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US09792125B2	Saving/restoring selected registers in transactional processing A TRANSACTION BEGIN instruction begins execution of a transaction and includes a general register save mask having bits, that when set, indicate registers to be saved in the event the transaction is aborted. At the beginning of the transaction, contents of the registers are saved in memory not accessible to the program, and if the transaction is aborted, the saved contents are copied to the registers.
US09792117B2	Loading values from a value vector into subregisters of a single instruction multiple data register A method and apparatus for efficiently processing data in various formats in a single instruction multiple data (“SIMD”) architecture is presented. Specifically, a method to unpack a fixed-width bit values in a bit stream to a fixed width byte stream in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to unpack variable-length byte packed values in a byte stream in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to decompress a run length encoded compressed bit-vector in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to return the offset of each bit set to one in a bit-vector in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to fetch bits from a bit-vector at specified offsets relative to a base in a SIMD architecture is presented. A method to compare values stored in two SIMD registers is presented.
US09792116B2	Computer processor that implements pre-translation of virtual addresses with target registers A computer processor that implements pre-translation of virtual addresses with target registers is disclosed. The computer processor may include a register file comprising one or more registers. The computer processor may include processing logic. The processing logic may receive a value to store in a register of one or more registers. The processing logic may store the value in the register. The processing logic may designate the received value as a virtual instruction address, the virtual instruction address having a corresponding virtual base page number. The processing logic may translate the virtual base page number to a corresponding real base page number and zero or more real page numbers corresponding to zero or more virtual page numbers adjacent to the virtual base page number. The processing logic may further store in the register of the one or more registers the real base page number and the zero or more real page numbers.
US09792115B2	Super multiply add (super MADD) instructions with three scalar terms A processing core is described having execution unit logic circuitry having a first register to store a first vector input operand, a second register to a store a second vector input operand and a third register to store a packed data structure containing scalar input operands a, b, c. The execution unit logic circuitry further include a multiplier to perform the operation (a(first vector input operand))+(b(second vector operand))+c.
US09792109B2	Software updating A novel method for updating a bundle of files from an update package that minimize the free space requirement on disk is provided. The method segments the update of the entire package and performs the update in multiple passes. The method divide the archive payload of the entire update package into pieces and expand one piece of the archive in each pass. At the end of each pass, some embodiments remove from the disk the archive piece expanded in that pass in order to free additional space for the next pass.
US09792108B2	Scheme for managing last-modified information Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing a scheme for managing Last-Modified information for resource requests are described herein. In some embodiments, a computing device may determine whether to round up or down an update time of a resource respectively based on whether a request from a client device for the resource is received within a window. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive, from a client device, a first validation request for a resource and a second validation request for the resource. In response to determining that the first validation request was received within a window, the computing device may round down an update time of the resource. In response to determining that the second validation request was received outside of the window, the computing device may determine whether to round up the update time of the resource.
US09792105B2	Method and system for booting and automatically updating software, and recovering from update error, and computer readable recording medium storing method Provided are a booting method of updating software components installed in a system and recovering from an error that occurs in an update, a method and system for automatically updating the software and recovering from the error, and a computer readable recording medium storing the method. The master boot record and the backup boot record are used to stably update a kernel and effectively recover from an update error. The component configuration database is used to update a plurality of software components including a kernel in a transaction, and perfectly recover from an update error.
US09792102B2	Identifying issues prior to deploying software Systems and techniques for identifying potential problems associated with deploying a software package in a computing system are described. The software package may include multiple components that are installed in various locations in the computing system. Multiple agents that perform mock activities emulating the activities of the multiple components may be deployed in the computing system. Activity data may be gathered when the multiple agents are performing the mock activities and used to identify potential problems.
US09792095B2	Apparatus and method for converting a procedure manual to an automated program A computing device receives a query about at least one concept and at least one document associated with the at least one concept. The computing device accesses a plurality of models created based on information in a labeled database. The computing device decodes information in the at least one document using the plurality of models. Responsive to the decoding, the computing device generate a program with steps associated with the at least one concept.
US09792094B2	Factory identification system The described technology is directed towards a factory identification system, in which a factory object is provided with a factory identifier (ID) that specifies information regarding a desired object that is more specific than specifying an interface. Additional construction parameters such as an object ID may be provided to further describe the desired object. Also described are object caching and reuse, and tagging the object with information that may be preserved and later used to recreate an object.
US09792093B2	Dynamically building subsections of locale objects at run-time Subsections of locale objects are dynamically built from locale source files when requested at run-time without building all subsections of the locale object. When a subsection of a locale object is dynamically built, the subsection is stored in global memory so it may be read by multiple applications. Dynamically building subsections of locale objects when requested allows software to operate with a relatively small number of locale objects.
US09792092B2	Method of unifying information and tool from a plurality of information sources and computer program product and matterizer using the same A method of unifying information and tool from a plurality of information sources includes the following steps. Firstly, an access scheme is provided to retrieve attributes and an associated link from an original information and/or attributes and an associated link from an original tool. Then, the original information is modeled into a unified information unit with a first unified data model by re-organizing the attributes and the associated link of the original information, and/or the original tool is modeled into a unified tool with a second unified data model by re-organizing the attributes and the associated link of the original tool. A format of the original information is modeled by the first unified data model and/or a format of the original tool is modeled by the second unified data model.
US09792090B2	Method and apparatus for achieving efficient upgrade of insurance products A system for managing products comprising a plurality of components is provided. In one embodiment, the system further comprises a plurality of parameters governing the interaction among said components and an interface for receiving user input concerning said components; wherein said components and parameters are objects defined and stored externally; said parameters are defined based on possible user input concerning one or more of said components: and one or more of said components and parameters are loaded into the system, revised or removed without rewriting existing software.
US09792086B2	System and method for speech-enabled access to media content by a ranked normalized weighted graph using speech recognition Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for generating a speech recognition model for a media content retrieval system. The method causes a computing device to retrieve information describing media available in a media content retrieval system, construct a graph that models how the media are interconnected based on the retrieved information, rank the information describing the media based on the graph, and generate a speech recognition model based on the ranked information. The information can be a list of actors, directors, composers, titles, and/or locations. The graph that models how the media are interconnected can further model pieces of common information between two or more media. The method can further cause the computing device to weight the graph based on the retrieved information, wherein the weighted graph is further normalized to yield a normalized weighted graph to help with speech query searching of media content using speech recognition. The graph can further model relative popularity information in the list. The method can rank information based on a PageRank algorithm.
US09792085B2	Method for grouping playing devices and terminal apparatus A method for grouping playing devices and terminal apparatus includes acquiring a user setting assigned to a plurality of play time periods of N playing devices in a wireless music system and determining a current time. It is determined which the play time periods of the N playing devices include a first target play time period encompassing the current time. The playing devices of the N playing devices are grouped corresponding to the first target play time period into a first play group.
US09792084B2	Machine-led mood change A machine is configured to identify a media file that, when played to a user, is likely to modify an emotional or physical state of the user to or towards a target emotional or physical state. The machine accesses play counts that quantify playbacks of media files for the user. The playbacks may be locally performed or detected by the machine from ambient sound. The machine accesses arousal scores of the media files and determines a distribution of the play counts over the arousal scores. The machine uses one or more relative maxima in the distribution in selecting a target arousal score for the user based on contextual data that describes an activity of the user. The machine selects one or more media files based on the target arousal score. The machine may then cause the selected media file to be played to the user.
US09792083B2	Interaction of sound, silent and mute modes in an electronic device This is directed to controlling the output of audio based on the mode of an electronic device. In particular, this is directed to an electronic device having a sound mode, silent mode, and mute mode controlling the output of audio along different audio output routes. In the sound mode, all audio can be output, while only registered or authorized audio can be output in the silent mode. In the mute mode, no audio can be output. The sound and silent modes can be enabled using an interface of the device (e.g., a switch having two possible states), while the mute mode can be enabled using an accessory coupled to the device. To disengage the mute mode, a user can provide a corresponding instruction using the accessory, or providing an instruction on the device related to volume control. For example, a user can change the device volume using an on-device interface, or toggle a sound/silent switch to a sound mode.
US09792079B2	Smart drag and drop user interfaces for print workflow system Systems and methods are provided for generating workflows for printing systems. The system includes a memory that stores requirements for sequencing each of multiple activities available at a print shop into workflows. The system also includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) able to graphically present a workflow. The workflow includes an ordered subset of the activities to perform for processing a print job. The GUI is further able to graphically present the available activities, and to enable a user to drag the available activities onto the workflow to alter the workflow. The system also includes a processing system able to detect an activity being dragged by a user, to determine locations in the workflow where requirements for the activity are met, and to operate the GUI to highlight the determined locations.
US09792078B2	Image forming apparatus for transmitting management information via a plurality of network interfaces An image forming apparatus includes multiple network interfaces to be connected to different networks, a management-information storage, a management-information generating unit, and a transmitting unit. The management-information storage stores management information. In accordance with a management information transmission request received via one of the network interfaces, the management-information generating unit extracts information which is to be transmitted through the network interface through which the request has been received, from the management information, and generates transmission management information to be transmitted. The transmitting unit transmits the transmission management information generated by the management-information generating unit, from the network interface through which the request has been received.
US09792071B2	End of life prediction to reduce retention triggered operations A memory system or flash card includes a mechanism for memory cell measurement and analysis that independently measures/predicts memory wear/endurance, data retention (DR), read disturb, and/or remaining margin. These effects can be independently quantified by analyzing the state distributions of the individual voltage levels of the cells. In particular, a histogram of cell voltage distributions of the memory cells can be analyzed to identify signatures for certain effects (e.g. wear, DR, read disturb, margin, etc.). Those measurements are used for block cycling, data loss prediction, or adjustments to memory parameters. Pre-emptive action at the appropriate time based on the measurements leads to improved memory management and data management. That action includes calculating the remaining useful life of data stored in memory, cycling blocks, predicting data loss, trade-off or dynamic adjustments of memory parameters.
US09792070B2	Data storage device, method of storing data, and on-vehicle control apparatus A memory having a plurality of storage blocks, and a memory control unit, are included, and each of the storage blocks is partitioned into a management data area and an actual data area. The management data area stores therein writing-in-progress management data indicating that writing of actual data has started, validity management data indicating that the writing of the actual data has been completed, and pre-erasure management data indicating that stored actual data have been brought into an erasable state. The memory control unit determines, based on a storage state of the management data, the storage block storing therein the latest data.
US09792068B2	Memory system and method of controlling nonvolatile memory According to one embodiment, when a first command and first data are received from a host, and in a case where the number of free blocks is less than a first threshold, a controller executes a first processing. The first processing includes reading valid data included in one first block that includes the valid data and invalid data and writing the read valid data and at least a part of write data specified by the write command into the free block.
US09792066B2	Handling failure of a command to add a record to a log Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for handling failure of a command to add a record to a log. The log has records at log addresses. Each record in the log includes a key and value and the log addresses map to physical addresses in the storage. A first command for a key and value pair for a record at a specified log address in the log to add to a selected log address in the log is sent. A second command for the key and value pair for the record at the specified log address with a resend parameter set is sent in response to not receiving the selected log address. In response to receiving the second command with the resend parameter set, the log is scanned to determine a log address having the key and value pair. The determined log address is returned.
US09792061B2	Efficient cache management of multi-target peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) modified sectors bitmap For efficient cache management of multi-target peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) modified sectors bitmap in a computing storage environment a multiplicity of PPRC modified sectors bitmaps are dynamically managed by placing the multiplicity of PPRC modified sectors bitmaps into slots of bind segments. One of the multiplicity of PPRC modified sectors bitmaps is set in one of the plurality of slots. Techniques are used depending on whether it is determined that one of the bind segments in the list of bind segments does not contain the free one of the multiplicity of slots.
US09792049B2	Memory subsystem with wrapped-to-continuous read Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for accessing data of a memory. A method embodiment operates by receiving one or more requests for data stored across at least a first memory area and a second memory area of a memory. The method continues with performing, by at least one processor, a wrapped read of data within a first memory area of the memory. The method then performs, by the at least one processor, a continuous read of data within a second memory area of the memory, the second memory area being adjacent to the first memory area. The continuous read starts at a first boundary of the second memory area, and is performed automatically after the wrapped read of data within the first memory area.
US09792048B2	Identifying disk drives and processing data access requests Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying disk drives and processing data access requests. A disk drive may be identified as an Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) drive, a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVME) drive, and/or an ATA packet interface (ATAPI) drive. Data access requests for the disk drive may be translated to NVME commands, AHCI commands, or ATAPI commands, based on whether the drive is identified as a NVME drive, an AHCI drive, and/or an ATAPI drive.
US09792043B2	Methods and systems for efficiently storing data Methods and systems for a networked storage environment are provided. One method includes scanning a first data structure by a processor executing instructions out of a memory for a storage operating system to determine whether any data chunk of a first object stored at a first storage tier is referenced by the storage operating; when the storage operating system references a certain number of data chunks, the processor using an object staging data structure to identify a second object that is in the process of being built with space for transferring the certain number of data chunks from the first object to the second object; and updating information regarding the second object at a transfer log with location information of the certain number of data chunks at the first storage tier.
US09792028B2	Terminal and controlling method thereof A method of controlling a display device can include establishing communication between an external device and the display device to receive screen information displayed on the external device; displaying the screen information displayed in the external device in a first region of a screen of the display device; and when content information in the first region of the screen is moved to a second region of the screen, storing in a storage space corresponding to a format of the content information, the content information, without displaying the content information in the second region.
US09792024B2	Systems and methods for management and processing of electronic documents using video annotations Systems and methods for managing and processing building plan documents including plan sheets. A toolbox of building project-related annotation tools comprising geometrical shapes and corresponding metadata indicating a criticality of a building project related defect is provided. An interface enables a selection of one or more video frames from a video file. A video frame editing area enables a user to drag and drop a shape over a portion of a frame displayed in the editing area to highlight a building defect. An interface enables the user to define a relationship between a video file and a building-related task. A user annotation, comprising a geometrical shape and corresponding metadata indicating a criticality of a building project related defect, of a video frame is received. An association of the video file with a first building project-related task is generated. A search interface enables the user to search for annotated video files associated with building projects.
US09792018B2	Input device and user interface interactions In some embodiments, a device displays functionality information in response to receiving an indication of a first input for which a contact meets functionality display criteria. In some embodiments, a device generates a user interface that includes a navigation bar including images from different positions in a respective content item, and a representation of an adjacent content item. In some embodiments, a device moves a selection-indicator in a user interface by a predefined amount in response to receiving an indication of a first input that meets unitary movement criteria. In some embodiments, a device interprets movement of a contact of an input based at least in part on a grip of a user. In some embodiments, a device displays a plurality of character selection options when a text entry field is not tolerant of character ambiguity and a first input corresponds to a plurality of candidate characters.
US09792013B2	Interface scanning for disabled users Systems and processes for scanning a user interface are disclosed. One process can include scanning multiple elements within a user interface by highlighting the elements. The process can further include receiving a selection while one of the elements is highlighted and performing an action on the element that was highlighted when the selection was received. The action can include scanning the contents of the selected element or performing an action associated with the selected element. The process can be used to navigate an array of application icons, a menu of options, a standard desktop or laptop operating system interface, or the like. The process can also be used to perform gestures on a touch-sensitive device or mouse and track pad gestures (e.g., flick, tap, or freehand gestures).
US09792008B2	User interface with analytics overlay A method for displaying analytics data includes collecting, at an analytics database, analytics data comprising trackable events associated with operation of an application on a number of computing devices. The analytics data is received by a computing device. The analytics data is displayed on the first computing device during runtime of the application by superimposing upon a user interface of the application an analytics overlay including a graphical representation of the analytics data.
US09792005B2	Removable modular universal telematics services engine for an audio-visual control unit Modular auxiliary processor circuitry, capable of performing telematics services, including wireless communications, diagnostic assessment and reporting, location based services, and internetworking, couples with a vehicle head unit through an auxiliary processing module interface. When so coupled, the auxiliary processing module circuitry can perform tasks, services, functions, and aspect that a lower-capability processor of the head unit cannot perform as quickly or as efficiently, if at all. When the auxiliary processor module is coupled and active, its display output can couple to a display device either permanently fixed in the vehicle, or portable and mobile with respect to the vehicle, through conductors or a wireless link. When the auxiliary processor circuitry's output couples to the display device, software running on the head unit, or the auxiliary processor module, may decouple the head unit from the display device unless a user interface requests its services, such as tuning an AM/FM radio circuit.
US09792003B1	Dynamic format selection and delivery Systems and methods are provided for generating user format preference data and using that data to select and/or deliver a specific format of a work. For example, a dynamic format delivery service can dynamically collect data representing a user's preferences respecting specific contexts and formats, and can store this data in association with the user. The dynamic format delivery service can then make use of that data to dynamically select a format for a requested work in order to provide the user with a format tailored to that specific user's consumption habits. Moreover, data representing preferences of a population of users, context attributes, or device-specific format preferences may further contribute to selecting a work format.
US09791993B2	System, method and computer program product for creating a re-usable component utilizing a multi-tenant on-demand database service In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating a re-usable component for use in association with a multi-tenant on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for creating a re-usable component for use in association with a multi-tenant on-demand database service can allow the re-usable component to be utilized by multiple tenants of the multi-tenant on-demand database service.
US09791992B2	Oncell single-layer touch sensor In one embodiment, a device includes a display stack including a number of layers. The layers include a cover layer and one or more other layers. The device also includes a touch sensor disposed on a surface of a particular layer of the plurality of layers of the display stack. The touch sensor includes a number of first electrodes oriented along a first direction. Each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first conductive regions. The touch sensor also includes a number of second electrodes oriented along a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the second electrodes includes a second conductive region. The second conductive region of each of the second electrodes being interdigitated with a respective adjacent first conductive region of multiple first electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes.
US09791990B2	Multi-sensor touch integrated display driver configuration for capacitive sensing devices Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide an integrated control system having an integrated controller that is configured to provide both display updating signals to a display device and a capacitive sensing signal to a sensor electrode that is disposed within the integrated input device. The internal and/or external signal routing configurations described herein can be adapted to reduce signal routing complexity typically found in conventional devices and reduce the effect of electrical interference created by the capacitive coupling formed between the display routing, capacitive sensing routing and/or other components within the integrated control system. Embodiments can also be used to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) on the display and touch sensing signals received, transmitted and processed within the integrated control system.
US09791980B2	Touch sensor with edge-balanced macro-feature design In one embodiment, a touch position-sensing panel comprising a sensing area comprising a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes in a first layer, the plurality of first electrodes comprising conductive mesh and arranged in a first direction, the first layer having a first plurality of gaps formed therein, a plurality of second electrodes in a second layer, the plurality of second electrodes comprising conductive mesh and arranged in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction, the second layer having a second plurality of gaps formed therein, and a plurality of capacitive nodes formed by the capacitive coupling of the plurality of first electrodes in the first layer and the plurality of second electrodes in a second layer, the plurality of capacity nodes comprising at least one center node, at least one edge node, and at least one corner node, the at least one center node, at least one edge node, and at least one corner node comprising approximately equal areas.
US09791976B2	Instrument detection with an optical touch sensitive device An optical touch-sensitive device detects touch events caused by instruments (e.g., pens, styluses) and distinguishes these events from touch events caused by fingers. In some embodiments, different instruments can also be distinguished. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. The optical beams preferably are multiplexed in a manner so that many optical beams can be received by a detector simultaneously. Touch events disturb the optical beams, for example due to frustrated total internal reflection. Information indicating which optical beams have been disturbed is analyzed to detect one or more touch events. The analysis also distinguishes instrument touch events from finger touch events.
US09791972B2	Sensor-equipped display device According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel, first driver, and second driver. The display panel includes a common electrode, a pixel electrode, a detection electrode, a connection line and lead line. The first driver supplies a common driving signal to the common electrode during a display drive time and supplies a sensor driving signal to the common electrode during a sensing drive time. The second driver detects a sensor output value during the sensing drive time. The lead line and the common electrode are apart from each other with a certain gap at least during the sensing drive time.
US09791971B2	Registration of electronic displays A method for operating computing devices (CDs) to display an electronic document (ED), including: obtaining, by a first CD having a first touchscreen, a first plurality of screen coordinates associated with a first portion of a first gesture performed by a user; obtaining, by the first CD and from a second CD having a second touchscreen, a second plurality of screen coordinates associated with a second portion of the first gesture performed by the user; determining, by the first CD and based on the first plurality of screen coordinates and the second plurality of screen coordinates, an alignment of the first touchscreen and the second touchscreen; and displaying, by the first CD and based on the alignment, a first segment of the ED on the first touchscreen, where the second CD displays a second segment of the ED on the second touchscreen while the first segment is displayed.
US09791965B2	In-cell touch panel having multiple gate lines crossing a plurality of touch driving sub-electrodes, driving method thereof, and display The present disclosure provides an in-cell touch panel, its driving method and a display device. The in-cell touch panel includes a resetting signal line, display control modules and touch control modules. Each touch driving sub-electrode is connected to the corresponding display control module and the corresponding touch control module. The display control module is connected to gate lines crossing each touch driving sub-electrode and configured to, when driving the gate lines crossing each touch driving sub-electrode, control the touch driving sub-electrode to be connected to a common electrode line. The touch control module is connected to the resetting signal line and configured to, after all the gate lines crossing each touch driving sub-electrode have been driven, control the touch driving sub-electrode to be connected to the touch driving signal line through a resetting signal from the resetting signal line.
US09791962B2	Application program switching method and apparatus, and touchscreen electronic device An application program switching method and apparatus, and a touchscreen electronic device are provided that can rapidly implement switching between different application programs. The method includes identifying, by a touchscreen driver of the touchscreen electronic device, at least one user gesture when an interface of a first application program is displayed on a touchscreen of the touchscreen electronic device; matching the at least one user gesture with a preset symbol stored in the touchscreen electronic device; and if a first preset symbol matching the at least one user gesture exists, triggering a second application program corresponding to the first preset symbol to execute an action bound to the first preset symbol. The embodiments of the present invention are applicable to, in an interface of any application program, implementation of automatic switching to another application program when a touchscreen electronic device is used.
US09791956B2	Touch panel click action For interpreting a click action, an apparatus includes a touch panel, a processor, and a memory that stores code, executable by the processor, including code that: determines a number of touch points for a click action of the touch panel, determines a touch force for each touch point of the click action, identifies a number of click points for the click action based on the touch force of each touch point, and outputs a click event based on the number of click points. The apparatus may also include code that determines a click location associated with the click action, in response to the number of click points being one, and compares the click location to a first area, wherein outputting a click event includes outputting a primary click event, in response to the click location being within the first area.
US09791947B2	Operation display device, operation display method and tangible computer-readable recording medium Disclosed is an operation display device, including: a display unit; a touch panel to simultaneously detect touch operations carried out with fingers to a display surface of the display unit; a finger shape detecting unit to detect a shape of a contact part of the finger, which contacts to the display surface in each of the touch operations; and a control unit to control display contents of the display unit, wherein when the touch operations are simultaneously detected by the touch panel, the control unit judges whether the touch operations are an operation carried out by one operator or are operations carried out by a plurality of operators in accordance with the shape of the contact part of the finger relating to each touch operation, and changes the display contents of the display unit in accordance with a result of judging the touch operations.
US09791945B2	Optical mouse and method for performing configured function thereof An optical mouse is provided with a conversion unit, a control unit, an optical sensing unit, a light emitting unit, and a switch unit. The conversion unit is electrically connected to a working voltage source, the control unit, and the optical sensing unit. The conversion unit is configured to convert voltage to supply power to the control unit, the optical sensing unit, and the light emitting unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the optical sensing unit. The switch unit is electrically connected to the light unit. When the switch unit is in a turn-off state, the light emitting unit stops emitting light toward a trace surface. The optical sensing unit senses a darkness and transfers darkness data to the control unit. The control unit performs a configured function based on the darkness data.
US09791944B2	Secured KVM system having remote controller-indicator A secure peripheral switching system comprises a secure peripheral switch remotely coupled to a secure remote controller-indicator, wherein the secure peripheral switch is capable of interfacing with at least two coupled host computers while ensuring data isolation among said at least two coupled host computers, said secure peripheral switch comprising a first interface circuitry to securely link the secure peripheral switch with said secure remote controller-indicator; and a secure remote controller-indicator. The secure remote controller-indicator comprises a second interface circuitry to securely link said secure remote controller-indicator with said secure peripheral switch; a control function capable of enabling a remote user control of said coupled secure peripheral switch; an indication function capable of providing a remote user indications of coupled secure peripheral switch; and an anti-tampering circuitry to detect physical tampering event and report such event to said secure peripheral switch.
US09791943B2	Convertible computing device An apparatus may include a first panel having a first user interface that includes a keyboard. The apparatus may also include a second panel coupled via a hinge to the first panel in a clamshell structure. The second panel may include a first display side to present information in a first display mode when the apparatus is arranged in an open position, and a second display side to present information in a second display mode when the apparatus is arranged in a closed position. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09791932B2	Semaphore gesture for human-machine interface An embodiment of the invention provides a gesture recognition system (GRS) that displays a graphical user interface in which symbols are grouped into “pods” on a display screen, and a user enters a desired symbol into a computer by selecting a pod containing the desired symbol, and then selecting the symbol from a display of the symbols in the selected pod using hand motions without having to contact the display screen or use a manual controller.
US09791927B2	Systems and methods of eye tracking calibration Methods and systems to facilitate eye tracking control calibration are provided. One or more objects are displayed on a display of a device, where the one or more objects are associated with a function unrelated to a calculation of one or more calibration parameters. The one or more calibration parameters relate to a calibration of a calculation of gaze information of a user of the device, where the gaze information indicates where the user is looking. While the one or more objects are displayed, eye movement information associated with the user is determined, which indicates eye movement of one or more eye features associated with at least one eye of the user. The eye movement information is associated with a first object location of the one or more objects. The one or more calibration parameters are calculated based on the first object location being associated with the eye movement information.
US09791924B2	Eye tracking with mobile device in a head-mounted display A head-mount display (HMD) and variations thereof are described. An HMD may include a mobile device having a display unit, a camera, a light source and a processing unit that controls operations of the display unit, camera and light source. The processing unit receives data associated with one or more optical images captured by the camera, and renders a visual image displayable by the display unit. The HMD may also include an eyewear piece having a holder, one or more lenses and a reflective unit. The holder is wearable by a user and holds the mobile device in front of eyes of the user. The user can view the display unit through the one or more lenses. The reflective unit reflects an image of at least an eye of the user. The camera is oriented to capture the reflected image of the eye through the reflective unit.
US09791923B2	Function of touch panel determined by user gaze The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for configuring a user interface of a portable mobile communication device. An exemplary method includes determining, by at least one of the portable mobile communication device or an electronic device in communication with the portable mobile communication device, a direction associated with a user's gaze. Additionally, the method includes at least one of: in response to determining the direction associated with the user's gaze is at least partially towards a display associated with the electronic device, configuring the portable mobile communication display to function as a touch pad that enables interaction with a user interface displayed on the electronic device; or in response to determining the direction associated with the user's gaze is at least partially towards a display associated with the portable mobile communication device, configuring the portable mobile communication device display to display a user interface.
US09791920B2	Apparatus and method for providing control service using head tracking technology in electronic device An apparatus and a method for controlling an electronic device using head tracking technology are provided. The method includes detecting face motion from an image captured through a camera of the electronic device and executing a control service corresponding to the detected face motion information.
US09791919B2	Electronic device displays an image of an obstructed target An electronic device determines information about a target and provides the information to another electronic device that has an obstructed view of the target. The other electronic device displays an image of the target with an orientation and a location of the target.
US09791916B2	Control circuit including load switch, electronic apparatus including the load switch, and control method thereof A control circuit is provided. The control circuit includes a load switch, and a controller configured to transfer a turn-on signal which is increased step by step to the load switch, and perform a soft start operation which turns on the load switch. In response to the load switch being turned on, the control circuit restricts an inrush current flowing in the load switch.
US09791899B2	Method to realize reconfigurable memory topology An apparatus and method to permit reconfiguration of a memory topology. A printed circuit board (PCB) has a central processing unit (CPU) connector coupled a pair of dual inline memory module (DIMM) connectors coupled thereto. The PCB defines an electrical access channel coupling the pair of DIMM connectors into a T topology having a first branch and a second branch. The second branch of the T topology is electrically discontinuous with the rest of the T topology proximate to a T junction. A bridge may be provided to span the discontinuity.
US09791884B2	Rotary input operation device In a rotating operation body, a cam part has first cam faces for click feeling generation and second cam faces for return of the rotating operation body. The second cam faces are respectively formed continuously with the first cam faces, and an angle between each of the second cam faces and a direction in which elastic forces of engagement parts are generated is smaller than an angle of each of the first cam faces. That is, each of the second cam faces has a steeper slope than each of the first cam faces.
US09791877B2	Electrical household appliance system An electrical appliance having at least one electrical load, and a digital control system managing flows of electric current of supply of the at least one electrical load, wherein the digital control system of the electrical appliance transmits information to an external control device, wherein said information comprises first information regarding authorization or non-authorization for an interruption of the supply of electric voltage to the electrical appliance by the external control device, the digital control system of the electrical appliance generating the first information of its own operating state.
US09791870B2	Methods and systems for energy balance control for feed flow and feed temperature disturbances The present disclosure provides methods and systems for mitigating finished product temperature transients caused by changes in product flow, raw product temperature, or other disturbances in an aseptic sterilization process. The methods and systems include applying an energy balance feedforward control scheme to the aseptic sterilization process to compensate for raw product temperature changes and changes in product flow. The methods and systems prevent damage to a finished product from occurring based on adverse transient temperature responses of heaters and coolers in an aseptic sterilization process.
US09791869B2	Environmental chamber control unit A control unit is added to the environmental tester including a thermostat-humidistat container, an air conditioner, a first temperature and humidity sensor for measuring temperature and humidity in the thermostat-humidistat container, a controller for receiving a first signal from the first temperature and humidity sensor to control the air conditioner. The control unit includes a second temperature and humidity sensor configured to measure the temperature and humidity distribution in the thermostat-humidistat container, and an additional unit configured to receive the first signal and set values for the temperature and the humidity from the controller, and receive a second signal from the second temperature and humidity sensor, compute a correction value from the received first signal, second signal, and set values, and send the correction value to the controller.
US09791867B2	Flow control device equipped with flow monitor A flow control device equipped with flow monitor includes a build-down type flow monitor unit provided on an upstream side, a flow control unit provided on a downstream side of the build-down type flow monitor unit, a signal transmission circuit connecting the build-down type flow monitor unit and the flow control unit and transmitting a monitored flow rate of the build-down type flow monitor unit to the flow control unit, and a set flow rate value adjustment mechanism being provided in the flow control unit and adjusting a set flow rate of the flow control unit based on the monitored flow rate from the build-down type flow monitor unit.
US09791863B2	Location-based material gathering A computer-implemented method and control system for gathering material is described. One or more vehicles may include an intake mechanism for material and a location-tracking system. A current orientation of the intake mechanism is identified based upon location information from the tracking system. A current orientation of the material is determined based upon historical location information for the material. A target orientation of the intake mechanisms is determined based upon the current orientation of the material. Movement of the intake mechanism is thus directed toward the determined target orientation.
US09791861B2	Autonomously servicing self-driving vehicles A method and/or computer program product autonomously drives a self-driving vehicle (SDV) to a service facility. One or more processors receive sensor readings from an SDV equipment maintenance sensor on the SDV. The SDV equipment maintenance sensor detects a state of equipment on the SDV indicative of a need for maintenance service for the SDV. The processor(s) identify a service facility capable of providing the maintenance service, and determine an amount of time required for the SDV to travel to and from a current location of the SDV to the service facility and to receive the maintenance service. The processor(s) identify a time window in which a user of the SDV will not need the SDV, and then direct the SDV to autonomously drive to the service facility during the time window in which the user of the SDV will not need the SDV.
US09791855B2	Semiconductor process management system, semiconductor manufacturing system including the same, and method of manufacturing semiconductor A semiconductor process management system is provided. The semiconductor process management system includes a communicator that receives a process recipe from one or more process apparatuses and receives a measured value for each sampling point from one or more measuring apparatus, and a first determination unit that establishes a mutual influence model between the process recipe and the measured value for each sampling point based on the process recipe and the measured value for each sampling point.
US09791854B2	Correction value computation device, correction value computation method, and computer program A device for computing correction for control parameter in a manufacturing process executed on a manufacturing apparatus includes circuitry which acquires an index representing fluctuation in a manufacturing apparatus, acquires an apparatus model and a process model, acquires an output from a sensor in the manufacturing apparatus, transforms the output into first fluctuation for a process element, transforms the index into second fluctuation for the process element based on the apparatus model, computes fluctuation for performance indicator from the first and second fluctuation based on the process model, computes correction for the performance indicator from control range for the performance indicator and the fluctuation for the performance indicator, and converts the correction for the performance indicator into correction for each process element based on the process model such that correction for control parameter in process executed on the manufacturing apparatus is computed from the correction converted for each process element.
US09791852B2	Apparatus and method for controlling at least one operational parameter of a plant A method for controlling at least one operational parameter of a plant (1) having a combustion unit (3) can include estimating a status of at least one operational variable of the plant to identify an estimated value for the operational variable. For each operational variable, the estimated value for the operational variable can be compared with a measured value of the operational variable to determine an uncertainty value based on a difference in value between the measured value and the estimated value for the operational variable. A control signal can be generated based on a reference signal, the measured value, and the deviation value for sending to at least one element of the plant (1) for controlling a process of the plant (1).
US09791848B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus has a display 40, a model data storage unit 37 storing therein three-dimensional model data of a movable structure and a structure having a possibility of interfere with the movable structure, a model generation unit 33 generating a three-dimensional model in which three-dimensional models of the structures are arranged in a three-dimensional space, an interference-caution-portion specifying unit 34 specifying a portion of the movable structure having a possibility of contact with an interfering structure as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure exists and specifying a leading portion of the movable structure in a moving direction as an interference caution portion when an interfering structure does not exist, and an image display unit 35 generating an image with the interference caution portion highlighted based on the three-dimensional model generated by the model generation unit 33 and displaying the image on the display 40.
US09791842B2	Electrical appliance energy consumption control A power control system includes at least one energy storage device each having a heat storage medium, a heater configured to heat the heat storage medium, a temperature sensor, a maximum temperature operating parameter of the device, a user-adjustable target temperature setting, which indicates a desired temperature of the heat storage medium and is less than the maximum temperature, and a controller that controls electrical energy consumption of each of the at least one energy storage device to heat the heat storage medium to a temperature that exceeds the target temperature setting and is below the maximum temperature.
US09791837B2	Data center intelligent control and optimization Systems and methods of monitoring, analyzing, optimizing and controlling data centers and data center operations are disclosed. The system includes data collection and storage hardware and software for harvesting operational data from data center assets and operations. Intelligent analysis and optimization software enables identification of optimization and/or control actions. Control software and hardware enables enacting a change in the operational state of data centers.
US09791836B2	Television system including glare detection and remedial action system A television system includes a housing including a television screen, a glare detector arranged in the housing and configured and disposed to detect an origination point of a glare on one of a television screen and a viewer, and a glare remediation system operatively coupled to the glare detector and one or more window covering devices. The glare remediation system is configured and disposed to close the one of the one or more window covering devices at the origination point upon detecting the glare at the one of the television screen and the viewer.
US09791828B2	Image forming apparatus including a blower to perform an operation based on a detection result of the a detector An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer, a charger, a blower, a first detector, and a second detector. The charger charges a surface of the latent image bearer. The blower sends air to around the charger. The first detector detects a temperature of the air to be sent to around the charger. The second detector detects a temperature around the charger. The blower performs an operation based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.
US09791825B2	Cartridge and drum unit for electrophotographic image forming apparatus A cartridge mountable to a printer, said printer including a coupling guide contactable to a coupling of the cartridge to guide the coupling member. A case of the cartridge is provided with a hole for exposing a free end portion of the coupling to an outside of the cartridge, and a retracted portion provided in downstream of the hole with respect to the mounting direction of the cartridge. When the cartridge is mounted to a main assembly of the printer, the coupling guide enters the retracted portion from which the coupling member has retracted.
US09791822B2	Image forming apparatus having an opening-closing member and a lock mechanism An image forming apparatus and a lock mechanism including a toggle mechanism capable of eliminating the problem of abnormal noise before and after a lock member passes a neutral point are provided. A lock mechanism includes a toggle spring that rotationally biases a toggle lever toward a standby position when the lever is between a standby position and a neutral point, and implements switching in a direction of the rotational biasing toward a locking position after the lever passes the neutral point. A projection and a locked portion of an engagement member are sandwiched by a toggle base and the toggle lever to maintain a contact state before and after the toggle lever passes the neutral point.
US09791819B2	End member, photosensitive drum unit, developing roller unit, and process cartridge An end member is disposed at an end portion of a columnar rotating body mounted on an image forming apparatus body. The end member includes a tubular bearing member and a shaft member held by the bearing member. The shaft member includes a shaft-like rotating shaft which is disposed coaxially to the bearing member, and which rotates around a shaft line with respect to the bearing member to move in a direction of the shaft line, and a tip end member which is disposed coaxially to the rotating shaft, and at which a rotating force receiving member having a tip end provided with an engaging member which engages with a driving shaft of the image forming apparatus body is disposed. A rotating force around the shaft line is transmitted to the rotating force receiving member, the rotating shaft, and the bearing member in order.
US09791813B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing belt formed into a loop rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and a pressure roller disposed opposite the fixing belt. The pressure roller includes a shaft fixedly positioned and a deformable elastic layer. A fixing pad is disposed inside the loop formed by the fixing belt and separably pressed against the pressure roller via the fixing belt to form a fixing nip between the fixing belt and the pressure roller, through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A biasing member biases the fixing pad and the fixing belt against the pressure roller. A stopper restricts motion of the fixing pad biased by the biasing member. The stopper contacts the fixing pad while the recording medium bearing the toner image is conveyed through the fixing nip.
US09791807B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer body, a pair of transport members, and first and second guide members. The first and second guide members each have an upstream portion with respect to the transport direction that is cantilevered between the contact area of the transfer body and the image carrier, and the transport members. The first guide member guides the non-transfer surface of plain paper such that the plain paper contacts the image carrier upstream of the contact area with respect to the transport direction, and guides the non-transfer surface of heavy paper while being pressed by the non-transfer surface and elastically deformed to the transfer body side. The second guide member guides the transfer surface of plain paper while being elastically deformed to the image carrier side, and guides the transfer surface of heavy paper while being elastically returned to the transfer body side.
US09791804B2	Image forming apparatus and process cartridge The image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a drum drive input member; a developing cartridge configured to be movably mounted to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising a developing roller disposed so as to face the photosensitive drum and a developing drive input member; a drum drive transmission member configured to engage with the drum drive input member and configured to transmit drum driving force to the drum drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the drum drive input member within a predetermined range; and a developing drive transmission member configured to engage with the developing drive input member and configured to transmit developing driving force to the developing drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the developing drive input member within a predetermined range.
US09791785B2	Method for assigning a pupil facet of a pupil facet mirror of an illumination optical unit of a projection exposure apparatus to a field facet of a field facet mirror of the illumination optical unit Methods are disclosed for assigning a pupil facet of a pupil facet mirror of an illumination optical unit of a projection exposure apparatus to a field facet of a field facet mirror of the illumination optical unit for the definition of an illumination channel for a partial beam of illumination light.
US09791784B2	Assembly for a projection exposure apparatus for EUV projection lithography An assembly for a projection exposure apparatus for EUV projection lithography has an illumination optical unit for guiding illumination light to an illumination field, in which a lithography mask can be arranged. The illumination optical unit comprises a first facet mirror, which comprises a plurality of mirror arrays with respectively a plurality of individual mirrors. The individual mirrors provide individual mirror illumination channels for guiding illumination light partial beams to the illumination field. The mirror arrays of the first facet mirror are arranged in an array superstructure. Gaps extend along at least one main direction (HRα) between neighboring ones of the mirror arrays. Furthermore, the illumination optical unit comprises a second facet mirror, which comprises a plurality of facets, which respectively contribute to imaging a group of the individual mirrors of the field facet mirror into the illumination field via a group mirror illumination channel.
US09791778B2	Liquid processing method, liquid processing apparatus and recording medium There are provided a liquid processing method, a liquid processing apparatus and a recording medium for liquid processing which can enhance the uniformity of the coating state of a processing liquid on a substrate. A coating unit includes a rotary holder for rotating a wafer, a nozzle for supplying a processing liquid onto a surface of the wafer, and a controller for controlling the position of the nozzle with respect to the wafer. A liquid processing method includes: starting the supply of the processing liquid to the surface of the wafer at an eccentric position at a distance from the center of rotation of the wafer, and moving the position on the wafer to which the processing liquid is supplied toward the center of rotation of the wafer while rotating the wafer at a first rotational speed; and, after the processing liquid supply position has reached the center of rotation of the wafer, rotating the wafer at a second rotational speed which is higher than the first rotational speed, thereby allowing the processing liquid to spread toward the periphery of the wafer.
US09791774B2	Nanostencil mask and method for forming a nanostencil mask The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a nanostencil mask. The method involves irradiating a substrate to increase resistivity of a plurality of first portions of the substrate relative to one or more second portions of the substrate surrounding the plurality of first portions. The method also involves passing a current through the substrate, the current preferentially passing through and weakening the one or more second portions of the substrate. This preference is a result of the higher resistivity in the one or more first portions of the substrate causing the current to pass through the relatively lower resistivity second portion(s). The method also involves subjecting the substrate to a material removal process, the material removal process preferentially removing the weakened one or more second portions of the substrate and thereby forming a nanostencil mask comprising the plurality of first portions of the substrate.
US09791753B2	Circuit substrate structure and method for manufacturing thereof The invention provides a circuit substrate structure and a method for manufacturing thereof. The circuit substrate structure includes a substrate, a pixel array layer, a display unit, a peripheral circuit layer, at least one integrated circuit chip, a flexible printed circuit board, at least one flattening material layer and a passivation layer. In the circuit substrate structure, the flattening material layer is positioned on the peripheral circuit layer, and possesses at least one opening corresponded to and around the integrated circuit chip. By positioning the flattening material layer, the circuit substrate structure possesses a flat surface, and prevents producing air bubbles, so as to enhance the reliability of the display device.
US09791746B2	Liquid crystal display panel The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a TFT substrate and a CF substrate that are respectively provided with first and second alignment films that allow for vertical light alignment, so that after irradiation of ultraviolet light, the first alignment film and the second alignment film have alignment directions that are substantially parallel but opposite to each other and the liquid crystal molecules are set at a tilt angle for being nearly vertically aligned. In a dark state where no electricity is applied, the liquid crystal molecules are arranged to be nearly perpendicular to surfaces of the TFT substrate and the CF substrate with no phase difference so that light leakage is extremely low and the dark state brightness is small thereby achieving a relatively high contrast; and after the application of a displaying electric field, the liquid crystal molecules are cause to rotate on a plane substantially parallel to the surfaces of the TFT substrate and the CF substrate so as to provide characteristics of a wide view angle and high transmittance offered by an IPS mode and an FFS mode.
US09791743B2	Stabilized photo-alignment layer for liquid crystal A liquid-crystal photo-alignment layer that is composed of polymer stabilized azo dyes is provided, where a polymer network is introduced in the photo-alignment layer for stabilization. The photo-alignment layer is realized based on a two-step irradiation to first achieve molecule alignment to form the photo-alignment layer and then stabilize this layer. To realize the photo-alignment layer, a pre-determined surface of the substrate is first coated with a film of mixture. The mixture comprises an azo dye and a monomer preferably mixed in an optimal concentration of 0.67 wt/wt. The azo dye and the monomer have light-absorption peaks at different wavelengths such that photo-alignment of the azo-dye molecules and stabilization of the photo-alignment layer by polymerization of the monomer are achievable by two separate exposures of light to the film.
US09791732B2	Touching display panel and display device using the same A touching display panel and a display device using the same are provided. The touching display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, a first substrate having a hard surface structure, a second substrate, a touch sensor layer, a thin-film transistor layer, and a color filter layer. The first and second substrates are respectively disposed at two sides of the liquid crystal layer. The touch sensor layer is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and is formed on the first substrate. The thin-film transistor layer and the color filter layer are both disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one of the thin-film transistor layer and the color filter layer is formed on the first substrate.
US09791731B2	Conductive coating composition and display device including the same A conductive coating composition includes 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a conductive polymer, 5 to 30 parts by weight of polysilazane, and 30 to 60 parts by weight of a solvent.
US09791729B2	Liquid crystal display unit and projection display apparatus A liquid crystal display unit includes a liquid crystal display element for modulating light; and a holder part which has a holding portion, at least one connecting portion, an attenuation portion, and a plurality of through-holes. The holding portion holds the liquid crystal display element. The connecting portion is formed integrally with the holding portion, and may be connected to a fixing member for fixing a position of the liquid crystal display element. The attenuation portion is formed in the area from the connecting portion to the holding portion, and attenuates a force transmitting from the connecting portion to the holding portion. The through-holes are formed in the at least one connecting portion. The through-holes include at least one cut-out-through-hole having its part opened. The through-holes allow insertion of connecting members for connection to the fixing member.
US09791728B2	Fixture for preventing deformation of glass panel of display module A fixture for preventing deformation of a glass panel of a display module, for receiving and fixing a light guide plate and a glass panel. It comprises an array cell and a color filter cell. The array cell is provided with a metal routing layer. The color filter cell is provided with a color resist layer. The fixture consists and a lower fixing end, with upper ends, the array cell and the color filter cell received in the upper fixing end, while lower ends thereof received in the lower fixing end, so the color resist layer in the color filter cell and the metal routing layer in the array cell are aligned in parallel. By a gap between the glass panel and the inner side face and bottom surface, the glass panel fine tunes properly for quick recovery by virtue of its gravity when deformation occurs.
US09791725B2	Method and system for repairing defective pixel, and display panel A method and a system for repairing a defective pixel, and a display panel are provided, the method including: positioning a center of the defective pixel to obtain a center coordinate of the defective pixel; and repairing the defective pixel according to the center coordinate. By the method, the conventional manual alignment operation is replaced with the automatic positioning of the center coordinate, which not only accelerates repairing of the defective pixel, but also improves repairing efficiency, enhances overall efficiency and productivity of the device, and meanwhile, can solve the problem of unsuccessful repairing due to error in manual operation; and the accuracy of the repairing can be improved by automatically positioning the center.
US09791704B2	Bonded multi-layer graphite heat pipe A passive heat pipe structure used in a wearable device includes a multilayer stack of graphite sheets, each sheet having a plane high thermal conductivity oriented along a first axis and a plane of lower thermal conductivity along a second axis different from the first axis. The stack has a three-dimensional shape including a length and a width where the length is longer than the width and the first axis aligns parallel to said length, the multilayer stack having a height less than the width. A plurality of bonding layers interspersed between each sheet of the multilayer stack, each bonding layer thermally coupling each sheet to a respective adjacent sheet. The bonding layers may comprise metal layers or adhesive layers.
US09791703B1	Waveguides with extended field of view An input-coupler of an optical waveguide couples light corresponding to the image and having a corresponding FOV into the optical waveguide, and the input-coupler splits the FOV of the image coupled into the optical waveguide into first and second portions by diffracting a portion of the light corresponding to the image in a first direction toward a first intermediate-component, and diffracting a portion of the light corresponding to the image in a second direction toward a second intermediate-component. An output-coupler of the waveguide combines the light corresponding to the first and second portions of the FOV, and couples the light corresponding to the combined first and second portions of the FOV out of the optical waveguide so that the light corresponding to the image and the combined first and second portions of the FOV is output from the optical waveguide. The intermediate-components and the output-coupler also provide for pupil expansion.
US09791699B2	Optical positioning aiming system An optical positioning aiming system including an optical positioning subsystem (subsystem). The subsystem is configured to determine relative positions of a weapon and a head mounted display. The subsystem includes a processing unit, infrared (IR) emitters mounted to a weapon, IR emitters mounted to the head mounted display, IR cameras mounted to the weapon, and IR cameras mounted to the head mounted display. The IR cameras mounted to the weapon are configured to determine a relative position of the IR emitters mounted on the head mounted display and to communicate the relative position of the IR emitters mounted on the head mounted display to the processing unit. The IR cameras mounted to the head mounted display are configured to determine a relative position of the IR emitters mounted to the weapon and communicate the relative position of the IR emitters mounted to the weapon to the processing unit.
US09791692B2	Electrooptical device, method for manufacturing electrooptical device, and electronic apparatus An electrooptical device includes a substrate, a mirror that is made up of a plurality of films which are arranged so as to be separated from the substrate on one plane of the substrate, and a supporting portion that is arranged between the substrate and the mirror, and has a portion which is connected to a portion of the mirror so as to support the mirror, in which the mirror includes a third mirror film which is a reflective metal film that is arranged on a side of the mirror which is opposite to the substrate, a second mirror film which is a high melting point metal film that is arranged between the reflective metal film and the substrate, and a first mirror film which is an antioxidative film that is arranged between the high melting point metal film and the substrate.
US09791691B2	Mirror array A mirror array having a total surface extending perpendicularly to a surface normal, comprises a multiplicity of mirror elements each having a reflection surface and at least one degree of freedom of displacement, wherein the totality of the mirror elements form a parqueting of a total reflection surface of the mirror array, and wherein the mirror array is embodied modularly as a tile element in such a way that the parqueting of the total reflection surface can be extended by a tiling of a plurality of such mirror arrays.
US09791688B2	Endoscope with two optical beam paths with switchable mirror surfaces In an endoscope (1), two optical paths (3, 4) for stereoscopic vision are formed, wherein each optical path (3, 4) is lead from the inside to an interface (16, 19) with an optically more dense material (14) in relation to the surroundings (13) at a point of incidence (22, 25), wherein each optical path (3, 4) can be opened and interrupted by modifying the reflection behavior at the respective point of incidence (22, 25).
US09791685B2	Bessel beam plane illumination microscope A microscope has a light source for generating a light beam having a wavelength, λ, and beam-forming optics configured for receiving the light beam and generating a Bessel-like beam that is directed into a sample. The beam-forming optics include an excitation objective having an axis oriented in a first direction. Imaging optics are configured for receiving light from a position within the sample that is illuminated by the Bessel-like beam and for imaging the received light on a detector. The imaging optics include a detection objective having an axis oriented in a second direction that is non-parallel to the first direction. A detector is configured for detecting signal light received by the imaging optics, and an aperture mask is positioned.
US09791684B2	Optical coherence microscopy system having a filter for suppressing a specular light contribution The invention relates to an optical coherence microscopy system for fast, phase resolved imaging by means of optical coherence microscopy with decoupled illumination and detection apertures, producing a dark-field effect with an enhanced optical contrast. The setup uses a light source with an appropriate temporal coherence, an interferometer and an array detector combined with a spectrometer. The dark-field effect is produced by optical filter means in the illumination and detection paths, positioned in conjugated planes of the sample microscope objective. These optical means comprise for example refractive or diffractive elements, amplitude or phase masks, or programmable spatial light modulators. The object is scanned via a scanning unit allowing a point scan of the object.
US09791677B2	Inner focus macrolens and image pickup device using the same This disclosure is directed to an inner focus macrolens. The inner focus macrolens can include sequentially from an object side, a first lens unit, an aperture stop, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens unit comprises a negative lens as the closest powered lens to the object side and a positive lens, the second lens unit comprises an object side negative lens as the closest powered lens to the object side and a positive lens, the third lens unit comprises a negative lens, and the fourth lens unit comprises a positive lens.
US09791663B2	Magnetically drivable micromirror A magnetically drivable micromirror having an outer frame, a coil former, and torsion springs, situated in a first plane, the torsion springs having an axis of rotation, and the coil former being connected to the outer frame by the torsion springs so as to be capable of rotational motion about the axis of rotation, having a mirror element that is situated in a second plane parallel to the first plane, the mirror element being connected to the coil former by an intermediate layer. A 2D scanner having a first magnetically drivable micromirror and a second drivable mirror, and to a method for producing a micromirror are also described.
US09791658B2	Optical module and method for producing an optoelectronic sensor An optical module (10) having at least one beam-forming element (14) and having at least two retainer brackets (20) for fastening the optical module (10) to a carrier (30) are provided. In this connection the retainer brackets (20) have a first support element (22a) at a first spacing with respect to the lens (14) and a second support element (22b) at a second spacing different from the first spacing with respect to the beam-forming element (14) in order to selectively fasten the optical module (10) to the carrier (30) at the first spacing or at the second spacing.
US09791652B2	Armored optical fiber cable An optical communication cable subassembly includes a cable core having optical fibers each comprising a core surrounded by a cladding, buffer tubes surrounding subsets of the optical fibers, and a binder film surrounding the buffer tubes. Armor surrounds the cable core, the binder film is bonded to an interior of the armor, and water-absorbing powder particles are provided on an interior surface of the binder film.
US09791651B1	Reduction of Faraday effect in optical ground wire (OPGW) cables New optical ground wire (OPGW) cable structures are proposed. These OPGW cables are designed to reduce or minimize the net magnetic field B∥NET parallel to the direction {circumflex over (z)} of light propagation resulting from a lightning strike on the cable. A reduction in the net magnetic field B∥NET parallel to the direction {circumflex over (z)} of light propagation yields a reduction in the amount and speed of state of polarization (SOP) rotation resulting from a lightning strike on the cable due to the Faraday effect. OPGW cables constructed according to these new OPGW cable structures fulfill their dual function to shield the high-voltage conductors from lightning strikes and to support coherent optical communications.
US09791649B2	Mounting frame system A mounting frame system is disclosed that facilitates the mounting of optical connector modules to printed circuit boards. The mounting frame system can include a mounting frame that is configured to attach to a printed circuit board, and is adapted to attach to a connector module. Thus, the mounting frame system can further allow releasable mounting of optical connector modules to the printed circuit board, such that the mounting is achieved in a safe and reliable manner.
US09791644B2	Data bus-in-a-box (BiB) system design and implementation Systems, methods, and apparatus for a data bus-in-a-box (BiB) are disclosed. The system involves an electrical box, and at least one optical connector located on the box. The system further involves at least one mother board housed inside of the box, and comprising a transmit side comprising at least one transmit optical media converter (OMC) tile, and a receive side comprising at least one receive OMC tile. Also, the system involves first receive optical fibers that are each connected from at least one receive OMC tile to a receive coupler; and a second receive optical fiber connected from the receive coupler to one of the optical connectors. Further, the system involves first transmit optical fibers that are each connected from at least one transmit OMC tile to a transmit coupler; and a second transmit optical fiber connected from the transmit coupler to at least one of the optical connectors.
US09791635B2	Remote grip multi-fiber connector An optical fiber connector for terminating a fiber cable comprising a plurality of optical fibers, comprises an outer connector housing, a ferrule essentially free of adhesive, a backbone, and a collar body disposed between the ferrule and backbone. The collar body includes a remote gripping region to remotely grip the plurality of optical fibers outside of the ferrule. In some aspects, the collar body includes a fiber comb portion that separates potentially tangled fibers, arranges the plurality of fibers in a uniform pitch, and provides for straightforward feeding of the fiber array into ferrule bores during a fiber cable insertion process. In some aspects, the connector includes a resilient element disposed between the backbone and a rear portion of the collar body, and an intermediate spring element disposed between a front portion of the collar body and a rear portion of the ferrule.
US09791627B1	Integrated optical components with wavelength tuning and power isolation functions A tunable optical filter integrates the functions of wavelength tuning and power isolation of back reflection. The optical signal enters a Faraday rotator twice, and isolation is provided by two birefringent crystals, having their optical axes oriented at 45 degrees with respect to each other. The two birefringent crystals are on the same side of the Faraday rotator. The integration of an optical tunable filter and an isolator function into a single packaged component helps to reduce the size and complexity of optical amplifier systems, such as EDFAs and PDFAs, operating in the 1550 nm and 1310 nm transmission bands, respectively.
US09791613B2	Display device A display device includes a first light source module, a display panel and a transparent filling. The first light source module includes at least one first light source and a first light guide plate (LGP). The first LGP includes a first light-incident surface and a first light-emitting surface. The first light-emitting surface connects the first light-incident surface. The display panel is disposed adjacent to the first LGP. The transparent filling connects the display panel and the first light-emitting surface. The refractive index of the transparent filling is smaller than that of the first LGP and smaller than or equal to that of a surface material of the display panel. The first light source emits a first light beam into the first LGP through the first light-incident surface, and the first light beam is emitted from the first light-emitting surface and transmitted to the display panel through the transparent filling.
US09791594B2	Light grid with detection by adjacent light reception units arranged opposite light transmission units The invention relates to a light grid having divergent light beams so that cross-beams can also be evaluated beside parallel beams, wherein not only a light beam interruption, but also the intensity of the light incidence on a light reception unit is evaluated. To provide an improved light grid with which in particular smaller objects can be detected and possibly also located, it is proposed that the light transmission units have a transmission optics in whose focus an extended light source is arranged. Furthermore, each beam contains an effective beam, with an effective beam being defined in that a part shading of this effective beam effects a measurable intensity change in the associated light receiver corresponding to the shading. Finally, the effective beams define at least one detection zone in the monitored plane, with an illumination by at least one effective beam being present in the total detection zone.
US09791593B2	Matter-wave gravimeter with microwave separation at the magic field The general field of the invention is that of matter-wave gravimeters. The gravimeter according to the invention comprises at least: means for generating, for capturing and for cooling a cloud of ultra-cold atoms; means of transferring the atoms into a superposition, with equal weights, of a first internal electronic state called state \|1>) and of a second internal electronic state called state \|2> comprising the application of at least a first microwave field and of a radiofrequency field; means for separating the atoms into two wave packets for a given period of time under the effect of at least a second microwave field, the said separation leading to a phase-shift associated with the local gravitational field; calibration means allowing a “magic” magnetostatic field to be determined for which the difference in energy between the first internal electronic state and the second internal electronic state is independent, to a first order, of the fluctuations of the magnetostatic field.
US09791588B2	Finding porosity and oil fraction by means of dielectric spectroscopy Methods, systems, devices and products for evaluating an earth formation. Methods include estimating at least one property of the earth formation using at least one polarization parameter estimated using a real part and an imaginary part of a permittivity of the earth formation at a plurality of frequencies, where the real parts and the imaginary parts are based on measurements obtained using an electromagnetic tool in a borehole penetrating the earth formation.
US09791576B2	Scintillator panel and method for manufacturing scintillator panel The present invention provides a scintillator panel which is provided with a narrow barrier rib with high accuracy in a large area, has a high light emission luminance, and provides sharp images. The present invention provides a scintillator panel including: a plate-like substrate; a grid-like barrier rib provided on the substrate; and a scintillator layer containing a phosphor filled in cells divided by the barrier rib, wherein the barrier rib is mainly composed of a low-melting-point glass, and the substrate is formed of a material which is mainly composed of a ceramic selected from the group consisting of alumina, aluminum nitride, mullite and steatite.
US09791566B2	Device for the optical measurement of the distance from a reflecting or scattering target object A device for the optical measurement of a distance from a reflecting or scattering target object is disclosed. The device has a distance measurement device and an adjusting device arranged outside of the distance measurement device having a second transmission optical unit adjustable between a first and second position for forming the laser light into a beam, where in the first position, the second transmission optical unit is arranged in the laser beam, and in the second position, it is arranged outside of the laser beam.
US09791561B2	Receiver, method of operating the receiver, and beamforming radar system including receiver A receiver, an operating method of the receiver, and a beamforming radar system including the receiver are provided. A beamforming receiver may include a demodulation circuit configured to receive a signal reflected from an object via an antenna, to demodulate the received signal, and to generate a demodulated signal, and a time delay circuit configured to generate a digital signal by processing the demodulated signal based on reference clock signals, wherein the digital signal including static delay information associated with a static motion of the object, and dynamic delay information associated with a dynamic motion of the object.
US09791557B1	System and method for multi-area LIDAR ranging Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for outputting light are presented. A method includes outputting, via a propagation wave source and toward a field of view (FOV), at least one propagated wave at a first power, receiving, via a sensor, a reflection of the at least one propagated wave at the first power reflected off one or more objects within the FOV, classifying, via a processor, one or more areas within the FOV into safe areas and unsafe areas based at least in part on the received reflection of the propagated wave at the first power, wherein the safe areas are deemed to be safe to receive at least one propagated wave at a second power, and outputting, via the propagation wave source and toward the safe area, the at least one propagated wave at the second power. The first power may be a lower power than the second power.
US09791539B2	System and method for multi-level border control within sites A system and method for keeping restricted objects within a confined area that forms part of an institutional site. The confined area having lockable exits, a safe area where the restricted objects are designated to stay, a buffer area adjacent to the first area, and a lock area situated between the buffer area and the lockable exits. The system detects whether the restricted object is in the buffer area or in the lock area and checks whether the restricted object is authorized to leave the safe area. Upon recognizing that the restricted object is in the buffer area and is not authorized to leave the safe area, the system sends a message to a tag of a staff member, instructing to move the restricted object back to the safe area; upon recognizing that the restricted object is in the lock area and is not authorized to leave the safe area, the system sends a locking signal to lockable exits.
US09791538B2	Ocean-deployed subsurface sensor location positioning system The disclosure generally relates to a method, apparatus and system to deploy aquatic sensors to obtain oceanographic data. In an exemplary embodiment, a free-floating or untethered sensor receives signals from different transmitters. The signals may be configured to travel through air and/or water. The sensor records each signals' time of arrival and determines its location in relationship to known transmitters based on the signal travel time. The position of each sensor may be determined by triangulation to several devices whose positions are known. The distances from the sensor in question to each device is measured by means of time-of-flight measurements for a wireless signal from the sensor to each known-position device. Other methods such as trilateration or dead-reckoning may also be used. The sensor may additionally collect and record oceanographic or other environmental data.
US09791536B1	Mutually calibrated magnetic imaging array A mutually calibrated magnetic imaging array system is described. The system includes a non-target magnetic source rigidly attached to a magnetometer, and an attached control unit to measure and adjust several parameters of a magnetic imaging array. A non-target magnetic field source is used to generate a well-defined and distinguishable spatial magnetic field distribution. The source is rigidly attached directly to a magnetometer, while the relative positions of the magnetometers are unknown. The magnetic imaging array is used to measure the strength of the non-target source magnetic fields and the information is used to calibrate several parameters of the array, such as, but not limited to, effective magnetometer positions and orientations with respect to each other and cross-talk between the magnetometers. The system, and method described herein eliminates the need for a separate calibration phantom.
US09791535B2	Apparatus and method for mapping and measurement of spatially and temporally distributed induced small phase deviations in magnetic resonance utilizing deconvolution Phase variations of the transverse magnetization in magnetic resonance induced by superimposed physical phenomenae or by intrinsic deviations of the main magnetic B0 field are separated from Feature Space set by demodulation and deconvolution, either by electrical circuits or by equivalent computational methods, permitting mapping and measurement of these induced phase variations independent of Feature Space.
US09791533B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an execution unit and a generation unit. The execution unit executes first data collection after a predetermined inversion time elapses from a time when a labeling pulse is applied to a fluid flowing into an imaging region of a subject and a second data collection without application of the labeling pulse. The generation unit generates a differential image by using the first data and the second data. Here, the generation unit generates the differential image by a different differential method according to a relationship between the inversion time and a longitudinal relaxation time of the fluid.
US09791531B2	Establishing a magnetic resonance system actuation sequence A method for establishing a magnetic resonance system actuation sequence is described. A first number of field distribution maps are acquired for slices of the measurement region, and a radiofrequency pulse train is established on the basis thereof for the magnetic resonance system actuation sequence. This acquisition of the first number of field distribution maps may be brought about on the basis of an acquisition scheme. A reduced number of field distribution representation maps are established on the basis of the acquired field distribution maps, which field distribution representation maps represent the first number of acquired field distribution maps in accordance with a predetermined optimization criterion, and the radiofrequency pulse train is established on the basis of the field distribution representation maps.
US09791528B2	Magnetic resonance imaging system and magnetic resonance imaging method A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method includes defining a plurality of sub-volumes so that each of the sub-volumes includes a plurality of sequential slices of a plurality of slices that make up a volume of a subject, wherein the sub-volumes are divided into a plurality of groups so that any neighboring sub-volumes belong to different groups; applying radio-frequency (RF) pulses including a plurality of frequency components and a selection gradient to the subject to simultaneously excite a plurality of sub-volumes in each of the groups; performing three-dimensional (3D) encoding on each of the excited sub-volumes so that only some slices of the plurality of slices in each of the excited sub-volumes are encoded in a slice direction; acquiring magnetic resonance signals from the encoded sub-volumes; and reconstructing the acquired magnetic resonance signals into image data corresponding to each of the plurality of slices in each of the encoded sub-volumes.
US09791515B2	Battery protected against electric arcs The invention relates to a DC electrical power supply source including a protective housing and electrical energy storage devices disposed in the protective housing. The storage devices are connected electrically in series by way of interconnection elements. There is an acoustic sensor configured to measure ultrasounds and a filling medium disposed in the housing. The filling medium exhibits a homogeneous acoustic impedance and forms a continuous acoustic link between the interconnection elements and the acoustic sensor.
US09791511B2	Method and apparatus for low latency communication in an automatic testing system According to some aspects, a system and method for processing messages in a plurality of successive cycles is provided. One such system may include a plurality of first circuits, each first circuit configured to output a message, the plurality of first circuits configured to operate synchronously, a first plurality of buffers, each buffer associated with a respective first circuit and configured to store a message output by the respective first circuit, a communication path configured to receive the plurality of messages from the buffers and to perform aggregation of the messages, thereby generating an aggregated indication, and one or more second circuits. The one or more second circuits are configured to operate synchronously and to receive the aggregated indication, wherein buffers of the first plurality of buffers are configured to store messages from respective first circuits for different times.
US09791510B2	Circuit and method for diagnosing scan chain failures A circuit includes a plurality of scan chains arranged in a ring network topology. Each scan chain includes a plurality of scan blocks, each of the plurality of scan blocks including a storage element and a switching device. Each switching device includes a first input configured to receive an output of a storage element in a different scan chain from the scan chain in which the switching device is disposed, and a second input configured to receive one of a function logic signal or a test scan signal. The switching device configured to selectively couple the first input or the second input to an input of the storage element.
US09791497B2	Method of characterizing and modeling leakage statistics and threshold voltage for ensemble devices An approach for determining leakage current and threshold voltage for ensemble semiconductor devices, implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having program instructions, are operable to: receive a number m of individual devices within an ensemble device; identify a sub-threshold slope; determine an uplift factor; separate random variation in logarithm of a leakage current into a correlated random component and an uncorrelated random component; determine a first standard deviation of correlated random component for the ensemble device; determine a second standard deviation of the uncorrelated random component for the ensemble device; generate a statistical model for electrical features of the ensemble device, based on the number m of individual devices, the sub-threshold slope, the uplift factor, the first and second standard deviation, and statistical random variables; and determine the electrical features of the ensemble device based on the statistical model.
US09791496B2	System and method for detecting, localizing and quantifying excess voltage drop in three-phase AC circuits A system and method for detecting and localizing excess voltage drop in single or multiple phases of three-phase AC circuits is disclosed. An electrical distribution circuit is provided that includes an input connectable to an AC source, an output connectable to terminals of an electrical machine, the output configured to provide three-phase voltages and currents to the electrical machine, and a diagnostic system configured to detect an excess voltage drop (EVD) in the electrical distribution circuit. The diagnostic system includes a processor that is programmed to receive measurements of the three-phase voltages and currents provided to the electrical machine, compute a negative sequence voltage from the three-phase voltages and currents, determine a localization reference phase angle for each phase based in part on the three-phase voltages and currents, and calculate an EVD in the electrical distribution circuit based on the negative sequence voltage and the localization reference phase angles.
US09791493B2	Sensor fault detection system and method Fault detection techniques for control of sensor systems. A sensor control integrated circuit (“IC”) may include a fault detection system for coupling to the sensor supply lines. The system may detect faults for each of the sensor supply lines. The fault detection system may level shift sensor supply line signals from a first voltage domain to a second voltage domain appropriate for the fault detection system of the controller IC. The fault detection system may level shift source potential voltages from the first voltage domain to the second voltage domain to detect predetermined fault types. The fault detection system may compare the second domain voltages from the sensor supply lines to voltages representing predetermined fault types and may generate fault status indicators based on the comparison.
US09791481B2	Differential voltage measurement Measurement system and procedure suitable for measuring a voltage differential, the system comprising a measurement unit (1) having a first ground (10) as voltage reference and comprising a microcontroller (7) with an analog-digital converter (5), a sensor (2) having a second ground (20) as voltage reference, said second ground (20) being able to exhibit a potential difference with respect to the first ground (10), said measurement unit (1) having a first input (11) connected directly to the signal output (21) of the sensor (2), and a second input (12) connected directly to said second ground (20), the first and second inputs (11, 12) being linked to digital inputs (61, 62) of the microcontroller (7) through circuits for conditioning (31, 32, 41, 42) and analog-digital conversion (51, 52).
US09791476B2	Device for differential acquistion of current and method of controlling such an acquisition device A device for the differential acquisition of current includes an acquisition circuit including a charge amplifier connected, at the input, to terminals for connection to a signal emitting component, and at the output, to an integrator. A unit for injecting a charge signal is mounted between the terminals and the charge amplifier and is connected to a control unit connected to an output of the acquisition circuit. The control unit is so arranged as to control the injection of a charge signal, to detect a resultant signal at the output of the acquisition circuit and to compare the resultant signal with the injected signal. A method includes controlling such a device.
US09791472B2	Acceleration sensor In an acceleration sensor, a semiconductor layer is provided with a rod-shaped weight portion that passes through a center of a frame portion, extends in a second direction, and is connected to the frame portion through a first beam portion. A first-direction movable electrode and a second-direction movable electrode are provided on the weight portion. According to the above configuration, because a mass of the first- and second-direction movable electrodes can be applied to the vicinity of a center of the frame portion, and a rotational moment can be reduced. Thus, detection accuracy can be restrained from being reduced.
US09791455B2	Optogenetic probes for measuring membrane potential The invention provides methods, cells and constructs for optical measurement of membrane potential. These methods can be used in cells that are not accessible to presently available methods using electrodes. The methods can be directed to, for example, high-throughput drug screening assays to determine agents that can affect membrane potential of a target cell.
US09791451B2	Squaraine based fluorescent probe and a process for the preparation thereof The present invention describes the use of a fluorescent NIR dye for various applications by simply changing the solvent conditions. Molecule of formula 1 in the monomeric state (30% ACN/25 mM phosphate buffer) can be used for the sensitive detection of thiols and monitoring minor fluctuations in the thiol concentration inside live cells. Molecule 1 in the self-assembled state (25 mM phosphate buffer) can be used for labeling of serum albumin protein either covalently or noncovalently at specific pH. The probe 1 specifically bind with the serum albumin proteins noncovalently at lower pH gives a “turn-on” NIR emission whereas it binds covalently at higher pH gives a “turn-on” green fluorescence. Since the probe detects serum albumin proteins selectively in presence of other thiol containing small molecules, the probe can be used as an excellent sensor for serum albumin proteins. The dye-protein complex of various ratios can be used as sensors to detect the pH variations in a broad window from 4.6-11.6 with high sensitivity. Due to the high biocompatibility and water solubility the dye protein complex is useful for ratiometric detection of minor pH variations inside cellular environment.
US09791447B2	Methods of identifying SENP1 inhibitors Provided herein are methods of detecting binding of an SENP1 polypeptide to a compound and methods for screening for inhibitors of SENP1. Further provided are aqueous compositions comprising SENP1 polypeptides and NMR apparatuses comprising the compositions for NMR analysis.
US09791445B2	Rift Valley Fever Virus glycoproteins, Gn and Gc, and their use The present invention describes subunit vaccines containing Gn and Gc glycoproteins of the Rift Valley Fever Virus, including nucleic acids encoding such glycoproteins, host cells, vectors, and immunoreagents generated with the glycoproteins, methods of vaccination, methods of diagnosis, and kits.
US09791437B2	Multianalyte assay The invention provides compositions, systems and methods for detecting multiple analytes from a sample.
US09791434B2	Paper microfluidic devices for forensic serology Paper microfluidic devices for the detection of bodily fluids are provided. Such devices can be used, for example, for detection of bodily fluids from or at crime scenes, including blood, saliva, semen, urine, feces, vaginal fluids, and perspiration. Detection can be performed using colorimetric reagents that react when placed in contact with the fluid of interest. A single device can be used to test for multiple bodily fluids at the same time.
US09791430B2	Measurement of total organic carbon A method for determining the total organic carbon in a sample which includes mixing the sample with a reagent containing at least one acid effective for reacting with inorganic carbon-containing materials in the sample, and at least one oxidizing agent effective for oxidizing organic carbon-containing materials in the sample in the presence of ultraviolet radiation, and detecting the carbon dioxide generated, is described. The at least one acid may include phosphoric acid, while the oxidizing agent may include sodium persulfate. In accordance with an embodiment of the inventive concept, the sample is first injected into a reaction chamber, which is continuously flushed with carbon dioxide free gas with no UV light present, and CO2 generated from any inorganic carbon in the sample as carbonates is flowed through the detector, and may be recorded. Subsequent to this step, the UV light is passed through the reaction chamber and CO2 generated from the reaction of the at least one oxidizing agent with the organic material in the solution in the presence of ultraviolet radiation, is flowed through the detector, which may be a non-dispersive infrared detector, after the reaction chamber is sparged using a carbon dioxide free gas, and recorded.
US09791428B2	Mercury sensor for detecting, differentiating, and measuring organic and inorganic mercury compounds The invention relates to a sensor assembly to detect and quantify organic and/or inorganic mercury compounds, including elemental mercury that may be present in gases or liquids, such as natural gas, air, condensates, crude oil, refined petroleum gas or liquids, and water including connate water, condensed water and water containing hydrate inhibitor(s). The sensor assembly includes a housing having a flow channel defined by an inlet, a sensor array, and an outlet. The sensor array is based on the differential sorption properties measured using a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor array, a chemiresistor array, or a combination of the two.
US09791426B2	Sensor apparatus for analyzing a gas mixture in a process chamber A sensor apparatus for analyzing a gas in a process chamber, having a housing, a gas sensor for analyzing at least a part of the gas, the gas sensor being arranged at a determined position in the housing, a gas feed for connecting the housing to the process chamber to feed the part of the gas from the process chamber into the housing and to the determined position, and a gas discharge for discharging the gas from the housing, wherein the gas feed and the gas discharge are configured as tubes lying inside one another, characterized by a closure cap at the combustion chamber-side end of the tubes lying inside one another, the closure cap including an even number of at least four openings with the same area, which are connected alternately as a gas inlet and a gas outlet to the tubes lying inside one another is provided.
US09791425B2	Semi-continious non-methane organic carbon analyzer A filed portable analyzer capable of performing both the sampling and analytical procedures required by U.S. EPA Method 25 utilizing a small volume injection of sample onto a cryotrap cooled by a Stirling linear drive charged with helium to replace the field sampling condensate trap. The cryotrap is followed by the specified sorbent column/traps to ensure precise compatibility with prior reported compliance test results. The analytical system utilizes an oxidation catalyst and reduction catalyst to remove the potential for differing response factors on the FID from different compounds.
US09791424B2	Use of windowed mass spectrometry data for retention time determination or confirmation A scan of a separating sample is received by a mass spectrometer at each interval of a plurality of intervals. The spectrometer performs at each interval one or more mass spectrometry scans. The scans have one or more sequential mass window widths in order to span an entire mass range at each interval and produce a collection of spectra for the entire mass range for the plurality of intervals. One or more peaks at one or more different intervals in the collection of spectra are identified for a fragment ion. A mass spectrum of the entire mass range is retrieved for each interval of each peak. Values for one or more ion characteristics of a mass-to-charge ratio peak in the mass spectrum corresponding to each peak are compared to one or more known values for the fragment ion. Each peak is scored based on the comparison.
US09791416B2	Furnace structural integrity monitoring systems and methods Various systems and method for acoustic monitoring of smelting furnaces and similar devices are disclosed. Acoustic sensors (and optionally other sensors) are mounted to the furnace. Acoustic emission events generated in the furnace are analyzed to identify conditions that exceed one or more thresholds. The location of acoustic emissions may be identified and reported. Output signals may be generated in response to acoustic emissions. The location of acoustic emissions may be used to identify the location of potential failures in the furnace.
US09791414B2	Method and a device for identifying material types of spatial objects The present invention relates to a method for identifying material types of spatial objects characterized in that the method comprising obtaining an acoustic signal from each identified object by deforming the objects mechanically, recording said acoustic signal and comparing it to an acoustic model being obtained on the basis of analysis of reference objects of multiple material types. The present invention also relates to a device for identifying material types of spatial objects, comprising a deformation chamber (K), a mechanical deformation system (F), at least one electro-acoustic transducer (1), an acoustic signal recording assembly (2) and a data processing unit (3) with installed acoustic model being obtained on the basis of analysis of reference objects of multiple material types.
US09791412B2	Sensing device A sensing device is provided that has satisfactory sensing accuracy when a crystal unit where an excitation electrode is formed on both upper and lower surfaces of a piezoelectric piece is used to sense a sensing object. Adsorption regions are arranged in two places so as to intersect a direction of flow of a fluid, thus each of the adsorption regions senses the sensing object and reference regions are individually provided in these adsorption regions. A difference Δf1 between the oscillation frequencies of the regions and a difference Δf2 between the oscillation frequencies of the regions are added, and based on the result of the addition, whether the sensing object is present or not and its concentration are detected.
US09791406B2	CMOS compatible BioFET The present disclosure provides a bio-field effect transistor (BioFET) and a method of fabricating a BioFET device. The method includes forming a BioFET using one or more process steps compatible with or typical to a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process. The BioFET device may include a substrate; a gate structure disposed on a first surface of the substrate and an interface layer formed on the second surface of the substrate. The interface layer may allow for a receptor to be placed on the interface layer to detect the presence of a biomolecule or bio-entity.
US09791395B2	Thermography-based method for detecting defects in seals with conductive inner-seals The present disclosure provides a method for detecting thermal sealing defects of a container during its transportation along a process line. The method is particularly suitable for containers caped with a cap liner and sealed with an inner seal. The method makes use of a high frequency heat (e.g. by a high frequency heat induction unit) to cause eddy current in the inner seal after which there is sensing by an IR imager of radiation emitted from the conductive innerseal to generate sensed IR image data indicative of the sensed radiation. The sensing is characterized by at least one of (i) a time window of a sensing session of between 50 msec to 300 msec during which said container is being transported through the FOV; and (ii) a sensing range of a wavelength spectrum region from 2 μm to 6 μm. The IR data is then processed so as to generate output data indicative of the presence or absence of at least one defect in the sealing of the container by said innerseal.
US09791387B2	Inspection system and method for controlling the same An inspection system includes an irradiation source, an image detector, and a placement device. The placement device comprises a carrier and a rotation mechanism. With respect to connections, the placement device is configured to be disposed between the irradiation source and the image detector, and the rotation mechanism is configured to be connected to the carrier. With respect to operations, the irradiation source and the image detector are driven to be moved along a predetermined path, the carrier is configured to carry at least one object, and the rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the carrier.
US09791381B2	Door inspection system for vehicle and inspection method for the same An inspection system for a vehicle includes a vision inspection device including a plurality of vision camera and a plurality of laser device which move along exterior and sides of a door, which will be inspected, and inspect segmented sections respectively, a hanger device clamping the hemmed door on a hanger frame, and a jig device which clamps the hanger frame of the hanger device, and moves the door toward the vision inspection device for the vision inspection device to inspect the door fixed to the hanger device.
US09791377B2	Optochemical sensor An optochemical sensor comprises a measuring element excitable by the light of an excitation light source and in contact with a medium to be measured, and a measuring arrangement including at least one excitation light source and a detector as well as a hood separating the measuring arrangement from the measuring element, wherein the excitation light source and the detector are fixed to a base plate arranged in parallel with the measuring element, the hood, the excitation light source and the detector are separated from one another by at least a portion of the material thickness of the hood, and light from the excitation light source through an optical waveguide impinges on the measuring element at such an angle that fluorescence light emitted by the measuring element impinges perpendicularly on the detector.
US09791370B2	Die-integrated aspheric mirror Apparatuses and systems for a die-integrated aspheric mirror are described herein. One apparatus includes an ion trap die including a number of ion locations and an aspheric mirror integrated with the ion trap die.
US09791369B2	Visualization kit comprising a fluorescent agent and a cyanoacrylate, and method of cofumigation of a fluorescent agent and a cyanoacrylate A visualization kit includes (i) a cyanoacrylate and (ii) a fluorescent agent containing at least one tetrazine of formula 1: wherein X and Y represent independently a nonionic, electron-withdrawing group selected from halogens, azide, cyano and O-A-R, in which A represents a single bond or a C1-C4 alkyldiyl and R is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or epoxyalkyl, or an aziridine group, which is optionally substituted by alkyl or aryl. A method of cofugation and a method of visualizing traces on a substrate utilizing these components are also presented.
US09791356B2	Joint analyzing method, product designing method, and joint analyzing system A joint analyzing method includes: performing a data measurement; performing a detailed analysis; performing a simplified analysis; performing a first repetition analysis in which the detailed analysis is repeated while modifying a first analysis model in which geometry of a joint surrounding region is modeled and an analysis technique in the detailed analysis, until a data measurement result and a detailed analysis result are brought into agreement; and performing a second repetition analysis in which the simplified analysis that takes into consideration an initial internal load of at least one junction in a load non-applied state obtained in the first repetition analysis is repeated while modifying a second analysis model rougher in element division of the geometry than the first analysis model and an analysis technique in the simplified analysis, until the data measurement result and a simplified analysis result are brought into agreement.
US09791353B2	Concentrator A concentrator that is operable to concentrate particles of target material from a high flow rate sampled airflow into a low flow rate secondary airflow. The concentrator may have an array of radially arranged blades. Each blade may have a sampled airflow inlet that uses centrifugal force to concentrate the particles into a central portion of the sampled airflow passing through it. Downstream, the blade may also have primary airflow outlets and knife-edged secondary airflow inlets that divide the sampled airflow into a pair of lateral, high flow rate primary airflows from which the particles have been depleted, and a central, low flow rate secondary airflow which carries the concentrated particles.
US09791349B2	End play measurement apparatus An end play measurement apparatus is provided that measures end play of a tapered roller bearing of a gear unit. The gear unit supports a large-gear shaft, with which a gear is fitted, via the tapered roller bearing. The end play measurement apparatus includes a power generation unit, which is fixed to the large-gear shaft and generates power to move the gear unit backward and forward in the axial direction, a position change unit, which is interposed between the power generation unit and the gear unit and changes the axial position of the gear unit by using the power of the power generation unit, and a booster mechanism, which has a free end that receives the power of the power generation unit to boost the power.
US09791332B2	Rod-shaped force transducer with improved deformation behavior A force transducer for measuring compression and/or tension forces includes a rod-shaped deformation body and at least four strain transducers applied on the deformation body and configured for measuring longitudinal and transverse strains thereof. Front and rear elongate recesses are provided on the front and rear sides of the deformation body in the area of an intersection between a central longitudinal axis and a central transverse axis of the deformation body. Left and right upper indentations and left and right lower indentations are provided on the deformation body respectively at the four quadrants bounded by the axes. A ratio of a cross-section on a center plane extending orthogonally to the central longitudinal axis and including the central transverse axis, to a sum of first and second partial regions of the cross-section, is from 1.56 to 2.15.
US09791330B2	Device and method for measuring a change in length of a sample and/or for measuring a deformation force on a sample A system for measuring change in length and/or deformation force on a sample in a longitudinal direction. The system is useful in thermomechanical analysis and/or dynamic-mechanical analysis, and comprises a pushrod extending in the longitudinal direction which exerts force on the sample, and a device measuring movement of the pushrod resulting from the change in length or deformation of the sample in the longitudinal direction. The measuring device includes: a pushrod base mounted on a stationary base with a guide so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction; a controllable drive for moving the pushrod; a detector measuring the force exerted by the pushrod on the sample; and a path sensor for measuring the movement of the pushrod.
US09791325B2	Probe cover container identification A temperature measurement system includes a temperature probe including a temperature sensor. The system also includes a reader, and a controller in communication with the temperature sensor and the reader. The system further includes a container housing a plurality of probe covers associated with the temperature probe. The container includes an information feature providing information related to the plurality of probe covers. The reader is configured to read the information and direct a signal to the controller indicative of the information.
US09791321B2	340 GHz multipixel transceiver A multi-pixel terahertz transceiver is constructed using a stack of semiconductor layers that communicate using vias defined within the semiconductor layers. By using a stack of semiconductor layers, the various electrical functions of each layer can be tested easily without having to assemble the entire transceiver. In addition, the design allows the production of a transceiver having pixels set 10 mm apart.
US09791318B2	Display of effect coatings on electronic display devices The invention relates to a method of displaying an image of an effect coating having texture and color properties on an electronic display device, using measured color data and measured texture data as input to generate the image, wherein the textured image is displayed with visual color properties which are maintained on a prescribed level independent of possible variations in texture properties.
US09791317B2	Spectrally-encoded endoscopy techniques and methods Exemplary apparatus for method for forming at least one spectral encoding endoscopy configuration. For example, it is possible to modify a spacer configuration and an lens optics configuration to have respective predetermined lengths, and also to modify a dispersive optics configuration to have a further predetermined length. Further, the modified spacer and modified lens optics configurations can be attached to one another to form a combined spacer-lens optics configuration. The modified dispersive optics configuration can be attached to a substrate to form to form a grating substrate configuration. Additionally, the combined spacer-lens optics configuration can be connected to an optical fiber, and the modified attached dispersed optics configuration can be connected to the modified attached lens optics configuration to form the spectral encoding endoscopy configuration(s) which can extends along a particular axis. The dispersive optics configuration can be modified to be at a predetermined angle with respect to the particular axis.
US09791316B2	System and method for calibrating imaging measurements taken from aerial vehicles Systems and methods are provided for calibrating spectral measurements taken of one or more targets from an aerial vehicle. Multiple photo sensors may be configured to obtain spectral measurements of one or more ambient light sources. The obtained spectral measurements of the one or more ambient light sources may be used to calibrate the obtained spectral measurements of the target.
US09791310B2	Vibration-sensing field unit A vibration-sensing field unit includes a base with at least one accelerometer, and a body mounted to the base. The base is composed essentially of a first material, while the body is composed essentially of a second material that is more flexible than the first material to reduce a vibration at the accelerometer caused by a mass supported by the body. In another embodiment, a vibration-sensing field unit includes at least one accelerometer and at least one ultrasonic transducer.
US09791306B2	Thermal type flowmeter In order to provide a method of manufacturing a thermal type flowmeter that is capable of reducing deformation of a semiconductor chip, which is caused by molding, a method of manufacturing a thermal type flowmeter is provided that includes a circuit package of a resin-molded semiconductor chip. The method includes resin-molding the semiconductor chip in a state in which a mold is pressed against a heat transfer surface that is provided on a surface of the semiconductor chip and a pressed surface that is set on the surface of the semiconductor chip at a position separate from the heat transfer surface.
US09791302B2	Sensor with high-sensitivity optical fiber having a holographic detector comprising a liquid crystal light valve An optical fiber sensor for locating an excitation in proximity to an optical fiber assembly comprises: a laser assembly configured to emit N laser beams indexed i with N>1, of respective emission wavelength λi, an optical fiber assembly comprising N successive sections indexed i, an optical system configured to: inject the laser beams, receive N signal beams indexed i respectively of wavelengths λi, generate N reference beams indexed i respectively of wavelengths λi, produce N interference areas indexed i, a holographic detector comprising: a liquid crystal light valve that at least partially covers the interference areas, and is configured to produce N holograms indexed i from, respectively, N interference areas, at least one optical detector configured to detect N output optical signals indexed I, a processing unit adapted to identify the section of the fiber assembly situated in proximity to the excitation to be located.
US09791298B2	Rotation angle detector A rotation angle detector has a rotation angle sensor and a microcomputer, where the sensor detects a change of a magnetic field of a magnet that rotates with a shaft. The microcomputer has a first corrector for correcting a pre-correction mechanical angle, based on a first correction value that corrects an error due to an assembly process for assembling the magnet and the sensor, and a second corrector for correcting the pre-correction mechanical angle based on a second correction value that corrects an error due to a spill magnetic flux that is generated by a supply of an electric current to a winding wire. In such configuration, the rotation angle detector may correct the error due to the spill magnetic flux, thereby enabling an accurate detection of a mechanical angle.
US09791293B2	Detachable navigation system A car navigation system is disclosed. The disclosed car navigation system performs a route search, map storage, and the like by using a mobile device and displays a performance result by transmitting the performance result to a display device equipped in a vehicle.
US09791291B1	Modifying map configurations based on established location points A method of generating map content includes receiving a service request including at least a start location from a computing device of a user, and selecting a service provider to provide the service request. The method further includes transmitting a confirmation to the computing device indicating that the selected service provider is traveling to the start location, and enabling map content to be displayed on a user interface of a service application on the computing device, the map content indicating at least the start location, and a dynamic location of the selected service provider while the selected service provider is traveling to the start location. The method also includes enabling dynamic zooming of the map content on the user interface based on the dynamic location of the selected service provider and at least one of the start location or a current location of the user.
US09791287B2	Drive assist system, method, and program Drive assist systems, methods, and programs display, on a display, an image in which a destination location icon that indicates a destination location is superimposed on a scene in front of a mobile body. The systems, methods, and programs acquire a length of a frontage of the destination location along a road on which the mobile body is present and specify a display position of the destination location icon on the basis of an estimated position of the mobile body such that the display position of the destination location icon is a position within the frontage. The systems, methods, and programs display on the display, an image in which the destination location icon is superimposed on the display position of the destination location icon in the scene in front of the mobile body.
US09791286B2	Eye-gaze enabled navigation system A navigation system is configured to generate a sequence of driving instructions for directing a driver of a vehicle from a current location to a final destination. The navigation system is configured to capture sensor data that reflects the field of view of the driver and to identify objects in that field of view. The navigation system then customizes the driving instructions to reference specific objects, thereby generating context-specific driving instructions. The navigation system is also configured to identify particular objects upon which the driver is focused, and to generate context-specific driving instructions relative to such objects of focus. The navigation system may also provide correction information to the driver upon determining that the driver has incorrectly focused on a different object than an object referenced in a context-specific driving instruction.
US09791277B2	Apparatus and method for measuring velocity of moving object in a navigation system An apparatus and method for measuring a velocity of a moving object in a navigation system are provided, which can increase an accuracy of velocity measurement and position estimation of the moving object are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor part including an acceleration sensor for measuring acceleration of the moving object and outputting a corresponding acceleration measurement value, and includes an altimeter for measuring an altitude of the moving object and outputting a corresponding altitude measurement value; and a calculation part for calculating the velocity of the moving object by using the acceleration measurement value output from the acceleration sensor and the altitude measurement value output from the altimeter.
US09791272B2	Surveying device Some embodiments of the invention may relate to an optical surveying device having a base for setting up the surveying device and a targeting unit, which is rotatable in relation to the base about two axes, and which defines a target axis or targeting a target object to be surveyed. In some embodiments, the targeting unit has a first beam path for emitting optical radiation in the direction of the target object to be surveyed and a second beam path for receiving a component of the optical radiation, which is reflected from the target object, by way of an optoelectronic receiving element. In some embodiments, at least one of the beam paths, has an optical element, which is implemented having an optically transparent, deformable volume body, and which has at least one interface toward a medium having an optical index of refraction deviating from the volume body.
US09791270B2	Method and system for detecting or verifying a blood circuit connected to an extracorporeal blood treatment console A method to determine a type of blood circuit attached to an extracorporeal blood treatment console including: pumping a liquid through a blood passage of the blood circuit, sensing a first pressure in: the blood passage while the passage is closed and pumping stopped, pumping an additional amount of the liquid into the blood passage while the blood passage is and remains closed and thereafter sensing a second pressure, and determine a dimensional characteristic of a fluid passage in the blood passage based on the additional amount of the liquid and the second pressure.
US09791268B2	Device and method for measuring the characteristic angles and dimensions of wheels, steering system and chassis of vehicles in general A device for measuring the characteristic angles and dimensions of wheels, steering system and chassis of vehicles in general, comprising a plurality of three-dimensional optical readers which are functionally connected to a computer and can be arranged peripherally to a vehicle whose dimensions and characteristic angles of wheels, steering system and chassis are to be measured in such a manner that each one frames at least one wheel of the vehicle for the three-dimensional acquisition of an image of the wheel, each three-dimensional optical reader being provided with at least one fixed target for the setting and calibration of the measurement device, at least one camera of each three-dimensional optical reader being arranged in such a manner as to frame clearly and directly at least one fixed target of another three-dimensional optical reader for the setting and calibration of the measurement device by three-dimensional acquisitions of the fixed targets.
US09791264B2	Method of fast and robust camera location ordering A method to estimate a set of camera locations, in clockwise or counter-clockwise order, according to the videos captured by these cameras is described herein. In some embodiments, the cameras are assumed to be fixed, with no or very mild tilting angles and no rolling angles (the horizon is horizontal in each camera image). The difference of orientation (rolling angle) between each neighboring (closest) camera pair is able to be up to 45 degrees. Each camera is assumed to have overlapped views with at least one other camera. Each camera has one right neighboring camera and one left neighboring camera, except the first and the last cameras which have only one neighboring camera at one side. The locations of the cameras then are able to be expressed as a unique list counter-clockwise. The input videos are assumed to be synchronized in time.
US09791263B2	Measuring device for reflection measurements of test objects and method for measuring radiation reflected by test objects A measuring device for reflection measurements of test objects includes a transmitter for emitting radiation, a first collimation element for aligning the emitted radiation, a first focusing element for focusing emitted radiation in relation to the test object, and a receiver for detecting radiation reflected by the test object. There is a second collimation element for aligning the reflected radiation, and a second focusing element for focusing the reflected radiation in relation to the receiver. At least two of the first and second collimation elements and first and second focusing elements are separate from each other. Thus, a simple and flexible design of the measuring device is achieved, which can be adapted to the test object.
US09791259B2	Interferometric distance sensing device and method with less dependency on environment disturbances on a fiber Distance to a target is sensed using a common path interferometer, wherein a first fraction of light from a light source is collected after reflection by a partially reflective element together with reflection from a target of a second fraction of light from the light source that has been transmitted by the partially reflective element. The collected light is split in two parts, both containing a part of the first fraction and part of the reflection from the target. The parts are fed through a first and second optical branch path to an input side of a three-way optical coupler respectively. Light from at three terminals on a second side of the N way coupler is fed to respective light intensity detectors. Information representing an excess distance traveled by the first fraction from detection signals determined by the least three light intensity detectors.
US09791253B2	RFD with history log, security fence, and seismic detection Technical solutions are engineered for remote firing devices to include pieces of hardware to implement a history log, security fence, seismic detection, countdown timers, and sequential firing.
US09791252B2	Power supply for providing electrical energy to a self-destruct fuze for submunitions contained in a projectile A power supply for providing electrical energy to a self-destruct fuze for submunitions contained in a projectile. The power supply including: a movable mass; at least one elastic element attached to the mass at one end for storing mechanical energy upon a firing acceleration of the projectile; at least one piezoelectric element attached to another end of the at least one elastic element for converting the stored mechanical energy to electrical energy upon the firing acceleration to vibrate the mass and at least one elastic element to apply a cyclic force to the at least one piezoelectric element; and a self destruct fuze for detonation of the self destruct fuze upon receiving the electrical energy.
US09791232B1	Firearm trigger finger reset A trigger reset that is disposed in a firearm handle including an electric motor, a battery, a gear box and cam lobe mounted on a shaft of the motor. A reset bar assembly is secured to the cam lobe. As shaft turns, cam lobe moves to provide a reciprocating motion to reset bar assembly. The reset bar assembly may be biased in lateral directions via a spring or the like. Rearward movement of the firearm trigger causes movement of the reset bar assembly in a rearward longitudinal direction. When the trigger reset is actuated, the motor rotates the cam lobe moving the reset bar assembly in a forward position thereby urging the trigger to a reset position prior to actuating the next firing sequence. The reset trigger system further includes a switch defining a face portion that is positioned on the exterior surface of the grip and immediately below the trigger for easy accessibility when holding or firing the firearm.
US09791225B2	Charging handle assembly The charging handle assembly uses a magnetic latching mechanism to replace the spring loaded latch mechanism common on conventional M16/AR-15 style weapons. The magnetic latching mechanism consists of magnetically attracting plugs mounted to or within the upper receiver and the charging handle. The magnetic attraction between the adjacent plugs provides the locking force to secure the charging handle in the closed position while still allowing the user to manually pull the handle to the open position when necessary.
US09791221B1	Condenser assembly system for an appliance An appliance includes a compact condenser assembly formed with at least two separately and independently produced wire on tube condensers. Each of the at least two wire on tube condensers has a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet. The at least two wire on tube condensers are at least substantially locked and positioned in a matingly engaged configuration forming a compact condenser assembly. The at least two wire on tube condensers are configured to be operationally connected in at least one of a parallel configuration, a series configuration, a selectable configuration, and a bypass configuration.
US09791219B2	Method of fabricating a heat sink A method for fabricating a straight fin heat sink (50) of the type having a base (52) and a plurality of fins (54) extending from the base is disclosed. Each fm (54) of the plurality of fins of the heat sink is spaced from one another a predetermined distance and lies along a plane generally parallel to planes of the other fins of the plurality of fins. The method includes: providing a die (20) configured to produce a heat sink (30) having a base (32) and a plurality of fins (34) attached to be base in a radial fashion about the base from at least one side of the base; extruding a blank of material through the die (20) to produce the heat sink (30); and compressing the plurality of fins (34) with a compression tool (40) so that the plurality of fins (54) extend from the base along planes generally parallel to each other.
US09791213B2	Heat exchanger A heat exchanger carries out heat exchange between a refrigerant that undergoes a phase change during heat exchange and another heating medium. The heat exchanger includes headers having the refrigerant flowing through interiors, a plurality of multi-hole first flat tubes, and a plurality of second flat tubes. The first flat tubes extend in a direction intersecting a lengthwise direction of the headers. The first flat tubes have a plurality of refrigerant flow channels with the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant flow channels. The second flat tubes are stacked alternately with respect to the first flat tubes, with the other heating medium flowing through the second flat tubes. The headers are arranged to extend along a horizontal direction.
US09791212B2	Burning system The present invention refers to an improved burning system for industrial furnace burners (16), more specifically for tunnel type furnaces for firing ceramic materials, to improve the thermal efficiency and reduce the consumption by these furnaces in the process of firing load (10) such as floor tiles, tiles, sanitary material, refractories, porcelain, insulators, grindstone, tableware ceramic, red ceramic and ceramic in general, by a using flame rotation system, providing a radiant flame surface by dividing the flame into smaller intermittent flames.
US09791209B2	System and process for liquefying natural gas A process of liquefying a natural gas stream in a liquefied natural gas facility is provided. The process includes cooling the natural gas stream in a first refrigeration cycle to produce a cooled natural gas stream. The process also includes cooling the cooled natural gas stream in a first chiller of a second refrigeration cycle, the cooled natural gas stream exiting the first chiller at a first pressure. The process further includes cooling the cooled natural gas stream in a first core of a second chiller of the second refrigeration cycle. The process yet further includes cooling a refrigerant of a refrigerant recycle stream separate from the cooled natural gas stream in a second core of the second chiller of the second refrigeration cycle, wherein the refrigerant recycle stream enters the second chiller at a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure of the cooled natural gas stream.
US09791205B2	Insulating material with renewable resource component An insulated cabinet structure includes an inner liner having a plurality of walls defining a refrigerator compartment, and an external wrapper having a plurality of walls defining a refrigerator compartment receiving area. An insulation gap is formed between the walls of the inner liner and the walls of the external wrapper. A first insulation material is positioned on a wall of the external wrapper and extends outwardly into the insulation gap to partially fill the insulation gap. The first insulation material includes a renewable resource component having a particle size in a range from about 10 microns to about 25 microns. A second insulation material is disposed in the insulation gap, such that the first insulation material and the second insulation material together substantially fill the insulation gap.
US09791204B2	Refrigerator door and manufacturing method of the same A refrigerator door and a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. The refrigerator door includes a front panel that includes a first through hole and an input unit, a door liner, an upper cap decoration unit configured to seal an upper side of a first space defined between the front panel and the door liner, a frame attached to an inside of the front panel and defining a second space, a display assembly provided between the frame and the front panel and configured to emit light through the first through hole, and a touch sensor assembly provided between the frame and the front panel, the touch sensor assembly being fixed to a rear of the front panel at a position that corresponds to a location of the input unit. The upper cap decoration unit includes a communication hole for communicating with the second space and includes a cap cover.
US09791200B2	Cooler with integrated plate storage A portable cooler includes a cooler body formed of an insulating shell defining an interior storage section, an insulated cooler lid coupled to the cooler body, and a storage structure formed within the insulated cooler lid for storing one or more plates. The plates can be stored in a recessed portion of the insulated lid, which may include a groove or removable lip to retain the plates. A utensil storage structure is provided to store one or more utensils. Sharp utensils may include safety mechanisms to inhibit unwanted removal.
US09791193B2	Air conditioner and method of controlling the same An air conditioner may include a plurality of indoor units and a plurality of outdoor units connected to the plurality of indoor units. Each of the plurality of outdoor units may include a plurality of outdoor heat exchangers. Each of the outdoor heat exchangers may include a plurality of heat exchanger parts. When a defrosting operation condition is satisfied during a heating operation, indicating that a defrosting operation should be performed the plurality of heat exchanger parts of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers may successively perform the defrosting operation.
US09791192B2	Device for charging pressurized systems A device for charging a primary fluid system, such as an air-conditioning or cooling system, closed and at a first pressure (P1), with a secondary fluid, comprises a dispensing cylinder of the secondary fluid, said cylinder containing the secondary fluid and a propellant fluid having a second pressure (P2) greater than said first pressure. Said cylinder further comprising a filler valve operable to allow/block the exit at least of the secondary fluid from the cylinder. A connection hood is partially superposed over the dispensing cylinder, fitted with connections means suitable for fluidically connecting said filler valve directly to said primary fluid system or to a connection pipe to said system.
US09791191B2	Temperature control apparatus, processing apparatus, and temperature control method A temperature control apparatus (70) includes a heat exchanger (71) configured to exchange heat with the surroundings using a phase change of a refrigerant, a rotary pump (73) configured to receive the refrigerant from the heat exchanger (71) and fuse the refrigerant with oil contained inside the rotary pump, and an oil water separator (74) configured to receive the refrigerant fused with the oil from the rotary pump (73) and separate the refrigerant from the oil. The temperature control apparatus further includes a refrigeration cycle that implements a cooling function by circulating the refrigerant separated from the oil back to the heat exchanger (71).
US09791188B2	Refrigeration system with separate feedstreams to multiple evaporator zones A refrigeration system has: (a) a fluid tight circulation loop including a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, the evaporator having at least three evaporator zones, each evaporator zone having an inlet port, the circulation loop being further configured to measure the condition of the refrigerant with a refrigerant condition sensor disposed within the evaporator upstream of the evaporator outlet port; and control the flow of refrigerant to the evaporator based upon the measured condition of the refrigerant within the evaporator, and (b) a controller for controlling the flow rate of refrigerant to the evaporator based upon the measured condition of the refrigerant within the evaporator upstream of the evaporator outlet port.
US09791187B2	Solar refrigeration system with a closed refrigerant loop A solar-thermal refrigerant compression system employing refrigerants, such as R410a and R500, and a method of employing the system in refrigeration and air-conditioning units. The system includes a refrigerant storage tank, an evaporator, a mixing chamber, a condenser and an isochoric thermal compressor comprising a condensate heat exchanger and a heating coil connected to a solar collector field.
US09791185B2	Thermo-electric heat pump systems The disclosure is directed to an energy efficient thermal protection assembly. The thermal protection assembly can comprise three or more thermoelectric unit layers capable of active use of the Peltier effect; and at least one capacitance spacer block suitable for storing heat and providing a delayed thermal reaction time of the assembly. The capacitance spacer block is thermally connected between the thermoelectric unit layers. The present disclosure further relates to a thermoelectric transport and storage devices for transporting or storing temperature sensitive goods, for example, vaccines, chemicals, biologicals, and other temperature sensitive goods. The transport or storage device can be configured and provide on-board energy storage for sustaining, for multiple days, at a constant-temperature, with an acceptable temperature variation band.
US09791184B2	Mobile thermoelectric vaccine cooler with a planar heat pipe A portable medical refrigerator is provided that includes a cooling chamber having a housing, insulation and a cavity, where the insulation dissipates heat from the cooling chamber and insulates the cooling chamber, where the insulation includes a material and thickness disposed to hold the cooling chamber at a desired temperature, where the thickness of the insulation is according to an amount of heat entering the cooling chamber from the ambient surroundings, a thermoelectric cooling (TEC) device having a heat sink fan, and a planar heat pipe, where a first end of the planar heat pipe is connected to the cooling chamber and a second end of the planar heat pipe is connected to the TEC, where the TEC is disposed away from the cooling chamber, where the first end of the planar heat pipe is disposed to draw heat from the insulation to enable attainment of the desired temperature.
US09791183B2	Thermal rectification device The first and second media are coupled via evanescent waves generated by surface phonon polaritons thermally excited on surfaces of the first and second media. First and second media made of the same material are disposed with a gap formed between for cutting off thermal conduction and the heat transfer between them is performed via the thermally excited evanescent waves. A third medium is provided on a surface of the first medium on a side toward the second medium. Heat flux flows from the second medium to the first medium in a first state wherein the second medium has a first temperature TH and the first medium has a second temperature TL lower than the TH differ in intensity from heat flux which flows from the first to the second medium in a second state wherein the first medium has the TH and the second medium has the TL.
US09791177B2	Cryogenic refrigerator and rotary joint A cryogenic refrigerator includes a compressor for installation on a stationary component, an expander for installation on a rotating component, and a rotary joint fluidly coupling the compressor with the expander. The rotary joint includes: a rotor fixed to the rotating component and coaxial with its rotational axis; a stator disposed adjacent to the rotor to form a clearance between the rotor and the stator, and fixed to the stationary component; a first high-pressure flowpath and a second high-pressure flowpath, extending between the rotor and stator through the clearance, and a working-gas sealing area dividing the clearance into a first high-pressure section communicating with the first high-pressure flowpath, and into a second high-pressure section communicating with the second high-pressure flowpath.
US09791176B2	Refrigeration apparatus A refrigeration apparatus uses R32 as a refrigerant, and includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, an evaporator and an accumulator. The accumulator is disposed in the suction flow path supplying refrigerant to the compressor. The accumulator has a casing that forms an inside space to separate the refrigerant into gas refrigerant and liquid refrigerant and accumulating surplus refrigerant, an inlet pipe feeding the refrigerant that has evaporated in the evaporator into the inside space, and an outlet pipe channeling the separated gas refrigerant to the compressor. A distal end opening in the inlet pipe of the accumulator is located in a height position separated by a dimension from a bottom of the inside space. The dimension is 0 to 0.3 times a height dimension of the inside space.
US09791173B2	Heating device having heating transistor unit A heating device is provided. A temperature sensing unit is configured to sense an ambient temperature and accordingly output a temperature sensing voltage. A driving unit is coupled to a heating transistor unit and the temperature sensing unit, and configured to drive the heating transistor unit for performing heating based on the temperature sensing voltage. An activating unit is coupled to the temperature sensing unit, configured to output an activating signal based on the temperature sensing voltage when a temperature of the printed circuit board has risen up to a preset temperature. The heating device as provided can assure that the activating signal can be normally outputted by the heating device under an ambient at an extremely low temperature.
US09791171B2	Fluid heater with a variable-output burner including a perforated flame holder and method of operation A water heater includes a water tank having an inlet and an outlet, and a flue extending through the tank. A nozzle is positioned near a first end of the flue, arranged so as to emit a fuel stream into the flue, and a flame holder is located within the flue in a position to receive the fuel stream and to hold a flame entirely within the flue. A controller variably controls a flow of fuel to the nozzle according to a temperature of water in the tank.
US09791169B2	Liquid heater The invention is directed to a liquid heater for rapidly heating a liquid without overheating the liquid. The liquid heater comprises a liquid flow channel having a passage through which liquid flows, a heating part disposed outside the liquid flow channel, a heat reflecting part facing a heat radiating side of the heating part, and a cooling part through which a cooling medium flows adjacent a reverse side of a reflecting surface of the heat reflecting part for cooling the heat reflecting part. Radiant heat not absorbed in the liquid is reflected by the heat reflecting part. The heat reflecting part reflects radiant heat cooled by the cooling part so that the body of the liquid heater and peripheral members are maintained at a temperature not higher than a predetermined temperature to prevent overheating the liquid.
US09791166B2	Air handler panels An air handler that provides for noise reduction without reducing the pressure of air supplied to a space below minimum levels. The air handler includes a plenum, which forms a passageway for air through the air handler; the plenum having a return side and a supply side, a fan positioned in the plenum to move air through the plenum, the fan having a suction side and a pressure side, and a conditioning apparatus in the plenum for conditioning air passing through the plenum. The air handler further includes a sound-attenuating panel, which has a first side and an opposed second side and is positioned in the plenum so that the panel extends at least partially across the plenum. The panel is configured and positioned to interact with the flow of air in the plenum to attenuate sound. The fan provides a pressure boost to air flowing through the plenum to counteract a pressure drop resulting from interaction between the air and the panel in the plenum and the conditioning apparatus.
US09791160B2	Floor-positioned air-conditioning apparatus A floor-positioned air-conditioning apparatus including a housing including a fan and a heat exchanger; a forward blowing control member rotatably arranged at a forward air outlet formed in a housing front surface at a position near a housing top surface; and an upward blowing control member rotatably arranged at an upward air outlet formed near the housing front surface are included. The forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet during operation stop. The forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member is rotated and opens the upward air outlet during cooling operation. The upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet and the forward blowing control member is rotated and opens the forward air outlet during heating operation.
US09791158B2	Electric dust collecting device and air conditioner having the same An electric dust collecting device and an air conditioner having the same are disclosed. The electric dust collecting device includes a first filter unit including a plurality of discharge electrode plates which are spaced apart from each other and have spaces defined therebetween, a high voltage generator electrically connected to all of the plurality of discharge electrode plates, and a second filter unit disposed downstream of the first filter unit in an air flow direction and connected to a ground to cause corona discharge between the discharge electrode plates and the second filter unit, whereby particles electrically charged by corona discharge are collected at the second filter unit. The first filter unit has a simplified structure, and cleaning effect is improved.
US09791156B2	Elongated burner assembly An elongated burner assembly includes a first sidewall that defines a first plurality of ports and a second sidewall that defines a second plurality of ports. Ports of the first plurality of ports are angled towards a first end portion of the elongated burner, and ports of the second plurality of ports are angled towards a second end portion of the elongated burner. A related range appliance is also provided.
US09791154B2	Power generation system and method of operating power generation system A power generation system includes: a combustor operative to combust a fuel; a power generator operative to utilize energy obtained from the combustor when generating electric power; a fuel supplier operative to supply the fuel to the combustor; an air supplier operative to supply combustion air to the combustor; a discharged gas passage through which a discharged gas from the combustor flows; a CO detector operative to detect CO in the discharged gas; a temperature detector operative to detect a temperature of the discharged gas; and control circuitry operative to, when the discharged gas is flowing through the discharged gas passage, perform at least one of an operation of detecting a structural abnormality of the discharged gas passage based on a difference between detected temperatures of the temperature detector relative to a difference between heated amounts of the discharged gas heated by a heater and an operation of detecting the structural abnormality of the discharged gas passage based on the difference between the detected temperatures of the temperature detector relative to a difference between outputs of at least one of the fuel supplier and the air supplier.
US09791146B2	Processed vapor make-up process and system A novel processed vapor make-up water subsystem that uses a make-up water boiler to boil and purify make-up water and its method of use are described. Upon vaporization, dissolved solids remain in the liquid water in the bottom of the make-up boiler and the solids free steam is introduced into the main boiler loop through a deaerator. Periodically, the water in the bottom of the make-up boiler is blown down when the amount of dissolved solids in the water reach a predetermined level.
US09791143B2	Doubly-sealed waterproof floodlight and method for same A doubly-sealed waterproof floodlight includes a heat dissipating portion, a lighting portion coupled to the bottom end of the heat dissipating portion, and a cover filled and coated with a sealing material, doubly-sealed, and integrally coupled to the heat dissipating portion. The heat dissipating portion includes a sealing portion formed on a side end of the heat dissipation portion, coated with the sealing material, and coupled to the cover. The cover includes a coupling portion formed on the top end of a side surface thereof. The coupling portion includes a sealing groove into which sealing material is filled for adhering and coupling the heat dissipating portion, a protruding support potion extending from the sealing groove, and a bottom surface portion which is flatly formed at a position lower than the protruding support portion, and in which the sealing material coated on the sealing portion is filled.
US09791142B2	Lamp having air-conducting surfaces and air passage openings A lamp, which has a light source having several light-emitting elements, in particular in the form of LEDs. The lamp has first passage openings on a first side next to the light source and second passage openings on a second side next to the light source. The passage openings are designed for an air flow for cooling the light source. The lamp also has a first air-conducting surface on the first side next to the first passage openings and below the light source and a second air-conducting surface on the second side next to the second passage openings and below the light source, wherein the two air-conducting surfaces are designed in such a way that the two air-conducting surfaces form an air incidence region that expands away from the light source.
US09791141B2	Light emitting diode module The present application relates to a light emitting diode module comprising: a light source device (11), a cover (10) for said light source device (11), the cover (10) being arranged to connect to an optical device (21); wherein said cover (10) comprises a heat conducting part (24, 34) which has an at least one order of magnitude higher thermal conductivity than the remaining part of the cover (10) and which is arranged to thermally connect said light source device (11) with said optical device (21). The present application further relates to a corresponding cover for a light source device (11) in a light emitting diode module (1).
US09791138B1	Cordless LED headlight and control thereof A wireless headlight assembly for attachment to an eyewear frame is disclosed. The wireless headlight assembly comprises a battery pod containing a battery connected to a lower housing element, which controls the application of power from the battery to an attached headlight assembly containing a headlight.
US09791134B2	Press fixture The embodiment of present invention discloses a press fixture, including: a carrier board; a power unit and a pressing unit attached on the carrier board and arranged at a certain distance with each other; a retractable unit and a pushing block, one end of the retractable unit being fixedly connected to the power unit and the other end of the retractable unit being fixedly connected to the pushing block. The power unit drives the retractable unit to retract, so that the retractable unit brings the pushing block to move between the power unit and the pressing unit, for pressing the first piece to be pressed and the second piece to be pressed located between the pushing block and the pressing unit. The press fixture according to the embodiment of present invention reduces the work force and the work intensity of the operators.
US09791128B2	Curved light duct extraction The present disclosure describes light delivery and distribution components of a ducted lighting system having a cross-section that includes at least one curved portion and a light source. The delivery and distribution system (that is, light duct and light duct extractor) can function effectively with any light source that is capable of delivering light which is substantially collimated about the longitudinal axis of the light duct, and which is also preferably substantially uniform over the inlet of the light duct.
US09791126B2	Spherical lighting device A lighting device including: a source emitting a light cone; an electronic control circuit; a wall defining an enclosure including a first area through which the light cone passes, and a second area complementary to the first area; and a diffuser directing part of the light by backscattering towards the second area. The diffuser includes a first part oriented perpendicular to the axis of revolution of the light cone and forming a first divergent lens, and a second part forming a second divergent lens having a shape of a flared truncated cone with its axis of revolution parallel to the axis of revolution of the light cone, in which a larger diameter end is closest to the light source and a smaller diameter end is adjacent to the first part and surrounds the first part.
US09791125B2	Lens and illumination device comprising the lens Various embodiments may relate to a lens for an illumination device. The lens includes a bottom wall, a top wall, and a circumferential wall. The circumferential wall connects the bottom wall and the top wall. A plurality of regions of the bottom wall respectively arch towards the top wall to define at least one first accommodation cavity having an inner wall as a first incident surface, and at least one second accommodation cavity having an inner wall as a second incident surface. The first and second incident surfaces are designed as different curved surfaces for receiving first incident light and second incident light, respectively. Various embodiments further relate to an illumination device including the lens.
US09791119B2	Light emitting module and head lamp including the same Disclosed is a light emitting module including a light emitting device package having a circuit board having a cavity, an insulation substrate arranged in the cavity, with a conductive pattern formed thereon, and at least one light emitting device disposed on the insulation substrate, with being electrically connected with the conductive pattern; and a glass cover located on the light emitting device package, with lateral surfaces, a top surface and an open bottom surface, wherein the light emitting device package and the circuit board are electrically connected with each other.
US09791117B2	Emergency lighting fixture with remote control A processing unit in a dual-mode lighting fixture receives, via a light pipe of the lighting fixture, a test command signal from a remote control and initiates, based on the test command signal, testing for emergency condition lighting of the lighting fixture. The processing unit receives, via the light pipe, a control command signal from the remote control and controls, based on the control command signal, normal condition lighting of the lighting fixture. The processing unit also monitors feedback loops from a battery, a charger, or a set of LED lamps in the lighting fixture and presents, via the light pipe, a status color indication based on the monitored feedback.
US09791106B2	Floating liquefied natural gas pretreatment system A pretreatment system and method for a floating liquid natural gas (“FLNG”) facility are presented. The inlet natural gas stream flows through a membrane system to remove carbon dioxide and a heat exchanger, producing first and second cooled CO2-depleted non-permeate streams. The first cooled CO2-depleted non-permeate stream is routed to additional pretreatment equipment, while the second cooled CO2-depleted non-permeate stream is routed directly to a LNG train. Alternatively, the inlet natural gas stream may flow through a membrane system to produce a single cooled CO2-depleted non-permeate stream that is routed to the LNG train after sweetening and dehydration. Because the pretreatment system delivers the incoming gas stream to the LNG train at a lower temperature than conventional systems, less energy is needed to convert the gas stream to LNG. In addition, the pretreatment system has a smaller footprint than conventional pretreatment systems.
US09791098B2	Removable mobile device holder clip A holding clip apparatus is provided for attaching a mobile electronic device to a tray table of a commercial vehicle, such as a train or airliner. A tray table attachment section of the holding clip apparatus includes an upper support member and a lower support member each extending outwardly in a horizontal direction from a rear support wall. A mobile device holding section of the holding clip apparatus includes a front support wall and a rear support wall extending upwardly from a base portion having a bottom surface. Attachment portions may be provided connecting the tray table attachment section and the mobile device holding section. A mobile device angle adjustment section may be provided that allows the mobile device holding section to rotate to adjust the viewing angle of a mobile device held thereto.
US09791095B2	Supporting stand for display device Disclosed is a supporting stand for a display device, which includes: a base; a frame body connected to the base for holding the display device and rotatable with respect to the base; an electrical function unit disposed within the base; and an electrical connection unit extending through the interior of the frame body to provide an electrical connection between the display device and the electrical function unit. The electrical connection unit includes a main cable that has a reserve section with a cable length larger than the corresponding minimal pathway distance. Accordingly, when the frame body rotates, the main cable can adjust itself to the rotation of the frame body by cable twisting at the reserve section.
US09791089B2	Method and apparatus for repairing a pipe junction An assembly and method of sealing a junction of a pipe and a second structure are provided. The assembly includes a pipe liner having a tubular portion and a brim portion, and a mechanical anchor adapted to secure the brim portion of the pipe liner to the second structure. The assembly may further include a compression gasket for placement between the pipe liner and the pipe or second structure. The compression gasket may comprise a hydrophilic material, a hydrophobic material, or a compressible material. The methods of using the assembly include, but are not limited to, the use of a cured-in-place pipe liner.
US09791087B2	Inline connect breakaway hose coupler A coupling including female and male couplers configured to be connected together. The female coupler includes a valve body and a detent carrier surrounding the valve body and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings extending through a wall of the detent carrier for receiving detents to connect the female coupler to the male coupler. When the female and male couplers are connected together, the detent carrier is axially movable relative to the valve body by externally applied loads acting on the male and female couplers to cause the male and female couplers to separate. A pressure-balancing chamber is provided to prevent premature separation of the couplers. Once separated, the detent carrier axially moves back and the female and male couplers may be reconnected.
US09791075B2	Rotary friction welding A method providing a first tubular workpiece having a first weld surface at an end thereof, and a second tubular workpiece having a second weld surface at an end thereof; aligning the workpieces on a common axis with the weld surfaces facing each other, rotating one workpiece about the axis relative to the other workpiece, and engaging the first and second weld surfaces such that the rotation raises the temperature at the weld surfaces to create a weld interface; and ceasing the rotation and allowing the weld interface to cool to weld the workpieces together at the interface. The first weld surface is an apex region of an annular projection at the end of the first workpiece, on a longitudinal section through the aligned workpieces the annular projection having a profile in which radially inner and outer side surfaces of the annular projection taper towards the apex region.
US09791071B2	Internally supported power track A boom assembly for a lift device includes a plurality of telescoping boom sections. The plurality of telescoping boom sections include a base boom section, a mid boom section, and a fly boom section. The plurality of telescoping boom sections define an inner volume. The boom assembly also includes a push tube coupled to the base boom section and a support member positioned within the inner volume. The support member includes sidewalls having an inner surface and an outer surface. The boom assembly also includes a power track positioned within the inner volume that includes a plurality of movable links, a first supported portion that interfaces with at least one of the inner surface of the support member and a surface of the push tube, and a second supported portion that interfaces with the outer surface of the support member.
US09791069B2	Frame for trenchless pipe replacement system and method A pipe replacement system and cable guide frame are shown. Configurations are shown that include plurality of guide pulleys attached to the cable guide frame to define a curved path between a pipe to be replaced and a cable pulling system. Configurations are shown where a pipe breaking tool is pulled over the plurality of guide pulleys for ease of removal after a replacement operation. Configurations are also shown that include a stationary splitter adjacent to the cable pulling system to prevent jamming of the cable pulling system.
US09791064B2	Quantity control valve and high-pressure pump with quantity control valve A quantity control valve comprises a valve needle configured to move in an axial direction, a damping chamber having a wall, and a valve element delimiting the damping chamber. The valve needle is configured to move the valve element in an opening direction. A gap is defined between the wall of the damping chamber and the valve element. The gap has at least one recess and connects the damping chamber to a flow duct.
US09791063B2	Gas shut-off valve A shut-off valve that has a closure orifice, a closure member to open and close a gas passage through the shut-off valve, an electromagnetic actuator including a movable assembly attached to the closure member, the closure member, and an electromagnetic filed generator magnetically associated with the movable assembly. The shut-off valve also includes a manual actuator for acting on the movable assembly, the manual actuator comprising an open position in which it is decoupled from the movable assembly, the electromagnetic actuator thus being able to act on the closure member to cause its closure.
US09791061B2	Valve A valve, in particular for hydraulic circuits, includes a valve body (4) designed as a cartridge that can be fixed in a housing (6) having fluid connections (8) by a securing device (20, 26, 28). The securing device has at least one blocking element (20) in the form of a separate component between the valve body (4) and the housing (6). The blocking element has blocking surfaces that can be moved relative to the longitudinal axis (18) of the valve body (4) between an assembly position allowing the valve body (4) to be inserted into the housing (6) and a blocking position in which the blocking surfaces secure the valve body in an assembly position, preferably with zero backlash by bearing against retaining surfaces (26, 28) of the housing (6) and the valve body (4).
US09791058B2	High pressure relief valve closure In one featured embodiment, a closure sleeve for a valve comprises a sleeve body surrounding a center axis and defined by an overall length extending from an upstream end to a downstream end. The sleeve body has an internal cavity that is enclosed at the downstream end and is open at the upstream end. The internal cavity is defined in part by a piston contact surface that is defined by an inner diameter. The piston contact surface is configured to slide against a piston to be received within the internal cavity, and a ratio of the inner diameter to the overall length is between 1.0 and 1.5.
US09791054B2	Isolatable non-slam piston check valve A valve assembly includes a valve body with a central passage, an upstream end for receiving a fluid, and a downstream end for discharging the fluid. A segment ball valve rotates between a valve open position to allow the fluid to flow through the central passage, and a valve closed position to prevent the fluid from flowing through the central passage. A check valve located within the central passage downstream from the segment ball valve is biased to prevent the fluid from traveling upstream through the central passage, and to allow the fluid to travel downstream past the check valve. A locking mechanism secures the check valve in a locked position to prevent the fluid from flowing past the check valve. A sealable cavity is located between the segment ball valve and the check valve, to contain a neutral media to achieve a double block and bleed feature.
US09791051B2	DLC-coated gate valve in petroleum production or water injection The invention provides a gate valve (1) for control of petroleum production or water injection, distinctive in that at least one surface subject to sliding in operation of the valve comprises a top layer coating of diamond like carbon (DLC). The DLC contains hydrogen, preferably more than 16 atom-% and more preferred more than 17 atom-%. It is further directed to a method of commissioning or operating a gate valve according to the invention, and use of a diamond like carbon (DLC) top layer coating on at least one surface subject to sliding in operation of the gate valve. Valve parts have a tendency of sticking, adhering or cold welding together, which result in high friction. The aim of the invention is to reduce or eliminate friction problems occurring with time or operation cycles, when using a full scale gate valve.
US09791050B2	Gas shut-off device The invention is directed to a valve for a compressed gas cylinder, comprising: a valve body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage connecting the inlet with the outlet; a shut-off device of the passage with an actuating pin extending in the passage; a check-valve between the shut-off device and the inlet, the check valve comprising a seat and a movable closing member initially held at a position distant from the seat by contact with a guiding surface and movable past the position by the pin so as to cooperate with the seat and prevent a refilling flow of gas from the outlet to the inlet. The guiding surface is on a tubular portion fixed to the valve body and comprising at least one radial aperture so as to allow the refilling flow of gas to by-pass the closing member when in the distant position.
US09791049B2	Toilet flapper valve with adjustable mounts and assembly An improved toilet flapper valve is used to cover and seal a main flush valve orifice, which flapper valve comprises a pair of rotatable legs and leg clips having two-way adjustment capabilities and which serve to function as mounting arms. The two-way adjustment of the rotatable leg clips allows for use of the same flapper valve with a variety of makes and models of flush valves, and flush valves having pegs that may be spaced apart so as to adjust for pegs that may have different diameters or that may be separated from one another by different distances depending on the flush valve used in the toilet. The flapper valve of the present invention also includes a variably-adjustable air outlet capability.
US09791045B2	Oil ring An oil ring to be attached to a ring groove of a piston for an engine is provided. The oil ring includes two annular ring bodies having a common axis and arranged in tandem, and an expander for biasing the ring bodies radially outward. A sliding surface is formed at an outer circumference of each ring body to bulge radially outward and slides on a cylinder inner circumferential surface. The sliding surface of one of the ring bodies has a tip portion and first and second curved surfaces. In cross sections of the first and second curved surfaces, the first and second curved surfaces are connected while tangent lines to the cross sections at the tip portion align with each other, and when positional change rates are compared between points on the first and second curved surfaces, a change rate of the first curved surface is lower.
US09791044B2	Locking apparatus for a hydromechanical spring energy store drive for a gas-insulated switchgear assembly A locking apparatus for a hydromechanical spring energy store drive for actuating a medium-voltage or high-voltage circuit breaker is disclosed, the spring energy store drive includes a working piston, which is guided in an axial cutout in a pressure housing or working cylinder, and a spring energy store arrangement. The locking apparatus includes a first pressure region and a second pressure region, which are under elevated pressure when the circuit breaker is closed, and a third pressure region, which is unpressurized. The latching bolt can be arranged perpendicular to the working piston, via a latching apparatus, which can be arranged on a side of the latching bolt, which is to point towards the working piston and via the spring energy store arrangement, which is to be pushed away from the working piston.
US09791038B2	Control method of transmission for vehicle and control system for the same A method of controlling a transmission for a vehicle may include performing deceleration intention determination, by a controller, of determining an intention of a driver for deceleration based on whether a brake pedal signal is received by the controller, upon determining that the driver intends to decelerate, performing downshift determination, by the controller, of determining an intention of the driver to use engine braking based on whether manual downshift of a shifter is performed by the driver, upon determining that the driver intends to use the engine braking, performing continuous shifting determination, by the controller, of determining whether the driver intends to implement maximum engine braking through continuous shifting, and upon determining that the driver has the intention to implement the maximum engine braking, performing continuous shifting, by the controller, of implementing maximum engine braking by shifting to a lowest gear implementable under a current driving condition.
US09791020B2	V-ribbed belt with spaced rib flank reinforcement V-ribbed belts with spaced rib flank reinforcement and methods of making the same are disclosed. The V-ribbed belt comprises a compression section having at least one laterally spaced, longitudinally extending V-rib having first and second longitudinally extending flanks. The V-rib includes an elastomeric material having a dry coefficient of friction encapsulating a plurality of reinforcing bodies having a dry coefficient of friction that is less than that of the elastomeric material. The plurality of reinforcing bodies are arranged generally laterally within the V-rib such that at least a portion of the reinforcing bodies forms part of one or more of the first and second longitudinally extending flanks.
US09791017B2	Vehicle suspension with adjustment of vibration damping force A device for connecting the elastic elements and dissipaters of variable type of a mechanical suspension interposed between two vibrating or tilting mechanical systems, the source body and the receiving body, respectively, in order to reduce the forces acting on the receiving body, and/or the displacement thereof, and/or the speed thereof, or combinations of the previous physical magnitudes and/or of any other ones, which are produced on the receiving body due to the motion or forces to which the source is subjected. The device consists of elastic elements, such as metal components or compressed gases, energy dissipating elements, either by means of friction between fluid and solid, and between solid and solid, or by means of suitable electromagnetic couplings the damping ability of which can be automatically varied by a suitable control system according to the operating conditions of the suspension; elements forming the kinematic connection structure between the elastic elements, damping elements, source and receiving bodies, such connections being solid or fluid or electromagnetic connections.
US09791016B2	Liquid sealed mount [Object] To provide a durable liquid-sealed mount that allows a relative displacement between a stud and a housing, i.e., large strokes, has good cushioning properties, has good damping properties by inhibiting cavitation from generating even if high frequency vibration is introduced, and can still absorb small amplitude and high frequency vibration.[Solving Means] A liquid-sealed mount 1 is attached between a first member and a second member for controlling vibration introduced to the first member or the second member and includes a cup-shaped housing 10, a stud 20, a cap member 30, a diaphragm 40, highly viscous liquid 50, air, a movable damping plate 70, and a support member 80. The support member 80 is positioned between a lower end of the stud 20 or the movable damping plate 70 and the diaphragm 40 and transmits a load in a compression direction applied to the stud 20 to the diaphragm 40.
US09791015B2	Device for recovering energy A device recovers energy in working machines with at least one power drive actuated to move a load mass back and forth and with an energy storage system (16) absorbing the energy released in the movement of the load mass in one direction and making it available for a subsequent movement in the other direction. The energy storage system includes an accumulator cylinder (16) mechanically coupled to the load mass and storing pneumatic pressure energy for movement in one direction. For movement in the other direction, the accumulator cylinder acts as an auxiliary working cylinder supporting the power drive and converting the stored pressure energy into driving force.
US09791013B2	Anti-tilt feature for torsion spring for default-to-park lever In a default-to-park system for a transmission, a lever member has a cylindrical hub configured to rotate about a spindle. The lever member has a transverse plate including a lever arm connected to a park release actuator and to a link to a park pawl of the transmission. Under normal operation, a transmission controller shifts the actuator to turn the lever arm and release the park pawl so the transmission can rotate. In an absence of a signal from the controller to the actuator, a bias spring restores the lever arm so that the transmission is locked. The bias spring comprises torsion coils disposed over the hub, a fixed end, and a drive end. The drive end has a heel segment bearing against a transverse surface of the transverse plate facing the torsion coils and a loading hook wrapped around an edge of the transverse plate.
US09791004B2	Disc brake A disc brake includes a pair of end-side connector parts that connect a pair of cylinder parts across over a disc rotor, and an intermediate connector part that is installed between the end-side connector parts and that connects the pair of cylinder parts across over the disc rotor and brake pads. The brake pads are provided with protrusion segments that are formed at positions that are outer end sides in a rotor radial direction and that protrude in directions separated from middle portions of the brake pads in a rotor rotational direction, and the end-side connector parts are provided with pad engaging faces on which inner regions in the rotor radial direction of the protrusion segments are oppositely disposed and which are formed of the same member as a caliper main body.
US09790997B2	Assembly for preventing abuse of a pump mounted to a driver equipment An assembly for preventing abuse of a pump mounted to a driver equipment is provided. The driver equipment and the pump have a mutually intermeshed driver gear and a driven gear respectively. The assembly includes a coupler splined to a shaft of the pump and configured to transmit torque from the driven gear to the shaft. The assembly also includes fasteners that are configured to releasably fasten the coupler to an end face of the driven gear. The fasteners are configured to shear, and disconnect the coupler from the driven gear when a torque on the driven gear exceeds an operational torque of the pump.
US09790988B1	Self-adjusting bushing bearing having a springy element Self-adjusting bushing bearings having a springy element. The self-adjusting bushing bearing has a bearing subassembly that is configured to be received in a housing and also has a plurality of bearing segments that together are configured to receive a shaft therein. A springy element biases the plurality of bearing segments radially inwardly towards the shaft. The springy element is mated with at least one bearing segment in the plurality of bearing segments.
US09790976B2	Fastener An embodiment provides a fastener including a locking member and a pin member which are connected. The locking member has a pair of leg portions that are inserted into the mount hole and a flange portion that is brought into abutment with a portion of the mount-base member that lies on a circumference of the mount hole. The pin member has a head portion that is connected to the flange portion and an extending portion that extends from a rear side of the head portion. When the head portion of the pin member is forced into the locking member, a connection between the flange portion and the head portion is released, and the extending portion travels between the pair of leg portions to expand open the pair of leg portions or to restrict the pair of leg portions from moving towards each other.
US09790971B2	Pump control method The invention relates to a pump control method for the control of the operation of a pump system with at least two pump assemblies (2) which are arranged parallel or in series to one another. The method includes determining a specific total power ES of the complete pump system which defines a total power in relation to a hydraulic total load of the complete pump system, determining a specific individual power EP,n of each pump assembly (2) which defines an individual power in relation to the individual hydraulic load of the respective pump assembly (2), computing an individual load factor Egain,n for each pump assembly (2) according to the equation E gain , n = E S E P , n and adapting the individual hydraulic load (Qn; Hn) of the pump assemblies (2) in dependence on a desired hydraulic load (QD; HD) as well as on the individual load factor Egain,n of the respective pump assembly (2).
US09790965B2	Hydraulic system for construction machine, provided with protection device A hydraulic system for a construction machine having a protection device is disclosed, which can limit a flow rate of hydraulic fluid that is discharged from a hydraulic pump in accordance with a hydraulic fluid temperature and notify an operator of information on the hydraulic fluid temperature. The hydraulic system for a construction machine includes a hydraulic actuator operated by hydraulic fluid that is supplied from a hydraulic pump; a control valve installed in a flow path between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic actuator to control a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid that is supplied from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic actuator; an oil cooler installed in a return flow path from the control valve to an hydraulic fluid tank to cool the hydraulic fluid; a hydraulic fluid temperature sensor detecting in real time a hydraulic fluid temperature of the hydraulic fluid tank; a hydraulic pump regulator controlling a discharge flow rate of the hydraulic pump through adjustment of an inclination angle of a swash plate of the hydraulic pump; and a controller comparing the hydraulic fluid temperature detected by the hydraulic fluid temperature sensor with a predetermined hydraulic fluid temperature, and outputting a control signal to the hydraulic pump regulator so as to limit the discharge flow rate of the hydraulic pump to or below a predetermined flow rate if the detected hydraulic fluid temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined lower limit value, or equal to or higher than a predetermined upper limit value.
US09790961B2	Blower and method for decreasing eddy noise A blower and a method for decreasing eddy noise are provided. The blower includes a fan frame, a fan wheel, at least one induction element and a coil. The fan frame has in inlet and an outlet. The fan wheel is disposed in the fan frame and has a wheel hub and a plurality of fan blades connected to periphery of the wheel hub. The induction elements are fixed to the corresponding fan blades, the coil is disposed on the fan frame for driving the at least one induction element, such that the fan blade corresponding to the induction element swing back and forth to generate a vibration sound, and the vibration sound is counteracted with eddy noise generated when the fan wheel rotates. Moreover, the method for decreasing eddy noise is also provided.
US09790957B2	Air intake duct structure for centrifugal fluid machine An object is to provide an air intake duct structure for a centrifugal fluid machine, capable of swirling the fluid introduced into the impeller in the reverse direction to increase the pressure ratio when the flow rate is high and swirling the fluid in the forward direction to avoid a surging when the flow rate is low, as well as securing a wide operating range, without using mechanical means. The centrifugal fluid machine 1 includes an impeller 12 mounted to a rotation shaft and a housing 4 for housing the impeller 12. The air intake duct structure 10 is for directing a fluid “f” to a rotational center 12a of the impeller 12 housed in the housing 4 via an intake duct portion 4a of the housing 4 protruding in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, the fluid “f” flowing in a substantially orthogonal direction to a rotational axis line 3. The air intake duct structure 10 comprises an inflow part 14 extending in the substantially orthogonal direction to the rotation axis line 3 and a transition part 16 connecting the inflow part 14 and the intake duct portion 14a of the housing 4. There is a virtual plane 20 orthogonal to the rotational axis line 3 and passing through a flow path cross-section of the inflow part 14, where an intersection 22 of the virtual plane 20 and the rotational axis line 3 is positioned within the transition part 16.
US09790956B2	Turbocharger bearing housing There is provided a turbocharger bearing housing having no necessity to use a core and capable of achieving cost reduction. A bearing housing of a turbocharger contains a shaft connecting a turbine and a compressor and turnably supports the shaft. The bearing housing of the turbocharger is divided into a turbine-side housing disposed at a turbine side and a compressor-side housing disposed at a compressor side. The turbine-side housing and the compressor-side housing is subjected to machining to thereby form a cooling water passage for supplying cooling water and a lubricating oil passage for supplying lubricating oil.
US09790952B2	Seal monitoring and control system A seal monitoring and control system for a gas lubricated non-contacting seal includes various sensors providing signals to a programmable logic control system. The control system is disposed to determine a presence of an anomalous operating condition of the seal, for example, based on phase, relative position of rotor to stator or other signals in combination provided by the various sensors to provide an output signal, which in one embodiment performs at least one mitigating process to correct the anomalous operating condition by adjusting at least one operating parameter of the seal.
US09790948B2	Oscillating mechanism and ceiling fan using the same A ceiling fan with an oscillating mechanism includes a clutch member for adjusting the angle of oscillation according to a user's need. When the motor is actuated, the rotating torque induced by the motor and the transmission mechanism is less than the rotational resistance of the clutch member such that the motor may drive the fan to oscillate. Further, when the user applies an external rotational force greater than the rotational resistance of the clutch member, the user can swing the fan to any angle as desired without rotating or shifting other members except the fan and the fan suspension tube. In this manner, undesired damage of the mechanism or motor due to inappropriately applied external force can be avoided efficiently.
US09790947B2	Fan assembly A fan assembly has a support structure and a motor fixed to the support structure. The motor has a stator, an outer rotor and a controller. Components of the controller are in a thermal exchange relationship with a plate-like heat sink at one end of the stator. A fan, fixed to the rotor, has a hollow hub from which blades extend. Air flows through inlet openings in a front wall of the hub. The heat sink has a slit with an outer side, axially offset from the inner side. A portion of the heat sink forms a wing deflecting part of the air flow coming from the inlet openings through the slit to pass over the surface of the heat sink.
US09790946B2	Exhaust pump An exhaust pump includes: a cylindrical rotating member; an outer cylindrical fixed member; an inner cylindrical fixed member a helical inner thread groove exhaust passage provided between the cylindrical rotating member and the inner cylindrical fixed member; connecting opening portions that are opened in the cylindrical rotating member and that lead a part of gas existing in the vicinity of the outer periphery of the cylindrical rotating member towards the inner thread groove exhaust passage. A gap between an upstream end of the connecting opening portions and lowermost stage rotor blades provided at the outer periphery of the cylindrical rotating member which is located upstream of the connecting opening portions has a dimension equal to or greater than a dimension that enables insertion, into the gap, of a tool for opening the connecting opening portions.
US09790941B2	Compressor and bearing assembly A compressor is provided and may include a shell, a hub, an insert, and at least one collar. The hub may be disposed within the shell and define an axis of rotation. The hub may include an axially extending aperture. The insert may be disposed within the aperture. The at least one collar may be disposed about the hub.
US09790939B2	Peristaltic positive displacement pump apparatus A pump apparatus (1) comprises a pump head (2) and a container (20) for a liquid to be dispensed. The pump head (2) has a flexible dispensing tube (4) in fluid connection with the inside of the container (20). The fluid connection between the dispensing tube (4) and the inside of the container (20) is provided by a supply tube (28) which co-operates with the dispensing tube (4) to provide a non-return valve function. An end (48) of the supply tube (28) is disposed within an end of the dispensing tube (4) and the non-return valve function is provided by a hole (46) through a side wall of the supply tube (28) in a region where the dispensing tube (4) overlaps the supply tube, whereby the dispensing tube (4) provides a seal over the hole (46) to prevent ingress of fluid when the internal pressure is lower than the external pressure. Another aspect of the invention provides a container (20) for use in the pump apparatus.
US09790932B2	Translo-rotating actuated rotary valves for reciprocating compressors and related methods An actuated rotary valves for reciprocating compressors used in oil and gas industry, the valve including a stator with a stator opening, a rotor with a rotor opening, and an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism is configured to receive a rotation motion and to actuate the rotor to perform first an axial translation moving away from the stator and then a rotation. The actuation mechanism includes an outer shaft configured to receive the rotation motion, and an inner shaft inside the outer shaft and configured to rotate the rotor. The outer shaft is configured to rotate a predetermined angular displacement while pushing the rotor away from the stator before engaging the inner shaft to rotate together with the rotor.
US09790921B2	Method and system for adjusting a power parameter of a wind turbine A method for adjusting a power parameter of a wind turbine is disclosed. The method includes determining a load parameter indicative of a mechanical load of the wind turbine; estimating a turbulence of a wind speed based on the determined load parameter; and adjusting the power parameter relating to a power of the wind turbine based on the estimated turbulence. A system for adjusting a power parameter of a wind turbine is also described.
US09790913B2	Pitch and heave driven wave energy converter system including cable supported reaction masses A wave energy converter (WEC) buoy includes at least one pitch-driven WEC (“PDWEC”) device. Each PDWEC device includes two reaction masses which are placed at diametrically opposite ends of a container designed to float along the surface of a body of water and to move in response to the pitching motion of the waves. The reaction masses are interconnected so that when one reaction mass moves up, the diametrically opposed reaction mass moves down, and vice-versa. The movement of the reaction masses drives power take off (PTO) devices to produce useful energy. The reaction masses may be interconnected by any suitable linking system. One or more PDWEC device may be combined with a heave responsive device to produce a WEC buoy which can produce a power output in response to pitch or heave motion.
US09790908B2	Control device for common rail fuel injection device A common rail fuel injection device includes first and second flow rate regulating valves for regulating a delivery volume of a pressurized fuel feed pump that feeds pressurized fuel to a common rail, a pressure reducing valve for reducing a common rail pressure, and a control device. The control device for the common rail fuel injection device includes a first drive controlling unit that controls a first electromagnetic driving unit for the second flow rate regulating valve and a second electromagnetic driving unit for the pressure reducing valve, and a second drive controlling unit that controls a third electromagnetic driving unit for the first flow rate regulating valve. The first drive controlling unit prohibits a drive instruction from being sent to the second flow rate regulating valve when the first drive controlling unit sends a drive instruction to the pressure reducing valve.
US09790907B2	Injection device for an internal combustion engine The invention relates to an injection device for an internal combustion engine, comprising a needle and an armature, which is operatively connected to the needle in such a way that a movement of the needle can be produced by movement of the armature, the armature having at least one passage bore, through which fuel can be conducted to a needle tip, characterized in that a longitudinal axis of the needle and a longitudinal axis of the passage bore are oriented askew in relation to each other.
US09790906B2	High pressure gasoline injector seat to reduce particle emissions A fuel injector has a seat and at least one seat passage. The seat includes an outer tip surface through which the seat passage extends. Fin structure is provided in the outer tip surface and is constructed and arranged to increase a surface area of the outer tip surface as compared to a surface area of the outer tip surface absent the fin structure. The outer tip surface, including the fin structure, is constructed and arranged to be heated by combustion gases so that the outer tip surface reaches a temperature greater than a temperature that the outer tip surface would reach absent the fin structure, so as to cause evaporation of fuel that contacts the outer tip surface.
US09790900B2	Air cleaner structure for blocking inflowing of debris and operation method thereof An air cleaner structure for blocking an inflow of debris to prevent the debris from inflowing into an engine intake passage of an air cleaner housing when replacing a filter includes a rotator fixing the filter and a filter cover to the air cleaner housing and generating a rotating force to open and close the engine intake passage. An engine intake passage door opens and closes the engine intake passage by the rotating force of the rotator. A connector has one end connected to the rotator and another end connected to the engine intake passage door to deliver the rotating force to the engine intake passage door.
US09790899B2	EGR cooling system An exhaust gas cooler and method of cooling are provided. The exhaust gas cooler includes an inlet and outlet manifold and respectively including inlet and outlet openings and respectively positioned at a first and second end of the cooler. The exhaust gas cooler includes a plurality of conduits coupled to the inlet and outlet manifold and also includes at least one side wall coupled to the inlet and outlet manifold around the plurality of conduits, such that the plurality of conduits are disposed in a region between the at least one side wall and the inlet and outlet manifold. The at least one sidewall includes a first coolant inlet opening and a first coolant outlet opening each adjacent a first end of the exhaust gas cooler, a second coolant inlet opening, and a second coolant outlet opening. The exhaust gas cooler includes a bypass conduit positioned outside of the region.
US09790887B2	Protection device for preventing automobile engines from abnormal starts and control method thereof A protection device for preventing automobile engines from abnormal starts comprises automobile batteries (10), a start motor (20) and a control circuit (30) disposed therebetween. The control circuit (30) comprises a main control unit MCU1, a start switch (31), a start relay (321) and a power supply relay (322), the coil of the start relay (321) being connected to the automobile batteries (10) through the normally closed contact of the power supply relay (322). The start relay in the present invention is connected to the batteries rather than directly but through the normally closed contact of the power supply relay. In addition to being controlled by the main control unit, the start relay is also controlled by the power supply relay, thereby providing additional insurance and more effective protection so as to avoid the damage of the start motor due to erroneous actions.
US09790882B2	Individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control device of internal combustion engine An individual cylinder air-fuel ratio estimation of estimating an air-fuel ratio of an individual cylinder is performed on a sensed value of an air-fuel ratio sensor set in an exhaust gas collection part of an engine, and an individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control of controlling the air-fuel ratio of the individual cylinder is performed in such a way that a variation in the air-fuel ratio between the cylinders becomes small on the basis of an estimated air-fuel ratio of the individual cylinder. Further, it is determined whether or not a misfire of the engine is caused and when it is determined that the misfire of the engine is caused, the individual cylinder air-fuel ratio estimation and the individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control are stopped and an individual cylinder correction value by the individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control is reset. In this way, it is possible to avoid the individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control from being performed continuously as usual in a state where the air-fuel ratio of the individual cylinder cannot be controlled correctly due to the effect of the misfire.
US09790879B2	Controller for starting vehicular direct-injection engine A start control device of a vehicular direct injection engine provided in a vehicle is configured to execute an ignition start to raise rotation of the direct injection engine at a start of the direct injection engine by fuel injection and multiple sparking performed for a predetermined cylinder in an expansion stroke out of multiple cylinders of the direct injection engine, the start control device of a vehicular direct injection engine reduces the number of times of sparking for the predetermined cylinder at the time of an ignition start of the direct injection engine as compared to an ignition start performed before the current ignition start based on ignition timing of the ignition start performed before the current ignition start.
US09790876B2	Advanced exhaust gas recirculation fueling control For exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) fueling control, at least one donor cylinder of a plurality of cylinders in an engine provides exhaust gas to an air intake for the plurality of cylinders. A fuel variable restriction initially provides fuel concurrent with an intake stroke for the at least one donor cylinder in response to a transition from withholding the fuel to the plurality of cylinders.
US09790875B2	Evaporative fuel processing apparatus An evaporative fuel processing apparatus executes a purge process when a predetermined purge condition is satisfied. A precondition, which is satisfied immediately before the satisfaction of the purge condition, is set. An operation of a purge pump is started at the time of satisfying the precondition. Thereafter, when the purge condition is satisfied, the purge valve is opened to execute the purge process. In this way, the time required for the purge pump to reach a rated rotational speed upon satisfaction of the purge condition can be shortened. Thus, the operating time period of the purge pump can be shortened, and the response delay of the purge can be avoided. That is, it is possible to limit shortage of the purge amount caused by the response delay.
US09790870B2	Method for processing a signal supplied by a bi-directional sensor and corresponding device A method and device for processing a signal (CRK) provided by a bidirectional sensor, the method includes the following steps: generation of a first signal (CRK_CNT) utilizing all the slots of the signal provided by the sensor, generation of a second signal (CRK_FW) utilizing the slots corresponding to a first direction of transit, generation of a third signal (CRK_BW) utilizing the slots corresponding to a second direction of transit, connection of the first signal to the input of the first electronic component, connection of the second and third signals to a second component, detection by the second component of edges of the signals received, change of the value of the predefined threshold (THMI) in the first component upon each detection of an edge.
US09790864B2	Prognostic health management approaches for propulsion control system A real-time gas turbine management system includes a controller system coupled to a gas turbine engine. The controller system is configured to control demand on a first and second component of a gas turbine engine. The controller system is configured to identify a set point reference of the first component, identify a set point reference of the second component, and identify a data set indicative of a level of deterioration of the gas turbine engine. The controller system is also configured to change the set point reference of the first component to extend a lifespan of the gas turbine engine and/or change the set point reference of the second component to extend the lifespan of the gas turbine engine.
US09790858B2	Intake-air cooling device An intake-air cooling device is disposed on a rear-stage side of a pre-filter disposed on an intake-air inlet side of an intake-air duct for guiding intake air taken in from an intake-air inlet to a compressor, for cooling the intake air by spraying water to the intake air. The intake-air cooling device includes a plurality of nozzles configured to spray the water to the intake air, a plurality of water conduit pipes including the plurality of nozzles arranged in an axial direction of the plurality of water conduit pipes, and a plurality of supply pumps configured to supply the water to a corresponding one of the plurality of water conduit pipes. Each of the plurality of water conduit pipes is an endless member which has a different perimeter.
US09790841B2	Vehicle exhaust heat recovery system and method An exhaust heat recovery system may include a coolant circulation circuit arranged to connect an engine, an exhaust heat exchanger, a radiator, a water-cooled intercooler, and a sub-radiator, and controls each valve arranged on a passage which connects the engine, the exhaust heat exchanger, the radiator, the water-cooled intercooler, and the sub-radiator to the coolant circulation circuit according to the coolant temperature so as to control temperatures of coolant and intake air, thereby enabling the engine to be rapidly warmed up.
US09790840B2	Fluid flow control device and method A fluid flow control device controls flow of coolant in a motor vehicle motor cooling system. The flow control device includes first and second coolant inlets and first and second coolant outlets. The flow control device is operable selectively to direct coolant flowing into the device to flow out from the flow device through one or both of the first and second outlets in dependence on a temperature of fluid flowing through the device.
US09790838B2	Engine cooling system An engine cooling system for cooling a cylinder head and a cylinder block separately may include a cylinder block having cylinders arranged from a front side to a rear side of an engine with a block water jacket formed therein around the cylinders, a cylinder head fastened to a top side of the cylinder block with a head water jacket formed therein from the front side to the rear side of the engine, a water pump mounted to a front side of the cylinder block for pumping coolant to a front of the block water jacket, and a coolant control valve arranged in a rear side of the cylinder block and the cylinder head to have a first end connected to a rear end of the block water jacket and a second end connected to a rear end of the head water jacket for having the coolant supplied thereto.
US09790824B2	Lost motion valve actuation systems with locking elements including wedge locking elements A system for actuating one or more engine valves comprises a lost motion assembly including locking elements to selectively lock and unlock a locking mechanism disposed within a valve train such that motions may be likewise selectively applied to, or prevented from being applied to, one or more engine valves. In an embodiment, the locking elements comprise wedges having at least one wedge inclined surface defined according to a cone frustum and configured to engage an outer recess formed in a housing, the outer recess comprising an outer recess inclined surface also defined according to the cone frustum. The device may comprise a locking mechanism disposed within a housing bore in the housing and a snubber also disposed in the housing bore. Furthermore, the outer recess may be configured to permit movement of the locking element along a longitudinal axis of the housing bore.
US09790812B2	Fluid film conical or hemispherical floating ring bearings A turbocharger is provided with an improved bearing which is formed as a floating ring bearing or a semi-floating ring bearing having a conical or hemispherical shape which supports both journal and thrust loads. The floating ring bearing may have conical floating ring bearings (70), (100), (180) that define inner and outer conical bearing surfaces (71), (108), (185) and (72), (109), (186) which cooperate on the inside with corresponding conical journals (75/76), (111/112), (187/188) that rotate with the shaft (53), and cooperate on the outside with a stationary bearing housing (52) to form inner and outer fluid films. Alternatively, the floating ring bearing may have a pair of hemispherical floating ring bearings (85), (140), (210) that have hemispherical inner and outer bearing surfaces (86), (144), (211) and (87), (145), (212) which form inner and outer fluid films. A semi-floating ring bearing may also be provided with these structures.
US09790809B2	Damper for stator assembly A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, at least one stator vane including a platform, a seal member connected to the platform, and a damper between the platform and the seal member. The damper includes a plurality of first fingers and a plurality of second fingers, which are provided in an alternating arrangement.
US09790806B2	Case with vane retention feature One exemplary aspect of this disclosure relates to an assembly for a gas turbine engine having an engine axis. The assembly includes a case including an integrally formed projection configured to extend transverse to the engine axis. The assembly further includes an engine component including a flange configured for contact with the projection to limit motion of the component along the engine axis.
US09790799B2	Gas turbine airfoil A gas turbine airfoil is provided that is superior in the cooling performance of an end wall and in the thermal efficiency of a gas turbine. A gas turbine airfoil includes an airfoil portion having a cooling passage therein; and an end wall portion located at an inner band end portion of the airfoil portion in the turbine-radial direction. Cooling holes are disposed in the leading edge side hook portion of the end wall portion. The plurality of cooling holes are arranged at different distance of intervals in the circumferential direction of the gas turbine. Cooling air that has flowed in the cooling passage is configured to flow from the cooling holes toward the leading edge of the end wall portion.
US09790797B2	Subsonic swept fan blade A gas turbine engine includes a spool, a turbine coupled to drive the spool, a propulsor coupled to be driven at a at a design speed by the turbine through the spool, and a gear assembly coupled between the propulsor and the spool. Rotation of the turbine drives the propulsor at a different speed than the spool. The propulsor includes a hub and a row of propulsor blades that extend from the hub. Each of the propulsor blades includes an airfoil body. The leading edge of the airfoil body has a swept profile such that, at the design speed, a component of a relative velocity vector of a working gas that is normal to the leading edge is subsonic along the entire radial span.
US09790795B2	Wind turbine blade, wind power generation system including the same, and method for designing wind turbine blade A wind turbine blade includes a blade body whose chord length increases from a blade tip toward a blade root. The blade body includes a blade tip region located near the blade tip and whose chord length increases gradually toward the blade root, the blade tip region having a substantially constant first design lift coefficient, a maximum-chord-length position located near the blade root and having a maximum chord length, the maximum-chord-length position having a second design lift coefficient higher than the first design lift coefficient, and a transition region located between the blade tip region and the maximum-chord-length position. The transition region has a design lift coefficient increasing gradually from the first design lift coefficient to the second design lift coefficient in a direction from the blade tip toward the blade root.
US09790790B2	Chisel device and wear-protected chisel for ground milling machines The present invention relates to a chisel device for a ground milling machine, comprising a chisel holder having a mounting orifice and a milling chisel, wherein the milling chisel has a basic body of, in particular, a uniform material and has a shaft and a tool region, said shaft being held, under working conditions, in the mounting orifice while the tool region (P) protrudes, under working conditions, from the chisel holder, wherein said milling chisel has a wear protection cap consisting of carbide and having a tip and a protective jacket, wherein the wear protection cap is positioned on the tool region (P) in such a manner that it covers at least 70% of the external surface of the tool region (P). The present invention also relates to a milling chisel for such a chisel device.
US09790788B2	Apparatus and method for predicting properties of earth formations A method of predicting a property of an earth formation includes: injecting a fluid into at least one pre-existing feature of the formation at a plurality of constant pressures or flow rates; measuring a response from the at least one pre-existing feature at each of the plurality of constant pressures or flow rates; and estimating at least one property of the at least one pre-existing feature based on the response. An apparatus for predicting a property of an earth formation is also disclosed.
US09790786B2	Backbone network architecture and network management scheme for downhole wireless communications system A network management system for a wireless communications network adaptively selects wireless modems to use in communicating messages between a control system and downhole equipment. The wireless modems are selected based on a monitored signal to noise ratio. The network management system may be centralized within the network or within a surface control system or can be decentralized so that a plurality of the wireless modems can adaptively determine routing in the network. The network management systems can be used in conjunction with a backbone network architecture to achieve further efficiencies in network throughput.
US09790783B2	Determining the depth and orientation of a feature in a wellbore The invention relates to a device for determining the depth and orientation of a feature in a wellbore, and to a corresponding method. It also relates to a downhole apparatus for performing an operation in a well comprising a device for determining the depth and orientation of a feature in a wellbore and a device for performing the operation. In an embodiment, a downhole device (42) for determining the depth and orientation of a feature (24, 26, 28) in a wellbore (12) containing a ferrous tubing (14) is disclosed, the device comprising: at least one magnetic field sensor (44) for monitoring the inherent magnetic field of the ferrous tubing so that the presence of the feature can be detected; and at least one orientation sensor (48) for determining the orientation of the device within the wellbore. An output from the at least one magnetic field sensor is correlated with an output from the at least one orientation sensor so that the orientation of the feature detected by the at least one magnetic field sensor within the wellbore can be determined.
US09790781B2	Coiled tubing downhole tool A method and system for determining information about a wellbore with coiled tubing. A downhole device may be positioned within coiled tubing and run down the wellbore to determine diagnostic information about a location with the wellbore. The downhole device may store diagnostic information in a storage device that may be analyzed when the device is returned to the surface. A downhole device may be connected to the end of a string of coiled tubing that includes a diagnostic device and memory sealed in a chamber. A flow path past the chamber is in communication with the coiled tubing string permitting the flow of fluid past the chamber. A downhole device including a diagnostic device may be connected to a recess in an exterior of a coiled tubing string.
US09790779B2	Gas separator with inlet tail pipe An oil and gas well gas separator that operates in conjunction with an isolation means and a tail pipe to reduce the pressure gradient of the well fluids flowing up the tailpipe, to thereby reduce the well's producing bottom hole pressure.
US09790774B2	Generating and maintaining conductivity of microfractures in tight formations by generating gas and heat Methods for creating or enhancing a fracture in a subterranean formation include introducing a pad fluid into a formation at a rate and pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one fracture therein. The pad fluid can include a pad base fluid, micro-proppant particulates, a gas-generating chemical, and an activator, and wherein either the gas-generating chemical or the activator or both are encapsulated. The methods can include placing the micro-proppant particulates, etc. into the fracture; releasing the activator from its encapsulation; reacting the gas-generating chemical and the activator in the fracture so as to generate gas and heat, thereby creating or enhancing at least one microfracture therein; introducing a fracturing fluid into the formation, wherein the fracturing fluid comprises a fracturing base fluid and macro-proppant particulates and placing the macroproppant particulates into the fracture so as to form a proppant pack therein.
US09790772B2	Plunger lift apparatus An improved bypass valve assembly for a plunger lift apparatus comprises a bypass valve cage having improved flow characteristics and a simplified clutch assembly having enhanced durability and low cost.
US09790769B2	Method of selecting drill bits A method for selecting at least one drill bit that includes characterizing an application; checking for at least one drill bit with an equivalent characterization in a data store; when the at least one drill bit with the equivalent characterization exists, selecting the at least one drill bit with the equivalent characterization; and when the at least one drill bit with the equivalent characterization does not exist, recommending at least one drill bit, making an analysis request, analyzing the at least one recommended drill bit based on the analysis request, generating analysis results, and selecting at least one drill bit based on the analysis results is disclosed.
US09790762B2	Corrodible wellbore plugs and systems and methods including the same Corrodible wellbore plugs, systems and methods are disclosed herein. The methods include flowing a corrodible wellbore plug that is at least partially formed from a corrodible metal to a downhole location within a wellbore conduit and retaining the corrodible wellbore plug at the downhole location by operatively engaging an engagement structure with a wellbore tubular that defines the wellbore conduit. The methods include pressurizing a portion of the wellbore conduit uphole from the corrodible wellbore plug and flowing a corrosive reservoir fluid from the subterranean formation into contact with the corrodible metal to release the corrodible wellbore plug from the downhole location. The methods also may include removing the wellbore plug without utilizing a drill-out process. The systems include a corrodible wellbore plug that includes a plug body and a retention mechanism, which includes a slip ring formed from the corrodible metal and that includes the engagement structure.
US09790758B2	Apparatus and methods for mechanically coupling a sealing system around the opening to cellar formed around a hydrocarbon exploration or production well Apparatus useful for providing a liquid-tight seal around cellar formed around a hydrocarbon exploration or production well includes a reusable load-supporting surface having at least two mats surrounding and spaced-away from the borehole opening. At least one spanner is configured to extend between the cellar wall and mats. At least one elongated spanner support is used to mechanically couple one or more spanners to the cellar wall. At least one elongated lip support is used to mechanically couple one or more spanners to the mats.
US09790754B2	Plugging of a flow passage in a subterranean well A method of plugging a flow passage in a well can include conveying a plug into an isolation tool in the well, and then contracting a plug seat of the isolation tool. An isolation tool for plugging a flow passage in a subterranean well can include a piston, and a longitudinally displaceable plug seat. The plug seat longitudinally displaces in response to displacement of the piston. Another method of plugging a flow passage can include conveying a plug into an isolation tool in the well, and then longitudinally displacing a plug seat of the isolation tool, thereby radially contracting the plug seat.
US09790751B2	Drilling rig employing top drive An apparatus includes a carriage movable along a drilling tower, a linking member pivotally coupled to the carriage, at least one actuator extending between the carriage and the linking member to pivot the linking member between first and second pivot positions, and a top drive pivotally coupled to the linking member. According to another aspect, an apparatus includes a drilling tower, a carriage movably coupled to the drilling tower, a linking member pivotally coupled to the carriage to permit the linking member to pivot between first and second pivot positions, and a top drive extending longitudinally in a parallel relation to the drilling tower, the top drive being pivotally coupled to the linking member to permit the top drive to continue to extend longitudinally in a parallel relation to the drilling tower when the linking member pivots between the first and second pivot positions.
US09790750B1	Handling tool with integrated sensor for real time monitoring during operation A handling tool is disclosed that includes a body having a high-stress location, a pocket formed in the high stress location, and a sensor adhered to a surface of the pocket and oriented along an axis of the body. The high stress location may be in a hinged plate of the body, a door latch of the body, and/or adjacent an ear of the body.
US09790746B2	Method of forming polycrystalline compacts including metallic alloy compositions in interstitial spaces between grains of hard material Polycrystalline compacts include a polycrystalline material comprising a plurality of inter-bonded grains of hard material, and a metallic material disposed in interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded grains of hard material. At least a portion of the metallic material comprises a metal alloy that includes two or more elements. A first element of the two or more elements comprises at least one of cobalt, iron, and nickel. A second element of the two or more elements comprises at least one of dysprosium, yttrium, terbium, gadolinium, germanium, samarium, neodymium, and praseodymium. The metal alloys may comprise eutectic or near-eutectic compositions, and may have relatively low melting points. Cutting elements and earth-boring tools include such polycrystalline compacts. Methods include the formation of such polycrystalline compacts, cutting elements, and earth-boring tools.
US09790734B1	Interior reinforcing structure for a door and method of installing an interior reinforcing structure in a door A reinforcing structure for a door includes a first region constructed from a first grade of corrugated paperboard and second and third regions constructed from a second grade of corrugated paperboard. The first region may be expandable and the second and third regions may be non-expandable. A method for installing the reinforcing structure in a door having a frame and two opposed skins with recessed areas includes installing the reinforcing structure on the surfaces of the recessed areas between the skins.
US09790731B1	Fenestration units with spacer blocks and methods of manufacturing the same Fenestration units with spacer blocks and methods of manufacturing the same are described herein. The fenestration units may include shim wedges that cooperate with the spacer blocks to raise the fenestration unit within a rough opening.
US09790729B2	Detecting objects within a vehicle in connection with a service A system for monitoring a vehicle used in providing a service is disclosed. The system detects when the service is complete, and upon detecting that the service is complete, the system determines, from one or more sensors of the vehicle, that an object which should have been removed from the vehicle after completion of the transport service, remains in the vehicle. The system then automatically initiates performance of a remedial action.
US09790728B2	Single-rail window regulator assembly A single-rail window regulator for moving a side window of a vehicle in an upward direction and in a downward direction includes a guide rail defining and a carrier plate having a central guide structure for movably engaging the guide rail, a first lateral extension extending to a first lateral side of the guide rail, and a second lateral extension extending to a second lateral side of the guide rail body opposite the first lateral side. The carrier plate has a first cable attachment pocket on the first lateral extension and a second cable attachment pocket on the second lateral extension. Accordingly, the two attachment pockets are arranged on opposite lateral sides. As one cable end pulls the carrier plate upward and the other cable end pulls the carrier plate downward, the arrangement causes torques in the same rotational direction, even when reversing the direction of movement.
US09790716B2	Opposed hook sliding door lock A sliding door lock system has a centrally-disposed operator. The operator has a casing with a trigger retractably extended from the casing. An operator mechanism disposed in the casing is operatively engaged with the trigger. A lock remotely disposed from the operator has a housing. A pair of opposed locking hooks extend from the housing and a spring biases each hook into an unlocked position. A block pivotably connected to the housing is configured to engage the hooks when the hooks are in a locked position. An elongate member operably connects the operator mechanism to the block.
US09790714B1	Locking cover assembly for preventing unauthorized access to a utility shut off valve A security cover assembly for limiting access to a utility shut off valve through an open topped curb box, including a security screw extending through a hole in a cover member, the cover member configured to cover the open top of the curb box to enabling moving of the clamping plate up and down in the curb box by rotation of the security screw in respective opposite directions. A cutout into the clamping plate perimeter allows the clamping plate to be lowered to a level in the curb box beneath a flange projecting radially inwardly from an outer wall of the curb box. In the lowered position, the clamping plate may be rotated with the cover assembly to position a portion of the clamping plate beneath an underside of the flange. The clamping plate is thereafter elevated to be engaged with the underside of the flange upon rotation of the security screw in a direction raising the clamping plate. Rotation of the cover assembly back in the opposite direction to align the cutout in the clamping plate with the flange can be done once the clamping plate is lowered out of engagement with the underside of the flange by rotation of the security screw in an opposite direction, allowing the cover assembly to be lifted out of the curb box and thereby permitting access to the shut off valve.
US09790704B2	Composite structural support arm A fiber-reinforced composite structure, such as a cross arm for use in the power industry, having a rectangular outer cross-sectional shape and an inner hollow core having a curvilinear cross-sectional shape.
US09790695B1	Operation resume functions for implement control systems and methods utilizing relative positioning A control system for controlling operation of an implement based, at least, on a pre-determined implement control plan, includes a relative positioning system, a controller, and one or more actuators. The relative positioning system is configured for determining positioning of the and utilize input from perception sensors to determine relative positioning signals. The controller is configured to determine a resume position for a next operation of the implement based on the predetermined implement control plan and at least one of the relative positioning signals and an end position of a previous operation of the implement. The controller may further be configured to determine implement control signals based on, at least, the resume position. The one or more actuators are each operatively associated with one or both of the implement and machine and configured to receive the implement control signals and position the implement based on the implement control signals.
US09790688B2	Apparatus, system and method for detecting defects in building structures An apparatus, system and method for detecting defects in building structures is provided. The apparatus includes a detector operable to determine an indication of the defect; and a transmitter operable to wirelessly transmit the indication from the apparatus to a central controller. The system includes the detection unit; a locator operable to determine the location of the detection unit; and a memory for storing the indication and the location in association with each other. The memory may be part of a central controller in wireless communication with the detection unit. The apparatus or central controller may include a processor operable to determine from a plurality of measurements performed by the detection unit a resultant measurement vector indicating a direction from the detection unit toward the defect. The detection unit may be operable to autonomously change its location. A display showing resultant measurement vectors at various locations can be produced.
US09790683B1	System for installing ceiling sheets in buildings A tensioned panel extended insulation system includes a support structure, a panel support structure and a pair of insulation panels. A telescoping tube extended insulation system includes a support structure and a ceiling sheet material. A rafter clip may be attached to a rafter for attachment of an end of the support structure. A cable arched telescoping tube extended insulation system includes an arched support structure, an adjustable spacer, a cable and the ceiling sheet material. A bar joist extended insulation system includes a support structure, an insulation support structure and an ceiling sheet material. A bar joist extended insulation system may be arched. A system for installing ceiling sheet material in buildings preferably includes either two roller supports or two sheave supports, a middle section, a first end section and a second end section. A rotary strut could also be used to replace an existing strut.
US09790676B2	Delayed shutoff device A delayed shutoff device comprises a conduit configured to allow a fluid to flow through, wherein the conduit includes a conduit start and a conduit end. The device further comprises a plug configured to be placed inside the conduit at the conduit start; move inside the conduit from the conduit start toward the conduit end when the fluid flows through the conduit; and reduce the fluid flow upon reaching the conduit end. The device is configured to allow a pass-through quantity of the fluid to pass through the conduit while the plug moves from the conduit start to the conduit end. The conduit end may form a seat, the plug being configured to stop moving upon reaching the seat. The plug may be configured to fit the seat imperfectly, to allow a seepage of the fluid after reaching the seat.
US09790674B1	Portable sink with removable water plate A work table is converted to a portable sink by joining the work table to a faucet spigot for connection to a water source. A removable water plate has a rear wall that extends upwardly from the upper surface of the water plate. The water plate further defines an opening that directs liquid(s) (e.g., water) to a drain. The rear wall of the water plate is removably insertable into a space or gap in a back wall of the table or work surface to mount the water plate between the faucet spigot and the work surface. A cassette defining an internal compartment that leads to a drain may be mounted to a back surface of the back wall of the work table. When a cassette is so mounted, the rear wall of the water plate then may be held inside the cassette, slidably engaged between a rod support inside the cassette and an internal wall of the cassette.
US09790655B1	System and method of stabilizing soil The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for injecting a composition into soil. The composition is passed under pressure into a filler tube housed within an expandable element situated in a first hole. When the composition is pumped, therein the filler tube is raised and, the expandable element expands when the composition fills the expandable element, thereby solidifying the adjacent soil. Further, due to expansion, the structure above the ground is lifted. The rate of pumping the composition into the filler tube is determined by pressure of the composition, the type of soil, or by the chemical reaction detected by a first sensor and/or a second sensor present in a second or third hole. The material injected into the ground improves the soils beneath a structure, such as a house to create a resistance once the material permeates the soil and expands.
US09790647B2	Artificial turf edging system and method A method and system for providing an artificial turf edge. In one embodiment, the system includes: a main body portion having a bottom surface, an interior side surface, an exterior side surface and a top surface; an anchoring portion extending downwardly from the bottom surface, wherein the anchoring portion is configured to be driven downwardly into a ground surface to anchor the main body portion to the ground surface; and a plurality of artificial turf blades extending outwardly from the exterior side surface.
US09790646B2	Base for turf system An underlayment layer is configured to support an artificial turf assembly. The underlayment layer comprises a core with a top side and a bottom side. The top side has a plurality of spaced apart, upwardly oriented projections that define channels suitable for fluid flow along the top side of the core when the underlayment layer is positioned beneath an overlying artificial turf assembly.
US09790645B2	Structural underlayment support system and panel for use with paving and flooring elements A paving system for paving or flooring includes a top layer of a plurality of paving elements, and an underlayment support layer of a polymeric material configured into panels. The panels are suitable to support the paving elements, the panels having a generally planar support surface.
US09790638B2	Clothes treatment apparatus and control method thereof A clothes treatment apparatus (100) and a control method thereof are disclosed. The clothes treatment apparatus (100) includes a cabinet (1) closed by a door (3) and an accommodation space (2) provided in the cabinet (1), consisting for example of a first accommodation space (21) and a second accommodation space (23), wherein a mechanism chamber (25) is provided. The clothes treatment apparatus (100) includes a fixed nozzle device (4) comprising heated air supply holes (41), steam supply holes (43) and detergent supply holes (45) and a moving nozzle device (5) which reciprocates along a guide part (51). Clothes are held by a hanger (7) in the accommodation space (2).
US09790637B2	Washing machine and method of manufacturing door thereof A washing machine having a door with an improved structure may include a cabinet, a laundry port, a tub that is disposed in the cabinet, a drum that is disposed in the tub, and a door that opens and closes the laundry port. The door may include a door cover placed at an outer side of the door when the door closes the laundry port, and a decoration member coupled to the door cover so that at least a portion of the decoration member is projected onto the door cover. The door having the improved structure may be manufactured without the necessity of performing post-processing and a molding cost may be reduced.
US09790629B2	Microporous composite sheet material A moisture vapor permeable, water impermeable composite sheet material is provided which is suitable for use as a housewrap material, and is also useful for other applications such as tarpaulins, or as covers for automobile, boats, patio furniture or the like. The composite sheet material includes a nonwoven substrate and an extrusion-coated polyolefin film layer overlying one surface of the substrate. The nonwoven substrate is comprised of polymeric fibers randomly disposed and bonded to one another to form a high tenacity nonwoven web. The nonwoven substrate has a grab tensile strength of at least 178 Newtons (40 pounds) in at least one of the machine direction (MD) or the cross-machine direction (CD). The extrusion coated polyolefin film layer is intimately bonded to the nonwoven substrate. The film layer has micropores formed therein to impart to the composite sheet material a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of at least 35 g/m2/24 hr. at 50% relative humidity and 23° C. and a hydrostatic head of at least 55 cm. In one embodiment, the nonwoven substrate comprises a spunbonded nonwoven fabric formed of randomly disposed substantially continuous polypropylene filaments. The spunbonded nonwoven fabric is an area bonded fabric in which the filaments are bonded to one another throughout the fabric at locations where the randomly disposed filaments overlie or cross one another.
US09790620B1	Method of reducing work function in carbon coated LaB6 cathodes A method to reduce the work function of a carbon-coated lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) cathode wherein the exposed tip of the cathode is exposed to moisture between two heat treatments is provided. The work function may be reduced by 0.01 eV or more.
US09790619B2	Method of producing high quality silicon carbide crystal in a seeded growth system A method is disclosed for producing a high quality bulk single crystal of silicon carbide in a seeded growth system by reducing the separation between a silicon carbide seed crystal and a seed holder until the conductive heat transfer between the seed crystal and the seed holder dominates the radiative heat transfer between the seed crystal and the seed holder over substantially the entire seed crystal surface that is adjacent the seed holder.
US09790616B2	Method of fabricating bulk group III nitride crystals in supercritical ammonia In one instance, the invention provides a group III nitride crystal having a first side exposing nitrogen polar c-plane of single crystalline or highly oriented polycrystalline group III nitride and a second side exposing group III polar surface, polycrystalline phase, or amorphous phase of group III nitride. Such structure is useful as a seed crystal for ammonothermal growth of bulk group III nitride crystals. The invention also discloses the method of fabricating such crystal. The invention also discloses the method of fabricating a bulk crystal of group III nitride by ammonothermal method using such crystal.
US09790604B2	Replacement component for electrolyser flanges The invention relates to a cell of a modular electrolyzer having a frame-shaped flange formed by two superposed elements, welded along the internal periphery in order to increase the local flange thickness in a portion of higher exposure to corrosion, for the sake of improving its resistance. A method of repairing electrolysis cells having a frame-shaped flange formed by two superposed elements by removing and replacing only the outermost frame, more subject to corrosion, is also described.
US09790593B2	Scratch-resistant materials and articles including the same Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a coating material comprising silicon and/or aluminum, hydrogen and any two or more of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and fluorine. The coating material exhibits a hardness of about 17 GPa or greater and an optical band gap of about 3.5 eV or greater. In some embodiments, the coating material includes, in atomic %, silicon and/or aluminum in an amount of about 40 or greater, hydrogen in an amount in the range from about 1 to about 25, nitrogen in an amount of about 30 or greater, oxygen in an amount in the range from about 0 to about 7.5, and carbon in an amount in the range from about 0 to about 10. The coating material may optionally include fluorine and/or boron. Articles including the coating material are also described and exhibit an average transmittance of about 85% or greater over an optical wavelength regime in the range from about 380 nm to about 720 nm and colorlessness.
US09790583B2	High temperature nitriding of titanium parts A method and apparatus for manufacturing a part. The part may be positioned in a chamber. The part may be comprised of a metal and may be a positioned part. A gas containing nitrogen may be sent into the chamber. An electromagnetic field may be generated in the chamber with the gas. The electromagnetic field may heat a portion of the metal in the positioned part to a temperature from about 60 percent to about 99 percent of the melting point of the metal such that the portion of the metal has a desired hardness. The portion of the metal may extend from a surface of the positioned part to a selected depth from the surface.
US09790576B2	Titanium or titanium alloy plate excellent in balance between press formability and strength Disclosed is a titanium or titanium alloy plate rolled in one direction, wherein a lubricating film is coated on the surface and the coefficient of sliding friction of the lubricating film-coated surface is controlled to less than 0.15. The elongation (L-El) of the titanium or titanium alloy plate in the rolling direction and the r value (T-r) in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction have the following relation (1). (T-r)/(L-El)≧0.07 (1)
US09790572B2	Co-current and counter current resin-in-leach in gold leaching processes A method and system are provided in which a gold and/or silver-collecting resin-in-leach circuit comprises both co-current and counter-current sections.
US09790571B2	Process for removing uranium in copper concentrate via magnetic separation The present invention describes a process for removing uranium from a copper concentrate by magnetic separation (low and high field) to reduce the uranium content to commercially acceptable levels.
US09790570B2	Apparatus and method for the thermal treatment of lump or agglomerated material An apparatus for the thermal treatment of lump or agglomerated material in a firing machine includes a travelling grate configured to convey the material through the firing machine. A firing chamber has a ceiling and side walls and is configured to generate temperatures required for the thermal treatment. The ceiling has a plurality of openings and the side walls have a plurality of burners that are directed obliquely upwards. A cooling zone is configured to pass cooling gases through the thermally treated material so as to heat the cooling gases. A recuperation tube is configured to recirculate the heated cooling gases to the firing chamber through the openings in the ceiling.
US09790561B2	Maize event DP-004114-3 and methods for detection thereof The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-004114-3 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
US09790554B2	Complex sets of miRNAs as non-invasive biomarkers for kidney cancer The present invention relates to non-invasive methods, kits and means for diagnosing and/or prognosing of kidney cancer in a body fluid sample from a subject. Further, the present invention relates to set of polynucleotides or sets of primer pairs for detecting sets of miRNAs for diagnosing and/or prognosing of kidney cancer in a body fluid sample from a subject. In addition, the present invention relates to sets of miRNAs for diagnosing and/or prognosing of kidney cancer in a body fluid sample from a subject.
US09790550B2	Asthma susceptibility loci located at chromosome 1q31 for use in diagnostic and therapeutic methods Methods and composition are provided for diagnosing pediatπc onset asthma based on the single nucleotide polymorphism on chromosome 1q31 wherein said single nucleotide polymorphism is set forth in Table 2 or Table 6 of the instant invention Method and composition are also provided for treating and preventing asthma or other inflammatory conditions in a patient in need thereof compπsing administering an effective amount of an at least one inhibitor which reduces the expression of DENND1 B gene product.
US09790543B2	Methods and systems for solution based sequence enrichment The present invention provides methods and systems for the capture and enrichment of target nucleic acids and analysis of the enriched target nucleic acids. In particular, the present invention provides for the enrichment of targeted sequences in a solution based format.
US09790533B2	Methods of preventing and removing trisulfide bonds The present invention pertains to methods of preventing and eliminating trisulfide bonds in proteins such as antibodies. In one embodiment, trisulfide bonds in proteins are converted to disulfide bonds as part of chromatographic purification procedures. In another embodiment, the formation of trisulfide bonds in proteins is inhibited by implementation of methods described herein during the cell culture production of such proteins. In another embodiment, monoclonal antibodies are produced by the methods described herein.
US09790523B2	Energy efficient batch recycle method for the production of biomolecules Provided are methods, systems and apparatuses to the energy efficient and selective extraction of biomolecules, e.g., small organic compounds, e.g., one or more C3-C9 alcohols, one or more C3-C5 carboxylic acids, and mixtures thereof, from an aqueous solution, particularly aqueous solutions containing the alcohol in dilute or low concentrations, for example, fermentation broths.
US09790521B2	Host cells and methods for production of isobutanol Provided herein are recombinant yeast host cells and methods for their use for production of isobutanol. Yeast host cells provided comprise an isobutanol biosynthetic pathway and at least one of reduced or eliminated aldehyde dehydrogenase activity, reduced or eliminated acetolactate reductase activity; or a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having ketol-acid reductoisomerase activity.
US09790520B2	Antimicrobial method for fermentation processes A system and method for controlling bacteria, especially lactic and acetic acid bacteria in the production of ethanol using an organic oxidizing compound in combination with an inorganic oxidizer is provided. Particularly, a mixture of one or more peroxy acids and one or more peroxide compounds is introduced into a fermentation mash so as to inhibit or reduce levels of bacteria that compete with yeast for the fermentation sugars. The peroxy acid and peroxide compounds largely are consumed during the fermentation process and are generally not present in the fermentation by-products, especially recovered distiller's grains.
US09790518B2	Furin-knockdown and GM-CSF-augmented (FANG) cancer vaccine Compositions and methods for cancer treatment are disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention describes an autologous cancer vaccine genetically modified for Furin knockdown and GM-CSF expression. The vaccine described herein attenuates the immunosuppressive activity of TGF-β through the use of bi-functional shRNAs to knock down the expression of furin in cancer cells, and to segment tumor antigen expression, presentation, and processing through expression of the GM-CSF transgene.
US09790497B2	Morpholino oligonucleotide manufacturing method Using a morpholino nucleotide wherein 5′-hydroxy group or a hydroxy group present on the substituent of the 5′-hydroxy group is protected by a protecting group having an alkyl group having not less than 10 and not more than 300 carbon atoms and/or an alkenyl group having not less than 10 and not more than 300 carbon atoms as a starting material, a method capable of efficiently producing the morpholino oligonucleotide in a high yield by a liquid phase synthesis can be provided.
US09790496B2	Microrna compounds and methods for modulating MIR-21 activity Described herein are compositions and methods for the inhibition of miR-21 activity. The compositions have certain nucleoside modification patterns that yield potent inhibitors of miR-21 activity. The compositions may be used to inhibit miR-21, and also to treat diseases associated with abnormal expression of miR-21, such as fibrosis and cancer.
US09790493B2	MICROMIRs The present invention relates to very short heavily modified oligonucleotides which target and inhibit microRNAs in vivo, and their use in medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions.
US09790492B2	Agent for treating cancer [Problem] To provide the following: an agent for treating cancer, particularly an agent for inhibiting cancer cell proliferation or an agent for inhibiting or preventing cancer metastasis; drug that uses the agent; a method for assessing the effect of cancer treatment; a method for estimating the prognosis of cancer treatment; a method for screening for a substance having a cancer proliferation-inhibiting effect; and a method for screening a substance having a cancer metastasis-impeding effect.[Solution] Provided is a drug containing a nucleic acid formed from a nucleotide sequence having sequence identity of 70% or greater with at least sequence No. 1 or No. 2, wherein the nucleic acid shows protein expression-inhibiting activity.
US09790490B2	CRISPR enzymes and systems The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for targeting nucleic acids. In particular, the invention provides non-naturally occurring or engineered DNA or RNA-targeting systems comprising a novel DNA or RNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein and at least one targeting nucleic acid component like a guide RNA.
US09790488B2	Mutated internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) for controlled gene expression The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule comprising one or multiple mutant IRES elements. Further, the present invention relates to methods of enhancing gene expression and to methods of differentially controlling expression of one or multiple gene(s) of interest. In addition, the present invention relates to a kit for studying interactions or any application requiring co-expression of multiple genes.
US09790487B2	Rapid assembly of multiple arbitrary length DNA fragments Aspects herein relate to composition, and related methods, for isolating and assembling DNA molecules without intermediate cloning steps.
US09790481B2	Variant of D-psicose 3-epimerase and uses thereof The present invention relates to an improved variant of a D-psicose 3-epimerase and its uses.
US09790479B2	Therapeutic nuclease compositions and methods Hybrid nuclease molecules and methods for treating an immune-related disease or disorder in a mammal, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating an immune-related disease in a mammal.
US09790478B2	HCV NS3 recombinant antigens and mutants thereof for improved antibody detection The present disclosure relates to polypeptides, including fusions thereof, nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, immunodiagnostic reagents, kits, and immunoassays for use detecting the presence of HCV antibodies. More specifically, the present invention describes specific NS3 antigens that can be used for the detection of anti-HCV antibodies.
US09790460B2	Enzyme promoted CO2 capture integrated with algae production and apparatus therefor The disclosure relates to the field of reduction of CO2 emission, more in particular to CO2 capture and conversion. The disclosure further relates to the culturing of algae and an apparatus for use thereof. One object of the disclosure is to provide an alternative method for capturing and conversion of CO2 from a gaseous stream.
US09790459B2	Periodic symmetry defined bioreactor A bioreactor can include a plurality of unit cells. Each unit cell can include a floor configured to support a volume of liquid, the floor being symmetric across at least one axis of symmetry, and an injection port oriented at a center point of at least one axis of symmetry and configured to inject a fluid into the volume of liquid. The bioreactor can also include a peripheral side wall surrounding the plurality of unit cells such that the volume of liquid is retained in the bioreactor.
US09790448B2	Spherical copper/molybdenum disulfide powders, metal articles, and methods for producing same A method of producing a compacted article according to one embodiment may involve the steps of: Providing a copper/molybdenum disulfide composite powder including a substantially homogeneous dispersion of copper and molybdenum disulfide sub-particles that are fused together to form individual particles of the copper/molybdenum disulfide composite powder; and compressing the copper/molybdenum disulfide composite powder under sufficient pressure to cause the copper/molybdenum disulfide composite powder to behave as a nearly solid mass.
US09790440B2	Methods for increasing catalyst concentration in heavy oil and/or coal resid hydrocracker Methods and systems for hydrocracking a heavy oil feedstock include using a colloidal or molecular catalyst (e.g., molybdenum sulfide) and provide for concentration of the colloidal or molecular catalyst within the lower quality materials requiring additional hydrocracking in one or more downstream reactors. In addition to increased catalyst concentration, the inventive systems and methods provide increased reactor throughput, increased reaction rate, and of course higher conversion of asphaltenes and lower quality materials. Increased conversion levels of asphaltenes and lower quality materials also reduces equipment fouling, enables the reactor to process a wider range of lower quality feedstocks, and can lead to more efficient use of a supported catalyst if used in combination with the colloidal or molecular catalyst.
US09790436B2	Methods and systems for processing cellulosic biomass Digestion of cellulosic biomass solids may be complicated by release of lignin therefrom. Methods and systems for processing a reaction product containing lignin-derived products, such as phenolics, can comprise hydrotreating the reaction product to convert the lignin-derived products to desired higher molecular weight compounds. The methods can further include separating the higher molecular weight compounds from unconverted products, such as unconverted phenolics, and recycling the unconverted phenolics for use as at least a portion of the digestion solvent and for further conversion to desired higher molecular weight compounds with additional hydrotreatment. The methods and systems can further include generating hydrogen with the further hydrotreatment.
US09790427B2	Liquid crystal compound having a 3,6-dihydro-2H-pyran ring, negative dielectric anisotropy, liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal compound is provided that satisfies at least one physical property, such as high stability to heat and light, a high clearing point (or high maximum temperature), a low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and good compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a liquid crystal composition containing the compound, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition. The liquid crystal compound is represented by formula (1): in which, Ra and Rb are alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons; ring A1, ring A2 and ring A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene; and ring N1 is 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene; G is a divalent group represented by formula (pr-1) or (pr-2); in which, Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are a single bond; and a, b and c are 0, 1 or 2.
US09790425B2	Synthesis of quantum dots Common approaches to synthesizing alloyed quantum dots employ high-cost, air-sensitive phosphine complexes as the selenium precursor. Disclosed quantum dot synthesis embodiments avoid these hazardous and air-sensitive selenium precursors. Certain embodiments utilize a combination comprising a thiol and an amine that together reduce and complex the elemental selenium to form a highly reactive selenium precursor at room temperature. The same combination of thiol and amine acts as the reaction solvent, stabilizing ligand, and sulfur source in the synthesis of quantum dot cores. A non-injection approach may also be used. The optical properties of the quantum dots synthesized by this new approach can be finely tuned for a variety of applications by controlling size and/or composition of size and composition. Further, using the same approach, a shell can be grown around a quantum dot core that improves stability, luminescence efficiency, and may reduce toxicity.
US09790423B2	Cyanated naphthalenebenzimidazole compounds The present invention relates to cyanated naphthalenebenzimidazole compounds of the formula (I) and mixtures thereof, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are each independently hydrogen, cyano or aryl which is unsubstituted or has one or more identical or different substituents RAr, where RAr is as defined in the claims and in the description, with the proviso that the compounds of the formula I comprise at least one cyano group. The invention further relates to color converters comprising at least one polymer as a matrix material and at least one cyanated naphthalenebenzimidazole compound or mixtures thereof as a fluorescent dye, to the use of the color converters and to lighting devices comprising at least one LED and at least one color converter.
US09790422B2	Proppant mixtures The invention relates to a propped, fractured, subterranean field with (a) a first proppant and (b) a second proppant that exhibits a relatively higher average crush strength and/or an ability to form a particle to particle bonded structure than the first proppant. Preferably, the first proppant is uncoated sand and the second proppant is resin-coated sand. The proppants can be deposited as a substantially homogeneous mixture or in layered structures (vertical or horizontal) within the fractured field. Deformation of the second proppant under closure stress acts to spread out the compression pressures in a mixture so as to reduce failure of the first proppant. Similar protective effects are found when the proppants are deposited in layers. When formed as vertical pillar structures, the second proppant structures can also act as in-situ screens that inhibit formation fines from migrating through the proppant pack to the detriment of field conductivity.
US09790421B2	Choline-based crosslinker compositions for fracturing fluids Disclosed are compositions derived of mixtures of choline ion salts (typically choline chloride) in aqueous solution with suspended particulates of sparingly soluble borate minerals or with alkali or alkaline earth borate salts, boric acid and its ester derivatives and salts, or other aqueous soluble borate forms. These compositions are useful as cross-linkers for polysaccharides and other biopolymers and particularly as used in subterranean treatment fluids for completion and stimulation of oil and gas wells. Advantages of the compositions are the combination into a single package of the properties of clay stabilizing actives (choline ion) and crosslinking actives (borates, etc.), in relatively high concentrations, and these compositions are easy to handle, being stable and pumpable at low temperatures, and with attractive environmental profiles. Also disclosed are the analogous choline solutions mixed with metallic cross-linking ions know in the art such as Zr+, Ti4+, Al3+, & Fe3+.
US09790413B2	Fluorous additives for use in a fluorous-based treatment fluid A treatment fluid comprises: a liquid fluorinated compound; and at least one additive, wherein the additive: (A) comprises carbon and at least one fluorine functional group; and (B) is soluble or dispersible in the liquid fluorinated compound. A method of treating a portion of a well comprises: forming the treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into the well.
US09790412B2	Working medium and heat cycle system To provide a working medium for heat cycle which has less influence over the ozone layer, which has less influence over global warming and which provides a heat cycle system excellent in the cycle performance (the efficiency and the capacity), and a heat cycle system excellent in the cycle performance (the efficiency and the capacity). A working medium for heat cycle comprising 1,2-difluoroethylene is employed for a heat cycle system (such as a Rankine cycle system, a heat pump cycle system, a refrigerating cycle system 10 or a heat transport system).
US09790409B2	Hot melt adhesive An object of the present invention is to provide a hot melt adhesive being environmentally-friendly, having excellent adhesion property to various substrates such as paper substrate and polyolefin substrate, as well having excellent thermal stability. The present invention relates to a hot melt adhesive comprising: (A) a polar functional group-modified polymer, (B) an aliphatic polyester-based resin, (C) an olefin-based polymer, and (D) a tackifier resin.
US09790407B2	Aqueous detergent soluble coating and adhesive and methods of temporary bonding for manufacturing Compositions and methods are described for a temporary coating and adhesive with adjustable acidity for use in coating work units as a planarization coating over high topography and also for affixing thin units onto a carrier whereby such compositions provide sufficient properties to support a manufacturing process, and upon completion, the compositions are removed by an aqueous detergent that dissolves and releases the work unit within a rapid time frame without harm to its integrity. The temporary adhesive provides a tunable acidity based upon Lewis acid represented as its acid dissociative constant, Ka, where it is preferred to have Ka≧1×10−6 (pKa≦6), more preferred Ka≧1×10−5 (pKa≦5), and most preferred Ka≧1×10−4 (pKa≦4). The temporary coating and adhesive may be applied and cured in a variety of ways that meet the needs of the work unit and objectives of the manufacturing process. The invention provides benefits of flexibility and reduced cost when establishing practices to handle difficult work units in the manufacture of semiconductors and flat panel displays.
US09790396B2	Articles including a (co)polymer reaction product of a urethane (multi)-(meth)acrylate (multi)-silane Urethane (multi)-(meth)acrylate (multi)-silane compositions, and articles including a (co)polymer reaction product of at least one urethane (multi)-(meth)acrylate (multi)-silane precursor compound. The disclosure also articles including a substrate, a base (co)polymer layer on a major surface of the substrate, an oxide layer on the base (co)polymer layer; and a protective (co)polymer layer on the oxide layer, the protective (co)polymer layer including the reaction product of at least one urethane (multi) (meth)acrylate (multi)-silane precursor compound. The substrate may be a (co)polymeric film or an electronic device such as an organic light emitting device, electrophoretic light emitting device, liquid crystal display, thin film transistor, or combination thereof. Methods of making urethane (multi)-(meth)acrylate (multi)-silane precursor compounds and their use in composite multilayer barrier films are also described. Methods of using such barrier films in articles selected from a solid state lighting device, a display device, and combinations thereof, are also described.
US09790388B2	Radiation-curable inkjet ink for application to glass, ceramic, or metal A radiation-curable ink composition for application to glass, ceramic, or metal by an inkjet printer. The ink composition can be applied to a glass, ceramic, or metal substrate to decorate, protect, etc. the substrate. In some embodiments, the ink composition includes a glass frits component, a chromophore component, and a UV-curable component. The glass frits component facilitates the fusing of the ink component with a glass, ceramic, or metal substrate to which the ink composition is applied. The chromophore component is the primary colorant of the ink composition. The UV-curable component facilitates activation of polymerization upon exposure to ultra-violet (UV) radiation, which causes the ink composition to cure and fix/pin to the underlying substrate. After the ink composition is applied to a substrate and cured by exposure to UV radiation, the substrate is heated to a temperature that causes the ink composition to fuse with the substrate.
US09790382B2	Modeling material for forming photofabrication model in ink-jet three dimensional printing, supporting material for supporting the shape of photofabrication model on photofabrication and production method of photofabrication model The present invention aims to provide a supporting material for supporting the shape of a photofabrication model on photofabrication in ink-jet three dimensional printing method in which the photocured product is excellent in solubility in water and is easy to remove after photofabrication, and the like. A modeling material for forming a photofabrication model in ink-jet three dimensional printing method containing a curable resin component with a weighted average of SP value of 9.0 to 10.3; and a supporting material for supporting the shape of a photofabrication model on photofabrication in ink-jet three dimensional printing method containing a water-soluble monofunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer (F), polyoxypropylene glycol with a number average molecular weight of 100 to 5,000 and/or water (G), and a photopolymerization initiator (D).
US09790369B2	Composite material and method for preparing composite material Provided is a complex material that includes a first metal deposition layer, a first thermosetting resin layer positioned on one side of the first metal deposition layer, and a second thermosetting resin layer positioned on the other side of the first metal deposition layer.
US09790361B2	Low-dielectric phosphorus-containing polyester composite and method of manufacturing the same A phosphorus-containing polyester composite and method of manufacturing the same is related to the field of compound formulation. The composite is prepared by condensation under certain conditions of (A) a poly-functional phosphorus-containing aromatic hydroxy compound; (B) a difunctional aromatic acryl chloride compound and (C) a monofunctional aromatic phenol compound used as a blocking agent. The composite is used as a curing agent for epoxy. The phosphorus-containing polyester composite is reacted with the epoxy group of the epoxy to obtain non-halogen and flame-retardant cured composite being environment friendly and having low dielectric, low dielectric loss factor and high heat resistance. It can be used in an integrated circuit board and used as a semiconductor packaging material.
US09790357B2	Thermoplastic resin composition with excellent heat resistance and molded article manufactured using the same A heat resistant thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same. The heat resistant thermoplastic resin composition includes about 100 parts by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound; about 20 parts by weight to about 60 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; and about 30 parts by weight to about 60 parts by weight of an impact modifier. The heat resistant thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same can have excellent properties in terms of impact resistance, heat resistance, and/or chemical resistance and can be eco-friendly due to low level of VOC emissions.
US09790355B2	Thermoplastic resin composition and molded article produced therefrom Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition. Due to addition of the epoxy-based resin, the phosphorous-based flame retardant, the silicon-based compound and the calcium carbonate to the basic resin according to the present invention, a thermoplastic resin composition having superior flame retardancy and excellent rigidity, heat resistance and processability, and a molded article manufactured therefrom may be provided.
US09790347B2	Composite particles including a fluoropolymer, methods of making, and articles including the same A composite particle includes a discrete, hollow, ceramic spheroid and a fluoropolymer layer disposed thereon. The fluoropolymer is a homopolymer or copolymer of a perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether; a perfluoroalkoxy vinyl ether; at least one fluoroolefin independently represented by formula C(R)2═CF—Rf, wherein Rf is fluorine or a perfluoroalkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and R is hydrogen, fluorine, or chlorine; or a combination thereof. Methods of making the composite particles, composite materials, and articles including them are also disclosed.
US09790337B2	Seam tape and methods of manufacture and use thereof Provided herein are seam tapes and related methods. The seam tapes can be compatible with polyolefin-based waterproof/breathable (w/b) membranes, including polypropylene (PP) w/b membranes and/or polyethylene (PE) w/b membranes. Also provided are seams sealed by means of these seam tapes, as well as materials, fabrics, and garments including one or more of these sealed seams.
US09790335B2	Bio-derived polymers having improved processability and method for the production thereof Provided are modified bio-derived polymers having improved processability as well as methods of producing such polymers and articles produced therefrom. The modified bio-derived polymers have improved melt strength compared with presently available bio-derived polymers. Thus, the inventive bio-derived polymers are suitable for use in plastic processing techniques such as blow molding and blown film extrusion.
US09790330B2	Method for forming conjugated heteroaromatic homopolymer and copolymer, and products thereof A method for forming a conjugated heteroaromatic polymer is described, wherein at least one compound of formula (1) is polymerized using an acid as a catalyst, wherein X is selected from S, O, Se, Te, PR2 and NR2, Y is hydrogen (H) or a precursor of a good leaving group Y− whose conjugate acid (HY) has a pKa of less than 30, Z is hydrogen (H), silyl, or a good leaving group whose conjugate acid (HZ) has a pKa of less than 30, b is 0, 1 or 2, each R1 is a substituent, and the at least one compound of formula (1) being polymerized includes at least one compound of formula (1) with Z=H and Y≠H.
US09790329B2	Photoligation of an amphiphilic polymer with mixed coordination provides compact and reactive quantum dots The disclosure is directed to multi-coordinating polymers as ligands that combine two distinct metal-chelating groups, lipoic acid and imidazole, for the surface functionalization of QDs. These ligands combine the benefits of thiol and imidazole coordination to reduce issues of thiol oxidation and weak binding affinity of imidazole. The ligand design relies on the introduction of controllable numbers of lipoic acid and histamine anchors, along with hydrophilic moieties and reactive functionalities, onto a poly(isobutylene-alt-maleic anhydride) chain via a one-step nucleophilic addition reaction. We further demonstrate that this design is fully compatible with a novel and mild photoligation strategy to promote the in-situ ligand exchange and phase transfer of hydrophobic QDs to aqueous media under borohydride-free conditions. Ligation with these polymers provides highly fluorescent QDs that exhibit great long-term colloidal stability over a wide range of conditions.
US09790328B2	Polyethercarbonate-polyoxymethylene block copolymers The present invention relates to a method for producing polyethercarbonate-polyoxymethylene block copolymers, comprising the step of polymerizing formaldehyde, wherein formaldehyde is polymerized in the presence of a polyethercarbonate having at least one Zerewitinoff-active H atom, obtaining an intermediate product. The obtained intermediate product can be further reacted with a cyclic carboxylic acid ester or carbonic acid ester, a cyclic anhydride, an epoxide, and/or an isocyanate, wherein a hydroxyl- or carboxy-functional or NCO-modified polyethercarbonate-polyoxymethylene block copolymer is obtained. The present invention further relates to polyethercarbonate-polyoxymethylene block copolymers that can be obtained by means of such a method and to the use of same to produce polyurethane polymers.
US09790326B2	Method for preparing dioxyheterocycle-based electrochromic polymers A method for preparing a conjugated polymer involves a DHAP polymerization of a 3,4-dioxythiophene, 3,4-dioxyfuran, or 3,4-dioxypyrrole and, optionally, at least one second conjugated monomer in the presence of a Pd or Ni comprising catalyst, an aprotic solvent, a carboxylic acid at a temperature in excess of 120° C. At least one of the monomers is substituted with hydrogen reactive functionalities and at least one of the monomers is substituted with a Cl, Br, and/or I. The polymerization can be carried out at temperature of 140° C. or more, and the DHAP polymerization can be carried out without a phosphine ligand or a phase transfer agent. The resulting polymer can display dispersity less than 2 and have a degree of polymerization in excess of 10.
US09790323B2	Polymer conductor for lithium-ion batteries We report a new class of single-ion electrolyte including pendant lithium perfluoroethyl sulfonates. Embodiments may be based on, for example, aromatic poly(arylene ether)s, polyphenylenes, or polyarylene sulfides. The microporous polymer film saturated with organic carbonates exhibits a nearly unity tLi+, state-of-the-art conductivities (e.g. >10−3 S cm−1 at room temperature) over a wide range of temperatures, high electrochemical stability, and outstanding mechanical properties, which enables the membrane to function as both ion conducting medium and separator in the batteries.
US09790321B2	Heat resistant polyethylene terephthalate and a process for the preparation of the same The present disclosure relates to a process for preparing polyester. The process for preparing the polyester essentially involves the preparation of the isosorbide oligomer and the isosorbide polymer from the isosorbide oligomer. The isosorbide oligomer or isosorbide polymer is then co-polymerized with the polyester. The copolymerization isosorbide oligomer or isosorbide polymer may be carried out at any stage of the preparation of the polyester. The polyester obtained in accordance with the process of the present disclosure can be used in packaging applications such as preparing packaging materials or containers. The material or container obtained from the polyester of the present disclosure is capable of withstanding a temperature of 60 to 90° C. without undergoing any deformation and shrinkage. Further, the material or container obtained from the polyester of the present disclosure is transparent or has lower color b* value.
US09790320B2	Thiol-cured elastomeric epoxy resins Elastomers are formed by curing a reaction mixture that includes an polyepoxide-terminated polyether having a linear or branched polyether chain that has a molecular weight of at least 2000, at least two epoxide groups that has an epoxide equivalent weight of at least 400 2) a curing agent containing at least one polythiol compound having at least two thiol groups and an equivalent weight per thiol group of up to 500, and 3) at least one base catalyst.
US09790313B2	Curing compositions and methods of preparing Disclosed are curing compositions for resin systems and in particular for phenolic resin systems and epoxy resin systems, to methods of preparing the curing compositions and to resin systems incorporating same. The curing compositions of the invention are the reaction product of an aldehyde with an amine in the presence of an aprotic solvent.
US09790307B2	Process for the production of silane-crosslinked polyolefin in the presence of non-tin catalyst and resulting crosslinked polyolefin A process for producing a silane-crosslinked polyolefin which comprises exposing a polyolefin containing at least one [1,3,2]-dioxasilinane ring structure to moisture in the presence of an organic carboxylic acid, which is used as a hydrolysis and condensation catalyst and does not contain tin, thereby producing the silane-crosslinked polyolefin, wherein the polyolefin containing at least one [1,3,2]-dioxasilinane ring structure is made by the process of grafting an olefinically unsaturated [1,3,2]-dioxasilinane to a polyolefin in the presence of a free radical initiator. There is also provided the resulting silane-crosslinked polyolefin and the graftable silane composition used in the process.
US09790288B2	Fractionation of charged polysaccharide Polydisperse and charged polysaccharides are fractionated into low polydispersity fractions (preferably having pd<1.1), each containing species within a narrow range of molecular weights. An aqueous solution of the polydisperse polysaccharides is contacted with an ion exchange resin in a column and the polysaccharides are subjected to selective elution by aqueous elution buffer. The selective elution consists of at least 3 sequential elution buffers having different and constant ionic strength and/or pH and in which the subsequent buffers have ionic strength and/or pH than those of the preceding step. The new preparations are particularly suitable for the production of PSA-derivatised therapeutic agents intended for use in humans and animals.
US09790287B2	Amphiphilic polymer The present invention relates to an amphiphilic polymer which includes a large amount of hydrophilic structures and hydrophobic structures, and thereby effectively stabilizing a membrane protein having a hydrophobic surface in an aqueous solution. A method of preparing an amphiphilic polymer represented by Formula 1 includes reacting a poly-gamma-glutamic acid with a reaction product of a fluorescent dye, biotin, an alkyl carboxylic acid having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl carboxylic acid having 5 to 20 carbon atoms having a carboxyl group, and dicyclo-hexylcarbodiimide (DCC) and reacting the poly-gamma-glutamic acid with DCC after reacting the poly-gamma-glutamic acid with the reaction product, and reacting the poly-gamma-glutamic acid with a hydrophilic amine and a hydrophobic amine.
US09790286B2	Stereoisomer peptides, their polymer conjugates, their encapsulation into nanoparticles, and uses thereof for the treatment of diseases caused by abnormal angiogenesis This invention discloses the creation of a novel single ligand-targeted multi-stereoisomer peptide-polymer conjugate compounds comprising a group of different synthetic and chemically modified stereoisomer peptides that have been conjugated to a biocompatible polymer carrying a peptide ligand for targeted delivery and/or encapsulated in ligand targeted polymer nanoparticles. The unique physicochemical properties of the stereoisomer peptides provide therapeutic compounds with ideal biopharmaceutical properties. The stereoisomer peptides carried by the polymer are delivered to cells or tissues to inhibit, suppress, block, antagonize or disrupt, simultaneously and independently, the functional domain of different disease causing proteins. Therefore the compounds are novel therapeutics for the treatment of abnormal angiogenesis and inflammation which are the hall mark of most human diseases including but not limited to all cancers, metastasis, eye retinopathies, cardiovascular, brain, and neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes, and diseases caused by infectious microorganisms including virus, bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
US09790284B2	Methods for increasing thermogenic adipocytes In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing thermogenic adipocytes (e.g., brown adipocytes or other UCP-1 expressing adipocytes) by administering an antagonist of an ActRIIB signaling pathway. Examples of such antagonists include ActRIIB polypeptides, anti-ActRIIB antibodies, anti-myostatin antibodies, anti-GDF3 antibodies, anti-Noda1, anti-activin, and anti-GDF11 antibodies. A variety of metabolic and other disorders may be treated by causing an increase in thermogenic adipocytes.
US09790276B2	Glycan-modified anti-CD4 antibodies for HIV prevention and therapy Disclosed herein are glycan-modified anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies with N-linked glycans attached to the variable region. Expression vectors and cell lines useful for the production of such antibodies, and use of such antibodies for HIV prevention and therapy are also disclosed.
US09790272B2	Stem cell factor inhibitor Provided herein are methods, compositions, and uses relating to inhibitors of stem cell factor. For example, provided herein are antibodies targeting stem cell factor and methods for treating fibrotic and tissue remodeling diseases.
US09790271B2	Methods for increasing immunoglobulin A levels Methods for increasing immunoglobulin A (IgA) levels in a subject having a deficiency thereof are provided herein by administering to the subject an agent that inhibits CXCL13 activity, such as an anti-CXCL13 or an anti-CXCR5 antibody. Further provided are methods for treating an inflammatory disorder in a subject deficient for IgA by administering to the subject an agent that inhibits CXCL13 activity.
US09790270B2	Sodium pump antibody agonists and methods of treating heart disease using the same Antibodies that are agonists of sodium pump (Na+/K+ ATPase; NKA) activity are provided. In particular, antibodies that specifically bind epitopes on the beta-1 (β1) subunit of NKA are disclosed. These antibodies have the ability to increase the activity of the catalytic alpha subunit of NKA upon β1 subunit binding. Due to their activity, the antibodies also have the ability to trigger a positive inotropic effect in cardiac tissues (i.e., increase cardiac contraction). The present invention thus includes, but is not limited to, NKA β1 subunit peptide epitopes, antibodies that specifically bind the epitopes, methods of agonizing NKA activity through administration of the peptides or the antibodies, and methods of treating and/or preventing heart disease through administration of the peptides or the antibodies.
US09790263B2	GIP receptor-active glucagon compounds Glucagon peptides with increased GIP activity are provided, optionally with GLP-1 and/or glucagon activity. In some embodiments, C-terminally extended glucagon peptides comprising an amino acid sequence substantially similar to native glucagon are provided herein.
US09790261B2	Codon optimized IL-15 and IL-15R-alpha genes for expression in mammalian cells The present invention provides for nucleic acids improved for the expression of interleukin-15 (IL-15) in mammalian cells. The invention further provides for methods of expressing IL-15 in mammalian cells by transfecting the cell with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an improved IL-15 sequence.The present invention further provides expression vectors, and IL-15 and IL-15 receptor alpha combinations (nucleic acid and protein) that increase IL-15 stability and potency in vitro and in vivo. The present methods are useful for the increased bioavailability and biological effects of IL-15 after DNA, RNA or protein administration in a subject (e.g. a mammal, a human).
US09790260B2	Vaccine for tumor immunotherapy The present invention relates to a vaccine comprising dendritic cells and bacterial ghosts for tumor immunotherapy.
US09790255B2	Transactivator of transcription (TAT) proteins and preparation method Disclosed is a Tat protein, the amino acid sequence of which is shown as SEQ NO: 1, SEQ NO: 2, SEQ NO: 3 and SEQ NO: 4. The Tat protein of the present invention has been studied and developed and can be a Latent infection of HIV-1 activating potential drug.
US09790254B2	Self-assembled peptide nanostructures Nanostructures made up from two or more types of short peptides (e.g., aromatic dipeptides), which differ from one another by the presence (or absence) of an end-capping moiety, are disclosed. The disclosed nanostructures exhibit a closed tubular structure, short average length and narrow length distribution. Also disclosed are processes of preparing the nanostructures, articles comprising the nanostructures, and use of the nanostructures in, for example, reinforcement of materials.
US09790246B2	Nickel compound and method of forming thin film using the nickel compound Provided are a heterostructured nickel compound including a nickel amidinate ligand and an aliphatic alkoxy group and a method of forming a thin film including the heterostructured nickel compound. The method includes forming a nickel-containing layer on a substrate by using the heterostructured nickel compound including the nickel amidinate ligand and the aliphatic alkoxy group.
US09790244B2	Bisphosphites having an unsymmetric outer biphenol unit Bisphosphites having at least one unsymmetric outer biphenol unit are useful for the hydroformylation of an olefin.
US09790237B2	Processes for making alkylated arylpiperazine and alkylated arylpiperidine compounds including novel intermediates Novel processes, and intermediates, for making alkylated arylpiperazine and alkylated arylpiperidine compounds of the general formulas (I) and (VII), respectively wherein, R1 and R2 are individually selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted or alkyl; n=0, 1, or 2; Y=NR3R4, OR5, or SR5, where R3 and R4 are individually selected from acyl or sulfonyl, and where R5 is aryl or heteroaryl, or heterocyclic; and Ar is an aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclic compound.
US09790231B2	Chromane and chromene derivatives and their use as CRAC modulators The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the substituents are as described herein, and their use in medicine for the treatment of diseases, disorders associated with the modulation of calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds in treating diseases disorders associated with calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel modulators.
US09790227B2	2-methylsulphanyl-6-nitro-7-oxo-1, 2, 4-triazolo [5, 1-C] [1, 2, 4] triazinide L-arginine dihydrate active toward west nile virus The claimed invention relates to the field of biologically active compounds and concerns 2-methylsulphanyl-6-nitro-7-oxo-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazinide L-arginine dihydrate, which exhibits an antiviral effect and is intended for the treatment and prophylaxis of human and animal viral diseases, primarily West Nile Virus, and can be used in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, in scientific research laboratories and medical facilities, and also in veterinary science. The claimed invention is directed toward achieving the technical result of creating a novel effective drug of the azoloazine variety which exhibits antiviral activity toward a group of RNA-containing viruses, and reducing the dependence of the active compound on cell metabolism. This technical result is achieved in the creation of the novel drug 2-methylsulphanyl-6-nitro-7-oxo-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazinide L-arginine dihydrate, which exhibits an aniviral effect and has the formula (I). This technical result is achieved in that a method for producing 2-methylsylphanyl-6-nitro-7-oxo-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazinide L-arginine dihydrate includes mixing arginine, dissolved in water, and 2-methylthio-6-nitro-7-oxo-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazinide sodium dihydrate, dissolved in a (1:1) water-ethanol mixture, whereupon the resultant mixture is boiled then cooled, and the precipitate is filtered off and dried.
US09790223B2	Process for preparation of sodium (2S,5R)-6-(benzyloxy)-7-oxo-1,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxylate A process for preparation of a compound of Formula (I) is disclosed.
US09790220B2	Substituted cyclopentanes, tetrahydrofuranes and pyrrolidines as orexin receptor antagonists The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, Formula (I) wherein L, X, Ra, Rb, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
US09790218B2	Small molecule activators of calcium-activated chloride channels and methods of use Provided herein are small molecule activators of calcium-activated chloride channels. These small molecules may be used for treatment of diseases and disorders that are treatable by activating calcium-activated chloride channels, such as cystic fibrosis, disorders related to salivary gland dysfunction (for example, Sjogren's syndrome and dysfunction following radiation injury), dry eye syndrome, and intestinal hypomotility.
US09790217B2	Pyridinyloxy- and phenyloxy-pyrazolyl compounds The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US09790214B2	Heteroatom containing deoxyuridine triphosphatase inhibitors Provided herein are dUTPase inhibitors, compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in a method of treating cancer. The dUTPase inhibitors disclosed contain a uracil isostere in the molecule represented by a 2,6-diketopiperazine moiety. Thioanalogs of the uracil isostere where a thione replaces each of the ketone are also disclosed.
US09790209B2	Kinase inhibitors There are provided compounds of formula I, wherein R1 to R5, X1, X2, Ar, L, E, A, A1, G and G1 have meanings given in the description, which compounds have antiinflammatory activity (e.g. through inhibition of one or more of members of: the family of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes; Syk kinase; and members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases) and have use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, eye and intestines.
US09790205B2	Aminomethylene pyrazolones with therapeutic activity A compound having the structure according to formula III wherein: X is NH or S; R1 is H or (1C-4C)alkyl; R2 is (1C-4C)alkyl, phenyl or a monocyclic aromatic ring having one or more N—, O— or S— atoms in the ring, which alkyl, phenyl or aromatic ring is optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from (1C-4C)alkyl, (1C-4C)alkyloxy, halo(1C-4C)alkyl, halo(1C-4C)alkyloxy, phenyloxy, phenylthio, halogen, or nitro; R3 and R4 are each independently H, (1C-6C)alkyl, (2C-6C) alkenyl, (2C-6C)alkynyl, cyano, (3C-6C)cycloalkyl, phenyl, a monocyclic aromatic ring having one or more N—, O— or S— atoms in the ring, a monocyclic non-aromatic ring having one or more N—, O— or S— atoms in the ring, each optionally substituted with hydroxyl, (1C-4C)alkoxy, phenyl, cycloalkyl, piperidyl, piperazinyl, furyl, thienyl, pirazinyl, pyrrolyl, 2H-pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, pyrrolidonyl, pyrrolinyl, imidazolinyl, imidazolyl, a monocyclic aromatic ring having one or more N—, O— or S— atoms in the ring, whereby each of these optional substituents is optionally further substituted with (1C-4C)alkyl, (1C-4C)alkyloxy, halo(1C-4C)alkyl, halo(1C-4C)alkyloxy, halogen, nitro or (1C-2C)dioxol forming a ring; or R3 and R4 form together pyrrolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyrrolinylimidazolidinyl, imidazolinyl, piperidyl, piperazinylmorpholinyl, each optionally substituted with (1C-6C)alkyl, phenyl(1C-4C)alkyl, phenylketo(1C-4C)alkyl; R5 is H, Cl, F, Br, Me, NO2, t-butyl, OCF3, OCH3, CF3; R6 is H, (1C-4C)alkyl, (1C-4C)alkyloxy, halo(1C-4C)alkyl, halo(1C-4C)alkyloxy, nitro or halogen; R7 is H, F, Cl, Br, Me, NO2, t-butyl, OCF3, OCH3, CF3; or pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof for use in treatments of carcinoma, in particular, to delay, prevent or reverse metastasis in prostate cancer.
US09790204B2	Substituted benzimidazoles and benzopyrazoles as CCR(4) antagonists Benzimidazole, benzopyrazole and benzotriazole compounds are provided which bind to CCR(4) and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, graft rejection and cancer.
US09790196B2	Lysine demethylase inhibitors for diseases and disorders associated with Flaviviridae The invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of Flaviviridae infections. In particular, the invention relates to an LSD1 inhibitor for use in treating or preventing Flaviviridae infections, including hepatitis C virus infections.
US09790193B2	Semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase inhibitors for use as analgesics in traumatic neuropathy and neurogenic inflammation The invention relates to a compound having SSAO/VAP-1 inhibitor activity for use in the treatment of hyperalgesia and allodynia implicated in traumatic neuropathy or neurogenic inflammation. Accordingly, the invention relates to a compound having SSAO/VAP-1 inhibitor activity for use in the inhibition of pathological activation and dysfunctions of peptidergic sensory nerves caused by mechanical damage or chemical activation of peptidergic sensory nerves in neurogenic inflammation.
US09790190B2	Process for making hydroxylated cyclopentylpyrimidine compounds The invention provides processes for preparing a compound of formula I and salts thereof, wherein R1 is defined herein, and compounds and intermediates of said formula.
US09790187B2	Heterocyclic compounds Described herein are methods for synthesizing heterocyclic, 8-membered ring structures. The methods may allow for preparation of highly substituted 8-membered rings. Also disclosed are heterocyclic, 8-membered ring compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds.
US09790185B2	Process for the preparation of regorafenib and its crystalline forms The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 4-[4-({[4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]carbamoyl}amino)-3-fluorophenoxy]-N-methylpyridine-2-carboxamide or Regorafenib (I). The present invention further relates to a process for the purification of 4-[4-({[4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl] carbamoyl} amino)-3-fluorophenoxy]-N-methylpyridine-2-carboxamide or Regorafenib (I) to provide highly pure material.The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation stable crystalline material of 4-[4-({[4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]carbamoyl}amino)-3-fluorophenoxy]-N-methyl pyridine-2-carboxamide or Regorafenib (I) useful in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of cancer.
US09790184B2	Inhibitors of histone deacetylase The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or prodrug thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, W1, W2, W3, and W4 are as described. The present invention relates generally to inhibitors of histone deacetylase and to methods of making and using them. In one aspect, the invention relates to selective HDAC3 inhibitors useful for protecting β-cells and improving insulin resistance. The selective HDAC3 inhibitors are also useful for promoting cognitive function and enhancing learning and memory formation. Compounds of the invention are useful for treating, alleviating, and/or preventing various conditions, including for example, a metabolic disorder such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemias, lipodystrophies, liver disease associated with metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, or obesity; inflammatory disease; neurological disorder; a memory or cognitive function disorder/impairment; an extinction learning disorder; fungal disease or infection; viral disease or infection such as HIV; hematological disease; liver disease; lysosomal storage disease; or neoplastic disease in humans or animals.
US09790180B2	Piperidine derivatives as HDAC1/2 inhibitors Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat diseases or disorders associated with HDAC1 and/or HDAC2 activity.
US09790178B2	Pyrrolidinyl urea, thiourea, guanidine and cyanoguanidine compounds as TrkA kinase inhibitors Compounds of Formula I: or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or solvates or prodrugs thereof, where R1, R2, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, X, Ring B, and Ring C are as defined herein, and wherein Ring B moiety and the NH—C(═X)—NH moiety are in the trans configuration, are inhibitors of TrkA kinase and are useful in the treatment of diseases which can be treated with a TrkA kinase inhibitor such as pain, cancer, inflammation/inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, certain infectious diseases, Sjogren's syndrome, endometriosis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, prostatitis and pelvic pain syndrome.
US09790177B2	Forms of [R-(R,R)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-beta, gamma-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid calcium salt (2:1) Novel forms of [R—(R,R)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-β,δ-Dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1-H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid hemi calcium salt designated Form XX, Form XXI, Form XXII, Form XXIII, Form XXIV, Forms XXV, Form XXVI, Form XXVII, Form XXVIII, Form XXIX, and Form XXX characterized by their X-ray powder diffraction, solid state NMR, and/or Raman spectroscopy 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 (BPH) and Alzheimer's disease.
US09790173B2	Alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulators and uses thereof-I The present invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I), with the substituents as described in the specification, useful in the positive modulation of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7 nAChR). The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of a broad range of diseases in which the positive modulation of α7 nAChR is advantageous, including neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and also neuropathic pain and inflammatory diseases.
US09790159B2	Catalyst stability and corrosion prevention in acetic acid production process Processes for producing acetic acid herein generally include contacting methanol and carbon monoxide in the presence of a reaction medium under carbonylation conditions sufficient to form acetic acid, the reaction medium including a carbonylation catalyst selected from rhodium catalysts, iridium catalysts and palladium catalysts; from 1 wt. % to 14 wt. % water; and a plurality of additives, in-situ generated derivatives of the plurality of additives or combinations thereof; the plurality of additives including a first additive including one or more phosphine oxides and a second additive selected from heteropolyacids, metal salts and combinations thereof, the heteropolyacids represented by the formula HnM12XO40, wherein H is hydrogen, M is selected from tungsten and molybdenum, X is selected from phosphorous and silicon and O is oxygen and n is 3 or 4, the metal salts are selected from transition metal salts, lanthanide metal salts and combinations thereof; and recovering acetic acid from the process.
US09790156B2	Olefin hydroformylation methods for obtaining branched aldehydes The present technology relates to methods of hydroformylating allyl alcohol to 4-hydroxybutanal and 2-methyl-3-hydroxypropanal, comprising (i) admixing allyl alcohol with CO and H2 to form a starting material mixture, and (ii) reacting the starting material mixture in the presence of a catalyst under conditions capable of forming a product mixture comprising 4-hydroxybutanal and 2-methyl-3-hydroxypropanal, wherein the catalyst is a transition metal complex comprising a transition metal ion and a diphosphine ligand with a bite angle from about 70° to about 100°, and wherein the ratio of 4-hydroxybutanal to 2-methyl-3-hydroxypropanal in the product mixture is less than 1.5:1.
US09790151B2	Process for making 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and/or vinylidine fluoride Disclosed is a process for the formation of a mixture of the compounds 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf) and vinylidene fluoride, comprising pyrolyzing 1,1,2-trifluoro-2-trifluoro-methyl-cyclobutane under conditions effective to produce a reaction product comprising 1234yf and vinylidene fluoride in a 1234yf:vinylidene fluoride molar ratio of from about 0.5 to about 1.2.
US09790145B2	Production of C2+ olefins This disclosure relates to the production of C2+ olefins from feeds containing methane and at least one co-reactant, to equipment and materials useful in such processes, and to the use of such olefins in, for example, the production of polymers.
US09790144B2	Efficient oxidative coupling of methane processes and systems The present disclosure provides oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) systems for small scale and world scale production of olefins. An OCM system may comprise an OCM subsystem that generates a product stream comprising C2+ compounds and non-C2+ impurities from methane and an oxidizing agent. At least one separations subsystem downstream of, and fluidically coupled to, the OCM subsystem can be used to separate the non-C2+ impurities from the C2+ compounds. A methanation subsystem downstream and fluidically coupled to the OCM subsystem can be used to react H2 with CO and/or CO2 in the non-C2+ impurities to generate methane, which can be recycled to the OCM subsystem. The OCM system can be integrated in a non-OCM system, such as a natural gas liquids system or an existing ethylene cracker.
US09790140B2	Method for producing butadiene A method for producing butadiene from 2,3-butanediol with high selectivity without using a radioactive substance is disclosed. The method for producing butadiene comprises the step of dehydrating 2,3-butanediol in the presence of a catalyst containing an alkali metal salt of phosphoric acid such as an alkali metal dihydrogen phosphate supported on silica. Preferred examples of the alkali metal herein include K, Rb, and Cs. The catalyst is preferably a catalyst prepared by calcination of the silica to which the alkali metal of phosphoric acid is attached.
US09790136B2	Urea and nitrogen stabilizer compositions and methods and systems of making and using thereof This invention relates to an improved urea-nitrogen stabilizer composition and methods, systems and apparatti for making thereof. The nitrogen stabilizer composition is incorporated into molten urea to result in a composition that contains less biuret, NMP, nitrogen stabilizer and/or impurities and provides an effective solid fertilizer. These compositions are useful in in odor control.
US09790133B2	Multiphase compositions for oxidation protection of composite articles The present disclosure includes carbon-carbon composite articles having multiphase glass oxidation protection coatings for limiting thermal and/or catalytic oxidation reactions and methods for applying multiphase glass oxidation protection coatings to carbon-carbon composite articles.
US09790128B2	Laser controlled ion exchange process and glass articles formed therefrom A method for forming ion-exchanged regions in a glass article by contacting an ion source with at least one surface of the glass article, forming a first ion-exchanged region in the glass article by heating a first portion of the glass article with a laser, and forming a second ion-exchanged region in the glass article. Characteristics of the first ion-exchanged region may be different from characteristics of the second ion-exchanged region. A depth of the ion-exchanged region may be greater than 1 μm. A glass article including a first ion-exchanged region, and a second ion-exchanged region having different characteristics from the first ion-exchanged region. The thickness of the glass article is less than or equal to about 0.5 mm.
US09790127B2	Method to generate high LSG low-emissivity coating with same color after heat treatment Low emissivity panels can include a separation layer of Zn2SnOx between multiple infrared reflective stacks. The low emissivity panels can also include NiNbTiOx as barrier layer. The low emissivity panels have high light to solar gain, color neutral, together with similar observable color before and after a heat treatment process.
US09790125B2	Colored and opaque glass ceramic(s), associated colorable and ceramable glass(es), and associated process(es) Disclosed herein are glass-ceramics having crystalline phases including β-spodumene ss and either (i) pseudobrookite or (ii) vanadium or vanadium containing compounds so as to be colored and opaque glass-ceramics having coordinates, determined from total reflectance—specular included—measurements, in the CIELAB color space of the following ranges: L=from about 20 to about 45; a=from about −2 to about +2; and b*=from about −12 to about +1. Such CIELAB color space coordinates can be substantially uniform throughout the glass-ceramics. In each of the proceeding, β-quartz ss can be substantially absent from the crystalline phases. If present, β-quartz ss can be less than about 20 wt % or, alternatively, less than about 15 wt % of the crystalline phases. Also Further crystalline phases might include spinel ss (e.g., hercynite and/or gahnite-hercynite ss), rutile, magnesium zinc phosphate, or spinel ss (e.g., hercynite and/or gahnite-hercynite ss) and rutile.
US09790123B2	Glass composition for sealing Disclosed is a sealing glass composition substantially not containing B2O3 or Al2O3, which is a high-strength, high-expansive crystallizing glass composition that can be used at high temperatures of not less than 950° C. The composition substantially not containing boron oxide, alkali metal oxides or aluminum oxide, but containing, in mol %, SiO2: 40-55, BaO: 18-35, TiO2+ZrO2: 0.1-10, ZnO: 0-15, CaO: 0-20, MgO: 0-9, SrO: 0-5, and La2O3: 0-2, wherein the total content of RO (R: Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Zn) is at least 44 mol %, and wherein the glass composition, when fired in the form of glass powder at a temperature of 850-1050° C, turns into a crystallized glass that exhibits a thermal expansion coefficient of 90-150×10−7/° C. in the range of 50-850° C.
US09790111B2	Method for thickening or dehydrating sludge Disclosed is a method for thickening or dehydrating sludge, which includes at least: a) a step of adding flocculants to the sludge to be treated; b) a step of flocculation by agitation of the sludge with the flocculants thus added in order to form a mixture of flocks and an aqueous solution; c) a step of mechanical separation of the flocks and the aqueous solution formed during the preceding step; d) a step of recovering the aqueous solution and the flocks that make up a treated sludge; wherein: the added flocculants are made up of at least one cationic starch (S) and at least one cationic polyacrylamide (P); the cationic starch or starches (S) including a fixed weight percentage of nitrogen of at least 2%; and the weight ratio (R) ws/(ws+wp), expressed as solids, is included between 0.6 and 0.99.
US09790107B2	Apparatus and method for generating metal ions in a fluid stream An apparatus for providing metal ions to a fluid waste stream includes a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port through which the fluid waste stream enters and exits the housing. Within the housing and between the inlet and outlet ports is an electrode assembly that includes first electrode ring assemblies and second electrode ring assemblies. Each first electrode ring assembly includes a first tubular section formed of electrically insulative material and has an interior through which the fluid waste stream flows. One or more first electrode plates span the interior of the first tubular section and contact the fluid waste stream. Each second electrode ring assembly includes a second tubular section formed of electrically insulative material and has an interior through which the fluid waste stream flows. One or more second electrode plates span the interior of the second tubular section and contact the fluid waste stream. The first tubular sections of the first electrode ring assemblies are in fluid communication with the second tubular sections of the second electrode ring assemblies.
US09790101B2	Multi-port flow switching valve A valve assembly for controlling fluid flow is provided. The valve assembly includes a housing having a first chamber and a second chamber, an actuator assembly configured to move between a first position and a second position within the first and second chambers, a plurality of fluid ports in fluid communication with the first chamber, and a plurality of fluid ports in fluid communication with the second chamber. The first position of the actuator assembly defines a first series of fluid flowpaths through the plurality of fluid ports of the first and second chambers. The second position of the actuator assembly defines a second series of fluid flowpaths through the plurality of fluid ports of the first and second chambers.
US09790092B2	Method for starting up an electrolyzer A method is provided for running up/starting up an electrolysis device (10), which device includes a reactor container (3) which is arranged downstream of an electrolyzer (1) and in which oxygen reacts with hydrogen into water, in order to reduce an oxygen share in a hydrogen gas flow coming from the electrolyzer (1). The electrolysis device (10) is operated with a predefined operating pressure. Upon running up/starting up the electrolyzer (1), the hydrogen gas flow coming from the electrolyzer (1) is led past the reactor container (3) via a bypass conduit (11).
US09790088B2	MEMS structure and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating a MEMS structure includes providing a substrate comprising a logic element region and a MEMS region. Next, a logic element is formed within the logic element region. A nitrogen-containing material layer is formed to cover the logic element region and the MEMS region conformally. Then, part of the nitrogen-containing material layer within the MEMS region is removed to form at least one shrinking region. Subsequently, a dielectric layer is formed to cover the logic element region and MEMS region, and the dielectric layer fills in the shrinking region. After that, the dielectric layer is etched to form at least one releasing hole, wherein the shrinking region surrounds the releasing hole. Finally, the substrate is etched to form a chamber.
US09790086B2	Micromechanical semiconductor sensing device A micromechanical semiconductor sensing device is disclosed. In an embodiment the sensing device includes a micromechanical sensing structure being configured to yield an electrical sensing signal, and a piezoresistive sensing device provided in the micromechanical sensing structure, the piezoresistive sensing device being arranged to sense a mechanical stress disturbing the electrical sensing signal and being configured to yield an electrical disturbance signal based on the sensed mechanical stress disturbing the electrical sensing signal.
US09790084B2	Micromechanical sensor device A micromechanical sensor device includes an evaluation circuit formed in a first substrate, and an MEMS structure which is situated in a cavity delimited by a second substrate and a third substrate, the MEMS structure and the second substrate being situated on top of each other, the MEMS structure being functionally connected to the evaluation circuit via a contact area, the contact area between the MEMS structure and the first substrate being situated essentially centrally on the second substrate and essentially centrally on the first substrate and has an essentially punctiform configuration, proceeding radially from the contact area, a clearance being formed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US09790078B2	Dispenser and mixer for two liquids simultaneously A dispenser for two liquids such as liquor and flavoring mounted on a bottle of the first liquid. A container of the second liquid is provided in the dispenser. When the bottle is tilted, a predetermined amount of both liquids are measured in separate measuring containers within the dispenser. When a trigger is pulled, the measured amounts of both liquids are released together so as to mix, while the release of both liquids beyond the measured amounts is blocked.
US09790067B2	Height-adjustable support device for semi-trailers or the like A support device, preferably for commercial vehicles such as semi-trailers, includes an inner support tube and an outer support tube moveable relative to one another along a longitudinal axis in a retraction and extension direction; a spindle rotated via a gear section and is arranged such that the spindle is stationary relative to the outer support tube; and a spindle nut which is mounted on the spindle, wherein the spindle nut is fixed on a mounting region of the inner support tube, and the mounting region is configured as a support edge facing the longitudinal axis.
US09790066B2	Rotating shaft lifting jig and rotating shaft lifting method A rotating shaft lifting jig is inserted between a rotating shaft of a rotary machine and a bearing stand surrounding the outer periphery of at least a lower part of the rotating shaft. The jig for lifting the rotating shaft includes: a pedestal which is supported on an inner peripheral surface of the bearing stand; and a jack part which is disposed between the pedestal and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft and extends/contracts in the radial direction. The radial dimension of the pedestal is smaller than a radial clearance between the rotating shaft and the bearing stand. A rotor receiver having a cylindrical surface conforming to the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft is provided between the jack part and the rotating shaft. The rotor receiver is provided with a plurality of support members in directions different from the direction of the jack part.
US09790056B2	Articulated funiculator The disclosure is related to systems and methods regarding transit and movement of people. The Articulated Funiculator is a continuous and connected system of trains that moves people in mass. The trains lie horizontal at specific floor levels (designated as stations) in tall buildings or underground levels (designated as stations) in mining operations and underground subway stations. The Articulated Funiculator transitions from horizontal alignments at the stations to vertical, slanted or curved alignments between the stations, albeit the passengers remain horizontal in a standing position. The Articulated Funiculator captures the energy from the braking, dynamic braking’ of the trains and stores it. The stored energy is then used to accelerate the Articulated Funiculator. This re-use of energy makes the Articulated Funiculator sustainable.
US09790050B2	Auto-adjustable wire precast system A system for adjusting a path of a wire includes a precast pulley assembly having at least one precast pulley having at least first and second positions. The at least one precast pulley may be adjustable from the first position to the second position without a user touching the at least one precast pulley. A path of a wire is adjusted when disposed around the at least one precast pulley when it is in the second position instead of in the first position. In one embodiment, the precast pulley assembly includes first and second precast pulleys disposed in an adjacent relationship with respect to one another, wherein a wire can selectively pass over one or both of the first and second precast pulleys.
US09790032B2	Drive for a transport device, set of drives and method for driving a transport device A drive for a transport device, such as a conveyor belt, the drive including an external rotor motor having a stator and a rotor, and a gear unit having a shaft and an input drive gear. A set of drives in which external rotor motors of different sizes, including stators of identical diameter and different heights with corresponding rotors, and/or gear units having different speed-increasing stages or speed-reducing stages, are provided. Also, a method for driving a transport device using the drive.
US09790031B2	Tubular conveyor with cleated belt A conveyor comprising a support frame, an inclined tube mounted to the support frame, a hopper at a lower end of the tube for receiving material, a spout at an upper end of the tube for discharging the material, a running plate extending inside the tube, and a cleated belt, supported by the running plate, that conveys the material from the hopper to the spout through the tube. The cleated belt comprises a plurality of spaced-apart cleats and wherein each cleat has a base extending transversely to a direction of travel of the belt and curved sides that curve upwardly and outwardly from the base.
US09790030B2	Repel assembly and method A repel assembly and method includes an engagement surface having an adhesive plane for securing to an object, a plurality of attachment spikes extending from the engagement surface at an angle transverse to the adhesive plane and a transport surface for supporting a fixture coupled to the plurality of attachment spikes, the fixture being positioned between the engagement surface and the transport surface. The repel assembly further includes an annular ring having an upper and lower ring coupled to the repel assembly, the lower ring having first and second ends spaced by a wiper body such that the annular ring repels debris from contacting and/or collecting on the transport surface.
US09790020B1	Packaging container for a tobacco product A packaging container for a tobacco product is provided. The packaging container comprises a housing including a flexible wall portion having an electrical device printed or placed on an exterior surface thereof, and a power source contained within the interior of the housing and configured to power the electrical device. The flexible wall portion comprises a layer including a nanocellulose coating configured to level the exterior surface for receipt of the electrical device, and a layer including a moisture vapor barrier configure to resist diffusion of moisture through the exterior surface and into an interior of the housing.
US09790016B2	Packaging bag for microwave ovens A packaging bag (10) for microwave ovens has a tube part (13) formed from a pair of resin film parts (11, 12) that each include a base material layer (21), a heat seal layer (23), and an intermediate layer (22) provided between the base material layer (21) and the heat seal layer (23) and are disposed to face each other such that the heat seal layer (23) becomes an inside thereof. At least one of the pair of resin film parts (11, 12) includes cutting lines (L1, L2, L3, L4), a temporarily fixed seal part (S), and an easy peeling part (S1), and the temporarily fixed seal part (S) is located at the easy peeling part (S1).
US09790013B2	Dispensing system and package for use therewith A system for dispensing articles provided initially in a package is disclosed that comprises a frame configured to support the package of articles and a package-opening tool associated with the frame. The frame includes longitudinally opposed front and rear end sections, and an upper support deck extending at least partially between the front and rear end sections and below which a product display area is provided. The opening tool associated with the frame such that its open the package when the package is moved longitudinally on the upper support deck and relative to the opening tool, thereby allowing the articles to be at least partially dispensed from the package into the product display area.
US09790006B2	Cover material for packaging container for retort sterilization Provided is a cover material for packaging contains for retort sterilization which comes to exhibit excellent sealing strength through low-temperature, short-time heat sealing. The cover material for packaging containers for retort sterilization is constituted of a multilayered laminate obtained by superposing a base layer, an interlayer, and a sealing layer in this order, and is characterized in that the base layer is constituted of a laminated film obtained by laminating a polyethylene terephthalate film or polybutylene terephthalate film to an aluminum foil and the aluminum foil of the base layer has been laminated to the interlayer with a polyurethane-based adhesive or a polyester-based adhesive, and that the aluminum foil has a thickness of 7-40 μm, the polyethylene terephthalate film or the polybutylene terephthalate film has a thickness of 6-18 μm, the interlayer has a thickness of 10-100 μm, and the sealing layer has a thickness of 3-20 μm.
US09790002B2	Bag with gripping panels A bag has top and bottom edge margins and opposite side margins. First and second bag panels of the bag define a bag interior and an opening at the top edge margin of the bag. A reclosable closing structure at the top edge margin of the bag can repeatedly close the bag. First and second gripping panels are joined to the top edge margin of the bag at first and second joints, respectively. The gripping panels can provide surfaces for gripping when opening the bag, and the joints can be flexible to allow pivoting of the gripping panels relative to the bag. The gripping panels can be formed integrally with a closure for appending to a bag body.
US09789999B2	Containers and methods for mixing and dispensing beverage concentrates A container (10) for dispensing a liquid beverage concentrate is provided. The liquid beverage concentrate is formed of a first beverage component, disposed in a body (12), and a second beverage component, disposed within a cartridge (30) at least partially within the body, that are initially isolated. The first and second beverage components can be combined to form the liquid beverage concentrate by moving the cartridge, such as further into the body, to unblock a flow path (36) between the cartridge and the body.
US09789993B2	Folded-cap containers and method for making same A blank assembly for forming a folded-cap container includes a first blank of sheet material that includes a pair of end panels, a pair of side panels, and a plurality of corner panels connected in series along a plurality of fold lines. Each of the end panels and side panels has a bottom edge that is substantially aligned with the respective bottom edges of the other end panels and side panels. Also, each of the four corner panels has a bottom free edge that is offset towards a central horizontal axis of the first blank from the bottom edges of the end panels and side panels. The blank assembly also includes a second blank of sheet material that includes a top panel and a lifting panel connected by a fold line. The top panel is configured to be coupled adjacent to a top edge of one of the end panels.
US09789991B2	Reactor plate assembly and brush anvil for use in conjunction therewith A reactor plate assembly for a fastener dispensing device includes a metal reactor plate mounted onto the distal end of a fixed support arm for the device, the reactor plate including a flattened top surface shaped to define a pair of elliptical, needle-receiving holes. The reactor plate assembly additionally includes a brush anvil removably secured to the underside of the support arm. The brush anvil includes four separate bristle clusters that are retained within associated bores in a block, with a first pair of bristle clusters projecting into one needle-receiving hole and a second pair of bristle clusters projecting into the other needle-receiving hole. Each bristle cluster includes a group of individual nylon bristles, the free ends of the bristles lying flush with the top surface of the reactor plate to provide a planar support surface which can be penetrated by the needles of the device during the dispensing process.
US09789987B2	Apparatus for sealing an open end of a container An apparatus for sealing an open end of a package comprises a first longitudinally extending sealing jaw, bearing mounted on a first eccentric shaft rotatable around a first rotational axis, and a second longitudinally extending sealing jaw, bearing mounted on a second eccentric shaft rotatable around a second rotational axis, the second sealing jaw being parallel with the first sealing jaw. At least one motor drives rotation around the first and second rotational axis in opposite directions, wherein the first and the second sealing jaws oppose each other, and are allowed to oscillate between sealing and open positions by moving towards and away from each other. A first and second transversally extending guiding bar cooperate with the first and second eccentric shaft via guiding pins running in guiding grooves, such that transverse play between the first and the second eccentric shaft and the first and second sealing jaw is allowed.
US09789982B2	Device for supporting containers in filling machines for products in powder form or the like A device for supporting containers in filling machines for products in powder form includes, a first supporting element, connected to the structure of a filling machine, and a second supporting element designed to support a respective container to be filled. The device further includes actuation elements configured for actuating, with a vibrating motion, the second supporting element with respect to the first supporting element. The second supporting element can rotate with respect to the first supporting element about a substantially vertical rotation axis. The actuation elements further include elements for generating a variable magnetic field, which are integral with one of the supporting elements, and magnetic means, which are integral with the other of the supporting elements and interact with the generator to cause an alternating oscillation, in the two opposite rotation directions, of the second supporting element with respect to the first supporting element, about the rotation axis.
US09789981B1	Compactor for space toilet A toilet for use on a space vehicle has a toilet bowl having a storage canister at a remote end for receiving human waste. The compactor includes a cable connected to a lever which pulls the cable in a direction forcing the compactor into the storage canister to compact the captured waste when the lever is actuated.
US09789973B2	Power interruption bridge circuit A controller is employed in conjunction with an electrical power distribution system (EPDS). The controller includes at least a first input for receiving DC power from a DC power bus and a power supply circuit connected to the first input to provide operational power to the controller. The controller further includes a power interrupt bridge circuit that monitors the voltage provided of the first input. In response to the monitored voltage being less than a threshold value, the power interrupt bridge circuit supplies power to the power supply circuit from a DC emergency source for a defined time period.
US09789968B1	Ring release systems and methods A ring release system is configured to releasably couple a parachute to a payload. The ring release system may comprise an upper release ring, an intermediate release ring with a partially and/or completely flattened end, and a lower release ring having a J-shape. When activated, the release rings cascadingly separate to release the parachute from the payload. With these systems and related methods, larger payloads may be supported, the mass and size of the ring release system may be reduced as compared to prior systems, and various failure modes may be eliminated.
US09789958B2	Emergency collective actuator and method for a helicopter A helicopter includes a rotor system having a rotor with an adjustable pitch that is controlled at least in part by a pilot using a collective control and which helicopter generates a Low RPM signal that is indicative of a threshold low rotational speed of the rotor. An actuator arrangement can move the collective control by exerting a force on the collective control such that the pilot is able to overcome the actuator force but which otherwise can move the collective control from a current operational position toward a minimum pitch position. A clutch can co-rotate with a motor to serve in transferring the actuation force to reduce the adjustable pitch and can slip relative to the actuator shaft assembly responsive to an application of a counterforce applied by the pilot to the collective control such that the counterforce overcomes the actuation force.
US09789957B2	Load transfer in a powered aircraft drive wheel An efficient system and method are provided wherein aircraft may be retrofitted with non-engine drive means controllable to power landing gear wheels to move the aircraft autonomously during ground movement without engines or tow vehicles so that existing landing gear structures are employed to achieve force distribution and load transfer. Non-engine drive means capable of powering a landing gear wheel to move the aircraft during taxi are integrated into existing landing gear designs so that excess drive forces are transferred and distributed through previously evaluated and certificated landing gear structures, including tow fittings, determined to be capable of handling such forces, which eliminates changes to the landing gear and facilitates retrofit and certification. Engines-off taxi technology can be rapidly designed and developed to be retrofitted on existing aircraft nose and/or main landing gear and then efficiently certificated.
US09789956B2	Vortex generators responsive to ambient conditions A deployable vortex generator attached to a lifting surface includes a vane moveable relative to the lifting surface. The vane moves from a deployed position to a retracted position in response to a change in ambient conditions. In the deployed position, the vane acts on the air flow to create vortices. In the retracted position, the vane is closely aligned with the free stream velocity.
US09789952B2	Methods and apparatus of notification of a flight asymmetry influencing an aircraft Methods and apparatus of notification of a flight asymmetry influencing an aircraft are disclosed herein. An example method includes monitoring a roll characteristic of an aircraft and determining an output of an autopilot system of the aircraft to control the roll characteristic. The example method further includes generating an alert based on the output and an authority of the autopilot system to control the roll characteristic.
US09789950B1	Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with multi-part foldable wings The present invention is a canister-launched pyrotechnically actuated folding wing UAV. The invention features a method for reliable and irreversible locking of a foldable wing, while enabling compact storage, cost reduction, ease of deployment and aerodynamic performance unattainable in current folding-wing designs. In a specific embodiment, the UAV is pre-packaged in a deployment canister for single-button deployment. The UAV can be offered in a rental system in which part or the entirety of the device can be returned for refurbishing. Additionally, the device can be provided as a fully expendable unit.
US09789943B2	Arrangement for multi screw vessels comprising external propeller shafts as well as method for producing such an arrangement The invention relates to an arrangement for multi screw vessels, in particular twin screw vessels, with external propeller shafts, as well as to a method for producing such an arrangement. The arrangement according to the invention is in particular suitable for a drive system of an above-mentioned multi screw vessel and to improve the energy efficiency thereof.
US09789940B2	Personal flotation device A personal flotation device may include a chest portion, an abdominal portion, and a connecting portion positioned between the chest portion and the abdominal portion. The width of the connecting portion may be smaller than the width of both the chest portion and the abdominal portion. The connecting portion may extend only from a center region of the chest portion. The chest portion, abdominal portion and connecting portion may be arranged to together form an approximately I-shaped portion. The personal flotation device may be secured to a garment.
US09789934B1	Floatation device having buoyant tilt yaw control A floatation device may include a bow section and a tail section pivotally connected to the bow section by a kingpin assembly. The kingpin assembly may be configured to include a positive kingpin inclination angle or a negative inclination angle that determine the yaw direction of the floatation device. A user may control the tilt or roll of the floatation device to offset a yaw direction and maintain a straight line tracking course.
US09789931B2	Combination fishing pole holder and cleat A combination fishing pole holder and cleat has a bezel portion for affixing to a surface. The bezel portion has a first hole for accepting an object and a shaped indentation to accept and fit a cleat portion. The bezel portion has a pair of studs, each having a cavity formed there within. The cleat portion is shaped to fit within the shaped indentation and has a second hole, also for accepting the object. A pair of legs extends from the cleat portion and through respective studs. Each of the legs is terminated by a device/end that is wider than the cavity of the studs. A tubular portion extends from a side of the bezel and is aligned with both the first hole and the second hole for insertion of the object. The cleat portion moves between a retracted position and an extended position.
US09789929B2	Compound power mechanism and electric bicycle A compound power mechanism and an electric bicycle are provided. The compound power mechanism includes a motor casing fixed to the bicycle, a motor drive shaft coupled with a rotor, and a stator provided in the motor casing. A crank drive shaft is disposed in the motor drive shaft. Two ends of the crank drive shaft extend out of the two ends of the motor drive shaft and are coupled with pedal cranks. A freewheel is coupled to a respective end of the motor drive shaft and the crank drive shaft. A drive sprocket is located between and coupled to the two freewheels and adapted to bring a bicycle chain to turn. The drive sprocket can be driven by the motor drive shaft or by the crank drive shaft when pedaled. The size of the motor is reduced and the cost of manufacture is lowered.
US09789928B2	Bicycle transmission apparatus A bicycle transmission apparatus comprises a base member, a first transmission member, a second transmission member, and a first coupling member. The first transmission member is rotatable relative to the base member about a first rotational axis and is movable relative to the base member in an axial direction parallel to the first rotational axis. The second transmission member is rotatable relative to the base member about a second rotational axis and is stationary relative to the base member in the axial direction. The first coupling member is configured to couple the first transmission member to the second transmission member to transmit rotation of the first transmission member to the second transmission member at a variable speed stage which is variable in accordance with at least one positional relationship among the first transmission member, the second transmission member, and the first coupling member in the axial direction.
US09789926B2	Cycle headsets Discloses methods and apparatus for headset transmissions mounted to a steerer tube rotationally mounted relative to a head-tube and headset of a cycle frame. A first transmission member mounts about a rotational axis of the steerer tube. The first transmission member rotates with the steerer tube about the rotational axis, and can also translate relative to the steerer tube to transmit a first displacement force to or from a handle bar mounted device. The first displacement force is transmitted to the first transmission member from an interior of the steerer tube. A second transmission member mounts about the rotational axis of the steerer tube. The second transmission member is rotationally isolated to rotate relative to the first transmission member, and can translate with the first transmission member. The second transmission member allows transmission of a second displacement force, from the first displacement force, to a cycle frame mounted device.
US09789924B2	Accessory for a self-balancing board An accessory for a self-balancing board is provided. The self-balancing board comprises a foot-deck having two lateral foot-deck ends. Each lateral foot-deck end is coupled to a motor that drives a wheel in response to an orientation of the lateral foot-deck end relative to a horizontal plane. The foot-deck has at least one sensor that is triggered when a rider is in a riding position thereon. The accessory includes a chassis, at least one travel surface-contacting element coupled proximal to a first longitudinal end of the chassis to facilitate travel of the chassis over a travel surface, and a seat coupled to the chassis and configured to support the rider. The accessory further includes an engagement structure that releasably engages the self-balancing board and fails to trigger the at least one sensor. At least one sensor-triggering element that is actuatable relative to the engagement structure between a first position is provided, wherein the at least one sensor-triggering element fails to trigger the at least one sensor, and a second position, wherein the at least one sensor-triggering element triggers the at least one sensor. At least one control member is coupled to and actuating at least one of the engagement structure and the at least one sensor-triggering element to control the orientation of the lateral foot-deck ends relative to a horizontal plane.
US09789923B2	Hybrid power unit A hybrid power unit is mounted on a vehicle body frame of a saddle-type vehicle and is composed of an engine, a transmission, a clutch system, that enables switching between connection and disconnection of power transmission between a crankshaft and the transmission, and an electric motor capable of transmitting rotational power to the transmission. An operation of the electric motor alone is enabled with alleviation of the load. Thus, an increase in the size in the direction along the axis line of the crankshaft is avoided. The electric motor, rendered incapable of direct power transmission from and to a crankshaft, is housed in a transmission chamber so as to be allowed to transmit rotational power from a rotor of the electric motor to a transmission shaft. The rotor is disposed on an upper side relative to the highest oil level of lubricating oil in the transmission chamber.
US09789917B2	Article support structure for vehicle An article support structure for a vehicle includes a vehicle body floor (2) having a substantially flat reference placing surface (2A) onto which an article is placed and fixed, and a recessed section surface (2B) continuously formed at an edge of the reference placing surface (2A) and recessed downward with respect to the reference placing surface (2A), and an auxiliary supporting member detachably attached to the recessed section surface (2B) and configured to support a portion of the article placed on the reference placing surface (2A) from below, wherein the auxiliary supporting member (14) includes an article support surface (14c-1) having substantially same upper surface height as the reference placing surface (2A) in a state in which the auxiliary supporting member is attached to the recessed section surface (2B), and a fastening section configured to fasten the auxiliary supporting member with the recessed section surface (2B) and release the fastening.
US09789908B2	Impact load reduction structure An impact load reduction structure includes a battery frame and a load reduction frame. The battery frame is fixed to a vehicle body frame of an electrically-powered vehicle and supports a battery. The load reduction frame is disposed so as to extend in a front-rear direction on a front side of the battery frame. A rear section of the load reduction frame is disposed facing a front section of the battery frame with a predetermined gap therebetween such that the load reduction frame comes into contact with the battery frame when the electrically-powered vehicle is involved in a collision.
US09789906B1	Twenty-eight-cornered strengthening member for vehicles A strengthening member for a motor vehicle and a vehicle including a strengthening member are provided. The strengthening member can have a cross-section that has twenty-eight corners and includes sides and corners arranged to create sixteen internal angles and twelve external angles. The strengthening member can have a cross-section that includes a central portion and four lobe portions. The vehicle may include a strengthening member that has twenty-eight corners and includes sides and corners arranged to create sixteen internal angles and twelve external angles.
US09789905B2	Vehicle traveling control apparatus A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes a vehicle parameter detector, a vehicle parameter estimator, a disturbance-suppressing parameter calculator, an addition rate changer, and a disturbance suppressor. The vehicle parameter detector detects a vehicle parameter. The vehicle parameter estimator estimates, by means of a vehicle model, a vehicle parameter to be outputted in response to an input value. The disturbance-suppressing parameter calculator estimates, based on the vehicle parameters detected by the vehicle parameter detector and estimated by the vehicle parameter estimator, a disturbance generated at a vehicle, and calculates a disturbance-suppressing parameter. The addition rate changer identifies, based on the vehicle parameters detected by the vehicle parameter detector and estimated by the vehicle parameter estimator, the disturbance generated at the vehicle, and variably sets, based on the identified disturbance, an addition rate of the disturbance-suppressing parameter. The disturbance suppressor adds the disturbance-suppressing parameter set by the addition rate changer.
US09789891B2	Train control apparatus A train control apparatus includes: a first ground device 22a provided in a first section CZ1; and a second ground device 22b provided in a second section CZ2 continuing from the first section CZ1 in a train travel direction. When a train 10 in the first section CZ1 enters a control transition section ZCR determined using a control section border CZI as a termination end, the first ground device 22a instructs a first vehicle radio set 14r to send a first report signal RR1 to the first ground device 22a in accordance with a first communication condition determined by the first ground device 22a, and instructs a second vehicle radio set 14f to send a second report signal RF2 to the second ground device 22b in accordance with a second communication condition determined by the second ground device 22b. In response to the reception of the second report signal RF2 from the second vehicle radio set 14f, the second ground device 22b instructs the second vehicle radio set 14f to send a report signal including train location information to the second ground device 22b in accordance with the second communication condition.
US09789883B2	Two-level locking device, hopper car bottom door and hopper car The present invention discloses a two-level locking device, a hopper car bottom door and a hopper car. The device includes a first transmission shaft, a second transmission shaft, a clutch, a pressure mechanism and a reset mechanism, wherein under the pressure action of the pressure mechanism, the clutch separates the first transmission shaft from the second transmission shaft, and under the action of the reset mechanism, the clutch joints the first transmission shaft with the second transmission shaft. The bottom door includes the device. The hopper car includes the bottom door. By adopting the device, when the clutch is accidently separated by the pressure action of the pressure mechanism, the reset mechanism can re-joint the clutch to prevent the accidental rotation of the first transmission shaft and the second transmission shaft. By adopting the bottom door, the hopper car bottom door opened and closed by a planar four-bar linkage passing a dead point is more reliable to use. The hopper car is more reliable to use.
US09789876B1	Axle torque control system for a motor vehicle A powertrain control system for a motor vehicle having a transmission and an engine includes an axle torque controller that determines a desired engine torque and a desired speed ratio from a plurality of inputs, an engine controller that determines a commanded engine torque based on the desired engine torque, wherein the commanded engine torque is used to control the engine to produce an actual engine torque, a transmission controller that determines a commanded gear ratio based on the desired gear ratio, wherein the commanded gear ratio is used to control the transmission to produce an actual gear ratio, and an estimator that determines an actual axle torque of the motor vehicle from the actual engine torque and the actual gear ratio. The plurality of inputs includes a desired axle torque, the actual axle torque, a desired fuel rate, an actual fuel rate.
US09789872B2	Work vehicle A work vehicle includes a travelling state determination unit capable of determining a travelling state of a travelling body, and a control unit that restricts, if it has been determined by the travelling state determination unit that the travelling body is in a reverse travelling state, an upper limit value of a target rotational speed of an engine that is based on an operation on an accelerator operation tool to be a lower value than in a case where it has been determined by the travelling state determination unit that the travelling body is in a forward travelling state.
US09789871B1	High efficiency, high power density drive system utilizing complementary motor assemblies A dual-motor electric vehicle (EV) drive system is provided that employs two different types of electric motors; at least one permanent magnet synchronous motor and at least one induction asynchronous motor. Under most low demand driving applications the EV relies on the permanent magnet motor(s), thus benefiting from the operating efficiency of this type of motor. Under high demand driving applications, for example during strong acceleration and high speed cruising, the EV is able to benefit from the output power capabilities of the induction motor(s).
US09789858B1	Methods and systems for braking a vehicle utilizing an electronic parking brake to avoid a collision Methods and systems of braking a vehicle. One method includes determining, with a first electronic processor, whether the vehicle is in a collision state or a non-collision state. The method also includes determining, with the first electronic processor, an amount of deceleration needed to avoid a collision with a first object. The method also includes determining, with a second electronic processor, whether an electronic parking brake has been activated. Responsive to determining that the electronic parking brake is activated and the vehicle is in the collision state, the method also includes controlling, with the second electronic processor, the electronic parking brake to provide an amount of deceleration of the vehicle based on the amount of deceleration needed to avoid a collision with a first object and a predetermined maximum amount of deceleration of the electronic parking brake.
US09789857B2	Apparatus and method of controlling electronic parking brake An apparatus and a method of controlling an electronic parking brake are provided to prevent collision with a preceding vehicle by generating additional target clamping force through interoperation with an advanced emergency brake system (AEBS) to improve performance of the AEBS. The apparatus includes an electric parking brake (EPB) that generates target clamping force and an information collector that collects a primary warning signal and a primary demanded deceleration by interoperating with an AEBS. A controller operates the EPB to perform a preparation process for braking when the primary warning signal is collected and perform braking until a primary actual deceleration corresponding to the primary demanded deceleration is measured when the primary demanded deceleration is collected.
US09789851B2	Disconnection detection device A disconnection detection device is provided with a disconnection detection unit including a constant current circuit configured to supply a constant current for disconnection detection to at least two horns through wire harnesses, and a disconnection detection circuit configured to determine the presence or absence of disconnection of the wire harnesses by monitoring an output voltage of the constant current circuit and configured to supply drive power through the wire harnesses by turning on the contact circuit independently of the horn switch in a case where disconnection of the wire harnesses has been detected. The disconnection detection unit is disposed in the relay box along with the plug-in relay.
US09789850B2	Disconnection detection device A disconnection detection device for an in-vehicle device having a load circuit, is provided with a second wire harness which is arranged along at least a part of the first wire harness, a current circuit which supplies a current for disconnection detection to the second wire harness, and a disconnection determination circuit which monitors an output voltage of the current circuit so as to determine presence or absence of disconnection of the second wire harness. Disconnection of the second wire harness is detected as the disconnection of the first wire harness based on disconnection determination of the disconnection determination circuit.
US09789848B2	Seat-belt retractor assembly A restraint system includes a housing, a spool, a disc, a cutter, a plate, and an actuator. The spool is rotatably coupled to the housing. The disc is fixed to the spool. The cutter is moveable along a path from a spaced position away from the disc to a cutting position adjacent the disc. The plate is moveable between an engaged position extending in the path and a disengaged position spaced from the path. The actuator is coupled to the plate.
US09789841B2	Side airbag device for vehicle To contribute to stabilizing the restraining of a head portion. When an air bag inflates and expands in a side airbag device for a vehicle, a rear bag portion accommodating an inflator inflates and expands earlier than and at a higher pressure than a front bag portion. The front bag portion, that is low pressure and inflates and expands later, can be supported by the rear bag portion that is high pressure, and the front bag portion does not shake greatly. Moreover, the flow of gas from the rear bag portion that is high pressure to the front bag portion that is low pressure can be regulated by the upper and lower communication ports formed in a tether. Due to the above, the expansion behavior of the front bag portion can be stabilized, which can therefore contribute to the restraining of the head portion by the front bag portion.
US09789840B2	Downwardly inflatable vehicle airbag A vehicle interior includes a roof, a seat including a seatback, and an airbag supported by the roof. The airbag is inflatable away from the roof to an inflated position surrounding the seatback. During an impact of the vehicle, the airbag may be inflated from an uninflated position to the inflated position to absorb energy from an occupant of the vehicle.
US09789837B2	Airbag bracket and vehicle airbag system An airbag bracket includes a self-fastening protrusion extending from a plate-like metallic base. The base includes a tongue onto which the protrusion is molded using a polymeric material. The base has at least one through-aperture onto which a fabric tail of an airbag unit may be wound. The base further includes a fastener aperture to receive there-through a fastener. The protrusion and fastener are mounted in respective holes or sockets in a body wall of a vehicle in order to mount the airbag system.
US09789833B2	Vehicle frame structure A vehicle frame structure includes a bumper reinforcement, a side structure that includes a first side wall on an outer side of the side structure in a vehicle width direction and a first protruding structure, and a crush box that is arranged between the bumper reinforcement and the side structure and includes a second side wall on an outer side of the crush box in the vehicle width direction, the second side wall having a second protruding structure. An edge line of the first protruding structure and an edge line of the second protruding structure are provided to be continuous in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a width in a vehicle up and down direction of the first protruding structure becomes wider farther away from the second protruding structure, in the vehicle front-rear direction.
US09789831B2	Method of managing collisions between a plurality of vehicles and vehicle applying such a method A method of managing collisions, the method comprising: identifying a first crash structure (22) and determining an initial stiffness of the crash structure; determining a level of aggressivity of the collision based on the predicted energy absorption for each vehicle; identifying a first crash structure whose stiffness can be adjusted, and determining a subsequent stiffness value for the crash structure based on the determined amount of energy to be absorbed by each of the vehicles such that the energy absorbed by the crash structure is changed and the level of aggressivity is reduced; and stiffening the first crash structure to the determined stiffness value.
US09789825B2	Bicycle carrier system for vehicle A bicycle carrier system for a vehicle includes a guide rail provided on a bumper back beam and formed to extend in forward and backward directions, a carrier portion connected to the guide rail to be slidably drawn out or accommodated along the guide rail, an extended support portion installed on the carrier portion to extend or return in both side directions to carry a bicycle, a motor module installed on the carrier portion and including a first driving portion to enable the carrier portion to move along the guide rail and a second driving portion to extend/return the extended support portion, and a communication control module to store a drawing/accommodating command of the carrier portion and an extending/returning command of the extended support portion and to control operation of the first driving portion and the second driving portion in accordance with an input signal.
US09789824B1	Rotatable center console compartment of a vehicle having customizable subcompartments A center console includes a cylindrical shell defining a compartment. The compartment includes a spindle extending between first and second ends of the cylindrical shell and coaxially positioned within the cylindrical shell for rotation therein, and at least one divider supported by the spindle for subdividing the compartment. The spindle includes at least one support having a first magnet positioned therein and the at least one divider has a second magnet associated with an tongue such that the first magnet and the second magnet cooperate to secure the at least one divider to the spindle within the at least one support. A related method of accessing one of a plurality of subcompartments of a compartment defined by a cylindrical shell includes the steps of establishing a name the subcompartments, selecting by name one of the subcompartments for movement, and rotating the spindle and the subcompartments to allow access to the selected subcompartment.
US09789815B2	Navigation device, navigation method, and computer program product According to an embodiment, a navigation device installed in a vehicle includes an obtainer, a controller, and a reproducer. The obtainer obtains at least one of vehicle information related to the vehicle and driver information related to a driver of the vehicle. The controller controls, based on at least one of the vehicle information and the driver information, localization direction of a playback sound which is to be reproduced for the driver. The reproducer reproduces the playback sound using a three dimensional sound based on control of the localization direction.
US09789814B2	Indirect light-emitting front grill Provided is an indirect light-emitting front grill including: a front grill 22; light-emitting members 4, 14; and illuminated members 1, 11 disposed along the design portion. The illuminated members 1, 11 have reflecting portions 2, 12 that reflect light emitted by the light-emitting members 4, 14. The reflecting portions 2, 12 are visible via the front grill viewed from the front, and have a black or dark color or the same color as or a similar color to the front grill 22. This front grill has openings 3, 13 through which currents of air introduced from outside the vehicle are further introduced into the inside of the vehicle, the openings being located nearer to the outer edges of the front grill 22 than to the reflecting portions 2, 12.
US09789810B2	Photoluminescent vehicle panel A vehicle illumination apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one aperture disposed in a panel of the vehicle. A light source is disposed proximate the aperture and configured to emit a first emission having a first wavelength. A first photoluminescent portion is disposed proximate the panel substantially within the aperture and configured to emit a second emission having a second wavelength in response to receiving the first emission.
US09789808B1	Headlight directional control for illuminating an identified object Provided is a method and device to selectively illuminate off-road objects in low-light environments using directionally-adjustable vehicle headlamps. An object may be identified by a vehicle user and/or autonomous vehicle sensors. When the identified object is within an illumination range capability of a vehicle headlamp, a frontlighting control unit operates to determine vector data for the identified object, taking into account vehicle motion. With the vector data, a headlight pattern of the vehicle headlamp may be adjusted to align with the vector data to illuminate the identified object.
US09789807B2	Lamp for vehicle and controlling method thereof A lamp includes a vehicle position sensing unit for sensing a position of a forward vehicle. The lamp includes a plurality of lamp units for changing beam patterns by opening or closing a portion of a shield having a plate shape, a shield actuating unit actuating the shield to open or close the portion of the shield and an optical axis adjustment unit for changing a direction of irradiation of light by adjusting an optical axis of at least one of the plurality of lamp units. In particular, a control unit forms a shadow zone by controlling at least one of the shield actuating unit and the optical axis adjustment unit according to the sensed position of the forward vehicle.
US09789806B2	Apparatus of a progressive indicator, especially for a car headlight or lamp The apparatus of a progressive direction indicator, especially for a car headlight or lamp, comprises the main connector (1) as the input electric interface, an LDM power supply module (2) for the power supply of the LED light sources (7), an LED board (4) where the LED light sources are mounted, and an interface (3) interconnecting the LDM power supply module with the LED board. The apparatus further comprises a current controller (9) for setting the current of the LED light sources, with the LDM power supply module comprising a DC/DC converter (5) generating the output voltage V out, which is the voltage source for the LED board. The LED board comprises discrete switching elements (8) for switching of individual LED light sources depending on the input voltage, so that the LED light sources are sequentially switched depending on the output voltage V out.
US09789804B2	Curved load support for use on a vehicle A portable container assembly that can include a wheeled hand cart for transporting articles mounted on a platform or basket can be mounted in an elevated, horizontal position on the rear of a vehicle. The hand cart includes a downwardly facing channel that can be aligned with and inserted over a support bar extending from the rear of a hitch receiver on a vehicle. Upright handles on the hand cart supply sufficient mechanical advantage to allow the user to first tilt the and cart, and when the channel is aligned with the support bar, the hand cart can be rotated so that it is lifted into position and supported by the support bar on a vehicle. The support bar is attachable to and detachable from a conventional hitch receiver. A cooler can also be mounted directly to and supported only by the hitch extension.
US09789800B2	Retractable cargo box assembly for a truck cargo bed Disclosed herein is a retractable cargo box assembly for a cargo bed of a vehicle. The retractable cargo box assembly includes a cargo box. The cargo box includes a base extending laterally between a first side and a second side, and extending longitudinally between a front end and a rear end. A linear wheel assembly is mounted to the base. The linear wheel assembly includes a plurality of rollers aligned in a linear arrangement between the front end and the rear end of the base. The rollers are configured to rotatably support the cargo box on the cargo bed of the vehicle between a retracted position and an extended position.
US09789796B1	Seat with a cylindrical ventilation fan A ventilated seat having a jounce zone, including a seat jounce zone and a back jounce zone, configured to deform when the ventilated seat and an occupant are subjected to a dynamic force includes a frame, a seat portion, a back portion, and a cylindrical blower. The seat portion is connected to the frame and has a porous seat cover portion and the seat jounce zone. The back portion is connected to the frame and has a porous back cover portion and the back jounce zone. The cylindrical blower is attached to the frame, is disposed at least partially outside of the jounce zone, and is operatively connected to one of the porous seat cover portion and the porous back cover portion such that air flows through the respective porous cover portion to provide ventilation to the ventilated seat.
US09789795B2	Head rest A headrest is provided including a movable unit that can be shifted to multiple positions in the front-rear direction in a normal mode. A headrest includes first and second headrest pillars, a stationary unit disposed between the first and second headrest pillars, a movable unit movable apart from or close to the stationary unit toward a front or rear direction, an X linkage connecting the stationary unit to the movable unit and including an inside linkage segment and an outside linkage segment rotatably connected each other at a central connecting intersection, and a front-rear locking mechanism including a lock receiver and a locking component engageable with the lock receiver, to lock or unlock the movable unit movable relative to the stationary unit toward the front or rear direction.
US09789793B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat compactly stowed in a stowed state while suppressing contact between pivot links. A stowable seat includes an inner link, an outer link, and a guide link coupled to a seat cushion of the seat, the links are pivoted with respect to a vehicle body floor in order to move the seat cushion to a stowed position. The inner link, the outer link, and the guide link are arranged at positions different from each other in the width direction of the seat so that contact between the pivot links is suppressed. Further, the guide link is arranged at a position different from the inner link and the outer link in the front to back direction of the seat so that the seat can be compactly stowed.

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