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20110000010 | SELF-SUSTAINING TOILET SEAT HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly for a toilet having a bowl and a seat includes a hinge post configured to mount to the bowl. The hinge post includes a splined inner surface defining a bore. The hinge assembly also includes a pintle extending through the bore and configured to engage the seat to pivotally couple the seat to the hinge post. The pintle includes a splined portion that engages the splined inner surface of the hinge post to prevent rotation of the pintle relative to the hinge post. | 01-06-2011 |
20130269092 | TOILET SEAT HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly for mounting a toilet seat to a toilet bowl includes a hinge post, a bolt having a head and a threaded shaft configured to extend into a bore in the toilet bowl for securing the hinge post to the toilet bowl, and an adaptor having a first segment coupled to the head of the bolt, a second segment, and a shear segment connecting the first and second segments. The first and second segments are both configured to be engaged by a tool to rotate the bolt. The shear segment has a lower torque resistance than the first and second segments such that the shear segment breaks when a torque applied to the second segment reaches a predetermined amount. The head of the bolt is fit into the adaptor such that the first segment of the adaptor surrounds the head. | 10-17-2013 |
20130340154 | TOILET SEAT HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly for mounting a toilet seat to a toilet bowl includes a hinge post, a threaded fastener extending through the hinge post and configured to extend into a bore in the toilet bowl, a bushing positioned around a portion of the threaded fastener, and a nut threadably coupled to the threaded fastener. The nut includes an expandable section configured to extend into the bore in the toilet bowl. The nut has a surface that is engaged by a surface of the bushing so that the expandable section of the nut expands as the nut moves relative to the threaded fastener to secure the hinge post to the toilet bowl. | 12-26-2013 |
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20090138001 | Determining Patient-Specific Vapor Treatment and Delivery Parameters - Methods and systems for determining patient specific treatment parameters for delivering vapor to the lung to treat lung tissue. In some embodiments vapor is delivered to the lung to cause coagulative necrosis, inducing fibrosis and thereby reducing the volume of at least one segment of the lung. The delivery parameters can be adjusted depending on the desired degree of injury to be induced in the lung tissue. | 05-28-2009 |
20090301483 | Determining Patient-Specific Vapor Treatment and Delivery Parameters - Methods and systems for determining patient specific treatment parameters for delivering vapor to the lung to treat lung tissue. In some embodiments vapor is delivered to the lung to cause coagulative necrosis, inducing fibrosis and thereby reducing the volume of at least one segment of the lung. The delivery parameters can be adjusted depending on the desired degree of injury to be induced in the lung tissue. | 12-10-2009 |
20130211393 | Determining Patient-Specific Vapor Treatment and Delivery Parameters - Methods and systems for determining patient specific treatment parameters for delivering vapor to the lung to treat lung tissue. In some embodiments vapor is delivered to the lung to cause coagulative necrosis, inducing fibrosis and thereby reducing the volume of at least one segment of the lung. The delivery parameters can be adjusted depending on the desired degree of injury to be induced in the lung tissue. | 08-15-2013 |
20130267939 | Methods and Apparatus for Ablating Lung Nodules with Vapor - Devices and systems are described for lung nodules with heated condensable vapor. The device can have an elongated shaft coupled to a vapor generator. High temperature vapor can be directed through the shaft into the lung to treat the lung nodule. In some embodiments, the device comprises a needle configured to deliver the vapor to the lung nodules. An expandable member, such as a balloon, can be provided on a distal portion of the shaft to prevent proximal flow of the high temperature vapor upon discharge from the device. Methods of use are also provided. | 10-10-2013 |
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20130042922 | AIR INLET ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An inlet arrangement is disclosed herein for use with a supersonic jet engine configured to consume air at a predetermined mass flow rate when the supersonic jet engine is operating at a predetermined power setting and moving at a predetermined Mach speed. The air inlet arrangement includes, but is not limited to, a cowl having a cowl lip and a center body coaxially aligned with the cowl. A protruding portion of the center body extends upstream of the cowl lip for a length greater than a conventional spike length. The protruding portion is configured to divert air flowing over the protruding portion out of a pathway of an inlet to the supersonic jet engine such that a remaining airflow approaching and entering the inlet matches the predetermined mass flow rate. | 02-21-2013 |
20130098454 | ISENTROPIC COMPRESSION INLET FOR SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT - A supersonic inlet includes a relaxed isentropic compression surface to improve net propulsive force by shaping the compression surface of the inlet to defocus the resulting shocklets away from the cowl lip. Relaxed isentropic compression shaping of the inlet compression surface functions to reduce the cowl lip surface angle, thereby improving inlet drag characteristics and interference drag characteristics. Supersonic inlets in accordance with the invention also demonstrate reductions in peak sonic boom overpressure while maintaining overall engine performance. | 04-25-2013 |
20130112776 | NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A nozzle arrangement is disclosed herein for use with a supersonic jet engine that is configured to produce a plume of exhaust gases. The nozzle arrangement includes, but is not limited to, a nozzle having a trailing edge and a plug body partially positioned within the nozzle. The plug body has an expansion surface and a compression surface downstream of the expansion surface. A protruding portion of the plug body extends downstream of the trailing edge for a length greater than a conventional plug body length. The plug body is configured to shape the exhaust gases to flow substantially parallel to a free stream of air flowing off of the trailing edge of the nozzle and to cause the plume of exhaust gases to isentropically turn the free stream of air to move in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the plug body. | 05-09-2013 |
20140306058 | Supersonic Aircraft with Spike for Controlling and Reducing Sonic Boom - Method and arrangement for reducing the effects of a some boom created by an aerospace vehicle when said vehicle is flown at supersonic speed. The method includes providing the aerospace vehicle with a first spike extending from the nose thereof substantially in the direction of normal flight of the aerospace vehicle, the first spike having a second section aft of a first section that is aft of a leading end portion, the first and second sections having a second transition region there between and each of the sections having different cross-sectional areas, the leading end portion of the first spike tapering toward a predetermined cross-section with a first transition region between the predetermined cross-section and the first section. The first transition region is configured so as to reduce the coalescence of shock waves produced by the first spike during normal supersonic flight of the aerospace vehicle. A spike may also be included that extends from the tail of the aerospace vehicle to reduce the coalescence of shock waves produced by the spike during normal supersonic flight of the aerospace vehicle. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100197895 | ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR - Tumor necrosis factors and their receptors have proven usefulness in both basic research and as therapeutics. The present invention provides a new human tumor necrosis factor receptor designated as “Ztnfr12.” | 08-05-2010 |
20120143651 | DATA MINING OF USER ACTIVITY DATA TO IDENTIFY SEQUENTIAL ITEM ACQUISITION PATTERNS - A data mining component collectively analyzes item acquisition histories of users of an electronic catalog of items and identifies pairs of catalog items that tend to be acquired sequentially. The data mining component may also generate data regarding such sequential item acquisition patterns. For example, the data mining component may determine whether user acquisitions of the two items tend to be spaced apart in time by a characterizing time interval, and/or may determine percentages of users who have followed particular sequential acquisition patterns. Information regarding the detected sequential item acquisition patterns may be exposed to users on electronic catalog pages, and/or may be used to select the timing with which particular items are recommended to users. | 06-07-2012 |
20130144684 | IDENTIFYING AND EXPOSING ITEM PURCHASE TENDENCIES OF USERS THAT BROWSE PARTICULAR ITEMS - A data mining system generates data values reflecting purchase tendencies of users who browse particular items in an electronic catalog. The data values may include conditional probability values representing, for example, a probability that, if a user makes a purchase after browsing a first particular item, the user will purchase a second particular item. The data values may be used to provide notifications on product pages of an electronic catalog. For example, an item detail page for a first item may be supplemented with a notification of one or more other items that tend to be purchased by those who browse the first item. | 06-06-2013 |