US10169244B2
The described embodiments perform a method for handling memory accesses by virtual machines in a computing device. The described embodiments include a reverse map table (RMT) and a separate guest accessed pages table (GAPT) for each virtual machine. The RMT has a plurality of entries, each entry including information for identifying a virtual machine that is permitted to access an associated page of data in a memory. Each GAPT has a record of pages being accessed by a corresponding virtual machine. During operation, a table walker receives a request from a given virtual machine to translate a guest physical address to a system physical address. The table walker checks at least one of the RMT and a corresponding GAPT to determine whether the given virtual machine has access to a corresponding page. If not, the table walker terminates the translating. Otherwise, the table walker completes the translating.
US10169240B2
Systems and methods for managing memory access bandwidth include a spatial locality predictor. The spatial locality predictor includes a memory region table with prediction counters associated with memory regions of a memory. When cache lines are evicted from a cache, the sizes of the cache lines which were accessed by a processor are used for updating the prediction counters. Depending on values of the prediction counters, the sizes of cache lines which are likely to be used by the processor are predicted for the corresponding memory regions. Correspondingly, the memory access bandwidth between the processor and the memory may be reduced to fetch a smaller size data (e.g., half cache line) than a full cache line if the size of the cache line likely to be used is predicted to be less than that of the full cache line. Prediction counters may be incremented or decremented by different amounts depending on access bits corresponding to portions of a cache line. Mispredictions may be tracked and adjusting of the memory bandwidth may be flexibly enabled or disabled. A global prediction counter may also be used.
US10169237B2
A method for identifying, in a system including two or more computing devices that are able to communicate with each other, with each computing device having with a cache and connected to a corresponding memory, a computing device accessing one of the memories, includes monitoring memory access to any of the memories; monitoring cache coherency commands between computing devices; and identifying the computing device accessing one of the memories by using information related to the memory access and cache coherency commands.
US10169229B2
A dispersed storage and task network (DSTN) includes a site housing current distributed storage and task (DST) execution units. A determination is made to add new DST execution units to the site. A first address range assigned to the plurality of current DST execution units is obtained, and a common magnitude of second address ranges to be assigned to each of the new DST execution units and the current DST execution units is determined based, at least in part, on the first address range. Insertion points for each of the plurality of new DST execution units are determined, and transfer address ranges are determined in accordance with the insertion points. Transfer address ranges correspond to at least the part of the first address ranges to be transferred to the new DST execution units. Address range assignments are transferred from particular current DST execution units to particular new DST execution units.
US10169228B2
The embodiments relate to a method for managing a garbage collection process. The method includes executing a garbage collection process on a memory block of user address space. A load instruction is run. Running the load instruction includes loading content of a storage location into a processor. The loaded content corresponds to a memory address. It is determined if the garbage collection process is being executed at the memory address. The load instruction is diverted to a process to move an object at the memory address to a location outside of the memory block in response to determining that the garbage collection process is being executed at the first memory address. The load instruction is continued in response to determining that the garbage collection process is not being executed at the memory address.
US10169223B2
Techniques for identifying a build commit that caused a test failure are provided. A build which includes a failed test may be identified. For each commit in the build a weighting factor may be calculated for files that have been previously associated with the failed test. The weighting factor may be based on the number of times the file has been associated with the failed test and the total number of tests. A weighting factor may also be calculated for files that have not been previously associated with the failed test based on the number of times the file appears with other files that are associated with the failed test. The weighting factors may be added to create a score for the commit. The scores for the commits in the build may be ordered. The higher the score, the more likely the commit was the cause of the failed test.
US10169222B2
An apparatus for automatic conversion of existing systems management software applications to run in multiple middleware runtime frameworks by automating the unification of runtime framework ontologies and isolating runtime dependent code in the build process of system management applications through the introduction of a runtime dependency processor and performing runtime dependency analysis.
US10169211B2
Technologies and implementations for providing an application programming interface (API) testing services for transferring data center services. In some examples, multiple API calls used by a service at an origin data center are converted into respective test segments. An API test module including each of the test segments is formed for a multiple number of target data centers and the API test module is transmitted from the origin data center to the target data centers for execution at the target data centers. One or more test results based at least in part on the transmitted API test module being executed at the target data centers are received, and a report based on the one or more test results that indicates which of the application programming interface calls from the origin data center are compatible with the target data centers is generated.
US10169209B2
Methods and systems for creating containers by composition are disclosed. For example, a container image includes multiple layers, including first and second layers, which an image engine determines are read only or unmodified by adding any other layers. Each layer is in either a broken or unbroken state. Layers remain unbroken if an associated identifying signature and contents of layer remain unmodified by any other layer. The layers adhere to a policy requiring each compliant layer to be read only and/or not to modify any other layer when added to container image. The policy requires compliant layers to only modify their own contents when updated and to remain unbroken. The first and second layers are compliant when a third layer replaces the first layer. The layers remain compliant after replacement.
US10169204B2
Receive output dynamically generated by a running program and check that output for spelling, grammar, and/or other usage errors, providing notice to a user of any errors found. The dynamically generated output includes an assembly of component parts not statically assigned in a predetermined configuration or with predetermined content, but rather generated and/or configured by the executing program as it runs.
US10169199B2
Extensions to a debugger are identified in a debugger database which is read automatically when the debugger loads. The debugger watches for trigger events in its execution environment and optionally for load conditions in a debuggee program's internal state. If a trigger event occurs and a load condition is met, then the debugger automatically loads an extension for use. Some extensions provide debugging routines that are specifically designed to support debugging of applications which use a specific programming model.
US10169198B2
A method for obtaining data to debug an issue that affects a software application. In an embodiment, the method includes at least one computer processor receiving a request to obtain data associated with an issue that affects an executing software application. The method further includes determining a set of memory spaces utilized by the executing software application and one or more processes supporting the executing software application. The method further includes initiating a dump function to obtain data within the memory spaces of the determined set of memory spaces. The method further includes storing the data related to the dumped set of memory spaces by (i) high-speed capture and aggregation of data to volatile memory and (ii) spooling data within volatile memory to persistent memory for storage.
US10169197B2
A method for debugging an executable is disclosed herein. The method begins by receiving one or more breakpoints related to a call stack in the executable. The processor receives an executable in a debug environment. The processor executes an executable until one or more breakpoints are hit. Upon detecting a breakpoint, the processor temporarily halts executing by transferring control to an analysis tool to gather information related to execution of the executable up to the breakpoint. The analysis tool gathers one or more predefined outliers. The processor receives control back from the analysis tool to continue execution in response to the analysis tool collecting relevant information in the executable.
US10169195B2
A pre-initialized value of contents of a memory location is identified. A load value of contents loaded from the memory location by execution of a first instruction that loads from the memory location is also identified. A comparison is made between the load value and the pre-initialized value. Based on the comparison, a determination is made that the load value and the pre-initialized value are the same. In response to this determination, it is indicated that the first instruction contains an uninitialized memory reference.
US10169192B2
An approach for collection and presentation of runtime data semantics. At least one of code-coverage history, system runtime history and code version information are received. An inspection line of code or variable(s) are received and runtime data semantics is retrieved from at least one of code-coverage history, system runtime history and code version information. The runtime data semantics are filtered based on the inspection line of code and/or variable(s) and are output.
US10169186B1
A circuit and method provide efficient stress testing of address translations in an integrated circuit such as a link processing unit. A random DMA mode (RDM) circuit provides a random input to index into a translation validation table (TVT) that is used to generate the real memory address. The RDM circuit allows testing all entries of the TVT, and thus all DMA modes, regardless of what bus agents are connected to the link processing unit. The RDM circuit may use a multiplexer to select between a runtime input and a random test input provided by the random bit generator. When the link processing unit is in a test mode a mode selection bit is asserted to select the random test input.
US10169170B2
Example apparatus, methods, and computers control configurable, variable data reduction. One example method includes identifying data reduction controlling attributes in an object to be data reduced by a configurable variable data reducer. The attributes provide information upon which decisions concerning whether and/or how to data reduce the object can be based. The example method also includes controlling a configurable variable data reducer to selectively data reduce the object based, at least in part, on the data reduction controlling attributes. The control exercised can determine whether, where, when, and/or how data reduction will proceed.
US10169169B1
Creating and using highly available transaction logs in a distributed storage system is described, where the storage controller functions of the distributed storage system are separated from that of distributed storage system storage media. In an exemplary embodiment, a storage controller server receives a transaction entry at a first storage pool of the distributed storage system. The storage controller server further looks up a transaction log to store the transaction entry, where the transaction log is associated with a second storage pool. The storage controller server routes the transaction entry to the second storage pool, wherein the second storage pool stores the transaction entry.
US10169160B2
A database batch update method is provided. The method includes: receiving a data access command which requires to access data from a first memory; determining whether the data access command is a first type or a second type command; storing the first type command in a second memory, and access the data from a third memory in response to the second type command; sequentially accessing the first memory according to the data access command stored in the second memory in an order of physical addresses of the first memory. The sequential access rate of the first memory is larger than the random access rate of the first memory, wherein the terms “sequential” and “random” are in connection with the physical addresses of the first memory. Furthermore, a data redo/undo log producing method and a memory storage apparatus are also provided.
US10169146B2
A method includes first encoding first data into a first plurality of sets of encoded data slices, wherein the first encoding is in accordance with a first dispersed error encoding function. The method further includes second encoding second data into a second plurality of sets of encoded data slices, wherein the second encoding is in accordance with a second dispersed error encoding function. The method further includes creating a plurality of mixed sets of encoded data slices from the first and second plurality of sets of encoded data slices in accordance with a mixing pattern. The method further includes outputting the plurality of sets of mixed encoded data slices to storage units of the DSN for storage therein.
US10169138B2
A system and method for implementing a database system is presented. A database cluster can comprise multiple database servers. Each database server is configured to regularly compile various statistics upon the occurrence of a triggering event. These statistics can be stored along with the statistics of each database server in the cluster of database servers. Upon the occurrence of various conditions, corrective actions can be implemented. The conditions can include the inability to achieve performance thresholds. The conditions also can include not meeting the performance of other database servers in the cluster. The corrective action can include removing a server temporarily from the cluster or rebooting the server. In addition, a database server can cause the corrective action on other database servers in the cluster. Other embodiments also are disclosed.
US10169136B2
A method, computer program product, and system for dynamic relational integrated intelligent monitoring and problem resolution of systems is provided. An IT environment is monitored for a first symptom. The first symptom is a malfunction of at least one component of a plurality of components. In response to determining a first measurement deviates from a reference value, a first component is determined to be the cause component. In response to determining a monitoring tier of the cause component is activated, a plurality of measurements is determined for the plurality of components. A component with the greatest number of activated monitoring tiers is identified and compared to the cause component. Probe data for the plurality of components is collected. A probe ripple is determined, based on one or more components affected by the malfunction. A root cause of the first symptom is reported.
US10169135B1
A computing system may be configured to monitor the operation of a plurality of nodes in a manufacturing network that comprises a plurality of edge nodes, a plurality of intermediate nodes, and a root node. While monitoring the operation of the plurality of nodes, the computing system may identify a given time at which at least one node in the manufacturing network satisfies node-level threshold criteria indicating anomalous operation of the node and responsively evaluate the operation of the manufacturing network at the given time using one or more of macro-level threshold, micro-level threshold criteria, path-level threshold criteria, and node-level threshold criteria. Based on the evaluation, the computing system may identify an anomaly in the manufacturing network at the given time and then cause a client station to present an alert indicating the anomaly.
US10169133B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for debugging network nodes may include (1) detecting a computing event that is indicative of a networking malfunction within a network node, (2) determining, based at least in part on the computing event, one or more potential causes of the networking malfunction, (3) identifying one or more debugging templates that each define debugging steps that, when performed by a computing system, enable the computing system to determine whether the networking malfunction resulted from any of the potential causes, (4) performing a set of debugging steps defined by one of the debugging templates that corresponds to one of the potential causes, and then (5) determining, based at least in part on the set of debugging steps defined by the debugging template, that the networking malfunction resulted from the potential cause. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US10169132B2
A method and associated systems for a resource-utilization monitor with self-adjusting sample size. A processor monitors availability of a resource-limited entity by analyzing a set of samples that each identify, at the time the sample was recorded, an unused amount of resource available to the entity. The processor computes a Chi-square statistic of the sample set. If the statistic reveals that the number of samples in the sample set is too small to produce valid results, the processor adjusts the sample size to specify a larger number of samples and repeats these steps. If the number of samples is large enough to produce statistically valid results, the processor analyzes the sample set to determine whether the current amount of remaining resource is undesirably low, is likely to become undesirably low during a short-term period of time, or is likely to become undesirably low during a longer-term period of time.
US10169124B2
A data structure and a mechanism to manage storage of objects is disclosed. The data structure can be used to manage storage of objects on any storage device, whether in memory or some other storage device. Given an object ID (OID) for an object, the system can identify a tuple that includes a device ID and an address. The device ID specifies the device storing the object, and the address specifies the address on the device where the object is stored. The application can then access the object using the device ID and the address.
US10169123B2
A distributed storage network (DSN) stores sets of encoded data slices in sets of storage units. A first storage unit assigned to store an encoded data slice included in a set of encoded data slices identifies a storage error associated with that encoded data slice. The first storage unit selects a second storage unit to generate a rebuilt encoded data slice to replace the encoded data slice with the error, and transmits a rebuild request associated with the storage error to the second storage unit. The second storage unit generates the rebuilt encoded data slice in response to the rebuild request, and transmits the rebuilt encoded data slice back to the first storage unit, which stores the rebuilt encoded data slice.
US10169116B2
A computer system defines a list structure on the shared medium wherein the list structure has multiple lists; and provides a list which is allocated to a single queue manager in which message entries are located which belong to multiple shared temporary dynamic queues (STDQs) created by the single queue manager, wherein the message entries are located by reference to a key which determines a message entry's position in the list, the list including: a list header which can be partitioned for multiple current STDQs by assignment of key ranges to message entries belonging each current STDQ; and a list control entry which holds information about the assignment of key ranges to the multiple current STDQs and shares the information with other queue managers using the STDQs, wherein the list control entry is updated by the single queue manager when an STDQ is created or deleted.
US10169103B2
In at least some embodiments, a cache memory of a data processing system receives a speculative memory access request including a target address of data speculatively requested for a processor core. In response to receipt of the speculative memory access request, transactional memory logic determines whether or not the target address of the speculative memory access request hits a store footprint of a memory transaction. In response to determining that the target address of the speculative memory access request hits a store footprint of a memory transaction, the transactional memory logic causes the cache memory to reject servicing the speculative memory access request.
US10169100B2
Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include initializing a plurality of first layer software defined storage (SDS) clusters, each of the first layer SDS clusters including multiple storage nodes executing in separate independent virtual machines on respective separate independent servers. A second layer SDS cluster including a combination of the first layer SDS clusters is defined, and using a distributed management application, the second layer SDS cluster is managed, the distributed management application including multiple management nodes executing on all of the servers. In one embodiment, each of the storage nodes executes within a separate independent virtual machine, and each of the virtual machines executes a given management node. In another embodiment, each of the storage nodes executes within a separate independent first virtual machine, and each server includes a second virtual machine that executes a given management node.
US10169095B2
The method may include collecting performance data relating to processing nodes of a computer system which provide services via one or more applications, analyzing the performance data to generate an operational profile characterizing resource usage of the processing nodes, receiving a set of attributes characterizing expected performance goals in which the services are expected to be provided, and generating at least one provisioning policy based on an analysis of the operational profile in conjunction with the set of attributes. The at least one provisioning policy may specify a condition for re-allocating resources associated with at least one processing node in a manner that satisfies the performance goals of the set of attributes. The method may further include re-allocating, during runtime, the resources associated with the at least one processing node when the condition of the at least one provisioning policy is determined as satisfied.
US10169082B2
A method begins by a processing module of a dispersed storage and task (DST) execution unit receiving a data request for execution by the DST execution unit, the data request including an execution deadline. The method continues with the processing module comparing the execution deadline to a current time. When the execution deadline compares unfavorably to the current time the method continues with the processing module generating an error response. When the execution deadline compares favorably to the current time the method continues with the processing module determining a priority level based on the deadline and executing the data request in accordance with the priority level.
US10169081B2
Use of concurrent time bucket generations for scalable scheduling of operations in a computer system
Concurrent processing of objects is scheduled using time buckets of different time bucket generations. A time bucket generation includes a configuration for time buckets associated with that time bucket generation. The concurrent use of different time bucket generations includes the concurrent processing of objects referenced by time buckets of different time bucket generations.
US10169080B2
According to at least one example embodiment, a multi-chip system includes multiple chip devices configured to communicate to each other and share hardware resources. According to at least one example embodiment, a method of processing work item in the multi-chip system comprises designating, by a work source component associated with a chip device, referred to as the source chip device, of the multiple chip devices, a work item to a scheduler for scheduling. The scheduler then assigns the work item to another chip device, referred to as the destination chip device, of the multiple chip devices for processing, the scheduler is one of one or more schedulers each associated with a corresponding chip device of the multiple chip devices.
US10169073B2
Methods and apparatuses relating to stateful compression and decompression operations are described. In one embodiment, hardware processor includes a core to execute a thread and offload at least one of a compression and decompression thread, and a hardware compression and decompression accelerator to execute the at least one of the compression and decompression thread to consume input and generate output data, wherein the hardware compression and decompression accelerator is coupled to a plurality of input buffers to store the input data, a plurality of output buffers to store the output data, an input buffer descriptor array with an entry for each respective input buffer, an input buffer response descriptor array with a corresponding response entry for each respective input buffer, an output buffer descriptor array with an entry for each respective output buffer, and an output buffer response descriptor array with a corresponding response entry for each respective output buffer.
US10169071B2
A computer system acquires forensics data from running virtual machines in a hypervisor-hosted virtualization environment. The computer system provides a forensics partition as an additional root virtual machine partition or child virtual machine partition. The forensics partition includes a forensics service application programming interface configured to target one or more virtual machines and acquire forensics data from a targeted virtual machine running in a particular child virtual machine partition. The forensics service application programming interface is configured to communicate via one or more inter-partition communication mechanisms such as an inter-partition communication bus, a hypercall interface, or forensics switch implemented by the hypervisor-hosted virtualization environment. The forensics service application programming interface can be exposed to a forensics tool as part of a cloud-based forensics service.
US10169070B1
Methods, systems, and computer readable and executable medium embodiments for managing virtual machine pool demand are described herein. One method for managing virtual machine pool demand includes determining a demand for a number of virtual machines in a pool using data received, identifying the demand for the number of virtual machines in the pool is outside a threshold number, and sending a request for an additional virtual machine to a user to manage demand of the pool.
US10169067B2
A comprehensive approach to streaming backups for virtual machines (“VMs”) in a storage management system comprises improvements to the assignment of data agent proxies for VM secondary copy operations. New considerations in performing a VM streaming backup job include without limitation: determining and enforcing a system-wide per-proxy limit of concurrent data streams; generating an ordered priority list of the VMs to be backed up as a basis for choosing which proxies will back up the respective VM, though the illustrative system may not strictly adhere to the priority list based on further considerations; identifying a next available proxy based on data stream utilization at the proxy; and dynamically re-generating the priority list and re-evaluating considerations if some VMs become “stranded” due to a failure to be backed up. Secondary copy operations are distributed to proxies in ways that improve the chances of successfully completing VM streaming backups.
US10169066B2
System and method for enhancing advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) as a system on a chip (SOC)
A system on chip (SoC) having an integrated circuit (IC) integrating into a single chip advance driver assistance systems (ADAS) processing unit(s), application processing unit(s), at least one memory storing ADAS code comprising ADAS computer instructions adapted to be executed on the ADAS processing unit(s) for processing vehicle sensor data and VM code for executing VM(s) on the application processing unit(s) and a hypervisor which manages an execution of at least one operation system of the VM(s) and an access to a processor shared memory of the ADAS processing unit(s) for acquiring an outcome of executing the ADAS computer instructions for the completion of an ADAS enhancing function by the execution of the VM(s) on the application processing unit(s).
US10169065B1
Live migration of a hardware accelerated application may be orchestrated by cloud services to transfer the application from a source server to a destination server. The live migration may be triggered by probe circuitry that monitors quality of service metrics for migration conditions at the source server. When live migration is initiated by the cloud services, a snapshot of all state information relevant to the application at the source server may be saved to network attached storage accessible by the destination server. Changes to said state information at the source server may be mirrored onto the network attached storage. The destination server may copy the snapshot and subsequent changes and run the application in parallel before taking complete control of the application. After a handshake operation between the source and destination servers, the application may be shut down at the source server.
US10169054B2
A list of performed operations is received containing all operations performed in an order of processing. A request from a user is received including at least one of an undo request of a last performed operation or a redo request of a last performed undo request from the list of performed operations and the request includes at least one content type. A content type of each performed operation in the list of performed operations is determined. All performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types is determined. The at least one of an undo request of a last performed operation or redo request of the last performed undo request from the list of performed operations that have one content type of the at least one content types is performed.
US10169048B1
Preparing a plurality of computer nodes to boot in a multidimensional fabric network is provided. The method includes a fabric processor (FP) generating a plurality of DHCP discovery packets using a baseboard management controller (BMC) MAC address, and placing them into the multi-host switch. A dedicated connection directly connects the BMC and the FP. All ports of the multi-host switch broadcast DHCP discovery packets into the fabric network. The BMC, FP, and switch are all within the node. A designated exit node inside the fabric connects to a provisioning node not part of the fabric. The exit node relays DHCP traffic from the fabric. A location-based IP address uniquely identifies the nodes' physical location in the fabric. The IP address is calculated based on inventory records describing physical location information about the nodes. The FP calculates a host MAC address using its IP address and configures it onto the switch.
US10169046B2
An instruction sequencing unit in an out-of-order (OOO) processor includes a Most Favored Instruction (MFI) mechanism that designates an instruction as an MFI. The processing queues in the processor identify when they contain the MFI, and assures processing the MFI. The MFI remains the MFI until it is completed or is flushed, and which time the MFI mechanism selects the next MFI.
US10169043B2
A method includes determining that an operation should be performed to restore 80 bits stored in memory for an 80 bit register of a guest architecture on a host having 64-bit registers. The method further includes storing 64 bits from the 80 bits in a host register. The method further includes storing the remaining 16 bits from 80 bits in supplemental memory storage. The method further includes identifying a floating point operation that should be performed to operate on the 80-bit register for the guest architecture. As a result, the method further includes using the 64 bits in the host register and the remaining 16 bits stored in memory in a supplemental memory storage to translate a floating point number represented by the 80 bits to a 64-bit floating point number and store the 64-bit floating point number in the host register.
US10169037B2
Identifying equivalent JavaScript events includes receiving source code containing two JavaScript events for equivalency analysis, extracting an HTML element containing an event from each JavaScript event and analyzing the extracted HTML elements. Responsive to a determination that the HTML elements are of a same type according to equivalency criteria B, and responsive to a determination that the HTML elements have a same number of attributes according to equivalency criteria C, a determination is made whether JavaScript function calls of each JavaScript event are similar according to equivalency criteria A. Responsive to a determination that the JavaScript function calls are similar according to equivalency criteria A, and responsive to a determination that the other attributes of the HTML elements satisfy equivalency criteria D, the JavaScript events are identified as equivalent.
US10169029B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising obtaining configuration information from a source integration application, determining a set of features for the source integration application based on the configuration information, determining a score for a feature of the set of features for an integration pattern, the score representing based on a likelihood the feature is associated with a pattern, determining fitness scores for the integration pattern of a set of integration patterns based at least in part on the score of one or more features of the set of features, selecting one or more integration patterns from the set of patterns based on the fitness score associated with each of the integration patterns, and migrating the source integration application based on the selected one or more integration patterns.
US10169002B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system, and computer program product for qualifying changes to an instruction set in source code. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for quantifying changes to an instruction set in source code can be provided. The method can include receiving text in a code editor as an edit to source code of a computer program querying a data store of code change costs with at least a portion of the edit. The method additionally can include retrieving in response to the query a code change cost associated with the edit. Finally, the method can include displaying in the code editor the retrieved code change cost.
US10169000B2
A mechanism for provisioning composite application using secure parameter access is disclosed. A method of one embodiment of the disclosure includes receiving a request for a configuration parameter from a first component of a composite Web application residing on a first virtual machine (VM). The requested configuration parameter can be related to a second component of the composite Web application residing on a second VM. The role of the first component of the composite Web application is identified and a determination is made as to whether the first component has access to the requested configuration parameter based on the role of the first component. If the first component has access, then the requested configuration parameter is provided to the first component.
US10168997B2
A system and method for executing user-provided code securely on a solid state drive (SSD) to perform data processing on the SSD. In one embodiment, a user uses a security-oriented cross-compiler to compile user-provided source code for a data processing task on a host computer containing, or otherwise connected to, an SSD. The resulting binary is combined with lists of input and output file identifiers and sent to the SSD. A central processing unit (CPU) on the SSD extracts the binary and the lists of file identifiers. The CPU obtains from the host file system the addresses of storage areas in the SSD containing the data in the input files, reads the input data, executes the binary using a container, and writes the results of the data processing task back to the SSD, in areas corresponding to the output file identifiers.
US10168995B2
Generating a pool of random numbers for use by computer applications. Vibration sensors are placed throughout a machine and collects information theoretic entropy data from the measurement of the vibration sensors. The data is then filtered and added to an entropy pool. Applications needing a random number may acquire a number from the pool. A method, computer program product and system to generate the pool are provided.
US10168994B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for a random number generator that includes an entropy source. The entropy source may be coupled to a deterministic feedback circuit and a stochastic feedback circuit. The deterministic feedback circuit may include detection logic to detect when a bit of the output signal of the entropy source has registered, a pre-delay feedback path to cause the entropy source to power off responsive to the detection, and a post-delay feedback path to cause the entropy source to power on, after the entropy source is powered off, to generate a second bit of the output signal. The post-delay feedback path may include one or more delay cells that are bypassed by the pre-delay feedback path. Other circuits and techniques related to random number generators are also described. Further embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10168993B2
A logic circuit and a method using thereof for zero detection of a sum of inputs without performing an addition. The logic circuit and the method using thereof perform a true mathematical zero check and a zero check for trailing N-bits. The logic circuit and the method using thereof include bitwise XOR, XNOR, and OR operations, an OR-reduction, an AND reduction, and a control signal that switches between a true mathematical zero check and a zero check for trailing N-bits. The logic circuit and the method using thereof have less timing delay than an adder or a leading zero anticipator for a zero check. The logic circuit and the method using thereof use less logic gates and therefore less area and less power are needed. The logic circuit and the method using thereof have a great advantage for the zero check of large input vectors.
US10168986B2
Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content during the athletic performance, etc., e.g., to help keep users entertained and motivated. In some instances, user feedback may be used, optionally in combination with objective data relating to a workout, to control features of the workout routine, to control the music or other media content selected and/or presented, and/or to control features of future workout routines and/or the presented media content.
US10168978B2
Disclosed is a watch type terminal including a touch screen which is capable of receiving a touch input and a control method thereof. The watch type terminal includes a main body, a wireless communication unit that communicates with an external terminal, a touch screen that includes a plurality of regions corresponding to each time, and a controller that displays information informing that content information corresponding on a copy region may be stored to the main body when a first touch input is applied to the touch screen while selection of the copy region is maintained at the external terminal, and the controller stores the content information to be mapped in a region which corresponds to a current time among the plurality of regions and displayed an icon informing that the content information has been stored in the region corresponding to the current time, when a second touch input is received.
US10168972B2
A terminal apparatus includes a position determination unit for determining a position of the terminal apparatus; an imaging unit for capturing an image; a direction determination unit for determining an imaging direction of the imaging unit; an identification unit for identifying an input/output apparatus captured by the imaging unit based on position information of the input/output apparatus, the position of the terminal apparatus, and the imaging direction of the imaging unit; an operation unit for accepting an operation of a user with respect to the image captured by the imaging unit including an image of the input/output apparatus displayed by a display unit; and a request processing unit for making a request to the input/output apparatus for an operation to be performed by the input/output apparatus based on the operation of the user with respect to the image captured by the imaging unit including the input/output apparatus.
US10168963B2
Storage conditioning for a data storage system having D data storage devices (DSDs) is provided. E erasure codes (ECs) for an object are stored in the system, D>E. A map of d E-sized vectors of the D DSDs is produced. A DSD appears in e vectors. The ratio d/e is the reduced form of D/E. A hash value is produced for the object. A destination vector for storing the ECs is selected using the hash value according to a pre-determined, substantially uniform distribution. A compromised vector affected by a first DSD becoming unable to store ECs is identified. An intact vector that is not affected by the first DSD is identified. A complete set of ECs is produced from an incomplete set of ECs in the compromised vector and is distributed to the intact vector then copied back when the compromised vector is once again intact.
US10168958B2
An object is to make it possible to add a vendor-unique command at the time at which addition of a vendor-unique command becomes necessary later even in the case where the device side does not have a dedicate pin for updating in communication control based on a SATA standard. An information processing system that performs data communication between a host and a device in conformity with the SATA standard, and the host transmits a setup command to which information on an undefined command is written to the device, and the device: has a command table for commands in conformity with the SATA standard, in which a command code to identify each command and information on a transfer protocol of each command are described; and makes the undefined command available between the host and the device by writing information on the undefined command to the command table in accordance with the received setup command.
US10168957B2
A method of storing computer executable instructions and data elements of a program in a plurality of memory blocks of an embedded system. The method includes receiving object code that comprises instructions that symbolically refer to one or more data elements; metadata that identifies the data elements in the object code; and a data element description that identifies each of the data elements as either a regular data element or a non-regular data element. Executable code is generated based the object code, metadata and the data element description that comprises computer executable instructions that refer to the data elements using an address in the memory, wherein the regular data elements are referenced by an address in a non-instruction memory block of the plurality of memory blocks and the non-regular data elements are referenced by an address in an instruction memory block. The executable code is then loaded into the memory of the embedded system.
US10168953B1
Systems and methods for scheduling storage management tasks over predicted user tasks in a distributed storage system. A method commences upon receiving a set of historical stimulus records that characterize management tasks that are run in the storage system. A corresponding set of historical response records comprising system metrics associated with execution of the system tasks is also received. A learning model is formed from the stimulus records and the response records and formatted to be used as a predictor. A set of forecasted user tasks is input as new stimulus records to the predictor to determine a set of forecasted system metrics that would result from running the forecasted user tasks. Management tasks are selected so as not to impact the forecasted user tasks. Management tasks can be selected based on non-contentions resource usage between historical management task resource usage and predictions of resource usage by the user tasks.
US10168948B2
A mechanism is provided for replicating data in a data storage system that comprises a first data storage device, a second data storage device, and a third data storage device arranged to receive write requests from the first data storage device and second data storage device. The first data storage device or the second data storage device is selected using a characteristic of the first data storage device and the second data storage device. The first data storage device receives a first write request and sends the first write request to the second data storage device, and the second data storage device receives a second write request and sends the second write request to the first data storage device. The data storage device selected using the characteristic sends a write request to the third storage device in response to a notification the non-selected data storage device has completed the update.
US10168942B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems determine that a disk drive in a distributed storage system is failing. In response to determining that the disk drive is failing, it is determined if an object has object components stored on the failing disk drive. Object components are flagged based on whether the object components will become inaccessible in the event the disk drive fails or is unmounted. Object components that are flagged with an evacuate flag are migrated from the failing disk drive to one or more other disk drives in the distributed storage system to prevent objects from becoming inaccessible.
US10168937B2
Example implementations relate to storage space allocation. For example, an implementation includes an apparatus including a controller. The controller is to receive an allocation request from a host computing device. The controller is also to reserve a portion of storage space in the storage device via a reservation table based on the allocation request. The controller is further to determine a type of the allocation request. The type of the allocation request includes a space-optimized allocation request and a non-space-optimized allocation request. When the type of the allocation request corresponds to the non-space-optimized allocation request, the controller is to commit the portion of storage space via an allocation table. When the type of the allocation request corresponds to the space-optimized allocation request, the controller is to release the portion of storage space via the reservation table.
US10168934B2
Provided is a method of memory access for a memory controller in an integrity monitoring system sharing memory with a host system. The memory access method may include: receiving a memory access command from a local processor of the integrity monitoring system; accessing a system memory of the host system according to the memory access command; receiving data corresponding to the memory access command from the host system; and forwarding the received data to the local processor, wherein the system memory includes a secure area, access to which is allowed when the memory controller receives a memory access command from the local processor. In a feature of the present invention, there are provided a method and apparatus that can monitor integrity of data processed in the host system in a SoC environment.
US10168932B2
Storage sites are allocated pairs of nodes in which one node of the pair acts as an owner node while the other a backup node. When a local owner node receives a colliding write, the local owner node obtains a lock on the modified database and transfers both the write data and metadata to a remote owner node. The remote owner node returns a write complete message and the local site owner unlocks the modified database. When a local backup node receives a colliding write, the local backup node requests a lock from the local owner node and sends the write data to the remote owner node while the local owner node sends the write metadata to the remote owner node. The remote owner node then returns a write complete message to the local backup node which then requests the modified database be unlocked by the local owner node.
US10168925B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating point-in-time copy commands for extents of data. An establish point-in-time copy command is generated for at least one range of extents in at least one volume in the source storage for a point-in-time copy identifier. The at least one range of extents comprises less than all the extents included in the at least one volume. The establish point-in-time copy command is transmitted to a point-in-time copy manager to cause the point-in-time copy manager to create a point-in-time copy for the copy point-in-time identifier and the at least one range of extents, to generate change recording information indicating each of the at least one range of extents, to copy data in the source storage to be updated as changed data, and to indicate in the change recording information the data that has been updated.
US10168918B2
Various embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for assigning a plurality of version number values to instances of a logical entity of a memory device. Each version number value of the plurality version number values may be separately assigned to one of the instances of the logical entity. The version number values may be recycled after the plurality of version number values are assigned. Other embodiments including additional methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed.
US10168914B2
Aspects of the embodiments include systems and devices that include a memory controller circuit element, and a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB can include a memory module element; and a data buffer circuit element, the data buffer circuit element electrically connected to the memory controller circuit element and configured to receive instructions and data from the memory controller circuit element, the data buffer circuit element electrically connected to the memory module circuit element directly or through a socket, the data buffer circuit element configured to transmit instructions and data originated from the memory controller circuit element to the memory module circuit element and transmit data back to the memory controller.
US10168911B1
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for defragmentation of persistent main memory (e.g., storage class memory). An embodiment operates by determining that a request to allocate a block of persistent main memory cannot be fulfilled, identifying the largest block of a plurality of free blocks associated with a persistent allocator, and punching a hole at the location of the block within a segment of the persistent main memory. The embodiment further operates by determining that at least one neighboring block of the largest block is also a hole, and coalescing the at least one neighboring block and the largest block.
US10168908B2
A method for storage volumes in a cascade of storage volumes including starting a first data map relating a first storage volume to a second storage volume while a second data map relating the first storage volume and a third storage volume is active. Starting the first data map uses a zone map that relates the first storage volume to a zone within the cascade of storage volumes.
US10168905B1
A nonvolatile queue manager queues entries of host data from one or more host channels to one or more write buffers for storage in one or more nonvolatile memory devices of a nonvolatile memory array. The nonvolatile queue manager compares a number of the entries queued to one or more nonvolatile memory holdup power write thresholds based on detecting a power loss event. The nonvolatile queue manager tracks one or more locations in the nonvolatile memory array targeted by one or more of the entries extending beyond the one or more nonvolatile memory holdup power write thresholds. The nonvolatile queue manager initiates a mitigation action on a subsequent restoration of power to handle the one or more locations in the nonvolatile memory array targeted by one or more of the entries extending beyond the one or more nonvolatile memory holdup power write thresholds.
US10168904B2
Methods for use in a dispersed storage network (DSN) to retrieve encoded data from memory device of an impaired storage unit. In various examples, a computing device of the DSN issues requests to a plurality of storage units, including the impaired storage unit, to recover at least a decode threshold number of encoded data slices of a set of encoded data slices. When the impaired storage unit determines that it is not able to quickly retrieve the requested data slice for provision to the computing device, the impaired storage unit promptly issues a quasi-error response instead. When the computing device receives less than the decode threshold number of encoded data slices and a quasi-error response, it may elect to issue another slice request(s) to another storage unit(s) and/or issue a continue request instructing the impaired storage unit to continue processing the request to recover the data slice stored therein.
US10168902B2
Selective purging of a structure associated with address translation, such as a translation look-aside buffer. When purging of entries of a structure relating to a virtual processor executing on a physical processor is requested, it is determined whether the physical processor may refrain from such purging. A check is made as to whether purging has previously been performed on this physical processor for this virtual processor, and if so, the physical processor may refrain from purging.
US10168894B2
A canvas (e.g., a digital page or sheet of paper) on which a user can input data is displayed on a display device of a computing device in response to the canvas being invoked. The canvas can be invoked in different manners, such as by the user activating a switch or button at an “eraser” end of a stylus that mimics a pen/pencil configuration. The user can input any digital data such as notes, drawings, and so forth on the canvas that he or she desires. In response to the canvas being dismissed (e.g., by the user again activating a switch or button at an “eraser” end of a stylus that mimics a pen/pencil configuration), display of the canvas ceases. The digital data input by the user is saved or otherwise processed by the computing device.
US10168893B2
A computer detects user input within an input destination and determines whether the user input is continuous. If the user input is determined continuous, then the computer determines whether the input destination receiving the continuous user input has been changed during the receipt of the continuous user input. If the computer determines that the input destination has been changed during receipt of the continuous user input, the computer stores the portion of user input entered after the input destination had been changed in a temporary input buffer. The computer then presents the stored user input to a user and prompts a user selection of the appropriate input destination corresponding to the portion of stored user input.
US10168888B2
An information processing device includes: a display unit having a touch panel on its front surface; a movement amount calculation unit that calculates the movement amount of a touch operation based on a touch point at which the touch operation is performed with respect to the touch panel and a touch release point at which the touch operation is released from the touch panel; an operation determination unit that determines whether the touch operation is a depression operation or a gesture operation depending on the calculated movement amount; and a command recognition unit that recognizes whether a received command is a command corresponding to the depression operation or the gesture operation.
US10168885B2
Systems and methods for visualization of a molecule, comprising a set of particles, are provided. A set of three-dimensional coordinates is obtained, each coordinate describing a position for a corresponding particle. A cost function containing an error in a set of two-dimensional coordinates, where each two-dimensional coordinate corresponds to a three-dimensional coordinate in the set of three-dimensional coordinates, is minimized until an exit condition is achieved. The minimization alters the two-dimensional coordinate values. A set of physical properties SM is obtained, each such property representing a property shared by a pair of particles in the molecule. The coordinates are plotted as nodes of a two-dimensional graph after minimization, connected by a plurality of edges. An edge connects a coordinate pair in the graph that corresponds to a pair of particles in the molecule. A characteristic of the edge is determined by a physical property for the pair of particles.
US10168869B2
When a command key of a controlling platform is activated, the platform performs an operation to initiate a playing of media content and also initiates the retrieval of information from an information source.
US10168867B2
Devices, systems, and methods for generating a unified menu for multiple communication channels are provided. User interaction information received via the multiple communication channels are transmitted to a central server over a network. The central server also receives notification information or directive information from a source external to the central server. The central server weighs the received information and transforms the weighted information into unified menu options in a unified menu. The unified menu is transmitted to the multiple communication channels, such that same unified menu options are provided at each of the multiple communication channels.
US10168863B2
A method generates an output identifying components for a system, each of the components having one of a plurality of types, each of the components defined by a plurality of specifications. The method includes employing a network interface to receive a selection tool into a computer system memory. The method further includes executing the selection tool on a processing device to: open a multi-window display that includes a schedule window, a product type select window, and a product window; display a menu of a plurality of graphic elements; receive a user input selecting a first graphic element from the menu; update the multi-window display to display the menu of the plurality of graphic elements without the first graphic element and to display the first graphic element in the product type select window; and filter a component database to identify components having a component type corresponding to the first graphic element.
US10168862B2
A system and method for menu-based navigation to view audio and/or visual media is disclosed. A user can navigate through a menu system by moving a cursor between various categories listed in a menu in a first display area. When the user selects a category, the menu changes to display sub-categories within the category, with the chosen category listed in a home position of the first display area. A second display area can display available selections within a selected category or sub-category. A third display area can display additional information about the selected media item. There also can be a display area where a user can create a filter within a selected category or sub-category. The menu selections can contain representations of categories. The categories can be genres or lists of movies or music. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
US10168861B2
A menu display device includes: means for displaying on a screen a given range within a menu, in which a plurality of menu items are arranged in an array; means for moving the given range in response to a predetermined operation performed by a user; means for determining whether or not the menu item at an end within the menu is displayed in a predetermined position of the screen; and means for changing, when the menu item at the end is displayed in the predetermined position of the screen, the space between the menu items displayed on the screen in response to the predetermined operation performed by the user.
US10168859B2
A method, computer program product, and system for contextual determination of emotion icons. The method includes, for a particular user, determining an emotion icon to automatically input into a message, based on a class of the user, a current mood of the user, and the recipient of the message. The determined emotion icon is then inserted into the message.
US10168855B2
A method for automatic detection of user preferences for alternate user interface model includes operating a digital device with an active user interface model and receiving one or more input signals from a user of the digital device. The method includes comparing the one or more input signals with one or more latent user interface models and determining if one of the latent user interface models has a higher likelihood given the one or more input signals than the active user interface models. The method also includes responsively substituting the latent user interface with the highest likelihood given the one or more input signals for the active user interface model.
US10168851B2
A touch panel includes: an transparent substrate; an X wiring line; a Y wiring line; and an inter-layer insulating film which electrically separates the X wiring line and the Y wiring line at an intersection at which the X wiring line and the Y wiring line intersect in a plan view. At the intersection, the bottom layer of one wiring line of the X wiring line and the Y wiring line continues on the lower surface side of the inter-layer insulating film, and layers of the one wiring line except the bottom layer are divided. Further, at the intersection, layers of the other wiring line of the X wiring line and the Y wiring line except the top layer of the other wiring line are divided, and the top layer of the other wiring line continues on the upper surface side.
US10168849B2
A low-latency touch sensitive device provides a method for determining a location of a touch event thereon. The touch sensitive device row conductors and column conductors, the path of each of the row conductors crossing the path of each of the column conductors. Each of a set of orthogonal row signals are simultaneously transmitted on a respective one of at least some of the row conductors and an amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal row signals present on each of the plurality of column conductors is detected. A set of orthogonal column signals are simultaneously transmitted on a respective one of at least some of the column conductors. An amount of each of the orthogonal column signals present on each of the plurality of row conductors is detected. The detected amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal row signals and the detected amount of each of the plurality of orthogonal column signals is used to determine the location of a touch event on the device.
US10168847B2
A processing system comprises a sensing module, a first internal diagnostic mechanism, and a determination module. The sensing module is configured to couple with a first sensor electrode path of a plurality of sensor electrode paths, wherein the sensing module is configured to drive the first sensor electrode path with a first signal. The first internal diagnostic mechanism configured to couple with a second sensor electrode path and configured to acquire a test signal output while the sensing module drives the first sensor electrode path with the first signal. The first internal diagnostic mechanism comprises a selectable current source configured to couple with the second sensor electrode path, and wherein the selectable current source is enabled during acquisition of the test signal output. The determination module configured to determine whether the first and second sensor electrode paths are ohmically coupled together based on the test signal output.
US10168843B2
Devices and method are provided that facilitate improved input device performance. Specifically, the systems and methods are configured to identify a portion of an image of sensor values as corresponding to at least one sensed object in the sensing region, determine a polygon corresponding to the identified portion of the image, and determine a contact characterization of the at least one sensed object based on the polygon. The determination of a polygon corresponding to a sensed object facilitates improved contact characterization of the sensed object. For example, the determined polygon may be used to determine if the sensed object is actually more than one object. As a second example, the determined polygon may be used to determine the orientation of the sensed object. In addition, determined polygons may be used to more accurately track changes in the position of the sensed object.
US10168840B2
A touch screen panel includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area, sensing cells disposed in the active area, the sensing cells comprising a first transparent conductive layer, and connection lines disposed in the non-active area, the connection lines comprising a lower pattern comprising the first transparent conductive layer and an upper pattern disposed on the lower pattern and comprising a metal layer, in which an ionicity of the metal layer is greater than an ionicity of the first transparent conductive layer.
US10168837B2
An adjustment method for adjusting the direction of infrared light projected so that infrared light to pass over a displayed image from a projection device that is rotatable with orthogonal first and second axes as axes of rotation, the method including: arranging the projection device such that the plane containing the first axis and a line perpendicular to the upper edge or lower edge of the displayed image is orthogonal to the plane in which the displayed image is displayed; displaying a first image representing a first target on the line; and rotating the projection device with the second axis as the axis of rotation such that the irradiation position of the infrared light upon an indicator in the first image, in which is displayed a captured image, coincides with the position of the first target on the first image.
US10168836B2
A display system including an information processing device, a projector (a first projector), and a projector (a second projector) includes a first sensing unit sensing a first event which occurs by an operation of an indicator with respect to an image projected from the first projector; a second sensing unit sensing a second event which occurs by the operation of the indicator with respect to an image projected from the second projector; a replacement unit replacing a set of first event information representing the first event and second event information representing the second event with third event information representing a predetermined third event, in a case where the first event and the second event satisfy predetermined conditions; and a processing unit performing processing corresponding to the third event information.
US10168834B2
Method and device for operating a touch screen are provided. The method includes that: a terminal obtains an actual sliding track of a touch operation of a user on a touch screen of the terminal (S102); the terminal replaces the actual sliding track with a pre-set sliding track corresponding to the actual sliding track (S104); and the terminal responds to a touch operation of the user according to the pre-set sliding track (S106). The present disclosure solves the problem in the prior art that a touch screen reports all false touches of a user over-sensitively and over-precisely, thereby facilitating a simple operation on the touch screen, reducing false and misinterpreted touches, and improving user experience.
US10168824B2
An electronic device provided in a vehicle and including a touch screen; a first camera configured to capture an image of a driver of the vehicle; and a controller configured to restrict a touch input function with respect to the touch screen in response to an eyeline of the driver included in the image being out of a preset driving range for more than a predetermined time.
US10168822B2
A display control apparatus includes a display control unit for controlling a display unit for displaying an image, the display control unit being configured to display a plurality of represented images that represent a plurality of image groups classified depending on related information of the images on the display unit in a first display mode, and display related images relating to the represented images between a plurality of the represented images displayed in the first display mode depending on a user input on the display unit in a second display mode.
US10168820B2
An array substrate, a display panel, a touch display device and a driving method for the same are disclosed. The array substrate includes: at least one pixel group pixel group including sub-pixel units arranged in four rows and two columns; three scan lines arranged row-wise and at least three data lines intersecting the scan lines. The sub-pixel units are electrically connected in a manner that different sub-pixel units are electrically connected to different combinations of a scan line and a data line.
US10168817B2
(Problem) To facilitate setting of an image display style and selection of images in an image display apparatus with a touch screen.(Solution to Problem) Thumbnails included in an area designated by a pinch gesture are all specified. If it is not true that “the thumbnails included in the designated area are all displayed in the selected style” (S2004, No), the thumbnails included in the designated area are all displayed in the selected style (S2005), and the status is set to selected state (S2006). If it is true that “the thumbnails included in the designated area are all displayed in the selected style” (S2004, Yes), the thumbnails included in the designated area are all displayed in unselected style (S2007), and the status is set to unselected state (S2008). If the gesture is continuously changed to a pinch-out gesture or a pinch-in gesture (S2010, No), the selected area or the unselected area are expanded or reduced depending on the status (S2014, S2015).
US10168815B2
Systems and methods are provided for evaluating the quality of automatically composed digital content based on intentional user feedback obtained through a haptic interface. For example, a method includes accessing intentional user feedback collected by a haptic interface executing on a computing device, wherein the intentional user feedback provides an indication as to a user's reaction toward digital content that the user interacts with on the computing device. The digital content includes content that is automatically generated using content generation rules. The method further includes evaluating a quality of the digital content based on the intentional user feedback, and generating an evaluation report that includes information providing an evaluation of the quality of the digital content.
US10168814B2
A force sensing device for electronic device. The force inputs may be detected by measuring changes in capacitance, as measured by surface flex of a device having a flexible touchable surface, causing flex at a compressible gap within the device. A capacitive sensor responsive to changes in distance across the compressible gap. The sensor can be positioned above or below, or within, a display element, and above or below, or within, a backlight unit. The device can respond to bending, twisting, or other deformation, to adjust those zero force measurements. The device can use measure of surface flux that appear at positions on the surface not directly the subject of applied force, such as when the user presses on a part of the frame or a surface without capacitive sensors.
US10168813B2
Disclosed are a flexible touch panel, a structure of which is changed to prevent cracks in touch wirings, and an organic light emitting display device using the same. The flexible touch panel includes transparent capping electrodes including at least three intersection points between first wirings and second wirings in each of adjacent first blocks and thus overlapping bridge electrodes.
US10168804B2
A user input system including a stylus and an electronic device. A user may manipulate the stylus across an input surface of the electronic device and the movement may be detected using axially-aligned electric fields generated by the stylus. The stylus may also include a force-sensitive structure that can be used to estimate a force applied to the electronic device by the stylus.
US10168803B2
According to an aspect, a pointing device used to indicate a position on a touch detecting device includes: a first output unit provided to a body of the pointing device with which a hand of a user holding the pointing device comes into contact; and a first signal generating unit that generates a palm detection signal including a first code and different from a signal detected in a touch operation with the pointing device, and outputs the palm detection signal to the first output unit.
US10168801B2
To provide a small and light-weight writing instrument that can accurately read information written down on a display portion as electronic information. A pen-shaped device which includes a battery capable of being charged wirelessly from the outside, a first sensor which detects whether a pen nib has contact with a surface, a second sensor which detects movement of the pen nib in contact with the surface, a control circuit which is electrically connected to the first sensor and the second sensor, and a memory which is electrically connected to the control circuit, where the first sensor, the second sensor, the control circuit, and the memory operate by supply of electric power from the battery.
US10168798B2
Head-mounted display (HMD) provides a virtual reality to a user that controls the HMD with a keyboard. The HMD has a housing with a left lens and a right lens, a smartphone that includes a display, a camera that captures video signals of the keyboard, and a processer. The display simultaneously displays the virtual reality and the keyboard through which instructions are sent from the user to the HMD.
US10168792B2
Provided is a wearable device including: an image sensor configured to sense a gesture image of a user setting a user input region; and a display configured to provide a virtual input interface corresponding to the set user input region.
US10168789B1
Systems and methods to facilitate user interactions with virtual content having two-dimensional representations and three-dimensional representations are presented herein. The system may include one or more of a headset, a mobile computing platform, and/or other components. The headset may be configured to provide an interactive space by generating images of virtual content that are superimposed over the user's view of the real-world. The interactive space may include views of virtual content having three-dimensional representation. The mobile computing platform may be configured to present virtual content having two-dimensional representations. The user may perform gestures to “move” virtual content from the two-dimensional representation on the mobile computing platform to a three-dimensional representation within the interactive space.
US10168782B1
A system may include a display, a haptic feedback system including ultrasonic transducers, a gesture recognition system, and a processor. The processor may be configured to output a stream of graphical data to the display, output a stream of haptic feedback data to the haptic feedback system, and output user-manipulatable region data to the gesture recognition system. The display may be configured to present a stream of images. The ultrasonic transducers may be configured to form an ultrasonic acoustic field in front of the display. The gesture recognition system may be configured to recognize a user gesture in the user-manipulatable region as a user input and to output gesture recognition data to the processor. The processor may be further configured to update the stream of graphical data and the stream of haptic feedback data based at least on the gesture recognition data.
US10168780B2
An input device according to the present embodiment includes a detection unit, a vibration unit, and a vibration control unit. The detection unit detects a touch position on an operation surface. The vibration unit vibrates the operation surface. The vibration control unit controls the vibration unit to provide different vibration modes between a case where a direction of movement of the touch position is a first direction defined on the operation surface and a case where the direction of movement is a second direction different from the first direction.
US10168779B2
A vehicle operating device includes: a pad surface that is operated by contact with a finger of an operator; an X-direction actuator and a Y-direction actuator that move the pad surface in directions parallel to the pad surface; a track pad that detects a contact position of the finger of the operator on the pad surface; and a display controller and a display unit that display at least one item on a display screen, change a display mode on the display screen in accordance with the contact operation with the finger of the operator on the pad surface, and sets a virtual cursor that virtually moves on the display screen. When the virtual cursor reaches a boundary of the item, the X-direction actuator and the Y-direction actuator move the pad surface in a direction of the contact operation of the finger of the operator.
US10168776B2
Embodiments relate to use of proximity sensors to control a digital interface. More specifically, proximity detection and analysis of the sensors, and translating the proximity into one or more commands is utilized to control the interface. In various embodiments, a system is provided with a set of sensors operatively coupled to a secondary surface. The sensors are in communication with a hub positioned proximal to the sensors. The hub is configured to be in communication with a remote interface. Similarly, the remote interface is configured operatively coupled to a remote physical device (e.g. digital interface). As changes in the sensor position data are measured, the remote interface device communicates an action based on a set of rules. The action is communicated from the interface to the remote physical device and functions to physically transform a functional aspect of the device.
US10168767B2
An embodiment of an interaction mode selection apparatus may include a distance estimator to estimate a distance between a user and a part of a machine interface, and an interaction selector communicatively coupled to the distance estimator to select one or more active interaction modes from two or more available interaction modes based on the estimated distance. The distance estimator may include a depth sensor, a three-dimensional camera, a two-dimensional camera, an array of cameras, an array of microphones, an array of wireless access points, a beacon sensor, a proximity sensor, and/or an ultrasonic sensor. The available interaction modes may include a keyboard interaction mode, a mouse interaction mode, a touch interaction mode, a voice interaction mode, a gesture interaction mode, a body part cursor interaction mode, a body analysis interaction mode, and/or a facial analysis interaction mode. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10168761B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a first device. The processor executes an operating system and a power control application, which operates on the operating system and controls a power mode of the information processing apparatus. The first device is connected to the processor to communicate with the processor, and notifies the operating system of a return time. The power control application notifies the first device of information indicating the power mode of the information processing apparatus. Based on the information notified by the power control application, the first device determines a return time of which the operating system is to be notified, and notifies the operating system of the determined return time. Based on the return time notified by the first device, the operating system determines a power saving state to which the processor is to shift, and shifts the processor to the determined power saving state.
US10168748B2
A system may include a plurality of temperature sensors configured to sense temperatures at a plurality of locations associated with an information handling system, a cooling subsystem comprising at least one cooling fan configured to generate a cooling airflow in the information handling system, and a thermal manager communicatively coupled to the plurality of temperature sensors and the cooling subsystem. The thermal manager may be configured to, based on at least a power provided to a subsystem of the information handling system, estimate a thermal condition proximate to the subsystem and set a speed of the at least one cooling fan based on the estimated thermal condition and a required cubic airflow rate associated with the subsystem, wherein the required cubic airflow rate is determined based on a required linear airflow velocity associated with the subsystem and a net cross-sectional area through which the cooling airflow travels.
US10168747B2
A server includes a tray, a handle structure, a first hard disk assembly and a second hard disk assembly. The tray is removably disposed on a server cabinet. Two ends of the handle structure are respectively slidably pivoted to two inner walls of the tray. The first hard disk assembly is movably disposed in the tray. The second hard disk assembly is disposed in the tray. The first hard disk assembly and the second hard disk assembly are placed side by side. Two sides of the first hard disk assembly, which are opposite to each other, are pivoted to the handle structure. When the handle structure is pivoted and slide relative to the tray, the first hard disk assembly is pivotable between a stored position and an inclined position by the handle structure.
US10168746B2
Examples disclosed herein provide a hinge mechanism to pivotally connect housings of a computing device along an axis. As an example, the hinge mechanism includes a guide rail fixed to the first housing, a base block fixed to the second housing, and a rotary element to constrain the guide rail to the base block, wherein the guide rail and the base block are concentric along the axis, and the guide rail is to rotate around the base block. As an example, the hinge mechanism includes a rotation assembly comprising a slot on one end to receive a pin of the guide rail in order to link the guide rail to the rotation assembly. As an example, the rotation assembly is to provide a level of resistance to a torque provided when opening or closing the first housing with respect to the second housing.
US10168745B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit; a circuit board; a power supply cable coupled to the circuit board; a coupling cable including an overlapping portion that overlaps with the power supply cable as viewed in a thicknesswise direction of the circuit board and coupled to the display unit; and a projection projecting from the circuit board and disposed between the power supply cable and the overlapping portion.
US10168738B2
A portable computing device such as a laptop computer has a base unit (2) and a display screen unit (3) coupled together by a hinge assembly (7) configured to allow rotation of the base unit and the screen unit relative to one another. The display screen unit has a display panel on a first face of the display screen unit and a fuel cell array (12a, 12b) disposed adjacent to a second face of the display screen unit. Ventilation apertures through the second face of the display screen unit provide air flow to the fuel cell array. A fuel conduit extends between the base unit and the display screen unit across the hinge assembly for delivering fuel from the base unit to the display screen unit.
US10168732B2
A touch panel and a sensing method thereof are provided. The sensing method includes: sensing a touch operation on a touch panel, and getting a touch trajectory of the touch operation. When the touch operation is occurred in a first sensing area, positions of the touch operation are co-located by first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes of the first sensing area. When the touch operation is occurred in a second sensing area, positions of the touch operation are co-located by third sensing electrodes and fourth sensing electrodes of the second sensing area. When the touch operation is occurred between the first sensing area and the second sensing area, positions of the touch operation are co-located by the first sensing electrodes and the third sensing electrodes.
US10168728B2
In a power network system (10A), a plurality of power routers including at least a first power router (100A) and a second power router (100B) are connected through respective input/output terminal parts in a multi-stage configuration. A predetermined amount of power is transmitted to the input/output terminal part of the power transmission destination (230A) through a first input/output terminal part (210A), the input/output terminal part of the second power transmission source (220A), and the DC bus (201A) in the second power router. The power network system includes as power information about power in the input/output terminal part of the power transmission destination, identification information of the first power transmission source (110A), and an intermediate measurement value of power received in the first input/output terminal part in a predetermined time period.
US10168713B2
The invention relates to a transport vehicle and a method for a problem-free transport of heavy-duty shelves in workshops with radio shadowing using a partly autonomous drive mode, having the following features: a) a vehicle housing with a support plate for receiving and transporting a heavy-duty shelf, comprising two drive wheels which are driven separately on both sides in the center of the vehicle housing on a respective separately mounted rotational axle, b) a transverse link which connects the drive wheels, each drive wheel being pivotal about the rotational axle via an angle lever, such that the drive wheels can carry out vertical movements independently of each other, c) a centrally arranged actuating element which can move two front lift rods and two rear lift rods via a lift rotary lever and via a push rod which is connected to the lift rotary lever in order to lift or lower the support plate, d) a system for supplying energy to the transport vehicle, and e) at least one 3D scanner, at least one light field sensor, and at least one WLAN antenna in the front region of the vehicle body.
US10168708B2
A wireless vehicle-trailer interface system for communication between a vehicle and a trailer is provided. The vehicle may include a vehicle hitch, a vehicle control system, a vehicle radio frequency system, and a processor, the processor configured to generate a unique data packet for each vehicle radio frequency system, determine, for each received response packet, a distance between a corresponding receiving vehicle radio frequency system and a corresponding transmitting trailer radio frequency systems, determine a relative physical position of each vehicle radio frequency system and trailer radio frequency system, determine dimensions of the trailer, determine a physical position of a vehicle hitch and a trailer coupled, and generate instructions for the vehicle control system to cause the vehicle to move to align the vehicle hitch with a trailer coupler.
US10168704B2
System and method for controlling an aerial system to perform a selected operation using an easy-to-use release and auto-positioning process.
US10168701B2
A self-propelled device can include at least a wireless interface, a housing, a propulsion mechanism, and a camera. Using the camera, the self-propelled device can generate a video feed and transmit the video feed to a controller device via the wireless interface. The self-propelled device can receive an input from the controller device indicating an object or location in the video feed. In response to the input, the self-propelled device can initiate an autonomous mode to autonomously operate the propulsion mechanism to propel the self-propelled device towards the object or location indicated in the video feed.
US10168696B2
Dynamic analysis and updating real-time restrictions for remote controlled vehicles. Remote controlled vehicles are subject to geospatial restrictions that are updated in real time; dynamic analysis of geospatial restrictions allows for proper operation of a remote controlled vehicle.
US10168694B2
Provided is a heat source device including a control unit which, in response to a predetermined request for heating, sets a switching valve to a first circulation mode to communicate first and third ports, whereas to cut off communication between second and third ports, and performs a heating operation by actuating a burner and a circulation pump. In response to a predetermined request for hot water supply, the control unit sets the switching valve to a second circulation mode to communicate second and third ports, whereas to cut off communication between first and third ports, and performs a hot water supply operation, by actuating the burner and the circulation pump. A hot water supply stop alarm unit issues a hot water supply stop alarm that urges a user to stop using hot water when the request for heating is continued for a first predetermined time or more.
US10168693B2
The disclosure provides systems and methods of use in the analysis, collection, resource allocation, and tracking associated with the sale of commodities. Embodiments include a vibratory-and-optical analysis and collection system that may be incorporated into a collection and storage machine. The analysis and collection system and/or the collection and storage machine may be associated with a consumption-based resource-allocation system that determines a payment price for a batch of commodity sold and then digitally allocates all transaction resources to the relevant stakeholders to the commodity sales transaction occurring at the analysis and collection system and/or the collection and storage machine. A commodity-to-consumer tracking system may be provided to track the batch of commodity sold from the point of harvest and sale through to the end consumer. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10168692B2
The embodiments described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for improving the product quality of product lots produced on a production line. A quality value for each product lot is determined, and a quality benchmark is established. Each product lot is classified based on the quality benchmark. Product lots that have a quality value meeting the quality benchmark are classified as quality lots, and product lots having a quality value failing to meet the quality benchmark are classified as failing lots. Tools used in the production of the product lots are identified, which includes identifying a set of quality tools and a set of failing tools. Routing of additional product lots is directed by shifting production at least substantially to the set of quality tools.
US10168691B2
A data pipeline is used as a fundamental processing element for implementing techniques that automatically or autonomously perform signal processing-based learning in a process plant or monitoring system. Each data pipeline includes a set of communicatively interconnected data processing blocks that perform processing on one or more sources of data in a predetermined order to, for example, clean the data, filter the data, select data for further processing, perform supervised or unsupervised learning on the data, etc. The individual processing blocks or modules within a data pipeline may be stored and executed at different devices in a plant network to perform distributed data processing. Moreover, each data pipeline can be integrated into one or more higher level analytic modules that perform higher level analytics, such as quality prediction, fault detection, etc. on the processed data. The use of data pipelines within a plant network enables data collected within a plant control or monitoring system to be processed automatically and used in various higher level analytic modules within the plant during ongoing operation of the plant.
US10168687B2
The invention provides a control device comprising: an actual value obtaining part, obtaining a torque actual value and a velocity actual value, wherein the torque actual value represents a torque generated by the driving source and the velocity actual value represents a velocity of the motion body; an inferring part, which calculates an external force inferred value and a velocity inferred value every other operation period based on the torque actual value by using an operation formula of a predetermined model representing driving of the motion body, wherein the external force inferring value represents an external force generated by the control system; and an output part, evaluating a reliability of the external force inferred value based on the velocity inferred value calculated together if the inferring part calculates the external inferred value, and effectively outputting the external force inferred value when it is judged that there is a designated reliability.
US10168685B2
A method for applying stress conditions to integrated circuit device samples during accelerated stress testing may include partitioning each of the integrated circuit device samples into a first region having a first functional element, partitioning each of the integrated circuit device samples into at least one second region having at least one second functional element, applying a first stress condition to the first region having the first element, applying a second stress condition to the at least one second region having the at least one second element, determining a first portion of the integrated circuit device samples that functionally failed based on the first stress condition, and determining a second portion of the integrated circuit device samples that functionally failed based on the second stress condition. An acceleration model parameter is derived based on the determining of the first and second portion of the integrated circuit samples that functionally failed.
US10168682B1
A system for providing location specific load-modifying demand response (DR) and methods for making and using same. The system advantageously can manage load on individual distribution level power circuits. Information regarding forecasted and real-time loading of individual distribution level power circuits is provided to a DR Locational Application. The DR Locational Application leverages the ability of smart devices containing real-time locational functionality, such as global positioning system, to either indicate to the consumer when it is appropriate to consume power, or automatically control the energy consumption, of the smart device along with any other loads that are verified by the smart device to be in the same location. The DR Locational Application can inform the consumer, the DR Aggregator or Crowd-Source Organization, and the distribution operator of the energy consumption sum of the response for each of its distribution level circuits.
US10168681B2
The invention teaches a system and method for reducing energy consumption in commercial buildings. The invention provides development of certain mechanical cooling profiles and use of such profiles in an automated optimization method. Outputs communicate with the building management system of the commercial building, and regulate the cooling system during a season when the building activates the cooling system. Various embodiments are taught.
US10168667B2
Fast processing of information represented in digital holograms is provided to facilitate generating a hologram for displaying three-dimensional (3-D) holographic images representative of a 3-D object scene on a display device. A holographic generator component (HGC) can receive or generate visual images, comprising depth and parallax information, of a 3-D object scene. A hologram processor component can apply a first non-uniform transform to a visual image to generate a first signal, and can apply a second transform to the first signal to generate a second signal that corresponds to a hologram that represents the 3-D object scene. The hologram can be illuminated with a light beam to facilitate generating a holographic image(s) that can be a reconstructed image that reconstructs the 3-D object scene. A display component can display the holographic image(s) for viewing by an observer.
US10168664B2
An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion for mounting a process cartridge, the process cartridge including a first unit having an image bearing drum, and a second unit having a developing roller, the second unit being movable between a contact position in which the roller contacts the drum and a spaced position in which they are mutually spaced; an engageable member engageable with a force receiving portion provided on the second unit; wherein the engageable member is movable between a first position for maintaining the second unit in the spaced position by engaging with the force receiving portion, a second position for permitting movement of the second unit from the spaced position to the contact position; and a third position for permitting the process cartridge to be mounted, by being pressed by the process cartridge to retract, when the process cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion.
US10168660B2
A developing cartridge includes a lever, an urging member, a first gear, a second gear, and a protrusion rotatable together therewith. The lever is movable between a first position and a second position. The urging member urges the lever toward the first position. The first gear includes first and second gear portions. The second gear portion has an addendum circle greater than that of the first gear portion. The second gear includes a third gear portion engageable with the first gear portion and a fourth gear portion engageable with the second gear portion. The fourth gear portion has an addendum circle smaller than that of the third gear portion. In a case where the second gear rotates while engaging with the fourth gear portion, the protrusion contacts the lever to move the lever from the first position to the second position against urging force of the urging member.
US10168656B2
An image forming apparatus forms an image by transferring a toner image to a sheet, the toner image being formed on an image carrier belt with an elastic layer on a surface. The apparatus includes a rigid blade, an angle detector, an angle changer and a hardware processor. The rigid blade contacts with the image carrier from which the toner image has been transferred to the sheet, so as to clean residue attached on the surface of the image carrier. The angle detector detects an effective contact angle between the surface of the image carrier and an opposed surface of the rigid blade opposed to the image carrier. The angle changer changes the effective contact angle. The hardware processor controls the angle changer according to a detection result by the angle detector to regulate the effective contact angle to a predetermined range.
US10168655B2
An image forming apparatus including: an image forming portion; a fixing portion; an electric storage portion configured to supply electric power to a load; a first power supply configured to supply electric power to the load; a second power supply configured to supply electric power to the fixing portion; and a controller configured to supply electric power from the electric storage portion to the load and supply a predetermined maximum allowable power from an AC power supply to the second power supply when an image formation request is input, wherein in a case where a remaining amount of the electric storage portion becomes lower than a predetermined value, the controller reduces electric power supplied from the second power supply to the fixing portion lower than the maximum allowable power, and thereafter switches an electric power supply to the load from the electric storage portion to the first power supply.
US10168654B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a developing device, a cleaning unit and a processor. The developing device performs development with a developer containing a toner and a lubricant. The processor obtains information on a lubricant amount in the developing device; obtains, with respect to each section formed by dividing a surface of the image carrying member in a rotating shaft direction of the image carrying member, a partial coverage from electrostatic latent image writing information for a predetermined period about the section; sets, for the section having the partial coverage of a predetermined value or less, a developer supply amount for a patch to be formed outside an image forming region on the image carrying member, based on the above information; and causes the developing device to supply the set developer supply amount so that the patch is formed.
US10168649B2
A fixing device includes a nip formation pad, an endless fixing rotator, a pressure rotator, and a lubricant transfer portion. The endless fixing rotator has an inner circumferential surface adhered with a lubricant. The pressure rotator is pressed against the nip formation pad via the fixing rotator to form a nip through which an image is fixed on a recording medium. The lubricant transfer portion transfers the lubricant toward a center side in a width direction perpendicular to a rotational direction of the fixing rotator.
US10168647B2
A fixing device includes a cylindrical fixing member, a pressing member, a bearing and a heat insulating member. The fixing member is heated by a heat source. The pressing member forms a fixing nip between the pressing member and the fixing member. The bearing supports an end portion of the fixing member in a rotatable manner. The heat insulating member is interposed between the bearing and the end portion of the fixing member. The heat insulating member has a cylindrical part and a flange part. The cylindrical part has a slitting groove extending along an axis direction of the cylindrical part. The flange part extends outward in a radial direction of the cylindrical part from one end of the cylindrical part in the axis direction. At least one notch is formed along an outer circumferential edge of the flange part.
US10168637B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, an optical scanner, a developing device, a density detector, and an exposure corrector. The photoconductor is rotatable in a direction of rotation. The optical scanner includes a light source, and drives the light source to form a latent image on a surface of the photoconductor. The developing device develops the latent image to form an image. The density detector detects variation in density of the image in the direction of rotation of the photoconductor. The exposure corrector generates exposure correction data for the optical scanner to reduce the variation in density. The exposure corrector adjusts output of the optical scanner according to the exposure correction data at a time different from a time when the exposure corrector updates the exposure correction data.
US10168636B2
An image forming apparatus includes a charging member; a light source that includes light source elements and that radiates charge-eliminating light toward the charging member; a processing member that performs a process on the charging member; a function member provided to enable the process of the processing member and disposed between the light source and the charging member, the function member facing a radiation path of the charge-eliminating light and extending in an arrangement direction of the light source elements; and an adjusting portion formed on a surface of the function member that faces the radiation path, the adjusting portion adjusting an amount of irradiation of the charging member by the charge-eliminating light so as to reduce a difference in the amount of irradiation between regions corresponding to arrangement positions of the light source elements and regions between the light source elements.
US10168635B1
A conductive member includes a conductive substrate; and a conductive elastic layer disposed on the conductive substrate and exhibiting ionic conduction. The conductive elastic layer contains an elastic material, which contains epichlorohydrin rubber, and a layered inorganic compound, and the amount of free chlorine ions in the conductive elastic layer is 1 μg/g or more and 80 μg/g or less.
US10168632B2
A toner for electrostatic use includes a binder resin including an amorphous polyester resin having a urethane bond and a crystalline polyester resin, a metal ion forming a chemical bond with the binder resin, at least one colorant forming a coordinate bond with the metal ion and being supported on the binder resin through the metal ion, and at least three elements selected from an iron element, a silicon element, a sulfur element, and a fluorine element while including at least one of an iron element, a silicon element, and a sulfur element, wherein an amount of the iron element is about 1000 ppm to about 10000 ppm as an element concentration, an amount of the silicon element is about 1000 ppm to about 5000 ppm as an element concentration, and an amount of the sulfur element is about 500 ppm to about 3000 ppm as an element concentration.
US10168630B2
A toner for developing electrostatic images, including toner particles containing an external additive on surfaces of toner matrix particles. The external additive contains at least a lanthanum-containing titanate compound.
US10168620B2
The illumination optical system for illuminating an illumination target surface with light from a light source is provided with a polarization converting member which converts a polarization state of incident light to form a pupil intensity distribution in a predetermined polarization state on an illumination pupil of the illumination optical system; and a phase modulating member which is arranged in the optical path on the illumination target surface side with respect to the polarization converting member and which transmits light from the pupil intensity distribution so as to convert linearly polarized light thereof polarized in a first direction, into required elliptically polarized light and maintain a polarization state of linearly polarized light polarized in a second direction (X-direction or Y-direction) obliquely intersecting with the first direction, in order to reduce influence of retardation caused by a subsequent optical system between the polarization converting member and the illumination target surface.
US10168616B2
A photoresist composition comprising a resin having an acid-labile group and no fluorine atom, a resin having a fluorine atom, and a salt represented by formula (I):
US10168613B2
Provided are a mask blank substrate which has effectively and extremely high principal surface flatness while a reduction in the manufacturing throughput of the mask blank substrate is suppressed, a mask blank, and a transfer mask. Also provided are manufacturing methods therefor. virtual reference surface that becomes an optically effective flat reference surface defined by a Zernike polynomial which is composed of only terms in which the order of a variable related to a radius is the second or lower order, and includes one or more terms in which the order of the variable related to the radius is the second order is set, and a mask blank substrate satisfying the condition that data (PV value) relating to the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the difference data between the reference surface and the measured shape of the mask blank substrate is one-eighth or less of an exposure wavelength (λ) is selected.
US10168609B2
A first holding member holds a first optical system and a first mirror, and has a first junction surface. A second holding member holds a second optical system and a second mirror, and has a second junction surface. A junction portion is configured such that, in a state where the first junction surface and the second junction surface are aligned with each other, the second holding member is capable of being shifted in a direction of both the junction surfaces and rotated around an optical axis, and makes it possible to perform optical axis alignment. An emission-side optical axis of the first optical system and an incidence-side optical axis of the second optical system are aligned with each other, and thus a U-shaped optical path is formed by the first and second optical systems.
US10168608B2
A sampling stand for displaying samples of food products such as in a grocery retail store. A base unit of the sampling stand has a display worktop. A gantry is mounted above the base unit. A projector unit located in the gantry projects a visible image onto the display worktop of the base unit and/or onto a surrounding floor area. A motion sensor is arranged in the gantry and detects motions between the gantry and the base unit, and/or between the gantry and the floor area. A controller is configured to control the visible images projected by the projector dependent upon the motion sensed by the motion sensor.
US10168603B2
An optical member driving apparatus includes an optical member for changing an optical path, a plurality of actuators each having a movable member which is controlled to move in one direction, a plurality of connecting members which connect edge portions of the optical member positioned on two axes orthogonal to each other and the movable members of the plurality of actuators, respectively, a position detector for detecting a moving amount of the movable member of each actuator and outputting a detection signal indicating the moving amount, and a controller for controlling movement of the movable member of each actuator based on the detection signal from the position detector so as to keep an intersection point of the two axes at constant position.
US10168602B2
A projection optical system projects, while enlarging, an image displayed on an image display surface and performs zooming by moving a plurality of lens groups arranged along a same optical axis. The projection optical system includes, from an enlargement side: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power and movable during zooming; a third lens group having a positive refractive power and movable during zooming; and a lens group disposed at a most reduction-side position. The first lens group includes, from the enlargement side: a front group having a negative refractive power; and a rear group having a positive refractive power and including, from the enlargement side, a negative lens element and a positive lens element. For zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the third lens group moves toward the enlargement side monotonically.
US10168601B2
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided an arrangement comprising, a volitant body comprising at least one actuator; a control unit for controlling said actuator; and a mechanical arrangement for operationally connecting said volitant body to a reference point remote from said volitant body. There is further provided a corresponding method for operating such an arrangement.
US10168600B2
System and methods for the sampling of an optical signal by generating a plurality of copies of the spectrum of the said optical signal including at least one sampling block for the convolution between the optical input spectrum and an optical comb; wherein the said sampling block includes a modulator, and a bias voltage generator, the said sampling block is driven by an electrical comb generator and a phase shifter, the said electrical comb generator being configured to generate a number of N lines, with N from one to infinity, in the radio frequency domain, equally spaced in frequency and locked in phase, the said modulator being configured to generate a plurality of 2N+1 copies of the input spectrum from (i) the signal spectrum and (ii) a number of N lines provided by the said electrical comb generator.
US10168599B2
A system and method are disclosed for providing time reversal situational awareness. An input filter receives an input signal at a first frequency and a pump signal at a second frequency and blocks signals at a third predetermined frequency. A non-linear medium performs a second order operation or a third order operation on the filtered input signal and the filtered pump signal to produce an output signal at the third frequency, the third frequency lower than the first frequency and the second frequency. An output filter is coupled to receive the output signal from the non-linear medium and blocks signals at the first frequency and at the second frequency such that a filtered output signal is generated that is a phase conjugate signal which provides time reversal situational awareness.
US10168584B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lower panel having a pixel electrode including at least one unit pixel electrode; an upper panel having a common electrode including at least one unit common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower and upper panels. The unit pixel electrode includes an at least approximately diagonally oriented and parallelogram-shaped center electrode, and further includes a plurality of branches extending from the center electrode, and the common electrode includes an opening extending in a first direction corresponding to a direction of bending of the LCD.
US10168579B2
An alignment film is given a 2-layer structure comprising a photoalignment film that is photoalignable and a low-resistivity alignment film whose resistivity is smaller than that of the photoalignment film. The photoalignment film is formed by a polyimide whose precursor is polyamide acid alkyl ester, the number molecular weight of the photoalignment film is large, and the stability of alignment of the photoalignment film by photoalignment is excellent. The low-resistivity alignment film is formed by a polyimide whose precursor is polyamide acid, the number molecular weight of the low-resistivity alignment film is small, and the resistivity of the low-resistivity alignment film is small. The 2-layer structure alignment film can be maintaining an excellent photoalignment characteristic, so DC afterimages can be controlled.
US10168578B2
A display substrate may include a base substrate having a plurality of pixel areas; and a pixel electrode in the pixel area. The pixel electrode may include a bump portion defining a plurality of domains and at least one slit extending along an edge of the pixel electrode in at least one domain.
US10168570B2
A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate assembled to the first substrate, and several spacers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base plate and a first light-shielding layer disposed on the first base plate, wherein the first light-shielding layer includes several first light-shielding portions extending along a first direction. The second substrate includes a second base plate and a second light-shielding layer disposed on the second base plate, wherein the second light-shielding layer includes several second light-shielding portions extending along a second direction, and the second direction is different from the first direction.
US10168565B2
A touch display device capable of reducing the width of a bezel area and achieving a slim device while arranging touch type button keys in the bezel area. The touch display device may be an in-cell touch display device that include at least one touch electrode located on a cover glass, corresponding to one or more touch key areas separated at intervals in a bezel area, extended to a display area and overlapping with a common electrode neighboring the touch key area from among the plurality of common electrodes. Accordingly, when a touch key area is touched, the voltage of a common electrode overlapping the touch electrode changes to sense whether the touch key area is touched, and thus there may not be a need to provide an additional touch panel and an additional touch driving circuit to the bezel area.
US10168559B2
The present invention provides an LCD detecting system including timing control (TCON) IC. The TCON IC includes a process unit to receive lock signal, a detecting control unit connected with the process unit, and a point-to-point transmission unit connected with the detecting control unit. The detecting control unit detects mode of the point-to-point transmission unit and sends a control signal to the process unit based on a detecting result. The TCON IC transmits timing control signal based on the control signal received by the process unit and starts to transmit normal RGB data. Priority of the control signal transmitted by the detecting control unit is higher than that of the lock signal. The present invention also provides an LCD detecting method. The present invention can increase the speed of detecting and time to market, enhance competitiveness, increase the speed of manufacturing analysis, saves working time and productivity, and reduces cost.
US10168557B2
A two-dimensional photonic crystal formed of a square lattice of dielectric rods immersed in air, in which are inserted, in a controlled manner, defects that originate three waveguides and one resonant cavity. The cavity is formed of a ferrite cylinder with magneto-optical properties, and by two dielectric cylinders located near to the ferrite cylinder. It has the function of transmitting electromagnetic signals in a desired direction (clockwise or counterclockwise), defined by the sign of an external DC magnetic field H0.
US10168547B2
A zoom lens system according to the disclosure, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens group with positive optical power, a second lens group with negative optical power, and a subsequent lens group composed of at least three lens groups. During zooming operation, the first lens group moves along the optical axis and the second lens group does not move. The second lens group has an aperture stop. The second lens group satisfies following condition (1), −9.0≤fG1/fG2≤−2.0 (1) where fG1 is the focal length of the first lens group, and fG2 is the focal length of the second lens group.
US10168544B2
An optical system driving device includes a movable body that is movable in at least three degrees of freedom, and a light transmissive unit integrally mounted to the movable body. The optical system driving device also includes a driving unit that moves the movable body in at least three degrees of freedom, and a detection unit that detects a position of the movable body in each of at least three degrees of freedom. The detection unit includes a light-emitting unit that emits light toward the light transmissive unit, and an optical detector that receives light emitted from the light-emitting unit and passing through the light transmissive unit and outputs a light-receiving signal based on the received light. The detection unit also detects a position of the movable body in each of at least three degrees of freedom based on the light-receiving signal from the optical detector.
US10168541B2
A three-dimensional display device prevents a barrier wire breakage failure and includes a parallax barrier panel resistant to static electricity. The 3D display device has a liquid crystal parallax barrier panel disposed over a display panel. The parallax barrier panel has a first substrate having an electrode formed flat thereon and a second substrate having a display area, the first substrate and the second substrate having liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween. The second substrate has barrier electrodes extending in a first direction and arrayed at a first pitch in a second direction, has a first bus electrode extending in the second direction outside the display area along a first side thereof, and has a second bus electrode extending in the second direction outside the display area along a second side thereof opposite to the first side. The barrier electrodes are connected to the first and the second bus electrodes.
US10168539B2
An illumination optical unit serves for illuminating objects to be examined by a metrology system. The illumination optical unit has an optical pupil shaping assembly for generating a defined distribution of illumination angles of illumination light over an object field in which an object to be examined can be arranged. An optical field shaping assembly for generating a defined intensity distribution of the illumination light over the object field is disposed downstream of the pupil shaping assembly in the beam path of the illumination light. The field shaping assembly has at least one optical field shaping element arranged in the region of a pupil plane of the illumination optical unit. This results in an illumination optical unit which ensures an illumination which can be set in a defined manner with regard to an intensity distribution and an illumination angle distribution over the entire object field.
US10168533B2
There is provided an electro-optical apparatus including an element substrate that includes a display region in which a plurality of pixels, which are light-emitting elements, are arranged in a matrix form. The light-emitting element has a structure in which a reflective electrode, a protective layer, an optical path adjustment layer, a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode are laminated on an insulation layer. The reflective electrode is disposed by being split in each pixel, and a gap is formed between each reflective electrode that is disposed by being split in each pixel. The protective layer covers the surface of the reflective electrode on which the gap is formed, and includes an embedded insulation film which is embedded in the gap.
US10168532B2
There are provided right and left side-rearward cameras, an inside camera to detect a driver's eyeball position, main HUDs comprising projectors to form virtual images by projecting image information picked up by the cameras to reflecting mirrors and drive portions to adjust positions of the virtual images, and a ECU to control the projectors and the drive portions. The controller is configured to perform the process of calculating a distance between the eyeball position and a normal virtual-image display position which is located at a front end and an end portion, in a vehicle width direction, of a bonnet, and controlling the main HUDs such that a normal main view v1 is displayed at the normal virtual-image display position.
US10168524B2
A method of generating 3D information including: varying the distance between the sample and an objective lens of the optical microscope at pre-determined steps; capturing an image at each pre-determined step; determining a characteristic value of each pixel in each captured image; determining, for each captured image, the greatest characteristic value across a first portion of pixels in the captured image; comparing the greatest characteristic value for each captured image to determine if a surface of the sample is present at each pre-determined step; determining a first captured image that is focused on an apex of a bump of the sample; determining a second captured image that is focused on a first surface of the sample based on the characteristic value of each pixel in each captured image; and determining a first distance between the apex of the bump and the first surface.
US10168522B2
A pattern irradiation apparatus includes a light source unit, an objective that irradiates a sample plane with light emitted from the light source unit, a spatial light modulator of a phase modulation type that is arranged at a position conjugate with a pupil position of the objective and that modulates a phase of the light emitted from the light source unit, a light blocking member that is arranged in an optical path between the spatial light modulator and the objective and that is configured to block 0-order light generated by the spatial light modulator, and a control device that makes a correspondence between a focusing position of the 0-order light generated by the spatial light modulator and a position of the light blocking member.
US10168520B2
Provided is a microscope system including a motor-driven stage on which is mounted a culture vessel containing one or more cell clusters, each including cells having a target molecule labeled with a fluorescent or luminescent chemical; a low-magnification-image acquiring unit that acquires low-magnification images of the cell clusters in the culture vessel mounted on the stage; a detecting unit that detects the position of each cell cluster in the culture vessel by analyzing the acquired low-magnification images; and a high-magnification-image acquiring unit that, after the detected position is aligned with the optical axis of an objective lens, acquires slice images of fluorescence or luminescence emitted from the cells forming the cell cluster at a higher magnification than the low-magnification-image acquiring unit at intervals along the optical axis while the stage and/or the lens is moved to change stepwise the distance between the lens and the cell cluster.
US10168519B2
Systems and methods for generating light sheets suitable for use in single plane illumination microscopy may include a series of chambers in sequential communication with each other, the series of chambers including an optics system configured to convert a beam of light, such as a laser beam, into a planar light sheet. The series of chambers may include chambers having respective long axes oriented at an acute angle to each other to form a compact zig-zag pattern.
US10168514B2
The zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group that has a positive refractive power and remains stationary during zooming, a plurality of movable lens groups that move during zooming, and a final lens group that has a positive refractive power and remains stationary during zooming. The first lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group front group that has a negative refractive power and remains stationary during focusing, a first lens group intermediate group that has a positive refractive power and moves during focusing, and a first lens group rear group that has a positive refractive power. The first lens group front group has, successively in order from a position closest to the object side, a negative meniscus lens that is concave toward the image side and a negative lens.
US10168512B2
Composing, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; and a third lens group having positive refractive power; upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group and a distance between the third lens group and an image plane being varied; on the most image side, a fixed lens group being fixed in a position upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state; and the third lens group being moved in the direction of the optical axis upon focusing from an infinite distance object to a near distance object, thereby providing a small-size variable magnification optical system having a high zoom ratio and an excellent optical performance upon focusing from an infinite distance object to a near distance object, an optical apparatus, and a method for manufacturing the variable magnification optical system.
US10168511B2
An imaging lens is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens group; a stop; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: one or two negative meniscus lenses, a biconcave lens, and a biconvex lens. The second lens group is constituted by, in order from the object side to the image side: a 2A lens group having a positive refractive power as a whole, constituted by a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens; and a 2B lens group having a positive refractive power as a whole, constituted by a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens. A predetermined conditional formula is satisfied.
US10168508B2
An imaging lens is provided with: a first lens with negative power; a second lens with negative power; a third lens with positive power; and a fourth lens with positive power. The cemented fourth lens is formed from an object side lens with negative power and an image side lens with positive power. The thickness of a resin adhesive layer that bonds the object side lens and the image side lens is 20 μm or greater on the optical axis, and when Sg1H is the amount of sag in the image side lens surface of the object side lens and Sg2H is the amount of sag in the object side lens surface of the image side lens. The bonding operation is easy without damage occurring to the cemented surfaces, with a design that takes into account thickness of the resin adhesive layer; therefore various forms of aberration can be corrected.
US10168507B2
The imaging lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group has a positive lens, a positive lens, and a negative lens successively in order from a position closest to the object side. The second lens group consists of one negative lens. The third lens group includes two or less lenses. During focusing, only the second lens group moves. The following conditional expression, which relates to a focal length f of the whole system in a state where the object at infinity is in focus and a focal length f2 of the second lens group, is satisfied: 0.4<|f/f2|<1.3.
US10168501B2
A system for transmission of optical data signals has first optical processing circuitry for receiving a plurality of digital signals and applying at least one of a Hermite-Gaussian function, a Laguerre-Gaussian function or an Ince-Gaussian function to each of the received plurality of digital signals. The first optical processing circuitry also combines each of the at least one of the Hermite-Gaussian function, the Laguerre-Gaussian function or the Ince-Gaussian function applied plurality of digital signals into a single carrier signal. An optical transmitter transmits the single carrier signal. An optical receiver receives the transmitted single carrier signal. Second optical processing circuitry separates the at least one of the Hermite-Gaussian function, the Laguerre-Gaussian function or the Ince-Gaussian function applied digital signals of the single carries signal into separate signals and removes the at least one of the Hermite-Gaussian function, the Laguerre-Gaussian function or the Ince-Gaussian function applied to each of the plurality of digital signals. An elliptical core fiber transmits the single carrier signal from the optical transmitter to the optical receiver. The elliptical core fiber includes an elliptical core have a major axis and a minor axis.
US10168473B2
An optoelectronic device includes an integrated circuit including electronic devices formed on a front side of a semiconductor substrate. A barrier layer is formed on a back side of the semiconductor substrate. A photonics layer is formed on the barrier layer. The photonics layer includes a core for transmission of light and a cladding layer encapsulating the core and including a different index of refraction than the core. The core is configured to couple light generated from a component of the optoelectronic device.
US10168469B2
Provided is a light-source device comprising a light guide plate having a rectangular shape, a light source facing a side surface of the light guide plate, a reflective sheet having a rectangular shape facing one broad surface of the light guide plate, and a plate-shaped member provided at a distance from the one broad surface. The light source side edge of the reflective sheet is located inwards of a light source side edge of the light guide plate such that a part of the one broad surface on the light source side is formed as an exposed surface, and light leakage prevention unit filling the space between the exposed surface and the plate-shaped member is provided with a protruding portion protruding towards the light source. A reflective body is provided at a position corresponding to a clearance provided between the edge of the reflective sheet and the light-leakage prevention unit.
US10168467B2
A luminaire includes at least first and second waveguides. The first waveguide has a first coupling surface extending between a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and the second waveguide has a second coupling surface extending between a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The first and second coupling surfaces define a coupling cavity. The luminaire further includes at least one light source within the coupling cavity.
US10168466B2
A corner cut liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a LCD panel and a backlight. The LCD panel includes adjacent panel portions of different width that collectively define a corner cut profile shape for the LCD panel. The backlight includes a light guide and light sources that emit light into the light guide. The backlight directs the light from the light sources toward the LCD panel. The light guide includes adjacent light guide portions of different width that define the corner cut profile shape. Each light guide portion illuminates a corresponding LCD panel portion. The LCD device can be incorporated into a head-mounted display (HMD). The corner cut profile shapes of two adjacent LCD devices, one for the left eye and one for the right eye, may define an open region for placement of other components or parts of the user, such as the user's nose when wearing the HMD.
US10168463B1
The disclosure describes a lighting apparatus that includes a light-diffusive panel having opposing first and second faces and two or more side portions. A side portion has a curved surface and a third surface. Solid-state lighting (SSL) elements are disposed proximate the third surface of the side portion and are arranged to emit light at the third surface. A first reflector is disposed on the curved surface of the side portion and has a reflective surface to reflect light from the SSL elements into the light-diffusive panel. A plurality of disruptions are formed on the second face of the light-diffusive panel and are arranged to disperse internally reflected light. A second reflector is disposed on the second face of the light-diffusive panel and is arranged to reflect light emitted from the second surface into the light-diffusive panel.
US10168451B2
The present disclosure relates to optical stacks having nanostructure-based transparent conductive films and low diffuse reflection. Also described are display devices that incorporate the optical stacks.
US10168447B2
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium provide automatic geosteering by automatically updating a geosteering structure model based upon observed data gathered during a drilling operation. In some embodiments, automatic updates may be used to introduce vertical shifts into a geosteering structure model to match synthetic log data with observed log data. In addition, in some embodiments an evolutionary algorithm may be used to introduce such vertical shifts and thereby provide an optimal match between the synthetic and observed log data.
US10168445B2
The present specification describes a compact, hand-held probe or device that uses the principle of X-ray backscatter to provide immediate feedback to an operator about the presence of scattering and absorbing materials, items or objects behind concealing barriers irradiated by ionizing radiation, such as X-rays. Feedback is provided in the form of a changing audible tone whereby the pitch or frequency of the tone varies depending on the type of scattering material, item or object. Additionally or alternatively, the operator obtains a visual scan image on a screen by scanning the beam around a suspect area or anomaly.
US10168421B1
Exemplary practice of the present invention provides a carriage including a body having a void, a vertical rod passing through the void, four legs arranged rectangularly and projecting obliquely downward and outward from the body, and a vertical coil spring coaxially encompassing a lower portion of the vertical rod. The carriage is coupled with a retroreflective laser target at the bottom of the vertical rod whereby the top of the spring pushes against the bottom of the body and the bottom of the spring pushes against the top of the target. The target continuously adjusts in height so that the bottom of the target remains in constant spring-tension contact with the surface on which the carriage sits or travels, supported by its legs. The carriage is electromechanically propelled, and laser tracking is conducted to direct laser beams at and receive laser retroreflections from the target at various surface locations. According to some inventive embodiments, one or more weights are implemented, in lieu of or in addition to a spring, to exert a downward force upon the target.
US10168419B2
The present invention relates to a polarimetric radar, consisting of a transmission assembly that emits circularly polarized waves by means of transmission antennas and a receiver assembly that receives the reflected circularly polarized wave components by means of an antenna assembly. A plurality of two-channel receivers are provided as the receiver assembly, which simultaneously receive clockwise-rotating and anti-clockwise-rotating circularly polarized signal components, which are provided for digital beam shaping downstream of the antenna assembly. The invention further relates to a method for object classification.
US10168418B1
A computer-implemented method and system for controlling sensor data acquisition including establishing an operable connection for computer communication between a first vehicle and remote vehicles within a communication range. The method includes receiving capability data corresponding to the capabilities of sensors of the one or more remote vehicles, including a sensor actuation time slot. The method includes selecting a set of N remote vehicles based on the capability data. The set of N remote vehicles consists remote vehicles closest to the first vehicle, and the sensor actuation time slot of each of the remote vehicles in the set of N remote vehicles are different. The method includes dividing a clock cycle into a plurality of time slots, and controlling, according to the plurality of time slots and the sensor actuation time slot, sensor actuation.
US10168416B1
A method of determining a time of arrival (ToA) of a wireless transmission includes: sampling a signal received in a wireless transmission to generate first data in a time domain, performing a FFT on the first data to generate second data in a frequency domain, dividing the second data by a reference signal to obtain a channel frequency response, performing and IDFT on the channel frequency response to obtain a channel impulse response, determining a peak in the channel impulse response; and determining the ToA based on the peak.
US10168415B2
A position determining device is configured to determine the position of a portable device configured to receive one or more radio signals transmitted from one or more antennas inside a vehicle, respectively. The position determining device includes a processor configured to determine the open or closed state of a door of the vehicle for getting in and out of the vehicle, calculate an evaluation value related to the position of the portable device based on the received signal strength of the one or more radio signals at the portable device, and determine that the portable device is positioned inside the vehicle when the evaluation value satisfies a predetermined condition. The processor is configured to change at least one of the predetermined condition and a method of calculating the evaluation value in accordance with the determined open or closed state of the door.
US10168413B2
A near field communication (NFC) mobile device may obtain location information from a NFC terminal device that is communicating with the NFC mobile device. A data transfer link may be established between the NFC mobile device and a mobile telecommunication network. The mobile telecommunication network may prompt the NFC mobile device to obtain location information from the NFC terminal device. The mobile telecommunication network may then receive the location information from the NFC mobile device via the data transfer link, and may subsequently determine a location of the NFC mobile device using the location information.
US10168395B2
The present invention relates to a magnetic sensor which can improve the detection precision of a weak magnetic field. A magnetic sensor wherein a magnetic body which changes the direction of a magnetic field input to a magnetoresistance effect element is provided in the vicinity of the magnetoresistance effect element in which the resistance value changes according to the direction of the input magnetic field, and the magnetic body has a recess with a concave shape on the surface at a side where the magnetoresistance effect element is formed. The center of the recess may be substantially identical to that of the magnetic body. The concave shape may at least include polygon having three or more sides, or may at least include arc.
US10168386B2
A method, executed by a computer, includes receiving a scan chain design comprising a plurality of parallel scan chains, each parallel scan chain comprising one or more serially connected single-bit registers, each parallel scan chain having a scan chain length. The plurality of parallel scan chains are interspersed with a plurality of stumpmuxes that enable access to the plurality of parallel scan chains and segment each parallel scan chain into a plurality of scan chain segments. The method further includes conducting a determining operation comprising determining a parallel scan chain having a longest scan chain length, and conducting a swapping operation comprising swapping scan chain segments attached to a selected stumpmux to reduce the longest scan chain length and produce an updated scan chain design. A computer system and computer product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
US10168383B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for destructive testing of a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The PCBA contains embedded components on a printed circuit board within a non-functional area. At least one of these embedded components is susceptible to defects and exposed to conditions that facilitate destructive testing which leads to accelerated measurements. The accelerated measurements on the non-functional area are more representative of variability than measurements on a functional module while providing insights into potential future defects.
US10168379B2
Described herein is a system. The system comprises an output cabling comprising an output wire and a return wire. The system also comprises a surge generator configured to provide a voltage pulse at a first rise time down the output cabling to a device under test. The output wire causes a ring at an initiation of the voltage pulse being provided by the surge generator to the device under test. The return wire is a return leg of the output cabling that is in a parallel path to the output wire and is configured to reduce or eliminate the ring.
US10168376B2
A leakage current detection circuit includes a first resistor located on a positive direct current bus, a second resistor located on a negative direct current bus, and a detection processing circuit separately connected to the first resistor and the second resistor, where the first resistor and the second resistor are located on a trunk circuit in a system including the positive direct current bus, the negative direct current bus, and a load, and the detection processing circuit is configured to detect a current flowing through the first resistor, detect a current flowing through the second resistor, and determine a difference between the current flowing through the first resistor and the current flowing through the second resistor as a leakage current.
US10168370B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes an input/output pad configured to exchange signals with an external device; a control pad configured to be inputted with a discharge signal from the external device; and a first electrostatic protection unit configured to form an electrostatic discharge path from the input/output pad to a first voltage supply line according to the discharge signal.
US10168356B2
A probe for making electrical contact with a device-under-test test point includes a body, a rigid member capable of travelling linearly with respect to the body, a flexible arm having a test point contact at one end and fastened to the rigid member at the other end, and a flexible linkage fixed to the body and to the flexible arm. The flexible linkage is structured to cause the flexible arm to bend in response to travel of the rigid member in one direction, and to cause the flexible arm to unbend in response to travel of the rigid member in the other direction. A second flexible arm may be included, the two arms opening and closing to change the distance between test point contacts. A light source may be disposed on a portion of the flexible linkage that simultaneously articulates to automatically track the orientation of the test point contact.
US10168355B2
The present disclosure discloses a radio frequency test socket, a radio frequency test cable and relates to RF test. The RF test method includes: connecting a first test apparatus to a second test apparatus via a first and second elastic apparatuses in a radio frequency test socket, the first and second elastic apparatuses are connected to the first and second test apparatuses; disconnecting the radio frequency test socket from the second test apparatus by urging an insulated push pin apparatus against the second elastic apparatus, so that the first test apparatus is tested via a radio frequency test plug and the first elastic apparatus; disconnecting the radio frequency test socket from the first test apparatus by urging the insulated push pin apparatus against the first elastic apparatus, so that the second test apparatus is tested via the radio frequency test plug and the second elastic apparatus.
US10168349B2
A sensor comprises a substrate having a first surface; a cap structure connected to the substrate, the cap structure configured to define a cavity between an inner surface of the cap structure and the first surface of the substrate, the cap structure configured to block infrared radiation from entering the cavity from outside the cap structure; a plurality of absorbers, each absorber in the plurality of absorbers being connected to the first surface of the substrate and arranged at a respective position within the cavity and configured to absorb infrared radiation at the respective position within the cavity; and a plurality of readout circuits, each readout circuit in the plurality of readout circuits being connected to a respective absorber in the plurality of absorbers and configured to provide a measurement signal that indicates an amount of infrared radiation absorbed by the respective absorber.
US10168346B2
A method for determining the presence or absence of disposable pipette tips in pipette tip carriers on the work area of a laboratory workstation. Each of the pipette tip carriers has a support panel with receiving holes into each of which a disposable pipette tip can be inserted. The laboratory workstation for carrying out the method has a robot arm with at least one pipette which is designed to receive and dispose of disposable pipette tips. The laboratory workstation has a digital camera which is arranged on a support device and is operatively connected to an analyzing unit. The work area of the laboratory workstation can be completely imaged in at least one first direction using the digital camera.
US10168345B2
An automatic analysis apparatus capable of improving detection sensitivity is provided. An optimum photometer between a light-scattering photometer and an absorptiometer based on a concentration range may be decided. A standard solution is measured multiple times at a normal calibration and a calibration curve is created. Calibration curves are individually created for an absorptiometer and a light-scattering photometer from the minimum and maximum measured values of the concentrations of each standard solution. The upper and lower limits of a standard solution concentration are computed from the minimum/maximum calibration curves. Sensitivity may be computed by using calibration parameters. Whether to use a concentration by absorption or a concentration by scattered light is decided based on the computed sensitivity. The computed sensitivities are compared between the concentration by absorption and the concentration by scattered light, and the use of the concentration of a higher sensitivity is decided.
US10168344B2
A storage and retrieval system is provided. The storage and retrieval system having a frame and a shuttle movable within the frame, the shuttle having a carriage extending at least partially between a top and bottom of the frame. At least one tension member extends between a first and second ends of the frame and is coupled to the shuttle. At least one drive member extends between the first and second ends of the frame and is coupled to the shuttle. The at least one drive member and the at least one tension member project from opposite sides of the shuttle towards respective first and second ends of the frame and effect stabilization of the carriage against at least rotation relative to the frame. The at least one tension member crosses the at least one drive member and the at least one drive member effects movement of the shuttle.
US10168343B2
A processing system for processing experiment of biochemistry, biology and/or biotechnology includes a manual pipette which includes a piston and suctions and discharges liquid when the piston of the manual pipette is moved by external drive force, an automatic pipette which includes a piston and a built-in actuator and suctions and discharges liquid when the piston of the automatic pipette is moved by the actuator, a robot including a robotic arm which selects and grasps the manual or automatic pipette based on an operation command, and a robotic arm control device including circuitry which controls the robot such that the robotic arm selects and grasps the manual or automatic pipette based on the operation command. The operation command includes a collection of jobs that controls processes for processing a processing target in an experiment of biochemistry, biology and/or biotechnology and a container containing the processing target in a processing order.
US10168329B2
Methods, compositions and kits for detecting Group A streptococcus in a biological sample are described. More particularly, the present disclosure provides an immunoassay in which the specificity of detection of Group A streptococcus is enhanced by addition of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. These methods, compositions and kits are useful in convenient, reliable and early diagnosis of streptococcal infection in a human subject.
US10168328B2
Methods, compositions, and reaction mixtures are provided for identifying a T cell receptor (TCR) and an epitope peptide that specifically binds the TCR. Methods, compositions, and reaction mixtures are also provided for identifying a plurality of T cell receptors and corresponding epitope peptides that specifically bind the T cell receptors. In some cases, the plurality of T cell receptors and corresponding epitope peptides can be identified in a highly parallel manner.
US10168324B2
The present invention relates to a test system or an assay system (detection system) and test method preferably for use in the Point-of-Care (PoC) field.
US10168311B2
Products and processes are provided herewith for analyzing octane content in a fuel sample that include the step or steps of receiving an octane measurement of a fuel sample from a octane analyzer, rounding the octane measurement to a nearest recognized octane rating, comparing the rounded octane measurement with a listed octane rating for the fuel sample, and communicating results of the comparison to a user of the octane analyzer. The octane analyzer may be incorporated into a fuel pump or a vehicle. The results of the comparison may also be used to adjust the vehicle operating parameters to account for the actual octane rating of the fuel dispensed into the vehicle.
US10168310B2
A system or method for analyzing a sample include an input light source, an excitation light source positioned to receive light from the input light source and to sequentially illuminate the sample with each of a plurality of wavelengths, a fluorescence detector positioned to receive and substantially simultaneously detect multiple wavelengths of light emitted by the sample for each of the plurality of excitation wavelengths, an absorption detector positioned to receive and detect light passing through the sample, and a computer in communication with the excitation light source, the fluorescence detector, and the absorption detector, the computer controlling the excitation light source to sequentially illuminate the sample with each of the plurality of wavelengths while measuring absorption and fluorescence of the sample based on signals received from the fluorescence and absorption detectors.
US10168306B2
A rotor arrangement and method by which a time reference is provided for a rotor. The rotor includes N time of arrival features. The method includes steps to: provide a plurality of time of arrival probes spaced apart circumferentially outside the periphery of the rotor; for each revolution of the rotor, measure a time of arrival of each feature at each probe; select N time of arrival measurements at each probe; derive a best fit of the measured times of arrival measured at all the probes against angular position; and set the time reference for the next revolution of the rotor equal to the best fit at the end of the current revolution of the rotor.
US10168298B2
Briefly, a method for verifying the visual perceptibility of a display is provided. An intended message is written to a bistable display. Pixels that comprise portions of the message are measured and evaluated to determine if the message actually displayed on the bistable display was perceptible by a human or a machine. In some cases, information regarding the message actually perceivable from the display may be stored for later use. Responsive to determining that a message is perceivable or not perceivable, alarms may be set, one or more third parties notified, or additional display features may be set.
US10168296B2
A field-effect transistor includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a control electrode. The control electrode is configured as a heating unit having two terminals for receiving a heating voltage for heating the control electrode. The heating unit is configured as a meander-type heating element. A current-measuring device is configured to detect a current flowing between the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US10168292B2
An article comprising: an array of calorimeter devices, wherein the device comprises: at least one fluidic enclosure disposed on a microfluidic chip, wherein the fluidic enclosure is substantially gas impermeable; at least one first chamber and at least one second chamber, wherein the first chamber and the second chamber are disposed within and enclosed by the fluidic enclosure, wherein the first chamber and the second chamber are not vacuum encapsulated; at least two microfluidic channels connected to the first chamber and at least two microfluidic channels connected to the second chamber; and at least one thermal sensor disposed between the chip and the first and second chambers, wherein the thermal sensor is adapted to measure a temperature differential between the first and second chambers. Examples include DSC and TSA devices. Biological binding and melting experiments can be done with high sensitivity.
US10168285B2
A separator producing method includes the steps of: winding up, around a core (81, 53), a separator (12a, 12b) having a defect (D) detected; and providing a defect code (DC2) including information on a position of the defect (D) in the longitudinal direction of the separator (12a, 12b) on (i) the outermost portion (86, 86b) of the separator (12a, 12b), wound around the core (81, 53), or (ii) the core (81, 53), around which the separator (12a, 12b) is wound.
US10168284B2
A method of analyzing a sample to be tested to determine the presence of or to quantify an analyte in the sample, employing a reaction which produces a reaction medium derived from the sample and which possesses fluorescence properties, the reaction medium being located within a well, the reaction medium and the well forming an analysis assembly which possesses fluorescent properties in response to illumination by a light source producing a light signal, the light source being movable along a surface S1 of the well.
US10168267B2
A rotational speed detection device is provided that can detect the rotational speed of a rotating object with high precision by readily controlling a relatively inexpensive and compact optical device, and has a lower cost and a smaller size with maintained or improved detection precision of the rotational speed of the rotating object. The rotational speed detection device includes a light emitting unit (5), a light receiving unit (6), a received light data obtaining unit (13), and a rotational speed calculation unit (15) that calculates the rotational speed of a rotating object (3). The rotating object (3) has an irregular uneven portion (3A) on a rotating surface thereof. The received light data obtaining unit (13) obtains time-series data of received light data of light reflected by the uneven portion (3A). The rotational speed calculation unit (15) calculates the rotational speed of the rotating object (3) from the periodicity of the time-series data.
US10168266B2
Present disclosure provides a portable viscometer including a body and a measuring unit disposed on one side of the body. The measuring unit includes a capillary tube detachably attached to the measuring unit, and a first sensor and a second sensor, the first and second sensors being disposed adjacent to the capillary tube and vertically spaced apart from each other, and the capillary tube includes a bead therein. The bead may be fixed on the inner surface of the capillary tube by a fixing compound which is soluble in a fluid to be measured.
US10168264B2
A method (600) of generating a drive signal for a vibratory sensor (5) is provided. The method (600) includes vibrating a vibratory element (104, 510) configured to provide a vibration signal, receiving the vibration signal from the vibratory element (104, 510) with a receiver circuit (134), generating a drive signal that vibrates the vibratory element (104, 510) with a driver circuit (138) coupled to the receiver circuit (134) and the vibratory element (104, 510), and comparing a phase of the generated drive signal with a phase of the vibration signal.
US10168257B2
In accordance with an embodiment of a system for handling and processing chemical and/or biological samples, a MicroChamber comprises a substrate, a reservoir formed on the substrate for receiving a chemical and/or biological sample, and an encoder such as a barcode or other suitable device. The encoder encodes information describing at least one characteristic of the substrate and/or reservoir.
US10168255B1
System, method, and apparatus embodiments characterize potential air emissions during the pig receiver depressurization. The mass flow rate, pressure, and temperature of exhaust gas released from the pig receiver are ascertained using a mass flow meter, pressure gauge, and temperature gauge, respectively. A flow meter and control valve regulate flow of exhaust gas through a sampling line and into a grab sample collection train. The grab sample collection train includes grab sample containers (e.g., piston cylinders, double-ended cylinders, and evacuated canisters) that collect exhaust gas samples over a range of pressures. The exhaust gas samples are used to determine the concentrations of gas components in the exhaust gas over the range of pressures. These concentrations are interpolated and/or extrapolated to provide a concentration versus pressure curve for each identified component in the exhaust gas. The ascertained mass flow rate and gas concentration curve are used to characterize potential mass emissions of each gas component during pig receiver depressurization.
US10168246B2
Methods of selecting, from a set of like optical fibers, a subset of optical fibers that can meet both short-wavelength and target-wavelength bandwidth requirements are disclosed. The method includes obtaining short-wavelength bandwidth data from DMD measurements, and determining a peak wavelength for each optical fiber. A target-wavelength bandwidth is then calculated using the determined peak wavelengths. The calculated target bandwidth is then compared to the short-wavelength and target-wavelength bandwidth requirements to identify which of the optical fibers satisfy these requirements.
US10168242B2
A glow plug adaptor for pressure measurement in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes an adaptor sleeve attached to an adaptor head that contains a pressure sensor with a diaphragm. A sealing shoulder can be screwed into an opening in a combustion chamber to provide a pressure-tight seal and permit passage of signal conductors from the pressure sensor through the adaptor sleeve. The adaptor head is tapered at the proximal combustion chamber end, and in the adaptor head a cavity is formed in such a way that the cavity is bounded by the diaphragm of the pressure sensor mounted therein and by a closed end wall of the adaptor head.
US10168224B2
An apparatus for controlling a frequency analysis processing includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute a fast Fourier transform process that includes performing a fast Fourier transform operation on data of two groups into which sensor data sensed at a first sampling frequency by a sensor is divided, and execute a change process that includes changing, in a case where results of butterfly operations of the fast Fourier transform operation are similar between the two groups, a sampling frequency at which the sensor operates to a second sampling frequency lower than the first sampling frequency.
US10168222B2
An apparatus is disclosed that comprises an integrated circuit and a thermal detector array configured to detect thermal radiation from the integrated circuit. A method is disclosed that comprises providing an integrated circuit and disposing a thermal detector array so as to detect thermal radiation from the integrated circuit. Another apparatus is disclosed that comprises means for processing and means for detecting thermal radiation from the means for processing.
US10168220B2
A wearable device includes a case and a far infrared temperature sensing device. The case has a first opening. The far infrared temperature sensing device is disposed inside the case of the wearable device. The far infrared temperature sensing device includes an assembly structure, a sensor chip, a filter structure, and a metal shielding structure. The assembly structure has an accommodating space and a top opening. The sensor chip is disposed in the accommodating space of the assembly structure. The filter structure is disposed above the sensor chip. The metal shielding structure is disposed above the sensor chip, and has a second opening to expose the filter structure. The first and second openings are communicated to cooperatively define a through hole.
US10168219B2
The present invention discloses a wearable device with combined sensing capabilities, which includes a wearable assembly and at least one multi-function sensor module. The wearable assembly is suitable to be worn on a part of a user's body. The wearable assembly includes at least one light-transmissible window. The multi-function sensor module is located inside the wearable assembly, for performing an image sensing function and an infrared temperature sensing function. The multi-function sensor module includes an image sensor module for sensing a physical or a biological feature of an object through the light-transmissible window by way of image sensing; and an infrared temperature sensor module for sensing temperature through the light-transmissible window by way of infrared temperature sensing.
US10168216B2
The invention reduces a variation of a result of image inspection by alleviating a burden on the user relating to designation of an extracted color. An image inspection device displays a color image of an inspection target object, receives designation of at least a foreground region, and extracts a foreground color and a background color as color information from the foreground region and a background region, respectively. The image inspection device calculates a distance between a color of each pixel of the color image and the foreground color in a color space, and generates a foreground distance image. Similarly, the image inspection device forms a background distance image. The image inspection device inspects the inspection target object using a foreground-background image created by combining the foreground distance image and the background distance image.
US10168214B2
A device for tunable optical filter includes a substrate, one or more piezos, a bottom mirror, and a top mirror. The one or more piezos are placed on the substrate. The one or more piezos have a piezo thickness. The bottom mirror is placed on the substrate. The bottom mirror has a bottom mirror thickness greater than the piezo thickness. The top mirror is placed on the bottom mirror. The top mirror is attached to the one or more piezos.
US10168212B2
A system capable of highly sensitive measurement of material concentration values in a sample using an optical spectroscopic method is disclosed. The system utilizes high-speed data acquisition and high resolution sampling of the raw signals output by the sensors with reduced total channel counts, and performs frequency analysis of the signals using the Fourier transform method to process all sensor channels in parallel. When each sensor is targeting the detection of some certain materials at some certain frequencies, the system is capable of simultaneous detection of multiple materials of interest in the sample with high measurement sensitivity and high speed.
US10168211B1
A gas concentration sensor is includes an integrated die-form electromagnetic radiation source and an integrated die-form infrared detector. In one or more implementations, the gas concentration sensor includes a package substrate defining at least one aperture, a gas permeable mesh coupled to the package substrate and covering at least a portion of the at least one aperture, a die-form electromagnetic radiation source positioned in an interior region of the package substrate, a die-form detector positioned in the interior region of the package substrate, and control circuitry operably coupled to the die-form detector and configured to detect and calibrate one or more signal outputs from the die-form detector to determine a gas concentration within the interior region of the package substrate. The gas concentration sensor can be configured for specific detection of various gases through control of the spectral wavelengths emitted by the electromagnetic radiation source(s) and/or detected by the detector(s).
US10168199B2
In a method for ascertaining and monitoring fill level of a medium in a container by means of a field device using a travel time measuring method, wherein transmission signals are transmitted toward the medium and reflection signals are received; the received reflection signals are registered as echo signals in an echo function, or envelope curve, dependent on travel time or travel distance; by means of an echo search algorithm, at least one wanted echo signal is ascertained in the echo function, or envelope curve; by means of at least one filter with filter parameters the echo function, or the envelope curve, is preprocessed; at least a first filter range with a first width is predetermined at the position of the wanted echo signal in the echo function, or in the envelope curve, and at least three filter ranges are formed in the echo function, or in the envelope curve.
US10168196B2
Provided are an immersion-type online multiphase measuring instrument and method. The instrument includes a package tube; a viewport; LED lamps and a brightness-adjustable light source system including a power supply, a signal generator and an oscilloscope; a telecentric lens and an image sensor; a controller; a signal processing and outputting system; and a display system. The LED lamps, the telecentric lens and the image sensor are located in the package tube. The exposure period of the image sensor is less than the pulse period of the signal generator. The photographic probe used in this measuring instrument has the advantages of online quantitative measurement, small size, portability, less-impact of fluid temperature and the surrounding environment, adaptability to transparent and opaque reactors with two-phase, three-phase and more than three-phase.
US10168195B2
A thermal flow meter capable of measuring flow rates of a gas flowing in a forward direction and a backward direction with a high degree of accuracy is provided. A thermal flow meter 300 according to the present invention includes a bypass passage configured to retrieve and flow a measurement target gas 30 received from a main passage 124 and a flow rate measurement circuit 601 configured to measure a flow rate by performing heat transfer with the measurement target gas flowing in the bypass passage. In an outlet port side chamber 4216 provided at an upstream with respect to an outlet port 352 of the bypass passage which is formed to be open in a downstream direction in a flow direction of the measurement target gas, a guide 4217 is provided to oppose the outlet port to change a direction of a flow of the measurement target gas flowing in from the opposite side, and the outlet port and an inflow unit of the outlet port side chamber are arranged to be eccentric when they are seen in a direction along the flow direction of the measurement target gas flowing in the main passage.
US10168192B2
In various embodiments, an angular gauge reporting system (“AGRS”) may determine one or more values from an image of an angular gauge. The AGRS may receive one or more images of the gauge and develop an angular map to determine values indicated by the gauge. The AGRS may identify numbers in the image to generate the angular map. The AGRS may determine a center for the angular gauge. The AGRS may determine numerical values by processing capture images of the angular gauge though angular or linear interpolation of values. By generating the angular map prior to later determination of values, the AGRS may provide for determination of numerical values without requiring repetition of actions which may be computationally complex or resource intensive. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10168189B1
An optical encoder configuration comprises an illumination portion, a scale, and a photodetector configuration. The illumination portion transmits source light to a scale which outputs a periodic scale light pattern to the photodetector configuration. The photodetector configuration comprises a set of N spatial phase detectors arranged in a spatial phase sequence along a direction transverse to the measuring axis comprising two outer spatial phase detectors at a start and end of the sequence along the direction transverse to the measuring axis. At least a majority of the respective spatial phase detectors are relatively elongated along the measuring axis direction and relatively narrow along the direction perpendicular to the measuring axis direction, and comprise periodic scale light receptor areas positioned corresponding to a respective spatial phase of that spatial phase detector relative to the periodic scale light pattern, and are configured to provide a respective spatial phase detector signal.
US10168185B2
Methods of fabricating electronic circuits and electronic packages are provided. The electronic circuit includes a multilayer circuit board, and a tamper-respondent sensor embedded within the circuit board. The tamper-respondent sensor defines, at least in part, a secure volume associated with the multilayer circuit board. In certain implementations, the tamper-respondent sensor includes multiple tamper-respondent layers embedded within the circuit board including, for instance, one or more tamper-respondent frames and one or more tamper-respondent mat layers, with the tamper-respondent frame(s) being disposed, at least in part, above the tamper-respondent mat layer(s), which together define the secure volume where extending into the multilayer circuit board. In certain embodiments, one or more of the tamper-respondent layers are divided into multiple, separate tamper-respondent circuit zones, with the tamper-respondent layers, including the circuit zones, being electrically connected to monitor circuitry within the secure volume.
US10168182B2
A shaft encoder arrangement (1) provides high precision and at the same time can be used in harsh environments and is simple to mount. The shaft encoder arrangement (1) has at least one measuring device (2) for determining a rotary position of a rotatable body, for example, of a shaft (4) of a motor (6), with at least one magnetic dimensional scale (7) that can be mounted on the body and at least one sensor device (8) for scanning the magnetic dimensional scale (7). The sensor device (8) lies at least partially within a space (14) enclosed by the magnetic dimensional scale (7), and the magnetic dimensional scale (7) is enclosed by a circumferential magnetic shield (12). The magnetic shield permits use of the shaft encoder arrangement (1) even in harsh environments and even in strong magnetic interference fields.
US10168176B2
A computer-implemented method and system for providing unidirectional traffic flow distributions. The method includes generating a directed graph representing a position of a vehicle and a road network within a predetermined distance of the position of the vehicle, wherein vertices represent decision points along an edge and edges represent route segments between adjacent vertices, determining a plurality of travel routes within the directed graph by estimating a shortest path and at least one index for each edge in the directed graph, wherein each travel route includes one or more edges, selecting a travel route from the plurality of travel routes, and outputting unidirectional traffic information for edges included along the travel route.
US10168171B2
A plurality of routes through a navigable network represented by an electronic map are stored by a navigation device. Each route is defined as a plurality of point locations to be travelled between in a predefined order. The device receives a selection of one of the plurality of stored routes from a user, and determines a minimum cost path along segments of the electronic map between the plurality of point locations of the selected route. The minimum cost path traverses the plurality of point locations in an order based on the predefined order associated with the selected route. The device then outputs a set of navigation instructions to the user for guiding the user along the route.
US10168163B2
Navigation systems, methods, and programs output on an output device information on a set normal travel route when a guidance route for providing guidance to a user is not set. The systems, methods, and programs set a reference route satisfying a predetermined first setting condition as the normal travel route, and when the user travels along a temporary route that shares a start point and an end point with the reference route and is different from the reference route, specify a temporary travel factor that is a factor in which the user travels along the temporary route. The systems, methods, and programs set a second setting condition that varies depending on a content of the specified temporary travel factor, and change the normal travel route from the reference route to the temporary route, based on the second setting condition.
US10168160B2
A mobile robot target system that includes a mobile robot. The mobile robot target system additionally includes a laser scanner operably connected to the mobile robot. The laser scanner includes a laser sensor that scans an area around the mobile robot to detect a target. The mobile robot is localized based on the detection of the target by the laser sensor.
US10168153B2
Novel solutions for position measurement, including without limitation tools and techniques that can be used for land surveying and in similar applications. One such tool is a greatly enhanced position measurement system that takes the form of a surveying rod with substantial independent functionality, which can be used with or without a total station or similar device.
US10168150B2
An apparatus and a method for auto-leveling a steering wheel include an angle sensor configured to sense an inclination of the steering wheel; and a communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit an angle measured by the angle sensor to a controller controlling a driving of a motor driven power steering (MDPS).
US10168132B2
The present invention discloses a blocking member for the tape end, which comprises a connecting part that extends horizontally and connects with the tape end and a lower blocking member which extends downward from the connecting part, wherein the blocking member further comprises a hook extending upward from the connecting part in order to perform length measurement conveniently for pipelines, wire cables and objects in vertical. The blocking member of the present invention is more stable than a plane hook, when in use, especially measuring a relatively long object, it is more difficult to be taken off, and it is of low cost and does not affect the tapeline assembling. The present invention also provides a tapeline with the aforementioned blocking member.
US10168126B2
A roller gang for mine clearance is provided. The roller gang comprises: a frame, at least three fixed wheels, wherein the fixed wheels are attached to the frame, the fixed wheels being fixed relative to the frame, a plurality of pivoting arms, wherein each of the pivoting arms is attached to the frame, and a plurality of remaining wheels, wherein the remaining wheels are respectively attached to the plurality of pivoting arms, the remaining wheels being movable relative to the frame.
US10168121B2
An inside waistband holster includes a front panel comprising a waistband connector that holds a top side of the front panel at a waistline of a user's pants. The holster also includes a back panel attached to the front panel, such as along a bottom side of the back panel and the front panel and along lower sides of the back panel and the front panel. The front panel and the back panel define a pouch in which a firearm may in stored, and a top portion of the front panel is unattached to the back panel. The back panel includes a flap configured to extend over the front panel and to releasably connect to the waistband connector in a stored condition. The flap is also configured to be pulled upward such that the top portion of the front panel peels away from the back panel in an exposed position.
US10168114B2
An integral drain assembly for a heat exchanger includes a plurality of passage walls defining a plurality of passages, each of the passage walls having a non-linear portion. Also included is a drain wall integrally formed with at least one of the passage walls to define a drain for each of the plurality of passages, the drain wall located proximate the non-linear portion of each of the plurality of passage walls.
US10168106B2
A heat exchanger 1 comprises a shell 2 which has in an interior thereof a heat exchange chamber 20 in which a gas to be cooled or an intermediate medium is filled, and performs heat exchange directly or indirectly between liquid hydrogen and the gas to be cooled, in the interior of the heat exchange chamber 20; a tray 23 which is provided in the interior of the heat exchange chamber 20 and receives a liquefied gas and a deposited substance F which are generated by the heat exchange in the interior of the heat exchange chamber 20; and a liquid discharge mechanism (flashboard 22, drain port 25, and drain pipe 26) which discharges the liquefied gas from the tray 23 in a state in which the deposited substance F is left in the tray 23.
US10168091B2
An air conditioning companion stabilizer system for improving the operating cooling efficiency of refrigeration cycle components in air conditioning systems integrates the refrigeration cycle components with two independent, closed loops whose operation is complementary of one another. A temperature stabilizing loop functions in ambient conditions that lower cooling efficiency and is operative to absorb heat from the refrigerant exiting the condenser, thereby lowering the temperature of the refrigerant before it arrives at the expansion valve. A secondary loop, or charging loop operating in ambient conditions that enable optimal cooling efficiency facilitates the operation of the temperature stabilizing loop by priming a rechargeable heat absorbing component. Substantial net energy savings are achieved using saved heat absorbing capacity produced during a time of optimal cooling efficiency and low space cooling demand to improve performance during times of reduced cooling efficiency and high space cooling demand.
US10168086B2
A temperature control system employing a two-phase refrigerant and a compressor/condenser loop is disclosed wherein a two phase refrigerant condenses within the load, the system including a thermo-expansion valve that simultaneously allows refrigerant flow through the thermo-expansion valve and regulates a temperature of the refrigerant in its two phase state ahead of the thermo-expansion valve, and wherein a flow through the thermo-expansion valve occurs only after a pressure and temperature upstream of the thermo-expansion valve reaches a final temperature and pressure.
US10168085B2
A condenser having a receiver for use in an air conditioning system, having a plurality of refrigerant tubes, at least one header in hydraulic communication with the plurality of refrigerant tubes, and a receiver housing connected to the header. The receiver housing includes a refrigerant conduit nested within the spine of a desiccant bag. The spine divided the desiccant bag into two desiccant compartments, which are folded over the refrigerant conduit such that the desiccant compartments urge the refrigerant conduit onto the spine, thereby holding the desiccant bag in a predetermined position.
US10168079B2
When a refrigerant flow-path switch performs switching to a first refrigerant flow path, an interior condenser heating air blown into an interior as a first temperature-adjustment subject and an auxiliary heat exchanger are connected in parallel, and the auxiliary heat exchanger heats air blown to a battery as a second temperature-adjustment subject. In contrast, when the refrigerant flow-path switch performs switching to a second refrigerant flow path, an interior evaporator cooling air blown into the interior and the auxiliary heat exchanger are connected in parallel, and the auxiliary heat exchanger cools the air blown to the battery. With this arrangement, one common auxiliary heat exchanger can cool or heat the air for the battery, thereby leading to reduction in size of an entire refrigeration cycle device.
US10168078B2
To provide a refrigeration system capable of being installed efficiently in a limited space while ensuring a good reliability, the refrigeration system according to the present invention comprises a refrigeration cycle having: a circulation path (101) in which a refrigerant flows; and at least one compressor (102) for compressing the refrigerant, a heat exchanger (103) for cooling the refrigerant compressed by the compressor, at least one expansion turbine (104) for expanding the refrigerant cooled by the heat exchanger to generate cold heat, and a cooling part (105) for cooling an object to be cooled by the cold heat, which are provided on the circulation path in order, wherein at least either the at least one compressor or the at least one expansion turbine comprises a plurality of compressors or expansion turbines which are arranged in parallel with one another with respect to the circulation path.
US10168076B2
A support structure for solar panels is comprised of two or more circular and concentric tracks or rails on which a plurality of pylons are mounted. The pylons are parallel and equipped with support wheels so as to support, through respective frames, a plurality of solar panels. The pylons rotate with respect to the common center of the concentric tracks so as to carry out a rotational movement for the azimuthal tracking (RA) of the sun (from east to west), while a plurality of actuators, which are mounted within each pylon, move one or more panels in order to obtain a rotational movement for the zenithal tracking (RZ). The combination of the two rotations is controlled by an electronic control unit, so as to follow at every moment of the day the sun's position. The support structure may be mounted on poles and can be isolated or can be installed on coverings, building roofs or generic flat surfaces.
US10168072B2
Embodiments described provide a mobile containerized waste-to-energy recovery apparatus which enables a multi-stage gasification/oxidation of a solid waste and provide an energy source from a plurality of releasably couple technologies including at least a heat exchanger, a thermoelectric generator, an organic Rankine cycle unit, and chiller/heat pump. The apparatus includes an integrated slide rail mechanism that allows each of the plurality of iso containers to be releasably attached to one another and attach a variety of interchangeable and universally coded part types therein to enable a multi-stage gasification/oxidation in at least the primary and secondary chambers n and provide a recovered energy at the heat recovery module.
US10168068B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a first bypass pipe connected to an inlet-side passage of an accumulator through a second expansion device, a second passage of a subcooling heat exchanger for exchanging heat between refrigerant flowing through the second passage of the subcooling heat exchanger and refrigerant flowing through a first passage of the subcooling heat exchanger, and a first opening and closing device; a second bypass pipe branched from the first bypass pipe between the subcooling heat exchanger and the first opening and closing device and connected to an injection port of a compressor through a second opening and closing device; and a third bypass pipe branched from a refrigerant pipe between a heat source-side heat exchanger and a use-side heat exchanger and connected to a refrigerant pipe between an inlet side of the compressor and an outlet side of the accumulator through a third expansion device.
US10168066B2
A CPU 210 receives suction pressure PL and a suction temperature Te, calculates a saturation temperature corresponding to the evaporation pressure Ts1 by using the suction pressure PL, and calculates a suction superheating degree SHs of a compressor 21 by using the suction temperature Te and the saturation temperature corresponding to the evaporation pressure Ts1. The CPU 210 reads a current opening degree De of an outdoor expansion valve 24. Next, the CPU 210 uses the received suction pressure PL and opening degree De of the outdoor expansion valve 24 and the calculated suction superheating degree SHs, refers to an outdoor fan control table 300, and determines a control aspect of an outdoor fan 27. The CPU 210 executes control of the outdoor fan 27 in accordance with the control aspect that is determined by referring to an outdoor fan control table 300.
US10168063B2
A fan coil includes a humidification unit having an inner container, an outer container, a water supply conduit, and a shut off valve. The inner container includes a water supply for a water mist production member and an inner container water level detector. The outer container includes a reservoir and an outer container water level detector, and the outer container is positioned to receive water which leaks from the inner container. The water supply conduit is connectable to a source of water and is in fluid flow communication with the inner container. The shut off valve is provided in the water supply conduit. The shut off valve is in a closed position when the inner container water level detector senses a high water level in the inner container or when the outer container water level detector senses a high water level in the outer container.
US10168050B2
The present embodiment sufficiently ensures the ignition stability and the flame-holding property of an afterburner while suppressing a reduction in the efficiency of an aircraft engine. A flame holder is disposed directly downstream of an injection hole of a fuel injector in a liner. The flame holder comprises: a ring-shaped annulus flame-holding member which is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the liner and is capable of propagating a flame in the circumferential direction; and a plurality of radial flame-holding members which are radially disposed inwards of the annulus flame-holding member and are capable of propagating the flame in the radial direction. A guide ring is provided inwards of the radial flame-holding members, and a ring-shaped guide channel that guides a fuel-containing mixed gas in the downstream direction is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the guide ring and the inner peripheral surface of the annulus flame-holding member.
US10168044B2
A self-contained smoke alarm detector, emergency light and alternate light source mechanism in one unit.
US10168039B2
A badge is provided herein. The badge includes a viewable portion having indicia thereon. A plurality of first LED sources is configured to emit light toward the viewable portion. A light guide extends between the viewable portion and the first LED sources. A plurality of second LED sources is configured to emit light toward the viewable portion. The first LED sources illuminate a first region of the viewable portion and the second LED sources illuminate a second region of the viewable portion.
US10168032B2
A mounting adaptor for an electric light fixture to be mounted on a surface. The mounting adaptor comprising: a base and a joining member each having an interfacing face, one of the base and the joining member comprising on its interfacing face a groove, the other one of the base and the joining member comprising on its interfacing face a lip adapted to cooperate with the groove thereby providing a capability to assemble releasably the joining member with the base; a locking mechanism adapted to lock the base and the joining member in a mounted position relatively to each other; the base comprising a mounting element adapted to mount the base to the surface; and the joining member comprising a joint element adapted to mount the electric light fixture to the joining member.
US10168029B1
A ceiling fitting includes a base, a mounting bracket mounted on the base, a lampshade mounted on the base, a lighting assembly located between the base and the lampshade, and two fasteners locked onto the base and the mounting bracket. The lampshade has an inner wall provided with two locking members. The two fasteners are locked onto the two locking members. Thus, the two fasteners lock the mounting bracket on the base, and removably mount the lampshade on the base, thereby facilitating the user assembling and disassembling the ceiling fitting.
US10168027B2
An improved structure of a lighting display device includes a lower fixing element, an upper fixing element, a projection device, a transparent bottle, and an assembling element. The projection device is disposed inside the lower fixing element and the transparent bottle is disposed thereon and fixed by a positioning annulus on an inner surface of the lower fixing element. The assembling element has a depression surface atop to be engaged a positioning plate of the upper fixing element and an upper engaging space to mount on the transparent bottle. A spring is further disposed between the upper engaging space and the transparent bottle. Thereby the transparent bottle is able to display attractive visual effects by lighting projection and to be easily engaged and disengaged.
US10168024B2
The invention provides a lighting panel, for use for example within a modular surface system, comprising one or more strips of solid state lighting elements associated with a reflector structure. The lighting panel is adapted for improved uniformity of light intensity across the width of its output area. Lighting elements comprise two or more subsets, each subset adapted to collectively generate a different light intensity profile across the width of the panel output window. The subsets are selectively adapted to generate profiles which, when blended, mutually offset one another's deviations from some common mean intensity across the width of the output window, thereby generating a combined intensity profile of improved uniformity. Embodiments include arrangements in which subsets of lighting elements are adapted to have differing actual or virtual optical path lengths to the reflector surface. Also provided are embodiments further comprising an acoustically absorbing back surface, for providing an acoustic dampening function.
US10168011B2
The present application is applied to lamp field, and a ultrathin lamp is provided, which is configured such that a support table is provided on a mounting base and ratio of the width of the support table to the thickness of the thickest portion of the support table is set to 5.5 to 10, such that under the conditions of satisfying technological feasibility of the support base, the whole thickness of the support table and the lamp can be relatively thin, so that the overall appearance is more decorative and thus satisfying the ultrathin requirements on the market.
US10168010B1
A ground insert lamp includes a fixed seat, a stake, a lamp body and a plurality of fasteners. The fixed seat includes a pedal and a connector integrally formed on the pedal. The connector has a periphery provided with a breach. The lamp body is removably mounted on the connector. The pedal has a periphery provided with an opening connected to the breach of the connector. The pedal has an upper face provided with a plurality of ribs. The pedal is provided with a slot corresponding to the stake and a plurality of fastening holes corresponding to the fasteners. The fixed seat is affixed to the ground by the stake or affixed to the wall by the fasteners.
US10168004B2
There is provided a light emitting apparatus, including a plurality of light emitting elements having biased light properties; and a mounting substrate where the light emitting elements are arranged such that the biased light properties are complemented within a group including at least two light emitting elements among a plurality of the light emitting elements. Also, there are provided a light emitting unit, a display apparatus, an electronic device and a light emitting element using a plurality of point light sources.
US10167995B2
An item holder, mountable by suction on a mounting surface, including a deformable body having a convex outer surface that is substantially free of protrusions, a concave inner surface, and an edge extending around the outer and the inner surfaces. The deformable body is shaped to form in the body an elongate void extending through the deformable body, between the concave inner surface and the convex outer surface, in a direction that is generally parallel to the mounting surface during use of the holder. The elongate void formed by the deformable body terminates at opposing openings including of a first opening opposite a second opening. The body also defines a suction portion needed for creating the suction between the body and the mounting surface. The holder also includes a link component extending into the first opening, through the elongate void, and out of the second opening.
US10167989B2
A multidirectionally deflectable engine mounting apparatus includes a laterally oriented base surface and a longitudinally extending elongate shaft having a laterally oriented shaft flange. The shaft flange is longitudinally adjacent to the base surface. A resilient washer is located directly longitudinally between the base surface and the shaft flange. A top plate includes a plate aperture. The shaft extends longitudinally through the plate aperture. The top plate is attached directly to the base surface with the resilient washer and the shaft flange located longitudinally between the base surface and at least a portion of the top plate.
US10167982B2
A duct assembly for flowing fluids includes a first duct positioned above the ground. The first duct is configured to flow a first fluid. In addition, the duct assembly includes a second duct positioned above the ground. The second duct is configured to flow a second fluid. The first duct and the second duct isolate the first fluid and the second fluid from each other. Further, the duct assembly includes a stand supporting the first duct and the second duct above the ground. The stand has an upper end positioned below the first duct and the second duct.
US10167973B2
Provided is a multi-stage poppet valve including: a flow pipe in which a channel through which a fluid flows is formed; a fixing part extended inwardly from an inner peripheral surface of the channel of the flow pipe, and having a first channel formed therein, the first channel being hollowed in a vertical direction and having the fluid flowing therethrough; a main valve part disposed on the fixing part, having a second channel formed at the center of an inner portion thereof, and vertically moved by force acting in the vertical direction to open and close the first channel, the second channel having the fluid flowing therethrough; and an auxiliary valve part vertically moved in the second channel by force acting in the vertical direction to open and close the second channel, thereby controlling a flow rate of the fluid passing through the second channel.
US10167970B2
The present invention relates to a safe valve for a high pressure regulator, which includes: a guide body coupled to a valve port prepared at a body of a high pressure regulator; a valve body couple to an upper end part of the guide body to open the valve port when the overpressure occurs in a state that the valve port is closed; a lower spring installed inside the valve body for providing elastic force to the valve body; and a discharging pipe couple to a lower part of the guide body for discharging the fuel upon an opening operation of the valve body, wherein a function for a relief valve to relieve the overpressure by discharging the fuel when the overpressure is generated inside the high pressure regulator and a function for a purge valve separated from the body to discharge fuel inside the high pressure regulator are integrally provided.
US10167969B1
A relief valve configured to allow content held within a vessel to be release under pressure is disclosed. The relief valve is configured to expose a release outlet when pressure within the vessel exceeds a release pressure, and the relief valve is further configured to maintain exposure of the release outlet after pressure within the vessel falls below the release pressure.
US10167967B2
A drain valve including: a support portion having a first end and a second end, the first end having a width that is narrower than a width of the second end; a connecting portion extending from the support portion proximate the first end, the connecting portion comprising a tip disposed at a proximal end of the connecting portion, the tip being configured to engage a drain defined by a panel; and a contoured flap extending from a hinge disposed proximate the first end from a flat lateral surface of the support portion, the contoured flap having a profile corresponding to profile of the portion of the panel and having a durometer value that: allows the contoured flap to pivot on the hinge to allow flow from the drain; and in response to a negative pressure within the drain, allows the contoured flap to prevent flow through the drain.
US10167961B2
Embodiments provide a gate valve including a first body half that defines a first process fluid aperture, a second body half that defines a second process fluid aperture aligned with the first process fluid aperture, a gate that is movable relative to the first body half and the second body, and a first port gate support that is arranged on the first body half and extends into the first process fluid aperture. The first port gate support defines a curved surface that is configured to be in contact with a process fluid.
US10167951B2
A method of adjusting a hydraulic drive system includes determining a forward park position value, a reverse park position value, an initial forward position value, and an initial reverse position value of a control device and using these values to calculate a forward buffer value and a reverse buffer value. The forward buffer value and the reverse buffer value are used to determine an adjustment amount for the drive system. The adjustment amount can be used to properly adjust a drive system to avoid system errors.
US10167948B2
A hydraulic control system for a motor vehicle transmission includes a pressure regulation subsystem in fluid communication with a pump for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid. A manual valve assembly is in direct fluid communication with the pressure regulation subsystem, and is moveable by an operator of the motor vehicle between at least park, neutral, drive, and reverse positions. A default disable valve assembly is in direct fluid communication with the manual valve assembly, a default disable solenoid, and a default select valve assembly. The manual valve assembly is in direct fluid communication with the default disable valve assembly which is in direct fluid communication with the default disable solenoid and the default select valve assembly. The default disable solenoid enables the default disable valve assembly to enable three default modes of operation and the default select valve assembly selects between two of the three default modes of operation.
US10167945B2
A gear is configured such that: a ring gear, a drive pinion shaft having a pinion gear meshing with the ring gear, and rolling bearings supporting the drive pinion shaft such that the drive pinion shaft is rotatable are accommodated in a differential housing; the differential housing is divided into a differential mechanism chamber in which to accommodate the ring gear, and a pinion shaft chamber in which to accommodate the rolling bearings; and a feed oil passage configured to supply lubricant scooped up by the ring gear to the pinion shaft chamber, and a return oil passage configured to discharge the lubricant in the pinion shaft chamber to the differential mechanism chamber are provided in the differential housing. In the differential gear, an inlet of the feed oil passage is placed at a position that is offset from the ring gear in an axial direction of the ring gear.
US10167932B2
Projections protruding towards a cam plate and a disc are provided on both axial side surfaces of the retainer at a plurality of positions at which phases of the projections in the circumferential direction are offset from pockets. One axial direction surface of the cam plate and the disc are formed with concave portions at portions facing the respective projections. The concave portions have an axial depth deepest at a center portion thereof in the circumferential direction and becoming shallower towards both end portions thereof.
US10167931B2
A work vehicle having a belt type stepless speed changing mechanism includes a rotation detecting section for detecting an engine rotational speed, a vehicle speed detecting section for detecting a vehicle speed of a traveling vehicle body and an informing section configured to effect an alarm informing for alarming wear of a drive belt if a vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting section is a predetermined vehicle speed deviates from a preset permissible range.
US10167930B2
A two-speed transmission having two clutches includes an electric motor, a middle shaft, a first clutch, a second clutch, a first gear assembly and a second gear assembly. The electric motor includes a spindle. The first clutch and the second clutch are furnished on the middle shaft coaxially. The first gear assembly and the second gear assembly are coupled to the first clutch and the second clutch through a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion of the middle shaft to generate a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio, respectively. When the first clutch is activated to connect with the first shaft portion, the second clutch separates from the second shaft portion, so that the electric motor outputs a first torque corresponding to the first gear ratio through the first gear assembly. Similarly, the electric motor outputs a second torque corresponding to the second gear ratio.
US10167922B2
A shock absorbing system for impact energy dissipation employs removable unitary cells of compressible members in communication with a reservoir and containing a first working fluid. Resilient structural members may be placed intermediate the compressible members to deform responsive to compression to provide both energy dissipation and resilient recovery of the compression cylinders to their uncompressed state.
US10167919B2
A cylinder device includes a cylinder that has one end from which a piston rod extends, a pipe-shaped cover member that has an extendable bellows portion and a small-diameter portion whose inner diameter is smaller than an inner diameter of the bellows portion, the cover member being configured to protect the piston rod, and a capping member fitted into the cylinder, the capping member having a convex portion to which the small-diameter portion of the cover member is locked, at an outer periphery, wherein at the small-diameter portion of the cover member, a bulge portion that bulges outside in a radial direction is formed.
US10167909B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for controlling a damper clutch to prevent engine stall, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for controlling a damper clutch to prevent engine stall which can decide and correct when there is any error in control of a damper clutch in order to prevent engine stall. The method and the apparatus for controlling the damper clutch can decide and correct that a control unit of a damper clutch controller shows a wrong duty command value or a wrong current command value, thereby preventing engine stall, restraining decrease of acceleration power and blocking generation of noise or vibration.
US10167898B2
The invention relates to a sliding bearing composite comprising a carrier layer made of steel, an intermediate layer arranged on the carrier layer and made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy that is lead-free except for impurities, and a bearing metal layer arranged on the intermediate layer and made of an aluminum alloy that is lead-free except for impurities. Said aluminum alloy contains 6.0-10.0 wt. % tin, 2.0-4.0 wt. % silicon, 0.7-1.2 wt. % copper, 0.15-0.25 wt. % chromium, 0.02-0.20 wt. % titanium, 0.1-0.3 wt. % vanadium and optionally less than 0.5 wt. % other elements, the remaining portion being aluminum.
US10167888B2
A strut channel support system including a first brace, a second brace, and a fastening mechanism connects at least two channel struts in a multi-orientable fashion. The first brace and the second brace both possess a U-shaped channel, a base, a fastener-engagement point, and a strut-engagement point. The base is terminally connected to the U-shaped channel, the fastener-engagement point is centrally integrated into the base, and the strut-attachment feature is integrated into the U-shaped channel. This permits the base to retain the rear portion of a strut channel. The U-shaped channel perimetrically braces the lateral sides of the strut channel. The first brace and the second brace attach to each other via the fastener-engagement point. The fastener-engagement point of the first brace and the fastener-engagement point of the second brace are mechanically coupled to each other. This enables a user to adjust the orientation between at least two strut channels.
US10167884B2
An apparatus for removeably attaching an object to a metal surface is provided. The apparatus comprises a loop portion with a top surface and a bottom surface, a hook portion with a top surface and a bottom surface, a connector, and at least one magnet.
US10167883B2
Apparatus or creating a swirling flow of fluid comprises a transmission base with an internal cavity to receive the fluid flow from outside via a side penetrable hole which the longitudinal inner surface of the transmission base will be in shape of slope of continuous line, or slope of line intervals with different degree of slope, or slope of line intervals with at least one bending angle or slope of curve either convex curve or concave curve with at least one curvature to increase or decrease acceleration of swirling flow along the longitudinal internal cavity and in the manner of a laminar swirling flow. And beside the side penetrable hole will become a side hole edge for regulating the flow of fluid to flow inside the transmission base in the manner of a laminar swirling flow in the internal cavity of transmission base which a part of the hole side edge can have an elevated insert shoulder for stacking the attachment to overlay on the insert supporting shoulder of another transmission base stack them higher.
US10167874B2
The invention relates to the field of centrifugal pumps, and in particular it relates to a centrifugal pump (303, 403) comprising at least: an impeller (303a, 403a); a rotary shaft (302, 402) secured to said impeller (303a, 403a); a casing (320, 420) having an axial admission passage (325, 425); at least one first bearing (305, 405) supporting said rotary shaft (302, 402) in said casing (320, 420); and at least one dynamic seal (311, 411) around the rotary shaft (302, 402), the impeller (303a, 403a) being situated between the at least one dynamic seal (311, 411) and the axial admission passage (325, 425) of the pump (303, 403). The centrifugal pump (303, 403) also comprises, between the impeller (303a, 403a) and at least one dynamic seal (311, 411), an axial force compensation disk (330, 430) secured to the shaft (302, 402) and presenting a diameter greater than 70% of a diameter of the impeller (303a, 403a). A front face (330a, 430a) of the disk (330, 430) faces towards the impeller (303a, 403a) and is connected to a branch connection for fluid under pressure taken downstream from the pump (303, 403), and a rear face (330b, 430b) faces towards the dynamic seals (311, 411) and presents fins (330c, 430c) that are oriented radially, at least in part.
US10167872B2
A compressor includes a first stage of stator vanes having a first position and a second group of stator vanes arranged in two or more stages downstream from the first stage of stator vanes, each stage having a respective second position. A first actuator is engaged with the first stage of stator vanes, and a second actuator is engaged with a bar connecting the second group of stator vanes. A method for operating a compressor includes adjusting a first position of a first plurality of stator vanes and adjusting the respective second positions of a second group of stator vanes separately from the first position of the first stage of stator vanes.
US10167871B1
A rotor is surrounded by a stator. A radial bearing includes a first radial bearing portion coupled to the rotor and a second radial bearing portion coupled to the stator. A thrust-bearing includes a first portion coupled to the rotor. The first portion is spaced from a second portion coupled to the stator defining a first annular fluid gap in-between that is in fluid communication with an outside environment exterior the downhole-type machine. The thrust bearing is configured to support an axial load of the rotor within the stator.
US10167868B2
A screw compressor includes compressor bodies, a motor disposed in a side of the compressor bodies, a gear box coupled to the compressor bodies and transmitting the drive force of the motor to a screw rotor, and a tubular coupling casing coupling the gear box and the motor and having horizontal axis. The coupling casing has a work hole in the horizontal direction. The work hole is used for maintaining a coupling accommodated in the coupling casing. The coupling casing has a rib extending in the up-down direction. It is thus possible to avoid reduction in the rigidity of the coupling casing with no cost increase, and to improve maintainability.
US10167857B2
Methods and systems are provided to adaptively control a hydraulic fluid supply to supply a driving fluid for applying a driving force on a piston in a gas compressor, the driving force being cyclically reversed between a first direction and a second direction to cause the piston to reciprocate in strokes. During a first stroke of the piston, a speed of the piston, a temperature of the driving fluid, and a load pressure applied to the piston is monitored. Reversal of the driving force after the first stroke is controlled based on the speed, load pressure, and temperature.
US10167856B2
This invention provides output gain by rotating a solid wheel from the center of mass as an input and connecting a lever to the edge of the same wheel at 180 degrees apart to each other. Each lever is connected at 180 degrees apart at the input rotating wheel with a common fulcrum located near the output side. This lever, acting as a mechanical lifting device, drives one side of output gain driven by the ratio of the length of lever to and from fulcrum between input and output while the other side is provided by another lever at 180 degrees apart.A unidirectional rotor converts the lever motion of up and down to a rotational motion.Weight of materials in a system is recycled back as an input to a hydraulic lever that generates hydraulic pressure driven by the movement of the system weight as it bounces off the surface.
US10167855B2
A piston in a liquid-pressure rotating device in which pistons are arranged at a cylinder block rotatable together with a rotating shaft, includes: a cylindrical peripheral wall main body portion including a hollow portion, an opening portion formed at one end of the body portion and communicating with the hollow portion; a lid portion welded to an inner peripheral surface of the opening portion sealing the hollow portion and including an outer surface formed as a pressure receiving surface which receives liquid pressure; and a stress reducing portion provided on an inner peripheral surface of the body portion, the inner peripheral surface in contact with or close to an end portion of a welded portion formed between the opening portion and the lid portion, the end portion located at the hollow portion side, the stress reducing portion configured to reduce stress acting on the end portion of the welded portion.
US10167853B2
A method for detecting damage of a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine rotor having at least one wind turbine blade comprises: a light incident step of allowing light to enter an optical fiber sensor being mounted on each of the wind turbine blade and having a diffraction grating part having a refractive index which is periodically varied in a longitudinal direction of the diffraction grating part; a light detection step of detecting reflected light from the diffraction grating part; an obtaining step of obtaining, from a temporal change of a wavelength of the reflected light received in the light receiving step, a wavelength variation index representing a variation amount of the wavelength; and a damage determination step of determining presence or absence of a damage of the wind turbine blade on the basis of the wavelength variation index calculated in the obtaining step.
US10167843B2
The generator comprises: at least one energy capturing float (2) which is movable in response to wave motion; a reaction member (1) to be positioned below the energy capturing float; connecting lines (4a, 4b,4c,4d) for connecting the at least one energy capturing float to the reaction member and defining a spacing (D3) between the energy capturing float and the reaction member; energy converters (3a,3b,3c,3d) for converting relative movement between the reaction member and at least one respective energy capturing float to useful energy. The generator includes depth setting means such as adjustable lines (8a,8b) connected to auxiliary floats (7a,7b) or adjustable mooring lines (9a,9b 9c,9d) securing the reaction member to the sea bed B for setting the depth (D1) of the reaction member in the sea.
US10167835B2
A hydrostatic drive system of a mobile machine includes a hydraulic work system and a hydraulic work pump that is driven by an internal combustion engine and, when operated as a pump, takes in hydraulic fluid with a suction side from a tank and, with a delivery side, delivers into a delivery line that leads to the hydraulic work system. A bypass valve is provided with which, when the hydraulic work pump is operated as a motor to start the shut-off internal combustion engine, the volume flow delivered by the hydraulic work pump operated as a motor to the delivery side is diverted to the tank. The bypass valve, in the motor operation to start the shut-off internal combustion engine, is actuated into an open position that connects the delivery side of the hydraulic work pump with the tank.
US10167826B2
An aspirator coupled between an inlet of a compressor and an engine intake manifold may include sonic/supersonic expansion curves for both forward and reverse flow through the aspirator. Suction flow may enter a first entraining port coupling an ambient side of the aspirator with a vacuum source during reverse flow through the aspirator, whereas suction flow may enter a second entraining port coupling a manifold side of the aspirator with the vacuum source, the first entraining port counter sunk relative to a nominal slope of the aspirator to reduce flow disruption caused by the port during forward flow through the aspirator. A radial-flow aspirator shut-off valve arranged in series with the aspirator may be controlled to enable or disable motive flow through the aspirator, and motive flow may enter the valve in a direction perpendicular to a motive flow axis of the aspirator when the valve is open.
US10167822B2
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to refueling a dual fuel internal combustion engine. In one example, a method comprises supplying a liquid fuel to a fuel tank configured to store both the liquid fuel and a gaseous fuel, if a pressure in the fuel tank is less than a threshold pressure.
US10167816B2
An engine cowling of an aircraft gas turbine with a front area and a rear area that is displaceable in the axial direction, characterized in that the rear area is mounted and supported by means of multiple length-adjustable thrust reversal actuators that are arranged at an angle to one another.
US10167793B2
A method includes deactivating one or more cylinders of the second cylinder group responsive to engine operation in a first engine speed-load region, and adjusting exhaust valve timing of one or more cylinders of the first cylinder group responsive to the deactivating. The method further includes adjusting exhaust valve timing of the one or more cylinders of the first cylinder group responsive to engine operation in a second engine speed-load region, and deactivating the one or more cylinders of the second cylinder group responsive to the adjusting.
US10167790B2
To provide a controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine capable of reducing the calculation error of recirculation exhaust gas amount due to changes with time of the internal combustion engines, and humidity change of intake air, and also capable of reducing the calculation error of recirculation exhaust gas amount at transient operation. The controller and the control method for the internal combustion engine calculates humidity detecting EGR rate based on intake-air humidity and manifold humidity, calculates humidity detecting opening area which realizes humidity detecting recirculation flow rate calculated based on humidity detecting EGR rate, calculates learned opening area corresponding to present opening degree of EGR valve using learning value of opening area calculated based on humidity detecting opening area, and calculates flow rate of recirculation exhaust gas for control based on learned opening area.
US10167788B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed to control the operation of an air charging system of an internal combustion engine. A plurality of output parameters of the air charging system are monitored. An error is calculated between the monitored output parameters and a target value thereof. The calculated errors are applied to a linear controller that yields a virtual input used to calculate a plurality of input parameters for the air charging system. The input parameters is used to determine the position of a corresponding actuator of the air charging system for operating the actuators according to the determined position thereof. The inputs parameters are calculated with a non-linear mathematical model of the air charging system configured such that the virtual inputs are in a linear relation with only one of the output parameters and vice versa.
US10167783B2
A system and a method for adjusting an angle of at least one stator vane of a low pressure compressor (LPC) of a two spool gas turbine engine is disclosed. Variable stator vanes are rotatably coupled to a stationary case in one of the stages of the LPC. An actuator is coupled to at least one of the variable stator vanes for imparting rotation of the stator vane about a radius of the case. Various coupling or linkage arrangements may be made so that rotation of one vane results in rotation of the other vanes disposed along the case. The controller includes the stored constraints, the ability to estimate operating condition, and the ability to estimate optimum targets.
US10167774B2
A variable geometry turbine comprising a turbine wheel mounted for rotation about a turbine axis within a housing. The housing defines an annular inlet surrounding the turbine wheel and defined between first and second inlet sidewalls. The turbine further comprises a cylindrical sleeve that is axially movable across the annular inlet to vary the size of a gas flow path through the inlet. The annular inlet is divided into at least two axially offset inlet passages. The inner diameter of the sleeve is greater than the inner diameter of the inlet passages.
US10167768B2
A heat exchanger includes a core and a tank. The tank is equipped to a side of the core. The tank has a pocket, which is a space having an opening. The pocket is configured to receive a nut through the opening and to accommodate the nut.
US10167767B2
There is provided a motorcycle. A side stand is disposed at a side-lower portion of an engine and configured to be rotatable between a using position at which the side stand can be grounded to a ground surface and a retraction position at which the side stand cannot be grounded to the ground surface. An inflow piping is configured to supply cooling water delivered from a water pump to a supercharger. An outflow piping is disposed above the supercharger and configured to return the cooling water having cooled the supercharger to the water pump. The outflow piping is provided to be horizontal or to have an upward gradient from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a state where the side stand is displaced to the using position to be grounded to the ground surface and the engine is inclined toward the side stand-side.
US10167761B2
An injection device (14), for introducing a reducing agent (11) into an exhaust gas stream (8) of an exhaust system (7) of an internal combustion engine (1), has an exhaust pipe (15) for guiding the exhaust gas stream (8), which has a connecting piece opening (18) in a wall (17). A connecting piece (16) is inserted with an inner end (19) into the connecting piece opening (18) and is provided for connecting an injector (10) at an outer end (20). Simplified assembly is achieved if the connecting piece (16) has, at an inner end (19), a laterally projecting, fully circumferentially extending collar (22). The collar (22) is in contact, on an inner side (23) of the wall (17), with an opening edge (24) enclosing the connecting piece opening (18) and is welded to the wall (17).
US10167755B2
An apparatus comprising: an identity determiner configured to determine an identity of a removable fluid container; a characteristic determiner configured to obtain a first characteristic based on testing the fluid of the fluid container; a data obtainer configured to obtain a second characteristic based on the identity; and a processor configured to control a fluid provider to provide fluid from the removable fluid container based on the comparison of the first characteristic and the second characteristic.
US10167747B2
A cam phaser includes a stator, a rotor positioned in the stator, a cover plate positioned on a first side of the stator, a locking cover positioned on a second side of the stator, a locking pin assembly configured to selectively lock the rotor in a position relative to the stator, a plurality of aligned first openings which extend through the stator, the cover plate, and the locking cover, a plurality of fasteners respectively inserted in the plurality of aligned first openings, and a plurality of aligned central openings forming a throughbore. The locking cover has a body made from sheet metal having a first axial side, a second axial side, a plurality of the first openings extending from the first axial side to the second axial aide, and a second opening extending from the first axial side to the second axial side. The body has a web portion and a plurality of reinforcing portions which are thicker than the web portion.
US10167738B2
A turbine engine case spacer includes an air seal and a flange. The air seal is snap fit to the flange, and each flange includes at least two distinct material layers.
US10167731B2
A turbomachine for an aircraft, comprising a rotor shaft, a turbomachine case, a lubricated bearing chamber, at least one bearing supporting the rotor shaft and being located in the bearing chamber, a lubrication device comprising oil injection means to inject oil into the bearing chamber, and oil supply means to supply oil to said oil injection means, and an electric current generator, comprising an armature driven by the rotor shaft and a field coil fixed to the turbomachine case. The generator has an orifice, which passes longitudinally through the generator from one end to the other, and the oil injection means pass through the orifice so that oil can circulate in the axial direction through the generator.
US10167726B2
A gas turbine engine component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, at least one cooling passage. The at least one cooling passage includes a first wall and a second wall bounding the at least one cooling passage, the first wall having a plurality of first surface features and the second wall having a plurality of second surface features. The plurality of first surface features and the plurality of second surface features are arranged such that a width of the cooling passage varies along a length of the cooling passage defined by the plurality of first surface features and the plurality of second surface features. The plurality of first surface features has a first profile, and the plurality of second surface features has a second, different profile. A casting core for forming cooling passages in an aircraft component is also disclosed.
US10167719B2
Methods and systems for substantially simultaneous evaluation of rock sample permeability and porosity, and composition of formation fluids, are provided. Such methods and systems may be used to evaluate the permeability, porosity, and composition of at least a portion of a subterranean formation in a drilling operation. An example of such a method may include passing a cleaning fluid through the rock sample so as to extract at least a portion of one or more formation fluids from the rock sample in an effluent comprising the cleaning fluid and the portion of the one or more formation fluids; and determining one or more properties of the effluent so as to determine the composition of the portion of the one or more formation fluids, and so as to determine the permeability and porosity of the rock sample.
US10167707B2
A well pumping system can include an actuator that reciprocates a rod string, and a rod rotator including at least one helical profile and at least one engagement device. The rod string may rotate in response to longitudinal displacement of the rod string while the engagement device is engaged with the helical profile. A method of rotating a rod string in a well can include rotating a rod in a rotary direction, in response to displacement of the rod in a longitudinal direction, and preventing rotation of the rod in an opposite rotary direction, in response to displacement of the rod in an opposite longitudinal direction.
US10167705B2
There is provided a method of gas lift having the steps of positioning a valve seat downhole in a gas well experiencing hydrostatic loading, the valve seat having a gas flow channel, and providing a valve closure movable between a closed position engaged with the valve seat to close the gas flow channel and an open position spaced from the valve seat permitted a flow of gas through the gas flow channel, the closure being biased by magnetic attraction to a normally closed position magnetically engaged with the valve seat, such that gas is only able to flow through gas flow channel when gas pressure is sufficient to move the closure to the open position by overcoming the magnetic attraction which maintains the closure in the closed position.
US10167700B2
A system can include a tubular string having at least two internal profiles, and a valve assembly reciprocably disposed in the tubular string. The valve assembly is actuated to a closed configuration in response to displacement of the valve assembly through one internal profile, and the valve assembly is actuated to an open configuration in response to displacement of the valve assembly through another internal profile. A method of gravel packing a well can include displacing a service string in opposite longitudinal directions within a completion assembly, the service string including a valve assembly that selectively restricts flow through a longitudinal flow passage of the service string, opening the valve assembly as the valve assembly displaces in one longitudinal direction, and closing the valve assembly as the valve assembly displaces in the opposite longitudinal direction.
US10167698B2
A configurable composite bridge plug apparatus and method for converting bridge plugs into frac plugs in the field of operation is disclosed. The bridge plug apparatus includes a body with a cylindrical hollow inner mandrel, an upper threaded end and a lower threaded end. A release ring with threads disposed on an outer surface is attached to the upper threaded end. An upper restriction element and a lower restriction element plug both ends of the hollow inner mandrel so that flow is restricted in either directions. A stand-off pin holds the lower restriction element in place. A ball seat inserted proximally to the upper restriction element towards the upper threaded end. A cage retainer is attached to the ball seat with a ball. The configurable bridge plug transformed to a frac plug by removing the upper restriction element and the lower restriction element from the bridge plug.
US10167696B2
A downhole tool having a throughbore is disclosed for use in a tubular located in a wellbore. The downhole tool has a sealing element configured to seal an annulus between the downhole tool and an inner wall of the tubular; at least one flow path formed in the downhole tool, wherein the flow path is configured to allow fluids in the annulus to flow past the sealing element when the sealing element is in a sealed position; and at least one valve in fluid communication with the flow path and configured to allow the fluids to flow through the flow path in a first direction while preventing the fluids from flowing through the flow path in a second direction. A guard may be installed proximate anchor elements. The guard extends radially beyond an outer diameter of the anchor elements when the anchor elements are in a retracted position.
US10167688B2
A method and apparatus for disconnecting an end rod from a drill string coupled together by a threaded connection is provided. A rod handling apparatus includes a gripper unit having a floating sled with a sensor unit configured to monitor relative axial position of the sled relative to a frame of the gripper unit to determine a decoupling of the threaded connection and a separation of an end rod from the drill string.
US10167683B2
An assembly for use in subsurface drilling includes a downhole downhole probe supported by a centralizer. The centralizer comprises a tubular member that extends around the downhole probe. A wall of the centralizer is fluted to provide inward contact points that support the downhole probe and outward contact points that bear against a bore wall of a section of drill string. The downhole probe may be supported for substantially its entire length.
US10167671B2
A method and apparatus for suppling non-hydraulic power to a tool unit during well operation. A top drive supplies power to a power consumer of the tool unit with a non-hydraulic power supply: a mechanical power coupling from the top drive to the tool unit, a wireless power coupling from the top drive to the tool unit, a local power supply on the tool unit, and/or combinations thereof. The non-hydraulic power supply may be capable of supplying at least 2 kW for at least 10 s. The system may include a fixed gear coupled to the top drive, a slewing ring meshed to the fixed gear, and a revolving gear meshed with the slewing ring and coupled to the tool unit. The slewing ring is configured to transfer rotational force from the fixed gear to the revolving gear, and may be rotated by rotating a torque shaft or actuating the fixed gear.
US10167649B2
A swimming pool assembly, including a pool body defining a top edge and an bottom connected by a wall, an access port positioned through the bottom, a first conduit connected to the access port and extending away from the body, a valve connected with the first conduit, a second conduit connected with the first conduit and extending toward the top edge, wherein the second conduit is water permeable. An actuator is positioned in the second conduit and connected to the valve. First and second water level sensors are positioned to measure ground water level and pool water level. A microprocessor is operationally connected to the water level sensors and to the actuator, wherein when the ground water level exceeds the pool water level by a predetermined amount, the microprocessor sends a signal to the actuator to open the valve.
US10167641B2
A handheld sprayer comprises a housing, a turbine, a spray tip, a hopper and a trigger. An air flow passage extends through the housing. The turbine is configured to generate an airflow within the air flow passage. The spray tip is positioned to receive airflow from the air flow passage. The hopper is connected to the housing and is configured to discharge a fluid into the air flow passage. The trigger is mounted to the housing to control discharge of the hopper into the flow passage and airflow form the turbine. In different embodiments, the trigger controls airflow from the turbine to the spray tip or the hopper or both. Additionally, a method for spraying a fluid from a handheld sprayer comprises controlling airflow from a turbine and discharge from a hopper into a passage using a combined actuator.
US10167635B2
A cementitious composite material for in-situ hydration includes a mesh layer, a cementitious material, a sealing layer, and a containment layer. The mesh layer has a first side and a second side. The mesh layer includes a plurality of discontinuous fibers arranged in a nonwoven configuration and coupled with one another. The cementitious material is disposed within the mesh layer. The cementitious material includes a plurality of cementitious particles. The sealing layer is disposed along the first side of the mesh layer and coupled to the plurality of discontinuous nonwoven fibers. The containment layer is disposed along the second side of the mesh layer and configured to prevent the plurality of cementitious particles from migrating out of the mesh layer.
US10167632B2
A wall module assembly usable to make interchangeable scenery, the module comprising a first support member having a first end, a second end, a first main surface, and a second main surface, a second support member having a first end, a second end, a first main surface, and a second main surface, a plurality of panel members interchangeably and removably supported by at least one of the first support member and the second support member, adjacent at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the first and/or second support member, and a plurality of connection members supported by the first end of the first support member and configured to be removably received within openings formed in the second end of the second support member positioned adjacent to the first support member.
US10167631B2
A thermal insulation panel is provided for thermally insulating edifices. The thermal insulation panel contains at least one aerogel and is open to diffusion along the panel's main insulating direction.
US10167628B2
A stable emulsion having a fluid medium; a phase change material (PCM) comprising a straight, branched and/or cyclic aliphatic moiety having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, polymers, and copolymers having residues of the straight, branched and/or cyclic aliphatic moiety; and a modified cyclodextrin having at least one functional moiety capable of forming a stable emulsion with the PCM in the fluid medium. The invention further includes a modified paint or surface coating having from 10 to 99 weight % of a base coating and from 1 to 90 weight % of the stable emulsion admixed therein.
US10167597B2
A ski slope snow tiller configured to travel in a travelling direction along the ski slope; the snow tiller having two supporting structures hinged to each other about a hinge axis; two shafts housed respectively in the supporting structures and configured to rotate about respective rotation axes crosswise to the travelling direction; tools fitted to the shafts; and at least one further tool connected at least to a shaft and located between the two supporting structures.
US10167596B2
A support element includes a bore; a boss surrounding the bore and having an offset surface at an angle to the bore axis; and a counterbore formed opposite the boss relative to the bore and substantially coaxial with the bore, having a counterbore surface substantially orthogonal to the bore axis and a counterbore angled surface at an angle to the bore axis and corresponding to the offset surface. A bolt, including a head portion received in the counterbore and a threaded portion received at least partially within the bore, couples an illumination device to the support element, such that the illumination device is capable of being pivoted about the bore axis and a transverse axis orthogonal to the bore axis.
US10167585B2
A novel method of tufting carpets is provided to allow the use of four or more colors of yarn at sufficient stitch density to provide for a solid appearance of any of the selected colors at any location on the carpet, and utilizing natural tacking of rear yarns to minimize loose yarn on the backing.
US10167582B1
Braided filament with particularized strand compositions and methods of manufacturing and using same
In one embodiment, the present invention is a braided filament including a plurality of strands each having at least one ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber and at least one polyester fiber wherein the quantity of certain types of fibers in a first strand is the same as the quantity of the same type of fibers in a second strand. In a variant, one additional strand of the braided filament is a monofilament strand. In another variant, each strand is homogeneous with respect to the other strands and is made exclusively from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fibers and polyester fibers such that each strand has the same distribution and quantity of fiber types.
US10167579B2
A fabric having a first side and a second side and comprising weft yarns and warp yarns woven together in pattern. At least some of the weft, or warp, yarns float over a number of warp yarns, or weft yarns, and below a number of warp yarns, or weft yarns, to provide weft, or warp, over portions on the first side and under portions on the second side. The under portions and/or over portions of the yarns form loops. At least some of the yarns that form the loops are conjugate yarns comprising a plurality of filaments that are separable, i.e., splittable into sub-filaments. The loops of the conjugate yarns extend for a length of at least three adjacent warp, or weft, yarns.
US10167576B2
A method of producing a fine fiber, including treating a cellulose raw material with an enzyme; and fibrillating the treated cellulose raw material; treating with the enzyme under a condition where at least a ratio of endo-glucanase activity to cellobiohydrolase activity that is 0.06 or greater. The cellulose raw material may be a plant fiber. The method efficiently produces a fine fiber from a cellulose raw material at low cost and with a low environmental burden, a fine fiber, and a non-woven fabric.
US10167573B2
A method of producing a SiC single crystal includes: disposing a SiC seed crystal at a bottom part inside a graphite crucible; causing a solution containing Si, C and R (R is at least one selected from the rare earth elements inclusive of Sc and Y) or X (X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Ge, Sn, and transition metals exclusive of Sc and Y) to be present in the crucible; supercooling the solution so as to cause the SiC single crystal to grow on the seed crystal; and adding powdery or granular Si and/or SiC raw material to the solution from above the graphite crucible while keeping the growth of the SiC single crystal.
US10167570B2
A n-type SiC single crystal with low resistivity and low threading dislocation density is provided, which is achieved by a n-type SiC single crystal containing germanium and nitrogen, wherein the density ratio of the germanium and the nitrogen [Ge/N] satisfies the relationship 0.17<[Ge/N]<1.60.
US10167566B2
A substrate (5) in which a surface of an aluminum base (10) other than a surface on which an insulating thin film layer (17) is formed is covered with a protective layer (19) which is an aluminum anodic oxide film.
US10167563B2
A method of and apparatus for efficient on-demand production of H2 and O2 from water and heat using environmentally safe metals are disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus for hydrogen generation through water-decomposition reaction includes a main reactor, an oxidizer reactor, and a computer-control system. The computer system is configured to control each of the components of the hydrogen gas production system for stable hydrogen-gas production.
US10167559B2
A method for manufacturing a gap device includes forming a template structure on a substrate, depositing an active material layer on the substrate and on the template structure, wherein the active material layer covers at least top and side surfaces of the template structure, planarizing the active material layer, and selectively removing the template structure with respect to the active material layer and the substrate.
US10167551B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus, method, a reaction chamber and a use of a reaction chamber for processing a surface of a substrate by subjecting the surface of a substrate to successive surface reactions of at least a first precursor and a second precursor. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber; a detachable reaction chamber arranged to be installed inside the vacuum chamber, and inside which the substrate is positioned during processing and a precursor system for supplying the at least first and second precursors into the action chamber and for discharging the at least first and second precursors from the reaction chamber. According to the present invention the reaction chamber is provided as a gastight vessel.
US10167548B2
A continuous system for transmitting accelerating forces and decelerating forces by interlocking, consisting of at least one carrier system having at least two connecting elements, a plurality of transport systems arranged one behind the other, wherein each transport system has a cam drum or cylindrical cam having a helical groove and the connecting elements of the carrier system are suitable for interlockingly engaging with the groove of the cam drum, and at least one motor, which drives the cam drums.
US10167540B2
There is provided herein a shape memory alloy wire that includes an alloy composition of CuAlMnNi and excluding grain refiner elements. The alloy composition includes 20 at %-28 at % Al, 2 at %-4 at % Ni, 3 at %-5 at % Mn with Cu as a remaining balance of the alloy composition. The alloy composition is disposed as an elongated wire of at least about 1 meter in length, having a wire diameter of less than about 150 microns. At least about 50 vol % of said alloy composition along said wire length has an oligocrystalline microstructure as-disposed in the wire and without thermal treatment of the wire.
US10167539B2
A hot-rolled steel sheet wherein an average pole density of orientation group of {100}<011> to {223}<110> is 1.0 to 5.0 and pole density of crystal orientation {332}<113> is 1.0 to 4.0. The hot-rolled steel sheet includes, as a metallographic structure, by area %, 30% to 99% ferrite and bainite in total, and 1% to 70% martensite. The hot-rolled steel sheet satisfies Expression 1: dia≤13 μm, and also satisfies Expression 2: TS/fM×dis/dia≥500, wherein an area fraction of the martensite is defined as fM in unit of area %, an average size of the martensite is defined as dia in unit of μm, an average distance between the martensite is defined as dis in unit of μm, and tensile strength of the steel sheet is defined as TS in unit of MPa.
US10167538B2
A steel pipe, consisting of, in terms of mass %: from 0.06% to 0.25% of C, 0.50% or less of Si, 1.00% to 1.80% of Mn, 0.030% or less of P, 0.020% or less of S, 0.08% or less of Al, 0.008% or less of N, 0.080% or less of Nb, and a remainder consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein a compressive residual stress at an outer surface measured by an X-ray method is 250 MPa or more, and a compressive residual stress at a position at a depth of 1 mm from the outer surface measured by the X-ray method is 70% or more of the compressive residual stress at the outer surface measured by the X-ray method.
US10167534B2
Downhole tools, methods, and systems of use thereof, the downhole tools comprising at least one component made of a doped alloy that at least partially degrades by micro-galvanic corrosion in the presence of fresh water having a salinity of less than about 1000 ppm, and wherein the doped alloy is selected from the group consisting of a doped magnesium alloy, a doped aluminum alloy, and any combination thereof.
US10167528B2
A novel FeMnAlC alloy, comprising 23˜34 wt. % Mn, 6˜12 wt. % Al, and 1.4˜2.2 wt. % C with the balance being Fe, is disclosed. The as-quenched alloy contains an extremely high density of nano-sized (Fe,Mn)3AlCx carbides (κ′-carbides) formed within austenite matrix by spinodal decomposition during quenching. With almost equivalent elongation, the yield strength of the present alloys after aging is about 30% higher than that of the optimally aged FeMnAlC (C≤1.3 wt. %) alloy systems disclosed in prior arts. Moreover, the as-quenched alloy is directly nitrided at 450˜550° C., the resultant surface microhardness and corrosion resistance in 3.5% NaCl solution are far superior to those obtained previously for the optimally nitrided commercial alloy steels and stainless steels, presumably due to the formation of a nitrided layer consisting predominantly of AlN.
US10167527B2
The invention relates to a method for the progressive induction surface hardening of a closed curve trace of a workpiece, the closed curve trace and a hardening device being moved relative to one another in a feed mode to harden the closed curve trace starting from an initial zone to an end zone, an unhardened soft zone being provided. According to the invention, the workpiece is provided with a marking, the hardening device having a sensor for detecting said marking. The curve trace and the hardening device are moved relative to one another along the treatment direction until the senor detects the marking. Once the marking is detected, another movement takes place in the treatment direction before the hardening device is activated, the curve trace being hardened by the relative movement. The marking is again detected by means of the sensor and the hardening device is then deactivated. The invention also relates to an arrangement which is suitable for carrying out the method described.
US10167523B2
The invention provides plants having improved biomass properties of increased biomass quantity and density, increased cellulose content and deceased lignin content and improved sugar release efficiency, methods of generating (genetically modifying) and/or selecting (natural variant collections) plants with such preferred attributes of cellulose, lignin and sugar release, and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that the expression of the gene, Potri.001G375700 (belonging to IQD signaling protein family containing a canonical calmodulin-binding domain) and/or activity of Potri.001G375700, modulates cellulose, lignin synthesis, sugar release and growth in plants.
US10167518B2
The invention provides methods that define cellular populations that are sensitive to RARA agonists and identify patient subgroups that will benefit from treatment with RARA agonists. The invention also provides packaged pharmaceutical compositions that comprise a RARA agonist and instructions for determining if such agonist is suitable for use in treatment.
US10167516B2
Described herein are methods of predicting the risk of developing ovarian cancer recurrence of a subject comprising the steps of detecting the expression levels of at least four of the six genes selected from the group consisting of AKT2, KRAS, RAC1, CALM3, RPS6KA2 and YWHAB or the gene products thereof, wherein the presence of increased expression levels of the genes or the gene products is predictive of the increased risk of developing ovarian cancer recurrence in the subject. Kits for practicing the methods are also disclosed.
US10167510B2
The invention relates generally to the THAP1 gene and mutations in this gene, as well as the THAP1 protein and mutations in this protein, that are associated with dystonia. The invention relates to the identification, isolation, cloning and characterization of the DNA sequence corresponding to the wild type and mutant THAP1 genes, as well as isolation and characterization of their transcripts and gene products. The invention further relates to methods and kits useful for detecting mutations in THAP1 that are associated with dystonia, as well as to methods and kits useful for diagnosing dystonia. The present invention also relates to therapies for treating dystonia, including gene therapeutics and protein/antibody based therapeutics.
US10167506B2
A method of sequencing nucleic acids, which can include steps of contacting a substrate having spatially distinguishable features with a plurality of nucleic acids to seed a subset of the features, thereby generating a seeded subset; amplifying the nucleic acids in the seeded subset to form nucleic acid colonies; repeating the preceding steps to increase the number of seeded features, thereby generating an array of nucleic acid colonies; and sequencing the array of nucleic acid colonies.
US10167493B2
The present technology relates to methods for extracting carotenoids like β-carotene or lutein from oil obtained from/as a by-product derived from a feedstock material like starch-containing material in a processes for producing fermentation products by-products derived from a fermentative production process, in particular from an ethanol fermentation process, wherein the by-product is selected from the group consisting of distillers' wet grain (DWG), distillers' dried grains (DDG), distillers' solubles (DS), distillers' dried solubles (DDS), distillers' dried grain with solubles (DDGS), and mixtures thereof.
US10167487B2
This application describes methods, including non-naturally occurring methods, for biosynthesizing 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coA and intermediates thereof, as well as non-naturally occurring hosts for producing 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coA. This application also describes methods, including non-naturally occurring methods, for biosynthesizing isoprene and intermediates thereof, as well as non-naturally occurring hosts for producing isoprene.
US10167484B2
The present invention is directed to controlling pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions in an invertebrate pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling pest infestation by feeding one or more different recombinant double stranded RNA molecules to the pest in order to achieve a reduction in pest infestation through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation.
US10167475B2
The present invention relates to novel DNA aptamers capable of binding gelsolin tightly and specifically. The invention further relates to the use of these aptamers to estimate the gelsolin levels in a given sample and purify bulk quantities of tagless gelsolin and its variants. The present invention thus eliminates the use of different animals/their tissues to produce gelsolin binding proteins, which are much more expensive and socially unacceptable methods as opposed to the synthesis of a DNA molecule by in vitro PCR. Using this strategy, bulk production of the gelsolin binding matrix can be carried out at much lower cost. Also, the aptamers can be used to block binding of gelsolin to its binding partners for diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications.
US10167465B2
The present invention provides methods of differentiating mesenchymal stem cells or adult stem cells into nerve cells by treating the mesenchymal stem cells or the adult stem cells with an electromagnetic field having a high intensity of 100 to 1,500 mT and a low frequency of 0.01 to 100 Hz. These methods also provide injecting the mesenchymal stem cells or adult stem cells into a subject prior to treating the mesenchymal stem cells or adult stem cells with an electromagnetic field having a high intensity of 100 to 1,500 mT and a low frequency of 0.01 to 100 Hz.
US10167459B2
The invention provides variants of the Aspergillus japonicus β-fructofuranosidase enzyme which have been modified so as to improve synthesis of inulin-type fructooligosaccharides (FOS) from sucrose. One or more substitutions may be made to the parent β-fructofuranosidase polypeptide at amino acid positions 121, 159, 302 and/or 471 of the mature peptide (SEQ ID NO: 3), corresponding to crystal positions 140, 178, 321 and 490. A method of synthesizing FOS using the variants is also claimed.
US10167447B2
The present disclosure provides tissue supports and methods for preparing a cartilage composition for repairing cartilage defects, which is prepared by expanding and integrating small cartilage tissue pieces derived from donor or engineered tissue. The methods and supports described herein promote cell migration and integration of neighboring tissue pieces in culture to form the cartilage composition. Methods of cartilage repair using the cartilage composition are also described.
US10167439B2
There is provided an ultraviolet curable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner, including: a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring; at least one of (meth)acrylate having a phosphoric acid ester group and (meth)acrylate having a silane group: a polythiol compound; and a polytetrafluoroethylene resin as a solid lubricant.
US10167435B2
The present disclosure includes liquid compositions that can be used for marking liquid hydrocarbon-based fuels and combustibles; these compositions include at least one marker, one or more solvents and, optionally, one or more functional additives other than the markers. The disclosure also includes a process for qualitative and quantitative detection of these markers present in a liquid hydrocarbon-based composition.
US10167432B2
Processes are provided for making an alkylate gasoline blending component, comprising: a. feeding an olefin feed comprising greater than 80 wppm of a sulfur contaminant comprising mercaptans, alkyl sulfides, and alkyl disulfides to a chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst, wherein a level of the sulfur contaminant accumulates in the chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst to make a sulfur-contaminated ionic liquid catalyst comprising 300 to 20,000 wppm of a sulfur; and b. alkylating the olefin feed with an isoparaffin using the sulfur-contaminated ionic liquid catalyst to make the alkylate gasoline blending component having a final boiling point below 221° C. An alkylation process exclusively utilizing coker LPG olefins is also provided.
US10167429B2
The present invention provides a process for producing liquid hydrocarbon products from a solid biomass feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: a) providing in a first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel a first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition; b) contacting the solid biomass feedstock with said first hydropyrolysis catalyst composition and molecular hydrogen in said first hydropyrolysis reactor vessel to produce a product stream comprising partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product, H2O, H2, CO2, CO, C1-C3 gases, char and catalyst fines; c) removing said char and catalyst fines from said product stream; d) hydroconverting said partially deoxygenated hydropyrolysis product in a hydroconversion reactor vessel in the presence of one or more hydroconversion catalyst and of the H2O, CO2, CO, H2, and C1-C3 gas generated in step a), to produce a vapor phase product comprising substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon product, H2O, CO, CO2, and C1-C3 gases.
US10167410B2
Vacuum deposited thin films of material are used to create an interface that non-preferentially interacts with different domains of an underlying block copolymer film. The non-preferential interface prevents formation of a wetting layer and influences the orientation of domains in the block copolymer. The purpose of the deposited polymer is to produce nano structured features in a block copolymer film that can serve as lithographic patterns.
US10167405B2
An inkjet aqueous pigment dispersion which achieves high pigment concentration, exhibits favorable redispersion properties after drying, and does not exhibit changes in ink properties even when stored for a long time; and an ink composition using the aqueous pigment dispersion. The inkjet aqueous pigment dispersion contains a pigment, a liquid medium, and a polymer dispersion agent which is an A-B block polymer obtained by copolymerization using a mixture of an organic tellurium compound represented by formula (1) and an organic ditellurium compound represented by formula (2) as a polymerization initiator. The monomer for configuring the A block is at least one type of monomer represented by formula (3), and the monomer for configuring the B block is benzyl methacrylate and/or benzyl acrylate.
US10167401B2
The present invention provides an image forming method capable of suppressing glossiness unevenness in one image with curability of an ink droplet having been caused to land on a recording medium increased. The image forming method includes: preparing an actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink containing a radical polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a gelling agent, and a nucleating agent; discharging a droplet of the actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink to cause the droplet to land on a surface of a recording medium; and curing the droplet by irradiating the droplet having been caused to land on the recording medium with actinic radiation. The gelling agent contains, in a molecular structure thereof, a polar group, and a C15-26 alkyl group, the nucleating agent is a (poly)glycerin fatty acid ester, and an oxygen concentration in an atmosphere where irradiation with the actinic radiation is conducted is less than 20 vol %.
US10167387B2
Provided herein is a polymeric material comprising a polymer host; and a guest molecule comprising a glycosaminoglycan; wherein the guest molecule is disposed within the polymer host, and wherein the guest molecule is covalently bonded to at least one other guest molecule. In some embodiments, the polymer host comprises a silicone-based polymer. In other embodiments, the glycosaminoglycan is chosen from hyaluronic acid and derivatives thereof.
US10167386B2
A film is described comprising a (meth)acrylic polymer and a polyvinyl acetal (e.g. butyral) resin. In some embodiments, the film has a glass transition temperature (i.e. Tg) ranging from 30° C. to 60° C. In some embodiments, the film has a gel content of at least 20% or greater. In some embodiments, the film has an elongation at break of at least 175%. The film typically comprises photoinitiator as a result of the method by which the film was made. The film may be a monolithic film or a layer of a multilayer film.
US10167385B2
The present invention relates to an acrylic processing aid, a method for preparing the same, and a polyvinyl chloride resin composition comprising the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to an acrylic processing aid having a core-shell structure comprising the core and shell comprise a polymer prepared by copolymerizing a methyl methacrylate monomer and an alkyl acrylate monomer having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and wherein the core comprises the polymer having a weight-average molecular weight ranging from 10,000,000 to 18,000,000 g/mol, a method for preparing the same, and a polyvinyl chloride resin composition comprising the same.
US10167383B2
The invention provides a process to form a “first composition comprising a first ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer and a second ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer,” said process comprising polymerizing a first mixture comprising ethylene, an α-olefin, and optionally a polyene, in a stirred tank reactor to form a first ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer, and transferring at least some of the first ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer to a loop reactor, and polymerizing, therein, a second mixture comprising ethylene, an alpha-olefin, and optionally a polyene, in the presence of the first ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer, to form the “first composition comprising the first ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer and the second ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer.” The invention also provides a polymerization reactor configuration comprising at least the following: a stirred tank reactor followed by a loop reactor.
US10167381B2
Herein are disclosed wall repair compounds comprising at least one or more polymeric binder latex emulsions, one or more inorganic fillers, and comprising an amount of organic polymeric thickener that is less than about 0.1 percent by weight based on the total weight of the wall repair compound. In certain embodiments, the wall repair compound comprises an inorganic filler system selected such that such that synthetic inorganic fillers comprise essentially 100 percent of the inorganic filler used. In certain embodiments, the wall repair compound comprises one or more glycol ether smoothing agents.
US10167372B2
Methods of producing CO2-impregnated crystallizable polylactic acid resins and expanded polylactic acid foams.
US10167366B2
Polysilocarb formulations, cured and pyrolized materials, was well as articles and use for this material. In particular pyrolized polysilocarb ceramic materials and articles contain these materials where, the ceramic has from about 30 weight % to about 60 weight % silicon, from about 5 weight % to about 40 weight % oxygen, and from about 3 weight % to about 35 weight % carbon, and wherein 20 weight % to 80 weight % of the carbon is silicon-bound-carbon and 80 weight % to about 20 weight % of the carbon is free carbon.
US10167364B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic polycarbonates, comprising the step of reacting bisphenols with dithiocarbonates or selenium analogs thereof in the presence of a catalyst. It further relates to the use of dithiocarbonates or selenium analogs thereof as transesterifying reagents for the preparation of polycarbonates.
US10167353B2
Methods for controlling the productivity of an olefin polymer in a polymerization reactor system using a halogenated hydrocarbon compound are disclosed. The productivity of the polymer can be increased via the addition of the halogenated hydrocarbon compound.
US10167349B2
A catalyst system comprising the product obtained by contacting (a) a solid catalyst component containing Mg, Ti, halogen and at least an electron donor compound selected from phenylene aromatic diesters of a specific formula (b) an alkylaluminum cocatalyst and (c) an ester of formula R′OOC—(CR″2)m—COOR′ in which m is an integer from 2 to 7, the R′ groups, equal to or different from each other, are C1-C10 alkyl groups and the R″ groups, independently, are hydrogen or C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups.
US10167348B2
The present teachings show that it is possible to polymerize 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds in a solution (for example using one or more solvents). Polymerization of 1,1-disubstituted alkene compounds in a solution provides opportunities to better control the polymerization compared with bulk polymerization. The solution polymerization techniques can be employed for preparing homopolymers, copolymers (e.g., random copolymers), and block copolymers.
US10167344B2
A genetically modified mouse is provided, wherein the mouse expresses an immunoglobulin light chain repertoire characterized by a limited number of light chain variable domains. Mice are provided that present a choice of two human light chain variable gene segments such that the immunoglobulin light chains expresses by the mouse comprise one of the two human light chain variable gene segments. Methods for making bispecific antibodies having universal light chains using mice as described herein, including human light chain variable regions, are provided. Methods for making human variable regions suitable for use in multispecific binding proteins, e.g., bispecific antibodies, and host cells are provided.
US10167341B2
In this application are described high affinity anti-GD2 antibody agents, and various methods and reagents related thereto, including for example for the detection, prevention, and/or therapeutical treatment of GD2-related diseases, in particular, neuroblastoma.
US10167329B2
This invention is in the field of IGF-1 modifications. In particular, it relates to modified IGF-polypeptides and modified IGF-1 precursor polypeptides wherein the cleavage of E-peptide is prevented. The invention also relates to the use of such polypeptides for treating muscle diseases and disorders.
US10167322B2
The present disclosure relates to a class of engineered polypeptides having a binding affinity for albumin. In particular, the present invention relates to albumin binding polypeptides which have a high resistance to proteolytic cleavage and therapeutic use thereof. The disclosure provides an albumin binding polypeptide comprising an albumin binding motif, which motif consists of the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 1782) GXASDX5YKX8X9I X11X12AX14TVEGVX20 ALX23X24X25ILX28X29XB.
US10167317B1
The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to several novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and HLA class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.
US10167314B2
The invention relates to methods for treating depression, anxiety, and other related diseases by administering a peptide NMDAR partial agonist.
US10167305B2
A complex of formula (1), wherein, M is palladium or nickel, R1 and R2 are independently organic groups having 1-20 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2 are linked to form a ring structure with the phosphorus atom, R3 is selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted aryl, substituted and unsubstituted heteroaryl, and substituted and unsubstituted metallocenyl, R4 is an organic group having 1-20 carbon atoms, n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, X is an anionic ligand. A process for the preparation of the complex, and its use in carbon-carbon or carbon-nitrogen coupling reactions is also provided.
US10167304B2
Disclosed is a ruthenium compound useful as a precursor in chemical vapor growth, particularly ALD. The compound has good reactivity with a reactive gas, a high vapor pressure, and a low melting point. The compound is represented by general formula (I), wherein R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, provided that the total number of the carbon atoms of R1 and R2 is 3 to 10. In formula (I), R1 and R2 are each preferably ethyl or isopropyl.
US10167303B2
Iridium organometallic complexes containing a substituted dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline having the formula are provided. These compounds are useful as orange or red emitting components of a light emitting layer in an electronic device.
US10167294B2
Described herein are fused bicyclic compounds, compositions, and methods for their use for the treatment of disease.
US10167293B2
The present invention covers [8-(phenylsulfonyl)-3,8-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl](1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methanone compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of disorders, in particular of gynecological disorders, hyperproliferative disorders, metabolic disorders, or inflammatory disorders as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US10167290B2
Provided herein are methods for the preparation of substituted pyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazines of the formula (II): the method comprising contacting a compound of formula (VI): with R1—Y in a solvent, in the presence of a palladium catalyst, wherein said contacting occurs in the presence of a base, wherein R1-R3, Y, the palladium catalyst and the base are as defined herein.
US10167288B2
Provided is a compound capable of effectively control worst weeds of higher leaf stages that present practical problems. A specific pyrazolylpyrazole derivative of formula (I) is disclosed that is able to solve the above-mentioned problems.
US10167273B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which q, R11, R12, R13 and R14 are as defined in the specification, for use in therapy.
US10167271B2
The present invention relates to novel fluoroquinolone carboxylic acid compounds and derivatives of Formula-I, and their salts wherein, R represents H or halogen. The present invention also relates to the use of novel fluoroquinolone carboxylic acid compounds and derivatives of Formula-I for preparation of Besifloxacin hydrochloride.
US10167254B2
There are disclosed compounds that modulate or inhibit the enzymatic activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and methods of treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer, viral infections and/or inflammatory disorders utilizing the compounds of the invention.
US10167251B2
Methods of treating or suppressing mitochondrial diseases, such as Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactacidosis, and stroke (MELAS), Kearns-Sayre Syndrome (KSS), are disclosed, an well as compounds useful in the methods of the invention, such as 4-(p-quinolyl)-2-hydroxybutanamide derivatives. Methods and compounds useful in treating other disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease and pervasive developmental disorders such as autism are also disclosed. Energy biomarkers useful in assessing the metabolic state of a subject and the efficacy of treatment are also disclosed. Methods of modulating, normalizing, or enhancing energy biomarkers, as well as compounds useful for such methods, are also disclosed.
US10167244B2
A catalytic method for hydroformylating a cyclooctadiene substrate involving forming a reaction mixture that includes the cyclooctadiene and a precursor of or a transitional metal ligand complex where the ligand has structure (1): H2 and CO are fed into the reaction mixture and the mixture is heated to convert the cyclooctadiene into an aldehyde. A preferred ligand is 2-(anthracen-9-yloxy)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane.
US10167243B2
An improved process for the production of a higher hydrocarbon from solid biomass is provided. Solid biomass that has been digested and hydrodeoxygenated in a liquid digestive solvent in the presence of a hydrothermal hydrocatalytic catalyst is separated to an organic rich phase and an aqueous rich phase containing diols. At least a portion of the aqueous rich phase is contacted with an acidic amorphous silica alumina catalyst producing monooxygenate-containing stream comprising water, organic monooxygenates, and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. At least a portion of the monooxygenate-containing stream is contacted with a solid acid condensation catalyst to produce a higher hydrocarbons stream. At least a portion of the organic rich phase is also contacted with a solid acid condensation catalyst to produce a higher hydrocarbons stream.
US10167240B1
Improved methods and apparatus (10, 74) for the solubilization of initially solid humic acids include a large-volume mixing/agitation tank (12, 76) for water and solid humic acids, together a recirculation assembly (14, 78) for continuously recirculating the water/humic acids mixture while reducing the size of the humic acids. Properly used, the apparatus (10, 74) is capable of providing relatively stable, solubilized humic acid solutions or dispersions.
US10167238B2
An agricultural spray may be produced by admixing citric acid and glutamic acid with a metal salt and a pesticide or other agricultural chemical containing components capable of precipitating with the metal salt in the admixture. The citric acid and the glutamic acid chelate with the metal salt to provide a stability and compatibility-enhancing composition, thereby preventing the metal salt from forming an insoluble solid within the admixture. Such a composition may be produced by admixing citric acid and glutamic acid at a molar ratio of about 6.8:0.5 to about 1:0.29. The composition may include a metal sat, citric acid and glutamic acid in a molar ratio of about 1:6.8:0.5 to about 1:1:0.29 and a pesticide.
US10167233B2
A sintered refractory product having the form of a block and consisting of a granulate formed by all the grains having a size larger than 100 μm, referred to as “coarse grains”, and a matrix binding the coarse grains and consisting of the grains having a size smaller than or equal to 100 μm, the granulate representing between 45% and 90% by mass of the product, the product having a composition such that, in a mass percentage based on the oxides: Al2O3>80%, SiO2<15%, Na2O<0.15%, Fe2O3<0.05%, CaO<0.1%, the other oxides forming the remainder up to 100%, and the Na2O content in the matrix being greater than 0.010%, in a mass percentage based on the mass of the product.
US10167231B1
A process to make a tile backer board includes using a stabilizing material with a phosphorus-containing compound, reacting magnesium containing starting materials into an amorphous phase cementitious material, and adding 0.1 wt % to 30 wt % of an aggregate and a reinforcing component by mixing in or pouring over the reinforcing component and allowing the amorphous phase cementitious material to cure into a tile backer board.
US10167229B2
A quick-drying gypsum composition, in particular for use as gypsum filling compound and for the production of floor coverings, wherein the gypsum composition contains 20 to 70% of a mixture of calcium aluminate and calcium sulfate hemihydrate and/or anhydrite and/or calcium sulfate dihydrate as hydraulic binders and 30 to 80% by weight of fillers, and wherein the weight ratio of calcium aluminate to calcium sulfate hemihydrate and/or anhydrite and/or calcium sulfate dihydrate binders lies in the range from 1:1 to 1:5. Gypsum compositions of this type are characterized by a particularly beneficial shrinkage behavior, such that stresses and cracks in the dried composition can be avoided. At the same time, the gypsum compositions dry to readiness for covering in a time that is compatible with conventional cement filling compounds.
US10167228B2
A method of producing high-strength cementitious product from raw fly ash by mixing the raw fly ash with a lithium compound, whereby milling of the raw fly ash to achieve requisite strength is unnecessary. It has now been found that by adding as little as 0.1% of lithium chloride to raw untreated Class C fly ash, one can achieve improved seven-day and twenty-eight-day compressive strength. At the very least, raw lithium treated Class C fly ash may be used at lower total cementitious content per yard of concrete as opposed to Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) for improved compressive strength.
US10167224B2
A process for producing a coated glass, the process comprising, a) providing a glass substrate, b) depositing a chemical vapour (CVD) deposited coating on at least one surface of the glass substrate to produce a CVD coated glass, and c) sputter depositing a further coating on the surface of the CVD coated glass, wherein the further coating comprises at least three reflective metal layers.
US10167220B2
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses for adding thermal energy to a glass melt. Apparatuses for generating a thermal plasma disclosed herein comprise an electrode, a grounded electrode, a dielectric plasma confinement vessel extending between the two electrodes, and a magnetic field generator extending around the dielectric plasma confinement vessel. Also disclosed herein are methods for fining molten glass comprising generating a thermal plasma using the apparatuses disclosed herein and contacting the molten glass with the thermal plasma. Glass structures produced according to these methods are also disclosed herein.
US10167218B2
Water treatment systems and associated methods are generally described. Certain embodiments of the water treatment systems and methods described herein may be used to treat water comprising one or more contaminants (e.g., oil, grease, suspended solids, scale-forming ions, volatile organic material) to remove at least a portion of the one or more contaminants. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the treated water may be used directly in certain applications (e.g., oil and/or gas extraction processes). In some embodiments, at least a portion of the treated water may undergo desalination to produce substantially pure water and/or concentrated brine.
US10167217B2
A process for the industrial production of sea water (M3) that is basically suitable for alimentary use, includes the following steps: drawing sea water with corresponding decantation (3); filtration (4); and sterilization (5), until a purified sea water (M1) is obtained; the process being characterized in that it envisages the further steps of: boron abatement (6) until a sea water is obtained with a boron content of less than one milligram per liter (M2); further filtration (7); sterilization (8) of the possible residual microorganisms; continuous and strict analyses, examinations, and checks (9) of the sea water in the respective various steps of purification thereof, to guarantee that a sea water (M3) is obtained that is microbiologically pure, filtered, and hence free from any pathogenic agents; and storage in tanks or bottling (10) of the purified sea water ready for use in various applications, amongst which basically alimentary use.
US10167215B2
The invention relates to a method for nitrogen removal from aqueous medium, comprising steps of (a) converting NH4+ in the aqueous medium to NO2− by partial aerobic nitrification, (b) partially reducing the obtained NO2− to N2O in anoxic conditions, and (c) decomposing N2O to N2 with energy recovery. A mixture of ferrous sulfate and ferric sulfate is used in step (b) for reduction of NO2− to N2O.
US10167207B2
An apparatus for producing reducing water that maintains a neutral range of pH and exhibits superior reducing force. The apparatus for producing reducing water includes an electrolytic bath including a cathode chamber provided with a cathode, an anode chamber provided with an anode, and an intermediate chamber interposed between the cathode chamber and the anode chamber, wherein the cathode chamber and the intermediate chamber are provided with an inlet through which water is supplied, and an outlet through which water is discharged, a cation exchange membrane is provided between the cathode chamber and the intermediate chamber, and the intermediate chamber includes a cation exchange resin that dissociates hydrogen ions when the cation exchange resin reacts with water.
US10167197B2
It is intended to provide an industrially advantageous method for obtaining zirconium tungsten phosphate that is useful as a negative thermal expansion material and exhibits a single phase in X-ray diffraction. The method for producing zirconium tungsten phosphate according to the present invention comprises using a mixture of a tungsten compound and an amorphous compound containing phosphorus and zirconium as a reaction precursor and calcining the reaction precursor. Preferably, the reaction precursor has an infrared absorption peak at least at 950 to 1150 cm−1, and the maximum value of the infrared absorption peak in this range appears at 1030 (±20) cm−1.
US10167188B2
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) transducer including an enclosure defining an interior space and having an acoustic port formed through at least one side of the enclosure. The transducer further including a compliant member positioned within the interior space and acoustically coupled to the acoustic port, the compliant member being configured to vibrate in response to an acoustic input. A back plate is further positioned within the interior space, the back plate being positioned along one side of the compliant member in a fixed position. A filter is positioned between the compliant member and the acoustic port, and the filter includes a plurality of axially oriented pathways and a plurality of laterally oriented pathways which are acoustically interconnected and dimensioned to prevent passage of a particle from the acoustic port to the compliant member.
US10167182B2
A volume of fluid may be received at the air chamber from a fluid source and dispensed to a nozzle. The fluid source may be in fluid communication with the air chamber. The flow may be reversed to draw the fluid to the air chamber and purge air within the air chamber or the fluid to the atmosphere.
US10167177B2
Provided is a crane which can suppress deformation and vibration of a crane structure in travel and stop of the crane. Inverters are installed respectively in travel devices which are arranged on the opposite sides with a gap in a transverse direction. Each of the inverters independently measures a torque generated in a motors to which the inverter is connected and reduces the rotation speed in the command from a controller to the motor such that the greater the measured torque is, the greater a ratio of reduction is.
US10167172B2
A passenger conveyor may include a conveyor motor controlled by a conveyor control via a motor drive, the motor drive including a frequency converter with a rectifier bridge, an intermediate DC circuit and a converter bridge connected with the conveyor motor. The rectifier bridge is configured to be connected to mains via at least one relay, which relay is controlled by the conveyor control, the conveyor comprises a deep sleep mode, in which the frequency converter as well as at least a major part of conveyor control is switched off. The intermediate DC circuit forms the power supply for the conveyor control. During the activation of the deep sleep mode, the conveyor control is configured to open the relay, whereby at least one signal circuit of the conveyor is configured to remain powered at least during the deep sleep mode.
US10167171B2
An elevator with a brake device for braking a car and/or keeping it stationary on at least one braking rail. The brake device has at least two brake shoes situated opposite from each other, and at least one brake clamp with two clamp arms for opening and closing clamp jaws acting on the brake shoes. In certain embodiments, only one of the clamp arms is connected to the car in pivoting fashion via a bearing with a pivot axle that is affixed to the car, oriented parallel to the direction of travel. In certain embodiments, the brake clamp is supported on the car in such a way that the clamp jaws, by pivoting together in the same direction, are able to follow a movement that is forced on a brake shoe due to local position deviations of the associated braking rail.
US10167164B2
A handheld tape dispenser includes a first shell, a second shell releasably secured to the first shell, a spring-actuated tape applying mechanism, a knife, a roll of tape, a roller member, and a tape press roller. The adhesive tape frictionally passes the roller member and a gap between the front platform and the tape press roller to extend out of a front opening. A rearward movement of the button moves blades downward to sever the adhesive tape.
US10167162B2
In a banknote storage box (16) of an ATM (1), a front guide (25) is attached to a front door (21) through attachment members (26) at four locations in a front guide attachment section (30). Intervals between faces (32 and 33) positioned on mutually opposite sides of each attachment member (26) are different for each of three attachment intervals LA, LB, and LC. Accordingly, in the front guide attachment section (30), a selected attachment interval LS is able to be adjusted between three steps without exchanging components by just changing the orientation of each attachment member (26) when attaching the attachment member (26).
US10167159B2
Methods and apparatus for transporting either an entire web or discrete components of disposable products such as diaper components down the machine using mechanical forces to grip the nonwoven web and transfer it from one belt or roll to another without or reducing added vacuum. There is a carrier nonwoven web that goes down the length of the machine and other substrates are added on top of this layer, and the machine provides sufficient gripping to allow transport of diaper components through the fabrication process. Securing and releasing forces are supplied so that the components can be retained at some points and released at others.
US10167150B2
A feeder system for feeding a stack (101) of stackable flat, carton elements to a processing device: A delivery ramp (103) includes a receiving surface (104) on which an edge portion (111) and a center portion (116) of the stack (101) is arrangeable. A transport device (125) includes a supporting platform on which at least a further edge portion (115) of the stack (101) is supportable, wherein the supporting platform is arranged adjacent to the receiving surface (104) such that the further edge portion (115) of the stack (101) may be received. A downholder element (117), adjusts a size of a gap (705) between the downholder element and a supporting platform, such that the further edge portion (115) of the stack (101) is clampable between them. The transport device (125) is movable between the receiving position, at which the stack (101) may be received by the delivery ramp (103), and a hand over position at the processing device such that the stack (101) is movable from the receiving position to the hand over position.
US10167149B2
A banknote separation apparatus, for a banknote bundle receiving machine, includes a guide unit, a pickup roller unit, a pickup roller raising/lowering unit, a feeding roller unit and a gate roller unit. The guide unit is provided on a route along which a banknote bundle inputted into the banknote bundle receiving machine is moved. The pickup roller unit is provided above the guide unit in a spaced-apart relationship with the guide unit and configured to separate a banknote from the banknote bundle and to feed the banknote. The pickup roller raising/lowering unit is configured to raise or lower the pickup roller unit. The feeding roller unit is provided on a back side of the pickup roller unit. The gate roller unit is provided under the feeding roller unit and configured to maintain a predetermined distance from the feeding roller unit.
US10167147B2
A sheet feeder device that stores and sends out a transfer medium includes: a sheet feeder device main unit having an opening formed at an upper portion and including an upstream partial lid located on an upstream side and a downstream partial lid located on a downstream side, the upstream partial lid and the downstream partial lid covering at least part of the opening; a sheet feed tray provided in the sheet feeder device main unit, the transfer medium being loaded onto the sheet feed tray; an elevating unit configured to lift up and down the sheet feed tray; and a control unit configured to control the lifting up and down of the sheet feed tray, wherein the control unit senses opening and closing of the upstream partial lid and the downstream partial lid, and controls the lifting up and down being performed by the elevating unit.
US10167144B2
A device for repositioning tubes in a tube rack is presented. The device comprises a base; a mount movable relative to the base in a first and second direction; an actuator for moving the mount; grippers coupled to and movable with the mount, each gripper comprising arms with portions for gripping a tube; a biasing element coupled to the mount and to the arms to be movable relative to the mount and to move the portions towards/away from each other; a blocking element coupled to the base to engage the biasing element and to block movement of the biasing element with respect to the mount against a force where the mount is moved in the first direction to move the portions towards each other and to disengage from the biasing element when the mount is moved in the second direction to allow the portions to be moved apart.
US10167127B2
A bottle includes a bottom wall portion of a bottom portion, grounding portion at an outer circumferential edge, rising circumferential wall portion continuous with grounding portion from the bottle radial inner side, and movable wall portion protrudes from the rising circumferential wall portion upper end. The movable wall portion movable upward around a connected portion to the rising circumferential wall portion. Plurality of ribs are radially disposed around bottle axis on the movable wall portion, and ribs include main recess that is recessed upward, and connection recess. Plurality of main recesses arranged at predetermined intervals in the bottle radial direction, and connection recess connects main recesses, adjacent to each other in the bottle radial direction, in the bottle radial direction together. A depth ratio D2/D1 that is the ratio of a depth (D2) of the connection recess to a depth (D1) of each main recess <2/9 and ≥1.
US10167117B2
A lid is provided for covering or sealing a cup by engaging a rim flange of the cup. The lid includes a top portion and an annular side plate which extends downwardly from periphery of the top portion. The plate is formed with a hole. An engagement plate is disposed on the side plate. A bottom edge of the engagement plate is connected to the plate. A top edge of the engagement plate stretches upwardly along the hole, so that the engagement plate is located in the hole. The plates are flexible. As such, the engagement plate can be pressed and bent inwardly when the lid covers a cup. The engagement plate would then engage with the rim flange of the cup so as to enhance engagement of the lid and the cup.
US10167113B2
An overpack salvage drum including a drum body and a lid. A bottom wall and side wall of the drum body cooperate to define an interior of the drum body. The lid is configured to close an open top of the drum body. The lid includes at least two independent lid threads to engage with corresponding independent drum threads provided on the drum body. The lid includes a plurality of alternating castellations having a flat inner facing side and castellations having an arcuate inner facing side, which can be interdigitated with castellations on another lid when two lids are stacked together, or can be used to lock with a drum body to rotationally secure a drum body relative to the lid when in a stacked arrangement. The lids include lugs and recesses, or rings that allow for secure stacking of the lids.
US10167112B2
The present invention provides a block protector assembly including a protector contoured to conform to a block of pallet where the pallet includes a plurality of blocks, and an attachment mechanism coupled to the protector, where the attachment mechanism is configured to secure the protector to the block of the pallet, where the protector includes a rigid material. The present invention also provides a method including determining a contour of a block of a pallet, fabricating a protector to follow the contour of the block, and securing the protector to the block. In addition, the present invention provides a protector configured to prevent damage to a block of a pallet, where the protector includes a first side contoured to a first side of the block, a second side contoured to a second side of the block, and a third side contoured to a third side of the block.
US10167108B2
A shipping crate formed from connected V-shaped corner board sections. The shipping crate includes top and bottom frames each formed from sections of corner board. A series of attachment clips are used to connect the top and bottom frames to corner uprights and one or more cross supports, where the corner uprights and cross supports are formed from sections of corner board. The attachment clip includes a center wall and front and back walls that each combine with the center wall to form first and second receiving cavities. The first and second receiving cavities are each able to receive one leg of a corner board section. A guard wall is formed on the attachment clip and spaced from the back wall to define a connector cavity. The connector cavity receives ends of a series of connectors used to join the corner board sections within the attachment clip.
US10167106B2
A storage box having a fill viewer created when the negative space of the box flaps are combined when the flaps are folded to close the box.
US10167102B2
The apparatus for transferring process material between a first container and a second container has, as its essential constituent parts, at least one first tensioning unit, which has a first tensioner and a second tensioner, which can be actuated independently of one another, and also a tubular liner piece, which extends indirectly between the containers in order to seal off the transition between the containers from the exterior. The tensioning unit has fixed in it, temporarily, the near end portion of the liner piece and the near end portion of a tubular liner remainder left over from a previous transfer operation. In specific applications, a transfer means is installed between the containers. The process material is usually of a sensitive nature e.g. a pharmaceutical component and must be neither contaminated by the exterior surroundings nor pass into the surroundings. The containers are typically constituent parts of a production installation, such as big bags, steel containers or drums. The invention also relates to a method for using the apparatus.
US10167099B2
The present invention includes an apparatus (01) and a method for expanding and erecting collapsed or folded cardboard packagings (02) to a standing position. The method includes holding the topmost cardboard packaging (02), coming from above, at its top flat side (23) of a cardboard packaging wall (22) and removing it from a stack (41) of flatly collapsed cardboard packagings (02). Subsequently also holding the cardboard packaging (02), at its bottom flat side (24) from below, and increasing the vertical distance between the top flat side (23), and the bottom flat side (24), by oppositely pulling so far until the cardboard packaging (02) has been expanded. Then releasing the top flat side (23) of the cardboard packaging (02), and rotating the lying, expanded set of cardboard packaging (02) still being held at its bottom flat side (24), where the rotating is about a horizontal pivoting axis (13). The bottom flat side (24) is subsequently also released to achieve an expanded and now erected set of compartments and/or the outer packagings (03). The apparatus (01) comprises a cardboard packaging supply (04) comprising at least one stack (41) of flatly collapsed cardboard packagings (02) arranged lying on top of each other, an erecting device (05) arranged next to the cardboard packaging supply (04) as seen in the direction of a horizontal axis (11), and a gripping device (06) for simultaneously seizing respectively one topmost cardboard packaging (02) from each stack (41) of the cardboard packaging supply (04).
US10167096B2
A packing machine core and a strap cutting and ironing adhering method, including: a control mechanism, a packing strap ironing adhering and strap catting mechanism, an ironing adhering sliding plate mechanism, and a machine core bracket, where the control mechanism includes a machine core mainshaft and a mainshaft motor. Multiple control cams are mounted on the machine core mainshaft and include multiple cams for controlling the ironing adhering and strap cutting mechanism and a first cam for controlling a swinging arm of the ironing adhering sliding plate mechanism. The mainshaft motor drives, by a speed reducing mechanism, the machine core mainshaft to rotate, and the multiple cams for controlling the ironing adhering and strap cutting mechanism include a left cutter cam, a middle cutter earn, a right cutter cam, and a second cam for controlling a swinging arm of an ironing head to work.
US10167087B2
An aspirator system for inflating an inflatable evacuation device includes an aspirator body having a plurality of flapper doors configured to open to allow intake of atmospheric gas. The aspirator system also includes an aspirator barrel connecting the aspirator body to the inflatable evacuation device, having connected inflation chambers wrapping around a circumference of the aspirator barrel and arranged along a length of the aspirator barrel, and being configured to provide an aspirator barrel chamber for guiding the atmospheric gas to the inflatable evacuation device when the aspirator barrel is inflated. The aspirator system also includes a showerhead nozzle connected to the connected inflation chambers, configured to direct high-pressure gas to inflate the aspirator barrel and compel intake of atmospheric gas through the plurality of flapper doors, to inflate the inflatable evacuation device.
US10167086B2
An anti-icing system is provided within a chamber having an exterior wall of which an outer surface may be subject to ice formation. The anti-icing system comprises a nozzle arranged to inject hot gas within the chamber. A gas-mixing device defines a channel for receiving hot gas from the nozzle. The gas-mixing device includes a swirl-inducing feature for causing gas from the chamber to be drawn into the channel with a swirling effect when hot gas from the nozzle is injected into the channel.
US10167084B2
An air duct arrangement (58) for an aircraft (40). The arrangement (58) comprises an environmental control system (ECS) (50). The ECS (50) comprises an air inlet (60) arranged to ingest a low velocity portion of a boundary layer flow adjacent the aircraft fuselage (44), and to deliver a flow of air to an environmental control system air intake (66). The arrangement (58) further comprises an ejector (70) arranged to receive an ECS exhaust (76), and boundary layer air from an aft region of the aircraft (40), and to exhaust air to the ambient airstream at an aft portion of the aircraft (40).
US10167075B2
A joint assembly includes a first component formed from a first material and a second component including a portion that extends at least partially into the first component and that has an uneven outer profile. The first material is configured to form the first component into a shape that is substantially complementary to a shape of the portion to facilitate restricting movement of the second component in an axial direction.
US10167071B2
There is disclosed a dual rudder system and method of improving the maneuvering ability and versatility of marine vehicles in navigable waters. A dual rudder steering assembly may be utilized in conjunction with a propeller of a marine vehicle. Moreover, multiple dual rudder steering assemblies may be utilized in conjunction with multiple propellers. A system for retrofitting existing marine vehicles with the disclosed devices is also disclosed, as well as a method of retrofitting existing marine vehicles with the steering system. Therefore, the disclosed steering system is compatible with pre-existing steering controls.
US10167057B1
A jet boat basically includes a hull, a first jet propulsion unit, a second jet propulsion unit, and a steering unit. The first jet propulsion unit is provided to the hull. The first jet propulsion unit has a first steering deflector with a first propulsion axis. The first steering deflector is movable with respect to the hull. The second jet propulsion unit is provided to the hull. The second jet propulsion unit has a second steering deflector with a second propulsion axis. The second steering deflector is movable with respect to the hull. The steering unit is operatively coupled to the first and second jet propulsion units. The first and second steering deflectors are oriented such that the first and second propulsion axes are non-parallel to a longitudinal center axis of the hull while the steering unit is in a straight steering position.
US10167055B2
A bicycle transmission allows a bicycle operator to change the radius of a pedal crank's transmission gear as sliding gear segments, radially arranged on a base ring assembly, vary their relative radial position from the center of the base plate. These gear segments slide in and out to change the effective radius of the gear. Spring biased locking pins engage adjustable control plates as the crank rotates. The locking pins release to make further adjustments to increase or decrease the effective radius. The transmission may also be used as a variable-ratio prime mover for other motive power applications, to transfer power from the wheel to another rotating component. The transfer of power may be via a chain or a belt.
US10167053B2
A bicycle drive unit has a transmission and a motor that transmits torque to the transmission. The transmission includes first and second input side rotating bodies, first and second output side rotating bodies, an output unit and a switching mechanism. The first and second output side rotating bodies are coupled to the first and second input side rotating bodies, respectively. The switching mechanism switches between a first state in which rotation of the first input side rotating body is transmitted to the output unit, and a second state in which rotation of the second input side rotating body is transmitted to the output unit. Only torque of the motor is transmitted from the first and second input side rotating bodies to the output unit, while torque outputted from the output unit merges with a manual drive force in a drive force transmission path from the output unit to a wheel.
US10167051B1
The present disclosure describes a system and method for a providing an assistive driving force to a wheelchair.
US10167047B2
A bicycle drive unit is basically provided with a crankshaft and a housing. The housing includes a synthetic resin first portion, a synthetic resin second portion and a metallic third portion. The synthetic resin first portion supports a first end of the crankshaft. The synthetic resin second portion supports a second end of the crankshaft. The metallic third portion is disposed in between the synthetic resin first portion and the synthetic resin second portion. The metallic third portion defines an internal space of the housing along with the synthetic resin first portion and the synthetic resin second portion.
US10167044B2
A non-metallic bracket for a bicycle hydraulic component is basically provided with a non-metallic body and a force receiving member. The non-metallic body has a hydraulic hose attachment port and an internal fluid passage. The hydraulic hose attachment port has an insertion opening disposed at an exterior surface of the non-metallic body and an internal attachment bore extending from the insertion opening towards the internal fluid passage. The internal attachment bore of the hydraulic hose attachment port includes an internal screw thread portion that threadedly receives a hose fastening fitting. The force receiving member is provided to the non-metallic body so as to receive force applied to the non-metallic body in an area of the hydraulic hose attachment port caused by screwing the hose fastening fitting into the internal screw thread portion of the non-metallic body.
US10167042B2
To downsize the periphery of reaction force applying device of a clutch controller, and set operation load more freely, in a clutch control system that links the clutch controller and a clutch device electrically, an operation reaction force is applied to a clutch lever, from reaction force applying device that uses a spring as a reaction force generation source; the reaction force applying device includes multiple reaction force generation cylinders arranged parallel to one another; and the clutch lever has an input/output arm, which extends toward an input/output part of each of the multiple reaction force generation cylinders from the vicinity of a lever support shaft, to allow transmission of operating force and reaction force between the clutch lever and the reaction force applying device.
US10167040B2
A bicycle suspension stem with an integrated pivot between a static part and a suspended part to provide vibration and impact absorption is provided. A bicycle stem includes a static part configured to connect to a steerer of a bicycle fork, the static part comprising a protrusion, a suspended part rotatably connected to the static part and configured to connect to a handlebar, and a biasing member disposed between the protrusion and an inside surface of the suspended part to resist rotation of the suspended part about the axis of rotation.
US10167039B1
A retrofit rider safety kit for a motorcycle includes handlebars with an attachment mounting bracket and a pair of foot pegs. The handlebar and foot pegs are secured near the front of a motorcycle frame. The handlebars are secured to the mounting bracket by a push button release mechanism.
US10167031B2
The invention provides a luggage system for a single-track motor vehicle, in particular a motorcycle or motor scooter. The luggage system includes a luggage-accommodating container to be fastened on the motor vehicle. The luggage-accommodating container, in its interior, has a decoupling device that interacts with an item of luggage to be accommodated in the container. The decoupling device at least partially decouples, from the luggage-accommodating container, travel-induced forces exerted by the item of luggage.
US10167028B2
A spare tire presentation apparatus includes a base, a four bar linkage and a sliding platform. The four bar linkage connects the base to the motor vehicle. The sliding platform is supported on the base. A spare tire is carried on the sliding platform.
US10167018B2
A subframe for a vehicle for supporting at least one wheel-controlling component, wherein the subframe has at least one shell element, wherein the subframe has or forms at least one mount section for the mounting of a transverse link element, wherein a first subsection of the mount section has or forms at least one first passage opening for receiving a fastening mechanism for the transverse link element, wherein a further subsection of the mount section is a section which is bent relative to the first subsection. Also disclosed is a method for producing a subframe.
US10167017B2
A steering wheel includes a steering hub portion, a wheel portion and a spoke portion. The spoke portion extends from the steering hub portion and is connected with the wheel portion. The wheel portion includes a core metal and a cover layer. The core metal circles around the steering wheel. The cover layer covers the core metal. A vibrator housing portion is provided at a part in a circling direction of the core metal. The core metal includes a U-shaped cross section in the vibrator housing portion in a radial direction of the wheel portion. A partition wall is provided inside of the core metal to divide and form the vibrator housing portion. A case is attached to the core metal to cover the vibrator housing portion. The vibrator is disposed in the vibrator housing portion between the core metal and the case. The vibrator is attached to the case.
US10167001B2
The gap filling device includes a movable ramp that is movable in a horizontal direction between a retracted position within a housing arranged under a floor of the rail vehicle, and a deployed position extending out of the housing. The ramp further has an upper surface that is accessible in the deployed position. The ramp includes lateral flanged edges extending over at least a portion of the length of the ramp, with each being movable between a first position, in which this lateral flanged edge extends vertically projecting outwards in relation to the upper surface of the ramp up to a first height, and a second position, in which the lateral flanged edge extends up to a second height that is lower than the first height.
US10167000B2
A fuel supply system for mounting to an undercarriage of a locomotive includes a first enclosure and a second enclosure that are disposed below the undercarriage of the locomotive. The first enclosure is configured to extend partway along a length of the undercarriage and is designated to store a first type of fuel therein. The second enclosure is located adjacent to the first enclosure and configured to extend parallelly with respect to the undercarriage. The second enclosure is designated for enclosing components that are configured for supplying a second type of fuel to an engine of the locomotive.
US10166996B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to adaptively communicating notices to passengers within a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes in response to receiving a notice about an occurrence of an event, determining a viewing orientation of a passenger in the vehicle according to at least one electronic input that indicates information about a physical position of the passenger within the vehicle. The event is an incident associated with the vehicle for which the passenger is to be informed. The method also includes selecting at least one alerting device from available communication devices in the vehicle according to the viewing orientation by determining which of the available communication devices correspond with the viewing orientation of the passenger. The method further includes controlling the at least one alerting device to communicate the notice to the passenger about the occurrence of the event.
US10166986B2
A method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle includes: during a coasting operation of the motor vehicle in which a shifting clutch is open and the internal combustion engine stands still starting the internal combustion engine in a first operating mode with the electric machine and in a second operating mode by at least partially closing the shifting clutch with a coupling torque set at the shifting clutch, thereby operatively connecting the internal combustion engine with at least one wheel, wherein the internal combustion engine is started in the first operating mode when a predictively determined wheel slip predictive value exceeds a wheel slip setpoint value, and wherein when the internal combustion engine is started in the second operating mode the electric machine is used for starting the internal combustion engine and for driving the at least one wheel when a wheel slip actual value exceeds the wheel slip setpoint value.
US10166984B2
A method to provide driver information in a motor vehicle includes determining a route section predicted to be driven in the future by the motor vehicle and determining a reference speed as a function of at least one specified maximum speed through a speed limit in the predicted route section or in a partial section of the predicted route section. The method further includes determining a current actual driving speed of the motor vehicle, and providing a target acceleration notification to notify a driver of the motor vehicle of a potential acceleration of the motor vehicle if the reference speed is greater than the current actual driving speed at least by a specified differential value.
US10166983B2
A method of cruise control for a vehicle includes: checking for cruise conditions, determining whether the vehicle is in cruisecontrol mode, and if so, controlling the cruising speed of the vehicle until an exit signal is detected; checking the throttle deviation, to determine throttle stability; checking cruising speed, whereby if conditions for throttle stability are met, the speed deviation of the vehicle is calculated, and the cruising speed is set; if conditions for cruising have been met, issuing a cruising prompt message to the driver, and detecting actions of the driver, and if it is thereafter detected that the driver has released the throttle pedal, then entering the vehicle into cruise control mode whereby the vehicle speed is automatically controlled to the set cruising speed. A system is provided to perform the method. A cruise control which is low-cost, requires no control buttons, and offers a simple product structure is achieved.
US10166981B2
A traveling control system capable of reducing uneasiness felt by an occupant in automatic traveling control of a vehicle includes an on-vehicle control device which performs traveling control on the vehicle, and a display device that is connected to the on-vehicle control device and presents information to an occupant through screen display or audio output. The on-vehicle control device acquires externality recognition information recognized by an externality sensor and/or out-of-vehicle communication, decides driving behavior content to be taken by the vehicle based on the externality recognition information, specifies a driving behavior cause which is a reason why the driving behavior content is decided, and outputs the driving behavior content and the specified driving behavior cause. The display device acquires the driving behavior content and cause output by the control device and sends a notification of the driving behavior content and cause through screen display or audio output.
US10166979B2
The present disclosure provides a parking assist system including: a rear object recognizer that recognizes a rear object existing behind a vehicle through rear sensors; a reversing controller that controls the vehicle to reverse until an entry rate to the parking space becomes a first reference value or more, and ends reversing control when a distance between the vehicle and the rear object becomes less than a second reference value; a rear object position storage that stores position information of the rear object and increases a count when the reversing control is ended on the basis of the distance between the vehicle and the rear object; and a system terminator that ends parking control when the position information of the rear object before and after the count is increased is substantially the same.
US10166970B2
A method for controlling a mechanical torque transmitted to a driving wheel of a hybrid motor vehicle includes dividing a stroke of a vehicle acceleration pedal at a variable neutral point position into a first braking-adjustment stroke and a second acceleration-adjustment stroke, determining, within the first braking-adjustment stroke in which an electric motor of the vehicle operates as a generator, a regenerative braking torque setpoint for the electric motor based on a depression of the accelerator pedal and based on of a value of maximum energy recovery torque established based on a first function stored in a memory, and providing a value of maximum recovery torque depending on a vehicle speed. The first function assumes a value of substantially zero for an upper limit speed corresponding to the vehicle speed at the moment of coupling and decoupling of the electric motor by a connection device of the vehicle.
US10166968B2
A method for controlling a coasting drive of an environmentally friendly vehicle includes: calculating a coasting velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle at a deceleration event point based on a target coasting distance up to the deceleration event point and a gradient at the deceleration event point; calculating a control target velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle based on a target velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle at the deceleration event point and the calculated coasting velocity; and determining control torque to adjust a velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle to the target velocity to be output to a powertrain of the environmentally friendly vehicle based on the calculated control target velocity.
US10166961B2
A method for a hybrid-electric vehicle may comprise, while the hybrid-electric vehicle is moving and in an absence of fuel being directed to an engine, directing engine intake air through an ejector to supply vacuum to a brake booster independent of a brake booster vacuum.
US10166956B2
A method of detecting a leak in a hydraulic trailer brake circuit of a trailer includes providing a controller, a base valve, a first sensor, a second sensor, a control valve having a solenoid, a reduction valve, a hydraulic fluid supply, a first brake output, and a second brake output. The method also includes supplying a first pressure to an inlet of the base valve and outputting a second pressure from an outlet of the base valve to the first brake output. The first pressure is detected by the first sensor and the second pressure is detected by the second sensor, and the detected first and second pressures are communicated to the controller. The difference between the first and second pressures are compared to a threshold, and a leak is detected in the hydraulic trailer brake circuit if the difference satisfies the threshold.
US10166955B2
A manual release device for a parking lock mechanism includes an operating lever, a cable and an idle motion mechanism. The idle motion mechanism includes a body portion, a lever provided on the body portion, a helical compression spring, and a contact portion provided on the shaft. The cable is coupled to the lever. A distal end of the lever is arranged below a turning center of the lever. The parking lock mechanism is configured, when the parking lock mechanism is in a locked state, to be switched into an unlocked state as the body portion contacts the contact portion to cause the shaft to turn when the lever is turned against an urging force of the urging member as a result of operation of the operating lever to cause the body portion to turn from the normal position to the actuated position.
US10166950B2
An electronic key system includes an onboard apparatus and a portable apparatus. The electronic key system establishes wireless communication with a secret key common between the onboard apparatus and the portable apparatus, and authenticates the portable apparatus registered as the portable apparatus of an authorized user. The portable apparatus includes a portable apparatus code transmitter that transmits a portable apparatus code. The onboard apparatus includes an onboard code transmitter that transmits an onboard code. The onboard apparatus further includes a portable apparatus code receiver, and an onboard-side key generation portion. The portable apparatus further includes an onboard code receiver, and a portable-apparatus-side key generation portion.
US10166945B2
A far side airbag device for a vehicle includes: an inflator disposed within a side support portion at a vehicle transverse direction central side of a seat back; an airbag that is stored within the side support portion, that receives a supply of gas from the inflator, and that expands and deploys while rupturing a planned rupture portion installed at the side support portion; and a partitioning portion partitioning the airbag into a main chamber and a chamber for rupturing that is provided at a rear side and a lower side of the main chamber. At least a lower end side region of the chamber for rupturing, in an expanded and deployed state, protrudes further toward a vehicle front side than the planned rupture portion. Communication ports communicating the respective chambers with one another are formed at an upper end side and a lower end side of the partitioning portion.
US10166942B2
The present invention relates to a measurement arrangement for detecting an occupancy of a motor vehicle seat arrangement with at least one seat, which comprises a sensor arrangement with at least one sensor (10) for detecting a deformation of a lower side (21) facing away from the seating surface or of a force loading by a lower side (21) facing away from the seating surface of a seat cushion (20) of at least one seat of the motor vehicle seat arrangement, which is fastened on a structural element (40) of the motor vehicle.
US10166923B2
An image generation device for referencing a correspondence relationship and generating a line-of-sight-converted image from a captured image of an in-vehicle camera mounted to a vehicle is provided. The image generation device includes a first region updating unit that, upon sensing deviation of at least one of the mounting position and the mounting angle of the in-vehicle camera and calculating a new mounting position and mounting angle, updates a correspondence relationship of a predetermined first region in the line-of-sight-converted image in accordance with the new mounting position and mounting angle, and a second region updating unit that, upon satisfaction of a predetermined updating condition after updating the correspondence relationship of the first region, updates the correspondence relationship for a second region in the line-of-sight-converted image in accordance with the new mounting position and mounting angle.
US10166921B2
Systems and methods for adjusting color and brightness in multi-camera systems are disclosed. The system uses four cameras, having overlapping fields of view, mounted on the four sides of a vehicle. Color errors are determined for areas where the images from the rear and side cameras' fields of view overlap. Color gain factors are determined and applied for each of the side cameras (using the rear camera as “master”) to match the colors of the video outputs from the side cameras and the rear camera. The gains for the front view camera are then adjusted using gain factors based on the matched video outputs from the side view cameras using the side cameras as the “master” to the front camera “slave.” In this way, the rear camera indirectly acts as the master for the front camera and all cameras are ultimately color-matched to the rear camera.
US10166920B2
A system comprises a transmitter unit configured for mounting at a trailer connected to a tractor. The transmitter unit comprises a video input for receiving video data from one or more trailer cameras, a power input for receiving power from a power line of the trailer, and a wireless communication module for communicating with a mobile communication device. A memory is configured to store trailer information received from the wireless communication module, the trailer information uniquely identifying the trailer. A transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit the video data. A receiver unit is configured for mounting at the tractor and comprises a receiver for wirelessly receiving the video data transmitted by the transmitter, a power input for receiving power from a power line of the tractor, and an output for outputting the received video data. The receiver unit is further configured to receive the trailer information from the transmitter unit.
US10166916B2
Methods and systems for analyzing environment data to determine whether a vehicle operator is at an elevated risk for an animal collision are provided. According to certain aspects, an insurance provider may assess elevated risk according to various factors and, if it is determined that the vehicle operator is at an elevated risk for an animal collision, the insurance provider may generate a warning and wirelessly communicate the warning to the vehicle operator. The factors analyzed may include past accident, driver characteristic, weather, calendar, time of day, animal, seasonal, and/or other information. The vehicle operator may be notified of the risk and optionally presented with tips to mitigate the risk. The vehicle operator may be notified of the risk by a mobile device and/or the vehicle, such as from a vehicle communication and control system. Animal collision avoidance functionality may be used to adjust insurance premiums, rates, or rewards.
US10166908B2
A vehicular lamp cleaning system includes an isolation solenoid, an air reservoir and a discharge nozzle. The isolation solenoid is configured to be fluidly connected to the vehicular air tank of the vehicle. The air reservoir is configured to be fluidly connected to the isolation solenoid. The discharge nozzle is configured to be fluidly connected to the air reservoir. The discharge nozzle is also configured to (A) receive the pressurized air from the air reservoir, and (B) release and direct the pressurized air towards the exterior signal lamp of the vehicle. This is done in such a way that the pressurized air, which is released from the discharge nozzle, removes debris from the exterior signal lamp.
US10166900B2
A vehicle seating assembly includes a frame having first and second side members. A seatback and a head restraint are supported on the frame. A paddle includes a lower pivot rod pivotally coupled between the first and second side members of the frame. The paddle is disposed proximate a top portion of the seatback, below the head restraint. A bladder is disposed between the paddle and the frame and is operable between an inflated condition, wherein the paddle is pivoted forward to support one of the upper back and neck of an occupant, and a deflated condition, wherein the paddle is pivoted rearward into the seatback.
US10166893B2
A seat pad is made of a flexible polyurethane foam, wherein when the seat pad is divided into five equal parts in a direction of a thickness and the five equal parts are termed from a first layer, to a fifth layer, starting from a front surface side, the equal parts are ranked in the following order of decreasing hardness: the fifth layer, the fourth layer, the third layer, and the second layer. The hardness of the fourth layer is set larger than the hardness of the first layer. A midportion of the seat pad that is a portion other than the front surface and an underside surface is set at a density of 45 to 55 kg/m3.
US10166886B2
An occupant detection method includes detecting a load applied to a seat for a vehicle, detecting that an occupant is seated at the seat, holding a local maximum of the load which is detected when the occupant becomes seated, setting a standard value of the load in a state in which the occupant is seated at the seat, and estimating a body height of the occupant on the basis of a comparison between the local maximum of the load and the standard value of the load, wherein when the body height of the occupant is estimated, the larger a difference between the local maximum of the load and the standard value of the load is, the higher body height of the occupant is estimated.
US10166883B2
An underbody of an electrically driven motor vehicle, with a vehicle supporting structure, which is bounded laterally in a transverse direction of the vehicle by two vehicle sills between which a multiplicity of battery modules is arranged, which battery modules are assigned a battery supporting structure and at least one battery temperature control device, and with supply and removal devices for a temperature control medium. The supply and removal devices for the temperature control medium are arranged in the region of the vehicle sills.
US10166882B2
A power system for an electric vehicle, an electric vehicle and a method for charging a power battery are provided. The power system includes: a power battery (10); a charge-discharge socket (20); a bidirectional DC-DC module (30); a driving control switch (40); a bidirectional DC-AC module (50); a motor (M); a motor control switch (60); a charge-discharge control module (70); a battery manager (108); and a control module (80) configured to control the driving control switch (40), the motor control switch (60) and the charge-discharge control module (70) so as to control the power system to enter a charge-discharge mode, and to control the power battery (10) to charge and discharge in a pulse mode so as to heat the power battery (10) when the temperature of the power battery (10) is lower than a predetermined temperature.
US10166874B2
A system includes a vehicle and an induction charging unit, where the induction charging unit includes a primary coil and the vehicle includes a secondary coil. During a charging operation in a charging position, electric power is inductively transmissible from the primary coil to the secondary coil, in the charging position, the secondary coil being situated in a preferred spatial position area with respect to the primary coil, such that, for setting the charging position, by means of electromagnetic distance and angle measuring, by triangulation, the system detects a location position which describes a time-dependent spatial position of the secondary coil with respect to the primary coil. Moreover, by means of the location position and the charging position, the system detects at least a partial travel trajectory, along which the location position of the charging position can be approximated.
US10166873B2
A battery charger for electric vehicles includes at least three identical current controlled AC-DC converter modules having reverse current protected outputs connected in parallel to a charge terminal of the battery.
US10166871B2
A wheel stability control system for an electric vehicle including an electric motor, a drive inverter, and an electronic control unit (ECU) including a computer readable, non-transitory memory (memory) and an electronic processing unit (EPU). The memory stores information including an optimal acceleration and deceleration curve and the electrical characteristics of the electric motor. The EPU calculates the electrical moment of the electric motor from inputs from the drive inverter and the electrical characteristics of the electric motor. The ECU compares the electrical moment and the angular speed of the motor with the optimal acceleration and deceleration curve, and if the acceleration or deceleration of the electric motor is out of a predetermined range when compared to the optimal acceleration and the optimal deceleration, it reduces the electrical moment applied by the electric motor.
US10166863B1
A PVC/NBR rubber composition includes (A) 100 PHR polyblend (33-45 ACN) PVC/NBR, (B) 20-50 PHR conductive carbon black, (C) 2-20 PHR rice husk ash containing at least 90% SiO2, wherein the rubber composition has electrical resistivity of less than 1×106Ω measured according to SAE J2260.
US10166858B2
A shutter device for a front grille of a vehicle including a structure and at least two flaps coupled in a pivoting manner to the structure. An actuator and a transmission mechanism coupled to the actuator are configured to transmit the movement of the actuator to the flaps to carry out a sequential opening of the at least two flaps. According to one embodiment the transmission mechanism includes one gear for each of the at least two flaps, each gear comprising a drive wheel coupled to the actuator and a driven wheel coupled to the respective at least two flaps. Each of the drive wheels and driven wheels includes a notched part and a blocking part that are distributed differently to cause a sequential opening and/or closing of the at least two flaps.
US10166847B2
A vehicle side portion structure includes a front side door and a rear side door of a vehicle that does not have a center pillar. A lock member is disposed at a vertical direction lower portion of one side door of the front side door and the rear side door. When the one side door is closed, the lock member engages with the other side door to lock the one side door. A reinforcement member is provided inside the one side door at the vertical direction lower portion. A part of the reinforcement member is disposed on an upper side of the lock member so that the lock member is surrounded by the reinforcement member and the peripheral edge portion of the one side door as seen in a side view of the vehicle.
US10166845B1
An improved adjustable sun shield useable on the visor of a vehicle. The inventive sun shield provides significantly improved flexibility for placement of the shield so the shield may be selectively placed and located by a driver or passenger in a location that best blocks in-coming sunlight. Unlike prior art sun shields, which provide the user with limited options for placement (e.g., typically pivoting in single direction), the sun shield enables a user to position the shield at a plurality of locations and in a plurality of positions, thereby increasing the user's ability to block sunlight by placing the sun shield in the best location and position to accomplish this.
US10166840B2
An air distribution system for the distribution of air to a rear portion of a vehicle includes a housing extending between a first and second end. The housing defines a plurality of first direct air outlets disposed adjacent the first end, a plurality of second direct air outlets disposed adjacent the second end, and a plurality of indirect air outlets disposed between the first and second direct air outlets. An airflow control assembly is configured to interchange airflow of the air distribution system between a first mode in which airflow is open through the direct air outlets but blocked from the indirect air outlets for guiding air directly to occupants situated in the rear portion of the vehicle and a second mode in which airflow is restricted through the direct air outlets and open through the indirect air outlets to create a bloom of air over the rear vehicle occupants.
US10166836B2
A utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground-engaging members, a frame supported by the ground-engaging members, a powertrain assembly supported by the frame which includes an engine, an alternator coupled to the engine through a housing, and a heating, ventilation, and air condition (“HVAC”) assembly including a compressor operably coupled to the engine. The compressor is supported on a first side of the housing plate and the alternator is supported on a second side of the housing.
US10166832B2
A performance-variable bushing includes an inner support element and an outer support element. An elastomeric connecting element extends between and operatively connect the inner and outer support elements such that a substantially fluid-tight seal is formed therebetween. The elastomeric connecting element can be at least partially formed from one of an electrorheological elastomeric material and a magnetorheological elastomeric material. The performance-variable bushing includes a variation-inducing element operatively associated with the elastomeric connecting element and selectively operable to vary values of one or more physical properties of the elastomeric connecting element. The elastomeric connecting element is configured for use under a pre-load force from pressurized gas within a spring chamber of an associated gas spring and damper assembly. Gas spring and damper assemblies and suspension systems are also included.
US10166830B2
The invention relates to a gas spring system for a motor vehicle, with a gas pressure generation unit that can be connected via fluid connections to at least one gas pressure receiver. It is provided therein that the gas pressure generation unit is designed to be operated by gas pressure and configured to be operated by an energy gas pressure of an energy gas for a motor vehicle drive.
US10166816B2
A sound source device of a horn according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a diaphragm; a movable iron core connected to the diaphragm through a support point; and a coil (bobbin and winding) into which a driving signal is inputted. The driving signal includes a first signal component that resonates with the diaphragm and a second signal component of a second frequency that resonates with the movable iron core of a first frequency and has a chord relationship with the first frequency. The support point is provided at a position eccentric from the center of the diaphragm, and the movable iron core is structured such that a gravity center is displaced further in an eccentric direction than the support point.
US10166815B2
This tire laminate comprises a film of a thermoplastic resin composition and a layer of a rubber composition laminated over said film, and is characterized in that the rubber composition contains at least one type of rubber component, a condensate of formaldehyde and the compound represented by formula (1) (R1 to R5 in the formula are defined in the specification), at least one type of methylene donor and a vulcanizing agent, and in that there are 0.5-20 parts by mass of the condensate per total 100 parts by mass of the at least one type of rubber component, there are 0.25-200 parts by mass of the at least one type of methylene donor per total 100 parts by mass of the at least one type of rubber component, the mass ratio of the at least one type of methylene donor and the condensate is 0.5:1-10:1, and, based on the total amount of the at least one type of rubber component, the at least one type of rubber component includes 4-40 parts by mass of a nitrile rubber that includes a carboxylic group in at least one side chain or terminal. This tire laminate exhibits improved adhesive strength between the film of the thermoplastic resin composition and the layer of the rubber composition.
US10166812B2
An axle assembly with a housing, a shaft received in the housing, a shaft bearing supporting the shaft for rotation relative to the housing about a shaft axis, a differential assembly, an annular band and a secondary retainer. The shaft bearing has an inner race, which is received on and directly engaged to the shaft, and an outer race that is received on and directly engaged to the axle housing. The differential assembly has an output member that is non-rotatably coupled to the shaft. The annular band is fixedly coupled to the shaft at a location along the axle shaft axis between the inner race and the output member. The secondary retainer is disposed along the axle shaft axis between the annular band and the output member and is configured to limit movement of the annular band along the axle shaft axis in a direction toward the output member.
US10166809B2
Disclosed herein are devices that change their appearance and/or physical properties when under an external influence, and methods for their production and use. Such devices may be used as features of any type of items, documents, billboards, posters, display devices, advertisements and other items etc. and may be adapted to include decipherable content. Such devices also afford new techniques for a user to check quickly and easily whether the item is a legitimate or a counterfeit copy, either by hand-manipulation of the device, or with the assistance of an additional screening tool.
US10166804B2
A printable recording media containing a substrate and a coating layer including a mixture of a first polymer selected from the group consisting of a polymer comprising ethylene residues and vinyl alcohol residues and a polymer comprising vinyl alcohol residues and a second polymer comprising ethylene residues, ethyl acrylate or acrylic ester residues and maleic anhydride residues wherein the amount of first polymer, in the mixture, is about 50% to about 95% by weight. Also disclosed herein is a method for making such printable recording media.
US10166784B2
A photothermal conversion image generating device that generates a photothermal conversion image for forming a three-dimensional image by causing a thermally expandable sheet having a thermally expandable layer on a base material to expand, the device including: a processor that allocates, based on a line width of a line forming the three-dimensional image, an image for forming the line to either a front surface of the thermally expandable sheet or a rear surface of the thermally expandable sheet.
US10166779B2
A method for manufacturing a liquid-discharge-head substrate includes providing a substrate having an energy-generating element and a pad, the pad having a wiring layer and a contact-probe receiving section, the contact-probe receiving section having a Vickers hardness that is higher than a Vickers hardness of the wiring layer; bringing a contact probe into contact with the contact-probe receiving section; and performing an electrical inspection by bringing the contact probe into contact with the wiring layer in the pad.
US10166775B2
A liquid discharge head according to the present invention includes a flow passage member and a plurality of pressurizing sections. The flow passage member includes a plurality of discharge holes, a plurality of pressurizing chambers respectively connected to the plurality of the discharge holes, a plurality of first flow passages respectively connected to the plurality of the pressurizing chambers to supply liquid to the plurality of the pressurizing chambers, a plurality of second flow passages respectively connected to the plurality of the pressurizing chambers to collect the liquid from the plurality of the pressurizing chambers, and a plurality of third flow passages respectively connected to the pressurizing chambers to supply the liquid to the pressurizing chambers. A plurality of the pressurizing sections respectively pressurizes the plurality of the pressurizing chambers.
US10166772B2
A liquid-discharging-head substrate includes an insulation layer, an electrode, and a heating resistor element, wherein the insulation layer includes a first opening portion including a first opening formed in a surface of the insulation layer, a second opening having a smaller opening area than an opening area of the first opening, and a surface connecting the first opening and the second opening, and a second opening portion extending from the second opening to a back surface of the insulation layer, wherein the electrode is formed in the second opening portion, and a surface of the electrode is exposed from the second opening when viewed from the surface side of the insulation layer, and wherein the heating resistor element is in contact with the surface connecting the first opening and the second opening, and with the surface of the electrode.
US10166769B2
An inkjet printhead includes a two-dimensional array of drop ejectors arranged as a plurality of columns, each column including a plurality of banks, and each bank including a plurality of groups that each include a plurality of drop ejectors. The drop ejectors in each group are substantially aligned along a first direction. The groups in each bank are spaced from each other along the first direction and are offset from each other along a second direction. The banks in each column are spaced from each other along the first direction and are offset from each other along the second direction. The columns are offset from each other along the second direction. The two-dimensional array has a width W along the first direction and a length L greater than W along the second direction. Each drop ejector includes a nozzle, an ink inlet, a pressure chamber and an actuator.
US10166767B2
A drive waveform generating device includes a plurality of waveform generating units each configured to generate and output a drive waveform to a corresponding one of a plurality of pressure generators that are provided corresponding to a plurality of nozzles of a liquid discharge head. Each of the plurality of waveform generating units includes a detector and a waveform generator. The detector is configured to detect data associated with a type of the drive waveform to be applied to at least one pressure generator of the plurality of pressure generators corresponding to at least one adjacent nozzle to a target nozzle. The waveform generator is configured to change a waveform shape of the drive waveform to be applied to one pressure generator of the plurality of pressure generators corresponding to the target nozzle in accordance with the data detected by the detector.
US10166735B2
A press machine includes a frame, a press shaft, a lower mold support rotatably attached to the frame about a first axis line and configured to support a lower mold, a lower mold support rotating device configured to rotate the lower mold support about the first axis line, a scrap shooter configured to receive a scrap falling from the lower mold, and a link member one end part of which is rotatably coupled to the lower mold support about a second axis line, Wherein the scrap shooter has one end side rotatably coupled to the other end part of the link member about a third axis line, and has the other end side rotatably supported by the frame or another support member about a fourth axis line.
US10166733B2
A segmented tire mold includes a device for controlling the expansion of the mold segments during the vulcanization of a tire. The expansion control device may be a cable or a ring that is wrapped around the outer circumference of the segmented tire mold and placed into tension in order to retain the mold segments in the proper position while the tire is vulcanized.
US10166718B2
A three-dimensional fabrication apparatus includes a fabrication chamber, a supply chamber, a flattening unit, and a powder collector. The powder collector is disposed forward from the flattening unit in a transfer direction of the flattening unit. The powder collector is movable with movement of the flattening unit. The powder collector includes a body container, a collection port, and a discharge port. When the flattening unit transfers and supplies powder, the powder collector collects a portion of the powder from the collection port and contains the portion of the powder in the body container. When the flattening unit returns to the supply chamber, the powder collector discharges and supplies the powder from the body container to the supply chamber through the discharge port.
