))≦(Nb+Ti+V+Ta+Zr)≦1.5, Fe, and incidental impurities.
US09121085B2	Method for manufacturing composite metal alloy and method for manufacturing article from composite metal A method for manufacturing a composite metal alloy. An Mg material as an alloy base material and a carbon nanomaterial are mixed together to obtain a mixture in which the Mg material is covered with particles of the carbon nanomaterial. The mixture of the Mg material and carbon nanomaterial are sintered to obtain an Mg sintered compact including the carbon nanomaterial. The Mg sintered compact including the carbon nanomaterial is dissolved to obtain a melt of the composite metal alloy.
US09121066B2	Methods for selecting competent oocytes and competent embryos with high potential for pregnancy outcome The present invention relates to a method for selecting a competent oocyte or a competent embryo by determining the expression level of specific microRNA species in a body fluid or in cumulus cells.
US09121060B2	Modified nucleotides The invention provides modified nucleotide or nucleoside molecule comprising a purine or pyrimidine base and a ribose or deoxyribose sugar moiety having a removable 3′-OH blocking group covalently attached thereto, such that the 3′ carbon atom has attached a group of the structure —O—Z wherein Z is any of —C(R′)2-O—R″, —C(R′)2-N(R″)2, —C(R′)2-N(H)R″, —C(R′)2-S—R″ and —C(R′)2-F, wherein each R″ is or is part of a removable protecting group; each R′ is independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, substituted alkyl, arylalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclic, acyl, cyano, alkoxy, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy or amido group, or a detectable label attached through a linking group; or (R′)2 represents an alkylidene group of formula ═C(R′″)2 wherein each R′″ may be the same or different and is selected from the group comprising hydrogen and halogen atoms and alkyl groups; and wherein said molecule may be reacted to yield an intermediate in which each R″ is exchanged for H or, where Z is —C(R′)2-F, the F is exchanged for OH, SH or NH2, preferably OH, which intermediate dissociates under aqueous conditions to afford a molecule with a free 3′OH; with the proviso that where Z is —C(R′)2-S—R″, both R′ groups are not H.
US09121057B2	Cartridge and device for analyzing biological samples using temperature-controlled biological reactions A method of filling a cartridge that includes a reaction chamber, a biochip mounted in the reaction chamber and a compensation chamber connected so as to communicate with the reaction chamber. The method includes placing a filling nozzle, which is connected so as to communicate with the reaction chamber, such that it is facing upwards, filling a liquid biological sample into the filling nozzle, pressing a stopper into the filling nozzle in order to force sample liquid into the reaction chamber, so that the reaction chamber is filled from bottom to top and an air bubble remains in the compensation chamber downstream of the reaction chamber.
US09121056B2	Use of products of PCR amplification carrying elements of secondary structure to improve PCR-based nucleic acid detection Particular aspects comprise amplifying target nucleic acid using PCR and an oligonucleotide primer pair wherein at least one of the primers is designed to incorporate a 5′-specialty sequence to provide for an amplification product that intramolecularly folds into a secondary structure; and detecting the amplification product by a method comprising: providing an oligonucleotide cleavage component, hybridizing the oligonucleotide cleavage component with the amplification product to form a three-strand cleavage structure wherein two strands of the three-strand cleavage structure are provided by the secondary structure of the amplification product, cleaving 3′- or 5′-strands of the three-strand cleavage structure using a duplex-specific nuclease activity resulting in a cleavage product, and detecting the cleavage product indicative of the presence of the target nucleic acid. In certain aspects both primers incorporate a 5′-specialty sequence and detecting comprises cleaving 3′- or 5′-strands of a three-strand cleavage structure using duplex-specific nuclease to provide a cleavage product.
US09121054B2	Detection of nucleic acid amplification products in the presence of an internal control sequence on an immunochromatographic strip Compositions and methods useful in nucleic acid assays are provided. The invention permits detection of test and control nucleic acids. Test nucleic acids can be immobilized at multiple locations, such that amplification of either a test nucleic acid or a control nucleic acid provides a captured nucleic acid in a control capture zone.
US09121049B2	Pharmaceutical composition for elevating radio-sensitivity of cancer cells, pharmaceutical composition for detecting cancer cells with radio-sensitivity, and detection method thereof The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for elevating radiation-sensitivity of cancer cells, which comprises: a nanoparticle containing with a first element, which is iron, copper, or the combination thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the nanoparticle is a metal nanoparticle, an alloy nanoparticle, or a metal nanoparticle with core-shell structure, and the size of the nanoparticle is under a controllable range of 3 nm to 150 nm. In addition, the present invention provides a detection method to detect radiation-sensitivity of the cancer cells through different modalities such as CT or MRI due to its native high CT number and magnetic property. Furthermore, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for elevating radiation-sensitivity of the cancer cells through preferential uptake of the nanoparticle, in order to enhance the radiation-sensitivity of the cancer cells and improve the efficiency of radiation therapy to the cancer cells.
US09121044B2	Biosynthesis of caffeic acid and caffeic acid derivatives by recombinant microorganisms Microorganisms are genetically engineered to synthesize caffeic acid from simple carbon sources via a tyrosine intermediate by means of a dual pathway that utilizes both endogenous and engineered enzymatic activities.
US09121042B2	Enzyme used in biosynthesis of 1, 4-BDO and screening method of the same Recombinant butyraldehyde dehydrogenases (Blds) with improved production of 1,4-BDO, as well as recombinant microorganisms comprising polynucleotides encoding the recombinant Blds, and methods of producing 1,4-BDO by using the recombinant microorganisms.
US09121041B2	Method for the preparation of diols The present invention concerns a new method for the biological preparation of a diol comprising culturing a microorganism genetically modified for the bioproduction of an aliphatic diol, wherein the microorganism comprises a metabolic pathway for the decarboxylation of a hydroxy-2-keto-aliphatic acid metabolite with an enzyme having a 2-keto acid decarboxylase activity, the product obtained from said decarboxylation step being further reduced into the corresponding aliphatic diol, and wherein the microorganism is genetically modified for the improved production of said hydroxy-2-keto-aliphatic acid metabolite.The invention also concerns a modified microorganism for the production of an aliphatic diol.
US09121039B2	Systems using cell culture for production of isoprene The invention features methods for producing isoprene from cultured cells. The invention also provides compositions that include these cultured cells. The invention provides isoprene compositions, such as compositions with increased amount of isoprene or increased purity. Additionally, the invention provides methods of producing isoprene by culturing cells under conditions suitable for isoprene production while maintaining cell viability and/or metabolic activity.
US09121038B2	Recombinant microorganisms for enhanced production of mevalonate, isoprene, and isoprenoids The invention features compositions and methods for the increased production of mevalonate, isoprene, isoprenoid precursor molecules, and/or isoprenoids in microorganisms by engineering a microorganism for increased carbon flux towards mevalonate production in the following enzymatic pathways: (a) citrate synthase, (b) phosphotransacetylase, (c) acetate kinase, (d) lactate dehydrogenase, (e) malic enzyme, and (f) pyruvate dehydrogenase such that one of more of the enzyme activity is modulated. In addition, production of mevalonate, isoprene, isoprenoid precursor molecules, and/or isoprenoids can be further enhanced by the heterologous expression of the mvaE and mvaS genes (such as, but not limited to, mvaE and mvaS genes from the organisms Listeria grayi DSM 20601, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus gallinarum EG2, and Enterococcus casseliflavus).
US09121035B2	Insecticidal compositions and methods for making insect-resistant transgenic plants The present invention provides isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding ET37, TIC810 and TIC812 proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis, and nucleotide sequences for use in expressing TIC809, ET37, TIC810 and TIC812, and fusions of various insecticidally effective combinations of these proteins such as TIC 127, in plants. Methods of making and using the polynucleotide sequences and the proteins in the development of transgenic plant cells and transgenic plants exhibiting improved insect resistance against (1) Coleopteran insects including Western Corn Rootworm (Dibrotica virgifera), Southern Corn Rootworm (Dibrotica undecempunctata), Northern Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica barbed), Mexican Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera zeae), Brazilian Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica balteata) and Brazilian Corn Rootworm complex (Diabrotica viridula and Diabrotica speciosa), and against Hemipteran insects such as Lygus bugs, are disclosed.
US09121024B2	Non-natural amino acid replication-dependent microorganisms and vaccines Compositions and methods of producing vaccines, including methods wherein whole organism vaccines are provided with limited replication abilities, thereby increasing vaccine safety and efficacy, through the use of non-natural, unnatural, or non-naturally encoded amino acids.
US09121021B2	Reducing galectin-12 activity to influence the cell function of human sebocytes Methods for the treatment of a disorder characterized by excessive proliferation and/or lipid content of sebocytes are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a small molecule inhibitor targeted to galectin-12 or a nucleic acid-based inhibitor targeted to galectin-12 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein said inhibitor is a non-naturally occurring molecule and administration of said inhibitor produces a decrease in the proliferation and/or lipid content of the sebocytes. Methods for decreasing sebaceous gland size, inhibiting sebocyte proliferation, and/or inhibiting sebocyte lipid content are also disclosed.
US09121019B2	Inhibition of choroidal neovascularization Methods of treatment of diseases that include or are characterized by inappropriate or pathological neovascularization are disclosed. These diseases include diseases of the eye, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and choroidal neovascularization which can occur in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Disclosed methods include administering agents that cause directly or indirectly upregulation of the ABCA1 transporter protein in macrophages. These agents include, without limitation, LXR agonists. In some embodiments, inhibitors of CETP expression or activity can also be effective. Administration routes can include, without limitation, intraocular, periocular, or systemic administration.
US09121016B2	Coatings containing polymer modified enzyme for stable self-cleaning of organic stains Bioactive coatings that are stabilized against inactivation by weathering are provided including a base associated with a chemically modified enzyme, and, optionally a first polyoxyethylene present in the base and independent of the enzyme. The coatings are optionally overlayered onto a substrate to form an active coating facilitating the removal of organic stains or organic material from food, insects, or the environment.
US09121012B2	Staged inoculation of multiple cyanobacterial photobioreactors A method of rapid simultaneous inoculation of cyanobacteria to multiple commercial-scale closed photobioreactors for the production of a target molecule such as ethanol.
US09121006B2	Device for monitoring cell culture development According to the invention, an electrical heating resistor (1) is in contact with a receiving surface for heating a cell culture (CC), the resistor being connected to an electric circuit for providing heating power so as to keep the cell culture (CC) at a prescribed temperature setting (Tref). An element (61) for measuring at least one first parameter (VM), representing the amount of heating power used by the circuit, said measuring element (61) is also an element (61) for measuring the development of the cell culture, the device comprising a computer (62, 63) for calculating a second parameter (PAR), representing the development of the cell culture (CC) over time, on the basis of the first parameter (VM).
US09121004B2	Cell culture unit and cell culture device including the same There is provided a cell culture device, which includes a plurality of cell culture units, in which the cell culture unit includes: a cell culture tub that defines a culture space for cultivating cells, contains culture medium in the culture unit, and has an air layer above the culture medium; a drainage channel that is connected to the cell culture tub to discharge used culture medium to the integral drainage channel; an open culture medium reservoir that supplies new culture medium into the cell culture tub; and a droplet generator that is disposed between the cell culture tub and the open culture medium reservoir and supplies the culture medium from the open culture medium reservoir to the cell culture tub, using negative pressure of the air layer generated when the used culture medium is discharged.
US09120999B2	Mesitylene sulfonate compositions and methods for cleaning a surface The invention relates to compositions including a hypohalite or hypochlorous acid and a soluble salt of 2,4,6 mesitylene sulfonate. The compositions may include a surfactant, a buffer, or combinations thereof. Other adjuvants may also be present. Such compositions do not require the inclusion of high concentrations of sodium hydroxide or other soluble hydroxide salts to drastically increase pH (and thus stability), although such hydroxides may be present if desired.
US09120995B2	Wooden wicks including a booster for a candle and method of making A wooden wick for use in a wax candle comprising a strip of predetermined wood having each of a first predetermined length, a first predetermined width and a first predetermined thickness. Such wick further includes a wood booster member having each of a second predetermined length, a second predetermined width and a second predetermined thickness adhered to the strip of wood.
US09120982B2	Process and apparatus for producing hydrocarbons The present invention relates to a process for catalytically converting material of biological origin into hydrocarbons useful as fuel components. The process includes hydrodeoxygenation and isomerization of the material. The present invention relates also to a reactor and an apparatus suitable for use in the process.
US09120976B2	Fire retardant moldings and method for producing and using such a molding A fire retardant molding contains a thermoplastic compound and an inorganic flameproof agent that is mixed with the thermoplastic compound and which acts by separating from water, having a proportion in the range of 10 wt % to 90 wt %. The fire retardant molding is produced by mixing the thermoplastic material with an inorganic flame-proofing agent, the flame-proofing agent having a proportion in the range of 20 wt % to 80 wt %, and by outputting the compound obtained by mixing, in particular as a flat product. The fire retardant molding is advantageously used, for example, in or on land-based vehicles, water-based vehicles, aircraft and buildings.
US09120975B2	Yellow-green to yellow-emitting phosphors based on terbium-containing aluminates Yellow-green to yellow-emitting, lutetium aluminate-based terbium (Tb) containing phosphors for use in white LEDs, general lighting, and LED and backlighting displays are disclosed herein. The phosphor may further contain gadolinium (Gd). In one embodiment of the present invention, the phosphor comprises a cerium-activated, yellow-green to yellow-emitting lutetium aluminate-based phosphor having the formula (Lu1-xAx)3Al5O12:Ce wherein A is at least one of Gd and Tb and 0.1≦x≦1.0, wherein the phosphor is configured to emit light having a peak emission wavelength ranging from about 550 nm to about 565 nm, and wherein the phosphor contains at least some Tb.
US09120974B2	Phosphor and light-emitting device using same Provided is a phosphor having enhanced luminance with respect to that of conventional β-type sialon phosphors. A phosphor having enhanced luminance is obtained by causing Al, O (oxygen) and Eu to be present at specific concentrations in a produced β-type sialon phosphor. Specifically, provided is a β-type sialon phosphor containing Si, Al, O, N and Eu, wherein the Al concentration in the phosphor ranges from 0.80 mass % or higher to 2.25 mass % or lower, the O concentration ranges from 0.36 mass % or higher to 1.15 mass % or lower, the Eu concentration ranges from 0.40 mass % or higher to 0.80 mass % or lower and a ratio (Al/O) of the Al concentration with respect to the O concentration ranges from 2.0 or higher to 3.0 or lower.
US09120971B2	Polymerizable mixture and liquid crystal composition thereof The invention discloses a polymerizable mixture and a liquid crystal composition for polymer stabilized vertical alignment. The polymerizable mixture comprises one or more types of the reactive monomers and a photo initiator. structure of the reactive monomer comprises a single benzene ring, two benzene rings, or a naphthalene ring, wherein the two benzene rings are formed by direct connection of two single benzene rings or indirect connection with a substituent group therebetween, the benzene ring and the naphthalene ring are directly connected with at least one polymerizable group. The liquid crystal composition includes a negative type liquid crystal material, a stabilizer, and the polymerizable mixture. The reaction rate and the conversion rate of the reactive monomer can be improved by adding the photo initiator, so that the residues of the reactive monomers can be reduced after UV irradiation to solve the panel quality problems effectively.
US09120967B2	Concentric forster resonance energy transfer relay for the parallel detection of two bio/physicochemical process Described herein is a Förster (or fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (FRET) configuration with three energy transfer pathways between three luminescent components, where two of the energy transfer steps occur in sequence as a relay, and the first step of the relay is in competition with a third energy transfer process (energy transfer from the donor to the intermediary is in competition with energy transfer from the donor directly to the terminal acceptor).
US09120964B2	Treatment fluids containing biodegradable chelating agents and methods for use thereof Treatment fluids containing biodegradable chelating agents can be used in various treatment methods. The methods can comprise providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid and a chelating agent composition, and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation. The treatment fluids can also be used for treatment of pipes or tubing such as, for example, well bore pipes or tubing penetrating a subterranean formation and above-ground pipelines. Illustrative biodegradable chelating agents include, but are not limited to, glutamic acid diacetic acid, methylglycine diacetic acid, β-alanine diacetic acid, S,S-ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid, iminodisuccinic acid, hydroxyiminodisuccinic acid, any salt thereof, any derivative thereof, and any combination thereof. The treatment fluids can optionally comprise an acid, which can include hydrofluoric acid or a hydrofluoric acid generating compound.
US09120960B2	Composite slurries of nano silicon carbide and alumina Improved slurry compositions comprising silicon carbide particles and alumina particles dispersed within an aqueous medium. Slurry compositions in the form of abrasive slurry compositions for use chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) processes, particularly abrasive slurry compositions for polishing of sapphire, and methods of use.
US09120958B2	Ultra-violet curable adhesive An adhesive may be formulated with a functional component that reacts in the presence of ultraviolet light with a neighboring functional component to form a nonreversible bond therebetween. The functional component may include at least one —C═C— functional group that is able to undergo dimerization with a neighboring component. A method for making the adhesive includes covalently bonding the functional component to a support polymer, wherein the functional component may be covalently bonded to the support polymer by a linking molecule. A kit containing the adhesive and an ultraviolet light source is also provided.
US09120956B2	Water-based plaster Provided is a water-based plaster in which the gel strength is maintained to an appropriate level in a step of producing the water-based plaster, and particularly in a spreading step and an aging step, and a final preparation can exhibit an optimal adhesiveness for adhering to the skin. In the water-based plaster, a water-based adhesive base containing a water-soluble polymer as a main ingredient contains a higher fatty acid which is a liquid at room temperature and a viscosity of 1,000 (mPa·s, 20° C.) or more as a crosslinking modifier. The higher fatty acid is isostearic acid, and the contained amount thereof is 1 to 10% by weight.
US09120954B2	Method, apparatus, and kit for protecting an electronic device A method, apparatus, and kit for protecting an electronic device is disclosed and described. The apparatus can include a protective film with an adhesive disposed on one side thereof and a backing covering the adhesive. The adhesive can be configured to bond to a surface of the device and can be configured to allow an optional gel to temporarily deactivate bonding of the protective film to the surface of the device. The backing can comprise a tab in order for a portion of the backing to be removed from the protective film. Additionally, the protective film can have anti-microbial properties on an exposed surface.
US09120949B2	Polyester binder resin for coating and coating composition containing same Disclosed are a polyester binder resin for coating which is copolymerized with lactic acid or a compound derived therefrom and isosorbide, and thus has a high content of biomass-derived compounds, and exhibits superior coating hardness, contamination resistance, hydrolytic resistance, processability and the like, and a coating composition comprising the same. The polyester resin binder for coating is copolymerized with a diacid component, a diol component comprising 1 to 60 moles of isosorbide, with respect to a total diol component, and 1 to 50% by weight of lactic acid or a compound derived therefrom, with respect to the total amount of resin polymerization reactants, wherein the polyester resin binder for coating has a structure in which a diacid moiety derived from the diacid component, a diol moiety derived from the diol component, and a hydroxyl monoacid moiety derived from the lactic acid or a compound derived therefrom are repeated.
US09120943B2	Bio-renewable phase change inks A phase change ink composition suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates. In embodiments, the phase change ink composition comprises a bio-renewable crystalline component and amorphous component which provides for a robust ink composition. In embodiments, the amorphous component is derived from low cost, stable and bio-renewable materials comprising aromatic rosin esters.
US09120925B2	Carbonate blend composition having improved resistance to environmental stress cracking The present invention relates to carbonate blend compositions demonstrating improved environmental stress crack resistance in combination with an excellent blend of impact, thermal, and physical properties. Said carbonate blend composition comprises a polycarbonate, a polyester, and a silicon-containing graft (co)polymer having a core-shell morphology, comprising a shell that contains (co)polymerized alkyl(meth)acrylate and glycidyl methacrylate grafted to a composite rubber core that contains polyorganosiloxane and poly(meth)alkyl acrylate components and methods to make said compositions.
US09120923B2	Thermoplastic elastomer compounds exhibiting superior compression set properties A blend of polyisobutylene-based thermoplastic vulcanizate, styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene, low molecular weight liquid polybutene, polyolefin, polyphenylene ether, and, optionally, filler is disclosed which has good processability, lower compression set, and more effective barrier properties for oxygen than the same blend without the styrene-ethylene-ethylene-propylene-styrene and the polyphenylene ether. The blend is superior in oxygen transmission rate properties than a conventional styrenic block copolymer containing thermoplastic elastomer.
US09120920B2	Polymer composition Provided is a polymer composition including (A) an ionomer containing an ethylene/α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and an ethylene/α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid/α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymer, and (B) a propylene-based polymer, wherein the mass of constituent units derived from the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester is from 1 to 4.5% by mass of the entire mass of the ionomer. Through this, a high seal strength may be obtained in a high-temperature range when forming a lock seal, while a high seal strength, as compared with the related art, can be stably obtained over a wide temperature range with a temperature dependence suppressed when forming a peelable seal.
US09120917B2	N-substituted acrylamides, preparation method and use thereof This invention relates to new monomers prepared from phosphorus-containing diene monomers and (meth)acrylonitrile via Ritter reactions, and the preparation method thereof. The polymer of these monomers can be utilized in various applications such as water treatment, rheology modifier, surface modification, etc. The monomers have the following structure (II), Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 represent, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, or alkenyl groups; R6 and R7 represents R9O, and R10 respectively wherein R9 and R10 represents hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl groups, or metals selected from the group consisting of Na, Li, Ca; R8 represents H, or CH3.
US09120916B1	Acrylic polymers, curable film-forming compositions prepared therefrom, and method of mitigating dirt build-up on a substrate The present invention is directed to acrylic polymers comprising: (i) hydroxyl functional groups; (ii) polydialkylsiloxane functional groups; and (iii) silica nanoparticles that are chemically bonded to and pendant from the acrylic polymer. The present invention is further directed to curable film-forming compositions comprising acrylic polymers, and to coated substrates comprising the curable film-forming composition applied to at least one surface of the substrates. The present invention is also drawn to methods of mitigating dirt build-up on a substrate, comprising applying to at least a portion of the substrate the curable film-forming composition described above and at least partially curing the curable film-forming composition.
US09120911B2	Plasticizing of aliphatic polyesters with alkyl esters of dianhydrohexitols A composition includes: at least one aliphatic or semi-aliphatic polyester containing at least 70 mol % of saturated aliphatic units, whereby the units can be obtained by polycondensation of monomers selected from among saturated hydroxyalkanoic acids having formula HO—CxH2x—COOH, saturated dicarboxylic acids having formula HOOC—CxH2x—COOH, and saturated diols having formula HO—CxH2x—OH, wherein x=1-20, preferably 1-6, the rest of the units being formed by aromatic units; and at least one alkyl ester of 1,4:3,6-dianhydro hexitol selected from among alkyl monoesters and alkyl diesters of isosorbide, isomannide and isoidide. A a method for producing one such composition and to the different uses of one such composition are also described.
US09120909B2	Polymer-graphite nanocomposites Process for producing a polymer-graphite nanocomposite, which comprises the steps a) oxidation of graphite to graphite oxide, b) conversion of the graphite oxide into an aqueous dispersion, c) mixing of the aqueous dispersion comprising graphite oxide or, if appropriate, reduced graphite oxide which is obtained from b) with an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising at least one polymer and d) separating off the polymer-graphite mixture from the aqueous phase, wherein the graphite oxide which has been oxidized in step a) is reduced to graphite between step b) and c) or between step c) and d).
US09120896B2	Polymers containing metathesized natural oil derivatives Polymers containing natural oil derivatives are generally disclosed. Methods of forming such polymers are also generally disclosed. In some embodiments, the polymer is a polyurethane. In some embodiments, the natural oil derivative is a cross-linking group that links two or more polymer chains together.
US09120895B2	Flexible polymer Thermoplastic elastomer containing hard segments and soft segments, the soft segments containing the residue of a dimerized fatty acid and the residue of a dimerized fatty amine.
US09120893B1	Alkoxy polycarbonates, bisphenol monomers and methods of making and using the same Disclosed herein are alkoxy polycarbonates, ortho alkoxy bisphenol monomers, polymer compositions comprising ortho alkoxy bisphenol monomers, methods of preparing the ortho alkoxy bisphenol monomers, polymer compositions and articles made thereof. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US09120884B2	Cyclopenta[b]fluorenyl transition metal compound, catalyst composition containing the same, and method of preparing ethylene homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene and α-olefin using the same The present invention relates to a new transition metal compound based on cyclopenta[b]fluorenyl group, a transition metal catalyst composition containing the same and having high catalytic activity for preparing an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and one α-olefin, a method of preparing an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and α-olefin using the same, and the prepared ethylene homopolymer or the copolymer of ethylene and α-olefin.
US09120873B2	Recombinantly produced human factor VIII and IX A recombinant human factor VIII or IX protein having a human glycosylation pattern but the protein is devoid of N-glycolylneuraminic acid and/or the carbohydrate group Galα-3Gal.
US09120872B2	Matrix composed of a naturally-occurring protein backbone cross linked by a synthetic polymer and methods of generating and using same A method of treating a disorder characterized by tissue damage is provided. The method comprising providing to a subject in need-thereof a composition which comprises a synthetic polymer attached to denatured fibrinogen or a therapeutic portion of the fibrinogen, the composition being formulated for releasing the therapeutic portion of the fibrinogen in a pharmacokinetically regulated manner, thereby treating the disorder characterized by tissue damage or malformation.
US09120869B1	Synthetic antigen based on the ligand domain of the plasmodium vivax duffy binding protein The disclosure provides compositions that are useful for eliciting a strain-transcending immune response in an animal or human directed against the blood-stage of the malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax. The compositions are based on the ligand domain of Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein (PvDBPII). Polar charged polymorphic residues within the dominant strain-specific B-cell epitope were mutated to uncharged residues (e.g. serine, alanine and threonine). This DEKnull variant of PvDBPII produced in bacteria can be purified and refolded in vitro to mimic conformation and erythrocyte binding function of native DBPII. Immunogenicity of DEKnull was confirmed by administration to mice. Compared to the naturally-occurring, strain variant DBPII, DEKnull elicits antibodies that are more broadly reactive with different strain variants of DBPII and enhances production of functional inhibitory antibodies to the shared protective epitopes of native DBPII.
US09120859B2	Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccine This invention provides an immunogenic composition including a soluble portion of a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M.hyo) whole cell preparation, wherein the soluble portion of the M.hyo preparation is substantially free of both (i) IgG and (ii) immunocomplexes comprised of antigen bound to immunoglobulin.
US09120855B2	Biologic compounds directed against death receptor 5 The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against TRAIL cell surface receptor 2 (herein also “DR5”), as well as to compounds or constructs thereof, and in particular proteins and polypeptides and nucleotides that encode them (referred to herein in their entirety as “NB agents”) and fragments thereof, and pharmaceutically effective variants thereof, and their use in the diagnosis and treatment of DR5 associated diseases and disorders.
US09120854B2	Detection and treatment of pancreatic, ovarian and other cancers The application provides methods of diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis and treatment of ovarian, pancreatic and other cancers using antibodies that specifically bind to denatured CD70.
US09120850B2	Biosensor for detection and visualisation of single-stranded DNA A modified protein of the single strand DNA-binding domain, SSB family comprising a detectable label is disclosed. The label has detectable characteristics which alter on binding single stranded DNA. The protein is thus useful in an assay for single stranded DNA.
US09120846B2	Neutral zwitterionic displacer molecules for hydrophobic displacement chromatography A process for separating organic compounds from a mixture by reverse-phase displacement chromatography, including providing a hydrophobic stationary phase; applying to the hydrophobic stationary phase a mixture comprising organic compounds to be separated; displacing the organic compounds from the hydrophobic stationary phase by applying thereto an aqueous composition comprising a non-surface active hydrophobic neutral zwitterionic displacer molecule and optionally an organic solvent; and collecting a plurality of fractions eluted from the hydrophobic stationary phase containing the separated organic compounds; in which the non-surface active hydrophobic neutral zwitterionic displacer molecule comprises a hydrophobic zwitterion having the general formula, as defined in the disclosure: [CM-R*—CM′].
US09120845B2	Polymers and plastics derived from animal proteins The invention is directed to a method for preparing a polymer derived from an animal protein, such as in a feedstock derived from animal by-products. The method involves hydrolyzing proteins present in a feedstock to obtain hydrolyzed proteins, wherein hydrolysis is conducted under conditions sufficient to digest the proteins and destroy pathogens; extracting a protein fraction from the hydrolyzed proteins; and treating the protein fraction with a crosslinking reagent to form the polymer. The crosslinking reagents may include epoxies. The polymer may be further processed to form a thermoset plastic. The polymer may be used as an adhesive, or in the preparation of a natural fiber composite material.
US09120838B2	Saccharide conjugates The invention provides a series of novel Lipid A analogs that are structually simple, synthetically accessible, and capable of blocking the cellular receptor within the signal transduction pathway. The novel Lipid A analogs can include a monosaccharide core with hydrophobic side chains and amino acid ionic motif. The invention further provides methods of using the compounds and compositions thereof in various therapeutic methods.
US09120837B2	Metal complexes of poly(carboxyl)amine-containing ligands having an affinity for carbonic anhydrase IX The present invention is directed to CA IX inhibitors that conform to Formula I where the substituents X, A, B, D, E, E′ and G are as defined above. Also described are Pt, 64Cu, 186Re, 188Re and 99mTc metal complexes of Formula I compounds which find use as candidate agents for imaging tumors.
US09120836B2	Method for preparing transition metal complexes, transition metal complexes prepared using the method, catalyst composition containing the complexes The present invention provides a novel transition metal complex where a monocy-clopentadienyl ligand to which an amido group is introduced is coordinated, a method for synthesizing the complex, and olefin polymerization using the same. The method for preparing a transition metal complex according to the present invention comprises a step of blocking a by-reaction of a nitrogen atom using a compound containing a protecting group, and thus it is possible to prepare a transition metal complex in a simpler manner in a high yield. Further, the transition metal complex according to the present invention has a pentagon ring structure having an amido group connected by a phenylene bridge in which a stable bond is formed in the vicinity of a metal site, and thus, sterically monomers can easily approach the transition metal complex.
US09120830B2	2-substituted benzimidazoles as selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMS) The present invention is directed to a novel 2-substituted benzimidazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions modulated by the androgen receptor.
US09120828B2	Organosilicon compounds, making methods, and adhesion improver Mercapto-containing organosilicon compounds of specific structure are low volatile and serve to enhance the adhesion of resins to inorganic substrates.
US09120825B2	Hydrosilane derivative, method for producing same, and method for producing silicon-containing thin film This invention aims at providing a material from which a silicon-containing thin film can be efficiently produced at a low temperature of 500° C. or less without using plasma or the like. The invention relates to produce a hydrosilane derivative represented by the general formula (1′) by reacting a chlorosilane derivative (3) with a compound M2Z (4) and produce the silicon-containing thin film by using the hydrosilane derivative as the material. In the formulae, R1, R2 are defined in the specification.
US09120822B2	Tricyclic antibiotics The present invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I: wherein all variable substituents are defined as described herein, which are useful for the treatment of bacterial infections.
US09120818B2	Process and intermediates for preparing macrolactams The present invention relates to macrolactam compounds, intermediates useful in the preparation of macrolactams, methods for preparing the intermediates, and methods for preparing and modifying macrolactams. One use of the compounds and methods described herein is in the production of macrolactam compounds able to inhibit HCV NS3 protease activity. An example of an HCV inhibitory compound that can be synthesized using the procedures described herein is Compound A and derivative thereof.
US09120805B2	Substituted pyrrolo[1,2-A]pyrazin-1-ones and pyrazolo[1,5-A]pyrazin-4-ones as inhibitors of tankyrase and poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activity Compounds of the formula I in which R1, X and Y have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of Tankyrase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injury and different forms of inflammation.
US09120801B2	Tricyclic indazole compound, method of preparation and pharmaceutical composition containing it Tricyclic indazole compound and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts of acid addition, use thereof, method and intermediates for preparing them, and a pharmaceutical composition containing them. The tricyclic indazole compound has the following general Formula (I): in which R1, R2, L1, L2, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, Y, W, m, and n have the meanings stated in the description.
US09120786B2	Triazine carboxamides as sodium channel blockers The present disclosure provides substituted triazine carboxamides of Formula I: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein A1, X, A2, E, and Z are defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of sodium channels. Compounds of the present disclosure are especially useful for treating pain.
US09120783B2	Substituted 3-heteroaroylamino-propionic acid derivatives and their use as pharmaceuticals The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, wherein A, D, E, L, G, R10, R30, R40, R50 and R60 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds. They are inhibitors of the protease cathepsin A, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis, heart failure, renal diseases, liver diseases or inflammatory diseases, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of the formula I, their use and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US09120780B2	Indole or indazole derivative or salt thereof The invention provides an indazole compound of formula (I) which is capable of inhibiting HSP90 and shows a cytostatic effect on cancer cells:
US09120779B2	Inhibitors of HCV NS5A The invention relates to non-macrocyclic, non-peptidic, substituted heterocyclic compounds useful for inhibiting hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) replication, particularly functions of the non-structural 5A (“NS5A”) protein of HCV.
US09120777B2	Heterocyclic compound A compound having an SSTR5 antagonist action and use of the compound as a medicament are provided. Specifically, a compound represented by the following formula: wherein each symbol is as defined herein, or a salt thereof, a medicament comprising the compound or a salt thereof, and use of the compound or a salt thereof as an agent the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes mellitus are provided.
US09120768B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of cystic fibrosis and diseases associated with aberrant protein cellular processing The disclosure relates to resorcylic acid lactones and indolinone-containing compounds for use in treatment of diseases associated with aberrant protein processing, such as cystic fibrosis (CF; mucoviscidosis). The disclosure more generally relates to treatment of aberrant protein processing, such as errors in protein folding, trafficking or post-translational modification.
US09120767B2	Arylosulfonamides for the treatment of CNS diseases Arylsulphonamide derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds may be useful for the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of the central nervous system.
US09120763B2	Method for producing benzoxazine compounds The present disclosure provides a method for producing a benzoxazine compound by reacting a bi-functional phenol with formaldehyde and a mono-functional amine in the presence of a solvent system containing an apolar solvent and a polar aprotic solvent. Once formed, the benzoxazine compound may be precipitated from the reaction solution and dried to form a benzoxazine compound in powder form.
US09120754B2	Derivatives of fluorene, anthracene, xanthene, dibenzosuberone and acridine and uses thereof Chemical agents, such as disulfonamide derivatives of fluorene, anthracene, xanthene, dibenzosuberone and acridine, and similar heterocyclic ring structures, including salts thereof, that act as anti-cancer and anti-tumor agents, especially where such agents modulate the activity of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, and serve to reduce β-catenin levels present in cells, such as cancer cells, or where the agents modulate levels of gene expression in cellular systems, including cancer cells, are disclosed, along with methods for preparing such agents, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such agents as active ingredients and methods of using these as therapeutic agents.
US09120753B2	Phenol derivatives and pharmaceutical or cosmetic use thereof The use of compounds in the treatment of skin disorders is described. In particular, use of a compound of formula (I): or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or hydrates in the preparation of a medicament to treat skin pathologies is described.
US09120752B2	Pyridine compounds as sodium channel blockers The invention relates to substituted pyridine compounds of Formula I: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, or solvate thereof wherein A1, X, A2, R1a, R1b, R1c, G, and z are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of sodium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
US09120742B2	Methods of making organic compounds by metathesis Described are methods of making organic compounds by metathesis chemistry. The methods of the invention are particularly useful for making industrially-important organic compounds beginning with starting compositions derived from renewable feedstocks, such as natural oils. The methods make use of a cross-metathesis step with an olefin compound to produce functionalized alkene intermediates having a pre-determined double bond position. Once isolated, the functionalized alkene intermediate can be self-metathesized or cross-metathesized (e.g., with a second functionalized alkene) to produce the desired organic compound or a precursor thereto. The method may be used to make bifunctional organic compounds, such as diacids, diesters, dicarboxylate salts, acid/esters, acid/amines, acid/alcohols, acid/aldehydes, acid/ketones, acid/halides, acid/nitriles, ester/amines, ester/alcohols, ester/aldehydes, ester/ketones, ester/halides, ester/nitriles, and the like.
US09120730B2	Surface modified material, sulfonimide compound for surface modification, and fuel cell There are provided a surface modified material comprising a base material, and one or more kinds of sulfonimide compound groups bonded onto the surface of the base material via one or more linking groups -A-Y′— (A is a direct bond or an organic group. Y′ is a bonding site with the base material.); the sulfonimide compound group comprising, in its molecular structure, one or more linking groups -A-Y′— and two or more sulfonimide groups; as well as a fuel cell using the surface modified material for a catalyst layer. There is also provided a sulfonimide compound for surface modification comprising one or more reactive end groups -A-Y (A is a direct bond or an organic group. Y is a reactive functional group.) and two or more sulfonimide groups.
US09120723B2	Modulator The present disclosure relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Z is selected from OH, NHCH2CH2F, NHCH(Me)CH2OH and NHCH2CH2OH; X is an alkylene, alkenylene, or alkynylene group, each of which may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from alkyl, COOH, CO2-alkyl, alkenyl, CN, NH2, hydroxy, halo, alkoxy, CF3 and nitro; Y is a polar functional group selected from OH, NO2, CN, COR3, COOR3, NR3R4, CONR3R4, SO3H, SO2—R3, SO2NR3R4 and CF3, where each of R3 and R4 is independently H or a hydrocarbyl group; A is phenyl or pyridyl; and B is (CH2)n where n is 0; with the proviso that: (i) when A is phenyl, and Z is OH, X—Y is other than C≡C—(CH2)2CO2H, C≡C—(CH2)2CO2Me, (CH2)4CO2H. Uses of such compounds as medicaments for the treatment of a muscular disorder, a gastrointestinal disorder, or for controlling spasticity or tremors are provided.
US09120720B2	Process for making ethanolamines A process for the preparation of ethanolamines comprising reacting a water-ammonia solution comprising ammonia and water with ethylene oxide.
US09120715B2	Alkylation of aromatic substrates A process for the alkylation of an aromatic substrate can include providing an alkylation reaction zone containing an alkylation catalyst, and introducing a feedstock including an aromatic substrate and an alkylating agent into an inlet of the alkylation reaction zone and into contact with the alkylation catalyst. The alkylation reaction zone can be operated at temperature and pressure conditions to cause alkylation of the aromatic substrate in the presence of the alkylation catalyst to produce an alkylation product including a mixture of the aromatic substrate and monoalkylated and polyalkylated aromatic components. The alkylation product can be withdrawn from the alkylation reaction zone. Nitrogen containing compounds in the aromatic substrate, alkylating agent, or both can be monitored in a range 15 wppb to 35 wppm by dry colorimetry. The process can include transalkylation of polyalkylated aromatic components in a transalkylation reaction zone containing a transalkylation catalyst.
US09120707B2	Cubic boron nitride sintered body and cubic boron nitride sintered body tool cBN sintered body includes cBN and a binder phase, wherein a content of the cBN is 82-98 volume %, and in a cross section of the cBN sintered body, an isolated binder phase having an area of 0.05-0.5 μm2 has a protrusion of two or more steps, and assuming that in a first-step protrusion, A1 represents a side length which is perpendicular in a tip direction, and B1 represents a side length which is parallel in the tip direction; and in a second-step protrusion, A2 represents a side length which is perpendicular in the tip direction, and B2 represents a side length which is parallel in the tip direction, an area ratio of an isolated binder phase having a protrusion in which A1/B1 is 1-10 times of A2/B2, to the whole of the binder phase having the area of 0.05-0.5 μm2, is 25% or more.
US09120694B2	Glass preform heating furnace The present invention provides a glass preform heating furnace in which the occurrence of arching is suppressed. The glass preform heating furnace is equipped with a susceptor (3); a slit heater (4); an insulator; and a furnace body, wherein, in the case that the space between the slit heater (4) and the susceptor or between the slit heater (4) and the conductive member closest to the slit heater is D, that the maximum value of the electric field in this space is E1, that the number of the slits in the slit heater is N, that the slit width of the slit heater is S, and that the maximum value of the electric field in the slit space is E2, the values of D, N and S are set so that E1≧E2 is established.
US09120690B2	Vortex air inlet system, compressor system and related method An aeration system (10) which feeds air to multiple water basins (12) and method. A plurality of local processor based control modules (208) is provided. Each module controls the operation of a compressor unit (11) to effect functions including changes in compressor power level, thermal control and blow-off during compressor start-up. The compressor units (11) are assembled in systems and each system is allocated to a different basin so that no two compressors (22) provide air to the same basin (12). A plurality of control operations are performed with a central processor (300) wherein the central processor directly controls aeration valves 324 in each basin 12 based on monitored oxygen levels.
US09120681B2	Method for production of zinc oxide particles It is an object of the present invention to provide a new method for production of zinc oxide particles which can control the particle diameter and particle shape of obtained zinc oxide particles by selecting suitable conditions, and can prepare zinc oxide applicable to various applications. A method for production of zinc oxide particles, comprising a step of aging a zinc oxide raw material in an aqueous zinc salt solution.
US09120679B2	Silicon carbide synthesis This disclosure concerns a method of making silicon carbide involving adding agricultural husk material to a container, creating a vacuum or an inert atmosphere inside the container, applying conventional heating or microwave heating, heating rapidly, and reacting the material and forming silicon carbide (SiC).
US09120678B2	Synthetic amorphous silica powder and method for producing same The synthetic amorphous silica powder of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a synthetic amorphous silica powder obtained by applying a spheroidizing treatment to a silica powder, and by subsequently cleaning and drying it so that the synthetic amorphous silica powder has an average particle diameter D50 of 10 to 2,000 μm; wherein the synthetic amorphous silica powder has: a quotient of 1.00 to 1.35 obtained by dividing a BET specific surface area of the powder by a theoretical specific surface area calculated from the average particle diameter D50; a real density of 2.10 to 2.20 g/cm3; an intra-particulate porosity of 0 to 0.05; a circularity of 0.75 to 1.00; and an unmolten ratio of 0.00 to 0.25.
US09120665B1	Container retaining system for a filler A container retaining system comprising an upstand portion, a container retaining assembly, a suspension assembly. The container retaining assembly is coupled to the upstand portion and has an upper plate with a rear edge and a lower plate with an outer portion. The lower plate is positioned below the upper plate and rotatably coupled therewith. The outer portion extends outwardly to be capable of interfacing with a filler valve and/or container. The suspension assembly extends between the upstand portion and the upper plate, and includes a biasing member configured to bias the lower plate toward the upper plate. A downward force on the lower plate sufficient to overcome the biasing member directs the lower plate to rotate about the upper plate proximate a rear edge of the upper plate. A stopper associated with the lower plate defines the end of rotation of the lower plate.
US09120663B2	Multiple channel single spike for a liquid dispensing system A spike for dispensing fluids from a flexible bag, wherein the spike includes multiple fluid channels which transfer liquids from the bag to an enclosed dispensing chamber and air from the enclosed chamber to the bag to permit and control fluid flow within the system.
US09120662B2	Gathering and dispensing scoop with gate valve A gathering and dispensing scoop with agitating gate valve provides a scoop body defining an upper opening, a bottom opening, and a channel extending therebetween. A handle extends radially from an outer peripheral surface of the scoop body. A gate valve transects the channel obstructing the bottom opening and has a user operable finger tab adjacent to the handle.
US09120652B2	Service crane for a wind turbine A service crane for a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a tower and a nacelle mounted to the top of the tower. The service crane is mounted to the nacelle and includes a boom, a hoist rope guided along the boom and a winch capable of reeling in and out the hoist rope for lifting or lowering a load. Furthermore, a nacelle is provided which includes a service crane mounted thereto.
US09120643B2	Elevator braking device In an elevator installation an elevator cage is movable along at least two guide rails and the elevator cage is equipped with a braking system. An elevator braking device includes a brake element, a force store, which is constructed to press the brake element against the brake surface, and an actuator, which can act on the brake element and which is constructed in order to press, in a first operational setting, the brake element against the force of the force store away from the brake surface or to hold it at a spacing therefrom and in order to free, in a second operational setting, pressing of the brake element against the brake surface.
US09120641B2	Electric vehicle charger An electric vehicle charger includes: a first winder unit and a second winder unit for winding and holding a charging cable having a charging connector at its end portion; and a body unit for arranges the first winder unit and the second winder unit with the distance between the first winder unit and the second winder unit set longer than the diameter of the charging cable, wherein the charging cable passes between the first winder unit and the second winder unit, and the charging cable is fixed before passing between the first winder unit and the second winder unit.
US09120628B2	Curved belt conveyor and retaining element with rollers for a curved belt conveyor A curved belt conveyor has a conveying belt (3). The conveyor includes an application element (8) guided by a plurality of rollers (20) arranged in pairs. Each pair of rollers (20) is arranged on a retaining element (10). The retaining element (10) has a U-shaped profile with a base (11) and two limbs (12, 13). Rollers (20) are fastened on the opposite limbs (12, 13) of the U-shaped profile via associated roller holders (25).
US09120622B1	Autonomous order fulfillment and inventory control robots Some embodiments provide a system for fully autonomous order fulfillment and inventory management within a distribution site or warehouse. The system operates by autonomous robots directly pulling customer order items from distribution site shelves or pulling individual bins from distribution site shelves and dispensing appropriate quantities of items from the bins until all items of a customer order are retrieved without human involvement. The system further involves the robots autonomously monitoring item quantities within the distribution site, identifying and autonomously responding to shortages, and organizing the items within the distribution site for most efficient order fulfillment.
US09120619B2	Modular above-ground tank A modular tank comprises a plurality of panels positioned on the ground or another surface to form sides of a containment wall. Each panel comprises: i) a side wall section having a trapezoidal shape; and ii) a frame assembly connected to the side wall section and configured to support the side wall section such that a first base of the trapezoid shape is disposed proximate a base of the containment wall and a second base of the trapezoid shape is supported in an elevated position to form part of an upper perimeter of the containment wall. The modular tank also includes a liner configured to be disposed on at least one of the containment wall and the ground surface to thereby form a barrier for containing fluid in the modular tank. Depending on whether the first base of a panel is wider or narrower than the second base, panels may be aligned to form straight walls or curved walls, thereby enabling the modular tank to assume different shapes.
US09120618B2	Corner block adjustment mechanism for an ISO container A corner block adjustment mechanism for an ISO container. The adjustment mechanism includes a selectively rotatable cam for moving a corner block between an extended position and a retracted position. The adjustment mechanism also includes a locking mechanism for selectively locking the corner block in the extended position and the retracted position.
US09120608B2	Sustainable packaging system for shipping liquid or viscous products The present disclosure, in one embodiment, relates to a packaging assembly for holding liquids, viscous material, or particulate material. The packaging assembly includes a carton having side and bottom walls. The packaging assembly also includes a self-supporting plastic liner that fits inside of the carton for containing liquids, viscous material, or particulate material. The liner has either a substantially circular or substantially oval cylindrical side wall, a closed bottom end characterized by a bottom wall formed integral with said side wall, and an open top end having an outwardly-projecting rim. The rim has a radially-extending flange portion, and a dependent skirt portion, wherein when the self-supporting plastic liner is inside of the carton, the radially extending flange portion supports the liner on at least a portion of the carton. A lidding material is provided to seal the plastic liner.
US09120601B2	Multi-phase oral composition dispenser with adjustable flow A flow control device for dispensing a multi-phase oral composition. The device includes a housing, a restrictor and an insert that fits within and cooperates with the housing and restrictor to dispense the oral composition. A flowpath is formed in and around the insert, as well as in the housing such that the composition passes through one or more channels defined by the cooperative arrangement of the insert and housing. Changes in relative position between the insert and the housing facilitate selective alignment of the various channels with a discharge orifice formed in the housing such that a user can vary the way the proportions of discreet fluids making up the oral composition are dispensed through the orifice.
US09120600B1	Collapsible basket A collapsible basket with two separate basket compartments attached to a center frame. Each basket compartment can be unfolded from a folded state into a fully unfolded state in which it forms a basket space defined by four sides rising substantially perpendicularly from a forward bottom. For each basket compartment, two of its three sides are hingedly connected to the center frame and to an intermediate side that is also hingedly connected to a bottom.
US09120593B2	Box with integrated collapsible dividers A specialized box with integrated dividers is suitable for transporting multiple rectangular products, such as set top boxes. The box is formed of a single sheet of material, scored in six panels so that a leading panel forms a partition around which the other panels are folded and secured, with the final panel partially overlapping the second panel to form a joined side of the box. An insert with two walls, formed of a single sheet of material, can be folded into a rectangular shape and inserted in the box to create walls between the partition and each parallel side of the box. Cushioning pads can be attached to bottom flaps of the box. When flat, multiple boxes can be compactly stored or transported on a pallet. When folded into a cube, the box holds up to four rectangular products in four separate, protected compartments within the box.
US09120592B2	Tray cover, tray insert, and methods thereof The present teachings are direct at tray, components in a tray, methods for assembling trays, and articles, such as boxes that include a tray. The covers and/or tray inserts include one or more features that result in one or more of the following benefits: improved performance during or after assembly of a tray, improved ease of assembling a tray, or improved appearance of a tray, or any combination thereof. The features can be used alone. However, a number of the features, when combined, result in particularly robust assembly processes.
US09120586B1	Apparatus and method for baling paper and cardboard An apparatus and method for stacking and binding flattened cardboard or cellulose material into a bale is disclosed. The apparatus disclosed is anticipated for use in recycling paper and cardboard. The apparatus uses a post or a sleeve with a piercing element for perforating the cardboard sheets and holding them in a stack as they accumulate. Cord is routed through the stack of papers, cardboard, or other cellulose materials fastens the stack by with the help of anchoring elements attached to the ends of the cord. The apparatus uses a ram for facilitating the process of forcing the pieces down the post or the sleeve. Additionally, the apparatus is mounted on a stand adapted to match with the type of materials being baled and the stand can be mounted on a surface such as a wall.
US09120581B2	Monitoring of a flight control actuator of an aircraft The invention concerns a system for monitoring a flight control actuator of an aircraft, including: an actuator (1), sensors (3a-3d) in the actuator (1) to collect, during each flight of the aircraft, series of measurements of parameters relative to the said actuator, processing means (5) to calculate a set of damage indicators using, cumulatively, the series of measurements observed during each of the aircraft's successive flights, and a memory (7; 7a) to store the said set of damage indicators, where the said memory is integrated in the actuator.
US09120577B1	Pressure relief latch A pressure relief latch includes a housing fastenable to a first panel of a structure and a rotatable handle attached to the housing. The housing includes a compression spring that biases a roller toward a second panel. A keeper assembly is attached to the second panel, the keeper assembly having a keeper extending therefrom. When the latch is in the closed position, the roller engages the keeper. When the handle is rotated upward, the roller disengages the keeper. A safety release may be provided to prevent inadvertent rotation of the handle.
US09120576B2	Emergency electric power generation assembly for an aircraft, an aircraft and associated method This assembly (24) includes an emergency electricity generator (60). The electricity generator assembly (24) is controllable between an inactive rest configuration and an active configuration for producing energy in which the emergency electricity generator (60) delivers emergency electric energy to the electric network (20), without being electrically powered by the electric network (20). The emergency electric power generation assembly (24) is able to be placed in an intermediate standby configuration, in which the emergency electric power generation assembly (24) is electrically powered by the electric network (20) so that the emergency electricity generator (60) produces standby electric energy of lower power than the power delivered by the emergency electricity generator (60) in the active configuration.
US09120574B2	Passenger seat Described are passenger seats including a lower frame comprising a pair of supports, a seat pan adjustably coupled to the pair of supports via a coupling system, and a rear leg coupled to the lower frame, wherein the rear leg includes an extension component that is configured to adjust a height of the rear leg. The passenger seat may be adjusted into a bed position by compressing the rear leg, adjusting the seat pan into a forward position relative to the lower frame, and reclining the seat back until the seat back is substantially proximate the lower frame.
US09120572B2	Aircraft crew cabin changing area An aircraft crew cabin rest area that is formed between the aircraft galley and a console, or between any two aircraft monuments, utilizing special folding and extendible doors and specialized locking means.
US09120570B2	Precision aerial delivery system A system and methods for deployment operations from an airborne vehicle are presented. A designated location of a target is received at a flight control system coupled to a location tracking guided container comprising an agent. The location tracking guided container is ejected at an ejection point from the airborne vehicle approximately above the designated location of the target to descend at a descent rate and a descent angle. A calculated path to the designated location is calculated based on the designated location and a current location of the location tracking guided container. The location tracking guided container is aerodynamically guided by a glide control structure to fly along the calculated path from the ejection point to a load release altitude near the designated location of the target. The agent is delivered to the designated location of the target by releasing the agent at the load release altitude near the designated location.
US09120569B2	Clickable camera window Embodiments are directed to receiving, by a control station, an input including a command for re-location of a vehicle from a first location to a second location, the input identifying the second location, determining, by the control station, at least one of a distance, a direction, an altitude, and a latitude and longitude for the vehicle to travel from the first location to the second location, and transmitting, by the control station, the command and the at least one of a distance, a direction, an altitude, and a latitude and longitude to the vehicle.
US09120563B2	Flow control actuator with an adjustable frequency A method and apparatus comprising a structure and a chamber within the structure. The structure has an input port and an output port. The chamber is configured to channel a fluid from the input port to the output port of the structure. A volume of the chamber is configured to change such that a frequency at which the fluid flows out of the output port changes at the output port.
US09120560B1	Vertical take-off and landing aircraft A vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a fixed wing airframe having opposed left and right wings extending from left and right sides, respectively, of a fuselage having opposed leading and trailing extremities and an empennage located behind the trailing extremity. Four fixed, open and horizontal, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) thrust rotors are mounted to the airframe in a quadrotor pattern for providing vertical lift to the aircraft, and a vertical, forward thrust rotor is mounted to the trailing extremity of the fuselage between the trailing extremity of the fuselage and the empennage for providing forward thrust to the aircraft. The four VTOL thrust rotors are coplanar being and operating in a common plane that is parallel relative to, and being level with, top surfaces of the left and right wings in and around a region of each of the four VTOL thrust rotors.
US09120557B2	Piloting device for piloting a vehicle, in particular an aircraft A piloting device (1) for piloting a vehicle, in particular an aircraft, has a frame (10), a cradle (20) pivoting with respect to the frame on a first pivot axis (R), a piloting member, called a stick (30), pivoting with respect to the cradle (20) on a second axis (T) orthogonal to and intersecting the first axis, first return elements (11,11′,12) for returning the cradle to a predetermined position with respect to the frame, called the neutral position of the cradle, second return elements (21,21′,22) for returning the stick to a predetermined position with respect to the cradle, called the neutral position of the stick, wherein at least one of the second return elements, called a stick jack (22), is arranged between the stick and the frame.
US09120556B2	Method and device for estimating an unwanted pitch moment of an aircraft, and applications to the pitch control of the aircraft A method and device for estimating an unwanted pitch moment of an aircraft, and applications to the pitch control of the aircraft. The device estimates an unwanted pitch moment, which can be used to form a compensation command which is added to a standard deflection command with the aim of producing an automatic, active compensation, in real time, for the unwanted pitch moment of the aircraft.
US09120555B2	Active dihedral control system for a torisionally flexible wing A span-loaded, highly flexible flying wing, having horizontal control surfaces mounted aft of the wing on extended beams to form local pitch-control devices. Each of five spanwise wing segments of the wing has one or more motors and photovoltaic arrays, and produces its own lift independent of the other wing segments, to minimize inter-segment loads. Wing dihedral is controlled by separately controlling the local pitch-control devices consisting of a control surface on a boom, such that inboard and outboard wing segment pitch changes relative to each other, and thus relative inboard and outboard lift is varied.
US09120554B2	Variable camber fluid-dynamic body utilizing optimized smart materials A system and methods for configuring a fluid-dynamic body is disclosed. A camber of a fluid-dynamic body is configured by activating a shape memory alloy actuator coupled to the fluid-dynamic body.
US09120548B2	Marine vessel steering system A marine vessel steering system includes a basic target turning angle computing unit that computes a basic target turning angle δo* common to two outboard motors based on a steering angle θ detected by a steering angle sensor. A traveling state determining unit determines whether a traveling state of a marine vessel is a straight traveling state based on the received basic target turning angle δo. When the traveling state of the marine vessel is determined as being the straight traveling state, a target turning angle computing unit determines, based on the basic target steering angle δo and a straight traveling toe angle φs stored in a nonvolatile memory, target turning angles δ* of the two outboard motors such that a toe angle between the two outboard motors is equal to the straight traveling toe angle φs.
US09120547B2	Inflatable watercraft with motorized cassette An inflatable watercraft comprises a motorized cassette and at least one inflatable chamber. The at least one inflatable chamber is foldable relative to the motorized cassette at least when the inflatable watercraft is in a deflated configuration. The motorized cassette includes a motor, an impeller, at least one battery, and a pump configured to inflate the at least one inflatable chamber. The pump can include a reversible pump configured to deflate the at least one inflatable chamber.
US09120544B2	Device and method for hauling in an unmanned submersible The invention relates to a device and a method for recovering an unmanned underwater vehicle. In order to ensure a safe recovery of an unmanned seconder underwater vehicle 2 by the primary underwater vehicle 1, the invention provides a recovery into a tender garage 4 for receiving the underwater vehicle 2 wherein the underwater vehicle 2 is centered in an entrance area 7 in front of a gate 5 of the tender garage 4 by means of at least one positioning current 8, which is generated outside of the peripheral area of the gate 5 and is oriented toward the entrance area 8. The underwater vehicle 2 is subsequently introduced into the tender garage 4.
US09120539B1	Boat cover support A pontoon boat cover support assembly is provided. Aluminum, cylindrical brackets having a vertical orientation, are fastened to the outer perimeter of the pontoon boat deck. A rib assembly, each with a central, top, four-way fitting, having a bottom inserted into a pair of cylindrical brackets on opposite sides of the deck. A number of rib assemblies are fastened to each other with ridge poles sections interconnected to the a four-way fittings on each pair of ribs. A central, adjustable pole extends downwardly from a rib brace, positioned below each four-way fitting, to the deck or other surface.
US09120533B2	Wheel for pedal-assisted bikes Wheel for pedal-assisted bikes includes: a fixed structure associable with the frame of a bike having a driving pedal crank; a circle element mounted on the structure for rotation around a main rotation axis; a propulsion disc rotatably mounted on the structure and connectable to the crank; an electric motor associated with the structure and for cooperating with the propulsion disc to motorize the circle element; and transmission elements for transmitting rotary motion from the disc to the circle element which include a first detection device for detecting the force transmitted to the circle element from the disc, and including: a first plate associated in rotation with one of the disc and the circle element; a second plate associated with the other of the disc and the circle element; at least a motion transmission part between the first plate and second plate.
US09120529B2	Controlling device for synchronous folding pedals for bicycle A controlling device for synchronous folding pedals for bicycle includes bicycle pedal folding assembly. The assembly includes pedal base configured for pivotal connection with pedal cranks of the bicycle, braking ring and folding transmission subassembly. A foldable pedal is rotatably attached to the pedal base, and the pedal base has the first t axial line, the foldable pedal has the second axial line. The foldable pedal has a working position and a folded position along its rotating track. The braking ring is configured to reciprocate along the first axial line, and the braking ring drives the foldable pedal by the transmission subassembly shifting from the working position to the folded position. When folding pedals, only driving the braking ring can fulfill folding process of the foldable pedal, which operation is simplified and during the course of folding pedals, it is not necessary to touch the foldable pedals by hand.
US09120522B1	Bicycle hydraulic operating device and bicycle hydraulic device assembly A bicycle hydraulic operating device comprises a bracket and a hydraulic unit. The bracket is configured to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar and includes a mounting surface contactable with the bicycle handlebar. The hydraulic unit is provided at the bracket to at least partially protrude from the mounting surface toward the bicycle handlebar in a state where the bracket is mounted to the bicycle handlebar.
US09120521B2	Front cowl structure for saddle riding type vehicle A front cowl structure for a saddle riding type vehicle for preventing turbulence in a stream of air flowing over a front cowl surface. The front cowl structure includes a duct placed inside a front cowl with a duct opening that opens to the front of the vehicle. The front cowl has a cowl front surface opening at a leading end portion thereof for opening a cowl front surface. Headlights are disposed on both lateral sides of the cowl front surface opening with each having a lens surface. The lens surfaces form opening edge portions on both lateral sides of the cowl front surface opening. The lens surfaces are each inclined to a vehicle outer side and rearwardly from the opening edge portions. The duct opening and a cowl opening central portion of the cowl front surface opening are substantially aligned with each other in a vehicle longitudinal direction.
US09120509B2	Hole plug A brim-like flexing portion flexes via an abutment to an outer peripheral surface around an installation hole of an installed member, and it sandwiches an outer peripheral portion around the installation hole together with the elastic pawl portion. In determining a set dimension of the brim-like flexing portion, a diameter dimension of a flexing base portion is set in a value between an outer diameter dimension of a reduced-diameter portion and a hole diameter dimension of the installation hole.
US09120503B2	Steering apparatus A steering apparatus includes a gear lock mechanism that fastens a first side plate to a second side plate by a fastening member. In a lock operation, a main body of the fastening member of a fastening mechanism presses a second tooth row forming member toward the first side plate, and a guided projection of the fastening member rotates slightly in the range of play in a lock direction. The fastening member slightly rotates the second tooth row forming member in the lock direction via a restricting portion. During the slight rotation, a second tooth row of the second tooth row forming member is aligned with and meshes with a first tooth row of the first side plate.
US09120502B2	Steering wheel position adjustment apparatus Construction is achieved that, when performing operation in order to maintain the position of a steering wheel after adjustment, is capable of reducing the operation torque that is applied to an adjustment lever 14 during the first half of the operation, and is capable of improving operability. Portions (virtual sliding-contact section lines M) of the drive-side cam surfaces 20a that can come in sliding contact with the driven-side continuous surfaces 24a when moving from a state in which the position of the steering wheel can be adjusted to a state in which the adjusted position can be maintained, are inclined toward one side in the circumferential direction at the time when the virtual sliding-contact section lines M overlap one end N1 in the circumferential direction of the driven-side continuous surfaces 24a. As a result, during operation, the areas of sliding contact between the drive-side cam surface 20a and the driven-side continuous surfaces 24a gradually increase from the inside end in the radial direction to the outside in the radial direction.
US09120466B2	Scraper assembly for an off-road vehicle A scraper assembly includes a first scraping member configured to be positioned below a horizontal centerline of a rotating assembly and rearward of a vertical centerline of the rotating assembly. The first scraping member is configured to remove debris from the rotating assembly at least while the rotating assembly is rotating in a first direction. The scraper assembly also includes a second scraping member configured to be positioned above the horizontal centerline of the rotating assembly and forward of the vertical centerline of the rotating assembly. The second scraping member is configured to remove debris from the rotating assembly at least while the rotating assembly is rotating in a second direction, opposite the first direction. In addition, the scraper assembly includes a support structure configured to couple to a frame of an off-road vehicle, and the first and second scraping members are coupled to the support structure.
US09120462B2	Vehicle driver assist arrangement A vehicle driver assist arrangement includes a processor configured to receive road profile data representative of a road profile in front of the vehicle and to receive current vehicle velocity data representative of a current velocity of the vehicle. The processor processes the road profile data to detect if the road in front of the vehicle contains a hidden or at least partially hidden curve, and to communicate with a user interface to issue a warning if a hidden or at least partially hidden curve is detected and the current vehicle velocity exceeds a threshold velocity.
US09120457B2	Side airbag apparatus The present invention is applied to an airbag that is divided into a first inflation chamber and a second inflation chamber by a vertical partition having a communication hole. The airbag is folded to be turned into a storage form and stored in a storage portion located in the vicinity of a side of an occupant. The airbag is turned into the storage form by being subjected to first to third folding operations. In the first folding, an upper portion of the airbag in an uninflated and deployed state is folded back away from the occupant along a folding line that is inclined to be lower toward the front end. In the second folding, the airbag is folded from the front to the rear. In the third folding, an upper portion of the airbag is folded back away from the occupant.
US09120454B2	Vehicle and an instrument panel for the vehicle A vehicle is disclosed. A wall includes a first portion disposed adjacent to a first end, a second portion disposed adjacent to a second end and a middle portion disposed between the first and second portions. A panel includes a first panel portion disposed along the first portion, a second panel portion disposed along the second portion and a middle panel portion disposed along the middle portion. The panel extends outwardly away from the wall a distal surface to define a cavity. An airbag device is attached to the second portion and disposed inside the cavity. A beam is coupled to one of the first portion and the middle portion inside the cavity. The beam extends into the cavity from the first end of the wall along an axis such that the beam is spaced from the second panel portion and the second portion along the axis.
US09120453B2	Vibration reducing structure for steering wheel Since an airbag module is supported in an interior of a steering wheel via an elastic body so as to be capable of vibrating, the airbag module vibrates while deforming the elastic body to thus function as a dynamic damper, thereby enabling vibration of the steering wheel to be suppressed. Since the elastic body is formed from a support pin itself, which supports the airbag module on the frame of the steering wheel, compared with a case in which the support pin and the elastic body are formed from separate members, it is possible to reduce the number of components and the number of assembly steps. A part of the support pin may form the elastic body, and the entirety of the support pin may form the elastic body.
US09120450B1	Active bolster with spine reinforced weld track An active bolster for an interior trim surface of an automotive vehicle has a plastic-molded outer trim panel with a closed-loop bonding section on an inside surface. A plastic-molded expandable bladder member has a central attachment section configured to attach to a support structure of the vehicle, a bonding flange along an peripheral edge, and a baffle section between the central attachment section and the bonding flange. The closed-loop bonding section and the bonding flange are configured to define a substantially closed toroidal region therebetween. An attachment body is molded in-situ to substantially fill the toroidal region. As a result of the in-situ molding of the attachment body in the toroidal region, the trim panel and bladder member become bonded via the attachment body resulting in a high bonding strength.
US09120442B2	Acoustic and thermal cover assembly An internal combustion engine having an engine body and an acoustic and thermal cover assembly are provided. The engine body includes an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) pipe extending therefrom and the acoustic and thermal cover assembly is positioned adjacent to the engine body. The acoustic and thermal cover assembly includes a first section and a second section extending along the engine body. The assembly further includes an acoustic and thermal shield extending along the first section, a plastic shell extending along the second section, the acoustic and thermal shield and plastic shell forming a cover, and an insulating layer positioned between the cover and the engine body.
US09120441B1	Battery support assembly A battery support assembly adapted to be attached to a front rail of a pickup truck is provided which may include a first support, a second support, and a battery tray. The first support may define an outwardly facing first vertical attachment flange. The second support may define an outwardly facing second vertical attachment flange. The battery tray may secured to the supports and disposed rearward and inboard of the rail. The first and second vertical attachment flanges may be offset vertically, laterally, and longitudinally relative to one another. The first vertical attachment flange may define a first plane and the second vertical attachment flange may define a second plane. The first and second planes may be substantially parallel to one another.
US09120440B2	Automobile shock absorber which uses permanent magnets and electromagnets A shock absorber of a vehicle employing permanent magnets and electromagnets includes a first permanent magnet on an internal surface of a bumper face; a second permanent magnet on the front surface of a shock absorbing foam, which is installed on a front surface of the vehicle body and has the same polarity as the first permanent magnet; and an electromagnet on the internal surface of the shock absorbing foam, and has the same polarity as that of the second permanent magnet when the vehicle operating speed exceeds the standard vehicle speed, wherein the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet are respectively comprised of a plurality of partitioned magnet blocks; and their external surfaces are coated with rubber or synthetic resin thereby reducing damage.
US09120438B2	Apparatus carrier with pivot arm and suction foot In an apparatus carrier for supporting cell phones and similar apparatus, including a suction foot on which a pivot arm is pivotally supported at one end thereof and provided with than apparatus holder at the opposite end and the suction foot has a housing with a suction membrane extending across a housing opening, the suction membrane is operatively connected to the pivot arm so as to be movable, by pivoting of the operating arm between a release position in which the suction membrane extends straight across the housing opening and a suction position in which the suction membrane is arched into the suction housing opening.
US09120435B2	Wire harness protector A wire harness holder for securing a wire harness to a panel. The wire harness holder includes a body including a fastening portion to fasten the body to the panel, a channel to receive the wire harness therein. The channel extends in a serpentine configuration so as to form a drip loop portion therein and is defined by a pair of opposed side walls connected by a bottom wall. The body further includes means for facilitating retention of the wire harness within the body.
US09120415B1	Cargo partitioning system The cargo retention assembly includes a rod operationally coupled to a trailer. A clamp is coupled to an end of the rod. The clamp engages the trailer so the rod is movably coupled to the trailer. The rod is positionable to abut the cargo on the trailer. A fastener is operationally coupled to the clamp. The fastener engages the trailer so the rod is retained at the selected position on the trailer. The rod may be constructed of a plurality of rod members that telescope with respect to one another in order to adjust a rod length thereby accommodating a plurality of varying trailer sizes. The clamp features a bracket with an open top and first side that enables the end of the rod to fall therein.
US09120405B2	Vehicle seat with lateral support element The invention relates to a vehicle seat with a seat part and with a seat back part for supporting a driver of the vehicle in the sitting position on the vehicle seat, wherein the vehicle seat is characterized by an additional vehicle driver's torso support device which can be disposed outside the seat part and the seat back part and which can be temporarily disposed at least partially in an otherwise seat-free torso support region at the level of or above the upper third of the seat back part in front of the seat back part and laterally off-center on the seat back part, in order to provide support, laterally off-center of the seat back part, at least at the level of the shoulder or chest region of the driver who is sitting on the vehicle seat when he adopts a seated working posture oriented to the side or backwards, wherein the additional vehicle driver's torso support device is disposed so as to be movable by a moving device from a parked position into an additional torso support position in the otherwise seat-free torso support region.
US09120398B2	Portable baby changing station for use in automobiles A portable baby changing station fabricated from a soft, flexible material for changing diapers in automobiles. When fully extended, it provides a soft surface to rest a baby while changing a diaper. In this mode, the head end is affixed to the rear portion of the back seat by a fastener such as Velcro. One or more netted pockets are positioned at the head end to hold diapers and changing supplies. Once the baby has a new diaper, the changing station folds up into a compact shape while remaining fastened to the back seat. It is held in the closed position by fasteners such as Velcro or snaps. It is always affixed to the automobile, and always ready to unfold.
US09120393B2	Apparatus for energy transfer using converter and method of manufacturing same According to an aspect of the invention, a motor drive circuit includes a first energy storage device configured to supply electrical energy, a bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy storage device, a voltage inverter coupled to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and an input device configured to receive electrical energy from an external energy source. The motor drive circuit further includes a coupling system coupled to the input device, to the first energy storage device, and to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. The coupling system has a first configuration configured to transfer electrical energy to the first energy storage device via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and has a second configuration configured to transfer electrical energy from the first energy storage device to the voltage inverter via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter.
US09120384B2	Nano-energetic activated steam generator A method and system for generating high pressure superheated steam on demand that uses nano-sized aluminum particles to allow oxidation and heat generation using photonic initiation. This invention uses the unique properties of nano-sized aluminum either alone or with other energetics to provide the needed heat to quickly vaporize and superheat water directly in either a flowing water or static water environment to produce steam as needed. Due to its compact design it can be used in new or existing steam applications. This steam use may be any application that needs an on demand high pressure steam supply. Applications include steam catapults, boost steam for turbines, steam cleaners, surge power for powerplant turbines and any other use.
US09120383B2	Reciprocating device In a reciprocating device, first and second power transmission units are provided on one end side and the other end side of a track to put therebetween power receiving units which are provided on a movable body being movable along the track. Thus, when the movable body is moved close to the one end side or the other end side of the track to separate the power receiving units far from the second power transmission unit on the other end side or the first power transmission unit on the one end side, the power receiving units are able to efficiently receive the electric power from the first power transmission unit on the one end side or the second power transmission unit on the other end side which is close thereto. Therefore, it is possible to reciprocate the movable body between the both ends of the track in a simplified construction.
US09120369B2	Glass run installation tool A glass run installation tool for attaching a glass run to a door frame includes at least one lower abutment member and an upper abutment member. The tool also includes a base with a first arm and a second arm. The lower abutment member is coupled to the first arm, and the upper abutment member is coupled to the second arm. The second arm is moveable relative to the first arm between a clamped position and an unclamped position. The upper abutment member and the lower abutment member clamp the glass run and the door frame together to thereby attach the glass run to the door frame when the second arm is in the clamped position.
US09120363B2	Gas spring end members as well as gas spring and gas damper assemblies including same A piston assembly including an integral piston chamber with an increased volume that is maximized by providing a mounting arrangement whereby the piston can be mounted to a structural member such that the piston chamber surrounds at least two sides of the structural member. A gas damping passage is disposed in fluid communication with the piston chamber and is dimensioned such that pressurized gas transferred through the gas damping passage can dissipate kinetic energy acting on the piston assembly. The piston chamber can therefore utilize space adjacent the structural member to which it is mounted thereby resulting in a piston chamber of a greater volume than prior art designs. A gas spring and gas damper assembly utilizing such a piston assembly is also included.
US09120359B2	Method and system for stability control A method for stability control may include receiving vehicle characteristics of a vehicle of a vehicle-trailer system, trailer characteristics of a trailer of the vehicle-trailer system, or steering inputs for the vehicle. The method may include determining a prediction based on yaw rate deviation for the vehicle determined from the vehicle characteristics, trailer characteristics, or steering inputs or hitch rate oscillation of a hitch coupling the vehicle to the trailer determined from the vehicle characteristics, trailer characteristics, or steering inputs, where the prediction may be indicative of a likelihood of instability for the vehicle-trailer system. The method may include generating control actions based on the prediction and hitch rate feedback from the hitch of the vehicle-trailer system or lateral hitch force feedback.
US09120352B2	Pneumatic tire An angle of elevation (α) of an intersection point (A), formed between a line (q) connecting intersection points (A, B) and a reference line (n) traversing a center of curvature (C) of an arc and parallel to the tire rotation axis, is from 40° to 60°, where a curve tracing the innermost region in the tire radial direction is approximated by the arc with the method of least squares, the intersection point (A) is an intersection point of the ply main body (6a) with a normal line (m) from the center of curvature (C) of the arc to a part of the ply main body (6a) convex outward in the tire width direction, and the intersection point (B) is an intersection point of the ply main body (6a) with the reference line (n). A radius of curvature of the arc is from 5 mm to 80 mm.
US09120351B2	Airless tire Disclosed herein is an airless are which absorbs shock and holds pressure applied to the tire through an auxetic spoke buffer without using air pressure. The airless tire includes a cylindrical tread being in contact with the ground, an axle fixing section having a smaller circumference than the tread and disposed inside the tread, and an auxetic spoke buffer connecting the tread and the axle fixing section and providing a buffering function. Accordingly, the airless tire is transformed only to an extent to properly function as a fire when the spoke buffer is transformed by pressure or impact and fully returns to an original shape when pressure or impact is removed.
US09120340B2	Printer including presenter part and cutter part that move together A printer includes a printing part, a cutter part, and a presenter part. The printing part performs printing on a recording medium. The cutter part cuts the recording medium subjected to the printing. The cutter part is attached to the printing part so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft. The presenter part conveys the recording medium subjected to the printing in the printing part through the cutter part. The presenter part moves together with the cutter part in the case of rotating the cutter part about the rotation shaft.
US09120337B2	Printer reducing tilting of guide members in roll storage part A printer comprising a roll storage part, a feeder, a printing head, a first guide member, a second guide member, and a driving gear. The first and second guide members guide a print-receiving medium in a width direction and provided in an advanceable and retreatable manner. The driving gear makes the first and second guide members advance and retreat. The roll storage part comprises a first through-hole for guiding the first guide member in the width direction, and a second through-hole for guiding the second guide member in the width direction. The first guide member comprises a first driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a first sandwiching part holding the first guide member. The second guide member comprises a second driven part configured to mesh with the driving gear, and a second sandwiching part holding the second guide member.
US09120325B2	Ejection inspection method and liquid ejection device An ejection inspection method includes: preparing a liquid ejection nozzle for ejecting liquid onto a recording medium; irradiating a pattern formed by the liquid ejected onto the recording medium with light; and conducting ejection inspection of the liquid ejection nozzle based on results of observing or recognizing reflected light or transmitted light of the light from the recording medium. The recording medium includes an ink absorption layer having light transmittance where a great number of void cells having a particle diameter smaller than wavelength of the light are dispersed into a joining material, and an ejection amount of the liquid is adjusted such that a region where the liquid is sufficiently filled in the void cells and a region where substantially no liquid is filled exist in a thickness direction and a horizontal direction in planar view of the ink absorption layer.
US09120323B2	Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus The present invention provides a liquid droplet ejecting apparatus that may cool, with a simple configuration, drive sections of piezoelectric elements. Namely, the liquid droplet ejecting apparatus has head modules that use piezoelectric elements to eject ink droplets, driver ICs that drive the piezoelectric elements, a ventilation unit that delivers dry air to the environs of the piezoelectric elements via a gas delivery passage disposed therein in order to dehumidify the environs of the piezoelectric elements, a branch tube that branches from the gas delivery passage and blows onto the driver ICs some of the air that has been delivered, and a duckbill valve that is disposed in the branch tube. Here, the ventilation unit that delivers the dry air in order to dehumidify the environs of the piezoelectric elements also cools the driver ICs, so the driver ICs can be cooled with a simple configuration.
US09120320B2	Liquid ejection head and image forming device A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of nozzles to eject liquid drops; a plurality of individual liquid chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles; a plurality of liquid inlet portions leading to the plurality of individual liquid chambers; a common liquid chamber to supply liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers; and a plurality of filter portions disposed between the common liquid chamber and the liquid inlet portions, each of the filter portions including filter holes and filtering the liquid, wherein a plurality of reinforcement parts are provided to partition the plurality of filter portions, each of the reinforcement parts includes a part facing some of the filter holes of a corresponding one of the plurality of filter portions in a liquid flow direction, with a gap between the filter holes and the reinforcement part.
US09120319B2	Liquid discharge head and image forming apparatus A liquid discharge head includes nozzles configured to discharge liquid droplets; individual flow paths to which the nozzles are connected; a liquid injection unit connected to the individual flow paths; a common liquid room configured to supply liquid to the individual flow paths; and a filter unit configured to filter the liquid. The filter unit is provided between the common liquid room and the liquid injection unit. The filter unit includes a reinforcement area for dividing the filter unit into filter areas each corresponding to two or more of the individual flow paths. A partition wall is provided corresponding to the reinforcement area of the filter unit, on the liquid injection unit side. A width in a nozzle arrangement direction of the partition wall is wider than a width in the nozzle arrangement direction of the reinforcement area.
US09120314B2	Maintenance unit and liquid ejecting apparatus A maintenance unit is a unit that maintains a liquid ejecting head and includes a cap holder that has a cap member capable of abutting against the liquid ejecting head, guide pins that guide the cap holder in a movable manner in an approaching/separating direction in which the cap member approaches and is separated from the liquid ejecting head, an engagement portion that is capable of being engaged with the cap holder, and a displacement operating portion that displaces the engagement portion between a restricting position at which the engagement portion restricts drawing of the cap holder out of the guide pins and an allowing position at which the engagement portion allows the cap holder to be drawn out of the guide pins.
US09120308B2	Control circuit and control method thereof, liquid droplet ejection head and image forming apparatus A control circuit is disposed in which an analog switch is built, an ON/OFF-timing of the analog switch can be controlled, and mask-patterns can be set, which mask-patterns are used for switching ON/OFF the analog switch can be selected by analog-switch-selection data, and a number of the mask-patterns which can be set can be selected. The circuit includes mask-pattern-setting units for setting one of the mask-patterns by one of switching control signals; and a selection unit for selecting a mode from modes including a first mode in which the number of mask-patterns is smaller and a second mode in which the number of mask-patterns is larger. When the first mode is selected by the selection unit, to one mask-pattern-setting unit which is not selected by the analog-switch-selection data, the same switching control signal that is supplied to another mask-pattern-setting unit which is selected by the analog-switch-selection data is supplied.
US09120307B2	Liquid discharge apparatus A liquid discharge apparatus includes a power supply potential output section that outputs a first power supply potential, a first and a second switch drive section that generate a first and a second switch drive signal according to a modulation signal of an original drive signal, a first and a second switch that operate according to the first and the second switch drive signal, a rectifying device that is arranged between an output terminal of the power supply potential output section and a terminal of the first switch drive section, a connection node that is electrically connected to the first switch and the second switch, a capacitance element that is arranged between the terminal and the connection node, a signal conversion section that converts a signal which is generated at the connection node, into a drive signal, and a piezoelectric element that is transformed by the drive signal.
US09120306B2	Method to execute a print interruption in printing operation of an ink printing system with at least one printing apparatus In a method to execute a printing interruption in a printing operation, with aid of a sensor, print clock pulses are generated which are supplied to a print controller depending on a feed speed of the printing substrate web. With triggering of the print interruption the feed speed of the printing substrate is reduced from a print speed to a predetermined speed in a slowing ramp, and after the print interruption the printing substrate is accelerated again to the print speed in an acceleration ramp. With aid of the sensor, print clock pulses are generated which are supplied to a print controller depending on the feed speed of the printing substrate. Given occurrence of a print clock pulse during the ramps, with the print controller a vibration cycle is initiated at nozzles of the print head that are not ejecting ink droplets at a time when the vibration cycle is initiated.
US09120303B2	Sheet processing apparatus having reversing swing arm shaft pregripper A sheet processing apparatus including a sheet supply device, a first cylinder which includes at least one gripper device, a processing device, a sheet discharge device, and conveyance devices. The conveyance devices include a plurality of gripper devices including at least one reversing gripper device. The conveyance devices also include a second cylinder and reversing swing arm shaft pregripper. The second cylinder grips and conveys one edge of the sheet by one gripper device of the plurality of gripper devices. The reversing swing arm shaft pregripper is supported to be swingable between the first cylinder and the second cylinder, receives by the reversing gripper device the other edge of the sheet conveyed by the second cylinder, and transfers the received other edge of the sheet to the gripper device of the first cylinder by a gripping change.
US09120263B2	Clamping device of injection molding machine An adaptor plate is provided between a platen and a mold to measure a temperature of each of divided regions obtained by dividing the adaptor plate into a plurality of regions and adjust a temperature for each of the regions. By doing so, it is possible to adjust the temperature at points closer to the center of the mold than tie bars. Further, by adjusting the temperature of the adaptor plate provided between the platen and the mold, it is possible to precisely adjust a tie bar balance and a platen parallelism even during molding.
US09120262B2	Apparatus for extruding a polymeric material and extrusion head therefor An apparatus for extruding a polymeric material, having an extrusion head which includes a male die, a female die coaxially arranged with respect to the male die, a conveying channel, and at least one portion of which is defined between the male die and the female die. The apparatus further includes a device for adjusting a cross-sectional area of the at least one portion of the conveying channel by reciprocally displacing the female die with respect to the male die in response to an extrusion speed variation of the polymeric material.
US09120257B2	Composite carrier frame for plastic injection molding Methods and devices for forming a composite carrier frame assembly used in an injection molding process are described. Methods and devices described herein are well suited for insert molding multiple small pieces into a single injection molded part. The composite carrier frame assembly can include a number of insert attached thereto that are positioned in a pre-determined arrangement such during an injection molding process the inserts are molded in a molded part in the pre-determined arrangement. Each insert can include an anchor portion arranged to be molded in the single injection molded part and an exterior portion arranged to be positioned exterior to the single injection molded part.
US09120252B2	Molded article and method for production thereof A shaped article including a modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C), wherein the modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) is a product obtained by modifying an unmodified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) with an epoxy compound (B) having a double bond and has a degree of modification with the epoxy compound (B) of 0.1 to 10 mol % based on the monomer units of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), and at least a part of the modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) is crosslinked, and the gel fraction of the shaped article is 3% by weight or more. Thereby, a shaped article which contains almost no harmful crosslinking agent and which is excellent in hot water resistance, heat resistance and a gas barrier property is provided.
US09120246B2	Pressure tunable expandable mandrel for manufacturing a composite structure A method of making a composite core can include configuring a plurality of mandrels to have a desired thermal expansion characteristic, placing a composite material around each mandrel, placing the plurality of mandrels in a tool, the tool being configured to constrain the plurality of mandrels as the mandrels experience a thermal expansion, heating the mandrels so that the mandrels thermally expand, thereby applying a pressure to the composite material during a cure cycle, and then cooling and separating the mandrels from the composite core. The mandrel is configured as an internal form for making a tube member of a composite core.
US09120241B2	Portable adjustable saw guide device for cutting a notch A saw guide device for the rapid and precise cutting of perpendicular notches in framing lumber using a portable circular saw. The device consists of an edge-of-board follower rail, a support arm, and a pivotally adjustable saw fence. Externally affixed to the saw fence are a horizontal cut locator arm and a saw stop tab. The locator arm has a cut alignment tang and a saw blade recess slot. The saw stop tab has a thumbscrew adjuster. The device is positioned by the alignment tang, which drops into a previous cut. During operation the saw foot overruns the cut locator arm and is stopped by the tab. Thumbscrew adjusters are located at each end of the follower rail to allow for variation in depth of the perpendicular notch. Various angular scales are marked on the upper surface of the follower rail to aid in saw fence setup.
US09120237B2	Knife blade light A device for illuminating on or about an axial shaft of a tool and the work area used with the tool. In particular, the device is releasably secured to the axial shaft of the tool and upon contact therewith causes the device to illuminate parallel to the axis of the shaft and work area.
US09120225B2	Robot and control method for the same A robot, which may accurately detect whether or not the robot is gripping an object, even without a tactile sensor, as a result of using a sorter that utilizes a torque generated from a joint of a hand and the shape of the hand as feature data, and a control method for the robot includes a state sensing unit to sense a state of the robot, a feature vector producing unit to extract feature data from the state sensing unit and to produce a feature vector using the feature data, and a learning-based data sorter to judge an operating state of the robot using the feature vector produced by the feature vector producing unit and to output the judged result.
US09120223B2	Method of controlling seven-axis articulated robot, control program, and robot control device Provided is a method of controlling a seven-axis articulated robot including seven joints sequentially arranged from a proximal end of the robot to a distal end of the robot, the seven joints including rotational axes each causing a next joint to turn and rotational axes each causing a next joint to pivot, such that the rotational axes causing turning and the rotational axes causing pivoting are arranged alternately, the seven-axis articulated robot being configured such that rotational axes of three proximal end side joints of the robot do not intersect with each other at one point. The method includes performing inverse transformation using, as a constraint condition, such a joint angle of a middle joint among the three joints as to cause an assumed elbow angle to be constant in a case where a rotational axis of the middle joint is assumed as a shoulder.
US09120209B1	Fastener installation tool and method of assembling In one embodiment, a device for installing a fastener to couple two or more members is disclosed. The device includes a tool head configured to couple to a power tool and a socket coupled to the tool head. The socket is configured to engage a nut component of the fastener for installation thereof, and a retainer is coupled to the socket. The retainer is configured to retain a portion of the nut component separated during installation of the fastener.
US09120208B2	Handled ratcheting tool with a flip out handle A handled ratcheting tool is able to be used in a standard, L handle or T handle orientation. The handled ratcheting tool includes a handle, a stem, a ratcheting mechanism and multiple tools. Multiple tools are coupled to the ratcheting mechanism which are able to form the L and T configurations depending on which tools are positioned in an open position and which are in a closed position.
US09120205B2	Adjustable track clamp An assembly comprises a platform including a first clamping surface, a track proximate to an edge of the first clamping surface, and a clamp mechanism including a second clamping surface. The clamp mechanism is configured to clamp a workpiece between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface. The clamp mechanism is mounted to the track. The clamp mechanism is positionable at different locations along the track. The assembly may further comprise one or more adjustable spacer blocks mountable to the track to facilitate precisely positioning a workpiece proximate to the track at least two different spacings.
US09120196B2	Device for deblocking optical workpieces, in particular eyeglass lenses A device for deblocking optical workpieces, having a first moving device for rotating a workpiece, which is blocked on a blocking piece, about a workpiece rotational axis and a nozzle for dispensing a pressurized stream in a direction that is essentially transverse to the workpiece rotational axis onto a point of incidence in an edge region between the blocking piece and the workpiece. The device also has a second moving device for generating a relative movement between the nozzle and the workpiece. The second moving device has a nozzle guiding portion on which the nozzle is mounted and by which the nozzle can be positioned with respect to the blocking piece in a cam-controlled manner in order to aim the pressurized stream towards the point of incidence in a defined manner.
US09120195B2	Wheel assembly and method for making same The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a wheel hub to reduce lateral run-out. Specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus and a method for machining the inner and outer surfaces of the wheel hub after the wheel bolts and bearing have been attached to the wheel hub. A grind wheel is used to finish an inner flange portion and outer flange portion of the wheel hub.
US09120190B2	Co-extruded microchannel heat pipes A method for generating a microchannel heat pipe on a substrate surface includes co-extruding a primary material and a secondary material such that the primary material forms side walls that are spaced apart by the secondary material to form a composite structure. After the primary material hardens, the secondary material is removed, whereby the hardened primary material forms a pipe body structure having an elongated central channel defined between opposing end openings. A working fluid is then inserted into the elongated central channel, and sealing structures are then formed over both end openings to encapsulate the working fluid.
US09120180B2	Interactive control system, methods of making the same, and devices incorporating the same Numerous embodiments of interactive control systems, methods of making the same, and devices incorporating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a light-resistant material; light-transmissive holes penetrating in a light-transmissive pattern through the light resistant material; and a lens disposed adjacent to the light-transmissive pattern.
US09120175B2	Method to improve GMAW and GTAW welding performance A method of controlling a power source includes providing a power supply module. The power supply module includes a first circuit that has at least one first switch. The first circuit is configured to provide a welding current to an electrode of a welding system. The power supply module also has a second circuit that includes a load that is operatively connected to at least one second switch. The second circuit is configured to provide the welding current to the electrode through the load. The method also includes controlling the at least one first switch such that the welding current flows through the at least one first switch and to the electrode during a ramp up portion of a welding waveform and such that no current flows through the at least one first switch during a ramp down portion of the welding waveform. The method further includes controlling the at least one second switch such that the welding current flows through the load and to the electrode during the ramp down portion of the welding waveform. The ramp down portion takes the welding current to a predetermined value.
US09120174B2	Welding robot The invention relates to a welding robot for resistance welding, which exhibits a welding tongs (21), a welding current generator (1) connected to the welding electrodes (24, 25) of the welding tongs (21), for supplying the welding electrodes (24, 25) with electric energy during the resistance welding, and an industrial robot. The industrial robot comprises a robot arm (2) and a robot control device (9) for moving the robot arm (2). The welding tongs (21) is connected to the robot arm (2) and the robot control device (9) is connected to the welding current generator (1) and a tongs drive (26, 27) of the welding tongs (21).
US09120162B2	Hole saw with interchangeable cutting blades A hole saw having a central body portion adapted to receive a hole saw blade portion. The body and the blade have correspondingly shaped apertures and lugs that co-operate together to hold the blade in place. A locking means further assists in ensuring that the blade remains locked to the body and includes a sliding klatch that engages an aperture in the blade and the body and is itself locked in place to thereby lock the blade to the body.
US09120154B2	Single-sided square-shaped indexable cutting insert and cutting tool A single-sided, square-shaped indexable cutting insert has opposing square-shaped upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral side surface extending therebetween having four corner surfaces alternating with four relief surfaces. A corner cutting edge is formed at the intersection of the upper surface with each of the four corner surfaces. The lower surface includes a base surface from which a central boss and exactly four engagement ridges protrude. Each engagement ridge extends from the central boss to intersect with one of the four corner surfaces, and the base surface is divided into four base sub-surfaces. The insert may be clamped against a seating surface of a tool holder pocket solely by the engagement ridge located closest to the operative corner cutting edge making contact with a corresponding single engagement groove, and the two of the four base sub-surfaces making contact with two coplanar raised support surfaces.
US09120147B2	Strip casting apparatus for rapid set and change of casting rolls An apparatus and method for continuously casting thin steel strip include a pair of counter-rotatable casting rolls in a roll cassette laterally positioned to form a nip there between through which thin cast strip can be cast, adapted to support a casting pool of molten metal on the casting surfaces, an enclosure to support a protective atmosphere immediately beneath the casting rolls in the casting position, and an upper cover positioned below the casting rolls to move between a closed position covering the upper portion of the enclosure maintaining the protective atmosphere in the enclosure in the closed position and a retracted position enabling cast strip to be cast into the enclosure. A scrap receptacle positioned beneath the casting position movable in either direction to a discharge stations. Further, a movable tundish adapted to be transferred from a heating station to the casting position.
US09120143B2	Cut-off end surface improvement A method of improving the surface finish of a sheared end face of a cylindrical blank in a progressive forming machine comprising deforming the end face out of its original as sheared transverse plane into a first shape concentric with the axis of the blank that slightly departs from the original plane a distance that increases with proximity to the axis of the blank, thereafter deforming the end face from the first shape into a second shape in a direction opposite a direction the first shape was displaced from the original shear plane, the second shape slightly departing from a transverse plane a distance that increases with proximity to the axis of the blank.
US09120136B2	Drawing method of metallic tube and producing method of metallic tube using same In a drawing method of a metallic tube which includes: filling a high-pressure container with a lubricating oil, the container having a mother tube inserted thereinto; pressurizing the oil with a pressure booster; and drawing the forcedly lubricated mother tube, the oil having a kinetic viscosity of 100 to 2000 mm2/s at 40° C. and at normal pressure and a viscosity pressure coefficient of 15 to 24 GPa−1 at 40° C. is used for preventing seizing and vibrations in drawing and for suppressing the deterioration of surface roughness due to oil pits in tube. Herein, the oil preferably contains one or more of extreme-pressure (EP) additives in a total amount of 10 mass % or more, being selected from a sulfur-based additive, a chlorine-based additive, an organic calcium metallic salt, a phosphorus-based additive, an organic zinc-based additive, and an organic molybdenum-based additive, each having a prescribed amount of relevant element.
US09120127B2	Ultrasonic transducer structure, ultrasonic transducer, and method of manufacturing ultrasonic transducer An ultrasonic transducer structure, an ultrasonic transducer, and a method of manufacturing the ultrasonic transducer are provided. The ultrasonic transducer structure includes a driving wafer that includes a driving circuit; and an ultrasonic transducer wafer that is disposed on the driving wafer and includes a first wafer in which a via-hole is formed, a first insulating layer formed on the first wafer, a second wafer spaced apart from the first insulating layer, and a cavity formed between the first insulating layer and the second wafer.
US09120126B2	Electro-acoustic transducer and method of manufacturing the same Electro-acoustic transducers and methods of manufacturing the electro-acoustic transducer are provided. An electro-acoustic transducer includes: a first wafer including a first substrate in which a plurality of electro-acoustic transducer cells are formed; and a second wafer disposed in a lower portion of the first wafer, and including a second substrate in which a plurality of through wafer vias are formed. A method of manufacturing an electro-acoustic transducer includes: forming a plurality of electro-acoustic transducer cells in a first substrate of a first wafer; forming a plurality of through wafer vias in a second substrate of a second wafer; and bonding the first and second wafers to each other.
US09120124B2	Gasket material comprising fluororubber compound coated metal plate and method for manufacturing the same First a metal plate is coated with a primer layer. Next the metal plate is coated with an adhesive layer over the primer layer. Then the metal plate is coated with a compound that includes an inorganic fiber, an organic fiber, an unvulcanized fluororubber, a peroxide for vulcanization and an inorganic filler over the primer layer and the adhesive layer. Thereafter, the metal plate coated with the compound is hot pressed with the fluororubber being vulcanized.
US09120119B2	Redox processes for contact lens modification Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described.
US09120114B2	Deposition apparatus A deposition apparatus includes a substrate supporting pin that is fixed to a supporting plate through an autoalignment control unit to prevent the substrate supporting pin from being broken when loading or unloading a substrate, thereby preventing damaging the substrate and also preventing decreased yield that may result due to the breakage of the substrate supporting pin.
US09120110B2	Liquid spray dispenser suction tube deflector Systems, methods, and apparatus for deflecting an angle of a flexible suction tube of a spray dispenser (or bottle). In particular, an insert can be located between a cap and a neck of the spray dispenser to deflect, at an angle, the flexible suction tube makes as it descends into a body of the spray dispenser. The angle can be such that the flexible suction tube is directed toward an off-center portion of the bottom of the spray dispenser or to a bottom corner or rim of the spray dispenser. As such, the spray dispenser, as modified by the insert, can siphon the last remnants of liquid in the dispenser, which are often not accessible via traditional spray dispensers (e.g., when used in a tilted fashion) where the flexible suction tube is directed toward a bottom center of the dispenser.
US09120106B2	Refill container labeling Among other things, one or more systems and/or techniques for labeling a refill contain and/or for enabling operation of the refill container by a dispensing system based upon one or more indicia of the label satisfying a dispensing key are provided. In an example, a label may be applied to a refill container. The label may comprise a first region having a first indicia that may correspond to a shape, color, and/or texture (e.g., a yellow star indicia). A dispensing system may enable operation of the refill container (e.g., installation and/or dispensing of material from the refill container) based upon the first indicia satisfying a dispensing key (e.g., a yellow key component and/or a star shape component). Otherwise, the dispensing system does not enable operation of the refill container (e.g., the refill container is not genuine or is not an appropriate refill container type).
US09120104B2	Post consumer scrap film recycling process A system and method for processing a supply of post-consumer scrap linear low density or low density polyethylene film into near-virgin quality blown film product. The method includes tearing the supply of film in a shredder, wherein the surface area of the film is exposed, including delaminating the film. The torn supply of film is washed in a water bath including a surfactant. The film is agitated in the bath containing the surfactant wherein contaminants on the film are removed from the film. The washed film is ground into smaller pieces and additional washing of the ground film in a rotating friction washer and a sink float tank occurs wherein additional contaminants are removed from the film. The ground film is then dried and compacted without addition of water into granulated objects of near-virgin quality blown film product.
US09120099B2	Shredder for producing particles from a sheet material A shredder for producing particles from a sheet material is disclosed herein. The shredder can have a longitudinal cutting device with a first cutting roller and a second cutting roller. A transverse cutting device can be positioned after the longitudinal cutting device. The first cutting roller and the second cutting roller can each have special profiles.
US09120097B2	Vertical clamp device A vertical clamping device is provided that supports a flow cell component in a vertical configuration in which the flow cell is on an opposite side of the vertical support from the electronic interface. The clamp includes a vertical setting to receive the flow cell component and provides an electronic interface on a vertical surface of the vertical setting. A block supports the fluidics interface and can move in a horizontal direction bringing the fluidics interface into contact with the flow cell component.
US09120095B2	Apparatus and method for separating and concentrating a component of a fluid A system for separating and concentrating a component of a whole material is disclosed. The whole material can include a material that has more than one component, such as whole blood that can include at least red blood cells, monocytes, and plasma. The system can include a substantially single container including a separation section and a concentration section wherein a component can be moved from the separation section, after a separation, to the concentration section to be concentrated. The concentrated component can then be withdrawn from the separation and concentration container for a selected procedure.
US09120092B1	Regeneration of an acidic catalyst by silane addition A method of regenerating an acidic catalyst is described. A silane compound is contacted with an acidic catalyst that contains conjunct polymer, which releases the conjunct polymer from the acidic catalyst. The acidic catalyst can then be re-activated with acid. The conjunct polymer can be separated from the silane compound, and the silane compound can be recycled.
US09120088B2	Heavily doped metal oxides and methods for making the same A method of making a doped metal oxide includes heating a first doped metal oxide by rapid thermal annealing, to form a second doped metal oxide. The crystal structure of the second doped metal oxide is different from the crystal structure of the first doped metal oxide. The method may provide a doped titanium oxide, where the atomic ratio of dopant nonmetal to titanium is from 2% to 20%, and at least 10% of the doped titanium oxide is in the rutile phase. The method also can provide a doped tin oxide, where the atomic ratio of dopant nonmetal to tin is from 2% to 20%, and at least 50% of 900 the doped tin oxide is in the rutile phase.
US09120079B1	High capacity carbon dioxide sorbent The present invention provides a sorbent for the removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams, comprising: a CO2 capacity of at least 9 weight percent when measured at 22° C. and 1 atmosphere; an H2O capacity of at most 15 weight percent when measured at 25° C. and 1 atmosphere; and an isosteric heat of adsorption of from 5 to 8.5 kilocalories per mole of CO2. The invention also provides a carbon sorbent in a powder, a granular or a pellet form for the removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams, comprising: a carbon content of at least 90 weight percent; a nitrogen content of at least 1 weight percent; an oxygen content of at most 3 weight percent; a BET surface area from 50 to 2600 m2/g; and a DFT micropore volume from 0.04 to 0.8 cc/g.
US09120072B2	Ammonia detoxification device Provided is an ammonia detoxification device that, when detoxifying ammonia by thermal decomposition, is capable of preventing the generation of nitrogen oxides. That is, the problem is solved by configuring the ammonia detoxification device using: an electric heater; an ammonia decomposition chamber that accepts an ammonia-containing gas to be treated and thermally decomposes the ammonia in the absence of oxygen using heat from the electric heater; a thermally decomposed gas-burning chamber that accepts the nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing gas to be treated that has been generated by the thermal decomposition of the ammonia and discharged from the ammonia decomposition chamber, and an air-supplying means for supplying air from the outside into the thermally the thermally decomposed gas-burning chamber to burn the hydrogen.
US09120071B2	Variable pitch array spotter A spotter that includes a plurality of spotting heads, each of the plurality of spotting heads having a discharging portion at a tip portion, the plurality of spotting heads form an m×n array (m, n>1) with m spotting heads arranged lengthwise and n spotting heads arranged crosswise; and a pitch varying mechanism configured to vary an array pitch of the plurality of spotting heads arrayed in a lengthwise direction and an array pitch of the plurality of spotting heads arrayed in a crosswise direction.
US09120066B2	Filling device for filling containers A filling device for filling containers with a liquid has a first port for supplying a first liquid to the filling device, and a second port spaced from the first port for supplying a second liquid to the filling device. A mixing chamber within the filling device includes a first liquid channel which guides the first liquid from the first port to the mixing chamber, and a second liquid channel which guides the second liquid from the second port to the mixing chamber, wherein the first liquid channel and the second liquid channel guide the first liquid and the second liquid separately from one another. A valve body controls discharge of the liquids from the filling device through an outlet to the container. The valve body is disposed at least partially between the mixing chamber and the outlet.
US09120062B2	High performance positively charged composite membranes and their use in nanofiltration processes The present invention is directed to positively charged nanofiltration (NF) membranes comprising a substrate layer (S) based on a sulfonated polymer and a positively charged film layer (F) on top of said substrate, and to a method for their preparation. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to nanofiltration processes making use of said composite membrane.
US09120059B2	Ventilation unit A ventilation unit (1A) includes: a ventilation member (2) configured to be attached to an opening (11) of a housing (10), the ventilation member (2) including a water-proof gas-permeable membrane (4) for covering the opening (11); a sealing member (6) configured to seal a gap between the housing (10) and the ventilation member (2); and an annular partition wall member (7A) defining an inner space in which the ventilation member (2) is fitted. The partition wall member (7A) is configured to keep in contact with the housing (10), and blocks a clearance formed outside the sealing member (6) and between a peripheral portion of the ventilation member (2) and the housing (10) when the ventilation member (2) is attached to the opening (11) of the housing (10).
US09120058B2	Method and apparatus of flush pump feature for portable liquid purifying filter A flush pump feature on a liquid purifying filter includes a segment of flexible tubing containing a small bulb pump is described. Two check valves are positioned upstream and downstream of the bulb pump which then terminates with a simple manually operated open/closed valve. The addition of this flush pump feature enables the filter unit to be easily purged of air at first use and also will make the filter easier to clean and maintain without the need to remove it from a hydration carrier. In addition, the flush bulb feature can also be used to perform a simple visual integrity test of filter while out in a remote location and also can be used to effectively remove bulk water from the filter for lighter storage when not in use which also minimizes freeze related damage when used in a cold environment.
US09120057B2	Method for operating exhaust gas purification systems The invention relates to a method for purifying exhaust gas in vehicles with internal combustion engines. The method is characterized in that exhaust gas coming from the engine (1) is then led past the catalyst(s) (4) near the engine when the engine of the vehicle is not performing positive work.
US09120045B2	Sinter plant gas cleaning system A sinter plant gas cleaning system includes a fabric filter device for removing dust particles from a process gas drawn from a sinter strand of a sinter plant. A duct is adapted to allow the process gas drawn from the sinter strand to pass by the fabric filter device. A measurement device measures a concentration of organic compounds of the process gas drawn from the sinter strand. A control system receives a signal from the measurement device and controls the flow of process gas through the duct.
US09120039B1	Method and apparatus for longitudinally disposed, sharp pulse of liquid There is provided method and apparatus for creating a longitudinally disposed, sharp pulse of liquid, useful for pulseback renewal of liquid-entry faces of a panel-bed liquid filter or a panel-bed liquid-powder contactor. Perforations are disposed along the wall of a tank in a path generally parallel to the tank's axis. Stoppers are provided for stoppering the perforations. With the perforations so stoppered, a liquid is introduced at high pressure into the tank. Thereafter, a quick unstoppering of the perforations releases the liquid from the tank in form of a longitudinally disposed, sharp pulse of liquid moving in a direction perpendicular to the tank's axis. If the tank is placed vertically alongside or within a space that in normal operation receives liquid from a panel bed, the sharp pulse can effectively pulseback the panel bed.
US09120035B2	Defoamer formulations comprising organopolysiloxanes A mixture of unique organopolysiloxane, filler, and additional components are effective defoamers and may be used neat, or in the form of a powder or emulsion.
US09120030B2	Book assembly with slider-activated switch A book assembly with a track, a slider, and a switch. The slider is visible and can be slid along the track by a user such as a child. The switch is activated by moving the slider in the track. Activating the switch plays a sound or lights a light.
US09120029B2	Building elements for building three-dimensional structures, and methods for assembling the building elements This invention describes a set of building elements comprising a uniting plate (1) and a base plate (19). The uniting plate (1) comprises two plates (3) defined in a single plane, said two plates (3) are connected in a connection line (9), and a slot (5) is placed at said connection line; said slot (5) may engage with a slot on another uniting plate (1) to obtain uniting plates with their plates (3) in different planes. The base plate (19) being substantially planar having three parallel plates, which is placed in two planes, where the first (117) and third plate (119) is placed in one plane, are arranged on either side of the second plate (121), which is placed in the second plane, and where the two parallel planes define a space between the two planes to obtain one of the plates (3) of the uniting plate (1). The base plate (19) comprises locking means for interacting with one of the plates (3) of the uniting plate (1); said locking means comprises at least two parts, where the at least two parts are at the first and third plate, respectively and where one of the plates (3) of the uniting plate (1) can be placed between the two planes. The set of building elements may be used in areas like toys, furniture and decorative arts to obtain three-dimensional structures.
US09119997B2	Ferrule and golf club A ferrule includes: an upper body which projects from an upper end face of a hosel portion; an inserted portion which is provided to project downwards from the upper body to be inserted into an interior of a hosel hole; and a groove which is provided circumferentially on an outer circumferential surface of the inserted portion, wherein a lower end portion of the inserted portion has a diameter which is smaller than that of an upper side of the inserted portion than the groove.
US09119995B2	Golf ball teeing device and method of use A golf ball teeing device and methods of use are described. Embodiments of the golf ball teeing device include a swing arm rotatably coupled to a base. The base can be included to secure the swing arm to a golf mat or the ground. In a general operation, a golf ball can be moved to a cradle of the swing arm using a golf club. The golf club can then be used to engage and rotate the swing arm. As the swing arm is rotated, the golf ball can follow a track to an aperture. After the swing arm has rotated approximately 120 degrees, the golf ball can exit the aperture and deposit onto a tee. In some embodiments, a biasing structure can be included to return the swing arm to a starting position.
US09119992B2	Golf ball materials based on blends of polyamide and acid anhydride-modified polyolefins Multi-piece golf balls having at least one layer made from a polyamide non-ionomeric composition are provided. The polyamide composition consist essentially of about 40 to about 99% by weight polyamide; about 1 to about 60% by weight of an acid anhydride-modified polyolefin; and about 1 to about 60% of a fatty acid additive selected from the group consisting of fatty acid salts, fatty acid amides, and mixtures thereof. The ball includes a core, preferably a dual core construction; and a cover of at least one layer. A rubber composition is preferably used to form the inner core and the polyamide composition is preferably used to form the outer core layer. The resulting ball has high resiliency along with a soft feel.
US09119990B2	Polymer coating to cross-link underlying cover Disclosed is a golf ball including a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) cover and a polyurethane coating layer. The cover crosslinks with the coating layer in order to achieve improved durability, specifically improved scuff resistance. The chemical composition of the thermoplastic polyurethane material making up the cover and the chemical composition of the polyurethane coating layer may be chosen so as to be complimentary thereby promoting crosslinking between them. Methods of manufacturing these golf balls are also disclosed.
US09119975B2	Respirator waist belt A wearable belt for supporting a respiratory component is disclosed. The belt includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and an interface portion that includes an inner layer, an outer layer, and a rigid attachment element in contact with the inner layer and the outer layer. The rigid attachment element is configured to mate with a corresponding feature of a respiratory component.
US09119970B2	Feedthrough assembly with glass layer and electrical stimulation systems containing the assembly A control module for an electrical stimulation system includes a casing defining a sealed inner compartment; an electronic subassembly disposed in the inner compartment; and a header portion coupled to the casing and having a connector to receive a proximal end of a lead or lead extension. The connector includes conductive contacts to electrically couple to terminal contacts on the lead or lead extension. The control module also includes a feedthrough assembly coupling the casing to the header portion. The feedthrough assembly includes a non-conductive ceramic block coupled to the casing, conductive feedthrough pins passing through the ceramic block and electrically coupling the conductive contacts of the connector to the electronic subassembly, a metal braze coupling the feedthrough pins to the ceramic block, and at least one glass layer disposed on at least a portion of the ceramic block and in contact with at least one of the feedthrough pins.
US09119965B2	Systems and methods for controlling spinal cord stimulation to improve stimulation efficacy for use by implantable medical devices Techniques are provided for controlling spinal cord stimulation (SCS) or other forms of neurostimulation. In one example, SCS treatment is delivered to a patient and nerve impulse firing signals are sensed along the spinal cord following the SCS treatment. The nerve impulse signals are analyzed to determine whether the signals are associated with effective SCS and then the delivery of additional SCS is controlled to improve SCS efficacy. For example, the nerve impulse signals can be analyzed to determine whether the signals are consistent with a positive patient mood associated with pain mitigation and, if not, SCS control parameters are adjusted to improve the efficacy of the SCS in reducing pain. In other examples, heart rate variability (HRV) is also used to control SCS. Still further, adjustments may be made to SCS control parameters to improve antiarrhythmic or sympatholytic effects associated with SCS. Techniques employing baseline/target calibration procedures are also described.
US09119964B2	System for deep brain stimulation employing a sensor for monitoring patient movement and providing closed loop control A closed loop system is disclosed for monitoring patient movements, such as tremors, and for automatically controlling an implantable stimulator device on the basis of the detected movements. The system includes a motion sensor such as a wearable item that contains an accelerometer to monitor a patient's movements, such as a ring locatable proximate to a patient's hand tremor. The motion sensor periodically transmits a feedback signal to the implantable stimulator device instructing it to change the stimulation parameters, such as current amplitude, in an attempt to reduce the tremor. The motion sensor can additionally communicate with other system components such as an external controller. In a preferred embodiment, the motion sensor and the implantable stimulator device communicate using short range electromagnetic radio waves.
US09119962B2	Method and device for controlling dosage application during irradiation A method for controlling dosage application during irradiation of a moveable target volume in a body with an energy beam by scanning the target volume includes, before irradiating an i-th grid position, determining a dosage during the irradiation process using the movement data, wherein the dosage already contains the i-th grid position during irradiation of the previous grid positions (1<=k
US09119959B2	Tine fixation components for implantable medical devices A tine portion for an implantable medical device includes a hook segment and a distal segment terminated by a tissue-piercing tip, wherein the distal segment extends from the hook segment to the tip. The hook segment, which is elastically deformable from a pre-set curvature, has one of: a round cross-section and an elliptical cross-section, while the distal segment has a flattened, or approximately rectangular cross-section. One or a pair of the tine portions may be integrally formed, with a base portion, from a superelastic wire, wherein the base portion is configured to fixedly attach to the device, for example, being captured between insulative members of a fixation subassembly.
US09119949B2	Medical apparatus having a socket unit for connection of a device for supplying medical fluids, and device for supplying medical fluids having a plug unit for connection to a medical apparatus A medical apparatus includes a socket unit for connection to a plug unit belonging to a device for supplying medical fluids for a blood treatment apparatus, the medical apparatus being in particular an extra-corporeal blood treatment apparatus such for example as an extra-corporeal dialysis apparatus or an apparatus for peritoneal dialysis, or an apparatus for filling the device for supplying medical fluids. A device for supplying medical fluids for a blood treatment apparatus, which has a plug unit for connection to a socket unit of a medical apparatus, is also described. The socket unit and the plug unit are characterised in that a safe and secure fluid-tight connection can easily be made with the two units between the device for supplying medical fluids and, on the one hand, the blood treatment apparatus or, on the other hand, the apparatus for filling the device for supplying medical fluids.
US09119948B2	Occlusive implants for hollow anatomical structures, delivery systems, and related methods An implant and delivery system including a female coupler at a proximal end of the implant and a male coupler at a distal end of an elongate tubular delivery member. The male coupler is insertable within the female coupler and expandable under the influence of an elongate control member that is slidable within the tubular delivery member. Expansion of the male coupler locks the implant to the tubular delivery member. Withdrawal of the control member unlocks the implant from the tubular delivery member, enabling placement of the implant within a body.
US09119941B2	Method and apparatus for manipulating a surgical guidewire A method and apparatus for manipulating a surgical guidewire. The apparatus comprises a chuck for selectively coupling motive force to a surgical guidewire and an actuator, coupled to the chuck, for imparting an axial motive force to the chuck. Embodiments of the invention further comprise a method of using the apparatus.
US09119938B2	Medical device with bi-component polymer fiber sleeve An elongate medical device having a longitudinal axis and a surface; and a continuous, helical bi-component fiber wound around at least a portion of the surface of the medical device along its longitudinal axis, wherein the bi-component fiber has a cross-section with a generally flattened side and an inner core encased in a sheath, and wherein the inner core is aligned about the medical device.
US09119920B2	Automatic injection device with pneumatic damping An injection device for use with a syringe having a syringe body, a needle coupled thereto, and a plunger moveable through the body to eject medication from the syringe through the needle, includes a housing defining an inner space for holding a syringe and facilitating movement thereof from a first position in which the needle is contained fully within the housing and a second position in which the needle projects from the housing, and a drive member located within the inner space so that in use the drive member can engage the plunger of a syringe held within the housing. The device further includes a force applicator located within the inner space for providing a force to the drive member so as to move the syringe from the first to the second position and thereafter to move the plunger through the syringe body, a trigger mechanism, and a damper.
US09119919B2	Syringe having a squeeze-fit plunger rod A syringe assembly having an exterior surface and defining a chamber having a stopper disposed therein is disclosed. The syringe assembly includes a plunger assembly having an elongated plunger rod and a handle portion connected thereto, the plunger rod including a depending leg and at least one hinge connecting the depending leg with the handle portion. The plunger rod is adapted to transition from a collapsed position, in which at least a portion of the depending leg extends along at least a portion of the exterior surface of a syringe barrel, to an extended position in which at least a portion of the depending leg engages the stopper. The at least one hinge maintains the depending leg substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the syringe barrel in both the collapsed position and the extended position.
US09119918B2	Probablistic pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling The subject matter disclosed herein provides a response to a dose of a substance and/or controls the administration of the dose. In one aspect, there is provided a system. The system may include a processor and at least one memory configured to provide a response determinator. The response determinator may receive therapeutic and wellness data. Moreover, the response determinator may determine a response based on the received therapeutic and wellness data. The response may represent a reaction to a substance integrated with an ingestible event marker. The determined response may be provided to, for example, a therapy controller. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US09119915B2	Infusion pump system There is provided an infusion pump system for delivering a predetermined medical solution at a preset reference infusion speed. The system comprises a medical solution container; an infusion line through which the medical solution is drawn out of the medical solution container; an infusion pump configured to discharge the medical solution via the infusion line. The infusion pump is controlled so that the discharge speed of the infusion pump is computed on the basis of a current discharge speed of the infusion pump and the infusion speed of the medical solution, the resulting discharge speed is corrected by a predefined correction coefficient, and the medical solution is discharged at the corrected discharge speed.
US09119911B2	Dosing unit, ambulatory infusion device comprising dosing unit and method for operating a dosing unit A dosing unit for an ambulatory infusion device and a method of operation are disclosed. The dosing unit includes a stationary member, a movable member, and a plunger. The movable member and the stationary member, together, make a charging valve and a discharging valve. The plunger is located, at least in part, in a metering cavity of the movable member and the movable member is adapted to selectively couple and decouple a driving unit, such that, by operating the driving unit with the movable member being coupled with the driving unit, the movable member moves with the plunger to maintain a position of the plunger relative to the movable member along a displacement axis, and by operating the driving unit with the movable member being decoupled from the driving unit, the plunger is displaced while the position of the movable member is maintained.
US09119902B2	Semi-crystalline absorbable microspheres The present invention is directed to absorbable microspheres comprising a copolymer formed from greater than 88 to about 99 mole percent ε-caprolactone or p-dioxanone, and about 1 to less than 12 mole percent of a different second monomer selected from the group consisting of glycolide, p-dioxanone, trimethylene carbonate and the lactides and combinations thereof, said microspheres having a particle size ranging from about 5 to 2,000 microns. Also described herein are a method for making such microspheres and formulations comprising such absorbable microspheres.
US09119897B2	Dry powder fibrin sealant A fibrin sealant comprises a mixture of first microparticles that comprise fibrinogen, second microparticles that comprise thrombin, and additive material. The additive material may be particulate, and may be, for instance, a biocompatible, water-absorbent, material, a biocompatible, water-swellable material, a biocompatible, water-insoluble material, a polysaccharide or silica.
US09119895B2	Self-adhesive matrix system comprising a styrene block copolymer Disclosed is a self-adhesive matrix system comprising a styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS) copolymer in an oil/ethyl acetate mixture, a hydrogenated resin and a pharmaceutical or cosmetic active ingredient.
US09119892B2	Process for textile cleaning and disinfection by means of plasma and plasma lock A process and apparatus for cleaning and disinfection of textiles and the air from viruses, bacteria and spores, and also for purifying from dust, pollen, odors, etc. in which the employment of water and various other cleaning agents and disinfectants as well is not required includes a lock or chamberin which living beings are able to stay, and piece-goods and textiles, etc. are able to be treated as well. Therein, airborne aerosols (droplets, particles, dust) as well as aerosols and microbes, respectively, adhering to the clothing or body and to the product, respectively, are to be treated. The basic principle shall also be applicable to rooms (e.g. waiting rooms) or stables and under cleanroom conditions as well. Various aspects of the invention include plasma generation, producing an ion current from the plasma, ozone generation and activation, sterilization, oxidation and decomposition of gaseous components, and separation of microbes and aerosols and decomposition thereof.
US09119890B2	Method and device for influencing the smell which comes from shaft openings of underground sewers The invention relates to a method and device for influencing the smell coming from shaft openings of underground sewers, in which water droplets are sprayed into the air in shafts (1) of underground sewers which are open in the direction of the ambient air.Said spraying device comprises a pressure vessel (3) containing water and a nozzle (4) having one or more fine openings through which water can escape from the pressure vessel (3), the pressure vessel (3) being subject to a hydrostatic pressure which is by at least 2 bars greater than the ambient pressure, and the diameter of one or more nozzle openings being less than 130 μm.
US09119877B2	Therapeutic combination comprising a Cdc7 inhibitor and an anti-neoplastic agent The present invention provides a therapeutic combination comprising (a) a compound of formula (I) as set forth in the specification and (b) one or more antineoplastic agents selected from the group consisting of an alkylating or alkylating-like agent, an antimetabolite agent, a topoisomerase I inhibitor, a topoisomerase II inhibitor, an inhibitor of a growth factor or of a growth factor receptor, an antimitotic agent, a proteasome inhibitor, an inhibitor of an anti-apoptotic protein and an antibody directed against a cell surface protein, wherein the active ingredients are present in each case in lice form or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or any hydrate thereof.
US09119870B2	Viscosupplementation with algal polysaccharides in the treatment of arthritis A joint-lubricating composition for treating degenerative joint disorders is provided, having microalgal polysaccharides in an aqueous solution, wherein the polysaccharides are stable and non-immunogenic. Further provided is a method for treating a joint disorder by injecting into the joint a viscous aqueous solution of a polysaccharide, wherein the disorder is, for example, arthritis, and the polysaccharide originates, for example, from a red alga.
US09119859B2	Methods for treating otic infections The present invention relates to methods for treating an ophthalmic, otic, or nasal infection comprising treating the infected tissue with a composition comprising finafloxacin or a finafloxacin derivative. The present invention also relates to antimicrobial compositions comprising finafloxacin or a finafloxacin derivative. The compositions are suitable for the treatment of ophthalmic, otic, or nasal infections.
US09119850B2	Compositions and methods for weight loss in at risk patient populations The present disclosure relates to compositions, kits, uses, systems and methods related to naltrexone plus bupropion for treating an overweight or obese subject at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Preferably, the subject has had type-two diabetes for a period of less than 6 years or is a current smoker, optionally that does not have type-two diabetes.
US09119849B2	Substituted guar protein extracts and production/applications thereof A variety of products are obtained from modified guar protein extracts, for example, cosmetic or pharmacological or plant protective compositions or domestic care agents containing such products; these are particularly suitable for treating and/or modifying and/or coating the skin, hair, hard and textile surfaces and, notably, plant leaf surfaces.
US09119845B2	Method for the treatment of neurological disorders by enhancing the activity of beta-glucocerebrosidase Provided is a method of increasing the stability of wild-type β-glucocerebrosidase. Also provided are methods of treating and/or preventing an individual having a neurological disease in which increased expression or activity of β-glucocerebrosidase in the central nervous system would be beneficial. This method includes administering an effective amount of a pharmacologic chaperone for β-glucocerebrosidase, with the proviso that the individual does not have a mutation in the gene encoding β-glucocerebrosidase. Further provided are β-glucocerebrosidase inhibitors which have been identified as specific pharmacologic chaperones and which have been shown to increase activity of β-glucocerebrosidase in vivo in the central nervous system.
US09119844B2	Use of quaternary pyridinium salts as vasoprotective agents The invention relates to the use of quaternary pyridinium salts of formula (I), wherein R is NH2, CH3, or N(H)CH2OH group, and X is pharmaceutically acceptable counterion, for the preparation of vasoprotective agent for the treatment or prevention of conditions or diseases associated with dysfunction of vascular endothelium, oxidative stress, and/or insufficient production of endothelial prostacyclin PGI2, in particular but not exclusively if the above coincides with hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia or low HDL level.
US09119842B2	Therapeutic meso-biliverdin IXα compositions and associated methods Methods and materials for treating various diseases and medical conditions with meso-biliverdin compositions. In addition methods and materials for producing meso-biliverdin are provided where the methods include reacting phycocyanobilin with an amphoteric compound in a solvent to yield meso-biliverdin are provided.
US09119831B2	Methods of manufacturing bioactive gels from extracellular matrix material The present invention is directed to methods of manufacturing bioactive gels from ECM material, i.e., gels which retain bioactivity, and can serve as scaffolds for preclinical and clinical tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches to tissue reconstruction. The manufacturing methods take advantage of a new recognition that bioactive gels from ECM material can be created by digesting particularized ECM material in an alkaline environment and neutralizing to provide bioactive gels.
US09119827B2	Ophthalmic composition Disclosed is an ophthalmic composition which is characterized by containing (A) a vitamin A, (B) a polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene glycol, and (C) an oil component that is selected from the group consisting of castor oil, soybean oil, sesame oil, peanut oil, olive oil, almond oil, wheat germ oil, corn oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, purified lanolin and gel hydrocarbon.
US09119819B2	Oral liquid compositions of rhein or diacerein The invention relates to liquid pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration comprising rhein or diacerein, or salts or esters or prodrugs thereof and processes for preparing such compositions.
US09119817B2	Wild-type apolipoprotein L-I for use in the prevention of kidney diseases A wild-type human Apolipoprotein L-I is used in a method for the prevention and/or the treatment of renal disease.
US09119815B2	Combined measles-malaria vaccine A combined measles-malaria vaccine containing different attenuated recombinant measles-malaria vectors comprising a heterologous nucleic acid encoding several Plasmodium falciparum antigens is described. Preferably, it relates to viral vectors that comprise nucleic acids encoding the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of P. falciparum, the merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) of P. falciparum, and its derivatives (p-42; p-83-30-38) in its glycosylated and secreted forms, and apical membrane antigen1 (AMA1) of P. falciparum, in its anchored or secreted form. The viral vector stems from an attenuated measles virus, based on a strain that is used as a vaccine and is efficient in delivering the gene of interest and that binds to and infects the relevant immune cells efficiently.
US09119803B2	Carious tooth vaccine and preparation method The present invention provides a vaccine composition for dental caries caused by S. mutans infection, where the vaccine composition comprises an antigen derived from a surface protein PAc of S. mutans and an adjuvant derived from flagellin. The present invention further provides methods for preparing the vaccine composition. The present invention also provides methods for preventing or curing dental caries caused by S. mutans by administrating to a subject the vaccine composition.
US09119799B2	Transdermal compositions comprising an active agent layer and an active agent conversion layer Transdermal compositions are provided. Aspects of the transdermal compositions include: an active agent layer and a conversion layer, where the conversion layer includes a weak base and, optionally, a carboxylated component. Also provided are methods of using the transdermal compositions and kits containing the transdermal compositions.
US09119781B2	Pharmaceutical spray composition comprising a vitamin D analogue and a corticosteroid The present invention relates to a topical spray composition comprising a biologically active vitamin D derivative and a corticosteroid, and its use in the treatment of dermal diseases and conditions. The spray comprises especially a propellant selected from the group consisting of dimethyl ether, diethyl ether and methylethyl ether or a mixture thereof and further a pharmaceutically acceptable lipid carrier solubilised or suspended in said propellant.
US09119775B2	Use of pilocarpine for hypoptyalism treatment A method of treating hypoptyalism in a subject is provided. The method includes administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition that includes pilocarpine and a bioadhesive polymer. The composition dissolves sublingually in the mouth of the subject and adheres to mucous tissues in the buccopharyngeal cavity. The pilocarpine then dissolves and binds to muscarine receptors present in cells of the subject's salivary glands, endobuccal submucous glands and submaxillary glands, is then absorbed by the cells thereby stimulating the glands to produce saliva.
US09119767B2	Manual CPR or CCC continuous chest compression assist device The invention is a manual CPR or CCC continuous chest compression assist device for use on a person suffering cardiac arrest. The assist device has a compressible body structure and an audible signal element, visual signal assembly or both. The audio signal element is interposed in the body structure to announce or generate an audible sound or “click” at a predetermined deflection of the compressible portions. The visual signal assembly is interposed in the body structure to announce or generate a visible light at a predetermined deflection of the compressible portions. The activation of the visual or audio signal corresponds to a predetermined deflection of the compressible portions pressing against the breastbone and alerts the person administering to initiate decompressing to relax the body structure for the next compression, upon relaxation the device decompresses and a second audible or visual signal or both indicates a reset of the device.
US09119752B2	Absorbent articles with elastics in multiple layers Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed, herein.
US09119751B2	Absorbent articles, fastener ears for absorbent articles, and processes for making same An absorbent article including a chassis, and first and second fastener ears coupled to the chassis, each fastener ear having a wave crest portion having an upper edge and a lower edge. A portion of the upper edge of the first fastener ear corresponds to a portion of the lower edge of the second fastener ear, and a portion of the upper edge of the first fastener ear does not correspond to a portion of the lower edge of the second fastener ear.
US09119743B2	Introducer for deploying an implant An introducer system includes a release wire and wire receivers forming a constraining mechanism that facilitates constraining at least one segment of an implant while permitting the remainder of the implant to expand during deployment. The constrained segment includes wire receivers associated with the implant that couple to the release wire and hold the constrained segment in its constrained state until it is released to expand.
US09119735B2	Intelligent prosthetic socket system with active user feedback interface and real time prosthesis diagnostics An apparatus is provided for use with a prosthetic system. The apparatus includes a controller and a wireless smart device. The controller operates to gather data and derive prosthetic information from a plurality of sensors, and transmits the prosthetic information over a wireless radio link, where the controller and the plurality of sensors are disposed within a housing that is within the interior of a prosthetic socket, the prosthetic socket having a formed reservoir at a distal end inside of which the housing is disposed. The wireless smart device is coupled to the controller via the wireless radio link, and receives the prosthetic information, and provides visual and audio representations of the prosthetic information to a user.
US09119731B2	Straight cup impactor A surgical tool device for effecting implantation of an implant such as an acetabular cup during a hip replacement surgery is described. The surgical tool holder has a strike plate, a body, a proximal fixed handle, a distal rotate handle, an insert handle with threads, an impactor head, a shaft, the shaft pin, a shaft ring, and a spring. In use, when a surgical implant device is threaded onto the shaft, the surgeon merely rotates the assembly comprising the distal rotate handle and the insert handle with threads in one direction, which causes a distal threaded area of the shaft to rotate in a second, opposite direction to act as a lock-nut for the surgical implant. This movement simultaneously pulls the shaft toward the surgical tool holder proximal end. The pulling motion ensures the surgical implant device is positioned against the impactor head's contacting surface to provide a rigid assembly for good tactile feel during the implantation of the cup.
US09119730B2	Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
US09119729B2	Steerable interbody fusion cage Intervertebral spacers, such as interbody vertebral cages, that facilitate minimally-invasive corrective restoration surgeries, and related methods. In some implementations, an introducer may be used introduce an intervertebral spacer in a first, straightened shape into an intervertebral disc space. The introducer may engage a plurality of adjacent recesses of the intervertebral spacer to maintain the intervertebral spacer in the first, straightened shape during introduction. An introducer, in some cases the same introducer, may be used to articulate the intervertebral spacer by actuating at least one hinge of the intervertebral spacer such that the intervertebral spacer assumes a second, curved shape once within the intervertebral disc space.
US09119726B2	Expandable implant of a minimally invasive surgery An expandable implant of a minimally invasive surgery contains a body, a positioning post, two first connecting sets, two second connecting sets, and two expanding pieces. The body includes two seats and an adjusting knob. The positioning post inserts into the body and includes one side contacting with the adjusting knob and another side having a conical member. The two first connecting sets couple with the two seats, and each first connecting set has two first rods coupling with a respective one of the two seats. The two second connecting sets connects with the positioning post, and each second connecting set has two second rods coupling with the positioning post. Each expanding piece axially connects with one of the two first rods of each first connecting set and one of the two second rods of each second connecting set.
US09119722B1	Measurement and placement techniques in hip resurfacing and the like The present invention includes a measurement/assessment technique based upon a collection of angular and distance measurements taken with respect to x-ray visible osteo-anatomical artifacts to arrive at accurate and easily reproducible component placement. In the context of hip arthroplasty surgery the method of the present invention involves determinations, from two different two-dimensional views, of the angles and distances from osteo-anatomical artifacts, to allow a surgeon to approach a hip resurfacing operation with the distance and angular measurements to be translated into actual markings and device settings to be able to accurately ream the femoral head structure, position and affix the femoral cap and acetabular cup components in accordance with the pre-determined distance and angular measurements.
US09119718B2	Device and method for improving the function of a heart valve A device for improving the function of a heart valve comprises: a support member formed from a shape memory material, and a restraining member providing a restraining action on a course of the support member. The support member may abut one side of the valve conforming to the shape of the valve annulus upon said shape memory material assuming an activated shape while the restraining member restrains the course of the support member. The restraining action is removable for allowing the support member to assume a desired, altered course. The restraining member may be biodegradable to be degraded within a patient or may be detachable from the support member to be withdrawn. The support member according to another embodiment presents a shape change in that an increased cross-section is associated with a shortened length of the support member. The support member according to yet another embodiment has a first and a second activated shape.
US09119710B2	Adjustable optical elements with enhanced ultraviolet protection The invention relates to novel optical elements having improved UV protection. The optical element comprises a light adjustable optical element with a UV absorbent layer applied to at least one surface of the optical element. The invention is particularly useful in light adjustable intraocular lenses.
US09119700B2	Graphical user interface system and method for representing and controlling surgical parameters Graphical user interface system and method for displaying and controlling a surgical device, such as a device used in phacoemulsfication procedures. A graphical user interface is displayed on a display screen and includes one or more representations of operating parameters, such as aspiration rate, vacuum, and power that are used to control the surgical device. A parameter is adjusted by moving a portion of a representation from a first location on the display screen to a second location on the display screen to change the operating parameter and control the surgical device.
US09119698B2	Wall prosthesis that can be implanted in the center of a wound to reinforce abdominal wall closure The invention relates to a prosthesis that can be implanted in the center of wall wound scarring. The inventive prosthesis, which is intended for use in abdominal surgery, is provided with a geometric shape in the form of sheets that converge in dihedral angles. The sheets or planes are made from a synthetic biotolerated material in porous form with large pores. One of the planes is inserted into the center of the scarring between the two aponeurotic surfaces to be joined. The other plane(s) of the prosthesis, which is perpendicular to the aforementioned plane, is arranged so as to overlap the aponeurotic edges of the edge of the section. The proliferation obtained around the prosthesis, in the scarring center and close thereto, provides stress resistance greater than that obtained in standard closures, thereby greatly reducing the risk of hernias caused by a badly healed wound.
US09119694B2	Spectral scanning photocrosslinking device A photo-curing device includes a light source for initiating the curing of a photo-curable material. The light source has light-emitting diodes, each emitting light in a determined wavelength range, the wavelength ranges of the LEDs overlapping partially so as to cover a continuous wavelength range that is broader than the wavelength range of each LED. An activation device is provided for selectively activating each LED.
US09119692B2	Shell forms for making provisional and long-term dental restorations The invention provides methods of making provisional and long-term dental restorations, particularly dental veneers, implants, crowns and bridges. A shell or restoration form made of polymerizable material having good dimensional shape-stability in its uncured condition is used to make the dental restoration. A polymerizable material is introduced into the cavity of the shell form. The outer shell and injected polymerizable material are polymerized and bond together to form a hardened crown structure. In one embodiment, the restoration can be fabricated indirectly by a dental laboratory. In another version, a dental practitioner can make the restoration chairside for a patient in a dental office.
US09119690B2	Fluid-operated medical or dental handheld element A fluid-operated medical or dental handheld element is disclosed, having a connecting device for connecting the handheld element to a fluid source so that a first impeller can be induced to rotate by a fluid stream to cause a tool to execute a driving motion, a fluid conducting device arranged between the connecting device and the first impeller for conveying a fluid stream away from or toward the first impeller, and a generator for generating electric power. The generator includes a second rotatable impeller that can be driven by at least a substream of the fluid stream conveyable in the first fluid conducting device. One result is more constant generation and output of power by the generator independent of the rotational speed of the first impeller, thereby insuring a more constant power supply to a power consuming device connected to the generator.
US09119684B2	Rod contouring method for percutaneous pedicle screw extension Anatomic points within the body are projected outside the body through the use of extenders (180, 182, 188). The projected points may then be used for measurement, or to facilitate the selection or configuration of an implant that is positioned proximate the anatomic points using a slotted cannula (143). Such an implant may be a rod (270) for a posterior spinal fusion system. Pedicle screws (140, 142, 148) may be implanted into pedicles of the spine, and may then serve as anchors for the extenders. The extenders (180, 182, 188) may have rod interfaces (214, 216, 218) that receive the rod (270) in a manner that mimics the geometry of the pedicle screws (140, 142, 148) so that the selected or configured contoured rod (270) will properly fit into engagement with the pedicle screws (140, 142, 148).
US09119682B2	Bone plating system and method The described apparatus and method include a bone plating system comprising a plate longitudinally extending between a first plate end and a second plate end, wherein the plate further comprises a first plate surface spaced apart from an opposing second plate surface. Further, the bone plating system further includes a first spacer segment longitudinally extending between a first spacer end and a second spacer end, wherein the first spacer segment is shaped to adapt the plate to conform to an adjacent bone segment surface.
US09119680B2	Interspinous spacer An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes is provided. The spacer includes a body and a wing rotatably connected to the body. The wing includes two U-shaped configurations that together define a substantially H-shaped configuration for retaining the spacer between adjacent spinous processes. An actuator assembly is connected to the body and to the wing with the proximal end of the spacer being connectable to a removable driver that is configured to engage the actuator assembly. While connected to the spacer, the driver is rotatable in one direction to deploy the wing from an undeployed to a deployed configuration and in an opposite direction to undeploy the wing. In the deployed configuration, the spacer acts as a space holder opening up the area of the spinal canal, maintaining foraminal height, reducing stress on the facet joints and relieving pain for the patient.
US09119663B2	Hybrid cannula and methods for manufacturing the same A hybrid cannula may comprise a rigid portion overmolded with a flexible portion. The rigid portion at its proximal end may comprise a rigid flange for preventing the proximal end of the hybrid cannula from being pushed through the portal. The flexible portion may comprise a dam within the passage of the hybrid cannula, the dam defining interior spaces thereof between the proximal and distal ends of the hybrid cannula. The flexible portion's distal end may comprise a variety of features extending therefrom, including a flange and/or a cannulated tip. The flexible portion's proximal end may further comprise a membrane to prevent liquid from projecting during insertion of a tool into the dam and/or removal of the tool from the dam. The hybrid cannula can be useful in minimally invasive surgical procedures, including arthroscopic and endoscopic surgeries.
US09119658B2	Hook shaped ultrasonic cutting blade An ultrasonic surgical blade has a blade body and a shank. The shank is fixed at one end to the blade body and is operatively connectable at an opposite end to a source of ultrasonic vibrations. The shank has a longitudinal axis. The blade body is eccentrically disposed relative to the axis.
US09119655B2	Surgical manipulator capable of controlling a surgical instrument in multiple modes A surgical manipulator for manipulating a surgical instrument and an energy applicator extending from the surgical instrument. The surgical manipulator further includes a switch and at least one controller configured to control operation of the surgical manipulator in a first operating mode or a second operating mode. The at least one controller is also configured to determine a commanded pose to which the energy applicator is advanced based on a summation of a plurality of input forces and torques and transition between the operating modes by adjusting the plurality of input forces and torques in response to actuation of the switch.
US09119654B2	Stabilizer for robotic beating-heart surgery Surgical methods and devices allow closed-chest surgery to be performed on a heart of a patient while the heart is beating. A region of the heart is stabilized by engaging a surface of the heart with a stabilizer without having to stop the heart. Motion of the target tissues is inhibited sufficiently to treat the target tissues with robotic surgical tools which move in response to inputs of a robotic system operator. A stabilizing surface of the stabilizer is coupled to a drive system to position the surface from outside the patient, preferably by actuators of the robotic servomechanism. Exemplary stabilizers includes a suture or other flexible tension member spanning between a pair of jointed bodies, allowing the member to occlude a coronary blood vessel and/or help stabilize the target region between the stabilizing surfaces.
US09119651B2	Recanalizing occluded vessels using controlled antegrade and retrograde tracking A method and systems for treating chronic total occlusions, particularly those that are difficult to treat, is disclosed. In this approach, recanalizing the CTO is achieved using a combined antegrade and retrograde approach. The proximal end of the occlusion is penetrated using an antegrade wire, using a traditional approach. Using collateral vessels, the distal end of the occlusion is crossed in a retrograde fashion and by appropriately maneuvering each member, a continuous channel is created. Additional elements such as capture devices, dilators and injection catheters are also disclosed.
US09119649B2	Energy delivery systems and uses thereof The present invention relates to comprehensive systems, devices and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In certain embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided for treating a tissue region (e.g., a tumor) through application of energy.
US09119647B2	Apparatus, system and method for performing an electrosurgical procedure An apparatus for performing a microwave ablation procedure is provided. The apparatus includes a catheter including an open proximal end and a closed distal end configured to percutaneously access tissue. A directional microwave antenna probe adapted to connect to a source of microwave energy selectively couples to the catheter. The directional microwave antenna is rotatable within the catheter for directing the emission of microwave energy therefrom to tissue.
US09119645B2	Pedicle drill guide for spinal surgery A Pedicle Drill Guide is a radiolucent device which allows preliminary positioning of a needle/trochar near the pedicle in the AP view and adjusting the final position of the lateral view without changing the initial position of the AP position. This guide allows simultaneous alignment of both AP and Lateral views for ultimate ideal or perfect pathway for the pedicle cannulization.
US09119639B2	Articulated cavity creator Disclosed herein are devices for use through a cannula to create cavities within interior body regions. When deployed, the distal end of several such devices extend beyond the distal end of the catheter and can then be selectively curved into a shaped compression surface that, when articulated, creates a void within the interior body. This compression surface may then be withdrawn back into the cannula for removal and to make way for bone cement that, in certain instances, may be introduced through the same cannula.
US09119636B2	Dispersive belt for an ablation system An electrosurgery system includes a catheter including one or more active electrodes adapted to be positioned adjacent biological tissue at an in vivo treatment site in a patient and to deliver electrical energy to the biological tissue. The electrosurgery system further includes a dispersive electrode assembly including a conductive element having a first end and a second end. The dispersive electrode assembly is configured to surround a waist of the patient such that a first surface of the conductive element is in contact with the waist and the first end of the conductive element is adjacent the second end of the conductive element.
US09119635B2	Surgical cutting guide, surgical alignment guide and surgical instrument system A surgical cutting guide (8) is described which comprises a body section delimiting a recess (14) extending into the body section from an external surface. The recess has a central axis and is for receiving an attachment protrusion (18) from a surgical alignment guide (6). The recess comprises: a first portion (36) having a first constant cross section along the central axis; and a second portion (38) having a second constant cross section along the central axis which is larger than the first constant cross section. The first and second portions are coaxial with the central axis and the second portion is closer to the external surface than the first portion. This configuration creates a stepped surface in the recess which is engaged by corresponding features on a protrusion of a surgical alignment guide. The attachment protrusion (18) of the alignment guide (6) has a central axis and comprises: a first portion (20) having a first constant cross section along the central axis; and a second portion (22) having a second constant cross section along the central axis that is larger than the first constant cross section. The first portion is further away than the second portion, and the first and second portions are coaxial with the central axis. The surgical cutting guide and surgical alignment guide form a system in which the alignment guide can be removed more easily from the cutting guide because there is more freedom of movement once the stepped surfaces are disengaged.
US09119630B2	Surgical forceps A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members. One (or both) of the first and second jaw members is moveable relative to the other between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween. One (or both) of the jaw members includes a jaw frame a disposable jaw housing and an elastomeric ring member. The disposable jaw housing is releasably engageable with the jaw frame. The elastomeric ring member is removably positionable about a distal end of the jaw housing. The elastomeric ring member is configured to define a gap distance between the first and second jaw members upon movement of the first and second jaw members to the approximated position.
US09119621B2	Stapler for mucosectomy The head of a stapler for mucosectomy comprises an external goblet-shaped body (1) wherein an internal goblet-shaped body (2) is concentrically and slidingly located, at the edge of which a circular blade (3) is fixed. The internal goblet-shaped body (2) is provided with a central hole (5) wherein a rod (6) is slidingly inserted, at the end (7) of which an anvil (8; 8′) is fixed. One or more annular grooves (11), which are parallel and suitably spaced one from the other, are formed on the lateral surface of the rod (6) perpendicularly to the axis thereof. Said grooves (11) are intended to receive a portion of mucosa (9a) which is included in a purse string suture as the mucosa is tied around the rod (6). By retracting the rod (6) in the central hole (5) of the stem (2a) of the internal goblet-shaped body (2) the mucosa to be removed is carried into the internal goblet-shaped body (2). The anvil (8; 8′) and the circular blade (3) are moved closer one to the other, by suitable means, in order to cut the tissues when the stapler is in a closed position.
US09119615B2	Devices and methods for endoluminal plication Devices and methods are provided for forming and securing a tissue plication. More particularly, the devices and methods of the present invention can be used to create multiple tissue folds on an anterior and posterior wall of a stomach cavity to reduce the volume thereof. In one aspect, a tissue acquisition and fixation system is described that includes a staple applying assembly having first and second jaws, and a tissue acquisition member that extends substantially parallel to a plane running through the first and second jaws. The tissue acquisition member is effective to engage and position tissue between the first and second jaws, and the jaws are effective to apply at least one staple to the tissue engaged therebetween.
US09119607B2	Heart occlusion devices The present invention is specifically directed to a heart occlusion device with a self-centering mechanism. The heart occlusion device includes two separate uniquely shaped wires 12, 14, each forming shapes that mirror the respective wire's shapes. Each wire forms half-discs or quarter-discs that together form a distal disc and a proximal disc. In other versions, the device includes four separate wires, each mirroring its neighboring wire and forming a proximal and a distal quarter-disc. In the versions with four wires, the quarter-discs of each wire together form proximal and distal discs. The distal disc and proximal disc are separated by a self-centering waist. The proximal disc is attached to a hub comprising a screw mechanism. A similar hub is optional on the distal disc. The discs further include coverings which form a sealant to occlude an aperture in a tissue. The wires forming the discs have a shape-memory capability such that they can be collapsed and distorted in a catheter during delivery but resume and maintain their intended shape after delivery.
US09119593B2	Multi-mode tomosynthesis/mammography gain calibration and image correction using gain map information from selected projection angles A multi-mode tomosynthesis/mammography system and method in which a mammography gain map is used to gain correct mammographic images of a patient's breast but enhanced gain maps for respective projection angled are used to correct tomosynthesis images acquired with the same system.
US09119591B2	3D ultrasound system and method for operating 3D ultrasound system A 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound system and a method for operating a 3D ultrasound system are provided. A 3D ultrasound system includes an extractor, a processor, and a controller. The extractor scans an image of an object in a human body, and extracts a region of interest (ROI) image in an inputted ROI with respect to a selected image. The processor detects edges from a plurality of side images of the object with respect to the ROI image. The controller measures the thickness of the image using the detected edges.
US09119588B2	Opacity technology A catheter device comprising a chamber containing an opacity enhancing substance is disclosed. The opacity enhancing substance is in a dried or semi-dried form within the chamber of the device. Release of a liquid into the chamber suspends the substance and forms an opacity enhancing solution that is released into the lumen of the device in order to enhance the opacity of the device for imaging.
US09119586B2	Ultrasound imaging system An ultrasound imaging system includes a console and a key pad. The console includes a two dimensional display region having a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension, wherein the horizontal dimension is smaller than the vertical dimension. The display region includes an upper portion configured to display image data and a lower portion configured to display, concurrently with displaying the image data in the upper portion, a touch screen menu including a set of soft controls that are respectively configured to control a secondary set of ultrasound imaging functions. The key pad includes a set of physical controls that are respectively configured to control a primary set of ultrasound imaging functions, wherein the key pad has a width that is less than a width of the console. In one embodiment, the key pad is hermetically sealed, and is easily cleanable, disinfectable and/or sterilizable.
US09119583B2	Method for modulation of neuronal activity in the brain by means of sensory stimulation and detection of brain activity The invention relates to a method for controlled modulation of physiological and pathological neuronal rhythmic activity in the brain by means of sensory stimulation, which is capable of diagnostically ascertaining functional disorders in the brain and of alleviating or eliminating the symptoms of a functional disruption. According to the invention, the method comprises generating a plurality of pulses at a plurality of excitation frequencies, respectively, to stimulate neuronal rhythmic activity in a patient's brain; measuring the neuronal rhythmic activity in response to the pulses; determining an excitation frequency in which the measured neuronal rhythmic activity has a maximum amplitude of pathological rhythm; generating an entraining periodic pulse sequence operating at the excitation frequency; and generating a desynchronization pulse following the entraining periodic pulse sequence to desynchronize the neuronal rhythmic activity, where the pulse are either visual or acoustic or tactile.
US09119579B2	Microdialysis probe and method for the production thereof A microdialysis probe including a probe body, a supply line and a discharge line for a perfusion solution and a dialysis membrane, wherein a probe needle for introduction into a tissue is provided by a generally elongate frame. The frame has at least one recess at least partially open for receiving at least a portion of the supply and discharge lines. The invention encompasses a method for making such a probe, wherein the method includes arranging a dialysis membrane on a shaping device, shaping the dialysis membrane in a selected shape, applying an adhesive agent to the dialysis membrane to keep the membrane in the selected shape, and separating the dialysis membrane and the shaping devices after the adhesive agent has been applied.
US09119566B2	Present-on-bed determination apparatus and sleep measurement apparatus A present-on-bed determination apparatus includes: a sensor unit usable with a bottom bedding and configured to measure biological displacement of a human subject on the bottom bedding so as to output a measurement signal showing a measurement result; a first signal processing unit configured to amplify the measurement signal with a first gain so as to output a first output signal; a first A/D conversion unit configured to output a plurality of first level values obtained by A/D conversion of the first output signal; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the human subject is present on the bottom bedding in accordance with a dispersion indicator that indicates dispersion degree of the plurality of the first level values.
US09119560B2	X-ray CT apparatus An X-ray CT apparatus of the present invention includes an image reconstruction unit that, according to scanning conditions, acquires an irradiated X-ray image which is the distribution of the irradiation intensity of X-rays irradiated to an object by an X-ray irradiation unit, performs projection conversion of the irradiated X-ray image and a reconstructed image, and generates an exposure dose image, which is an image showing the distribution of an exposure dose of the object, and also calculates the exposure dose using the projection-converted reconstructed image and an irradiated X-ray image corresponding to a generation region of the reconstructed image.
US09119544B2	Acquiring global shutter-type video images with CMOS pixel array by strobing light during vertical blanking period in otherwise dark environment A CMOS pixel array is introduced into a dark environment to acquire video image frames. During a first frame, each row of pixels is sequentially reset, one row at a time, and then each row of pixels is sequentially read out, one row at a time. During a second frame, each row of pixels is sequentially reset, one row at a time, and then each row of pixels sequentially read out, one row at a time. A light source illuminates the dark environment during a vertical blanking period between the reading of the last row during the first frame and the reading of the first row during the second frame. The light source does not illuminate the dark environment between reading the first and last rows during the first frame nor between reading the first and last rows during the second frame.
US09119542B2	Patient support pads for use in detecting lymphedema through x-ray scans A system for detecting lymphedema comprising a dual energy x-ray absorptiometry system and one or more spacer pads disposed within a field of view of the dual energy x-ray absorptiometry system. The dual energy x-ray absorptiometry system comprising an x-ray source and a patient support platform, wherein the patient support platform is configured to receive a patient in a supine position with the x-ray source disposed above the patient support platform. The one or more spacer pads configured to be positioned between body parts of the patient.
US09119537B2	Blood pressure measuring apparatus and blood pressure measuring method A blood pressure measuring apparatus which measures a blood pressure in a step of gradually changing a cuff pressure adapted to press an artery, includes: a pulse wave detecting unit; a pulse wave interval measuring unit; a waveform information storing unit; a change trend calculating unit; a waveform information comparing unit; and a determining unit which, when first two of the pulse waves, which are successively detected at different cuff pressures, satisfy a predetermined condition: that a magnitude relationship between the amplitudes of the first two of the pulse waves is consistent with the change trend of the first two of the pulse waves; that the pulse wave interval between the first two of the pulse waves is within a predetermined range; and that the waveform information of the first two of the pulse waves approximately coincide with each other, determines that the amplitude of latter one of the first two of the pulse waves is to be used for calculating the blood pressure value.
US09119535B2	Blood pressure manometer and a method of calculating indices of atherosclerosis using the blood pressure manometer A blood pressure measurement device accurately calculates an index useful in determining the degree of arteriosclerosis by accurately detecting a difference in time of appearance of a ejection wave and reflected wave in a blood pressure waveform. The device sets a threshold value based on an index that expresses a characteristic of the blood pressure waveform with respect to the point of appearance of the reflected wave in the blood pressure and estimates a rise point of the reflected wave by calculating an x-coordinate value of a point based on a maximum amplitude of the reflected wave and the threshold value. The device obtains the index of degree of arteriosclerosis by calculating a time difference in appearance between the ejection wave and the reflected wave based on the estimated rise point of the reflected wave.
US09119533B2	Systems, methods, and devices having stretchable integrated circuitry for sensing and delivering therapy System, devices and methods are presented that integrate stretchable or flexible circuitry, including arrays of active devices for enhanced sensing, diagnostic, and therapeutic capabilities. The invention enables conformal sensing contact with tissues of interest, such as the inner wall of a lumen, a the brain, or the surface of the heart. Such direct, conformal contact increases accuracy of measurement and delivery of therapy. Further, the invention enables the incorporation of both sensing and therapeutic devices on the same substrate allowing for faster treatment of diseased tissue and fewer devices to perform the same procedure.

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