US10210037B2
Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods related to analyzing faults across a population of assets. In particular, examples involve receiving a selection of variables each corresponding to an asset attribute type, accessing data associated with the selected variables, determining the number of fault occurrences across the population of assets for each combination of values of the selected variables, and facilitating the identification of outlier combination(s) that correspond to an abnormally large number of fault occurrences relative to other combination(s).
US10210013B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for making snapshots available may include (i) identifying a writeback log that records input/output operations of a compute node within a high-availability environment, (ii) placing, in the writeback log, a marker that indicates a start of a snapshot to be stored on a data node, (iii) marking, after placing the marker and before all data within the snapshot has been transferred to the data node, the snapshot as available, (iv) receiving, from an additional compute node, a request to read from the snapshot, and (v) sending, from the compute node to the additional compute node, metadata indicating which portion of data from the snapshot is stored on the data node and which portion of the data from the snapshot is not stored on the data node but is stored in the writeback log. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10210008B2
A service providing system includes a control server and a physical resource(s) controlled by the control server. The control server has a virtual device providing unit(s) that provides at least one virtual object for controlling a physical resource(s), and a virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) that can provide, as a virtual object(s), a virtual infrastructure(s) configured using at least one virtual object provided by the virtual device providing unit(s), wherein the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) can configure a virtual infrastructure(s) using the virtual object(s) provided by the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s), and can provide the virtual infrastructure(s) as a virtual object(s).
US10209994B2
Provided is a method for predicting a target address using a set of Indirect Target TAgged GEometric (ITTAGE) tables and a target address pattern table. A branch instruction that is to be executed may be identified. A first tag for the branch instruction may be determined. The first tag may be a unique identifier that corresponds to the branch instruction. Using the tag, the branch instruction may be determined to be in a target address pattern table, and an index may be generated. A predicted target address for the branch instruction may be determined using the generated index and the largest ITTAGE table. Instructions associated with the predicted target address may be fetched.
US10209990B2
A conditional fetch-and-phi operation tests a memory location to determine if the memory locations stores a specified value and, if so, modifies the value at the memory location. The conditional fetch-and-phi operation can be implemented so that it can be concurrently executed by a plurality of concurrently executing threads, such as the threads of wavefront at a GPU. To execute the conditional fetch-and-phi operation, one of the concurrently executing threads is selected to execute a compare-and-swap (CAS) operation at the memory location, while the other threads await the results. The CAS operation tests the value at the memory location and, if the CAS operation is successful, the value is passed to each of the concurrently executing threads.
US10209974B1
The method for model management includes, within a testing platform: building candidate model(s), validating the candidate model(s), and selectively deploying the candidate model(s) into a production environment. The method can optionally include, within a production environment: detecting a class instance based on the raw data using deployed model(s) within the production environment, and transmitting a notification to an endpoint associated with the detected class.
US10209971B2
A compilation system can apply a smoothness constraint to the arguments of a compute-bound function invoked in a software program, to ensure that the value(s) of one or more function arguments are within specified respective threshold(s) from selected nominal value(s). If the constraint is satisfied, the function invocation is replaced with an approximation thereof. The smoothness constraint may be determined for a range of value(s) of function argument(s) so as to determine a neighborhood within which the function can be replaced with an approximation thereof. The replacement of the function with an approximation thereof can facilitate simultaneous optimization of computation accuracy, performance, and energy/power consumption.
US10209963B2
A system for providing a computer configured to read an immutable value for a variable; read the value of the variable at a specific timestamp, thereby providing an ability to create looping constructs; set a current or next value of a loop variable as a function of previous or current loop variables; read a set of all values that a variable will assume; push or scatter the values into collections; reduce the collections into a single value; display graphical node representations to indicate computed values next to corresponding source code lines in an editor, and edge representations to indicate dependencies between values; visualize data output by a given node; permit the user to reorder source code lines by dragging nodes; cache or memoize computed values, and reuse cached or memoized values to implement reactive programming, minimizing recomputation in response to changes to program or data.
US10209960B1
An improved pseudo-random number generator is introduced that has increased security due to higher randomness and lower predictability. The PRNG uses seed values that are based on a combination of various selectable values from the real-world that are typically made publicly available over a computer network (i.e., the Internet), such as: one or more weather conditions at a particular time or date and geographic location, a score of a sports event, a stock market index or ticker value, an election vote total, attendance at a cultural event, gross dollar sales from a movie release, and other such numerically quantifiable values that, individually and in combination, are impossible to exactly predict in advance, yet are precisely verifiable after the number-generating event using electronically-stored information. The improved pseudo-random number generator may be used for more secure determination of lottery outcomes and the like.
US10209957B2
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a key selector configured to select a personality key from at least a portion of an input value. The apparatus may include a sparse look-up table configured to determine a portion of a result based upon the personality key and a prior remainder. The apparatus may include an adder configured to compute a current remainder based upon, at least, the input value, and the portion of the result. The apparatus may be configured to iteratively compute current remainders and portions of the result until either the current remainder is zero, or a predefined level of precision is reached.
US10209953B2
A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements. The system includes a task distribution device that distributes tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices that are to perform the tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to the members of the synchrony group over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which the members of the synchrony group are to execute the task. Each member of the synchrony group periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of the current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines therefrom a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates that it is to execute the task.
US10209942B2
Various aspects of a system and a method for collaboratively displaying media content on multiple display devices comprises a plurality of display devices. A first display device of the plurality of display devices determines a portion of the media content to be displayed by the plurality of display devices, respectively. The portion of the media content is determined based on at least one parameter associated with the plurality of display devices. The first display device assigns at least a portion of a second display device of the plurality of display devices to display additional content. The portion of the second display device is determined based on the at least one parameter associated with the plurality of display devices.
US10209933B2
Disclosed is an image forming device which can be connected to an electronic device. An image forming device comprises: a speaker; a storage unit for storing connection information necessary for connection to the image forming device; a control unit for controlling, in case of a predetermined condition, a speaker so as to output sound that corresponds to the connection information; and a wireless connection unit for, if a wireless connection request with respect to the connection information is received, connecting by means of Wi-Fi Direct to an electronic device which transmitted the wireless connection request.
US10209932B2
A printing apparatus includes a data storage, a first printer, a communication interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a security level of print data received, based on security setting data for the print data, when determining that the security level is a first security level, control the first printer to print the print data with the decolorable material and control the data storage to store the print data and the security setting data for the print data, and when determining that the security level is a second security level that is lower than the first security level, control the first printer to print the print data with the decolorable material and control the data storage not to store the print data and store the security setting data for the print data in the data storage.
US10209929B2
A controller executes a mode in an image forming apparatus in which an image is formed on a sheet by an image forming portion even if a sheet size included in an image forming job is inconsistent with a sheet size stored in the storage portion. In such a mode, the controller executes an operation by which an image having an orientation corresponding to a sheet orientation stored in the storage portion is formed on the sheet if a sheet orientation included in the image forming job is inconsistent with the sheet orientation stored in the storage portion.
US10209928B2
A method enables automatically printing a translation of a document without user interaction with a printer local user interface. A trigger event caused by connecting an external storage device with a printer is detected. The storage device includes a folder storing a source document or an access link it. The folder includes information which enables the printer to identify a printing protocol from a plurality of printing protocols. The protocols include at least one translation printing protocol which specifies that the source document is to be translated prior to printing. The source document is retrieved from the folder or from a remote location. The printing protocol is identified, based on the information. When the printing protocol is one of the at least one translation printing protocols, a translation of the source document is obtained in a target language. The translation of the source document is printed on the printer.
US10209922B2
A memory space of a module connected to a memory controller via a memory interface may be used as a command buffer. Commands received by the module via the command buffer are executed by the module. The memory controller may write to the command buffer out-of-order. The memory controller may delay or eliminate writes to the command buffer. Tags associated with commands are used to specify the order commands are executed. A status buffer in the memory space of the module is used to communicate whether commands have been received or executed. Information received via the status buffer can be used as a basis for a determination to re-send commands to the command buffer.
US10209920B2
A method for generating machine code for driving an execution unit is introduced to incorporate with at least the following steps: Data access instructions of a kernel, which are associated with the same memory surface, are collected. An address pattern associated with the data access instructions is analyzed to generate a global-id address. Machine code containing the global-id address is generated.
US10209917B2
Systems and methods for migrating encrypted storage blocks in a security enhanced manner. An example method may comprise: selecting, by the hypervisor, a first storage block and a second storage block, the first storage block being associated with a virtual machine; associating the second storage block with the virtual machine; providing, by the hypervisor, an instruction for the virtual machine to copy content of the first storage block to the second storage block; and enabling the virtual machine to access the content in the second storage block.
US10209916B2
A data write control device includes: a memory that stores a data write control program and data; and a processor that executes the data write control program, wherein the processor: divides data to be downloaded into pieces of divided data; downloads the pieces of divided data; and performs, based on a file system of a storage that is a storage destination to store the data to be downloaded, a first write process of sequentially writing the pieces of divided data into the storage, or a second write process of writing all of the pieces of divided data into the storage at once after all of the pieces of divided data are downloaded.
US10209902B1
Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for programming a flash memory having a plurality of memory blocks, wherein each memory block of the plurality of memory blocks is either a single-level cell (SLC) memory block or a multi-level cell (MLC) memory block, the method comprising assigning a weighting factor to each memory block of the plurality of memory blocks based on whether the memory block is an SLC memory block or an MLC memory block, tracking a number of write-erase cycles for each memory block, and selecting one or more memory blocks for writing data based at least in part on the weighting factor and the tracked number of write-erase cycles of each memory block of the plurality of memory blocks. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10209874B2
A method of outputting content by a device includes obtaining attribute information about review content that is retrieved by the device; estimating an amount of user's memory about the review content at a preset time based on the obtained attribute information and reference information obtained after the review content is selected; comparing the estimated amount of the user's memory and a threshold value; and changing appearance of the review content in response to the amount of the user's memory being determined as equal to or less than the threshold value.
US10209869B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for managing and persisting application interfaces and windows into reusable arrangements. In one example, a method may include identifying a work area of a first user, the work area including a presentation of a plurality of windows, each window associated with an application and receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of windows in the work area. In response to receiving a request to associate the selected windows with a workplace schema, locations of the selected windows in the work area are determined. The determined locations of the selected windows are stored in a first workplace schema, where the first workplace schema stores the layout of the work area based on the determined locations of the selected windows.
US10209862B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing device; a display portion capable of detecting a touch of an input object; a storage storing preset-setting groups; a preset-setting-group-selection-screen display controller displays icons corresponding to the preset-setting groups; and an image-processing-device controller for controlling the image processing device. When at least two icons are displayed on the display portion such that one icon is displayed in a selected state manner, and a specific icon is displayed in a non-selected state manner, and when the specific icon is touched, the preset-setting-group-selection-screen display controller moves the specific icon located on a second area to a first area and moves the one icon located on the first area to the second area in a direction in which the specific icon is moved, and displays the specific icon in the selected state manner and display the one icon in the non-selected state manner.
US10209861B2
Described herein are techniques related to sticky messaging, which enable the use of the content of text and/or multimedia messages outside the context of the messaging inbox of a telecommunications device, such as a mobile phone. An implementation described herein includes posting of the content (e.g., text, image, audio, and video) of a message onto a home screen of the telecommunications device. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US10209855B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable instructions for concurrent display of a masked view of an application between devices are described herein. One method for concurrent display of a masked view of an application between devices includes establishing a collaborative session with a first computing device and a second computing device, replicating a masked view of a first application on the first computing device, and concurrently displaying a view of the first application on a first user interface of the first computing device and the masked view of the first application on a second user interface of the second computing device in the collaborative session.
US10209848B2
A system enables the user to customize the temporal and/or spatial behavior aspects of desired things with respect to one or more target platforms. The desired things include objects, actions, and media files and can be associated with a time (T-thing), a location (L-thing), a time and location (LT-thing), a platform (P-thing), and combinations thereof. The user can pick and assemble multiple things into meta-things and create meta things of various types. The target platforms include any devices or systems that can be programmed to perform behaviors. The user programs a set of rules, which are then used to specify the behavioral aspects exercised by the system on the target platforms. The user interacts with the system through a portal and/or a mobile application. The portal is an intuitive GUI that enables the user to program the system in a simple pick-drag-and-drop fashion.
US10209840B2
A touch window is provided. The touch window may include a substrate including an effective region and an ineffective region, and a plurality of pressure detection members provided on the effective region. The plurality of pressure detection members may be spaced apart from each other, and the plurality of pressure detection members may include a strain gauge or a piezoelectric material.
US10209829B2
A position indicator includes a housing and circuitry. The circuitry transmits a plurality of signal blocks successively to a position detecting device. Each of the signal blocks includes a position detection signal, a first modulated signal acquired by modulating one part of a plurality of divided parts of position indicator identification information, and a second modulated signal acquired by modulating current position indicator status information acquired successively from a signal supplied to a control terminal or from a voltage state of the control terminal. The position indicator transmits the plurality of divided parts of position indicator identification information by transmitting the plurality of signal blocks.
US10209827B1
A touch sensing system can demodulate sensor data using a dynamically adjusted demodulation waveform and/or demodulation window. The demodulation waveform and/or demodulation window can be dynamically adjusted to account for dynamically changing noise in a touch sensing system. The system can dynamically adjust the demodulation window based on noise measured by the touch sensing system to generate an optimized or otherwise noise-tailored window to suppress detected noise. In some examples, the noise measured by the touch sensing system can be sampled from sense channels localized to a detected touch.
US10209823B2
The present disclosure discloses a smart wearable device and an information input method thereof. The smart wearable device comprises a secondary touch panel located on at least one side, and a primary screen touch panel located on a front side; when the smart wearable device is in an input state, the secondary touch panel and the primary screen touch panel respectively receive touch instructions; a touch chip detects the primary screen touch panel and the secondary touch panel, obtains touch instructions, processes them and then outputs them; a microcontroller unit sets a first mapping relationship between an event of switching controls in each layer of an input method application and the touch instruction of the secondary touch panel, sets a second mapping relationship between an event of switching different layers, an input confirmation touch event, an input deletion touch event and the touch instruction of the primary screen touch panel, and implements information input based on the first mapping relationship, the second mapping relationship, and the touch instructions. With the secondary touch panel being in cooperation with the primary screen touch panel, the technical solution makes information input more convenient and quicker, and solves the problem about undesirable user experience upon information input on a small-sized smart wearable device.
US10209822B2
A touch sensor includes electrodes that are serially arranged and a processor with multiple input terminals. The electrodes are grouped into first, second and third groups of electrodes. Each electrode of the first group is coupled with a corresponding input terminal of the processor. The electrodes of the second group are sequentially coupled with the input terminals of the processor by way of odd numbered electrodes of the first group. The electrodes of the third group are sequentially coupled with the input terminals of the processor by way of even numbered electrodes of the first group. Each of the electrodes, other than the electrodes on the ends, is triggered simultaneously with at least one of its neighboring electrodes to provide sensed signals to the processor.
US10209818B2
A display panel is disclosed. The display panel can include: a first substrate; a second substrate, arranged opposite to the first substrate; a first pressure-sensitive detection electrode, arranged on the first substrate and positioned proximal to one side of the second substrate; a second pressure-sensitive detection electrode, arranged on the second substrate and positioned proximal to one side of the first substrate, and a third pressure-sensitive detection element, positioned at one side of the first substrate distant from the second substrate and arranged at intervals from the first substrate. A first capacitance is formed between the second pressure-sensitive detection electrode and the first pressure-sensitive detection electrode. A second capacitance is formed between the third pressure-sensitive detection element and the first pressure-sensitive detection electrode. When the display panel is pressed, a magnitude of pressure is determined by detecting a variation of the first capacitance and a variation of the second capacitance.
US10209816B2
A coordinate measuring apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The coordinate measuring apparatus includes a touch panel including a plurality of electrodes, a driver configured to generate a driving signal and to provide the driving signal to the touch panel, a receiver configured to receive a first receiving signal for detecting a change in capacitance from the touch panel and a second receiving signal corresponding to a signal transmitted from a coordinate indicating apparatus, and a processor configured to determine an activation region from which a hand position is detected, based on the second receiving signal, and determine the hand position in the determined activation region.
US10209810B2
A device with a touch-sensitive display, a rotatable input mechanism, processors, and memory storing programs for displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a user interface comprising a plurality of objects each associated with a contact and an affordance representing a first contact is disclosed. The memory may include programs for, in response to receiving the first input, updating the visual appearance of the affordance to represent the second contact among the plurality of contacts, and the memory also may include programs for, after updating the visual appearance of the affordance, updating display of the affordance to an add contact affordance, where the add contact affordance was not displayed prior to detecting the second input corresponding to the selection of the object that is not associated with any contact. Further, the memory may include programs for displaying a user interface for adding a contact upon selection of the add contact affordance.
US10209809B1
Apparatuses, methods, and a computer-readable media are provided to: display an object and another object via an interface, such that the object and the another object are located in a same virtual display layer; detect a gesture being applied to the touch screen on the object, the gesture capable of causing a plurality of touch states; prior to a first touch state of the plurality of touch states, display information associated with the object; during the first touch state of the plurality of touch states, display the object in a first virtual display layer and the another object in a second virtual display layer; during the first touch state of the plurality of touch states and based on an increase in a pressure being applied to the touch screen on the object, increase a blurring of the another object; during the first touch state of the plurality of touch states and based on a decrease in the pressure being applied to the touch screen on the object, decrease the blurring of the another object; during a second touch state of the plurality of touch states, vibrate the apparatus, during the second touch state of the plurality of touch states, display, in different virtual display layers, at least a portion of the interface that is blurred and at least a portion of a window; during the second touch state of the plurality of touch states and based on another increase in the pressure being applied to the touch screen, increase a size of the at least portion of the window; during the second touch state of the plurality of touch states and based on another decrease in the pressure being applied to the touch screen, decrease the size of the at least portion of the window.
US10209799B2
Touch display system and touch operation device are provided. An exemplary touch display system includes a touch operation device for emitting first non-visible light; and a touch display device including a touch screen and a touch detection module. The first non-visible light is able to heat up air around a contact point on the touch screen. The touch detection module is configured for determining a position of a light refraction occurred as a second non-visible light is incident on the air heated by the first non-visible light.
US10209796B2
An electronic device including a display assembly is provided. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a flex conductor electrically connecting a display integrated circuit and a circuit board. The flex conductor may have a display end including first and second connectors separated by a space and a circuit board connector end including a third connector opposite from the display connector end.
US10209778B2
Methods, program products, and systems for gesture classification and recognition are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a system can determine multiple motion patterns for a same user action (e.g., picking up a mobile device from a table) from empirical training data. The system can collect the training data from one or more mobile devices. The training data can include multiple series of motion sensor readings for a specified gesture. Each series of motion sensor readings can correspond to a particular way a user performs the gesture. Using clustering techniques, the system can extract one or more motion patterns from the training data. The system can send the motion patterns to mobile devices as prototypes for gesture recognition.
US10209771B2
A method is provided, including the following method operations: receiving captured images of an interactive environment in which a head-mounted display (HMD) is disposed; receiving inertial data processed from at least one inertial sensor of the HMD; analyzing the captured images and the inertial data to determine a predicted future location of the HMD; using the predicted future location of the HMD to adjust a beamforming direction of an RF transceiver towards the predicted future location of the HMD.
US10209769B2
In an implementation, a virtual reality (VR) headset can include a plurality of structural components. Each structural component can be formed from a respective cardboard sheet. The plurality of structural components can include a plurality of flaps that define an opening for placement of the VR headset near or against a face of a user in a first configuration, an internal wall of the VR headset, a bottom wall of the VR headset, a lens frame assembly, a top wall of the VR headset and an enclosure flap hingeably coupled with the bottom wall of the VR headset. The enclosure flap can, in a first configuration, secure an electronic device in the VR headset against the internal wall. In a second configuration, the enclosure flap can enclose the plurality of flaps that define the opening between the internal wall and the enclosure flap.
US10209768B1
The disclosure is related to systems, devices, and methods for file-aware priority drivers in data storage devices. In one example, a device may comprise a data storage medium, an interface circuit to communicate with a host, a driver configured to retrieve file system information related to a structured input/output (I/O) command from the host, select priority attributes based on the file system information, and prioritize execution of the I/O command based on the priority attributes. Another embodiment may be a method comprising inspecting characteristics of an I/O request, choosing priority attributes for the I/O request based on the characteristics, and executing operations in an order based on the priority attributes.
US10209764B2
Embodiments described herein relate to improving processor power-performance using a binary analyzer routine. In one example, a processor includes a memory interface to couple to a memory, at least one hardware accelerator circuit, and an execution pipeline including at least fetch, decode, and execute stages, wherein the processor, in response to a hot-spot hardware event indicating presence of a hot-spot sequence, is to switch context to a binary analyzer routine stored in the memory, the binary analyzer routine including instructions that, when fetched, decoded, and executed by the processor, cause the processor to analyze a region in the memory containing the hot-spot sequence, analyze hardware metrics relating to execution of the hot-spot sequence, and generate, based on the analyses, a recommendation for the at least one hardware accelerator circuit to improve at least one of power consumption and performance.
US10209749B2
An apparatus for workload management includes a thermal relationship module, a thermal effect module, and a resource allocation module. The thermal relationship module determines a plurality of thermal relationships among components of an electronic device. Each thermal relationship quantifies a thermal impact on one of the components of utilizing another of the components. The thermal effect module determines one or more potential thermal effects of a workload on the components based on the thermal relationships. The one or more potential thermal effects correspond to one or more possible allocations of resources of at least a portion of the components to run the workload. The resource allocation module selects an allocation of resources from the one or more possible allocations of resources to run the workload, based on the determined potential thermal effects.
US10209741B2
A flexible display screen electronic apparatus and a control system thereof are provided. The flexible display screen electronic apparatus includes: an apparatus body, and a flexible display screen and a second roller which are disposed on the apparatus body. The flexible display screen includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the first end is disposed on the apparatus body, the second end is fixed on a second roller, and the flexible display screen is configured to be windable around the second roller; and display surface area between the second end and the first end is variable. The flexible display screen electronic apparatus can change the size of the display screen flexibly as required to meet different demands of users.
US10209740B2
Disclosed is a docking station for holding an electronic device including a main body, a vertical support, a horizontal support, a cut-out in the horizontal support, and an ejection mechanism. The ejection mechanism includes a base member, a top member, an extension member disposed on the top member, an electrical connector disposed on the extension member, and a first and second bars hingedly connecting the base member to the top member. The top member is configured to be disposed in a first position in which the electrical connector is disposed at a first height with respect to the horizontal support and substantially parallel to the vertical support. The top member is further configured to be disposed in a second position in which the electrical connector is disposed at a second height with respect to the horizontal member and substantially non-parallel with the vertical support. The second height is less than the first height.
US10209739B2
An operating device for a construction machine includes a plurality of operating elements for adjusting operating parameters of the construction machine, and a display unit which is configured to display technical data. The operating device further comprises a docking station at which the display unit is attached so as to be removed without tools and which is provided for connecting the display unit with at least one data line and/or power supply of the construction machine.
US10209736B2
Disclosed are various embodiments related to a bonding member that bonds components of an electronic device. An electronic device may include a tape member that include: a first bonding layer and a second bonding layer. One of the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer comprises a material having a bonding force in a selected range in a predetermined temperature range.
US10209731B2
A band gap reference circuit includes a first bipolar transistor and a second bipolar transistor that are coupled to a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal, each base of the first bipolar transistor and the second bipolar transistor being coupled to an output terminal, a first resistor that is coupled to the second power supply terminal and the first bipolar transistor, a second resistor and a third resistor that are coupled to an end of the first bipolar transistor of the first resistor and the second bipolar transistor in series, a ninth resistor that is coupled to the first power supply terminal and a collector of the first bipolar transistor, a tenth resistor that is coupled to the first power supply terminal and a collector of the second bipolar transistor, and an amplifier is coupled to the collector of the first bipolar transistor.
US10209729B2
Lower-level information processing devices (20-1 to 20-n) obtain parameters used for estimating power consumption in accordance with the statuses of electric devices (30-1 to 30-n), estimate the power consumption of the electric devices (30-1 to 30-n) on the basis of the parameters, and transmits the estimated value of the estimated power consumption to an upper-level information processing device (10). The upper-level information processing device (10) determines an assignment of distribution of supply and demand on the basis of the power supply-demand capacity in a predetermined power network and the estimated value of the power consumption and transmits the determined assignments to the lower-level information processing devices (20-1 to 20-n). The lower-level information processing devices (20-1 to 20-n) controls the operations of the electric devices (30-1 to 30-n) on the basis of the assignment of distribution of supply and demand.
US10209727B2
The invention addresses the needs associated with the entire data center power distribution lifecycle—design, build, operation and upgrades. The design and construction is facilitated by a system for prefabricating power whips that accommodate changing data center needs. The invention also allows for upgrading power supply components without powering down critical equipment. Improved power and network strips and associated logic further facilitate data center operation.
US10209725B2
A current limiting circuit includes a current sensing module that is configured to sense an output current of a power transistor and to generate a corresponding sensing current which is proportional to the output current. A first current limiting module coupled to the current sensing module is configured to generate a first limiting current based on the sensing current when a variation of the output current of the power transistor exceeds a first current level. A second current limiting module coupled to the current sensing module is configured to generate a second limiting current based on the sensing current when a variation of the output current of the power transistor exceeds a second current level. A converting module coupled to the first and second current limiting modules and the power transistor controls a gate voltage of the power transistor based at least on the first and second limiting currents.
US10209722B2
A mixer water faucet for installation through a bore in a work surface in proximity to a water supply, includes a stationary housing extending transversely through the bore; a faucet body mounted onto the housing, rotatable relative thereto; a main spout and an auxiliary spout extending from the housing; a main water supply hose for conveying water to the main spout and an auxiliary water supply hose for conveying water to the auxiliary spout, the main water supply hose and the auxiliary water supply hose extending through the housing; and a diverter for selectably directing a supply of water to the main spout and the auxiliary spout.
US10209717B2
An autonomous guidance system that operates a vehicle in an autonomous mode includes a camera module, a radar module, and a controller. The camera module outputs an image signal indicative of an image of an object in an area about a vehicle. The radar module outputs a reflection signal indicative of a reflected signal reflected by the object. The controller determines an object-location of the object on a map of the area based on a vehicle-location of the vehicle on the map, the image signal, and the reflection signal. The controller classifies the object as small when a magnitude of the reflection signal associated with the object is less than a signal-threshold.
US10209715B2
A processing system includes at least one computer processor, which is configured to implement a method that includes receiving crowd-sourced driving path data, map data, and real-time sensor data associated with a roadway. The method includes generating, by the processing system, optimized driving path data for the roadway based on the crowd-sourced path data, the map data, and the sensor data. The method includes providing control signals to control an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle based on the optimized driving path data.
US10209710B2
A piloting assistance system for an aircraft during manual piloting is provided. The piloting assistance system includes a monitoring module, configured to compare an acceleration of the aircraft to an authorized acceleration that depends on a speed of the aircraft, an acceleration control module, able to be switched between an activated state and a deactivated state, and configured so as, in the activated state, excluding the deactivated state, to generate a control signal of at least one control device of the acceleration of the aircraft to push the acceleration of the aircraft toward the authorized acceleration range, in order to keep or push the speed of the aircraft in a predefined usage speed range, the monitoring module being configured to activate the acceleration control module when the acceleration of the aircraft is not comprised in the authorized acceleration range.
US10209707B2
Systems, devices, and methods for a safety system including: selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command on a controller, the controller comprising a first processor with addressable memory; presenting a first activator and a second activator on a display of the controller for the selected UAV command, wherein the second activator is a slider; and sending the UAV command to a UAV if the first activator and the second activator are selected, the UAV comprising a second processor with addressable memory.
US10209706B2
A system includes one or more sensors coupled to industrial equipment, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to obtain one or more measurements associated with one or more operating characteristics of the industrial equipment. The system also includes a computing device that includes a user interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: receive the one or more measurements of the one or more operating characteristics of the industrial equipment; determine a status of the industrial equipment based on the one or more measurements; determine a date and a time based on the one or more measurements; and update a cell in a grid of cells organized according to time increments based on the status, the date, and the time.
US10209701B2
A method of temperature control is applied to a cabinet in which a fan is disposed and the fan runs based on an input signal. The method includes obtaining a temperature signal corresponding to the cabinet, calculating a deviation signal between the input signal and the temperature signal, executing fuzzy learning to obtain a first proportional parameter, a first integral parameter and a first derivative parameter based on the deviation signal, generating a driver signal to execute a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control based on the first proportional parameter, the first integral parameter and the first derivative parameter, wherein the driver signal is for driving the fan to adjust a temperature of the cabinet.
US10209700B2
A machine tool controller according to an embodiment of the present invention, for controlling a spindle and a feed axis, includes a motor temperature obtaining unit for obtaining and outputting the winding temperature of a spindle motor as a motor temperature; an inverter temperature obtaining unit for obtaining and outputting the temperature of an inverter that drives the spindle motor as an inverter temperature; a motor temperature comparator for comparing the outputted motor temperature with an overheat temperature for the motor; an inverter temperature comparator for comparing the outputted inverter temperature with an overheat temperature for the inverter; and an overheating assessment unit for imposing a restriction on the output of the spindle motor according to the smaller one of the differences between the motor temperature and the overheat temperature for the motor and between the inverter temperature and the overheat temperature for the inverter.
US10209689B2
A system and approach of importing data from site controllers as history imports with a history service by a supervisor in conjunction with a host processor. The history service may reconfigure the history imports to provide the history service virtually full control over the history imports. The history service may runs a history import cycle to ensure that virtually all enabled history imports are performed. The history service may establish a list of history imports to be processed at a beginning of the history import cycle. The history import cycle may query virtually all history imports in an order on a last success time of a history import operation where an oldest time is first on the list. The history service may ensure a maximum number of history imports are running by querying for a count of history imports of an in progress state.
US10209688B2
A thermostat may include a plurality of heat-generating components; a plurality of first temperature sensors, each of the plurality of first temperature sensors being disposed next to a corresponding one of the plurality of heat-generating components; a second temperature sensor that is disposed away from the plurality of heat-generating components; and a memory device storing a coefficient matrix. The thermostat may also include one or more processors that combine a plurality of inputs to calculate an ambient temperature for an enclosure in which the thermostat is installed, the plurality of inputs including readings from the plurality of first temperature sensors, readings from the second temperature sensor, and the coefficient matrix.
US10209684B2
A self-configuring extremum-seeking controller includes a dither signal generator, a communications interface, a phase delay estimator, and a bandwidth estimator. The dither signal generator identifies a stored dither frequency, generates a dither signal having the stored dither frequency, and uses the dither signal to perturb a control input for a plant. The communications interface provides the perturbed control input to the plant and receives an output signal from the plant resulting from the perturbed control input. The phase delay estimator estimates a phase delay between the output signal and the dither signal. The bandwidth estimator estimates a bandwidth of the plant based on the estimated phase delay. The dither signal generator updates the stored dither frequency based on the estimated bandwidth.
US10209673B2
An interference fringe pattern (ILR) between an inline spherical wave light (L) and an off-axis reference light (R) is recorded with a photo detector (4), and on which spatial-frequency filtering is applied to obtain a complex amplitude in-line hologram (JLR). A complex amplitude off-axis hologram (JOR) is derived by performing a spatial frequency filtering on a hologram (IOR) in which an object light (O) emitted from a microscopic subject illuminated with a spherical wave light (L) is recorded with a reference light (R), and the derived data is divided with data of the hologram (JLR) so that a complex amplitude in-line hologram (JOL) from which a component of the reference light (R) is eliminated is generated and recorded.
US10209667B2
A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating body configured to contain developer, with the developer accommodating body being rotatable about a rotational axis. A developer discharging body is provided in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, with the developer discharging body having a discharge opening provided in a bottom portion of the developer discharging body and configured to discharge the developer from the developer discharging body, and with the developer accommodating body being rotatable relative to the developer discharging body. A track is provided on each of opposite sides of the developer discharging body.
US10209666B2
A developing cartridge includes first and second rotary members. The first rotary member is rotatable from a first position to a second position and from the second position to a third position, and includes a first gear part and a first rib. The first rib extends along an addendum circle of the first gear part. The second rotary member includes a second gear part and a second rib protruding outward in a radial direction of the second rotary member. The second rib is in contact the first rib during rotation of the first rotary member from the first position toward the second position. The second rib is separated from the first rib during rotation of the first rotary member from the second position toward the third position.
US10209657B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming portion that includes a developing portion configured to supply toner to an image bearing member bearing an electrostatic latent image formed thereon to develop the electrostatic latent image as a toner image, and is configured to form a toner image on a long paper sheet; a notification portion configured to notify a user about information; and a control portion configured to calculate, in accordance with coverage of a toner image that is a target of image formation, a toner image formation distance with which successive image formation is possible without forcibly discharging degraded toner from the developing portion, and to control the notification portion to notify the calculated toner image formation distance as a first toner image formation distance.
US10209643B2
A toner container is for mounting to a mounting portion of an image forming apparatus along a mounting direction. The toner container includes a container body and an engaging protrusion. The container body houses a toner and rotates. The engaging protrusion projects from an outer peripheral surface of the container body. The engaging protrusion has a spiral pattern and rotates integrally with the container body. The mounting portion includes a lock portion is engageable with the engaging protrusion. Rotation of the container body and the engaging protrusion in one rotation direction in a state where removal of the toner container from the mounting portion is permitted causes the toner container to move to a back side (downstream) in the mounting direction while shifting an engaging part of the engaging protrusion relative to the lock portion to restrict the removal of the toner container from the mounting portion.
US10209640B2
Cores of toner particles contain a non-crystalline polyester resin, a carnauba wax, and a crystalline polyester resin (polymer of monomers including alcohol, carboxylic acid, styrene-based monomer, and acrylic acid-based monomer) having an SP value ((cal/cm3)1/2) of at least 10 and no greater than 11. Shell layers each include a resin film mainly constituted by a complex of resin particles having a glass transition point of at least 50° C. and no greater than 100° C. A Ru-dyed ratio of the toner particles in a state in which no external additive is present is at least 50% and no greater than 80%. An intensity of an absorbency peak around a wavenumber of 701 cm−1 is at least 0.0100 and no greater than 0.0250. Surface adsorption forces (FA: coated regions, FB: exposed regions) satisfy “0 nN
US10209637B2
An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support, a charge generating layer containing a charge generation material, and a charge transporting layer containing a charge transport material in this order, the charge transporting layer serving as a surface layer. The charge transporting layer contains a polycarbonate resin having a particular structural unit.
US10209628B2
A method for automatically classifying one or more defects based on electrical design properties includes receiving one or more images of a selected region of a sample, receiving one or more sets of design data associated with the selected region of the sample, locating one or more defects in the one or more images of the selected region of the sample by comparing the one or more images of the selected region of the sample to the one or more sets of design data, retrieving one or more patterns of interest from the one or more sets of design data corresponding to the one or more defects, and classifying the one or more defects in the one or more images of the selected region of the sample based on one or more annotated electrical design properties included in the one or more patterns of interest.
US10209620B2
An illumination system for an EUV projection exposure apparatus is designed for shaping illumination radiation from at least a portion of received EUV radiation. The illumination radiation is directed into an illumination field in an exit plane of the illumination system during exposure operation. An EUV radiation source is arranged in a source module separate from the illumination system. The illumination system includes an alignment state determining system including an alignment detector configured to receive a portion of the EUV radiation emerging from the secondary radiation source and to generate therefrom an alignment detector signal representative of the alignment state.
US10209619B2
A semiconductor device production composition comprises a product obtained by mixing a metal compound and a compound represented by Formula (1) in a first organic solvent, and a second organic solvent. R and R′ each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a linear or cyclic alkyl group having a carbon number of 2 to 20, a linear or cyclic alkylcarbonyl group having a carbon number of 2 to 20, an aryl group having a carbon number of 6 to 20, or an aryloxy group having a carbon number of 6 to 20, and part of the hydrogen atoms in the cyclic alkyl, cyclic alkylcarbonyl, aryl, or aryloxy group are substituted or unsubstituted. R—O—O—R′ (1)
US10209614B2
A conductive film coated substrate, including a conductive film formed thereon. In a relationship between a bearing area (%) and a bearing depth (nm) that are obtained by measuring, with an atomic force microscope, a region of 1 μm×1 μm of a surface of the conductive film, the surface of the conductive film satisfies a relationship that (BA70-BA30)/(BD70-BD30) is 15 or more and 260 or less (%/nm), and a maximum height (Rmax) is 1.3 nm or more and 15 nm or less.
US10209605B2
A blade driving device includes an opening forming member forming an opening portion, a pivotal member pivoting about the opening portion, blades configured to enter or exit from the opening portion upon receiving power transmitted from the pivotal member, a cover member arranged so that the pivotal member and the plurality of blades are located between the cover and the opening forming member, and engaging portions engaging the of blades with the opening forming member. The pivotal member comes into slidable contact with the engaging portions in a process of pivoting. A pivotal position of the pivotal member with respect to the opening forming member is defined by the engaging portions.
US10209604B2
A frequency converter for converting a single mode input beam at a fundamental frequency to an output beam at a converted frequency is configured with a plurality of spaced optical components defining a resonant cavity. The optical components shape the input beam with at least one beam waist in the cavity. The frequency converter further includes a non-linear crystal located within the cavity in either a divergent beam with a Rayleigh range smaller than a cavity round trip length so that a center of the crystal is spaced from the beam waist along a beam path, or in a collimated beam with a Rayleigh range greater than the cavity round trip length.
US10209597B1
Disclosed is a display module and method of manufacturing the same, where the display module comprises a LCD panel, a driver IC for driving the LCD panel, and a FPC electrically coupled to the driver IC. The LCD panel includes an array of TFT pixels on a TFT array substrate. The TFT array substrate defines a driver cavity and one or more die cavities in which the driver IC and one or more other IC dies are disposed. The driver IC includes an image signal input pad and a driving signal output pad. The driver IC is configured to receive image signals from the FPC, to process the image signals into drive signals, and to transmit the drive signals to TFT pixels via an RDL electrical connection and a through-glass via through the TFT array substrate.
US10209594B2
A thin film transistor array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided, and the thin film transistor array substrate includes: a base substrate, a gate electrode disposed on the base substrate, a gate insulating layer and an active layer which are disposed on the gate electrode sequentially, and a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a transparent electrode layer which are disposed on the base substrate; the transparent electrode layer and the pixel electrode or the common electrode are prepared in a same layer and by a same material; the transparent electrode layer is disposed under the gate insulating layer; an orthogonal projection of the active layer on the base substrate is located within a region of an orthogonal projection of the transparent electrode layer.
US10209590B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate; a gate line, a data line, and a common voltage line formed on the first substrate; a first passivation layer formed on the gate line, the data line, and the common voltage line; and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed on the first passivation layer and overlapping each other with a second passivation layer therebetween, and the common electrode is connected to the common voltage line through a common contact hole, and the common contact hole is disposed for every two or more dots.
US10209583B2
In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a display panel, and a related display apparatus are provided. In some embodiments, the display panel comprises: a plurality of first sub-pixels adjacent to a photo spacer; and a plurality of second sub-pixels separated from the major photo spacer; wherein an aperture area of each first sub-pixel is smaller than an aperture area of each second sub-pixel, while a light transmittance of each first sub-pixel is substantially equal to a light transmittance of each second sub-pixel.
US10209577B2
A liquid crystal display panel in one example includes first and second substrates facing each other; a sealant disposed between the first and second substrates, and corresponding to a perimeter of a display area; a first protective layer disposed over the first substrate; a second protective layer disposed over the first protective layer; and an adhesive groove part overlapping the sealant, and including a first contact groove passing through the first and second protective layers, and a second contact groove disposed adjacent to the first contact groove and passing through the second protective layer. Due to the adhesive groove part, the sealant can adhere to each of the first and second protective layers, whereby the attachment force of the liquid crystal display panel can be enhanced.
US10209570B2
A liquid crystal display includes a substrate defining an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area, a sealant located on the non-active area for hermetically connecting with another substrate to seal a crystal liquid layer between the substrate and the another substrate, and an alignment film barrier wall formed on the non-active area and located between the sealant and the active area. The barrier wall has a wave-shaped configuration consisting of protrusions projecting toward the active area and recesses recessed from the active area. When liquid polyimide is applied to the substrate to from an alignment film, the liquid polyimide is injected at fronts of the protrusions; then the liquid polyimide flows along the wave-shaped barrier wall to enter the recesses thereof.
US10209569B2
A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first metal layer, a first insulation layer disposed on the first metal layer, a second metal layer, a second insulation layer disposed on the second metal layer, a pixel electrode layer and an intervening layer. The first metal layer is disposed on the first substrate to form a signal wiring and a gate. The second metal layer is disposed on the first insulation layer to form a data wiring, a source and a drain. The intervening layer is a patterned layer and disposed between the second insulation layer and the pixel electrode layer. The pixel electrode layer covers the intervening layer and the second insulation layer, and the perimeter of the intervening layer of a sub-pixel ranges between 500 μm and 30000 μm.
US10209564B2
A backlight module including a substrate, a light source, a porous optical film, and a wavelength conversion optical layer is provided. The light source is located on the substrate. The porous optical film is disposed over the light source and has a plurality of emission structures, and the porous optical film distributes light generated by the light source to be emitted through the emission structures located at different positions of the porous optical film. The porous optical film has a central region and a peripheral region surrounding the central region, the central region is disposed corresponding to the light source, and an area of the central portion is A. The wavelength conversion optical layer is located between the light source and the porous optical film, and a vertical projection area of the wavelength conversion optical film is B, where 0.49≤A/B≤5.
US10209562B2
This display device includes a display portion, a light-emitting element emitting light to the display portion, a light-emitting element substrate (62) mounted with the light-emitting element, a supporting member (63) supporting the light-emitting element substrate (62), and a diffusing lens (64) provided to cover the light-emitting element, diffusing the light from the light-emitting element. The diffusing lens (64) integrally includes a first engaging portion (64a) configured to mount the diffusing lens (64) on the light-emitting element substrate (62) or the supporting member (63) and a first positioning portion (64b) provided separately from the first engaging portion (64a), configured to position the diffusing lens (64). The supporting member (63) includes a second engaging portion (63d) corresponding to the first engaging portion (64a) of the diffusing lens (64), and the light-emitting element substrate (62) includes a second positioning portion corresponding to the first positioning portion (64b) of the diffusing lens (64).
US10209554B2
The present invention discloses a method for producing a laminated-resin black matrix that has a sufficient optical density and a low reflectance and that can be precisely processed, and a color filter substrate that includes a laminated-resin black matrix substrate produced by the method. The method for producing a laminated-resin black matrix substrate includes the step of exposing, in a single step, a laminate of a coating A of a non-photosensitive resin composition A that contains a light-shielding material and a coating B of a resin composition B that contains a light-shielding material, the laminate being on a substrate, and the step of developing the exposed laminate. The color filter substrate includes red, green, or blue pixels formed in apertures in a laminated-resin black matrix substrate produced by the method.
US10209552B2
The invention provides a PDLC display panel, manufacturing method thereof, and an LCD. The PDLC display panel comprises a PDLC layer, which comprising a plurality of red sub-pixel portions, green sub-pixel portions, and blue sub-pixel portions. The red, green and blue sub-pixel portion is a PDLC film having red, green and blue dye, respectively. The light passing through the red, green, and blue sub-pixel portions of the PDLC layer displays red, green and blue colors respectively. The PDLC display panel is simple in structure, on the premise to achieve color display, eliminating the upper and lower polarizers, polyimide (PI) alignment layer, CF layer and the black matrix, to achieve high light penetration rate and low manufacturing costs, as well as high backlight utilization with the use of quantum dot layer in the CF substrate.
US10209550B2
A touch button structure for a mobile communications or other device, including a sensor slot with front-side and back-side slot walls formed in the device wall, an interior surface of a touch button area forming the front-side slot wall, and a sensor component inserted within the sensor slot. The sensor component includes a sense element operable to sense a touch-deflection of the front-side slot wall toward the sense element in response to a touch-press of the touch button, and front-side and back-side elastic insulating retention laminates affixed to the front/back-side of the sense element. The front/back-side elastic laminates being compressible for insertion of the sensor component into the sensor slot, and when inserted, are decompressible to contact respectively the front-side and back-side slot walls, and at least the front-side elastic laminate is compressible in response to a deflection of the front-side slot wall in the direction of the sense element.
US10209549B2
A method for manufacturing a touch panel includes the following steps. A plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of second sensing electrodes are formed on the first substrate. A first insulator layer is formed to cover the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes. Holes are formed in the first insulator layer, in which a portion of the first sensing electrodes is exposed through the holes. A conductive layer is formed on the first insulator layer and in the holes. The conductive layer is patterned to form a bridge electrode and a shield electrode. The bridge electrode is electrically connected to the first sensing electrodes through the holes. A vertical projection of the shield electrode on the first substrate at least overlaps with a vertical projection of at least one of the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes on the first substrate.
US10209542B1
Disclosed is a display module and method of manufacturing the same, where the display module comprises a LCD panel, a driver IC for driving the LCD panel, and a FPC electrically coupled to the driver IC. The LCD panel includes an array of TFT pixels on a TFT array substrate. The TFT array substrate defines a driver cavity in which the driver IC is disposed. The driver IC includes an interface side and an opposing non-interface side. The interface side includes an image signal input pad and a driving signal output pad. The driver IC is configured to receive image signals from the FPC, to process the image signals into drive signals, and to transmit the drive signals to one or more of the plurality of TFT pixels via an RDL electrical connection.
US10209535B2
A lens for an eye having an optical axis and an aberration profile along its optical axis, the aberration profile having a focal distance and including higher order aberrations having at least one of a primary spherical aberration component and a secondary spherical aberration component. The aberration profile may provide, for a model eye with no aberrations and an on-axis length equal to the focal distance: a peak, first retinal image quality (RIQ) within a through focus range that remains at or above a second RIQ over the through focus range that includes said focal distance, where the first RIQ is at least 0.35, the second RIQ is at least 0.1 and the through focus range is at least 1.8 Diopters.
US10209532B2
A switchable facemask comprises a viewing window through which a user views the outside, the viewing window including a clear member; a film operably disposed across the clear member to cover the user's field of view; a power source operably connected to the film; and a switch for turning ON or OFF the power source. The film is switchable between a clear state such that the user can see through the clear member and a light obscuring state such that the user's field of view is obscured. The film is in one of the clear and light obscuring states when the switch is ON and the film is in another of the clear and light obscuring states when the switch is OFF.
US10209527B2
An illuminator includes a light source apparatus that outputs light, a light collecting system on which the light is incident, and a diffuser element on which the collected light flux having exited out of the light collecting system is incident. The light includes a first light beam flux that occupies an area including the optical axis of the light collecting system and a second light beam flux that occupies the area outside the first light beam flux. The position where the first light beam flux is focused in the direction of the optical axis by the light collecting system differs from the position where the second light beam flux is focused in the direction of the optical axis by the light collecting system.
US10209526B2
An optical system for producing electromagnetic radiation with localized increases in irradiance or radiance at the system output includes a first optical mask containing localized regions for producing controlled modifications of phase delays and/or amplitude attenuations and located within the input plane of said optical system. The system also includes at least a single optical component with positive optical power located after the input plane and at least one additional optical mask located after the optical component at non-conjugate locations with respect to the input plane of the system. The additional optical mask contains localized regions for producing controlled modifications of phase delays. Locally increased radiation distributions are produced at the system output.
US10209523B1
An apparatus for reduced display blur may include a display that displays consecutive frames. The apparatus may also include a backlight that intermittently illuminates the display, with variable timing, to render visible each of the consecutive frames. The apparatus may further include a prioritization element that, for each given frame within the consecutive frames, determines a field of interest within the display. The apparatus may additionally include a control element that, for each given frame within the consecutive frames and responsive to the field of interest determined by the prioritization element for the given frame, controls the timing with which the backlight illuminates the display such that the backlight illuminates the display after the display response time has passed for the field of interest within the display for the given frame and finishes illuminating the display before the field of interest within the display is modified for a subsequent frame.
US10209521B2
A head-mounted display according to one aspect includes an interface capable of connecting a cartridge, and a controller configured to execute an application based on data obtained from the cartridge when the cartridge is connected to the interface. The controller is configured to explore other devices existing within an interconnectable area in executing the application, and communicate and connect with other devices associated to the application among other explored devices.
US10209520B2
A system and method are disclosed for controlling an amount of ambient light transmitted to the eye of a wearer through an NED device. A passive component such as a photochromic coating may be applied to a visor of the NED device to block light. An active component may be included to augment the light dimming capabilities of the passive component.
US10209519B2
A display device (10) is provided. The display device comprises an array of light emitting elements (16). The display device further comprises a plurality of optical elements (18) for receiving light from the array of light emitting elements. Each optical element is configured to provide a collimated light beam (20).
US10209514B2
A method of operating a device is provided. The method includes acquiring an image, determining whether an object registered in a device exists in the image, and if it is determined that the registered object exists in the image, displaying associated information of the registered object.
US10209512B2
A heater system for resisting fog and ice buildup on advanced driver assistance cameras provides a chamber covering the camera lens and providing a transparent window through which the camera lens may be directed. A heating element communicates with an air gap between the lens and the transparent window and the periphery of the transparent window to provide heating of the transparent window without blocking an image received by the camera lens.
US10209510B2
The embodiments described herein provide scanners with a modular construction that includes a separately formed scan plate coupled to a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) flexure structure. Such modular scanners, when incorporated into laser scanning devices, reflect laser light into a pattern of scan lines. In general, the modular scanner includes a scan plate that is formed separately from the flexure structure. The scan plate and flexure structure each include coupling features that serve to couple the scan plate to the flexure structure. The flexure structure includes flexure arms that facilitate rotation of the scan plate to reflect laser light into a pattern of scan lines.
US10209506B2
A light source optical system includes a light source, an optical system that collects light incident from the light source; and a light guide rod having a reflecting inner surface for guiding light received through an entrance port to an exit port by total internal reflection, the reflecting inner surface being gradually tapered, towards a light guide axis in the direction of the exit port, in one of an entire region defined from the entrance port to the exit port, and a region defined from a midway point between the entrance port and the exit port to the exit port.
US10209497B2
The imaging lens consists of, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1; a diaphragm; and a second lens group G2 that has a positive refractive power. The first lens group G1 consists of, in order from the object side, a first A lens group G1A that consists of two negative meniscus lenses concave toward an image side, and a first B lens group G1B that consists of only one positive lens or a negative lens and a positive lens. The second lens group G2 consists of, in order from the object side, a biconvex lens, a biconcave lens, one or two biconvex lenses, and a negative meniscus lens that is concave toward the object side. With such a configuration, the imaging lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
US10209496B2
Provided is a zoom lens, including, in order from an object side to an image side, first, second, and third lens units having positive, negative, and positive refractive powers, respectively. The second lens unit moves toward image side during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and an interval between adjacent lens units is changed during zooming. The first lens unit includes a lens pair of a positive lens (LP1) and a negative lens (LN1) that are arranged adjacent to each other. A refractive index of a material at 400 nm wavelength, a refractive index of a material at 1,050 nm wavelength, a refractive index of a material at 1,700 nm wavelength, an Abbe number and a partial dispersion ratio of a material, Abbe numbers and partial dispersion ratios of materials for the positive lens (LP1) and the negative lens (LN1) are each appropriately set.
US10209495B2
A four-piece infrared single wavelength lens system includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a stop, a first lens element with a positive refractive power, a second lens element with a positive refractive power, a third lens element with a negative refractive power, a fourth lens element with a positive refractive power. Such arrangements can provide a four-piece infrared single wavelength lens system which has a wide field of view, high resolution, short length and less distortion.
US10209490B2
An optical imaging system for pickup, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side, comprising: the first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with refractive power, the fourth lens element with refractive power, the fifth lens element with refractive power; the sixth lens element made of plastic, the sixth lens with refractive power having a concave image-side surface with both being aspheric, and the image-side surface having at least one inflection point.
US10209489B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens having negative refractive power; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the object side and a surface on the image plane side have negative curvature radii. The first lens has a specific focal length, the second lens has a specific focal length, the fourth lens is arranged to be away from the fifth lens by a specific distance on an optical axis, and the surface of the sixth lens on the image plane side has a specific curvature radius so that specific conditional expressions are satisfied.
US10209488B2
An optical imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power.
US10209474B2
A fiber arrangement member includes: a tubular housing that houses a plurality of optical fibers; and a plurality of guide portions extending from a first end in an axial direction of the housing toward side areas of the first end. The guide portions extend from the housing in different directions from each other crossing an axial line of the housing. The guide portions comprise guide grooves that house the optical fibers and communicate with an inner space of the housing. The grooves are open at sides of the grooves opposite to a second end in the axial direction of the housing on entire lengths in extending directions of the grooves. The grooves selectively house the optical fibers extended from the first end in the axial direction of the housing. The optical fibers housed in one of the grooves move into another of the grooves.
US10209463B2
A silicon waveguide coupling alignment apparatus includes a fine adjustment bracket, a stress releasing clamp and a silicon photonic integrated chip force sensor. A silicon photonic integrated chip is fixed on the silicon photonic integrated chip force sensor, at least a part of an optical fiber to be coupled is fixed on one end of the stress releasing clamp, the stress releasing clamp is arranged on the fine adjustment bracket, an end surface of the optical fiber to be coupled is aligned with an end surface of the silicon photonic integrated chip by adjusting a position of the fine adjustment bracket, and a cushioning mechanism is arranged within the stress releasing clamp to cushion a collision force in a direction perpendicular to the end surface of the optical fiber to be coupled. The contact force imposed by the optical fiber on the end surface of the chip can be released by the clamp.
US10209460B2
A connector unit having a first connector part and at least a second connector part, wherein the first connector part and the at least second connector part are connectable during a mating of the first connector part and the at least second connector part and are dis-connectable during a de-mating of the first connector part and the at least second connector part, and further having at least a first locking assembly for locking the first connector part and the at least second connector part at least during the de-mate of the first connector part and the at least second connector part. At least first locking assembly has at least a first hydraulic lock.
US10209455B2
An optical-fiber-attached ferrule includes: an optical fiber hole into which an optical fiber is inserted; and a filling section filled with a liquid refractive index-matching material. The filling section internally includes an opening surface of the optical fiber hole and an opposed surface that is opposed to the opening surface, and the filling section is filled with the liquid refractive index-matching material while an end surface of the optical fiber inserted into the optical fiber hole abuts with the opposed surface
US10209454B2
Disclosed are optical connectors having lenses along with methods for making the same. In one embodiment, the optical connector includes a fiber body having a front portion with a plurality of fiber guides, and a connector body having a plurality of connector body fiber guides that lead to a plurality of lenses at a front portion of the connector body. The fiber body attaches to the connector body and may align a plurality of optical fibers to the lenses at the front portion of the connector body. One embodiment has the fiber body configured as a crimp body with a barrel at a rear portion for attaching a fiber optic cable.
US10209452B1
A silicon photonics package includes an L-shaped block formed from a cuboid having a through-hole through front and rear faces thereof. The L-shaped block includes two horizontal inner surfaces lying in a plane longitudinally bisecting a section of the through-hole, a bisected through-hole formed between the two horizontal inner surfaces, and a vertical inner surface. A lens block with a lens or lens array is bonded on the rear face of the L-shaped block. A vertical metal pad is attached on the front face of the L-shaped block. The vertical metal pad is soldered together with two horizontal metal pads on a photonic integrated circuit block formed with a waveguide or waveguide array such that the center of the optical lens is optically aligned with the waveguide. A method for fabricating the silicon photonics package, and an active alignment method for light coupling are also disclosed.
US10209447B2
A micro splice protector for a fusion connection between a pair of optical fibers takes the form of a cylindrical sleeve of dimensions similar to that of the fusion splice itself, with an epoxy material used to encase the fusion splice within the sleeve. The sleeve is formed to exhibit an inner diameter only slightly greater than the outer diameter of the optical fibers, with the length of the sleeve typically formed to be only slightly longer than the stripped end terminations of the pair of fibers being spliced together. The cylindrical sleeve is formed of a rigid, but lightweight, material (e.g., stainless steel, fused silica) and an epoxy material is injected into the configuration to fill any gaps between the fusion connection and the inner surface of the sleeve. The result is relatively stiff fusion splice protector that is extremely small in size and well-suited for use in optical component packages where space is at a minimum.
US10209442B2
Optical coupling of a photonic chip to an external device by use of a system with two lenses. The photonic chip comprises a light guide layer supported by a substrate and covered by an encapsulation layer, and a lens integrated into either the front face or the back face. The light guide layer includes a wave guide coupled to a surface grating coupler. An arrangement of one or several reflecting structures each on either the front face or the back face, is provided. This arrangement comprises a reflecting structure on the back face and is made so as to assure propagation of light between the surface grating coupler, and the lens along an optical path having at least one fold. The invention also covers the fabrication method of such a photonic chip.
US10209437B2
An optical fiber with ultra-low attenuation and large effective-area includes a core layer and cladding layers. The cladding layers have an inner cladding layer surrounding the core layer, a trench cladding layer surrounding the inner cladding layer, an auxiliary outer cladding layer surrounding the trench cladding layer, and an outer cladding layer surrounding the auxiliary outer cladding layer. The core layer has a radius of 4.8-6.5 μm, and a relative refractive index difference of −0.06% to 0.10%. The inner cladding layer has a radius of 9-15 μm, and a relative refractive index difference of about −0.40% to −0.15%. The trench cladding layer has a radius of about 12-17 μm, and a relative refractive index difference of about −0.8% to −0.3%. The auxiliary outer cladding layer has a radius of about 37-50 μm, and a relative refractive index difference of about −0.6% to −0.25%. The outer cladding layer is a pure silicon-dioxide glass layer.
US10209434B2
A backlight unit includes: a light source which generates light; and frame members which accommodate the light source therein. The frame members include: a first frame member which is bent in at least one direction and includes a superelastic alloy; and a second frame member which overlaps an edge portion of the first frame member and includes an elastomer.
US10209432B2
A backlight device (12) includes a light guide plate (14), and LEDs (17), and wiring portions (18c). The light guide plate (14) has a substantially circular outer shape and has fan-shaped areas (SA) defined by segment lines (SL) extending through a center (C) thereof. All the segment lines (SL) meet at the center (C). The LEDs (17) are arranged such that middle positions between LEDs (17) each located at an end in the circumferential direction in the respective sets of the LEDs (17) provided for the fan-shaped areas (SA) adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction coincides with the segment lines (SL). The wiring portions (18c) are equal or larger in number than the LEDs (17) included in each of the sets of LEDs (17) provided for the fan-shaped areas (SA) and are configured to supply electric power to the respective LEDs (17).
US10209421B2
Provided are a polarizing plate having high transmittance characteristics and excellent controllability of reflectance characteristics, a method of manufacturing the polarizing plate, and an optical apparatus including the polarizing plate. A polarizing plate having a wire grid structure includes a transparent substrate and grid-shaped protrusions that are arranged on the transparent substrate at a pitch shorter than a wavelength of light in a use band and extend in a predetermined direction, the grid-shaped protrusion includes, in order from the transparent substrate side, a pedestal, a reflection layer, a dielectric layer, and an absorption layer, and the pedestal has a trapezoidal shape when viewed from the extending direction of the grid-shaped protrusions.
US10209418B2
a* and b* values, which define, the hue of a polarization element or a polarization plate using JIS.Z.8729, are adjusted such that the absolute value of the a* and b* values is: less than 1 during a single-body transmittance measurement; less than 2 when two sheets of a base material are arranged parallel, to the absorbing axis direction and the a* and b* values are measured; and less than 2 when two sheets of the base material are arranged orthogonal to the absorbing axis direction and the a* and b* values are measured.
US10209410B2
A prism sheet includes a sheet body that includes opposite light exiting and incident surfaces, and a lateral side transversely connected between the light incident and exiting surfaces. The light exiting surface includes two side regions disposed on two opposite sides of a reference line on the light exiting surface, which is perpendicular to the lateral side. The sheet body further includes a plurality of parallel microstructure members protruding from the light exiting surface and extending perpendicularly to the lateral side. The microstructure members have a distribution density decreased in a density-decreasing direction parallel to the lateral side and pointing toward either of the side regions from the reference line.
US10209400B2
In one embodiment, a method includes facilitating a real-time display of drilling-performance data for a current well. The method further includes receiving new channel data for the current well from a wellsite computer system. The method also retrieving input data including historical drilling-performance data for an offset well relative to the current well. In addition, the method includes computing calculated data for the current well based on the channel data and the input data. Moreover, the method includes updating the real-time display with the calculated data.
US10209396B2
A first set of radiation detectors may be disposable on the a drill string, wherein the first set of radiation detectors are capable of detecting gamma radiation and neutron radiation; and a combined chemical source spaced from the first set of radiation detectors, wherein the combined chemical source comprises a gamma radiation emitting material and a neutron radiation emitting material. The first set of radiation detectors and combined chemical source may be used in methods for logging a wellbore.
US10209392B2
A method and system of monitoring for scale compounds that include scale co-contributors of cations and anions. A scale compound can be monitored by measuring gamma ray counts of scale contributors using a spectral gamma ray detector. A scale compound can be identified by identifying an increase in scale co-contributors over time from the gamma ray counts.
US10209386B2
Method for inverting, in the frequency domain (42), controlled source electromagnetic survey data (41) acquired using a time-division compound waveform made up of sub-sequences of different base waveforms, for example square waves of different frequencies. A windowed Fourier decomposition method is used, with the window size and shape designed in consideration of the sub-sequences. The window length may be twice the length of the compound waveform, or more. Alternatively the window length may be comparable to the sub-sequence length, or slightly less. Window shapes include cos2, rectangular, and triangular. The method addresses the problem of unknown arrival times for each sub-sequence, and also transition transients that occur between sub-sequences.
US10209384B2
Disclosed herein is an approach to improving the accuracy of signal-peak tracking in acoustic logs by supplementing a semblance method used to detect signal peaks in individual coherence-, correlation- or amplitude-based semblance maps with consistency checks based on rock-physics constraints and/or based on history and/or future data for the signal of interest.
US10209379B2
This invention provides a system apparatus and method for ship-towed deployment of a non-linear volumetric array of hydrophones, allowing line-intersect or line-transect sampling of marine mammal populations through passive acoustic monitoring, enabling unambiguous real-time three-dimensional localization of single sounds received through a low-cost, modular, robust, stable, small, light, neutrally to slightly negatively buoyant volumetric array having low self-noise and low flow noise, that avoids putting high tension on the tow cable and that is compatible with standard hydrophones, instrumentation, cabling, and analytical software.
US10209378B2
A laser photopeak location system comprises a gamma-ray spectrometer and a processor. The processor computes a plurality of correlation coefficients based on a comparison of a pulse-height spectrum of the gamma-ray spectrometer with an array of values. The processor locates one or more photopeaks of the pulse-height spectrum based on at least one of the plurality of correlation coefficients. Additional apparatus, methods, and systems are disclosed.
US10209377B2
A method of distinguishing effective pulses from test pulses in a scintillation detector that generates measurement light pulses includes providing a regularly-pulsed test light source that produces individual test light pulses having a time-dependent course of relative light intensity, which differs from a time-dependent course of relative light intensity of the measurement light pulses. The test light pulses are provided to a light detector for measurement of the test light pulses. The time-dependent courses of the relative light intensities of the test light pulses are analyzed. The measured pulses are separated into the test light pulses and the measurement light pulses according to the different time-dependent courses of the relative light intensities. The detector includes a scintillator, a light detector, a regularly-pulsed test light source that is adapted provide test light pulses to the light detector for measurement, and an electronic measuring circuit.
US10209370B2
An apparatus includes a controller and a power supply circuit. The controller performs first control for resetting a plurality of sensors before start of radiation irradiation, second control to accumulate charges in the plurality of sensors after the start of the radiation irradiation, and third control to output the signal read out from the plurality of sensors after the second control.
US10209369B2
A photon detector for use in imaging, comprising a detector surface for detecting photons incident on the detector surface, the detector surface comprising at least one non-flat feature configured such that, during imaging, at least a portion of the photons are blocked from incidence upon at least a portion of the detector surface.
US10209359B2
To increase the effective pulse rate of a light source in a lidar system, a controller provides control signals to the light source to transmit a light pulse once the previous light pulse has been received. The controller may communicate with a receiver in the lidar system that detects received light signals. In response to detecting a received light signal, the receiver may provide an indication of the received light signal to the controller which may in turn provide a control signal to the light source to transmit the next light pulse. The receiver may also provide characteristics of the received light signal to the controller, such as the peak power for the received light signal, the average power for the received light signal, the pulse duration of the received light signal, etc. Then the controller may analyze the characteristics to determine whether to transmit another light pulse.
US10209358B2
A transmission unit is caused to transmit a first wave from a transmission unit that transmits waves, and a second wave. Based on a first reflected wave of the first wave and a second reflected wave of the second wave, it is determined whether there is an object outside of the apparatus.
US10209353B2
A system and method for phased-array radar that is capable of accurate phase-only steering at any unambiguous angle is provided. In various embodiments, system and method that compensates for the varying effective element spacing of phased array radar, which occurs as a result of transmitting a wideband signal with phase shifters operating at a fixed phase, by interpolating and resampling across all elements, per frequency, to generate a desired effective spacing between the elements.
US10209352B2
An ultrasound transducer assembly (30) is disclosed, comprising: a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements (34, 36, 38) for receiving ultrasound waves and for providing transducer signals (X2, X3, X4) corresponding to the respectively received ultrasound waves. The assembly comprises a plurality of signal combiners (42, 44; 60, 62, 64) for providing different output signals (Y1, Y2) on the basis of the transducer signals, and a plurality of timing elements (48, 52; 68, 70; 72, 74) for providing different time shifts (τ) to the transducer signals. Each of the ultrasound transducer elements is connected to a plurality of the signal combiners for providing the transducer signals including the different time shifts to different of the signal combiners.
US10209351B2
A method for removing Doppler ambiguity in a ladar system. The time of each pulse of a sequence of transmitted pulses is offset from that of a uniform sequence of pulses. Each received pulse is represented by a complex number corresponding to its amplitude and phase, and each complex number of the resulting array of complex numbers is multiplied by a complex correction factor having a phase proportional to (i) the time offset of the corresponding pulse, and to (ii) a test frequency of an array of test frequencies, to form a second array of complex numbers. A Fourier transform of the second array is taken, and the value at the test frequency is copied into a corrected spectrum array. The process is repeated for each test frequency in the array of test frequencies, to generate a complete corrected spectrum array.
US10209341B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining transit routes through crowd-sourcing, for determining an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a vehicle of the transit route at a given location, and for providing predictive reminders to a user for catching a vehicle of the transit route. A server receives signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some devices. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is moving. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is associated with a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information satisfies one or more selection criteria. The server stores information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route.
US10209340B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of one-sided location measurement. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a wireless station to transmit an announcement element to announce a Non-Data Packet (NDP) sounding transmission including a plurality of sounding preambles, the announcement element including at least a measurement type field to indicate a type of a one-sided location measurement, and one or more configuration fields including configuration information to configure the one-sided location measurement based on the NDP sounding transmission; and to transmit the NDP sounding transmission subsequent to the announcement element.
US10209339B1
Disclosed is a voltage sensing apparatus comprising a signal generator coupled to a first conducting layer and a conductive element having a first voltage, the signal generator configured to superimpose a second voltage to the first voltage. The voltage sensing apparatus also comprises a meter disposed between the first conducting layer and a second conducting layer or between the signal generator and the second conducting layer. An output parameter of the meter is a function of one or more of the group consisting of: the first voltage and the second voltage. The output parameter and the second voltage can be used to adjust a determination of the first voltage.
US10209334B2
Systems and methods for estimating quantitative parameters of a subject from data acquired using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The system includes a computer system configured to control the MRI system to acquire MR fingerprinting (MRF) data representing a plurality of different signal evolutions acquired using different acquisition parameter settings and reconstruct the MRF data into at least one image composed of a plurality of pixels or voxels formed of multiple compartments per pixel or voxel. The computer system is further configured to, on a compartment-by-compartment basis, compare a signal associated with each compartment to an initial dictionary comprising a plurality of signal templates that coarsely sample different acquisition parameters used to acquire the MRF data to determine quantitative parameters for each compartment. The computer system is further configured to generate a quantitative parameter map that indicates the quantitative parameters for each compartment.
US10209330B2
A method of performing spatially localized magnetic resonance spectroscopy includes receiving a magnetic resonance image of an object; identifying a plurality C of compartments that generate magnetic resonance spectroscopy signals in the object including at least one compartment of interest; segmenting in at least one spatial dimension the magnetic resonance image of the object into the C compartments; acquiring magnetic resonance spectroscopy signals from the compartments by applying a plurality of M′ phase encodings applied in the at least one spatial dimension, wherein M′≥C; calculating a spatially localized magnetic resonance chemical shift spectrum from the at least one compartment of interest; and rendering a spatially localized magnetic resonance spectrum that is substantially equal to a spatial average of magnetic resonance chemical shift spectra from the at least one compartment of interest. A magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging system is configured to perform the above method.
US10209325B2
A configurable coil arrangement for use with MRI-guided procedures is provided that facilitates optimal imaging for both pre-procedure planning and imaging of the target sites during the procedure. The coil arrangement includes a plurality of connected coil elements. Spacers connecting the coil elements can be adjustable and/or deformable to provide one or more openings in the coil arrangement of optimal size for accessing the subject within the imaged region. Individual coil elements can also be removed to provide access openings during such procedures, or left in the array for improved pre- and post-procedure image quality. The MRI system can be configured to detect configurations of the coil arrangement and modify imaging parameters to optimize image quality.
US10209323B2
Ferromagnetic Group III-V semiconductor/non-magnetic Group III-V semiconductor heterojunctions, with a magnetodiode device, to detect heterojunction magnetoresistance responsive to an applied magnetic field.
US10209320B2
A method for estimating an SOC-OCV profile by degradation of a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes individually obtaining an SOC-OCV profile (a first profile) of a cathode of the secondary battery and an SOC-OCV profile (a second profile) of an anode of the secondary battery using a half cell; obtaining a new SOC-OCV profile (a third profile) of the cathode by reflecting a level of degradation (a %) by use of the secondary battery to modify the SOC-OCV profile of the cathode, but setting only an SOC range to be narrow in proportion to the level of degradation while maintaining an OCV range of the cathode as it is; obtaining a new SOC-OCV profile (a fourth profile) of the anode by migrating the SOC-OCV profile of the anode in a horizontal direction taking into account the level of degradation by use of the secondary battery; and obtaining a new SOC-OCV profile (a fifth profile) by determining a subtraction of an OCV value by the SOC-OCV profile of the anode from an OCV value by the SOC-OCV profile of the cathode as an OCV value of the secondary battery.
US10209304B2
The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for controlling a device's TCA circuit when the device exists in a JTAG daisy-chain arrangement with other devices. The methods and apparatuses allow the TCA test pattern set used during device manufacturing to be reused when the device is placed in a JTAG daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customers system using the device. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.
US10209292B2
A partial discharge determination method and apparatus, and a partial discharge determination system capable of indicating how much margin is left before dielectric breakdown, in a lighting impulse withstand voltage test, and a power device for which whether partial discharge is caused is determined by them, and a method for manufacturing a power device including the partial discharge determination method. A low-pass filter receives an acoustic signal resulting from application of an impulse voltage and acquired by an acoustic emission sensor, and removes an electromagnetic noise superimposed on the acoustic signal. A mechanical oscillation removal unit removes a mechanical oscillation component of a device under test, from the acoustic signal resulting from application of the impulse voltage which is a high voltage, based on the mechanical oscillation component acquired in advance and included in the acoustic signal resulting from application of the impulse voltage which is a low voltage.
US10209289B2
The service life of electrical equipment is predicted using a thermal history sensor mounted in the electrical equipment. At least one thermal history sensor is mounted inside or on an outer wall surface of electrical equipment. The thermal history sensor includes dissimilar metal joints, and the resistance values of the dissimilar metal joints change in response to the amount of intermetallic compound growing in the dissimilar metal joints due to the temperature inside the electrical equipment or of the outer wall thereof during operation. A determining mechanism periodically or irregularly monitors and stores in memory the resistance values of the dissimilar metal joints from the thermal history sensor, and uses the stored history of resistance values to predict the service life of the electrical equipment.
US10209280B2
A circuit breaker for a low-voltage circuit is disclosed. In an embodiment, the circuit breaker includes a current conductor, assigned a measuring transducer for measuring the electrical current of the current conductor; a first filter connected to the measuring transducer; an analog/digital converter connected to the first filter; a second, high-pass filter connected to the analog/digital converter; and a digital integrator, connected to the high-pass filter and configured to determine the electrical current of the current conductor.
US10209266B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a biosample plate that includes a memory component for storing biosample identification and analysis data, and a wireless communication interface for transferring the data to and from the biosample plate. In one embodiment, the biosample plate comprises a base for receiving a biosample, a memory component coupled to the base for storing identification and analysis information related to the biosample, and a wireless communication interface coupled to the memory component for transferring the information to and from the memory component. The wireless communication interface may include an optical device.
US10209261B2
The present invention relates to methods and other technologies that may be used to determine whether compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising interleukin-10 molecules (e.g., pegylated interleukin-10) meet particular product-related specifications prior to being administered to a subject for the treatment and/or prevention of the diseases, disorders and conditions, and/or the symptoms thereof, described herein.
US10209260B2
Antibiotics (Abx) are the worlds most misused drugs. Antibiotics misuse occurs when the drug is administered in case of a non-bacterial infection (such as a viral infection) for which it is ineffective. Overall, it is estimated that 40-70% of the worldwide Abx courses are mis-prescribed. The financial and health consequences of Abx over-prescription include the direct cost of the drugs, as well as the indirect costs of their side effects, which are estimated at >$15 billion annually. Furthermore, over-prescription directly causes the emergence of Abx-resistant strains of bacteria, which are recognized as one of the major threats to public health today. This generates an immediate need for reliable diagnostics to assist physicians in correct Abx prescription, especially at the point-of-care (POC) where most Abx are prescribed. Accordingly, some aspects of the present invention provide methods using biomarkers for rapidly detecting the source of infection and administrating the appropriate treatment.
US10209254B2
According to aspects illustrated herein, there are provided a sensor chip suitable for serological detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a method for detecting serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae using the sensor chip, a detection system that includes the sensor chip, and a method for detecting serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae using the detection system described herein.
US10209253B2
Methods for aiding in the diagnosis of disorders including, but not limited to, PDDs (Pervasive Development Disorders), Dysautonomic disorders, Parkinson's disease and SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). In one aspect, a diagnosis method comprises analyzing a stool sample of an individual for the presence of a biological marker (or marker compound) comprising one or more pathogens, which provides an indication of whether the individual has, or can develop, a disorder including, but not limited to, a PDD, Dysautonomia, Parkinsons disease and SIDS. Preferably, the presence of one or more pathogens is determined using a stool immunoassay to determine the presence of antigens in a stool sample, wherein such antigens are associated with one or more pathogens including, but not limited to, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, E. histolytica, C. difficile, Adenovirus, Rotavirus or H. pylori.
US10209247B2
The present invention encompasses methods of identifying proteins and protein modifications of proteins specifically associated with a chromatin.
US10209241B2
This invention discloses devices and methods for high throughput skin sensitization detection. The devices comprise a microfabricated chamber comprising a region having one or more input channels and an outlet, and a face suitable for mounting a skin tissue and in fluidic communication with the region. The devices can be used in the methods for determining a prognosis of sensitization in an animal subject and identifying compounds that do not cause sensitization and thus are suitable for preparing cosmetic compositions.
US10209231B2
Various techniques are provided to determine the presence of trace chemicals corresponding to various materials of interest. In one example, a method includes receiving a vapor-phase nitric acid precursor. The vapor-phase nitric acid precursor is subsequently hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid catalyst to form nitric acid. The nitric acid is then received at a chemical reporter of a chemical detector. A response of the chemical reporter to the nitric acid is detected by the chemical reporter to determine whether materials of interest are present. Additional methods and related devices are also provided.
US10209223B2
Apparatus and methods for real-time fusion of data acquired using ultrasonic and eddy current area sensors during nondestructive examination. The ultrasonic data is acquired using an array of ultrasonic transducer elements configured to enable the production and display of a C-scan of a small area. The ultrasonic transducer array may be one- or two-dimensional. The eddy current sensor can be a single pair of induction coils, a multiplicity of coil pairs, or a coil configuration in which the numbers of drive coils and sense coils are not equal. The eddy current sensor is able to provide data about the test material, such as material thickness or conductivity, to complement the ultrasonic data or enable auto-setup of the ultrasonic inspection device.
US10209215B2
A semiconductor based integrated sensor device includes: a lateral insulating-gate field effect transistor (MOSFET) connected in series to the base of a vertical bipolar junction transistor (BJT) wherein the drain-drift-region of the MOSFET is part of the base-region of the BJT within the semiconductor substrate thus making electrical contact to the base of the BJT and the distance of the drain-drift-region of the MOSFET to the emitter of the BJT exceeds the vertical distance between the emitter and any buried layer, serving as collector, and the breakdown voltage of the device being determined by the BVCEO of the vertical BJT.
US10209213B2
A flexible sensor patch includes a flexible base having outer and inner surfaces and a periphery, an adhesive layer disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface, a flexible porous cover secured to the flexible base along at least major portion of the periphery. The flexible porous cover and the flexible base collectively enclose at least a major portion of a sensor. The sensor comprises a capacitive sensor element. The capacitive sensor element comprises first and second conductive electrodes and a dielectric microporous material disposed therebetween. Methods of using the flexible sensor patch are also disclosed.
US10209210B2
The present invention relates to a measuring device using an electrical conductivity and having a function of informing electrode contamination. The measuring device includes a main body on which a display part is disposed on a surface thereof, and a control module controlling an operation of the measuring device is mounted therein, and a sensor unit disposed on one side of the main body and dipped into the object to measure electrical characteristics of the object to be measured. The sensor unit is driven by the control of the control module, and at least includes a first sensor electrode and a second sensor electrode for measuring electrical characteristics of the object to be measured. The sensor unit further includes a reference electrode disposed between the first and second electrodes at the same distance from each other.
US10209209B2
An internal temperature measuring device is configured to include an acquisition unit that acquires a one side temperature and a one side heat flux of a measurement target on a one side surface side and an opposite side temperature and an opposite side heat flux of the measurement target on an opposite side surface side; and a computation unit that computes an internal temperature of the measurement target by applying the one side temperature, the one side heat flux, the opposite side temperature, and the opposite side heat flux.
US10209206B2
A control system is presented for use in measuring one or more parameters of a sample. The control system comprises an input utility and a processor utility. The input utility is configured for receiving input data including first data comprising X-ray Diffraction or High-Resolution X-ray Diffraction (XRD) response data of the sample indicative of a material distribution in the sample, and second data comprising optical response data of the sample to incident light indicative of at least a geometry of the sample. The processor utility is configured and operable for processing and analyzing one of the first and second data for optimizing the other one of the first and second data, and utilizing the optimized data for determining said one or more parameters of the sample including a strain distribution in the sample.
US10209202B1
An optical characterization system includes a camera assembly and a workstation. The camera assembly is configured to capture images of different portions of a structured light pattern emitted from a device under test in accordance with imaging instructions. In some embodiments, the device under test may be a diffractive optical element (DOE). The workstation provides the imaging instructions to the camera assembly, and stitch the captured images together to form a pattern image. The pattern image is a single image of the entire structured light pattern. The workstation also characterizes performance of the device under test using the pattern image and a performance metric.
US10209191B2
Method for in-line quantitative analysis of a stream in a production plant for the synthesis of urea
The invention discloses the use of Raman spectroscopy to analyze one or more process streams (5) of a urea synthesis production plant, where urea is synthesised from ammonia and carbon dioxide at high pressure (100-300 bar) and high temperature (50-250° C.). The radiation generated by the Raman scattering is analyzed to determine the concentration of components such as urea, ammonia and carbon dioxide in the process streams (5). A logic system implemented in a plant control unit (1) generates signals to target plant actuators to optimize the operation.
US10209188B2
Exemplary methods and systems for incorporating bio-sensors in drones to wirelessly detect biological molecules and hazards without exposing an operator to harmful contaminants or conditions. Bio-sensors can incorporate simultaneous dual-detection methods to ensure accuracy of measurements. Methods of operation include registering blank and safe air profiles for comparison against unknown air profiles to accurately determine the presence of bio-contaminants in unknown air.
US10209174B2
The disclosed flow cytometer includes a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM). The WDM includes an extended light source providing light that forms an object, a collimating optical element that captures light from the extended light source and projects a magnified image of the object as a first light beam, and a first focusing optical element configured to focus the first light beam to a size smaller than the object of the extended light source to a first semiconductor detector. The disclosed flow cytometer further includes a composite microscope objective to direct light emitted by a particle in a flow channel in a viewing zone of the composite microscope to the extended light source, a fluidic system and a peristaltic pump configured to supply liquid sheath and liquid sample to the flow channel, and a laser diode system to illuminate the particle in the flow channel.
US10209168B2
A measuring instrument for thermogravimetrically determining the moisture content of a material, which includes a base (12), configured as a balance, with a base surface (22), and a hood (14) pivotably connected to the base. The hood has a weighing chamber lid (50), weighing chamber walls (52-56) and a heating element (44). The hood consists of an electronics module (36) that includes the heating element and an electronic power unit, and of a mechanical module (48) that includes the weighing chamber lid and all of the weighing chamber walls. The mechanical module (48) is rigidly and reversibly coupled to the electronics module so that the heating element, protrudes from a main body (42) of the electronics module and rises through a corresponding opening (58) in the rearward weighing chamber wall (56), with the main body being pivotably connected to the base and surrounding the electronic power unit.
US10209164B2
The present invention provides an aminoalcohol together with, as necessary, at least one selected from the group consisting of: at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and a urea derivative; a nonionic detergent; and sucrose to provide a biological material having an excellent light-transmitting property. The present invention provides a technique that allows a high-throughput observation of gene expression/localization or cell morphology in tissue at an whole-tissue level.
US10209156B2
The design and manufacture method of a pressure sensor utilizing thermal field sensing with a thermal isolated membrane of a diaphragm structure is disclosed in the present invention. This device is made with silicon micromachining (a.k.a. MEMS, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) process for applications of pressure measurement with large dynamic range, high accuracy and high stability during temperature variation. This device is applicable for all types of pressure metrology. The said thermal field pressure sensing device operates with thermistors on a membrane of the diaphragm structure made of silicon nitride with a heat isolation cavity underneath or a single side thermal isolated silicon nitride membrane with a reference cavity. This device can be seamlessly integrated with a thermal flow sensor with the same process.
US10209152B2
A force sensor unit includes a force sensor, a casing housing the force sensor within a space surrounded by one end portion, another end portion, and a side portion, an attachment member having a first attachment portion that can be attached to a robot arm of a robot and a second attachment portion detachably attached to the one end portion of the casing in a position different from that of the first attachment portion, and a wiring cable connected to the force sensor and routed from inside the casing to outside of the casing, wherein a positioning portion for positioning with respect to the robot arm is provided in the first attachment portion, and a part of the wiring cable is provided along a circumferential direction of the side portion.
US10209151B2
An inner support member, a detection deformable body, and a ring-shaped outer support member are disposed sequentially from the inside to the outside around a Z axis as a central axis. Inner surfaces in the vicinity of inner support points of the detection deformable body connect to outer surfaces of the inner support member via inner connecting members, and outer surfaces in the vicinity of outer support points of the detection deformable body connect to inner surfaces of the outer support member via outer connecting members. When a torque acts in the clockwise direction on the outer support member (130) while the inner support member is fixed, detection parts are displaced outwardly, and detection parts are displaced inwardly. These displacements are detected electrically as changes in capacitance values of four capacitor elements including opposing electrodes.
US10209150B2
There is provided a strain gauge having both reduced size and symmetry. The strain gauge includes at least four grid resistor connected to each other in series, and at least three trim resistors each connected to a series circuit in parallel, the series circuit being constituted by two grid resistors adjacent to each other (R1,R2; R2,R3; R3,R4) of the at least four grid resistors. The at least four grid resistors have resistance values different from one another.
US10209149B2
An installation method and an apparatus of a strain gauge sensor are capable of driving an object to be measured to generate a deformation signal by a pushing/pulling force. At least two strain gauge sensors are installed on surfaces with different amounts of deformation and at an installation location of an electrical vehicle according to the installation method. The installation method includes Method 1: When a manual pushing/pulling force is applied, the installation location is deformed and the deforming action force is directly proportional to the pushing/pulling force. Method 2: When the pushing/pulling force is applied, the vehicle deforming direction at the installation location is independent to the pushing/pulling force moving direction. Method 3: The strain detecting direction of the strain gauge sensor is the same as the vehicle deforming direction at the installation location. Therefore, pulling or driving force data can be measured accurately.
US10209132B2
Solar spectral irradiance (SSI) measurements are important for solar collector/photovoltaic panel efficiency and solar energy resource assessment as well as being important for scientific meteorological/climate observations and material testing research. To date such measurements have exploited modified diffraction grating based scientific instruments which are bulky, expensive, and with low mechanical integrity for generalized deployment. A compact and cost-effective tool for accurately determining the global solar spectra as well as the global horizontal or tilted irradiances as part of on-site solar resource assessments and module performance characterization studies would be beneficial. An instrument with no moving parts for mechanical and environment stability in open field, non-controlled deployments could exploit software to resolve the global, direct and diffuse solar spectra from its measurements within the 280-4000 nm spectral range, in addition to major atmospheric processes, such as air mass, Rayleigh scattering, aerosol extinction, ozone and water vapor absorptions.
US10209130B2
The present disclosure relates to assistive mechanisms and methods that aid an operator of a spectrometer to make spectral measurements of a sample, the measurements having a desired quality. The method enables quality spectral measurements quickly and simply, without a prior understanding of a sample's spectrum or of the details as to how the spectrum is measured. Data quality is improved, and the time required to collect the data is reduced. While a specific example of sample optic focus is disclosed in detail, the optimization of numerous other parameters is possible.
US10209129B2
Embodiments of measurement apparatus for measuring the optical properties of a sample film are described. The measurement apparatus includes a first stage, a second stage, and an arm structure coupled to the second stage. The first stage includes an optical source and a block of transparent material. The block of transparent material includes a surface that supports a sample film. The second stage includes a plurality of layers and an optical detector. The arm structure is designed to translate the second stage with respect to the first stage.
US10209127B2
A method. The method may include transmitting an optical noise signal to a first photodetector and a second photodetector within an optical receiver circuit that includes a transimpedance amplifier circuit. The method may further include measuring, in response to transmitting the optical noise signal, a power output from the optical receiver circuit. The method may further include determining, using the power output, a difference in photodetector responsivity between the first photodetector and the second photodetector. The method may further include adjusting, using a transimpedance gain controller, an amplifier gain within the optical receiver circuit to decrease a difference in photodetector responsivity between the first photodetector and the second photodetector.
US10209119B2
A system for estimating a flowable substrate level in a storage unit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a transmitter and a conductor that extend downwardly into a grain storage bin, which cycles through a range of frequencies in order to determine the resonant frequency of the conductor which changes depending on the amount of grain in the bin.
US10209118B2
A method of determining a filling level of a product in a tank, comprising generating and transmitting a transmit signal; propagating the transmit signal towards a surface of the product along a signal propagation path comprising a first portion having known signal propagation properties adjacent to the transceiver and a second portion adjacent to the first portion; receiving a reflection signal resulting from reflections at impedance transitions encountered by the transmit signal, including the surface of the product; determining a first measurement relation based on a timing relation between the transmit signal and the reflection signal; determining a second measurement relation based on the first measurement relation and the known signal propagation properties; and determining the filling level based on the second measurement relation.
US10209117B1
Measuring, controlling, and automating inventory of product stored in a collapsible tank. An interface device can interact with a sensor installed at the collapsible tank and a metering device, such as a flow meter, to generate a strap table for the collapsible tank. The strap table can include entries that correlate a process value measured by the sensor to a volume of product corresponding to that process value. Current volume of product stored in the collapsible tank can be determined by comparing a current process value to entries in the strap table or by an interpolation process. The interface device can generate an updated strap table based on a relaxation curve to account for settling of the collapsible tank. The interface device can synchronize data with a host device, such as a personal computer or handheld computer, that includes software for tracking inventory in collapsible tanks.
US10209116B2
The measuring cup includes numerous embodiments configured for a user to precisely determine the cup contents without need to lift the cup to one's eye level or to lower the eye level to the level of the cup contents. The various embodiments include folding cups; cups having transparent passages in the wall; cups having adjustably positionable bottoms; cups having level indicator rods in the cup interior extending upward from the cup bottom; cups having one or more filaments extending across the cup interior; cups having rigid level indicators spanning the cup interior; cups having adjustably positionable level indicator tabs therein; cups having buoyant level indicator tabs adjustably positionable in the cup interior; and cups having removable clip-on scales extending down along the interior of the cup wall, the scales having a plurality of attachment points for the removable attachment of a level indicator tab at a desired attachment point.
US10209115B2
Apparatus, systems and methods are provided for monitoring yield while harvesting grain. Grain released from paddles on the clean grain elevator chain of a harvester contacts a flow sensor which reports the rate of grain flow through the clean grain elevator. In some embodiments a brush is mounted to the chain and disposed to clean the flow sensor surface. In other embodiments a bucket mounted to the clean grain elevator chain releases grain against the flow sensor at a rate dependent on a grain property.
US10209107B2
A geometric error identification method of multi-axis machine tool includes a measuring step of indexing a position of a target ball mounted on one of a main spindle and a table into a plurality of angles around an rotation axis, and measuring the position of the target ball at respective indexed positions by using a touch probe mounted on the other one of the main spindle and the table, a geometric error calculation step of calculating a geometric error from the measured position of the target ball, an ellipse-expression calculation step of calculating an ellipse approximate expression by an arc trajectory measured by operating the rotation axis, and an error correcting step of calculating and correcting a scaling error of translation axes from the calculated ellipse approximate expression.
US10209103B2
A linear encoder includes a scale disposed within a housing and a scanning unit that is displaceable in a measuring direction relative to the scale. The scanning unit includes a scanning head disposed inside of the housing opposite to the scale such that the scale is scannable by the scanning head, as well as a mount to which the scanning head is fastened, and a driving component, via which the mount is coupled to a mounting base disposed outside of the housing. A vibration damper suppresses vibrations transversely to the measuring direction. The vibration damper is disposed on the mount or on the scanning head, and includes a damping mass and an elastic element. The damping mass is fastened by the elastic element to an attachment surface of the mount or of the scanning head.
US10209092B2
Mobile units moving in a local network environment and at times in the vicinity of meters of the network, at least temporarily bypass relay functions of a concentrator operated in a stationary manner, if the relay function is not yet available, for instance during construction, for radio communication of data packets of the meter linked into the smart-metering network to a center. The mobile units are persons and/or vehicles with communication devices such as smartphones for long-distance links over the Internet or in the mobile radio standard. The communication devices, as modified mobile radio telephones, receive data packets from meters by using hardware or a software app over a short-distance link to the mobile unit being accidentally temporarily located in the vicinity of the meter. Long-distance communication of packets from mobile unit to center then takes place over the Internet or the mobile radio standard.
US10209082B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to match probe points to road segments utilizing a trajectory identifier, thereby increasing the accuracy with which probe points, such as probe points in ambiguous locations, are matched to road segments. For a probe point having a respective trajectory identifier (ID) and associated with an ambiguous link tuple, the method identifies each probe point having the respective trajectory ID that is unambiguously matched to first or second branches. The method separately determines a number of probe points having the respective trajectory ID that are unambiguously matched to the first and second branches. The method matches the probe point having the respective trajectory ID and associated with the ambiguous link tuple to either the first branch or the second branch based upon the number of probe points having the respective trajectory ID that are unambiguously matched to the first and second branches.
US10209081B2
A method for localization and mapping, including recording an image at a camera mounted to a vehicle, the vehicle associated with a global system location; identifying a landmark depicted in the image with a landmark identification module of a computing system associated with the vehicle, the identified landmark having a landmark geographic location and a known parameter; extracting a set of landmark parameters from the image with a feature extraction module of the computing system; determining, at the computing system, a relative position between the vehicle and the landmark geographic location based on a comparison between the extracted set of landmark parameters and the known parameter; and updating, at the computing system, the global system location based on the relative position.
US10209080B2
A robotic cleaning device having a body, and an obstacle detecting device configured to obtain data from a vicinity of the robotic cleaning device. The robotic cleaning device further has a propulsion system configured to drive the robotic cleaning device across a surface to be cleaned, and a cleaning member. The device also has a processing unit arranged to extract at least one feature from data obtained by the obstacle detecting device, compare the attained feature with stored features and when the attained feature matches one of the stored features, deduce a position of the robotic cleaning device.
US10209070B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope device includes a substrate having a surface parallel to a plane; first and second proof masses driven to slide back and forth past one another in a first directional axis of the plane, where the first and second proof masses respectively have a first and second recess in a respective side closest to the other proof mass; a pivot structure coupled to the first proof mass within the first recess and to the second proof mass within the second recess; an anchor between the first and second recesses and coupled to a mid-point of the pivot structure; and third and fourth proof masses driven to move toward and away from one another in a second directional axis of the plane that is perpendicular to the first directional axis; where the proof masses move in response to angular velocity in one or more directional axes.
US10209061B2
A device manufacturing method is disclosed. A radiated spot is directed onto a target pattern formed on a substrate. The radiated spot is moved along the target pattern in a series of discrete steps, each discrete step corresponding to respective positions of the radiated spot on the target pattern. Measurement signals are generated that correspond to respective ones of the positions of the radiated spot on the target pattern. A single value is determined that is based on the measurement signals and that is representative of the property of the substrate.
US10209059B2
A three-dimensional (3D) coordinate measurement system includes: a retroreflector; a laser tracker including: a first light source; a second light source; at least one camera proximate the second light source; and a processor responsive to executable instructions which when executed by the processor is operable to determine, in a first instance, that a follow-operator gesture has been given by an operator and in response turn the laser tracker to follow movement of the operator.
US10209049B2
A fabrication and monitoring device for micro probe ball tips includes a magnetic field generator, a 3-dimensional displacement adjusting mechanism, a wire supplier and an image monitoring system. The magnetic field generator includes a U-shaped electromagnet. The 3-dimensional displacement adjusting mechanism includes a 2-dimensional moving platform, a 1-dimensional moving platform, a guiding tube, and a sparking plug. The wire supplier includes a transmission wheel, a pressing roller, a wire feeding roller and a tungsten wire material supplier. The image monitoring system includes a micro objective, a third-generation infinite beam structure lens and a supporting frame. The present invention overcomes an eccentric problem of a tungsten ball and a tungsten rod, and also overcomes a sphericity problem caused by gravity, so as to improve sphericity, eccentric accuracy and enable monitoring of dynamic manufacturing process of the probe ball tips.
US10209047B2
What is presented is a high power igniter that releasably secures to a cutting apparatus that is used for radially projecting a flow of heated gas to cut from an internal surface through an external surface of a conduit used for oil, gas, mining, and underwater pressure sealed tool applications. The high power igniter comprises an igniter housing adapted to be positioned in the conduit. The igniter housing comprises a containment sub and a nozzle sub that releasably secure to each other. The nozzle sub for directing the flow of the heated gas toward the cutting apparatus and releasably securing to the cutting apparatus. A high wattage heater in the igniter housing comprises a metal magnalium thermite pellet insertable into the igniter housing for creating the flow of heated gas when the high power igniter is in use and a pellet igniting device.
US10209046B2
The present invention provides a system for separating empty or used ammunition cartridges, in particular spent plastic shotgun shells, in order to allow the plastic and metal component parts of the cartridge to be recycled, the system comprising a restraint which defines a guideway within which the metal head of the cartridge may be slidingly engaged, and a clamp in the form of a pair of chains arranged to define a clamping path between opposed portions of the chains and along which clamping path the case may be drawn, the guideway diverging from the clamping path so as to draw the case out of register with the head as the cart ridge is displace along the clamping path.
US10209043B2
When combined with a metal point, this ten inch plastic pistol crossbow bolt is designed to extend past the barrel of a pistol crossbow so it can be used for recreational shooting, competition shooting, small game hunting, pistol crossbow fishing and pistol crossbow scuba fishing.The main fault of the standard bolt for a pistol crossbow is they are less than seven inches in length and do not extend past the end of a pistol crossbow barrel. Therefore, their use is limited to target points and recreational shooting only. Other faults of the standard short bolts are their high travel speed. They are very difficult to be viewed in flight, causing most bolts to be lost after one use. Also, their irretrievability from any commonly used target. Therefore, they cannot be found and scored in any type of shooting competition.This ten inch bolt is a solid one piece unit made of a strong but, light weight plastic compound. It has a NOCK to securely hold the bow string in place. Most bolts do not have a nock. It has two FLAT WINGS and a stabilizing TAIL which creates an accurate and stable bolt flight. No other bolt has flat wings or a tail. These features allow this bolt to be easily viewed in flight. This also allows this bolt to be used for competition shooting because these bolts can be easily located, scored and then retrieved from any type competition target. The shaft has a THREADED TIP to accept almost any type metal point.
US10209041B2
The invention relates to an ignition capsule for a gas generator of an occupant restraint system in a motor vehicle, in particular for the gas generator of an inflatable airbag, said ignition capsule comprising means for supporting extremely high pressures during ignition.
US10209039B2
A bullet collecting robot comprises a bullet collecting device, a travel driving mechanism, and a controller. The bullet collecting device comprises a collection bin including a bullet accommodating cavity and a collection opening in communication with the bullet accommodating cavity, a friction roller provided at the collection opening, and a collection driving member connected with the friction roller. The travel driving mechanism is configured to drive the bullet collecting device to move. The controller is connected in communication with the collection driving member and the travel driving mechanism, and is configured to control the collection driving member and the travel driving mechanism.
US10209034B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of sighting telescopes, and specifically relates to a pitching angle fitting method for an integrated precision photoelectric sighting system. The present invention puts forward a precision photoelectric sighting system which is simple in shooting calibration and quick and accurate in sighting, adapts to any environmental factor and can furthest reduce the use of sensors and realize double-eye sighting, and provides a pitching angle fitting method for an integrated precision photoelectric sighting system. The system comprises a view field acquisition unit, a display unit, a ranging unit and a sighting circuit unit; the sighting circuit unit is provided with a memory card, the memory card stores the pitching angle fitting method, and precision shooting in any environment is realized using the integrated precision photoelectric sighting system.
US10209030B2
A grip for use on a firearm includes a base surface, portions that are raised above the base surface, and/or portions that are lower than the base surface. The grip may include raised portions and lowered portions that alternate vertically and/or horizontally on the grip. The raised portions may be 0.005″ to 0.050″ above the surface, and the lowered portions may be 0.005″ to 0.050″ lower than the surface. The grip may be formed of any suitable material, such as plastic or rubber, and made in any suitable manner, such as injection molding or vacuum molding. The raised portions and/or lowered portions may include one or more of designs, letters, and numbers.
US10209024B2
A practice weapon, having a conventional handle piece with a lock for a drop barrel, with a trigger mechanism which optionally has a rotary bearing for a rotatable trigger, with a spring base on which the return spring is supported; and with a practice breech with a fixed practice barrel. In order to permit a conversion without the use of a tool, an adapter is inserted into the handle piece, the adapter being supported firstly above the trigger mechanism, optionally above the rotary bearing, on a brace and secondly in the upper region of the spring base of the handle piece. Furthermore, the upper region of the adapter has guides for the practice barrel, and the lock interacts with a locking carriage, which is formed in a locking slot of the adapter, in such a manner that the locking carriage secures the practice barrel.
US10209022B1
A muzzle device and blast shield. The muzzle device includes a body portion having a central borehole, and wherein the body portion comprises a plurality of prongs defined between longitudinally extending slots formed in the body portion and porting apertures, wherein the porting apertures provide fluid communication between an exterior of the muzzle device and at least one longitudinally extending slot. The blast shield includes a body portion having a central borehole, wherein the body portion comprises a couple portion having an internal cavity, a barrel extension portion extending into at least a portion of the internal cavity, and a plurality of porting apertures, wherein the porting apertures provide fluid communication between an exterior of the blast shield and the internal cavity.
US10209019B2
A pistol with a frame, including a trigger mechanism and a movable slide, in which a barrel, a recoil spring, and a firing mechanism comprising a firing pin are located. The firing pin is movably mounted in a firing pin guide, where the firing pin guide has a holding plate on the end, which is pivoted in a holding notch in the slide, the slide being affixed in one angle of rotation of the holding plate and not in one other angle of rotation, and that the holding plate has a stop retainer, which abuts against a stop level in the frame and prevents the firing pin guide (spacer sleeve) and the firing pin from moving forward with the slide when the slide is removed from the frame.
US10209004B2
A method for obtaining an air product from an air separation plant having a distillation column system and a tank system. The tank system includes a first tank and a second tank. Cryogenic liquid is withdrawn from the distillation column system, stored in the tank system, and used as the air product. The cryogenic liquid is supplied to the first tank and withdrawn from the second tank during a first period, and is supplied to the second tank and withdrawn from the first tank during a second period. The tank system has a third tank to which cryogenic liquid withdrawn from the first tank and the second tank is transferred unheated. The air product is withdrawn from the third tank in liquid state, vaporized and discharged. Alternatively, the cryogenic liquid can be withdrawn from the third tank and stored in the liquid state in a fourth tank.
US10208991B2
A heat pump device includes an inverter control unit for controlling an inverter. The inverter control unit includes a constraint-energization control unit that, during operation standby of a compressor, determines whether heating to the compressor is necessary, on the basis of a refrigeration stagnation amount in the compressor, and, when having determined that heating to the compressor is necessary, selects, according to the refrigeration stagnation amount, any one of direct-current energization for supplying a direct-current voltage to the motor and high-frequency energization for supplying a high-frequency voltage having a frequency higher than a frequency during a normal operation to the motor, so as to output a constraint energization command for carrying out constraint energization of the motor; and a driving-signal generating unit that generates a driving signal on the basis of the constraint energization command.
US10208990B2
According to some embodiments, a thermoelectric system includes a thermoelectric device having a first surface and a second surface and a power source configured to deliver a voltage across the thermoelectric device to selectively activate or deactivate the thermoelectric device, wherein the first surface is configured to heat and the second surface is configured to cool when the thermoelectric device is activated. The system further includes a processor configured to determine a potential between the first surface and the second surface when the thermoelectric device is deactivated, correlate the potential to a temperature of the first surface and adjust the correlated temperature of the first surface based on an ambient temperature.
US10208986B2
An evaporative fluid cooling apparatus includes a cooling housing, at least two fluid coils, an air movement apparatus, and one or more spray apparatuses. The cooling housing defines a cooling chamber with an air housing input and an air housing output. The fluid coils are positioned in and extend across at least a portion of the cooling chamber in a spaced apart stacked arrangement. One of the fluid coils is positioned closer to the air housing output and has a first fluid input configured to be coupled to a fluid return from one or more air handler devices and a first fluid output coupled to a second fluid input to the other fluid coil. The other fluid coil is positioned closer to the air housing input and has a second fluid output configured to be coupled to a fluid supply to the air handler devices.
US10208985B2
In certain embodiments, a transcritical refrigeration system provides refrigeration by circulating carbon dioxide (CO2) refrigerant through the system. A flash tank of the transcritical refrigeration system is operable to supply the CO2 refrigerant, in liquid form, to a low temperature refrigeration case and a medium temperature refrigeration case. A low temperature compressor is operable to compress the CO2 refrigerant discharged from the low temperature refrigeration case. A medium temperature compressor, a parallel compressor, and an ejector are each operable to compress the CO2 refrigerant discharged from the medium temperature refrigeration case, the CO2 refrigerant discharged from the low temperature compressor, and/or CO2 flash gas discharged from the flash tank. A gas cooler is operable to cool the CO2 refrigerant discharged from the medium temperature compressor and the parallel compressor. A controller is operable to dynamically adjust a pressure set point for the flash tank.
US10208982B2
An airfoil blade assembly includes a first shell member having a body having a first lock seam formed at one end thereof and a free distal end opposite the first lock seam, and a second shell member having a body having and a second lock seam formed at one end thereof and an a free distal end opposite the second lock seam. The second shell member is inverted with respect to the first shell member. The free distal end of the first shell member is captured within the second lock seam of the second shell member and the free distal end of the second shell member is captured within the first lock seam of the first shell member to lock the blades to one another.
US10208981B2
Example air duct assemblies include a pliable air duct supported such that the duct is maintained in a generally expanded shape even when the duct is deflated. In some examples, a series of hangers suspend the duct from one or more cables, tracks or other type of overhead support. The hangers are spaced apart and distributed over the length of the duct, and each one contributes in pulling the duct taut in the duct's longitudinal direction.
US10208980B2
An air duct is described herein. The air duct includes a duct housing having a first end and a second end and at least one vent disposed between the first end and the second end. The air duct also includes a plurality of dividers disposed between the first end and the second end and a plurality of channels. The plurality of channels are disposed between the first end and the second end and are derived from the plurality of dividers. The plurality of channels are to cool a first component and a second component of a computing device, wherein the duct housing is to encompass the first component and the second component. The duct housing is positioned with the first component located upstream of an air flow and the second component disposed downstream of the air flow.
US10208977B2
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with an intelligent LED light apparatus are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an intelligent LED light apparatus may include a communication interface, a processor, a body that encases at least the communication interface and the processor, and a plurality of sensors of a plurality of sensor types disposed on the body. The processor may be configured to receive sensor data from the sensors, and transmit the sensor data or results from processing the sensor data to an external recipient. Further, for some embodiments, the intelligent LED bulb apparatus may further comprise LED lights, and the body further encases the LED lights. In other embodiments, the body may include a male connector to mate with a bulb receptor, and a female connector to mate with a LED bulb. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
US10208972B2
A thermostat that is configured to be releasably secured to a wall mountable connector, wherein the wall mountable connector includes a jumper switch that permits an installer or other professional to easily form an electrical connection between different wiring terminals of the wall mountable connector in accordance with how particular field wires are connected to the wiring terminals of the wall mountable connector. The thermostat is further configured to automatically determine the position of the jumper switch of the wall mountable connector, and in some cases, change the control of at least some functionality of the thermostat and/or HVAC equipment depending on the position of the jumper switch.
US10208971B2
A data processor (4) is disclosed that can be used in a climate control system (1) for controlling a climate in an indoor space (10) or in a design system (20) for designing such a climate control system.The data processor jointly resolves a set of coupled optimization problems of the following form: z Φ k = argmin Z Φ ( [ S Φ k 1 O ] z Φ - Φ ~ k 1 ) T Q Φ k ( [ S Φ k 1 O ] z Φ - Φ ~ k 1 ) + ( [ O I ] Z Φ ) T R Φ k ( [ O I ] Z Φ ) ( 5 a ) subject to [ A Φ k - B Φ k ] z Φ - b Φ ′k ( Φ k , e Φ k ) = 0 ( 5 b ) wherein: z Φ = [ Φ q Φ ] is an augmented state-vector comprising a vector Φ specifying the spatial distribution of a climate related variable with respect to a plurality of spatial cells, and a source term qΦ to be resolved, and wherein z Φ k = [ Φ k + 1 q Φ k ] is the solution found for point in time k+1, {tilde over (Φ)}k+1 being a vector specifying a setpoint specified for said climate related variable at point in time k+1 for at least a part of said plurality of cells, eΦk are boundary conditions relevant for said climate related variable at point in time k, S is a selection matrix, selecting cells for said distribution having a setpoint, O is the zero matrix, I is the identity matrix and Q and R are weighting matrices for tracking and energy consumption, wherein AΦ is a matrix that defines the development of vector Φ as a function of one or more other vectors of climate related variables, wherein BΦ is a matrix that maps the source terms for field Φ to the cell field values affected by those source terms, and wherein the data processor (4) controls the plurality of said actuators in accordance with the source term qΦ.
US10208965B2
The instant invention provides for a kit and method of raising inlet temperature of a water supply by utilizing thermodynamic properties associated with difference in temperatures across a gradient and friction. In particular a portion of an inlet supply pipe is disposed in a sewer line such that the opposing flow of waste water and related material interacts with the inlet piping by increasing the temperature thereof.
US10208964B2
A method for reducing energy consumption in a steam cooker that includes a steam cooking cavity, a steam generator for delivering steam along a steam path to the steam cooking cavity, a steam outlet from the steam cooking cavity to a first flow path leading to a drain path. The method involves: (a) utilizing a second flow path from the steam outlet to a vent stack to deliver excess steam flows from the steam cooking cavity up the vent stack rather than down to the drain box; (b) sensing temperature within the vent stack; and (c) utilizing sensed temperature within the vent stack to regulate power of a heating unit of the steam generator to produce steam in a controlled manner that reduces flows of excess steam out of the steam cooking cavity.
US10208955B2
A combustor is provided. The combustor may comprise a shell including a ceramic material. A gradient transition from ceramic to metal may have a predominantly ceramic side coupled to the shell. A metal mating surface may also be coupled to a predominantly metal side of the gradient transition from ceramic to metal.
US10208954B2
A locally powered intermittent pilot combustion controller may include an igniter, a thermal electric and/or photoelectric device that produces an electrical signal having power when exposed to a flame, and a local power source for providing power when the thermal electric and/or photoelectric device is not exposed to a flame. In some cases, the intermittent pilot combustion controller may include a memory for storing information about an ignition sequence for igniting a pilot flame, and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller may be configured to initiate the ignition sequence of the pilot flame using information stored in the memory, determine whether the ignition was successful by monitoring the electrical signal produced by the thermal electric and/or photoelectric device, and adjust the information stored in the memory based on whether the ignition sequence completed successfully.
US10208951B2
A spray dryer absorber (SDA) system used to reduce the concentration of at least one acid compound in a gas utilizes low or no alkali-containing particulate compounds to prevent cementing during operation. The low or no-alkali-containing compounds may be supplied from external sources and/or from a particulate collection device located downstream of the SDA.
US10208948B2
The present invention demonstrates a solid fuel grade gasification-combustion dual bed poly-generation system, comprising a combustion system, a gasification system, a synthesized gas cooling and purifying system and a synthesized gas methanation system. The combustion system is connected with the gasification system through a circulating material return system. The gasification system mainly adapts the circulating fluidized-bed combustion mode. The gasification system adapts the fluidized-bed incomplete gasification method and the generated semi-coke is returned to the combustion system for re-utilization. The synthesized gas purifying and cooling unit adapts water cycling and combustible recycling. The by-products, CO2 and steam, in the methanation unit can be recovered, so the maximum utilization rate of energy in this system is realized.
US10208945B1
An LED light includes a housing, a first luminous portion surrounded around the housing, a second luminous portion positioned below the first luminous portion, a heat sink positioned between the first and second luminous portions, a power supply received in the housing and a holder. The holder, the power supply, the first luminous portion and the second luminous portion are electrically connected to form a circuit branch. When the first luminous portion gives out light towards a first direction, the second luminous portion gives out light towards a second direction which is opposite to the first direction. The first and second luminous portions are respectively mounted on the corresponding upper and bottom sides of the heat sink to ensure the LED light simultaneously give out lights towards up and down, meanwhile, the heat sink is positioned between the first and second luminous portions to improve heat dissipation effects and the lifespan of the LED light.
US10208940B2
Embodiments may utilize a series of exposed fins, which increase the surface area of the heat sink creating additional air flow. As hotter air rises within the system, cooler is drawn into the heatsink. The fins may be exposed on both sides of the longitudinal axis, allowing cooler air to be drawn towards the longitudinal axis above the heatsink and flow upward. This process may cool the fins. Additionally, the spacing between the fins may have to be wide enough to allow for air to freely enter the heatsink.
US10208931B2
A flashlight assembly operates with a thermal optimization circuit which automatically, over time, reduces the duty cycle of the control circuit to reduce the temperature of the LED junction, improve LED performance and increase battery life.
US10208927B2
An optical emitter providing improved light uniformity. The optical emitter includes a light source and a lens element spaced apart from the light source such that no additional lens elements are positioned therebetween. The lens element includes an inner light-receiving surface within the Fresnel field of the light source. In some embodiments, the light source includes an LED array and the lens element includes a lens array. The optical emitter provides the ability to adjust focus or spot size while not degrading the uniformity of the light intensity.
US10208926B2
A vehicular lamp including: a surface emitting light source including a front surface that includes a light-emitting surface, and a rear surface on the side opposite thereto; a transparent member including a light incident surface, a light exit surface from which light entering from the light incident surface exits, a light guide portion for guiding the light entering from the light incident surface to the light exit surface, and a holding portion for holding the surface emitting light source; and a light source that emits light which enters from the light incident surface, is guided to the light exit surface by the light guide portion, and exits from the light exit surface.
US10208925B2
A soft robotic instrument that is capable of changing its form factor (e.g., expanding and contracting) during use to facilitate minimally invasive surgery. The instrument may be formed wholly or partly of an elastomeric, electrically insulating material for mitigating the risk of injuring tissue and for mitigating the risk of electrical arcing during electrosurgery.
US10208909B2
The present subject matter is an improved skylight to improved low sun-angle light collection and reduced high sun angle light and heat collection. A steeply sloping dome contains parabolic reflectors that redirect low elevation light into a light passage. The steeply sloping sides and the reflectors reflect high elevation angle rays away from a light passage.
US10208907B2
A lighting device including an upper casing, a light emitting diode (LED) light source, a first reflective plate and a packaging lens is disclosed. The upper casing includes a supporting member. The LED light source is disposed on the supporting member. The first reflective plate is disposed on the supporting member and is separated from the LED light source by a first distance. The first reflective plate and a normal line of a supporting surface of the supporting member form a first angle which is greater than 0° and smaller than 40°. The packaging lens is disposed on the supporting member and covers the LED light source and the first reflective plate.
US10208904B1
A light hanging system is described. The system employs a channel and a housing configured to slide into the channel. The housing is further configured to receive, retain and suspend at least one set of decorative lights. The channel is configured to be mounted either directly or in conjunction with at least one channel mount, to a gutter or soffit portion of a building structure.
US10208899B2
A light source includes a semiconductor light emitting device; and a wavelength converter. The wavelength converter includes: a substrate; a phosphor layer disposed on the substrate; and a light reflective layer disposed on the substrate so as to surround the phosphor layer. The phosphor layer includes phosphor particles and a first matrix material in which the phosphor particles are dispersed. The light reflective layer includes inorganic compound particles and a second matrix material in which the inorganic compound particles are dispersed. The inorganic compound particles have a refractive index higher than that of the first matrix material. The first matrix material has a refractive index higher than that of the phosphor particles. The phosphor particles have a refractive index higher than that of the second matrix material.
US10208893B2
Systems and methods are provided for supporting an arm of a user while using a tool that include a harness configured to be worn on a body of a user; an arm support pivotally coupled to the harness for supporting a user's arm; and a tool mount on a free end of the arm support for receiving a tool such that the tool is manipulatable by a hand of user's arm supported by the arm support. One or more compensation elements may be coupled to the arm support and/or the tool mount for at least partially offsetting a gravitational force acting on the user's arm and/or the tool received on the tool mount.
US10208892B1
One embodiment provides a pre fabricated kit for assembling a supporting framework comprising a plurality of customized beams or supports with a connection openings/hole patterns selected from a set of connection hole patterns and using a plurality of generic connectors which fit on the interior of the customized beams or supports.
US10208889B2
A collapsible three-legged platform is provided. The three legs are attached at a central pivot point such that the platform can collapse flat. The legs can be adapted to support a variety of objects.
US10208880B2
Example noise attenuators for use with process control devices are described herein. An example apparatus includes a first plate and a second plate disposed in a fluid passageway of a noise attenuator. The second plate is spaced apart from the first plate. The example apparatus also includes a first support rod extending along a central axis of the fluid passageway. The first support rod is coupled to the first plate and to the second plate. The example apparatus further includes a second support rod extending along an axis parallel to and offset from the central axis. The second support rod is coupled to the first plate and the second plate.
US10208879B2
The fluid connector assembly includes a connector body with an intermediate portion that extends between opposite end portions and has a first bore. The connector body has an elongated wall that projects outwardly from the intermediate portion and that surrounds a second bore which opens to the first bore. A flat tube, which is made of a second material that is different than the first material and has at least one fluid passage, is in fluid communication with the second bore of the connector body. The flat tube has generally flat side walls and is lockingly retained with the connector body by male and female locking structures that cooperate with one another.
US10208878B2
A joined body 10 includes a ceramic body 12, a metal member 14, and a joint portion 15 that joins the ceramic body 12 and the metal member 14 together. The joint portion 15 includes a first joint layer 16 joined to the ceramic body 12 and a second joint layer 18 joined to the metal member 14. The first joint layer 16 is disposed on the ceramic body 12 side and contains an alloy that contains Fe and Cr as main components, and a compound having a thermal expansion coefficient of 4.0×10−6 (/° C.) or lower is dispersed in the first joint layer 16. The second joint layer 18 is disposed on the metal member 14 side, contains an alloy that contains Fe and Cr as main components, and has a larger thermal expansion coefficient than the first joint layer 16.
US10208866B2
A relief valve comprises a valve body, a pallet assembly, a relief pallet seat, a pilot pallet seat and a force element. The valve body has an interior in fluid communication with a container having a container pressure and the valve body having an exterior exposed to an atmosphere. The pallet assembly has a relief pallet having a relief pressure bearing area, a pilot pallet having a pilot pressure bearing area, and a shaft connects the pilot pallet and relief pallet to space the pilot pallet from the relief pallet. The relief pallet seat extends from the valve body towards the interior of the valve body and is configured to seal against the relief pallet to seal the valve body. The pilot pallet seat extending from the valve body and away from the interior of the valve body and is configured to seal against the pilot pallet to form a reservoir between the pilot pallet, the pilot pallet seat and the valve body. The reservoir has an equalization port to provide fluid communication between the valve body and the reservoir.
US10208865B2
An air valve connecting device includes a housing, a shank slidably engaged in the housing and limited to slide relative to the housing, and prevented from pivoting and rotating relative to the housing, the shank includes one end portion for receiving the pressurized air, a barrel is rotatably engaged with the shank and connected to the housing for detachably securing the inflation valve to the barrel, and a control ferrule is connected to the housing and moved in concert with the housing and the barrel relative to the shank, and the control ferrule is threaded with the shank for forcing and moving the shank toward and to engage with the inflation valve when the control ferrule is rotated relative to the shank.
US10208860B2
A seal useful in sealing slide out rooms used in recreational vehicles. The seal may be used singularly or in pairs to straddle a wall through which the opening is located. A bulb is attached to the base in a cantilevered manner over the base. The bulb has an outer arcuate portion that is integrally joined to opposing sidewall portions. The sidewall portions extend into an inner wall that defines an enclosed space within the bulb portion. The bulb portion may also have a protrusion that can touch the base. A wiper extends from the base substantially co-linearly to the base and opposite the offsetting member. A locating leg extending from the base is movable between a first position and a second position. The first position has the locating leg perpendicular to the base and the second position places the locating leg parallel to the base.
US10208833B2
[Problem] To provide a chain link which can improve wear resistance even under lubricating conditions in adhesive mode. [Solution] Steel link plates 2 for a silent chain having pinholes 22 for inserting linking pins 3 are formed. A hardened layer obtained by performing heat treatment (martempering, for example) is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the pinholes 22, and a large number of hard particles hp having the same hardness as or a greater hardness than the surface hardness of said hardened layer are dotted in a crystalline state within the martensite structure on the surface layer section of the hardened layer. The hard particles hp are an oxide, carbide or nitride of any element from Cr, V, Ti and Nb which was originally present in the steel of the link plate material.
US10208824B2
A suspension assembly having a shaft with a first end and a second end. The first end of the shaft is mounted to a force receiving member. The shaft is translatable within a linear bearing, which is mounted to a support member. A first magnet is mounted to the force receiving member and a second magnet is mounted to the support member. A shaft collar is mounted to the second end of the shaft. The first and second magnets are adapted to provide a magnetic force against a force applied to the force receiving member.
US10208817B2
A drawworks gearbox includes additional braking on the input side of the gearbox to provide a redundant emergency brake and, optionally, a separate parking brake with the drum-side brakes being the emergency brake. An air-cooled brake disc is attached to a high speed coupling connected to the gearbox input pinion. A hydraulic-apply, spring-release brake is mounted to the gearbox housing at each pinion location and arranged to act on its respective disc.
US10208814B1
The present invention discloses a clutch assembly which is comprised of (1) a cam plate which includes cams which are spaced about a central axis; (2) a rocker plate which includes at least one pocket, wherein the pocket includes a first rocker plate engagement surface and a second rocker plate engagement surface; and (3) at least one rocker which is pivotally situated within the pocket of the rocker plate, (4) a first solenoid, and (5) a second solenoid, wherein the solenoids can be activated or deactivated to allow for the clutch to be in a neutral position (to allow for free rotation in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions), to prevent rotation in a clockwise direction while allowing for free rotation in a counterclockwise direction, or to prevent rotation in a counterclockwise direction while allowing for free rotation in a clockwise direction.
US10208808B2
A releasable coupling for the transmission of a rotation movement. This coupling includes a first and a second coupling half which include engagement structures which correspond to one another and which can positively engage with one another. At least one permanent magnet is arranged on at least one coupling half in a manner such that with the approach of the coupling halves to one another, these with respect to a rotation axis are rotated into a defined angular position relative to one another, by way of the magnetic force which is produced by the permanent magnet.
US10208807B2
Since a friction force generated on friction surfaces between a pressure plate and a first friction material is smaller than a friction force generated on friction surfaces between a lining plate and the first friction material, when a torque is input to a damper device, a slip first occurs between the pressure plate and the first friction material, and the lining plate and the first friction material integrally rotate. In this case, a hysteresis torque is generated based on the friction force between the pressure plate and the first friction material. Since a torque limiter mechanism also acts as a hysteresis mechanism in this way, a torque limiter mechanism is realized that can generate the hysteresis torque with a simple structure.
US10208805B2
Six track grooves formed in a spherical inner peripheral surface of an outer joint member are each formed into an arc shape having a curvature center at a joint center. The track grooves are inclined in a circumferential direction of the outer joint member with respect to a joint axial line, and are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction with their inclination directions opposite to each other. Six track grooves formed in a spherical outer peripheral surface of an inner joint member are formed so as to be mirror-image symmetrical with the track grooves paired therewith of the outer joint member with respect to a joint center plane at an operating angle of 0°. An inclination angle of each of the track grooves of the outer joint member with respect to the joint axial line is set to 8° or more and 16° or less.
US10208791B2
A center bearing bush unit for a propeller shaft can effectively decrease the amount of large/small displacement that occurs in the propeller shaft during driving of a vehicle. A center bearing bush unit for a propeller shaft includes an inner pipe; an outer pipe disposed on a common axis as the inner pipe at the outside of the inner pipe; a cushion rubber attached between the inner and outer pipes, and having a plurality of voids disposed on the common axis; and a plurality of stoppers attached to the outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe while being spaced apart from the cushion rubber at a predetermined interval.
US10208789B2
A double-row angular contact ball bearing for a CT scanning device includes an inner member including a pair of raceway rings. The raceway rings have positioning holes into which a positioning member is inserted, to thereby suppress radial decentering of the raceway rings. Both the raceway rings are fastened by fixing bolts. The raceway rings have opposed end surfaces, and are fastened by the fixing bolts to bring the end surfaces into abutment against each other to apply a preload at a fixed position between balls and raceway surfaces. The following relationship is set: Db/h≤0.26, where Db represents a diameter of each of the balls, and h represents a radial dimension from a center of each of the balls to an inner diameter of the inner member.
US10208783B2
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a wheel nut. The method includes annealing an aluminum (Al) alloy material and preheating the annealed Al alloy material. The Al alloy material is also forged to form a wheel nut. Furthermore, the method includes performing an anodizing treatment to form a primary coating on the wheel nut and performing a vacuum deposition to form a secondary coating on the wheel nut. In addition, the method includes performing a surface treatment using powder paint to form a tertiary coating on the wheel nut.
US10208782B2
A component assembly having a stacked arrangement comprising an upper and lower sheet part, of which at least one is formed as an organic sheet composite part, with an auxiliary joining part and with at least one apertured metal washer, wherein the auxiliary joining part has a functional section having an undercut at one end and also has a piercing section at the other end having a lateral shaft surface and a shaft recess formed therein, wherein the metal washer contacts a surface of the organic sheet composite part, with the functional section or the piercing section extending through an aperture of the metal washer and wherein washer material has been driven into the undercut or into the at least one shaft recess.
US10208781B2
Semi-tubular self-piercing rivets and solid rivets are provided with surface features such as recesses or lobes. The recesses or lobes engage the panels that are joined by the rivet to prevent rotation of one or both panels after rivet insertion. The recesses or lobes may be provided at the head end or tip end of the rivet or may be provided at both the head end and the tip end of the rivet.
US10208779B2
An assembly unit includes an assembly part penetrated by a through opening and a cylindrical sleeve which is captively fixed in the through opening. The sleeve has at least one spring element which protrudes from an external face of the sleeve by an excess length in a non-assembled state. The excess length is dimensioned such that the spring element is elastically moved radially inward by contact with the wall of the through opening when the sleeve is introduced into the through opening, so that the spring element presses against the wall 4 of the through opening as a result of elastic restoring forces.
US10208777B1
A bracket for holding and locking tablet-type electronic devices of various sizes securely includes a bracket base, two horizontally clamping members, and a vertically clamping member. The front side of the bracket base includes two horizontal rail grooves, which are adjacent to the bottom side of the bracket base and to two corresponding lateral edges of the bracket base respectively, and a vertical rail groove, which is adjacent to the top side and the center of the bracket base. Each horizontally clamping member can be inserted horizontally into the corresponding horizontal rail groove to any depth desired and then fixed in position. The vertically clamping member can be inserted vertically into the vertical rail groove to any depth desired and then fixed in position. Each of the clamping members is adjustable in position to adapt to the size of the tablet-type electronic device to be supported on the bracket.
US10208758B2
An internal hot gas bypass device coupled with inlet guide vane for centrifugal compressor includes an inlet guide vane assembly, a driving motor assembly and a gas bypass valve assembly. The inlet guide vane assembly further includes a master vane, a plurality of slave vanes, a vane-front fixing ring, a vane-rear fixing ring, a vane-driving ring, a connecting pipe and a vane-opening indicating disk. The driving motor assembly further includes a motor, a driving unit and a motor fixing base. The gas bypass valve assembly further includes a valve, an external fixing-and-guiding ring, an internal fixing-and-guiding ring, a driven element, a spring, a sealing ring, a valve stud and a valve base. The driving motor assembly is connected with the driving unit and the master vane of the inlet guide vane assembly via a connecting rod, and is further connected with the slave vanes of the gas bypass valve assembly.
US10208757B2
An adaptor for providing remote control of a mechanical actuator includes a housing having a bore formed therein for receiving a portion of the mechanical actuator. At least one engagement mechanism extends into the bore such that the at least one engagement mechanism engages the portion of the mechanical actuator. A motor is coupled to the at least one engagement mechanism and a sensor is operably coupled to the motor such that the motor is configured to actuate the mechanical actuator via the at least one engagement mechanism in response to a signal detected by the sensor.
US10208737B1
Thermal energy recovery systems include a piston assembly including a primary cylinder adapted to receive vapor; a single-acting secondary cylinder/piston assembly extending from opposite ends of the primary cylinder; a primary piston disposed for displacement in the primary cylinder; first and second secondary pistons disposed for displacement in the secondary cylinder/piston; and a piston connecting member connecting the first and second secondary pistons to the primary piston. Alternatively, a secondary piston is of the type of a double-acting piston for a more compact reciprocating function to reduce piston friction losses. Metering valves regulate the vapor pressure being introduced into displacement volume chambers at a constant pressure. A working fluid pressure-tank/accumulator/transfer-conduit is in communication with the displacement volume chambers to help regulate pressure of the working fluid. A working fluid transfer conduit forms integrally with the working fluid pressure-tank/accumulator to reduce fluid friction losses.
US10208728B2
A fuel amount distribution method is provided to distribute fuel to a plurality of injectors on each of multiple cylinders of an engine with a dual injector. The fuel amount distribution method includes performing, by a controller, a single injection operation in which a single injector of the plurality of injectors constituting the dual injector injects fuel into a corresponding cylinder when a required fuel injection time of the dual injector of at least one cylinder of the multiple cylinders is less than a minimum injection time of each injector of the plurality of injectors of the dual injector. Thereby, precise air-fuel control in a low fuel rate section is achieved.
US10208726B2
An inside projection is formed in one piece with a second tubular member and projects in a tubular form toward a third tubular member, and an outside projection is formed in one piece with the third tubular member and projects in a tubular form toward the second tubular member, while an inner wall of the outside projection is engaged with an outer wall of the inside projection. Another inside projection is formed in one piece with the second tubular member and projects in a tubular form toward a first tubular member, and another outside projection is formed in one piece with the first tubular member and projects in a tubular form toward the second tubular member, while an inner wall of the outside projection is engaged with an outer wall of the inside projection.
US10208717B2
An intake apparatus includes: an air cleaner unit purifying air sucked from a suction port and discharge the air from a discharge port; a junction pipe section having a plurality of inlet ports while having a single outlet port, each of the inlet ports being connected to the discharge port of the air cleaner unit; a tapered pipe section connected to the outlet port of the junction pipe section and having an inner diameter gradually decreased toward a downstream; a straight pipe section connected to a downstream side of the tapered pipe section and having a constant inner diameter; and an air meter provided in the straight pipe section.
US10208714B2
A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first medium and a second medium has a body comprising a pair of header plates, a pair of distribution plates, and a pair of case body lateral panels. Input and output header plates have a plurality of orifices, with a flow path assembly extending between each input header plate orifice and the corresponding output header plate orifice. Each flow path assembly includes at least one chamber assembly, having a corresponding medium directing component, disposed between a pair of tubular segments. Input and output distribution plates have a plurality of orifices. A first medium inlet side tank engages with the input header, a first medium output side tank engages with the output header plate, a second medium inlet side tank engages with the input distribution plate, and a second medium output side tank engages with the output distribution plate.
US10208710B2
An apparatus for filling a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vehicle with LPG may include an auxiliary chamber disposed in an LPG bombe of the LPG vehicle, an auxiliary injection line branched from a fuelling line extending to the LPG bombe from a fuel inlet port for connection to the auxiliary chamber, a solenoid valve mounted in the auxiliary injection line to selectively allow or block a flow of LPG to the auxiliary chamber, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature in the bombe, and a controller to control the solenoid valve to be opened when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or higher than a critical temperature.
US10208699B2
A direct-injection internal combustion engine is described and includes a pressure sensor that is disposed to monitor in-cylinder combustion pressure. A method, executed as a control routine in an attached controller, includes monitoring engine speed, engine load, temperature and combustion pressure. Combustion variation parameters are determined based upon the combustion pressure. A desired state for a combustion parameter can be determined based upon the engine speed, the engine load, and the temperature, and an adjustment to the desired state for the combustion parameter can be determined based upon the combustion variation parameters, wherein the adjustment to the desired state is selected to achieve acceptable states for the combustion variation parameters. Operation of the internal combustion engine is controlled based upon the desired state for the combustion parameter and the adjustment to the desired state for the combustion parameter.
US10208692B2
A misfire detecting system for an engine of a vehicle that detects a misfire of the engine is provided, which includes a processor. The processor determines whether a misfire has occurred by examining whether a fluctuation of a crank angle of the engine is equal to or greater than a determination reference value, acquires a value relating to a density of intake air introduced into the engine, and adjusts the determination reference value according to the value related to the density.
US10208689B2
A method and system for blending between different torque maps of a vehicle in a smooth and progressive manner. Blending is delayed if the vehicle driver cannot detect that blending is taking place, for example, when the difference between a source map and target map is below a predetermined threshold.
US10208683B2
A method of evaluating operability of a gaseous fuel admission valve of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The method includes operating the internal combustion engine on gaseous fuel by repeatedly actuating the gaseous fuel admission valve. The method further includes measuring a sequence of temporal developments of an electrical operation parameter respectively associated with an actuation of the gaseous fuel admission valve. The sequence includes a first temporal development to be evaluated and a plurality of temporal developments preceding the first temporal development. The method also includes evaluating operability of the gaseous fuel admission valve based on the first temporal development of the measured sequence and at least one of the plurality of preceding temporal developments of the measured sequence.
US10208680B2
An engine may include an electric continuously variable valve timing apparatus for adjusting opening timing of an intake valve provided at a cylinder head, and a continuously variable valve duration apparatus for adjusting duration of exhaust valve provided at the cylinder head.
US10208678B2
A combustion control device (50) is installed in a gas turbine including a compressor (2), combustors (3), a turbine (4), a bleed air pipe (12) through which bleed air is returned to an inlet of an air intake facility (7), and an air bleed valve (22) that regulates the amount of bleed air extracted. The combustion control device (50) includes: a fuel distribution setting unit (70) that sets a turbine inlet temperature or a turbine inlet temperature-equivalent control variable on the basis of input data, and sets fuel distribution ratios on the basis of the turbine inlet temperature or the turbine inlet temperature-equivalent control variable; and a fuel valve opening setting section (81) that sets the valve openings of fuel regulating valves. The fuel distribution setting unit (70) includes correction means for modifying the fuel distribution ratios.
US10208674B2
A seal assembly, includes a first brush supported between first and second plates, a second brush supported on the first and second plates transverse to the first brush seal, and a third plate attached to the second brush.
US10208659B2
Methods and systems are provided for reducing turbo lag by directing intake air from an intake manifold to an exhaust manifold. The intake air may be directed via an EGR passage by opening an EGR valve or by may be directed via engine cylinders by increasing positive valve overlap. Amounts of air directed via external EGR and air directed via positive valve overlap are based on engine operating conditions.
US10208658B2
A rod end is provided for an actuator for a turbocharger high temperature wastegate. The rod end includes a stem configured to fixedly engage an actuator rod, a socket secured to the stem, and a spherical bearing disposed within the socket. The bearing includes an outer member and an inner member disposed at least partially within the outer member. The inner member is misalignable and rotatable in relation to the outer member. An area of engagement is defined by an interface of an inner engagement surface of the outer member and an outer engagement surface of the inner member. The spherical bearing is configured to withstand temperatures in excess of 260° C. (500° F.).
US10208657B2
Methods are provided for identifying degradation in components of a compressor recirculation valve (CRV). One method includes differentiating between degradation of a throttle of the CRV and a position sensor of the CRV based on each of a throttle inlet pressure and commanded position of the throttle of the CRV. The method also includes utilizing output from the position sensor of the CRV in response to the commanded position of the throttle of the CRV.
US10208648B1
An engine oil cooler backflush valve assembly is provided as a replacement cap to an engine oil cooler EGR coolant supply cover. The backflush valve assembly includes a main body through which a valve stem is inserted. The valve stem has a bushing threadedly attached thereto which moves the valve stem between first and second positions. A removable cap is provided to cover the backflush valve assembly during normal operation and to be removed during backflush operation. A removable lock can also be used to secure the cap and/or bushing to the main body of the assembly.
US10208645B2
A mixing chamber for mixing an additive in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, having a single-part or multi-part housing which has an entry opening for exhaust gas having a flow cross-section and having a central entry axis, and which has, arranged downstream of the entry opening, an exit opening for exhaust gas having a flow cross-section and having a central exit axis. A flow-guiding element is arranged within the housing between the two openings, wherein the flow-guiding element is tubular and forms at least one channel having a channel axis, said channel having an inlet and having an outlet, via which the entire exhaust gas stream is guided, in a flow direction parallel to the channel axis, to the outlet having an outlet cross-section, and the flow direction deviates relative to the central exit axis by an angle a of between 20° and 80°. The mixing chamber is to be designed and arranged in such a way that, with a reduced overall length, an improved distribution of the mixture of exhaust gas and additive over the substrate surface is achieved and at the same time deposits of the additive are avoided. A downstream substrate is provided adjacent to the outlet in the direction of the central exit axis, the downstream substrate having a substrate cross-section that corresponds to the outlet cross-section.
US10208642B2
Methods and systems are provided for a soot sensor. In one example, a method diverting exhaust gas from a main exhaust passage to a second exhaust passage comprising a soot sensor with a rotatable component configurable to capture soot.
US10208636B2
The invention relates to a powdermetallurgically produced valve seat ring having a carrier layer and a function layer. It is the objective of the invention to provide a valve seat ring of the kind mentioned above that offers significantly higher thermal conductivity properties. To achieve this objective and based on a valve seat ring of the kind first mentioned above the invention proposes that the carrier material of the carrier layer has a thermal conductivity higher than 55 W/m*K at a total copper content ranging between >25 and 40% w/w.
US10208631B2
The present invention drives an ejector refrigeration unit using waste heat, such as a combustion gas generated from the outside, etc., and cools a working fluid sucked into a compressor in a power generator using the working fluid that circulates in the ejector refrigeration unit, thereby reducing a compression work of the compressor so that efficiency of a system can be improved.
US10208629B2
A piezoelectric motor comprising one or more concentric stator rings arranged to transfer energy and provide torque to an engine rotor or to an engine transmission. Such a piezo-electric motor improves spatial integration of an engine turning motor in a gas turbine engine.
US10208623B2
An assembly can include a turbocharger center housing that includes a through bore that extends between a compressor end and a turbine end of the turbocharger center housing where the through bore includes a sleeve mating surface; and a sleeve positioned at least in part in the through bore of the turbocharger center housing where the sleeve includes an outer mating surface, an inner compressor side bearing lubricant film formation surface disposed at a first radius, an inner turbine side bearing lubricant film formation surface disposed at a second radius, and a surface between the inner compressor side bearing lubricant film formation surface and the inner turbine side bearing lubricant film formation surface that includes a third radius that is less than the first radius and less than the second radius and where outer mating surface of the sleeve contacts the sleeve mating surface of the turbocharger center.
US10208619B2
A turbine with a variable inlet guide vane assembly in which the vane airfoils extend between inner and outer buttons, and in which a center of rotation of the airfoil is located aft of an aerodynamic center of pressure of the airfoil. The trailing edge of the airfoil extends into both of the buttons such that no gap is formed between the airfoil trailing edge region and a static part of the turbine during movement of the airfoil from an opened position to a closed position.
US10208611B2
A spring guide for use in a seal housing including a first body portion, a second body portion, and a flange portion, including a flange width, extending circumferentially between the first body portion and the second body portion. The flange width being less than or equal to approximately 2.1 millimeters.
US10208608B2
A cooling circuit according to an embodiment includes: a cooling circuit for a multi-wall blade, the cooling circuit including: a pressure side cavity with a surface adjacent a pressure side of the multi-wall blade; a suction side cavity with a surface adjacent a suction side of the multi-wall blade; a central cavity disposed between the pressure side and suction side cavities, the central cavity including no surfaces adjacent the pressure and suction sides of the multi-wall blade; a first leading edge cavity with surfaces adjacent the pressure and suction sides of the multi-wall blade; and at least one impingement opening for fluidly coupling the first leading edge cavity with a second leading edge cavity.
US10208605B2
A turbine engine comprises an airfoil having one or more internal cooling circuits. The cooling circuits can be fed with a flow of cooling fluid from one or more cooling air inlet passages in fluid communication with the cooling circuits. The cooling circuits can provide the cooling fluid flow within the airfoil to cool the airfoil, as well as provide a cooling fluid to a plurality of film holes to create a cooling film on the external surface of the airfoil.
US10208603B2
An airfoil according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil section having an external wall and an internal wall. The internal wall defines a first reference plane extending in a spanwise direction and through a thickness of the internal wall. A first cavity and a second cavity are separated by the internal wall. A plurality of crossover passages within the internal wall connects the first cavity to the second cavity. The plurality of crossover passages are arranged such that the passage axis of each of the plurality of cooling passages intersects a surface of the second cavity.
US10208601B2
An air separator for a turbine engine is provided. The air separator includes an aft air separator member (10) having an annular frame (14) which defines a chamber (16) configured to engage disc shoulders (18) configured in a first stage of the turbine engine. The aft air separator member (10) is constrained from movement along a radial direction by the disc shoulders engaged in the chamber of the aft air separator member. A forward air separator member (12) is affixed at a forward end thereof to a torque tube (20) to constrain movement along the radial direction. The forward air separator includes at an aft end thereof a flange (22) that engages the aft air separator member. The forward air separator member is constrained from outward radial movement along the radial direction by way of a recess (24) constructed in a portion of the aft air separator member.
US10208594B2
Systems and methods for monitoring extraction height and volume of material extracted for a mining machine. The method includes operating the machine using a shearing motion at a plurality of cut locations. The method includes receiving boom height data and power consumption data. The method includes determining a cut start time, based on a conveyor motor start time, and a conveyor motor stop time. The method includes determining whether a relocation has occurred. The method includes, when the relocation has occurred: determining a cut end time based on conveyor motor stop time and the relocation; and storing, in a memory, the cut start and end time, and the boom height and power consumption data. The method includes adjusting the operation of the mining machine based on the cut start and end time, and the boom height and power consumption data for at least one of the cut locations.
US10208586B2
An embodiment of a method of measuring temperatures includes: taking distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) measurement data by transmitting interrogation signals into an optical fiber disposed in an environment of interest, and receiving reflected signals over a selected time period from the optical fiber; processing the DAS measurement data to separate components of the DAS data associated with changes in temperature; and generating a temperature change profile for the selected time period based on the separated components of the DAS data.
US10208557B2
A wire line tool trap has a central housing with an axial passage. The passage is sized and shaped to movably receive a cable and tool. A pair of housings have an interior that opens to the passage of the center portion. Each of a pair of catch blocks are disposed in a respective lateral housing. Each catch block has an inside catch end with an under face and an upper face. When the catch blocks are fully inserted, a passage is defined to permit the wire line to pass therethrough. The under faces form a concavity, and the upper faces form a top land. The concavity permits a tool to urge the catch blocks apart and into a retracted state. Thus, the tool can drawn upwardly between the catch blocks. The top land retains a tool thereon and prevents the downward passage of the tool past the blocks.
US10208554B2
A release device for a jarring tool includes a collet positioned between the mandrel of the jarring tool and a trigger sleeve. At least one end of the collet is in contact with a precompressed spring via a bushing. In order for the jarring tool to operate, a force greater than the precompressed force of the spring must be applied to the mandrel so that the collet can move in axial direction against the spring thereby releasing the mandrel.
US10208550B2
An anchoring device includes at least one slip configured to fixedly engage the anchoring device to a structure when urged against the structure, and a member separate from the at least one slip positioned radially of the at least one slip having a portion that is radially deformable in response to longitudinal compression, the portion being configured to urge the at least one slip against the structure when deformed.
US10208542B2
A polycrystalline compact includes diamond, cubic boron nitride, and at least one hard material, which may be aluminum nitride, gallium nitride, silicon nitride, titanium nitride, silicon carbide, titanium carbide, titanium boride, titanium diboride, and/or aluminum boride. The diamond, the cubic boron nitride, and the hard material are intermixed and interbonded to form a polycrystalline material. An earth-boring tool includes a bit body and a polycrystalline diamond compact secured to the bit body. Methods of fabricating polycrystalline compacts include forming a mixture comprising diamond, non-cubic boron nitride, and a metal or semimetal; encapsulating the mixture in a container; and subjecting the encapsulated mixture to high-pressure and high-temperature conditions to form a polycrystalline material.
US10208539B2
The present invention relates to a particularly compact and safe extendable access device for gaining access to elevated locations via a hatch opening. The access device comprises a telescopic ladder with a plurality of sliding elements movable between an extended position and a retracted position, each sliding element comprising two stiles connected by a rung. The stiles of each sliding element are interlocked with the stiles of adjacent sliding elements, wherein each sliding element comprises a first locking mechanism for releasably connecting at least one of the stiles to an adjacent stile of an adjacent sliding element, the first locking mechanism being adapted to lock each sliding element in its retracted position. The first locking mechanism of each sliding element is adapted to releasably connect at least one stile of each sliding element to a stile of an adjacent sliding element, which is closer to a top end of the telescopic ladder, and is adapted to automatically disconnect said stiles once an adjacent sliding element, which is closer to a bottom end of the telescopic ladder, is in its extended position. The first locking mechanism is adapted to automatically connect the at least one stile of said sliding element to a stile of the adjacent sliding element, which is closer to a top end of the telescopic ladder, when the adjacent sliding element, which is closer to the bottom end of the telescopic ladder, is moved from its extended position towards its retracted position.
US10208535B2
A blind having a blind operating mechanism and a blind control element and having an enclosure for the blind control element, with the element completely enclosed, a connector supporting the enclosure on the blind, and depending downwardly, and a drive device at the lower end of the enclosure for operating the element.
US10208532B2
A thermally insulating curtain for windows and rooms provided with glass or transparent material. The curtain has an outer solar-energy-absorbing surface outside a thermally insulating layer. A space is disposed between the solar-energy-absorbing surface and a transparent layer situated outside the solar-energy-absorbing layer and/or between the solar-energy-absorbing surface and the thermally insulating layer. The curtain includes a structure that transports air through the space, and a fastener for arranging the curtain on the inside of a window, so that absorbed solar energy is supplied to the room behind the curtain.
US10208514B2
An exemplary door lock transition method includes transitioning a door lock of a vehicle from a deactivated state to an activated state based on a door lock schedule that includes a deactivated period where the door lock is scheduled to be in the deactivated state, and an activated period where the door lock is scheduled to be in the activated state. An exemplary door lock transition assembly includes, a door lock of a vehicle, and a control system configured to transition the door lock from a deactivated state to an activated state based on a door lock schedule.
US10208506B2
A central access control system (10) includes a plurality of doors (44), a plurality of door locks (20) respectively mounted to the doors (44), a control device (33) connected to the door locks (20), and an unlocking device (40) for setting the control device (33) to be in an enabling state or a forbidding state. When the control device (33) is set to be in the forbidding state, the control device (33) outputs a forbidding signal to all of the door locks (20) to set the door locks (20) in a locking state. When the control device (33) is set to be in the enabling mode, the control module (33) outputs an enabling signal to all of the door locks (20), and a locking state or an unlocked state of a locking mechanism (24) of each door lock (20) remains unchanged.
US10208496B2
A combination of a first separate and independent pool component and a second separate and independent pool component includes a first frame portion having a frame support component for the first pool component, and a second frame portion having a frame support component for the second pool component. The second frame portion is complementary with the first frame portion. A latch assembly has a first latch component and a second latch component. The first latch component is adapted to be removably coupled to the second latch component. The first latch component of the latch assembly is attached to the frame support component of the first frame portion of the first pool component, and the second latch component of the latch assembly is attached to the frame support component of the second frame portion of the second pool component. The first pool component and the second pool component are placed so that their complementary frame portions and the cooperating first and second latch components are aligned, and the first latch component of the latch assembly is operatively attached to the second latch component with which it is aligned.
US10208494B2
A roof plug is provided that includes a plug member and a tray member. The tray member includes a recessed portion and a flange portion and is made of a rigid material. The recessed portion includes a base, has at least one opening disposed therein, and has a plurality of side walls each extending upwardly from the base to the flange portion. The flange portion is also oriented outward from a top edge of the plurality of side walls of the recessed portion. The plug member fits into the recessed portion of the tray member. At least one opening in the base provides visual inspection of the plug member when located in the recessed portion. The product serves to plug a hole left behind by a static roof vent when converting to other methods of roof ventilation. Generally, the product can be used to fill any holes in the roof deck sized 8″×8″ or 12″×12″.
US10208492B2
A construction anchor apparatus has utility as a safety grip for engagement by construction personnel, and, in addition, a support apparatus for supporting and/or holding construction equipment including ductwork, electrical cables, plumbing, etc. The anchor apparatus is used in conjunction with rebar applied in concrete support walls, floors, ceilings, or other structural elements at a construction site.
US10208483B1
A modular system includes a first pair of modular units and a second pair of modular units to be disposed above the first pair of modular units. The first pair of modular units includes brackets configured to be coupled to a façade trim. The second pair of modular units includes brackets configured to be coupled to a façade trim. The brackets of the first pair of modular units are spaced apart from one another a different distance than the brackets of the second pair of modular units are spaced apart from one another.
US10208479B2
Embodiments of the invention provide composite roofing strips that may be attached to a roofing membrane for aesthetic and/or functional purposes and method of attaching the same. According to one embodiment, a composite roofing strip may include a longitudinally extending body having a base and a lateral member extending from the base, and may also include an insert extending partially or fully along the body and coupled therewith. The insert may be formable so as to allow the composite roofing strip to be adjusted to have a desired profile and to maintain the desired profile of the composite roofing strip post adjustment.
US10208478B2
A roofing system, comprising an underlayment layer above a roof deck; at least one strap spaced horizontally up the slope of a roof deck and above the underlayment layer; at least two fasteners attached to the at least one strap and into the roof deck; at least one bead of adhesive applied above the at least one strap; and at least two metal roofing panels placed on the at least one bead of adhesive applied to the at least one strap.
US10208477B2
The disclosure provides a fibrous panel including a basemat and a porous veil disposed on at least one side of the basemat, the veil having a first surface in contact with the one side of the basemat and a second facing surface opposite the first surface, the veil having a patterned coating disposed on the second facing surface, the patterned coating including defined areas without any coating and defined areas with at least a single layer of coating. The disclosure further provides a method of making a fibrous panel according to the disclosure.
US10208472B1
An outer wall of a building has a frame and a coating layer. The frame has multiple surfaces. The coating layer is coated on at least one of the surfaces of the frame and is composed of a glass-fiber net and an adhesive material layer. The adhesive material layer is composed of acrylic resin, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (HEC), and water.
US10208471B2
A method for securing a toilet tank to a toilet bowl through an attachment assembly. The method includes the steps of engaging a valve to the tank through an opening in the tank, moving a mounting bracket over the valve through an opening in the mounting bracket to position the mounting bracket adjacent to the tank, the mounting bracket having at least three mounting locations with fasteners attached thereto, coupling a valve nut to the valve to secure the mounting bracket between the tank and the valve nut, and securing the mounting bracket to the bowl through the fasteners. The at least three fasteners are disposed external to the tank and couple the tank to the bowl without directly engaging the tank.
US10208467B2
A seamless quick-release strainer structure includes a water outlet on a bottom of a sink; a strainer attached to the water outlet and including a stepped trough having a lower end provided with a tailpiece connectable to a drain; a circle frame at a periphery of the water outlet extending outwardly from the bottom of the sink; and a connecting sleeve having an outer periphery radially formed with studs. The stepped trough includes an open end facing a lower end of the connecting sleeve formed with a receiving circular frame, the receiving circular frame having an outer periphery provided with a locking sleeve, the locking sleeve having retaining slots corresponding to the studs respectively. Each retaining slot includes an opening and a retaining portion. Each stud slides to position in the retaining portion.
US10208459B2
A blind spot estimation portion for estimating the blind spot region of the object in the bucket; a blind spot region shape estimation portion for estimating a shape of the object in the blind spot region; and a volume estimation portion for estimating a volume of the object in the blind spot region are included, the blind spot estimation portion estimates the blind spot region by mesh disparity data obtained from a captured image of the object in the bucket imaged by a plurality of cameras, the blind spot region shape estimation portion estimates the shape of the object in the blind spot region by the mesh disparity data, and the volume estimation portion estimates the volume of the object in the blind spot region based on the shape of the object in the blind spot region estimated by the blind spot region shape estimation portion and a shape of a bottom of the bucket.
US10208456B2
Disclosed is a hydraulic circuit for construction equipment, having a floating function for ground leveling work, which can be implemented by a main control valve. According to the present invention, provided is a flow control valve for construction equipment, having a floating function, comprising: a valve body having, formed therein, a supply path in communication with a pump path to which hydraulic oil is supplied from a hydraulic pump, and first and second actuator paths connected to a hydraulic cylinder driven by the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump; a spool switchably built into the valve body for, when switched, communicating the supply path into the first and second actuator paths so as to supply, to the hydraulic cylinder, the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump via the supply path and the first actuator path and return, to a tank path, the hydraulic oil discharged from the hydraulic cylinder via the second actuator path; a recycling path for supplying, to a small chamber of the hydraulic cylinder, a portion of the hydraulic oil returned from a large chamber of the hydraulic cylinder to the tank path and recycling the same; and a valve for floating conversion, installed at a predetermined position of the recycling path, wherein, in case of conversion to a floating state by application of pilot pressure to the valve for floating conversion, the large chamber and the small chamber of the hydraulic cylinder are communicated, and a path for supplying the hydraulic oil to the small chamber of the hydraulic cylinder and the recycling path are communicated so as to enable a bi-directional flow of the hydraulic oil.
US10208452B2
A bucket for an implement system includes a bucket body, and a first tooth mounting member and a second tooth mounting member forming first and second corners of the bucket body. The first and second tooth mounting members may be identical to one another, and are each bilaterally symmetrical. A flared shape of a longitudinal fin of each of the tooth mounting members enables abutment against a side wall of a bucket at a plurality of orientations, enabling tooth mounting members of the same design to be used at opposite corners of the bucket for positioning digging teeth at kicked-out orientations.
US10208450B2
A cantilever includes a spar connected rotatably about a rear fixed axis to a fastening device for a vehicle, a tool lever connected rotatably about a front fixed axis to the spar, a deflecting triangle connected rotatably about a central fixed axis to the spar, a rear strut connected rotatably about a first strut pivot axis to the fastening device and rotatably about a second strut pivot axis to the deflecting triangle, a front strut connected rotatably about a third strut pivot axis to the deflecting triangle and rotatably about a fourth strut pivot axis to the tool lever. The rear and the central fixed axis span a first plane. The rear strut intersects the first plane. The central and the front fixed axis span a second plane. The front strut intersects the second plane.
US10208446B2
The present invention concerns a fender system comprising one or more fenders (2). The one or more fenders (2) are to be fastened to a quay wall (1). The fender system further comprises a panel (4) carrying one or more shields. The panel (4) is fastened to the one or more fenders (2). Each fender (2) is formed of two or more fender sections (5, 6).
US10208440B1
A traffic gate apparatus comprises an upstanding pedestal. A first elongate arm is also provided having a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end of the first elongate arm being pivotally connected to the pedestal at a first pivot axis. A second elongate arm has a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end of the lower elongate arm being pivotally connected to the pedestal at a second pivot axis. The second pivot axis is below the first pivot axis such that the first and second elongate arms are movable between a lowered position, in which the first and second elongate arms are generally horizontal and parallel with the first elongate arm being above said second elongate arm, and a raised position. The first and second elongate arms each have an adjustment mechanism such that a length thereof can be varied.
US10208439B2
A pavement marking tape has raised, irregular polygonal relief features with retroreflective elements covering a portion of the surface of the tape. The form of the relief features minimizes shadowing effects. Raised relief features are shaped to increase the visible number of vertical faces and edges of the relief features, which are the most reflective structures, and are oriented toward incident light from an approaching observer to maximize retroreflectivity.
US10208436B2
A scraper device for a milling drum mounted in a construction machine at a machine frame between lateral walls with a milling drum axis, with a two-part scraper blade arranged in a height-adjustable fashion behind the milling drum when seen in the direction of travel, the lower part of which can glide over the ground surface milled off by the milling drum, where the lower part of the scraper blade is adjustable in height when in operating position, it is provided that the upper part of the scraper blade is attached, at the upper end, to swivel about a swiveling axis parallel to the axis of the milling drum.
US10208434B2
A sports field comprises a base structure and a cover. The cover is at least partly permeable to fluid, especially water. The base structure comprises voids for containing fluid. The base structure forms a substantially continuous deck supporting the cover. The cover comprises or is formed by an artificial sports layer, such as artificial grass. At least a number of the voids are in fluid communication with each other. Wick elements are provided fluidly connecting at least a number of the voids with the cover for supplying fluid from the voids to the top layer.
US10208422B2
A stain removal device adapted to at least partially surround a stain located on a fabric to activate in a targeted manner includes a shell comprising a wall with an inner surface, an outer surface, a rim defining an aperture in the shell, the rim being defined by the inner and outer surfaces and the inner surface defining a shell cavity, at least one opening extending through the wall of the shell between the inner and outer surfaces of the shell, a dispensable cleaning agent at least partially disposed within the shell cavity, and an attachment portion at least partly coupled to the shell. The attachment portion is configured to removably couple the stain removal device to a fabric or article of clothing such that the rim of the shell contacts the fabric and at least partially surrounds a stain located on the fabric. So configured, the dispensable cleaning agent may activate in a targeted manner relative to the stain during a wash cycle.
US10208417B2
An apparatus for dye application to textile manufactures, exhaustion of the applied dye, and drying of the textile manufacture. The apparatus, in some implementations, includes a dye applicator that applies dye evenly to a textile manufacture of varying length, one or more steam release conduits for heating the textile manufacture with applied dye to exhaust the dye, and a blower system to dry the textile manufacture after application of the applied dye.
US10208415B2
A method of fabricating pattern composite fabric pieces by an automatic pattern fabric article piece processing machine is described. A composite fabric sheet is fed in the processing machine onto a conveyor having a permeable belt under which is provided a vacuum chamber to retain the fabric sheet stationary while a laser cutter effects a programmed job function. The machine forms seam allowance flaps for the composite fabric pattern piece. A stitching or ultrasonic bonding machine also forms seams. In a further stage, printed matter may be applied to the allowance flaps. Glue may also be applied to the flaps and labels to some of the pattern fabric pieces. By interconnecting the seam allowance flaps of different fabric pieces, in a specific order, a fabric material article is produced.
US10208405B2
Polylactide fibers are made from a blend of polylactides. One of the polylactides has a ratio of R-lactic and S-lactic units from 8:92 to 92:8. The second polylactide has a ratio of the R-lactic and S-lactic units of ≥97:3 or ≤3:97. The ratio of the R-lactic units to S-lactic units in the blend is from 7:93 to 25:75 or from 75:25 to 93:7. The polylactide fiber contains at least 5 Joules of polylactide crystallites per gram of polylactide resin in the fiber.
US10208401B2
Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus comprising a wafer chuck on which a substrate is placed, an injector unit on a side of the wafer chuck and injecting process gases that include a first gas and a second gas, and a gas supply unit supplying the process gases to the injector unit. The gas supply unit comprises first and second gas supply sources that respectively accommodate the first and second gases, first and second gas supply lines that respectively connect the first and second gas supply sources to the injector unit, and first and second heating units that are respectively disposed on the first and second gas supply lines. The first heating units disposed on the first gas supply line have a density per unit length greater than the density per unit length of the second heating units disposed on the second gas supply line.
US10208391B2
An ionic liquid composition comprising a complex of a trihalo aluminum (III) species with at least one organic uncharged ligand comprising a ring structure having at least three ring carbon atoms and at least one ring heteroatom selected from nitrogen and sulfur, wherein the complex is a liquid at a temperature of 100° C. or less. Methods of electroplating aluminum onto a metallic substrate using the above-described ionic liquid composition are also described.
US10208386B2
A hydrogen water manufacturing system includes: a container-shaped constant pressure maintaining unit receiving water and maintaining a water level; an electrolysis unit including a hermetically sealed container bisected into an oxygen generation chamber and a hydrogen generation chamber with an ion exchange membrane interposed therebetween, wherein the chambers independently receive the raw water from the constant pressure maintaining unit, and a positive electrode plate is provided in the oxygen generation chamber and a negative electrode plate is provided in the hydrogen generation chamber; a fluid pump receiving the water and hydrogen from the hydrogen generation chamber; a dissolution unit having a nozzle to inject the water and the hydrogen supplied from the fluid pump; and a flow rate detection sensor arranged on piping downstream of the dissolution unit to detect supply of hydrogen water and drive the fluid pump and simultaneously supply electrical power to the electrolysis unit.
US10208379B2
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes for forming Group VA element containing thin films, such as Sb, Sb—Te, Ge—Sb and Ge—Sb—Te thin films are provided, along with related compositions and structures. Sb precursors of the formula Sb(SiR1R2R3)3 are preferably used, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are alkyl groups. As, Bi and P precursors are also described. Methods are also provided for synthesizing these Sb precursors. Methods are also provided for using the Sb thin films in phase change memory devices.
US10208374B2
A method to increase the damping of a substrate using a face-centered cubic damping material foil containing voids.
US10208373B2
A production method for a deposition mask is provided. The production method includes the steps of: forming a mask member having a structure in which a thin-board magnetic metal member having a through hole and a resin film contact tightly with each other; forming a mark that has a specified depth by irradiating a part of the film through the through hole of the mask member with laser beams; and forming an opening pattern that penetrates the film by irradiating a predetermined position with laser beams, using the mark as a reference.
US10208362B2
An HT550 steel plate with ultrahigh toughness and excellent weldability and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. Based on a component system with ultralow-C, high-Mn, Nb-microalloying, ultramicro Ti treatment, Mn/C is controlled in the range of 15˜30, (% Si)×(% Ceq) is less than or equal to 0.050, (% C)×(% Si) is less than or equal to 0.010, (% Mo)×[(% C)+0.13(% Si)] is in the range of 0.003˜0.020, the ratio Ti/N is in the range of 2.0˜4.0, the steel plate is alloyed with (Cu+Ni+Mo), Ni/Cu is greater than or equal to 1.0, Ca treatment is performed, and Ca/S is in the range of 0.80˜3.00; by optimizing TMCP process, the steel plate has microstructures of fine ferrite plus self-tempered bainite with an average grain size being less than or equal to 15 μm, yield strength being 460 MPa or more, tensile strength being 550˜700 MPa, yield ratio being 0.85 or less, and −60° C. Charpy impact energy (single value) being 60 J or more; therefore, the steel plate is capable of bearing large thermal input welding while obtaining uniform and excellent strength, toughness, and strong plasticity matching, and is especially suitable for sea bridge structures, ocean wind tower structures, ocean platform structures and hydroelectric structures.
US10208361B2
In a method for the production of a seamless, multilayered tubular product, a further layer is applied through hardfacing on a base layer of a round or polygonal block, with the further layer made of a metallic material which is different than a metallic material of the base layer. The round or polygonal block with hardfaced further layer is hot formed to produce a tubular product with reduced wall thickness and outer perimeter in one or more stages. A diffusion layer is established between the base layer and the further layer through heat treatment before hot forming and/or after hot forming, thereby producing a thickness of the diffusion layer of at least 5 μm with the proviso that the thickness of the diffusion layer is 0.1% to 50% of a thickness of the further layer, with the thickness of the further layer being equal to or greater than 100 μm.
US10208355B2
The invention provides methods and compositions to detect expression of one or more biomarkers for identifying and treating patients having glioblastomas who are likely to be responsive to VEGF antagonist therapy. The invention also provides kits and articles of manufacture for use in the methods.
US10208352B2
There is provided a canceration information providing method which can detect the possibility of cancer in the initial stage with high accuracy. The canceration information providing method for providing information pertaining to canceration of cells includes: acquiring measurement data including first data pertaining to size of a cell nucleus and second data pertaining to size of a cytoplasm for each cell contained in a measurement sample which includes cells collected from epithelial tissue; extracting the measurement data of cells to be analyzed, which are at least some of the cells located toward the basal membrane side of the cells existing in the surface layer in the epithelial tissue, from the measurement data of a plurality of cells in the measurement sample based on the first data and the second data acquired for each cell; and analyzing the extracted measurement data and outputting the information pertaining to the canceration of cells.
US10208350B2
Methods for assessing infertility and related pathologies and informing treatment type and timing thereof are provided. According to certain embodiments, methods of the invention include determining levels of one or more transcripts present in a sample obtained from a subject suspected of having endometriosis, identifying transcript levels that correspond to a regulation pattern specific to a time-point in a uterine cycle, and characterizing endometriosis of the subject based upon the identified transcript levels. The invention includes methods for assessing age-associated increase in aneuploidy rates based on FSH levels and IVF success rates based on obesity in PCOS patients.
US10208331B2
A bioparticle collection device and an aerosol collection system. The bioparticle collection device includes a collection medium including a plurality of fibers formed into a fiber mat and configured to collect bioparticles thereon, and includes a viability enhancing material provider disposed in a vicinity of the plurality of fibers and configured to provide a viability enhancing material to the collected bioparticles to maintain viability of the bioparticles collected by the fiber mat. The aerosol collection system includes an aerosol pumping device configured to entrain particles in an gas stream, an aerosol saturation device configured to saturate the particles in the gas stream with a biocompatible liquid, and an aerosol collection medium downstream from the aerosol saturation device and including a plurality of fibers formed into a fiber mat for collection of the saturated aerosol particles.
US10208325B2
Provided are a microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium having an enhanced activity to produce L-lysine as a result of inactivating a secretory protein and a method for producing L-lysine using the microorganism.
US10208323B2
The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.
US10208320B2
The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a microbial organism having at least one exogenous gene insertion and/or one or more gene disruptions that confer production of primary alcohols. A method for producing long chain alcohols includes culturing these non-naturally occurring microbial organisms.
US10208319B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and kits for high efficiency, site-specific genomic editing of cells for treating or preventing genetic blood disorders.
US10208314B2
The present invention provides novel DNA molecules and constructs, including their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants and plant cells. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and commodity products comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides, along with methods of their use.
US10208311B2
Methods for controlling obesity using minimally-invasive procedures including introducing embolic crystal particles that are naturally occurring and mostly non-toxic salts into the arterial capillaries feeding the sections of the stomach where the appetite inducing hormone, ghrelin, is produced to limit the blood flow to the region reducing appetite; introducing a virus vector or antisense oligonucleotide to inhibit the production of ghrelin and reduce the appetite; and introducing a soluble embolic particle with a virus vector or antisense oligonucleotide which will inhibit the flow of blood initially and then dissolve and release the inhibit vector to the region, generating ghrelin to control the appetite.
US10208305B2
Methods relating to obtaining libraries of YY1-binding long non-coding RNAs, libraries obtained thereby, and methods of use thereof.
US10208302B2
A composite material includes: an apatite crystal in the form of a tube; and a functional component accommodated in the apatite crystal tube and constituted by a material having physical properties different from those of the apatite crystal. The apatite crystal may be a monocrystal given by the general formula M25(PO4)3X, where M2 denotes at least one element selected from the group consisting of divalent alkali earth metals and Eu, and X denotes at least one element or molecule selected from the group consisting of halogens and OH.
US10208301B2
The present invention relates to xylanase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the xylanase variants and methods of using the variants.
US10208300B2
A process for preparing Streptomyces koganeiensis ATCC 31394 hyaluronidase by obtaining hyaluronidase having molecular weight of 21.6 kDalton, which has hyaluronidase activity and stability markedly higher than those of the hyaluronidase obtained from such microorganism to date.
US10208293B2
Recombinant microorganisms, plants, and plant cells are disclosed that have been engineered to express a mutant AROM polypeptide and/or mutant catechol-O-methyltransferase polypeptide alone or in combination with one or more vanillin biosynthetic enzymes or UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Such microorganisms, plants, or plant cells can produce vanillin or vanillin beta-D-glucoside.
US10208270B2
The present invention relates to the recombinant manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Specifically, it relates to acyltransferase polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said acyltransferases as well as vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms containing said polynucleotides. Moreover, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as oils obtained by such methods.
US10208260B2
Systems and methods are provided for catalytically dewaxing a diesel boiling range feed. In some aspects, catalytic dewaxing can be performed at low hydrogen treat gas rates and/or low hydrogen purity conditions. In other aspects, the systems and methods can allow for distillate dewaxing while reducing or minimizing the amount of equipment required.
US10208250B2
Provided are a liquid crystal composition including at least one or more compounds represented by General Formula (i) and at least one or more compounds represented by General Formula (M-1), in which the dielectric constant anisotropy at 25° C. is larger than 0 and 5 or less; and a liquid crystal display element using this composition. The liquid crystal composition has a positive Δε, can have the electrical capacity of the liquid crystal layer (CLC) reduced to a low level, can be driven at a voltage that is practically sufficiently low, and satisfies at least any one of the requirements of maintaining a liquid crystal phase over a wider temperature range, low viscosity, satisfactory solubility at low temperature, high specific resistance or voltage retention rate, and stability to heat or light; and provide an excellent liquid crystal display element.
US10208245B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor nanoparticle assembly having improved luminous efficiency, heat resistance, and oxidation resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same.The present invention relates to a semiconductor nanoparticle assembly which includes an aggregate having a plurality of coated semiconductor nanoparticles aggregated, said coated semiconductor nanoparticles each containing a semiconductor nanoparticle having a core/shell structure and a translucent coating layer having a thickness of 3 nm or more and 15 nm or less for coating the semiconductor nanoparticle.
US10208239B2
A method of removing a water-based filter cake from a wellbore, the method comprising: contacting the filter cake with a mixture comprising: a non-aqueous, polar solvent; an agent selected to breakdown the filter cake; said mixture comprising <5 wt % water and preferably being essentially anhydrous. The low water content of the mixture actually slows the degradation of the filter cake which has surprisingly been found to be more effective as it allows a more even removal of the filter cake and a more efficient use of the mixture; without the tendency to create local holes in the filter cake where the mixture could escape. Embodiments of the present invention use a polar solvent with a dielectric constant of more than (15), preferably more than (30) such as (15) monoethylene glycol (MEG). In preferred embodiments the agent comprises a salt based on potassium EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid).
US10208231B2
A high performance sealant for repairing punctures in tires includes a highly filtered natural rubber latex, an ultra-fine inorganic powder, a polyamide suspension, and an antifreeze agent that includes water and at least one of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol. The high performance sealant can readily pass through a valve stem of a tire without removing the core and seal, and provides a strong and durable sealing of the puncture.
US10208226B2
A composition comprising a cyclic olefin copolymer; a particulate filler dispersed in the cyclic olefin copolymer; and a solvent is disclosed. The composition can be used to make a transmissive composite. The transmissive composite and a method of making a transmissive composite panel are also disclosed.
US10208222B2
A compound for creating a protective coating on a surface. The compound includes a natural rubber liquid mixture. The compound also includes a latex paint added to the natural rubber liquid mixture.
US10208217B2
To provide an aqueous ink for inkjet which has superior printability to typical printing media, particularly media having high glossiness, such as coated paper, art paper, and vinyl chloride sheets, and which is capable of forming a high quality image by printing. An aqueous ink for inkjet, comprising a pigment, a pigment dispersing resin, an organic solvent, and water, wherein: the organic solvent contains (A) a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher and 180° C. or lower, and (B) an organic solvent having a boiling point of 200° C. or higher and 280° C. or lower, and having a surface tension of 20 mN/m or more and 30 mN/m or less.
US10208216B2
A water dispersion of gel particles, in which the gel particles having a three-dimensional crosslinked structure including at least one of Polymer Structure (1) or Polymer Structure (2), having a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable group, and including photopolymerization initiators are dispersed in water, a method of producing the water dispersion, and an image forming method using the water dispersion are provided. P1 and P2 represent a polymer chain consisting of polyester and the like and having a number-average molecular weight of 500 or greater, Z11 represents a (n1+1)-valent group, Z12 represents a (m1+1)-valent group, m1, n1 and n2 each represent an integer of 1 or greater, X1 represents a single bond, a —CH2— group, or a —NH— group, Z21 represents a (n2+1)-valent group, R1 represents a hydrocarbon group that may include a hetero atom.
US10208210B2
The hydrophilic oil repellent includes one or more types of nitrogen-containing fluorine-based compounds. The nitrogen-containing fluorine-based compound includes any one hydrophilicity imparting group selected from the group consisting of anion type hydrophilicity imparting groups, cation type hydrophilicity imparting groups, and amphoteric type hydrophilicity imparting groups in the molecule.
US10208206B2
The present invention relates to a curable resin composition comprising (A) an epoxy compound having three or more epoxy groups in one molecule and (B) an active hydrogen compound.
US10208201B2
The present invention relates to a plastics composition which comprises at least one platelet-shaped metal pigment from a range of from 0.01 to 25 wt.-%, at least one light stabilizer from a range of from 0.01 to 10 wt.-% and at least one antioxidant from a range of from 0.01 to 2 wt.-%, in each case relative to the proportion by weight of the plastics composition.
US10208197B2
The present invention relates to a polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-based compound composition, and more specifically, to a PVC-based compound composition that uses a PVC-based copolymer having internal plasticity prepared by suspension polymerization together with a PVC resin, thereby increasing compatibility with the PVC resin to shorten the gelling time, lowering the load at the time of extrusion to increase production in the same process conditions, and partially showing an impact modifier substitution effect.
US10208182B2
The present invention is directed to a polypropylene composition (C), an article comprising the polypropylene composition (C) and the use of the polypropylene composition (C) to reduce paintability failure of a molded article. The polypropylene composition (C) comprises (a) 40.0 to 80.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, of a propylene copolymer (R-PP) having: (a1) a comonomer content in the range of 1.5 to 8.0 wt. %, and (a2) a melt flow rate MFR2 (230 ° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 5.0 to 100.0 g/10 min, and (b) 20.0 to 40.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, of a mineral filler (F) being selected from the group consisting of talcum, wollastonite, kaolin, and mica, wherein the polypropylene composition (C) has a melt flow rate MFR2 (230 ° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 5.0 to 45.0 g/10 min.
US10208180B2
Hardenable inorganic systems such as cements, plasters, ceramics or liquid silicates, usable for example in the building trade, construction industry or oil drilling industry. The insertion of carbonaceous nanofillers, such as carbon nanotubes, for reinforcing mechanical properties and improving such systems. A method for producing a master mixture including at least one superplasticiser and carbonaceous nanofillers at a mass ratio of between 0.1% and 25%, preferably between 0.2% and 20%, in relation to the total weight of the master mixture, and also to said master mixture thus obtained and to the use thereof in a hardenable inorganic system with a view to producing materials with improved properties. The disclosure applies to the construction industry, the building trade and the oil drilling industry.
US10208174B2
There is provided a random mat including reinforcing fibers having an average fiber length of 3 to 100 mm and a thermoplastic resin, wherein the reinforcing fibers satisfy the following i) to iii). i) The reinforcing fibers have a weight-average fiber width (Ww) which satisfies the following equation (1). 0 mm
US10208172B2
An improved graft polymerization method from general graphitic structures with organic based monomers through the mechanism of Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) polymerization was developed. Organic hybrid nanomaterials comprising graphitic structures are covalently bonded via chemically reactive groups on the outer walls of the structure. Methods for forming the covalently bonded structures to many organic based monomers and/or polymers may occur through RAFT polymerization utilizing dithioester as a chain transfer agent. The method may also comprise nanocomposite formation of such organic hybrid nanomaterials with common plastic(s) to form graphitic nanocomposite reinforced plastic articles.
US10208145B2
The present invention provides a catalyst component for olefin polymerization, obtained by a reaction of magnesium, titanium, halogen and an internal electron donor, the internal electron donor comprising an imine compound as shown in Formula Z. The present invention also provides a preparation method of the catalyst component, and a catalyst for olefin polymerization containing the same. When the catalyst of the present invention is used for olefin polymerization reaction, the catalyst has a high activity, and a slow rate of activity decay, and the obtained polymer has a high isotacticity index, and a wide molecular weight distribution.
US10208142B2
Some embodiments described herein relate to new polymer coatings for surface functionalization and new processes for grafting pre-grafted DNA-copolymers to surface(s) of substrates for use in DNA sequencing and other diagnostic applications.
US10208128B2
The disclosure provides a HER3 binding polypeptide, comprising a HER3 binding motif, BM, which motif consists of the amino acid sequence selected from i) EX2X3X4A X6X7EIW X11LPNL X16X17X18QX20 X21AFIX25 X26LX28D, and ii) an amino acid sequence which has at least 90% identity to the sequence defined in i), wherein the polypeptide binds to the extra-cellular domain of HER3. Also provided is a bispecific ligand having binding affinity for HER3 and for HER2, or for HER3 and for EGFR, and comprising a HER3. binding polypeptide as defined herein and a HER2 binding polypeptide or a EGFR binding polypeptide.
US10208126B2
The present invention pertains to novel antibodies capable of binding to CD26, as well as to their use as a medicament. Moreover, the present invention provides antibodies for use in treating and/or preventing Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD), for use in treating Aplastic Anemia and/or for use in promoting engraftment after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Furthermore, the present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one antibody of the present invention, as well as provides a kit of parts.
US10208120B2
The invention provides dual specific anti-FGFR2 and FGFR3 (FGFR2/3) antibodies, and compositions comprising and methods of using these antibodies.
US10208109B2
The subject invention relates to monoclonal antibodies (e.g., 8F5 and 8C5) that may be used, for example, in the prevention, treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or other neurodegenerative disorders.
US10208108B2
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising as an active ingredient a combination of three isolated monoclonal antibodies or any antigen-binding fragment thereof which bind ricin toxin and neutralize its toxic effects, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent. The invention also provides a method of prophylaxis, treatment or amelioration of ricin toxin poisoning including administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition.
US10208107B2
Antibodies that specifically bind influenza virus hemagglutinin A (HA), and antigen binding fragments thereof are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, these antibodies are broadly neutralizing. Nucleic acids encoding these monoclonal antibodies, vectors including these nucleic acids, and host cells transformed with these vectors are also disclosed. Compositions are disclosed that include these antibodies, antigen binding fragments, nucleic acids, vectors and host cells. Method of using these antibodies, and antigen binding fragments, nucleic acids, vectors and host cells, such as for diagnosis and treatment of an influenza virus infection are also provided.
US10208104B2
The present invention provides novel methods and compositions useful for a fast and efficient chemical conjugation method of making hetero-arm polymers based on thiourea-catechol coupling. This novel conjugation method are useful in a wide variety of applications relating to the modification, ligation, and conjugation of large or small molecules to each other as well as to solid surface, including the making of adhesive materials such as hydrogels.
US10208099B2
The present invention provides a modified interleukin-7 and a use thereof. The modified IL-7 or an IL-7 fusion protein of the present invention comprising the same can be obtained in high yield, and biologically active in viral infection and cancer models. Therefore, they can be used for the prevention and treatment of various diseases.
US10208097B2
The present invention relates to a saxatilin derivative having an increased half life and a use thereof. The saxatilin derivative of the present invention has thrombolytic ability similar to that of saxatilin, which is the mother protein, a remarkably increased protein half life, and efficiently dissolves, for long period of time, blood clots already formed in blood vessels of an animal model with a FeCl3-induced carotid by using the same. Therefore, a composition containing, as an active ingredient, the saxatilin derivative of the present invention does not cause reocclusion after penetration and effectively opens to microvessels, and is thus very useful for treating angiostenosis or occlusive diseases (for example, cerebrovascular diseases, cardiovascular diseases, arteriosclerotic vascular diseases, coronary artery diseases, and peripheral vascular diseases).
US10208096B2
According to the present invention, a mutant rhodocytin lacking platelet aggregation ability is provided. According to the present invention, a pharmaceutical composition including a mutant rhodocytin lacking platelet aggregation ability is provided. According to the present invention, there is provided a method for inhibiting platelet aggregation by a platelet aggregating substance, including administering a pharmaceutical composition including a mutant rhodocytin lacking platelet aggregation ability to a subject in need thereof.
US10208092B2
The invention discloses kappa light chain-binding polypeptide comprising a mutated binding domain of Peptostreptococcus protein L, wherein at least one asparagine residue of a parental domain defined by, or having at least 95% or 98% sequence homology with, SEQ ID NO: 2-6 or 2 has been mutated to another amino acid residue which is not asparagine, proline or cysteine.
US10208086B2
Compositions and methods are provided for eliciting antigen-specific T-cell responses against human cyclin A1 (CCNA1), which is herein identified as a leukemia-associated antigen based on its overexpression in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) including leukemia stem cells (LSC) and in immunologically privileged testis cells, but not in other normal cell types. CCNA1-derived peptide epitopes that are immunogenic for T-cells including CTL are disclosed, as are immunotherapeutic approaches using such peptides for vaccines and generation of adoptive transfer therapeutic cells.
US10208078B1
A compound having the following formula I: is disclosed. A method of preparing the compound of formula I is also disclosed.
US10208071B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating ocular inflammatory diseases in a subject in need of such treatment, which comprises administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one agonist of Formyl peptide receptor 2.
US10208069B2
A process is provided for precise self-assembly and re-arrangement of a three-dimensional terpyridine-based coordination complex. A plurality of terpyridine-containing ligands are reacted with at least one metal ion, in a pre-selected molar ratio, to form a self-assembled three-dimensional terpyridine-based coordination complex having a first configuration. A triggering event, such as exposure to light or dilution, causes the coordination complex to re-arrange to form at least two smaller, substantially identical, three-dimensional terpyridine-based coordination complexes, each having a second configuration that is different from the first configuration. Upon application of a second triggering event, such as concentration, the re-arrangement is reversed.
US10208064B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and chronic kidney disease and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.
US10208063B2
The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of Acetyl CoA Carboxylase (ACC), compositions thereof, and methods of using the same. Specifically, bicyclic heteroaryl derivatives containing a imidazole, thiazole or oxazole fused to a pyridinone, pyrimidinone or pyrimidindione are provided. These compounds have therapeutic utility toward treating an ACC enzyme mediated disorder such as obesity in a subject, upon administration in an effective amount to said subject.
US10208060B2
The present invention concerns compounds of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which inhibit HIF prolyl hydroxylase, their use for enhancing endogenous production of erythropoietin, and for treating conditions associated with reduced endogenous production of erythropoietin such as anemia and like conditions, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound and a pharmaceutical carrier.
US10208054B2
An improved process for preparing buprenorphine and a method for increasing the yield of buprenorphine or a derivative thereof.
US10208052B1
Compositions for the activation of PKR are provided, as well as therapeutic administration of the compositions for the treatment of pyruvate kinase-related medical conditions, such as pyruvate kinase deficiency (PKD).
US10208051B2
The present invention provides tricyclic compounds having cytostatic and cytotoxic activity in a single molecule having receptor tyrosine kinase(s), dihydrofolate reductase, thymidylate synthase and/or dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitory activity, which are useful as anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor agents. Also provided are methods of utilizing these inhibitors to treat tumor cells and other proliferative diseases and disorders.
US10208048B2
The invention concerns novel substituted pyrazolo- and triazolo-pyrimidine compounds of formula (I) having antiviral activity, in particular, having an inhibitory activity on the replication of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The invention further concerns pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the compounds for use in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection.
US10208047B2
The present invention provides Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (Btk) inhibitor compounds according to Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, Formula I or to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to their use in therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of Btk inhibitor compounds of Formula I in the treatment of Btk mediated disorders.
US10208037B2
The present disclosure provides novel imidazoquinoline derived compounds, derivatives thereof, analogues thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of making and using such compounds. The present disclosure also provides TLR7 agonists and TLR7/TLR8 dual agonists, probes, tissue-specific molecules, adjuvants, immunogenic compositions, therapeutic compositions, and self-adjuvanting vaccines including the imidazoquinoline derived compounds, derivatives thereof, analogues thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Derivatives of the imidazoquinoline derived compounds also include dendrimers and dimers of the imidazoquinoline derived compounds, and methods of making and using the dendrimeric and dimeric imidazoquinoline derived compounds. The present disclosure also provides dual TLR2/TLR7 hybrid agonists that include imidazoquinoline derived compounds of the present disclosure.
US10208029B2
A photoacid includes a nucleophilic (NuH) moiety having a photodissociable proton, an electron accepting (EA) moiety, and a bridge structure (X) bonded to both the NuH moiety and EA moiety positioned between the NuH and EA moieties. The NuH and EA moieties each include respective structure so that the EA moiety bonds to a proton photodissociated form of the NuH moiety during a reversible photoinduced intramolecular reaction to form a ring, which has been found to significantly increase the lifetime of the proton dissociation state.
US10208021B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of factor XIa and/or plasma kallikrein which may be used as medicaments.
US10208016B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which m, n, W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the specification, compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
US10208005B2
Disclosed herein are methods of using scaled selectivities to assist in determining whether changes to the value of a target ethylene oxide production parameter—such as ethylene oxide production rate—used in the process of epoxidizing ethylene with a high-selectivity catalyst, have caused the process to move away from optimal operation. If the deviation from optimal operation has not worsened, it is generally unnecessary to perform a full optimization study even if the value of a target ethylene oxide production parameter has changed, which reduces or eliminates process disturbances caused by carrying out such studies. Methods are also disclosed which use both scaled selectivities and scaled reaction temperatures. If scaled selectivities reveal that a change in the value of a target ethylene oxide production parameter has moved the process away from optimal operation, scaled reaction temperatures can, under certain conditions, provide an indication of the directions in which the reaction temperature and/or overall catalyst chloriding effectiveness should be changed to move toward optimal operation. If a change in the value of a target ethylene oxide production parameter has improved the scaled selectivity, the scaled reaction temperature may also be used to guide further adjustments which may further improve scaled selectivity.
US10208002B2
The present invention is directed to modulators of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), as well as compositions and pharmaceutical methods thereof.
US10208000B2
Provided herein are novel small-molecules that have use in the inhibition of Eis, which mediates kanamycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The presently-disclosed subject matter further includes a pharmaceutical composition including a small molecule inhibitor, as described herein, and a suitable pharmaceutical carrier. Methods of treating tuberculosis comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of the disclosed small molecule inhibitors to mediate kanamycin A resistance and treat tuberculosis are also provided.
US10207998B2
The present invention provides novel inhibitors of TAK1 having formula (I) and methods of using such compounds to treat various diseases.
US10207994B2
Prodrugs of an NMDA antagonist, (S)-1-phenyl-2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethanamine, useful for the treatment of depression (particularly major depressive disorder) or pain; compositions comprising them, and methods of making them.
US10207990B2
Presently provided are indoximod prodrug and salt compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising salts and prodrugs of indoximod, that produce enhanced plasma concentration and exposure to indoximod compared to direct administration of indoximod, in patients in need of treatment of immunosuppression mediated by the indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase pathway, such as patients with cancer or chronic infectious diseases.
US10207989B2
Compounds according to Formula I are provided: and salts thereof, wherein Q1, Q2, R3, R4, X, and Y are as defined herein. Methods for preparing compounds of Formula I are also provided, as well as methods of treating cellular proliferative disorders, such as cancer, using compounds of Formula (I). Q2-X—Y—CHR3—CHR4-Q1 (I)
US10207986B2
Disclosed is a method of preparing D-arginine, wherein D-arginine is obtained by the optical resolution of DL-arginine using D-3-bromocamphor-10-sulfonic acid as an optical resolving agent.
US10207985B2
Compounds of the formula in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as nematicides.
US10207984B2
The disclosure relates to cyclopropyl derivatives and methods of use. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of managing medical disorders with pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein administered to subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of managing mental disorders, mood disorders, pain, and fibromyalgia and related conditions with pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein.
US10207976B2
A novel process for producing optically active 2-(2-fluorobiphenyl-4-yl)propanoic acid is disclosed. This production process is characterized in that a compound of formula [1] is reacted with magnesium and so forth to prepare an organometallic reagent, which is reacted with a compound of formula [2] in the presence of a catalytic amount of a nickel compound and a catalytic amount of an optically active compound of formula [3] to obtain a compound represented by formula [4] which is subsequently converted to a compound represented by formula [5] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10207971B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising at least 99% by weight of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane, and comprising at least one compound chosen from a list of additional compounds consisting of trichloropropanes, tetrachloropropanes, pentachloropropanes other than 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane, hexachloropropanes, heptachloropropanes, dichloropropenes, trichloropropenes, tetrachloropropenes, pentachloropropenes and hexachloropropene, said compound being present in the composition in a weight content of less than or equal to 500 ppm.The invention also relates to the use of this composition for manufacturing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
US10207967B2
A method for separating an alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon, the method having a step of adding a first diluent and an extractant having a superacid to a mixture comprising the alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon and one or more isomers thereof to carry out an acid-base extraction to thereby form a complex of the alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon with the superacid, and thereafter separating the complex from the mixture, and a step of adding an eliminating agent having a relative basicity in a range of 0.06 to 10 with respect to the alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a second diluent to the complex, and carrying out complex exchange of the alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon for the eliminating agent to thereby separate the alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon from the complex.
US10207966B2
A process of catalytically dehydrogenating an alkane to an alkene, using Cr2O3 as a catalyst, where the catalyst is oxidized to CrO3 during the dehydrogenation, and is regenerated by using CO as a reducing gas. In regenerating the catalyst with CO, CO2 is produced, which may be fed to a dehydrogenation reactor with the alkane and reacted with H2 produced by the dehydrogenation, to form CO and H2O by the reverse water-gas shift reaction.
US10207960B2
Described is a method to make linear alpha olefins. The method includes the steps of contacting a feedstock having a lactone and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid with a solid acid catalyst having acidic catalytic sites including Lewis acid catalytic sites, for a time and a temperature wherein at least a fraction of the lactone and/or unsaturated carboxylic acid present in the feedstock is converted into a linear alpha olefin. The method may optionally take place in the presence of water. The solid acid catalyst should preferably have at least 50% Lewis acid catalytic sites.
US10207950B2
A glass light-guiding plate which has high-temperature stability and is advantageous in being manufactured in a slim profile is provided. The glass light-guiding plate includes a glass plate including 75 to 85 wt % SiO2, 5 to 20 wt % B2O3, 1 to 5 wt % Al2O3, 3 to 8 wt % R2O (here, R is at least one of Li, Na, and K), and Fe2O3<0.0025 wt %.
US10207947B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for modifying the shape of a hollow structure. The method may comprise steps of providing a hollow structure having a cross-section with first and second diameters defining a first aspect ratio; heating at least a part of the hollow structure to at least its glass transition temperature, forming a malleable hollow structure; maintaining a positive pressure inside the malleable hollow structure to form a pressurized hollow structure; and pressing against a first side and an opposed second side of a heated part of the pressurized hollow structure, forming a hollow tabular structure having first and second opposed generally flat faces and a second aspect ratio greater than the first aspect ratio.
US10207939B2
A water treatment system comprises an electrolytic cell comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode comprising a coating of polymer comprising structural units of formula I and a power source for powering the first and the second electrodes; wherein R1 is independently at each occurrence a C1-C6 alkyl radical or —SO3H; R2 is independently at each occurrence a C1-C6 alkyl radical; a is independently at each occurrence an integer ranging from 0 to 4; and b is independently at each occurrence an integer ranging from 0 to 3. An associated method is also described.
US10207933B2
A deaerated talc may include micronized, talc powder having a Hegman rating of 4.0 or greater. A deaerated talc may include micronized talc powder having enough cohesive strength for form agglomerations measuring 100 millimeters or less, 75 millimeters or less, or 50 millimeters or less. A deaerated talc product may include a micronized talc powder, and a bag containing the deaerated talc. The micronized talc powder may be deaerated via application of force to the micronized talc powder in at least two directions, including a first direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the bag and a second direction.
US10207929B2
A carbon nanotube film includes an assembly of a plurality of carbon nanotubes, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes includes one or more carbon nanotubes having at least partially collapsed structures. A method for producing a carbon nanotube film includes forming a carbon nanotube film by removing a solvent from a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid containing the solvent, a dispersant, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes including one or more carbon nanotubes having at least partially collapsed structures.
US10207919B2
The present disclosure relates to a hybrid nanoparticle comprising a metallic core and at least one lipophilic dendron attached to the surface of the metallic core, and methods of producing such hybrid nanoparticles. The present disclosure also relates to films containing the hybrid nanoparticles described herein.
US10207916B2
A flexible film including one or more MEMS elements and articles including the flexible film are described. The flexible film includes a polymer layer between two metal layers with one of the metal layers containing a perforation. The polymer layer includes voided regions that allow for relative movement of the two metal layers.
US10207903B2
The invention provides an apparatus [10] and method for controlling the orientation of a suspended load. The apparatus consists of a closed loop pipe [11] containing a fluid volume attachable to a suspended load and at least one pump for circulating the fluid volume in the pipe. A control unit [17] is operable to receive at least one input direction signal. The apparatus includes a control unit which is configured to generate a control signal to activate the at least one pump to control the flow of the fluid volume in the pipe and thereby impart a rotational force on the pipe.
US10207899B2
A flexible elevator machine frame is provided. The flexible elevator machine frame includes a first end supportive of a motor, a second end supportive of a brake, a central portion and an adapter assembly. The central portion is interposable between the first and second ends and is configured to accommodate a base traction assembly between the motor and the brake. The central portion includes first and second end sides which are associated with the first and second ends, respectively, and which are configured to be fastened together. The adapter assembly is configured to be fastened between the first and second end sides to accommodate the base and an additional traction assembly between the motor and the brake.
US10207893B2
The invention relates to a method and apparatus. In the method a determining a first position of a user of a mobile node is determined at a first time instant. A second position of the user of the mobile node is determined at a second time instant. A time difference is determined between the first time instant and the second time instant. A walking speed of the user is determined using the time difference, the first position and the second position. A third position of the user of the mobile node is determined. A walking time required for the user to reach at least one elevator is determined from the third position based on the walking speed of the user. An elevator call and the walking time are transmitted to an elevator call control node.
US10207886B2
Winder for an endless lane of a plastic web (2), with a revolving unit (6, 6′, 55, 90), which is constructed so as to be rotatable about its axis (16) and has at least two winding shafts (10 to 12, 10′ to 12′) running parallel to its axis, onto which winding cores (17) can be loaded, then wound with the web (2) to a roll (18), finally unloaded therefrom again as finished rolls (18), wherein on both sides of the revolving unit (6, 6′, 50, 90) support arrangements are arranged, in which the winding shafts (10 to 12, 10′ to 12′) are supported at their corresponding ends therein, and wherein the support for one end of the winding shafts (10 to 12, 10′ to 12′) is constructed so as to be detachable, such that the respective winding shaft (10 to 12, 10′ to 12′), with released support, can be loaded and unloaded from this end, characterized in that the detachably constructed support arrangements each have a gripper arrangement (36 to 38) with a two-armed scissor unit (39 to 41), the scissor arms (42, 43) of which surround the winding shaft (10 to 12, 10′ to 12′) in the closed position and are pivoted away therefrom in the open position.
US10207885B2
A medium transport apparatus includes: a frame; a table including a placement surface on which a medium is placed, a first end portion, and a second end portion, the table extending from the first end portion to the second end portion and being rotatable about a first shaft portion parallel to the placement surface; a first rotor arranged adjacent to the first end portion of the table; a second rotor arranged adjacent to the second end portion of the table; a belt that is stretched by the first rotor and the second rotor, and is configured to rotate circularly and to transport the medium in a first direction from the first end portion toward the second end portion; and a biasing part that links the frame and an attachment part provided between the second end portion and the first end portion of the table, and that biases the table.
US10207884B2
An image forming apparatus, including a reference guide, an oblique conveyer roller, and a curve guide, is provided. The reference guide is arranged on one side in a widthwise direction with respect to a widthwise center in a sheet conveyer path and regulates a widthwise position of the sheet. The oblique conveyer roller applies a conveying force acting in a direction toward downstream along a conveying direction and toward the reference guide to the sheet. The curve guide is arranged upstream with respect to the oblique conveyer roller along the conveying direction and forms a curve. The curve guide includes an inner guide and an outer guide. The outer guide has a constant curvature throughout a width regardless of a widthwise position therein. The inner guide has a protrusive portion protruding toward the outer guide at a position on the other side in the widthwise direction with respect to the widthwise center.
US10207882B2
A pair of edge guides provided on a medium mounting section of a medium feeding apparatus each include a volume limiter spaced from the mounting surface of the medium mounting section and extending from the guide surface of at least one of the pair of edge guides in a direction intersecting the guide surface, the volume limiter including a limiting surface that limits a number of sheets mounted on the medium mounting section. The limiting surface includes a groove extending in the feed direction, at a position between a corner portion formed at an intersection of an end portion of the limiting surface in the width direction and the guide surface, and the other end portion of the limiting surface, and configured to insert at least a part of a side edge of the medium, to thereby restrict the side edge from moving in the width direction.
US10207879B2
A honing machine using a robot to load gears into a loadbox at a loadbox station. The loadbox moves downstream to a position over an empty pallet in a pallet load station where the gears are released into the empty pallet. A series of downstream machining stations performing a series of honing operations on the bores of the gears in a series of pallets. A removal mechanism removing the honed gears simultaneously from the pallet at a pallet unload station. An overhead gripper on a movable gantry grips the empty pallet at the unload station and returns the pallet to the pallet load station where the pallet is reloaded with additional gears from the loadbox. The honing machine can continuously hone gears using only one pallet at each machining station and one pallet at the pallet loading station.
US10207876B2
A transport device for transporting trays. The transport device including a first conveyor belt and a second conveyor belt that is downstream and follows the first conveyor belt. The first and second conveyor belts may have either a single- or multi-track design. The second conveyor belt may include a parallelization device configured to slowing down and/or accelerate one or more trays being conveyed on the second conveyor. The parallelization device may comprises at least one carrier with at least one acceleration finger and may be selectively moveable to prevent, slow down, allow, or accelerate a movement of a tray.
US10207872B2
A workpiece conveyor system comprising: a conveyance apparatus which conveys workpieces in one direction, a stopper which is mounted on the conveyance apparatus so as to stop workpieces which are conveyed by the conveyance apparatus at a predetermined position, and a takeout apparatus which takes out workpieces which have been stopped by the stopper from the conveyance apparatus. An outer edge of the stopper in an opposite direction to a conveyance direction of workpieces extends in a curved shape in a transverse direction of the conveyance apparatus.
US10207866B1
A system is disclosed for monitoring waste collected by a service vehicle. The system may include a sensor configured to generate an acceleration signal indicative of an acceleration of the service vehicle, an output device, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the output device. The controller may be configured to receive the acceleration signal from the sensor after collection of the waste from a service stop. The controller may be further configured to determine an amount of the waste collected by the service vehicle from the service stop based on the acceleration signal, and to relay the amount of the waste to the output device.
US10207859B2
Disclosed herein are nutritional substance labels that communicate in a format allowing retrieval of adaptive conditioning instructions unique to an individual nutritional product at the time of conditioning and intended to optimize a nutritional, organoleptic, or aesthetic value targeted by the transformer.
US10207856B2
A hollow container is combined with a burstable envelope retaining a liquid agent. The container is designed to allow a user to open the envelope by bursting or likewise rupturing the envelope while it remains in the container. The design of the envelope provides a predictable bursting location and a lower bursting pressure of the envelope to provide a more controlled release of liquid agent. Bursting forces may be applied in any of a variety of ways just as by twisting or crushing. The design allows for desired use of beneficial envelope materials such as polyester films that are otherwise difficult to rupture.
US10207842B1
An animated toy box assembly for stimulating a child to put away toys includes a box that may contain toys. A lid is hingedly coupled to the box such that the lid selectively closes the box. A pair of eyes is coupled to the lid to resemble monster eyes. An interaction unit is coupled to the box and the interaction unit selectively emits audible sound. The interaction unit detects motion thereby detecting when toys are positioned in the box. Moreover, the interaction unit emits the audible sound when the interaction unit detects motion. In this way the interaction unit stimulates a child to place toys in the box.
US10207837B2
A method and device for labeling packages and containers. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US10207836B2
A foldable support sleeve that is deployable inside of a waste bag to support the waste bag includes a first side foldably connected to a second side, the second side foldably connected to a third side, the third side foldably connected to a fourth side, and the fourth side foldably connected to a fifth side. The foldable support sleeve may be foldable into a pre-deployed state and into a deployed state. The pre-deployed state may be associated with a first cross section that is smaller than a second cross section associated with the deployed state. The second cross section may be approximately equal to a cross section associated with the waste bag. The fifth side may help retain the foldable support sleeve in the deployed state.
US10207824B2
A photovoltaic generator deployable for a satellite stabilized on three axes. The photovoltaic generator includes an assembly of planar panels articulated with respect to each other, and an attachment arm to the structure of the body of the satellite. In a first or launch position of the photovoltaic generator, the planar panels are folded one over the other. In a second or deployed position of the photovoltaic generator, the planar panels are fully deployed with at least a part of the planar panels being photovoltaic panels. At least one planar panel consists of a thermal radiator, with the radiative face thereof being orientated to be opposite the face of the photovoltaic panels carrying the photovoltaic sensors when the photovoltaic generator is in the deployed position. This radiative face is termed the “shade” face, and the face opposite the panel shaped radiator is termed the “sun” face.
US10207814B2
A heating system for a ram air turbine includes a heated screen that is disposed across an air inlet defined by a strut. The strut has a first end that is connected to a generator that is operably connected to a turbine that is connected to a second end of the strut. The heated screen has a heating element embedded therein.
US10207812B2
A vehicle includes a main body and a gas generator producing a gas stream. At least one fore conduit and tail conduit are fluidly coupled to the generator. First and second fore ejectors are fluidly coupled to the at least one fore conduit. At least one tail ejector is fluidly coupled to the at least one tail conduit. The fore ejectors respectively include an outlet structure out of which gas from the at least one fore conduit flows. The at least one tail ejector includes an outlet structure out of which gas from the at least one tail conduit flows. First and second primary airfoil elements have leading edges respectively located directly downstream of the first and second fore ejectors. At least one secondary airfoil element has a leading edge located directly downstream of the outlet structure of the at least one tail ejector.
US10207807B2
An aircraft includes a cooling compartment and an evaporative chiller configured to cool the cooling compartment. The evaporative chiller includes a compressor, an evaporator having airflow to the cooling compartment, and a condenser. The condenser has an exhaust airflow to cool the condenser. The evaporative chiller has a condensate removal system removing condensate produced by the evaporator using the exhaust airflow of the condenser to discharge the condensate.
US10207805B2
A drone transport system has a carrier pod adapted for carrying a passenger or parcels with the passenger or parcels enclosed, the carrier pod having a first attachment interface at an uppermost extremity, the attachment interface having one or first physical attachment elements, and a flight-enabled drone having a downward-facing second attachment interface having one or more second physical attachment elements compatible with the first physical attachment elements of the carrier pod. The flight-enabled drone is controllable to approach the carrier pod from above, to align and engage the second physical attachment elements with the first physical attachment elements, to lift and carry the pod from one place to another, and to land and disengage the first and second physical attachment elements, leaving the carrier pod at a new place.
US10207803B2
A computer program product for automatically delivering a physical mail includes receiving, by an unmanned aerial vehicle from an unmanned aerial vehicle management system, a delivery information, the delivery information includes information about a first secure mailbox and information about a second secure mailbox, the first secure mailbox being related to a first target user, delivering the physical mail to the first secure mailbox, and rerouting the unmanned aerial vehicle carrying the physical mail from the first secure mailbox to the second secure mailbox in response to the physical mail being delivered to the first secure mailbox.
US10207802B2
A method and system for separating and releasing component parts of a payload of a floating platform in response to a high collision probability is disclosed. The method includes, determining if an in-flight aircraft is within at least a safety zone associated with a floating platform, wherein the floating platform comprises releasably-coupled component parts; and activating, responsive to a determination that the in-flight aircraft is within at least the safety zone, a release mechanism, wherein the release mechanism is configured to uncouple the component parts.
US10207789B2
Systems and methods are provided for integrating structural components of a wing box. One embodiment is a system that includes outboard planked stringers within an outboard section of a wing box and are co-cured with composite skin at the outboard section. Each outboard planked stringer of the outboard section includes planar layers of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) that are parallel with the composite skin at the outboard section, have fiber orientations aligned to bear tension and compression applied to the wing box, and each extend a different distance along the composite skin at the outboard section. The system also includes center planked stringers within the center section and are co-cured with composite skin at the center section. Each center planked stringer of the center section includes planar layers of CFRP that are parallel with the composite skin at the center section, have fiber orientations aligned to bear tension and compression applied to the wing box, and each extend a different distance along the skin at the center section.
US10207780B2
An emergency rescue locator for locating persons and pets in the water is provided. The emergency rescue locator comprises a life jacket having a front side and a rear side and a locating system mounted to the life jacket. The locating system comprises an inflatable pole having a first end and a second end and an inflating mechanism in fluid communication with the first end of the pole. Upon the locating system becoming immersed in the water, the inflating mechanism instantly and automatically activates to inflate the pole causing the second end of the pole to be positioned at a point above a water surface. The locating system immediately and continuously pinpoints the persons' or pets' location until rescued.
US10207779B2
An inflation device for an inflatable article comprises a housing for supporting a container of pressurized fluid and for supporting piercing means which is displaceable from a retracted position to penetrate the container and allow release of pressurized fluid, said container being contained within a protected casing which is secured non-releasably to the housing thereby to prevent removal of the pressurized container.
US10207778B1
A wake tower assembly for use with a watercraft, including an arch portion extending across a width of the watercraft, first and second pivoting structures coupled to first and second ends of the arch portion, the first and second pivoting structures configured to attach to port and starboard portions of the watercraft to facilitate rotational movement of the arch portion between a lowered position and an upright position, and a first locking mechanism provided to the first pivoting structure including a biased pin member configured to engage an opening of the first end such that when the arch portion is rotated from the lowered position to the upright position, a biasing force of the biased pin member causes the biased pin member to engage the opening to mechanically lock the arch portion in the upright position.
US10207774B2
A offshore system for storing oil includes a hull. The hull includes a buoyancy compartment and an oil storage compartment disposed below the buoyancy compartment. The oil storage compartment has an upper end, a lower end, and an inner cavity. In addition the system includes a water port in fluid communication with the inner cavity and configured to allow water to exit the inner cavity. Further, the system includes an oil heating and circulation system coupled to the hull. The oil heating and circulation system includes a suction line having an inlet disposed in the inner cavity proximal the upper end. The inlet is configured to draw oil from the inner cavity. The oil heating and circulation system also includes an oil heater coupled to the suction line and configured to heat oil passing through the suction line. Further, the system includes a return line coupled to the oil heater. The return line includes an outlet disposed in the inner cavity and vertically positioned between the inlet of the suction line and the water port.
US10207769B1
A bicycle pedal, including: a pedal axle; a fixed portion, rotatably connected to the pedal axle, including a pedal body and a first cleat securing member fixedly attached to the pedal body, the first cleat securing member including a first securing opening; a second cleat securing member, rotatably connected to the fixed portion, including a second securing opening opposite to the first securing opening, the first and second securing openings configured for securing a cleat of a shoe; a biasing mechanism, including an adjustment mechanism movably attached to the fixed portion and an elastic member located between the second cleat securing member and the adjustment mechanism, the elastic member biasing the second cleat securing member in such a manner that the second cleat securing member tends to swing toward the first cleat securing member.
US10207760B2
An elongated, plate-like structure on which bicycle accessories can be mounted, that is held in place at one end of a bicycle's rear wheel axle or, alternately, ids axial skewer. The latter, like the rear wheel axle, includes bolt threads for threadedly engaging a nut at said end. Supported on either the bike's right or left side, the structure, which extends both perpendicularly to and rearwardly from the rear wheel's rotational axis, defines multiple through openings. Among them is a round aperture sized to slideably receive the rear wheel axle or, alternately, just a part of the skewer-engageable nut at the same time the nut's annular shoulder abuts the structure's outer face. Distal from the round aperture, the structure's generally flat inner face defines a small protuberance which, in use, restrains, from sideways slippage, a bicycle tow leash clamped onto an opening-free portion of the structure's midsection.
US10207759B2
The present invention provides a detachable multimedia control apparatus, comprising: a front housing structure including a left turn signal, a right turn signal and a central light; a rear housing structure including a speaker module and a safety switch module; a top housing structure including a control module which controls the speaker module and the central light; a bottom housing structure including a first joining structure; a processor disposed inside the movable multimedia control apparatus and electrically connected to the left turn signal, the right turn signal, the central light, the speaker module, the safety switch signal and the control module; and a power module disposed inside the detachable multimedia control apparatus and electrically connected to the left turn signal, the right turn signal, the central light, the speaker module, and the processor, wherein the power module is configured to be unlocked by the safety switch module.
US10207757B2
Utilization of shared vehicles that are structurally and reversibly reconfigurable to suit requests for particular vehicle configurations is described. Vehicle use is monitored for plural vehicles shared among multiple users/uses. In response to a first request for a first particular configuration of a vehicle, a first vehicle is selected/provided in the first particular configuration having a predetermined first feature set, the first feature set being automatically set based on the first vehicle being placed in the first particular configuration. In response to a second use request for a second particular configuration of a vehicle different from the first particular configuration, the first vehicle is selected/provided in the second particular configuration having a predetermined second feature set, the second feature set being automatically set at the first vehicle based on the first vehicle being placed in the second particular configuration, the first feature set being different from the second feature set.
US10207756B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a load transporting apparatus that automatically aligns a support foot of the apparatus with a load-bearing frame connected to the load transporting apparatus during a recovery phase of an incremental walking movement. In particular, the load transporting apparatus includes a linking device attached to a support foot of the apparatus and a biasing device connected to the linking device that is deflected during non-linear load transporting movements, where the biasing device acts to automatically return the support foot to an aligned position relative to the load-bearing frame after a non-linear movement has been completed and the support foot is raised above a ground surface.Other embodiments of the present invention are directed to a load transporting apparatus that automatically centers a support foot of the apparatus about a roller assembly during a recovery phase of an incremental walking movement. In particular, the load transporting apparatus includes guide devices positioned adjacent to a roller assembly that deflect a biasing device during non-linear load transporting movements, where the biasing device acts to automatically return the support foot to a centered position relative to the roller assembly after a non-linear movement has been completed and the support foot is raised above a ground surface.
US10207748B2
A longitudinal member arrangement of a body of a motor vehicle is designed such that, in the event of a collision of the motor vehicle, the longitudinal member arrangement progressively fails, absorbing collision energy, with a first longitudinal member element which is formed from a fiber composite, and with a second longitudinal member element which is formed from a fiber composite and is arranged behind the first longitudinal member element. The first longitudinal member element and the second longitudinal member element are connected to each other by a connecting element. The longitudinal member arrangement is designed such that, in the event of the collision of the motor vehicle, the second longitudinal member element begins to fail after the first longitudinal member element has failed.
US10207738B2
An apparatus for compensating a steering angle signal and motor angle signal of an MDPS system may include: a motor torque compensator configured to compensate for mechanical deformation; an angular speed compensator configured to compensate for a difference between a steering angle and a motor angle; a sensor characteristic compensator configured to compensate for a steering position error of the steering angle sensor; and a hysteresis compensator configured to compensate for a hysteresis characteristic of the MDPS system.
US10207737B2
A steering knuckle (18) is provided for use in association with a vehicle steering assembly (10). The steering knuckle (10) includes a knuckle body (20) having a generally vertical face (26) and an upper yolk arm (22) having a generally vertical face (54). The generally vertical faces (26, 54) of the steering knuckle body (20) and the upper yolk arm (22) are connected to each other. The generally vertical face (54) of the upper yolk arm (22) includes a camshaft bore (62) extending therethrough and configured to receive a camshaft (64). The generally vertical face of the knuckle body may be welded to a spindle (24), with a portion of the spindle being cut away to allow for a complete circular weld between the knuckle body and the spindle.
US10207727B2
A system is provided having a vehicle. The vehicle includes a chassis, and a first network bus extending from internally in the chassis to a first network port attached externally to the chassis at a first side of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a second network bus extending from internally in the chassis to a second network port attached externally to the first chassis at a second side of the vehicle. The first network bus has a first electrical configuration and the second network bus has a second electrical configuration that is different than the first electrical configuration.
US10207725B2
A method and a device for transmitting signals among compartments of a train are provided. The method comprises: receiving a first signal transmitted via a jumper cable, and extracting first data carried in the first signal; receiving a second signal transmitted wirelessly corresponding to the first signal, and extracting second data carried in the second signal; and determining whether the first data is identical with the second data, and outputting the first signal in a case that it is determined that the first data is identical with the second data, or outputting the second signal in a case that it is determined that the first data is not identical with the second data. The method and the device improve the reliability of transmission of signals among compartments of a train.
US10207721B2
A bogie frame for a rail vehicle that includes two longitudinal supports formed as open and closed hollow profiles, and at least one transverse support, wherein the hollow profile of the longitudinal support is formed by wall elements having a defined thickness, wherein in order to reduce the weight of bogie frames in comparison to conventional bogies frames and to save on production costs, the longitudinal supports, in the region at which the at least one transverse support engages, is respectively provided in a wall element with at least one area having a reduced thickness.
US10207715B2
An automatic transmission control device implements a downshift by disengagement of a clutch that is engaged in a gear position before the downshift. It is determined whether an engine state is in a predetermined region in which a change of an engine torque per a change of an accelerator pedal opening is smaller than that in another region, and the engine torque is within a predetermined range, and an engine rotational speed is within a predetermined range. It is determined whether an operating state is in a predetermined state of accelerator operation in which the accelerator pedal opening is larger than a predetermined value, and an accelerator pedal opening change rate has an absolute value smaller than a predetermined value. The downshift is inhibited in response to determination that the engine state is in the predetermined region and the operating state is in the predetermined state of accelerator operation.
US10207714B2
Control device for continuously variable transmission has continuously variable transmission mechanism (CVT) transmitting power with belt (7) wound around primary and secondary pulley (5, 6); torque convertor (2) having pump impeller (20), turbine runner (21) and lock-up clutch (2a); and control unit (10) controlling lock-up clutch (2a) to predetermined engagement state and controlling the CVT to predetermined transmission ratio, according to travelling condition. Control unit (10) is configured to, when shifting lock-up clutch (2a) from disengagement to engagement state, control transmission ratio of CVT so that when rotation speed difference (ΔN) between engine speed (Ne) and turbine speed (Nt) that is rotation speed of turbine runner is predetermined rotation speed difference (ΔN1) or less, turbine speed (Nt) approaches engine speed (Ne) more than turbine speed (Nt1) of case where control of transmission ratio of CVT, which is set according to travelling condition during shift of lock-up clutch (2a), is continued.
US10207704B2
A method for autonomously parking or un-parking a motor vehicle includes the steps of locating the motor vehicle within a parking area, setting a destination location within the parking area, generating and setting a path from the location of the motor vehicle to the destination location, and autonomously driving the motor vehicle along the path. The path is generated by (a) generating a first set of nodes from the location of the motor vehicle, (b) assigning a cost to each node in the first set of nodes, (c) selecting a lowest cost node from the first set of nodes, (d) generating another set of nodes from the selected node, (e) assigning a cost to each of the newly generated nodes, (f) selecting a lowest cost node from all of the nodes, and (g) repeating steps (d)-(f) until a lowest cost node is located at the destination location.
US10207701B2
A method is provided to start a hybrid powertrain to optimize fuel consumption, wherein such hybrid powertrain comprises a combustion engine; a gearbox with input shaft and output shaft; a first planetary gear, connected to the input shaft and a first main shaft; a second planetary gear, connected to the first planetary gear and a second main shaft; first and second electrical machines respectively, connected to the first and second planetary gears; one gear pair connected with the first main shaft; and one gear pair connected with the second main shaft. The method comprising: ensuring that the moveable parts of each of the first and second planetary gears are respectively disconnected from each other; bringing the combustion engine to a predetermined engine speed (nice); and controlling the first and the second electrical machine in such a way that a desired torque (TDrv) is achieved in the output shaft.
US10207692B2
A parking brake arrangement for a brake unit—also having a service brake actuator—has in a housing (4) a clock spring (10) for exercising a rotary motion at will on a parking brake gear wheel (8) in drive connection with a device (5-7) for delivering brake force from the brake unit (1). The arrangement has two axially movable control sleeves (15, 16) in drive connection with the clock spring (10). The control sleeves form clutches (8′, 15 and 12, 16, respectively) with the parking brake gear wheel (8) and the housing (4), respectively. There are means (13, 18-21) for controlling the axial movements of the two control sleeves and the engagement of the two clutches in such a way that either one of them is always in engagement.
US10207686B2
A device for emitting bubbles in a vehicle wash facility includes a plenum supported with respect to the ground. The plenum includes an air inlet with a first area and an air outlet with a second area. The plenum air outlet is in communication with at least one foaming chamber. The foaming chamber includes a generally planar media element disposed therein. The foaming chamber includes a spray jet located therein, which is in communication with a source of chemical. The spray jet configured to emit a chemical onto the generally planar media element. The device also includes a plurality of nozzle portions in communication with the foaming chamber for emitting bubbles therefrom.
US10207684B2
An apparatus and system for bladeless transparent wiping, cleaning and clearing operations applicable for automobile windshields and side-view mirrors, and those of other vehicles, including transparent viewing shielding of buildings, by removing and bouncing off rain, snow, ice and dirt away from the visual fields of drivers and passengers and other viewers, using forceful regulated sustained or intermittent cyclic ejection of multi-streams of angular-oriented fluid jets ejected from angled linear-slit or wavy-slit jet nozzles built-in from longitudinal pressurized fluid delivery pipes structurally placed away from the visual fields of the drivers and passengers and other viewers, wherein the degree of pressurization, fluid volume, intensity, velocity, and timing of cyclic release of the pressurized suctioned fluid jets are manually and automatically controlled by commands, regulators, temperature sensing and fluid suctioning mechanisms supplied by electrical power supply.
US10207678B2
The invention relates to an access unit for communicating with a further access unit to control access to a vehicle. The access unit comprises at least a first transmitter for transmitting a polling signal; and at least a first receiver for receiving an authentication signal from the further access unit in response to the polling signal. At least the first transmitter is a first ultra-wideband transmitter and at least the first receiver is a first ultra-wideband receiver. The invention also relates to a vehicle access system which is a combination of the access and further access units. The invention also relates to methods of operating a vehicle access system and a vehicle access unit.
US10207672B2
A safety guard for a vehicle, such as a school or transit bus, includes a skirt extending below a side body portion of the vehicle and between front and rear wheels along a side of the vehicle. The skirt functions to push individuals and other animate objects out of the path of the wheels for safety purposes, while being mounted for separate linear and arcuate movements relative to the body of the vehicle to protect the guard from damage upon abutting an inanimate object during operation of the vehicle.
US10207665B2
A variable shear control energy absorption system for a vehicle is provided. The system may include a vehicle frame component and a primary deformable impact absorber located adjacent the vehicle frame component. The vehicle frame component may be a bumper reinforcement member. The system may include a plurality of secondary deformable impact chambers located within the primary deformable impact absorber, each secondary deformable impact chamber including a shear thickening fluid that exhibits an increasing or decreasing viscosity responsive to an impact force. At least one elastic relief chamber is provided in fluid communication with the plurality of secondary deformable impact chambers. The elastic relief chamber is configured to temporarily accept the shear thickening fluid from the plurality of secondary deformable impact chambers during low force impacts, and to redirect the shear thickening fluid back to the secondary deformable impact chambers after the low impact force recedes.
US10207652B2
A parallelogram linkage automatic clamping holder includes a rear base, a bottom support arm, a left clamping arm, a right clamping arm, and a return elastic member. When in use, the bottom support arm is moved downward by the weight of a mobile phone. By the deformation principle of the parallelogram, clamping parts move inward obliquely upward to clamp the mobile phone automatically. The clamping surfaces of the clamping parts don't have an angle change to ensure that the mobile phone has a larger contact surface with the clamping surfaces, providing a better clamping effect.
US10207647B2
A rearview mirror for a vehicle includes a housing defining an interior cavity and an open side, a substrate coupled within the open side of the housing and having a reflective surface thereon, and an actuation mechanism coupled within the housing. The actuation mechanism includes a mounting plate rotatably coupled within the cavity of the housing at a first end thereof and a spring plate coupled with the mounting plate and having a resiliently deformable arm portion extending away from the mounting plate. The actuation mechanism also includes a socket body rotatably coupled within the interior cavity of the housing, the arm portion of the spring plate being operably coupled with the socket body along a coupling axis and a motor rigidly coupled within the interior cavity of the housing and operably coupled with the socket body to drive rotation thereof.
US10207644B2
A method for determining a location of a vehicle feature of a vehicle relative to an environmental feature located in an environmental zone of the vehicle feature includes: arranging a camera at the vehicle with a fixed orientation relative to the vehicle such that the vehicle feature and an environmental zone of the vehicle feature are disposed in the field of view of the camera; generating an index in the environmental zone of the vehicle feature for determining the location of the vehicle feature relative to an environmental feature located in the environmental zone; taking a measurement image that includes the vehicle feature, the index and an environmental feature located in the environmental zone of the vehicle feature; and determining the location of the vehicle feature relative to the environmental feature with reference to the position of the environmental feature relative to the index in the measurement image.
US10207632B2
Vehicle body element including: a translucent body (20), a holder body (22) intended to sustain the translucent body (20) to the vehicle, forming an enclosure (32), and a light system (24) extending in the enclosure (32), adapted to diffuse light through the translucent body (20). The translucent body (20) has a constant thickness and is made of a partially opaque material being arranged to let the light emitted by the light system (24) pass through the translucent body (20) when the light system (24) is turned on, the partially opaque material having a light transmittance chosen so that the quantity of natural light passing through the translucent body (20), reflecting on the light system (24) and passing back through the translucent body (20) is sufficiently low to blank the light system (24) when the light system (24) is switched off.
US10207628B1
A vehicle includes a bezel defining a lamp cavity. A lamp assembly includes a base slide coupled with the bezel. A lamp slide is slidably coupled with the base slide. A housing bracket is coupled to the lamp slide and to a lamp housing. An actuator is coupled to the lamp slide and configured to move the lamp housing through the lamp cavity.
US10207627B2
An anti-slip safety tensioning device for automobile, comprises a driving handle assembly, an eccentric shaft, a support assembly, a long band and a short band; wherein, the driving handle assembly is located between a pair of support lateral plates of the support assembly, and can be rotatable relative to the eccentric shaft; and when the driving handle assembly is folded, the eccentric shaft is located on a rear side of the top shaft and the eccentric bulge of the eccentric shaft faces the top shaft; the long band having a free end wrapped around the eccentric shaft, and the free end passes through the gap between the eccentric shaft and the top shaft. When in unfolded state, there is a largest gap between the top shaft and the eccentric shaft.
US10207619B2
The present invention provides a SMA valve for controlling pressurized air supply to an air cell in a vehicle seat comprising: a valve housing, a valve element (4) which is moveably suspended in the housing to be moveable between a closed position and an open position, a spring element adapted to exert a bias force on the valve element urging it to the closed position, and a SMA wire (1) extending between a part fixed in the housing and the valve element and arranged such that shortening of the SMA wire upon exceeding its threshold temperature exerts a force on the valve element which pulls the valve element away from the closed position against the bias force of the spring element, characterized in that the valve element (4) is suspended by a connecting link (10, 10′) connected with one of its ends to the valve element (4) and with its opposite end to a stationary component (8) in the housing by a hinge (12, 12′) enabling pivotal movement of the connecting link (10, 10′) between a first and second position of the connecting link corresponding to the closed and open position of the valve element (4), respectively.
US10207613B2
An armrest for a vehicle seat can inhibit liquid droplets formed due to condensation from entering inside of the armrest when cup holders are tilted. The armrest comprises a cup holder portion, a wall-like first blocking portion, and a wall-like second blocking portion. The first blocking portion is provided toward a pivot center line relative to the cup holder portion, extends parallel to the pivot center line, and projects upwardly when the armrest is in the stored position. The second blocking portion extends in a vicinity of a root of the first blocking portion parallel to extending directions of the first blocking portion to be interposed between the cup holder portion and the pivot center line. The second blocking portion comprises at least one first through hole that penetrates the second blocking portion for communication from the cup holder portion toward the pivot center line.
US10207608B2
This seat for vehicles is provided with: a seat cushion frame that forms the skeleton of the seat part of the seat; a cushion material disposed on the seat cushion frame; and a trim cover that covers the cushion material. The seat cushion frame has a cushion side frame that supports the lateral lower section of the seat part of the seat, and a trim wire that is fixed to the cushion side frame. The ends of the trim cover have a pocket part sewn in a pocket shape, and are configured such that the trim cover is fixed by inserting the trim wire into the pocket part.
US10207605B2
The invention relates to a latching fitting (10), in particular for a seat of a motor vehicle. The latching fitting (10) comprises a base plate (20), a cover plate (30), at least one blocking arm (40, 140) and an actuating plate (50). The cover plate (30) is rotatable relative to the base plate (20) and has an internal toothing (31). The blocking arm (40, 140) is arranged on the base plate (20) and is pivotable between an unlocked position, in which rotation of the cover plate (30) relative to the base plate (20) is possible, and a locked position, in which rotation of the cover plate (30) relative to the base plate (20) is blocked. The actuating plate (50) is rotatable relative to the base plate (20) and shifts the blocking arm (40, 140) between the unlocked position and the locked position. The internal toothing (31) has first blocking teeth (34) which have a vertex (35) and which are formed asymmetrically with respect to a radial axis (A) which runs through the vertex (35). The blocking arm (40, 140) has second blocking teeth (44) which are adapted for meshing with the first blocking teeth (34).
US10207592B1
A power generation platform for delivering power to an external load includes an electrical system mounted to an autonomously-controlled chassis. The chassis has a powertrain that is responsive to control signals from a controller. The electrical system includes a fuel cell or other clean power supply for propelling the chassis, a direct current (DC) charging unit, a turbojet, a battery pack, and one or more electric machines. The DC charging unit and the battery pack are selectively connectable to the external load to deliver power to the external load, e.g., a propulsion battery pack of a vehicle or other system. The turbojet has a compressor, combustion chamber, and turbine, and injects low-emissions fuel into and combusts the fuel in the combustion chamber. The electric machine(s) are rotatably coupled to the compressor and/or the turbine to generate and transmit electricity to the battery pack.
US10207587B2
A pre-charging switch arrangement for charging a capacitor of a direct-current circuit is disclosed. The pre-charging switch arrangement has a pre-charging resistor, a pre-charging switch, and a voltage detection device connected to the pre-charging resistor and detecting a voltage across the pre-charging resistor.
US10207586B2
A control panel comprising a proximal wall, a pair of opposing sidewalls attached at a proximal edge thereof to and extending distally from the proximal wall, a distal wall attached to a distal edge of the pair of opposing sidewalls, and a panel wall attached to an upper portion of and carried by at least one of the proximal wall, one of the opposing sidewalls, and the distal wall. The panel wall comprises at least one aperture formed therein configured to receive a control device.
US10207582B2
A differential assembly includes a side gear configured to receive torque and a wedge clutch. The wedge clutch includes a hub configured to connect with a shaft and a wedge element radially disposed between the hub and the side gear. The wedge element has an inner surface seated on the hub and an outer surface engageable with the side gear. The wedge element is radially expandable and has a rested state in which the side gear and the hub are rotatable relative to each other and an expanded state in which the side gear and hub are rotationally locked to each other.
US10207581B2
A work vehicle includes a multi-mode power distribution assembly that selectively distributes power from a drive shaft between a first axle and a second axle. The power distribution assembly includes a plurality of clutches, each moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The power distribution assembly includes a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode. In some embodiments, the first mode may be a four-wheel drive mode, the second mode may be an all-wheel drive mode, and the third mode may be an overdrive mode. Also, a park mode may be provided, wherein the clutches are in the engaged position.
US10207577B2
A tractor includes a vehicle body, an engine, a cooling device, a fan, and a first exterior member. The engine is disposed on the front side of the vehicle body. The cooling device is disposed behind the engine. The fan is arranged to produce cooling air for the cooling device. The first exterior member is disposed on the front side of the vehicle body and covers the engine, the cooling device, and the fan. A first discharge port is arranged to discharge the cooling air and is provided in a first side surface of the first exterior member. The front side surface is positioned on a first side in the vehicle left-right direction. The front surface of the first exterior member includes no opening.
US10207575B2
A power delivery system utilizing an array of electric generators connected to an array of electric drive motors, which in turn are connected to loads of varying power demand, the generators configured to turn on and off to match the loads of varying power demands. The electric generators may be connected to an array of engines, each engine configured to run at peak efficiency. As load demands change, the engines turn on and off to meet the load demands. The engines and electrical generators may also connect to a battery to maintain the battery charge in response to demands on the battery by the electric drive motor array.
US10207565B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for fastening a plastics component to a load-bearing component. The fastening device includes a plastics component which is fastened to the load-bearing component by a screw connection, and a rubber-metal buffer which is arranged as a resilient support between the load-bearing component and the plastics component. The fastening device further comprises at least one metal tip which is arranged between the rubber-metal buffer and the plastics component, and which protrudes from a metal disk in the direction of the plastics component and engages at least partially in a surface of the plastics component when the plastics component is screwed to the load-bearing component.
US10207562B2
A stabilizer support structure includes a suspension member in which a side rail portion and a cross-member portion are formed integrally, the suspension member including an upper suspension member that includes a first fastening portion at which a bracket is fastened at an intersection portion between the side rail portion and the cross-member portion, the bracket supporting a rod-shaped stabilizer whose length direction is in the vehicle width direction, and a lower suspension member that forms a closed cross section portion with the upper suspension member; and a reinforcing member that is joined to both the upper suspension member and the lower suspension member inside the closed cross section portion at the intersection portion, the reinforcing member spanning between the upper suspension member and the lower suspension member in the vehicle vertical direction, and being fastened together with the bracket via the first fastening portion.
US10207547B2
The invention relates to a shield-shaped side-wall protection element for a vehicle tire and to a protective device for vehicle tires. In order to provide a side-wall protection element for vehicle tires that can optimally protect a tire side wall under rough conditions, that can be produced economically, and is easy to install, the invention provides a shield-shaped side-wall protection element for a vehicle tire, comprising a radially inner base, an outer edge, which forms the radially outer end and which extends in a circumferential direction, and with a shield segment, which extends from the outer edge at least to the base, wherein the outer edge is at least partially offset axially inward from the base). The protective device for vehicle tires according to the invention comprises a plurality of shield-shaped side-wall protection elements arranged overlapping in the manner of shingles in a circumferential direction.
US10207545B2
A pneumatic tire has a main groove (3) provided to a tread part (2). A groove bottom (12) includes a protrusion portion (13) that is convex outward in a tire radial direction. The protrusion portion (13) continues along the main groove (3). The width (W3) of the protrusion portion (13) in a direction perpendicular to a groove center line (G1) of the main groove (3) is 50% to 100% of the groove width (W1) of the main groove (3). The protrusion portion (13) juts outward in the tire radial direction from an imaginary groove bottom (12A) that connects an inner end (10i) of a first groove wall (10) and an inner end (11i) of a second groove wall (11) in a straight line, and the cross-sectional area of the protrusion portion (13) is 3% to 15% of the transverse cross-sectional area of the main groove (3).
US10207542B2
An object of the present invention is to adequately control relationship between a cross sectional width SW and an outer diameter OD of a pneumatic radial tire for a passenger vehicle. The tire is further characterized in that, provided that each half portion in the tire width direction of a ground contact surface of the tire is divided in the tire width direction into three equal portions including a tire-width-direction center portion, a tire-width-direction intermediate portion and a tire-width-direction outer portion from the tire-width-direction center side, rigidity in the tire circumferential direction of the belt reinforcing layer in a region in the tire width direction thereof corresponding to the tire-width-direction outer side portion is lower than rigidity in the tire circumferential direction of the belt reinforcing layer in a region in the tire width direction thereof corresponding to the tire-width-direction center portion.
US10207538B2
The present invention provides an improved device for simultaneously replacing a plurality of lug nuts through the use of computer technology, modularity, energy-efficiency, safety features and ease of use. Computer technology monitors and controls the torque on each lug nut. This invention also displays the loosening or tightening status of each lug nut on a small LCD screen. The present invention achieves modularity through a series of interchangeable gear train assemblies, contained in separate unitary housings, which correspond to respective vehicular wheel depth and wheel lug patterns. Also, magnetic concentric sockets are used to capture and hold lug nuts as they are removed from the vehicle's wheel and to remove and replace theft protection devices such as rim or wheel locks. This invention provides ease of use with user-friendly controls and a light-weight unitary housing that eliminates the need of assistance from another person.
US10207525B2
Provided are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of coping with a medium exceeding a transport limit of a pair of rollers in image formation in which the medium is transported with the medium interposed between the pair of rollers. In a case where a medium exceeding a transport limit of first transport means to which medium transport using a first roller and a second roller is applied is used, second transport means is used to assist in the medium transport performed by the first transport means. The driving of second driving means for driving the second transport means is controlled using a driving signal applied to the driving control of the first driving means for driving the first transport means. Medium transport in which synchronization is taken between the first transport means and the second transport means is realized.
US10207519B2
In a printer having first and second clamps, the deformation of a recording medium due to the web tensile force produced in the printer can be determined using the first and the second clamps. The deformation can be determined in advance of a printing process and/or during the printing operation. A print image can be adapted based on the determined deformation to compensate for the deformation of the recording medium.
US10207518B2
A method for compensating for failed printing nozzles in an inkjet printing machine uses a computer to provide an increased ink drop volume of adjacent nozzles. All existing printing nozzles are measured regarding print failure and deviation of a printed dot beyond a specific threshold, so that the printing nozzles are marked either as functioning, failed, or printing a dot deviating in a direction transverse to the printing direction, and the results are saved on the computer. The computer hides all functioning printing nozzles and marks all remaining isolated printing nozzles as failed nozzles. The computer groups adjacent remaining printing nozzles by marking nozzles printing a dot deviating in a direction transverse to the printing direction as functioning printing nozzles contributing to the compensation or as failed printing nozzles in accordance with a rule, and the computer compensates for all printing nozzles having been marked as failed.
US10207516B2
A fluid ejection device includes a fluid slot, a first fluid ejection chamber communicated with the fluid slot and including a first drop ejecting element, a second fluid ejection chamber including a second drop ejecting element, and a fluid circulation path including a first portion communicated with the fluid slot and the second fluid ejection chamber, and a second portion communicated with the first fluid ejection chamber and the second fluid ejection chamber, with the fluid circulation path including a fluid circulating element within the first portion.
US10207514B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section that includes a nozzle that ejects a liquid; a supplying path that is capable of supplying the liquid accommodated in a liquid accommodating section to the liquid ejecting section; a pressure adjusting valve that is disposed in the supplying path, and includes a pressure chamber which is capable of storing the liquid, the pressure chamber being is provided with an outlet that draws out the stored liquid to the liquid ejecting section, and when a pressure in the internal portion of the pressure chamber decrease, the pressure adjusting valve being opened to adjust a pressure of the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting section; a discharging path that connects to a communicating port which communicates with the pressure chamber in a separate position different from a position of the outlet; and a switching valve that is provided in the discharging path.
US10207505B1
A method of fabricating a charging device for an inkjet printing system includes providing a charging device body having at least one conductive trace passing through the interior of the charging device body connecting between a charging face of the charging device body and an interconnection region remote from the charging face. A portion of the at least one conductive trace is exposed on the charging face. A vapor deposition process is used to deposit a conductive base layer through a shadow mask onto the charging face, wherein the deposited conductive base layer contacts the exposed portion of at least one conductive trace. One or more conductive metallic layers are plated onto the deposited conductive base layer to form a charging electrode.
US10207503B2
A MEMS device includes a first substrate provided with a plurality of first electrode terminals and a second substrate composed of a crystalline substrate and provided with a plurality of second electrode terminals respectively corresponding to the first electrode terminals. The first electrode terminals and the second electrode terminals are electrically bonded one-to-one. Protrusions are formed at positions corresponding to the first electrode terminals on a mounting face of the second substrate opposing the first substrate. The second electrode terminals include the protrusions and conductive material covering the protrusions.
US10207497B2
Selecting nozzles can include selecting nozzles of a plurality of nozzles to print a portion of a print job based on content of the print job and assigning firing reservations to the selected nozzles, where a total number of the firing reservations assigned to the selected nozzles is comparatively less than a total number of the plurality of nozzles.
US10207493B2
A machine for indirect ink-jet printing and more generally to a machine for indirect digital printing. A first transfer roller is at a printing position at which it provides ink to a first printing roller. The first printing roller engages and transfers ink onto a counter roller for the printing. When its printing has been completed, the first printing roller is moved to a storage position. A second printing roller is selectively moved from a waiting position to the working position to provide ink. The rollers are moved along guides between their positions.
US10207490B2
An ultrafine fiber printing system contains a moving deck having a nozzle seat that is disposed on the moving deck. A pipe is installed in the nozzle seat, and a nozzle is disposed at the bottom end of the pipe. The upper portion and the lower portion of the pipe are combined with a heat dissipating unit and a heater respectively. The top end of the pipe is connected to a feed tube having an outer end connected with a thread squeezer. A printing platform is disposed around the moving deck. The nozzle is connected to a static electricity supply, and the fiber carrier is grounded. An electric field is formed between the nozzle and the fiber carrier. The droplets exported from the nozzle are stretched into ultrafine fibers to form a patterned fabric or product.
US10207489B2
This disclosure describes various system and methods for monitoring photons emitted by a heat source of an additive manufacturing device. Sensor data recorded while monitoring the photons can be used to predict metallurgical, mechanical and geometrical properties of a part produced during an additive manufacturing operation. In some embodiments, a test pattern can be used to calibrate an additive manufacturing device.
US10207487B1
A film separation system for use in separating a removable film adhered to a ply of material positioned on a work surface. The film separation system includes a holding member configured to hold the ply of material on the work surface, a movable arm configured to translate relative to the work surface, and a rotatable brush coupled to the movable arm. The movable arm is configured to translate the rotatable brush towards an edge of the ply of material, and the rotatable brush is oriented relative to the ply of material such that, when rotated, the rotatable brush is configured to bias the removable film away from the work surface, thereby creating a region of separation between the ply and the removable film.
US10207486B2
Methods of making vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window units are provided, including activating getters in a process of making VIG window units. In certain example embodiments, at least one getter is activated during and/or at the end of a pump-out/evacuation process in which the cavity between the substrates is evacuated. In certain example embodiments, the getter(s) may be activated (e.g., by at least a laser beam that is directed through a pump-out tube) during and/or at the end of the evacuation process in which the cavity between the substrates is evacuated to a low pressure that is below atmospheric pressure.
US10207485B2
An ignition coil includes a magnetically-permeable core; a primary winding disposed outward of the core; a secondary winding disposed outward of the primary winding, inductively coupled to the primary winding, and terminating at one end thereof in a low-voltage end and terminates at another end thereof in a high-voltage which is electrically connected directly to a terminal through an electrically conductive polymer; and a case defining an interior having an interior surface such that the core, the primary winding, and the secondary winding are received within the interior of the case such that the at least one of the low-voltage end and the high-voltage end, the terminal, and the electrically conductive polymer are disposed within the recess and such that the electrically conductive polymer is in direct contact with the interior surface within the recess.
US10207482B2
Provided is a resin composition exhibiting inhibited generation of defects in thermoforming, and having a superior appearance and sufficient strength. Also provided are a multilayer structure and a thermoformed container that exhibit superior appearance characteristics and impact resistance even when a recovered material obtained by repeatedly recovering a remnant, a scrap and the like of a sheet containing the resin composition is used. The resin composition contains: an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A); a polyolefin (B); and a carbonyl compound (C) having 3 to 8 carbon atoms. The carbonyl compound (C) is an unsaturated aldehyde (C-1), a saturated aldehyde (C-2), a saturated ketone (C-3) or a combination thereof, and the content of the carbonyl compound (C) is 0.01 ppm or greater and 100 ppm or less.
US10207475B2
Disclosed is an improved facer mat for use as a cover sheet for gypsum board. Also disclosed are gypsum boards containing such mat facers on one or both major surfaces of the board (face and back sides when installed), a method of manufacturing such board, and a method of making the mat. The mat can comprise glass, thermoplastic, and/or thermoset fiber. In preferred embodiments, binder is included with the fiber. The mat has outer and inner surfaces. The mat comprises a first region adjacent to the outer surface defined along a horizontal plane of the mat, the first region having a first substantial thickness, and a second region adjacent to the inner surface defined along a horizontal plane of the mat, the second region having a second substantial thickness. The first region has (a) more hydrophilicity than the second region, (b) more wettability than the second region, and/or (c) less density than the second region.
US10207469B2
Nanopantography is a method for patterning nanofeatures over large areas. Transfer of patterns defined by nanopantography using highly selective plasma etching, with an oxide layer of silicon serving as a hard mask, can improve patterning speed and etch profile. With this method, high aspect ratio features can be fabricated in a substrate with no mask undercut. The ability to fabricate complex patterns using nanopantography, followed by highly selective plasma etching, provides improved patterning speed, feature aspect ratio, and etching profile.
US10207463B2
The invention relates to a method and a molding core for producing a fiber composite component (34), in particular in aerospace, comprising the following method steps: introducing a core sleeve (9) into a molding tool (2) for establishing an outer geometry of a molding core (27) to be formed; filling the core sleeve (9) that is introduced with a vacuum-fixable filling material (21); applying a vacuum to the core sleeve (9) and consequently vacuum-fixing the filling material (21) for forming the molding core (27); and at least partly laying at least one semifinished fiber product (33a, 33b) on the molding core (27) that is formed, for the shaping of the fiber composite component (34) to be produced.
