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US09989290B2	Condenser control systems, devices and methods Condenser control, systems, devices, and methods are described herein. One system includes a number of pressure sensors, wherein each of the number of pressure sensors is configured to sense a pressure associated with a condenser of a refrigeration system, a temperature sensor configured to sense an outdoor air temperature, and a controller configured to activate operation of a number of condenser fans and a number of split valves associated with the condenser based, at least in part, on the sensed outdoor air temperature upon a failure of each of the number of pressure sensors.
US09989289B2	Condenser unit A condenser unit including a compressor for compressing a refrigerant vapor to provide a superheated refrigerant vapor exerting a head pressure, and a condenser for receiving the superheated refrigerant vapor and condensing the superheated refrigerant vapor therein, the condenser being located in an uncontrolled space with air therein at an ambient temperature. The condenser unit also includes a flow control means for controlling flow of the superheated refrigerant vapor from the compressor into the condenser, a rotatable condenser fan for moving air past the condenser to dissipate heat from the condenser, and a controller for controlling the flow control means and the speed of rotation of the condenser fan based on at least one preselected parameter, to maintain the head pressure within a predetermined range thereof.
US09989275B2	Register A front movable louver is configured for one central horizontal fin axially supported to be turnable in the horizontal direction substantially at the up-down center inside an air outlet, while an upper auxiliary horizontal fin is axially supported so as to be storable and turnable in the horizontal direction in a storing recess provided on an upper wall surface inside the air outlet, and a lower auxiliary horizontal fin axially supported to be storable and turnable in the horizontal direction in a storing recess provided on a lower wall surface inside the air outlet. The central horizontal fin is axially supported to be turnable by pivots provided to project substantially at the centers of both sides. The upper auxiliary horizontal fin and the lower auxiliary horizontal fin are axially supported to be turnable in a manner of sticking out downstream-side end portions to a passage side.
US09989267B2	Moisture abatement in heating operation of climate controlled systems Embodiments related to moisture abatement during a heating operation of a climate control system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the climate control system includes a thermoelectric device (TED) or other thermal condition device having a hot side and a cold side. In certain embodiments, the thermal conditioning device is operated (e.g., by a processor or a condensate switch) to inhibit or prevent the occurrence of condensation, and/or to abate condensation that has already occurred, on the cold side of the thermal conditioning device during the heating operation.
US09989265B2	Hot water recirculation system technologies Technologies for use with a hot water recirculation system containing a hot water source, a flow sensor downstream from the source, a booster pump downstream from the sensor, and a plumbing fixture downstream from the pump are provided. The technologies enable a controller to couple to the sensor and the pump, and operate in a calibration mode and a control mode. Such operations can increase energy efficiency of the pump and increase operational longevity of the pump.
US09989264B2	Heating tile A heating tile designed to be easily installed using standard construction methods and materials while providing a radiant heating method that is compatible with both computer controlled systems as well as simple thermostat controls, can be repaired without major floor rework, does not produce a significant magnetic field, is protected against overheating due to excessive exposed surface insulation, and is water and contaminant resistant even if there is minor cracking of the tile.
US09989258B2	Premixed-combustion gas turbine combustor A gas turbine combustor forms a combustion region R1 therein by burning a premixed gas obtained by previously mixing a fuel and combustion air. The gas turbine combustor includes: a burner cylinder (51) in which the premixed gas passes; a film air supply port (61) that is provided on the burner cylinder 51, and supplies a film air formed into a film shape and flowing along the inner wall surface (the inner circumferential surface) of the burner cylinder (51); and a cooling passage (71) in which a cooling air passes. The cooling air cools a back-step surface (65) facing the formed combustion region R1. The cooling passage (71) includes a side from which the cooling air flows out, and the side is connected to the film air supply port (61).
US09989257B2	Cooling in staged fuel systems A fuel system includes a fuel supply system. A plurality of fuel nozzles are connected in fluid communication with the fuel supply system to supply fuel from a fuel source to be issued for combustion from the fuel nozzles. A cooling system is included, wherein at least one of the fuel nozzles includes a cooling circuit in addition to a fuel circuit for issuing fuel from the fuel supply system for combustion. The cooling circuit includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is in fluid communication with the cooling system for circulation of coolant through the cooling circuit and back to the cooling system out the outlet of the cooling circuit for cooling the fuel circuit with the fuel circuit staged off.
US09989252B2	Exhaust adapter, exhaust structure for water heater, and method for installing exhaust adapter An exhaust adapter secures an exhaust tube relative to an exhaust pipe. The exhaust adapter is formed to have an annular shape enclosing a through hole, and is mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the exhaust tube and on the inner peripheral surface of the exhaust pipe by inserting the exhaust tube into the through hole. When the exhaust adapter is being fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the exhaust tube, the inner peripheral surface of the exhaust adapter presses the outer peripheral surface of the exhaust tube, and when the exhaust adapter is being fitted on the inner peripheral surface of the exhaust pipe, the outer peripheral surface of the exhaust adapter presses the inner peripheral surface of the exhaust pipe.
US09989246B2	Furnaces and methods of reducing heat degrading of metal heating coils of furnaces A method includes providing a furnace including a radiant heating zone having metal heating coils and burners, concurrently applying a combustion media, having a combustibility, and a diluent to the burners, the burners burning the combustion media producing flames heating the radiant heating zone, and the diluent reducing the combustibility of the combustion media for reducing heat generated by the flames for reducing heat degradation of the metal heating coils.
US09989236B2	Lighting module comprising a diode A lighting module, in particular for illumination and/or signaling, comprising a heatsink on which is mounted a light emitting diode comprising a central axis (xx′), the heatsink comprising a body of which a front face is maintained in abutment against a rear face of the diode, the body comprising at least one orifice passing through the body and opening out on its front face through which pass one or more connection pins extending from the rear face of the diode. The central axis (xx′) of the diode does not pass via an orifice passing through the body and through which a connection pin extends.
US09989229B2	System, apparatus and method for a dimmable circuit According to an exemplary embodiment, a dimmable circuit for operating a lighting fixture may be provided. The dimmable circuit may be capable of regulating the output intensity of a connected light source via the rotational angular displacement of an arm fixture. The dimmable circuit may include a housing, an arm fixture with at least one light source mounted thereto, a rotatable shaft that provides angular rotational movement of the arm fixture about the housing, an encoder, an electrical control unit, and a slip ring. The rotatable shaft may support multiple complete rotations of the arm fixture, as well as rotations below and beyond 360 degrees. Further, a programmable microprocessor may be used to manipulate various light characteristics of the light source according to predetermined dimming patterns.
US09989228B2	Track lighting system A system comprising track-mounted luminaires and track. In some embodiments, electrical power for illumination is accessed by a luminaire through electrified railing recessed within a relatively narrow slot of the track. In some embodiments, mounting means are provided separately from and/or additional to the power slot, comprising, for example, a magnetic mount. Optionally luminaires are orientable to select a direction of illumination, while secured by the magnetic mount. The track is optionally mounted flush and/or recessed with a mounting surface such as a ceiling and/or wall. In some embodiments, a recessed surface of the track is formed with an arc. Optionally luminaires conform with the curvature of the arc. Additionally or alternatively, the track is at least partially masked and/or decorated, for example by plastering and/or a face plate.
US09989223B1	LED lighting apparatus with LEDs and wires attached to metal sheet member by adhesive A disclosed lighting apparatus includes a support structure having a sheet metal member. The sheet metal member has a first surface. An adhesive layer is directly attached to the first surface of the sheet metal member. A plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) components are attached to the sheet metal member by the adhesive layer. A plurality of wires are attached to the sheet metal member by the adhesive layer and are coupled to the plurality of LED components for providing power to the LED components.
US09989221B2	Insulated radiating rubber molded article Provided is an insulated radiating rubber molded article that can be pre-installed in an electrical apparatus such as an LED package, can improve handling properties during attachment work, and moreover can exert superior insulating characteristics and radiating characteristics. To achieve the objective, the insulated radiating rubber molded article, which, by means of being interposed between a base and the electrical apparatus when attaching the electrical apparatus, which emits heat alongside the operation thereof, to the base, promotes radiating from the electrical apparatus and electrically insulates the electrical apparatus from the base, is characterized by having a 3D shape by means of being integrally provided with: a flat surface section disposed between the electrical apparatus and the base; and a lateral surface section disposed around the electrical apparatus.
US09989219B2	Light bulb with a motor A light bulb is disclosed herein, which in general, includes a light transmitting bulb portion and a base portion. The light transmitting bulb portion includes a rotating light aperture. The base portion includes a motor for rotating the light aperture. The light transmitting bulb portion is rotated independently of the base portion to direct light produced by the light bulb in a direction defined by a rotational position of the light aperture. A controller, battery, and wireless transceiver are included in the light bulb.
US09989215B2	Fluorescence light source apparatus The present invention has as its object the provision of a fluorescence light source apparatus which has high reliability without a drop in reflectance over a long period of time. The fluorescence light source apparatus of the present invention includes a fluorescent plate that emits fluorescence under excitation light and has a front surface serving as an excitation light incident surface, a reflection layer that is disposed on a back surface side of the fluorescent plate, and a heat dissipation substrate, wherein a sealing layer covering a back surface and a peripheral side surface of the reflection layer is provided in close contact with a peripheral area of the back surface of the fluorescent plate via an adhesion layer, and a diffusion prevention layer formed by nickel plating is provided on the heat dissipation substrate via a bonding member layer.
US09989207B2	Light device, especially a projector system of a headlight for motor vehicles A light device comprises at least one light source (10) to generate light rays (201, 202, 203), an output lens (5), and lateral walls (7, 8) delimiting a space (27) for passage of the light rays after the lens and exiting out of the light device through a transparent cover (9) covering the space at the front. Between the light source and the output lens, a reflective diaphragm (11) is arranged that comprises fixed reflective lateral walls (11a, 11b), for spatial delimitation of the light rays between the lateral walls before they enter the output lens. The output lens has, in the vertical direction at the side facing the diaphragm, a convex shape and the lateral walls include, at the side facing the output lens, free ends (14) that have a rounded concave shape in the vertical direction, which is substantially complementary to the output lens convex shape.
US09989206B2	Architectural lighting methods and apparatus An enclosed lighting unit for use with light strips is provided to enable installation of architectural lighting. The lighting unit has cooperating base and cover which are assembled by hand. The unit encloses a channel supporting the light strips which maintain a clearance distance between the light sources and the cover.
US09989200B2	LED lighting tube device and method An LED lighting tube including a heat-dissipating tubular envelope having an LED assembly directly affixed to an inner surface of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope and a safety switch included on at least one end cap on an end of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope. A method of preventing shocks to an individual inserting or removing an LED lighting tube from an electrical socket by an individual inserting or removing the LED lighting tube including a safety switch on an end cap from an electrical socket, providing power to the LED lighting tube only when the safety switch is activated, and preventing shocks to the individual.
US09989198B2	Replacement LED light module The present invention relates to a replacement LED light module with a plurality of LED lights on a PCB board is attached to a heat sink, providing good heat dissipation and provide an easy installation mechanism using magnetic supports that can be quickly put in place to difficult locations, such as ceiling, where there is suitable magnetic flat surface for the magnetic attraction to take effect. The power wires, along with the wire nuts, provide a sort of “back up” tensile support in the event where the magnetic connection may lose its pulling power.
US09989191B2	Friction stop device Deployment apparatus (10) including a deployment object (12), a deployment arm (16) with a first end (22) coupled to the deployment object and a second end (24) having a pivot (26), and a hinge assembly (18) rotatably attached to the pivot of the deployment arm. The hinge assembly (18) includes an enclosure (44) and a friction stop device (82) disposed within the enclosure such that the friction stop device includes a friction portion (80) configured to be pressed against a lateral surface of the pivot (26) of the deployment arm such that the friction portion provides a predetermined torque. The predetermined torque may be calculated based on maintaining a deployed angle of the deployment arm (16) such that the deployment object (12) is held in a raised deployed position.
US09989190B2	Tripod for supporting a video camera A tripod (1) for supporting a video camera includes a head element (4) and a plurality of supporting legs (2), whereby each leg (2) is attached at one end to the head element (4). The tripod includes an illumination means (6) which is arranged to illuminate a space beneath said head element (4).
US09989185B2	Socket tool for servicing fluid connectors Socket tool for servicing fluid connectors. In one embodiment, a tool includes a body having a hollow recess at one end. The hollow recess has non-circular dimensions for rotating a head fitting of the fluid connector about an axis. The tool further includes a pin that mounts to a surface inside the hollow recess so that the pin is disposed in an axial direction along a center of the axis. The pin enters an aligned opening of a nozzle of the fluid connector and occupies a conduit space in the nozzle when the hollow recess is engaged with the head fitting of the fluid connector.
US09989177B2	Device for connecting or filling and method A valve comprises a shell, a flexible valve member sealingly mounted within the shell, and a valve body mounted atop the flexible valve member within the shell. The flexible member is moveable between closed and open positions to allow the flow of fluid therethrough. The valve is engageable with a filling device having flow ports and a surrounding closure. The closure and/or the shaft is movable between (i) a first position wherein the closure closes the port(s), and (ii) a second position opening the port(s). Alternatively, the valve may comprise a portion of a female connector and the filling device may comprise a portion of a male connector to form an aseptic fluid connector for the aseptic transfer of fluid therethrough.
US09989174B2	Stretch hose and hose production method A method of continuously forming an axially extensible and retractable hose comprising the steps of continuously forming an axially extending helix with axially spaced reinforcing coils from extruded thermoplastic material having a uniform cross-section along its length; and continuously bridging between an adjacent pair of the reinforcing coils with a continuous web of extruded thermoplastic material of substantially uniform width and relatively thin cross-section to form a continuous, helically extending sidewall, with the web having one of two opposite edge regions bonded continuously to a relatively flat outer bonding surface of a radially outwardly located portion of one of the adjacent pair of reinforcing coils, with the web having the other of the edge regions bonded continuously to a relatively flat inner bonding surface of a radially inwardly located portion of the other of the pair of reinforcing coils, and with the edge regions continuously radially separated from each other by the helix.
US09989168B2	Pipeline freespan support Apparatus and methods related to pipeline freespan support are described. For example, some embodiments may contain an upper structure, which contains at least four legs connected to one another by a number of bracing members, and a number of attachment points through which the upper structure can be lifted, and a lower structure, which contains at least four posts that can be connected to, and disconnected from as needed, the four legs of the upper structure, two spaced mud mats on which the posts stand, and at least two horizontal arms that can be attached to the posts, rotate about the posts, connect to and be locked with the posts on the other mud mat, and be lifted to an appropriate height to provide suitable support at the pipeline freespan location.
US09989165B1	Dual mode flow control valve An electropneumatic proportional flow control device improves electropneumatic control of pneumatically operated valves. A single integrated valve incorporates a proportional valve component in operational and physical coordination with a pressure regulator valve component. The flow path of fluid is initially passed through the regulator component whereby pressure is regulated to within a manageable range for operation of a balanced type proportional valve component.
US09989164B1	Air-operated, magnetic, non-stall air directional control valve In one example, a valve includes a body defining a chamber, and a spool disposed in the chamber and configured to move within the chamber, such that a first operating position of the valve is defined when the spool is in a first position in the chamber, and a second operating position of the valve is defined when the spool is in a second position in the chamber. The valve also includes a magnetic element connected to the spool and responsive to a magnetic field such that the spool is biased in a first direction when the spool is in the first position and the spool is biased in a second direction when the spool is in the second position, and the second direction is different from the first direction.
US09989163B2	Diaphragm valve drive Device for actuating a diaphragm valve, comprising a housing, wherein the housing is preferably formed of a top and bottom part, and further comprising an electric motor, a base board for the fastening of electrical components, a gear unit for actuating the diaphragm valve or the spindle nut of the diaphragm valve, and a position indicator for indicating the degree of opening of the diaphragm valve, wherein the position indicator is driven via the gear unit.
US09989160B2	Pump device A pump device 1 includes a relief valve 42 having a ball 45 and a valve seat 44. The valve seat 44 has a ring-shaped seat surface 52 having a wide portion 52a and a narrow portion 52b on which the ball 45 is seated. Upon valve opening, the ball 45 is pressed in a valve opening direction by a pressing force F1 according to a pressure P of working fluid while being pressed against the wide portion 52a. The ball 45 rolls on the seat surface 52 upon the valve opening while continuing or keeping contact with the wide portion 52a. At this time, the ball 45 is stably held with the ball 45 contacting the wide portion 52a of the seat surface 52. Noise of the relief valve 42 caused by vibration of the ball 45 is therefore suppressed.
US09989154B2	Butterfly valve handle Exemplary embodiments are directed to butterfly valves, generally including a body assembly and handle assembly. The body assembly generally includes a body, a disc rotationally disposed inside an opening of the body, a cog, and a stem passing through the disc and the body. The handle assembly generally includes a handle body and a force ring. The stem can be rotationally interlocked relative to the disc and the handle assembly. The cog and the force ring can engage to rotationally secure the disc relative to the body. The handle assembly can include a lever and a grip, the force ring, the lever and the grip being pivotally secured relative to each other. The body can include a male radial protrusion and the body assembly can include a liner with a female radial groove. Methods of assembling and positioning a butterfly valve are also provided.
US09989153B2	Sealing ring A sealing ring for a seal assembly is described that comprises: a main body rotating about an axis; and a first surface, which is defined by the main body, extends transversely to the axis and is suitable for abutting against a further sealing ring in a direction parallel to the axis; the first surface comprises a plurality of grooves forming respective hydropads; the grooves are delimited by a first edge and a second edge facing one another; the first edge and the second edge delimit the grooves in a circumferential direction to said axis; at least one of the first edge and the second edge is shaped like an elliptical arc, which has coincident or separate foci;comprises first grooves and second grooves alternating with one another in a circumferential direction to said axis and staggered from each other in a radial direction to said axis.
US09989152B2	Pressure released wiper assembly A wiper-seal assembly for a cylinder with a cylinder wall and with a relative movable rod/piston rod with a piston wall is arranged for mounting in a ring-shaped groove in a cylinder wall or a rod/piston rod wall in front of a sealing or a steering. The wiper-seal assembly includes a ring-shaped wiper with one or more wiper sealing lip portions against the opposite relatively moving cylinder wall or the rod/piston rod wall. The wiper is further arranged for fluid transport from a gap between the cylinder wall and the rod/piston rod wall outside the ring shaped groove through pressure releasing flow conduits and further to the gap between the cylinder wall and the piston rod wall outside and at the opposite side of the ring shaped groove, and where the wiper-seal assembly further includes one or more filters.
US09989151B2	Transfer for vehicle A drum cam is connected to a first annular member in a ball cam provided on a rear wheel-side output shaft. Furthermore, linear motion of a second annular member in the ball cam provided on the rear wheel-side output shaft is transmitted to a front wheel-driving clutch via a first transmission mechanism.
US09989147B2	System and methods of adjusting a transmission shift schedule A method for a vehicle includes receiving a shift schedule for a transmission of a vehicle, the shift schedule indicating when shift events occur based on operation of the vehicle. The method further includes receiving vehicle operation data during operation of the vehicle. The method further includes determining a power to overcome vehicle losses based on the vehicle operation data. The method further includes determining an adjustment to the shift schedule to optimize a vehicle operating parameter based on the determined power to overcome vehicle losses and implementing the adjustment to the shift schedule.
US09989143B2	Shroud assembly A bevel gear shroud assembly comprises a frustum shaped shroud portion, first and second rib portions and one or more fin portions. The frustum shaped shroud portion has a cut-out sector, the cut-out sector having opposing, radially extending first and second sides. The first and second rib portions project inwardly from an upper base of the shroud frustum and normal to the inner surface of the shroud portion, and are spaced apart from one another to form an annular trough therebetween. The or each rib portion projects inwardly from an inner surface of the frustum shaped shroud portion between the first and second rib portions, and the or each rib portion extends circumferentially around the shroud portion.
US09989139B2	Axle assembly having a clutch collar actuator An axle assembly having a bearing cap, an actuator, and a fork. The bearing cap may be disposed in a cavity defined by an axle housing and a differential carrier and may be fixedly disposed on the differential carrier. The fork may be disposed in the cavity and may couple the actuator to a clutch collar.
US09989133B2	Modular actuator A modular actuator (1) includes an actuation module (10), a gear module (20) and a telescoping module (30). The actuation module (10) includes a motor (11) and a drive worm (12) driven by the motor (11). The gear module (20) includes a gearbox (21) and a deceleration gear assembly (22) disposed in the gearbox (21). The deceleration gear assembly (22) includes a deceleration worm gear (221) engaged with the drive worm (12) and includes a deceleration worm (222) driven to rotate by the deceleration worm gear (221). The telescoping module (30) includes a drive worm gear (31), a lead screw (32) driven to rotate by the drive worm gear (31), and an extendable pipe (33) threadedly connected to the lead screw (32). The drive worm gear (31) is engaged with the deceleration worm (222), and the lead screw (32) is arranged parallel to the drive worm (13).
US09989132B2	Drive device for medical or dental tool Various mechanical drive devices, mechanical gears, combinations thereof and medical or dental treatment devices with such mechanical drive devices or gears are described. The mechanical drive devices and mechanical gears convert a unidirectional rotational movement received by a motor drive into a multidirectional movement, so that a tool-holding device of the treatment device can be induced to a multidirectional movement, in particular to a, preferably simultaneous, lifting and rotating movement or to a lifting and oscillating rotational movement with a reduced rotational speed.
US09989123B2	Heavy duty transmission architecture A transmission includes a main shaft having two or more main shaft clutches that couple gears to at least one countershaft, and an automated manual transmission coupled to the main shaft via the at least one countershaft. The automated manual transmission includes a front input shaft coupled directly to a main clutch and having a first clutch coupleable to the at least one countershaft, and a rear input shaft coupled to the front input shaft and having a second clutch coupleable to the at least one countershaft. The automated manual transmission is operable to selectively engage the first clutch and the second clutch.
US09989121B2	Rotating movement control mechanism and seat A rotating movement control mechanism including a worm, and a main driving side worm wheel and a driven side worm wheel disposed across the worm. Both end portions of the worm in an axial direction are axially supported by bearing parts. Respective teeth of the main driving side worm wheel and the driven side worm wheel contact both sides of the worm in a direction substantially orthogonal to the axial center with a backlash, and are supported thereby. When the second member is relatively rotated with respect to the first member, the worm rotates relatively with respect to the main driving side worm wheel. The driven side worm wheel rotates by a rotational force of the worm, and a rotational force of the driven side worm wheel is regenerated in the worm. Whirling vibrations of the worm are suppressed, and relative rotation is performed smoothly.
US09989117B2	Disc brake having a bidirectional wear adjustment device and bidirectional wear adjustment device A disc brake, in particular for a motor vehicle, has a brake application device, preferably with a brake rotary lever, at least one spindle unit having at least one threaded tube with an external thread that cooperates with an internal thread of a bridge, and at least one bidirectional wear adjustment device which is coupled to the brake application device, preferably to the brake rotary lever. The bidirectional wear adjustment device has an adjustment arrangement and at least one preloading arrangement which is designed to influence a flank position of a thread pairing of the external thread of the at least one threaded tube and the associated internal thread of the bridge.
US09989114B2	Power transfer mechanism for a parking brake assembly A brake assembly including a first brake piston; a second brake piston; and a parking brake assembly. The parking brake assembly includes a power transfer mechanism and a motor providing power to the power transfer mechanism. During a parking brake apply, the power transfer mechanism provides the power to both the first brake piston and the second brake piston so that both the first brake piston and the second brake piston are moved until a resistance of the second brake piston becomes higher than a resistance of the first brake piston. The power transfer mechanism then transfers the power from the second brake piston to the first brake piston so that the second brake piston ceases to move and additional power is supplied to the first brake piston.
US09989113B2	Electronic parking brake Disclosed herein is an electronic parking brake including: a carrier fixed to a body of a vehicle; a caliper housing that is slidably installed in the carrier; a motor that is disposed at an outside of the caliper housing and generates a rotational force; a decelerator that amplifies the rotational force of the motor; and a conversion unit that converts a rotational force transmitted from the decelerator into a rectilinear motion, wherein the decelerator includes a belt planetary gear part, and the belt planetary gear part includes: a solar gear rotated by receiving the rotational force of the motor; a belt gear engaged with the solar gear; a transmission plate that is connected to the belt gear and has belt support parts for supporting the belt gear so that the belt gear is rotatable; and a ring gear that is engaged with an outer surface of the belt gear and fixed to the belt gear so as to rotate the transmission plate.
US09989112B1	Caliper housing having a mass damper A caliper housing having a) an inboard side; b) an outboard side distanced from the inboard side so that a rotor gap is formed between the inboard side and the outboard side; c) a bridge structure which extends from both the inboard side and the outboard side over the rotor gap and connects the inboard side with the outboard side; d) a damper bore passing through the caliper housing from the inboard side into the bridge structure; and e) a mass damper residing within the damper bore; wherein the mass damper is adapted to dampen vibrations occurring during use of the caliper housing.
US09989111B2	Adjustable brake pad spreader The adjustable brake pad spreader (20) compresses a brake pad against a brake caliper with the brake pad having a first flank and a second flank at opposite edges of the brake pad. The adjustable brake pad spreader (20) comprises a pair of frames (122, 222) and a pair of rods (138, 238) with each of the rods (138, 238) extending through the rear of each of the frames (122, 222) and along a pair of spreading axes (A, B) parallel and spaced an adjustment length (L) from one another. The adjustable brake pad spreader (20) further comprises an adjustment mechanism (84) supporting each of the frames (122, 222) for adjusting the adjustment length (L) between each of the spreading axes (A, B) to engage a brake pad at various distances between the first flank and second flank of the brake pad.
US09989103B2	Isolation pulley with overrunning and vibration damping capabilities A decoupler having an input hub, an output member, a one-way clutch, and at least one isolation spring. Rotary power is transmitted in a predetermined rotational direction from the input hub, through the one-way clutch, through the isolation spring and to the output member. A method for forming a decoupler is also provided.
US09989101B2	Method of machining sealing surface Provided is a method of machining a sealing surface, the method being capable of finishing a sealing surface at low cost and in a short period of time, eliminating lead marks, and forming the sealing surface highly accurately. The method of machining a sealing surface comprises finishing a sealing surface (M), which is to be machined, by cutting the sealing surface (M) using a rotating cutting tool (81) while rotating a workpiece having the sealing surface (M) about an axis thereof. The cutting of the sealing surface (M) using the rotating cutting tool (81) comprises hardened steel cutting which generates no lead marks.
US09989098B2	System and method of rotating rotor blades from a distance In one aspect, there is provided a rotary blade movement system including a retaining member configured to receive a rotor blade, a graspable arm, and a coupling mechanism operable to removably couple the retaining member to the graspable arm. The rotor blade movement system is configured to enable a user to adjust the position of the rotor blade by moving the graspable arm. The coupling mechanism can be a ball and socket joint. In one aspect, there is a method of rotating a rotor blade using a rotary blade movement system.
US09989091B2	Fluid dynamic bearing device and motor provided with same Provided is a fluid dynamic bearing device (1) including a rotary body (2A), a bearing member (22) (sleeve portion) made of a sintered metal arranged on the rotary body (2A), having end surfaces (22b, 22c), a thrust bearing gap formed by a lower end surface (22c) of the bearing member (22), filled with lubricating oil (11), and a thrust dynamic pressure generating portion (B). A dynamic pressure generating action is caused in the lubricating oil in the thrust bearing gap along with rotation of the rotary body (2A) to support the rotary body (2A) in one thrust direction in a non-contact manner. The bearing member (22) has an oil permeability of 4% or more with respect to a mass flow rate of the lubricating oil (11) flowing along the thrust dynamic pressure generating portion (B) during the rotation of the rotary body (2A).
US09989086B2	Sliding bearing A sliding bearing includes at least one bearing inner ring and at least one bearing outer ring configured to rotate relative to each other about an axis (a), where the rings each include at least one sliding surface, the sliding surfaces being configured to slide along each other, and where the contact surface formed by the mutually contacting sliding surfaces has a maximum contact diameter (DK). At least parts of the sliding surfaces in a radial section have a radius of curvature (rB), the radius of curvature (rB) has a centerpoint (M) located at an offset (b) from the axis (a), and the offset (b) is at least 5% of the radius of curvature (rB).
US09989084B2	Slide bearing A slide bearing which can be manufactured at low cost is provided. The slide bearing (1) is provided with a cylindrical bearing main body (2) into which a shaft member is inserted, and an elastic ring (3) for urging the bearing main body (2) diametrically inward, the elastic ring (3) being mounted to the bearing main body (2). The bearing main body (2) has a sliding surface (21) which slides against the outer peripheral surface of the inserted shaft member, a plurality of first slits (25) running along the direction of an axis O from one end surface (23) toward another end surface (24), a plurality of second slits (26) running along the direction of the axis O from the other end surface (24) toward the one end surface (23), a plurality of first elastic ring interlocking parts (27) protruding diametrically outward at one end part (220) of the outer peripheral surface (22), and a plurality of second elastic ring interlocking parts (28) protruding diametrically outward at another end part (221) of the outer peripheral surface (22). The first elastic ring interlocking parts (27) and the second elastic ring interlocking parts (28) are positioned so as not to overlap each other seen in an imaginary plane P perpendicular to the axis O.
US09989079B2	Attachment of channel elements An attachment assembly includes an elongate channel element and a male fastening element including a shank to fasten the channel element to another structural element. The elongate channel element has a substantially flat bottom, sidewalls extending from the bottom substantially at right angles and an upper side opposite the bottom. The upper side of the channel element includes flanges which extend from the respective sidewalls towards each other and delimit between them a longitudinal slot extending over the length of the channel element. The bottom has an aperture formed in it for passing through the shank of the male fastening element. The male fastening element has a head that has a circular groove in the side where the shank is located. The groove in the head is engageable with a collar surrounding the aperture so as to mutually lock the head and the bottom in position at the aperture.
US09989073B2	Centrifugal fan A centrifugal fan having improved efficiency and noise reduction includes a hub configured to have a central part combined with a rotary shaft, a shroud spaced apart from the hub, and a plurality of blades provided between the hub and the shroud. The shroud includes outer circumferential parts each connecting the trailing edges of a plurality of respective adjacent blades. Each outer circumferential part is asymmetrically formed based on the center of the outer circumferential part.
US09989071B2	Fastener arrangement for hydraulic unit The invention relates to a hydraulic unit including a motor housing for receiving components of an electric motor; having a pump housing for receiving components of a pump, which is driven in order to pump a pressure medium from the electric motor, the pump housing having at least one through-bore for fixing the motor housing to the pump housing by a screw; and having a control device which is arranged on the pump housing face opposite the motor housing. A retaining region for the screw is provided in the through-bore of the pump housing for the purpose of an efficient attachment, the retaining region having an inner thread which is cut or tapped into the retaining region by the thread of the screw during the screw-in process.
US09989059B2	Noise-reduction mechanism for oil pump A noise-reduction mechanism is coupled to a portion of an oil-pump system and includes various tunable components that are configurable to affect specific frequency ranges of noise within the system. The mechanism includes a series of channels that are coupled to a portion of the oil-pump system (e.g., outlet tube) and are coupled to a reservoir.
US09989050B2	Fuel injection pump A fuel injection pump is provided. The fuel injection pump includes a valve holder, a plunger, an inlet valve, an outlet valve, and a relief valve. The valve holder includes a pump chamber and a seat. The plunger configured to pressurize or depressurize the pump chamber. The inlet valve, the outlet valve, and the relief valve are arranged in an interior of the valve holder. The relief valve is provided on a downstream side of the outlet valve. The pump chamber is formed between the inlet valve and the outlet valve. The seat has a discharge passage and a return passage. The return passage is configured such that the fuel flows through the return passage from the downstream side of the outlet valve to an upstream side of the relief valve. The discharge passage and the return passage are formed offset from each other in the seat.
US09989046B2	Roundel structure for five-compressing-chamber diaphragm pump A roundel structure for a five-compressing-chamber diaphragm pump includes a cylindrical or inverted frustoconical eccentric roundel in an eccentric roundel mount. The cylindrical or inverted frustoconical eccentric roundel includes an annular positioning groove or indentation, a vertical or inverted frustoconical flank and a sloped top ring extending from the annular positioning groove or indentation to the flank. The sloped top ring eliminates the oblique high frequency pull and squeezing phenomena that occurs in a conventional tubular eccentric roundel arrangement.
US09989044B2	Offset valve bore in a reciprocating pump A fluid end (15) for a multiple reciprocating pump assembly (12) comprises at least three plunger bores (61) or (91) each for receiving a reciprocating plunger (35), each plunger bore having a plunger bore axis (65) or (95). Plunger bores being arranged across the fluid head to define a central plunger bore and lateral plunger bores located on either side of the central plunger bore. Fluid end (15) has suction valve bores (59) or (89), each suction valve bore receiving a suction valve (41) and having a suction valve bore axis (63) or (93). Discharge valve bores (57) or (87), each discharge valve bore receiving a discharge valve (43) and having a discharge valve bore axis (63) or (93). The axes of at least one of suction and discharge valve bores is inwardly offset in the fluid end from its respective plunger bore axis.
US09989038B2	Wind turbine with improved safety features The wind turbine includes a wind driven turbine wheel rotatable about a central axis that has sail wings that catch the wind and rotate the turbine wheel. An anchor has its anchor line attached to the turbine wheel at its axis of rotation to prevent tilting the wind turbine in response to high wind conditions. A set of streamers attached to the spokes at one end and including a free end wherein the free end is disposed in a space defined between two adjacent spokes when the turbine wheel is rotating. A trolley removably and slidably attached to a main anchor line, a secondary anchor line attached to the trolley and a secondary anchor; and, a drop line removably attached to the secondary anchor configured to lower the anchor to the main anchor so that the trolley, secondary anchor line and secondary anchor is configured to provide an anchor support structure for the main anchor.
US09989034B2	Wind turbine controller and method for controlling a power production of a wind turbine A wind turbine controller for controlling power production of a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine is arranged within a wind farm coupled to a public power network via a point of common coupling. The wind turbine controller has a receiving unit for receiving a measured value of a property of the wind farm taken at the point of common coupling and for receiving a reference value for the property, and a control unit for controlling the power production of the wind turbine by regulating a local property of the wind turbine based on the received measured value and the received reference value such that the measured value of the wind farm taken at the point of common coupling corresponds to the reference value. Further, a wind turbine having such a controller, a wind farm and a method for controlling a power production of a wind turbine are provided.
US09989030B2	Fluid powered starter with a variable turbine stator A system for starting an engine is disclosed herein. The system includes a fluid powered turbine with a variable geometry stator. The variable geometry stator includes moveable members operable to selectively block fluid flow to the turbine.
US09989017B2	System and method for operating a cryogenic fuel system A method of operating a cryogenic fuel system for supplying fuel to an engine is provided herein. A cryogenic fuel pump is operated to pump fuel to be supplied to the engine. At least a portion of the pumped fuel is diverted to be supplied to an accumulator, when a fuel demand of the engine is less than a discharge output of the cryogenic fuel pump. Further, the supply of the pumped fuel from the cryogenic fuel pump to the engine and the accumulator is stopped, when a pressure within the accumulator reaches a first predefined pressure limit. Furthermore, the fuel is supplied to the engine from the accumulator, when supply of the pumped fuel from the cryogenic fuel pump to the engine and the accumulator is stopped.
US09989011B2	Reverse flow single spool core gas turbine engine A bypass housing receives a fan and defines a front end. An airflow path delivers air into an inlet duct over a limited circumferential extent of the bypass housing. An airflow path passes across a low pressure compressor rotor. An airflow path passes through a core engine, which includes a high pressure compressor rotor, a combustor, and a high pressure turbine rotor. Products of combustion downstream of the high pressure turbine rotor pass into an intermediate duct and then across a low pressure turbine rotor. The low pressure turbine rotor is positioned closer to the front end of the engine than is the high pressure turbine rotor. The low pressure turbine rotor is positioned axially intermediate the low pressure compressor rotor and the fan. The low pressure turbine rotor drives both the fan and the low pressure turbine rotor. An aircraft is also disclosed.
US09989007B2	Method for controlling variable oil pressure to a piston squirter based on piston temperature A method for controlling variable oil pressure to a piston squirter based on piston temperature according to an exemplary embodiment includes a temperature estimation module and an oil pump pressure control module. The temperature estimation module estimates a piston temperature associated with a cylinder based on engine operating conditions. The oil pump pressure control module controls the oil pressure level delivered to at least one of piston squirter associated with the cylinder to selectively spray oil on the piston based on temperature estimations.
US09989000B2	Control device for internal combustion engine To provide a control device capable of setting a plurality of combustion parameters changing a combustion state of an internal combustion engine to appropriate values and improving a fuel consumption rate regardless of an operation state. An engine ECU 70 sets a combustion parameter (main injection timing, pilot injection timing, fuel injection pressure, turbocharging pressure, or the like) such that a center-of-gravity position of a heat generation rate becomes a constant target crank angle regardless of a load of an engine 10, In addition, the ECU 70 estimates the center-of-gravity position of a heat generation rate based on an output of an in-cylinder pressure sensor 64 and feedback-controls the combustion parameter such that the estimated center-of-gravity position of a heat generation rate becomes equal to the target crank angle.
US09988996B2	Method of controlling supercharger A method of controlling a supercharger includes: an information conversion step, a map deducing step, a boost amount deducing step, and a RPM deducing step. In the information conversion step, a sensor detects information of a vehicle, and a control unit converts the information into a factor and saves. The map deducing step includes deducing a total boost amount for driving an engine, and deducing a map for a target boost amount of a supercharger using a boost pressure of a turbocharger. A correction value deduced in the boost amount deducing step is calculated according to vehicle environment information, and a target RPM of the supercharger is calculated based on the target boost amount of the supercharger, and a boost pressure by the supercharger. In particular, the target boost amount of the supercharger is deduced based on the correction value, the converted factor, and the deduced map.
US09988991B2	Cylinder pressure based control of dual fuel engines Systems and methods for controlling operation of dual fuel internal combustion engines in response to cylinder pressure based determinations are disclosed. The techniques control fueling contributions from a first fuel source and a second fuel source to achieve desired operational outcomes in response to the cylinder pressure based determinations.
US09988985B2	Mount for rigid raft for a gas turbine engine with tethers A rigid raft is provided for a gas turbine engine. The raft has an electrical system and/or a fluid system embedded in the material of the raft. The raft further has one or more first mounts for mounting the raft to the gas turbine engine, and one or more second mounts for mounting a gas turbine engine component to the raft. The raft further has one or more tethers which extend between respective first and second mounts and are embedded in the material of the raft.
US09988984B2	Turbo-charging system of an engine A turbo-charging system of an engine comprising: a central body on which a turbine and a compressor, both keyed on a same shaft, are mounted; and at least two flange diffusers connected to two Venturi tubes comprised in the central body and ending with nozzles. The turbocharging system is interposed between the engine air filter and the engine throttle unit, the turbine receiving from the nozzles the engine intaking air at the output of the air filter whose flow determines the handling of the turbine and, through the shaft, of the compressor.
US09988983B2	Power generation system for using syngas generated in gasifier to produce electricity A power generation system including a gasifier for receiving and converting coal-water slurry to a fuel stream, and a quench device for cooling the fuel stream to generate a cooled down fuel stream. The quench device includes a water quench ring, which is able to spray water to cool the fuel stream passing therethrough. The system further includes a separating device, which includes a separator and a high temperature filter for removing rough and fine particles from the cooled down fuel stream respectively, an expander for receiving and utilizing energy in the fuel stream with solids removed to generate power, during which temperature and pressure of the fuel stream drop and an expanded fuel stream is generated, an acid gas removal unit for removing acid gases from the expanded fuel stream, and a gas turbine combine cycle for generating power from the fuel stream with acid gases removed.
US09988978B2	Four-cycle multi-cylinder engine A four-cycle multi-cylinder engine includes a crankcase, a cylinder block, a crankshaft, and a gear-shift input shaft. The crankcase is vertically divided into an upper case and a lower case. The cylinder block is integrated with the crankcase. The crankshaft and the gear-shift input shaft are journaled to a contact surface of the crankcase. The cylinder block is inclined rearward such that an extended line intersects with a cylinder axis line of the cylinder block at an acute angle in an engine side view. The extended line connects respective central axes of the crankshaft and the gear-shift input shaft.
US09988969B2	Fluid management system for a heat exchanger of a vehicle air conditioning system A fluid management system for a cooling module of a vehicle air conditioning system. The cooling module includes a first heat exchanger in fluid communication with a liquid cooling system of the vehicle and a second heat exchanger disposed upstream of the first heat exchanger and in fluid communication with the vehicle air conditioning system, wherein the fluid management system minimizes an inlet fluid temperature of the second heat exchanger of the cooling module.
US09988968B2	Engine cooling system and method for operating the same An engine cooling system including a refrigerant circulation flow channel passing through an engine, an electric refrigerant pump, an electromagnetic valve arranged in the refrigerant circulation flow channel, and a control unit. In the engine cooling system, when the electric refrigerant pump is stopped and the voltage application to the electromagnetic valve is shut off when the electromagnetic valve is closed and the electric refrigerant pump is in operation, the voltage application to the electromagnetic valve is shut off when a first predetermined time period has passed after the electric refrigerant pump is stopped. When the engine is intermittently stopped during warming up of the engine, current application to the electromagnetic valve is shut off while the closed state of the electromagnetic valve is maintained.
US09988964B2	Ebullient cooling device An ebullient cooling device includes: an internal combustion engine cooled by boiling a coolant flowing through a coolant passage formed within the internal combustion engine; a gas-liquid separator that separates a coolant discharged from the internal combustion engine into a liquid-phase coolant and a gas-phase coolant; a condenser that is disposed on a downstream side of the expander, and cools the gas-phase coolant having passed through the expander so as to be changed into a liquid-phase coolant; a first passage that supplies the liquid-phase coolant from the condenser to the coolant passage formed within the internal combustion engine; a second passage that is branched from the first passage, and is connected to the gas-liquid separator; and a control valve that controls a supply state of a liquid-phase coolant supplied to the gas-liquid separator from the condenser through the second passage.
US09988955B1	Dry sump system warm up strategy A drive unit, method, and control system are provided that warm drive unit fluid in a drive unit having a main pump, a scavenge pump, and an electric motor for powering an axle of a vehicle. The control system and method are configured to fill a main sump of the drive unit with drive unit fluid to a predetermined fill level. In a warm-up mode, the method and control system operate the electric motor to heat the drive unit fluid within the main sump while the vehicle is stationary and the electric motor is at least partially disposed in the drive unit fluid within the main sump. Further in the warm-up mode, the method and control system are configured to operate the scavenge pump to pump the drive unit fluid from the main sump into an auxiliary reservoir after the drive unit fluid has been heated by the electric motor.
US09988948B2	Continuous variable valve duration apparatus and engine provided with the same A continuous variable valve duration apparatus may include: a camshaft; first and second cam portions on which a cam is formed respectively, the camshaft inserted to the first and second cam portions of which relative phase angles with respect to the camshaft are variable; first and second inner brackets transmitting rotation of the camshaft to the first and second cam portions respectively; a cam lifter in which the first and second inner brackets are rotatably inserted, and a cam lifter guide slantly formed on the cam lifter; a cam cap rotatably supporting the first and the second cam portions, and the cam lifter slidably mounted to the cam cap; a control portion including a screw shaft parallel to the camshaft; and an adapter engaged with the screw shaft, on which an adapter guide slidably engaged with the cam lifter guide and moving a relative position of the cam lifter.
US09988946B2	High efficiency power generation apparatus, refrigeration/heat pump apparatus, and method and system therefor A system for recycling heat or energy of a working medium of a heat engine for producing mechanical work is described. The system may comprise a first heat exchanger (204) for transferring heat from a working medium output from an energy extraction device (202) to a heating agent to vaporize the heating agent; a second heat exchanger (240) for transferring further heat to the vaporized heating agent; a compressor (231) coupled to the second heat exchanger (240) arranged to compress the further-heated heating agent; and a third heat exchanger (211) for transferring heat from the compressed heating agent to the working medium. A heat pump is also described.
US09988944B2	Type of turbo-generator unit The present invention provides a novel turbo-generator unit, which at least comprises a boiler and a superheater and a reheater provided in the boiler. On the boiler, the positions corresponding to the header of the steam inlets and outlets of the superheater and reheater form the header-connection area; the steam pipe system at least comprises the pipes that connect the boiler with the HP cylinder and the IP cylinder and are used to transmit the HTHP steam; the HP cylinder and the generator constitute the high-level shafting, and the high-level shafting is positioned outside of boiler and close to the header-connection area. The present invention can also comprise a low-level shafting positioned at a low level. Since the high-level shafting and the low-level shafting are arranged at different levels, the lengths of costly HTHP steam pipes in the pipe system and the pressure drop and heat radiation loss of the pipe system are significantly reduced, and the work capability of the unit is improved. Furthermore, the quantity of the steam stored in the reheat system and the adjustment inertia of unit is reduced, and the economical efficiency of the double-reheat unit is sufficiently realized.
US09988943B2	Fitting for mid-turbine frame of gas turbine engine A fitting according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a main body portion having a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end, an inlet provided at the first axial end, and an outlet adjacent the second axial end. The outlet includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart slots formed through the main body portion, and each slot has an area within a range of 0.52 and 0.59 square inches.
US09988938B2	Jet engine comprising a device for spraying oil The present invention describes a jet engine with a device for spraying oil into an air-oil volume flow guided inside a flow cross-section limited by a wall area. The air-oil volume flow is guidable through an oil separator in order to separate the oil. In accordance with the invention, the oil can be sprayed into the air-oil volume flow in the area of the device via an outlet area rigidly connected to the wall area.
US09988937B2	Hydraulic and electrical interface ring for a turbine engine The disclosed subject matter relates to a hydraulic and electrical interface ring for a turbine engine, characterized in that said ring comprises fluid transfer pipes which axially pass therethrough and having axial ends that form axial interlocking means, the supporting means of at least one electrical device, and at least one electrical linking connector of the device, said connector being configured to engage by axial interlocking with a complementary electrical connector of another part.
US09988935B2	Gas turbine engine with axial compressor with internal cooling pathways A gas turbine engine may include an axial high pressure compressor having an air flow pathway positioned between the inner and outer rim of the rotor section. The air flow pathway includes an inlet port, a transition segment, an axial segment, and an outlet port. The pathway may be a tube having an ovoid cross sectional shape and is substantially co-planar to the outer surface of the outer rim. The pathway may traverse the rotor section from the first rotor segment to the rear hub.
US09988932B2	Bi-cast turbine nozzles and methods for cooling slip joints therein Bi-cast turbine nozzles and methods for cooling the same are provided. The bi-cast turbine nozzle comprises an endwall. A vane is coupled to the endwall. The vane comprises an end portion and a leading edge and a trailing edge interconnected by a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall. A slip joint is provided between the end portion and the endwall. A plurality of cooling holes is defined through the endwall. The plurality of cooling holes is disposed adjacent the periphery of the slip joint along the pressure sidewall of the vane and in proximity to the leading edge of the vane.
US09988927B2	Housing for a gas turbine, aircraft engine, and a process for operating a gas turbine A housing for a gas turbine is disclosed. At least one wall element is housed on the housing so as to move, which limits a flow channel of the housing in the radial direction from a rotational axis of a rotor of the gas turbine toward the exterior. The housing includes at least one variably adjustable guide blade which extends through the wall element into the flow channel. The wall element can be moved between a sealing setting, in which the wall element makes contact at least in a partial area of a side of a blade leaf of the guide blade facing toward the wall element, and an open setting, in which the blade leaf and the wall element are spaced some distance apart from one another. A gas turbine as well as a process for operating a gas turbine is also disclosed.
US09988917B2	Bulged nozzle for control of secondary flow and optimal diffuser performance A turbine nozzle disposed in a turbine includes a suction side having a bulge, and a pressure side. The suction side and the pressure side extend opposite one another between a leading edge and a trailing edge in an axial direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the turbine nozzle, and extends a radial direction along the longitudinal axis. The bulge is disposed on the suction side protruding relative to the other portion of the suction side in a direction transverse to both the radial and axial directions. The turbine nozzle has a first periphery defined at a first cross-section at a first location along the height of the turbine nozzle by selected coordinate sets listed in Table 1.
US09988914B2	Environmental severity measurement tool An environmental severity measurement tool measures acceleration along 3 axes to determine shock and vibration affecting a downhole tool in which the environmental severity measurement tool is disposed. The environmental severity measurement tool includes a replaceable battery and electronics disposed within an external housing. A pin provides a way to ensure the environmental severity measurement tool is oriented in a known orientation. Data sampled by the tool can be downloaded from the tool to an external device through a connector port of the electronics. Software in the tool controls the operation of the tool and can be configured from an external device.
US09988884B2	Annular screen communication system Screen sections have opposed open ends near the threaded connection of a base pipe and on opposed ends. The base pipes have premium threads for connection. A shroud is placed over the premium bases pipe connection that spans from one open ended screen section to another that is adjacent. Collectively a long annular space is created under the screens and alternating shrouds with access to within the base pipes provided preferably at opposed ends. The valve on one end takes returns during gravel packing and the other takes production to the surface.
US09988881B2	Surface representation for modeling geological surfaces A method for developing a subterranean field includes: receiving a representation of a rock surface in the subterranean field, the representation having a boundary; defining a set of grid planes over the representation; defining a plurality of core nodes at intersections of the grid planes that are within the boundary; defining core lines to connect each core node with each adjacent core node along the set of grid planes; defining a plurality of plane nodes on the grid planes where each grid plane intersects the boundary; defining plane lines to connect each plane node with each adjacent plane node along the grid planes; defining outlier nodes at each vertex of the boundary; and defining boundary lines connecting each of the plane nodes and each of the outlier nodes along the boundary. The method further includes operating equipment using at least one definition in order to develop the subterranean field.
US09988877B2	Device for cleaning water wells A device for cleaning water wells comprises a downhole tool composed of an electrohydraulic unit (7) with an oscillatory circuit and an ultrasonic unit (4) with an electroacoustic transducer (3) arranged successively in a single housing, sensors of pressure (10) and flow (11), a hydrophone (12), a pump, an ultrasonic generator (13), a pulse generator (14), monitoring equipment (15) for the sensors, a downhole tool control unit (16) equipped with a synchronizer of operation of the electrohydraulic unit (7) and the ultrasonic unit (4), and also with a device for controlling pulse width, beating frequency and spectrum of the signal of the oscillatory circuit of the electrohydraulic unit in order to change the treatment zone. Furthermore, a discharge chamber (8) and a protective cap (9) are arranged in the bottom part of the downhole tool.
US09988867B2	Deploying an expandable downhole seat assembly A technique that is usable with a well includes deploying a seat assembly into a tubing string; releasing the seat assembly at a downhole location inside the tubing string; pumping the seat assembly to a restriction in the tubing string at a second downhole location; and using an untethered object received in a seat assembly to form an obstruction in the tubing string.
US09988864B2	Transport trailer reel and injector shift for maximizing coiled tubing load distribution A coiled tubing transport unit includes a coiled tubing reel unit, a first mechanism for shifting the coiled tubing reel unit lengthwise along the coiled tubing transport unit, an injector head, and a second mechanism for shifting the injector head lengthwise along the coiled tubing transport unit.
US09988858B1	End fitting for sucker rods The disclosure relates to an end fitting attachable to an end of a sucker rod. The end fitting includes a generally cylindrical body including a receptacle portion and a coupling portion along a longitudinal axis. The receptacle portion includes a receptacle extending inwardly from an open end surface of the body along the longitudinal axis for receiving the sucker rod end therein. The receptacle includes a plurality of wedge portions disposed therein and the coupling portion extends from a coupling end surface of the body opposite the open end surface. The wedge portions each have a peak portion, a first angled portion and a second angled portion. Each second angled portion has an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis wherein each angle of the second angled portions increases from the open end surface of the receptacle portion toward the coupling portion of the end fitting.
US09988857B2	Method for manufacturing superior 13Cr friction-welded drillrod The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a superior 13Cr friction-welded drillrod, the method comprising the following steps: manufacturing a superior 13Cr tube body; manufacturing a superior 13Cr internally threaded coupler and a superior 13Cr externally threaded coupler, respectively; connecting the superior 13Cr internally threaded coupler and the superior 13Cr externally threaded coupler respectively to the two ends of the superior 13Cr tube body by means of frictional butt welding; after heating seam areas to 950° C.-1000° C., cooling same to below 200° C. by ejecting compressed air onto the surfaces of the seam areas, and then cooling the seam areas to room temperature by spraying water; and tempering the seam areas by heating same to 640° C.-700° C. By the present method, a superior 13Cr friction-welded drillrod can be manufactured, which, in the case of the exploration of a gas filed containing a relatively high level of CO2, can be not only used as a drillrod in an earlier stage of nitrogen well-drilling operation, but also used as an oil tube in a later stage of well completion with oil tube.
US09988855B2	Methods and apparatus for generating electromagnetic telemetry signals An electromagnetic telemetry signal generating assembly comprises a first section of drill string, a second section of drill string, a gap sub configured to insulate the first section from the second section, and a power source configured to provide a first voltage to a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to drive a second voltage between the sections of drill string. The gap sub provides a gap of at least 12 inches (30 cm). The second voltage may be different than the first voltage.
US09988848B2	Method and apparatus for drilling multiple subsea wells from an offshore platform at a single site A floating, offshore drilling and/or production platform is equipped with a rail-mounted transport system that can be positioned at a plurality of selected positions over the well bay of the vessel. The transport system can move a drilling riser with a drilling riser tensioner system and a blowout preventer from one drilling location to another without removing them from the well bay of the vessel. Using the transport system, the drilling riser is lifted just clear of a first well head and positioned over an adjacent, second well head using guidelines. The transport system may then move the upper end of the drilling riser (together with its attached tensioner and BOP) to a second drilling location. A dummy wellhead may be provided on the seafloor in order to secure the lower end of the drilling riser without removing it from the sea while production risers are being installed.
US09988844B2	Ram accelerator system with rail tube A ram accelerator device may utilize rails arranged within a guide tube that may be emplaced downhole. The rails may serve to direct a hypervelocity projectile along the length of the guide tube. The rails may carry utilities or provide other services to operate the system. For example, electrical wiring for power, control signaling, and so forth, may be placed within the rails. In another example, gasses may be delivered by the rails.
US09988834B2	Carrier device for window balance assembly A window balance assembly may include a spring member, a mounting bracket, and a carrier. The spring member may include a first portion and a second portion. The mounting bracket may engage the first portion of the spring member. The carrier may include an upper body portion supporting the second portion of the spring member and removably engaging the mounting bracket, a lower body portion rotatably supporting a cam, and an elongated central portion extending between the upper body portion and the lower body portion. The elongated central portion may be resiliently flexible to allow movement of the lower body portion relative to the upper body portion.
US09988831B2	Aircraft galley latches and sealing system A rotary latch assembly for a galley cart compartment door is disclosed comprising a barrel member rotating on a spindle and a handle connected to the barrel member. An interfering block outside the barrel member can prevent rotation of the barrel member when engaged with the barrel member, and be displaced by a lock button diametrically opposed with the interfering block. The handle of the rotary latch bears against the door in a locked position to prevent the door from opening, and the button when depressed releases the barrel member to rotate and the handle to pivot out of the path of the door.
US09988819B2	Roof ventilation system and method The present disclosure provides a roof ventilation system and method that provides ventilation for a roof while further providing simpler ventilation installation, prevention of ice dams, a non-slip surface to walk on, and a secondary membrane to prevent moisture intrusion into the living space or walls. The roof ventilation system provided by the invention includes vertical side walls having a top portion. A roof extends outwardly and beyond the vertical side walls. The roof has a top surface facing away from the vertical side walls. A web of extruded polymer monofilaments is secured to the top surface of the roof. The polymer monofilaments are heat welded at junctions to form a matrix of tangled monofilaments. The method for ventilating a roof of a building provided by the invention includes installing a web of extruded polymer monofilaments on a top surface of the roof.
US09988816B2	Fastening arrangements for a metal roof Metal roofing includes metal roof-covering sheets or tiles having apertures along longitudinal end edges for coupling a pair of the sheets in an overlapping condition. One fastening arrangement comprises a fastener having a shaft extending in a longitudinal direction and fastening features at longitudinally spaced positions along the shaft. The fastening features may comprise a fastening peg or an opening receiving a fastening member therethrough. The pegs and openings may be combined in such a manner that at least two of the features cooperate with the apertures of the respective sheet in opposing transverse directions so as to longitudinally offset the apertures in the overlapping condition. Another fastening arrangement comprises a roof-covering sheet locating fastenings pegs which are spaced inward of the apertures in a longitudinal direction of the sheet so as to form the longitudinal offset between the respective sets of apertures.
US09988813B2	Formwork plate for walls and arches The present invention relates to a formwork plate comprising a flat rectangular central body extended in a first direction by a first series of flat tabs and in a second opposing direction by a second series of flat tabs, the tabs extending in the plane of the body while leaving a spacing between tabs of the same series, the plate having first and second sets of angled tabs, with each angled tab extending into the spacing between two flat tabs respectively from the first or second series, the tabs being angled while extending the body each having an angled portion and a flat distal end portion extending parallel to the flat tabs. The invention also relates to a formwork made from several plates.
US09988812B2	Interconnection system for panel assemblies A system for interconnecting multiple panel assemblies comprising a first bracketing body having a first bearing member and at least one planar member; a second bracketing body having a second bearing member pivotally engaged with the first bearing member and at least one planar member; a third bracketing body having at least one planar member; a fourth bracketing body having at least one planar member; a first panel receiving volume at least partially defined by the at least one planar member of the first and third bracketing bodies; a second panel receiving volume at least partially defined by the at least one planar members of the second and fourth bracketing bodies; and wherein the at least one planar members of the second and fourth bracketing bodies at least partially define a second panel receiving volume. According to another aspect of the present invention, a first thermal insulating body is positioned between and separates the first and third bracketing bodies, and a second thermal insulating body positioned between and separates the second and fourth bracketing bodies. According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a fastenerless connection is provided between surfaces of the system and the panel assemblies.
US09988806B2	Relocatable habitat unit A field-deployable construction set for the assembly of a Relocatable Habitat Unit (RHU), used for simulating real world environments without costly construction expenses. The various panels, supports, and accessories used to construct an RHU provide the user with innumerable options for floor plans and building design, further providing significant options for reconfiguration of floor, ceiling, and wall panels without having to disassemble the structure. The exterior composition of the expanded polymer foam is customizable to provide a realistic environment for high quality training in a versatile system that is deployable by truck or aircraft and can be assembled with only a single tool.
US09988805B1	Clearspan fabric structure A clearspan structure including component systems, and methods of forming a clearspan structure including component systems, for mitigating hazards to personnel or equipment from explosions, fires, toxic material release, and other hazards in hazardous locations. The exemplary clearspan structure is also capable of withstanding environmental conditions such as snow loads and wind. The exemplary clearspan structure is, for example, a tent or fabric structure which includes a plurality of frame members forming a support system for the clearspan structure, and fabric roof portions and walls for enclosing the clearspan structure.
US09988794B2	Flow rate setting system of working machine A flow rate setting system of a working machine, includes: an attachment configured to be attached to the working machine; a control part configured to control a flow of hydraulic operation fluid based on a maximum flow rate of the hydraulic operation fluid being to be supplied to the attachment, the control part being mounted on the working machine; and a mobile terminal configured to communicate in wireless communication, the mobile terminal including: a first obtaining part configured to obtain identification information, the identification information being used for identifying the attachment; a second obtaining part configured to obtain the maximum flow rate of the attachment; and an output part configured to output the identification information and the maximum flow rate to the working machine in the wireless communication, the identification information being obtained by the first obtaining part, the maximum flow rate being obtained by the second obtaining part.
US09988792B2	Hydraulic apparatus based on confluence control mode A hydraulic apparatus based on a confluence control mode includes a load sensing unit provided with first and second reversing valves, and a throttle governing unit provided with a fourth reversing valve. A confluence valve and a one-way valve, which communicate with the load sensing unit and the throttle governing unit, are arranged on a parallel oil path arranged in parallel with the fourth reversing valve. The confluence valve includes a confluence channel that controls opening and closing of the parallel oil path to shunt fluid of the throttle governing unit to the load sensing unit. A first pilot pressure acting on the first reversing valve and a second pilot pressure acting on the second reversing valve act on the confluence valve independently or simultaneously to change a position of the confluence channel, thus implementing reversing of the confluence valve.
US09988782B2	Method and apparatus for skimming a floating liquid from a body of water A method for skimming a target liquid floating on water involves a first step of providing a body having a first compartment and a second compartment. The body has floats, such that the body floats on the water. The body has an opening through which liquids enter the first compartment. The body has a target liquid transfer apparatus to transfer the target liquid from the first compartment to the second compartment. A second step involves setting the target liquid transfer apparatus a predetermined distance above a water level in the first compartment to selectively transfer only the target liquid floating on the water from the first compartment to the second compartment.
US09988780B2	Material spreading systems and methods A material spreading system including a spreader and a tote, and related methods, are disclosed. The spreader may include a frame attachable to a loading machine such as a skid loader, an inlet for receiving a material, one or more connector members, and a discharge mechanism configured to selectively discharge the material onto the ground. The tote may include a container for storing the material and one or more connector members. The connector members of the tote may be configured to matingly engage the connector members of the spreader such that an opening in the container aligns with the inlet of the spreader. Accordingly, the material in the container may be transferred from the container to the spreader. Furthermore, the material spreading system may be used in various application including those involving the spread of granular and/or liquid de-icing material over the ground.
US09988778B2	Barrier wall element A barrier wall element of a vehicle restraint system includes a coupling part having a first leg which has a free end forming a first hook extension and a sliding surface arranged on a side of the first leg. The side faces away from the first hook extension, and a second leg has a free end forming a second hook extension. When coupling the coupling part to an identical coupling part of another barrier wall element, the first hook extension rests in a first contact region on the second hook extension of a further coupling part. The second hook extension rests in a second contact region on the first hook extension of the further coupling part. The first and second contact regions are spaced from one another in a tensile direction of the tension member by a distance which is smaller than a width of the first leg.
US09988777B2	Road guide post A road guide post includes: a supporter which is fixed to the ground by being coupled to an anchor bolt; a guide post body which has a post shape that is screw-coupled to or fitted into the supporter; reflective sheets, multiple layers of which are attached to the concave groove part of the guide post body; and a bracket which is inserted and fixed into the bottom surface of the supporter.
US09988774B2	Attachment for clearance of worksites A cutting device adapted to be pulled by a trailer. The cutting device comprises a frame which supports an engine and a cutting drum assembly powered by the engine. The cutting drum assembly comprises a self-aligning mount that allows movement of its drum relative to the frame. The engine is positioned such that its weight is provided to the cutting drum assembly to maintain a consistent depth of the cutting drum. A linear actuator, such as a hydraulic cylinder, allows the frame to pivot internally, so that the cutting drum assembly may be raised and lowered relative to the ground while translating the frame on wheels.
US09988772B2	Methods and apparatus for mobile additive manufacturing of advanced structures and roadways The present disclosure provides various aspects for mobile and automated processing utilizing additive manufacturing and the methods for their utilization. In some examples, the mobile additive manufacturing apparatus may perform surface treatments that support the building of walls. Other examples may involve the support of creating and repairing advanced roadways.
US09988769B2	Method for forming a surface around an embedded conduit A method of forming an upwardly facing surface around a conduit that is embedded in ground material and defines a passageway. The conduit has an open upper end, through which access can be gained to the passageway, and an outer perimeter. The method includes the steps of: obtaining a riser assembly; placing the riser assembly in operative relationship with the open upper end of the conduit wherein the riser assembly is supported at least partially by the ground material around the outer perimeter of the conduit and defines an entry opening to the passageway; and with the riser assembly in the operative relationship with the open upper end of the conduit, forming at least one material around the conduit to a desired vertical thickness on which the upwardly facing surface is defined.
US09988759B2	Fluorosilicone polymers and surface treatment agent A surface treatment agent, which can impart the excellent water- and oil-repellency, soil resistance and feeling to the substrate, is obtained from a fluorine-containing polymer which contains: (A) a monomer which comprises; (A1) a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: CH2═C(—X)—C(═O)—Y—Z—Rf wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent organic group, or a halogen atom, Y is —O— or —NH—, Z is a direct bond or a divalent organic group, and Rf is a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and (A2) a (meth)acrylate monomer having a cyclic hydrocarbon group, and (B) at least one functional organopolysiloxane selected from the group consisting of a mercapto-functional organopolysiloxane, a vinyl-functional organopolysiloxane, a (meth)acrylamide-functional organopolysiloxane and a (meth)acrylate-functional group.
US09988758B2	Fabrics containing expanded polytetrafluoroethylene fibers Woven and knit fabrics containing expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) fibers and at least one other fiber are provided. The ePTFE fiber may be woven or knit as a single, non-twisted fiber, as part of a multifilament fiber, or may be twisted or braided with another fiber. The ePTFE fiber, whether alone or in combination with a weave fiber(s), may be utilized in either the warp and/or the weft direction. The woven and knit fabrics are concurrently breathable, lightweight, durable, drapable, and fast drying. The ePTFE fibers have a substantially rectangular configuration. In some embodiments, the woven or knit fabric is flame resistant. In addition, the woven and knit fabrics are quiet, soft, and drapable. Treatments may be provided to the surface of the ePTFE fiber and/or the fabrics to impart one or more desired functionality, such as, for example, oleophobicity, anti-microbial, contamination resistance, or UV stability.
US09988757B2	Accommodating device for a removable filter in a domestic appliance The invention relates to an accommodating device for a removable filter in a domestic appliance, having an accommodating opening for accommodating the filter at least in part, and having a seal which, with the filter inserted, seals the accommodating opening in relation to the filter. In order for fluff, hair and other deposits and contaminants both adhering to the filter and deposited in the vicinity of the accommodating opening to be reliably kept away from the accommodating opening when the filter is being removed, the seal is arranged at the accommodating opening and has at least one sealing element which, when the filter is being removed, passes out of a sealing operating position into a screening position, in which it encloses at least part of the accommodating opening with screening action.
US09988753B2	Laundry treating appliance and methods of operation A method of operating a laundry treating appliance includes controlling rotation of a drum during a cycle of operation by a controller communicably coupled to a motor, sending an excitation signal to a controller that randomly fluctuates an acceleration command to affect acceleration of the motor, determining, by the controller during excitation, one or more inputs sensed from the motor, and estimating with a parameter estimator parameter values of a laundry load in the drum based on the inputs. The cycle of operation can then be adjusted based on the estimated parameter values of the laundry load.
US09988752B2	Washing machine motor and washing machine comprising same Provided are a washing machine motor including: an outer shaft connected to a washing tub; an inner shaft rotatably disposed inside the outer shaft and connected to a pulsator; an inner rotor connected to the outer shaft; an outer rotor connected to the inner shaft; a stator disposed between the inner rotor and the outer rotor with an air gap; and a planetary gear setmounted on the inner shaft so as to reduce a rotational speed. The washing machine motor includes the planetary gear set which increases a torque by reducing a rotational speed in the inner shaft connected to the pulsator to thereby allow implementation of a large-capacity washing machine.
US09988747B2	Thread aspirating device for a dial group of a circular knitting machine A thread aspirating device (1) for circular knitting machines, comprising a body (2) of the thread aspirating device having a lower side (3), defining an inlet opening (4) enabling inlet of one or more threads in the thread aspirating device, and an up per side (5), provided with an engaging portion (6) delimiting a passage opening (7) in the upper side. The thread aspirating device comprises a mouthpiece (10) extending between an open lower end (11), defining a mounting portion (12) complementarily shaped to the engaging portion, and an upper end (13) provided with an aspirating opening (14). The mouthpiece is superiorly mounted on the body of the device so that the mounting portion corresponds to the engaging portion; the mouthpiece and the body internally define an aspirating space (20) of the threads between the inlet opening and the aspirating opening. The mouthpiece and the body overall form, in mounting condition, a thread aspirating device in a single body.
US09988742B2	Centrifugal electrospinning process The present disclosure provides a fiber-forming process that includes: providing a centrifugal electrospinning apparatus that includes: an emitter that includes a rotating element having a rotational speed of 10,000 rpm or less; and a collector; and providing a spinning solution including at least one polymer dissolved in at least one solvent; supplying the spinning solution to the emitter; and directing the spinning solution from the emitter toward the collector under conditions effective to form separate fibrous streams from the spinning solution, vaporize the solvent, and produce polymeric fibers on the collector.
US09988738B2	Method for manufacturing SiC epitaxial wafer A method for manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer includes: a first step of, by supplying a Si supply gas and a C supply gas, performing a first epitaxial growth on a SiC bulk substrate with a 4H—SiC(0001) having an off-angle of less than 5° as a main surface at a first temperature of 1480° C. or higher and 1530° C. or lower; a second step of stopping the supply of the Si supply gas and the C supply gas and increasing a temperature of the SiC bulk substrate from the first temperature to a second temperature; and a third step of, by supplying the Si supply gas and the C supply gas, performing a second epitaxial growth on the SiC bulk substrate having the temperature increased in the second step at the second temperature.
US09988735B2	Electrochemical deposition apparatus and methods for controlling the chemistry therein An electrochemical deposition system is described. The electrochemical deposition system includes one or more electrochemical deposition modules arranged on a common platform for depositing one or more metals on a substrate, and a chemical management system coupled to the one or more electrochemical deposition modules. The chemical management system is configured to supply at least one of the one or more electrochemical deposition modules with one or more metal constituents for depositing the one or more metals. The chemical management system can include at least one metal enrichment cell and at least one metal-concentrate generator cell.
US09988731B2	Colored metal films and methods of manufacturing thereof The present invention relates to a colored metal film comprising a metal article and a plurality of pores. The plurality of pores further comprises a high layer, an intermediate layer, and a low layer, in which the three layers together forms an embossed image. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing colored metal films. The method is used to manufacture a flat image or an embossed image on a metal article. The method comprises a finishing process, a first coating process, a color adjustment, a first printing process, an etching process, a second coating process, a second printing process, a sealing process, and a cleaning process.
US09988729B2	Coating facility and method for coating workpieces In order to provide a coating facility for coating workpieces, which includes a dip tank, into which the workpieces are introducible in order to coat them, a current conversion system for providing a coating current, which is feedable through the dip tank to coat the workpieces, and an electrode, which is configured to be arranged in the dip tank and which is electrically connected to the current conversion system, which coating facility is configured to be flexibly and reliably operated, it is proposed that the current conversion system comprises a current conversion unit, which includes a power switch and an isolating transformer, the power switch being connectable on the input side to a supply current source and being connected on the output side to the isolating transformer and the isolating transformer being connected on the input side to the power switch and on the output side to an electrode.
US09988728B2	Anode assembly, system including the assembly, and method of using same The present invention relates to an anode assembly for use in an electrolytic cell for recovery of metal. The assembly includes a hanger bar, a first perimeter bar, a second perimeter bar, optionally one or more center conductor bars, a base bar, a first tab coupled to the first perimeter bar and/or the base bar, and a second tab coupled to the second perimeter bar and/or the base bar. The assembly may also include insulating separators coupled to the tabs and/or insulators coupled to an active area of the anode assembly. A system includes the anode assembly, a cathode assembly, and a tank.
US09988725B2	Electronic device having metal housing and method for manufacturing the same An electronic device having a metal housing includes an external housing including a first face facing a first direction, a second face facing a second direction which is the opposite direction of the first direction, and a lateral face at least partially surrounding a space formed between the first and second faces, and a display exposed through the first face of the external housing, wherein the external housing includes a metal substrate having a first part at least partially forming the second face and a second part at least partially forming the lateral face, the second part being integrally extended from the first part; and a non-metallic material coated on the first part, and wherein the second part includes micro dimples having a repeated pattern on the lateral face.
US09988716B2	Coating methods and apparatus An apparatus for depositing a coating on a part comprises: a chamber; a source of the coating material, positioned to communicate the coating material to the part in the chamber; a plurality of thermal hoods; and means for moving a hood of the plurality of thermal hoods from an operative position and replacing the hood with another hood of the plurality of hoods.
US09988714B2	Process for producing polysilicon A process for producing polysilicon, includes a) depositing polycrystalline silicon on filaments using reaction gas containing silicon-containing component (SCC) containing trichlorosilane, and hydrogen, wherein molar saturation of SCC based on hydrogen is at least 25%; b) feeding offgas from the deposition into a cooling apparatus, i) wherein condensed offgas components containing SiCl4 are conducted to an apparatus which enables distillative purification of the condensate, and ii) non-condensing components are conducted to an adsorption or desorption unit; c) obtaining a first stream of non-condensing components purified by adsorption and containing hydrogen; and d) obtaining, during adsorption unit regeneration, a second stream of non-condensing components, containing SiCl4 which is then preferably supplied to a converter for conversion of SiCl4 to trichlorosilane. A process for depositing polysilicon on filaments with a reaction gas includes a SCC and hydrogen, wherein molar saturation of SCC based on hydrogen is at least 25%.
US09988702B2	Component for plasma processing apparatus and method for manufacturing component for plasma processing apparatus The present invention provides a component for a plasma processing apparatus, the component comprising: a base material; an underlayer covering a surface of the base material; and an yttrium oxide film covering a surface of the underlayer, wherein the underlayer comprises a metal oxide film having a thermal conductivity of 35 W/m·K or less, the yttrium oxide film contains at least either particulate portions made of yttrium oxide or non-particulate portions made of yttrium oxide, the particulate portions being portions where a grain boundary demarcating an outer portion of the grain boundary is observed under a microscope, and the non-particulate portions being portions where the grain boundary is not observed under a microscope, the yttrium oxide film has a film thickness of 10 μm or more and a film density of 96% or more, and when a surface of the yttrium oxide film is observed under a microscope, an area coverage ratio of the particulate portions is 0 to 20% in an observation range of 20 μm×20 μm and an area coverage ratio of the non-particulate portions is 80 to 100% in the observation range.
US09988699B2	Hard particles for incorporation in sintered alloy and wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy and production method thereof Hard particles are incorporated as a starting material in a sintered alloy. The hard particles may contain 20 to 60 mass % Mo, 3 to 15 mass % Mn, and more than 0.01 to 0.5 mass % C, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
US09988693B2	Genetic loci associated with resistance of soybean to cyst nematode and methods of use Various compositions and methods are provided for identifying and selecting plants with enhanced resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Further provided are transgenic plants, plant parts, and seed and methods of their use comprising a heterologous polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter active in the plant are provided, as are methods of making such plants and methods of use, wherein said heterologous polynucleotide comprises at least one, or any combination thereof, of Glyma18g2580, Glyma18g2590, Glyma18g2600, Glyma18g2610; and Glyma18g2570 or an active variant or fragment thereof. Expression of the heterologous polynucleotide enhances the resistance of the plant to cyst nematode.
US09988686B2	Stimulus-sensitive microparticles and methods of use Provided are stimulus-sensitive microparticles and their use, e.g., in tracking the efficiency of recovery of a rare cell population (e.g., circulating tumor cells) from a mixture of cells; and in supplying control nucleic acids to index a molecular assay independent of the rare cell selection steps.
US09988680B2	Non-natural nucleosides as theranostic agents A composition for monitoring DNA damage includes a 3-ethynyl-5-nitroindolyl-2′-deoxyribose compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a detectable moiety with a click-reactive functional group that is complementary to the alkyne group of the compound.
US09988679B2	MSP nanopores and related methods Provided herein are Mycobacterium smegmatis porin nanopores, systems that comprise these nanopores, and methods of using and making these nanopores. Such nanopores may be wild-type MspA porins, mutant MspA porins, wild-type MspA paralog porins, wild-type MspA homolog porins, mutant MspA paralog porins, mutant MspA homolog porins, or single-chain Msp porins. Also provided are bacterial strains capable of inducible Msp porin expression.
US09988672B2	Methylcytosine detection method To provide a method for selectively detecting the methylation of particular cytosines in genomic DNA using a methylcytosine detection method using an anti-methylcytosine antibody to improve quantitativity and reliability. A method for detecting the methylated state of cytosine at a specific position contained in a nucleic acid, includes fragmenting the nucleic acid using a restriction enzyme; forming a double-stranded nucleic acid between the fragmented nucleic acid and a single-stranded nucleic acid having a base sequence capable of hybridizing with the fragmented nucleic acid but incapable of resulting in the formation of a base pair with cytosine at a specific position in the fragmented nucleic acid and a solid phase-binding site; binding the double-stranded nucleic acid on a solid phase using the solid phase-binding site; and measuring the amount of an antibody binding to the double-stranded nucleic acid on the solid phase.
US09988652B2	Yeast expressing cellulases for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation using cellulose The present invention is directed to cellulytic host cells. The host cells of the invention expressing heterologous cellulases and are able to produce ethanol from cellulose. According to the invention, host cells expressing a combination of heterologous cellulases can be used to produce ethanol from cellulose. In addition, multiple host cells expressing different heterologous cellulases can be co-cultured together and used to produce ethanol from cellulose. Furthermore, the invention demonstrates for the first time the ability of Kluveryomyces to produce ethanol from cellulose. The yeast strains and co-cultures of yeast strains of the invention can be used to produce ethanol on their own, or can also be used in combination with externally added cellulases to increase the efficiency of saccharification and fermentation processes.
US09988644B2	Compounds for improved viral transduction The present invention provides methods and compositions for improving the efficacy of viral transduction of cells. More particularly, the present invention provides methods and materials useful for safely and reliably improving the efficiency of methods for transducing cells, such as human hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), with viruses and/or viral vectors. The compositions and methods are useful for therapeutic indications amenable to treatment with hematopoietic stem cell gene therapies.
US09988628B2	Agents useful in treating facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy The invention teaches antisense agents and RNA interference agents useful for treating diseases and conditions the treatment of which can benefit from reducing the expression of double homeobox 4 and/or double homeobox 4c, more particularly facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Further elaborated are methods, uses and further products employing such agents.
US09988626B2	Neurocalcin delta inhibitors and therapeutic and non-therapeutic uses thereof The present invention relates to an inhibitor of neurocalcin delta (NCALD) for use in a method for the treatment or prevention of a patient suffering from a disorder associated with a pathological calcium homeostasis. Furthermore, the present invention refers to the use of such inhibitor of NCALD for inducing axon proliferation in vitro and to a method for the differentiation and/or maturation of neuronal stem cells (NSCs) in vitro and to the use of such inhibitor of NCALD to restore impaired endocytosis being a consequence of disturbed Ca2+ homeostasis in synaptic terminals essential for development, maturation and maintenance of synapses and neuromuscular junctions (NMJs).
US09988622B2	Device for capture and lysis of microorganisms from liquids and methods of use thereof Devices and methods for detecting microbial contaminants, such as bacteria and fungi, in fluids such as drinking water, pharmaceutical solutions and tissue culture media are provided. More particularly, provided are filtration devices for capture and processing of microorganisms from fluids, and improved methods for recovery, lysis and detection of microorganisms based on a combination of physical disruption with small beads and lysis solutions.
US09988604B2	Cell compositions derived from dedifferentiated reprogrammed cells Disclosed herein are cell culture compositions, for example, pancreatic cell culture compositions, derived from dedifferentiated human reprogrammed pluripotent stem cells, such as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, and methods for producing and using such cell culture compositions.
US09988598B2	Multiple reactor system for continuous gas fermentation A bioreactor system is provided for continuous fermentation of a gaseous substrate, said system comprising two or more primary bioreactors and one or more secondary bioreactors connected by a central bleed line. Further provided is a process for inoculating multiple bioreactors utilizing a central bleed line, said process comprising passing fermentation broth from a first primary bioreactor to other primary bioreactors and/or secondary bioreactors via a central bleed line. Further provided is a process for maintaining stable fermentation of a gaseous substrate across multiple bioreactors, said process comprising providing fermentation broth from one or more operational primary bioreactors to one or more secondary bioreactors via a central bleed line.
US09988593B2	Rapid drying cleaning solution A rapid drying cleaning solution comprises a chelating agent, a detergent, base, alcohol, and water. This cleaning solution can optionally contain fragrances and coloring agents, and can clean a variety of surfaces including natural and engineered wood, ceramic, cement, natural stone, man-made composites, porcelain floors, and other surfaces such as steel, stainless steel, other metallic compositions, ceramic, porcelain, wood and engineered wood countertops, followed by rapid drying of the surface being cleaned.
US09988591B2	Perfume compositions An ethanol-free perfumed composition includes a fragrance and: a) at least one crypto anionic surfactant, b) at least one ethoxylated nonionic surfactant having a molecular weight greater than 1700 containing at least 40% of ethylene oxide, d) at least one glycol having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, and e) water; wherein the weight ratio of the fragrance to the surfactants and glycols is from 1/1 to 1/6.
US09988589B2	Acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds and use thereof as additives in fuels and lubricants The present invention relates to novel acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive, as a wax antisettling additive (WASA) or as an additive for reducing internal diesel injector deposits (IDID); to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these acid-free quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
US09988577B2	Sleeve-type coal material decomposition apparatus The invention discloses a sleeve-type coal material decomposition apparatus which includes a kiln body. The inside of the kiln body is set with coal material decomposition-promoting layers and circular heating layers centered on the axis of kiln body; the circular coal material decomposition-promoting layers and circular heating layers are isolated from each other; both ends of the circular coal material decomposition-promoting layer are respectively connected to the coal inlet and coal outlet on kiln body and are also connected to the decomposition gas collecting mechanism on kiln body. The coal material decomposition-promoting layers and circular heating layers are isolated from each other, which is helpful for the acquisition of pure coal decomposition gas. The heat released from circular heating layers is fully absorbed by adjacent set coal material decomposition-promoting layers via conduction and radiation forms; the full absorption of pulverized coal brings better effect of complete decomposition.
US09988576B2	Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprises a display panel including a first base substrate, a switching element disposed on the first base substrate, a color filter layer disposed on the switching element, and a pixel electrode disposed on the color filter layer; a counter display panel including a second base substrate and a common electrode disposed on the second base substrate and facing the display panel; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the display panel and the counter display panel and having negative dielectric anisotropy, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes at least one compound represented by Formula 1 below, and the liquid crystal layer does not include a compound represented by Formula A below; and a light-blocking spacer disposed on the display panel and including an area overlapping the switching element, and maintaining the thickness of the liquid crystal layer.
US09988574B2	Stabilization of an aqueous solution of an organic iron salt Process and station for stabilizing an aqueous solution of an iron salt of an organic acid with a ferric component and a ferrous component of less solubility than the ferric component, such as the aqueous solution based on the Fe3+ salt of meso-tartaric acid. To stabilize the content of the dissolved ferric salt, the solution is at least partly subjected to electrolytic oxidation.
US09988572B2	Lighting apparatus This lighting apparatus is provided with a blue LED chip having a maximum peak at a wavelength of 420-480 nm and a fluorescent material-containing resin layer disposed on the front of the blue LED chip in the light emission direction. The fluorescent material-containing resin layer is obtained by mixing and dispersing a LuAg fluorescent material, which is represented by the formula Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+ and in which the Ce activation rate is 2 mol. % or lower relative to Lu, and a double fluoride fluorescent material represented by the formula A2(B1−xMnx)F6 (in the formula, A is at least one type of element selected from among the group consisting of Li, Na, K and Cs, B is at least one type of element selected from among the group consisting of Si, Ti, Nb, Ge and Sn, and x is an integer that falls within the range 0.001≤x≤0.1) in a resin. The present invention is capable of achieving a higher sense of brightness, high visibility and a sense of brightness across a wide range under scotopic conditions or mesopic conditions with an emitted light color close to black body radiation.
US09988571B2	Surfactant formulation for release of underground fossil fluids The present disclosure provides a surfactant formulation for use in treating and recovering fossil fluid from a subterranean formation. The surfactant formulation includes a primary surfactant, a formulation stability agent and injection water. The surfactant formulation may be injected into one or more injection wells located within the subterranean formation and fossil fluids can then be subsequently recovered from one or more producing wells.
US09988569B2	Methods and materials to enhance high temperature rheology in invert emulsions An invert emulsion drilling fluid, and a method of drilling with such fluid, having improved rheology at low mud weights and high temperatures. The improved rheology is effected with addition of a rheology additive of the invention comprising fatty dimer diamines or dimer diamines and an organic acid or ester of the acid. A nonlimiting example of such a rheology additive comprises a C36 fatty dimer diamine and adipic acid or dimethyl adipate.
US09988568B2	Use of anti-agglomerants in high gas to oil ratio formations The present invention generally relates to one or more compositions and methods for inhibiting the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates in a fluid. The fluid may be contained, for example, in an oil or gas pipeline or refinery.
US09988561B2	Rubber-based adhesive composition and rubber-based adhesive tape for automobile using the same The present invention relates to a rubber-based adhesive composition containing: a styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) rubber; a hardener; and an adhesion enhancer, the adhesion enhancer being contained in 50 to 100 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) rubber, and to a rubber-based adhesive tape for an automobile using the same.
US09988555B2	Water-borne polyamide-urea dispersions Polymers are disclosed that incorporate large portions of elastomeric polyamide oligomers connected with polyisocyanates. These polymers have enhanced properties over similar polyurethanes due to better hydrolysis resistance of polyamides over polyesters and better UV resistance of polyamides over polyethers. Polyurea linkages can also improve properties over polyurethane linkages. Composites and hybrids of these polymers and other polyamides with vinyl polymers are also disclosed and claimed.
US09988546B2	Colour pencil lead The present invention concerns an extrudable, unexpanded color pencil lead, comprising, by weight relative to the total weight of the lead: between 25 and 45%, and advantageously between 30 and 40%, of a polyolefin; between 25 and 50%, and advantageously between 30 and 40%, of a colorless mineral filler; between 4 and 20%, and advantageously between 5 and 15%, of a pigment coated with or mixed with a polyolefin wax; between 0 and 10%, and advantageously between 2 and 10%, of an additive, and between 10 and 30%, and advantageously between 15 and 25%, of stearate chosen from magnesium stearate, calcium stearate and the mixture of same. It further concerns the color pencil comprising a lead according to the invention.
US09988540B2	Aqueous particle-free color inkjet ink composition An aqueous particle-free inkjet ink composition has a pH of 7 to 9, and consists essentially of: (A) water-soluble dye colorants present in a total amount of 2-10 weight %, (B) a water-soluble polymer present in an amount of 1-4 weight %, and an aqueous medium consisting essentially of water. The water-soluble polymer has an acid number ≥130 and a molecular weight of 5,000 to 20,000. It comprises: (a) 55-80 mol % of recurring units derived from ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers selected from substituted or unsubstituted styrenes, (meth)acrylates, and combinations thereof, each (meth)acrylate comprising either a pendant phenyl group or an alkyl ester group having 12 to 20 carbon atoms; and (b) 20-35 mol % of recurring units comprising (meth)acrylic acid, all based on total water-soluble polymer recurring units. The one or more water-soluble dye colorants are chosen singly or collectively to provide a hue other than black.
US09988535B2	Thiol group-containing colored compound, metal nanowire, dispersion liquid, transparent conductive film, information input device, and electronic apparatus The thiol group-containing colored compound includes a chromophore having absorption in a visible light region, a thiol group, and a spacer provided between the chromophore and the thiol group. The spacer is a chain alkylene group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a cyclic alkylene group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, or a derivative of either alkylene group in which the number of carbon atoms in an additional structure of the alkylene group is equal to or less than the number of carbon atoms in the alkylene group.
US09988534B2	Polyimide precursor composition and method for producing polyimide precursor composition A polyimide precursor composition includes a solvent mixture containing an alcohol solvent and a water-insoluble solvent that is at least one selected from the solvent group consisting of water-insoluble ketones and water-insoluble ethers; and a polyimide precursor dissolved in the solvent mixture.
US09988530B2	Polycarbonate resin composition and a molded product produced from the same A polycarbonate resin composition and a molded product produced from the same includes (a) polycarbonate resin; (b) polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer; (c) aromatic copolyester resin; and (d) glass fiber.
US09988528B2	HMPSA for removable self-adhesive label The present invention relates to a hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive (HMPSA) composition. The composition includes: a) 25 to 50% of a styrene block copolymer chosen from the group comprising SIS, SIBS, SEBS and SEPS block copolymers; b) 35 to 75% of a compatible tackifying resin having a softening temperature of between 80 and 150° C. and an acid number of less than 20; and c) 0.5 to 20% of one or more carboxylic acids, the hydrocarbon chain of which includes 6 to 22 carbon atoms. The present invention also relates to a multilayer system including an HMPSA layer, a printable support layer, and an adjacent protective layer. Further, the present invention also includes a corresponding self-adhesive label and process for recycling a labeled article which entails debonding of the label by immersing the article in a hot basic aqueous solution.
US09988516B2	Rubber composition and pneumatic tire An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition which can further improve abrasion resistance without deterioration in energy efficiency, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition comprises a polymer mixture obtained by modifying a polymer composed of at least one of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound with a compound having at least one of an ester group and a carboxyl group; at least one of triamines; and silica, the polymer mixture having a weight-average molecular weight of 1.0×103 to 1.0×105, and the triamines being a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each of RA, RB, RC, RD and RE independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and each of ALK1 and ALK2 independently represents an alkylene group.
US09988511B2	Composite resin particles, foamable particles, pre-foamed particles, and foam molded body Composite resin particles including: a polyethylene-based resin and a polystyrene-based resin, wherein the polyethylene-based resin and the polystyrene-based resin are included in the ranges of 50 to 20% by mass and 50 to 80% by mass respectively, with respect to the total of these resins, the polyethylene-based resin is composed of: a first polyethylene-based resin having a medium density to a high density in the range of 925 to 965 kg/m3; and a second polyethylene-based resin which is linear and which has a lower density than the first polyethylene-based resin, and the first polyethylene-based resin and the second polyethylene-based resin are included in the ranges of 90 to 30% by mass and 10 to 70% by mass respectively, with respect to the total of these resins.
US09988507B2	Polyvinyl acetal film and uses thereof Provided is a polyvinyl acetal film which, when used as an intermediate film for a laminated glass, can provide a laminated glass that exhibits a low degree of yellowness and excellent surface appearance, and which is thus useful as a sealing material or intermediate film that can prolong the life of a laminated glass provided with a solar cell or a functional unit. Further, the content of corrosion-causing substance in the polyvinyl acetal film is low, so that the polyvinyl acetal film permits high-temperature lamination and thus ensures excellent productivity. Also provided are a solar cell module and a laminated glass prepared using the polyvinyl acetal film. A plasticized polyvinyl acetal film which comprises 15 to 60 parts by mass of a plasticizer having a total number of 28 or more of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms constituting a molecule based on 100 parts by mass of a polyvinyl acetal resin, and which has an acid value of 5.0 meq/kg or less.
US09988499B2	Method for producing liquid high-purity sugar derivative-modified silicone or composition thereof A production method for a liquid high purity sugar derivative-modified silicone or a composition thereof is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: 1) capturing hydrophilic impurities in solid particles by causing an impurity containing composition containing liquid sugar derivative-modified silicone and the hydrophilic impurities derived from a sugar derivative to contact the solid particles, the sugar derivative being a hydrophilic modifier of the sugar derivative-modified silicone, and the solid particles being able to capture the hydrophilic impurities; and 2) separating the sugar derivative-modified silicone and the solid particles. The method is useful for production of the liquid high purity sugar derivative-modified silicone and the composition thereof on a commercial scale.
US09988497B2	Antifouling system comprising silicone hydrogel A multi-layer or single layer antifouling coating system. A multi-layer coating system comprises (a) a base coating for coating a substrate, and (b) an antifouling coating composition adapted to be disposed over the base coating, the antifouling coating composition comprising a hydroxyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane, a curable polyether-containing silane of the Formula (1): (R1O)a(R1)(3-a)Si—R2—(Si(R1)2O)p—Si(R1)2—R2—O—(CH2—CHR1—O)q—R1 (1) where a is 1-3; R1 is H or alkyl radical from C1-C10; R2 is alkylene from C2-C10; p is 1-100; and q is 1-50. The base coating composition can comprise an epoxy modified adhesion promoter. A single layer coating composition comprises a compound of Formula (4): (R1O)a(R1)3-a—Si-M-(Si(R1)2O)r—(Si(R1)(O1/2)(O))t—(Si(X)(O1/2)(O))v—Si(R1)2-M-Si(OR1)a(R1)3-a (4) where R1 is H or an alkyl radical M is R2 or oxygen; r is 0-1000; t is 1 to 20; v is 0 to 20; X is —R2—(N(R1)1-b(Y)b—R2)c—N(R1)2-b(Y)b; b is 0-2; c is 0-5; Y is R1 or an organic radical with an epoxide at one terminal; and R2 is an alkylene from C2-C10, with the proviso that at least one Y is an organic radical with an epoxide at one terminal. The respective compositions are such that the antifouling coating composition sufficiently adheres to the base coating composition without the need for a tie coat layer.
US09988491B2	Methods and compounds for producing nylon 6,6 Alternating co-polymers of cyclic dicarboxylic acids and cyclic diamines may be used to produce nylon 6,6. Di-substituted furan compounds may be used as the raw material for producing furan-dicarboxylic acids and/or furan-diamines. The furan-dicarboxylic acids and furan-diamines may be copolymerized to produce polymer precursors for nylon 6,6. The polymer precursors may be hydrogenated and/or deoxygenated to produce nylon 6,6.
US09988490B2	Method for producing polycarbonate Provided is a method of producing a polycarbonate that enables efficient drying of a polycarbonate powder and has no risk of deteriorating the quality of a polycarbonate molded article to be obtained. The method of producing a polycarbonate includes: a step of causing an alkali aqueous solution of a dihydric phenol and phosgene to react with each other in the presence of an organic solvent to produce an organic solvent solution containing a polycarbonate; a powdering step of powdering the organic solvent solution containing the polycarbonate to provide a polycarbonate powder; and a pre-drying step of drying the polycarbonate powder to remove the remaining organic solvent, in which a drying temperature in the pre-drying step is set to a temperature lower than the glass transition temperature of the polycarbonate containing 1.5 mass % of the organic solvent by from 5° C. to 15° C.
US09988487B2	Blocked 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene bicarbonate catalyst for aerospace sealants Compositions comprising sulfur-containing prepolymers such as polythioether prepolymers, polyepoxides, and a blocked 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene bicarbonate catalyst useful as aerospace sealants are disclosed. The compositions exhibit extended working time and the curing rate can be tailored for specific applications.
US09988484B2	Cardanol modified epoxy polyol A reaction system for forming polyurethane elastomers includes a cardanol modified epoxy polyol. In particular, the reaction system has an isocyanate-reactive component that includes the cardanol-modified epoxy polyol and an isocyanate component that includes at least one polyisocyanate. The cardanol-modified epoxy polyol is a reaction product of an epoxy component and an epoxy-reactive component at a ratio of epoxy groups to epoxy reactive groups from 1:1 to 1:5, and the epoxy-reactive component includes a cashew nutshell liquid having a cardanol content of at least 85 wt %, based on a total weight of the cashew nutshell liquid.
US09988482B2	Crosslinking catalyst comprising siloxane structural units A catalyst containing at least one amidine or guanidine group of formula (Ia) or (Ib), which is bound to a silicon atom of a siloxane residue. At room temperature, the catalyst is liquid and odorless. It is particularly suitable as a cross-linking catalyst for curable compositions, in particular for silane group-containing compositions. It is particularly good at accelerating the hardening of such compositions without impairing stability in storage, and displays little volatility but good compatibility. As a result, the compositions do not tend towards separation or migration or evaporation of the catalyst.
US09988477B2	(Meth) acrylic block copolymer and process for producing the same A (meth)acrylic block copolymer includes a methacrylic polymer block including at least one structural unit derived from a dimethacrylate according to formula (2): where R1 is a methyl group, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 5, and a (meth)acrylic polymer block having no active energy ray curable groups. A method of preparing the (meth)acrylic block copolymer and an active energy ray curable composition are provided.
US09988473B2	Polyethylene composition and articles made therefrom A polyethylene composition comprising at least 95 percent by weight of the units derived from ethylene; less than 5 percent by weight of units derived from one or more α-olefin comonomers; wherein said polyethylene composition has a density in the range of 0.930 to 0.945 g/cm3, a molecular weight distribution characterized by the ratio of the z-average molecular weight to the weight average molecular weight (Mz/Mw) less than 5, a melt index, I2 (measured at 190° C., 2.16 kg), in the range of 0.08 to 0.5 g/10 minutes, and a high flow melt index, I21 (measured at 190° C., 21.6 kg), in the range from 10 to 20 g/10 minutes; and wherein the polyethylene composition is produced utilizing a chromium oxide catalyst is provided.
US09988472B2	Composition, electronic device, and thin film transistor A composition includes a product of a condensation reaction between a thermal cross-linking agent and a product of hydrolysis and condensation polymerization of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: In Chemical Formula 1, the definitions of the substituents are the same as in the detailed description. Further, an electronic device and a thin film transistor include a cured material of the composition.
US09988471B2	Catalysts for producing polymers with enhanced properties Disclosed are novel hafnium-based metallocene catalyst compounds with the following characteristics: 1) 4,5-dialkyl substitutions on a fluorenyl ligand, and optionally additional substitutions, 2) a cyclopentadienyl ligand, optionally with substitutions, and 3) a bridging group from group 14 of the Periodic Table. Also disclosed are catalyst systems comprising such catalyst compounds and their uses thereof, and polymers produced using such catalyst systems.
US09988466B2	Benzocrown ether graft polymer with lithium isotopic separation effect and preparation method thereof Disclosed in the present invention is a benzocrown ether graft polymer with a lithium isotopic separation effect and a preparation method thereof. The polymer is a benzocrown ether graft polymer formed by the linkage of chemical bonds, which takes the main chain of a polymer containing chloromethyl group, chloroformyl group or hydroxyl group as main chain, and takes a benzocrown ether as pendant group. The preparation process of the polymer comprises the following steps: preparing polymer solution with certain concentration by dissolving a polymer containing chloromethyl group, chloroformyl group or hydroxyl group in a solvent; then blending a catalyst and a benzocrown ether containing carboxyl group or aldehydyl group and dissolving in the polymer solution containing hydroxyl group, or blending an acid-binding agent and a benzocrown ether containing amino group or hydroxyl group and dissolving in the polymer solution containing chloromethyl group or chloroformyl group, reacting at a certain temperature and for a certain time, linking the benzocrown ether to the main chain of polymer by chemical bonds, and precipitating by adding a precipitating agent to obtain the graft polymer. The grafting polymer has excellent characteristic of lithium isotopic separation.
US09988459B2	Anti-IFNAR1 antibodies with reduced Fc ligand affinity The invention provides anti-IFNAR1 antibodies with reduced affinity for Fc receptors and/or ligands and methods of making and using such antibodies.
US09988453B2	Human monoclonal antibodies to O8E The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to O8E with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of this disclosure, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods for treating cancer.
US09988451B2	HIV-1 vaccine A method for inducing an immune response against HIV in a subject includes the step of preparing an HIV-1 gp120 envelope protein coding sequence particle having an N425K mutation, introducing the HIV-1 gp120 protein coding sequence particle having an N425K mutation into an expression construct using yeast homologous recombination, transfecting a cell with the expression construct, wherein the HIV-1 particle is secreted by the cell, and administering the secreted HIV-1 particle and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to the subject, wherein the secreted HIV-1 particle stimulates an immune response in the subject.
US09988444B2	Polypeptides comprising a modified bacteriophage g3p amino acid sequence with reduced immunogenicity The invention relates to polypeptides that comprise a portion of filamentous bacteriophage gene 3 protein (g3p) sufficient to bind to and/or disaggregate amyloid, e.g., the N1-N2 portion of g3p and mutants and fragments thereof, wherein that g3p amino acid sequence has been modified through amino acid substitution to be substantially less immunogenic than the corresponding wild-type g3p amino acid sequence when used in vivo. The polypeptides of the invention retain their ability bind to and/or disaggregate amyloid. The invention relates furthermore to the use of these variant g3p-polypeptides in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases associated with misfolding or aggregation of amyloid.
US09988434B2	Optimal interstrand bridge for collagen mimics Novel collagen-mimetic peptides are disclosed comprising the formula (Xaa-Yaa-Gly)n, where the amino acid at one of the Xaa positions is substituted with a homocysteine residue. Also disclosed are multi-stranded novel collagen-mimetic peptides comprising a first strand as described above that is covalently bonded with a disulfide bridge to a second strand comprising the formula (Xaa-Yaa-Gly)m, where the amino acid at one of the Yaa positions is substituted with a cysteine residue. Disulfide formation between the terminal thiol sulfur of the homocysteine residue of the first strand and the terminal thiol sulfur of the cysteine residue of the second strand reveals unstrained bridges that enhance the structure and substantially improve the stability of collagen triple helices as compared to other possible disulfide or thioether bridges. Thus, the disclosed collagen mimetic peptides have improved stability, and can be used to produce optimized collagen-like fibrillar assemblies for wound healing and other biomedical applications.
US09988429B2	Glucagon analogues The invention provides materials and methods for the treatment of obesity and excess weight, diabetes, and other associated metabolic disorders. In particular, the invention provides novel glucagon analog peptides effective in such methods. The peptides may mediate their effect by having increased selectivity for the GLP-1 receptor as compared to human glucagon.
US09988428B2	Pegylated bioactive peptides and uses thereof Described herein are bioactive peptides that are modified at one or more positions with a PEG moiety. An example of such a PEGylated bioactive peptide is a GHRH analog that is modified at one or more positions with a PEG moiety. Also described are pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such analogs or salts thereof, as well as methods, kits and uses thereof, for example for inducing or stimulating growth hormone secretion in a subject and for diagnosing, preventing or treating GH-deficient conditions in a subject.
US09988426B2	Broad spectrum conjugate vaccine to prevent Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections The present invention is drawn to conjugates and vaccine compositions comprising a Pseudomonas flagellin or an antigenic fragment or derivative thereof linked to one or more Klebsiella surface polysaccharide antigens, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae O polysaccharide from serovars O1, O2a, O2a,c, O3, O4, O5, O7, O8 and 012. The present invention also provides serovar reagent strains to produce the conjugates and vaccine compositions and methods of inducing an immune response with the conjugates and vaccine compositions.
US09988423B2	Organogels and emulsions for biological and non-biological applications The present invention relates to organogels and emulsions based on ultrasmall self-assembling peptides. It further relates to methods for producing such organogels and emulsions as well as to the use of the organogels and emulsions in biological and non-biological applications.
US09988421B2	Dipeptides as inhibitors of human immunoproteasomes The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following compounds having Formula (I) where the substituents R1-R10, X, Y, k, m, n, q, and s are as defined herein. These compounds are used in the treatment of cancer, immunologic disorders, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, or inflammatory disorders or for providing immunosuppression for transplanted organs or tissues.
US09988420B2	Cytotoxic peptides and conjugates thereof Disclosed herein are novel cytotoxic peptides of formula (I) as described herein: and the use of such peptides in making immunoconjugates (i.e Antibody Drug Conjugates) Also described herein are immunoconjugates (i.e Antibody Drug Conjugates) comprising such novel cytotoxic peptide linked to an antigen binding moiety, such as an antibody; where such immunoconjugates are useful for treating cell proliferative disorders. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these immunoconjugates, compositions comprising the immunoconjugates with a therapeutic co-agent, and methods to use these immunoconjugates and compositions for treating cell proliferation disorders.
US09988415B2	Glycoside compound, method for producing thioether, ether, method for producing ether, method for producing glycoside compound, method for producing nucleic acid The invention provides a glucoside compound, which is capable of providing a phosphoramidite, which can be produced at low cost and can produce a nucleic acid in high yield and with high purity. The glycoside compound has the formula wherein B, R1, R2, and R3 are as described herein.
US09988413B2	Process for conversion of hemicellulose into C5 sugars using ionic liquids The present invention discloses one pot process for the conversion of hemicellulose into C5 sugars using ionic liquids in water media.
US09988412B2	Methods for preparing thermally stable lignin fractions The present invention relates to fractions of high purity lignin which are thermally stable, and to methods of producing said fractions from lignocellulosic material.
US09988411B2	Thin-film-forming material including a molybdenum imide compound In the method of the present invention for producing a thin film, including introducing, onto a substrate, a vapor that has been obtained by vaporizing a thin-film-forming material including a molybdenum imide compound represented by the following formula (I) and that includes the molybdenum imide compound; and then forming a thin film including molybdenum on the substrate by decomposing and/or chemically reacting the molybdenum imide compound. (In the formula, R1 though R10 each represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R11 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.)
US09988403B2	Compositions and methods for treating cancer with aberrant lipogenic signaling The technology described herein relates to dimethyl boronate esters of the following formula for the treatment of cancers expressing abnormally high levels of SREBP1:
US09988390B2	Pyrimidone derivatives and their use in the treatment, amelioration or prevention of a viral disease The present invention relates to compounds having the general formula (Ia) or (Ib), optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, polymorph, codrug, cocrystal, prodrug, tautomer, racemate, enantiomer, or diastereomer or mixture thereof, which are useful in treating, ameloriating or preventing a viral disease, in particular influenza.
US09988387B2	Imidazo[1,2-B][1,2,4]triazines as c-Met inhibitors The present invention relates to imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazines that are inhibitors of c-Met and are useful in the treatment of c-Met associated diseases including cancer.
US09988380B2	Quorum sensing inhibitors The invention relates to compounds for use as quorum sensing inhibitors, and in particular, to quorum sensing inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
US09988378B2	1 H-pyrazole and 4,5-disubstituted thiazole inhibitors of SYK The present invention relates to the use of novel compounds of formula (I), wherein all variable substituents are defined as described herein, which are SYK inhibitors and are useful for the treatment of auto-immune and inflammatory diseases.
US09988376B2	Benzothiophene derivatives as estrogen receptor inhibitors A compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, compositions, combinations and medicaments containing said compounds and processes for their preparation. The invention also relates to the use of said compounds, combinations, compositions and medicaments, for example as inhibitors of the activity of the estrogen receptor, including degrading the estrogen receptor, the treatment of diseases and conditions mediated by the estrogen receptor.
US09988374B2	Cytochrome P450 inhibitors and uses thereof The present invention provides compounds having the general structural formula (I) (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of any of a number of conditions or diseases involving fibrosis and proliferation, and where anti-fibrotic or anti-proliferative activity is beneficial.
US09988361B2	Anti-enterovirus 71 thiadiazolidine derivative Disclosed is a novel anti-enterovirus 71 (EV71) 1,2,5-thiadiazolidine-1,1-dioxide derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and specifically, a compound represented by formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09988359B2	Herbicidally active benzoic acid amides The invention relates to benzoic acid amides of general formula (I) as herbicides. In formula (I) X, Z and R represent radicals such as alkyl and cycloalkyl. Q represents a 5-membered heterocycle.
US09988358B2	Phenazinium mediators The present invention relates to a chemical compound or a salt or solvate thereof being an 1-amino-phenazine derivative and to uses thereof. The present invention further relates to a chemistry matrix and to a test element comprising the aforesaid chemical compound. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for determining the amount of an analyte in a sample, comprising contacting said sample with a chemistry matrix according to the present invention, estimating the amount of electrons liberated or consumed by the chemistry matrix in the presence of said liquid sample, and thereby determining the amount of an analyte in a liquid sample.
US09988354B2	Salt of omecamtiv mecarbil and process for preparing salt Provided are omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride salt forms, compositions and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for their preparation and use. Omecamtiv mecarbil (AMG 423, CK-1827452), having the structure:
US09988344B2	Zinc cluster compounds and their use as catalysts in the reaction of amines with dialkyl carbonates The present invention relates to metallic zinc cluster compounds which are suitable as catalysts in the reaction of amines with dialkyl carbonates to produce carbamates. The invention is also directed towards a method for the alkoxycarbonylation of amines. The cluster compound has a general formula which may be written as [M(O2C—R)2]x.[MO]y.[H2O]z, wherein M is Zn, R is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic, cycloaliphatic, linear aliphatic, or other organic rest, x is 1, y is ≥x is 1, y is ≥0.03 to ≤26.0 and z is >0.00 to ≤17.0.
US09988315B2	Sintered body and cutting tool including the same A sintered body of the present invention is a sintered body including a first material and cubic boron nitride. The first material is partially-stabilized ZrO2 including 5 to 90 volume % of Al2O3 dispersed in crystal grain boundaries or crystal grains of partially-stabilized ZrO2.
US09988313B2	Process for production of graphene/silicon carbide ceramic composites We provide a method for the in situ development of graphene containing silicon carbide (SiC) matrix ceramic composites, and more particularly to the in situ graphene growth within the bulk ceramic through a single-step approach during SiC ceramics densification using an electric current activated/assisted sintering (ECAS) technique. This approach allows processing dense, robust, highly electrical conducting and well dispersed nanocomposites having a percolated graphene network, eliminating the handling of potentially hazardous nanostructures. Graphene/SiC components could be used in technological applications under strong demanding conditions where good electrical, thermal, mechanical and/or tribological properties are required, such as micro and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS), sensors, actuators, heat exchangers, breaks, components for engines, armors, cutting tools, microturbines or microrotors.
US09988311B2	Aluminum titanate compositions, ceramic articles comprising same, and methods of manufacturing same Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of a tialite phase and at least one silicate phase with a rare earth oxide and zirconium additions and methods for the manufacture of the same.
US09988294B2	Desalination system and desalination method This desalinization system, which obtains industrial-use water and drinking water from seawater and wastewater, is provided with: a purification device that purifies wastewater by removing activated sludge therefrom; a first RO membrane that removes salt from the output of the purification device by transferring said salt to first concentrated water, thereby producing industrial-use water; a UF membrane that seawater passes through and that removes particulates from said seawater; a second RO membrane that removes salt from the treated output of the UF membrane by transferring said salt to second concentrated water, producing drinking water; an agitation device to which the second concentrated water from the second RO membrane and the first concentrated water from the first RO membrane are sent to be agitated; and a third RO membrane removing salt from the liquid mixture agitated by the agitation device by transferring said salt to third concentrated water, producing industrial-use water.
US09988288B2	Devices and methods for storing, processing, and delivering a processed liquid Systems and methods for controlling mixing between one or more fluids are provided. The systems and methods may utilize a vessel comprising one or more zones where the zones are configured to minimize mixing between one or more fluids. Certain systems and methods may utilize a vessel comprising a tortuous flow path. Other systems and methods may utilize a vessel comprising one or more zones.
US09988281B2	Method of making high performance activated aluminum sesquichlorohydrate powders Activated aluminum sesquichlorohydrate (AASCH) powders and method of making are disclosed. The method of making the active comprises (a) diluting the concentrated aluminum sesquichlorohydrate (ASCH) solution to from about 10% to about 25% by weight and (b) heating the diluted solution to obtain a Band III polymer concentration of at least about 20% and a Band IV polymer concentration of at least about 15%, and (c) drying the heated solution to powders and (d) optionally screen or light mill the powders to free flowing spherical particles.
US09988258B2	Tube fitment for use with a valve fitment for dispensing fluids Provided is a tube fitment used in a fitment valve assembly having a vertical cylindrical housing and a horizontal cylindrical channel connected to each other in a T-shape, the vertical housing having a top section, a middle section, and a lower section, the top section of the housing having a front wall and a partially open back wall, where the opening is the locus for connecting a spout valve assembly; the horizontal cylindrical channel having a first opening at the first end proximate to the joint of the T-shaped tube fitment and at the top of the horizontal cylindrical channel; having an activator pin and an O-ring situated in the second section of the vertical cylindrical housing that is narrower that said first section of said vertical cylindrical housing.
US09988255B2	Filling system and filling machine An apparatus for processing containers includes a container-filling system having filling-point pairs in which each filling point has a filling element. Each filling element has a channel formed in a housing, a liquid valve in the channel that controls flow through a dispensing opening. The filling system also has internal and external gas-paths that are internal and external relative to the filling elements. These gas paths connect to each other. A gas-path control-valve controls the external path. Nothing controls the internal path. A stand-alone control module contains part of the external gas-path and the gas-path control-valve.
US09988249B2	Clutch for a winch or hoist A clutch comprises an input shaft, an output shaft and a biasing member. The biasing member is arranged to provide a biasing force that allows torque transfer from the input shaft to the output shaft via one or more input friction plates and one or more output friction plates. Rotation of the output shaft may cause the biasing force to vary to adjust the maximum torque setting of the clutch during reeling-in or reeling-out of a winch cable around a winch drum. A retainer may be included in the clutch which retains the biasing member in operative connection with the output shaft and translates axially relative to the input shaft upon rotation of the output shaft. The axial translation may cause the biasing force to vary by varying the compression of the biasing member.
US09988242B1	Elevator rail healthy monitoring method A method of monitoring component health is provided. The method includes moving a health monitor over a scattering surface of the component, emitting light of various wavelengths toward the scattering surface from a light source of the health monitor, observing one or more responses of the scattering surface to the light of the various wavelengths at a detector of the health monitor and identifying a condition of the scattering surface from the observed one or more responses of the scattering surface to the light of the various wavelengths.
US09988234B2	Image processing apparatus and sheet transport method An image processing system includes an image forming unit, an image decoloring unit, a first sheet stacking unit, a second sheet stacking unit, a first detector for the first sheet stacking unit, a second detector for the second sheet stacking unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls a transport path of a sheet discharged from one of the image forming unit and the image decoloring unit.
US09988220B2	Method and apparatus for feeding items of laundry to a mangle or to some other laundry-treatment arrangement Items of laundry are fed from an input machine to a mangle or some other laundry-treatment arrangement. Operating personnel are employed to feed the input machine with the items of laundry. This is costly in terms of time and personnel. The invention makes provision for determining surface profiles of the items of laundry by means of imaging installations. From these surface profiles a location for the automatic gripping of the item of laundry or of a corner of same, and preferably also the position of the location or corner, is determined by electronic image processing, whereby the location or corner of the item of laundry can be securely gripped in an automatic and targeted manner. By virtue of the described measures, hitherto manual activities in front of the input machine can be easily performed in a reliable and fully-automatic mode.
US09988216B1	Parallel vertical recirculating gantry system Disclosed are various embodiments for a vertically recirculating gantry system operating in parallel with multiple actuators on multiple gantries. A plurality of items are retrieved from a plurality of picking locations via a plurality of actuators disposed on a gantry spanning a width of the plurality of conveyors. The gantry is moved along a track toward a plurality of stowage locations. Individual items are deposited in respective stowage locations via the plurality of actuators as the gantry moves over the stowage locations.
US09988212B2	Method of order fulfilling by preparing storage units at a picking station A method of order fulfilling by making order and/or product units available from a storage facility in a desired sequence at a picking station is provided herein. The storage facility may include a plurality of multilevel storage racks in which order and/or product units are stored, an automatic storage and retrieval device, such as a shuttle, which retrieves and stores orders and/or product units, and lifts used to transfer the order and/or product units to at least one storage-exit conveyor, wherein each lift is directly connected to a picking station in a picking level by the storage-entry conveyor and the storage-exit conveyor.
US09988208B2	Container having padded dunnage supports and straight tracks A container comprising a metal frame or pallet box for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a base and opposed sides, straight tracks, and a plurality of padded dunnage supports extending between the tracks. One type of padded dunnage support comprises end members and a tubular middle member, the end members being movable along the tracks. The padded dunnage supports support dunnage, such as pouches.
US09988207B2	Transport bag The invention relates to a transport bag comprising a base, a top portion, and side walls extending between said base and top portion in such a way that a volume for storing granule, fluid, viscous, or semi-fluid materials is formed, wherein the transport bag comprises at least one narrowed portion extending through a middle axis of said side wall from a upper edge to a bottom edge of the side wall.
US09988204B1	Stackable pizza container A food container for storing irregularly shaped preferably pie shaped foods having a central, inner cavity or compartment defined by a pie-shaped bottom surface, vertically extending side walls and a circumferential wall, along with a hinged top surface. The container may be built for further individual compartments or cavities and these may be stacked one on the other to separately store individual pieces of pie or pizza without one piece contacting another piece and, yet, storage space and footprint of the container is minimized, to advantage. A set of pie shaped cavities are provided for sliding receipt within a cabinet for food storage.
US09988200B2	Packaging for food product A packaged food product includes a bottom receptacle having a lower portion defining an interior and an upper portion extending about the upper periphery of the interior; a food product provided within the interior; a top film sealed to the upper portion of the bottom receptacle via a seal portion extending substantially along the upper periphery of the interior and comprising at least one substantially straight side. The seal portion may be configured to release steam at approximately the midpoint of the substantially straight side of the seal portion.
US09988196B2	Card holder for attachment to container wall An assembly for holding a transaction card, such as a gift card, upon the wall of an open-ended container, such as a Christmas stocking or Easter basket, using cooperating inner and outer panels connected to one another via a foldable extension member.
US09988195B2	Theft-resistant and senior-friendly packaging of consumer products The present invention is a novel, theft-resistant, and senior-friendly packaging for consumer and retail products that is cheap and easy to manufacture. The packaging is designed to prevent individuals from gaining access to the enclosed product through tampering with the packaging while at the same time meeting or exceeding federal child-resistant and senior-friendly guidelines. The packaging incorporates plastic material and multiple cuts to be tear-resistant and to halt the propagation of a tear, if one should occur.
US09988184B2	Method of manufacturing a composite insert by molding A method of manufacturing a composite insert includes forming a polymer mold from a polymer sheet which may have a glass transition temperature of 70 to 160° C., the polymer mold either includes a cavity or may form a cavity disposed between the polymer mold and the carrier. The method proceeds by depositing a liquid reactive composite insert composition, which may be a two-component composition including a first part comprised of an isocyanate-epoxy blend and a second part comprised of an alcohol-epoxy blend, into the cavity under low pressure conditions of 0-10 bar and low temperature conditions of 15-100° C. The composition is then allowed to become dimensionally stable either within the polymer mold or between the polymer mold and the carrier.
US09988182B2	Bulk material shipping container A bulk material shipping container including a pallet, a compartment mounted on the pallet, a material unloading assembly, and a material loading assembly.
US09988177B1	Bottle with filter and infusion base A bottle assembly includes a cap assembly, a bottle body, a base assembly and a filter assembly. The cap assembly includes a straw. The bottle body is removably connectable to the cap assembly. The base assembly is removably connectable to the bottle body. The filter assembly is connectable to the bottle body, and the filter assembly includes an aperture configured for passage of a portion of the straw. The aperture includes a mechanism that is closable when the portion of the straw is not in the aperture. A method of using a bottle includes removing the cap assembly from an upper opening of the bottle body and introducing fluid into the upper opening of the bottle body and through a filter assembly, the filter assembly including an aperture configured for passage of a portion of the straw. The method also includes closing the aperture.
US09988172B2	Bag holder and transport cart A bag holder is capable of holding a bag in an upright position with the use of expanding arms and a unique two stage hinge and clamp mechanism, which allows the expanding arm apparatus to enter and clamp a refuse bag quickly and efficiently. The operation utilizes a hook mechanism and a clamp, which allows the operator to use one hand to manipulate the expanding arm apparatus and the other hand to position the refuse bag. In addition, the bag holder functions as transport cart for refuse bags. Also, the unique cart structure, allows storing of two garden tools and multiple refuse bags. The bag holder is able to fold onto itself and be stored on a hook, by the unique handle. The bag expander and clamp mechanism is detachable which can be adapted to existing dolly's or hand truck.
US09988169B2	Deep-drawing packaging machine A deep-drawing packaging machine includes a sealing device that clamps and seals a top film and a bottom film by an upper mold and a lower mold, clamping tabs that clamp both-side edges of at least one of the top film and the bottom film, and a carrying device that carries at least one of the top film and the bottom film clamped by the clamping tabs. The clamping tabs are configured such that a gap is generated between the clamping tabs and the top film and the bottom film, positioned in a range clamped by the upper mold and the lower mold, when the upper mold and the lower mold of the sealing device are closed.
US09988162B2	Method and device for control of a sunlight acquisition phase of a spacecraft A method to control a sunlight acquisition phase of a spacecraft with a nonzero angular momentum of an axis DH. The spacecraft includes a solar generator configured to rotate about an axis Y. The spacecraft actuators are controlled to place the spacecraft in an intermediate orientation in which the axis Y is substantially orthogonal to the axis DH. The solar generator is controlled to orientate the solar generator towards the sun. The spacecraft actuators are controlled to reduce the angular momentum of the spacecraft. The actuators of the spacecraft engine are controlled to place the spacecraft in an acquisition orientation in which the axis Y is substantially orthogonal to the direction of the sun with respect to the spacecraft.
US09988161B2	Method for optimizing the placement of check-in bags in aircraft In a method of loading checked luggage on unit load devices corresponding to an aircraft having a passenger compartment, each piece of checked luggage is associated with a unique identifier. Each piece of checked luggage is weighed and its weight is associated with its corresponding unique identifier. A best possible luggage placement is calculated considering a distribution of passenger weight, thereby allowing the passengers to sit at their preferred location rather than by pre-allocation. A desired placement of the checked luggage is calculated based on the weight of each piece of checked luggage, the acceptable distribution of weight in the passenger compartment and overall fuel state over mission profile. Loading personnel are allowed to place luggage in the unit load devices and are instructed to stop loading the selected ones of the unit load devices when a deciding point is dynamically achieved by a recalculation of center of gravity shift each time a bag is loaded onto one of the unit load devices so as to achieve the best possible placement of check luggage. The recalculation of the center of gravity shift is done based on placement of the unit load devices in the aircraft luggage compartments.
US09988160B1	Airplane fire detection system A fire detection system includes a heat detector controller and a multiplicity of heat detectors. The heat detectors are positioned at predetermined locations along a ceiling of a cargo compartment and/or on an exterior side of a cargo compartment liner from an interior of the cargo compartment. Each of the multiplicity of heat detectors are configured to measure temperature and to transmit temperature measurements to the heat detector controller. The heat detector controller is configured to determine that a fire has breached the cargo compartment liner based on the temperature measurements.
US09988156B2	Cylindrical case and manufacturing method of cylindrical case A cylindrical case includes a case main body, and a groove disposed annularly at one end of the case main body. A peripheral wall of the case main body is formed by alternately laminating a biaxial fabric layer, which includes a biaxial fabric of a non-crimp structure composed of reinforcing fiber bands having an orientation angle of ±45°, and a roving layer. A groove wall of the groove is formed by alternately laminating the biaxial fabric layer, which continues to the case main body side, and a triaxial fabric layer, which includes a triaxial fabric of a non-crimp structure composed of reinforcing fiber bands having an orientation angle of ±45° and a reinforcing fiber band having an orientation angle of 0°.
US09988146B2	Rotor balancing apparatus A balancing apparatus for a rotary element is provided and includes a central hub portion and radial elements extending outwardly from the central hub portion. The balancing apparatus includes a conduit extending along the radial elements via the central hub portion, a mass movable within the conduit between the radial elements via the central hub portion and a mass balancing system which directs a movement of the mass within the conduit into and out of the central hub portion and along the radial elements.
US09988141B2	Fluid interface device and method A fluid interface device, such as an airfoil assembly, can include a device structure and at least one moveable band oriented such that the band moves in a direction of fluid flow. The at least one moveable band can be supported on the device structure such that an outer surface of the moveable band is exposed along the device structure and is capable of movement relative thereto such that a relative velocity can be maintained between the outer surface and the device structure. The fluid interface device can have a cross section that includes first and second boundary layer collision points disposed along one side of the device structure with at least one of said first and second boundary layer collision points formed by the endless band. An airplane, a wind turbine and a method are also included.
US09988138B2	Inflatable airfoil system having reduced radar observability A method and apparatus for operating an airfoil system. A gas may be generated. The gas may be sent into an inflatable airfoil system comprising an inflatable air foil and a section. The inflatable airfoil may have an inner end and an outer end in which the inflatable airfoil may be comprised of a number of materials that substantially pass electromagnetic waves through the inflatable airfoil. The section may have a number of openings in which the inner end of the inflatable airfoil may be associated with the section. The section may be configured to be associated with a fuselage. The number of openings may be configured to provide communications with an interior of the inflatable airfoil. The section with the number of openings may be configured to reduce reflection of the electromagnetic waves encountering the section.
US09988130B2	Human powered boat and human-powered propulsion apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a human-powered boat that a user can easily operate with his/her own manual power even though the boat is in a form causing large resistance to propulsion, and the human-powered boat is equipped with a propulsion apparatus that imitates the tail fin of a fish. The propulsion apparatus, in which an oscillating foil mechanism is applied to an “L-shaped oar”, enables a rider to perform forward-facing rowing and can easily change a direction and prevent damage due to a collision with an underwater obstacle. Typically, the human-powered boat of the present invention has the following three limitations in order to maximize simplicity while maintaining propulsion efficiency, compared with prior arts in the same technical field: First, a rider has a specific limitation in tilting the propulsion apparatus through an up-down movement of his/her arm. Second, the foil of the propulsion apparatus does not make contact with the longitudinal axis of the boat body in a predetermined range of motion. Third, the propulsion apparatus has a predetermined level of limitation in generating a propulsion force below the submerged portion of the boat body.
US09988124B2	Suspension assembly A suspension assembly is disclosed. The suspension assembly is configured for movement under compression when installed for use in a vehicle providing at least one wheel. The assembly comprises a leg; a compression rod assembly comprising a compression rod movable within the leg; a piston assembly comprising a seal and a piston; and an isolator configured to deform under compression to provide isolation between the compression rod assembly and the piston assembly. The compression rod can translate under compression with deformation of the isolator before movement of the piston. The suspension assembly may be configured to provide a response to a force such as compression. An isolation member between the compression rod assembly and the piston assembly may be configured so that a force imparted on the compression rod assembly compresses the isolation member without translation of the piston. A spring system comprises a leg, a piston assembly comprising a piston, a compression rod assembly comprising a compression rod, a gas chamber adjacent to the piston assembly, and an isolator configured to deform under compression of the compression rod without translation of the piston.
US09988121B2	Body cover structure for straddle type vehicle In an off road vehicle having a cradle type vehicle body frame, an electrical component is arranged forwardly of rider's legs. A vehicle body frame includes a head pipe, a main frame, a pivot frame, a down frame and a lower frame so as to be formed in a cradle of a closed loop shape in a side view. An engine is supported inside the cradle, and a fuel tank is arranged above the cradle. A vehicle body cover for covering the engine and the fuel tank includes a tank shroud, a side cover and an under cover. A portion of the side cover swells laterally and has an apex located within the cradle on the lateral side of a cylinder section. A fuel pump or an ABS unit as a heavy electrical component is arranged on the inside of the apex.
US09988115B2	Floating hitch and caster-trailer transport system The apparatuses and methods disclosed herein may be towed forwards and backwards by a motor vehicle. Thus, implementations of the transport device disclosed herein may have functions akin to a goose-neck trailer, yet may provide easier, more efficient and/or more cost effective transportation and loading functions over prior art trailer transportation systems. Furthermore, in some implementations, the transport device disclosed herein includes at least three, non-aligned wheels and therefore can function like a cart. Still further, in some implementations, the transport device disclosed herein can have the functions of a wagon, yet still back and maneuver like a trailer. In some implementations, the transport device includes a frame for positioning hay for feeding live stock.
US09988114B1	Self-balancing stand-up transporter-driven trailer A trailer configured to couple to a self-balancing personal transporter, the trailer including a seat, at least one wheel rotatably coupled to the seat and oriented in an axial direction, the seat configured and positioned to support a user in a seated position with the user's feet in contact with a foot rest of the self-balancing personal transporter, and a yoke including a first end coupled to the seat and a second end configured to couple with a central portion of the self-balancing personal transporter, wherein the yoke extends in the same axial direction as the at least one wheel.
US09988113B2	Heavy-load modular vehicle A heavy-load modular vehicle having at least one axle, one steering, and coupling device not only can be coupled with at least one further heavy-load module and/or further transport apparatuses, but optionally also can be pulled out, particularly also telescoped. It has a central longitudinal support having at least one open face side, in which a pull-out support is guided. The metal cover sheet of the loading surface can take on the function of the upper belt of the central longitudinal support and leads to a self-supporting construction. A box-shaped lower belt counteracts twisting or torsions of the vehicle frame in the case of a trough-shaped design. A universal coupling head, particularly a bolt/tab coupling, makes it possible to couple on heavy-load modules having a different width, different tires and/or a different height, without an additional adapter.
US09988112B2	Mounting structure with storable transport system A mounting structure for a rig may include a base configured to support the mounting structure on an operating surface and a plurality of transport systems operatively connected to the base and configured to lift the mounting structure off of the operating surface. An elevated rig platform may be connected to the base by a plurality of support struts, wherein at least some of the support struts comprise a mounting connection that is configured to pivot to lower the elevated rig platform toward the base and place the mounting structure in a partially collapsed state. Additionally, a connecting member may be attached to one or more of the plurality of transport systems, wherein in response to the elevated rig platform being lowered to the partially collapsed state, the connecting member may be configured to displace at least a portion of the one or more transport systems.
US09988100B2	Front vehicle body structure A front vehicle body structure includes: lower side members extended in a length direction of a vehicle, and disposed at left and right sides in a width direction of the vehicle; a dash lower cross reinforcement member extended in the width direction of the vehicle, and to which a rear end of each of the front lower side members in the length direction of the vehicle is coupled; and joints to which the rear ends of the left and right front lower side members and the dash lower cross reinforcement member are coupled, which can result in enhanced structural rigidity of the vehicle front body.
US09988083B1	Tie rod connection pivot assembly A wheel end assembly comprising upper and lower arms and a tie rod coupled to a wheel carrier at an outer tie rod joint. A pin member is disposed between upper and lower mounting extensions of the wheel carrier or extends from a single mounting extension. The pin member comprises a first end, a second end and an expanded ball portion between the first and second end. The expanded ball portion is offset toward one of the first and second ends. The tie rod joint is defined by a pivotal coupling of the tie rod end to the pin member. A pivot point is defined between the tie rod end and the expanded ball portion, wherein the pivot point is closer to one of the first and second ends of the pin member to align the tie rod with the arms in a substantially parallel orientation to reduce bump steer.
US09988078B2	Steering control apparatus A steering control apparatus is provided which allows mitigation of an adverse effect of a technique for fixing a regulation member to a vehicle body on a phenomenon resulting from execution of steering operation control on steered wheels. An axial-force acquisition processing circuit calculates a rack axial force based on currents iu, iv, and iw flowing through a steering operation motor. A correction processing circuit corrects a target steered angle based on the rack axial force to obtain a target steered angle. A steered angle control processing circuit calculates a torque command value as the amount of operation for adjusting a steered angle to the target steered angle through feedback control. An operation signal generation processing circuit controllably adjusts a torque of a steering operation motor to the torque command value.
US09988074B2	Steering control apparatus A steering control apparatus controls steering characteristics by controlling a motor to output assist torque, which is generated corresponding to a steering torque applied to a steering shaft. The steering control apparatus includes a torque deviation generator generating a torque deviation between the steering torque applied to the steering shaft and a target steering torque and a command value generator generating an assist torque command value for controlling the motor based on a basic command value. The basic command value controls the torque deviation to become zero. The command value generator includes an integrator integrating and outputting the torque deviation and an output limiter setting an output limit to an immediately previous basic command value obtained immediately before the basic command value. The output limiter generates the assist torque command value using the immediately previous basic command value to which the output limit is set.
US09988070B2	Steering device A steering device with an impact absorbing mechanism includes an upper column tube configured to support a steering shaft, a lower column tube configured to be movable relative to the upper column tube and an upper fixing bracket to be coupled to the upper column tube and including a cut on the side of a steering wheel. The impact absorbing mechanism includes a bracket fixing portion fixed to the upper fixing bracket, a capsule portion fixed to a vehicle body and engaged with the cut, and a breaking portion connecting the bracket fixing portion and the capsule portion and configured to be broken by relative movements of the upper fixing bracket and the capsule portion. A connected position of the breaking portion to the capsule portion is near a front side of the vehicle body.
US09988064B2	Baby stroller Provided herein is a baby stroller, which has an expanded mode and a folded mode, and includes a lower arm set, a connection part, a front wheel frame, a slide block, a rear wheel set, an upper frame, a first link rod set, a handling tube, a supporting rod set, two seat supports, and two second link rods. Due to the couplings between the slide block, the handling tube and the upper frame and the coupling between the slide block and the rear wheel rocker arms, the baby stroller may easily be folded so that it occupies considerably less space, and thereby improve its portability and facilitate its stowage and transportation.
US09988034B2	Spring brake cylinder with emergency release device A pneumatic spring brake cylinder is provided for brake systems of vehicles, including a housing in which a spring brake piston loaded by an accumulator spring and connected to a spring brake piston tube is guided in a movable manner, and an emergency release device for the emergency release of the spring brake piston in the event of a drop in pressure. The emergency release device contains a spindle which can be rotated relative to the spring brake cylinder and which can be screwed in a nut that is held in a rotationally fixed manner in the spring brake piston tube by a form-fitting connection. The nut interacts with an axial stop on the spring brake piston in order to trigger a release movement against the effect of the accumulator spring. The formfitting connection is formed between an outer polygonal profiled section of the outer circumference of the nut in a circumferential direction and a complementary circumferential inner polygonal profiled section on the inner circumference of an intermediate bushing and between an outer polygonal profiled section of the outer circumference of the intermediate bushing in the circumferential direction and a complementary circumferential inner polygonal profiled section on the inner circumference of the spring brake piston tube.
US09988031B2	Hydraulic braking system and method A hydraulic braking system having: at least one wheel brake cylinder; a primary brake pressure generator that is disconnectably hydraulically coupled to the at least one wheel brake cylinder and is embodied to impinge upon the at least one wheel brake cylinder with pressure by way of a hydraulic fluid; a brake master cylinder that has at least one first pressure chamber and to which at least one wheel brake cylinder is hydraulically coupled; and a secondary brake pressure generator that is coupled to the first pressure chamber of the brake master cylinder and is embodied to impinge upon the first pressure chamber of the brake master cylinder with pressure, the secondary brake pressure generator being controllable independently of the primary brake pressure generator. Also disclosed is a related method.
US09988029B2	Vehicle braking force control device A vehicle braking force control device includes a braking force control unit. The braking force control unit is configured to shift to a drive state so as to use an auxiliary power source when a main power source fails, and to limit current outputted to an electric actuator of a braking device for producing braking hydraulic pressure when a transition is made to the drive state using the auxiliary power source. The braking force control unit has two current limit values used during actuation of the electric actuator by the auxiliary power source, the current limit values being a first current limit value for ensuring increased-braking-hydraulic-pressure characteristics, and a second current limit value for ensuring a necessary minimum braking hydraulic pressure, the second current limit value being less than the first current limit value.
US09988022B2	Sensor device, hydraulic unit for cooperating with the sensor device, braking system, and method for installing the sensor device A sensor device for detecting a displacement of a master brake cylinder piston of a master brake cylinder situated on and/or in a hydraulic unit includes: a sensor element; an evaluation electronics system; a first molded part on or in which the at least one sensor element is situated, the first molded part including at least one first electrical contact element; and a second molded part. The at least one first electrical contact element contacts at least one second electrical contact element of the second molded part which is at least partially introduced into the second opening.
US09988020B2	Washer nozzle for a screen wash system A washer nozzle for a screen wash system of a motor vehicle has a pre-assembled structural unit of a jet insert and a check valve. This structural unit is pressed into a shaft of a housing. This makes the washer nozzle particularly easy to install.
US09988011B2	Vehicle having a pedestrian protection system A vehicle includes a pedestrian protection device having a car hood that can be opened on at least one edge facing the windscreen when a collision of a person against the vehicle is recognized. The device also includes at least one airbag, which in the triggered state, extends across a region of a windscreen pillar and a region of the windscreen adjacent to this.
US09988005B2	Roll formed bumper beam and method for manufacturing a bumper beam A bumper beam is roll formed so that it gets a closed cross section with, along the length, constant cross section having at least two closed chambers (15, 16) separated by an essentially horizontal partition wall (14). Each chamber has a side (19), which is turned away from the vehicle, with at least one longitudinal concave portion (20, 21; 22, 23) extending along the entire length and one side (24), which is facing the vehicle, with at least one longitudinal convex portion (25, 26; 27, 28) extending along the entire length. After the roll forming, some portions (32) of the cross section are pressed together vertically or horizontally in order to adapt the deformation properties.
US09988003B2	Vehicle steering wheel A vehicle steering wheel comprising a metallic hub, a rim, and at least one branch including a mechanical connection piece attaching the rim to the hub. The vehicle steering wheel additionally includes at least one second branch of polymer injected between the hub and the rim without a mechanical connection piece attaching the rim to the hub, the at least one second branch including at least one energy conductor. The steering wheel further comprising positioning means for positioning the at least one energy conductor before the injection of the polymer of the branch in such a manner as to guarantee a minimal distance between the at least one energy conductor and a surface of the polymer once it is injected.
US09987999B2	Vehicle entertainment system and method of mounting vehicle entertainment unit A vehicle entertainment system includes a cradle disposed in a headrest of a vehicle and having a slot, and a vehicle entertainment unit including a display and a locking mechanism. Upon placing the vehicle entertainment unit in the cradle, the locking mechanism is inserted into the slot to fixedly lock the vehicle entertainment unit in the cradle. Upon fixedly locking the vehicle entertainment unit in the cradle, a space aligned with the locking mechanism is disposed between a first side of the cradle and a first side of the vehicle entertainment unit. The space is shaped and dimensioned to receive a removal tool that contacts the locking mechanism through the space to disengage the locking mechanism from the slot.
US09987995B2	Ladder storing and releasing assembly An assembly for a storing and releasing a ladder comprising an outer lock that includes outer base extending along an axis and a pole extending transversely from the outer base to a pole end for disposition in a parallel and spaced relationship to the first drop-down arm in the cradle position for preventing the rail of the ladder from falling off the outer lock. A pole anchor connects the pole to the outer base for adjustment to various adjusted positions along the axis. A latch defines a catch for engaging the outer base in the latched position to retain the outer base in the cradle position and a locking hole for receiving a secondary lock to maintain the latch in the latched position.
US09987990B1	Vehicle rear cargo area structure A vehicle body structure defines a cargo area. With a rear door in a closed orientation the rear door blocks access to the cargo area. In an open orientation, the rear door exposes the cargo area. A first cover is supported within the vehicle body structure above and spaced apart from a floor proximate a forward end of the cargo area. The first cover is movable between a retracted orientation exposing the cargo area and an extended orientation at least partially concealing the cargo area. A second cover is attached to the rear door along an interior surface thereof such that with the rear door in the closed orientation and the first cover in the extended orientation, the first cover abuts the second cover such that the first cover and the second cover conceal the cargo area.
US09987980B2	Covering device with a light source A covering device to be fastened opposite an opening of a motor vehicle and comprises at least one element which is fastened on the circumference of the opening, wherein a covering unit is displaced in an expansion direction between a storage position, in which the covering unit is released from the opening, and a covering position, in which the covering unit is extended opposite the opening, wherein the covering unit comprises a network of optical fibers having lateral light scattering. The network of optical fibers is supplied with light by at least one light source which is fastened on the element and, in order to supply the network of optical fibers with light, can illuminate ends of the optical fibers of the network in at least one illuminating position of the covering unit.
US09987975B2	Vehicle lamp with integrally formed housing, first light guiding lens, and second light guiding lens A vehicle lamp has a circuit board on which a light emitting element is mounted, a housing for holding the circuit board, a first light guiding lens for guiding part of light emitted from the light emitting element in a predetermined direction, and a second light guiding lens for guiding at least the other part of the light emitted from the light emitting element in the other predetermined direction. The housing, the first light guiding lens and the second light guiding lens are formed integrally.
US09987974B2	Lighting system having pointer device A lighting system is provided herein. The lighting system includes a spotlight is mounted to a vehicle, a controller for operating the spotlight, and a pointer device for specifying an intended target. The controller aims the spotlight in the direction of the intended target based on input provided by the pointer device.
US09987970B2	Headlight socket with antenna A headlight socket with an antenna includes a base, cover, first antenna device and connection stand. The base includes a mounting portion. The cover is mounted on the base through the mounting portion and has a sidewall for annularly defining a receiving space. The first antenna device is received in the cover and includes a conductive end. The connection stand is coupled to the sidewall. The connection stand includes a connection port in contact and connection with the conductive end. The headlight socket is mounted on a vehicle. The first antenna device for receiving signals is disposed at the front of the vehicle, thereby enhancing the quality of signal reception. Conventional vehicular antennas are integrated into the headlight socket to manifest advantages of modularization so that an automobile assembly process is simplified, allowing internal circuits to be readily integrated.
US09987967B1	Deck fitting with removable fixture A removable locking apparatus includes a shaft body having an upper portion configured to receive tie-down equipment. A shaft socket is rotatably coupled to a lower portion of the shaft body, and a plurality of locking members are housed within the shaft socket. The locking members are configured to extend laterally from the shaft socket when the shaft body is rotated in a first direction relative to the shaft socket, and retract into the shaft socket when the shaft body is rotated in a second direction relative to the shaft socket. A clutch mechanism is coupled to the shaft socket and configured to slideably engage the shaft body. When disengaged, the clutch mechanism enables the plurality of locking members to extend or retract from the shaft socket. When engaged, the clutch mechanism prevents the plurality of locking members from extending and retracting from the shaft socket.
US09987964B1	Boat trailer having an inflatable bladder The boat trailer having an inflatable bladder is a boat trailer with an inflatable bladder located under the rear end of the trailer. The bladder is coupled to an air hose that runs to a hose connecter at the front of the trailer. The bladder is retained in place by a combination of longitudinal and lateral support rails, which are part of the trailer frame and by a bladder barrier that covers the bladder and prevents it from rising above the top of the trailer. If the trailer is backed down the boat ramp and the wheels leave the boat ramp at an end-of-ramp drop-off, a source of compressed air may be used to inflate the bladder. This provides buoyancy to elevate the trailer wheels so that the tow vehicle may pull the trailer up the boat ramp.
US09987963B2	Loading device A device that may be mounted on a bed of a pickup truck to enable smaller vehicles, such as motorcycles, snowmobiles, or all-terrain vehicles to enter from the ground level upon a platform of the loading device. This is accomplished by the loading device having a ramp that can be pulled outwardly or rearwardly from said device, and a motorcycle can drive up the ramp to the platform. A dolly slide is pulled outwardly from the device, and extends above the tailgate. The ramp then extends downwardly from the dolly slide, so that no weight or load is displaced on the tailgate.
US09987962B1	Vehicle haptic feedback as a function of sensed capacitance A method of delivering haptic feedback to a vehicle occupant comprising: measuring capacitance with a capacitive sensor having a known natural capacitance oriented within a vehicle to provide a measured capacitance value; determining, as a function of the measured capacitance value, an intensity level of haptic feedback to be provided by a haptic feedback generator oriented within the vehicle; and generating haptic feedback at the intensity level to a vehicle occupant.
US09987958B2	Quick disconnect headrest A headrest assembly includes a linkage system with a first adjustment mechanism configured to power fore and aft movement of a mounting plate. A headrest bun is slideably coupled to the mounting plate and is vertically adjustable via a second adjustment mechanism. A telescoping cover assembly is operable between stowed and deployed positions and configured to substantially conceal the linkage system as the linkage system moves between extended and retracted positions. A disconnect clip includes a first portion disposed on one or more support posts configured to support the headrest assembly, and a second portion disposed on the seatback frame. Power is provided to the first and second adjustment mechanisms when the first portion of the disconnect clip is electrically coupled to the second portion of the disconnect clip.
US09987957B2	Armrest for a motor vehicle An armrest (1) for a motor vehicle has a vehicle-side support (3). An armrest element (5) is arranged on an upper side of the support (3) and is designed to be adjustable relative to the support (3) The armrest (1) has a further functional element arranged on the upper side of the support (3) at a distance from the armrest element (5) and is designed to be adjustable relative to the support (3).
US09987956B2	Locking unit for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat A locking unit (10) for a vehicle seat (1) includes a housing with at least on side plate (16) and/or a cover plate (18), and at least one bearing bolt (51, 52) having a bearing axis (56). The at least one bearing bolt (51, 52), in an axial direction, is penetrated by a through opening (55) having a through axis (53). The through axis (53) of the through opening (55) extends offset to the bearing axis (56) of the bearing bolt (51, 52).
US09987955B2	Motor vehicle seat The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat comprising a seating part and a back rest, in which said seat part and the back rest can be adjusted from a user position into an access position and into a loading position.
US09987953B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat including: a tilt down mechanism configured to sink down a seat cushion in conjunction with forward tilting down movement of a seat back, wherein the tilt down mechanism couples a rear part of the seat cushion to a base on a floor by a rotary shaft, couples a front part of the seat cushion to the base via a front link, and further includes a power transmission member that couples the front link and the seat back, and wherein the tilt down mechanism is configured so that the power transmission member tilts the front link downward in conjunction with the forward tilting down movement of the seat back, thereby sinking down the front part of the seat cushion about the rotary shaft.
US09987952B2	Seat pumping device for vehicle Disclosed is a seat pumping device for a vehicle. The present invention provides a seat pumping device for a vehicle, the seat pumping device including: a clutch device which is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise by receiving external manipulation force, and has one or more manipulation flanges that are disposed at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction and protrude in an axial direction; and a brake device which has one or more manipulation grooves in which the manipulation flanges are accommodated to come into contact with the manipulation grooves clockwise or counterclockwise so that the brake device is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise by receiving the external manipulation force from the clutch device, and performs a brake function such that the brake device is not rotated clockwise and counterclockwise by external force that is not through the clutch device.
US09987945B2	Radio battery system, and cell controller and battery controller that have radio battery system A radio battery system according to the present invention includes a battery controller and a plurality of cell controllers. The battery controller and the plurality of cell controllers communicate at a plurality of communication slots of a time division communication. The battery controller transmits data at a beginning of each of the plurality of communication slots. Each of the cell controllers measures a state of a cell at one or plurality of predetermined communication slots and transmits data at a predetermined communication slot. Each of the cell controllers is capable of switching between a normal transmission/reception mode and a sleep mode with a low power consumption.
US09987944B2	Electric vehicle opportunistic charging systems and methods A vehicle includes an electric machine arranged to exchange power with a traction battery. The vehicle also includes a thermal conditioning system for influencing a battery temperature and a controller programmed to schedule battery charging. In response to a temperature of the traction battery exceeding a threshold, the controller issues a command to operate the thermal conditioning system prior to a scheduled battery charge to achieve a predetermined battery temperature at a start of battery charging.
US09987941B2	Systems and methods for local autonomous response to grid conditions by electric vehicle charging stations A system for generating a local autonomous response to a condition of an electric grid by electric vehicle charging stations, comprising: a first electricity meter for reading current, frequency, or voltage from a first electricity supply line to one electric vehicle charging station; a second electricity meter for reading current, frequency, or voltage from a second electricity supply line to all of the electric vehicle charging stations; a third electricity meter for reading current, frequency, or voltage from a third electricity line from one or more renewable generators; and an electric vehicle charging controller operatively coupled to the first electricity meter, the second electricity meter, the third electricity meter and the electric vehicle charging stations and operable to obtain readings from the first electricity meter, the second electricity meter and the third electricity meter and to control the electric vehicle charging stations based on the obtained readings.
US09987936B2	Coil apparatus and method for inductive power transmission The invention provides a coil apparatus (100) for inductive power transmission, comprising an electromagnetic coil (102) for emitting and/or picking up an electromagnetic field (112) on a transmission side (106) of the coil apparatus (100), and comprising a housing wall (104), which covers the coil (102) on the transmission side (106) and is transmissive to the electromagnetic field (112). Furthermore, the coil apparatus (100) comprises a housing medium (108), which is enclosed by the housing wall (104) in such a way that, when a through-opening (110) is formed in the housing wall (104), the housing medium (108) passes through the through-opening (110). Alternatively, a housing vacuum is provided which is enclosed by the housing wall in such a way that, when a through-opening is formed in the housing wall, atmospheric air (118) passes through the through-opening. Among further aspects, a vehicle comprising such a coil apparatus and a method for inductive power transmission are provided. The method comprises steps of providing an electromagnetic coil (102) for emitting and/or picking up an electromagnetic field (112), covering the coil (102) on a transmission side (106) with a housing wall (104) which is transmissive to the electromagnetic field (112), enclosing a fluid (116) with an internal pressure which is different than the atmospheric air by the housing wall (104), sending the internal pressure, evaluating whether the internal pressure reaches a presettable internal pressure threshold value, and outputting a signal when the internal pressure reaches the internal pressure threshold value.
US09987935B2	Non-contact power transmitting/receiving system and power receiving device and power transmission device in non-contact power transmitting/receiving system A non-contact power transmitting/receiving system calculates a loss Plo as a power difference between a transmitted power Ptr of a power transmission unit of a power transmission device and a received power Pre of a power receiving unit of a power receiving device. The non-contact power transmitting/receiving system sets a smaller value to a target transmitted power Ptr* when the calculated loss Plo is greater than a reference value Ploref, than a value when the calculated loss Plo is equal to or less than the reference value Ploref, and controls a high-frequency power circuit with the set target transmitted power Ptr*.
US09987928B2	Method and device for testing a traction battery of an electric vehicle For testing a traction battery (5) of an electric vehicle (1), which battery is both chargeable and dischargeable via a charging-discharging interface (2), a control command for initiating a discharging process of the traction battery (5) is generated. The discharging process is monitored by a testing apparatus (10). At least one characteristic quantity of the traction battery (5) is determined depending on the monitored discharging process.
US09987927B2	Method for operating a communication device for a motor vehicle during an autonomous drive mode, communication device as well as motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for operating a communication device (2) for a motor vehicle (1), in which operating data of at least one operating component (4) of the motor vehicle (1) is provided by means of an interface device (3) of the motor vehicle (1) and transmitted to a mobile apparatus (8) disposed in an interior (10) of the motor vehicle (1), and the operating data is displayed on a display device (11) of the mobile apparatus (8), wherein it is examined by means of the interface device (3) if the motor vehicle (1) is operated in an autonomous drive mode, and if the motor vehicle (1) is operated in the autonomous drive mode, the mobile apparatus (8) is operated in a first operating mode, wherein the operating data is displayed on the display device (11) only in the first operating mode.
US09987920B2	Method for operating a fuel tank device for a motor vehicle and corresponding fuel tank device A method for operating a fuel tank device for a motor vehicle, with a fuel tank to which a tank ventilation line is assigned, and with a tank shutoff valve for adjusting a flow-through cross section of the tank ventilation line is disclosed. The method includes impinging the tank shutoff valve with a first electric voltage for adjusting a first flow-through cross-section of the tank ventilation line and impinging the tank shutoff valve with a second electric voltage for adjusting a second flow-through cross section of the tank ventilation line; when switching from the first flow-through cross section to the second flow-through cross section and/or vice versa, impinging the tank shutoff valve for a defined transition time period with a transition voltage which lies between the first voltage and the second voltage.
US09987918B2	Electric drive and driveline assembly An electric drive for driving a motor vehicle comprises an electric machine, a transmission gearing and a differential drive; wherein the electric machine comprises a motor shaft that is rotatably driveable around a first rotational axis A1; wherein the transmission gearing comprises a drive gear connected to the motor shaft, at least one intermediate gear rotatingly drivable by the drive gear around a second rotational axis A2, a crown gear rotatingly drivable by the intermediate gear around a third rotational axis A3, and a driven gear connected to the crown gear; wherein the driven gear and the crown gear are arranged coaxially relative to one another and are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed way so that they rotate jointly around the third rotational axis A3, wherein the third rotational axis A3 crosses the first rotationally axis A1. A driveline assembly can have such an electric drive.
US09987916B2	Apparatus and method of controlling motor for reducing vibration of electric vehicle An apparatus and a method of controlling a motor are provided for reducing vibration of an electric vehicle that maximize regenerative energy by limiting a vibration reduction torque at a maximum regenerative braking torque region of a motor. The method includes comparing a battery state of charge (SOC) with a predetermined SOC when a regenerative braking of the electric vehicle is required and calculating a size of vibration component of the electric vehicle when the battery SOC is less than the predetermined SOC. Further, the size of vibration component is compared with a first predetermined value and a vibration reduction torque of a driving direction is limited when the size of vibration component is less than the first predetermined value.
US09987914B2	Mass-coupling arrangement for a vehicle The invention relates to a method for operating a ground-coupling arrangement for a vehicle comprising a ground receiving element for receiving a grounding object, wherein the ground receiving element is at least partially filled with a fluid which contacts the grounding object; at least one coupling means which is designed for coupling the grounding object to the ground receiving element by means of the fluid and thus to a vehicle structure that is rigidly connected to the vehicle, and/or for at least partially decoupling of the ground receiving element from the vehicle structure; and a hydraulic line which connects the coupling means to the fluid, wherein the grounding object compresses the fluid in the case of a crash and the coupling means directs the fluid out of the ground receiving element or reroutes the fluid in the ground receiving element.
US09987912B2	Vehicle body rear structure A vehicle body rear structure is provided with a battery pack disposed in a floor recess of a rear floor panel. The battery pack includes battery modules, a pair of front suspended frame and rear suspended frame that hold the battery modules at the front and rear ends in such a manner that the battery modules are suspended from a vehicle body, and load path members through which the front suspended frame and the rear suspended frame are coupled to each other. The front suspended frame and the rear suspended frame have flanged collars and through-holes that are fastened to rear frames and fragile portions that are provided in the vicinity of the flanged collars and the through-holes and at which the front suspended frame and the rear suspended frame are bent forward when the vehicle body is subjected to an impact load in a rear-end collision.
US09987910B2	Deflector structure for sunroof device Provided is a deflector structure for a sunroof device, including: a thin cloth member that extends in a tensioned state to smooth a drive airflow when a roof panel is opened, and is folded when the roof panel is closed; a housing section that houses the folded thin cloth member; a reinforcement member that is arranged on a lower side of a front portion of the roof panel to reinforce the roof panel; and an upper holder that is fixed to an upper end portion of the thin cloth member, and is housed together with the thin cloth member into the housing section when the roof panel is closed.
US09987908B2	Vehicle sun visor A sun visor includes: a first light-blocking plate having a base attached to a seat width direction inside surface of a head rest of a front seat disposed in a vehicle via a fastener whose axial direction coincides with the seat width direction and selectively assuming a stored state in which the first light-blocking plate lies along the seat up and down direction about the fastener and a use state in which the first light-blocking plate lies along the seat front and rear direction about the fastener; a second light-blocking plate having a base end portion attached to a seat width direction outside surface of the head rest of the front seat via the fastener and selectively assuming the stored state and the use state; and a third light-blocking plate that interconnects in the seat width direction the first light-blocking plate and the second light-blocking plate.
US09987907B1	Heat shapeable film composite Composite film structures including a polyfluorourethane (PFU) layer are described. The PFU layer is in contact with a polymer film to form a thermoformable composite film. The composite films exhibit a low Tg and resulting shapeability allowing them to be applied to non-planar irregular surfaces. The composite achieves thermoformability in the absence of deep dip dyeing.
US09987904B2	Fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus and control method thereof A fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes: a cooling system that adjusts a temperature of a fuel cell; a waste heat collection unit that collects at least a part of waste heat from the fuel cell and uses the collected waste heat to heat a cabin interior of the fuel cell vehicle; and a heat creation unit that creates heat for heating the fuel cell vehicle. The fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus calculates a fuel consumption amount required for the fuel cell to generate a total power generation amount, which is a sum of a heating power generation amount and a travel power generation amount, calculates an optimum temperature, which is a temperature of the fuel cell at which the fuel consumption amount reaches a minimum, and controls the cooling system such that the temperature of the fuel cell reaches the optimum temperature.
US09987902B2	Universal modular ducting for chilled aircraft galleys A universal modular ducting apparatus for chilled aircraft galleys for either air over or air through carts has modular primary supply and return duct assemblies. Outlet port connection adapters are configured to connect chiller supply air duct outlet ports to either air through or air over configurations of aircraft galley food carts. The supply and return duct assemblies are internally insulated, and may be made from thermoformed plastic, prepreg, or a carbon fiber reinforced composite. Supply duct upper and lower portions may be connected by a connection adapter, and return duct upper and lower portions may be connected by a connection adapter, allowing the supply duct upper portion and the return duct upper portion to overlap.
US09987900B2	Actuation mechanism for controllable damper A fluid damper assembly for use in a vehicle includes a piston subassembly which includes a plurality of inflow passages and at least one rebound disk for restricting flow of hydraulic fluid through the inflow passages. A rod extends through the piston subassembly to actuate the piston subassembly between a rebound stroke and a compression stroke. An actuator supported by and within the rod includes a piezoelectric device and an amplifier for adjusting the damping force during the rebound stroke, thereby adjusting the suspension of the vehicle. A shaft within the rod is connected to a retainer to transmit motion from the amplifier to compress a spring and disengage the retainer from the rebound disk to allow the rebound disk to flex solely in response to hydraulic fluid pressure from the rebound stroke to open the inflow passages and reduce the damping force during the rebound stroke.
US09987890B1	Trailer system for a zero turn radius vehicle A trailer for a tractor may include a platform having a frame with an axle frame member and swivel mountings, and a pair of wheels each being mounted to rotate and swivel. A linkage connects the platform to the tractor, with a forward mount configured to mount on the tractor and permit the linkage to pivot about a pivot axis extending substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the trailer. The linkage has a rearward mount configured to mount on the platform and permit the linkage to pivot about a roll axis extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the trailer. In embodiments, the rearward mount includes a roll joint located at a juncture of the linkage and the platform, and the juncture is located substantially in a vertical lateral plane extending between the swivel mountings of the platform.
US09987888B2	Tire pressure monitoring sensor suitable for use in an environment with liquids and/or impurities A tire pressure monitoring sensor includes a housing, a pressure sensor core, a PCB with a processing circuit, a battery, a transmitting antenna and a metallic cover plate. The pressure sensor core includes a tube socket, a silicon piezoresistive element, a sensor shell, a seal, a ceramic body, a pressure sensing and transferring medium, an output terminal, a metallic sensing diaphragm and a protective shield. The metallic sensing diaphragm is subjected to a pressure, which is delivered to through said pressure sensing and transferring medium, and finally a pressure signal is output by said output terminal. The tire pressure monitoring sensor meets the requirements for application in an engineering vehicle or a special vehicle, and is suitable for use in an environment in the presence of liquid.
US09987886B2	Tire A tire comprising a carcass reinforcement (2) surmounted radially on the outside by a crown reinforcement (3), itself radially on the inside of a tread (4) having two axially outermost ends. The crown reinforcement (3) has a layer of reinforcing elements. The tread is connected to two beads (5) by two sidewalls (6), each bead (5) comprising at least one circumferential reinforcing element. Sidewalls (6) comprise, on their exterior surface, a series of protuberances (8) alternating with voids (9). The tread (4) comprises, at least at one axially outermost end (4a), a circumferential groove (10), wherein each protuberance (8) is positioned at the surface of a sidewall, the different protuberances being arranged regularly or irregularly and continuously between a point A and a point E, and wherein at least one protuberance (8) partially or completely interrupts or does not interrupt the circumferential groove (10).
US09987872B2	Security document A security document includes a substrate, and an imaging thermal coating on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate for thermal printing on the security document. The imaging thermal coating is soluble in one or more solvents. A warning message is printed on the substrate in an ink which is substantially insoluble in the one or more solvents. An obscuring coating on the substrate covers the warning message such that the warning message is not apparent to an observer. The obscuring coating is soluble in the one or more solvents, such that the obscuring coating is removed from the substrate if the document is subjected to washing with the one or more solvents to remove printed images on the imaging thermal coating. By this arrangement, an attempt to alter the security document by washing the security document with the one or more solvents is made apparent.
US09987868B2	Erasing apparatus and image forming apparatus that uses the erasing apparatus An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a feeder unit that stores a sheet on which no image is formed. A printer device forms an image on the sheet stored by the feeder unit. An erasing apparatus is connectably and detachably attached to the image forming apparatus. The erasing apparatus includes a first sheet stack that stores an unerased sheet on which an image is formed and an erasing device that erases the image formed on the unerased sheet.
US09987865B2	Polyester film A polyester film has a wax on a surface of one side of the film and is a polyester film in which this wax is dispersed in the form of islands on the surface of the film, and a filling factor of the wax in the film surface is 20 to 45%, and, as for a number of islands of the wax dispersed in the form of islands and each of which has an area of 200 μm2 or larger, there is one or less/10000 μm2.
US09987857B2	Printing device, and printing method A printing device including: a first conveyance path and a second conveyance path configured to conveying print media; a skew correction unit configured to correct skewing of the print medium conveyed along the first conveyance path; and a print unit configured to print on the print medium conveyed on the first conveyance path or the second conveyance path; the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path merging downstream of the skew correction unit; print media conveyed from the second conveyance path.
US09987848B2	Ink jet recording apparatus and cleaning method thereof An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a nozzle arrangement region in which a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink is arranged, and a cleaning unit configured to perform cleaning operation on the recording head. A control unit is configured to control the cleaning unit and a change operation for changing relative position relation between a region where the record medium passes and the nozzle arrangement region. The control unit acquires end passage positions in a first recording operation before the change operation is performed, and a passage region in a second recording operation after the change operation is performed. The control unit performs control for executing the cleaning operation in a case where the end passage position is included in the passage region.
US09987839B2	Photocurable resin and three-dimensional printing system A photocurable resin composition for three-dimensional printing which is visible-light curable is provided, comprising a photosensitive prepolymer in a range of 76.5 wt % to 96.8 wt %, a photoinitiator in a range of 0.01 wt % to 5 wt %, an auxiliary photoinitiator in a range of 0.01 wt % to 15 wt %, and a solvent in a range of 0.01 to 10 wt %. A three-dimensional printing system comprises: an accommodation unit, a lifting unit, a formation unit, and a control unit. The accommodation unit is for accommodating a printing material. The formation unit, which is connected to the lifting unit, can be driven by the lifting unit so as to move with respect to a light emission unit. The control unit, coupled to the lifting unit, controls motion of the lifting unit. The light emission unit may be a mobile electronic device, a display device, or a digital television.
US09987828B2	Co-extruded impact-modified PMMA film The present invention relates to novel matt PMMA foils for application on materials as foil providing protection from weathering effects and as decorative foil. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel, at least two-layer PMMA foil which features particularly good adhesion on the substrate. The outer layer here exhibits the mattness, and the inner layer here comprises a low-molecular-weight component which improves adhesion on the substrate.
US09987827B2	Touch panel The disclosure relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate having a surface, a transparent conductive layer, at least one electrode, and a conductive trace. The transparent conductive layer includes a metal nanowire film. The metal nanowire film includes a number of first metal nanowire bundles parallel with and spaced from each other. Each of the number of first metal nanowire bundles includes a number of first metal nanowires parallel with each other. The first distance between adjacent two of the number of first metal nanowires is less than the second distance between adjacent two of the number of first metal nanowire bundles.
US09987819B2	Superimposed composite interior component A laminated composite interior component includes a first member that has a predetermined mating surface; and a second member made of an elastically deformable resin material. The second member has a plate-shaped portion that is substantially parallel to the mating surface and that has multiple protrusions which are formed integrally with the plate-shaped portion and which protrude toward the mating surface such that a space is formed between the mating surface and the plate-shaped portion. The second member is arranged so as to be laminated on the first member with the protrusions in contact with the mating surface.
US09987816B2	Banner making machine A machine for applying support members to opposing sides of opposing edges of a sheet material includes a support tab applicator assembly that applies a first portion of a support tab along a longitudinal edge of a first side of the sheet material, a support tab finisher assembly that applies a second portion of the support tab disposed opposite the first portion to a second side of the sheet material disposed opposite the first side, and a hole punch assembly that cuts a hole through the sheet material. The machine also may include a strengthening film applicator assembly that applies a strengthening film along a longitudinal length of the first side of the sheet material and/or across the support tab.
US09987809B2	System and method for manufacturing an ultrasound probe lens A method includes the steps of measuring a surface profile of a first component, determining a profile of a second component, the profile of the second component being configured to correspond to the surface profile of the first component, and manufacturing the second component utilizing additive technology in accordance with the determined profile.
US09987808B2	Methods for formation of an ophthalmic lens with an insert utilizing voxel-based lithography techniques Methods for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens with an insert using voxel-based lithography techniques, wherein at least a portion of one surface may be free-formed from a reactive mixture are set forth herein. An ophthalmic lens precursor may be formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of reactive mixture, wherein the control may be on a voxel by voxel basis.
US09987799B2	Curing device for additive manufacturing systems deposited in 3D space A curing device includes a curing platform having at least one curing component arranged on a surface of the curing platform facing a print direction and at least one actuator connecting the curing platform to a dispensing tip. A three dimensional printing system includes a reservoir of curable material, a dispensing tip connected to the reservoir, a curing platform surrounding the dispensing tip, the curing platform having at least one curing component arranged on a surface of the curing platform facing a print direction, and at least one actuator connecting the curing platform to the dispensing tip.
US09987797B2	Method for manufacturing a fuel tank and fuel tank The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a fuel tank on the basis of thermoplastic material, the method comprising the following method steps: producing semifinished products in sheet form from a fiber composite material with a matrix of thermoplastic material, laminating the semifinished products with a laminate that comprises at least one barrier layer for hydrocarbons, heat-treating the laminated semifinished products until the thermoplastic material plasticizes, thermoforming the plasticized semifinished products in a thermoforming mold to form shells and joining the shells to form an essentially closed tank.
US09987784B2	Thermoplastic elastomer tubing and method to make and use same A thermoplastic elastomer tube can include a thermoplastic elastomer component disposed within a matrix. In an embodiment, the thermoplastic elastomer component is disposed within the matrix in a thermoplastic elastomer phase having a number of domains. At least approximately 50% of the domains of the thermoplastic elastomer component have an aspect ratio of no greater than approximately 1.5. In a particular embodiment, the thermoplastic elastomer tube comprises at least approximately 20 wt % of the thermoplastic elastomer component and no greater than approximately 50 wt % of a polyolefin component. In some embodiments, the thermoplastic elastomer component includes styrene.
US09987783B2	Actuator cooling apparatus and method An injection molding apparatus comprising a clamp plate, a heated manifold, an actuator, a mold and a cooling device, wherein the cooling device comprises: a heat transmitter comprising a distal arm or member and a proximal base or member, the distal arm or member being mounted by a spring loadable interconnection or engagement to or with the proximal base or member, the clamp plate, the mold, the manifold, the actuator and the heat transmitter being assemblable together in an arrangement wherein the spring loadable interconnection is loaded urging the distal end surface of the distal arm or member into compressed engagement with the clamp plate.
US09987780B2	Plastic-metal composite material and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed are a plastic-metal composite material and a manufacturing method thereof. The method including: S1. injection molding: subjecting a mixture of a metal powder and a binder to injection molding to form a metal structural member of a preset shape; S2. degreasing and sintering: subjecting the metal structural member to degreasing and sintering to remove the binder, to form 0.5-2 μm micron-sized micropores on a surface of the metal structural member; S3. nanocrystallization: on the basis of the micron-sized micropores, forming 20-40 nm nano-sized micropores by etching with a chemical etching reagent; and S4. injection molding: placing the metal structural member filled with a chemical reagent in an injection mold for injection molding to be integrated with a plastic. The composite material is a product manufactured according to the method. The application solves the problem that the metal structural member is difficult to be molded.
US09987778B2	Polymer sealed in-mold decoration and method of manufacture An injection molded product formed from an inner layer, or substrate, to which an aesthetic IMD layer is bonded during a first injection molding process, leaving a portion of the substrate exposed about the perimeter(s) of the substrate. A transparent outer layer, or overmold, is then injection molded over the top of the IMD layer and substrate, bonding substantially to the IMD layer and to the substrate where it remains exposed following the first injection molding. The process of forming a product through the disclosed two-step injection molding process creates a customizable, aesthetic product with an aesthetic IMD layer completely encapsulated between the substrate and a clear overmold in such a way to protect the IMD layer from the environment in which the product is used.
US09987777B2	Power inductor encapsulated through injection molding The present invention discloses a power inductor encapsulated through injection molding. The power inductor comprises a coil winding, a soft magnetic ferrite middle column inserted in a middle of the coil winding, and a magnetic powder glue for encapsulating the coil winding and the soft magnetic ferrite middle column through injection molding. The power inductor is square and meets L≥W and 2rc>0.4×2W, wherein a section width of the soft magnetic ferrite middle column perpendicular to a height direction of the inductor is 2rc, a length of the power inductor is 2L, and a width of the power inductor is 2W. According to the present invention, a balanced direct-current resistance and a direct-current superposition saturation characteristic can be obtained, and the direct-current resistance is greatly decreased while an excellent direct-current superposition saturation characteristic is ensured.
US09987774B2	Molding apparatus, molding apparatus unit, and molding method A molding apparatus (1) includes: a servomotor (11) for pressing a resin component (W) by moving an upper mold (MU) in a direction in which the upper mold (MU) is made close to a lower mold (ML); servomotors (12a and 13a) each of which retains X-coordinate and Y-coordinate positions of the lower mold (ML); and a position detection section (41) which determines whether or not the resin component which is sandwiched between the upper mold and the lower mold has been cured, the servomotors each terminating the retention of the lower mold when the resin component has been cured. This makes it possible to obtain a molded product while preventing positional displacement caused by a decrease in volume of a resin which is being cured.
US09987770B2	Device for shaping a workpiece A device for shaping a workpiece is provided. The device includes at least one first and one second component between which the workpiece to be shaped can be molded under the effect of heat. The design and/or the material properties of the first and/or the second component are selected such that the component's thermal expansion is different in different directions.
US09987769B2	Mold A mold capable of inhibiting supercooling is provided. The mold includes a cooling channel formed therein and has a recess formed in a cavity surface, and a heat-insulating barrier formed between the cooling channel and a bottom surface of the recess formed in the cavity surface. The heat-insulating barrier includes a space formed between the cooling channel and the bottom surface of the recess formed in the cavity surface. The space is filled with a medium (for example, air) having a thermal conductivity lower than that of other portions of the mold.
US09987767B1	Material stripping apparatus for external mixing element An apparatus for removing material residue from an external mixing element as it is being withdrawn from an external vessel containing the material mixed by the mixing element. The apparatus includes a stationary support member, a repositionable support assembly, and a rotatable material stripping element held captive by at least one element of the repositionable support assembly.
US09987759B2	Mounting unit and hair cutting appliance A hair cutting appliance includes a mounting unit configured to couple a cutting unit to a housing. The mounting unit includes a swivel mechanism having a base portion configured to be coupled to the housing, and a top portion configured to be coupled to the cutting unit, where the base and top portions are movable with respect to each other, such that, during operation, the cutting unit is pivotably supported by the swivel mechanism, which defines a virtual pivot axis for the cutting unit. The virtual pivot axis is substantially parallel to a cutting edge of the cutting unit. In a first or shaving state of the swivel mechanism, the virtual pivot axis is located at a first position with respect to the cutting unit, and in a second or styling state, the virtual pivot axis is located at a second position that is different from the first position.
US09987757B2	Method for operating a vacuum generator and a vacuum generator The present invention is directed toward a method for operating a vacuum generator using pressure fluid to generate the vacuum. The vacuum generator has a pressure port for pressure fluid supply, and a suction point. During a work cycle, the pressure fluid supply is activated at least once and then deactivated again at least once. An active period is measured during which the pressure fluid supply is activated during the work cycle.
US09987754B2	Gripper device A gripper device includes: a carrier device movably provided; a plurality of gripper pairs attached to the carrier device through supports; and a distance adjustment mechanism that adjusts a distance between one gripper and another gripper included in each of the plurality of gripper pairs, wherein, the one gripper and the another gripper included in each of the plurality of gripper pairs are attached to the carrier device through a same support, and the distance adjustment mechanism swings at least one of the one gripper and the another gripper included in each of the plurality of gripper pairs around the same support in such a manner that a distance between the one gripper and the another gripper is adjusted.
US09987750B2	Rotating device for vehicle part test device A vehicle part test device includes a first operating portion rotatably mounted to a robot for testing a vehicle part; a second operating portion rotatably mounted to the first operating portion; and a third operating portion rotatably mounted to the second operating portion and having a test portion which tests the vehicle part.
US09987748B2	Networked robotic manipulators Robotic manipulators may be used to manipulate objects. Manipulation data about manipulations performed on objects may be generated and accessed. This data may be analyzed to generate a profile indicating how an object may be manipulated. A portion of the profile may be transmitted to a particular robotic manipulator. For example, the portion may be based on a manipulation capability of the robotic manipulator. In turn, the robotic manipulator may use the portion of the profile to manipulate the object.
US09987744B2	Generating a grasp pose for grasping of an object by a grasping end effector of a robot Generating a grasp pose for grasping of an object by an end effector of a robot. An image that captures at least a portion of the object is provided to a user via a user interface output device of a computing device. The user may select one or more pixels in the image via a user interface input device of the computing device. The selected pixel(s) are utilized to select one or more particular 3D points that correspond to a surface of the object in the robot's environment. A grasp pose is determined based on the particular 3D points. For example, a local plane may be fit based on the particular 3D point(s) and a grasp pose determined based on a normal of the local plane. Control commands can be provided to cause the grasping end effector to be adjusted to the grasp pose, after which a grasp is attempted.
US09987741B2	Tool bit case A tool bit case includes a housing and a tool bit retainer pivotally coupled to the housing. The tool bit retainer includes a retainer housing having a plurality of tool bit apertures configured to receive a plurality of tool bits, and a locking mechanism moveably coupled to the retainer housing between a first position, in which the locking mechanism engages the plurality of tool bits to inhibit removal of the plurality of tool bits from the retainer housing, and a second position, in which the locking mechanism disengages the plurality of tool bits to allow removal of the plurality of tool bits from the retainer housing.
US09987736B2	Punch centering block device A punch centering block device can include a first block and a second block. The first block can define a first reference surface and a first notch extending along a first axis. The first reference surface can lay flush on a workpiece. The first axis can be transverse to the first reference surface. The second block can define a second reference surface and a second notch extending along a centered second axis. The second reference surface can lay flush on the workpiece. The second axis can be transverse to the second reference surface. The first block and the second block can selectively abut one another and render the first axis and second axis collinear to receive a punch. The punch is slidable against the first notch and the second notch during the marking operation.
US09987733B1	Spreading tool having a spreader portion with a cam profile and an associated method A spreading tool and an associated method are provided to permit members that are biased toward one another to be separated in an efficient and a controlled manner. One example of a spreading tool includes a handle portion and a spreader portion coupled to the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis. The spreader portion includes a cam profile defining a cam-lobe center line. The cam profile may also define a width perpendicular to the cam-lobe center line and a length parallel to the cam-lobe center line. In use, the spreader portion may be inserted between the two members such that the width of the cam portion separates the two members. The handle portion may then be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the spreader portion until the two members are separated by a distance greater than the width of the elongate cross-sectional cam profile.
US09987712B2	Manufacturing method of flat-plate heat pipe A manufacturing method of flat-plate heat pipe includes steps of: providing a first board body, a second board body and a capillary structure; selectively affixing the capillary structure to the first board body or the second board body; overlapping and mating the first and second board bodies with each other and sealing the open peripheries of the first and second board bodies to form a flat tubular main body with a reserved air-sucking and water-filling section; and vacuuming the flat tubular main body and filling working fluid into the flat tubular main body and sealing the air-sucking and water-filling section. By means of the manufacturing method of the flat-plate heat pipe, the flat-plate heat pipe can be formed with a thin thickness. After the flat-plate heat pipe is thinned, the flat-plate heat pipe still has a complete vapor passage.
US09987709B2	Method for cutting stainless steel with a fiber laser The invention relates to a laser cutting method for cutting a stainless steel workpiece using laser beam generation means comprising a silica fiber with an ytterbium-doped core to generate the laser beam. Preferably, the laser beam generated by the ytterbium-based fiber has a wavelength between 1.07 and 1.09 μm, a quality factor of the laser beam is between 0.33 and 8 mm·mrad, and the laser beam has a power of between 0.1 and 25 kW. The assistance gas for the laser beam is chosen from nitrogen, helium, argon and mixtures thereof, and, optionally, it further contains one or more additional compounds chosen from O2, CO2, H2 and CH4.
US09987707B2	3D print apparatus and method utilizing friction stir welding This invention discloses a 3D printing apparatus and method utilizing friction stir welding (FSW). The apparatus includes a material feeding mechanism, a control mechanism, a friction stir welding (FSW) mechanism, and a friction stir welding (FSW) rotation drive mechanism. The control mechanism controls the material feeding mechanism, the FSW mechanism and the FSW rotation drive mechanism. In addition to the control mechanism, the FSW mechanism also connects to the FSW rotation drive mechanism. The method comprises the steps of: 1, start the control mechanism; step 2, the control mechanism controls the material feeding mechanism to feed filling material; step 3, print 3D product with FSW mechanism. The invention achieves additive manufacturing and 3D printing with a new friction stir welding technology. The invented method has many advantages such as can handle a wide range of raw materials, has high printing speed, has high efficiency, has low energy consumption, requires low cost, is broadly applicable in different situations, is environmentally friendly, and is easy to automate. The products manufactured following this invention is formed through semi-solid forming technology. They will have good mechanical properties and low price.
US09987700B2	Magnetically impelled arc butt welding method having magnet arrangement for welding components having complex curvatures A magnet arrangement for a magnetically impelled arc butt welding system, wherein the system is used to weld an airfoil to a platform of a gas turbine. The magnet arrangement includes a first plurality of magnets wherein the magnets are located adjacent a first curved airfoil surface and arranged in a first curved shape corresponding to a shape of the first curved airfoil surface. The magnet arrangement also includes a second plurality of magnets wherein the magnets are located adjacent a second curved airfoil surface and arranged in a second curved shape corresponding to a shape of the second curved airfoil surface such that the first plurality of magnets has a different curvature than the second plurality of magnets. The first and second plurality of magnets guide an electric arc of the system along mating surfaces to heat the mating surfaces to enable the airfoil and platform to be forged together.
US09987683B2	Metallic 3D printing detachment technique A method for metallic three-dimensional (3D) printing of a part is disclosed. The method may include selecting a material for a build plate adapted to form an intermetallic phase with the part at an interface between the build plate and the part, and forming the intermetallic phase with the part at the interface.
US09987678B2	Die casting machine shot sleeve with pour liner A shot sleeve for a die casting machine includes a shot sleeve body with a pour opening that extends to a spaced apart inner and outer diameters. The shot sleeve body is a first material. A liner is secured to the shot sleeve body beneath the pour opening. The liner is a second material. The shot sleeve body and the liner together provide a plunger surface defining a cavity that is configured to receive a molten shot of material.
US09987676B2	Feeder insert and method for arranging same in a casting mold A feeder insert for use for the casting of metals into casting molds, having a mold body (6) and a supply element (4) which delimit the feeder cavity (10) for receiving liquid metal, wherein the supply element (4) has a passage opening (26) for the liquid metal, and wherein the mold body (6) is movable in a feeder longitudinal direction relative to at least one part of the supply element (4), characterized in that the supply element (4) has a deformation region which is designed to trim in at least in sections in at least a first phase of a relative movement of the mold body (6) in the feeder longitudinal direction and in the direction of the supply element (4).
US09987675B2	Manufacture of well tools with matrix materials A method of manufacturing a well tool can include loading a matrix material into a mold, then sintering the matrix material in the mold; and then loading another matrix material into the mold. A well tool can include a longitudinal axis, an erosion resistant layer exposed to one or more erosive factors when the well tool is installed in a well, and a support layer which supports the erosion resistant layer. The erosion resistant and support layers can include respective matrix materials, and the erosion resistant layer can extend greater than approximately 1.27 cm in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis. Another method of manufacturing a well tool can include forming a rigid layer from a powdered matrix material; and then infiltrating both that matrix material and another matrix material with a hot liquid binder material.
US09987674B2	Manufacture of wheels A method of making at least a component for a rim base of a multi-piece wheel for a vehicle, comprising providing a workpiece of tubular configuration and hot upset forging the workpiece in press tooling to form a part thereof to a required configuration, wherein the part of the workpiece is heated to a forging temperature in situ in the press tooling, preferably by induction heating.
US09987668B2	Liquid ejection system with nozzle having two outlets A liquid ejection apparatus comprising a fluid line configured to extend into a tank and to receive a liquid, a rotary head being arranged on the pipe and fitted with a rotary hub that comprises a liquid ejection nozzle for ejecting the liquid, the rotary head being rotatable in a first direction and the rotary hub being rotatable in a second direction, such that the liquid ejected by the nozzle is ejected in a pattern on an interior surface of the tank. The liquid ejection nozzle comprises a first liquid outlet capable of ejecting the liquid in a first direction towards the interior surface of the tank, and a second liquid outlet capable of ejecting the liquid in a second direction towards the interior surface of the tank.
US09987661B2	Biasing of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) and related apparatus and methods Electrical biasing of ultrasonic transducers of an ultrasound device is described. The ultrasonic transducers may be capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs). The ultrasonic transducers may be grouped together, with the different groups receiving different bias voltages. The bias voltages for the various groups of ultrasonic transducers may be selected to account for differences between the groups.
US09987660B2	Coated article having hairline pattern and method of producing the same According to one embodiment, a coated article having a hairline pattern includes a base member having at least its surface region formed of a resin. A surface of the base member has a hairline pattern. A resin layer containing powder of a brilliant material in a resin is provided on the surface of the base member having the hairline pattern.
US09987659B2	Nanotube enhancement of interlaminar performance for a composite component A composite article including a multiple of composite layers impregnated with a polymer matrix; and a nanotube material that facilitates a mechanical interlock between at least two of the multiple of composite layers. A method of manufacturing a composite article including a multiple of composite layers within a polymer matrix; and distributing a nanotube material between at least two of the multiple of composite layers to facilitate a mechanical interlock between the at least two of the multiple of composite layers adjacent an otherwise relatively low strength interlaminar interface region of the composite article.
US09987655B2	Inline dispense capacitor system A fluid dispensing apparatus and method is disclosed. Systems include an in-line or linear bladder apparatus array configured to expand to collect a charge of fluid, and contract to assist with fluid delivery and dispensing. The bladder array is disposed within a chamber of pressure control fluid common to exterior surfaces of each bladder in the bladder array. Simultaneously, some bladders within the array of linear bladders can be dispensing fluid or maintaining fluid while some bladders are collecting fluid. A given filtration rate can be less than a dispense rate and thus the system herein compensates for filter-lag that often accompanies fluid filtering for microfabrication, while providing a generally linear configuration that reduces chances for defect creation. With multiple bladders, multiple different types of fluid can be readied for selective dispense.
US09987646B2	Bonding material applying apparatus and bonding material applying method A bonding material applying apparatus includes a syringe in which a bonding material is filled. The syringe includes a discharge nozzle disposed at a tip thereof to discharge the bonding material filled in the syringe. A compressed air supply mechanism supplies compressed air to the syringe and discharges the bonding material from the discharge nozzle. When a discharge interval from the end of discharge to the start of discharge of the bonding material lasts for a certain time or longer, the compressed air supply mechanism supplies the compressed air for a time, which is shorter than a discharge time necessary to discharge the bonding material, to such an extent that the bonding material is substantially not discharged.
US09987644B1	Pedestal chip mount for fluid delivery device A fluid ejection head having a fluid supply body having a nosepiece with at least one fluid supply port. A pedestal extends outwards from the exterior of the nosepiece near the fluid supply port. A semiconductor chip mounting surface is formed on the pedestal. A flexible circuit bonding surface, formed by a plurality of ribs, also extends outwards from the exterior surface of the nosepiece adjacent the perimeter of the pedestal. A damage reducing structure for reducing damage to a semiconductor chip mounted on the pedestal is located between the pedestal and the flexible circuit bonding surface. Similarly, a damage reducing structure is located between each adjacent pair of the plurality of ribs. In each case, the damage reducing structure may be void space that isolates and reduces damage caused by shock waves traveling through the fluid supply body to the chip mounting surface and the chip mounted thereon.
US09987636B2	Method and apparatus for use in temperature controlled processing of microfluidic samples Embodiments of the invention comprise microfluidic devices, instrumentation interfacing with those devices, processes for fabricating that device, and methods of employing that device to perform PCR amplification. Embodiments of the invention are also compatible with quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (“qPCR”) processes. Microfluidic devices in accordance with the invention may contain a plurality of parallel processing channels. Fully independent reactions can take place in each of the plurality of parallel processing channels. The availability of independent processing channels allows a microfluidic device in accordance with the invention to be used in a number of ways. For example, separate samples could be processed in each of the independent processing channels. Alternatively, different loci on a single sample could be processed in multiple processing channels.
US09987634B2	Centrifuge sample container and closure therefor A closure for attachment to a sample container for use in a centrifuge includes a top wall, an annular skirt wall depending from the top wall and defining a maximum outer diameter, and a handle extending from the top wall and including a central boss and at least two finger grips extending radially outward from the central boss. A respective free terminal end of each of the finger grips is located so as not to extend beyond the maximum outer diameter.
US09987628B2	Circular extractor The present invention provides methods and systems for eluting and an analyte from a solid phase. The invention further provides methods and systems for transferring liquid analyte reagent mixtures from a solid phase to a second vessel, such as a microtiter plate well. The invention is useful in the manipulation of biological molecules such as nucleic acids, carbohydrates, proteins and peptides. In particular, the invention has utility for manipulating proteins and peptides in isoelectric focusing gels.
US09987624B2	Tin-containing zeolitic material having an MWW-type framework structure A process for preparing a tin-containing zeolitic material having an MWW-type framework structure comprising providing a zeolitic material having an MWW-type framework structure having vacant tetrahedral framework sites, providing a tin-ion source in solid form, and incorporating tin into the zeolitic material via solid-state ion exchange.
US09987622B2	Hydrodesulfurization catalyst for diesel oil and hydrotreating method for diesel oil A hydrodesulfurization catalyst supports one or more metals selected from elements in Group 6 of the Periodic table, one or more metals selected from elements in Group 9 or Group 10 of the same, phosphorus, and an organic acid on a composite oxide support having a specific content of both alumina and HY zeolite having a specific crystallite size. The catalyst includes 10% to 40% by mass of the Group 6 metal, 1% to 15% by mass of the Group 9 or Group 10 metal, and 1.5% to 8% by mass of phosphorus in terms of an oxide based on the catalyst. The catalyst includes 0.8% to 7% by mass of carbon derived from an organic acid and for 1 mole of the Group 9 or Group 10 element metal in terms of an element based on the catalyst, and includes 0.2 to 1.2 moles of the organic acid.
US09987619B2	Selective catalytic reduction wall flow filter incorporating a vanadate A filter incorporates a catalyst for the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx gases and removal of particulate matter from the exhaust gas of a lean burn combustion engine, wherein the catalyst includes a vanadate component having an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, a rare earth metal, or combinations thereof. The vanadate component may be iron vanadate. The filter includes a supported vanadate component disposed on a wall-flow filter. The method of making the filter includes applying an aqueous mixture of the supported vanadate component as a washcoat on the wall-flow filter or extruding a composition containing the supported vanadate component. The method of treating exhaust gases from an engine includes contacting the exhaust gas with the catalyst including the vanadate component.
US09987617B1	Carboxylic functionalized magnetic nanocomposite Carboxylic functionalized magnetic nanocomposites can include a magnetic compound, such as Fe3O4, that is encapsulated by a plurality of amino organosilane groups. The organosilane groups can include 3-[2-(2-Aminoethylamino)ethylamino] propyl-trimethoxysilane (TAS). At least some of the organosilane groups can have amino and carboxylic acid substituents. The organic pollutants can include malachite green dye. The carboxylic functionalized magnetic nanocomposites can adsorb dye from solution, such as wastewater. The carboxylic functionalized magnetic nanocomposites can be separated from the solution using an external magnetic material.
US09987610B2	Crystallization substrate, crystallization container, crystallization device, and crystal producing method A crystallization substrate of the present invention includes a noble metal vapor-deposited film having an absorbance in a 500 to 1,000 nm wavelength range and formed in all or part of one surface of the substrate. The noble metal vapor-deposited film has an average thickness of 0.1 to 60 nm. The noble metal vapor-deposited film is a continuous film with a pit formed by vapor deposition in part of the film and surrounded by the continuous film.
US09987608B2	Methods and apparatuses for producing dispersed nanostructures Methods and apparatuses are provided for the production of homogeneous dispersions of nanostructures within a matrix, which may be used as precursors of carbon-reinforced or boron nitride-reinforced composite materials. An apparatus for producing a nanostructure dispersion comprises a reactor and a mixing chamber, wherein the reactor is configured to produce an aerosol of nanostructures and is in fluidic communication with the mixing chamber. A matrix material is provided in the mixing chamber, and the aerosol of nanostructures can disperse into the matrix material to form a nanostructure dispersion. The apparatus may further comprise a matrix tank comprising a matrix material, wherein the matrix material is transferred to the mixing chamber. An aerosol of matrix particles may be produced from the matrix material and provided in the mixing chamber, so as to produce a fine dispersion of nanostructures in the matrix. The apparatus may be configured to continuously produce a nanostructure dispersion.
US09987605B2	Method for multi-axis, non-contact mixing of magnetic particle suspensions Continuous, three-dimensional control of the vorticity vector is possible by progressively transitioning the field symmetry by applying or removing a dc bias along one of the principal axes of mutually orthogonal alternating fields. By exploiting this transition, the vorticity vector can be oriented in a wide range of directions that comprise all three spatial dimensions. Detuning one or more field components to create phase modulation causes the vorticity vector to trace out complex orbits of a wide variety, creating very robust multiaxial stirring. This multiaxial, non-contact stirring is particularly attractive for applications where the fluid volume has complex boundaries, or is congested.
US09987601B2	Aerator device for, and method of, aerating a drinkable liquid A device aerates a drinkable liquid inside a handheld container. An aerator is detachably mounted on the container in a mounted position. The aerator has an aerator portion that extends into the liquid and that is held adjacent an interior surface of a side wall of the container in the mounted position. The aerator portion has a multitude of turbulence-inducing agitating elements, such as pores, through which the liquid in the container flows to, and impacts against, the interior surface of the side wall of the container, and mixes with ambient air in the container, when the container is manually swirled to aerate the liquid.
US09987596B2	Membrane gas separation module The present invention relates to units for separation of gas mixtures using hollow fiber membranes and may be used in chemical, oil, gas and other industries. More specifically, this invention relates to the structure of the membrane gas separation module which may be applied, for instance, in membrane separation units for helium concentrate. The membrane gas separation module comprises the horizontal body with end covers and membrane cartridges made of a bundle of hollow fibers and located in an inversed manner in relation to the center. The body comprises symmetrical end sections of large diameter which are mated by conical transition sections with the central section of minor diameter. In this case length of end sections corresponds with length restricted by the body end and input area of membrane cartridges, and central section inner diameter is configured to provide both free mounting/dismounting of membrane cartridges and tight fit thereof at the sealing point with ring gaskets. Feed gas input nozzles are located on end sections of the body perpendicularly to its longitudinal axis in front of input areas of membrane cartridges, permeate output nozzles are located on end sections of the body near end covers perpendicularly to the body longitudinal axis. The technical result is reduction of weight and dimensional properties of the membrane module and the whole gas separation unit in general, as well as reduction of labor intensity of operations during mounting/dismounting of body end covers of the membrane module.
US09987594B2	Liquid transport membrane A system includes a product having one or more active membranes for transporting liquid by aid of an electric field. A humidity sensor provides information about wetting or moisture conditions near the active membrane. An electronic control circuit is designed to provide a voltage to the active membrane only when a certain humidity level is detected. An external electronic device provides an interface between a user and the product, wherein the interface includes a display to allow monitoring of the functions of the product.
US09987593B2	Method for producing NOx storage-reduction catalyst An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a NOx storage-reduction catalyst capable of inhibiting decreases in NOx purification performance following exposure to high temperatures. The present disclosure achieves the aforementioned object with a method for producing a NOx storage-reduction catalyst, comprising: (A) supporting potassium compound particles on catalyst support particles by using an potassium dispersed water containing the potassium compound particles, and (B) calcining the catalyst support particles supporting the potassium compound particles; wherein, the potassium compound particles are at least one type selected from the group consisting of oteracil potassium, potassium tetranitroacridone, potassium tetraphenylborate, and potassium tetranitrophenothiazine-9-oxide.
US09987590B2	Device for detachable fastening of a drying agent cartridge to a housing section of a compressed-air treatment installation of a vehicle A device is provided for detachably fastening a drying agent cartridge to a housing section of a compressed-air treatment installation of a vehicle. The drying agent cartridge has a cartridge housing with a cover and a carrier element, which, in an installed position, is detachably fastened to the housing section. The device includes a thread arranged on the carrier element, and a counterpart thread arranged on the housing section, and a sealing element arranged between the carrier element and the housing section. The sealing element is arranged in a seal groove of the housing section and fluidically connects the seal groove to a pressurizable housing chamber of the compressed-air treatment installation, can be acted on with a system pressure of the compressed-air treatment installation in order to generate and/or increase the axial compression of the sealing element between the carrier element and the housing section.
US09987588B2	Sterically hindered amines and associated methods Amine compositions comprising sterically hindered amines and associated methods are provided. In some embodiments, amine compositions of the present disclosure may be useful for selective removal of H2S from an acidic gas stream.
US09987584B2	Method and system for reduction of unwanted gases in indoor air An air treatment system for at least partially removing at least one gaseous contaminant contained in indoor air of a room structured for human occupants. The system may comprise an air treatment assembly having an indoor air inlet configured to receive indoor airflow directly from a room, a regenerable adsorbent material configured to adsorb at least one gaseous contaminant contained in the indoor airflow, at least one airflow element for directing the indoor airflow to flow through the air treatment assembly, an indoor air outlet for expelling the indoor air, from the air treatment assembly back into the room, a purge air inlet configured to receive and direct purge air over and/or through the adsorbent material for removal of at least a portion of the at least one gaseous contaminant, and a purge air outlet for expelling the purge air out of the air treatment assembly.
US09987583B2	Polymers functionalized with brønsted acid groups Porous aromatic framework polymers functionalized with Brønsted acid moieties are prepared by polymerization of a three-dimensional organic aryl or heteroaryl monomer and its copolymerization with a second aryl or heteroaryl monomer functionalized with one or more Brønsted acid moiety. The polymers are characterized by a stable three-dimensional structure, which, in exemplary embodiments, includes interpenetrating subunits within one or more domain of the bulk polymer structure. The polymers are of use in methods of adsorbing ammonia and amines and in devices and systems configured for this purpose.
US09987578B2	Gradient nanofiber filter media Composite filter media is formed from multiple layers of media material including a nanofiber media layer, where the layers are laminated, bound, or otherwise composited to each other. The composite filter media can comprise at least one nanofiber layer comprising polymeric media material having a geometric mean fiber diameter of about 100 nm to 1 μm, and fibers configured in a gradient such that ratio of the geometric mean diameter of fibers at the upstream face of the nanofiber layer to the geometric mean diameter of fibers at the downstream face of the nanofiber layer is about 1.1 to 2.8, preferably about 1.2 to 2.4.
US09987577B2	Kammprofile gaskets A kammprofile gasket is provided. The kammprofile gasket forms a flow aperture into which an object, such as a strainer or orifice plate, may be machined into the gasket to provide additional functionality. The gasket has a core material with a sealing material overlaying a portion of the core material such that a seal is formed between opposing flanged surfaces. The core material may be machined such that a base plate for an orifice or a plurality of support beams extend into the flow aperture. The plurality of support beams may provide support for a filter or strainer coupled upstream to the core material. The base plate may provide an inclined surface, such as a cone, to an orifice where the cone functions to direct excess flow away from the orifice to self flush.
US09987572B2	Filter assembly and a refrigerator appliance A filter assembly includes a manifold having an inlet and outlet port. The filter assembly further includes a filter cartridge. The filter cartridge includes a casing and a filter casing disposed within the casing. The filter cartridge also includes a gear rack, and an inlet and outlet port. The filter assembly further includes an electric motor configured to move the filter cartridge along an axial direction by rotating a gear coupled to the electric motor such that the gear meshes with the gear rack. The filter cartridge is movable between a first position in which the filter cartridge and manifold are not in fluid communication, and a second position in which the filter cartridge and the manifold are in fluid communication. A refrigerator appliance having the filter assembly is also provided.
US09987560B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, storage medium and information processing method for performing non-contact communication and executing a game application A non-limiting example game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU performs non-contact communication with an IC tag that is incorporated in a figure by using a non-contact communication module. During playing a course game, if a player instructs transformation, a player character is transformed into another character after attesting the figure. Furthermore, if the player instructs writing of a score when the course game is finished, the score is written in the IC tag after attesting the figure. Furthermore, if the player instructs to acquire a predetermined item, after attesting the figure, the predetermined item is acquired by using virtual money. As a level is raised, for example, the number of transformable times is increased, and a kind of acquirable predetermined item is increased.
US09987557B2	Real-time video feed based multiplayer gaming environment Methods and systems for real-time video-based multiplayer gaming environments enable operators to remotely control vehicles over a network comprising a base station and a server. Cameras may record and transmit encoded video relating to the vehicles for display at a remote console. In response, the operator is able to input commands to remotely control the operation of the vehicle.
US09987552B2	Method and system for expressing emotion during game play A method for expressing a user emotion during game play comprises displaying an emotion image received from an opponent terminal on a display of a terminal in which a game is played; displaying at least two emotion menus with respect to the displayed emotion image; making a first selection of an emotion type based on a user selection signal for any one of the displayed at least two emotion menus; making a second selection of an emotional scale based on a distance between a location on the display where the user selection signal is generated and the emotion image; changing the emotion image based on the first selected emotion type and the second selected emotional scale; and generating the changed emotion image into a response emotion image and transmitting the response emotion image to the opponent terminal.
US09987544B2	Safer football helmet A football helmet comprises a rotatable outer shell, an inner shell and a fastener assembly. The inner shell comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The rotatable outer shell is of a hollow hemisphere shape. The rotatable outer shell has a cavity to receive the upper portion of the inner shell. An air gap is between the upper portion of the inner shell and the rotatable outer shell. A pre-determined torque is applied to a nut of the fastener assembly so that the nut is loosely tightened to a bolt of the fastener assembly. The rotatable outer shell is in a pogo stick motion when a force is applied to the rotatable outer shell so that the ring rotates along the rim track and an outer shell hole deflects toward an inner shell hole.
US09987540B1	Juggling practice tool The juggling practice tool is a device that is designed to collect objects that are dropped in the course of practicing juggling. The juggling practice tool is a catch basin that is worn by the juggler during the practice session. The catch basin is attached to the juggler through the use of a plurality of shoulder straps, a waist belt, and a belt connector. The plurality of shoulder straps and the waist belt hold the catch basin perpendicular to the plane of juggling in such a way that when a juggled object is dropped the catch basin catches and hold the dropped juggled object in a location readily accessible to the juggler. The juggling practice tool comprises a catch basin, a plurality of shoulder straps, a waist belt, and a belt connector.
US09987534B2	Grip alignment training aid A training device for use with sporting equipment, such as bats and clubs, is provided. The device can include a main body defined by a perimeter sidewall and can include two openings defined through the body. The perimeter sidewall can have rounded end regions and flattened top and bottom regions and can be sized to accommodate two openings large enough to receive a user's fingers. The device can be used by inserting the index finger on one hand through the bottom opening and the little finger of the opposing hand through the upper opening. The user can then align the user's knuckles to the desired grip and grip the bat or club handle. The device can then assist the user in maintaining the proper grip of the bat or club handle while holding and swinging the bat or club.
US09987531B2	Putter with integral sightline and sole plate A putter having a body with a striking surface, an upper surface that is visible to player when in the address position and a sole plate that is coupled to a bottom surface of the body. The upper surface includes at least one aperture and the sole plate includes a sightline projection that extends into the aperture to form a sightline on the putter that is visible to the player.
US09987511B2	Gait training apparatus An apparatus for gait training, comprising: a movable base (11) comprising a drive unit (13) for moving the movable base (11), an arm arrangement (15, 16, 18) extending from the movable base (11) to enable a person (113) to be at least partially suspended from above, a movement detector (14, 115; 20; 21) to detect a movement of the person (113), and a control unit (119) configured to control said drive unit (13) in response to movement of the person detected by the movement detector (14, 115; 20; 21) such that the movable base (11) follows the person (113) in a predetermined distance range and in a predetermined angular range with respect to a movement direction of the person (113). The apparatus may comprise a projector (112) configured to project a path to be taken by the person (113) and a securing mechanism (21) to secure the suspension of the person (113) in response to a fall or stumbling being detected by a fall detector (21).
US09987507B2	Personal escape and rescue device A personal escape and rescue device comprising a descent mechanism having a pair of plates having opposing undulating faces each comprising at least one peak and at least one trough defined along the length of the undulating face, and a control mechanism for displacing the plates relative to one another in a direction along the length of the undulating faces thereby adjusting the disposition of the opposing undulating faces relative to one another thereby setting the distance between the trough and the opposing peak; a body harness to support a descender, the descent mechanism being attached at an upper location of the harness whereby the descender is in a stable position; and a strap/cable, of a length to provide descent to safety, reeved between the faces of the descent mechanism, and comprising an anchoring arrangement.
US09987499B2	UV radiation device The invention relates to an UV radiation device, comprising an LED comprising a nitridic material which is arranged to emit first UV radiation in a wavelength range of 200 nm-300 nm and a luminescent material doped with at least one of the following activators selected out of the group Eu2+, Ce3+, Pr3+, Nd3+, Gd3+, Tm3+, Sb3+, Tl+, Pb2+ and Bi3+, wherein the luminescent material is configured to convert at least a part of the primary UV radiation into secondary UV radiation, the primary UV radiation and the secondary UV radiation having a different spectral distribution.
US09987491B2	Stimulation of a hypoglossal nerve for controlling the position of a patient's tongue A method for controlling a position of a patient's tongue includes attaching at least one electrode to the patient's hypoglossal nerve, applying an electric signal through the electrode to the hypoglossal nerve to stimulate at least one muscle of the tongue at least until the number of obstructive sleep apnea occurrences are reduced from an initial level to a treatment level, and reducing the application of the electric signal while the number of obstructive sleep apnea occurrences remain generally at or below the treatment level.
US09987478B2	Method for making a tubular medical device A method for making a tubular medical device having a hybrid polymeric structure includes forming a first layer comprising a non-woven fibrous matrix made of a first polymeric material and forming a second layer comprising a second polymeric material about the first layer such that at least a portion of the second polymeric material of the second layer embeds into at least a portion of the first polymeric material of the first layer.
US09987476B2	Therapeutic agent injection device A therapeutic agent injection device including an injection device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient having a body, the body having a patient face and a port face opposite the patient face, the port face having an introducer port including an introducer channel and an injection port including an injection channel, the introducer channel being in fluid communication with the injection channel through a cross channel, the injection channel defining an injection axis; a delivery tube for subcutaneous delivery of the therapeutic agent to the patient, the delivery tube projecting from and being generally perpendicular to the patient face, the delivery tube defining an introducer axis and being in fluid communication with the injection port; and a patch, the patch being attached to the patient face and being operable to adhesively attach to the patient; wherein the injection axis is parallel to the introducer axis.
US09987474B2	Antiseptic swab A liquid dispensing device including an elongated handle having a hollow interior defining a fluid reservoir. A base member is affixed to a lower end of the handle and a frangible cover is secured over a bottom surface of the base member and forms a seal across an opening of the fluid reservoir. A swab head supports an absorbent sponge-like member and includes an upper side supporting a cover-rupturing member. A hinge segment is affixed to the base member and to the swab head, the hinge segment defining a pivot axis about which the swab head pivots to move the swab head from an open position with the cover-rupturing member spaced from the frangible cover to a closed position with the cover-rupturing member extending through the frangible cover and into the opening of the fluid reservoir.
US09987468B2	Reduced force device for intravascular access and guidewire placement A device for penetrating tissue with reduced force and placing a guidewire is provided. The device includes a driving actuator generating reciprocating motion. A penetrating member having a lumen dimensioned to accommodate a guidewire is provided. A coupler mechanically connects the driving actuator and the penetrating member to transfer the reciprocating motion to the penetrating member. The penetrating member may be coaxial or axially offset from the driving actuator. At least one frictional member facilitates the movement of the guidewire through the lumen for placement at the target tissue. The frictional member(s) may be operated manually or by a guidewire actuator. A housing may also be provided including a channel also dimensioned to accommodate the guidewire, and may further include the frictional member(s) for facilitating movement of the guidewire. The channel and lumen are aligned to permit placement of the guidewire at the target site.
US09987467B2	Port for a catheter A port (1) for a catheter comprises: a housing (10) having at least two fixing holes (120, 20A, 120B); a cavity (140) arranged in the housing (10) for receiving a fluid; a membrane (13) attached to the housing (10) and arranged on an opening (102) of the housing (10) for sealing the opening (102) such that the cavity (140) is enclosed in the housing (10) in a fluid-tight manner; and a catheter (2) connected to the housing (10), the catheter (2) being in fluid connection with the cavity (140). In addition a yarn guide device (16) is arranged on the housing (10) in between the membrane (13) and the catheter (2), the yarn guide device (16) comprising a guide channel (161) formed in the housing (10) for receiving a yarn (3) for fixing the port (1) to an object and for guiding the yarn (3) in between the membrane (13) and the catheter (2). In this way a port is provided which allows for an easy fixing of the port by means of a yarn and reduces the risk of the yarn interfering with the catheter attached to the port.
US09987464B1	Urinary catheter insertion device and kit A catheter insertion device which employs back-and-forth longitudinal axial movement to advance the catheter by the cooperative interface of an incline ramp and a decline ramp with a split gripping mechanism is described.
US09987458B2	Lamp with variable flickering frequency A lamp for generating flickering at a selectable frequency corresponding to a desired human brainwave state comprises a base supporting a light source, a shade having a plurality of regularly circumferentially spaced apertures defined therein and a drive mechanism for rotating the shade about the light source. At least one speed control is coupled to the drive mechanism for controlling the rotational speed of the shade. Rotation of the shade while the light source is emitting light produces flickering for an observer looking at the lamp from a fixed position, and the speed control can be used to select a rotational speed of the shade to produce flickering at a frequency corresponding to a pre-selected human brainwave state.
US09987444B2	System and method for limited flow respiratory therapy Methods and system of respiratory therapy treat sleep apnea by particular elevated pressure levels during the end of exhalation phases. Inhalation pressure levels may thus be significantly reduced and be, on average, lower than the exhalation pressure levels.
US09987438B2	Tamper evident lock IV needle cap A tamper resistant/evident cap cover for IV needle configurations to provide a single use engageable cap to prevent unauthorized access and use of an IV needle port. The cap cover has a threaded IV needle receiving base and a slidably disposed interengagement locking clasp. Oppositely disposed tamper evident latching tabs are receivably secured into the base by multiple clasp barbs defining a first position for access and a second closed locked position.
US09987434B2	Device with cameras for monitoring the manual administration of medication Device for monitoring the administration of medication in a syringe that in one embodiment comprises a support element provided with a housing for a port access for coupling the syringe, said port access, when arranged in the housing, defining a longitudinal axis corresponding to the coupling direction and a transversal plane perpendicular to said axis and which passes through the port access. One or more cameras arranged in the support element that encompass in its/their visual fields the cylinder of the syringe when the syringe is coupled to the port access. The one or more cameras are placed within said plane, the optical axes of the one or more cameras intersecting said longitudinal axis, the support element and the one or more cameras do not overlap with the cylinder of the syringe in the direction defined by said longitudinal axis when the syringe is coupled to the port access.
US09987433B2	Assembly for a drug delivery device and method of operating the same An assembly for a drug delivery device (200) is presented which comprises a housing (24) having a proximal end (25) and a distal end (26), a cartridge, a plunger (19) which is movably retained in the cartridge (14) and a piston rod (6). The assembly further comprises a rod displacement feature (33). The assembly is configured such that, in an initial state of the assembly, the piston rod (6) and the rod displacement feature (33) are arranged such that movement of the rod displacement feature (33) from the first position to the second position is transferred to the piston rod (6) such that the piston rod (6) is moved with respect to the cartridge (14) and the assembly is switched from the initial state to a primed state. In the primed state, movement of the rod displacement feature (33) from the first position to the second position is not transferred to the piston rod (6).
US09987426B2	Coordination of control commands in a medical device system based on synchronization status between devices A medical device system includes at least one controllable patient-worn or patient-carried medical device, and a plurality of controller devices that are capable of independently controlling features or functions of the patient medical device. Control commands and other data is wirelessly communicated among the patient medical device and the multiple controller devices. A number of techniques, protocols, and other measures are provided to coordinate wireless communication between the various devices in a medical device system. These control command coordination processes address situations where conflicting, redundant, or concurrent control commands might be independently issued by the multiple controller devices.
US09987424B2	Regulator for drug infusion and drug infusion device including same The present invention provides a regulator for medicine infusion capable of preventing a flow rate of a liquid medicine to be injected to a patient from exceeding a predetermined flow rate needed for a patient, and controlling the flow rate of the liquid medicine to be uniformly maintained. The regulator for medicine infusion of the present invention provides the advantages of blocking and continuing the inflow of the liquid medicine by the combination of the elements of the membrane member, the resilient plate and the lever and by the adjusted resilience of the resilient plate, and allowing the liquid medicine to flow at a constant rate by adjusting the resilience of the resilient plate and/or the resilience of the membrane member at predetermined levels. In addition, the regulator for medicine infusion, of the present invention provides the advantages of controlling the flow rate of the liquid medicine to be injected to a patient to be uniformly maintained, and being applicable to intravenous bottles or various medicine injectors and being easily installed in them.
US09987412B2	Attachment assembly for attaching a fluid bag to a fluid warmer of a system for extracorporeal blood treatment An attachment assembly for attaching a fluid container to a fluid warmer of a system for extracorporeal blood treatment is disclosed. The assembly includes a hook-shaped fixture located on the fluid warmer, a pin-shaped fixture located on the fluid warmer, and receiving members located on the fluid container to receive the hook-shaped fixture and the pin shaped fixture located on the fluid warmer. A fluid warmer containing a hook-shaped fixture located on the fluid warmer and a pin-shaped fixture located on the fluid warmer of a fluid bag attachment assembly is also disclosed. Tubing guides present on the fluid warmer in conjunction with tubes of differing lengths attached to the fluid bag reduce the occurrence of usage errors during insertion of the fluid bag into the fluid warmer.
US09987409B2	Blood purifier and blood purifier package The invention provides a blood purifier which shows a decreased amount of hydrogen peroxide extracted from its selectively permeable separation membranes, and thus is highly reliable in its safety in use for hemecatharysis. The blood purifier comprises selectively permeable separation membranes as a main component and is characterized in that the amount of hydrogen peroxide which is extracted from the selectively permeable separation membrane removed from the blood purifier after 3 months or longer has passed since the sterilization of the blood purifier by exposure to a radioactive ray and/or an electron ray is not larger than 10 ppm.
US09987406B2	Magnetic sensors and related systems and methods This invention relates generally to magnetic sensors and related systems and methods. In some aspects of the invention, a magnetic sensor assembly includes a housing configured to releasably hold a medical fluid tube and a sensor secured to the housing, the sensor configured to detect a change in a strength of a magnetic field when a medical fluid passes through the medical fluid tube.
US09987405B2	Blood pump A blood pump having an axially tubular inlet, a tangential chamber adjoining the axial inlet and having a substantially radial outlet, with an axial guide body connected to the outlet and/or to the tangential chamber, an impeller supported on the guide body and having an inner surface facing the guide body and an outer surface as well as blading arranged on the outer surface. At least one part region of the guide body projects from the tangential chamber into the inlet, wherein at least one section of the stator transmitting a force onto the rotor is arranged in the part region. The impeller is supported by a hydrodynamic radial bearing in the radial direction.
US09987399B2	Non-biodegradable stent comprising a biodegradable coating and method of coating the same The present invention relates to the field of non-biodegradable stents, and therein to non-biodegradable stents coated with at least one layer of a biodegradable polymer which maintains mechanical integrity of the coating both in storage and upon balloon expansion and which can optionally release drugs. The at least one polymer layer comprises a biodegradable polymer and a plasticizer. The present invention also relates to a manufacturing method of such a non-biodegradable stent.
US09987396B1	Reduction of implant infection via tunable stimulation of localized adaptive immune response Compositions, implantation devices and methods for stimulating an immune response to infection are discussed. In some examples, the compositions, implantation devices or methods of regulating the amplification of an adaptive immune response to infection involves use of one or more particles locally at a surgical or implant site to control bacterial infections without detrimental systemic side-effects. In some examples, the particles can be coated or layered onto the surface of an implantable device or material. In other examples, the particles can be injected into the site of implantation.
US09987392B2	Kit for preparing a paste-like bone cement A kit for preparing a paste-like bone cement, comprising a paste A and a paste B, wherein paste A contains (a1) at least one monomer for radical polymerization, (a2) at least one polymer that is soluble in (a1); and (a3)at least one polymerization initiator; and paste B contains (b1) at least one monomer for radical polymerization; (b2) at least one polymer that is soluble in (b1); and (b3) at least one polymerization accelerator; wherein at least one of the pastes A and B contains as component (a4) and/or (b4) at least one filling agent that is poorly soluble or insoluble in (a1) and/or (b1), respectively, and wherein the filling agent is a particulate inorganic filling agent possessing a BET surface of at least 40 m2/g.
US09987379B2	Molecular probes for imaging of myelin A molecular probe for labeling myelin includes a fluorescent trans-stilbene derivative.
US09987369B2	Vitamin functionalized gel-forming block copolymers for biomedical applications Gel-forming block copolymers were prepared comprising i) a central hydrophilic block consisting essentially of a divalent poly(ethylene oxide) chain and ii) two peripheral monocarbonate or polycarbonate hydrophobic blocks linked to the central block by linking groups bearing one or more hydrogen bond forming —N(H)— groups. The hydrophobic blocks comprise one or more vitamin-bearing subunits. The gel-forming block copolymers can be used to prepare various biodegradable and/or biocompatible hydrogel and organogel drug compositions, in particular antimicrobial and/or anti-tumor drug compositions. The hydrogel compositions have utility in depot injections for drug delivery. The hydrogen bonding —N(H)— group(s) provide longer in vivo lifetime of the hydrogel before degradation and a more prolonged and controlled release rate of a hydrophobic drug compared to similar hydrogels prepared from poly(ethylene glycol).
US09987361B1	Compositions and method for sustained drug delivery by active transdermal technology Described are compositions, methods and devices for providing sustained transdermal drug delivery using anti-healing compounds to prolong the effects of active transdermal technologies.
US09987358B2	Nanostars and nanoconstructs for detection, imaging, and therapy A polymer-free synthesis method is provided for preparation of monodisperse nanostars. The nanostars can be used for treating and imaging cells in in vivo or ex vivo. The modes of treatment include use of a nanostar modified with a photo-activatable drug, which drug is activated by the photo-response of the nanostar to electromagnetic stimulation; use of a nanostar modified with a thermally-activatable drug, which drug is activated by a thermal response of the nanostar to electromagnetic stimulation; and the thermal response of the nanostar itself to electromagnetic stimulation, which can directly or indirectly cause the death of an undesirable cell.
US09987356B2	Anti-CD40 antibodies and methods of administering thereof The present invention relates to antibodies specific for a particular epitope on CD40 and antibodies that bind CD40 and have particular functional characteristics. The present invention also relates to fragments of these antibodies, uses of the antibodies for reduction or treatment of transplant rejection and graft-versus-host disease, and methods for making the antibodies.
US09987351B2	Lentiviral vectors for generating immune responses against human T Lymphotrophic Virus Type 1 The present invention relates to compositions, methods, and uses employing lentiviral vector particles for induction of an immune response by administration to a human, wherein the lentiviral vector particles comprise a lentiviral vector, wherein the DNA of the lentiviral vector comprises a promoter directing expression of a HTLV-1 p12p30-Tax-HBZ fusion protein. The invention encompasses these vectors, methods of making the vectors, and methods of using them, including medicinal uses.
US09987347B2	Vaccines against multiple subtypes of dengue virus An aspect of the present invention is related to nucleic acid constructs capable of expressing a polypeptide, such as a consensus dengue prME that elicits an immune response in a mammal against more than one subtype of dengue virus, and methods of use thereof. Additionally, there are DNA plasmid vaccines capable of generating in a mammal an immune response against a plurality of dengue virus subtypes, comprising a DNA plasmid and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and methods of use thereof. The DNA plasmid is capable of expressing a consensus dengue antigen in a cell of the mammal in a quantity effective to elicit an immune response in the mammal that is cross reactive against all 4 dengue subtypes.
US09987342B2	Immunizing composition The present invention is concerned with an antigenic composition comprising at least one antigen that comprises at least one antigenic epitope or antigenic determinant derived from a protein present in one or both of S. equi subsp. equi and subsp. zooepidemicus and use thereof for immunization of non-human mammals against S. equi subsp. equi and/or subsp. zooepidemicus. The present invention also discloses a vaccine composition comprising the aforesaid antigenic composition as immunizing component.
US09987340B2	Compositions and methods of using chondroitinase ABCI mutants The present disclosure relates to protein and nucleic acid mutants of chondroitinase ABCI. Such nucleic acid mutants encode for chondroitinase ABCI mutant enzymes exhibiting altered chondroitin lyase activity or increased resistance to inactivation from stressors including UV light or heat. Methods of using such nucleic acid mutants encoding chondroitinase ABCI mutant enzymes is also provided.
US09987333B2	Method for suppressing malignant tumor metastasis A medicinal composition for suppressing or preventing the metastasis of a malignant tumor, the composition comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one kind of vasoprotective agent selected from the following (i) to (iv): (i) angiotensin II receptor antagonist, (ii) HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, (iii) ghrelin or its derivative, and (iv) adrenomedullin or its derivative; or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.
US09987311B2	Compositions comprising bacterial strains The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US09987298B2	Aptamer for FGF2 and use thereof Provided by the present invention are an aptamer having an inhibitory activity on FGF2; a complex containing an aptamer having a binding activity or an inhibitory activity on FGF2, and a functional substance (e.g., affinity substance, labeling substance, enzyme, drug delivery vehicle, or drug and the like); a medicament, diagnostic reagent or labeling agent containing an aptamer having a binding activity or an inhibitory activity on FGF2, or a complex containing said aptamer and a functional substance; and the like.
US09987291B2	Synthetic bile acid compositions and methods Bile acids and related compositions and methods of synthesis and use. More specifically, deoxycholic acid and related compositions, said compositions being free of all moieties of animal origin and free of pyrogenic moieties.
US09987285B2	High dosage strength tablets of rucaparib A tablet including high dosage of 8-fluoro-2-{4-[(methylamino)methyl]phenyl}-1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-6H-azepino[5,4,3-cd]indol-6-one camsylate salt has been disclosed.
US09987284B2	Substituted benzooxadiazole DNA-PK inhibitors Provided are compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, X, Ring A, Ring B, and Ring C are as defined herein. Compounds of Formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of DNA-PK. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various diseases, conditions, and disorders.
US09987272B2	Compound useful for the treatement of degenerative and inflammatory diseases A pyrazolopyridine compound according to Formula I, able to inhibit JAK is disclosed, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a solvate thereof, solvates of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and biologically active metabolites thereof. The compound may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition, and may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, and particularly, such conditions as may be associated with aberrant JAK activity, including by way of non-limiting example, allergy, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, transplant rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6.
US09987251B2	Indolinone compounds and uses thereof Indolinone derivative compounds that act as EWS-FLI1 transcription factor inhibitors are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions of the indolinone derivatives, methods of synthesizing the same, methods of treating using same, and assays for identifying the inhibitors of EWS-FLI1 oncoprotein.
US09987250B2	Compositions and methods for treating or preventing inflammatory bowel disease, familial adenomatous polyposis and colon cancer The present invention provides methods for preventing colon cancer by administering, to a patient in need thereof, a polymeric proanthocyanidin composition from a Croton species or Calophyllum species in an amount sufficient to prevent colon cancer, which composition inhibits COX-2. The present invention also provides methods for treating inflammation locally in the intestines comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, a polymeric proanthocyanidin composition from a Croton species or Calophyllum species in an amount sufficient to treat inflammation. In one embodiment, the polymeric proanthocyanidin compound is crofelemer. The present invention in alternative embodiments provides methods for treating pain locally in the intestines and treating inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as for treating familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).
US09987244B2	Methods of treating ototoxicity The present invention relates to use of DHA analogs and their pharmaceutical compositions for treating ototoxicity, by administering these compounds or pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. Ototoxicity is defined as damage to the structures of the ear, such as the cochlea and vestibular system, by drugs or toxins. Ototoxicity can result in irreversible hearing loss, tinnitus, dysequilibrium, Meniere's disease, or vertigo.
US09987235B2	Methods and compositions for modifying mucous membranes The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying mucous membranes. In particular, the present invention relates to treating diseases associated with mucous membranes by changing the intrinsic chemical composition and/or physical features of a target mucous membrane.
US09987234B2	Nanolipidic particle assembly populations Nanolipidic Particles (NLPs) having average mean diameters of 1 nm to 20 nm are made from a precursor solution. NLPs can be loaded with a desired passenger molecule. Assemblies of these particles, called NLP assemblies, result in a vehicle population of a desired size. Single application or multifunction NLP assemblies are made from the loaded NLPs and range in size from about 30 to about 200 nm. A method of using preloaded NLPs to make larger carrier vehicles or a mixed population provides increased encapsulation efficiency. NLPs have application in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries.
US09987232B2	Dissolution aids for oral peptide delivery comprising a biguanide A pharmaceutical composition comprising a mixture of: (c) an active macromolecular principle; (d) an aromatic alcohol absorption enhancer chosen from propyl gallate, butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT), butylated hydroxy anisole (BHA) and analogs and derivatives thereof, or mixtures thereof; and (d) a biguanide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, capable of increasing the solubility of the aromatic alcohol absorption enhancer in an aqueous medium, wherein the aromatic alcohol absorption enhancer is present in an amount by weight greater than or equal to that of the active principle.
US09987218B2	Mud mask with real leaf and method for making the same A mud mask with real leaves is described. The mud mask is made by separating a leaf batch into a first sub-batch, a second sub-batch, and a third sub-batch. The first sub-batch is ground into a fine powder, while the second sub-batch remains as whole leaves and the third sub-batch is chopped into partially chopped leaves. The fine powder and whole leaves are added to hot water for a period of time to form a brewed tea. Thereafter, the partially chopped leaves and mud components are added to the brewed tea to form a mud solution, which is mixed to form the mud product. The mud product is packaged and allowed to marinate, which allows the leaves to begin releasing their nutrients and antioxidants into the mud formula, after which the mud mask includes atypical and unusually high levels of nutrients, antioxidants and caffeine.
US09987213B2	Topical dihydrotestosterone (DHT) for promoting hair growth—containing formulations The present invention relates to the composition and method of use for the topical application of the potent androgen hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT), used alone or in fixed combination with other hair growth medications; including other androgens, bimatoprost, other prostamides, prostaglandins, minoxidil or apocrine hair growth factors to promote and enhance hair growth of terminal mustache hair, beard hair, also chest hair, and other male androgen sensitive or dependent hair growth in humans or animals.
US09987202B2	Anhydrous solid composition based on particles encapsulating a beneficial agent Provided is a solid anhydrous composition that comprises particles comprising a core containing at least one beneficial agent and an envelope surrounding the core. The envelope comprises at least one hydrophobically modified polysaccharide and at least one water-soluble carbohydrate and/or water-soluble polyol. The particles simultaneously have a poured powder density ranging from 300.0 g/l to 600.0 g/l and an absolute density of greater than 1.0. The envelope also comprises at least one structuring agent. Also provided is a cosmetic process for caring for and/or for the hygiene of and/or for conditioning and/or for fragrancing and/or for making up keratin material. The process comprises applying to the keratin material the above composition. Also provided is a cosmetic process for treating body odor and optionally human perspiration, which comprises applying to a keratin material a composition defined above comprising at least one deodorant and/or antiperspirant in free form and/or in encapsulated form.
US09987198B2	Disposable liquid-containing pacifier and a multi-pack of same A multi-pack of disposable, liquid-containing pacifiers includes a plurality of pacifiers and an outer packaging containing the plurality of pacifiers therein. Each pacifier includes a bulb containing liquid, a nipple operatively coupled to a proximal end of the bulb, the nipple having an aperture located at a proximal end thereof, and a valve coupled to a proximal end of the bulb, the valve defining open and closed positions. The valve is configured to move to the open position when a pressure is applied to at least one of the nipple and bulb, so as to allow at least a portion of the liquid to flow from the bulb to the nipple.
US09987193B2	Automated resuscitation device with ventilation sensing and prompting A device for assisting a caregiver in delivering cardiac resuscitation to a patient, the device comprising a user interface configured to deliver prompts to a caregiver to assist the caregiver in delivering cardiac resuscitation to a patient; at least one sensor configured to detect the caregiver's progress in delivering the cardiac resuscitation, wherein the sensor is configured to provide a signal containing information indicative of ventilation; a memory in which a plurality of different prompts are stored, including at least one ventilation progress prompt to guide the rescuer's performance of ventilation; a processor configured to process the output of the sensor to determine a parameter descriptive of ventilation progress and to determine whether the ventilation progress prompt should be selected for delivery. Possible parameters descriptive of ventilation progress include ventilation rate, delivered tidal volume, and flow rate.
US09987181B2	Portable elevating seat A portable elevating seat for assisting a person into and out of a seating includes a central telescoping unit with a seating member mounted thereon. Preferably, the seat further includes a pneumatic pump and at least one pressure relief valve in fluid communication with the central telescoping unit for providing a flow of air into and out of the central telescoping unit. The seat includes a power source being in electronic communication with the pneumatic pump. The seat further includes a control unit in electronic communication with the pneumatic pump and the power source for actuating the seat between a raised and a lowered position. As the pneumatic pump is actuated by the control unit, air flows into the central telescoping unit, thus extending the central telescoping unit and lifting the seating member to a desired height.
US09987176B2	Absorbent articles with channels The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid management system (LMS) and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate a topsheet and a backsheet. The LMS defines one or more channels therein. The one or more channels of the LMS may at least partially overlap or not overlap with channels defined in the absorbent core.
US09987167B2	Method and device for controlling a device for aiding vision An input signal (f) representative of a scene to be viewed comprises, for each pixel of a matrix of pixels, an event-based asynchronous-signal sequence obtained as a function of variations of light relating to the pixel in the scene. This input signal is transformed spatially within the matrix of pixels and temporally along the signal sequences to generate respective control signals (S) for pixel zones of a device for aiding vision (20).
US09987165B2	Liquid optical interface for laser eye surgery system Apparatus to treat an eye comprises an annular retention structure to couple to an anterior surface of the eye. The retention structure is coupled to a suction line to couple the retention structure to the eye with suction. A coupling sensor is coupled to the retention structure or the suction line to determine coupling of the retention structure to the eye. A fluid collecting container can be coupled to the retention structure to receive and collect liquid or viscous material from the retention structure. A fluid stop comprising a porous structure can be coupled to an outlet of the fluid collecting container to inhibit passage of the liquid or viscous material when the container has received an amount of the liquid or viscous material. The coupling sensor can be coupled upstream of the porous structure to provide a rapid measurement of the coupling of the retention structure to the eye.
US09987163B2	Device for dispensing intraocular substances This disclosure relates generally to an injection device having a plunger configured to advance a distance into a container of material, such as a viscoelastic container; a trigger mechanism configured upon an actuation of the trigger mechanism to apply a first force to a spring element; and the spring element coupled to the plunger and configured to apply a second force to the plunger and which is configured to prevent exceeding a threshold maximum force applied to the container.
US09987152B2	Prosthesis for a lower limb A prosthesis for a residual limb includes an element for receiving a stump fitted on or established by a support part, a distal prosthetic part, and an absorbing system. The distal prosthetic part is assembled on the support part by a pivot link forming a joint to enable flexion or extension of the distal prosthetic part with respect to the element for receiving. The absorbing system absorbs the flexion or extension efforts and is connected to the distal prosthetic part and to one of a rod or a lever that is pivotally fitted on the distal prosthetic device. The rod is mounted to the lever and to the support part.
US09987151B2	Mechanism for efficient donning and doffing of an exoskeleton A manual apparatus of the present invention enables quick connection and disconnection of an exoskeleton leg from a remaining body of an exoskeleton. The apparatus comprises a cavity defined by a housing coupled to the remaining body of the exoskeleton; a latch coupled to the remaining body of the exoskeleton, the latch comprising a latching feature; a clip body including a projection element extending from an end thereof, the clip body coupled to the exoskeleton leg; a handle rotatably coupled to a clip base on the clip body; and a hook rotatably coupled to the handle. When the hook is engaged with the latching feature and the handle rotated from a first unlatched position to a second latched position, the projection element moves inside the cavity.
US09987142B2	Fixation devices for anterior lumbar or cervical interbody fusion Fixation systems, kits and methods for vertebral interbody fusions are provided. The fixation systems fix an intervertebral cage in the spine to resist left to right rotation, flexion and/or extension. In one embodiment, the fixation system contains two keels that are insertable into an attachment portion or an anterior wall of an intervertebral cage. Each keel contains a blade with two flanges, in the shape of half of an I-beam. The attachment portion may be one or more pieces that mate to form the attachment portion, such as an I-beam attachment portion. The blades can be straight or curved. Preferably the fixation systems are modular, allowing for parts to be interchanged to suit the patient's needs. The fixation systems may be provided in a kit, preferably with more than two keels having different sizes and/or shapes, more than one cage, and/or more than one attachment portion.
US09987140B2	Dynamic force generation for bone repair An orthopedic device delivers dynamic forces to a desired remote bone region. Dynamically arranged mechanical forces are known to stimulate bone cells (the process of mechanotransduction). The device includes an implantable element configured to couple with a generally accessible and healthy bone area, from which location it's configured to transmit forces to a remote bone area in need of repair, regrowth, or regeneration. Further, the device positions and orients the implantable element where it can be readily acted on by the device's force generator. The force generator is configured to impart dynamic forces that are transmitted through the implantable element and into a desired bone mass including a remote bone area in need of repair. This device promotes fracture healing, treats osteoporotic or other poor quality bone, and promotes vertebral fusion in conjunction with a spinal fusion procedure.
US09987138B2	Bone implants and methods comprising demineralized bone material Bone implant compositions and methods are provide that have an outer surface, the outer surface comprising demineralized bone and having a cavity disposed in the outer surface, the cavity having a demineralized bone material coated therein; and an inner surface of the bone implant comprising cortical bone, the inner surface contacting the outer surface. The bone implant compositions and methods provided are osteoinductive and allow rapid bone fusion.
US09987135B2	Devices and methods for treating functional tricuspid valve regurgitation Disclosed here are devices and methods for treating functional tricuspid valve regurgitation and related conditions. Disclosed devices are adapted for applying force to an area of a patient's heart along or near the atrioventricular groove, and can include a tensioning element configured to be delivered by a flexible member guided through a catheter and positioned generally along or near the atrioventricular groove, and a compression member positionable along the tensioning element and over a desired segment of the atrioventricular groove to develop force to be applied to an adjacent area of the heart by selective tensioning of the tensioning element.
US09987128B2	Intraocular lens injector Provided is an intraocular lens injector that allows a haptic and a optic to be pushed in reliably. The intraocular lens injector includes a lens holder holding an intraocular lens which has a optic and a haptic extending in a curved shape from the optic, a device body to which the lens holder is attached, a plunger inserted projectably/retractably in the device body and coming into contact with the intraocular lens to push out this intraocular lens, and a nozzle portion connected to the device body, the nozzle portion releasing the intraocular lens while folding the intraocular lens concavely by a push-in operation of the plunger. A positioner is provided to push up the haptic along a thickness direction of the optic within a range contactable with a distal end of the plunger, when the lens holder and the intraocular lens are attached to the device body.
US09987126B2	Curvature-changing, accommodative intraocular lenses with expandable peripheral reservoirs An intraocular lens includes a deformable outer shell having a distal end and a proximal end, a fluid optic having at least one elastic membrane surface positioned to traverse an optical axis of a patient's eye and at least partially defining an internal chamber to hold an optical fluid, and an inner shell associated with the fluid optic having a distal end and a proximal end. Each end is joined to a corresponding end of the outer shell to define a reservoir between the inner and outer shells, the reservoir at least partially disposed about a circumference of the fluid optic and in fluid communication with the internal chamber. The deformable outer shell is configured to deform upon axial compression of the capsular bag in a manner that increases the volume of the reservoir and draws fluid from the chamber into the reservoir, modifying a curvature of the elastic membrane.
US09987118B2	Apparatus and method for concurrently forming a gastroesophageal valve and tightening the lower esophageal sphincter An apparatus enables concurrent restoration of a gastroesophageal valve and tightening of the lower esophageal sphincter. The apparatus comprises a longitudinal member having a distal end arranged to be received within a stomach, a tissue shaper at the distal end of the longitudinal member that forms a gastroesophageal valve from stomach tissue, and a tissue gatherer that gathers fundus tissue at or aboral to the gastroesophageal junction to reduce an esophageal opening into the stomach and tighten the lower esophageal sphincter. A fastener deployer then deploys at least one fastener pair to maintain both the restored gastroesophageal valve and the tightened lower esophageal sphincter.
US09987115B2	Film encapsulated pelvic implant system and method Various embodiments of an implant devices and systems are provided. The implant devices can include a mesh or implant encapsulated or otherwise coated, in whole or in part, with a film or coating. The coating or film can include methylcellulose or ethylcellulose to provide tissue regeneration as a hydrogel, while also providing a stiff polymer film when dry.
US09987101B2	Positioning and installing surgical drilling devices and related devices and systems In some aspects, dental drill guides can include a body defining an outer surface and an interior hole for receiving and positioning a dental drill; a first end of the body defining a tapered lead-in portion of the outer surface; a second end of the body opposite the first end defining at least one lip feature configured to be gripped by a handling tool; an outer circumferentially formed recess around the outer surface; and a seating feature extending from the outer surface.
US09987092B2	Computer-assisted joint replacement surgery and patient-specific jig systems Provided are methods and systems related to computer-assisted joint replacement surgery, and corresponding instrumentation systems. In one example, there is provided a system for guided surgery comprising: a sensor for coupling to a first bone to receive positional signals; a beacon for coupling to an object to provide the positional signals to the sensor, the object comprising one of a second bone and a surgical tool; a patient-specific jig (PSJ) for guiding a relative position of the sensor and the first bone during coupling to position the sensor in a predetermined pose in an anatomical coordinate frame; and an intra-operative computing unit in communication with the sensor, the intra-operative computing unit configured to calculate poses of the beacon with respect to the anatomical coordinate frame utilizing pre-operative data representing the PSJ and display positional information for the object in real time.
US09987088B2	Reduction of pain through lower fluence rates and longer treatment A method of treating a subcutaneous fat region is provided. The method includes generating electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of about 1,200 nm to about 1,230 nm and delivering an average power density of less than or equal to about 2.3 W/cm2 of the electromagnetic radiation to the subcutaneous fat region for at least 300 seconds. The method also includes cooling an epidermal region and at least a portion of a dermal region overlying the subcutaneous fat region for at least a portion of the at least 300 seconds. The method further includes causing necrosis of at least one fat cell in the subcutaneous fat region.
US09987078B2	Surgical forceps A forceps includes a pair of shaft members, a pair of jaw members each including a distal body and a proximal flange, and a pair of electrode plates. The proximal flanges are engaged with the respective shaft members and pivotably coupled to each other such that pivoting the shaft members pivots the distal jaw bodies. The electrode plates each includes a tissue-contacting portion disposed on the distal body of the respective jaw member and a proximal extension portion extending at least partially through the proximal flange of the respective jaw member. The tissue-contacting portion and proximal extension portion of the first electrode plate are disposed in perpendicular planes relative to each other. Likewise, the tissue-contacting portion and proximal extension portion of the second electrode plate are disposed in perpendicular planes relative to each other.
US09987077B2	Surgical instrument having a bipolar end effector assembly and a deployable monopolar assembly A deployment and retraction mechanism for a surgical instrument includes a gear box defining a longitudinal slot, a slider, a ring gear, and a planet gear. The slider is configured to engage a deployable component of the surgical instrument and is translatable along the longitudinal slot between a proximal end, corresponding to a storage condition of the deployable component, and a distal end, corresponding to a use condition of the deployable component. The planet gear is operably engaged with the ring gear and configured to orbit within the ring gear. The planet gear includes an off-center pin rotatably supporting the slider thereon. The planet gear and ring gear are configured such that a one-half orbit of the planet gear within the ring gear translates the slider from one end of the longitudinal slot to the other end of the longitudinal slot.
US09987072B2	System and method for detecting a fault in a capacitive return electrode for use in electrosurgery An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator, a capacitive return pad, a phase detection component, and a control component. The electrosurgical generator is configured to generate electrosurgical energy. The capacitive return pad has at least one capacitive return electrode operatively coupled to the electrosurgical generator and is configured to provide a return path for the electrosurgical energy. The phase detection component is configured to determine a phase difference between the current and the voltage of the electrosurgical energy. The control component is in operative communication with the phase detection component and is configured to receive the determined phase difference from the phase detection component. The control component is configured to detect a fault in the capacitive return pad by utilizing the determined phase difference.
US09987061B2	Implant with suspended locking holes A plate is provided with feet located laterally of adjacent compression screw holes and absent from about threaded locking holes so as to suspend the plate segment having the threaded locking holes from over the bone. This forces a minimum gap between the threaded holes and the bone, and allows the plate thereat to deflect under loads that can be practically delivered by the locking screws. By allowing the plate to deflect, the threads on the head of the locking screw can be aligned, or timed, with the threads of the threaded plate hole to reduce the required torque to insert the locking screw into the locking hole and the bone.
US09987058B2	Orthopedic anchor assembly In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides an anchor assembly that can be used for the fixation or fastening of orthopedic devices or instruments to bone tissue. In particular, the present invention preferably provides a variable angle or fixed angle anchor assembly that is able to securely connect the orthopedic device to bone tissue even when there is a variance in the angle and position of the assembly with respect to the device. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides an anchor assembly having a locking mechanism that will quickly and easily lock the anchor assembly with respect to the orthopedic device.
US09987056B2	Surgical instruments A kit of parts for inserting a deformable implant into a cavity in a bone of a patient is described. An inserter instrument (1) comprises a body (100) having a cavity extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal end to a proximal end. An attachment mechanism (108) is provided at the distal end and to which a deformable implant can be releasably attached. A drive mechanism (132) is provided at the proximal end of the body. A push rod (150) is freely and slidably arranged within the cavity and has a distal end engageable with a part of the deformable implant and a proximal end abutable by the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is operable to drive the push rod toward the distal end of the body. The kit also includes an impactor (210) dimensioned for slidable engagement within the cavity.
US09987052B2	Modular interspinous fixation system with threaded component A modular interspinous system is shown having a first plate, a generally opposing second plate and a modular insert that may be removably or permanently secured to the first plate. The first plate has a coupling means, coupler or connection system in the form of a screw that may be permanently or non-permanently docked or supported in the first plate. The modular insert is adapted, sized and shaped to expose at least a portion of the screw thread of the screw and that portion may cooperate with at least one mating female thread in the second plate, thereby enabling a user to rotate the screw in order to drive the first and second plates towards or away from each other and, for example, into compression with bone.
US09987050B2	Surgical access system A portal for accessing a desired lamina portion of a desired cervical vertebra to perform a laminoplasty. In one aspect, a laminoplasty portal is presented that defines an interior conduit and has a first sidewall section and a second sidewall section.
US09987049B2	Device and method for treatment of spinal deformity The present invention generally relates to methods and devices for treatment of spinal deformity, and in particular to the utilization of at least one implant to either maintain the position of at least one vertebra of a patient to prevent increase in abnormal spinal curvature, to slow progression of abnormal curvature, or to impose at least one corrective displacement and/or rotation on at least one vertebra of a patient so as to incrementally correct abnormal spinal curvature.
US09987047B2	Translating polyaxial screw A translating polyaxial bone anchor for anchoring a connecting rod to a spinal vertebra comprises a fastener having a bone engaging portion and a head, the head defining a socket. An insert is captively retained in the socket and configured for swiveling polyaxial movement therein. The insert includes an elongate connecting element defining an axis, the connecting element projecting outwardly from and through the socket. A yoke having at one end a rod receiving channel for receiving a connecting rod is coupled to the fastener by a coupling member. The coupling member couples the yoke to the insert connecting element for joint polyaxial movement relative to the fastener and for translational movement of the yoke in a direction transverse to the axis of the connecting member. A fastening element is supported by the yoke for securing the connecting rod between the fastening element and the coupling member.
US09987043B2	Methods and systems for adjusting an external fixation frame A tool for implementing a correction plan in an external fixation frame having a plurality of adjustment elements or screws, for example, generally includes a driver, a motor, a controller, and a processor. The driver is adapted to engage and rotate each of the screws. The motor is coupled the driver and adapted to rotate the driver. The controller is connected to the motor and configured to control operation of the motor. The controller may determine whether the tool is engaged with a strut and which strut is engaged, and may determine how much the strut has rotated, taking into account intentional or unintentional manual rotation of the tool. The tool may also include features to help ensure proper engagement between the drive and the strut. Variations may be provided in which similar functionality is provided with manual rotation of a motorless tool.
US09987033B2	Ultrasonic surgical instruments A surgical instrument comprising a transducer configured to produce vibrations along a longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument further comprises an ultrasonic blade extending along the longitudinal axis. The ultrasonic blade is coupled to the transducer and comprises a body and a treatment region. The body comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and a bottom surface. The distal end of the body is movable relative to the longitudinal axis by the vibrations produced by the transducer. The treatment region extends from the proximal end to the distal end. The surgical instrument further comprises a protective sheath disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the ultrasonic blade.
US09987024B2	Patient-matched apparatus and methods for performing surgical procedures A system and method for developing customized apparatus, such as guides, for use in one or more surgical procedures is disclosed. The system and method incorporates a patient's unique anatomical features or morphology, which may be derived from capturing MRI data or CT data, to fabricate at least one custom apparatus or guide. According to a preferred embodiment, the customized apparatus comprises at least one patient-specific surface and or contour, which may be derived from MRI or CT data. Apparatus may be matched in duplicate and oriented around the patient's own anatomy, and may further provide any desired axial alignments or insertional trajectories. In an alternate embodiment, the apparatus may further be aligned and/or matched with at least one other apparatus during the surgical procedure.
US09987020B2	Method to reduce SLOSH energy absorption and its damaging effects through the reduction of inelastic collisions in an organism A first embodiment can be a method to reduce SLOSH energy absorption within an organism by reducing the inelastic collisions. A fluid containing organism can utilize an embodiment of the method wherein one or more of reversibly increasing pressure within the organs or cells, reversibly increasing the volume within the organs or cells, reversibly altering vascular, molecular, or cell wall stiffness, or reversibly altering vascular, molecular, or cell wall configuration within said organism may reduce these collisions.
US09987016B2	Ligation thread fastening tool and ligation device A sufficient gripping force is exerted on a suture thread through an easy process. Provided is a ligation thread fastening tool including: a gripper that has a pair of crimp pieces opposed to each other with a space therebetween and whose inner faces opposed to each other are to be crimped together and that has, between the inner faces, a groove into which a suture thread can be inserted from a first side of the crimp pieces toward a second side thereof; and an accommodation portion that is provided in the gripper from the inner face outward of the groove so as to communicate with the groove and that accommodate an end portion of the suture thread inserted thereinto from the first side through the groove.
US09987010B2	Multiple member interconnect for surgical instrument and absorbable screw fastener A absorbable surgical screw fastener is provided which includes a head and a tapered shaft extending distally of the head. Buttress threads are provided about the tapered shaft to secure the fastener in tissue. The fastener includes slots formed in the head and buttress threads. A gap is provided between the buttress threads in the head to secure a prosthetic. There is also provided a surgical instrument having novel lockout structure to prevent inadvertent actuation.
US09987003B2	Robotic actuator assembly A robotic actuator assembly is disclosed. The robotic actuator assembly comprises a robotic system. The robotic actuator assembly also comprises a mounting portion selectively engageable with a drive assembly, an end effector, and an elongate shaft assembly. The robotic actuator assembly further comprises a transmission operably supported by the mounting portion. The transmission is configured to operably interface with the rotatable drive element of the drive assembly to receive a rotary output motion from the drive assembly.
US09986983B2	Computed tomography enhanced fluoroscopic system, device, and method of utilizing the same A system for enhanced surgical navigation including a computing device and an imaging device. The computing device is configured to import a navigation path to a target using a first data set of computed tomography images previously acquired, display the navigation path on a graphical user interface for navigation to the target and placement of a plurality of markers in tissue proximate the target, and acquire a second data set of computed tomography images including the plurality of markers. The imaging device is configured to capture fluoroscopic data of tissue proximate the plurality of markers. The computing device is further configured to register the fluoroscopic data to the second data set of computed tomography images based on marker position and marker orientation within the fluoroscopic data and marker position and orientation within the second data set of computed tomography images.
US09986974B2	Biopsy cavity marking device These are site marking devices for marking a selected site within tissue of a patient. More particularly, the devices include an elongated body of gel and a metallic band disposed at least partially surrounding the body of gel. The body of gel is recognizably artificial when the marker is subject to ultrasound or x-ray imaging. Therefore, it is readily distinguishable from biological features within the tissue site.
US09986964B2	Intraoral sensor position detection for full mouth image Methods, systems, and devices for determining characteristics of an intraoral dental imaging sensor. A method includes providing an intraoral dental imaging sensor having a housing and a magnetic field sensor disposed in or on the housing, placing the intraoral dental imaging sensor in a holder, positioning the intraoral dental imaging sensor and at least part of the holder in a mouth of a patient, attaching a reference magnet to the patient, receiving, by an electronic processor, magnetic field data from the magnetic field sensor, determining, by the electronic processor, information including a position of the intraoral dental imaging sensor in the mouth of the patient based at least in part on the magnetic field data, and detecting x-rays by the intraoral dental imaging sensor to produce image data.
US09986962B2	Medical image display apparatus and X-ray diagnosis apparatus According to an embodiment, a medical image display apparatus is accessible to an external device that stores data of a plurality of X-ray images with different imaging angles, or includes a storage unit that stores the data of the plurality of X-ray images. The medical image display apparatus includes a display, a distance specifying unit, an image selector and a display controller. The distance specifying unit specifies a distance of a user to the display. The image selector selects, from the plurality of X-ray images, two X-ray images with an angular difference determined based on the distance of the user. The display controller displays the selected two X-ray images on the display for stereopsis by the user.
US09986959B2	Arrangement for protecting cables and lines in C-arms, and X-ray imaging apparatus A system for protecting cables and lines is provided. The system includes a telescopic C-arm and a cable carrier. The telescopic C-arm includes an outer C-arm, an inner C-arm, an outer carriage, and an inner carriage. The outer C-arm, on an outer surface of the outer C-arm, is arranged in a displaceable manner along the outer carriage. The inner C-arm, on an outer surface of the inner C-arm, is arranged in a fixed or displaceable manner on the inner carriage. The inner carriage is arranged in a displaceable manner along an inner surface of the outer C-arm. The cable carrier connects the outer carriage and the inner carriage. The cable carrier accommodates the cables and the lines and is configured to move freely between the outer C-arm and the inner C-arm.
US09986954B2	Anatomical imaging system with scanning table movable along the X-axis and/or scanning table movable along the Y-axis and the Z-axis A novel scanning table for use with a scanning machine, the novel scanning table being movable along the X-axis and/or movable along the Y-axis and the Z-axis.
US09986951B1	Low-distortion ECG denoising A method and system for low-distortion denoising of an ECG signal are disclosed. The method comprises determining at least one beat of the ECG signal for denoising using a beat selection logic and denoising the at least one beat using at least one ensemble averaging filter. The system includes a sensor to detect the ECG signal, a processor coupled to the sensor, wherein the processor includes a beat selection logic unit, and a memory device coupled to the processor, wherein the memory device includes an application that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to determine at least one beat of the ECG signal for denoising using a beat selection logic and to denoise the at least one beat using at least one ensemble averaging filter.
US09986932B2	QT interval determination methods and related devices Described herein is a system and method of automatically monitoring QT intervals in a patient based on one or more EKG signals received from attached monitoring devices. Each EKG signal is analyzed to detect attributes of the first and second EKG signals, including QRS onset information, QRS peak information, and T-wave offset information. A QT interval is calculated based on QRS onset information derived from the first EKG signal and T-wave offset information derived from the second EKG signal. The calculated QT interval is compared to thresholds to detect elongation of the QT interval and an alert is generated in response to a detected elongated QT interval.
US09986929B1	Emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram electrode placement system An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device is disclosed herein. The emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device incorporates electrical conducting materials and elastic material into a pad that is applied to a chest wall of a patient, which places multiple electrodes in the appropriate anatomic locations on the patient to quickly obtain an ECG in a pre-hospital setting.
US09986922B2	Pulse wave detection method, pulse wave detection apparatus, and recording medium A pulse wave detection method includes obtaining an image obtained by photographing a subject with an imaging device, extracting intensities representative of signal components of a specific frequency band for respective wavelength components among signals of a plurality of wavelength components included in the image, calculating, using the intensities extracted for the respective wavelength components, a weight coefficient by which a signal is multiplied when the signals are calculated between the wavelength components to minimize an arithmetic value of the signal components in the specific frequency band after multiplication, multiplying at least one of the signals of the respective wavelength components by the weight coefficient, performing arithmetic operation on the signals between the wavelength components after multiplication by the weight coefficient, and detecting pulse waves of the subject using a signal after the arithmetic operation.
US09986917B2	Endoluminal ostium sensor array device A sensor device for sensing endoluminal geometry may include an expandable element disposed on the distal region of a shaft. The expandable element may be configured to move a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable element may include one or more sensor elements configured to sense proximity of the sensor element to tissue. The sensor device may include an indicator configured to distinguish between contact of the sensor element with tissue, loss of contact and proximity of the sensor element to tissue.
US09986911B2	Wireless telecommunications system adaptable for patient monitoring A wireless network having an architecture that resembles a peer-to-peer network has two types of nodes, a first sender type node and a second receiver/relay type node. The network may be used in a medical instrumentation environment whereby the first type node may be wireless devices that could monitor physical parameters of a patient such as for example wireless oximeters. The second type node are mobile wireless communicators that are adapted to receive the data from the wireless devices if they are within the transmission range of the wireless devices. After an aggregation process involving the received data, each of the node communicators broadcasts or disseminates its most up to date data onto the network. Any other relay communicator node in the network that is within the broadcast range of a broadcasting communicator node would receive the up to date data. This makes it possible for communicators that are out of the transmitting range of a wireless device to be apprized of the condition of the patient being monitored by the wireless device. Each communicator in the network is capable of receiving and displaying data from a plurality of wireless devices.
US09986903B2	Minimally obstructive compact speculum Medical instruments, particularly structurally-adjustable speculums and retractors for obstetrical and gynecological operations, procedures, and examinations, including a minimally obstructive compact speculum or retractor. The compact speculum may comprise a first wing and a second wing; and a hinge comprising at least one hinge component. The compact speculum may further comprise a ratchet that releasably holds the wings in an open position. The hinge component may comprise the ratchet, an illumination source, a fluid handler, a light guide, a lubrication source, or a combination thereof. The compact speculum may be a vaginal speculum.
US09986901B2	Blade insert illuminator An air gap retractor illumination system includes any suitable retractor such as a McCulloch with a channel in the blade to accommodate an air gap illuminator. The illuminator is preferably made from a suitable light conducting plastic material such as acrylic or polycarbonate or silicone. The illuminator has active portions in which light passes and inactive or dead zones in which light does not pass as a result of the configuration and orientation of the input, output and surfaces of the illuminator. The illuminator is formed to have an air gap surrounding any active portion of the illuminator extending from the light input to the light output portion. The dead zones may include elements to allow the illuminator to securely engage the retractor. The light output portion of the illuminator contains from two to eight output zones, each zone having specially designed output optical structures that control and direct light to escape the illuminator to shine onto a predetermined area of interest or to form one or more predetermined shapes or footprints.
US09986897B2	Insertion assisting tool for endoscope Operability in inserting an insertion part of an endoscope into a body cavity using an insertion assisting tool is improved. In an insertion assisting tool, a sidewall portion of a tube main body through which an insertion part of an endoscope is passed is provided with a sidewall opening part having a size in which the insertion part can pass through. A distal end side of the sidewall opening part is provided with a guiding valve, and the insertion part is guided by the guiding valve to be easily fed from the sidewall opening part. The guiding valve is swingably supported, and when the insertion part is fed from a distal end opening part of the tube main body, allowing the parallel state of being substantially parallel to an axial direction of the insertion part and passing the insertion part to a distal end opening part side are enabled.
US09986896B2	Disposable sheath designs for the stimulating endoscope and needle endoscopes having distal electrodes for nerve block under direct vision and methods for making and using same A nerve blocking endoscope apparatus is disclosed having a disposable sheath and a stimulating assembly including an internal electrode and an external electrode for stimulation of a nerve for identification purposes and to methods for making and using same. A needle nerve blocking endoscope apparatus having an internal electrode for nerve stimulation.
US09986891B2	Measurement probe and optical measurement system A measurement probe includes: a plurality of optical fibers including an illumination fiber configured to propagate light to irradiate a measuring object and including a light receiving fiber configured to receive scattered light retuned from the measuring object; and a detection portion configured to detect contact with the measuring object, the detection portion having a contact part provided on a part of a side portion of the measurement probe, the side portion forming a surface along a longitudinal direction of the measurement probe, the contact part being configured to be in contact with measuring object.
US09986889B2	Vacuum-based cleaning apparatus and method An apparatus and method for cleaning. The original motivation for the creation of the apparatus was the cleaning of shoes or bare feet, but the apparatus can be used in other organic and inorganic applications as well. The apparatus can be used in conjunction with a variety of different vacuum technologies, including wet dry vacuum systems. The apparatus can be implemented as a stand-alone mat or as modular component that can be combined with other units to achieve the desired coverage area.
US09986885B2	Dish treating appliance with self-draining feedtube A dish treating appliance has a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber for holding dishes for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation. An access opening provides access to the treating chamber. There are multiple sprayers that emit liquid into the treating chamber, multiple feed tubes fluidly coupled to the multiple sprayers, a diverter valve selectively fluidly connecting to the multiple feed tubes, and a pump having an inlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber and an outlet fluidly coupled to the diverter valve.
US09986882B2	Central vacuum cleaner fan motor mount A central vacuum cleaner having a main housing, a suction chamber located inside the main housing, a shelf extending from the main housing into the suction chamber, a suction chamber inlet providing a fluid passage through the main housing into the suction chamber, a suction motor having a suction motor inlet in fluid communication with the suction chamber and configured to generate a flow of air from the suction chamber inlet to the suction chamber and into the suction motor inlet, a mounting flange extending from the suction motor towards the main housing, and a number of clamps. Each clamp is movably mounted to the mounting flange and has a first end movable between a locked position in which the shelf is held between the first end and the mounting flange, and an unlocked position in which the shelf is not held between the first end and the mounting flange.
US09986872B2	Mixing container The invention provides a mixing container comprising: a liquid holding vessel having first and second chambers each for holding a different liquid; a mixing unit having a first valve and a second adjustable valve, the second adjustable valve having an opening that can be partially closed to permit a pre-determined portion of liquid from each chamber to be dispensed when pouring from the mixing container; and the second valve including a series of teeth around the periphery thereof for engaging an adjustment wheel in the mixing unit to open or close the opening in the second adjustable valve.
US09986869B2	Self-locking multi-size cartridge extraction unit An extraction unit (10) for extracting cartridges (1a; 1b) of two different heights (ha;hb) comprises a seat (11, 12, 13; 15) for receiving any of such cartridges (1a; 1b) for extraction thereof in the seat. The seat is delimited by a first part (11,12,13) and second part (15) that are relatively movable between a cartridge extraction position and a cartridge loading and/or ejection position. The first part (11,12,13) has a first portion (11,12) and a second portion (13) that are relatively movable to delimit a cavity (12′) having selectively: —a first depth (da) for receiving a cartridge (1a) of the first height (ha); and —a second depth (db) for receiving a cartridge (1b) of the second height (hb), the first part (11,12,13) has a lock (112′, 132, 132′, 142′) for locking the first and second portions (11,12,13) when the delimited cavity (12′) has the first depth (da) or the second depth (db). Such extraction unit (10) further comprises a mechanical sensor (14) that senses the height (ha;hb) of a cartridge (1a; 1b) and that controls the lock (112′, 132, 132′, 142′) to lock or unlock the first and second portions (11,12,13) when the sensor is actuated by a cartridge of first height (ha) or of second height (hb).
US09986864B2	Systems and methods for securing containers An improved carrier for securely hanging containers with handles or slings in an accessible manner while providing anti-theft features which render removal of items more difficult by unauthorized person. One embodiment of the improved carrier is supported by an attached base, while another embodiment utilizes a table leg for support.
US09986854B2	Product display assembly A product display assembly includes a floor and a divider. The floor is configured to support a product. The divider is configured to selectively engage the floor such that the divider extends in a longitudinal direction. The divider includes a body portion and a proximal leg. The proximal leg is movable with respect to the body portion in a longitudinal direction between a first position where the proximal leg engages the floor and a second position where the proximal leg is free from engagement with the floor.
US09986852B2	Product display systems This document provides product display systems for displaying merchandise. Exemplary product display systems disclosed herein include a base, a first side wall and a second side wall each slidably coupled to the base, a first support plate and a second support plate, a pusher mechanism, a front plate positioned at the front of the base, a first hanger bracket and a second hanger bracket each slidably coupled to the base, and a front bracket unit connected to the first and second hanger brackets. Some embodiments of product display systems disclosed herein include a lighting unit, e.g., having a LED lighting source. This document also provides selectively detachable lighting housings that can be attached to product display systems.
US09986849B2	Depth-adjustable bassinet A frame is configured to rest on a support surface and an infant-receiving receptacle is supported above the support surface by the frame. The infant-receiving receptacle includes a bottom/floor panel forming a bed for the child to sleep upon and a peripheral sidewall surrounding the bottom panel and extending between the bottom panel and the frame. The bassinet includes a depth-adjustment mechanism that enables a caregiver to selectively adjust the depth of the infant-receiving receptacle by raising or lowering the bottom panel of the infant-receiving receptacle. Various embodiments can also include wheels, rollers, or other mechanisms for rolling, sliding, or gliding the bassinet across the support surface. Some embodiments include a height-adjustment mechanism, downward-recessed front wall, longitudinal-axis folding canopy, inverted-eggcrate bed pad, and/or base-positioned foot rest.
US09986845B1	Net fixing structure of chair A net fixing structure of a chair, which comprises a frame, a net, and clamping fixtures, is provided. The frame has an embedded channel. A positioning strip is disposed on the periphery of the net. An antiskid layer is disposed on the outside of the positioning strip. The clamping fixtures correspondingly clamp the antiskid layer. Thereby, when the net can be correspondingly inserted into the frame, the positioning strip around the periphery of the net can be correspondingly intercalated into the embedded channel, so that the clamping fixtures can be engaged in the embedded channel. Moreover, the antiskid layer has antiskid effect, such that the net won't slip and fall off under stress. The net can be stably fixed on the frame above.
US09986843B2	Folding step stool A folding step stool includes a foldable top wall including a first section hingeably coupled to a second section along a first axis. A first side wall is hingeably coupled to the first section. A second side wall is hingeably coupled to the second section. A third foldable side wall is hingeably coupled to the first side wall and the second side wall. A fourth foldable side is hingeably coupled to the first side wall and to the second side wall. A foldable supporting member includes a first section hingeably coupled to the foldable top wall first section and a second section hingeably coupled to the foldable top wall second section.
US09986834B1	Structure of reception chair A reception chair includes a frame assembly, a seat, and a back coupled together. The frame assembly includes front legs, rear legs, and a support coupled to the front and rear legs. The seat is provided, on a front portion of a bottom surface thereof, with collars, which are arranged to respectively correspond to the front legs of the frame assembly so that upper ends of the front legs are insertable and fit into the collars. The seat is provided, on a rear portion of the bottom surface thereof, with fixing sections, such that the fixing sections and the rear legs of the frame assembly correspond to each other, respectively. The fixing sections each include a first mounting member and a second mounting member, such that the fixing sections of the seat and the rear legs collectively form enclosing coupling connection structures therebetween.
US09986823B2	Portable container system A lockable container adapted to fit within a docking area in a vehicle comprising three side panels, a bottom panel, a top panel and fourth side panel comprising a lockable door arranged to define a cavity within which goods may be stored wherein at least one of the panels is constructed of a plastics material and is removable from the other panels. The container is light and may be repaired on-site and thereby remain durable and replacement of at least one side panel enables rapid repair of the container when damaged through collision with fixtures in the vicinity of use. The container may be used on a vehicle during a journey to dispense goods for example on an aircraft, bus or a train.
US09986816B2	Method for manufacturing bristle arrangements, and device for manufacturing bristle arrangements A method and device for manufacturing bristle arrangements for brushes. The brush is populated with a carrier pad, and to enable simplification of the manufacture of bristle arrangements for brushes, the bristle bundles which are conveyed by a gas or air stream through the conveying device to the bundle-retaining plate, when being conveyed through the conveying device are electrostatically discharged, such that they are more easily conveyed through the conveying device, and in that they reduce the complexity in the fastening of bristle bundles in a carrier pad without anchoring, since the carrier pad on the rear side has material protrusions which are fused and thereafter interference-fitted in a bundle-fastening plane, in order for bristle bundles which have been incorporated into the perforations of the carrier pad to be connected in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner to the carrier pad in a simple manner.
US09986815B2	Drop-prevention tool harness for pistol-grip hand tools A drop-prevention tool harness for pistol-grip hand tools includes a sleeve member sized to be installed around a gear housing of a pistol-grip hand tool. A tool body strap defines a flattened closed loop that extends around a wall of the sleeve member and extends to a rearward end portion spaced apart from the sleeve member. A handle strap is connected to the rearward end portion of the tool body strap and has first and second handle strap portions that extend to respective first and second handle strap end portions each defining a closed loop. The first closed loop is sized to permit passage therethrough by the second handle strap end portion. An optional handle band is sized and constructed to be installed around the handle strap and hand grip of a pistol-grip hand tool.
US09986812B2	Makeup application assistance device, makeup application assistance system, and makeup application assistance method In order to appropriately assist with the application of makeup even when trends in makeup techniques change over time, a server of a makeup application assistance system includes: a makeup technique collection unit that collects information on practical makeup techniques from each of a plurality of people, said information representing makeup techniques selected as targets for practice in the application of makeup by said people; a makeup technique analysis unit that analyzes the information on practical makeup techniques that was collected, and determines a selection criteria for the makeup techniques to be presented to a user; and a makeup technique presentation unit that selects makeup techniques on the basis of the selection criteria that were determined, and presents suggested makeup technique information, which represents the selected makeup techniques, to the user.
US09986802B2	Protective cushion cover for an electronic device Disclosed is a protective cover for an electronic device that is made from an elastomeric material that simultaneously provides cushioning that would otherwise be provided by a softer, thicker material, while utilizing a single, denser material that provides a slim profile and has sufficient density to conform well to the electronic device and prevent the transmission of impacts with hard surfaces directly to the electronic device. Although a denser material is used for the protective cover, recesses are formed in thicker portions at impact points that create compressible ribs. The ribs provide softer, cushioned portions of the cover in the impact areas, which are capable of absorbing the shock and energy of impacts.
US09986801B1	Aircraft interior protection system A method and apparatus for protecting a structure. A surface of the structure is covered with a deformable cover having a first type of connector physically associated with a surface of the deformable cover. The first type of connector is configured to connect to a second type of connector for the structure. The surface of the structure with the deformable cover is protected.
US09986794B2	Fastener A fastener assembly attaches items to fabrics and textiles. The fastener has particular application for easily attaching racing bibs (i.e., athlete numbers) to athletic garments, and obviating the need for safety pins. In one embodiment, a female portion that passes through the fabric or textile releasably connects with the male portion that fastens the item to the fabric or textile. In another embodiment, the female portion has a cover to facilitate passage through the fabric or textile. In a third embodiment, the male portion passes through the fabric or textile, and includes a barb or a hook to do so.
US09986781B2	Article of footwear having a textile upper An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing the article of footwear are disclosed. The footwear may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper incorporates a textile element with edges that are joined together to define at least a portion of a void for receiving a foot. The textile element may also have a first area and a second area with a unitary construction with varying stitch configurations. The upper may also incorporate longitudinal ribs extending along the lateral and/or medial sides of the upper. Various warp knitting or weft knitting processes may be utilized to form the textile element.
US09986774B2	Garment convertible into a pillow In described embodiments, the present invention is a garment having panels provided in an interior portion thereof such that the panels are invertible in the garment insertable into the panels, forming a pillow.
US09986767B2	Aerosol-forming cartridge comprising a liquid nicotine source There is provided an aerosol-forming cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system. The cartridge includes a base layer, at least one aerosol-forming substrate disposed on the base layer and including a liquid nicotine source, and an electric heater including at least one heating element configured to heat the at least one aerosol-forming substrate. The base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate are in contact at a contact surface that is substantially planar. The electric heater and one or both of the base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate are in contact at a contact surface that is substantially planar and substantially parallel to the contact surface between the base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate.
US09986766B2	Container having a heater for an aerosol-generating device, and aerosol-generating device A container for an aerosol-generating substrate is provided, the container including a piercing area, wherein the electrically heated aerosol-generating device has a piercing element configured to pierce the piercing area; a casing; and a cap including the piercing area and a heater, the heater defining the boundary of the piercing area. An electrically heated aerosol-generating device is also provided, including a power supply; a cavity configured to receive a container containing an aerosol-forming substrate, electrical contacts connected to the power supply and configured to couple the power supply to the heater of the container through electrical contacts of the container; and means for piercing the piercing area of the container when the container is received in the cavity. A method of manufacturing a container including an aerosol-generating substrate is also provided.
US09986764B2	Vaporizer Disclosed is a vaporizer with a heating element located on a side opposite the mouthpiece. The heating element can heat an herbal product that is located away from the vaporizer and not within a canister that may require multiple heatings of the same product, producing a burnt flavor. The heating element can be in the shape of a coiled straw-like structure or otherwise incorporate a tubular passageway to provide better air flow during inhalation. The air flow tip and the tube can also be a single piece to allow for easier cleaning and replacement, or removal of the air flow tip if the tip includes resin of a controlled substance.
US09986761B2	Heater for an electrically heated aerosol generating system An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one electric heater for heating the aerosol-forming substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element of a first cross section electrically connected to a plurality of elongate support elements. Each support element has a cross section greater than the first cross section. At least one of the support elements is integrally formed with the heating element.
US09986757B2	Coating method A coating method for sheathing material formed from paper or card for smoking materials or parts of smoking materials in order to reduce the tendency of the sheathing material to absorb and diffuse aqueous or oily substances, the sheathing material being provided on the same side with two coatings, which are applied one on top of the other and are each applied in liquid form in two successive coating steps. In the first coating step, at least one layer of a first coating substance is applied, which reduces the ability of the paper or card to absorb the liquid volatile matrix of the second coating substance; in the second coating step, at least one layer of a second coating substance is applied, which is repellent or impermeable to one or more of the following substances: oils, fats, waxes, alcohols, and water.

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