Abstract: An electric heating system is provided including first and at least second electric heating devices. The first and at least second electric heating devices each include or have associated therewith communication means, whereby data concerning all or one or more of the heating devices can be communicated directly to or between the first and at least second electric heating devices.
Abstract: In a method of controlling a process in which the particle size of a material is reduced by passing the material through a nip between rollers at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller is continuously measured and the nip is adjusted by controlling the operational figure so as to match a target operational figure. A machine for reducing the particle size of a material by passing the material through a nip between rollers has a device for measuring at least one operational figure, such as the motor current, of at least one motor associated with at least one roller and a device for adjusting the nip on the basis of the measured operational figure matching a target operational figure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 18, 2009
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignee:
Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.
Inventors:
Hans-Peter Bernauer, Wolfgang Stankmann, Jurgen Sill, Olaf Balzer, Oliver Mecklenburg, Jorg Merten, Bruno Derijck
Abstract: The disclosure relates to the fields of protein aggregation diseases including cancer. More specifically, it concerns a screening method for identifying compounds that inhibit or disrupt co-aggregation of one or more member proteins of a disease-related protein aggregome, in particular, a tumor-associated protein aggregome. Further, disclosed are agents and compounds identified by the screening method that can be applied to prevent or to treat protein aggregation diseases, such as cancer.
Abstract: Sintered product exhibiting a relative density of greater than 97% and composed of: more than 92% by weight of silicon carbide, between 0.5% and 8% by weight of an amorphous secondary phase comprising the elements O, Si and one or two elements chosen from Al and Y, less than 2% of other elements, present in said product in the form of an additional phase or of unavoidable impurities, in which the silicon carbide is present in the form of crystalline grains and in which said secondary phase is amorphous and located essentially at the boundaries of the silicon carbide grains.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 15, 2013
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignees:
SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Abstract: The invention relates to a multi port router device capable of carrying a number P, which is greater than or equal to three, of frequency channels, from a number M of input ports to a number N of output ports, at least one of the two numbers M and N being greater than or equal to two, characterized in that it includes at least two filters (12, 14, 16, 18), each filter comprising at least two coupled resonators, at least one resonator (Rs1, Rs2) being common to two different filters, and each input port and each output port being connected directly to at least one resonator.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 30, 2013
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignees:
Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Inria Institut National De Recherche En Informatique Et En Automatique, Thales
Abstract: An ophthalmic lens having a front and back face, at least one including a filter, which provides the main face/filter with the following properties: an average blue reflectance factor within a wavelength ranging from 420-450 nm, which ?5%, for an angle of incidence ? ranging from 0°-15°, a spectral reflectivity curve for ?, having: a maximum reflectivity at a wavelength <435 nm, and a full width at half maximum ?80 nm, and for ? ranging from 0°-15° and for ?? ranging from 30°-45°, a parameter ?(?,??)=1?[R??(435 nm)/R?(435 nm)], such that ?(?,??)?0.6, where R?(435 nm) represents the reflectivity value of the main face/filter at a wavelength of 435 nm for ?, and R??(435 nm) represents the reflectivity value of the main face/filter at a wavelength of 435 nm for ??.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2013
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignee:
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
Abstract: A connecting device for connecting a vehicle sub-frame and a vehicle body and a vehicle comprising the connecting device are also provided. The connecting device comprises a first end adapted to be fastened onto the vehicle sub-frame, and a second end adapted to be fastened onto the vehicle body, and the second end has at least one first branch adapted to be fastened onto a side member of the vehicle body and at least one second branch adapted to be fastened onto a bottom floor of the vehicle body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 26, 2013
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignees:
SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
Inventors:
Taishuo Huang, Yanning Wen, Xiaofei Li, Fan Xu
Abstract: A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine comprising: an upwardly directed inlet for supplying water to a cartridge received in the delivery head; a downwardly directed outlet for outflow of beverage; a barcode reader having a barcode reader window through which signals may be transmitted; wherein the inlet, the outlet and the barcode reader window are arranged in a line with the outlet being intermediate the inlet and the barcode reader window.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2008
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignee:
Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.
Inventors:
Roger Geoffrey Tanner, Paul Adrian Saxton
Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information of a calling party to an alert party, wherein the calling party is in communication with the receiving party in a communications network. The method includes receiving a message from a calling party to a receiving party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database, wherein the lookup is based on an identifier associated with the message, Thereafter, an alert is sent to the alert party if the calling party information is unavailable in a contact list of the receiving party.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 21, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignee:
I D YOU, LLC
Inventors:
Monica Rose Martino, M. Gregory Smith, Kevin V. Nguyen
Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens includes molding the lens (1) between a first mold portion (6A) and a second mold portion (6B) with the first entry surface (4A) formed by making in the lens a molded cavity by means of a stud (6C) secured to the second mold portion (6B), and that the light guide (4) is temporarily secured to the stud (6C) prior to molding. The second entry surface (4B) is formed by making in the lens a molded cavity by means of a mold insert (7) temporarily secured to the light guide (4) prior to molding, the first mold portion (6A) being placed above said insert (7).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2011
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignee:
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
Inventors:
Cedric Buchon, Gerard Gelly, Chefik Habassi, Gerard Martin, Vincent Roptin, Antoine Videmann
Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where R1-R6, a, b, and X are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 16, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignee:
Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC
Inventors:
Roland Gendron, Melissa Fleury, Adam D. Hughes
Abstract: Hinge mechanism for a vehicle seat, comprising: first and second frames mounted so that they can rotate relative to one another; and an annular ring comprising a cylindrical base which covers the peripheral edges of the frames, and first and second side flaps. The ring does not comprise a portion that is in contact with one of the inner faces of the frames.
Abstract: A method and system including segmenting digital samples related to input audio data into arc segments representing output audio data. The arc segments are arranged to form multiple arcs which are arranged to form a record image. A user-selected boundary of a track of the input audio data may be marked based on a command received from a user via an interaction with the record image.
Abstract: The present invention provides anti-diabetic composition comprising Inula racemosa extract and sitagliptin and a process for preparing the composition. The composition lowers blood sugar level and at the same time alleviates the negative allelo pathic effects resulting from the medication.
Abstract: A solar cell module manufacturing method includes: preparing a front-side transparent protective member and a back-side protective sheet member, the front-side transparent protective member including a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a surface area of at least the first principal surface being larger than a projected area of the first principal surface, the back-side protective sheet member including a third principal surface and a fourth principal surface; and disposing a solar cell between the second principal surface of the front-side transparent protective member and the third principal surface of the back-side protective sheet member, and sealing the solar cell with a bonding layer therebetween. A breaking elongation of the back-side protective sheet member is 300% or more.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 15, 2016
Publication date:
July 7, 2016
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Lt d.
Abstract: An apparatus dispenses and/or aspirates a predetermined volume of fluid from a chamber. The chamber includes a lower portion for containing fluid and an upper portion for containing gas. The apparatus includes a controllable valve arranged to be in fluid communication with the lower portion of the chamber, a pressure sensor arranged to be in fluid communication with the upper portion of the chamber, a pump configured to be in fluid communication between a source of gas and the upper portion of the chamber, and a controller in operative connection with the controllable valve, the pressure sensor, and the pump. The controller is configured to receive signals from the pressure sensor and to control operation of the pump and operation of the controllable valve based on said signals from the pressure sensor. A method for dispensing and/or aspirating a predetermined volume of fluid utilizes this apparatus.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 6, 2016
Publication date:
July 7, 2016
Applicant:
CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et Développement
Inventors:
Noa Schmid, Siegfried Graf, Helmut Knapp, Jonas Goldowsky
Abstract: Arm (14) for driving a blade (12) of a wiper (10) of a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, comprising an end piece (28) for fixing to the wiper blade, the arm further comprising a spray nozzle (40) for spraying a fluid, such as a washer fluid, characterized in that the spray nozzle is mounted to pivot about a pivot pin which is directly fixed or attached to the said end piece, and in that the said spray nozzle comprises means configured to collaborate with the said blade to cause the spray nozzle to pivot about the said pin.
Abstract: System for managing the charge on an electrical storage battery so as to extend its useful life between charges, and providing enhanced safety features.
Abstract: Non aqueous solvents or mixtures for DNP NMR spectroscopy, method to prepare said solvents or mixtures and use of said solvents or mixtures The present invention concerns a method to determine the efficiency of a solvent to impregnate a sample material for use in a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments, characterized in that the method comprising: —selecting a non-aqueous solvent, —providing a polarizing agent that is soluble in the non-aqueous solvent, —dissolving the polarizing agent in the non-aqueous solvent, —impregnating or dissolving the sample material with the non-aqueous solvent containing the polarizing agent, —performing a solid state DNP NMR experiment on the impregnated sample material, —determining a DNP enhancement factor of the DNP NMR experiment.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 8, 2012
Publication date:
July 7, 2016
Applicants:
BRUKER BIOSPIN, EIDGEN-SSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH, UNIVERSITE D'AIX-MARSEILLE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON
Inventors:
Werner Maas, Mélanie Rosay, Christophe Coperet, David Gajan, Lyndon Emsley, Moreno Lelli, Anne Lesage, Aaron Rossini, Alexandre Zagdoun, Paul Tordo, Olivier Ouari