US10019266B2
A method includes providing a data processor having an instruction pipeline, where the instruction pipeline has a plurality of instruction pipeline stages, and where the plurality of instruction pipeline stages includes a first instruction pipeline stage and a second instruction pipeline stage. The method further includes providing a data processor instruction that causes the data processor to perform a first set of computational operations during execution of the data processor instruction, performing the first set of computational operations in the first instruction pipeline stage if the data processor instruction is being executed and a first mode has been selected, and performing the first set of computational operations in the second instruction pipeline stage if the data processor instruction is being executed and a second mode has been selected.
US10019255B1
In a service provider environment, software deployments can be implemented by automatically routing an incrementally larger percentage of requests to a new software stack based on a success rate for previous requests. Thus, new and old versions of the software stack can be executed simultaneously with a small portion being routed to the new version until a sufficient number of requests have been handled. By slowly bringing a new software stack online, a confidence level in the new deployment can increase until it is fully deployed. Different success rates and different ramping rates can be used for each customer or based on different components of the request, such as API name, API parameters, location, etc. The software deployments can be extended to web-page requests.
US10019248B2
The present invention discloses a system and method for service matching of IM software, which is adapted for operating between a plurality of user devices and a plurality of IM software supplier servers. The IM software supplier server provides at least one IM software associated service. The user device merely installs one of the plurality of IM software, and the user device can access services provided by different IM software supplier servers. The service matching method comprises: relaying a service request to the corresponding IM software supplier server according to a correspondence table defining the IM software and names of the IM software associated service when the user device makes the service request; and returning a feedback of the corresponding IM software supplier server to the user device made the service request.
US10019241B2
The embodiments described in this disclosure relate to an extendable data model framework that enables users to develop applications without having to write code. The embodiments provide a user interface for users to build and maintain applications based on the framework, create custom user interfaces for the application, as well as define data objects, relationships between objects, workflows, business logic, and rules for applications the users are developing. The extendable data model framework includes an extendable data objects data structure and an extendable data object relationships data structure for users to customize data objects and relationships of the data objects for their applications using the described system. These data structures may include common data objects and relationship elements. The data structures can facilitate extension of data objects of the application as well as definition of new objects to be customized based on the business requirements of users.
US10019232B2
An apparatus and method are provided for inhibiting roundoff error in a floating point argument reduction operation. The apparatus has reciprocal estimation circuitry that is responsive to a first floating point value to determine a second floating point value that is an estimated reciprocal of the first floating point value. During this determination, the second floating point value has both its magnitude and its error bound constrained in dependence on a specified value N. Argument reduction circuitry then performs an argument reduction operation using the first and second floating point values as inputs, in order to generate a third floating point value. The use of the specified value N to constrain both the magnitude and the error bound of the second floating point value causes roundoff error to be inhibited in the third floating point value that is generated by the argument reduction operation. This enables such an argument reduction operation to be used as part of a more complex computation, such as a logarithm computation, with the inhibiting of roundoff error in the argument reduction result allowing the overall result to exhibit small relative error across the whole representable input range.
US10019220B2
A control method and an apparatus thereof applied to a terminal apparatus with a display device are provided. The terminal apparatus can establish a data connection with a wearable device. The method includes: receiving a control instruction generated by the terminal apparatus; acquiring a display picture on the display device of the terminal apparatus based on the control instruction; and sending the display picture to the wearable device through data connection, so that the wearable device displays the display picture. After the control instruction is generated by the terminal apparatus, the display picture on the display device of the terminal apparatus is sent to the wearable device through the data connection, to display the display picture on the wearable device. Thus, viewing experience different from viewing through the terminal apparatus is provided for a user and the viewing experience for the user is improved.
US10019219B2
A method for controlling a display device that displays a frame buffer on a plurality of screens is provided. The method includes receiving a multi-screen mode execution command to display a single frame buffer on a plurality of screens, acquiring the frame buffer, splitting the frame buffer into a plurality of frame buffers to correspond to the plurality of screens, setting an offset for each of the plurality of split frame buffers, and displaying each of the plurality of split frame buffers on an associated one of the plurality of screens based on the set offset.
US10019213B1
A method for communicating an image stream, one embodiment comprising negotiating, between a server and client, an MTCC identifying: a window as a portion of a display of the client, and an occluded portion of the window defined by the client; generating, by the server, complying with the MTCC, a sequence of image frames each comprising pixel data in a portion of the frame identified by the occluded portion; transmitting an encoding of a first frame of the sequence not including an encoding of the pixel data in the portion of the first frame; identifying, by the server, an event associated with the sequence; and transmitting, before communication between the server and the client regarding the event, by the server, information of the event in conjunction with an encoding of a second frame of the sequence including an encoding of the pixel data in the portion of the second frame.
US10019208B2
A user terminal apparatus includes a storage unit to store a hybrid operation system to support a plurality of different types of user interfaces (UIs), a control unit to execute the hybrid operation system, a display unit to selectively display one of the plurality of UIs depending on the execution of the hybrid operation system, an interface unit connected to an image forming apparatus, and an input unit to receive a user command to check status information of the image forming apparatus, wherein the UIs include a first UI that can communicate with the image forming apparatus through a port monitor, and when the user command is input, the control unit stops a function of the port monitor, receives the status information of the image forming apparatus by executing an agent program that is stored in the storage unit, and displays the received status information in the first UI.
US10019206B2
When communicating with a printing apparatus used for the print function of an application, communication with the printing apparatus is requested of a second layer constituted by an instruction set which is translated in advance to be able to execute the instruction set by a processor, in a first layer constituted by a script instruction set which is translated to be able to execute the script instruction set by the processor when executing the application and is executed. In the second layer, communication with the printing apparatus is performed in accordance with the request.
US10019204B2
A print control device 31 connected to a host 20 and a printer 32 has a print data receiving unit 81 that receives print data written in markup language from the host 20, a command generating unit 82 that adds an initialization command before the print data and generates a print instruction command, and a command transmission unit 83 that transmits the generated print instruction command to the printer 32.
US10019201B1
A method includes receiving, by a storage drive and from a storage controller, a modified first reservation command including a first logical unit identifier. The first reservation command includes a first host identifier to identify a first host controller was previously received by the storage controller from the first host controller. The first reservation command was modified by the storage controller to replace the first host identifier with the first logical unit identifier. The method also includes responsive to receiving the modified first reservation command, identifying, by the storage drive, a first logical unit of storage based on the first logical unit identifier of the modified reservation command. The method includes granting, by the storage drive, a reservation for access to the storage drive on behalf of the first host controller by associating the reservation for the first logical unit with a second logical unit of storage.
US10019195B1
For each storage array in a storage system, a single value score indicative of the overall health of the respective storage array is calculated. Storage array health score may be tracked over time and used to identify storage arrays in need of maintenance. The storage array health score may be calculated as a composite of four component scores: physical component health, logical component health, Service Level Objective compliance and Best Practice Configuration Compliance. The physical component and logical component scores may be based on multiple different category health scores, and each category health score may be based on multiple instance health scores. Health scores may be used to identify remedial actions and predict health score increase as a result of remedial actions.
US10019177B2
A method and system for updating a collection of software resources in a virtual desktop infrastructure system. Virtual machines associated with sets of virtual disk elements in a hierarchy of disk layers, such as basic, department, or user virtual disks are offered updates for one or more available software resources. Updates available for deployment in the virtual desktop infrastructure system are recorded in a database by a controller server. The controller server takes an inventory of all the virtual machines associated with each disk layer in the hierarchy of disk layers on which to apply the available updates. The controller server applies the one or more updates to the identified virtual machines, and stores the update application results in a database. The controller server may apply the one or more updates to virtual machines associated with descendant disk layers in the hierarchy of disk layers in view of previous applications of the updates.
US10019175B2
A computer-implemented method comprises identifying a storage subsystem comprising one or more storage address units and associated with one or more access interfaces; identifying an address-interface correlation conclusion; and identifying a target address unit identification associated with at least of the one or more storage address units. The computer-implemented method further comprises determining a target interface conclusion associated with at least one of the one or more access interfaces based on the address-interface correlation guideline and the target address unit identification. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US10019172B2
Systems and methods can implement one or more intelligent caching algorithms that reduce wear on the SSD and/or to improve caching performance. Such algorithms can improve storage utilization and I/O efficiency by taking into account the write-wearing limitations of the SSD. Accordingly, the systems and methods can cache to the SSD while avoiding writing too frequently to the SSD to increase or attempt to increase the lifespan of the SSD. The systems and methods may, for instance, write data to the SSD once that data has been read from the hard disk or memory multiple times to avoid or attempt to avoid writing data that has been read only once. The systems and methods may also write large chunks of data to the SSD at once instead of a single unit of data at a time. Further, the systems and methods can write to the SSD in a circular fashion.
US10019168B2
In general, the technology relates to a method and system for writing data to persistent storage. More specifically, embodiments of the technology relate to writing data to vaulted memory segments in persistent storage using pre-defined multicast address groups. Further, embodiments of the technology take into account the current state of the persistent storage in order to select the vaulted memory segments in which to store the data.
US10019165B2
A system comprises a plurality of computing devices that are communicatively coupled via a network and have a file system distributed among them, and comprises one or more file system request buffers residing on one or more of the plurality of computing devices. File system choking management circuitry that resides on one or more of the plurality of computing devices is operable to separately control: a first rate at which a first type of file system requests (e.g., one of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers, and a second rate at which a second type of file system requests (e.g., another of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers.
US10019164B2
A parallel computer includes a first node and a second node, each including a memory having a plurality of memory areas and a cache memory, and a processing unit that acquires a first group of index levels of the cache memory, the first group of index levels corresponding with addresses of first plurality of memory areas storing data accessed by a job in the first node, when continuing an execution of the job by migrating the job carried out on the first node to the second node, judges whether or not the second node has second plurality of memory areas that are a usable state corresponding to a second group of index levels that has same as or relative position relation with the first group of index levels, and relocates the data to the second plurality of memory areas when the second node has the second plurality of memory areas.
US10019158B2
A memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller is configured to maintain a relationship between a first parameter value and a second parameter value for each of some pages of the non-volatile memory, determine a first parameter value to be used for reading data from a target page of the non-volatile memory based on a first parameter value of a first page and a first parameter value of a second page, when the relationship is maintained for each of the first and second pages and is not maintained for the target page, and carry out a read operation with respect to the target page using the determined first parameter value.
US10019153B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing a scrapbooking function in electronic computing devices. The user can engage the scrapbooking function with a content sampling command that engages a scrapbook creation mode which virtually rips a digital content sample from a content source. The digital content sample may be displayed to the user with a torn edge, as if it had been physically torn from a magazine or catalogue. The content sampling command may be, for example, a swipe gesture, an S-gesture, or selecting a scrapbook UI control feature. The user may save the sampled content into a new scrapbook or save it to an existing scrapbook. The user may also engage the scrapbooking function by entering a scrapbook viewing mode which allows the user to view and edit existing scrapbooks. The content sample may include all encrypted data present in the digital content from which it is sampled.
US10019144B2
A user interface includes a first display area which includes a first control widget representative of a first attribute group and a second control widget representative of the second attribute group, and a second display area in which a first measure of a first portion of a plurality of data items can be displayed in response to a user activating the first control widget. A first classification attribute from a first attribute group and a second classification attribute from a second attribute group are associated with each data item of the plurality of data items. A multi-description is generated for each data item, the multi-description including a list of pairs of the first classification attribute and the second classification attribute.
US10019138B2
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for GUI display effect formatting.
US10019129B2
Management systems, methods and mediums are provided. A method includes displaying a building layout graphic, receiving a request to generate a coverage area graphic associated with a monitoring device, generating the coverage area graphic, and displaying the coverage area graphic relative to the building layout graphic. The method also identifies a device having a data point to be monitored by the data processing system, and determines whether the identified device is in the coverage area represented by the coverage area graphic. In response to determining that the identified device is in the coverage area, the method further includes storing a related item identifier associated with the one or more monitoring devices in association with an object corresponding to the identified device. The method receives a selection for the identified device and, in response, displays one or more related item identifiers associated with the one or more monitoring devices.
US10019117B2
Provided is a position detecting device including: a light emission unit configured to emit light in a predetermined wavelength band in a manner substantially parallel to a plane surface; a polarization filter configured to transmit p polarized light of light reflected on the plane surface and to block s polarized light thereof; and an imaging unit configured to perform imaging of the plane surface obliquely from above with the light in the predetermined wavelength band through the polarization filter.
US10019113B2
A signal processor in a touch-sensitive apparatus generates a 2D representation of touch interaction on a touch surface by tomographic processing. The signal processor generates observed values for detection lines that correspond to signal propagation paths across the touch surface. The observed values correspond to sampling points in a sample space defined by a first dimension representing a rotation angle of the detection line on the touch surface and a second dimension representing a distance of the detection line from a predetermined origin on the touch surface. The signal processor processes the observed values, by interpolation in the sample space, to generate estimated values for matched sampling points in the sample space using a tomographic reconstruction function.
US10019109B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a contact by a user detected at a touch-sensitive device. Variations in the contact over time are analyzed, and an anchor confidence score that is indicative of whether the contact represents a user input made using the touch-sensitive device is determined based at least on the analysis of the variations in the contact over time. The contact is classified as an anchor based at least on the anchor confidence score. Based on classifying the contact as an anchor, the contact is not processed as a user input to the touch-sensitive device.
US10019107B2
The ability of a user to provide input when using a touch screen or other such element of a computing device can be improved by correcting for parallax errors. A camera of the computing device can determine the relative position of the user's head or eyes with respect to the device, and determine a viewing perspective of the user with respect to content displayed on the touch screen. Using the perspective direction and information about the dimensions of the touch screen, the device can determine an amount and direction of parallax error, and can make adjustments to remove or minimize that error. The device can cause the position of the displayed graphical elements to shift and/or can adjust the mappings of the touch sensitive regions that correspond to the graphical elements. Such an approach enables the graphical elements and touch mappings to align from the current perspective of the user.
US10019106B2
A touch screen panel includes: a flat panel display including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and pixels arranged on a display region of the lower substrate in a stripe arrangement; first sensing cells arranged in a first direction on the upper substrate and second sensing cells arranged in a second direction on the upper substrate; first connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, and second connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction, wherein at least one of the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns is inclined so that it partially overlaps with the pixels.
US10019103B2
A touch screen having touch circuitry integrated into a display pixel stackup. The touch screen can include a transistor layer, an LED layer and a first layer. The first layer can operate as an LED cathode during a display phase and as touch circuitry during a touch sensing phase. The transistor layer can be at least partially utilized for transitioning between the display phase and the touch sensing phase. The touch screen can be fabricated to reduce or eliminate damage to the LED layer.
US10019095B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes first and second substrate units, a display function layer, and a drive element. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, a display unit, and a control circuit unit. The first substrate has a first surface including a display region and a peripheral region. The display unit is provided in the display region, and includes first lines, second lines, switch elements, pixel electrodes, and third lines. The control circuit unit is provided in the peripheral region, and includes a first circuit unit including a third line connection line, and a third line switch. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and fourth lines. The display function layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The drive element is provided on the peripheral region. The first circuit unit is partially disposed between the drive element and the first substrate.
US10019086B2
An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may be a variable frame rate display capable of adaptively adjusting a frame rate at which display frames are displayed in response to information associated with the current state of operation of the device. The information may be gathered using control circuitry in the electronic device. The control circuitry may gather the information for adjusting the frame rate by monitoring the electronic device power supply configuration, other device components, the type of content to be displayed, and user-input signals. The control circuitry may adjust the frame rate based on the gathered information by increasing or decreasing the frame rate. The control circuitry may be formed as a portion of display control circuitry for the device such as a display driver integrated circuit or may be formed as a portion of storage and processing circuitry external to the display.
US10019082B2
A position pointer includes a first electrode disposed so as to project from one end portion of a pen-shaped housing in an axial direction; a second electrode disposed in a proximity of the first electrode so as to surround a center axis of the pen-shaped housing; and a signal generation circuit which, in operation, generates a given signal. The signal generated by the signal generation circuit is outputted to a sensor provided in a position detection apparatus. The signal generation circuit, in operation, generates a signal of a first signal level and a signal of a second signal level lower than the first signal level. A signal supply controlling circuit, in operation, selectively supplies the signal of the first signal level and the signal of the second signal level generated by the signal generation circuit to the second electrode.
US10019073B2
A keyboard device includes plural keys, an image pickup device, and a processor. The processor is connected with the image pickup device. The image pickup device is used for capturing an operation image of the plural keys that are operated. Moreover, after an information image over the keyboard device is scanned by the image pickup device, a scanned image is obtained. According to the received operation image, the processor generates a corresponding operation signal to a touch device. Moreover, according to the scanned image, the processor generates a corresponding information signal to the touch device.
US10019069B2
A vehicular display input apparatus includes a gesture detection unit, a determiner, and a controller. The gesture detection unit detects a gesture made by a hand of the driver. The determiner determines whether a visual line of the driver is directed within a visual line detection area, which is preliminarily defined to include at least partial display region. The controller switches to one of operations listed in an operation menu, which is to be correlated with the gesture, according to a determination result of the determiner. The determination result indicates whether the visual line is directed within the visual line detection area.
US10019064B2
Provided is a hand-held type user interface device for providing force feedback to a user according to an interaction with a virtual object or a user at a remote place, which remarkably increases the sense of reality in the interaction with the virtual object without limiting an action of the user by sensing the three-dimensional (3D) position and direction of the device and diversifying a force feedback provided to the user according to an action of the user holding the device.
US10019060B2
Generally described, the present application relates to a system and method for processing input to control a set of functions and features. More specifically, however, the present application relates to user devices that can be controlled through brain activities or similar actions. In an illustrative embodiment, brain activities are monitored through electroencephalography (EEG). Through EEG, input waves that can be appropriately monitored can be sent to a virtual assistant. The virtual assistant can decipher the number of signals coming and determine a correct output such as a function or feature to be manipulated. In the implementation presented herein, features and functions of a smartphone can be manipulated. Other types of user devices can also be controlled, such as in-vehicle systems, head units, televisions, tablets, computer, laptops, etc.
US10019059B2
A glove interface object is provided, comprising: at least one flex sensor configured to generate flex sensor data identifying a flex of at least one finger portion of the glove interface object; at least one contact sensor configured to generate contact sensor data identifying a contact between a first portion of the glove interface object and a second portion of the glove interface object; a communications module configured to transmit the flex sensor data and the contact sensor data to a computing device for processing to determine a finger position pose of the glove interface object, the finger position pose being applied for rendering a virtual hand in a view of a virtual environment on a head-mounted display (HMD), the virtual hand being rendered based on the identified finger position pose.
US10019058B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a gaze position detection section that detects a gaze position of a user with respect to a display screen; a position information acquisition section that acquires position information of the user; and a control section that judges, based on the detected gaze position, a scene and an object in the scene that the user focuses in a content displayed on the display screen, and generates search information from the judged object and the acquired position information.
US10019057B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for managing the display of images on a head mounted device (HMD). One method includes an operation for tracking the gaze of a user wearing the HMD, where the HMD is displaying a scene of a virtual world. In addition, the method includes an operation for detecting that the gaze of the user is fixed on a predetermined area for a predetermined amount of time. In response to the detecting, the method fades out a region of the display in the HMD, while maintaining the scene of the virtual world in an area of the display outside the region. Additionally, the method includes an operation for fading in a view of the real world in the region as if the HMD were transparent to the user while the user is looking through the region. The fading in of the view of the real world includes maintaining the scene of the virtual world outside the region.
US10019056B2
A method to transition focus of a display corresponding to an object's motion tracked by a video camera or like device is disclosed. In one implementation, the display shows one or more windows or user interfaces on the display. The object's motion can be used to select one of the windows or user interfaces on the display and manipulate content presented in the window or user interface. In another implementations, the object's motion can manipulate a three-dimensional graphical icon in a three-dimensional display environment, for example, by rotating it. In another implementation, the method further tracks motion of a second object and shifts focus of the display corresponding to the motion of the second object. In another implementation, a second display may be added to mirror the focus transition corresponding to the object's motion.
US10019052B2
A flexible display apparatus and control method thereof is provided. The flexible display apparatus may include a display, a sensor that senses one of a first deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus and a second deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller which controls the display to display a first user interface (UI) corresponding to the first sensed shape in response to sensing the first shape and a second user interface corresponding to the second sensed shape in response to sensing the second shape, receives an input on the displayed UI, and transmits a control signal to a controlled apparatus that instructs the controlled apparatus to execute a function of the controlled apparatus corresponding to the input.
US10019046B2
An internal frame structure with heat insulation effect and an electronic apparatus with the internal frame structure. The internal frame includes a main body and a frame unit. A heat insulation layer is formed between the main body and the frame unit and positioned on at least two opposite sides of the main body. The heat insulation layer has a first side connected with the main body and a second side connected with the frame unit. The heat insulation layer serves to insulate the heat of the main body from being transferred to the frame unit.
US10019044B2
An apparatus includes a cassette. The cassette includes a carriage. The carriage is retained internally to the cassette. The apparatus further includes a booklet assembly. The booklet assembly includes a cable connector. The cable connector is affixed internally to the booklet assembly. The cassette is configured for insertion into the booklet assembly. The apparatus further includes a cable assembly. The cable assembly is configured for insertion into the cable connector. The carriage is configured for retaining the cable assembly. In an aspect, a method of using the apparatus includes preloading the cable assembly into the carriage, inserting the cassette into the booklet assembly, and configuring the carriage such that the cable assembly is inserted into the cable connector and retained in an inserted position by the carriage.
US10019040B2
A hinge cable routing system includes a hinge chassis that includes a first hinge wall and a second hinge wall that is spaced apart from the first hinge wall to define a hinge housing between the first hinge wall and the second hinge wall. A first shaft extends through the hinge housing and out of the hinge chassis. A second shaft extends through the hinge housing and out of the hinge chassis. A cable extends through the hinge housing adjacent the first hinge wall and between the first hinge wall and each of the first shaft and the second shaft such that no portion of the cable that extends through the hinge housing is located between the second hinge wall and either of the first shaft and the second shaft.
US10019039B1
A clamshell-type electronic device includes a dual-axis hinge module, a first electronic module, and a second electronic module, the latter two of which are electrically connected to each other. The dual-axis hinge module includes a fixing shaft, a moving shaft parallel to and engaged with the fixing shaft, a moving frame fastened to the fixing shaft and the moving shaft, a torsion structure fixed on the moving shaft, and a fixing frame. No torsion structure is disposed on the fixing shaft. The moving frame is fixed on the first electronic module. The fixing frame has a connecting portion fixed on the fixing shaft and a mounting portion fixed on the second electronic module. The moving shaft can be rotated along the fixing shaft and can be synchronously spun, so that a distance between the moving shaft and the mounting portion can be changed.
US10019036B2
A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a flexible display screen, the flexible display device further includes a supporting structure configured for supporting the flexible display screen, and the flexible display screen is fixedly connected with the supporting structure and fixed on a supporting surface of the supporting structure. The supporting surface of the supporting structure is allowed to be selectively transformed into a planar surface or a curved surface. With the flexible display device, touch control and click operations performed on the flexible display screen may be facilitated, and thus application field of the flexible display screen may be expanded.
US10019028B2
One aspect of the invention discloses an apparatus for mating computing device structures. The apparatus comprises one or more rotatable latches, the one or more rotatable latches each including a respective screw mechanism housed within the one or more rotatable latches. The apparatus further comprises one or more spring assemblies, the one or more spring assemblies each including a respective thread assembly housed within the one or more spring assemblies. The respective thread assemblies comprise threading that is capable of receiving a corresponding screw mechanism of the one or more rotatable latches.
US10019025B2
A semiconductor device or a memory device with low power consumption and a small area is provided. The semiconductor device includes a sense amplifier and a memory cell. The memory cell is provided over the sense amplifier. The sense amplifier includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The memory cell includes a third transistor and a capacitor. The first transistor is a p-channel transistor. The second transistor and the third transistor each include an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The third transistor is preferably provided over the capacitor.
US10019017B2
An autonomous driving system includes a positioning unit that measures a position of a vehicle; a database that stores map information; an actuator that controls traveling of the vehicle; and an electronic controller configured to process: a detection of a first vehicle position and the map information; an identification of a traveling scene based on the first vehicle position and the map information; a detection of a second vehicle position by preforming position detection processing; and a control of the actuator based on the second vehicle position if a distance between the first vehicle position and the second vehicle position is equal to or smaller than a threshold or a control of the actuator based on the first vehicle position if the distance is not equal to or smaller than the threshold.
US10019005B2
One example includes an autonomous vehicle control system. The system includes an operational plan controller to maintain operational plans that each correspond to a predetermined set of behavioral characteristics of an associated autonomous vehicle based on situational awareness data provided from on-board sensors of the autonomous vehicle and mission control data provided from a user interface. The system also includes a decision-making algorithm to select one of the operational plans for operational behavior of the autonomous vehicle based on the situational awareness data and the mission control data at a given time and to provide an intent decision based on the situational awareness data and the selected one of the operational plans. The system further includes an execution engine to provide control outputs to operational components of the autonomous vehicle for navigation and control based on the selected one of the operational plans and in response to the intent decision.
US10019003B2
An autonomous vehicle control apparatus includes an input device for receiving an activation signal of an autonomous driving mode from a driver, and a controller for controlling a lane keeping, a vehicle speed keeping, and an inter-vehicle distance keeping before entering the autonomous driving mode in response to the activation signal of the autonomous driving mode input through the input device during general driving.
US10018997B2
An on-line data analytics device can be installed in a process control system as a standalone device that operates in parallel with, but non-intrusively with respect to, the on-line control system to perform on-line analytics for a process without requiring the process control system to be reconfigured or recertified. The data analytics device includes a data analytics engine coupled to a logic engine that receives process data collected from the process control system in a non-intrusive manner. The logic engine operates to determine further process variable values not generated within the process control system and provides the collected process variable data and the further process variable values to the data analytics engine. The data analytics engine executes statistically based process models, such as batch models, stage models, and phase models, to produce a predicted process variable, such as an end of stage or end of batch quality variable for use in analyzing the operation of the on-line process.
US10018996B2
Roughly described, a manufacturing process is enhanced by using TCAD and TCAD-derived models. A TCAD simulation model of the process is developed, which predicts, in dependence upon a plurality of process input parameters, a value for a performance parameter of a product to be manufactured using the process. Estimated, predicted or desired values for a calculated subset of the parameters (including either process input parameters or product performance parameters or both), are determined in dependence upon the process model, and further in dependence upon actual, estimated or desired values for a different subset of the parameters (again either process input parameters or product performance parameters or both). The determination is preferably made using a process compact model of the process, itself developed in dependence upon the simulation model.
US10018995B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for optimizing performance of a robotic cell. The robotic cell comprises at least one workstation and at least one robot. The method may comprise determining a factor and a corresponding workstation sensitive to the performance of the robotic cell by performing a sensitivity analysis on an initial cell layout for the robotic cell; and performing a performance optimization process on the corresponding workstation based on the determined factor to obtain an improved cell layout for the robotic cell. With embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to perform performance optimization of the robotic cell on the sensitive workstation regarding to the sensitive factor, and thus it may efficiently determine an improved cell layout which may achieve performance improvement.
US10018993B2
A cloud-compatible industrial device is provided. The industrial device generates or collects raw industrial data in connection with monitoring and/or controlling an automation system, and includes a cloud interface that couples the industrial device to one or more cloud-based services running on a cloud platform. To reduce consumption of cloud-based resources such as bandwidth and storage utilization, the industrial device can transform the raw industrial data into refined data that is amenable for cloud-based storage, computing, or analysis. Exemplary transformations include filtering, pruning, re-formatting, compressing, summarizing. In one or more embodiments, the industrial device can also add contextual metadata to the raw data prior to delivery to the cloud.
US10018987B2
A numerical controller drives motors for respective axes of a machine tool by using an NC program and table-format data that command positions of those axes with reference to a position of a reference axis. The numerical controller generates, based on a movement command commanded by the NC program, interpolation data for an axis to be controlled by the movement command, generates, based on the table-format data, interpolation data for an axis to be controlled by the table-format data, and further generates interpolation data obtained by selection from or superposition of these two pieces of interpolation data.
US10018981B2
A control panel is used to control and/or monitor an automation system. The control panel may be removed from a mounted location to repair or replace the control panel. Replacement may be performed by a different provider of automation systems, potentially without prior notice to the current provider of the automation system. To alert the provider of the replacement, the control panel may use an anti-tamper switch to detect removal from the mounted location. A signal may be sent to a remote service system indicating the removal. If the control panel also loses AC power, or if the control panel loses all power, the remote service system may assume that the control panel is being replaced. In response, the remote service center may request that a customer service representative contact the customer to potentially retain the customer, recover equipment, or resolve any concerns about the automation system equipment.
US10018973B2
An arrangement is disclosed having an electromotive furniture drive with a control device, a power supply device, and at least one operating device; a piece of furniture into which the electromotive furniture drive is installed; and a data device, the electromotive furniture drive and the data device are in communicative connection with each other. The communication connection between the electromotive furniture drive and the data device has a first transmission path, which is provided for transmitting an identification code of the electromotive furniture drive, and a second transmission path, which is provided for transmitting control data and/or operating data of the electromotive furniture drive. There is further disclosed a method for establishing a communication connection between an electromotive furniture drive and the data device.
US10018965B2
Method for attachment of a last outer coil of a timepiece balance spring inside a groove provided in a balance spring stud, wherein the method includes the step of adhesive bonding the last outer coil of the timepiece balance spring by means of a fluid adhesive whose viscosity is comprised between 200 and 400 mPa·s.
US10018964B2
A one-piece balance spring includes a single strip wound on itself between an inner coil and an outer coil. The strip has a geometry such that when the angle of contraction of the balance spring has a value of 360 degrees, there is a constant distance between each coil from the second coil to the penultimate coil.
US10018957B2
Systems and methods of reusing an imaging component include providing a used photoconductive drum assembly comprising a cylindrical photoconductive drum and a gear hub extending from an end of the photoconductive drum; removing the gear hub from the end of the photoconductive drum; and crimping a replacement photoconductive drum to the gear hub to form a remanufactured drum assembly.
US10018950B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a developer carrier, a transfer part, a fuser, a temperature detecting part and a control part that rotates the developer carrier in the predetermined direction when a latent image is developed and in an opposite direction when an apparatus inner temperature detected by the temperature detecting part is equal to or higher than a glass transition starting temperature. The glass transition starting temperature is determined in consideration of a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) curve of the toner.
US10018943B2
A developing sleeve includes first axially extending groove portions which satisfy D1≥2R and W1≥2R, where 2R is a volume-average particle size of a carrier, D1 is a maximum depth of each first groove portion and W1 is a width an opening of each first groove portion with respect to a circumferential direction of the developing sleeve, and second axially extending groove portions. Each second groove portion satisfies D2<2R, where 2R is the volume-average particle size of the carrier and D2 is a maximum depth of each second groove portion. Each or a plurality of the second groove portions are disposed between the first groove portions with respect to the circumferential direction of the developing sleeve.
US10018939B2
Changing of a peripheral speed ratio, resulting in change of the developer amount per unit area, enables the detection unit to detect the developer amount with sufficient accuracy.
US10018938B2
A network system including a customer replaceable unit (CRU) having an excellent security function for operation information which system can realize improvement of the use efficiency of operation information for making the CRU operate, and reduction in costs, is provided. An apparatus main body of a multifunction printer, a server, a personal computer, etc. are connected to a network of a network system, and a CRU is attached to the apparatus main body so as to be detachable. Operation information necessary for making the CRU operate is stored in the server. The apparatus main body obtains operation information of the CRU from the server via the network and stores the obtained operation information into a buffer memory, and causes the CRU to operate based on the operation information. The operation information stored in the buffer memory is erased when communication between the apparatus main body and the CRU ends.
US10018935B2
To provide a conductive member for an electrophotographic machine that is capable of preventing hardening degradation of a surface layer that is caused by an ionic conductive agent contained in a conductive rubber elastic body layer, allowing the surface layer to be improved in durability.A conductive member 10 for an electrophotographic machine includes a conductive rubber elastic body layer 14 containing crosslinked rubber and an ionic conductive agent, and a surface layer 16 provided on an outer periphery of the conductive rubber elastic body layer 14, wherein the surface layer 16 contains a polymer and polyphenol. Examples of the polyphenol include a tannin, gallic acid, ellagic acid, pyrogallol, catechin, and chlorogenic acid.
US10018934B2
Provided is an electrophotographic member capable of forming a high-quality electrophotographic image. The electrophotographic member includes an electroconductive substrate and an electroconductive resin layer on the electroconductive substrate, in which the electroconductive resin layer contains a resin having, in the molecule, a specific cation structure, and a specific anion.
US10018925B2
An immersion lithographic apparatus is described in which a two-phase flow is separated into liquid-rich and gas-rich flows by causing the liquid-rich flow to preferentially flow along a surface.
US10018911B2
A chemically amplified resist material comprises a polymer component that is capable of being made soluble or insoluble in a developer solution by an action of an acid, and a generative component that is capable of generating a radiation-sensitive sensitizer and an acid upon an exposure. The radiation-sensitive acid-and-sensitizer generating agent or the radiation-sensitive acid generating agent included in the generative component comprises the first compound that is radiation-sensitive and second compound that is radiation-sensitive. The first compound includes a first onium cation and a first anion, and the second compound includes a second onium cation and a second anion that is different from the first anion. Each of an energy released upon reduction of the first onium cation to a radical and an energy released upon reduction of the second onium cation to a radical is less than 5.0 eV.
US10018909B2
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which performs an imprint process of transferring a pattern onto a substrate, the apparatus comprising a deforming unit configured to deform the pattern surface by applying a force to the mold, an obtaining unit configured to obtain thickness information of the mold, a calculation unit configured to calculate a force to be applied to the mold based on the thickness information of the mold obtained by the obtaining unit, so that the pattern surface has a target shape in the imprint process, and a control unit configured to control the deforming unit to apply the force calculated by the calculation unit to the mold in the imprint process.
US10018905B2
Disclosed is a phase-shift blankmask for manufacturing a photomask, which can achieve a fine pattern of not greater than 32 nm, preferably not greater than 14 nm, and more preferably not greater than 10 nm.To this end, a phase-shift film, a light-shielding film, an etch-stopping film and a hard film are provided on a transparent substrate, in which the light-shielding film has a multi-layered structure of two or more layers different in composition, one of which essentially contains oxygen (O), a light-shielding layer essentially having oxygen (O) occupies 50%˜100% of the whole thickness of the light-shielding film, and the phase-shift film has a transmissivity of 10%˜50%.
US10018904B2
An EUV mask according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a first line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a second line-shaped portion provided on the substrate, a first sidewall disposed on a side surface of the first line-shaped portion, and a second sidewall disposed on a side surface of the second line-shaped portion. A first layer and a second layer are stacked in the first and second line-shaped portions. The first layer includes a first material. The second layer includes a second material. The first and second sidewalls include an oxide of the first material and cover a side surface of the first layer and a side surface of the second layer.
US10018903B2
A stereoscopic device light recycling device and method of construction thereof is provided. A beam splitter is constructed of substantially orthogonally polarizing material on which image light is received. At least one support member is affixed to the beam splitter and is configured to hold the beam splitter at an angle. A phase shifting optic includes a reflective surface coated by a phase shifting film and is positioned at an angle non-perpendicular to at least a portion of the image light from the beam splitter. The angle of the beam splitter is dependent on the angle of the phase shifting optic.
US10018900B2
An illumination device includes: an excitation light source that emits excitation light having a first wavelength; and a fluorescent member that includes a fluorescent substance that, when it is irradiated with the excitation light, emits light having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, transmits a part of the excitation light and reflects another part of the excitation light, and a first reflective film provided at a side of the fluorescent substance, which is opposite to an excitation light incidence side, the fluorescent member emitting multiplexed light including an excitation light component reflected from the fluorescent substance and the first reflective film and a light component emitted from the fluorescent substance.
US10018884B2
A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) device is improved in terms of electrostatic discharge (“ESD”) tolerance, the LCD device including: a first substrate and a second substrate spaced apart from each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a common line on the first substrate; a common electrode on the second substrate; and a plurality of short-circuit portions between the common line and the common electrode. Each short-circuit portion of the plurality of short-circuit portions includes a contact surface contacting the common line, and at least two of the short-circuit portions include contact surfaces having different sizes.
US10018882B2
Embodiments of an apparatus for connection to a light adjustment sheet and conductive interfaces for connection to a light adjustment sheet are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus for connection to a light adjustment sheet include a power source interface configured to be connected to a power source and a sheet interface electrically connected to the power source interface. The sheet interface is configured to connect to the light adjustment sheet such that electricity can be conducted from the power source interface to the light adjustment sheet to switch the light adjustment sheet between different visibility states. Other embodiments are also described.
US10018878B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate and a display device, relate to the field of electronic technology and reduce the problem of color shift occurred in the display device to a certain degree. The solution comprises: a first pixel unit corresponds to a red color resist, the first pixel unit comprising a first TFT channel formed between the source and the drain of a first TFT; a second pixel unit corresponds to a green color resist, the second pixel unit comprising a second TFT channel formed between the source and the drain of a second TFT; a third pixel unit corresponds to a blue color resist, the third pixel unit comprising a third TFT channel formed between the source and the drain of a third TFT; and a ratio of width to length of the third TFT channel is greater than that of the second TFT channel; or, the ratio of width to length of the third TFT channel is greater than that of the first TFT channel. This solution is applied to array substrates and display devices.
US10018877B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and an LCD device. The apparatus includes a color filter (CF) substrate having a black matrix layer, a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate having an alignment layer, and a structure, between said CF substrate and said TFT substrate, corresponding to certain portions of said black matrix layer and configured to protect said alignment layer from damage due to external pressure.
US10018874B2
Provided are an alignment film for a liquid crystal (LC) lens, a mold for preparing the same, a method of manufacturing the alignment film, and a method of manufacturing the mold. An alignment film in which an LC lens in which liquid crystals are well aligned, can be effectively manufactured, or a mold for preparing the alignment film can be provided. In particular, in order to implement a shape of a lens, the liquid crystals filled in a nonplanar space, such as a curved surface, are effectively aligned in the LC lens so that the LC lens can be formed. Also, a combined fine pattern can be manufactured using a simple process and can also be applied to a continuous process, such as a roll-to-roll process.
US10018872B2
A low-resolution image is displayed at high resolution and power consumption is reduced. Resolution is made higher by super-resolution processing. Then, display is performed with the luminance of a backlight controlled by local dimming after the super-resolution processing. By controlling the luminance of the backlight, power consumption can be reduced. Further, by performing the local dimming after the super-resolution processing, accurate display can be performed.
US10018861B2
A display device is disclosed which includes: a liquid crystal panel; an optical member configured to apply light to the liquid crystal panel; and a wrapping film configured to wrap an upper surface, at least one side surface and at least a part of a lower surface of the optical member.
US10018860B2
The present invention provides a method for improving visibility of an image display device which is capable of providing an image display device excellent in anti-reflection properties and bright-field contrast even using an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence, such as a polyester film. The method of the present invention is a method for improving visibility of an image display device that has an optical layered body including a light-transmitting substrate having in-plane birefringence and an optical functional layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The method includes the step of disposing the optical layered body such that the slow axis showing a greater refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate is in parallel with the vertical direction of a display screen of the image display device.
US10018854B2
There is disclosed a method for recommending ophthalmic lens parameters. The method includes receiving user data from a plurality of lens wearers, receiving lens configuration information, and receiving satisfaction information for a plurality of lens wearers. The user data and satisfaction information are analyzed to identify and/or determine lens features based on correlations in the user data and the satisfaction information, including repeating the analyzing when additional user data and additional satisfaction information is received and/or on a regular basis. When new wearer information including a lens prescription for a new wearer and user data for the new wearer is received, lens parameters are produced for the new wearer including evaluating lens manufacturing characteristics based on the analyzing in correlation with the new wearer information.
US10018852B2
An eyeglass positioning device configured to be positioned between a user's nose and eyeglasses frame to elevate multifocal lenses relative to a user's eyes to bring an intermediate or near field of vision into a line of sight for use with certain activities, such as computer use, when the user's head is in an upright and normal head tilt position. The eyeglass positioning device preferably comprises a connector and two support arms that simply sit on a user's nose in either an upright or an inverted orientation, providing greater flexibility of use and comfort. The eyeglass positioning device may be used with a variety of shapes, styles, and sizes or eyeglass frames without requiring attachment to the frames or obstructing the field of view through the lenses. The eyeglass positioning device may include a visual or tactile indicator to aid in placing the device on a user's nose.
US10018848B2
A virtual image display device configuring a display device includes a display section configured to display an image while enabling visual recognition of an outside scene. The virtual image display device includes an image pickup section configured to pickup an image in an image pickup range that overlaps a range visually recognized through the display section. The virtual image display device includes a coupling section including at least one movable section and configured to couple the image pickup section to the display section. The display device is capable of acquiring a motion amount in the movable section with a control section.
US10018841B1
The present invention relates to a multi-display head-up display device, which includes a main body, a first optical path module and a second optical path module, wherein the first optical path module is provided to project images on a closer position in front of drivers' eyes, the second optical path module is provided to receive external image light source for obtaining a longer optical path and projecting image to a far distance, to reduce visual vertigo and obtain the best visual effects for drivers, to thereby improve driving safety.
US10018838B2
An electronic display is driven to compensate for aging of pixels in the electronic display. An aging factor is determined based on initial display data for a display portion of the electronic display during one or more monitored frames. The aging factor is indicative of aging of pixels in the display portion of the electronic display due to use corresponding to the initial display data. An aging counter for the display portion is increased based on the determined aging factor. A compensation value is determined for the display portion based on the aging counter for the display portion. Input display data for the display portion is modified during a subsequent frame according the determined compensation value. The display portion is driven with the modified input display data during the subsequent frame.
US10018827B2
An objective optical system for endoscope includes, in order from an object side, a front lens group having a negative refractive power as a whole, an aperture stop, and a rear lens group having a positive refractive power as a whole. The front lens group includes, in order from the object side, a single first lens having a negative refractive power and a single second lens having a positive refractive power. The rear lens group includes a single third lens having a positive refractive power, and a cemented lens of a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power. An object-side surface of the first lens is a flat surface, the second lens has a meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward an image side, and the third lens has a biconvex shape.
US10018819B2
A light sheet illumination microscope includes an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a sample from a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of a detection optical system. The illumination optical system includes a first optical element configured to convert light emitted from a light source into a light sheet that forms an illumination area having a sheet shape substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the detection optical system when the sample is irradiated with the light sheet. The illumination optical system further includes a second optical element that configured to act on the light emitted from the light source such that the light sheet is converged, diverged or diffracted in a width direction of the light sheet.
US10018817B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an imaging system and method using adaptive optics and optimization algorithms for imaging through highly scattering media in oil reservoir applications and lab-based petroleum research. Two-/multi-photon fluorescence microscopy is used in conjunction with adaptive optics for enhanced imaging and detection capabilities in scattering reservoir media. Advanced fluorescence techniques are used to allow for super-penetration imaging to compensate for aberrations both in and out of the field of interest, extending the depth at which pore geometry can be imaged within a rock matrix beyond the current capability of confocal microscopy. The placement of a Deformable Mirror or Spatial Light Modulator for this application, in which scattering and index mismatch are dominant aberrations, is in an optical plane that is conjugate to the pupil plane of the objective lens in the imaging system.
US10018798B2
Drop cable assemblies that can be routed from an outdoor terminal directly to an indoor wall outlet without disruption, and adhered to the interior of a dwelling after removal of the drop cable jacket and utilization of a pre-applied adhesive layer are described. Additionally, telecommunications systems utilizing such assemblies, methods of routing such assemblies and methods of making such assemblies are described.
US10018796B1
Fiber optic ribbon assemblies having improved ribbon stack coupling are described. A fiber optic ribbon assembly may include a buffer tube and an optical fiber ribbon stack extending within the buffer tube. Additionally, at least one friction inducing component may be helically wrapped around the optical fiber ribbon stack along a longitudinal direction with gaps between longitudinally adjacent sections.
US10018795B2
A plug mounted on an optical cable with one or more optical contacts each one having a tab which is deformable elastically or mounted so as to pivot relative to the rest of the contact, including: a body including a front part and a rear part; a bushing fitted around the front part with axial sliding forward, the bushing bearing a tab with an appendage extending inside the rear part, the tab of the bushing and the tab of each contact being disposed relative to each other so that when a traction force is applied to make the bushing slide around the front part, the appendage is able to bear against the tab of each contact so as to deform it elastically or make it pivot until the disconnection is produced between the contact and the converter.
US10018792B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transceiver extension device. A transceiver extension device is provided for connection with an enclosure including a cage for a circuit board and a transceiver. The transceiver extension device includes an extension cage configured to accommodate the transceiver, an extension connector configured to be inserted into the cage of the enclosure, and an extension circuit board configured to transmit a signal of a second transceiver to the circuit board in the enclosure.
US10018786B2
There is provided a semi-circular resonator using a whispering gallery mode (WGM) and an optical sensor using the same. Accordingly, an active region that is a waveguide of an active layer in which laser oscillation is caused by gains of advancing beams is deeply etched in a semi-circular or semi-ring shape.
US10018785B2
There is provided a modal distribution conditioner comprising the combination of a mandrel-wrapped optical fiber and an adjustable and fixable loop of optical fiber. It is noted that light entering the modal distribution conditioner is to be generally overfilled compared with the target encircled flux function (as defined by the Standard). The mandrel wrapping introduces macrobends to the optical fiber, inducing modal pre-filtering that roughly transforms the initially overfilled modal distribution to be close to compliance with the appropriate Standard. However, the modal distribution of light having traversed the fixed mandrel typically remains somewhat overfilled. The adjustable loop provides for the fine-tuning of the modal distribution, in conformity with the Standard. Once the requirements defined by the Standard are met, the adjustable loop may be secured in place such that modal distribution becomes fixed and remain stable.
US10018773B2
A backlight module includes: a first frame having a first portion parallel to the display substrate; and a first light shielding structure provided between the first portion and the display substrate, wherein a vertical projection of the first light shielding structure on a plane in which the display substrate is located at least partially overlaps with at least one substrate light shielding structure adjacent to an edge of the display substrate. An embodiment of the present invention further provides a display device including the backlight module described above.
US10018768B2
A light guide plate assembly comprising: a first substrate which is transparent and positioned on a light-emitting side of the light guide plate assembly; a second substrate which is disposed opposite to the first substrate; and a plurality of light modulation units which are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein each of the light modulation units comprises: a first electrode which is disposed adjacent to the first substrate; a second electrode which is disposed adjacent to the second substrate, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to generate an electric field therebetween; and an electrophoretic capsule layer which is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprises an electrophoretic capsule containing white electrophoretic particles and black electrophoretic particles which are dispersed in transparent dispersing medium and are oppositely charged.
US10018765B2
A light guide plate suitable for use in a liquid crystal display device, the light guide plate comprising a glass plate and a light coupler bonded to a major surface of the light guide plate. Also disclosed is a backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device employing the light guide plate, and a display device employing the backlight unit.
US10018761B2
A compensation film includes an elongation film having an elongation rate of greater than or equal to about 200% in a uniaxial direction and having a surface energy of about 40 mJ/m2 to about 65 mJ/m2 and a liquid crystal layer disposed on one side of the elongation film and including liquid crystals.
US10018757B2
A multilayer polymeric reflector is provided which comprises: a) a plurality of first optical layers, each first optical layer comprising a polyester having terephthalate comonomer units and ethylene glycol comonomer units, the polyester having a glass transition temperature, where each first optical layer is oriented, and b) a plurality of second optical layers disposed in a repeating sequence with the plurality of first optical layers, each second optical layer comprising a blend of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), where the blend has a glass transition temperature less than the glass transition temperature of the polyester comprising the first optical layers, and where the amount of PVDF in the PMMA/PVDF blend is greater than and not equal to about 40% and not more than about 65%. Articles comprising the multilayer polymeric reflector are also provided.
US10018755B2
This light diffusion member includes: a substrate having light transmissivity; a plurality of light shielding layers formed on one face of the substrate; and light diffusion portions formed on the one face of the substrate at regions other than the regions where the light shielding layers have been formed. The light diffusion portions have a light-emitting end surface coming into contact with the substrate, a light incident end surface which faces the light-emitting end surface and has a larger area than the area of the light-emitting end surface, and a reflecting face coming into contact with the light-emitting end surface and the light incident end surface, and reflecting light entering from the light incident end surface. The height from the light incident end surface to the light-emitting end surface of the light diffusion portion is greater than the thickness of the light shielding layers. A scattering intensity at an azimuth ϕ0+Δϕ and a scattering intensity at an azimuth ϕ0−Δϕ across a strong scattering azimuth ϕ0 as a center axis are generally the same.
US10018751B2
There is provided an illumination device (100) comprising: a substrate (104); an optically transmissive first layer (106) arranged on the substrate; a photon emitting layer (108), arranged on the optically transmissive first layer and comprising a photon emitting material configured to receive energy from an energy source and to emit light having a predetermined wavelength; a periodic plasmonic antenna array, arranged on the substrate and embedded within the first layer, and comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements (114) arranged in an antenna array plane, the plasmonic antenna array being configured to support a first lattice resonance at the predetermined wavelength, arising from coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in the individual antenna elements to photonic modes supported by the system comprising the plasmonic antenna array and the photon emitting layer, wherein the plasmonic antenna array is configured to comprise plasmon resonance modes such that light emitted from the plasmonic antenna array has an anisotropic angle distribution; and wherein the photon emitting layer is arranged at a distance from the antenna array plane corresponding to a location of maximum field enhancement for light out-coupling resulting from the plasmonic-photonic lattice resonances.
US10018747B2
A measurement while drilling (MWD) system for use in a drilling string, the MWD system comprises: a resistivity module that is configured to generate resistivity information about a resistivity of a formation that is drilled by the drilling string; a near bit sub that is configured to generate inclination information about an inclination of a drill bit of the drilling string; a MWD module; a first wireless communication module that is configured to wirelessly send the resistivity information from the resistivity module to the MWD module; a second wireless communication module that is configured to wirelessly send inclination information from the near bit sub module to the MWD module; and wherein the MWD module is configured to participate in a transmission of the inclination information and the resistivity information towards an upper surface of the formation.
US10018742B2
The present disclosure is directed to a skid structure for underwater seismic exploration. The system can include an underwater vehicle comprising a skid structure. A conveyor is provided in the skid structure. The conveyor includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A capture appliance is provided at the first end of the conveyor. The capture appliance includes an arm to close to hold a case storing one or more ocean bottom seismometer (“OBS”) units, and to open to release the case. The capture appliance includes an alignment mechanism to align an opening of the case with the first end of the conveyor. A deployment appliance can be at the second end of the conveyor. The deployment appliance can place an OBS unit of the one or more OBS units onto the seabed to acquire seismic data from the seabed.
US10018739B1
A curved vacuum cassette assembly including a rigid or semi-rigid curved structural backing that is porous or semi-porous to air flow such that one or more imaging detectors (e.g. film layers or CR plates), intensifying screens, and/or other layers may be affixed to the curved structural backing in a secure and conformal manner when a vacuum is applied to the structural backing. All of these structures are encapsulated within an airtight barrier and, optionally, another suitable rigid or semi-rigid housing.
US10018728B2
The invention relates to methods, notably carried out by global or regional navigation satellite system (NSS) receivers, which involve receiving satellite-specific, nadir-angle dependent correction information associated with each of at least two NSS satellites among a plurality of NSS satellites. The correction information is useful to correct observed NSS signals, so as to mitigate the effects of satellite-specific, nadir-angle dependent biases in the NSS signals, and thus improve the performance of position determination systems. The invention also relates to methods for generating such correction information, to methods for designing a satellite, to NSS receivers, to apparatuses for generating correction information to be sent to the receivers, and to computer programs and storage mediums.
US10018727B2
A location information sharing system includes an emergency call system and a navigation system provided in a vehicle, wherein the emergency call system comprises a first initial location calculation unit for generating a first initial location by receiving a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) or a global positioning system (GPS) signal transmitted from a GNSS or GPS satellite, a first compensation location calculation unit for generating a first compensation location compensated from the first initial location, a first transmitting/receiving unit for receiving a second initial location and a second compensation location transmitted from the navigation system, and a first control unit for outputting one location information of the first initial location, the first compensation location, the second initial location, and the second compensation location.
US10018722B2
The present invention provides a measurement apparatus for measuring one of a position and an attitude of a measurement target, including an image sensor including one pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels adjacent to each other are arranged in a matrix and configured to capture the measurement target illuminated with a pattern light of a first wavelength and a light of a second wavelength and obtain a first image corresponding to the pattern light of the first wavelength and a second image corresponding to the light of the second wavelength, and an optical member configured to separate the pattern light of the first wavelength and the light of the second wavelength and make one of the pattern light of the first wavelength and the light of the second wavelength enter each pixel of the one pixel unit.
US10018720B1
A unit load device (ULD) sensor for detecting presence and movement of cargo within an aircraft includes a light source designed to generate light as pulses with pulse intervals between the pulses and having a source lens designed to focus the light towards a first point that is a first distance away from the source lens. The ULD sensor also includes a light receiver having a light detector designed to receive a reflection of the light and a receiver lens designed to focus the reflection of the light towards a second point that is towards the light detector and a second distance away from the receiver lens. The second distance is different than the first distance and the detected reflection of the light is usable to determine the presence and the movement of the cargo.
US10018717B2
Sensing, in particular a generic and innovative search and identification of objects in an arena, of interest based on electromagnetic detection and/or imaging, self-focused, in the near field, with high range resolution, cross-range resolution, nearby arenas functionality, high range resolution, and accuracies, as compared to conventional solutions. Larger volume arenas can be searched with greater range resolution, accuracy, and cross range resolution as compared to conventional solutions. Embodiments include implementations sufficiently low power to be acceptable for use in human applications (for example, meeting HERP standards).
US10018716B2
Systems and methods for calibrating and optimizing frequency modulated continuous wave radar altimeters using adjustable self-interference cancellation are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a radar altimeter system comprises: a local oscillator delay line including a variable delay circuit configured to output a delayed signal, a transmitter coupled to the local oscillator delay line and configured to output a transmitter signal, a transceiver circulator coupled to an antenna and coupled to the transmitter, and a frequency mixer coupled to the delay line and coupled to the transceiver circulator. The transceiver circulator directs the transmitter signal to the antenna and the antenna is configured to transmit the transmitter signal and receive a reflected signal from a target. Further, the frequency mixer is configured to receive the delayed signal and the target reflected signal from the transceiver circulator.
US10018715B2
A radar sensor for vehicles, including a group antenna, having a linear array of antenna elements, a feed unit for feeding transmission signals having a settable phase relationship into the antenna elements, a control unit controlling the feed unit, and an evaluation device evaluating received radar echoes and angle-resolving locating of objects. The group antenna includes at least two non-interleaved subgroups, the feed unit supplies in-phase transmission signals to the elements, while the transmission signals for the various subgroups have a settable phase difference, the control unit periodically changes the settable phase difference so that the transmission signals have a base phase difference in one measuring cycle and a phase difference in another measuring cycle which differs by a fixed absolute value from the base difference. The control unit sets the base difference based on levels of the received radar echoes to maximize the level difference between the measuring cycles.
US10018713B2
A radar system for motor vehicles has at least two radar sensors for emitting and receiving radar radiation for monitoring the surroundings of the motor vehicle, the at least two radar sensors being each positioned at an angle between 40 degrees and 50 degrees to an axis, and the at least two radar sensors being configured in such a way that the respective antenna has a pivotable visual range of an angle between at least −60 degrees and +60 degrees, in particular between −45 degrees and +45 degrees, relative to the main emission direction of the respective radar sensor.
US10018712B2
This invention relates to a method of analyzing an ultrasound signal. The method comprises obtaining a time series of sequential data frames associated with an ultrasound signal reflected from and/or backscattered from a fixed location of a material under investigation, each data frame comprising a plurality of samples of the ultrasound signal, and subjecting to an analysis a sequence of one or more samples of the ultrasound signal, or a sequence of at least one parameter derived from one or more samples of the ultrasound signal, wherein a result of the analysis is related to one or properties or characteristics of the material. In one embodiment the method may be used for detecting, diagnosing, and/or assessing cancer and/or abnormalities in biological tissue.
US10018685B2
A method is provided for operating a magnetic field detector circuit, whereby the magnetic field detector circuit is operated alternately in an active state or in a sleep state and the magnetic field detector circuit has a magnetic field measuring device and a wake-up timer, whereby the magnetic field measuring device comprises a magnetic field sensor. In the active state, the magnetic field measuring device is operated with a supply voltage and an output signal is generated by the magnetic field sensor. The magnetic field detector circuit comprises a wake-up timer, whereby the wake-up timer is operated with the supply voltage in the sleep state and a wake-up signal is generated by the wake-up timer after a predetermined sleep interval, and the magnetic field measuring device changes from the sleep state to the active state.
US10018672B2
A number of switching transitions of flip-flops during testing is kept below a threshold. Scan-in test data is applied to the flip-flops. Testing result data scanned-out from the flip-flops is captured, and a prediction is made of a number of switching transitions of the flip-flops between a current capture clock cycle and a next capture clock cycle. Furthermore, the testing setup values are modified before the next testing cycle is executed based on the prediction.
US10018665B2
A power conversion apparatus includes a power conversion device connected to a 3-phase AC power source, a first fuse positioned on a first phase of the source between the conversion device and the source, a second fuse positioned on a second phase of the source between the conversion device and the source, a first voltage detection device which detects first voltage between a third phase and the first phase of the source on the conversion device side with respect to the first fuse, a second voltage detection device which detects second voltage between the third and second phases of the source on the conversion device side with respect to the second fuse, and a status detection device connected to the first and second voltage devices such that the status device detects status of the first and second fuses based on comparison between detection result of the first and second voltage.
US10018664B2
A phase control device includes a connection error detection unit. The connection error detection unit includes a phase sequence detection unit that detects a phase sequence of voltage signals, a phase sequence detection unit that detects a phase sequence of current signals, a collation unit that collates the phase sequence of the voltage signals and the phase sequence of the current signals and determines that a connection error is present when the phase sequences are different, phase difference detection units that detect a phase difference between the voltage signal and the current signal, and a phase difference determination unit that determines, when the phase differences output from the phase difference detection units fall without a determination range, that a connection error is present.
US10018662B2
A first electrostatic discharge measurement is received from a first sensor. The first sensor utilizes a wireless network to send the first measurement from a first stage of the assembly line of electronic components susceptible to electrostatic discharge damage. A second electrostatic discharge measurement is received from a second sensor. The second sensor utilizes the wireless network to send the second measurement from a second stage of the assembly line. An electrostatic discharge history is updated for the first assembly stage based on the first electrostatic discharge measurement. The electrostatic discharge history is updated for the second assembly stage based on the second electrostatic discharge measurement. A potential electrostatic danger condition is determined based on the electrostatic discharge history.
US10018660B2
A testing structure includes a first transistor having a first dopant type connected to a current source. The testing structure further includes a second transistor having a second dopant type, opposite to the first dopant type. The second transistor is connected to a device under test (DUT). The second transistor is connected in series with the first transistor in a cascode arrangement. The cascode arrangement is capable of measuring an output resistance of the DUT of greater than 1 mega-ohm (MΩ).
US10018657B2
A current measuring circuit for redundantly measuring electrical current includes a measuring resistor, a magnetic field sensor, and an evaluation circuit on an evaluation circuit board. The evaluation circuit is used to determine electrical current using the measuring resistor. The magnetic field sensor on the evaluation circuit board and the evaluation circuit board are arranged in direct proximity to the measuring resistor such that the magnetic field sensor is configured to detect the magnetic field from the current-carrying resistor. A battery includes the current measuring circuit and a motor vehicle includes the battery.
US10018654B2
In one embodiment, a sensor circuit may include a first receiver circuit that may be configured to receive a first signal that is representative of a first mutual inductance and form a first detection signal that is representative of the first mutual inductance, wherein the first variable mutual inductance varies in response to a position of a metal object. An embodiment may include a second receiver circuit configured to receive a second signal that is representative of a second mutual inductance and form a second detection signal that is representative of the second mutual inductance, wherein the second mutual inductance varies in response to the position of the metal object. In an embodiment, the sensor circuit may include a recognition circuit configured to assert a movement detected signal responsively to a first value of the first detection signal, configured to assert a movement direction signal responsively to a first value of the second detection signal.
US10018645B2
An immunodiagnostic test element includes a support member, at least one test column containing a test material, and a wrap, such as an adhesively-attached foil wrap, covering the top of the at least one test element. The wrap includes a weakened portion directly above each test column, in which each weakened portion is formed by pre-stressing the portion, but not to the point of puncturing the wrap to enable the wrap to be punctured by a fluid aspirating/dispensing element, such as a metering tip, permitting access to the contents of the test column.
US10018643B2
Systems and methods are provided for sample processing. A device may be provided, capable of receiving the sample, and performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing multiple assays. The device may comprise one or more modules that may be capable of performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing the steps using a small volume of sample.
US10018639B2
The present invention relates to a method for the accurate, rapid and sensitive detection of breast or ovarian cancers from body fluid samples of a mammalian subject and related assay, kits and peptides suitable for such a method.
US10018637B2
Provided herein are methods for predicting the clinical sensitivity of an inflammatory disease (e.g., ankylosing spondylitis) and a subject's response to treatment with apremilast using the level of a biomarker (e.g., MCP1). Also provided herein are methods for treating an inflammatory disease.
US10018629B2
A massive clonal expansion of activated CD8+ T-cells with increased frequency of HPV 16-specific CD8+ T-cells was discovered to be a characteristic of oral lichen planus (OLP), indicating a causal link between HPV infection and the dysimmune process. The invention relates to compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of OLP patients.
US10018628B2
The present invention is related to a method for detecting H. pylori infection in a subject, wherein the method comprises detecting in a sample from the subject an immune response against FliD, wherein the immune response comprises an anti-FliD antibody.
US10018627B2
A technique for efficiently sealing many substances, such as beads, nucleic acid, protein, virus, cells, and lipid membrane complex, into an array is provided.The present invention provides a method for sealing a substance, including: (i) a step of introducing a first solvent containing a substance on a substrate on which a plurality of receptacles capable of storing the substance are formed separated from each other by a side wall; and (ii) a step of introducing a second solvent having a greater specific gravity than that of the first solvent onto the first solvent, the step (ii) being carried out after the step (i).
US10018622B2
Methods and kits for identifying abnormal urinary system cells in a sample, by contacting the cells or the sample containing same with a combination of an extract from a Ficus plant, or one or more components thereof, an acidic dye and a basic dye.
US10018613B2
System includes a sensor operably coupled to a device body. The sensor includes a sensing region and at least one resonant inductor-capacitor-resistor (LCR) circuit. The sensing region is configured to be placed in operational contact with an industrial fluid. The at least one resonant LCR circuit is configured to generate an electrical stimulus that is applied to the industrial fluid via electrodes at the sensing region. The device body includes one or more processors configured to receive an electrical signal from the sensor that is representative of a resonant impedance spectral response of the sensing region in operational contact with the industrial fluid responsive to the electrical stimulus. The one or more processors are further configured to analyze the resonant impedance spectral response and determine both a water concentration in the industrial fluid and an aging level of the industrial fluid based on the resonant impedance spectral response.
US10018612B2
A soil sampling apparatus consisting of a sample collection drum having a tapered probe for extracting soil plugs that are discharged by gravity into the drum. A row clearing apparatus may be disposed forward of the probe. As drum rotates, soil plugs are mixed and, when mixed, are discharged into a sample a removable container in a removable tray on a carousel. Prior to loading sample containers into the tray, a unique bar code is affixed thereto. A bar code reader tracks each container and information regarding each sample is stored by an electrical/electronic controller. GPS information from an onboard GPS system is included in the stored data. Stored data may be immediately transmitted or, alternately batch uploaded to a remote site. A communications controller typically provides cellular and Wi-Fi communications. The electrical/electronic controller is used to control all aspects of the soil sampler.
US10018610B1
A method for determining the total alkalinity (TA) in a recirculating water system without adversely impacting the pH of the water includes the steps of selecting a pH threshold (ThpH), measuring the flow rate of the moving body of water (fS), controllably adding a known amount of acid to the recirculating water system at an acid flow rate (fA), repetitively measuring the pH of the recirculating water system downstream from the addition of the acid, and computing the total alkalinity of the recirculating water system when the pH measurement falls below the pH threshold.
US10018604B2
A connector unit for connecting capillaries, for high-performance liquid chromatography includes a connector capillary, a connector housing, and an annular sealing element. The connector capillary projects through a bore of the connector housing. The annular sealing element is provided on a front end region of the connector capillary and which is composed of a plastically and/or elastically deformable material. The connector capillary has an inner shell composed of a plastically and/or elastically deformable material and an outer shell which engages around the inner shell. The inner shell has a radially outwardly extending front end region which, on its own or together with the annular sealing element can generate a seal between the front end region of the connector capillary and a bushing unit.
US10018601B2
Example acoustic emission sensors with integral acoustic generators are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an acoustic receiver, an acoustic generator, and a wear plate. The acoustic generator is disposed adjacent to the acoustic receiver. The wear plate is acoustically coupled to the acoustic receiver and to the acoustic generator. The wear plate is to convey acoustic energy from the acoustic generator to the acoustic receiver through a structure under test to which the apparatus is coupled. The wear plate includes first acoustic isolation to impede transmission of acoustic energy from the acoustic generator to the acoustic receiver through the wear plate.
US10018597B2
According to an embodiment, a detection system detects deterioration of a rope through at least one sheave. The system includes a plurality of sensors and a calculator. The sensors are configured to detect an elastic wave generated from the rope and convert the elastic wave into a detection signal. At least one of the sensors is installed near an end portion of the rope. At least one of the sensors is installed at the sheave. The calculator is configured to calculate a position of the rope where the elastic wave has been generated, based on a propagating speed of the elastic wave, time difference information of a plurality of detected times of the elastic waves detected by the respective sensors, and positional information indicating positions of the respective sensors.
US10018593B2
An ion mobility spectrometer (100) comprising a first ion source (102-1, 108-1) for providing positive ions to be analyzed, an electric field applier arranged to provide an electric field configured to move the positive ions in a first direction towards a first ion detector (106-1, 110-1) adapted for detecting the positive ions, and a second ion source (102-2, 108-2) for providing negative ions to be analyzed, wherein the electric field applier is arranged to move the negative ions in a direction opposite to the first direction, towards the first ion source (102-1, 108-1) and towards a second ion detector (106-1, 110-1) adapted for detecting the negative ions.
US10018590B2
A method of fluid testing includes pressurizing a fluid testing system, disposed at a subterranean location under high pressure compared to a surface pressure, to achieve a desired pressure differential between the high pressure and an internal pressure of the fluid testing system. The fluid testing system includes a capillary electrophoresis system and one or more test fluid reservoirs. The method also includes directing test fluid from the one or more test fluid reservoirs into capillaries to condition the capillaries. The method further includes directing sample fluid into the capillaries for testing while at the subterranean location.
US10018580B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting the presence of water or ice on a structure, for example on the surface of an aircraft. One or more separate heaters are thermally coupled to a structure (for example on the back of wing leading edge skins). A controller applies power to the heaters to heat the different regions of the surface of the structure. The controller detects the presence of water or ice by comparing the power required to achieve the desired surface temperature, and a reference power, where the reference power is the power required to heat the surface of the structure to the same temperature if the structure were in a dry air environment (i.e. an environment devoid of water). If the power consumed by the heater is greater than the reference power, the presence of water or ice is inferred.
US10018572B2
A surface inspection system, as well as related components and methods, are provided. The surface inspection system includes a beam source subsystem, a beam scanning subsystem, a workpiece movement subsystem, an optical collection and detection subsystem, and a processing subsystem. The optical collection and detection system features, in the front quartersphere, a light channel assembly for collecting light reflected from the surface of the workpiece, and a front collector and wing collectors for collecting light scattered from the surface, to greatly improve the measurement capabilities of the system. The light channel assembly has a switchable edge exclusion mask and a reflected light detection system for improved detection of the reflected light.
US10018571B2
A defect inspection system includes an inspection sub-system and a controller communicatively coupled to the detector. The inspection sub-system includes an illumination source configured to generate a beam of illumination, a set of illumination optics to direct the beam of illumination to a sample, and a detector configured to collect illumination emanating from the sample. The controller includes a memory device and one or more processors configured to execute program instructions. The controller is configured to determine one or more target patterns corresponding to one or more features on the sample, define one or more care areas on the sample based on the one or more target patterns and design data of the sample stored within the memory device of the controller, and identify one or more defects within the one or more care areas of the sample based on the illumination collected by the detector.
US10018570B2
Provided are methods and systems for inspecting surfaces of various components, such as evaluating height deviations on these surfaces. A method involves aggregating inspection data from multiple line scanners into a combined data set. This combined data set represents a portion of the surface that is larger than the field of measurement any one of the scanners. Furthermore, each pair of adjacent scanners operate at different periods of time to avoid interference. Because operating periods are offset, surface portions scanned by the pair of adjacent scanners can overlap without interference. This overlap of the scanned portions ensures that the entire surface is analyzed. The position of scanners relative to the inspection surface may be changed in between the scans and, in some embodiments, even during the scan. This approach allows precise scanning of large surfaces.
US10018569B2
A method for detecting defects in a composite structure, such as in an aircraft structure, that includes sending an optical signal down an optical fiber embedded in the composite structure and analyzing the optical signal at a detector. If it is determined that the optical signal is turning on and off or an increase in the bit error rate is occurring at the detector, the composite structure may be delaminating or the composite structure may be somehow damaged. If it is determined that the composite structure is damaged, the optical signal can be sent down a different optical fiber that may not be at a location where the composite structure is damaged, and a continuous beam of light can be sent down the optical fiber that is at the damaged part of the composite structure to determine whether the damage is increasing.
US10018560B2
A metrology system includes an illumination source configured to generate an illumination beam, one or more illumination optics configured to direct the illumination beam to a sample, one or more collection optics configured to collect illumination emanating from the sample, a detector, and a hyperspectral imaging sub-system. The hyperspectral imaging sub-system includes a dispersive element positioned at a pupil plane of the set of collection optics configured to spectrally disperse the collected illumination, a lens array including an array of focusing elements, and one or more imaging optics. The one or more imaging optics combine the spectrally-dispersed collected illumination to form an image of the pupil plane on the lens array. The focusing elements of the lens array distribute the collected illumination on the detector in an arrayed pattern.
US10018551B2
A particle detector includes a housing, a light source, and a photo-responsive material. The housing includes a sample inlet and a sample outlet, and encloses a detection cavity. The light source directs irradiating light along a longitudinal axis to particles of a sample fluid flowing in the detection cavity. The photo-responsive material surrounds at least a portion of the detection cavity, and receives measurement light propagating from the particles in a plurality of measurement light paths angled relative to the longitudinal axis. The particle detector may be utilized to measure scattered light and/or light emitted due to autofluorescence. Fluids sampled may include aerosols, bio-aerosols, and liquids.
US10018548B2
A measurement device includes a first flow passage, a heating unit provided on one end side of the first flow passage, a gas detection unit provided on one end side of the first flow passage and capable of detecting a gas through heat applied from the heating unit, and a particle measurement unit which optically measures, at an upper side than the heating unit of the first flow passage, particles passing through the first flow passage.
US10018535B2
A thin-slice manufacturing device is a thin-slice manufacturing device for cutting an embedding block in which a biological sample is embedded by paraffin using a cutting blade relatively moved with respect to the embedding block along a virtual plane to cut out thin slices, the thin-slice manufacturing device includes a vertical illumination part configured to radiate light to the embedding block, and an inclination estimation part configured to detect a boundary line between a cutting surface cut along the virtual plane and a non-cutting surface based on reflection of light generated by the light radiated to the embedding block by the vertical illumination part, and estimate inclination information showing information related to inclination of the embedding block based on the detected boundary line.
US10018531B2
A control apparatus for an engine, the control apparatus includes an ECU. The ECU is configured to: calculate a normalized intake pressure; calculate a pumping loss torque based on the normalized intake pressure; calculate a first value or a value of a linear function as the normalized intake pressure, the first value is obtained by dividing the intake pressure by the atmospheric pressure; calculate the output value based on the normalized intake pressure and a relational data that associate a normalized output value with the normalized intake pressure; the output value is one of a second value obtained by dividing the pumping loss torque by the atmospheric pressure, a normalized pumping loss torque, a third value obtained by dividing an exhaust pressure by the atmospheric pressure, and a normalized exhaust pressure; and calculate one of the pumping loss torque and the exhaust pressure.
US10018529B2
A valve manifold includes a valve body carrying pairs of laterally spaced piston actuated valves controlled by control modules operative to selectively pressurize and exhaust an outlet port connected to a fluid device and configured in groupings permitting varying valve functionalities.
US10018527B2
A sensor package includes a pressure sensor, a computation unit that performs specified computation in accordance with a result of detection performed by the pressure sensor, a lead frame through which a result of computation performed by the computation unit is output to an outside, a main housing that is formed of resin and that holds the lead frame, and a sensor housing that is formed of ceramic and that has an inner space in which the pressure sensor is disposed. The pressure sensor is disposed in the main housing using the sensor housing.
US10018524B2
A load determining system having a sensorized rolling element bearing in a hub unit for wheels. The bearing includes a first ring and a second ring as an inner and outer ring. The first and second ring may be the inner ring, the other ring being the outer ring. The system includes at least two magnetic sensors attached to the first ring interact with a target wheel attached to the second ring. The system includes a signal processing unit configured to receive the magnetic sensor output of the at least one magnetic sensor, to determine at least axial forces acting on the bearing based on the amplitude of the magnetic sensor output and to calculate averages value of the outputs of the at least two magnetic sensors and to calculate a logarithm of a ratio of the average values to determine a load acting on the bearing.
US10018523B2
A sensor system includes a femtosecond infrared (fs-IR) laser to generate a laser beam; a reflecting mirror optically receiving the laser beam; a lens optically coupled to the reflecting mirror to focus the laser beam; a phase mask receiving the laser beam from the lens to generate an index modulated pattern; and a few-mode fiber (FMF) receiving the index modulated pattern.
US10018515B2
A device includes a source contact, a drain contact, a gate contact, and a body contact. The body contact is electrically coupled to a temperature sensing circuit. The source contact, the drain contact, the gate contact, and the body contact are included in a fin field-effect transistor (finFET).
US10018511B2
An infrared detector may be configured to detect a wide bandwidth of infrared spectrum using a broadband surface plasmon resonator. The infrared detector may include a substrate; a thermistor member disposed spaced from the substrate, the thermistor member having a resistance value that varies according to temperature; a resonator disposed on the thermistor member, the resonator configured to generate surface plasmon resonance; a pair of thermal legs configured to support the thermistor member such that the thermistor member is disposed spaced from the substrate; and a pair of conductive lead wires respectively disposed on the pair of thermal legs. The conductive lead wires may be configured to transmit signals to the substrate from the thermistor member and the resonator. The resonator may have a plurality of resonant frequencies and be configured to generate the surface plasmon resonance in a plurality of resonant modes.
US10018490B2
A turbulator adapted to be mounted to or inserted in an inlet portion of a flow meter for a ventilator is disclosed. The turbulator is adapted to create a turbulent gas flow in the inlet portion downstream of the turbulator upon passage of a gas flow therethrough. A flow meter for a ventilator is provided. The flow meter may comprise such turbulator. The turbulator may be arranged in the inlet portion of the flow meter. A membrane for a ventilator flow meter is provided, as well as a flow meter comprising the membrane. A flow meter comprising a turbulator and a membrane is disclosed.
US10018486B2
Improved instrument encasing systems may solve a variety of problems associated with existing systems. In one aspect, an improved instrument encasing system may include a suspension bracket and back plate that enable tool-less mounting and/or disassembly and/or security in mobile installations. Optionally, the system suspension bracket also may provide a template for easy alignment and selection of a mounting position and/or installation thereto. In some embodiments, the back plate may be temporarily reduced in diameter to enable quick and easy access to instruments mounted on an inner housing, or for access to the dial face for personalization. In another aspect, an inner housing of the instrument encasing system may provide one or more spring blades that receive instrument mounting sub-assemblies that provide for easy mounting and replacement of instruments. Optionally, stabilization weights also may be provided in the inner housing to absorb vibrations and increase the overall weight and stability of the housing, enabling lighter materials to be used in the manufacture of other components. In some embodiments, a Physical Vapor Deposition coating may be applied to an outer housing to provide various functional and/or aesthetic qualities.
US10018484B2
Electrostatic capacitance can be measured with high directivity in a specific direction. A sensor chip that measures the electrostatic capacitance includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode. The first electrode has a first portion. The second electrode has a second portion extended on the first portion of the first electrode, and is insulated from the first electrode within the sensor chip. The third electrode has a front face extended in a direction which intersects with the first portion of the first electrode and the second portion of the second electrode, and is provided on the first portion and the second portion. The third electrode is insulated from the first electrode and the second electrode within the sensor chip. No portion is extended from the first electrode to be positioned above the first portion.
US10018479B2
Methods and systems for boarding a transportation vehicle are provided. One method includes configuring a passenger assist device (PAD) for use at a location for arriving and departing transportation vehicles by storing location data with maps and amenities information for the location; initializing a location tracking module to prevent unauthorized removal of the PAD from the location by a passenger; selecting a language by the passenger for communication with the PAD, when the passenger does not want to use a default language; retrieving connection and passenger transportation vehicle boarding location from where the passenger boards the vehicle; and presenting directions to the boarding location and information regarding amenities along a route to the boarding location.
US10018476B2
Live traffic routing in a mobile navigation system generates alternate routes based on the user's current location, live traffic conditions and estimated time of arrival at certain locations along the route. Live traffic routing re-ranks alternate routes taking into account which routes offer the best cost path to the user's destination.
US10018467B2
A system for measuring a distance to an object includes a camera positioned at a location and a signal generated by the camera that is reflective of a camera setting. A controller operably connected to the camera receives the signal and generates an accuracy signal based on the signal. The accuracy signal is reflective of a predicted accuracy of a distance measurement. An indicator operably connected to the controller provides an indication reflective of the accuracy signal. A method for measuring a distance to an object includes positioning a camera and generating a signal reflective of a predicted accuracy of a distance measurement. The method further includes providing an indication reflective of the signal, capturing one or more images of the object at the location, and calculating a distance to the object based on the one or more captured images of the object at the location.
US10018463B1
A shadow moiré system (herein ‘system’) includes a glass grating that is disposed above a sample in an oven top and glass lid assembly of an oven such that the glass grating is vertically adjustable. Further, the system includes shadow moiré optics that is disposed above the glass grating. Furthermore, the system includes a vertical motion assembly that is disposed in an oven bottom assembly of the oven along with a sample support to vertically move the sample support and the sample disposed thereon. Additionally, the shadow moiré system includes a top heater assembly that is disposed in the oven top and glass lid assembly above the glass grating and a bottom heater that are separately controllable to generate and apply heat to the sample to observe any changes in flatness in a surface of the sample with temperature change.
US10018460B2
A device for the interferometric measuring of an object, including a light source to generate an emitted beam, a beam splitting device for splitting the emitted beam into a measuring beam and at least first and second reference beams, an optic interference device, and first and second detectors, with the interference device and the first detector being embodied cooperating such that the measuring beam, at least partially reflected by the object, and the first reference beam are interfered on at least one detector area of the first detector. The interference device and the second detector are embodied cooperating such that the measuring beam, at least partially scattered by the object, and the second reference beam are interfered on at least one detector area of the second detector. A method is also provided for the interferometric measuring of an object.
US10018459B2
A method for the location determination of the involutes of a pre-gear cut workpiece within a gear-cutting machine using a gear-cut tool comprising the method steps: generating first and second relative movements between the workpiece and the tool; detecting respective, resulting first and second contact between a first tooth flank of the tool and a first tooth flank of the workpiece; and detecting a respective first and second set of coordinates for representing the relative movement of the workpiece and the tool; and determining the angles of rotation, the feeds, the axial distance and the crossed-axes angle of the tool and the workpiece based on the first and second set of coordinates and subsequent calculation of the location of the involutes on the basis of the angles of rotation, the feeds, the axial distance and the crossed-axes angle.
US10018457B2
Devices and methods for measuring roller chain wear are provided. A roller chain wear gauge may include an elongated structure configured to be inserted into a gap between two roller links of a chain joined by a pin link of the chain, the chain having an associated chain size. The elongated structure may include a first side surface, a second side surface, a length extending along a longitudinal axis of the elongated structure, and a plurality of widths located along the length and defined by and between the first and second side surfaces. The first side surface may extend at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis such that the plurality of widths continuously tapers over the length. The plurality of widths may be calibrated against a reference chain representative of the associated chain size.
US10018450B2
Example systems, devices, and methods related to an automated target system are provided. In this regard, a target pod device, that may be installed in a target base is provided. The target pod device may include a hinge, a target paddle, a rotary actuator, a sensor, and a processor. The target paddle may be operably coupled to the hinge and the rotary actuator may be operably coupled to the target paddle. The rotary actuator may be configured to rotate the target paddle to a deployed position or a retracted position. The sensor may detect that the target paddle has been moved toward the retracted position. The processor may be configured to transmit a signal to the rotary actuator to cause the rotary actuator to rotate the target paddle, and determine whether the target paddle has been moved toward the retracted position by a projectile.
US10018449B2
An active target has a target face that is backlit by LEDs, where a detection layer behind the target face detects a new projectile hole in the target, such as from a gun or an arrow. The detection layer may be formed of one or more resistive layers, and the detected increase in resistance due to a new projectile hole being created is sensed and correlated to an XY position of the hole. The location of the new hole is transmitted via an RF signal to the shooter's portable device, such as a smartphone, and the shooter sees the location of the hit relative to the target face in real time. The LEDs may be dynamically controlled. The target is disposable and is supported by a support base containing the control electronics and transmitter.
US10018448B2
A bag for undercover carrying of a gun that has an internal pocket, several external pockets and fast opening system. The internal pocket is designed to contain the gun. The external pockets cover the internal pocket that has an opening part that has a substantially narrow like-tab structure. The opening part is closed by a bidirectional zipper and a quick release closing means.
US10018444B1
A bow holder apparatus for supporting a bow and making the bow readily available for immediate use. The bow holder apparatus includes a support assembly including a bar having a main portion and opposed end portions; and a clamping assembly including a pair of levers pivotably coupled to the bar and engagably biased with the end portions of the bar.
US10018437B2
An improved firearm bolt catch assembly for the lower receiver of a firearm, the assembly having a lift arm that retains the bolt of the firearm in a retracted position after the cartridge magazine has been emptied, such that the firearm does not need to be re-racked when an empty magazine is removed and replaced with a full magazine. The lift arm is substantially C-shaped, having an elongated middle segment and a pair of transverse legs. Each of the transverse legs is pivotally mounted onto the lower receiver. The lift arm is raised by the magazine follower when the last cartridge has been discharged. An insert assembly is also disclosed.
US10018430B2
A heat transfer system including a fluid inlet; a fluid outlet; and a substrate in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and fluid outlet, the substrate including a heat exchange region having a heat transfer surface and a flow field adjacent the heat transfer surface, the flow field including a fluid flow area including an open region at the inlet, a heat transfer region in thermal communication with the heat exchange region, and a taper of the flow field cross-sectional area in the flow direction, wherein the flow field heat transfer region includes a plurality of spaced apart open enhancement features from 1 micron to 3 mm in size, and method for enhancing the heat transfer performance of an apparatus is disclosed.
US10018429B2
An apparatus body heat dissipation device includes an apparatus case, at least one plate body and at least one drive member. The apparatus case has at least one first opening and at least one second opening and a receiving space. The plate body is disposed in the receiving space. The drive member serves to drive the plate body to move within the receiving space to produce an air convection effect between the interior of the apparatus case and the ambient surrounding air of the apparatus case so that the air convection in the limited space of the apparatus body can be effectively enhanced to greatly enhance the heat dissipation efficiency.
US10018427B2
A vapor chamber structure includes an upper metal casing, a lower metal casing, a partition plate and a working fluid. The lower metal casing is engaged and sealed with the upper metal casing, and a containing chamber is formed between the upper metal casing and the lower metal casing. The partition plate is laid inside the containing chamber and includes a gas channel configured to be facing the upper metal casing. The working fluid is filled in the containing chamber. Therefore, the gas evaporated in the vapor chamber will move along a fixed path to prevent the occurrence of turbulence effectively.
US10018420B2
The present invention provides a heat treatment jig. A metal wire as a heat treatment target is to be wound around the jig. The jig comprises a cylindrical tubular body whose outer wall surface has a helical groove formed along a circumferential direction to wind the metal wire. A depth of the groove is larger than a length at which the metal wire will isolate from the groove when the metal wire wound along the groove at room temperature is thermally expanded by being heated to a predetermined heat treatment temperature.
US10018412B2
A system and method for providing supplemental refrigeration to an air separation plant is provided. A closed loop supplemental refrigeration circuit that can be easily retrofitted or added onto an air separation plant that increases the liquid product production capability of the air separation plant. The supplemental refrigeration capacity of the supplemental refrigeration circuit is controlled by removing or adding a portion of the refrigerant in the supplemental refrigeration circuit to adjust the inlet pressure while maintaining a substantially constant volumetric flow rate and substantially constant pressure ratio across the compressor. Removing the refrigerant from the supplemental refrigeration circuit decreases the refrigeration imparted by the supplemental refrigeration circuit and thus provides the capacity to turn-down liquid product make without shutting down the compressors and turbo-expanders in the supplemental refrigeration circuit.
US10018408B2
A portable external cooler shelving trait with modular floor units that can be replaced at a user's discretion. The shelving unit can be used with the cooler when the cooler is open or closed. The shelving unit can have a frame that can be illuminated or magnetized.
US10018405B2
A refrigerator locking system is used to secure the doors of a refrigerator in closed or open positions. The system includes at least one anchor bar, a locking bracket, a door block and a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a frame, at least one refrigerator door and a freezer door. The anchor bar is mounted to the frame in between the refrigerator door and the freezer door. The locking bracket is connected adjacent to the frame and is engaged with to the door block to secure the refrigerator door and the freezer door. The door block can be used to press the refrigerator door and the freezer door against the frame, keeping the refrigerator closed. Alternatively, the door block can be positioned in between the frame and both the refrigerator door and the freezer door to keep the refrigerator open.
US10018395B2
A beverage cooling or heating device includes a sealed housing, a first chamber within the housing that contains a thermal agent, a second chamber within the housing that contains an activating agent, for endothermically or exothermically reacting with the thermal agent, and a barrier between the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein the barrier is configured to keep the thermal agent separate from the activating agent, and is further configured to be ruptured upon activation of the device such that the thermal agent and activating agent come into contact with and react with each other. The thermal agent may be a cooling agent, such as urea, and the activating agent may be water. The thermal agent may alternatively be a heating agent.
US10018388B2
An outdoor unit, connected with indoor units by pipes to constitute a refrigerant circuit, includes a compressor configured to compress and discharge refrigerant, a plurality of parallel heat exchangers configured to allow heat exchange between air and the refrigerant, a first defrosting pipe serving as a flow path for branching a part of the refrigerant discharged by the compressor and allowing the refrigerant to flow into the parallel heat exchanger to be defrosted for defrosting, a first expansion device configured to decompress the refrigerant passing through the first defrosting pipe, a second expansion device configured to adjust the pressure of the refrigerant that passed through the parallel heat exchanger to be defrosted, and a controller configured to control the second expansion device such that the pressure of the refrigerant that passed through the parallel heat exchanger to be defrosted falls within a predetermined range.
US10018382B2
A six-way directional valve (100), an outdoor unit (1000) having the same and an air conditioner are provided. The six-way directional valve (100) includes: a valve body (1), defining a valve cavity (5) therein, the valve cavity (5) having a first side wall (11) and a second side wall (12) disposed oppositely to each other, the valve body (1) being provided with a first connecting pipe (A) to a sixth connecting pipe (F); a valve spool (2), movably disposed in the valve cavity (5), a first chamber (21) being defined between the valve spool (2) and the first side wall (11), a second chamber (22) being defined between the valve spool (2) and the second side wall (12), and a third chamber (23) being defined between the valve spool (2), the first side wall (11) and the second side wall (12); and a pilot valve assembly (4).
US10018370B2
An economizer controller with sensor calibration. A controller sensor may be used to measure a parameter. At the same time at the same location of the measurement with the controller sensor, a measurement of the same parameter may be made with a precision sensor. The difference between the two measurements may be saved to a controller memory as an offset. The offset may be used to compensate future measurements of the same parameter by the controller sensor. Additional offsets at various magnitudes may be obtained between the precision and the controller sensors for compensating subsequent measurements by the controller sensor. Measurements with the compensated sensor may be used for calibrating sensors in other economizer controllers, for example, at remote locations in the field.
US10018358B2
Techniques for monitoring health of an igniter (202) in a gas turbine engine (201) include a sensor (270) mounted to detect signals in a combustor (260) and a processor (180) in electrical communication with the sensor. The processor is configured to receive (601) from the sensor first data that indicates signal changes in each of a plurality of time bins during operation of the igniter in the combustor. Information characteristics of the first data are determined (603). A value is determined (615) of a similarity measure that indicates similarity of the information characteristics to target information characteristics. Based on the value of the similarity measure, a condition of the igniter is determined (633) and a device is operated (635) based on the conditions, for example the condition is presented on a display (714).
US10018356B2
The present invention relates generally to the generation of steam via the use of a combustion process to produce heat and, in one embodiment, to a device, system and/or method that enables one to control one or more process parameters of a combustion process so as to yield at least one desirable change in at least one downstream parameter. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a system and/or method for controlling at least one process parameter of a combustion process so as to yield at least one desirable change in at least one downstream process parameter associated with one or more of a wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) unit, a particulate collection device and/or control of additives thereto and/or a nitrogen oxide control device and/or control of additives thereto and/or additives to the system.
US10018352B1
A fire tube boiler system including a plurality of oxygen transport reactors that heats a working fluid. Each oxygen transport reactor has a first inner tube with an ion transport membrane that receives air from a first supply line, extracts oxygen from the air, and evacuate oxygen depleted air through a first exhaust line, a second inner tube that surrounds the first inner tube that receives the oxygen from the ion transport membrane and a mixture of fuel and carbon dioxide from a second supply line and produces a oxy-combustion, and an peripheral tube that surrounds the second inner tube and evacuates the exhaust gases produced by the oxy-combustion and transfer heat from exhaust gases to the working fluid and the ion transport membrane.
US10018351B2
A system and method for producing steam from an electrically conductive fluid includes: (a) a glow discharge cell, (b) a fluid source, a pump or a valve, and (c) a DC electrical power supply. The glow discharge cell includes an electrically conductive cylindrical vessel having first and second ends, and at least one inlet and one outlet. A hollow electrode is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the vessel and extends at least from the first end to the second end of the vessel. First and second insulators seal the first and second ends, respectively, of the vessel around the hollow electrode and maintain a substantially equidistant gap between the vessel and the hollow electrode. A non-conductive granular material is disposed within the gap. An electric glow discharge is created whenever the cell is connected to the electrical power supply, and the electrically conductive fluid is introduced into the gap.
US10018343B2
Provided is a light tile including a light-source bed having a rear face and a front face configured for accommodating at least one light source; and a base unit having a rear face and a front face. The base unit includes an electric unit and an interconnecting arrangement for interconnecting the base unit with a base unit of at least one other light tile. The base unit is configured for interfacing with the light-source bed so as to establish mechanical connection therebetween, and the electric unit is configured to be electrically connected with the light-source bed so as to establish electric communication therebetween and to provide electric power to the at least one light source.
US10018337B2
A light comprises a housing including a front face, a first face, a second face, and a first surface arranged between the second face and the front face. A lens is disposed in the front face and a light source is covered by the lens. A power source is configured to provide power to the light source. The first face is angled at a first oblique angle with respect to the front face, the second face is angled at a second oblique angle with respect to the front face, and the first surface is angled at a third oblique angle with respect to the front face. The first oblique angle, the second oblique angle, and the third oblique angle are different from one another.
US10018336B2
Provided is a device configured for attachment to a lighting fixture. The device includes an engagement mechanism that allows the lighting fixture to be mounted within a recess of a substantially flat surface. The engagement mechanism is constructed to facilitate movement of a tension mechanism from a maximum tension position to a minimum tension position. Movement of the engagement mechanism is in response to an applied force generated by contact of the engagement mechanism with a first side of the substantially flat surface. Also provided is a method for mounting the lighting fixture using the engagement mechanism.
US10018334B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture and methods of installing the same. In various embodiments, an LED lighting fixture may comprise: at least one socket comprising a socket opening; at least one LED positioned substantially within the socket opening; at least one shield member positioned adjacent the at least one socket such that the shield substantially encloses the socket opening; at least one decorative light shade; at least one cover comprising a neck portion having an internal surface, the internal surface defining a cover opening. The cover opening is configured to receive there-through at least a portion of a socket and substantially engage the socket. At least a portion of the cover is configured to substantially engage the decorative light shade. Also, at least a portion of the cover is configured to substantially enclose the LED and shield.
US10018328B2
A light emitting module includes a lens and first and second light sources aligning with the lens. The lens includes a first biconcave section having a first light-entrance concave surface and a first light-exit concave surface, a second biconcave section having a second light-entrance concave surface and a second light-exit concave surface, and a shared section having a light-exit shared surface. A tangent slope of the shared section where the light-exit shared surface is connected to the first light-exit concave surface is less than a tangent slope of the first biconcave section where the first light-exit concave surface is connected to the light-exit shared surface. A tangent slope of the shared section where the light-exit shared surface is connected to the second light-exit concave surface is larger than a tangent slope of the second biconcave section where the second light-exit concave surface is connected to the light-exit shared surface.
US10018316B2
The invention provides a headlight device capable of generating two distinct, though possibly overlapping, beam portions, by means of a single integrated unit. The unit comprises two primary optical components for generating the two respective beam portions, and a single exit lens through which the combined beam is transmitted. A low beam having a stepped cut-off—to avoid glare to oncoming road users—may be generated by means of the provided device, with the cut off generated by means of a specially shaped collimating element, and the remaining spread of the beam generated by means of a downwardly reflecting reflector. Dual high and low beam functionality can alternatively be achieved, wherein the collimating element generates a high beam, and the reflector structure generates a low beam. By shaping and positioning the collimating element appropriately, a stepped cut off in the low beam may be still be provided in these embodiments.
US10018310B2
The present invention relates to a LED lamp unit (10) comprising at least two LED light sources (2) arranged between a heat sink (3) and an electrical connector base at two opposing sides of the lamp unit (10) to emit in opposed half spaces. The proposed LED lamp unit can be constructed in a very compact form in order to replace known halogen, xenon and incandescent bulbs without changing the construction of the reflector and mechanical parts in a head lamp or signaling lamp.
US10018302B2
A high pressure tank has a liner and a reinforcing layer. The reinforcing layer is formed on an outer surface of the liner. An adhesion inhibiting process that inhibits the liner from adhering to the reinforcing layer is applied to at least a portion of the liner in a region contacting the reinforcing layer.
US10018301B2
A drain valve including a housing having a float chamber, a piston chamber, and a plenum communicating with the piston chamber through a seat. The housing has a liquid inlet passage, and an outlet port. The drain valve has a tube passage communicating with the piston chamber. The drain valve includes an annular float. The drain valve includes a seal body connected to the float and rising away from the tube passage when liquid is in the float chamber. The drain valve includes a piston slidably mounted in the piston chamber having a head that moves away from the seat when gas enters the piston chamber. The piston includes a valve element that moves as the piston head moves to expose the liquid inlet port and allow liquid to flow from the liquid inlet passage through the plenum and into the liquid outlet passage.
US10018297B2
A turn plate assembly for support of the steered wheels of a vehicle on a precision planar surface. The assembly includes an approach plate establishing a planar surface to within an established measurement tolerance. The approach plate is coupled to a base plate underlying a bearing assembly consisting of a plurality of ball bearings retained between the base plate and an underside of a rotating support disc. An upper surface of the rotating support disc is coplanar with an upper surface of the approach plate. Resting on the upper surface of the rotating support surface, a translational surface or mat is temporarily secured in place by magnetic adhesion. During use, translational forces exerted on the translation surface or mat by a vehicle wheel assembly may overcome the magnetic adhesion, enabling the translational surface or mat to translate relative to the underlying rotating support disc.
US10018294B2
A quick connector includes a connector body, a spring, a plurality of positioning balls, a push ring, a movable sleeve, a snap ring, and a locking structure. When a coupling is inserted into the connector body, the push ring is pushed the spring to press the positioning balls which press the coupling so that the coupling is locked onto the connector body. The movable sleeve is driven to return the push ring to release the coupling from the positioning balls. Thus, the movable sleeve is locked by the locking structure and cannot be moved any more so that the movable sleeve will not be driven inadvertently due to an external force and can press the positioning balls to lock the coupling so as to prevent the coupling from being detached from the connector body.
US10018293B2
Male fluidic connecting element and connector comprising such an element and a female mating element
A male connecting element and a connector comprising the male connecting element and a female connecting element are disclosed. The male connecting element comprises a tubular body and a tubular plug, for the passage of fluid, having a flange for hooking up one or more claws of a female element. The body includes a sleeve that is axially movable around the plug between a first position where it is away from the flange, and a second position where it is closer to the flange or in abutment to the flange. The sleeve allows the male element to move axially away then radially clearing each claw of the flange before removal of the male element out of the female element. Advantageously, the claws avoid abutting against the flange of the male element upon uncoupling, thereby minimizing wear and tear of the claws against the flange.
US10018288B2
An underground irrigation or piping system for water or fertilizing adjacent soil. The irrigation or piping system may be a horizontal system or a vertical system. A pipe contains a first, larger cavity and a second smaller cavity. Water or other fluids may flow from the first cavity to the second cavity, through a transfer port or via a vortex created by a restriction within a coupling or other element of the system. As the fluid transfers from the first cavity to the second cavity, it obtains a higher pressure. Emitters, such as holes) in the pipe that communicate with the second opening allow the pressurized fluid to spray out of the pipe a predetermined distance. Nutrients, air, or other elements may be added in the system to further fertilize or encourage vegetation growth.
US10018286B2
A guiding or holding device has a U-shaped or C-shaped receiving element (1, 1/1, 1/2) for receiving a pipe, flexible tube or a cable. The receiving element (1, 1/1, 1/2) has a coupling section (3, 3/1, 3/2) for detachable coupling with other components. The coupling section (3, 3/1, 3/2) is arranged in a circumferential area of the receiving element (1, 1/1, 1/2) and has an outer mounting surface (4, 4/1, 4/2), in the area of which coupling elements (20, 21, 20/1, 21/1, 20/2, 21/2, 24, 24/1, 24/2) projecting over the mounting surface (4, 4/1, 4/2) as well as protruding into the mounting surface are arranged. With the coupling elements (20, 21, 20/1, 21/1, 20/2, 21/2, 24, 24/1, 24/2), the receiving element (1, 1/1, 1/2) can be coupled as desired with another receiving element (1, 1/1 or 1/2), with a holding element (60) or with a connection element (40, 50).
US10018283B2
A water outlet structure has an inner pipe connected to a shell. The water outlet structure is connected to a water supply pipe by a locking member. A sphere and two pads are confined in a valve room of the inner pipe. Two ends of a shaft of an operating member are connected to the sphere in the inner pipe and a valve bar. An end of the valve bar extending from the shell is connected to a cap of a handle. A toggle bar of the handle can be toggled to rotate the sphere by only 90 degrees. When the sphere is not rotated, a through hole of the sphere is not in communication with a channel of the inner pipe. When the sphere is gradually rotated and eventually by 90 degrees, the through hole is gradually aligned with the channel and in communication with the channel coaxially.
US10018275B2
A sealing arrangement is used when mounting a thruster in a well box attached to a hull of a marine vessel. The well box has an axis, a bottom flange, a top flange, an annular wall therebetween and hoisting pipes fastened parallel with the axis to the bottom flange radially outside the annular wall. Both the well box and a mounting flange have at least one surface acting as a sealing surface between the well box and the thruster. At least one of the surfaces has a groove for a seal for preventing water from entering the well box. The well box has a rotationally symmetric wall with an internal guide surface and the mounting flange of the thruster has an axially extending rotationally symmetric part provided with an outer surface having means for sealing the mounting flange in relation to the well box.
US10018266B2
Since an oil level of oil in a first space housing a transmission mechanism is lower than an oil level of the oil in a second space housing a differential gear, not only is it possible to lubricate a drive pinion and a ring gear housed in the second space with a sufficient amount of oil while cutting the total amount of oil compared with a case in which the oil levels of the first space and the second space are both high, but it is also possible to reduce the resistance of oil to stirring in the second space by discharging excess oil building up in the second space to the first space via a second oil passage formed along an axial center of a pinion shaft, and to prevent the oil level of the first space from decreasing excessively, thus avoiding aeration of an oil pump.
US10018260B2
A hydrokinetic torque coupling device for coupling together a driving shaft and a driven shaft features a casing including a casing shell and an impeller casing shell, an impeller including the impeller shell, a turbine-piston including a turbine-piston shell, and an elastic element slidably engaging the turbine-piston and being connected to the casing. The elastic element is configured to bias the turbine-piston toward the impeller. The casing is rotatable about a rotational axis so that the impeller shell is disposed axially opposite to and fixedly connected to the casing shell. The turbine-piston is coaxially aligned with and hydro-dynamically drivable by the impeller.
US10018258B2
The invention relates to an actuator comprising a stationary structure and an actuating element that is movable relative to the stationary structure, a device for locking the actuating element in position which is mounted on the stationary structure and has a state for locking and a state for releasing the actuating element. The locking device comprises, successively, a stress limiter and at least one locking element so arranged as to be butting against one surface of the actuating element, in order to oppose a motion of the actuating element in a predetermined direction. The actuator comprises a member for controlling the locking device in the releasing state thereof and a member for resiliently returning the locking device to the locking state thereof.
US10018253B2
A transmission for a motor vehicle includes a first planetary gear set with at least three central gears which are formed by a ring gear and two sun gears or by two ring gears and one sun gear. A second planetary gear set includes two central gears which are formed by one ring gear and one sun gear. One of the central gears of the second planetary gear set is constantly connected in a torque-proof manner to one of the central gears of the first planetary gear set. The one of the central gears of the first planetary gear set differs from and is arranged in a common gear set plane with the one of the central gears of the second planetary gear set. A carrier of the first planetary gear set is constantly connected in a torque-proof manner to a carrier of the second planetary gear set.
US10018251B2
A transmission is connectable to an input member and includes an output transfer gear, first and second transmission input shaft members, first and second countershaft members, a plurality of co-planar gear sets, and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. The torque transmitting devices include a plurality of synchronizer assemblies and a dual clutch assembly. The transmission is operable to provide at least one reverse speed ratio and a plurality of forward speed ratios between the input member and the output member.
US10018247B2
A fabric for reinforcing a power transmission belt including fibers of polyarylene sulfide and a belt utilizing the fabric. The fabric may have textured or elastic core wrapped stretch yarns in the longitudinal direction. Longitudinal yarns may include PPS and textured transverse yarns include nylon. Yarns may include blends of high performance fibers and nylon or other fibers.
US10018234B2
An apparatus and a method for controlling a coasting operation in a hybrid vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes: a coasting operation control mode entrance time point determination unit to determine a time point at which a subject vehicle enters a coasting operation control mode; a target vehicle speed reach time point calculation unit to calculate a target vehicle speed of the subject vehicle and a time point, at which the subject vehicle reaches the target vehicle speed, when the subject vehicle enters the coasting operation control mode; and a creep torque variation control unit to control creep torque of the subject vehicle using a difference between the target vehicle speed and a present vehicle speed of the subject vehicle.
US10018209B2
In an illustrative embodiment, an insert apparatus for creating an attachment point in an aircraft panel includes a flange insert configured for bonding against an inner surface of a skin of the aircraft panel such that a portion of a load from a component mounted to the attachment point is distributed through the skin. The flange insert may include a wide flange, a bore, and a central opening through the wide flange and the bore, and a nut including an enlarged end and a shaft, where the nut is disposed in the central opening of the flange such that the enlarged end is proximate the wide flange and the shaft extends along the bore. Upon bonding to the aircraft panel, the bore may extend from an underside of the wide flange to proximate an outer surface of the skin of the aircraft panel.
US10018203B2
An aluminum alloy cast impeller has a stable high-temperature strength (e.g., 0.2% proof stress value of 260 MPa or more) at about 200° C. A boss part, blade parts, and a disc part have secondary dendrite arm spacings of 20 to 50 μm, 10 to 35 μm, and 5 to 25 μm, respectively, and satisfy the relationship Amax>Bmax>Cmax, where Amax, Bmax, and Cmax are the maximum values of the secondary dendrite arm spacings of the boss part, the blade parts, and the disc part, respectively. During casting, Al alloy molten metal is pressure injected into a 200 to 350° C. plaster mold. A 100 to 250° C. chill occurs on a surface in contact with an impeller disc surface, so that the chill temperature (° C.)<(plaster mold temperature−50° C.).
US10018201B2
Embodiments of the application disclose a fan and a mold for making a fan blade structure for the fan. An embodiment of the fan comprises a fan blade structure and the fan blade structure comprises a mounting ring and a plurality of fan blades provided on the mounting ring, wherein mounting ring and the fan blades are integrally formed. The mold comprises a mounting ring and a plurality of fan blades provided on the mounting ring, the mold comprising a cavity having a ring-shaped channel configured for forming the mounting ring and a plurality of fan blade channels configured for forming the plurality of fan blades, in order to integrally form the fan blade structure.
US10018182B2
A turbine for generating electrical power includes oppositely rotating wheels which can be driven primarily by wind for driving a plurality of electrical power generators, or by a motor which may be a diesel, solar, electrical, or alternative fuel motor. One or more of the generators can also function as motors for driving the wheels. A method for generating electrical power involves a pair of wheels which rotate oppositely on a central shaft and a plurality of generators driven by the rotation of the wheels for generating power. The rotation of the wheels can be adjusted to a desired speed having regard to the current velocity of the wind and by means of a motor which is connected to the wheels so as to impart rotation thereof.
US10018166B2
A filter (10) with a filter element (36) are described. A housing (12) includes at least one fuel inlet, fuel outlet (18) and a water outlet (30) for water separated from the fuel. The filter element (36) within the housing separates the fuel inlet (26) from the fuel outlet (18). The filter element (36) includes a hollow body filter medium (38) flowed through radially. A water separation unit (56) with a hollow body hydrophobic fuel-permeable separating medium (66) separates water contained in the fuel and includes at least one support structure disposed in the flow path (78) in such a way that a precipitation gap (74) is realized between the filter medium (38) and the separating medium (66). The precipitation gap (74) is connected with the water outlet (30).
US10018161B2
A vehicle fuel system includes a vapor recovery canister containing a primary carbon bed and a secondary carbon bed. Each carbon bed is configured to capture hydrocarbon material associated with fuel vapor discharged from a vehicle fuel tank.
US10018158B2
Methods and systems are provided for conducting a test for undesired evaporative emissions in a vehicle fuel system and evaporative emissions control system based on diurnal temperature fluctuations. In one example, a method includes maintaining a vehicle controller in a sleep mode, where a sunrise or sunset event as sensed by a solar cell configured on an external surface of the vehicle triggers the controller to an awake mode whereupon the test for undesired evaporative emissions is conducted. In this way, in use monitoring performance completion rates may be improved, undesired evaporative emissions may be reduced, and the test for undesired evaporative emissions may be conducted during both heat gains and heat losses during a diurnal cycle without negatively impacting the main battery supply.
US10018153B2
A jet propulsor, for use in vehicles or other devices moving in a three-dimensional gaseous or liquid medium such as air or water, has a joint chamber and at least four flow passages which are connected to the chamber with one of their ends, have independently controllable reversible pressure units inside, and are provided with independently controllable nozzles on their other ends. The propulsor pumps gas or liquid from the environment through itself and, because of reaction forces, provides for simultaneously and independently controlled thrust and thrust moment in terms of their value/strength and direction. Spatial control of the thrust vectoring and conditional thrust moment vector can be provided for in the spatial range of a full solid angle.
US10018148B2
A piston and method of construction thereof are provided. The piston includes an upper crown having an upper combustion surface and a lower crown depending therefrom. The lower crown includes a pair of laterally spaced, axially aligned pin bores configured for receipt of a wrist pin. A substantially closed, annular outer cooling gallery is formed between the upper and lower crowns, wherein a bottom surface of the cooling gallery is formed by a floor of the lower crown. An oil inlet and an oil outlet extend through the floor. The oil inlet includes an upstanding toroid-shaped protrusion that extends upwardly from the floor into the cooling gallery, wherein the protrusion is formed as a monolithic extrusion from the material of the lower crown floor.
US10018147B2
A piston for an engine includes a skirt part, and a resin coating film and a recess formed on a surface of the skirt part. A plurality of the resin coating films are discretely arranged in spots on the surface of the skirt part, and a mesh-like groove is formed by the recess provided between the resin coating films. The recess formed on the skirt part between the resin coating films adjacent to each other in a piston circumference direction is set to be adjacent to another resin coating film in a piston moving direction. An end part of the resin coating film in the piston moving direction is formed in a concave shape when seen in a piston radius direction.
US10018146B2
A piston capable of reducing undesirable “knock,” reducing hydrocarbon emissions, and providing more complete combustion, is provided. The piston includes a multilayer coating having a thickness of 500 microns or less disposed on an upper combustion surface. The coating includes a bond layer including nickel disposed on the upper combustion surface. A thermal barrier layer including a ceramic composition is disposed on the bond layer. A sealant layer formed of metal is disposed on the thermal barrier layer. A catalytic layer including at least one of platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, and iridium is disposed on the sealant layer. The catalytic layer can be disposed on select regions or the entire upper combustion surface to promote combustion through a catalyzed reaction.
US10018144B2
Systems and methods for determining air-fuel error in an engine fueled via direct and port fuel injection. Errors associated with individual fuel injection systems are distinguished from a common error based on trends in the error correction coefficients of the individual fuel injection systems. Adaptive fuel multipliers for each injection system are updated to account for the common error.
US10018138B2
The present disclosure relates to fuel injectors. The teachings may be embodied in a method for characterizing a hydraulic coupling element. The fuel injector may have a piston to pressurize a hydraulic medium and a pin connecting the piston to a piezoactuator. The method may include applying a charging current to the piezo actuator low enough that the leakage flow prevents a pressure differential and the nozzle needle remains closed; discharging the piezo actuator with a current high enough to release the mechanical connection between the piston and the pin; detecting when the piston impacts on the pin; and characterizing the coupling element based on the time between discharge and impact.
US10018133B2
Systems and methods for determining when one or more cylinders of an engine may be deactivated are presented. In one example, different cylinder deactivation strategies are used to determine which engine cylinders are deactivated during an engine cycle in response to an actual total number of valve actuator state changes being greater than a first threshold.
US10018132B2
A method is disclosed for operating an internal combustion engine having a turbocharger and an exhaust gas recirculation pipe fluidly connecting an exhaust system to an air intake system upstream of a compressor of the turbocharger. A first value of a parameter indicative of the density of a mixture of fresh air and exhaust gas in the air intake system is determined. A flowing of exhaust gas through the exhaust gas recirculation pipe is interrupted if the first value is lower than a first reference value thereof.
US10018127B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine has a compressor for adjusting a charge density in an intake pipe of the internal combustion engine and has an adjusting device, such as a variable valve gear, for adjusting a volumetric efficiency of the internal combustion engine. A dynamic setpoint quantity for the internal combustion engine is determined as a function of a difference between a load demand upon the internal combustion engine and a current load output of the internal combustion engine. The volumetric efficiency and the charge density are adjusted as a function of the dynamic setpoint quantity. An internal combustion engine and a vehicle are also provided.
US10018115B2
The present invention provides methods and system for power generation using a high efficiency combustor in combination with a CO2 circulating fluid. The methods and systems advantageously can make use of a low pressure ratio power turbine and an economizer heat exchanger in specific embodiments. Additional low grade heat from an external source can be used to provide part of an amount of heat needed for heating the recycle CO2 circulating fluid. Fuel derived CO2 can be captured and delivered at pipeline pressure. Other impurities can be captured.
US10018110B2
The inventive rotary engine comprises a cylindrical chamber inside a casing wherein there is a concentric rotatable power shaft and a rotatable asymmetric main wheel mounted eccentrically enough as such to avoid contact with the wall of cylindrical chamber. Additionally two bars traversing the main wheel radially further having a wiping contact with the cylindrical chamber wherein one bar is fixed with power shaft and other bar is hinged with said power shaft. A combustion process is in action within a demarcated combustion chamber whereby the combustion chamber rotatably travels from a bottom dead volume to a top dead volume and hence a power, generated during this path of rotational travel, is subsequently available for delivery at the concentric power shaft.
US10018109B2
The present invention directly affects two primary limitations of diesel fuel: poor vaporization and ease of auto-ignition. Superheated fuel is injected within a cone of steam. As a result, fuel is fully vaporized and steam controls ignition by momentarily isolating fuel from air. In order to achieve high vapor velocities, the present invention uses momentum of circulating fuel and water to propel them through the injector. Momentum is preserved by transfer valves that transfer moving liquids between through paths and injection paths. Momentum is further preserved by an injector design that minimizes turbulence that would absorb energy and reduce injected velocity. The fuel and water may be superheated before injection to convert to steam and vapor upon the release of pressure when injected into the combustion chamber. The injector may also be used to achieve high injection velocity for liquid fuel injection without heating.
US10018104B2
An internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber formed by cooperation of a cylinder bore formed in a cylinder block, a cylinder head and a piston. A combustion ignition device is disposed in the combustion chamber and includes a nozzle defining a pre-chamber, a barrier discharge plasma igniter, including a tip portion disposed in the pre-chamber and a plurality of apertures disposed in the nozzle. The pre-chamber is in fluidic communication with the combustion chamber via the plurality of apertures. A controller is in communication with the engine and the barrier discharge plasma igniter.
US10018102B2
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of plates that is stacked together to constitute first flow passages, second flow passage, third flow passage, fourth flow passage and fifth flow passage. An engine coolant flows through the first flow passages. An engine oil flows through the second flow passages and fourth flow passages. A transmission oil flows through the third flow passages and fifth flow passages. Triple-flow-passage arrangement layers in each of which each first, second, and third flow passages are disposed, and dual-flow-passage arrangement layers in each of which each fourth and fifth flow passages are disposed are alternately arranged such that flow passages of each same type are not overlaid with one another in a stacking direction of the plates.
US10018099B2
A cooling system for an engine includes a block-side water jacket divided into a block cooling passage and a bypass passage in the circumferential direction of the block-side water jacket, the block cooling passage allowing a cooling liquid introduced into the block cooling passage to flow into the head-side water jacket via a first communication hole of a cylinder head, and the bypass passage allowing the cooling liquid to bypass the block cooling passage and flow into the head-side water jacket via a second communication hole of the cylinder head. The cooling system further includes a partition separating a downstream end of the block cooling passage and the bypass passage from each other in the circumferential direction. The partition is provided with an adjustment hole which makes a flow of part of the cooling liquid passing through the bypass passage directed to the first communication hole.
US10018096B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of monitoring an electric motor serving to drive a pump, wherein, within a time interval T, current values are measured, an average value of the current values measured is determined and this average value is compared to a predetermined reference value. According to the disclosure, it is provided that the method extends to controlling the electric motor, wherein the current values measured reflect the profile of the winding current of the electric motor and, irrespective of whether they can be associated with an instantaneous maximum value of the current profile, are included in determining the average value, and wherein the average value is considered by the motor control as input parameter.
US10018084B2
A lubricating structure of an internal combustion engine that feeds oil to a driveshaft of a transmission disposed in parallel with a crankshaft and a balancer shaft in a crankcase, wherein the balancer shaft is disposed below the crankshaft and the driveshaft is disposed at rear of the crankshaft, and a main gallery, a first oil passage, a second oil passage and a third oil passage are formed in the crankcase as defined herein, and a lubricating structure of an internal combustion engine that feeds oil to a bearing of a balancer shaft disposed in parallel with a crankshaft in a crankcase, wherein a main gallery, a first oil passage, and a second oil passage are formed in the crankcase as defined herein.
US10018082B2
A variable valve mechanism includes a cam shaft, a cam unit, a guide portion and a shift pin. The guide portion includes a guide plate provided on an outer periphery of a cam unit, a first stopper and a second stopper. The guide plate is pivotally supported at a first part such that a second part of the guide plate is inclined toward a first side or a second side. The first and second stoppers abut with the second part from the first side and the second side, respectively, so as to hold the second part at a first position and a second position, respectively. The first part includes two arms projecting toward the first side and the second side. The two arms are configured to swing the guide plate.
US10018077B2
A failsafe pin for providing a backup load path for attaching a gas turbine engine to an aircraft structure is provided with a driving element that allows a torque to be provided to the pin in order to check whether the pin has been engaged, and thus whether a primary load path has failed. The pin is provided with anti-tamper arrangements in order to ensure that the pin itself is not compromised when being tested for engagement.
US10018076B2
A mount assembly is described. The mount assembly may comprise a base unit having a surface, an extension unit stacked on and connected to the surface, and a clamp unit stacked on and connected to the extension unit.
US10018071B2
In one embodiment, a turbine system includes a number of sensors, each of the number of sensors disposed in a respective location of the turbine system, and a controller including a memory storing one or more processor-executable routines and a processor. The processor configured to access and execute the one or more routines encoded by the memory wherein the one or more routines, when executed cause the processor to receive one or more signals from the number of sensors during any stage of operation of the turbine system, and convert the one or more signals to audio output.
US10018070B2
A turbo-machine, which can be operated in an optimized driving range is provided. To this end, a method for operating a turbo-machine having at least one turbo-machine stage, which has at least one rotary shaft is disclosed. According to the method, the following method steps are carried out: a) determining a desired efficiency characteristic value ηsoll of the turbomachine stage; b) determining an actual efficiency characteristic value ηist of the turbo-machine-stage; c) determining a comparison efficiency characteristic value of the turbo-machine stage by comparing the actual efficiency characteristic value ηist and the desired efficiency characteristic value ηsoll to one another; and d) changing at least one operating parameter of the turbo-machine stage subject to the comparison efficiency characteristic value ηvgl, wherein in order to determine the actual efficiency characteristic value ηist, a measuring of a torque of the rotary shaft of the turbo-machine-stage is carried out.
US10018066B2
What is described is a partial platform. The partial platform includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first circumferential edge and a second circumferential edge. The first circumferential edge and the second circumferential edge are both swept such that a central circumferential axis forms a substantially rounded or squared S shape.
US10018061B2
A vane tip machining fixture assembly includes a first clamp ring mountable to a fixture, the first clamp ring includes a rigid back ring mounted to a resilient ring.
US10018060B2
A computer-based method of designing a guide vane formation is provided. The vane formation is for use in a gas turbine engine which has a cascade of circumferentially arranged identical guide vane formations. The vane formation has radially inner and radially outer chordal seals. The method allows the elimination of “saw-tooth” leakage gaps between inner chordal seals of neighboring vane formations and between outer chordal seals of neighboring vane formations even when the inner and outer chordal seals are axially offset from each other.
US10018058B2
A propulsion unit having reduced noise employs a rotor having a plurality of variable pitch blades. A tensioning joint mechanism is carried within each blade and a tension element is engaged by the tension joint mechanism. The tension element is configured to maintain tension between the blades in the rotor and the tensioning joint mechanism adapted to allow variation of pitch of the blades without altering tension in the tension element.
US10018053B2
In a structure for internally cooling a turbine blade, a cooling medium passage is provided in the turbine blade. The cooling medium passage has a shape in which a plurality of cylindrical spaces, each having substantially cylindrical shape, extending in parallel with each other partially overlap each other. A cooling medium supply passage that supplies a cooling medium to the cooling medium passage is connected to a portion of the cooling medium passage that includes a peripheral wall, in a direction that forms an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of the cooling medium passage.
US10018043B2
Method for producing a construction element, in particular a tunnel element, from a curing material, such as concrete, in a mold, said construction element being provided with a watertight seal on at least one side thereof, wherein a gasket is used comprising a deforming body which is produced from a yielding material, such as rubber. According to the invention a base is produced from a relatively strong material, which base may or may not be detachable from the deforming body. Said base with or without said deforming body is placed against an inner side of the mold, said curing material is cast in the mold, and said curing material is cured to form said construction element with said watertight seal.
US10018040B2
A technique facilitates detection and analysis of constituents, e.g. chemicals, which may be found in formation fluids and/or other types of fluids. The technique comprises intermittently introducing a first fluid and a second fluid into a channel in a manner which forms slugs of the first fluid separated by the second fluid. The intermittent fluids are flowed through the channel to create a mixing action which mixes the fluid in the slugs. The mixing increases the exchange, e.g. transfer, of the chemical constituent between the second fluid and the first fluid. The exchange aids in sensing an amount of the chemical or chemicals for analysis. In many applications, the intermittent introduction, mixing, and measuring can be performed in a subterranean environment.
US10018039B2
A well test assembly sized for use in a slim-hole of a subterranean well includes an inner moveable sleeve having an inner circulation port and an inner fluid passage port. An outer housing has a first outer circulation port, an outer fluid passage port, and a second outer circulation port. A middle sleeve has: a middle circulation port aligned with the inner circulation port and the first outer circulation port when the assembly is in a lowering position; a middle fluid passage aligned with the inner fluid passage port and the outer fluid passage port when the assembly is in a collection position; and a fluid injection port aligned with the second outer circulation port when the assembly is in a retrieval position. A packer assembly seals an annulus between the middle sleeve and an inner diameter of the slim-hole when the assembly is in a setting position.
US10018034B2
A system, method and apparatus for determining a parameter of a fluid is disclosed. Measurements are obtained of a temperature of the fluid and a pressure of the fluid. A material is disposed in the fluid, and an actuator applies a stimulation pulse at a selected frequency to the material to generate an oscillation in the material. A measurement device measures a parameter of oscillation of the material in response to the stimulation pulse, the parameter of oscillation being affected by the fluid in which the material is disposed. A processor determines the parameter of the fluid from the measured parameter of the oscillation, the temperature measurement and the pressure measurement.
US10018029B2
A drill guidance device, a method to control a trajectory of a drill, and a non-transitory computer readable medium that determine the corrected drill angle and send an output signal to a drill controller configured to control an angle of a drill. The corrected drill angle is determined by at least one of a slant angle data and a formation property data received from a sensor device. The drill guidance device, the method to control a trajectory of a drill, and the non-transitory computer readable medium can be implemented in a measuring while drilling model to provide live guidance during a drilling operation or a predictive model to plan prior to the start of a drilling operation. The corrected drill angle is acted upon by a drill controller to maximize the productivity of an oil reservoir.
US10018020B2
Methods and systems wherein a first setpoint is used with a controller to translate the setpoint into a desired flow rate from a pump and used to determining an optimized command signal associated with the first setpoint with a process control system, the process control system configured to incorporate at least a first setpoint and a measurement signal to produce the optimized command signal. The optimized command signal is then stored in a memory of the computer. When the first setpoint is again desired, the optimized command signal associated with the first setpoint is read from the memory and transmitted to the pump.
US10018014B2
Actuation assemblies include a valve assembly comprising a valve sleeve configured to rotate to selectively enable fluid flow through at least one aperture in the valve sleeve and into at least one port of an outer sleeve and a ball retention feature configured to selectively retain a ball dropped through a fluid passageway of the valve assembly in order to rotate the valve sleeve. Downhole tools include actuation assemblies. Methods for actuating a downhole tool include receiving a ball in an actuation assembly, rotating a valve sleeve of the actuation assembly to enable fluid to flow through a portion of the actuation assembly, and actuating a portion of the downhole tool with the fluid.
US10018011B2
Disclosed is a sealing apparatus for use in establishing a seal around a tubular, and a method of use of the sealing apparatus. The apparatus includes a deployable sealing arrangement which can be engaged with an internal wall of a tubular so as to form a sealed area. The wall of the tubular may then be perforated within the sealed area, and sealant injected through the perforation. Accordingly, the apparatus permits both perforation and sealant injection to occur within a common sealed area, assisting to ensure that the injected sealant will always be appropriately aligned with the established perforation, thus maximizing the injected volume of available sealant. Isolation of the sealed area from fluid inside the tubular also prevents or restricts contamination of the inside of the tubular with sealant or fluids around the tubular, and sealant cannot be washed away by fluid within the tubular.
US10018007B2
Systems and methods to visualize component health and preventive maintenance needs for subsea control subsystem components are provided. Embodiments can include energizing one or more solenoids, detecting a solenoid firing event, detecting activity in blowout preventer components downchain from the solenoids, and incrementing a cycle count for the one or more solenoids and each downchain blowout preventer component activated. Embodiments can include projecting a replacement date for the solenoid or any of the downchain blowout preventer components based on the cycle count and user-defined thresholds. In embodiments, a user is provided with an interactive graphical representation of a blowout preventer including selectable blowout preventer components thereby to visualize component health and preventive maintenance needs.
US10018005B2
A method and apparatus for angularly drilling during a tapping procedure into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle.
US10017998B2
Cutting elements for an earth-boring tool include a substrate base and a cutting tip. The cutting tip may include a first generally conical surface, a second, opposite generally conical surface, a first flank surface extending between the first and second generally conical surfaces, and a second, opposite flank surface. The cutting tip may include a central axis that is not co-linear with a longitudinal axis of the substrate base. The cutting tip may include a surface defining a longitudinal end thereof that is relatively more narrow in a central region thereof than in a radially outer region thereof. Earth-boring tools include a body and a plurality of such cutting elements attached thereto, at least one cutting element oriented to initially engage a formation with the first or second generally conical surface thereof. Methods of drilling a formation use such cutting elements and earth-boring tools.
US10017990B2
A ladder safety device is usable for holding and stabilizing a ladder in a safe and stable manner while being used, by way of securing a ladder relative to continuous horizontal guttering at the edge of a building. The device locks to the gutter by way of locking jaws and is secured to the side rail of a ladder by way of an adjustable locking bar—said locking bar being adjustable in lateral and normal directions. The jaws interact by an over-center relationship with each other. In an alternate embodiment, a trigger and locking mechanism secures the jaws in a closed position while in use.
US10017989B1
An adapter configured to removably affix to an existing shoe of a ladder provides traction on icy and other surfaces exhibiting similar friction coefficients. Each adapter is provided with a serrated bottom surface in a first embodiment or a spiked bottom surface in a second embodiment to provide superior traction.
US10017987B2
Disclosed is a motorized drive device for a closure or solar protection home-automation facility which includes an electromechanical actuator, an electronic control unit and a standalone electric power supply device. The electronic control unit is configured to detect electric power supply and supply interruption periods of the electromechanical actuator from at least one photovoltaic cell, using only a unit for measuring a magnitude linked to the electric power supply of the electromechanical actuator by the at least one photovoltaic cell, and resetting at least one portion of the data stored by the electronic control unit, following the simulation of a sequence of electric power supply and supply interruption periods of the electromechanical actuator, wherein the electric power supply and supply interruption periods are detected via measurement elements.
US10017981B2
The multiple pane according to the present disclosure includes: a pair of glass panels; a plurality of spacers interposed between the pair of glass panels; and a hermetic bond to hermetically bond peripheries of the pair of glass panels to each other. The multiple pane contains a space formed between the pair of glass panels, the space being to be sealed so as to be in a reduced pressure state. Each of the plurality of spacers is a porous member.
US10017979B2
In a window regulator, and a method of producing the same, which moves a slider base along a guide rail via wires in accordance with rotation of a drum, includes a fitting portion having a first protrusion and a second protrusion provided on a drum housing which supports the drum, wherein the first protrusion protrudes from an abutting surface of the drum housing with which an end surface of the guide rail can come into contact and wherein the second protrusion protrudes from the abutting surface by a smaller amount of protrusion than that of the first protrusion, and the drum housing and the guide rail are joined by restricting movement of the guide rail in the thickness direction thereof by inserting the guide rail in between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. Workability during manufacturing of the window regulator is thereby improved.
US10017975B2
In an aspect, a vehicle door control system is provided for a vehicle having a vehicle body and a vehicle door. The door control system includes a check arm mounted to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door, a check arm holder at least a portion of which is mounted to the other of the vehicle body and the vehicle door, and a controller. The controller is programmed to apply a resistive force on the vehicle door based on a determination of whether an obstacle is approaching the vehicle, data relating to the obstacle, and a position of the vehicle door.
US10017968B2
A door unit for a lavatory facility on board an aircraft comprises a door element, a door frame, and a locking and release mechanism. By an articulated device the door element is held on the door frame so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position. The locking and release mechanism comprises a locking device and a release device. Further, by the locking device the door element can be locked in a closed position (PVER) in the door frame so that any opening of the door element from outside the lavatory facility is blocked. By the release device the locking device can be released. For releasing the locking device, the release device comprises a non-contacting sensor device that can be activated with a movement of the hand.
US10017964B2
A latch assembly is configured to be operable within a door latch system where the door latch system releasably secures a door in a door frame. The latch assembly comprises a housing and a latch pivotally mounted in the housing. The latch includes a lock-out feature. A translating bar is connected to the latch and is moveable by at least one actuation mechanism to selectively pivot the latch from an extended position wherein the door is secured in the door frame to a retracted position wherein the door is released from the door frame. A deadlatch is coupled to the latch. A bracket assembly is coupled to the latch and deadlatch, wherein the bracket assembly engages the lock-out feature when the deadlatch is in an engaged position to prevent pivoting of the latch.
US10017960B2
A key box (1) has a housing (10) and a cooperating door (11) which, in combination, form a secured space (9) when the door (11) is closed, wherein the door (11) is locked by means of an electric locking system. The locking system comprises an electric locking mechanism (21), an electronic control unit (22) and a wireless communication unit (23). The electronic control unit (22) is configured to communicate wirelessly with a mobile unit (40) by means of the wireless communication unit (23). The electronic control unit (22) is configured to verify access rights relative to the mobile unit (40) and, if the access rights are authenticated, to cancel the locking effect of the locking mechanism (21). The control unit (22) and the wireless communication unit (23) are accommodated within the secured space (9).
US10017954B2
A variable height telescoping tower includes a base section and a second lower most section nested within the base section and extendable from within the base section. The second lower most section includes a plurality of vertically spaced lock apertures disposed thereon. A lock member is attached to the base section, and includes an engaging portion movable between a disengaged position at which the engaging portion rests outside of the lock apertures and an engaged position at which the engaging portion is engaged within one of the lock apertures of the second lower most section.
US10017949B2
A flooring tape, for securing a first flooring unit adjacent to a second flooring unit is described. The flooring tape has two sides, a first adhesive side and a second non-adhesive side. The first adhesive side is made up of three portions, a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the third portion positioned between the first and second portions. The first portion and the second portion have a flooring adhesive layer applied thereto for forming a bond with the first and second flooring units. The third portion has a water resistant adhesive layer applied thereto.
US10017947B2
An improved apparatus for mounting first and second panels to a façade utilizing a base fixed to the façade. The base member mates with a fastener and holds a pair of supports outwardly from the base member. The first and second panels mount to the pair of supports and also hold a reveal strip located beneath a gap between the first and second panels.
US10017945B2
An apparatus for removing debris, including an elongated hollow structure wherein, at least a portion of the elongated hollow structure extends in a curved configuration. The elongated hollow structure comprises a sidewall which defines an opening which extends within and along the elongated structure. The sidewall also defines a first and second apertures spaced apart from one another and in communication with the opening. The apparatus further includes an elongated insert member having a length which exceeds a length of the elongated hollow structure and has a width dimension smaller than a width dimension of the opening and the first and second apertures such that the elongated insert member slides within the elongated hollow structure and in and out of the first and second apertures.
US10017942B2
A rebar set-up bar used to construct a rebar grid that provides reinforcement for a concrete wall or structure. The set-up bar is vertically positioned in the grid and includes a metal or steel rod having a plurality of supports. The supports are attached to the elongated rod at intervals and are adapted to receive horizontal rebars therein.
US10017932B2
Provided is an improved toilet seal that utilizes redundant and adaptable physical barriers to facilitate installation and improve sealing performance at the junction between a toilet base and floor.
US10017926B2
A debris trap for a floor drain includes a rim defining an outer diameter, an inner diameter, and a radial center. A plurality of prongs are integrally formed with the rim and spaced along at least part of the inner diameter. At least some of the prongs are arranged to extend over an inlet of a drain body and have a proximal portion connected to the rim and extending radially inward from the rim, and a free distal portion that is only upwardly curved from the proximal portion toward the radial center of the rim.
US10017923B2
An example shower assembly includes a base, a moveable shower head, at least one magnet, and a member attractable to the magnet. The magnet attracts the member to hold the moveable shower head relative to the base. A slot associated with the base receives a portion of the handle to provide further support.
US10017921B2
An embodiment wall hydrant includes a reservoir, conduits containing an operating rod assembly and a service rod assembly, and a fluid outlet with a hose connector. The service rod assembly allows water supply to the hydrant to be shut-off from the front of the hydrant which allows servicing of the hydrant without requiring water shut-off to all or a portion of the water supply to the building. Embodiments include a vacuum relief dual check valve assembly at the fluid outlet which prevents backflow of water into the hydrant. Embodiments include a box which protects the hydrant controls.
US10017920B1
A rainwater collection system has at least one storage tank, a conveyance line, and a drain emitter. The conveyance line transfers collected water to the at least one storage tank. The drain emitter is connected to the conveyance line such that a primary portion of the collected water flows into the at least one storage tank and a secondary portion of the collected water flows out of the conveyance line through the drain emitter. The secondary portion is removed at a preset emitter flow rate sufficient to drain standing water from the conveyance line to prevent freezing of standing water within the conveyance line.
US10017918B2
Provided is a working machine capable of regenerating and utilizing surplus energy. The working machine related to the present invention is provided with a branching flow path (150) through which hydraulic oil flows between a hydraulic actuator (24) and a hydraulic pump-motor (14), an accumulator (30) arranged in the branching flow path, a first opening/closing valve (31) arranged between the accumulator and the hydraulic pump-motor, and a second opening/closing valve (32) arranged between the accumulator and the hydraulic actuator. A control device (41) selectively introduces the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic actuator and the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump-motor to the accumulator and accumulates the same by controlling opening/closing of the first opening/closing valve and the second opening/closing valve.
US10017910B2
Described herein are apparatus, systems and methods useful in forming underground vertical structures. Methods are described for constructing an underground vertical structure, comprising the steps of excavating soil to a sufficient depth to create a circular void to accommodate a plurality of segments; assembling a ring shaped structure comprising the plurality of segments; connecting the outside surface of the ring shaped structure with the soil in said circular void, thereby securing the ring shaped structure to the soil; excavating earth beneath the ring shaped structure to accommodate a second ring shaped structure; and repeating steps b-d thereby forming one or more additional ring shaped structures downward into the earth below already formed ring shaped structures until a predetermined depth is reached; thereby forming the underground vertical structure. Systems to perform the above methods are also disclosed.
US10017900B2
An apparatus for producing a web of fibrous material includes a roll having incisions with a depth of 0.01-2.00 mm, a width of 0.01-2.00 mm, and a pitch 0.01-10.00 mm, and rotated at a peripheral velocity v1 equal to the velocity of an upstream apparatus unit; a belt stretched between transmission rollers that advances at a velocity v2 less than v1, wherein v1/v2 lies between 1.05 and 1.40; a presser roller rotating at a peripheral velocity v2, associated with a presser system acting to press the belt against the metal roll with a pressure of 1-200 kg per centimeter; and a system that feeds a sheet of pliable fibrous material between the belt and the roll, the belt having a longitudinal elongation of no more than 5%, dimensional stability along its entire length, a thickness of 1-10 cm, and a hardness 24-70° Shore A.
US10017898B2
A surfactant composition for use for applying a permanent hydrophilic finish to textile fibers and textile products manufactured therefrom contains 40 to 90% by weight of a mixture of at least one non-ionic surfactant and optionally at least one anionic surfactant and/or one cationic surfactant, and up to 60% by weight of a hydrophobic additive. The hydrophobic additive comprises at least one compound of the group of fatty acid esters, vegetable oils and fats, and mixtures thereof.
US10017891B1
A needle assembly for use in carpeting includes a handle having a first longitudinal axis running from a forward end to a rear end, a shaft section running along the first longitudinal axis with a first portion having a first outer diameter and a second portion, where the second portion has a second outer diameter representing a maximal outer diameter of the second portion, and the second outer diameter is less than the first outer diameter, a first bore a first maximal diameter and a front-end opening. The needle assembly includes a needle having a shank with a second maximal diameter permitting insertion of the shank in the first bore. The needle includes a blade disposed between the shank and the front end, and a tip section disposed between the blade and the front end, having a transverse opening, and terminating with a pointed tip.
US10017888B2
A sewing data generating apparatus acquires information with respect to an embroidery frame. The sewing data generating apparatus acquires an image including a base cloth mounting a sewing target and mounted on the embroidery frame, and analyzes a correspondence between acquired information with respect to the embroidery frame and the image of the embroidery frame thus acquired. The sewing data generating apparatus generates outline data for the sewing target based on the analysis result, and generates sewing data based on the outline data thus generated. The sewing data generating apparatus transmits the sewing data thus generated to a sewing machine. The sewing machine receives the sewing data from the sewing data generating apparatus. The sewing machine executes sewing for the outline of the sewing target according to the sewing data thus received. This allows an applique to be sewn at an accurate position without a need to prepare dedicated data.
US10017885B2
The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for making mineral fibre products by splitting an incoming primary web, said apparatus comprising a feeding conveyor for providing an incoming primary web of air-laid mineral wool, said feeding conveyor having a first direction of travel; a station for shifting the direction of travel of the primary web by receiving the primary web on a turning table and then transferring the primary web onto a receiving conveyor, where said receiving conveyor has a second direction of travel different to the first direction of travel; wherein a web splitter is provided at the downstream end of said receiving conveyor for dividing the incoming primary web into a first primary web and second primary web and wherein the turning table is shiftable in the first direction of travel.
US10017874B2
There is provided a manufacturing method of a ferroelectric crystal film in which an orientation of a seed crystal film is transferred preferably and a film deposition rate is suitable for volume production.A seed crystal film is formed on a substrate in epitaxial growth by a sputtering method, an amorphous film including ferroelectric material is formed over the seed crystal film by a spin-coat coating method, the seed crystal film and the amorphous film are heated in an oxygen atmosphere for oxidation and crystallization of the amorphous film, and thereby a ferroelectric coated-and-sintered crystal film is formed.
US10017870B2
A method for fabricating a heat sink including providing a carbon metal composite having a plurality of metal-coated carbon fibers and a plurality of openings, the openings leading from a first side of the carbon metal composite to a second side of the carbon metal composite, disposing the carbon metal composite over a semiconductor element such that the first side of the carbon metal composite faces the semiconductor element, and bonding the carbon metal composite to the semiconductor element by means of an electroplating process, wherein a metal electrolyte is supplied to an interface between the carbon metal composite and the semiconductor element via the plurality of openings.
US10017865B2
The present invention relates to an electrochemical method for continuously producing a pure-oxygen gas and an oxygen-lean gas from an oxygen-containing gas mixture. At least two water electrolyzer units and two power supply units are used, of which each former solely corresponds to each latter, respectively. The two power supply units are at least one power supply unit of recycling hydrogen energy and an externally-connected power supply unit. The power supply unit of recycling hydrogen energy consists of hydrogen fuel cells, and the externally-connected power supply unit is comprised of at least one of the following cells and/or power supply, e.g. (a) solar cell(s), (a) direct methanol fuel cell(s), and/or an AC grid. In terms of the electrical circuit, each power supply unit is solely connected with the corresponding water electrolyzer unit. Hydrogen produced by all the water electrolyzer units is delivered to feed the hydrogen fuel cells as a fuel, and oxygen produced by the water electrolyzer units is the pure oxygen of target product. A negative electrode and a positive electrode of the hydrogen fuel cells of the power supply unit of recycling hydrogen energy are fed by the hydrogen gas and an oxygen-containing gas mixture, respectively. The inlet hydrogen gas is connected with a cathode of hydrogen chamber of the water electrolyzer unit through a pipe. A gas-liquid separation is performed at the outlet of positive electrode, of which the outlet gas is produced as an oxygen-lean gas. By means of the present invention, a high-purity oxygen gas can be stably and continuously produced from air at low cost for any indoor and outdoor sites or a remote area.
US10017854B2
A gas barrier film includes a substrate film and an inorganic layer, in which the inorganic layer includes Si, N, H, and O, the inorganic layer includes a uniform region having a thickness of more than 5 nm at the center in a thickness direction, in the uniform region, a ratio of Si, N, H, and O is uniform and an O proportion is low, and either or both interface-contact regions of the inorganic layer are oxygen-containing regions in which the O proportion represented by the expression “O Proportion: (Number of O/Total Number of Si, N, and O)×100%” increases in a direction from the uniform region side to an interface and in which a variation of the O proportion per unit thickness is 2%/nm to 8%/nm.
US10017853B2
A processing method of a silicon nitride film can modify a silicon nitride film such that the silicon nitride film has a required characteristic even if it is formed at a low temperature by CVD. The processing method of the silicon nitride film formed on a substrate by plasma CVD includes modifying a surface portion of the silicon nitride film by irradiating microwave hydrogen plasma to the silicon nitride film to remove hydrogens in the surface portion of the silicon nitride film with atomic hydrogens contained in the microwave hydrogen plasma.
US10017846B2
Some embodiments provide methods of manufacturing a release mechanism, comprising: carburizing a plurality of locking shoes configured to be positioned within a release mechanism intended for use in temperatures that are below 5° C. and cooperatively implemented to withstand forces of at least several hundred thousand pounds, wherein the carburizing comprises exposing the plurality of locking shoes to a carbon-bearing atmosphere and heat treating the plurality of locking shoes while exposed to the carbon-bearing atmosphere; austenitizing the plurality of locking shoes at a temperature of greater than 1400° F. following the carburizing; performing a first tempering the plurality of locking shoes at a first tempering temperature; performing a second tempering of the plurality of locking shoes at a second tempering temperature that is different than the first tempering temperature; and flame hardening one or more surfaces of each of the plurality of locking shoes.
US10017844B2
An article includes a substrate comprising a precipitate-strengthened alloy and a coating disposed over the substrate. The alloy comprises a) a population of gamma-prime precipitates, the population having a multimodal size distribution with at least one mode corresponding to a size of less than about 100 nanometers; or b) a population of gamma-double-prime precipitates having a median size less than about 300 nanometers. The coating comprises at least two elements, and further comprises a plurality of prior particles. At least a portion of the coating is substantially free of rapid solidification artifacts. Methods for fabricating the article and for processing powder useful for fabricating the article are also provided.
US10017831B2
Bacterial cultures of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans are isolated, maintained and identified and used in the treatment of materials containing sulfur-compounds, such as contaminated and/or spent catalysts with elemental sulfur (S). Bacterial cultures of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans exhibit sulfur-oxidizing activity particularly useful in the transformation of elemental sulfur (S) to sulfates (SO4), a compound soluble in water (H2O) and usable in industry. The bacterial cultures of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans are mainly used as a biological or biotechnological procedure for the treatment of contaminated and/or spent catalysts with elemental sulfur (S) hazardous contaminated wastes that are mainly, but not exclusively, from the Claus process that operates at environmental conditions; does not impact the environment or ecosystem; and recovers 91-100% of the elemental sulfur (S) in sulfate form (SO4).
US10017822B2
Methods and compositions for identifying, diagnosing, and treating neuroblastoma are disclosed.
US10017820B2
Provided herein is a method of sample analysis. In some embodiments, the method comprises hybridizing fragmented genomic DNA from a test genome with a population of first oligonucleotides of the formula V1-B-V2 in the presence of one or more second oligonucleotides; contacting the product with ligase to join the ends of the fragmented genomic DNA that are hybridized to V1 and V2 to the one or more second oligonucleotides; and subjecting the product to polymerase chain reaction conditions using amplification primers that hybridize to sites that are provided by the one or more second oligonucleotides, wherein production of a product indicates that the test genome contains a chromosomal rearrangement relative to the reference genome.
US10017808B2
A method for analyzing planar sample is provided. In some cases the method comprises: (a) incubating the planar sample with a capture agent that is linked to an oligonucleotide, wherein the capture agent specifically binds to complementary sites in the planar sample; (b) reading a fluorescent signal caused by extension of a primer that is hybridized to the oligonucleotide, using fluorescence microscopy. Several implementations of the method, and multiplexed versions of the same, are also provided.
US10017804B2
Recombinant microorganisms are disclosed that produce steviol glycosides and have altered expression of one or more endogenous transporter or transcription factor genes, or that overexpress one or more heterologous transporters, leading to increased excretion of steviol glycosides of interest.
US10017794B2
Methods and systems for producing prescribed unit size poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (PHA) polymers and copolymers are provided. The methods and systems can employ recombinant bacteria that are not native producers of PHA or lack enzymes to degrade PHA once synthesized, metabolize short to long chain fatty acids without induction, and express an (R)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase and a PHA synthase, the (R)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase and PHA synthase having wide substrate specificities. The recombinant bacteria are fed at least one fatty acid substrate that is equal in carbon length to the prescribed or desired unit size of the PHA polymer to be produced. The prescribed unit size PHA that is produced is then isolated and/or purified.
US10017793B2
This invention relates to the metabolic evolution of a microbial organism previously optimized for producing an organic acid in commercially significant quantities under fermentative conditions using a hexose sugar as sole source of carbon in a minimal mineral medium. As a result of this metabolic evolution, the microbial organism acquires the ability to use pentose sugars derived from cellulosic materials for its growth while retaining the original growth kinetics, the rate of organic acid production and the ability to use hexose sugars as a source of carbon. This invention also discloses the genetic change in the microorganism that confers the ability to use both the hexose and pentose sugars simultaneously in the production of commercially significant quantities of organic acids.
US10017786B2
Provided herein are methods for stable integration and/or expression of one or more recombinant polynucleotides in a host cell. The recombinant polynucleotides are typically integrated into the host genome at some native chromosomal integration sites. The integration can be mediated by homologous recombination or by using a hybrid recombinase targeting the specific chromosomal locations. The native chromosomal integration sites in the host cells, which support stable integration and strong transcription activities of foreign genes, are present within or adjacent to specific genes in the CHO genome, the ankyrin 2 gene (Ank2), cleavage and polydenylation specific factor 4 gene (Cpsf4), C-Mos gene, and Nephrocystin-1/Mal gene. Also provided are methods and nucleic acid molecules for inserting site-specific recombination sequences (chromosomal landing pads) into these specific chromosomal locations, engineered host cells containing chromosomal landing pads, methods and compositions (e.g., kits) therefore.
US10017780B2
The present invention discloses B. oleracea plants resistant to clubroot disease. In particular, the plants of the present invention comprise a monogenic dominant resistance to the disease clubroot introgressed from B. rapa. This resistance provides improved resistance to the disease as compared to previously existing resistances in B. oleracea.
US10017779B2
The present invention provides a method for improving the tolerance of a plant to an abiotic stress and a method for promoting growing of a plant, comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the AtSRP (Arabidopsis thaliana stress related protein) of a plant. The present nucleotide sequence is involved in abiotic stress tolerance such as drought, low-temperature and salt stresses of plants. Therefore, the overexpressing transgenic plants have excellent tolerances to these abiotic stresses, whereby they may be useful as novel functional crops which are affected by climates and environments of the cultivated areas. In addition, where the plants are transformed with the present nucleotide sequence, the growth abilities of the transgenic plants are remarkably enhanced, whereby they may effectively used for cultivating the plants with novel function of rapid growing, and biomass.
US10017774B2
The present invention relates to the field of controlling pests, such as insects, using a virus to express pest genes in hosts. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for rapidly screening for pest genes which can lead to mortality of the pest when the pest has ingested host tissues expressing virus-linked pest gene sequences. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling pests by viral expression of target pest sequences to modify endogenous expression of pest genes in cells or tissues of the pest.
US10017761B2
Methods for preparing cDNA libraries from single and low quantities of cells are disclosed. The methods are based on the principles of multi-strand displacement amplification or semi-random primed polymerase chain reaction. The methods typically include a step of reverse transcription and subsequent amplification of cDNA. The methods can be adapted for preparation of cDNA libraries that are representative of mRNA or whole RNA expressed by the cell or cells. The cDNA is suitable for sequencing or microarray analysis.
US10017756B2
What is aimed at is provision of an inexpensive and efficient saccharification method for lignocellulose using a thermostable xylanase and provision of a mutant xylanase that has a substitute amino acid residue, and that exhibits stable activity even under severe conditions in which enzymes easily inactivate, and that provides an initial rate of reaction not significantly reduced as compared to a wild-type xylanase corresponding to the mutant xylanase. Provided is a method of producing a saccharified product of lignocellulose, including contacting a lignocellulosic raw material with a thermostable xylanase, and a mutant xylanase that provides an initial rate of reaction that is at least 70% of that provided by a wild-type xylanase corresponding thereto, that has a xylanase activity after heat treatment at 50° C. for 24 hours that is at least 50% of its xylanase activity before the heat treatment, and that has a substitute amino acid residue.
US10017755B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US10017747B2
Disclosed herein are viral vectors based on modifications of the Citrus Tristeza virus useful for transfecting citrus trees for beneficial purposes. Included in the disclosure are viral vectors including one or more gene cassettes that encode heterologous polypeptides. The gene cassettes are positioned at desirable locations on the viral genome so as to enable expression while preserving functionality of the virus. Also disclosed are methods of transfecting plants and plants transfected with viral vector embodiments.
US10017741B2
The disclosure provides a method of culturing cells of the mesenchymal cell lineage, said method comprising contacting the cells with a culture media comprising a CSF1R kinase inhibitor. The disclosure also provides a method of culturing cells from bone marrow and/or compact bone to enrich the cells with cells of the mesenchymal cell lineage comprising contacting the cells with a culture media comprising a CSF1R kinase inhibitor. Cell culture media comprising a CSF1R kinase inhibitor and useful for culturing cells of the mesenchymal cell lineage and/or enriching cells of the mesenchymal cell lineage is also provided.
US10017731B2
A method for treating a skin disorder, e.g., acne, e.g. acne vulgaris, in a subject is provided. The method comprises administering, e.g., applying, e.g., topically administering, ammonia oxidizing bacteria, e.g., a preparation comprising ammonia oxidizing bacteria, to a surface of the subject. Preparations comprising ammonia oxidizing bacteria for treating such skin disorder, e.g., acne, e.g. acne vulgaris in a subject are also provided.
US10017729B2
This invention relates to an improved process for culturing bacteria of the family Streptococcaceae (such as of the genus lactococcus), a medium for culturing the bacteria, and the obtained bacteria cells.
US10017728B2
A platform for preparing a sequence defined biopolymer in vitro is disclosed. The platform includes a ribosome-depleted cellular extract ribosomal RNAs prepared by in vitro transcription and purified ribosomal proteins depleted of ribosomal RNAs. A method of synthesizing and assembling ribosomes in vitro for use in the platform is provided, as well as a method for preparing a sequence defined biopolymer in vitro using assembling ribosomes and the platform.
US10017724B2
A microfluidic device for more accurately modeling the in vitro environment in which cancer occurs is disclosed. The device comprises a surface defining one or more microfluidic channels that may further comprise one or more endothelial cells, a first three dimensional scaffold comprising one or more cancer cells that is spatially separated from the one or more microfluidic channels, and a second three dimensional scaffold comprising one or more stromal cells, at least a portion of which is interposed between the one or more microfluidic channels and the first three dimensional scaffold. The second three dimensional scaffold is in fluid communication with both the first three dimensional scaffold and the one or more microfluidic channels. The device can be used to assay anti-cancer agents, or as a system for modeling the growth, behavior, or metastasis and tumor formation of cancer cells.
US10017722B2
A fermentation system having a vessel defining a chamber for holding liquids and including a lower aperture. An insulating jacket is disposed around the vessel. A cooling fluid is disposed between the insulating jacket and the vessel. The cooling fluid is in fluid communication with a fluid pump. A refrigerant line is wrapped around the vessel and is configured to cool the fluid and the vessel, resulting in cooling of liquids disposed in the chamber. A beverage line operably couples the lower aperture with a dispensing spigot. The beverage line is wrapped around the vessel and is at least partially submerged in the fluid. A sediment drain line is disposed below the lower aperture and configured to drain sediment that accumulates on a bottom of the vessel.
US10017720B2
The present invention relates to novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Further, the compounds of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials. The compounds of the present invention can be used as antimicrobials, and bleaching agents. The compounds of the present invention are also suitable for use as coupling agents.
US10017696B2
A thermosetting composition with a photo-alignment property includes a copolymer containing a photo-alignment constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1) and a thermal cross-linking constitutional unit represented by the following formula (2). Here, in the formula (1), X represents a photo-alignment group, L1 represents a divalent linking group or a single bond, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, and k represents 1 to 5; in the formula (2), Y represents a thermal cross-linking group, L2 represents a divalent linking group or a single bond, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, and 1 represents 1 to 5.
US10017692B2
A method for manufacturing a quantum dot includes a method of manufacturing a quantum dot including heating a first mixture including a Group II precursor and a Group III precursor, adding an organic solvent to the first mixture and cooling the resultant under an inert gas atmosphere, adding a Group V precursor solution to the cooled resultant including the first mixture and the organic solvent to prepare a second mixture and heating the second mixture, and adding a mixture of a Group V precursor and a Group VI precursor to the second mixture to prepare a third mixture and allowing third mixture to react.
US10017686B1
A method of dehydrating proppant is achieved by pressurizing a proppant silo that is filled with proppant and injecting gaseous nitrogen into the proppant silo. The gaseous nitrogen is used to exhaust moisture from the proppant silo until the proppant is in a bone-dry condition. The moisture is exhausted from the proppant silo while maintaining a back pressure within the proppant silo. The bone-dry proppant can be mixed with a stimulation fluid and injected into a hydrocarbon bearing reservoir.
US10017681B2
The instant invention relates to the use of a compound selected from C2-C30 alkyl phosphonic acids, salts thereof, esters thereof, and mixtures thereof, to inhibit corrosion of a metal component by an aqueous fluid containing dissolved gases in an industrial hydrocarbon system.
US10017678B2
Disclosed herein is a heat transfer fluid additive composition comprising: greater than or equal to 10 weight percent (wt %) of a carboxylic acid, based on the total weight of the composition; an azole compound; and a base, wherein the base is present in an amount sufficient to obtain a pH 8-10.5 when diluted by 50 volume % with water. The heat transfer fluid additive composition can be combined with other components to form a heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid can be used in a heat transfer system.
US10017672B2
Problem to be solved of the present invention is to provide a hot-melt adhesive agent which is capable of applying at low temperature, excellent in adhesiveness at the wide temperature ranges (10 to 40° C.), and excellent in balance between tackiness and retention force, and a disposable product obtained by employing the hot-melt adhesive agent. Means for Solving the problem is a hot-melt adhesive agent comprising a thermoplastic block copolymer (A) which is a copolymer of vinyl class aromatic hydrocarbons and conjugated diene compounds, wherein the thermoplastic block copolymer (A) comprises the following component (A1) and component (A2): (A1) a radial type styrene block copolymer having a styrene content of 35 to 45% by weight, a diblock content of 50 to 90% by weight, and has a viscosity at 25° C. as 25% toluene solution of not more than 250 mPa·s; and (A2) a triblock type styrene block copolymer.
US10017670B2
Adhesive tape for bonding that can be detached without leaving residue and without damaging the surface of a substrate when stretched in a direction of a bond plane. An adhesive tape includes an elastomeric backing having opposing first and second surfaces an acrylate pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the backing. The backing includes a copolymer selected from the group consisting of polyether-polyester, polyether-polyamide, and a combination thereof and from about 20 to 60 wt % of a tackifier, based on the total weight of the backing. The backing has an elongation at break greater than 500%.
US10017668B2
A surface-treating agent for vulcanized rubber, comprising 10 to 160 parts by weight of a wax having a softening point of 40 to 160° C. and 10 to 160 parts by weight of fluororesin particles based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene and an OH group-containing fluororesin composition that has the following formulation: a copolymer [I] of (A) a perfluoroalkylalkyl (meth)acrylate and (B) a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, a polymer [II] of an acrylic acid alkyl ester, a polymer [III] of a fluorinated olefin, and a curing agent [IV]; wherein the weight ratio of the isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene and the OH group-containing fluororesin composition is 50:50 to 95:5.
US10017665B2
The invention concerns a process for preparing an aqueous polyamide-imide dispersion, characterized in that it comprises at least one step of selecting a polyamide-imide powder and a step of producing a dispersion comprising the polyamide-imide powder, a polar aprotic solvent with a boiling point of more than 180° C. at 760 mm Hg, and water. The invention also concerns a process for producing a dry polyamide-imide film on a substrate.
US10017661B2
Methods of sealing porous panel products and finishing the sealed porous panel products are described. The methods comprise applying to a porous panel product at least one UV curable coating and curing by UV light the at least one UV curable coating to 50% to 100% cure to produce a sealed porous panel product. The methods further modifying the surface of the sealed porous panel product, for example by etching or embossing, after which the sealed porous panel product may be stained. Due to the claimed process of sealing the porous panel product, any strain may be used, such as water-based or solvent-based stains.
US10017651B2
Paint configured to provide a hydrophilic paint surface comprising a paint base and a texture imprinting additive (TIA) that provides sacrificial particles upon drying of the paint. Loss of the sacrificial particles increases roughness and reduces the contact angle with water, providing a hydrophilic surface that is wettable and hence self-cleaning. Also described are specific types of TIA, methods of making the paint, methods of making a hydrophilic surface, and kits.
US10017650B2
Reactive compositions are provided, having biocidal and chemical decontamination/neutralization properties, comprising a hygroscopic polymer and an active, which are useful in a variety of commercial, healthcare and military applications and a wide variety of contaminants, including without limitation chemical and biological warfare agents. The reactive compositions are renewable or rechargeable after use by exposure to an additional application of the active and do not require removal, disposal or replacement of the originally applied composition. Methods for preparing and applying the reactive compositions are disclosed.
US10017645B2
The novel yellow metal azo pigments based on at least three metal azo compounds which differ at least in the type of metal have improved color strengths and are of excellent suitability for pigmentation of pigment preparations for a broad field of use.
US10017636B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a binder composition, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (i) forming an aqueous composition comprising reactant components including lignin molecules of 11-60 lignin units, lignin molecules of 1-10 lignin units, polymerizable substance and crosslinking agent in the presence of a catalyst; and (ii) cooking the composition at a temperature of 60-95° C. for polymerizing the reactant components until a binder composition with a predetermined viscosity value is formed.
US10017630B2
Provided is a carbon fiber reinforced plastic material having excellent rigidity, flexibility and improved heat resistance and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention provides a carbon fiber reinforced plastic material containing 2 parts by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less of a nanofiller with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of 30 parts by mass or more and 90 parts by mass or less of a polymer material and 70 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less of carbon fibers, an average aspect ratio (length/width) of the nanofiller being 20 or more. The average aspect ratio (length/width) of the nanofiller may also be 50 or more.
US10017623B2
A hydrolytic stabilizer mixture is disclosed. The mixture comprise i) at least one carbodiimide and ii) co-stabilizer selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide and aluminum oxyhydroxide. The mixture is useful in imparting to polymeric systems improved resistance to hydrolysis.
US10017620B2
The present invention relates to a colloid composition for forming a foam sheet including: polylactic acid resin particles having an average diameter of 1 μm to 100 μm obtained by pulverizing fibrous particles of a polylactic acid resin.
US10017609B2
Polyamides based on dicarboxylic acids and on diamines are produced in a batch process by 1) feeding the entire amount of monomer composed of dicarboxylic acids, of diamines, and, if appropriate, of further polyamide-forming monomers, in the desired stoichiometry, in a closed stirred-tank reactor, 2) heating the monomer mixture in the stirred-tank reactor, with stirring, and with setting of a certain pressure, to a desired reaction temperature for the production of a prepolymer, 3) if appropriate, completely or partially depressurizing the reaction mixture from stage 2), 4) if appropriate, carrying out further thermal treatment of the reaction mixture from stage 2) or 3), and 5) reacting the reaction mixture from stage 2), 3), or 4) in the melt in a vented extruder for further increase of the molecular weight, with discharge of water vapor, and without use of additional polyamide-forming monomers or of polyamides.
US10017602B2
The present invention provides, among others, compounds of the following formula which can be used as degradable curing agents, methods for preparing the compounds, degradable polymers and reinforced composites, methods for degrading and recycling the polymers and composites.
US10017600B2
Provided is a two component adhesive composition comprising (I) an isocyanate component comprising an isocyanate-functional prepolymer that is the reaction product of reactants that comprise (A) one or more aromatic monomeric polyisocyanates and (B) one or more polyol, and (II) a polyol component comprising (A) one or more polyether polyol, (B) one or more fatty triglyceride, and (C) one or more UV absorber or one or more hindered amine light stabilizer or a combination thereof. Also provided is a method of forming a laminate using such an adhesive, and a laminate made by that method.
US10017599B2
PIPA polyols are made by reacting a low equivalent weight polyol with a polyisocyanate in the presence of a stabilizer. Low amounts, if any, of water are present. Useful stabilizers include functionalized linear or branched polyethers having at least one polyether segment having a molecular weight of 200 to 8000, wherein the functionalized polyether is terminated at one end with one or more isocyanate groups or with one or more isocyanate-reactive groups linked to the polyether through one or more urea and/or urethane groups, and further wherein all or a portion of such functionalized polyether contains one or more biuret, isocyanurate, urea or allophonate groups.
US10017594B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a vinyl chloride copolymer having good heat resistance and a vinyl chloride copolymer produced by the same. In the preparation method, by not injecting an N-substituted maleimide based compound used as a comonomer together with a vinyl chloride monomer at one time in a pre-polymerization step, but in division in a specific ratio, a copolymer with a uniform distribution of the N-substituted maleimide based compound and the vinyl chloride monomer may be easily prepared, and the vinyl chloride copolymer may have good heat resistance. Accordingly, the preparation method of a vinyl chloride copolymer and the vinyl chloride copolymer according to the present invention may be easily applied to industries requiring the copolymer, particularly industries requiring a resin having good heat resistance as well as industries using a vinyl chloride resin.
US10017593B2
A method for providing a polymer having terminal functionality involves reacting a terminally active polymer with an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated compound that includes a group 2-13 element so as to provide a functionalized polymer. The resulting polymer exhibits enhanced interactivity with particulate fillers and can be used in the manufacture of vulcanizates.
US10017589B2
The invention provides a composition comprising a first ethylene-based polymer, formed by a high pressure, free-radical polymerization process, and comprising the following properties: a) a Mw(abs) versus I2 relationship: Mw(abs)
US10017588B2
The present invention relates to water and solvent-free halogenated butyl rubber products as well as a process for the production thereof.
US10017585B2
Methods and compositions related to promoting hair growth are described.
US10017582B2
Isolated histidyl-tRNA synthetase splice variant polynucleotides and polypeptides having non-canonical biological activities are provided, as well as compositions and methods related thereto.
US10017581B2
In certain embodiments, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating Pompe disease.
US10017579B2
The invention provides modified antibodies directed against GD2 that have diminished complement fixation relative to antibody-dependent, cell-mediated cytotoxicity, which is maintained. The modified antibodies of the invention may be used in the treatment of tumors such as neuroblastoma, glioblastoma, melanoma, small-cell lung carcinoma, B-cell lymphoma, renal carcinoma, retinoblastoma, and other cancers of neuroectodermal origin.
US10017576B2
The present invention provides a method for inducing a cancer specific immune response against MUC1 using an immunogenic glycopeptide. Other aspects of the invention are a pharmaceutical composition comprising the immunogenic glycopeptide and a cancer vaccine comprising the immunogenic glycopeptide. Another aspect is an antibody generated using the immunogenic glycopeptide and the use of said antibody in therapy and diagnosis.
US10017575B2
The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of human OX40, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
US10017574B2
A method of potentiating cardiac regeneration with neuregulin treatment in a subject in need thereof. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutic effective amount of an agent which upregulates activity or expression of ErbB-2, thereby potentiating cardiac regeneration with neuregulin treatment.
US10017566B2
The methods and uses described herein relate to the treatment of age-related conditions, e.g. by administering an agent that inhibits the interaction of GDF11 and follistatin. In some embodiments, the agent can bind to an epitope of GDF11 as described herein.
US10017563B2
The present invention relates to peptides, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that bind specifically to poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG), such as Staphylococcal PNAG, in acetylated, partially acetylated and/or fully deacetylated form. The invention further provides methods for using these peptides in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of infections by bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Some antibodies of the invention enhance opsonophagocytic killing and in vivo protection against bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Compositions of these peptides, including pharmaceutical compositions, are also provided, as are functionally equivalent variants of such peptides.
US10017561B2
The present invention concerns methods and means for identifying, producing, and engineering neutralizing antibodies against influenza A viruses, and to the neutralizing antibodies produced. In particular, the invention concerns neutralizing antibodies against various influenza A virus subtypes, and methods and means for making such antibodies.
US10017557B2
Insulin analog with an improved in vitro effect compared with native insulin, a nucleic acid encoding the same, an expression vector including the nucleic acid, a transformant introduced with the expression vector, a method of producing the insulin analog from the transformant, a pharmaceutical composition for treating diabetes containing the insulin analog as an active ingredient, and a method for treating diabetes using the insulin analog or the pharmaceutical composition are described.
US10017553B2
The present invention relates to Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) protein and gene and is, in particular, directed to a novel splice variant of GDNF protein, which is encoded by a novel splice variant pre-(γ)pro-GDNF, and secreted under biological regulation.
US10017551B2
The present invention provides a family of non-naturally occurring polypeptides having cholesterol efflux activity that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins (e.g., Apo AI and Apo E), and having high selectivity for ABCA1 that parallels that of full-length apolipoproteins. Further, the peptides of the invention have little or no toxicity when administered at therapeutic and higher doses. The invention also provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, methods of identifying, screening and synthesizing such polypeptides, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing diseases and disorders associated with dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, or inflammation; or diseases involving abnormal glucose metabolism, e.g., diabetes, metabolic syndrome; or Alzheimer's Disease or frontotemporal dementia.
US10017550B2
Provided herein are isolated polypeptides comprising the amino-terminal domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis porin A (MtpA), wherein the polypeptide is a porin monomer. Also provided are isolated polypeptides comprising the carboxy-terminal domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis porin A, wherein the polypeptide is a toxin. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection in a subject with or at risk of developing a Mtb infection. Further provided are chimeric porin polypeptides comprising a first polypeptide comprising an amino-terminal domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis porin and a second polypeptide comprising an antigen and the use the chimeric porin polypeptides in methods of eliciting an immune response in a subject.
US10017549B2
A novel Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein exhibiting insect inhibitory activity is disclosed. Growth of Lygus insects is significantly inhibited by providing the novel crystal protein in Lygus insect diet. Polynucleotides encoding the crystal protein, transgenic plants and microorganisms that contain the polynucleotides, isolated peptides derived from the crystal protein, and antibodies directed against the crystal protein are also provided. Methods of using the crystal protein and polynucleotides encoding the crystal protein to control Hemipteran insects are also disclosed.
US10017544B2
Generation of optimized H1N1 influenza HA polypeptides for eliciting a broadly reactive immune response to H1N1 influenza virus isolates are described. The optimized HA polypeptides were developed through a series of HA protein alignments, and subsequent generation of consensus sequences, based on selected H1N1 viruses isolated from 1918-2012. Optimized H1N1 HA polypeptides, and compositions, fusion proteins and VLPs comprising the HA polypeptides are described, as are codon-optimized nucleic acid sequences encoding the HA polypeptides and methods of eliciting an immune response against influenza virus in a subject.
US10017543B2
Disclosed are Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) antigens including a recombinant RSV F protein stabilized in a prefusion conformation. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the antigens and methods of producing the antigens. Methods for generating an immune response in a subject are also disclosed. In some embodiments, the method is a method for treating or preventing a RSV infection in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the antigen to the subject.
US10017542B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to peptides having antimicrobial activity. In certain aspects, the invention relates to peptides having potent antimicrobial activity, broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, and/or the ability to kill otherwise antibiotic-resistant microbes, or microbes protected by biofilms.
US10017532B2
The invention relates to a new platinum (IV) complex with substantially increased antitumor efficacy. The invention further discloses a process for preparing of said complex and a pharmaceutical composition for the therapy of tumor diseases containing said complex.
US10017529B2
The present invention relates to novel biguanide derivatives including their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention also relates processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, pharmaceutical compositions containing and the uses of such compounds in treating disorders such as diabetes.
US10017528B2
Perylene diimide phosphoramidite derivatives and methods for polymerization of perylene diimide phosphoramidite derivatives and applications thereof are provided. Compounds comprise at least an electronically active base surrogate and may also include a solubilizing functionality. The base surrogate may be comprised of an electrochemically active perylene diimide (PDI) molecule, the solubility chain may comprise a PEG functionality, and the PDI may further comprise a phosphoramidite functionality as an imide substituent. The phosphoramidite functionality may be used as a chemical coupling handle for use with established nucleic acid synthesis protocols and/or automated synthesis. One or more aromatic core functionalizations may be incorporated into the PDI molecules to allow for tuning the molecule's electronic and optical properties. One or more functional terminal groups may be incorporated into the PDI molecules, such as, for example terminal thiols for attachment to gold substrates and terminal ferrocenes for electrochemical measurements, among others.
US10017527B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds and probes which have a common chemical structure necessary to obtain potent inhibitory activity against KLK4 and/or may be used for the detection of KLK4 peptides and their activity. It further relates to the use of these compounds and methods for inhibiting and/or detecting KLK4 activity in vitro and in vivo by making use of said probes or inhibitors. The compounds of the invention differ from prior art compounds at least in the presence of phenyl guanidine (instead of e.g. benzyl guanidine) and/or the presence of a heteroatom in the tail group, their combined presence unexpectedly leading to potent and selective KLK4 inhibitory activity.
US10017519B2
The invention describes pharmaceutical compounds and compositions comprised of a ligand attached to the opioid oxycodone, in a manner that substantially decreases or deters the potential for opioid abuse, addiction, illicit and illegal use, and overdose. When delivered at the proper dosage, the pharmaceutical composition provides therapeutic activity similar to that of the parent active agent.
US10017510B2
Click thiol-X monomers and polymers containing such monomers are disclosed. The clickable sequence controllable monomers include an optionally protected thiol moiety; an optionally protected Michael acceptor moiety; a primary functional side chain and one ore more secondary functional side chains. A clickable sequence controllable monomer, can have the structure: wherein independently Y and Z are atoms having a valence electrons of 3 or more; n is a integer from 0-10; m is a integer from 0-10; x is a integer from 0-10; PFS is a functional group SFSi; SFS2; and SFS3 are independently a combination of hydrogen, hydroxyl, aromatic, amine, carboxyl, and carbonyls, optionally substituted to form hydrophilic, hydrophobic, amphiphilic, or charged (positive or negative or both) side chains; T is an optionally protected thiol; and TCA is an optionally protected thiol-click acceptor. Methods of using such polymers are also disclosed.
US10017507B2
Disclosed are a series of diaza-benzofluoranthrene compounds. The present invention particularly relates to a compound represented by formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts or tautomers thereof.
US10017505B2
The present invention provides four crystalline forms of verubecestat, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, each of which may be useful in treating, preventing, ameliorating, and/or delaying the onset of an Aβ pathology and/or a symptom or symptoms thereof. Non-limiting examples of such Aβ pathologies, including Alzheimer's disease, are disclosed herein.
US10017499B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US10017492B2
Isoindoline derivative, intermediate, preparation method, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof
Provided are an isoindoline derivative, intermediate, preparation method, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof. The isoindoline derivative and the pharmaceutical composition thereof can regulate the production or activity of immunological cytokines, thus effectively treating cancer and inflammatory disease.
US10017485B2
A method efficiently and safely manufactures, on an industrial scale, a compound having an N,N-bis(2-hydroxy-3-chloropropyl)amino group. (1) an amine compound or a solution thereof, (2) epichlorohydrin or a solution thereof, and (3) an acidic compound or a solution thereof are continuously supplied to a flow reactor and reacted at a reaction temperature of 40 to 130° C. and a liquid space velocity of 0.2 to 10 h−1 so that a compound having an N,N-bis(2-hydroxy-3-chloropropyl)amino group is manufactured. The obtained compound having an N,N-bis(2-hydroxy-3-chloropropyl)amino group is dehydrochlorinated by reaction with an alkali so that a polyfunctional glycidylamine type epoxy compound is manufactured.
US10017482B2
This invention relates to inhibitors of mitotic kinesins, particularly KSP, and methods for producing these inhibitors.
US10017479B2
A chemical process that can form pharmaceutically acceptable medicaments NNRTI's for the treatment of HIV starting from thiotriazole compounds. The chemical process can form thiotetrazoles such as 2-((1-(naphthalen-1-yl)-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)thio)-N-(2-nitrophenyl)actetamide that is. a potent NNRTI with nanomolar activity.
US10017477B2
The present invention provides kinase inhibitors, such as compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II). The compounds may covalently or non-covalently bind a kinase (e.g., Janus kinase 3 (JAK3)). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses that involve the compounds for reducing the activity of a kinase and/or treating and/or preventing a condition associated with aberrant activity of a kinase (e.g., a proliferative disease, inflammatory disorder, autoimmune disorder, painful condition, and/or viral infection). (I) (II)
US10017476B2
The present invention relates to the compound having Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, and its use in treating and/or preventing a Tauopathy.
US10017472B2
The present invention relates to 2-isopropoxy-5-methyl-4-(piperidin-4-yl) aniline dihydrochloride monohydrate and a preparation method of the same. The 2-isopropoxy-5-methyl-4-(piperidin-4-yl) aniline dihydrochloride monohydrate has a very good crystal form and is well suitable for recrystallization purification; further, the effect of impurity removal effect is very good, and any single impurity can be controlled less than 0.1%.
US10017465B2
The invention relates to a method for the non-stereoselective and also for the stereoselective synthesis of astaxanthin from astacin. For this purpose, a reducing agent is used selected from the group of hydrogen, a secondary alcohol, formic acid and also the salts of formic acid or from a mixture of at least two representatives of the compound classes stated above. The invention further relates to the use of astacin as starting compound for the synthesis of astaxanthin.
US10017462B1
A poly(guanylurea) (PGU), comprising the structure where a multiplicity of repeating units are connected by guanylurea groups. The repeating units comprise: linear or cyclic alkylene, heteroatom interrupted alkylene, cycloalkylene, arylene, or heteroarylene; and a linear or cyclic alkylene, one or more heteroatom interrupted alkylene, cycloalkylene, arylene, heteroarylene, or a dinitrogen heterocycle. The PGU can be used as an antimicrobial agent with low toxicity in a pharmaceutical composition, generally as a protonated PGU upon combining with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid.
US10017461B2
Ligand functionalized substrates, methods of making ligand functionalized substrates, and methods of using functionalized substrates are disclosed.
US10017456B2
A monomer is represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein in Chemical Formula 1, X1 and X2 are independently O, C(═O), or C(═O)O, R1 to R10 are independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a hydroxy group, a halogen, a nitro group, or a combination thereof, and n1 and n2 are independently an integer ranging from 0 to 3.
US10017450B2
Method of operating a heavy ends column in an acetic acid production unit having a reaction section, a light ends recovery section including a light ends distillation column, and a heavy ends column. A stream containing acetic acid and propionic acid obtained from the light ends recovery section is fed to the heavy ends column through a feed inlet positioned at an intermediate point in the heavy ends column. A product stream containing acetic acid is withdrawn from the heavy ends column through a sidedraw product outlet position above the feed inlet, and a product stream containing the propionic acid is withdrawn from the heavy ends column through a heavy product outlet positioned below the feed inlet. The pressure in the heavy ends column above the feed inlet is lower than the pressure of the stream containing acetic acid and propionic acid that is fed to the heavy ends column.
US10017445B2
The present invention in one embodiment provides a compound of Formula I:(I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables shown in Formula I are as defined in the specification.
US10017433B2
Processes for selectively alkylating and/or dealkylating one ring of cyclohexylbenzyl and/or biphenyl compounds are provided. Such selective alkylation and/or dealkylation takes place through a transalkylation reaction between the cyclohexylbenzyl compound and a substituted or unsubstituted benzene, which replaces the phenyl moiety of the cyclohexylbenzyl compound. The transalkylated cyclohexylbenzyl may be dehydrogenated to give a corresponding biphenyl compound. The same reaction steps can be utilized with respect to biphenyl compounds by first partially hydrogenating one phenyl ring of the biphenyl compound, thereby obtaining a corresponding cyclohexylbenzyl compound, which may undergo the transalkylation and, optionally, subsequent dehydrogenation. Combinations of any two or more of partial hydrogenation, transalkylation, and dehydrogenation enable targeted substitution (or de-substitution) of only one ring of cyclohexylbenzyl and/or biphenyl compounds, thereby providing superior control in designing the synthesis of these compounds.
US10017430B2
Disclosed herein are processes for tandem alkene dehydrogenation/alkene dimerization using an iridium pincer complex catalyst on a support comprising magnesium silicates (e.g., Florisil®). The reaction process comprises providing an iridium pincer complex bound to a solid support comprising magnesium silicates; providing a gaseous alkane feedstock comprising at least one alkane; and contacting the gaseous alkane feedstock with the iridium pincer complex bound to the solid support in the presence of a hydrogen acceptor to form dimerized alkenes. The processes disclosed herein can accomplish facile, low-temperature tandem transfer dehydrogenation of alkanes and dimerization of alkenes with unprecedented TONs at a reasonable rate of conversion.
US10017421B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing an active calcium silicate. The method comprises: mixing a lime milk, a fly ash desilicated liquid and a particle diameter control agent and reacting them, to obtain a active calcium silicate slurry. The particle diameter control agent is one of a pyrophosphoric acid salt, a metaphosphoric acid salt, a polyphosphoric acid salt, a polyacrylic acid ester, and a polyacrylic acid salt. The preparation method of the present invention can efficiently reduce large particles of the active calcium silicate, so as to reduce the influence of the large particles on papermaking process and paper quality.
US10017417B2
Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than about 0.7·t up to t, comprise a tangent with a slope having an absolute value greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometer, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t) and a maximum central tension in the range from about 80 MPa to about 100 MPa. In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a value at a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the value to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.5 mol % or greater throughout the thickness. Methods for forming such glass-based articles are also disclosed.
US10017406B2
An upflow continuous backwash deep bed sand filter (UCBF) having a recycle line for returning carbonaceous denitrifying bacteria attached to biomass to the influent of the UCBF. The recycle line returns the biomass to the treatment process at a location upstream of the upflow continuous backwash filter. Further, a liquid level control unit is provided that reduces fluctuations and significant drop in the liquid level upstream of the upflow continuous backwash filter, thereby avoiding or minimizing flow turbulences, air induction, and undesirable wastewater aeration resulting in the need to dose excessive carbon source to remove dissolved oxygen in the aerated wastewater.
US10017405B2
A waste treatment system may include a liquid separator for removing water from solid waste, a mixing tank connected to the liquid separator for mixing the solid waste with an oxidizing agent, a heat exchanger connected to the mixing tank for collecting heat generated by an exothermic reaction caused by mixing the oxidizing agent with the solid waste, and a sanitizer connected to the liquid separator to sanitize the water removed from the solid waste. A waste treatment method may involve separating water from solid waste in a liquid separator, mixing the solid waste from the liquid separator with an oxidizing agent in a mixing tank connected to the liquid separator to cause an exothermic reaction, collecting heat from the exothermic reaction in a heat exchanger coupled with the mixing tank, and sanitizing the water from the liquid separator in a sanitizer.
US10017392B2
Methods and articles are provided for reducing the amount of water consumed by a plant over a period of time, sequestering CO2, and producing electricity, where each method includes providing the plant with a composition including at least about 0.1 (wt./wt. or vol./vol.) % CO2 and/or at least about 0.1 wt./wt. % of a composition that generates CO2. An apparatus is also disclosed for providing the plant with a composition including CO2 and/or a composition that generates CO2.
US10017388B2
Dihydrogen metaphosphate can be synthesized via protonation, and can react with a dehydrating agent to afford tetrametaphosphate anhydride. A monohydrogen tetra-metaphosphate organic ester can be derived from the anhydride. A metal tetrametaphosphate complex can be prepared using a metal salt and a dihydrogen tetrametaphosphate.
US10017387B2
A boron nitride fine particle has low major diameter/thickness (aspect) ratio, high purity and high crystallinity, and also has an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 2.0 μm, a graphitization index of 3 or less, and a total oxygen content of 0.20% by mass or less, with an average value of a major diameter/thickness ratio of scaly particles being 6.0 or less. A method of producing a boron nitride fine particle includes introducing ammonia and an alkoxide borate at an ammonia/alkoxide borate molar ratio of 1 to 5 in a reaction vessel in an inert gas atmosphere for heating at 800 to 1,350° C. within 30 seconds thereby obtaining a boron nitride precursor, and then heating the boron nitride precursor at 1,650 to 2,200° C. for at least 0.5 hour in an inert gas atmosphere.
US10017383B2
An approach includes a method of fabricating a switch. The approach includes forming a fixed electrode, forming a first cantilevered electrode, forming a second cantilevered electrode aligned vertically over the first fixed electrode, and which has an end that overlaps and is operable to directly contact an end of the first cantilevered electrode upon an application of a voltage to the fixed electrode, and forming a hermetically sealed volume encapsulating the first fixed electrode, the second fixed electrode, the first cantilevered electrode, and the second cantilevered electrode.
US10017382B2
A method embodiment includes providing a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) wafer including a polysilicon layer having a first and a second portion. A carrier wafer is bonded to a first surface of the MEMS wafer. Bonding the carrier wafer creates a first cavity. A first surface of the first portion of the polysilicon layer is exposed to a pressure level of the first cavity. A cap wafer is bonded to a second surface of the MEMS wafer opposite the first surface of the MEMS wafer. The bonding the cap wafer creates a second cavity comprising the second portion of the polysilicon layer and a third cavity. A second surface of the first portion of the polysilicon layer is exposed to a pressure level of the third cavity. The first cavity or the third cavity is exposed to an ambient environment.
US10017366B2
A load-handling clamp mountable on a lift truck has one or more hydraulic clamping cylinders of the type having two or more sequentially extensible stages capable of applying either load-weight-responsive variable hydraulic load-clamping force or, alternatively, load-size-responsive variable hydraulic load-clamping force, without risking the clamp's dropping of a clamped load. The length of the hydraulic clamping cylinder(s) may in some applications extend generally forwardly from a supporting lift truck, and in other applications extend generally laterally from a supporting lift truck.
US10017365B2
A standing platform for an industrial truck includes a spring arrangement abutting the platform when subject to a weight. A first spring section with a soft characteristic is initially deformed under load, and after a predetermined spring path of the first spring section, a second spring section with a harder spring characteristic is deformable. A sensor detects deformation of the first spring section for generating a release signal. The platform can be folded on a horizontal shaft including a lever arm arranged on a side of the shaft opposite the platform, and abuts the spring arrangement from below which is supported on the truck frame. The first spring section is arranged between a seat for the first spring section and a spacer supported on the second spring section. The spacer acts on the second spring section when the first spring section is initially deformed under a load upon the platform.
US10017364B2
A traction winch for winching an elongated article having a high-tension end connectable to a load and low-tension end connectable to a storage device includes two or more rotatable drums arranged adjacent to each other with their rotational axes substantially parallel, each of them having a plurality of parallel, circumferential sheaves with groove, the sheaves being axially offset with respect to each other to allow wrapping of the elongated article around the sheaves of both drums in a spiral fashion. The sheaves includes fixed sheaves, stationary relative to their underlying drum, and rotatable sheaves, rotatable relative to their underlying drum. The majority of the rotatable sheaves of at least one of the drums is arranged adjacent to each other on a high load supporting side of the winch and the rotational velocity of at least one of the rotatable sheaves is reducible by means of at least one braking device.
US10017363B2
The telescopic lift arm (1) for self-propelled operating machines (10), such a lifters, telehandlers and the like, comprises three tubular elements (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26), having a decreasing section and telescopically connected to one another to define a support structure which is able to move between a retracted configuration in which the tubular elements (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26) are inserted in one another, and an elongate configuration, in which two tubular elements are extracted.The arm (1) comprises a hydraulic actuator (4), associated to the support structure (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26) and provided with three hydraulic elements (41, 42, 43) telescopically connected to one another, each of which is connected to a respective tubular element of the support structure.
US10017357B2
A nodal point pressure-equalizing device of steel rope sets for an elevator, including a pressure-equalizing device main body, a base seat, a first nodal point component and a second nodal point component. The pressure-equalizing device main body can be rotatably provided on the base seat. The first nodal point component and the second nodal point component are respectively arranged at both ends of the pressure-equalizing device main body and are respectively matched with and connected with the corresponding steel rope set. The first nodal point component and the second nodal point component can respectively rotate around rotational centers thereof, and the rotational centers and the rotational center of the pressure-equalizing device main body are on the same horizontal plane.
US10017354B2
An elevator system includes an elevator car to travel vertically in a first lane and a second lane; a propulsion system to impart force to the elevator car; a transfer station to move the elevator car horizontally from the first lane to the second lane; and a control system to supervise travel of the elevator car, the control system to supervise a first intersection between the first lane and the transfer station such that no more than one of vertical elevator car travel and horizontal elevator car travel is permitted at the first intersection at a given time.
US10017353B1
An electrical cable reel module for a drone includes a bracket adapted to be firmly fixed to the drone. A reel body is movably and rotatably mounted on the bracket. A first driving device is mounted on one side of the bracket to drive the reel body to rotate and a second driving device is mounted on the other side of the bracket to drive the reel body to move linearly in a first direction. A third driving device is mounted on the bracket to drive the reel body to move linearly in a second direction opposite to that of the first direction. At least one positioning device is mounted among the reel body, the first driving device and the second driving device to selectively drive the reel body to rotate and prevent the reel body from movement and rotation.
US10017352B2
A large diameter lay-flat hose spool apparatus has a mobile platform with a chassis and wheels. Side supports extend up from the chassis. An axle bears on the side supports, spanning a gap therebetween. Plural spools are rotatably mounted on the axle. Each spool has at least one rim and a length of lay-flat hose wound thereon. A driver rotates the individual spools about the axle independently of the other spools. The driver has a first actuator that moves a drive wheel into and out of contact with a rim of one of the spools. The driver has a second actuator that moves the drive wheel from one of the spool rims to another of the spool rims. A motor rotates the drive wheel. A controller system operated the motor, the first actuator and the second actuator.
US10017346B2
An apparatus and method for loading a spool, including a core and a web of material, on a loading apparatus and unwinding the web material from the core of the spool. The loading apparatus may include a mandrel adapted to be received by the core. The mandrel may include a tubular side wall having an outer circumferential surface, an inner circumferential surface, and an aperture. A gripping member may be telescopically received within the aperture. The gripping member may be configured to move radially outward to press against the core. Likewise, the gripping member may be configured to move radially inward to release the core. The loading apparatus may be configured to associate with an unwind apparatus. The unwind apparatus allows the loading apparatus to rotate about a central longitudinal axis. As the unwind apparatus rotates, the web of material may be unwound from the core of the spool.
US10017339B2
A paper feeding apparatus of an image forming apparatus is provided. The paper feeding apparatus includes a pickup unit configured to rotate about a first axis, a swing member configured to rotate about a second axis, and to move the pickup unit from a contact location to a separation location by pressing the pickup unit, an elastic member configured to provide an elastic force to the swing member, and a rotation limiter configured to limit a rotation angle at which the swing member rotates, wherein a momentum of the swing member is less than a momentum of the pickup unit, while the swing member presses the pickup unit and rotates.
US10017338B2
In one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus comprising an auger section having an auger and a drive unit containing a motor for driving the auger. A collector ring housing containing a collector ring is positioned between the auger section and the drive unit. In another aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus for attachment to a floor grate. The apparatus includes a pivot stand attached to a top surface of the floor grate, the pivot stand defining a vertical pivot axis. A collector ring has a first stationary portion and a second rotatable portion, with the stationary portion attached to the pivot stand. A housing surrounds the collector ring, and the housing and second rotatable portion of the collector ring rotate together about the pivot axis.
US10017325B2
A conveyor system comprising: (a) one or more motors, (b) one or more transfer devices; (c) a plurality or rollers including: (i) one or more master rollers, the one or more master rollers being directly connected to the one or more motors so that the one or more master rollers are directly driven by the one or more motors; and (ii) one or more slave rollers in communication with the one or more master rollers by the one or more transfer devices.
US10017317B2
The invention relates to a bottom part intended to receive food thereon, and a container part where the bottom part and the container part are intended to enclose the food. The package is provided with means to hold the bottom part and the container part together in a detachable fashion and means to separate the bottom part from the container part fully or partially. Separating takes the form of removing the bottom part with the bottom part of the package standing in an essentially horizontal position on a serving surface so that the food is so arranged as to come into contact with the serving surface, as a consequence of which the container part is essentially retained it its position enclosing the food. The invention also relates to a method for transferring food from a package to a serving surface.
US10017299B2
The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a basket such as a grocery basket or laundry basket, where the basket includes a packaging wrap strap. When the basket is in an open position, the wrap strap is flush to the bottom side of the base of the basket such that it is out of the way. When the basket is in a closed position, the wrap strap, made from elastic, stretches to get around the base of the basket and pulls the base upwards while applying downward force on a rim of the basket to keep the basket closed very flat. The wrap strap advantageously does not interfere with the closing and opening functions, improves storage and carrying, and provides better packaging.
US10017295B2
The present invention relates to an opening device for a beverage container. More specifically, the invention relates to a metal end closure having a primary opening area and at least one optional secondary vent opening which can be opened with the same pull tab. The primary opening area and the secondary vent opening area are defined by a score line which is interrupted by a check slot to inhibit propagation of a fracture along the score line.
US10017285B2
An apparatus displaces and positions items in a predetermined configuration. The apparatus includes a grouping station, a grouping manipulator using at least two degrees of freedom and having a prehension end-effector and a placing manipulator using at least four degrees of freedom and having a prehension end-effector. The grouping manipulator is configured to pick items at a first item location, displace the items towards the grouping station, and release the items at the grouping station to form a group of items. The placing manipulator is configured to pick the group of items at the grouping station, change an orientation of the group of items, and release the group of items at a receiving station in the predetermined configuration. A method displaces and positions items in a predetermined configuration.
US10017272B1
The present invention relates to a method and system for gathering data along points of travel using common portable electronic devices that are typically used for other functions. More specifically, the data gathered by these portable electronic devices may be accessed, processed, validated, and used in conjunction with, or alone, to produce, augment, and/or validate other data sets across wide ranges of science and technology.
US10017265B1
An aerial vehicle may receive electrical power from power modules that may be installed into or removed from the aerial vehicle during flight operations. Such power modules may be inserted into a chamber from below the aerial vehicle and may come into contact with one or more terminals or leads for powering propulsion motors or other electrical loads. Such power modules may also be removed from above the aerial vehicle, thereby uncoupling the power modules from the electrical loads. Power modules may be installed into or removed from a chamber using tension members that are guided into the chamber from lateral slots extending between a perimeter of the aerial vehicle and the chamber. The tension members may be used to not only engage and remove a power module within the chamber but also to install a power module into the chamber.
US10017264B2
The aircraft (10) includes: at least one electric motor (135); at least one stand-alone electrical power supply (110, 120) supplying power to the electric motor; propulsion elements (130) referred to as “auxiliary propulsion elements”, included in the group including: a stand-alone electrical power supply (130) supplying power to the electric motor, a power supply converting thermal energy into electrical energy and supplying power to the electric motor, and an internal combustion engine; and a structure (100) configured to integrate each electric motor, each stand-alone electrical power supply and the auxiliary propulsion elements, the parameters of the structure being substantially identical regardless of the auxiliary propulsion elements. A method of fitting out such an aircraft is also described.
US10017262B2
A deicing system for an aircraft may supply heat to an aircraft component in pulses. A first series of pulses may melt ice built up on the aircraft component. A second series of pulses may prevent ice from forming on the aircraft component. The length of each of the pulses in the first series of pulses may be longer than the length of each of the pulses in the second series of pulses. The pulses may be supplied by a pneumatic deicing system or an electrical deicing system.
US10017261B2
An electronic circuit allows at least one current to flow between at least two points of the same circuit. The electronic circuit is in contact with a structure (P) and includes at least one graph (2) including a plurality of nodes (24) and a plurality of connections or branches (22) between the nodes (24) that create at least one mesh (M) of interconnections. The at least one mesh (M) includes interconnections that are configured at least two interconnections between two nodes (24) created by the plurality of connections or branches (22).
US10017260B2
Nacelles are provided having a tubular casing, open at its opposite axial ends, with an inner wall and an outer wall which are connected to each other at the front end along a leading edge and at the rear end along a trailing edge and which enclose, together with the leading edge and the trailing edge, a cavity. To prevent the formation of ice at least in the zone of the leading edge of the nacelle, a separating member made of porous material is arranged inside the cavity to divide the cavity into an inner cavity, between the inner wall and the porous separating member, and an outer cavity, between the outer wall and the porous separating member, and to put the inner cavity in fluid communication with the outer cavity only in a front zone of the cavity in contact with the leading edge, and a two-phase fluid is contained in the cavity.
US10017253B1
A cabin pressure assessment system for an aircraft includes a plurality of polling devices within an internal cabin of the aircraft. The plurality of polling devices are associated with passenger seats onboard the aircraft. A cabin pressure assessment control unit is communicatively coupled to the plurality of polling devices. The cabin pressure assessment control unit is configured to receive cabin pressure comfort data from the plurality of polling devices.
US10017251B2
Systems for restraining palleted cargo within an aircraft are provided. A first system operates to provide vertical and outboard lateral support to cargo at a location where the opposite ends of the system are connected to surfaces that are aligned at different orientations, for example, one end connected to a horizontal floor and the second end connected to a sidewall of the fuselage of the aircraft. A second system operates to provide aft, vertical, and outboard lateral support to cargo upon a pallet proximate to its corner, and at a location where a portion of cargo extends above a stay out zone of the aircraft.
US10017250B2
A vehicle includes a reconfigurable door having a first surface and a second surface. There is also an arrangement for configuring the door so that in a first configuration at least part of the first surface is external to the vehicle, and in a second configuration at least part of the second surface is external to the vehicle. The first surface and/or the second surface includes at least one device mounting arrangement.
US10017249B1
Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the invention can be utilized to implement unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) designed for autonomous operation in cluttered environments, indoor environments and/or as photography drones. One embodiment includes: launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); performing in flight path planning to scan an area for people using the UAV; detecting the presence of at least one subject by processing image data captured by at least one camera on the UAV; determining at least one pose from which to capture images of detected at least one subject using the UAV; performing path planning to navigate the UAV to the determined at least one pose; and capturing images of the detected at least one subject using at least one camera on the UAV when the UAV is posed in one of the determined at least one pose.
US10017237B2
Embodiments described herein relates to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) having vibration dampening and isolation capabilities, the UAV including a first frame portion, a second frame portion, and a third frame portion. Each of the first frame portion, the second frame portion, and the third frame portion is separated from one another. At least one first support member inelastically coupling the first frame portion and the third frame portion. At least one second support member elastically coupling the second frame portion and one or more of the first frame portion or the third frame portion to isolate the first frame portion and the third frame portion from vibration of the second frame portion.
US10017235B2
A retractable boat extension. The retractable boat extension is a platform that is attachable to a boat, such as a pontoon boat, that provides additional space to transport items or lounge upon. The platform includes a sliding mechanism having an actuator for sliding relative to the boat, pedestal mounts for attaching a plurality of interchangeable accessories thereto, such as grills, fishing chairs and food preparation tables, an outboard motor mount configured to receive a variety of outboard motors including, but not limited to, trolling motors, and a mounting bracket configured to receive a forward ramp for handicapped access to the pontoon boat.
US10017234B2
A system for determining a bending moment on an oar during a rowing stroke in the water has an oar handle, an oar shaft that extends from the oar handle, an oar blade that is disposed on the oar shaft on the side opposite the oar handle, at least one strain gauge, from the signal of which the bending moment can be determined, wherein the oar shaft is of a multi-part form and wherein a measuring sleeve, which joins the two adjacent parts of the oar shaft to each other and which comprises the at least one strain gauge, is disposed between two adjacent parts of the oar shaft. With a rotation measurement of the oar by an additional MEMS, the power against time of the rower can be determined by multiplication of the determined angular rate and the bending moment.
US10017232B2
An underwater base handles an autonomous underwater vehicle. The underwater a support structure to be hooked to a cable, a storing part configured to store the AUVs, an inlet part located above the storing part and configured to control access of the plural AUVs to the storing part, and a control part configured to control a movement of the inlet part relative to the support structure. The control part is further configured to wirelessly guide the AUVs while approaching the inlet part.
US10017229B2
A marine cargo loader and handrail device includes a base plate, a post and a platform that is pivotally mounted to the post to allow the platform to move upward and downward. The platform can have two positions, the stored and deployed positions. When stored, the platform is in an upright position. When deployed, the platform is in a substantially horizontal plane with respect to the post. The device may also include a gas dampener to allow for a smooth descent from the stored position downward to the deployed position.
US10017227B2
A ship hull comprises a main hull portion having a bottom extending along a centerline from a leading edge, having first and second sides and having a top surface and an inclined leading surface. The ship hull further comprises first and second side skegs extending along the first and second sides of the main hull portion from the leading edge thereof, each of the first and second side skegs having outside and inside surfaces and extending to a bottom surface below the leading surface. A foil located between the first and second side skegs extends between first and second ends at a position below the leading surface. The leading surface of the main hull portion joins with the bottom surface of the first and second side skegs at a transition location forming a single continuous bottom surface aft thereof.
US10017217B2
A continuous track covering device for a continuous track vehicle that prevents dirt and debris from falling therefrom when the vehicle is being transported. The continuous track covering device includes a cover having a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel linearly aligned with one another. The cover can be wrapped around the exposed portions of a continuous track of a continuous track vehicle when the vehicle is being transported. The device further includes one or more loop fasteners that can receive a strap therethrough and one or more pockets that can receive a magnet therein, wherein the straps and magnets are used to removably secure the cover to the continuous track. Additionally, one or more side hooks are included on the cover to further secure the cover to the continuous track.
US10017211B1
A work vehicle includes a ground propulsion apparatus, a chassis supported by the ground propulsion apparatus, a vehicle body supported by the chassis, a vehicle cover movably mounted to the vehicle body to move between a closed position and an open position, and a guide. The vehicle body supports at least one serviceable component. The vehicle cover covers the at least one serviceable component in the closed position, and the vehicle cover permits access to the at least one serviceable component in the open position. The guide includes a first guide element attached to the vehicle body and a second guide element attached to the vehicle cover. The first and second guide elements cooperate with each other to guide the vehicle cover to an aligned location in the closed position.
US10017203B2
An integral-type electric power steering device is configured in such a way that a motor component, a reduction mechanism, and a control device are integrally fixed, and the control device includes at least heating elements which are operated for control and which generate heat, a control board on which the heating elements are mounted, and mechanism components for fixing the control board; and at least a part of the heat, which is generated by the heating elements, is conducted to the mechanism components via a thermal-conductive component.
US10017192B2
A railcar collision energy absorbing device includes: an energy absorbing element crushed in collision; and a casing extending in a car longitudinal direction so as to accommodate the energy absorbing element. One end of the casing is supported by a main structure of a railcar. The casing is constituted by a plurality of tubular bodies whose overlapping portions are coupled to each other. The casing telescopically contracts in the collision by breaking of a coupling portion between the tubular bodies.
US10017188B2
A device for operating an apparatus comprising a first controller configured to be controlled by a first control signal, a second controller configured to be controlled by a second control signal, a control unit operatively connected to the first controller and the second controller, wherein the first controller and the second controller are both configured to operate the apparatus.
US10017182B2
Methods and systems for operating a torque converter clutch of an automatic transmission are presented. In one non-limiting example, the torque converter clutch is closed to provide a threshold torque capacity during a vehicle launch. If an engine torque request is less than the threshold torque capacity, the torque converter clutch remains closed.
US10017178B2
A vehicle control apparatus of the invention is applied to a vehicle having at least one device configured to acquire a road situation information from an outside of the vehicle. The apparatus determines whether or not a particular situation regarding a vehicle traveling occurs on the basis of the road situation information. The particular situation being a situation that a driver of the vehicle should be alerted. The apparatus can perform an informing for alerting the driver and execute a cruise control for causing the vehicle to travel automatically without an operation of an acceleration operator of the vehicle. The apparatus performs the informing when the particular situation occurs, the cruise control is not executed and the acceleration operator is operated. The apparatus performs the informing when the particular situation occurs and the cruise control is executed, independently of whether or not the acceleration operator is operated.
US10017177B2
To suppress occurrence of a wheelie of a motorcycle.A torque control apparatus includes a the detection unit that detects a state in which the front wheel of the motorcycle is likely to be lifted up based on at least one of engine information of the motorcycle, accelerator operation information of the driver of the motorcycle, and information of the vehicle body or wheel of the motorcycle. The torque control apparatus further includes an output unit that, when the detection unit detects the state in which the front wheel is likely to be lifted up, outputs a torque smaller than a request torque of the driver as a request torque for an the engine of the motorcycle or outputs the difference between the request torque of the driver and a torque smaller than the request torque of the driver as a brake torque.
US10017170B1
A method and system for controlling a vehicle that includes a first propulsion system with a first torque generator and coupled to a first drive member, a second propulsion system with a second torque generator and coupled to a second drive member. The method includes measuring a speed of the first drive member, estimating a speed of the first drive member using a model of the first propulsion system that includes a modeled first rotational inertia and a modeled first translational inertia that are rigidly connected to each other and a model of a first coupling between the modeled first propulsion system and a model of the second propulsion system, and comparing the measured speed of the first drive member to the estimated speed of the first drive member.
US10017167B2
The present invention relates to a device and a method for braking, and a vehicle comprising the same. The present invention has an effect of easily releasing a braking force of a parking brake by switching between a first state, in which first and second lines of a service brake are connected and first and second lines of the parking brake are connected, and a second state, in which the first line of the service brake and the second line of the parking brake are connected.
US10017165B2
A method for regulating motor vehicle electrohydraulic brake systems having a pressure supply apparatus actuated by a control unit and hydraulically connected to wheel brakes via a pressure regulating valve. The pressure supply apparatus includes a cylinder-piston assembly operated by an electromechanical actuator. A set point pressure value is determined for each wheel brake. The cylinder-piston assembly is actuated to a predetermined pilot pressure in the hydraulic pressure chamber. A pilot pressure actual value and an actuator speed actual value are obtained. A pilot pressure set point value, the pilot pressure set point value and the pilot pressure actual value are fed as input variables to a regulator which outputs an actuator speed set point value. The actuator speed and actual set point values are fed as inputs to the speed regulator. The actuator speed set point value is modified as a function of the number of brakes.
US10017162B2
A washer fluid heating device includes a container that contains a washer fluid, a lid portion attached to a first end of the container in a direction of a central axis line O to face an accommodation space for the washer fluid, heating means that has a proximal end portion attached to the lid portion and extends toward the accommodation space, and an outflow pipe having an outlet disposed in the accommodation space, the outlet is provided between a distal end surface of the heating means and a second end opposite to the first end of the container, and a region obtained by projecting the outlet onto a virtual plane perpendicular to the direction of the central axis line O of the container at least partially overlaps a region obtained by projecting the distal end surface of the heating means onto the virtual plane.
US10017150B2
Provided are a seat belt retractor and a seat belt apparatus the number of components of which can be reduced and the size and weight of which can be reduced. A pretensioner 5 includes a rotor 51 that is connected coaxially with a spool 2 and that has a plurality of engaging teeth 51a formed on the outer periphery thereof, a power generating means 52 that engages with the engaging teeth 51a and rotates the rotor 51, and a cover member 53 that houses at least the rotor 51, and the cover member 53 is disposed inside the base frame 3, and can bear the spool 2.
US10017148B2
A side airbag device, for a vehicle, includes: a folded portion housed in a side portion located at a vehicle front side of a rear end of the side airbag, the folded portion having a plurality of crease portions and portions to the front and rear of the folds at the plurality of crease portions being superimposed in the vehicle transverse direction, and a portion in which first and second crease portions, counting from a rear end portion side of the side airbag, are outwards folds that are folded towards the outer side in the vehicle transverse direction, and in which crease portions including and subsequent to a third crease portion, counting from the rear end portion side, that are also located at the vehicle front side of the folded portion, are inwards folds that are folded towards an inner side in the vehicle transverse direction.
US10017147B2
A safety device for use in a vehicle includes an air-bag inflatable by a gas source. At least part of the air-bag is woven and includes a plurality of generally parallel woven yarns. An elongate tether is attached to the air-bag by an attachment arrangement including a first portion in which part of the tether passes between two adjacent yarns of the air-bag from one side to another side of the air-bag and partly around at least two adjacent yarns on one side of the air-bag. The arrangement incorporates a second portion in which the tether is interwoven with a pre-determined number of single adjacent yarns of the air-bag. The arrangement incorporates a third portion in which the tether passes between two adjacent yarns of the air-bag from one side to another side of the air-bag and partly around at least two adjacent yarns on one side of the air-bag.
US10017143B2
A side panel arrangement for a vehicle having a cladding arrangement including a first cladding element covering at least one pillar section made from a flexible and/or bendable material, and an airbag module with an inflatable airbag. The airbag module is arranged so as to be concealed behind the first cladding element. A first end side of the first cladding element is configured to border a door opening and to be fastened to the vehicle pillar. The first end side is releasable from the vehicle pillar 4 to create an outlet for the inflating airbag when the airbag module activated, or wherein the outlet for the inflating airbag is created in a base material of the first cladding element.
US10017133B2
An instrument panel as a vehicular panel includes a panel body on a surface side of which key tops are installed, a printed wiring section arranged on the surface side of the panel body, and an insulation outer layer arranged on the surface side of the panel body so as to cover the printed wiring section.
US10017128B2
A telescopic load floor for a vehicle cargo area includes at least one load floor panel defined by a plurality of nesting members. A guide rail element guides translation of the plurality of nesting members between an open and a closed configuration. The telescopic load floor may define an arcuate bottom surface when extended.
US10017123B2
A roof rail retainer with an adapter component, has a fastening apparatus for mounting on a roof of a vehicle and a fastening device for mounting a roof rail of the vehicle. The fastening apparatus has a bolt element which is preferably provided with a thread and is surrounded by a compressible sealing ring. At least one supporting element is associated with the bolt element and on the one hand lies in contact with the adapter component or is connected to the adapter component, and on the other hand has at least one supporting surface which can be placed onto the roof of the vehicle. A thickness of the uncompressed sealing ring as viewed in an axial direction of the bolt element is greater than the supporting length of the supporting element.
US10017111B2
Disclosed is a method for avoiding collisions between vehicles, comprising receiving data that represent a first travel path of a vehicle, the first travel path being a most probable path of the first vehicle, receiving data that represent at least one second travel path of at least one further vehicle, the second travel path being a most probable path of one of the further vehicles, determining whether the first travel path collides with the second travel path and, upon determination of a travel path collision, initiating generation of a signal to warn a driver of at least one of the vehicles of a possible collision with another vehicle. Additionally disclosed is a similar method for avoiding collisions between vehicles, which is executed by a device in a first vehicle. In this method, additionally, a current position of the first vehicle can be detected, and the travel path of the first vehicle is determined on the basis of the detected current position. Additionally disclosed are corresponding server systems and apparatuses in a vehicle that execute the methods, as well as a computer program product, having portions of program code, that can be executed on a processor system.
US10017107B2
A lighting system of a vehicle is provided herein and includes a headlamp, a taillight, and a controller configured to operate the headlamp and the taillight. The controller implements an activation sequence based on a state of a door. The activation sequence includes sequentially activating at least one of the headlamp and the taillight from inboard to outboard.
US10017106B2
An apparatus and method for monitoring and discriminating cell phone use (voice and text) in a vehicle from the exterior of the vehicle is provided. Cell phone use indicator lights are positioned on the exterior of a vehicle and wirelessly connected to or hardwired to cell phone use detection sensors located in seats and/or within the vehicle cabin to provide site specific information about specific cell phone use in the vehicle based on radio wave frequencies emitted by one or more cell phones in use in the vehicle. One or multiple indicator lights grouped in cluster arrangements to simulate the seat arrangement in a vehicle can be implemented. The apparatus may also be used in aircraft to monitor passenger electronic device use remotely from within the aircraft.
US10017105B2
A vehicle control system for a vehicle having a driver assistance system includes sensors configured to acquire data about surroundings of the vehicle, a user interface configured to display user information and acquire user input from a user, and a processing unit coupled to the sensors, the driver assistance system and the user interface. The processing unit is configured to produce and provide adapted parameters to the driver assistance system based on acquired user input about sensor data and/or actions performed by the driver assistance system. In a corresponding method, the parameters are adapted based on the acquired user input.
US10017098B2
A recreational vehicle (RV) includes a slide-out compartment that increases a size of an interior living space. The slide-out compartment extends from and retracts into a rear side of the RV. The slide-out compartment includes a plurality of panels coupled to a rear double door structure. The plurality of panels configured to extend from the RV in an open state and recede into the RV in a closed state. The double door structure is configured to recess into a rear door jamb of the RV and form a weather seal with the rear door jamb when the slide-out compartment is in a closed state and detach from the door jamb when the when the slide-out compartment is not in a closed state.
US10017094B2
A self-propelled flat-bed trolley is provided which includes a motor for locomotion and including a load-bearing platform and an articulated crane with a telescopic arm adapted to load and unload articles to and from the platform. The crane is maneuverable to locate the center-of-mass of the articles within a base of support for the trolley, with the trolley further including a controller for controlling the motor and articulated crane.
US10017092B1
Disclosed is an adjustable-length, variable-tracked ramp loading system attachable to the bed of a pickup truck, utility truck, or a stationary loading dock. The ramp loading system serves to assist with the loading of assorted types of cargo, including wheeled vehicles, construction equipment, supplies, materials, and other objects of dimensions compatible with the size of the truck bed or dock. The system is constructed and operates with a minimum of two extendable ramps. Each ramp is horizontally stowed or nestled within an individual bridge, which bridge is further housed inside a bedrunner. Each bedrunner is attached to the bed/floor of the truck or loading dock. The ramps may be extended and angularly lowered at varying distances from the rear of the truck bed or dock.
US10017087B2
A vehicle seating assembly includes a vehicle desk operably coupled to a rear portion of a seatback. The vehicle desk is movable between at least a stowed position and a use position. A hinge assembly includes a finger-grip rotator knob assembly and a moveable element, such as a working surface or desk. The moveable element is operably coupled to, and rotatable with, the finger-grip rotator knob assembly.
US10017061B2
An exemplary electrified vehicle assembly includes a charging system having a luminescent portion. The charging system is configured to electrically couple together a charging station and an electrified vehicle.
US10017058B2
When ignition-on operation is made in first electric power supply processing during external charging, and a post-operation electric energy is not larger than a predetermined electric energy that is an electric energy consumption of a low-voltage device after the ignition-on operation, an automobile continues the first electric power supply processing. In the first electric power supply processing, from between a first DC/DC converter and a second DC/DC converter, only the second DC/DC converter is selected to run to supply electric power to a low-voltage-system electric power line. When the post-operation electric energy exceeds the predetermined electric energy, the automobile makes a switch to second electric power supply processing in which only the first DC/DC converter is selected to run from between the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter to supply electric power to the low-voltage-system electric power line.
US10017056B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for electric vehicles with removable homopolar generators for increased driving distances. In one embodiment, an example electric vehicle may include at least one drive motor configured to impart motion to one or more wheels of the electric vehicle, a plurality of rechargeable batteries configured to power the at least one drive motor, and a homopolar generator positioned within the electric vehicle and electrically coupled to the plurality of rechargeable batteries. The homopolar generator may be configured to generate current to charge the plurality of rechargeable batteries. The electric vehicle may include one or more solid state relays electrically coupled between the plurality of rechargeable batteries, and a controller configured to manage charging of the plurality of rechargeable batteries.
US10017044B2
A powertrain system is described, and includes an internal combustion engine including a crankshaft and an electric machine including a rotatable shaft, wherein the rotatable shaft is coupled to a motor pulley. A torque converter includes an impeller and a pump, wherein the pump is coupled to an outer sheave. An off-axis mechanical drive system includes the outer sheave of the torque converter rotatably coupled to the motor pulley of the electric machine. The electric machine is coupled to the pump of the torque converter via the off-axis mechanical drive system, and the crankshaft is coupled to the pump of the torque converter via a clutch.
US10017040B2
A drive unit for a hybrid-vehicle to realize a variety of drive modes for covering various running conditions. A first planetary gear unit is included of a first carrier, a first sun gear, and a first ring gear. A second planetary gear unit is included of a second carrier, a second sun gear, and a second ring gear. A first clutch connects the engine selectively with the first carrier. A first motor is connected with the first sun gear, the second motor is connected with the second sun gear, and the first ring gear and the second ring gear are individually connected with an output member. The drive unit is with a second clutch for connecting the first carrier selectively with the second sun gear. In the drive unit, a reverse stage fixing-mode to propel the vehicle backwardly while changes the output member speed in accordance with the engine speed.
US10017039B1
A system and method are provided for controlling the operation of a vehicle equipped with a hybrid electric front end motor-generator system during vehicle platooning operations to maintain a predetermined separation distance between vehicles in the vehicle platoon. The motor-generator is operated to generate vehicle acceleration and deceleration by outputting torque to an engine crankshaft to accelerate the vehicle or generating a regenerative braking load via the crankshaft on the vehicle, in place of the vehicle's internal combustion engine and braking systems, when the required vehicle accelerations and/or decelerations needed to maintain the desired vehicle separation distance are small and within the torque output or torque load capacity of the motor-generator. If the required vehicle acceleration or deceleration is greater than the motor-generator's available capacity, the motor-generator may be operated to provide a portion of the required acceleration or deceleration, as a supplement to the acceleration provided by the engine or the deceleration provided by the braking system. The use of a front end motor-generator system in this manner increases overall vehicle energy efficiency by decreasing fuel consumption and increasing the amount of electrical energy captured for storage during vehicle platooning operations.
US10017038B2
The present invention discloses a turbojet automobile, comprising an air storage bottle in a superhigh-pressure air producing and sealing device, wheels, a chassis, a lever braking device, a spray pipe, a turbine wheel and a turbine shaft. The superhigh-pressure air producing and sealing device comprises a frame, an air compressor arranged at an upper part of the frame, and the air storage bottle arranged at a lower part of the frame; a left part of the spray pipe is fixedly connected with a right part of the chassis; a bottle body is placed on the chassis; the turbine wheel and the turbine shaft are arranged in the spray pipe; the turbine shaft can drive the wheels to rotate together when rotating; and an air outlet pipe of the bottle body is connected with the spray pipe.
US10017037B2
A vehicle has a body forming a passenger compartment. The vehicle also has a chassis supporting the body. The chassis includes a frame structure having a pair of side rails connected by a plurality of rigid cross rails and defining a plurality of bays between the cross rails. The vehicle additionally has a battery pack including a plurality of electrical storage devices stored in a battery housing. The battery housing defines a plurality of channels. The vehicle further includes a fastening mechanism attaching the battery housing directly to the plurality of cross rails with at least a portion of the battery housing in the plurality of bays and the plurality of cross rails in the plurality of channels.
US10017033B2
The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved laminates made from a complexly curved substrate and a flat substrate, such as automotive window glazings, and methods of cold forming complexly-curved glass products from a curved substrate and a flat substrate. In one or more embodiments, the laminate includes first complexly-curved glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second complexly-curved glass substrate with a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface with a thickness therebetween; and a polymer interlayer affixed to the second convex surface and third surface, wherein the third surface and fourth surface have compressive stress values respectively that differ such that the fourth surface has as compressive stress value that is greater than the compressive stress value of the third surface.
US10017027B2
A vehicular air conditioner includes a partitioning portion which separates an inside of an air-conditioning casing into an inside-air passage through which an inside air flows and an outside-air passage through which an outside air flows, a cooling heat exchanger extending across both the inside-air passage and the outside-air passage, a heating heat exchanger heating the inside air and the outside air on a downstream side of the cooling heat exchanger in an air flow, and a restriction portion provided downstream of the cooing heat exchanger in the air flow and limiting inflow of the inside air into the outside-air passage on the way to the heating heat exchanger. The restriction portion is located in the inside-air passage between the cooing heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger, and includes a first temperature regulation door that regulates a temperature of air supplied to the vehicle compartment.
US10017016B2
An air maintenance tire assembly having an elongate air pumping sidewall air passageway includes an inlet air passage screw assembly inserted through a tire sidewall profiled bore to conduct air from outside the tire into a regulator positioned within a tire cavity. The screw assembly includes a screw body having at an outer end a large-diameter filter housing, a smaller-diameter midsection shank portion, and an inner large-diameter valve housing connecting to the regulator within the tire cavity. A valve mechanism seats within the valve housing and moves between an open position conducting air from the screw body into the regulator assembly and a closed position preventing a backflow of air from the regulator assembly.
US10017015B2
Embodiments relate to TPMS utilizing a single-axis acceleration sensor for measuring the direction of rotation of the tires in a tire localization methodology. In an embodiment, the known axis position of the acceleration sensor in the tires allows for the assessment by an integrated circuit in order to determine the left or right positioning of a tire, as well as the magnitude of acceleration or deceleration. Because of the dual components of the measured acceleration signal of first, the directional acceleration of the vehicle and second, the oscillating modulation due to gravity, the generated waveform is known to have differences between the left and right tire signals of an accelerating and decelerating vehicle. The impact of the oscillating modulation on the directional acceleration of the vehicle can be utilized to identify tire rotation direction, and thus the wheels localized therefrom, as well as the magnitude of acceleration and deceleration.
US10017013B2
In order to suppress an excessive increase in the temperature of a tread section, a tire includes: a first land portion that is formed to a tread section by providing plural circumferential direction grooves extending around a tire circumferential direction at a spacing in a tire width direction, and that includes plural first recesses provided around the tire circumferential direction of a wall face of the first land portion; and a second land portion that has a wider width than the first land portion, and that includes a greater number of second recesses than the number of the first recesses provided around the tire circumferential direction of a wall face of the second land portion.
US10017009B2
A tire is provided with a tire frame member that is made from resin and includes: a bead portion; a side portion that is connected to an outer side of the bead portion in a tire radial direction and that has hole portions formed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction; and a crown portion that is connected to an inner side of the side portion in a tire width direction and that has a tread disposed thereon.
US10017004B2
The present invention relates to relates to a thermochromic writing instrument that may use thermochromic ink and erase a written content by generating heat with a frictional member provided thereat.An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a thermochromic writing instrument including: a body configured to be provided with a knock mechanism that exposes a thermochromic writing part to the outside or accommodates the thermochromic writing part; a rib configured to be provided at an inner circumferential surface of the body to protrude in a central line direction of the body; a moving member configured to move along the inside of the body; a frictional member configured to be provided at one side of the moving member to protrude out of the body; a weight configured to be provided at the other side of the moving member to contact or to not contact the knock mechanism according to movement of the moving member; and a guide configured to be disposed between the outside of the moving member and the inside of the body to move along the inside of the body and to be spaced apart from an outer circumferential surface of the moving member by a predetermined interval.
US10016987B2
An image forming method includes discharging a liquid containing a color material and water onto a surface of a recording medium; performing spray coating to apply a coating liquid containing wax to the surface of the recording medium, the surface having the discharged liquid; and heating the recording medium to which the coating liquid is applied in the spray coating.
US10016980B2
A controller of an inkjet printing apparatus is configured such that, in response to receipt of a preceding command, which notifies transmission of a recording command in advance, from an information processing device through the communication device, the controller executes a separating process to move from a covering position to a spaced position, a moving process to move a carriage, from which the cap is separated, from a first position to a second position, a flushing process to cause the inkjet head to eject the ink toward an ink receiver in response to receipt of a recording command instructing recording of an image on the sheet and upon completion of the moving process, and a recording process to cause a conveyer to convey the sheet and cause the inkjet head to eject the ink in accordance with the recording command, in response to completion of the flushing process.
US10016978B2
Printing apparatus, printing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for storing program
A printing apparatus has a plurality of nozzles including preceding nozzles that discharge ink onto a printing medium before ink discharge of the other nozzles, and succeeding nozzles that discharge ink onto the printing medium after the ink discharge of the preceding nozzles, and if the amount of black ink discharged on the printing target region is larger than a predetermined amount, the printing apparatus discharges a smaller amount of chromatic ink than the amount of the discharged black ink onto the printing target region from the plurality of nozzles so that the amount of the chromatic ink discharged from the succeeding nozzles is larger than the amount of the chromatic ink discharged from the preceding nozzles.
US10016974B2
A driver circuit for driving actuating elements for printing, has a switch for coupling a common drive signal to provide element drive pulses to drive each actuating element according to a print signal. A timing control circuit controls the switch during sloped transitions of the common drive signal, to trim an amplitude of the actuating element drive pulses according to a common offset configurable for at least two of the actuating elements in common, and according to an element specific offset, configurable for each of the actuating elements. The offsets can be dynamic or static, and some parts of the timing can be implemented in analog form. This enables more types of errors to be compensated, and can enable the element specific offset to be implemented with simpler circuitry with less heat dissipation or less space or needing less precision and thus less cost.
US10016971B2
There is described a printing press (100) comprising a printing group (2) adapted to apply on a substrate at least one ink or varnish vehicle containing magnetic or magnetisable flakes and at least one magnetic orientation unit (10) located downstream of the printing group (2) along a path of the substrate, which magnetic orientation unit (10) includes at least one magnetic-field-inducing device (12) adapted to orient the magnetic or magnetisable flakes contained in the ink or varnish vehicle applied on the substrate to induce an optically-variable effect in the ink or varnish vehicle. The printing press (100) further comprises a drying/curing unit (15) located along the path of the substrate and cooperating with the magnetic orientation unit (10), which drying/curing unit (15) is adapted to dry or cure the ink or varnish vehicle applied on the substrate following orientation of the magnetic or magnetisable flakes. The drying/curing unit (15) is mounted on a movable supporting structure (16) that is adapted to move the drying/curing unit (15) between a working position (WP), where the drying/curing unit (15) is cooperating with the magnetic orientation unit (10) and which is located proximate to the path of the substrate next to the magnetic orientation unit (10), and a retracted position (RP), where the drying/curing unit (15) is retracted away from the magnetic orientation unit (10) and from the path of the substrate.
US10016970B1
Systems and methods relating to improved printable magnetic sheet materials compatible with high-volume roll-to-roll printing processes using roll-fed presses. When implemented, the system permits existing roll-to-roll printer to generate sheet-magnet promotional materials that are adherable to various material substrates, such as, for example, mailers, phone books, etc.
US10016969B2
A printing apparatus applies ink to a surface of a printing plate in the shape of a predetermined pattern and then transfers the ink to a substrate. The printing apparatus includes: an image recording section that applies the ink to the surface of the printing plate; a plate surface observation unit that acquires information about the surface of the printing plate; a storage section that stores information about a reference shape serving as a reference of the surface of the printing plate; and a determination section that compares the information about the reference shape stored in the storage section with the information about the surface of the printing plate, which is obtained by the plate surface observation unit, and determines whether or not the surface of the printing plate to which the ink has been applied is present in a predetermined range of the reference shape.
US10016965B2
When a foamed resin metal laminated sheet (1) heated in a heating furnace (11) is cooled to room temperature, the foamed resin metal laminated sheet (1) is held at soaking temperature in a soaking bath (21) to make the temperature of the foamed resin sheet uniform over the entire area of the foamed resin metal laminated sheet (1), and then cooled to room temperature in a room temperature cooling unit (22). Thus, rippling due to thermal strain can be suppressed.
US10016962B2
The multilayer structure includes a polyamide resin layers (A) and (B), wherein the layer (A) is composed of a polyamide resin (A1) containing at least any constituent unit of a constituent unit derived from a lactam having from 10 to 12 carbon atoms and a constituent unit derived from an aminocarboxylic acid having from 10 to 12 carbon atoms, or a composition (a) containing the resin (A1), the layer (B) is composed of a composition (b) containing a polyamide resin (B1) in which a diamine unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from a metaxylylenediamine in an amount of 70 mol % or more and a dicarboxylic acid unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms in an amount of 70 mol % or more, and a polyamide resin (B2) in which a diamine unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from a xylylenediamine in an amount of 70 mol % or more and a dicarboxylic acid unit thereof includes a constituent unit derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 9 to 12 carbon atoms in an amount of 70 mol % or more, and the ratio by mass (B1/B2) is from 55/45 to 85/15.
US10016955B2
A panel apparatus is described that includes a first sandwich panel and a second sandwich panel arranged substantially parallel to each other, and the first sandwich panel and the second sandwich panel each include a core material inserted between at least two skin layers. The panel apparatus also includes at least one mechanical fastener mechanically embedded into the first sandwich panel and the second sandwich panel. The at least one mechanical fastener at least extends through one skin layer and into the core material of the first sandwich panel and at least extends through one skin layer and into the core material of the second sandwich panel, and the at least one mechanical fastener is configured to accept insertion of an item. Methods of assembling the panel apparatus are also described.
US10016953B2
A composite structural article includes a polymeric body having a first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The composite structure includes a continuous fiber element extending along and embedded within the lateral length of a rib element and/or an open mesh woven element embedded within and coplanar a textured surface of the first major surface or the opposing second major surface.
US10016947B2
A fiber placement system including a fiber placement station at a first location, the fiber placement station including a tool and a fiber placement assembly configured to construct a reinforcement layup on the tool, the first fiber placement assembly including a compaction roller rotatable about an axis of rotation, the compaction roller at least partially defining a nip, a thermoplastic composite ply extending through the nip and a heating unit positioned to heat the thermoplastic composite ply proximate the nip, and a consolidation station at a consolidation location, the consolidation location being different from the first location, the consolidation station including a consolidation tool and a consolidation system configured to consolidate a reinforcement layup assembly that includes the reinforcement layup.
US10016938B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid; irradiating the build region through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer from the polymerizable liquid and advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form the three-dimensional object from the solid polymer, while also concurrently with the irradiating and/or advancing steps: (i) continuously maintaining a dead zone of polymerizable liquid in contact with the build surface, and (ii) continuously maintaining a gradient of polymerization zone between the dead zone and the solid polymer and in contact with each thereof. The gradient of polymerization zone comprises the polymerizable liquid in partially cured form (e.g., so that the formation of fault or cleavage lines between layers of solid polymer in the three-dimensional object is reduced). Apparatus for carrying out the method is also described.
US10016934B2
A composite radius filler having a varying cross-sectional shape is pre-conditioned before being pultruded through forming dies. The composite filler radius filler includes a tab ply having a varying width that is laminated onto a supporting, full width base ply.
US10016927B2
A facility for processing containers includes a container production device and at least one processing device disposed downstream from the container production device, for further processing the containers. The container production device is synchronized with the processing device during regular operation. However, upon recognition of a malfunction in the processing device, synchronization of the container production device with the processing device can be at least temporarily canceled. Also provided is a method for remedying malfunctions in a facility, in which a container production device is synchronized with a processing device during regular operation, according to which, synchronization between the container production device and the processing device is at least temporarily canceled upon recognition of a malfunction in the treatment device.
US10016917B2
A method of injecting a sealing gel into a predetermined structure for a work piece is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a molding tool with an insertion structure shaped with respect to compliment the predetermined structure, enclosing a local region of a recess of the work piece with the molding tool, injecting a fluid sealing gel into the molding tool, and dismantling the molding tool after the sealing gel has cooled to a solid state.
US10016911B2
A mixing section for an extrusion screw comprises a shaft having at least one set of spaced-apart cuspidate shaft teeth, with the shaft teeth extending radially outwardly from a root of the shaft. Each of the shaft teeth comprises a flank face and a rake face opposite the flank face, with the tooth transitioning between the flank face and the rake face at an outermost cusp. Some embodiments have one or more longitudinally extending, longitudinally spaced series of annular sets of circumferentially spaced shaft teeth. Some embodiments have one or more helically extending series of spaced-apart cuspidate shaft teeth. The mixing section may be received in a mixing section barrel to form a mixing portion of a screw extruder.
US10016907B2
A die-cutting scrap removal device for separating a product from an original plate is provided. The die-cutting scrap removal device includes a table-shaped removal main body part configured to stand upright on the ground surface; a first pressing-separation part fixed on the top surface of the removal main body part so as to move vertically; and a second pressing-separation part moving in the back and forth directions and the vertical direction on the top surface of the removal main body part, thereby readily separating scraps in mass quantities of products.
US10016906B2
A sheet cutter is operable by one hand for maintaining a sheet on a placing table and by other hand for cutting the sheet to ensure safety of finger of the one hand. The sheet cutter includes a pressing operating member adapted to be depressed from a non-pressing position to a pressing position for maintaining the sheet on the placing table against a biasing force of a spring, and a cutting operating member for travelling a cutter unit between one end and another end of the placing table, wherein the pressing operating member and the cutting operating member are arranged at different positions with a certain interval to set their operating directions orthogonal to each other. Accordingly, a sheet on the placing table can be cut by operating the cutting operating member horizontally with the other hand while operating the pressing operating member vertically with the one hand.
US10016898B2
The robot system includes an imaging unit, an image processing unit, an entry request unit for a person to request entry to a predetermined section, and a signal output unit which, in a case where the person has requested entry into the predetermined section, outputs, depending on a processing result of the image processing unit, an entry permission signal indicating that the person is permitted to enter the predetermined section. If the image processing unit detects that the robot has reached a stopping position taught in advance after the person requested to enter the predetermined section, at least one of an instruction to stop the robot and an instruction to stop a part of the robot system which is necessary to enable the person to enter therein is outputted, and the signal output unit outputs the entry permission signal.
US10016895B2
A method for determining a response time of a brake of at least one assigned axis of a multi-axis machine includes actuating the axis, switching the brake, and determining a response time between a switching point in time and a response point in time at which a motion state of the axis changes. The method may further include opposing actuation of the axis while the brake is closed, and detecting a mechanical play between opposing maximum deflections of the axis. A method of operating or monitoring a multi-axis machine includes determining a response time and/or detecting mechanical play, and operating the machine or triggering a fault response based on the response time or mechanical play.
US10016891B2
A robotic positioning apparatus configured for moving an element from an initial position to a target position. The apparatus includes a moveable member attachable to an element to be moved; at least one tensile support member for supporting the movable member; and at least one tensile positioning member for repositioning the moveable member. The at least one tensile positioning member is configured to maintain the at least one tensile support member in tension. The at least one tensile support member is configured to maintain an inclination of at least a portion of the moveable member during repositioning.
US10016883B1
A tool for installing a retainer ring onto the lower portion of a loosely inserted drain fitting for engaging a mounting flange thereto includes a generally resilient tubular segment provided with a plurality of axially aligned and resiliently cantilevered peripherally adjacent strips within which the retaining ring is received in a compressed engagement seated on a shoulder of each strip. A threaded shaft extends through a bottom plate of the segment received in the drain fitting and then through the cup interior to axially advance the axially aligned ring carried by the strips. A platform for both supporting the threaded shaft within the drain fitting and for supporting a garbage disposal on a base is included.
US10016879B2
An adjustable wrench includes a frame and a movable jaw. The frame includes a handle, a fixed jaw, a guiding slot, a hole, and a holding portion. The guiding slot is formed between the handle and the fixed jaw. The hole communicates with the guiding slot. An adjusting screw is rotatably engaged in the hole. The movable jaw includes a guiding portion slidably engaged in the guiding slot. A supporting portion and an adjusting portion are formed at the bottom side of the guiding portion. The supporting portion abuts against the holding portion, and the adjusting portion is engaged with the adjusting screw.
US10016877B2
A method of fabricating a polishing layer of a polishing pad includes determining a desired distribution of particles to be embedded within a polymer matrix of the polishing layer. A plurality of layers of the polymer matrix is successively deposited with a 3D printer, each layer of the plurality of layers of polymer matrix being deposited by ejecting a polymer matrix precursor from a nozzle. A plurality of layers of the particles is successively deposited according to the desired distribution with the 3D printer. The polymer matrix precursor is solidified into a polymer matrix having the particles embedded in the desired distribution.
US10016873B2
A Diamond Enhanced Insert (DEI) includes a working layer of a polycrystalline diamond material (PCD). The PCD material includes a first phase that includes a number of particles of a first material. The PCD material also includes a second phase that is adapted as a catalyst. The PCD material has a fracture toughness greater than 12.5 MPa·√m, a flexural strength of greater than 800 MPa, and a diamond frame strength of less than 400 MPa.
US10016869B2
Device for sharpening blades of cutting-off machines, comprising two grinding wheels (1) each positioned on a corresponding side of a cutting edge (20) of a blade (2) of a cutting machine. The device comprises means adapted for controlling the symmetry of said cutting edge (20), with a sensor (3) placed at a predetermined distance from a corresponding side of the cutting edge (20. The sensor (3) is adapted to detect possible differences (d) between the lengths (n, p) of the two sides of the cutting edge (20). The sensor (3) is connected to a programmable unit (4) that processes the said difference (d) possibly detected by the sensor (3).
US10016863B2
The invention relates to a machine assembly 100 for use in a manufacturing machine 1000, in particular in a horizontal orientation of an axis of rotation D in a horizontal manufacturing machine, comprising a workpiece fixture 30 which is mounted on a fixture carrier 4 and has a first side 31 and a second side 32, and a first and a second tool holding fixture 10, 20, wherein the first tool holding fixture 10 is arranged on the first side 31 of the workpiece fixture 30 and the second tool holding fixture 20 is arranged on the second side 32 of the workpiece fixture 30. According to the invention it is provided that the workpiece fixture 30 has a main spindle 33 with an axis of rotation D running from the first to the second side 31, 32, and the main spindle 33 is designed for holding a workpiece along the axis of rotation D.
US10016852B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus is disclosed. The additive manufacturing apparatus includes a linear rail having a length. The linear rail is one of rotatable or revolvable in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis. The additive manufacturing apparatus further includes an electromagnetic energy source movably coupled to the linear rail and movable in a polar coordinate system having a radius R.
US10016846B2
A method is disclosed including operations for repairing a component. The method includes providing a component including one of titanium and a titanium alloy, providing a laser deposition device, and providing a shielding means that ensures an oxygen content remains below a first threshold and that a water vapor content remains below a second threshold in a target area of the component. The method further includes depositing a metal material on the component, where the depositing includes operating the deposition device along a tool path including a plurality of tool passes, wherein the tool path further comprises a deposition device velocity specification, a laser power specification, and a specified delay time between each of the plurality of tool passes.
US10016844B2
A laser is used to clean surfaces contaminated with chemical, biological, or radioactive substances. The laser directs a laser beam onto the surfaces and the ejecta is collected by a getter which can be a version of vacuum cleaner. A mobile system includes a laser transporting arm and collection system used in cleanup of metal and concrete surfaces contaminated with chemical, biological, or radioactive substances.
US10016841B2
A laser surface treatment method for treating a surface of a workpiece having an irregular shape includes radiating a laser so that the surface of the workpiece which is placed in a direction forming an acute angle with respect to the laser becomes an untreated plane. The method also includes scanning with the laser so that the surface of the workpiece which is placed in the direction forming an acute angle with respect to the laser becomes an untreated plane.
US10016838B2
A friction stir welding tool attachable to a spindle of a machine tool includes: a shank connected to the spindle; a chuck connected to the shank through a heat insulating portion; a welding tool connected to the chuck and usable for friction stir welding; and a cooling jacket provided on a circumferential surface of the chuck. The cooling jacket is provided with a refrigerant path for delivering a refrigerant.
US10016833B2
An solder ball mounter includes a stage configured to support a substrate, a ball placer head configured to provide solder balls, and a solder ball mask configured to align the solder balls with the substrate. The solder ball mask includes an upper mask layer including an upper opening having a first diameter, a middle mask layer including a middle opening having a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter, and a lower mask layer.
US10016829B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for dressing a multithread grinding worm, in which a flight of the multithread grinding worm is machined by means of a dressing tool. During machining of the multithread grinding worm, one of several flights of the grinding worm is eliminated, so that the number of flights of the grinding worm is reduced, thereby increasing the service life of the dressing tool and reducing the number of dressing tools to be kept in stock.
US10016825B2
A method of machining a bevel gear (22) having teeth with a pitch angle greater than 90 degrees comprising providing at least one tool (42, 44) rotatable about a tool axis with the tool comprising a disc-shaped body (43) having a periphery (49) and at least one stock removing surface (45, 47) arranged about the periphery. The tool is rotated and fed relative to the gear to effect machining of at least one tooth surface wherein the machining is carried out in a non-generating manner.
US10016822B2
A tangential cutting insert for a milling tool includes a cutting face that extends along a longitudinal axis and along a transversal axis, and a cutting edge that extends at the periphery of the cutting face. The cutting face has a central portion including first and second central cutting edges extending along the longitudinal axis and on opposite sides of the cutting face, and an outwardly extending end portion having at least three end cutting edges. A first of the at least two cutting edges is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis and a second of the at least two end cutting edges is inclined relative to the transversal axis at an angle from 10° to 35° respectively, for example, 20° to 30° or 25°.
US10016807B2
When a core die is being removed from a core while being rotated around its axis, the hardening time of self-hardening sand, the frictional forces generated between the core and the core die during die removal, and the strength of the core during die removal are optimized.
US10016806B2
A casting flow running system (11) for supplying liquid metal to a mold cavity formed in a casting mold includes a plurality of pipe sections (13) that are connected to one another; at least one ingate pipe (13) for connecting the casting flow runner system (11) with an ingate of a casting model forming the mold cavity; and a frame (15) made of a heat-resistant material disposed on the ingate pipe (13). The frame has a net-like webbing (18) made of a fireproof material tensioned therein and is attached to the ingate pipe (13) such that the netlike webbing (18) at least partially spans a cross section of the ingate pipe (13) and is positioned in a region proximate to a surface of a casting piece formed by filling the mold cavity.
US10016804B2
A hat-shaped cross-section component manufacturing apparatus includes: a die that includes a forming face that presses both side portions of a metal stock sheet; a punch that includes a forming face that presses a central portion of the metal stock sheet; a pad that includes a forming face that presses and grips the central portion of the metal stock sheet against the punch; and a blank holder that includes a forming face that presses and grips the both side portions of the metal stock sheet against the die. The hat-shaped cross-section component manufacturing apparatus further includes a pressure limiting device configured including a floating block that moves together with the blank holder when forming of a curving component has been completed, that is interposed between the pad and the blank holder, and that limits pressing of the formed curving component between the pad and the blank holder during demolding.
US10016796B2
A method is provided for roll-forming a sheet metal strip (35) by driving the sheet metal strip through a row of forming stations (17, 18) having pairs of rollers (19, 20; 29, 30) directed towards each other and both holding the sheet metal strip therebetween and forming the sheet metal strip over roller edges. In every second forming station (12), two angles (41, 42) are gradually formed and in every second forming station two other angles (43, 44) are gradually formed.
