US10089468B2
A device may detect or emulate a sequence of keystrokes to be used to detect a keystroke logger application. The device may determine a sequence of characters associated with the sequence of keystrokes. The sequence of characters may correspond to the sequence of keystrokes or a portion of the sequence of keystrokes. The device may search a memory for the sequence of characters. The device may determine that the sequence of characters is stored in the memory based on searching the memory for the sequence of characters. The device may perform an action to counteract the keystroke logger application based on determining that the sequence of characters is stored in the memory.
US10089458B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for opening unverified content in a separate, disposable virtualized environment using a temporary virtual machine (VM). In one example, the disclosed method includes intercepting a request to open/access unverified content from a third-party remote server, and comparing the particular information/attributes of the unverified content against predetermined criteria. Then, the user device may connect using a remote presentation protocol to the temporary VM in the separate, disposable environment such that the output of the unverified content may be transported to and displayed in the separate, disposable environment. The connection with the temporary VM may be terminated and the separate, disposable environment may be wiped clean to reduce the risk of malicious code in the unverified content.
US10089455B2
An electronic device and method for controlling locking of an electronic device are disclosed. An electronic device includes a short-range communication unit for performing short-range communication and a controller for controlling locking of the electronic device by using an RSSI value of a counterpart electronic device connected by short-range communication through the short-range communication unit and a transmission strength value of the counterpart electronic device to control the locking of the electronic device.
US10089453B2
Systems and methods for blue light adjustment with a wearable display system are provided. Embodiments of the systems and methods for blue light adjustment can include receiving an initial eye image obtained by an image capture device; adjusting a level of blue light exposed to an eye associated with the initial eye image; receiving an adjustment eye image of the eye exposed to the adjusted level of blue light; detecting a change in a pupillary response of the adjustment eye image relative to the initial eye image; determining that the detected change in the pupillary response passes a biometric application threshold; and utilizing eye images or the detected change in the pupillary response for a biometric application.
US10089439B2
A medical device and a method of implementing a cryptosystem on the medical device include storing a data structure on a memory component of the medical device. An encryption key is stored in the data structure. Usage data related to usage of the medical device is provided. The encryption key is read from the data structure. The usage data is encrypted with the read encryption key. The encryption key is eliminated such that the encryption key is no longer present in the medical device.
US10089430B2
Integrated circuits and methods of manufacture and design thereof are disclosed. For example, a method of manufacturing includes using a first mask to pattern a gate material forming a plurality of first and second features. The first features form gate electrodes of the semiconductor devices, whereas the second features are dummy electrodes. Based on the location of these dummy electrodes, selected dummy electrodes are removed using a second mask. The use of the method provides greater flexibility in tailoring individual devices for different objectives.
US10089429B2
A system for printed circuit board assembly includes a user interface provided on a display device for visual verification of printed circuit board design data, a user interface provided on the display device for inputting bill of material information, and a user interface provided on the display device for verification, alteration and creation of component placement data.
US10089423B2
Described here are systems and methods for efficiently simulating wave propagation in one or more viscoelastic media. The systems and methods described here implement an elastodynamic model that includes memory variables for one or more viscoelastic properties. Boundary conditions can also be generated based on a perfectly matched layer (PML) condition. A hybrid implicit/explicit method is used to generate wave simulation data. In this method, equations related to the memory variables and PML are solved using an implicit integrator, and other equations in the elastodynamic model are solved using an explicit method.
US10089402B1
A system and method for determining popularity of a video based in part on requests for the video received from a referrer, grouping videos whose popularity based on requests from referrers exceeds a threshold and displaying those videos in a channel or providing them in a web feed.
US10089398B2
Systems and method for managing digital assets for a plurality of enterprises. The system may include enterprise profiles for each of the enterprises. Each enterprise profile can include one or more cost centers representative of divisions of the enterprise. Assets can be organized within cost centers within containers and folders. The arrangement of containers and folders can be representative of an organization structure of a division of the enterprise. Access to assets within the cost center can be determined by an access control module and be based on user-level and container-level permissions.
US10089391B2
An ontological information retrieval system is provided. According to an embodiment, the subject ontological information retrieval system can be utilized for computer-aided clinical Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practice. In one implementation, a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided, enabling a user to input a query with symptoms determined from a patient, and the system's parser can find instances of the symptoms in a document object model (DOM) tree of the TCM ontological information. Diagnosis based upon the symptoms can be communicated to the user through the GUI. A relevance index (RI) and/or a frequency index (FI) can be further provided for evaluating a diagnosis by comparing the symptoms determined from a patient with the expected symptoms of the diagnosed illness and returning a value based on the number of matched symptoms, or a weighted index of matched symptoms.
US10089367B2
Provided is a process including: obtaining activity profiles; for each activity profile, sorting the activity records in order of the timestamps; obtaining a query having a rule specifying criteria to select a subset of the individuals; and for each sorted activity profile: iterating through the sorted activity records in sorted order and at each iteration: determining whether the attribute of the geolocation of the respective activity record matches the activity of the activity pattern and, in response to determining a match: determining the activity pattern count; determining whether the activity pattern count satisfies the first condition and, in response to determining that the first condition is satisfied: initializing the activity pattern count; determining the quantifier count; and determining whether the quantifier count satisfies the second condition and, in response designating the individual corresponding to the respective sorted activity profile as responsive to the query.
US10089361B2
A method and apparatus for managing hierarchical relationships in a relational database system is provided. An “orderkey” data type, which is native within a relational database system, is disclosed. The orderkey type is designed to contain values that represent the position of an entity relative to the positions of other entities within a hierarchy. Such values represent hierarchical relationships between those entities. Values that are of the orderkey type have properties that allow hierarchy-oriented functions to be performed in an especially efficient manner. Database functions, which operate on and/or produce values that are of the orderkey type, are also disclosed. Such functions can be placed within SQL statements that a database server executes, for example. In response to executing SQL statements that contain such functions, the database server performs hierarchy-oriented operations in a highly efficient manner.
US10089355B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for partitioning data into n partitions in a database used for information retrieval. According to certain embodiments implemented with at least one processor, a perceived load is determined for each of a plurality of substrings, each of the substrings corresponding to one or more entries in the database. The plurality of substrings are ordered from highest to lowest perceived load. Data associated with each of the first n substrings is assigned to a separate partition, wherein n is greater than one. Moreover, data associated with each of the remaining substrings is assigned to the n partitions based on a score. The score is computed by calculating, for each partition, a load variance and an entropy weight for the candidate substring. The load variance and the entropy weight are combined, and the candidate substring is assigned to the partition that has the lowest combined score.
US10089353B2
Software for processing a database query that includes: (i) receiving a query of a database including a search value; (ii) determining a distance between the search value and at least one reference value; (iii) determining a maximum distance from the search value to be used in searching a plurality of datasets of the database, wherein the maximum distance from the search value defines a search range and is based, at least in part, on the determined distance between the search value and the at least one reference value; (iv) determining a subset of datasets from the plurality of datasets that includes datasets for which a data range with respect to each reference value overlaps with the search range; and (v) performing approximate string matching for the search value on the subset of datasets.
US10089337B2
This application discloses a system for presenting data to a user based on requests to move data from primary storage to secondary storage. The system receives a request to move data that satisfies at least one criterion, from primary to secondary data storage. The system then identifies an initial database query from the request, and further builds a nested database query from the initial database query according to a database schema. Next, the system estimates a size of a result of executing the nested database query. Finally, the system provides for display to the user the estimated size.
US10089332B2
A method of classifying contents comprising configuring one or more categories in a hierarchical structure, mapping one or more contents and the one or more categories based on at least one piece of information on the one or more contents and information on the one or more categories, and updating the hierarchical structure of the categories based on a preset condition when content-related information of each category determined according to the mapping meets the preset condition.
US10089329B2
An object is recognized from image data as a target object and linked to a user based on an interaction by the user, information about the target object is obtained and a purchase of the target object is initiated.
US10089322B2
A method for sharing a file between multiple operating systems on a probable electronic device is provided. The method includes the following steps: in a first operating system, a central processing unit storing a modified file into a memory of a shared access area; the central processing unit establishing a link relationship between the first operating system and a second operating system, so that the second operating system learns an address of the modified file stored in the memory of the shared access area; switching from the first operating system to the second operating system; and in the second operating system, the central processing unit accessing the modified file in the memory of the shared access area according to the link relationship.
US10089312B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for processing of data representing points in space wherein each is represented by components defining its position in a coordinate system and at least one parameter. For each point, the data are separated into a layer per component, and each component is assigned to a cell of a two-dimensional grid of cells such that corresponding cells of multiple layers contain the components of a point. A component of a point is retrieved by reference to a grid position corresponding to the point and to a layer corresponding to the component. Each layer is segmented into patches of cells such that a component of a point can be retrieved by reference to a grid position of a patch within a layer and to a grid position of a cell within a patch. A layer is compressed using an associated codec.
US10089311B2
Search results returned by ad hoc queries integrate search results with usage analytics calculated from collected usage information for a system, such as a content management system. In response to receiving a query, the query is submitted to the system to obtain search results. Information from the usage analytics is integrated with the obtained search results. A search index of the system may include all/portion of the usage analytics such that the obtained results from the system may already be integrated with the usage analytics. The system is configurable such that users of the system may configure the usage events that are used to collect the usage information. The users may also configure parameters relating to the usage events and when/how the collected information is stored. The usage analytics may also be used to filter, collapse and boost different items in the search results.
US10089295B2
A digital magazine server displays content to a user based on a page template specifying sizing and positioning of content items. The page template is selected from a set of candidate page templates, which is determined based on characteristics of page templates and characteristics of other page templates used to present content to the user. Different characteristics of a page template are weighted based on the page template's position in a series of additional page templates used to present content and characteristics of the additional page templates. Weights associated with different characteristics of a page template are combined to determine a template score for the page template, and the template score is used to determine if the page template is a candidate page template.
US10089294B2
A computer-implemented method for generating an updated action history for display in a graphical user interface. The method may include identifying a last matching action between two action histories, disabling a subset of actions in an action history, inserting, subsequent to the last matching action in an updated action history, an action corresponding to user-triggered input, enabling a subset of actions in the updated action history that are listed in the action history after the last matching action and displaying the updated action history in the graphical user interface, the updated action history including one or more indications for each of the actions associated with inserting the action corresponding to the user-triggered input.
US10089289B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for receiving, managing, and displaying annotations on documents in real-time. A user (e.g., an author of a document) uploads a document into a real-time annotation system, which may then generate a composite presentation based on the uploaded document. The composite presentation includes all the content of the document presented in a specially configured graphical user interface to receive and manage annotations from a plurality of user devices.
US10089280B1
Server and client methods and systems for improving efficiency, accuracy and speed for inputting data from a variety of networked resources into an electronic form in a continuously streaming manner by multiple operators. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to client/server system and methods for continuous streaming to a series of networked input devices a re-organized forms to allow for multiple operator input to improve speed, accuracy and efficiency of electronic form population.
US10089268B2
A network subscriber comprises a plurality of individual functional units, each individual functional unit comprising an application interface. The network subscriber further comprises a network subscriber comprises at least a shared functional unit, a first interface for establishing a physical connection and a second interface for establishing a further physical connection.
US10089264B2
A mechanism is described for facilitating callback interrupt handling for multi-threaded applications in computing environments. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting a task issued by a thread associated with an application processor, where the task is to be processed by a graphics processor at the apparatus. The method may further include scheduling the task at the graphics processor, and emulating an interrupt to the application processor, where the emulated interrupt disables one or more graphics interrupts while the task is being processed by the graphics processor. The method may further include facilitating an interrupt handler to communicate a signal to the application processor to wake up the thread, where the thread is facilitated to perform one or more tasks independent of the task being processed by the graphics processor.
US10089262B2
A system and method for searching for and finding data across industrial time-series data is disclosed executing a series of instructions on a computer system. While executing a first instruction in the series of instructions, the virtual machine receives an interrupt signal. In response to receiving the interrupt signal, the virtual machine searches the series of instructions to identify a second instruction that is a safe point. The virtual machine replaces the second instruction in the series of instructions with one or more interrupt handler instructions that initiate an interrupt handler. The virtual machine resumes execution of the first instruction.
US10089259B2
A data processing system is disclosed that includes an in-line accelerator and a processor. The system can be extended to include an in-line accelerator and system of multi-level accelerators and a processor. The in-line accelerator receives the incoming data elements and begins processing. Upon premature termination of the execution, the in-line accelerator transfers the execution to a processor (or the next level accelerator in a multi-level acceleration system). Transfer of execution includes transferring of data and control. The processor (or the next accelerator) either continues the execution of the in-line accelerator from the bailout point or restarts the execution. The necessary data must be transferred to the processor (or the next accelerator) to complete the execution.
US10089258B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit operates with a voltage supplied from a first power supply IC to transmit and receive data to and from an external memory. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: an interface circuit operating with a voltage supplied from a second power supply IC and accessing the external memory to transmit and receive data to and from the external memory; a determination circuit which determines, based on a result of the access by the interface circuit, an AC timing specification between the external memory and the interface circuit to generate control information for controlling an output voltage of the second power supply IC in accordance with the AC timing specification; and a voltage control circuit which controls the output voltage of the second power supply IC in accordance with the control information.
US10089257B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of semiconductor chips and a control unit. The plurality of semiconductor chips is configured to connect to a signal transmission path and is controlled individually by individual chip enable signals. The plurality of semiconductor chips each includes a termination circuit connected to the signal transmission path. When one of the semiconductor chips is selected to input or output data, the control unit activates the termination circuit provided in the semiconductor chip that is not selected based on a first instruction signal and the chip enable signal.
US10089254B2
Methods and apparatus for dynamic instruction set selection for producing an output parameter based on one or more available input parameters are presented. In an example method, a device selects, from different candidate instruction sets that are each configured to produce a same output parameter, an instruction set that requires one or more input parameters that are each available at the device. In addition, in the example method, the device obtains the output parameter by executing the selected instruction set using the input parameters required by that instruction set. In some examples where more than one candidate instruction sets could be selected based on the available input parameters, the device may select the highest-ranking instruction set for execution.
US10089250B2
The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for state change in systems having devices coupled in a chained configuration. A number of embodiments include a host and a number of devices coupled to the host in a chained configuration. The chained configuration includes at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host. The at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host is configured to change from a first communication state to a second communication state responsive to receipt of a command from the host.
US10089244B1
A processor includes a memory to store original code and a fingerprint data structure, which stores, in a way thereof, an entry including a physical address for a page and a stored fingerprint generated from the page of the original code. A core includes a translation protection data structure (TPDS) to detect modification to the page, wherein the core is to, upon execution of a translation check instruction included within a translated page code corresponding to the page, transmit, to the TPDS, a modification check request having the physical address of the page in the memory and the way of the fingerprint data structure. A hardware TPDS miss handler is coupled to the core and is to process a miss request received from the TPDS responsive to the physical address not being present in the TPDS.
US10089241B2
According to one embodiment, a controller writes either processed data or preprocessing data and flags into each page included in m pages. The processed data is data after first data translation of write data to be written into a relevant page. The preprocessing data is data before the first data translation of the write data to be written into the relevant page. Each of the flag at least represents whether or not the first data translation is performed for write data to be written into the relevant page.
US10089239B2
Provided are methods, systems, and apparatus for managing and controlling memory caches, in particular, system level caches outside of those closest to the CPU. The processes and representative hardware structures that implement the processes are designed to allow for detailed control over the behavior of such system level caches. Caching policies are developed based on policy identifiers, where a policy identifier corresponds to a collection of parameters that control the behavior of a set of cache management structures. For a given cache, one policy identifier is stored in each line of the cache.
US10089236B2
A host device includes a controller configured to receive input/output (IO) access information associated with an IO workload, the IO access information identifying at least one of a read action and a write action associated with the IO workload over a period of time. Based upon the received IO access information associated with the storage element, the controller is configured to derive a predicted cache access ratio associated with the IO workload and relating a predicted number of cache accesses associated with the IO workload with at least one of a total number of read actions and a total number of write actions associated with the IO workload. When the predicted cache access ratio reaches a threshold cache access ratio value, the controller is configured to identify the IO workload as an IO workload candidate for caching by the host device.
US10089227B1
A method for performing cache flushing operations in a data storage system can include maintaining a plurality of SSDs as a cache medium for a data storage medium, controlling a region of the SSDs in a write-back cache mode, and monitoring a status of the SSDs to detect a low-performance condition. In the write-back cache mode, data is mirrored across the SSDs. The method can also include performing normal purge operations on the data stored in the region under a condition that the low-performance condition is not detected, and performing aggressive purge operations on the data stored in the region in response to detecting the low-performance condition. The normal purge operations can include flushing the data stored in the region to the data storage medium. The aggressive purge operations can include sequentially mirroring the data stored in the region to one or more special territories of the data storage medium.
US10089224B2
An apparatus is provided that includes a non-volatile (device storage) memory configured to store data in a plurality of locations. The apparatus also includes a device interface coupled to the non-volatile memory and including a volatile (device storage) shadow memory configured to store an image of the plurality of locations of the non-volatile memory in a corresponding plurality of locations of the volatile shadow memory. The device interface is configured to receive a command across a network bus from a bus controller, and in response thereto, the device interface is configured to write data from the network bus to a location in the non-volatile memory. This write includes the device interface being configured to write the data to the corresponding location in the volatile shadow memory, and thereafter write the data from the corresponding location in the volatile shadow memory to the location in the non-volatile memory.
US10089209B1
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that includes a storage component that stores data and a processor. The processor may install an application using a portion of the storage component, partition the portion of the storage component from a remaining portion of the storage component, and execute the application via the portion of the storage component.
US10089205B2
Automatically managing an entire life-cycle of a practice failover. The system uses a virtualization management system that hosts one or more business applications which has capability and authority to manage both the application hosting infrastructure as well as the storage infrastructure that is used by the applications in a disaster recovery configuration. The set of applications is replicated along with an application platform together with the applications.
US10089204B2
A hierarchical fault detection and isolation system, method, and/or computer program product that facilitates fault detection and isolation in a complex networked system while reducing the computational complexity and false alarms is provided. The system, method, and/or computer program product utilizes a system level isolation and detection algorithm and a diagnostic tree to systematically isolate faulty sub-systems, components, etc. of the complex networked system.
US10089201B2
A virtualization controller identifies a node that manages a segment to be accessed, and instructs the node to access the segment. A mirror controller of the node instructed to access the segment writes data in the segment managed by the node and in a segment having a mirror relation with the segment managed by the node.
US10089200B2
In a computer apparatus (100), an output management unit (200) determines for each data processing system configured with an OS (160), an application (170), and a management unit (180), depending on the state of the each processing system, whether or not a communication between each data processing system and a device is permitted.Further, the output management unit (200) controls for each data processing system the communication between each data processing system and the device in accordance with a determination result.
US10089198B1
A data storage system includes storage processors that execute respective datapath components and management components. The datapath components maintain logical storage objects being the target of the storage I/O commands and for which underlying data is stored on an array of storage devices. The management components operate in an active-standby fashion in which (1) the management components maintain respective separate copies of a management database storing information about the logical storage objects, (2) an active management component serves external requests from a storage administrator by accessing its copy of the management database, and (3) a standby management component responds to non-availability of the first management component by becoming the active management component and serving subsequent external requests from the storage administrator by accessing its copy of the management database. Failover speed is increased due to the standby management component maintaining a current copy of the management database.
US10089196B2
A method for processing return entities associated with multiple requests in a single ISR (Interrupt Service Routine) thread, performed by one core of a processing unit of a host device, is introduced. Entities are removed from a queue, which are associated with commands issued to a storage device, and the removed entities are processed until a condition is satisfied.
US10089184B1
A system, method, and computer readable medium for reliable messaging between two or more servers. The computer readable medium includes computer-executable instructions for execution by a processing system. Primary applications runs on primary hosts and one or more replicated instances of each primary application run on one or more backup hosts. The reliable messaging ensures consistent ordered delivery of messages in the event that messages are lost; arrive out of order, or in duplicate. The messaging layer operates over TCP or UDP with our without multi-cast and broad-cast and requires no modification to applications, operating system or libraries.
US10089181B2
According to an aspect, a method for triggering creation of a checkpoint in a computer system includes executing a task in a processing node and determining whether it is time to read a monitor associated with a metric of the task. The monitor is read to determine a value of the metric based on determining that it is time to read the monitor. A threshold for triggering creation of the checkpoint is determined based on the metric. A monitoring block size is determined for the checkpoint. A checkpoint interval is determined based on the monitoring block size, a checkpoint bandwidth, and a failure rate of the computer system. Based on determining that the value of the metric has crossed the threshold and the checkpoint interval has elapsed, the checkpoint including state data of the task is created to enable restarting execution of the task upon a restart operation.
US10089176B1
Techniques for incrementally updating grid encoding data storage systems are described herein. A grid of shards with a plurality of virtual shards is created where each virtual shard is a representation of a shard in the grid of shards that is not backed by a data storage device and where each shard of the grid of shards has an index value. Data is then stored in the grid of shards by updating a shard to store the data and by also updating a second shard based on a set of shards with the same index value as the shard updated to store the data.
US10089174B2
A method for accessing a flash memory module includes: sequentially writing Nth-(N+K)th data to a plurality of flash memory chips of the flash memory module, and encoding the Nth-(N+K)th data to generate Nth-(N+K)th ECCs, respectively, where the Nth-(N+K)th ECCs are used to correct errors of the Nth-(N+K)th data, respectively, and N and K are positive integers; and writing the (N+K+1)th data to the plurality of flash memory chips of the flash memory module, and encoding the (N+K+1)th data with at least one of the Nth-(N+K)th ECCs to generate the (N+K+1)th ECC.
US10089164B2
A microcontroller may comprise a central processing unit coupled with a plurality of peripheral devices through a system bus; and a watchdog timer unit receiving a clear watchdog signal and being configured to generate a watchdog timeout signal for resetting the microcontroller, wherein the watchdog timer unit is further configured to define a first and a second watchdog timeout period through a first and a second timer, respectively, further having logic to select the first or the second timer, wherein the clear watchdog signal resets the first and second timer.
US10089155B2
First and second processor cores are configured to concurrently execute tasks. A scheduler is configured to schedule tasks for execution by the first and second processor cores. The first processor core is configured to selectively steal a task that was previously scheduled for execution by the second processor core based on additional power consumption incurred by migrating the task from the second processor core to the first processor core.
US10089152B1
Systems and methods are described for bootstrapping an application with metadata specified in a template. The template specifies a stack of resources that will be used to execute an application and also includes a set of metadata for customizing the resources and the application. When the system receives the template, it instantiates a compute node which will execute the application. The compute node may contain at least one initialization script for bootstrapping the application with the metadata contained in the template. This functionality allows users to bootstrap the application running on the compute node with data from within the template that was used to create the stack of resources for executing the application. In this manner, metadata, configuration files, package names and versions can be passed by the application owner to the remote compute node.
US10089143B2
A scheduler manages execution of a plurality of data-collection jobs, assigns individual jobs to specific forwarders in a set of forwarders, and generates and transmits tokens (e.g., pairs of data-collection tasks and target sources) to assigned forwarders. The forwarder uses the tokens, along with stored information applicable across jobs, to collect data from the target source and forward it onto an indexer for processing. For example, the indexer can then break a data stream into discrete events, extract a timestamp from each event and index (e.g., store) the event based on the timestamp. The scheduler can monitor forwarders' job performance, such that it can use the performance to influence subsequent job assignments. Thus, data-collection jobs can be efficiently assigned to and executed by a group of forwarders, where the group can potentially be diverse and dynamic in size.
US10089138B2
Methods and hardware data structures are provided for tracking ordered transactions in a multi-transactional hardware design using a counter and an indexed table. The data structure includes a counter that keeps track of the number of in-flight transactions; a table that keeps track of the age of each of the in-flight transactions using the counter; and control logic that verifies a transaction response has been received in the correct order (e.g. corresponds to the oldest in-flight transaction) based on the age information in the table.
US10089135B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, a template for creating a virtual machine (VM) instance; separating, by the computing device, the template into a repeated portion and a unique portion; determining, by the computing device, whether the repeated portion is stored in a cache; creating, by the computing device and based on determining that the repeated portion is stored in the cache, the VM instance using the repeated portion stored in the cache; completing, by the computing device, the unique portion of the VM instance to create a completed VM instance; and deploying, by the computing device, the completed VM instance.
US10089134B2
A method includes receiving, by virtual machine manager and from a virtual machine, a request for a set of namespace identifiers corresponding to a set of namespaces associated with one or more storage devices. The method also includes determining, by the virtual machine manager, one or more namespaces associated with the virtual machine from the set of namespaces associated with the one or more storage devices. The method further includes, in response to determining the one or more namespaces associated with the virtual machine, sending, by the virtual machine manager and to the virtual machine, a subset of the set of namespace identifiers, the subset of namespace identifiers corresponding to the one or more namespaces associated with the virtual machine.
US10089127B2
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine readable medium of a first middlebox element of several middlebox elements to implement a middlebox instance in a distributed manner in several hosts. The non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for receiving (1) configuration data for configuring the middlebox instance to implement a middlebox in a logical network and (2) a particular identifier associated with the middlebox in the logical network. The non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for generating (1) a set of rules to process packets for the middlebox in the logical network and (2) an internal identifier associated with the set of rules. The non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for associating the particular identifier with the internal identifier for later processing of packets having the particular identifier.
US10089122B1
In an approach for customizing a mobile device interface based on touch points, a processor receives detection of points of contact between a user and a mobile device. A processor analyzes the points of contact between the user and the mobile device. A processor determines how many hands the user is holding the mobile device with. A processor determines a modification for a user interface for the mobile device, wherein determining the modification comprises: presenting a keyboard selected from the group consisting of: a first keyboard, based on a determination that the user is holding the mobile device with one hand, and a second keyboard, based on a determination that the user is holding the mobile device with two hands. A processor causes the modified user interface to be displayed on the mobile device.
US10089116B2
A secure start system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) can include a compute stack and a communications router. The communications router can include an encrypted router drive and an input interface to receive a boot-loader that includes a basic decryption key to decrypt the encrypted router drive and enable network communications with a backend system. The secure start system can utilizes a tunnel key from the backend system to establish a private communications session with a backend data vault, and retrieve a set of decryption keys from the backend data vault, via the private communications session, to decrypt a plurality of encrypted drives of the AV.
US10089114B2
A scheduler with a picker block capable of dispatching multiple instructions per cycle is disclosed. The picker block may comprise an inter-group picker and an intra-group picker. The inter-group picker may be configured to pick multiple ready groups when there are two or more ready groups among a plurality of groups of instructions, and pick a single ready group when the single ready group is the only ready group among the plurality of groups. The intra-group picker may be configured to pick one ready instruction from each of the multiple ready groups when the inter-group picker picks the multiple ready groups, and to pick multiple ready instructions from the single ready group when the inter-group picker picks the single ready group.
US10089104B2
The present invention comprises a system and method for receiving at an application server a request for a software application from a mobile device wherein the request includes an indicator that allows the application server to tell whether the mobile device currently has a software application interpreter installed, sending the software application interpreter to a cellular wireless network for provisioning to the mobile device if the indicator shows that the mobile device does not have the application interpreter installed, and sending the software application to a cellular wireless network for provisioning to the mobile device. The invention further comprises a system and method for updating the software application in a way that seems automatic to a user.
US10089099B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for automatically downloading and launching a new version of software package on components in a network environment. In some examples, an upgrade server of a network environment keeps a copy of all versions of software packages running on nodes or sensors of the network environment, identifications of corresponding nodes or sensors, and public keys associated with the software packages. The upgrade server can authenticate a new version of a software package using a two-step process.
US10089091B2
Systems and methods are provided for use in deploying an application to one or more different regions. One exemplary method includes selecting, at a deployment device, a stack defining the application. The stack includes metadata and incorporates at least one user interface and at least one application programming interface (API). The exemplary method further includes adapting, by the deployment device, the selected stack to a region based on the metadata and the region; and deploying the application to be accessible to at least a consumer in said region.
US10089086B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for a compiler are described. One such compiler converts source code into an automaton comprising states and transitions between the states, wherein the states in the automaton include a special purpose state that corresponds to a special purpose hardware element. The compiler converts the automaton into a netlist, and places and routes the netlist to provide machine code for configuring a target device.
US10089077B1
Techniques are disclosed relating to performing arithmetic operations to generate values for different related threads. In some embodiments, the threads are graphics threads and the values are operand locations. In some embodiments, an apparatus performs an arithmetic operation using first circuitry, on type value inputs for different threads that are encoded to represent values to be operated on by the first circuitry. In some embodiments, second arithmetic circuitry is configured to perform an arithmetic operation on an output of the first circuitry and an input (e.g., address information such as a base and an offset) that is common to the different threads and has a greater number of bits than the output of the first circuitry. In various embodiments, disclosed techniques may allow decoding of encoded values for different threads (which may reduce memory requirements relative to non-encoded values) with a shorter critical path and lower power consumption, e.g., relative to sequential decoding.
US10089076B2
A method of an aspect includes receiving a floating point scaling instruction. The floating point scaling instruction indicates a first source including one or more floating point data elements, a second source including one or more corresponding floating point data elements, and a destination. A result is stored in the destination in response to the floating point scaling instruction. The result includes one or more corresponding result floating point data elements each including a corresponding floating point data element of the second source multiplied by a base of the one or more floating point data elements of the first source raised to a power of an integer representative of the corresponding floating point data element of the first source. Other methods, apparatus, systems, and instructions are disclosed.
US10089075B2
A semiconductor chip is described that includes an instruction execution unit having a functional unit, said functional unit having minimum and maximum comparison circuitry followed by interleaving circuitry, said minimum and maximum comparison circuitry to respectively identify minimums and maximums of same positioned elements from two different sets of sorted elements, said interleaving circuitry to interleave said minimums and maximums to help form a third sorted set composed of elements from said different sets and being larger than each of said different sets.
US10089067B1
A computer-implemented method includes identifying a first set of utterances from a plurality of utterances. The plurality of utterances is associated with a conversation and transmitted via a plurality of audio signals. The computer-implemented method further includes mining the first set of utterances for a first context. The computer-implemented method further includes determining that the first context associated with the first set of utterances is not relevant to a second context associated with the conversation. The computer-implemented method further includes dynamically muting, for at least a first period of time, a first audio signal in the plurality of audio signals corresponding to the first set of utterances. A corresponding computer system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US10089053B2
An in-vehicle system for providing a driver with access to functionality of a mobile device that includes a head unit with an in-vehicle display for providing infotainment to the driver, software that configures the user interface with a graphical scheme native to the head unit, and a software interface by which the head unit can receive deep links from the mobile device. Deep links identify application contexts available within the mobile software applications, and are made available to a user from within in-vehicle software applications. When a user selects a deep link from within an in-vehicle software application, the deep link is followed and the appropriate application context is rendered by mobile device. The application context is then mirrored onto the in-vehicle display, where a driver can view and interact with it using mirroring technology.
US10089050B2
An information processing device including a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device on an Internet, the external device being configured to generate a single print job based on a single file received from the information processing device and provide the generated print job to a printer, and a controller configured to select one or more first-format files, each of which is in a first format configured such that an individual file in the first format contains a single page, cause a converter to convert the selected one or more first-format files into a single second-format file, the second-format file being in a second format configured to allow an individual file in the second format to contain a plurality of pages, and control the communication unit to transmit the single second-format file acquired through the conversion, to the external device.
US10089042B2
An information handling system includes a first storage controller coupled to a first storage device, a second storage controller coupled to a second storage device where the first storage device and the second storage device comprise a virtual disk and a processor to initiate a first discovery of the first storage device, initiate a first discovery of the virtual disk on the first storage controller, complete the discovery of the first storage device, initiate a first discovery of the second storage device, initiate a second discovery of the virtual disk on the second storage controller, determine that a first timeout for the first discovery of the virtual disk on the first storage controller will expire prior to completing the first discovery of the second storage device, and initiate a second discovery of the first storage device in response to determining that the timeout will expire.
US10089038B2
First in, first out (FIFO) memory queue architecture enabling a plurality of writers and a single reader to use the queue without mutual exclusive locking. The FIFO queue is implemented using an array. A write counter value associated with the array provides a reservation value to each writer that is mutually exclusive of the value provided to every other writer. A read counter value associated with the array prevents writers from writing over data messages stored in the array that are yet to be read by the single reader.
US10089033B2
A storage system according to the present invention has a plurality of flash packages equipped with a deduplication function. When a storage controller transmits a write data and a feature value of write data to a flash package, the flash package compares contents of the write data with data having a same feature value as the feature value of the write data. As a result of the comparison, if there is no corresponding data, the write data is stored in the flash memory, but if there is a corresponding data, the new data will not be stored. Thus, a greater number of data can be stored in the flash memory while preventing deterioration of performance.
US10089022B2
A memory stores a statistical processing program for controlling a storage apparatus, first definition information to be updated together with the statistical processing program, and second definition information. When updating definition information together with updating the statistical processing program, a processor updates the first definition information. When updating definition information without updating the statistical processing program, the processor updates the second definition information. The processor performs statistical processing for controlling the storage apparatus by using the updated first definition information or the updated second definition information.
US10089020B2
A memory system may include a memory device including a plurality of pages which include a plurality of memory cells coupled with a plurality of word lines and are stored with data, a plurality of memory blocks in which the pages are included, a plurality of planes which include the memory blocks, and a plurality of memory dies in which the planes are included; and a controller suitable for performing a program operation corresponding to a write command received from a host, at a first point of time, for first memory blocks among the memory blocks, checking program information for the program operation at the first point of time, predicting erase information on the memory blocks in correspondence to the program information, performing an erase operation for second memory blocks among the memory blocks, at a second point of time after the first point of time, in correspondence to the erase information, and performing the program operation for the second memory blocks at a third point of time after the second point of time.
US10089018B2
A method for data storage includes receiving one or more read commands and one or more write commands, for execution in a same clock cycle in a memory array that comprises multiple single-port memory banks divided into groups. The write commands provide data for storage but do not specify storage locations in which the data is to be stored. One or more of the groups, which are not accessed by the read commands in the same clock cycle, are selected. Available storage locations are chosen for the write commands in the single-port memory banks of the selected one or more groups. During the same clock cycle, the data provided in the write commands is stored in the chosen storage locations, and the data requested by the read commands is retrieved. Execution of the write commands is acknowledged by reporting the chosen storage locations.
US10089007B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a strap, a sensor configured to measure a position and angle at which the strap is bent, a display, and a processor configured to display a user interface (UI) element corresponding to the measured position and angle on the display.
US10088998B2
A method for computing drop zone data onboard an aircraft is provided. The method obtains, by a processor, current drop zone parameters for an air drop, during flight of the aircraft; receives, by the processor, changes to dynamic conditions associated with operation of the aircraft, wherein the dynamic conditions comprise at least one of wind speed, drop altitude, current temperature, angle of approach, aircraft speed, and number of stages of planned drop; calculates, by the processor, updated drop zone parameters, based on the current drop zone parameters and the changes to the dynamic conditions; and presents the updated drop zone parameters, via a display device.
US10088985B2
An approach is provided for automatically generating user-specific interaction modes for processing question and answers at the information handling system by receiving a question from a user, extracting user context parameters identifying a usage scenario for the user, identifying first input and output presentation modes for the user based on the extracted user context parameters, monitoring user interaction with the system in relation to the question, and adjusting the first input and output presentation modes based on the extracted user context parameters and detected user interaction with the system.
US10088981B2
A computer-implemented method for communicating and collecting data across multiple applications through a single user engagement application includes displaying multiple applications and a single user engagement application in a single window. Each of the multiple applications includes a user interface and user interface data objects being displayed in the single window. The user engagement application includes a chat user interface and a collection user interface, where the chat user interface displays multiple chat threads and the collection user interface includes multiple collections of saved user interface data objects. The user engagement application is a separate and distinct application from each of the multiple applications. The method includes copying and inserting selected user interface data object into a selected chat thread in the chat user interface and posting the inserted user interface data object to the other users of the selected chat thread.
US10088975B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display, cause the processor to enable a user interface of the device, including presenting a list of items on the display, each item having content associated therewith, highlighting an item in the list by presenting a highlight marking on that item, translating the highlight marking within the list, in response to an object gliding along the display, and opening the content associated with the currently highlighted item, in response to a tap gesture on the display.
US10088973B2
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for presenting a set of intention objects arranged by coarse time windows is disclosed. In example embodiments, the method may include accessing a set of intention objects belonging to a user. Each of the intention objects may define the intention of the user to undertake an intention and each object may comprise a data structure including a plurality of activity attributes of the intended activity. The method may further include assigning particular intention objects of the set of intention objects to a coarse time window based on the attributes of the respective intention objects. The method may further include presenting at least a portion of the set of intention objects to a user in a day view that is arranged based on the assigned coarse time windows.
US10088967B2
A projected capacitive touch panel, including a substrate, a silver-inclusive transparent conductive coating which forms a plurality of row electrodes, a plurality of column electrodes, and a plurality of conductive traces, and a signal processor which sequentially measures a capacitance between each of row electrodes and an adjacent column electrode. The row electrodes, the plurality of column electrodes, and the plurality of traces are on a plane substantially parallel to the substrate. Each of the row electrodes is electrically connected to the signal processor by one of the plurality of conductive traces. The plurality of traces are at least partially substantially parallel to the column electrodes.
US10088963B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for increased sensitivity of a capacitive proximity sensor. The method and apparatus may comprise a sensing element with a plurality of multi-operation electrodes configured to operate as one of a transmission electrode and a reception electrode to increase the strength of the sensing field. Each of the multi-operation electrodes may be selectively operated by a detection circuit to couple one multi-operation electrode to an amplifier and each remaining multi-operation electrode to a voltage source.
US10088961B2
The present invention is an electroconductive laminate characterized in that the hard coat layer is formed from a hard coating composition which contains (A) a phenolic novolac acrylate having two or more acrylate groups, (B) a bisphenol structure-containing diacrylate having 2 to 4 moles of alkylene oxide structure with two or three carbon atoms in each molecule, (C) a polyfunctional acrylate having three or more acrylate groups, and (D) a polyfunctional urethane acrylate having three or more acrylate groups and an ester structure.
US10088948B2
Disclosed are a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same. A touch panel can include a substrate, a transparent electrode base on the substrate, a first transparent electrode on the transparent electrode base and extending in a first direction, and a second transparent electrode on the transparent electrode base and extending in a second direction. A method of manufacturing a touch panel can include preparing a substrate and a transparent electrode base, forming a transparent electrode over the transparent electrode base, and forming an electrode material over the transparent electrode base.
US10088940B1
It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for emulating touch and gesture events on a capacitive touch sensor array comprising: an electric field detection means for measuring the electric field intensity emitted as a function of time from a plurality of scan electrodes of said capacitive touch sensor array; and an electric field synthesizing means to create time variant electric fields coincident to electric fields emitted from said plurality of scan electrodes; and a capacitive coupling means to couple said synthesized electric fields to said plurality of electrodes inducing voltages which emulate time sequential touch events at said plurality of emulated touch locations animating said emulated gesture movement.
US10088936B2
Electromechanical polymer (EMP) actuators are used to create haptic effects on a user interface deface, such as a keyboard. The keys of the keyboard may be embossed in a top layer to provide better key definition and to house the EMP actuator. Specifically, an EMP actuator is housed inside an embossed graphic layer that covers a key of the keyboard. Such a keyboard has a significant user interface value. For example, the embossed key provides the tactile effect of the presence of a key with edges, while allowing for the localized control of haptic vibrations. For such applications, an EMP transducer provides high strains, vibrations or both under control of an electric field. Furthermore, the EMP transducer can generate strong vibrations. When the frequency of the vibrations falls within the acoustic range, the EMP transducer can generate audible sound, thereby functioning as an audio speaker.
US10088935B2
A sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel comprising a common electrode; a sensor comprising a plurality of detection electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, each of the detection electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode which are opposed to the common electrode, are divided and extend in the first direction, each of the first electrode and the second electrode including a gradient in width in the first direction in the detection electrode, the gradient in width of the first electrode and the gradient in width of the second electrode being inclined in opposite directions; and a controller configured to effect switching to either a first mode or a second mode, and to control driving of the common electrode and the detection electrodes, wherein the sensor further comprises a dummy electrode disposed between neighboring detection electrodes.
US10088933B2
A mobile phone is provided which includes a liquid crystal display device in which a front window and a touch panel are bonded together with an adhesive sheet, wherein a logo having plural layers is formed on a back side of the front window. A touch-panel flexible wiring substrate is mounted to the touch panel. A plane distance between an end portion of the plural layers of the logo and an end portion of the touch panel is set to greater than zero. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent a peeling stress on the adhesive sheet, even if a thickness of the adhesive sheet is smaller than the sum of a thickness of the touch-panel flexible wiring substrate and a thickness of the logo.
US10088930B2
An AMOLED panel is provided. A cathode of the AMOLED panel is patterned into rows of first electrodes and columns of second electrodes, two adjacent first electrodes in the same row are electrically connected with each other, and two adjacent second electrodes in the same column are electrically connected to a conductive line in a different layer via plugs. The rows receive driving signals sequentially and the columns generate sensing signals for detecting proximity of an external conductive object.
US10088927B2
Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays and internal components. An internal component may be positioned under the flexible display. The internal component may be an output device such as a speaker that transmits sound through the flexible display or an actuator that deforms the display in a way that is sensed by a user. The internal component may also be a microphone or pressure sensor that receives sound or pressure information through the flexible display. Structural components may be used to permanently or temporarily deform the flexible display to provide tactile feedback to a user of the device.
US10088915B2
A handle is adapted to receive one or more fingers or a portion of the hand. A set of sensors is mounted on or near the surface of the handle. Each sensor associated with a different region of the handle. A detector is arranged to detect contact of one or more of the sensors, by one or more fingers or a portion of a hand, to generate an observed touch-point map for the handle for a respective sampling interval. A controller can generate a gain or control response ratio in the electrical signals outputted in response to the observed touch-point map matching or being substantially similar to a reference touch-point map, where the electrical signals are derived from movement or displacement of the handle by a user.
US10088907B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including an effect control unit configured to control an echo effect that is to be added to an output, a sound output control unit configured to control a sound output according to occurrence of an event in a virtual space, and a haptic output control unit configured to control a haptic output to which the echo effect controlled by the effect control unit is added according to the occurrence of the event.
US10088898B2
An exemplary virtual reality media system provides a field of view of an immersive virtual reality world for display. The field of view includes content of the immersive virtual reality world and dynamically changes in response to user input provided by a user. The virtual reality media system integrates a virtual object into the immersive virtual reality world and detects that a gaze of the user is directed at the virtual object while the virtual object is within the field of view. The virtual reality media system tracks an amount of time that the gaze of the user is directed at the virtual object and, based on the tracked amount of time, generates effectiveness data for the virtual object with respect to the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US10088893B2
According to some embodiments, a sensor network may be provided with re-programmable and/or reconfigurable analog circuitry configured to monitor data collected by the sensor network. The re-programmable and/or reconfigurable analog circuitry may also generate a wakeup signal in response to a defined wakeup event detected by the sensor network.
US10088881B2
An apparatus including first and second reservation stations. The first reservation station dispatches a load micro instruction, and indicates on a hold bus if the load micro instruction is a specified load micro instruction directed to retrieve an operand from a prescribed resource other than on-core cache memory. The second reservation station is coupled to the hold bus, and dispatches one or more younger micro instructions therein that depend on the load micro instruction for execution after a number of clock cycles following dispatch of the first load micro instruction, and if it is indicated on the hold bus that the load micro instruction is the specified load micro instruction, the second reservation station is configured to stall dispatch of the one or more younger micro instructions until the load micro instruction has retrieved the operand. The resources include an input/output (I/O) unit, configured to perform I/O operations via an I/O bus coupling an out-of-order processor to I/O resources.
US10088872B2
Systems and methods for protecting a mobile device screen utilize a screen protector overlying the display screen lens, wherein the screen protector includes a conductive region. The device face includes a plurality of conductors underlying the screen protector at the conductive region. The conductors are capacitively coupled in the presence of the screen protector, and are capacitively decoupled when the screen protector is removed. This allows the device to detect removal of the screen protector and to perform a responsive action such as alerting a device user that the screen protector is not installed, instructing the user to install a screen protector, storing an indication that the screen protector is not installed and transmitting an indication that the screen protector is not installed.
US10088865B1
A modular computing system includes an electronic device and a case. The electronic device has a cavity formed by a thin portion and a thick portion. The case has an auxiliary portion that fits within the cavity of the electronic device when the electronic device is docked with the case. The electronic device has a device battery and the auxiliary portion of the case has a case battery that electronically couples with the electronic device when the electronic device is coupled to the case. The electronic device has a display assembly coupled to a cover glass, and the cover glass has two apertures providing two respective buttons within the apertures.
US10088863B2
An electronic device may be provided with a display cover layer mounted to the device using an adhesive bond with a display. The display may be a flexible display. The flexible display may include Organic Light Emitting Diode display technology. The display may be mounted to a rigid support structure. The rigid support structure may be mounted to a device housing member. Mounting the display cover layer to the display may eliminate the need to mount the display cover layer to the device housing and may allow active display pixels to be visible under the display cover layer closer to the device housing than in conventional devices. Providing the electronic device with active display pixels closer to the device housing may reduce the need for an inactive border around the display and may improve the aesthetic appeal of the electronic device.
US10088860B2
The present disclosure relates to a reactive power compensation system including a reactive power compensation unit for measuring compensate reactive power, an impedance measurement unit for measuring an impedance value of each of a plurality of loads, and a learning control unit for controlling the reactive power compensation unit based on the measured impedance value.
US10088859B2
Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to multiple power consuming devices, each of which having a Power Supply Value (PSV) associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption. Power flow to the power consuming devices is selectively enabled and disabled, or power-reduced thereto, by one or more controllable devices controlled by the client device. Power control messages from a controlling server indicate amounts of electric power to be reduced and an identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable or reduce a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices.
US10088856B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for negative output voltage active clamping using a floating bandgap reference and temperature compensation are disclosed. An example load switch includes a floating bandgap reference circuit to generate a bandgap reference voltage. A resistor divider is to generate a resistor divider voltage. A temperature compensator to apply a temperature compensation current to the resistor divider to create a temperature compensated resistor divider voltage. A power transistor is to be enabled when the temperature compensated resistor divider voltage is less than the bandgap reference voltage. The example load switch can work under negative output voltage clamping and get better accuracy drain to source clamped voltage of power transistor for inductive load condition.
US10088855B2
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide correction for temperature sensor measurement error. In an example, the temperature sensor includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC output is error corrected using an iterative digital post-processing technique.
US10088854B2
A controller for use in a power converter includes a jitter generator circuit coupled to receive a drive signal from a switch controller and generate a jitter signal. The switch controller is coupled to a power switch coupled to an energy transfer element. The switch controller is coupled to receive a current sense signal representative of a drain current through the power switch. The switch controller is coupled to generate the drive signal to control switching of the power switch in response to the current sense signal and the jitter signal to control a transfer of energy from an input of the power converter to an output of the power converter.
US10088842B2
A system and method for performing an agricultural process involving a plurality of otherwise substantially independent agricultural machines, in which each machine is engaged in performing an aspect of the overall process. Each machine is placed in electronic communication with every other machine involved in the process using a standardized communication and control protocol such that the machines form a networked group. The performance of each machine is then, at least in part, substantially automatically synchronized with the performances of the other machines in the networked group based on relevant information electronically communicated by each machine. The machines may include unmanned agricultural implements, manned tractors, and trucks, and the system may be extended to include sensors and stations involved in the overall process. The protocol may be the ISO 11783 Compliant Implement Control standard, including the ISO 11783 Virtual Terminal standard.
US10088839B2
A system and computer-implemented method for generating real-time performance advisories for a centrifugal compressor of a fleet of centrifugal compressors are provided. The method includes receiving an actual thermodynamic signature of the compressor, that is unique to the compressor, receiving compressor process parameter values during operation of the compressor, determining, in real-time, an actual performance of the compressor using the compressor process parameter values, determining, in real-time, a predicted performance of the compressor using the received actual thermodynamic signature of the compressor, determining a performance deviation of the compressor using the actual performance and the predicted performance, comparing the performance deviation to a predetermined dynamic threshold range of performance deviation specific to operating speed, and generating a notification to a user using the comparison.
US10088833B2
An artifact for radiation therapy is produced by accessing image data comprising images including a target volume inside a patient. A design for the artifact is generated based on the image data. The design is customized to a radiation therapy treatment plan for the patient. A printing plan is generated based on the design. A three-dimensional printer is controlled using the printing plan to build an object that corresponds to the design.
US10088826B2
In at least one embodiment, a method of analyzing and characterizing the thermal growth of a CNC machine is provided. The method may include mounting an artifact having a bore onto a CNC machine and performing a test cycle. The test cycle may include probing the bore of the artifact to determine its location relative to the CNC machine and performing a dry cycle including one or more CNC machining processes. The method may further include calculating a deviation of the bore location from a reference relative location between the bore and CNC machine. The method may be used to improve, troubleshoot, or assess the effectiveness of CNC machine thermal compensation mechanisms. The method may start at ambient temperature and include repeating test cycles until a steady state temperature is reached in the machine.
US10088800B2
An intermediate transfer unit is attached to a position in the main body portion from a front side of the main body portion along the depth direction in a detachable manner. A cover portion extends in the depth direction and along a region of the outer circumferential surface of a rotating image carrying member that is more on a downstream side in a rotation direction of the image carrying member than the top region of the rotating image carrying member that is in contact with the intermediate transfer belt. A shield portion is provided on a portion of an upper surface of the cover portion that is closer to a front surface of the main body portion than the intermediate transfer belt. The shield portion has a taper surface that is inclined diagonally downward from a top surface of the shield portion toward the intermediate transfer belt.
US10088797B2
An image forming apparatus includes a body housing with an inner space, and an image forming unit. The body housing includes a front cover, a top cover, and an interlocking mechanism. The interlocking mechanism lifts a front end of the top cover by a predetermined distance in association with an operation of opening the front cover from a state that the top cover and the front cover are closed. The interlocking mechanism holds a closed state of the top cover for a period until the front cover is closed from a state that the top cover is closed and the front cover is opened.
US10088796B2
An acoustic device includes a first member; a second member; a cavity formed by joining the first member and the second member together; and a port to communicate the cavity with an outside. The port is disposed at a joint portion between the first member and the second member. The first member includes a bottom plate disposed opposite the second member with the cavity in between and a side wall extending from the bottom plate toward the second member, and an edge face of the side wall, opposite the bottom plate, contacts the second member, to form different cavities. The acoustic device further includes a hole that penetrates the side wall and a material of the second member has a density greater than that of the first member.
US10088794B2
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatably supported photosensitive drum, a charging roller configured to charge the photosensitive drum, a developing sleeve configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the photosensitive drum and collect toner adhered to the photosensitive drum, an electricity removal sheet disposed on a downstream from the charging roller in a direction of movement on a surface of the photosensitive drum and disposed on an upstream side from the developing sleeve and arranged in contact with the photosensitive drum, and an electricity removal high-voltage power supply configured to apply voltage to the electricity removal sheet. The electricity removal high-voltage power supply an image-forming period applies a DC bias having a polarity identical to a charging polarity of the photosensitive drum and having a lower absolute value than that of the charged potential of the photosensitive drum to electricity removal sheet.
US10088792B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming part that forms an image on a paper sheet; a first conveyance path that conveys the paper sheet on which the image is formed and that includes a primary conveyance path; a second conveyance path that reverses the paper sheet and includes a reverse conveyance path; a connecting conveyance path that connects the second conveyance path to the first conveyance path, and, before reversal at a time of conveyance to the second conveyance path, sends the paper sheet to the first conveyance path, starting from one edge of the paper sheet; and a return conveyance path that connects the second conveyance path to the first conveyance path, and, after the reversal at a time of conveyance to the second conveyance path, sends the paper sheet to the first conveyance path, starting from the other edge of the paper sheet.
US10088786B2
A fixing device includes a fixing belt that is endless and rotatable in a rotation direction and a nip former stretching the fixing belt. A pressure rotator presses against the nip former via the fixing belt to form a fixing nip between the fixing belt and the pressure rotator, through which a recording medium is conveyed. A separator is disposed downstream from the nip former in a recording medium conveyance direction and stretches the fixing belt. The separator is spaced apart from the pressure rotator via the fixing belt. A presser is interposed between an exit of the fixing nip and an upstream end of the separator in the rotation direction of the fixing belt. The presser comes into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt to press the fixing belt against the pressure rotator.
US10088785B2
An image heating device is provided with a tubular film, and a unit placed inside the film. The unit includes a heater in contact with an inner surface of the film, a supporting member supporting the heater, and a highly thermal conductive member. The highly thermal conductive member placed between the heater and the supporting member and in contact with the heater. The unit is configured such that when the unit is viewed from a side where a surface of the heater is in contact with the film, at least a portion of the highly thermal conductive member is visible without being hidden behind the heater.
US10088784B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a transfer unit that transfers an image carried by the image carrier to a continuous medium; a fixing device that fixes the image transferred to the continuous medium; a determination unit that determines whether or not a tension is applied to the continuous medium; and a controller that drives the fixing device if a tension is applied to the continuous medium.
US10088775B2
A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer supplying apparatus includes a pump portion provided to act at least on said developer discharging chamber and having a volume changeable with expansion and contraction with reciprocation, the cam groove for converting the rotational force received by a gear into a force for decreasing the volume of pump portion, a cam groove for converting the received force into a force for increasing the volume of the pump portion, a cam groove not converting the received force for operating the pump portion, and a phase detecting portion for stopping the rotation of a feeding portion using one of said cam grooves.
US10088773B2
A developer supply kit detachably mountable to a developer supplying apparatus comprising a developer supply container and a developer accommodated therein, wherein the developer supply container includes, a developer accommodating portion accommodating the developer, a discharge opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion, a drive receiving portion to which a driving force is inputted from the developer supplying apparatus, and a pump portion operable so that an internal pressure of the developer accommodating portion alternately and repetitively changes between a pressure lower than a ambient pressure and a pressure higher than the ambient pressure, by the driving force received by the drive receiving portion, wherein the developer accommodated in the developer supply container includes toner containing binder resin material and a coloring material, the developer satisfies, 10≤E(mJ)≤80, 0.4≤Ea(mJ)≤2.0, where E is total energy when it is not aerated, and Ea is total energy when it is aerated.
US10088772B2
A developing device includes a rotatable developer carrying member enclosing a magnetic field generating portion including a plurality of magnetic poles and configured to carry a developer; and a resinous regulating portion provided at a position opposing the developer carrying member and configured to regulate an amount of the developer carried by the developer carrying member. The regulating portion is formed of a resin material containing magnetic powder, and at least a free end portion, opposed to the developer carrying member, of the regulating portion has relative permeability of 10 or more and 60 or less.
US10088754B2
A raster arrangement includes at least one raster element of a first type and at least one raster element of a second type. Each raster element of the first type has a first bundle-influencing effect. Each raster element of the second type has a second bundle-influencing effect which is different from the first bundle-influencing effect. Each raster element of the first type is located in a first area of the raster arrangement. Each raster element of the second type is located in a second area of the raster arrangement which is different from the first area of the raster arrangement.
US10088747B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for contacting a relief stamping surface of a flexible stamp with a receiving surface of a substrate. The method and apparatus can be used in an imprinting method. During the method and with the apparatus, creation or breaking of contact near a contact front (border) of a preformed contact area in which a part of a locally bent relief stamping surface is in contact with the stamp receiving surface, the speed of such creation or breaking is varied for different parts of the flexible stamp such that this contact front moves over the stamp receiving surface with different speed at different locations along a contact front movement trajectory on the stamp receiving surface. This may be used to optimize throughput when using such method and apparatus.
US10088745B2
There is provided a pellicle for EUV lithography, which has a filter attached to a vent hole made through a pellicle frame bar for air pressure adjustment, and this filter is designed to be heat-resistant by being made of either a metal or a ceramic material, and is adhered to the pellicle frame by weldering or soldering, and also the filter has a filtration accuracy of 0.1 through 0.3 μm.
US10088732B2
A constitution of the display device of the invention is shown in the following. The display device includes a pixel unit including TFTs of which the active layer contains an organic semiconductor material for forming channel portions in the opening portions in an insulating layer arranged to meet the gale electrodes. The pixel unit further includes a contrast media formed on the electrodes connected to the TFTs for changing the reflectivity upon the application of an electric field, or microcapsules containing electrically charged particles that change the reflectivity upon the application of an electric field. The pixel unit is sandwiched by plastic substrates, and barrier layers including an inorganic insulating material are provided between the plastic substrates and the pixel unit. The purpose of the present invention is to supply display devices which are excellent in productivity, light in weight and flexible.
US10088730B2
There is provided an optical element which is an apodized filter capable of externally controlling an optical characteristic and stable over a long period. An optical element 100 is an optical element including: a transparent electrolyte layer 110; a pair of solid electrochromic layers which sandwiches the transparent electrolyte layer 110; and further a pair of transparent conductive films 140 which sandwiches a pair of the solid electrochromic layer, wherein a pair of the solid electrochromic layers is constituted by a reduction coloring-type solid electrochromic layer 120 and an oxidation coloring-type solid electrochromic layer 130 opposing each other, the optical element including: an apodized characteristic in which transmittance increases gradually from an outer periphery toward a center in a plane orthogonal to a thickness direction of the transparent electrolyte layer 110.
US10088725B2
A first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor are provided. In the first transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a first wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to a gate terminal of the second transistor; a gate terminal is electrically connected to a fifth wiring. In the second transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a third wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to a sixth wiring. In the third transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a second wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to the gate terminal of the second transistor; a gate terminal is electrically connected to a fourth wiring. In the fourth transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to the second wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to the sixth wiring; a gate terminal is connected to the fourth wiring.
US10088722B2
A display panel which includes a plurality of display elements disposed in a matrix manner, signal input parts to which signals to be supplied to the plurality of display elements are input, and a plurality of signal wirings which connect the plurality of display elements and the signal input parts, wherein at least a part of the signal wirings is provided with a meander wiring part whose wiring is meandered, the display panel including a repair wiring which is disposed so as to intersect the signal wiring in the meander wiring part at at least two locations and an insulation layer which is provided between the signal wiring and the repair wiring.
US10088718B2
A touch control display and a controlling method are provided. The display comprises a TFT array substrate; an opposite substrate; a cover glass disposed on an outside surface of the opposite substrate, wherein the cover glass has an inner surface facing the opposing substrate and an outside surface, and the cover glass, the TFT array substrate, and the opposite substrate collectively define a display area and a non-display area; first electrodes disposed in the display area of the opposite substrate; second electrodes disposed in the non-display area of the cover glass, and on the inner surface of the cover glass; and third electrodes disposed between the opposite substrate and the TFT array substrate. The third electrodes are disposed opposite to the plurality of first electrodes, and at least one of the plurality of third electrodes is multiplexed as a common electrode of the TFT array substrate.
US10088716B2
An LCD includes: pixel electrodes; a common electrode including a plurality of slits; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. The plurality of slits include a first slit and a second slit that are disposed adjacent to each other in a first direction. The first slit includes a first central portion and a first extension portion extending from the first central portion toward the second slit, and the second slit includes a second central portion and a first extension portion extending from the second central portion toward the first slit. An end of the first extension portion of the first slit and an end of the first extension portion of the second slit are spaced apart from each other; and disposed, in a staggered manner, on opposite sides of an imaginary center line connecting the first central portion and the second central portion.
US10088713B2
In order to avoid generation of black unevenness caused by the water intrusion into a liquid crystal display device, there is to provide a liquid crystal display device including a display area and a terminal portion, in which a TFT substrate with an organic passivation film formed, and an opposite substrate are adhered to each other by a seal portion and a liquid crystal is enclosed there, wherein in the seal portion of the TFT substrate, a groove-shaped through-hole is formed in the organic passivation film to surround the display area, a water absorption layer formed of the same material in the same process as that of the organic passivation film is formed within the groove-shaped through-hole, and the water absorption layer is not covered with the inorganic insulating film.
US10088704B2
A display device includes a substrate and a wire grid polarizer disposed on the substrate. The wire grid polarizer includes a first wire grid layer, a first middle layer, and a second wire grid layer. The first wire grid layer includes a plurality of first wire grid lines separated from each other. The first middle layer is disposed on the first wire grid layer. The first middle layer includes a first portion having a first middle layer thickness and a second portion having a second middle layer thickness thinner than the first middle layer thickness. The second middle layer thickness is thinner than a thickness of each first wire grid line. The second wire grid layer is disposed on the first middle layer and includes a plurality of second wire grid lines separated from each other. The second wire grid lines overlap the second portion of the first middle layer.
US10088703B2
A method of manufacturing a display device comprises the steps of: forming a protective film on a first surface of a first base substrate; forming a polarizer including a plurality of wire grid patterns provided on a second surface of the first base substrate facing the first surface; removing the protective film from the first surface; and forming a pixel array layer on the first surface.
US10088701B2
A cholesteric liquid crystal (ChLC) electronic writing device incorporates a dot pattern recognition system. When writing pressure is applied to the writing device an image composed of writing or drawing is displayed by a pressure sensitive ChLC polymer dispersion stacked in a multilayer system of the device. A specialized stylus with sensor and associated electronics is used to form the image on the electronic writing device. The stylus produces electrical information indicating the path or trajectory of the writing that is displayed by the electronic writing device, which can be transferred via wireless signal to any other displaying device. This forms a replica image on the displaying device that is a replica of the image on the electronic writing device.
US10088691B2
An apparatus is for ascertaining and outputting a type of spectacle lens suitable for a spectacle wearer with a visual characteristics providing device, for providing visual characteristics of the spectacle wearer, a needs providing device, for providing individual needs of the spectacle wearer, a spectacle lens type providing device, for providing a plurality of types of spectacle lenses having predetermined characteristics, a desired characteristics ascertaining device, for ascertaining desired characteristics of a type of spectacle lens using the provided visual characteristics and the provided individual needs of the spectacle wearer, an assigning device, for assigning at least one type of spectacle lens from among the plurality of types of spectacle lenses to the desired characteristics, on the basis of predetermined assignment rules, and a spectacle lens type outputting device, for outputting the at least one assigned type of spectacle lens. A method is for ascertaining and outputting a type of spectacle lens suitable for a spectacle wearer and also a computer program is for carrying out the method.
US10088682B2
The present invention is an image projection device that includes: a light source 12 that emits a laser beam 34; a scanning mirror 14 that two-dimensionally scans the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12; and a projection mirror 24 that projects scanned light onto a retina 26 of an eyeball 22 of a user to project an image onto the retina 26, the scanned light being composed of the laser beam 34 that has been scanned by the scanning mirror 14, wherein the laser beam 34 emitted from the light source 12 is scanned by using a part of an operating range of the scanning mirror 14.
US10088677B2
An illumination unit includes a plurality of sets of illumination modules each having a light source placed at a conjugate position and a plurality of stages of condenser lenses that collect light from the light source toward a display device, a magnifying optical system being between the conjugate position and a viewing area. Each illumination module set includes an initial stage lens closest to the light source and a final stage lens farthest from the light source. In a surrounding illumination module of the illumination module sets, principal points of all stages of condenser lenses are positioned on a surrounding principal ray that passes through a periphery of an angle of view center of the display device to reach the viewing area, and the light source is positioned on the surrounding principal ray by being offset from a light axis of the initial stage lens in the reference direction.
US10088668B2
An endoscope includes: a contact surface formed on a part of an outer circumference of a functional member; a distal end member provided on a distal end portion of the insertion portion and including a first hole portion provided with a first hole axis, in which the functional member is arranged, and a second hole portion provided with a second hole axis being orthogonal to the first hole axis and communicating with the first hole portion; and a fixing member configured to fix the functional member to the distal end member by being inserted into the second hole portion in a state that a contactless portion not being in contact with the contact surface is caused to face the contact surface, and being rotated around an axis by a predetermined angle.
US10088652B2
An imaging lens is provided comprising: a first lens having a negative refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power and having a convex object side surface; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a convex image side surface; and a fifth lens having an image side surface, the image side surface having an inflection point, wherein, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses are sequentially arranged from a front end of the imaging lens to a rear end of the imaging lens, and the imaging lens.
US10088649B2
A deformable mirror comprises a deformable membrane extending at rest in a first plane and having a reflecting front face and a back face opposite the front face, a supporting structure, an actuator having a first and second end, the first end fixed to the supporting structure, the second end displaced relative to the first end on a first axis substantially at right angles to the first plane to exert, on the back face, an axial load on the first axis, to locally deform the deformable membrane. The mirror comprises a plate that is substantially flat in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane, positioned between the actuator and deformable membrane, linked to the back face and deformed when the actuator exerts the axial load, and the plate is rigid in the second plane to take up loads applied to the mirror in the second plane.
US10088645B2
A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device includes: a housing; a bobbin disposed at an inner side of the housing; a support member coupled to the bobbin and the housing; and a sensor sensing a position of at least one of the bobbin and the housing, wherein the support member may include a first support unit, and a second support unit disposed not parallel to the first support unit, wherein the sensor may be disposed more adjacent to the first support unit than to the second support unit, and wherein an elastic modulus of the first support unit may be lower than an elastic modulus of the second support unit.
US10088638B2
An optical fiber connection mechanism includes a pair of connectors and a split sleeve that are used in an endoscope. The connectors include respective ferrules, an end of a single-mode optical fiber and a collimator lens is mounted in each ferrule, and the collimator lens is disposed at the tip of the single-mode optical fiber. The optical fiber connection mechanism is configured so that when the ferrules are inserted into ends of the split sleeve, the collimator lenses face each other with a gap therebetween and the single-mode optical fibers are optically connected to each other. The ferrules are loosely fit in the corresponding connectors to be displaceable within a predetermined range in the direction along the optical axis of the single-mode optical fibers.
US10088631B1
An optical module package has a first case, a second case and a fiber unit. The first case has a case bottom-part formed along the length direction of the fiber unit, a bottom convex-part formed on the case bottom-part so as to project toward inside direction of the first case and an elastic support part made of elastic member and covering the bottom convex-part. The optical waveguide device is supported by the elastic support part and the optical fiber is arranged at the distant position from the elastic support part.
US10088629B2
An optical filter for attenuating higher-order modes in an optical waveguide includes a shoulder slab formed of a first material having a first index of refraction and disposed on a second material having a second index of refraction, the first index of refraction being higher than the second index of refraction. The shoulder slab defines a near end having a first width, an intermediate section, adjacent to the first end section, and a far end section, adjacent to the intermediate section and opposite the first end section along a direction of beam propagation. The optical filter also includes a waveguide ridge, formed of the first material and disposed atop the shoulder slab, that traverses the shoulder slab, and is configured to guide light of a fundamental mode along the direction of beam propagation from the near end section to the far end section.
US10088625B2
A backlight unit includes a printed circuit board; a light source on the printed circuit board; a light guide plate that receives light emitted from the light source on one surface and directs light outwards through another surface; and a light blocking unit between the light source and the light guide plate. The light blocking unit may be spaced apart from the light guide plate.
US10088622B2
An elongated light guiding lens can include an incident portion and a light guiding portion with an L-shaped cross section. The incident portion can be erected at a rear end portion of the light guiding portion, and have a second incident surface at its left end, for receiving light from an LED while collimating the light in the vertical direction. The light guiding portion can extend forward while expanding leftward more than the position corresponding to the second incident surface, and include a second reflection surface provided below the second incident surface to internally reflect the light from the second incident surface toward a side reflection surface of a left end side surface. The side reflection surface can include a plurality of first lens cuts configured to internally reflect the light reflected by the second reflection surface to a light exiting surface of the front surface portion.
US10088618B2
Light-emitting device with remote scattering element and total internal reflection extractor element
A variety of light-emitting devices are disclosed that are configured to output light provided by a light-emitting element (LEE). In general, embodiments of the light-emitting devices feature a light-emitting element, a scattering element that is spaced apart from the light-emitting element and an extractor element coupled to the scattering element, where the extractor element includes, at least in part, a total internal reflection surface. Luminaires incorporating light-emitting devices of this type are also disclosed.
US10088617B2
A configuration including a main pattern region and a measurement pattern region which are set on one surface of a substrate having flexibility, wherein the measurement pattern region has at least a region disposed inside the contour line of the main pattern region, a main pattern, in which a plurality of line-shaped main convex patterns are arrayed with desired intervals, is disposed in the main pattern region, a measurement pattern, in which a plurality of line-shaped unit convex patterns are arrayed with desired intervals, is disposed in the measurement pattern region, and the line direction of the main pattern and the line direction of the measurement pattern are the same.
US10088616B2
A wire-grip polarizer (“WGP”), and a panel having said WGP is provided. The WGP is mounted on an absorption layer. The absorption layer is mounted on a substrate. The substrate is brightly colored. The WGP includes a plurality of gratings formed of a metallic element. Each of the gratings is spaced apart from the other so as to form a waveguide. The WGP is configured to transmit S-Polarized light and reflect P-polarized light. The A thin film layer may be disposed on each of the metallic gratings. The thin film layer is configured to generate a resonance so as to modify the reflectivity of P-polarized light so as to reduce veiling glare and maintain the brightness of the substrate.
US10088615B2
A polymer blend includes a combination of an acrylic polymer and a styrenic fluoropolymer. The polymer blend may be used to make polymer films having a single glass transition temperature, a polarizing plate, or a display device with enhanced optical properties.
US10088613B1
An imaging system for sensing light in an area of high optical contrast is disclosed. In some implementations, the imaging system is for monitoring a welding operation, whereby a photochromic filter is used to reduce the intensity of the light observed from the welding arc. The imaging system includes a light source whereby light from the light source activates the photochromic filter. Thus, the opacity of the photochromic filter depends on the intensity of the light from the light source.
US10088603B2
A method of making a coated article is described comprising providing an inorganic substrate and coating the substrate with a coating composition. The coating composition comprises a plurality of siloxane nanoparticles dispersed in an organic solvent. A portion of the nanoparticles comprise the reaction product of a first alkoxy silane compound having a first organofunctional group and a second organofunctional group of a second compound and the reaction between the first and second organofunctional groups form an organic linking group. The method further comprises drying the coating composition and heating the coated substrate to volatilize the organic linking groups thereby forming a porous surface layer on the inorganic substrate. In another embodiment an article is described comprising an inorganic substrate, such as glass, and a porous inorganic (e.g. silica) surface layer having an average pore size of less than 30 nm. Also described are coating compositions and methods of making a nanoparticle coating compositions.
US10088598B1
Methods for compiling, generating, and using a run weather index and a personalized run weather index which represent the cumulative and weighted effects of weather and environmental conditions on outdoor running for different distance categories. The run weather index and personalized run weather index represent relative environmental and meteorological conditions as they affect run performance. Targeted messages associated with a run weather index may also be delivered based on current and/or forecasted run weather indexes or personalized run weather indexes.
US10088597B2
Various implementations directed to determining a phase behavior of a reservoir fluid are provided. In one implementation, a method may include receiving a plurality of predetermined pore size data, a plurality of predetermined bulk fluid data, and a plurality of predetermined kerogen data that are based on historical data for a plurality of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The method may also include creating a library of a plurality of simulated phase behavior data for the predetermined pore size data, the predetermined bulk fluid data, and the predetermined kerogen data. The method may further include determining a phase behavior of a reservoir fluid disposed in an actual hydrocarbon reservoir using the library.
US10088590B2
Methods for real-time, continuous measurements of the composition and other properties of individual phases of petroleum, water and gas mixtures during the oil production process, without requiring test separators, test lines, with associated valving and instrumentation, are described. Embodiments of the present invention direct ultrasonic sound transmission through a flowing multiphase fluid in three frequency ranges: low frequencies, gas bubble resonance frequencies, and high frequencies, wherein certain sound propagation measurements, including sound speed, sound attenuation and sound scattering, are made in one or more of the three separate frequency regions, from which the multiphase composition and other properties are extracted without having to separate the multiphase fluid or the gas from the flowing stream.
US10088583B2
A technique includes generating vibroseis sweeps for a vibroseis survey to produce seismic data acquired in response to seismic signals produced by the sweeps. The generation of the vibroseis sweeps including temporally arranging the sweeps into time-overlapping groups. The technique includes regulating a timing of the groups relative to each other based on a slip time. The technique also includes regulating a timing of the sweeps of each group such that consecutive sweep firings of each group are spaced apart by a time substantially less than the slip time.
US10088568B2
An optical distance measurement method includes: acquiring a plurality of sensed values based on detecting light; performing a filtering operation to select a plurality of selected sensed values from the plurality of sensed values; determining a location of a center of gravity according to the plurality of selected sensed values; and calculating a plurality of depth values with respect to a plurality of detection points according to the location of the center of gravity and a plurality of depth information transformation functions respectively corresponding to the detection points.
US10088564B2
A radar screening system that detects an object in a region of interest by transmitting coded signals having a first polarization and receiving coded return signals having at least a second polarization. Suitably the transmitted signals have one polarization and some return signals have the same polarization and other return signals have an orthogonal polarization. The return signals are processed into voxels to calculate at least a cross-polar value at each voxel. Voxels are identified as being from an object of interest if an indicator using at least the cross-polar value exceeds a threshold. Preferably the indicator uses at least a ratio of the cross-polar value and the co-polar value. The radar screening system may also perform automatic target recognition by taking into account shape and location of the object of interest.
US10088563B2
A subsurface detection system may be capable of sensing a buried feature and providing an estimate of the feature's depth. Such a subsurface detection system may comprise a signal generator transmitting at least one signal toward a buried feature and at least one signal along a plurality of various length paths. Each of a plurality of correlators may be associated with one of the various length paths and receive both a signal reflected by the feature and a signal transmitted along one of the various length paths. Each of the correlators may correspond to a distance to the buried feature. As the reflected signal reaches each correlator it may identify a time offset between the arrival of the reflected signal and the signal transmitted along one of the various length paths. By so doing, a distance to the buried feature may be estimated by detecting the correlator with the shortest time offset.
US10088562B2
A semantic sensing system includes a semantic engine coupled to one or more sensing entities, and a memory having a plurality of semantics and semantic inference rules. A semantic engine is configured to interpret the plurality of rules to determine a composite semantic by inferring a first semantic, determining a second sematic based on an external input, and infer a composite sematic based on the first and second semantics and a semantic inference rule. A plurality of access control rules associate a time interval and a semantic, and the semantic engine identifies a first access control rule from among a plurality of access control rules to perform an access control action.
US10088560B2
The present invention employs an object information acquiring apparatus comprising a plurality of conversion elements which receive acoustic waves emitted from an object and convert the acoustic waves into electrical signals, a correlation calculator which calculates correlation data by using the plurality of electrical signals output from the plurality of conversion elements, an average correlation calculator which calculates an average correlation matrix by extracting a plurality of submatrices from the correlation data and averaging the submatrices, and an adaptive signal processor which generates power distribution by performing adaptive signal processing by using the average correlation matrix and calculating the power of each target position, wherein the correlation calculator calculates the correlation data by obtaining the correlation of input signals that are separated by at least one input signal among the input signals.
US10088558B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for improved scanning ladar transmission, including but not limited to an example embodiment where a scanning ladar transmission system employs a spiral dynamic scan pattern.
US10088549B2
A method and system for tracking mobile objects in a site are disclosed. The system comprises a computer cloud communicating with one or more imaging devices and one or more tag devices. Each tag device is attached to a mobile object, and has one or more sensors for sensing the motion of the mobile object. The computer cloud visually tracks mobile objects in the site using image streams captured by the imaging devices, and uses measurements obtained from tag devices to resolve ambiguity occurred in mobile object tracking. The computer cloud uses an optimization method to reduce power consumption of tag devices.
US10088538B2
An inner container including a tube body is provided in an outer container. With this structure, the inside of the outer container is separated into a primary airtight chamber and a sub airtight chamber (upper airtight chamber and lower airtight chamber). A detection circuit is placed in the primary airtight chamber. The detection circuit is a tuning and matching circuit having a transmission and reception coil serving as an NMR detection element and a variable capacitor. An additional member including an additional element such as a capacitor is inserted into the upper airtight chamber, and the additional member is set on a top terminal mounting member and a bottom terminal mounting member. With this structure, the additional element is electrically connected to the detection circuit and a characteristic of the detection circuit is changed.
US10088534B2
A measurement device for magnetic resonance applications includes, in a measurement case: a first sensor for measuring radiofrequency magnetic fields; a second sensor for measuring magnetic field gradients; and a third sensor for measuring the radiofrequency electric field; and a stage for converting the electric signals delivered by the different measurement sensors into light signals. The device also in a controller for controlling and processing the signals, connected to the stage for conditioning the measurement case via a beam for transmitting light signals. The controller includes a stage for converting light signals into electric signals delivered by the sensors.
US10088531B2
A control unit of an inverter for driving a three-phase motor receives a voltage of a connection point from a circuit, in which the connection point interconnecting one end of each of three first resistors is connected to the ground through a second resistor, and the other end of each of the three first resistors is connected to each phase. The control unit diagnoses whether the inverter has incurred a failure based on the voltage of the connection point, the voltage being detected when a first switch provided on a positive bus is turned off, a second switch provided in parallel with the first switch and in series with a third resistor is turned on, a third switch provided in series with a fourth resistor between the power source and the connection point is turned on, and the switching elements are turned on or off according to a predetermined pattern.
US10088525B2
A scan chain may be formed throughout an integrated circuit in which the scan chain is coupled to a set of pins via bi-directional input/output (I/O) buffers. A test pattern may be received from an external tester using the set of I/O pins and buffers operating in parallel. The test pattern is scanned into the scan chain using a shift clock operating at a first rate. The test pattern is then provided to combinatorial logic circuitry coupled to the scan chain. A response pattern is captured in the scan chain and then scanned from the scan chain using a shift clock operating at a second rate that is slower than the first rate. The response pattern is provided to the external tester using the same set of I/O pins and buffers operating in parallel.
US10088523B2
An integrated circuit chip comprising system circuitry and debugging circuitry. The system circuitry comprises a peripheral circuit. The debugging circuitry comprises a debug unit and a debug adapter. The debug unit is connected to the peripheral circuit. The debug adapter interfaces between the debug unit and a debug controller. The debug adapter is configured to receive a sequence of debug commands from the debug controller, each debug command instructing the debug unit to perform an action other than responding to a poll. In respect of each debug command, the debug adapter sends the debug command to the debug unit, and polls the debug unit to query whether the debug unit has performed the action instructed in that debug command.
US10088517B2
A motor drive system output filter includes fault detection. A variable frequency drive (VFD) drives a three phase AC induction motor. A filter circuit is connected between the VFD and the AC induction motor. The filter circuit comprises a filter for each phase. Each filter comprises an inductor and a damping resistor connected in series with a blocking capacitor across the inductor. A plurality of detection circuits are provided, one for each phase. Each detection circuit is connected to the capacitor of the associated phase for detecting capacitor voltage to indicate a resistor fault condition.
US10088516B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to detecting turn-to-turn faults in one or more windings of various objects. In one implementation, a fault detector uses a differential protection algorithm to detect a turn-to-turn fault in a winding of a three-phase shunt reactor. Various voltage and current measurements carried out upon the three-phase shunt reactor are used to calculate a difference value between a voltage-based parameter and a current-based parameter. The voltage-based parameter is indicative of a normalized negative voltage imbalance and the current-based parameter is indicative of a normalized negative current imbalance. A turn-to-turn winding fault is declared when the difference value is not equal to zero.
US10088515B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise an external device connector having at least one connection sensing pin to sense connection to at least one external device connector, a voltage sensor measuring a voltage at the at least one connection sensing pin and a controller determining that a defect occurs when the voltage measured by the voltage sensor meets a preset condition. Other various embodiments are also provided herein.
US10088514B2
Techniques described herein include a method, system, and apparatus for detecting an orientation configuration. For example, an apparatus having an all-in-one port may include a first configuration pin and a second configuration pin. The apparatus may also include logic configured to enter into an accessory mode based on a presence of a first signal on the first configuration pin and a second signal on the second configuration pin. The logic may be further configured to provide an orientation indication by altering the first signal on the first configuration pin.
US10088513B2
A transformer connection phase determination device includes a processor that executes a process. The process includes: acquiring a power value consumed by at least one consumer connected to a transformer that is connected to a phase corresponding to a combination of two of plural distribution lines, and acquiring respective current values flowing in the plural distribution lines; computing a frequency component of the power value or of a current value caused by the power value, and a frequency component of the respective current values flowing in the plural distribution lines; and computing respective correlation values indicating a correlation between the power value or the current value caused by the power value and the respective current values flowing in the plural distribution lines, using each of the computed frequency components, and determining the phase to which the transformer is connected based on the respective correlation values.
US10088506B2
A method for identifying a fault condition in an electrical machine in which at least a stator or a rotor has parallel winding branches is disclosed. A measurement is carried out for obtaining a set of circulating current values between two parallel winding branches of which each winding branch includes a single coil. A frequency analysis is applied on the set of circulating current values to obtain at least one frequency component. A fault condition of the electrical machine is determined on the basis of the at least one frequency component.
US10088504B2
In an electric current detector according to the present invention, an annular core 2 having a magnetic gap G and a Hall element 41 which is located in the magnetic gap of the core 2 and detects a magnitude of an electric current passing through the core 2 are arranged in an outer case 1. Here, in the core 2, a mold resin portion 3 which covers a surface of the core 2 over part of an overall length along a magnetic path thereof is molded at one or a plurality of portions along the magnetic path to configure an integral core component, the core component being fixed into the outer case 1 in a state where a surface of the mold resin portion 3 makes contact with an inner surface of the outer case 1.
US10088503B2
An apparatus and a method are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a circuit board, a housing, a spacer and a pin. The circuit board is configured to test a device-under-test (DUT). The housing includes a raised portion and a supporting portion. The spacer is mounted on the supporting portion of the housing. The pin penetrates through the raised portion and the supporting portion of the housing, and is configured to electrically connect the circuit board to the DUT.
US10088499B2
Provided is a scanning probe microscope capable of performing observation with high accuracy even when a beam splitter is configured to be movable.When checking positions of a sample and a cantilever in a scanning probe microscope, by disposing an optical microscope to face a first opening portion of a top surface of a housing, and by gripping and rotating an operating portion provided on a side surface of the housing, a user rotates and moves a beam splitter held by a holding portion in the housing, and retracts the beam splitter from the field of view of the optical microscope. Therefore, the beam splitter can always be disposed in the housing, and the user can be prevented from touching the beam splitter. As a result, it is possible to prevent the beam splitter from being damaged or stains from adhering to the beam splitter. Further, the moving distance of the bears splitter 6 can be shortened. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a deviation in the position of the beam splitter.
US10088497B2
An acceleration sensor includes a CV conversion circuit, an AD conversion circuit, and first and second registers. The CV conversion circuit outputs a voltage corresponding to the capacitance changes between a movable electrode and each of first and second fixed electrodes disposed to face the movable electrode. The AD conversion circuit is connected to the CV conversion circuit and has a first detection range and a second detection range. The first register is connected to the AD conversion circuit and holds a first value. The second register is connected to the AD conversion circuit and holds a second value. The first value contains information about an acceleration in the first detection range, and the second value contains information about an acceleration in the second detection range. The first and second values indicate accelerations in the same direction.
US10088494B2
Methods and systems for reducing the run-to-run variability in measurement results obtained by a sample analysis system. The method and system utilize data from previous sample runs to optimize analysis parameters for future test runs. The methods and systems are particularly suitable for microfluidic sample analysis.
US10088488B2
Hemoglobin, its variants, and glycated forms of each are determined individually in a multiplex assay that permits correction of the measured level of HbA1c to account for glycated variants and other factors related to the inclusion of the variants in the sample. New antibodies that are particularly well adapted to the multiplex assay are also provided.
US10088486B2
Novel means useful for definitive diagnosis of a neurological disease accompanied by at least one of inflammation and demyelination, such as multiple sclerosis or neuromyelitis optica, is disclosed. The method for detecting a neurological disease (excluding cerebral infarction) accompanied by at least one of inflammation and demyelination provided by the present invention comprises measuring Crtac1B protein in a sample separated from a subject. The presence of the neurological disease is detected based on a low value of the Crtac1B protein level.
US10088482B2
The present invention relates to a method of aiding in the prognosis of a subject with oesophageal and/or gastro-oesophageal junctional (GOJ) adenocarcinoma, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sample from the subject, (b) determining the expression level of biomarkers TRIM44 and SIRT2 in said sample, and either (i) determining the expression level of biomarker PAPPS2 in said sample; or (ii) determining the expression level of biomarkers WT1 and EGFR in said sample; (c) comparing the expression level of each of said biomarkers to a corresponding reference standard, (d) determining the biomarkers of (b) whose expression is dysregulated compared to the reference standard, (e) inferring from the dysregulated biomarkers identified in (d) the prognosis of 5-year survival, wherein the greater the number of said biomarkers which are dysregulated, the greater the reduction in prognosis of 5-year survival. The invention also relates to kits, uses and devices.
US10088481B2
The present invention describes a liquid direct fluorescence antibody assay that is rapid and sensitive to detect respiratory virus in infected cells. The assay includes centrifugation of the specimen, incubation of sample and reagents in solution, and detection of the absence or presence of respiratory virus. Sapogenin is used as a detergent to permeabilize the cells for entry of the monoclonal antibodies to react with intracellular antigens. The cells are stained with fluorescently labeled monoclonal antibodies against the viral antigens along with a background stain and a fluorescent nuclear stain. This counter staining decreases background and allows co-localization of antigen and nuclear structures for enhanced detection.
US10088480B2
The present invention relates to the field of mammalian reproduction and provides methods, compositions and kits for detecting and assessing spermatozoa and intervening cells in a semen sample which are applicable to human and veterinary uses. Various aspects of the present invention provide for a cytometric multiparametric approach for determining spermatozoa concentration in a semen sample, wherein the cytometric multiparametric approach involves use of one or more spermatozoa-specific detection agents for detection of spermatozoa in the semen sample and one or more intervening cells-specific detection agents.
US10088465B2
The invention is a method of assessing at least one petroleum characteristic of a rock sample. Starting from a temperature ranging between 50° C. and 120° C., the temperature of a rock sample is raised to a temperature ranging between 180° C. and 220° C. which is maintained for a predetermined time duration. The temperature of the sample is increased to a temperature ranging between 330° C. and 370° C. which is maintained for a predetermined time duration. The temperature of the sample is then raised to a temperature ranging between 630° C. and 670° C. Three quantities representative of the amount of hydrocarbon compounds released during the temperature change stages are measured and at least one petroleum characteristic of the sample is deduced from these quantities.
US10088456B2
A system for scanning and analyzing a device under test includes a transducer. The transducer transmits ultrasonic waves to scan the device under test and determine various properties (e.g., material of layers). The system further includes a heating/cooling portion. The heating/cooling portion conducts thermal stress testing on the device under test to accentuate areas of delamination between layers. The transducer then performs scans on the device under test to locate areas of delamination.
US10088440B2
A heat dissipation estimating method is disclosed. The heat dissipation estimating method includes following steps: providing an input heat to a fin of a heat sink unit; obtaining an average temperature of the fin according to the input heat; obtaining an output heat according to the average temperature; determining whether the input heat is the same as the output heat or not; while the input heat is different from the output heat, updating the input heat according to the output heat and repeating the above steps until the input heat is the same as the output heat; and while the input heat is the same as the output heat, obtaining a total heat dissipation value of the heat sink unit according to the input heat and a ratio value.
US10088438B2
A structure for grounding an extreme ultraviolet mask (EUV mask) is provided to discharge the EUV mask during the inspection by an electron beam inspection tool. The structure for grounding an EUV mask includes at least one grounding pin to contact conductive areas on the EUV mask, wherein the EUV mask may have further conductive layer on sidewalls or/and back side. The inspection quality of the EUV mask is enhanced by using the electron beam inspection system because the accumulated charging on the EUV mask is grounded. The reflective surface of the EUV mask on a continuously moving stage is scanned by using the electron beam simultaneously. The moving direction of the stage is perpendicular to the scanning direction of the electron beam.
US10088437B2
A computing device configured to obtain information about a subject using a detection result detected by an X-ray detector which detects an X-ray passing through the subject, which device includes: a unit configured to obtain a detection result of the X-ray detector; a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a complex refractive index of the X-ray after passing through the subject using the detection result; and a second obtaining unit configured to obtain information about the subject in accordance with a correlation between the complex refractive index and a mass absorption coefficient.
US10088435B2
Disclosed is a detection device for detecting a turbomachine including an opening, the detection device comprises: a flange configured to close the opening; and an endoscope assembly including an endoscope body, a detector extending from the endoscope assembly and inserted into an internal space of the turbomachine through the flange and an extension part connecting the endoscope body and the detector.
US10088432B2
A synthetic diamond labelling and identification method comprising the steps of selecting a synthetic diamond with between 200 and 600 parts per billion of an isolated substitution Nitrogen atoms within its lattice structure, irradiating the selected synthetic diamond with a beam energy that is equal to at least one-half the height of the selected diamond, maintaining the temperature of the selected diamond below 500 degrees Celsius while it is being irradiated, annealing the irradiated selected diamond as to create a plurality of nitrogen-vacancy centers without changing the original color of the selected diamond, and generating a bulk luminesces visible to the naked eye by exciting the plurality of created nitrogen-vacancies with an ultraviolet lamp.
US10088430B2
Systems and methods are provided for authenticating working fluids. The systems and methods include exposing at least a portion of a working fluid containing a UV-reactive chemical marker to light having wavelengths in the range of about 10-400 nm, thereby causing the chemical marker to generate a signal. The signal can be detected via a sensor system and compared to a reference signal that is associated with an authentic working fluid. An output may be generated to indicate whether the working fluid is the authentic working fluid.
US10088429B2
A measurement apparatus used to measure an object is disclosed. The measurement apparatus includes at least one sensing unit, a first optical module, a second optical module, a data processing unit and at least one prompting unit. The at least one sensing unit is disposed near the object to perform a contact or proximity sensing on the object. The first optical module is disposed near the object and adjacent to the at least one sensing unit. The first optical module includes at least one lens unit. The second optical module and the object are disposed at opposite sides of the first optical module. The second optical module includes a light source and at least one optical component. The data processing unit is coupled to at least one sensing unit. The at least one prompting unit is coupled to the data processing unit.
US10088426B2
A chemiluminescence imaging system that may be used for monitoring a combustor flame of a gas turbine engine includes a sensor array having a plurality of pixels operable to capture an image. A multispectral mask array and an attenuation filer array of the system may be generally placed in front of the sensor array and each have a plurality of cells that are generally align, respectively, to the plurality of pixels. Each cell is generally one of a plurality of band-pass filter types distributed randomly across the multispectral mask array and an image reconstruction algorithm is used to produce at least one image for evaluating properties of the flame.
US10088421B2
A method for assigning chirality of carbon nanotube is provided. Firstly, carbon nanotube sample, an optical microscope with a liquid immersion objective and a liquid are provided. Secondly, the carbon nanotube sample is immersed in the liquid. Thirdly, the carbon nanotube sample is illuminated by an incident beam to generate resonance Rayleigh scattering. Forthly, the liquid immersion objective is immersed into the liquid to get a resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) image of the carbon nanotube sample. Fifthly, spectra of the carbon nanotube sample are measured to obtain chirality of the carbon nanotube sample.
US10088417B2
An apparatus and method for analyzing a flow of material having an inlet region, a measurement range and an outlet region, and having a first diverter and a second diverter, and a deflection area, wherein in a first state of operation, the two diverters form a continuous first material flow space from the inlet region via the first diverter through the measurement range, via the second diverter to the outlet region, and in a second state of operation, form a continuous second material flow space from the inlet region via the first diverter through the deflection area, via the second diverter to the outlet region.
US10088408B2
A method of measuring a friction coefficient of a surface of a specimen includes: obtaining surface information of the specimen by using an atomic force microscope (AFM); calculating data of a friction coefficient of the surface of the specimen by using the surface information of the specimen; and mapping the data of the friction coefficient of the specimen to an image. The method of measuring a friction coefficient of a surface of a specimen may prevent a probe part of an atomic force microscope from being worn out and secure high reliability of the friction coefficient value by correcting the atomic force microscope using a specimen to be actually measured and measuring a fiction coefficient at the same time.
US10088399B2
A high-throughput system for processing biological material that comprises: a tray that supports a functionally-closed fluid path subsystem comprising, a vessel for containing and enabling the biological material to separate into two or more distinct submaterials; one or more receptacles to receive one or more of the submaterials from the vessel; a filtration device; a conduit through which one or more submaterials are transported between at least the vessel and the filtration device; and a first engagement structure; a processing unit comprising, a pumping device for moving one or more of the submaterials between at least the vessel and the filtration device via the conduit; a second engagement structure corresponding to the first engagement structure; a locking mechanism for at least temporarily holding the tray in a fixed position relative to the processing unit; a control device that automatically starts and stops the pumping device in response to one or more commands.
US10088394B2
A vacuum jacketed gas line adaptor with a flange cover for an existing pipeline sample take-off probe encasing a sample line and hermetically sealed to a vacuum valve housing having an sealable access port and containing a vented bleed valve and a block valve, fluidly connected to the sample line and a length of vacuum jacketed tubing sealing connected to the valve housing and in vacuum communication therewith, where the vacuum jacketed tubing surrounds the sample line to provide thermal isolation from the ambient for the sample line to a sample vaporizer.
US10088391B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for processing a blood sample. One embodiment comprises an isolation container having at least one sidewall defining an interior volume. The interior volume includes a medial reservoir in fluid communication with proximal and distal reservoirs. The diameter of the medial reservoir is less than the diameter of the proximal and distal reservoirs. Therefore, the isolation container has an interior volume which is roughly hour-glass shaped with the medial reservoir being a substantially narrowed portion or channel between two wider portions. The isolation container is configured such that the buffy coat layer of fractionated blood will be located within and may be accessed from the reduced cross sectional medial reservoir after a centrifuge or other processing step.
US10088390B2
The invention relates to a multifunctional comprehensive testing machine for a luggage lock. The multifunctional comprehensive testing machine includes a testing machine table and a control unit, wherein a luggage lock fixing clamp, a push button and zipper hook piece testing mechanism, an elastic zipper sheet testing mechanism and a number-changing key testing mechanism are installed on a working table top of the testing machine table; and the control unit includes a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) arranged in the testing machine table, a touch display screen and a start-stop switch, the touch display screen and the start-stop switch being installed on the side of the machine table, and an alarm lamp being arranged on the side of the machine table.
US10088376B2
An apparatus and method for measuring a contact pressure and a method of manufacturing the apparatus. The apparatus includes: a material layer configured to provide a light path along which incident light travels to a subject being in contact with the material layer; a spectrum analyzer configured to detect light emitted from the material layer and perform a light absorption spectrum analysis on the detected light to determine an intensity of the detected light; and a pressure calculator configured to determine the contact pressure of the subject based on the determined intensity.
US10088374B2
A reversible force measuring device for ascertaining the magnitude and/or direction of an applied load and having a cavity containing an indicating material such as a fluid, with the cavity configured such that when a load is applied to the device, it causes a reversible volumetric change to the cavity. This change causes the indicating material to move in or out of the cavity in a quantity which corresponds to the magnitude and/or direction of the applied load. By measuring the movement of the indicating material, a user can determine the magnitude and/or direction of the applied load. The device may include a component which generates an electrical signal from the measured movement and transmits this signal to another device to control the tensioning of one or more fastener components and or make other analytical measurements by combining this measurement with other measurements like torque and or angle.
US10088372B2
Disclosed is a wireless temperature measurement apparatus using a SAW device which calculates a temperature by detecting a change in resonance frequency, the resonance frequency being physically changed by a temperature. The apparatus includes: a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device including an inter-digital transducer (IDT) generating a surface acoustic wave and a reflector reflecting the surface acoustic wave and outputting the wave to an antenna, wherein the surface acoustic wave is physically deformed by a temperature change, and a reader generating a transmitting signal within a set frequency band and transmitting the signal to the SAW device, detecting an amplified resonance frequency signal which matches a deformed surface acoustic wave, the deformed surface acoustic wave being one of the reflected waves and being physically deformed by the temperature change, and detecting a temperature of the SAW device by comparing the amplified resonance frequency with a preset frequency.
US10088362B2
A mirror plate (100) for a Fabry-Perot interferometer (300) includes a substrate (50), which includes silicon (Si), a semi-transparent reflective coating (110) implemented on the substrate (50), a de-coupling structure (DC1) formed on the substrate (50), a first sensor electrode (G1a) formed on top of the de-coupling structure (DC1), and a second sensor electrode (G1b), wherein the de-coupling structure (DC1) includes an electrically insulating layer (60a), and a first stabilizing electrode (G0a), which is located between the first sensor electrode (G1a) and the substrate (50).
US10088357B2
A photovoltaic sensor array for detecting variations in light intensity is disclosed. The array has a plurality of photo voltaic cells which are electrically independent from one another and formed on a common substrate. Each cell has corresponding positive and negative electrical connections and each cell is arranged to detect light intensity so that variations in light intensity between the cells can be obtained.
US10088351B2
A measuring arrangement and a measuring device having a sensor device, a processing device, a storage device, an interface and a control device that allows for a simplified testing of the functionality of the measuring device is achieved in that the control device retrieves externally provided data via the interface and performs a test of the measuring device. The test thereby involves the control device determining a reference value from the externally provided data, comparing the reference value to a measured value generated by the processing device and generating a comparison result based thereupon. Alternatively, the test involves the control device using the externally provided data for the generation of new calculation data to be stored in the storage device and storing the new calculation data in the storage device.
US10088350B2
An improved modulated particulate metering system is provided. The system includes a plurality of particulate storage areas, each having a separate type of particulate. The system can include varied configurations of a plurality of cartridges in communication with one of the particulate storage containers. The system can further include varied configurations of a plurality of gearboxes operably connected to the cartridges. The gearboxes can be adapted to be inverted and operably controlled by one or more drive shafts. The system can still further include varied configurations of a plurality of particulate accelerators in fluid communication with an air flow path having one inlet. The system permits a user to efficiently alternate between desired configurations based on the needs of the application.
US10088349B2
The invention relates to a Coriolis flow sensor. The sensor comprises a housing and at least a Coriolis-tube with at least two ends being fixed in a tube fixation means. The flow sensor comprises excitation means for causing the tube to oscillate, as well as detection means for detecting at least a measure of displacements of parts of the tube during operation. According to the invention, the Coriolis flow sensor comprises a reference mass, as well as further excitation means arranged for causing the reference mass to oscillate during operation, as well as further detection means for detecting at least a measure of displacements of the reference mass during operation. Additionally, control means are provided for controlling the excitation means and/or further excitation means based on vibrations measured by the detection means and/or further detection means. This way a Coriolis flow sensor with active vibration isolation is obtained.
US10088342B2
An abnormality detection system includes an optical fiber, a backscattered light detector, and a data processor. The backscattered light detector is connected to one end side and the other end side of the optical fiber, and configured to acquire a first intensity distribution of backscattered light by making light incident on the optical fiber from the one end side and to acquire a second intensity distribution of backscattered light by making light incident on the optical fiber from the other end side. The data processor calculates transmission loss at each position in the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber by using the first and second intensity distributions and a normalization function, and determines whether or not there is an abnormality based on the result of the calculation.
US10088331B1
A computing device receives a request to render an optimized display of selected objects on a user interface. The computing device analyzes a layout associated with the selected objects by determining a category of each of the selected objects, a location of each category within the location, and an optimized route between each category. The computing device analyzes routes to the locations by determining least optimal times associated with each location, a time to arrive and complete the optimized route at each location, and an order to the locations to optimize arrival time at a time other than the least optimal times. The computing device renders an optimized display of the selected objects on the user interface with an optimized route to each location and an optimized display of the selected objects in an order corresponding the optimized routes between each category within the location layouts.
US10088329B2
A method of providing augmented Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can include detecting movement of a GPS enabled mobile device along a navigational route and displaying a photographic image on a display of the GPS enabled mobile device responsive to detecting movement of the GPS enabled mobile device along the navigational route provided by the GPS enabled mobile device. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed.
US10088327B2
A method of operation of a navigation system includes: identifying a free-travel mode for representing a user travelling without a calculated navigation route or an expressed destination determining a contextual parameter during the free-travel mode; and determining a target access identification with a control circuit for communicating with a communication target during the free-travel mode.
US10088325B2
A method and apparatus for projected vehicle transportation network information notification for use in traversing a vehicle transportation network may include receiving a remote vehicle message including remote vehicle information indicating remote vehicle geospatial state information and remote vehicle kinematic state information, identifying host vehicle information including host vehicle geospatial state information and host vehicle kinematic state information, generating projected vehicle transportation network information representing a portion of the vehicle transportation network based on the remote vehicle information and the host vehicle information, and traversing the intersection represented by the projected vehicle transportation network information using the projected vehicle transportation network information by outputting at least a portion of the projected vehicle transportation network information representing the vehicle transportation network intersection.
US10088323B2
A navigation device includes a route searching unit for searching for a route leading to an arbitrary point on the basis of map data acquired by a map data acquiring unit, an HOV lane determining unit for determining whether or not an HOV lane is included in the route which the route searching unit has searched for, a predicted arrival time calculating unit for, when the HOV lane determining unit determines that an HOV lane is included in the route, calculating a predicted arrival time required to arrive at the arbitrary point by way of the route which is shorter than a time required to arrive at the arbitrary point by way of a route in which no HOV lane is included, and a display processing unit for displaying the predicted arrival time calculated by the predicted arrival time calculating unit.
US10088322B2
An example vehicle system includes a speed sensor that measures a speed of a host vehicle and a processing device programmed to compare the speed to a speed threshold and determine an amount of time the speed is below the speed threshold. The processing device detects the presence of a traffic control device based on the amount of time the speed is below the speed threshold.
US10088317B2
Methods and systems for determining the location of an agent within an environment using a hybrid approach are provided. The hybrid approach allows a potentially large physical space to be compressed in the form of a directed graph, in which edges are paths and nodes are locations. An image comparison produces observations for each location and path, which can be used to probabilistically locate the agent in the environment and to select a portion of the 3D point cloud for comparison. The agent can then be localized within the 3D point cloud, or metric-accurate map, using the same features utilized for image matching in the probabilistic location.
US10088314B2
A gyro element includes a base section, vibrating arms connected to the base section, driving piezoelectric elements disposed on the vibrating arms and causing a flexural vibration in the drive vibration mode of X-axis in-phase and Z-axis inverse-phase, and detecting piezoelectric elements disposed on the vibrating arms and adapted to detect the angular velocity around the detection axis, and in a case of making the vibrating arms flexurally vibrate in the drive vibration mode, signals having respective phases reverse to each other are generated in the detecting piezoelectric elements, and in a case in which the angular velocity is applied while making the vibrating arms flexurally vibrate in the drive vibration mode, signals having respective phases the same as each other are generated in the detecting piezoelectric elements.
US10088312B2
A method and system are disclosed for providing an estimate of a location of a user receiver device. The method involves emitting, from at least one vehicle, at least one spot beam on Earth; and receiving, with the user receiver device, at least one spot beam. The method further involves calculating, with the user receiver device, the estimate of the location of the user receiver device according to the user receiver device's location within at least one spot beam. Each spot beam contains at least one acquisition signal, which may comprise at least one ring channel. Each ring channel comprises a frame count; a space vehicle identification (SVID); a spot beam identification (ID); and/or X, Y, Z coordinates of the vehicle emitting the spot beam relative to an Earth coordinate system. In one or more embodiments, at least one vehicle may be a satellite and/or a pseudolite.
US10088310B2
A tilt detecting device comprising, a light source for projecting a pattern, a liquid component having a free liquid surface and for rear-surface reflecting by the free liquid surface, a photodetection element for photodetecting a reflection image of the rear-surface reflected pattern, and an arithmetic processing unit, wherein the arithmetic processing unit is adapted to scan a predetermined range of a photodetection surface of the photodetection element as many times as required and performs averaging processing to a photodetection signal as detected and calculates a barycentric position of the pattern based on signals subjected to averaging processing.
US10088308B2
An electronic device may include a motion sensor for detecting movement of the electronic device and a pressure sensor for detecting changes in elevation of the electronic device. Applications that run on the electronic device such as health and fitness applications may use motion sensor and pressure sensor data to track a user's physical activity. For example, processing circuitry in the electronic device may use the motion sensor to track a user's steps and the pressure sensor to track changes in the user's elevation. The processing circuitry may determine whether the user is climbing stairs based on the user's step rate and the user's changes in elevation. When the processing circuitry determines that the user is climbing stairs, the processing circuitry may use the pressure sensor and motion sensor to track and store the number of flights of stairs climbed by the user.
US10088304B2
A thickness measurement system includes a composite carrier assembly and a thickness sensor system. The composite carrier assembly includes a sample carrier and a gauge standard carrier. The sample carrier and gauge standard carrier are configured to simultaneously support a sample and a gauge standard, respectively. The thickness sensor system is configured to generate a signal representative of a thickness of the sample and to be calibrated with the gauge standard while the sample and the gauge standard are simultaneously supported by the sample carrier and the gauge standard carrier, respectively.
US10088300B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for the automated inspection of geometric parameters of railway wheels rolling on a track by artificial vision techniques. The present invention uses a structured light source (10) that illuminates a line of light (12) upon a fraction of the surface of revolution (3) of a wheel (1), a CCD camera (20), which captures an image (21) of the illuminated area, and a data processing system that records, digitalizes, geometrically corrects and reconstructs information of the surface of revolution (3) that is not recorded in the image (21), in order to obtain a numeric description of the complete transverse section of the wheel (1) represented by a reconstructed profilogram (500) for calculating the geometric parameters of the wheel (1).
US10088295B2
Disclosed is an interactive spatial orientation method and system. The method includes: sequentially scanning, by a scanning apparatus, a receiving apparatus in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to each other; converting, by the receiving apparatus, received optical signals generated from the first scanning and the second scanning into radio waves carrying results of the first scanning and the second scanning, and transferring the radio waves to a processing apparatus; synthesizing, by the processing apparatus, the results of the first scanning and the second scanning to obtain six degrees of freedom information of the receiving apparatus. The system includes a scanning apparatus; a receiving apparatus; and a processing apparatus.
US10088294B2
A method includes determining movement of a camera from a first time point when a first image has been captured to a second time point when a second image has been captured, performing first estimation processing for estimating a position and pose of the camera in the second time point based on image data at the time of capturing, a past image captured in the past, and a past position and pose of the camera at a time point when the past image has been captured, when the movement is not a translational movement and a rotation movement around an optical direction, and performing a second estimation processing for estimating the position and pose based on a feature descriptor of a feature point extracted from the second image and a feature descriptor of a map point accumulated when the movement is the translational movement or the rotational movement.
US10088292B2
A phase-resolved heterodyne shearing interferometer has been developed for high-rate, whole field observations of transient surface motion. The sensor utilizes polarization multiplexing and multiple carrier frequencies to separate each segment of a shearing Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Post-processing routines have been developed to recombine the segments by extracting the scattered object phase from Doppler shifted intermediate carrier frequencies, providing quantitative relative phase changes and information to create variable shear, phase resolved shearographic fringe patterns without temporal or spatial phase shifting.
US10088284B2
A first jet tab and a second jet tab are symmetrically arranged with respect to a symmetry plane and have a symmetrical shape with respect to the symmetry plane, and are symmetrically driven with respect to the symmetry plane by a driving section. A distance between a tip of the first jet tab and a first rotation axis is larger than a distance between the first rotation axis and the symmetry plane. A distance between a tip section of the second jet tab and a second rotation axis is larger than a distance between the second rotation axis and the symmetry plane.
US10088280B2
A portable control module autonomously positions a target deployed in a combat simulation course. The module chassis is bullet-resistant and angled to deflect errant shots, and encloses a control circuit having an adjustable target exposure delay, an adjustable target exposure duration, means for receiving a trigger signal representing movement of a human body, means for revealing the target when the exposure delay lapses after triggering, means for enabling, only when the target is revealed, hit detection means detecting a shot striking the target, and means for concealing the target responsive to earliest occurrence of the shot detection or lapse of the target exposure duration. The module may include means for relaying the trigger signal to other modules within a cooperative decentralized target control system. A method for the autonomous position control is also disclosed.
US10088276B2
A programmable adjustment archery sighting device provides motorized adjustment through a series of programmable sighting settings. The device includes a pair of spaced mounting apertures extending into an elongated mounting bracket for fixedly coupling the mounting bracket to a bow. A position of a sight coupled to the mounting bracket is adjustable. A vertical adjustment mechanism adjusts a position of the sight and includes a first vertical adjustment control. A vertical adjustment motor is coupled to the mounting bracket and operationally coupled to the vertical adjustment mechanism. A housing is configured for being positioned on the bow spaced from the mounting bracket and accessible to fingers on a hand grasping a grip of the bow. The first vertical adjustment control is positioned on the housing and operationally coupled to the vertical adjustment motor to adjust the vertical position of the sight by manipulation of the first vertical adjustment control.
US10088275B1
An illuminated sighting system for providing an illumination at a sight of a firearm includes a power source housed within a compartment of the firearm. The sighting system further includes a light source. The system additionally includes a switch which completes a power circuit that provides power from the power source to the light source when activated, and a conduit configured to transmit light from the light source to the sight of the firearm. The sighting system includes a feature to deactivate the light source when the firearm is holstered or in another stored condition.
US10088274B2
A light emission assembly for weapon sights which provides a viewable illuminated aiming indicia of substantially fixed area and uniform brightness regardless of the ambient light conditions.
US10088268B2
A stock assembly for a firearm, the stock assembly comprising a buffer catch comprising a movable buffer catch body; a receiver extension comprising a buffer tube; the buffer tube comprising a buffer tube body and a tubular passage within the buffer tube body; the buffer tube body comprising a buffer catch receptacle extending through a wall of the buffer tube body extending along a longitudinal axis of the buffer tube; the buffer catch receptacle configured to receive the buffer catch body therein; the buffer catch body configured to move within the buffer catch receptacle from a home position to a depressed position; and, in the depressed position, the buffer catch body blocks at least a portion of the tubular passage of the buffer tube.
US10088267B2
An adjustable cheek rest for a rifle is formed with a top member, a lower member, a cushion pad and a plurality of accessories. This cheek rest is adjustably and removably affixed to a stock of the rifle. Both the top member and the lower member are in symmetrical shape and are made of moldable plastic materials including the thermoplastic acrylic-polyvinyl chloride material. The top member and the lower member are foldable to fit the longitudinal cross sectional profile of the stick of rifle. There are top fastener holes located on the top member and their corresponding lower fastener holes located on the low member, which are adjustably fastened by fastener. Straps go through strap cuts in the lower member, so as to removably affix the cheek rest to the stock of the rifle.
US10088262B2
A muzzle brake device includes a main body having a receiver opening, a discharge opening, a central bore, and a plurality of discharge channels extending outward from the central bore at locations between the receiver opening and the discharge opening. A plurality of raised inlet members are disposed along the central bore and are in communication with the plurality of discharge channels. A separation distance between the channels is complementary to the length of the projectile to which the weapon on which the device is attached, and each of the discharge channels are arranged to emulate the vane of a turbine engine, so as to produce a mechanical force that counteracts the recoil of the weapon to which the device is attached.
US10088261B1
A blast mitigation device that includes a collar having a central collar aperture formed therethrough and having one or more collar venting apertures and one or more locking notches; and a blast shield having one or more levers, one or more blast shield venting apertures, and a collar receiving recess, wherein each lever is pivotable for releasable engagement with a corresponding locking notch and wherein when at least a portion of the collar is appropriately received within the collar receiving recess, each collar venting aperture is aligned with each blast shield venting aperture.
US10088256B1
A bolt carrier and removably attachable charging handle including at least some of a bolt carrier having at least one attachment aperture; a handle base having a base attachment portion and a handle attachment portion, wherein the base attachment portion is capable of being removably attached or coupled within at least a portion of the at least one attachment aperture; and a handle sleeve capable of being removably attached or coupled to the handle attachment portion of the handle base.
US10088253B2
A thermostat includes an annular flange extending in radial directions and surrounded by a cylindrical large-diameter portion of a housing inner surface, and a frame extending in axial directions from the flange. The thermostat further includes a sealing member that hermetically seals the gap between the flange and the inner surface. The sealing member includes an annular outer peripheral portion sandwiched in the axial directions by the inner surface and a thermostat cover inside the large-diameter portion, and a plurality of protruding portions extending outward in the radial directions from the outer peripheral portion toward the large-diameter portion. The thermostat is disposed inside a housing that defines a portion of a cooling water passage, and opens and closes the cooling water passage according to the temperature of cooling water inside the cooling water passage.
US10088244B2
A heat sink includes a heat sink base/riser, a first fin, and a second fin. The spacing between the base/riser and the first fin and the second fin, restively, may be adjusted by rotating a threaded rod. The threaded rod includes a first threaded knurl that is engaged with the first fin and a second threaded knurl that is engaged with the second fin. The thread pitch of the first threaded knurl and the second threaded knurl may differ. For example, the pitch of the first threaded knurl may be smaller than the pitch of the second threaded knurl if the first fin is located nearest the heat sink base/riser relative to the second fin. The spacing of the heat sink fins may be adjusted based upon the current operating conditions of the electronic device to maintain an optimal temperature of a heat generating device during device operation.
US10088235B2
A component made of a fiber composite material contains at least three wound layers made of a fiber material that are arranged one over the other. Each of the wound layers contains one or more windings. For each wound layer containing more than one winding, all windings of the wound layer have the same winding angle and are separated from each other in some sections, whereby intermediate spaces are formed between the windings. All windings of at least two of the wound layers have the same first winding angle. All of the windings of one wound layer, which is arranged between the two wound layers having the windings with a same first winding angle, have a second winding angle. The magnitudes of the first and second winding angles differ, and the windings having the second winding angle intersect with the windings having the first winding angle.
US10088232B2
Dryer appliances and methods for operating dryer appliances are provided. A method includes calculating an initial cycle time, and counting down from the initial cycle time for an initial countdown time. The method further includes determining, during the step of counting down from the initial cycle time for the initial countdown time, whether a load size value and an air flow value have been established. The method further includes calculating, when the load size value and the air flow value have been established, a first updated remaining cycle time based on the load size value and the air flow value.
US10088228B2
The apparatus for liquefying a gaseous stream received from a pipeline that is comprised predominantly of ethane and a relatively small amount of other components by using a mixed refrigerant refrigeration cycle loop incorporating heavy hydrocarbons, as well as a distillation column to remove constituents lighter than ethane.
US10088225B2
A refrigerator equipped with a door that becomes transparent as necessary to make the interior thereof visible is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment defined therein, a lighting device for illuminating the interior of the storage compartment, a door, which is hingedly coupled to the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment, and has an opening and a panel assembly including a front panel disposed on the front surface thereof, a sensor for detecting sound waves, which are generated by a knock input applied to the door and are transmitted through the front panel, and a controller for controlling the lighting device to allow light to be transmitted through the panel assembly, thus making the storage compartment visible from outside the door through the opening when a predetermined knock input is detected.
US10088224B1
A refrigerator appliance is provided herein. The refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet extending along a lateral direction between a first side portion and a second side portion, as well as along a transverse direction from a rear portion to a front portion. The cabinet may define a plurality of operably-independent chilled chambers, including a first chilled chamber, a second chilled chamber, and a third chilled chamber.
US10088222B2
For the purpose of improving flexibility a home appliance device, in particular a home appliance chiller device, is proposed. The device includes an insert which is insertable into a storage space, a base element, a receptacle fixable to the base element and a fixing unit for fixing the receptacle and the base element to each other, having a first fixing element and a second fixing element which are arranged offset in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction with respect to each other and which together at least partly encompass the base element and/or the receptacle in a mounted state.
US10088219B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a storage compartment, an inner case defining an external appearance of the storage compartment, a first door rotatably installed to the cabinet for opening or closing one side of the storage compartment, a second door rotatably installed to the cabinet for opening or closing a remaining side of the storage compartment, a pillar provided on the first door, the pillar being rotated so as to come into contact with the second door and having a pillar protrusion protruding from an upper side thereof, and a pillar rotation unit provided on a ceiling of the inner case for rotating the pillar.
US10088208B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system that includes a refrigerant loop, a compressor disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to circulate refrigerant through the refrigerant loop, a heat exchanger disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to place the refrigerant in thermal communication with a cooling fluid flowing through tubes of a tube bundle within the heat exchanger, an inlet of the heat exchanger configured to direct the refrigerant into the heat exchanger, a trough of the heat exchanger configured to receive the refrigerant from the inlet, and a perforated baffle of the heat exchanger disposed downstream of the trough and configured to direct the refrigerant from the trough over the tubes of the tube bundle.
US10088204B2
The invention relates to a condenser of stacked-plate design, having a first flow duct for a refrigerant and having a second flow duct for a coolant.
US10088200B2
A flat plate heating solar panel comprised of polymer materials that can withstand relatively high temperatures. The polymer materials utilized in the panel have similar thermal expansion characteristics so that different components can by connected to each other without excessive stresses and damage during temperature changes, and with major components capable of being fabricated by molding processes, including extrusion and injection molding. An expansion joint or slot is provided in the enclosure frame to allow relative movement between the header connector and the frame in order to minimize stresses when large temperature differences exist between the absorber/header and the frame, and the slot design also provides a vent to relieve excessive air pressures inside the panel at high temperatures. An electronic controller with wireless capability, powered by a small photovoltaic solar cell with energy storage by a supercapacitor or an ultracapacitor, is integrated with the panel to operate a pump to circulate a heat transfer fluid through the panel when heating capability exists and when heat is needed to increase the temperature of the substance to be heated by the panel.
US10088198B2
An air-conditioning and hot water supplying composite system includes a heat source unit and a heat source-side heat exchanger, an indoor heat source unit, a hot water supply unit connected to the heat source unit and including a hot water supply-side heat exchanger and a hot water supply-side expansion device, and a controller that controls the heat source unit. The controller includes a mode switching unit that switches a control mode of the air-conditioning and hot water supplying composite system between a hot water supply control mode, a hot water supply preheating mode, and a condensing temperature control unit. The condensing temperature control unit determines the target condensing temperature according to a temperature of a heat medium subjected to heat exchange by the hot water supply unit, in the hot water supply control mode.
US10088191B2
False determination in the presence or absence of a person in a in a room is limited. An air conditioner suspends an air conditioning operation if a room is vacant. If at least one of motion detectors, each provided to one of the indoor units, starts to detect the presence of a person during suspension of the air conditioning operation, an indoor controller of an indoor unit sums, for each of the motion detectors, time periods in which the presence of the person is detected to obtain a detection time period sum. If any one of detection time period sums, each for one of the motion detectors, reaches a reference value within a predetermined time period, the outdoor controller causes the air conditioner to resume the air conditioning operation.
US10088175B2
An air conditioner is provided that may include a main body having an air inlet and an air outlet defined therein; a filter received in the main body to filter air suctioned into the main body; a heat exchanger configured to perform a heat exchange between a refrigerant and the air suctioned into the main body; and an ultraviolet (UV) sterilization module configured to sterilize the air suctioned into the main body. The UV sterilization module may include a porous main body in a mesh form, and a plurality of UV lamps. The porous main body may include a bent portion to allow the porous main body to conform to a shape of the heat exchanger. The main body may include a chassis, and a front frame at a front of the chassis. An inner space may be defined between the chassis and the front frame. The porous main body may be coupled to at least one of the chassis or the front frame, and the plurality of UV lamps may be arranged to be spaced from each other between the air inlet and the heat exchanger.
US10088172B2
A jet plate for directing a flow of air into a cooking cavity of an oven may comprise a body configured to be disposed along a top wall or a bottom wall of the cooking cavity, and one or more structured air inlets that are openings through the body. Each of the structured air inlets comprises holes and slots that are alternatingly arranged and serially connected. The structured air inlets enable air to be introduced into the cooking cavity in a structured formation to improve cooking speed and cooking efficiency. In addition, structured air inlets in a jet plate may be configured in various manners to address unevenness in the distribution of air flow within the cooking cavity.
US10088156B2
In a preferred embodiment, there is provided a water heater venting assembly for directing a combustion air and a flue gas between an outdoor atmosphere and a water heater, and which includes a generally hollow housing defining a combustion air aperture, a flue gas exhaust conduit disposed in the housing, and an adjustable inlet duct coupling assembly having a retention member for placement in the housing proximal to the aperture, a gasket for placement around an outer periphery of the aperture and a combustion air supply member. The retention member is for retaining the supply member in fluid sealing engagement with the gasket to effect fluid communication between the aperture and the supply member, and is sized to permit slidable movement of the supply member relative to the gasket.
US10088145B2
An illumination device for a cooking zone element is provided for a cooking hob which is covered by a transparent panel. The illumination device is provided for a cooking zone element with a central cutout in a central portion of said cooking zone element. The illumination device includes at least one diffuser screen arranged or arrangeable in an upper portion of the central cutout of the cooking zone element and parallel to the transparent panel of the cooking hob. The illumination device includes at least one light source element arranged or arrangeable below the central cutout of the cooking zone element. The illumination device includes an optical lens enclosing an upper portion of the light source element. Further, the present invention relates to a corresponding cooking zone element and cooking hob.
US10088136B2
A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of buses, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. The pendants and hangers may be sized and shaped so that the pendants trapped the ends of the hangers forming a supporting mechanical interlock therebetween. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters.
US10088130B2
An optical device is provided. The optical device includes a fluorescent wheel, a first light source engine and a second light source engine. The fluorescent wheel includes a fluorescent powder area. The first light source engine provides a first light beam, wherein the first light beam forms a first light spot on the fluorescent powder area of the fluorescent wheel. The second light source engine provides a second light beam, wherein the second light beam forms a second light spot on the fluorescent powder area of the fluorescent wheel, and the first light spot is separated from the second light spot.
US10088129B2
Disclosed is a Discriminating Radial Illuminator (DRI), which is a portable illumination and obscuration system offering unique advantages over conventional methods of illumination. Exemplary uses include: Tactical illumination and obscuration for military, law enforcement and private security; special effects lighting for the entertainment industry; architectural and commercial lighting, both interior and exterior.
US10088122B1
An integrated lamp is provided, including: a shell member, defining a mounting space; a light-evening member, disposed within the mounting space, including an incident portion and a light-penetrable region; a first LED unit, disposed within the mounting space, at least part of light from the first LED unit being incident into the incident portion and diffused within the light-penetrable region to become a surface light source; a second LED unit, disposed within the mounting space, overlapping with the light-penetrable region, configured to light to form at least one point light source; wherein the light form the first LED unit and the light form the second LED unit emit out from the light-penetrable region, at the same time or respectively.
US10088115B2
A lighting device may be provided that includes a plurality of single lighting modules that includes: a case including a bottom plate, a first side wall extending from one side end of the bottom plate and a second side wall extending from the other side end of the bottom plate; a light emitter disposed in the case and including a substrate and a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a reflective plate disposed in the case and disposed on the substrate of the light emitter; a diffuser plate disposed in the case, disposed on the light emitter and coupled between the first side wall and the second side wall; and a connecting member comprising a first connecting member extending from the first side wall of the case and a second connecting member extending from the second side wall of the case, and a bracket connecting adjacent two single lighting modules among the plurality of single lighting modules, wherein the bracket is disposed in a space formed between the two single lighting modules.
US10088112B2
An LED light bulb with integrated power supply, and which may incorporate integrated communications and processing functions. The LED light bulb is designed to be efficiently manufactured in mass quantities using automated assembly techniques, and is constructed to exhibit the spatial light pattern of a regular incandescent bulb as closely as possible. Where communications and processing functions are integrated, the LED light bulb is able to communicate via wireless communications to a mobile phone, notebook, tablet, or other computing device.
US10088101B2
A high-pressure pressure vessel for storing natural gas comprises a plurality of first vessel regions of first diameters, a plurality of couplers, and a fiber layer. A three dimensional volume is filled using at least in part the plurality of first vessel regions. Each coupler of the plurality of couplers couples each pair of first vessel regions of the plurality of first vessel regions. Each coupler of the plurality of couplers comprises a second vessel region of a second diameter and two third vessel regions that transition diameters between the first diameter and the second diameter. The three dimensional volume is filled using at least in part the plurality of couplers. The first vessel regions and the couplers comprise a material with low permeability to natural gas. The fiber layer surrounds the plurality of first vessel regions and the plurality of couplers.
US10088070B2
The present disclosure discloses a magnetic floor drain, comprising a floor drain body and a sealing cover. A straight-through water outlet is provided at a lower part of the floor drain body. A locating surface is provided at one side of the water outlet. At least one fixed magnetic block is provided on the locating surface and all the fixed magnetic blocks are provided in an interval arrangement. One side of the sealing cover is connected flexibly to the locating surface through a hinge structure. At the same time, a movable magnetic block is provided at the hinged side of the sealing cover. Centers of the fixed magnetic block and the movable magnetic block are both located on the axis of the hinge structure. The present disclosure provides an adjustable draining which is simple and useful, convenient to assemble and few accessories needed.
US10088068B2
A flexure includes a flexure body with an inner ring defining a main axis and an outer ring extending about the inner ring that is outboard of the inner ring with respect to the main axis. One or more flexure members having respective lengths that are greater than a radial offset distance defined between the inner ring and the outer ring connects the inner ring to the outer ring. A valve includes a valve member connected to a valve body by the flexure.
US10088067B2
A remotely controlled valve includes an electric motor and transmission for moving a valve stem or valve actuator. The operation of the motor may be controlled by a first input for power and analog signals. The valve is also provided with a programmable logic controller and a wireless module for receiving wireless control signals for controlling the operation of the motor which moves the valve stem or a valve actuator in a desired manner.
US10088062B2
A valve for the control of a fluid flow may be provided, the valve including a connection block having a cylinder-symmetrical recess, where at least one first and a second entry channel as well as a first and a second exit channel run out in the peripheral surface of the recess. A control pin, which is fitted into the recess, is rotatable about a rotation axis, having at least two through-channels and connecting different ones of the entry and exit channels of the connection block to one another depending on its angular position. A first through-channel in the pin, with respect to the rotation axis, may exclusively connect channels running out at a first axial height, to one another, and a second through-channel exclusively connecting channels running out at a second axial height, to one another.
US10088060B2
An example shut-off device includes an upper valve body, and a lower valve body. The lower valve body connects to the upper valve body to surround a section of a pipe to form a chamber therein. A cutting blade in the chamber is tightening against the pipe to cut through the pipe and at least partially seal an opening in the cut pipe. Following a repair to the pipe, the cutting blade may be operated as a gate valve, opening to permit fluid flow through the pipe, and closing to at least partially restrict or fully stop fluid flow through the pipe. Also disclosed is an emergency repair for a pipe including a sleeve housing configured to be opened and closed around a portion of a pipe to be repaired, and a tightening mechanism configured to reduce an inner diameter and tighten against the pipe to be repaired.
US10088051B2
A sealing arrangement includes a first and a second machine part movable relative to each other along a motional axis. A sealing element is arranged in a press fit in a plurality of grooves of a seal-holding structure of the first machine part. A sealing lip of the sealing element extends away from the seal-holding structure in the axial direction. A pretensioning element is disposed in a retaining groove of the first machine part. The sealing lip is pretensioned against a sealing surface of the second machine part in order to seal off a high-pressure region. The retaining groove has a wedge guide surface for the pretensioning element, which wedge guide surface is arranged running obliquely at an angle α, where α<90°, to the motional axis. The pretensioning element is movable against and along the wedge guide surface to pretension the sealing lip against the sealing surface.
US10088047B2
A seal assembly includes a first tubular having a sealing surface, and a seal element run with the first tubular and displaced from the surface. The seal element initially having a radial dimension that forms a radially innermost or outermost sealing dimension of the first tubular for enabling the first tubular to be sealed with a second tubular radially disposed with the first tubular. A mechanism is triggerable by axial movement for reconfiguring the radial dimension of the seal element. The sealing surface of the first tubular operatively forming the radially innermost or outermost sealing dimension of the first tubular when the radial dimension of the seal element has been reconfigured for enabling the sealing surface of the first tubular to receive a second seal element. The seal element is axially compressed and released to change the radial dimension of the seal element.
US10088043B2
A PWM control part rotationally drives a motor based on a PWM control value. A rotation speed control part controls a rotation speed of the motor. A rotation angle detection part detects a rotation angle of the motor. A reference position learning part controls the motor to rotate at a constant rotation speed until a detent plate stops at a limit position of a movable range and learns a reference position of the motor. A current detection circuit detects a current value corresponding to a driving current. A current limitation part limits a current supplied to the motor. A PWM control value limitation part controls the PMW control value to be equal to or smaller than a PWM limitation value, which is a predetermined value. A relation check part checks whether a relation between a current value detected by the current detection circuit and the PWM control value is inappropriate.
US10088041B2
A shift control apparatus of a manual transmission, which is capable of limiting shifting to a low gear at a high speed may be provided. The shift control apparatus of a manual transmission includes: a shift lever 100 including a rod; a shift lock limiting the movement of the rod; and a controller which compares a speed of a vehicle with a predetermined critical speed of a predetermined gear and controls the shift lock. When the speed of the vehicle is greater than the critical speed, the controller prevents down shifting into a predetermined gear.
US10088034B2
A double-nut cooling ball screw includes two nuts threadedly engaging with a threaded shaft and having connecting end portions facing toward each other and cooling channel assemblies in fluid communication through coupling holes in the connecting end portions, and a spacer interposed between the connecting end portions and having notched recesses for accommodating guiding assemblies. Each guiding assembly is rotatable relative to the nuts between a non-stored position for facilitating fastening thereof, and a stored position to be concealed between the nuts.
US10088032B2
A centralizing bushing assembly includes a bushing housing having axial ends and an opening extending therethrough along an axial axis. The opening can have a pocket extending outwardly from the axial axis within the bushing housing and have internal shoulders axially facing each other. A bushing ring can be positioned within the pocket of the bushing housing between the internal shoulders. The bushing ring can have a split for allowing collapsing of the bushing ring radially inward and have an inner diameter for slidably engaging an axially movable shaft extending through the bushing housing along the axial axis and also have an outer shoulder. A resilient biasing member can be positioned against the outer shoulder of the bushing ring for radially biasing the inner diameter of the bushing ring radially inwardly in a centralizing manner about the axial axis for engaging and centralizing the shaft slidably positioned therethrough.
US10088026B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for the transmission of power in motor vehicles. Power can be transmitted in a smoother and more efficient manner, with smaller and even less mechanical components, by splitting torque into two or more torque paths. A power transmission apparatus comprises a power input shaft, a planetary gear set coupled to the power input shaft, and a variator, such as a continuously variable transmission (CVT), coupled to the gear set. The various components of the planetary gear set and the variator are arranged such that torque is split between two or more torque paths and then recombined before power is output to a gear box and a differential of the motor vehicle.
US10088023B2
The present invention relates to a flat belt (10) that is an open end belt to be fixed to a coupler (31, 41), in which the flat belt (10) contains, formed on both end portions (11, 12) of at least one surface of the flat belt (10), a plurality of projected portions (13) engageable with a plurality of recessed portions (33, 43) formed on the coupler (31, 41).
US10088022B2
A system for monitoring torque input into a transmission from a torque source comprising a torque sensing device and a control mechanism. The torque sensing device adapted to transfer torque from the torque source to the transmission input while measuring said torque. The control mechanism may be adapted to control the transmission in order to prevent damage from a high torque situation.
US10088018B2
The present disclosure provides a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle. The planetary gear train may include: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft outputting changed torque; a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements; a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements; a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements; a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements. The planetary gear train improves power delivery performance and fuel economy by achieving at least eleven forward speed stages and widening speed ratio (or gear ratio) with a reduced number of constituent elements being used, and secures linearity of step ratios.
US10088009B2
A vibration dampening mount assembly includes a housing, resilient material, a sleeve and a restricting structure. The resilient material is fixedly attached to an interior surface of the housing and defines a first chamber and a second chamber. The sleeve is disposed within the housing and is centrally attached to the resilient material. The restricting structure between the first chamber and the second chamber includes a first portion attached to the housing and a second portion attached to the sleeve. In response to movement of the sleeve relative to the housing, the second portion of the restricting structure moves relative to the first portion. The first portion and the second portion of the restricting structure define a fluid passageway therebetween. The cross-sectional area of the fluid passageway changes in response to movement of the second portion relative to the first portion.
US10088003B2
Brake lining arrangement with wear indicator, comprising a planar lining carrier with a brake lining attached to a substantially plane holding surface, wherein the wear indicator has a supporting section, with which it is supported on the lining carrier, and an indicator section which extends beyond the holding surface in such a manner that it overlaps the material thickness of the brake lining and indicates a lining wear limit value, wherein the indicator section and supporting section are connected to each other via a transition section, wherein the transition section has a transition section axis. According to the invention, it is provided that the transition section axis is inclined at an acute angle to the holding surface.
US10087993B2
A claw coupling includes two coupling elements disposed in opposite relationship and having confronting end face surfaces from which claws engage alternately into one another. A pressure body ring, disposed between the two coupling elements, includes a ring element and pressure bodies which project radially outwards from the ring element and are respectively received between two adjacently disposed claws of the coupling elements. Some pressure bodies have each an axially projecting spacer with a contact surface which, when a predefined torque is transmitted via the claw coupling, is pressed against a contact surface area of the end face surface of an adjacent coupling element. The contact surface area is slanted or curved such that, in a no-load state of the claw coupling an axial distance between the contact surface of the spacer and the contact surface area of the end face surface increases in a radially outwards direction.
US10087990B2
A friction-enhancing lacquer contains a binder and hard material particles. The hard material particles include a titanium-boron compound or consist essentially of a titanium-boron compound, such as titanium diboride. The friction-enhancing lacquer is applied to the surface of a machine part, such as a bearing inner ring, outer ring or other bearing component, in order to increase its coefficient of friction and minimize or prevent slippage relative to another machine part clamped thereto. Also a bearing component coated with such a lacquer.
US10087988B2
A wheel bearing apparatus for rotatably supporting a wheel includes an inner member having two rows of raceway grooves on its outer circumference, an outer member having two rows of raceway grooves on its inner circumference, and rolling elements interposed between the raceway grooves of the inner and outer members. The raceway grooves of the inner and outer members are formed by hardened steel cutting. In relation to at least the raceway groove on the outboard side out of the raceway grooves of the inner member, h/d exceeds 0.50 where h is the depth of the groove and d is the diameter of the rolling elements. This provides a wheel bearing apparatus being compact and capable of withstanding a high applied load without inviting an increase in the size of the bearing.
US10087986B2
A temperature compensation ring configured to compensate for a temperature-dependent distance change between two components includes a base body made from an elastic material, and at least a section of at least one surface of the base body is configured to reduce a friction in the axial direction between the temperature compensation ring and an abutment surface, by, for example, being coated with a friction reducing coating and/or by including one or more grooves for receiving a lubricant.
US10087983B2
This invention relates to a joint housing (10) of a ball joint (12), comprising a sheet-metal part (14) for accommodating a ball head (16), which is substantially rotationally symmetrical with respect to a joint axis (A) and includes a circumferential wall portion (18), wherein the circumferential wall portion (18) includes a housing opening (26) at an axial end (24), through which a joint pin (28) can extend, wherein the sheet-metal part (14) is formed with two layers at this axial end (24) of the circumferential wall portion (18). Furthermore, the invention also relates to a method for mounting such joint housing (10) on a carrier element (34).
US10087979B2
A composite tube made from a combination fiber and epoxy is disclosed. The tube may be made by filament winding although other materials and processes are suitable. In one example, the tube laminate is a mix of axial and helical fibers tailored to meet the stiffness and strength requirements of the particular application. Fibers having a different modulus may also be mixed to meet axial and torsional stiffness requirements. For example, high modulus fibers may be used in a helical pattern to handle high torque loads while lower modulus fibers may be used for the remaining portion of the tube laminate. The composite tube may be used for load and/or torque bearing applications and can include a support tube pressed fit into an end of the tube.
US10087976B2
A machine element has individual ring components (10, 12) fixable to third components such as axles, hubs or shafts by internal and/or external threads. One ring component (10) can be moved in an axial direction relative to another ring component (12), by clamping screws (18). The two ring components (10, 12) are independent components that delimit a separation space (22) with their adjacent mutually facing end-faces. The separation space opens on all sides to the surroundings. Only the clamping screws (18) of the adjusting device pass through the separation space (22).
US10087972B2
A fastening system including a fastener and a fastener installation tool. The fastener includes a pin member having an elongated shank portion with a threaded portion, a stop shoulder located at an end of the threaded portion, and a pull portion extending from the stop shoulder. The stop shoulder includes an outer rim and an inner annular wall. The inner annular wall and the inner face form an annular recess. The fastener installation tool includes a puller having a front face. The recess of the fastener is adapted to receive the front face of the fastener installation tool when the puller engages the pull portion of the pin member and facilitates alignment of teeth of the installation tool and pull grooves of the pin member.
US10087967B2
The present invention is a clip for use with a strut that at least partially surrounds a hanger rod for the purpose of providing stiffness to the hanger rod. The clip includes a handle portion, a rod-clamping portion, and a fulcrum spaced away from the handle portion. The fulcrum is for being mounted to the strut. The rod-clamping portion is for forcing the hanger rod into tight engagement with an engagement surface of the strut in response to the handle being actuated to an operational position. The present invention also relates to a hanger rod stiffening system that uses a clip and a strut, whereby a handle of the clip is actuated to force a rod-clamping portion of the clip into tight engagement with an internal surface of the strut.
US10087960B2
A load based pressure and flow control system including a variable displacement hydraulic motor and a flow control valve coupled with a motor inlet. A motor inlet pressure sensor is interposed between the variable displacement hydraulic motor and the flow control valve, the motor inlet pressure sensor configured to measure a motor inlet pressure at the motor inlet. An output sensor is coupled with a motor output of the variable displacement hydraulic motor and configured to measure an output characteristic of the variable displacement hydraulic motor. A displacement and flow controller of the system is configured to change displacement of the variable displacement hydraulic motor according to a pressure difference across the flow control valve between the measured motor inlet pressure and a hydraulic system pressure, and change a flow rate of hydraulic fluid through the flow control valve according to the measured output characteristic of the hydraulic motor.
US10087956B2
An actuator unit includes two chambers defined in the cylinder; a supply passage allowing a working fluid discharged from the pump to be supplied to the two chambers; a discharge passage allowing the two chambers to communicate with the tank; a direction control valve configured to selectively communicate each of the two chambers with one of the pump and the tank; a control passage that branches from the supply passage on a side of the pump rather than the direction control valve so as to communicate the pump with the tank; a variable relief valve provided on the control passage, the variable relief valve opening so as to allow the working fluid to flow from the supply passage toward the tank when a pressure in the supply passage reaches the valve opening pressure; and a center passage that communicates the tank with an interior of the cylinder.
US10087951B2
A fan casing includes: an air duct communicating with an air inlet and outlet; a frame body forming an outer peripheral surface of the air duct; a hub portion forming an inner peripheral surface of the air duct on the outlet side; and a stator blade portion provided in the air duct, the stator blade portion coupling the frame body to the hub portion. The hub portion includes a cylindrical-shaped cylindrical portion and a tapered portion provided next to the cylindrical portion and provided in such a manner as to increase the width of the air duct toward the outlet. The stator blade portion couples the cylindrical portion to the frame body.
US10087943B2
A flow volume measurement device for a turbo compressor includes a first pressure guide tube communicating with an intake pipe connected to a second compression stage having a compressor impeller that compresses a gas; and a second pressure guide tube communicating with an intake port of the second compression stage, which has a smaller internal diameter than an internal diameter of the intake pipe, and measures the flow volume of the gas on the basis of a difference in pressure between the first pressure guide tube and the second pressure guide tube.
US10087941B2
An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine housing (2) which has a turbine spiral (16); and a compressor housing (3) which has a compressor spiral (17). An internal flow-guiding spiral surface (18 or 19 respectively) of the turbine spiral (16) and/or of the compressor spiral (17) is machined in a material-removing process.
US10087940B2
An assembly can include a turbine wheel; a turbine housing that includes a lower turbine housing surface that extends from an exhaust volute to a cylindrical surface that defines an upper portion of a turbine wheel space; a shroud component that includes a contoured surface disposed between an inner end of an upper shroud component surface and an inner end of a lower shroud component surface where the contoured surface defines a lower portion of a turbine wheel space; and a seal mechanism where the turbine housing and the shroud component form an axial gap between a lower axial position of the cylindrical surface and an upper axial position of the contoured surface where the axial gap is axially positioned between an axial position of an inducer portion of the turbine wheel and an axial position of an exducer portion of the turbine wheel.
US10087939B2
Turbine assemblies and related turbocharger systems having direct turbine interfaces are provided. One exemplary turbine assembly includes a first turbine housing having an outlet portion defining a fluid outlet of a first turbine and a second turbine housing having an inlet portion defining a fluid inlet of a second turbine, wherein at least a portion of the outlet portion radially surrounds at least a portion of the inlet portion to provide a direct interface from the fluid outlet of the first turbine to the fluid inlet of the second turbine in an axial direction.
US10087927B2
A pump assembly includes an electric motor and different selectable pump covers, and is suitable for mounting within a transmission fluid reservoir for transferring automatic transmission fluid. The pump assembly includes a stator housing having a cylindrical cavity for receiving ATF contained in the transmission fluid reservoir. A rotor is rotatably coupled within the cylindrical cavity and has a plurality of magnets arranged about a rotational axis thereof. A flux collector is coupled with the stator housing adjacent to the cylindrical cavity for transferring magnetic flux from one of the plurality of magnets from a first portion to a second portion thereof. A hall sensor is disposed proximate the second portion for sensing magnetic flux in the flux collector, such that the magnetic flux is used to determine a rotated position of the rotor.
US10087922B2
A four-compression-chamber diaphragm pump with multiple effects includes an eccentric roundel mount with four cylindrical eccentric roundels, a pump head body with four operating holes, and a diaphragm membrane with four annular positioning protrusions. A basic curved groove or other vibration-reducing first positioning structure is circumferentially disposed around each operating hole while a basic curved protrusion or other second vibration-reducing second positioning structure is provided in the diaphragm membrane for suitably coupling with the corresponding groove or other first positioning structure upon assembly, resulting in a shortened length of moment arm from the basic curved protrusions or other vibration-reducing positioning structures to respective downwardly-extending annular positioning protrusions in the diaphragm membrane, and consequently reduced vibration noise and resonant shaking in comparison with a conventional four-compressing-chamber diaphragm pump.
US10087918B2
A compressor of the present invention comprises a crankshaft, a first compression part, and a second compression part for further compressing a gas discharged from the first compression part. The first compression part comprises a first reciprocating motion conversion part, a first pressing part, and a first cylinder body comprising a plurality of cylinder components, while the second compression part comprises a second reciprocating motion conversion part, a second pressing part, and a second cylinder body comprising a plurality of cylinder components. The number of the cylinder components of the second cylinder body is smaller than that of the cylinder components of the first cylinder body.
US10087916B2
A fuel pump includes a first plunger that reciprocates in a first cylinder. The fuel pump further includes a first mover connected to the first plunger; a second mover that serves as a counterweight for suppressing vibration that occurs due to reciprocating movement of the first mover; an electromagnet and a magnetic member that are provided between the first mover and the second mover; a plate disposed between the first mover and the second mover; and a third spring and a fourth spring being a pair of springs sandwiching the plate between the third spring and the fourth spring, the third spring and the fourth spring having end portions connected to a housing.
US10087913B2
A motion controller for a floating wind turbine with a plurality of rotor blades, is arranged to control a motion of the floating wind turbine in a yaw direction. The controller adjusts the blade pitch of each rotor blade so as to create a net force to control the motions. The controller includes a control action which is proportional to a yaw offset angle and/or a control action which is proportional to an integral of the yaw offset angle.
US10087910B2
The present invention provides a system for engaging a fluid flow. The system comprising one or more foil members operationally connected to a feedback control loop system. In one embodiment, the foil member is a hydrofoil member or an airfoil member. The foil members are configured for one or more degrees of freedom of oscillatory movement within the fluid flow. The feedback control loop system comprises a sensor system, actuator system, and a controller system. The feedback control loop system configured for actuating the foil members and thereby optimizing the operation of the foil members to attain one or more optimization objectives. In operation, the foil members are situated in the fluid flow and are manipulated to attain one or more optimization objectives.
US10087900B2
A fuel filter used with a supply of liquid fuel and with an engine has a housing formed with a filter chamber, with inlet and outlet ports respective connected to the supply and to the engine and opening into the chamber, and with a throughgoing return passage juxtaposed with the filter chamber and extending between a return-fuel inlet connected to the engine and a return-fuel outlet connected to the tank. A filter element is in the chamber between the inlet and outlet ports. Fuel moves in a circuit from the supply to the inlet port, then through the filter element in the chamber, then out the outlet port to the engine where a portion of the fuel is consumed and a portion of it is heated and flowed back to the return-fuel inlet, and then through the passage and out the return-fuel outlet to the supply.
US10087888B2
An apparatus and method are provided for a fuel bowl to supply liquid fuel to a carburetor. The fuel bowl comprises a float chamber and a fuel inlet cavity which receives a fuel delivery insert. The fuel delivery insert receives a fuel inlet valve and comprises passages to direct incoming fuel to a bottom portion of the float chamber. A float comprises an elongate member rotatably hinged within a float cavity of the fuel delivery insert, such that the float rises according to a quantity of fuel within the float chamber. The fuel inlet valve supplies liquid fuel to the float chamber by way of the passages according to the operation of the float within the float chamber. A ventilation chamber allows air and fuel vapors to exit as liquid fuel enters the float chamber while preventing liquid fuel from entering into the carburetor.
US10087886B2
A gas turbine engine comprises a core engine, a fan, a bypass duct and a clutch. The fan is driven by the core engine. The bypass duct is configured to receive airflow from the fan. The clutch links the core engine and the fan. The core comprises a reverse-flow, two-spool gas generator in one embodiment. In another embodiment, the fan is driven by a free turbine aerodynamically powered by the core engine. In one embodiment, the clutch includes reverse gearing to reverse rotational output of the fan. In one embodiment, the clutch and reverse gearing are implemented in an epicyclic gear system.
US10087878B2
A system includes a cylinder head for a reciprocating engine and a cylinder head cover configured to couple to the cylinder head. The cylinder head cover may include an ignition plug sleeve extension configured to house a portion of an ignition plug within the cylinder head cover. The ignition plug sleeve extension is integral to the cylinder head cover.
US10087875B2
A fuel injection valve control device controlling a fuel injection valve that injects a fuel into a combustion chamber includes an operation-condition calculation portion that calculates a fuel injection condition of the fuel injection valve based on a crank angle detected by a crank angle sensor that detects the crank angle of an engine, a current-waveform setting portion that sets a current waveform of a current supplied to the fuel injection valve on the basis of the fuel injection condition calculated by the operation-condition calculation portion, and so on. The current-waveform setting portion sets the current waveform so as to set a temporal change of a pickup current of a needle provided in the fuel injection valve to be equal to or less than a predetermined reference value when a fuel injection start timing is equal to or more than 180 degrees BTDC. The current-waveform setting portion sets the current waveform so as to set a temporal change of the pickup current of the needle to be more than the predetermined reference value when the fuel injection start timing is smaller than 180 degrees BTDC.
US10087869B2
A method of exhaust braking a vehicle includes determining a wheel slip ratio based on input from vehicle sensors. Based on a determination that the wheel slip ratio is unstable, the method further includes sending a command to reduce exhaust braking. Based on a determination that exhaust braking is reduced, the method further includes determining a change in wheel slip ratio over time based on input from the vehicle sensors. Based on a determination that the change in wheel slip ratio over time is stabilizing, the method further includes sending a command to increase exhaust braking.
US10087863B2
To provide an internal combustion engine control device (100) in which a control unit (107b) controls an operating condition of an internal combustion engine (1) based on a difference ΔTCC between a first temperature TCC corresponding to the temperature of a first portion in a wall defining a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine (1), and a second temperature TE corresponding to the temperature of a second portion on an outer wall surface side than the first portion in the wall.
US10087856B2
An internal combustion engine includes cylinders that are divided into a first cylinder group and a second cylinder group, a cylinder reduction mechanism that holds intake valves and exhaust valves of the first cylinder group in closed states so as to establish a reduced-cylinder state. When the engine is stopped in the reduced-cylinder state, the electronic control unit provided in the engine starts the engine by ignition, by executing fuel injection and ignition in an expansion-stroke cylinder. When the first cylinder group includes an exhaust-stroke cylinder, the engine is started by ignition through fuel injection and ignition in the expansion-stroke cylinder, after a piston is moved in a reverse direction through fuel injection and ignition in the exhaust-stroke cylinder. When the first cylinder group does not include the exhaust-stroke cylinder, the engine is started by ignition, through fuel injection and ignition in the expansion-stroke cylinder and an intake-stroke cylinder.
US10087838B2
A device and a method of temporarily increasing power of at least a first turbine engine is disclosed. The device includes a coolant liquid tank and a first injection circuit connected to the tank and leading to at least one injection nozzle suitable for being installed upstream from at least one compressor stage of the first turbine engine. This first injection circuit includes at least a first flow valve configured to open when a pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold compared with a downstream pressure from at least one compressor stage of a second turbine engine so as to enable the coolant liquid to flow towards the injection nozzle of the first injection circuit.
US10087837B2
A process for treating a waste feedstock using a gasifier and the gasifier for same. Hot exhaust from an engine travels through a series of hollow heating plates stacked vertically within a gasifier reactor with spaces between each set of successive heating plates forming reaction zones. Each reaction zone is divided into an upper treatment area and a lower treatment area by a rotating disk. Waste material travels from an outer feed spot along the top surface of the rotating disk radially inwardly to a drop area located at the radially innermost portion where it drops to the top surface of the hollow heating plate below. The waste material is then conveyed radially outward to a chute to the next reaction zone or once fully processed to an exit from the reactor. Vapors from the waste material are drawn off each reaction zone through an outlet for further processing.
US10087833B2
A multi-link piston crank mechanism includes a crank pin bearing portion including a crank pin bearing central portion that is disposed at a center thereof in an axial direction of a crank shaft. The crank pin bearing central portion at a portion positioned on the first end side of the lower link is thicker in a radial direction of the crank pin than a portion positioned on the second end side of the lower link. The second control link end portion is thicker along a radial direction of the second through hole than the second upper link end portion along a radial direction of the first through hole.
US10087818B2
An engine block comprising: a combustion chamber, an inlet for introducing a fuel/air mixture into the combustion chamber and an outlet for expelling combusted fuel/air mixture from the combustion chamber; and a piston that reciprocates within the combustion chamber to compress the fuel/air mixture therein, the piston having a closer supported thereon, wherein reciprocating movement of the piston seals the combustion chamber with the closer.
US10087814B2
A water-jacket structure of a cylinder head may include a plurality of intake side inlet passages installed at intake sides of the cylinder head, respectively, along a length direction of the cylinder head to introduce cooling water supplied from the water-jacket of a cylinder block into the water-jacket of the cylinder head, a combustion chamber cooling passage cooling a combustion chamber using the cooling water supplied from the intake side inlet passage, a plurality of exhaust side outlet passage disposed at exhaust sides of the cylinder head, respectively, along a the length direction of the cylinder head to discharge the cooling water passing through the combustion chamber cooling passage, and an exhaust side gallery communicating with the exhaust side outlet passage to gather the cooling water discharged from the exhaust side outlet passage.
US10087806B2
A controller including a self-tuning circuit for controlling a pressure system to output an input pressure corresponding to an input pressure value using an adaptive fuzzy control system and updating dosing command values of a dosing command table for controlling a dosing unit of an aftertreatment system. The self-tuning circuit is configured to determine an input pressure value and generate a pressure control signal using the adaptive fuzzy control system based on the input pressure value, a detected input pressure, and an error amount. The self-tuning circuit is further configured to regulate the input pressure of reductant to the dosing unit from a reductant tank using a pressure control signal for a pressure control device. The self-tuning circuit is further configured to update a dosing command value of a dosing command table of the controller in conjunction with regulating the input pressure of reductant.
US10087797B2
A compressor system is disclosed with a base structure configured to support a compressor. A removable oil reservoir is connectable with the base structure. An oil drain tube is configured to be in fluid communication with portions of the compressor system and the oil reservoir. The oil reservoir is configured to slidingly move relative to the base structure and engage with the oil drain tube in a fluid sealing arrangement.
US10087794B2
An oil pan includes a pan structure forming a primary reservoir, and defining a PCV passage, and a PCV reservoir. The PCV passage includes an inlet for receiving fluid from a PCV drain of an engine block, and an outlet disposed vertically below the inlet of the PCV passage for discharging the fluid received from the PCV drain. The PCV reservoir includes a lower end disposed adjacent the outlet of the PCV passage, and an upper end disposed vertically above the lower end of the PCV reservoir and in fluid communication with the primary reservoir. The PCV passage and the PCV reservoir define a fluid flow path forming a fluid trap at the intersection of the outlet of the PCV passage and the lower end of the PCV reservoir, to keep the outlet of the PCV passage submerged during dynamic operation of the engine.
US10087786B2
In one embodiment, a combined cycle power plant includes first and second superheaters to generate first and second main steams, first and second reheaters to heat first and second discharge steams to generate first and second reheat steams, and a steam turbine to be supplied with the merged first and second reheat steams. The plant further includes a first valve to adjust a flow rate of the first discharge or reheat steam, and a second valve to adjust a flow rate of the second discharge or reheat steam. A plant control apparatus includes a determination module to determine a target opening degree of the second valve by using flow rates of the first and second main steams, and a controller to compare the determined target opening degree with a valve opening degree of the second valve and to control the second valve based on a comparison result.
US10087784B2
A shroud hanger with integral retainer assembly comprises a ceramic matrix composite shroud hanger a first wall and a second wall, the hanger having a support wall extending between the first and second walls, the support wall having a shoulder near circumferential ends, a retainer depending from the support wall having a first lower leg and a second lower leg extending in the circumferential direction, a first shroud supported by the first lower leg and a second shroud supported by the second lower leg.
US10087783B2
A game object is used as a moving object to provide a random outcome event by movement and final stoppage in an outcome indicating position or mode. Examples are die, dice, balls, roulette balls, roulette wheels and pointers on candy wheel. The object has: A) a game object body; B) the game object body containing an accelerometer microchip or a receiver in communication with a transmitter, power source and light-emitting elements within the game object body, light from the light-emitting body being visible outside the game object body; and C) the microchip closing an electronic circuit for a period of time less than 5 minutes after the game body is moved.
US10087779B2
A transfer coupling includes a static component and a rotatable component arranged concentrically, the static component including a first number of radially extending ports and the rotatable component having a second number of radially extending ports the radially extending ports arranged in a common circumferential plane wherein the ports are configured and arranged, in use, to homogenize a flow area for a fluid being transferred through the ports and thereby create a homogenous volume flow.
US10087763B2
A rotor comprises a disk having a rim. The rim has an axial face facing one of a forward or rearward direction. The rim defines a circumferential groove. A damper engages with the rim at both the axial face and the circumferential groove. The disk includes a rotor hub having a hub inner surface facing a longitudinal axis about which the rotor hub rotates. The rim is spaced radially outwardly relative to the hub inner surface. The axial face extends radially inwardly from the rim to the hub inner surface. The circumferential groove is formed within the hub inner surface. The damper comprises a split ring damper with a first leg mounted within the circumferential groove and a second leg that extends from the first leg, surrounds a radial lip of the hub inner surface, and extends radially outwardly to contact the axial face. An integrally bladed rotor is also disclosed.
US10087762B2
A turbine wheel is disposed about an axis and has a back face including a plurality of lobes disposed about a periphery of the back face. The lobes define scalloped areas therebetween. The scalloped areas are further defined by a radius BR2 that blends into a first lobe and into a radius BR1 that also blends into a flat area.
US10087756B2
A hydraulic machine includes radial cylinders including, oscillating radial cylinders arranged in a crown or star of cylinder-piston units, the pistons of the groups are made slidable on a crankshaft or with a cam, or on interposed members concentric to it, and realizing the reciprocating motion in the oscillating cylinders. The oscillating cylinders are placed in contact with a surface of distribution concentric or corresponding to the surface of oscillation of the respective cylinder on which a distributor body is placed separate from the machine body and housed in a seat in the body, or part fixed to the body, of the hydraulic machine, and each distributor body is mobile in its seat under the action of the pressure of liquid in connection on the back surface of the distributor body against the surface of distribution of the oscillating radial cylinder subject to the distribution.
US10087755B2
Apparatus for splitting rock, the apparatus comprising: a housing; a drill assembly mounted to the housing and configured to move longitudinally relative to the housing, the drill assembly comprising a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a drive element for selectively rotating the shaft and a drill bit mounted to the distal end of the shaft for drilling a hole into rock; a splitter assembly mounted to the housing and configured to move longitudinally relative to the housing, the splitter assembly comprising a tether and a wedge, the tether and the wedge being configured to be moved independently relative to one another; wherein the wedge comprises a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the wedge being wider than the distal end of the wedge; wherein the tether comprises a radially-reduced profile when the wedge is disposed proximal to the tether, and wherein the tether comprises a radially-expanded profile after the wedge is moved distally relative to the tether.
US10087753B2
Measuring the amount of individual gases in drilling fluids in real-time may be performed with optical computing devices that are calibrated in real-time or periodically with gas analysis devices to provide more accurate gas content measurements. In some instances, one or more drilling or completion parameters may be altered in response thereto the concentration or change in concentration of individual gases in drilling fluids.
US10087746B2
One example of well treatment design based on three-dimensional wellbore shape can be implemented as a computer-implemented method. Wellbore data including acoustic logging data that defines an internal shape of a wall of the wellbore at multiple locations around the perimeter of the wellbore can be received. A volume of an open hole portion of the wellbore that includes the multiple locations can be determined using the wellbore data. Using the volume of the open hole portion of the wellbore, a volume of a fluid loss treatment to treat the portion of the wellbore for well fluid loss can be determined.
US10087734B2
A method for fracturing a formation includes positioning a fluid treatment string in the formation. The fluid treatment string includes a port configured to pass fracturing fluid from within the string's inner bore to outside the string, and a sliding sleeve located inside string and configured to move by fluid pressure within the inner bore of the fluid treatment string between (i) a first position in which the sliding sleeve covers the port and (ii) a second position in which the sliding sleeve exposes the port to the inner bore. The method also includes applying a fluid pressure within the inner bore such that the sliding sleeve moves from the first position to the second position without the sliding sleeve engaging a sealing device, and pumping fracturing fluid through the inner bore and through the port to fracture a portion of the formation.
US10087724B2
A gravel pack system can include a manifold having at least three flow passages isolated from each other, with each of the passages intersecting a same lateral cross-section. A method can include displacing a service string, thereby controlling flow through ports that provide communication with a manifold exterior, the manifold including at least three flow passages, one port providing communication between one passage and the manifold exterior, and another port providing communication between another passage and the manifold exterior, and in one position of the service string, the one passage is in communication with a well annulus via another port providing communication with the manifold exterior, and the one passage is in communication with another well annulus via the one port, the annuli being isolated from each other by a packer, and the other port is in a seal bore and disposed longitudinally between the other ports.
US10087721B2
There is provided a method for modeling a hydrocarbon reservoir that includes generating a reservoir model that has a plurality of sub regions. A solution surrogate is obtained for a sub region by searching a database of existing solution surrogates to obtain an approximate solution surrogate based on a comparison of physical, geometrical, or numerical parameters of the sub region with physical, geometrical, or numerical parameters associated with the existing surrogate solutions in the database. If an approximate solution surrogate does not exist in the database, the sub region is simulated using a training simulation to obtain a set of training parameters comprising state variables and boundary conditions of the sub region. A machine learning algorithm is used to obtain a new solution surrogate based on the set of training parameters. The hydrocarbon reservoir can be simulated using the solution surrogate obtained for the at least one sub region.
US10087716B2
The invention relates to the decommissioning of hydrocarbon wells. It concerns the artificial promoting or inducing of creep in the overburden formation 3 surrounding an oil well 1, so that the formation rock 3 encroaches against the casing 5 to form a seal. This avoids the need to plug the annulus between the casing 5 and formation 3 with cement. The overburden may be caused to creep by reducing the pressure in the annulus, by applying heat to the overburden rock or by stressing the rock repeatedly to cause fatigue in the rock 3.
US10087713B2
A subsurface safety valve and method for sealing an annulus within a tubular, including a valve housing having a first section having a hollow cylinder for receiving a piston, the hollow cylinder having a first portion, a second portion and a first circumferential ledge; a piston positioned within the hollow cylinder, the piston having a first end, a second end, a first radially extending circumferential land positioned therebetween, and a first reservoir for receiving a first fluid; a biasing element to assist in placing the valve in a sealed condition, the biasing element positioned between the first circumferential ledge of the hollow cylinder and the first radially extending circumferential land; and a flexible sealing member for selectively sealing the annular space when a hydraulic force is exerted thereupon.
US10087704B2
A packing element containment system includes a support member extending from a first end to a second end. One of the first and second ends includes a support ring engagement section. A support ring is carried by the support ring engagement section of the support member. The support ring is configured and disposed to shift relative to the support member converting an axial movement of one of the support ring and the support member to a radial expansion of the support ring to provide one of a support to an anti-extrusion ring and containment for a packing element.
US10087702B2
A plug releaser includes, a first tubular with at least one first port through a wall thereof, at least two plugs sealingly engaged with the first tubular defining a first chamber between the first tubular and the at least two plugs. The at least two plugs are rupturable or releasable from the first tubular at selected pressure differentials thereacross, and a second tubular is in operable communication with the first tubular at locations beyond the at least two plugs. The at least one first port provides fluidic communication between the first chamber and an outside of both the first tubular and the second tubular and the at least one first port is sized to prevent pressure differential across the at least two plugs from building to a selected pressure differential needed to rupture or release the plugs in either direction for at least a period of time.
US10087696B2
A pump drive head for a progressing cavity pump comprises a top mounted stuffing box rotatably disposed around a compliantly mounted standpipe with a self or manually adjusting pressurization system for the stuffing box. To prevent rotary and vertical motion of the polish rod while servicing the stuffing box, a polished rod lock-out clamp is provided with the pump drive head integral with or adjacent to a blow-out-preventer which can be integrated with the pump drive head to save space and cost. A centrifugal backspin braking system located on the input shaft and actuated only in the backspin direction and a gear drive between the input shaft and output shaft are provided.
US10087695B1
Disclosed is a cost-effective remedy to loss of well control caused by a defective string section upstream of the BHA, and more cost-effective inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement of any tools placed upstream of the BHA. The solution is to deploy one or more tools along the length of the string, either: (i) each tool below a profile nipple, and where each tool is upstream from an adjacent downhole safety valve (“DSV”); or (ii) one or more Flapper-tool-DSV combinations each below a profile nipple, and where the tool is positioned between each Flapper and DSV in the combination. If desired, the valving system described may be deployed along the string without a tool, to allow section-by-section inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement of string sections.
US10087692B2
A method for maneuvering and operating a tool within a wellbore of a subterranean well includes providing a tractor assembly having a fluid chamber with a port extending through a sidewall of the fluid chamber. The port is moved to the open position to allow a well fluid of the subterranean well to flow into the fluid chamber. The port is moved to the closed position to prevent the well fluid from flowing between the interior of the fluid chamber and the exterior of the fluid chamber. A heating laser beam is generated with a laser and directed towards the fluid chamber to increase the temperature of the well fluid within the fluid chamber. The port is moved to the open position to allow the high heat well fluid to flow out of the fluid chamber to accelerate the tractor assembly within the wellbore.
US10087690B2
Apparatus for reducing torque on a drill string includes a first bearing assembly, a second bearing assembly, and a bearing sleeve. The first and second bearing assemblies are disposed on and clamped onto a tubular portion of a drill pipe of the drill string, and each include a first and second section. The bearing sleeve is disposed on the drill pipe such that the bearing sleeve is maintained in an axial position relative to the drill pipe by the first bearing assembly and the second bearing assembly. Each of the first and second bearing assemblies have a first diameter portion and a second diameter portion that is smaller than the first diameter portion. The second diameter portion of the first bearing assembly and the second diameter portion of the second bearing assembly are disposed adjacent to each other and the bearing sleeve is disposed around the adjacent second diameter portions.
US10087688B2
A shock absorbing device for a subterranean tool features a plurality of sequentially shearing shear pins that shear after incremental relative motion of the affected components. The travel stop is located internally to a series of spaced collets supported off a ring. Impact of an impact ring segments on the travel stop segments located internally to each collet provides a shock absorbing capability as the collets are placed in tension and deflect by radial flexing in opposed directions. The relatively moving parts are rotationally locked with the last of the shear pins to shear. A backup pair of contacting shoulders are provided if the primary engaging shoulders fail to support the lower end of the tool after impact. A snap ring maintains the parts in the shifted position after impact.
US10087680B1
Embodiments of motorized window coverings are described herein. Various embodiments may include a shade, a shade deployment assembly, one or more batteries, and wiring. The shade may include an upper end and a lower end opposite the upper end. The shade deployment assembly may be disposed at the upper end and may deploy the shade. The shade deployment assembly may comprise a rotatable element, a motor that rotates the rotatable element, and one or more mounting brackets. The mounting brackets may mount the shade deployment assembly to a surface. The shade may be directly connected to the shade deployment assembly, such as to the rotatable element. The battery may be removably connected to the shade at the lower end. The one or more batteries may power the motor. Wiring may be disposed in the shade. The wiring may electrically couple the motor to the one or more batteries.
US10087662B2
A power lock actuator is provided for a door lock mechanism of a vehicle. The actuator includes an electric motor, a linear drive, and a slip clutch between the motor and the linear drive. The clutch includes a dual-lobe pinion for pulsed energy transmission from the motor to the linear drive, to provide soft starts and stops, which extend the life of the drive assembly 26. The linear drive includes a screw with multiple, discontinuous male thread segments to minimize friction with female threads on the extendible and retractable carriage, thereby minimizing wear between the screw and the carriage.
US10087660B2
A door locking device for preventing a door from opening during a side collision comprises a base having one surface provided with an outside lever and another surface provided with a door latch to extend from the outside lever to contact an extending part which has a guide part extended through the base to be horizontal with the extending part. An inner side part of the guide part has a plurality of long grooves and a plurality of short grooves which are horizontal with the extending part. A rotator is inserted into the guide part and has a plurality of long ribs and a plurality of short ribs. A cap-shaped button has a bottom surface in contact with the plurality of long ribs. A blocking lever is linked to an upper end of the button and pivotably mounted in the base.
US10087656B1
A housing has a front plate and a rear plate and a periphery there between thereby forming a chamber. A plurality of magnets removably couple the housing to a door. The door has an exterior surface with a rotatable existing deadbolt. A drive train sub-assembly with a motor is within the chamber. A power transfer sub-assembly is also within the chamber. The power transfer sub-assembly includes an elastomeric component and a C-channel positionable over the existing deadbolt. The power transfer sub-assembly is powered by the drive train sub-assembly. A control member is adapted to be pressed to power the motor to rotate the C-channel and the existing deadbolt.
US10087649B2
A pool side shading device that includes: an inflatable object, where inflatable object is placed near a swimming pool; a platform, where the platform is an integral part of the inflatable object; a flow of water over the platform, where the flow of water descends into the pool; and a water source, where the water source provides water for the flow of water. The inflatable object may preferably configured as a rock formation. The water source may be a water hose or water from the swimming pool through a pump. Further, the flow of water may be adapted to recirculate over the platform.
US10087636B2
A roof edging system that includes a base anchor, a fascia cover, and a compression system that is used to provide compression thereby, allowing the fascia cover to snap into place on the base anchor.
US10087631B2
A roof tile having a mesh covered foam core with a cement-based protective coating, a roof covering formed from such tiles and methods for making same.
US10087630B2
A bamboo composite material for structural applications and method of fabricating the same are provided. The method can comprise the steps of providing a bamboo culm; separating a slice or sheet from the bamboo culm such that the slice or sheet has a longitudinal axis along a fiber direction of the bamboo culm; at least partially detaching individual fiber bundles of the slice or sheet from each other along the longitudinal axis of the slice or sheet; applying a glue to the slice or sheet; and curing the glued slice or sheet.
US10087627B2
There is provided a light-emitting acoustic panel that may be mounted in a ceiling. The light-emitting acoustic panel comprises a sound-absorbing layer and a light-transmissive layer arranged in parallel such that a space is formed in-between. In the space a light source and a reflector are arranged such that light emitted by the light source is redirected by the reflector and emitted towards a reflective side of the sound-absorbing layer. There is further a duct arranged through the light-emitting acoustic panel. In the duct, devices providing functionalities such as sensing, sound, lighting may be arranged. The outer surface of the duct, facing the space between the sound-absorbing layer and the light-transmissive layer comprises a specularly reflective surface.
US10087617B2
An improved connection between supported and supporting structural members, particularly for use in structures where the supported member needs to move with respect to the supporting member. The connector includes a mounting clip and one or more sliders receiving in one or more openings in the mounting clip.
US10087607B2
A plumbing fitting having a body and a housing located in the body that includes a first inlet for receiving the first fluid, a second inlet for receiving the second fluid, and a mixing chamber. The plumbing fitting includes a first flow control valve operatively coupled to the housing; a second flow control valve operatively coupled to the housing; and an actuator assembly configured to move the first flow control valve relative to the housing to control flow of the first fluid from the first inlet to the mixing chamber, such that the first fluid exerts substantially no net force on the first flow control valve, and configured to move the second flow control valve relative to the housing to control flow of the second fluid from the second inlet to the mixing chamber, such that the second fluid exerts substantially no net force on the second flow control valve.
US10087606B1
Plumbing systems utilizing a single pipe with individual heating elements located in close proximity to individual plumbing fixtures. These provide users with the ability to control the temperature of water at the site of the individual fixture without need to mix hot and cold water to obtain a desired temperature.
US10087604B2
An optional-attachment-operating direction switching valve is provided in a part of an unloading passage which part is on the upstream of an arm-operating direction switching valve and a bucket-operating direction switching valve. The hydraulic circuit is arranged such that the optional-attachment-operating direction switching valve receives pressure oil from a pressure oil supply passage which branches from the part of the unloading passage on the upstream of the optional-attachment-operating direction switching valve, the arm-operating direction switching valve receives pressure oil from a pressure oil supply passage which branches from a part of the unloading passage which part is between the optional-attachment-operating direction switching valve and the arm-operating direction switching valve, and the bucket-operating direction switching valve receives the pressure oil from a pressure oil supply passage which branches from a part of the unloading passage which part is between the optional-attachment-operating direction switching valve and the bucket-operating direction switching valve.
US10087594B2
A removable pile cap is disclosed for use with a pile that is driven into the ground. The removable pile cap comprises a top member and at least one pile member positionable between at least a first orientation and a second orientation. The top member and the at least one pile member are connected together. When the at least one pile member is in the first orientation it is mountable over the pile's upper end. When the at least one pile member is in the second orientation it maintains frictional engagement with at least part of the pile's above-ground portion. The top member may be supported by the pile's upper end and is capable of accepting one or more structural foundation elements.
US10087588B2
A road finishing machine includes a chassis, a material bunker for receiving paving material located at the front in the paving direction of the road finishing machine, and a screed for compacting paving material located at the rear in the paving direction of the road finishing machine. On a driver stand of the road finishing machine, a main control platform with primary operational controls is provided for controlling working components of the road finishing machine. The primary operational controls may be actuated by an operator located on the road finishing machine. An operation unit with a plurality of secondary operational controls is provided laterally at the chassis or the material bunker.
US10087581B2
The primary object of the invention is an arrangement in the fibrous-web machine for tail-threading of a fibrous web, a tail-threading apparatus and a method for tail-threading. The arrangement comprises a tail-threading apparatus which is arranged to receive a tail separated from the fibrous web and to guide it further to the subsequent section of the fibrous-web machine in the longitudinal direction of the fibrous-web machine, at least one blower (102, 104) which is provided with a flow-preventing plate (103, 105) and arranged to guide the tail towards said tail-threading apparatus for feeding the tail to the tail-threading apparatus, whereby said at least one blower (102, 104) with its flow-preventing plate (103, 105) is arranged to divert the travel direction of tail on the longitudinal vertical plane and the cross-directional vertical plane of the fibrous-web machine, and said tail-threading apparatus comprises a rope nip receiving the tail the tail-threading ropes of which are supported by a rope pulley (108) which is arranged to rotate on a plane in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the fibrous-web machine and oblique in relation to the vertical direction and which is arranged to receive the diverted tail in the diverted travel direction. The invention enables the implementation of a tail-threading process fitting into a smaller space.
US10087554B2
A method of producing fibers, includes placing a composition that includes one or more fluoropolymers in the body of a fiber producing device and rotating the device at a speed sufficient to eject material from the fiber producing device to form fluoropolymer microfibers and/or nanofibers.
US10087552B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide a copper substrate for epitaxial growth, which has higher biaxial crystal orientation, and a method for manufacturing the same. The substrate for epitaxial growth of the present invention contains a biaxially crystal-oriented copper layer, wherein the full width at half maximum Δϕ of a peak based on the pole figure of the copper layer is within 5° and the tail width Δβ of the peak based on the pole figure is within 15° Such a substrate for epitaxial growth is manufactured by a 1st step of performing heat treatment of a copper layer so that Δϕ is within 6° and the tail width Δβ is within 25°, and after the 1st step, a 2nd step of performing heat treatment of the copper layer at a temperature higher than the temperature for heat treatment in the 1st step, so that Δϕ is within 5° and the tail width Δβ is within 15°.
US10087549B2
A SiC single crystal having low density of threading screw dislocations, threading edge dislocations, micropipe defects, base plane dislocations and stacking faults is provided. This is achieved by a method for producing a SiC single crystal in which a SiC seed crystal substrate is contacted with a Si—C solution having a temperature gradient such that the temperature decreases from the interior toward the surface, to grow a SiC single crystal, the method including: a first step in which a SiC single crystal is grown with a (1-100) plane as the growth surface, a second step in which a {0001} plane is exposed from the grown SiC single crystal, and a third step in which the SiC single crystal having the exposed {0001} plane is used as a seed crystal, and the {0001} plane is used as the growth surface for growth of a SiC single crystal.
US10087545B2
Disclosed herein are cleaning discs for cleaning one or more elements of a semiconductor processing apparatus. In some embodiments, the disc may have a substantially circular upper surface, a substantially circular lower surface, a substantially circular edge joining the upper and lower surfaces, and a plurality of pores opening at the edge and having an interior extending into the interior of the disc. In some embodiments, the pores are dimensioned such that a cleaning agent may be retained in the interior of the pores by an adhesive force between the cleaning agent and the interior surface of the pores. Also disclosed herein are cleaning methods involving loading a cleaning agent into a plurality of pores of a cleaning disc, positioning the cleaning disc within a semiconductor processing apparatus, and releasing cleaning agent from the plurality of pores such that elements of the apparatus are contacted by the released cleaning agent.
US10087543B2
A seal ring for an electrochemical processor does not slip or deflect laterally when pressed against a wafer surface. The seal ring may be on a rotor of the processor, with the seal ring having an outer wall joined to a tip arc through an end. The outer wall may be a straight wall. A relatively rigid support ring may be attached to the seal ring, to provide a more precise sealing dimension. Knife edge seal rings that slip or deflect laterally on the wafer surface may also be used. In these designs, the slipping is substantially uniform and consistent, resulting in improved performance.
US10087539B2
Methods separates a gas comprising providing a first electrode in ion-conducting contact with an electrolyte, providing a second electrode in ion-conducting contact with the electrolyte, wherein the second electrode comprises a liquid metal, providing a displacing material comprising a first surface in contact with the second electrode and a second surface exposed to an environment outside the second electrode, wherein said material permits flow of gas and impedes flow of liquid metal, and establishing a potential between the first and second electrodes, whereby gas flows toward the liquid metal. Other aspects include methods and apparatuses comprising electrodes, electrolytes and displacing materials.
US10087533B2
A method for reducing carbon dioxide is provided. In the present method, used is an anode electrode comprises a stacked structure of a photoelectric conversion layer, a metal layer, and an InxGa1-xN layer (where 0
US10087529B2
Provided is a treatment solution for chromium-free tension coating that can simultaneously achieve excellent moisture absorption resistance and a high iron loss reduction effect obtained by imparting sufficient tension, by using an inexpensive Ti source instead of expensive Ti chelate. The treatment solution for chromium-free tension coating contains: one or more of phosphates of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn; colloidal silica in an amount of 50 parts by mass to 120 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the phosphate in terms of solid content of SiO2; Ti source in an amount of 30 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the phosphate in terms of solid content of TiO2; and H3PO4, and the number of moles of metallic elements in the phosphate and of phosphorus in the treatment solution satisfy: 0.20≤([Mg]+[Ca]+[Ba]+[Sr]+[Zn]+[Mn]+1.5[Al])/[P]≤0.45 (1).
US10087523B2
A vaporizer system is provided that allows for rapid shifts in the flow rate of a vaporized reactant while maintaining a constant overall flow rate of vaporized reactant and carrier gas.
US10087522B2
A method for depositing a metal boride film onto a substrate is disclosed. In particular, the method comprises pulsing a metal halide precursor onto the substrate and pulsing a boron compound precursor onto the substrate. A reaction between the metal halide precursor and the boron compound precursor forms a metal boride film. Specifically, the method discloses forming a tantalum boride (TaB2) or a niobium boride (NbB2) film.
US10087517B2
There is provided an oxide sintered body including indium, tungsten, and at least one of zinc and tin, wherein the oxide sintered body includes, as a crystal phase, a complex oxide crystal phase including tungsten and at least one of zinc and tin. There is also provided a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film formed by a sputtering method by using the oxide sintered body as a target.
US10087514B2
An amorphous and nano nitride composite thin film, a method for forming the same, and an electronic device having the same are provided. The amorphous and nano nitride composite thin film has a composite structure in which a nitride phase that includes Zr and Al as nitride constituent elements and at least one metal phase are mixed, wherein the metal phase includes at least one element selected from the group including Cu and Ni, the nitride phase includes a ZrN crystalline phase in which a size of a grain is in the range of 10 nm to 500 nm, and a volume fraction of the ZrN crystalline phase is 10% or more.
US10087504B2
A method for preparing semiconductor nanocrystals comprising indium arsenide is disclosed. The method includes heating a first mixture including nanocrystal seeds comprising indium arsenide with an absorbance in a range from about 700 to 800 nm and a liquid medium in a reaction vessel to a first temperature; and combining the nanocrystals seeds comprising indium arsenide with an indium-source mixture and an arsenic-source mixture under conditions suitable to increase the size of the seeds to form the semiconductor nanocrystals comprising indium arsenide, wherein the indium-source mixture includes an indium precursor, a coordinating solvent, and a carboxylic acid; and the arsenic-source mixture includes a liquid medium and an arsenic precursor represented by the formula As(Y(R)3)3, where Y is Ge, Sn, or Pb; and each R, independently, is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, or heteroaryl, wherein each R, independently, is optionally substituted by 1 to 6 substituents independently selected from hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, amino, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxy, acyl, thio, thioalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, or heteroaryl. Semiconductor nanocrystals are also disclosed.
US10087496B2
A green alga variant having a dual-specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation regulated protein kinase activity that is reduced compared to a dual-specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation regulated protein kinase activity of a parental strain is provided. The green alga variant increases a total amount of a lipid production per unit time and per unit culture area compared to a total amount of a lipid production of the parental strain. A dual-specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation regulated protein kinase of the parental strain is a protein having an amino acid sequence with at least 50% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of an active site and a substrate recognition site of SEQ ID NO: 4 and having the dual-specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation regulated protein kinase activity.
US10087494B2
Nucleic acid oligomers specific for human parvovirus genomic DNA are disclosed. An assay for amplifying and detecting human parvovirus genotypes 1, 2 and 3 nucleic acid in biological specimens is disclosed. Compositions for amplifying and detecting the presence of human parvovirus genotypes 1, 2 and 3 genomic DNA in human biological specimens are disclosed.
US10087489B2
Genetic biomarkers for left side colon cancer (LCC) (such as expression levels of an RNA transcript or expression product of NOX4, MMP3, or a combination) and right side colon cancer (RCC) (such as expression levels of an RNA transcript or expression product of CDCX2, FAM69A, or a combination), are disclosed. Methods for using the biomarkers in providing a prognosis of relapse-free survival probability in patients having LCC or RCC are also presented. Prognostic panels using gene expression values of the biomarkers are also presented. Computer implemented methods employing the biomarkers, and as well as for determining relapse-free survival probability in a patient having RCC or LCC are provided. A genetic method for classifying a colon cancer tissue as a RCC or as a LCC is also disclosed.
US10087487B2
The method for determining risk of metastatic relapse in a patient diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC) can include detecting a level of at least one indicator of metastatic potential in a biological sample from the patient, comparing the level of the indicator of metastatic potential with a control, and identifying the patient as one who is at risk of metastatic relapse and a candidate for chemotherapy if an aberrant level of the indicator of metastatic potential in the biological sample compared to the control is detected. The at least one indicator of metastatic potential can include at least one metastasis-inducing gene and/or at least one metastasis suppressor gene. An aberrant level of the at least one indicator of metastatic potential can include a copy number gain of the metastasis-inducing gene and/or a copy number loss of the metastasis-suppressor gene.
US10087482B2
The present invention relates to a reaction mixture for the amplification of nucleic acids, the non-methylated cytosine bases of which have been converted to uracil bases by means of a bisulfition reaction. The invention also discloses methods for amplifying bisulfited nucleic acid and for determining the nucleic acid methylation state, and also kits based on the reaction mixture according to the invention.
US10087481B2
Methods and compositions are provided for enriching for target sequences from a population of nucleic acids, that includes: combining in solution, a population of nucleic acids and a target isolation probe wherein the target isolation probe comprises an affinity binding domain; permitting a single stranded region of the target isolation probe to hybridize to all or a portion of a target sequence in the population of nucleic acids; selectively immobilizing the hybridized nucleic acids from the population containing the target sequences by associating the target isolation probe with a capture domain and removing unbound material; removing non-target sequences from the 3′ end of the target sequence by means of one or more 3′ exonucleases thereby generating a blunt ended duplex or a staggered end at the 3′ end of the target sequence; optionally ligating a 3′ duplex adaptor or a duplex end of a hairpin adaptor to the 3′ end of the target sequence and the 5′ end of the target isolation probe; extending the 3′ end of the target isolation probe to form a blunt end or a staggered end at the 5′ end of the target sequence suitable for ligating and ligating an adapter to the 5′ end of the target sequence and the 3′ extended end of the target isolation probe.
US10087480B2
The invention is based on a correlation observed between serotonin level and intestinal flora. The invention relates to a relative proportion of bifidobacteria in the intestine and in particular to a product increasing the ratio of bifidobacteria to Clostridia, to be used for raising the serotonin level. The invention also relates to a method for estimating a health risk associated with serotonin depletion by determining a relative proportion between bifidobacteria or Clostridia in the intestine or their ratio to one another. The invention further relates to a method for selecting a form of therapy for raising the serotonin level by determining a relative proportion between bifidobacteria or Clostridia in the intestine or their ratio to one another.
US10087474B2
A fed-batch fermentation method is for production of bacteriochlorophyll a (Bchla) from Rhodovulum sulfidophilum. The growth medium contains an inorganic nitrogen compound as a nitrogen source. During fermentation, the growth medium is supplemented with a succinate carbon source, an inorganic compound nitrogen source and a phosphorous source from external reservoirs connected to the fermenter vessel. After completion of the fermentation, Bchla is recovered from the separated cells.
US10087471B2
The present disclosure relates to a hydrolysate of a mixture of lignocellulosic biomass and seaweed biomass. By mixing seaweed biomass with lignocellulosic biomass and then preparing a hydrolysate, lignocellulosic biomass-derived acetic acid is consumed together with seaweed biomass-derived mannitol. As a result, high sugar productivity can be maintained while reducing fermentation inhibitors. Because the present disclosure can solve the problem of lignocellulosic biomass of decreased fermentation efficiency due to lignocellulose-derived fermentation inhibitors and the problem of seaweed biomass of very low productivity in spite of long fermentation time, the hydrolysate according to the present disclosure may be used to produce biofuels and biochemicals economically.
US10087466B2
A method of synthesizing biogenic elemental selenium nanostructure using Enterobacter cloacae and its application. The method uses E. cloacae Z0206 to reduce selenite to zero valence selenium and forms nano-sized elemental selenium particles, including steps of inoculating activated E. cloacae Z0206 to fermentation broth, adding sodium selenite solution, shaking and incubating, collecting the fermentation broth and separating the elemental selenium nanoparticles.
US10087464B2
Provided are novel compositions useful for delivering nucleic acids to cells. Also provided are methods for making and using such compositions.
US10087462B2
The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against plant pathogens, particularly Fusarium virguliforme and Phytophthora sojae in transgenic plants and/or plant cells, through the use of non host resistance nucleic acid molecules isolated from Arabidopsis. In these plants, at least one nonhost Arabidopsis resistance protein is introduced in comparison to the wild-type plants to confer resistance to plant pathogens. The invention relates to transgenic plants and/or plant cells having increased resistance to plant pathogens, particularly Fusarium virguliforme and Phytophthora sojae, to expression vectors, transformed plants and plant cells as well as the use of such plants in a plant breeding program.
US10087456B2
Polynucleotide sequences encoding diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes and the use of these acyltransferases for increased seed storage lipid production and altered fatty acid profiles in oilseed plants are disclosed. Transgenic soybean seed having increased total fatty acid content of at least 20% and altered fatty acids when compared to the total fatty acid content of non-transgenic, null segregant soybean seed are described. Methods for increasing the total fatty acid content of a soybean seed by at least 20% include steps of transformation and selection.
US10087449B2
This invention is related to a therapeutic agent for treating chronic kidney disease comprising a substance which inhibits the enzymatic activity of NNMT or suppresses NNMT gene expression, or a method for screening a therapeutic agent for treating chronic kidney disease which targets the NNMT enzyme or NNMT gene.
US10087447B2
The invention provides an antibody specific to the ANGPTL4 protein capable of neutralizing proliferation and methods of making and using the same. The antibody of the invention is further directed to the C terminal region of the protein and may be capable of neutralizing cell proliferation and treating cancer. The antibody may be monoclonal and/or humanized antibody.
US10087446B2
Methods and compositions are provided for inhibiting or treating metastasis based on discoveries regarding Kif19 and Cep192. Methods and compositions are provided for enhancing wound healing, treating fibrosis, reducing scarring and treating nerve pain.
US10087445B2
The invention pertains to modifications for antisense oligonucleotides, wherein the modifications are used to improve stability and provide protection from nuclease degradation. The modifications could also be incorporated into double-stranded nucleic acids, such as synthetic siRNAs and miRNAs.
US10087438B2
A solid-core ring-magnet having one or more cavities is provided. The magnet can have an overall cylindrical shape or a rectangular-prism shape. In either case, a portion of cavity walls of the magnet are ring shaped, causing the magnetic field lines to emanate from the magnet in the shape of a ring. The diameter of the ring shaped cavities can be constant throughout, constant through a portion of the cavity, variant throughout, or variant through a portion of the cavity. The cavities open to the end of the magnet, and terminate toward the core of the magnet. Also provided are systems and kits having solid-core ring-magnets. Methods of purifying a macromolecule using the solid-core ring-magnets are also provided.
US10087429B2
A novel peptide sequence that is a modified derivative of a neuron-specific tyrosine phosphatase is shown and described. Specifically, the novel peptide sequence is a modified derivative of striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase (STEP). The peptide sequence has been modified so as to be able to ameliorate and treat brain injury resulting from excessive glutamate release and/or oxidative stress. Examples of the types of brain injury which the presently disclosed peptide sequence is useful for treating includes acute brain injury resulting from stroke or traumatic brain injury and chronic disorders such as Huntington's chorea and schizophrenia. Furthermore, the presently described peptide sequence may further be useful in the treatment and amelioration of disorders associated with fear memory such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
US10087424B2
The present invention provides a method enhancing the polyisoprenoid biosynthesis pathway. Also provided are an isoprenoid-producing plant having an overall enhanced pathway of polyisoprenoid biosynthesis, and a method of producing a polyisoprenoid using the isoprenoid-producing plant. The present invention relates to a method of regulating the expression of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase by a bZIP transcription factor.
US10087404B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a biological corrosion inhibitor for a metal, which exhibits the effect at a low concentration and is superior in biodegradability. A biological corrosion inhibitor for a metal including 3-methylglutaraldehyde as an effective ingredient is provided.
US10087403B2
Detergent compositions having surfactant systems that include alkyl ethoxylated sulfate surfactant (AES) and linear alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant (LAS). Methods of treating fabric with such compositions.
US10087401B2
Disclosed herein are water soluble compositions, such as films, including a mixture of a first water-soluble resin, an enzyme, and an enzyme stabilizer which comprises a functional substrate for the enzyme, methods of making such compositions, and methods of using such compositions, e.g. to make packets containing functional ingredients. The enzymes can include proteases and mixtures of proteases with other enzymes, and the compositions provide good retention of enzyme function following film processing and storage.
US10087394B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for reducing residual soap in crude tall oil, wherein crude tall oil is supplied via piping to at least one vessel, soap number of the crude tall oil is determined using on-line measuring technique and sulphuric acid is added to the crude tall oil at a site of blending, where the dosing of the sulphuric acid is adjusted on-line to provide soap number of not more than 2.
US10087393B2
This disclosure relates to a process for extracting a perfluoropolyether. The process involves: (a) contacting a solvent comprising a liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide with a lubricating grease comprising a thickener, an extraction aid material, and the perfluoropolyether in an extraction zone to form an extraction solution comprising an extracted perfluoropolyether; and (b) recovering the extracted perfluoropolyether from the extraction solution; wherein the recovered extracted perfluoropolyether comprises no more than about 2 wt % of the thickener.
US10087385B2
Provided herein are estolide compositions having high oxidative stability, said compositions comprising at least one compound of formula: in which n is an integer equal to or greater than 0; m is an integer equal to or greater than 1; R1, independently for each occurrence, is selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; R2 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; and R3 and R4, independently for each occurrence, are selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched. Also provided herein are uses for the compositions and methods of preparing the same.
US10087383B2
Aviation fuel formulations receive many benefits when a manganese-containing additive is incorporated in that composition. However, to the extent that the use of a manganese-containing compound may result in the formation of engine deposits during combustion, it is beneficial to further provide a scavenger compound to the fuel composition. This scavenger compound may include a phosphorus-containing compound, an organobromide compounds, and/or a tricarbonyl compound.
US10087380B2
A process for converting ethane to liquid fuels may involve directing an ethane stream into an ethane cracking unit to produce an intermediate hydrocarbon stream and a raw ethylene stream; fractionating the intermediate hydrocarbon stream into a gasoline fraction and a diesel fraction; introducing the raw ethylene stream into an oligomerization unit; contacting the raw ethylene stream with an oligomerization catalyst to produce a liquid hydrocarbon stream and an off-gas stream; recycling an off-gas recycle stream from an off-gas stream of the oligomerization unit separation unit to an inlet of the oligomerization reactor; introducing at least part of the off-gas stream into a hydrogenation reactor to remove unconverted olefins; separating a hydrogen component and a plurality of light paraffin components in a post hydrogenation reactor separation unit using a PSA technology or membrane technology; and recycling the light paraffins stream into the ethane cracking unit.
US10087377B2
Embodiments provide a method and apparatus for recovering components from a hydrocarbon feedstock. According to at least one embodiment, the method includes supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to an oxidation reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock, separating the hydrocarbons, the oxidized sulfur compounds, and the oxidized nitrogen compounds by solvent extraction, collecting a residue stream that includes the oxidized sulfur compounds and the oxidized nitrogen compound, supplying the residue stream to a fluid catalytic cracking unit, and recycling liquid products produced by the fluid catalytic cracking unit to the oxidation reactor to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds in the liquid products, the portion of the liquids products including at least one of light cycle oils and heavy cycle oils.
US10087362B2
Methods include introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid including a polymer gel comprising a water-soluble polymer, a biocidal agent in an amount sufficient to viscosify the treatment fluid, and an aqueous base fluid.
US10087349B2
A two-pack polyurethane adhesive for semi-structural and structural adhesive bonds which are applied in melt form and have a high handling strength wherein the two-pack polyurethane adhesive includes a first pack A containing at least one polyester A1 which is solid at room temperature and at least one polyol A2 having a hydroxyl group functionality greater than 2.0, and a second pack B containing polyurethane prepolymers having isocyanate groups.
US10087345B2
A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, and double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape each having high durability (high heating humidification storage stability) and good adhesive properties are provided using a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the invention includes a polyester, a hydrolysis-resistant agent, a tackifier with an acid value of 8 or less and a softening point of 80 to 170° C., and a crosslinking agent, and contains 20 to 100 parts by weight of the tackifier based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester.
US10087338B2
An aqueous organic pigment dispersion contains a green copper phthalocyanine pigment and an azo-coupled β-ketoamide pigment. It also includes an organic pigment dispersant at 40 weight % to 100 weight %, based on the sum of the weights of the organic pigments. The weight ratio of the green copper phthalocyanine pigment to the azo-coupled β-ketoamide pigment is from 1:1 to 10:1. The median particle diameter of each of the green copper phthalocyanine pigment and the azo-coupled β-ketoamide pigment is less than 85 nm. At least 95% of the total particles of each of the green copper phthalocyanine pigment and the azo-coupled β-ketoamide pigment have a particle diameter of less than 150 nm. This dispersion can be used to prepare aqueous green inkjet ink compositions that can be used in various inkjet printing methods.
US10087334B2
The present invention relates to anti-slip coatings comprising resin, diluent, PMU particles and photo-initiator. The present invention also relates to the preparation of anti-slip coatings, methods for applying anti-slip coatings, and substrates coated with such anti-slip coatings.
US10087331B2
A method for providing electrically-conductive silver-containing metal in a thin film or one or more thin film patterns on a substrate. Electrically-conductive metallic silver is provided from a non-hydroxylic-solvent soluble silver complex represented by the following formula (I): (Ag+)a(L)b(P)c (I) wherein L represents an α-oxy carboxylate; P represents a 5- or 6-membered N-heteroaromatic compound; a is 1 or 2; b is 1 or 2; and c is 1, 2, 3, or 4, provided that when a is 1, b is 1, and when a is 2, b is 2. A photosensitizer can also be present. The reducible silver ions in the photosensitive thin film or photosensitive thin film pattern can be photochemically converted to electrically-conductive metallic silver in the thin films or thin film patterns by irradiation with electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength within the range of at least 150 nm and up to and including 700 nm.
US10087324B2
The present invention relates to parts for automobiles, electrical/electronic devices, home appliances, office equipment, or daily necessities, which are manufactured by using a polymer resin composition that is capable of providing an environmentally friendly biomass-containing synthetic resin having improved chemical resistance. The parts for automobiles, electrical/electronic devices, home appliances, office equipment, or daily necessities which are manufactured by using a polymer resin composition including: a polyester copolymer including a residue of a dicarboxylic acid component containing terephthalic acid, and a residue of a diol component containing dianhydrohexitol; and one or more copolymers selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated nitrile-diene-based rubber-aromatic vinyl graft copolymer, an alkyl methacrylate-diene-based rubber-aromatic vinyl graft copolymer, and an alkyl methacrylate-silicone/alkyl acrylate graft copolymer, and which has a tensile strength loss defined in the following Equation 1 ranging from 0.5 to 30%, can be provided. Tensile Strength Loss (%)=[(Tensile Strength before Test−Tensile Strength after Test)/Tensile Strength before Test]×100 [Equation 1]
US10087323B2
Disclosed is a process for the manufacture of a modified polyalkylene terephthalate such as modified polybutylene terephthalate. In particular, the process comprises employing a titanium-containing catalyst formed by the reaction product of tetraalkyl titanate and a complexing agent comprising a phosphorous, nitrogen or boron atom. The process is used to prepared modified polyalkylene terephthalates characterized by improved hydrostability, as well as compositions and compositions derived therefrom.
US10087321B2
A fluorinated resin composition includes a copolymer (A); and a copolymer (B). A mass ratio (A/B) of the copolymer (A) to the copolymer (B) is from 60/40 to 99/1, and a volume flow rate is from 0.5 to 100 mm3/sec. The copolymer (A) comprises: units derived from a monomer (a) which is tetrafluoroethylene; units derived from a monomer (b) which is at least one member selected from ethylene, hexafluoropropylene and a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether). The copolymer (A) has carbonyl groups. The copolymer (B) comprises: units derived from the monomer (a); units derived from the monomer (b); and units derived from the monomer (c) having two or more polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds. A content of the units derived from the monomer (c) is from 0.1 to 2 mol % based on total units in the copolymer (B).
US10087320B2
A rubber composition comprising a plurality of composite particles and an elastomer is provided. A composite comprising a conductive polymer and a clay particle are also provided. Use of each in various applications and methods of preparing each are also provided.
US10087315B2
A polymeric composition suitable for blown film applications comprising a) 80 to 99.5 percent by weight of a continuous polymeric phase comprising a polyolefin, and b) 0.5 to 20 percent by weight of polymeric particles having i) an average particle diameter of 0.85 to 20 μm; ii) a refractive index from 1.46 to 1.61; iii) an average particle hardness from 1.2367E+10 N/m2 to 8.4617E+10 N/m2; and iv) at least 60% polymerized acrylic monomer units, is disclosed. The polymeric composition can be used to form blown film characterized by having a thickness in the range of from 5 to 350 μm, a modulus of elasticity in the range of from 5 to 133 MPa, a melt strength in the range of from 4 to 40 cN, an elongation at break in the range of from 100 to 1000%, a 45 degree gloss in the range of from 7 to 136 and a softness measured by human panel handfeel-ranking methodology, measured by ISO 8587 Sensory analysis that is higher than a film which does not contain the polymeric composition.
US10087314B2
Rubber compositions having a modified rubber component selected from a modified polybutadiene rubber, a modified styrene-butadiene rubber, or combinations thereof, the modification being with a functional group having a hydrogen bond acceptor atom. Such functional group may be selected from a pyridine, a pyrrolidone, an ether, a ketone or an epoxide, the rubber composition having a Tg of between −80° C. and −110° C.The rubber composition may include an efficient plasticizing resin, which when included in a mixture consisting of the modified rubber component and 67 phr of the efficient plasticizing resin, causes a Tg of the mixture to be at least 14° C. higher than the Tg of the modified rubber component. The rubber composition may described as having the hydrogen bond acceptor atom located at least two covalent bond lengths or alternatively three covalent bond lengths from a backbone of the modified rubber component.
US10087312B2
Provided is a rubber composition including a rubber component. The rubber component contains at least a polymer that is a synthesized polyisoprene or an isoprene copolymer and that has 20% or less gel fraction.
US10087307B2
Described are methods of making a curable fluoropolymer having repeating units derived from vinylidenfluoride (VDF) and at least one perfluorinated monomer selected from hexafluoropropene (HFP), tetrafluoroethene (TFE), a perfluorovinyl ether (PAVE), a perfluoroallylether (PAAVE) or a combination thereof. The method includes polymerizing the monomers in an aqueous medium in a radical reaction containing one or more reaction initiators, one or more chain transfer agent containing one or more halogens selected from iodine, bromine or a combination thereof and one or more non-fluorinated aliphatic polyhydroxy emulsifiers. The polymerization is carried out without adding a fluorinated emulsifier. Also provided are curable fluoropolymers obtainable by such methods and cured fluoropolymers obtainable by curing the curable fluoropolymers, and their applications.
US10087303B2
An inorganic particulate material such as diatomaceous earth, a polymer composition comprising a polymer and the inorganic particulate material and an article or product formed from said composition, use of the inorganic particulate material such as diatomaceous earth as a filler in a composition comprising a polymer, and a method of making a polymer composition and an inorganic particulate material.
US10087302B2
A nanocomposite material comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a base polymer and a nanoparticle that increases the strength of the base polymer.
US10087298B2
A bio-polyol composition and a bio-polyurethane foam material are provided. By using the modifier and applying the dispersing and grinding process, the modified lignin is uniformly dispersed in the polyol solution and a bio-polyol composition is obtained. The obtained bio-polyol composition may be used to prepare the bio-polyurethane foam material with a high lignin content, a high compression strength and superior flame-resistance.
US10087295B2
A method of manufacturing a film or membrane includes: (a) dissolving at least one polymer comprising a poly(aryl ketone) in at least one solvent to form a dope; (b) depositing the dope on a substrate to form a coated substrate at appropriate conditions; and (c) drying the coated substrate to form the film or membrane. The dope may also include additional polymers or fillers, such as carbon nanotubes.
US10087286B2
Crosslinkable polycarbonate resins having improved properties are disclosed. The crosslinkable polycarbonate resins are formed from a reaction of at least a benzophenone, a first dihydroxy chain extender, and a carbonate precursor, and may include a second dihydroxy chain extender as well.
US10087284B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a fluorine-containing polymerizable compound of the general formula (1) and a polymer compound obtained therefrom: where A represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, SO2, CH2, CO, C(CH3)2, C(CH3)(CH2CH3), C(CF3)2, C(CH3)(C6H5), CH2—C6H4—CH2 or a divalent organic group obtained by elimination of two hydrogen atoms from benzene, biphenyl, naphtharene, cyclohexene or fluorene; and a and b each independently represent an integer of 0 to 2 and satisfy a relationship of 1≤a+b≤4. The thus-obtained polymer compound combines adequate hydrophilicity and high transparency with low water adsorption of fluorine-containing compound.
US10087283B2
Disclosed are compositions comprising polyester macromers containing in one or more chains the residue of one or more diols and one or more diesters wherein the residue of the one or more diols and the one or more diesters alternate along the chain and a portion of the diesters are 1,1-diester-1-alkenes, and optionally one or more dihydrocarbyl dicarboxylates, and at least one terminal end comprises the residue of one of the 1,1-diester-1 alkenes and wherein one or more terminal ends may comprise the residue of one or more diols. The chains may contain the residue of the one or more diols and one or more diesters comprising one or more diesters 1,1-diester-1 alkenes and optionally one or more dihydrocarbyl dicarboxylates randomly disposed along the chains. Disclosed are methods of preparing the polyester macromers and incorporating them in a variety of polyester containing compositions such as coatings and films.
US10087279B2
The present invention provides a polyol composition including a polyol having a polyester chain, wherein the polyol composition substantially contains no metal-base polymerization catalyst and an amount of phosphorus element derived from a polymerization catalyst is 1 to 1000 ppm. Furthermore, a method for producing a polyol composition is provided, including reacting a compound having an active hydrogen with a compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group, ester group and acid halide group in the presence of 0.0001-0.05 parts by mol of a phosphorus compound with respect to 1 part by mol of the active hydrogen without using a metal-based polymerization catalyst.
US10087278B2
Specific alkoxysily-modified polymers bearing alkoxysilyl groups distributed randomly or in block fashion along the polyether chain, and not just located at the chain termini, a process for preparing these alkoxysilyl-modified polymers, and compositions comprising these alkoxysilyl-modified polymers are provided.
US10087273B2
Described herein are multifunctional polymers comprising a first repeating unit having at least one pseudo-cationic moiety, a second repeating unit having at least a hydrophobic moiety, and a third repeating unit, where the weight-average molecular weight is less than about 10,000 Da. In one embodiment the polymers exhibit antimicrobial activity. Also provided are compositions formulated with the multifunctional polymers, and a method of providing antimicrobial activity.
US10087272B2
A polymerizable system includes a curable composition and one or more encapsulated initiator particles. The curable composition can include one or more 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds and the encapsulated initiator particles can include one or more polymerization initiators encapsulated by a cured composition. The cured composition includes one or more 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds.
US10087271B2
A polymer includes 2-carboxyethyl (meth)acrylate and alkyl (meth)acrylate as constituent units and having an acid value of 7 mg KOH/g to 100 mg KOH/g.
US10087265B2
A method for producing poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) from a monomer component mainly containing dimethyl vinylphosphonate by anionic polymerization in the presence of an anionic polymerization initiator, the method being characterized in that an aliphatic ether is used as a polymerization solvent, and a method for producing poly(vinylphosphonic acid) characterized in that the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) obtained by the former method is hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid are provided. The methods make it possible to easily produce a poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled, and make it possible to produce a poly(vinylphosphonic acid) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled corresponding to the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate).
US10087263B2
There is provided a curable composition including a water-soluble acrylamide monomer represented by the following General Formula (1-1) or (1-2), a polymer functional cured product, a water-soluble acrylamide compound, and a method for manufacturing the same. In General Formulas (1-1) and (1-2), m represents an integer of 2 or greater, and L represents an m-valent group or a single bond. Here, in a case where L is a single bond, m is 2. L1 and L2 each represent a single bond or a divalent linking group. R1 to R5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and may be bonded to each other to form a ring, and may be bonded to L, L1, or L2 to form a ring. Either one of RA and RB represents a group represented by General Formula (a), and the other represents a group represented by General Formula (b).
US10087258B2
Novel modulators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat proliferative disorders are provided.
US10087255B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, chimeric, humanized antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind on or more epitopes within a Sortilin protein, e.g., human Sortilin or a mammalian Sortilin, and use of such compostions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof.
US10087250B2
The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies comprising at least two Fab fragments, wherein the first Fab fragment comprises at least one antigen binding site specific for a first antigen; and the second Fab fragment comprises at least one antigen binding site specific for a second antigen, wherein either the variable regions or the constant regions of the second Fab heavy and light chain are exchanged and the two Fab fragments are connected to each other by two peptide linkers; and wherein the bispecific antibody is devoid of a Fc domain; methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
US10087249B2
The invention provides single-chain Alphabody library comprising at least 100 different-sequence single-chain Alphabody polypeptides, wherein said Alphabody polypeptides differ from each other in at least one of a defined set of 5 to 20 variegated amino acid residue positions, and wherein at least 70% but not all of said variegated amino acid residue positions are located either in the loop, helix surface or linker region of the Alphabody. The invention further provides methods for use of the Alphabody libraries and Alphabodies obtainable by the methods of the invention.
US10087244B2
The present invention relates to an universal antibody acceptor framework and to methods for grafting non-human antibodies, e.g., rabbit antibodies, using a universal antibody acceptor framework. Antibodies generated by the methods of the invention are useful in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US10087232B2
A method of treating a TNF Alpha associated medical condition selected from the group consisting of obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and a liver disease or disorder is provided. The method comprising enterally administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of plant cells expressing a TNF Alpha polypeptide inhibitor, thereby treating the TNF Alpha associated medical condition.
US10087230B2
The invention provides an isolated or purified T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for NY-ESO-1. Also provided are related polypeptides, proteins, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, isolated host cells, populations of cells, antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions. The invention further provides a method of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and a method of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal using the inventive TCRs or related materials.
US10087222B2
Complexes containing one or more modular recognition domains (MRDs) and MRDs attached to scaffolds including antibodies are described. The manufacture of these complexes are the use of these complexes to treat and diagnose diseases and disorders are also described.
US10087220B2
A purified polypeptide, designated ULIP6, comprising the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 2 or an epitopic fragment of said polypeptide, comprising the sequence SEQ ID No. 4, is provided along with its nucleic acid sequences. In addition, antibodies to the polypeptide and methods of diagnosing paraneoplastic neurological syndromes and/or for the early diagnosis of the formation of cancerous tumors are also provided.
US10087210B2
The present invention provides modified nucleosides, analogs thereof and oligomeric compounds prepared therefrom. More particularly, the present invention provides modified nucleosides and analogs thereof that are useful for incorporation at the terminus of an oligomeric compound. Such oligomeric compounds can also be included in a double stranded composition. In some embodiments, the oligomeric compounds provided herein are expected to hybridize to a portion of a target RNA resulting in loss of normal function of the target RNA.
US10087209B2
The present invention relates to novel pro-drugs of L-2′-deoxythreose nucleoside phosphonates, such as phosphoramidate, phosphorodiamidate and phospho-diester pro-drugs. The invention also relates to a process for preparing these novel prodrugs of nucleoside phosphonates. The invention also relates to the use of these novel phosphonate-modified nucleosides to treat or prevent viral infections and their use to manufacture a medicine to treat or prevent viral infections, particularly infections with viruses belonging to the HBV family.
US10087208B2
Novel nucleoside phosphoramidite building blocks for preparation of synthetic oligonucleotides containing at least one phosphotriester linkage conjugated to a monosaccharide and synthetic processes for making the same are disclosed. Furthermore, oligomeric compounds are prepared using said building blocks, preferably followed by removal of protecting groups to provide monosaccharide-conjugated oligonucleotides.
US10087205B2
The disclosure provides for metal organic frameworks (MOFs) which comprise a plurality of SBUs comprising different metals or metal ions and/or a plurality of organic linking moieties comprising different functional groups.
US10087204B2
Provided herein are α-aminophosphonates and methods for making same. Also provided are N-heterocyclic phosphines (NHPs) useful in metal-free phosphorus-carbon bond forming reactions such as, for example, in the preparation of α-aminophosphonates. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10087203B2
Compounds, methods of use, and processes for making inhibitors of complement factor D comprising Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof are provided. The inhibitors described herein target factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade at an early and essential point in the alternative complement pathway, and reduce factor D's ability to modulate the classical and lectin complement pathways. The inhibitors of factor D described herein are capable of reducing the excessive activation of complement, which has been linked to certain autoimmune, inflammatory, and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as ischemia-reperfusion injury and cancer.
US10087202B2
The invention includes processes for the synthesis of amphetamine, dexamphetamine, methamphetamine, derivatives of these, including their salts, and novel precursors and intermediates obtained thereby, by synthesizing aziridine phosphoramidate compounds in specified solvents at specified temperatures, and then converting to a novel aryl or aryl-alkyl phosphoramidate precursors using an organometallic compound such as a copper salt, where the novel aryl or aryl-alkyl phosphoramidate precursor is then easily converted to the target compounds using known reactions.
US10087191B2
The present invention relates to a piperidine derivative and the preparation method and a pharmaceutical use thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to the piperidine derivative as shown by general formula (I) and the preparation method thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, and the use thereof as an estrogen receptor modulator in the treatment of estrogen receptor mediated or dependent diseases or conditions, the diseases preferably being breast cancer. In the abstract, the definition of each substituent of the general formula (I) is the same as that in the description.
US10087189B2
The present invention is directed to processes for preparing beta 3 agonists of Formula (I) and Formula (II) and their intermediates. The beta 3 agonists are useful in the treatment of certain disorders, including overactive bladder, urinary incontinence, and urinary urgency.
US10087188B2
The present invention provides Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (Btk) inhibitor compounds according to Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to their use in therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of Btk inhibitor compounds of Formula (I) in the treatment of Btk mediated disorders.
US10087182B2
The present invention provides, inter alia, compounds of formula I as protein kinase modulators, methods of preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of kinase mediated diseases or disorders with them.
US10087172B2
Provided are compounds of formula (I), which can inhibit glutaminase. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and uses as glutaminase inhibitors for treating cancers thereof are also provided.
US10087167B2
Compounds of Formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds are set forth. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and areuseful in treating those infected with HCV.
US10087157B2
Provided herein are improved processes for convening C7-amino-substituted tetracylines to C7-fluoro-substituted tetracyclines as well as intermediates produced by or used in these processes. In one embodiment, a thermal fluorination method is provided in which a suspension comprising a non-polar organic solvent and a C7-diazo-substituted tetracycline hexafluorophosphate, hexafluoarsenate or hexafluorosilicate salt, or a salt, solvate or combination thereof, is healed to provide a C7-fluoro-substituted tetracyline, or salt, solvate or combination thereof. In another embodiment, a photolytic fluorination is provided in which a solution comprising an ionic liquid and a C-7diazo-substituted tetracyline tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorophosphate, hexafluoroarsenate or hexafluorosilicate salt, or a salt, solvate or combination thereof, is irradiated to provide a C7-fluoro-substituted tetracyline, or salt, solvate or combination thereof.
US10087140B2
A process is described for the production of formaldehyde, comprising (a) subjecting methanol to oxidation with air in a formaldehyde production unit thereby producing a formaldehyde-containing stream; (b) separating said formaldehyde-containing stream into a formaldehyde product stream and a formaldehyde vent gas stream; wherein the vent gas stream, optionally after treatment in a vent gas treatment unit, is passed to one or more stages of: (i) synthesis gas generation, (ii) carbon dioxide removal, (iii) methanol synthesis or (iv) urea synthesis.
US10087139B2
A method produces a 3-phenylisoserine derivative by protecting an amino group of a compound represented by General Formula (1) (wherein R1 represents a phenyl group, or a phenyl group having a substituent; R2 represents an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, or nitrogen base; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, methyl group, benzyl group, p-methoxybenzyl group, tert-butyl group, methoxymethyl group, 2-tetrahydropyranyl group, ethoxyethyl group, acetyl group, pivaloyl group, benzoyl group, trimethylsilyl group, triethylsilyl group, or tert-butyldimethylsilyl group) in water or a mixed solvent containing water to obtain a particular compound; extracting with a C4 ether-based solvent; replacing at least part of the C4 ether-based solvent with a C1-C4 aliphatic alcohol while removing the C4 ether-based solvent and water to perform esterification reaction; and isolating at 0 to 30° C. to obtain a 3-phenylisoserine derivative represented by General Formula (2).
US10087132B2
Disclosed herein are processes for converting an unsaturated fatty acid into a saturated branched-chain fatty acid through a zeolite-catalyzed process and methods of economically regenerating and reusing the zeolite catalyst. The processes include subjecting the unsaturated fatty acid to an isomerization reaction to result in a selective conversion of the unsaturated fatty acid into the saturated branched-chain fatty acid. The reaction occurs in the presence of (i) an activated zeolite catalyst, (ii) an effective amount of water, and (iii) optionally an oligomerization reducing agent. The spent zeolite catalyst may be regenerated by heating to create a regenerated zeolite catalyst that is functional for use as the activated zeolite catalyst.
US10087125B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a chromium-free gas phase fluorination catalyst and an application thereof. The precursor of the related chromium-free gas phase fluorination catalyst consists of a compound containing iron element, a compound containing rare earth metal element and a compound containing element A, wherein element A is one selected from Ca, Al, Mg and Ti, the precursor is subjected to roasting and fluorination treating to obtain the chromium-free gas phase fluorination catalyst. The precursor of the catalyst is roasted at 400-500° C. and fluoridized with hydrogen fluoride at 350-450° C. to obtain the chromium-free gas phase fluorination catalyst. The catalyst has characteristics of being chromium-free and environment-friendly, good catalytic activity and long life etc. The catalyst can be used for preparing hydrofluoroolefins or hydrochlorofluoroolefins from halohydrocarbons.
US10087123B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing an olefin oligomer including a step of contacting an olefin monomer with a composite catalyst in the presence of a halogenated organic solvent, wherein the composite catalyst includes: a transition metal compound; a cocatalyst; and an organic ligand including a diphosphonoamine compound in which two or more diphosphonoamines are combined via a polyvalent functional group.
US10087121B2
A process to efficiently convert organic feedstock material into liquid non-oxygenated hydrocarbons in the C5 to C12 carbon skeleton range is disclosed. The process can utilize gaseous, liquid or solid organic feedstocks containing carbon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen. The feedstock may require preparation of the organic feedstock for the process and is converted first into a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The synthesis gas is then cleaned and conditioned and extraneous components removed, leaving substantially only the carbon monoxide and hydrogen. It is then converted via a series of chemical reactions into the desired liquid hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons are suitable for combustion in a vehicle engine and may be regarded a replacement for petrol made from fossil fuels in the C5 to C12 carbon backbone range. The process also recycles gaseous by-products back through the various reactors of the process to maximize the liquid hydrocarbon in the C5 to C12 carbon skeleton range yield.
US10087119B2
Methods and systems for an explosive cord are disclosed. An explosive cord may comprise a tubing comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, a reactive material comprising hexanitrostilbene and/or boron potassium nitrate coupled to the inner surface of the tubing, and a hollow or solid core through the center of the explosive cord.
US10087118B2
A reactive composite foil, including metallic fuel particles, oxidizer particles, and a diluent, which, when ignited, produces a self-propagating thermite reaction to produce a molten metal.
US10087078B2
The present disclosure relates to a dispersing method of a carbon nanotube comprising: the first step of mixing a carbon nanotube aggregate, a magnetic material and a dispersant; and the second step of applying a magnetic field to the mixture obtained in the first step to disperse the carbon nanotube aggregate, a dispersing apparatus of a carbon nanotube, and a carbon nanotube dispersion obtained thereby. A carbon nanotube aggregate can be more effectively dispersed without damaging a carbon nanotube by the dispersing method of a carbon nanotube according to the present disclosure.
US10087077B2
A floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition method for producing nanotubes, the method including: supplying a nanotube-material precursor and a catalyst precursor, heating said precursors and injecting said precursors into a heated reaction chamber containing a process gas; pyrolyzing the catalyst precursor within the reaction chamber to produce catalyst particles; and pyrolyzing the nanotube-material precursor within the reaction chamber in the presence of the catalyst particles in order to produce nanotubes; wherein the method further comprises controlling the size of the catalyst particles at the point of pyrolysis of the nanotube-material precursor by controlling the operational parameters of the reaction chamber and/or of the precursor supplies. A corresponding system for producing nanotubes is also provided. Further provided is an injector subsystem for attachment to a reaction chamber, the injector subsystem comprising: a first portion having a first set of injection pipes for receiving species for delivery into the reaction chamber; and an interface portion that is removably attachable between the first portion and the reaction chamber in use, the interface portion comprising at least one injection pipe arranged to receive the species provided by the first set of injection pipes and to inject said species into the reaction chamber in use; the injector subsystem being operable in use such that, with the interface portion removed, said first set of injection pipes are operable to individually inject their respective species into the reaction chamber, and with the interface portion attached, a pre-mixing chamber is defined by the interface portion in combination with the first portion, for pre-mixing the species provided by the first set of injection pipes prior to the species entering the at least one injection pipe of the interface portion.
US10087076B2
Provided is a porous carbon material which has excellent electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, pressure resistance, and strength against tension and compression. This porous carbon material at least partially includes a continuous porous structure, and exhibits excellent electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, pressure resistance, and strength against tension and compression by containing carbon crystal grains therein.
US10087064B2
A method and associated system for managing vehicle fuel safety. Input from at least one sensor is received. The input indicates that a fuel pump nozzle of a fuel pump is disengaged from the fuel pump or inserted into a vehicle's tank enclosure. The vehicle adjacent to the fuel pump is monitored to detect when the vehicle is preparing to move or is starting to move away from the fuel pump. An alarm is activated indicating that the fuel pump nozzle is disengaged from the fuel pump, or inserted into the vehicle's tank enclosure, and the vehicle is preparing to move or is starting to move.
US10087059B1
A lift truck is configured to suspend a load above the ground and includes a self-propelled vehicle and a boom assembly. The vehicle defines an operator station to support an operator during lift truck use. The boom assembly includes a bifurcated, upright support frame attached relative to the vehicle and an elongated transverse boom. The transverse boom extends longitudinally to present a proximal mounting end and a distal lifting end configured to support the load in a space below the lifting end. The support frame includes a pair of upright supports that are attached relative to the mounting end to cooperatively support the transverse boom. The supports are laterally spaced apart to cooperatively define an upright support opening that permits an operator to view the load from the operator station by looking through the support opening along a longitudinal line of sight.
US10087058B1
A jack lift device for lifting and positioning loads includes a tube, a pipe and a hoist. The tube is configured to insert into a hole in a top of a step ladder. The tube is configured to couple to the step ladder so that the tube is positioned substantially vertically. The pipe is complementary to and selectively slidably positionable within the tube. A plate is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from an upper end of the pipe. A hoist is coupled to the tube and operationally coupled to the pipe. The plate is configured to position a load, such as a metal conduit. The hoist is positioned to selectively compel the pipe vertically through the tube so that the load that is positioned on the plate is positioned at a desired height, such as proximate to a joist to which the metal conduit is to be is coupled.
US10087055B2
A load handling device is for lifting and lowering a load. The load handling device includes an elongated member adapted to be connected to a load and a capstan, including one or more sheaves, through which the elongated member is running, the capstan defining a low tension side and high tension side of the elongated member. The load handling device further comprises a tension regulating member adapted to operate at the low tension side of the elongated member. A method is for lifting and lowering a load via a load handling device.
US10087053B2
A manual marine winch includes a safety knockout override preventing release of winch tension without the handle in stowed position. The winch includes a housing; a rotating drum on the housing; a winch line on the drum; a control for spooling and un-spooling the winch line on the drum, wherein the control includes a handle for selectively tensioning the drum and moveable between a position engaged with the drum and a disengaged stowed position; a tension holding mechanism on the housing comprising a ratchet gear coupled to the drum, a pawl selectively engaged with the ratchet gear, and a knockout configures to selectively disengage the pawl from the gear to allow for release of winch tension; and a safety knockout override coupled to the housing and selectively engaged by the handle and configured to prevent release of winch tension when the handle is not in the stowed position.
US10087052B2
An overhead crane (21, 22) for hoisting and moving containers (2) includes a rail track (23, 24) which rests on the ground via columns (25), and a frame (31, 32) which is displaceable along the rail track (23, 24) and is provided with elements for picking up and hoisting containers (2). In particular, the frame (31, 32) is suitable to accommodate at least one container (2) completely. In an assembly (20) of at least two overhead cranes (21, 22), the rail tracks (23, 24) of the overhead cranes (21, 22) extend at different levels with respect to the ground, substantially parallel with respect to each other, and rest on the ground via common columns (25). One of the advantages of this arrangement is the fact that the overhead cranes (21, 22) can pass each other.
US10087051B2
The present disclosure concerns a crane, in particular a tower crane, with a jib from which a load hook can be raised and lowered via a hoisting cable, and with an electric power supply to the load hook and/or to a trolley that may be movable along the crane jib. According to the disclosure, the electric power supply to the load hook and/or to the trolley is at least partly conducted by a running cable which transmits tractive forces for the crane operation.
US10087049B2
There is disclosed a method of testing an optical door sensor 100 having an emitter 102 for emitting a light signal 104 and a receiver 106 for detecting the light signal 104, the optical door sensor 100 having at least one sensor operating parameter and further having a baseline state in which the receiver 102 can detect a light signal from the emitter 106. The method comprises setting the optical door sensor in an offset state 204, 304, in which a sensor operating parameter is offset from a baseline setting by an offset amount, the baseline setting corresponding to the baseline state of the optical door sensor; conducting a signal test 206 with the optical door sensor in the offset state; and generating an alert 216 when the signal test result is negative for the offset state and the offset amount is less than or equal to a limit margin. The signal test comprises: emitting a light signal from the emitter 208 and determining whether the light signal is detected by the receiver 210. The signal test has a positive result if the light signal is detected by the receiver and a negative result if the light signal is not detected by the receiver.
US10087046B2
The disclosure herein includes a method for controlling elevators by an intelligent building system. The method includes receiving, by the intelligent building system, elevator calls initiated by passengers. Each elevator call can include a passenger identification corresponding to a passenger initiating the elevator call. The method further includes procuring passenger preference information based on the passenger identifications in response to the elevator calls and grouping the passengers with respect to the passenger preference information to produce passenger groups. The method further includes controlling the elevators to collect the passenger groups.
US10087043B2
A method includes guiding the media n a forward simplex direction by a simplex media path of a media transport assembly of the printing apparatus to position a respective side of the media across from a toner applicator to receive toner thereon and a fuser to fuse the toner thereon. The method also includes guiding the media in a forward duplex direction to the simplex media path by the duplex media path of the media transport assembly so that another side of the media is positioned towards the toner applicator to receive the toner thereon. The method also includes selectively moving the media in a reverse duplex direction opposite from the forward duplex direction to direct the media along the duplex media path to an output area outside of the media transport assembly by the control module in response to a media flushing event.
US10087038B2
A reel including a hub that is formed from a resin and that has a bottomed circular cylindrical shape open at an upper end portion side, a lower flange that is provided at a lower end portion side of the hub and that is integrally formed to the hub, a ring shaped upper flange that faces toward the lower flange, and a weld portion where a lower face of the upper flange is joined to an upper end face of the hub. The weld portion is formed such that there is at least a region present where there are plural weld portions disposed side-by-side in the radial direction within any selected range of the hub having a central angle of 90 degrees in plan view.
US10087030B2
A sheet discharge device of the present invention includes discharge rollers configured to transport a sheet in a predetermined transport direction and to discharge the sheet to a discharge tray, and an upper discharge tray disposed above the discharge tray with a space being interposed therebetween. A bottom face of the upper discharge tray that faces the discharge tray includes a guide rib extending in an oblique direction inclined relative to the transport direction.
US10087025B2
An image forming apparatus performs skew correction by bringing a leading end of a conveyed sheet in contact with a registration roller pair being in a stopped state and by forming a first loop with a loop roller pair, and thereafter, refeeds the sheet to an image former by adjusting timing. In a case of feeding a sheet with a length equal to or longer than a prescribed length, after having formed the first loop, the image forming apparatus forms a second loop in a loop accommodator that is disposed on an upstream side than the loop roller pair and accommodates a formed loop.
US10087022B2
Method for synchronized channelling of piece goods onto a respective receptacle of a sorting conveyor, wherein the sorting conveyor has conveying units with in each case at least one receptacle for piece goods, which at a pre-determined conveying speed run past a synchronization conveyor system, and wherein the synchronization conveyor system has a synchronization conveyor and a channelling conveyor adjoining the synchronization conveyor, whereby, whenever a fault condition of a piece good on the synchronization conveyor system is recognized, the conveyor, synchronization or channelling conveyor, on which the piece good is located, is stopped and then the conveyor transporting the piece good is reversed, until the piece good is located in a pre-determined start position, and the synchronization conveyor and the channelling conveyor are moved forward, and sorting device to carry out the method.
US10087021B2
One aspect of this disclosure provides a tote that has first and second sidewalls that define the tote's length and height and are laterally offset by the tote's width. Third and fourth substantially planar sidewalls are coupled to the first and second sidewalls to form a frame. A plurality of parallel belt guides are located within an interior space of the tote and is coupled to the frame. A belt that has at least half the tote's width is supported by the plurality of the belt guides and defines at least a portion of a ceiling of the tote. The belt is movable about the interior space of the tote, such that the aperture can be positioned within the tote in one of a plurality of positions.
US10087015B2
The present disclosure provides a roller assembly including: a support base provided with a shaft hole; and at least two circular arc segments that are detachably mounted on the support base, wherein the at least two circular arc segments constitute a roller and a vertical distance from any point on periphery of the roller to an axis of the shaft hole is larger than a vertical distance from any point on periphery of the support base to the axis of the shaft hole. The present disclosure also provides a transmission device including a roller assembly described above.
US10087012B1
An apparatus for guiding products along a conveyor in a conveying direction is provided. The apparatus includes a first guide rail for at least partially forming a conveying path for products on the conveyor. At least one flexible support provides support for the first guide rail along the conveyor. The at least one flexible support is adapted for being extended and retracted to selectively position the first guide rail relative to the conveyor. The support may be pivotally mounted to the guide rail. The guide rail may also include fixed and slidable portions, including possibly curved portions, which allow for a sliding joint to be formed.
US10087010B2
A check-out stand having a take-away conveyor extending in between a front module and a rear module. The take-away conveyor includes a receiving frame, a conveyor base, and a safety plate mounted on the conveyor base. For ease of installation, safety purposes and servicin, the take-away conveyor may be removed easily with tools. Further, a wire harness system is configured with that provides an AC power supply to the take-away conveyor.
US10087007B2
A cart-type transporting device includes left and right auxiliary rotating bodies moving in conjunction with left and right turning-section toothed wheels that guide a first endless chain; and a turning pathway section that protrudes at a position between the auxiliary rotating bodies, and that is provided with a lower protruding cam over which a transporting cart can pass. Left and right front-side projection shafts of the transporting cart engage with an engagement section of the respective auxiliary rotating bodies. Left and right rear-side projection shafts engage with an engagement section of the first endless chain. When the projection shafts are picked up by the rotation of the turning-section toothed wheels and the auxiliary rotating bodies, the lower protruding cam supports and guides a cam-following roller at a bottom section of the transporting cart in accordance with the same rotating pathway as the engagement section.
US10087002B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to delivering merchandise items using a conveyor apparatus. Some of these embodiments include systems for delivering merchandise items comprising: a conveyor apparatus having unique conveyor locations for deposit of a merchandise item, the conveyor apparatus extending between a first controlled access point and a second, different controlled access point; a first input interface configured to enter identifying information regarding the merchandise item and to associate it with a corresponding unique conveyor location in the conveyor apparatus where the merchandise item is deposited; a second input interface configured to enter customer identification information; and a controller configured to receive information from the first input interface and the second input interface and to activate the conveyor apparatus to move the corresponding unique location of the merchandise item to the second controlled access point.
US10087000B2
Example pallet-conveyor systems may include a conveyor system configured with a delivery track arranged to move pallets to a delivery area, a recirculation loop, and a diverter mechanism. The system may include a computing system that selects an item for the recirculation loop based on future demand and causes a robotic device to maintain pallets of the selected item in the recirculation loop. The computing system may further receive an item request and determine that a requested item is available from the recirculation loop and responsively cause the diverter mechanism to divert the requested item from the recirculation loop to the delivery track. The computing system may also cause robotic devices to obtain and load pallets of remaining requested items onto the conveyer system for the delivery area, and cause pickers to remove one or more items from pallets at the delivery area in order to fulfill the item request.
US10086996B2
Containers are described which can accommodate a variety of flexible bag assemblies used for containing waste. Internal accommodating structures are designed to accommodate and secure various types of bag assemblies, including single bag assemblies and cassettes.
US10086986B2
A food container is disclosed that includes a food compartment and a seal-on cover. The food compartment has an outer rim that circumscribes a volume. The food compartment outer rim has tear tab guides that extend outward from the rim. The seal-on cover has a peripheral edge with two portions, the first portion is connected to the rim and the second portion is not connected to the rim and extends past the outer rim forming an overhang. The extended tear tab guides are located adjacent to the overhang and direct the user as to where the tear line begins at the overhang and extends to an opposite side of the peripheral edge. When a user pulls on the overhang, the seal-on cover tears along the tear line and exposes a portion of the volume.
US10086985B2
A seal cap (10) for a container closure includes a cover disc (11) having a fastening ring, connected to an underside of the cover disc, with a latching element, for producing a detachable engagement connection with the container closure, connected to a pull tab arranged at the circumference of the cover disc via a connecting element. The connecting element has a cover strip formed in the cover disc that is separated from adjacent areas of the cover disc by lateral cover-strip predetermined breaking lines, which have predetermined breaking elements and has a pull web connected to the latching element of the fastening ring. The cover strip extends from the pull tab, at the circumference of the cover disc into a central inner portion (18) of the cover disc within the fastening ring and the pull web is arranged in an intersecting area between the cover strip and the fastening ring.
US10086979B2
An edible paste dispenser for applying decorative icing to cakes and other foods includes a tip assembly that connects paste containing chambers of a dual-chamber pastry bag and directs edible paste into a common extrusion nozzle. The tip assembly includes a pair of mating tubes secured via a locking nut to the extrusion nozzle. The tubes each have a sidewall portion that is generally S-shaped in cross-section and permits stable assembly and cooperative engagement of one tube with the other tube. After insertion of a tube into each pastry bag chamber, the tubes are attached to a common extrusion nozzle. The resulting extruded paste can include two different colored decorations, which can appear swirled S or other curvilinear shape provided by the two engaged cones. The tips of the cones, and paste containing bags, terminate just above the exit portal of the common nozzle.
US10086978B2
To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container that is formed with a clearly transparent window portion in a longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture and cut-in of a colored resin to the window portion. In a predetermined range extending from an upstream end to a predetermined downstream position of a flow path including a cylindrical flow path and a reduced-diameter flow path formed in a nozzle portion, a pair of guiding ribs in the form of longitudinal ridges is arranged in line to partition the flow path in a circumferential direction, and a longitudinal groove flow path is formed between the pair of guiding ribs. A molten B resin is supplied to the longitudinal groove flow path, and a molten A resin is supplied to the cylindrical flow path excluding the longitudinal groove flow path. Thus, the longitudinal strip-shaped flow path of the B resin interrupts the cylindrical flow path of the A resin in the circumferential direction.
US10086969B2
The invention relates to a molded article with a body having a top and a bottom; an opening proximal to the top; and a handle integrally located on at least one side of the body and positioned between the top and the bottom. The handle having at least one innermost surface, one external surface and at least one transition surface positioned between the innermost surface and the external surface, the handle forming at least one semi-enclosed recess positioned between the external surface and the body.
US10086966B2
A folding unit for producing packages of pourable food products from sealed packs comprises a movable conveying member and a folding device arranged for folding at least one end portion of the packs, whilst the packs are conveyed by the conveying member, to obtain the packages, the conveying member carrying a plurality of plates, each plate being configured to receive a pack and to deliver a package to a transferring and up-ending unit arranged downstream of the folding unit, the folding unit further comprising a retention device arranged for keeping said packages on the plates.
US10086952B2
An at least partially transparent exterior aircraft light cover includes at least one protrusion provided at a lateral end of the exterior aircraft light cover, wherein the at least one protrusion is configured to be introduced into a corresponding reception provided at an exterior aircraft light casing and wherein the protrusion is formed for allowing the cover to pivot, with the protrusion providing a fulcrum, when the protrusion is introduced into the reception. The at least partially transparent exterior aircraft light cover further includes at least one fixing device, which is provided in a pivotable portion of the cover and which is configured for removably fixing said pivotable portion to the casing for preventing a pivoting motion thereof.
US10086946B1
An airplane is provided. The airplane includes a pack. The pack includes a shaft, a compressor, a turbine coupled to the compressor via the shaft; and a heat exchanger. The compressor receives and compresses a first medium in accordance with power provided by the turbine via the shaft. The turbine receives and expands a second medium to provide the power to the compressor via the shaft. The heat exchanger is configured to cool the first medium.
US10086943B2
A system for moving loads comprising a cargo compartment floor, at least one roller track comprising rollers arranged one behind the other in the cargo compartment floor, at least one guideway in the floor and extending parallel to the at least one track, and at least one transport vehicle removably accommodated in and movable along the guideway. The transport vehicle comprises at least one connecting element movable between first and second operating positions. In the first operating position, the connecting element is configured so the transport vehicle is positionable beneath a load on the roller track, and in the second operating position, the connecting element is configured to interact with the load to connect the load to the transport vehicle, so the load is entrained when the transport vehicle moves along the guideway. The transport vehicle further comprises a drive mechanism to move the transport vehicle along the guideway.
US10086941B2
A multifunctional pod for an aircraft has at least two separate regions. At least one first region of the pod is provided for receiving fuel. A second region of the pod includes at least one receiving device for releasably attaching at least one additional load. The additional load can be releasably attached to the receiving device via a loading opening on the side of the pod facing away from the aircraft.
US10086938B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle may be used to mark airborne material in a plume. The unmanned aerial vehicle may store a macroscopic and/or microscopic tracer material. A sensor and/or control unit may detect a substance of interest in a plume. The sensor may be configured to detect multiple different substances sharing a particular characteristic. The unmanned aerial vehicle may be piloted along a gradient of increasing concentration of the substance of interest. The tracer material may be ejected into the plume. The tracer material may be configured to react and/or interact with the substance of interest. The unmanned aerial vehicle may be piloted a predetermined distance from the plume after the tracer material has been ejected. Additional and/or different tracer material may be ejected into the plume if it is determined from measurements that ejecting additional tracer material would be beneficial.
US10086932B2
A method of counteracting a rotor moment of one or more rotors of a concentric dual-rotor helicopter includes sensing angular velocity and angular acceleration of a helicopter during a flight maneuver. The angular velocity and angular acceleration are compared to a set of control parameters and one or more control servos change the cyclic pitch of the one or more rotors to counteract the rotor moment. A control system for counteracting a rotor moment of one or more rotors of a concentric dual-rotor helicopter includes one or more sensors configured to sense angular velocity and angular acceleration of a helicopter during a flight maneuver. A computer is operably connected to the one or more sensors and configured to compare sensor data to a set of control parameters. A plurality of control servos change the cyclic pitch of the one or more rotors to counteract the rotor moment.
US10086928B2
A downlock actuator may comprise an electric motor, a gearbox coupled to the electric motor, the gearbox comprising a rotary output shaft, and a connecting output shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the rotary output shaft of the gearbox, wherein the connecting output shaft is configured to rotate between a shaft locked position and a shaft unlocked position, wherein the gearbox is back-drivable in response to the connecting output shaft being in the shaft unlocked position.
US10086924B2
A selector lever includes a detent pin that travels along a shaft for being positioned within a detent slot of a detent plate for securing the selector lever in place. A magnetic detent pin alignment mechanism provides feedback to an operator for assisting in maneuvering the selector lever to a predetermined position wherein the detent pin may be positioned within a desired detent slot.
US10086917B2
The present invention relates to a method for operating a drilling vessel adapted to run large diameters surface casing joints having a diameter of over 20 inch (51 cm) and a length of 30-50 feet (9-15 meters), and build a surface casing string. According to the invention three or more surface casing joints are interconnected into pre-assembled surface casing stands having a length of over 100 feet (30 meters). These surface casing stands are substantially horizontally stored and transferred by a casing stand handling system to a surface casing string handling capacity hoisting device, which subsequently lowers the surface casing string.
US10086916B2
A ride height adjustable oil damped air shock boat seat pedestal with selectively lockable swivel capability is shown, which includes a locking pin extending below the seat and moving up and down with the seat as permitted and controlled by the air shock. The locking pin being received by a structure, which limits rotation of the seat.
US10086915B2
A collapsible privacy enclosure includes a lower frame section, a middle frame section, and an upper frame section. The middle frame section is reconfigurable between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration. The upper frame section includes a tilting portion and is reconfigurable between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration. A curtain rod is deployable from the upper frame section.
US10086912B2
The present invention provides a device useful for transporting and/or handling equipment in an underwater environment for performing work, the device comprising at least the following components: a floating hydraulic unit (1) comprising a first enclosure (1a), preferably with a cylindrical wall, containing an electrical pump unit (6), a battery (8) suitable for electrically powering the pump unit, and a fluid tank (7), preferably containing oil, said first enclosure (1a) being suitable for being made submersible by first ballast (16); at least one hydraulic tool (3) connected or suitable for being connected to at least one hydraulic coupling (11, 12) of said hydraulic unit via at least one flexible hose (30); at least one independent float (4), preferably having a cylindrical wall, connected or suitable for being connected to said hydraulic tool (3) via a sling (5) of adjustable length, said float (4) being suitable for being made submersible by second ballast (43); and a wired remote control (2) for switching on or stopping the pump unit (6), said wired remote control comprising a handle (22) fitted with an electrical contactor (2a) at a first end of an electric wire (20), the second end of the electric wire (20) being connected or suitable for being connected at least to said pump unit (6).
US10086897B2
In a structure for installing a fuel pump in a fuel tank, in which the fuel pump is attached to the fuel tank by clamping a flange portion of a pump case of the fuel pump between the fuel tank and a retainer fastened to the fuel tank, an interference portion is formed integrally with an inner peripheral edge of the retainer while being overhung inward in a radial direction, the interference portion being capable of interfering with any one of protruding portions when a relative position in a peripheral direction of the retainer with respect to the flange portion is set at a non-normal position, and a non-normal surface of opposite surfaces of the retainer is faced to the flange portion.
US10086895B1
A multi-functional storage apparatus and system may comprise a storage unit such as a backpack, suitcase, briefcase, or other luggage item that is bodily integrated with a personal transportation device. A scooter embodiment may comprise a steering shaft terminating in a wheel and a first and a second wheeled foot plate configured to support and rollably transport the storage unit and, when optionally deployed, a user. An electrical power source may deliver electrical power to one or more mobile electronic devices transported by a user and may be integrated with the body of the apparatus as well.
