US10175585B2
A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed which includes a cleaning station. Several embodiments of the cleaning station are disclosed. In an embodiment, measures are taken to avoid contact of a cleaning fluid with the final element of the projection system. In an embodiment, measures are taken to avoid foaming of the cleaning fluid. The use of a thermally isolated island is also disclosed as well as its optimal position.
US10175581B2
The disclosure pertains to an optical apparatus, in particular for microlithography, that includes an optical module, a support structure and a connection apparatus. The connection apparatus includes at least one connection unit which includes a first connector part and a second connector part. The first connector part is connected to the optical module, and the second connector part is connected to the support structure.
US10175579B2
A manufacturing method of a glass substrate is provided, in which a mask including a light-blocking area, a transparent area and a partial-transparent area is adopted. The partial-transparent area protrudes from edges of the light-blocking area to admit some of the UV rays to pass through. In addition, a glass substrate manufactured with the method is also disclosed. By arranging the partial-transparent area on the edges of the light-blocking area, the mask is formed with a slope having a small angle after a lithography process. As such, in an etching process, an edge of a thin film is formed with a slope having a small angle, which contributes to the formation of a second thin film. The thin films are prevented from being fragmented around the slope and the ITO layer is also prevented from fragmented around the periphery of the through hole.
US10175575B2
A pattern-forming method includes forming a base pattern including a first polymer on a front face side. A composition is applied on at least a lateral face of the base pattern. The composition includes at least one polymer that is capable of interacting with the first polymer. The composition is heated such that a portion of the at least one polymer interacts with the first polymer and that a coating film is formed on the lateral face of the base pattern. Another portion of the at least one polymer not having interacted with the first polymer is removed to form a resist pattern. The base pattern in a planar view has a shape with a long axis and a short axis, and a ratio of lengths of the long axis to the short axis is no less than 1.5 and no greater than 10.
US10175570B2
A reticle is provided. The reticle comprises a substrate having at least a first region and a second region; and an organic layer aligned in certain directions by an irradiation of a polarized UV light formed on a surface of the substrate. Wherein the organic layer in the first region has a first polarization direction; the organic layer in the second region has a second polarization direction; and the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction have a predetermined angle.
US10175568B2
A projective optical system comprises: a lens optical system including lenses; and a transmissive optical element having an anamorphic surface and being provided in an optical path between the lens optical system and a projected surface, wherein the transmissive optical element has a curvature with respect to a direction corresponding to a long side of a display screen of the image display element, and on a cross-sectional surface being perpendicular to the long side of the display screen, and with respect to light being emitted from the lens optical system and being incident to the transmissive optical element, a light intensity of a first light flux being incident to the transmissive optical element at a first incident angle is lower than a light intensity of a second light flux being incident to the transmissive optical element at a second incident angle being larger than the first incident angle.
US10175565B1
A system and method for controlling the energy of light pulses for use with a projection optics system is provided. The system includes a light source configured to emit light pulses, a transmission element configured to transmit a first part and a second part of an active light pulse, the first part being transmitted to the projection optics system, and a feedback system including a detector configured to receive the second part of the active light pulse and determine a total measure of energy of the active light pulse, and a control unit configured to receive the total measure of energy and in response control an amplitude of a subsequent light pulse. In some implementations, the control unit may additionally set a threshold value for communication to a comparator to compare against the total measure of energy and in response control the width of the active light pulse.
US10175557B2
There is provided an optical wavelength conversion element with a good temporal stability and such a high optical wavelength conversion efficiency that the element is viable even under sunlight or similar, low intensity light. Owing to these properties, the element is suited for use in solar cells, photocatalysts, photocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen generating devices, photon upconversion filters, and like articles. The optical wavelength conversion element is visually homogeneous and transparent and produced by dissolving and/or dispersing in an ionic liquid (C) a combination of organic photosensitizing molecules (A) and organic light-emitting molecules (B) that exhibits triplet-triplet annihilation. The organic photosensitizing molecules (A) have either an only one local maximum absorption wavelength or a plurality of local maximum absorption wavelengths, and either the single local maximum absorption wavelength or a maximum one of the plurality of local maximum absorption wavelengths is from 250 nm to 499 nm.
US10175554B2
An apparatus for producing a single photon can comprise a modulator that modulates the wavelength of a pump beam based on wavelength of an idler photon of a signal/idler photon pair. A wavelength division multiplexer combines the modulated pump beam and the signal photon in a non-linear element to produce an output photon having a preselected wavelength based on signal photon wavelength and a wavelength of the modulated pump beam.
US10175551B2
There is provided a light control film having two transparent electroconductive resin substrates; and a light control layer sandwiched between the two transparent electroconductive resin substrates, the light control layer containing; a resin matrix; and a light control suspension dispersed in the resin matrix, wherein at least one of the transparent electroconductive resin substrates has, on the light control layer side thereof, a primer layer, and the primer layer is made of a thin film in which metal oxide fine particles are dispersed in an organic binder resin. The light control film may have the function improving adhesion between the film matrix and each substrates and performing stable light control function.
US10175550B2
Electro-optic, especially electrophoretic, displays are used in variety of architectural and furniture applications, including a tile (100) comprising an electro-optic layer (110) capable of changing the color of the file, front and multiple rear electrodes and a light-transmissive polymeric layer (102), the exposed surface of which is textured to provide a plurality of facets inclined to the plane of the tile (100), the rear electrodes being aligned with the facets. A variable color writable board is also provided.
US10175547B2
Dynamic, color-changing surfaces have many applications including but not limited to displays, wearables, and active camouflage. Plasmonic nanostructures can fill this role with the advantages of ultra-small pixels, high reflectivity, and post-fabrication tuning through control of the surrounding media. However, while post-fabrication tuning have yet to cover a full red-green-blue (RGB) color basis set with a single nanostructure of singular dimensions, the present invention contemplates a novel LC-based apparatus and methods that enable such tuning and demonstrates a liquid crystal-plasmonic system that covers the full red/green/blue (RGB) color basis set, as a function only of voltage. This is accomplished through a surface morphology-induced, polarization dependent, plasmonic resonance and a combination of bulk and surface liquid crystal effects that manifest at different voltages. The resulting LC-plasmonic system provides an unprecedented color range for a single plasmonic nanostructure, eliminating the need for the three spatially static sub-pixels of current displays. The system's compatibility with existing LCD technology is possible by integrating it with a commercially available thin-film-transistor (TFT) array. The imprinted surface readily interfaces with computers to display images as well as video.
US10175537B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes second substrates, a light-shielding layer, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes pixel electrodes, a common electrode, and subpixel areas each including area in which the pixel electrode is present and a second area in which the pixel electrode is not present. Each of the subpixel areas includes first and second sides. The first area includes an axial area and branch areas. The second area includes a gap area between the adjacent branch areas. The axial area includes a projection portion projecting to the second side and in alignment with the gap area, and overlaps the light-shielding layer.
US10175532B2
A display module includes a display panel; a backlight unit which is disposed behind the display panel; a bottom chassis to accommodate the backlight unit; and a reflective sheet which is disposed inside the bottom chassis and configured to reflect a light portion incident thereon toward the display panel. The backlight unit includes LEDs disposed apart from one another in 2D array, and the reflective sheet includes a sheet bottom portion corresponding to a front surface of the bottom chassis, a sheet inclined portion which is obliquely formed to face a rear surface of the display panel, and light adjustment portions which are provided on the sheet inclined portion and configured to adjust the light portion reflected by the sheet inclined portion. Each of the light adjustment portions corresponds to one of the LEDs disposed adjacent to the sheet inclined portion.
US10175528B2
An aspect of the present invention relates to a liquid crystal panel including a visible side polarizing plate, a liquid crystal cell, and a backlight side polarizing plate, in which the backlight side polarizing plate is a reflective polarizing plate of which a degree of polarization P550 nm with respect to light at a wavelength of 550 nm is greater than or equal to 99.90%, and the reflective polarizing plate and the liquid crystal cell are integrally laminated, a liquid crystal display device, and a reflective polarizing plate and a manufacturing method thereof.
US10175527B2
A display panel and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The display panel includes an upper polarizer, a lower polarizer, a first substrate and a second substrate disposed oppositely between the upper polarizer and the lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a quantum dot layer disposed at a side of the second substrate which is far away from the liquid crystal layer, and a protection layer for protecting the quantum dot layer, disposed between the quantum dot layer and the lower polarizer. The quantum dot layer is disposed at a side of the second substrate far away from the liquid crystal layer, and the protection layer is disposed between the quantum dot layer and the lower polarizer. The protection layer is used for preventing the quantum dot layer from being oxidized. The color gamut of LCD can be increased.
US10175511B2
Provided is a set of techniques for measuring different properties or parameters of liquid crystal mixtures by applying a driving waveform and measuring the response current and/or the optical response. This may be done by using specific liquid crystal test cells. Also provided are the optimized test cell parameters that are used in the algorithms for calculating the properties.
US10175507B2
In assembling a binocular loupe device, a loupe of the binocular loupe device is attached to an appropriate position at a correct angle according to a pupil position of a user in a near vision state. A rectangular, transparent measurement assisting plate fixed to a frame before attachment of a loupe is worn by a user, and the face of the user in a near vision state is photographed by a camera from a work object point P to obtain a first image. The first image is subjected to arithmetic processing by a computer to measure, on the first image, coordinate positions of respective four vertexes of the measurement assisting plate and coordinate positions of respective left and right pupils of the user in the near vision state, and determines the loupe attachment position and/or loupe attachment angle on a plane of the plate member from the measured coordinate positions.
US10175500B2
An optical image anti-shake device, defined with an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis, includes a casing, a movable member and a base. A suspension mechanism furnished inside the optical image anti-shake device includes a movable-member support and a suspension module. A first surface of the movable-member support is connected to the movable member. The suspension module suspends the movable-member support together with the movable member inside an inner compartment formed between the casing and the base.
US10175499B2
A camera assembly comprises a lens assembly supported on a support structure, wherein the lens assembly includes an autofocus actuator arrangement and the camera assembly includes an optical image stabilization assembly arranged to move the lens assembly in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. A flexible printed circuit tape connected between the support structure and the lens assembly and providing an electrical connection to the auto-focus actuator arrangement is bent around a corner, thereby allowing the flexible printed circuit tape to accommodate the motion of the lens assembly perpendicular to the optical axis. A crimp plate connected to the lens assembly which crimps shape memory alloy wires has features extending out of the plane of the crimp plate for reducing flexibility. At least part of the optical image stabilization assembly overlaps the lens assembly in the direction along the optical axis, thereby reducing the height of the camera assembly.
US10175495B2
The present disclosure relates to wavelength selective switches. In one embodiment, a wavelength selective switch may include a liquid crystal (LC)-based attenuation switching device that has an LC switching module to switch an incident beam to one of a plurality of output paths. The LC switching module may include one or more LC switching cells. The LC-based attenuation switching device further includes a mirror to reflect the beam from the LC switching module so as to output the beam through a corresponding output port, and a temperature compensation module provided on a side of the mirror opposite to the LC switching module. The temperature compensation module may be configured to alter curvature of the mirror as temperature changes so as to compensate for deformation of the LC switching cells due to the temperature change.
US10175488B2
Systems, devices, and methods for spatial multiplexing in holographic optical elements (“HOEs”) are described. A spatially-multiplexed HOE includes multiple spatially-separated holographic regions and each spatially-separated region applies a respective optical function to light that is incident thereon. An exemplary application as a spatially-multiplexed holographic combiner (“SMHC”) in a scanning laser-based wearable heads-up display (“WHUD”) is described. In this exemplary application, a scanning laser projector directs multiple light signals over the area of the SMHC and the SMHC converges the light signals towards multiple spatially-separated exit pupils at or proximate the eye of the user. The particular exit pupil at the eye of the user towards which any particular light signal is converged by the SMHC depends on the particular region of the SMHC upon which the light signal is incident. Such may be useful in engineering particular eyebox and/or user interface display configurations in the operation of the WHUD.
US10175484B2
A head-mounted display device includes an image display section capable of displaying an image in a display region, a visual-line-direction specifying section configured to specify a visual line direction of a user, and an image changing section configured to change, according to the specified visual line direction, a display image displayed in the display region.
US10175481B2
A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a body that is at least partially transparent and that has a plurality of outer surfaces. An image source emits an illuminated image into a transparent portion of the body such that the illuminated image is internally reflected off the outer surfaces a plurality of times within the transparent portion of the body before leaving the body and then being reflected off of a windshield of the vehicle such that the illuminated image is visible to a driver of the vehicle.
US10175479B2
An image display system includes a reflecting screen that has a reflecting surface. The reflecting surface includes hologram which reflects narrow bands of spectrum of incident lights toward desired direction. A projection display system includes a reflecting mirror(s) with hologram so that the image can be projected nearly vertical or short distance. This invention can be used as a head-up-display with improved brightness and eliminating ghost noise.
US10175474B2
A micromechanical device includes a tiltable structure that is rotatable about a first rotation axis. The tiltable structure is coupled to a fixed structure through an actuation structure of a piezoelectric type. The actuation structure is formed by spring elements having a spiral shape. The spring elements each include actuation arms extending transversely to the first rotation axis. Each actuation arm carries a respective piezoelectric band of piezoelectric material. The actuation arms are divided into two sets with the piezoelectric bands thereof biased in phase opposition to obtain rotation in opposite directions of the tiltable structure about the first rotation axis.
US10175464B2
Provided is a zoom lens, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit to a fourth lens unit having negative, positive, negative, and negative refractive powers; and a rear lens group. In the zoom lens, an interval between each pair of adjacent lens units is changed during zooming, the rear lens group has a positive refractive power over an entire zoom range, the third lens unit is configured to move in an optical axis direction during focusing, and each of a focal length of the zoom lens at a wide angle end (fw), and a focal length of the third lens unit (f3) is appropriately set.
US10175461B1
A six-piece optical lens system with a wide field of view includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with a negative refractive power, a second lens element with a positive refractive power, a stop, a third lens element with a positive refractive power, a fourth lens element with a negative refractive power, a fifth lens element with a positive refractive power. Such arrangements can provide a six-piece optical lens system which has a wide field of view, high resolution, short length and less distortion.
US10175456B2
The present disclosure provides an imaging lens assembly including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; a third lens element; a fourth lens element; a fifth lens element having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, both of the object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric; and a sixth lens element having an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements.
US10175452B2
A microcomputer controls accumulation of a signal by an AF sensor based on an AF area corresponding to a subject among a plurality of regions in the AF sensor that corresponds to each of AF areas. A setting unit sets the region corresponding to a position of a subject that should be in focus among the plurality of regions. A focus detection unit carries out focus detection based on the signal acquired from the control, the control being based on a light reception amount in a reference region set by the setting unit.
US10175444B2
A method of installing a bundle of optical fibers associated with a fiber network through hallways or corridors in a multi-dwelling unit (MDU) to service a number of premises in the MDU. The bundle is adhered along a wall or other supporting surface in a hall or corridor leading to the premises, by dispensing or activating an adhesive material or component over one or both of the bundle and a desired installation path along the supporting surface, and applying the bundle to the supporting surface over the installation path. A cover layer surrounding the fiber bundle is opened at locations along the length of the bundle corresponding to each premises for which a bundle fiber is designated. At each location, the designated fiber is cut and removed from the bundle, and retained to connect to a drop fiber originating from the premises. Installation tools are also disclosed.
US10175443B1
An optical fiber rack includes a rack part on which a plurality of termination units are located, a first optical fiber housing part in which extra length wiring parts of a plurality of first optical fibers are housed, a second optical fiber housing part in which an extra length wiring part of a second optical fiber connected with any of the plurality of termination units is housed, a partition plate partitioning the first optical fiber housing part from the second optical fiber housing part, and, a plurality of optical fiber guides attached to the partition plate and arranged in the vertical direction. The optical fiber guide comprises a first guide part housing the first optical fibers toward to the first optical fiber housing part, and a second guide part housing the second optical fiber passing through an opening provided in the partition plate.
US10175437B2
In at least some embodiments, a disclosed subsea cable includes one or more floodable optical fiber conduits each having at least one tight buffered optical fiber for transporting optical signals. Each tight buffered optical fiber may have a relatively limited length. The subsea cable may further include multiple strength members contra-helically wound around or together with the one or more floodable optical fiber conduits. There may also or alternatively be included at least one hermetically sealed optical fiber conduit having at least one protected optical fiber spliced to one of the tight buffered optical fibers. At least some implementations splice each of the tight buffered optical fibers to corresponding protected fibers for the long-haul communications. Flooding of the floodable conduits may be provided via connectors at the subsea cable ends, via breakout locations where sensors are attached, and/or via vents in the conduit wall. Some method embodiments deploy the disclosed subsea cable designs in a body of water, putting the interior of at least one floodable optical fiber conduit in fluid communication with the body of water while supporting extended use for communicating signals, particularly in deep water where temperatures are relatively low. Because the floodable conduits have pressure-equalized interiors they may be formed from plastic or other materials that ease the process of attaching sensors to the subsea cables.
US10175431B2
Techniques for reducing optical fiber bending loss in an optical transceiver are disclosed. In an embodiment, a small form-factor (SFF) optical transceiver housing includes a demultiplexer device, such as an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) device, having a longitudinal center line that is offset laterally by a distance Doffset from the longitudinal center line of the SFF optical transceiver housing. The lateral offset distance Doffset may advantageously enable an intermediate optical fiber coupling the demultiplexer with an optical coupling receptacle, such as an LC connector, to be routed within the SFF optical transceiver housing in a manner that avoids introducing bends that are less than a minimum bending radius associated with the intermediate optical fiber cable. Thus some embodiments of the present disclosure enable greater tolerance when routing an intermediate optical fiber within housings that would otherwise introduce bending loss by virtue of their constrained dimensions.
US10175429B2
A fiber optic connector assembly includes a connector and a carrier. The connector, defining a longitudinal bore extending through the connector and having a first end region and a second end region, includes a ferrule assembly, having an optical fiber extending through the connector, at least partially disposed in the longitudinal bore at the first end region, a tube, defining a passage and having a first end portion disposed in the longitudinal bore at the second end region and a second end region, and a spring disposed in the bore between the ferrule assembly and the tube. The carrier includes a cable end and a connector end engaged with the connector, a termination region disposed between the connector end and the cable end, a fiber support region disposed between the connector end and the termination region, and a take-up region disposed between the connector end and the fiber support region.
US10175428B2
A method of bonding an optical fiber in a ferrule includes disposing the ferrule at least partially in a conductive assembly such that a conductive element of the conductive assembly contacts a portion of the ferrule. Energy delivered to the bonding agent via thermal transfer from the conductive element brings the bonding agent to a securing temperature. Cooling the bonding agent to secure the optical fiber in the bore of the ferrule. Related systems are also disclosed.
US10175422B2
A modular optical device having a set of optoelectronic modules that enables the device to operate, e.g., as a WDM or multichannel transceiver. In an example embodiment, the set of optoelectronic modules includes a laser module, a modulator module, and an optical-to-electrical converter module, all mounted on the same circuit board and optically and electrically connected for the intended application. Each of the optoelectronic modules comprises a respective stack of integrated circuits, at least one of which is a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). Some of the PICs may be configurable for different applications, with the configuration setup being carried out using electrical control signals and/or optical connections of the PICs. The modular structure of the device enables the manufacturer to provide customized solutions to different customers according to their respective specifications while using the same device architecture and/or to interchangeably use parts obtained from different suppliers to engineer those solutions.
US10175420B2
According to some embodiments an optical fiber comprising: (I) a silica based core having: an inner core region with maximum refractive index delta of the core, Δ0 in % measured relative to pure SiO2≤0.1%, and an outer core region with a minimum refractive index delta Δ1, where Δ1<Δ0; such that the fiber has: (i) an effective area Aeffλ=1525 of LP01 mode at a wavelength λ=1525 nm such that 80 μm2
US10175408B2
A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate that includes an emission surface that emits light and a reflective surface that is a surface opposite to the emission surface and that reflects light, a light blocking member that defines an effective region of the emission surface, and a light source arranged so as to face a light incident side surface of the light guide plate. In a portion of the effective region beside a light blocking region of the light blocking member, a first reflective surface is provided that includes a region that is inclined in a direction approaching the emission surface side with an increase in a distance from the light incident side surface.
US10175398B2
An infrared optical filter may include a glass ceramic layer, a multilayer oxide thin film formed on a first surface of the glass ceramic layer, and a low reflectivity coating layer formed on a second surface of the glass ceramic layer.
US10175396B2
Described are imaging systems that employ diffractive structures as focusing optics optimized to detect visual edges (e.g., slits or bars). The diffractive structures produce edge responses that are relatively insensitive to wavelength, and can thus be used to precisely measure edge position for panchromatic sources over a wide angle of view. Simple image processing can improve measurement precision. Field-angle measurements can be made without the aid of lenses, or the concomitant cost, bulk, and complexity.
US10175391B2
Planarization of defects in laser mirror and other optical component manufacture is disclosed. The planarization is performed by first depositing a relatively thick planarization layer, then carrying out a sequential deposition and etch process. The technique takes advantage of the non-uniform material removal rate as a function of etchant incident angle, and effectively buries the inclusion in a thick film with a near planar top surface. The process enables faster, more reliable manufacture of a non-defective high fluence multilayer mirror particularly suitable for high energy laser applications.
US10175386B2
A subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir with a horizontal well or multiple vertical wells is simulated by sequential solution of reservoir and well equations to simulate fluid flow inside the reservoir and well production rates. Sequential solution of reservoir and well equations treats wells as specified bottom hole pressure wells. This avoids solving large matrices resulting from the simultaneous solution of the reservoir and well equations which can be computationally very expensive for large number of unknowns and require special sparse matrix solvers. Such sequential solution involves regular reservoir system solvers complemented by small matrices for the numerical solution of the well bottom hole pressures. The solution is performed on tridiagonal matrices for the adjacent reservoir cells to the well cells at the perforated well intervals; and a vector of the unknown reservoir potentials for the adjacent reservoir cells.
US10175383B2
A system and a computer implemented method for performing simultaneous petrophysical analysis for composition and texture of a rock formation. The method includes inputting a set of response equations for sand, shale and fluid that are present in the rock formation, wherein the shale comprises laminated shale, dispersed shale and structural shale; determining simultaneously a solution of the set of response equations, the solution describing composition and texture of the rock formation; and determining from the solution volume fractions for sand, shale and fluid and a texture of the shale including fractions of laminated shale, dispersed shale and structural shale.
US10175379B2
A first electrode is located at a borehole and a second electrode is located at the surface of the earth. At least one transmitter is selectively connected to one or both of the first and second electrodes to cause current to flow within a subsurface of the earth. When the at least one transmitter is connected to the first electrode, a current is caused to flow at a deep depth within the subsurface and deep source data is acquired. When the at least one transmitter is connected to the second electrode, a current is caused to flow at a shallow depth within the subsurface and shallow source data is acquired. The deep and shallow source data are then combined.
US10175375B2
A system and method for effective estimation of properties of a formation using acoustic array processing is disclosed. An acoustic tool is directed to a zone of interest in the formation and generates a first signal. Real data corresponding to the first signal is then received. One or more basic parameters are provided as input. The basic parameters may include parameters relating to the acoustic tool or parameters relating to the zone of interest. A time semblance shear slowness and a frequency semblance shear slowness are determined using the basic parameters. A mask is then selected using the determined time semblance and frequency semblance shear slowness values and used to isolate a dispersion curve. A shear slowness value is selected from the dispersion curve and quality control is performed on the selected shear slowness value.
US10175374B2
A seismic excitation is generated in a first directional wellbore section in a subterranean region. A seismic response associated with a seismic excitation is detected by a fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing array in a second directional wellbore section in the subterranean region. A fracture treatment of the subterranean region is analyzed based on the seismic response.
US10175364B2
Systems and methods for estimating whether a receiver is indoors or outdoors. Certain approaches evaluate data associated with a network of beacons to determine whether the receiver is indoors or outdoors. Such evaluation may include any of determining whether azimuthal angles corresponding to the beacons meet an azimuthal angle condition, determining whether elevation angles corresponding to the beacons meet an elevation angle condition, determining whether signal strengths corresponding to the beacons meet a signal strength condition, and determining whether other measurements associated with the beacons meet other measurement conditions.
US10175360B2
A mobile three-dimensional (3D) measuring system includes a 3D measuring device, a multi-legged stand coupled to the 3D measuring device, and a motorized dolly detachably coupled to the multi-legged stand.
US10175358B2
An apparatus for target location is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, which includes a range sensor to generate range data, an image sensor to generate image data, an inertial sensor to generate inertia data, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive the image data from the image sensor and determine a first orientation of the housing and receive the inertia data from the inertial sensor and modify the first orientation based on the inertia data to produce a modified orientation of the housing.
US10175356B2
A laser detection and ranging device for detecting an object under a water surface, the laser detection and ranging device having a laser transmitter being configured to modulate a laser beam by a binary pseudo-random coding sequence to obtain a modulated laser beam, and to transmit the modulated laser beam towards the water surface, a laser detector for detecting a reflected laser beam, the reflected laser beam forming a reflected version of the transmitted laser beam, and a processor for detecting the object under the water surface upon the basis of the reflected laser beam.
US10175350B1
In one embodiment, a method for detecting buried objects includes receiving ground penetrating radar (GPR) signals captured at discrete locations along a surface of a medium in which an object may be buried, computing parameters based on the received GPR signals that are indicative of the proximity of a buried object, plotting the computed parameters as a function of location, determining an apex of a hyperbola that results from the plotting of the computed parameters, and designating a location at which the apex occurs as an estimated location of the buried object.
US10175334B2
Systems and methods for calibration and operation of a source-measure unit (SMU). The system may include a functional unit and output terminals coupled to the functional unit. An excitation signal may be applied to a capacitor by the SMU. The capacitor may be included in a calibration circuit. The method may include obtaining one or more of a current calibration coefficient (CCC) or a voltage calibration coefficient (VCC). The CCC may correspond to a current-range setting and the VCC may correspond to a voltage-range setting. The CCC may be obtained from a value of a first current and a value of a second current developed in the capacitor responsive to the excitation signal. The VCC may be obtained from a value of a first voltage and a value of a second voltage developed across the capacitor responsive to the excitation signal.
US10175332B2
A method of MR imaging a moving portion of a body includes detecting a motion signal from the body while continuously subjecting the moving portion of the body to one or more preparation RF pulses; subjecting the moving portion of the body to an imaging sequence including an excitation RF pulse and switched magnetic field gradients, wherein the imaging sequence is triggered by the detected motion signal; acquiring MR signals from the moving portion of the body; and reconstructing an MR image from the acquired MR signals.
US10175325B2
In another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is an exemplary system, method and computer-accessible for determining a characteristic(s) of a tissue(s), that can include, for example, receiving magnetic resonance imaging information regarding the tissue(s) including a time-intensity curve(s) of the tissue(s) based on a contrast agent(s) concentration, actively encoding a part of the time-intensity curve(s) with a magnetic resonance relaxation property(s) of the tissue(s) by varying a magnetic resonance imaging scan parameter(s) to generate encoded data during magnetic resonance data acquisition, and determining the tissue characteristic(s) based on the encoded data.
US10175320B2
In a method to control a magnetic resonance imaging system to generate magnetic resonance image data of an examination subject, raw magnetic resonance data are acquired that include measurement values at multiple readout points in k-space. The readout points are arranged along a readout axis in k-space as readout pairs with a predetermined pair spacing relative to one another. Readout pairs that are adjacent in k-space along the readout axis have a sampling interval that is different than the pair spacing, which sampling interval varies along the readout axis. A control sequence determination system is designed to determine a control sequence for a magnetic resonance imaging system that is designed to control the magnetic resonance imaging system according to this method, and a magnetic resonance imaging system that has a control device designed to control the magnetic resonance imaging system according to such a method.
US10175317B2
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems and methods to effect MRI data acquisition with reduced noise are described. A readout gradient, having a first polarity used to acquire and store MRI data in k-space memory during analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) of MR RF signals during one TR interval, is continued at substantially a same amplitude and vector direction and used as an image volume selection gradient during a transmitted RF excitation pulse that begins a next TR interval before the readout gradient transitions to an opposite polarity. The acquired k-space data is then used to generate an MR image.
US10175314B2
An inductively coupled magnetic resonance local prostate radio frequency coil (10) includes at least two connected electrically conductive loops (50) and an interface device (80). The at least two connected electrically conductive loops (50) are tuned to receive magnetic resonance radio frequency signal components along an axis of a subject disposed in a main magnetic field (B0) orthogonal to the axis of the subject (i.e. an open MRI system having a vertical magnetic field) and generate one or more currents indicative of the received magnetic resonance signal components. The interface device (80) connected to the at least two conductive loops transmits measures of the one or more currents to a signal processing system.
US10175307B1
A magnetometer system has a magnetometer, an interface circuit and an electronic demodulator, the interface circuit being coupled to sense electrodes disposed on the magnetometer and the demodulator being coupled to the interface circuit. Preferably, the magnetometer has a loop electrode which follows an outline of the shape of an active portion of the magnetometer and wherein the electronic demodulator has an output for driving the loop electrode of the magnetometer. Preferably, the magnetometer includes a quartz plate with flexural and thickness shear vibratory modes and wherein the flexural vibratory mode is driven, in use, into vibration by the electronic demodulator and wherein the thickness shear vibratory mode is driven, in use, into vibration by the interface circuit.
US10175302B2
Disclosed is a power system including a battery pack and a battery management system, the battery management system including a controller and a storage unit storing one or more executable programs executable to achieve battery functions.
US10175299B2
A system includes a circuit interruption device, such as a circuit breaker, contactor or other switch of an automatic transfer switch (ATS) or a similar device providing power to an input of an ATS, and a monitoring circuit, such as a controller of the ATS, coupled to the circuit interruption device and configured to monitor voltages at inputs and outputs of the circuit interruption device, to monitor an auxiliary contact signal associated with auxiliary contacts of the circuit interruption device, and to determine a status of the auxiliary contacts responsive to the monitored voltages and auxiliary contact signal.
US10175295B2
Apparatus for electrical and optical nanoprobing at resolution beyond optical diffraction limit. Navigation microscope is configured for navigation to a region of interest. A probe spatial positioner supports a fork and an oscillating piezotube is attached to the free end of the fork and provides an output indicating of a distance to the sample. A single-mode optical fiber having a near-field transducer formed at an end thereof is attached to the oscillating piezotube such that the near-field transducer extends below the oscillating piezotube towards the sample. A photodetector is positioned to detect photons collected from the sample. The near-field transducer may be formed as a tapered section formed at the end of the single-mode optical fiber, a metallic coating formed at a tip of the tapered section, and an aperture formed in the metallic coating so as to expose the tip of the tapered section through the metallic coating.
US10175293B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first pads, a plurality of data input and output units suitable for transmitting a data between a plurality of global lines and the plurality of first pads, respectively, a connection control unit suitable for coupling the plurality of first pads to each other in a test operation period, and a test operation unit suitable for controlling the plurality of data input and output units to transmit a test data in a set order through the plurality of first pads coupled to each other in the test operation period.
US10175289B2
A water-tree resistance evaluation material including: a material selection selecting a candidate insulation material; a test carrying out a water tree test on a test piece having electrode holes formed on a first surface; and a candidate insulation material evaluation evaluating characteristics of the candidate insulation material, including progress and speed of a water tree. The test includes: a system and condition setting for setting a test system; a voltage application for grounding a ground-side electrode that is immersed in the ground-side aqueous solution, while applying an AC voltage to an application-side electrode that is immersed in the application-side aqueous solution; a measurement step; and a period determination for determining whether a test period has exceeded a predetermined period.
US10175287B2
A system and method to monitor a cable using noise-domain reflectometry. A receiver is configured to receive a signal and a reflection of the signal transmitted through the cable. The reflection of the signal can be indicative of a fault condition relating to the integrity of the cable. A processor is in communication with the receiver and configured to analyze the signal and the reflection using noise-domain reflectometry and determine the fault condition of the cable.
US10175279B2
A first S parameter of a first circuit network including an input port and a connection port is prepared, a second S parameter of a second circuit network is measured, and an overall S parameter of an overall circuit network is calculated. The S parameter of the overall circuit network is calculated as the overall S parameter corresponding to the input port among virtual S parameters of a virtual overall circuit network in which the connection port of the virtual first circuit network is connected with the second circuit network, by using, as an unknown value, a parameter corresponding to the dummy port among virtual T parameters of a virtual first circuit network obtained through conversion of the first circuit network into a symmetric circuit network by adding a dummy port to the input port side of the first circuit network.
US10175274B2
Disclosed is a device for detecting an output current of an inverter. The device for detecting an output current of an inverter according to the present disclosure includes a shunt resistor connected to an output end of a capacitor of a direct current (DC) link; a detector connected to the shunt resistor and configured to detect the output current; and a controller configured to control a sampling timing of a current in the detector.
US10175271B2
An apparatus includes an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes a differencing comparator. The differencing comparator receives a differential input signal. The differencing comparator compares the differential input signal to a threshold value. The differencing comparator includes a transconductance circuit coupled to receive the differential input signal and to provide a differential output signal.
US10175268B2
A method of estimating a line voltage is provided that includes configuring a capacitive probe to a power line, injecting a perturbation voltage onto the capacitive probe, where the perturbation voltage has a different frequency than a frequency of the line voltage, measuring, using a capacitive sensor, a retrieved perturbation voltage, where the retrieved perturbation voltage is dependent on a capacitance between the capacitive probe and a ground capacitance, using an appropriately programmed computer to track real time changes in the capacitance of the capacitive probe, and estimating a line voltage.
US10175260B2
An apparatus for measuring motor speed may include: an encoder configured to output a signal based on revolution of a motor; and a control unit configured to detect a mechanical angle of the motor according to an output signal of the encoder, estimate an actual angle of the motor based on the detected mechanical angle, and calculate the speed of the motor by differentiating the estimated actual angle.
US10175257B2
Disclosed is an antibody which binds to aripiprazole, which can be used to detect aripiprazole in a sample such as in a competitive immunoassay method. The antibody can be used in a lateral flow assay device for point-of-care detection of aripiprazole, including multiplex detection of aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone in a single lateral flow assay device.
US10175252B2
Method of diagnosis of IVF viability. The method includes ascertaining a subject's AMH level from testing and then selecting one pregnancy or live birth prognosis category that applies to the ascertained AMH level by matching the ascertained AMH level with an applicable one of a plurality of ranges of AMH levels pertaining to an age of the subject. The matching indicates the prognosis category that applies, i.e., (that is, good, intermediate or poor. In view of the diagnosis, a method of administration of AMH may be pursued to increase probability of pregnancy or live birth chances. Alternatively, the administration of AMH may be at AMH levels that will terminate pregnancy or increase the chance of miscarriage.
US10175250B2
The present invention relates to the identification of a novel biomarker for cardiac ischemia: nitrated cardiac troponin I. The present invention also provides methods for the identification and use of a nitrated cardiac troponin as a biomarker for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment management of myocardial ischemia, with and without necrosis of heart muscle.Diagnosis and prognosis is conducted by determining the amount of nitrated cardiac troponin I in serum samples of subjects and the ratio of nitrated cardiac troponin I to non-nitrated cardiac troponin I in serum samples of subjects. This biomarker can be detected by immunoassay techniques and tandem mass spectrometry. The present invention further relates to peptides, antibodies, compositions, methods, techniques, tests and kits for the identification and quantification of nitrated cardiac troponin I in samples of subjects.
US10175244B2
The present invention relates to a mutated heat-shock protein 110 (HSP110) lacking its substrate binding domain, which does not exhibit its chaperon activity and/or is not capable of binding to best-shock protein 70 (HSP70) and/or to beat-shock protein 27 (HSP27), but which is capable of binding to a wild-type HSP110. Such a mutated heat-shock protein 110 can be used (i) in methods for proposing survival and/or the response to a treatment of a patient suffering from a cancer, more particularly from a cancer liable to have a microsatellite instability (MSI) phenotype, such as colorectal cancer (CRC), and (ii) for treating cancers.
US10175243B2
Provided herein are methods for identifying a subject with cancer for treatment with a Psap peptides. The subject is identified based on a level of CD36. Also provided herein are compositions and methods for treatment of a subject with cancer based on a level of CD36.
US10175238B2
The present invention relates to methods of determining the presence or absence of abnormal lymphoid cells or abnormal myeloid cells in a cell sample, with the methods comprising subjecting the cell sample to conditions that will activate any inactive matriptase present in the cell sample and measuring the levels of activated matriptase in the cell sample. Once measured, these levels can then be compared to control levels of active matriptase to determine if the cell sample has elevated levels of activated matriptase over control levels of active matriptase. An elevation in the levels of activated matriptase in the cell sample is indicative that the cell sample contains abnormal lymphoid cells or abnormal myeloid cells.
US10175234B2
Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and using the formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed are methods for identifying peptide sequences useful for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, and methods for using the peptide sequences for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, e.g., celiac disorder. In certain embodiments, substrates and arrays comprise a porous layer for synthesis and attachment of polymers or biomolecules.
US10175231B2
A chromogenic absorbent material for an animal litter includes an oxidizing agent responsive to peroxidatic/pseudoperoxidatic activity in an animal excretion or a first catalytic compound generating the oxidizing agent in situ. The material also includes a chromogenic indicator being chromogenically responsive to the oxidizing activity of the oxidizing agent, and an absorptive material which is porous, for absorbing the animal excretion. The absorptive material includes a water-absorbing polysaccharide providing absorptive properties to the chromogenic absorbent material; and may also include a second polysaccharide and a superabsorbent polymer. The material may be obtained in the form of particles having a low density and a high porosity, and is usable in conjunction with an animal litter for detecting various diseases in animals.
US10175226B2
A method for quantifying acetylamantadine in a urine sample comprises eluting acetylamantadine from the urine sample using solid phase extraction and quantifying the acetylamantadine eluted from the urine sample using Raman spectroscopy.
US10175221B2
A detection device for detecting a marker in a liquid, preferably a fuel, comprising: a reaction chamber 5, provided with a de-dopable conductive polymer 6 building a path between two conductive pads 10 connected to a resistivity measurement device, wherein the de-dopable conductive polymer 6 is able to be de-doped by a chemical reaction with the marker, changing its resistivity.
US10175212B2
A gas analysis system includes a fluidic channel for flow of a gas to be analyzed, a detector in the channel and adapted for measuring interactions of the gas with the detector, the detector including a resonator of the electromechanical nanosystem (NEMS) type and a heating system for heating a part of the detector, an actuation device for vibrationally actuating the resonator according to an excitation signal applied to an input of the detector, a detection device adapted for providing an output electric signal representative of the vibrations of the resonator, a read-out device connected to an input of the detector and configured for simultaneously measuring, from the output signal of the detector, the change in resonance frequency and the change in amplitude of the vibrations at the resonance frequency of the resonator, and a processing device configured for determining from the changes a fluidic characteristic of the gas.
US10175211B2
An apparatus for treating an aqueous sample stream includes analyte ions. The apparatus comprises an ion exchange barrier; a sample stream flow channel; an ion receiving stream flow channel adjacent to the sample stream flow channel and separated therefrom by said first ion exchange bather. Stationary flow-through ion exchange packing is disposed in the sample flow channel of the same charge as the ion exchange bather. The ion exchange packing comprises a mixture of a first ion exchange portion with strong ionizable groups and a second ion exchange portion with weak ionizable groups of the same charge. First and second electrodes are in electrical communication with the sample stream flow channel and ion receiving flow channel.
US10175206B2
Micromachined ultrasonic transducers integrated with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrates are described, as well as methods of fabricating such devices. Fabrication may involve two separate wafer bonding steps. Wafer bonding may be used to fabricate sealed cavities in a substrate. Wafer bonding may also be used to bond the substrate to another substrate, such as a CMOS wafer. At least the second wafer bonding may be performed at a low temperature.
US10175203B2
Disclosed are various systems and methods for remote surface sensing using guided surface wave modes on lossy media. One system, among others, comprises a guided surface waveguide probe configured to launch a guided surface wave along a surface of a lossy conducting medium, and a receiver configured to receive backscatter reflected by a remotely located subsurface object illuminated by the guided surface wave. One method, among others, includes launching a guided surface wave along a surface of a lossy conducting medium by exciting a charge terminal of a guided surface waveguide probe, and receiving backscatter reflected by a remotely located subsurface object illuminated by the guided surface wave.
US10175197B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for reducing or eliminating crosstalk in ion mobility spectrometers are provided. In some aspects, the apparatus, systems, and methods can reduce or eliminate crosstalk without significantly increasing the overall capacitive load of the ion mobility system. In accordance with various aspects of the applicant's teachings, cross talk compensation circuits are disclosed herein that address resulting issues in RF pickup and/or crosstalk in ion mobility spectrometers used with high-sensitivity downstream mass spectrometers such as mass spectrometers having high velocity gas interfaces that can be coupled to the ion mobility spectrometer.
US10175193B2
A potentiostat/galvanostat employs a controller for providing digital control signals to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that generates an analog output signal in response to digital control signals. A high current driver produces a high current output in response to the analog output signal from the DAC. A high current monitor monitors the output from the high current driver to produce a feedback signal for the high current driver to control the current produced by the high current driver and to produce an output dependent on the current supplied from the high current driver for monitoring by the controller. A counter electrode contact for a counter electrode is connected with the output of the high current monitor. A working electrode contact for a working electrode is electrically connected with a fixed stable voltage potential to enable electrochemical analysis of material between the counter electrode and the working electrode. A low current driver produces a low current range output in response to an analog output signal from the DAC. A low current monitor monitors the working electrode contact to detect current at the working electrode contact to supply an output dependent on the current detected for monitoring by the controller and for providing a feedback signal to the low current driver in order to control the output of the low current driver to control current between the counter electrode contact and the working electrode contact.
US10175190B2
Highly selective coated-electrode nanogap transducers for the detection of redox molecules are described. In an example, an analyte detection system includes one or more transducer electrodes having a surface for analyte detection. The surface includes a coating to inhibit direct contact of analyte with the surface of the one or more transducer electrodes.
US10175187B2
The integration of monolayer graphene with a semiconductor device for gas sensing applications involves obtaining a CMOS device that is prepared to receive monolayer graphene channels. After population of the monolayer graphene channels on the CMOS device, electrical contacts are formed at each end of the monolayer graphene channels with interconnect vias having sidewalls angled at less then 90°. Additional metallization pads are added at the location of the monolayer graphene channels to improve planarity and reliability of the semiconductor processing involved.
US10175182B2
A CT detection method is provided, comprising the steps of: (1) scanning circumferentially an object to be detected by means of X-ray according to a preset angle sampling value, which represents the number of sampling points in one circle, so as to obtain a group of projection sampling data in different projection angles, the preset angle sampling value being greater than 1000; (2) processing the projection sampling data so as to obtain projection data of a plurality of virtual sub-focuses equivalent to a large focus of radiation source in a CT system; and (3) implementing an image reconstruction according to the projection data of the plurality of virtual sub-focuses.
US10175177B2
Camera heads configured to provide digitally articulated images or video, at adjustable resolutions and/or offsets and orientations, to a camera control unit (CCU) or other electronic computing system for display, storage, and/or transmission to other systems are disclosed.
US10175159B2
This disclosure concerns a cytometry system including a handling system that enables presentation of single cells to at least one laser source. The laser source is configured to deliver light to a cell within the cells in order to induce bond vibrations in the cellular DNA. The system further includes a detection facility that detects the signature of the bond vibrations, wherein the bond vibration signature is used to determine the folding or packing of the DNA.
US10175157B2
An aerosol distribution determining system and method are provided. The system includes a set of light emitters for emitting electromagnetic radiation. The system additionally includes a set of black disks for absorbing a portion of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from the set of light emitters. The system further includes a hyperspectral imaging camera for capturing hyperspectral images of the electromagnetic radiation in an absence of and in a presence of an aerosol distribution. The system also includes a data processing system for determining at least one of a size, a vertical density distribution, and a shape of particles in the aerosol distribution based information derived using the hyperspectral images.
US10175147B2
Method and apparatus for checking tires for vehicle wheels. A tire to be checked is fed to a checking station. A sidewall of the tire lies on a supporting portion of a rotating table. The supporting portion lies on a plane while the rotating table has a rotation axis perpendicular to the plane. A centring operation is carried out to align, in the plane, the rotation axis of the tire with the rotation axis of the rotating table. The centring operation includes identification, in the plane, of the rotation axis of the tire by: a) acquisition of an image of the tire laid on the supporting portion of the rotating table; b) definition, in the acquired image, of a number of analysis directions intersecting at one selected central point; c) for each analysis direction: c1) definition, in the acquired image, of a number of potential axes of symmetry, perpendicular to the analysis direction; c2) calculation of a level of symmetry of the image with respect to each potential axis of symmetry, where the level of symmetry is indicative of the probability that the center of the tire is on the respective potential axis of symmetry; c3) determination of a probability distribution indicative of a variation of the level of symmetry along the analysis direction; d) determination of a center of the tire on the basis of a cumulative probability distribution obtained through a combination of the probability distributions calculated for the analysis directions; e) identification of the rotation axis of the tire in an axis that passes through the determined center and perpendicular to the plane.
US10175126B2
A pressing force sensor that includes a sensor element configured with a piezoelectric film, a lead terminal for connection to an external circuit, a wiring conductor which connects pressing force detection electrodes and the lead terminal, and a flexible printed circuit board which withstands solder reflow temperatures. The flexible printed circuit board has the pressing force detection electrodes formed on a first principal surface thereof, and is folded via a folding line while the first principal surface faces inward. The sensor element is deflected by a pressing force applied to a second principal surface which faces outward and is in a first area of the flexible printed circuit board which is on one side with respect to the folding line, and a signal corresponding to the pressing force is thus taken out from the pressing force detection electrodes.
US10175120B2
A method includes measuring a first temperature difference between first heat entry and discharge parts on a first heat transfer path extending from a portion of a surface of the object to the first heat discharge part using a first thermopile, and measuring a second temperature difference between a second heat entry and discharge parts on a second heat transfer path extending from another portion of the surface of the object to the second heat discharge part using a second thermopile, and measuring a reference temperature at a predetermined position on the first or second heat transfer path using a temperature sensor, and calculating the internal temperature of the object using the measured first and second temperature differences, and the reference temperature, and at least one predetermined value excluding a physical property value of a non-heating part of the object located at a surface side of the object.
US10175118B1
A payment reader includes an anti-tamper circuit for comparing a voltage measured from a temperature sensing circuit with a voltage from one or more threshold nodes. A voltage of a measurement node of the temperature sensing circuit and of each threshold node may correspond to a temperature. A temperature comparison circuit may determine whether a pre-determined temperature threshold has been breached on a comparison of a voltage of the measurement node of the temperature sensing circuit with voltages corresponding to the one or more temperature thresholds. A tamper attempt may be detected if the voltage measured from the temperature sensing circuit exceeds a high voltage threshold or falls below a low voltage threshold. The temperature comparison circuit may provide an output to anti-tamper circuit indicating a result of the comparison.
US10175114B2
Spherical detector array devices are provided, which are implemented using passive detector structures for thermal imaging applications. Passive detector structures are configured with unpowered, passive front-end detector structures with direct-to-digital measurement data output for detecting incident photonic radiation in the thermal IR portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
US10175113B2
Methods and apparatus for preventing solar damage, and other heat-related damage, to uncooled microbolometer pixels. In certain examples, at least some of the pixels of an uncooled microbolometer are configured with a bimetallic thermal shorting structure that protects the pixel(s) from excessive heat damage. In other examples a thermochroic membrane that becomes highly reflective at temperatures above a certain threshold is applied over the microbolometer pixels to prevent the pixels from being damaged by excessive heat.
US10175105B2
A laser scanning microscope for laser scanning a sample is provided. The laser scanning microscope includes a scanner that is operated at a predefined scanning speed and that is configured to change a direction of illumination light generated to illuminate the sample. A detector is configured to detect light that is returned from the sample and an amplifier assembly is connected to the detector and is configured to amplify a detection signal that is generated by the detector. The amplifier assembly includes an adjustable capacitor and a capacitance of the adjustable capacitor is adjusted depending on the scanning speed of the scanner.
US10175086B2
A measurement device has two electrodes in the liquid forming a capacitor the capacitance of which depends on the height of the liquid, a microcontroller connected to an electrode and having a capacitance determination circuit for determining first and second values of the capacitance of the capacitor respectively during charging and discharging of the capacitor, an oscillator circuit for generating signals at a reference frequency when the electrodes are not connected to the microcontroller, then at a variable frequency dependent on the height of the liquid when the electrodes are connected to the microcontroller. The microcontroller further includes a programmable logic device configured into a comparator circuit, and a frequency determination circuit connected to the programmable logic device so as to determine the variable frequency from the reference frequency and from the signals of the programmable logic device.
US10175083B1
A vortex flowmeter for measuring a flow rate of a fluid has a flowtube and a bluff body positioned in the flowtube for shedding vortices in the fluid when the fluid flows through the flowtube. A sensor is positioned to detect the vortices. A cleaning port is positioned to allow a stream of fluid to be directed into the flowtube through the cleaning port toward the sensor for cleaning material away from the sensor. A method of cleaning the vortex flowmeter includes injecting a fluid into the vortex flowmeter toward the sensor through the cleaning port.
US10175073B2
A differential pressure detection element includes: a support portion having an opening; a cantilever portion supported in a cantilever manner by the support portion so as to protrude into the opening; a diffusion layer including a piezoresistive portion provided at a fixed end of the cantilever portion; a pair of wiring portions electrically connected to the diffusion layer; a first insulating layer covering the diffusion layer; and a second insulating layer laid on the first insulating layer. A linear expansion coefficient of the first insulating layer is smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of a material of which the cantilever portion is composed, and a linear expansion coefficient of the second insulating layer is larger than the linear expansion coefficient of the first insulating layer.
US10175072B2
An insertion-type flowmeter adapted for removable insertion into a fluid conduit includes an elongate body having a flow opening and a vortex-generating element disposed within the flow opening at distance from the opening entry that is correlated to the size of the flow opening to define a flow conditioning space in the flow opening between the opening entry and the vortex-generating element.
US10175069B2
A sensor unit for a vehicle includes a sensor circuit that is electrically connected to a connection cable via a sensor contact-making-element, a cable contact-making element, and a coaxial contact-making element. The sensor contact-making element includes at least two sensor contacts, and the cable contact-making element includes at least two cable contacts. The coaxial contact-making element is positioned between the cable contact-making element and the sensor contact-making element and includes, at a cable end, a first inner contact point having at least two contacts and, at a sensor end, a second inner contact point having at least to mating contacts.
US10175063B2
A method of sensing a sliding by a sensor including grouping one or more Hall elements into one or more groups, measuring magnetic field strength generated by a magnetic field source, and comparing the magnetic field strength at the one or more Hall elements to determine whether a horizontal sliding occurs.
US10175059B2
Embodiments described herein may provide a method for identifying geo-tagged objects or events and estimating the probability that a vehicle path will intersect with the geo-tagged object or event. Methods may include: determining a first map-matched location and a second map-matched location; determining a plurality of road segments emanating from or leading to the first map-matched location, a portion of which connect between the first map-matched location and the second map-matched location; calculating at least one of a weight or a turn probability for turning onto a road segment for each road segment of the plurality of road segments; and determining, from the weight or the turn probability associated with each road segment of the portion of road segments that connect between the first map-matched location and the second map-matched location, a probability of a path taken between the first map-matched location and the second map-matched location.
US10175058B2
In at least one embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes determining algorithmically a a plurality of vehicle cost values for traveling a plurality of road segments in a vehicle based at least in part on vehicle cost data derived at least in part from position derivative data obtained from at least one vehicle that traveled the road segments (S1); associating each of the plurality of road segments with at least one of the vehicle cost values (S2); and storing the determined vehicle cost values in a memory device (S3). In at least one embodiment, a method for determining a route of travel from a first location to a second location is disclosed. Other embodiments include a map database, storable on a storage medium; a device including a memory (230) storing a map database, a processor (210) and an output device (260); and a device for use in a vehicle, where the device includes a GPS receiver (250), a memory (230) and a processor (210).
US10175057B2
A navigation device that can access map data and avoidance data, the avoidance data including information for identifying undesirable locations, receive location information representing a geographical location and direction of travel in relation to the map data; and establish, based on the location information and map data, whether the geographical location and direction of travel approach a navigation decision point having a plurality of navigation choices, where each navigation choice corresponds to an onward route leaving the navigation decision point; determine, based on the map data and avoidance data, for at least one onward route leaving the navigation decision point, whether the onward route unavoidably includes an undesirable location; and provide result information to the output section based, at least in part, on the determination.
US10175052B2
There is disclosed a method of determining a geolocation of an electronic device having a first and second sensor, executable at a server, comprising acquiring route information from a first geo-point to a second geo-point; determining a plurality of route points along the route and receiving, from the first sensor a state indicative of the geo-position; determining the geo-location of one of the plurality of route points; receiving, from the second device sensor a state associated with a specific geo-maneuver at the given route point; comparing the second sensor state to a predetermined second sensor state for the given route point and for the specific geo-maneuver; determining that the device has deviated from the route at the route point; generating revised route information based on a difference of the second sensor state and the geo-position of the first sensor state; sending the revised route to the device.
US10175051B2
A human body positioning method, a human body positioning system, and a positioning server are provided, adapted for positioning a human body in a specific space. Best routing paths between a positioning server and a target wireless device among wireless devices are sought according to communication quality of the wireless devices. A device positioning result is estimated according to the best routing paths. A wireless network topology formed by operating wireless devices is established. Voxels of a 3D space image are transmitted into the wireless network topology, and the human body is detected according to the voxels based on serving the operating wireless devices as a neuron of a neural network architecture associated with a body detecting model. When the human body is detected, the human body is positioned at the device positioning result.
US10175045B2
A vibrator drive circuit is configured to drive a vibrator mass 3 in a prescribed vibration direction. The vibrator drive circuit includes a drive unit configured to drive a vibrator based on a reference signal SG1 of a predetermined frequency to cause the vibrator to vibrate in a vibration direction, a phase detector configured to detect a vibration waveform of the vibrator in the vibration direction and to output an output voltage Vcnt in accordance with a phase difference between reference signal SG1 and a vibration waveform thereof, and two capacitors each formed of a movable electrode provided in the vibrator and a fixed electrode provided to face the movable electrode, the output voltage Vcnt being applied to the fixed electrode. The phase detector is configured to adjust the output voltage Vcnt in accordance with the phase difference, thereby changing electrostatic force in each of the capacitors for controlling the phase difference to be 90 degrees.
US10175043B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide automatic and substantially continuous calibration for compasses mounted to moving structures. A compass calibration system may include a logic device configured to receive one or more sensor signals and determine a corrected magnetic field based, at least in part, on a measured local magnetic field. The logic device may be configured to receive the measured local magnetic field comprising a series of magnetic measurements associated with a mobile structure; determine a valid portion of a toroidal shape of the series of magnetic measurements that is available for further processing; and determine the corrected magnetic field based, at least in part, on calibration parameters derived from at least the valid portion of the toroidal shape.
US10175034B1
Embodiments of the invention are directed to enhancing insensitive munitions performance. Some embodiments of the invention employ an outgassing pad having unique geometrical configurations and positioning. Other embodiments rely on using thermally-releasable components to foster billet expulsion. Additional embodiments combine both aspects into an entire cook-off mitigation system.
US10175033B2
A method and system are provided for accurately determining the point of impact of a bullet on a shooting disc or target plane and optionally the position of the shooter, wherein a number of light curtains are used for registering time instants of the passage of the bullet projectile through predetermined light planes by detecting the shadow cast by the bullet. Differences between the measured times and/or the measured times themselves are then used for calculating the velocity of the bullet and the points at which the trajectory of the bullet intersects the light planes and the target plane, which may be arranged or located behind or in front of the target disc/target disc arrangement of the system having the particular pattern of light curtains, allowing for the calculation of the centre impact point of the bullet on the shooting disc or target plane in 3D.
US10175030B2
A method of threat detection includes illuminating a scene with short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) illumination and receiving a return of the SWIR illumination reflected back from the scene. The method includes analyzing the return of the SWIR illumination to detect presence of man-made optics in the scene. Illuminating, receiving, and analyzing can be performed by a device, e.g., a rifle-mounted laser device.
US10175022B2
A crossbow track assembly includes a crossbow track having a top surface and a side surface. The top surface includes an arrow track. The side surface includes a longitudinal passage leading to a longitudinal cavity. The side surface forms an upper shoulder and a lower shoulder of the longitudinal cavity. A second side surface may include a second longitudinal passage leading to a second longitudinal cavity. The second side surface may form an upper shoulder and a lower shoulder of the second longitudinal cavity. The crossbow track assembly may further include a crossbow accessory including an accessory body operatively connected to a plug, which is dimensioned to fit within the longitudinal cavity of the crossbow track for securing the accessory body to the crossbow track. The accessory body may be adjustably connected to the plug with a fastener. Alternatively, the plug may be in sliding engagement with the longitudinal cavity.
US10175018B1
A firearm safety system processes images of a shooter and/or a target, and determines whether to lock or unlock a firearm based on a result of the processing. An image capturing device mounted on the firearm captures images of a shooter and a target. A storage media includes images of authorized users of the firearm, and images of targets not be shot at (“do-not-shoot” targets). A microprocessor compares the shooter image with images of the authorized users, and/or the target images with images of the do-not-shoot targets. The firearm is locked when (a) the shooter image does not match an image of any authorized user or (b) the target image matches an image of any do-not-shoot target. The firearm is unlocked when (a) the shooter image matches an image of any authorized users and (b) the target image does not match an image of any do-not-shoot target.
US10175014B2
A firearm reload system that enables the reloading of a firearm with a single user action. The firearm reload system can include an automatic ammunition chambering system and an empty magazine auto-eject system. The automatic ammunition chambering system includes an actuator on a magazine that actuates a pivoting slide lock when the magazine is introduced into the firearm frame, causing the pivoting slide lock to disengage from the firearm's slide release, thereby freeing the slide and chambering a cartridge. The magazine auto-eject system includes a magazine actuator linking the slide release and the magazine release such that when the slide release is brought into a locked position, the magazine actuator actuates the magazine release such that the magazine is released from the firearm.
US10175013B1
A modified lower receiver for a standard assault rifle includes a modified receiver body and a magazine release. The modified receiver body defines a modified magazine well, a trigger well and modified forward and rear takedown holes, and the magazine release is mounted on a side of the modified receiver body and extends into the modified magazine well. The modified magazine well is longer than a magazine well of a standard lower receiver by a predetermined distance forward of the magazine release. Positions of the modified forward and rear takedown holes are also forward of respective standard positions of forward and rear takedown holes by the same predetermined distance. A method of modifying the assault rifle includes removing the standard lower receiver and firing pin from an upper receiver, installing a longer, modified firing pin into the upper receiver, and installing the modified lower receiver on the upper receiver.
US10175011B2
A portable self-contained cooling coil cleaning system includes a cart with a first shelf and a second shelf and at least four rolling elements supporting the cart. A self-contained electrical power unit powers a pump. The pump is in fluid communication with a cleaning fluid reservoir and delivers cleaning fluid through a flow regulator, an extended length of hose and through a spray wand.
US10175010B2
An online cleaning system for tube and shell heat exchangers is presented. The system includes a positioner, a plunger, an umbilical cleaner, and a motor. The cleaning system cleans the tubes while the heat exchanger remains in operation. The cleaning system locates and isolates a single tube via rotating and translating mechanical actions and inserts the umbilical cleaner into the tube, which may clean the tube via rotational movement or via sonication. The cleaning system may further clean the outer surface of the tubes of the heat exchanger.
US10175006B2
A closed channel rotary regenerative air preheater includes element supporting baskets that have first heat transfer elements having first arches arranged in an alternating order with second heat transfer elements having second arches. Each of the first arches has a first apex and a concave segment extending therefrom and each of the second arches has a second apex and a convex segment extending therefrom. Each of the convex segments is nested in a respective one of the concave segments thereby defining a contact line therebetween which extends an entire length of the first heat transfer element and the second heat transfer element. Adjacent pairs of the contact lines define a closed passageway therebetween and between the first heat transfer element and the second heat transfer element for heat transfer fluid flow therethrough.
US10174988B2
A mobile refrigeration cabinet that includes a refrigerated section, a non-refrigerated section that has an aperture in a side thereof, and an opening between the refrigerated and non-refrigerated section. The aperture allows access to the non-refrigerated section. The cabinet may include a movable tray disposed in the non-refrigerated section that is movable through the aperture, and a refrigeration system removably mounted on the movable tray. A biasing system is configured to engage the movable tray so as to bias the refrigeration system towards the opening between the refrigerated section and the non-refrigerated section such that a portion of the refrigeration system sealingly engages the opening.
US10174981B2
A system to make ice includes a refrigeration unit and an icemaker disposed in the refrigeration unit. The refrigeration unit is configured to be subjected to a refrigeration cycle; the icemaker is configured to be subjected to a freeze cycle; and the system is configured such that the freeze cycle is synchronized with the refrigeration cycle, asynchronized with the refrigeration cycle, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing. A process for controlling an icemaker includes providing a freeze cycle to an icemaker; providing a refrigeration cycle to a refrigeration unit; and constraining the freeze cycle and the refrigeration cycle to control the icemaker.
US10174973B2
A system for cryocooling an optical sensor on a satellite to a temperature below 200K with minimal vibration comprising a miniature conical rotary screw compressor comprising an inner element configured to only rotate around a first stationary axis and an outer element configured to only rotate around a second stationary axis so that both elements revolve with minimal vibration; with at least one of a) a length of at least one of the inner element and the outer element is between 10 mm and 100 mm; b) a diameter of at least one of the inner element and the outer element is between 2 mm and 45 mm; c) a compression ratio of the rotary screw compressor is between 1:2 and 1:20; and d) a shaft speed of the conical rotary screw compressor is between 1001 and 20000 revolutions per minute.
US10174964B2
A system comprising an air conditioning unit operable to run at a capacity level determined by a difference between a temperature set-point and an actual temperature of an environment. The system comprises a humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller comprises a memory and a microprocessor. The controller is operable to operate the air conditioning unit in a normal mode and a tracking mode comprising operating the air conditioning unit at a reduced capacity comprising setting the temperature set-point of the air conditioning unit as a tracked actual temperature of the environment. The controller is operable to terminate the tracking mode if the actual temperature of the environment either rises above the first temperature value or drops below the second temperature value, or if the humidity level of the environment drops below the humidity threshold.
US10174958B2
The present disclosure is directed to a single compressor HVAC system with hot gas reheat. The system includes a single compressor, a pair of condensers, a reheat heat exchanger, an evaporator, and an expansion device. Within the system, the refrigerant exiting the compressor is separated into two portions. In the cooling mode, the first and second portions of the refrigerant are directed from the compressor through the two condensers in parallel. In the reheat mode, the first portion of the refrigerant is directed through the first condenser, while the second portion of the refrigerant is directed through the reheat heat exchanger. The system also may include a head pressure control device that is designed to maintain the compressor discharge pressure within a desired range by adjusting the condenser fan speed.
US10174955B2
A connection assembly is disclosed for connecting a magnetic separator into a central heating system circuit, the magnetic separator including a housing, a separation chamber within the housing, and externally threaded inlet and outlet ports extending from the housing. The connection assembly comprises: a fitment adapted to be received within at least one of the ports of the separator, the fitment including a bore for carrying fluid from/to the central heating circuit to/from the separator; a threaded connector disposed around the bore for securing the fitment to the or each port, the threaded connector having a hand grip area for facilitating tightening of the connector by hand; and a removable force transfer element receivable between the fitment and the threaded connector for transferring force between the threaded connector and the fitment.
US10174934B2
A rotary power tool includes a tool housing and a lighting system. The tool housing has a main body portion and a nose portion, which includes a nose cap. The lighting system includes a lighting system housing mounted on the tool housing and defining a battery compartment, a light source, and at least one battery disposed in the battery compartment. The at least one battery is operably connected to the light source to supply electrical current to the light source.
US10174933B2
A positionable lighting unit for tools may have an LED light source powered by a battery with a control switch, all mounted upon a circuit board encased within a translucent and flexible casing. The control switch may then be activated though the casing without breaching the same so that a more sterile unit may be presented in those situations requiring sterility. The tool light also may have an adhesive, so it may be temporarily positioned according to a user's liking on a given tool. Emphasis is given to medical devices where a small field of vision and little room for movement may be prohibitive of desired lighting placement, but the light may be used on any suitable tool in any suitable medical or non-medical situation.
US10174930B2
Lighting modules and systems including a heat sink are generally disclosed. The exemplary embodiments include a lighting module having a light emitting diode (LED) board including at least one LED, a heat sink in thermal communication with the LED board for dissipating heat generated by at least the LED board, and a separate component board that is thermally insulated from the LED board and may include, for example, an LED driver, a power management component, a power conversion component, an LED control component, and a dimming component. At least one of the LED board and component board may be a printed circuit board (PCB).
US10174927B2
An LED illumination device includes an LED device; a base having a concavity for receiving the LED device; a heat sink including a plate coupled to the base and a plurality of fins extending from a surface of the plate opposite the base, the fins extending laterally beyond sides of the plate; a cooling fan for forcing air over the fins; and a casing housing the LED substrate, the base, the heat sink, and the cooling fan.
US10174926B2
The present invention realizes a light source unit and a method of cooling the light source unit that reduces any increase in the ambient temperature of a red solid-state light source and thus reduces any decrease in brightness of the red solid-state light source. The light source unit has: a wall having a window, the wall being provided between a light tunnel-side circulation unit that accommodates a light tunnel that is irradiated by the output light of a solid-state light source and a phosphor wheel-side circulation unit that accommodates a phosphor wheel that is excited by the emitted light of the light tunnel; a light tunnel-side heat-receiving heat sink that is provided in the light tunnel-side circulation unit; a phosphor wheel-side heat-receiving heat sink provided in the phosphor wheel-side circulation unit, a heat-radiating heat sink that is connected to the light tunnel-side heat-receiving heat sink and to the phosphor wheel-side heat-receiving heat sink by means of a heat pipe; and a cooling fan that cools the heat-radiating heat sink.
US10174918B2
Disclosed herein is a downlight module that includes a light source driving board, an isolating board, a lens module, a back housing, and an input power line. The light source driving board includes a light-emitting diode and a driving circuit. The isolating board has a through hole. The lens module includes a lens housing, wherein the light source driving board and the isolating board are disposed in the lens housing. The back housing covers the lens housing of the lens module. The back housing has an opening, wherein the melting temperature of the back housing is lower than the melting temperature of the lens housing. The input power line is connected with the light source driving board via the opening of the back housing and the through hole of the isolating board.
US10174894B2
A vehicle headlamp unit for irradiating light in front of the vehicle with a high contrast ratio and is capable of sufficiently cutting off the illumination light is provided. The unit includes a light source, a parallel optical system that produces parallel light, a polarizing beam splitter that splits light emitted from the parallel optical system into two polarized beams having polarization directions orthogonal to each other, a reflection-type liquid crystal element capable of switching between a first state where the light emitted from a first surface of the polarizing beam splitter is reflected without rotation of the polarization direction, and a second state where the light is reflected with rotation of the polarization direction, in each predetermined section, and a projection optical system that projects light, reflected by the reflection-type liquid crystal element and passed through the polarizing beam splitter once again, in front of the vehicle.
US10174893B2
A LED streetlamp is provided. The LED streetlamp includes an integral housing having a light-emitting opening that emits light from a bottom surface and an accommodation space; a power supply unit coupled to the accommodation space through the light-emitting opening of the housing; a reflecting part coupled to the accommodation space through the light-emitting opening of the housing to separate power supply unit from the accommodation space of the lower part and reflecting light from a bottom surface thereof; a substrate for supplying power to multiple LEDs coupled to an inner side surface of the housing of a lower side of the reflecting part; and a cover part. A case with a single structure is provided and includes the power supply unit, the substrate having the LEDs and the reflecting plate to be assembled in the case through the light emitting opening to reduce a manufacturing cost.
US10174890B2
An optical system (2A) is disclosed for receiving and collimating light, wherein the optical system (2A) comprises a collimation unit (200) comprising at least one parabolic interface (220, 230) that defines an inlet opening (212) and an outlet opening (214), wherein the at least one parabolic interface (220, 230) is configured to reflect light entering through the inlet opening (212) through the outlet opening (214) and limit the angular spread of the light to an acceptance angle (θCPC) associated with the at least one parabolic interface (220, 230); and a homogenization unit (300) for homogenizing the light emerging from the collimation unit (200), the homogenization unit (300) comprising a lens array with pairs of a first lens and a second lens, wherein the lens array is configured such that light from the outlet opening (214) collected by a first lens illuminates the respective second lens to provide for a continuously emitting output aperture.
US10174888B1
Problem: To provide a modular lighting unit that allows freely designing a lighting fitting in accordance with the demand for illumination design of the user, and moreover that can be easily assembled, resulting from the simple structure thereof, whereby the cost can be substantially reduced, and its commercial value is high.Solution: A modular lighting unit 10, including one light emitting element 42 disposed in a lamp chamber that is enclosed by a case 20 and a cover 30, the case 20 and the cover 30 being combined with each other in such a way that the peripheral wall 31 of the cover 30 covers the peripheral wall 21 of the case 20, and in the mutually combined state, they being fixed to each other with an engaging part 34 provided for either one of them being engaged with an engaged part 24 provided for the other by snap fitting. Between the light emitting element 42 and the irradiation aperture 33a, there being disposed a lens body 50. A plurality of types of lens bodies 50 that emit the light originated from the LED 42 in different light distribution patterns are previously prepared, and an appropriate one is selected from among them.
US10174875B2
A pulsation attenuation network branching device or transition apparatus for controlling pulsation of a fluid in a piping system includes at least one large flow channel, at least two small flow channels, and at least one divider that transitions the large flow channel into the small flow channels internally. Fluid can flow through the device in either direction. One embodiment of the branching device can include a main inlet and a main outlet, an internal attenuating conduit, a branching outlet, and a branching inlet, a first divider for dividing the fluid flow from the main inlet into the internal attenuating conduit and the branching outlet, and a second divider for joining the fluid flowing from the branching inlet and the internal attenuating conduit into the main outlet. Another embodiment can include a main inlet, three branching outlets, and two dividers for transitioning the main inlet into the three branching outlets.
US10174871B2
A tubing and ferrule assembly for use in joining a clad tubing to a fitting. The ferrule is bound to the clad tubing, which includes a partial jacket of stainless steel, such that the inert core protrudes from, and has a common outer diameter with, the jacket. The ferrule is bound to the jacket slightly more distant than necessary for the inert core to contact a fining. When the ferrule is retained in place, the inert core is compressed and provides a true zero dead volume connection between the clad tubing and the fitting. The relationship of the ferrule, the clad tubing, and the fitting limits the position of the clad tubing and therefore precludes damaging of the associated valve or component.
US10174865B2
A towable pipeline bundle for installation underwater at a subsea oil or gas production site has two or more bundled elongate elements, at least one of which is a flowline for carrying production fluid along the bundle. A rigid buoyancy pipe of polymer-composite material extends along and supports the bundled elongate elements. The buoyancy pipe has an internal buoyancy chamber and at least one port for introducing fluid into the buoyancy chamber. The buoyancy pipe is arranged to have positive buoyancy in seawater when its buoyancy chamber contains a fluid less dense than seawater. In this way, the buoyancy pipe confers substantially neutral buoyancy on a towable unit comprising the bundle. The unit can then be towed in mid-water to the production site and lowered there onto the seabed.
US10174862B2
A quick discharge faucet valve includes a shaft, a seal assembly, a coupling member, and a rotary handle. The shaft is inserted through an opening of a pipe, and a valve opening is positioned near a discharge opening of the faucet. The seal assembly is fastened to the shaft to abut against a joint connecting the faucet to the pipe, which is releasably positioned at the joint via a spring member. The coupling member is disposed at an outer end of the shaft to couple the faucet with the rotary handle. A first interlocking member of the rotary handle interlocks with a second interlocking member of the coupling member. The rotary handle is rotated to unlock the interlocking members and pulled to release the seal assembly from the joint to allow the fluid to flow around the shaft and discharge at the discharge opening of the faucet.
US10174860B2
An electromagnetic valve for a transmission-use oil pressure control device including an oil pump that supplies oil pressure to a transmission, and an accumulator that accumulates an oil pressure generated by the oil pump. The electromagnetic valve includes: an electromagnetic valve main body connected to the accumulator and includes an oil path opening/closing valve element opening/closing an oil path between the accumulator and the transmission; a seal member disposed in the electromagnetic valve main body sealing against oil leakage from a sliding portion of the oil path opening/closing valve element in the opening/closing operation of the oil path opening/closing valve element; and a pressure regulation mechanism disposed in the electromagnetic valve main body regulating to release an internal pressure in the accumulator when an accumulator-side oil pressure in the electromagnetic valve main body rises to a predetermined pressure or more.
US10174852B2
An assembly is provided that can include check valve. The check valve can include a ball positioned between an inflow line and an outflow line. The ball can be movable between (i) an open position at which a fluid is allowed to flow between the inflow line and the outflow line and (ii) a closed position at which the fluid is prevented from flowing between the inflow line and the outflow line. The assembly can also include a spring positioned adjacent to the ball and operable to bias the ball in a closed position. The assembly can further include a poppet positioned adjacent to the ball. The poppet can be movable in response to a communication of a pilot pressure to the poppet. Further, the ball can be movable to the closed position in response to a force applied by the poppet.
US10174851B2
A check structure of a control valve base is provided, including a valve body, two seat bodies and two check members. Each seat body is assembled to the valve body, each check member is received in the seat body, each check member includes a blocking portion which is flexible, the blocking portion has a base portion and a side portion, and the side portion is obliquely connected to the base portion. When a water flow flows forward, the blocking portion and the seat body have a gap therebetween for the water flow to pass therethrough; and when the water flow flows reversely, the blocking portion contact the seat body tightly to block the water flow from flowing reversely.
US10174848B2
The present invention provides a gate valve assembly having a valve body with a channel extending from a distal end to a proximal end, a gate configured to be moved from a first position to a second position, the second position being when the gate is positioned in the channel of the valve body between the distal end and the proximal end of the valve body. A seat insert is also provided to be threaded into a pocked of the valve body and a seat is configured to be positioned within the seat insert. A seal is adapted within a groove of the seat insert positioned between the valve body and the seat insert, wherein the seal is a fixed static seal providing no gaps and/or spaces between the seal insert and the valve body allowing no debris to corrupt the seals.
US10174844B2
A shaft seal mechanism (11) that blocks a fluid (G) flowing within a ring-shaped space (14) is equipped with: a ring-shaped seal housing (21) disposed on a fixed section (12); a plurality of thin-plate seal pieces (22) that are secured to the seal housing (21), are in sliding contact with a rotating shaft (13), and are layered in a ring shape; a ring-shaped high-pressure-side plate (25) that forms a high-pressure-side gap (δH) between itself and the seal housing (21); a ring-shaped low-pressure-side plate (26) that forms a low-pressure-side gap (δL) between the seal housing (21) and the thin-plate seal pieces (22); stepped sections (31, 32) that are formed on side edge sections (22c, 22d) of the thin-plate seal pieces (22); and locking sections (25b, 26b) that lock the stepped sections (31, 32).
US10174833B2
A transmission control system of a vehicle includes an estimated acceleration module and a pressure control module. The estimated acceleration module determines an estimated longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle based on a force at axles of the vehicle corresponding to engine torque, a braking force imposed by mechanical brakes of the vehicle, an aerodynamic drag force of the vehicle, and a road load force imposed on the vehicle by contact between tires of the vehicle and a road surface. The pressure control module, when a measured longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle is negative and the estimated longitudinal acceleration is greater than the measured longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, adjusts transmission fluid pressure applied to one or more clutches of the transmission and shifts the transmission to neutral.
US10174831B2
A vibration isolation system reduces rattling in a reverse lockout mechanism for a manual shifter. A shaft retained in a shifter housing has an upper end for a shift knob and an enlarged barrel section proximate the housing. A lockout skirt slides on the shaft between upper and lower positions. The lockout skirt has a shoulder extending radially outward, and the housing includes a stop block such that the shaft is prevented from pivoting to a reverse gear position when the lockout skirt is in the lower position and is free to move to the reverse gear position when the lockout skirt is in the upper position. A spring retained on the shaft biases the lockout skirt toward the lower position. A plurality of lubricated O-rings are disposed on the shaft to define sliding interfaces between the lockout skirt and the shaft and between the lockout skirt and the barrel.
US10174830B2
A product may include a pair of rotating elements. A coupling may be connected between the pair of rotating elements. An actuator may be connected to the coupling and may engage and disengage the pair of rotating elements from each other. A valve may be connected with the actuator and may effect a supply lubrication to the coupling when the pair of rotating elements are engaged through the coupling.
US10174829B2
A foreign matter attracting structure includes: an attracting body for attracting foreign matter in lubricating oil, wherein the attracting body includes a magnet and a capturing body which is composed of a weakly magnetic material, and the capturing body is disposed at a position which is magnetized by a magnetic force of the magnet.
US10174827B2
A clutch is provided that includes a fixed sheave portion, a movable sheave portion, a movable sheave assembly, an idler bearing and a torque drag member. The movable sheave assembly is configured to axially move the movable sheave portion in relation to the fixed sheave portion in response to a change in a rotational speed of the clutch. The idler bearing is rotationally mounted on a central post of the fixed sheave portion. The idler bearing is positioned to engage an inside face of a belt when the fixed sheave portion and the movable sheave portion are located a select distance away from each other. The torque drag member is operationally coupled to exert a select amount of torque drag on the idler bearing.
US10174825B2
A strain wave gearing is a negative deflection strain wave gearing. The tooth profile shape for the internally toothed gear is defined by using a convex, basic tooth profile curve, which is a curve portion from an inflection point (A) to a bottom-part point (B) of a moving locus (Mc) of an externally toothed gear with regard to an internally toothed gear obtained by a rack meshing approximation. The tooth profile shape for the externally toothed gear at a principal cross section is defined by a concave, basic tooth profile curve, which is generated in the externally toothed gear by the convex, basic tooth profile curve of the internally toothed gear moving from an apex (C) to an inflection point (A) of the moving locus (Mc). Passing-type meshing that is effective in lubrication is established, and bending stress in the tooth-bottom rim of the externally toothed gear can be reduced.
US10174823B2
A lock-up device includes a damper portion and a dynamic damper device. The damper portion damps vibration inputted from a front cover. The damper portion includes a driven plate coupled to a turbine shell of a torque converter body on a radially outside side. The dynamic damper device absorbs vibration transmitted from the driven plate to the turbine shell. The dynamic damper device includes at least one damper plate portion. The damper plate portion is coupled to the turbine shell on a radially outside side.
US10174822B2
A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission where the spool is locked at the first position and the switching pressure can regulate the belt holding force of the primary pulley or the secondary pulley without switching a position of the spool when the engagement pressure is supplied to the second working oil chamber, and the spool is not locked at the first position and the switching pressure can switch the spool to the second position against the urging member when the engagement pressure is not supplied to the second working oil chamber.
US10174812B2
A transmission for a vehicle may include a first input shaft continuously receiving rotational power from a power source; a second input shaft selectively receiving the rotational power of the power source through a clutch; a first counter shaft and a second counter shaft connected to the first input shaft and the second input shaft through a transfer gear pair, respectively; a controlling device selecting the transfer gear pair to transfer the rotational power from the first input shaft and the second input shaft to the first counter shaft and the second counter shaft; a one-way clutch allowing the rotational power provided to the first input shaft to be transferred only from the first input shaft toward the first counter shaft.
US10174810B2
In some embodiments, systems and methods are described for a gear contact system configured to support radial, thrust, and moment loads, the system comprising a first gear comprising a first roller having a first roller bearing surface, the first roller bearing surface having a convex curvature defined by a first radius of curvature; and a second gear comprising a second roller having a second roller bearing surface, the second roller bearing surface having a concave curvature defined by a second radius of curvature.
US10174803B2
A hydraulic buffer assembly for use in a paint gun includes a sealed housing having first and second ends and an interior including a chamber containing a hydraulic fluid. A piston assembly including at least one piston rod and a piston head is axially movable through the interior of the housing, wherein the piston head includes at least one orifice through which hydraulic fluid flows when the piston assembly is moved under load. The buffer assembly is configured to decrease or slow the firing rate of an automatic paint gun.
US10174802B2
A hydraulic damper including a tube defining a chamber. The tube has a main section and a narrowed section. A main piston assembly is disposed in the main section and connected to a piston rod. A resisting mechanism is fixed to the piston rod. A secondary piston is moveable into the narrowed section. An inner surface of the secondary piston defines at least one radially internal channel. The piston rod defines an annular recess. The secondary piston includes a locking mechanism axially slideable within the annular recess. The secondary piston is axially moveable between a hydraulic stop engagement stroke wherein the secondary piston engages the resisting mechanism and restricts the flow of fluid through the radially internal channel, and a hydraulic stop disengagement stroke wherein the secondary piston is spaced from the resisting mechanism and allows the flow of fluid through radially internal channel.
US10174801B2
A brake disc manufactured by a method of manufacturing a brake disc according to the present invention includes a carbon fiber Cf, silicon Si, silicon carbide Sic, and a silicon-copper alloy SixCuy. The carbon fiber Cf, silicon Si, carbon C, and silicon carbide SiC make a disc light and provide high thermal shock resistance, anti-oxidation, wear resistance, strength, and friction coefficient. The copper Cu and silicon-copper alloy SixCuy increase heat capacity at constant volume of a disc, so a large increase in temperature of the disc is prevented and a changing range of the friction coefficient is reduced in braking. Accordingly, the brake disc according to the present invention has all of the advantage of a brake disc made of a carbon fiber-reinforced ceramic composites without thermal deformation and deterioration of a pad, a hat part, and a caliper.
US10174800B2
A force transmission device, tappet, and method of manufacture. The tappet may include a shaft portion for transmission of a thrust loading from an actuating member to a piston of a disc brake and a gear portion for transmission of rotary motion to the shaft. The gear portion may be formed as a separate piece from the shaft portion.
US10174797B2
A controller for a vehicle system and a method for updating a plurality of control settings and system parameters for a controller for a vehicle system are provided. The controller comprises a control unit portion, a prognostic module, a diagnostic module, and a telematics interface. The control unit portion is in communication with the vehicle system to initiate a vehicle system procedure. The prognostic module is in two way communication with the control unit portion. The diagnostic module is in communication with the prognostic module and is in two way communication with the control unit portion. The telematics interface is in two way communication with the control unit portion. A plurality of control settings and system parameters are sent to one of the diagnostic module and the prognostic module to be compared with previously stored data stored in one of the diagnostic module and the prognostic module.
US10174792B2
A tolerance ring including a sidewall having a first and a second opposite major surfaces spaced apart by a thickness, wherein the first major surface defines an inner diameter of the tolerance ring at a first location of the sidewall and an outer diameter of the tolerance ring at a second location of the sidewall. A method of forming a tolerance ring including providing a strip of material comprising a first, a second, a third, and a fourth edge, shaping the first edge of the strip toward the third edge, and shaping the second edge of the strip toward the fourth edge.
US10174791B2
A bearing assembly comprises ring assemblies cooperating to form a roller volume. A single circumferential slot is in an inner circumferential surface of the inner ring assembly and in fluid communication with the roller volume through central passages in the inner ring assembly. The proximal inner ring includes proximal axial slots extending axially along a proximal portion of the inner circumferential surface, a first plurality of the proximal axial slots being in fluid communication with the roller volume, a second plurality of the proximal axial slots not in fluid communication with the roller volume. The distal inner ring includes distal axial slots extending axially along a distal portion of the inner circumferential surface from the circumferential slot to respective distal passages in fluid communication with the roller volume, wherein a circumferential spacing between adjacent proximal axial slots is equivalent to a circumferential spacing between adjacent distal axial slots.
US10174790B2
An inner ring includes: a pair of shoulder outer peripheral surfaces on first and second axial sides of a raceway surface of the inner ring in contact with balls; seal grooves disposed in first and second axial ends of the inner ring and defining labyrinth clearances with lips; and edges disposed on the first and second axial sides. Each of the edges is configured to cause grease flowing along an associated one of the shoulder outer peripheral surfaces to leave the shoulder outer peripheral surface in the direction of an extension thereof. Each of the lips includes a lip oblique surface functioning as a guide surface to guide the grease that has left the edge not to a radially inner region of the bearing but to a radially outer region of the bearing.
US10174788B2
A bearing arrangement comprising: a first bearing including a first inner race coupled to a rotatable component, a first outer race; and a plurality of first roller elements between the first inner race and the first outer race; a second bearing including a second inner race coupled to the rotatable component, a second outer race, and a plurality of second roller elements between the second inner race and the second outer race; a component, the first outer race being axially moveable relative to the component; and a member between the first bearing and the second bearing and arranged to provide an indirect first force on the first outer race to prevent the first roller elements from skidding when the first bearing and the second bearing receive a second force in a first direction, the second bearing being configured to transfer the second force to the component.
US10174777B2
A joint assembly that includes first and second joint members is provided. The joint assembly includes a reinforcing member that has an outer surface that defines a plurality of cavities. Foam is located in the joint members and engages the reinforcing member such that the foam is located in the cavities of the reinforcing member. Additionally or alternatively, the joint assembly may be constructed so that the inner surface of the first joint member defines a plurality of cavities. Foam is located in the joint members and engages the inner surface of the first joint member so that it is located in the cavities of the first joint member. Various methods of manufacturing and treating the joint assembly are also provided.
US10174776B2
A rail system includes a first rail unit with a hook portion forming a recessed cavity with an opening. A resilient strip or cord is located within the recessed cavity and is at least partially exposed through the opening. A cam portion positioned apart from the hook portion has a detent and a recessed portion. A second rail unit, releasably fastenable to the first rail unit, has a first flange section insertable into the hook portion of the first rail unit to compress the strip or cord and a second flange section snappable into the recessed portion of the cam portion of the first rail unit. The first flange extends through the opening of the recessed cavity and an end surface of the first flange engages the strip or cord when the second rail unit is fastened to the first rail unit.
US10174769B2
The present invention is a pump used for applications where a solid is present in wastewater and other liquids that requires cutting and reduction in size so as to pass the solid through the inlet to the outlet of the pump. The pump has a pump casing with an inlet and an outlet formed therein. A drive unit rotates a drive shaft extending axially through the pump casing to an impeller and a cutter bar. The pump is further configured with a radial cutter ring assembly positioned adjacent the cutter bar and the inlet providing a shredding cutting action of solids between the rotating cutter bar sliding past a radial cutter ring assembly held stationary, e.g. cutting blades formed in an edge of the cutter bar rotate across an internal surface of the radial cutter ring assembly. The pump also has an axial cutter ring assembly with one or more blades forming openings adapted for the passage of solids from the inlet to the outlet to provide a shearing cutting action of solids by a rotation of an upper surface of the cutter bar sliding past an axial cutting surface of the blades of the axial cutter ring assembly. The shred and shear pump may be configured with a plurality of slots on the internal surface of the radial cutter ring assembly to hold woven fibrous material for the shredding cutting action. The pump also features improved optimized flow, cutting and reducing solids in the form of woven fibrous materials, and adjustability of the cutter housing for precision and wear adjustment.
US10174763B1
A variable pitch fan assembly for an aero gas turbine engine that includes a row of fixed pitch blades in a core stream flow and a row of variable pitch blades in a bypass stream flow, and where a sync ring with a number of hydraulic actuators within a flow splitter of the fan stage is used to vary a pitch of each of the bypass stream flow blades. Hydraulic fluid lines pass through the shaft and through the fixed pitch fan blades into the hydraulic actuators to move the sync ring and vary a pitch of the variable pitch bypass flow fan blades.
US10174758B2
Pump units are known that have a drive shaft and a rotor, which is driven by the drive shaft and is arranged rotatably in a housing, the drive shaft having an oblique sliding plane, which interacts with the rotor and allows the rotor to nutate with the rotor axis thereof about a drive axis of the drive shaft, the rotor having a set of teeth on the end face of the rotor facing away from the drive shaft, said teeth meshing with a set of teeth formed on a housing of the pump unit, working spaces being formed between the teeth of the rotor and the teeth of the housing, which working spaces can be filled via an inlet and emptied via an outlet. It is disadvantageous that the pump unit has a comparatively large axial installation length, because the drive of the pump unit is arranged on an end of the drive shaft facing away from the rotor. In the pump unit according to the invention, the axial installation length is shortened. According to the invention the drive shaft (1) is surrounded by a stator (15) and magnets (16) are provided on the drive shaft (1), which magnets interact magnetically with the stator (15).
US10174754B2
A valve assembly with a valve member coaxially received within a valve casing and interacts with the casing to provide a one-way inlet valve at one end of the valve casing and a one-way outlet valve at the other end of the casing with an annular compartment therebetween adapted to be coupled to a variable volume compartment and thereby together provide a simplified construction for valving components of a fluid pump.
US10174753B2
A method for operating a linear compressor includes providing a current controller, a resonance controller and a clearance controller. The current controller, the resonance controller and the clearance controller are configured for regulating operating parameters of a motor of the linear compressor. By managing priority between the current controller, the resonance controller and the clearance controller, the method may assist with efficiently operating the linear compressor while also maintaining stability.
US10174751B2
The invention relates to a pump chamber (1) for a peristaltic pump, the pump chamber (1) comprising an elongate cavity (1.1) defined between an elastically deformable chamber wall (1.2) and a rigid chamber (1.3) wall, wherein the elastically deformable wall (1.2) and the rigid wall (1.3) are arranged as a one-piece part by two-component injection molding. The invention also refers to a method for producing the pump chamber (1) for a peristaltic pump, the method comprising a two-component injection molding of the elastically deformable wall (1.2) and the rigid chamber wall (1.3) thereby forming them as a one-piece part.
US10174748B2
An air pump device includes a housing having a barrel, a grasping device engaged in the housing for grasping an inflation valve to the housing selectively, a pumping mechanism coupled to the barrel of the housing for generating a pressurized air to the compartment of the housing, and a pressure gauge device engaged within the pumping mechanism for indicating a pressure in the chamber of the barrel and for preventing the pressure gauge device from being exposed. The pumping mechanism includes a tubular member having one end portion coupled to the barrel, and the tubular member includes a space for receiving the pressurized air from the tubular member.
US10174742B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind park comprising several wind power installations to feed electrical power into an electrical AC grid at a point of common coupling (PCC). The method comprises feeding a 3-phase current at a point of common coupling, identifying a grid voltage on the point of common coupling, comparing the grid voltage that was identified on point of common coupling with at least one predetermined set point value, determining set point values for wind power installations depending on a comparison conducted to meet a stability criterion on point of common coupling, passing the determined set point values to plant control units of the individual wind power installations, and producing electrical current at each of the wind power installations depending on the predetermined set point values to be jointly fed in on point of common coupling.
US10174740B2
A wave activated electric power generating system is durable even if exposed to a rainstorm, extremely simple in structure and highly efficient. A motion transfer medium rendering the rotary part of an electric generator less liable to produce slipping and a rotation transform member adapted to rotate while fitting with the motion transfer medium in movement are also provided. The system includes a buoy floating on the sea or lake so as to move up and down with the waves, and an underwater motion restrainer suspended underwater by water resistance, or submerged by its own weight on the sea or lake floor. Vertical movement of the buoy relative to the underwater motion restrainer is converted and transferred by the motion transfer medium in the form of an elongate rope vertically moving under the weight of an element to operate the rotary electric generator securely connected to the buoy.
US10174738B2
A control device suitable for use in a vehicle (such as, for example, for a glow plug of a vehicle) includes an electrically conductive element having a first end in electrical connection with a first solder joint and a second end in electrical connection with a second solder joint. A center region of the electrically conductive element is in electrical connection with a vehicle power source via an electrical connector node at the center region. When a temperature at the first solder joint exceeds a threshold temperature and a temperature at the second solder joint is below the threshold temperature, electrical connection at the first solder joint is broken and electrical connection at the second solder joint is not broken.
US10174727B2
An intake air control apparatus for a vehicle may include a valve flap provided in an air intake passage, the valve flap having a rotation shaft facing opposite sides of the air intake passage, to control a cross-sectional area of air intake flow according to a rotation angle thereof about the rotation shaft; a driving device supplying a driving force to the valve flap; and a port plate being provided in the air intake passage, with a longitudinal direction thereof being in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the air intake passage, the port plate dividing the air intake passage into an upper passage and a lower passage, wherein based on a width direction, at least a portion of the port plate has a height changing portion that changes a height of the port plate from a lower internal wall of the air intake passage.
US10174725B1
A fuel pump coolant assembly includes a fuel pump cap having a flanged bottom surface and a fuel pump support structure. A fuel cooling ring disposed between the fuel pump cap and the fuel pump support structure, wherein a sealed coolant cavity is formed by a portion of an external surface of the fuel pump support structure and an internal surface of the fuel cooling ring.
US10174724B2
A fuel reforming system for a vehicle includes an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) line for recirculating a part of exhaust gas of an engine towards an intake side, a fuel reformer provided on the EGR line, the fuel reformer reforming fuel that is to be supplied to the engine, and the fuel reformer supplying the reformed fuel to the engine via the EGR line, an EGR valve provided downstream of the fuel reformer, and a pressure control valve provided in the fuel reformer for controlling an inner pressure of the fuel reformer.
US10174722B2
A fuel vapor recovering structure for a vehicle, the vehicle having a side member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a cross member extending along a vehicle width direction, includes: a canister attached to the side member for absorbing a fuel evaporation gas in a fuel tank of the vehicle; and an atmosphere communicating pipe having a first end connected to the canister, and a second end opened to the atmosphere and inserted in the cross member.
US10174718B2
A combustion management device for generating a thrust burst to impart a physical impulse. In operation, a combustion chamber, defined by a valve unit (33), is primed to a set pressure and fueled by fuel injectors (23). An ignitor (22) then initiates combustion. Under force of combustion, the valve unit is moved, pulling an exhaust valve (18) from an exhaust port (16), releasing combustion products as thrust. Work may be derived from the travel of the valve unit, independent of the thrust generated. After combustion, a return mechanism returns the valve unit to the start position, ready to repeat the process. Simple design, and valve operations needing little more than pressure differentials to function, make for simplified construction, and more modular applications.
US10174708B2
A cooling structure of a multi-cylinder engine is provided, which includes a water jacket formed in a cylinder block to surround cylinder bores of cylinders arranged inline, a spacer, and a coolant inlet. The spacer includes openings at positions corresponding to inter-cylinder-bore portions and a rectifying part extending outwardly on a lower side of the openings. The rectifying part inclines continuously upwardly while extending in one of an exhaust- and intake-side section of the jacket from a first end side to a second end side that is the opposite side from the first end side in a cylinder line-up direction, extending on the second end side from the one of the exhaust- and intake-side sections to the other one of the exhaust- and intake-side sections, and then extending from the second end side to the first end side in the other one of the exhaust- and intake-side sections.
US10174697B2
A fuel supply device for a liquefied petroleum direct injection (LPDI) engine in which liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is directly injected into a combustion chamber and a start control method of an LPDI engine having the fuel supply device, wherein the high pressure fuel pump receives and compresses fuel to a pressure higher than a pressure at which fuel has been supplied, wherein the high pressure fuel rail buffers and supplies fuel to a direct injector that injects fuel directly into a combustion chamber, wherein the return line is connected to the supply line through the high pressure fuel pump to form a low pressure line, allowing a surplus portion of fuel supplied to the high pressure fuel pump from the fuel tank to return to the fuel tank, and wherein a first valve is disposed on the return line to control the flow rate of returning fuel.
US10174695B2
When switching an operation mode from a stoichiometric mode to a lean mode, a rich spike that supplies excessive fuel relative to a theoretical air-fuel ratio is executed. If the temperature of the SCR is greater than or equal to an upper limit temperature at a time of the switching, after execution of the rich spike, the switching to the lean mode is executed after executing transient control that makes the EGR rate higher than EGR rate in the lean mode and makes the in-cylinder air-fuel ratio an air-fuel ratio between the theoretical air-fuel ratio and the air-fuel ratio in the lean mode.
US10174691B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed that include a divided exhaust engine with at least one primary EGR cylinder and a plurality of non-primary EGR cylinders. The systems, apparatus and methods control the amount of recirculated exhaust gas in a charge flow in response to EGR fraction deviation conditions.
US10174688B2
A method of controlling an engine system equipped with a supercharger may include determining a target value of boost pressure, depending on an rpm of an engine and then determining whether the supercharger is in an operable region, deducing a target rpm of the supercharger, based on a reference value previously input into the controller and a current state value of a vehicle input into the controller, when it has been determined in the operating-region determination that the supercharger is in the operable region, setting a maximum value, in the target rpm deduced in the target-rpm deduction, to a drive rpm of the supercharger, and verifying whether the set drive rpm is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value previously input into the controller, and driving the supercharger at the set drive rpm, by closing the bypass valve to open the supercharger path.
US10174687B2
A method of controlling an engine which has a continuous variable valve duration (CVVD) device that controls an operation of opening or closing an intake valve, and an ETC device that controls an operation of opening or closing a throttle valve and adjusts the amount of air to be introduced into a combustion chamber, may include determining whether it is necessary to increase or decrease engine torque; changing a duration of the intake valve by using the CVVD device when it is necessary to increase or decrease the engine torque; and adjusting the amount of air introduced through the ETC device in a state in which the duration of the intake valve is changed.
US10174686B2
An ECU calculates a target phase angle of an intake valve, a target phase angle of an exhaust valve, and a target overlap period based on a rotational speed and a load factor of an engine. The ECU is configured to, in the case where valve timings of the intake valve and the exhaust valve are advanced, set the target phase angle of an intake valve and the target phase angle of the exhaust valve as the target phase angles of the exhaust valve and the intake valve when a minus overlap takes place.
US10174683B2
This invention provides a gas turbine power generation equipment adapted to prevent step out of an electric power generator due to a system trouble such as a momentary power failure in a local grid including intermittent renewable energy generation equipment and the gas turbine power generation equipment. The gas turbine power generation equipment that supplies electric power in cooperation with the intermittent renewable energy generation equipment in the local grid interconnected to a power grid includes: a fuel flow control valve that controls a flow rate of fuel supplied to a combustor; a bleed valve or inlet air flow control valve that controls a flow rate of air compressed by a compressor and supplied to the combustor; and a control unit configured so that if voltage on the power grid decreases below a threshold V(t), the control unit outputs a control signal to at least one of the fuel flow control valve, the bleed valve, and the inlet air flow control valve. The control unit thereby reduces instantaneously at least one of the fuel flow rate and the compressed air flow rate. After an elapse of a predetermined time, the control unit instantaneously returns the reduced flow rate to its original level.
US10174682B2
Provided are more efficient techniques for operating gas turbine systems. In one embodiment a gas turbine system comprises an oxidant system, a fuel system, a control system, and a number of combustors adapted to receive and combust an oxidant from the oxidant system and a fuel from the fuel system to produce an exhaust gas. The gas turbine system also includes a number of oxidant-flow adjustment devices, each of which are operatively associated with one of the combustors, wherein an oxidant-flow adjustment device is configured to independently regulate an oxidant flow rate into the associated combustor. An exhaust sensor is in communication with the control system. The exhaust sensor is adapted to measure at least one parameter of the exhaust gas, and the control system is configured to independently adjust each of the oxidant-flow adjustment devices based, at least in part, on the parameter measured by the exhaust sensor.
US10174672B2
An electric waste gate valve control device controls a waste gate valve provided in a waste gate passage that bypasses a portion between an upstream and a downstream of a turbine driven by exhaust of an engine and opening/closing the waste gate passage by an electric actuator. The electric waste gate valve control device includes: a position sensor that detects a position of the waste gate valve; an actuator controller that controls the electric actuator such that an opening degree of the waste gate valve becomes a target opening degree; and a fully closed position learning unit that performs fully closed position learning to acquire the position of the waste gate valve at a time when the electric actuator is driven to bring the waste gate valve into a fully closed state.
US10174656B2
An exhaust system is for a marine propulsion device having an internal combustion engine. A catalyst housing has a housing inlet end that receives an exhaust gas flow from the internal combustion engine into the catalyst housing and an opposite, housing outlet end that discharges the exhaust flow out of the catalyst housing. A catalyst is disposed in the catalyst housing. The catalyst has a catalyst inlet end that receives the exhaust gas flow and an opposite, catalyst outlet end that discharges the exhaust gas flow. A catalyst mantel is on an outer periphery of the catalyst. The catalyst mantel has a mantel inlet end and an opposite, mantel outlet end. A radial flange is on at least one of the mantel outlet end and mantel inlet end. A connector mates with an inner diameter of the catalyst housing. The radially extending flange of the catalyst mantel is axially sandwiched between the connector and a radially inner shoulder of the catalyst housing.
US10174654B2
An internal combustion engine exhaust system muffler (1) has a housing (2) within which two chambers (3) are formed with an inner panel (4) arranged therebetween. The inner panel (4) has at least one collar (8) at the edge, which has an outer side (9) facing the housing (2), and wherein the housing (2) has, on an inner side (11), in the area of the inner panel (4), at least one contour (12), which faces the collar (8) and with which the collar (8) is in contact. Reduced noise generation, reduced wear as well as prolonged service life can be achieved with the outer side (9) of the collar (8) forming a cone structure (10) in profile and the contour (12) of the housing (2) forms a cone structure seat (13) with a complementary cone profile and with which the cone (10) is flatly and non-positively in contact.
US10174650B2
A vehicle incorporates a turbocharged internal combustion engine and a crankcase ventilation system. That crankcase ventilation system includes a first vent line connecting a cam cover at a first spigot to an air inlet duct at a second spigot. In addition the system includes a second vent line connected between the crankcase and the intake manifold of the engine. A one-way valve is provided in the second vent line. A restriction is integrated into either the first spigot, the second spigot or a quick connect that connects the first vent line to the first or second spigot.
US10174649B2
An engine block, an engine subassembly, and method for providing and manufacturing an engine block. The engine block includes a plurality of cylinder barrels positioned in the engine block, at least one oil jacket channel formed in the engine block, and an oil inlet port positioned in a peripheral wall of the engine block and connected to the at least one oil jacket channel. The at least one oil jacket channel includes a plurality of curved channel sections. Each curved channel section in the plurality of curved channel sections extends about at least a portion of a circumferential portion of a respective cylinder barrel in the plurality of cylinder barrels. The at least one oil jacket channel extends between adjacent cylinder barrels of the plurality of cylinder barrels in the engine block.
US10174633B2
According to one aspect, a fan blade containment apparatus for turbofan engines includes a containment hook and a fan case barrel. The containment hook and the fan case barrel are formed from composite materials, and the containment hook is attached to the fan case barrel such that the containment hook contains forward motion of a fan blade during a fan blade off event. The apparatus further includes the containment hook being arranged to shorten the axial length of the fan case barrel.
US10174628B2
An axially divided inner ring for a turbomachine, for fastening to guide vanes of the turbomachine. The inner ring comprises at least one first, solid ring segment disposed upstream, and a second, solid ring segment disposed downstream, wherein the first ring segment is joined to the second ring segment in a detachable manner by means of at least one fastening element. The first ring segment and/or the second ring segment is joined to at least one sealing segment. The inner ring comprises a securing element for securing the fastening element, wherein the securing element is joined to the first ring segment and/or to the second ring segment. In addition, the present invention relates to a guide vane ring of a turbomachine having guide vanes, which have an axially divided inner ring according to the invention.
US10174626B2
A partially coated blade for a gas turbine engine, including a fillet surface surrounding the airfoil section and connecting it to the platform section. A radially outermost portion of the pressure side and leading edge is covered by a thermal barrier coating. This portion extends radially from a first limit to the blade tip. The first limit is located at a radial distance from the platform of at most 21% of the maximum span. The fillet surface is free or substantially free of the thermal barrier coating. In another embodiment, a second portion of the pressure side and of the leading edge is free or substantially free of the thermal barrier coating, extending radially from the platform section to a second limit located a radial distance from the platform section corresponding to at least 5% of the maximum span. A method of applying a thermal barrier coating is also discussed.
US10174624B1
A blade for a gas turbine engine includes composite layers that include a uni-directional layer and a fabric compliant wedge layer that are arranged adjacent to the uni-directional layer. The fabric compliant wedge layer has a reduced compressive Young's modulus compared to the uni-directional layer.
US10174622B2
A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine may include at least two wrapped, serpentine-shaped internal cooling paths. A first one of the serpentine-shaped internal cooling paths may include a first passage that extends radially along a leading edge of the turbine blade from adjacent a root end of the turbine blade to adjacent a tip end of the turbine blade. The first passage may be configured to provide fresh cooling fluid to the leading edge. A second passage downstream of the first passage may be configured to discharge spent cooling fluid from the first passage of the first one of the serpentine-shaped internal cooling paths across a plurality of flow disrupters positioned along an upper span of a trailing edge of the turbine blade before exiting from the trailing edge of the turbine blade. A second one of the serpentine-shaped internal cooling paths may be configured to supply fresh cooling fluid to a lower span of the trailing edge of the turbine blade.
US10174616B2
Disclosed is a cable anchor assembly including: a cable anchor body longitudinally extending between leading and trailing ends; a tensioning device with an outer member having first and second ends and a threaded through passage between the ends and an inner member which threadedly engages the threaded passage of the outer member and fixedly attached to the cable anchor body at or towards the trailing end; a faceplate engaging the cable anchor body between the leading end and the tensioning device. In use, with the cable anchor body inserted in a borehole and anchored therein, the faceplate positioned against a rock face and the first end of the outer member abutting the faceplate, the outer member is rotatable relative to the inner member, causing the inner member to move within the passage towards the second end of the outer member, drawing on the cable anchor body, tensioning the body.
US10174615B2
The invention relates to a cutter holder (1) for a tunnel boring machine, comprising: a housing (2) comprising two cavities (26) formed in opposite walls (20), and two clamping sets (3), configured to be removably mounted on either side of the roller cutter (10) in the housing (2), and each comprising: a base plate (32), and a center wedge (34), movably mounted on the base plate (32), two side wedges (36), hinged between the base plate (32) and the center wedge (34) between a retracted position and a clamping position, wherein the side wedges (36) transversely swing and enter into the cavity (26) facing the housing (2).
US10174614B2
A method and mine vehicle includes at least one scanning device for scanning surroundings of the mine vehicle and producing operational point cloud data. The mine vehicle has a control unit provided with reference point cloud data of the mine. The control unit is configured to match the operational point cloud data to the reference point cloud data in order to determine position of the mine vehicle. The control unit further includes a mine work plan, which is connected to the detected position of the mine vehicle.
US10174610B2
An in-well type acoustic telemetry system includes an elongate tubular housing, an elongate transmitter in the tubular housing, and a receiver in the tubular housing. The transmitter is adapted to generate an output acoustic signal by linearly fluctuating along a transmitter axis in response to an electrical signal. The receiver is adapted to generate a second electrical signal by linearly fluctuating along a receiver axis that is parallel to or coincides with the transmitter axis.
US10174604B2
Methods and systems for logging a wellbore having a casing are described. Acoustic energy, typically ultrasonic acoustic energy, is used to stimulate reverberation of the casing at a harmonic (for example, the second or third harmonic) of the resonance frequency of the casing. One or more acoustic sensors are used to measure acoustic signals generated by the casing reverberation. Parameters of the casing are calculated based on the measured acoustic signals adjusted by an adjustment factor determined by the particular harmonic. The use of harmonics instead of the fundamental resonance frequency allows wellbores with casings having walls thicker than 0.625 inches to be logged.
US10174599B2
A method of pumping an oilfield fluid from a well surface to a wellbore is provided that includes providing a clean stream; operating one or more clean pumps to pump the clean stream from the well surface to the wellbore; providing a dirty stream including a solid material disposed in a fluid carrier; and operating one or more dirty pumps to pump the dirty stream from the well surface to the wellbore, wherein the clean stream and the dirty stream together form said oilfield fluid.
US10174597B2
Recovering oil from a subterranean formation is disclosed, comprising processing a source water to produce a processed water stream and a reject water stream; injecting a first fluid into an injection well toward a first downhole exhaust, wherein the first fluid comprises the processed water stream; and injecting a second fluid into the injection well toward a second downhole exhaust, wherein the second fluid comprises the reject water stream or a produced water stream, wherein the first fluid is separated from the second fluid within the injection well; and producing oil via a production well.
US10174593B2
System and method for implementing a reservoir simulation system are described. One embodiment is a computer-implemented method of coarsening a fine grid including a plurality of fine gridblocks, the fine grid representing a geological model having at least one discontinuity therein. The method comprises grouping a number of fine gridblocks together to form coarse gridblocks, wherein at least one of the coarse gridblocks is a nonstandard-shaped gridblock; and calculating a transmissibility for each pair of adjacent coarse gridblocks in which at least one gridblock of the coarse gridblock pair is a nonstandard-shaped gridblock. The calculating comprises calculating a transmissibility for each pair of adjacent fine gridblocks; mapping each of the fine gridblock pairs to a coarse gridblock pair; and for each gridblock pair, summing the transmissiblities of the fine gridblock pairs mapped thereto.
US10174591B2
A junk basket, comprising: mating parts, each mating part comprising an annulus covering portion, a cylindrical wall portion, a nipple seat portion and a nipple connector secured to the annulus covering portion, the cylindrical wall portion forming an interior wall to the annulus covering part; and the mating parts when mated forming an annulus covering surface, a nipple seat and a cylindrical wall forming an interior boundary to the annulus covering surface.
US10174566B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a riser tensioner includes a cylinder barrel, a rod reciprocally carried within the cylinder barrel and having an external end sealingly extending out of a proximal end of the cylinder barrel, and a piston on an interior end of the rod that slides and seals against an inner surface of the cylinder barrel. The tensioner further includes a selectively sealed low pressure chamber in the cylinder barrel between the piston and a distal end of the cylinder barrel and fillable with a low pressure fluid, and a selectively sealed annulus between the rod and the cylinder barrel, the annulus extending between the piston and the proximal end of the cylinder barrel and fillable with an annulus fluid at a pressure higher than the low pressure fluid, thereby urging the piston and rod towards retraction.
US10174561B2
A cutting element may include a substrate including a plurality of metal carbide particles and a first metal binder having a first metal binder content; an outer layer of polycrystalline diamond material at an end of the cutting element, the polycrystalline diamond material including a plurality of interconnected diamond particles; and a plurality of interstitial regions disposed among the interconnected diamond particles, the plurality of interstitial regions containing a second metal binder having a second metal binder content. The cutting element also includes at least one transition zone between the substrate and the outer layer, the at least one transition zone including a plurality of refractory metal carbide particles and a third metal binder having a third metal binder content, the third metal binder content being less than the first metal binder content and the second metal binder content.
US10174558B2
A method of connecting to an existing wellbore downhole can include installing a swellable material into the existing wellbore from a connecting wellbore drilled into the existing wellbore. A well system can include a relief wellbore drilled proximate an existing wellbore, a connecting wellbore drilled from the relief wellbore to the existing wellbore, a tubular string extending from the relief wellbore through the connecting wellbore and into the existing wellbore, and a swellable material which swells in an annulus formed between the tubular string and at least one of the relief wellbore, the connecting wellbore and the existing wellbore. Another method of connecting to an existing wellbore downhole can include drilling a relief wellbore proximate the existing wellbore, then drilling a connecting wellbore from the relief wellbore to the existing wellbore, and then installing a swellable material into the existing wellbore from the connecting wellbore.
US10174553B2
The disclosed method enables control of an actuator for winding a blackout screen around a winding shaft. The actuator includes at least one electric motor. The method includes: at least one step that involves using an electronic unit to detect screen locking, during lowering or raising, by detecting a torque exerted by the motor on the winding shaft, the torque being determined on the basis of a current for supplying power to the motor; and a step that involves stopping the motor when a signal representing the detected current is greater than a threshold value. The electronic unit is parametrizable. Moreover, the method includes at least one additional step, used when the signal representing the detected current is less than the threshold value and involving detecting, on the basis of the detected current, a localized change in the shape of the screen, during lowering, by using the same electronic unit.
US10174547B2
An unequal-torque coil spring and a spring motor thereof which is adapted for a curtain set that can automatically fold back a curtain; the same provides a feedback torque that responds to different stages of a curtain-folding working process and generates various corresponding torque in response, as each of the different stages requires a different force. Consequently, the curtain can be folded back at a steady speed, and positionally fixed at any height when the curtain is lowered.
US10174546B2
The system includes information and data from analysis systems about optimal window covering positions that is communicated to building occupants. The analysis system communicates information to the occupant via the occupant's client computer to allow the occupant to fully or partially adjust the position of a manual shade or motorized shade, without the need for the analysis system to fully or partially electronically control the shades. The system may also adjust window covering systems and other systems to ensure desired or optimal daylight exposure in order promote optimal circadian functionality in the occupants.
US10174545B2
A fabric fire rated door is described. The door utilizes a fire resistant fabric curtain with an end lock attachment. A tubular steel shaft is driven by an internal tube motor. The shaft is supported to minimize deflection. Single door shafts can also be joined together with a coupler shaft to create infinitely wide doors. The coupler shaft is spring loaded to act as a take up reel for a coupling curtain which will overlap each adjacent single door shaft. All curtains are attached to the same bottom bar. A hood covers the shaft, curtain, and the supports that run across the width of the door. The curtain travels over these horizontal supports as it drops down through the hood opening. The horizontal supports keep the curtain in position for proper seal during a fire/smoke event.
US10174540B2
A refrigerator has a heat-insulated carcass which has an inner container with a cool able interior space for storing food, a refrigeration device for cooling the interior space, an electromechanical opening assisting device, and a door leaf mounted to the carcass for opening and closing the interior space. The opening assisting device contains an actuator configured to open the door leaf automatically by displacement of a control body. The actuator has a displaceable base body, a plunger mounted in the base body as the control body and an overload protection device arresting the plunger in the base body. The overload protection device fixes the plunger rigidly in the base body, for as long as an impact force acting on the plunger remains smaller than a trigger force and to release the plunger from the base body as soon as an impact force acting on the plunger exceeds the trigger force.
US10174539B2
An automatic gate lifter for a vehicle may include a driving motor configured to provide rotational driving power, a hinge member constituting a hinge shaft such that a gate included in the vehicle is rotated about the hinge shaft, and an electronic clutch selectively connecting the hinge member and the driving motor such that the rotational driving power of the driving motor is selectively transmitted to the hinge member.
US10174537B1
A counterbalance system for a window sash in a window frame. The window frame has guide tracks. The guide tracks have wall surfaces. The wall surfaces are supported by reinforcement ribs. A mounting slot is formed in the guide track. The mounting slot is formed in a limited area of a wall that is not supported by a reinforcement rib. A coil spring is provided. The coil spring is made of a steel ribbon having a first end, an opposite second end, and a slot engagement configuration proximate said second end. The coil spring has a wide first width from its first end to the slot engagement configuration. This first width is too large to directly engage the mounting slot. The steel ribbon is reduced to a second width through the slot engagement configuration and continuing to the second end to pass into the mounting slot.
US10174536B2
A door hinge with at least one hinge axis, at least one holding arm that engages on the hinge axis and at least one contour, in which the at least one holding arm is supported on the contour with at least one section, retaining disks are arranged adjacent to the at least one holding arm and brake disks are arranged adjacent to the contour in order to generate a holding torque that is dependent on the opening angle, wherein the retaining disks and the brake disks engage into one another, and wherein at least the first holding arm, which is supported on the contour, is or can be stressed at least relative to the contour by a basic clamping force.
US10174535B2
A hinge module assembled to a first body and a second body of an electronic device and including a first rotating shaft assembled to the first body and having a first limiting portion, a second rotating shaft movably and rotatably assembled to the second body, a linking member, a switching member, and a transmission couple is provided. The second rotating shaft is fixed to the linking member and has a second limiting portion. The first rotating shaft is rotatably assembled to the linking member. The switching member movably passes through the linking member. The first limiting portion and the second limiting portion are located at two opposite ends of a moving path of the switching member to be interfered therewith. The transmission couple is respectively disposed at the second rotating shaft and the second body.
US10174534B2
The description relates to devices, such as computing devices that have hinged portions. One example can include a first portion and a second portion. This example can also include a sequential multi-pivot hinge assembly rotatably securing the first portion and the second portion. The sequential multi-pivot hinge assembly can include a first set of links configured to control a relative order of rotation around individual axes of rotation of the sequential multi-pivot hinge assembly when the first and second portions are being rotated away from one another and a second different set of links configured to control the relative order of rotation around the individual axes of rotation of the sequential multi-pivot hinge assembly when the first and second portions are being rotated toward one another.
US10174532B2
A door security system is provided which is used to prevent a door, which separates first and second spaces, from opening. The door security system includes a security apparatus which is configured to be engaged with the floor within a first space. If the door is to be opened into the first space, the security apparatus blocks the door from opening into the first space. If the door is to be opened into the second space, an attachment assembly of the door security system acts in concert with the attachment assembly to block the door from opening into the second space. The door security system further includes a release mechanism which can be manipulated from the second space to disengage the security apparatus within the first space, thereby allowing for the door to be opened into either the first or second spaces, as appropriate.
US10174531B2
A locking device, in which a larger force is required only when a vertical moving block protruding from a lower surface of a locking hook is moved up and down while being in line contact with a vertical-movement support block, thus allowing the locking device to be easily used with a relatively smaller force. Further, the tilting guide is restored by a restoring force of a restoring member, so that no frictional force is generated between the tilting guide and the housing, thus preventing a noise from being generated and allowing for a smooth operation, thereby ensuring the ease of use.
US10174528B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle door handle for locking and/or activating a door of a motor vehicle, having a handle housing and a pulling handle arranged in the handle housing, wherein in a closed position the pulling handle terminates flush with the handle housing and/or rests in the handle housing and can be moved into an operating position in which the pulling handle protrudes outward from the handle housing and it can be gripped from the rear, wherein when the pulling handle is pulled manually in the operating position the door lock and/or the door opens, wherein the pulling handle has two articulation points spaced apart from one another, wherein the pulling handle is mounted at the first articulation point in an articulated fashion at one end of a first rotary lever, and is mounted spaced apart therefrom at the second articulation point in an articulated fashion at one end of a second rotary lever, wherein the two rotary levers rotate about rotational axes in order to move the pulling handle from the closed position into the operating position.
US10174522B2
An enhanced slide and hook locking mechanism control system for vending machines and the like that utilizes a reversible motor and worm gear drive that operates the slide and book mechanism. The worm drive is coupled to the slide through a crankshaft type of interconnection. Or as alternatives, the slide means can be gear driven or it may be connected using push-pull type of cable or rod. An electronic control with a microcomputer interface drives the motor control and the system may be operated by a keypad or a remote wireless control device.
US10174520B1
A hand tool for use by a user to lock and unlock a locking mechanism to secure a pallet to an aircraft is provided. The locking mechanism is coupled to a floor of the aircraft and includes a release trigger operably connected to a clamp that is designed to engage with a flange of the pallet. The hand tool includes an elongated rod having a top portion, an intermediate portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a hook member with a curved hook portion continuously connected to an end hook portion, the end hook portion having a top slanted surface oriented approximately 5 degrees relative to a first horizontal plane. The elongated rod is designed to maneuver to permit the hook member to communicate with the release trigger of the locking mechanism, thereby unlocking or locking the locking mechanism.
US10174515B1
A combination of a covered, raised corner desk and seating area and walk-up corner bar provides a degree of security and privacy while encouraging working together and meeting with persons standing at the outside of the bar/desk.
US10174502B2
A multiple support wall structure according to the present invention includes: a pair of top and bottom support plates that has a plurality of rectangular projective islands separated by lattice-shaped projections protruding in the shape of a go board, and protruding upward in the opposite direction to the lattice-shaped projections; and a intermediate reinforcing plate that is disposed between the top and bottom support plates, has upward projective insertions protruding in a shape corresponding to the rectangular islands to be fitted in the rectangular islands of the top support plate, has top grooves formed laterally and longitudinally between the upward projective insertions to fit the lattice-shaped projections, has downward projective insertions formed in the same shape as but in the opposite direction to the upward projective insertions in spaces diagonally adjacent to the upward projective insertions, and has bottom grooves formed laterally and longitudinally between the downward projective insertions.
US10174493B2
A liquid cleaning system rests on a surface having a non-porous material covering and a drain. A lower plate layer and an upper plate layer each have runners arranged in a grid. The lower plate layer rests upon the surface and the upper plate layer rests upon the lower plate layer offset at an angle with respect to the grid of the lower plate layer. An upper layer covers the upper plate layer and has a plurality of holes for the passage of fluids into the liquid cleaning system. As liquid enters the liquid cleaning system through the holes, the liquid traverses the grid of the lower plate layer and the grid of the upper plate layer flowing towards the drain, and contaminants within the liquid collect within the grid of the lower plate layer and the grid of the upper plate layer.
US10174485B2
A system for providing reconfigurable input devices for a work vehicle may generally include a plurality of input devices configured to receive operator inputs associated with controlling the operation of a plurality of components. Each input device may include a light source. In addition, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the input devices. The controller may be configured to store an input device assignment for each of the components that assigns each input device to a respective one of the components. The controller may also be configured to transmit a control signal to each input device that causes the light source of each input device to produce colored light, wherein a specific color of the colored light produced by the light source of each input device provides a visual indicator of the input device assignment for each of the components.
US10174483B2
A power transmission device of a work vehicle has an input shaft, an output shaft, a gear mechanism, and an electric motor. The gear mechanism has a planetary gear mechanism and transmits the rotation of the input shaft to the output shaft. The electric motor is connected to a rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism. The power transmission device is configured to change the rotation speed ratio of the output shaft with respect to the input shaft by changing the rotation speed of the electric motor. A control unit has a target torque determination unit and a target torque correcting unit. The target torque determination unit determines a target torque of the electric motor. The target torque correcting unit corrects the target torque according to a correction torque based on a moment of inertia of the electric motor.
US10174470B2
An electrically conductive carriageway marking includes a carrier strip, electrically conductive wires extending along the carrier strip, an electrically insulating covering layer covering the wires, a power feed formed by an interface connecting the wires to a supply line, and interfaces arranged spaced apart from each other along the carriageway marking and having electrical contact areas. The contact areas include contact elements protruding laterally from the carriageway marking, and the supply line is connectable to a first contact area of the wires and a second contact area of the wires by electrical contacts that can be tapped off. In the region of the contact areas the covering layer is formed by a detachable adhesive protective strip, and the protective strip is connected via predetermined break points or perforations to adjoining sections of the covering layer, and the wires are exposed by detaching the protective strip.
US10174464B2
An apparatus for contouring particulate material may include a frame and at least one drum rotatably mounted on the frame such that the drum rotates substantially freely with respect to the frame about a central longitudinal axis. The drum may have opposite inboard and outboard ends and an outer surface therebetween. At least one blade may extend about the drum and protrude outwardly from the outer surface of the drum, and the blade may have an outer edge with a radius measured from the central longitudinal axis in a plane oriented in perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the drum to the outer edge. The outer edge of the blade may have a helical shape and the radius of the outer edge may be less at the outboard end of the drum than the radius of the outer edge at the inboard end of the drum.
US10174458B2
Embossed fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 270 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and more particularly to embossed fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 270 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and a Total Dry Tensile of less than 2375 g/76.2 mm and/or a Geometric Mean Total Dry Tensile of less than 1130 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method are provided.
US10174457B2
A nanocomposite material with antimicrobial properties, based on cellulose packed with a mineral filler (zeolite) exchanged with silver, characterised in that the mineral filler is made up of Y-type zeolites, while silver occurs in a form bound with the zeolite matrix in the form of cations and, optionally, nanoparticles of reduced silver, as well as a method for preparation of such a material and its application for the wrapping of plants, works of art, archives and antique objects, as well as food, pharmaceuticals and animal fodder.
US10174454B2
A copolymer composition is disclosed with advantages for textile fibers, yarns, blended yarns, fabrics, and garments. The composition includes polyester copolymer, between about 4.5 and 5.5 percent adipic acid based on the amount of copolymer, between about 630 and 770 parts per million (ppm) of pentaerythritol based on the amount of copolymer, and between about 3.4 and 4.2 percent polyethylene glycol based on the amount of copolymer.
US10174450B2
A reversible sequin pattern sheet includes a layer of fabric positionable substantially in a plane and a plurality of sequins each having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the sequins being arranged in an array. Each sequin includes an aperture extending between the first and second surfaces, at least a portion of the first and second surfaces of the sequins having different indicia thereon. A thread extending through each aperture is secured to the fabric layer for securing the sequins to the fabric layer and for allowing each sequin to pivot with respect to the fabric layer between a first position and a second position. The indicia are selected such that when the array is in the first position a first message is conveyed, and when the array is in the second position a second message is conveyed.
US10174445B2
A jacquard fabric for a mattress ticking to be used for a bedding mattress and a method for knitting this jacquard fabric are provided. The method according to the present invention is a method for producing a jacquard fabric for a mattress ticking using a double-sided needle selection circular knitting machine of a rib gating type, the method by which a suitable pattern is created by means of computer-based needle selection on a cylinder side, a suitable pattern is also created by means of computer-based needle selection on a dial side, and a suitable knitting structure is made in a suitable part by combining the pattern obtained on the cylinder side with the pattern obtained on the dial side. As a result of employing an irregular twill pattern as a background knitting structure serving as a base, a stretchable fabric that has a soft texture, a tight knitting structure, and similar strength to woven fabric is obtained.
US10174439B2
A silicon wafer used in manufacturing crystalline GaN for light emitting diodes (LEDs) includes a silicon substrate, a buffer layer of aluminum nitride (AlN) and an upper layer of GaN. The silicon wafer has a diameter of at least 200 millimeters and an Si(111)1×1 surface. The AlN buffer layer overlies the Si(111) surface. The GaN upper layer is disposed above the buffer layer. Across the entire wafer substantially no aluminum atoms of the AlN are present in a bottom most plane of atoms of the AlN, and across the entire wafer substantially only nitrogen atoms of the AlN are present in the bottom most plane of atoms of the AlN. A method of making the AlN buffer layer includes preflowing a first amount of ammonia equaling less than 0.01% by volume of hydrogen flowing through a chamber before flowing trimethylaluminum and then a subsequent amount of ammonia through the chamber.
US10174433B2
A stannous methanesulfonate solution for tin electroplating applications and a method of forming the same are disclosed. The solution has an elevated pH. The solution also has a sufficient tin concentration for electroplating applications.
US10174431B2
An electrochemical reduction device includes an electrode unit, a power control unit, a concentration measurement unit, and a control unit. The electrode unit includes an electrolyte membrane, a reduction electrode, and an oxygen evolving electrode. The control unit controls the power control unit such that a current value I flowing through the reduction electrode and the oxygen evolving electrode satisfies Equation, I≤Imax (C). In Equation, a maximum current value Imax (C) is defined according to a concentration C of an aromatic compound obtained by the concentration measurement unit such that Faraday efficiency is to be a predetermined value or more.
US10174426B2
The coated metal plate pertaining to the present invention is a coated metal plate for exterior use, and has a metal plate and a top coating film disposed on the metal plate. The top coating film contains 0.01-15 vol % of porous particles as a gloss adjusting agent, and the coated metal plate satisfies the expressions below. In the expressions below, R is the number-average particle diameter (μm), D97.5 is the diameter (μm) of 97.5% of the particles, Ru is the upper limit particle diameter (μm), and T is the film thickness (μm) of the top coating film in the number particle size distribution of the gloss adjusting agent. D97.5/T≤0.7; Ru≤1.2T; R≥1.0; 3≤T≤20.
US10174425B2
A non-aqueous stannous alkoxide composition comprises: component (a) comprising a water-insoluble stannous alkoxide complex comprising stannous ions in an amount of at least 1 weight %, and a photocurable component (b), non-photocurable water-insoluble polymer component (c) having a molecular weight of at least 10,000, or both the photocurable component (b) and the non-photocurable water-insoluble polymer component (c). When photocurable component (b) is present, the non-aqueous stannous alkoxide composition further comprises photosensitizer component (d) that is different from all of components (a) through (c), in an amount of at least 1 weight %. These compositions can be used to prepare silver particles as “seed” catalysts in various articles that can then be used for other purposes such as electroless plating.
US10174422B2
Methods and apparatus for selective gas injection and extraction for use in a substrate processing chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a gas injection and extraction apparatus includes a plate having a plurality of apertures through a thickness of the plate, each aperture of the plurality of apertures having an aperture wall; a plurality of tubes, each tube partially disposed within one of the plurality of apertures, wherein a disposed portion of each of the tubes is spaced apart from at least a portion of the aperture wall of the aperture in which it is disposed, thereby forming an interstice between at least a portion of the aperture wall and the disposed portion of the tube; a gas supply fluidly coupled to each of the tubes; and a vacuum source fluidly coupled to each of the interstices.
US10174420B2
This invention provides a method for forming an oxide layer on a metal substrate, which enables manufacture of an oxide layer with improved crystal orientation in comparison with that of the outermost layer of a metal substrate. The method for forming an oxide layer on a metal substrate 20 via RF magnetron sputtering comprises a step of subjecting the crystal-oriented metal substrate 20 exhibiting a c-axis orientation of 99% on its outermost layer to RF magnetron sputtering while adjusting the angle α formed by a perpendicular at a film formation position 20a on the metal substrate 20 and a line from the film formation position 20a to a point 10a at which the perpendicular magnetic flux density is zero on the target 10 located at the position nearest to the film formation position 20a to 15 degrees or less.
US10174416B2
A chromium-based oxidation protection layer for substrates that are subjected to high temperatures in which the layer includes a chromium-containing layer system that has a base layer and a functional layer, the base layer is situated between the substrate and the functional layer, the base layer contains at least mostly chromium nitride, and the functional layer contains chromium oxide. According to certain embodiments, the chromium-containing layer system has a functional layer having a multilayer structure that includes alters deposited individual layers A and B, the composition of the individual layers A differs from the composition of the individual layers B, the individual layers A contain at least mostly aluminum chromium nitride or chromium nitride, and the individual layers B contain at least mostly aluminum chromium oxide or chromium oxide or aluminum chromium oxynitride or chromium oxynitride.
US10174412B2
A method for forming a vertically cracked thermal barrier coating is disclosed including positioning an article relative to a heat source. The article includes a thermal barrier coating disposed on a first surface of a substrate, and the substrate includes a second surface distal across the substrate from the first surface. Heat is applied locally to at least one discrete portion of the second surface of the substrate. At least one vertical crack in the thermal barrier coating is formed disposed over the at least one discrete portion. An article is disclosed including a substrate and a vertically-cracked thermal barrier coating disposed on the substrate. The vertically cracked thermal barrier coating includes at least one vertical crack in the thermal barrier coating and at least one of a low density of less than 85% of a theoretical density for the thermal barrier coating and a selective crack distribution.
US10174400B2
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recovering metals from metalliferous starting materials comprising steps of i) leaching the metalliferous starting material in chloride-based leaching liquor, ii) withdrawing from the leaching step i) aqueous chloride solution with dissolved metals, iii) recovering metal value from the aqueous chloride solution in a metal recovery process step, iv) neutralizing hydrogen chloride content of the aqueous chloride solution in the metal recovery process step with adding hydrolyzed ammonia to the process solution so as to form ammonium chloride, v) withdrawing ammonium chloride containing process solution to an ammonium regeneration step where calcium-containing reagent is added to generate calcium chloride and ammonia gas and recycling ammonia back to the metal recovery process step iii), vi) regenerating the CaCl2-solution with H2SO4 so as to provide a aqueous HCl solution for recycling to the leaching step i).
US10174386B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of quantitating or detecting a microorganism, capable of detecting a live microorganism at high sensitivity and more precisely. A method of quantitating a microorganism of interest, using as an index the amount of rRNA of the microorganism of interest is provided.
US10174383B2
A method of estimating the amount of a methylated locus is provided. In certain embodiments the method comprises: digesting a nucleic acid sample that contains both unmethylated and methylated copies of a genomic locus with an MspJI family member to produce a population of fragments that are in the range of 20-40 nucleotides in length, ligating adaptor sequence A and adaptor sequence B to the respective ends of a target fragment of sequence X, and quantifying the amount of ligation products of formula A-X-B. A kit for performing the method is also provided.
US10174379B2
A method for detecting genes sensitive to low-level ionizing radiation and genes detected by the method. More specifically, genes sensitive to low-level ionizing radiation and related to suppressing thymic cancer, discovered in a carcinogenic entity and verified in a normal entity are detected by subjecting a cancerous AKR/J mouse and a normal ICR mouse to low-level radiation. Thymus is collected therefrom, immunogenic and apoptotic genes are classified via microarray processing of the thymus. The genes are amplified and the levels of gene expression are measured. Thus, a gene having a specific reaction to radiation can be accurately detected by preventing the interference of confounding variables.
US10174376B2
This document provides methods and materials related to genetic variations associated with endometriosis. For example, this document provides methods for using such genetic variations to assess risk of, or susceptibility of developing or diagnosing endometriosis.
US10174371B2
A nanopore cell includes a conductive layer. The nanopore cell further includes a titanium nitride (TiN) working electrode disposed above the conductive layer. The nanopore cell further includes insulating walls disposed above the TiN working electrode, wherein the insulating walls and the TiN working electrode form a well into which an electrolyte may be contained. In some embodiments, the TiN working electrode comprises a spongy and porous TiN working electrode that is deposited by a deposition technique with conditions tuned to deposit sparsely-spaced TiN columnar structures or columns of TiN crystals above the conductive layer.
US10174368B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for sequencing long nucleic acid fragment. The present invention also provides a method of sequencing a target polynucleotide with fewer probes. Further, the present invention provides a method of sequencing a target polynucleotide with longer reads. Locus-specific, ligation-assisted sequencing/genotyping method and ligation-captured sequencing method are also provided in the present invention. The methods of the present invention allow low-cost, high-throughput and accurate sequencing of nucleic acids.
US10174366B2
The present invention provides a method for performing a localised RCA reaction comprising at least two rounds of RCA, wherein the product of a second RCA reaction is attached, and hence localised, to a product of a first RCA reaction, said method comprising: (a) providing a first RCA product; (b) directly or indirectly hybridising to said first RCA product a probe which comprises or provides a primer for a second RCA reaction; and (c) performing a second RCA reaction using said RCA primer of (b) to form a second RCA product, wherein in said reaction: (i) said probe and said primer are not able to prime extension using said first RCA product as template or any such extension is limited to avoid displacement of any probe hybridised to the first RCA product; (ii) the direct or indirect hybridisation of the RCA primer of (b) to the first RCA product is maintained and, by virtue of said hybridisation, the second RCA product is attached to the first RCA product; (iii) a RCA template for said second RCA reaction is comprised in or provided by the probe, or is separately provided. The method finds particular utility in the detection of analytes, wherein the analyte is a nucleic acid or wherein a nucleic acid is used or generated as a marker for the analyte.
US10174365B2
The present invention relates to a method of analyzing a blood sample of a subject for the presence of a disease marker, said method comprising the steps of a) extracting nucleic acid from anucleated blood cells in said blood sample to provide an anucleated blood cells-extracted nucleic acid fraction, and b) analyzing said anucleated blood cells-extracted nucleic acid fraction for the presence of a disease marker, wherein said disease marker is a disease-specific mutation in a gene of a cell of said subject, or wherein said disease marker is a disease-specific expression profile of genes of a cell of said subject.
US10174364B2
The present invention relates to a method of analyzing a blood sample of a subject for the presence of a disease marker, said method comprising the steps of a) extracting nucleic acid from anucleated blood cells in said blood sample to provide an anucleated blood cells-extracted nucleic acid fraction, and b) analyzing said anucleated blood cells-extracted nucleic acid fraction for the presence of a disease marker, wherein said disease marker is a disease-specific mutation in a gene of a cell of said subject, or wherein said disease marker is a disease-specific expression profile of genes of a cell of said subject.
US10174363B2
Methods of sequencing molecules based on luminescence lifetimes and/or intensities are provided. In some aspects, methods of sequencing nucleic acids involve determining the luminescence lifetimes, and optionally luminescence intensities, of a series of luminescently labeled nucleotides incorporated during a nucleic acid sequencing reaction.
US10174356B2
Various devices, systems and methods for detecting infectious agents or determining a susceptibility of an infectious agent to an anti-infective are described herein. One example method comprises introducing a fluid sample to a surface; exposing the surface to a solution; sampling the solution after exposing the solution to the surface; and detecting a change in an electrical characteristic of a sensing device exposed to the solution sampled corresponding to a presence of the infectious agent in the fluid sample.
US10174354B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a recombinant Phe-free or Phe-low protein, the method comprising using B. subtilis or B. licheniformis as an expression system and/or a recombinant host cell into which a nucleotide encoding a recombinant Phe-free or Phe-low protein has been inserted into the genome.
US10174352B2
The present invention provides methods for amplifying a nucleic acid from a sample containing a mixture of nucleic acids utilizing a solid support. Methods are provided utilizing user-defined primer oligonucleotides for directional amplification that assists in further manipulation of the target nucleic acid, such as sequencing. Methods are also provided utilizing blocker and displacer oligonucleotides for generating amplified target nucleic acids of defined length. One of these methods provides a first oligonucleotide and a second oligonucleotide affixed to a solid support or separate solid supports. The first oligonucleotide is blocked to prevent extension from the 3′-terminus and has a sequence complementary to a first portion of a target nucleic acid. The second oligonucleotide has a sequence that is identical to a second portion of the target nucleic acid. In this method, a sample is applied to the solid support and the target nucleic acid within the sample binds said first oligonucleotide. The solid support is then washed to remove unbound nucleic acids. A primer sequence containing a target binding region and a polymerase promoter sequence is then annealed to the bound target nucleic acid and extended producing a first duplex nucleic acid. The target sequence is then removed leaving a first nucleic acid that can now bind the second oligonucleotide. The second oligonucleotide is extended to produce a second duplex nucleic acid that contains a second nucleic acid. The second nucleic acid is then amplified by adding a polymerase.
US10174340B2
The invention relates to identifying and evaluating target coding sequences for control of plant parasitic nematodes by inhibiting one or more biological functions, and their use. The invention provides methods and compositions for identification of such sequences and for the control of a plant-parasitic nematode population. By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention to the nematode, a reduction in disease may be obtained through suppression of nematode gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby.
US10174330B2
This document describes biochemical pathways for producing adipic acid, caprolactam, 6-aminohexanoic acid, 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid, hexamethylenediamine or 1,6-hexanediol by forming two terminal functional groups, comprised of carboxyl, amine or hydroxyl groups, in a C6; backbone substrate. These pathways, metabolic engineering and cultivation strategies described herein rely on CoA-dependent elongation enzymes or analogues enzymes associated with the carbon storage pathways from polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulating bacteria.
US10174328B2
Methods for modulating expression of SMN1 and/or SMN2 in cells obtained from subjects having ALS or in subjects having ALS using single stranded oligonucleotides are provided. Methods for treating ALS using single stranded oligonucleotides are also provided.
US10174324B2
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase A (MSRA), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase A (MSRA). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of MSRA.
US10174323B2
Aspects of the invention provide single stranded oligonucleotides for activating or enhancing expression of ATP2A2. Further aspects provide compositions and kits comprising single stranded oligonucleotides for activating or enhancing expression of ATP2A2. Methods for modulating expression of ATP2A2 using the single stranded oligonucleotides are also provided. Further aspects of the invention provide methods for selecting a candidate oligonucleotide for activating or enhancing expression of ATP2A2.
US10174321B2
The present invention provides for a double stranded RNA comprising a first RNA sequence and a second RNA sequence wherein the first and second RNA sequence are substantially complementary, wherein the first RNA sequence has a sequence length of at least 19 nucleotides and is substantially complementary to SEQ ID NO. 1. Said double stranded RNA is for use in inducing RNAi against Huntingtin exon 1 sequences. The double stranded RNA of to the invention was capable of reducing neuronal cell death and huntingtin aggregates in an animal model.
US10174320B2
A method of treating a lipid-related disorder in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a polynucleotide agent which is substantially complementary to a nucleotide sequence of human miR-132, thereby treating the lipid related disorder in the subject.
US10174319B2
Insertion of variant exons of CD44 gene of cancer stem cells into its mRNA is inhibited whereupon the cancer stem cells lose their properties so that they are rendered sensitive to anticancer agents and radiation, possibly leading to cancer treatment.A drug for cancer treatment, comprising an antisense oligonucleotide capable of inducing skipping of variant exon(s) of CD44 gene to thereby increase expression of normal CD44 mRNA, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof. An oligonucleotide of 20-23 bp having the entirety or a part of any one of the nucleotide sequences as shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 19, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof. A drug for inducing skipping of at least one variant exon selected from the group consisting of variant exons 8, 9 and 10 of CD44 gene, comprising the above-described oligonucleotide, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof.
US10174318B2
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising an antisense oligonucleotide and one or more excipients that modulates viscosity, turbidity or both viscosity and turbidity. In certain embodiments, compositions comprising an antisense oligonucleotide and one or more excipients having low viscosity are provided. In certain embodiments, compositions comprising an antisense oligonucleotide and one or more excipients having low turbidity are provided. In certain embodiments, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an antisense oligonucleotide and one or more excipients having low viscosity and turbidity are provided.
US10174313B2
Provided herein are devices and methods for the micro-isolation of biological cellular material. A micro-isolation device described can comprise a photomask that protects regions of interest against DNA-destroying illumination. The micro-isolation device can further comprise photosensitive material defining access wells following illumination and subsequent developing of the photosensitive material. The micro-isolation device can further comprise a chambered microfluidic device comprising channels providing access to wells defined in photosensitive material. The micro-isolation device can comprise a chambered microfluidic device without access wells defined in photosensitive material where valves control the flow of gases or liquids through the channels of the microfluidic device. Also included are methods for selectively isolating cellular material using the devices described herein, as are methods for biochemical analysis of individual regions of interest of cellular material using the devices described herein. Further included are methods of making masking arrays useful for the methods described herein. The micro-isolation devices can comprise a unique combination of barcodes in each microfluidics well, allowing two-dimensional mapping of genetic information.
US10174312B2
The present invention relates to a screening method for a drug target gene by using chemical-genetic profile compendium of the heterozygous deletion fission yeast strain and the comparative genetic analysis using the same. More precisely, the present inventors constructed the chemical-genetic profile compendium for drug candidates from the heterozygous deletion fission yeast strain of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (S. pombe), and then compared with the compendium with the chemical-genetic profile compendium of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae) in order to select efficiently drug target genes showing drug sensitivity. The screening method of the present invention can be efficiently used for the identification of a drug target gene in various eukaryotes because it facilitates the selection of a drug target gene showing sensitivity to the drug from the chemical-genetic profile compendium of the heterozygous deletion fission yeast strain.
US10174310B2
The invention provides methods, compositions, kits and devices for the detection of target molecules. In some embodiments, the invention allows for multiplexed target molecule detection.
US10174307B2
The invention provides mutant Escherichia coli cells that contain one or more mutations in one or more of the rpoB, hns/tdk, cor A, ygaZ, iap, metL, ygeW, and pyrE/rph genes (exemplified in Table 2A and 2B), which confer on the mutant in M9-glucose minimal media the phenotype of increased level of growth and/or increased glucose uptake rate and/or increased acetate production rate and/or increased biomass yield, compared to a control E. coli (such as wild type E. coli) that lacks the one or more mutations in the one or more genes.
US10174304B2
Provided are: an expression vector for secreting a protein (Z) to be recovered or a fusion protein having the protein (Z) moiety therein; a method for producing a transformant using the expression vector; the transformant; and a method for producing a protein using the transformant. An expression vector comprising an expression cassette containing a structural gene sequence (y) encoding a protein (Y), a structural gene sequence (z) located downstream from the structural gene sequence (y) and encoding a protein (Z) that is a protein to be recovered, and a promoter sequence and a terminator sequence for expressing a fusion protein containing the protein (Y) moiety and the protein (Z) moiety, characterized in that the protein (Y) is a full-length protein of protein disulfide isomerase 1 (PDI1), a partial protein of PDI1, or a mutant protein of the full-length protein or the partial protein.
US10174303B2
The invention provides genetically engineered microorganisms and methods for producing chorismate-derived products, such as para-hydroxybenzoic acid, salicylate, 2-aminobenzoate, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate, and 4-hydroxycyclohexane carboxylic acid. Typically, the microorganism comprises at least one of (a) an exogenous chorismate pyruvate lyase, (b) an exogenous isochorismate synthase, (c) an exogenous isochorismate pyruvate lyase, and (d) a prephenate synthase comprising a disruptive mutation.
US10174302B1
The disclosure provides a modified protein that is a combination of (i) an L-asparaginase and (ii) one or more (poly)peptide(s), wherein the (poly)peptide consists solely of proline and alanine amino acid residues, and methods of preparation and use thereof.
US10174298B2
The present invention discloses a Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (nampt) mutant and use thereof. The present invention relates to a nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) mutant artificially obtained through genic site-directed mutation. An object of the present invention is to provide a Nampt mutant having a catalytic activity higher than that of a conventional wild type parent, wherein the enzymatic activity of the Nampt mutant provided in the present invention is 1.2-6.9 times of the enzymatic activity of the parent.
US10174289B2
Disclosed are methods of inducing formation of a gastric cells and/or a gastric tissue, such as in the form of a gastric organoid. The formation of gastric cells and/or tissue may be carried out by the activating and/or inhibiting of one or more signaling pathways within a precursor cell. Also disclosed are methods for using the disclosed gastric cells, gastric tissues, and/or gastric organoids derived from precursor cells.
US10174288B2
The present invention relates to an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) model for cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome, a method for producing the model, and uses of the iPS model in the analysis of neural development in CFC syndrome. Specifically, the CFC syndrome-derived iPS and generation and differentiation of an embryonic body were induced from the fibroblasts of a CFC syndrome patient, and the CFC syndrome-derived iPS and embryonic body were confirmed to exhibit broken embryonic body shapes and no differentiation into neurons. When a CFC syndrome-derived embryonic body was induced by treating with p-ERK and p-SMAD1 inhibitors, the embryonic body exhibited a normal embryonic body shape and effectively differentiated into neurons. Thus, the CFC syndrome patient-derived stem cell model of the invention can be effectively used in the research for neural development in cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome.
US10174284B2
[Problem] To provide, in order to manufacture cells to transplant into patients with corneal endothelial failure, a medium used to culture corneal endothelial cells obtained from human corneal tissue and grow said cells while maintaining the morphology thereof as corneal endothelial cells. [Solution] A medium containing a conditioned medium from mesenchymal stem cells; and a method in which said medium is used to culture corneal endothelial cells.
US10174283B2
Systems and methods for cleaning a water dispenser by preparing a bioremediation solution with microbes, a growth medium, and water; injecting the bioremediation solution into a water supply; and flushing the water supply with the bioremediation solution.
US10174279B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus and method for expanding skin capable of expanding autologous skin to the maximum extent and performing a tissue culture of skin at the outside of the body. While an apparatus for expanding autologous skin of body's outside in general takes a form of expanding skin by applying a certain amount of constant force for a period of time regardless of the skin properties, the apparatus and method for expanding skin according to the embodiment of the present invention expands the skin to the maximum extent without rupturing the skin based on measurements of elasticity of the skin to find the maximum expanded area reachable just before rupturing of the skin.
US10174275B2
The present invention provides a microcapsule comprising a shell and a core. The core comprises at least one active ingredient and at least one surface-modified disintegrant.
US10174273B2
The present invention then concerns a fabric softener composition that performs well on softening fabrics, which comprises a blend of amphoteric surfactant carrying a C12-C22-alkyl or C12-C22-alkenyl, a fatty acid or a fatty alcohol, and a polysaccharide or polysaccharide derivative. The invention also concerns the use of said softening composition to impart fabric softness to fabrics.
US10174271B2
The present invention relates to a method for reconditioning bearing lubricants that can be used in equipment for metal working, in which cooling lubricant that can be used in equipment for metal working is separated from the bearing lubricant. In addition the invention relates to a bearing lubricant for use in the method according to the invention.
US10174268B2
The invention relates to the use of engineered fuel feedstocks to control the emission of sulfur-based, chlorine-based, nitrogen-based, or mercury-based pollutants, such as SO2, SO3, H2SO4, NO, NO2, HCl, and Hg that are generated during the combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal. Disclosed are novel engineered fuel feedstocks, feedstocks produced by the described processes, methods of making the fuel feedstocks, methods of producing energy from the fuel feedstocks, and methods of generating electricity from the fuel feedstocks.
US10174261B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods of utilizing a Fischer-Tropsch (“FT”) tail gas purge stream for recycling are disclosed. One or more methods include removing an FT tail gas purge stream from an FT tail gas produced by an FT reactor, treating the FT tail gas purge stream with steam in a water gas shift (“WGS”) reactor, having a WGS catalyst, to produce a shifted FT purge stream including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and removing at least a portion of the carbon dioxide from the shifted FT purge stream, producing a carbon dioxide stream and a treated purge stream. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10174258B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a two-stage biomass pyrolysis processes that maximize pyrolysis vapor yield from a lignocellulosic biomass while being conducive to commercial-scale throughput of biomass. A lignocellulosic feedstock is first pyrolyzed in a reactor first stage comprising at least one auger at a temperature and residence time that produces pyrolysis vapors derived predominantly from cellulose and hemi-cellulose fractions of the feedstock. Partially-pyrolyzed feedstock from the reactor first stage is then pyrolyzed in a reactor second stage at a higher temperature for an additional residence time to produce additional pyrolysis vapors that are predominantly derived from lignin. Certain embodiments arrange multiple reactor first stages around a single reactor second stage.
US10174256B2
An apparatus for distillation of feedstock. Including a distillation chamber with an inlet for receiving feedstock and an outlet for discharging feedstock, and a plate for supporting the feedstock in the distillation chamber. The plate is positioned parallel to a substantially horizontal plane across a portion of the distillation chamber, and defines a plurality of transverse apertures extending transversely across a substantial portion of the width of the plate. A plurality of heating rods is included for insertion into the apertures of the plate to heat the plate. The apparatus also includes a conveyor enclosed within the distillation chamber and extending longitudinally across the distillation chamber, the conveyor having a plurality of paddles attached thereto that, when driven by the conveyor, move proximate and parallel to the plate to agitate feedstock on the plate, and to drive the feedstock from the inlet to the outlet of the distillation chamber.
US10174242B1
Thioaluminate phosphor particles having a coating comprising or consisting essentially of a nitride, and methods for making such phosphor particles, are disclosed. Phosphor-converted light emitting diodes may comprise such coated phosphor particles. The nitride coatings on the thioaluminate phosphor particles provide a significantly improved barrier to water compared, to an aluminum oxide coating, and extend the operational lifetime of such a phosphor-converted light emitting diode.
US10174233B2
A reactive hot-melt adhesive composition that is moisture curable contains: a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group, a (meth)acrylic resin, and an adhesion promoter containing at least an isocyanate group-containing (meth)acrylamide compound.
US10174232B2
Electro-optic assemblies and related materials (e.g., adhesive) for use therein are generally provided. The adhesive layer may comprise an end-capped polyurethane. Some adhesive layers comprise two or more reactive functional groups (e.g., reactive functional groups configured to react with one or more curing species such that, for example, at least one of the two or more functional groups forms a crosslink). The adhesive may also comprise a chain-extending reagent that includes one or more reactive functional groups. In some embodiments, the adhesive is cured by reacting one or more reactive functional groups with one or more curing species. Curing the adhesive may comprise two or more curing steps. In some embodiments the adhesive layer may comprise one or more cross-linkers.
US10174231B2
A hot-melt adhesive composition comprises 35 wt % to 40 wt % of petroleum resin, 10 wt % to 14 wt % of polyester elastomer resin, 10 wt % to 14 wt % of ethylene vinyl acetate resin, 14 wt % to 19 wt % of polyether polyol, 15 wt % to 21 wt % of polyester polyol, 8 wt % to 10 wt % of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, and 0.1 wt % to 0.5 wt % of an amine catalyst, wherein the hot-melt adhesive composition has a melt viscosity of 20,000 cps to 50,000 cps as measured at 150° C.
US10174216B2
An ink that can form a P-type layer in an organic electronic device. The ink includes at least nanoparticles of P-type semiconductor metal oxide(s) selected from among V2O5, NiO, MoO3, WO3 and mixtures thereof and an ionomer, the ionomer being a perfluorosulfonate copolymer, the mass ratio between the ionomer and the nanoparticles of P-type semiconductor metal oxide(s) selected from among V2O5, NiO, MoO3, WO3 and mixtures thereof being between 0.005 and 0.115. Also, a P layer of an organic electronic device, an electronic device and the formation method thereof.
US10174212B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a pigment paste and an electrocoat containing the paste, the past being made by mixing solid pigment particles with a grind resin in the presence of water and/or an organic liquid, wherein the grind resin includes a dispersion of core-shell particles in an epoxide prepolymer which is liquid at 20° C. and the core-shell particles have a silicone core and a polymer shell.
US10174211B2
Silver pastes including two powders having different physical properties and silver flakes together with glass frits and pigments impart improved thermal stress characteristics to substrates upon firing.
US10174208B2
A curable resin composition including a curable resin in which ultrafine metal particles modified with a fatty acid are dispersed. The ultrafine metal particles are fatty acid-modified ultrafine metal particles having a fatty acid coordinated on the surfaces of the ultrafine metal particles and a glyceride coordinated around the fatty acid or on the surfaces of the ultrafine metal particles.
US10174200B2
The present technology provides an epoxy resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material, a method for producing an epoxy resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material, a prepreg, and a honeycomb panel. The epoxy resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material of the present technology contains: a reaction product obtained by reacting 100 parts by mass of a phosphorus-containing epoxy resin containing a phosphorus atom in the backbone thereof, and not less than 5 parts by mass and not greater than 20 parts by mass of an amino-terminated butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber; an epoxy resin other than the phosphorus-containing epoxy resin; a curing agent; and a curing accelerator.
US10174199B2
A resin composition which suppresses the decomposition of a polycarbonate resin at the time of molding while it retains the excellent characteristic properties of a polyarylene sulfide resin and has the excellent toughness, impact strength and burr reducing property of the polycarbonate resin.The resin composition comprises (A) 99 to 1 part by weight of a polyarylene sulfide resin (component A) having a degree of dispersion (Mw/Mn) represented by weight average molecular weight (Mw) and number average molecular weight (Mn) of not less than 2.7 and (B) 1 to 99 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin (component B) and has a total chlorine content of not more than 550 ppm and a total sodium content of not more than 30 ppm.
US10174198B2
Materials based on low melt polyimide, polyurea, or polyurethane chemistry have been developed which exhibit self-healing properties. These high performance polymers can be utilized either by themselves or in combination with microcapsule technology to deliver self-healing properties to electrical wire insulation or in other high performance, thin wall technologies such as inflatable structures.
US10174197B2
The present invention relates to a spandex fiber and a method for manufacturing the same that is capable of providing excellent adhesive characteristics, by means of a hot melt adhesive, between the spandex fiber and a polypropylene nonwoven fabric or a polyethylene film, during a diaper-manufacturing process. The method for manufacturing a spandex fiber comprises the steps of: preparing a polyurethane urea solution as a spinning solution; and dry-spinning the spinning solution to obtain the spandex fiber, where the polyurethane urea solution contains, with respect to the weight of the solid content, about 0.1 to 30 wt. % of an ethylene vinyl acetate monomer or polymer, or a derivative thereof, a C9 hydrocarbon-based resin monomer or polymer, or a derivative thereof, a C5 hydrocarbon-based resin monomer or polymer, or a derivative thereof, or a C5/C9 hydrocarbon-based resin monomer or copolymer, or a derivative thereof.
US10174194B2
Disclosed is a copolycarbonate having an aromatic polycarbonate-based first repeating unit and one or more aromatic polycarbonate-based second repeating units having siloxane bonds, where the copolycarbonate provides an improved residence heat stability, and where the second repeating unit includes a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2 and a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 3:
US10174191B2
The present invention provides a resin material and a film made of the resin material, the resin material being able to form a molded body having high transparency, excellent mechanical strength, few foreign matter defects, excellent heat stability, excellent solvent resistance, and extremely good appearance. The resin material contains a thermoplastic resin (A) and a polymer (B) satisfying the following conditions. That is, the polymer (B) is a graft copolymer obtained by multistep polymerization, and at least one step of the multistep polymerization is polymerization of a monomer mixture containing: a (meth)acrylic monomer having a ring structure; and (meth)acrylic acid and/or its salt.
US10174184B2
A cellulosic material contains a cellulose derivative, and the cellulose derivative contains an ionic moiety as a chemical structure common to an ionic liquid. It is preferred that the ionic moiety has an imidazolium salt structure. It is also preferred that the ionic moiety is introduced into a repeating unit of a polymer chain having a repeating structure introduced into a cellulose backbone structure of the cellulose derivative.
US10174183B2
In order to well perform recoating regardless of the type of granular material and reuse a refractory aggregate in an unprinted portion without any regeneration process in the manufacture of a three-dimensional lamination-shaped mold, this invention provides a granular material for use in shaping a three-dimensional laminated mold, which is coated with an acid as a catalyst which activates and cures an organic binder for binding the granular material. The acid contains at least one of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, a sulfonic acid and a carboxylic acid, and is one of a mixture of sulfuric acid and another acid, phosphoric acid only, a mixture of phosphoric acid and another acid, sulfonic acid only, a mixture of sulfonic acid and another acid and a mixture of a carboxylic acid and another acid.
US10174179B2
The invention provides a novel product and method to coat wood and wood composite products and improves their durability and service life in outdoor conditions. The method comprises coating a Type I waterborne adhesive, crosslinking polyvinyl acetate (XPVAc or x-PVAc), on wood and applying sufficient heat to dry and cure the coating to form a durable bond on wood or wood composites. The above paint system consists of at least two coating layers, in which both layers are crosslinking polyvinyl acetate coating. Alternatively, crosslinking polyvinyl acetate can be used as a primer, while the second or the third layer uses an acrylic, alkyd, or other water resistant coating. This coating approach results in a durable wood or wood composite product due to the excellent bonding with the wood substrate and the excellent water blocking by crosslinking polyvinyl acetate.
US10174174B2
Provided are the following: water-absorbing resin particles with which an absorber can be manufactured, the absorber enabling ample anchoring to be obtained without compromising on water absorbency; and an absorber obtained by anchoring together the water-absorbing resin particles and a fibrous base material. The present invention is: core-shell water-absorbing resin particles constituted of a core layer (P) containing a water-absorbing resin (A) and a shell layer (Q), the shell layer (Q) containing a thermoplastic resin (B) having a melting point of 50 to 180° C., and the thermoplastic resin (B) being a polymer having a hydrophobic block comprising a polyolefin; an absorber obtained by anchoring the water-absorbing resin particles to a fibrous base material (F); and an absorbent article made using such absorber.
US10174165B2
There is provided a polyimide composition that is useful for electronic substrate materials, retains high heat resistance and mechanical strength intrinsic to polyimides, and has a lower dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent. A polyimide composition for use in electronic substrate materials, containing a polyimide produced by polymerization between a diamine component containing 5-(4-aminophenoxy)-3-[4-(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]-1,1,3-trimethylindan and an acid component containing 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride.
US10174164B2
Provided is a triazine ring-containing hyperbranched polymer comprising the repeating unit structure represented by formula (1) and having one or more triazine ring terminals, said one or more triazine ring terminals being capped with a compound that differs from the diamine compound serving as the starting material for the polymer and has at least two active hydrogen groups. In addition to the polymer itself exhibiting high heat resistance, high transparency, a high refractive index, high light resistance, high solubility, and low volume shrinkage, it is also possible to use the polymer to provide a composition for film formation capable of yielding a thick film having high hardness. (In formula (1), R and R′ each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, and Ar represents a divalent organic group containing an aromatic ring and/or a heterocyclic ring.)
US10174162B2
The present invention relates to a copolyester having intrinsic viscosity greater than 0.50 dL/gm, comprises: terephthalate polyester composition; and a modified transparent polybutylene naphthalate, wherein the modified polybutylene naphthalate comprises naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, 1,4-butane diol, and isophthalic acid or monoethylene glycol or diethylene glycol or cyclohexane dimethanol or polyethylene naphthalate, nucleating agent, and a modified nanoclay.
US10174155B2
A method and system for oxygen molecule scavenging is disclosed. The system employs as a novel copolymer as the reducing agent for oxygen molecules. The copolymer is the polymerization product of cyclic aliphatic monomer and unsaturated functional polymer.
US10174148B2
A process for the production of high compressive strength microspheres of cured phenolic resins are disclosed. Specifically, the microspheres formed by this process exhibit excellent viscoelastic properties in that the microspheres retain their shape even after applying a load of at least 4 GPa at 2.5 percent strain, and exhibit high hardness of at least about 0.3 GPa.
US10174147B2
The present invention relates to curable compositions which can preferably be used for making products with an intrinsically antimicrobial effect. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of this curable composition in various processing methods.
US10174136B2
Methods for making a plurality of nanoparticles are provided. The method may include flowing a first component of the core into a reaction chamber; flowing a polymeric material into the reaction chamber; and flowing a second component of the core into the reaction chamber such that the first component reacts with the second component to form a core. The polymeric material forms a polymeric shell around the core.
US10174126B2
We provide an antibody capable of binding to an intracellular PRL-I or PRL-3 polypeptide, in which the antibody is capable of binding to an epitope bound by antibody 269, antibody 223 or antibody 318. Such anti-PRL antibodies may be capable of binding to intracellular PRL-I or PRL-3. They may be suitable for use as therapies against cancer or metastasis thereof, or in clinical diagnosis to identify PRL-3 or PRL-1 positive patients.
US10174116B2
The present invention relates to HER2 (Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2) antibodies to prevent or treat cancers. The antibodies of the invention binds specifically to HER2 over-expressed in cancer cells (particularly, breast cancer and stomach cancer cells), specifically to an epitope on HER2 being different from epitope for trastuzumab. The CDR sequences of the present antibodies exhibit low similarity to CDR sequences of publicly known HER2 antibodies, addressing that the CDR sequences are unique. The antibodies of the present invention in combination with trastuzumab kill cancer cells with significantly enhanced cytotoxicity and therefore very effective in therapy of cancer (particularly, breast cancer and stomach cancer). Without wishing to be bound by theory, the enhanced efficacies of the combined therapy would address that the antibodies of the present invention bind to epitope on HER2 being different from epitope for trastuzumab, and inhibit HER2 in a cooperative manner with trastuzumab.
US10174107B2
There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-DLL-4 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind DLL-4, DLL-4-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and DLL-4-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having DLL-4 related disorders or conditions, including various inflammatory disorders and various cancers.
US10174102B2
The present invention relates to novel antibody frameworks with advantageous properties. For example, this invention relates to novel chimeric human antibody light chain frameworks, comprising framework regions I to III from Vκ and framework region IV from Vλ, with advantageous properties, such as high stability and reduced aggregation propensity.
US10174101B2
The invention provides a fusion protein comprising, from N-terminus to C-terminus: a) a first portion of a Family B G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) that comprises transmembrane helix (TM)-1, TM2 and TM3 of the GPCR; b) a stable protein domain; and c) a second portion of the GPCR comprising TM4, TM5, TM6 and TM7 of the GPCR. The invention also provides a method of crystallizing a GPCR comprising providing the fusion protein of the invention and crystallizing it to obtain crystals.
US10174098B2
Disclosed is a synthetic T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for an HLA-A2-restricted epitope of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E7, E711-19. Related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, and populations of cells are also provided. Antibodies, or an antigen binding portion thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the TCRs of the invention are also provided. Also disclosed are methods of detecting the presence of a condition in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing a condition in a mammal, wherein the condition is cancer, HPV 16 infection, or HPV-positive premalignancy.
US10174095B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of BCMA. The invention also relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to BCMA vectors encoding the same, and recombinant T cells comprising the BCMA CAR. The invention also includes methods of administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR that comprises a BCMA binding domain.
US10174088B2
A composition comprising a synthetic growth factor analogue comprising a non-growth factor heparin binding region, a linker and a sequence that binds specifically to a cell surface receptor and an osteoconductive material where the synthetic growth factor analogue is attached to and can be released from the osteoconductive material and is an amplifier/co-activator of osteoinduction.
US10174083B2
The invention relates to aza-amino acid backbone-modified biomimetic collagens and general methods for designing and making biomimetic materials and molecular mimics.
US10174075B2
Process for the separation of a biomolecule containing at least one cationic group from a liquid medium containing the biomolecule, which includes the use of a tetraphenylborate (TPB) salt.
US10174067B2
The present disclosure provides a new cytidine derivative having the general formula (I), and applications thereof: As demonstrated by experiments on the growth inhibition effect of the new cytidine derivative of the present invention on HCT-116 colon cancer xenografts in tumor-bearing nude mice, the compound of the present invention has high anti-tumor activity, data of impacts on weight of nude mice bearing human colon cancer HCT-116 and data of mortality rate showed that the toxicity of the compound is comparatively low.
US10174065B2
There is provided an antidiabetic enolic glucoside of phenylpyruvic acid and derivatives thereof for use as medicaments, especially normoglycemic agents, i.e. for lowering blood glucose levels to normal levels in mammals that are obese, pre-diabetic or have diabetes, obesity and/or syndrome X. Hence the compounds of the present invention help to manage blood sugar levels, i.e. helping the body by balancing the blood sugar levels; helping to keep balanced blood glucose levels, particularly in humans with diabetes; aiding by enhancing the glucose uptake by the cells and by reducing sugar levels, thus improving or restoring the glucose tolerance; optimizing the glycemic response; normalizing the glucose tolerance.
US10174064B2
Energetic materials that are photoactive or believed to be photoactive may include a conventional explosive (e.g. PETN, nitroglycerine) derivatized with an energetic UV-absorbing and/or VIS-absorbing chromophore such as 1,2,4,5-tetrazine or 1,3,5-triazine. Absorption of laser light having a suitably chosen wavelength may result in photodissociation, decomposition, and explosive release of energy. These materials may be used as ligands to form complexes. Coordination compounds include such complexes with counterions. Some having the formula M(L)n2+ were synthesized, wherein M is a transition metal and L is a ligand and n is 2 or 3. These may be photoactive upon exposure to a laser light beam having an appropriate wavelength of UV light, near-IR and/or visible light. Photoactive materials also include coordination compounds bearing non-energetic ligands; in this case, the counterion may be an oxidant such as perchlorate.
US10174059B2
Functionalized F-POSS compounds comprising synthetic blends of at least two feedstocks that produce a distribution of fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane molecule structures and/or functional groups.
US10174056B2
A compound having the structure of below Formula(I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as Janus kinase inhibitors, wherein R1 and L1 are as herein described.
US10174053B2
The compounds of the subject invention are related to 2-substituted cephem compounds, which have a wide antimicrobial spectrum, in particular exhibit potent antimicrobial activity against beta-lactamase producing Gram negative bacteria, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.
US10174051B2
The present invention relates to intermediates in the preparation of carbamoylpyridone derivatives, such as compounds of formula (III) and/or compounds of formula (IV): wherein R is alkyl, aryl or benzyl.
US10174050B2
The present invention concerns a spiroisoxazoline compound of general formula (I): in which m and n are 0 or 1, R1 represents, inter alia, an optionally substituted alkyl chain, in particular substituted with fluorine or with a cyclic group, and R2 is chosen from phenyl and optionally substituted benzyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, and the heterocycles having 5 or 6 vertices comprising at least one atom chosen from S, N and O. The present invention also concerns the use of this compound as a drug, in particular in the treatment of bacterial and mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis in combination with an antibiotic that is active against bacteria and/or mycobacteria, said compound potentiating the activity of said antibiotic.
US10174049B2
This invention relates to methods for the preparation of a compound which is an inhibitor of acyl coenzyme A: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT-1).
US10174040B2
A pyrrolopyrimidine compound or a salt thereof and compositions, NAE inhibitors and anti-tumor agents containing the pyrrolopyrimidine compound or a salt thereof. The pyrrolopyrimidine compound or a salt thereof has an NAE inhibitory action and a cell growth inhibitory effect and is represented by Formula (A):
US10174039B2
The present disclosure provides novel compounds and methods for preparing and using these compounds. In one embodiment, the compounds are of the structure of formula (I), wherein R1-R7 are defined herein. In a further embodiment, these compounds are useful in method for regulating one or both of the P2X3 or P2X2/3 receptors. In another embodiment, these compounds are useful for treating pain in patients by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient. In another embodiment, these compounds are useful for treating respiratory dysfunction in patients by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient.
US10174037B2
The present invention is directed to dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
US10174036B2
A compound having the structure of below Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as JAK inhibitors, wherein R1, R2, L1, L2, T and X are as herein described.
US10174033B2
The present invention provides N6-substituted adenosine derivatives and N6-substituted adenine derivatives, manufacturing methods thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the said compounds above, and uses of these compounds in manufacturing medicaments and health-care products for treating insomnia, convulsion, epilepsy, and Parkinson's diseases, and preventing and treating dementia.
US10174017B2
Provided are compounds that are inhibitors of both rho kinase and of a monoamine transporter (MAT) act to improve the disease state or condition. Further provided are compositions comprising the compounds. Further provided are methods for treating diseases or conditions, the methods comprising administering compounds according to the invention. One such disease may be glaucoma for which, among other beneficial effects, a marked reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP) may be achieved.
US10174016B2
The present invention relates to 1,3-thiazol-2-yl substituted benzamide compounds of general formula (I) as described and defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular of neurogenic disorder, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US10174013B2
The present invention relates to derivatives of benzimidazoles of formula (I) as disclosed herein as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said derivatives. The derivates according to the present invention are serine/threonine and tyrosine kinase-inhibitors, particularly of PIM1-3- and DYRK1A-kinases and may particularly be used in the treatment of diseases linked to these kinases, such as e.g. leukemias, lymphomas, solid tumors and autoimmune disorders.
US10174010B2
The present invention relates to canagliflozin Monohydrate and its crystalline forms, which as compared to the prior art, have higher stability in water or aqueous system, are more suitable for wet granulation processes or suspension preparations and have good storage stability; the present invention also relates to preparation methods of canagliflozin Monohydrate and its crystalline forms, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and uses thereof in preparation of drugs for treating diseases such as diabetes, diabetes complications, obesity and so on.
US10174008B2
Methods of making indole analogs using a rhodium-containing catalyst are described, along with methods of using the compounds to treat hyperglycemic, hyperlipidemic, or autoimmune disorders in mammals, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions. Disclosed herein is a method of making indoles. The method comprises contacting a reactant of formula I wherein E is a protecting group, —SO2-Aryl, or —SO2-substituted-Aryl; and R and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, C1-C12-alkyl and aryl; with a rhodium(1)-containing catalyst.
US10174006B2
The present invention is directed to the provision of a multi-dose topical ophthalmic composition containing a 1H-indole-1-carboxamide and use thereof for treatment of ophthalmic disease. More specifically the present invention is directed to a multi-dose aqueous ophthalmic composition (e.g., a solution, a suspension, an emulsion or the like) containing a 1H-indole-1-carboxamide (e.g., N-(1-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-5-((6-((methylamino)methyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)oxy)-1H-indole-1-carboxamide) and use thereof for treatment of an ophthalmic disease at the back of the eye such as age related macular degeneration (AMD).
US10174000B2
Compounds, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula Ia, as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed.
US10173997B2
Provided is a bipyridine compound that exhibits an excellent controlling effect against noxious arthropods. In particular, provided is a bipyridine compound of formula (I) or an N-oxide thereof in which the variable groups are as defined in the specification. Also provided are compositions containing the biypridine compound or an N-oxide thereof, and methods of using such compounds and compositions to control noxious arthropods.
US10173994B2
Biomass feedstocks (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems are described that can convert feedstock materials to a sugar solution, especially, xylose, which can then be chemically converted to furfural and furfural-derived products.
US10173992B2
A polymerizable compound has a practical low melting point, excellent solubility in a general-purpose solvent, and can produce an optical film at low cost, exhibits low reflected luminance, and achieves uniform conversion of polarized light over a wide wavelength band, an optically anisotropic article. A carbonyl compound is useful as a raw material for producing the polymerizable compound. (In the formula (I), Y1 to Y8 represent —C(═O)—O—, G1 and G2 represent a C1-20 divalent linear aliphatic group, Z1 and Z2 represent a C2-10 alkenyl group that is unsubstituted, or substituted with a halogen atom, Ax represents a C2-30 organic group with at least one aromatic ring, Ay represents a hydrogen atom or C1-20 alkyl group, A1 represents a trivalent aromatic group, A2 and A3 represent a C3-30 divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group, A4 and A5 represent a C6-30 divalent aromatic group or the like, and Q1 represents a hydrogen atom.)
US10173988B2
The compound N2-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)-6-((4-(p-tolyl)piperazin-1-yl)methyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound. The compound is useful the treatment of a condition or disorder associated with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase activity. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound.
US10173985B2
The present invention relates to novel aminoindazolyl derivative compounds of Formula (I), the use of said compounds in treating diseases mediated by modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels in particular Nav 1.7, to compositions containing said derivatives and processes for their preparation.
US10173984B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for inhibiting DNA2.
US10173982B2
This disclosure relates to picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US10173981B2
This disclosure relates to picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US10173973B2
Provided is a compound represented by formula (1): wherein X is an acid to form a salt with a guanidine site; and R1 and R2 are each independently any selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a C1-18 alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, and an alkenyl group, each of the groups optionally having one or more substituents each containing a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom, or an oxygen atom.
US10173970B2
The invention relates to a method for producing 1,5-pentanediisocyanate (PDI) by reacting 1,5-pentanediamine (PDA) with phosgene in the gas phase.
US10173968B2
Hydrazone compounds and pharmaceutical compositions including same are disclosed as having antifungal activity. Such compounds are useful for treating or preventing fungal conditions in a subject in need thereof by administering same.
US10173964B2
Disclosed herein are forms of L-ornithine phenyl acetate and methods of making the same. A crystalline form may, in some embodiments, be Forms I, II, III and V, or mixtures thereof. The crystalline forms may be formulated for treating subjects with liver disorders, such as hepatic encephalopathy. Accordingly, some embodiments include formulations and methods of administering L-ornithine phenyl acetate.
US10173962B2
The method for producing trans-rich-1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane includes blending 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane with an alkali metal compound and XDA and heating the mixture to isomerize 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane so that the trans isomer content relative to the cis/trans isomers in total is more than 70 mass %, and purifying the isomerized 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane by distillation after the isomerization step. The alkali metal compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydride, alkali metal amide, and alkyl alkali metal. In the isomerization step, 0.01 mol or more and less than 4 mol of XDA is blended relative to 100 mol of 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, a dimer produced from one molecular of 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane and one molecular of XDA, and a trimer produced from two molecules of 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane and one molecular of XDA are produced, and the dimer content is 5 mass % or more and less than 75 mass % relative to the dimer and trimer in total.
US10173958B2
A method for producing a multibranched aliphatic ester including reacting a multibranched aliphatic alcohol with a multibranched aliphatic carboxylic acid in the absence of a solvent without a catalyst to obtain a multibranched aliphatic ester, and distilling the multibranched aliphatic ester to obtain a purified multibranched aliphatic ester, wherein at least one of the alcohol and the carboxylic acid is a C10-30 compound, and the obtained ester has a Hazen color number (APHA) of 1 to 30. Each of the multibranched aliphatic alcohol and the multibranched carboxylic acid has a tertiary carbon atom and/or a quaternary carbon atom in the molecule and in which the total number of the tertiary carbon atom and/or the quaternary carbon atom in the molecule is 2 or more. The method wherein the reaction is caused at 180 to 300° C. The method wherein a monohydric alcohol and a monovalent carboxylic acid are used.
US10173957B2
A process for removing acetic acid from an aqueous stream containing yellow oil. According to the process, yellow oil is removed from the aqueous stream prior to the removal of acetic acid by a reverse osmosis membrane.
US10173952B2
This invention provides a method for stably producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene for a long period of time wherein unreacted materials are reused after distillation without liquid-liquid separation to suppress catalyst deactivation. The method for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene comprises the step of reacting 1233xf or like chloropropene with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of a catalyst, the step of subjecting the reaction mixture obtained in the above step to distillation to separate the mixture into a first stream comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene as a main component and a second stream comprising unreacted hydrogen fluoride and organic matter containing unreacted chloropropene as main components, and the step of recycling the second stream to the above reaction, the distillation being performed under conditions in which the unreacted hydrogen fluoride and the organic matter containing the unreacted chloropropene do not undergo liquid-liquid separation at a portion of a distillation column from which the second stream is withdrawn.
US10173936B2
An IBTL system having a low GHG footprint for converting biomass to liquid fuels in which a biomass feed is converted to liquids by direct liquefaction and the liquids are upgraded to produce premium fuels. Biomass residues from the direct liquefaction, and optionally additional biomass is pyrolyzed using microwave pyrolysis to produce structured biochar, hydrogen for the liquefaction and upgrading, and CO2 for conversion to algae, including blue green algae (cyanobacteria) in a photobioreactor (PBR). Produced algae and diazotrophic microorganisms are used to produce a biofertilizer that also contains structured biochar. The structured biochar acts as a nucleation agent for the algae in the PBR, as a absorption agent to absorb inorganics from the biomass feed to direct liquefaction or from the liquids produced thereby, and as a water retention agent in the biofertilizer. The ratio of cyanobacteria to diazotrophic microorganisms in the biofertilizer can be selected so as to achieve desired total chemically active carbon and nitrogen contents in the soil for a given crop.
US10173929B2
The present invention is a sintering material including a granule, the sintering material having an apparent tap density of 1.0 to 2.5 g/cm3, a 50% cumulative volume particle diameter (D50N) of 10 to 100 μm as measured before ultrasonication by laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analysis, a 50% cumulative volume particle diameter (D50D) of 0.1 to 1.5 μm as measured after ultrasonication at 300 W for 15 minutes by laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analysis, and an X-ray diffraction pattern in which the maximum peak observed in the 2θ angle range of from 20° to 40° is assigned to a rare earth oxyfluoride of the form LnOF when analyzed by X-ray diffractometry using Cu—Kα or Cu—Kα1 rays.
US10173914B2
A process for removal of selenium and nitrate from waste water includes both electrochemical and bioprocessing treatment. Embodiments include use of activated walnut shell a growth media for selenium-reducing bacteria.
US10173910B2
Disclosed is a system and method for treating municipal and sanitary wastewater that uses only mechanical devices and processes, which eliminates biological processes and settling tanks. The system includes a three-output Richter-type separator that separates wastewater into three fluid streams according to the specific gravity of the solids within the fluid streams. The lighter-than-water and heavier-than-water solids streams are combined and the resultant sludge is mechanically dewatered without intermediary biological-process systems or sedimentation. The partially-clarified water component can be directly filtered by a membrane filter and optionally optically or chemically disinfected for reuse or disposal. The system advantageously simplifies municipal and sanitary wastewater treatment eliminating traditional primary and secondary treatment stages, and significantly reducing the system's operational footprint. The system and method can be scaled to very large municipal systems.
US10173904B2
A system for detecting a liquid, such as liquid water, is provided. The system includes an RFID tag spaced apart from a liquid collection location. The system also includes features for wicking or otherwise transferring liquid from the liquid collection location to the RFID tag. A water filter assembly with features for detecting water leaks is also provided.
US10173899B1
In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a leached polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) body is disclosed. The PCD body includes bonded diamond grains defining interstitial regions at least a portion of which include at least one interstitial constituent disposed therein. The method includes leaching the PCD body with a leaching agent to remove at least a portion of the at least one interstitial constituent therefrom. The leaching agent includes a mixture having hydrofluoric acid in a first concentration of about 10 weight % to about 50 weight %, nitric acid in a second concentration of about 5 weight % to about 25 weight %, and water in a third concentration of about 25 weight % to about 85 weight %. Further embodiments relate to different leaching methods and different leaching agent compositions.
US10173898B2
Graphene is chemically modified by a process resulting in the introduction of functional groups located only at an edge of the graphene plane. The functionalized graphene finds uses in numerous applications and further chemical synthesis, including a process for coupling an organic or inorganic moiety to the graphene plane via the edge-located functional group. The disclosed products and processes provide highly flexible platforms for the integration of graphene into a variety of applications.
US10173897B2
The present invention provides a cost-effective method of synthesizing phosphate salt of a metal such as Fe and Mn that can be used for electrode active material of a lithium secondary battery. A precipitation reaction is first carried out to produce a solid salt of the metal having a lower valence value, e.g. Fe(II) and Mn(II). The solid salt is then purified before it is oxidized to form the target phosphate salt of the metal having a higher valence value, e.g. Fe(III) and Mn(III). The invention exhibits numerous technical merits such as easier operation, higher purity, and less consumption of washing water, among others.
US10173893B2
Methods and structures that may be implemented in one example to co-integrate processes for thin-film encapsulation and formation of microelectronic devices and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) such as sensors and actuators. For example, structures having varying characteristics may be fabricated using the same basic process flow by selecting among different process options or modules for use with the basic process flow in order to create the desired structure/s. Various process flow sequences as well as a variety of device design structures may be advantageously enabled by the various disclosed process flow sequences.
US10173889B2
A method of forming at least one Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) cavity includes forming a first sacrificial cavity layer over a wiring layer and substrate. The method further includes forming an insulator layer over the first sacrificial cavity layer. The method further includes performing a reverse damascene etchback process on the insulator layer. The method further includes planarizing the insulator layer and the first sacrificial cavity layer. The method further includes venting or stripping of the first sacrificial cavity layer to a planar surface for a first cavity of the MEMS.
US10173888B2
Deep via technology is used to construct an integrated silicon cantilever and cavity oriented in a vertical plane which creates an electrostatically-switched MEMS switch in a small wafer area. Another embodiment is a small wafer area electrostatically-switched, vertical-cantilever MEMS switch wherein the switch cavity is etched within a volume defined by walls grown internally within a silicon substrate using through vias.
US10173878B2
A dispenser is provided for dispensing liquid from a standardized container (e.g., a water bottle). A gravity based dispenser for use with a bottle of liquid (e.g., water bottle) hangs about the neck of a user and allows the user to selectively dispense water from the water bottle while the user maintains a valve of the dispenser in an open position. In a closed position, the valve of the dispenser prevents the flow of liquid from the bottle to which the dispenser is attached. The valve is biased to the closed position. In this way, a user may use water to wash their hands using a single water bottle without using unnecessary quantities of water.
US10173877B2
There is provided a bottle cap opener comprising: a cylindrical body including an upper cylindrical body and a lower cylindrical body; an elongate screw bar passing through the upper cylindrical body at a center thereof, and passing beyond the upper cylindrical body upwards; a handle coupled to the elongate screw bar at a top end thereof; a screw protrusion coupled to the elongate screw bar at a bottom end thereof; both wings pivotally coupled to the upper cylindrical body at both-side pivotal portions thereof via both-side pivotal shafts respectively; and a silicon-based cap gripper formed on an inner face of the lower cylindrical body so as to grip a bottle cap tightly therein.
US10173873B2
Provided is a lift point alignment device (30) including a mirror body (40) detachably attached to a vehicle body holding tool (20), the mirror body (40) including a mirror surface (42) facing upward while the mirror body (40) is attached to the vehicle body holding tool (20), and a light source (50) provided in the mirror body (40) to project light in a vertical direction toward a lower part of a vehicle (1) from the mirror surface (42) of the mirror body (40) attached to the vehicle body holding tool (20), wherein an alignment state of the vehicle body holding tool (20) with respect to lift points (2) of the vehicle (1) is allowed to be recognized based on a match state between an image of the light source (50) and an image of the lift points (2) of the vehicle (1) reflected in the mirror surface (42) of the mirror body (40) observed from a side of the vehicle.
US10173869B2
A gravity actuated crane stop for a crane is disclosed. The gravity actuated crane stop has a first connector at a first end configured to couple to a first crane member and an interface at a second end configured to interface with a second crane member. A gravity actuated mechanism is disposed on the body and has a first configuration in which gravity actuated mechanism disables the interface, and a second configuration in which the gravity actuated mechanism does not disable the interface. The gravity actuated mechanism is automatically changeable from the first configuration to the second configuration as the body is moved from a first orientation relative to a horizontal plane to a second orientation relative to the horizontal plane.
US10173867B2
A cab support assembly supports and moves an operator's cab relative to a frame of a construction machine. The cab support assembly includes a cab support coupled to the frame of the construction machine. The operator's cab is mounted to a cab support mounting frame, which in turn is pivotably coupled to the cab support. An actuation device is coupled to the cab support and to the cab support mounting frame. The actuation device includes a first actuation device position in which the cab support frame is in a first position in which the cab support mounting frame defines a first plane, and at least a second actuation device position in which the cab support mounting frame is in a second position such that the cab support mounting frame defines a second plane that intersects the first plane at a negative angle.
US10173862B2
A process for operating an elevator control device, whereby for local access to the elevator control device via a programming device, the elevator control device automatically sends an identifier to the programming device and the identifier is input to an operator panel associated with the elevator control device. The elevator control device permits the local access when the previously sent identifier has been entered correctly within a predetermined input time.
US10173857B2
A sheet processing system according to an embodiment includes a tray that supports a sheet on opposite sides of the sheet orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the sheet. The tray includes a first adjustable support and second adjustable support positioned opposite the first adjustable support in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the sheet. A skew sensor detects a skew angle of the sheet conveyed to the tray. A corner sensor detects positions of each corner on a front end in the downstream direction of the sheet conveyed to the tray. A controller controls movement of the first and second adjustable supports based on the detected skew angle and the detected positions of each corner on the front end of the sheet conveyed to the tray so that the sheet is conveyed to the tray without jamming.
US10173855B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus comprises a first sheet accommodation unit, a second sheet accommodation unit, a conveyance path and a controller. The first sheet accommodation unit and the second sheet accommodation unit are both provided with a movable guide plate which determines the size of an accommodated sheet. The conveyance path conveys a sheet between the first sheet accommodation unit and the second sheet accommodation unit. The controller carries out a control processing so as to change, in a case in which the accommodation size of the first sheet accommodation unit is changed, the accommodation size of the second sheet accommodation unit to be the same as that of the first sheet accommodation unit.
US10173853B2
A feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting member, a feeding member, and a lift unit. The lift unit lifts and lowers the sheet supporting member to abut a sheet stacked on the sheet supporting member against the feeding member. The lift unit includes an urging member that biases the sheet supporting member towards the feeding member, a moving member that moves in a first direction different from a sheet supporting member lifting direction, and a contact member in contact with the moving member. The contact member includes a curved cam surface in a region that comes in contact with the moving member. A contact state between the moving member and the contact member is changed by moving the moving member in the first direction and the curved cam surface. Regarding changing the contact state, the sheet supporting member can be moved to a feed position and a retracted position.
US10173851B1
A sheet feed device comprises a main body section, a support section, a first link, a second link, an engagement mechanism, an energization section and a correcting section. The correcting section is movable in an approaching position at which the support section approaches the main body section against energization force of the energization section while being contactable with the second link in a direction in which the first link moves to a downstream side in the conveyance direction, and is movable in a separation position at which the support section is separated from the main body section while being separable from the second link in a direction in which the first link moves to an upstream side in the conveyance direction.
US10173847B2
A system for overturning plate-shaped bodies, in particular slabs and sheets, having at least one overturn arm pivotally arranged about a pivot axis and can be brought into physical contact with a flat side of a plate-shaped body to be overturned, and at least one other overturn arm pivotally arranged about another pivot axis and can be brought into physical contact with another flat side of the plate-shaped body to be overturned. The two pivot axes are parallel to each other and mutually spaced. A permanent system is provided for overturning plate-shaped bodies with different dimensions, wherein noise generation associated with the overturning process is greatly reduced using the system. The system has at least one drivable eccentric arrangement with which a position of one of the pivot axes can be adjusted before and/or during an overturning process.
US10173846B2
A scraper conveyor chain tensioning device having a sweeping function, comprising a transmission device (2), a steering chain wheel (3), scraper chains (4), and ledges (5), wherein a chain tensioning device (1) is arranged above the scraper chains (4) arranged at the side of the steering chain wheel (3), the chain tensioning device (1) is provided with a sweeping device (12), the chain tensioning device (1) comprises a slider-crank mechanism and two chutes (13) symmetrically fixed to the ledges (5) on two sides at an inclined angle, a tensioning shaft (19) is arranged between the two chutes (13), the tensioning shaft (19) is arranged on a bearing seat (18) via a bearing, and the middle part of the tensioning shaft (19) is provided with a tensioning chain wheel (11) matching with a transmission chain; and the sweeping device (12) comprises a tensioning shaft sleeve (12-3), a plurality of groups of sweeping heads (12-2) is arranged on the circumference of the tensioning shaft sleeve (12-3) at intervals, and the sweeping heads (12-2) are fixed to the tensioning shaft sleeve (12-3) via springs (12-1). Caking coal on a scraper can be swept via scraping teeth on sweeping heads (12-2), the problems of friction, chain jumping and jamming caused by the caking coal on the scraper are solved, the scraper conveyor chain tensioning device is applicable to a middle double-chain scraper conveyor, the change on an original scraper conveyor is small, and pure mechanical transmission is adopted, thereby being simple in mechanism, convenient to assemble and disassemble, and reliable in operation.
US10173844B2
The present invention is directed to a conveyor belt link and a sprocket driven conveyor belt comprising the same. In particular, it relates to a conveyor belt link with coupling mechanism that provides a conveyor belt surface that can reduce product marking, minimizes costs, and simplifies manufacturing and assembly of a conveyor belt comprising the same.
US10173842B2
A roller (3; 3′) has a stationary rod (40) arranged along a longitudinal axis (L) and a tubular roller shell (10) arranged around the rod (40). At least one bearing assembly (20; 20′) is arranged on the rod (40) so that the roller shell (10) can rotate about the longitudinal axis (L) of the roller (3; 3′). An internal assembly (30; 30′) is on the rod (40) within the roller shell (10) and is coupled to the roller shell (10) via the bearing assembly (20; 20′). Thus, upon rotation of the roller shell (10), an exchange of force occurs between the internal assembly (30; 30′) and the roller shell (10). The internal assembly (30; 30′) is coupled to the bearing assembly (20; 20′) by an end (31) that faces the bearing assembly (20; 20′) so that the internal assembly (30; 30′) can tilt relative to the bearing assembly (20; 20′).
US10173841B1
A prognostic power drive unit of a cargo handling system includes a motor operable to drive a conveyor system of the cargo handling system. One or more drive system sensors are operable to collect data related to the motor. One or more environmental sensors are operable to collect data related to one or more environmental conditions of the prognostic power drive unit. One or more load detection sensors are operable to detect data related to the conveyor system. The prognostic power drive unit also includes a controller operable to control the motor and determine a health status of the cargo handling system based on at least one of: the one or more drive system sensors, the one or more environmental sensors, and the one or more load detection sensors.
US10173834B2
The present invention concerns a beverage capsule (300) comprising a capsule body (301) defining a cavity (302) in communication an open end (304), an injection wall (303) enclosing the cavity (302), a partition dividing the cavity (302) into an injection space (306) and a product space (307) which has at least one channel (311) configured to retard fluid flow between the two spaces, a rupturing means (309) within said injection space (306) configured to rupture said injection wall when deflected into said cavity (302), and a quantity of a beverage ingredient (308) within said product space (307); characterized in that it comprises a sealing support (312) disposed about said rupturing means (309), projecting from said partition (305) towards said injection wall (303), having a sealing surface (313) proximal to said injection wall (303), and configured to contact said injection wall (303) when it is deflected into said cavity (302) of said capsule body (301).
US10173832B2
A container for consumer articles comprises a box for housing the consumer articles. The box comprises a box front wall, a box back wall and a box top wall. A lid is defined by separation lines in the box front wall and in the box top wall, such that the lid is at least partly separable from the remainder of the box, wherein upon separation from the remainder of the box the lid is pivotable about a hinge line between an open position in which consumer goods can be removed from the container through an access opening of the container and a closed position in which the interior of the container is inaccessible. The container further comprises an inner front panel underlying and attached to at least a portion of the box front wall. The inner front panel is configured to releasably keep the lid in a closed position when the lid has been at least partly separated from the box.
US10173828B2
An indexable cartridge and method that is useable in either a stagnant fluid environment or in a moving fluid environment with the indexable cartridge floatable in a stagnant fluid environment and securable in a moving fluid environment with the indexable cartridge having a housing having one or more diffusion ports and a sleeve having one or more diffusion ports indexable to a diffusion port alignment through resilient yielding of the sleeve while a set of ribs inhibit lateral flow therebetween.
US10173826B2
A storage container for food and other items and a method of venting a storage container. The storage container may include a container body and a removable lid. The removable lid may include a flexible sealing lip that traverses the perimeter of a rigid central cover portion. At least one venting aperture may extend through the rigid central cover portion. Additionally, the storage container may include a latch moveable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latch may include a gripping portion configured to grip a peripheral rim of the container body and a sealing portion configured to cover the venting aperture when the latch occupies the latched position. When the latch occupies the unlatched position, the sealing portion may uncover the venting aperture to permit venting of steam and other gases from within the storage container.
US10173821B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible container. In an embodiment, the flexible container includes a first multilayer film and a second multilayer film. Each multilayer film comprises a seal layer. The multilayer films are arranged such that the seal layers oppose each other and the second multilayer film is superimposed on the first multilayer film. The multilayer films are sealed along a common peripheral edge. The flexible container includes a fitment. The fitment comprises a base. The base comprises a polymeric blend of from 60 wt % to 90 wt % ethylene/α-olefin multi-block copolymer and from 40 wt % to 10 wt % high density polyethylene (HDPE). The flexible container includes a fitment seal comprising the base located between the multilayer films. The base is sealed to each multilayer film at a portion of the common peripheral edge.
US10173813B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible container. In an embodiment, the flexible container includes a first multilayer film and a second multilayer film. Each multilayer film comprises an inner seal layer. The multilayer films are arranged such that the seal layers oppose each other and the second multilayer film is superimposed on the first multilayer film. The multilayer films are sealed along a common peripheral edge. The flexible container includes an orifice in one of the multilayer films, and a pop-up spout extends through the orifice. The pop-up spout has a flange sealed to the multilayer film around the orifice. The pop-up spout comprises an ethylene/α-olefin multi-block copolymer.
US10173811B2
The disclosed aspects relate to a dual hinge flip cap closure. The closure includes a skirt that operatively engages a container. The closure also includes a top connected to the skirt at a first hinge, wherein the top is movable relative to the skirt. Further, the closure includes a lid operatively attached to the top at a second hinge, wherein the lid is movable relative to the top, and wherein a distal end of the lid is at an opposite of the top relative to the first hinge and the second hinge is between the first hinge and the end of the lid.
US10173804B2
A carrier (90) for packaging articles is formed from a single unitary blank (10). The carrier includes primary panels (14, 16, 18, 20) hingedly connected together to form a tubular structure having an interior space. A bottom closure structure (30b, 34b) at least partially closes a lower end of the tubular structure. At least one of the primary panels (16, 20) may include a handle (H1, H2). A handle reinforcing panel (30a, 34a) is secured to the inside surface of the at least one of the primary panels. A partition structure (P1, P2) is hingedly connected to the handle reinforcing panel and disposed in the tubular structure to divide the interior space of the tubular structure into two or more cells for receiving articles.
US10173802B2
A composite container is provided for holding one or more products (e.g., snack foods, toys, etc.) in separate compartments within the same container. The container includes a tubular body defining a first end and a second end, and the tubular body extends radially inward at a predefined location between the first and second ends to form a ledge. A separator, such as a paperboard or plastic disk, can be placed on the ledge, such that the separator defines a first compartment on one side of the separator and a second compartment on the other side of the separator. In this way, a product can be stored in the first compartment, and a product can be stored in the second compartment, and the user can have access to both in the same container. Associated methods of manufacturing a composite container with multiple compartments are also provided.
US10173798B2
An apparatus for inserting one or more goods into a moving cover includes a cover transport, and at least one separating device configured to engage with a first part of the cover and to maintain the first part of the cover separate from a second part of the cover during at least a part of the movement of the cover.
US10173796B2
The invention generally relates to a naked collation package comprising an arrangement of individual packages, individually packaged in a polyolefinic filmic material, that are packed together in said naked collation package in a naked collation film, and there being no seal between the naked collation film and the filmic material of the individual packages. A method for forming the naked collation package and a method for manufacturing the naked collation package are also disclosed.
US10173788B2
A porthole, a porthole plug in a vehicle, and an aircraft with portholes are provided. The porthole includes an opaque plug with an aperture therethrough. A camera is arranged with a lens aligned with the aperture.
US10173775B2
Disclosed herein is one embodiment of a thrust system that includes at least one modular thrust unit and at least one control module. The at least one modular thrust unit includes a base that is made from structural members that are inter-connectable in a plurality of different structural configurations. The at least one modular thrust unit further includes at least one thrust generator coupleable to the base in a thrust configuration and at least one power source operable to deliver power to the at least one thrust generator. The at least one control module is coupleable to the at least one modular thrust unit and operable to control at least one of the at least one thrust generator and the at least one power source.
US10173774B2
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided to enhance delivery of packages and/or cargo through the use of unmanned delivery aircraft. In some embodiments, a portable unmanned delivery aircraft launch system is provided that comprises: a first portable launch pad system comprising: a package deck; an unmanned delivery aircraft deck secured with the package deck and positioned above and separated by a distance from the package deck; and multiple modular coupling structures fixed with a frame enabling temporary rigid coupling and decoupling between the first launch pad system and multiple additional portable launch pad systems.
US10173767B2
An aircraft is provided and includes a gearbox housing through which a drive shaft configured to drive propeller rotation extends and a pitch control apparatus. The pitch control apparatus includes a drive element coupled to an exterior of the gearbox housing and an annular electro-mechanical actuator (EMA) configured to convert rotational energy generated by the drive element to thereby control a pitching of propeller blades about corresponding pitch axes.
US10173766B2
A folding wing tip system of an aircraft includes a latch pin actuator having a primary mechanical lock and a secondary hydraulic lock. The mechanical lock may include a lock cam movable between a lock position, in which the lock cam engages the latch pin, and an unlock position, in which the lock cam is disengaged from the latch pin, and a first lock actuator mechanically coupled to the lock cam and configured to provide a bias force pushing the lock cam toward the lock position. The hydraulic lock may be disposed in an unlatching hydraulic line and has an initial state, in which fluid flow through the unlatching hydraulic line is blocked thereby to hold the latch pin in the latched position, and an open state, in which fluid flow through the unlatching hydraulic line is permitted thereby to permit retraction of the latch pin to the unlatched position.
US10173764B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for manufacturing a balloon envelope. In one example, a first sheet of material for a first gore of the balloon envelope is provided. Lap seal material is arranged at least partially on the first sheet of material. A first heat seal is created between the lap seal material and the first sheet of material. A second sheet of material for a second gore of the balloon envelope is arranged over the first heat seal. A second heat seal is created between the lap seal material and the second sheet of material such that the lap seal material is configured to provide additional structural support to the balloon envelope.
US10173761B2
A marine propulsion system for shallow waters, swamps, savannahs and the like includes a rotating propeller shaft supporting a propeller. An anti-cavitation body defines a partial cylinder having a longitudinal axis adjacent to the propeller. The propeller generates a vacuum between the anti-cavitation body and a surface of a water body. First and second wings adjacent to edges of the anti-cavitation body are generally planar and operatively angled towards the bottom of a water body. The first and second wings are adjusted to run below the water body surface and seal the anti-cavitation body to maintain generated vacuum. A first thread is cut in a first helical direction at an end of the rotating propeller shaft adjacent the propeller, and slightly more distal therefrom a second thread is cut in a second helical direction opposed to the first thread helical direction. The second thread drives matter away from the bearing.
US10173760B2
A device for reducing the effective radar cross section (RCS) of a naval vessel is proposed, the device comprising a cladding panel, which can be mounted on vessel superstructures or cargo of the naval vessel, the cladding panel being permeable to radar beams, the device also comprising a reflection means, which reflects radar beams, and the reflection means also being embedded in the cladding panel and being aligned at least partially inclined with respect to a main plane of extent of the cladding panel.
US10173754B2
A cover system for a boat includes a bimini frame securable to the boat and displaceable among an open position, a storage position, and a cover position. A flexible top is coupled with the bimini frame, and a cover is positionable over the bimini frame with the bimini frame in the cover position. The bimini frame thus functions as a support structure for a mooring or trailering cover. With the described bimini frame, one cover size can fit multiple seating and deck configurations without the need for a separate cover design for the various configurations.
US10173753B1
A high pressure resistant flotation sphere includes a brittle fracture material macro-sphere of high elastic modulus and a shell of a low shear strength elastomeric material surrounding the macro-sphere. A high pressure resistant flotation material may be made of a plurality of macro-spheres embedded in syntactic foam or other matrix material, with each macro-sphere being encased in a shell of a low shear strength material that isolates each macro-sphere hydrostatically from the surrounding matrix.
US10173752B2
A ship (1) includes a hull (2) having side shells (3A, 3B) formed at both sides in athwart ship direction, a pair of watertight compartments (6A, 6B) installed along the side shells (3A, 3B) of both sides in the athwart ship direction in the hull (2) and portions of which are divided and formed by the side shells (3A, 3B), a connection section (7) configured to bring the pair of watertight compartments (6A, 6B) in connection with each other, an opening/closing valve (8) installed at the connection section (7), and a control device (9) configured to control the opening and closing of the opening/closing valve (8), wherein the control device (9) switches the opening/closing valve (8) in an open state into a closed state when a predetermined condition is satisfied after receiving a signal indicating damage to the side shell (3A) has occurred.
US10173748B1
A bicycle pedal is provided that includes a pedal axle, a pedal body, a first clamping member, a second clamping member, and a biasing structure. The pedal axle defines a rotational axis. The pedal body is rotatably supported on the pedal axle. The first clamping member is movably coupled to the pedal body between a first clamping position and a first open position. The second clamping member provided is on the pedal body. The second clamping member is configured to clamp a cleat between the first clamping member and the second clamping member in a clamping state where the first clamping member is in the first clamping position. The biasing structure includes at least one magnet to bias the first clamping member toward the first clamping position.
US10173746B2
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The operating member includes an adapter, an operating lever, and an operating shaft. The adapter includes a center cross sectional area and a first cross sectional area. The center cross sectional area is defined on a center cross sectional plane perpendicular to the pivot axis. The first cross sectional area is defined on a first cross sectional plane perpendicular to the pivot axis. The first cross sectional area is offset from the center cross sectional area in a second direction parallel to the pivot axis. The first cross sectional area is larger than the center cross sectional area.
US10173745B1
A mechanism for securing a payload in a desired angular orientation. The mechanism includes a gear; a spline shaft coaxially mounted to engage the gear in a first position on a longitudinal axis of the shaft and to disengage the gear in a second position of the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the gear or the shaft being coupled to the payload whereby an angular orientation of the payload may be changed from a first angle to a second angle when the gear is in the second position; and a spring assembly mechanically coupled to the gear and spline shaft to restore the shaft to the first position from the second position. The gear and the shaft have matching and interlocking male/female splines. The spline shaft is capped at a proximal end thereof. The cap is substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft and having an aperture therein at the center thereof. The spring assembly includes a bolt mounted for reciprocal movement in the shaft along the longitudinal axis thereof, the bold having a bolt head at a distal end thereof and being secured to the gear at a proximal end of the bolt. The spring assembly further includes a spring mounted between the bold head and the cap. In the illustrative embodiment, the mechanism is implemented in an adjustable handlebar assembly.
US10173738B2
A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length, a width, a front and a back, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a second wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the second wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the second wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, and a counterweight coupled to the chassis such that the counterweight can adjust an orientation of the chassis in response to a change in pitch of the chassis about an axis passing through the geometric centers of the first and second wheels.
US10173735B2
An improved vehicle cargo tailgate enclosure particularly adapted for ease of installation and removal. The tailgate enclosure comprises two side walls and a rear wall. The rear wall is configured to slope upwardly and rearwardly to provide additional storage space to a cargo bed of a vehicle. The cargo tailgate enclosure further comprises tubular members which comprise a non-circular cross section which provide exceptional strength a structural stability to the cargo tailgate enclosure. The cargo tailgate enclosure further comprises a plurality of upright members. Some of the upright members are configured to attach the cargo tailgate enclosure to a vehicle and to cap the tubular members. Other upright members are configured to support the tailgate enclosure against the surface cargo bed or a tailgate of a vehicle.
US10173731B2
Present application discloses side chassis structure. Side chassis structure includes: apron reinforcement member; fender panel covering outside of the apron reinforcement member; and brackets connected to the fender panel. At least one of the brackets includes: main body including support portion supporting fender panel; front leg portion extending downward from front end of inner portion of main body in vehicle width direction, front leg portion being attached to apron reinforcement member; and rear leg portion which extends downward from rear end of the main body, rear leg portion being attached to apron reinforcement member. Front leg portion has inner slotted hole having long axis extending in vehicle width direction, and outer slotted hole which is formed outside inner slotted hole in vehicle width direction, outer slotted hole having long axis longer than long axis of inner slotted hole.
US10173728B2
A vehicle energy absorbing system for a high-speed, small-overlap impact, comprising: lobes (12) spaced intermittently along a vehicle rail (1), wherein the lobes (12) include an impact arm (14), a reactionary arm (16), and a base (22), wherein a shape of the base (22) is complimentary to a shape of the vehicle rail (1) and wherein the impact arm (14) and the reactionary arm (16) protrude outwardly from the base (22) and the vehicle rail (1), wherein a channel (20) is formed in the space between the base (22), the impact arm (14), and the reactionary arm (16), wherein the channel (20) extends through the lobe (12) from end to end.
US10173727B2
A structural reinforcement for a vehicle comprising: a) a carrier having a base wall from which a plurality of projections extend, the plurality of projections including at least one first projection and at least one second projection and the at least one first projection having a height greater than a height of the at least one second projection; b) an activatable material which is heat activatable and affixed to the carrier, configured to secure the carrier in a cavity of the vehicle; wherein in event of an impact, the at least one first projection and second projection are configured to deform toward the base wall and/or in a direction of an impact load in response to the impact load; and the at least one first projection is configured to receive the impact load and deform before the at least one second projection receives the impact load and deforms.
US10173720B2
A sensor device includes two sensor parts and an ECU. An output division of one of the two sensor parts stops output of an output signal when a detected internal abnormality is a first abnormality. Further, when the detected internal abnormality is a second abnormality that is different from the first abnormality, the output division controls an abnormality signal to take a value indicative of the second abnormality. An abnormality determiner determines either of a signal obtainment abnormality or the first abnormality of the sensor part when the output signal is not obtained from the one of the sensor parts, or determines the second abnormality of the one of the sensor parts when the obtained output signal includes the abnormality signal having a value indicative of the second abnormality. Such determination, thus, enables the abnormality determiner to classify an abnormality caused in the sensor parts.
US10173719B2
An electric power steering apparatus that calculates a first current command value based on at least a steering torque and performs an assist-control of a steering system by driving a motor based on the first current command value, including: a configuration of a model following control including a viscoelastic model as a reference model within a predetermined angle at front of a rack end, wherein an offset is given to input or output of the viscoelastic model for preventing an overheat, resulting in suppressing a rack end hitting.
US10173718B2
A method of estimating a motor velocity in an electric power steering system that includes a motor is provided. The method generates motor position data by sampling an original motor position signal at an irregular sampling rate. The method estimates a motor velocity by performing a regression analysis on the motor position data.
US10173716B2
A steering return control apparatus of MDPS may include: a column torque sensor configured to sense a column torque of a steering wheel; a steering angle sensor configured to measure a steering angle of the steering wheel; a column velocity calculator configured to calculate a column velocity at which a steering column is rotated; a vehicle velocity sensor configured to sense a vehicle velocity; a lateral acceleration sensor configured to sense a lateral acceleration of the vehicle; and a damping controller configured to detect a damping compensation gain in an on-center region according to at least one of the column torque, the column velocity and the lateral acceleration, and applies the damping compensation gain to a default damping amount, when the steering angle falls within the on-center region while at least one of the column torque, the column velocity and the vehicle velocity satisfies a preset damping compensation condition.
US10173712B2
A stitchless steering wheel fitted with leather, which is formed by covering a grip body with leather may include a first rim bezel mounted in a wheel groove of the grip body, and including a bezel groove to receive end portions of the leather, and a second rim bezel fastened in the bezel groove of the first rim bezel and fixing the end portions of the leather received in the bezel groove.
US10173709B2
A pallet truck handle assembly is provided, including a handle hinge seat, a handle control head, and a removable handle tube having a first end and a second end. The first end of the removable handle tube is removably connected to the handle hinge seat by one or more fasteners, and the second end of the removable handle tube is connected to the handle control head. The handle assembly further includes a handle control cable or handle wiring harness having a first end and a second end. The first end of the handle control cable or handle wiring harness is located proximate the first end of the removable handle tube and the second end of the handle control cable or handle wiring harness is connected to the handle control head, and the handle hinge seat has a support member that receives a chassis control cable or a chassis wiring harness.
US10173708B1
Described is a shopping cart bagging station can be used by customers to bag their purchases as they shop. The disclosed shopping cart bagging station includes a box front portion and a back plate that couple together to form a rectangular enclosure for shopping bags. The box front portion has a bag holder hook inside the enclosure that shopping bags are hung from. An opening in the box front portion allows access to the shopping bags hanging from the bag holder hook. At least one cart coupling hook is coupled to the back plate to couple the shopping cart bagging station to a shopping cart. A customer hangs the shopping cart bagging station, with shopping bags hung from the bag holder hook, on the side of a shopping cart, and uses the shopping cart bagging station to provide shopping bags while they shop.
US10173704B2
A lifting apparatus, such as may be used with gas cylinders such as welding gas cylinders, comprising a frame (1) and a carriage (3), the carriage being mounted on the frame through a mounting (9), the mounting (9) allowing the carriage (3) to rotate relative to the frame (1) and to slide linearly relative to the frame (1) constrained to a path, the carriage (3) being provided with a loading surface (2, 12, 24) for a load (101). The mounting may comprise a bar (19) typically on the carriage (3) held captive in a track (25) typically on the frame (1).
US10173702B2
A parking verification system and method, a movement verification system and method, and a monitoring system and method for a train, or other transit vehicle.
US10173692B2
A microcontroller system for safety-critical motor vehicle systems is provided. The microcontroller system includes a plurality of subsystems arranged on a common chip. At least one of the subsystems has more than one channel and is designed to carry out a plurality of operating modes. The subsystems, in a first operating mode, are operated independently of each other and communicate with each other via an on-chip interface. In a second operating mode, at least one of the subsystems is operated by data transmission means and using non-local resources of at least one further subsystem and/or at least one of the subsystems is operating and at least one further subsystem is inactive. A method for operating such a microcontroller system and to the use thereof is also provided.
US10173684B2
A motor vehicle automatic engaged stop system includes an automatic transmission driving at least one wheel and has at least one brake member preventing wheel rotation when engaged and allowing wheel rotation when disengaged. A controller communicates with each of: the brake member to control the brake member; the automatic transmission to control a condition of the automatic transmission, and with a signal device. A brake pedal in communication with the brake member engages the brake member when depressed by a vehicle operator. After the motor vehicle reaches a zero speed the controller energizes the signal device to notify the vehicle operator to release the brake pedal and maintains a vehicle stopped condition with the brake pedal in a released condition and when the motor vehicle is positioned anywhere between uphill and downhill orientation planes.
US10173683B2
A vehicle control device disengages a clutch provided between an engine and a driving wheel at a brake-off and an accelerator-off during traveling of the vehicle, and stops the engine and carries out inertia traveling. The vehicle control device starts the engine by the push-start by engaging the clutch and by transmitting the power of the driving wheel to the engine, if it is determined that a brake pedal has been depressed during the inertia traveling.
US10173668B2
A controller determines a load weight associated with a plurality of pneumatically independent circuits of a vehicle suspension system. The controller is adapted to receive a first electronic pressure signal, which is based on a first pneumatic signal representative of a first pneumatic pressure in a first of the plurality of pneumatically independent circuits, and receive a second electronic pressure signal, which is based on a second pneumatic signal representative of a second pneumatic pressure in a second of the plurality of pneumatically independent circuits. The controller is also adapted to determine the load weight based on the first electronic pressure signal and the second electronic pressure signal. The controller is also adapted to control an operation of a function of an associated vehicle based on the load weight.
US10173663B1
An electric vehicle receives propulsion power from two sources of Static, stored, electric power and three sources of Dynamic, generated electric power. The two stored sources are a Battery and a supercapacitor system. The three sources of Dynamic power are: (1) Regenerative power in both the braking, deceleration phase of travel, the downward slope of travel over some extended distance, and part of cruise control; (2) Power from a modified Squirrel Cage Generator; and (3) Power through the solar silicon panels. The Static and Dynamic powers are fed into the current Consolidator, Distributer, and Controller (CDC) systems to provide electric power to the drive motors. The total distance travelled is the sum of the Static, stored power plus the generated power of the Dynamic system.
US10173656B2
A movable diaphragm of a negative pressure type booster device includes an annular rubber diaphragm and an annular metal plate. The diaphragm is airtightly pinched by the housing at an annular outer peripheral bead portion formed at an outer peripheral edge of the diaphragm, and airtightly secured to an outer peripheral portion of a valve body, together with an inner peripheral portion of the plate, at an annular inner peripheral bead portion formed at an inner peripheral edge of the diaphragm. Between the outer peripheral bead portion and the inner peripheral bead portion, there are formed a folded portion having a curved portion toward the front and continuous with the outer peripheral bead portion at an outer peripheral area, and an annular portion continuous with an inner peripheral area of the folded portion and with the inner peripheral bead portion.
US10173655B2
Disclosed herein is a master cylinder for a brake system. The master cylinder for a brake system comprises a cylinder body in which a bore is formed, at least one piston provided to be movable forward and backward in the bore, a hydraulic chamber pressurized by the piston, an oil port connected to a reservoir and configured to supply oil to the hydraulic chamber of the cylinder body, and a sealing member installed in the cylinder body and configured to block a flow of oil between the oil port and the hydraulic chamber according to a movement of the piston, wherein the piston includes a piston groove having an inclined surface in contact with the sealing member and a plurality of piston holes formed along an outer circumferential surface of the piston groove configured to communicate the oil port with the hydraulic chamber.
US10173654B2
An electronically slip-controllable vehicle brake system includes a human-powered master brake cylinder, a pressure generator, an electronically actuatable valve device, a wheel brake, and an electronically actuatable actuator. The wheel brake is connected to the master cylinder and the pressure generator. The pressure generator is drivable via an external force and is configured to supply pressurized brake fluid to the wheel brake. The valve device is configured to control pressure medium connections from the master brake cylinder to the wheel brake and to a suction side of the pressure generator, and includes three pressure medium connections. The actuator is configured to switch the valve device between three different positions whereat the pressure medium connections are connected to or block from each other in different combinations.
US10173653B2
Method and system for determining a pressure/volume characteristic curve of a wheel brake in a motor vehicle brake system having an electrically controllable pressure supply device connected hydraulically to wheel brakes and can output a pressure medium volume for activating the wheel brakes. The pressure medium volume which is output by the pressure supply device can be determined. An electrically actuable inlet valve per wheel brake disconnects the connection between the wheel brake and the pressure supply device. During one or more service brake operations of the motor vehicle wheel brakes are activated by the pressure supply device, the pressure medium volume output by the pressure supply device in order to activate the wheel brakes is determined and the pressure/volume characteristic curves of the wheel brakes are determined on the basis of pressure medium volumes output by the pressure supply device during one or more service braking operations are determined.
US10173652B2
A braking system of a work machine includes a pressurized fluid supply, a base valve fluidly coupled to the supply, a proportional control valve fluidly coupled to the supply, and a fluid output configured to be fluidly coupled to a braking system of a trailer. A first fluid path is selectively fluidly coupling the supply to the fluid output via the base valve, and a second fluid path is selectively fluidly coupling the supply to the fluid output via the proportional control valve. The base valve includes a predefined fixed gain and the proportional control valve includes an adjustable ratio.
US10173649B2
A brake master cylinder is disclosed. A brake master cylinder comprises a cylinder body having a hollow, a piston provided to reciprocate in the hollow, and a sensor module connected on the cylinder body and configured to sense a movement according to a reciprocating motion of the piston. And the sensor module includes a sensor housing coupled to a guide hole formed parallel with the hollow of the cylinder body and having a hollow therein in a length direction, a magnet installed to be slidable through the hollow of the sensor housing, and an actuating member coupled to the piston and configured to move the magnet according to a movement of the piston.
US10173645B2
A vehicle window wiper system includes a wiper arm having a sliding joint operated by a linear actuator which selectively extends and retract the sliding joint. A controller is configured to cause the linear actuator to selectively extend and retract the sliding joint. A wiper arm rotational position provided to the controller determines whether the wiper arm should be in an extended or a retracted position.
US10173643B2
A vehicle includes a pair of cameras disposed on the vehicle and oriented to view an entrance to the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a processor configured to compare a profile image of a passenger's facial feature from one of the pair with a frontal image of the passenger's facial feature from the other of the pair. The processor is configured to lock the entrance to the vehicle in response to the facial features being different.
US10173641B2
The invention concerns a method (70) for preparing an operating signal for a motor vehicle (1), the method involving the following steps: (a) obtaining a signal indicating that an authorized user (10) has been authenticated; (b) monitoring an actuating region (22) located outside the motor vehicle (1) by means of an optical sensor system (30); (c) measuring a distance (a) between an object (18) in the actuating region (22) and an optical sensor (50) by means of the optical sensor system (30); (d) comparing the distance (a) with a default by means of the optical sensor system (30); and (e) preparing an operating signal if the default is satisfied.
US10173628B2
Provided is an airbag and an airbag apparatus that are easy to manufacture and in which the amount of gas to be released from the inside of the airbag when a passenger in proximity is restrained can be increased. An airbag includes a first panel member provided on an instrument-panel side, and a second panel member provided on a passenger side. The first panel member includes a deploying part that is deployable into a tapered cylindrical shape whose diameter increases toward the distal side thereof. The second panel member has on the proximal side thereof a fitting port whose diameter is smaller than the maximum diameter of the deploying part. In a state where the airbag has been inflated, the fitting port is anchored to the deploying part. If a passenger in proximity is restrained, gas is releasable from a clearance.
US10173616B2
A compressed air system for a motor vehicle with an air supply system, including: an electric drive motor, which can be controlled for variable speed, an air compressor coupled to be driven by the electric drive motor, an electric power supply for supplying electric power to the electric drive motor, at least one air reservoir connected with the air compressor to receive air from the air compressor, an air utilization system connected to the at least one air reservoir to receive air from the at least one air reservoir, a controller to control the speed of the electric drive motor. The controller controls the electric drive motor to determine the speed of the electric drive motor so that during filling of the air reservoir, when the pressure level in the air reservoir passes a setpoint that is between a minimum level and a higher cut off pressure level, the controller changes the compressor speed so that specific power consumption per unit mass of air compressed is decreased.
US10173613B2
Systems and methods for monitoring the state of charge of a battery of a vehicle are provided. A battery monitor having a processor and a memory is configured to monitor an operating voltage and a loaded voltage of the battery. An electric power steering system is configured to be supplied with power from the battery. The battery monitor is configured to calculate a voltage drop between the operating voltage and the loaded voltage when the battery is under load from the electric power steering system. The battery monitor compares the voltage drop to a predetermined voltage drop and determines that the state of charge of the battery is low when the voltage drop is greater than or equal to the predetermined voltage drop. The battery monitor instructs the electric power steering system to operate in a limited state when the state of charge of the battery is low.
US10173609B1
The truck toolbox and cooler is a storage chest. The truck toolbox and cooler is configured for use in a vehicle commonly referred to as a pickup truck. The pickup truck is further defined with a bed, a sidewall, and a wheel well. The truck toolbox and cooler is configured to mount by the sidewall of the bed over the wheel well. The truck toolbox and cooler is an insulated structure. The truck toolbox and cooler comprises a thermal shell and a storage insert. The thermal shell forms the insulated exterior shell of the truck toolbox and cooler. The storage insert is a rigid structure stored within the thermal shell. The storage insert converts the interior space of the thermal shell into a space suitable for use in storing hand tools or portable power tools.
US10173604B2
An illuminated center console has an outer bin, an inner bin positioned within the outer bin, a light source positioned within the outer bin and configured to emit light into the inner bin, a first and a second support member positioned above the inner and outer bins, and at least one wireless charger positioned proximate the inner bin.
US10173600B1
Storage bin arrangements for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, a storage bin arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a surround having a surround wall that defines a stowage space. A bin has a bin wall that defines a bin storage compartment. The bin moves in the stowage space between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the bin storage compartment is substantially disposed in the stowage space. In the open position, the bin storage compartment is substantially exposed. A flap arrangement includes a flap section extending between the bin and the surround wall. The flap arrangement moves the flap section relative to the bin during movement of the bin between the closed position and the open position.
US10173596B2
An apparatus for receiving articles in a vehicle cargo area is provided. A collapsible carrier includes at least one locator projection, and a support for supporting the carrier includes a receiver for receiving the locator projection of the carrier to restrict movement of the carrier laterally while allowing the carrier to be separated from the support for removal from the vehicle cargo area. The support may be a platform adapted for raising during movement from a stowed, non-erect position in the vehicle cargo area to an erect, deployed position rearward of the non-erect position to facilitate accessing any articles in the carrier. A related method is also disclosed.
US10173583B2
An emergency lighting system that includes: a portable strip adapted for placement across a rear panel of a trailer; a series of LED lights extending across the strip; a means to attach the portable strip to the rear panel; and a power source for the portable strip. The means to attach preferably includes a series of eyelets. The power source is preferably a battery and includes an on and off switch.
US10173580B2
A lighting circuit which lights a semiconductor light source, the lighting circuit includes a drive circuit configured to receive a PWM signal from a controller, to generate a drive current to the semiconductor light source, and to switch the drive current according to the PWM signal. When a non-input state of the PWM signal exceeds a predetermined time, the lighting circuit is configured to assert an abnormality detection signal and to output the abnormality detection signal to the controller.
US10173570B2
A securing arrangement for fitting a foot mat to the floor of the foot space of a motor vehicle may have at least one securing element, wherein the securing element has an upper portion which is constructed for releasable fitting of the foot mat, and a pin which is connected to the upper portion and which is guided through an opening in the floor. There is further provided a clamping element which is locked to the pin at the side of the floor facing away from the upper portion in order to thus clamp the floor between the upper portion and the clamping element. At least one reinforcement plate is arranged between the clamping element and the floor.
US10173564B2
Lower end portions of an edge and another edge are fixed to a wire through pull-in cloths and a fixing member such that the pull-in cloths pull the lower end portions in toward the rear and into an opening (slit). This enables the edge and the another edge to be closed together in a state in which tension is applied to a front covering and a side covering. This enables the external appearance of a seatback to be preserved. Further, the edge and the another edge can be separated from each other, enabling a connector to be inserted into the opening from between the edge and the another edge, and the connector to be connected to an ISOFIX member. An inferior external appearance of the seatback can accordingly be suppressed while securing insertability of the connector.
US10173554B2
The present invention relates to a special structure for child safety seats intended to be used in motor vehicles that significantly reinforces them in order to resist, with greater guarantees, the crash or collision to which vehicles are exposed, both in the event of colliding with another vehicle and in the event of colliding with a certain obstacle.This new and advantageous structure for child safety seats comprises a seat rest, a backrest, two sides and a headrest, formed by a rigid frame. More specifically, it basically comprises a base frame, a backwards frame tilted joined at the bottom to the front part of the base frame and a vertical support solidly connected to the base frame and to the tilted frame, whose frame receives the coupling of components that constitute the support of the constituent parts of the seat, such as the base, sides and headrest, whose parts are formed from blocks of pressure-absorbing lightweight material.
US10173552B2
A vehicle seat apparatus includes a seat, an actuator, and a controller in which a posture control unit exercises a seat posture control over the actuator based on a lateral acceleration and a steering velocity, to change an orientation of at least a portion of the seat. The posture control unit is configured to activate the seat posture control when a magnitude of the lateral acceleration becomes greater than a first acceleration threshold value, as well as to activate the seat posture control on conditions that the steering velocity has a magnitude greater than a steering velocity threshold value and when the magnitude of the lateral acceleration becomes greater than a second acceleration threshold value of which a magnitude is smaller than the first acceleration threshold value and a direction is laterally opposite to a direction of the steering velocity.
US10173544B2
An electric vehicle charging system comprises one or more system power and control modules (SPCM) and vehicle charging stations (VCS); wherein the SPCM distributes power from a power source to the VCS, and the VCS distributes power to one or more electric vehicles. Another electric vehicle charging system comprises an SPCM, VCS, a fleet management system (FMS) for monitoring and controlling the charging system, and a communications network for sharing information. A system for managing a plurality of electric vehicles comprises a plug-in module configured to collect and store information from an on-board diagnostics system of at least one of the plurality of electric vehicles, management software, a communications network, and a smart device software application for displaying system information. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for supporting a management system for a plurality of electric vehicles to extract, organize, and display information from the management system.
US10173540B2
A contactless power transmission device includes: a plurality of power transmission coil units; a plurality of detection units configured to detect a foreign substance on and around each power transmission coil unit; a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle; and a control unit configured to select one of the plurality of power transmission coil units based on information about a mounting position of a power reception device from the vehicle obtained by the communication unit, and to guide, when a detection unit detects a foreign substance at the selected power transmission coil unit, the vehicle toward a power transmission coil unit different from the selected power transmission coil unit, before the vehicle stops. This can prevent a reduction in power transfer efficiency due to a foreign substance or the like in a power transmission device including a plurality of power transmission coils.
US10173537B2
A charging device for an electric vehicle has a first charging connector on the vehicle side for mechanically connecting to a second charging connector of an external charging station. The first charging connector has two contact elements for a DC charging process. A galvanic connection of the contact elements to an electric energy store is provided, wherein direct current flows into the electric energy store. A control device monitors the charging process and is capable of communicating with the charging station. The charging device has at least one contact element movable between a first and a second position. In the first position, the contact element is retracted in the first charging connector, and in the second position the contact element is arranged so as to contact a corresponding contact of the second charging connector when the first and the second charging connectors are mechanically connected.
US10173533B1
A forced-air battery charging system for a vehicle having an engine compartment includes a turbine assembly having a casing and a plurality of blades, the casing being positioned forwardly in the engine compartment for operably receiving ambient air as the vehicle travels forwardly and having an outlet expelling the ambient air. The plurality of blades are situated in the casing between the inlet and the outlet and are operable to rotate about an axis when impacted by the received ambient air in a direction askew to the axis. An electricity generator is operatively coupled to the plurality of blades. The system includes an air duct having walls that define a channel having proximal and distal ends, the proximal end being open and in communication with the casing outlet, the distal end being open through which the ambient air exits under the vehicle after passing through the air duct proximal end.
US10173515B2
A hybrid vehicle is able to select series-parallel mode by engaging a clutch (C1) or a brake (B1) and releasing a clutch (CS), and is able to select series mode by releasing both the clutch (C1) and the brake (B1) and engaging the clutch (CS). The hybrid vehicle includes a simultaneous supply prevention valve (550) that prevents simultaneous engagement of the clutch (CS) and at least one of the clutch (CI) or the brake (B1). When a signal pressure of at least one of hydraulic pressure for engaging the clutch (C1) or hydraulic pressure for engaging the brake (B1) is input to the simultaneous supply prevention valve (550), the simultaneous supply prevention valve (550) is switched to a state where supply of hydraulic pressure to the clutch (CS) is cut off.
US10173513B2
Disclosed is a dog-bone type rear roll rod in which a body bracket, which is fixed to a vehicle body, and front and rear rubbers, which are disposed at front and rear sides of the body bracket, respectively, are connected together through an inner pipe and fastened to a rod by means of a fastening member, the dog-bone type rear roll rod including: an extrusion plate which has a through hole formed such that the inner pipe penetrates a center of the extrusion plate, has a width length greater than a width length of the rod, and is press-fitted between the rod and the front rubber.
US10173509B1
A wind deflector of a vehicle sunroof for effectively reducing droning noise that is generated when the sunroof is open includes a deflector bar rotating to unfold and fold a mesh deflector and divided into a front deflector bar and rear deflector bars so that a length of the deflector bar is changed by stretching and contracting when rotating the deflector bar. When the mesh deflector bar is unfolded upward with opening of the sunroof, the front deflector bar is linearly moved forward (in a front-rear direction of the vehicle) by guide bars rotatably coupled to a sunroof frame such that an upper end is moved ahead of an lower end of the mesh deflector.
US10173504B2
A sliding/folding soft top assembly having opposing first and second linkage assemblies with a plurality of guide rollers located within a first and second guide track for selectively moving the soft top assembly between a deployed position to a first stowed position or a retracted stowed position. A first bow and second bow are coupled to each of the first and second linkage assemblies, which include a first pivot joint for rotating the first bow to the first stowed position. A rear pivot joint allows a rear link of the first and second linkage assemblies to rotate in an area where the first and second guide tracks curve. A third bow is rotatably connected to first and second pivot brackets, and a fourth bow is pivotably connected to the third bow, to allow rotation of the third and fourth bow between the deployed position and retracted stowed position.
US10173495B2
An auxiliary HVAC system includes an engine-on module configured to provide cooling or heating during an engine-on mode and an engine-off module connected to the engine-on module and configured to provide cooling or heating during an engine-off mode.
US10173490B2
A controller includes a target frequency determining unit, first and second acceleration sensors, and a predetermined variable calculator. The target frequency determining unit determines a target frequency from a vibration state of a vibration source. The first acceleration sensor obtains a first acceleration of a mass member. The second acceleration sensor obtains a second acceleration of a vibration controlled member. The predetermined variable calculator calculates a predetermined variable of a transfer function of the first acceleration with respect to the second acceleration at the target frequency. If the predetermined variable is a numeric value other than 0, the controller changes a magnetic force generated in an electromagnet.
US10173487B2
A joint device (6) including an axially extending pivot pin (8) and a housing (11) that surrounds the pivot pin radially, wholly or partially, such that the pivot pin (8) and the housing (11) can move relative to one another at least by pivoting. A separate retaining element (12; 13), for the housing (11), is associated with the joint device (6). The joint device is designed in such manner that the retaining element (11) starts from an area (14) of the housing (11) and engages in a substantially axial channel (15) of the pin (8).
US10173485B2
A trailer hitch cover assembly is provided. That trailer hitch cover assembly includes a guide track and two cooperating doors received for sliding movement in the guide track and displaceable between a closed position and an open position. A motor vehicle incorporating the trailer hitch cover assembly and a method of hiding a hitch receiver are also disclosed.
US10173482B2
The tire-changing machine (1) for trucks comprises a bearing frame (2), at least a work unit (3) associated with the frame (2), having at least a supporting element (4) for supporting a wheel which can be operated in rotation around a substantially horizontal first axis (5) and also having a balancing device (10) of the wheel, at least a tool (8) associated with the frame (2) for the removal of the wheel tire, at least one of the supporting element (4) and the tool (8) being mobile with respect to the other in the direction of reciprocal close/away movement and wherein the work unit (3) is connected mobile in rotation to the frame (2) around a second axis (12) of rotation, the supporting element (4) and the balancing device (10) rotating integrally to one another around the second axis (12).
US10173476B2
A pneumatic tire is provided in the tread portion with a main groove and an axial groove. The groove-sidewall surface on each side of the main groove is formed by a circular-arc-like surface having a radius R1 of curvature and being convex to the groove center side. The groove-sidewall surface on each side of the axial groove is formed by a circular-arc-like surface having a radius R2 of curvature and being convex to the groove center side. The radius R2 of curvature of the groove-sidewall surface of the axial groove is more than the radius R1 of curvature of the groove-sidewall surface of the main groove.
US10173475B2
Each central land portion row (9) has at least one first narrow groove (21) that is open to the central main groove (5) and has a length a in a tire width direction and an angle α to the tire width direction, and at least one second narrow groove (23) has a length b in the tire width direction and an angle β to the tire width direction. Each outer land portion row (11) located on an outer side of a different one of the outer main grooves (7) in the tire width direction has at least one third narrow groove (25) that is open to the outer main groove (7) and has a length c in the tire width direction and an angle γ to the tire width direction. In the tire, a
US10173473B2
A pneumatic motorcycle tire includes a tread portion provided in each half tread region with a unit pattern repeatedly arranged in the tire circumferential direction to form a unidirectional tread pattern. The unit pattern includes a first groove extending axially outwardly from a vicinity of the tire equator, while inclining to the opposite direction to the intended tire rotational direction; a second groove disposed on the heel-side in the tire rotational direction of the first groove and extending along the first groove; a third groove disposed on the heel-side of the second groove and extending along the second groove; a fourth groove disposed on the heel-side of the third groove and extending along the third groove; and a narrow groove extending from an axially inner end of the first groove to an axially inner end of the fourth groove, while inclining to the intended tire rotational direction.
US10173460B2
An elongate, preferably rigid housing having a frusto-conical shape and a method for using the same. The large diameter end of the housing is generally adapted to be contacted with the lid of a container to ensure optimal sealing, while that portion of the frusto-conical housing having a small diameter is adapted to, either directly or indirectly, receive forces. The large diameter end is preferably at least partially hollow, and further comprises an inner member adapted to be contacted with smaller lids. Optionally, the small diameter end may be further characterized by a projection extending about the longitudinal axis of the device. For example, the projection may be cylindrical or frusto-conical. The small diameter end may further be characterized by having a recessed portion adapted to receive a tool, such as a conventional paint can opener.
US10173458B2
A ring mechanism for retaining loose-leaf pages includes a housing and ring members for holding loose-leaf pages that are moveable relative to the housing between an open and closed position. An actuation system moves the ring members and includes hinge plates pivotally mounted on the housing and an actuator actuating pivoting movement of the hinge plates. A travel bar of the actuation system is moveable by the actuator between a locked position blocking pivoting movement of the hinge plates and an unlocked position allowing pivoting movement of the hinge plates. The actuation system is adapted to deform while moving the travel bar from the locked position toward the unlocked position to delay the pivoting motion of the hinge plates from the movement of the actuator.
US10173456B2
A binder system is disclosed that flexibly secures one or more flat objects including by mechanical grasping of flat-shaped or sheet materials in a central spring clamp having a compact cross-sectional geometry that can adapt to several sizes of clamped materials and uses. The spring clamp comprises an elongated tri-folded spine with a flat central portion and flat side portions, and flat cover supports that are attached by hinged means to the side portions of the spine. The flat central portion aids a user in opening and keeping the system in its open configuration. In some aspects the system includes customizable covers attachable to said cover supports.
US10173454B2
The invention relates to a security and/or value document having a security feature, to an ink for making the security feature, to a method for making such a security and/or value document, and to a method for verifying such a security and/or value document.
US10173449B2
A method of inkjet printing a color image including a metallic or pearlescent color includes the steps of applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 4.0 μm as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with an opaque color inkjet ink containing a chromatic color pigment and a white pigment.
US10173447B2
A printer having a carriage (10) movable along a guide beam (12) in a main scanning direction (y), and a number of print heads (14) mounted on the carriage (10), each print head having a plurality of printing elements (16), wherein the carriage (10) has at least two sub-carriages (38) each of which carries at least one of the print heads (14) and is independently guided at the guide beam (12), and the sub-carriages (38) are coupled for joint movement in the main scanning direction (y) but are movable relative to one another in a sub-scanning direction (x) normal to the main scanning direction (y).
US10173441B2
The present invention is to provide a media processing apparatus for enabling a plurality of discharge sections disposed one side of the apparatus to be disposed parallel inside saved space, the media processing apparatus is provided with a plurality of discharge sections (correct card discharge section and error card discharge section) disposed on one side of an apparatus housing, and a discharge member (card reverse section) that discharges a card C to each discharge section. In such a card processing apparatus, a width dimension (length dimension in the discharge direction of the card) of a discharge stacker of the first card discharge section is wider than a width dimension of the card C, and a width dimension of a frame body of the error card discharge section is narrower than the width dimension of the card C.
US10173433B2
There is provided a tank including: first and second chambers; a liquid inlet port; a first communicating port; a communicating channel; a second communicating port; an atmosphere open port; a gas-liquid separating membrane provided in the communicating channel; and a liquid outflow port. In a state that a first wall constructing a first end of the tank in a usable posture constructs an upper portion of the tank and that a second wall constructing a second end, of the tank in the usable posture, which is away in a horizontal direction from the first end constructs a lower portion of the tank and under a condition that a maximum amount, of the liquid, storable in the tank in the usable posture, is stored in the first and second chambers, the gas-liquid separating membrane is located at a position above the liquid surface of the maximum amount of the liquid.
US10173430B2
There is provided a printing apparatus which performs printing by ejecting ink from a nozzle, including: a wiper blade that abuts on a nozzle surface on which an opening of the nozzle is formed, and moves in a first direction to wipe the ink adhering to the nozzle surface; and a cleaner that abuts on the moving wiper blade and scrapes off the ink adhering to the wiper blade, in which the wiper blade includes a blade member which protrudes in a second direction which is substantially orthogonal to the first direction, and in which the cleaner includes a scraping member which protrudes in a third direction which is a direction opposite to the second direction.
US10173421B2
Provided is a piezoelectric element including: a first electrode; a piezoelectric layer which is provided over the first electrode; and a second electrode provided on a side of the piezoelectric layer opposite to the first electrode, in which the second electrode includes a first layer which is provided on the piezoelectric layer side, and a second layer which is provided on a side of the first layer opposite to the piezoelectric layer, and the second layer does not contain platinum and covers an end portion of the first layer.
US10173415B2
The present application provides an overprint orientation system. The overprint orientation system may include a first printer for printing on a substrate a first field and one or more orientation indicators within a second field, a second printer for overprinting the second field, and an orientation sensor. The orientation sensor determines whether the orientation indicators are visible.
US10173410B2
A process and device for 3D printing parts incorporating long-fiber reinforcements in an advanced composite material is disclosed. A nozzle for a 3D printing device receives a polymer material and a reinforcing fiber through separate inlets. A passage from the reinforcing fiber inlet cleaves the passage containing the polymer material, creating an interstitial cavity into which the reinforcing fiber is introduced. The polymer material closes back on itself and encapsulates the reinforcing fiber, then drags the fiber along with the flow and exits nozzle to be deposited on a work surface or part being manufactured.
US10173404B2
A synthetic resin skin material includes, on one side of a base material 12, an adhesive layer 14, a skin layer 16, and a surface processing layer 18 in this order from the base material 12, the adhesive layer 14 and the skin layer 16 containing a polyurethane urea resin having a number average molecular weight of from 35,000 to 100,000.
US10173403B2
Provided is an a aramid-resin film laminate comprising an aramid paper comprising an aramid fibrid and an aramid short fiber, and a resin film laminated on each other. The aramid-resin film laminate is obtained by conducting a plasma treatment on a surface of the aramid paper, the surface having a skin layer portion whose heat of fusion measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is 25 cal/g or less, and bonding the aramid paper and the resin film to each other by heating, pressing, or heating under pressure, with the plasma treated surface of the aramid paper and a plasma treated surface of the resin film facing each other. This laminate is an aramid-resin film laminate in which the aramid paper and the resin film are laminated on each other without using any adhesive agent and without impairing characteristics of both the aramid paper and the resin film, and is excellent in heat resistance, electrical characteristics, chemical resistance, mechanical characteristics, and the like.
US10173401B2
A substrate with a decorative material includes a substrate, a white colored layer, and a light shielding layer in this order, and the light shielding layer contains a black pigment and a graft type silicone polymer. It is preferable that the graft type silicone polymer is a compound represented by Formula 1 described below.
US10173397B2
There is provided a thermoplastic resin film which is high in tear resistance. The thermoplastic resin film according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of first thermoplastic resin layers each containing a thermoplastic resin and a plurality of second thermoplastic resin layers each containing a thermoplastic resin, and has a multilayer structure in which the first and second thermoplastic resin layers are laminated in the thickness direction, the number of laminations in total of the first and second thermoplastic resin layers in the thickness direction is greater than or equal to 5, the ratio of the total thickness of the first thermoplastic resin layers to the total thickness of the second thermoplastic resin layers is greater than 1, the tensile modulus of elasticity of the respective first thermoplastic resin layers is less than or equal to 30 MPa, and the tensile modulus of elasticity of the respective first thermoplastic resin layers is greater than or equal to 280 MPa.
US10173387B2
A sheet binding device includes a binding operation unit including a first tooth-shaped member that has plural arrayed teeth, a second tooth-shaped member that has plural arrayed teeth and binds sheets by biting the first tooth-shaped member to clamp the sheets in cooperation with the first tooth-shaped member, and a link structure that opens and closes the first tooth-shaped member and the second tooth-shaped member to perform a binding operation, and two side frames that are arranged to hold the binding operation unit therebetween and to support the binding operation unit on both sides of the binding operation unit.
US10173386B2
A blank for being formed into a container. The blank has a marginal area that includes a plurality of score lines for facilitating forming of the blank into the container. The score lines are positioned to facilitate formation of the container. A forming tool has features to facilitate forming the blank into the container.
US10173378B2
There is disclosed a lay-up head for applying elongate fiber reinforcement material to an application surface. The lay-up head comprises a guide eyelet through which elongate fiber reinforcement material is arranged to pass into the lay-up head. The guide eyelet has an eyelet rim forming a discontinuous contact surface over which elongate fiber reinforcement material is arranged to pass.
US10173373B1
A system for manufacturing a balloon envelope includes a table component and a sealing component. The sealing component includes a first level and a second lower level. The first level further includes first and second platforms. The first platform can provide a work area for sealing respective first and second sheets of material together to form a sealed edge and the second platform may provide a work area for sealing the second sheet of material and a third sheet of material together. The first, second, and third sheets of material respectively form first, second, and third gores of the balloon envelope. The sealing component may be configured to move along length of the first platform and to apply a heat seal to bond the first sheet of material to the second sheet material and form a sealed edge.
US10173369B2
An article of manufacture that has at least three layers of heat sealable material. There is at least one first heat seal between at least two of the layers in a first area effected at a first temperature. There is also at least one second heat seal between at least two more layers, where at least one of these two layers is distinct from the at least two layers joined by the first heat seal, in a second area effected at a second temperature, where the second temperature is different than the first temperature, thereby allowing for heat sealing of discrete areas of the article in discrete steps.
US10173363B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a connecting rod including: a) manufacturing an inner body; b) adding one end of the inner body to the end of the reduced outer diameter of each end piece, said end of the inner body resting on the shoulder of the end piece; c) inserting a first portion of a second mandrel in the hollow cylindrical portion of each end piece and placing a driving bit at the free end of a second portion of the second mandrel; d) winding said pre-impregnated fibres onto the outer surface of an assembly consisting of the inner body, the end piece(s) and the second part(s) of the second mandrel(s) which are free of bits, said fibres then forming an outer body; e) after removing the bit(s), polymerising the inner body and the outer body to form a polymerised integral body; f) removing the second mandrel(s) and cutting the polymerised integral body to the required length.
US10173358B2
A process for for making a cross-linked polyethylene article includes: (A) feeding a blend comprising a cross-linkable silane-group containing polyethylene copolymer and at least one additive to an extruder, (B) feeding a liquid comprising a silanol condensation catalyst to said extruder to form a mixture with said blend, (C) extruding said mixture to form an article and (D) cross-linking said article. The article may be a pipe or cable.
US10173357B2
Extrudable hydrogel compositions for printing 3D objects, such as cell growth scaffolds, are provided. Also provided are methods for making the crosslinked hydrogel compositions and the printed objects and methods for culturing cells using the cell growth scaffolds. The hydrogel precursor solutions are aqueous solutions comprising a biocompatible polymer, functionalized polyethylene glycol as a crosslinker and, optionally, cells and/or bioactive factors.
US10173352B2
A method for the self-assembled production of a topographically surface structured cellulose element. First, a mold is provided having on one side a first surface which is in a complementary manner topographically structured and which is permeable to oxygen. Next, a liquid growth medium containing cellulose producing bacteria is provided. Then, the mold is placed to form a interface such that the side of the mold with the first surface is in direct contact with the liquid growth medium, and an opposite side is facing air or a specifically provided oxygen containing gas surrounding. This allows bacteria to be produced and deposit cellulose on the first surface and developing on the interface a surface structured surface complementary thereto, until a cellulose layer with a thickness of the element of at least 0.3 mm is formed. Finally; the element is removed from the mold.
US10173349B2
Within examples, elastomeric apparatuses for use in manufacture of a composite component, and methods for altering a surface rigidity of an elastomeric apparatus for use in manufacture of a composite component are described. In one example, an elastomeric apparatus comprises an elastomer housing, and a plurality of magnets within the elastomer housing at predetermined positions to provide surface rigidity to the elastomer housing based on one or more alignments of certain magnets of the plurality of magnets due to magnetic forces. An increase in temperature causes a loss in one or more of the magnetic forces of one or more of the plurality of magnets resulting in a reduction of stiffness of the elastomer housing at corresponding predetermined positions.
US10173348B2
A method of manufacturing a self-supporting, monolithic fuselage body, including engaging peripheral mandrel sections around at least one central mandrel section, placing uncured composite material on the mold surface, curing the composite material on the mold surface, and sliding the central mandrel section(s) out of engagement with the peripheral mandrel sections and disengaging the peripheral mandrel sections from the cured composite material without collapsing the mandrel sections. The peripheral mandrel sections each include a shape-retaining core of a thermally insulating material and an outer layer on an outer surface of the shape-retaining core. The outer layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion within the range of variation of that of the coefficient of thermal expansion of the composite material. A mandrel for layup and cure of a predetermined composite material in the manufacture of a monolithic fuselage is also discussed.
