US10216892B2
A computer-implemented method for interactive vehicle package design includes receiving vehicle occupant package design model data. The vehicle occupant package design model data includes a task to be executed. The method also includes receiving parameters defining a virtual human subject for executing the task. The virtual human subject includes a plurality of degrees of freedom. The method includes determining a plurality of motion descriptors of the virtual human subject including determining a manipulation over time of the degrees of freedom of the virtual human subject during accomplishment of the task, and determining one or more performance metrics based on the motion descriptors. The method further includes generating a visual representation of the vehicle occupant package design model, the virtual human subject, and the task to be executed.
US10216889B2
A system and method for restricting the number of layout patterns by pattern identification, matching and classification, includes decomposing the pattern windows into a low frequency component and a high frequency component using a wavelet analysis for an integrated circuit layout having a plurality of pattern windows. Using the low frequency component as an approximation, a plurality of moments is computed for each pattern window. The pattern windows are classified using a distance computation for respective moments of the pattern windows by comparing the distance computation to an error value to determine similarities between the pattern windows.
US10216888B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for constraint validation in an electronic design. The method may include receiving an electronic design at an electronic design automation application and analyzing at least a portion of the electronic design at a constraint validation tool configured to analyze one or more physical constraints in a design layout associated with the electronic design. The method may further include applying one or more programmable electrical rule check (“PERC”) rules and one or more constraints to the electronic design, wherein the one or more PERC rules are configured to perform one or more electrical rule checks.
US10216887B1
Various embodiments implement an electronic design with power gate analyses using time varying resistors. Design data of an electronic design or a portion thereof may be identified at an electronic design implementation module. First stage electrical characteristics may be generated at least by performing a first stage electrical analysis on a reduced representation of the electronic design or the portion thereof. Second stage electrical characteristics may further be generated at least by performing a second stage electrical analysis on a parasitic injected representation of the electronic design or the portion thereof with a time-varying model for the power gate. The electronic design or the portion thereof may then be further implemented based in part or in whole upon the one or more electrical analyses or simulations.
US10216884B2
One aspect includes identifying via groups that each includes a ratio of a plurality of signal vias to one ground via based on a design file defining a layout of a multi-layer circuit board. A genetic via placement solver iteratively evaluates potential placement solutions that adjust a placement of one or more of the signal vias until at least one solution is identified that meets one or more placement criteria of the signal vias. The genetic via placement solver performs a mutation and recombination of one or more solutions that do not meet the one or more placement criteria and re-evaluates the one or more solutions that do not meet the one or more placement criteria. The design file is modified to include at least one shifted signal via position based on identifying the at least one solution that meets the one or more placement criteria.
US10216878B2
A processor may receive a transistor level integrated circuit (IC) design to be modelled. The processor may determine that the transistor level IC design has a first stage and a second stage. The processor may determine a first cross-current effective capacitance of the first stage and a second cross-current effective capacitance of the second stage. The processor may then determine a cross-current effective capacitance for the transistor level IC design by accumulating the first and second cross-current effective capacitances.
US10216875B2
A method, computer program product, and system for calculating an input timing slack at an input to a latch by subtracting an input arrival time to the latch from an input required arrival time, calculating an output timing slack at an output to the latch by subtracting an output arrival time of the latch from an output required arrival time from the latch, performing cycle stealing to improve the output timing slack by modifying the input required arrival time and the output arrival time, reducing the output timing slack by a pessimism amount, performing optimization in the integrated circuit to improve the input timing slack and the output timing slack, and increasing the output timing slack by the pessimism amount.
US10216871B2
Computer-implemented methods and apparatus are provided for predicting/estimating (i) a non-equilibrium viscosity for at least one given time point in a given temperature profile for a given glass composition, (ii) at least one temperature profile that will provide a given non-equilibrium viscosity for a given glass composition, or (iii) at least one glass composition that will provide a given non-equilibrium viscosity for a given time point in a given temperature profile. The methods and apparatus can be used to predict/estimate stress relaxation in a glass article during forming as well as compaction, stress relaxation, and/or thermal sag or thermal creep of a glass article when the article is subjected to one or more post-forming thermal treatments.
US10216870B2
A computer-implemented method for evaluating a circuit design to protect a plurality of metal connections from current pulse damage, the method includes receiving a circuit design including the plurality of metal connections and evaluating a maximum peak current of one or more of the plurality of metal connections. The method further includes determining a peak current threshold for the plurality of metal connections based on physical characteristics of the plurality of metal connection and responsive to determining that the maximum peak current of the one or more of the plurality of metal connections exceeds the peak current threshold, performing a peak current design modification to modify the plurality of metal connections in the circuit design.
US10216868B2
Analysis of descriptions accompanying designs to determine matching available artifacts. A description of a design (e.g., interior design, fashion) is analyzed to determine characteristics of the design (e.g., colors, patterns), and artifacts matching those characteristics (e.g., fabrics, furniture) are identified.
US10216863B2
An input image being displayed is acquired. A database is accessed to search for an image similar to the input image from images stored in the database. A candidate script associated with the similar image is retrieved from the database, and a decisive degree of the candidate script is calculated based on a result of the search for the similar image. A presentation program is generated by changing a value of a parameter included in the candidate script depending on the decisive degree. The input image is changed by executing the generated presentation program.
US10216860B2
This invention is a system for integrating relational databases into a semantic web framework utilizing a simple mapping process and the SQL query optimizer present in the SQL database engine.
US10216843B2
A method and computer readable medium is described for directing a user's local web browser to refresh the top-level container that is currently displaying the content presented by a remote computer with the new content that a navigational link, within the remote desktop, remote desktop application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, points to. Links can be modified so as to be recognizable by the remote machine as unique from traditional hyperlinks. Upon navigation action on such a link, the client of a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window or remote graphical windowing user session is redirected so that it wholly reloads its computing context with that provided by a destination URL or URI. Such a URL or URI may point to another remote graphical computer desktop, remote application window or remote graphical windowing user session.
US10216841B2
There is disclosed herein a system of managing posts for interacting with web based digital video. The system comprises a user interface application operating on one or more user devices which are operative to view web based digital video, the user interface application creating posts that refer to web based digital video. A database system stores user created posts. A programmed processing system is in operative communication with user devices and the database system for creating and managing programmed links between user created posts and one or more select locations in select web based digital video, wherein users interacting with the user interface application can access user created posts.
US10216835B2
A computer-implemented method includes identifying an information resource. The information resource includes text information. The information resource includes a contribution from an entry source. The entry source is associated with a profile. The profile includes at least one profile information item that describes the entry source. The method includes generating a first word cloud. The first word cloud is based on one or more words used within the text information. The first word cloud includes a first plurality of words. The method includes generating a second word cloud. The second word cloud is based on at least one profile information item. The second word cloud includes a second plurality of words.
US10216832B2
A natural language processing system has a hierarchy of user intents related to a domain of interest, the hierarchy having specific intents corresponding to leaf nodes of the hierarchy, and more general intents corresponding to ancestor nodes of the leaf nodes. The system also has a trained understanding model that can classify natural language utterances according to user intent. When the understanding model cannot determine with sufficient confidence that a natural language utterance corresponds to one of the specific intents, the natural language processing system traverses the hierarchy of intents to find a more general user intent that is related to the most applicable specific intent of the utterance and for which there is sufficient confidence. The general intent can then be used to prompt the user with questions applicable to the general intent to obtain the missing information needed for a specific intent.
US10216827B2
Representative embodiments of a method for grouping participants in an activity include the steps of: (i) defining a grouping policy; (ii) storing, in a database, participant records that include a participant identifier, a characteristic associated with the participant, and/or an identifier for a participant's handheld device; (iii) defining groupings based on the policy and characteristics of the participants relating to the policy and to the activity; and (iv) communicating the groupings to the handheld devices to establish the groups.
US10216824B2
Various embodiments included herein include at least one of systems, methods, and software for explanatory animation generation. Some embodiments include receiving data representative of at least two data items, each data item to be presented as a node. Relationships between these data items are discovered in an interrelated dataset and the relationship is illustrated as a set of sequential nodes on a canvas. A text-script descriptive of each of the nodes is then generated. Finally, such embodiments include generating a visualization with a synchronized voiceover based on the sequence nodes and the text-script, the visualization including each node with a synchronized voiceover of each node.
US10216821B2
Methods and systems for bulk uploading of data in an on-demand service environment are described. In one embodiment, such a method includes retrieving a bulk transaction request from a transaction queue within a host organization, where the bulk transaction request specifies a plurality of database transactions to be processed against a multi-tenant database system of the host organization. Such a method further includes determining a current computational load of the multi-tenant database system, processing a subset of the plurality of database transactions specified by the bulk transaction request against the multi-tenant database system when the current computational load is below a threshold, and updating a bulk transaction results log based on the subset of the plurality of database transactions processed. Remaining database transactions specified by the bulk transaction request may then be re-queued for later processing.
US10216817B2
A method is provided to generate a correct XML (eXtensible Markup Language) representation of source data from a relational database without knowing the format of source data. A XML parsing function is used to create the final XML data if the source data contains entity references. Where the source data does not contain entity reference, a XML publishing function is called to generate the final correct XML data.
US10216810B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for shared folder backed integrated workspaces. In some implementations, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface (GUI) that integrates communications and content management into a single user interface. The user interface can include mechanisms that allow a user to provide input to generate a new workspace. The user interface can provide a mechanism to allow a user to view conversations related to the workspace and/or content items associated with the workspace. The user interface can present representations of content items associated with the workspace and allow the user to provide input to generate, view, edit, and share content items associated with the workspace.
US10216808B1
A method includes receiving a plurality of recommendations for content items from a plurality of sending users for a recipient user through a plurality of sources, determining that the recipient user is interested in viewing a subset of the plurality of recommendations for content items from a first sending user of the plurality of sending users, and generating a first sending user playlist including the subset of the plurality of recommendations for content items from the first sending user but not from other sending users of the plurality of sending users.
US10216806B1
In an example, a granularity of title similarity is determined, wherein the granularity of title similarity is a level at which social networking data should be filtered to identify titles similar to a target title. Then a weighted graph of titles is constructed at the granularity of title similarity, wherein each node in the weighted graph is a title and a directed edge exists in the weighted graph between a first node and a second node if the social networking data, at the granularity of title similarity, indicates that a transition occurred wherein a member who held a position with a title corresponding to the first node transitioned to a position with a title corresponding to the second node, wherein each directed edge contains a weight indicating a strength of relationship between nodes. The weighted graph of locations is traversed from a node corresponding to the target title in order to identify titles similar to the target title.
US10216802B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for generating an answer in a question answering system is provided. The method may include receiving a question. The method may also include identifying a candidate answer from a corpus. The method may then include determining a plurality of sentences based on the identified candidate answer. The method may further include calculating a similarity value for each sentence within the plurality of sentences based on comparing the plurality of sentences to the candidate answer and the received question. The method may also include identifying at least one sentence within the plurality of sentences with a calculated similarity value that exceeds a threshold value. The method may then include presenting the answer, whereby the answer comprises the plurality of sentences, the candidate answer, and metadata.
US10216799B2
Query handling devices in a federated database system and related methods and computer program products for handling queries in the federated database system are disclosed. The query handling device receives database queries directed towards a group of databases from several applications and filters the queries based on common query rules such as common query syntax, investigates the queries that have passed the filtering, and sends the investigated queries to the databases. The investigation includes prioritising between at least some queries according to a query prioritisation scheme. The prioritised queries are sent according to the query prioritisation scheme.
US10216794B2
Techniques are described herein for filtering data from a table during an in-memory scan. Predicates are pushed to in-memory scan to avoid scanning unnecessary columnar units and reduce the overhead of decompressing, row stitching and distributing data during evaluation. Techniques are described herein for generating implied predicates that have conditions on single columns from complex predicates that have multiple conditions on the same column, which can be evaluated during an in-memory scan. Techniques are also described herein to reduce the overhead of a table scan for processing a join query. When redistributing a first table for performing a hash-join, the nodes performing an in-memory scan of the first table may create a filter that tracks unique values from the join key. Data from the second table is only processed and transferred to other nodes in the cluster if the values from the join key pass through the filter.
US10216791B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for adjusting a data query. These mechanisms and methods for adjusting a data query can enable more relevant query results, increased efficiency and revenue, optimized customer interaction, etc.
US10216786B2
Biometric computer systems are systems which use one or biometric identifiers to enroll, verify or identify a person. This disclosure concerns the automatic enrolment of people into biometric systems. Aspects include methods, computer systems, software and biometric systems. A first biometric identifier (i.e. face) and a second biometric identifier (e.g. iris) is captured (201). The first biometric identifier (e.g. face) is compared (206) to the biometric identifiers associated with records in the datastore (i.e. employment records 121) to identify a candidate matching record. An association of the second biometric identifier with the candidate record to be stored (209) in memory.
US10216780B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a centralized table aging module that efficiently and flexibly utilizes an embedded memory resource, and that enables and facilitates separate network controllers. The centralized table aging module performs aging of tables in parallel using the embedded memory resource. The table aging module performs an age marking process and an age refreshing process. The memory resource includes age mark memory and age mask memory. Age marking is applied to the age mark memory. The age mask memory provides per-entry control granularity regarding the aging of table entries.
US10216777B2
Architecture that includes an index creation algorithm that utilizes available resources and dynamically adjusts to successfully scale with increased resources and be able to do so for any data distribution. The resources can be processing resources, memory, and/or input/output, for example. A finer level of granularity, called a segment, is utilized to process tuples in a partition while creating an index. The segment also aligns with compression techniques for the index. By choosing an appropriate size for a segment and using load balancing the overall time for index creation can be reduced. Each segment can then be processed by a single thread thereby limiting segment skew. Skew is further limited by breaking down the work done by a thread into parallelizable stages.
US10216774B2
In managing multiple versions of triggers, a database system creates a first version of a trigger to apply a first set of actions in response to a first triggering event, which includes: creating a first package for the first version of the trigger to include the first set of actions; linking the first package to the database object; and setting the first package as a current version of the trigger. The database system creates a second version of the trigger to apply a second set of actions to the database object in response to a second triggering event, which includes: creating a second package for the second version of the trigger to include the second set of actions; and linking the second package to the database object. In response to a command, the database system sets the current version of the trigger to the second package.
US10216772B2
A data migration tool is disclosed for allowing a data migration project to be more efficient to execute from the client standpoint. The data migration tool is able to accomplish this by offering an efficient process for receiving the client's data migration requirements and generating a migration schedule based on the client's data migration requirements. The client's data migration requirements may identify one or more migration rules relating the data to be migrated as well as the client's scheduling conflicts. Based on the data migration requirements, the data migration tool can generate a data migration schedule. The data migration schedule may include a sequence in which data entities are migrated, as well as provide migration activities that describe the specific instructions for migrating a data entity.
US10216760B2
A system is described that a geospatial coordinate component arranged to identify a set of geospatial coordinates from a geospatial dataset. A temporal coordinate component is arranged to identify a set of temporal coordinates from a temporal dataset. The system includes an article query component that is arranged to determine a set of articles based on the set of geospatial coordinates and the set of temporal coordinates. A presentation component is arranged to present a representation of a member of the set of articles. The geospatial coordinate component can receive a user selected geographical area and intersect the geospatial dataset with the geographical area.
US10216752B1
Functionality is disclosed herein for utilizing a picture created by a customer of a service provider network to define infrastructure associated with the service provider network or other networks. The picture may be a picture of a drawing or a model, for instance. The picture is analyzed to identify resources depicted in the picture as well as any connections between the resources. Based upon the analysis, configuration data that describes the configuration of the resources within the service provider network may be generated and used to perform one or more actions. For example, the configuration data might be used to generate a deployment template and/or used to provision the resources within the service provider network or other networks.
US10216751B2
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes specifying a folder for storing a file among a plurality of folders, displaying character string candidates for setting a file name of a file based on a folder path of the specified folder, selecting a character string from a plurality of displayed character strings, and setting the selected character string as the file name of the file.
US10216745B2
A control method of a recoverable file protection device and a protection method of a recoverable file are provided. After a file owner sets a secured content in an unprotected data, a secured content protection mode is selected. In accordance with the secured protection mode, the recoverable file protection device can move the secured content and the marked content can replace the secured content. An authentication key is inputted to encrypt the secured content. If a user would like to open the file, the user is requested to verify an identification data. If the identification data complies with the authentication key, the recoverable file protection device moves the secured content to recover the original content. If the identification data doesn't comply with the authentication key, the file content without the secured content is opened. Therefore, a security of an e-file can be achieved.
US10216740B2
A system and method is disclosed for fast parallel data processing in a distributed storage system. An example method includes receiving at least one digital object; determining, by a processor of a computing device, whether the at least one digital object has a fixed data block structure; in response to determining that the at least one digital object has a fixed data block structure, determining by the processor a size of each fixed data block of the at least one digital object; determining a number of archive chunks for storing the at least one digital object on a selected plurality of storage servers based at least upon the size of each fixed data block; and partitioning the at least one digital object into the number of archive chunks for storing on the selected plurality of storage servers using erasure coding.
US10216735B2
A system and method for managing electronic social networking includes defining content from a first user for communication to other users on an electronic social networking system. Natural language processing (NLP) and analytic analysis are applied to the content to identify a workflow for accessing and responding to the content. The access and the response to the content are based on the workflow.
US10216733B2
A system facilitates the efficient and consistent preparation of comments to documents prepared by others by comparing each such document against phrases and their associated comments stored in one or more local, remote, or removable databases. The system can also facilitate the efficient communication of comments to a given document by organizing such comments in a format suitable for transmission to the intended recipients.
US10216732B2
An information presentation method, a non-transitory recording medium storing thereon a computer program, and an information presentation system relate to speech recognition. A speech recognition unit performs speech recognition on speech pertaining to a dialogue and thereby generates dialogue text, a translation unit translates the dialogue text and thereby generates translated dialogue text, and a speech waveform synthesis unit performs speech synthesis on the translated dialogue text and thereby generates translated dialogue speech. An intention understanding unit then determines whether supplementary information exists, based on the dialogue text. If supplementary information exists, a communication unit transmits the supplementary information and the translated dialogue speech to a terminal to present the existence of the supplementary information to at least one person from among a plurality of people, according to the usage situation of the information presentation system of the at least one person.
US10216727B2
In one embodiment, a data string test system may use a color-coding system, or other visual marker, to indicate which data strings are ready for testing. The data string test system may calculate a localization test status of a data string. The data string test system may apply a visual marker of the localization test status of the data string to the data string. The data string test system may present the visual marker and the data string to a user.
US10216726B2
An apparatus for determining a translation word includes a word vector generator configured to generate a word vector corresponding to an input word of a first language with reference to a first word vector space that is related to the first language, a word vector determiner configured to determine a word vector of a second language, wherein the determined word vector of the second language corresponds to the generated word vector, using a matching model, and a translation word selector configured to select a translation word of the second language, wherein the selected translation word corresponds to the input word of the first language, based on the determined word vector of the second language.
US10216717B2
A received reply email document enables some action to be effectuated using data included in the email document responsive to field identifiers associated with the data and corresponding to fields of metadata. The associated field identifiers that correspond to known fields of the metadata provide some expectation as to the semantic meaning and/or syntactic constraints of the data to which the field identifiers are associated. In a described implementation, an actionable email documents module creates an email document having blocks that are mapped to fields of metadata. The email document is transmitted to one or more recipients. Each recipient adds data to the blocks so that the data becomes mapped to the fields of the metadata. The recipients return a reply email document having the field-mapped data. Upon receipt, the module can effectuate some action using the field-mapped data responsive to the mappings.
US10216712B2
Disclosed are a web page display method and device. The method comprises: determining a reference region in a display region of a first web page, the first web page being a web page displayed in a first display state of a display screen, wherein the area of the reference region is less than or equal to a preset threshold; determining a web page element located in the reference region in the first web page; according to coordinates of the web page element in the first web page and in a second web page, calculating a moving displacement of the web page element in the second web page, wherein the coordinates of the web page element in the second web page are coordinates of the web page element, obtained after the display screen is switched to a second display state from the first display state, in the second web page displayed in the second display state; according to the moving displacement of the web page element in the second web page, moving web page elements in the second web page; and displaying the second web page after the web page elements are moved. The present invention achieves that when the screen display state changes, web page information before the change is more accurately displayed, and therefore improves the reading experience of users.
US10216711B2
The present disclosure provides an information collection method. Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for collecting information. The method includes receiving, at a terminal device having a user account in a social group that is established by a communication service, a trigger message that is sent by a specific user account of the social group to members of the social group. The trigger message includes a prompt text and a jump instruction to a page for collecting specific information. Further, the method includes generating a text link associated with the jump instruction based on the prompt text, displaying the text link on an interface page for the communication service and executing the jump instruction to display the page for collecting the specific information when a trigger event with respect to the text link is detected.
US10216704B1
A native tensor processor calculates tensor contractions using a sum of outer products. In one implementation, the native tensor processor preferably is implemented as a single integrated circuit and includes an input buffer and a contraction engine. The input buffer buffers tensor elements retrieved from off-chip and transmits the elements to the contraction engine as needed. The contraction engine calculates the tensor contraction by executing calculations from an equivalent matrix multiplications, as if the tensors were unfolded into matrices, but avoiding the overhead of expressly unfolding the tensors. The contraction engine includes a plurality of outer product units that calculate matrix multiplications by a sum of outer products. By using outer products, the equivalent matrix multiplications can be partitioned into smaller matrix multiplications, each of which is localized with respect to which tensor elements are required.
US10216702B2
A machine generates and provides a digital impact matrix including a first matrix and, in some embodiments, a second matrix, the first matrix including a plurality of impacts that various digital technologies have on various organizational processes. In some embodiments, the first matrix includes a plurality of magnitudes of impacts, while the second matrix includes a plurality of business values of impact that the various digital technologies have on the various organizational processes. A user interface is provided to assign impact categorizations to the impacts and of the first matrix and the second matrix, if applicable, and to display a graphical representation of the digital impact matrix.
US10216700B2
A ternary pulse width modulation (“PWM”) method and apparatus. In one embodiment, the start of the pulse sequence in the “current” frame is referenced to the end of the pulse sequence in a previous, “reference” frame, rather than to the frame boundary at the start of the current frame, thereby allowing the compensation portion of the pulse sequence to overlap into the preceding or following frame, thus achieving a higher modulation index without dropping the compensation pulses. Although in most instantiations, the reference frame will be the frame immediately preceding in time the current frame, in other instances, the reference frame may be any frame preceding the current frame that falls within the constraints of the timing facility.
US10216696B2
A system for adaptive visualization of faceted search results comprises a visualization module configured to adapt a predetermined visualization correlation between the data types of the search result facets and the visualization types in function of the aggregated visualization type modifications.
US10216692B2
A multiprocessor system on a chip (MPSoC) implements parallel processing and include a plurality of cores with inter-core communication. This communication is implemented by an on-chip switch fabric in communication with each core, or by shared memory in communication with each core. In another embodiment, a parallel processing system is implemented as a Howard Cascade and uses shared memory for implementing inter-chip communication. The parallel processing system includes a plurality of chips, each formed as an MPSoC, and implements communication between the chips using shared memory.
US10216690B2
There is disclosed a single-wire Interface bus transceiver system comprising: an I2C master, a master transceiver, a signal wire, a slave transceiver and an I2C slave, wherein the master transceiver is adapted to encode master data SDA and master clock SCL received from I2C master using Manchester code, generate master single wire signal and transfer it to the slave transceiver through the signal wire, the master transceiver is also adapted to decode Manchester-encoded slave signal received from the signal wire and transfer the decoded slave data to I2C master; the slave transceiver is adapted to encode slave data received from I2C slave using Manchester code, generate slave single wire signal and transfer it to the master transceiver through the signal wire, the slave transceiver is also adapted to decode Manchester-encoded master signal received from the signal wire, generate the recovered master clock and transfer the decoded master data and recovered master clock to I2C slave.
US10216688B2
Embodiments are related to systems and methods for data transfer, and more particularly to systems and methods for providing transfer margin information.
US10216679B2
A migration of a program executing entity between a plurality of processors can be efficiently performed. A semiconductor device 1 includes a first processor 10, a second processor 20, and an external register 4 provided outside the processors. The first processor 10 includes a control circuit 12, an arithmetic circuit 14, and an internal storage circuit 16 provided inside the first processor 10. The second processor 20 includes a control circuit 22, an arithmetic circuit 24, and an internal storage circuit 26 provided inside the second processor 20. The control circuits 12 and 22 control execution of a program. The arithmetic circuits 14 and 24 perform an operation related to the program by using the external register 4. The external register 4 stores operation data related to the operation performed in the arithmetic circuits 14 and 24. The internal storage circuits 16 and 26 store execution state data regarding an execution state of the program.
US10216666B2
A computing device having a host memory and a host processor for executing instructions out of the host memory; and a network interface card interfacing with the computing device are provided. When there is a cache hit for a read request, the network interface card processes the read request by obtaining data stored from one or both of the host memory and a storage device that the network interface card accesses without involving the host processor and when there are is a cache miss, then the read request is processed by the host processor.
US10216660B1
According to some embodiment, a backup storage system receives a plurality of input/output (IO) requests at the storage system. The IO requests include random IO requests and sequential IO requests. The storage system determines whether there is a pending random IO request from the plurality of IO requests. In response to determining that there is a pending random IO request, the storage system determines whether a total latency of the sequential IO requests exceeds a predicted latency of the pending random IO request. The storage system services the pending random IO request in response to determining that the total latency of the sequential IO requests exceeds the predicted latency of the pending random IO request.
US10216659B2
An example system includes a memory controller; a memory bus coupled to the memory controller; and a dual inline memory module (DIMM) coupled to the memory controller through the memory bus. The DIMM includes a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) portion; a storage portion; and a gate array portion coupled to the memory bus to detect memory access signals and to store information related to the memory access signals on the storage portion.
US10216656B2
A system includes a cut-through buffer operable to be asynchronously read while being written at different clock frequencies. The system also includes a controller operatively connected to the cut-through buffer. The controller is operable to write one or more values into the cut-through buffer in a first clock domain and compare a number of values written into the cut-through buffer to a notification threshold. A notification indicator is passed from the first clock domain to a second clock domain based on determining that the number of values written into the cut-through buffer meets the notification threshold. Based on receiving the notification indicator, the cut-through buffer is read from the second clock domain continuously without pausing until the one or more values are retrieved and any additional values written to the cut-through buffer during the reading of the one or more values are retrieved.
US10216655B2
A memory interface apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU)-side protocol processor connected to a CPU through a parallel interface and a memory-side protocol processor connected to a memory through a parallel interface, and the CPU-side protocol processor and the memory-side protocol processor are connected through a serial link.
US10216652B1
Transferring data to an initiator includes providing a first target that exchanges commands and status with the initiator, providing a second target that exchanges commands and data with the first target and exchanges data with the initiator, the initiator providing a transfer command to the first target, the first target providing a transfer command to the second target, and in response to the transfer command received from the first target, the second target transferring data to the initiator. Data may be transferred to the initiator using RDMA. The second target may provide a status message to the first target indicating a result of transferring data. The first target may provide the status message to the initiator. The first target may be a host adaptor of a data storage array. The second target may be a flash memory. The initiator may be a host coupled to the data storage array.
US10216647B2
A method begins by a processing module receiving an encoded data slice for storage in memory that is organized as a plurality of log files and identifying a log file based on information regarding the encoded data slice to produce an identified log file, wherein the identified log file is storing at least one other encoded data slice. The method continues with the processing module comparing storage parameters of the identified log file with desired storage parameters associated with the encoded data slice. The method continues with the processing module attempting to identify a second log file based on an alternate log file storage protocol when the storage parameters of the identified log file compare unfavorably with the desired storage parameters and when the second log file is identified, storing the encoded data slice in the second log file.
US10216644B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile first memory, a second memory which has a buffer, and a memory controller. The memory controller manages a plurality of pieces of translation information. In a case where the plurality of pieces of translation information include a first plurality of pieces of translation information, the memory controller caches first translation information among the first plurality of pieces of translation information and does not cache second translation information among the first plurality of pieces of translation information. The first plurality of pieces of translation information linearly correlates a plurality of continuous physical addresses with a plurality of continuous logical addresses.
US10216639B2
A storage device made up of multiple storage media is configured such that one such media serves as a cache for data stored on another of such media. The device includes a controller configured to manage the cache by consolidating information concerning obsolete data stored in the cache with information concerning data no longer desired to be stored in the cache, and erase segments of the cache containing one or more of the blocks of obsolete data and the blocks of data that are no longer desired to be stored in the cache to produce reclaimed segments of the cache.
US10216632B2
A memory system implements a plurality of cache eviction policies and optionally a plurality of virtual address modification policies. A cache storage unit of the memory system has a plurality of cache storage sub-units. The cache storage unit is optionally managed by a cache management unit in accordance with the cache eviction polices. The cache storage sub-units are allocated for retention of information associated with respective memory addresses and are associated with the cache eviction policies in accordance with the respective memory addresses. For example, in response to a reference to an address that misses in a cache, the address is used to access a page table entry having an indicator specifying an eviction policy to use when selecting a cache line from the cache to evict in association with allocating a cache line of the cache to retain data obtained via the address.
US10216622B2
A method for resolving software problems is provided. The method may include receiving a plurality of stored error pattern data sets including a stored error pattern indicative of a historical pattern of errors and corrective action data indicative of a set of corrective action(s) designed to be used in response to the corresponding historical pattern of errors; receiving a subject error pattern data set corresponding to a subject error pattern that was experienced by a system of computing device(s); comparing the subject error pattern to each of the plurality of stored error patterns to determine a ranking of the plurality of stored error patterns for closeness to the subject error pattern, comparing positions of errors and an order errors as between the subject error pattern and the stored error pattern; presenting at least a portion of the ranking of the plurality of stored error patterns and corresponding corrective action data.
US10216609B2
An approach is provided for predicting an exception during a debugging of software code before the debugging encounters the exception. A number of lines X is received. During a debugging of a line number L of the code, upcoming lines consisting of line numbers L+1 through L+X are executed. Based on the execution of the upcoming lines, the exception is predicted to be encountered at line number M, which is within a range of line numbers L+1 through L+X. During the debugging of the line number L, and based on the prediction and the line number being within the range, a warning is displayed that the exception is to be encountered at line number M.
US10216606B1
Embodiments disclosed include data center infrastructure management (DCIM) systems and methods configured to, collect data center compute systems, power systems, and facility systems data, trigger an action or actions based on a diagnosed or predicted condition according to the collected data, and thereby control via a compute, power, and facilities module, the compute systems, power systems and facility systems in the data center. According to an embodiment, the control via the compute, power, and facilities module comprises calibrating the compute, power, and facility systems based on an estimated compute requirement, and an associated power, cooling, and network data resource requirement. The estimated compute requirement comprises estimating compute density per real-time power wattage, and storage density per real-time power wattage.
US10216605B2
Method and system are provided for providing elapsed time indications for source code in a development environment. The method includes: defining blocks of source code to be timed during source code execution; monitoring defined blocks of source code during execution to determine an elapsed time for the execution of the defined block of source code; recording the elapsed time for a defined block of source code; and providing an elapsed time indication for the defined block of source code.
US10216600B2
An approach is provided to correlate transaction data occurring at two different domains running on a common operating system image without using static, or common, correlators. Request-type event records are collected at a first domain within the operating system image, with each of the request-type event records including execution identifiers and a unique token that indicates the order in which the corresponding request-type event occurred on the first domain. Similarly, response-type event records are collected at a second domain within the operating system image. The request-type event records are matched with the response-type event records based on the execution identifiers and an overall order that is indicated by unique tokens included in the records. The matching of request-type event records with response-type event records indicate a number of inter-domain transactions which are recorded in a correlation data store.
US10216597B2
A method, a computing device, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium for replacing an unreadable sector in a storage system is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying a sector from a plurality of sectors in a physical memory of a storage device in a storage system as an unreadable sector. An unreadable sector is a sector that includes data that had been corrupted and cannot be recovered from data in the storage system. In some embodiments, the unreadable sector is recovered by receiving a copy of a sector identified as the unreadable sector from a cloud storage, where the copy of the sector stores readable data and the cloud storage is a separate storage from the storage system. The method then includes replacing the unreadable sector with the copy at the sector at a memory location in the physical memory occupied by the unreadable sector.
US10216593B2
Provided is a distributed processing system in which migration evaluation is performed based on performance information, statistical information of each process of an application, and the number of non-completed processes of each process of an application for an application server in which an old application is being operated, a migration target server group is decided so that migration is completed in a shortest period of time, and migration to a new application is performed in a stepwise manner.
US10216586B2
A primary system is established at a first site. The primary system hosts an application and a primary database for remote users that use the application to manage data of the primary database. A unified data layer is established at a remote site. The unified data layer provides access to data of the primary database without providing access to the primary database. A triggering event that impairs the ability of the primary system to host the application is detected. A recovery system is instantiated in response to detecting the triggering event. The recovery system includes both a recovery instance of the application and a recovery database for the data of the application. The recovery database is populated using the unified data layer. The recovery system is activated such that remote users can access the recovery instance of the application to manage data of the recovery database.
US10216572B2
A system and method for generating lookup tables for use in an adaptive multiple-read system for reading flash memory. Successive different attempts are made to decode previously stored data using error correction codes, the attempts differing, for example, with respect to the combination of raw data words used for each attempt, each raw data word having been obtained by reading a code word of data using a different word line voltage. When a decoding attempt succeeds, log likelihood ratios are calculated from counts of flipped bits, i.e., bits in the raw data read from the memory having a different value than the corresponding bits in the decoded data.
US10216565B2
Systems, methods and tools for performing a root cause analysis and improvements to the root cause detection by changing the way analysts and troubleshooters interact with the error reporting files to detect injection points that indicate the root cause of a system error. The systems, methods and tools record the observable behavior of users as the users review files to identify behavioral clues of the user to infer a level of interest in sections of the files being viewed. The systems identify correlations between user behavior and emotive expression to calculate a probability of event data being the root cause of an error. The systems may manually or automatically generate one or more tags in the reviewed file for each of the sections of the file that has a probability of being a root cause of a defect and the tags may vary as a function of the probability.
US10216564B2
The present disclosure provides methods and circuits for managing failing sectors in a non-volatile memory. A record address and a read control signal are received, where the record address identifies a location in the non-volatile memory. The record address is compared with a plurality of dead sector addresses, where the dead sector addresses correspond to a subset of sectors located in the non-volatile memory. Data located at the record address is determined to be invalid in response to a combination of a first detection that the record address matches one of the dead sector addresses and a second detection that the read control signal indicates a read operation is requested to be performed on the non-volatile memory.
US10216561B2
A system includes a processor and a memory system in communication with the processor. The memory system stores instructions that when executed by the processor result in the system being operable to identify a system hazard boundary of a monitored system and a system nuisance boundary of the monitored system. The system is also operable to determine a must-trip condition based on the system hazard boundary and a must-not-trip condition based on the system nuisance boundary. The system is further operable to output a protection margin for the monitored system based on the system hazard boundary and a difference between the must-trip condition and the must-not-trip condition.
US10216553B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the integration of a rules engine with message oriented middleware. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing a messaging component in message oriented middleware has been provided. The method includes creating shared memory in the memory of a computer and adding or deleting tokens in the shared memory corresponding to objects such as messages and message queues, created in and removed from, respectively, in a messaging component of message oriented middleware. The method additionally includes applying rules in a rules engine to the tokens in the shared memory. Finally, the method includes directing management operations in the messaging component responsive to the applied rules by the rules engine.
US10216549B2
Methods and systems for providing APIs and API extensions to third party applications for optimizing and minimizing application traffic are provided. According to one aspect, a method for optimizing and minimizing application traffic in a wireless network includes defining an application programming interface (API) for controlling application traffic between an application client residing on a mobile device that operates within a wireless network and an application server not residing on the mobile device and using the API to optimize application traffic in the wireless network.
US10216542B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a task scheduling method, apparatus, and device, where the method includes: acquiring information about an available computing resource used for task execution; when a configured task set is received, determining resource consumption information of each task in the task set; and comparing the resource consumption information of each task in the task set with the information about the available computing resource, and determining a task that is in the task set and whose corresponding comparison result meets a preset task scheduling condition as a target task. In addition, a generated task scheduling diagram includes information such as tasks, dependence between the tasks, resource consumption information, and execution progress of a target task. By using the present invention, task scheduling can be optimized, so that task scheduling optimization is more intuitive, thereby improving processing performance of a data warehouse.
US10216540B2
Systems and methods are described for configuring a coordinator within a coordinated environment, which environment includes set of coordinated devices managed by the coordinator. The coordinated devices may include devices configured to be managed remotely, such as thin devices, devices with alternative primary functions (e.g., appliances, household objects, etc.), or devices with limited localized user interfaces. To manage the set of coordinated devices, the coordinator can execute tasks, each task corresponding to a set of portable code executable by the coordinator to implement a desired functionality. A user may generate one or more tasks, and submit them to a service provider environment for deployment to the coordinator. The service provider environment can utilize a device shadow to notify the coordinator of the obtained tasks, and thereafter deliver the tasks to the coordinator, thus modifying a configuration of the coordinator.
US10216533B2
A method includes using a network interface controller to monitor a transmit ring, wherein the transmit ring comprises a circular ring data structure that stores descriptors, wherein a descriptor describes data and comprises a guest bus address that provides a virtual memory location of the data. The method also includes using the network interface controller to determine that a descriptor has been written to the transmit ring. The method further includes using the network interface controller to attempt to retrieve a translation for the guest bus address. The method includes using the network interface controller to read the descriptor from the transmit ring.
US10216532B2
Systems and techniques for memory and resource management in a virtual computing environment are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, an apparatus for memory management in a virtual computing environment may include: a storage device; memory page comparison logic, coupled to the storage device, to determine that a first memory page of instructions, stored in the storage device, for a guest machine in the virtual computing environment is identical to a second memory page of instructions, stored in the storage device, for a host machine in the virtual computing environment, wherein the guest machine is hosted by the host machine; and merge logic, coupled to the memory page comparison logic, to, in response to a determination that the first memory page is identical to the second memory page, map the first memory page to the second memory page. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US10216530B2
A method for mapping between a virtual central processing unit (CPU) and a physical CPU. The method includes obtaining, by a virtual machine manager, a set of to-be-mapped first virtual CPUs in a current time period and a first physical CPU that has fewest to-be-run tasks, obtaining, by the virtual machine manager, a first characteristic value of each first virtual CPU in the set of first virtual CPUs and a second characteristic value of the first physical CPU, obtaining, by the virtual machine manager from all the first characteristic values, a target characteristic value that matches the second characteristic value, and mapping a target virtual CPU corresponding to the target characteristic value to the first physical CPU for running. By means of the foregoing technical solutions, resource contention and a decrease in overall system performance are avoided when mapping a virtual CPU to a physical CPU.
US10216526B2
A controlling method for optimizing a processor is provided. The controlling method includes determining an actual utilization state of the processor in a first period, and adjusting performance and/or power of the processor in a second period by a PID (Proportional Integral Derivative) governor based on the actual utilization state in the first period. The second period is after the first period.
US10216519B2
A data processing system implementing a weak memory model includes a plurality of processing units coupled to an interconnect fabric. In response execution of a multicopy atomic store instruction, an initiating processing unit broadcasts a store request on the interconnect fabric to obtain coherence ownership of a target cache line. The initiating processing unit posts a kill request to at least one of the plurality of processing units to request invalidation of a copy of the target cache line. In response to successful posting of the kill request, the initiating processing unit broadcasts a store complete request on the interconnect fabric to enforce completion of the invalidation of the copy of the target cache line. In response to the store complete request receiving a coherence response indicating success, the initiating processing unit permits an update to the target cache line requested by the multicopy atomic store instruction to be atomically visible.
US10216516B2
A processing device includes a store instruction identification unit to identify a pair of store instructions among a plurality of instructions in an instruction queue. The pair of store instructions include a first store instruction and a second store instruction. The first data of the first store instruction corresponds to a first memory region adjacent to a second memory region, and a second data of the second store instruction corresponds to the second memory region. The processing device to include a store instruction fusion unit to fuse the first store instruction with the second store instruction resulting in a fused store instruction.
US10216508B1
A configurable services platform for software installation and management defines standard interfaces through which it connects to user portals for multiple client domains and multiple services or repositories that fulfill service requests submitted through the user portals. The platform includes a memory storing domain-specific configuration information, including indexing keys or filtering criteria supported in the service requests, and identifiers of services or repositories to which service requests submitted by users in respective client domains are routed. Platform administrators input changes to the configuration information, such as the addition of new keys, through an administrative portal. The changes are pushed to local caches for the user portals, services, and repositories and are consumed by code implementing the user portals, services, and repositories without modifying the code. New services or repositories are added by building connectors to the new services or repositories in accordance with the standard platform interfaces.
US10216500B2
Methods and system for providing synchronization of a multi-threaded application includes analyzing a source file of the application to identify one or more synchronization annotations contained therein, wherein the synchronization annotations are defined using declarative statements. One or more synchronization annotation processors are identified and invoked for processing the one or more synchronization annotations identified in the source file so as to generate code files. The source file is compiled to generate one or more class files by compiling the procedural code within the source file to generate one or more class files, and compiling the code files to generate the one or more class files. The class files associated with the code files are used by the multiple threads during execution of the application to arbitrate access to methods and data manipulated by classes within the class files associated with the procedural code.
US10216491B2
Techniques are described for controlling availability of objects in a visual design tool for integration development. An integration developer may select a node to add to an integration and, in response, the integration cloud system can analyze the structure of the integration flow, query other nodes within the structure of the integration flow for configuration data, and generate available configuration options for the selected node. The integration cloud system can use the available configuration options to control the availability of objects by only providing the available configuration options for selection by the developer.
US10216483B2
One embodiment provides a system. The system includes a register to store an operand; a multiplier; and optimizer logic to initiate a first reduction stage to operate on the operand, initiate a second reduction stage prior to completion of the first reduction stage, and determine whether a carry propagation has occurred.
US10216482B2
The speed of pen position detection is improved without increasing the circuit area and the current consumption. A sampling circuit samples a signal and outputs sampling data. A arithmetic circuit calculates a real part and an imaginary part of the sampling data. The arithmetic circuit classifies the real part of the sampling data into one of a plurality of groups and classifies the imaginary part of the sampling data into one of the groups according to an order of output of the sampling data from the sampling circuit. Then, the arithmetic circuit adds together real parts of sampling data belonging to a group and adds together imaginary parts of sampling data belonging to a group for each of the groups, and calculates amplitude and phase of the signal by using an addition result of the real parts and an addition result of the imaginary parts of each of the groups.
US10216480B2
An aspect includes fetching a computer instruction, the fetching by an instruction fetch unit. It is determined that the instruction is a decimal divide instruction that specifies a decimal divisor and a decimal dividend. The decimal divisor is converted into a floating-point divisor and the decimal dividend is converted into a floating-point dividend. A floating-point division of the floating-point dividend by the floating-point divisor is performed by an instruction execution unit. It is determined that the floating-point division resulted in a quotient overflow. A reduced size floating-point dividend is generated based on the quotient overflow, the floating-point divisor, and the floating-point dividend. The floating point division of the reduced size floating-point dividend by the floating-point divisor is performed by the instruction execution unit, and a specified number of rightmost bits of the result is output as the quotient.
US10216478B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, computer program product and system for increasing sorting efficiency by utilizing a determined crossover point. Initially, a set of data, containing a number of tuples, to be sorted is received. A determination is made as to the number of radix sort iterations to perform based on the number of tuples of the received data. A countdown timer is set based on the determined number of radix sort iterations. Radix sorts iterations are performed recursively. After each iteration, the countdown timer is decreased. Upon the countdown timer reaching zero, one or more comparison sorts is performed on the remainder of the set of data not sorted by the radix sorting.
US10216474B2
A system and method for implementing interactive media content is provided. Interactive media content is received for communication to a user through at least wireless earpieces. User biometrics are measured utilizing the wireless earpieces. A user condition associated with the user biometrics is determined. Branching patterns of the interactive media content are modified in response to the user condition. The interactive content may be a game or story.
US10216472B2
An electronic device includes a microphone recording audio data comprising first and second sections, a screen capable of detecting input of strokes on a surface thereof, a receiver configured to receive stroke data representing strokes input on other electronic devices during a period of the recording, and a hardware processor. The hardware process is configured to determine a first number of users who performed or devices that processed handwriting inputs in the first section, determine a second number of users who performed or devices that processed handwriting inputs in the second section, conditionally display on the screen a first object representing the first section in a first display style, and conditionally display on the screen a second object representing the second section in a second display style, the first and second numbers being different and the first and second display styles being visually distinguishable from each other.
US10216470B2
A display screen and a display device are provided. The display device includes: a first display screen; a display screen group arranged on a back surface of the first display screen, the display screen group including at least one second display screen, and a display surface of the second display screen facing the first display screen; and a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft connecting a first side edge of each of the second display screens in the display screen group with a first side edge of the first display screen and being perpendicular to the first display screen and the second display screen. The display device has characteristics of adjustable display screen size and strong flexibility in use.
US10216469B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling an electronic device. The method may include: acquiring a user's location with respect to the electronic device; and determining a display direction of a screen displayed on the electronic device based on the acquired user's location and displaying a first screen in the determined display direction.
US10216464B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to wireless communication of print content. Examples include a remote printing request acquired by a remote printing server from a mobile device, the remote printing request including first print content and identifying a mobile device identifier. Examples further include second print content and the mobile device identifier acquired via direct wireless communication.
US10216461B2
An image forming apparatus 10 is configured to detect a human present in a first range (detection area A1) from the image forming apparatus 10 using an ultrasonic wave that is output at a first frequency from an ultrasonic sensor 611. If a human is detected in the detection area A1, the image forming apparatus 10 switches the frequency of the ultrasonic wave that is output from the ultrasonic sensor 611 to a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency, and is controlled to detect the human in a second range (detection area A2) that is smaller than the detection area A1. When a human is detected in the detection area A2, data communication is started using the ultrasonic wave output from the ultrasonic sensor 611.
US10216449B1
Embodiments are described for presenting a backed up data object to a client, in a native file format, in response to a request from the client to retrieve the requested data object. The request includes security attributes of the requested data object. If the security attributes in the request match the security attributes stored with the backed up data object, then the requested data objet is returned to the requesting client. When a backup is performed, metadata associated with each backed up data object is stored in the backup data set. When a request is received to restore a backed up data object, a metadata tree is constructed that represents the directory structure of the backed up data objects, and further includes security attributes for each data object and an offset into the backup data set where the requested data object can be found.
US10216442B2
The present disclosure relates to a location-aware data storage device. The data storage device may record previous locations of the data storage device and may identify a pattern of use based on the previous locations. The data storage device may determine a predicted location based on the pattern of use and may activate a storage medium when the data storage device is within a predetermined proximity to the predicted location.
US10216432B1
Systems and techniques are provided for managing performance of a backup environment. A set of rules are stored, with each rule specifying a threshold value of a backup configuration parameter. Configurations of the backup environment are periodically obtained. Each obtained configuration includes a current value of the backup configuration parameter. A determination is made for each configuration as to whether the current value exceeds a suggested value, where the suggested value is based on the threshold value. If the current value exceeds the suggested value, an entry including an alert of a first type is written to a log. The log is analyzed, and if the frequency of entries in the log including alerts of the first type exceeds a threshold frequency, an entry including an alert of a second type, different from the first type, is written to the log. The threshold value of the backup configuration parameter may specify a maximum number of backup streams or a maximum number of backup clients, for example. Alert notifications may be displayed that inform a user of impacts to the performance of a backup.
US10216425B1
Described is a system (and technique) to determine an appropriate path to a storage device and scheduling a data transfer by taking into consideration bandwidth, device performance, and the nature of the transfer. The system may use an efficient implementation to reduce overhead when making such a determination by utilizing a reservation table and selecting a dispatch that is efficient for a particular data transfer. For example, the system may determine a first-fit and a future-fit scheduling for an I/O request for each path to a storage device. The system may determine completion times for each of the types of scheduling for each of the paths, and accordingly, select the path and schedule with the earliest completion time.
US10216421B2
A method of operating a storage device, which communicates with a host using a serial interface to reduce power consumption, includes counting fillers transmitted from a physical layer (PHY) transmission module of the host to generate a count value, comparing the count value with a reference value, and cutting off power to a PHY phase locked loop (PLL) circuit of the storage device according to a comparison result.
US10216413B2
Techniques are provided by which memory pages may be migrated among PPU memories in a multi-PPU system. According to the techniques, a UVM driver determines that a particular memory page should change ownership state and/or be migrated between one PPU memory and another PPU memory. In response to this determination, the UVM driver initiates a peer transition sequence to cause the ownership state and/or location of the memory page to change. Various peer transition sequences involve modifying mappings for one or more PPU, and copying a memory page from one PPU memory to another PPU memory. Several steps in peer transition sequences may be performed in parallel for increased processing speed.
US10216412B2
Operating a data processing system including producing data in the form of plural blocks of data, where each block of data represents a particular region of an output data array, storing the data in a memory of the data processing system, and reading the data from the memory in the form of lines. Storing the data in the memory comprises storing each block of data of a first row of blocks of data in the memory at one or more memory addresses of a first set of memory addresses of a sequence of memory addresses for the memory, and storing each block of data of a second row of blocks of data in the memory at one or more memory addresses of a second set of different memory addresses of the sequence of memory addresses for the memory.
US10216410B2
Systems, devices and methods are disclosed that improve error correction in time-dependent character input systems. Error correction algorithms correct inaccurately entered words by identifying alternative button press type combinations that conform to the number of button presses in a button press type sequence. The number of possible alternative combinations compounds as the number of button presses in a sequence increases. The disclosed improvement reduces the number of possible alternative button press type sequences by including interspersed time-independent selection buttons among the time-dependent ones. The algorithm divides the button press type sequence into segments at each time-independent button press type of the sequence. The algorithm identifies alternative button press type sequences separately for each segment, converts possible alternative button press type segments to character sequence segments, and considers the possible combinations of reconnected character sequence segments and time-independent character assignments as possible word alternatives.
US10216407B2
A display control apparatus includes: a display section; a detecting section which detects an indication manipulation for a manipulation surface; and a control section which detects, if the indication manipulation for the manipulation surface is detected by the detecting section, an area in the manipulation surface indicated through the indication manipulation, and enlarges an image on the basis of the detected area to be displayed on the display section.
US10216406B2
The techniques described herein implement a classification process to evaluate information associated with a tool input (e.g., from an input tool such as a pen or a stylus) and a user touch input (e.g., from a finger or a palm of a hand) to determine whether the user touch input is an intended or an unintended touch input. The information evaluated may be associated with an arrival of the tool input relative to an arrival of the user touch input. The information evaluated may also be associated with a movement of the tool input relative to a movement of the user touch input. In various implementations, the techniques may calculate an evaluation score and compare the evaluation score to a confidence classification threshold. If a confident classification cannot be achieved, the techniques further the classification process as more information associated with the inputs is received.
US10216400B2
A display controller including a storage storing a list image including a plurality of object images, a display having a display area configured to concurrently display a particular number of object images, and a control unit configured to display the particular number of object images arranged along a particular direction in the display area, display a specific indication image indicating a specific direction along the particular direction, detect a dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction, detect a dragging operation amount of the detected dragging operation, and control the display such that the particular number of object images are scrolled in the particular direction at a scrolling speed, the scrolling speed being associated with the detected dragging operation amount.
US10216399B2
Methods for piecewise-linear and piecewise-affine transformations parameter decoupling in High Dimensional Touchpad (HDTP) user touch interfaces including those with multitouch capabilities are described. A calculation chain provides a first-order calculation of a subset of a collection of touch parameters (including for example left-right, front-back, downward pressure, roll angle, pitch angle, yaw angle) responsive in real-time to user touch on a touch-responsive sensor array. A piecewise-affine transformation is applied to these first-order calculations to produce parameter decoupling. The piecewise-affine transformation can be structured to depend only on current numerical values from the first-order calculation. Alternatively, the piecewise-affine transformation can be structured to additionally depend on the positive or negative direction of change over time of at least one numerical value from the first-order calculation, thereby providing a correction for hysteresis effects.
US10216398B2
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a flexible display configured to display an image, a driver configured to change a screen size of the flexible display, and a processor configured to control the driver to display an image corresponding to a content, at a screen size corresponding to a size of a content to be displayed in the flexible display.
US10216390B2
A method and device for executing an object on a display. The method of executing an object includes receiving a user input to an object displayed on a display; gradually enlarging and displaying the object; and executing the application corresponding to the object as the object is enlarged.
US10216389B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed at providing a mirror snapping system for selecting candidate snap points as endpoints for path segments with symmetry in a created image. In one embodiment, generating candidate snap locations from a newly created path segment can be accomplished by automatically constructing an axis of symmetry for the newly created path segment and reflecting created path segment endpoints in the design across the axis of symmetry. In a further embodiment, upon selection of a candidate snap location as the anchored endpoint for an unanchored endpoint of a path segment, line parameters associated with the candidate snap location can be implemented in the path segment. Such parameters can include weight, color, and curvature of the path segment. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10216369B2
Systems and techniques for employing perceptual characteristic similarity for item replacement in media content are presented. The system can include an identification component, a matching component and a replacement component. The identification component identifies at least a portion of an item in a media file. The matching component determines a replacement item from a set of candidate items based on a comparison between perceptual characteristics associated with the item and corresponding perceptual characteristics associated with the set of candidate items. The replacement component replaces the item in the media file with at least a portion of the replacement item.
US10216366B2
In various embodiments, the predicted location of a user within an institutional space is associated with a node at or near that location, and a virtual desktop is prepared before a user has actually logged on and authenticated. Although users are not accorded access to applications and sensitive data until they have properly authenticated themselves, the virtual desktop and associated data are assembled and retrieved in the background in order to eliminate delay following log-on.
US10216364B2
A system and method for the multiple selection of digitally stored objects and the link-tokens of each selected object for simultaneous presentation and examination of the selected objects with their associated linked objects and information, including organized array presentation for graphical thumbnails that represent the selected objects, as well as sub-framing, which allows intelligent partitioning of information associated with an object.
US10216361B2
Methods and systems for associating a standardized electronic icon with a user and displaying the icon with electronic communications of the user are disclosed. A computer implemented method includes: determining one or more icons to associate with an individual when the individual creates an electronic message; and at least one of selectively and automatically appending at least one of the one or more icons that are associated with the individual to the electronic message. The at least one of the one or more icons is subsequently displayed with the electronic message to a recipient to provide information about the individual to the recipient.
US10216357B2
An apparatus including a processor configured to: obtain image data representing an object for being displayed to a user, wherein the object is displayed on the basis of left eye image data and right eye image data obtained on the basis of the image data; obtain user eye position data representing a left pupil position and a right pupil position of the user; and generate a left eye image position for the left eye image data and a right eye image position for the right eye image data on the basis of the user eye position data.
US10216348B2
According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a substrate; a display area in which pixels each constituted by different color regions are arranged in a matrix and that includes color columns in which the color regions of the same colors extend side by side; a touch detection electrode that includes a plurality of conductive thin wires; and a drive electrode. Each of the conductive thin wires includes a plurality of portions at each of which the conductive thin wire extends in a direction at an angle with respect to a direction of extension of the color regions, and a plurality of bent portions at each of which the conductive thin wire is bent with the angle changed. The conductive thin wires include portions each overlapping all of the color columns in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the substrate.
US10216340B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a touch detection device comprising: a plurality of sensor pads disposed to form a plurality of rows and columns and forming a touch capacitance with a touch input tool; and a plurality of signal wirings for respectively connecting the plurality of sensor pads to a driving device, wherein at least one side of each of the plurality of sensor pads and at least one of the plurality of signal wirings include a plurality of segments forming an acute angle with a straight line parallel to the column direction.
US10216330B2
A touch sensor can be used with a finger and/or a pen configured to provide a touch input to the touch sensor. Some implementations involve touch capacitive touch sensing, although many implementations are also applicable to other touch and pen technologies, such as resistive, surface acoustic wave, bending wave, touch force, electromagnetic (E-M). Discrimination between intentional touches and unintentional touches on the touch surface can be performed using first criteria. For each touch identified as an intentional touch, discrimination between a finger touch and a pen touch can be performed using second criteria.
US10216314B2
A touch sensing apparatus includes a touch sensing surface having a plurality of TX electrodes and a plurality of RX electrodes. The touch sensing apparatus also includes capacitance sensing circuitry. The circuitry receives a plurality of drive signals. For each of a plurality of scanning stages, the circuitry applies a respective one of the plurality of drive signals to each of the plurality of TX electrodes substantially simultaneously according to a respective TX pattern. The respective TX pattern for each scanning stage is distinct. The circuitry receives sense signals from the plurality of RX electrodes. Each of the plurality of sense signals represents capacitance of a respective intersection of a respective TX electrode and a respective RX electrode. The circuitry then correlates the received sense signals for the plurality of scanning stages with the received drive signals to detect an object proximate to the touch panel.
US10216309B2
A touch screen is provided. The touch screen includes a first strain sensor located in a first region, a second strain sensor located in a second region, a first power supply and a first voltage detector. The first region is surrounded by the second region, the first power supply is configured to provide an operating voltage to the first strain sensor and the second strain sensor. The first voltage detector is configured to detect a voltage of a common terminal of the first strain sensor and the second strain sensor, and one terminal of the first voltage detector is connected to a first preset voltage, and the other terminal of the first voltage detector is electrically connected to the common terminal of the first strain sensor and the second strain sensor.
US10216297B2
A flexible, scalable hardware input device for interacting with a variety of devices ranging from a phone, to a media playback device to a steering wheel or a tablet PC is provided. The input device includes a set of mechanical input controls, each mapping to one or more independent functions and a set of touch sensitive input control areas (e.g., capacitive), where each touch sensitive input control area receives touch input independently. In addition, one or more of the touch sensitive input control areas interchangeably overlay one or more of the mechanical input controls, whereby interaction with the touch sensitive input control areas is processed together to determine a corresponding function for controlling the application, service or computing device.
US10216296B2
A method is provided to interface an active stylus with a sensor controller, wherein the sensor controller is coupled to a sensor configured to receive input from the active stylus. In the method the sensor controller caches stylus capability information of the active stylus. The stylus capability information includes setting information for inking used by an application program executed to display input from the active stylus on the sensor. The active stylus generates a hash value of the stylus capability information and transmits the hash value to the sensor controller when the active stylus enters a sensing zone of the sensor controller.
US10216286B2
A keyboard includes rows of keys defining a keyboard axis and side borders of the keyboard, the keyboard axis disposed mediate the side borders of the keyboard, the rows of keys disposed in series with each other along the keyboard axis, and the keyboard axis being disposed at an acute or obtuse angle relative to a user of the keyboard and being generally aligned along a length of an arm of the user holding the keyboard. Each key may be also defined by a unique region of numeric values or a unique region of color pixels allowing ease in changing keyboard location, size and orientation.
US10216284B2
Systems and methods for implementing retail processes based on machine-readable images and user gestures are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes capturing one or more images including a machine-readable image and a user gesture. The method also includes identifying the machine-readable image as being associated with a product. Further, the method includes determining whether the user gesture interacts with the machine-readable image in accordance with a predetermined gesture. The method also includes implementing a predetermined retail process in association with the product in response to determining that the user gesture interacts with the machine-readable image in accordance with the predetermined gesture.
US10216282B2
A display device for providing user interaction is disclosed. The disclosed display device comprises: a display body; a photographing unit including a camera module for detecting a user's gesture; and a driving unit for selectively moving the photographing unit to a first position where the photographing unit is received in the display body and to a second position or a third position where the photographing unit projects outward from the display body during photographing, wherein the driving unit keeps the photographing unit fixed at a certain point in the section between the second position and the third position.
US10216277B2
Systems and methods for generating and modifying a haptic effect are provided. Haptic effects are rendered in slow motion by modifying the various parameters associated with each haptic effect of a haptic effect sequence. For example, the magnitude, frequency, and/or duration of each haptic effect may be altered to accurately convey the haptic effect sequence in slow motion.
US10216273B2
An apparatus for effecting a control action in respect of a function within a virtual or mixed reality system, the control action corresponding to a predefined bodily movement of an authorized user of said function, wherein an authorized user is defined by a predetermined criterion in respect of a selected body part and/or a passive device carried thereon. The apparatus comprises a detection module for detecting a predefined bodily movement; a multi-spectral imaging system for capturing spectral reflectance and/or emission data at a plurality of wavelengths in respect of said selected body part and/or the passive device carried thereon; and an analysis module for comparing at least a portion of the spectral data with data corresponding to an authorized user of said function to determine if said criterion is met, and outputting a signal to effect said control action only if said criterion is met.
US10216268B2
A method for determining if a user's gaze is directed in the direction of a zone of interest in a 3D scene comprises: providing a 3D scene containing a zone of interest; associating a property with the zone of interest; creating a bitmap representing the location of the zone of interest in a projected view of the 3D scene, each pixel of the bitmap to which the zone of interest is projected storing the property of the zone of interest; detecting the direction of the user's gaze; using the bitmap to determine if the detected user's gaze is directed in the direction of the zone of interest.
US10216264B2
A signal acquiring device, including: a sensor, a signal converter and a signal transmitter, wherein the sensor is connected with the signal converter that is connected with the signal transmitter, and the sensor, the signal converter and the signal transmitter are all disposed on the body of a virtual reality apparatus; the sensor is used to detect action signals of the part of the wearer on which the virtual reality apparatus is worn, the signal converter is used to convert the action signals into electrical signals, and the signal transmitter is used to send the electrical signals to the virtual reality apparatus. The device has a high accuracy and improves experience of the wearer. A virtual reality apparatus and a control method thereof are also provided.
US10216253B2
A universal serial bus and a control method thereof are provided. Different voltages are respectively provided to circuit groups when a universal serial bus hub is in a suspend state and a normal working state, so as to reduce leakage current.
US10216252B2
In an approach for determining voltage and frequency pairs, the computer identifies an integrated circuit design. The computer identifies a timing model associated with the identified integrated circuit design. The computer identifies at least a nominal voltage, a nominal clock signal, and a voltage range associated with the integrated circuit design. The computer receives a number n that defines the number of at least one alternate voltage within the voltage range. The computer analyzes the identified integrated circuit based on the received number n for each number n for at least one alternate voltage within the voltage range. The computer calculates a nominal slack. The computer calculates one or more clock periods based on the calculated nominal slack. The computer provides a report based on the calculated one or more clock periods.
US10216248B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for controlling power consumption of an electronic device, which belongs to the technical field of smart devices. The method includes determining a type of an operating system of the electronic device, determining a monitoring scheme based on the type of operating system, monitoring in real time whether the operating system currently has a task to perform based on the determined monitoring scheme, and switching the operating system to a reduced power mode from a normal operation mode when the system currently has no task to perform. In the present disclosure, a common power consumption management can be implemented in uniform and brief software architecture. It can facilitate development of a framework, distribution of SDK. Moreover, it can eliminate the need to analyze specific operation characteristics of the devices, independent of the functions of the devices, broadly and flexibly applicable to a variety of devices.
US10216247B1
The self-powered device is configured to be powered by energy collected from a surrounding environment. The self-powered device includes an energy collector, and a memory having instructions for selecting one of a plurality of modes of operation. The energy collector is configured to collect energy to power the self-powered device from a surrounding environment in which the self-powered device is located. The plurality of modes of operation include: (i) a low-power mode of operation in which the self-powered device consumes less than a pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and the self-powered device uses less than its full capabilities, and (ii) and a high-power mode of operation in which self-powered device consumes more than the pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and the self-powered device uses its full capabilities. The instructions for selecting one of a plurality of modes of are configured to (a) select the low-power mode of operation when available energy becomes insufficient to fully power the self-powered device, and (b) select the high-power mode of operation when sufficient energy again becomes available to fully power the self-powered device.
US10216246B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes processing cores, and a central control unit to: concurrently execute an outer control loop and an inner control loop, wherein the outer control loop is to monitor the processor as a whole, and wherein the inner control loop is to monitor a first processing core included in the processor; determine, based on the outer control loop, a first control action for the first processing core included in the processor; determine, based on the inner control loop, a second control action for the first processing core included in the processor; based on a comparison of the first control action and the second control action, select one of the first control action and the second control action as a selected control action; and apply the selected control action to the first processing core. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10216245B2
To eliminate the adverse effects of power swings in a large scale computing system during the life cycle of an application or job, control of several operating characteristics for the collective group of processors is provided. By providing certain levels of coordination for the many processors utilized in large scale computing systems, significant and abrupt changes in power needs can be avoided. In certain circumstances, this may involve limiting the transition between several C-States of the processors involved and the overall power transitions for a large scale system are not detrimental and do not create issues for the data center or local power utility. Some cases will require stepped transitions between C-States, while other cases will include both stepped and modulated transitions. Other cases will incorporate random wait times at the various transitions in order to spread the power consumption involved. In yet further circumstances the C-States can be pinned to a specific setting, thus avoiding transitions caused by C-State transitions. To deal with further issues, the processor P-States can also be overridden.
US10216241B1
A system of antenna power management security may comprise a memory for storage in a standard absorption rate control register of code instructions executed to alter a transmitting antenna power level, and a processor operably connected to the memory executing code instructions of an antenna power management security system to store a randomly generated challenge number in a challenge register of the memory, determine a first response value based on the randomly generated challenge number, read a second response value determined by the processor executing code instructions of a basic input output system and stored in the memory, and if the first response value matches the second response value, allow the processor executing code instructions of the basic input output system to store a single command in the standard absorption rate control register within a preset time period, for later execution by the processor.
US10216214B2
A wheel button structure is provided. The wheel button structure includes a case part including an upper case through which a guide hole is formed, a wheel part rotating in the case part with respect to a rotation axis fixed to one side of the case part, connected to a transfer device operated while interlocked with the wheel part, and including a barrier wall formed on a surface facing the guide hole to wrap a plurality of times around the rotation axis, and a stopper including a lower portion inserted between a first part of the barrier wall and a second part of the barrier wall adjacent to the first part of the barrier wall and an upper portion inserted into the guide hole, wherein the stopper moves along the guide hole when the wheel part rotates.
US10216208B2
A voltage regulator having current sense capability may include an input node and an output node. A first output device may be electrically connected between the input node and the output node, and configured to control current flow through the first output device to regulate a voltage at the output node. A current sense circuit may be configured to produce a signal that is indicative of the current through the first output device. The current sense circuit may be configured to perform a first kind of offset compensation operation to reduce an offset voltage in an error amplifier of the current sense circuit, and to perform a second kind of offset compensation operation to reduce the offset voltage in the error amplifier.
US10216206B1
A voltage regulator apparatus with a rejection capability for high frequency power noise includes a low dropout linear regulator and a noise rejection circuit. The low dropout linear regulator has at least one operational amplifier which is powered by a power source, and the low dropout linear regulator is configured for receiving and regulating an input voltage signal to provide an output voltage signal for a load. The noise rejection circuit is coupled between the power source and the low dropout linear regulator, and is configured for providing a power noise rejection capability upon a high frequency part of a power signal of the power source to generate the power signal with less high frequency noise to the at least one operational amplifier.
US10216195B2
Various applications for use of mass estimations of a vehicle, including to control operation of the vehicle, sharing the mass estimation with other vehicles and/or a Network Operations Center (NOC), organizing vehicles operating in a platoon and/or partially controlling the operation of one or more vehicles operating in a platoon based on the relative mass estimations between the platooning vehicles. When vehicles are operating in a platoon, the relative mass between a lead and a following vehicle may be used to scale torque and/or brake commands generated by the lead vehicle and sent to the following vehicle.
US10216187B2
A vehicle includes a frame, drive elements configured to drive movements of the frame, and a computer configured to receive mission planning and manual commands and to control operations of the drive elements to operate in a safe mode in which mission commands are accepted but manual commands are refused, a manual mode in which mission commands are refused but manual commands are accepted and an enroute mode. The computer is further configured to only allow mode transitions directly between the safe mode and the manual mode and directly between the safe mode and the enroute mode.
US10216184B2
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, a apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising a reader and a controller operatively coupled to the reader, wherein the reader is configured to receive certificate data from an external tag and to provide said certificate data to the controller, and wherein the controller is configured to receive said certificate data from the reader, to verify whether the certificate data are valid, and to enable operation of the apparatus if the certificate data are valid. According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method for controlling the operation of an apparatus is conceived. According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding computer program product is provided.
US10216179B2
A monitoring control system includes: a safety control device that includes a state monitoring unit that monitors a state of a plant after emergency shut-down of the plant, and a work progress monitoring unit that monitors a work progress after the emergency shut-down of the plant; and a display device that displays, in a case where the emergency shut-down of the plant is performed by the safety control device, an emergency shut-down screen including a monitoring result of the state monitoring unit and a monitoring result of the work progress monitoring unit.
US10216170B2
Disclosed is a numerical controller that recognizes a range between a machining command for a tool number previously designated by an NC program for machining control and a machining command for the next tool number as a single machining process, generates a machining cycle command from the recognized single machining process, and generates an NC program in which the single machining process on the NC program is replaced by the generated machining cycle command.
US10216166B2
Third party developed control logic for automation controllers is provided to customers using a communication network. At least one tool is provided for a third party to develop control logic for an automation controller. The automation controller is remotely located from the communication network. A hardware platform on which to operate the control logic is selected. Once built, the control logic is linked to at least one operational characteristic of the hardware platform such that the control logic is operable to perform at least one predetermined function of the automation controller using the hardware platform.
US10216165B2
A system is disclosed for use in additively manufacturing a structure. The system may include an additive manufacturing machine, a memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the additive manufacturing machine to discharge a path of composite material, and to make a determination regarding existence of support located at a side of the path of composite material. The processor may be further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to selectively cause the additive manufacturing machine to compact the path of composite material after discharge with a variable pressure that is based on the determination.
US10216151B2
A power-consumption-amount estimation apparatus estimating a power consumption amount of an industrial machine including a motor, a machine driven by the motor, and an amplifier driving the motor, includes: an operation-pattern-information obtaining unit; a dynamics-information obtaining unit; a circuit-information obtaining unit obtaining amplifier information and motor information; and a power-consumption-amount calculation unit executing a process of calculating power of each of the motor and the regenerative resistor based on operation-pattern information, dynamics information, amplifier information, motor information, and a bus voltage simulated value and calculating power of the industrial machine based on the calculated power and execute a process of updating the bus voltage based on the calculated power of each of the motor and the regenerative resistor and the calculated power of the industrial machine, over a specified period, and calculating a power consumption amount of the industrial machine by integrating the calculated power of the industrial machine.
US10216147B2
An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.
US10216143B2
An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge having an image bearing member and a developer bearing member that bears a developer, and a detection unit configured to detect if the cartridge is new. A lubricant of a polarity opposite to a polarity of the developer is coated on the developer bearing member, and if the cartridge is detected to be new, prior to start of an image forming operation, a discharging operation of discharging the lubricant from a surface of the developer bearing member onto the image bearing member is performed. When a predetermined time elapses from a start of the discharging operation and before an end of the discharging operation, a potential difference between a surface potential of the image bearing member and a surface potential of the developer bearing member is set smaller than when the discharging operation is started.
US10216140B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a casing; photosensitive drums juxtaposed with each other in a juxtaposed direction; developing units each including a developing roller; an opening-closing member; and a first contacting-separating member. The opening-closing member is movable between an open position and a closed position. The first contacting-separating member is provided at the opening-closing member and movable relative to the casing in the juxtaposed direction for moving, in a state where the opening-closing member is at the closed position, the developing roller between an adjacent position adjacent to or in contact with the corresponding photosensitive drums and a separated position spaced apart from the corresponding photosensitive drums.
US10216137B2
The device of the present invention includes a frame that supports a switch and a link provided between an opening-closing member and the switch. The link has a first fulcrum forming portion supported at a first support portion of the frame to form a first fulcrum, a power-point portion pushed by the opening-closing member, a second fulcrum forming portion supported at a second support portion of the frame to form a second fulcrum, and a switch operation portion that presses the switch. The first fulcrum forming portion is separable with respect to the first support member. An urging member for urging the link is provided, with the urging member urging the first fulcrum forming portion toward the first support portion.
US10216135B2
An image forming apparatus includes a housing having a plurality of frames. At least one of the plurality of frames is a box-shaped frame with bent portions. The box-shaped frame has a first surface and a second surface overlapping the first surface, where the first surface has an insertion portion and the second surface has a receiving portion into which the insertion portion is configured to be inserted. The first surface and the second surface are connected to each other by insertion of the insertion portion in the receiving portion.
US10216133B2
A belt slippage correcting device includes: a belt moving part that moves a belt in a width direction of the belt; a slippage detector that detects a slippage of the belt in the width direction; a hardware processor that controls a movement of the belt caused by the belt moving part based on the slippage of the belt detected by the slippage detector; and an acquisitor that acquires paper sheet conveying property, wherein the hardware processor controls an amount of movement of the belt caused by the belt moving part based on the paper sheet conveying property acquired by the acquisitor.
US10216120B2
In certain examples, a liquid electrophotographic printer has a compressive element. The compressive element removes a portion of carrier liquid from an inked image on an imaging element. The compressive element is selectively engageable and a controller disengages the compressive element for a first layer of liquid toner so as to retain carrier liquid in the first layer, and engages the compressive element for a subsequent layer of liquid toner so as to remove a portion of carrier liquid from the subsequent layer.
US10216106B2
A method for producing a toner includes a step (1) of forming resin microparticles in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant, a step (2) of aggregating the resin microparticles to form aggregated particles, and a step (3) of heating and the aggregated particles and allowing the aggregated particles to coalesce to form toner particles, in which a resin component in the resin microparticles contains an olefinic copolymer and resin A, the resin A has an acid value of 1 mgKOH/g or more and 50 mgKOH/g or less, the resin A has a SP value of 19.0 (J/cm3)0.5 or more and 21.0 (J/cm3)0.5 or less, and the resin component has an olefinic copolymer content of 50% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the resin component.
US10216096B2
A lithography system includes an illumination source and a set of projection optics. The illumination source directs a beam of illumination from an off-axis illumination pole to a pattern mask. The pattern mask includes a set of pattern elements to generate a set of diffracted beams including illumination from the illumination pole. At least two diffracted beams of the set of diffracted beams received by the set of projection optics are asymmetrically distributed in a pupil plane of the set of projection optics. The at least two diffracted beams of the set of diffracted beams are asymmetrically incident on the sample to form a set of fabricated elements corresponding to an image of the set of pattern elements. The set of fabricated elements on the sample includes one or more indicators of a location of the sample along an optical axis of the set of projection optics.
US10216093B2
Disclosed is a system configured to project a beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate within a lithographic apparatus. The system comprises a mirror (510) having an actuator (500) for positioning the mirror and/or configuring the shape of the mirror, the actuator also providing active damping to the mirror, and a controller (515a, 515b) for generating actuator control signals for control of said actuator(s). A first coordinate system is used for control of said actuator(s) when positioning said mirror and/or configuring the shape of said mirror and a second coordinate system is used for control of said actuator(s) when providing active damping to said mirror.
US10216090B2
A pattern-forming method comprises forming a prepattern that is insoluble or hardly soluble in an organic solvent. A first composition is applied on at least lateral faces of the prepattern to form a resin layer. Adjacent regions to the prepattern of the resin layer are insolubilized or desolubilized in the organic solvent without being accompanied by an increase in a molecular weight by heating the prepattern and the resin layer. Regions other than the adjacent regions insolubilized or desolubilized of the resin layer are removed with the organic solvent. The first composition comprises a first polymer having a solubility in the organic solvent to be decreased by an action of an acid. At least one selected from the following features (i) and (ii) is satisfied: (i) the first polymer comprises a basic group; and (ii) the first composition further comprises a basic compound.
US10216089B2
Flexographic printing members are prepared by developing an exposed flexographic printing member precursor with an aqueous flexographic developer. The aqueous flexographic developer comprises: a) a fatty acid composition consisting of one or more saturated or unsaturated fatty acids or alkali metal salts thereof, each saturated or unsaturated fatty acid or alkali metal salt thereof independently having 12 to 20 carbon atoms, the fatty acid composition being present in an amount of 0.25-2.0 weight %, and at least 85 weight % of the fatty acid composition is composed of one or more C18 mono- or poly-unsaturated fatty acids or alkali metal salts thereof; b) an aminopolycarboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof in an amount of 0.05-0.30 weight %; c) a buffer compound in an amount of 05-0.60 weight %; and d) water. Such aqueous flexographic developers can also be provided in concentrated form and appropriately diluted before or during use.
US10216088B2
The disclosure relates to a photolithography method based on electronic beam. The method includes: providing an electronic beam; making the electron beam transmit a two dimensional nanomaterial to form a transmission electron beam and a number of diffraction electron beams; shielding the transmission electron beam; and radiating a surface of an object by the plurality of diffraction electron beams. The photolithography method is high efficiency and has low cost.
US10216087B2
Lithographic apparatuses suitable for, and methodologies involving, complementary e-beam lithography (CEBL) are described. In an example, a blanker aperture array (BAA) for an e-beam tool includes a first column of openings along a first direction. The BAA also includes a second column of openings along the first direction and staggered from the first column of openings. The first and second columns of openings together form an array having a pitch in the first direction. A scan direction of the BAA is along a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction. The pitch of the array corresponds to half of a minimal pitch layout of a target pattern of lines for orientation parallel with the second direction.
US10216075B2
A digital light projector having a plurality of color channels including at least one visible color channel providing visible light and at least one invisible color channel providing invisible light. The digital light projector including a projecting device projecting light from the plurality of color channels onto an environment in the form of an array of pixels which together form a video image including a visible image and an invisible image, the video image comprising a series of frames with each frame formed by the array of pixels, wherein to form each pixel of each frame the projecting device sequentially projects a series of light pulses from light provided by each of the plurality of color channels, with light pulses from the at least one visible color channel forming the visible image and light pulses from the at least one invisible color channel forming the invisible image.
US10216074B2
An image generation device includes an image generator, a stationary unit, a movable unit, a driver, and a wiring board. The image generator receives light and generate an image. The movable unit includes a movable plate movably supported by the stationary plate of the stationary unit, the image generator mounted on the movable plate, and a diffusion heat radiator connected to the movable plate, to cool the image generator. The driver relatively moves the movable unit with respect to the stationary unit. The driver includes a driving coil disposed in the radiator and a driving magnet opposed to the coil. The wiring board is connected to the movable unit, to pass a current through at least the coil. A movable area of the wiring board in which the wiring board moves with movement of the movable unit does not overlap any of the coil and the magnet in plan view.
US10216069B2
A camera strap comprises one or more instantly attachable and detachable coupling mechanisms for host multiple cameras. In some embodiments, the camera strap comprises six rotating points allowing the camera strap to adjust its configuration to fit the body configuration of the wearer, which provides comfort and prevents injury to the wearer.
US10216068B2
One embodiment provides an apparatus, including: an arm; a head that attaches to the arm; the head comprising a camera; and a base attached to the arm; the base including: a power and data connector; a device operatively coupled to the power and data connector; wherein the camera shares the power and data connector with the device of the base. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10216061B2
A contact image sensor comprises: a light source providing a collimated beam; a detector and a switchable grating array comprising first and second transparent substrates sandwiching an array of switchable grating elements with transparent electrodes applied to said substrates, said substrates together providing a total internal reflection light guide. A first transmission grating layer overlays said first substrate. A second transmission grating layer overlays said second substrate. A quarter wavelength retarder layer overlays said second transmission grating layer. A platen overlays said quarter wavelength retarder layer; a polarization-rotating reflecting layer overlaying said first transmission grating layer. An input coupler for directing light from said light source into said light guide and an output coupler for extracting light out of said light guide towards said detector are also provided.
US10216060B2
A liquid crystal lens, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The liquid crystal lens includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A first electrode is disposed on the first substrate. A retardation layer is disposed on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate. The retardation layer includes a plurality of steps having different heights. A second electrode is disposed on the second substrate. The second electrode includes a plurality of sub-electrodes, the plurality of sub-electrodes being one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of steps. The width of the sub-electrode is smaller than the width of the step corresponding to the sub-electrode. A gap is provided between two adjacent sub-electrodes. One edge of the gap is aligned with a step point of two adjacent steps. A liquid crystal is filled in a space between the retardation layer and the second substrate.
US10216054B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight device. The backlight device includes a light guide plate opposed to the back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, and light sources opposed to a light incident surface of the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes divided light guide plates, each having a first main surface, a second main surface, the light incident surface, and side surfaces cross to the main surface and the light incident surface, and an adhesive member connecting the side surfaces of the divided light guide plates to each other and having optical properties different from optical properties of the divided light guide plates.
US10216049B2
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the substrate, and a plurality of thin-film transistors on the substrate; each pixel electrode includes a plurality of first pixel electrodes and at least three second pixel electrodes as compensation pixel electrodes, an area of the substrate occupied by each compensation pixel electrode is less than an area of the substrate occupied by each first pixel electrode; the thin-film transistors are arranged in row in first direction and column in second direction, the thin-film transistors are electrically connected with the pixel electrodes in one-to-one correspondence, and orthographic projection of at least one second pixel electrode on the substrate does not overlap with orthographic projection of at least one thin-film transistor correspondingly connected with the at least one of the at least three second pixel electrodes on the substrate.
US10216045B2
Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The LCD device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, an alignment layer on at least one of the first and second substrates for alignment of liquid crystals in the liquid crystal layer, and a sealant in an edge area of each of the first and second substrates to bond the first substrate to the second substrate, the sealant including a diene compound.
US10216033B1
The disclosure discloses a color filter substrate, a method for fabricating the same, and a liquid crystal display panel, the color filter substrate includes: a base substrate; a photonic crystal layer formed on a side of the base substrate, wherein color resistance areas corresponding to sub-pixel elements in a one-to-one manner are arranged at the photonic crystal layer and color resistance areas in different colors are arranged alternately; an arrayed waveguide grating layer arranged on a side of the photonic crystal layer facing away from the base substrate, wherein there are different angles of gratings at the arrayed waveguide grating layer to control output light rays to be irradiated onto different color resistance areas of the photonic crystal layer at different incident angles; and a wave separating layer formed on a side of the arrayed waveguide grating layer facing away from the base substrate.
US10216031B2
A technique disclosed in the specification relates to preventing a reduction in aperture ratio and visible lines between bright and dark portions. A liquid crystal display in a technique disclosed in the specification includes a plurality of pixel arranged in a liquid crystal display panel in a plan view, a light blocking layer disposed between the plurality of pixels in a plan view, and a colorant layer provided to overlap each of the plurality of pixels. The light blocking layer includes a first region and a second region narrower than the first region in a plan view. The colorant layer has a transmittance lower in a region adjacent to the second region than a transmittance in a region adjacent to the first region.
US10216029B2
A photosensitive resin composition includes (A) a black colorant having a maximum transmittance in an ultraviolet (UV) wavelength range/minimum transmittance in a visible ray wavelength range of about 30 or greater, (B) a binder resin; (C) a photopolymerization initiator; (D) a photopolymerizable monomer; and (E) a solvent. A black column spacer using the photosensitive resin composition, and a color filter including the black column spacer are provided.
US10216026B2
A thin image display device is provided which is free from display defects caused by the deformation of an image display part and can display high brightness and high contrast images. The image display device includes an image display part 2, a light-transmitting protective part 3 arranged on the image display part, and a cured resin layer 5 interposed between the image display part 2 and the protective part 3. The cured resin layer 5 has a light transmittance in the visible region of 90% or more and a refractive index (nD) of 1.45 or more and 1.55 or less.
US10216013B2
Switches for electromagnetic radiation, including radiofrequency switches and optical switches, are provided. Also provided are methods of using the switches. The switches incorporate layers of high quality VO2 that are composed of a plurality of connected crystalline VO2 domains having the same crystal structure and orientation.
US10216003B2
Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a housing for supporting a first magnet, a bobbin including a coil disposed on an outer surface thereof and inside the first magnet so as to move in the housing in a first direction parallel to an optical axis by electromagnetic interaction between the first magnet and the coil, and upper and lower elastic members, each of which is provided at the bobbin and the housing and includes an inner frame coupled to the bobbin and an outer frame coupled to the housing, wherein at least one of the upper and lower elastic members is constituted by a printed circuit board.
US10215999B2
A macro lens includes: a first focus lens group having negative refractive power; and a second focus lens group arranged closer to an image side than the first focus lens group is arranged and having positive refractive power. At time of performing a focusing operation from an object at infinite to an object at a close distance, the first focus lens group travels toward the image side, and the second focus lens group travels with a traveling amount different from a traveling amount of the first focus lens group. The second focus lens group is configured of only one positive lens.
US10215993B2
A display apparatus and a home appliance including the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit, a transparent protection layer configured to be disposed on a front surface of the display unit and has a wider area than an area of the display unit, a half mirror layer configured to adhere onto a back surface of the transparent protection layer, reflect a portion of external light, and transmit light diffused from an image display area of the display unit, and a printing layer configured to be formed on a back surface of the half mirror layer and cover the display unit. A color of a background displayed in an image display area of the display unit in response to the display unit being turned on is equal to a color of the printing layer.
US10215986B2
Devices, systems and methods that include specialized waveguide assemblies are provided for performing light transformations. Some waveguide assemblies include a waveguide and a compensating lens. The waveguide includes a front surface and a back surface, wherein the waveguide is configured to receive external light at the front surface and transmit the external light through the waveguide to the back surface. The compensating lens is located on the back surface and is configured to direct light emitted from the back surface toward an exit pupil proximate the back surface. The compensating lens has an input surface oriented toward the waveguide and an opposing output surface oriented away from the waveguide. The waveguide can sometimes increase a user's field of view with minimal distortion on a mixed reality display.
US10215984B2
The present invention provides a projection system (10), preferably for a head-up display e.g. on board a vehicle, comprising a laser source (1), a diffuser (3) and telecentric optics (2) disposed between the laser and the diffuser so that the telecentric optics outputs parallel rays to the diffuser, the diffused light being thus independent from the incidence angle; each pixel of the projected image has the same brightness, regardless of the angle or of the position from which it is viewed.
US10215978B2
Disclosed is an eyepiece optical system with a large field-of-view angle, and a head-mounted display apparatus. The eyepiece optical system comprises a first lens group (G1) and a second lens group (G2) which are arranged coaxially and successively along an optical axis from a human eye to an image source and meet a certain focal length relationship. A distance (D12) between the first lens (L1) and the second lens (L2), a focal length relationship of lenses within the second lens group (G2) and the material properties of various lenses meet a certain relationship. The eyepiece optical system has the advantages of large aperture, large field-of-view, high resolution, low distortion, and small size, etc., and is suitable for a head-mounted display and similar apparatuses.
US10215974B2
A selective/single plane illumination microscopy (SPIM) arrangement having an illumination device (1) for generating a light sheet (3) illuminating a sample (2); and a detection device (5), comprising a detector (4), for detected light proceeding from the sample (2), is configured and refined in the interest of efficient and low-impact sample investigation with physically simple means in such a way that the detection device (5) comprises a device (6) for allocating different focal planes of the light sheet (3) to different regions (7) of the detector (4).
US10215956B2
An imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric; a fourth lens element with refractive power, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric; and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, which are both aspheric. The imaging lens system is further provided with an aperture stop, and there is no lens element with refractive power disposed between the aperture stop and the first lens element.
US10215950B2
To provide a high-strength titanium-copper foil suitable as a conductive spring material that can be used in an electronic device component such as an autofocus camera module. A titanium copper foil containing Ti in an amount of 2.0 to 4.0 mass %, a remainder being copper and unavoidable impurities, said foil having a 0.2 % yield strength of 1200 MPa or more in both directions parallel and perpendicular to a rolling direction, and a spring limit value of 800 MPa or more in both directions parallel and perpendicular to the rolling direction.
US10215943B2
Cabling a terminal access cable through a residence includes optically coupling an end of a subscriber cable to a first end of a terminal access cable within a transition anchoring the terminal access cable to an anchor surface (202) formed as a flange surrounding the side walls (203) of the transition box with adhesive; storing excess length of the terminal access cable at a storage location (207) within the transition box; routing the terminal access cable from the transition box to a wall outlet box; anchoring the terminal access cable to an anchor surface of the wall outlet box with adhesive; and routing a second end of the terminal access cable into the wall outlet box and optically coupling the second end to a port of an optical adapter disposed within the wall outlet box. A jumper cable can be optically coupled to the subscriber cable by plugging a connectorized end of the jumper cable into the port.
US10215938B2
A photoelectric conversion assembly is proposed. The photoelectric conversion assembly comprises a photoelectric conversion module having an interposer, at least one optical element and an optical bench. The at least one optical element is configured on the interposer, and the optical bench is used to support for the interposer. A circuit board is used to support for the photoelectric conversion module, having metal pads for coupling the at least one optical element. An optical transmission component is used for transmitting light. An optical ferrule is used for engaging with the photoelectric conversion module and an optical transmission component. A plug is used for electrically connecting the circuit board.
US10215932B2
A fiber optic ferrule with rear holes and a guide pin clamp allows for changing guide pins in the field. The guide pin clamp has a forward clamp portion to engage the rear face of the fiber optic ferrule, a rearward clamp portion configured to engage the biasing spring, and a guide pin retaining plate. The guide pin retaining plate is movable from a first position to a second position to allow for the removal or insertion of guide pins.
US10215929B2
The present disclosure discloses a plug protection cap that includes a main body, a connecting sleeve, and a traction stub. An accommodating cavity is disposed in the main body. An inlet is through the accommodating cavity that is disposed on an end face of one end of the main body. A locking part is disposed at a position that is on an inner circumferential surface of the accommodating cavity and that is near the inlet. One end of the connecting sleeve detachably sheathes one end that is of the main body and that is away from the inlet, and the other end of the connecting sleeve is rotatably connected to one end of the traction stub. The present disclosure further discloses an optical fiber connector assembly, a fiber plug, and a network device.
US10215925B1
Systems and methods are provided for stabilizing the resonance properties of a microring resonator modulator. Intrinsic optical absorption within the p-n junction of a microring modulator resonator is employed as a feedback signal for thermally stabilizing the microring resonator modulator. In some example embodiments, the input optical power provided to a bus waveguide that is optically coupled to the microring resonator modulator is sufficiently low such that the photocurrent dependence on input power is predominantly linear in nature, thereby avoiding or reducing the effect of nonlinear absorption through two-photon absorption. The example embodiments described herein may be employed to achieve a fabrication process that is free of heterogeneous device integration, for example, avoiding the integration of germanium detectors with a silicon-based integrated optical circuit or the need to sacrifice a portion of the ring resonator circumference for the integration of an extrinsic defect-mediated photodetector, thus reducing complexity and manufacturing cost.
US10215911B2
The light fixture includes a frame, an optically transmissive panel assembly, a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs), and driving circuitry. The frame has a frame length measured along a length axis and a frame width measured along a width axis, wherein the frame length is greater than the frame width. The optically transmissive panel assembly receives light from the set of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and emits light from an emission area in a patterned luminous intensity, using patterning optics adjacent a light guide plate. The driving circuitry is disposed within the frame and is operatively coupled to the set of LEDs and to a power supply external to the light fixture. The driving circuitry may include a first circuitry segment disposed within a first edge channel of the frame, and a second circuitry segment disposed within a second edge channel of the frame.
US10215910B2
A backlight unit includes a plurality of light source groups each including a plurality of light source units which generate light. The backlight unit further includes a light source substrate on which the light source groups are disposed and a plurality of light source drivers connected to the light source substrate to drive the light source groups. The light source substrate includes a first extension portion extended in a first direction. The light source units are disposed on the first extension portion. The light source substrate further includes a plurality of second extension portions extended from the first extension portion in a second direction crossing the first direction and a plurality of third extension portions extended from ends of the second extension portions in the first direction. The light source drivers are connected to the third extension portions to drive the light source groups.
US10215908B1
The present disclosure provides an optical waveguide and an optical device. The optical waveguide includes a first total reflection surface, a second total reflection surface, at least two transflective films, a first phase retardation film, and a second phase retardation film, each of the transflective films being configured to completely transmit light having a first polarization state, half transmit and half reflect light having a second polarization state, so that reflected light having the second polarization state propagates through the second phase retardation film and the second total reflection surface toward a target, thereby ensuring a transmission angle of the light output to the outside of the optical waveguide to be sufficiently small, which effectively solves the problem of the stray light, ensures the imaging quality, and improves the user's experience.
US10215907B2
The present invention relates to a substrate for color conversion, a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device comprising the same and, more specifically, to a substrate for color conversion for not only securing the long-term stability of quantum dots but also exhibiting excellent color conversion efficiency, a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device comprising the same. To this end, the present invention provides a substrate for color conversion, a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device, the substrate for color conversion comprising: a thin plate glass; a coating layer for quantum dots formed on one surface of the thin plate glass; a light guide plate disposed to face the coating layer for quantum dots, a light emitting diode being disposed on the sides thereof; and a sealing material which is formed between the thin plate glass and the light guide plate and which blocks the coating layer for quantum dots from the outside.
US10215904B2
A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source and a first prism film. The light guide plate includes a main body and plural oblique microstructures. The main body has a light-incident surface and at least one main surface connected to the light-incident surface. The main surface has a first area and a second area. The oblique microstructures are disposed in the first area. Each of the oblique microstructures has a first slope. A light source is disposed adjacent to the light-incident surface. The first prism film is disposed in front of the light guide plate. The first prism film has plural first prism microstructures. Each of the first prism microstructures has a second slope. One of the first slope and the second slope is a positive number, and the other one is a negative number.
US10215902B2
A single body, which is a base material that contains a dichromatic dye formed from an azo compound, that exhibits transmissivity of equal to or greater than 35% and a polarization degree adjusted to equal to or greater than 99% and is characterized in that a* and b* values, which are acquired for a polarization element or a polarization plate using JIS⋅Z⋅8729, have an a* and b* absolute value that is: less than 1 at the time of a single-body transmittance measurement; less than 2 when two sheets of the 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.
US10215901B2
There is provided a polarizer excellent in heat resistance. A polarizer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film containing iodine, wherein an end portion of the resin film has formed therein a high-concentration portion having a concentration of a substance that forms a counter ion of iodine higher than that of another portion.
US10215900B2
A long polarizing film laminate capable of producing a polarizer that can achieve the multi-functionalization and high-functionalization of an electronic device, such as an image display apparatus, that shows no variation in quality when provided as a final product, and that is excellent in yield in its production. A polarizing film laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a long polarizer; and a surface protective film arranged on one surface side of the polarizer. The polarizing film laminate has, on the one surface side, exposed portions where the polarizer is exposed. The exposed portions are arranged in a lengthwise direction and/or a widthwise direction of the polarizer at predetermined intervals.
US10215890B2
A lens assembly has two opposing surfaces, each surface introducing field curvature in a direction opposite of the field curvature introduced by the opposing surface, and thus the field curvatures introduced by the two surfaces at least partially cancel each other out, resulting in a net field curvature that provides for a substantially flat image plane or for an image plane with a specified curvature. The lens assembly may be implemented as a lens with two opposing Fresnel surfaces so that the field curvature in one direction introduced by one of the Fresnel surfaces is at least partially canceled out by the field curvature in the opposite direction as introduced by an opposing Fresnel surface. Alternatively, the lens assembly may be implemented as a lens with a positive continuous aspheric surface facing the user's eye and an opposing Fresnel surface facing the display panel.
US10215888B2
A method for manufacturing an optical lens, includes the steps of providing a blank (1) which includes an upper surface and a lower surface (33) for forming first and second lens surfaces (2), an edge surface (4) forming a first mechanical positioning reference point and a ramp portion (5) provided between the edge surface and the upper surface, which forms a second positioning reference point; providing a positioning ring (10) including a cavity defining an inner contour (20) concentric with the edge surface which forms a first complementary control reference point and a shoulder (21) forming a second complementary control reference point; fitting the blank into the cavity, the edge surface being in contact with the inner contour and the ramp portion being in contact with the shoulder; and locking the blank in position on a locking and supporting pin, the ring then being positioned there between.
US10215886B2
A method for determining an intersection between a polygon representing a boundary of a surface in an earth formation and a plane includes: receiving a polygon representing a boundary of a surface in an earth formation, the polygon having a series of straight segments with a point at each end of each of the segments; overlaying a cutting grid having grid planes over the polygon; identifying a specific pattern of two adjacent segments in the polygon by proceeding from a first segment to a second segment in a selected rotational direction; matching the specific pattern to a reference pattern; categorizing the point between the two adjacent segments as an intersection point or as a non-intersection point based on the reference pattern; the iterating the identifying, matching, and categorizing for each pair of adjacent segments in the polygon such that each point between adjacent segments in the polygon is categorized.
US10215882B2
The present disclosure provides methods for identifying chemical diverter material placed in a borehole region and provides chemical diverter material. In one embodiment, a method for detecting diverter material placed in a borehole region includes (a) obtaining a first data set by: emitting pulses of neutrons from the pulsed neutron source into the borehole region and detecting capture gamma rays resulting from nuclear reactions in the borehole region; (b) placing a diverter material comprising aqueous-swellable particles and a thermal neutron absorbing material into the borehole region; (c) obtaining a second data set by: emitting pulses of neutrons from the first pulsed neutron source or a second pulsed neutron source into the borehole region, and detecting capture gamma rays in the borehole; and (d) comparing the first data set and the second data set to determine the location of diverter material placed in the borehole region.
US10215875B2
A method of operation of a variable frequency metal detector having a driver circuit for establishing an alternating magnetic field in a coil system so as to generate an output signal at a given frequency, said driver circuit comprises a plurality of switches being arranged to cause the coil system to be driven at a frequency determined by the operation of the plurality switches, the method comprising the steps of generating an adjustable balance signal, combining the adjustable balance signal with the output signal of the detector, and varying the adjustable balance signal so as to provide a compensated signal whereby the output signal and/or the adjustable balance signal is filtered to remove one or more harmonics.
US10215873B2
The methods described are for determining distribution, orientation and dimensions of networks of hydraulically-induced fractures within a subterranean formation containing fluids. Detectable signals are generated by particles introduced into the fractures. In an exemplary method proppant-like particles are positioned in the formation during fracturing and allowed to generate a signal during or after fracturing activity. The detectable signals generated by the proppant-like particles are used to map fracture space.
US10215869B2
A method is described that includes receiving one or more seismic measurements corresponding to a plurality of source and receiver locations and providing an earth model for a geologic medium having a heterogeneous tilted symmetry axis. The earth model includes a nonzero shear velocity in the direction of the symmetry axis. The one or more seismic measurements are propagated over a plurality of time-steps in accordance with the earth model and a set of energy-conservative self-adjoint pseudoacoustic equations. The set of energy-conservative self-adjoint pseudoacoustic equations describes one or more seismic wavefields.
US10215866B2
A seismic modeling system may include a seismic model data storage device, and a processor cooperating with the seismic model data storage device to transform a seismic model spatial domain data set associated with a given region into a seismic frequency domain data set, where the given region includes a suspect region, transform a seismic model spatial domain data subset associated with the suspect region into a seismic frequency domain data subset, and perform inpainting of the seismic frequency domain data subset based upon the seismic frequency domain data set. The processor may further convert the inpainted seismic frequency domain data subset into an inpainted spatial domain data subset, and substitute the inpainted spatial domain data subset for the seismic model spatial domain data subset associated with the suspect region in the seismic model spatial domain data set associated with the given region.
US10215858B1
Examples relating to the detection of rigid shaped objects are described herein. An example method may involve a computing system determining a first point cloud representation of an environment at a first time using a depth sensor positioned within the environment. The computing system may also determine a second point cloud representation of the environment at a second time using the depth sensor. This way, the computing system may detect a change in position of a rigid shape between a first position in the first point cloud representation and a second position in the second point cloud representation. Based on the detected change in position of the rigid shape, the computing system may determine that the rigid shape is representative of an object in the environment and store information corresponding to the object.
US10215849B2
A Continuous Transmission Frequency Modulated (CTFM) detection apparatus includes a projector, a sensor, and a hardware processor. The projector is configured to transmit underwater a frequency modulated transmission wave based on a transmission signal. The sensor is configured to form a reception beam directed downward and laterally outward to a side of the boat or the ship and receive a reflected wave, the reflected wave comprising a reflection of the transmission wave on a target object. The hardware processor is programmed to at least generate a beat signal based at least in part on the transmission signal and the reflected wave, extract a processing signal from the beat signal, and generate an image information related to the target object based on the extracted processing signal.
US10215848B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for improved scanning ladar transmission, including but not limited to an example embodiment where a dynamic scan pattern for a scanning ladar transmission system includes interline skipping and detouring.
US10215847B2
A method of performing ranging and detection with an array lidar system and the array lidar system include a first illuminator to transmit a first pseudorandom binary sequence of pulses, the first pseudorandom sequence of pulses resulting in first reflections, and a second illuminator to transmit a second pseudorandom sequence of pulses, the second pseudorandom sequence of pulses being transmitted at least partly concurrently with transmission of the first pseudorandom sequence of pulses, the second pseudorandom sequence of pulses resulting in second reflections. A receiver receives the first reflections and the second reflections and associates the first reflections with the first illuminator based on a result of correlating the first reflections with the first pseudorandom sequence of pulses and a result of correlating the first reflections with the second pseudorandom sequence of pulses, the receiver includes an optical detector array and a processor.
US10215846B2
A LIDAR system includes a static monolithic LIDAR transceiver, a collimating optic, and a first rotatable wedge prism. The static monolithic LIDAR transceiver is configured to transmit a laser beam and receive reflected laser light from a first target object. The collimating optic is configured to narrow the transmitted laser beam to produce a collimated laser beam. The first rotatable wedge prism is configured to steer the collimated laser beam in a direction of the first target object based on the first rotatable wedge prism being in a first position.
US10215844B2
A method of controlling a radar alignment apparatus includes calculating a first target information by using a first radar and a second target information by using a second radar spaced apart from the first radar on a vehicle by a predetermined interval. The method includes determining whether the first target and the second target are a same target based on comparing at least some of the first target information with the second target, and determining whether misalignment exists in at least one of the first radar and the second radar based on a comparison of a first angle included a first target information with a second angle included in a second target information, correcting the misalignment by using the first target information and the second target information when it is determined that the misalignment exists in at least one of the first radar and the second radar.
US10215842B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to frequency correction for pulse compression radar. In one implementation, a method may include generating a first transmission signal using a pulse compression radar system based on an ideal waveform signal. The method may also include measuring a frequency of the first transmission signal at an output of a transmitter module. The method may further include comparing the measured frequency of the first transmission signal and a frequency of the ideal waveform signal. The method may additionally include generating pre-distortion coefficients based on the comparison, where the pre-distortion coefficients are configured to compensate for a difference between the measured frequency of the first transmission signal and the frequency of the ideal waveform signal. In addition, the method may include generating a compensated transmission signal using the pulse compression radar system based on the pre-distortion coefficients and the ideal waveform signal.
US10215829B2
A method to process information from a wellbore tool is disclosed having steps of placing a wellbore nuclear magnetic resonance tool in a wellbore to a scan a geological formation, activating the nuclear magnetic resonance tool to send signals to and receive signals from the geological formation, acquiring the received signals from the geological formation wherein the received signals have an echo shape, storing the echo shape according to at least one of a quadrature phase and a nominal signal phase, computing an echo shape from all of the received signals, determining a presence of a noise from the received signals, defining a noise filter based upon the received signals from the nuclear magnetic resonance tool and using the filter to remove noise from the received signals.
US10215825B2
The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance structure with a cavity or a reserved space that provides contrast and the additional ability to frequency-shift the spectral signature of the NMR-susceptible nuclei such as water protons by a discrete and controllable characteristic frequency shift that is unique to each MRS design. The invention also relates to nearly uniform solid magnetic resonance T2* contrast agents that have a significantly higher magnetic moment compared to similarly-sized existing MRI contrast agents. The invention also relates to a magnetic resonance sensor that alters it shape in response to a condition of an environment such that the condition may be detected.
US10215824B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores processor-executable instructions that cause the processor to detect cross-sectional positions of a plurality of cross-sectional images to be acquired in an imaging scan from volume data; acquire the cross-sectional images in sequence based on the cross-sectional positions by executing the imaging scan; and after the first cross-sectional image is acquired in the imaging scan, generate a display image, and display the display image on a display, the display image being an image in which a cross-sectional position of a second cross-sectional image which is detected from the volume data is superimposed on the first cross-sectional image, the second cross-sectional image being a cross-sectional image before being acquired and intersecting with the first cross-sectional image.
US10215823B2
In order to determine the position of a reception coil in a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner of an MR apparatus, wherein the instrument has a reception coil, MR data are acquired from the reception coil along one direction in the scanner, and are provided to a processor that determines a position specification from the acquired MR data. The processor determines the position specification by initially executing a training period, using a first position specification establishment method, in order to produce a training period dataset, and then the training period dataset is used to establish a final position specification with a second position specification establishment method that differs from the first position specification establishment method.
US10215819B2
A wireless RF coil unit according to the embodiment includes at least one receiver, a converter, a mixer and a filter. The at least one receiver receive a first analog signal having a first frequency synchronized with a first clock of a device different from the coil unit, and a second analog signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency. The converter converts the first analog signal into a first digital signal, and the second analog signal into a second digital signal, in accordance with a second clock of the coil unit. The mixer generates a multiplication signal of the first digital signal and the second digital signal. The filter passes a predetermined frequency component in the multiplication signal and outputs an intermediated frequency signal.
US10215815B2
A power supply monitoring device, comprising a monitoring circuit that includes a first charge comparing unit configured to generate a first comparison result based on a first pulsating signal, a second charge comparing unit configured to generate second comparison result based on a second pulsating signal, and a power interruption detection unit configured to output a detection signal based on whether the first and second comparison results indicate a supply of power has been interrupted.
US10215814B2
Systems and methods for cognitive alarm management in a power grid are described. In one embodiment, sensor measurements are transformed to determine the state of a power grid. Given current state information relating to the power grid, various analyses of the alarms may be conducted to produce various rankings of the alarms (e.g., by severity, graph analyses, etc.). In an embodiment, using power flow analysis, an optimal ranking is identified from the rankings in which a causal alarm is prioritized for resolution. Given the resolution of the causal alarm, remaining alarms (either all or a sub-set) may be resolved without further action. Thus, an embodiment provides an appropriate ranking of alarm conditions in a power grid such that the optimal resolution of alarms may be achieved. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US10215811B2
An electronic circuit and method for measuring currents during charging and discharging of a secondary battery are disclosed having a secondary battery, at least one shunt for determining the electrical current during charging and/or discharging of the secondary battery by measuring the voltage drop over the shunt, a switchable electrical load, two connectors for connecting a preferably switchable power supply to the electronic circuit for charging the secondary battery and a voltage measuring device. A first shunt is connected in series between the electrical load and the secondary battery, and a second shunt is connected in series between one of the two connectors for connecting the power supply and the secondary battery, wherein the first shunt and the second shunt are connected to the same one of the two battery terminals of the secondary battery, and in that the voltage measuring device comprises only one voltage tapping connected to the electrical conduit between the first shunt and the switchable electrical load and measuring the electrical potential with respect to ground, as defined by the ground potential of the voltage measuring device.
US10215810B2
A battery monitoring system includes: an input circuit to which voltage signals of battery cells are inputted; a multiplexer selecting a battery cell for voltage detection from the battery cells, selecting voltage signals inputted from the input circuit, and outputting the selected voltage signals; first and a second voltage measuring circuits simultaneously measuring voltages based on the voltage signals in first and second routes outputted from the multiplexer; a comparator comparing measurement results by the first voltage measuring circuit and by the second voltage measuring circuit; and a control unit that judges, on a basis of a comparison result by the comparator, at least one of a voltage of each battery cell, an operation check of equalizing the voltages of the battery cells, a presence or absence of a disconnection of a detection line of each battery cell, and a presence or absence of a failure in the multiplexer.
US10215806B2
The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for accessing test compression architectures (TCA) in a device using either a parallel or serial access technique. The serial access technique may be controlled by a device tester or by a JTAG controller. Further the disclosure provides an approach to access the TCA of a device when the device exists in a daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customer's system. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.
US10215801B2
A contact inspection device includes: plural probes each having a first end to be brought into contact with a test object; a probe substrate including contact portions in contact with respective second ends of the probes; a probe head through which the probes extend and which is detachably attached to the probe substrate; and plural positioning members which are provided on a surface of the probe head facing the probe substrate and through which the probes extend. Each probe has a rotation restricted portion provided on the side of the second end. Each positioning member has rotation restricting portions adapted to engage the rotation restricted portions. When the positioning members are moved relative to each other, the rotation restricting portions align the probes and switch the probes from a rotation unrestricted state to a rotation restricted state.
US10215800B2
Embodiments contained in the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for device specific thermal mitigation. The thermal and power behavior of the device, is characterized. A thermal threshold is then determined for the device. The thermal data and thermal ramp factor for each device are determined and stored in a cross-reference matrix. A correlation factor is determined for temperature and frequency. These correlation factors determine a device mitigation temperature. The device mitigation temperature may be stored in a fuse table on the device, with a fuse blown on the device to permanently store the device mitigation temperature. The apparatus includes: an electronic device, a memory within the electronic device, and a set of fuses within the electronic device. The device also includes means for determining if a static or dynamic frequency is high, and means for mitigating a voltage and frequency used by the device, based on that determination.
US10215795B1
A method of monitoring a gate of a transistor includes monitoring a gate voltage of the transistor; measuring a first time difference between when a gate control signal is asserted and when the gate voltage of the transistor crosses a first voltage threshold based on the monitoring; measuring a second time difference between when the gate voltage of the transistor crosses the first voltage threshold and when the gate voltage of the transistor crosses a second voltage threshold based on the monitoring; and determining whether the first time difference falls within a first time window, and whether the second time difference falls within a second time window.
US10215794B2
A partial discharge sensor evaluation method includes a first frequency characteristic measuring process in which, in a state where a reference antenna 3 for which a frequency characteristic in an effective height is known and a measuring antenna 2 are installed on a flat ground 1 to be separated by a predetermined distance from each other, a transmission characteristic measurer 4 measures a frequency characteristic of a transmission characteristic between the reference antenna 3 and the measuring antenna 2, and a second frequency characteristic measuring process in which, in a state where a measured antenna 9 is installed inside a cylindrical ground 6 buried in a circular opening 5 formed at a position where the reference antenna 3 has been installed, the transmission characteristic measurer 4 measures the frequency characteristic of the transmission characteristic between the measured antenna 9 and the measuring antenna 2.
US10215787B2
A radio wave measurement device enabling highly sensitive measurements of radio waves at an extremely low temperature is disclosed. The radio wave measurement device has a radiation-blocking filter through which a targeted radio wave is transmitted, a radio wave-transparent material to reflect a non-targeted electromagnetic wave included in radio waves, and a radio wave detector which are placed in a vacuum vessel, in which the radio waves are transmitted through the radiation-blocking filter, the non-targeted electromagnetic wave included in the radio waves is reflected toward the radiation-blocking filter by the radio wave-transparent material and collected as heat into the radiation-blocking filter, and the heat is exhausted out of the system, allowing the radio waves transmitted through the radio wave-transparent material to be measured with high sensitivity by the radio wave detector.
US10215784B1
A measuring system, during a measurement process thereof, uses a phase-locked loop mechanism of a stator phase voltage and a stator phase current of a three-phase AC motor to effectively remove harmonics and to sense and obtain the amplitude effective values of the phase voltage and the phase current of the three-phase AC motor and the phase difference between the phase voltage and phase current. Therefore, the measuring apparatus is capable of quickly and accurately calculating the input power of the motor without having to measure the parameters of the motor.
US10215782B2
A device measures the current in an inductive load using two separate current-measuring paths to detect the current in the inductive load. The inductive load is connected between first and second nodes, and the first node connected to a first voltage. The device includes first and second transistors cascaded together between the first node and a third node that is connected to a second voltage. First and second sense amplifiers measure the current in the inductive load. The first and second sense amplifiers are connected to at least one terminal of the first and second transistors. Two blocks sample and hold signals from the first and second sense amplifiers, which represent, respectively, the currents in the two separate current-measuring paths. The two currents are subtracted in a comparison node for generating an error signal that is compared with a predefined window and if outside the window a failure signal is generated.
US10215780B2
A current sensor includes a primary conductor through which a current to be measured flows and a first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor that each detects an intensity of a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the primary conductor. The current is diverted into two flow channels and flows through the primary conductor in a length direction of the primary conductor. The primary conductor includes an arch portion that extends in the length direction while bending to project in one thickness direction of the primary conductor, and defines one of the two flow channels. The first magnetic sensor is disposed on an inner side of the arch portion and is located on a side of an undersurface of the primary conductor. The second magnetic sensor is located on a side of a surface of a portion of the primary conductor which defines the other one of the two flow channels.
US10215779B2
There is provided a non-contact voltage measurement device which can precisely measure a measurement target voltage by suppressing a flow of a leakage current via a parasitic capacitance produced between an electric field shield and an electric circuit. A drive voltage applying unit applies a voltage generated from an output voltage of a low impedance unit of the electric circuit and equal to an input voltage of a high impedance unit, to a first electric field shield coated on the high impedance unit.
US10215775B2
Some embodiments of the invention are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for forming structures or devices (e.g. microprobes for use in die level testing of semiconductor devices) from a core material and a shell or coating material that partially coats the surface of the structure. Other embodiments are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for producing structures or devices (e.g. microprobes) from a core material and a shell or coating material that completely coats the surface of each layer from which the probe is formed including interlayer regions. Additional embodiments of the invention are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for forming structures or devices (e.g. microprobes) from a core material and a shell or coating material wherein the coating material is located around each layer of the structure without locating the coating material in inter-layer regions.
US10215774B2
The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving silicon interposers to include test circuitry for testing stacked die mounted on the interposer. The improvement allows for the stacked die to be selectively tested by an external tester or by the test circuitry included in the interposer.
US10215772B2
A micromechanical structure for an acceleration sensor, including a seismic mass that is constituted definedly asymmetrically with reference to the rotational Z axis of the structure of the acceleration sensor, spring elements that are fastened on the seismic mass and on at least one fastening element, a rotational motion of the seismic mass being generatable by way of the spring elements substantially only upon an acceleration in a defined sensing direction within a plane constituted substantially orthogonally to the rotational Z axis.
US10215759B2
In one aspect, the present invention relates to a mammalian cell-based high-throughput assay for the profiling and screening of human epithelial sodium channel (hENaC) cloned from a human kidney c-DNA library and is also expressed in other tissues including human taste tissue. The present invention further relates to amphibian oocyte-based medium-throughput electrophysiological assays for identifying human ENaC modulators, preferably ENaC enhancers. Compounds that modulate ENaC function in a cell-based ENaC assay are expected to affect salty taste in humans. The assays described herein have advantages over existing cellular expression systems. In the case of mammalian cells, such assays can be run in standard 96 or 384 well culture plates in high-throughput mode with enhanced assay results being achieved by the use of a compound that inhibits ENaC function, preferably an amiloride derivative such as Phenamil. In the case of the inventive oocyte electrophysiological assays (two-electrode voltage-clamp technique), these assays facilitate the identification of compounds which specifically modulate human ENaC. The assays of the invention provide a robust screen useful to detect compounds that facilitate (enhance) or inhibit hENaC function. Compounds that enhance or block human ENaC channel activity should thereby modulate salty taste in humans.
US10215756B2
The present invention relates to: a composition for diagnosing pancreatic cancer, containing a preparation for measuring the expression level of a protein or a gene thereof, and capable of being used for determining whether there is a risk of pancreatic cancer; a kit; and a method for diagnosing pancreatic cancer by using the same. The present invention can significantly predict or identify the risk of pancreatic cancer or a precancerous lesion of pancreatic cancer, the early diagnosis thereof and the extent of diseases thereof by providing a diagnostic marker of pancreatic cancer, and can be utilized in the research of pancreatic cancer oncogenesis. In addition, the diagnostic method of the present invention can provide simple and early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer from the blood and the like in a non-invasive manner.
US10215751B2
The present invention provides novel fluorescent dyes and kits containing the same, which are useful for labeling a wide variety of biomolecules, cells and microorganisms. The present invention also provides various methods of using the fluorescent dyes for research and development, forensic identification, environmental studies, diagnosis, prognosis and/or treatment of disease conditions.
US10215744B2
Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances.
US10215740B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a chromatography column, in particular for a gas phase chromatography, comprising a stationary phase made from a sol.This method comprises the following steps: (a) introducing this sol at the first end of the column, (b) moving said sol towards the second end of the column, so that a sol layer is formed on the internal wall of the column, this layer being able to form a gel on said internal wall, and (c) drying of the gel. The present invention also relates to a capillary column as well as to a microcolumn which may be manufactured according to this method.
US10215736B2
An acoustic monitor detects and logs events based on the acoustic characteristics of the event. The acoustic monitor is placed on a power transmission tower, and a baseline acoustic signature is established. Events can be defined by variance from the baseline, or by matching one of a set of predefined acoustic signatures. When an event is detected, the acoustic monitor logs the event. A repair person queries the acoustic monitors to narrow down where the event occurred to be between two towers, and can then query the acoustic monitors on those two towers. Using the timestamps of the event in each of the towers, and using the known speed of sound in air, the repair person can quickly calculate the location of the event from both towers. By knowing the location of the event, the repair person knows exactly how to quickly access the location to make the needed repairs.
US10215734B2
The application relates to a method for testing a workpiece using ultrasound in a curved region of the surface of said workpiece, having the following steps: a plurality of ultrasonic signals are emitted from a plurality of transmitting positions into the workpiece a corresponding ultrasonic echo signal is received for each ultrasonic signal the ultrasonic echoes having amplitudes representing local maxima are determined for each transmitting position if an individual ultrasonic echo having an amplitude representing a local maximum was determined for a transmitting position in, the associated ultrasonic echo signal of said echo is selected if a plurality of ultrasonic echoes having an amplitude representing a local maximum were determined for a transmitting position, ultrasonic echo signals are selected if only an individual ultrasonic echo having an amplitude representing a local maximum was determined for an adjacent transmitting position at least the selected ultrasonic echo signals are evaluated.
US10215721B2
Dilatometer systems for measuring characteristics of material samples are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dilatometer system includes a reactor adapted to receive the test sample, a density trap in fluid communication with the reactor, a first fluid selectively filling the reactor and a portion of the density trap, and a second fluid selectively filling a portion of the density trap. The first fluid and the second fluid are immiscible with one another and selectively form an immiscible fluid boundary in the density trap. The dilatometer system further includes a heater that selectively heats the first fluid.
US10215717B2
Techniques, systems, and devices are disclosed for analyzing a point of closest approach (PoCA) image of a volume of interest (VOI) comprising a set of recorded PoCA points from charged particle detector measurements to detect an object within the VOI. The VOI is partitioned into a set of equally-sized bins with each bin including a subset of the PoCA points. A bin metric is determined for each bin. A subset of the bins is selected based on the detected bin metric with the subset of bins being most likely to contain objects. A potential object for each selected bin is determined by determining a location and a size for the potential object based at least on the PoCAs inside the bin. A figure of merit (FOM) of the potential object is determined as a measure of the likelihood that the potential object is truly a threat object.
US10215716B2
An x-ray inspection system includes a cabinet including an x-ray source, a sample support supporting a sample to be inspected, and an x-ray detector. The system further includes an air mover configured to force air into the cabinet through an air inlet in the cabinet above the sample support. The air mover and cabinet are configured to force air through the cabinet from the air inlet past the sample support to an air outlet in the cabinet below the sample support. The cabinet may be constructed to provide an x-ray shield. The x-ray inspection system can be used in a clean room environment to inspect items such as semiconductor wafers.
US10215690B2
A method for estimating a value of a kerogen property in a subsurface formation where the value of the kerogen property is unknown. The method includes: measuring spectral intensity values over an infrared (IR) spectral range for a selected sample from the subsurface formation; determining a range of values representing the measured spectral intensity values corresponding to a vibrational mode attributable to kerogen in the selected sample, the range of values including values representing uncertainty in the measured spectral intensity over the portion of the spectral range; and inputting values from the range of values into a stochastic or simple regression model to determine an estimated value of the kerogen property in the selected sample.
US10215686B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a corrosion resistance evaluation method and evaluation device that make it possible to estimate crevice corrosion depth and pitting depth in a short period of time. A corrosion resistance evaluation method according to the present invention is characterized in that the surface potential of a metal under evaluation is measured in a state in which the metal is immersed in a usage-environment liquid, the surface potential distribution of the metal is determined, the surface potential differences in the microstructure of the metal are calculated on the basis of the surface potential distribution, and the corrosion rate of crevice corrosion and corrosion rate of pitting are predicted using the maximum surface potential difference from among the calculated surface potential differences as an evaluation index for corrosion evaluation.
US10215678B2
A system for conducting a maximum specific gravity test includes a sealable container for receiving and holding an asphalt mixture sample, a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the container for evacuating the container, a valve in fluid communication with the container, a shaker for shaking the container, and a controller. The controller can operate the system in a test mode by: (i) turning on the vacuum pump; (ii) automatically monitoring a vacuum pressure in the container with the vacuum pump on; (iii) automatically turning on the shaker when the monitored vacuum pressure reaches a target vacuum pressure value; (iv) automatically opening or closing the valve such that the monitored vacuum pressure in the container is maintained within a target vacuum pressure range for a predetermined period of time with the shaker on; and (v) automatically turning the shaker off at the end of the predetermined period of time.
US10215667B1
A sampling and preparation system is positioned in a coal and biomass co-fired power station, which includes a sampling pipe connected with a boiler flue of the co-fired power station. The sampling pipe from the end close to the boiler flue to the other end away from the boiler flue includes a filtering device, a mass flow controller, a carbon dioxide trap and a pumping device. The sampling and preparation system also includes a carbon dioxide transfer device and a 14C testing device. The carbon dioxide transfer device is applied to transferring the carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide trap to the 14C testing device which is applied to measuring the 14C in the carbon dioxide sample. The system may calculate the biomass blending ratio of the coal and biomass co-fired power station rapidly.
US10215649B2
A force detector includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a circuit board provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an element mounted on the circuit board and outputting a signal in response to an external force, wherein a hole is formed in the circuit board at a location where the element is placed, and a first convex part inserted into the hole and protruding toward the element is provided on the first substrate. Further, the element is placed within a periphery of the first convex part as seen from a direction perpendicular to the first substrate.
US10215637B2
A method of defining a software configuration for a hyperspectral imaging apparatus includes: creating a plurality of different functionalities, each based on at least one wavelength range; storing one or more of the created functionalities into a hyperspectral image processing model; generating a hyperspectral application for a specific hardware implementation of the hyperspectral imaging apparatus by configuring the hyperspectral application to utilize one or more of the created functionalities of the hyperspectral image processing model; and setting a selection of wavelengths as a control parameter in the hyperspectral application for controlling the specific hardware implementation of the hyperspectral imaging apparatus during an image capture. The selection of wavelengths is based on the wavelength ranges of the utilized one or more created functionalities.
US10215635B2
Aspects of blending data detected by a monochromator over multiple wavelength ranges is described herein. In one embodiment, the monochromator includes a diffraction grating, a grating drive motor that rotates the diffraction grating to provide, by diffraction of broadband light, first dispersed wavelengths of light and second dispersed wavelengths of light, a detector that detects a first reflection from the first dispersed wavelengths of light and a second reflection from the second dispersed wavelengths of light, and processing circuitry that blends data values from the first reflection and data values from the second reflection together to provide a spectrum of combined data values. By blending data detected over multiple ranges, measurements of relatively high precision and quality can be provided over a wider spectral range.
US10215633B2
A miniature spectrometer comprises an input port, a light sensor, a miniature diffraction optical grating, an optical grating accommodation slot, a cushion, and an affixing plate. The miniature spectrometer may further comprise a waveguide device, and the optical grating accommodation slot is positioned in a space defined by an opening of the waveguide device. The input port receives an optical signal which proceeds in the waveguide device. The miniature diffraction optical grating separates the optical signal into numerous spectral components to be projected onto the light sensor. The cushion is stacked on the miniature diffraction optical grating, with both disposed in the optical grating accommodation slot. The affixing plate is disposed on the waveguide device to apply a compressing force on the cushion to affix the miniature diffraction optical grating in the optical grating accommodation slot.
US10215632B2
A method and spectral light-based apparatus with an embedded (built-in) spectral calibration module for acquiring multi-spectral reflectance images from a digital camera are disclosed. The apparatus may be an attachment device, which may be integrated with a consumer digital camera (such as smartphone camera), and may measure and/or estimate spectral reflectance and true color values for an object recorded by the camera. An example apparatus comprises an array of monochromatic light sources, preferably pulsed LEDs, irradiating in a time-multiplexed manner to generate light spectra in the range of 400 nm-1000 nm, an optical lens to limit the field of view of the attached camera, an electro-mechanical shutter or plate with its inner (reflection) surface coated with a diffuse reflectance standard to ensure flat spectral response, and an interface module for synchronizing the time-multiplexed light spectra with the coated shutter opening and closing and with the digital frames acquired by the camera, such that the true spectral reflectance and true color value of an object can be measured.
US10215625B2
A laser vehicle headlight system for detecting an incident laser light and outputting a headlight includes a headlight body, an optical unit and a light leakage detecting unit. The optical unit is disposed on the headlight body and receives the incident laser light. The optical unit includes a fluorescent member which is disposed on an initial light path of the incident laser light and is illuminated by the incident laser light to induce a stable light traveling along a stable light path. The light leakage detecting unit is disposed on the headlight body. The light leakage detecting unit includes a first elliptical reflecting surface and a light detector. The first elliptical reflecting surface has a first elliptical reflecting focal point and is corresponding to the fluorescent member. The light detector is disposed at the first elliptical reflecting focal point of the first elliptical reflecting surface.
US10215624B2
An integrated optical tap monitor takes the form of a highly-reflective outer coating disposed over the active region of an associated photodetector. The coating is of a material that allows for a majority of the impinging optical signal to be re-directed into an output path, while passing a small portion of the signal into the photodetector's active region for monitoring purposes. The integrated configuration is small enough to be housed within a standard TO can, and additional optical components (filters, attenuators, etc.) may be co-located with the integrated tap monitor. By virtue of incorporating the monitoring function with a reflective surface, the integrated tap monitor may be substituted for a turning mirror at any place along a signal path and provide the benefit of power monitoring while also performing signal re-direction.
US10215615B2
To realize a stable operation and the suppression of heat generation in the case where an excitation current supplied from a converter is used to generate a power source voltage, a standard signal generator is provided. The standard signal generator includes an input circuit that includes: a rectification circuit that rectifies an excitation current; a resistor that is provided between a power source voltage output terminal for supplying a power source voltage and an output terminal of the rectification circuit; an amplification circuit that outputs an output voltage obtained by amplifying a voltage across both ends of the resistor; and a constant voltage circuit that performs control such that the power source voltage is constant. A power source voltage switch switches the power source voltage with the constant voltage circuit being controlled in accordance with the result of a comparison between the output voltage and a prescribed threshold value.
US10215609B2
A method for measuring fill level of a fill substance. Transmission signals are sent and their fractions reflected on reflectors in the container and received as received signals. Based on the received, echo functions are derived and wanted echos of predetermined wanted echo types respectively contained in the echo functions and identifiable based on predetermined echo recognition methods are ascertained. Each wanted echo is a local maximum and is attributable to a reflection on a reflector associated with its wanted echo type. Echo quality of each wanted echo is determined. The echo quality is higher, the more peak shaped the echo function is in the region of the respective wanted echo, and the fill level is determined taking into consideration echo qualities of the wanted echos.
US10215607B2
Described and shown is a method for operating a flowmeter (1) having a measuring tube (2), wherein the flow (d) of a medium (4) through the measuring tube (2) is measured. A continuous dwell time of the measured flow (d) greater than or equal to a flow threshold (ds) is assigned to a flow interval (ΔtD,1, ΔtD,2) and a flow volume (V1, V2) is determined from the measured flow (d) in the flow interval (ΔtD,1, ΔtD,2). In each case, a continuous dwell time of the measured flow (d) less than the flow threshold (ds) is assigned to a zero flow interval (ΔtN,1). In each case, a deviation volume of the flow volume (V1, V2) in one of the flow intervals (ΔtD,1, ΔtD,2) from a reference flow volume is determined and the deviation volume is compared to a threshold deviation volume. If the deviation volume in one of the flow intervals (ΔtD,1, ΔtD,2) is less than the threshold deviation volume, a zero flow through the measuring tube (2) is determined and compensated using the measured flow (d) in the zero flow interval (ΔtN,1) directly preceding the flow interval (ΔtD,1, ΔtD,2).
US10215603B2
An ultrasonic consumption meter includes two ultrasonic transducers for emitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, a flow channel, an electronic circuit for operating the meter, and a housing for the ultrasonic transducers and the electronic circuit. The housing is locked in position relative to the flow channel by a locking mechanism, and the flow channel has two holes for allowing the housing to get into contact with a media flowing in the flow channel.
US10215599B2
A fluid sensing device is provided, including a main body and a light sensing unit. The main body includes a casing and a rotary member. A containing chamber is formed in the casing. The rotary member is rotatably disposed in the casing, and the rotary member has at least one transparent portion. A fluid flows into the containing chamber to drive the rotary member rotating around a central axis. The light sensing unit includes a first light transceiver module and a second light transceiver module disposed near the main body in an asymmetrical manner with respect to the central axis to transmit and receive the light passing through the translucent portion.
US10215597B2
A fluid monitoring assembly includes a conduit having a wall defining a lumen for carrying fluid. A sensor mount is integrally formed with the wall of the conduit and extends generally transverse with respect to a longitudinal axis of the conduit, the sensor mount including an aperture defining an inner surface extending to the lumen. The assembly includes a sensor configured to be removably secured within the sensor mount, the sensor having an elongate body terminating at one end thereof in a sensing portion, the elongate body having a male projection on a portion thereof and configured to rest within the inner surface of the sensor mount. The assembly further includes a housing having first and second portions connected to one another, the housing defining an interior portion configured to encapsulate the conduit, at least a portion of the elongate body of the sensor, and the sensor mount.
US10215587B2
A method for detecting a human's steps and estimating the horizontal translation direction and scaling of the resulting motion relative to an inertial sensor is described. When a pedestrian takes a sequence of steps the displacement can be decomposed into a sequence of rotations and translations over each step. A translation is the change in the location of pedestrian's center of mass and a rotation is the change along z-axis of the pedestrian's orientation. A translation can be described by a vector and a rotation by an angle.
US10215584B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for storing and accessing traffic data images in a limited bandwidth environment. A traffic map image database is stored in a navigation device, where the database includes a plurality of traffic map images. A traffic condition is determined for a location of the navigation device. A traffic map image is retrieved from the database using a processor, where the traffic map image reflects the traffic condition for the location of the navigation device. The traffic map image is displayed on the navigation device.
US10215583B2
Multi-level navigation monitoring and control is provided. A system includes a lane marking manager determining a first boundary line, a second boundary line, and a centerline of a current lane of travel. The system also includes a confidence level determiner assigning a first confidence level to the first boundary line, a second confidence level to the second boundary line, and a third confidence level to the centerline. Further, the system includes a user interface outputting representations of the first boundary line, the second boundary line, and the centerline based, at least in part, on the first confidence level, the second confidence level, and the third confidence level.
US10215580B2
A configuration includes: a search unit to access to a map database storing map information to search for a destination corresponding to an input linguistic expression, using a plurality of search criteria provided with orders of priority; and a destination setting unit to set a first destination corresponding to the input linguistic expression, in accordance with the orders of priority.
US10215579B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for estimating driving information, the apparatus receives a driving route of a vehicle, generates speed deviations corresponding to points on the driving route, and generates a speed profile that is a sequence of predicted speeds corresponding to the points based on the speed deviations and average speeds corresponding to the points.
US10215578B2
A path computing method, system, and computer program product, include extracting unpleasant data from a database to create a multi-variate spatio-temporal density function, collecting a tolerance level of a user, and computing a path for the user based on the tolerance level and the density function.
US10215574B2
A transport facilitation system is disclosed that can facilitate pick-ups in connection with a transportation arrangement service. The transport facilitation system can initially receive a pick-up request from a user device of a requesting user and select a driver to service the pick-up request. The transport facilitation system can transmit an invitation to service the pick-up request to a driver device of the driver and receive a confirmation to service the pick-up request from the driver device. Thereafter the transport facilitation system can, detect, from the user device, a sensor pattern corresponding to a hailing action performed by the requesting user using the user device. In response to detecting the sensor pattern, the transport facilitation system can initiate a selected display pattern on a graphical user interface (GUI) of the user device to enable the driver to identify the requesting user.
US10215570B2
A system is provided that manages a geographic space including a route on which a moving object moves, including a plurality of subsystems operable to respectively manage maps of a plurality of regions obtained by dividing the geographic space, and a region manager operable to adjust loads of the subsystems by dynamically changing a boundary of at least one region among the plurality of regions. Also provided is a method and computer program product.
US10215564B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide automatic and substantially continuous calibration for compasses mounted to moving structures. A compass calibration system may include a logic device configured to receive one or more sensor signals and determine a corrected magnetic field based, at least in part, on a measured local magnetic field. The logic device may be adapted to receive an angular velocity, an acceleration, the measured local magnetic field, and/or a speed of a mobile structure; generate stabilized roll and pitch components of an orientation of the mobile structure based, at least in part, on the acceleration and angular velocity; and determine the corrected magnetic field based, at least in part, on the speed, the local magnetic field, the stabilized roll and pitch components, and/or the angular velocity.
US10215562B2
A method for producing an item data set representing the three-dimensional configuration of an item includes accepting a first input data set, the first input data set including first data representing at least a first three-dimensional configuration of a first three-dimensional object; accepting a second input data set, the second input data set including second data representing at least a second three-dimensional configuration of a second three-dimensional object; adapting one or both of the first data input set and the second data input set to be combined to obtain an item data set representing a three-dimensional configuration of the item; and combining the first input data set and the second input data set to obtain the item data set. Other methods for producing item data sets and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US10215551B2
An agile optical imaging system for optical coherence tomography imaging using a tunable source comprising a wavelength tunable VCL laser is disclosed. The tunable source has long coherence length and is capable of high sweep repetition rate, as well as changing the sweep trajectory, sweep speed, sweep repetition rate, sweep linearity, and emission wavelength range on the fly to support multiple modes of OCT imaging. The imaging system also offers new enhanced dynamic range imaging capability for accommodating bright reflections. Multiscale imaging capability allows measurement over orders of magnitude dimensional scales. The imaging system and methods for generating the waveforms to drive the tunable laser in flexible and agile modes of operation are also described.
US10215541B2
A target is described that includes a plurality of clay targets and a clay target connector having a plurality of clamping ends. Each clamping end is releasably connected to a clay target. A target support structure is described that includes a tension line and a first and second support leg. The tension line is suspended between the first and second support leg with a horizontal tension. First and second guy lines are connected to first and second support legs. A target is suspended from the tension line. The target includes a plurality of clay targets and a clay target connector. The clay target connector includes a plurality of clamping ends. Each clamping end of the plurality of clamping ends is releasably connected to a clay target of the plurality of clay targets. A method to suspend a target is also described.
US10215527B2
A system for manipulating an engagement interface associated with securing accessories to a firearm. The system includes at least one accessory mount adapter that includes a first side that is constructed to cooperate with an engagement interface defined by a structure, such as a hand guard, that is securable to a firearm. A second side of the adapter defines a second engagement interface that is different than the first engagement interface and is configured to removably cooperate with a firearm accessory.
US10215520B1
A safety device connected to a shooting device or a crossbow includes a safety member that is moved to restrict an activating member from pivoting to prevent unintentionally shooting when replacing arrows at the ready-to-shoot status of the crossbow. A resilient member is used to pull the transmission plate to move toward the second end of a case of the crossbow to deactivate the restriction to the positioning member such that the positioning member pivots and protrudes beyond a notch of the case to stop the shooting action of the string. After a new arrow is positioned, the safety member is moved again to drive the transmission plate from the second end to the first end of the case, and the activating member is released from restriction and the arrow is ready to shoot.
US10215518B1
The present disclosure generally relates to extractors for extracting cartridges from firearms, as well as bolts including the extractors, and barrels or barrel extensions configured to receive the bolts and extractors. The extractor includes a support brace having a width greater than 0.095 inches. A barrel extension includes a shortened lug to accommodate an extractor having a support brace with a width greater than 0.095 inches.
US10215513B2
A firearm compatible with pistol magazines and cartridges is disclosed. The firearm may include an upper receiver. The firearm also may include a bolt carrier having at least one fixed bolt carrier key extending therefrom. In addition, the firearm may include a recoil spring guide rod. The at least one bolt carrier key may be slidably attached to the recoil spring guide rod. A recoil spring may be disposed on the recoil spring guide rod between the at least one bolt carrier key and a recoil bumper.
US10215510B2
The invention relates to a method for processing heated material (1), wherein the material is guided along a conveying path and is covered and protected against heat loss in the region of the conveying path by at least one reflector element (2), wherein the reflector element (2) is cooled by means of a liquid. According to the invention, in order to guarantee efficient cooling of the reflector without costly measures, the liquid is glycol or comprises glycol or the liquid is alcohol or comprises alcohol or the liquid is thermal oil.
US10215508B2
A tank for a heat exchanger includes a casing including a substantially planar header opening formed therein and a foot disposed around a perimeter of the header opening. The foot forms an outwardly extending flange from which a pair of oppositely arranged walls extend, the oppositely arranged walls forming an arcuate shape including a spine extending along an apex of the arcuate shape. The oppositely arranged walls each have a corrugated profile adjacent the foot due to the presence of outwardly projecting ribs formed in the oppositely arranged walls. Each of the ribs extend lengthwise from the foot toward the spine, wherein a distal end of each of the ribs is formed adjacent a neutral stress portion of the casing which undergoes a minimal stress when the casing is subjected to an internal pressure from a fluid flowing there through.
US10215504B2
An apparatus for cooling an electronic component has a planar top member of a thermal energy conductive material and a parallel planar bottom member of the material, the planar bottom member including a surface having regions configured for heat exchange contact with the electronic component. The joined planar top and bottom members have a sidewall structure of reduced height (and generally the height of the cold plate) between active areas in order to improve flexibility. The stiffness of the sidewalls is reduced by very advantageously reduce the height of the sidewalls. In one embodiment, the sidewalls are shorter in height corresponding to regions only between active areas. Alternatively, the sidewalls are of reduced height everywhere by insetting the active areas within the top and/or bottom sheets.
US10215497B2
A heat exchanger including a stacking block, including: a first plate surface; a second plate surface opposite to the first plate surface; and first and second flow path plates including respective plural first and second through holes that have a standard shape. The first through holes are arranged to line up in a standard array pattern in a first direction in which a first flow path causes a first fluid to flow. The second through holes are arranged in the first direction in the same standard array pattern as the first through holes. Each of the first through holes have an area with a same overlap with the second through holes positioned on both sides of the first through holes, in the first direction. The first flow path is formed by the first and second through holes being mutually joined in the first direction, in the areas of overlap.
US10215496B2
The heat exchanger includes a cool conduit (2,3), a hot conduit (4) and a heat exchanging element (1) arranged between the cool conduit (2,3) and the hot conduit (4). The heat exchanger also includes at least one further conduit (3,2) arranged next to the cool conduit (2,3) or to the hot conduit (4) on a same side of the heat exchanging element (1) as said respective cool or hot conduit. The further conduit is separated from the respective cool or hot conduit by a separator (5) that includes two separating elements (51,52) arranged at a distance to each other and forming a cavity (53) between the two separating elements (51,52). The separator restricts a fluid flow into or in the cavity (53) such as to limit a heat exchange between the further conduit (3,2) and the respective cool or hot conduit on the same side of the heat exchanging element (1).
US10215490B1
An accessory stand system for use with blender stand and blender pitcher. In this system, one or more posts are deattachably attached and extended from blender stand. In addition, one or more pegs are pivotally, deattachably attached along a length of one or more posts and one or more sides of blender pitcher.
US10215489B2
A method and a device used to variably obtain a compressed-gas product by means of the low-temperature separation of air in a distillation column system. In a first operating mode, a first amount of first compressed-gas product is obtained, and, in a second operating mode, a second, smaller amount is obtained. In the first operating mode, a first amount of high-pressure column nitrogen is compressed in a nitrogen compressor and in the second operating mode, a second, larger amount is compressed in the nitrogen compressor.
US10215487B2
The present invention relates to the control systems of the compression refrigerating machines, namely, to the methods of control of the natural gas liquefaction process to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG), and can be used for liquefaction and cooling of natural gas on the most major technological lines and LNG production plants, working on the mixed refrigerant (MR). The method of control of the natural gas liquefaction process on the mixed refrigerant-operating LNG production plant comprises a periodic measuring of the current parameters of the said process, and controlling composition of the mixed refrigerant entering the main cryogenic heat exchanger, in order to achieve the optimal process parameters. Carnot factor is used as an optimality criterion for parameters of the process. The mixed refrigerant composition is controlled by direct calculation on the basis of the current process parameters and equation of state (for example, Peng-Robinson equation of state) of the substance amount of the mixed refrigerant components required to obtain in the main cryogenic heat exchanger the temperature profile corresponding to the optimal process parameters, and to introduce the said components into the main cryogenic heat exchanger. The invention improves efficiency of the natural gas liquefaction process and, as a result, minimizes specific compressor power required for LNG production.
US10215482B2
A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage chamber, a door opening or closing the storage chamber, and a dispenser provided at the door. The dispenser includes a dispenser housing that is recessed backward into the door to define a container accommodation space. A control panel unit includes a display part and a dispensing mode selection part. An image corresponding to the dispensing mode selected through the dispensing mode selection part is displayed on the display part as a moving picture by a control from a controller.
US10215467B2
An ice maker having a housing defining an interior volume, with an ice tray rotatably coupled with the housing and horizontally suspended across the interior volume thereof. The ice tray has ice wells, defined along the bottom by a bottom surface and the sides by an interior surface of at least one containment wall, wherein the containment wall has an upper portion, including a top surface of the containment wall and the interior surface adjacent the top surface. The upper portion of the containment wall has an insulating layer applied thereto. A tray for use in the ice maker and method of manufacturing the tray are also provided.
US10215463B2
The invention relates to a monitoring system with control of a refrigeration container and a refrigeration container connection socket box. A connection cable is connected to the compatible plug-in port commonly formed in refrigeration containers. The connection socket box connecting connection cables is used to collect the state information of each refrigeration container transferred to a management server, so that a monitoring system applicable to all kinds of refrigeration container is provided, and can transfer a control signal for the refrigeration container through the compatible plug-in port, thus making it possible to remotely control the refrigeration container. Hence the system is simplified so as to reduce the cost and improve the stability of the system. The function of monitoring the state information and the function of measuring the power consumption of the refrigeration container are also provided so as to reasonably calculate the cost of the actual power consumption.
US10215458B2
A falling film evaporator (12) for a heating ventilation and cooling (HVAC) system includes a housing (52) and a plurality of evaporator tubes (26) positioned at least partially in the housing (52) through which a volume of thermal energy transfer medium is flowed. A distribution system (34) is located in the housing to distribute a flow of liquid refrigerant (20) over the plurality of evaporator tubes (26). The distribution system (34) includes a distribution vessel having a plurality of drip openings (38) to flow the liquid refrigerant onto the plurality of evaporator tubes (26), a feed pipe (42) to flow refrigerant into the distribution box (36), and one or more pressure regulators (58) in the distribution system, thereby regulating the flow of liquid refrigerant.
US10215454B2
A cooling system including a first cooling apparatus thermally exposed to a space to be cooled. The cooling system further includes a second cooling apparatus thermally exposed to the space to be cooled and thermally exposed to the first cooling apparatus. Heat discharged from the second cooling apparatus powers the first cooling apparatus.
US10215453B2
A motorcycle air conditioning device, a motorcycle rider cooling device, and an air conditioning cooling system are described that include using a thermoelectric device and/or a turbo fan mountable on a motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, or utility task vehicle. The motorcycle air conditioning device, the motorcycle rider cooling device, and the air conditioning cooling system may thus provide directed cooled air for a rider. In implementations, the motorcycle air conditioning device includes a heat dissipation assembly; a cooling assembly further including a a thermoelectric device; and a housing assembly configured to provide an enclosure to the heat dissipation assembly and the cooling assembly, where the housing is configured to be coupled to a motorcycle or other vehicle and provide cooled air to a rider and/or user.
US10215452B2
A heat-medium flow-path switching device and a heat-medium flow-rate adjusting device are integrated into an integrated heat-medium flow-rate adjusting device. The integrated heat-medium flow-rate adjusting device is configured to perform the heat-medium flow-path switching function and the meat-medium flow-rate adjusting function by driving and controlling a single drive unit. Moreover, the integrated heat-medium flow-path switching device is configured to perform a function of closing flow paths from/to a use-side heat exchanger added to the heat-medium flow-rate adjusting function.
US10215447B2
A solar thermal absorber including a spectrally selective filter comprising a stack of dielectric layers and one or more semiconductor absorber layers. The dielectric layers are transparent to infrared radiation and have a refractive index contrast, and the semiconductor absorber layers have a band gap, such that the semiconductor absorber layers absorb at least a portion of the solar spectrum and the stack reflects infrared radiation.
US10215445B1
A thermosiphon system for hot water heaters. In an embodiment, the thermosiphon includes a multi-tubular structure which in an embodiment is insertable through the cold water connection in a hot water tank in order to provide for a thermosiphon action in the hot water heater, to keep water circulating and prevent temperature stratification of water in the tank. In another embodiment, a thermosiphon design is fabricated within a water heater tank at the factory.
US10215443B2
A molded, carved, stamped, or otherwise manufactured apparatus covers an HVAC register. The apparatus provides an air enhanced lounging place for pets while simultaneously facilitating air-flow from the register to a room it is part of. Reinforcing ribs may provide for the directing of airflow under the apparatus to openings in walls of the apparatus. Electronic circuitry, including sensors, processors, or radios, may detect use by a pet, or even contact by a human, and trigger, or transmit a message to, a user's device such as a smartphone or computer. The circuitry may interoperate with an interactive home monitoring system and trigger the streaming of video from its camera(s) focused on, or in proximity of, the accessory apparatus. An application on a user device may process signals transmitted from the apparatus's circuitry to remotely determine information associated with room environment and/or the pet.
US10215442B2
A diverter duct for a ventilation system includes a main body defining an inner surface, a first portion including an inlet, a second portion located downstream of the first portion, a third portion including an outlet, an opening located between the first portion and the third portion, and an air deflector positioned within the main body downstream of the first portion to deflect a portion of the air from the inlet of the main body towards the opening. A first contoured section is formed in the first portion of the main body. The first contoured section may direct air received from the inlet towards the opening at a first operating condition. A method of installing the diverter duct includes coupling the inlet with an upstream fan, and coupling the outlet with an outlet fan, such that selective operation of the inlet and outlet fans cause vary airflow though the outlet or the opening.
US10215440B1
A heat exchanger and method which is able to perform in different seasons. The heat exchanger has an upper header and a lower header. Multiple heat pipes extend between the upper header and the lower header, with each of the multiple heat pipes having an evaporator section at one end and a condenser section at the opposite end. The direction of heat flow through the multiple heat pipes is variable depending on ambient air conditions applied to the heat exchanger. A pump is provided in fluid communication with the upper header and the lower header. The pump operates when the heat exchanger is operating in a second mode in which the evaporator section is located above the condenser section, and the pump is disabled when the heat exchanger is operating in a first mode in which the condenser section is located above the evaporator section.
US10215434B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for an environmental control system in which a genetic learning algorithm creates scenes and scene triggers and in which a fitness function scores the scenes through end-user interaction.
US10215428B2
A washstand furniture includes a wash bowl, a water supply assembly that supplies water to the wash bowl, a drainage assembly that drains the water, and a cabinet. An inner cabinet is provided under the wash bowl. An outer cabinet covers an outside of the inner cabinet. A dryer discharges air heated by a heater into the space defined in the cabinet. A first module is provided in the space defined in the inner cabinet, and an interior of the first module is dried using the air discharged from the dryer. A second module is provided in the space defined in the inner cabinet, and an interior of the second module is dried using air discharged from the first module. An external connection channel is defined between the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet to guide the air discharged from the first module to the second module.
US10215427B2
An air conditioning system (1) includes an outdoor subsystem, an indoor subsystem and a power module (3) for driving a cooling medium. The outdoor subsystem is configured with a plurality of parallel branches (4) and said branches (4) comprise a branch inlet and a branch outlet, each branch (4) is configured with an outdoor unit (5) and a first control valve (6). The air conditioning system includes a controller (7), a first pressure sensor (8) and a second pressure sensor (9), the controller (7) comprises a first pressure difference determination module that communicates with the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor, and a first control module of the first pressure difference that communicates with the first pressure difference determination module and the first control valve (4), where the first pressure difference determination module determines the pressure difference between the outlet and the inlet of the branches.
US10215424B2
Methods and compositions for controlling and monitoring residential and commercial pumping systems. Preferably, the controlling and monitoring functions include a remotely located controller component capable of displaying alerts and/or from which a user may input commands regulating the functioning of the plumbing system. In particularly preferred examples, the plumbing system is an “on command” hot water system in which hot water availability, use and energy efficiencies and conservation are monitored and maximized.
US10215416B2
The burner of a gas turbine has a duct, a vortex generator extending in the duct and including a leading edge and a trailing edge. The trailing edge has a first order lobed shape. The first order lobed shape is defined by a second order lobed shape. Preferably a nozzle for fuel injection is connected to the vortex generator and the second order lobed shape is only provided at the nozzles.
US10215408B2
A method directs fuel-oxidant premix into a reaction zone through a first total premix inlet flow area, and causes the premix to combust and form a stable flame projecting into a process chamber through an outlet from the reaction zone. At a time when the process chamber has a temperature at or above an auto-ignition temperature of the fuel, the flame is blown off to initiate diffuse combustion in the process chamber without a stable flame. The flame is blown off by directing the premix into the reaction zone through a second total premix inlet flow area greater than the first total premix inlet flow area.
US10215404B2
The present invention relates to a dual venturi for a combustor and, specifically, to a dual venturi for a combustor, which adjusts the amount of gas and air supplied to a burner of a hot water heater and has a motor combined with a damper in order to increase a turn-down ratio (TDR), such that the damper is rotated by the driving of the motor so as to simultaneously open or close secondary air and gas inlets, thereby enabling efficient heating control. The present invention has a separate opening/closing means which is capable of controlling, in two stages, the amount of air and gas flowing into the combustor such as the hot water heater, wherein the opening/closing means comprises the motor and the damper, and the damper is rotated by the driving of the motor so as to simultaneously open or close the secondary air and gas inlets, thereby enabling the control of the amount of air and gas.
US10215401B2
A pulse combustion heat exchanger having a longitudinal axis is configured to accept oxidant and fuel and output a cooled combustion stream. The pulse combustion heat exchanger includes an oxidant inlet section that accepts oxidant, a fuel inlet section that accepts fuel, a mixing section that mixes oxidant with fuel, a combustion section that receives the oxidant and fuel and produces a pulsating combustion stream, and a heat transfer section configured to receive the pulsating combustion stream, the heat transfer section includes one or more resonance conduits. Coolant is employed at a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart transition sections to remove heat.
US10215400B2
The invention relates to a method and to a device for chemical looping combustion CLC of a solid hydrocarbon feed wherein it is proposed to inject the solid hydrocarbon feed so as to limit any occurrence of sticking of the feed to the walls of the injection device. The solid feed is fed into a conveying zone operating under fluidized bed conditions and opening into a combustion reactor. A fluidization gas is injected into this conveying zone while controlling the flow of gas in such a way that the superficial velocity of the gas in the conveying zone is higher than the terminal velocity of the solid hydrocarbon feed particles and the terminal velocity of solid particles present in the combustion reactor, and while controlling the fluidization gas temperature in such a way that the temperature in the conveying zone is less than or equal to 500° C.
US10215397B2
A flashlight stun gun device includes a cylindrical housing having a power source coupled to discharge circuitry, where the discharge circuitry has a first lead and a second lead. In addition, a light emitting source is secured to a top end of the cylindrical housing and is coupled to the power source. A collar is secured to the top end of the housing and around the light emitting source. First and second electrodes are embedded in a first portion of a top edge of the collar and have a first gap therebetween to generate an electric arc across. Third and fourth electrodes are embedded in a second portion of the top edge of the collar opposing the first pair of electrodes and have a second gap therebetween to generate an electric arc across. The electrodes are electrically coupled together in series when the discharge circuitry is activated.
US10215395B2
An LED luminaire (10) comprising: a main body portion (12) adapted, in use, to house an LED light panel (24); a mount (14) for securing, in use, the luminaire (10) to a surface; a driver unit (62); and a hinge (16, 42, 44) adapted to hingedly connect the main body portion (12) to the mount (14), wherein the hinge (16, 42, 44) comprises a, hollow interior volume for accommodating the driver unit (62), and wherein the driver unit (62) comprises a water-resistant housing.
US10215390B2
A flashlight or portable light source has a battery power source, a light source, a circuit powered by the battery power source which causes the light source to emit light in an on state, a switch which causes the circuit to alternate between the on state and an off state in which the light source does not emit light when the switch is actuated by a user, a controller for causing light emitted from the light source to emit at two or more modes other than the off state, and an automatic dimmer residing within the flashlight which causes light emitted from the light source to dime without any activation of the switch after a first preselected amount of time.
US10215384B2
A fixture for an elongate structure includes an extension module having a housing secured therearound. The extension module includes a longitudinal body portion having first connector and a second connector. One or more access ports extend through the longitudinal body portion and into an interior area of the longitudinal body portion. The extension module includes a first seating surface and a second seating surface. The housing includes a first axial cover extending radially and a second axial cover each extending radially outward from the longitudinal body. The first axial cover and the second axial cover are axially spaced apart from one another and define a space therebetween and around the longitudinal body portion. A circumferential cover extends circumferential around radially outermost edges of the first axial cover and the second axial cover and surrounding the space.
US10215382B2
A lighting unit which has a lighting unit housing with a profiled element and which has a retaining element arranged on the profiled element for retaining another lighting unit component, for example a lighting unit top sleeve and/or an operating device. The lighting unit is designed such that the retaining element is held on the profiled element solely via a latching connection. The design allows the retaining element to be connected to the profiled element in a particularly simple manner. Additionally, no special fixing elements are required in order to attach the retaining element to the profiled element.
US10215379B2
A lighting system having at least one lighting unit including a light segment for receiving at least one lamp, at least one connecting element that at least in sections is electrically conductive and at one end of the light segment is mechanically and electrically connected thereto, and at least one connector, which has at least one element circumferentially surrounding a connector middle axis and at least one electrical conductor mechanically connected to or formed by the circumferential element. The connecting element is mechanically connected to the circumferential element of the connector and thereby the at least one lighting unit is mechanically and electrically connected to the connector. The lighting system can be arranged in various positions around the connector middle axis and in every position the lighting unit is mechanically and electrically connected to the connector. Several lighting units can be connected to a common connector.
US10215371B1
A outdoor lighting fixture includes an enclosure, a heatsink, and an end-cap. The enclosure includes a cabinet and a cover that enclose control and power circuitry to provide power to illuminate a light source. The cabinet further includes an attachment face, and the extruded heatsink can be coupled to the attachment face. The extruded heatsink includes sides, a discontinuous plane of material formed with sides of the heatsink to provide a recessed mounting tray, and heat-conducting fins extending from the plane of material. The light source, which can include an LED light source, is coupled to the heatsink. The extruded heatsink can be coupled at one end to the attachment face of the cabinet at a position such that a space remains between the plane of material and a bottom edge of the attachment face, to permit water to drain from between the heat-conducting fins of the extruded heatsink.
US10215367B2
There is provided an apparatus for wavelength conversion, comprising a wavelength converter, a first reflector, a second reflector, a third reflector, and a first lens. The first reflector has a curvature and is configured to reflect a plurality of input light beams onto the second reflector. The second reflector is configured to reflect the input light onto the third reflector. The first lens is disposed between the wavelength converter and the third reflector. The third reflector is configured to reflect the input light through the first lens and onto the wavelength converter, which is then excited to emit an emitted light. The first lens is configured to receive at least a portion of the emitted light, reduce its divergence, and at least partially transmit it to form an output light propagating towards the third reflector, which is configured to at least partially transmit the output light.
US10215365B2
A lighting device in which a heat sink and a cover are formed by co-extrusion and a manufacturing method for the same are provided. The heat sink and the cover may be co-extruded. A shape control portion may be formed at the heat sink to control a shape of a seating portion to seat a circuit substrate during extrusion of the heat sink. In addition, a light characteristic control portion may be provided between a light emitting diode (LED) and the cover to control characteristic of light generated from the LED.
US10215364B2
A hybrid optical integrator assembly and an optical system comprising it. The hybrid optical integrator assembly comprises an optical integrator (21) and a scattering element (22) which is disposed on any cross section of the optical integrator (21) and performs scattering process to a light beam passing through. The hybrid optical integrator assembly is able to shorten a processing path of the optical integrator, so that the optical integrator has a smaller size.
US10215361B1
A shade for removable attachment to a headlamp assembly having a headlamp connected to a head-strap where the shade is formed from first and second flexible, translucent wall panels which may lay flat against each other when not in use. The shade includes notches formed in each wall panel to which the segments of the head-strap located on either side of the headlamp may be removably connected. The headlamp assembly and shade when connected together may be suspended from a fixed point or placed upon a flat surface thereby creating a hands-free lantern.
US10215354B2
A solar shading panel for use in north and south sides of a building is described, where the solar shading panel is effective in preventing against direct sunlight partially or throughout the year without angle adjusting equipment, while allowing building occupants to perceive external views at all times. The solar shading panel includes a frame and an opaque panel with spacing perforates attached to hollow cylinders. An upper portion of the hollow cylinders can be configured to protect against direct light and a lower portion of the hollow cylinders can be configured to receive and reflect natural light into the building.
US10215351B2
A network of intermediate device systems may be detachably coupled to an illumination pole electrically connected to a power source. The intermediate device system may comprise a housing with an exterior surface and an interior cavity configured to receive at least one electrical device. The intermediate device system may comprise a control unit communicatively coupled to a processor and configured to receive and process substantially real-time information from at least one of the electronic devices and create a data set based on the received real-time information. The data set may comprise a parameter of the surrounding environment and/or an instruction set configured to operate the at least one electrical devices within the intermediate device system and/or a second intermediate device system within the network. The intermediate device system may also comprise a communication module communicatively coupled to the control unit that forms a bidirectional communication channel to facilitate transfer of the data set between the intermediate device system and a second communication module of the second intermediate device system and receive an incoming data set from the second communication module.
US10215346B2
A luminaire includes a light housing containing a light emitter. A first rail housing is connected to the light housing. A second rail housing is connected to the light housing. A driver is positioned in the first rail housing. A male connector extends from a first end of the first rail housing and a female connector extends from a second end of the first rail housing.
US10215345B2
A battery holder includes storage chamber for storing a battery. The storage chamber includes: opening end surface through which battery can be taken in or out; and upper surface section, lower surface section, and first and second side-surface sections (opposing each other) for holding the battery. Projection is formed on the inner wall of first side-surface section at a portion including the end on the opening end surface side. Outward deformable flexible section is formed on second side-surface section at a portion including the end on the opening end surface side. Slit that extends from third side-surface section opposite to the opening end surface toward the opening end surface and stops at the position corresponding to a part of the battery is formed in upper surface section and/or lower surface section. The end of the flexible section is located closer to the third side-surface section than the projection.
US10215335B2
An oil nozzle assembly includes a nozzle body and a nozzle insert. The nozzle body includes a main portion, a tip portion, and a lip. The tip portion is connected to the main portion. The lip extends outwards from the tip portion and has an outer width. The nozzle insert includes a sleeve, an endwall connected to the sleeve, an orifice, and a retention element. The orifice is disposed in the endwall and is fluidly connected to the tip portion of the nozzle body. The retention element extends inward from the sleeve. A portion of the retention element has an inner width that is less than the outer width of the lip. The nozzle insert is disposed onto the tip portion of the nozzle body.
US10215333B2
An events capturing apparatus for assisting a user to capture events comprising a support arm that includes a proximal end configured to removably receive a sound capturing device and a distal end configured to removably receive an image capturing device, and a handle coupled to the proximal end of the support arm and shaped to be held by the user. In some embodiments, the image capturing device is a smart-phone camera and the sound capturing device is a microphone.
US10215329B2
An expandable socket for attachment to a portable media player or a portable media player case. The expandable socket generally includes a platform, a skin coupled to the platform, a button coupled to the skin opposite the platform, and a biasing element. The skin includes an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward of the outer wall, and a cavity defined by the inner wall, wherein the skin is deformable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The biasing element is arranged within the cavity of the skin between the platform and the button, such that the biasing element is at least partially surrounded by the inner wall of the skin. The biasing element is configured to bias the skin into the expanded configuration.
US10215320B2
A system is provided for reducing instabilities associated with the operation of a pressure control valve. In an embodiment, the system may include a pressure vessel configured for containing a working fluid. A pressure control valve may be configured for pressure dependent flow of the working fluid from the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel may be coupled to the pressure control valve by a fluid conduit. An instability suppression device may be in fluid communication with the fluid conduit between the pressure vessel and the pressure control valve. The instability suppression device may provide a compliant interface with the working fluid. In an embodiment, the instability suppression device may change the acoustic dynamics associated with the fluid path between the pressure vessel and the pressure control valve to control pressure and flow oscillations at an inlet of the pressure control valve.
US10215316B2
A plumbing connector and method of connection including: a fitting having external threads on at least the first end; a tube having a first end inserted into the first end of the fitting; and an annular gasket, a compression ring, a lock ring, and a nut coaxial with and surrounding the outer diameter of the tube. The nut has internal threads adapted to engage the external threads of the fitting and is adapted to contain the gasket, the compression ring, and the lock ring upon threading of the nut onto the fitting. Upon threading and tightening of the nut onto the fitting, the gasket is compressed, an inner edge of the lock ring bitingly engages the outer diameter of the tube, and the gasket forms a seal with at least the first end of the fitting, the outer diameter of the tube, and an outer edge of the lock ring.
US10215312B2
A hemp-winding composite pipe including a lining layer, a reinforcement layer winding on the lining layer, and an external protective layer, in that order from the inside to the outside in the radial direction. The reinforcement layer is a hemp bast layer, including continuously connected hemp basts.
US10215301B2
An actuation mechanism for a rotary element, comprises an electric drive motor coupled to a threaded drive spindle. A threaded drive nut is received on said drive spindle for movement along said drive spindle. A rack gear is coupled to said drive nut. A pinion gear is drivingly engaged with said rack gear and drivingly couplable to the rotary element. The rotary element may be a valve element.
US10215298B2
A device for controlling the release of gas from a pressurized container includes a plug comprising a passage therethrough and a diaphragm within the passage. The diaphragm is configured to initially prevent flow of gas through said passage, and is rupturable or displaceable to allow gas to flow through said passage once said diaphragm is ruptured or displaced. The device further comprises a screw located within the plug and comprising a lance configured to move towards said diaphragm upon rotation of the screw. The lance is configured to rupture or displace the diaphragm so as to allow flow of gas through the passage and out of the plug, once the screw is rotated a predetermined amount.
US10215294B2
The invention relates to an improved three-way valve structure consisting of a main three-way valve body (1) with inlet (2) and outlet channels (3, 4) that communicate internally by means of an inner obturator element (5) actuated by a key (27), characterized by the relative position of the outlet channels which are perpendicularly arranged in relation to each other and in the same plane perpendicular to the inlet channel, the exterior form of the obturator (5) being a surrounding cylindrical shape and provided with, in the upper part thereof, flanges (9) for the seating of the same and sealing joints (12, 13), ending in a projecting rod (15) with a key seat shape that can fit into the key (27) of the valve. The key enables four functional positions by means of a quarter-circle turn: both outlets open, one outlet open and another closed and both outlets closed.
US10215289B2
A seal assembly for a creating a seal between a shaft and a valve housing of a bleed valve that impedes contaminants from reaching bearings includes first and second seal pieces. The first seal piece circumferentially surrounds the shaft and is disposed between the shaft and the valve housing. The second seal piece is in contact with and is disposed axially adjacent to the first seal piece relative to the shaft. The second seal piece is biased against the first seal piece.
US10215273B2
Installation of a bushing into the shift cable end of an automatic transmission, without replacing the entire shift cable end, is accomplished via a method that does not require the use of compression tools and maintains the axial alignment of the bushing with the shift cable end during installation, thus preventing deformation of the shift cable end and bushing during installation, and ensuring the proper coupling of the shift cable end and shift lever. In one particular embodiment of the invention, the bushing may be installed by radially compressing the leading shoulder of the bushing and passing the bushing through the shift cable end, then releasing the leading shoulder of the bushing so that it engages the shift cable end and secures the bushing in place. This can be accomplished by pressing a bushing into the cavity of a tool having a cylindrical member with a first side and a second side, a cavity within the first side of the cylindrical member, and an elongated member extending perpendicularly from the second side of the cylindrical member, inserting said tool into one end of the shift cable end and passing the leading shoulder of the bushing beyond and through the shift cable end, thereby releasing the leading shoulder of the bushing to expand and secure the bushing.
US10215266B2
A geared continuously variable transmission (GCVT) is provided. The GCVT includes a first set of solar gears having a first solar gear and first plurality of connection components. Power enters the GCVT through the first set of solar gears. The GCVT includes a second set of solar gears having a second solar gear and second plurality of connection components. Power exits the GCVT through the second set of solar gears. Power is transmitted from the first set of solar gears to the second set of solar gears via the first plurality of connection components and the second plurality of connection components. The GCVT includes a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor connecting first component from the first plurality of connection components to second component from the second plurality of connection components and providing constant rotation ratio between the first component and the second component.
US10215265B2
It is an object of the present invention to improve seal performance in an electric linear motion actuator configured to linearly drive a linear motion member due to the rotation of a rotary shaft. The linear motion member is constituted by a cylindrical member slidably fitted in a housing, and a pressing member coupled to the distal end portion of the cylindrical member so as to close the opening of the distal end of the cylindrical member. The portion of the pressing member coupled to the cylindrical member is located inside of a boot sealing the space between the distal end portion of the housing and the distal end portion of the linear motion member.
US10215261B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft for receiving an engine torque, an output shaft for outputting a shifted torque of the engine, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotation elements and a transmission housing.
US10215259B2
A planetary reduction gear device has first and second planetary gears meshed with a sun gear and an internal at different locations in a direction of an axis line; and a carrier assembly for supporting the first and second planetary gears. The carrier assembly has a first planetary carrier for supporting the first planetary gears and a second planetary carrier for supporting the second planetary gears. The first and second planetary carriers are fixed coaxially with each other in the direction of the axis line so as to rotate integrally. A planetary reduction gear device having a large torque capacity can be obtained.
US10215251B2
A spring system that includes a compressible material that is used to control the speed of the rod movement.
US10215250B2
A space between an inner surface of a cover and a housing is set to be wider on a spaced-apart side from a cylinder than on a cylinder side. Therefore, the cover is generally integrated with the housing at the moment that the cylinder side abuts against the housing, which can improve stiffness. This can prevent the cover from contacting a solenoid located on the spaced-apart side of the housing that is spaced apart from the cylinder.
US10215248B2
The present invention relates to a bearing arrangement for a driver's cab (12) of a vehicle, which bearing arrangement is, in a mounted state, arranged between the driver's cab (12) and a cab support (16) of the vehicle, having a cone bearing (14) which, centrally, has a bearing sleeve (34) which is fixable to the driver's cab (12) and which extends through an opening (38) of the cab support (16) and which is of hollow form, wherein the bearing sleeve (34) is, at the outside, by way of an elastic damping element (22) connected thereto, connected to a concentrically arranged support element (24), wherein the support element (24) is fixable to the cab support (16) at the cab side by way of connecting elements (26), and having an abutment element (30) which is arranged on an end, averted from the driver's cab (12), of the bearing sleeve (34) and which serves for limiting a movement of the damping element (22) in an axial direction (A). The bearing arrangement is characterized in that an installation element (30) is arranged on a side, facing toward the abutment element (30), of the cab support (16), which installation element is, by way of the connecting elements (26), fastened to the cab support (16) concentrically with respect to the bearing sleeve (34).
US10215247B2
A bicycle brake pad includes a friction member and a first support member. The friction member includes a first intermetallic compound. The friction member and the first support member are, at least partially, chemically coupled to each other.
US10215244B2
An elliptically interfacing gear assisted braking system may include an input shaft with a coupled input gear, a wobble plate, a rotor with a reaction gear, and an actuated brake mechanism, or brake. The input shaft may define an axis of rotation and the wobble plate may have a wobble axis disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the rotation axis. A set of face teeth disposed on one surface of the wobble plate may partially mesh with the input gear, and a set of wobble teeth on an opposite surface of the wobble plate may partially mesh with the reaction gear. Rotation of the input shaft may thereby cause rotation of the wobble plate and rotor. The brake may mate with the rotor and when actuated, slow the rotor with respect to the input shaft. Rolling contact forces between the surfaces of the wobble teeth and reaction teeth may then induce nutation in the wobble plate, thereby dissipating rotational energy.
US10215242B2
An electromagnetic active brake which is de-energized in the brake standby state, including—a brake body (1), —a brake device with at least two opposing brake shoes (9, 12) which are spaced from a component to be braked in the de-energized state of the active brake, —and an electromagnet (5) which is arranged in the brake body (1) and the armature (6) of which interacts with a brake lever (2). The armature (6) of the electromagnet (5) is rigidly connected to a spring compressor (3) which is guided in the brake body (1) and which is moved by the armature (6) in the axial direction of the armature (6) when the electromagnet (5) is energized and in this manner clamps a spring (16) against an abutment (20) that interacts with the brake lever (2) and is arranged in an axially adjustable manner in the direction of the path of the spring compressor (3). The active brake according to the invention is highly energy-saving and thus economical.
US10215240B2
The invention relates to a method for reducing occasionally occurring vibrations, in particular chatter vibrations of a unit controlled automatically by an actuator, in particular a clutch actuator, on the basis of a target torque assigned to a clutch torque that is to be transmitted, in particular a target clutch torque, in particular a unit located in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a combustion engine and a transmission, in particular a friction clutch having an actual present clutch torque which is marked by vibrations as a result of occasionally occurring vibrations, wherein from an input signal which is representative of the vibration-marked torque on the basis of a known transfer behavior of the actual present torque vibration components of known form with unknown prefactors are continuously ascertained, a phase-correct correction torque is determined from these, and the target torque is corrected using the latter. In order to be able to separate a plurality of vibration components from one another and resolve them, an estimation model is made the basis of the input signal, and by means of the estimation model the prefactors are determined on the basis of a recursive method of the smallest square errors.
US10215230B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, positioning a rotating shaft within a machine via an externally-pressured gas bearing system.
US10215214B2
A push clip assembly includes a clip tower and a retention clip carried on the clip tower. The retention clip includes a first set of retaining ribs projecting in a first direction and a second set of retaining ribs projecting in a second direction.
US10215206B2
A connecting structure connecting a first device and a second device rigidly but readily demountably comprises a housing having a top cover and a bottom cover to form an internal space. A connector which has an engagement block, a sliding block, and an insert block engages with the second device. A push button having a knob movably mounted on the housing, a sprung hooking structure having a guiding slot engaging with the sliding block, and a hook engaging with the second device provide demountable. The push button resists the engagement block via a through hole of the top cover, the connecting structure being combined with the connector to link with the hooking structure.
US10215186B1
A temperature-compensating arrangement is provided for a fluid-moving or fluid-powered rotating machine. One or more rotatable inner components in a housing of the machine are supported and restrained by at least one radial load bearing and allowed to float axially as a result of differences in thermal expansion of one or more inner components and the housing. The housing and inner component(s) are made from materials having coefficients of expansion selected to minimize undesired clearance changes and undesired bearing loads that are caused by the differences in thermal expansion of the materials during temperature changes of the machine.
US10215184B2
The disclosure includes controlling a pressure ratio for a compressing system, comprising introducing a quantity of liquid into an input stream to create a multiphase input stream, compressing the multiphase input stream with a centrifugal compressor to create a discharge stream, measuring a parameter of the discharge stream, wherein the discharge parameter corresponds to a pressure ratio for the centrifugal compressor, when the parameter exceeds a first predetermined point, increasing a pressure ratio of the centrifugal compressor by increasing the quantity of liquid introduced, and when the parameter exceeds a second predetermined point, decreasing the pressure ratio by decreasing the quantity of liquid introduced.
US10215182B2
A manufacturing method and assembly for providing ventilation to a selected structure is disclosed. The assembly may include various features such as flexible portions, rigid portions, and assembly portions. Further, various steps may be used to form the assembly to achieve selected results, such as single piece formation, inclusion of various positioning members, and packaging or shipping considerations.
US10215176B2
A stator for use in a positive displacement motor. The stator comprises a rubber compound including fiber reinforcement. The fiber reinforcement includes a plurality of elongated fibers. The elongated fibers in the fiber reinforcement create a grain direction generally with the grain in the longitudinal direction of the stator tube and across the grain in the transverse direction. The rubber compound has a 25% tensile Modulus that is at least 10% lower across the grain than with the grain. The fiber reinforcement includes a fiber loading of greater than about 2.5 phr of elongate fibers, the elongate fibers have a Modulus of greater than about 60 GPa, and the rubber compound has a 25% tensile Modulus of greater than about 400 psi against the grain and a 50% tensile Modulus of greater than about 700 psi against the grain. In some embodiments, the rubber reinforcement also comprises a blend of fibrillated fibers and short cut fibers.
US10215173B2
The motor comprises an internal rotor having an external lob; an external rotor outside the internal rotor and having an internal lob engaging the external lob; and an inlet port and an outlet port. An inner diameter of the inlet port is less than a diameter of a dedendum circle of the internal rotor, and an outer diameter of the inlet port is greater than a diameter of a dedendum circle of the external rotor. An inner diameter of the outlet port equals the diameter of the dedendum circle of the internal rotor. An outer diameter of the outlet port equals the diameter of the dedendum circle of the external rotor. The inner diameter of the inlet port is less than the inner diameter of the outlet port. The outer diameter of the inlet port is greater than the outer diameter of the outlet port.
US10215171B2
An apparatus for feeding gas mixtures to a compressor comprising a tubular mixing pipe connected with the compressor intake, first and second gas intake devices injecting into the mixing pipe gas received from a Helium source and an Oxygen source respectively, two sensors measuring the Oxygen percentage of the gas mixture, a first servo-controlled throttling valve interposed between the first gas intake device and the Helium source, a second servo-controlled throttling valve interposed between the second gas intake device and the Oxygen source, and a control unit configured to manage the throttling valves depending on the Oxygen percentages of the gas mixture measured by the sensors. The apparatus includes first and second auxiliary pressure regulators, electrically connected with the control unit, interposed respectively between the first servo-controlled valve and a manual regulator of the Helium source and between the second servo-controlled valve and a manual regulator of the Oxygen source.
US10215169B2
This disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for introducing a liquid into a vessel. A fluid layering system includes a pump connected to a line connected to a connector, such that the connector provides an air-tight fit with the vessel.
US10215164B2
A device for harvesting energy from fabric or clothing includes a piece of fabric or clothing. One or more piezoelectric harvesters are coupled with the piece of fabric or clothing. The piezoelectric harvesters are capable of producing electric energy in response to the movement of the piece of fabric or clothing. Additionally, the device includes one or more energy storage mediums coupled to the one or more piezoelectric harvesters. The energy storage mediums are capable of storing the energy produced by the one or more piezoelectric harvesters. Further, the method for harvesting energy from fabric or clothing involves moving a piece of fabric such that one or more piezoelectric harvesters generate electricity. The method for harvesting energy from fabric or clothing also involves storing the generated electricity in one or more energy storage mediums.
US10215153B1
The Buoyancy Mill is a machine that has the ability to convert buoyant energy into useful mechanical energy using a double, parallel set of wheels three feet apart that supports and guides a double, parallel set of cable loops. Attached to the cable loops, at a distance of six feet apart are carriages on crossbars that capture floats as they buoyantly ascend, setting into motion the cable loop and the set of wheels. Once in motion, the Buoyancy Mill begins its conversion of buoyant energy into useful mechanical energy. Because the mill can be located anywhere energy is needed, costly mechanisms for delivering the energy are unnecessary. The mill is a closed system and uses a limited amount of water which is continually recycled with only minimal waste from splash or evaporation. This clean energy produced could be used, among other things, to create pollution-free electricity.
US10215152B2
The present invention relates to a way of pressurizing a fluid to power a load, by initially pressurizing the fluid in a series of stages to yield a low-pressure fluid and further pressurizing the low-pressure fluid concurrently in parallel stages to yield a high-pressure fluid for supply to the load.
US10215150B2
A water flow power generator includes a nacelle, a vane wheel that is disposed so as to be rotatable relative to the nacelle, and that is rotated by a water flow while including a plurality of blades, a power generator that is disposed inside the nacelle, and that generates electric power by using rotating power transmitted from the vane wheel, and a vane wheel rotation stopping mechanism that is disposed in the nacelle, that includes a rod which can enter the inside of a rotational trajectory of the vane wheel, and that stops the rotation of the vane wheel.
US10215146B2
A DC power plant generating DC power from a variety of engines including a Stirling cycle engine. The DC power plant includes a relatively small start-up power source that is discontinued after the engine is running. A method for producing DC power for a load including starting up an engine using power supplied by a relatively small power supply supplemented by a capacitor bank, providing output from the engine to a generator, producing alternating current (AC) power by the generator, converting the AC power to direct current (DC) power, disabling output of the DC power during a first set of pre-selected conditions, limiting a rate of change of current of the DC power during a second set of pre-selected conditions, reducing conducted and radiated emissions of the DC power, disconnecting the DC power from the load under a third set of pre-selected conditions, and providing the DC power to the load.
US10215143B2
A pressure-limiting valve for a fuel injection system includes a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a sealing seat, and a sealing body configured to move between a closed position in which the sealing body is in contact with the sealing seat, which blocks fluid flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, and additional positions that permit such fluid flow, and a holding device for keeping the sealing body in one of the additional positions if the sealing body is moved at least a specified distance away from the sealing seat.
US10215142B2
The present disclosure describes an injector for an internal combustion engine which includes an injector housing, a piezo-actuator control unit having a first set of terminals, a connecting plug on a head of the injector housing, the connecting plug having a second set of terminals, and an electrical connection between the control unit and the connecting plug within the injector housing. The electrical connection comprises a contact element with conductor tracks integrated into an insulating body. The conductor tracks are connected to the terminals of the control unit and of the connecting plug. A first end of the insulating body abuts the control unit or the connecting plug and a second end is spaced from the connecting plug or the control unit. The contact element includes an elastic device by means of which the insulating body is braced against the component it abuts.
US10215133B2
A canister is provided with a flange for partitioning part of one axial end of an adsorption material chamber and having a first cylindrical portion protruding toward the adsorption material chamber for defining a space communicating with a purge port, a second cylindrical portion extending toward a first axial end portion of a case for defining a diffusion chamber communicating with a charge port, and orifices for communicating the adsorption material chamber with the diffusion chamber. Also provided are a first partition wall positioned close to a top end of the first cylindrical portion and having an annularly-shaped orifice, and a second partition wall axially spaced apart from the first partition wall toward a second axial end portion and having communication holes. These partition walls cooperate with each other such that a second diffusion chamber not charged with an adsorption material is defined between them, for optimal charge-gas conversion-and-diffusion.
US10215130B2
A choke system for an internal combustion engine includes a carburetor having a choke valve disposed in a passage; a cooling fan providing a variable air flow; an air vane moveable in response to the variable air flow; an air vane linkage coupling the air vane to the choke valve, the air vane linkage operating the choke valve by the movement of the air vane; a manually operated choke control; an override linkage coupling the choke control to the choke valve; and a thermally responsive member configured to engage the override linkage to retain the choke in a partially open position above a threshold temperature. The choke control may be moved to a first position in which the choke control overrides the thermally responsive member and the air vane linkage to maintain the choke valve in a closed position.
US10215129B2
A port opening edge shape for a port in a cylinder of an opposed-piston combustion engine is optimized for flow area, as well as for minimization of piston ring clipping. The port opening edge shape includes a top edge, a bottom edge, a first and second side edge connecting the top and bottom edge, and an apex in the top edge. The apex has the minimum radius of curvature of the port opening edge shape. A spline that defines the port opening edge shape can be calculated based upon a maximum height, a full width, an amount or degree of skew, and a minimum radius of curvature. A model can measure values for engine performance and determine which spline defines a port opening edge shape yields a desired engine performance.
US10215111B2
To provide a controller and a control method for an internal combustion engine capable of estimating the cylinder internal pressure of the combustion cylinder accurately in consideration of the torsional vibration of the crankshaft. A controller for an internal combustion engine includes a torsional torque calculator that calculates a value which has an amplitude of the maximum value of torsional vibration torque calculated based on a crank angle acceleration in the combustion period, and vibrates with a preliminarily set natural angular frequency, as a torsional vibration torque in the combustion period; and a cylinder internal pressure estimator that calculates a combustion gas pressure torque, by use of the equation of motion of the rotation system of the crankshaft, based on the crank angle, the crank angle acceleration, and the torsional vibration torque, and estimates the cylinder internal pressure of the combustion cylinder based on the combustion gas pressure torque.
US10215108B2
An internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders comprises a variable compression ratio mechanism A able to change a mechanical compression ratio. The control device comprises a compression ratio detector for detecting a mechanical compression ratio based on a value of the relative position parameter representing a relative positional relationship between the cylinder block 2 and a piston 4, and a compression ratio controller for feedback controlling the mechanical compression ratio so that the mechanical compression ratio becomes a target mechanical compression ratio. In feedback controlling the variable compression ratio mechanism, the compression ratio controller does not use the mechanical compression ratio detected by the compression ratio detector when a crank angle is in a predetermined crank angle range including a time period where the cylinder pressure is equal to or greater than a preset predetermined pressure at least at one cylinder among the plurality of cylinders.
US10215106B2
Methods and systems for adjusting exhaust valve timing of an engine are described. In one example, exhaust valve timing of a compression ignition engine is adjusted responsive to a difference between a commanded exhaust valve opening timing and an actual exhaust valve opening timing, the actual exhaust valve opening timing determined from cylinder pressure.
US10215098B2
A sealing arrangement includes a turbine static structure with a seal ring having groove with a contact surface. Also included is a bearing compartment with a second contact surface, and a piston seal positioned between the turbine static structure and the bearing compartment. The piston seal includes sides configured to contact the contact surfaces and is positioned in the groove.
US10215087B2
A turbocharger (1) includes a wastegate valve (30) supported on the turbine housing (8), and a pneumatic actuator (100) configured to actuate the wastegate valve (30). The pneumatic actuator (100) includes a housing (101) separated into compartments (104, 108) by a separating member (110, 112). The actuator (100) includes a piston (112) disposed in the housing (101) that defines at least a portion of the separating member (110, 112), a piston-biasing spring (120) disposed in the housing (101), a first in let (126) that is in fluid communication with the first compartment (104), the first inlet configured to be connected to a non-zero-pressure fluid source (8), and a second inlet (116) that is in fluid communication with the second compartment (108), the second inlet (116) configured to be connected to a non-zero-pressure fluid source (104).
US10215080B2
Methods and systems are provided for regulating coolant flow in a vehicle cooling system during an engine startup event. In one example, a method may include, during an engine startup event, controlling a flowpath of an engine coolant in a vehicle cooling system via a passive valve and an actively regulatable valve, and responsive to an engine coolant temperature below a threshold at the engine startup event, isolating the flowpath of engine coolant to a subsection of the cooling system to enable rapid warming of the engine coolant without stagnating the engine coolant at an engine. In this way, engine coolant may be rapidly warmed at an engine startup event, via coolant flow isolation, rather than coolant flow stagnation, which may decrease uneven heating of engine system components, and which may thus prolong a functional lifetime of the engine system.
US10215068B2
A muffler including an inlet member, an outlet member, an exhaust-gas cleaning device including an exhaust-gas cleaning material, the exhaust-gas cleaning device including a first inlet side coupling section and a first outlet side coupling section detachably coupled to the inlet member and the outlet member by couplers, and an intermediate member including a second inlet side coupling section and a second outlet side coupling section detachably coupled to the inlet member and the outlet member by couplers same as the couplers, instead of the exhaust-gas cleaning device. The intermediate member is a cylinder body allowing exhaust gas in the inlet member to flow directly to the outlet member without passing through the exhaust gas cleaning material, and includes a resistance generation section providing the intermediate member with exhaust resistance substantially equal to that of the exhaust-gas cleaning device.
US10215063B2
A valve gear for an engine includes a camshaft including a cam, a rocker shaft, and a first rocker arm which swings when pressed by the cam. The valve gear includes a spring, which biases the first rocker arm and a second rocker arm which presses an intake valve or an exhaust valve, in a return direction. The valve gear includes a first pin hole of the first rocker arm, a second pin hole and a third pin hole of the second rocker arm, a first switch pin, a second switch pin, a third switch pin, and a switch which switches between a connected state and a non-connected state of the switch pins. The second rocker arm includes a stopper against which the first rocker arm abuts. When the first rocker arm abuts against the stopper, all of the pin holes are located on the same axis.
US10215059B2
A system and method for active draft control through a combined cycle power plant (CCPP) can initiate a CCPP shutdown, activate the recirculated exhaust gas (REG) system for the turbomachine; measure a HRSG airflow through the HRSG; communicate the HRSG airflow to a controller configured to condition a control signal; and adjust a recirculated exhaust gas volume in accordance with the control signal.
US10215057B2
A rotor turning system for turning a rotor is provided. The system may include a rotary driver including a rotating drive shaft. A removable rotor grasping element is configured to frictionally grasp at least a portion of an exterior circumference of a portion of the rotor. A drive linkage couples the rotating drive shaft to the rotor grasping element to impart a torque to the rotor with the rotor grasping element to turn the rotor. A rotor grasping element is also provided for grasping a substantially smooth exterior surface of a rotor to allow for turning of the rotor. A related method is also provided.
US10215044B2
An interstage seal system (10) for adjusting the position of an interstage seal during operation of a gas turbine engine (14) to increase efficiency of the seal (12) is disclosed. The interstage seal system (10) may include a interstage seal housing (16) formed from a circumferentially extending housing having a seal (12) positioned on a radially inward surface (18) of the interstage seal housing (16). The interstage seal housing (16) may biased radially outward via one or more springs (20) to bias the radially inward surface (18) of the interstage seal housing (16) outwardly. The interstage seal housing (16) may reside in an interstage housing receiving cavity (68). The cavity (68) may be supplied with gases at a higher pressure than on the other side (24) of the seal housing (16) during turbine engine operation. As such, the interstage seal housing (16) is forced radially inwardly to close the gap (26) within the seal (12) as the high pressure force directed radially inward overcomes the spring bias directed radially outward.
US10215043B2
A method of limiting circumferential rotation of a split-ring seal for use in a gas turbine engine includes inserting a retention block through a slot in a flange of a support structure and into a groove configured to hold a split-ring seal, and engaging an end of a split-ring seal in the groove with a surface of the retention block.
US10215035B2
A wheel assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The wheel assembly includes a disk arranged for rotation about a central axis and formed to include a plurality of slots. The wheel assembly also includes a plurality of blades sized to be received in the plurality of slots so that the blades are coupled to the disk for common rotation about the central axis. The wheel assembly further includes a plurality of blade biasers positioned in the slots between the disk and the blades so that the blade biasers are engaged with the disk and the blades to preload the blades away from the central axis.
US10215025B2
A rotating device includes a cylinder body, a front end cover, a rear end cover, a main shaft, an eccentric rotor assembly and an isolation mechanism. The eccentric rotor assembly includes an eccentric shaft, a rolling piston wheel and at least one rolling bearing. In the rotating device, the eccentric shaft is isolated from the rolling piston wheel by the rolling bearing and the two are rotated, and the cylinder body is reliably sealed by an elastic pre-tightening force. Further provided are a rotor compressor using the rotating device, and a fluid motor. A rotating valve body and a rotating valve body reset mechanism in the rotating device are also improved.
US10215024B1
A system for forming and/or maintaining a fundamentally impervious boundary within a salt cavern for storing very high purity hydrogen is provided. The system includes a salt cavern comprising a salt cavern wall; a conduit configured to introduce a compressed very high purity hydrogen gas into a salt cavern, thereby producing a stored very high purity hydrogen gas; the conduit also configured to remove the compressed very high purity hydrogen gas from the salt cavern, wherein the stored very high purity hydrogen gas is maintained at a pressure greater than about 1.0 psi per linear foot of height within the cavern, and less than about 4.0 psi per linear foot of height within the cavern.
US10215019B2
A method of completing a wellbore system that includes a main wellbore and a lateral wellbore intersecting the main wellbore at a junction is disclosed, wherein in one embodiment the method includes placing a first outer assembly below the junction in the main wellbore and placing a second outer assembly below the junction in the lateral wellbore; placing a first inner assembly in the second outer assembly with a top end thereof below the junction, the top end of the first inner assembly including a first wet connect associated with at least one link in the first inner assembly; and connecting a second wet connect of a string with the first wet connect with a top end of the string having a third wet connect corresponding to the at least one link above the junction in the main wellbore.
US10215011B2
An element configured to be mounted at an end of a pipe suited to circulation of a fluid to extend the pipe. The element includes a hollow profiled body including a peripheral surface and a protective covering at least partially covering the peripheral surface. The element further includes a sensor of guided waves type, control electronics for the guided wave sensor, and an electric cable configured to connect the control electronics to corresponding electronics of the pipe. The electric cable and the guided wave sensor are fixed to the peripheral surface of the body under at least part of the protective covering.
US10215008B2
A method of treating a subterranean formation includes introducing a viscosified treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid including an aqueous fluid, a gelling agent, and a crosslinker including a copolymer with an interpenetrating monomer and organic bound metal ions. A composition includes an aqueous fluid, a gelling agent; and a crosslinker including a copolymer with an interpenetrating monomer and organic bound metal ions.
US10215003B2
An access device installs on a wellscreen joint during manufacture and allows access to one or more spaces or layers where tracer elements can be installed adjacent the joint's screen jacket (i.e., internal and/or external to the screen jacket). Portion of the access device is removable to allow installation of the tracer elements after the joint has been manufactured. With the tracer elements installed, the access device can be reassembled and locked in place. Any various mechanism can allow the access device to be partially removed, the tracer elements to be installed, and the access device to be reassembled in place. For example, an end ring holding the jacket on the basepipe can have at least one channel communicating with a space or layer for insertion of the tracer elements. A removable cover can be removed to allow access to the at least one channel and can be reattached for the wellscreen to be used downhole.
US10215001B1
A method and apparatus for simulating drilling operation consists of a cylindrical cell assembly (80) capable of withstanding high pressure and high temperature with a movable drill bit (27) abrading a solid sample (28) while submerged in a liquid sample (74). A loading device (42) moves a bottom shaft (46) supporting the solid sample (28) as said solid sample (28) abrades and is moved upwards, and its movement is measured by a displacement sensor (40). Liquid sample (74) is drained through solid sample (28) into receiver (38) to measure filtration of solid sample (28). Heat is provided via a heater (64) and pressure is controlled via pressurization media (72).
US10214998B2
An example whipstock assembly includes a whipstock providing a ramped surface and a longitudinal groove defined in the ramped surface. A lead mill is coupled to the whipstock with a shear fastener that provides resilience against premature shearing under torsional loads between the lead mill and the whipstock, while providing susceptibility to shearing under a predetermined axial load.
US10214992B2
A smooth bore toe valve includes a first sub defining a through bore and a fluid flow path through a wall thereof; a second sub; a housing mechanically engaged with the first and second subs to define a valve cavity axially between the first and second subs and to define a chamber radially between the first and second subs and the housing, the housing further defining a plurality of openings in a wall thereof; and a sleeve disposed within the chamber between the housing and the first and second subs to close the openings and, upon application of fluid pressure horn the through bore through the fluid flow path, open the openings to fluid flow from the valve cavity to the exterior of the housing. A method for using such a valve is also disclosed.
US10214988B2
A method for abandonment of a subsea well includes: setting a packer of a lower cementing tool against a bore of an inner casing hung from a subsea wellhead; fastening a pressure control assembly (PCA) to the subsea wellhead; hanging an upper cementing tool from the PCA and stabbing the upper cementing tool into a polished bore receptacle of the lower cementing tool; perforating a wall of the inner casing below the packer; perforating the inner casing wall above the packer by operating a perforator of the upper cementing tool; mixing a resin and a hardener to form a sealant; and pumping a fluid train through bores of the cementing tools and into an inner annulus formed between the inner casing and an outer casing hung from the subsea wellhead. The fluid train includes the sealant followed by a cement slurry.
US10214981B2
A fingered member for a downhole tool that includes: a circular body; a plurality of fingers extending from the circular body; a recessed region formed in the circular body; a void formed between respective fingers; and a transition zone between the circular body and the plurality of fingers. The transition zone further includes an inner surface and an outer surface.
US10214978B2
A scalping insert includes a scalping surface having a plurality of scalping slots therethrough, and a vertical base portion. A shaker screen assembly includes a screen frame having at least one slot. A scalping insert is positioned in the at least one slot of the screen frame. Processing fluid using a shaker screen assembly includes providing a flow of fluid to the shaker screen assembly and flowing the fluid through both a scalping surface and a screen surface of a single shaker screen deck.
US10214969B1
A support platform for enabling a worker to service an oil well next to a wellhead having a valve tree includes: a) a platform having an upper floor, a lower floor and a cellar in between the floors; b) a platform having a periphery, a central opening and radially extending beams; c) a plurality of walls attached to the periphery of the platform, said beams connecting to said walls below said upper floor; d) a drain that enables fluid to drain from the upper floor to the lower floor; e) a coupler that spans between the floors for enabling a connection to be made between the platform and valve tree; and f) a liquid guard or other provision that disallows the escape of fluid from a floor via the central opening.
US10214967B2
In this novel PDC cutter, diamond powders of different composition and/or different grain size, are distributed, shaped, and compacted with a novel pressing tool, in multiple stages, spatially arranged into different regions of the PDC diamond body, then HPHT sintered to form one PDC body with spatially varying hardness, toughness and thermal resistance.
US10214959B2
The invention is an intelligent headrail for a window covering which includes an extensible end cap which applies force to the adjacent window or door frame to hold the headrail in place. The end cap includes a pressure sensor or a force sensing resistor to detect whether sufficient force is present to safely hold the headrail in place. The headrail may include a controller which is connected to the pressure sensor or a force sensing resistor. The controller may include program code which identifies the safety status of the window covering based on the pressure or force reading. The controller may include a data transmission port which transmits pressure or force readings to an output device. The program code may also send a report to the output device to indicate whether the force or pressure is moderately low or so low that the window covering is in danger of falling.
US10214957B2
A main support frame is formed from sections of a plastic extrusion and has opposite side portions with peripheral recesses receiving an inner sash unit and outer sash unit each having a frame formed from sections of a plastic extrusion and supporting an insulated glass unit. Hinges support the dual sash units for pivotal movement between open and closed positions, and gear connected telescopic link members connect the main frame to the sash frames for simultaneous movement. A lock system includes a handle on the inner sash unit for moving straps with studs on the sash frames through a connector mechanism mounted on the main frame for simultaneously locking and releasing both sash units and for releasing only the inner sash unit. A screen and/or mini-blind can be supported between the sash units, and the window system with dual sash units may be constructed in various forms.
US10214951B2
A door hinge having a damping function, comprising a housing, a first rotating shaft, a second rotating shaft, a U-shaped rotating shaft, a hinge cup, a linkage member, a torsion spring, a connector, a supporting structure, and a damping structure; one end of the linkage member is rotationally provided in the housing by means of the first rotating shaft, and the other end of the linkage member is rotationally connected to the hinge cup by means of one arm of the U-shaped rotating shaft; one end of the connector is rotationally provided in the housing by means of the second rotating shaft, and the other end of the connector is rotationally connected to the hinge cup by means of the other arm of the U-shaped rotating shaft; the torsion spring is fitted over the second rotating shaft.
US10214948B2
The present invention is a door barricade having a pivoting locking arm which drops into a floor hole to lock a barricade in place.
US10214945B2
A door latch assembly is equipped with a latch mechanism, a locking mechanism, an operating mechanism and inside and outside release mechanisms. The locking mechanism includes a release link that is connected to an inside release lever connected to the inside release mechanism. This arrangement permits a vehicle door to be opened from inside the passenger compartment via actuation of the inside release mechanism in the event the outside release mechanism is damaged.
US10214942B2
A zipper lock has a combination locking system defined by dials and clutches and a key overriding mechanism. The lock has a pole to receive zipper pullers and a movable cover plate to block the pole when the lock is in the locked mode. The lock has a control plate with release slots. The control plate can be shifted only if the dials are set to the correct combination or when a correct key is used to turn a tumbler cylinder. The cover plate is engaged with a latch having a latch finger. When the lock is in the locked mode, the latch finger is blocked by the control plate, restricting movement of the latch. When the lock is in the unlocked mode, the latch finger can be moved into a release slot, allowing the latch and cover plate to move in order to clear the pole.
US10214935B2
A base for a temporary barrier has a spigot or socket to receive a fencing pole or to cooperate with a plastics fencing panel. The base has a support portion of plastics material on which is provided the spigot or socket. A pair of stabilizing members of plastics material of low profile extending in opposite directions from the support portion. A stiffening member is connected to each stabilizing member and extends horizontally from adjacent the remote end of one stabilizing member to adjacent the remote end of the other stabilizing member. In one form a pair of metal tubes extend upwardly and are connected to a hollow metal portion through which the stiffening member passes. In another form, a plastics portion projects upwardly and defines a socket.
US10214926B2
This solution is for washing and cleaning the external walls of a building, and adopts a lightweight six axis robotic arm mounted on a mini-gondola hoisted by a pulley system with the controlling motor located within the mini-gondola, while another set of motor located on the pulley system at the roof-top end drives the mini-gondola to traverse laterally on a set of twin-rails on the roof-top of the building. Four vacuum suction cups mounted on the minigondola through linear actuator are used to secure the mini-gondola to the wall. Each linear actuator has three ultrasonic distance sensors that measure and manage the distance between the mini-gondola and the wall to be cleaned. Once the gondola is in position, the robotic arm will be activated to start the cleaning process.
US10214924B1
This invention is directed toward a panel framing device. The device comprises a portable framing table that can be driven in a trailer to remote locations and a pre-printed roll of framing tape that is used to tell a worker where different parts of a framed panel will go. The goal of the device is to facilitate the building of structures using a panel approach, with the framing table and template tape minimizing the chances that a worker will make a mistake in either the selection of materials or the location of the materials. The technology can also be used to construct entire walls, which are then either transported to the site, or merely “tilted-up” into place, having been constructed on the slab.
US10214921B2
A floor panel has a rectangular and oblong shape, and includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate and forming a decorative side of the floor panel. The top layer is composed of a print provided on a carrier sheet and a transparent thermoplastic layer situated above the print. The substrate has a thickness from 2 to 10 millimeter and forms at least half of the thickness of the floor panel. The substrate is a polyurethane-based substrate and the transparent thermoplastic layer is polyurethane-based. The floor panel has a length of more than 1.1 meters and has a plurality of reinforcing layers situated outside the center line of the substrate. A reinforcing layer may be provided in combination with the substrate and the top layer.
US10214920B2
A composite epoxy resin board, made from a raw material which includes the following weight percentage of components: waste prepreg powders of 5% to 100%, and waste printed circuit board (PCB) powders of 0% to 95%, is disclosed. The present invention adopts the waste prepregs as the main preparation raw material, which not only recycles and reuses prepreg scraps, but also reduces or even eliminates the use of adhesives due to the high epoxy resin content in the prepregs, while also reducing the glue-mixing time in the forming process, thereby simplifying the forming technology.
US10214919B2
A glue-free antislip plastic floorboard and a manufacturing method thereof, comprising from a top to a bottom a wear-resistance layer, a printing layer, a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) medium material layer, a glass fiber, a PVC medium material layer, a PVC bottom layer and a PVC antislip layer. Component composition of PVC medium material: a weight percentage of PVC resin is 13-15.42%, a weight percentage of calcium carbonate is 74-75.55%, a weight percentage of a plasticizer is 10-11%, a weight percentage of a stabilizer is 0.25-0.28%, and a weight percentage of carbon black is 0.2-0.3%. Component composition of PVC bottom material: a weight percentage of the PVC resin is 34.7-40%, a weight percentage of the calcium carbonate is 34-40%, a weight percentage of the plasticizer is 24-24.9%, a weight percentage of the stabilizer is 0.7-0.8%, and a weight percentage of the black carbon is 0.4-0.5%.
US10214916B2
A covering of rectangular or square panels laid to form an assembly is disclosed, wherein the panels are arranged in a chequerboard pattern such that butt joints between the panels cross one another. Each panel has, at its border sides, grooves and tongues for horizontal locking and vertical locking with adjacent panels. The tongues for vertical locking are arranged on two adjacent border sides. The grooves for vertical locking are arranged on the other two adjacent border sides. One of the two tongues is fixed and the other tongue is movable. The panel to be laid first engages below the second panel to be laid subsequently for horizontal locking. For vertical locking, a locking edge is arranged on the first panel and a movable tongue, which can be displaced behind the locking edge, is arranged on the second panel, wherein each of the two tongues fits into each of the grooves for the vertical locking of such a panel.
US10214911B2
A system that automates the application of shingles to the roof of a building.
US10214903B2
Prefabricated exterior panels and slab foundation systems are disclosed for use in an integrated simple design procedure for use in low-energy use buildings. The panels include a frame formed from conventional framing methods, an inner layer of sheathing fastened to an outer side of the frame, a layer of insulation adhered to an outer surface of the inner layer of sheathing without using fasteners, and an outer layer of sheathing adhered to an outer surface said layer of insulation without using fasteners. Sets of panels are formed with openings for windows or doors. Jigs are used for constructing the panels including corner panels.
US10214895B2
A building having a security and safety function of the present invention may include: a house body that is configured to include an inner panel that defines an interior space, an outer panel that surrounds the inner panel to be spaced a predetermined distance from the outer surface of the inner panel, a heat insulating material that is installed between the inner panel and the outer panel, and an air flow passage that is formed between the inner panel and the outer panel to facilitate a fluid flow therebetween and to block the heat transfer with respect to the outside; an indoor entrance door configured to be installed on one side of the house body for entering the interior space; and an outdoor entrance door configured to be installed on the house body in front of the indoor entrance door. The building can control the entry of children or outsides into the rooftop of the building without permission from the user in order to thereby prevent safety accidents and in order to thereby improve a security function.
US10214894B1
The portable structure will generally have a pod from which a suite frame and suite may be deployed. The suite will allow personnel to administer to many critical demands and activities. The portable structure may be deployed upon any terrain, whether level or uneven, rigid or soft, and both the pod and the suite may be leveled independently. Additionally, the portable structure may incorporate at least one cocoon section wherein the cocoon section comprises at least one interior layer contacting a mesh covering placed over the suite frame, at least one thermal layer affixed to the interior layer, wherein the thermal layer includes heat adding and heat removal members capable of removing or adding heat to the mesh covering or a substance adjacent the at least one thermal layer and at least one exterior layer affixed to the thermal layer.
US10214890B2
A toilet having a tank including a bottom with an outlet; a pedestal having a bowl and a ledge, an inlet and three holes around the inlet are disposed in the ledge; a valve having a threaded valve body extending through the outlet to the inlet; a mounting bracket having a generally triangular base and three mounting locations disposed around an opening in the base with one mounting location proximate each corner of the base, each mounting location includes an offset mounting surface; a valve nut threaded to the valve body to hold the mounting bracket between the bottom and the valve nut; a flexible gasket disposed around the valve nut between the mounting bracket and the pedestal; and three fasteners disposed externally to the tank, each fastener extending through one mounting location and one hole in the ledge to secure the mounting bracket to the pedestal.
US10214888B2
The device includes a replaceable reservoir (1) of a product, and a predetermined quantity of the product is supplied to an interior of a toilet bowl. The device includes first (3) and second (4) housings, interconnected therebetween, the first housing (3) being connected to the replaceable reservoir (1) and mixing the toilet flush water and the product in the second housing (4). The device further includes a valve (5) movable between two positions, including a position in which the communication between said first and second housings (3, 4) is closed and a position in which the communication between the first and second housings (3, 4) is open. The device makes it possible to dose a predetermined quantity of product mixed with the toilet flush water in the interior of a toilet bowl.
US10214886B2
A sanitary basin molded part, for example a kitchen sink, a washbasin or a shower tray, has a main part (10) that has the shape of the sanitary basin molded part and ensures its mechanical stability. On the visible side of the sanitary basin molded part a covering layer (20) is arranged in at least one surface region on top of the main part (10). The covering layer includes a fibrous tissue (24) saturated with a cured binding agent. A method produces a sanitary basin molded part of this kind.
US10214878B2
A valve subassembly includes a pump connection location, a tank connection location, and two constantly adjustable direction control valves each with first and second operating connection locations and an input connection location. A first valve group includes one direction control valve whose input is connected in parallel to two separate pump lines such that pressurized fluid is directed exclusively from the two pump lines to the control connection location. The two pump lines include a maximum of a first pump line and each remaining pump line is a second pump line. The maximum one first pump line is directly connected to the pump connection location in fluid terms, and a separate constantly adjustable pump valve is associated with each second pump line. Pressurized fluid is directed from the pump connection location via the pump valve into the associated second pump line.
US10214875B2
A working machine including a movable implement, a hydraulic actuator for displacing the implement, and a hydraulic control system for enabling an operator to control movement of the implement. The control system allows the implement to be returned to a desired position or state, such as a return to dig position or a return to float state, in a single automated operation that is initiated by the operator actuating a switch at the same time as moving a joystick in a desired direction. A pilot-operated valve is used to supply hydraulic fluid under pressure to the actuator acting on the implement and the operation of the joystick is detected by means of a pressure sensor connected to a control line of the pilot-operated valve.
US10214871B2
A screen intake has a central body with two screens attached on either end. Each of the screens has an interior that communicates with a hollow of the body via flow modifiers. These flow modifiers include one or more pipes disposed in the interior of the screens and through passages in ends of the body. A flow control support device disposed within the body supports the body's sidewall and divides the hollow into at least two portions—each communicating with flow from one of the flow modifiers. The device can include one or more plates disposed adjacent one another within the internal hollow with a peripheral edge attached to an inside of the body's sidewall. At least one of the one or more plates can be solid, or one or more of the plates can define openings therein allowing passage of at least some fluid therethrough.
US10214865B2
An earth working roller for use in an earth working machine includes a roller drum, which extends in a direction along a roller axis of rotation, surrounds a roller interior, and has a circular outer circumferential contour, wherein a substrate breaking configuration is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the roller drum. The substrate breaking configuration includes a plurality of impact bars along the roller drum in the direction of the roller drum axis of rotation, as well as a plurality of breaker bars along the roller drum in a circumferential direction.
US10214864B2
In a method for stabilizing an earth formation exposed after removal of a track and ballast, in a first working pass in a work section following a rear crawler track with regard to a working direction, parallel to the removal of the ballast the earth formation is loosened up, aggregates are introduced, and grading takes place. In a second working pass, the earth formation to which aggregates have been added is mixed thoroughly by getting picked up by means of a clearing chain and transported onward to a discharge point located behind the rear crawler track and discharged again upon the exposed earth formation, after which, by grading and consolidating the discharged earth formation, a rehabilitation layer is formed.
US10214857B2
A method of controlling a paper product converting line. The method includes unwinding a paper web from a parent roll on a converting line, the converting line having a plurality of operational parameters, the paper web including a plurality of sections in a sequence, and a plurality of marks, each mark being associated with an action score, at least one action score having an action value, reading at least one of the marks, obtaining the action score associated with a second one of the marks, the second of the marks being a next mark with an action value after the one read mark, calculating a distance between the at least one read mark and the second one, changing at least one operational parameter of the converting line based upon the action score, and converting the paper web into a paper product.
US10214842B2
A washing machine may include a cabinet, a tub, a drum, a driving module for rotating the drum, a water supply module for supplying the wash water to the tub, a drainage module for discharging the wash water from the tub, a drying module at the cabinet for supplying heated air into the tub from an upper side of the tub to dry the laundry, and an exhaust duct coupled to the tub for discharging a fluid in the tub out of the cabinet.
US10214841B1
A needle inserter comprising an elongated handle having a first end portion and a second end portion, a releasable support at the first end portion and an elongated element extending perpendicularly from the first end portion and includes a perpendicular extending distal end. The needle inserter operates such that an embroidery needle is supported on the needle inserter by the releasable support and by the distal end. The needle inserter further operates to allow a user to hold the needle inserter to move the embroidery needle such that the embroidery needle engages with the retaining member such that the embroidery needle is retained in its proper orientation and alignment and to allow the user to move the needle inserter such that the embroidery needle disengages from the needle inserter.
US10214839B2
A preform manufacturing apparatus comprising a supply of fiber strip, a moveable positive fiber strip delivery mechanism coupled between a desired lay down location and the supply of fiber strip to positively deliver and orient the supply of fiber strip to the desired lay down location, and an electronic unwinder coupled to the supply of fiber strip is described herein. The electronic unwinder is configured to interact with the moveable positive fiber strip delivery mechanism.
US10214835B2
A method of processing a super-hard material having a Vickers hardness of no less than 2000 kg/mm2, the method comprising: (a) forming a surface of the super-hard material to have a first surface profile within a first root mean square deviation being no more than 5 μm; (b) analyzing said surface of the super-hard material to detect a plurality of protruding regions on said surface; and (c) selectively processing over only the protruding regions on the surface of the super-hard material to form a second surface profile within a second root mean square deviation from the smooth target surface profile, said second root mean square deviation being no more than 100 nm.
US10214832B2
A system for recycling machined metal produced by an electrochemical material removal process. The system includes a machining unit and an electrowinning unit. The machining unit includes an anode to receive a workpiece, a cathode tool, and a first pulse generator to provide a voltage or current waveform between the anode and the cathode tool. The electrowinning unit includes an electrowinning cathode, an electrowinning anode, and a second pulse generator to provide a voltage or current waveform between the electrowinning anode and the electrowinning cathode. The machining unit is in fluid communication with the electrowinning unit.
US10214831B2
The invention relates to a one-piece metal component including an electroformed metal body, the external surface of the body including, only over or to a predetermined depth, less trapped hydrogen than the rest of the electroformed metal body causing a hardening relative to the rest of the body in order to improve the wear resistance of the one-piece component while preserving a relative magnetic permeability of less than 10 and the ability to be driven or pressed fit.
US10214826B2
Certain embodiments herein relate to a method of electroplating copper into damascene features using a low copper concentration electrolyte having less than about 10 g/L copper ions and about 2-15 g/L acid. Using the low copper electrolyte produces a relatively high overpotential on the plating substrate surface, allowing for a slow plating process with few fill defects. The low copper electrolyte may have a relatively high cloud point.
US10214822B2
An electrode of an embodiment includes a base material, and a catalyst layer provided on the base material and having a porous structure. When a sum of heights of all peaks belonging to Ir oxide is I0, the height of a peak of IrO2 (110) is I1, and the height of a peak of IrO2 (211) is I2, a ratio of (I1+I2)/I0, which is a ratio of spectra obtained by X-ray diffraction measurements using Kα rays of Cu in the catalyst layer, is 50% or more and 100% or less in a range of a diffraction angle of 20 degrees or more and 70 degrees or less.
US10214816B2
An apparatus for depositing film stacks in-situ (i.e., without a vacuum break or air exposure) are described. In one example, a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus configured to deposit a plurality of film layers on a substrate without exposing the substrate to a vacuum break between film deposition phases, is provided. The apparatus includes a process chamber, a plasma source and a controller configured to control the plasma source to generate reactant radicals using a particular reactant gas mixture during the particular deposition phase, and sustain the plasma during a transition from the particular reactant gas mixture supplied during the particular deposition phase to a different reactant gas mixture supplied during a different deposition phase.
US10214812B2
A method of fabricating a PCD cutter element including a diamond table including a plurality of coated diamond particles fabricated using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process.
US10214808B2
A deposition apparatus for performing a deposition process by using a mask with respect to a substrate, the deposition apparatus includes a chamber, a support unit in the chamber, the support unit including first holes and being configured to support the substrate, a supply unit configured to supply at least one deposition raw material toward the substrate, and movable alignment units through the first holes of the support unit, the alignment units being configured to support the mask and to align the mask with respect to the substrate.
US10214802B2
An aluminum alloy and a method for improving the ability of a semi-finished or finished product to age artificially, includes an age-hardenable aluminum alloy on an Al—Mg—Si, Al—Zn, Al—Zn—Mg or Al—Si—Mg basis, wherein the aluminum alloy is transformed to a solid solution state, in particular by solution heat treatment (1), is quenched and subsequently forms precipitations by a process of natural aging (3), the method involving at least one measure for reducing a negative effect of natural aging (3) of the aluminum alloy on artificial aging (4) thereof. In order to achieve advantageous method conditions, a measure for reducing the negative effect involves an addition of at least one alloy element which can be associated with quenched-in vacancies for the solid solution of the aluminum alloy with a proportion of under 500, in particular under 200, atomic ppm in the aluminum alloy, whereby the number of vacancies that are not associated with precipitations at the beginning of artificial aging (4) increases in order to reduce the negative effect of natural aging (3) of the aluminum alloy on the further artificial aging (4) thereof by mobilizing these unassociated vacancies.
US10214801B2
Composite structures and methods of their manufacture are provided. In one embodiment, the composite structure includes a substrate which includes a relatively soft material, and nanoparticles which include a relatively hard material and which are embedded (i) within at least a surface region of the substrate, or (ii) uniformly within and throughout the substrate, in an amount effective to improve the wear resistance of the substrate. Methods for forming these composite structures include a hot-rolling process, a roll-bonding process, or a combination thereof.
US10214790B2
A method is disclosed for producing components from an austenitic lightweight steel which is metastable in its initial state, by forming of a sheet, a circuit board or a pipe in one or more steps, exhibiting a temperature-dependent TRIP and/or TWIP effect during forming. To obtain a component with, in particular, high toughness, the forming is carried out at a temperature above room temperature, at 40 to 160° C., which avoids the TRIP/TWIP effect, and to achieve in particular high component strength, the forming is carried out at a temperature below room temperature, at −65 to 0° C., which enhances the TRIP/TWIP effect.
US10214787B2
The invention relates to a hot-briquetting or hot-compacting installation, in particular for directly reduced iron, having at least one first row (1) of presses with one or more first roll presses (2), and having at least one second row (3) of presses with one or more second roll presses (4), having at least one first cooling conveyor (7) beneath the first row (1) of presses, and a second cooling conveyor (8) beneath the second row (3) of presses, and having a plurality of material lines (6), which are assigned in each case to the individual roll presses (2, 4) and via which the briquetted or compacted material exiting from the roll presses (2, 4) is discharged to the cooling conveyors (7, 8). The material lines (6) are provided with one or more diverters (9), which can be adjusted such that the material from the roll presses (2, 4) of the first row (1) of presses and of the second row (3) of presses is discharged optionally in each case to the first cooling conveyor (7) or to the second cooling conveyor (8).
US10214785B2
The present disclosure provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions with altered capsid protein, where the AAV virions exhibit greater infectivity of retinal cells, when administered via intravitreal injection, compared to wild-type AAV. The present disclosure further provides methods of delivering a gene product to a retinal cell in an individual, and methods of treating ocular disease.
US10214778B2
Provided in the present invention are a method using in vitro measurement of the content of methylation or demethylation of GFRa1 CpG islands to estimate a risk of tumorigenesis and of tumor metastasis, or postoperative life expectancy, and a nucleotide sequence used.
US10214768B2
The present application relates to new coumarin compounds and their uses as fluorescent labels. The compounds may be used as fluorescent labels for nucleotides in nucleic acid sequencing applications.
US10214767B2
A parallel processing system for processing samples is described. In one embodiment, the parallel processing system includes an instrument interface parallel controller to control a tray motor driving system, a close-loop heater control and direction system, a magnetic particle transfer system, a reagent release system, a reagent pre-mix pumping system and a wash buffer pumping system.
US10214766B2
The invention relates to a bioluminescent substrate suitably usable in a series of artificial luciferases (ALuc), and the invention provides a wavelength-shifted spectrum with a selective high intensity luminescence and high luminescence stability obtained by the use of the substrate together with ALuc. The luminescent substrate for ALuc obtained by the invention can be included together with a suitable luminescence solution in a luminescence kit. The bioluminescent substrate for ALuc of the invention can exhibit unprecedented excellent luminescence specificity and functionality in the conventional bioluminescence probe, two-hybrid assay, bioluminescent capsule, and reporter gene assay.
US10214761B2
There are provided amino acid derivatives of formula V and VI as defined herein which are pyrrolysine analogs for use in bioconjugation processes.
US10214757B2
A photosynthetic device includes a main body defining a microfluid chamber for causing photosynthesis therein, and a light source, wherein the microfluid chamber is constituted by at least one communication room, a plurality of micro channels respectively and spatially communicated with the communication room, at least one micro injection duct spatially communicated with the communication room, and a plurality of filter plugs spatially connected to the micro channels respectively and the micro injection duct at free ends thereof in order to filter fluid backflow in the micro channels and the micro injection duct. The light source radiates ceaselessly one of the communication room, the plurality of micro channels and the micro injection duct. The photosynthesis is resulted once chloroplasts and normal saline solution are injected into one of the communication room, the plurality of micro channels and the micro injection duct.
US10214750B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for use in transducing, activating, and otherwise treating cells. Cells are introduced into an inner layer of a multi-layered stack that defines at least one flow chamber and a plurality of cell entrainment regions. Vertical flow through the stack entrains the cells in the cell entrainment regions along with genetic information introduction agents or other additives, before the cells are washed using a reverse vertical flow and are collected from the device.
US10214749B2
Methods of increasing abiotic stress tolerance and/or biomass in plants and plants generated thereby
Isolated polynucleotides having a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162-204, 206-211, 214-287 and/or encoding polypeptides having an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13-56, 58-63, 66-121, 141-156 or 157 are provided. Also provided are methods of utilizing same for increasing the tolerance of a plant to abiotic stresses and/or increasing the biomass, vigor and/or yield of a plant.
US10214745B2
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of BDNF.
US10214736B2
The present disclosure provides novel polypeptides with 3-buten-2-ol dehydratase activity, polypeptides with catalytic activity in the conversion of 3-methyl-3-buten-2-ol to isoprene, and crystal structure data for one of such polypeptides. Methods of making and using the polypeptides and their related crystal structure data are also provided.
US10214729B2
The present invention provides for methods, compositions, and kits for producing an induced pluripotent stem cell from a non-pluripotent mammalian cell using a 3′-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK1) activator or a compound that promotes glycolytic metabolism as well as other small molecules.
US10214723B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a non-human, mammalian oocyte carrying a modified target sequence in its genome, the method comprising the steps of introducing into a non-human, mammalian oocyte: (a) a clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated protein 9 (Cas9 protein) or a nucleic acid molecule encoding said Cas9 protein; and (b-i) a target sequence specific CRISPR RNA (crRNA) and a trans-activating crRNA (tracr RNA) or a nucleic acid molecule encoding said RNAs; or (b-ii) a chimaeric RNA sequence comprising a target sequence specific crRNA and tracrRNA or a nucleic acid molecule encoding said RNA; wherein the Cas9 protein introduced in (a) and the RNA sequence(s) introduced in (b-i) or (b-ii) form a protein/RNA complex that specifically binds to the target sequence and introduces a single or double strand break within the target sequence. The present invention further relates to the method of the invention, wherein the target sequence is modified by homologous recombination with a donor nucleic acid sequence further comprising the step: (c) introducing a nucleic acid molecule into the cell, wherein the nucleic acid molecule comprises the donor nucleic acid sequence and regions homologous to the target sequence. The present invention also relates to a method of producing a non-human mammal carrying a modified target sequence in its genome.
US10214722B2
Provided is an isolated population of human pluripotent stem cells comprising at least 50% human pluripotent stem cells characterized by an OCT4+/TRA1-60−/TRA1-81−/SSEA1+/SSEA4− expression signature, and novel methods of generating and maintaining same in a pluripotent, undifferentiated state a suspension culture devoid of cell clumps. Also provided are novel culture media, cell cultures and methods for culturing pluripotent stem cells in a suspension culture or a two-dimensional culture system while maintaining the cells in a proliferative, pluripotent and undifferentiated state. The novel culture media comprise interleukin 11 (IL11) and Ciliay Neurotrophic Factor (CNTF); bFGF at a concentration of at least 50 ng/ml and an IL6RIL6 chimera; or an animal contaminant-free serum replacement and an IL6RIL6 chimera. Also provided are methods for generating lineage-specific cells from the pluripotent stem cells.
US10214720B2
This invention provides gels and matrices having a rigidity in the range of 0.1-2.5 kPa, methods of manufacturing same, and method of preserving a mesenchymal stem cell population or studying mesenchymal stem cells, comprising same.
US10214716B2
An apparatus and method for determining fluid flow (e.g., sterile media flow, filtrate flow, etc.) through tubing is provided. The apparatus includes an air source, a flow valve, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a media tubing section extending between the first sensor and the second sensor. In operation, air from the air source is introduced by the flow valve into a fluid flow to create a lead line of fluid immediately following the introduced air. As the lead line of fluid passes each sensor, the sensors are used to determine a time between when the lead line passes the first sensor and the second sensor and that determined elapsed time is used, along with a determined volume of the media tubing section to determine the rate of flow of the fluid flow.
US10214715B2
A bioreactor system for stem cell expansion has a fluid-filled reactor chamber in which stem cells are cultured. The culture compartment of the reactor chamber is transversed by a perfusion core with multiple niche-like scaffolds positioned along the length of the perfusion core. The bioreactor system also uses a media gas exchange module that is free standing and does not require its inclusion in a CO2 incubator.
US10214711B2
This invention discloses a method for producing of hop aroma from hop oil that uses only carbon dioxide and ethanol as solvents. It also covers ‘green’ aromas produced by that method and the beers produced using these ‘green’ aromas.
US10214710B2
The invention relates to compositions, methods of use, and methods of manufacture for an intercalated bleach compound and compositions thereof. The intercalated bleach compound has the formula Mx(OCl)y(O)m(OH)n where M is an alkaline earth metal such as magnesium, calcium or mixture thereof. The values of x and y independently equal any number greater than or equal to 1 (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), and m and n independently equal any number greater than or equal to 0 (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), but m and n are not both 0. In addition, the molar ratio of the alkaline earth metal (e.g., magnesium or calcium) to hypochlorite is at least 3:1. In other words, x is ≥3y. The compounds exhibit excellent stability, little or no chlorine bleach odor, exhibit excellent pH buffering characteristics, and less reactivity with organic materials as compared to alternative chlorine bleach products.
US10214695B2
A process for recovering heat from the separation of hydrocarbons. The overhead vapor stream from a fractionation column is passed to a two stage heat pump compressor. The first stage of compression is used to reboil the fractionation column. The second stage is compressed and cooled passed to a separation zone. The liquid in the separation zone may be passed back to the fractionation column as secondary reflux, and/or recovered as liquid product. Heat may also be removed from the second stage. A suction drum on the first stage may be used to protect the heat pump compressor from any droplets in the overhead stream.
US10214694B2
This invention relates to a new process to directly produce transportation gasoline from synthesis gas containing principally carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. The process entails three sequential catalytic stages with intermediate heat exchange to provide the requisite temperature in each stage, but with no interstage separation. The recycle loop enhances the conversion of the synthesis gas to the desired products and also serves as heat sink for the highly exothermic reactions involved in each stage.
US10214686B2
The present invention provides methods for hermetically sealing luminescent nanocrystals, as well as compositions and containers comprising hermetically sealed luminescent nanocrystals. By hermetically sealing the luminescent nanocrystals, enhanced lifetime and luminescence can be achieved.
US10214684B2
The present invention relates to friction reducers and to well treatment fluids. In one embodiment there is provided a friction reducing composition comprising (a) a phosphonium compound and (b) a polymeric friction reducer. In a further embodiment there is provided a well treatment fluid comprising a phosphonium compound.
US10214675B2
An invert emulsion drilling fluid, and a method for the use thereof in drilling wellbores, with good rheological properties at high temperatures and pressures. One embodiment of the drilling fluids is free of organophilic clays and lignites, free of calcium chloride, and comprises glycerol in the internal phase, and a suspension agent comprising a combination of a fatty dimer diamine and a short chain acid, such as citric acid. In one embodiment, the base oil for the emulsion is a paraffin and/or mineral oil. The drilling fluids provide good rheological properties including good suspension of drill cuttings.
US10214673B2
The present invention relates to thermally conductive pigments which consist of a substrate and a coating applied thereto comprising aluminum oxide and/or aluminum oxide hydrate, to a process for the preparation of these pigments, and to the use thereof.
US10214664B2
A floor marking tape has a structure that retains the adhesive under the tape to prevent the adhesive from being squeezed out from under the tape when the tape is in use on a floor. In one embodiment, the structure is a shoulder that defines a recess that holds the bulk of the adhesive. The shoulder prevents the adhesive from flowing out to the outer edge of the tape. The tape may have beveled edges that limit the unintentional lifting and delamination of the tape from the floor. The upper surface of the tape may be curved from edge-to-edge to limit dirt retention on the tape as well as allowing objects to slide over the tape.
US10214659B2
The present invention provides aqueous compositions that provide improved open time, the compositions comprising (i) an aqueous polymer composition of one or more emulsion polymers, one or more aqueous dispersion polymers, or mixtures thereof, preferably, a vinyl or acrylic emulsion polymer, and (ii) from 0.1 to 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of solids in the composition, one or more polyalkoxylates having from 2 to 15 polyalkoxylate chains and an ethylene oxide (EO) content ranging from 20 to 70 wt. %, based on the total weight of polyalkoxylate solids in the composition. The compositions are useful in high solids or fast drying compositions such as coatings and non-cementitious mortars.
US10214654B2
Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film, said method being suitably applicable to a wet-on-wet coating process comprising: applying a first water-borne base coating material to form an uncured first water-based base coating; and then applying a second water-based base coating material without preheating the uncured first water-borne base coating. A method for forming a multilayer coating film according to a wet-on-wet coating process which comprises applying a first water-based base coating material to the surface of a substrate to be coated and then applying, without preheating the thus formed coating, a second water-based base coating material, characterized in that: the first water-borne base coating material contains a hydrophilic association-type viscous material; and the composition of the second water-based base coating material is controlled.
US10214653B2
The present invention provides a refractory article which is fire resistant, heat resistant, and light weight, and which is suitable for use as a building material. The refractory article comprises (1) a core material and (2) a refractory layer which covers one or more surface of the core material, and comprises a polyisocyanurate resin. The core material (1) may be a glued laminated timber. Suitable polyisocyanurate resins may be obtained by reaction of a polyisocyanate in the presence of a polyol. A flame retardant may be present in the polyisocyanurate resin.
US10214650B2
Disclosed is an aqueous dispersion of composite particles comprising an aqueous medium including water and the composite particles dispersed in the aqueous medium. The composite particle has a particle (A) and a polymer layer (B) with which at least a part of a surface of the particle (A) is encapsulated. The particle (A) is at least any one particle of an inorganic solid particle, or a silica-encapsulated particle having a core particle and a silica layer with which at least a part of the surface of the core particle is encapsulated. The zeta potential of the composite particles in the aqueous dispersion of composite particles at 60° C. is −70 mV to −160 mV at any pH in the range from 7 to 11.
US10214648B2
The present invention relates to novel bisazo dyes, a process for their preparation and their use for dyeing and/or printing substrates.
US10214644B2
Polycarbonate blends with a combination of high thin wall flame retardance, low temperature ductility, and good tracking resistance are disclosed. The blends are a combination of a polycarbonate polymer, a polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer, non-brominated and non-chlorinated flame retardant, titanium dioxide, and carbon black.
US10214639B2
The present disclosure relates to a post consumer recycled polymer composition comprising: 80% to 95% (w/w) of a post consumer recycled resin; and 5% to 20% (w/w) of at least one additive. The present disclosure further relates to a laminate comprising: an outer layer of a post consumer recycled polymer composition; a middle layer of post consumer recycled polymer composition; and an inner layer of virgin resins. The present disclosure also relates to a process for manufacturing tubes comprising: extrusion of post consumer recycled polymer composition comprising 80% to 95% (w/w) of an post consumer recycled resin; and 5% to 20% (w/w) of at least one additive, through a circular slit to form a long cylindrical hollow pipe; slicing the long cylindrical hollow pipe to form tube sleeves; forming tube shoulder and neck; and attaching the tube shoulder and the neck to the tube sleeves to obtain a tube.
US10214638B2
The disclosure relates to a rubber composition based on at least one styrene/butadiene copolymer SBR, the SBR having a content of greater than or equal to 50 parts per hundred parts of elastomer, phr, a reinforcing filler comprising predominantly carbon black with a CTAB specific surface area of greater than or equal to 90 m2/g, wherein the composition comprises an aromatic dicyclopentadiene plasticizing resin comprising essentially styrene, ethylene and dicyclopentadiene units, at a content ranging from 2 to 40 phr, the composition containing less than 5 phr of another plasticizer.
US10214637B2
A rubber composition for tires which enables a balanced improvement in rolling resistance, abrasion resistance, and wet-skid performance which contains a rubber blend, including a diene rubber A modified with a specific acrylamide compound, and a diene rubber B modified with either a combination of a specific silicon or tin compound and a specific modifying compound or with the modifying compound, the combined rubbers A and B having a weight average molecular weight of 300,000 to 1,400,000; and a specific silica.
US10214636B2
A rubber composition for a tire tread includes 6 to 20 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent having a mercapto group and SiO bond; and 1 to 20 parts by weight of terpene resin having a softening point of 130° C. or more and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more, to 100 parts by weight of raw rubber.
US10214634B2
Described herein are strength characteristics and biodegradation of articles produced using one or more petrochemical-based polymers and one or more carbohydrate-based polymers. A compatibilizer can optionally be included in the article. In some cases, the article can include a film or bag.
US10214632B2
The present invention relates to a novel and economical process for modification of acid scavenger to be used not only for neutralizing the effect of catalyst residue but as well as crystallinity modifier in polyolefins. More particularly, the present invention discloses a process for modification of acid scavenger to be used as dual functional additive as acid scavenger as well as crystallinity modifier in polyolefins, said process comprising treating an acid scavenger with an organic dibasic acid to obtain a modified acid scavenger, wherein the acid scavenger is calcium aluminum hydroxy carbonate having chemical formula Ca4Al2(OH)12CO3.nH2O, where n=4-5.
US10214628B2
A novel plasticizer blend(s) useful for plastisol compositions, including organisols, having good solvating properties, good viscosity profiles and compatibility with other plasticizers and solvents traditionally used in plastisols, comprising benzoate ester plasticizer(s) and a compatibilizing plasticizer component. Methods for preparing a plastisol having low viscosity and good rheology characteristics and for rendering a benzoate ester plasticizer, or blends thereof, compatible with organic solvents traditionally used in plastisols, by incorporating the novel plasticizer blend(s), which do not require adjusting the solubility parameters of the solvents to accommodate the plasticizer, are disclosed.
US10214625B2
A polyolefin nanocomposite material comprising the following components: (A) a crystalline or semi-crystalline polyolefin resin; and (B) a nanosized mineral filler comprising or substantially consisting of a hydrotalcite, wherein the amount of the hydrotalcite is from 0.02 to 6 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the nanocomposite material, and the ratio MFR (1)/MFR (2) of the melt flow rate value MFR (1) of component (A) to the melt flow rate value MFR (2) of the polyolefin nanocomposite material is of at least 1.02, charachterized in that the said polyolefin nanocomposite material includes a compatibilizer the dispersion of the mineral filler (B) and compatibilizer in the polyolefin resin is produced at shear mixing rates from 30 to 300 sec−1.
US10214618B2
A low density coring material is described. In one embodiment, the low density coring material consists essentially of: about 40 to about 80 wt % resin; 0 to about 50 wt % monomer; 0 to about 5 wt % dispersion aid; 0 to about 5 wt % accelerator; about 3 to about 7 wt % microspheres; and about 1 to about 5 wt % catalyst; wherein a density of the cured coring material is less than about 5.0 lbs/gal. Composites made using the low density coring material and methods of making composites are also described.
US10214601B2
The polypropylene copolymer according to the present invention has a low melting point and also is excellent in the low temperature heat sealing effect, transparency and strength, and the film prepared therefrom can be effectively used as a sealing layer of the non-stretched polypropylene-based film.
US10214589B2
The current disclosure provides binding polypeptides (e.g., antibodies), and effector moiety conjugates thereof (e.g., antibody-drug conjugates or ADCs), comprising a site-specifically engineered drug-glycan linkage within native or engineered glycans of the binding polypeptide. The current disclosure also provides nucleic acids encoding the antigen-binding polypeptides, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such antigen-binding polypeptides. Methods of using the antigen-binding polypeptides disclosed herein to treat disease are also provided.
US10214586B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that bind human programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), and may be useful for treating solid and hematological tumors alone and in combination with chemotherapy and other cancer therapeutics.
US10214583B2
Antibodies that are agonists of sodium pump (Na+/K+ ATPase; NKA) activity are provided. In particular, antibodies that specifically bind epitopes on the beta-1 (β1) subunit of NKA are disclosed. These antibodies have the ability to increase the activity of the catalytic alpha subunit of NKA upon β1 subunit binding. Due to their activity, the antibodies also have the ability to trigger a positive inotropic effect in cardiac tissues (i.e., increase cardiac contraction). The present invention thus includes, but is not limited to, NKA β1 subunit peptide epitopes, antibodies that specifically bind the epitopes, methods of increasing NKA activity and cardiac contraction through administration of the peptide vaccines or the antibodies, and methods of treating and/or preventing heart disease through administration of the peptides or the antibodies.
US10214581B2
Antibodies having Fab regions that specifically bind to Staphylococcus aureus protein A are capable of mediating opsinization of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria despite their expression of antibody-neutralizing protein A. These antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof can be used in methods of treating and/or preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections.
US10214566B2
The present invention provides mutant adeno-associated virus (AAV) that exhibit altered capsid properties, e.g., reduced binding to neutralizing antibodies in serum and/or altered heparin binding and/or altered infectivity of particular cell types. The present invention further provides libraries of mutant AAV comprising one or more mutations in a capsid gene. The present invention further provides methods of generating the mutant AAV and mutant AAV libraries, and compositions comprising the mutant AAV. The present invention further provides recombinant AAV (rAAV) virions that comprise a mutant capsid protein. The present invention further provides nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences that encode mutant capsid proteins, and host cells comprising the nucleic acids. The present invention further provide methods of delivering a gene product to an individual, the methods generally involving administering an effective amount of a subject rAAV virion to an individual in need thereof.
US10214565B2
Some embodiments of the invention include inventive polypeptides (e.g., mutant VP2 proteins) and virus-like particles made from the inventive polypeptides. Other embodiments of the invention include compositions for treating (e.g., preventing) parvovirus (e.g., erythrovirus or parvovirus B19) infection and other diseases. Further embodiments include methods for administering compositions to an animal. Other embodiments include treating (e.g., preventing) parvovirus (e.g., erythrovirus or parvovirus B19) infection and other diseases. Still other embodiments include nucleic acid sequences that encode the inventive polypeptides. Additional embodiments of the invention are also discussed.
US10214564B2
A pharmaceutical composition for use in killing and/or inhibiting the growth and/or proliferation of a microorganism in a subject in need thereof, or for treating a subject afflicted with a microbial infection is disclosed. The composition comprises: (a) an effective amount of an isolated peptide, wherein the peptide comprises the arginine-rich carboxy-terminal region of hepatitis B virus core protein (HBc) and exhibits an antimicrobial activity; and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The peptide exhibits an activity against Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria, and/or fungi.
US10214558B2
This invention provides a method of synthesizing new active compounds for pharmaceutical uses including cancer treatment, wherein the cancers comprise breast, leukocytic, liver, ovarian, bladder, prostatic, skin, bone, brain, leukemia, lung, colon, CNS, melanoma, renal, cervical, esophageal, testicular, spleenic, kidney, lymphatic, pancreatic, stomach and thyroid cancers. This invention is an anti-adhesion therapy which uses the compound as a mediator or inhibitor of adhesion proteins and angiopoietins. It inhibits excess adhesion and inhibits cell attachment. It modulates angiogenesis. The compounds also use as mediator of cell adhesion receptor, cell circulating, cell moving and inflammatory diseases. The compounds are attached with angeloyl, acetyl, tigloyl, senecioyl, Crotonoyl, 3,3-Dimethylartyloyl, Cinnamoyl, Pentenoyl, Hexanoyl, benzoyl, Ethylbutyryl, benzoyl, dibenzoyl, alkanoyl, alkenoyl, benzoyl alkyl substituted alkanoyl, ethanoyl, propanoyl, propenoyl, butanoyl, butenoyl, pentanoyl, hexenoyl, heptanoyl, heptenoyl, octanoyl, octenoyl, nonanoyl, nonenoyl, decanoyl, decenoyl, propionyl, 2-propenoyl, 2-butenoyl, Isobutyryl, 2-methylpropanoyl, 2-ethylbutyryl, ethylbutanoyl, 2-ethylbutanoyl, butyryl, (E)-2,3-Dimethylacryloyl, (E)-2-Methylcrotonoyl, 3-cis-Methyl-methacryloyl, 3-Methyl-2-butenoyl, 3-Methylcrotonoyl, 4-Pentenoyl, (2E)-2-pentenoyl, Caproyl, 5-Hexenoyl, Capryloyl, Lauroyl, Dodecanoyl, Myristoyl, Tetradecanoyl, Oleoyl, O—C(2-18) Acyl.
US10214556B2
A method for purifying a salt of reduced form of β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) includes: sequentially microfiltrating and nanofiltrating a reaction solution obtained after an enzymatic reaction, collecting a concentrate for use; adding an ion pair reagent to the concentrate, and purifying by gradient elution to obtain a purified filtrate using a reverse-phase chromatographic column as a stationary phase, a buffer solution as a phase A, and ethanol as a phase B; changing the cations in the purified filtrate into sodium ions to obtain a filtrate by using a cation exchange resin; and nanofiltrating the filtrate, and freeze drying in a vacuum freeze drier. The method results in an excellent purity and yield of a salt of NADH that meets requirements in industry.
US10214544B2
The present invention provides imidazopyridazine compounds or imidazothiadiazole compounds of Formula I having the structure: (I) wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, Y, W, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and (II) are as defined herein, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug ester or solvate form thereof. These compounds are inhibitors of platelet aggregation and thus can be used as medicaments for treating or preventing thromboembolic disorders.
US10214537B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or a salt thereof; wherein: X is N or CH; Q1 is: (i) Cl, Br, I, —CN, —CH3, or —CF3; (ii) a 5-membered heteroaryl selected from pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, oxazolyl, thiazolyl, triazolyl, oxadiazolyl, and thiadiazolyl; (iii) a 6?membered heteroaryl selected from pyridinyl, pyridazinyl, and pyrimidinyl; or (iv) a bicyclic heteroaryl selected from indolyl, pyrrolopyridinyl, pyrazolopyridinyl and benzo[d]oxazolyl; wherein each of said 5-membered, 6-membered, and bicyclic heteroaryl is substituted with zero to 1 Ra and zero to 1 Rb; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Ra, and Rb are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as modulators of PI3K, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US10214533B2
Novel compounds of Formula I and their use in therapeutic treatments.
US10214528B2
The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles, and pharmaceutical compositions of the same, that are inhibitors of the FGFR4 enzyme and are useful in the treatment of FGFR4-associated diseases such as cancer.
US10214522B2
Provided herein, inter alia, are methods and compositions for inhibiting αvβ1 integrin and for treating fibrosis.
US10214521B2
The present invention relates to fused heterocyclic compound of Formula (I), a stereoisomer, a tautomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate, a prodrug, a polymorph, N-oxide, S-oxide, or a carboxylic acid isostere thereof; processes for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds; and their use for the treatment of the diseases or disorders mediated by GPR120 receptor.
US10214508B2
The present invention provides a compound having a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity and useful as a medicament such as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder, Parkinson's disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and the like, and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof. wherein each symbol is as described in the attached DESCRIPTION.
US10214502B2
This invention offers an effective method of decreasing expression of apolipoprotein E and increasing expression of at least one of either LDL-receptor protein or AbcA1 protein including selecting mammalian cells expressing apoE and at least one of either LDL-receptor protein or AbcA1 protein, contacting the mammalian cell with an effective amount of a compound having general formula (I) or general formula (II) in an amount sufficient to decrease expression of the apoE and increase expression of at least one of the LDL-receptor protein or the AbcA1 protein in the mammalian cell.
US10214500B2
The present disclosure relates to inhibitors of zinc-dependent histone deacetylases (HDACs) useful in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with an HDAC, e.g., HDAC6, having a Formula I: where R, L, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 are described herein.
US10214499B2
Disclosed is a process for carrying out a cyclization reaction, a polymerization reaction, an enzymatic reaction showing substrate inhibition, an enzymatic reaction showing product inhibition, a reaction showing precipitation of the substrate or of a reactant, the process comprising the steps of a) diluting a fresh substrate with solvent to form a diluted substrate-solvent mixture, and supplying this mixture to a reactor, b) causing the reaction medium in the reactor to react, c) discharging reaction mixture comprising reaction product, solvent, and substrate that has not reacted, to a first filtration membrane which is permeable to the solvent and impermeable to the substrate and to the catalyst or at least one of the reactants, d) returning solvent from the permeate side of the first membrane to dilute the fresh substrate, and e) returning retentate comprising substrate which has not reacted, from the first filtration membrane to the reactor.
US10214492B2
Disclosed herein are compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of MCT4 mediated diseases, such as proliferative and inflammatory diseases, having the structure of Formula I: Methods of inhibition MCT4 activity in a human or animal subject are also provided.
US10214490B2
This disclosure relates to picolinamides of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US10214482B2
A compound of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R4 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; each R5 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl and C1-4-hydroxyalkyl; m is 2, 3, 4 or 5; n is 2, 3, 4 or 5; and o is an integer from 0 to 10. A preferred compound of the formula (I) is 2-(2-tert-butylaminoethoxy)ethylamine. Absorbents comprising a compound of the formula (I) have rapid absorption of carbon dioxide from fluid streams and are also suitable for processes for the simultaneous removal of H2S and CO2, where given H2S limits have to be observed but complete removal of CO2 is not required.
US10214480B2
Provided is a synthesis process for a chiral cyclopropyl ethynyl tertiary alcohol compound, where a chiral amino alcohol or a chiral amino diol is reacted in the presence of an alkaline reagent and a salt to obtain an optically active propynyl alcohol compound. In particular, the process includes (1) reacting cyclopropyl acetylene with a chiral inducing agent, a chiral auxiliary reagent and zinc halide in an organic solvent in the presence of an alkaline reagent and a sulfonate or a sulphinate to obtain a first reaction mixture; (2) reacting the resultant first reaction mixture with 5-chloro-2-aminotrifluorobenzophenone to form (S)-2-amino-5-chloro-α-cyclopropyl acetylene-α-trifluoromethylbenzyl alcohol. The process avoids an organic zinc reagent and a Grignard reagent, and has the advantages of safe production, an environmentally friendly route, low production costs, a high resultant product yield, a high chiral ee value and is suitable for industrial production.
US10214472B2
A solubilizer is used to stabilize crude polyol produced from biomass.
