US10242157B1
Systems and methods described herein can provide clinicians with a dental office management service that can programmatically provide treatment recommendations and streamline the patient record building process. These systems and methods can enable clinicians to select from a short list of recommended treatments based on the existing condition and pathology of a tooth, for example, as the dentist is giving instructions and treatment recommendations. A list of recommended treatments for a patient may be automatically compiled based on the treatment recommendations selected by the clinician as the dentist was examining the patient's teeth one by one. Further, systems and methods described herein can enable clinicians to take notes and thereby build a patient record efficiently using one or more completed treatment templates.
US10242156B2
A method for visualizing concurrently executing clinical guidelines executed by a clinical decision support system for a subject includes presenting, on a display, a first guideline window in a graphical user interface, wherein the first guideline window presents information corresponding to a first of the concurrently executing clinical guidelines, and presenting, on the display and concurrently with the first guideline window, a second guideline window in the graphical user interface, wherein the second guideline window presents information corresponding to a second of the concurrently executing clinical guidelines.
US10242154B1
The present invention describes a bioinformatic method that can be used in the estimation of an individual's susceptibility to cancer through an evaluation of that individual's personal genome sequence. More specifically, this invention is a continuation-in-part of the methodology described in patent application Ser. No. 14/154,303 for the early detection of cancer. Said method is based upon an analysis of the structure of the repetitive DNA sequences surrounding and within the various cancer-linked regions of the individual's genome being evaluated. Said analysis of said individual's genome is then compared to the same analysis conducted for one or more reference genomes and/or genes for which cancer susceptibility has been previously determined. Said analysis can also be used to estimate the respective likelihoods that each cancer-linked genomic region will be damaged in the potential formation of a tumor. This patient-specific analysis can then be used in the economical design of locus-specific monitoring for early genetic damage as part of pre-cancer genetic screening.
US10242152B2
A method and apparatus for determining the attitude of an object is provided herein. The method for determining the attitude of the object comprises: receiving a gravity acceleration signal and a geomagnetic field signal, the gravity acceleration signal and the geomagnetic field signal changing with the attitude of the object accordingly; determining a gravity field representation in an object coordinate system according to the gravity acceleration signal, and determining a geomagnetic field representation in the object coordinate system according to the geomagnetic field signal; calculating a conversion parameter of coordinate system between to the object coordinate system and a terrestrial coordinate system according to the gravity field representation and the geomagnetic field representation in the object coordinate system; and determining the attitude of the object according to the conversion parameter of coordinate system.
US10242148B2
The invention provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a substrate having a first cell region and a second cell region. A first electronic device is disposed on the substrate in the first cell region. A second electronic device is disposed on the substrate in the second cell region. A first bottommost metal pattern overlaps the first cell region and the second cell region. The first bottommost metal pattern is coupled to the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
US10242145B1
The present embodiments relate generally to creating power grids for complex integrated circuits having many power domains, macros, and secondary power regions. In some embodiments, a power grid compiler translates a high level description of a power grid into base-level commands that can be used by other tools to implement the wires and vias of the power grid. In these and other embodiments, the high level description comprises a terse, high-level, process technology dependent and design/chip independent language for describing the grid of power and ground wires and vias, including their connections to macros and a multitude of complex power nets that are typical in recent day SOCs. According to certain additional aspects, embodiments include a power grid optimizer for optimizing portions of a power grid based on analytics such as QOR analytics, and incrementally updating the power grid to include these optimized portions.
US10242139B2
A bi-directional EDA-browser bridge mechanism enables an EDA system and its related (external) tools to interact with a browser. The EDA-browser bridge uses a design markup language (DML) to communicate with the browser, using a document-based approach rather than a more traditional programming/API-based approach to extending (e.g., integrating tools) the EDA system. By using a markup language, extending the EDA system becomes more accessible to a wider community of developers (e.g., those with web development skills, as opposed to those with just EDA programming skills), and be able to leverage a wider variety of powerful third-party libraries, such as jQuery or D3. For example, developers are able to more easily generate interactive interfaces for viewing results related to the EDA system.
US10242121B2
Embodiments of the present invention includes systems and methods for grouping into a visual container open browser tabs based on an analysis of uniform resource locators, content, or other information relating to the plurality of open browser tabs. The analysis may include calculating a similarity score. Based on a comparison of the similarity score to one or more thresholds, a visual container is provided displaying groups of tiles corresponding to each of the pages open in the browser tabs. The visual container may be formatted as a set of browser tabs, each containing active tiles for each web page of a particular group. The visual container may be a screen showing piles of tiles, each pile corresponding to a particular group.
US10242114B2
A method is provided of enriching an entry for an entity in a local index of a search engine with tags. The method comprises obtaining location-related social media messages from within a neighborhood of an entity; determining from the obtained messages one or more terms that are unique to the entity; individually determining one or more co-occurring terms for the one or more unique terms; and using the one or more co-occurring term as tags to label the entity in the local index. Furthermore, a method is provided of retrieving social media messages associated with search results.
US10242110B2
A method for filtering-out results of a search, comprising obtaining representations of objects of a computerized system identified in the computerized system in a search conducted in the a computerized system by a party, and responsive to the search, applying by the computerized system an at least one condition constructed in the computerized system and related to access of the party with respect to the objects, thereby filtering-out the representations of the objects that correspondingly comply with the at least one condition, and an apparatus configured to carry out the method.
US10242100B2
Techniques are described for managing cached data in a network environment. In one example, the techniques include receiving a client request for a data group, determining that a cached copy of the requested data group that is stored in the persistent cache storage is no longer valid relative to a current copy of the data group stored at a remote data source system, obtaining from the remote data source system information about differences between the cached copy and the current copy and instructions associated with the identified differences, modifying, by the configured server computing system, the cached copy to include the identified differences in accordance with the received instructions, and providing, by the configured server computing system, the modified cached copy of the requested data group to the client in response to the client request.
US10242087B2
A data manager determines an appropriate number of clusters for continuous data using unsupervised learning. The data manager selects an appropriate number of clusters based on at least one temporal stability measure between continuous data from at least two time intervals.
US10242063B2
A computer-implemented method includes inserting a bloom filter creation stage after an inner data source identification stage, wherein a join operation is to be performed to join an outer data source with the inner data source. The method inserts a bloom filter search stage after an outer data source identification stage, wherein each row of data from the outer data source is searched against a bloom filter for the inner data source during the bloom filter search stage. The method initializes a read on the inner data source. Subsequent to determining the bloom filter creation stage is complete, the method initializes a read on the outer data source. The method performs the join operation at a join stage.
US10242058B2
In an approach for calculating one or more access paths during bind time, a computer receives a query. The computer identifies one or more access paths for processing the received query, wherein the one or more access paths include steps associated with retrieving data from a database based on the received query. The computer calculates resource costs associated with processing the received query on the one or more identified access paths based on one of more of: resources utilized to perform steps associated with processing the received query, and system statistics associated with the one or more identified access paths.
US10242056B2
Computer implemented methods for database hierarchy-independent data drilling are presented including: a. selecting one of at least two database structures each having data, where the at least two database structures include, at least two distinct paths that lead from a first of the at least two database structures to a second of the at least two database structures, where a path logically relates at least two data structures which are otherwise directly unrelated using data structures and data structures' relations, and a database information schema that provides information about the at least two database structures including information regarding relations between data structures; b. setting the selected database structure as a current data drilling state; and c. finding at least one related data structure corresponding with the selected database structure for the current data drilling state utilizing the database information schema.
US10242053B2
There is a storage apparatus which provides a storage area, comprises a cache memory, reads data into the cache memory from the storage area according to a read request and sends the data from the cache memory, and a computer is coupled to the storage apparatus. The computer receives a data processing request, determines an access usage based on the data processing request (or, the information relating to an access usage of the data processing request), selects a logical device corresponding to the determined access usage from a plurality of logical devices which are allocated to the storage area and issues a read request to the selected logical device.
US10242050B2
A database system provides a non-volatile cache memory layer for caching pages for a set of database from the database system. The non-volatile cache memory layer may include a non-volatile cache for caching pages for a database from the set of database on the database system. The non-volatile cache may be configured through invoking a configuring stored procedure persistent on the database system. A request is received at the non-volatile cache memory layer for performing an operation on a page from the database on the database system. Based on the received request and an identification of the page, a caching operation is performed on the non-volatile cache memory layer. The caching operation is associated with the request. Data associated with the requested operation on the page is stored and organized on the NV cache memory layer.
US10242048B2
A method includes one or more program obtaining a natural language query, where the natural language query is comprised of a first group of terms, converting the natural language query to a machine language query, and executing machine language query on at least one computer resource. The program obtains search results responsive to the machine language query, where the search results include related terms derived from terms in the first group of terms utilizing concept expansion. The program parses the search results by applying a statistical information extraction to the terms in the first group and to the related terms to identify entities and generates at least one additional natural language query by incorporating a portion of the identified entities into the query. The identified entities in the new query are a second group of terms. At least one term in the first group is not in the second group.
US10242046B2
A computing device receives a natural language query. The computing device determines, based on the natural language query, a set of search criteria. The computing device determines, from a plurality of data sets, two or more data sets that are relevant to the natural language query based at least in part on matches between the set of search criteria and attributes of the plurality of data sets. The computing device joins the two or more data sets, including joining one or more rows and one or more columns of the two or more data sets to produce a joint data set. The computing device outputs a representation of the joint data set.
US10242038B2
Techniques for block-based indexing are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a multicore processor element, an assignment component for execution by the multicore processor element to generate a plurality of block-attribute pairs, each block-attribute pair corresponding to an attribute value and one of a plurality of data blocks, and an indexing component for execution by the multicore processor element to generate an index block for the plurality of data blocks based on the plurality of block-attribute pairs, the indexing component to perform parallel indexing of the plurality of block-attribute pairs using multiple indexing instances. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10242035B1
A real-time reverse image searching for images analogous to a frame having patterns, performed using a processor connected to a network and having access to digital libraries warehousing a plurality of vectors and respective images/videos associated with each of the plurality of vectors, including: calculating representations for each of the patterns in the frame to form a vector, the representations corresponding to dimensions of the vector; reducing a size of the vector by reducing a number of the dimensions to one of about 8% and a maximum trade-off between the quality of the image and the size of vector; detecting, in the digital libraries, of the plurality of vectors that are most similar to the vector of the frame; and offering, in real-time via the network, images/videos associated with the selected of the plurality of vectors, wherein a number of the offered images and videos is pre-determined.
US10242026B2
Presented herein are methods of replicating versioned and hierarchical data structures, as well as data structures representing complex transactions. Due to interdependencies between data entities and a lack of guaranteed message ordering, simple replication methods employed for simple data types cannot be used. Operations on data structures exhibit dependencies between the messages making up the operations. This strategy can be extended to various types of complex transactions by considering certain messages to depend on other messages or on the existence of other entries at the data store. Regardless of origin, these dependencies can be enforced by suspending the processing of messages with unsatisfied dependencies until all of its dependencies have been met. Alternately, transactions can be committed immediately, creating entities that include versioned identifiers for each of their dependencies. These entities can then be garbage collected of the parent objects are not subsequently created.
US10242023B2
A computer user may use a computing environment comprising a set of computers that respectively feature a web browser having a browser cache containing many types of data objects, including application resources and user-generated data files. However, the contents of a browser cache significantly contribute to the computing environment of a computer, and the computing environments presented by each computer may diverge, providing an inconsistent computing environment. Instead, the contents of browser caches of the computers comprising the computing environment may be synchronized across computers. Additionally, the browser cache may be synchronized with the other data objects of a computing environment (such as relevant portions of the filesystem); the synchronizing may be implemented as an out-of-browser process executing independently of the applications, and even when the browser is not executing; and the synchronization may be exposed through a programmatic access with which web applications may interact.
US10242022B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for managing delayed allocation on clustered file systems may include (i) receiving, at a global lock manager that stores storage disk allocation information for a plurality of nodes in a clustered file system, a lock request from a node that requests a lock range on a storage disk to store data from a file, (ii) reserving, by the global lock manager, the lock range, (iii) receiving, at the global lock manager, from an additional node, an additional lock request for an additional lock range to store additional data from the file, and (iv) reserving, by the global lock manager, the additional lock range to be adjacent to the lock range on the storage disk based on the additional data on the additional node being from the same file as the data on the node. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10242020B2
A file division and erasure code application executing in a controlling computational device generates data fragments and parity fragments of a file. Each of the generated data fragments and parity fragments are distributed in a different distributed computational device of a plurality of distributed computational devices, where distributing of a generated data fragment comprises determining whether any distributed computational device already stores a duplicate copy of the generated data fragment, and if any distributed computational device already stores the duplicate copy of the generated data fragment, placing the generated data fragment in the distributed computational device if no other data or parity fragment of the file has already been placed in the distributed computational device.
US10242012B1
A method is used in managing truncation of files of file systems. A request is received to delete a portion of a file of a file system. A set of extents associated with the portion of the file is determined where the file has been identified for deletion. A replica of the set of extents is created. The replica represents a state of the set of extents at a particular prior point in time. The portion of the file is deleted by updating metadata of the file. The replica is asynchronously deleted in background.
US10242001B2
Systems and methods are provided for classifying electronic information and terminating a classification process which utilizes Technology-Assisted Review (“TAR”) techniques. In certain embodiments, the TAR process, which is an iterative process, is terminated based upon one more stopping criteria. In certain embodiments, use of the stopping criteria ensures that the TAR process will reliably achieve a level of quality (e.g., recall) with a certain probability. In certain embodiments, the TAR process is terminated when it independently identifies a target set of documents. In certain embodiments, the TAR process is terminated based upon whether the ratio of the slope of the TAR process's gain curve before an inflection point to the slope of the TAR process' gain curve after the inflection point exceeds a threshold. In certain embodiments, the TAR process is terminated when a review budget and slope ratio of the gain curve each exceed a respective threshold.
US10241996B2
An electronic message comprising text generated by a first user can be identified and at least a second user can be identified as a recipient. At least one n-gram contained in the text of the electronic message can be identified by performing natural language processing on the text. A first user profile of the first user and a second user profile of the second user can be accessed. Based on the first user profile and the second user profile, at least one shared user context of the first user and the second user relating to the at least one n-gram can be determined. The at least one shared user context of the first user and the second user relating to the at least one n-gram can be presented to at least the second user.
US10241994B2
An electronic device and a method for providing content on the electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving webpages from information sources, extracting intent data related to an object in the webpages, transmitting the extracted intent data to a server, and receiving, from the server, a content list including a content index that is determined based on the transmitted intent data.
US10241978B2
Example embodiments relate to measuring compatibility of viewers. An example method may include accessing a document object model (DOM) generated by an anchor document viewer in response to rendering document code. The DOM may include multiple DOM elements that correspond to graphical elements displayable by the anchor document viewer. The method may include, for each of at least one of the multiple DOM elements, allowing a user to provide an element definition that indicates how important it is that the corresponding graphical element displays as it does in the anchor document viewer.
US10241975B2
Some embodiments provide a method for rearranging a content layout. The method receives a first layout that includes content elements arranged across a first set of layout sections having a first number of sections, each of which has a same first width. The first layout defines a first margin width on either side of the layout and a first gutter width between the sections. Based on an available display width, the method determines a second gutter width and second margin width for a second layout based on the first layout. The method dynamically calculates a second number of sections in a second set of layout sections for the second layout based on the available display width, second gutter width, and second margin width. Each section of the second set has a same second width. The method rearranges the elements into a second layout that spans the second set of sections.
US10241974B2
The invention relates to electronic document processing. Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for copying a text format pattern. In one embodiment of the present invention there is a method for copying a text format pattern, including: receiving a selection of a sample object from a user, the sample object including multiple sample paragraphs of which at least two sample paragraphs have different format patterns; receiving a format copying instruction of from the user, the format copying instruction indicating reformatting a target object with the format pattern of the sample object, where the target object contains multiple target paragraphs; determining a corresponding relationship of the format pattern of the sample paragraphs with the target paragraphs; and applying the format pattern of the sample paragraphs to the target paragraphs in accordance with the corresponding relationship.
US10241955B2
A device is provided that has a bus including a first line and a second line. A first set of devices are coupled to the bus and, in a first mode of operation, configured to use the first line for data transmissions and use the second line for a first clock signal. One or more additional lines are connected between two or more of the devices in the first set of devices for transmitting signaling between the two or more devices. A second set of devices are configured to use the bus and at least one of the additional lines for data transmissions in a second mode of operation, where in the second mode of operation symbols are encoded across the first line, the second line, and the at least one of the additional lines.
US10241952B2
Methods and apparatus for throttling an interface that is integrated on the same die as a processor are described. In one embodiment, a signal from an Integrated Input/Output hub (e.g., integrated on the same die as a processor) causes throttling of a link coupled between the IIO and an Input/Output (IO) device. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10241951B1
A method of transferring data between a host and a PCI device is disclosed. The method comprises mapping a fixed memory-mapping control block in a host memory of the host to a control register of a memory-mapping unit of the PCI device; mapping a dynamic data-access memory block in the host memory to a default memory block in a memory of the PCI device, wherein the memory-mapping unit translates an address between the dynamic data-access memory block and a memory block in the memory of the PCI device; and dynamically modifying a value in the control register of the memory-mapping unit through the fixed memory-mapping control block such that an address of the dynamic data-access memory block in the host memory is translated to a different address in the memory of the PCI device based on the modified value in the control register of the memory-mapping unit.
US10241949B2
A transmission device includes a converter and a transmitter. The converter converts a plurality of link symbols in DisplayPort (DP) into a data block in Gen 2 in Universal Serial Bus (USB). The transmitter transmits the data block.
US10241947B2
A processing system includes a processor and a VM-to-VM communication accelerator circuit comprising a first interface device to support direct memory access (DMA) data transfers by the first VM, a register to store a reference to a primary physical function (PF) associated with the first interface device, wherein the first primary PF is associated with an access control table (ACT) specifying an access permission for the first VM with respect to a second VM, and a direct memory access (DMA) descriptor processing circuit to process, using a working queue associated with the first primary PF, a DMA descriptor referencing a request for a DMA data transfer between the first VM and the second VM, and execute, using the first interface device, the DMA data transfer based on the access permission.
US10241942B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) chip that includes interface circuits and a control circuit. The interface circuits is configured to interface the IC chip to buses that couple the IC chip with a memory chip, to drive signals onto the buses for transmission to the memory chip and to receive signals that are transmitted on the buses from the memory chip. The control circuit is configured to receive a ratio change of transmission rates for command signals and data signals, control the interface circuits to transmit information signals to the memory chip to inform the ratio change, configure the interface circuits according to the ratio change, and allow the interface circuits to start transmit/receive signals according to the ratio change at a time.
US10241935B2
One aspect includes a system, including: a portable device having a receptacle; and a cable assembly including a plug connectable to the receptacle; the cable assembly including: a first connection for a peripheral device; a second connection for a charger; and a control section that indicates a charging mode to the portable device permitting connection of both the charger and the peripheral device to the portable device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10241920B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a coordination of interdependent asynchronous reads. In one implementation, an input/output request for a target data block stored on a block device at a virtual address is received. A highest level indirect block from which the target data block depends in a hierarchical data structure pointing to the virtual address of the target data block is identified. The highest level indirect block is uncached. A context item is recorded to an input/output structure for the highest level indirect block. The context item indicates that an ultimate objective of a read request for the highest level indirect block is to retrieve the target data block. The input/output request is asynchronously reissued for the target data block upon receipt of the read request for the highest level indirect block.
US10241919B2
A data caching method and a computer system are provided. In the method, when a miss of an access request occurs and a cache needs to determine a to-be-replaced cache line, not only a historical access frequency of the cache line but also a type of a memory corresponding to the cache line needs to be considered. A cache line corresponding to a DRAM type may be preferably replaced, which reduces a caching amount in the cache for data stored in a DRAM and relatively increase a caching amount for data stored in an NVM. For an access request for accessing the data stored in the NVM, corresponding data can be found in the cache whenever possible, thereby reducing cases of reading data from the NVM. Thus, a delay in reading data from the NVM is reduced, and access efficiency is effectively improved.
US10241911B2
Examples described herein relate to caching in a system with multiple nodes sharing a globally addressable memory. The globally addressable memory includes multiple windows that each include multiple chunks. Each node of a set of the nodes includes a cache that is associated with one of the windows. One of the nodes includes write access to one of the chunks of the window. The other nodes include read access to the chunk. The node with write access further includes a copy of the chunk in its cache and modifies multiple lines of the chunk copy. After a first line of the chunk copy is modified, a notification is sent to the other nodes that the chunk should be marked dirty. After multiple lines are modified, an invalidation message is sent for each of the modified lines of the set of the nodes.
US10241903B1
An optimized test data selection strategy references a sampling file that identifies data attributes that serve as the basis of the test data selection strategy. By analyzing fields and the corresponding field values of the sample imprint, a total number of test data selected for inclusion into a sample dataset is reduced. The test data selection strategy provides an efficient methodology for implementing a data comparison testing process.
US10241902B2
Systems and methods for benchmark based cross platform service demand prediction includes generation of performance mimicking benchmarks that require only application level profiling and provide a representative value of service demand of an application under consideration on a production platform, thereby eliminating need for actually deploying the application under consideration on a production platform. The PMBs require only a representative estimate of service demand of the application under test and can be reused to represent multiple applications. The PMBs are generated based on a skeletal benchmark corresponding to the technology stack used by the application under test and an input file generated based on application profiling that provides pre-defined lower level method calls, data flow sequences between multi-tiers of the application under test and send and receive network calls made by the application under consideration.
US10241897B2
Systems and techniques are described for identifying test gaps. A described technique includes identifying production code paths for an application. Each production code path specifies a respective sequence of code of the application that was executed in a production environment. Test code paths are identified for the application. Each test code path specifies a respective sequence of the application that was tested in a test environment. The production code paths are compared to the test code paths to identify a set of test gaps for the application. Each test gap specifies a respective production code path that is not included in the test code paths. Test gap data specifying the test gaps for the application can be provided for presentation to a user.
US10241895B2
The present technology monitors events that allocate and deallocate virtual memory regions in a device, wherein the events include system calls from user space. The system can generate a log of events, and based on the log of events, track regions of virtual memory allocated and deallocated via the events. The system can also record events with corresponding stack traces. Next, the system can group recorded events having matching stack traces to yield event groupings, and instrument functions in a compiled code associated with the process to determine retain counts of respective events associated with the functions. The system can then automatically pair at least one of a first portion of the events and a second portion of the respective events based on the event groupings and the retain counts of the respective events to yield paired events.
US10241888B2
A method is presented to verify correctness of computer system software and hardware components. The method includes: operating a test environment with a verified system software and hardware version; monitoring and recording each hardware access during operation of the test environment with the verified system software and hardware version to generate a corresponding verified trace file; operating the test environment with a modified system software and/or hardware version; monitoring and recording each hardware access to generate a corresponding new trace file during operation of the test environment with the modified system software and/or hardware version; defining an arbitrary order for target chips in the verified and the modified hardware model or hardware system version; sorting sequences of entries in both trace files according to the target chip order; and comparing the sorted trace files by comparing their entries each by each and outputting a corresponding comparison result.
US10241887B2
This disclosure presents computational systems and methods for detecting anomalies in data output from any type of monitoring tool. The data is aggregated and sent to an alerting system for abnormality detection via comparison with normalcy bounds. The anomaly detection methods are performed by construction of normalcy bounds of the data based on the past behavior of the data output from the monitoring tool. The methods use data quality assurance and data categorization processes that allow choosing a correct procedure for determination of the normalcy bounds. The methods are completely data agnostic, and as a result, can also be used to detect abnormalities in time series data associated with any complex system.
US10241877B2
A data storage system includes a controller, a hot spare storage device and a plurality of primary storage devices. The controller utilizes the hot spare storage device to mirror only a subset of each stripe of logical pages written across the data storage array, where the subset includes a logical page determined by a write input/output operation (IOP) policy. In response to receipt of a write IOP, the controller writes a stripe including a plurality of logical data pages and a logical data protection page across the plurality of primary storage devices and mirrors the logical page determined by the write IOP policy on the hot spare storage device. In response to a failure of a storage device among the plurality of primary storage devices, contents of the failed storage device not already mirrored on the hot spare storage device are rebuilt on the hot spare storage device.
US10241873B2
Headstart restore of a first volume to a second volume. In one example embodiment, a method for headstart restore of a first volume to a second volume may include invalidating, on disk, a boot segment of a volume boot record of the second volume, storing headstart restore information in the second volume, while the boot segment of the volume boot record of the second volume remains invalidated, writing data from one or more backups of the first volume to a data segment of the second volume, removing the headstart restore information from the second volume, and revalidating, on disk, the boot segment of the volume boot record of the second volume.
US10241866B2
A method for execution by a processing system in dispersed storage and task network (DSTN) that includes a processor, includes: identifying a slice name of a slice in error of a set of slices stored in a set of dispersed storage (DS) units; identifying a number of slice errors of the set of slices; generating a queue entry that includes the slice name of the slice in error, a rebuilding task indicator, an identity of the set of slices, and the number of slice errors; identifying a rebuilding queue based on the number of slice errors, wherein the rebuilding queue is associated with one of: the set of DS units or another set of DS units; and facilitating storing the queue entry in the identified rebuilding queue.
US10241857B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system are provided for automatically repairing a smart device in the field of computer technology. In the method, the apparatus receives a fault detection request transmitted by the smart device, the fault detection request carrying at least one current value of at least one preset parameter item of the smart device. The apparatus determines whether the at least one current value is within a preset range according to a first value characteristic. When it is determined that the at least one current value is within the preset range, the apparatus obtains first fault repair information corresponding to the first value characteristic from a correspondence table. The apparatus transmits the first fault repair information to the smart device, so that the smart device is automatically repaired according to the first fault repair information.
US10241842B2
Cloud container resource binding and tasking using keys is generally described herein. An example device to bind and perform tasks using cloud-based resource may include a container to claim tasks to be performed and to select and bind to a resource based on capabilities of the resource and requirements of the tasks.
US10241837B2
A method for data management is provided. The method comprises: storing the plurality of items in a contiguous space within the memory, executing an instruction containing an address and a size that together identify the contiguous space to transmit the plurality of items from the main memory to a random-access memory (RAM) on a chip, and the chip includes a computing unit comprising a plurality of multipliers; and instructing the computing unit on the chip to: retrieve multiple of the plurality of items from the RAM; and perform a plurality of parallel operations using the plurality of multipliers with the multiple items to yield output data.
US10241835B2
A storage resource scheduling method and a storage and computing system, where the storage and computing system has a computing system and a storage system, the computing system has at least one computing unit, and the storage system has at least one storage unit. The method executed by the computing system includes: identifying a task type of a computing unit in the at least one computing unit; sending task type information to the storage system, where the task type information carries the task type; acquiring a scheduling policy of the task type according to the task type information; and scheduling, according to the scheduling policy, a storage unit corresponding to the computing unit. In the method, different tasks of a computing unit are perceived, and resource scheduling is performed according to a task type, thereby implementing scheduling and management on different tasks of a same storage unit.
US10241832B2
Technical solutions are described for determining and analyzing timing parameters to prognosticate a failure of one or more RTOS tasks. An example method includes dequeing a buffer queue entry from a buffer queue. In response to determining that a first task-id from the buffer queue entry does not match a second task-id from a topmost entry of a stack comprising buffer queue entries, the method includes pushing the buffer queue entry as a top-entry in a stack, updating a previous time sample value as the timestamp of the buffer queue entry, and accumulating a temporary execution time value for the second task-id from the stack. Further, in response to the first task-id matching the second task-id, computing an execution time value for the second task-id, updating the previous time sample value as the timestamp of the buffer queue entry, and popping the topmost entry from the stack.
US10241827B1
Utilizing a computing device to determine and enforce limits on cloud computing containers transmitting data over a network. A determination is made of total container time remaining available for a first container to execute in a computing environment, the first container utilizing one or more processor threads executing on a computing device. Processor packet transmission time is determined for processing and transmission of a packet or a batch of packets via a network stack associated with the computing device by the one or more processor threads utilized by the first container. An updated total container time remaining for the first container is calculated, accounting for the processor packet transmission time. The updated total container time remaining is enforced by descheduling all processor threads utilized by the first container if the updated total container time remaining is insufficient.
US10241825B2
A technique for operating a computer system to support an application, a first application server environment, and a second application server environment includes intercepting a work request relating to the application issued to the first application server environment prior to execution of the work request. A thread adapted for execution in the first application server environment is created. A context is attached to the thread that non-disruptively modifies the thread into a hybrid thread that is additionally suitable for execution in the second application server environment. The hybrid thread is returned to the first application server environment.
US10241816B2
A data handling system includes a managing resource that manages one or more managed resources. The managed resource inherits tags of its managing resource(s). A user of the data handling system may apply tags to a managing resource via a management console. The tags may be applied via a user interface and utilized to organize the managed and managing resources. The tags may be typeless in that the user may assign any type of meaning to any tag. Tags assigned to the managing resource are applied or inherited to the resources it manages. The pattern of inheritance repeats through ‘n’ generations as managed resources, themselves, can be managing resources.
US10241812B2
Systems and methods are provided for assigning and associating resources in a cloud computing environment. Virtual machines in the cloud computing environment can be assigned or associated with pools corresponding to users as dedicated, standby, or preemptible machines. The various states provide users with the ability to reserve a desired level of resources while also allowing the operator of the cloud computing environment to increase resource utilization.
US10241804B2
Approaches are described for enabling a host computing device to store credentials and other security information useful for recovering the state of the host computing device in a secure store, such as a trusted platform module (TPM) on the host computing device. When recovering the host computing device in the event of a failure (e.g., power outage, network failure, etc.), the host computing device can obtain the necessary credentials from the secure store and use those credentials to boot various services, restore the state of the host and perform various other functions. In addition, the secure store (e.g., TPM) may provide boot firmware measurement and remote attestation of the host computing devices to other devices on a network, such as when the recovering host needs to communicate with the other devices on the network.
US10241802B2
A parallel processor for processing a plurality of different processing instruction streams in parallel is described. The processor comprises a plurality of data processing units; and a plurality of SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) controllers, each connectable to a group of data processing units of the plurality of data processing units, and each SIMD controller arranged to handle an individual processing task with a subgroup of actively connected data processing units selected from the group of data processing units. The parallel processor is arranged to vary dynamically the size of the subgroup of data processing units to which each SIMD controller is actively connected under control of received processing instruction streams, thereby permitting each SIMD controller to be actively connected to a different number of processing units for different processing tasks.
US10241797B2
A method for reducing a number of operations replayed in a processor includes decoding an operation to determine a memory address and a command in the operation. If data is not in a way predictor based on the memory address, a suppress wakeup signal is sent to an operation scheduler, and the operation scheduler suppresses waking up other operations that are dependent on the data.
US10241795B2
A method for managing mappings of storage on a code cache for a processor. The method includes storing a plurality of guest address to native address mappings as entries in a conversion look aside buffer, wherein the entries indicate guest addresses that have corresponding converted native addresses stored within a code cache memory, and receiving a subsequent request for a guest address at the conversion look aside buffer. The conversion look aside buffer is indexed to determine whether there exists an entry that corresponds to the index, wherein the index comprises a tag and an offset that is used to identify the entry that corresponds to the index. Upon a hit on the tag, the corresponding entry is accessed to retrieve a pointer to the code cache memory corresponding block of converted native instructions. The corresponding block of converted native instructions are fetched from the code cache memory for execution.
US10241788B2
An apparatus including a queue configured to store a plurality of instructions and state information indicating whether each instruction of the plurality of instructions can be performed independently of older pending instructions; and a state-selection circuit configured to set a state information of each instruction of the plurality of instructions in view of an older pending instruction in the queue.
US10241776B2
Changing user settings across applications and/or across devices via a dialog within one application is provided herein. The systems and methods discussed herein provide for an improved user experience and fewer computing resources to be expended when changing user settings by aggregating the changeable settings, allowing for their modification via a single dialog, and distributing settings changes to remote hosts, which in turn provide consistent settings across devices. The settings available to the user may be governed in association with the user's licenses to access programs and may be affected by domain level controls by an administrator.
US10241774B2
A deployment system provides the ability to deploy a multi-node distributed application, such as a cloud computing platform application that has a plurality of interconnected nodes performing specialized jobs. The deployment system may update a currently running cloud computing platform application according to a deployment manifest and a versioned release bundle that includes jobs and application packages. The deployment system determines changes to the currently running cloud computing platform application and distributes changes to each job to deployment agents executing on VMs. The deployment agents apply the updated jobs to their respective VMs (e.g., launching applications), thereby deploying an updated version of cloud computing platform application.
US10241773B2
A desktop management system is described that provides an automated process for distributing and suggesting modifications. The system is comprised of a central server and multiple client devices connected through a network. Application layer drafts for a particular modification (such as an installation, update, un-installation, fix, etc.) are generated based on snapshots of client devices before and after the modification is applied. Several application layer drafts are produced for a particular modification. Based on commonalities between the several application layer drafts, an official application layer is produced. When a client device requests a modification, an official application layer for the requested modification is retrieved and merged onto the requesting client device to apply the modification. If a client device on the network lacks an application that is present on similar client devices on the network, the system can suggest the application to the client device.
US10241772B1
A method is described that includes comprising receiving, by a first computing device and from a second computing device, an indication of user interaction with a first application. The method also includes determining, by the first computing device and based on the user interaction with the first application, a user engagement score associated with the first application, the user engagement score indicating at least one of how frequently or how long the user uses the first application. The method also includes responsive to determining that the user engagement score does not satisfy a threshold user engagement score, determining, by the first computing device and from a set of applications that are alternatives to the first application, a second application to substitute for the first application. The method further includes sending, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, for display, an indication of the second application.
US10241769B2
Optimizations are provided for sibling calls. A sibling caller is marked to indicate that it may call a sibling routine or that it may call an external sibling routine. Based on the marking, certain processing is performed to facilitate use of sibling calls, particularly when the sibling routine being called is external to the caller.
US10241768B2
An apparatus for controlling an execution of a binary code by multiple threads includes a detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of modification of a first part that is a part of a first binary code by a self-modifying code; a specifying unit configured to specify a second part that is a part corresponding to the first part in a second binary code acquired by converting the first binary code, in response to detection of the occurrence of modification of the first part by the self-modifying code; and a correction unit configured to correct the second part such that a specific thread that executes the second part of the second binary code among the multiple threads causes an exception.
US10241766B2
A computing device for just-in-time cross-compiling compiled binaries of application programs that utilize graphics processing unit (GPU) executed programs configured to be executed on a first GPU having a first application binary interface (ABI) including a second GPU having a second ABI different from the first ABI of the first GPU, and a processor configured to execute an application program that utilizes a plurality of GPU-executed programs configured to be executed for the first ABI of the first GPU, execute a run-time executable cross-compiler configured to, while the application program is being executed, emulate the first ABI using hardware resources of the second GPU by translating between the first ABI and the second ABI, and execute the plurality of GPU-executed programs on the second GPU with the emulated first ABI, and pass output of the plurality of GPU-executed programs for the emulated first ABI through the second ABI.
US10241760B2
Disclosed are touch sensitive devices and methods of responding to hits in touch sensitive devices that include a graphical user interface having interface elements, each associated with a program element. A hit test map updater is used to process graphical user interface information into a hit test map in connection with the rendering of the graphical user interface, such that the hit test map associates properties with interface elements appearing on the graphical user interface. An input processor is used to receive a location corresponding to an input in connection with an input event, search the hit test map in which values are associated with interface elements appearing in the graphical user interface, and identify a property of the interface element from the values. In an embodiment, the identified property is proved to a central processing system and a user interface event is generated. In an embodiment, the properties received from the hit test map updater and the input processor are used to determine a program element associated with the property, and the program element is signaled. In an embodiment, the identified property is processed to determine a change to the graphical user interface, and the change is displayed.
US10241759B2
A method, system and computer program product, the method comprising: obtaining an open source class and archive database; receiving an Android Application Package (APK); retrieving one or more class comprised in the APK; matching each of the classes against the open source class and archive database, to obtain a corresponding archive collection, such that each archive in the archive collection comprises at least one of the classes; and reporting the respective archive collection.
US10241751B2
A terminal and speech-recognized text edit method edit the text input through writing recognition or speech recognition function efficiently. The text edit method includes displaying at least one letter input through speech recognition; detecting one of touch and speech inputs; analyzing the detected input; and performing a certain operation corresponding to the at least one letter based on the analysis result. The terminal and speech-recognized text edit method are advantageous in editing misrecognized speech-input text efficiently though finger or pen gesture-based or speech recognition-based input.
US10241750B1
The present invention comprises a microphone simulator or emulator, for use in conjunction with a “personal electronic device” or “PED.” The microphone simulator or emulator is used in conjunction with a PED that includes both a built-in microphone, along with an interface by which an external microphone can be utilized. Often, a PED is equipped with no specific user-level interface, by which the built-in microphone of the PED can be disabled. However, the microphone simulator or emulator, when connected to the external microphone interface of a PED, causes the PED to recognize the microphone simulator or emulator as an external microphone. Because of this, the PED disables its built-in microphone.
US10241748B2
An audio/video (A/V) hub that coordinates playback of audio content is described. In particular, the A/V hub may calculate current time offsets between clocks in electronic devices and a clock in the A/V hub based on differences between receive times when frames are received from electronic devices and expected transmit times of the frames. For example, the expected transmit times may be based on coordination of clocks in the electronic devices and a clock in the A/V hub at a previous time and a predefined transmit schedule of the frames. Then, the A/V hub may transmit, to the electronic devices, one or more frames that include audio content and playback timing information, which may specify playback times when the electronic devices are to playback the audio content based on the current time offsets.
US10241742B2
Method and systems are provided for identification of device groups in a network. In an example implementation, a first playback device, while in a first zone group comprising the playback device, the first zone group having a group identification identifying the first zone group, receives an instruction to form a zone group with one or more second playback devices. In response, the first playback device forms a second zone group with the one or more second playback devices. Forming the second zone group involves determining a group identification identifying the second zone group and determining a display name representing the second zone group. In response, the first playback device causes a controller device to update a control interface for the media playback system to display an indication of the second zone group, the indication of the second zone group comprising the determined display name.
US10241722B1
A processing device of a storage server that manages a plurality of SSDs receives to read data. The processing device determines a first SSD of the plurality of SSDs on which the data is stored, and determines that the first SSD is performing a background operation. The processing device determines whether the data is located on a block of the first SSD that will be unavailable during the background operation. Responsive to determining that the data is located on the block of the first SSD, the processing device reconstructs the data based on additional data on one or more remaining SSDs of the plurality of SSDs. The processing device then generates a response to the request that includes the data.
US10241716B2
Computer systems and methods for scheduling garbage collection in a distributed environment that includes multiple partitions that reference various data blocks that store data objects. A global occupancy aggregator may access occupancy information for each of the partitions from an occupancy index of each of the partitions. This occupancy information specifies a portion of storage resources occupied by those data blocks referenced by each of the partitions. The global occupancy aggregator may aggregate the accessed occupancy information to generate a global occupancy index that combines the occupancy information of the partitions. The global occupancy aggregator may generate a global schedule for garbage collection for the partitions based on the global occupancy index. The global schedule specifies which of the data blocks included in the global occupancy index are to be subjected to garbage collection.
US10241711B2
Example methods and systems to provide persistent memory are disclosed herein. An example system includes a nonvolatile cache to store data received from a volatile cache. The data is associated with a transaction and the data is to be identified as durable when the transaction is committed. The example system includes a nonvolatile memory to store the data received from the nonvolatile cache when the data is identified as durable.
US10241707B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to storing data of a three-dimensional (3D) array in a tiled manner in which adjacent rows of adjacent planes are interleaved to enable more efficient retrieval in performing 3D stencil calculations. An apparatus to perform a stencil calculation includes a processor component, a storage communicatively coupled to the processor component, and an interleaving component for execution by the processor component to interleave storage of data of cells of adjacent rows of a first plane with data of cells of adjacent rows of an adjacent second plane of a 3D array among contiguous storage locations of the storage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10241700B2
A method for executing a program region by a computer system with transactional memory support is disclosed. The computer system uses hierarchical locks for executing the program region. Determination is conducted whether a first condition related to a transaction abort is satisfied in beginning a transaction for the program region. If the first condition is satisfied, a bottom level lock corresponding to a bottom level resource among available resources is acquired to execute the program region in the transaction. If a second condition is determined to be satisfied, a next level lock corresponding to next level resource is acquired. If the acquired lock is a top level lock corresponding to a top level resource, the program region is executed without using the transaction.
US10241698B2
A secondary volume of a remote computational device stores an asynchronous copy of a primary volume of a local computational device. The remote computational device generates a golden copy that stores consistent data. At least one previous version of the golden copy is stored in a journal volume of the remote computational device.
US10241681B2
A storage controller maintains extent space efficient storage volumes in a primary allocation space and a secondary allocation space. An indicator is used to indicate that extents of the secondary allocation space are available for an extent pool, without releasing the extents from the secondary allocation space.
US10241677B2
A storage unit (SU) includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a dispersed storage network (DSN), a memory that stores operational instructions, and a processing module operably coupled to the interface and memory such that the processing module, when operable within the SU based on the operational instructions, is configured to perform various operations. The SU stores at least one encoded data slice (EDS) of first EDSs corresponding to a data object that are distributedly stored in first SUs and also an intent message that includes specifications for consistency between the data object and metadata of the data object. A second set of EDSs corresponding to the metadata are distributedly stored in second SUs. The SU services the intent message to determine consistency of the data object and the metadata based on the specifications and deletes the intent message when they are consistent.
US10241671B2
The present disclosure discloses a gesture response method and device. The gesture response method is performed by an apparatus including a touch sensing device, which further includes a touch sensor. The gesture response method includes: detecting a swipe event which corresponds to a finger swiping on the touch sensor before stopping at a contact point on the touch sensor; after the swipe event, detecting a time duration for which the finger stays at the contact point; when determining that the time duration reaches a preset time duration, determining a gesture-maintaining event has occurred; and after the gesture-maintaining event is determined and before the finger is detected to leave the contact point, repeatedly executing an operation corresponding to the swipe event at a preset time interval.
US10241669B2
A method is provided which includes displaying an output of an application on a touchscreen, receiving a user input for the application on the touchscreen, and determining the location of the received user input on the touchscreen. Further, the method includes generating an additional pop-up window for display on the touchscreen, and selecting a location for the additional pop-up window, where the selected location for the additional pop-up window does not coincide with the determined location of the user input for application. Further, the method includes displaying the additional pop-up window at the selected location for the additional pop-up window.
US10241665B2
The method according to the invention deals with controlling of graphical elements of a display having a plurality of pixels with one or more processors, the method including defining by said one or more processors a graphical main shape on the display representing a total volume of a root node, defining by said one or more processors within the graphical main shape a number of graphical node shapes on the display, the number of node shapes being at least one and each node shape representing a volume of a parent node, wherein the volumes of all parent nodes sum up to the total volume, controlling by said one or more processors the pixels of the graphical main shape to visually present the graphical main shape on the display, redefining the graphical node shapes in response to receiving an input signal from an input device indicating a selection of a parent node, indicating a manipulating of a volume of a selected node shape or indicating an opening of a particular parent node.
US10241661B2
Probabilistic determination of selected image portions is described. In one or more implementations, a selection input is received for selecting a portion of an image. For pixels of the image that correspond to the selection input, probabilities are determined that the pixels are intended to be included as part of a selected portion of the image. In particular, the probability that a given pixel is intended to be included as part of the selected portion of the image is determined as a function of position relative to center pixels of the selection input as well as a difference in one or more visual characteristics with the center pixels. The determined probabilities can then be used to segment the selected portion of the image from a remainder of the image. Based on the segmentation of the selected portion from the remainder of the image, selected portion data can be generated that defines the selected portion of the image.
US10241650B1
A method for message selection, including: receiving a request for unviewed messages, the request identifying a context account, ranking the set of unviewed messages according to ranking criteria, where the ranking criteria is used to rank each of the set of unviewed messages based on an engagement history between the context account and an authoring account of the unviewed messages; generating, based on ranking the set of unviewed messages, a result set identifying a subset of the set of unviewed messages, and providing the result set in response to the request.
US10241648B2
Media, method and device for providing multiple, context-aware suggestion contexts to a user entering text data. To see the multiple suggestion contexts, the user can use a long-press gesture (or other gesture) to bring up a context-aware suggestion menu. This menu can include various suggestion contexts appropriate to the current text-entry field together with an indication of an additional gesture for each suggestion context. Each of these suggestion contexts can draw autocompletions (or other ways of inputting text) from a different source of completions, such as previous entries, common entries by other users, stored values, automatically determined values, and other sources.
US10241644B2
Techniques for processing task items are provided. A task item is electronic data that represents a task to be performed, whether manually or automatically. A task item includes one or more details about its corresponding task, such as a description of the task and a location of the task. Specifically, techniques for generating task items, organizing task items, triggering notifications of task items, and consuming task items are described. In one approach, a task item is generated based on input from a user and context of the input. In another approach, different attributes of task items are used to organize the task items intelligently into multiple lists. In another approach, actions other than the generation of notification are enabled or automatically performed, actions such as emailing, calling, texting, and searching.
US10241642B2
Improved techniques for facilitating emergency access to one or more contacts stored on a portable electronic device are disclosed. One or more contacts on the portable electronic device are designated as emergency contacts. While the portable electronic device is password-locked, a request to display the one or more emergency contacts on the password-locked portable electronic device is received. Without requiring a password, the one or more emergency contacts are displayed on the portable electronic device.
US10241641B1
A wireless communication device may be operated to facilitate directing user applications to use WLAN data connections. One of the user applications generates an application request for a URI, and a browser application requests a translation of the URI into an IP address. An LTE transceiver exchanges wireless data with an LTE network to translate the URI into the IP address. A WLAN transceiver detects a WLAN data connection. The browser application identifies that the LTE transceiver is exchanging wireless data with the LTE network and that the WLAN data connection is detected, and responsively processes a WLAN identifier for the WLAN data connection and an application identifier for the user application to determine if a user WLAN notice should be presented. If the WLAN notice should be presented, the browser application generates the user WLAN notice. The user WLAN notice is displayed to the user on a graphical display.
US10241633B2
An intelligent sensing touch display device, including a first electrode group, a display material layer or a display and touch sensing material layer, an active array unit and a touch and display driving unit to provide at least one AC path touch sensing unit, and a plurality of the AC path touch sensing units being able to be connected to form a combined AC path touch sensing unit, so that the touch and display driving unit can be responsive to an application program to perform a first touch detection procedure on the first electrode group, or perform a second touch detection procedure on the active array unit, or perform the first touch detection procedure on the first electrode group, and then perform the second touch detection procedure on at least one area of the active array unit.
US10241629B2
It is provided a filtering circuit and a touch display device. The touch display device includes: a substrate; a common electrode arranged on the substrate; a signal source configured to provide a display signal or a touch signal; a filter capacitor including a first terminal and a second terminal, where a fixed electric potential is applied to the second terminal of the filter capacitor; and a control switch arranged between a common electrode lead and the first terminal of the filter capacitor to electrically connect/disconnect the filter capacitor with/from the common electrode lead. In a case that the signal source provides a display signal, the control switch is switched on to electrically connect the filter capacitor with the first node. In a case that the signal source provides a touch signal, the control switch is switched off to electrically disconnect the filter capacitor from the first node.
US10241621B2
Examples relate to improving unintended touch rejection. In this manner, the examples disclosed herein enable recognizing a touch on a touch-sensitive surface, capturing a set of data related to the touch, wherein the set of data comprises a set of spatial features relating to a shape of the touch over a set of time intervals, and determining whether the recognized touch was intended based on a comparison of a first shape of the touch at a first time interval of the set of time intervals and a second shape of the touch at a second time interval of the set of time intervals.
US10241613B2
A mobile terminal including a touch screen; a stylus pen including a pressure sensor and an optical sensor; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the stylus pen; and a controller configured to drive the stylus pen in a first operation mode in which the pressure sensor provided in the stylus pen is activated and the optical sensor is deactivated, when sensing information sensed by the pressure sensor indicates the stylus pen is in contact with the touch screen, and drive the stylus pen in a second operation mode in which both the pressure sensor and the optical sensor provided in the stylus pen are activated, when the sensing information sensed by the pressure sensor indicates the stylus pen is not in contact with the touch screen.
US10241612B2
In an embodiment, a touch sensitive device includes a touch interface having rows and columns and a signal generator for generating unique orthogonal signals on a plurality of the rows, respectively. A touch processor is identifies touch on the touch interface by processing touch signals present on the columns, and outputting a stream of touch events. A decimator receives the stream of touch events, selectively identifies one or more of the touch events in the stream and assembles information concerning one or more touch events in the stream, and outputs both the selectively identified touch events and the assembled information for use by the touch sensitive device.
US10241608B2
A display device including a display unit including sensing input signal lines, sensing output signal lines, and touch sensors disposed on the sensing input signal lines and the sensing output signal lines, a sensor unit including gripping sensors corresponding to the sensing input signal lines, the sensor unit configured to generate a gripping signal including touch information of a first gripping sensor and position information of a first sensing input signal line corresponding to the first gripping sensor, and a signal controller configured to control a sensing scan control signal such that a first sensing input signal including a higher voltage than a reference voltage is applied to the first sensing input signal line according to gripping signal, and a sensing scan driver configured to generate a sensing input signal that is applied to the sensing input signal lines according to the sensing scan control signal.
US10241607B2
Provided are a display substrate, a display panel and a display device, among them, the display substrate includes a base substrate and at least a semiconductor pressure sensor disposed in the display substrate; the semiconductor pressure sensor includes a first connection terminal, a second connection terminal, a third connection terminal and a fourth connection terminal, the first and second connection terminals are used to receive the bias voltage signal, the third and fourth connection terminals are used to output the strain voltage signal; the control electrode arranged at a side of the semiconductor pressure sensor is configured to be insulated with the semiconductor pressure sensor and used to control the semiconductor pressure to be turned on and to be turned off; a control signal line is connected to the control electrode.
US10241606B2
To enable size reduction of a display device having a touch sensor function in which a display area has a non-rectangular shape. In a display area, video lines extend in the first direction, and scan lines and common electrodes extend in the second direction. A video signal transmission circuit is arranged along a first edge of the display area, with which the one ends of the video lines are aligned. A scan line driver is arranged along a second edge of the display area, with which the ends of the scan lines and the common electrodes are aligned. The display area has a shape including an overlapping part between the first edge and the second edge. In a part of the frame area adjacent to the overlapping part, the scan line driver is arranged more outward than the video signal transmission circuit.
US10241599B2
An electronic device, with a touch-sensitive surface and display, displays a user interface at a first display rate. While displaying the user interface in accordance with the first display rate, the device detects movement of a touch input, including detecting the touch input at a first set of sequential locations on the touch-sensitive surface, including a plurality of locations on the touch-sensitive surface, and predicts for the touch input a first set of one or more predicted locations on the touch-sensitive surface based on multiple locations in the first set of sequential locations. The device updates the user interface in accordance with the first set of one or more predicted locations of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface.
US10241596B2
Disclosed is a touch keypad comprising: an upper plate having a flat plate shape; a touch sensor formed on an upper side of the upper plate; a lower plate disposed to be spaced on a lower side of the upper plate; a connection member connecting the upper plate to the lower plate and supporting the upper plate so that the upper plate ascends and descends; a position sensor for detecting whether the upper plate ascends or descends; and a control unit for selecting a keypad mode or mouse mode according to a detected value of the position sensor.
US10241590B2
Disclosed herein is an input device having variable make points. More specifically, the various embodiments described herein are directed to an input device having a key, a first button member and a second button member. A dielectric may be positioned between the first button member and the second button member. The key is also associated with a capacitive sensor that is configured to determine a change in capacitance as a distance between the first button member and the second button member changes.
US10241579B2
A force-based haptic switch panel, comprising a touch plate having first and second surfaces, the first surface comprising a touch surface and the second surface opposing the first surface. The haptic switch panel may also comprise a circuit board having a plurality of force sensors electrically coupled thereto. The force sensors are disposed between the circuit board and the second surface of the touch plate, wherein each force sensor is configured to measure a respective portion of a force applied to the touch surface of the touch plate. The haptic switch panel may also comprise an acoustic actuator disposed proximate a second surface of the touch plate and configured to generate a haptic output and an audible output responsive to the force applied to the touch surface.
US10241556B2
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes an input/output (I/O) buffer to couple a logic unit to another device coupled via a pad, and a logic coupled to the I/O buffer to detect a value on the pad and to control the I/O buffer to provide the value to the pad, responsive to entry into an architectural state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10241546B2
A portable electronic device includes a first body and a second body. The second body includes a processing unit, and a first touch panel, a second touch panel, a keyboard and at least one detecting module electrically connected to the processing unit, respectively. The keyboard is slidably disposed above the second touch panel, and the detecting module is adapted to detect a position of the keyboard. When the keyboard is located at a first position, the keyboard module covers the second touch panel, and the detecting module transmits a first signal to the processing unit so that the first touch panel is turned on. When the keyboard is located at a second position, the keyboard exposes the second touch panel, and the detecting module transmits a second signal to the processing unit so that the first touch panel is turned off. A touch panel controlling method of the portable electronic device is further provided.
US10241544B2
A novel information processor that can be easily operated is provided. In addition, a novel information processor that is less likely to be operated incorrectly is provided. The conceived information processor includes an arithmetic device including an arithmetic unit and a storage unit that stores a program to be executed by the arithmetic unit and an input/output device including an input unit that can supply an operation instruction and a bend sensor that can supply bend data. The program makes the arithmetic device execute different types of processing in accordance with the combination of the supplied operation instruction and bend data.
US10241539B2
A solution for synchronizing a network comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes provides a stable synchronized state, especially for large scale networks. Signal transmission speed and the length of each interconnection of the network is configured to cause a delay of the signals received by a node from the other node of the interconnection which is larger than one millionth of the free-running period of the controllable oscillator of the receiving node such that Network-wide synchronization of oscillators is achieved for all nodes of the network in a continuous self-organized process in interaction with the other node of the network.
US10241536B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a clock control circuit to generate a clock signal for communication on an interconnect. The clock control circuit may be configured to receive an indication of a next device of a plurality of devices to be accessed and to dynamically update a control signal to cause the communication of the clock signal to be dynamically switched between a fixed clock frequency and a spread spectrum clock frequency based at least in part on the indication of communication to the next device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10241533B2
According to the inventive method, the power consumed on an electric grid (10), by preselected consumers (42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52) being able to accept a predetermined decrease in power over a predetermined time range, is regulated. This method comprises the following successive steps: sending a control entity, regularly and by each preselected consumer (42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52), a message (M1) containing the power consumed by said preselected consumer (42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52); using the control entity (60) to compute a maximum power reduction value for all of the preselected consumers (42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52) and a maximum duration of that power reduction; transmitting, using the control entity (60) and to a grid manager (62), computed values and maximum power durations; and sending, from the grid manager (62) to the control entity (60), a command order (79) commanding a power reduction for a selected duration.
US10241512B1
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining whether a vehicle driver is ready for an associated vehicle to be transferred from an autonomous operation mode to a manual operation mode. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining whether a vehicle driver is ready for an associated vehicle to be transferred from an autonomous operation mode to a manual operation mode based on vehicle interior image data.
US10241509B1
A computer-implemented method for operating an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may include identifying a vehicle operator and retrieving an associated vehicle operator profile. Operating data regarding operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be received that includes data from sensors disposed within the vehicle. When a request to enable an autonomous operation feature is received, (i) autonomous operation risk levels associated with vehicle operation by the autonomous operation feature based upon the received operating data, and (ii) operator risk levels associated with vehicle operation by the vehicle operator based upon the vehicle operator profile are determined. Autonomous operation feature enablement may be allowed based upon a comparison of (i) autonomous operation risk levels with (ii) operator risk levels. As a result, only safe autonomous feature engagement may be facilitated, and risk averse vehicle owners may receive insurance discounts based upon this safe autonomous feature engagement functionality.
US10241505B2
A computer-facilitated method and a computerized system for providing optimization or improvement measures for one or more buildings are disclosed. Based on asset data regarding the building and on corresponding performance data, improvement measures related to a consumable resource in the one or more buildings are determined using a computer system configured for analyzing the asset data and the respective corresponding performance data based on internal and/or external key performance indicators and rules provided by a database.
US10241503B2
A second control device of a second substrate processing apparatus creates a virtual carrier, thereby storing a piece of positional information of a substrate to be carried into the second substrate processing apparatus through a direct carry-in entrance before the substrate is carried into the second substrate processing apparatus. The second control device creates a second schedule to convey a substrate carried into the second substrate processing apparatus through the direct carry-in entrance from the outside of the second substrate processing apparatus to the inside of the second substrate processing apparatus, based on the prestored positional information of the substrate outside the second substrate processing apparatus, before the substrate is carried into the second substrate processing apparatus.
US10241495B2
An apparatus for providing a feedback force includes a calculating unit and a force feedback displacement controller. The calculating unit receives relative position information of a first object and a second object and geometric information of the first object and the second object. If the first object and the second object are not in contact, the calculating unit calculates a force feedback value based on the relative position information and the geometric information. The force feedback displacement controller outputs a displacement command, and receives the force feedback value. The displacement command allows the first object to move with respect to the second object. The force feedback displacement controller includes a displacement unit that generates the displacement command based on an operation of a user, and a force feedback unit that provides a feedback force to the displacement unit based on the force feedback value.
US10241487B2
A system for controlling a plurality of devices in a public washroom facility having a controller with an integrated circuit including at least one logic block providing one or more predetermined control instructions to one or more of the plurality of devices via at least one control block; the at least one control block defining a communication interface between the integrated circuit and the plurality of devices; at least one communication block receiving data from a communications interface for programming the integrated circuit to modify the one or more predetermined control instructions.
US10241482B2
A thermostat for controlling an HVAC system is described, the thermostat having a user interface that is visually pleasing, approachable, and easy to use while also providing ready access to, and intuitive navigation within, a menuing system capable of receiving a variety of different types of user settings and/or control parameters. For some embodiments, the thermostat comprises a housing, a ring-shaped user-interface component configured to track a rotational input motion of a user, a processing system configured to identify a setpoint temperature value based on the tracked rotational input motion, and an electronic display coupled to the processing system. An interactive thermostat menuing system is accessible to the user by an inward pressing of the ring-shaped user interface component. User navigation within the interactive thermostat menuing system is achievable by virtue of respective rotational input motions and inward pressings of the ring-shaped user interface component.
US10241468B2
A toner container attachment detecting device includes a reader-writer, a shutter made with an electrically conductive material and provided movably between an open position where the shutter is kept from influencing a carrier wave radiated from an antenna of the reader-writer and a covering position where the shutter influences the carrier wave, and first and second displacing portions. When the toner container is attached to an apparatus body, the first displacing portion displaces the shutter to the open position. When the toner container is removed from the apparatus body, the second displacing portion displaces the shutter to the covering position. A radio field intensity detecting section of the reader-writer detects a radio field intensity of the carrier wave and a determining section of the reader-writer determines, based on a detection result of the radio field intensity detecting section, whether or not the toner container is attached to the apparatus body.
US10241464B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a first opening/closing member that can move between a first opening position in which the first opening/closing member opens an inside of a body of the image forming apparatus, and a first closing position in which the first opening/closing member closes the inside of the body of the image forming apparatus; a second opening/closing member that can move around a rotation shaft and between a second closing position in which the second opening/closing member closes an opening formed in the first opening/closing member, and a second opening position in which the second opening/closing member opens the opening, the second opening/closing member being removably attached to the body of the image forming apparatus; and a supported portion that is provided in the first opening/closing member so as to be supported on a support portion of the second opening/closing member, as defined herein.
US10241461B2
Provided is an inexpensive image forming apparatus capable of monitoring the generating state of various powders. The image forming apparatus includes a minute-particle-measuring device, a toner-particles-detecting air duct, a paper-dust-detecting air duct, and blower fans. The minute-particle-measuring device detects the concentration of minute particles in air. The toner-particle-detecting air duct is an air duct leading from the image forming unit to the minute-particle-measuring device. The paper-dust-detecting air duct is an air duct leading from the paper-conveying path to the minute-particle-measuring device. The blower fans are respectively provided in the toner-particle-detecting air duct and the paper-dust-detecting air duct, and generate airflow that flows toward the minute-particle-measuring device side. The blower fans in the toner-particle-detecting air duct and in the paper-dust-detecting air duct are switched.
US10241443B2
A chip for a cartridge with dispensable material may be provided. In one aspect, the chip may comprise a non-volatile memory for storing a number tracking amount of dispensable material in the cartridge, a key storage for storing an encryption key, a signature verification module and circuit components. The circuit components may be configured to receive and process a first message, receive and validate a second message, and update the amount of dispensable material if the validation of the second message succeeds. The first message may comprise a first command and an operation input value for a print job at the cartridge, and to process the first message may comprise decreasing the amount of dispensable material. The second message may comprise a second command to increase the amount of dispensable material, and may be validated using the signature validation module and the encryption key.
US10241440B1
The present disclosure features an image forming apparatus having a first developing unit having a first developing roller; and a first toner supply unit configured to supply toner to the first developing unit, the first toner supply unit having: a first container configured to accommodate the toner therein, the first container having a first inlet opening through which the toner is received in the first container and a first outlet opening through which the toner in the first container is discharged; a first lid configured to close the first inlet opening; and a first shutter configured to open the first outlet opening when the first lid closes the first inlet opening, and to close the first outlet opening when the first lid opens the first inlet opening.
US10241439B2
A lever member is displaceably provided to a toner container. A container locking mechanism locks the toner container at a mounting position in a container mounting portion when the lever member is operated from a first operation position to a second operation position in a state where the toner container is located at the mounting position. A locking member is displaceable between a lever locking position and a lever releasing position. A locking control portion controls a drive portion to displace the locking member to the lever locking position when a remaining amount of the toner detected by the remaining amount detection portion is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, and controls the drive portion to displace the locking member to the lever releasing position when the remaining amount of the toner detected by the remaining amount detection portion is less than the predetermined amount.
US10241433B2
An image forming apparatus includes a reading configured to read a shape of a sheet to be used for image formation, and an original sheet carrying an original image, and an image forming portion configured to form a toner image, corresponding to the original image read by the reading portion, on the sheet to be used for image formation. A fixing portion is configured to fix the toner image, formed by the image forming portion, to the sheet to be used for image formation. In addition, a controller is configured to control a fixing condition of the fixing portion in accordance with the shape of the sheet to be used for image formation read by the reading portion.
US10241425B2
A level sensor to determine a height level of a substrate, that includes a projection unit including a projection grating having a period P, the projection grating configured to provide a patterned measurement beam, to the substrate, having a periodically varying intensity distribution in a first direction having the period P; a detection unit to receive a reflected patterned measurement beam after reflection on the substrate, the reflected patterned measurement beam having a periodically varying intensity distribution in a second direction, having the period P, wherein the detection unit has a sensor array to receive the reflected patterned measurement beam, the sensor array including a plurality of sensing elements arranged along the second direction at a pitch p smaller than or equal to half the period P, and a processing unit to determine the height level of the substrate based on a signal from the sensor.
US10241421B2
A vacuum system, in particular an EUV lithography system, includes: a vacuum housing, in which a vacuum environment is formed, and also at least one component (14), e.g., an optical element, having a surface (14a) which is subjected to contaminating particles in the vacuum environment. A surface structure (18) is formed at the surface in order to reduce adhesion of the contaminating particles, said surface structure having pore-shaped depressions (24) separated from one another by webs (25). The optical element has a substrate (19), and a multilayer coating (20) applied to the substrate and configured to reflect EUV radiation (6). The surface structure formed at the surface (14a) of the multilayer coating (20) reduces adhesion of contaminating particles (17) via pore-shaped depressions (24) separated from one another by webs (25).
US10241420B2
A position adjusting unit according to some example embodiments includes a base; a mounting part, a driving unit, and a locking part on the base. The mounting part may be movably installed on the base and configured to have an optical element mounted thereto. The driving unit may include a plurality of actuators connected between the base and the mounting part. The driving unit may be configured to move the mounting part with respect to the base. The locking part may be configured to provide a fixing force for fixing a position of the mounting part. The locking part may be configured to release the fixing force when electricity is supplied to the locking part.
US10241418B2
A diagnostic apparatus monitors a lithographic manufacturing system. First measurement data representing local deviations of some characteristic across a substrate is obtained using sensors within a lithographic apparatus, and/or a separate metrology tool. Other inspection tools perform substrate backside inspection to produce second measurement data. A high-resolution backside defect image is processed into a form in which it can be compared with lower resolution information from the first measurement data. Cross-correlation is performed to identify which of the observed defects are correlated spatially with the deviations represented in the first measurement data. A correlation map is used to identify potentially relevant clusters of defects in the more detailed original defect map. The responsible apparatus can be identified by pattern recognition as part of an automated root cause analysis. Alternatively, reticle inspection data may be used as second measurement data.
US10241417B2
There is disclosed a polarization-modulating element for modulating a polarization state of incident light into a predetermined polarization state, the polarization-modulating element being made of an optical material with optical activity and having a circumferentially varying thickness profile.
US10241414B2
An image forming device in which a plurality of nozzles are aligned in a designated alignment direction, wherein a plurality of pixels constituting a formed image includes dot omission pixels continuous in a scan direction by a defective nozzle included in the plurality of nozzles, and neighboring pixels within a designated distance in the alignment direction from the dot omission pixels, the image forming device comprising a pattern determining unit configured to determine a dot pattern after supplementation formed on neighboring pixels within designated range based on at least the number of dots to be formed on the pixels within the designated range including a portion of the dot omission pixels and a portion of the neighboring pixels according to recording data before supplementation of dots by the defective nozzle, and a pattern forming unit configured to form the dot pattern after supplementation.
US10241412B2
Provided is a resist underlayer film composition which is excellent in resistance to a basic hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, in gap-filling and planarization characteristics, and in dry etching characteristic, wherein the resist underlayer film composition is used for a multilayer resist method, comprising: (A1) a polymer (1A) comprising one, or two or more, of a repeating unit represented by following general formula (1); (A2) one, or two or more, of a polyphenol compound having a formula weight of 2,000 or less and not having a 3,4-dihydroxy phenyl group; and (B) an organic solvent.
US10241410B2
A method for imparting water repellency to a surface of a member includes a step in which a material including a compound containing a fluorine atom is deposited on a surface of a photosensitive resin layer in order to form a member including a material layer; a first exposure step in which the member is exposed to an amount of light with an exposure apparatus in order to form a latent image in the member; a development step in which the member including the latent image is developed; and a second exposure step in which the member is exposed to an amount of light with an exposure apparatus subsequent to the development step.
US10241390B2
To provide a reflective mask blank having pseudo defects significantly excluded. The reflective mask blank comprises a substrate, a reflective layer for reflecting EUV light, formed on the substrate, and an absorber layer for absorbing EUV light, formed on the reflective layer, wherein Ssk<1.0 is satisfied, where Ssk is skewness in a region of 1 μm×1 μm on the absorber layer side surface.
US10241377B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for self-healing flexible electrophoretic displays and related devices. In one embodiment, an example flexible electrophoretic display may include a flexible plastic thin film transistor (TFT) backplane having a first width, an electrophoretic layer coupled to the flexible plastic TFT backplane, an electrode layer coupled to the electrophoretic layer, an integrated circuit disposed on the flexible plastic TFT backplane, and a protective sheet having a second width that is greater than or equal to the first width.
US10241373B2
A display device that is suitable for increasing in size is provided. A display device with high resolution is provided. The display device has a structure in which two adjacent gate lines are supplied with the same selection signal. In addition, two pixels adjacent in the column direction are connected to respective source lines. Furthermore, one of the two source lines overlaps with a conductive layer functioning as a pixel electrode. Moreover, part of a semiconductor layer of a transistor is provided between the two source lines.
US10241371B2
A thin film transistor, a method for manufacturing the same, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor includes: providing a substrate; forming an active layer and a light shielding layer covering the active layer on the substrate by a patterning process, the light shielding layer being formed of a photoresist material; and forming a source-drain electrode layer and a passivation layer covering the source-drain electrode layer.
US10241370B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a first substrate; a TFT element provided on the first substrate with a first interlayer insulating layer interposed therebetween, and including a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode that is provided on the semiconductor layer with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween; and a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate. The gate electrode includes a first electroconductive film and a second electroconductive film that has a light-shielding property in order from side of the semiconductor layer. The second electroconductive film extends from a side face to a bottom face of each of a pair of openings that are provided to interpose the semiconductor layer.
US10241360B2
An exemplary display device includes: a display panel; a color conversion panel overlapping the display panel; and an optical bonding layer positioned between the display panel and the color conversion panel. The color conversion panel includes: a substrate; a color conversion layer and a transmission layer positioned between the substrate and the display panel; a first capping layer having one side facing the color conversion layer and the transmission layer, and another side facing the display panel; a second capping layer positioned between the first capping layer and the display panel; and an optical layer positioned between the first capping layer and the second capping layer and/or between the second capping layer and the optical bonding layer. A refractive index of the optical layer is lower than at least one of a refractive index of the first capping layer and a refractive index of the second capping layer.
US10241355B2
A screen having a free-viewing mode and a restricted-viewing mode, comprising a backlight emitting light into an unrestricted angular range in the free-viewing mode, and into a restricted angular range in the restricted-viewing mode. A transmissive imager is in front of the backlight. Light sources are outside the display area of the imager, and a transparent plate-shaped light guide scattering particles distributed therein is in front of the imager. In the free-viewing mode, the light sources are off, so that light from the backlight passing the imager passes the light guide unaffected. In the restricted-viewing mode, the lights are on, so that light radiating into a restricted angular range and passing the imager is superimposed by light that is scattered into the viewing space due to irradiation of light from the light guide. Thereby, the visibility of an image on the imager is reduced outside the restricted angular range.
US10241353B2
A device with switchable, chiral optical characteristics, has a first chiral arrangement with a first arrangement layer with at least one first nanostructure and a second arrangement layer with at least one second nanostructure. The first nanostructure and the second nanostructure are arranged relative to one another such that the chiral arrangement is chiral. A switching material with switchable dielectric characteristics is arranged between the first arrangement layer and the second arrangement layer.
US10241335B2
A semiconductor laser module comprises a tapered laser diode and/or a tapered amplifier diode equipped with beam shaping optics. The tapered laser diode and/or the tapered amplifier diode includes an emission facet for emitting a laser beam along a beam axis. The beam-shaping optics comprise a plano-convex cylindrical lens oriented so as to change divergence of the beam in the fast axis direction, the plano-convex spherical cylindrical lens having a planar surface arranged facing the facet and a circular cylindrical surface facing away from the facet. The refractive index of lens may be uniform throughout the entire lens. Alternatively, the lens may have a refractive index varying in the direction of the slow axis and/or in the direction of the fast axis.
US10241334B2
The present disclosure provides a near-eye display system for generating a virtual image of a display, including: a display, a first lens array comprising a plurality of concave microlenses having a first pitch, and a second lens array positioned in front of the first lens array, the second lens array comprising a plurality of convex microlenses having a second pitch, wherein the first lens array is positioned on an optical path between the display and the second lens array, and wherein the first lens array has a focal plane at the display and the second lens array has a focal plane at a virtual image plane of the first lens array.
US10241297B1
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first lens is made of glass material, the second lens is made of glass material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, the sixth lens is made of plastic material, and the seventh lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10241265B2
An apparatus for alleviating a nonlinear temperature effect of an arrayed waveguide grating, comprising an integrated optical circuit base for an arrayed waveguide grating chip and an actuator. The integrated optical circuit base includes a first region, a second region connected by a hinge. The actuator includes two or more actuating rods having a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the integrated optical circuit base. In different temperature ranges, the first region and the second region are driven by different actuating rods to rotate and/or translate relative to each other, so that the first region and the second region have a nonlinear displacement as the temperature changes, which brings the two parts of the arrayed waveguide grating chip to move relative to each other to accurately compensate drifting of a central wavelength of the arrayed waveguide grating chip in the different temperature ranges.
US10241263B2
One embodiment is directed to a compact system for scanning electromagnetic imaging radiation, comprising a first waveguide and a second waveguide, each of which is operatively coupled to at least one electromagnetic radiation source and configured such that output from the first and second waveguides is luminance modulated and scanned along one or more axes to form at least a portion of an image.
US10241262B2
An optical fiber includes a glass fiber and a coating resin layer with which the glass fiber is covered, wherein the coating resin layer includes tin and a cured ultraviolet curable resin composition containing 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenyl phosphine as a photoinitiator, a percentage of uncured components having a molecular weight of 1000 or less included in the coating resin layer is 15% by mass or less, and a fraction of an amount of a phosphorus-tin complex with respect to an amount of hydrocarbon on the surface of coating resin layer is 1000 ppm or less.
US10241261B2
A fiber structural body includes a first fiber, and a second fiber spliced to the first fiber such that light having propagated through the first fiber propagates through the second fiber. At least one of the fibers is a photonic crystal fiber. The second fiber is coated with a first coating layer and a second coating layer in order from a splice surface, and the first coating layer has a refractive index n1 larger than that of a clad layer of the second fiber. In the fiber structural body, L, r, n1, and NA satisfy a particular relationship.
US10241260B2
Techniques are described for using confinement structures and/or pattern gratings to reduce or prevent the wicking of sealant polymer (e.g., glue) into the optically active areas of a multi-layered optical assembly. A multi-layered optical structure may include multiple layers of substrate imprinted with waveguide grating patterns. The multiple layers may be secured using an edge adhesive, such as a resin, epoxy, glue, and so forth. A confinement structure such as an edge pattern may be imprinted along the edge of each layer to control and confine the capillary flow of the edge adhesive and prevent the edge adhesive from wicking into the functional waveguide grating patterns of the layers. Moreover, the edge adhesive may be carbon doped or otherwise blackened to reduce the reflection of light off the edge back into the interior of the layer, thus improving the optical function of the assembly.
US10241258B2
A biocompatible and biodegradable polymeric step-index optical fiber includes a core and a cladding around the core. The core is made from a core material fabricated by bonding a citric acid and at least a first monomer using a synthesis process. The cladding is made from a cladding material fabricated by bonding the citric acid and at least a second monomer using the synthesis process. The core has a refractive index higher than that of the cladding, while a difference between an initial modulus of the core and the cladding is preferably less than 30% and a difference between the biodegradation rates of the core and cladding is preferably less than 30% after about 4 weeks. Optical properties of the core and cladding are tunable by adjusting monomer ratios, choices of monomers or cross-linking degrees.
US10241245B2
There are provided an optical filter excellent in weather resistance and a method for manufacturing an optical filter. The optical filter of the present invention includes a transparent substrate, and an optical multilayer film provided on a surface of the transparent substrate. In the optical multilayer film, a low-refractive index film containing silicon oxide (SiO2) and a high-refractive index film higher in refractive index than the low-refractive index film are alternately stacked. A density of a portion of the low-refractive index film close to an interface between the low-refractive index film and the high-refractive index film is lower than a density of a portion of the low-refractive index film other than the portion close to the interface.
US10241243B2
A system, method and assembly for performing traffic sign inspections is provided. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a first plurality of sheetings that each have a combination of retroreflectivity and color that is different from the combination of retroreflectivity and color of each of the other first plurality of sheetings; a first clamp and second clamp for clamping one of said first plurality of sheetings to a traffic sign; a first handheld light source; and a first enclosure for removably housing the first plurality of sheetings, said first and second clamps, and said first handheld light source. The assembly may further include a second enclosure for removably housing a second plurality of sheetings that each has a combination of retroreflectivity and color that is different from the combination of retroreflectivity and color of each of the other second plurality of sheetings.
US10241234B2
Provided is a silicone hydrogel soft contact lens obtained by curing in a double-sided casting mold, a liquid mixture including glycerol mono(meth)acrylate and at least one type of silicone monomer having at least one hydroxyl group or polyethylene glycol group in the molecular structure thereof, the silicone hydrogel soft contact lens having a wettable surface without a polymerized lens-shaped material being subjected to post-processing to improve the water wetting properties of a surface thereof.
US10241231B2
The present invention relates to a method (EXP) for exploiting a subterranean medium by means of a fractured reservoir model. The fractured reservoir model is matched (CAL) for a set of chosen wells (CHO), for which the measured dynamic data (DD) correspond to the estimated dynamic data by means of an equivalent transmissivity model (MOD).
US10241230B2
A downhole sensing method includes modulating light to form a soliton that propagates through an optical fiber acting as a sensing element that measures a downhole parameter. The method further includes obtaining scattered light created as the soliton propagates through the optical fiber. The method further includes determining a value for a downhole parameter based on the scattered light, and displaying a representation of the value.
US10241223B2
A sensor system for use in a wellbore is provided that can include a piezoelectric transducer for transmitting an acoustic wave into a fluid medium positioned in the wellbore by repeatedly bending between two positions in response to an actuation signal. The piezoelectric transducer can include at least four piezoelectric layers stacked on top of one another. Each of the four piezoelectric layers can be coupled to an adjacent layer via a bonding material. Each of the four piezoelectric layers can include a piezoelectric material, a top electrode coupled to a top surface of the piezoelectric material, and a bottom electrode coupled to a bottom surface of the piezoelectric material. The sensor system can also include a hydrophone for detecting a reflection or a refraction of the acoustic wave off an object in the wellbore and transmitting an associated signal to a processing device.
US10241220B2
Sensors used in mapping strata beneath a marine body are described, such as used in a flexible towed array. A first sensor is a motion sensor including a conductive liquid in a chamber between a rigid tube and a piezoelectric motion film circumferentially wrapped about the tube. A second sensor is a traditional acoustic sensor or a novel acoustic sensor using a piezoelectric sensor mounted with a thin film separation layer of flexible microspheres on a rigid substrate. Additional non-acoustic sensors are optionally mounted on the rigid substrate for generation of output used to reduce noise observed by the acoustic sensors. Combinations of acoustic, non-acoustic, and motion sensors co-located in rigid streamer housing sections are provided.
US10241208B2
A LIDAR system is provided. The LIDAR system comprises at least one processor configured to: control at least one light source in a manner enabling light flux of light from at least one light source to vary over a scanning cycle of a field of view; receive from at least one sensor reflections signals indicative of light reflected from objects in the field of view; coordinate light flux and scanning in a manner to cause at least three sectors of the field of view to occur in a scanning cycle, a first sector having a first light flux and an associated first detection range, a second sector having a second light flux and an associated second detection range, and a third sector having third light flux and an associated a third detection range; and detect an object in the second sector.
US10241203B2
This disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and devices for integrating weather radar data from both ground-based and aircraft weather radar systems. An example system is configured to receive weather radar data from a first weather radar system. The system is further configured to receive weather radar data from one or more additional weather radar systems. The system is further configured to combine the weather radar data from the first weather radar system and the weather radar data from the one or more additional weather radar systems into a combined weather radar data set. The system is further configured to generate an output based on the combined weather radar data set.
US10241200B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide accurate and reliable compact sonar systems for mobile structures. A modular sonar system includes one or more sonar transducer assemblies and at least two transducer modules disposed substantially within the sonar transducer assemblies. Each transducer module includes a transducer element and a module frame. The module frame is configured to support the transducer element, to physically couple to other transducer modules, and/or to physically couple to a sonar transducer assembly to secure the transducer module. The system may additionally include an actuator configured to adjust an orientation of the transducer module. Resulting sonar data and/or imagery may be displayed to a user and/or used to adjust a steering actuator, a propulsion system thrust, and/or other operational systems of the mobile structure.
US10241194B2
A method for determining the location of a frequency receiver device with respect to at least two frequency originator devices, each of a current location, the method including synchronizing a clock of the frequency receiver device with a clock of one of the at least two frequency originator devices; receiving by the frequency receiver device, a message including an identification code configured for identifying one of the at least two frequency originator devices and obtaining a broadcast time and a current location of the one of the at least two frequency originator devices by looking up a table correlating the at least two frequency originator devices and their respective broadcast times and current locations; calculating a time of flight of the message by calculating the difference between a receive time at which the message is received by the frequency receiver device and the broadcast time.
US10241191B2
Disclosed a multi-sensor multiple hypotheses testing tracking system. The multi-hypothesis testing system associates measurements from multiple sensors with tracks. Measurements are incorporated using a Kalman Filter and the same filters are used to propagate the trajectories of the tracks.
US10241184B2
In an EPI acquisition sequence for magnetic resonance signals k-space is scanned along sets of lines in k-space along opposite propagation directions, e.g. odd and even lines in k-space. Phase errors that occur due to the opposite propagation directions are corrected for in a SENSE-type parallel imaging reconstruction. The phase error distribution in image space may be initially estimated, calculated form the phase difference between images reconstructed from magnetic resonance signals acquired from the respective sets of k-space lines, or from an earlier dynamic.
US10241182B2
A magnetic resonance imaging system (1) includes at least one processor (28) configured to receive (48) diffusion weighted imaging data based on a diffusion weighted imaging sequence with magnetic gradient fields applied in different directions and with different b-values. The at least one processor (28) is further configured to detect (50) motion corrupted data present in the received imaging data based on a comparison of data redundant in the received data, and substitute (52) alternative data for detected motion corrupted data.
US10241166B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a wireless communication unit, a radio frequency (RF) coil, and a specifying unit. The wireless communication unit includes an antenna and that transmits and receives a wireless signal through the antenna. The RF coil includes one or more antennas and that receives the wireless signal and to respond to the received wireless signal through the one or more antennas. The specifying unit that specifies the position and the orientation of the RF coil on the basis of a response result indicated by the response from the RF coil.
US10241165B2
In various embodiments of the invention, inductive coupling can be to a secondary coil rather than a primary coil in order to optimize the topology of the NMR probe. In addition, by coupling to a secondary coil using a detection coil located below the lower insulator the RF homogeneity and signal to noise can be improved together with the NMR probe topology. By effecting inductive coupling to an inductor in a multiple resonance circuit, rather than to the sample inductor parameters associated with the NMR, probe construction can be arranged to increase RF homogeneity and signal to noise, while reducing space utilization constraints. In various embodiments of the invention, the primary mode in a secondary coil can be split into two modes with a resonator with inductive coupling to the secondary coil.
US10241146B2
Presented embodiments facilitate efficient and effective access to a device under test. In one embodiment, a test system comprises: a device interface board (DIB) configured to interface with a device under test (DUT); and a primitive configured to control the device interface board and testing of the device under test. The primitive is an independent self contained test control unit comprising: a backplane interface configured to couple with the device interface board; a power supply component configured to control power to the backplane interface; and a site module configured to control testing signals sent to the device interface board and device under test. The site module is reconfigurable for different test protocols. The primitive can be compatible with a distributed testing infrastructure. In one exemplary implementation, the primitive and device interface board are portable an operable to perform independent testing unfettered by other control components.
US10241145B2
The present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit, a method for detecting the gate driving circuit, an array substrate and a display apparatus. The gate driving circuit comprises a plurality of cascaded gate driving units, access units, a first signal line and a second signal line. Each access unit is connected to its corresponding gate driving unit and the gate driving unit at the next stage to its corresponding gate driving unit. The access unit corresponding to the gate driving unit at each odd stage is connected to the first signal line such that the first signal line detects an output signal from that gate driving unit via the access unit, and the access unit corresponding to the gate driving unit at each even stage is connected to the second signal line such that the second signal line detects an output signal from that gate driving unit via the access unit.
US10241141B2
An apparatus for measuring resistance value may include a reference resistance including one end supplied with a first voltage and the other end connected with a target resistance; a variable voltage generating circuit for generating the first voltage varied according to temperature and supplying the first voltage to the one end of the reference resistance; and a signal processor for outputting resistance of the target resistance corresponding to a voltage outputted to the other end of the reference resistance.
US10241140B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for monitoring power consumption of individual devices on an electric power system. A monitoring system may identify unique power characteristics of each device. The monitoring system may use the identified unique power characteristics to disaggregate electric data representative of the power consumption of all of the devices on the electric power system into portions associated with each device.
US10241139B2
A non-contact voltage detector module pluggable to a mobile communication device. The non-contact voltage comprises an antenna, a connector configured for connecting to a connector of a mobile communication device, and an assembly coupled to the antenna and the connector. The assembly converts an electromagnetic field received by the antenna to an indication of a strength of the electromagnetic field and transmits the indication of the strength of the electromagnetic field via the connector.
US10241138B2
Optical fiber based current measuring equipment for measuring the current circulating through a conductor. The equipment includes an interrogator having a light emitter and a light receiver, and a sensing portion close to the conductor, the interrogator and the sensing portion being connected through at least one standard single-mode intermediate fiber. The light emitter of the interrogator is configured to emit sets of at least two polarized light pulses to the sensing portion, the pulses being polarized with a specific degree difference, and the light receiver (4) is configured to determine the current circulating through the conductor depending on the pulses it receives in return from the sensing portion. A method for measuring the current circulating through a conductor with the use of an optical fiber based current measuring equipment is also provided.
US10241133B2
A test probe tip can include a resistive element coupled with a tip component. The resistive element can include a resistive layer disposed on an exterior surface of a structural member of the resistive impedance element. In embodiments, the resistive element can be configured to form a structural component of the test probe tip without an insulating covering applied thereto. Additional embodiments may be described and/or claimed herein.
US10241132B2
Disclosed a socket apparatus for a semiconductor device test, the apparatus including: body elements (100, 200) into which contacts (400) are inserted; movable elements (300, 500) on which a semiconductor device (IC) is seated; a socket cover (600) assembled to the movable elements (300, 500) and resiliently assembled to the body elements (100, 200); and a semiconductor device pressing part (700) pressing and fixing the semiconductor device (IC) seated on the movable elements (300, 500), wherein the semiconductor device pressing part (700) includes: a pusher plate (710) having an opening cam (711) and coming into surface contact with an upper surface of the semiconductor device (IC) and applies pressure thereto; a latch (720) of which ends are hingedly assembled to the socket cover (600) and the pusher plate (710); and a link (730) of which ends are hingedly assembled to the socket body (100) and the latch (720).
US10241128B2
A closed loop method of controlling a capacitive accelerometer uses two servo loops. A Vcrit servo loop uses an output signal (S2) modulated by a sine wave signal (S1). The Vcrit control signal adjusts the magnitude of the PWM drive signals applied to the fixed capacitor electrodes of the accelerometer, thereby optimising open loop gain.
US10241120B2
An assaying kit is for pre-transfusion blood group matching between two blood samples. The kit includes at least two assemblies (101,201) corresponding to the first and the second blood sample, each assembly has at least two test units (1). Each test unit (1) includes a reagent containing an antigen present on erythrocytes or an antibody able to bind to an antigen present on erythrocytes. Each test unit (1) also includes a membrane (2) permeable to free erythrocytes (6) and impermeable to hemagglutinated erythrocytes. The antibody contained in the first test unit for both the first assembly (101) and the second assembly (201) corresponds to a first blood group and the antibody contained in the second test units for both the first assembly (101) and the second assembly (201) corresponds to a second blood group.
US10241117B2
A method for identifying a polypeptide a specimen can include (i) treating a specimen suspected of including an insulin with a base; (ii) extracting a first fraction of the treated specimen by solid phase extraction using a mixed mode or polymeric reversed-phase media and a first solvent including an acid; (iii) separating a component of the first fraction by liquid chromatography using a chromatographic surface including a hydrophobic surface group and one or more ionizable modifiers, and a second solvent including an acid; and (iv) analyzing the component of the first fraction by mass spectroscopy, thereby identifying the polypeptide, if present, using a signal corresponding to a sequence fragment ion from the polypeptide. The signal can correspond to an intact multiply charged precursor fragment selected in a first quadrupole and its corresponding sequence fragment ion selected in a final quadrupole.
US10241111B2
Methods of producing light in liquid media are provided using nanoparticles capable of generating electroluminescence when stimulated by an electrical signal. The nanoparticles are provided as a label on a target species or on a specific binding partner of the target species to be detected in a test method. The nanoparticle-labeled species are drawn into operable proximity to electrodes which, when energized by a power source, excite the nanoparticles to produce electroluminescence. Methods of performing binding assays are described using the disclosed methods.
US10241108B2
Methods, compositions and kits for determining the developmental potential of one or more embryos are provided. These methods, compositions and kits find use in identifying embryos in vitro that are most useful in treating infertility in humans.
US10241100B2
A method for determining a first concentration of a first component in an aqueous solution, the surface tension of which is altered by the presence of the first component. The method can include identifying a second concentration of at least one second component in the aqueous solution. The at least one second component can also alter the surface tension of the aqueous solution. The method can further include comparing a plurality of dynamic surface tension measurements of each of a plurality of aqueous test solutions with at least one dynamic surface tension measurement of the aqueous solution to determine the first concentration. The plurality of aqueous test solutions can include the first component at a plurality of concentrations and the at least one second component at the second concentration.
US10241089B2
An ultrasonic probe, a method of operating the same, and a mounting device are provided. The ultrasonic probe includes a main body configured to transmit and receive ultrasound, a heat storage including a phase-change material configured to store heat being generated by the main body, and a display configured to display an amount of the stored heat.
US10241088B2
A photo-acoustic gas sensor includes a light emitter unit having a light emitter configured to emit a beam of light pulses with a predetermined repetition frequency and a wavelength corresponding to an absorption band of a gas to be sensed, and a detector unit having a microphone. The light emitter unit is arranged so that the beam of light pulses traverses an area configured to accommodate the gas. The detector unit is arranged so that the microphone can receive a signal oscillating with the repetition frequency.
US10241080B2
A magnet evaluation device is provided for evaluating a magnet having at least two magnetic pieces bonded to an insulating material sandwiched between two adjacent ones of the magnetic pieces. The magnet evaluation device has an excitation coil and a detection coil. The excitation coil is configured to generate a magnetic field that has a size in a range that corresponds to a region including the insulating material. The detection coil has a coil diameter that is smaller than a length of one of the magnetic pieces in a direction in which the magnetic pieces are aligned.
US10241079B2
The invention proposes a mass spectrometer comprising two ion mobility analyzers in tandem arrangement, of which at least one is a trapped ion mobility spectrometer (TIMS), and an ion gate which is located between the two ion mobility analyzers, and use thereof wherein ions are selectively transferred between the two ion mobility analyzers by adjusting the transmission of the ion gate while ions are separated in time according to ion mobility in the first ion mobility analyzer.
US10241078B2
Functionalized nanotube arrays, sensors, and related methods of detecting target compounds are presented. A functionalized nanotube array (235) can include a plurality of metal oxide nanotubes (240). The metal oxide nanotubes (240) can be formed of a metal oxide and can have an interior or exterior surface that is optionally functionalized with at least one metal ion. These metal nanotubes (240) can be used in a sensor (200) for detecting target compounds such as volatile organic compounds, and biomarkers in a fluid environment. The sensor (200) can further include a power source (245) configured to apply a voltage to the nanotube array (235) and a current sensor (250) configured to monitor and detect changes in a response current which varies upon binding with the target compounds.
US10241068B2
In order to provide a reference electrode capable of suppressing an error in a measured value even when refilling an internal solution during sample measurement, a reference electrode including: a casing adapted to store the internal solution in an internal space; and an internal electrode that rises from the bottom surface of the internal space and is immersed in the internal solution further includes: a surrounding wall that rises from the bottom surface so as to surround the side circumferential surface of the internal electrode; and an inlet port that is for refilling the internal solution in the casing. In addition, in the reference electrode, the surrounding wall is adapted such that a fore end surface thereof is opened and the height thereof is higher than the height of the internal electrode, and the inlet port is adapted to be opened toward a space outside the surrounding wall.
US10241063B2
In an embodiment of the invention inductive coupling of an idler coil to a parent coil is used to provide a double resonance circuit without the disadvantages of capacitive coupling to the parent coil. In an embodiment of the invention, an inductive coupling coil can be used to achieve a double-tuned circuit. In an embodiment of the invention, a circuit uses inductive coupling to achieve a double resonance circuit for 1H, 19F, and 13C experiments where one of the three nuclei are observed and the other two are decoupled. In an embodiment of the invention a pivot or a shunt can be used to couple and decouple the idler coil and the parent coil.
US10241057B2
An optical screening device includes a box and a light source. The box includes two chambers. The first chamber includes an incident passageway made with an exit. The second chamber includes a reflection passageway made with an entrance and an exit. The light source is inserted in the first chamber and adapted for casting incident light onto a first face of an inspected object located out of the box through the exit of the incident passageway so that primary reflected light goes into the second chamber from the first face of the inspected object via the entrance of the reflection passageway and goes out of the second chamber through the exit of the reflection passageway. The entrance of the reflection passageway is made with small width to allow only the primary reflected light to enter the second chamber.
US10241056B2
To facilitate adjusting of a distance from an inspection target to an illumination section by providing a movable illumination section that is movable independently of the imaging section. An illumination apparatus has a plurality of LEDs arranged in a substantially annular form, a light diffusion member for diffusing light emitted from the plurality of LEDs, and a lighting control part for lighting the plurality of light sources in accordance with a predetermined lighting pattern when designated to start lighting. In particular, the illumination apparatus moves independently of a camera to adjust a distance to a workpiece.
US10241054B2
A system for use in rapid sample analysis that includes a biosensor reagent, wherein the biosensor reagent includes living biological cells; a reservoir card, wherein the reservoir card stores the biosensor reagent; and a test cartridge base, wherein the test cartridge base is configured to accept the reservoir card, and wherein the test cartridge base further includes a contoured reaction chamber; and an inlet channel connected to and entering the reaction chamber at a predetermined angle thereto.
US10241049B2
This detection device is provided with: a chip including a detection region for detecting a substance to be detected; a light source which emits excitation light; a detector for detecting the fluorescence emitted from a fluorescent substance which labels the substance to be detected, and which is excited by the excitation light; and an optical fiber which includes a core, and a cladding covering the outer peripheral surface of the core, guides, to the detection region, the excitation light emitted from the light source, and guides, to the detector, the fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance. The optical fiber is fixed to the chip directly or via a connector. The excitation light emitted from the light source is guided within the core, and reaches the detection region of the chip. The fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance is guided within the core and the cladding, and reaches the detector.
US10241045B2
Spectrally encoded microbeads and methods and devices for making and using spectrally encoded microbeads are provided. The disclosed methods and devices facilitate the preparation and use of microbeads containing multiple lanthanide nanoparticles, which microbeads have uniquely identifiable spectral codes. The disclosed microbeads, and the methods and devices for making and using same, find use in multiplexing and high-throughput biomarker analysis.
US10241041B2
A method and system to measure and image the full optical scattering properties by inverse spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (ISOCT) is disclosed. Tissue is modeled as a medium with continuous refractive index (RI) fluctuation and such a fluctuation is described by the RI correlation functions. By measuring optical quantities of tissue (including the scattering power of the OCT spectrum, the reflection albedo α defined as the ratio or scattering coefficient μs, and the back-scattering coefficient μb), the RI correlation function can be inversely deduced and the full set of optical scattering properties can be obtained.
US10241037B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to determine the concentration of a species within a sample. An example method may include collecting optical loss data over a range of frequencies from the sample using a spectroscopy system; placing the optical loss data into a plurality of bins, each bin having a defined frequency width; determining an average optical loss data value for the optical loss values within each bin that have an optical loss value less than a threshold value; removing the optical loss data within each bin having a value outside a tolerance range bounding the average optical loss data value for the respective bin; fitting a spectral curve to the remaining optical loss data; and determining the concentration of the species within the sample based on the spectral curve.
US10241036B2
A non-destructive method for condition assessment of a turbine component is provided. The method includes providing a laser generating a light pulse that heats the turbine component. An infrared image is then captured of the heated turbine component. An analysis of the turbine component for a particular characteristic of the turbine component may then be done. A system for the non-destructive condition assessment of a turbine component is also provided.
US10241035B2
Spectrophotometric sensors for measuring the concentration of various solutions are disclosed. Methods for controlling the introduction of disinfectants using such sensors for water treatment are also disclosed. Hypochlorite strength is monitored in at least some embodiments.
US10241027B2
Cuvette, comprising at least one measuring area on each one of two arms that are pivotally connected to each other such that from a swung-apart condition, they can be swung together into a measuring position in which the two measuring areas have a distance for positioning a sample between the measuring areas, and means for positioning the two arms in a measuring position in a cuvette shaft of an optical measuring device with a sample between the two measuring areas in a beam path of the optical measuring device that crosses the cuvette shaft.
US10241016B2
A cell grabber has a unitary structure including a transparent grabber head at a terminus thereof and an elongated mounting portion extending therefrom for attachment to a force transducer. The grabber head has a planar or concave bonding surface which is coated with an adhesive film to secure the specimen, especially single cells, for tensile measurements. The cell grabber may be used in connection with auxotonic, isometric or isotonic force measurement systems.
US10241010B2
Methods and apparatus for the collection, transportation, and analysis of gas samples which may be required in various scientific, environmental, and natural resource contexts is provided. An isolating container for removing a component from a fluid sample includes a body defining a sampling chamber having a first end and a second end; a first valve assembly coupled to the first end; a reactant material positioned within the sampling chamber for reacting with the component; and a second valve assembly coupled to the second end, wherein the fluid sample enters the sampling chamber through the first valve assembly and exits through the second valve assembly.
US10241006B2
A method for monitoring the operation of a gas turbine is provided, in which component vibrations are detected during the operation of the gas turbine by an acceleration sensor arranged on the component, a plurality of signal sections being determined by a plurality of frequency bands fb from the signal forwarded and processed by the acceleration sensor. To avoid an unnecessary shutdown of the gas turbine to perform an inspection which subsequently proves unnecessary, thereby increasing the availability of the gas turbine, a total vibration period is determined by adding together the vibration periods of signal sections during which the amplitudes of the signal sections concerned are greater than a frequency band-specific threshold.
US10240993B2
A pressure sensor for recording a pressure of a fluid medium in a measuring cell. The pressure sensor includes a sensor housing, at least one first pressure sensor element for measuring a pressure of the medium, and a drive and/or evaluation circuit for outputting a signal indicative of a pressure acting on the first pressure sensor element. The drive and/or evaluation circuit is configured on or in a circuit substrate disposed within the sensor housing. The first pressure sensor element is configured on or in the circuit substrate and is separated from the fluid medium by at least one first separating membrane.
US10240990B2
An electronic ink cartridge includes, in a direction of a central axis within a cylindrical body, a core body extended out from a distal end of the cylindrical body, a coupling member disposed on a side of a proximal end of the cylindrical body, a coil housed between the core body and the coupling member and having a predetermined inductance, and a pressure sensitive element whose capacitance changes according to pressure applied to the core body. Two terminals of the coil are electrically connected respectively to two terminals of the pressure sensitive element to thereby form two terminals of a resonance circuit formed by the coil and the pressure sensitive element. A connecting terminal electrically connected to at least one of the two terminals of the resonance circuit is disposed on a proximal end surface side of the coupling member to be accessible thereon from outside.
US10240980B2
An apparatus for generating a spectral image includes a filter to receive incident light. The filter has a variable refractive index. The apparatus also includes a modulator, operably coupled to the filter, to modulate the variable refractive index of the filter so as to generate a plurality of optical patterns from the incident light. The plurality of optical patterns represents the spectral image and each optical pattern in the plurality of optical patterns corresponds to a different modulation of the variable refractive index. The apparatus further includes a detector, in optical communication with the filter, to detect the plurality of optical patterns.
US10240977B2
A method is provided for inspecting the surface of an object such as a wafer having tridimensional structures, using a confocal chromatic device with a plurality of optical measurement channels and a chromatic lens allowing optical wavelengths of a broadband light source to be focused at different axial distances defining a chromatic measurement range. The method includes a step of obtaining an intensity information corresponding to the intensity of the light actually focused on an interface of the object within the chromatic measurement range at a plurality of measurement points on the object by measuring a total intensity over the full spectrum of the light collected by at least some of the optical measurement channels in a confocal configuration.
US10240974B2
An infrared projector and an infrared observation system by which unevenness of wavelengths in a projection pattern is reduced are provided. An infrared projector (100) is provided with infrared semiconductor laser elements (11a to 11d) that emit near-infrared laser light beams (L1a, L1b, L1c, and L1d), a scattering member (51) that receives and scatters the near-infrared laser light beams, and a projecting member (61) that projects the near-infrared laser light beams scattered by the scattering member.
US10240973B2
A safety control system includes: a first control unit arranged to control a controlled system, a second control unit arranged to detect a fault with the controlled system and arranged to transmit messages wirelessly to the first control unit, wherein the second control unit includes: a first controller and a second controller, each of the first and second controllers being arranged to detect a condition of the controlled system and output messages indicative of whether or not the condition has been detected; a transmitter arranged to transmit wirelessly to the first control unit; and a multiplexer arranged to connect each of the first and second controllers in turn to the transmitter so that messages from each of the first and second controllers can be transmitted to the first control unit.
US10240965B2
A capacitive fluid sensor is provided having a substrate having upper and lower ends and conductive members supported by the substrate. The conductive members are provided between the upper and lower ends of the substrate. The conductive members include an upper end conductive member, a lower end conductive member, and at least one included conductive member which is positioned between the upper and lower end conductive members. Each conductive member is separated from every other one of the members, thereby providing that each member has distinct upper and lower ends and acts as an independent sensor. At least one pair of proximally positioned members are positioned relative to each other such that the distinct lower end of one of the pair of conductive members is positioned closer to the lower end of the substrate than is the distinct upper end of the other one of the pair of conductive members.
US10240960B2
A method for reducing an error rate is provided. The method includes obtaining a first analog signal representing a first kinematic property of a first position with a sensor, obtaining a second analog signal representing a second kinematic property of the first position, digitizing the first analog signal into a first digital signal, and digitizing the second analog signal into a second digital signal. The method also includes combining the first digital signal and the second digital signal into a combined signal such that an error rate of the combined signal is less than an error rate of one of the first digital signal and the second digital signal.
US10240955B2
A fluid flow meter can include a sensor capable of transmitting a transmit signal to propagate, at least partially, through a fluid in a pipe and receiving a respective receive signal. The fluid flow meter can include a memory storing computer code instructions and a plurality of pipe type signatures associated with a plurality of pipe types. Each pipe type signature of a respective pipe type of the plurality of pipe types can include one or more characteristics of receive signals associated with that pipe type. The fluid flow meter can also include a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor and to the memory. When executing the computer code instructions, the processor can determine one or more signal features of the receive signal, and identify a pipe type of the pipe based on the one or more signal features of the receive signal and the plurality of pipe type signatures.
US10240950B2
A scale is configured to measure a displacement or velocity of a rotating object. The scale includes a first region that includes a first mark row including a plurality of marks arranged in a first period, and a second region that includes a second mark row including a plurality of marks arranged in a second period having a phase continuity with the first mark row formed in the first region. A periodic mark row including the first mark row and the second mark row is formed over an entire circumference of the rotating object including the first region and the second region.
US10240944B2
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for creating, modifying, and viewing geographic areas and their corresponding routes and items of work. For example, an interface can be provided with a map display area and a route display area. The map display area and the route display area can be synchronized to create new routes, modify existing routes, and/or view information about various routes and/or items of work.
US10240935B2
A method for maintaining vehicle-resident map information may include, in a vehicle with at least one communications processor integrated within the vehicle, the at least one communications processor being operable to receive wireless transmissions including map information from a remote location separate and apart from the vehicle, obtaining GPS information relating to the vehicle. The map information received by the at least one communications processor may be downloaded from the remote location. A map corresponding to the map information, and an indication of the current vehicle location may be displayed within the map, based on the GPS information. The map information may correspond to the GPS information. Road information may be wirelessly transmitted to one or more locations based on the GPS information.
US10240929B2
The present disclosure provides a jump detection system for inertial measurement unit (IMU) integrated with a barometric altimeter in the same device (IMU-baro). The processor is configured to record time-series data of both a vertical component of the measured IMU-baro acceleration and the estimated vertical velocity of the IMU-baro, detect a potential jump by comparing the vertical component of the measured IMU-baro acceleration to one or more acceleration thresholds, and, validate the potential jump by comparing a difference between a maximum velocity and a minimum velocity within a vicinity of the potential jump in the time-series data of the estimated vertical velocity of the IMU-baro to a velocity threshold.
US10240927B2
An apparatus obtains data comprising magnetic flux density data and an association of the magnetic flux density data to grid points of at least one grid, each grid point representing at least a geographical location. The apparatus applies at least one frequency transform to a representation of the magnetic flux density data and their association to grid points to obtain frequency components. The apparatus provides compressed magnetic flux density data comprising a subset of the obtained frequency components for at least one of storage and transmission. The same apparatus or another apparatus applies at least one inverse frequency transform to the frequency components in order to recover the magnetic flux density data and their association with different grid points and provides the recovered magnetic flux density data and their association with different grid points for supporting a positioning of a mobile device.
US10240924B2
A surveying system for surveying and tracking a movable target object that defines a target point includes a surveying device with a sighting unit defining a target axis and a detector for generating a continuously current amount-of-deviation signal dependent on a deviation from an optimal target orientation. A second unit on the target object side enables continuous determination of movements and/or positions of the target object with reference to an external coordinate system. The surveying system includes a target point tracking mode in which respective first measurement data currently generated by the first unit and the respective current amount-of-deviation signal and respective second measurement data currently generated by the second unit are continuously aggregated. On the basis thereof, a control signal is derived for continuous automatic motorized modification of the target axis orientation such that the target axis continuously aims at the target point.
US10240922B2
An integrated auto-level and electronic rod reader is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated auto-level and electronic rod reader comprises a telescope and an image delivery device integrated with the auto-level which is configured for capturing an image of a standard grade rod visible through the telescope and a crosshair. Logic implemented by a processor automatically recognizes the crosshair, automatically compares the crosshair against a scale of the standard grade rod, and automatically determines an elevation of the standard grade rod based upon the comparing.
US10240918B2
A method for studying a zone of an object, the zone exhibiting a mass-thickness and comprising at least one chemical element, the method including a step of exposing a part of the zone of the object to an electron beam, a step of identifying each chemical element present in the said zone by virtue of the exposure step, a step of measuring, for each chemical element identified, a corresponding intensity of an X-ray radiation emergent from the object on account of the said exposure step, a step of determining a value of the said mass-thickness dependent on each measurement step, and a step of determining a value of the concentration of each chemical element identified using the said value of the mass-thickness determined.
US10240916B1
A method and apparatus for calibrating laser displacement sensors within a vehicle inspection system. A calibration target structure is positioned within an operative field of view for the laser displacement sensor, providing one or more optical targets onto which illuminating laser beams from the laser displacement sensor are projected. Displacement measurements are acquired with the optical targets disposed at a plurality of positions within the field of view. The resulting displacement measurements, together with known position information for the optical targets, are utilized to calibrate an associated imaging sensor such that the displacement measurements associated with each illuminating laser beam and known positional information agree to within a desired tolerance throughout the operative field of view for the laser displacement sensor.
US10240908B2
An inductively operating sensor, particularly for measuring distances and positions of a metallic object, comprising at least a coil, a ferromagnetic or ferritic core and perhaps a housing comprising a sensor element, with the core being embedded in a single or multi-layered ceramic and jointly with the ceramic forming a coil body and with the coil body and the core being connected to each other in a form-fitting fashion. Furthermore, a method is suggested for producing such a sensor.
US10240902B2
The Stackable Archery Target Having Replaceable Cube Cores includes a plurality of replaceable cube cores, one or more core receivers. and a base. The base is formed with one or more core receivers, which receive one of more replaceable cube core. The replaceable cube core provides a visual target display for archers to aim and shoot The base ensures that the cube cores are firmly held within the confines of the core receiver to prevent the replaceable cube core from shifting or moving under impact from the arrows. The replaceable cube core is formed as a cube having three (3) useable target surfaces. Each target surface provides a consistent penetration depth on each surface for predictable results, regardless of the face that is used for the target surface. When one face has been sufficiently used, the user rotates the cube to show a fresh target display.
US10240899B2
An interchangeable scope lens covers system comprises a pair of lens covers each comprising a lens cover sleeve that is generally shaped like a hollow cylinder having a generally decreasing diameter from a proximal end to a distal end. Near the distal end, a generally annular lens is removably secured by a lens cap. The lenses are therefore easily removed and interchanged as desired by the user to configure the system to respond to changing shooting conditions. Between the pair of lens covers is attached a plurality of elastic cords or similar materials that hold the lens covers tightly against both ends of a scope tube in order to provide a press fit that keeps moisture, debris, etc. from entering the space between the lens covers and the scope lenses. The press fit forms a seal or barrier between the lens covers and the scope.
US10240897B2
A cover for use with an optic device to hold and display shooting information. The cover may have resilient retention members that allow a display to be releasably attached and detached from the cover. The display may be made from a single substrate or multiple substrates in order to make the shooting information contained thereon highly visible in a variety of conditions and shooting preferences. The cover may include a flexible body for securing the cover to optic devices of a variety of sizes.
US10240895B2
A gun cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tool and a storage case. The cleaning tool has a cleaning section and a pull cord having a distal end for pulling the cleaning section through a gun barrel. The storage case is configured for enclosing the cleaning tool. The storage case includes a substantially hollow container having an open top and a removable lid. The removable lid is selectively positionable between a closed configuration wherein it closes the open top, and an open configuration wherein it is free from the hollow container and serves as a pull handle for the cleaning tool. The removable lid includes a connection section for connecting to the distal end of the pull cord after the pull cord has been inserted through the gun barrel, and a handle section for gripping by a user to assist with pulling the cleaning tool through the gun barrel.
US10240893B2
Rifle magazines with storage containers have a first elongated tubular body defining an ammunition passage, the first elongated tubular body having an upper end defining an ammunition feed aperture, the first elongated tubular body having a lower end having a first floor plate attachment facility, a magazine spring and follower contained in the ammunition passage, a floor plate having a first attachment feature adapted to connect to the first floor plate attachment facility, a second elongated tubular body defining a storage passage, the second elongated tubular body having an upper end having a second floor plate attachment facility, and the floor plate having a second attachment feature adapted to connect to the second floor plate attachment facility.
US10240889B1
The present invention relates generally to an adaptor system for use with a pneumatic gun that allows for the delivery of a fluid from a tank to the chamber of the gun. The adaptor system can easily be added or removed from the cartridge cavity of a gun whereby allowing a user to easily convert between a gun that uses a cartridge system or one that can use a large tank system with an attached hose.
US10240886B1
An adjustable stabilizer system preferably includes a bow mount member, a bow mount member with quick release, an elbow link member, an elbow link member with a quick release, a tightening elbow, a single thread coupler, a double threaded coupler and a weight with an o-ring. The bow mount member preferably includes a bow mounting base and a bow pivoting extension. The pivoting extension extends outward from one end of the mounting base. A threaded tap is formed in an opposing end of the mounting base. The elbow link member preferably includes an elbow mounting base and an elbow pivoting extension. The elbow pivoting extension extends outward from one end of the elbow mounting base and a threaded tap is formed in an opposing end of the elbow mounting base. The elements of the adjustable stabilizer system may be assembled in any suitable configuration.
US10240885B2
A shock absorbing disruptor mounting system for a robotic arm includes a rack comprised of a linear guide structure and a carriage which is configured to travel on the linear guide structure. The carriage is selectively movable between a retracted position and an extended position and includes a plurality of wheels along its length. Each of the wheels has a wheel axis of rotation which is transverse to the direction of the linear guide structure centerline to facilitate rotation of the wheels on at least a portion of the linear guide structure responsive to the travel.
US10240882B1
A bottleneck cartridge chamber wherein a circumferential relief recess is placed within the shoulder region of the chamber. As opposed to the continuous angled shoulder of conventional cartridge chambers, the proposed relief recess is envisioned as an angular segment of larger included angle than the conventional chamber shoulder angle (thereby creating a compound angle cartridge chamber shoulder region) or a radial recess that would eliminate a portion of the conventional chamber shoulder.
US10240871B2
A method for calibrating a furnace enabling a semiconductor material to be subjected to a first thermal donor formation annealing that includes a temperature rise, a first temperature plateau and a temperature drop of the furnace, the method to including providing a calibration piece of the semiconductor material; determining the interstitial oxygen concentration of the piece; subjecting the piece to a second thermal donor formation annealing in the furnace, the second annealing including rise and drop in temperature of the furnace identical to those of the first annealing and a second plateau at the set temperature for a set time; determining the concentration of thermal donors formed in the piece during the second annealing; determining an equivalent annealing time at the set temperature, corresponding at least to the rise and drop in temperature of the furnace, from the interstitial oxygen concentration, the thermal donor concentration of the piece and the set time.
US10240868B2
The present invention relates to a submerged combustion furnace for melting ceramic frits by means of a submerged combustion process, said furnace comprising at least one control loop with feedback of the overall weight regulating at least one process variable of the furnace for producing ceramic frit.The invention also relates to a regulating method for a submerged combustion furnace having these features, whereby obtaining a batch production of a ceramic frit having certain characteristics. The regulating method is implemented in the system by means of regulating process variables relating to the production of molten material during production.
US10240851B2
A bottom-freezer refrigerator has an ice making compartment formed in a door thereof. Cold air formed in independent spaces of the refrigerating compartment is individually guided to the ice making compartment and the refrigerating compartment, thereby reducing power consumption and noise to be caused as the length of a fluid passage is increased. Foods are refrigerated or frozen and stored in a clean state. The foods in the refrigerating compartment are freshly stored in a high moisture state, and the door is prevented from being forcibly open.
US10240843B2
An ice bin (10) is disclosed which includes a storage bin (13) having a pair of side walls (14), and an pair of end walls (15) and a bottom wall (16). The side walls have a T-shaped recess (17) having a central base recess (18) and two arm recesses (19). Each central base recess is defined by a floor ledge (21) and a pair of side edges (22). The end walls also have grip recesses (20) which extend directly from the arm recesses. The arm recesses are defined by side top ledges (28) while the grip recesses are defined by end top ledges (29). The ice bin also includes a pair of pivotable handles (23) coupled to the storage bin. Each handle has a pair of leg portions (24), a pair of arm portions (25), and a grip portion (26) extending between the pair of arm portions.
US10240841B2
A refrigerator includes a compressor, an input current detector to detect input current of alternating current (AC) power inputted to the refrigerator, a converter to convert the inputted AC power into direct current (DC) power, a capacitor to store the converted DC power, an inverter to output AC power using the converted DC power for driving of the compressor, a DC terminal voltage detector to detect voltage at two terminals of the capacitor, and a compressor microcomputer to control the inverter and to calculate refrigerator power consumption based on the detected input current and the detected DC terminal voltage. The refrigerator enables simplified power consumption calculation.
US10240837B2
An outdoor unit includes at least a compressor, a gas-liquid separator, and an outdoor heat exchanger of a refrigerant circuit, the refrigerant circuit being formed by connecting, by pipes, the compressor, a condenser, a pressure reducing device, the gas-liquid separator, and the outdoor heat exchanger that acts as an evaporator including at least a plurality of heat transfer tubes and an inlet header that distributes incoming refrigerant to the heat transfer tubes. The outdoor unit further includes a gas-liquid-separator bypass pipe, a gas-liquid-separator-side flow control valve, a header bypass pipe, a header-side flow control valve, and a determination device.
US10240836B2
A system and method are provided including a system controller for a refrigeration or HVAC system having a compressor rack with a compressor and a condensing unit with a condenser fan. The system controller monitors and controls operation of the refrigeration or HVAC system. A rack controller monitors and controls operation of the compressor rack and determines compressor rack power consumption data. A condensing unit controller monitors and controls operation of the condensing unit and determines condensing unit power consumption data. The system controller receives the compressor rack power consumption data and the condensing unit power consumption data, determines a total power consumption of the refrigeration or HVAC system, determines a predicted power consumption or a benchmark power consumption for the refrigeration system, compares the total power consumption with the predicted power consumption or the benchmark power consumption, and generates an alert based on the comparison.
US10240835B2
A pilot on-off valve in a refrigeration cycle device includes a main on-off valve that opens or closes a bypass passage through which a high-pressure side portion and a low-pressure side portion of a cycle communicate with each other, and a pilot valve that opens or closes a communication passage through which an inflow port and an outflow port of the pilot on-off valve communicate with each other. When the main on-off valve opens the bypass passage, the pilot valve opens the communication passage in a state where a refrigerant passage, in which a refrigerant flowing out of the pilot on-off valve flows, is closed.
US10240818B2
A controller is configured to set total stop in which operations of all of a plurality of water heaters are stopped when an abnormal condition of a fan or an abnormal condition in communication is sensed in any of the plurality of water heaters while at least one of the plurality of water heaters is operating. The controller is further configured not to set total stop when an abnormal condition of the fan or an abnormal condition in communication is sensed in at least one of the plurality of water heaters while a sensing element for sensing a backflow of an exhaust from an exhaust path assembly is connected to the controller.
US10240817B2
A water heating system includes a tank, one or more heating elements mounted on the water heating system, and a first controller mounted on the tank. The first controller is coupled to the one or more heating elements and includes logic to activate and deactivate the heating elements according to a first threshold value. The water heater also includes a second controller that is selectively coupled to the first controller and configured to communicate the first threshold value to the first controller, and perform an additional function related to the operation of the water heater. The first controller is configured to receive the first threshold value from the second controller and control the one or more heating elements based on the received threshold value, and to control the one or more heating elements mounted on the water heating system in a physical absence of the second controller.
US10240801B2
A ventilation hood is mounted to an underside of a cabinet, including a bottom panel and a lower support frame positioned above a cooking appliance, by first and second brackets secured below the cabinet at spaced positions aligned with outermost edge portions of the lower support frame and at least one fastener assembly secured to a front portion of the ventilation hood. Multiple embodiments are disclosed for the at least one fastener assembly, including tabs bent from a housing of the ventilation hood, feet threadably attached to the hood, mounting blocks including snap connectors, threaded fasteners, and pinned bolts.
US10240800B2
A cooktop appliance and griddle assembly are generally provided herein. The cooktop appliance may include a top panel, a heating element attached to the top panel, an upper plate, and a lower plate. The upper plate may be disposed above the top panel along a vertical direction. An upper plate may have a top cooking surface and a bottom heating surface. The top cooking surface may extend perpendicular to the vertical direction to receive a cooking item thereon. The bottom heating surface may be positioned beneath the upper plate and face the top panel to receive a thermal output from the heating element. The lower plate may extend perpendicular to the vertical direction beneath a portion of the upper plate and above the top panel. A radiation channel may be defined between the lower plate and the bottom heating surface along the vertical direction.
US10240794B2
A dynamic pressure exchanger configured for a combustion process includes an inlet plate and a rotor assembly mounted for rotation relative to the inlet plate about a central axis of the dynamic pressure exchanger. The inlet plate is formed to include an inlet port configured to direct air into the rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes an inner rotor and an outer rotor arranged around the inner rotor.
US10240786B2
A pure oxygen direct combustion system using a liquid metal according to the present invention comprises: a reactor for receiving a liquid metal; a heat exchanger, connected to the bottom of the reactor, for exchanging heat for the liquid metal; a circulation pump, connected to the heat exchanger, for circulating the incoming liquid metal; a nozzle, connected to the circulation pump and disposed on the reactor; a reduction unit, connected to the circulation pump, for performing a reduction for the oxidized liquid metal; and a separation unit, connected to the reactor and the reduction unit, wherein the particles of the liquid metal injected from the nozzle are subjected to sensible heat from the gas generated from the reactor, heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger and regenerated by the reduction unit, and then supplied back to the reactor.
US10240783B2
A method and apparatus for thermal processing of contaminated liquids is disclosed. The system employs an efficient and robust pulse jet burner as its basic energy source. This energy is then used to generate steam which may subsequently be used for a variety of processing and purification steps. A multiple-chamber approach is used: a burner chamber contains the pulse jet burner, a neighboring heat exchanger chamber uses this heat energy to initiate the purification process which started in a third neighboring coagulator chamber into which the contaminated fluids are initially introduced to the system. Combustible liquids which are separated from the contaminated fluids may be used to power the pulse jet for self-contained operation. High temperature flue gases from the pulse jet pass through a supercharger box and then into a vortex dryer which may have a secondary vortex dryer for initial drying of wet solid fuels.
US10240759B2
An improved and modular lighting fixture that reduces shipping and storage requirements and costs, facilitates simple assembly and repair, and that is modularly configurable to provide flexibility when designing and installing lighting fixtures. The improved lighting fixture also reduces the adverse effect of external environmental factors such as moisture, dust, etc. by providing a seal that impedes ingress into the modular lighting fixture.
US10240758B2
A storage compartment for a flashlight with a cylindrical barrel, a tail cap and a conductive spring fitted to the tail cap. The conductive spring is removed from the tail cap and fitted to the barrel end of a cylindrical compartment which has an outer diameter substantially the same as that of the barrel and then the tail cap is threaded into a tail cap end of the cylindrical compartment, thus sealing off an inner compartment.
US10240756B2
Recessed lighting fixture with independent adjustment between a light assembly and a driver assembly
A recessed lighting fixture apparatus is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a driver box, a light box, and a fixture box each with an open side and closed sides. The open side of each of the boxes is configured to face an internal side of a ceiling. The example driver box and light box are adapted to slide together horizontally within the fixture box to enable access to either of the light box and the driver box through an opening in a ceiling. In addition, the light box is adapted to slide vertically relative to the driver box to enable a portion of the light box to be pulled through the opening in the ceiling to facilitate servicing of a light assembly.
US10240753B2
An LED insert for a parabolic aluminized reflector light. The LED insert includes a light housing including a first ring. A plurality of support rods extending perpendicular from a front side of the light housing. A lens housing includes a second ring having a plurality of apertures disposed thereon, wherein each aperture receives one of the plurality of support rods therethrough. The LED insert further includes a motor operably connected to a control circuit, a first gear operably connected to the motor via a drive belt, and a second gear engaging the first gear, the second gear oriented perpendicular to the first gear. A threaded rod extends from the second gear through a threaded aperture on the lens housing. The lens housing is configured to translate along the length of the threaded rod upon actuation of the motor.
US10240748B2
Various embodiments relate to device including a hollow box, having a central rectangular cuboid with a first edge, second edge and a third edge and four faces, where the first, second and third edges are perpendicular and so define the cuboid in three dimensions, two opposed irregular triangular prism-shaped wings with each irregular triangular prism-shaped wing attached to a full first edge and a full second edge, and a fourth edge not touching the central rectangular cuboid.
US10240747B2
A first lamp assembly has a first side surface with a first light passage and a hollow interior with a first light dispersing member disposed therein. The first light dispersing member is positioned to receive light emitted through the first light passage and emit light received via the first light passage. The second lamp assembly has a hollow interior with a first lighting device disposed therein, and a second side surface with a second light passage. The first lighting device is positioned to emit light through the second light passage, such that when the second light passage and the first light passage are adjacent to one another with the first and second light passages being aligned, and with the first lighting device operating, the first lighting device emits light through the second light passage into the second light passage illuminating the first light dispersing member within the first lamp assembly.
US10240745B2
A lighting device for a vehicle includes a lighting module for a vehicle having a light source and a panel optically coupled to the light source. The panel includes a plurality of fibers, and a first illumination region of first light output for a first vehicle lighting function and a second illumination region of second light output for a second vehicle lighting function.
US10240744B2
A motor vehicle headlight and a motor vehicle illumination device, which includes at least one light source for emitting light rays, a wavelength conversion element arranged to receive the light rays on a zone and to re-emit a light radiation to produce a light beam, a reflecting element for redirecting light rays from the light sources towards the conversion element, and a scanning apparatus configured to scan the reflecting element with the light rays in a first direction between extreme positions, the reflecting element being configured to reflect light rays at said extreme positions to a central part of the zone so as to form the central part of the light beam.
US10240740B2
A light module for a lighting apparatus of a vehicle having a reflector body, a light generating unit having at least one light source, a carrier on which the light generating unit is arranged. The light generating unit is replaceably arranged on the light module. The reflector body has at least one reference surface and the light generating unit has at least one locating surface. The locating surface can be brought to rest against the reference surface during insertion of the light generating unit into the light module in order to create a precisely positioned arrangement of the light generating unit on the reflector body.
US10240737B2
A light assembly for a vehicle is provided herein. The light assembly includes a housing and a lens. A light source is disposed between the housing and lens. A bulb shield is disposed between the light source and the lens. A peripheral portion of the bulb shield has a first optical transmittance and a central region of the bulb shield has a second optical transmittance.
US10240726B2
A luminaire including a wavelength converter and a method of manufacturing the luminaire are provided. The wavelength converter radiates, based on a laser light beam, a light beam having a wavelength different from the laser light beam. The method of measuring the luminaire includes measuring wavelengths of laser light beams oscillated by a plurality of laser elements to identify main wavelengths of the plurality of laser elements, storing association information between main wavelength information items indicating the main wavelengths identified and element information items identifying the plurality of laser elements corresponding to the main wavelengths identified, selecting a combination of laser elements having a composite wavelength falling within a predetermined range, from the plurality of laser elements, based on the association information, and arranging optical paths to irradiate a same area of the wavelength converter with the laser light beams of the combination of laser elements selected.
US10240725B2
An LED tube lamp, comprising a lamp tube, which includes a light transmissive portion, a reinforcing portion and an end cap; an LED module, which includes an LED light source and an LED light strip; and a power supply module, which includes a set of N electronic components operably interconnected to drive the LED light source, wherein: the light transmissive portion is fixedly connected to the reinforcing portion; the reinforcing portion includes a platform and a bracing structure; the bracing structure is fixedly connected to the platform and holds the platform in place; the LED light source is thermally and electrically connected to the LED light strip, which is in turn thermally connected to the reinforcing portion; and the end cap is attached to an end of the lamp tube.
US10240720B2
Pressure vessel (1) with a gas-impermeable liner (2) and a reinforcing layer (4) in composite material formed externally around the impermeable liner (2), as well as at least one boss (5) coupled to the impermeable liner (2) and to the reinforcing layer (4), wherein between the impermeable liner (2) and the boss (5) a polymeric sealing mass (7) is arranged bound to both the impermeable liner (2) and to the boss (5) by means of in situ cross-linking of the sealing mass (7).
US10240717B1
According to the present disclosure, a projector lift is provided to raise and lower a projector from the ceiling. The projector lift includes a ceiling mount normally coupled to the ceiling, a projector mount supporting the projector, a lift assembly configured to raise and lower the second mount and projector, and a stabilizer extending between the ceiling and projector mounts.
US10240713B2
Camera stand having constant resistance for a portion of a range of motion along an axis of rotation
This application discloses a stand assembly that includes an upper portion for holding electronic components and a lower portion for supporting the upper portion. The lower portion including a base, a joint, and a second fastener structure configured to mate with a first fastener structure of the upper portion. The first fastener structure and the joint are configured to respectively provide a first degree of freedom of motion and a second degree of freedom of motion of the upper portion with respect to the lower portion. Movement of the upper portion at the first degree of freedom has substantially consistent resistance through first part of a first full range of motion associated with the first degree of freedom of motion. Movement of the upper portion at the second degree of freedom has substantially consistent resistance through a second full range of motion associated with the second degree of freedom.
US10240688B2
An actuator device including a plurality of transducer actuators, and a common pneumatic actuation mechanism for shaping the plurality of transducer actuators, wherein each actuator of the plurality of transducer actuators includes a shape memory polymer membrane, an integrated stretchable heater, and a pressure interface to the common pneumatic actuation mechanism.
US10240679B2
A high conductance valve for use in fluid delivery systems is comprised of a flat non-circular orifice ridge adjacent to which a control plate having a planar control surface is proximally positioned to adjust the valve effective opening area and thereby the conductance of the valve. The length of the non-circular orifice ridge periphery is substantially greater than the circumference of a similarly sized circular orifice and therefore the realized effective opening area is also substantially greater despite having a similar footprint.
US10240671B2
A journal pin may comprise an internal bore formed along an axis of rotation of the journal pin, a recessed wall of the internal bore having a diameter greater than the diameter of the internal bore, the internal bore extending completely through the journal pin, and a collar coupled to the journal pin, wherein the collar comprises a second recessed wall; and a carrier press fit onto the collar. The journal pin may comprise an undercut radially outward from the internal bore and radially inward from an outer diameter of the journal pin.
US10240649B2
A caliper for disc brake comprising a caliper body housing at least one pair of pads disposed on opposite sides along an axial direction and comprising at least one thrust piston which interfaces with the pad so as to press it against the associable brake disc, and at least one return spring that exerts a return thrust on the support plate of the pad. The return spring comprises a fixing portion to the caliper body that extends from axially opposite sides in separate thrust branches, each thrust branch interfacing with a support plate of a related pad. Each thrust branch comprises a first rectilinear portion that extends towards the corresponding pad, a curved portion, integral with the first rectilinear portion and folded in approach to the fixing portion, a second rectilinear portion that extends from the curved portion in approach to the fixing portion. The second rectilinear portion terminates with a free cantilevered end and interfaces with an edge of the support plate.
US10240648B2
An electromagnetic-released, multi-disc, enclosed safety brake for primary use in offshore marine winch applications includes a stationary coil housing that encompasses springs that apply pressure to an armature, a pair of separator plates, three friction plates and a stationary endplate. The multi-disc brake is released by means of a DC voltage applied to the brake coil. The excited coil generates an electromagnetic force that attracts the armature across an air-gap thus reducing the spring force applied to the disc pack. The brake is applied when the DC voltage is removed from the brake coil. Various structures and methodologies for reducing vibrations in the brake are also provided.
US10240645B2
A dual clutch device having an input side, a first output side, and a second output side, which are arranged rotatably about an axis of rotation, and having a first, radially outer friction clutch for producing frictional engagement between the input side and the first output side and a second, radially inner friction clutch for producing frictional engagement between the input side and the second output side. Each friction clutch has a first friction element, which engages in the input side in a torque-transmitting manner, a second friction element, which engages in the associated output side in a torque-transmitting manner, a control element for providing an axially pressing force on the friction elements, and a leaf spring element, which is spirally wound around the axis of rotation and which is arranged axially between the control element and the friction elements.
US10240644B2
A fluid driving device, a motor assembly and a friction clutch thereof are disclosed. The friction clutch includes: a fixing member fixed on a rotary shaft; a connecting member slidable disposed on the rotary shaft, wherein when the rotary shaft starts rotating, an axial distance between the connecting member and the fixing member changes such that a friction force between the fixing member and the connecting member increases until the connecting member rotates synchronously with the fixing member; a loading member slidable disposed on the rotary shaft, the loading member and the connecting member being circumferentially positioned; and a restoring member configured to reduce an amount of change of the axial distance between the fixing member and the connecting member when the rotary shaft stops rotating.
US10240641B2
A power transmission shaft has a shaft member having, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, a male spline; a cylindrical member having, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, a female spline; and a seal member provided in a pressed state between an outer peripheral seal surface formed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft member and an inner peripheral seal surface formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical member. The cylindrical member is spline-engaged with the shaft member by one end side of the shaft member being inserted into the cylindrical member from an other end side of the cylindrical member. Axial direction shock is absorbed by sliding of the splines. The outer peripheral seal surface is positioned at the other end side with respect to the male spline, and the inner peripheral seal surface is positioned at the other side with respect to the female spline.
US10240640B2
A cone piece is tightened into a compatibly shaped hole in the end of a shaft. As the cone piece is tightened, it forces the shaft to expand outwards. As the shaft expands, it creates or increases pressure against a hub, wheel, crank or other mating piece that is positioned on the shaft, locking it into place.
US10240636B2
A rolling bearing device includes: a bearing portion that has an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of balls, and a cage that holds the plurality of balls; and an oil supply unit provided adjacent to the bearing portion in the axial direction and configured to supply lubricating oil to the bearing portion. The oil supply unit has: a pump that suctions lubricating oil into an oil chamber and discharges the lubricating oil by varying a capacity of the oil chamber by periodically driving a piezo element; and a control portion that causes the pump to operate by varying a rising time of a voltage applied to the piezo element in accordance with whether a drive period of the piezo element is long or short.
US10240634B2
A component for a bearing including a substrate having opposite major surfaces spaced apart by a thickness of the substrate, and a plurality of channels extending along the first surface, at least two of the plurality of channels extending in parallel with each other, wherein at least one of the plurality of channels is adapted to receive and secure a polymeric material to the substrate. A method of forming a bearing including providing a substrate having a opposite major surfaces spaced apart by a thickness, forming channels in the substrate, the channels each having a depth extending from the first major surface toward the second major surface, applying a polymeric material to at least a portion of the first major surface, wherein a portion of the polymeric material occupies at least a portion of at least one of the channels, and curing the polymeric material.
US10240632B2
A drawer guide system for a drawer. The drawer guide system includes a drawer guide and a case runner having an outwardly extending flange disposed within an elongate recess of the drawer guide. The drawer guide system further includes a center-mounted bracket to be secured to a rear end of a drawer and a center-mounted release mechanism to be secured to a front end of the drawer that is aligned with the rear end. Upon insertion of the case runner and drawer guide into a recess of the bracket, a tab of the release mechanism engages a window of a side wall of the drawer guide and a locking tang of the drawer guide engages an aperture of the bracket to lock the drawer guide to the drawer.
US10240628B2
A cap for forming a sealed cavity around one end of a fastener, the cap having a two-piece construction comprising an outer cap member and an inner cap member. A quantity of sealant is provided between the inner and outer cap members which, upon installation of the cap, is urged to flow between the inner and outer cap members and collect at the base of the outer cap member, to form a bead of sealant around the circumference of the cap, sufficient to adhere the cap to the structure when the sealant cures. A plurality of channels are provided between the inner and outer cap members to facilitate the flow of sealant.
US10240627B2
The present disclosure discloses a fastener assembly. The assembly comprises a stud having a head portion connectable to an actuator, and a shank extending from the head portion. At least a portion of the shank comprises threads, and an insulating material extends on the threads. A resistor module comprising one or more resistors is configured on the insulating material. One end of the one or more resistors is connectable to a power source, and other end of the one or more resistors is connectable to the power source through a nut engageable with the threads. A movement of the stud relative to the nut varies net resistance across the resistor module. The variation of net resistance across the resistor module may be used to determine position of the nut relative to the stud.
US10240612B2
A centrifugal compressor is disclosed. The centrifugal compressor comprises an inlet and an impeller comprising a hub and blades. The inlet is for conveying flow to the impeller comprising guide means and is arranged to guide the flow through the inlet to induce swirl in the flow adjacent tips of the blades, the direction of swirl being the direction of rotation of the blades, without substantially disturbing flow adjacent the hub.
US10240610B2
A turbocharger rotating assembly (125) includes a shaft (20) rotatably supported in a bearing housing (123) via bearings (26, 128), a compressor impeller (18) mounted on the shaft (20), and an oil flinger (122) disposed on the shaft (20) between the bearings (26, 128) and the compressor impeller (18). The turbocharger (100) further includes an insert (134) disposed in the shaft-receiving axial bore (120) so as to surround the oil flinger (122), and a purge seal (160) operatively positioned in an interface (131) between the insert (134) and the oil flinger (122), whereby the purge seal (160) is configured to minimize oil passage from the bearing housing (123) into the interface (131). An annular cavity (150) encircles the radially outward-facing surface (138) of the insert (134), the cavity (150) forming a portion of a fluid path configured to deliver pressurized fluid to the interface (131).
US10240586B2
A method is proposed for operating at least one wind turbine of a wind farm including determining wind turbine individual offset information based on reactive power provided by the respective wind turbine and reactive power provided by at least one further wind turbine of the wind farm, determining wind turbine individual control information based on the wind turbine individual offset information and wind farm specific control information, operating the at least one wind turbine according to the wind turbine individual control information. Further, a controller and a device as well as a computer program product and a computer readable medium are also provided.
US10240583B2
A control method and a control apparatus of a wind power generator set are provided, in which a wind speed at a location of the wind power generator set is acquired, turbulence intensity is calculated according to the wind speed, and a wind speed distribution range corresponding to the turbulence intensity is determined; a thrust variation amplitude of the thrust in the wind speed distribution range is determined based on a relationship among the thrust suffered by a wind wheel of the wind power generator set, a thrust coefficient and the wind speed; and a maximum rotating speed and a maximum torque of the wind wheel in the wind speed distribution range are adjusted according to the thrust variation amplitude. The maximum rotating speed and the maximum torque makes a fatigue load of the wind power generator set in the wind speed distribution range meet a preset standard.
US10240581B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method for controlling a pitch angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The method includes adjusting, with an actuator, the pitch angle of the rotor blade during a start-up sequence of the wind turbine. The actuator adjusts the pitch angle of the rotor blade by rotating the rotor blade about a pitch axis relative to a hub. The method also includes determining, with a controller, a minimum pitch angle threshold of the rotor blade based on a tip speed ratio of the rotor blade. The method further includes comparing, with the controller, a current pitch angle of the rotor blade to the minimum pitch angle threshold. When the pitch angle meets the minimum pitch angle threshold, the method includes preventing, with the actuator, the pitch angle of the rotor blade from exceeding the minimum pitch angle threshold.
US10240578B2
An erosion resistant aerodynamic fairing for a rotor blade. A fairing body is formed from at least one reinforcing fiber layer set in a cured resin. An erosion resistant pre-form is fixed to an outer surface of the fairing body. The erosion resistant pre-form comprises a thermoplastic film outer layer fused to a fiber substrate. The fiber substrate of the erosion resistant pre-form is impregnated with the cured resin of the fairing body which fixes at the preform to the fairing body.
US10240574B1
The invention is directed to a solar tracking apparatus containing a polar axis aligned shaft which rotates continuously or intermittently at a rate simulating the apparent approximate fifteen degree per hour movement of the sun across the sky. A Fresnel lens, photovoltaic panel, parabolic dish or other solar collection/concentration device is adjustably mounted to about twenty three degrees either side of perpendicular to the axis of the shaft and directly at the Sun, collecting, focusing or concentrating the solar radiation on a receiving device, which stores the solar energy in the form of heat, re-directs the light or converts the energy into electricity.
US10240573B2
A system according to the present disclosure includes a first crank angle module, a second crank angle module, and a spark control module. The first crank angle module determines a first crank angle of an engine at which a predetermined percentage of fuel in a first cylinder of the engine is combusted based on pressure in the first cylinder. The second crank angle module determines a relationship between the first crank angle and a second crank angle of the engine at which the predetermined percentage of fuel in a second cylinder of the engine is combusted based on pressure in the first cylinder and pressure in the second cylinder. The spark control module adjusts spark timing of the first cylinder based on the first crank angle, and adjusts spark timing of the second cylinder based on the relationship between the first and second crank angles.
US10240570B2
A reciprocating piston internal combustion engine includes: a sensor system on a gas exchange valve which has a valve head situated at a first end of a valve stem; a lever element which engages at a second end of the valve stem and which is designed to actuate the gas exchange valve by displacing the valve head; a detection element which, upon actuation of the gas exchange valve, is displaced along a displacement path; and a sensor device configured to ascertain a position of the detection element. The sensor device is situated in such a way that the detection element, during a displacement along a portion of the displacement path, moves predominantly in a movement toward the sensor device or away from the same, thereby providing a measurement of valve timing of the gas exchange valve.
US10240565B2
A fuel filter insert for a fuel filter including: a pre-filter element having a upper and lower end plate, the end plates arranged on opposing ends of filter medium of the pre-filter element; a main filter element having upper and lower end plates, the end plates arranged on opposing ends of filter medium of the main filter element; wherein the pre-filter element and the main filter element as arranged one above the other in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the fuel filter insert; wherein at least one of the filter elements is through-flowable from the outside to the inside by fuel in a radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis; and a flow channel for the fuel pre-filtered by the pre-filter element; wherein the flow channel is arranged to extend in the axial direction between the pre-filter element and the main filter element.
US10240562B2
A submersible pumping system in a machine system includes a pumping element, and a drive mechanism for actuating the pumping element. The drive mechanism has an electromagnetic element with a superconducting state at or below a critical temperature. A temperature control jacket and cooling mechanism are provided to pump heat from a heat exchange cavity to cool the drive mechanism to or below a critical temperature less than an ambient temperature in a cryogenic environment.
US10240551B2
Provided are an electromagnetic valve control unit and a fuel injection control device using the same that can precisely detect a change of an operating state of an electromagnetic valve, that is, a valve opening time or a valve closing time of the electromagnetic valve, precisely correct a drive voltage or a drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve, and appropriately control opening/closing of the electromagnetic valve, with a simple configuration. In an electromagnetic valve control unit for controlling opening/closing of an electromagnetic valve by a drive voltage and a drive current to be applied, the drive voltage and the drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve are corrected on the basis of a detection time of an inflection point from time series data of the drive voltage and the drive current when the electromagnetic valve is opened/closed.
US10240550B2
A method for determining the angular position of an engine by a crankshaft sensor and a camshaft sensor. The method includes production by the crankshaft sensor of a revolution event, determination of the angular position of the camshaft by identifying the start-of-tooth and end-of-tooth events following the revolution event, in rapid mode, over at most one revolution of the crankshaft, if a no tooth event occurs after the revolution event and if the determination of the angular position of the camshaft fails, the method continues with a step of determining the angular position of the camshaft by identification, in slow mode, over at least two crankshaft revolutions.
US10240547B2
Provided is a fuel injection control device capable of accurately detecting a valve opening delay time of a fuel injection valve, and implementing high-precision minute injection control. A valve opening delay time of a fuel injection valve is estimated on the basis of a plurality of valve closing delay times obtained when the fuel injection valve is operated with injection pulse widths that are different injection pulse widths from each other and with which the fuel injection valve is in an intermediate lift state.
US10240545B2
Methods and systems are provided for the estimation of an aircharge into a cylinder used to adjust an engine operating parameter, based on a manifold pressure signal stored in a buffer. In one example, a method may include sampling an intake manifold pressure sensor signal at even increments of time, stamping it with its corresponding crank angle and storing it in a buffer. The closest stored signal to the intake valve closing of a cylinder may be used to calculate its aircharge.
US10240540B2
An engine system includes: an intake line through which fresh air flows; an exhaust line through which exhaust gas flows; an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system which recirculates some of exhaust gas to a combustion chamber; a turbocharger having: a turbine that rotates by the exhaust gas; and a compressor rotating by the rotation of the turbine; an intercooler disposed in the intake line at a rear end of the compressor; an intake bypass line penetrating the intercooler from the intake line, adjusting the amount of intake gas to be supplied into the combustion chamber, and merging into the intake line at a front end of the compressor; a recirculation valve disposed in the intake bypass line; and a controller controlling opening and closing of the recirculation valve so that some of the intake gas is supplied into the intake line through the intake bypass line.
US10240539B2
A hydraulic control system for an engine having a plurality of cylinders includes: valve stop mechanisms that switch the engine from all-cylinder operation to cylinder cut-off operation; a VVT that can change the timing to open and close valves 14 during all-cylinder operation and cylinder cut-off operation; an oil pump that supplies oil to hydraulically operated devices including the valve stop mechanisms and the VVT through a hydraulic path; and a control device. The control device controls a maintaining oil pressure, which is required to maintain the operated state of the valve stop mechanisms during cylinder cut-off operation, so that the maintaining oil pressure is set to a high value in a high oil viscosity region.
US10240537B2
A valve assembly includes a body including an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow passage extending therebetween. The flow passage includes a plurality of valve seats in a stepped arrangement between the inlet port and the outlet port. The valve assembly further includes a valve stem positioned within the flow passage. The valve stem includes at least one shaft and a poppet disk positioned at one end of the at least one shaft, and at least one reed petal coupled to the at least one shaft. The poppet disk is engageable with a first valve seat of the plurality of valve seats, and the at least one reed petal is engageable with a second valve seat of the plurality of valve seats.
US10240534B2
A fuel supply manifold of a gas turbine engine, a method for assembling a fuel supply manifold for a gas turbine engine, and a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The fuel supply manifold for the gas turbine engine man include a plurality of fuel supply tubes, a fitting connecting at least two members of the plurality of fuel supply tubes, a bracket attached to the fitting, a bearing housing having a ball bearing, a bushing attached to a diffuser case of the gas turbine engine, wherein the bushing is surrounded by the ball bearing, and a removable fastener to connect the bearing housing to the bracket.
US10240532B2
A module for a gas turbine engine comprises a frame and a frame cooling system. The frame includes a circumferentially distributed plurality of radially extending struts. Each strut is joined to an outer frame section at an outer frame junction, and joined to an inner frame section at an inner frame junction. The frame cooling system comprises an inlet, a plurality of cooling air passages extending from the inlet radially through each of the plurality of frame struts; and an outlet. The outlet is in fluid communication with at least one of the cooling air passages and includes a film cooling hole formed through the frame proximate the outer frame junction.
US10240521B2
An auxiliary power unit for an aircraft includes a rotary intermittent internal combustion engine drivingly engaged to an engine shaft, a turbine section having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the engine(s), the turbine section including at least one turbine compounded with the engine shaft, and a compressor having an inlet in fluid communication with an environment of the aircraft and an outlet in fluid communication with a bleed duct for providing bleed air to the aircraft, the compressor having a compressor rotor connected to a compressor shaft, the compressor shaft drivingly engaged to the engine shaft. The driving engagement between the compressor shaft and the engine shaft is configurable to provide at least two alternate speed ratios between the compressor shaft and the engine shaft.
US10240519B2
At least one of a variable turbine geometry and a variable compressor geometry for an exhaust gas turbocharger may include a housing including a first housing wall and a blade bearing ring having at least one guide blade rotatably mounted thereon. A control lever may be included for adjusting the at least one guide blade between a closing position and an opening position. An actuating shaft may be connected to the control lever in a rotationally fixed manner along a rotation axis. The actuating shaft may be rotatably mounted on the housing via a passage opening disposed in the first housing wall. The actuating shaft may directly support itself on the first housing wall in the passage opening.
US10240518B2
A variable-geometry turbocharger (1) with a vane lever (11) that provides a stop function at full open position of the guide vanes (8). The integrated vane-open stop controls the full open position of the VTG mechanism. A vane lever (11) preferably has an integrated protrusion (50) that functions as a vane-open stop that contacts an adjacent vane lever (11), an integrated bolt (56), or the upper vane ring (16) at the full open position to regulate maximum exhaust gas flow to the turbine wheel (5).
US10240517B2
A turbocharger has a regulating unit for controlling the output of the turbocharger. The regulating unit can be adjusted by an actuator. The actuator is connected to the regulating unit by way of an actuating member and a lever. The actuating member and the lever are interconnected by way of a screw-nut element.
US10240515B2
A heat exchanger, in particular a supercharging air cooler for a motor vehicle engine, comprises a housing (11) provided with a heat exchange bundle (3), a collector (13) of a cooling liquid circulating in the heat exchange bundle (3), and a collector plate (15) forming a side wall of the heat exchanger housing (11) and of the cooling liquid collector (13). The collector plate (15) is provided with orifices (27) communicating with the cooling liquid circulation pipes of the bundle (3). The collector plate (15) comprises a flat connecting part (33a, 35a) fixed to the cooling liquid collector (13) opposite edges of the orifices (27). The flat connecting part (33a, 35a) is contiguous to at least one of the edges.
US10240513B2
A method for repairing an automotive cooling system within an engine block of an engine includes installing at least a hollow repair stent and sealant. The repair stent may have a continuous cross-section or may be a hollow semi-cylinder defining a gap. The method includes draining coolant from the engine, removing the water pump from the engine without removing the timing chain cover of the engine, inserting the hollow repair stent including the sealant through the coolant passage, wherein the coolant passage extends through the timing chain cover into the engine, re-assembling the water pump to the engine and adding coolant to the engine so that the hollow repair stent remains in the engine.
US10240509B2
An engine includes a crankcase with cylinders and fins on outer circumferences of the cylinders. A crank shaft penetrates the crankcase. A cooling fan is provided on an outer side of the crankcase and arranged coaxially with the crank shaft. A first cover covers an outer side of the cylinders and the crankcase, and the cooling fan. A second cover capable of being detached from/attached to the first cover. The first cover includes a first opening facing the cooling fan, and second openings facing the fins. The second cover includes an air inlet facing the first opening, and attached to the first cover to cover the first opening and the second openings.
US10240508B2
A decoupler includes a short bellows of ten or fewer convolutions, an internal liner spaced from the bellows internally and a cover spaced radially outward from the bellows providing an air gap both internally and externally of the bellows. The liner has a free-standing downstream end proximate a damper which is captured by a cover, inner damper ring and slide ring. Two decouplers are mounted in series to accommodate angular, axial and lateral displacement when operably connecting two end pipes and one central pipe.
US10240504B2
An amount of electric power consumption by a battery is reduced, and deterioration of a coil is suppressed by efficiently heating an injector and melting urea crystals at an early stage.A control device for a reducing agent injection device fills the device with a reducing agent at a start-up of an internal combustion engine and executes control for injecting the reducing agent into an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine by the injector. The control device includes an energization control section that executes energization control in which, after an exhaust temperature of the internal combustion engine becomes equal to or higher than a specified threshold value, a temperature of the injector is increased by energizing the coil of the injector for a specified time and melting of the crystals of the reducing agent precipitated in the injector is promoted.
US10240491B2
A control system of an engine is provided. The control system includes an exhaust variable valve mechanism for changing an operation mode of an exhaust valve, a fuel injection controlling module for controlling a fuel injector to inject fuel at a fuel injection timing associated with an operating state of the engine, a variable valve mechanism controlling module for operating the exhaust valve via the exhaust variable valve mechanism in a first operation mode when the operating state of the engine is within a compression self-ignition range, and in a second operation mode when the operating state of the engine is within a spark-ignition range, and a first in-cylinder state quantity estimating module for estimating a first state quantity inside the cylinder relating to a burned gas amount within the cylinder.
US10240490B2
A rocker arm comprising a supply path that communicates with a first lash bore and a first spool bore. A spool is in the spool bore. A hydraulic lash device is in the first lash bore, wherein an outer body is configured to collapse during a first valve lift profile when receiving a low pressure fluid, and wherein the outer body and the inner body are configured to cooperate rigidly when receiving a high pressure fluid during a second valve lift profile. The spool is movable to a first spool position to align the spool notch with a first spool path and a second spool path, and the spool is movable to a second spool position to align the spool notch with the second spool path and an accumulator path. The supply path in to the rocker arm is the only source of fluid to the spool.
US10240486B2
A new power generation thermodynamic cycle is described that eliminates need for bulk liquid condensation and vaporization steps required in conventional ORC power systems. An exemplary harmonic adsorption recuperative power cycle system offers more efficient power generation as compared with conventional ORC systems. A multibed adsorption system is used to provide thermal compression for the cycle. An adsorption compressor contains a sorbent with strong adsorption affinity for the working fluid in the pores while well outside the P-T conditions needed to condense the liquid phase, allowing the adsorption compressor to reduce operating pressure exiting the expander.
US10240485B2
The invention relates to a turbine housing (2) for an exhaust gas turbocharger. The turbine housing (2) comprises an outer housing (3) and an inner housing (4) as well as a bearing flange (5). The outer housing (3) is joined to the bearing flange (5). The inner housing (4) comprises a first shell component (7) and a second shell component (8), wherein said first shell component and said second shell component are made of different cast steel materials and are placed side by side in a transverse plane (QE), which is oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the turbine housing (2), and are joined to each other. The bearing flange (5) is a one-piece part, made of uniform material, of the first shell component (7).
US10240484B2
A gas accumulation detection and ventilation system for a gas turbine enclosure includes a pipe array positioned adjacent a floor of the gas turbine enclosure and a ventilation assembly including a fan, an air flow inlet and an air flow outlet. The pipe array includes at least one pipe having at least one opening therein. The fan of the ventilation assembly directs an air flow sweep through the air flow inlet along the floor of the gas turbine enclosure. A hazardous gas sensor panel in communication with the pipe array and the ventilation assembly detects an accumulation level of turbine fuel gas in the gas turbine enclosure based on input from the pipe array and activates the ventilation assembly according to the detected accumulation level.
US10240482B2
A gas turbine system includes a load coupling connecting a gas turbine to a generator. A load coupling guard surrounds the load coupling to define an enclosed spaced around the load coupling. The load coupling guard includes a porous sleeve such that hydrogen coolant leaked into the load coupling guard from the generator is vented to ambient air.
US10240481B2
A fairing (118) comprises an inner platform (122), an outer platform (120), a plurality of vane bodies (124), and a flange (126). The inner and outer rings define radially inner and outer boundaries of an airflow path. The vane bodies extend radially from the inner platform to the outer platform. The flange extends radially outward from the outer platform, and is defined by a frustoconical surface (S) extending radially inward and axially aft from a substantially radial upstream surface.
US10240477B2
A turbofan engine includes a turbine engine having a rotatable fan and a generator. The generator further includes a main machine, an exciter, and a generator control unit for controlling the excitation of the main machine. A rotor assembly is located within one of the blades, and a stator assembly that is along a rotational path of the rotor assembly whereby the operation of the turbine engine rotates the fan, which rotates the rotor assembly along its rotational path past the stator assembly to generate electricity.
US10240472B2
A brush seal for a turbomachine includes a support that has a recess, in which a spring element is clamped axially, which fastens a brush element, where the spring element is axially locked at an undercut in the recess.
US10240470B2
A vane structure includes an airfoil section with a first inner airfoil wall surface and a second inner airfoil wall surface. A baffle is mounted within the airfoil section between the first inner airfoil wall surface and the second inner airfoil wall surface.
US10240469B2
A turbocharger (1) includes a compressor section and a cast turbine section. The turbine section includes a turbine wheel (4), and a turbine housing (11) that defines a gas inlet (13), a gas outlet (10), a volute (9) disposed between the gas inlet (13) and the gas outlet (10). The turbine housing (11) also includes vanes (20) that protrude integrally from, and have a fixed orientation relative to, an inner surface of the turbine housing (11). The turbine wheel (4) is disposed in the turbine housing (11) between the volute (9) and the gas outlet (10), and the vanes (20) are disposed in the turbine housing (11) between the turbine wheel (4) and the volute (9). A method of casting the turbine housing (11) and the vanes (20) together as a single piece is described.
US10240463B2
A blade made of organic matrix composite material for a gas turbine aeroengine, includes an airfoil extending transversely between a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a metal strip positioned on the leading edge of the airfoil, the metal strip having two flanges extending on either side of the leading edge over portions of the side faces of the airfoil forming a pressure side face and a suction side face so that the strip fits closely to the profile of the leading edge, the metal strip being fastened to the leading edge of the airfoil by at least one stitching thread; wherein the stitching thread has at least one external thread segment extending substantially transversely between a hole formed through a flange of the strip and a passage formed in a portion of the airfoil that has at least one face that is not covered by the metal strip.
US10240462B2
A turbine stage includes a row of airfoils joined to corresponding platforms to define flow passages therebetween. Each airfoil includes opposite pressure and suction sides and extends in chord between opposite leading and trailing edges. Each platform has a contoured flow surface including a purge valley, an elevated bulge and a bowl. The purge valley has a maximum depth at an elevation equal to or greater than a nominal axisymmetric platform surface of the corresponding platform. The purge valley extending tangentially against a purge cavity wall and into the blend area and extending axially from proximate the leading edge of a first airfoil toward the suction side of the first airfoil, and toward the leading edge of a second adjacent airfoil to channel a purge flow. The elevated bulge adjoins the pressure side aft of the leading edge and the bowl adjoins the suction side aft of the leading edge.
US10240456B2
An inground housing supports a transmitter for receiving electrical power from a battery. The transmitter transmits at least one signal using at least two different transmit power levels for at least one of locating the transmitter and characterizing an orientation of the transmitter. Based on detecting the battery voltage, the transmitter selects one of the transmit power levels. Transmitter output power can be controlled based on one or both of signal gain and duty cycle.
US10240455B2
A method for monitoring fluid flow in a conduit comprises: acoustically coupling an optical fiber to the conduit adjacent one or more flow restrictions (R1-R4) in the conduit; inducing a Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) assembly to measure an acoustic noise signature (SNR1-4) generated in the fiber by the fluid flowing through each flow restriction (R1-R4); deriving the fluid flow rate of the fluid (QI, QI+II) flowing through each flow restriction (R1-R4) from the measured acoustic noise signature (SNR1-4); and displaying the derived fluid flow rate (QI, QI+II) at a fluid flow rate monitoring display.
US10240453B2
A heat sink of solid state phase change material for a heat sensitive downhole tool component. The heat sink may be of a polyhydric alcohol based or other suitable material which is capable of undergoing a phase change from one solid form to another. That is, the phase change material need not undergo a phase change into a liquid form in order to absorb well heat and provide substantial protection to the heat sensitive downhole tool component. Thus, cost effectiveness, manufacturability and performance may all be enhanced which may be particularly advantageous where the component is of a single application use variety.
US10240450B2
A depth range manager provide users with a way to run and retain multiple depth range analyzes for a drill string operation, including the operational parameters for each analysis. This allows users easily to view and compare the analyzes at the different drilling depth ranges. In some embodiments, instead of drilling depth ranges, users may also urn and retain multiple different models and analyzes using multiple different drilling times. The operational parameters for the multiple different models and analyzes may be defined and stored using a flexible one-to-many database structure that accommodates the different sets of operational parameters as well as any existing single-analysis parameters associated with legacy analyzes. A graphical interface allows users easily to define and store the operational parameters in the flexible one-to-many database structure.
US10240449B1
Compositions and methods are provided for treatment of a wellbore in a subterranean formation. Exemplary compositions comprise a mixture of particles, some of the particles being degradable and other particles being elongated, having good compressive strength, and not being readily degradable at the conditions of the formation. The mixture of particles can temporarily bridge or plug fractures within the formation, and thus acts as a temporary diversion agent. After the degradable particles dissolve, the particles which are not readily degradable can remain in the fracture, helping to keep the fracture open and acting as a proppant.
US10240440B2
A shaped charge carrier tool is provided that has particular utility for perforating well casing as a preparation for cement placement. A plurality, four or more elongated shaped charge carrier ribs having a high bending modulus are secured for radially expanded displacement around a central framing tube or rod. Radius rods link the ends of the carrier ribs to top and bottom hinge carriers. The hinge carriers encircle the framing tube and are free for axial translation along the framing tube. Articulating hinges connect the radius rods to the carrier ribs and to the hinge carriers. Opposed compressed coil springs provide a resilient bias on the hinge carriers to translate the carrier ribs radially outward against the interior surface of a well casing as the tool passes from a riser tube into a larger inside diameter well casing.
US10240428B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for accommodating thermal expansion in a tool string are disclosed. Exemplary systems include one or more sacrificial members placed between or adjacent elements of the tool string that are expected to expand when subjected to high temperatures. The sacrificial members are configured to destruct upon exposure to a control signal or a critical temperature or load. Destruction of the sacrificial members provides additional clearance for adjacent elements to expand.
US10240420B2
This invention relates to a method for recovering a tubular structure (3) from a well (1), wherein a so-called free point is defined as the location where the tubular structure is stuck in the well. The method comprising providing a downhole tool string comprising a pipe-severing tool and an upper part of the downhole tool string; lowering the downhole tool string into the tubular structure to release the free pipe. Before the step of triggering the pipe-severing tool to sever the tubular structure, the method includes releasing the pipe-severing tool and subsequent withdrawing the upper part, of the downhole tool string away from the free point towards the surface over at least a predefined distance. The invention relates to a downhole tool string for use in such method.
US10240418B2
A casing mill having a main body with cutter bases with cutters mounted on the cutter bases. The cutter bases are moved radially by operating arms which are rotatably attached to the main body, which are in turn moved by an operating mechanism in response to fluid flow through. One or more of the operating arms are extended to form a cutout arm, which enables cutting an initial window in a casing string, from which milling can continue. The operating arms are mounted to the main body by pins, which are held in the main body by a pin retaining arrangement.
US10240412B2
A reclamation unit including a frame and a settling tank. The settling tank being pivotably mounted to the frame, the settling tank being pivotable between a first position and a second position. The settling tank defining at least a partially open top, the at least partially open top being configured and arranged to receive a fluid when the settling tank is in the first position. The settling tank also being configured to promote emptying of the fluid from the at least partially open top when the settling tank is pivoted into a given second position.
US10240410B1
A floating vessel with a filtration and testing device integral thereon, for simultaneously performing cleaning of fluid used in the oil and natural gas industry for completions, workovers, and commissioning of wells while simultaneously pressure testing of two separate groups of pressurized equipment using fluid cleaned by the filtration and testing device. The floating vessel having a hull with a support structure mounted thereto which contains a cleaning cycle assembly and a pressure testing cycle assembly connected in parallel to a controller for cleaning fluid and regulating pressure by comparing fluid pressures to preset limits. The controller regulates cleaning of first and second dirty hydraulic fluids and regulates pressure of cleaned hydraulic fluids and secondary fluids for pressure testing of the two different groups of pressurized equipment simultaneously.
US10240409B2
A power tong positioner has one or more eddy current probes mounted in association with a power tong/backup unit. An electric current runs through the probe, and with the probe positioned close to a tubular connection, movement of the probe along the length of the connection, with the electric field encompassing surface features on the tubular, will cause a change in the electrical impedance (conductivity) which enable identification of the connection seam or other defined attributes (the “target” attributes). The power tong/backup unit can be positioned accordingly. A portfolio of profiles of non-connection seam surface features of different tubular connections may be generated, stored in a database, and accessed by the system, which enables identifying the connection seam/face with greater accuracy. Other attributes of the invention include storing profile information on RFID tags, and storing and accessing tubular information from a cloud server or other form of remote database.
US10240408B2
A sensor unit for a fingerboard latch assembly comprising a latch bracket and a latch rotatably mounted on the latch bracket comprises a sensor arranged to sense the orientation of the latch and a wireless, optical or other communication unit arranged to communicate the orientation of the latch sensed by the sensor. The sensor unit may be mountable on the latch and comprise an orientation sensor arranged to take measurements that are dependent on the orientation of the sensor unit, and a processor arranged to derive an orientation signal representing the orientation of the latch from the measurements, the communication unit being arranged to communicate the orientation signal. A monitoring system receives the sensed orientations from plural sensor units.
US10240393B2
A thermal expansion and contraction system secures cables to a ladder rung. The thermal expansion and contraction system includes a cable grip secured to the ladder rung. The cable grip includes a protective grommet for holding cables to the ladder rung, a metal plate and wire forms to secure the protective grommet to the metal plate. The thermal expansion and contraction system also includes a cable divider secured to the ladder rung to maintaining separation of cables and a cable containment clamp secured to the ladder rung.
US10240391B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a switching apparatus for a powered adjustment system of a window shading, wherein said switching apparatus includes: a magnetically actuated switch positioned externally to the powered adjustment system and having an on position and an off position, wherein said magnetically actuated switch actuates a drive mechanism of the powered adjustment system in the on position, the drive mechanism being configured to adjust a position of the window shading; and an alignment feature positioned on a housing for the window shading proximal to said magnetically actuated switch, said alignment feature being configured to position a magnet of a switching tool outside the housing to control the powered adjustment system by actuating said magnetically actuated switch between the on position and the off position.
US10240390B1
A bowed barrier extends across a passageway to prevent pets or children from moving through the passageway. The bowed barrier has a barrier panel, such as a plastic sheet, and a perimeter retainer, such as foam, that extends along the left and right sides of the barrier panel. The perimeter retainer interfaces with the sides of the passageway to retain the bowed barrier in place. The stress induced in the bowed barrier panel creates a force that retains the bowed barrier in a bowed configuration across the passageway. The convex side of the bowed barrier faces a barrier area, or area where a pet or small child may be confined to. If the child or pet pushes on the convex side of the bowed barrier the bowed barrier will increase the force against the passageway, thereby preventing the bowed barrier panel from being dislodged.
US10240377B2
Provided is a hinge device easy to machine and manufacture. A shaft guiding recessed section and a fitting recessed section are formed on a first face of substrate of a hinge device base. As a first position adjusting mechanism, a substrate side guiding section is provided on a bottom face of the shaft guiding recessed section, and a first adjusting shaft is provided between the substrate and a first movable member. A first shaft-side guiding section of the first adjusting shaft engages with the substrate side guiding section by being accommodated in the shaft guiding recessed section, and a first shaft part of the first adjusting shaft rotatably engages with the first movable member. A fitting section is provided in the first movable member, and the fitting section is inserted into the fitting recessed section so as to be able to slide in a first direction.
US10240374B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to a flexible living hinge for an identification pull tab. The flexible living hinge has a first shot area with a first portion of a first material and a second portion of a second material. The first portion has a first spring tail and a second sprint tail for attachment to a surface of a product and the second portion has a flat surface. A second shot area of a third flexible material is connected to the first portion and the second portion of the first shot area.
US10240367B2
A hoop lock including a shackle and a crossbar, with the shackle having a pair of legs extending from a body portion, and each of the legs having a foot including a tip with a non-circular cross-section. The cross-bar includes a housing having a pair of foot-receiving openings and a pair of tip-receiving openings substantially aligned with foot-receiving openings. The tip-receiving openings are configured to matingly engage the tips such that the tips are rotationally coupled to the housing.
US10240352B1
A universal crosshead structure having a first member and a second member. The crosshead structure may be reconfigured from a first length to a second length to fit a variety of applications. Each one of the first and second members may include a severable portion. The crosshead structure may include a trim and a head piece disjointed among the first and second members.
US10240349B2
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical locking system on short edges comprising a displaceable tongue that is displaced in one direction into a tongue groove during vertical displacement of two panels. The displaceable tongue may be provided in a sidewardly open displacement groove at an edge of a building panel, the displaceable tongue including a main body extending along the edge of the panel and a tongue locking surface located at an upper and outer part of the tongue.
US10240337B2
The application relates to a standalone portable protective enclosure that forms a complete envelope surrounding and protecting its contents from the extreme forces of nature and man. The invention can have other uses other than a protective enclosure and will not be out of place in a living room of a home. The invention pertains to a protective enclosure that is resistant to high velocity projectiles and massive blunt forces. More particularly, this invention relates to a protective enclosure that can be site assembled from matching parts and may be disassembled and relocated to different locations.
US10240336B2
A truss assembly (12) has a plurality of structural members joined by a truss joint. The truss joint includes first (16) and second (18) structural members and a pair of shear plates (22). Each shear plate (22) includes at least one shear tab (24) having a curved alignment guide (40) formed by an elongated slot with an open end. An end of the second structural member (18) has a locating hole (42) proximate its mounting bolt hole. The truss assembly further includes an alignment/drift pin (44) used to position the second structural member (18) with respect to the shear plates (22). The alignment/drift pin (44) is configured to be inserted into the locating hole (42) and then maneuverable into the alignment guide (40) to position the second structural member (18) so that mounting bolt holes in the shear plates (22) and a mounting bolt hole in the second structural member (18) align allowing insertion of a through bolt (30).
US10240333B2
The present disclosure is directed to a backwater valve assembly comprising a main valve body, a flapper sub-assembly, and a cap. The main valve body has an inner wall that can define a recess into which the flapper sub-assembly can be removably secured. The flapper sub-assembly includes at least one flapper element that can pivot between an open position, in which the flapper element allows fluid to flow through the backwater valve assembly, and a closed position, in which the flapper element prevents fluid from flowing in the opposite direction. The flapper sub-assembly can be removably coupled to the cap to allow the flapper sub-assembly and cap to be installed in or removed from the main valve body together as a unitary assembly.
US10240327B2
A passive fluid dosing assembly and system is provided. The passive fluid dosing system may include a passive dosing body, a pressure plate, and a treatment enclosure. The passive dosing body may define a primary flow path and a liquid treatment path. The primary flow path may be defined between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The liquid treatment path may be defined between a high pressure port and a low pressure port, bypassing a portion of the primary flow path. The pressure plate may be disposed within the passive dosing body between the high pressure port and the low pressure port. The pressure plate may define an internal orifice. The treatment enclosure may be positioned in fluid communication between the high pressure port and the low pressure port along the liquid treatment path. The treatment enclosure may define a solute chamber housing a dosed media.
US10240314B2
An apparatus intended for incorporation as a module within ground improvement pokers such as those already patented (U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,554,543 and 8,419,316) in order to enhance the field performance of those hydrodynamic compactors by either improving their ground penetration capability, and/or, maintaining or recovering the permeability of their outer seepage filtration element; involving a method which can be activated remotely at the operator's discretion, while those parent devices are at depth within the earth. This apparatus and method may have application in water well installations and reviving flow in oil wells.
US10240311B2
Methods for reducing the size of an oil slick on a water surface or on a water surface when ice is present are described. Spreading of oil can be reversed by reducing the surface tension of the seawater, for example, by using a low concentration of at least one water-soluble surfactant, such as a non-ionic surfactant. A controlled amount of the surfactant or surfactant mixture may be discharged over time at the inner-wall of a spill control boom surrounding the oil spill, or within the vicinity of the oil spill in the absence of control booms using a soaker hose or a floating polyethylene or polypropylene hose impregnated with surfactant, whereby the confinement and contraction of the oil slick is maintained by compensating for dissolved surfactant and surfactant moving away from the oil slick. Water-soluble surfactants are typically solids or gels at low temperatures when no organic co-solvent is added to the surfactant. The solid or gel form is advantageous for generating slow, but continuous release of surfactant, and thus there is no need for an organic co-solvent. This is not the situation for oil-soluble surfactants, which require an organic co-solvent to be successfully applied at low temperatures. Mixing oil-soluble surfactants with water-soluble surfactants may overcome the problem of dispersing oil-soluble surfactant without an organic co-solvent at low temperatures.
US10240310B2
A system and method to create or elevate a berm of a liquid retention facility by placement of lightweight liquid impervious. The system and method can also be used to elevate the liquid retention height of the berm in combination with impervious liner retention material. By constructing the berm system on an existing levee, the effective height of the levee can be increased. The lightweight fill material provides the shape of the berm or levee extension. The liquid impervious liner material provides a watertight surface, the media for joining of the lightweight fill material, and the anchoring of the lightweight fill material to the existing berm or levee structure. The system may use solid wall hollow body structures to elevate the berm. The system may also use lightweight frames to support the vertical elevation of a liner above the berm.
US10240308B2
A safety trailer including first and second platforms, at least one of said first and second platforms having an axle and wheels attached thereto; a plurality of interconnected wall sections positioned between and connected to the first and second platforms, the plurality of wall sections defining a protected work area on a side of the trailer; and wherein each wall section has a lower bracing section comprising a single horizontal beam, two diagonal braces and a plurality of cross-braces, to allow workers in the protected work area to access a portion of the area under the wall section.
US10240302B2
A system which creates a durable seal between adjacent horizontal panels, including those that may be curved or subject to temperature expansion and contraction or mechanical shear. The durable seal system incorporates a plurality of ribs, a flexible member between the cover plate and the ribs and may incorporate a load transfer plate to provide support to the rib from below, and/or cores of differing compressibilities.
US10240301B2
An artificial flagstone for use in combination with other similar flagstones for covering a surface with a natural random look, the flagstone having a generally hexagonal body comprising a first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth consecutive vertices; a first pair of first and second sides extending radially from the first vertex; a second pair of third and fourth sides extending radially from the third vertex; a third pair of fifth and sixth sides extending radially from the fifth vertex; wherein the sides of at least one of the first, second and third pair of sides have at least one split deviation along their length and are respectively rotational images of each other, and the artificial flagstone has no rotational symmetry when rotated about a central axis.
US10240291B2
A heatable roller suitable for a machine for producing and/or upgrading a web of material, in particular a fibrous material web such as a paper, paperboard or tissue web. The roller has a main element with a metallic and cylindrical roller wall which is heatable by suitable means and on the radially outer side of which there is, at least in sections, a coating. When the roller is used as intended, the coating provides a web contact side which can be brought into contact with the web of material. The coating includes, or is formed by, at least one metallic or metal-carbidic layer with a first layer component providing a matrix and a second layer component distributed in the matrix. The first layer component has a higher abrasion resistance than the second layer component and the second layer component has a greater thermal conductivity than the first layer component.
US10240286B2
Methods and apparatus for fabricating a molded fiber part. The die press assembly includes: a first plate having a first mold form and a first plurality of vent holes; and a second plate having a second mold form and a second plurality of vent holes; wherein: at least one of the first and second plates comprises a blade operable to cut the part; the die press assembly is configured to compress the molded fiber part between the first and second mold forms; and the first and second pluralities of vent holes are configured to remove moisture from the part.
US10240284B2
Methods, apparatus and kits for modifying natural feathers that are used in sporting goods that result in long lasting feathers with increased mechanical stability, reliability and durability as well as improved flight consistency are disclosed. Some of the sporting goods that use natural feathers are badminton shuttlecocks, arrow fletchings, and darts. The disclosed methods consist of controlled treatment of feather shuttlecocks with crosslinking agents to crosslink the keratin protein present on the natural feathers of the shuttlecock.
US10240283B2
The present invention relates to textile fabrics and methods of manufacturing textile fabrics. Particularly, the invention comprises a method of producing a fabric, comprising the steps of (i) blending chemo mechanically felting fibers with non-felting fibers into a blended feed material, (ii) spinning the blended feed material into a blended yarn, (iii) producing a fabric comprising the blended yarn, (iv) subjecting the fabric to a first fabric treatment comprising a mechanical felting treatment; and (v) subjecting the fabric to a second fabric treatment comprising a chemical treatment of the fabric with an alkali, wherein the ratio of weight of the alkali to dry fabric weight is between 0.02 and 0.05, thereby obtaining increased air space in the resultant fabric.
US10240281B2
A clothes separating device and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device according to this disclosure are provided with a separator that operates to grip clothes in a washing tub and to separate, from the gripped clothes, another item of clothes entwined with the gripped clothes. In this manner, a user does not need to separate a plurality of individual items of clothes before folding the clothes. Hence, it is possible to provide the clothes separating device that contributes to reducing a burden of work related to laundry and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device.
US10240280B2
The present application relates to a steam generator (40) for a steaming device (10) comprising a chamber (42) having a base (46) and a liquid receiving space (47) above the base (46), a heater (50) for heating water in the liquid receiving space (47), a steam outlet (49), and a foaming restriction barrier (70) disposed between the steam outlet (49) and the base (46). The foaming restriction barrier (70) comprises a first barrier section (71) spaced from the liquid receiving space (47) between the steam outlet (49) and the liquid receiving space (47). The first barrier section (71) is configured to prevent foam from passing into the steam outlet (49). The foaming restriction barrier (70) also comprises a second barrier section (72) spaced from the first barrier section (71) between the first barrier section (71) and the liquid receiving space (47). The second barrier section (72) is configured to prevent foam from passing from the liquid receiving space (47) into an intermediate space (85) between the first and second barrier sections (71, 72). The second barrier section (72) is configured so that all the steam generated from heating water in the liquid receiving space (47) below the second barrier section (72) passes through the second barrier section (72) into the intermediate space (85) and, from the intermediate space (85) through the first barrier section (71), before passing through the steam outlet (49).
US10240278B2
A steam iron head (2) employs a soleplate (6) having a fabric contact surface (10), a steam inlet (21) through which steam flows to the steam iron head (2), and one or more steam vents (49). A steam passageway (19) is between the steam inlet (21) and the steam vent(s) (49). A fluid separator (25) is located between the steam passageway (19) and the steam vents (49). The fluid separator (25) is configured to restrict the flow of condensation formed in the steam passageway (19) from passing through the steam vent(s) (49). A soleplate panel (7) forms the fabric contact surface (10) and a base (15, 20) of the steam passageway (19). The soleplate panel (7) is configured to be primarily heated by steam flowing along the steam passageway (19) to the steam vent(s) (49). A steam generator system iron may employ the steam iron head (2).
US10240277B2
A dryer including a cabinet with an entry hole formed on a front surface therefore; a door installed in the entry hole; a drum disposed within the cabinet and rotatable therein, the drum holding received laundry; an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture; a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet, condensate from the evaporator being collected in the condensate housing; a drawer space disposed under the entry hole and depressed backward from the front surface of the cabinet; a drawer disposed in the drawer space to move relative the cabinet in such a way as to be pulled out from the drawer space; and a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out.
US10240274B2
A method of dosing detergent into a cleaning chamber of a washing machine using gravity. The method comprises providing an amount of detergent to be used in a washing machine, providing a detergent storage tank, providing a diverter valve comprising a detergent inlet, a detergent outlet, and an air vent, presenting a user interface at a location accessible to a user for a user to input load characteristics, relaying information via electrical signals from the user interface to a controller in electrical communication with the user interface, determining a dosage requirement and dispensing a fluid into the cleaning chamber.
US10240268B2
Process of preparing meltblown fibers that are reclaimed from a starting material of a polypropylene component and a sustainable polymer component is provided. In one aspect, the method includes blending starting fibers of a polypropylene component and a sustainable polymer component under heat to form a molten stream, and then vis-breaking the components to obtain a polymeric blend that is suitable for use in meltblowing applications. The molten stream of the vis-broken polymer components are extruded through a meltblowing die to form a stream of meltblown fibers that is then collected on a collection surface to form a coherent meltblown web. The starting material may be bicomponent filaments having a sheath-core configuration in which the polypropylene component is oriented in the sheath and the sustainable polymer component is oriented in the core of the filaments. The invention is also directed to meltblown fibers and webs prepared from the process.
US10240263B2
An article comprising a fabric comprising: (a) a blended yarn comprising: (i) from about 10% to about 85% by weight of at least one biregional fiber comprising an oxidized polymer selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile based homopolymers, acrylonitrile based copolymers, acrylonitrile based terpolymers, and combinations thereof; (ii) at least one companion fiber selected from the group consisting of FR polyester, FR nylon, FR rayon, FR treated cellulose, m-aramid, p-aramid, modacrylic, novoloid, melamine, wool, nylon, regenerated cellulose, polyvinyl chloride, antistatic fiber, poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO), polybenzimidazole (PBI), polysulphonamide (PSA), and combinations thereof; and (b) optionally including a companion yarn different from said blended yarn; wherein said companion yarn includes p-aramid in an amount less than 20% of the fabric weight; and wherein the fabric has a weight from about 3 oz/yd2 to about 12 oz/yd2.
US10240262B2
A method for cleaning a textile machine having a plurality of work stations includes issuing a cleaning request for a first one of the work stations. In response to the cleaning request, the first work station is approached and cleaned by a mobile cleaning device that travels alongside of the textile machine. The cleaning requests are issued for the work stations depending on specifically identified contamination-generating events that have occurred at or near the respective work station since a last cleaning process at the work station. A textile machine configured in accordance with the method is also provided.
US10240259B2
A method of manufacturing a cellulose-based shaped article. The method comprises subjecting a solution of lignocellulosic material, dissolved in a distillable ionic liquid, to a spinning method, wherein the ionic liquid is a diazabicyclononene (DBN)-based ionic liquid. DBN-based ionic liquids have good dissolution power, high thermal and chemical stability, lack runaway reactions and exhibit low energy consumption, due to low spinning temperatures. The shaped cellulose articles can be used as textile fibers, high-end non-woven fibers, technical fibers, films for packaging, and barriers films in batteries, as membranes and as carbon-fiber precursors.
US10240258B2
The present invention is directed to a method for preparing a polyester fiber, the method including: mixing 5-50 wt % of composite metal oxide particles, including a tungsten-based oxide, a cesium-based oxide, an antimony-based oxide, an indium-based oxide, and a tin-based oxide, with 40-90 wt % of one or two types of organic solvents selected from among alcohol, ketone, and acetates, 0.4-20 wt % of polyvinyl butyral, i.e., polymer, and 2-30 wt % of calcium stearate or magnesium stearate to obtain a mixture, and stirring and grinding the mixture to prepare a dispersion liquid; drying the dispersion liquid to prepare a powdered additive; mixing 1-30 wt % of the additive with polyester chips to obtain a mixture and melting this mixture to prepare master batch chips; and mixing 1-10 wt % of the master batch chips with general polyester chips to obtain a mixture, and melting and spinning this mixture.
US10240255B2
Methods and systems for evaluating biological dataset profiles relating to toxic agents including candidate pharmaceuticals, environmental agents, biowarfare and chemical warfare agents are provided, where datasets comprising information for multiple cellular parameters are compared and identified, and used in the evaluation of candidate agents.
US10240244B2
Electroless plating is accomplished by forming a metal salt and a polymer solution as a binder into a solid electrolyte block and depositing metal on the surface by rubbing or brushing the solid electrolyte block onto a surface with minimal or no water and without an electric potential/power source. The solid electrolyte block is also conformable/moldable and can be used to deposit metal on to both conductive and nonconductive surface through electroless deposition process.
US10240243B2
A flow distributor may comprise an inner surface, an outer surface, and a plurality of holes circumferentially disposed in the flow distributor and extending from the inner surface to the outer surface. Each of the holes may comprise an inlet defined at the inner surface and an outlet defined at the outer surface, wherein each inlet is axially offset from a circumferentially adjacent inlet.
US10240242B2
Systems and processes for removing and purifying bromide from an aqueous bromide solution are described. Electrochemistry is used to either convert bromide to bromine to allow its extraction in an organic phase, or to cause deposition of bromine onto an electrode. In either case, once removed from the aqueous bromide solution, the bromide can be recovered and purified.
US10240237B2
Provided is a black coupling member for vehicles, comprising a trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film and a black coating film upon the trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film, on the surface of a zinc-plated metal substrate. The trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film is formed using a hexavalent chromium-free trivalent chromium black chemical conversion treatment solution having a Zn ion concentration of no more than 20 g/L. The lightness (L) of the trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film is no more than 33. The black coating film includes a black chemical conversion component, a modified organopolysiloxane, and a friction coefficient-adjustment component. The black chemical conversion component content is 2-25 wt % relative to 100 wt % of the black coating film. The lightness (L) is no more than 28.
US10240231B2
A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes: a reaction chamber, a reaction area in the upper portion of the reaction chamber, an exhaust area in the bottom portion of the reaction chamber and a pumping apparatus connected to the outside of the reaction chamber. The exhaust area includes an isolating device dividing the exhaust area into an exhaust chamber and a storage chamber. The isolating device has a sidewall with gas openings connecting the exhaust chamber and the storage chamber. The exhaust area further includes a scraping component that can move up and down between the upper end and the lower end of the gas openings.
US10240224B2
An alloy with tailored hardenability includes carbon, silicon, manganese, nickel, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, and cobalt. A time and temperature transformation diagram of the alloy has a bainite nose and a ferrite nose that occur at approximately the same time at approximately 4 seconds at temperatures of about 750 K and 950 K, respectively.
US10240218B2
A coaxial material-stirring lance (40) and method used to treat molten metal in a ladle, the lance having a stirring gas chamber (48), and a plurality of gas permeable ports (50 52) arranged as upper and lower port arrays along a length of the gas chamber, and at least one material chamber (43) positioned inside and coaxial with the gas chamber and terminating in at least one material ports (60). In another embodiment, a second material chamber is included inside the gas chamber, parallel to and immediately adjacent the material chamber. In use, the coaxial material-stirring lance is lowered into the ladle of molten metal, and gas and material are both introduced into a respective chamber. Gas mixes material through the molten metal, causing impurities to be removed from the metal.
US10240214B2
The present disclosure provides compositions (i.e., amplification primers and probes), methods, and kits that are particularly useful for detecting and/or quantifying nucleic acids present in a sample, such as those derived from HIV or a lentiviral vector.
US10240208B2
The current invention pertains to miRNAs that are differentially expressed in samples of an individual having pancreatic cancer, or having a high risk of developing pancreatic cancer, as compared to the corresponding sample of an individual not having pancreatic cancer, or having low risk of developing pancreatic cancer, respectively. In certain embodiments, the miRNAs are differentially expressed in a tissue sample or blood plasma sample of an individual having a pancreatic lesion and having a high risk of developing pancreatic cancer as compared to the corresponding tissue sample or blood sample of an individual having the pancreatic lesion and having no risk or low risk of developing pancreatic cancer. These differentially expressed miRNAs can be used as biomarkers for diagnosis, treatment, and/or prevention of pancreatic cancer, particularly, in a subject having a pancreatic lesion. Microarray containing miRNAs indicative of the presence of pancreatic cancer, or having a high risk of pancreatic cancer development, particularly, in a subject having a pancreatic lesion, and methods of use of the microarrays are also provided.
US10240206B2
Biomarkers, methods, assays, and kits are provided for predicting the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) in a subject with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
US10240202B2
A system and method for determining the genetic data for one or a small set of cells, or from fragmentary DNA, where a limited quantity of genetic data is available, are disclosed. Genetic data for the target individual is acquired and amplified using known methods, and poorly measured base pairs, missing alleles and missing regions are reconstructed using expected similarities between the target genome and the genome of genetically related subjects. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, incomplete genetic data is acquired from embryonic cells, fetal cells, or cell-free fetal DNA isolated from the mother's blood, and the incomplete genetic data is reconstructed using the more complete genetic data from a larger sample diploid cells from one or both parents, with or without genetic data from haploid cells from one or both parents, and/or genetic data taken from other related individuals.
US10240199B2
Methods are provided for diagnosing pregnancy-associated disorders, determining allelic ratios, determining maternal or fetal contributions to circulating transcripts, and/or identifying maternal or fetal markers using a sample from a pregnant female subject. Also provided is use of a gene for diagnosing a pregnancy-associated disorder in a pregnant female subject.
US10240197B1
Aspects of the present invention include analyzing nucleic acids from single cells using methods that include using tagged polynucleotides containing multiplex identifier sequences.
US10240193B2
A method of preparing reagents includes inserting a cartridge into an instrument. The cartridge includes a plurality of reagent enclosures disposed in a cavity of the cartridge and exposing a port to an exterior of the cartridge. Each reagent enclosure includes a reagent container including a reagent and an internal cavity defining a compressible volume, an opening defined through the reagent container to the internal cavity. The method further includes connecting a plurality of fluid ports to the openings of the plurality of reagent enclosures; applying a solution through the fluid ports to at least partially fill the plurality of reagent enclosures; and cycling a pressure of the cavity, whereby for each of the reagent enclosures, during increasing pressure, the solution enters the internal cavity of the reagent container, combines with the reagent, and compresses the compressible volume, and during decreasing pressure, the compressible volume decreases and the reagent is ejected through the opening.
US10240182B2
The invention discloses methods and devices for rapidly detecting a biological or other residue in a liquid sample. In some embodiments of the instant invention, a single electrode is employed to contact a flowing aqueous solution, with electrical outputs being recorded by an electrical metering device. Injection or flow of sample leads to changes in solution electrostatic behavior; those changes are recorded in the metering device, with absence of predetermined residues or targets yielding the highest signals. General and specific target detection may be performed with various embodiments of the instant invention.
US10240180B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and systems for analyzing and detecting enzyme activity. For examples, methods, compositions and systems for parallel detection and analysis of enzymatic activities of enzymes in complex biological mixtures are provided.
US10240175B2
The present invention relates to host cells that produce compounds that are characterized as benzylisoquinolines, as well as select precursors and intermediates thereof. The host cells comprise one, two or more heterologous coding sequences wherein each of the heterologous coding sequences encodes an enzyme involved in the metabolic pathway of a benzylisoquinoline, or its precursors or intermediates from a starting compound. The invention also relates to methods of producing the benzylisoquinoline, as well as select precursors and intermediates thereof by culturing the host cells under culture conditions that promote expression of the enzymes that produce the benzylisoquinoline or precursors or intermediates thereof.
US10240171B2
A process for preparing lactic acid and/or a lactate salt via the fermentation of carbohydrates obtained from lignocellulosic material. In particular the process includes: a) treating a lignocellulosic material with an alkaline agent including a caustic magnesium salt in the presence of water to provide a treated aqueous lignocellulosic material; b) saccharifying the treated aqueous lignocellulosic material in the presence of a hydrolytic enzyme to provide a saccharified aqueous lignocellulosic material including fermentable carbohydrates and a solid lignocellulosic fraction; c) fermenting the fermentable carbohydrates in the saccharified aqueous lignocellulosic material by way of lactic acid producing microorganism in the presence of an alkaline agent including a caustic magnesium salt to provide an aqueous fermentation broth including a magnesium lactate; and d) isolating lactic acid and/or lactate salt from the fermentation broth; wherein the saccharification step b) and the fermentation step c) are performed as two separate steps.
US10240158B2
Non-naturally occurring tRNASec and methods of using them for recombinant expression of proteins engineered to include one or more selenocysteine residues are disclosed. The non-naturally occurring tRNASec can be used for recombinant manufacture of selenocysteine containing polypeptides encoded by mRNA without the requirement of an SECIS element. In some embodiments, selenocysteine containing polypeptides are manufactured by co-expressing a non-naturally occurring tRNASec a recombinant expression system, such as E. coli, with SerRS, EF-Tu, SelA, or PSTK and SepSecS, and an mRNA with at least one codon that recognizes the anticodon of the non-naturally occurring tRNASec.
US10240153B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating APOC3-related diseases such as: hypertriglyceridemia (e.g., Type V Hypertriglyceridemia), abnormal lipid metabolism, abnormal cholesterol metabolism, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, including Type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and coronary artery disease, among other disorders relating to abnormal metabolism or otherwise, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to APOC3.
US10240151B2
Described herein are conjugated modified oligonucleotides that are complementary to a target RNA. The conjugate facilitates cellular uptake of the modified oligonucleotide, resulting improved potency.
US10240148B2
Compositions and methods for performing a template-switching reaction are provided that may include reducing or eliminating concatemerization of the template-switching oligonucleotide (TSO). In some embodiments, the composition may comprise: a reverse transcriptase; a TSO that includes a recognition sequence for a site-specific double strand nucleic acid cleaving enzyme, wherein the TSO has at its 3′ end at least one nucleotide capable of hybridizing to at least one or more non-templated nucleotides added to a templated cDNA strand by the reverse transcriptase; and a site-specific double strand nucleic acid cleaving enzyme that cleaves the TSO at the recognition sequence.
US10240146B2
The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for producing nucleic acids. In some aspects, relatively large quantities of oligonucleotides can be produced, and in some cases, the oligonucleotides may have a variety of different sequences and/or lengths. For instance, a relatively small quantity of oligonucleotides may be amplified to produce a large amount of nucleotides. In one set of embodiments, oligonucleotides may be amplified using PCR, then transcribed to produce RNA. The RNA may then be reverse transcribed to produce DNA, and optionally, the RNA may be selectively degraded or removed, relative to the DNA. In one set of embodiments, the oligonucleotides may be chemically modified. These modifications may include, but are not limited, to the adding of fluorescent dyes or other signaling entities.
US10240141B2
There is provided a biocatalyst solvent which is capable of dissolving a biocatalyst in a liquid state while maintaining the activity of the biocatalyst at a high concentration from a low temperature to a high temperature, and is capable of storing the biocatalyst for a long time period; and a biocatalyst solution using the biocatalyst solvent. Disclosed is a biocatalyst solvent which consists of an ionic liquid including a quaternary ammonium cation represented by the following Formula (I) and an anion: [Chemical Formula 1] N+[Ra]n[Rb]4-n (I) wherein Ra's each independently represent a hydroxyalkyl group having one or more hydroxyl groups and an a linear or branched alkyl moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in which the alkyl moiety may contain an oxygen atom; a carboxyalkyl group having one or more carboxyl groups and a linear or branched alkyl moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in which the alkyl moiety may contain an oxygen atom; or a hydroxycarboxyalkyl group having one or more hydroxyl groups, one or more carboxyl groups and a linear or branched alkyl moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, in which the alkyl moiety may contain an oxygen atom; Rb's each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer from 1 to 4.
US10240136B2
To provide an improved β-fructofuranosidase which is capable of efficiently producing kestose while inhibiting the production of nystose. This improved β-fructofuranosidase comprises either: an amino acid sequence (a) obtained by introducing, into the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, an amino acid mutation i) in which the 85th glycine (G) from the N-terminal is substituted for a protein-constituting amino acid other than glycine (G), and/or an amino acid mutation ii) in which the 310th histidine (H) from the N-terminal is substituted for lysine (K), arginine (R), or tyrosine (Y); or an amino acid sequence (b) which exhibits β-fructofuranosidase activity, and which comprises an amino acid sequence obtained by deleting, substituting, inserting, or adding one or more amino acids in (a) other than the amino acid into which the amino acid mutation has been introduced.
US10240134B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for nucleic acid polymerization. In particular, modified polymerases and biologically active fragments thereof are provided that allow for nucleic acid amplification. In some aspects, the disclosure provides modified polymerases having lower systematic error as compared to a reference polymerase. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to modified polymerases useful for nucleic acid sequencing, genotyping, copy number variation analysis, paired-end sequencing and other forms of genetic analysis. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to modified polymerases useful for the generation of nucleic acid libraries or nucleic acid templates. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to the identification of homologous amino acid mutations that can be transferred across classes or families of polymerases to provide novel polymerases with altered properties.
US10240131B2
The present invention discloses a type II Pseudorabies virus attenuated strain and its preparation method and application. The attenuated strain of pseudorabies virus is gE/TK-double-deficient strain, which is named as PRV-HD/c strain of PRV dual-deletion strain, and the accession number is CGMCC No. 14325. The attenuated strain of the pseudorabies virus of the present invention is obtained from the newly isolated strain of pseudorabies virus type II after deletion of the gE and TK double genes and has reduced pathogenicity and strong immunogenicity and is inactivated by the attenuated strain of pseudorabies virus vaccines or live attenuated vaccines, which can provide effective immunity to PRV susceptible animals such as pigs and mice.
US10240121B2
Disclosed herein are bioreactor systems and methods of utilizing said systems.
US10240109B2
A dishwasher detergent composition, preferably pH neutral, and comprising a strong biodegradable builder and optionally a bleach, and optionally a sulfonated polymer.
US10240100B2
The present invention relates to novel uses of corrosion inhibitors in fuels and lubricants.
US10240098B2
Modular, portable processes and apparatus for the production of tight gas (including shale gas) and tight oil (including shale oil) and for the conversion of tight oil into a plurality of marketable fuels are described which enable easy deployment and start-up and are specifically useful in remote areas. Furthermore, these modular processes and apparatus are configured to use co-produced tight gas as a source of processing energy. Another feature of the modular processes is to substantially reduce the use of fracking water and process water. In some embodiments modular processes include (A) Purified Salt Production; (B) Modular Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) Production; (C) Hydrogen Production by Autothermal Reformer; (D) Optimized Hydraulic Fracturing; (E) Desalting with Bi-Electric Configuration with an Interchanger; (F) Desalter Water Recovery and Recyclling; (G) Precut Column with a Gas-Fired Heater; (H) Crude Distillation with a Gas-Fired Heater; (I) Hydrodesulfurization using Reactive Distillation; and (J) Vacuum Distillation.
US10240095B2
A process for catalytically converting crude tall oil into hydrocarbons suitable as biofuel components. The crude tall oil is treated in a reactor system including a catalytically active guard bed phase and a catalytically active main reaction phase. At least one of the phases includes a catalyst bed with a combination of hydrodeoxygenating (HDO) and hydrodewaxing (HDW) catalysts. The process provides biofuel with acceptable ignition and cold flow properties.
US10240093B2
A method having the following steps: subjecting plastic waste material to a thermal pre-treatment in order to produce a liquid plastic mass, wherein the thermal pre-treatment of the plastic material is carried out in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature that varies between 110° C. and 310° C.; simultaneously feeding the liquid plastic mass to a reaction apparatus; bringing the plastic mass into contact with a bed of particles of inorganic porous material contained inside the reaction apparatus at a temperature of between 300° and 600° C.; inducing thermocatalytic decomposition reactions at a temperature of between 300 and 600° C. in order to generate a mixture of hydrocarbons in a vapor phase; and separating the hydrocarbons from the vapor phase current generated inside the reaction means in order to produce a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons.
US10240083B2
An aqueous fluid, possibly a wellbore fracturing fluid, comprises an aqueous solution or dispersion of a first polymer, which may be polysaccharide, as a thickener and a cross linking agent to enhance the viscosity of the fluid by crosslinking the first polymer, wherein the crosslinking agent is a second polymer comprising at least one polymer chain with phenyl boronate groups distributed along the polymer chain and the phenyl boronic acid groups have nitrogen attached to the phenyl group at a position which is meta relative to the boronate group.
US10240080B2
Various embodiments disclosed related to methods, compositions, and systems for treatment of a subterranean formation. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method can include obtaining or providing a composition including a crosslinkable viscosifier polymer. The crosslinkable viscosifier polymer can include an ethylene repeating unit including a —C(O)NH2 group and an ethylene repeating unit including an —S(O)2OR1 group, wherein the repeating units are in block, alternate, or random configuration. At each occurrence R1 can be independently selected from the group consisting of —H and a counterion. The composition can also include at least one crosslinker. The method also includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation downhole.
US10240079B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include suspensions for use in enhanced oil recovery, and methods of using the suspensions for recovering oil. Suspensions of the present disclosure include a nonionic surfactant that can dissolve in supercritical carbon dioxide, and a metal salt having a concentration of 200 to 1 parts-per-million.
US10240072B2
The present disclosure provides a polyolefin-based composition, suitable for use as a tie-layer adhesive composition, and a process for making the polyolefin-based composition. The polyolefin-based composition is made from and/or contains a grafted polyolefin copolymer composition, a base resin composition, and optionally, an additives composition. The grafted polyolefin copolymer composition is made from and/or contains a grafted polyolefin composition, an olefin elastomer composition, and a long-chain branched polyolefin composition. The grafted polyolefin is coupled to the olefin elastomer and the long-chain branched polyolefin.
US10240070B1
An adhesive system for attachment to a contact surface of an object comprises a backing, carbon nanotubes, charged nanoparticles, and an electrical source. The carbon nanotubes each have a first end region and a second end region, opposite the first end region. Each of the charged nanoparticles is coupled to the second end region of at least one of the carbon nanotubes. The electrical source is configured to selectively electrically charge the backing to cause an electrical repulsion force between the backing and the charged nanoparticles. The first end region of each of the carbon nanotubes is coupled to the backing. The second end region of each of a number of the carbon nanotubes is coupled to none of the charged nanoparticles.
US10240069B2
An anti-corrosion composition includes a first compound including: a first polyisobutylene having an average relative molar mass ranging from about 30,000 to about 100,000 g/mole and a Staudinger index ranging from about 15-70 cm3/g, a first depolymerized butyl rubber with Brookfield viscosity at 66° C. ranging from about 400,000-2,000,000 mPa·s and an average molecular weight ranging from about 20,000-60,000, and combinations thereof. A second compound includes a second polyisobutylene having an average relative molar mass ranging from about 900,000-6,500,000 g/mole and a Staudinger index ranging from about 240-900 cm3/g, at least one second partly cross-linked butyl rubber with a Mooney viscosity at 127° C. ranging from about 65-100 MU. The anti-corrosion composition includes at least one first or at least one second polyisobutylene as well as at least one first or at least one second butyl rubber.
US10240057B2
Disclosed is a conductive polymeric ink composition, wherein pH of the ink composition can be adjusted to a desired neutral pH value while maintaining dispersibility of PEDOT:PSS (Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)) used as a main component of the ink composition, thereby solving problems due to strong acidity, including a reduction in the lifetime of devices. Furthermore, a transparent conductive polymer thin film formed from the ink composition has low haze, low surface resistance and high conductivity, compared to thin films manufactured conventionally.
US10240053B2
An aqueous ink for ink jet having a high color developing property, capable of recording an image having an excellent hue, and having excellent storage stability, containing a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent is provided. The coloring material is a compound represented by the following General Formula (1). The water-soluble organic solvent contains a first water-soluble organic solvent having two or more hydroxy groups and having a Log P value of −1.88 or more to −1.09 or less. The content (mass %) of the first water-soluble organic solvent is 5.0 times or more to 30.0 times or less by a mass ratio with respect the content (mass %) of the coloring material.
US10240050B2
A method of producing an article is described. The method includes (a) providing a substrate comprising an etchable surface layer; (b) coating the etchable surface layer with a composition comprising a non-volatile, etch-resistant component in a volatile liquid carrier; and (c) drying the composition to remove the liquid carrier, whereupon the non-volatile, etch-resistant component self-assembles to form etch-resistant traces on the etchable surface layer. The liquid carrier is in the form of an emulsion comprising a continuous phase and a second phase in the form of domains dispersed in the continuous phase.
US10240048B2
Corrosion-inhibiting microgels that are suitable for use in non-chromated primer compositions. Each discrete microgel is composed of a cross-linked polymer network and organic corrosion-inhibiting compounds entrapped or immobilized within the polymer network.
US10240042B2
This invention is directed to photoluminescent compounds based on rhodamine dyes with green emission and uses thereof for photoluminescence based devices.
US10240039B2
The disclosure concerns blended thermoplastic compositions comprising (a) from about 50 wt % to about 80 wt % of a polycarbonate component; (b) from greater than 0 wt % to about 12 wt % of an impact modifier component; (c) from about 10 wt % to about 40 wt % of a filler; and (d) from about 5 wt % to about 15 wt % of a flame retardant component comprising an oligomeric phosphate ester, wherein the oligomeric phosphate ester is a free flowing powder at 23° C.; wherein the blended thermoplastic composition has a ductility of 100% at 10° C. when measured by a Notched Izod Impact test performed according to ASTM D256; wherein the combined weight percent value of all components does not exceed 100 wt %; and wherein all weight percent values are based on the total weight of the composition.
US10240024B2
The invention relates to a nucleating composition comprising: (a) a first nucleating agent, which comprises a cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound; and (b) a second nucleating agent, which comprises talc, wherein the cyclic dicarboxylate salt compound has the formula (I):
US10240021B2
Provided is a polyester or co-polyester resin used in the manufacture of preforms suitable for making bottles and containers containing a carbon black, particularly lamp black carbon black, with a primary particle size in a range of from 100 to 160 nanometers.
US10240018B2
A process for capturing or concentrating microorganisms for detection or assay comprises (a) providing a concentration device comprising a sintered porous polymer matrix comprising at least one concentration agent that comprises an amorphous metal silicate and that has a surface composition having a metal atom to silicon atom ratio of less than or equal to 0.5, as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); (b) providing a sample comprising at least one microorganism strain; and (c) contacting the concentration device with the sample such that at least a portion of the at least one microorganism strain is bound to or captured by the concentration device.
US10240017B2
Composite panel, particularly for forming roof panels of cars and/or industrial vehicles, and method of manufacturing the composite panel, which composite panel includes a core of foamed material, at least one skin layer of nonwoven material, and at least one connecting layer between the core of foamed material and the skin layer of nonwoven material.
US10240015B2
A modified polyphenylene ether according to one aspect of the invention has an intrinsic viscosity, as measured in 25° C. methylene chloride, of from 0.03 to 0.12 dL/g, has on molecular ends thereof an average of 1.5 to 3 groups represented by formula (1) below per molecule, and includes not more than 5 mass % of a high-molecular-weight component having a molecular weight of 13,000 or more. In formula (1), R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbons, and R2 is an alkylene group of 1 to 10 carbons.
US10240004B2
Polymeric BODIPY dyes including light harvesting BODIPY unit-comprising multichromophores are provided. In some embodiments, the dyes are polymeric tandem dyes that include a light harvesting BODIPY unit-comprising multichromophore and an acceptor chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. The polymeric tandem dyes may be covalently linked to a specific binding member. Also provided are methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labelling a target molecule using compositions including the polymeric tandem dyes. Kits and systems for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US10239999B2
Disclosed are a curable resin, a spacer composition, a filter, methods of preparing the same, a filter and a method of preparing the same, and a display device. The curable resin includes 1 part by weight of dianhydride, 0.6 to 2 parts by weight of diamine, and 0.8 to 3 parts by weight of vinyl monomer.
US10239996B2
A process for preparing non-naturally-occurring defined monomer sequence polymers is provided, and in which a high degree of synthetic control is obtained by the use of solvent resistant diafiltration membranes. Also provided is a process for separating non-naturally-occurring defined monomer sequence polymers from synthetic by-products or excess reagents using solvent resistant diafiltration membranes, and a use of a solvent resistant diafiltration membrane in processes for preparing and separating non-naturally-occurring defined monomer sequence polymers.
US10239989B2
A curable composition that can be cured at low temperature in a short time regardless of the type of epoxy compound that is mixed therewith, and has a long pot life; an adhesive comprising said curable composition; a method for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material that uses the curable composition; and a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a matrix comprising the curable composition. A curing agent mixture composition that can be cured at low temperature and in a short time, and provides the curable composition with a long pot life. An epoxy compound (A) and an imidazole compound (B) are blended in with the curable composition. In addition, the imidazole compound (B) and at least one type of crosslinking agent (C) are blended in with the curing agent mixture composition.
US10239981B2
The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention exhibits excellent dependability under a high temperature or high humidity condition, and also has excellent stress relaxation property and reworkability when being applied to a polarizing plate, and thus, it can effectively prevent warpage. Accordingly, the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition can be usefully applied for an optical film.
US10239970B2
Fine polymer particles made by a method include producing an emulsion in a liquid prepared by dissolving and mixing a polymer A and a polymer B in organic solvents in which a solution phase composed primarily of the polymer A and a solution phase composed primarily of the polymer B are formed as separate phases, wherein the solvents in the two phases resulting from the phase separation are substantially identical to each other, and contacting the emulsion with a poor solvent for the polymer A to precipitate the polymer A, wherein the particles have a glass transition point of 150° C. or more and 400° C. or less, an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more to 100 μm or less, and a particle diameter distribution index of the particles is 2 or less, wherein the polymer A is nonvinyl type polymer.
US10239964B2
A method for manufacturing a conjugated diene polymer that can increase the robustness of a polymerization reaction system is provided. Also, a conjugated diene polymer, with a high cis-1,4-bond content, that is manufactured by this method for manufacturing is provided. A method for manufacturing a conjugated diene polymer includes polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer using a polymerization catalyst composition including a rare earth element compound and a compound having a cyclopentadiene skeleton, and a conjugated diene polymer manufactured with this method for manufacturing has a cis-1,4-bond content of 95% or greater.
US10239963B2
This invention relates to no-salt and mixed salt suspension polymerization processes for water-soluble monomers and resins and relates to catalysts produced from the same.
US10239961B2
The invention provides a method for preparing sulphoalkyl ether-β-cyclodextrin. The method comprises first contacting cyclodextrin with a base to form activated cyclodextrin. The method then comprises separately contacting the activated cyclodextrin with an alkyl sultone to form sulphoalkyl ether-β-cyclodextrin. The activation reaction is carried in batch and the sulphoalkylation reaction is carried out under continuous flow conditions.
US10239948B2
The present invention relates to a method to engineer immune cell for immunotherapy. In particular said immune cells are engineered with chimeric antigen receptors, which be activated by the combination of hypoxia and ligand extracellular binding as input signals. The invention also relates to new designed chimeric antigen receptors which are able to redirect immune cell specificity and reactivity toward a selected target exploiting the ligand-binding domain properties and the hypoxia condition. The present invention also relates to cells obtained by the present method, in particular T-cells, comprising said chimeric antigen receptors for use in cancer treatments.
US10239947B2
The invention provides anti-CLL-1 antibodies and immunoconjugates and methods of using the same.
US10239940B2
In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for promoting bone growth and increasing bone density.
US10239939B2
Specific binding members that bind the ED-A isoform of fibronectin for use in methods of treatment, diagnosis, detection and/or imaging of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and/or for use in delivery to the IBD tissue of a molecule conjugated to the specific binding member. The specific binding member may, for example, be conjugated to an immunosupressive or anti-inflammatory molecule, such as interleukin-10.
US10239938B2
The present invention concerns compositions and methods of use of T-cell redirecting complexes, with at least one binding site for a T-cell antigen and at least one binding site for an antigen on a diseased cell or pathogen. Preferably, the complex is a DNL™ complex. More preferably, the complex comprises a bispecific antibody (bsAb). Most preferably, the bsAb is an anti-CD3×anti-CD19 bispecific antibody, although antibodies against other T-cell antigens and/or disease-associated antigens may be used. The complex is capable of targeting effector T cells to induce T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity of cells associated with a disease, such as cancer, autoimmune disease or infectious disease. The cytotoxic immune response is enhanced by co-administration of interferon-based agents that comprise interferon-α, interferon-β, interferon-λ1, interferon-λ2 or interferon-λ3.
US10239930B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10239922B2
The present disclosure pertains to methods of producing recombinant peptides that contain between 10 and 200 amino acid residues using novel carrier proteins derived from superfolder green fluorescent protein and its mutants.
US10239915B2
This invention is intended to produce a novel functional material through solubilization and molecular weight reduction of a water-insoluble polymeric compound, such as a water-insoluble protein or water-insoluble polysaccharide, in a simple and efficient manner. This invention provides a method for producing a degradation product of a water-insoluble polymeric compound comprising the steps of: bringing a water-insoluble polymeric compound into contact with a solid acid catalyst, heating the resulting mixture, and recovering a supernatant; adding an aqueous medium to the solid acid catalyst after the supernatant is recovered, agitating and heating the resulting mixture, and recovering a supernatant; washing the solid acid catalyst with an aqueous medium and recovering a wash solution; mixing the recovered supernatant with the wash solution, so as to obtain a fraction that has not adsorbed to the solid acid catalyst; and eluting an adsorbed fraction from the solid acid catalyst and recovering an eluate, so as to obtain a fraction that has adsorbed to the solid acid catalyst.
US10239906B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for separating glycoglycerolipids and also glycoglycerolipids and glycosphingolipids from a lipid phase that contains glycoglycerolipids and acyl glycerides or glycoglycerolipids and glycosphingolipids and acyl glycerides, in mild conditions with no hydrolysis and while at the same time effectively depleting the lipid phase of said glycoglycerolipids, glycoglycerolipids and glycosphingolipids and their accompanying substances using an aqueous extraction process.
US10239903B2
Provided are Pt (IV) lipophilic derivatives for improved drug performance in cancer therapy, as well as nanocarriers including the same.
US10239902B2
The present invention provides a stable peptide-conjugated, ascorbic acid derivative, a method for preparing the same, and a cosmetic composition comprising the same as an active ingredient. The stable peptide-conjugated ascorbic acid derivative of the present invention has both the effect of whitening the skin by inhibiting melanin production and the effect of reducing skin wrinkles by activating collagen production, and may be used in a cosmetic composition.
US10239887B2
Disclosed herein are tricyclic compounds, including pyrimido[4′,5′:4,5]thieno[2,3-c]pyridazine-8-amine, pyrido[3′,2′:4,5]thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine-4-amine, pyrazino[2′,3′:4,5]thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-amine, pyrido[3′,2′:4,5]furo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-amine, and pyrimido[4′,5′:4,5]furo[2,3-c]pyridazin-8-amine compounds, which may be useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4). Also disclosed herein are methods of making the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions.
US10239880B2
The present invention provides a compound of Formula I, and salts thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of and R2 is an alkyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms, or wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of R1 is an alkyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms; and R is H, or an alkyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms, and R3 is H, an alkyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms, or a halogen. Preferably the compound of Formula V includes wherein R3 is a halogen, and most preferably wherein the halogen is chlorine. Methods of treating a patient with cancer with these compounds are also provided.
US10239872B2
The disclosure includes compounds of Formula (I) wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for treating HBV infection.
US10239865B2
The patent discloses bisphenol monomers of formula I with pendant maleimide group connected via alkylene spacer and preparation thereof. Also, it discloses polymers based on bisphenol monomers containing pendant clickable maleimide group. Further, it provides a process for the preparation of polymers possessing pendant clickable maleimide groups based on bisphenols containing pendant maleimide group. Formula (I) wherein, x is an integer selected from 0 to 10.
US10239864B2
Indazole compounds of formula (I) as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and cell-proliferation inhibitors, and therapeutic uses and methods of preparation thereof, are disclosed. These compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, prodrugs, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, are useful for treating diseases and disorders associated with activity of cyclin-dependent kinases, in particular CDK4/6, including but not limited to various cancers and inflammation-related diseases or conditions.
US10239859B2
The present application relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and their use for controlling animal pests.
US10239841B2
The invention relates to a production method of pyrazole derivative (6) by reacting compound (5) with an oxidant. wherein R1, R2, R3, X1, X2 and Z1 are as defined herein.
US10239840B2
Compounds of Formula I are disclosed and methods of treating viral infections with compositions comprising such compounds.
US10239828B2
A process for preparing guanidino-functional, free radically polymerizable compounds comprises (a) combining (1) an amine compound comprising (i) at least one primary aliphatic amino group and (ii) at least one secondary aliphatic amino group, primary aromatic amino group, or secondary aromatic amino group, and (2) a guanylating agent; (b) allowing or inducing reaction of the amine compound and the guanylating agent to form a guanylated amine compound; (c) combining (1) the guanylated amine compound, and (2) a reactive monomer comprising (i) at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and (ii) at least one group that is reactive with an amino group; and (d) allowing or inducing reaction of the guanylated amine compound and the reactive monomer to form a guanidino-functional, free radically polymerizable compound.
US10239826B2
A method for producing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene in a stoichiometric excess in the gas phase, wherein the excess phosgene is subsequently recovered and recirculated back into the reaction. particular a method for the feedback-controlled recirculation of the recovered phosgene, particularly when the phosgene stream that should be recovered is distributed between multiple gas-phase reactors operated in parallel.
US10239822B2
There is disclosed a process for the separation of long chain dibasic acid and fatty acid, comprising: (1) reacting a mixture of long chain dibasic acid and fatty acid with ammonium hydroxide to form an insoluble ammonium salt of fatty acid and a soluble ammonium salt of long chain dibasic acid; (2) recovering the insoluble ammonium salt of fatty acid; and (3) adding an acid to the mother liquor of step (2) to obtain the long chain dibasic acid.
US10239818B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a terephthalic diester by reacting terephthalic acid with at least one alcohol, wherein terephthalic acid is suspended in the alcohol in a dispersing tank, the preliminary suspension is passed from the dispersing tank into a reactor and converted in the presence of an esterification catalyst, a reaction suspension is drawn off from a region between the upper region and the lower region of the reactor, a first stream of the reaction suspension is recycled into the upper region of the reactor and a second stream of the reaction suspension is introduced into the lower region of the reactor, and the reaction suspension is thus mixed, wherein the stream drawn off and/or the first stream is passed through a heat exchanger outside the reactor and heated; and water of reaction is distilled off together with the vapor as alcohol-water azeotrope, the vapor is at least partly condensed, the condensate is separated into an aqueous phase and an organic phase and the organic phase is at least partly recycled into the reaction system.
US10239817B2
The (1R,3R)- or (1S,3S)-enantiomer of 2,2-dichloro-3-(substituted phenyl)cyclopropane-carboxylic acid is prepared in a process involving chemical resolution of a racemic mixture of a trans-2,2-dichloro-3-(substituted phenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid with an enantiomeric amine, isolation of a diastereomeric amine salt and finally treatment of the salt with an acid.
US10239815B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently producing acrylic acid while troubles not only in a waste oil handling after distillation of acrylic acid but also in a purification system of acrylic acid during distillation are reduced. The method for producing acrylic acid according to the present invention is characterized in comprising the step of supplying at least crude acrylic acid and an alcohol solvent to an acrylic acid distillation apparatus to distill acrylic acid, wherein a boiling point of the alcohol solvent is higher than a boiling point of acrylic acid by not lower than 50° C.
US10239813B2
The invention relates to a method for the production of calcium dipropionate by a batch process in a single pressure-resistant reaction vessel. The reaction vessel is charged with calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, calcium carbonate or a mixture thereof. Then, pure high-concentrated propionic acid, preferably in a concentration of above 99% is added to the solid raw materials. The heat (up to 160° C.) and pressure (up to 10 bar) are retained in the reaction vessel and are subsequently used to discharge the reaction water after the complete amount of acid has been added. After a reaction time of 3 to 6 hours, pure calcium dipropionate with a water content of below 1% is obtained.
US10239812B2
Embodiments herein relate to apparatus and systems for phenolic and ketone synthesis and methods regarding the same. In an embodiment, a method of producing phenolics and ketones is included. The method can specifically include forming a reaction mixture comprising nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) and water. The method can also include contacting the reaction mixture with a metal oxide catalyst at a temperature of 350 degrees Celsius or higher and a pressure of at least about 3200 psi to form a reaction product mixture. The reaction product mixture can include at least about 20 wt. % phenolics and at least about 10 wt. % ketones as a percentage of the total mass of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC). Other embodiments are also included herein.
US10239800B2
A catalyst composition containing cobalt manganese oxide which is modified with silicon in the form of a hydrophilic silica, the catalyst also containing at least one of lanthanum, phosphorus, Fe, Zr, and Zn, and optionally one or more basic elements selected from the group of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and transition metals. Also, methods for preparing and using the catalyst composition for producing aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons using the catalyst composition.
US10239799B2
Reaction products and methods for making and using the same are provided. The reaction products particularly may include adducts of two or more reactants. The adducts particularly can incorporate a nitrification inhibitor, such as DCD. In particular embodiments, reaction products may be formed from the reaction of formaldehyde, DCD, urea, and an ammonia source. The adducts may be included in agricultural products, including fertilizer compositions and nitrification inhibitor systems. Fertilizer compositions including the adducts can be beneficial for reducing leaching of nitrification inhibitors applied to soil.
US10239797B2
A water insoluble micronutrient fertilizer, methods of producing, and methods of using the same are provided. The fertilizer may comprise at least one first micronutrient selected from the group consisting of chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, and zinc; a polyphosphate; and optionally at least one second micronutrient selected from the group consisting of boron, chlorine, iodine, molybdenum or selenium. The fertilizer compounds are preferably water insoluble, dilute acid soluble, and free-flowing powders.
US10239796B2
The invention provides tooling (100) for acting during heat treatment to support a preform (110) of a three-dimensional part obtained by shaping a metal or ceramic powder, the preform presenting at least one bearing surface (112) on which it can rest and at least one suspended surface (111) that is suspended relative to the bearing surface, the tooling comprising a tray (120), and a plurality of blocks (130) arranged on the tray and each having at least one surface (130a) for supporting the preform, the blocks being suitable for moving relative to one another by sliding on the tray between a first position in which the blocks are spaced apart from one another and together define a first volume, and a second position in which the blocks together define a second volume that is smaller than the first volume. The invention also provides a method of heat treating a preform made of powder and using such tooling.
US10239791B2
The invention relates to a refractory ceramic batch for the production of an unformed refractory ceramic batch, the use of a batch of this kind for lining metallurgical melting vessels and also a metallurgical melting vessel which is lined with an unformed refractory ceramic product based on a batch of this kind.
US10239790B2
A low-density, high-strength concrete composition that is both self-compacting and lightweight, with a low weight-fraction of aggregate to total dry raw materials, and a highly-homogenous distribution of a non-absorptive and closed-cell lightweight aggregate such as glass microspheres or copolymer polymer beads or a combination thereof, and the steps of providing the composition or components. Lightweight concretes formed therefrom have low density, high strength-to-weight ratios, and high R-value. The concrete has strength similar to that ordinarily found in structural lightweight concrete but at an oven-dried density as low as 40 lbs./cu.ft. The concrete, at the density ordinarily found in structural lightweight concrete, has a higher strength and, at the strength ordinarily found in structural lightweight concrete, a lower density. Such strength-to-density ratios range approximately from above 30 cu.ft/sq.in. to above 110 cu.ft/sq.in., with a 28-day compressive strength ranging from about 3400 to 8000 psi.
US10239789B2
The invention relates to fiber-containing concrete compositions containing hydraulically setting binders, fillers, one or more fibers, and possibly other additives or admixtures, characterized in that one or more vinylester-ethylene copolymers are contained as additional components.
US10239787B2
A resin mixture is described, comprising at least one compound that can be radically polymerized, at least one reactive diluent selected from 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, and at least one polymerization inhibitor, selected from stable N-oxyl-radicals or 4-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butyl toluene, with the molar ratio of at least one 1,3-dicarbonyl compound and the polymerization inhibitor ranging from 30:1 to 150:1, a reaction resin mortar comprising said resin mixture, a two-component or multi-component system, as well as the use for construction purposes, particularly for the chemical fastening in mineral undergrounds.
US10239783B2
A method of producing a glass substrate having a first layer formed on a surface of the substrate by low-temperature CVD includes preparing the glass substrate and forming the first layer on the glass substrate by the low-temperature CVD. In the glass substrate after forming the first layer, an integrated value after a baseline correction in a wavenumber range of 2600 cm−1 to 3800 cm−1 in a peak due to OH groups obtained by an FTIR measurement on the first layer is 9.0 or less, and the C content of the first layer is 1.64 at % or less.
US10239782B2
A method for increasing the tactile feel of a glass-ceramic article includes (a) performing a first etching of a surface of the glass-ceramic article with a first etchant to create a plurality of features on the surface, wherein the first etchant comprises hydrofluoric acid and an inorganic fluoride salt, and the plurality of features comprises protrusions and recesses and (b) performing a second etching of the surface with a second etchant different from the first etchant to enlarge a distance between adjacent features of a same type, wherein the second etching occurs after the first etching, after the second etching an average distance between adjacent features of a same type is in a range from 0.5 μm to 20 μm and a density of features of the same type is in a range from 9,000 to 25,000 features/mm2, and a tactile feel of the surface after the second etching is greater than the tactile feel of the surface before the first etching.
US10239776B2
Sludge from an anaerobic digester is treated to recover one or more of fibers, or solids or liquids with a high nutrient content. The solids or liquids can be used as a fertilizer. The fibers can be used in a plant growing medium. Solids are separated from liquids in the sludge and dried. The solids may be dried to produce a flake or pellet. Ammonia in the liquids is recovered and used to produce a concentrated acidic ammonium salt solution. This solution may be mixed with the solids to produce a nitrogen enhanced solid. The fibers and solids or liquids can also be used in combination to produce an enhanced plant growing medium. A device and process for removing ammonia from a liquid can be used in the system or separately.
US10239775B2
The invention discloses an apparatus for relieving surface-layer clogging of a denitrification deep-bed filter and a method for running the same, which belongs to the field of sewage treatment.
US10239765B2
A counter-flow simultaneous heat and mass exchange device is operated by directing flows of two fluids into a heat and mass exchange device at initial mass flow rates where ideal changes in total enthalpy rates of the two fluids are unequal. At least one of the following state variables in the fluids is measured: temperature, pressure and concentration, which together define the thermodynamic state of the two fluid streams at the points of entry to and exit from the device. The flow rates of the fluids at the points of entry and/or exit to/from the device are measured; and the mass flow rate of at least one of the two fluids is changed such that the ideal change in total enthalpy rates of the two fluids through the device are brought closer to being equal.
US10239759B2
A method of producing silica-based particles includes, when a dispersion liquid of composite oxide particles is prepared by simultaneously adding an aqueous silicate solution and/or an acidic silicic acid solution and an aqueous solution of an alkali-soluble inorganic compound in an alkali aqueous solution or in an alkali aqueous solution with seed particles dispersed therein, if required, the aqueous silicate solution and/or the acidic silicic acid solution and the aqueous solution of alkali-soluble inorganic compound are added so that the molar ratio of MOx/SiO2 are in a range from 0.01 to 2, herein MOx denoting an inorganic oxide other than silica and SiO2 denoting silica to prepare the dispersion liquid of composite oxide particles with an average diameter (Dp1) in a range from 3 to 300 nm.
US10239758B2
A silica sol which has excellent moisture absorption resistance and stability as well as high purity and which does not cause coloring of a solvent or a resin to which the silica sol has been applied. The silica sol contains high-purity silica particles, water and/or a liquid organic medium serving as a dispersion medium, and an organic base compound, the silica particles being dispersed in the dispersion medium, wherein the silica particles satisfy the following requirements (a) to (c): (a) the silica particles have a specific surface area, as determined through a nitrogen absorption method, of 20 to 500 m2/g; (b) the silica particles have a moisture absorption amount per specific surface area thereof of 0.5 mg/m2 or less; and (c) the organic base compound is not substantially contained in the inside thereof.
US10239755B2
A method for preparing chlorine gas through catalytic oxidation of hydrogen chloride is carried out by one-time hydrogen chloride feeding and multi-stage oxygen feeding, one-time oxygen feeding and multi-stage hydrogen chloride feeding, or both, returning a product gas stream without separation thereof, and optionally carrying out heat insulation means. In the present invention, excessive reaction heat concentration is prevented, therefore, the method of the present invention is a chlorine gas recovery method implemented through the Deacon catalytic oxidation of hydrogen chloride that may be industrialized.
US10239754B1
A process is disclosed for reducing loss of hydrogen in solution to the fractionation section of a hydroprocessing unit. The hot liquid stream is stripped with an inert gas in a hot flash stripper to urge hydrogen into the hot flash vapor stream. Substantial conservation of hydrogen gas is achieved.
US10239752B2
Surface plasmon-based nanosensor, comprising: at least one first element of metal, preferably silver or gold, or of semiconductor, the first element being excitable to surface Plasmon resonance, in particular localized surface plasmon resonance, in the presence of electromagnetic radiation from a source, and at least one second element preferably near the first element that in the presence of the electromagnetic radiation is exciton-plasmon coupled to the first element and emits electromagnetic radiation representative of the exciton-plasmon coupling, and systems and methods for sensing photons and chemical or biological agents.
US10239730B2
An exemplary building sway operation system (10) for an elevator includes an acceleration sensor (11), and a data receiving unit (12) for receiving a sensor output from the acceleration sensor (11). The acceleration sensor (11) is designed to be mounted on a movable mass (6) of an active vibration control device (5) for a building, in order to detect the reciprocating motion of the movable mass (6) of the active vibration control device (5) responsive to the occurrence of earthquakes or strong winds.
US10239728B2
A system and/or method for detecting an occupancy of an elevator cab of an elevator to generate occupancy information is provided. The system and/or method further generates anonymized occupancy information based on the occupancy information and provides the anonymized occupancy information to enable the occupancy of the elevator cab to be presented with anonymity for occupants.
US10239713B2
A drive-over conveyor for receiving material from a bottom-discharge material transport vehicle features a belt conveyor spanning a loading section, a transition section feeding into a secondary conveyor, and a cleanout section for clearing debris that may collect the space between upper and lower runs of the belt. At the cleanout section, the belt is entrained about one or more augers that convey such debris laterally outward from between the belt runs. The loading section features a low-profile framework of resiliently flexible beams that is normally carried in slightly spaced relation above the ground by ground wheels of the section, and that temporarily flexes downward when the vehicle is driven over. Accordingly, the loading section can be wheeled between different positions without any lifting, enabling quick and convenient repositioning of the loading section between different outlets of a parked stationary vehicle, and the need for dedicated drive-over ramps is avoided.
US10239707B2
A substrate processing system including at least two vertically stacked transport chambers, each of the vertically stacked transport chambers including a plurality of openings arranged to form vertical stacks of openings configured for coupling to vertically stacked process modules, at least one of the vertically stacked transport chambers includes at least one transport chamber module arranged for coupling to another transport chamber module to form a linear transport chamber and another of the at least two stacked transport chambers including at least one transport chamber module arranged for coupling to another transport chamber module to form another linear transport chamber, and a transport robot disposed in each of the transport chamber modules, where a joint of the transport robot is locationally fixed along a linear path formed by the respective linear transport chamber.
US10239704B2
A method combines conveyor streams on a conveying technology element having a number of ingoing conveyor segments at least one coupling to an outgoing conveyor segment on which the ingoing conveyor segments are brought together, and a number of holding devices for holding a conveyor flow on the ingoing conveyor segments. In addition, a number of release devices disposed downstream of the ingoing conveyor segments logically connected to an OR-connection are provided for releasing a holding device or a conveyed object. A holding device or a conveyed object waiting at the holding device is then respectively released when a conveyed object preceding the waiting conveyed object in a sorting order passes one of the connected release devices or when there is no preceding conveyed object. A conveying technology element carries out the method.
US10239695B2
A conveyor belt includes an upper cover rubber and a lower cover rubber disposed above and below a core layer; and a protective fiber layer made from high strength fiber disposed at least in a central portion of the upper cover rubber in a belt width direction and extending continuously in a belt longitudinal direction; an elastic modulus E of the protective fiber layer in the belt longitudinal direction being a low elastic modulus E1 equal to or less than a predetermined value when a tension in the belt longitudinal direction acting on the conveyor belt is equal to or less than a setting tension Ts, and being a high elastic modulus E2 higher than the low elastic modulus E1 when a predetermined high tension higher than the setting tension Ts is acting on the conveyor belt.
US10239694B2
A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
US10239692B2
A transport vehicle controller causes a travel speed of the corresponding one of the plurality of article transport vehicles to which the transport vehicle controller is provided to be reduced based on position information of corresponding one of the plurality of article transport vehicles to which the transport vehicle controller is provided and the position information on another of the plurality of article transport vehicles if a separation distance between the corresponding one of the plurality of article transport vehicles to which the transport vehicle controller is provided and the another of the plurality of article transport vehicles is less than, or equal to, a set separation distance.
US10239685B2
A spray delivery system including a sprayable active agent composition housed within a container is provided that can be used in the treatment of various skin conditions. The composition includes a hydrofluoro-based propellant, a carrier fluid, and active agent particles, and has a viscosity ranging from about 500 centipoise to about 10,000 centipoise. The container includes a dip tube; a valve assembly that includes a valve body, a stem comprising a stem orifice, and a vapor tap; and an actuator. The dip tube is coupled to the actuator by the valve assembly, and the actuator is depressed to dispense the emulsion. By selectively controlling the components and viscosity of the composition and the dimensions of the container components, the active agent particles resist settling so a substantially homogeneous distribution of the particles is maintained. Thus, the composition can be evenly dispensed from the container as a fine mist without clogging.
US10239673B1
A double safe child resistant cap for medicine containers includes a cap with a cap main structure having a side wall and a top, and including: a) a first safe child resistant cap mechanism requiring compound movement to unlock; and b) a second safe child resistant cap mechanism including (i) a coupling rod attached to said cap main structure top and extending upwardly and (ii) a push-pull valve connected to said container for dispensing therefrom, said push-pull valve having a force-fit coupling rod receiver, wherein said push-pull valve has a down closed position and an up position, which is an open position to permit dispensing. Another embodiment includes a dosage cup with the coupling rod in place of a cap top coupling rod.
US10239656B2
A bulk bin container having a retention clip for blocking both a first and second pin of a hinge axis element is provided. The container includes a generally rectangular base having one or more upward wall extensions along the edges of the base where each extension includes a plurality of hinge pockets for receiving a hinge axis element from the side walls. The retention clips connect to the base for blocking both the first hinge pin and the second hinge pin of the hinge axis element.
US10239640B2
Predictive aircraft maintenance systems and methods are disclosed. Predictive maintenance methods may include extracting feature data from flight data collected during a flight of the aircraft, applying an ensemble of related classifiers to produce a classifier indicator for each classifier of the ensemble of classifiers, aggregating the classifier indicators to produce an aggregate indicator indicating an aggregate category of a selected component for a threshold number of future flights, and determining the performance status of the selected component based on the aggregate indicator. The classifiers are each configured to indicate a category of the selected component within a given number of flights. The given number of flights for each classifier is different. The threshold number of future flights is greater than or equal to the maximum of the given numbers of the classifiers. Predictive maintenance systems may include modules configured to extract feature data, classify feature data, and aggregate classifications.
US10239639B2
An unmanned aerial launch vehicle (UAV) launch apparatus is disclosed that includes a UAV having an exterior surface, an aerial vehicle (AV) tab extending from the exterior surface, a tube containing the UAV, the tube including a tab stop configured to controllably hinder travel of the AV tab past the tab stop, and a pair of opposing tab guides configured to position the AV tab for travel over the tab stop.
US10239638B1
Described herein are apparatuses that provided various features related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An example apparatus may include, among other features, (i) a launch system for a UAV, (ii) a landing feature that is arranged on the apparatus so as to receive the UAV when the UAV returns from a flight, and (iii) a mechanical battery-replacement system that is configured to (a) remove a first battery from the UAV, and (b) after removal of the first battery, install a second battery in the UAV.
US10239637B2
The use of shielded material in a deployable vehicle arresting and containment device that, when used for the interception of an unmanned vehicle, effectively achieves RF isolation of that vehicle, breaking all external communications with that vehicle. This apparatus, which may have internal and external antennas, could enable a variety of advanced effects such as localized GPS and command and control link spoofing and jamming as well as providing a vehicle for signal intercept and intelligence solutions. Additionally, due to the shielding properties of the arresting and containment device, semi-destructive means such as localized EMPs could be used to damage the encapsulated unmanned vehicle electronics.
US10239632B2
A system and method for controlling an inlet door of an auxiliary power unit (APU) are provided. It is determined whether a condition to inhibit a start of the APU is present. If no condition to inhibit the start of the APU is present, a door-opening signal comprising instructions to cause the inlet door to be commanded to an open position in advance of a prospective command to start the APU is output. If the condition to inhibit the start of the APU is present, a door-closing signal comprising instructions to cause the inlet door to be commanded to a closed position is output.
US10239629B2
A method for recycling motor power includes controlling a first motor of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a decelerating state to work in concert with a second motor of the UAV in an accelerating state to effect rotation of the UAV, receiving power from the first motor at a power bus in electrical connection with the first motor and the second motor, and providing a portion of the received power to the second motor through the power bus during the rotation of the UAV.
US10239628B2
A nacelle for an aircraft propulsion system includes a first nacelle door, a second nacelle door and a plurality of latch assemblies. Each of the nacelle doors extends along and partially about a centerline. The latch assemblies are arranged along the centerline in an array, and configured to secure the nacelle doors together. A first of the latch assemblies includes a first latch mechanism and a first pin that pivotally mounts the first latch mechanism. A second of the latch assemblies includes a second latch mechanism and a second pin that pivotally mounts the second latch mechanism. An axis of the second pin is non-parallel with an axis of the first pin. The latch assemblies may be substantially identical to one another given the arrangement of the latch assemblies with the nacelle doors.
US10239620B2
An airplane seat device includes at least one airplane seat, and at least one console arranged, viewed in a flight direction, in front of the airplane seat, and at least one airbag element which is configured to protect in a crash event a passenger sitting in the airplane seat from crashing onto the console. At least one airbag element features, in a fully deployed state, at least in a head-impact zone, a thickness which is smaller than a thickness in at least one shoulder-impact zone.
US10239616B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for providing package release for an unmanned aerial system. An apparatus for releasing packages for retrieval by an unmanned aerial system comprises a plurality of arms configured to surround a plurality of packages stacked vertically in an extended position, a plurality of powered hinges at a base of each of the plurality of arms, and a control circuit coupled to the plurality of powered hinges. The control circuit being configured to: determine a height for a first lowered position for the plurality of arms at which the plurality of arms do not obstruct an unmanned aerial vehicle from coupling with a coupling structure on a first package of the plurality of packages positioned at a top of the plurality of packages, and cause the plurality of powered hinges to pivot the plurality of arms from the extended position to the first lowered position.
US10239614B2
Embodiments relate to a client-facing application for interacting with a transport service that transports items via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An example graphic interface may allow a user to order items to specific delivery areas associated with their larger delivery location, and may dynamically provide status updates and other functionality during the process of fulfilling an aerial vehicle transport request.
US10239601B2
A device for fireproofing a section of a structural part made of composite material. The device includes a skin having an outer surface configured to face the flame and an inner surface. The skin is made of composite material that includes fibrous reinforcement in a polymer matrix. The skin includes a fastener to fasten the part to the structure. The device includes a layer of needled mineral felt placed between the inner surface of the skin and a surface of the structural part.
US10239596B2
A device for redirecting a portion of the reverse flow of a jet stream created by a watercraft to provide a lateral thrust. The main body of device is fixed to the watercraft and includes a channel disposed therein. The channel has a curve that is defined by an outer wall. The channel fluidly connects an inlet to an outlet. The reverse flow enters inlet in a downward and backward direction with respect to main body. The inlet and the channel of main body bend the reverse flow such that when the reverse flow exits the outlet the reverse flow is primarily lateral.
US10239591B1
A wakeboat has a hull, the hull forming a wake when moving forward in the water, with a port disturbance and a starboard disturbance in the wake. A trim tab is supported by the hull at the stern of the hull. The trim tab comprises a primary subtab and a secondary subtab. One or more actuators may be optionally included to reposition the trim tab more into, or more out of, the water. Other systems and methods are also provided.
US10239588B2
A watercraft may include a crane for lifting loads. The crane may include a tower and a boom that is rotatble with respect to the tower. The tower may be positioned inside the outer contour of the watercraft so as to minimize the profile of the watercraft on radar. The watercraft may include a superstructure within which the tower may be disposed. The superstructure may include planar outer walls that are obtuse relative to a horizontal plane. A rotary bearing may be utilized to connect the boom to the tower and permit the boom to rotate relative to the tower. Further, when the boom is in a rest position, a lower edge of the boom may be positioned 10 cm or less above the crane deck.
US10239580B2
A bicycle frame includes a first frame member and a second frame member configured to be pivotally connected to the first frame member about a pivot axis. The first frame member includes a threaded hole, through which a fixing bolt for fixing a mounting member of a bicycle front derailleur to the first frame member passes, and an abutting portion configured to restrict rotation of a mounting member of a bicycle front derailleur around the fixing bolt by abutting the mounting member. The threaded hole is located on a front side of the pivot axis.
US10239579B2
A bicycle electric rear derailleur that has a support body configured to be mounted on a bicycle frame at an assembly of wheels coaxial with a hub of a rear wheel of the bicycle, a movable body, having a chain guide and linkage between the movable body and the support body. The linkage between the movable body and the support body comprises an inner connecting rod and an outer connecting rod. The ends of the rods are articulated to the support body and to the movable body to form an articulated parallelogram. A battery power supply unit is supported by one of the inner connecting rod and the outer connecting rod.
US10239570B2
A tilt management device configured to perform tilt correction. The device measures a direction of tilt using a tilt sensor. Circuitry rotates connected arms to compensate for the measured tilt by modulating a center of mass of the device.
US10239558B2
A vehicle lower section structure including: a left and right pair of vehicle body frame members; a lower extension section joined to each of the left and right pair of vehicle body frame members, the lower extension section including: a front lower extension section extending toward a vehicle lower side, and a rear lower extension section disposed at a vehicle rear side of the front lower extension section and extending toward the vehicle lower side; and a front-rear direction extension section that bridges the vehicle front-rear direction between the front lower extension section and the rear lower extension section, the front-rear direction extension section provided with a lower arm support section that a lower arm is attached to pivotably substantially a vehicle vertical direction, and the front-rear direction extension section being joined to the rear lower extension section at the vehicle rear side of the lower arm support section.
US10239552B2
A rotation control assembly for a steering column assembly includes a steering shaft. Also included is a driving tab rotatable with the steering shaft. Further included is a rotating plate surrounding the steering shaft and rotatable relative to the steering shaft, the rotating plate having a driven tab extending from the rotating plate, the driving tab engageable with the driven tab to rotate the rotating plate. Yet further included is an end stop extending from a structure disposed radially outward of the steering shaft and radially positioned to engage the driven tab upon rotation of the driven tab to the end stop, engagement of the driven tab and the end stop limiting rotation of the steering shaft.
US10239551B2
A steering wheel device that can absorb an applied impact load. A steering wheel device includes a lower cover that covers a steering column side of the steering wheel. The lower cover includes: a bottom member facing the steering column; an open portion which at a center of the bottom member and through which a steering shaft passes; slit portions formed on both sides, the slit portions being bent and curved in predetermined shapes; buffer portions formed in the bottom member and outlined by the slit portions, the buffer portions having a free end formed on a vehicle front side and a stationary end formed on a vehicle rear side; and bridge members that can be broken and bridge each of slit portions on the free end side of each of the buffer portions.
US10239547B1
A pick cart includes a first end, an opposing second end, a first side and an opposing second side, a plurality of shelves each defined by the first side, the second side, the first side and the second side and a plurality of wheels attached to a bottom of a lowermost shelf of the plurality of shelves. The wheels are configured to make the pick cart mobile. A first extrusion has a length and is mounted to the first side or the second side of each of the plurality of shelves. The first extrusion includes a channel that runs along an entirety of the length of the first extrusion. At least one movable divider is configured to divide each of the plurality of shelves into compartments. Each movable divider comprises at least one slider that is configured to mate with the channel in the first extrusion.
US10239534B2
An auxiliary power system for a motor vehicle includes a power generator that generates electricity to charge one or more auxiliary power system batteries. The motor vehicle includes an engine and drive train that distributes power from the engine to the drive wheels. The drive train can include a transmission, a drive shaft and a differential that connects the engine to the drive wheels. The power generator can be connected to the drive train (e.g., the transmission, the drive shaft or the differential) to draw power to generate electricity as well as to apply braking loads on the drive wheels to increase the ability to stop the motor vehicle.
US10239533B2
A method for anticipatory or predictive operation of a motor vehicle having a drive control system by which drive-relevant components of the drive-train are adjusted, and a detection system by which a travel route and anticipated driving time to a specified destination as well as the current position of the vehicle are determined. By way of the detection system and based on topographical information, a driving resistance profile of the route is prepared, to parameterize the drive control system such that the route is driven in a specifiable manner. If a need arises during the journey, a nominal arrival time or a travel route is specified or modified and, in accordance with the specified or changed nominal arrival time or route, the drive control system is dynamically re-parameterized so that the vehicle reaches its destination at the time concerned with regard to an efficient mode of operation.
