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US09639166B2	Background model for user recognition A computer system comprises a hardware interface, a computer-memory device, an update engine, and a posture-recognition engine. The hardware interface is configured to receive depth video of an environment from a camera. The computer-memory device stores a background model of the environment preservable over a reboot of the computer system, the background model including a plurality of trusted coordinates derived from the depth video. The update engine is configured to update the background model, including moving a trusted coordinate to greater depth if an observed pixel is behind the trusted coordinate over a first duration, but retaining the trusted coordinate if the observed pixel depth is in front of the trusted coordinate over the first duration. The posture-recognition engine is configured to recognize posture of a user in front of a background portion of the video, which is bounded by the trusted coordinates of the background model.
US09639165B2	Position detection system and control method of position detection system A projection system includes a light emitting apparatus that emits detection light to a detection area for detecting indication positions of indicators, and a projector that detects the indication positions of the indicators in the detection area. The projector includes an imaging portion that captures an image of the detection area, and a position detection portion that detects at least one of an image of light generated by the indicator and an image of the detection light reflected on the indicator from data of a captured image of the imaging portion, and discriminates and detects the indication positions of the indicator and the indicator based on light emission timings of the indicator and the light emitting apparatus.
US09639146B2	Telematic asset microfluidic analysis A fluid analyzing system comprises an electronic control module and a telematics device. The electronic control module is coupled with an asset. The electronic control module is configured for initiating acquisition of a sample of a fluid of the asset and initiating a microfluidic analysis of the sample in response to occurrence of an analysis trigger. The analysis trigger comprises an operating characteristic of the asset. The telematics device coupled is coupled with both the asset and the electronic control module. The telematics device is configured for wirelessly transmitting results of the microfluidic analysis to an asset management system located remotely from the asset and the telematics device.
US09639142B2	Apparatus and method for controlling power consumption of devices performing communications between a processor and I/O devices An information processing apparatus is connected to a plurality of input/output devices. The information processing apparatus includes an arithmetic processing device configured to perform a computation, and a plurality of communication devices each configured to perform a communication between the plurality of input/output devices and the arithmetic processing device. The information processing apparatus further includes a determination unit configured to determine a communication device whose power consumption is controllable, among the plurality of communication devices, and a managing unit configured to suppress power consumption of the communication device determined by the determination unit.
US09639133B2	Accurate power-on detector Described is an apparatus which comprises: an input for providing a first voltage signal; a level translator, coupled to the input, to translate the first voltage signal to a second input voltage, the second input voltage having a voltage level higher than a voltage level of the first voltage signal; and an open loop reference core coupled to the level translator, the open loop reference core to receive the second input voltage and to generate an output indicating whether the first voltage signal is above or below a reference level.
US09639128B2	System and method for thermoelectric memory temperature control Systems, methods, and computer programs, embodied in or as a memory management module, are disclosed for thermally controlling memory to increase its performance. One exemplary embodiment includes a memory, one or more processors, and a thermoelectric cooling device. The one or more processors access the memory via a memory controller electrically coupled to the memory. The thermoelectric cooling device is configured to thermally control the memory in response to a predicted change in temperature of the memory.
US09639124B2	Carrier for hard disk drive A carrier includes a frame defining a first space configured to accommodate a first type of hard disk drive, and an adjusting mechanism slidably coupled to the frame. The adjusting mechanism is transitionable between: (i) a first configuration in which the adjusting mechanism is located outside the first space defined by the frame, and (ii) a second configuration in which the adjusting mechanism is located inside the first space, the adjusting mechanism and the frame cooperatively define a second space configured to accommodate a second type of hard disk drive different from the first type of hard disk drive.
US09639122B2	Stretchable display A stretchable display is disclosed. In one aspect, the stretchable display includes a display unit that is stretchable and a rotation member arranged below the display unit and connected to the display unit. The rotation member is configured to tension the display unit. The stretchable display further includes a fixing member arranged below the rotation member and defining a rotation axis. The rotation member is further configured to rotate about the rotation axis so as to tension the display unit.
US09639120B2	Heat dissipation structure of wearable electronic device A heat dissipation structure of wearable electronic device includes a wearable main body and a wearable strap body connected with the wearable main body. The wearable main body includes a receiving space, a circuit board and multiple electronic components arranged on the circuit board. At least one of the electronic components is a heat source. The wearable strap body has a heat conduction section and a protection section enclosing the heat conduction section. A section of the heat conduction section is exposed to an interior of the receiving space without being enclosed by the protection section. The exposed section of the heat conduction section is in contact with the corresponding heat source on the circuit board so as to greatly enhance the heat dissipation performance of the wearable electronic device.
US09639111B2	Household appliance comprising a knob the outer periphery of which is illuminated The present invention relates to a household appliance (1) comprising a control panel (2), a push-pull type and rotary knob (3) which is disposed to the control panel (2), a casing (5) which is produced from plastic, fixed to the back side of the control panel (2) and which forms a housing for the knob (3), and which has a cylindrical side wall (4), more than one light source (8) which provides the periphery of the knob (3) to be illuminated by emitting light, a printed circuit board (9) whereon the light sources (8) are integrated and a light guide (14) which transmits the light received from the light sources (8) to the periphery of the knob (3).
US09639085B1	Phugoid peaks trajectory for hypersonic glide vehicles A new apparatus and method for determining trajectories for hypersonic glide vehicles significantly reduces integrated, or total, heat load, with little reduction in time to distance and maximum range. The new approach identifies a trajectory having large phugoid oscillations and plotting a glide trajectory along the peaks of the phugoid oscillations. The glide trajectory is determined by calculating a first altitude that results in a maximum lift to drag ratio trajectory having damped or small phugoid oscillations, then calculating a different altitude that results in larger phugoid oscillations, and higher phugoid peaks, and finally plotting a trajectory from the first altitude that follows the peaks of the higher phugoid oscillation trajectory. The thus calculated trajectory can be input into a glide vehicle guidance system for controlling the trajectory of the glide vehicle from a point where it reaches the first altitude.
US09639080B2	Controller for controlling machine tool and robot A controller for controlling a machine tool and a robot includes a storage unit, configured to store an input machining program including a statement for machine tool and a statement for robot, and a machining program distribution unit configured to transfer the statement for machine tool, out of the statements for machine tool and statements for robot that are included in the stored machining program, to the machine tool control unit and to transfer the statement for robot to the robot control unit.
US09639073B2	Information processing apparatus for discriminating between combined results of plurality of elements, program product and method for same An information processing apparatus, article of manufacture and method for discriminating between combined results of a plurality of elements. The apparatus includes: an assigning unit that assigns an element identification value to each of a plurality of basic elements, a generating unit that combines two or more basic elements, among the plurality of basic elements, so as to generate a combined element representing the two or more combined basic elements, and a calculating unit that merges, through an operation corresponding to an element combination method, a plurality of element identification values individually assigned to the plurality of basic elements contained in the combined element so as to calculate one element identification value for the combined element, where two elements are combined by an order-considered or ordered-ignored combination method, the calculating unit merges two corresponding element identification values through an operation where the commutative law holds or does not hold.
US09639070B2	Controlling a turbine with a recurrent neural network A method for controlling a turbine is proposed, which is characterized at any point in the control by a hidden state. The dynamic behavior of the turbine is modeled with a recurrent neural network comprising a recurrent hidden layer. In this case, the recurrent hidden layer is formed from vectors of neurons, which describe the hidden state of the turbine at the time points of the regulation, wherein two vectors are chronologically linked for each time point with a first connection bridging a time and second connection bridging at least two points in time. Short-term effects can be controlled by means of the first connections and long-term effects can be adjusted by means of the second connections. Secondly, emissions and also occurring dynamics in the turbine can be minimized. Furthermore, a regulating device and a turbine with such a regulating device are proposed.
US09639064B2	Wearable electronic device with hand synchronization A wearable electronic device having an analog display and a digital display. The device may include a receiver for receiving, from a remote source, current time information data representative of a current time; a controller, operatively coupled to the receiver, wherein the controller processes the current time information data received from the remote source and provides for the current time information data to be displayed by the at least one digital indicator on the digital display as the current time; and a an analog time indicator rotating arrangement for causing the rotation of the at least one analog time indicator until the at least one analog time indicator is aligned with the at least one digital indicator; whereby the alignment of the at least one analog time indicator with the at least one digital indicator indicates that the at least one analog time indicator is synchronized with the correct time information.
US09639062B2	Vapor cell and method for making same Vapor cells and methods for making the same are presented, in which a cell cavity is completely filled with aqueous alkali metal azide solution and the solution is dried at a controlled evaporation rate to substantially maintain edge contact pinning at an interface with the cavity sidewall to promote preferential evaporation in the center and outward capillary flow from an unpinned air-fluid interface toward the sidewall to form crystallized alkali metal material at the sidewall while inhibiting drying of dispersed aqueous solution on a transparent cavity bottom to provide substantially unrestricted passage of light through the cavity for atomic clock and other applications.
US09639060B1	Diving watch assembly A diving watch assembly includes an internal airtight and waterproof space formed by a housing, an upper cover, a transparent plate and a lower cover, and an air pressure watch core, a water pressure watch core and a dial disc installed in the internal airtight and waterproof space. The air pressure watch core is adapted to drive a first pointer, and the water pressure watch core is adapted to drive the second pointer. The air pressure (air amount) scale and the water pressure (water amount) scale are respectively indicated by the first pointer and the second pointer on the same dial disc.
US09639055B2	Image forming apparatus comprising process cartridge An image forming apparatus includes a body casing, a plurality of process cartridges, and a moving member. Each process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum having a rotation axis extending in a first direction. The plurality of process cartridges are configured to move between an engaging position and a release position in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The photosensitive drum and the positioning member engage with each other in the engaging position, and are disengaged from each other releasing the engagement in the release position. The moving member in a pressing position is configured to exert pressure so that the process cartridges are moved to the engaging position. The moving member in the non-pressing position is configured to release the pressure so that the process cartridges are moved to the release position.
US09639053B2	Image forming apparatus and cartridge group In an image forming apparatus, when a line connecting a midpoint of a line segment connecting a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion and a rotational center of a first photosensitive drum as viewed from a first axial direction of the first photosensitive drum is referred to as a first straight line, and a line connecting a midpoint of a line segment connecting a third supporting portion and a fourth supporting portion and a rotational center of a second photosensitive drum as viewed from a second axial direction of the second photosensitive drum is referred to as a second straight line, the first straight line as viewed from the first axial direction and the second straight line as viewed from the second axial direction are not parallel to each other.
US09639050B2	Electrophotographic patterning of an image definition material A method is disclosed in the context of a system comprises an electrophotographic subsystem, a transfer subsystem, an imaging member, and an inking subsystem. The electrophotographic subsystem comprises a photoreceptor, a charging subsystem, an exposure subsystem, and a development subsystem. In operation, the photoreceptor is charged areawise. An exposure pattern is formed by the exposure subsystem on the surface of the charged photoreceptor to thereby write a latent charge image onto the photoreceptor surface. The image is developed with an image definition material, such as a dampening fluid. The image definition material forms a positive pattern of the image to be printed. The image pattern is then transferred to the reimageable surface. The transferred pattern is then developed by selectively applying an ink over regions of image definition material. The inked image may be transferred to a substrate.
US09639043B1	Heater and fixing device According to one embodiment, a heater includes an elongated substrate; a conductor that is provided on the substrate along a longitudinal direction of the substrate; and a plurality of resistance heating elements which are respectively disposed on the substrate along the longitudinal direction of the substrate, are electrically connected to each other in series by the conductor, and of which each resistance temperature coefficient becomes smaller as the resistance heating elements approach end regions in the longitudinal direction of the substrate.
US09639040B2	Fixing device having a support unit supporting a rotation unit fixing a toner image onto a sheet so as to rotate by first and second protrusions A heating device suppresses a bias force toward a center in a longitudinal direction (center in a rotation axis direction) of a fixing film serving as a rotation member, thereby preventing film overlapping and sheet wrinkles. The sliding friction resistance in the rotation axis direction of a fixing film between the fixing film and a protrusion is set so that at least the sliding friction resistance in an end part in the rotation axis direction is larger than the sliding friction resistance in a region closer to a central part in the rotation axis direction than the end part.
US09639034B2	Image forming apparatus and removing member An image forming apparatus includes a carrier that carries a toner image formed by a toner, the toner including a toner body and an external additive, a circularity of the external additive being about 0.5 to about 0.9, a transfer member that holds a transferred body between the transfer member and the carrier, the transfer member transferring the toner image to the transferred body, and a removing member that includes a contact portion, the contact portion contacting the transfer member, the removing member removing toner that adheres to the transfer member from the toner image carried by the carrier, the contact portion being made of an elastic material that satisfies an inequality (1) below: A≧−2.5×B+102 (1) where A denotes a pure water contact angle (°) at 23° C. and 55% RH, and B denotes a 100% modulus (MPa) at 23° C.
US09639029B2	Image forming apparatus having a rotational portion which accommodates a developer An image forming apparatus includes an accommodation container, a storage medium, and a controller. The accommodation container includes a rotational portion and outflow portion. The rotational portion accommodates a developer therein and has a helical-shaped transport section formed in an inner surface thereof. The outflow portion rotatably supports the rotational portion and has an outflow port through which the developer transported during rotation of the rotational portion flows out. The storage medium stores use state information of the developer accommodated in the rotational portion. The controller controls a driving source which drives the rotational portion. When a use state of the accommodation container for the developer is a use state which is set in advance, the controller intermittently drives the rotational portion by performing driving at a rotation angle of (n+½)π±18 degrees or less than 90 degrees and stopping.
US09639028B2	Image forming apparatus and container for developer A container for developer detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus body includes a container body, a discharge member, a resistive member, and a resistance reduction mechanism. The container body contains developer and is rotated when drive is transmitted from the image forming apparatus body. The discharge member supports the container body rotatable relative to the discharge member and has a discharge port through which the developer is discharged. The resistive member is brought into contact with the container body so as to apply resistance to the rotation of the container body. The resistance reduction mechanism changes a contact state between the resistive member and the container body so as to reduce the resistance between the resistive member and the container body when the container is mounted to the image forming apparatus body.
US09639021B2	Image forming system, image forming method, and charge adjusting apparatus The image forming system having an image forming apparatus and a charge adjusting apparatus has a decision unit that decides an amount of charge to be applied to a recording sheet from coverages of toner images of both surfaces of the recording sheet, the image forming apparatus has a fixing unit that heats and presses a recording sheet to which a toner image is transferred, thereby fixing the toner image to the recording sheet, and the charge adjusting apparatus has a voltage applying unit that applies a voltage to the recording sheet to which the toner image is fixed by the fixing unit, thereby applying charge with the amount decided by the decision unit to the recording sheet.
US09639014B2	Electrostatic charge image developer, developer cartridge, and process cartridge An electrostatic charge image developer includes an electrostatic charge image developing carrier containing a ferrite particle and an electrostatic charge image developing toner containing metallic particles whose resistance is from 1010 Ωcm to 1013 Ωcm in an electric field of 10,000 V/cm, wherein the electrostatic charge image developing carrier satisfies the following formula (1): 0.9≦RB/RA≦1.0 (1), wherein RA represents the resistance of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier in an electric field of 2,400 V/cm, and RB represents the resistance of the electrostatic charge image developing carrier in an electric field of 19,200 V/cm.
US09639011B2	Colorless digital primer for digital printing A colorless digital primer for digital printing includes a colorless paste. The colorless paste includes a non-polar carrier fluid, and a resin swollen in the non-polar carrier fluid. The resin is present in the paste in an amount ranging from about 20% (w/w) to about 50% (w/w). A solid polar compound is dispersed in the resin. The solid polar compound is selected from the group consisting of a cellulose microcrystalline powder, dextrin, maltose monohydrate, polyacrylic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, a styrene maleic anhydride copolymer, a bismaleimide oligomer, sucrose, sucrose octaacetate, sucrose benzoate, and combinations thereof. The solid polar compound is present in an amount up to 60 wt. % of solids in the colorless paste.
US09639008B2	Lithography apparatus, and article manufacturing method A lithography apparatus includes a measuring station that includes a first measuring device configured to measure a height of a substrate holder, and a second measuring device configured to measure a height of a surface of a substrate held by the holder, and a patterning station that includes a third measuring device configured to measure a height of the holder, and patterns the substrate held by the holder based on an output of the second measuring device. The patterning station includes a fourth measuring device configured to measure a height of a surface of a substrate held by the holder. The lithography apparatus includes a controller configured to obtain a correction value for an output obtained from at least one of the first and third measuring devices based on outputs of the second and fourth measuring devices with respect to a substrate held by the holder.
US09639005B2	Imaging catoptric EUV projection optical unit An imaging catoptric optical unit has at least four mirror, which image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. A first chief ray plane of the optical unit is prescribed by propagation of a chief ray of a central object field point during the reflection at one of the mirrors. A second chief ray plane of the optical unit is prescribed by propagation of the chief ray of the central object field point during the reflection at one of the other mirrors. The two chief ray planes include an angle that differs from 0. In an alternative or additional aspect, the imaging optical unit, considered via the image field, has a maximum diattenuation of 10% or a diattenuation that prefers a tangential polarization of the imaging light for a respectively considered illumination angle. The result of both aspects is an imaging optical unit in which bothersome polarization influences are reduced during the reflection of imaging light at the mirrors of the imaging optical unit.
US09639002B2	Method of forming resist pattern A method of forming a resist pattern including forming a resist film on a substrate using a resist composition which generates acid upon exposure and exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of the acid; exposing the resist film; and patterning the exposed resist film by negative-tone development using a developing solution containing an organic solvent, to form a resist pattern. The resist composition includes a polymeric compound having at least two kinds of specific structural units.
US09639001B2	Optically transitioned metal-insulator surface A system to dynamically configure a conductive pathway and a method of forming a dynamically configurable conductive pathway are described. The system includes a substrate to mechanically support a circuit, and a photosensitive layer disposed on at least a portion of at least one side of the substrate. The system also includes a light source to controllably define the conductive pathway in the photosensitive layer based on photoexcitation of an area of the photosensitive layer corresponding with the conductive pathway, a change in the area photoexcited by the light source facilitating a change in the conductive pathway.
US09639000B2	Position detector, position detection method, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing device A position detector (16), configured to detect a position of a mark on an object to be detected, comprises an image pickup unit (34), an optical system, a noise obtaining unit (36) and a correction unit (38). The image pickup unit picks up an image of the object to be detected. The optical system forms an image of the object to be detected on an image pickup surface of the image pickup unit. The noise obtaining unit obtains noise information by picking up an image of a region other than the mark using the optical system and the image pickup unit in accordance with the result of adjustment of an optical member included in the optical system. The correction unit corrects, using the noise information obtained by the noise obtaining unit, the image of the mark obtained using the optical system and the image pickup unit.
US09638999B2	Dual-layer light-sensitive developer-soluble bottom anti-reflective coatings for 193-nm lithography The present invention provides methods of fabricating microelectronics structures and the resulting structures formed thereby using a dual-layer, light-sensitive, wet-developable bottom anti-reflective coating stack to reduce reflectance from the substrate during exposure. The invention provides dye-filled and dye-attached compositions for use in the anti-reflective coatings. The anti-reflective coatings are thermally crosslinkable and photochemically decrosslinkable. The bottom anti-reflective coating stack has gradient optical properties and develops at the same time as the photoresist. The method and structure are particularly suited to high-NA lithography processes.
US09638993B2	Phase-shift mask The present invention provides a phase-shift mask comprising a light shading region which is covered by a light shading pattern and a light transmission region which is not covered by the light shading pattern, the light shading pattern comprises a symmetrical part and an asymmetrical part provided outside the symmetrical part, wherein, an optical blocking unit is provided in a part of the light transmission region outside the symmetrical part away from the asymmetrical part, so that intensity of light transmitted through the part of the light transmission region provided with the optical blocking unit is reduced. During an exposure process using the phase-shift mask of the present invention, the obtained exposure intensity is more uniform.
US09638984B2	Search range extension for depth assisted autofocus Systems and methods described herein can adjust a search range generated by a camera using depth-assisted autofocus based in part on measuring focus values in a first search range. For example, in some embodiments, a method includes estimating a depth of an object to be captured in an image, determining a first range of lens positions based at least in part on the estimating, moving the lens of the camera to a plurality of lens positions within the first range of lens positions, capturing a plurality of images, the plurality of images being captured at one or more of the plurality of lens positions, generating one or more focus values based on the plurality of images, and determining one or more additional lens positions or a second range of lens positions based at least in part on the one or more focus values.
US09638982B2	Deep ultraviolet non-linear optical crystal of barium borate hydrate, preparation method therefor and use thereof Provided area deep ultraviolet non-linear optical crystal of barium borate hydrate, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The chemical formula of the crystal is Ba2B11O22H7, belonging to monoclinic system, with the space group thereof being P21, the crystal cell parameters thereof being a=6.7719(10) Å, b=21.1195(4) Å, c=6.8274(10) Å, β=119.3950(10) °, and the molecular weight thereof being 752.65. The non-linear optical crystal of borate is obtained by means of programmed cooling or natural cooling using a hydrothermal method. The crystal powder has a frequency-doubled effect of about 2 times that of KDP (KH2PO4) and an ultraviolet cut-off edge of below 175 nm and can be used as a deep ultraviolet non-linear optical crystal. The growth process of the crystal has advantages such as simple, a low cost, a low toxicity, a short growth cycle, stable physical and chemical properties, etc. The deep ultraviolet non-linear optical crystal of barium borate hydrate Ba2B11O22H7 is widely used in the preparation of non-linear optical devices such as frequency doubling generators, upper frequency converters, lower frequency converters, optical parametric oscillators etc.
US09638981B2	Optical switch with improved switching efficiency An optical device comprises a first optical coupler configured to receive a light signal and provide a first output and a second output, a first optical waveguide in optical communication with the first output and configured to provide a first optical path for a first portion of the light signal, and a second optical waveguide in optical communication with the second output and configured to provide a second optical path for a second portion of the light signal, wherein the first optical waveguide is configured to provide a phase differential between the first optical path and the second optical path, wherein the second optical waveguide is positioned according to a lateral thermal diffusion length associated with the first optical waveguide, and wherein the lateral thermal diffusion length is a spreading distance of a thermal effect in a direction about perpendicular to the first optical path.
US09638980B2	Modulator and production method thereof A modulator including: a Mach-Zehnder modulator that includes an optical waveguide disposed on a substrate, the optical waveguide including an electrode thereon; a resin layer disposed on the substrate, the resin layer embedding the optical waveguide, the resin layer having a groove arranged besides the optical waveguide; a termination resistor disposed on the substrate in the groove of the resin layer; and a first wiring disposed on the resin layer, the first wiring being connected to the termination resistor and the electrode of the optical waveguide.
US09638979B2	Light control film The present invention relates to a light control film, comprising:two transparent electroconductive substrates; anda light control layer sandwiched between the two transparent electroconductive substrates,wherein the light control layer contains a resin matrix and a light control suspension dispersed in the resin matrix, and the concentration of the light control suspension in the vicinity of each of the transparent electroconductive substrates is smaller than that of the light control suspension in the middle in the thickness direction of the light control layer.
US09638973B2	Array substrate, fault line repair method and display device An array substrate, a fault line repair method thereof, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; a gate line and a signal line which are arranged on the base substrate, adjacent gate lines and adjacent signal lines crossing with each other to define a pixel region; and a pixel electrode located in the pixel region. The array substrate further includes a common electrode corresponding to the pixel electrode. The common electrode includes: a frame; a first strip-shaped connection part arranged in the frame and having both ends thereof connected with the frame; and a second strip-shaped connection part connected with the first strip-shaped connection part in a crossed manner and having both ends thereof disconnected from the frame. The signal line is parallel with the second strip-shaped connection part and located directly above or directly under the second strip-shaped connection part.
US09638963B2	Display device Minimum distances between features in high resolution liquid crystal displays are described. Specifically, minimum distances between a column spacer and contact holes in adjacent pixels are described. Maintaining a minimum distance between a column spacer and a contact hole prevents the column spacer from being unintentionally placed in a nearby contact hole. This unintentional placement can be more likely in high resolution displays due to reduced pixel size.
US09638961B2	Liquid crystal display device, manufacturing method of the same and electronic equipment A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, liquid crystal layer, and first and second spacer sections. The first substrate has a first surface including a light-shielding region in a lattice form and a plurality of opening regions surrounded by the light-shielding region. The light-shielding region includes a plurality of first extended portions extending in a first direction and a plurality of second extended portions extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction. The first substrate has a plurality of transistors formed thereon. The second substrate has a second surface that is opposed to and spaced from the first surface. The liquid crystal layer is arranged between the first and second surfaces. The first spacer section has long sides oriented in the second direction, and the second spacer section has long sides oriented in the first direction. The spacer sections protrude into the liquid crystal layer.
US09638959B2	Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device The disclosure discloses a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and an LCD device. The LCD panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate arranged opposing to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein alignment film layers are provided on the surfaces of the first and second substrates facing the liquid crystal layer, and concave-convex microstructures are formed on the surfaces of the alignment film layers.
US09638945B2	Display device The invention refers to a technical problem of display device, and discloses a display device. The display device includes a backlight source, a rubber frame provided on the backlight source, a LGP and an optical film layer provided in the rubber frame, and shading bars lapping over the rubber frame and the optical film layer respectively, and further includes a display panel, which contains a display panel border lapping over the rubber frame. In the above technical solution, the rubber frame is used for a supporter to support the display panel. Specifically, the display panel border exposed from the display panel laps over the rubber frame, so that the rubber frame is able to support the border as a supporter when the display panel is pressed.
US09638943B2	LCD panel and manufacturing method thereof An LCD panel, which includes liquid crystal cells, a TFT testing unit, and a gate, source, and drain electrode testing pad, is provided. The TFT testing unit includes three electrode testing wires, each of which has one end connected to a gate, source, or a drain electrode, and the other end connected to a corresponding one of the three electrode testing pads. A manufacture method for the LCD panel is also provided. Electrical measurements of the TFT in the liquid crystal cell is realized.
US09638942B2	Ultra-responsive phase shifters for depletion mode silicon modulators A novel phase shifter design for carrier depletion based silicon modulators, based on an experimentally validated model, is described. It is believed that the heretofore neglected effect of incomplete ionization will have a significant impact on ultra-responsive phase shifters. A low VπL product of 0.3 V·cm associated with a low propagation loss of 20 dB/cm is expected to be observed. The phase shifter is based on overlapping implantation steps, where the doses and energies are carefully chosen to utilize counter-doping to produce an S-shaped junction. This junction has a particularly attractive VπL figure of merit, while simultaneously achieving attractively low capacitance and optical loss. This improvement will enable significantly smaller Mach-Zehnder modulators to be constructed that nonetheless would have low drive voltages, with substantial decreases in insertion loss. The described fabrication process is of minimal complexity; in particular, no high-resolution lithographic step is required.
US09638922B2	High-efficiency line-forming optical systems and methods A line-forming optical system and method are disclosed that form a line image with high-efficiency. A method includes forming a laser beam having a first intensity profile with a Gaussian distribution in at least a first direction and passing at least 50% of the laser beam in the first direction to form a first transmitted light. The method also includes: focusing the first transmitted light at an intermediate image plane to define a second intensity profile having a central peak and first side peaks immediately adjacent the central peak; then truncating the second intensity profile within each of first side peaks to define a second transmitted light; and then forming the line image at an image plane from the second transmitted light.
US09638918B2	Display device and head-up display device provided therewith A display device includes a display panel having a display surface, an infrared cut filter layer disposed at a display surface side of the display panel, and a polarization layer disposed at a position farther from the display surface than the infrared cut filter layer in such a manner that the polarization layer is in contact with the infrared cut filter layer, the polarization layer having a higher transmittance of infrared light than that of the infrared cut filter layer.
US09638912B2	Method and apparatus for determining a focal position of an imaging device adapted to image a biologic sample A method and apparatus for focusing a device for imaging a biologic sample is provided. A method aspect includes the steps of: disposing lenslets within a biologic sample, which lenslets have a height and a refractive index, which refractive index is different from that of the sample, wherein one or both of the imaging device and the sample are relatively locatable so a focal position of the imaging device can be moved along the height of the lenslets; imaging a portion of the sample including lenslets using transmittance at one or more wavelengths; determining an average light transmittance intensity of the sample at the wavelengths; determining an average light transmittance intensity of a region of each lenslet at the wavelengths; and determining the focal position of the imaging device using the average light transmittance intensity of the sample and the average light transmittance intensity of the region of the lenslets.
US09638910B2	Image measurement device The image measurement device includes: a measurement target place specifying part that specifies a measurement target place on a workpiece image based on a user's operation; an illumination condition storage part that holds two or more illumination conditions; an imaging control part that controls a camera and an illumination device to acquire two or more of the workpiece images sequentially photographed while making the illumination condition different; a workpiece image display part that displays the acquired plurality of workpiece images; a workpiece image selecting part that selects any one of the displayed workpiece images; an illumination condition deciding part that decides the illumination condition based on the selected workpiece image; and a dimension calculating part that extracts an edge of the measurement target place based on the workpiece image photographed on the decided illumination condition, and obtains a dimension of the measurement target place based on the extracted edge.
US09638904B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same In a zoom lens including, in order from an object side: a front group including at least one lens unit; a positive lens unit; and a negative lens unit, an interval between the lens units adjacent to each other is changed during zooming, a combined focal length of the front group is negative at a wide angle end, the positive lens unit moves toward the object side during zooming from the wide angle end to a telephoto end, the negative lens unit moves toward the image side during focusing from infinity to proximity at a first zoom position, and during focusing from infinity to proximity at a second zoom position, which is on a telephoto side of the first zoom position, the positive lens unit moves toward the image side, and the negative lens unit moves toward the object side.
US09638901B2	Zoom lens and imaging device using the same A zoom lens includes, in the order starting from the object side to the side of an image plane, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. The fourth lens group includes, in the order starting from the side closest to the image plane to the object side, a first positive lens, a first negative lens, a second negative lens and a second positive lens. The fourth lens group G4 has a configuration that satisfies the following conditional expression (1) when νdP1 represents an Abbe number of the first positive lens L46 and νdN1 represents an Abbe number of the first negative lens L45: −40<νdP1−νdN1<0 (1).
US09638897B2	Optical image capturing system A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the five lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US09638894B2	Photographing optical lens assembly, image capturing device and electronic device A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The third lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The fourth lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface, and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and having at least one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof, wherein the surfaced thereof are aspheric.
US09638891B2	Imaging lens and imaging apparatus An imaging lens consists of, in order from the object side, a front group, a stop, and a rear group, wherein the front group includes, in order from the most-object side, a positive first lens, a negative second lens, a negative third lens which are adjacently disposed, and further includes a final lens of the front group adjacent to the stop, with the surface toward the stop being convex toward the image side, the rear group includes, in order from the image side, two sets of cemented lenses having positive refractive powers, which are adjacently disposed, the object-side cemented lens of the two sets of cemented lenses is formed by cementing a positive lens and a negative meniscus lens together, and the image-side cemented lens is formed by cementing a negative meniscus lens and a positive lens together.
US09638887B2	Supporting device for a curved mirror The invention relates to a support device for a curved mirror having support elements and a curved mirror. The objective of providing a support device for a curved mirror which is constructed in a particularly simple manner and which enables particularly low production costs is achieved by a support device in that the support device has at least one bent metal carrier profile-member, the bent carrier profile-member having in the longitudinal direction an at least similar curvature to the curved mirror and being substantially mirror-symmetrical in the longitudinal direction.
US09638883B1	Passive alignment of array camera modules constructed from lens stack arrays and sensors based upon alignment information obtained during manufacture of array camera modules using an active alignment process Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention actively align a representative optic array with an imager array, and subsequently passively align constituent optic arrays with constituent imager arrays based on data from the active alignment. In one embodiment, a method of aligning a plurality of lens stack arrays with a corresponding plurality of sensors includes: aligning a first lens stack array relative to a first sensor, varying the spatial relationship between the first lens stack array and the first sensor; capturing images of a known target using the arrangement at different spatial relationships between the first lens stack array and the first sensor; scoring the quality of the captured images; and aligning at least a second lens stack array relative to at least a second sensor, based on the scored images and the corresponding spatial relationships by which the scored images were obtained.
US09638858B2	Athermal hybrid optical source A hybrid optical source that provides an optical signal having a wavelength (or a narrow band of wavelengths) is described. This hybrid optical source includes an optical amplifier (such as a III-V semiconductor optical amplifier) that is butt-coupled or vertically coupled to a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform, and which outputs an optical signal. The SOI platform includes an optical waveguide that conveys the optical signal. A temperature-compensation element included in the optical waveguide compensates for temperature dependence of the indexes of refraction of the optical amplifier and the optical waveguide. In addition, a reflector, adjacent to the optical waveguide after the temperature-compensation element, reflects a portion of the optical signal and transmits another portion of the optical signal that has the wavelength.
US09638853B2	Article of manufacture with micro-features of differing surface roughness An article of manufacture includes first and second micro-features of well-defined shape. In some embodiments, the article of manufacture is a light guide or redirecting film and the second micro-features are micro-optical elements configured to disrupt a specular optical path that includes the second micro-optical element. In other embodiments, the article of manufacture is a patterning tool for use in making an optical substrate. Embodiments of the optical substrate are formed by injection molding or embossing using the patterning tool.
US09638851B2	Method of manufacturing wire grid polarizer A method of manufacturing a wire grid polarizer includes: preparing a stamp having a nanostructure body at one surface and forming a mask layer with anisotropic vapor deposition at the one surface; forming a metal film on a substrate; transferring a mask layer of an upper portion of a nanostructure body in the mask layer onto the metal film; and patterning the metal film into metal lines by removing a portion that is not covered with the mask layer in the metal film with dry etching.
US09638849B2	Liquid crystal compound, optical film, and method for producing optical film An optical film of the present invention includes an optically anisotropic layer containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or an optically anisotropic layer formed by the curing of a polymerizable composition containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1):
US09638844B2	Forming of a nanostructured spectral filter A spectral filter includes an assembly of filtering cells. Each cell has a same nanostructured pattern and a preferential direction of the pattern. This preferential direction is, for each cell, oriented approximately radially with respect to a single point of the spectral filter. Alternatively, this preferential direction is, for each cell, oriented approximately ortho-radially with respect to the single point of the spectral filter. The single point may be a center point. Alternatively, the single point may correspond to an optical axis of a lens element associated with the spectral filter.
US09638839B2	Optical zoom probe An optical zoom probe is disclosed. The optical zoom probe includes: at least one liquid lens having a focus which is configured to be adjusted according to a flow of a fluid through a flow path; and a barrel provided to form the flow path and including a narrowed first end part including a first opening through which an image is captured, the at least one liquid lens being provided inside the barrel.
US09638838B1	Lens having microstructures A lens having microstructures has a first face and a second face. The first face has an optical portion at a central portion thereof. An optical mechanism portion is defined around the optical portion. The optical mechanism portion is formed with at least one recessed microstructure whose bottom has a matte surface.
US09638828B2	Method and system for performing surveying and sampling in a body of water Method and system is described for marine surveying. The method involves operations for exploring and developing hydrocarbons with one or more unmanned vehicles. The unmanned vehicles are used to perform marine surveying and to obtain one or more samples that may be used to identify chemical, hydrocarbon and/or biologic information, which may be used for environmental monitoring of bodies of water.
US09638827B2	Directional antennas for electromagnetic mapping in a borehole A bottom hole assembly used for a field operation is disclosed herein. The bottom hole assembly can include at least one directional antenna disposed on an outer surface of a first tubing pipe of a tubing string, where the at least one directional antenna receives a first electric current from at least one power source, where the first electric current generates a first magnetic field that radiates from the at least one directional antenna into a formation. The bottom hole assembly can also include at least one receiver disposed on a second tubing pipe of the tubing string, where the at least one receiver receives the first magnetic field returning from the formation.
US09638826B2	Method using near and far field ULF and ELF interferometry synthetic aperture radar for subsurface imaging This invention relates to devices and processes for geophysical prospecting, subsurface fluid monitoring and, more particular, to the use of interferometric techniques using Control Source Electromagnetic (“CSEM”) and Magnetoturelic (“MT”) signals to create images of sub-surface structures and fluids.
US09638814B2	Radiation imaging apparatus, radiation imaging system, and storage medium A radiation imaging apparatus including a radiation detection unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices configured to convert radiation into electric charges are arranged and a communication unit configured to output image data formed from electric charges read out from the photoelectric conversion devices includes a setting unit configured to perform setting for connecting the communication unit wirelessly to an external apparatus, by executing processing based on a plurality of setting methods.
US09638810B2	Imaging detector A detector array (112) includes at least one detector pixel (306) with a cavity (400) that defines a three dimensional volume. A surface of the cavity includes at least two photosensitive regions and a non-photosensitive region there between, defining at least two sub-pixels (306i, 3062) which detect light photons traversing within the three dimensional cavity and produce respective signals indicative thereof. The detector array further includes a scintillator (302), including a first sub-portion that is located in the cavity and which emits the light photons in response to absorbing x-ray photons. Light photons emitted by the first sub-portion are detected by both of the at least two sub-pixels
US09638802B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle detection method using global positioning system leakage signal and system therefor An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) detection method and a system therefor are provided. The UAV detection method includes receiving a radio signal from air, detecting a global positioning system (GPS) leakage signal of a predetermined frequency from the received radio signal, and determining that a UAV is detected when the GPS leakage signal is detected.
US09638801B2	Depth sensing using optical pulses and fixed coded aperature In a system and method for reconstructing a scene, a light source transmits an optical pulse unto the scene, and a set of sensors receive a reflected pulse to acquire sensed signals corresponding to the optical pulse. There is a fixed coded aperture in an optical path between the light source and set of sensors. Then, a processor performs a method to reconstruct the scene as a three-dimensional (3D) depth map using a scene model.
US09638798B2	Imaging transducer array An imaging transducer (302) includes a plurality of transducer elements (404, 604, 704, 804) arranged with respect to each other in an array along an long axis of the transducer, wherein an effective width of a transducer element of the transducer is equal to or greater than a center-to-center distance between adjacent transducer elements. A method includes acquiring data with an imaging transducer, wherein the transducer includes a plurality of transducer elements arranged with respect to each other in an array along an long axis of the transducer, wherein an effective width of a transducer element of the transducer is equal to or greater than a center-to-center distance between adjacent transducer elements.
US09638788B2	Apparatus for detecting creeping of radar waves An apparatus that detects creeping of radar waves includes: a transmitter transmitting radar waves; a receiver receiving incoming waves from a target; a distance detecting unit detecting a first distance which is a distance up to the target; a speed derivation unit deriving a relative speed relative to the target; a distance estimating unit estimating, based on the relative speed, a second distance which is a distance up to the target; and a creeping detecting unit determining whether or not a creeping has occurred in accordance with whether or not the differential distance representing a deviation quantity between the first distance and the second distance is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
US09638777B2	Electric properties tomography imaging method and system A magnetic resonance method of electric properties tomography imaging of an object includes applying an excitation RF field to the object via a coil at a first spatial coil position (402), acquiring resulting magnetic resonance signals via a receiving channel from the object, determining from the acquired magnetic resonance signals a first phase distribution and a first amplitude of a given magnetic field component of the excitation RF field of the coil at the first coil position (402), repeating these steps with a coil at a second different spatial coil position (404), to obtain a second phase distribution, determining a phase difference between the first and second phase distribution, determining a first and a second complex permittivity of the object, the first complex permittivity comprising the first amplitude of the given magnetic field component and the second complex permittivity comprising the second amplitude of the given magnetic field component and the phase difference, equating the first complex permittivity and the second complex permittivity for receiving a final equation and determining from the final equation a phase of the given magnetic field component for the first coil position (402).
US09638773B2	Ferromagnetic augmentation for magnetic resonance imaging In some aspects, a magnetic system for use in a low-field MRI system. The magnetic system comprises at least one electromagnet configured to, when operated, generate a magnetic field to contribute to a B0 field for the low-field MRI system, and at least one permanent magnet to produce a magnetic field to contribute to the B0 field.
US09638771B2	High-frequency coil and magnetic resonance imaging device employing same A technique is provided to reserve large examination space in the tunnel type MRI apparatus, without increasing production cost nor reducing significantly irradiation efficiency and homogeneity in an irradiation distribution within an imaging region. The present invention provides an RF coil unit in which four partial cylindrical coils are placed with a gap therebetween in the circumferential direction inside a cylindrical RF shield, in such a manner that two pairs of the partial cylindrical coils are opposed to each other, and magnetic fields produced by the individual partial cylindrical coils are combined, thereby producing a circularly polarized wave field or an elliptically polarized wave field. The partial cylindrical coil is provided with a partial cylindrical conductor, multiple first conductors substantially parallel with the central axis of the RF shield, multiple capacitors connecting both ends of the first conductors with the partial cylindrical conductor, and a second conductor adjacent to at least one of the ends of the first conductor. The partial cylindrical coils are respectively provided with high frequency signals having a desired amplitude ratio and phase difference, while a reference frequency thereof being identical.
US09638768B2	Circuit board integrated atomic magnetometer and gyroscope Magnetometers, atomic sensors and related systems, methods and devices are disclosed. In one configuration, an assembly for use in a high-sensitivity atomic sensor can include an alkali vapor cell, at least one illumination source configured to emit light when activated, the emitted light having a first predetermined range of wavelengths, a light collector capable of collecting light in the first predetermined range of wavelengths, and a plurality of optical elements arranged such that (a) light emitted from the at least one illumination source is directed to the alkali vapor cell, and (b) light emerging from the alkali vapor cell is directed to the light collector.
US09638763B2	Resonant impedance sensing with a negative impedance control loop implemented with synchronized class D and output comparators A resonant impedance sensing system includes a negative impedance control loop incorporating the resonator as a loop filter, and including a class D negative impedance stage implemented with a class D comparator, and a loop control stage implemented with an output comparator clocked (D_clk) by the class D comparator. The class D comparator receives resonator oscillation voltage, and generates a class D switching output synchronized with resonator oscillation frequency. A discrete current source (such as a current DAC) drives the resonator through an H-bridge switched by the class D switching output, so that the time average of the discrete drive current corresponds to resonator oscillation amplitude. Based on resonator oscillation amplitude, the output comparator provides a discrete loop control signal to the discrete current source, driving the resonator with a negative impedance that balances resonant impedance, thereby maintaining constant resonator oscillation amplitude corresponding to steady-state oscillation.
US09638762B2	Highly efficient diagnostic methods for monolithic sensor systems Embodiments relate to integrated circuit (IC) sensors and more particularly to IC sensor diagnostics using multiple (e.g., redundant) communication signal paths, wherein one or more of the communication signal paths can be diverse (e.g., in hardware, software or processing, an operating principle, or in some other way) from at least one other of the multiple communication signal paths. Embodiments can relate to a variety of sensor types, implementations and applications, including 3D magnetic field and other sensors.
US09638753B2	Tap clock and enable control of scan register, flip-flop, compressor The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for providing expected data, mask data, and control signals to scan test architectures within a device using the falling edge of a test/scan clock. The signals are provided on device leads that are also used to provide signals to scan test architectures using the rising edge of the test/scan clock. According to the disclosure, device test leads serve to input different test signals on the rising and falling edge of the test/scan clock which reduces the number of interconnects between a tester and the device under test.
US09638747B2	Placing integrated circuit devices using perturbation Placing integrated circuit devices using a perturbation is described. In one example, a testing platform has a circuit board. A socket is on the board for receiving and connecting to an integrated circuit package. The socket has an array of pins to engage connection bumps on a surface of the package and a biasing feature to guide the package into alignment with the pins of the socket. A perturbation source induces movement of the package into alignment with the pins of the socket.
US09638742B2	Method and apparatus for testing electrical connections on a printed circuit board A test system and method for identifying open and shorted connections on a printed circuit board (PCB). An integrated circuit (IC) unit on the PCB is configured to generate a test signal on an output pin connected to a test pin on a second device, connector, or socket on the PCB. For a connection, the test signal is capacitively coupled to a detector plate proximal the second device. Based on the signal coupled to the detector, time domain analysis is performed on the coupled signal to determine if the test pin has a good connection to the PCB or if the pin is open or shorted. Analysis may include cross-correlating the coupled signal with a learned signal obtained from a known “good” PCB. The test pin may pass the test if the cross-correlation is within a specified threshold window. If the test fails, additional tests may be performed to troubleshoot the cause of the testing failure.
US09638736B2	DC level detection circuit between high speed signal line connecting ports, a system including the circuit, and methods of making and using the same A DC level detection circuit between high speed signal line connecting ports and a system using the same in optical communications is disclosed. Corresponding ports of a high speed signal line each have an additional resistor, where one additional resistor has a resistance significantly greater than that of the other resistor. The smaller resistor is grounded. The larger resistor is connected to a DC voltage source, a low pass filter, and a signal detection port. Thus, when both ports of the high speed signal line are connected, a status of the electrical level detected at the signal detection port changes. The circuit detects the connection state of the high speed signal line without negative effects on signal transmission and is applicable to various circuits, especially plug-in modules and corresponding slots. Thus, the circuit further enables signal port multifunctionality, increases module installation accuracy, and provides higher compatibility for plug-in modules.
US09638735B2	Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) excitation wiring intermittent failure monitor Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting faults in excitation wiring. A first sum of a first high voltage and a first low voltage related to a first sensor is determined, where the first sensor is further related to an excitation voltage. A second sum of a second high voltage and a second low voltage related to a second sensor is determined, where the second sensor is further related to the excitation voltage. The excitation voltage is provided to both the first and second sensors using excitation wiring. A determination is made whether each of the first sum and the second sum changes beyond a threshold amount during a first time interval. After determining that each of the first sum and the second sum has changed beyond the threshold amount during the first time interval, an indication of a fault in the excitation wiring is provided.
US09638732B2	Method and circuit for assessing pulse-width-modulated signals A method of assessing a pulse-width-modulated signal in which the pulse-width-modulated signal to be assessed is applied to a first input of a microcontroller and a signal, that depends on the pulse-width-modulated signal being assessed, is applied to a second input of the microcontroller for assessment. The pulse-width-modulated signal being assessed is applied to a voltage divider to produce the signal that depends on the same. For the pulse-width-modulated signal to be assessed and for the signal that depends on the same, in each case, the microcontroller determines a time interval between signal edges of the respective signal, and the signal is assessed on the basis of a difference between the time interval between the signal edges in the pulse-width-modulated signal to be assessed and the time interval between the signal edges in the signal that depends on the same.
US09638727B2	Power inductor and method for implementing shunting measurement through inductor winding Disclosed is a power inductor. The inductor comprises a magnetic core and multiple lines. The multiple lines have a first terminal and a second terminal, are parallel with each other, and wind the magnetic core to form a winding. The lines at the first terminal depart from the magnetic core at the same position, and the lines at the second terminal depart from the magnetic core at the same position. At least one line at the first terminal forms a first interface end, the other lines at the first terminal, which are not utilized to form the first interface end, form a second interface end, and the lines at the second terminal together form a third interface end. By measuring the current flowing through the first interface end using a current sensor with a small measuring range, the current flowing through the power inductor can be estimated based on ratio.
US09638722B2	Current sensor and control circuit A current sensor includes an induction coil, a Hall sensor, and a calibration coil loaded by a generator continuously with a calibration current of defined frequency ωcal. A first evaluation circuit is loaded with the induction signal. A second evaluation circuit, whose input receives the Hall signal, includes a low-pass filter. A third evaluation circuit evaluates a part of the Hall signal that is attributed to the calibration current and uses it for defining a parameter of the second evaluation circuit. A fourth evaluation circuit generates an output signal that represents the current magnitude and is the sum of the output signal of the first evaluation circuit and the output signal of the second evaluation circuit minus the part of the output signal of the second evaluation circuit which is attributed to the calibration current.
US09638714B2	On-center electrically conductive pins for integrated testing A structure and method for providing a contact pin between a device under test (DUT) and a load board which provides upper and lower contact point which are axial aligned is disclosed. The pin has an upper (30) and lower (32) section and a hinge in between which allow flex of both upper and lower contact (24/26) which, but the axial alignment can provide a direct replacement for POGO pins but with greater reliability. It also includes a structure and method for removing upper pins 230 by use of a modified hinge 244a. In an alternate embodiment, the lower section includes a leg extension 320 and a sliding contact land 360 which slides against an aperture in the housing. A spacer 342 provides space for decoupling components on the load board. The hinge may include a truncated cylinder 40b which is configured to permit remove of the upper pin without removal of the lower.
US09638713B2	Non-transitory computer readable medium, action detection apparatus, and action detection method A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes calculating a variance of acceleration in individual sections obtained by dividing, by a first predetermined time interval, acceleration information for multiple axis directions detected from a subject whose action is to be determined; extracting, as a first candidate region, a section with the largest variance of acceleration from among the sections; calculating a variance of acceleration in individual sections obtained by shifting the first candidate region forward and backward by a second predetermined time interval; selecting, as a second candidate region, a section with the largest variance of acceleration from among the first candidate region and the sections obtained by shifting the first candidate region forward and backward; calculating a feature value for the second candidate region; and determining the action of the subject based on the feature value.
US09638706B2	Standard solution for use in analysis of amino acid in plasma An external standard solution for use in the analysis of amino acid in plasma, containing,(1) at least one amino acid selected from the following components A, at a concentration of 0.0007 M to 0.49 M, and (2) (i) at least one amino acid selected from the following components B, at a concentration of 0.2 to 0.9 times of the lowest-concentration amino acid among the amino acids selected from components A, (ii) at least one amino acid selected from the following components C, at a concentration of 0.1 to 0.4 times of the lowest-concentration amino acid among amino acids selected from the components A, or (iii) at least one amino acid selected from the following components D, at a concentration of 0.05 to 0.2 times of the lowest-concentration amino acid among amino acids selected from the components A; [Components A] valine, glycine, alanine and glutamine [Components B] serine, proline, threonine, taurine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, histidine, phenylalanine and tyrosine [Components C] asparagine, ornithine, arginine and tryptophan [Components D] glutamic acid, methionine, citrulline and cystine.
US09638699B2	Biomarkers of oxidative stress The present invention relates to a method for detecting cardiovascular oxidative stress in an individual, comprising detecting in a blood sample from the individual modification of a cysteine at position 45 of the β1-subunit of the human erythrocyte ATP-dependent Na+K+ pump protein or of an equivalent cysteine in a homolog or variant thereof. The invention further relates to a kit for detecting cardiovascular oxidative stress in an individual, the kit comprising at least one agent for detecting the presence of a modification in a cysteine at position 45 of the β1-subunit of the human erythrocyte ATP-dependent Na+K+ pump protein or of an equivalent cysteine in a homolog or variant thereof, wherein said modification is a result of oxidation.
US09638683B2	Systems and methods for determining recycled thermoplastic content A system and a method for determining a percentage of recycled polyethylene terephthalate present in a test sample includes selecting a contaminant from a set of known contaminants. At least one predictor analyzes is identified from a group of predictor analyzes as being a statistically independent predictor analyzes of a presence of the selected contaminant. Predicting a percent recycled polyethylene terephthalate, identifying at least one set of best subsets of the statistically independent predictor analyzes of percent recycled polyethylene terephthalate and refining a percent recycled polyethylene terephthalate statistical model to a final predicted percent recycled polyethylene terephthalate model.
US09638673B2	Ultrasonic testing instrument with dithery pulsing Disclosed is an ultrasonic device optimized with both averaging and dithery pulsing techniques. The averaging technique significantly removes white noise; on the other hand, the dithery pulsing significantly removes acoustic noise, which is otherwise accumulated during conventional averaging processes.
US09638666B1	Sequential differential mobility analyzer and method of using same The invention is essentially a sequential (“DMA”) apparatus using a novel arrangement of at least three electrodes and at least two block electrodes to produce a DMA apparatus having at least two sequential DMA regions between pairs of adjacent electrode walls within the same housing. This apparatus is used to improve the transfer of particles into the subsequent DMA region without a vacuum or pump, and to improve the separation of target particles from non-target particles and concentration and collection of the target particles.
US09638663B2	Cartridge for diagnostic testing The present invention relates to a cartridge for conducting diagnostic assays. The cartridge consists of an assembly of components that are easily assembled. The cartridge provides means for receiving a patient sample, precisely controlling fluid introduction, onboard storage of assay fluid and conducting different assay protocols and detection of a plurality of analytes. Methods of use for the cartridge are described. The disclosed invention is suitable for point of care environments or any place where rapid, ultrasensitive testing is required.
US09638643B2	Particulate contamination measurement method and apparatus A particulate contamination measurement method and apparatus are discussed. The method, for example, comprises pressing a measurement surface (5) of a polyurethane elastomer (2) against a surface (7) to be measured, removing the polyurethane elastomer from the surface without leaving residues, then using an optical apparatus (11) to detect particles (8) which have been removed by the polyurethane elastomer from the surface and which have become attached to the polyurethane elastomer.
US09638641B2	Inspection system and inspection illumination device In order to provide an inspection illumination device that makes it possible to greatly change a light amount within an observation solid angle of an imaging device even in a case where a change in reflection or scattering taking place at a feature point is subtle, and thus detect such a minute feature point, the inspection illumination device includes: a surface light source that emits inspection light; a lens that is arranged between the surface light source and an inspection object, and provides an image of the surface light source near the inspection object; and a first light shielding mask that is arranged between the surface light source and the inspection object, and forms a dark domain within an illumination solid angle of the inspection light applied to each point on the inspection object.
US09638639B2	Plasmonic-magnetic bifunctional nanotubes for biological applications The present invention includes nanotubes or rods, methods and arrays using plasmonic-magnetic bifunctional nanotubes or rods comprising: one or more silica nanotubes or rods; one or more nanomagnets embedded in a portion of the silica nanotubes or rods; and plasmonic metal nanoparticles uniformly coating in or on at least a portion of the surface of the nanomagnets and the silica nanotubes surface-coated.
US09638632B2	Multiplexed interferometric detection system and method Disclosed are improved optical detection systems and methods comprising multiplexed interferometric detection systems and methods for determining a characteristic property of a sample, together with various applications of the disclosed techniques.
US09638629B2	Mass analysis data analyzing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for estimating the structure of an unidentified substance produced from an original substance having a known structural formula through partial structural change caused by metabolism or the like. A mass difference between a product ion, originating from the unidentified substance and having a partial structure including a structural change site, and a product ion, originating from the original substance and having a partial structure prior to the structural change, is equal to the mass difference between the original substance and the unidentified substance. Therefore, when pairs of product ions each having such a mass difference are selected to be compared with partial structures obtained from the known structural formula of the original substance, a minimum common partial structure having the structural change site is obtained.
US09638627B2	Integrating sphere In an integrating sphere including a structure having a spherical inner wall that forms a spherical space, there are provided an LED circuit board equipped at one end with a light-emitting device adapted to radiate a light in the space at an input port formed at the structure to be diffuse-reflected on the spherical inner wall and equipped at other end with a heat sink, a measuring port formed at the structure to pass the light diffuse-reflected on the spherical inner wall on a measuring object, an output port formed at the structure to output a reflected light of the diffuse-reflected light passing the measuring port and reflected on the measuring object outside, and a detector adapted to be detachably connected to the output port to receive the outputted reflected light.
US09638619B2	Optical analysis cell and particle size distribution measuring apparatus The present invention is made focusing on the viscoelasticity of a sample, which is completely different from a conventional idea, and provides an optical analysis cell 100 that in order to easily make the thickness of the sample X uniform as well as making a pair of light transmitting plates 10 parallel to each other without the use of any spacer, includes the pair of light transmitting plates 10 that sandwich and hold the sample X having predetermined viscoelasticity between mutually opposed inward surfaces 10a. In addition, the optical analysis cell 100 further includes a distance fixing member 20 having a pair of opposed surfaces 21a and 22a provided separately from each other by a predetermined distance. Also, it is configured that the respective light transmitting plates 10 receive the elastic force of the sample X, and thereby outward surfaces 10b on the sides opposite to the inward surfaces 10a of the respective light transmitting plates 10 are pressed against corresponding respective opposed surfaces 21a and 22a to fix the separation distance between the inward surfaces 10a.
US09638609B2	Apparatus for providing sample gas and related methods An apparatus for providing a sample gas includes a gas dosing part, a first pressure gauge for measuring a pressure of a sample gas dosed through the gas dosing part, a plurality of flow lines positioned between the gas dosing part and a gas analyzer that can be opened or closed according to the pressure measured by the first pressure gauge, a plurality of control valves respectively formed in the plurality of flow lines and controlling the plurality of flow lines to be opened or closed, a bypass line formed on at least one of the plurality of flow lines and exhausting some of the sample gas flowing along the flow lines, and a controller for selecting one of the plurality of flow lines according to the pressure measured by the first pressure gauge and controlling the control valves formed in the selected flow line.
US09638608B2	Pipette tip system, device and method of use This disclosure is directed to exemplary embodiments of systems, methods, techniques, processes, products and product components that can facilitate users making improved absorbance or fluorescence measurements in the field of spectroscopy with reduced (minimal) sample waste, and increased throughput, particularly in the study of biological sciences. A measuring system is provided having: a base unit with a means for locating a pipette tip; a pipette tip designed to interact with the base unit for purposes of accurate pipette tip positioning; at least one light supplying unit positioned to supply light to a liquid sample in the pipette tip and at least one light collecting unit positioned to collect light from a liquid sample in the pipette tip.
US09638597B2	Differential pressure sensor assembly A differential pressure sensor assembly includes a transducer having a first sensing surface and a second sensing surface. The second sensing surface is contained in a cavity. An Integrated Circuit (IC) is hermetically coupled to the transducer. The IC has a first aperture aligned to the cavity. A lead frame is coupled to the IC. The lead frame has a second aperture aligned to the first aperture of the IC. A package encapsulates the transducer, the IC and the lead frame. The package has a third aperture exposed to the first sensing surface. The package includes a molding compound providing a hermetic seal between the third aperture of the package and the first aperture of the IC. The molding compound is separated from the transducer by an encroachment distance.
US09638594B2	Displacement detection type six-axis force sensor A six-axis force sensor including a fixed part; a first movable part; a first connecting part connecting the first movable part to the fixed part in an elastically displaceable manner; a second movable part; a second connecting part connecting the second movable part to the first movable part in an elastically displaceable manner; a first detecting section detecting a displacement of the first movable part relative to the fixed part; and a second detecting section detecting a displacement of the second movable part relative to the first movable part. The six-axis force sensor enables, in a three-axis rectangular coordinate system, a detection of force components in first axis, second axis and third axis directions, and moment components about the first axis, the second axis and the third axis, of a force applied to the second movable part, with reference to detection values of the first and second detecting sections.
US09638541B2	Method for calculating paths, method for obtaining paths as well as terminal for same The present invention relates to a method for calculating trip paths determined by a departure point and a target point by using traffic information in a terminal. The method includes the steps of: requesting traffic information related to a trip from a server; receiving the traffic information related to the trip from the server; and calculating the paths by using the received traffic information, wherein the received traffic information includes traffic events corresponding to information on disturbances in the traffic flow in an area or the path related to the trip, and performance parameters corresponding to information on traffic flow in a road segment within a constant radius from the departure point, and wherein the performance parameters can be received from the server in the case where there is congestion heavier than a predetermined level within a constant radius from the departure point.
US09638534B2	Arrival time notification system using smart glasses and method thereof An arrival time notification system includes smart glasses including a recognition unit configured to recognize current time according to the view of a driver driving a vehicle, and a head unit configured to inform of an arrival time at a destination through the time recognized from the smart glasses.
US09638518B2	Position sensing device with rotary to linear magnification A device and method for measuring the rotational position of a rotating feature, the device employing rotary to linear magnification. A connecting member is operatively connected to the rotating feature, the connecting member extending through one or more structural layers of an enclosure. An arm is operatively connected to the connecting member and located outside the enclosure. A target is arranged with respect to a position sensor, with the position sensor configured to measure the linear position of the target with respect to the position sensor. A cable is connected to the arm at an attachment point, the cable also being connected to the target. One or more pulleys are arranged to control the path of the cable between the attachment point on the arm and the target.
US09638509B2	Phase difference detector and rotation angle detection device including the same In a phase difference detector, a first phase difference computation unit computes a value of E(i)·C corresponding to one and the same given magnetic pole sensed by the two magnetic sensors with use of six output signals sampled at three different timings while the two magnetic sensors are sensing the given magnetic pole when a rotary body is rotating. E is an angular width error correction value, and C is a phase difference between two signals. The first phase difference computation unit executes this process until values of E(i)·C corresponding to all the magnetic poles are computed. After that, the first phase difference computation unit computes the phase difference between the output signals with use of the values of E(i)·C corresponding to all the magnetic poles and the number (m) of the magnetic poles.
US09638508B2	Offset reduction for displacement sensor A device including a displacement measurement circuitry and a charge adjuster circuitry is disclosed. The displacement measurement circuitry may be configured to measure displacement associated with a rotating object. The charge adjuster circuitry is coupled to the displacement measurement circuitry. The charge adjuster circuitry is configured to measure an offset associated with ambient noise in the device over time. The charge adjuster circuitry is further configured to adjust sensors of the displacement measurement circuitry to reduce the measured offset.
US09638501B2	Target assignment projectile A projectile includes an ordnance portion configured to impact a target and a communication apparatus positioned rearward of the ordnance portion. The projectile is configured to rotate about and travel along a longitudinal axis after launch.
US09638498B2	Cartridge of non-lethal weapon A cartridge of a non-lethal weapon includes a housing in a launching device and including an internal space, a piercing member on a rear end of the space, a channel through the piercing member to communicate the space with at least one projectile, a metal sleeve at a front end of the space, and internal threads on an inner surface of the sleeve wherein the sleeve, the piercing member, and the housing are formed integrally; a high-pressure air canister in the space; a cap including two front through holes, external threads adjacent to the through holes, an internal primer between the through holes, and at least one spacer between the primer and the air canister wherein the cap is in the sleeve with the external threads and the internal threads secured together; and a first washer sandwiched by and between the cap and the inner surface of the space.
US09638491B2	Grip panel bushings for firearm A bushing for mounting a grip panel to a firearm is provided. The bushing has a torquing surface distributed about the head of the bushing to provide improved torque and alignment for the bushing as it is assembled and disassembled into the firearm frame. The bushing may include an O-ring on the bushing itself and an additional O-ring fitted on the grip screws. The bushings and tools for replacing the OEM bushings may be provided as part of a kit.
US09638490B1	Pneumatic firing device A pneumatic firing device includes a rear section engaging a cylinder, a solenoid valve engaging the rear section from under, an adjusting element disposed inside the rear section, a piston disposed inside the cylinder to form a first chamber and a second chamber, an airflow guiding element engaging the cylinder at the front thereof, a moving rod having a tail end engaging the piston and a front end stretching through the cylinder into the airflow guiding element for controlling the operation of the airflow guiding element, and a front section engaging the front of the airflow guiding element. The solenoid valve holds control of the operation of a pressure release channel to change the pressure difference between the first and second chamber, making the pressured air entering a first passage from a first guiding hole of the airflow guiding element, pushing the delivery tube to a firing position, flowing into a second passage from a second guiding hole, and then firing a pellet with strong airflow.
US09638486B2	Paintball swab There are disclosed embodiments for a paintball swab. For example, a disk is pivotably and slidably attached to the distal end of a rod so there is a proximal and distal limit along the rod. When the disk is at the distal limit, it is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rod. When the disk is at the proximal limit, it is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rod.
US09638480B1	System and method for cooling vehicle computing device A vehicle computer is programmed to determine an expected thermal load for an autonomous driving compute cluster and a target temperature for the compute cluster under the expected thermal load. Based on a comparison of a current temperature of the compute cluster to an ambient temperature, the vehicle computer is further programmed to operate a switching valve in a first coolant path to open the path to one of a radiator portion and a condenser portion and operate, with the path open to the condenser portion, a pump in the first coolant path and a condenser in a second coolant path at speeds respectively based on at least one of the expected thermal load and the target temperature.
US09638472B2	Cooling recovery system and method A cooling recover system and method are disclosed. A fluid, such as water, is chilled and provided to a cooling coil to cool and dehumidify air passing over the cooling coil. The fluid is output from the cooling coil through an outlet, and at least a portion of the fluid from the outlet of the cooling coil is provided to an inlet of a heat transfer coil to reheat air passing over the heat transfer coil. The fluid is warmed as it passes through the cooling coil, which warmer temperature serves to reheat the air passing over the heat transfer coil.
US09638469B2	Condenser, multistage pressure condenser provided therewith, and reheating module used in condenser This low-pressure condenser is provided with: a pressure bulkhead which partitions the inside of the container into an upper space and a lower space; a heat transfer tube which is arranged in the upper space; and a reheater which is arranged in the lower space and which, by means of high-temperature steam flowing from the outside into the lower space, heats water which condenses in the upper space and flows into the lower space. The reheater includes multiple partition members, a receiving plate which receives water flowing downward via the partition members, and a dam which is connected to the outer peripheral edge of the receiving plate. The lower ends of the multiple partition members are below the upper end of the dam.
US09638462B2	Method for producing a C3+ hydrocarbon-rich fraction and a methane- and ethane-rich stream from a hydrocarbon-rich feed stream, and related facility The method according to the invention comprises the separation of a feed stream (16) into a first fraction (60) and a second fraction (62) and the injection of at least part of the second fraction (62) into a second dynamic expansion turbine (46) to form a second expanded fraction (80).It comprises the cooling of the second expanded fraction (80) through heat exchange with at least part of the first headstream (84) coming from a first column (28) and the formation of a second feed stream (82) of the first column (28) from the second cooled expanded fraction.
US09638460B2	Refrigerator with camera and control thereof A refrigerator includes a storage compartment formed in a cabinet of the refrigerator by a fixed insulation wall, the storage compartment being provided with an access opening. The refrigerator also includes a door rotatably provided to the cabinet to open and close the access opening, a drawer provided in the storage compartment, a camera fixed to a ceiling of the storage compartment to photograph both a first region for storing of food arranged in an external space of the drawer and a second region for storing of food arranged in an internal space of the drawer, and a controller configured to separate, through a capturing time of a picture containing both the first region and the second region, a first region picture and a second region picture from the picture to individually divide and store the first region picture and the second region picture.
US09638456B2	Mounting system for a generator assembly A generator assembly for mounting to a container. The generator assembly includes a container frame having a top casting and a receiver bracket. The generator assembly includes a frame, a generator coupled to the frame, a clamp mounting system including a first clamp coupled to the frame and configured to be coupled to the top casting, and a pin mounting system including a first bracket coupled to the frame and configured to be coupled to the receiver bracket. The generator assembly is such that one of the first clamp and the first bracket is repositionable on the frame to avoid interference with the container when the other of the first clamp and the first bracket is coupled to the corresponding one of the top casting and the receiver bracket.
US09638442B2	Medical, topper, pet wireless, and automated manufacturing of distributed thermoelectric heating and cooling A thermoelectric device comprising an elongated panel, formed of a thermally insulating material, and having a plurality of thermoelectric elements comprising compacted conductors inside the insulating material and expanded conductors outside the insulating material is combined with other layers for leakage current interception, bodily fluid absorption, and pillars that preserve pressure re-distribution. The thermoelectric device may be integrated into a variety of surfaces or enclosures needing heating or cooling and manufactured using pre-existing automated equipment.
US09638430B2	Air-conditioning apparatus In an air-conditioning apparatus, when a plurality of pumps are all operating and a heat exchange amount in use-side heat exchangers is equal to or lower than a lower limit of a thermal capacity that can be conveyed in a heat medium circuit B, before at least one of the plurality of pumps is stopped, a refrigerant flow path in the intermediate heat exchanger connected to the pump that is to be stopped is closed. Then, the at least one of the plurality of pumps is stopped, and the thermal capacity required in at least one of the use-side heat exchangers in the rest of the plurality of pumps is conveyed.
US09638423B2	Multifuel gas turbine combustor with fuel mixing chamber and supplemental burner To provide a multifuel gas turbine combustor capable of combusting gases containing hydrogen in a high concentration with a low NOx while maintaining a low emission performance brought about by the pre-mixture combustion in the main burner, the gas turbine combustor includes a main burner (12) for supplying to and combusting a premixed gas (M), containing a first fuel (F1), within a first combustion region (S1) of a combustion chamber (10), and a supplemental burner (20) for supplying to and combusting a second fuel (F2) of a composition different from that of the first fuel (F1) within a second combustion region (S2) defined downstream of the first combustion region (S1) within the combustion chamber (10). The first fuel (F1) is of a hydrocarbon system and the second fuel (F2) is a gas containing hydrogen in a concentration exceeding the stable combustion limiting concentration of the hydrogen.
US09638408B2	Lighting device A lighting device may be provided that includes: a light emitting device; and an optical exciter which is disposed over the light emitting device and emits light excited by the light emitted from the light emitting device, wherein the optical exciter includes at least one of a yellow fluorescent material, a green fluorescent material and a red fluorescent material, wherein the optical exciter moves over the light emitting device, and wherein a color temperature of the light emitted from the optical exciter varies according to the movement of the optical exciter.
US09638402B2	Clamp with external support The present disclosure describes a clamp used for adherence and securement to a desired object. The clamp has an upper half and a lower half held together by hinges. Opposite the hinges there is a locking mechanism which can be loosened or tightened as necessary. The clamp further has a shaped support designed to support a number of objects including solar lights, flags, poles, signs, rods, and the like. The clamp is designed to fit on existing colonial style and chain link fence structures, however, the clamp can be sized appropriately for the specific need.
US09638385B2	Head lamp in vehicle A head lamp in a vehicle may include a light source for emitting a light, a reflector for reflecting the light forward from the light source, a lens for transmitting the light being forwarded toward a front from the light source and the reflector, a holder having one end coupled to the lens and the other end coupled to the reflector to make the lens spaced at a predetermined distance from the reflector, and a movable shield disposed between the light source and the reflector and the lens for selectively shielding a portion of the light being forwarded toward the lens from the light source and the reflector, or not shielding the portion of the light being forwarded toward the lens from the light source and the reflector when being moved to create a space between the movable shield and a lower end of the holder to allow the light pass through.
US09638373B2	Energy efficient vertical cryogenic tank Disclosed herein is an energy efficient vertical cryogenic tank, which comprises a tank body with a vacuum insulation interlayer, wherein the tank body comprises a transmission means including an air return pipe and a liquid outlet pipe, and positioning means including supporting legs provided at the bottom of the tank body, and a built-in saturation adjustment mechanism formed by a heat exchanger connected to an let of the air return pipe and a return air dispersing device. By using a saturation adjustment mechanism at the inlet of the air return pipe, the cryogenic storage tank can not only fully leverage the gasification gas produced at the pump, but also achieve the saturation function of the LNG in the tank, with such benefits as reduced energy loss, simplified tank interface settings, improved efficiency of saturation adjustment, and avoided pump cavitation.
US09638372B2	Operating gas system for an underwater vehicle, method for operating such an operating gas system and an underwater vehicle having such an operating gas system An operating gas system for an underwater vehicle, particularly for a submarine or an unmanned underwater vehicle, includes a fuel cell system and an operating gas vessel connected in terms of flow to the fuel cell system. In order to achieve simple and efficient storage of boil-off gasses, a gas-receiving device is also provided and is connected to the operating gas vessel. The gas-receiving device contains a sorbent for receiving boil-off gas from the operating gas vessel. The boil-off gas, which is produced in the operating vessel with an operating gas for the fuel cell system and which cannot be consumed directly in the fuel cell reaction, is therefore collected and stored with the aid of the sorbent in the gas-receiving device. A method for operating an operating gas system and an underwater vehicle are also provided.
US09638368B2	Snap fitting for plumbing A snap fitting for use in plumbing is provided. The snap fitting includes a main body formed of plastic and shaped to extend partially around a cylindrical pipe to snap over the pipe and an inset for extending from an interior side of the main body into a hole in the cylindrical pipe.
US09638362B2	Threaded connections with an adjustable secondary shoulder A tubular threaded connection includes a threaded sub-assembly having a first tubular member, a first torque member threadingly received on the first tubular member, and a second torque member threadingly received on the first tubular member. In forming the threaded sub-assembly, the first torque member is torqued relative to the second torque member. Furthermore, the sub-assembly is configured to receive a second tubular member for torqueing against the sub-assembly.
US09638356B2	Wall lead-through The invention relates to a wall feed-through fitting for passing elongated parts, pipes, wires, and/or cables through a wall of piece of equipment, housing or component provided with the wall that has a throughgoing hole and where a flange (1) is fastened to the wall by a fastener, the flange having a hole (2) coaxial to the throughgoing hole, wherein the flange (1) has two half-flanges (3) that abut at a parting plane crossing the hole (2), the half-flanges are connected or connectable to one another by integrally molded connecting formations (4), and the half-flanges (3) are of identical shape with each of the half-flanges (3) having a first connecting formation at one respective parting face and a second connecting formation at a second respective parting face and the first and second connecting formations are different from one another but fit complementarily with one another in a desired mounting position of the half-flanges (3).
US09638354B1	Cable organizing assembly A cable organizing assembly includes a pair of mounts. Each of the mounts includes a rotatable base. The rotatable base corresponding to each of the mounts may be removably coupled to a support. Each of the mounts includes a clamping unit. The clamping unit may engage at least one cable thereby facilitating the at least one cable to be removably coupled to the support.
US09638346B2	Valve This invention discloses a valve including a body, an upper membrane, a lower membrane and a positioning block. The body has an upper channel, a lower channel, an accommodation space and a valve groove. The accommodation space defines an upper opening and a lower opening for respectively communicating with the upper channel and the lower channel. The valve groove is near the intersection of the lower channel and the accommodation space respectively communicating therewith. The upper and the lower membrane block the upper opening of the accommodation space and the lower opening. The positioning block is disposed between the upper membrane and the lower membrane and is able to push the lower membrane into the valve groove and abut against a sidewall of the valve groove. The valve is able to block the flow of water in the valve when the water flow is needed to be cut off.
US09638342B2	Control valve for gas and liquids A valve comprising a valve body with a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, an inner cavity and an outer cavity at least partly surrounding the inner cavity. The outer cavity is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and with the inner cavity and the inner cavity is in fluid communication with the fluid outlet. A flow splitter is provided, forming at least two flow passages in the outer cavity.
US09638327B1	Radial shaft seal Radial shaft seal includes an outer diameter member, a primary sealing lip, and a lip energizer. The primary sealing lip is spaced radially from the outer diameter member. The lip energizer is positioned radially between the outer diameter member and the primary sealing lip. The lip energizer moves to an engaging position with the outer diameter member forming a section of material between the outer diameter member and the primary sealing lip. The outer diameter member, the primary sealing lip, and the lip energizer can be formed from a single piece of material, and in one embodiment, an elastomer.
US09638324B2	Sealing device The invention provides a sealing device constructed by combination of a slinger and a lip member, the sealing device being capable of improving a sealing performance, particularly a sealing performance against external dusts. In order to achieve the object, in a sealing device having a slinger which is installed to one member among relatively rotating two members, a lip member which is installed to the other member, and structured such that the slinger integrally has a tubular portion which is fitted to the one member and a flange portion which extends in a diametrical direction, and the lip member having an end face lip which slidably comes into close contact with the flange portion, a bent portion protruding in an axial direction toward the lip member is provided in the flange portion, and a labyrinth structure having a minute gap is provided between the bent portion and the lip member.
US09638322B2	Piston ring with dual coating Exemplary piston rings are disclosed, comprising a base portion formed of a metallic material, and an outer contact surface extending between opposing side faces of the piston ring. The piston ring may include a coating layer applied to the outer contact surface, with the coating layer including an inner layer and an outer layer. Exemplary methods of making a piston ring are also disclosed, comprising providing a base portion formed of a metallic material, applying an inner layer to an outer surface of the base portion, and applying an outer layer on top of the inner layer.
US09638311B2	Power transmission gear unit and vehicle instrument Hemispherical protrusions are protrudingly provided in end surfaces of a rotor gear and a tooth portion of a small gear having the smaller number of gear teeth between the rotor gear and a large gear of an intermediate gear, and between the small gear of the intermediate gear and an output gear, which are meshed with each other in a transmission gear train. Thus, in a case where the large gear rides on the rotor gear or the small gear rides on the output gear when the intermediate gear is accommodated in a housing after the rotor gear and the output gear are accommodated, it is possible to cancel the riding state thereof only by applying a slight vibration to the housing.
US09638302B2	Electric axle with a two gear transmission An axle drive system for a motor vehicle, having a dynamoelectric drive motor (1), a shiftable superimposing transmission having a first and a second gear stage (3, 4), a shift actuator system (5) for shifting the superimposing transmission, as well as a power divider (8) driving two output shafts (10, 12). The drive motor (1), power divider shafts (9, 11), output shafts (10, 12) and dynamoelectric drive motor (1) are arranged coaxially to each other and perpendicular to the direction of travel of the motor vehicle. A particularly compact design is achieved for the axle drive system of the aforementioned type in that the shift actuator system (5) having an electric motor (14) provided for actuation purposes is in its entirety disposed in a space bounded by the first gear stage (3) on one side and the second gear stage (4) on the other side in the axial direction of the drive system.
US09638301B2	Ball type continuously variable transmission A variable transmission includes an input shaft, a planetary gear set drivingly engaged with a variator comprising, a variator carrier assembly, a first ring assembly, and a second ring assembly; and the output shaft, arranged to produce transmissions with continuously variable or infinitely variable output ratios.
US09638299B2	Actuating device The invention relates to an actuating device for joint action upon at least two different elements of a motor vehicle door lock, with at least one sheathed cable having a core and sheath, wherein the sheathed cable is provided in the longitudinal extent thereof with at least two force transmission units which are designed for interaction with a first element at one end and with a second element at the other end upon action on the sheathed cable, and one of the two elements is designed as an actuating lever, wherein the other element is a closing/opening element operating on a locking mechanism.
US09638279B2	Damper and handle device having the same An embodiment provides a damper a damper including: a housing; a rotor; and a sealing member. The housing includes outer and inner cylinder portions to define a filling space portion therebetween for filling with a viscose fluid. The rotor includes a head portion and a cylinder portion extended downwardly therefrom so as to be inserted into the filling space portion. The sealing member seals the filling space portion. The rotor further includes axially-extending first and second groove portions provided on outer and inner peripheral surfaces of the cylinder portion near the bottom portion thereof. At least one of the first groove portions includes a communicating portion which communicates the inside and the outside of the rotor, and the second groove portion is apart from the communicating portion in a circumferential direction.
US09638277B2	Bicycle disc brake rotor A bicycle disc brake rotor is provided that has a center rotational axis, and basically includes an outer portion and a cooling fin. The outer portion includes a first braking part defining a first braking surface and a second braking part defining a second braking surface. The first and second braking surfaces face in opposite axial directions. The cooling fin includes an inner portion radially offset from the first and second braking surfaces. The cooling fin further includes an attachment portion extending outwardly from the inner portion and sandwiched between the first and second braking parts. The first and second braking parts are separate and distinct individual parts from each other and from the cooling fin.
US09638276B2	Brake disc and method for producing a brake disc A brake disc includes a basic body with at least one contact surface that has a wearing coat applied thereon. The at least one contact surface of the basic body is pretreated to realize the bond between the wearing coat and the basic body. The at least one pretreated contact surface of the basic body has a surface topography that is modified by laser irradiation and has at least one predetermined parameter. A method produces the brake disc.
US09638271B2	Brake device for vehicle A brake device for a vehicle may include: a driving unit positioned in a drum and supplying rotation power; a nut screw positioned between first and second brake shoes; a first push rod having both sides connected to the first brake shoe and the nut screw, and pressurizing the first brake shoe through the rotation of the nut screw; a fixing protrusion fixed to a case surrounding the nut screw; a rotation connection part coupled to the fixing protrusion to restrict rotation of the rotation connection part; a rotation control part inserted into the rotation connection part so as to be screwed to the rotation connection part; and a second push rod having both sides connected to the second brake shoe and the rotation control part, and moved together with the rotation control part in a longitudinal direction so as to pressurize the second brake shoe.
US09638270B2	Decoupler carrier with balanced forces In one aspect, a decoupler comprises an input member, an output member, and a torsional isolation spring, a carrier, and a wrap spring clutch configured to operate in a first mode in which rotary power is transmitted in a first rotational direction from the input member to the output member serially through the wrap spring clutch, the carrier, and the isolation spring, and a second mode in which the output member overruns the input member in the first rotational direction. The carrier has a carrier clutch drive face that receives a first vector force from an end of the wrap spring clutch, and an isolation spring drive face that receives a second vector force from an end of the isolation spring. The wrap spring clutch and isolation spring drive faces are arranged so as to direct the second vector force to intersect with the first vector force substantially at the carrier clutch drive face.
US09638264B2	Clutch A clutch for a motor vehicle, preferably for engaging and disengaging a drive train for all-wheel drive vehicles, comprises a first shaft, a second shaft arranged coaxially to the first shaft, a clutch sleeve which is moveable in the axial direction relative to the first shaft and the second shaft for causing a form-fit coupling or decoupling of the first shaft and the second shaft, and a coil which can be powered, wherein a plurality of engagement bodies are connected rotationally fixedly to the first shaft, wherein the coil which can be powered is arranged coaxially to the axial direction, wherein by powering the coil, the clutch sleeve can be moved in the axial direction, wherein by moving the clutch sleeve in the axial direction, the engagement bodies can be pressed over part of their height into receivers, and wherein the receivers are connected rotationally fixedly to the second shaft.
US09638258B2	Rolling-contact bearing with outer ring in the form of a section of a sphere and with a sensor member A rolling-contact bearing comprising an inner ring, an outer ring with an outer surface in the form of a section of a sphere, rolling bodies between the inner ring and the outer ring, an encoder washer constrained to rotate with the inner ring, a sensor member being designed to detect a rotation of the encoder washer, and a support member having an inner surface in the form of a section of a sphere, the inner surface being designed to be in sliding contact with the outer surface of the outer ring. The support member is designed to hold the sensor member, in relation to the encoder washer, in a position in which the sensor member can detect a rotation of the encoder washer. The sensor member includes a transponder intended to communicate wirelessly with a detector.
US09638253B2	Bearing A rolling element bearing comprising inner and outer rings; a plurality of rolling elements disposed between opposing surfaces of the inner and outer rings; and a bearing shield comprising a first member having an annular surface facing the plurality of rolling elements, the first member either (1) extending from the inner ring towards the outer ring (defining a gap between the first member and the outer ring) and the inner ring having a low surface energy surface adjacent the gap, or (2) extending from the outer ring towards the inner ring (defining a gap between the first member and the inner ring) and the inner ring comprises a low energy surface adjacent the gap. The low energy surfaces each have a surface energy of ≦0.028 N/m.
US09638249B2	Bearing cage with resilient inserts between pockets A cage for a rolling bearing formed from two axial halves and a rolling bearing cage assembly including a cage formed from two axial halves, include passages formed through the web separating adjacent rolling element pockets when the two halves are in an abutting relationship. A resilient element is inserted in at least one passage with axial ends extending into the adjacent rolling element pockets.
US09638236B2	Fasteners with coated and textured pin members A pin member for a fastener includes an elongated shank having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a cylindrical shank portion having an outer surface, a head located at the first end of the elongated shank, the head including a bearing surface located on the bearing surface of the head, and a threaded portion located at the second end of the elongated shank. Either or both of the bearing surface of the head or the outer surface of the cylindrical shank portion is coated with a coating and/or is textured. The coating may be tungsten, molybdenum, copper, or a refractory ceramic. The textured surfaces may include a surface roughness greater than 0.5 micron.
US09638234B2	Methods and apparatus for multi-dimensional asymmetrical fastening system Methods and apparatus for a multi-dimensional asymmetrical fastening system according to various aspects of the present technology include a driver and a fastener that are configured to have corresponding conforming surfaces suitably adapted to provide engagement between a plurality of driver fins and a recessed receiving area of the fastener. The driver and fastener may each be configured to include driving surfaces of varying widths. Variable widths allow for the customization of a given driver/fastener system.
US09638232B2	Structure for attaching component to plate-shaped member A structure securely attaches a component to an opening portion in a plate-shaped member without stripping or turning over the member. Each of a pair of mount members includes a first engagement portion engaged with a rear surface of the plate-shaped member and a second engagement portion engaged with the component. The component includes projecting portions to be fitted between the mount members, thus the component can be fixed against coming off by engagement of the second engagement portion and the component. The projecting portions inhibit the mount members engaged with the opening portion from moving, thereby preventing the mount members from coming off the opening portion. Since the fitting member is fitted between the second engagement portions, the fitting member inhibits the second engagement portions from moving to come closer to each other, and from disengagement from the component, thereby more securely preventing the component from coming off.
US09638217B2	Lifting system and lifting method for jib of an operating machine, and an operating machine thereof A lifting system for a jib of an operating machine that includes an energy storage device having an energy storage cylinder and an accumulator, the energy storage cylinder having an upper chamber, a lower chamber, and an energy storage piston rod connected to the jib. The upper part of the accumulator is filled with gas, and the lower part of the accumulator is filled with hydraulic oil and communicates with the lower chamber of the energy storage cylinder. The lifting system also includes a hydraulic pump and a control cylinder for controlling the lifting of the jib, which comprises an upper chamber, a lower chamber, and a control piston rod connected to the jib.
US09638208B2	Centrifugal compressor Provided is a centrifugal compressor including a first splitter blade 7 arranged nearer to a suction side Sb of a full blade 5F located upstream in a rotating direction of the compressor, and a second splitter blade 8 provided farther from the suction side Sb of the full blade 5F and being shorter than the first splitter blade 7. Leading edges 7a and 8a on the shroud side of the first splitter blade 7 and the second splitter blade 8 are offset from positions dividing the space between the full blades at equal intervals by the number of splitter blades therebetween toward the suction side Sb of the full blade.
US09638202B2	Centrifugal pump apparatus A centrifugal blood pump apparatus includes a plurality of permanent magnets (17) in an impeller (10) in a blood chamber (7), a plurality of coils (20) in a motor chamber (8), and a magnetic element (18) in each of the coils (20). The magnetic elements (18) are made shorter than the coils (20) to lower attractive force between the magnetic elements (18) and the permanent magnets (17) in the impeller (10), to set a large gap between the magnetic elements (18) and the permanent magnets (17). As a result, axial attractive force and negative rigidity can be lowered while required torque is satisfied.
US09638197B2	Turbo compressor A turbo compressor is provided that has first, second and third stage compressor blades rotated by a large gear shaft via an acceleration device, and includes a cast integral casing (1) which forms an acceleration unit cover housing the acceleration device, compression unit covers housing the compressor blades, and first, second and third stage cooler chambers (11a, 12a, 13a) which are arranged in parallel at a lower portion thereof, which communicate with the compressor unit covers by fluid passages, and into which first, second and third stage coolers are inserted from the side thereof. An oil tank (21) is integrally formed with the cast integral casing (1) so as to run along an insertion-directional innermost side of the coolers of the parallel-arranged first, second and third stage cooler chambers (11a, 12a, 13a).
US09638194B2	System and method for power management of pumping system A method implemented by at least one processor includes receiving a pressure profile to be generated by a pumping system, wherein the pumping system includes at least one pump-unit powered by at least one generator-unit. The method also includes receiving a pump-unit parameter from at least one pump-unit and a generator-unit parameter from at least one generator unit. The pump-unit parameter is representative of an operating parameter of the pump-unit. The generator-unit parameter is representative of an operating parameter of the at least one generator-unit. The method includes generating an operating set-point corresponding to the at least one generator-unit based on the pump-unit parameter and the generator-unit parameter, wherein the operating set-point is one of at least one operating set-point corresponding to the at least one generator-unit. The method also includes determining an input parameter for the at least one generator-unit based on the at least one operating set-point.
US09638189B2	Oil pump structure An oil pump structure including: an oil pump having a first hydraulic control chamber and a second hydraulic control chamber; a hydraulic control valve having a valve operating oil passage, a first inflow passage, a second inflow passage, a first outflow passage, a second outflow passage and a drain flow passage; and an oil circuit, wherein the hydraulic control valve is connected to a branching flow passage of the oil circuit; a spool valve body of the hydraulic control valve has a front valve section, a rear valve section and an intermediate valve section, which are formed perpendicularly to the axial direction of a connecting shaft; an axial-direction dimension of the intermediate valve section is larger than an axial-direction dimension of the second outflow passage; the second outflow passage and the drain flow passage are both accommodated temporarily between the intermediate valve section and the front valve section due to movement of the spool valve body; and in the hydraulic control valve, a control hydraulic pressure is applied at all times to the first hydraulic control chamber, and the control hydraulic pressure is increased and decreased in the second hydraulic control chamber.
US09638185B2	Pulseless positive displacement pump and method of pulselessly displacing fluid A double displacement pump includes an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, a first fluid cavity between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold, a second fluid cavity between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold, and a drive system that includes a housing defining an internal pressure chamber, a piston disposed within the internal pressure chamber and having a first and second pull chambers and a central slot for receiving a drive, a first pull with a free end slidably secured within the first pull chamber and a second pull with a free end slidably secured within the second pull chamber, and a first fluid displacement member coupled to the first pull and a second fluid displacement member coupled to the second pull.
US09638184B2	Air compressor having mechanical govenor with engine speed relief An air compression apparatus includes an air tank, an air compressor, and a governor. The air compressor delivers compressed air to the air tank by using power of an engine at the time of load running and stops the delivery of the compressed air to the air tank at the time of no-load running. The governor switches between the load running and the no-load running of the air compressor. Furthermore, the governor changes, when an engine speed is equal to or more than a threshold value, switchover timing for switching the air compressor from the no-load running to the load running in comparison with a time when the engine speed is less than the threshold value.
US09638182B2	Graphene-trough pump systems The present invention relates to pump systems having graphene or other atomically thin electrically conductive materials supported by trough-shaped cavities.
US09638181B2	Vacuum pump for applications in vacuum packaging machines A vacuum pump includes a cylinder. The cylinder includes an inner casing forming two transversely intersected, parallel cylindrical chambers, the axes of which rest in one plane, and one of the faces of which represents a wall on which a suction hole inlet is located. The cylinder also includes an outer casing disposed around the inner casing to form a confined space, provided with the inlet and an outlet, which allows a liquid to be circulated. Two pump rotors are situated in the parallel cylindrical chambers and are driven in rotation by an electric motor. A drive housing contains the motor and components for driving and synchronizing the pump rotors supporting the rotors by cantilever and serving as support and centering with respect to the cylinder. The drive housing includes two extended supports that are integrally constructed as one piece. First and second guide elements guide rotation of the rotors, which guide elements support the rotors by cantilever, wherein the first guide elements are situated at the ends of the two extended supports.
US09638180B2	Hydrostatic axial piston machine having a cylinder barrel with a working piston which is mounted obliquely with respect to its axial direction and with a planar control plate An axial piston machine of swash plate design includes cylinder bores with respective longitudinal axes that are arranged at an acute angle with the rotational axis and that approach the rotational axis radially in the direction of their control plate-side ends. For each cylinder bore, a point of action of a resulting hydrostatic relieving force, which acts on the cylinder barrel, of the hydrostatic sliding bearing is spaced apart radially with regard to the rotational axis of the cylinder barrel further than a point of intersection of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder bore with the cylinder barrel-side bearing face of the hydrostatic sliding bearing.
US09638179B2	Hydraulic control system for a reverse osmosis hydraulic pump A liquid pumping system comprises a plurality of liquid pumps and a hydraulic drive unit. Each liquid pump is driven by a separate hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic cylinders are powered by a shared hydraulic pump through a valve set. A valve set controller is configured to operate the valve set. A liquid pumping process comprises distributing an initial flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid between the hydraulic cylinders. The hydraulic cylinders move through a cycle in a phased relationship to provide a constant sum of flow rates from the liquid pumps. A membrane filtration system combines the liquid pumping system with a membrane unit. In a water treating process, feed water is pumped through the membrane unit. Brine from the membrane unit is returned to each liquid pump while that liquid pump is feeding water to the membrane unit.
US09638176B2	Vortex generator using shape memory alloys In one embodiment, the disclosed vortex generator may include a flap, a bearing configured to be mounted on a surface, an axle retained in the bearing, the flap attached to the axle such that the flap rotates relative to the bearing about the axle, and an actuator made of a shape memory alloy attached to the flap and to a support, the actuator shaped to receive the axle therethrough, such that a change in temperature of the actuator causes the actuator to rotate the flap relative to the bearing.
US09638168B2	System and method for detecting ice on a wind turbine rotor blade A system and method for detecting ice on a rotor blade of a wind turbine are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method may include releasing a pitch brake of a pitch adjustment mechanism associated with the rotor blade, controlling the pitch adjustment mechanism so as to maintain the rotor blade at a fixed pitch angle, monitoring a pitch-related parameter of the wind turbine while the rotor blade is maintained at the fixed pitch angle, and analyzing the monitored pitch-related parameter to determine whether ice is present on the rotor blade.
US09638159B2	Laser spark plug and cooler for a laser spark plug A laser spark plug configured to be installed into a plug shaft of an internal combustion engine, and to focus laser ignition energy into the combustion chamber via combustion chamber-side, and thus proximal end, of the laser spark plug has, at a distal end of the laser spark plug opposite to the proximal end, a connecting unit for detachable mechanical and thermal connection to a cooler, the connecting unit being designed to permit the connecting and the disconnecting of the cooler when the laser spark plug is installed in the plug shaft.
US09638156B2	Saddle-ride type vehicle A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a frame, an engine, a starter motor, a predetermined component, and a coupling member. The engine is supported by the frame. The starter motor is attached to the engine. The predetermined component is disposed adjacent to the starter motor. The coupling member couples the predetermined component to the starter motor.
US09638153B2	Method for cooling a direct injection pump Methods and systems are provided for cooling a high pressure fuel pump. One method includes, when a spill valve is in a pass-through state, circulating fuel from a compression chamber of the high pressure fuel pump to a step room of the high pressure fuel pump. The fuel circulation through the step room may provide for a reduction in fuel temperature in the step room, and thus, the high pressure fuel pump.
US09638152B2	Electric heater, heating device and heating system An electric heater for fuel of endothermal engines, in particular for fuel systems called “common rail” and the like, includes a heating part and a terminal adapted to be associated with one end of the hollow body of a fuel feeding duct; advantageously, the terminal is at least partly made of plastic material. A fuel feeding duct to which the heater is applied, as well as to a fuel warm-up device, are also provided.
US09638149B2	Air intake duct of saddle-ridden vehicle An air intake duct of a motorcycle forms an air intake passage for supplying an intake air to a supercharger. The air intake duct forms a curve portion and is connected to the supercharger. The air intake passage has a transverse cross-section which is shaped such that a dimension in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to a radial direction of the curve portion is gradually reduced from the center of the curve portion toward an outer side, in the radial direction, of the curve portion.
US09638146B2	Gasoline direct-injection engine A gasoline direct-injection engine is provided. The engine performs compression self-ignition combustion, and includes a cylinder, an injector, intake and exhaust ports, intake and exhaust valves, and an ozone generating system for generating ozone inside the cylinder. The system includes an electrode projecting into the cylinder while being partially electrically insulated from walls of the cylinder, and a high-voltage control device for applying a controlled pulse-shaped voltage to the electrode. When the voltage is applied, electric discharge occurs between the non-insulated part of the electrode and the walls of the cylinder, and ozone is generated inside the cylinder due to an effect of the electric discharge. A combustion pattern is provided, in which a compression stroke injection is performed and mixture gas formed by the fuel injection self-ignites to combust. When the combustion pattern is applied, the high-voltage control device is operated on intake stroke or the compression stroke.
US09638142B2	Vaporized fuel processing apparatus A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a fuel tank, a canister configured to adsorb vaporized fuel, a vapor path connecting the canister to the fuel tank, a closing valve provided in the vapor path, a pressure sensor measuring inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit connected with the closing valve and the pressure sensor. The electric control unit is configured to close or open the closing valve in order to initialize the closing valve or open the closing valve in order to release the vaporized fuel from the fuel tank. Further, the electric control unit is configured to detect failure of the closing valve depending on change in the inner pressure of the fuel tank within a predetermined time from when the closing valve is opened or is closed for initialization of the closing valve or release of the vaporized fuel from the fuel tank.
US09638135B2	Fuel shut-off solenoid system A fuel system that in at least some implementations includes a carburetor having a fluid passage, a solenoid, a valve, a driver circuit and a control circuit. The valve may be moved by the solenoid between an open position permitting fluid flow through the fluid passage and a closed position at least partially inhibiting fluid flow through the fluid passage. The driver circuit and control circuit are communicated with the solenoid to contribute to providing power to the solenoid and controlling actuation of the solenoid. The driver circuit and control circuit provide a first magnitude of power to the solenoid to initially change the solenoid from its closed position to its open position and a second magnitude of power to maintain the solenoid in its open position wherein the second magnitude of power is less than the first magnitude.
US09638125B2	Control system of engine A control system of an engine is provided. The control system includes a deceleration fuel cutoff module for performing a deceleration fuel cutoff when a deceleration fuel cutoff condition is satisfied in an engine decelerating state, a purge unit for purging by supplying a purge gas to an intake passage during the deceleration fuel cutoff, an exhaust emission control catalyst provided in an exhaust passage, an O2 sensor provided at a position of the exhaust passage downstream of the exhaust emission control catalyst, an abnormality determining module for determining an abnormality of the exhaust emission control catalyst, and a purge restricting module for restricting the purge during an immediately previous deceleration fuel cutoff.
US09638123B2	Internal combustion engine controller A controller for an engine controls a throttle opening degree. The controller includes a target opening degree calculating section that selects either a primary request value for a throttle opening degree that corresponds to a torque request or a secondary request value that corresponds to another request and that calculates a target throttle opening degree from the selected one of the first and secondary request values. If the primary request value has been selected, an abnormality occurrence determining section determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred, in accordance with a magnitude of a deviation of the primary request value from the target throttle opening degree. If the secondary request value has been selected, the abnormality occurrence determining section determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred, in accordance with whether or not the target throttle opening degree is greater than or equal to a predetermined upper limit value.
US09638118B2	System and method for supplying natural gas to dual fuel engine A natural gas system for an intake manifold of a dual fuel engine is provided. The natural gas system includes a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with a first stream of natural gas passing therethrough. The natural gas system further includes a temperature regulating assembly positioned downstream of the heat exchanger with respect to the first stream of the natural gas. The temperature regulating assembly includes a conduit having an inlet and an outlet. The temperature regulating assembly also includes a supply line in selective fluid communication with the conduit. The temperature regulating assembly further includes a temperature sensing assembly provided within the conduit. Further, the introduction of the second stream is based on a temperature of the natural gas within the conduit.
US09638115B2	Method and device for controlling multi-cylinder engine A control device of a multi-cylinder engine is provided. The device includes first and second auxiliary components. The first auxiliary component generates energy. The device includes an angular speed variation detecting device for detecting an angular speed variation of a crankshaft, and an auxiliary component control device for controlling drive loads of the first and second auxiliary components. When an engine load is low and the angular speed variation exceeds a predetermined threshold, the auxiliary component control device increases a total drive load of the auxiliary components. Here, if the drive load of the first auxiliary component is increasable, the drive load of the first auxiliary component is increased, and when this increase amount is insufficient, the drive load of the second auxiliary component is increased, whereas if the drive load of the first auxiliary component is not increasable, the drive load of the second auxiliary component is increased.
US09638113B2	Control strategy for a hybrid vehicle with a disabled motor A method for controlling an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle according to the present disclosure includes, in response to a drive motor being unavailable, commanding an engine power equal to the lesser of a first and a second power. The first power is sufficient to satisfy a driver wheel torque request at the current engine speed, and the second power corresponds to a maximum engine torque available at a target engine speed, where the target engine speed is selected to attain a desired battery state of charge.
US09638100B2	Engine An engine can include at least one piston, a block, a fluid delivery system, and an output shaft. The block can define at least one cylinder. The piston can be received in the cylinder. The piston can be operable to reciprocally move rectilinearly while positioned in the cylinder. The fluid delivery system can be operable to communicate air and combustible fuel to the cylinder. The piston can be operable to compress the air and combustible fuel. The output shaft can be driven in motion by the piston and extend beyond the block to a distal end. The output shaft is limited to rectilinear movement.
US09638097B2	Exhaust-gas turbocharger An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine housing (2) which has a turbine inlet (3) and a turbine outlet (4) and which connects a wastegate duct (5) between the turbine housing inlet (3) and the turbine housing outlet (4), which wastegate duct can be opened and closed via a shut-off element (6). The shut-off element is in the form of a piston (6) which is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner in an interior space (14) of a guide (7), and the wastegate duct (5) opens into the interior space (14) transversely with respect to the longitudinal central line (L) of the guide (7).
US09638083B2	Connector element A connector element for connecting a pump assembly for use in a selective catalytic reduction system to a reagent supply of reagent fluid, the connector element comprising: a reagent flow passage arranged to receive reagent fluid at a first end from the reagent supply and to supply the reagent fluid via a second end to a reagent inlet port for reagent fluid on the pump assembly; a coolant passage for cooling fluid, the coolant passage arranged to be in communication with a coolant port on the pump assembly.
US09638079B2	Exhaust mixer, emissions cleaning module and method An exhaust mixer provided may be used for mixing an additive, such as urea, in exhaust fluid flow. The exhaust mixer may be useful in reducing or preventing build-up of solid additive deposits by increasing efficiency of mixing of the additive. The exhaust mixer may be located at least partially within a mixing conduit and includes plurality of elongate mixing blades held in spaced configuration by a support. Each mixing blade may have a longitudinal axis extending along a longitudinal axis of the mixing conduit, wherein an injector module may be located upstream of the inlet of the mixing conduit.
US09638070B2	Engine An engine includes a crankshaft, a piston coupled to the crankshaft, and a head positioned over the piston and cylinder. The head includes a first aperture therethrough profiled for a spark plug. The engine also includes at least one camshaft positioned in the head and a cam retainer positioned over the camshaft to retain the camshaft in the head. The cam retainer includes a second aperture profiled to at least partially overlie the first aperture. The cam retainer is in a sealed relation with the head at the interface of the first and second apertures. The engine also includes a valve cover receivable over the head and cam retainer and including a third aperture therethrough, the third aperture being profiled to at least partially overlie the second aperture, and the valve cover being in a sealed relation with the cam retainer at the interface of the second and third apertures.
US09638069B2	Cam carrier module for vehicles A cam carrier module for vehicles may include a cam carrier coupled with a cylinder head, an injector penetrating through the cam carrier and the cylinder head, and a sealing device provided between the cam carrier and the cylinder head and enclosing the injector to implement sealing of the injector.
US09638068B2	Energy storage and recovery methods, systems, and devices A method for energy storage and recovery is based on the liquid air energy storage (LAES) operated at the pressure relationship such that the pressure of discharge air is greater than the charge air to provide a high round-trip efficiency. External cold source and cold thermal energy storage are used in a LAES to achieve a decrease in the LAES capital costs. A demand for a supplemental cold energy provided by external sources may be minimized. These features alone or in combination may result in reduced power demand required for cooling.
US09638056B2	Gas turbine engine and active balancing system The present disclosure provides, in one embodiment, a unique gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include unique gas turbine engines, and unique active balancing systems; as well as apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines and active balancing systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
US09638054B2	Steam turbine A steam turbine includes a turbine main body having blades supported rotatably, a steam channel which is connected to the turbine main body and in which steam flows, a regulating valve configured to linearly move to adjust opening/closing of the steam channel, and an opening/closing drive mechanism configured to drive the regulating valve. The opening/closing drive mechanism includes an electric motor configured to rotate by an electric power being supplied, a conversion mechanism configured to convert rotational motion of the electric motor into linear motion of the regulating valve, and a brake operated by regenerative energy of the electric motor.
US09638053B2	Control system for an axial flow turbine The invention relates to an axial flow turbine and method of operating thereof. The turbine comprises a last stage of rotating blades located towards a downstream end of the turbine having a distal region at an end of the airfoil of the blades. A monitoring control system has at least one sensor in the distal region of at least one last stage blade for measuring at least one physical property of the airfoil and a control element that is capable of influencing at least one physical property of the distal region. The control system further includes a controller that adjusts the control element based on at least measured physical property so by controlling the at least one physical property.
US09638049B2	Turbine engine blade A turbine engine blade includes an airfoil connected by a platform to a middle radial wall extending axially and prolonged radially inwards by a blade root that is mountable in a slot of a disk, and the platform and the middle radial wall defining two lateral cavities situated on either side of the middle radial wall and opening out circumferentially to receive scaling members. The cavities are open downstream with two fins projecting on either side of the middle radial wall at downstream end of the middle radial wall, the fins coming to bear against two adjacent teeth of the disk between which the slot is formed. The downstream end of the middle radial wall includes a setback extending between at least one rib of the platform and the fins.
US09638043B2	Method of manufacturing a composite material including a thermoplastic coated reinforcing element A method of through-thickness reinforcing a laminated material is disclosed, in which a reinforcing element is coated with a thermoplastic layer. The reinforcing element is inserted into a base material, and a matrix material, such as a polymeric, is included in the base material. The combination is then cured, or heated, such that the thermoplastic layer and the matrix material diffuse into each other, thereby forming an interphase region around the reinforcing element. This interphase region helps to prevent cracks from propagating from the reinforcing element.
US09638029B2	Master communication tool for distributed network of wireless communication devices A communications path between a surface control system and downhole equipment includes a network of wirelessly interconnected communication devices that are located along a conduit. When the communications path fails or cannot be established during performance of a downhole operation, a mobile master communication tool that is in communication with the surface system can be deployed within the wireless range of one of the devices to provide an alternative communication path between the surface system and the downhole equipment. In other embodiments, the alternative communication path can be a temporary path to provide for communications before the network is fully deployed.
US09638023B2	Determining stresses in a pipe under non-uniform exterior loads Systems and methods for determining stresses in pipe under non-uniform exterior loads to test the pipe design for structural integrity by approximating non-uniform exterior loads on the pipe and performing a stress analysis of the pipe under the non-uniform exterior loading to determine the stresses in the pipe.
US09638021B2	Pump deployment via cable A method can include providing a pump connected to a power cable with a smooth surface; providing a stuffing box with a valve configured to form a seal with the smooth surface of the power cable in a closed state and to form a passage for the pump as connected to the power cable in an open state; providing a lubricator; providing a blow-out protector with a valve configured to form a seal with the smooth surface of the power cable in a closed state and to form a passage for the pump as connected to the power cable in an open state; and controlling the states of the valves while lowering the pump via the power cable through the stuffing box, the lubricator, and the blow-out protector to position the pump into a bore of a well. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09638020B2	System and method for kicking-off a rotary steerable A method and system for steering a rotary steerable tool in a borehole. A method includes determining an azimuthal angle between a reference direction and a reference point on a direction determination component of a tool string. The direction control component is remote from the rotary steerable tool. The azimuthal angle and a time at which the angle was determined are communicated to a rotary steerable tool direction control system. A steerable shaft of the rotary steerable tool is deflected based on the azimuthal angle and the time at which the angle was determined, thereby directing the rotary steerable tool in a predetermined direction.
US09638019B2	Offshore processing method and system A method for removal of a compound from a crude hydrocarbon gas stream to be obtained from a sub-sea well is disclosed. The method comprises bringing the crude hydrocarbon gas stream in contact with a treatment solution comprising an absorbent at least partly selective to the compound to be removed, thereby obtaining a rich treatment solution and a compound depleted gas stream, regenerating the treatment solution comprising the absorbent by desorbing the compound from the rich treatment solution, thereby obtaining a compound stream. The crude hydrocarbon gas stream is brought in contact with the treatment solution comprising the absorbent subsea, the compound depleted gas stream is obtained subsea, where as the regenerating of the rich treatment solution and obtaining the compound stream is performed topside Further a system for transporting a treatment fluid from a subsea treatment unit to a topside regeneration involving adding pressurized hot natural gas to the treatment fluid subsea as a lift gas and separating the natural gas from the treatment fluid topside before the treatment fluid enters the treatment unit is described.
US09638017B2	Batch solution mining using lithological displacement of an evaporite mineral stratum and mineral dissolution with stationary solvent Batch initiation and/or exploitation phases of in situ solution mining of a mineral from an underground evaporite mineral stratum. The initiation phase may comprise a lifting step which employs a lithological displacement (lifting) of this stratum from an underlying non-evaporite stratum with application at the strata interface of a lifting hydraulic pressure greater than overburden pressure by a solvent suitable to dissolve the mineral; a soaking step for dissolution of mineral upon contact with stationary solvent, and a brine extraction step. The method may further comprise one or more exploitation phases carried out after the initiation phase. The exploitation phase may comprise a partial filing or filling step with the same solvent or different solvent than during lifting, another soaking step, and another brine extraction step. The lifting, cavity partial filing/filling, and brine extraction steps are being discontinuous. The evaporite mineral stratum preferably comprises trona.
US09638016B2	Methods of treating subterranean formations with fluids comprising proppant containing particle A method is provided for treating at least a portion of a subterranean formation. The method includes introducing a treatment fluid including a composite particle, which includes proppant incorporated into or attached to a swellable material and/or swellable materials, into a subterranean formation via a wellbore; and increasing the buoyancy of the composite particle including proppant by either mixing it with a treatment fluid or mixing it with a treatment fluid and triggering the swellable material and/or swellable materials to swell.
US09638013B2	Apparatus and methods for well control A completion joint 100 has two sand control jackets 120A-B connected on each end of an intermediately-mounted inflow control device 130. Both jackets 120A-B communicate with a housing chamber 155 through dedicated open end-rings 140A-B. The basepipe's flow openings 118 are isolated from this housing chamber 155 by a sleeve 160 fitted with flow ports 170. The housing 150 is removable to allow access to the flow ports 170 for pinning to configure the ports 170 open or closed for a given implementation.
US09638011B2	System and method for actuating downhole packers A downhole tool includes an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member. The outer tubular member may have one or more screens coupled thereto, a packer coupled thereto, and a shunt tube isolation valve coupled thereto. A first sleeve may be coupled to the packer and move from a first position to a second position. The packer may actuate into a set state when the first sleeve is moved to the second position, and the packer may isolate first and second portions of an annulus from one another when in the set state. A shunt tube may be coupled to the packer and provide a path of fluid communication from the first portion of the annulus, through the packer, and to the second portion of the annulus when the packer is in the set state.
US09638009B2	Downhole power generation system and method A downhole power generation system includes a tubular power generation device configured to be disposed in an annular space around a portion of a production tubing, wherein the power generation device is switchable between a power generation mode and a bypass mode. The system also includes a power storage device electrically coupled to the tubular power generation device and configured to store power generated by the power generation device. The power generation device comprises at least one power generation path and at least one bypass path. The at least one power generation path comprises at least one power generation mechanism which generates power when traversed by fluid. The at least one power generation path is open in the power generation mode and closed in the bypass mode.
US09638007B2	Elevator grip assurance An interlock device for connection within a load path of a tubular support device to lock the tubular support device in a closed position in response to detecting a load suspended from the tubular support device. The interlock device includes a first member moveably connected to a second member and a biasing mechanism operationally connected to the first member and the second member providing a load setting resisting movement of the first member and the second member relative to one another. The first and the second member may be rotationally locked with one another to transmit rotation across the interlock device to the elevator.
US09638005B2	Combined anti-rotation apparatus and pressure test tool A down-hole tool for pressure testing production tubing within a borehole of a well returning the well to production, includes an anti-rotational device comprising a tubular housing having a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and at least one anti-rotational wing disposed on the outer surface of the tubular housing, radially extendable to engage a radial surface of the borehole to anchor the production tubing thereto; a valve for controlling the flow of down-hole fluids within the production tubing, the valve comprising a first valve member fixedly positioned within the tubular housing of the anti-rotational device and a second valve member positionable between a closed position and an open position; and a reactivation device comprising means for axially engaging an axial surface of the borehole, the reactivation device affixed to the first end of the tubular housing, wherein the production tubing may be pressure tested when the valve is in the closed position.
US09638002B2	Activated reverse-out valve A disclosed reverse-out valve includes an upper mandrel, a lower mandrel movable with respect to the upper mandrel, and a reverse activated plug device arranged on the upper mandrel and including a piston arranged within a piston chamber of the upper mandrel and a prop extending longitudinally from the piston, wherein the piston chamber includes a first end and a second end, the reverse activated plug device further including a closure device movable between an open position where the piston is arranged at the first end and the prop holds the closure device open such that a reverse-circulation fluid is able to bypass the reverse activated plug device, and a closed position, where the piston is arranged at the second end and the prop is moved to allow the closure device to close and thereby prevent the reverse-circulation fluid from bypassing the reverse activated plug device.
US09637999B2	Isolation packer with automatically closing alternate path passages An isolation method is described for gravel packed zones separated by at least one packer and having an auxiliary conduit passing through the packer into adjacent zones. The conduit includes at least one each of a shunt tube, flow housing, annular space, and isolation valve housing. The flow housing, the annular space, and the isolation valve housing are all annular and formed between two concentric pipes. The method includes running in an assembly of screens isolated by at least one packer with at least one auxiliary conduit extending into adjacent zones defined by the packer when the packer is subsequently set. The method also includes closing flow in said conduit to prevent flow into shunt tubes during production based on creating a flow barrier in the annular space, the flow housing, or the isolation valve housing, the shunt tubes supplying slurry through the auxiliary conduit prior to the production.
US09637987B2	Coring system including tensiometer and method of deciding accurate coring using the same The present invention relates to a coring system and a determining method that can determine whether accurate coring was achieved. A coring system according to the present invention includes: a coring part with a core to be filled with an object to be cored; a driving unit controlling upward/downward movement of the coring part; a rope connecting the coring part with the driving unit; and a tensiometer measuring tension in the rope.
US09637985B2	Packer release compaction joint Certain aspects are directed to a device designed to relieve compression in a length of pipe. The device provides a load ring that can absorb and isolate load until a shear sleeve is shifted and shear pins are sheared. A specific aspect provides a packer release compaction joint that has a shifting sleeve having a first internal shoulder configured to engage a shifting tool; a shear sleeve having a raised abutment; a load ring mounted on the shear sleeve, the load ring having an outer diameter and positioned forward of the first side of the raised abutment; a snap ring mounted around the outer diameter of the load ring. Action of a shifting tool against the first internal shoulder of the shifting sleeve causes the snap ring to move away from the load ring and move to the second side of the raised abutment.
US09637982B2	Shock wave modification in percussion drilling apparatus and method A percussion drilling apparatus is arranged to affect at least one characteristic of a shock wave produced in a drill string. The apparatus includes an elongate energy transmission adaptor having a shock wave modification sleeve configured with a free end and an attachment end projecting radially from an outer surface of the adaptor.
US09637980B2	Diamond impregnated bit with aggressive face profile A drill bit having a shank and a crown. The crown defines a central axis and has at least one fixed segment. Each fixed segment has a cutting face and a plurality of surface features that are continuous with a distal surface of the cutting face. The plurality of surface features and a distal portion of the cutting face of each segment are integrally formed of a selected matrix material, and each surface feature consists solely of the selected matrix material. The matrix of the selected matrix material is configured to erode to expose abrasive particles within the matrix.
US09637970B1	Double breakout sliding door system The present invention relates to a double breakout sliding door system for use in retail and other buildings. The system includes left and right doors that are configured to slide open and closed and also breakout in two directions (outward and inward) when a force is exerted on the doors in order to, for example, allow customers and employees to exit a building in the event of a fire and to prevent damage to the doors in the event that a user pushes on them when they are closed. The system also includes a leveling system configured to keep the doors level when they breakout and a ball detent mechanism to alert the user to the proper position of the doors.
US09637966B1	Cupboard with up-down louvered door A cupboard has a body and an up-down louvered door. The door comprises a plurality of louvers, and a pair of lift racks to which the louvers are attached. The cupboard also includes a motor transmission apparatus, and two belts. When people need to open the door, the motor is actuated, whereby the lift racks lift and fold up, causing the louvers to fold up, and thus the door is opened. When people need to close the door, the motor is reversed, such that lift racks descend and extend, causing the louvers to extend, and thus the door is closed. The door can open adequately so as to facilitate taking out/putting in articles. No more space is occupied while opening the door, and the door is safe while closing. A small driving force can open/close the door.
US09637957B2	Automatically-extending remote door lock bolts A remote lock assembly includes a housing and a bolt adapted for sliding linear movement within the housing between an extended position and a retracted position. A latch disposed within the housing is adapted to releasably hold the bolt in the retracted position. A trigger disengages the latch from the bolt when contacting the latch. The trigger is biased into a position extending out from the housing. A spring biases the bolt into the extended position.
US09637953B2	Actuation device for a motor vehicle door lock The invention relates to an actuation device for a motor vehicle door lock (1), comprising a handle (7), and a locking lever (10) which renders the handle (7) inactive when accelerating forces of a predetermined magnitude occur, for example, in the event of an accident. In the normal operation, the locking lever (10) is displaced when impinged upon by the handle (7) and the handle (7) is simply rendered inactive in the locked operation.
US09637952B2	Motor vehicle lock The invention is directed to lock for a vehicle door arrangement, wherein a catch and a pawl are provided. The catch can be brought into an opening position and into a closed position, wherein the catch, which is in the closed position, is or may be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker. The pawl may be brought into an engagement position. A pawl actuation lever is provided for deflecting the pawl into the release position. A switchable coupling arrangement comprises a first coupling lever on the side of the pawl actuation lever, a second coupling lever on the side of the pawl and a moveable coupling element that may be moved into a closing position for a coupling engagement with the two coupling levers and into an opening position for decoupling the two coupling levers. The coupling element is arranged on one of the two coupling levers.
US09637947B2	Erectable shelter structures and methods of assembly and disassembly Erectable shelter frame structures including a plurality of rib assemblies. Preferably, each rib assembly has a receptacle for receiving a respective end of a purlin arrangement, the other end of which is attached to a receptacle of a subsequent rib assembly. The joints include toggle clamps that assist in facilitating the ease by which the shelter structure can be assembled or disassembled. Methods of construction and disassembly of the shelter frame structure are also disclosed.
US09637943B2	Compressible stand for awning with detachable support leg A compressible stand for an awning support includes a base plate, a cover, guide posts extending upwardly from the base plate and downwardly from the cover, and a support plate configured with apertures receiving the guide posts in sliding engagement. The support plate supports a leg of the awning support. A biasing member tends to maintain the support plate and leg in a predetermined relationship with respect to the base plate under a normal load. When an additional load is placed on the support plate, the biasing member is compressed, and the support plate and leg are lowered. When the additional load is removed, the biasing member is decompressed, and the support plate and leg may return to their original positions.
US09637938B2	Assembly of formwork, and graduated anchoring system The invention relates to an anchoring system for a wall formwork and to a method for an assembly of the anchoring system: • the two wall formworks (1, 2, 3, 40) are set up opposite from each other, • an anchoring rod (4) with a graduation (21) is pushed through anchoring rod bores of the two wall formworks (1, 2, 3, 40) in such a way that the end of the anchoring rod (4) that has not been pushed through has the graduation (21), • the pushed-through end of the anchoring rod (4) is connected to a locking device (41) present on the rear side of the one formwork (40), • the end of the anchoring rod (4) that has not been pushed through is connected to the locking device (5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15) provided here in such a manner that this connection is aligned with the selected graduation, • the locking device aligned with the graduation is connected to the adjacent wall formwork (1, 2, 3).
US09637934B2	Gangable composite deck clip A composite clip for attaching decking. The clip includes a bottom and a top. The bottom is made of a first material. The top is made of a second material. The first material of the bottom is different than the second material of the top. The clip has a generally T shape in a side view with a central bore passing through the top member and the bottom member, and a series of posts that extend from the top surface of the bottom member to pass through a corresponding through bore in the top member.
US09637930B2	Removable reversible handrail assistance device A removable handrail assistance device includes a bracket and a handle extension. The bracket may be affixed to a wall or other essentially immobile structure. The handle may be easily inserted into, or removed from, the bracket. The inserted handle extension is capable of supporting a user who holds onto the handle for support while, for example, climbing up or down one or more stairs. The bracket may be reversible, thereby allowing the handle to point in an opposite direction when inserted.
US09637927B2	Diverter A roof load support structure supports a load on a sloping metal panel roof such that substantially all of the load is conveyed through rails, which are mounted on roof panel ribs, then through the roof panel ribs, and to underlying building support structure. Minor portions of the load can be conveyed through an upper diverter and a lower closure. The upper diverter diverts water laterally away from the support structure, in two opposing directions to two opposing sides of the support structure.
US09637925B2	Strand chair for supporting prestressing cable A strand chair for supporting a prestressing cable in a cement cast. The strand chair contains a lower cup for receipt of a lower prestressing cable as well as an upper cup for supporting an upper prestressing cable. The strand chair utilized the pressures of the stressed cables to support and position a reveal which runs along the casting bed. Furthermore, the strand chair supports the placement of rebar utilized in the cement casting.
US09637924B2	Reinforcing Reinforcing is disclosed comprising a reinforcing bar extending along a portion of the length of the reinforcing and a termination extending along an end portion of the reinforcing. The termination may have a body extending in a longitudinal direction and a lateral engagement face formed on the body. The engagement face may incorporate locking formations thereon arranged to interfit with a complementary shaped termination to form an interlock arranged to accommodate loading applied in the longitudinal direction.
US09637916B1	Work-station A work-station utilizes sound absorbing, translucent enclosure panels that allows light from outside of the work-station to enter. The translucent enclosure panels have an outside panel, and intermediate panel and an inside panel of a translucent plastic sheet material that form cells for dampening sound transmission through the enclosure panels. The inside panel has a plurality of apertures to allow sound to enter and be dissipated within the internal cells. A sound masking device is configured within the work-station and projects a dampening sound into the work-station, such as along the opening to work-station to produce a masking sound curtain for sound entering the work-station.
US09637915B1	Factory fabricated precompressed water and/or fire resistant expansion joint system transition A fire and/or water resistant expansion joint system for installation into a building joint in vertical and horizontal configurations is designed such that it can be used for either an inside or outside corner. The system comprises a core having a fire retardant infused therein. A layer of an elastomer is disposed on the core and is tooled to define a profile to facilitate the compression of the expansion joint system when installed between coplanar substrates. The system can be delivered to a job site in a pre-compressed state ready for installation into the building joint.
US09637909B1	Drain cleaning device A drain snake (4) with a ball (8, 42) on a forward end of a cable (6), the ball having a convex leading surface (36) with a protrusion (10, 44) designed to act as a foot that steps over the end (22, 30) of a pipe (24) in an elbow (26) as the snake is rotated (32). In an embodiment, the protrusion may terminate laterally at 60-150% of a maximum lateral extent (R, 37) of the ball or the protrusion may be limited to the lateral extent of the ball. The protrusion may form a rotationally asymmetric surface arrangement on the ball. The protrusion may have a forward cutting edge (48, 53) and may have a lateral cutting edge (52). The cable (6) may be designed to flex laterally while remaining substantially inelastic axially under manual feed and retraction forces.
US09637898B2	Mounting driver for undermounted sinks An assembly for undermounting a sink to a support surface includes a central sink support supporting a front center portion of a sink. The central sink support includes an elongated block member having an upper surface, a lower surface and extending sidewalls. The central sink support also includes first and second screw holes shaped and dimensioned for the passage of screws that will be secured to a front wall of a sink cabinet and a threaded locking pin hole with a similarly threaded locking screw. The assembly also includes a mounting driver having a support bar shaped and dimensioned for positioning between an underside of the sink and a wall of a cabinet at an angular orientation relative to the wall. The support bar includes a first end and a second end.
US09637893B2	Nut for providing quick assembly and disassembly A nut is employed to fix a faucet on a wash basin or a kitchen basin and contains an external driving member and an internal screwing member. The external driving member includes a cylindrical fence, an accommodating cavity, a first edge, and a second edge; the cylindrical fence has at least one limiting block and a griping face. The internal screwing member is fitted into and retained with the accommodating cavity and includes an annular cliff, a through orifice, a third edge, and a fourth edge; the annular cliff has plural slots longitudinally extending and isometrically arranged to the fourth edge from the third edge so as to define a plurality of flexible retaining portions, each having an inner threaded section; the annular cliff also has at least one longitudinal recess for retaining with the at least one limiting block of the external driving member and has a contacting fringe.
US09637886B2	Methods for controlling weeds and water using a bag filled with landscaping material A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building.
US09637878B2	Hazard alert assembly A hazard alert assembly for alerting an observer to a hazard includes a base structured to retain a flare on a support surface so the flare is visible to an observer. A frame is coupled to the base so the frame may be visible to the observer. The frame alerts the observer to a hazard. An arrow is coupled to the frame so the arrow is may indicate a direction the observer should travel to avoid the hazard.
US09637853B2	Washing machine and balancer thereof A washing machine capable of manipulating a balancer with a simple manipulation, and a balancer thereof, the washing machine including a rotating tub configured to accommodate a laundry while being rotatably disposed on a shaft, at least one mass mounted on the rotating tub so as to move in a circumferential direction of the rotating tub, thereby offsetting an unbalanced load of the rotating tub, at least one wire extending along the circumferential direction of the rotating tub and coupled to the at least one mass, and at least one driving unit coupled to the at least one wire and configured to rotate the at least one mass in the circumferential direction of the rotating tub.
US09637850B2	Method and machine for spreading a fabric-type textile sheet A method for spreading a textile sheet where the sheet is caused to run between at least two rotary rollers, the axes of which extend parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the running direction of sheet. The sheet under pressure is caused to pass between at least one pressure generator of the rollers driven into axial oscillation and in phase opposition. At least one pressure generator of the rollers has adjustable pressure values along the generator in order to spread the sheet with a low thickness variability.
US09637848B2	Bendable straight knitting needle with ergonomic benefit A bendable straight knitting needle consisting of three parts (1,2,3) that provides ergonomic benefit by enabling bending of the needle during stitch/loop creation by the knitter typically done with two knitting needles, one in each hand. The addition of a bendable portion to the standard conventional straight knitting needle would allow flexible knitting motion with enhanced comfort and better ease of knitting in a tight space.
US09637845B2	Rip-stop fabric with mechanical stretch fibers A ripstop fabric having multi-component polyester filament yarns interwoven into spun yarns in a ripstop pattern.
US09637843B2	Fabric material A stainless wire that does not have a crystal grain of 200 nm or greater in maximum length in a surface normal to a fiber axis within a range of 1 μm square from a center of a diameter in a cross section normal to a fiber axial direction is used as the stainless wire that forms a fabric material.
US09637841B2	Fiber for artificial hair and artificial hair product using the same A fiber for artificial hair that has an improved appearance with a suppressed gloss is obtained by combining regenerated collagen fibers having different shapes in cross section. An artificial hair product using the same is provided. The fiber for artificial hair according to the present invention is obtained by combining fibers having different shapes in cross section. The fiber for artificial hair includes regenerated collagen fibers, and the regenerated collagens fibers include at least two types of regenerated collagen fibers whose cross-sectional shapes are selected from the group consisting of shapes including an elliptical shape, a circular shape, and a multifoil shape. The artificial hair product of the present invention includes the above-described fiber for artificial hair.
US09637833B2	Copper electroplating solution and method of copper electroplating A copper plating solution which contains compounds with the structure —X—S—Y— where X and Y are, independently of each other, atoms selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, carbon, sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen, and X and Y can be the same only if they are carbon atoms and aliphatic semialdehydes. By using this copper electroplating solution it is possible to form good filled vias without worsening the appearance of the plating.
US09637832B2	Purification of coal and fly ash by ionic liquids A method for recovering heavy metals and rare earth elements from fly ash, coal ash, and unrefined mineral ores containing rare earth metals using an ionic liquid and an organic acid to solubilize the metals. The solubilized components are removed from the ionic liquid by electrochemical deposition. The heavy metals and rare earth elements are deposited onto an electrode, and then purified via electrochemical processing.
US09637830B2	Capillary photoelectrode structures for photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic cells Photocatalytic structures having a capillary-force based electrolyte delivery system are provided. Also provided are photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic cells incorporating the structures and methods for using the cells to generate hydrogen and/or oxygen from water. The photocatalytic structures use an electrolyte-transporting strip comprising a porous network of cellulose nanofibers to transport electrolyte from a body of the electrolyte to a porous photoelectrode or a porous photocatalytic substrate via capillary force.
US09637826B2	Steel sheet for containers and manufacturing method for same A steel sheet for containers that has excellent film adhesion qualities, and has; a chemical conversion coating formed by immersing or subjecting to electrolytic treatment a steel sheet in a solution containing Zr ions, F ions, with adhesion amount of 0.1 to 100 mg/m2 for metal Zr and no more than 0.1 mg/m2 for F; and a hydroxyl acid treatment layer formed on the chemical conversion coating, the layer having a C adhesion amount of 0.05 to 50 mg/m2.
US09637822B2	Multi-rotation epitaxial growth apparatus and reactors incorporating same A susceptor apparatus for use in a CVD reactor includes a main platter with a central gear. The main platter has opposite first and second sides, a central recess formed in the second side, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart pockets formed in the first side. The central gear is positioned within the central recess and the satellite platters are individually rotatable within the respective pockets. Each pocket has a peripheral wall with an opening in communication with the central recess. The central gear teeth extend into each of the pockets via the respective wall openings and engage a planet gear associated with each satellite platter. Rotation of the main platter about its rotational axis causes the satellite platters to rotate about their individual rotational axes.
US09637816B2	Mask assembly, apparatus for manufacturing display apparatus, and method of manufacturing display apparatus Provided are a mask assembly, an apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus. The mask assembly includes a mask comprising an opening having a pattern; and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) that is coated on at least a portion of the mask.
US09637811B2	Iron-based sintered sliding member and production method therefor An iron-based sintered sliding member consists of, by mass %, 0.1 to 10% of Cu, 0.2 to 2.0% of C, 0.03 to 0.9% of Mn, 0.52 to 6.54% of S, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The iron-based sintered sliding member satisfies the following First Formula in which [S %] represents mass % of S and [Mn %] represents mass % of Mn in the overall composition. The iron-based sintered sliding member exhibits a metallic structure in which pores and sulfide particles are dispersed in the matrix that includes a martensite structure at not less than 50% by area ratio in cross section. The sulfide particles are dispersed at 3 to 30 vol. % with respect to the matrix. [S %]=0.6×[Mn %]+0.5 to 6.0 First Formula
US09637807B1	Synthesis of metal nanoparticles using an extract of terfeziaceae A method of preparing metal nanoparticles using an extract of desert truffles (Terfeziaceae) includes providing an aqueous solution including a metal salt; and combining an extract of Terfeziaceae with the aqueous metal salt solution to produce the metal nanoparticles. The metal salt can be silver nitrate (AgNO3) and the metal nanoparticles can be silver nanoparticles. The metal nanoparticles can have a mean diameter in the range of from about 5 nm to about 100 nm. The silver nanoparticles can be used as an antimicrobial agent and/or an anti-parasitic agent.
US09637792B2	Digital sequence analysis of DNA methylation The present invention relates to methods and compositions for determination of and uses of specific methylation patterns indicative of adenoma and carcinoma. In particular, the invention relates to analysis of defined CpG loci that are coordinately methylated in DNAs from cancer and adenoma samples, methods for identifying coordinately methylated loci, and methods of using analysis of coordinately methylated loci in one or more marker regions in the design of assays for adenoma and cancer.
US09637782B2	Charged triplet-state quenchers for mitigation of photo-induced damage Mitigation of photo-induced damage in excitation illuminated reactions and analyses utilizing such reactions results in an enhanced performance for the reactions and the analyses. There is provided a novel class of triplet-state quenchers for mitigating photo-induced damage which are both simple in structure and effective at preventing and/or reducing photo-induced damage to reaction components of excitation illuminated reaction mixtures. Also provided are methods of using the compounds of the invention, devices and kits incorporating the compounds of the invention.
US09637780B2	Controlled inhibition and re-activation of DNA polymerases by cleavable oligonucleotide inhibitors A hot start enzyme composition is described that includes a hot start nuclease, a nucleic acid polymerase, and a substantially double-stranded oligonucleotide that inhibits the catalytic activity of the nucleic acid polymerase at temperatures lower than the melting temperature of the oligonucleotide.
US09637770B2	Methods and devices for handling biofouling Provided is a biosensor including a scaffold and a dye complex, the dye complex including a clay material associated with a dye material, where the dye complex is at least partially embedded in the scaffold. Also provided is a process for preparing the biosensor, an apparatus including the biosensor and methods for detecting viable microorganisms in an aqueous fluid test sample making use of the biosensor, for predicting biofouling in a fluid flowing system and for determining a concentration of disinfectant required to disinfect an aqueous fluid.
US09637767B2	Preparation of malto-oligosaccharides Disclosed is a method for preparing a mixture of malto-oligosaccharides. Generally, a dry-milled corn fraction, such as a corn flour from which germ and fiber have been removed, is subjected to hydrolysis, typically catalyzed with acid or an enzyme such as an α-amylase enzyme, under conditions suitable to form a mixture of malto-oligosaccharides. A gluten fraction is removed and the enzyme is inactivated, such as with heat. The mixture of malto-oligosaccharides then may be recovered from remaining solids and purified.
US09637764B2	Methods of producing 7-carbon chemicals via carbon chain elongation associated with cyclohexane carboxylate synthesis This document describes biochemical pathways for producing pimelic acid, 7-aminoheptanoic acid, 7-hydroxyheptanoic acid, heptamethylenediamine or 1,7-heptanediol by forming two terminal functional groups, comprised of carboxyl, amine or hydroxyl group, in a C7 aliphatic backbone substrate. These pathways, metabolic engineering and cultivation strategies described herein rely on the carbon chain elongation enzymes or homologs thereof associated with the cyclohexane carboxylate biosynthesis from Syntrophus aciditrophicus or 2-aminoadipate lysine biosynthesis.
US09637763B2	Recombinant production systems for aromatic molecules The invention relates to the production of aromatic molecules in prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts such as E. coli, yeasts, filamentous fungi, algae, microalgae, other plant cells.
US09637757B2	Pepino Mosaic Virus resistant tomato plant The present invention relates to a tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L.) which may comprise a genetic determinant that confers resistance to Pepino Mosaic Virus (PepMV), wherein the resistance is characterized by the presence of at least QTL1 and/or QTL2. The invention also relates to sources for obtaining said genetic determinant, representative seed of which were deposited with the NCIMB under accession numbers NCIMB 41927, NCIMB 41928, NCIMB 42068, and NCIMB 42069. The invention further relates to seeds and progeny of the plant and to its fruits and processed fruits. In addition the invention relates to molecular markers linked to PepMV resistance conferring QTLs and the use thereof.
US09637756B2	Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated growth rate and biomass in plants grown in saline conditions The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
US09637748B2	Conjugative plasmids and methods of use thereof The present invention provides novel C. botulinum conjugatively transmissible plasmids and methods of use thereof. Specifically, described herein are novel, conjugatively transmissible clostridial plasmids which are capable of being transferred among and between clostridial species. The novel plasmids of the present invention therefore permits the delivery of heterologous clostridial genes into a clostridial host, such as C. botulinum, and the expression of genes of interest in that host, including clostridial toxins and the nontoxigenic components of the toxin complex, toxin fragments, or antigenic portions thereof, in a way both that ensures abundant expression and facilitates purification. Furthermore, toxins with altered structures, chimeric, hybrid toxins, and other toxin derivatives valuable in medicine could be synthesized in this system.
US09637746B2	Methods for control of flux in metabolic pathways The invention pertains to a method for preparing cells that can be used as biocatalysts by inducing in them a growth-decoupled state, in which interferase inhibits the expression of genes except the ones that code for the pathway enzymes of interest. mRNAs that code for interferase-resistant products are overexpressed in the background of a metabolically-frozen cell. Enzymes that compete for a substrate or product of the pathway of interest may be altered such that the enzyme is sensitive to a site-specific protease, which protease is inducible in the host cell.
US09637739B2	RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex Isolation or in vitro assembly of the Cas9-crRNA complex of the Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR3/Cas system and use for cleavage of DNA bearing a nucleotide sequence complementary to the crRNA and a proto-spacer adjacent motif. Methods for site-specific modification of a target DNA molecule using an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease comprising at least one RNA sequence and at least one of an RuvC active site motif and an HNH active site motif; for conversion of Cas9 polypeptide into a nickase cleaving one strand of double-stranded DNA by inactivating one of the active sites (RuvC or HNH) in the polypeptide by at least one point mutation; for assembly of active polypeptide-polyribonucleotides complex in vivo or in vitro; and for re-programming a Cas9-crRNA complex specificity in vitro or using a cassette containing a single repeat-spacer-repeat unit.
US09637737B2	Method for evaluating redox activity of nucleic acid molecule and nucleic acid molecule having redox activity The present invention provides a novel technique by which the redox activity of a nucleic acid molecule can be evaluated. An evaluation method of the present invention includes: a detection step of electrochemically detecting a redox reaction to a substrate, the redox reaction being catalyzed by a nucleic acid molecule to be evaluated, using a device that electrochemically detects a redox reaction; and an evaluation step of evaluating redox activity of the nucleic acid molecule from a result of the detection of the redox reaction. As the device, a device in which a base provided with a detection portion is included, the detection portion includes an electrode system, and the nucleic acid molecule to be evaluated is arranged on the base is used. In the present invention, it is preferred that a plurality of kinds of nucleic acid molecule to be evaluated is arranged on the base, and the plurality of kinds of nucleic acid molecules to be evaluated is evaluated by a single device.
US09637733B2	Reagent supply device for analysis of nucleic acid A reagent supply device includes a plurality of chambers which are separated from each other such that different reagents may be injected, the plurality of chambers having bottom surfaces made of a membrane, the membrane comprising a destruction pattern which is formed at a position corresponding to each of the plurality of chambers and breachable by an external impact to discharge the injected reagent from the chamber.
US09637732B2	Method of efficiently establishing induced pluripotent stem cells Provided is a method of improving the efficiency of iPS cell establishment, comprising bringing one or more factors selected from the group consisting of proteins belonging to cyclin D family and nucleic acids that encode the same into contact with a somatic cell, in the step of nuclear reprogramming of the somatic cell. Also provided are a method of producing an iPS cell comprising the step of bringing the factor(s) and nuclear reprogramming substance(s) into contact with a somatic cell, an iPS cell comprising a nucleic acid that encodes a protein belonging to cyclin D family that can be obtained by the method of producing an iPS cell, and a method of somatic cell production by forcing the iPS cell to differentiate.
US09637722B2	Production method of polyurethane porous membrane to be used for at least one of applications of cell culture and cancer cell growth inhibition A polyurethane porous membrane is produced by a simple method to be used for at least one of applications of cell culture and cancer cell growth inhibition. The production method of the polyurethane porous membrane to be used for at least one of the applications of cell culture and cancer cell growth inhibition comprises: a first step of forming a layer of a polyurethane material which is uncured, on a substrate; and a second step of supplying water vapor to an exposed surface of the layer of the polyurethane material formed on the substrate, which is away from the substrate, so as to cure the polyurethane material and provide the layer of the polyurethane material with a porous structure having a plurality of irregularities on the exposed surface.
US09637720B2	Method for multiplying phytobenefical microorganisms The invention relates to a method for multiplying a strain of Trichoderma, which includes the preparation of substantially contaminant-free culture media, containing disinfected wood fibers obtained by means of a twin-screw extruder, the amplification of Trichoderma via a series of steps for manufacturing a primary inoculum and then a secondary inoculum from said primary inoculum, and the multiplication of the microorganisms in each step, wherein the multiplication of the propagules reaches 2×104 to 105.The invention also relates to a plant growing medium containing a secondary inoculum of Trichoderma.
US09637719B2	Devices and methods for purification of biological cells This invention relates to devices and methods for purifying biological cells. For example, viable tumor, stem, immune and sperm cells can be purified from a complex biological sample using a column, including a pipette tip column. Cells can be purified in a sealed chromatographic system. Methods of the invention can aid research, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
US09637717B2	Method and apparatus for the use of micro-carriers in a disposable bioreactor system A system and method for compartmentalizing micro-carriers in a bioreactor includes a container configured to store micro-carriers and a vessel configured to contain a fluid so as to prevent the micro-carriers from entering the vessel during sterilization, shipping, storage, or other pre-use handling of the system. One or more addition lines connect the container and the vessel such that the vessel is in fluid communication with the vessel. The one or more addition lines are contactable by at least one blocking element configured to reversibly block fluid flow between the container and the vessel. The container, addition lines, and vessel are configured to allow the micro-carriers to be injected into the vessel at any point during a cell culture run. The vessel may also include a rotatable wheel, a harvest port configured to allow for the removal of the micro-carriers from the vessel, and a media removal port comprising a retention screen for removing spent medium.
US09637701B2	Estolide compound containing ketone functional group and method for preparing the same A method for preparing a ketone group-containing estolide compound and a ketone group-containing estolide compound prepared thereby are disclosed. The method for preparing a ketone group-containing estolide compound includes converting biomass fat into a fatty acid; separating the fatty acid into a C16 saturated fatty acid and a C18 unsaturated fatty acid; increasing an amount of oleic acid through partial hydrogenation of the C18 unsaturated fatty acid; synthesizing a C35 ketone through ketonization of the oleic acid; and performing estolide bonding by capping the C16 saturated fatty acid onto the C35 ketone.
US09637697B2	Polymorphism and microstructure of certain triacylglycerols and fatty acid methyl esters This application relates to the polymorphism and microstructure of certain triacylglycerols and fatty acid methyl esters, and how the properties of these individual components in a biodiesel fuel, as well as their combined mixtures, helps understand the fundamental mechanisms of their crystallization so as to design biodiesel fuels with improved low temperature characteristics.
US09637694B2	Upgrading hydrocarbon pyrolysis products The invention relates to a process for upgrading pyrolysis tar, such as steam cracker tar, in the presence of a utility fluid. The utility fluid contains 2-ring and/or 3-ring aromatics and has solubility blending number (SBN)≧120. The invention also relates to the upgraded pyrolysis tar and to the use of the upgraded pyrolysis tar, for example, for fuel oil blending.
US09637690B2	Integrated system for in-situ organic peroxide production and oxidative heteroatom conversion and hydrotreating An oxidative treatment system, e.g., oxidative desulfurization or denitrification, is provided in which the oxidant is produced in-situ using an aromatic-rich portion of the original liquid hydrocarbon feedstock. The process reduces or replaces the need for the separate introduction of liquid oxidants such as hydrogen peroxide, organic peroxide and organic hydroperoxide in an oxidative treatment process.
US09637689B2	Process for reducing the total acid number in refinery feedstocks A process is described for reducing the total acid number of a refinery feedstock. In one embodiment, refinery feedstock containing naphthenic acids is contacted with an effective amount of solid catalyst in the presence of an aqueous caustic base, wherein the caustic base is sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, for a period of time sufficient to neutralize at least a portion of the naphthenic acids in the feedstock. Thereafter, the aqueous phase is separated from the neutralized refinery feedstock. In another embodiment catalyst is pretreated with a caustic base solution and contacted with refinery feedstock to reducing the total acid number.
US09637679B2	Multiple hydrophilic head corrosion inhibitors Compounds comprising multiple hydrophilic heads and a lipophilic tail may be contacted with a metal or other surface so as to adhere to the surface and inhibit corrosion, among other things. Suitable hydrophilic heads may include quaternary ammonium cation moieties, phosphonium cation moieties, and combinations thereof. Such corrosion-inhibiting compounds may be introduced into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation, for instance in oil and/or gas recovery operations and the like, whereupon the compound may adhere to a metal or other surface downhole so as to inhibit corrosion of the surface. These compounds may be employed in various other environments, such as any metal or other surface that may be exposed to corrosive conditions.
US09637672B2	Polyester resin composition and molded article of same A polyester resin composition comprising: 100 parts by mass of a polyester resin having at least 50% by mass of a glycolic acid resin; and from 0.5 to 50 parts by mass of a carboxylic acid anhydride.
US09637671B2	Method of suppressing the generation of dust from sand A composite is characterized by particulates of sand wherein at least a portion of the surface of the particulates is coated with a polycationic polymer. The presence of the polycationic polymer on the surface of the particulates reduces the amount of dust generated during handling and use of the sand. The polycationic polymer further reduces the amount of dust generated during transport of the sand as well during manufacture, treatment or processing of the sand.
US09637668B2	Structural polyurethane adhesive having a low glass transition temperature The invention relates to a two-component polyurethane adhesive having high strength and elasticity at a particularly low glass transition temperature, suitable as a structural adhesive. The adhesive according to the invention contains a triol, a diol, a polyamine, a polyisocyanate and a polyurethane polymer having isocyanate groups in certain ratios, and a Fe(III) or Ti(IV) or Zr(IV) or Hf(IV) chelate-complex-catalyst.
US09637663B2	Plasticized UV/EB cured coatings A plasticized ultraviolet or electron beam (UV/EB) cationically cured coating, such as a release layer or print from UV/EB cured inks, comprises polymers with a reactive plasticizer incorporated therein. The cured coating contains the plasticizing additives permanently attached to the polymer matrix, locking them in place, and permanently flexibilizing the cured coating. The cured coating finds use on varied substrates including printable substrates used in conventional printers and those with release layers for adhesive labels. Coating formulations which form these cationically cured coatings comprise cationically polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers, a reactive plasticizer which is food grade, cosmetic grade, medical grade or biologically benign when incorporated in the polymer backbone, and a catalyst.
US09637645B2	Item having anti-soiling properties and intended for aquatic and particularly ocean use The present invention relates to an item having anti-soiling properties and intended for aquatic, and particularly ocean use, and to a method for slowing the growth of aquatic organisms on submersible or semi-submersible structures.
US09637640B2	Method for coating the surface of inorganic particles, particularly titanium dioxide pigment particles The invention relates to a method for coating the surface of inorganic solid particles in an aqueous suspension. The untreated particles, particularly TiO2 base material, are made into an aqueous suspension and subsequently disagglomerated. According to the invention, a disagglomerated suspension of untreated particles is fed (recirculated) from an intermediate vessel (vessel) in a cyclic process. The intermediate vessel contains a high-speed agitator preferably having a minimum peripheral speed of 15 m/s or a specific agitator capacity P/V of at least 30 W/m3. A pipeline mixer (e.g. inline disperser) based on the rotor/stator principle is furthermore installed in the circuit. The water-soluble precursor compounds of the coating substances, and equally any necessary pH-controlling substances, are metered into the pipeline mixer. This leads to surface coatings with greater smoothness (low specific surface area according to BET), improved density (low sulphuric-acid solubility), and less coating substance precipitated separately (improved gloss).
US09637636B2	Manufacturing process for rice husk fiber synthetic resin powder and rice husk fiber product A manufacturing process for rice husk fiber synthetic resin powder includes grinding rice husks into rice husk powder, feeding the powder into a mixer, adding and uniformly mixing cellulose, starch, and water, removing and cooling the mixture into rice husk fiber powder; additionally putting natural resin and lignin into a reaction kettle, adding water and agitating uniformly into slurry, adding nano-silica and continuing agitating evenly, and after cooling, adding the rice husk fiber powder and continuing the agitation, cooling and removing the mixture, thus obtaining a paste material; and injecting the paste material into a flash drier to produce rice husk fiber synthetic resin powder. The rice husk fiber synthetic resin powder can be used to make rice husk fiber products such as tableware, toys, furniture and kitchenware that have good physical properties and are degradable into organic fertilizer, thereby being environmentally friendly and commercially promising.
US09637634B2	Flame-retardant polycarbonate molding materials V The present invention relates to flame-retardant, impact-modified polycarbonate (PC) compositions and molding compositions which have good mechanical properties, good resistance to chemicals and high hydrolytic stability.The present application additionally relates to the use of the compositions in the production of molded articles, and to molded articles produced from the compositions.
US09637633B2	Resin composition and resin molded article A resin composition includes a polyester resin, an alloyed resin of a polycarbonate resin and an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber-styrene resin, and an acrylic block copolymer containing a polymer block containing an acrylic acid ester monomer unit and a polymer block containing a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit, wherein a weight ratio of a content of the polyester resin and a content of the alloyed resin is in a range of 5:95 to 50:50, and wherein a content of the acrylic block copolymer is in a range of 0.5% by weight to 10% by weight with respect to a total of the content of the polyester resin and the content of the alloyed resin.
US09637626B2	High density polyethylene composition and closure Disclosed is a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) composition that comprises at least a first high density polyethylene component having a density of 0.940-0.968 g/cm3 and a melt index I2.16 of 0.5-10.0 dg/min and a melt flow ratio (flow index I21.6 at 190° C. divided by melt index I2.16 at 190° C.) of at least 25. A second HDPE component may be included in the composition with melt index I2.16 of greater than 10 dg/min and melt flow ratio of 30 or less. The disclosed compositions are suitable for use in living hinge closure applications.
US09637620B2	Preparation of refined pigment from elastomer A pigment and method for making a pigment comprising a milled elastomer, wherein the milled elastomer has a D50 particle size of between about 5 and about 50 microns. A coating of the pigment has a smoothness of about 3 or less. The pigment is prepared by providing an elastomer; and milling the elastomer in the presence of milling media and solvent at a temperature from about 30° C. to about 70° C. The elastomer is insoluble in the solvent. The method for preparing the pigment from an elastomer comprises the steps of: providing an elastomer; and milling the elastomer in a media mill in the presence of milling media and solvent at a temperature from about 30° C. to about 70° C. The diameter of the milling media is from about 0.5 mm to about 10 mm, and the elastomer is insoluble in the solvent.
US09637617B2	Environmentally-friendly anti-cracking, anti-corrosive and waterproof material and preparation method therefor Disclosed are an environmentally-friendly anti-cracking, anti-corrosive and waterproof material and a preparation method therefor, which may solve the following problems of the existing waterproof and anti-corrosive materials: a single function, a poor property, a high cost and a short service life. The waterproof material in the present invention consists of the following components in weight parts: 5-15 parts of synthetic polyester resin, 3-6 parts of penetrant, 1-3 parts of cellulose fiber, 0.1-0.3 parts of cellulose ether, 75-85 parts of solvent. A preparation method of the above waterproof material is also provided. The formulation used in the present invention can have the effects of efficiently protecting indoors and outside, and be used for penetration resistant, waterproof, moisture proof, mildew proof, anti-corrosive, acid and alkali resistant, oil leaking resistant, corrosion resistant, freezing and thawing resistant, anti-cracking, weather and aging resistant, and fouling resistant penetration-type waterproof, anti-corrosive indoors and outside corrosion resistant engineering.
US09637616B2	Resin composition and resin molded article A resin composition includes a non-substituted cellulose resin having a weight average molecular weight in a range of 10,000 to 75,000.
US09637602B2	BOPP film with improved stiffness/toughness balance The present invention relates to a new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film, a process for the preparation of such film as well as the use of a polypropylene for the preparation of such film and an article comprising such film.
US09637588B2	Copolyesterimides derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic glycols and films made therefrom A film comprising a copolyester wherein said copolyester comprises repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and a comonomer (M) selected from the group consisting of N,N′-bis-(2-hydroxyalkyl)-bicyclo-[2,2,2]-oct-7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic diimide (BODI) and 2-hydroxyalkyl-2-[p-(2-hydroxyethoxycarbonyl)phenyl]-1,3-dioxo-2H-isoindole-5-carboxylate (DOIC), wherein the number of carbon atoms is the 2-hydroxyalkyl group is 2, 3 or 4, and wherein comonomer (M) constitutes a proportion of the glycol fraction of the copolyester.
US09637587B2	Method for the manufacture of a polyhydroxy-carboxylic acid Disclosed is a method to prepare a polylactic acid comprising the steps of performing a ring opening polymerization using a catalyst and either a catalyst killer compound or an endcapping additive to obtain a raw polylactic acid of MW greater than 10,000 g/mol, purifying the raw polylactic acid by removing and separating low boiling compounds comprising lactide and impurities from the raw polylactic acid by devolatization of the low boiling compounds as a gas phase stream, and purifying the lactide from the devolatization and removing the impurities from the gas phase stream of evaporated low boiling compounds by means of crystallization by desublimation from the gas phase, wherein the lactide is purified and the removed impurities include a catalyst residue and a compound containing at least one hydroxyl group such that the purified lactide is then polymerized by feeding it back into the ring opening polymerization. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method comprising a polymerization reactor for performing a ring opening polymerization to obtain a raw polylactic acid, a devolatization apparatus for separating low boiling compounds comprising lactide and impurities from a raw polylactic acid, and a crystallization apparatus for purifying a lactide and removing impurities by means of a desublimation and a crystallization in the same crystallization apparatus.
US09637573B2	Polymer compositions and methods of making and using same A polymer reactor-blend comprising at least a first component having a polydispersity index of greater than about 20 and is present in an amount of from about 1 wt. % to about 99 wt. % based on the total weight of the polymer and a second component having a polydispersity index of less than about 20 and is present in an amount of from about 1 wt. % to about 99 wt. % based on the total weight of the polymer wherein a molecular weight distribution of the second component lies within a molecular weight distribution of the first component.
US09637566B2	Method for preparing supported metallocene catalyst and method for preparing polyolefin using the same The present invention relates to a method for preparing a supported metallocene catalyst, and a method for preparing polyolefin using the same, in which the supported metallocene catalyst prepared from the simple process according to the method for preparing the supported metallocene catalyst of the present invention can apply to the polymerization of the polyolefin that is polymerized at low pressure or high pressure; the molecular weight distribution of polyolefin prepared can be easily controlled; and there are effects such that its catalyst activity is significantly higher than that of the existed supported metallocene catalyst, and the molecular weight distribution can be easily controlled.
US09637548B2	Methods and compositions for diagnosis and treatment of cancer The present invention relates to the identification of nucleic acid and amino acid sequences that are characteristic of colorectal, in particular colonic, and gastric tumor tissues and colorectal, in particular colonic, and gastric tissues, and which represent targets for therapy or diagnosis of such tumor diseases in a subject.
US09637543B2	HER3 antibodies and uses thereof Provided herein are antibodies specific for HER3. Also provided are methods of treating cancer in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of the antibodies described herein to the subject.
US09637526B2	Chlorotoxin polypeptides and conjugates and uses thereof Reduced lysine chlorotoxin polypeptides that may be used to generate single species conjugates of chlorotoxin. Conjugates comprising such chlorotoxin polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods of using such compositions and/or conjugates.
US09637521B2	Cytotoxic T lymphocyte inducing immunogens for prevention treatment and diagnosis of dengue virus infection Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHR) are significant global public health problems and understanding the overall immune response to infection will contribute to appropriate management of the disease and its potentially severe complications. Live attenuated and subunit vaccine candidates, which are under clinical evaluation, induce primarily an antibody response to the virus and minimal cross-reactive T cell responses. Currently, there are no available tools to assess protective T cell responses during infection or post vaccination. The present invention incorporates immunoproteomics to uncover novel HLA-A2 specific epitopes derived from Dengue Virus (DV)-infected cells. These epitopes are conserved with epitope-specific CTLs cross-reacting against all four DV serotypes. These epitopes have potential as new informational and diagnostic tools to characterize T cell immunity in Dengue virus (DV) infection, and serves as a universal vaccine candidate complementary to current vaccines.
US09637510B2	Methods for preparing ruthenium carbene complex precursors and ruthenium carbene complexes A method for preparing a ruthenium carbene complex precursor includes reacting a ruthenium refinery salt with a hydrogen halide to form a ruthenium intermediate, and reacting the ruthenium intermediate with an L-type ligand to form the ruthenium carbene complex precursor. A method for preparing a ruthenium vinylcarbene complex includes converting a ruthenium carbene complex precursor into a ruthenium hydrido halide complex, and reacting the ruthenium hydrido halide complex with a propargyl halide to form the ruthenium vinylcarbene complex. A method for preparing a ruthenium carbene complex includes converting a ruthenium carbene complex precursor into a ruthenium carbene complex having a structure (PR1R2R3)2Cl2Ru═CH—R4, wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are alike or different, and wherein covalent bonds may optionally exist between two or more of R1, R2, and R3 and/or two of R1, R2, and R3 taken together may optionally form a ring with phosphorous.
US09637506B2	Isocyanatosilanes with thiourethane structure The invention relates to a method for producing compounds containing isocyanate and silane groups by reacting at least A) one monomeric diisocyanate containing aliphatically, cycloaliphatically, araliphatically and/or aromatically bonded isocyanate groups with B) a mercaptosilane, characterized in that component A) is reacted with component B) in an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups to mercapto groups of at least 06:01 to at most 40:1. Furthermore, the invention relates to the products which can be obtained using the method according to the invention, and to a composition containing compounds that contain isocyanate and silane groups. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of the products which can be obtained using the method according to the invention and the composition according to the invention as starting components in the production of silane group-containing polyurethanes, cross-linkable binders, varnish, and raw materials for sealants or adhesives.
US09637505B2	4-amino-6-(heterocyclic)picolinates and 6-amino-2-(heterocyclic)pyrimidine-4-carboxylates and their use as herbicides 4-Amino-6-(heterocyclic)picolinic acids and their derivatives; 6-amino-2-(heterocyclic)pyrimidine-4-carboxylates and their derivatives; and methods of using the same as herbicides.
US09637498B2	Substituted thieno[2,3-C]pyridazine-6-carboxamide analogs as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 5-aminothieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-6-carboxamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09637494B2	Quinazolin-4 (3H)-one derivatives used as P13 kinase inhibitors The present invention relates to the compound of formula (I) and to compositions comprising the same and to the use of the compound and to compositions of the compound in treatment, for example in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, in particular respiratory inflammatory disease. The invention also extends to methods of making the said compound.
US09637493B2	Substituted pyrrolopyrimidines as HDM2 inhibitors The present invention provides substituted pyrrolopyrimidines of Formula I as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof: The representative compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and potential methods of treating cancer using the same.
US09637492B2	Benzothiazole kinase inhibitors and methods of use The present invention provides chemical entities or compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that are capable of modulating lipid kinases such PI3 kinases, tryosine kinases and protein kinases such as mTOR. Also provided in the present invention are methods of using these compositions to modulate these kinases especially for therapeutic applications.
US09637481B2	Liver X receptor (LXR) modulators for the treatment of dermal diseases, disorders and conditions Described herein are liver X receptor (LXR) modulators and methods of utilizing LXR modulators in the treatment of dermal diseases, disorders or conditions. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
US09637478B2	Antiviral compounds and uses thereof This invention relates to: (a) compounds and salts thereof that, inter alia, inhibit HCV; (b) intermediates useful for the preparation of such compounds and salts; (c) compositions comprising such compounds and salts; (d) methods for preparing such intermediates, compounds, salts, and compositions; (e) methods of use of such compounds, salts, and compositions; and (f) kits comprising such compounds, salts, and compositions.
US09637460B2	Isotopically enriched arylsulfonamide CCR3 antagonists Provided herein are isotopically enriched arylsulfonamides, for example, of Formula I, that are useful for modulating CCR3 activity, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a CCR3-mediated disease, disorder, or condition.
US09637459B2	Sodium and calcium salts of dihydroquinazoline derivative and use thereof as antiviral agents The invention relates to sodium and calcium salts of {8-fluoro-2-[4-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazine-1-yl]-3-[2-methoxy-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3,4-dihydroquinazoline-4-yl}acetic acid and solvates thereof, to the use thereof in a method of treatment and/or prophylaxis of virus infections and to the use thereof for producing drugs for use in methods of treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, more particularly the use thereof as antiviral agents, more particularly against cytomegaloviruses.
US09637456B2	2,3-disubstituted 1-acyl-4-amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives and their use as bromodomain inhibitors The present invention relates to novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy.
US09637450B2	Octahydrocyclopentapyrroles, their preparation and use The present invention provides Octahydrocyclopentapyrrole compounds having the structure: (structurally represented) wherein psi is absent or present, and when present is a bond; R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF, or C1-C4 alkyl; R6 is absent or present, and when present is H, OH, or halogen; A is absent or present, and when present is C(O) or C(O)NH; B is substituted or unsubstituted monocycle, bicycle, heteromonocycle, heterobicycle, benzyl, CO2H or (C1-C4 alkyl)-CO2H, wherein when B is CO2H, then A is present and is C(O); and when psi is present, then R6 is absent and when psi is absent, then R6 is present, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treatment of diseases characterized by excessive lipofuscin accumulation in the retina.
US09637449B2	Salt forms of [R-(R,R)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-β, δ-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic-acid Novel salt forms of [R—(R,R)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-β,δ-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid characterized by their X-ray powder diffraction pattern and solid-state NMR spectra are described, as well as methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical composition of the same, which are useful as agents for treating hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and Alzheimer's Disease.
US09637444B2	Bisoxime ester photoinitiator and preparation method and use thereof A bisoxime ester photoinitiator as represented by general formula (I). By introducing a bisoxime ester group and a cycloalkylalkyl group into the chemical structure, this photoinitiator not only has excellent performance in aspects of storage stability, photosensitivity, developability, pattern integrity, and the like, but also exhibits obviously improved photosensitivity and thermal stability compared to similar photoinitiators.
US09637433B2	Systems and methods for manufacture of methanol from natural gas and flare gas feedstock A mobile system and method that reform flare gas, methane, or natural gas, using air without steam, to directly produce methanol, a clean burning gasoline blend, component, and/or substitute are disclosed. The system first reforms the air-methane mixture at ambient atmospheric pressure, then compresses the resulting CO-hydrogen-nitrogen gas mixture to 600 psi, and feeds it through a methanol reactor which reacts the gas mixture directly into methanol. The nitrogen is returned by the system back to the atmosphere. Methanol is a clean burning gasoline substitute, and can be used to displace significantly costlier and dirtier petroleum-based fuel, while solving a critical problem with flaring. For example, the over 120 billion cubic feet per year that was flared in North Dakota in 2014 could be converted into over 6 million tons of methanol.
US09637429B2	Conversion of chlorofluororopanes and chlorofluropropenes to more desirable fluoropropanes and fluororopenes A process is provided comprising contacting and reacting the compound CF3CF2CHXCl, wherein X is H or Cl, or the compound CF3CF═CXCl, wherein X is H or Cl, with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst consisting essentially of Cu, Ru, Cu—Pd, Ni—Cu, and Ni—Pd, to obtain as a result thereof reaction product comprising hydrofluoropropenes or intermediates convertible to said hydrofluoropropenes, notably CF3CF═CH2 and CF3CH═CHF.
US09637427B2	Methods and apparatuses for reforming of hydrocarbons including recovery of products using a recovery zone and a pressure swing adsorption zone Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for reforming of hydrocarbons including recovery of products are provided. In one example, a method comprises separating a reforming-zone effluent to form a net gas phase stream and a liquid phase hydrocarbon stream. The net gas phase stream is separated for forming an H2-rich stream and a first intermediate liquid phase hydrocarbon stream. The H2-rich stream is contacted with an adsorbent to form an H2-ultra rich stream and a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) tail gas stream. The PSA tail gas stream and at least a portion of the liquid phase hydrocarbon stream are combined and cooled to form a cooled two-phase combined stream. The cooled two-phase combined stream is separated into a H2, C2−hydrocarbons-containing gas stream and a cooled second intermediate liquid phase hydrocarbon stream.
US09637423B1	Integrated process for making high-octane gasoline An integrated process for converting low-value paraffinic materials to high octane gasoline and high-cetane diesel light is disclosed. The process involves: (1) oxidation of an iso-paraffin to alkyl hydroperoxide and alcohol; (2) converting the alkyl hydroperoxide and alcohol to dialkyl peroxide; (3) converting low-octane, paraffinic gasoline molecules using the dialkyl peroxides as radical initiators, thereby forming high-cetane diesel, while the dialkyl peroxide is converted to an alcohol; (4) converting the alcohol to an olefin; and (5) alkylating the olefin with iso-butane to form high-octane alkylate. The net reaction is thus conversion of iso-paraffin to high-octane gasoline alkylate, and conversion of low-octane paraffinic gasoline to high-cetane diesel.
US09637415B2	Method of making high purity polycrystalline aluminum oxynitride bodies useful in semiconductor process chambers A method of making high purity crystalline AlON bodies by synthesizing and calcining AlON powders having less than 80 ppm Si, Mg, Ca, Na, and K impurities. The AlON powders are milled to reduce the particle size of the AlON powders using a high purity milling media. An AlON body is formed from the milled AlON powders. Such AlON bodies are particularly suitable for semiconductor process chamber components.
US09637412B2	Low-temperature fast-fired lightweight ceramic heat insulation plate and preparation method thereof A low-temperature fast-fired lightweight ceramic heat insulation plate and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises: performing ball milling and powder spraying on a raw material containing foamable ceramic waste slag to prepare foamable powder, the foamable ceramic waste slag accounting for 80-100 wt % of the weight of the raw material; uniformly mixing 100 weight portions of the foamable powder with 3-15 weight portions of granular powder of a low-melting-point organic matter to obtain mixed powder materials; pressing the mixed powder materials under 10-20 MPa to prepare a ceramic green body; and firing the ceramic green body at a temperature of 1100-1170° C. to prepare the lightweight energy-saving ceramic heat insulation plate.
US09637404B2	Method for treating organic laden produced water An oil recovery process which utilizes chemical precipitation and complexation reactions to remove dissolved organics and silica from waste water streams. The process produces brine suitable for deep well injection and solids suitable for Class II landfill. The treatment process can be used in combination with a concentrator and in addition to producing brine suitable for deep well injection and solids suitable for Class II landfill, the concentrator also produces a clean water stream for reuse. By including a crystallizer for the brine processing the system has zero liquid discharge.
US09637402B2	Methods for the conversion of fish waste from aquaculture systems to methane via a modified UASB reactor A process for treatment of sludge made up of saline organic solids or organic waste produced in a saltwater or brackish aquaculture system is described. The process includes use of a modified reactor, operating under anaerobic conditions, which yields methane from the digestion of the saline organic solids. Modification of a traditional reactor to include a packing substrate provides for saline waste digestion not previously known. Additionally provided is a process for producing methane from the digestion of organic solids. Inclusion of and use of modified reactors in aquaculture systems is also provided.
US09637395B2	Fluorine free tungsten ALD/CVD process A tungsten precursor useful for forming tungsten-containing material on a substrate, e.g., in the manufacture of microelectronic devices. The tungsten precursor is devoid of fluorine content, and may be utilized in a solid delivery process or other vapor deposition technique, to form films such as elemental tungsten for metallization of integrated circuits, or tungsten nitride films or other tungsten compound films that are useful as base layers for subsequent elemental tungsten metallization.
US09637393B2	Recovering a caustic solution via calcium carbonate crystal aggregates Techniques for growing crystalline calcium carbonate solids such that the crystalline calcium carbonate solids include a volume of 0.0005 mm3 to 5 mm3, include a slaker to react quicklime (CaO) and a low carbonate content fluid to yield a slurry of primarily slaked lime (Ca(OH)2); a fluidized-bed reactive crystallizer that encloses a solid bed mass and includes an input for a slurry of primarily slaked lime, an input for an alkaline solution and carbonate, and an output for crystalline calcium carbonate solids that include particles and an alkaline carbonate solution; a dewatering apparatus that includes an input coupled to the crystallizer and an output to discharge a plurality of separate streams that each include a portion of the crystalline calcium carbonate solids and alkaline carbonate solution; and a seed transfer apparatus to deliver seed material into the crystallizer to maintain a consistent mass of seed material.
US09637391B2	Crystalline silicon ingot including nucleation promotion layer A crystalline silicon ingot and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The method utilizes a nucleation promotion layer to facilitate a plurality of silicon grains to nucleate on the nucleation promotion layer from a silicon melt and grow in a vertical direction into silicon grains until the silicon melt is completely solidified. The increment rate of defect density in the silicon ingot along the vertical direction has a range of 0.01%/mm˜10%/mm.
US09637382B2	Methods for producing solid carbon by reducing carbon dioxide A two-stage reaction process includes reacting gaseous carbon dioxide with a reducing agent to form carbon monoxide and water. At least a portion of the water is condensed to form a dry tail gas. The dry tail gas, with the possible addition of a reducing agent, reacts to convert at least a portion of the carbon monoxide to solid carbon and water. Other methods include reacting a feed gas mixture to form a reaction mixture, condensing water from the reaction mixture to form a dried reaction mixture, mixing the dried reaction mixture with a recirculating gas to form a catalytic converter feed gas mixture, flowing the catalytic converter feed gas mixture through a catalytic converter to form solid carbon and a tail gas mixture containing water, and flowing the tail gas mixture through a heat exchanger.
US09637371B2	Membrane transducer structures and methods of manufacturing same using thin-film encapsulation Membrane transducer structures and thin-film encapsulation methods for manufacturing the same are provided. In one example, the thin film encapsulation methods may be implemented to co-integrate processes for thin-film encapsulation and formation of microelectronic devices and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that include the membrane transducers.
US09637367B1	Combined cork and twist cap remover A hand-held container opener for providing a convenient way to open both containers with a twist-off cap and containers with a cork-stopper which includes a caliper clamp assembly mounted within a first open end of a housing and which is driven by a motor to initially clamp and subsequently twist off a cap on a container and which includes a second open end portion that includes a corkscrew driven by the motor or gas injection device for penetrating a cork for either twisting the cork from the container using the corkscrew or forcing the cork from the container using pressurized gas.
US09637366B2	Reel handling device and method A device for handling reels includes a telescoping assembly with a first fork sleeve and a second fork sleeve attached to the telescoping assembly so that a position of the first fork sleeve may be adjusted with respect to a position of the second fork sleeve. A first reel lifter fitting and a second reel lifter fitting are attached to the telescoping assembly so that a position of the first reel lifter fitting may be adjusted with respect to a position of the second reel lifter fitting. A first reel lifter arm having a first hook portion and a second reel lifter arm having a second hook portion are slidingly received within the first and second reel lifter fittings.
US09637359B2	Drive for a sliding connecting member of a locking system of a telescopic system of a crane jib A drive of a sliding connecting member of a locking system of a telescopic system, having a telescopic cylinder (1) with an outer telescopic section (2, 3) and an inner telescopic section (6, 7), which are each provided with a locking hole (5) into which a locking bolt (11) can be entered and withdrawn in a releasable manner via the sliding connecting member (14), provided with a sliding path (12), and a grasper (10), wherein the locking bolt (11) is designed to be moveable by means of an engagement member (9) running in the sliding path (12) in such a way that the locking bolt (11) effects a linear movement and the jib sections (3, 6) can be connected to one another by insertion of the locking bolt (11) into the bolting hole (5) and the sliding connecting member (14) can be driven by an electric linear drive (4).
US09637357B2	Articulated operating arm with swivel joint mechanism Articulated operating arm (100) on which one or more implements are or can be mounted, comprising substantially three articulations (101,102,103) which are pivotally connected to each other, which substantially three articulations comprise a first articulation, a second articulation and a third articulation which is intended for connection to the one or more implements, which second articulation is pivotally connected at a first end to the first articulation an at a second end to the third articulation, wherein the substantially three articulations are rotatable adjacently of each other in order to form a shortened arm, this such that during the rotation a mechanical locking of the third articulation occurs between the second and the first articulations.
US09637346B2	Reels with slitted flanges The present invention pertains to a single-piece flange adapted to be a part of a reel or spool, wherein the flange includes: (a) a hub portion defining one or more apertures, wherein the hub portion comprises an outer face and a wire face; (b) an outer rim; (c) a side wall disposed between the hub portion and the outer rim, wherein the side wall comprises an outer face and a wire face, and a plurality of crack propagation inhibitors extending through a thickness of at least the sidewall; and (d) a plurality of ribs connected to the side wall, and extending toward the hub portion.
US09637345B2	Eccentric tape spindle A tape spindle comprising a first holding portion and a second holding portion individually supporting and fastening to tape rolls of different sizes, wherein the second holding portion is constructed by a column with at least two orthogonal diagonals, and an operating section of the tape roll is extended through an opening of the first holding portion to reach a tape dispenser; therefore, the tape spindle may accommodate the purpose of the user to hold tape rolls on the first holding portion and the second holding portion according to their sizes, and when extending the tape roll held on the second holding portion, the shaft of the tape spindle may not move with the rotation of the tape roll due to the friction force between an inner wall of the tape roll and the second holding portion.
US09637336B2	Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus To provide a sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus that can accurately detect a position of a rear end of a sheet regardless of rigidity of the sheet. A rotation axis is positioned to one of a plurality of stop positions by a positioning mechanism, an applied force of a torsion coil spring provided between the rotation axis and a first sensor flag, and an applied force of a torsion coil spring provided between the rotation axis and a second sensor flag are made smaller than an applied force of a pressing spring provided in the positioning mechanism.
US09637321B2	Lug loader Embodiments provide an electric lug loader system. An electric lug loader may include a shaft assembly rotatably mounted to a frame that extends across a flow path. The shaft assembly may have shafts arranged radially around, and parallel to, the rotational axis of the shaft assembly, clamp members arranged along each of the shafts, support members arranged radially around the rotational axis and across the flow path, and electric drives coupled to the shafts. Conveyors may be coupled with the frame and spaced apart across the flow path upstream and/or downstream of the shaft assembly. Additional drives may be coupled with the shaft assembly and the conveyors. A controller may be configured to synchronize the drives to engage successive workpieces between the clamp members and the support members and deposit the workpieces onto a lugged conveyor. Other embodiments provide related methods and systems.
US09637318B2	Mobile configurable conveyor component A mobile robotic device with a conveyor that is configured to link up with another conveyor of a second mobile robotic device is described. In this manner, the mobile robotic devices may provide integrated, flexible conveyors and the ability to link conveyors to make an aggregate conveyor of any shape or size. Moreover, the mobile robotic device is configured to receive a conveyor from a storage unit and move the conveyor to another point within a physical space. The mobile robotic device also has the capability to rotate the conveyor, when docked, about the axis of the mobile robotic device (e.g., for sorting and other operations).
US09637314B2	Machine for processing and/or packaging objects and method for modifying a conveying section of this machine The present invention relates to a machine (8) for processing and/or packaging objects, said machine having an essentially horizontal conveying section (10) for conveying articles, packages, and/or packaging units, which conveying section (10) comprises a first horizontal conveying device (14) with at least one conveying means (15) for a first operating mode, which horizontal conveying device (14) can be replaced by a further horizontal conveying device (24) with at least one second conveying means (25) that is different from the first conveying means (15) in order to establish at least one further operating mode. The invention also relates to a method for modifying a conveying section (10) of a machine (8) for processing and/or packaging objects, wherein articles, packages, and/or packaging units are conveyed essentially horizontally on the conveying section (10) by means of a first horizontal conveying device (14) with at least one conveying means (15) in a first operating mode, and wherein at least one further operating mode is established by replacing the first horizontal conveying device (14) with a further horizontal conveying device (24) comprising at least one second conveying means (25) which is different from the first conveying means (15).
US09637311B2	Acrylic-free conveyor belt A conveyor belt includes a bottom fabric layer having a lower first surface forming a backside of the conveyor belt and an upper first surface, wherein the lower first surface is impregnated with an impregnation having: a) one or more thermoplastic polyolefins selected from the group consisting of ethene homopolymers, propene homopolymers, ethene/α-olefin copolymers, propene/α-olefin copolymers and terpolymers of ethene with two or more different α-olefins; and b) a thermoplastic polymeric dispersing agent containing repetitive units derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer of a comparatively lipophilic nature and from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer of a comparatively hydrophilic nature and earring an anionic carboxylate group. A process for the manufacture of such belts includes applying the thermoplastic polyolefin(s) and the thermoplastic polymeric dispersing agent as an aqueous dispersion and heating the lower first surface having the dispersion applied thereonto.
US09637308B2	Unitary ornamental front load containers, ornamental surrounds, and front load containers Unitary ornamental front load containers for containing trash and/or recyclables include a container for containing the trash and/or recyclables, and an ornamental surround attached with a connector to the front load container. The attached ornamental surround defines right and left front openings aligned with right and left front pocket openings of right and left fork pockets of the container. The ornamental surround obscures from view the front sidewall, the right sidewall having the right fork pocket, the left sidewall having the left fork pocket, the rear sidewall, and the at least one hinged top of the container by an observer standing on the ground. The container and the attached ornamental surround being liftable as a unit by forks of a front loading garbage truck to empty the trash and/or the recyclables from the unitary ornamental front load container.
US09637307B2	Sliding-locking below liquid manway door A manway gate assembly couples to a tank and provides a liquid tight seal. The manway gate assembly includes a gate selectively slideable in a first linear direction between an open position, a closed position, and/or an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The manway gate assembly includes one or more locking members arranged adjacent to the gate and moveable between a locked position and an un-locked position. When in the locked position, the one or more locking members apply a biasing force to the gate in a second linear direction perpendicular to the first linear direction to seal the gate to the tank and provide a liquid tight seal.
US09637302B2	Economically improved plastic bottle and package system A packing that includes a bottle and/or a bottle and box combination wherein the container has a handle portion and the box has a bottom opening utilized as a grip portion. The handle is pivotally mounted to the top of the container. In addition, the box includes an opening to permit access to the handle and the neck of the container.
US09637297B2	Storage device for fresh products, and tablet and method therefor The present invention relates to a storage device for fresh products and/or perishable produce and a method for storing fresh products, comprising: a cabinet provided with an access door and/or flap; one or more substantially gastight compartments arranged in the cabinet and provided with at least one gas inlet and one gas outlet; and conditioning means suitable for conditioning the climate in the compartment, wherein the conditioning comprises of providing desired gas conditions, including oxygen content.
US09637289B1	Package closure with rotatable material stripping element A package closure embodying a rotatable material stripping element provides a means to close off the package opening and comprises a material stripping element that accommodates the insertion and withdrawal of an external mixing element with a predetermined close fit. Whereas, the said mixing element may be inserted through the closure and into the vessel to mix material contained therein, and after the mixing operation is complete, the material stripping element strips off substantially whatever material residue is sticking to the mixing element as it being withdrawn from the vessel and the closure, thus preventing it from escaping the vessel.
US09637288B2	Sealable element for sealing a rim of receptacles The present invention relates to a sealable element (1) for sealing the rim (21) of receptacles (20), the element (1) comprising at least a backing layer (2) made from a deformable material, and a sealable membrane (3) detachably connected to the backing layer (2), wherein the membrane (3) comprises an additional or integral opening means (4), wherein at least the membrane (3) has a contour with a radius varying between a lower radius value (L) and an upper radius value (U), wherein the ratio between the lower radius value (L) and the upper radius value (U) is defined by the equation 0.9≦L/u≦0.99, preferably 0.95≦L/u≦0.97. The invention further relates to a cap (10) comprising said sealable element (1) and to a receptacle (20) comprising said cap (10) being removably attached onto an opening (O).
US09637283B2	Quarter turn adapter connective outlet fitting for liquid color dispensing Apparatus for allowing a quick connection and disconnection of pump components to a liquid color pump. Apparatus includes a male member received with a female member. The female member is formed from three plates layered on top of each other. Preferably, a quarter turn rotation of the male member in relation to the female member results in the securing of the pump component to the liquid color pump.
US09637280B2	Cap A cap to be attached to an extraction port of a container includes a cap main body detached from the container at time of opening, a ring remained on a side on which the container exists at the time of opening, and a passage portion formed separately from the cap main body and provided in the cap main body and the ring. The passage portion includes a leg portion provided in the ring and the cap main body. At least an upper portion of the leg portion provided in the cap main body and a middle portion between the upper portion and a lower portion of the leg portion provided in the ring communicate with each other. When the middle portion of the leg portion is broken, a state of a detection member provided in the passage portion changes.
US09637270B2	Protective bottle enclosure A protective bottle enclosure for enclosing and sealing a bottle with an open mouth carried within the enclosure. The enclosure includes a container having an upper portion and a base removably coupled to the upper portion, and an external cap applicable to the container in a seated position of the cap. In the seated position of the cap, the cap seals the open mouth of the bottle carried in the enclosure and forms an impermeable inner seal between the cap and the bottle. A stopper carried by the cap forms the impermeable inner seal between the cap and the bottle, and in the seated position of the cap, the cap is fully seated against the upper portion of the container and forms an impermeable outer seal between the cap and the container.
US09637264B2	Label applicator belt system A label applicator system is described comprising one or more, and preferably two, assemblies of rollers and belts. The assemblies are arranged relative to one another such that at least a portion of the belts of each assembly are aligned with one another to define an article receiving lane. The assemblies are arranged and configured such that the lane extends in a zig- zag path, a relatively straight path, and/or an arcuate path. Selection of the lane geometry along with appropriate control of belt velocities enable high rates of applying labels to articles and particularly containers having compound curves.
US09637261B2	Packing apparatus in a sterile environment with a loading and supply system of articles A packing apparatus for use in a sterile environment has an article loading and supply system. The loading system has a hatch in a first wall (P1) positioned at a height corresponding to a normal and ergonomic working height for an operator. The hatch faces an operating station which is to be supplied with the articles. A container element (2) has an internal volume (25) for containing articles, with a first article loading opening (21) and a second article unloading opening (22). The container element (2) is positioned in the sterile environment and is movable so that it can be positioned in a lowered position (PA) which corresponds to the hatch position for loading articles through the first loading opening, and then positionable in a raised position (PS) in which the second loading opening (22) is above the operating station (S1) for unloading the articles to be supplied thereto.
US09637258B1	Method for a pressurized dispenser refill system A method for refilling a pressurized fluid dispenser having a container, a pouch mounted within the container for storing a fluid and fluidly coupled with a valved opening of the container for dispensing the contents of the pouch. A pressurized gas can be provided between the pouch and the container for pressurizing the contents of the pouch. A fluid refill station includes at least one reservoir having a fluid therein and is adapted to dispense the fluid from the at least one reservoir into the pouch based on information obtained from machine-readable indicia on the container.
US09637251B2	Sealed containers and methods of filling and resealing same A container and method for filling same. The container includes a penetrable and resealable portion that is resealable, and a container body having a sealed empty chamber in fluid communication with the penetrable and resealable portion for receiving therein a substance. The container also includes a base, a mid-portion, and an upper portion axially spaced from the base on an opposite side of the mid-portion relative to the base. Each of the base and upper portion define a laterally-extending dimension greater than a maximum laterally-extending dimension of the mid-portion. The method of filling the container includes penetrating the penetrable and resealable portion with an injection member and introducing a substance into the chamber, withdrawing the injection member while engaging the base of the body to substantially prevent upward movement of the body, and applying energy to the penetrable and resealable portion to form a gas-tight seal.
US09637246B2	Foamed glass composite arrestor beds and methods for making and using the same A method of producing an arrestor bed for slowing an aircraft overrunning a runway, including paving an area immediately beyond the end of a runway with foamed glass aggregate to define a bed, and covering the bed with a layer of cementitious material to define a composite bed.
US09637243B2	Aircraft lift transducer An aircraft lift transducer may include a vane, actuator, an LC circuit, and a processor. The vane may be positioned on the leading edge of a wing of the aircraft, where the angle defined by the chord of the wing and the vane changes when the aircraft angle of attack changes. The actuator may be associated with the vane and change position when the angle defined by the vane and the chord changes. The LC circuit may include an induction coil spaced from the actuator and an oscillator. The oscillation frequency of the LC circuit may change when the position of the actuator changes. The processor may receive the change in the oscillation frequency and may determine a corresponding change in an available lift of the aircraft.
US09637223B1	Aircraft and missile afterbody flow control device and method of controlling flow An afterbody flow control system is used for aircraft or missile flow control to provide enhanced maneuverability and stabilization. A method of operating the flow control system is also described. The missile or aircraft comprises an afterbody and a forebody; at least one activatable flow effector on the missile or aircraft afterbody; at least one sensor having a signal, the at least one sensor being positioned to detect forces or flow conditions on the missile or aircraft afterbody; and a closed loop control system; wherein the closed loop control system is used for activating and deactivating the at least one activatable flow effector based on at least in part the signal of the at least one sensor.
US09637221B2	Optimization of downstream open fan propeller position and placement of acoustic sensors A method and apparatus for controlling a propeller of a contra-rotation open fan (CROF) engine of an aircraft is provided. A diameter of the propeller is set to be at a first diameter during at least a portion of a first flight condition of the aircraft. The diameter of the propeller is set to be at a second diameter, different from the first diameter, during at least a portion of a second flight condition of the aircraft.
US09637213B2	Shell segment of an aircraft and a production method A segment and a method for producing such a segment, in particular for an aircraft, having a skin field and a skin field stiffening structure. The skin field and stiffening structure are made from fiber-reinforced plastic materials. The stiffening structure is bonded to an inner surface of the skin field and comprises a multiplicity of first stiffeners and mounts which are formed integrally with the first stiffeners and extend in a transverse direction of the first stiffeners for the connection of second stiffeners to form an integral lattice structure. Reinforcement elements are provided for mechanically fixing the mounts to the skin field. Each reinforcement element has a connection section and a blocking section having an extension in a direction inclined to the connection section. The connection section penetrates the skin field and the mounts, and the blocking section is in contact with an outer surface of the skin field.
US09637205B1	Curved surfboard fin A surfboard fin has a curved forward fin portion and a straight rearward fin portion. When attached to a surfboard, the curved forward portion is positioned on the surfboard so the curvature of the forward portion is directed toward the centerline of the surfboard. The concave curve of the forward portion allows for faster and easier maneuverability of a surfboard while in use. In order to reduce drag caused by the curvature of the forward fin portion, one or more through holes may be formed through the forward fin portion to allow water to pass through the fin and reduce drag.
US09637202B2	Method of and system for evacuating fluid in a sea vessel A system and method that controls the evacuation of fluid from a sea vessel and configured to prevent turning off the bilge pump during periods of water sloshing. The invention provides a control unit that is adaptable to any size vessel or bilge pump based on a learned experience gained by sensory information.
US09637197B2	Dynamic inertia compensation and pedal effort transformation for electric bike A number of variations may include a product comprising: an electric cycle powertrain comprising: a motor; at least one gear set operatively connected to the motor; a chain ring operatively connected to the at least one gear set and a chain; a rear sprocket operatively connected to the chain ring and a rear hub; a crank operatively connected to the chain ring and a first pedal assembly and a second pedal assembly; at least one controller and at least one sensor, wherein the at least one controller is constructed and arranged to process one or more signals from the at least one sensor to apply a torque to the motor to compensate for inertial and spin loss associated with the electric cycle powertrain.
US09637194B1	Scooter for kids A scooter for kids, including a scooter head and a main body connected to the scooter head. A rotating and positioning mechanism is disposed between the scooter head and the main body. The rotating and positioning mechanism includes a front body and a rear body. The front body is integrated with the rear body via a fixer to form a rotatable body. The back surface of the rear body is provided with a socket, and a connection rod was disposed in the socket. The outer end of the connection rod is provided with a first button. The connection rod is sheathed with a first spring, and the first spring is disposed in the socket.
US09637189B2	Axle lift assembly An axle lift assembly includes a vehicle configured to support a load. A slide assembly has a member that is movable along a longitudinal extent of the vehicle. The slide assembly is operable to secure the member relative to the vehicle at a select position along the longitudinal extent of the vehicle. A swing arm has a first end pivotally coupled with the member and an opposing second end biased away from the vehicle. The swing arm is configured to support a wheel assembly with a tire for contacting a ground surface. An actuator is operably interconnecting the member and the swing arm for raising the wheel assembly toward the vehicle to lift the tire away from the ground surface. The slide assembly and the actuator are configured to respectively adjust longitudinal and vertical positions of the wheel assembly relative to the vehicle for accommodating a condition of the load.
US09637173B2	Side vehicle-body structure of automotive vehicle A ridgeline portion is provided at a pillar inner panel such that the ridgeline portion extends substantially vertically from a side sill (a roof side rail), and a load-transmission restraint portion is provided between the ridgeline portion and a welding portion of a pillar end portion where the pillar inner panel is welded to a pillar outer panel or a pillar reinforcement, and the side sill (the roof side rail), the load-transmission restraint portion being configured to have a longitudinal width which is wider than that of a central portion, in the vertical direction, of a center pillar and be substantially flat.
US09637172B2	Vehicle body structure for automobile Upon a rear-end collision of a vehicle, an arm section(s) of a cross member of a rear suspension member on the rear side of the vehicle, which is(are) positioned in a low-strength region in a vehicle-body strength distribution, undergoes crush deformation together with a corresponding rear side member(s). Deformation of the part of the rear suspension member other than the arm sections, which is positioned in a high-strength region in the vehicle-body strength distribution, is suppressed, so that a high voltage component mounted in the high-strength region is protected.
US09637163B2	Method for operating a steering system, a steering system and a vehicle A steering system of a vehicle includes a steering wheel, a steerable wheel mechanically decoupled from the steering wheel, a steering actuator for setting a rotational position of the steering wheel, a wheel steering drive for steering of the steerable wheel, and a controller for controlling the wheel steering drive and the steering wheel actuator. When the ignition is switched off, the steering wheel is moved with the steering wheel actuator automatically into a neutral position that is independent of a wheel angle of the steerable wheel.
US09637160B2	Steering system An outer jacket externally fitted over an inner jacket so as to be slidable in an axial direction relative to the inner jacket has a slit extending straight from an opening formed at a jacket end. A recessed portion is formed at an inner edge of the slit such that a slit width at an inside diameter portion of the outer jacket is larger than a slit width at an outside diameter portion of the outer jacket. An amount of recess of the recessed portion in a circumferential direction of the outer jacket continuously decreases from the opening end to an area end.
US09637155B1	Locking mechanism and method for opening and folding baby stroller A locking mechanism for opening and folding a baby stroller and a locking method therefor are revealed. The baby stroller includes an outer tube of a handle, a front wheel frame, and a rear wheel frame, each of which is arranged with a pivot member for connection. An inner tube is mounted and moveable in the outer tube and a push button for folding is arranged therebetween. A locking hook and a locking rod are pivotally connected to the pivot member of the outer tube and the pivot member of the rear wheel frame respectively. The handle, the front and the rear wheel frames are extended and fixed by the locking hook hooked onto the locking rod. While operating the push button for retracting the inner tube into the outer tube, the locking hook is released from the locking rod so that the baby stroller is folded.
US09637154B2	Hinge assembly for folding stroller A stroller which may be folded or collapsed for storage purposes and a hinge for facilitating the stroller folding. The hinge includes a housing, a first pivoting hinge member that is pivotally connected to the housing, and a second pivoting hinge member that is pivotally connected to the housing. The first pivoting hinge member may be connected to the second pivoting hinge member, such as by a linking member, so that the pivoting hinge members rotate in opposite directions. The hinge may also include a slide member having a pin that may move between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the slide member engages protrusions on one or both of the pivoting hinge members in order to hold the hinge in an operational position.
US09637144B2	Rotational joint having preloading element for a railway car A railway car for traveling within a switch of a railway track is disclosed. The railway car includes a body portion for containing goods and a truck portion that is a framework for carrying a plurality of wheels of the railway car. The truck portion is connected to the body portion and is rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the body portion. The railway car also includes a rotational joint defining the axis of rotation which the truck portion is rotatable about. The rotational joint rotatably connects the truck portion to the body portion of the railway car.
US09637141B2	Locomotive system A fuel tank is configured to be selectively coupled to a chassis of the locomotive based on an anticipated change in axle load capacity of a railroad. The fuel tank includes a body, a coupling device, and a lifting adapter. The coupling device is configured to releasably couple the body to the chassis of the locomotive. The lifting adapter is configured to releasably engage with a lifting implement of a machine.
US09637126B2	Work vehicle A work vehicle has a running motor and includes a first controller generating a speed command value to control the motor and adding an actual running speed of the work vehicle to a relationship between a torque command value for a torque in the motor and a running speed of the work vehicle to generate a first torque command value and a second controller generating a second torque command value based on the speed command value and the actual running speed, controls the motor using a smaller one of the first and second torque command values when the work vehicle moves forward, and controls the motor using a greater one of them when the work vehicle moves backward. The first controller determines the speed command value based on an accelerator opening used to regulate the running speed, the actual running speed, and an actual movement direction of the work vehicle.
US09637113B2	Vehicle In a vehicle including an engine and a motor generator that are connected to a drive wheel, when a predetermined condition is satisfied during a motor creep mode in which creep torque is generated by the motor generator, an ECU performs motor creep cutoff for decreasing torque of the motor generator. When an engine start request has been issued during the motor creep cutoff, the ECU increases the torque of the motor generator to a target creep torque at a predetermined rate of increase. After the MG torque has reached the target creep torque, the ECU starts the engine. The predetermined rate of increase is set to a rate lower than a rate of increase in engine torque at the start of the engine.
US09637110B2	Torque distribution method for engine and motor of energy-efficient hybrid electric vehicle A torque distribution method for an engine and a motor of an energy-efficient hybrid electric vehicle comprises the following steps: providing an offline specific fuel consumption map of the engine in all operating states; enabling the engine and motor to respond to the required torque T during travelling together, the motor and the engine working in cooperation at the same rotational speed so as to achieve the optimal working efficiency; acquiring a current state of charge (SOC) of the vehicle battery, and distributing the engine torque T and the motor torque T according to the following situation: if the SOC is greater than a first preset value, entering a first distribution mode; if the SOC is less than a second preset value, enter a second distribution mode; and otherwise, maintaining the current working state. The method can fully utilize the performance advantage of the engine and that of the motor, so that the system works at high efficiency all the time, thereby decreasing the energy consumption of the vehicle, greatly reducing harmful emission, and facilitating energy conservation and environmental protection.
US09637101B2	Cylinder device and vehicle brake system A cylinder device includes a regulation mechanism that regulates separation distance between a front piston and a rear piston. A spring seat member of the regulation mechanism includes a spring reception part that projects toward a retainer side to receive a rear end of a spring, a cup seal holding part that projects on an opposite side from the retainer to hold a cup seal arranged on the rear piston, and a projection part that projects on the opposite side from the retainer. The projection part becomes abuttable on the retainer by a stroke of the rear piston if the spring reception part and the cup seal holding part are installed reversely-oriented on the rear piston.
US09637089B2	Windshield wiper system A windshield wiper system (3) for a windshield (1) having a curved surface and an oscillating gear drive (2) with a central park position (A). Said system (3) comprises at least one wiper arm (13) and wiper blades (5), said wiper blades (5) being mounted by means of said at least one wiper arm (13) to said oscillating gear drive (2). The windshield (1) and the wiper blade lips (11) have a frictional coefficient (μ). Two wiper arms (13), two wiper blades (5) each with a fit bolt (20), bearing bushes (10), a prolongation fitting (7) and a rocker (6) are provided. Said two wiper blades (5) are mounted rotatable about a wiper blade rotation axis (9), perpendicular to said oscillatory axis (V) and said longitudinal axis (U). Said wiper blade rotation axis (9) is defined by a center line through the fit bolts (20) mounted opposed to each other on said two wiper blades (5) being essentially parallel with a distance (a) to each other. Said rocker (6) rotatable attaches each of the two wiper blades (5) by means of the fit bolt (12). The prolongation fitting (7) rotatable attaches the rocker (6) to the wiper arms (13). The fit bolt (12) with the rocker (6) defines a rocker rotation axis (8) in a plane defined by said oscillatory axis (V) and said longitudinal axis (U) with an inclination angle β to the outer surface of the windshield (1) in the central park position (A) providing a distance (b) direct under the wiper blades rotation axis (9) between the windshield (1) and the rocker rotation axis (8) perpendicular to the windshield (1) in the central park position (A) fulfilling [ 2 · b a ] < ( 1 - μ ) .
US09637088B2	Vehicle access system A method for an access system for a vehicle includes the steps of recording a first optical information in a specific area surrounding the vehicle and detecting an object approaching the vehicle as a function of the recorded first optical information. As a function of detecting the approaching object, a second optical information in the surrounding area is recorded, and gesture information of the object is identified as a function of the second optical information. A locking device or door opening device of the access system is triggered as a function of gesture information.
US09637087B2	Control system The invention relates to a control system for driving a motorized closure element of a motor vehicle, wherein a control arrangement and at least one distance sensor are provided in order to detect operator control events, wherein a distance from a user can be detected by means of the distance sensor. The invention proposes that the distance sensor has a changing sensitivity along a sensor extent, and in that a longitudinal movement by the user along the sensor extent produces a pattern in the profile of the sensor signal with respect to time, which pattern is detected by the control arrangement at least as part of an operator control event, owing to the sensitivity profile along the sensor extent.
US09637070B2	Power supply structure for sliding door A power supply structure for a sliding door includes other end-side holding portion which holds the other end of the electric wire. The other end-side holding portion includes first and second turning arms which are rotatably supported directly or indirectly by the sliding door and hold the electric wire at a tip end thereof, and biasing unit which biases the first turning arm in a direction to absorb an extra length of the electric wire. The tip end of the second turning arm inclines with respect to a longitudinal direction of a vehicle at climbing-over timing at which the electric wire climbs over a predetermined climbing-over position of a lower end edge of a door trim which configures the sliding door on an inner side of the vehicle when the sliding door is slid and moved.
US09637057B2	Method and apparatus for controlling auxiliary step rotated in association with door opening angle of vehicle A method for controlling an auxiliary step rotated in association with a door opening angle of a vehicle may include a start step of sensing the door opening angle of a door of the vehicle, a first determination step of determining whether the sensed door opening angle is zero, a second determination step of determining whether the sensed door opening angle is less than a preset reference angle, when the sensed door opening angle is not zero, and a first control step of rotating the auxiliary step by the sensed door opening angle, when the sensed door opening angle is less than the reference angle.
US09637052B2	Dual camera fifth wheel system and method A dual camera system for viewing a coupling of a hitch to a trailer, such as on a semi tractor truck, includes two video cameras. Two doors that open automatically by arms and linkages expose the video cameras when the vehicle is shifted into reverse. A split screen view is shown to the driver rearward toward the trailer and forward toward the hitch plate. The arms and linkages automatically close the doors after the vehicle is shifted out of reverse, such as after a delay that permits the driver to determine if the hitch latch is secure. The linkages are sliding linkages with a spring so that the doors can be opened manually for cleaning the lenses of the cameras.
US09637051B2	System for monitoring an area adjacent a vehicle A backup camera system for monitoring an area around a vehicle. In one aspect, the system comprises a camera assembly, a display device and a stand for supporting the display device; the camera assembly comprising: (i) a camera adapted to produce an image signal corresponding to a perceived image, (ii) means for supplying power; (iii) a base having first and second holes that are configured and spaced from one another so as to facilitate attachment to the vehicle using the vehicle's license plate mounting bolts, (iv) a transmitter operably coupled to the camera for wirelessly transmitting the image signal; and the display device comprising: (i) a receiver for receiving the wirelessly transmitted image signal, (ii) means for supplying power, (iii) an image processing unit operably coupled to the receiver for converting the received image signal into a display image that is displayed on the display device, the display image corresponding to the perceived image. The backup camera system can form a retrofit kit.
US09637050B2	Vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus A vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus is capable of alerting the driver of a host vehicle that is to enter an intersection to the probability of collision or the like at right timing in order to prevent a crossing accident using information acquired from remote vehicles through inter-vehicle communication. The attention of the driver of the host vehicle to the front side including the intersection is increased when a large number of remote vehicles exist around the intersection which the host vehicle is to enter, compared with a case in which the number of remote vehicles around the intersection is small. The vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus makes the alert, such as a warning, later than reference alert timing (normal alert timing) in consideration of the above situation to suppress excessive alert.
US09637041B2	Variable stiffness compression apparatus, systems and methods of using the same The present invention comprises an apparatus for use in line with a chain or a strap tie-down assembly. When the chain or strap tie-down assembly is tightened on a commodity to prevent movement of the same during shipping, the apparatus compresses and stretches. During transport, if the commodity loosens and creates slack in the chain or tie-down assembly, the apparatus may decompress and shorten, thereby taking up the slack and maintaining tension in the chain or tie-down assembly to prevent or minimize loosening and damage of the commodity.
US09637036B2	Vehicle seat and coupling method for use in vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes a coupling bracket coupling the side frame to the floor-side seat supporting member and fixed to the side frame by welding joining. An upper part of the coupling bracket and a lower part of the side frame are overlapped with each other in an overlapped region. An edge of a first member as one of the coupling bracket and the side frame in the overlapped region is welded, in a first welding joining portion, to a second member as the other of the coupling bracket and the side frame. A joining hole extending through the first member in a plate thickness direction thereof is provided at a position in the overlapped region other than the first welding joining portion, and an edge of the joining hole is welded, in a second welding joining portion, to the second member.
US09637035B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes: a seat pad that forms a supporting surface that supports a seated occupant; and a skin that is made of a knitted fabric or a woven fabric and covers the seat pad. The skin has a first region and a second region arranged adjacent to each other on the supporting surface, and the first region is lower in density and thinner than the second region.
US09637030B2	Vehicle seat with a lumbar support Vehicle seat (1), with a seat part (2) and a backrest (3), which comprises a lumbar support (7), wherein the lumbar support (7) has a lumbar apex (7.1) towards the back of a seat occupant and tapers from there and that the lumbar support comprises a suspension 9, 11, 12) that results in load distribution with a primery load uptake (8. 1) at the lumbar apex (7.1).
US09637027B2	Device for locking a vehicle seat A device for locking a vehicle seat has a pawl which can be pivoted about a first pivot axis and, in a closed position, is in engagement with a positionally fixed fitting and, in an open position, is free from the fitting, wherein the pawl has a first clamping surface, furthermore a locking element for locking the pawl in the closed position, which locking element can be pivoted about a second pivot axis and has a second clamping surface which, in a locking position, bears against the first clamping surface and, in the process, keeps the pawl in the closed position, and, in an unlocking position, is free from the first clamping surface, and an actuating element which interacts with the locking element in order to transfer the locking element into the unlocking position. A stop is provided for the actuating element in such a manner that, upon action of a torque exerted by the pawl on the locking element, the actuating element interacts in a blocking manner with the stop and blocks the further movement of the locking element before the latter reaches the unlocking position. In the region of the second clamping surface, the locking element has a material which is softer than a material which the pawl has in the region of the first clamping surface, and the pawl has a projection on which the first clamping surface is at least partially formed.
US09637021B2	Emergency start device of fuel cell vehicle for DC/DC converter failure An emergency start device of a fuel cell vehicle having a motor as a driving source is provided and includes a fuel cell that supplies power to a motor and an air blower that supplies air to the fuel cell. A high voltage battery supplies power to the air blower and a direct current (DC) converter increases an output of the high voltage battery to transfer the output to the air blower. In addition, a first switch transfers or intercepts an output of the high voltage battery to the air blower. By directly transferring a voltage of the high voltage battery to the air blower, the fuel cell is driven, when the DC converter fails while driving by the high voltage battery.
US09637020B2	Location based charging control of electric vehicle A method for automatically charging the battery pack of an electric vehicle in accordance with a set of location sensitive charging instructions is provided. Exemplary location sensitive charging instructions include preset charging schedules and preset charge level limits. Different charging schedules and different charge level limits may be preset for different charging stations and locations, thus allowing the user to preset the charging instructions for each of multiple locations where the user routinely charges their car. Default charging instructions are used at those charging stations and locations where a set of location sensitive charging instructions has not been preset.
US09636992B2	Modular systems package for an electrically motorized vehicle A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. The device of the electrically motorized wheel can include a modular systems package including a control system operable to continuously control the device of the electrically motorized wheel in response to a user input.
US09636981B2	Systems and methods for altering one or more vehicle functions Systems for altering vehicle functions are provided. A system for altering a vehicle function includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions may cause the system to determine a presence of a roof mounted article on a vehicle and disable at least one movable roof member function in response to the determination. In some embodiments, in response to determining that the vehicle is proximate a structure and determining the presence of the vehicle mounted article on the vehicle, the system may generate a notification pertaining to the vehicle mounted article. In some embodiments, the system may provide navigation assistance based on the determination that the vehicle mounted article is present on the vehicle.
US09636978B2	Power tailgate system and method A door system for a vehicle comprises a first vehicle door (16) hingedly mountable to a vehicle for articulation about a pivot axis (123) between a closed position and an open position, the door comprising a cavity; an actuator mechanism (100) disposed within the cavity, the actuator mechanism being pivotally coupleable to the vehicle at a position offset from the pivot axis; and drive means for driving the actuator mechanism to articulate the first vehicle door between said closed and said open positions.
US09636968B2	Vehicle air conditioner including sub-casing sandwiched by division casings A vehicle air conditioner includes an evaporator configured to cool air, a heater core provided on a downstream side of the evaporator, a plurality of doors provided between the evaporator and the heater core, and a central air path formed on the downstream side of the evaporator. The central air path is provided with a first door of the plurality of doors, and a first side air path formed on a first side of the central air path. The central air path is further provided with a second door of the plurality of doors, a second side air path formed on a second side of the central air path, and a third door of the plurality of doors. A sub-casing is configured to form the central air path, and a first division casing and a second division casing are configured to sandwich the sub-casing.
US09636965B2	Suspension system A suspension system capable of improving maneuverability and stability, the suspension system including a force generation mechanism and a controller. The controller, which controls each of shock absorbers, includes a main control calculation unit, a longitudinal force reaction force calculation unit, a lateral force reaction force calculation unit, an addition unit, and a suspension reaction force consideration unit. The controller subtracts an output from a vertical force calculation unit including the longitudinal force reaction force calculation unit, the lateral force reaction force calculation unit, and the addition unit from an output from the main control calculation unit by the suspension reaction force consideration unit, thereby succeeding in calculating a vertical force applied between a vehicle body and each wheel as a value in consistency with an actual behavior of a vehicle.
US09636961B2	Method for obtaining an arm for multi-link suspensions of automotive vehicles and a suspension arm A suspension arm for multi-link suspensions of automotive vehicles, comprising a body formed by a hollow extruded profile the cross-section of which has a closed outer contour formed by side walls and comprising at least one inner partition internally splitting the profile into at least two inner cavities, the extruded profile having the length of the arm to be obtained, according to a longitudinal axis of the arm, where a central section of the arm is machined in at least one side wall having no inner partition extending therefrom without the machining ever reaching an inner partition, and where the side walls having the at least one inner partition extending therefrom comprise an end opening in each end area of the arm, between which the central section is arranged, and a method for making the suspension arm.
US09636960B2	Suspension element for self-propelled machine The invention concerns a suspension element for self-propelled machine comprising: a suspension fork (100) secured to the chassis of the machine and comprising two parallel arms (120, 130), a motor (400), secured to two sleeves (200, 300) each comprising at least one bearing (210A, 210B, 310A, 310B) adapted to slide in translation on the arms (120, 130), the suspension element being characterized in that the two sleeves (10) (200, 300) are separate parts, the motor (400) comprising a casing (410) adapted to form a supporting frame allowing the ensured rigid connection between the two sleeves (200, 300) and for this purpose comprising connecting means designed to ensure the connection between the supporting frame of the motor and each of the two sleeves over a center distance range of the sleeves while withstanding the forces applied by the chassis on the casing.
US09636952B2	Heavy duty pneumatic tire A heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with circumferentially extending zigzag shaped main grooves, a plurality of land portions separated by the main grooves, and a plurality of lateral grooves to form a plurality of block elements on each land portion. Each land portion comprises a number of pitches in a range of from 40 to 50, wherein each pitch consists of one block element and one lateral groove adjacent to the concerned block element. Each block element has a length in a range of from 85% to 95% of a length of the pitch. The main grooves include a crown main groove, a shoulder main groove, and a middle main groove. The middle main groove has a zigzag amplitude larger than those of the crown main groove and the shoulder main groove.
US09636948B2	Luggage article with cantilevered wheel bracket having elongated arms A luggage article may include a plurality of walls together defining an outer structure of the luggage article, a wheel bracket attached to and extending from one of the walls, and a wheel attached to the wheel bracket. The wheel bracket may comprise first and second elongate arms extending along a common side of the wheel. The first and second arms may be vertically-spaced apart from one another over at least a portion of the length of the first and second arms. The configuration of the wheel bracket may result in higher shock absorption and reduced wheel noise comparative to conventional wheel brackets, and offer an improvement and alternative to conventional luggage wheel brackets.
US09636944B2	Irrigation wheel traction lug An irrigation wheel traction lug, comprising a lug having a bent-paddle, a base and a one or more chains. Said bent-paddle comprises a first side, a second side and a front portion. Said bent paddle comprises a substantially “V” shape when viewed from above. Said first side and said second side flare backward away from a front portion of said base portion toward a rear edge. and Said lug selectively attaching to an irrigation wheel, having a tread pattern and a rim, by placing said base on said treat pattern, wrapping said one or more chains around said irrigation wheel between said rim and said tread pattern, and securing said lug to said irrigation wheel with said base and said one or more chains.
US09636941B2	Embossing die creation An embossing die is created by printing multiple ink layers (530, 540) in superposition thereby to build up a printed relief pattern (510) in accordance with received design data specifying a design to be embossed. The design data is modified after receipt to introduce into the printed relief pattern to be built, one or more channels (610) which extend depth-wise through multiple ink layers of the printed relief pattern (510) and serve to fully or partially segment the printed relief pattern.
US09636935B2	System and method for cleaning an image receiving surface in an inkjet printer A printer cleaning device cleans an image receiving surface treated with a surface preparation material. The cleaning surface includes an applicator that receives fluid from a receptacle and applies a portion of the fluid onto the image receiving surface of a printer. A wiper engages the image receiving surface to remove a portion of dried aqueous ink and fluid from the image receiving surface. The applicator is rotated in a direction opposite to a direction of movement of the image receiving surface. The dried aqueous ink and fluid removed by the wiper are diverted to a conduit to enable a pump to move the dried aqueous ink and fluid through a filter before returning the filtered fluid to the receptacle so the applicator can absorb the filtered fluid.
US09636930B1	Transport with media hold down for inkjet printers A transport with media hold down is used with an inkjet printer. A plurality of spar links and vacuum links are connected pivotally together to form an endless belt orbiting around drive wheels and driven wheels. Vacuum links have hollow chambers to hold the media sheet against the endless belt using vacuum. At least one spar is received in a slot on a spar link. The spar extends above the link to receive the media sheet. The spar moves into a clamping position by a cam and follower to clamp the media sheet against the spar link. The media sheet will thus pass beneath the inkjet print head without contact. The spar moves into an extended position by the cam and follower to release the media sheet. The spar moves into a retracted position below the spar link surface by the cam and follower to allow the media sheet to exit the transport.
US09636925B2	Recording apparatus and recording method A recording apparatus is provided in which a recording medium and a plurality of nozzles including a plurality of nozzles for black which is lined up in a predetermined line-up direction to form black dots and a plurality of nozzles for color which is lined up in the line-up direction to form composite black dots move relatively in a relative movement direction that is different from the line-up direction. The recording apparatus includes a processing unit that forms composite black dots with a nozzle group included in the plurality of nozzles for color to complement dots which are to be formed by a failed nozzle included in the plurality of nozzles for black. The nozzle group includes a plurality of nozzles that is positioned differently in the line-up direction.
US09636919B2	Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus using the same A liquid discharge head including a liquid storage chamber capable of holding a liquid, a liquid communication pipe communicating with the liquid storage chamber and being configured to supply the liquid from a liquid tank to the liquid storage chamber by installing the liquid tank to the pipe to communicate with the liquid tank, a discharge port communicating with the liquid storage chamber to discharge the liquid, an electrode pair each having an outside end portion located outside the liquid storage chamber and detecting a liquid level of the liquid storage chamber, and an electric contact portion connected to the outside end portion of each of the electrode pair. The electric contact portion is located above the liquid communication pipe with a discharge port surface on which the discharge port opens taking a position facing perpendicularly downward.
US09636915B2	Printing device, and control method of a printing device The time required for cleaning an inkjet head is shortened.A printing device can clean an inkjet head by a first cleaning method that simultaneously suctions ink from the plural heads H of the inkjet head, or a second cleaning method that suctions ink from plural heads H of the inkjet head one by one, and the control unit sets the method of cleaning the inkjet head to either the first cleaning method or the second cleaning method.
US09636903B2	Lay-up-position correcting method for automatic lay-up machine An automatic lay-up machine includes a head device and a support mechanism. The head device includes a sheet supplying unit that supplies a prepreg sheet including sheet-shaped prepreg and release paper bonded to a surface of the prepreg, a lay-up unit that lays up the prepreg on a receiving surface by pressing the prepreg sheet against the receiving surface, and a sheet take-up unit that takes up the release paper separated from the prepreg. The support mechanism supports the head device and includes a mechanism for moving the head device in a lay-up direction of the prepreg and a width direction of the prepreg sheet. The head device is moved in the width direction while a position of an edge of the prepreg sheet coincides with a lay-up position and an end portion of the prepreg sheet is pressed against the receiving surface.
US09636898B2	Device for fusing the ends of thermoplastic filaments A method of fusing without contact the ends of thermoplastic filaments grouped together to form at least two tufts. The method steps include providing at least two tufts of thermoplastic filaments arranged at a distance to each other, providing a heating plate at least partly made from a conductive material and structured to have at least two heating sectors separated from one another by at least one separation sector arranged for emitting at least less thermal radiation then the heating sectors, each of the heating sectors having conductive material and a heating surface corresponding in shape and position to the shape and position of the ends of the tufts, exposing the ends of the tufts to the heating plate such that the tuft ends and the heating sectors are aligned with each other, and generating an electric-current flow through the heating sectors so that the heating surfaces of the heating sectors emit thermal radiation that is absorbed by the ends of the filaments, whereby the ends of the filaments melt and the filaments of each tuft are fused together.
US09636897B2	Manufacturing method of structure and manufacturing apparatus A manufacturing method of a structure includes providing a stack of a first material layer to be a part of the structure and a restricting member wherein the first material layer is provided on a surface of the structure in the process of formation, and a part of the restricting member is provided on a surface of the first material layer in reverse of the surface of the structure in the process of formation, providing a support member between the restricting member and the surface of the structure in the process of formation, removing the restricting member, and providing a second material layer to be a part of the structure on surfaces of the first material layer and the support member exposed by removing the restricting member.
US09636894B2	Polymer interlayers comprising a blend of two or more resins An interlayer comprised of a blend of thermoplastic resins and at least one high refractive index having improved acoustic and optical quality is disclosed. The use of a blend thermoplastic resins and a high refractive index plasticizer improves transparency and acoustic properties without sacrificing other characteristics of the interlayer.
US09636893B2	Composite thermoplastic laminate A composite sheet material includes a cover sheet, a substrate and an adhesion promoting layer. The cover sheet has a cover sheet material. The substrate has a substrate material. The adhesion promoting layer is disposed between the cover sheet and the substrate. A first side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the cover sheet has an affinity to bond with the cover sheet material. A second side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the substrate has an affinity to bond with the substrate material.
US09636891B2	Aircraft wing and fiber metal laminate forming part of such an aircraft wing Fiber metal laminate (4) and an aircraft wing (1) having a longitudinal direction, comprising metal layers (5) and fiber reinforced plastic layers (6, 7, 6′, 7′; 6″, 7″) in between said metal layers (5), wherein the metal layers (5) and the fiber reinforced plastic layers (6, 7, 6′, 7′; 6″, 7″) are bonded together, and wherein the fibers of at least some of the fiber reinforced plastic layers (6, 7, 6′, 7′; 6″, 7″) are arranged in a first group in a first plastic layer (6) and in a second group in a second plastic layer (7) whereby the fibers of the first group are at an angle with respect to the fibers of the second group, wherein said laminate (4) exhibits fibers of a first type and fibers of a second type, wherein the fibers of the first type being arranged in the said longitudinal direction of the laminate (4) in one or more of its fiber reinforced plastic layers (6′, 7′; 6″, 7″), and that it has adjacent fiber reinforced plastic layers (6, 7) at or near a symmetry-plane of the laminate (4) that are provided with the fibers of the second type.
US09636885B2	Device for embossing packaging material with a set of embossing rollers of the male-female die type The embossing device for embossing packaging material comprises a set of embossing rollers with male die and female die rollers co-operating with one another, the surface of which is provided with texture elements, wherein the texture elements (M6R6) on the surface of the female die roller (M6), which are assigned to the texture elements (P6E6) on the surface of the male die roller (P6) are not inversely congruent by an amount of above 15 μm in axial and radial direction and the texture elements of the male die and female roller associated with one another comprise facets (F) for the purpose of local pressure elevation. A facet (F) comprises faces (FN), which with respect to the imaginary, continuous surface of the texture is inclined. With such facetted rollers, a very large variety of films can be embossed in an aesthetically appealing manner, wherein the films can be mainly employed in the tobacco and foodstuff industry.
US09636883B2	Apparatus for producing pouch container with spout Score lines are formed on package material. A spout attachment hole is formed in a portion corresponding to a top gusset section of a pouch. A spout is attached to the spout attachment hole. A portion corresponding to a peripheral edge of the top gusset section of the pouch and a portion corresponding to a top edge of a body section of the pouch are heat-sealed, and the package material is cut in the width direction. Portions corresponding to side edges of the body section of the pouch are heat-sealed, and a portion corresponding to a peripheral edge of a bottom gusset section and a portion corresponding to a peripheral edge of a bottom end portion of the body section are heat-sealed. The heat-sealed portions formed at the portions corresponding to the side edges of the body section of the pouch are cut so a spouted pouch package is released.
US09636882B2	Carton with reinforced handle A carton for holding a plurality of articles. The carton can comprise a plurality of panels comprising at least a top panel and a side panel. A plurality of end flaps can be respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels, can be at least partially overlapped to at least partially form a closed end of the carton, and can comprise at least a side end flap foldably connected to the side panel along a first fold line. A handle can be formed in the closed end of the carton for grasping and carrying the carton. The handle can extend in at least the side end flap. A reinforcing flap can be foldably connected to the side end flap along a second fold line, and the reinforcing flap can at least partially overlap the side end flap for reinforcing the handle.
US09636881B2	Block machine with linear guided supporting member The present invention relates to a block machine (1) with a machine bed (2, 3) at which at least one lifting device (4, 5) for a supporting member (6, 7) is arranged. The supporting member (6, 7) is movably supported on the machine bed (2, 3) via a linear guide which has at least one longitudinal guiding member (8a, 8b, 9a, 9b) and a guiding means (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) interacting therewith. To the supporting member (6, 7) there is attached a first longitudinal guiding member (8a, 8b) that is movably supported via at least one bed guiding means (10, 11, 12, 13) that is arranged at the machine bed (2, 3). At the machine bed (2, 3) a second longitudinal guiding member (9a, 9b) is arranged on which the supporting member (6, 7) is movably supported by a supporting member guiding means (14, 15) arranged thereon.
US09636878B2	Molding apparatus and method for applying positive pressure to molded container A method of forming a container includes blow molding a primary form of the container inside a primary mold. The primary form has an exterior surface. The method also includes applying a fluid to the exterior surface of the primary form to shrink the primary form and to form a shrunken form of the container. Furthermore, the method includes blow molding a secondary form of the container from the shrunken form inside a secondary mold.
US09636874B2	Hoop winding device, filament winding apparatus and manufacturing method of tank There is provided a hoop winding device, comprising: a winding table configured to have an insertion hole formed to place a mandrel at a center thereof; a drive unit configured to rotate and drive the winding table; a plurality of supports on which bobbins with wound fibers are mounted, the plurality of supports being arranged along circumference of the winding table; a first guide section configured to bundle fibers drawn from a plurality of bobbins which constitute a first bobbin group out of the bobbins respectively mounted on the plurality of supports and feed the bundled fibers to the mandrel; and a second guide section configured to bundle fibers drawn from a plurality of bobbins which are not included in the first bobbin group but constitute a second bobbin group and feed the bundled fibers to the mandrel.
US09636863B2	Blow moulding machine with centering of the base of the blow mould An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-form into plastics material containers, comprises a blow mold device which forms a cavity inside. The plastics material pre-forms are expanded to form the plastics material containers. The blow mold device has a first blow mold part, a second blow mold part, and a base part. A blow mold carrier device holds the blow mold device. The blow mold carrier device has a first carrier part for holding the first blow mold part and a second carrier part for holding the second blow mold part. A third carrier part holds the base part. A centering mechanism centers the base part. The centering mechanism has a first engagement element which is which is movable with respect to a second engagement element. One of the first and second engagement elements is arranged on the third carrier part.
US09636861B2	Extrusion device and method for influencing wall thicknesses of an extruded plastic profile The invention relates to an extrusion device and an extrusion method for the extrusion of plastic profiles, in particular a nozzle plate, comprising at least one flow channel for plastic melt. At least one wall region of the flow channel can be temperature controlled in a targeted manner with a local temperature control device for setting the flow speed of the plastic melt.
US09636852B2	Injection molding method An injection molding method comprising: a mold clamping step of clamping a first mold and a second mold to form a mold cavity; a first injection filling step of injecting a foamable molten resin into the mold cavity to fill an interior of the mold cavity with the foamable molten resin, after completion of the mold clamping step; a mold cavity expansion step of expanding the mold cavity by a specified quantity to cause the foamable molten resin to foam, after the start of the first injection filling step; and a second injection filling step of pouring a molten resin or gas into the foamable molten resin within the mold cavity, after the completion of the first injection filling step, and after the start of the mold cavity expansion step.
US09636849B2	Mold release agent for water glass-containing sand mold molding [Task] There is provided a mold release agent for forming a water glass-containing sand mold with high release properties which can prevent attachment of a water glass to a flask and the accumulation of the water glass on the flask in the formation of the sand mold when using the water glass as a binder.[Solution] The mold release agent for forming the water glass-containing sand mold is structured to contain an organic compound, the organic compound having a proton-donating functional group that reacts with the water glass to produce silicon dioxide. The water glass contained in a raw material for the sand mold reacts with the proton-donating functional group contained in the mold release agent so as to produce silicon dioxide. Since silicon dioxide has no adhesion, it can prevent that the attachment (fixing) of the water glass contained in a formed sand mold to the flask and the accumulation of the water glass on the flask.
US09636848B2	Device and method for the production of a cosmetic product for make-up A device for accurately dosing cosmetic pastes in multicolor form on a base for the production of a cosmetic product for make-up, comprising a base element adapted to house a base, a mold which moves at least between an opening position and a closing position, said mold having at least one partition which divides a surface thereof facing the base element into at least two compartments, a peripheral element provided with walls which define an opening with shape similar to the perimeter shape of the mold and in which the mold is at least partially housed when it is in said closed position, said peripheral element being provided with at least two channels which run into said opening and protrude into it at least partially, the device providing means adapted to prevent the gluing of said cosmetic paste at least to the wall of the mold facing the base element.
US09636820B1	Pinecone collecting device A device configured to collect and dispel pinecones is provided. The device includes a handle, and a collecting head. The collecting head includes a plurality of prongs extending outwardly from an outer surface of the head. A sliding block having a plurality of holes configured to receive a corresponding prong is slidingly attached to the shaft. A biasing member having one end fixedly attached to the shaft and the other end attached to the sliding block continuously urges the sliding block against the head so as to allow the prongs to protrude through the respective holes. Accordingly, the device is configured to stick a plurality of pinecones wherein the sliding block may be pushed so as to displace the sliding block forward of the head pushing the pinecones off the prongs and into the receptacle.
US09636818B2	Multi-speed cycloidal transmission A transmission assembly for operably coupling an input member to an output member includes a first cycloidal gear stage having a first gear ratio and a second cycloidal gear stage having a second gear ratio different than the first gear ratio. The transmission assembly also includes a shifting mechanism for selectively driving the output member with one of the first cycloidal gear stage and the second cycloidal gear stage.
US09636811B2	Actuation lockout for a fastener-driving tool A fastener-driving tool including a housing, a power source including a reciprocating driver blade, a tool nose configured for receiving the driver blade for driving fasteners fed into the nose and a magazine configured to house a collation including a plurality of the fasteners. A workpiece contact element is movably connected to the nose and moves between a rest position and an actuated position when the workpiece contact element is pressed against a workpiece, the workpiece contact element moves to the actuated position. A lockout mechanism is operatively associated with the workpiece contact element and the magazine, and is in contact with the collation in a first position when fasteners are in the magazine and moves to a second position when a last fastener in the collation has been driven by the driver blade to block the workpiece contact element and prevent further actuation of the tool.
US09636810B2	Seal installation guide sleeve A seal installation guide sleeve for installing a radial lip seal onto a shaft. The radial lip seal includes a flexible sealing lip. The guide sleeve includes a cylindrical lip engaging surface, and includes an annular flange portion extending from the cylindrical lip engaging surface. The guide sleeve also includes a plurality of tabs extending from the annular flange portion. The guide sleeve is pre-installed in the radial lip seal such that the flexible sealing lip engages the cylindrical lip engaging surface, thereby protecting the flexible sealing lip from damage as the radial lip seal is installed onto the shaft.
US09636809B2	Power wrench An electric power wrench for fastening and loosening joints includes: a main shaft for delivering a torque to a joint, an electric motor that is arranged to selectively drive the main shaft in two opposed rotational directions, a control unit for controlling the drive of the electric motor, and a transmission that connects the electric motor to the main shaft. The control unit has a first drive mode in which it controls the electric motor such that it delivers a continuous torque in a forward direction, and delivers torque pulses in an opposite backward direction, wherein the transmission includes an inherent play and wherein the torque pulses are produced in said play.
US09636803B2	Actuating device An actuating device has a linearly-movable fluidly operated piston drive (1). A pivot shaft (3) is movably, rotatably mounted in a housing (2). A lever arm (4) is connected with the pivot shaft (3) in a torsionally rigid manner. An adjustment mechanism (5) connects the piston drive (1) with the pivot shaft (3). A damping device (6) dampens movement of the lever arm (4). The damping device (6) is associated with the housing (2) and with the pivot shaft (3).
US09636797B2	Adjusting eddy current measurements Among other things, a method of controlling polishing during a polishing process is described. The method includes receiving a measurement of a thickness, thick(t), of a conductive layer of a substrate undergoing polishing from an in-situ monitoring system at a time t; receiving a measured temperature, T(t), associated with the conductive layer at the time t; calculating resistivity ρT of the conductive layer at the measured temperature T(t); adjusting the measurement of the thickness using the calculated resistivity ρT to generate an adjusted measured thickness; and detecting a polishing endpoint or an adjustment for a polishing parameter based on the adjusted measured thickness.
US09636780B2	Method to weld two substrate pieces together using a focused laser beam Two substrate pieces are welded together with a focused laser beam. One of the pieces is transparent in the wave length of the laser beam. The two pieces are pressed together so the tops of the roughness of the joining surfaces become level and both a uniform and pocket like air layer is removed from between the surfaces. The focal point of the laser beam is focused in the common boundary surface of the substrate pieces and the pieces are set to movement in relation to the laser beam so that the focal point advances in the boundary surface according to the shape and length of the weld. The energy of the focal point melts the material of the two pieces at the same time. When the melts mix and harden, a weld is formed that joins the pieces hermetically and goes round the third piece(s) isolating it hermetically.
US09636772B2	Sonotrode and anvil energy director grids for narrow/complex ultrasonic welds of improved durability A specially designed sonotrode and anvil are adapted to be used in combination for ultrasonic welding of work pieces, to produce a narrower weld region, but one exhibiting greater durability, thereby permitting use of less packaging material. The contact surfaces comprise a surface of the anvil having a plurality of energy directors, where the plurality of energy directors are arranged into a three-dimensional grid pattern to be capable of distributed vibration-transmissive contact. The energy directors may comprise a series of plateau surfaces being regularly spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, to form the grid pattern. The rectangular-shaped plateaus may be spaced apart by valleys. Engagement of the energy directors of the anvil with the corresponding surface of the sonotrode may cause minor elastic deformation of work pieces positioned therebetween prior to ultrasonic welding.
US09636770B2	Method and device for controlling an irradiation system In a method for controlling an irradiation system (20) for use in an apparatus (10) for producing a three-dimensional work piece and comprising a first and a second irradiation unit (22a, 22b) a first irradiation area (18a) is defined on a surface of a carrier (16) adapted to receive a layer of raw material powder. A layer of raw material powder applied onto the carrier (16) in the first irradiation area (18a) is irradiated by the first irradiation unit (22a) of the irradiation system (20), wherein the operation of the first irradiation unit (22a) is controlled in such a manner that the raw material powder is pre-heated. Thereafter the layer of raw material powder applied onto the carrier (16) in the first irradiation area (18a) is irradiated by means of the second irradiation unit (22b) of the irradiation system (20), wherein the operation of the second irradiation unit (22b) is controlled in such a manner that the raw material powder is heated to a temperature which allows sintering and/or melting of the raw material powder in order to generate a layer of the three-dimensional work piece.
US09636766B2	Cooperative welding system The present invention includes a welding system that has at least two metal inert gas (MIG) welders configured to perform a cooperative pulsed MIG welding process. The welding system also includes at least one communications link connecting the at least two MIG welders to deliver at least one of subordination commands and superiority commands to either of the at least two MIG welders to synchronize the cooperative pulsed MIG welding process.
US09636758B2	Ramping insert and high-feed milling tool assembly A high-feed milling tool assembly includes a tool and a ramping insert. The ramping insert includes ramping, feed and side sub-edges. The ramping and feed sub-edges are longer than the side sub-edges and converge with increasing proximity to the side sub-edge to which they are both connected.
US09636755B2	Tool for machining a wall of a workpiece, in particular made from a composite material A tool for machining a wall of a workpiece, made from a composite material, that can cut a groove in the wall, the tool including a head mounted integrally with a rod having a longitudinal axis and capable of being driven in rotation about the longitudinal axis. The head includes at least one main protruding annular rib with an outer surface covered with abrasive grains of predetermined particle size and with a radial height corresponding to the depth of the groove to be cut, and at least one auxiliary protruding annular rib with an outer surface covered with abrasive grains of predetermined particle size and with a radial height less than the radial height of a main rib. The auxiliary rib includes two circular ridges separated by a ring band that is flat and that can be conical in shape.
US09636750B2	Coated body and method for coating a body The invention relates to a body, especially a cutting element, at least partially comprising a coating, whereby the coating is formed from one or more coating layers, whereby at least one coating layer comprises aluminum, titanium and nitrogen or is formed from these elements. According to the invention, the coating layer with aluminum, titanium and nitrogen at least partially comprises lamellae having a lamellar thickness of less than 100 nm, whereby the lamellae comprise successive sections having different phases. The invention further relates to a method for coating a body, especially a cutting element.
US09636748B2	Surface-coated cutting tool A surface-coated cutting tool with a hard coating layer exhibiting an excellent flaking and chipping resistance in a high-speed heavy and intermittent cutting is provided. The vapor-deposited hard coating layer has a lower layer (Ti compound layer) and an upper layer (α-type Al2O3 layer). Thirty to 70% of Al2O3 crystal grains directly above the lower layer are oriented to (11-20) plane. Forty-five % or more of all of the Al2O3 crystal grains are oriented to (0001) plane. Preferably, the outermost surface layer of the lower layer is an oxygen-containing TiCN layer having oxygen content of 0.5 to 3 atomic % only within the depth region of 500 nm. The ratio of the number of Al2O3 crystal grains directly above the outermost surface layer to the number of crystal grains of the Ti carbonitride layer in the outermost surface layer is 0.01 to 0.5 in the interface.
US09636738B2	Method and a device for the manufacturing of washers for locking and washer for locking A method for the manufacturing of circular washers for locking from blanks, a washer having a central hole, a first side comprising a pattern of radially extending teeth and a second side comprising a pattern of radially extending cams. The method is especially comprised in the steps of producing a washer blank having an annular shape; introducing the washer blank into a die assembly for forming a closed shaping space by a lower die portion, an opposing upper die portion, a central die portion and a support piece, the central die portion extending through a washer blank central hole; forming the blank to a washer by mutual movement of said lower and upper die portions; and opening the closed shaping space to extract the formed washer. The invention also relates to a device and a washer.
US09636737B2	Slide part and surface processing methods of the same A slide part has a surface structure in which there are at least two periodic structures among a first periodic structure with a period of 10 nm to 100 nm inclusive and a depth of 5 nm to 50 nm inclusive, a second periodic structure with a period of 100 nm to 1000 nm inclusive and a depth of 20 nm to 500 nm inclusive, and a third periodic structure with a period of 1000 nm to 10000 nm inclusive and a depth of 100 nm to 3000 nm inclusive, in which one of the at least two periodic structures is formed on the other periodic structure.
US09636732B2	Bending machine for metal products and corresponding bending method Bending machine for one or more metal products such as, for example, bars (11a, 11b), reinforcement round pieces, structural shapes, tubes or other profiles, comprising at least a bending unit, a main drawing unit, able to draw the bar along an axis of advance toward the bending unit, and a main shearing unit disposed between the bending unit and the main drawing unit. The machine also comprises a secondary drawing or extraction unit disposed between the main drawing unit and the main shearing unit. The secondary drawing or extraction unit is configured and programmed to draw an end portion of bar, exiting from the main drawing unit, along the axis of advance toward the bending unit.
US09636731B2	Method and apparatus for molding metal laminate film A punch (2) and a pad (5) are opposed to each other such that a molded portion (3a) of a metal laminate film (3) to be processed is interposed between the punch (2) and the pad (5). An enclosed space (6, 7) is compressed to raise only the temperature of the molded portion (3a) while keeping the vicinity of the molded portion (3a) at a low temperature (S1, S2). After that, the enclosed space (6, 7) is moved with respect to the molded portion (3a) to perform first molding (S3) on the molded portion (3a), and then gas in the enclosed space (6) is released to perform second molding (S4) on the molded portion (3a) by means of the punch (2) and the pad (5).
US09636730B2	Apparatus for correcting upward deformation of large member of stainless steel car roof The utility model provides an apparatus for correcting upwarp deformation of a large member of a stainless steel car roof, being characterized in that, it has a crossbeam, end support columns, a middle support column, an arc-shaped positioning body, crossbeam pull rings, a thin steel taut strap, and tighteners. The end support columns, crossbeam, and middle support column constitute a supporting part, the arc-shaped positioning body having the same arc shape as an inner arc of the large member of the stainless steel car roof is arranged on the middle support column. The thin steel taut strap covers an exterior contour surface of the large member of the stainless steel car roof, and is connected via the tightener to the crossbeam pull rings respectively fixed at two ends of the crossbeam.
US09636725B2	Rolling plant, rolling mill and rolling method The invention relates to a pipe rolling plant 10 comprising a rotary piercer 20, a treatment station 30 and a main rolling mill 40. The rotary piercer and the treatment station are arranged so that the pierced blank 51 leaving them is arranged with the irregular tail 511 facing the main rolling mill 40 and with the regular head 510 facing the mandrel 41. The invention also relates to a rolling mill 40 comprising a plurality of rolling stations 43, each station comprising a plurality of rolling rolls 42, the radial position h of which is adjustable. The rolling mill also comprises a control circuit for calculating and/or measuring the distance d between the axes of rotation r of the rolls and the trailing edge 520 of the pipe 52. The control circuit is also designed to displace the rolling rolls radially towards the outside of the pipe in each rolling station 43n when the distance d assumes a predetermined value d0.
US09636724B2	Method for hot rolling Z-sections sheet piles A method for rolling a Z-section sheet pile comprises rolling a curved preform of a web (16) in successive roll gaps defined by at least one roll pair comprising a grooved upper roll (26) and a grooved lower roll (28), wherein: a first corner (18) and an adjoining first part of the curved preform of the web (16) are formed in a first groove (42) of an upper roll (26); and a second corner (20) and an adjoining second part of the curved preform of the web (16) are formed in a first groove (46) of a lower roll (28). In the last roll gaps forming the curved preform of the web (16), the diameter of the lower roll (28) decreases in a discontinuous manner in the interval between the first groove (42) in the upper roll (26) and the first groove (46) in the lower roll (26), and the diameter of the upper roll (26) increases in this interval in a complementary manner.
US09636718B2	Mask cleaning apparatus and mask cleaning method A mask cleaning apparatus and a mask cleaning method are provided. The mask cleaning method comprises: placing a mask (100) on a stage (20); and ejecting a dry ice particle group including a plurality of dry ice particles (101) toward a surface of the mask (100) at a speed of 340 m/s to 1000 m/s, within a cleaning time, wherein the plurality of dry ice particles (101) impact the surface of the mask (100) so as to remove a contaminant on the surface of the mask. Thereby, the mask cleaning apparatus and the mask cleaning method provided by embodiments of the present disclosure can remove the contaminant on the mask, without increasing a contamination medium and damaging the surface of the mask.
US09636713B2	Systems and methods for handling components A component handler (100) may include: a test plate (102) including multiple circular component-seating tracks (104) each including multiple component-seating sites (500) configured to retain an electrical component (510) such that its face (522) faces away from the test plate (102); a component receiving system (114, 106, 300, 302, 306, 308, 310, 400, 402, 502, and/or 508) positioned along a rotation path of the seating tracks (104); a component test module assembly (1502) for electrically contacting each electrical component (510) seated in a component-seating site (500); one or more collection bins (124); and a collection assembly (120) for collecting some of the electrical components (510) from component-seating sites (500) and directing the electrical components (510) into the bins (124) based on one or more tests conducted at the component test module assembly (1502).
US09636708B2	Piezoelectric element and electronic component including the same A piezoelectric element includes an element layer, an electrode layer including one or more positive electrode layers and one or more negative electrode layers repeatedly stacked to alternate with each other on the element layers in a vertical direction, a primary positive electrode connection member connecting the positive electrode layers, a primary negative electrode connection member connecting the negative electrode layers, at least one secondary positive electrode connection member, at least one secondary negative electrode connection member, and a primary electrode connected to the primary positive electrode connection member and the primary negative electrode connection member and configured of a pair of electrodes, and at least one secondary electrode spaced apart from the primary electrode and configured of a pair of electrodes.
US09636695B2	Venturi pump and facility for applying paint coatings A Venturi pump used for sucking powder from a supply, diluting the same, then feeding it to a gun via a conveyor pipe. The pump comprises an outer body, at least one powder suction duct, at least two air connections, of which a first air connection is capable of supplying an injector to create a vacuum inside the suction duct and a second air connection is capable of supplying a dilution air circuit separate from the powder flow. The pump including at least one powder outlet nozzle centered on an axis of diffusion, the inlet of which is located downstream from the first air connection and the suction duct. At least one protection barrier contains a non-return valve disposed inside the dilution air circuit and at least one outlet tip of the dilution circuit disposed around the nozzle and also connected to the conveyor pipe.
US09636694B2	Showerhead with movable control valve A showerhead including a handle portion, a showerhead portion, a water supply connector, and a moveable mode selector positioned about and sealed with respect to the water supply connector. The moveable mode selector includes a fluid tight chamber; an inlet aperture aligned with the first fluid outlet to provide fluid communication between the fluid passage and the chamber; and two or more outlet apertures respectively and selectively alignable with the two or more second fluid inlets to provide fluid communication between the chamber and the two or more second fluid channels. Movement of the mode selector selectively aligns one of the two or more outlet apertures with a corresponding one of the two or more second fluid inlets while maintaining fluid communication between the inlet aperture and the fluid outlet.
US09636689B2	Rotating magnetic actuator Magnetic actuators comprising at least one linear subarray are presented. Systems comprising such magnetic actuators and methods for using such magnetic actuators to isolate magnetic particles in a fluid are also presented. Magnetic actuators comprising at least four uniform magnets are also presented, as are systems comprising such magnetic actuators and methods for using such magnetic actuators to isolate magnetic particles in a fluid.
US09636687B2	Wood chipper, control system therefor, and method thereof A wood chipper comprises a frame, an infeed system, a rotatable cutting system, and at least one feed wheel disposed between the infeed system and the cutting system to feed wood material to the cutting system. The wood chipper also includes a winch comprising a winch line having a first end, and a collar disposed adjacent the first end of the winch line. The wood chipper further includes a detector adapted to detect a first and a second position of the winch line, wherein the detector is adapted to allow operation of the at least one feed wheel and prohibit operation of the winch when the first position of the winch line is detected, and to allow operation of the winch and allow operation of the at least one feed wheel in a predefined manner when the second position is detected.
US09636684B2	Vertical pulverizing apparatus Provided is a vertical pulverizing apparatus capable of suppressing abrasion of throat vanes (40) and elongating their abrasion resistant lives to thereby increase working efficiency. The vertical pulverizing apparatus is characterized in that: a throat (4) is provided between a housing (32) and a pulverizing table (2) and has an annular flow channel which is surrounded by a throat inner peripheral wall (41) and a throat outer peripheral wall (42) and which is partitioned by a large number of throat vanes (40); and a slope part (43a, 43b) extending diagonally downward from an inner peripheral wall surface of the housing (32) toward a top end of the throat outer peripheral wall (42) and a horizontal part (44) extending from a bottom end of the slope part (43b) continuously to the top end of the throat outer peripheral wall (42) are provided so that top end surfaces (40a) of the throat vanes (40) and a top surface of the horizontal part (44) can be set at the same height.
US09636677B2	Paper-based chemical assay devices with improved fluidic structures A chemical assay device includes a hydrophilic substrate and one or more hydrophobic structures that extend from a first side of the hydrophilic substrate to a second side of the hydrophilic substrate. A hydrophobic structure in the hydrophilic substrate forms a fluid barrier wall that extends from the first side of the hydrophilic substrate to the second side of the hydrophilic substrate with a deviation of less than 20° from a perpendicular axis between the first side and the second side. The hydrophobic structure is formed from a wax or a phase change ink.
US09636676B2	Systems and methods for detection and quantification of analytes Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. In some embodiments, the reader component communicates with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.
US09636675B2	Pillar array structure with uniform and high aspect ratio nanometer gaps A technique related to sorting entities is provided. An inlet is configured to receive a fluid, and an outlet is configured to exit the fluid. A nanopillar array, connected to the inlet and the outlet, is configured to allow the fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet. The nanopillar array includes nanopillars arranged to separate entities by size. The nanopillars are arranged to have a gap separating one nanopillar from another nanopillar. The gap is constructed to be in a nanoscale range.
US09636671B2	Homogeneous process for the hydrogenation of carboxylic acids and derivatives thereof A homogenous process for the hydrogenation of the carboxylic acids and/or derivatives thereof in the presence of a catalyst comprising ruthenium, rhodium, iron, osmium or palladium, and an organic phosphine is described in which the hydrogenation is carried out in the presence of at least about 1% by weight water. A process for regenerating a catalyst comprising ruthenium, rhodium, iron, osmium or palladium and an organic phosphine is also described in which the regeneration is carried out in the presence of hydrogen and water.
US09636669B2	Zeolitic materials with heteroatom substitutions on external surface of lattice framework A zeolite material is provided having non-boron heteroatoms on the external surface of the zeolitic material lattice framework and B heteroatoms, or silanols created from boron hydrolysis, throughout the remainder of the lattice framework. The lattice framework of the zeolite material comprises large pore 12 member ring or larger openings at the external surface of the framework, and 10 member ring or smaller openings beneath the external surface large pore openings. Also provided is a process for preparing the zeolitic material.
US09636665B2	Catalyst compositions for converting syngas to produce higher alcohols Catalyst compositions for production of higher alcohols comprise a hydrotalcite or hydrotalcite-like support impregnated with molybdenum and an alkali metal. When the compositions are used to convert syngas, selectivity to higher (C2+) alcohols is increased in comparison to conversions accomplished over many other catalyst systems.
US09636663B2	High productivity catalyst for alkane oxidation to unsaturated carboxylic acids and alkenes The present disclosures and inventions relate to composite catalyst compositions for the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons such as propane with an oxygen containing stream, in the presence of a composite catalyst comprising CA that comprises at least components a metal M, a support S, and an optional alkali metal A, and also CB that comprises one or more mixed metal oxide phases comprising metals in the relative molar ratios indicated by the formula MoaVbGacPddNbeXf, to produce α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids such as acrylic acid and/or olefins such as propylene.
US09636656B2	Caged compound delivery and related compositions, methods and systems Methods are described and related devices, compositions, and systems, in which a caged compound is administered to a biological environment, the caged compound being caged with a long wavelength absorber, the long wavelength being a wavelength greater than or equal to 750 nm; and irradiating the biological environment to excite the long wavelength absorber with light at a wavelength in a range from 900-1100 nm, thus decaging the compound.
US09636653B2	Stamp for making a microarray of biomolecules A stamp for making a microarray of biomolecules, wherein the stamp has a stamp body having a stamping surface for stamping the biomolecules onto a substrate, a plurality of reservoirs for liquids having the biomolecules, wherein each of the reservoirs has a bottom wall and a plurality of channels extending between each of the bottom wall and the stamping surface, wherein each of the reservoirs and the channels has a macroporous hydrogel and wherein the stamping surface is provided with a hydrophobic coating.
US09636644B2	Aeration device for bioreactors Aeration device for bioreactors with a first aeration element with gas outlet openings of a first size and with at least one second aeration element with gas outlet openings of a second size, the aeration elements being formed by a common housing with separate aeration channels.
US09636636B2	Combination unit and combination method of multiple membrane shells The present invention discloses a combination unit and method of multiple membrane shells. The combination unit of multiple membrane shells is formed by bundling multiple membrane shells in parallel, wherein the raw water port and the concentrated water port of each of the membrane shells are respectively connected and sealed with the raw water port and the concentrated water port of the adjacent membrane shells to form the shared raw water port and the shared concentrated water port which are respectively connected with the raw water pipeline and the concentrated water pipeline. Since each of the combination units of multiple membrane shells is provided with the shared raw water port and the shared concentrated water port, it is adequate to finish the assembly of the shared raw water port with the pipeline and the assembly of the shared concentrated water port with the pipeline in the engineering installation. The combination unit of multiple membrane shells can be placed horizontally or vertically. By adopting the technology of the combination unit of multiple membrane shells, there does not need a large number of clamps, the number of sealed points is decreased, the engineering cost is reduced, the hidden seepage danger is lowered, the engineering installation workload is lessened, the occupied area of the apparatus is saved, and the maintenance and the service are convenient.
US09636634B2	Diesel oxidation catalyst and exhaust system An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a diesel engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a first washcoat region comprising a first platinum group metal (PGM), a first support material and a NOx storage component; a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt), manganese (Mn) and a second support material; and a substrate having an inlet end and an outlet end.
US09636632B2	Gas separation membranes based on fluorinated and perfluorinated polymers A process for separating components of a gas mixture using gas-separation copolymer membranes. These membranes use a selective layer made from copolymers of an amorphous perfluorinated dioxolane and a fluorovinyl monomer. The resulting membranes have superior selectivity performance for gas pairs of interest while maintaining fast gas permeance compared to membranes prepared using conventional perfluoropolymers such as Teflon® AF, Hlyflon® AD, and Cytop®.
US09636630B2	Gas separation systems and methods using membranes A gas separation method includes contacting a membrane filter with gas feed, permeating the gas from the gas feed through the membrane, and producing filtered gas from the filter. The filtered gas is produced from the filter as a result of the membrane removing any hydrocarbons containing six or more carbon atoms to produce a total of 0.001 ppm w/w or less. A gas separation method includes feeding gas into a filter containing a hollow fiber membrane that exhibits the property of resisting degradation due to exposure to hydrocarbons containing six or more carbon atoms. The filter exhibits a pressure drop across the membrane of less than 5 psi. The method includes feeding the filtered gas into a gas separation module that exhibits a susceptibility to degradation from exposure to hydrocarbons containing six or more carbon atoms.
US09636627B2	Method for recovering ethylene during the process for producing VAC and a device thereof The present invention discloses a method and a device for recovering ethylene during the process for producing vinyl acetate, wherein a double solvent absorption method composed of an absorbent solution and deionized water is adopted. The method is as follows: introducing an outlet stream as an absorbent solution from the upper section of the feeding plate in an acetic acid tower during the rectification stage of vinyl acetate production; delivering same to the top of the lower section of the ethylene recovery tower by a delivery pump; charging refined gas from the tower bottom of the ethylene recovery tower for contacting with the absorbent solution in a counter-current; delivering the absorption bottom solution to the rectification stage for treatment; the gas continuing to rise to the upper section of the ethylene recovery tower and contacting with the deionized water introduced from the top of the tower in a counter-current; absorbing and removing the acetic acid therein; and discharging the residual inert gas, such as N2, from the top of the ethylene recovery tower. The absorbent solution is a mixture of acetic acid, vinyl acetate and water, and comprises by weight percentage of 50-85% acetic acid, 5-30% vinyl acetate and 5-20% water.
US09636621B2	Ambient pressure optimizing of SBRB VSA ASU The air separation unit includes a single adsorption bed downstream of a reversing blower and configured to operate on the principle of vacuum swing adsorption. An optimal ambient air pressure to vacuum pressure ratio within an adsorber vessel downstream of the reversible blower is identified. When the air separation unit is operated at ambient conditions where ambient air pressure is different, such as at higher altitude (or lower altitude) a pressure ratio across the blower when drawing a vacuum on the adsorption bed is maintained for optimal blower power to oxygen production performance. Time for recovery of the adsorption bed can also be modified due to the lower absolute pressure achieved within the adsorption bed when the pressure ratio across the blower is maintained. An ASU is thus provided which is optimized for performance at various different altitudes without requiring modification of equipment within the ASU.
US09636618B2	Smoke exhaust system for a cooking appliance A cooking appliance includes a lower housing having a lower heating surface, an upper housing operatively connected to the lower housing and having an upper heating surface, and a smoke exhaust system. The smoke exhaust system includes an air inlet in a lower surface of the upper housing adjacent to the upper heating surface, an exhaust vent formed in the upper housing, and a fan disposed in the upper housing. The fan is configured to draw air through the inlet, into the upper housing, and expel the air through the exhaust vent.
US09636617B2	Air purifier device with fan duct An air purifier device is provided including a fan arranged to produce an air flow through the air purifier device, and a fan duct for guiding the air flow produced by the fan. The fan duct extends in an upright direction of the air purifier device. The air purifier device further includes an air intake arranged below a lower end of the fan duct, and an exhaust arranged at an upper end of the fan duct so as to exhaust purified air in an upward direction from the air purifier device when the air purifier device is in use. The fan duct is flared in direction from an intermediate portion of the fan duct towards both it ends, and the fan is arranged at least partly in the intermediate portion. A facilitated circulation of air through the room and through the air purifier device standing in the room is provided.
US09636616B2	Water-proof air-permeable filter and use of the same A water-proof air-permeable filter (1) includes: a resin film (2) having formed therein a plurality of through pores (21); and a treated layer (3) having hydrophobicity and oil repellency, and formed on at least one of both surfaces in the thickness direction of the resin film (2) such that the treated layer (3) has openings (31) at positions corresponding to the through pores (21). The through pores (21) each have a predetermined size larger than or equal to 0.01 μm and smaller than or equal to 10 μm, and are uniformly distributed such that a density of the through pores falls within specific limits included in a range from 10 to 1×108 pores/mm2.
US09636615B2	Assemblies; components and filter features thereof; and, methods of use and assembly Air cleaner assemblies, components therefor, and features thereof are described. Also described are methods of assembly and use. In depicted examples, the air cleaner assemblies and components optionally use advantageous housing seal features. Also, an advantageous resonator/sonic choke arrangement, which is optional and which can be used without the advantageous housing seal, is described. Methods of assembly and use are described.
US09636602B1	Building components The building components of the present invention provide building components which are compatible with high-stress and/or high-impact devices or mechanisms due to at least their composition or their configuration. Consequently, the building components of the present invention provide a more robust building component. In some embodiments, the building components of the present invention are be die-cast, metal building components manufactured from any desirable metal, such as zinc. Alternatively or additionally, the building components may include a configuration that provides for at least one offset coupling configuration such that building components may be coupled together in a structurally secure configuration. Thus, in some embodiments, the building components of the present invention provide a building component for constructing toy vehicles that is compatible with wheeled boosters typically provided for die cast toy vehicles.
US09636592B2	Server, recording medium and system A server includes a storage unit storing characteristic data objects of each user, each characteristic data object having a first parameter value representing an ability of the characteristic data object to exert power, a second parameter value representing an ability to reduce the first parameter value of each characteristic data object of another user different from the user having the characteristic data object, and one of attributes having a superiority-inferiority relationship relative to each other. The server further includes a receiving unit receiving a game proceeding instruction from a device of each user, and a parameter adjusting unit adjusting the second parameter value of each characteristic data object of the user of the device, based on a first number of characteristic data objects of the user that have an attribute superior to a first attribute assigned among characteristic data objects of a second user different from the user.
US09636591B2	Game system, game device, game control method, and program A game system includes a game progresser, a storage, a game reproducer, and a changer. The game progresser is configured to control game progress in accordance with a player's instruction information. The storage is configured to store a game-play-history of a first-player in accordance with a first instruction information of the first-player. The game reproducer is configured to reproduce a first game progress of the first player based on the game-play-history, during a second game progress progressed by the game progresser in accordance with a second instruction information of a second-player. The changer is configured to change at least one of: control on the first game progress of the first-player reproduced by the game reproducer; and control on the second game progress of the second-player to be progressed in accordance with the second instruction information, with reference to at least one of first and second player's game situations.
US09636574B2	Gaming keyboard with hand registration features A gaming keyboard and related methods are disclosed that provide features to enhance the computer gaming experience. A keyboard connection pod is disclosed that improves power capabilities of the keyboard thereby allowing for enhanced features that require more power. A panic mechanism is disclosed that can be triggered to cause one or more selected keys to change states. Keycap rim-lighting is disclosed that provides improved visual indication of key positions. A hand registration enhancement is disclosed including a spacebar having a thumb notch and/or WASD and spacebar keys with different tactile response than other keys. Function keys are disclosed that are positioned proximate to allow reduced movement of the left hand. An integrated cord wrap tray is disclosed for a peripheral such as a mouse. Other features and variations are also disclosed.
US09636571B1	Casino craps side bets A method and apparatus for implementing a Casino Craps game with additional side bets. The “Point-STAY”, “Seven-STAY”, “SOSI” (Seven-Out-any-Seven-wIn) and “SOX” (Seven-Out-eXact-seven-win) bets are multiple stage bets, initiated after the point is established. First stage: the Point-STAY bet wins on the point, or loses on a seven-out; and the Seven-STAY bet wins on a seven-out, or loses on the point. Second stage: both bets win on a new point matching the previous point or lose on a new point differing from the previous point. First stage: the SOSI and the SOX bets win on a seven-out, or lose on the point. Additional stages: the SOSI wins on each additional seven, maximum of four wins, or loses on a point being established; and the SOX bet wins on each additional seven with the two dice combination matching the previous seven-out combination, maximum of two wins, or loses on a point being established.
US09636568B2	Baseball or softball glove A glove includes: a first leather member on a side of a ball catching plane; a second leather member disposed to face the first leather member; and a connection portion in which the first leather member and the second leather member are connected at a part of an outer peripheral portion of the ball catching plane. The connection portion includes a first loop contiguous to the first leather member and having a central axis, a second loop disposed adjacent to the first loop in a direction along the central axis and contiguous to the second leather member, and a string member passing through the first loop and the second loop along the central axis. At least one identical string member passes through the first loop and the second loop.
US09636559B2	Golf club head with depression A golf club head comprising a crown defining an upper surface of the golf club head; a sole defining a lower surface of the golf club head, wherein said sole is substantially convex in shape; a skirt extending between the crown and the sole; a face defining a ball-striking surface and intersecting said sole at a leading edge; an interior cavity defined by said crown, sole, skirt, and face; a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to said face, a y-axis located vertical to said face, and a z-axis located through said face, said z-axis and said x-axis parallel to a ground plane when said golf club head is held at address on said ground plane; a depression formed in said sole, wherein said depression is substantially concave and protrudes inwards towards said interior cavity of said golf club head.
US09636556B2	Method, apparatus, and system for golf product reconfiguration and selection A computer program is disclosed for reconfiguring a property-adjustable golf club. The program receives data input corresponding to a current configuration of an adjustable feature of the golf club, and data input corresponding to trajectory adjustment information. Based on the data input, reconfiguration information is generated, and outputted, that corresponds to one of a plurality of configurations of the adjustable feature of the golf club.
US09636553B1	Golf club head with adjustable weight bar A golf club head with means for adjusting a center of gravity along more than one axis is disclosed herein. The golf club head comprises at least one rectangular weight bar disposed within a recessed region on the sole and adjustable within the recessed region. One end of the weight bar is reversibly fixed to the sole with a connection element, while the other end includes an engagement feature that engages a retention feature at the edge of the recessed region. The retention feature provides multiple locations at the edge of the recessed region to which the engagement feature can be fixed, and when the weight bar is in a configuration desired by a golfer, the weight bar can be reversibly secured to the sole and immobilized within the recessed region by tightening the connection element. The weight bar may also include a slidable weight assembly.
US09636547B2	Multi-piece solid golf ball In a multi-piece solid golf ball having a core, a cover and an intermediate layer therebetween, the core, an intermediate layer-encased sphere and the ball have surface hardnesses which satisfy a specific relationship, and the intermediate layer and the cover have thicknesses which satisfy a specific relationship. Also, the core has a hardness profile in which the hardnesses at the core surface, core center, a position 5 mm from the core center, and a position midway between the surface and center of the core satisfy specific relationships. This golf ball, when used by mid- and high-level amateurs, enables the golfer to maintain an adequate distance on shots with a driver and achieve a good distance on iron shots, has a good spin performance on approach shots and has a good feel on impact. In addition, the ball has an excellent scuff resistance when struck with a grooved wedge.
US09636543B2	Universal exercise guidance system An apparatus obtains an exercise route of workouts associated with a person for achieving a fitness objective, determines parameters for first workout option of a first type to replace a second workout option of a second different type such that the first workout option is interchangeable with the second workout option while satisfying the exercise route and displays the determined parameters for the first workout option.
US09636540B2	Adjustable stride elliptical motion exercise machine with large stride variability and fast adjustment Elliptical exercise machines with a footskate on a reciprocating rail that provides for the ability to alter the horizontal stride of the user utilizing the machine, without significantly altering their vertical stride height on the machine. This is generally performed by altering the angle through which any point on the rail can, and does, move. Such adjustment may be performed by having the rail attached to a swing arm, where the arc of rotation of the swing arm relative to the frame is altered.
US09636535B2	Door-mounted portable exercise apparatus A door-mounted portable exercise apparatus having a non-elastic adjustable strap that extends vertically around a door. An attached connector maintains the adjustable strap in a snug position around the door. A first anchor and a second anchor are secured to the adjustable strap by a re-enforcing strap near the top edge of the door. When the door is closed, the first anchor is positioned near the junction of the closing face of the door and the door frame, and the second anchor is positioned near the junction of the opening face of the door and the door frame. At least two non-elastic loops are attached near the top and bottom of the adjustable strap by short strips on the closing side of the door. Elastic bands of various tensions can be attached to or passed through at least one non-elastic loop of the apparatus to permit a wide range of exercise motions by a user.
US09636534B2	Apparatus, system, and method for a fitness stick An apparatus and system are disclosed for a fitness stick. The apparatus includes an elongated rod, a first track, and a second track. The elongated rod has a center point, a first end, and a second end. The first track extends helically away from the center point along an outer surface of the elongated rod toward the first end. The second track extends helically away from the center point along the outer surface of the elongated rod toward the second end. The first track extends helically around the outer surface of the elongated rod in a first rotational direction and the second track extends helically around the outer surface of the elongated rod in a second rotational direction. The second rotational direction is opposite from the first rotational direction.
US09636533B2	Metal-carbonyl-containing fire extinguishing composition A metal-carbonyl-containing fire extinguishing composition comprises metal carbonyl complexes. The fire extinguishing composition uses a pyrotechnic agent as a heat source and a power source. A high temperature in combustion of the pyrotechnic agent enables the fire extinguishing composition to decompose or react under heat; produced fire extinguishing substances are sprayed out together with the pyrotechnic agent, thereby achieving a fire extinguishing objective. In the fire extinguishing composition, by selecting preferable components and optimizing contents of the components, an optimum formula of the fire extinguishing composition is determined, thereby greatly improving the efficacy of the fire extinguishing composition. In addition, efficacies of the components in the fire extinguishing composition are fully utilized, which improves an effective utilization rate of the fire extinguishing composition.
US09636532B2	Tunnel fire protection system A deluge fire protection system for tunnels having vehicle traffic including a main water supply pipe and a horizontal spray nozzle arrangement. The horizontal spray nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle device having an inlet portion defining an internal diameter and an external nominal diameter. The horizontal spray arrangement includes a coupling arrangement between the main water supply and the nozzle device. The coupling arrangement defines a multi-direction flow path between the main water supply and the nozzle device. The multi-direction flow path has an effective length of at least eight times a diameter of the inlet portion, and a cross-sectional area along the effective length greater than the cross-sectional area defined by a diameter of the inlet portion of the body of the nozzle device. The coupling arrangement provides for water delivery to the nozzle device at a working pressure ranging from about 10 psi. to about 30 psi.
US09636531B1	Dry sprinkler A dry sprinkler for a fire protection system. The preferred dry sprinkler has a metallic disc annulus positionable within a passageway to skew a central axis of a face of the metallic disc annulus with respect to a longitudinal axis of the dry sprinkler so that an expected minimum flow rate based on a rated discharge coefficient is provided. The dry sprinkler operates to provide an expected flow rate over a range of start pressures. The expected flow rate is based on a K-factor rating. The dry sprinkler provides an acceptable level of fluid flow rate from the expected flow rate based on the K-factor for a range of start pressures.
US09636530B2	Stovetop fire suppressor with thermal glass bulb actuation and method An automatic stovetop fire suppressor using a compressed spring to lower a bottom lid upon thermal glass bulb fracture is provided herein. A plastic lid seals on the bottom of a can and forms a closed container. The closed container is filled with a fire suppressing agent. A compressed spring extends when a thermal glass bulb fractures. The extending spring lowers the bottom lid to open the closed container. Fire suppressing agent flows out of the radial opening, suppressing a stovetop fire with minimal or no splashing of cooking oil. A center post is secured to a top wall of the container. A ledge, or bottom support, secured to the container catches the bottom lid to limit the radial opening height. A gradual release of a fire suppressing agent in a desired distribution pattern and method of gradual and spatial agent release can be provided with a cone-shaped bottom lid.
US09636529B1	Stovetop fire suppressor mounting device and method A mounting device and method of mounting an automatic stovetop fire suppressor are provided herein. Stovetop fires are a well-known residential and commercial hazard. Common parts are utilized across the stovetop fire suppressors employed in different stovetop configurations, reducing inventory count. The mount design can be automated for greater efficiency of time and labor and may provide increased production or throughput. A magnet is attached at the factory for the vent hood product, eliminating the need for such assembly by an end user. This attachment also alleviates loss or misplacement of the magnet during unpacking or installation. A threaded insert is staked to the fire suppressor can and affords reliable retention of the magnet to the fires suppressor can. The present designs enables formation of a consistent vent area in the fire suppressor can.
US09636525B1	Method of image guided intraoperative simultaneous several ports microbeam radiation therapy with microfocus X-ray tubes This invention pertains to a method of low-cost intraoperative all field simultaneous parallel microbeam single fraction few seconds duration 100 to 1,000 Gy and higher dose radiosurgery with micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)-carbon nanotube based microaccelerators. It ablates cancer cells including the mesenchymal epithelial transformation associated cancer stem cells. Microbeam brachy-therapeutic radiosurgery is performed. Microaccelerators are configured for simultaneous parallel microbeam emission from varying angels to an isocentric tumor. Their additive dose rate at the isocentric tumor is in the range of 10,000 to 20,000 Gy/s. It eliminates most tumor recurrence and metastasis which enhances cancer cure rates. It also exposes cancer antigens which induces cancer immunity. Stereotactic breast core biopsy is combined with, positron emission tomography and computerized tomography and phase-contrast imaging. Parallel microbeam brachytherapy preserves normal breast appearance. Migration of normal stem cells from unirradiated valley regions heals the radiation damage to the normal tissue.
US09636523B2	Brachytherapy dose verification apparatus, system and method A system, method and device for brachytherapy treatment verification is described herein. The verification may be in real time and may provide verification of one or more of dose, source position, dwell time and source activity. In one embodiment the invention provides a method for verifying a brachytherapy radiation treatment including processing a distribution of exposure to a brachytherapy radiation source of a two dimensional imaging array to determine a region of high exposure; obtaining one or more distribution of exposure profiles through the region of high exposure; determining a region of high value in the one or more distribution of exposure profiles; and using the determined region of high exposure and/or high value to calculate one or more brachytherapy radiation source position and/or one or more brachytherapy radiation source distance to thereby verify at least a part of the brachytherapy radiation treatment.
US09636510B2	Defibrillator that monitors CPR treatment and adjusts protocol An apparatus and method is provided for a defibrillator that specifies treatment protocols in terms of number of chest compressions instead of time intervals. The defibrillator includes a connection port that is configured to attach with a plurality of electrodes that are capable of delivery of a defibrillation shock and/or sensing one or more physical parameters. An energy storage device capable of storing a charge is attached to the plurality of electrodes. A controller is coupled to the plurality of electrodes and the energy storage device, the controller is configured to provide CPR chest compression instructions in terms of the numbers of CPR chest compressions.
US09636509B2	Retrieval of information from an implantable medical device Techniques for retrieving information from an implantable medical device (IMD) having a depleted internal energy source such as a non-rechargeable battery are disclosed. The IMD is powered by and communicates with an external interrogation device to access a memory location of the IMD and for transfer of the information in the memory location to the external interrogation device subsequent to depletion of the internal energy source. In an embodiment, the memory location is included in a non-volatile memory component of the IMD to maintain the information stored in the memory component.
US09636494B2	Connecting element for providing fluidic connection between vessels The invention relates to a connecting element, in particular for connecting vessels and for producing a fluidic connection between vessels or elements joined to the connecting element. The invention also relates to an elastic spring element as a valve element.
US09636490B2	Microneedle A microneedle and a microneedle array, which have both aspects of safety and easiness to use and can administer a predetermined dose of a medical agent without causing a pain by smoothly running into the skin surface layer of a patient, includes a frustum and a forward end portion thereon, the forward end portion having a forward end apex angle in the range of 15 to 60° and a forward end diameter in the range of 1 to 20 μm and satisfying the expression H/D≧5, where H is a total height of the microneedle, and D is a diameter of a bottom surface of the frustum).
US09636487B2	Meters for in-vivo monitoring Systems and methods for use in monitoring treatment of pressure-related conditions, such as hydrocephalus, include an implantable vessel, and a meter including one or more microfluidic channels connected to the vessel. The microfluidic channels may be configured to detect at least one of pressure and fluid flow rate through the vessel and to be read out remotely by a wirelessly coupled external device. The meter may include a passive resonant (LC) circuit. A dynamic flap may be included in the microfluidic channel that may act as part of the LC circuit. An external device may also be configured to inductively couple remotely to the LC circuit, with-out physical connections to the implantable vessel or pressure meter, and to display a pressure acting on the pressure meter and/or a fluid flow through the meter.
US09636485B2	Methods for counteracting rebounding effects during solid state resistance welding of dissimilar materials The present disclosure is directed to methods for joining initially separate members of different metallic materials, e.g., as in joining segments of a multi-segment intravascular guide wire, as well as multi-segment intravascular guide wires so formed. Initially separate members are provided, which members comprise different metallic materials relative to one another (e.g., stainless steel and nitinol). The members are aligned with one another, and a first force is applied to the members while delivering electrical current through the members to solid state weld the separate members to one another. A follow up force that is greater than the first force is applied as solid-state deformation occurs and a weld nugget forms between the members. The weld nugget so formed is thinner and of a larger transverse cross-sectional area than would be produced without application of the follow up force.
US09636462B2	Drug delivery device with shield operated needle actuator A drug delivery device comprises a shield (30) moveably mounted to a main portion and being displaceable by a user between a shielding and a non-shielding position, wherein a needle assembly (50) can be mounted on a reservoir, the shield covering the needle assembly in the shielding position. The needle assembly is moveable between a dis-connected and connected position in fluid communication with the reservoir. In such an arrangement a mounted needle assembly is moved from the dis-connected to the connected position when the shield is moved from the shielding to the non-shielding position, and moved from the connected to the dis-connected position when the shield is moved from the non-shielding to the shielding position.
US09636459B2	Auto-injector An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) is presented having a tubular chassis telescopable in an elongate chassis, a carrier subassembly comprising a tubular carrier slidably arranged partially inside the chassis and inside the case, where the carrier is adapted to contain a syringe with a hollow injection needle, a drive spring and a plunger for forwarding load of the drive spring to a stopper of the syringe, wherein the syringe is lockable for joint axial translation with the carrier. The auto-injector also has a control spring arranged around the carrier, a needle insertion control mechanism for coupling a proximal end of the control spring to either the carrier for advancing it for needle insertion or to the chassis, wherein the needle insertion control mechanism comprises a first collar biased by the control spring in a proximal direction (P), wherein at least one fifth clip is arranged on one of the chassis or the first collar initially abutting a block on the other of the chassis or the first collar.
US09636457B2	System and method for a drug delivery and biosensor patch An integrated drug delivery and biosensor (IDDB) system is implemented on a patch or arm band. The drug delivery system includes needles adapted to pierce the skin and direct injection of a predetermined dosage of medication through the needles into the epidermis of the skin of a patient. The integrated biosensor monitors absorption of the medication into the epidermis of the skin of the patient and may also monitor concentration of the medication or other relevant substances in arterial blood flow of the patient. The integrated biosensor may also monitor a patient's vitals in response to the medication. The integrated biosensor may then alter dosage or frequency of administration of dosages or even halt a dosage of medication in response to the patient's vitals or absorption of the medication.
US09636456B2	System for providing blood glucose measurements to an infusion device An infusion system includes an infusion device and a sensing device. The infusion system may further include a characteristic determining device. The infusion device also includes a communication system for transmitting to and receiving communications from the sensing device or a computer. The sensing device may sense an analyte of a bodily fluid of the user. The analyte may be calibrated using data from the infusion device and from a characteristic determining device. The system may be set up to automatically call for assistance when analytes reach a certain level.
US09636450B2	Pump system modular components for delivering medication and analyte sensing at seperate insertion sites Methods and systems for providing modular components in an integrated infusion device and analyte monitoring system where the components are independently replaceable are provided.
US09636448B2	Recirculation device of an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus A recirculation device of an extracorporeal blood treatment device is disclosed with a preferably universal medical fluid container to which an arterial line section of a fluid conducting system of the extracorporeal blood treatment device can be connected as an option. Furthermore, the recirculation device has a 3-way switch, preferably a 3-way valve, which is arranged directly downstream of the universal medical fluid container. A conduit of the 3-way switch is preferably coupled with a spike or a similar connecting device or is formed in one piece together with it.
US09636444B2	Filtration system for preparation of fluids for medical applications Systems, methods, and devices for preparation of purified water and medicaments for various uses including blood treatment are described. Methods, devices, and systems for creating multiple-treatment batches are described. For example, a medicament fluid circuit can include a container with an interior chamber. The container can have a fluid filling port and a fluid extraction port. Both ports can be connected to the interior chamber. The filling port can have two sterilizing filters, each of which has a membrane. The sterilizing filters can be connected in series the membranes are separated by a distance of at least 0.5 cm. A first of the sterilizing filters can have a sealed inlet. The fluid extraction port can be sealed.

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